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StUcUdfor Forest and Stream .

WAJTING.

By Uuyon.

T'

^HOU of the tmnny head,

With lilies garlanded,

And bosom fnirler than the blown sea foaru;

O, Spring. In what waste desert dost thou stay.

Whilst leaves await thy presence to unfoldt
The blanches of the lime with frost are gray,

And all Imprisoned Is the crocus' gold;

Come, sweet Enchantress, cornel

Though In the sombre west
Thy star hath lit his cre*t—

Pale Phosphor fronting full the withered moon;

Thy violets are sepultired In snow.

Thy daisies twinkle never In the sun,

Kude winds throughout the ruined forests blow,

And silent Is tho dove's melodious moan;

Enchantress, hasten soon.

Whito aro tbo country ways,

And while the tangled maze,

Love of the oxllp and the creeping thyme;

Bare shakes the poplar on the sullen ridge;

Cold glooms the spectral mill above the flood;

Hoarse torrents stream beneath the Ivied bridge,

And lightnings strike the darkness of the wood;

Enchautress, bless our clime.

No bloom of dewy morn,

No freshly blossomed thorn
Gladdens the importunlngs of sod eyes;

The duy wastes drearily through cloud and sleet;

Over the watered meadows and stark vales
The night comes down, impetuons and fleet,

And ships and cities shiver in tho gales;

O fair Enchantress, rise.

Arise, and bring with thee

The rathe bud for the tree,

The heahng sunshine for the irampled grass;

Loose tendrils for the boughs which bless the eaves,

And shield the swallows In the rainy hours,

The pendant flames which the laburnum heaves,

And faint scents for the wind-stirred lilac flowers;

Enchantress, breathe and pass.

Men knew and kissed of old

Thy garment's glittering fold—

Thy radiant footprint on the mead Or waste;

Earth Kindled at thy advent, ultars burned.

And ringing eymbals bade the hearth be gay;

But now, In sunless solitudes inurned,

Thou leav'st tho world unto reluctant day;

O haste, Enchantress, haste!

The lark shall sing agnin.

Between the sun and rain,

Tho brown bc«a through the flowered pastures roam.

There shall bo music In the frozeu woods,

A gurgling carol In tne rushing brook.

An odor in tho half unbosomed bud,

And dancing fox glove* in each forest nook;

Then come. Enchantress, cornel

— Chamber*' Journal.

For Forest and Stream.

gambles ai( the t£ex;is frontier.

/“NNE bright morning in January I found myself on
Morgan’s ferry boat, crossing the Father of Waters,
and in a few minutes was at the depot in Algiers. Here
taking the train for Brashear City, I was soon rattling away
at a rapid pace through a country full of interest to a trav-
eler whose journeyings have heretofore only led him
through the Middle and New England Stutes. Broad acres
or sugar cane take the place of wheat fields; the sparkling,
dashing trout brooks give place to the dark, sluggish
waters, where the alligator lurks for its prey. The pal-
metto, with its long green leaves, waves in the breeze aloDg
the banks instead of the alder. Grand old magnolias, re-
splendent in the wealth of their emerald folwge— dark and
sombre forest of funeral cypress, draped in Spanish moss—
huge jumpers, graceful bays, dense canebrakes, with here
and there an immense prairie, where the tall gras, as it
bends In the breeze looks like an ever restless sea. These

and many other strange sights present themselves to the
observing eye as we whirl over the iron track. At noon
we reach Brashear City, a place of considerable Import-

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ance on account of being the terminus of the L. and T.
Railroad and the landing place of u number of steamers
plying on the Gulf of Mclioo. Having engaged a pMMg„
to Brazos Santiago, I step on board the trim Itttlu steam
ship Gussie, 000 tons, Cupt. Furwell commanding. After
u short delay in transferring freight and baggage from the
train, we cast loose and steamed down towards the Gulf
The scenery is at first attractive from its utter dreariness
but one soon tires of the eternal sameness. You take up
a book and read for an hour, und then tnke u look and It
seems hard to realize that that old cypress standing fur out
in the stream, the outer sentinel of the sombre grove be-
yond, is not the same that you passed a half a score of
miles away. At nightfall we have passed through all the
tortuous channels with the unspcllablo names given them
by Mr. Lo (the poor Indian), and enter the broad waters of
the Gulf. Soou the gong sounds, and a rush is made for
tho supper table, where we find Mr. M., tho genial purser
presiding in place of the Captain. After supper wo sit on
deck and enjoy the luxury of a good smoke, and at an early
hour turn in. In the morning, wo who have our sea legs
on turn out early and enjoy the glorious sunrise. At break-
fast there is a small attendance. Tho day passes quietly
along; we sec no suils to relieve the monotony of sky and
water, ond one shivers nt tho thought of being wrecked In
such a desolate highway. At noon we notice slight Indi-
cations of a Norther, that dreaded storm of the Gulf. At
three P. M. we are in full sight of Point Isabel, and nt
half past four we unchor off the bar to wait for the pilot
to take us over. The Norther is freshening up, and w« see
the pilot boat, after two trials, give up the attempt to get
over to us; so we have to make ourselves contented, trust-
ing that we shall ride the night out in safety. The staunch
little Gussie rolls every way but clear over. We turn In
early, and at daylight the next morning we are up and nnx-
ious to get ashore. The sky is clear, hut there is a heavy
sea on, and we watch the shore closely to see If the pilot
is going to start out. He makes two ineffectual trials, nnd
goes back, and so we leave off watching and go to break
fast. On our return to the deck wo see the boat starting
again, anil in a few minutes we sec him pass safely through
the long line of surf. Soon he is alongside, and we puss
over a line and let him drift astern, as the sea is running
too high for her to lay alongside. We fill up one boat, and
lower it; a few strokes, and she lias landed her freight.
Another one is lowered, in which your humble corres-
pondent takes passage. As we pull up alongside nud
watch our chance to get aboard, as the wave rises we Jump,
and some of us land full length on deck. In tho next boat
there are a number of ladies and children, and as they
come up we lend them a helping hand, and soon have them
nil safe. Putting the ladles, children, and some of the
male passengers in the little box of a cabin, we cast off
lines, hoist sails, and start for the shore. Just before we
enter the surf we hatter down the hatches, while those who
remain on deck hold on to whatever they think will best
save them from being washed off; aod now we enter (lie
foaming, boiling waters. One huge wave lifta ua high
up in the air, and as we sink down again into the depths a
huge roller dashes in over the stern and literally deluges
us; another, and thank God wc are safe through. I release
my hold immediately and go to work taking off the
hatches (as the crew have their hands full), so as to give
the poor pent up ones a breath of fresh air. They need it,
too, for as they reach the deck they all look as though they
could not have stood it many minutes longer. All hail been
deathly seasick, and they were in a bail plight. In a few
minutes we were up to the wharf at Brazos Santiago; here
we took a little tug to go to Poinf Isabel. Just as were
nearing the pier the tug ran aground, and we hail to be
transferred to a sail boat. We soon after reached the pier,
which, as it was very high, and the tide very low, we had
to do some tall climbing to reach the top. At last we aro
all safely landed, and on the shore find sundry and divers
conveyances walling to take us up lo Brownsville, tweoty-
eigbt miles distant. Our little party (made up in the steam-

er) consisted of Mrs. O. and child, Mrs. B. and child Mai
lwo Spaniards, and myself. Wo selected a team
which WO thought looked as ir It would bring us up about
!0 quickest. Alas, nppcaruueos are very dooeliful, cape
dally In horse llesh. Our loam wna something of n ciosi
between an ambulance ond a mule wagon, the moilve
power being n mule and a mustang nt tho polo, and three
mustangs harnessed abreast ahead. At a short distance we
hauled up at u house to get some lunch to take ulong-a
splendid institution, by tho way, excellent for a crlcaot
hat, hut a most diuboltcul arrangement for the Jaws to
tacklo. After laying In our couitii Usury wo started off In
fine stylo. Hoon one loom ahead of us broke dowu, und
wo had to lay alongside and repair damages. First ono
team would got stalled and then another. Our turn came
nt last in a great quagmire; hut we got out. At another
place we stalled, and all (he male piumcngers hud to nligbt
and foot it through mud and water knee deep for half a
mile. Our route took ua across portions of Hog Wal-
low, Jackass and Palo Alto prairies; nothing hut mud
water, and grass, with here and there a Spanish bayonet
bush for the eyo to rest upon. At sunset we halted at tbo
Kesaca do la Palma (battle ground Mexican war), nud si a
Hmall hamlet— bore railed a Jucol— we had some excellent
coffee and goat's milk. Refreshed, we started on again.
The moon rose bright and resplendent, tinting the tall gru»s
with silvery light. At half past seven wo entered Biowiis-
vllle, having been eight hours going twenty-eight miles.
At Miller s Hotel I found Don Benito waiting for mu, so
bidding my fellow ;travolors adieu we crossed the Rio
Grande and landed in Mexico. At the landing we took a
hack nnd drove up to the Heroic City, (Mat araoras.) On
reaching Don Benito's house, I found there was u hull
going on at LI I culm du la Ueformu, and nothing must do
but I should go. My baggage not having arrived, Don
Benito kindly placed his wurdroho at uiy disposal; but
your corespondent being Dutch built ho could not enter
suit, either In point of law or fact, so he hud to brush up
the host ho could and go. The them re Is a very pretty
little one. The floor had boon laid flush with tho stage,
and covered over with canvas. An excellent string hand
gave us some good music. The dark eyed sonoritaa moved
with bewitching grace through the mazy dunce. Tho
(lun/.a pleased my fancy most, from Us grace and easy
stateliness. During the Intermission* we snuntereil through
the lobbies, smoking some particularly fine cigars.

At half past four Hunduy morning I left and turnod tn,
pretty well tired out with rny iluy's travels At half past
six Sunday morning I rose anil took a walk. My domicil
was directly opposite the Pluza-a small square which, In
all Spanish towns, is the rallying point. The trees were all
small, none being over thirty feet high. I was particularly
struck with the note of u large black b rd, about the size
of our crow black bird This one, und a smaller one, wore
very tame, and fed in flock* In the streets, like our pigeons.
After breakfast I joined Don Benito, und went up lo the
market. The market was a novelty to me, with its huge
piles of red peppers, beef cut In long strips, curious earthen
ware, stringy sweet potatoes, and peanuts having the ap-
pearance of suffering from small pox. Mutumoros claims
a population of 20,000, hut I think It cun stand a very
heavy discount. None of the houses areovot twostorhs;
the best are built of a light colored brick, all the windows
have Iron gratings. Some of the streets are paved with
octagonal blocks of mesquite wood. Tbo once charming
private gardens have gone to decay under the blighting
effect* of many revolutions, and naught marks their place
save here and there a stately date palm, with its feathery
crest waving In the breeze. Gon. MeJa, in the palmy days
of the empire, hail an earthwork thrown up around the
entire city, with here and there a small brick fort, which
enables the city to he held by a small garrison. At sacb
roadway a guard and a customs officer Is stationed. All
f*lvZ, fire alarms, etc., are made with a bugle. The garri-
son consisted of only one regiment while 1 was there; the
privates were all dressed In coarse linen or cotton, and wor-

FOREST AND STREAM.

sandals in place of shoe*. Properly officered, there are no
belter troops in the world; they are always in light march-
ing order. A forced march will, them n somethin* almost
incredible, and would throw “Bl.endau s Ride in the

*hAftcr a few days* lounging around between Matamoraa
and Brownsville, 'we commenced making preparations for
a hunting trip on the American aide, and on Monday, every-
thing being Hxcd. we atarted off at ten o clock in good
htvle. Our party consisted of Don Benito, Don Ramon,
Dr. C. and bis non, a bright, smart little chup of six years,
and four servants. Our impedimenta was earned in a
wagon drawn by four mi'les. Don Benito, little Fred, and
myself were drawn by two horses. Don Ramon, Dr. 0 , and
two servants on horseback. Just as wcMlarUd, Dr. L. was
called off. and he left, promising to Join us at Barrancas.
We carried two Purdy’s C. F. B. L., twelve gauge; one
R.-11pv'h ditto, one muzzle loader, one Remington, one
Hl.nrn one Winchester rifle, and a full supply of revolvers
and hunting knives; also three good dogs— one fine seder
and two pointers. Leaving Brownsville, we struck across
the Palo Alto prairie, then through the ehapparal till to-
wards afternoon, when we got Into a wooded country. 1 he
trees were all verv low and very crooked, consisting mostly
of mesnnlle, black and r«d ebony. The roads are decided-
ly primitive; the trees arc cut down, but the stumps are
left to mark the spot ami to upset the careless driver. On
the >on<l we met people going to market. Instead of wag
ons. they use small donkeys. On them you will see fowls
tied by the legs ami thrown across; some with a lug load
of wood on each side; others with an immense load of
grass, almost hiding the animal. A man will drive a num-
ber of them. I was amazed to soothe great number und
variety of hawks and eagles, 1 counted no less than four-
teen kinds that day. Now and then n Jackass rabbit, a
beautifully colored, long-eared animal, would atrejik jit down
the road. 1 caught a glimpse of a phmnno, u bird about
lb,- aizc of a ruffed grouse; it takes wing but very seldom,
but runs very fast through the undergrowth. It is very de-
structive to vermin, and when turned makes the best kind
of a household pet. Our route was an exceedingly crooked
one In Spanish countries a cross is always erected on
the spot Where a murder was committed, and along tilt
route we took 1 counted over twenty. I lie ground o
nemo parts of the road was baked so hard by the sun that
U “naked precisely like frozen mud. One gran liano
(thickets of dwurf thorns) looked like a thicket on a frostv
morning; the bushes being covered with n white bark. A
little before sunset we reined up at the Barrancas, on the
side of the road near a farm house.

Dinner being lu order, we soon had a lire. One of the
servants brought from the farm house a couple of small
kids slung ucrosH ids saddle. The price here is twenty live
cents each. Being Interested 111 the modus opera n ill, 1
watched proceedings. First, one of the kids throat was
cut. and H pan held under it to catch the blood. 1 he man
holding the pnn added line salt to the blood und stii red t
un After tho blood hud flowed out the kid was skinned,
and the body cut up nml slewed; when nearly done cook-
ing the blood was added to it. 1 he heads were roasted in
the italics Boon our meal was ready, and I found llic Blow
Jeally delicious. Lounging around till. eight I - *»., wo
rolleS In our blankets, and, with a cigar in mouth, wu cm
loved small talk till one by one we dropped asleep.

3 Our sleep, however, was not very peaceful, lor now nml
then aome of the belligerent bulls l mm the prairies would
have a combat, ami once or twice wo had to throw lira-
brands at them to keep them from charging directly on us.
At mldnl {lit our (logs commenced to bay, und sou n we
heard horses coming at a l'ull lope, and m u few minutes
Dr e nml his guide rode up. NN e gave the Doctor some
coffee and while chatting around the tiro had a heait)
laugh til the Doctor, lie was telling in Spanish of passing
a nmcho whore u grand dance was going oil, and one ol
the party was playing on u— (here he gave by mistake the
word smallpox insiead of a musical instrument.) As theie
was such a roar of laughtet, and not understanding bpuii-
isli 1 had to get Don Benito io translate it lor me. \N e
loin turned in again, and slept till early morn At sunrise
we took some coffee and started; and, by the 1 lU” 1

admire tho custom here of smiling tor a days rule with
* ,jly u cup of coffee in one's commissary chest, ami wail-
.ill i he halt at sunset lor breakfast, lunch, dinner, and
ll don't agree with my bye-laws, to say nothing
'•lltulion. At noon we crossed the lord on the
,j0 and at two I’. AI. teitched the rancho of
’ * Ucre, while wailing lor the wagon to come

lin fuu Ascii with shooting hawks, doves, part-

ridges unn ik rabbits. When tho wagon came up we
took a lunch, and then slnvlcd out to see if wo could get
u deer or a turkey . 1 went out with Dr. L. and a vaquero,
but we did not eomo across any game. At dark wu re-
luraed to camp, and found that Don Benito lmd shot a
lingo /a rife, twild boar.) After a hearty supper we aid on
our blankets ami slept til! daw n, or milter, 1 should have
said, till an hour bcloro day. ’1 ho coffee was soon leady,
and your correspondent, not being a stickler for frontier
etiquette, mowed away a brnco ol hardtacks. Having the
horses saddled nml brought up, "c divided our parly and
started. Don Benito, a vaquero, and myself taking one
• . .. ,i Don Benito was mounted ou an American horse, the

vumiero nud myself on mustangs Your correspondent s
chances of learning to ride horseback lmd been very lim-
ited the last exploit in that line having been a bareback
ri, io from Richmond to Chaffin's Bluff in imH. My mod-
esty naturully compelled ute to keep well in the rem. tor
thJlirll quarter of a mile 1 Honk 1 would have given boo
to have been mounted footbuck. In half an hour l bad
become accustomed to my seat, and trotted faster uttci wu
vest By daylight wo had passed through the ehappa.al
aud struck out ou the prairie. The morning was very log-
cv We rode till noon, aud then returned to camp wiin-
out firing a shot. Don Ramon having remained in camp,
had fixed up a good dinner for us. In the afternoon we
took the dogs aud went after partridge, and had some rare
►Oort. To me, like all new coiners, the lmwks proved a
great temptatiou, and 1 knocked ovci several; they are so
very abundant that one soon tires of shooting them. At
nightfall wo returned to camp, and enjoyed our coffee,
cigars, and, more thau all, the pleasant conversation 1 he
next morning Dr. 0., Don Benito, and a vaquero started
Utter turkeys. 1 had become disgusted the day before with
the scarcity of large game, and so did uoi go; but about
uuuruu 1 took my revolver aud a few cartridges and m rolled
over to the edge ot tho woods to shoot some JieU rabbits.
Alter going on lor nearly au hour, 1 thougnt 1 would vt-
trac* my steps. 1 soon found that the camp was not as

close as I thought, and after an hour’s walk I came to the
conclusion that I had lost my bearings. So I sat down to
smoke, and cogitate over the situation. I then started
again, determined to find my way out This was easier
said than done, especially for one not well skilled in wood-
craft. and particularly in a country like this, where one sees
trees almost identically the same; the giant cactus before
vou looks exactly like the one you passed a few minutes
since Hie little glade before you is the counterpart of the
one Just crossed. It is of no use to follow any of the in-
numerable cattle paths, for they were made by stock that
ranged for miles and miles away. I looked at my watch,
and found that I hud already been three hours from camp,
l and felt pretty sure that Don Benito would soon return
j and make inquiries about me; so I sat down and studied
more carefully the sun. Soon thinking I bad solved my
I difficulty, I made another start, aud before long heard three
! shots ahead of me and more in the rear. 1 concluded
and, as it proved afterwards, I was correct— that the shots
I in front did not come from o ir party, unless, indeed, it
was that Dr. C. hail altered his intended course, so 1 turned
to the rear In the direction of the other shots, and soon
heard several more. I then fired rny revolver three times
! in quick succession, and almost before the noise of the last
report had died out I heard two shots from a shot gun
w hich I knew must be in answer to mine. I then walked
rapidly, and un occasional firing being kept up I kept .my
course very straight, and after a sharp walk for half an
hour I Struck a trail that 1 knew I lmd crowed Hie day be-
fore. Hearing some one cutting wood, I went to the spot
and found a Mexican plying the axe. Mustering up the
best Spanish I could, I asked him if I was on the right
trail to Don ModestaV, he replied "Si, sc nor, und then
rattled off a lot of Spanish, not a word of which l under-
stood I spoke to him. saying "Non intenaa h*p.tgnol.

He laughed heartily, und pointed out my path— the one on

which I stood. , . ...

In a few minutes I entered camp, and was greeted wiin
a shout of laughter. I found that Don Benito lmd re-
turned and becoming alarmed at my long absence lmd
started off four or five vaqueros on horseback to bunt me
up and had tho rest firing at a target with the rifles, winch
accounted for the firing I had heard. I suggested Dint they
lmd better pot me in leading strings next time. 1 paid my
respect to some of Don Ramou’s excellent milk punch, and
wailed very patiently for dinner, which was on tins day io
be something extra. It was much of a novelty to me, und
would no doubt be to many of your readers \Y c were to
have a pensackic. A fat young heifer Is selected and se-
curely tied, then thrown down on the side, the throat cut,
the bloml caught in a pan, salt stirred up in it; the hide is
then removed from one side, aud the flesh is taken off in
long strips and hung up. After one side is stripped, the
body is turned over and treated the same way. I he atom
adi is then taken out and thoroughly cleansed, and the
choice pieces or meat and the blood put in; Hie stomach is
then securely tied and covered with some coarse bagging
ami then put in u large bole in the ground; over this is pul
some of the large lobes of the cactus, and the hole filled
up with earth, and then a rousing file of mcsquitc wood is
made over it, aud it is left to cook for four or live hours.
When done it is taken up, the stomach opened, and the
contents served up inn huge pan. This, with some hot
tortillas (u thin rake made of line corn meal), makes a royal
set out. We must not, however, forget the morlo, a sauce
compounded of sliced onions, fiery red peppers, and vine
gar. One never forgets the first taste; you feel like you
had swallowed a red hot stove, and that your eyes were the
natural outlet for some boiling spring. Just us wo set to,
Mr. 15. rode over from his rancho and joined us, and in-
sisted on our breaking up camp and going over to his
rancho, where game was more abundant. After diuncr we
amused ourselves at target shooting.

(To be concluded next week.)

ACROSS NEWFOUNDLAND.

INTEUI0U KXFL0HATI0NS — FLORA, FAUNA, AND GEOI.OOI
CAL F011MATI0N.

[Confm««? from February 4th. ]

CHAPTER VII.

OCTOBER 27th.— Tho Western territory is entirely
primitive. No rocks appear but granitic. The only
soil is peat, which vary in quality according to situation. In
the valleys some patches are very similar to the savanna peat
in the eastward, but as the peat ascends, becomes shallower
and lighter until it terminates at the summit of the moun-
tains in a mere matting; lichens occupy every station, on
the peat, among the other plants, ami on the bare rock.
The Arbutus ami lichens occupy the highest resting places
for vegetation on tho mountain tops. The trees, all vege-
tating upon peat, are often forced in this region to
assume new features. The lurch in particular will grow
in spile of the nipping blasts, nml where jt is not permitted
to rise erect on the mountain top, as it does on the lower
stations, it creeps along the ground to leeward, where
neither the birch nor spruce cun exist. It is thus some-
time* only a few inches in height, and many feet in length.
The spruce fir thickets are often only a few feet in height,
the trees hooked and entangled together in suck a manner
as to render it practicable to walk upou, but impossible to
walk through them. In ah extensive Hat, barren truck,
that lay on our left, there are a number of small, conical
.shaped granite lulls, clad with sombre spruce, which re-
semble islands in an ocean of meagre vegetatiou. Yet
there are here the remains of extensive forests, destroyed
l»v tire, where now there is not a tree within many miles.
Neither reptile nor serpent of any kind had yet fallen un-
der our notice, nor had the Indians ever seen or heard of
any noxious animal being iu the island. It may therefore
be concluded that there are none of this class, common on
the neighboring islands and continent, here.

Were the agriculturists of the coast to come here, they
would see herds of reindeer, fat ou natural produce of the
country, sufficient for the supply of provision to the fisher-
ies, and the same animal fit, with a little training, to draw-
sledges at the rate of twenty miles an hour. Nature has
liberally stocked Newfoundland with herds, finer thau which
Norw ay aud Lapland cannot boast. Some of the reindeer
ltov attain the size of six or seven hundred pounds weight,
aud even upwards. These natural herds are the best
fcdautcd for this climate and pasture; and it is evident on
witnessing their numbers, that all that is required to render

the interior, now in waste, at once a well-stocked grazing
country could be done through the means of employing
qualified heals men, who would make themselves familiar
with and accompany these herds from pasture to pasture,
as is done in Norway and Lapland with the reindeer there,
audio Spain with the sheep. TV ben taken young these
deer become very domestic and tractable Were Hie intel-
ligent resident inlmbituntsof the coast, who have an interest
in advancing the country internally, to adopt a plan for ef-
fecting this object, under their own vigilance, benefits and
comforts now unthouirht of could be realized. Norwegians

or Lapland Finns could be easily introduced luto the in-
terior, if the Indians were unwilling or unfit.

We met many thousands of the deer, all hastening to the
eastward on their periodical migration. They had been dis-
persed since the Spring, on the mountains and barren
tracts, in the West and northwest division of the interior
to bring forth und rear their young amidst the profusion ot
lichens and mountain herbage, and where they were, com-
paratively with the low lands, free from the persecution ot
flies. When the first frosts, as now in October, nip vegeta-
tion. the deer immediately turn towards the South and Lost,
and the first fall of snow quickens their puce in those direc-
tions, as we now met them, towards the low grounds
where browse is to be got and the snow not so deep over
the lichens. In travelling herd follow herd in rapid suc-
cession over the whole surface of the country, all bending
their course the same way in parallel lines. 1 he herds
consist of from twenty to two hundred each, connected by
stragglers or piquets, the animals following each other in
single files, a few yards or feet apart, us their paths show;
were they to be in close bodies, they could not. graze
freely. They continue to travel south-eastward until Feb-
ruary or March, by which the returning sun hits power to
soften the snow and permit of their scraping it off to ob-
tain lichens underneath. They then turn round towards
the West, and in April are again on the rocky barrens and
mountains where their favorite mossy food abounds the
most, and wherein June they bring forth their young. In
October the frosty warning to travel returns. They gener-
ally follow the same routes year after year, but these some-
times varv, owing to irregularities in the seasons und inter-
ruptions by the Indians. Such are, in a general view, the
courses and causes of the migrations of the deer, and those
seem to be Hie chief design of animated nature in this por-
tion of the earth. Lakes and mountains intervening, cause
the lines of the migration paths to deviate from the par-
allel; and at the necks of land that separate large lakes,
ut the extremity of lakes, and at the straits and running
waters which unite lakes, the deer unavoidably concen-
trate in travelling. At those passes the Indians encamp m
parties, aud stay for considerable intervals of time, because
they can there procure the deer with comparatively little
trouble. . .

After the first great fall of snow, although the acclivities
had been for a few days laid hare by the mild weather, the
summits of the mountains remained covered, and the snow
lay in banks in the valleys. Light snow showers after-
wards occasionally fell, spreading the veil, aud thickening
the while mantle of Winter iu every direction. We suf-
fered much at night from the .inclemency of the weather.
The trees were here generally so stunted and scanty that
we could hardly collect enough of brushwood aud roots to
keep a very small lire alive, and then we were unavoidable
exposed. At one time, for three nights in succession, we
could not find a dry spot of ground to lie upon. In such
situations the waul of sleep attended the want of tlicller;
and it was a contest between frost and fire which should
have the supremacy over our bodies. Although wc could
shoot deer at intervals every day, no supply of food was
adequate to support the system under the exhaustion and
load of painful fatigue which we had to undergo. For my
part 1 could measure my strength— that it would not obey
the will aud drag along the frame beyond two weeks more.
Still it was cheering to hope that* space of time would
carry us to the west coast. Ever since we left the last party
of Indians, my Indian disputed with me about the course
we should pursue, he obstinately insisting upon going to
the southward. Perhaps he had a secret desire not to puss
loo near the Red Indian country, or he many have heard
thul some of liis tribe were eueumped in the direction lie
was inclined to go. As a separation might have led to ser-
ious consequences, I submited from necessity.

October 28th. — The small lakes were sufficiently frozen
over for us to walk upon them. As we advanced west-
ward the aspect of the country became more dreary, and
the primitive features more boldly marked. Pointed
mountains of course red grnuilc, standing apart, lay in ail
directions northerly and southerly of each oilier. Most of
them are partially shrouded with firs, bald, and capped
with snow. As we lteured the south end of an extensive
lake iu order to get round it, we observed a low islet near the
middle entirely covered with u large species of gull. Those
birds seemed os if they had congregated to take flight be-
fore the lake was frozen over. 1 named this lake iu honor
of a friend at the liar in Edinburgh, “Wilson’s Lake.” At

wi a i i U.IIU at tut; tmi in n inuu 9 utuu, .u

the extreme south end we hud to lord a rapid river of con-
siderable size, running to the southward, which, from its
position, we inferred was “Little River,” and which dis-
charges at the south coust.

October 2Uf/i. — Drawing near to a mountain-ridge, higher
thau any we had yet crossed, and which from appearance
we supposed might be the last between us and the sea coast,
we had great satisfaction in discovering smoke rising
from a wood on the Opposite side of a lake near the foot of
it. We indulged in the hope that some timber party from
the settlements at St. George's Bay was encamped here.
Our toils were in fancy ended. On reaching the Juke, the
party encamped seemed to distrust us, not venturing to
show themselves openly ou the shore. After a time, how-
ever, they were convinced by our appearance, gestures, and
the report ol our guns, that we were not Red Indians nor
enemies. A canoe was then launched and came across to
us. 'The canoe was of the kind already described, of
wickerwork, covered with skins, and puddled by two
pretty Indian girls. I unceremoniously saluted them in
the Indian manner, and we accompanied them to their
camp. They were of a parly of Mickmack Indians, en-
camped at wiis lake because deer and firewood were plenti-
ful. One man only belonged to this encampment, aud lie
was out huuuug when we arrived None ol the party un-
derstood a word of English; my Indian, however, explained.
They told us, to our no little mortification, that we were
yet sixty miles from St. George’s Harbor, or about five
days walk if the weather should happen to be favorable,
and that it lay in a northwest direction. The lust informa-
tion proved Unit my Indian had of .late pertinaciously instead

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on a wrong course. This small party consisted of eight in-
dividuals— one man, four women, and three children; one
an infant, was strapped or laced to its cradle, and placed
upright against the side of the wigwam, as any piece of do-
mestic furniture might be. They had left St. George’s
Harbor three months before, since then, had been
in the interior, and intended to spend the Winter at Great
Cod Rov River in St. George’s Buy. As every hour was
precious towards the final accomplishment of my object, I
proposed to my Indian host to accompany me to St.
George's Bay; my offer was agreed to and a stipulation
made to set off in two hours. In the absence of this Indian,
who told me his name was Gabriel, his family — consisting]
fts already observed, of females and children — were pro-
vide for themselves. For this purpose two guns and am-
munition were left with them. One of the young women
was a capital shot; during oui halt with them she left the
camp and shot a deer close by. Having partaken of the
best piece of venison the interior could produce, together
with smoked deers’ tongues, we set off. Owing to our en-
feebled condition, this man’s vigor and strength were en-
viable.

(To be continued.)

5

For Forest and Stream.

SHOOTING ON THE COAST OF ENGLAND

ABOUT seven years ago, I was stopping in an English
village, situated on “The Waste," of English his-
toric renown. One sharp, frosty afternoon, as I was strol-
ling along the road, smoking a pipe, and watching the blue
smoke fade into air, I was accosted from behind, by the
following words: —

“Oloa sur ! where going to?"

“Oh, Jnbez I it is you ? how are you?" said I as I
turned round and saw the village fisherman, duck shooter
and general “Jack of all trades” of the place. “Anything
doing down shore?" °

“Well, yes," said he; “there's some good sport down
there just now. I made a pretty middling good bn" of it
yesterday. I recommend you to try a day before this frost

“All right, Jabez, I’ll think about it.” By this time we
were opposite the village public house. We walked in
and taking a seat at the bar-room table, Jabez gave me
some useful hints, and very interesting and important in-
formation as to the time of the tide, the location of the
creeks, and strongly impressed on my mind the necessity
of steering home as soou as the tide turned, as if not, I
should be loo late for the ducks returning from their day
spent inland.

Accordingly, in the evening, as I was smoking my cigar
I proposed to my brother Ned that we should take a day
beyond the hank after wild fowl.

"All right,” he said; “I was thinking of proposing it
myself.” b

“I guess we had better sling our rifles on our backs, as I
hear that there are some stray swans down this hard
Wiuter,” he continued.

Whilst finishing our weed we concluded to rise at about
seven o clock, and retired early, thinking of the morrow’s
sport. We were up in good time the next morning, eager
for the fray, and demolished a very huge breakfast, after
which, letting our retrievers, Bang and Sling, out of their
kennel, we set off on our expedition. Confoundedly cold
it was, but walking fast, by the time we reached the bank
we were in a perfect glow. Before proceeding farther, it
may be well to describe the sort of ground we were iroinir
to shoot over: — b

The bank, so frequently referred to, is an embankment
of engineering construction, erected some years ago at the
time of the reclamation of land from the sea— a necessity
to keep the water from again flowiug over land that before
belonged to it. Beyond this bank the shore was flat for
about, four miles, and at low tide perfectly dry, with the
exception of large creeks running about in all directions,
the outflow of all the sea and iuland water into the ocean.

I he first mile and a half is covered with a coarse grass and
samphire; the remainder of the distance down to the sea
is hard, black mud, with quicksands here and there and
running about in all directions in the grassy portions are
little creeks about three feet wide, not at all pleasant when
it is known that the exact edge of them is ungetatablc
through being covered with a sort of weed. This is the
description of the exact ground when discernable in Sum-
mer, but what it looked like in the depth of Winter is
quite another tiling; but as we had arrived at the foot of
the bank, I will describe what we saw on the top.

Clambering up it when about three feet deep in snow is
no easy matter, and we should, anyhow, have paused on
its summit to get our breath, but I think perfect astonish-
ment reigned supreme in both our minds for the first few
minutes that we gazed on the unexpected and wonderful
sight that then met our view. There had been several
heavy snow storms we knew, but we expected that the tide
would have taken it off each day as it fell, but such was
not the case. The tide up to that time had not risen so
high us to come within a mile of the bank. The snow had
partially thawed and then frozen, making blocks of snow
ice, and the next fall of snow drifting had also lhawedund
then frozen, making a liu^c ice barrier all along of about a
mile in depth to be passed before we could tret to anything
like good shooting ground. The first thing I did was to
give vent to a very impressive whistle, my brother’s reply
•cing, that, he thought we had better “try back ’’ But "l
was determined to go through it. and accordingly lead the
way down the bank. Striking off in different directions
aller having determined where we should reudesvous we
were soon out of sight and hearing among the ice blocks
although occasionally we caught sight of each other when
on *°P of a pile of ice, snow, etc.

We had determined that unless some rare game rose, not
to fire a shot until we arrived beyond the ice, as down on
me mud the majority of the game would be feeding; but I
was soon annoyed to hear a double shot from Ned and

time ^mflH l°iorep,y ?l. lhe first opportunity, but for some
m mv ^ n("hing, although previously I had had

wlfm . i ! IU curIew- Kut 113 1 climbed up an extra
!lrllCrHf’ Isaw 11 B°°se down in a hollow filled with salt
ater. 1 was puzzled to see a single goose, but for a
moment thought that the rest of the flock was hidden from

tion H n.b ed d?Tn’ and hy Sreat care and precau-

ri?.lI-Cee£ed n ™kins m-v way over a very rough path
^n^;^1“.fifty,yar.d?> when the bird rose aDd it sent the
Sn iu°f nY lefl r‘Sht under its wing. It came

down all in a heap and Bar- was at it directly, but found

l

it hard to retrieve ns the goose being only winged fixed
it s beak into the dog’s flank, which, if his howls were to
be taken as evidence, was most excessively unpleasant to
him. rearing lest lie should forget himself, and so injure
the plumage, l hurried to his assistance, but, unfortunately,
when within about ten yards, 1 stumbled and came down' a
cropper, causing my nose to bleed freely and severely bruis-
mg myself all over. 1 slit some pieces from my handker-
chief, with which I effectually plugged my nose and pro-
ceeded on my journey for the relief of Bang. Little did I
expect the old dog would have behaved himself so well,
for, although lie had held the bird for quite a time, he had
hardly ruffed the feathers — a thing I was very anxious
about, as the singular fact of the bird being solitary, had
impressed me with the idea that it was a rare specimen -
and when 1 got up to it I found I was right, although until
1 had shown the bird to some accepted authorities, 1 did
not know that I had been fortunate enough to shoot an
Egytian goose. I soou afterwards succeeded in killiiig'soine
down"a hr btdore 6ctting to the open ground I brought

I think few people ever have felt a greater sense of re-
lict than I did when I had got clear of the suow-lce, and
was able to walk on comparatively Arm ground with ouick-
sand only to look out fur. M

Here we, both of us, kept up a pretty lively'bang I bang I
small game being plentiful, sand birds, stuit, sea snipe, (a
large kind of stuit,) and sundry other small sea birds giv-
ing us some fun. At last I began to feel very tired, both
from the effects of my fall and a good heavy weight of
game to carry, (although I afterwards tied all my small fry
to Bang s neck and myself carried the goose and heron )
and fired four shots ns a signal to Ned that I thought it was
lime to be returning to the bank, where we intended to
wait fleet, a Linconshire expression for waiting for the
nocks of ducks to pass over on their way to the sea after their
day in the country, where they feed. Ned commenced to
walk toward me, and consequently wc soon joined, and of
coupe we cross-examined each other as to our sport so far
1 told him and showed him what I had, and in return, 1
fouud that ho had nailed a heron, six brace of curlew, a
stray mallard, some gulls, and, like me, a quantity of stuit
and other small fry. Bang soon grew tired of his load,
which was too much for him to scramble over the ice with
so I had again to shoulder it, pitching into my brother
pretty roundly for having proposed bringing our rifles, as
we had not seen a single swan all day, although I saw some
in the market of the “Post town," Boston, a few days after-
wards, but in such starved condition as to make them not
worth shooting.

I need not weary you by an account of our journev back
to the bank; sulflce it to say that after a heavy piece of
work for nearly an hour, we arrived there after many ad-
ventures, such as suddenly finding ourselves in one of lhe
tiny little creeks I referred to above, sitting down rather
unexpectedly, and all that sort of tiling. The next thing
on the programme was to take our position under the shade
c bjIlk t0 **wa*t fleet.’’ This we did, standing about
~00 yards apart. YVe waited anxiously for the expected
quackle ! quackle 1 of the flocks, which came soon aud
we were fortunate to get about four double shots a piece
at very short range into flocks, although, of course, many
passed to both the left and right, and some between us.
But those that, came anyway near us, fared badly, as a
strong head wind kept them very low. About half past
four it became too dark to see to shoot, so we collected all
we could find, which came to, I think, thirteen couple of
ducks, which, with our previous load, we did not know
how to carry. But, as a last resort, we took one of the
rifles, and tying the game to it, we carried it on our
shoulders. On the way Ned proposed paying u visit to u
neighboring farm house.

Old Hoyles, for such was the farmer’s name, insisted on
our stopping with him for the night, and he soou had on
the table a good feed of ham and" eggs and cold roast beef,
which we washed down with some good home brewed ale!
When we had demolished a tremendous supply of victuals,
he produced his tobacco and long clays, over which we
had a good chat nbout our day’s sport, and when fatigue
and exposure to the sea breeze caused us to nod in our
chairs, we retired to bed. When I awoke iu the morning,
the first thing I did was to put my hand to my almost
broken nose, (a subject of great amusement the night befi. re
to old Hoyles,) which I found very stiff. Iu fact I was
black and blue all over, although my brother, more fortu-
nate than myself, had escaped unhurt. After leaving some
game with the old fellow, we bade him adieu, and arrived
home with many pleasant thoughts of a good hurd day's
sport after wiid fowl, and a knowledge that many years
must elap9e before we should have such another Winter,
and that perhaps never would the snow take another
notion to thaw partially and then become ice, and that,
therefore, never need we expect to see the coast present
such a spectacle again.

To my mind our sport, although hard work, wan sport,
and much more manly and amusing than the most magnifi-
cent lordly balteau, that ever nobility invented. In fact,
when it comes down to the point, I would have, then,
rather walked a whole day with good working dogs for
two brace of birds than be able to count my killed by the
hundreds when I knew that they had been driven, as it
were, into the cannon's mouth by scores of beaters; and 1
think that such so-called sportsmen should be told that
manliness appreciates sport, not butchery.

Britain.

chew their bullets until they become so rough that the?
can scarcely force them down their rifles. I told ouo
ih«t th t ml t01C,hew his riflo bal18 was "bad medicine," and

h wS 8° cr?okcd’ 110 took ft bul1 ,rom b»s pouch
that is badlj nmrrcd aud pointed to it, saving: “Good
n ed cine-heap kill deer." I tried to show him by ifiS

SftSTfK bclU‘f' but could uot convince 1dm

The cartridge referred to was one of Sharp's 44 cal with
patched ball and eighty grains of powder. My red friend
soon left me, evidently musing on the big cartridge As
ho was leaving, I saw hint look at one of his small balls

S&ES&iBL11 iu ul8 1,0UCh*Mif

, JU “ ?uff° cou'l,r>' Oroa Ventres, Sioux, Assine-
roSln^iCki'i?e8|(R?) Bh'gaus, Pawnees, and Utes, sur-
round or con all a herd when hunting. In some places I

d»v* 8Cti ludLlaDS k,cop n berd of buU'fl° corralled tor three
dajs 1 hey keep their sentinels out on rises on the prairie
about a mile or two, (according lo the lay of tho ground )
from the herd, and should tho buffalos make a “break" thiv
are immediately headed and generally turned back by one

MioT'u IudlT’ ,Uunlin» u,e huffulo is the chief sport of
the Indians. In fact they are never so happy as they are
when hunting ilie buffalo, and gormandizing on its flesh
Indians bavin* fast homes, or iu other words, horse* that
will catch buffalo, lie a feather lu their aulmals’ tails, aud
should an Indtau have a horse that can easily overtake a
buffalo, he puts an additional feather in his pony's fore-
lock as a mark of great speed, borne or the Sioux lndiur*
puuch holes m the back edges of their pomes' ears and tin
them full ot bright colored silk* and worsteds, w hich are
left pendant to fly iu the breeze. Horses are valued ac-
cording to their feathers, aud should au Indian wish to buy
a horse he Immediately asks its owner it the pony can
catch a buffalo. Indians seldom hunt alone far from their
villages. First, It Is against the rules of their tribe— und
secondly, they are ulruid of losing their scalp*. Should
an Indian go hunting “on tho sly" und be found out, ho
will he 'soldiered," or have his dollies cut to pieces when
lie returns to camp. Regular hunting parlies are orga.t-
ized lo extend their hums to uuy locality agreed upon.
When running buffalo each individual has two pouics, one
of which he leads; they ure ridden alternately during a
hum. War parties also use “lead" hone*. Borne ludiuu*
still use the bow for hunting, bul they are mostly old men
who ure too poor to owu a rifle. The Winchester ciublue
is the favorite gun with tho Indians for war or burning.
Many of them Jiuve the Springlleld needle guns, und 1 liuvo
seen some Individuals do good shooting with them. It an
Indian is short of ammunition he will lake his robe or blanket
from bis buck and trade U for a few cartridges , When
chasing the buffalo over u rolling prairie, they are followed
leisurely by the hunter until n bund reaches u hill, when
the nimble Indian pony of the hunter makes two Jumps to
the buffalo’s one when asccmllng the hill, und lima darts
forward among the them, giving his rider a chuttcu to
empty his Winchester. Bulls are seldom killed by tho
Indians, as tho flesh and silken robes of the cows ure the
desiderata.

When the chase is over the hunter* claim their game nml
dress It us follows:— Tito skin is removed and loo quarters
severed from the body. The leg bones arc cracked and the
marrow saved Tor making pomicun. The brums ol the
cows ure also used for eating and tunning. The flesh is
taken from the animal iu flakes uud piled on to thu poor
little ponies until they are heavily loaded, then Air. Lo
mounts on top of the meat, and tho ill-used lmlo beasts
slugger away under their double loads. Tho entrails arc
partially cleaned, looped ou a slick, roasted over a cutup
fire and then greedily devoured us titbits. It a party of
Indiuos ure not hunting in uu enemy's country the squaws
are “permitted" to do all the drudgery ol preparing the
meat. Early iu thu neasou few skins ure use I, except lor
making teepies or lodges. When the Winter com of tho
buffalo is about half grown then the Indians commenco
tanning robes for trading and for their own use. A Ulo
Indian will sell a good robe for live dollurs. The Indians
ia northern Montana ask eight and leu dollars for robes.
The Chippewa* are thu best trappers I have seen among
the different tribes. 1 have kuowu one young Chippewa
buck to tend forty traps. The majority of the aboug ues
ure too lazy to trup. in conclusion, 1 would say, luiinna,
as a class, arc good hunters bul poor shots. * They are
patient, and will wail in a coul6 on the trail of u baud of
antelope all day, if necessary, lo obiain a shot. lu the
timber they are equally good at finding gumo, uud watch
runways und watering places until gume is killed. Indiuos
will not tramp ufter gume if they can get it by watching.

Moccasin,

Little Elk Iiicer , Minnesota, January 21th, 1875.

For Forts t and Stream.
HOW INDIANS HUNT.

IT is generally supposed that the Indiums never make use
of their dogs when hunting, but do their own driving
on foot. There arc, however, some tribes that use dogs
successfully in the chase. The Chippewa Indians sur-
round some favorite feeding ground of the deer, and one
Indian turns the dogs loose in the centre of (he enclosed
space. Some of the dogs are well trained and hunt inde-
pendently of euch other, aud it often happens that several
deer are killed at one drive. The number of hunters en-
gaged in a drive is limited, according to the number of
runways to be manned. Large parties often “split" up and
hunt in localities adapted to their numbers. Sometimes
the Chippewus still hunt singly. They have trails cut
through their hunting grounds, as nearly purallel as they
can make them, so that when they are hunting there arc

no dead sticks to crack, aud alarm the game, or any twigs
to obstruct the hunter's view. Many Indians foolishly

IIidkh. — Americuu hides lmvc now bccomo a large and
permanent article of export to Europe. American leather
is in staple dcinanu in Europe also, and is shipped in large
quantities. This results from the enormous Increase iu the
stock of cattle since the war. In Kansas, Texas, Colorado,
Nebraska and Wyoming a farmer can double his cupilul in
twenty months iu beef cuttle, and the business requires
little beyond the guarding of the herd. In all the holder
States immense herds of cuttle are raised ou whul is called
"the runge," that is the open public domain, lhe owner*
not being possessed of an acre of land. It is from these
limitless multitudes of cattle that our markets are supplied
with beeves, uud even this demand scarcely doe* more Ilian
carry off the increase. The prospect appear* to he ihut
our country is destined to become the greatest producer of
hides in the world. Tho interest has not yet developed
itself West of the Rocky Alountnins, except in southern
California, where it is beboming immense.

Sea Moss.— Considerable business is done at Kittcry, Me.,
in collecting and drying sea moss, wliicli is collected in
dories, in the neighborhood of YVhaJe’s Buck und White
Island. Rakes ure used, which at half tide tear the moss
fiom the rocks. It is taken to the beaches nod bedded and
bleached. It has to be turned like buy. When (tried it is
packed in barrels and sent to Bistou, selling at six cents
per pound. Large quantities aro used by brewers lu settling
ale.

4

FOREST AND STREAM

«#.s//r Culture.

This Journal Ig the Omclal Orpin of the Fish Cultnr
Ists’ Association.

DISTRIBUTION OF FISH.

'T'HE recent lecture of the Hon. Robert B. Roosevelt,
1 before the New York Geographical Society, upon
the Distribution ot Fish in the United States, has not re-
ceived that attention from us which it merited, owing to
pressure upon our columns. Alluding to the rapid progress
which had been made in the science of fish culture the
speaker contrasted the present knowledge of the habits of
fish, and the necessary condition of life for different kinds
of fish, with the Ignorance upon this subject at the not
distant period when attention was first directed to the
necessity for the preservation of fish in our streams, and rc-
populat.ng them with the kinds that had become scarce
Now it is no more difficult to raise fish than to raise chick-
ens, when proper methods are pursued. A reason given
for the scarcity of salmon and trout in New England waters
is the existence of numerous dams which prevent the mi-
gration of the fish at Spring and Fall, the Ynnkees in
their zeal for manufacturing having ingnorantly destroyed
a great source of wealth, which cost nothing to produce
Salmon are not found this side of New England. Hendrick
Hudson reported having seen salmon at the mouth of the
Hudson River; but Mr. Roosevelt declared that Hendrick
was mistaken, and that the fish that he saw were probably
weakflsb. J

Shad can live in water of much higher temparature than
treut, and are found in all the rivers running into the At-
lantic from Florida to Connecticut. They have already
• 'penred this season in the streams of Florida and Georgia'
and w,d successively be taken in the streams of the South-
ern and Middle States, coming northward as the warm
weather approaches. The speaker declared shad to be the
fish for 'the people,” while trout and salmon were "for us
aristocrats He then instructed his audience in the art of
. ,bp°",ng.8haf ■” . 0ne ,»toht ns well take one of the small
CU. 1010 bn 18 “cross bones and all, as to cut shad
in the way It is usually done. Every fish has its "system”
of bones The shad has its "system.” One series is con-
nected w,th the spine; from the fins are other series; and
when attention is paid to the manner in which the bones

are placed, it is easy to separate them from the flesh
In the rivers flowing into the Pacific, arc fish belonging
to the salmon family, though diflering from the New Eng
laud salmon in some particulars. A marked difference of
the Pacific salmon is the fact that it lives in much warmer
water than Us Eastern cousin. It is therefore proposed
by the Fish Commissioners to take advantage of this fact
and introduce this salmon to the Atlantic rivers south of
New England. In return, the Atlantic coast will send to
the Pacific rivers the shad, which now is not found in these
waters.

spermaceti whale and some other kinds of fish. On the
shores of the Mediterranean Sea where are the salt basins,
there are minute creatures inhabiting the water, which,
when it is evaporated to the point of yielding salt, die, and
yield in their death a perfume like the odor of violets,
while a beautiful rosy tint covers the surface of the water.
Many fish exhibit exquisite tints of color, both in their
living and their dying, Nature having left none of her
orders of life without grace and beauty. The energies and
enthusiasm of an Agassiz have opened n wide field of re-
search among the denizens of the water. And the labors
of the Fish Commissioners are utilizing the rcientific
knowledge, and teaching the people how to "make two
grow, where was one before," Art assisting Nature.

Was the poet a prophet when he cried—

MOh ye gods mid little Ashes!"

AMERICAN FISH CULTURISTS’ ASSO-
CIATION.

The national fish of America is the black bass. Wholly
unknown in European countries, it exists solely with us
where its vigor, enterprise, restlessness, and independence'
ts athletic but not altogether comely appearance, makes
It rather representative in its character. It is self-reliant
and when placed in new waters not merely makes itself at
home, but appropriates the locality, explores its farthest
recesses and devours its aboriginal inhabitants. Its natural
distribution was through a few of the lakes of New York
but mainly in the northwestern States. It has, however'
been acclimated in many other ponds mid lakes, where it
now flourishes extensively. A younger brother, the Oswe-
go or grass bass, is more common, and being less parlicu-
ar m it8 choice of habitat, fills often in coumless numbers

the muddy and weedy ponds and streams which the true
black bass disdains. These fish, together with the pike
percli, (uctopcrcu) a variety of which is called the Ohfo or
Susquehanna salmon, people the waters of our land from
New York to the Rocky Mountains, and exist here and

States? 80 1P 6°me °f S,rCftms °f the *Stmth Atlantic

hZu°L hr ,narke'1 differonce8 of habits; the

black bass loves bright, pure, lively water, not os cold ns the

but'lfre'o from T 9pringprodl-"S U!h and moumains
rnoiioT •„ f maW0M held 8UFPendcd in it. and with
motion either of current or from the winds. It deposits its
eggs on rocky or pebbly ledges. The pik-perch^lives hi
the gieat lakes, and rarely, as in the case of the smaller
specimen the Ohio salmon, remains even in the Wr
r vers; while the grrss bass loves muddy, weedy shores
along which it lays its eggs. None of these varieties are
susceptible of artificial cultivation.

Very many interesting facts were given in regard to
fn love .f,^JeCtieing b8ndled b* ouc ™s evidently

,|£t lh. " ° ““'l0”- “"dC °f lhc ,li,
coveries that the songs of sirens” are to ;be ascribed to

certain musica! fish. go wo cannot tell'if ouJ ipSakw

M“r«l that hi, audience,
nae nimseJt, would look on fish aud spp ti.nt w • !

for food.” Nor did he give his hearers any itc-ms showing
fl<h to have contributed to the poetry of life

floating^ tbe\vat^rp?incipany of 'thT Per,fume’ f0Und
Jhere, is supped bc produced tllc TZ^VoUUe

rTM,E Convention of American Fish Culrurists was
1 called to order at 11 o’clock on Tuesday morning, at
the office of its \ ice President, G. Shepard Page. The
President, Hon. Robt. B. Roosevelt in the chair. About
45 “embers were present, and before the morning adjourn-
ment a large number of names were added to the list.

Mr. Roosevelt took occasion to formally open the session
by a brief address in review of the progress of Fish culture
during the year that has elapsed since the previous meet-
ing. He rejoiced that this great economic interest was
everywhere advancing, and failing nowhere; success in
every direction. Mr. Green’s expedition to Michigan in
quest of grayling and their eggs, was a success to be proud
of. These flsh had been transported to the New York
State Hatch House at Caledonia, and under the supervision
of Mr. Collins, these eggs have been hatched, and there are
now fish three inches long, the product of this venture.

Sturgeon were formerly very large and very abundant in
the Hudson River, and a valuable item of food. It is very
pro .he, producing millions of eggs, nevertheless the manu-
facturers of what is known ns “ enviure ,” or tho the dried
roe of fish, have so decimated the supply, that it lias been
impossible for the Fish Commissioners to procure eggs
even for propagating purposes; the more particularly be-

S"“y°^?Ul]fripT m“tiDg mwmva are MW

A new fishway, the invention of Mr. Brewer of Muncv
i., has been placed in the Mohawk river, four miles be-
low Schenectady, by way of testing its value, and (lie re-
result has shown it to be' in the estimation of the Commis-
sioners. the best, most convenient, least expensive and the
most easily adapted to the dam, than any yet invented We
shall give a description of this fishway ‘in our next issue
During the year we have received and distributed black

bass, shad, white fish and salmon trout among a greater num-
ber of lakes and strenms of the State than the public can
have any conception of, and waters that were once totally
exhausted and barren of any kind of fish or fish food are
now repopulutcd and fruitful.

Experiments are always doubtful, and thus the experi-
mentof planting shad in freshwater has not yet prived
that these fish can be thus acclimated. It is true that large
shad have been taken in Lake Ontario, the Gcnessee and
other rivers where young fish were placed. It is ascer-
tained that small fish will grow, and large ones will live
under the changed conditions of food and water but it re-
mains to be seen whether they will deposit their spawn and
propagate herefrom. The problem is not yet solved So
also with the introduction of salmon from the Pacific —the
small fry have thriven and grown to large maturity, but we
Cannot yet determine w hether they will multiply and pro-

Our greatest triumph in success has been with our native
ns . salmon, trout, etc Striped bass, it has been found
can be treated exactly like shad, in the melfiod of culture
and be produced in abundance,— a very important fact in-
fishesC ' ^ U 1S °ne °f °Ur m°St valued 1111,1 delicious food

The Secretary Mr. Collins, then read the minutes of the
hist meeting. After which followed a paper by Fred
Mather, Esq., on "Poisoning und Obstructing Waters"
which w ill be printed in our columns next week verbatim
lie showed that our streams are poisoned by chloride f
ime iron, paper nulls, dyestuffs from cloth works, and , nr
oil f|om gas works, and Hint fishways are not built into
he dams, ns is required by law. Our law prohibits 1
po uhon of waters under heavy penalty, but is rendered a
nullity and inoperative by the exception it makes in case of
running water that furnishes power for mills. Mather bad
seen dead fish in the Hudson 12 miles below Albany doub
IrVf kl, edfb'' t*ie chemical works above, and on Vhe shad
grounds of the Connecticut river below the dam where are
two paper mills and a cloth mill, lie estimated tbm n.Y’t
of chloride of lime aud dyestuff was discharged f om tliese
mil s each day Sewage from cities was aSerTalis of
pollution that demanded attention, a cause of damage most
inexcusable, inasmuch as there were numerous processes of
MrirfingP f ,lianU,;e’ or Precipitating it altogether The
‘ Pa,1>unient has a proposition now before it to cor-

wh I/ c!?w r/h 1U 1 lei rh.uinos- Tlie process of doing away
with sewage by carbonization was a most excellent nn<.
and might be- applied with advantage. Rivers are .don
ofleu polluted by the percolation through the soil of ?
nurcs placed on the land. He said that, if our rive i wtro
rnint11* P“rc 'J0™! , as when our fathers first setSed the
S now^^he?, ^ thG Sam° abund™<*°f fish in

oi Mrsas; ssiiM" ravM * *■»
ss essxs."* 6“v° - *»«'»« asssssra

Eastern waters. Mr. Bowles continued the recital of his
experience on the Au Sable, and commented upon the
clearness of the stream, whose fish could he seen in the
bottom in water of 20 feet depth. He camped each night
in a different place, and found the fish so plentiful ns to
debar sport lie considers the grayling, although the flesh
is white and tender is not equal to the trout for the table
With regard to graying and trout in same stream Mr
Green stated that as the trout spawn in Fall and grayling
In Spring, when the grayling are small and standing on
their " tail ends ’’ the trout will " go for him and take him
sure."

Mr. Collins had experimented with grayling eggs and
hatched them at same time as trout, when the grayling were
so small and puny that they hid in the gravel, and it was
difficult to say that there was fish there. The same food
was used ana they ate it before sack was entirely absorbed.
The experiment as such was successful, and he succeeded
in savintr 90 per cent. Mr. Mather for many reasons pre-
fers the graylrog to the trout — and considers it a question
as to which are best for table; require less food and care
than trout. Tlie discussion was continued by Mr. Green
and Mr. Mather. A telegram was received from Mr.
Wbitcber regretting bis not being able to come, but the
Dominion was worthily represented by Mr. Wilmot who
gave a most interesting description regarding bis expe-
riences, and referred particularly to the great increase of
salmon of late years.

Professor Theo. Gill, of Washington, made some inter-
esting remarks regarding the classification of fish, with re-
ference more particularly to the grayling.

Dr. Milner discussed the white fish of the lakes, their
mode of feeding, etc.

The subject of grayling was renewed by various gentle-
men interested in the subject. Mr. Bowles said this fish
was found m Bavaria with a mouth like a sucker. Mr.
Hallock alluded to Capt. Beudire as having met grayling in
Montana; lie considered him good authority.

On motion of Mr. Bowles the meeting adjourned to meet
at same place and hour on Wednesday."' As we go to press
on Wednesday our report cannot be completed in ibis
issue.

Fish Culture in Virginia.- A bill is before the Virginia
Legislature to secure tlie appointment of Fish Commission-
ers for that State. It empowers the Governor to appoint
two competent persons, who shall continue in office for
two years and be known ns commissioners of fisheries.
They are to inspect all the streams of the State with a
view of stocking them with the best food fishes; to consult
with tlie Fish Commissioner of the United States, and of
the several States, as to the best modes of constructing
fish ladders, propagation, &c., and examine into the feasi-
bility of cutting a channel around the Great Falls of the
Potomac, or constructing fish laddeis at that point to ad-
mit the passage of fish from tide water iuto the Upper
Potomac and into the Shenandoah, and also inquire into
the expediency of constructing ladders to admit the pass-
age of fish over dams or other obstructions in the Upper
Potomac and Shenandoah, or elsewhere in the Slate, aud
make an estimate of cost, &c., and report to the next Gen-
eral Assembly of Virginia.

They are to select proper locations for the propagation
and culture of such food fishes as it shall be deemed desir-
able to introduce into the waters of the State, obtain the
necessary ova, and erect suitable houses and devices for
hatching them and protecting the small fish until fit to be
Of ftnd1lhr,n'° dlsllibute them among such waters

nlwor be deemed proper; are also to have the

power to take fish from any of the streams of the Slate for
tlie purpose of propagation and investigation; and nrc to
make an annual report to the Legislature. The act appro-
priates *2,o00 to carry out its provisions and pay the neces-
sary expenses of the commissioners. y

—A gentleman who has lately visited the Bucksport sal-
mon breeding works, informs us that two men are now
busy there attending to the work required in changing the
water, caring for the eggs, etc. Several million eggs are
on bund at the present time. Near the close of February
a large number of the little fish will be placed in the lake
and stream and look out for themselves. The works ap-
pear to be quite successful, only a few eggs spoiling the

though a°few rb l! lillS a" ligbt- NeaH>r ll» «fe Irsb live,
though a few dead ones are taken from the ponds.

“

-The work of stocking the "Twin Lakes," at Salisbury
Ct with salmon trout was begun in good earnest on the
20th of January, on which day Ernest S. Pease, the artist
placed the results of the hatching of the first five hundred

Sed if T ^ Se!!' GreCn °" ,hC 15,81 ^ cent venture.
Placed in the gravelly part of the lake where no grass or

h*lt8r l° lh!!lr enemics*it 18 hoped that they
wilt make their way to deep water without much loss. Of

in.1 “Y 1°,“?’ W0 hope t0 soe • ‘in it." 3,000 are still

sg.^ga^3Ma‘“' “

sionerP*flner y conten>Plates giving the Commie-

Kufn£«y“”d eSpe"scs- A enough

FOREST AND STREAM

5

J&/«ra/ Wish rg.

INSECT

For Forttl anil Stream.

LIFE.

BY KEOKA.

IT is a well established fact that the attention of observ-
ant minds has ever been, to a greater or less degree,
attracted to the wonders of the iusect world from a very
remote period. Wc meet with numerous references to in-
sects in the most ancient records which have been preserved
to us; and in the oldest of these the industry and foresight
of certain insects, and the ravages of others, are especially
brought under our notice. Nor is it at all difficult to ac-
count for this. The splendid hues of many insects, the re-
markable forms of others, and the curious habits of all, are
well calculated to excite the admiration of even those who
know nothing of them scientifically; while the extensive
injuries committed by associated bauds of creatures, indi-
vidually so insignificant, could scarcely fail to confer im-
portance upon an enemy against whose invasions the suf-
ferers must have felt themselves lobe altogether powerless.

The publication many years ago, in England, of Kirby
and Spence's invaluable work on. entomlogy gave a new
direction to the study of insects, and taught their collectors
that there was a higher purpose to be attained tliau the
mere admiration of “Bright troops of virgin moths and
fresh born butterflies.’’

Itshowed beyopd a doubt that the external forms of these
creatures are the least curious and least instructive sources
of interest attaching to them, and the popular style of the
work at once secured for it an elevated rank in scientific
literature, which, notwithstanding sundry unavoidable
minor errors, it will ever retain.

In view of the acknowledged merit and standard excel-
lence of this work, I shall not hesitate to borrow from its
valuable and interesting pages such illustrative passages as
may tend to further the object of these papers — the famil-
iarization of the popular mind with the idea that the study
of insects is neither a frivolous uor an unprofitable mode
of occupying time.

The science of entomology is considered and claimed by
many emincut students as equal, if not ruperior, to those
of the other branches of natural history. They have shown
the sources of pleasure opened to the entomologist, from
the inexhaustible nature of the subject, the infinite variety
and beauty of the insects, their curious habits, the instru-
ments of attack and defence with which they are provided
for their own protection, as well as those expressly intend-
ed for the construction of habitations for their progeny,
and, above all, the religious instruction to be drawn from
these wonderful little creatures.

The lords of creation plume themselves upon their pow-
ers of invention, and are proud to enumerate the various
useful arts and machines to which they have given birth,
not aware that “He who has taught man knowledge” has
instructed these despised insects to anticipate him in many
of them. The builders of Babel doubtless thought their
invention of turning earth into artificial stone a very happy
discovery; yet a little bee had practiced this art— using,
indeed, a little different process, on a small scale, and the
white ants on a large one— ever since the world began.
Man thinks that he stands unrivalled as an architect, and
that his buildings are without a parallel among the works
of the inferior order of animals He would be of a dif-
ferent opinion did he attend to the history of insects. He
would find that many of them have been architects from
time immemorial; that they have had their houses divided
into various compartments, and containing staircases, gi-
gantic arches, domes, colonnades, and the like; nay, that
even tunnels are excavated by them so immense, compared
with their own size, as to be twelve times bigger than that
projected by the engineer of the Thames tunnel at Graves-
end.

The modern aristocrats who pride themselves on the lus-
tre and beauty of the scarlet hangings which adorn the
stalely walls of their drawing rooms, or the carpets that
cover their floors, rather pitying their poor, vulgar ances-
tors, who were doomed to unsightly whitewash and rush
carpeting, are ignorant all the while that before they or
their ancestors were born, even before the boasted Tyrian
dye was discovered, a little insect had known how to hang
its walls with tapestry of a scarlet more brilliant than any
the palatial rooms of the nobility can exhibit, and that
others daily weave silken carpets, both in tissue and tex-
ture infinitely superior to those they admire.

Other arts have been equally forestalled by these crea-
tures. What vast importance is attached to the invention
of paper! For y eats— nearly six thousand years— one of
our commonest iusects had known how to manufacture
and apply it to its purposes; and even pasteboard, superior
in substance and finish to any we can produce, is made by
another. We imagine that nothing short of human intel-
lect can be equal to the construction of a diving bell or an
air pump, yet a spider is in the daily habit of using the
one, and, what is more, of exactly the same principle of
ours, but more ingeniously contrived, by means of which
she resides unwetted in the water, and procures the necs-
sary supplies of air by a more simple process than our
alternating buckets. That insects should have thus fore-
stalled us in our inventions ought to urge us to pay a closer
attention to them and their ways than we have hitherto
done, since it is possible that the result would be many
useful hints for the improvement of our arts and manufac-
tures, and perhaps for some beueficial discoveries.

In respect to tools, these little workers deserve particular
notice. All their operations are performed with admirable
precision and dexterity, and though they do not usually
vary the mode, yet thut mode is always the best that can
be conceived to attain the end in view. The instruments
with which they are provided are no less wonderful uud
various than the operations themselves. They have their
saws and files and augurs and gimlets, and knives and lan-
cets and scissors, with many other similar instruments,
several of which are used in more than one capacity.

Nor is the fact so extraordinary as jt may seem at first,

since ' He who is wise in heart und wonderful in working" is
the inventor and fabricator of the apparatus of insects.
1 here is no exaggeration in these statements, though to
the careless observer of these it would seem so. The little
stone-makiug insect first alluded to is a member of the
family of mason bees, all of which build their houses of
artificial stone, formed principally of grains of sand, se-
lected with great care, one by one, and formed into masses
with their own viscid saliva. With these masses of sand,
transported singly in her jaws to the site of the building,
the little architect constructs a number of cells, iu each of
which she deposits an egg, together with a supply of pro-
visions, to be ready for the young lurvic on its exclusion;
tile vacuities between the cells are filled with the same ma-
terials as the cells themselves are formed of, and the whole
is finally' covered with a coating of coarse grains of sand.
1 he mass of cells thus finished looks more like a splash of
mud thrown on the wall than anything else, and is so hard
as not to be easily penetrated with a knife; but, hard as it
is, certain parasites contrive to pierce the structure with
their boring instruments, and to deposit their eggs in the
cells; the larva; proceeding from these intruders devour
the provisions stored up by the industrious cc-ll-builders,
whoso care for the safety of their offspring is thus frus-
trated.

Another family' of bees includes the upholsterers, which
excavate burrows in the earth for the reoeption of their
eggs. These burrows they line with an elegant tapestry of
leaves and flowers, cut from the living plants. One of
these bees selects the brilliant scarlet petals of the poppy
for the drapery of her rooms. After having excavated a
burrow about three inches in depth, and polished its sides,
she flics to the poppies, cuts oval pieces out of their flow-
ers, and returns to her cell with these portions so cut out
carried between her legs. The petals of poppies, before
they are fully expanded, are much wrinkled; the bee man-
ages to smooth out the wrinkles and otherwise fit the pieces
to the place they are to occupy. Placing three or four
coats at the bottom, she overlays her walls with the bril-
liant tapestry, proceeding from below upwards until the
whole is covered. An egg is then deposited, a supply of
food provided, and the upper portion of the lining folded
so ns to envelop the contents of the cell, 'the mouth of
which is closed last of all with earth. The proceedings of
the other upholsterer bees are equally curious; they usually
select the green leaves of trees for the lining of then bur-
rows, which are filled with several thimble shaped cells,
placed one within the other, the rounded end of one fitting
into the mouth of that next below it.

( To be continued.

—The American Museum of Natural History in Central
Park has secured Mr. E. G. Squior’s valuable antiquarian
collection.

POMPANO AND CREVALLE.

Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D. C., January 20, 18*0.
Editor Forkst and Stream:—

f

A few words of explanation may resolve tlie doubts and eonfiudon,
which appear to prevail among some of your rendors respecting the
Pompano nnd Crevnlle.

Our more common fishes rejoice severally In exceptionally largo
numbers of English names; on the other hand the number of names Is
little larger thun, if as lurge as, die number of fishes. The nomenclature,
then, isudjusted in this way: The same llsh is on different parts cf U10
coust known by different names, while the same name Is transposed at
the different places to other fishes. This is the case with the two fishes
iu question. There is not, and never has been, among naturalists, the
slightest confusion of tho Horse Crevullo (Carangu* hlpjm) and the
Pompano (Tracht/nolut curolinm) with each other. Mr. Clarko is in cr-
ror in his statement that Holbrook confounded them. Holbrook both
described aud figured them, one (Crevalle or Pompanoj under the name
Vothrolaemus pom pan us, theother (Horse Crevullc) as Carons defensor;
the former is, however, at some places (as at Charleston) called Crevalle;
others CovaIII, nnd at others Pompano. The Carangu* Is also nt sonui
places called Crevalle alone; at others (where the Pompano is called
Crevalle) “Horse Crevalle," Ac., Holbrook simply committed errors In
the scientific nomenclature of the species.

Sir. Clarke, In respect to tho description of tho Cavalll (I. r. Trachy
notut Carolina*) "as far north as Holmes’ Hole," thinks "iho Cavalll
(I «. Carangus higpoi") Is the fish indicated. This scepticism may be
praiseworthy, (for crilical scepticism is the great essential in scientific
discussion and weighing of lestlmony). The identification of the Cu-
valll or Pompano with fishes found northwurd near Holmes’ Hole, wus
made, however, by the nuturullsts of the United States Commission of
Fisli and Fisheries, nnd if they are not to bo trusted for dctcrmiuiug
what Ihe fish ie, or is not, whose uuthorlty will Mr. Clarke accept? The
specimens which have been identified can nt nny time be examined at
•he Smithsonian Instliuilon by Mr. Clarke, and the scientific world may
then have the benefit of his decision. The naturalists of the Commis-
sion all concurred in the Identifications of both the Pompano and Horse
Crevalle. Among the fishes found 111 Vineyard Sound numerous speci-
mens of the Pompano of a very small size (considerably less thun half
an Inch) as well os large specimens, had been repeatedly found.
Son thward, too, at several places, the Pompano has been found,
and specimens, largo and small, wore obtained at Watch Hill
Beach, Rhode Island, five miles east of Stonlngton, Conn. The fisher-
men generally dul not know that tho fishes thus caught were Pompanos,
but probably, if Mr. Clarke baa seen them, he would have arrived at the
same conclusion as the several experienced Ichthyologists who have ex-
amined them. Mr. Clarke has ovideotly muen to learn before he fully
understands the confusion In the names given on different parts of our
great coast, and he has In previous articles been betrayed Into many and
grave errors by this w ant of knowledge. Theo. Gill.

SEVERAL MOOTED QUESTIONS.

Rotalton, Vt., Februory 1, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

1 had written a short article for you touching the curious blunders of
one of your Southern correspondents, confounding the Pompano with
the Cavalll. when I wan pleased to find myself anticipated by two other
correspondents, There Is a striking external resemblauce between the
Pompano and Cavalll of similar size. I have often caught the latter in
the Bay of Mobile, and thrown them away, when the former were bring-
ing one dollar apiece in the market.

Another correspondent seem* to rank Ihe turkey buzzard with some
of our best fowls for purity of odor. If the catlerU are pnrlljiu in oth cr
respects, I know not why we may not get a new sensntion by serving the
bird on onr tables. 1 think be has smelled with his eyes, and confound-
ed the bird circling in graccfnl orbits high up In the pure ether, with Ihe
homely thing safe iu ils hldeousncss of form and odor, feasting upon Ihe
tainted garbage of the city. I once shot a buzzard upon the spot — then
an open field— where now stands the beautiful village of Eataw, the
county seal of Green county, Vt. It was before metallic pens bad come
Into use, and I shot the bird for Its quill- I boiled those quills nnd sub-

jeetedthem to every deodorising proceas I could thluk of. but In vain.
I lie scent of tho bint hung round them still, nnd It was not tho scent of
lac ro#o.

Another correspondent speaks of the prodnctoii' nnd domineering dis-
position of tho English sparrow. log occasion Iasi Summer to spend
an hour or two tn the depot at Burlington, 1 amused tnjself watching
tho social confusion of scores of there pet chatter boxes that had ap-
propriated tin- upper part of tho building to their own use, placing their
nests high up among the iron girder* and braces of the roof A gentle-
man informed me that a few pairs had been turned loore In the town
ami at once colonlzedlln the building, which w». already In pos-e-slon
of the domestic pigeon. War was declared at once and the llttl*
“banditti'' carried the day. driving out their pompons adversaries, and
now Hold undiaputed dominion. *

SUSPENDED ANIMATION BY FREEZING.

Boston, Feb, 1, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream.—

In tho aquarium In the windows of Messenger Brothers. 66 Brumfield
SnTiltfL n i'r.ifl".Cllook,Vi: ®moU' ■"•mining about HI lively as .hu trout
and other fish that keep them company, 't hese smelt wore'purcUa»ed in
tho market one day Inst week, frozen solid. When Mtv-ra. Mc-nouiror
bought thorn the denier said they had been rnnglit the previous d«v. Tim
four frozen fish were thrown Into the aquarium, ami In less ihun uu hour
were apparently u» happy as though nover tnkon from tho wator.

I cut the above from the Boston Pott of Feb. 1st. Have boon Mopping
nt tho Brumfield House, and saw tho fish every day. Mr. Messenger toll*
mo that they wore but lightly frozon. One of the fi»h show* sign- of the
dreaded fungus. They have very kindly given them to me for my «xhl
billon of fish nt Buffalo Feb. 10th to 17th.

Jn»t how far fish life can be suspended by freezing Is nu Interesting
problem. If frozen toUtl, it would seem as If tho tissues would be
ruptured past recovery. Fred. Matuib

The following loiter would seem lo give vnluablu testi-
mony upon tho question raised by Mr. Mather :—

Putnam, Conn., Fob. 3, UJ7B

Editor Forest and Stream:—

1 have been a liable to make some of my friends bellovo that a fish after
having boon frozen stiff nnd solid cun be tliawod out, aud, so to speak,
bo brought lo life.

Havlug tried this experiment upon a porch some years ago, I knew
whereof I affirm, but would ho pleased to hear from you or soma of the
F. & 8. correspondents relatlvo to similar experiments

Yours trnly, Auikut II. Mowm.

FREAKSOF NATURE IN DEER.

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New York, January 21. 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Allow me to mid another doo with horns to your list. John Cheney
has, among his many victims, ulro klllod a doo with horns. Tho horns
wore about four or llvo Inchon long uud of Urn “spllto" order, lu speak
lug with him about (hu peculiarities of doer, ho told mo that among those
ho had killed were some entirely out of tho common order. Among
these wus onu old back who had never c bunged his coat, and was killed
Into In the Full, as red us a cherry. At another time a duo wes captured
which had hor full growth, nnd was atilt spotted tike n fawn. But the
strangest of all was lit : door he drove to Suudy Ralph Chooy took tho
dog and wont on the Howard Illtl US start, while Ralph wont to the
river to watch; lie had gouo but a short way when his dog took tho
track, and with scarcely a turn pat the deer straight Into tho river, where
It was klllod by Snudy. lie noticed when ha shot that tho bond of the
door looked peculiar, and upon going up to cut its throat, ho discovered
to Ills great surprise that, together with tnu natural pair of horns, there
was another spike growing straight from (hu forehead, and still another
from where tho loft eye should bo I

This Is 11 well authenticated fact, and Mr. Cheney uud Ralph aro still
alive to prove It. Yours, Taiiawas,

NO GALL IN DEER.

Colusa, Cal., JanuoLry 28, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:

In your Issuo of January 7th, I notice [your correspondent from Birch
Comp, Minn,, In writing of diaeuaud liver in deer, says: "I observed lliat
the gall of tho doe was wanting." Now, what I want to know is,
did lie over find a gall in a doer of any kind? I liavo klllod door ou the
prairie, and lu tho pineries of Mlunusoin, and in the Slorra and coast
ranges of California, uml I have my first doer to kill that possessed a
gull. I think that “J. H. B." Is not a very cioeo observer. Yours
truly, Pacific

It is known, and lias been so stated in our paper, that
deer have no gall. J. II. B. is a young student who is ac-
quiring knowledge by tho toughest kind of experience on
the remote frontier, collecting specimens in mid Winter,
and shivering alone in a shanty with the thermometer ever
so many degrees below zero. Tho fact that I10 has made
tho discovery' for himself that deer have no gall shows
that lie wit dose observer. Be charitable. We have all
got to learn. — Ed.

WHITE CALIFORNIA QUAIL.

Nioaeio, Marion county, Cal., January 20, 1816.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

As many of your readers are Interested lu alblnocs, I send you tho do
acrlptlon of a California quail shot in this vicinity. Tills spccliuou Is a
male and partial albino, having a white spot on tbc lower part of throat
circle, aboat onc-balf Inch square; on the breast below aro white fonth-
era; right wing, six primaries, and coverts pure white; loft wing, four
outer wing coverts while; middle nnd inner two, half white; nail of
hind toe on left foot white. This bird has been mounted by Mr. Chas.
A. Allen, of Nicosia, and is In good plumaga, Thomas U. EsTr.

Twin Lakes, Canaan, Conn., February 3, 1876.
Editor Foue«t and Stream :—

Mr. E. Sherman Pease, of Twin Lakes, Conn., has lately caogbt a fox
thut puzzles our oldest, as well us youngest loha’jltaut who has "never
see 11 sich afore." It Is n« gray as a bay lynx, trimmed around with
foxy red, with black points lo nore , cars and tall, white under the throat
and belly. Now, whether tt Is a "sliver gray" worth $150, or only South
em gray, at $1.50, Is what we would like some wrltei for Forest and
Stream to decide. Mr. Pease being nn orllst, as well as trapper, has
inadea pointing of the varmint, which, with one of an otter now on the
easel, may find its way to tho Bpring exhibition, und the mooted polst
be settled Grave 11 .

Probably a “cross-fox.’’— Ed.

— “Pray, Miss Primrose, do you like steamboats 7" in-
quired u gentleman of a fair friend to whom he was paying
bis addresses. "Oh! pretty well,” replied the ludy, “but
I’m exceedingly fond of a smack.” The lover took the
hint, and impressed a chaste salute on the lips of the blush-
ing damsel

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THE ORIGIN OF THE DOMESTIC DOG.

THERE appears to be a wide difference of opinion
among nuturalists as to the stock from which our
dogs of the present day came. Some have it the wolf,
others the Jackal, or fox, while not a few claim that the
dhole, or wild dog of India, is tho'source from which sprang
all the varieties. In our opinion it can not bo declared
with any degree of certainty what the parent stock was.
Certain It is that to no one animal can the paternity of
these useful races be credited, a9 they aro so widely dif-
ferent In form, color and other characteristics, and man
could never have developed and brought together such vast
dilfcrcncos, opposite natures and shapes ns can daily be
6een in domestic dogs, unless the original species were in
possession of the rudiments. Neither could food, climate, or
any contrivance whatever so completely alter the nature,
docreuso the scenting powers, render the coat sliort.'long,
or curly, lengthen or shorten the limbs, ^unless ^separate
types had furnished the material.

Ancient has relief and monumental delineations, picture
the dog as distinct in its characteristics thousands of years
ago as at the present day, and fossil remains have been
repeatedly discovered so little resembling either the wolf,
jackal, or fox. and so different in type, as to be classified
with the spaniel, terrier, hound, bull dog, turnsput, pointer
and pug; and as theso, or a part of them, we know to be
made dogs, or iu other words hybrids, the species must
have been fully as numerous then as at the present time.

There are numerous Bpecics of wild dogs differing from
one another almost ns inuuh as our own domestic animals
of to day. Granting that the spaniel, grayhouud, and ter-
rier, sprung originally from the wolf as some argue, why
not point out first why the male dogs are so dissimilar?
and again, why the wolves of different countries are unlike,
and which speciesjof wolf Is the true and ouly one? With-
out wishing to conflict with the opinions of those so ranch
more lenrned on the subject than ourselves, we would ask,
would it not be much more reasonable to suppose, without
positive proof, that the origin of Iho domestic dog can be
referred to numerous aboriginal species, crossing with the
wild varieties, ns we know our dogs will frequently do, in-
cluding the wolf, jackal, and the fox if we like; climate
assisting and man aiding by judicious intermixing and
breeding, until the present high standard of this useful ani-
mal lias been reached?

The Indian dogs may be traced to the prairie wolf, and
In Asia the native domesticated dog to the jungle dog.
Whatever may have been the originals of the partly tamed
canines of the nborigines of the different sections of the
globe, it is probable that the primitive dog, like other ani-
mals, was very different from any of the prescut races.

THE WHIP IN BREAKING.

Boston, Mass., February, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

The quesiions most frequently asked me by parties wlio
come to visit my kennel are, “How do you make your dogs
mind you t" and when I answer that I scarcely use the
whip at all, the reply is uniformly, “Well, 1 cannot see
how you manage without it." This is iust the mistake
(and It is a great one) which many breakers make, espe-
cially if they are amateurs of but little experience. They
6eem to think that the only way to get an idea into u dog's
mind is to whip it in, just as the old time pedagogues con-
sidered the birch the best meutal slimulaut on the royal
road to knowledge. Years ago I was no wiser than the
rest; but fortunately both for myself and my dogs, I soon
learned that the whip was my worst enemy. While I used
it 1 never had a well broken dog, and more than this, I
can say that I have nover seen one thus trained which was
not cither cowed in spirit, or made a sulky, negligent
worker. The great secret of perfect breaking is to teach
the dog that you are his master, and at the 6ame time to so
stimulate both his love for sport and his love for yourself
that whether In or out of the field he is constantly studying
your wants, and finding his greatest pleasure in ministering
to them. A breuker need never expect to bring out a dog’s
full capacity for good work if, instead of awakeniug his
syraputliy, lie unreasonably and unmercifully thrashes him
lor every irivial lault, upou the principle of “showing him
who is master." Yet 6o tenacious ure some men ot their
dignity tliut they assert it by lashing their dogs, and so aro
Served, if served ut all, with the heartless work of a slave,
lather than the cheerful servlco of a sympathizing friend.

Col. llutchinso-i, in his able treatise on breaking, strongly
recommends the use of the check cord, and though satisfied
that as a whole his system is much more complicated than it
should be, years since I learned to agree with him fully in
his opinion of the cord, and consider it now, with its dif-
ferent methods of application, by long odds more conve-
nient and effectual than the whip, either to ussert or main-
tain control of even the most wilful animal. Time and
6puce will not permit me to describe here how the cord
should be used. Some of your correspondents have al-
ready written at length upon this subject; yet all of them
have passed over many, indeed, most of the chief uses to
which this agent may be put. I do not, therefore, intend
to institute auv extensive comparison between the cord
and whip, but to 6how briefly why I object to the latter in
bicaking, when I consider Its use necessary, and the mau-
ner in which 1 work my dogs so as to avoid it us much us
possible,

1 object to the whip because at best there are few men
cool enough to use it properly. It is too bandy, and iu a
moment oi pam-lon the pup is so severely punished that in-
stead of understanding that he has done wrong, he becomes
frightened by Uie pain and the violent manner of his inns
ter, attempts to escape, and if successful is often ever after
a confirmed runaway. Again, I urn satisfied that it effects
nulling which the cord will not do better aud without any
dinger. I have seen many naturally fine youug dogs ut-

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terly ruined by a single injudicious thrashing, and I have
yet to note the first case where the cord has done barm,
even in the hands of a clumsy operator.

After a dog has been thoroughly broken, then the whip
enu be used to advantage in certain cases. In all instances
of evidently wilful disobedience I use the lash, and smartly
too, (since one good flogging is fur moro effectual than,
and saves a dozen slight ones.) At the same time I watch
my dog critically, and never allow castigation to go be-
yond the limit of reasonable punishment, lest I awaken an
angry, obstinate resistance to my will, that either induces
sullenness or develops a sly cunning by which the dog tries
to get his own way the moment he is at liberty. Before I
let the dog go I talk to him, but more in the tone of warn-
ing than reproof, and finally send him off with a gravely
spoken caution, and as soon as I see that he is trying to
make up for his fault bv good work, I encourage him by a
pleasant, cheerful word that places us again upon our
ordinary sympathetic basis.

I never go into the field with a broken dog without hav-
ing my whip in my pocket, since, as 1 have said, circum-
stances may arise where it is really needed, but I fre-
quently avoid its use for an entire season by what I deem
only proper vigilance. By this I mean watching my dog
carefully at all times, never taking my eve off of him if it
can be avoided. By such watchfulness I can tell the mo-
ment when he strikes a trail, and if he appears in the least
careless or excited, I can by a word check him and prevent
the commission of a graver fault deserving the lash. This
gives me the most perfect control over my dog, since he
soon learns that he is constantly under my eye, and that
the slightest fault will be instantly detected ; nor is such
supervision difficult, as by practice it has become so habit-
ual as lo be almost involuntary, and besides the advantage
it is to me in bundling the dog, it keeps me constantly on
the alert, and prevents my being surprised by a wild bird
rising unexpectedly and escaping unshot at.

I have always fouud myself well repaid by treating my
dogs like reasoning and reasonable beings. I cannot pre-
tend to say to what extent their perception or appreciative
faculties go, but I know that with animals of a high order
I cau appeal to them by exhibitions of feeling far more
effectually than lean by severity. I never punish a dog
for a blunder; the best will sometimes commit mistakes -,
and I have yet to see the broken dog that does not recog-
nize his error as soon as I do myself. In such cases I
simply say a word of warning quietly, yet gravely, as I
would speak to a person, and I fiud that the clog goes oft
with an air of mortification which lie does not lose till by
careful work he finds and points his bird; then us lie brings
it dead to my baud his mauuer indicates clearly that he ex-
pects me to lie pleased with him, au appeal that I never ul-
low to pass ungratitied by both a word of commendation
and a look of approval, and in a short time the dog learns
to study my face, and respond to a smile or a frown with a
joyous or dejected air, that betrays a mental condition
working as effectually in my interest as the severest appli-
cation of the whip reposing idly in my pocket. Druid.

CANINE RAILWAY FARES.

Shakopee, Minn., Feb. 2, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream-.—

Iu your issue of the 7lh of January honorable mention
is made of the officers and employes of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Railways, aud they are very favorably
compared to other companies whose utter lack of attention
or regard for the sportsman and his dogs have earned for
our railway, as a general thing, an unfavorable opinion, to
say the least, abroad; while among our American sports-
men a feeling savoring very much of deep disgust towards
those who are guilty of this lack of accommodation and
civility ic becoming yearly more apparent. But, as I can
gladly testify, there is one company hereaway that will ap-
proach the stnndurd of decency aud respect that you have
unnuimously voted to the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail-
way, ard whose officers and employes like unto them are
more or less attaclud to those pastimes where the dog and
gun ure prominent, that is the St. Paul aud Sioux City
Railway Company. Iu fact, I have reason to believe that

nearly, if not quite all, the companies whoso railroads
centre in St. Paul and Mankato are great inspectors of
hunting dogs, and whose employes on the trains generally
look upou the owners of such animals as just about O. K.

We are very glad to learn these facts, and hope that the
reform already initiated will become general. Our eastern
roads will do well to fall into line a‘ once. The tariff sys-
tem for dogs, so recently adopted by the Missouri, Kansas
aud Texas Railway, should be adopted everywhere with
rates to correspond. A uniform charge of one cent per
mile for carriage is not excessive, but the rates already
adopted are somewhat less, as will be seen.— Ed.

— It is now said that hydrophobia can be cured iu this
way :— “The bite must be bathed as soon as possible with
warm vinegar and water, and when this has dried, a few'
drops of muriatic acid poured upon the wound will destroy
the poison of the saliva, and relieve the patient from all

present or future danger.

W aw ayan da.— In Forest AND Stkeam of Dec 24th, W. P. Ansoniu
neks where he can procure a setter (log. If he will write to A. Hughes,
No. 20 Nassau street, N Y., ho will hear of one that is considered very
good, and for sale at a fair price — 860.

S. L. Savillb. 108 Wall streat. Room 5, has bluck and tan fox hound
dog; would like to flail some one with opposite sex desiring good dog to
breed.

Aus— Address "Peter," care of J. L. Northrop, Newton,
New Jersey.

Miss E. A. T. W., Saratoga Springs.— I wish to know if you could
tell mo of any person from whom I could procure a Maltese dog; also
the usual price of 6iich u dog?

Aus— VVc have no knowledge of such a description of
dog in this country.

S. E. P., Cleveland, Ohio.— Is across from setter to spaniel good
for hunting, or are they lluble to be wild?

Ans — Such a cross would uot be equal to a setter for
auy purpose; they would be serviceable for rabbits or
squirrels, and could be made good duck retrievers.

Q.C., Philadelphia.— Please give me your advice in selecting a dog,
whether a setter or pointer? Which is the kinder, neuter about tho
house und yard, more gentle with children, and more retentive of what
is taught? Also, would you advise a dog or slut ?

Ans— 1st. The setter is generally a neater aud kinder dog
about the house. The pointer retains his breaking longer,
and is generally the most steady when hunted but seldom.
2d. A dog, by all means, unless you want to breed stock.

The Pike. — A writer referring to this voracious fish,
says: —

“The pike is undoubtedly the longcst-knowu and most
widely-diffused fish in the world. It inhabits the inland
waters of all northern countries. It was a favorite fish in
the days of the Roman Empire, and has been eaten iu Ger-
many aud Poland from time immemorial. It is known to
live to a very great age. Rzacznslii, a Russian writer, says
that lie knew of a pike that lived to the age of ninety years.
One was taken iu a lake in Suubia, Germany, iu 1479, hav-
ing a ring attached, on which an inscription mentioned
that the fish was placed in that water in 1280, making its
age 199 years. It weighed three hundred aud fifty pounds.
This riug is still preserved at Mannheim In seining a
pond near Newport, England, one was taken weighing a
hundred and seventy pounds. Iu Persia they are also said
to grow to a great age and size.”

—This is the way a colored preacher at Richmond ar-
ranged his hearers for mutual convenience: “De fore part
ob de church will please sit ddwu so de hind part ob de
church can sec the fore part, for de hind part can’t see
de fore part ef de fore part persist in stallin’ before de
hind purl to de utter exclusion of de hind part by de fore
part.”

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Yachting and Boating — New Youk Yacht Club.—
A general meeting of the club was held on Thursday even-
ing of last week, Vice Commodore Dougins in the chair.
After the minutes of the last meeting had been read the
roll of yachts was called, and a discussion entered into rela-
tive to the rights of an owner to vote whose yacht had
not been registered in accordance with the by-laws, it be-
ing understood that the owner of the schooner “ Water-
witch " had uot complied with this regulation. Upon a
vote being taken the representation was allowed. After a
call of yachts by Messrs. Draper, Krebs and Minton, it whs
found that the following gentlemen were elected to fdl the
various offices for the ensuing year: Commodore — George
L. Kingsland ; Vice Commodore — William T. Garner ;
Rear Commodore — S. Nicholson Kane ; Secretary — Charles
A. Minton ; Treasurer— Sheppard Homans ; Measurer— A.
Cary Smith ; Fleet Surgeon— L. dc Forrest Woodruff, M.
D. ; Regatta Committee — William Krebs, R. Iv. Cooke,
J. Frederick Tams ; House Committee— Fletcher Weslrav,
N. D. White, George L. Jordan, \V. II. Pendleton, J. G.
Beresford, George W. Kidd, H. N. Alden.

Mr. E. Bouche, of the English cutter yacht Fiona, with
several others, was added to the membership of the club.

On motion of Mr. Dickerson, Thursday, June 17, was ap-
pointed as the day for the sailing of the next annual regat-
ta, and the sum of §3,500 was appropriated for defraying
the cost of prizes and all other expenses appertaining
thereto.

Mr. Flint, of Collins Point, opposite Glen Cove, has of-
fered to present the Club with an acre of ground at that
place, providing a suitable club-house was erected thereon.
A proposition was submitted by Commodore Garner to the
effect that he would erect a building of ample dimensions
at Stapleton, S. I., if a rent of $2,000 per annum and taxes
are guaranteed him for a series of five years. After much
discussion a committee was appointed to investigate and
report on both offers.

On motiou of Sir. Coston a committee of three, consist-
ing of Messrs. Coston, Dickerson and Center, was appoint-
ed to confer with the American Lloyds regarding the sub-
ject of registering all yachts of the club.

A letter received from the officers of the proposed Cen-
tennial Exhibition in Philadelphia was read, asking the
club to take part in an international regatta, in which prizes
to the amount of $100,000 will be offered. The matter was
referred to a committee, to report at the next regular meet-
ing.

As the rules now stand, in all future regattas yachts will
be required to sail to the westward of buoys 84 and 10, and
to the northward of buoy 54. A special meeting of the
club is ordered for this evening, 11th inst.

— Poughkeepsie, as the headquarters of the principal
ice-boat clubs, is preparing for the annual regatta which
will come off as soon as opportunity offers, when the races
for the ladies and champion pennants will be decided. The
Poughkeepsie Club extends a cordial invitation to New
York yachting meu to witness their sport.

Ice Boat Regatta.— The New Hamburg Ice-Boat Club
held their annual races on Saturday last. The ice on the
river stretching as far north and south as the eye could
reach was a foot or more in thickness and as smooth as
glass. The course was 12 miles in length. At quarter past
twelve the following boats came into position for the first
race :

Boat. Owner.

Zero Peter Le Hoy

Flying Cloud Irving Grinned

Zig Zng Jacob Le Roy

Zephyr J. It. Lawson

Bertie G. C. Lawson

Phantom P, A. M. Van Wvck

quickstep . . William Lo Roy

Every boat carried three men, who were muffled up and
stretched flat on buffalo robes laid on the boat. Only one
man stationed on the end of each windward runner plank,
to keep the boat from lifting, being exposed to the intense
cold and piercing wind. The Zephyr had the best of the
start, but unfortunately soon after her jib-stay parted, and
she was out of the race. The Quickstep rounded the flag
first, followed by the Flying Cloud, Zero, Zig-Zag, Phan-
tom and Bertie in the order named. The Quickstep passed
the home flag first, winning the prize, a silver cake basket.
The boats came up in the following order:

Boat. • ii. si. 8.

Quickstep 12 54 00

Flying Cloud 12 54 80

Zig-Zag it 55 00

Phantom 12 55 80

Zero 12 66 35

Coming home the Bertie's runner-plank was broken, and
that pul lier out of the race.

The following boats entered for the second race :

Boat. Owner.

Magic ‘ John E. Losee

J*ua Irving Urinncll

Whiff . In log Qrlnnell

Qul Vive Charles Le Roy

The Magic carried the mouey of the betting division, hut
the Qui Vive cauie in first and received the prize, a pair of
silver and glass preserve dishes. The Whiff was second.
The day’s sport concluded with a race between the first-
class boats named by non-active members who do not own
boats. The following boats euterea :

Boat. Backer.

Quickstep Charles Van Anden

Zig-Zag John Losee, Sr.

Bertie William Drake

Flying Cloud George Jack* on

Phantom A. Van Wyck

Zephyr. : Charles Myers

In this ruce the Zephyr sailed splendidly. Although she
started la it she was ahead ut the six-mile flag, having run
lUat distauce in fifteen minutes. The Flying Cloud was |

second, Bertie third, Ziz-Zag fourth, and Phantom last.
They reached home in the following order and time :

Boat. n. *. *

Zephyr t 58 15

Flying Cloud ... j 00 SO

ZlgZag 5 01 10

Bertie 5 01 15

The Phantom was so far behind, her time was not taken.
The Zephyr won the first prize, a silver fruit-dish, and the
Flying Cloud the second prize, a scioutificully graduated
thermometer.

The Judges were Charles Ilasbrouck, Charles Van An-
den, and Henry M. Van Wyck, and during the day the dis-
tinguished Arctic Explorer! l)r. I. I. Hayes put in an ap-
pearance and expressed himself as delighted with the sport.

Mr. Bishop, the canoeman, when heard from last week,
was at Georgetown, S. C., and making very fair progress.

The St. Augustine Yacht Club have thoroughly organ-
ized for the season, under most favorable auspices and with
an enlarged membership list. Their Club room has been
handsomely decorated and made comfortable.

Massachusetts Rowing Clubs. — The President of the
City Point Rowing Association of Boston, lias by request,
issued u call, requesting each rowing club to send a com
mittee of three members to meet in convention this week
in that city for the purpose of forming a Union association.

— It is reported that another oceanic yacht race, similar
to that of last year, is lo take place off the Isle of Shouls,
N. II., about Juue 25.

Rational fjapimes.

— An interesting walking-mutch for a purse of $1,000 a
side was discussed at the Rink, Sixty-Third street and
Third Avenue on Saturday evening last. The contestants
were Wilson Reid, a cartman, and S. D. Davis, a letter-car-
rier, attached to station C. Messrs. Stafford and BurntOn
acted as judges, and Mr. D. M. Stem, of the Athletic Club,
as referee. The termination was rather unsatisfactory from
the fact of Davis going out before the fifth mile had been
completed, when Reid went ou and won as he liked, dis-
playing considerable ability as a walker. Several hundred
persons, comprising large delegations from the Athletic
clubs of New York and adjoining cities were present, and
not the least interesting feature of the performance was
the abilities as walkers displayed by referee and judges in
accompanying the men throughout the entire distance.

— The members of the base-ball eleven of the Boston
Club are to report at headquarters on March loth.

— The Judiciary Committee meet in Philadelphia March
1st, at the Athletic Club room, and on Wednesday, March
3d, the Professional Convention will lie held in Philadel-
phia.

—Boyd, Hastings, and Pike led the scoro of the Hartford
club in 1874 in the average of base hits— the best figure
being 1.74.

— McMullin, Fisler, aud Anson led in the Athletic club.
The best figure was 1.90 — A1 Wright's figures.

— McVey, Barnes, and Geo. Wright led in the Boston
nine, the best figures being 1.G1.

— Start, Allison, and Higham led in the Mutual club —
best figures, 1.00.

— The Hartford Post of February 3d had a two column
article on base ball which was very readable. It wus head-
ed the “Loiterer’s Club."

— The cry is still they come. The latest item is that
Baltimore is to have a professional club, which John Wal-
ters is to manage. A New Orleans pitcher has been en-
gaged.

Milliards.

A Ladies’ Billiard Match — A grand match at billiards,
given under the patronage of ladies high in the social cir-
cles of the metropolis, is to take place at Taimnuny Hall
on Thursday evening, February 18th. The entertainment
is for the benefit of the Home ipnlhic Hospital Fair Asso-
ciation, and the programme includes a four hauded match
nt the French gume Between the brothers Dion on the one
side and Gamier and Daly on the other. The French ex-
pert will also give an exhibition of fancy shots. Evening
dress will be the rule for visitors. The affair is under the

patronage of the following committee of ladies: —

Mrs. Park Godwin,

Mrs. Egbert Guernsey,

Mrs. Charles Watraus,

Mrs C. 8. Groot,

Mrs. W. 8. Hancock,

Mr-. T. F. McDowell,

Mrs. 8. U. Wales,

Mrs. E. P, Fowler,

Mrs. O. It. Palmer,

Mrs. F. Macy.

Mrs. liegeman.

It is to be a very select affair, and an exceptional billiard
entertainment.

Mrs, E. H. Phelps,

Mi - u . Nall

Mrs W. T Hi I ninth,
Mrs. A. B. Darling,
Mrs. E. G.Burtlett,
Mrs. J. W. Dowling,
Mrs. J. A. Jamison,
Mrs. C. P. Crosby,
Mrs. K. II Chapin,
Mrs. J. W. Barrow.

The American Tourney in England. — Bell's Life, of

January 23d, says: —

“Very little else has been doing lately but exhibition
matches, iu which there has been enough form shown to
convince one of the rapid advances that are being made
by our young players in the fascinating game. On Mon-
day next the great tournament on the American principle
is to commence at Bennett’s Rooms, Oxford street, a few
doors towards the Marble Arch from Regent circus. The
affair has been well advertised, and as it is to be carried
out on such Btrighlforward principles we have no doubt it
will be a great success.

Tiie Cleveland Tourney. — The meeting of billiardists
closed on February 4lh, with the success of Eugene Car-
ter, as the winner of the gold badge. Thomas Oulluhcr
winning second prize, and liowlng and Thatcher third and
fourth. The grand average of the tourney was three
points to an inning and a fraction over. The best single
average was 11 by Gallagher. He also made the highest

run— 76— of the tourney.

— At the sale of tables— Phelan and Collender’s make,
of some years ago — at Van Cleaf’s “Novelty Rooms”
Brooklyn, last week, the highest price brought at the auc-
tion was $65 for the six-pocket pool table. The others
went as low as from $50 to $60.

— Roberts and Bennett won the prizes in the American
tournament in London, on February 2d.

— Howard Slade’s Palace Billiard Hall was opened in
Boston on February 6th. It is ouu of the most superbly
appointed billiard establishments iu America.

— “Whist” and “seven-up" are now quite popular
with the billiardists, the games being played with the halls
n>-ea at 15 hall pool. At billiard ball “whist,” the four
highest balls— 15, 14, 13 and 12, count as the “honors,”
and every ball holed counts a “ trick." As there are 15
balls (tricks ") seven are required to make up a “book " on
either side, instead of six as at cards, the 15th being the
odd ball (card.) There is more exercise about billiard ball
“whist” than at the game with pasteboard, and more
“ music ’’—one not having to keep so uniformly silent as at
card "whist." At billiard hall "seven up," the 15 and 1
bulls are, of course, “high" and “low" respectively, tho
9 bull counting as “Jack." Game is made trom the balls
us they run.

The games wo have mentioned arc a great deal played at
the “ Jeffersonian Billiard Parlor," 17 Chatham street, a
resort much patronized by lawyers, and the fugged oui edi-
tors, reporters and compositors of Printing House Square,
uftor their wearing toil of the day.

^tnmveqs <&orqe8j)ondcnl$.

Shellback. Where cun I obtain tho Meek Reel for black has* Ash-
ing! Ans. Send tu laiklu dealer* In Frankfurt oi Lexington. Ky.

G. B. S,, Salem, Mum.— Pleaso state what you coustder lb* bum work*

on dog blocking? An*. Dink*, Vynor, Iluicbiutou, Mayhow and Car-
man.

Soolopax— Are woodcock plenty In Malnuf If »o, whore? Aa».
Woodcock are abundant In sooio localtUoi. An oxcclftut place mad to
be near Deunysvillo, ou the Donny* River, eomo sixteen mile* from Lam-
port.

Hix, Royaltown, Vt.— Will you Inform me of tho prloe of tho photo*
of Bracket'* salmon picture*! An*. Eight dollar* tho *ot of four. At
present they can ho obtained only of tho artist, 41 Tromont stroot,
Boston.

C. »W. O., Cincinnati, Ohio.— Will you Inform mo whore tho best
hunting ground* lu West Virginia nro locatoil, and what route to th«m I*
most direct from Cincinnati? An*. Ou tho Ohio Bottom*, both side* of
tho rlvor below W hue) lag.

H. S. II., Boston— Can you Inform mo whero lean obtain n list of
tho common and sclontlllc nomo* of fl>h? Am. Catalogue of tho
Flehusof tho Kustorn coast of North America from Greenland to Uoor-
gla, published In U. 8. Com. FUh uud Fiehorlos, 1KT4.

8. A., City. — I'loaso Inform mo at what time and how often do gray
mid bluck squirrels brcod? 2d. What I* tlio number of young at a
birth? An*. 1*1, Oruy and black sqalrrol* generally breed twice dur-
ing the Spring and Summer. 2d All specie* have sevoral at a lltior.

G. G. K,, Roxbury What llshlng, If any, In Virginia or NuriU Caro-
lina in April? An*. No bettor trout roglon* than tho blaukwutorof
Virginia, and tho vicinity of Ashvlllo, N. C , In April. Refur to your
tllce of Forbst amp Streak, 3d Vol„ for Bluokwulur, aud 2d Vol. (or
North Carolina.

J. V, 8 — Plosso Inform mo If quail will breed In thoso coop* and cage*
(diagram of which you published In one of your late Issue/)? If »o; how
ofton and tho best soosuu for thorn? An*. Wo have novur known them
to breed toadvantago lucouttuomont. They will hutch their young, but
they rarely maturo,

L. C. L., Mott Huvon.--A writer In your paper of January 88th ask*
about electricity a* u*od upon street lamp*. It I* done In Salem In a part
of tho city, for tho sake of Introducing tho system, by Bo-don pari la*,
and I understand It work* rapidly, both lighting and patting out. 1 will
furnish particular* chcorfully, if doslrod.— Tkal.

Cod, 1'ortlund, Mo.- A* you editor* must know everything, please In-
form mo what kind of a flab a ••hyuck" 1*. I ofieu eoe tho word ueod la
Nova Scotia papers? An*. Tho immo “hynclc" I* tho alewlfe, or, more
properly, tho gaspormin Wo suppose It to ho of Esquimaux origin, and
communicated by them to the tlahurmou, who freqnout tho Labrador
const lo llsb. It I* In common u*u In humic part* of the Lower I’rovlnce*.

D, K. E. . Hartford — 1st. Will a 20 Inch gun of tho flrst class English
□inker* gciiouully shoot as well a* a 80 Inch gnu of tho *amo weight?
An*. Yes, generally; but a short gun I* not a* safe an a longer ono. 2d.
Will the u*o of wire shot cartridges lujuro a lino gun? ns. No. 8d.
Can they hu used In a brouQh loader? An* Ye*, In moat gun* ad Are
you acquainted with the gun* uiude by Thomas Uondcy, York, Kug.,
and what I* their rop’itutloii? An*. Good.

n. U. B„ Milton, Vt.— Our rlflo club aro unable to ngroo In regard to
tho distribution of prize*. The case 1* this: 1'ilzvs, $10, $*C, $12; throe
prizo*. highest possible count, 40; two lie* on 88, highest »coros made;
four of them tlo on 84, second host undo; mid two tlo on 32 In shoot-
ing off tie for flrst prize, Is tho innn that I* beat ontltled to anything In
the other prlzos? Ans. Thu two hlghust score* shoot oil for llr»t uud
aocond prizes, Tho four who He on 81 shoot off for third priz.e.

Duck.— If I should go to James River at this season of the year what
kind or shooting can 1 g»t? An*. Lato for anything but ducks. 2d
Is there a law on quail, turkey and deer now In Virginia? Ans. Clow
time for door Trom 15th Jan. to 15tli June. No law for protection of
quail or turkeys. 3d, Where is the best place for gco*e and duck on
thu Junius River? I)o you know nny good ground at or near Clormont
or City Point? Ans. Cobb’* I»Iund, or about uuy of tbo tributaries of
the rlvor.

W. H. G., Philadelphia.— 1st. Is It lawful for a person living in Pino,
to gun (In season) ou the Delaware River along the Jersey shores, If ho
docs uot go ou Jersey land, without a llcenso? An*. Yu*. 2d. What
flsh can bo caught In the Delaware Rlvor, wltbln ten mile* of Philadel-
phia, with hook und lino, and what time, and bulls, and where? An*
Rock llsb, cattish und perch; Juno, July, August and September; shad
and sturgeon roe and clams ure all good bait. Glouocster Point and
Tucony are good point*.

-J. II. F.— Will you oblige a subscriber by giving your opinion »* to the
following; I wished to test, by quite an extensive trial, tbe science of
loading shot guns, as to best charge* of powdor and shot for certain
bore, Ac., also paper against motul shells, aud for tbe purpose bad a
large quantity of sholl* Jill- d Bad weather and other good rcs-on- pre-
vented my using them. Will it be better to load fresh again, or will tho
wimim one* answer, being three or four months old? An*. Unless your
loaded shells huve been much exposed to damp they are a* good us new.

F B F., Paris, Ontario.— 1st- Is mercurial ointment in any way In-
jurious to guu barrels or lock*, allowed to remain upon tho same aftor
they are put away for the *csHOn, or for any length of time, n* the caeo
might be? An«. We have never found It lnjnrlc us. 2d. I should like
your opinion of the Moore c/intrnl Are breech loader, a* to It* relailvo
merits In comparison with other llrsHclass maker’s gun*T Ans. Wo
prefer not to express opinions of this nature 8d. Ouu you toll me
vvb«t kind of cross would bo the ro-iilt of a good colley dog and poiuior
slut? An*. Would make a goal house and farm dog.

F. W. G„ Erie, Penn.— Will you Inform us as to best place on Michi-
gan shore of Lake Superior, or on the Georgian Bay. Canada, for ca ch-
ing trout? How would the country around L’An>« or Huron Bay,
Houghton county, Mich., answer? An*. The Ma/noiewan Is (behest
trout river that empties Into Georgian Buy. Yellow Dog River, Dead
River, Salmon Trout River, some »lxiy miles west of Marquette, are
good streams; *o also the Urate River, and all (he *troam* in iho vicinity
of Bayfield and (he Apostle I-land*. We have heard the stream- In
H-’inghton county spoken highly of. We axe unable to give you service*
able Information as to localities.

8

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THE FUTURE AMERICAN RACE.

LEARNED physiologists, ethnological scientists, and
acute physicians, have been indulging in predictions
concerning the characteristics of Llie race which is to oc-
cupy the United States in tho future. Their speculations
have led 6ome of them to argue that the white race cannot
occupy this great land, except for a limited period, ns all
efforts at colonizing it by preceding ruces were total
failures.

The mound builders left no trace of who or wliut they
were, except tho terraces scattered so widely over this
continent ; the Aztecs arc known only by tho temples they
have left to mark their meteoric path through life, and a
fow pleasantly poetical traditions or superstitions, while
the present Indians have not even raised anything larger
than an isolated rocky cairn to indicate to those that would
follow that they ever existed.

The latter race is following its predecessors in the most
rapid manner, and ere another half century has rolled
away the greater number will be among their rude fore-
fathers in eternity. It has been supposed by some scien-
tists, that (he present red mun is tho descendant of n much
higher type, and that his deterioration is due to the climatic
effects, luxuriant forests of this country, and the case with
which food can be procured without the necessity of much
labor or thought. That the tribes of the red race are the
vegetable men of the world, if we may so term them, is
evident from iheir low nervous power, the fucilily with
which they can hear hunger for a protracted period, their
stoical indifference to suffering which would kill the most
robust pale face, their opposition to nil progress, cither
phyeicully, socially or inora'.ly, and their cruel aud sangui-
nary nature. They were, apparently, placed here to oc-
cupy the soil until some higher and more powerful race
Bh'vnld supplant them, and cause it to bloom with fertility
and teem with abundance.

But, though all preceding ntees nave oetorioraicd on this
continent, it does not follow that the present dominant one
should, especially when it has all the resources of civiliza-
tion, a vigorous energy which surmounts all obstacles, and
an intellect materially subtle in the highest degree, to aid
it in its onward march of progress aud subjugation.

Preceding races were entirely isolated from all contact
with other peoples, except those as rude as themselves,
hence they sunk into a state of mental aud physical lethargy
which finally became such an incubus that they fell be-
neath its crushing weight. The present has communica-
tion with all portions of the world, and is constantly urged
on to greater deeds and more exalted positions by the con-
tests and ambitions of other nations; lienee no soporific
stupors can ever pervade it.

A. theory udvanced by one physician— namely, that after
a few generations the natives of this country become tall
and angular, with large motive and small vital power, with
sharp hut not broad minds, and with sybaritical rather than
stoical principles, does not Bccm to be sustained by facts, at
least not by facts complete enough to support the assertion.
One cannot make a general deduction from a particular
premiss, and certainly this /Esculupius cannot assume tlmt
Angularity is a characteristic of all the American people
because it is of a few, or that high moral principles are
ignored for the more convenient and selfish. If the latter
assertion was true, then the early decadence of the race,
when once the blood of Europe ceased to flow hither,
would ho a truism, for all students of history must know
that when once mere selfish convenience, guided by no
ethical principles, is substituted for justice, virtue and
honor, it is the death knell of tlmt people and nation. Any
one, no matter how learned, who argues, then, that because
older races failed to perpetuate themselves on this conti-
nent the Caucasian also must fall, reasons from a false
premiss, and so also does he who by a leap goos from a
limited fact to make a general deduction, without consider-
ing for a moment the modifying circumstances, even
though he only argued from one particular to another.

It is all very well for some presumed scientific student to
use n sophism and lay it down as an undeniable truth, hut
it does not follow that it should he accepted without proof.
An isolated fact here and there is not sufficient to establish
its verity, for they may he the exceptions of the contrary,
hence we assume that the arguments used by the ethnolo-
gists who predict the early extirpation of the dominant
rnce of this continent through low vital power, sybaritical
tastes and the effect of climate, are unreliable and untrust-
worthy, and founded more on speculation than positive
facts deduced by laborious investigation.

MISSIONARY WORK AMONG THE GUN-
NERS.

IT will gratify those who are recognized ns pioneers in
Fish Culture and Game Preservation, to know that
the great objects for which we are laboring have taken
such hold of the public as to result in the organization,
within the past twelve months, of probably not less than
one hundred societies for the Protection of Fish and Game.
We have not attempted to keep an exact record of the
same, or obtain available statistics, hut have the names of
seventy. These are included in 25 States aud the Provinces
of Ontario and Nova Scotia, Canada, and are distributed
as follows:—

Maine 1, New Hampshire 1, Vermont 1, Massachusetts
5, New York 10, New Jersey 2, Pennsylvania 10, Maryland
1, Virginia 1, Illinois 9, Wisconsin 1, Michigan 3, Missouri
4, Tennessee 2, Kentucky 2, Ohio 3, Minnesota 1, Georgia
2, and the States of Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado,
Minnesota, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida, each 1, Nova
Scotia 1, and Ontario 2. Among the rest are includel the
State Sportsmens’ Associations which have been formed, or
are in process of organization in Maine, Massachusetts, Mis-
souri, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ken-
tucky, and Tennessee, as well as the Slate Fish Culturists’
Associations formed in Maryland and Illinois.

These 100 societies represent a quota of 4,500 men, by
no means an insignificant accession to the Grand Army of
Protection, and sufficiently indicate the sense of the country
upon the important questions involved. Moreover, they
guarantee ultimate and complete success. The time is rot
remote when game will he abundant in all those parts of
the country not densely pupulated; fish will swarm in our
waters; and the Close Seasons he respected like the Snb-
batli of New England. The direct effect of the growing
sentiment in favor of protection, and the respect for game
laws and close seasons, is shown in the visible increase in
the quaulity of game and fish within the past two years.
No doubt a whoisome fear of punishment under prosecu-
tion, inspired by the judicial decisions that have been ren-
dered in those cases that have been tried, has contributed
to the result; but the fact remains, that nearly all kinds of
game, excepting woodcock, have not been so abundant for
years as durinc the one just closed. The scarcity of wood-
cock is accounted for by the severity of a freezing Spring
season, and some persons deplore a speedy extinction of
this delicate bird as quite probable. Nevertheless, we find
that Nature, when not interfered with, invariably follows
her laws of compensation and supplies a void in one place
from a superabundance elsewhere; just as in England last
December, when persistent hunting and stress of weather had
nearly exterminated tho woodcock, a blast from Norway
opportunely blown, drove great flocks of these birds from
their northern breeding grounds into the depopulated dis-
tricts. Just so we shall doubtless learn, in due course of
season, that our woodcock have multiplied in some local-
ities in proportion as they have decreased in others.

Now, the creation of all these protective associations is
good. The mere moral weight thereof is great, to say
nothing of the direct effect of their active efforts. Their
QrgauiziR.joa ought to he encouraged and promoted. They

will constitute a valuable detective aud police force all
over the country, to discover and prevent wrong doing; und
their usefulness may be felt und exerted in other ways.
Nevertheless, the mere organization of ever so many clubs
can not of itself destroy the evils and secure the benefits
which we strive for. Much preliminary work remains to
he done before we can institute and perfect such compre-
hensive laws as we require, and secure their unobstructed
nnd effective operation. We need to persevere in prepar-
ing the public mind to accept and approve a judicious
system of game laws, such us the scientific aud best in-
formed men of the country are now contemplating, and
their enactment will come afterwards. We have much
labor to perform in respect to adjusting interests that seem
to clash; in determining and defining the rights and privi-
leges of sportsmen, land owners, and vendors, and the con-
stitutionality of laws to govern them; in removing preju-
dices; in instructing the ignorant as to our object and aims,
the economic value of game protection, and the necessity
that requires the institution und observance of close
seasons. We are to wrestle with the avarice and strategy
of unscrupulous game dealers ; to correct morbid tastes
and unnatural appetites, and lop off the pretensions
of would-be epicures with much wealth nnd no brains,
who would serve up peacock’s tongues and salmis of linnet
wings to excite the admiration of envious guests. These
must he taught that game out of season is not only unpal-
atable and unhealthy, hut unfashionable. Nature has or-
dained certain fruits and viands in their season, which,
eaten out of season, lose their relish. The luxuries
of the Summer senson lose half their zest if eaten in
an arctic temperature. Stronger food is needed— car-
bon, to keep up the latent fires that heat and invigor-
ate the body. Unseasonable venison, grouse and trout arc
as unsatisfying to the true epicure ns are the sour and
vapied hot house peaches and strawberries of Winter; dry,
tough, juiccless, and insipid then, hut most toothsome in
the richness of their prime, nnd more appetizing for the ab-
stinence that intervenes.

A great missionary work lias to he done among the unlet-
tered. Thus far we have operated only among the in-
telligent. The great mass of those who shoot — the small
farmers, bushrangers, and frontiersmen, (to say nothing of
the negroes at the South, who all use guns,) have not the
instincts of spoilsmen. They have no conception of the
purport and value of close seasons, or the intent of restric-
tive laws. They never see the papers, and cannot read.
They do not recognize the laws of reproduction, or consider
the source of supply. They kill does that are heavy, birds
with tlieir broods, aud shoot indiscriminately at ull living
objects. They regard protective clubs as iuvasivc and tl\e
game laws as a tyrannical encroachment upon their inher-
ent rights.

Now, a very large proportion of these men are open to
argument nnd conviction ; nnd could they he brought to
comprehend the beneficent operation of these laws, they
would acquiesce in their observance and enforcement.
We have ascertained this by experiment, in several in-
stances. It took years for the proprietors of the “Long
Point" enterprise, on Lake Eric, to convert the prejudices
of the native residents in the vicinity, but now they could
desire no more earnest nnd efficient allies. Their profits
in fur and feather have increased four fold. Upon such
rough woodsmen, sturdy in their blows, hut honest in their
nature, a good word or a good example often has great in-
fluence, and we believe that nn appeal to their sober
judgment and the dissemination of proper information
among them would work wonders toward reform; and
we would therefore suggest that judiciously prepared circu-
liars he printed and disseminated throughout the country
by the agency of the numerous sportsmens’ clubs and pro-
tective societies, appealing to the farmers, murket hunters,
and backwoodsmen, to protect and spare the game and fish
in designated close seasons, setting forth in simple lan-
guage the reasons therefor and the beuelicent advantages
to accrue thereby.

SOME STIR IN CHINA.

THE slumbering interest in the affairs of Chiua which
followed the treaty of Tein Tsin, the extinction of
the Tac-ping rebellion, and the embassy of Mr. Burlingame,
has been re awakened by the announcement of the death
of Tooug-Che, and the reported suicide of his youthful
Empress. It must he a source of congratulation to Prince
Kung and the Empress Dowager, who seem to have once
more assumed the reins of government, that no foreign
war, or great intern il strife occurs at this timo to harrass
and fetter them. How different was the aspect of affairs
when poor old Hein Fung returned from his temporary
banishment on the Tartar frontier and breathed his last
amid the ruins of his Summer palace of Yuea-min-Yuen,
desecrated by the ’ ‘barbarian’’ victors, but beautiful even
in its ruins.

For incongruities and anomalous political situations,
China, at that period, finds no parallel in the history of the
world. Far away at the North, whero the muddy waters
of the Pei-ho mingle with the clear waves of the Gulf of
Petche-le. the guns of the ships of Britain and France were
thundering at the Taku forts. The troops — red-legged
enfant* perdu, scarlet-coated infantry, and the wild, irregu-
lar squadrons of Fanes and Probyns Sikh cavalry — wore
marching on Peking. At tho South, the routine of com-
merce was unchanged, and to cap the climax of incongru-
ity, at Shanghne the troops of their antagonists were pro-
tecting the Imperialists from tho attacks of the Rebels. So

FOREST AND STREAM

closely was the town beseiged that the rebel camps were
in sight, and the men of war in the river were shelling
them over the houses of the foreign settlement. The fate
and future of China were indeed hanging by a single
thread. In possession of Peking, the allies were masters
of the situation and able to dictate terms. The Rebels,
pretending Christianity and secure of the sympathies of the
missionaries, clamored for recognition. Diplomacy was
almost at fault, but traditional policy and respect for the
"divine right” prevailed. Content with the opening of the
Yang Tsze Kiang and the prospective benefits of the new
treatv, troops and plenipotentiaries withdrew from the
capital. The Tae-pings were handed over to the tender
mercies of "Chinese” Gordon, now Governor of the Sou-
dan, who succeeded and reaped the fame of our owu New
Yorker, Ward, in the command of the disciplined native
troops. The Yang Tsze was opened aud foreign settle-
ments formed as far interior ns Hankow.

Fifteen years have elapsed and what is the result? The
embassy of Mr. Burlingame seemed like a ray of light shed
through the clouds of idolatry and superstition which had
covered the land for ages. It flickered and went out. The
barriers of pride and self-esteem have grown higher than
before. Long rows of splendid houses, all untenanted,
line the buuds of the river ports. The trade, from which
so much profit was anticipated, has relapsed into native
bauds, and our real intercourse is where it was before.

The young wife of Toong-che may have swallowed the
conventional opium pill or ball of gold-leaf, but the
secrets of the Imperial Yamun are guarded as closely ns
those of the Zenana. Suicide is a most common occurrence.
That blasphemous wretch, the Tae-piug Wang, who, for
fourteen years, humbugged the missionaries and almost
strangled the government, applied the torch to his own
palace, and with his hundred wives perished in the flames.
That she should have sacrificed her life for love of her
husband seems absurd to anyone acquainted with their
social system. If she has really done suttee, it has been
through solicitation to meet some political emergency; but
the truth will probably never be known. The appointment
of so youthful a successor to the throne indicates a return
to the policy of prevarication and delay which so long pre-
vailed in their intercourse with other nations. But now
that the opium traffic is firmly established no cloud on the
horizon indicates the probability of disturbance. For
whatever the pretext, the introduction or extension of the
trade in opium has been the end of each war in which the
English have taken a part. Were it not for China the pro-
ducts of Benares Malwa and Patna would go a begging for
a market, and the Indian budget be minus the immense
revenues derived from the periodical sales of the dm* at
Calcutta.

Gaudy Nests.— We cannot build nests as the birds do,
(except the poetical nests on the sea shore with French
roofs and modern inconveniences,) but it is not impossible
to influence their color by simple devices. The birds that
are so busy in Spring time, aie not embarassed by trade
union strikes or labor movements. Like Mr. Briggs, of
Leache’s immortal pencil, "when they want a thing doue,
do it themselves," but they cannot make bricks without
straw, or nests either, and many a tussle do they have with
door mats, the ends of clothes lines, or the horse hairs
caught in the stable fence. Among them almost every-
thing is gathered. The swallows are mortar makers in
noisy groups by the puddles in the roads, the yellow birds
gather lint and wool, while the sparrows seek hair. The
robins are pleased with twigs for framework, with a medley
of finer stuff for the repose of egg and fledgling, while the
superb oriole haugs his swinging cradle, his unpatented
baby jumper, to the swaying elm or willow by a skillful
mesh of strings, bark and fine grasses.

The latter take to artificial supplies as kindly as squaws
abandon porcupine quills for beads and tinsel. One that
built near us cribbed a fishing line, and wove it most deftly
into the nest, snell hook and all, and escaped injury.

To cultivate the aesthetic in our Summer companions,
supply them with material. To any visitors in the South,’
we would hint, bring home Spanish moss, and the birds
will gladly move it into their nests. We did so, and our
robins made nests and hung them with festoons of moss,
and they are now marked and unusual objects in the bare
trees.

For the orioles, cut crimson, orange or blue yam into
short pieces, aud scatter them about on the ground and
shrubs, and there will be found in June nests like gay
purses hanging under the shade of the huge trees that
orioles seek. How far other birds will use colors will be
known by experiment. Many will undoubtedly use any
colored wool, cotton, hair or grass, but none will show
from below like the hanging bird’s nest. These we have
seen mude very gay, indeed, and the experiment is easy and
interesting.

The American Team for Dublin.— There is not the
slightest doubt but that the amount of money requisite to
pay the expenses of sending the American Rifle Team to
Dublin next June will be promptly raised. Nevertheless,
we think it an act of courtesy to the Messrs. Hawk and
Weatherbee, of the Windsor Hotel, to say that quite in ad-
vance of the appeal to the public, and as long ago as
October lllh, those gentlemen headed a subscription by a
contribution of $250 for this very purpose. Several mem-
bers of the teum had been their guests, and this token of
appreciation on the part of the proprietors was a very grace-
ful one.

PRESERVATION OF GAME.

REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OK THE NEW YORK ASSOCIA-
TION—INTERESTING l’ROCKKDINOS.

HE regular monthly meeting of the New York Asso

1 ciation for the Preservation of Game was held at the
residence of Mr. Benjamin L. Swan, Jr., No 5 West
Twentieth street, Inst evening, the President, Mr. Royal
Phelps, in the chair. The Secretary, Mr. Thomas N.
Cuthbert, read the minutes of the previous mooting.

A letter from ex-Governor Dix was submitted, in which
he regretted his inability to bo present, but desired that the
association might take iuto consideration two great abuses
—shooting birds in the Spring as they go East to breed and
shooting from batteries in Great Bath and Shinccock bays.

Mr. E. Floyd Jones, of Grceuport, Suffolk county, de-
sired to call the attention of the members to the proposed
law' for the protection of English and bny snipe. He
thought it unnecessary, as the number of that kind of
birds killed in New York State were but few. In the
South and West they arc shot in great numbers during the
Winter and Spring months, and are sent to the New York
market for sale in great quantities. All snipe nre migra-
tory, aud the proposed protection will only benefit the
market hunters out of tho Stale. If the law could be ex-
tended to cover the whole of the country, and the same he
enforced, the writer would heartily approve of it. The
communication was referred to tho Executive Com-
mittee.

Mr. Gaston Fay, of Brackmerc, Centre Moriches, L. I.,
called the attention of the association to the practice of
"dusking” ducks, that is, the shooting at or killing of any
ducks or wild geese before sunrise or after sunset. This
custom, which prevails on the bay where the writer lives,
does more to injure the Autumn shooting than any one
thing that can be named. Dusking is followed in August,
September and October, and is practiced only on ducks
which feed on the edge or sedge of meadows. The law
should be amended so as to prohibit the shooting from
May 1 to October 1, ins'ead of September 1, ns it now ex-
ists. Referred to the Executive Committee.

Mr. John Hays, against whom proceedings were Insti-
tuted for selling venison out of season, in a communication
stated that he was ignorant of the provisions of the law,
and asked the suit to be discontinued. Granted on pay-
ment of costs. Mr, Whitehead, senior counsel for the as-
sociation, advised that other suits of like character were
pending against many dealers. He also read a recent de-
cision of the Court of Appeals, rendered by Chief Justice
Church, affirming the judgment of the lower courts in the
case of the chib against Joseph Raccy, convicted of selling
quail out of season.

In this connection Mr. Whitehend advised that tile penal-
ties against Mr. Racey amount to nenrly $3,000, but he had
not been able to obtain satisfaction in the matter of judg-
ment. The club, however, intend to push matters in this
case to the fullest extent under the law.

Mr. Seth Green, who was present, was elected an hon-
orary member of the association.

Adjourned to meet on the second Monday of March, at
the residence of Mr. David II . Haight, No. 284 Madison
avenue.

The decision is herewith appended.

„ COURT OF APPEALS.

Royal Phelps, Respondent, i

. tr vs- > Cuuuch, Chief Justlco.

Joseph H. Racey, Appellant, )

We concur with the conclusion arrived at by tho General Term. With

the policy of the statute In question we lmvo no concern, but that the
acts complained of. viz: Having in possession certain ('nine birds after
the 1st of March, although killed priur to the prohibited time, or brought
from unother State where the killiug was not prohibited, is within the
restraint of the statute there can he no doubt. The seventh section do
Clares that no person shall kill or expose forsule, or have In his or her pos-
session, after the same has been killed, any quail between the 1st day of
«“Duary aud 20th of October, under tho penalty of $25. Laws of 1871,

The eighth section contains a similar provision relative to ruffed
grouse, or partridge, and pinnated grouse, or pruirlo chickens, llxlng tho
time between the 1st day of January and 1st day of September. The
liiDguuge of these sections Is plain and unambiguous; hence there Is no

rnnm f..r cnn.l nii't i<m I • i. /ah.iii... _..i t. . > ■

SATSSUte* mysteries of the subject to bo m, necessarily
are foreign tomr obl«?2m.C|f.ThN1Vi Jh,at *ho>1' Involved In this asllou
cretlon ve s uM lu l hc L^.ih,,'J b.V’i ' i"'^- or 01u,"l<,<‘ °f the vvldedls
queal Ion v iolate* tlmt u . .al*?i,nffod '.lmt ,h" In

which authorise, KK 'r CMWUlUlToD Of tl.o United Stales
Is unnecessary to kJ*1 S?’* l’ ™umwrce among tho States. It

under this provision would Inierfon. P" A i'r uf 1 "tigress

d»m o»in,. U,v» „i,.i n< with the nlithorfiy of ( he States to

either ns'ii SMKSKSS and possession of Zo°

will suffice for t h I* case thattka aiano t V Uvllu" u',u" *"> cl“ f»™ It
Congress has pa«,ed on ihvmtriML m,‘ con,nict ",llh a,|5 which

‘objects cxpreLlv pro I lb u by It m?,,,1'"0' •*»- “« « *• rv‘|HH'1
conferred upon Congress „ uV.-V. o il..' ’ ,,Ll.'or w|tcii the power Is
policy or functions of the Government b ii there C<* " l,h lllt'
(erred upon C ongress which, until vxrel^a™ S? “,“7 c0'.1

and may be exorcised by these stntw wUhlTi thrir lbSlf1 U '

tu- power to regulate commerce. ^ “f the t«M ihl "hl?h '*

!'“• «»d Catron J after ..Hading to tho exercise ofToweV hi il o Stan s
upon subject- Involved in various utUrmutivo gram » to ConaroiB anhl*

tlm rim'ilnr V'fli ril*U| }' m or uxl*,l"K circumstance* for ibis courtto ray that
ttu similar uMrmatho power to regulntu commerce with foreign iinitnn*
and among the Ntaies shall be held an exclusive power ... CoS ' '

'"..'I11 I'ccv Ident i hat within these principles, which have been m-
pea tod 1 y reiterated by the Supreme Court of the United Slates that the

mi'v nf ' c'V ‘"i" "°! n.i a"' tlll‘ constitution of lliu United Status nor

law of ( ohj'iv-h - 4 W houtoii, I?*.1: r* Wiu'iium -jri* id iia„. n ^

» JChenton? 105; 10 Wallace.’* H WtffK'u IiL!™ * '

1 he Judgment of the General Term must be affirmed

"All concur. "

A copy

[signed . ] 11. B. Statue.

—The great "bonanza," which set tho pooplo of 8ua
Francisco nearly crazy and sent mining stocks up with a
bound, proves to lie very much of a humbug, porphyry or
something else being mixed up with It, and a fearful crash
has taken place In the stock market. On the 4lh of Jan-
uary, as wo learn by the San Francisco Bulletin, the Ophlr
mine was selling for $315 per share, but on the 2?th it had
fallen to $155; California, In tho same time, fell from $780
to $370; Consolidated Virginia from $715 to $540; Savugo
from $190 to $100; and others in about tho same ratio.
The aggregate depreciation In tho leading stocks In the
lime named was $07,303,400, and the shrinkage In the
minor ones would swell the total to $100,000,000, which la
a pretty severe squeeze to occur inside of three weeks.

Woodland Cariboo. — If our readers wish to learn the
habits of the woodland cariboo, so abundant in Newfound-
land and portions ol' the Dominion or Canada, and how to
hunt them, let them read the chnptor which we print this
week under head of "Across Newfoundland." Our paper
is brlmfull each week of Information ns rare as this; so
people say.

Read also the leading article that treats of sport on the
frontier of Mexico and Texas.

—Our friends at Boston and vicinity can see some very
fine specimens of Michigan grayling and California salmon
in the aquarium at Messenger Bros., 55 Bromflold street, in
that city. The grayling, especially, will be objects’ of
great curiosity to nearly every one who has not seen them.
The Bros. Messenger are very enthusiastic sportsmen. At
the same time their love for natural history is the means of
bringing many interesting facts and objects incidentally to
the notice of the public. It might be inferred that they
were artists also, since, as first class caterers, they devote
themselves so assiduously to the palate. Ha ! huw !

■ — ^ ^

Geese Adrift.— Schooner M. A. Jones, while returning
to Gloucester from the haddock grounds on Friday last,
when about thirteen miles south of Thackers Island, fell
in witii six tame geese on an Ice-cuke, floating out to sea.
They had probably been several days afloat, and were
nearly furnished. They were taken on board and properly
cared for.

-- --- •• .. - .um.iiui >UIV I.IU. UIU JUIIVOUCO lr5

clear courts have no discretion but to adopt the meaning wulcli it Im-
parls. 1 he mandate la that "any person having In his or her ponsession
between certain dates certain specified game killed, shall be liable to a
penalty. 1 he lime when, and the place where, the game was killed, or
when Drought within the State, or where front, is not mode material by
the statute, und we have no power to make It so. But If the Intent in
this respect was uoubtful, aectlon thirty-three would remove It. That
section provides that persona selling, or In nuaseaalon of game, shall not
be liable to the penalty up to the let day of March, provided they prove
that it was killed before the prohibited time, or ouleldc of the IlinitH
of the State where the killing was not prohibited Provision is made
by this section for the cases supposed not to be within the purview of tin-
seventh or eighth section; but il Is clear that the Legislature did not so
suppos,-, but intended to qualify those sections by allowing possession to
continue, und the sale of game lawfully killed or acquired for two
months; but after that period the inhibition is absolute.

It is admitted In this cose that the defendant hud possession Of the
game after the 1st of March, and the fact alleged that it was either killed
within the lawful period, or brought from another State where the kill-
ing was lawful, constitutes no defence. The penalty is denounced agalust
the selling or possession after that lime, Irrespective of the lime "/place
of killing The additional fact alleged that the defendant hud Invented
u process of keeping game from one lawful period to another Is not pro
vided for in the act, and Is Immaterial.

The objection of the want of power In the Legislature to pass the act
is noi tenable. it is not In conillct with the Slate constitution wlthm
the case of Wynebomer vs People, 13 New York, 378. That case In-
volved the validity of the prohibitory liquor law, and determined that
such law, so far as It applied to and substantially desiroyed properly In
liquors owned or possessed at tbe time the act look effect, was in viola-
tion of that provision of the State constitution which declares ibat no
person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process
of law: but impliedly. If not necessarily, It affirmed the power If the law
had only applied to liquors subsequently manufactured and acquired
Here the property was acquired subsequent to the passage of the act and
with i he presumed knowledge of Its provisions aud conditions. 'The
Legislature may pass many laws, tbe effect of which may Ik- to Impair
or even to destroy i he right of property. Private Interest must yield to
public advantage.

All legislative power* not restrained by express or Implied provisions
of the constitution may be exercised. The protection and preaervatio i
of game baa been secured by law in all civilized countries, and may be
ju stilled on many grounds, one of which Is for purposes of food The
measures best adapted to this end are for the Legislature to determine
and courts cannot review Ira discretion. If the regulations operate tri
any respect unjustly or oppressively, the proper remedy must be applied
by that body. Some of the provisions of the act In question might seem

—Among other judications of a severe Winter, the up-
pcarance of seals in the Lower Bay, and of a number of
buld engles hovering over the harbor and alighting on the
ice floes in the bay in search of food, may be taken ns the
most significant. As the steamer State of Indiana was
passing down the buy, off Clifton, Stuten Island, one duy
Inst week, u number of seals were observed from her decks,
lying asleep on a large cuke of ice.

—The mean temperature nt New Smyrna, Florida, for
the month of January wus as follows:— 7 A. M., 01 de-
grees; 2 I*. M., 08 degrees; 9 P. M., 62 degrees. On Jan-
uary 4th the mercury stood at 81 degrees; on the 28th, 80
degrees; 29th, 82 degrees.

—The age of a horse may be Judged by his teeth, but can
bo more nearly determined by bis (y)ears.

— Henry S. Dow, editor of the Lumberman's Journal,
and a prominent journalist of tho Northwest, died at De-
troit on Friday from the effects of a large dose of morphine
accidentally administered.

The Value of Fish Bones.— The Moniteur Industrial
Beige states that German manufactures are purchasing the
fish bones gathered along the Norwegian shores, which re-
sult from the extensive fish curing stutions thore located.
These bones make a fine fertilizer, and, when pulverized
by suitable machinery at the poinls of collection, arc read-
ily transported. The same journal suggests the more ex-
tended utilization of the bones from the establishments in
Newfoundland, and estimates the product which could be
obtained from American fisheries at £20,000,000 a your,

10

FOREST AND STREAM

§un mill §ifh.

GAME IN SEASON FOR FEBRUARY.

TOO. FLORIDA.

Deer, Wild Turkey, Woodcock, Quail, Snipe, Duck* and Wild Fowl,

l Under the head of "dame, ana ifun in Sea^ n" w» can :my speci-
fy in general terms the teoerul varie'Ue, because 'he laws of Shuts vary
so much Unit were we lo al tempi to particularize we could do no less
than publish those entire sections that relate to the kiwis of tjame in
question. This would 'ey nil e a (jrrat amount ((four space. Indeeig-
nallnq yams we are guided by the laws of nature, ujton which all legis-
lation is founded, and our readers would do well lo provide thenudr.es
with the laws of their ns/iec/tre Slates for constant reference. Otherwise,
our allmint* to assist them will only create confusion . ]

Game In Market.— The approaching close of the open
season is cheapening game of almost every description.
Prairie hens are plentiful at 50@75o. per pair ; ruffled
grouse, 75c@$l ; quail, $2@2 50 per dozen ; cauvas-btick
ducks, $3@2 50 per pair ; red-hcads, $1@1 50; mallards,
75c@$l ; widgeon, 75 cenls ; brant, $I@l 25 ; wild geese,
$1@1 50; Guinea fowl, 75c© $1 per pair ; wild turkeys,
25 cents per pound . rabbits, 50 cents per pair ; hares, 50@
75c.; Bay snipe, 75c©$l per dozen ; plover, $2©2 50. We
have seen in market a few of those beautiful and delicious
little birds, the Canada bunting, selliug at 75c@$l per
dozen ; also a few spruce grouse and mountain grouse, tho
hitter from Wisconsin.

— Wild fowl were never known lo be so numerous as
they nre this sensou in the vicinity of Ncwbern, North
Carolina, aud good shooting will be had there all the season
until warm weather comes again.

— Woodcock are now laying iu the vicinity of Norfolk,
Virginia. Next month snipe shooting will be good at Great
Bridge.

—The Staten Island Shooting Association, with head-
quarters at Port Richmond, offer a reward of twenty
dollars for information which will lead to the conviction of
any person violating the laws for the protection of quail,
woodcock, rabbits and hares.

Niout Shooting.— Our esteemed correspondent, II. C.
Magoon, of Nebraska, who is a veteran hunter, sends us
' some valuable hints on shooting at night. He does not ap-
prove of the very general use of the rifle at such time, be-
cause it is almost impossible to sec the hind sight, let alone
the front one, if the muzzle is covered by an object, lie
prefers a double barrelled shot gun, one barrel to be louded
with ball and thick buckskin patch and the other with
buck shot chambered, four chambers being better Ilian
three. Last Fall Mr. Magoon accomplished the excep-
tional feet of killing two deer at a right and left shot, with
his gun loaded in this manner.

— From our spirited contemporary Der Waidmann pub-
lished in Leipsic, we learn that on the 6th of this month
the sportsmen of the Empire were to celebrate the annual
feast of Diana at Berlin on an unusual scale. Delegations
and contributions of trophies of the chase were expected
from ever)' portion of the German Confederation, und we
shall look with interest for a report of this unique gather-
ing.

Canada, Quebec , February 6, 1875. — I never saw so many
ptarmigan in our markets as this Winter. A lurge number
of cariboo and some moose have been killed near Quebec.
Our Winter has been uncommonly severe.

J. M. Le M.

Paris, Ontario, February.5,
Editor Forest and Stream :

This being the close of the seasou for almost all kinds of
game in the provinces, those Nimrods who wish to keep
their breech-loaders in active service, have to do it almost
entirely at tho expense of the hares ; and, by the way, I
think it is very pretty sport. Have had some grand fun
during the past few weeks with the hounds hunting the
aforementioned interesting little auiraal, hut it remain
ed for Wednesday of the past week to crown my efforts
with success as regards that particular pursuit. For upon
that day, accompanied by a friend aud one very staunch
and reliable hound, we started in our cutter going about
five miles west of this poiutto a swamp in Burford, for the
purpose of securing, if possible, an old hare, that has here-
tofore defied the most strenuous efforts put forth by numer-
ous and sundry persons for his capture. We hastened to
put ouv dog into the swamp upon our arrival there, and in
less than ten minutes time lie had started the gentlemau,
and then the fun commenced. It seemed as if they must
have traveled over every foot of ground iu that very largo
swamp, aud it would seem at times us if you could hear the
hound give touguo a mile away. Wc took stands, and cut
across, endeavoring to head him off, but all to no purpose,
for it seemed as if he never traveled twice within a space
of a hundred or more yards, aud it was not until almost
dark, aud after it had been run for more than foui hours;
that! finally had the honor of bagging the rascal.

Very truly yours, F. B. Farnsworth.

Florida, New Smyrna, February 5.— Upwards of a hun-
dred settlers are on the way here from the West to locate
on the Halifax River.

Cummings, of the New York Sun, is stopping at the
Ocean House at New Smyrna.

I sec you, us well as others, call everything iu this sec-
tion Iudian River. Now, as you cross the water-shed south
of the Malanzus you strike the Halifax River, which ex-
tends to Mosquito Inlet, and (or twelve miles south of the
Iulet it is called Hillsborough River; thence for some four-
teen miles it is called Mosquito Lagoon ; this is sepernledfrom
Indian River by a strip ot laud at what is known as the
Haul Over, a canal of eight hundred yards in width; thence
Indian River to Jupiter. It is nil kuown as the Indian
River country, but Indiau River proper is twenty miles
or so south ot this place. All these livers are nothing
more nor less than inlnnd sens.

We are having capital weather for sportsmen. Sheep-
head fishing prime. Yours truly, George J. Alden.

Siiapshooting. — Mr. Lewis, the well known gun dealer
and rifle-maker, of Troy, New York, is to soon shoot, on a
bet of $50 that lie can kill a turkey at one mile, with a rifle
of his own make, iDside ot the cost of the turkey ($2.50) nl
ten cents per shot, or in twenty -five shots. Last year he did
it at 1,200 yards in the 14th, we believe. Mr. Lewis ought
to enter iu the American team for the International match
at Dublin next June. He will be needed.

— Col. Wingate, to whom was presented the commemo-
rative cup knowm as the “Leech Cup,” has turned it over
to the Amateur Rifle Club, to be shot for on the following
terms, according to a resolution adopted at a meeting of
the executive committee of the Amateur Rifle Club, held
January 23d, 1875: —

llesolred. That in order to commemorate the recent victory ot the Am-
erican team In the international rifle match, and il- n mark of respect to
the donor, the silver cup presented by Major Leech be known us the
"Leech Cup." and be shot for upon the first Saturday of June iu each
year at Crecdmoor upon the following conditions, viz:— Rifle, not to ex-
ceed ten pounds in weight; minimum pull of trigger, three pounds.
Matches to be open to nil citizens of the United States, und all members
of the Amateur Rule Club, irrespective of citizenship. Sights, ammuni-
tion, and marking to be in accordance with printed regulations in force
ot Crecdmoor Ranges, SOI). WOO, aud 1,000 yards. Number of shots,
fifteen ut each range by each competitor. Position, any; no ariillcial rest
to be used for either the rifle or person of the shooter. All matches to
be under the supervision of the Amateur lfifle Club, The winner to hold
the cup during one year, and to be entitled during that period to the
title of "Chuinplon of America." and, in uddition, to receive from the
club a suitable medal, to be tils ow n private property Winners of me
cup will be required, before seeming it, to give security for its safe re-
turn In double its value, to be approved by the executive committee.

— We learn that Col. Wingate having received an official
request, has consented to act as umpire for the California
team in the coining match at Creedmoor. The Californians
are to he congratulated upon their good fortune in having
obtained such able representation.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE AMERICAN TEAM.

The interest that has been taken in the recent Interna-
tional Rifle match is strikingly shown by the follow-ing let-
ter from the American Rifle Club of Lima, Peru, recently
forwarded through Mayor Do Gross. This Club was or-
ganized by llie well known Henry Meigs, the Railroad
King of South America, together with a number of the
most prominent Americans in Lima, shortly after the In-
ternational mutch.

Secretary's Office American Rifle Club, i
Lima, November lbth, 1874 (

To Col. Georue W. Wingate,

President of the Amateur Rifle Clnb, New York.

Sir— Tbe American Rifle Club of Limn cannot allow this opportunity
to pass without expressing to you. ns the representative and President of
the Amateur Rifle Association of New York, our sincere congratulations
for the brilliant victory achieved by tbe valiant inarkamcn under your
guidance over worthy antagonists. The range of your rifle was not so
limited but that every hit made In the targets struck also the chord of
American sympathy in Peru

Accept, sir, us u proof of our homage to an association now the envied
model of the world, and which numbers amongst its members the fore-
most riflemen who have drawn trigger, the accompanying certificate con-
stituting you an honorary member of our club. Be pleased to learn that
the same token of appreciation, however slight it may be, from a body
endeavorlng to emulate the example offered by the contending heroes nt
Crecdmoor, has also been extended to the Captain of the Irish team,

We have the honor to remain, sir, your most obedient, fnithfui ser-
vants Chas. S, Rand, President,

F, L, Crosby, Secretary.

To which Col. Wingate respouded as follows: —
Gentlemen— I have duly received your favor of November 16th, 1874,
with the enclosed certitloute of honorary membership in your club, and I
have no hesitation in saying that no occurrence with tho international
rifle match has given me more sincere pleasure than this very unexpected
and handsome compliment, which is the more appreciated ns coming
from my countrymen in a foreign land. The Amateur Rifle Club ac-
cepted the challenge which led to the match with many misgivings as to
their right to speak for American riflemen. They have throughout re-
cognized the responsibility, at times almost painfully, that rests upon
them as representatives of their country, und have spared uo pains or
precautions to see that no discredit should rest upon it. They feel natu-
rally gratified at their triumph, which wns won against obstacles that few
are aware. But they feel still more so ut finding their labors so warmly
acknow ledged by yourselves and other members of the club, as well as
myself. I desire to make my most sincere acknowledgement for your
kill I wishes, und trust that your own success us riflemen will he nil that
you have described for us.

G. W. Winoate, President Amntem Rifle Club.

THE SHELL QUESTION.

Hannibal, Mo., February, 1870.

Editor I'orkst and Stream : —

1 have been an ntton tlve leader of llie letters brought out by the shell
discussion us well as the gun subject, brought up by “Side Lever" and
others. Now and then tome old expert sneers at the ideas of the tyros,
forgetting that they were once iu that same class. Let all give their ex-
perience and offer tlielr suggestions. The crude ideas of the beginner
often draw out t he views and results obtained by the veteran, w hich
might never have been given lmd they not been provoked by some absurd
statements. Intelligent discussion tends to improve; and although gun
anil shell manufacturers may smile at the statements made and conclu-
sions drawn by the sportsman, they may notv and then find that the
user of an nrticlo. if he be a carernl observer, may discover faults that
the manufacturer has not . The theoretical mechanism may be apparently
right, but fail in practical working.

One correspondent states that 1 claimed that a gentleman had trouble
in extruding his shells, because he w as using paper ones I and ilieu
denies Unit such was the case. I did state that he was nsiug paper
•hells and had the trouble ns mentioned, and that It would not have oc-
curred hud he been using nielul ones I wrote advisedly, and knew of
what I wrote, aud reassert what I before stated. When tho correspondent
from Mississippi states that the fault was iu the extract or, I would be
pleased to have him state hoio he knows— did he over see the gun?
Suppose 1 admit that the extractor was faulty, which I do not, how does
he know that one side of the baso did not part company with the paper,
and being pushed on one side ullow the extractor to slip past, which was
the case? und |6 he prepared to say that had the party been using metal
shells they would not hnve extracted without trouble? 1 presume not.
The gentleman has thrown away one Bhell because he could not extract
the cap, and has another in tho same fix, that no doubt proves their
worthlessness. That all metal shells nre made without a fault, it w ould be
absurd to claim, and when I find a fault In any, either metal or pup r, I
am very ready to state it; and if all would do so, the manufacturers
would be more careful. 1 would remark, en passant, that if the man-
ufacturers or the Sturtevant shell Uo not make them better than the lust
lot I saw. I shall be as ready to condemn thorn as anyone The anvils
were so frail that two had beeu brokeu off without having been used, mul
the metal at the bottom of the cap recess was so thin that I doubt not
that a powerful lock would soon drive the anvil through, ns 1 have seen in
more than one that used Hie OrciRt primer. Frequently ..the cup recess

is tight and the cap extracts hard, aud when the primer is left on for a
time after firing it corrodes, and then is somewhat difficult to extract
When the recess Is small, by trimming tho sides with a knife, it is cosily
enlarged. The primers should be punched off on return from the day’s
shoot; and it is an excellent idea to put In the cap box a piece of sponge
or cloth saturated with oil; by so doing a cap will seldom ever stick. I
am like Dr. Coucs, willing to concede to paper shells all that can be
claimed for them, but will do by them the same as I do by the metal
point out their Imperfections in the hope that tho makers will improve
them.

Dr. C. covers the whole ground when he states that “theoretically
metal shells are dangerous, but practically they are not ” So good an
authority as he, ought to convince the most timid, und this lius.bcen the
most prominent objection.

Il is very nutural for the Doctor to take tho side of paper shells, from
the fact that the cost and expense, aiul trouble of loading docs not cut
any figure with him, and a? I have before stated, for such the paper
shell is all that is required. Yet, In the words of an old sportsman, "It
is a sound maxim that even In our pleasures wc should practice u judi-
cious economy."

The Doctbr complains of the trouble of carrying the empty shells and
the trouble of reloading, and yet many a good sportsman saves and re-
loads his paper cases, and it is much more trouble than to reload metal
ones.

That metal shells sometimes arc not interchangeable between guns of
the same caliber is true, but it may he u debatable question w hether or not
the non-iiulformlty of chambering is more the fault than that the shell
would not lit two sizes. The metal shell mude by the U. M. C. Co. are
more nnform in size than any paper shell 1 ever saw. I have a line gun,
by a first-class maker, that would not take some paper shells that I have
hud, and would not close on some that could be inserted, on account of
the thickness of the rim, a fault complained of in met nl shells; and it
may be a mooted question whether It is tho fault of the gun or the shell.
If the gun had been countersunk u little deeper, or tho rim had been a
little thinner the gun would have closed: which was ut fault? The Draper
shell particularly have very thick rims, and will seldom lit. unless tho
countersink is deep. Facts aud figures are asked for as to the sui>eriorlty
of the shooting qualities of the metal shell. I give an instance from
memory ns the record which I have kept for a long time I could not put
my hand on when wan ed: the charge was 4 drs. and ifroz. No.tiSt
Louis shot; average of six shots 40 yds. 80 in. circle, 144 with paper, lti.q
with metal. The penetration I do not remember exactly, but it w as from
18 to 20, the best with the metal shell. This was done with a gun
chambered lo use metal shell, aud not as are the majority with whioh
tests are made, regulated to shoot with paper shell, 1 have a 12 gague
7j ll>. No. 12 gun that makes a peneiration of 40 sheets or Pettit s paper
pads with W & P. No. 6 shot. 40 yards, und wheu any gun using paper
shell heats It I hope to hear about it.

Since my last on the shell question, I have had some unpleasant ex-
periences with paper shells. Once on n match hunt I had six or eight
missflres from them; again I was out after turkeys, auil flushing a
ruffed grouse I changed a shell for one with smaller shot, and
put in a paper one; a little snow rattled down us I opened tile
gun and scattered uhout the action, some of it probably getting on the
shell. I did not have occasion to open my gun again until at night on my
return, when I found myself in the same fix tlmt Dr. C. did with his
metal shell, hut did what I respectfully suggest to him and all others iu
do when caught in that way -take ttie fore end off at once, and then the
barrels w ill come out of the action without trouble. The mewl shell I
lmd in one barrel came out readily, but the paper one I had to drive oat
with a wash rod; and so firmly wns it fastened in, that it tore in two;
the lower half and the charge being pushed out, leaving the upper half
still fflst in the gun, It is not difficult to imagine what a predicament I
would hnve been in hud I had occasion lo open my gun while in the field.
The chamber of the gun is full large, so that a paper shell usually cornua
out with ihe utmost ease.

The chambers of many guns are now so tapered to make the point of
the shell tit tight and prevent the oscjpe of gas, that they must bo very
clean, and the shell not swelled at all, or it will stick I have two gnus
of the same caliber, but there is so much difference in the size or the
chambers tlmt a paper shell will not interchange after having been once
used in the larger one, much less u metal one. ami I can't see that tho
fuult is in the shell, as they will insert iu the smaller chamber before
being tired.

When I first used a breech loader I had one in which there was no
square shoulder, but a graduul taper from the full size of tbo chamber to
the barrel size, tho taper being nbont five-eighths of ini inch long. I used
paper shells, not filling them full, and cut the shell tbe length of tho
charge I wns unable to obtain the penetration d, -sired, and beguu to
study the cause. It soon occurred to me that too much windage was
caused by gas escaping past the pow der wad when it passed from the
end of the shell to the taper of tho chamber. As stated by “Side
Lever," 1 then commenced to nsc metal shells and a forced wad to ob-
viate it.

All of the guns that I examined at that time were chambered in tho
the same way; and It occurcd to mo that this was one reason why more
powder wus required for a B. L. than for a M L. I opened a corres
pondcncc with various gtinmukers on the subject, and also wrote the
matter up in T. F. Sc, b\, (Forest and Stream at tlmt time not having
made it's bow to the public.) I stated tlmt 1 believed were a sportsman
willing to confine himself to metal shells he could get the best results by
having a gun chambered with u square shoulder the thickness of the side
of the shell and have thq caliber of the barrel and shell precisely the
same. Then as perfect a cylinder would be obtained as in the M. L. I
1 did not say a straight cylinder, as suggested by “Side Lever," for it is
the exception and not the rule tlmt u straight cylinder will do good shoot-
ing, bat w ith such u gun wire cartridges and back shot could he usod as
well as inn M. L. There would be no windage, and less powder would
be required: there would be less recoil, and 1 believe excellent shooting
w ould be obtained by using a Torced wad. To prove tlmt I had faith in
It, 1 ordered a gun from on eminent English maker, built as stated above
During the building of it l met the maker and told him that lie might try
and find a happy medium for the gauge of barrel, so tlmt either paper or
metal shell could be used; and also suggested thut the chumbots ou-ht to
he made the exact length of the shell, and In using a paper enre there
should be a square shonlder the thickness of the shell, und then a
gradual taper to the gunge of the barrel, and that the paper shell ought
not to bo cut off. bat used full length. When my gun came to hand It
lmd a square shoulder, but the caliber of the barrel was smaller than
that of tho metal shell, leaving a projecting edge over the end of the
shell. This I had taken off. giving a long taper to it. I tried the gun
thoroughly and it was satisfactory. Large charges cun boused without
unpleasant recoil, and I believe there is much less mashing of shot than
by the sudden contraction. I communicated llm results obtained to the
builder of the gun, and since tlmt time most of the guns I have seen of
his manufacture have been chambered in that way. In the use of paper
shells it is no doubt necessary to tiuve the gauge of the barrel less than
that or the shell, to compress tnc wad sufficiently to prevent windage.
There may be better modes of chambering as suggested by "I’nder Grip,"
and if so, 1 shall be pleased to see them Introduced.

One wriier states that it is necessary to have the metal shell the full
length of the chamber to oblnm good shooting; but I believe it is not so
important as to have the paper ones full, there being less chance of
windage. Hopingthat others will give the result of their experiment —
for if many of ns are wrong, some may he right, mid a hotter understand-
ing the result-is the wish of Herbert.

Il is noticeable, notwithstanding the freezing weather,
thut Miss-skaters nre very numerous everywhere in l lie
neighborhood of ponds and water courses

FOREST AND STREAM

11

BOW AND STERN AT CAPE ANN.

Hartford, Janaary 80, tSTY

Editor Forest axd Stream:—

I have read your valuable paper since Its start, and have been very
much pleased with the many wonderful and true!?) adventurer of your
correspondents with their big bags of grouse, ducks and “slob," but I
never hove read anything where 1 was sufficiently acquainted to make
any comments myself until several weeks ago, when I rend n letter
headed "Cooting at Capo Ann.” Then, says I to myself, "Doctor, you
have been cooting, and at Cape Ann, too; but beyond that your experi-
ence don't agTee with the other party, not to any alarming extent,” and
as that same letter has excited considerable controversy between the
"north and south” shore men, I thought I would tell yon my experience
at Capo Ann. Now I have been cooting at Cohaaset and vicinity. nearly
every season for fifteen years, but a year ago last October some mis-
guided people, led by a gray-headed old sinner from Chelsea, Muss., In-
duced me to go toCape Ann, telling me wonderful stories or the quan-
tity of birds we would get and the good time we would have there, and I
went. One Monday afternoon we landed on Straitsmouth Island, with
three boats and an unlimited number of decoys, guns, Ac., Intending to
stop a week or ten days, if the birds Hew well. Some one of the party-
had been down previously and engaged quarters for us with the light
house keeper, who evidently expected to keep us on baked coots; but wo
did not discover this for some time. Well, as I said before, wo lauded
Monday and arranged our boats, decoys, and anchors for they anchor
bow and stern at Cape Ann, and had loaded an unlimited number of
shells, preparatory to an early start and grent slaughter the next morn-
ing. But a severe storm came np In the night, which lasted until the
Friday foil owing our landing. We got upearly, but concluded to wait a
few hours until it should stop raining, and wc waited all that day und
the next, and did nothing but wait, for it was so rough that even the
much talked of dory would not live In the sea that was running between
the island and the shore. Our landlord, who had evidently expected us
to provide game enough to live on, wusin about the snme condition as
"Col. Sellers,” when he gave that invitation to dinner, as regards pro-
visions, and we lived on turkey (that Is to say, It was Cape Cod turkey
from Newfoundland) and rain, uulil Friday morning, when It stopped
raining long enough for us to get oil the Island and leave for home. The
light keeper said it waa not a very good week for cools, anyway; but If
we hod been there the week before, we could have killed hundreds every
day We believed him, hut thought we would not stop until they came
again, and we went home — live men, three dorys, seven guns, five days;
total amount of game, one coot, one crow, nnd a splendid shot which
one of the party made at a flock of decoys off the end of the Island; und
1 feel certain that if we had had good weather, nnd could have been
anchored how and stern, we would have had a big snpply to take away
with us. However, we voted Cape Ann a failure that season, and have
not been there since. No doubt there is good shooting there at times,
but wc did not strike the correct time, and for cooting I think I should
udvise anyone to go further nortli to the "Nubble” or Cape Small Point,
and have the first of the shooting, if he wants to get much certain sport
out of it, and I assure you it Is good sport when the birds are flying well,
for they ure usually very tame or stupid and decoy easily. Doctor.

SUMMER WOODCOCK.

Rocky Dell, Cohasset, January 30, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

In reply to "Sane/,,” I will say I do not agreo with him. We had bet-
ter enforce the laws wo have than try to make new ones. What do the
game laws, as they exist now, amount to In this or his State? Are not
partridge, quail, and robins shot continually when t awisonf I go
iu for a law that, when the offender is reported to selectmen of
the town, they will he obliged by the State law to fine him. I will ven-
ture to say that now not one in one thousand of the poor birds that are
shot in close season are reported. As to woodcock, I would have it Au-
gust 1st, but not later. They are large enough then, in average sea-
sons, last year being nn exception. After September 1st we shore shoot-
ers have no time for anything else but ducks; so onr land shooting must
be done before that time. The following has been of great use to me for
Summer woodcock shooting. It may bo a new Idea to some. Wo all
have a favorite spot where we hunt these birds. What wc do is this:
Hire the farmer who owns the land where we shoot to plow for a mile in
length, one hundred feet wide on the first rising land from the meadow,
following the direction of the stream. Plant this with com (in rows,
not hills), as the deep furrows between the rows mnke the best boring
ground, und the high corn keeps the ground dnmp. If there are any
birds near, you will find them there. We pay the difference between
what the farmer calls a good crop, and what he gets out of it, and ho
keeps every one elso from shooting over it. S. K., Jn.

The above suggestion is worth following. It forms a
bond of sympathy and creates a sort of compromise be-
tween the sportsman and the farmer, besides securing bet-
ter sport. — Ed.

GAME PROTECTION IN CANADA

cletyosa Journal of valuablo Information on all subject* thnt would
come under their notice, and oue ever ready to do all in Uu power to fur-
ther tho objects of such an organisation. c. A. r.

GROUSE ON STATEN ISLAND.

Statkx Island Suootino Associations I

Port Ricdmond, Fcbrua-iy. 1875. f
EmTon Forest and Stream:—

The Staten Island Shooting Association have just received from Mr.
Andrew Brink, living In the northern part of the Stale, fourteen grouse,
(Boiiiua urnbtllm,) and eleven large hares, which will be turned out In
tho Island sometime during March, It is doubtful If the former will ro-
in mi with us. though we have some large tracts of Umber, and In many
places very dense. Some years back they woro hero In largo numbers
and many of the old rvsidonts tell of the happy times they have had iu
pursuit of them. I can remember lu luy time of having seen them In
the vicinity of Watch Hogue, but they are now extinct. Should wo bo
successful iu having these birds stay on the Island, wo shall have at least
fifty of them sent u» from Pennsylvania. Wc shall put out about 100
quail, which aru now on their way from Virginia, a gift of one of the
truest sportsmen, Capt. Peter Van Name.

We trust the New York Society for (lie Protccllon of Game and Fish
will succeed lu having their bill passed, making it unlawful to shoot any
kind of snipe and plover during their Spring flight It will save the
woodcock with us, ns there Is not a man coming from tho city hut that
will kill them when afler English enlpo, ( OaUinayo viUtoni,) should they
lie In their path Mortimer.

P. S.— Dr. Talbot, who received such praise in tho Herald a short time
ago, and who will mukc it warm for some of the crack shots at pigeons,
has been elected an nctivo member in the S. I. Shooting Association.

M.

THE FOX GUN.

Wkkuam, Mass., February 8, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The Horn In a recent number of Forest and Stream regarding the
"Fox" gun, has provoked so many lottora of enquiry that I venture to
answer them through your columns.

The gun, as stated In your answer, Is a "side action," ns dl stlngulshed
from tho common tip-up or breakdown action, swinging upon an Imag-
inary centra by an Ingenious piece of mechanism. As my object is not
to praise the gun above any other, or oven to compare it, I will not draw
any comparisons, but merely state thnt tho objects sought In u breech
loader— symmetry, simplicity of construction, strength of mechanism,
rapidity and ease of loading— soem to be combined in the Fox gun. Not
the least consideration is tho ease with which It can bo taken apart nnd
cleaned. There arc no pins, hinges, or bolts to be lost or disarranged;
hut by pushing in tho cjccior and a pressure of the fingers of the left
hand, the barrels are detached from the stock at once, It Is opened by u
pressure of the thumb of the right hand and n half turn of the wrist of
the left, throwing the breech In such a position that the shells are In-
serted into the chambers with more facility that In tho tip-up. The
balance of the gun In loading is preserved, requiring no awkward balan-
cing to keep it in place.

But few of these guns are In the market, the company on gaged In their
manufacture having chosen to nwait tho verdict of the sporting public,
before turning out any considerable number. Tlmt ‘verdict has been fa-
vorable; letters from all parts speak lu high term* of tho gun. One
from a member of one of our United States exploring expedition*, who
had shot his Fox gun over 1,500 times with tho most satisfactory result*,
praises it highly. My experience with ono in your expedition to Flor-
ida last Winter, was every way satisfactory. It ha* been pronounced by
experts tiie strongest and least liable to wear of any brcecli loader exam-
ined by them, For tho Information of the many sportsmen who have
sent orders for the gun, I would statu that the limited number manufac-
tured i» exhausted, but that a supply will he furnished, probably, in time
for next seuson's shooting.

The company engaged In the manufacture wore men of means, Identi-
fied with other manufacturing and business Interests In Boston, who
invested in this ns nn experiment, and now, having verified their convic-
tions that a really good gun can ne prodneed nt a comparatively low-
price, offer the machinery to parties who can give It (us they cannot)
their exclusive attention. Probably before this Is printed It will hu dl*.
posed of, and your advertising columns will notify sportsmen when tho
demand can be supplied. p, a. Oder.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

In your last number of Feb. 4, 1875, containing "My First Buffalo
Hunt," I notice u small error which, if not corrected, might draw upon
me some just criticism. This error will best bo corrected perhaps by
following the text of my contribution; it is as follows:

"You will then station me iu the heart of theChocluw und Chickasaw
nations, at Pori Towson, upon the Klumccchy River, six miles from Red
River, the dividing line of Texus, and ut presont the host place to hunt
the buffalo."

The buffulo has long sinen receded west from Fort Towson. In Western
Texas, I desired to say, he may yet bo found, und not around Towson.

Yours truly, OLD SCOUT

Peterboho, Ontario, Canada, January 30, 1875.
Editor Forest and stream:—

On Wednesday evening last, the 27th inst., a very interesting meeting
took place at the Huffman Honsc in this town, having for its object the
formation of a Fish and Game Proteciive Society for and within the
county of Petcrhoro. At eight o'clock a goodly number of gentlemen had
assembled, and among those from a distance we noticed Major Boulton
and Mr. Iriviu, of Lukefleld; James Golhorne, Esq., of Burleigh; and
James Stewart, Esq., of Buckhorn. The meeting was opened by ap-
pointing Mr. William Eaellund to the chair, who, in a lucid muniicr ex-
plained the object in forming such a society, tho duties devolving upon
Its members, and the benefits to he derived by the faithful discharge of
those duties. He closed his remarks by calling on the gentlemen pres-
ent to assist informing n fish and game protective club, so large in untn
here and officered by meu so zealous in carrying out the low, that it
might strike terror into the heurts of ail the poachers and pot hunters
within fifty miles of the town of Peterhoro. A membership list wus
opened and eagerly signed by all iu the room, afler which the election of
officers took place as follows: President, John Ludguie, Esq ; Vice
President, Major C. A. Boulton; Secretary and Treasurer, C. A. Poet,
Esq. ; Counsel, E H. D. Hull, Esq.; Committee, Messrs. II. Calcutt.
II. T. Strickland, E.J. Toker, G. B. Sproule, Win. Eastland, Juincs Stew-
art, Buckhorn; James Golbome, Burleigh.

Major Boulton asked if the propagation of fish in onr waters was ono
of the objects of tho society, as ho thought great good would result by-
taking this subject la hand. The other members gave the suggestion
their hearty support, and thought pisciculture should form a part of the
society's work. Mr. H. Calcutt 6ald that he had obtained from S. Wil-
mot. Esq. of Newcastle, last Spring, a few thousand salmon fry and put
them in Sloney Lake, with the view of stocking that aDd connecting
lakes with that fine fish, and also to ascertain. If possible, whether it
was necessary to its existence to havo access to the salt water. Perhaps
onr friend Seth Green .could give us some valuable information on this
point.

After appointing a special committee to draft by-laws, Ac., thp presi-
dent closed the meeting by expressing the wish that all woald endeavor
to obtain as many members as possible. The next meeting will he held
at the Hoffman House, on Wednesday evening, the 10th of February,
when the report and draft of by-laws of the special committee will be
submitted. Thanking you for so much apace in your excellent Journal,

I am, respectfully, C. A. Post, Secretary.

J*. S — Forest and Stream was recommended to members of the so-

<§e‘ 1 ‘">‘1 jRii er fishing.

FISH IN SEASON IN FEBRUARY.

EOUTKKUN WATERS.

Pompano.

Snapper.

Grouper.

Rockfish.

Trout (black ba»s).
Drum (two species).
Kiiigfisli.

Striped Bass.

Sliecpsbcad.
Tullorflwh.
Sen Buss.

Fish in Market — Fish have been very scarce during
the past week, iu fact an almost total suspension of Hit-
catch has been the result of the intense cold and floating
ice. Cod, haddock, pollock and torsk from Maine and
Massachusetts iu limited quantities are selling at 8 cents
per pound. The above varieties, with the herring from
Newfoundland, we ure informed by Mr. Blackford, consti-
tute the fish food for the poorer classes during the next
forty days of fasting. A few specimens of the larger bass
are coming in from the upper Hudson and selling at 2fc
Turbot from Newfoundland are worth the suine. Red
snappers from Florida ditto ; grouper from the same place
20c.; Ogcecliec River, (Geo.) shad plenty at (JOc. ; Neuse
River, (N. C.) shud at 75 cents to $1.50 each; splendid
fellows, some of them weighing 5 pounds each. Smelts
scarce at 20 cents; bluefisli, 15 cents; salmcn trout, 20
cents; whitefish, 18 cents; fresh mackerel, 20 cents each;
Spanish mackerel, 40 cents; salmon, 45 cents; Pickerel,
20 cents per pound; large king fish from Key West, 15
cents.

—A fishing crew on the south side of Long Islnnd took
4,000 pounds of codfish one duy this week.

— A correspondent at Twin Lakes, Salisbury, Ct., writes
February 3d : —

‘‘Pickerel fishing is the great sport in this region during

the Winter months. It is not unusual for strlug* of twenty
or thirty ‘picks’ to bo taken of a morning. Two small
oovs living near by have caught quite 200 pounds of pick-
erel and perch. It is estimated that many sleigh loads have
been sleighed off the smaller lake by the rural ‘sportsmen*
during the present season, and the wonder is that there are
any fish loft to catch; but the Immense breeding and feed-
ing ground of weeds and rushes give tho pickerel and perch
a chance for their lives. The fish are mostly small, seldom
over a pound in weight, nnd our anglers sigh in vain for
the old days when a five pounder would grace his table
whenever ho dropped them a line of invitation. Tho
larger 1 ike (W mishitting) lms not been flslnd much ns yet;
nut yesterday— February 2d— a stranger took home twoniv-
seven fine pickerel in return for u morning’s fishing, and an-
other parly took from the same hole about half as many in
t he afternoon of tho same day. All sorts of ‘lilts' are used
trom tho three cross sticks to tho single lath and weighted
wire down to tho primitive twig laid over tho hole, on
winch is hitched the lino und Hag to drop when a bite on-
curs. But tho tilt I Imt luiscs the Hag In night is pro
f erred by experts, and many more lines can be seen, too
with that contrivance."

—The business outlook for Gloucester, at present writ-
ing, is of quite an encouraging nature. In the leading
branch, thnt of the fisheries, tho old slock of codfish is
rapidly moving off, and at present idnicatious will ho en-
tirely out of the market ere the new catch is ready f..r
shipment; conseuuontly that portion of the fleet now about
starting, nnd the larger part which will follow In the course
of a week or two, have uvery prospect of a quick demand
for their catch. Several bankers sailed yesterday, and next
week some forty sail of Georgesmen will be off. There is
no lack of ball, and somo good fares may he expected
about a fortnight lioucc.

Tho bankors havo come along more freely the past week,
averaging light fares of halibut. The whole number of
vessels arriving lias been nineteen— four fares from the
Western Banks, seven from La Havre Bank, two from
Georges, and six herring fares from Newfoundland. Ti e
total amount of halibut brought in was 74,000 pounds, cod-
fish, 200,000 pounds. Halibut have been in good demand,
and selling for from $18 to $13 per cwt. Codfish have
sold at $2 per cwt. The vessels all report very rough
weather. — On pe Ann Advertiser, Feb. tit'1..

—Ouv corrospandent, "B. Hackle," sends tho following
score; —

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Mr. Fulls, the Cblnoso mandarin, who wu *o successful ln*t Winter In
fly fishing iu the St. Joint's River. Florida, send* me the following score,
taken with fly, in the vicinity of Enterprise, Fla., last month:

January 7th, -ill Southern linss, i)3 pounds
January nth, 3S " 42 pound*

■January :3th, 49 " 01 pound*.

January Nth, 15 " V2 pound*

January tilth, 48 " 57 pound*

January I8lh. 35 " 08 pounds.

January 2m h, 50 " '31 pound*.

January 23d, 25 " onu 0 ‘bream," 58 pound*

Total, eight days, 35G fish, 4094 pounds

THE COMING BLACK BASS ROD.

Editor Forest and Stream: -

Tho black bass and his inodu of capture ho* boon altogether too much
nogleetud, If not ontlroly Ignored, by most of our wrltur* upon the
"gentle art." I regard tho black bas* ns ono of ourgauiest Unite*, nnd
with suitable tackle the sport afforded by him is not surpassed hy tin-
pursuit of any other member of the flnny tribe, excepting, possibly, the
salmon Bat in ordur to re.illzo black bass llshlug In it* perfection, suit-
able tackle must be employed, Fishing for brook trout with a bean pole
for o rod and a worm for bait, I* not considered sport iu the Iran mean-
ing of the term; neither Is It toflsh for black ban* under the snme condl-
tlons— and this bring* me to tho subject of a black bass rod.

Until within thepnst few years such primitive rods a* the cuno polo of
the South, the aider or hemlock of tho Middle Slate*, or tho tamarack
pole of the NorthwcHt wore, when well selected, light, und of true toper,
equul to or superior to any tiling offered by the dealer*. Five years ago
—nnd perhaps it I* tho surne in somo localities to-day— u person entering
a tacklo shop In n Western town und Inquiring for lius* tackle would lie
presented with a rod from fourteen to sixteen feet long, weighing from
ono to two pounds; it bras* reel a* large us a paper cullur box. with a
bundle like a coffee mill crank; a line like a chalk Hue, nnd n large un-
gainly hook'witli u aide bend— and all till* formidable arruy of clumsy
apparatus to do battle with such u thoroughbred and noble foe a* tho
buns! Egad! the bona should bo pursued with weapons a* delicate iis
are accorded to 111* more favored cogoner, the brook trout! Oomblnu
lion rod*, general rods, porch rods, chcao striped has* tackle, el hw genus
omiie, have been , un n rule, manufactured for the Western market and
i-old for black bans fl*liiiig. Those enthusiastic angler* who learned
from experience tlmt there was a want not supplied lu bluck bass rods,
as offered hy the Crude, and who possessed sufficient Ingenuity, con-
structed their own rod* arid fished In their own wuy; und us these worthy
souls were generally regnrdcd us authority In tla-lr respective localities
on the subject of black bass fishing, und not without reason, their par
licular style of rod was adopted iu tliclr particular locality us the “perfect
ba*s rod," This will account for tho marked difference of opinion upon
tills subject In different section* of tho country, a* evinced by the sev-
eral articles herotofore appearing in Hie Foiikst and Stream.

All sportsmen have their fiworlic hobbles and pet theories, nnd are
more or less egotistical in explaining or expounding the same, from
which imputation I cannot exempt myself, as the reader will, without
doubt, soon discover. Having hod considerable experience in block buss
fishing in tiie West nnd Northwest, and thinking that I might con tribute
something on this topic, that would perhaps bo of some benefit to my
brother anglers, or would at least furnish food for thought and set them
thinking, le tho sole object of, and only excusu I offer for this communi-
cation.

While claiming no originality for my ideal rod— for f, loo, have nn al-
most "perfect boss rod"— or for my Ideas upon the subject of block bass
fishing, I have the satisfaction of knowing that the same idea* und opln
Ions are shored by a largo number of our best Western sportsmen. Tile
reader, therefore, may rest aseurred tb it I will recommend nothing not
known to myself, or some brother angler, to have been proven by “strict
trial and due examination" to be perfectly reliable in every respect.

While a rod may vary somewhat, uccording to the mode Of fishing,
there Is no good reason for such a wide diversity of opinion a* obt-lns on
this question of bass rods, For Instance: Fishing from the hook of n
sw ift nnd narrow stream, wndlog the bars of a wide river, or fishiDg from
a boat on a quint lake, »eom In themselves apparently very different pro-
cesses; but In reality they arc only slightly different meun* of securing
the same end, viz: the capture of the black busa with a minnow for bait
—for ray remarks apply only to bolt flahlng. And a properly construct-
ed rod would answer In either place and fulfill either condition, uccom
panlcd by a light, freely rendering reel— such as tho "Frankfort" reel, of
which I shall have something to say ut another lime -together with a fine
tront lino. An artistic fisherman, fishing for trout with the fly, would
use hie fly rod In either place; from a boat, from the bank, or while
wading the stream, he would use the same rod under any and every clr
cumsUnce, wherever lie had room to make a cast. The bos* fisher will
In time become a* consistent as the trout fisher, but it will only be when

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he adopt, tho proper, rod, which "coming rod" I will now endeavor to

describe. ,

I start out with the proportion that a first-doss American, singlo-
handed trout 11 y rod Is, per «, tho very perfection of rods and tho chef
d-axTf of the rod maker's art. Such a rod Is about twelve feet long, ana
Is made of split bamboo, or a combination of ush and lnncewood; If of
the former, should weigh from seven to nine ounce*; If of the latter,
from nlno to twelve ounce*. With such n rod. properly handled, either
line, leador or hook may part, but the rod will remain Intact. It com-
bines all the essential qualities of a good rod, viz: balance, lightness,
strength, elasticity, and pliancy. A salmon rod 1* only a trout rod en-
larged. proportionately, In every particular, and made to be used with
two band* Instead of ono. Now, If all fish were cuugbt with the fly there
would be no need for other rods than the trout mid salmon fly rods; but
u* snch, unfortunately. Is not tho case, we arc compelled to adopt other
rods In accordance with the mode of fishing, the character of the fish to
bo caught, and the kind of halt to be used. But whatever may be the
nature of tho rod that I* to be made, let this general rule or principle be
followed In It* construction. Let the rod conform as nearly os possible
to the typical rod-1. the trout fly rod— na Is consistent with the man-
ner of act vice required of it. If wo follow this rule we cannot go very
far astroy.

Acting upon this principle, then. 1 hove found in my experience that
the essential qualities or attributes of o good black buss rod for bait fish-
ing, arc Just the same us the typical rod for balance, weight, strength,
and elasticity, with u lmppy medium of pliancy, between a trout fly rod
arid a trout bait rod, which cun hardly be expressed In words. But this
alight stiffening of tho rod makes It correspondingly heavier, nnd in or-
der to maintain the same rclutlve weight, we must cut down the length
of the rod by taking off fro n three to four feet, thus reducing the rod to
eight or nine feet In length, which I* found by experience to be fur supe-
rior to longer rod* for black bass Ashing. As a long, Withy, willowy rod
1* bost for casting a fly, so is n short, stllllsh rod best for casting a min-
now. With a rod of this character and an ever running, multiplying
reel, It Is an easy mutter to cast from thirty to forty yards. The situa-
tion of tho reel upou tho but must bo u compromise between the slnelc
nud double handed tty rods; for though the rod la used almost entirely
with ono hand, yet there ure emergencies when both hands must be
used, for occasionally a six pound bass, or a llfteen pound pickerel will
be hooked; or au unusually bold or fierce lighting boss may get the ad-
vantage of ono ami take to the weed*. It Is also esseutlul to nave
plenty of room for the hand below the reel In casting, as the thumb
must control the running off of the line, uud prevent the reel from over-
running, as In striped bass fishing. The rod may hove standing guides,
or rings, u* the fancy may dlctute; I prefer standing guides for the llrsl
uod second Joints, and rings for the tip. The rod that I am now using
Is eight feet and three Inches long, is In three Joints; the first joint or
but Is composed of white a*h, and the second Joint and tip of lancewood;
it weighs Just eight ounces; It Is finely balanced, and lias a true bend
from but to tip. in the form of a segment of a circle; with it I have
killed hundreds of black bass, weighing from two to four pounds, and
occasionally more, and pickerel from five to twelve pounds, with an oc-
casional one scaling fifteen pounds. I have used it three seasons, and do
not see where it can bo Improved; It Is as firm and clastic us when first
made. I have several time* cast out my entire line of fifty yards, when
costing with the wind. I fool justly proud of the merits of this rod, for
1 mude It myself.

Should this communication ho acceptable, I will trouble your readers
again lu some future number, giving the origin, history, and my opinion
of the bnss rods belonging to my friend, W. C. Egan, of Chicago, which
you described In a former number of the Foiikst and Stiieam. I will
also describe the reels, Unci, hooks, Ac., used by our best black bnss
fishermen In the Northwest; also my experience In fiy fishing for black
bass.

If thin article should Induce any brother fisherman to throw aside his
heavy, cumbersome, arm-wearying rod. and try one more In accordance
with the true spirit of gooulno sport; to Induce him, so to speak, to
throw uside his old "Queen Anne" musket and adopt tUe modern breech
loading shot gun— or, to carry the simile still further, to persuade him to
discard tho sabre and buckle on the ropier— 1 shall feel that I have not
written in vain. Ocohomowoo.

Oar rentiers will certainly feel indebted to the author of
this communication for the valuable suggestions contained
therein, and no doubt eagerly await the promised articles
to come. — Ed

FIS HI FG FOR TOM CODS (Morrhttu Califomica )
IN THE BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

Wit Wllcnes-

EntTon Koiisst AKD Stkbam:—

This nice, delicate little fish for the table, even to those of epicurean
tastes, bus been very plentiful In our bay uud in some of Its creeks for
these two last years, uud has afforded much amusement. If not grout
sport, for our anglers. It frequents near the bottom for its food, and
Is readily caught with a rather stout bund lino and n tolerably heavy
sinker uud suia.l hooks, say two or three, and No. 4 or 5 In sizes, fastened
ou near the einker about nine Inches apart from each other. This line
should be about sixty to eighty feet In length, to be thrown out from the
wharf os fur us it will go, The best ball ure mussel or sand worms, to be
purchased near tbe Usuing grounds, and which are obtained from the
piles under the wharves, or in the swamp sands neur the shores of some
purls of the bay. Or this much sougat after inhabitant of our Pacific
waters aud its bays uud inlet*, may be angled for successfully with a
common rod of a medium length, furnished with a small sized line auu a
common multiplying reel, wlih a much lighter sinker than the one rec-
ommended for bund line fishing. This can bo thrown out ut fur as con-
venience will admit of, and to any one used io manipulating skillfully a
rod, reel and line, Is a mode much preferable to the hand lino process,
and much pleasanter, because It enables you to sit at ease on the wharf
without having to get up every lime a fish Is hooked and cast out again,
us with the bund line, aud you cun wind the fish quickly up by menus of
your reel while In a silllug posture. Singularly enough these Tom cods
have, this last year, taken the places of tho siuella, which for many years
have been lu euormous numbers, afford, ng much more exciting sport
than the Tom cods. Whether these latter will conlluuo to usurp the
reign of the former henceforward, time ulouo can prove. As with the
smelts, two or three Tom cods are sometimes taken ut ono haul. Both
these kinds of fish one ravenously, aud it is a common event to take forty
of them in ono or two hours.

The Tom cods run lu the largest schools when the tide water is Hon ing
ouly moderately fast aud rather muddy, but not too much so. They bite
best In those parts of the water on which the sun Is slilnlug. There is the
same remarkuble difference in this fish’s biting a* lu others. Qenerally
the catcu Is good, but there are a few days that are nearly or entirely
blank. They feed against the running tide, both ou tho ebb aud flow.
At this time they arc full of spawn. Their roe, both hard and soft, is
considered a great delicacy with some persons. They are the 90iue fam-
ily of fishes as the frost fish (Slaiaw/u* vulaarU) of the East or Atlantic.

E. J. lloopc u.

Tins College Rowing Association.— TIic Yale Recard
has nn article on the subject of the Intercollegiate Rowing
Association, the burden of which is, that by the recent
action of the Boating Convention at Hartford in admitting
Union and Hamilton to the college regatta of this year, the
number of colleges now entitled to ro v at Saratoga is in-
creased to fourteen. It seems that the number has now
reached a point where to increase it renders the selection
of a suitable course a matter of much difficulty; and with
this in view, the mere sending of a delegate to a convention
should not entitle a college to a represention in a regatta
which it has for years ignored. Let the constitution be so
amended as to read, that colleges failing to row in two
regattas shall be debarred from rowing in a third without
special action on the part of the convention.

—The English cricket season for 1875 will open on the
3d ot May, with the auuual meeting at Lord’s, and, ns
usual, a dinner will be the great feature,. Au Euglisli
cricket match without its accompaniment of a dinner is
something uukuowu iu the annals of the game.

—Young Rollins, a well kuown amateur player of the
Prospect i'ark cricket club, is now an inmute ot a lunatic
asylum. He has never recovered the shock to his system
from his shipwreck two yeais ugo.

Cornell University, Feb. 6, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:

The excitement over the Inter collegiate Literary contest,
and our success in the same, has subsided, leaving tho hope
Hint next year all colleges and universities may he repre-
sented, and that a truly Natioual Inter collegiate contest
mav take place. The successful contestants for the
Shukspearian essays, Messrs. Fitch and Cluck, on their re-
turn to Ithaca, were given nn oration by the citizens.
Speeches of congratulation were made, and Mr. Fitch re-
ceived a copy of Bovdel’s Slmkspeare, and Mr Cluck an
addition in 12 vols. of the British Poets. Would that this
fueling of friendly interest and good will might be univer-
sal throughout the land, and that Town and Gown might
be synonyms of mutual good will, instead of, as in some
places at present, mutual antagonism.

All out door sports, as a mutter of course, in these days
of zero rule, are suspended, and accordingly, Hie gymna-
sium is well patronized, so much so as at certain hours lo
materially impede each other. There are somewhere in
the neighborhood of twenty-five men practicing regularly
on the weights, and from them we expect to be able to
select a fair, if not extra "’varsity” crew next Spring.
There is also much probability of a Freshman crew, and a
single sculler, representing Cornell at Saratoga next July,
in addition to tlie “ ’varsity" six. The Navy composed of
the Tom Hughes and Sprague Boat Clubs is lu first rate
working condition. The government consists of five
directors from each club, and a Commodore elected by the
two clubs jointly. This manner of working has been tried
only a short time, but it seems to work admirably. Tlie
government for the ensuing year is:— Commodore, D. O.
Baric, ’77. Directors, Tom Hughes, C. C. King W. M.
Sturges, ’75; A. M. Ensign, ’70; M. E. Huviland, 1 1 ; A.
W Smith, ’78; Sprague, W. C. Hayes, R. Russel, II. J.
Rice, ’70; Perry Clark, ’77; A. L. K. Volkmnn, ’78. Every-
thing seems to be favorable for a fine opening in the
Spring.

The old saying, "Competition is the life of trade,”
seems to hold true yet, although with a slightly different
termination in this case. Two years ago every effort was
made to get a suitable room in town for a gymnasium, but
without avail, so some members of the faculty and the
students set their heads together, and the result was a gym-
nasium building fairly equipped, upon the hill. Imme-
diately after this some of the town people set their heads
together, and the result is now a fine gymnasium in town;
so between the two we are likely to gel ull the exercise and
training we desire, and perhaps in the course of two or
three years wc may turn out some good gymnasts.

Last Saturday. January 30th, at the senior class election
the following officers were elected for "class day”:— Pres.,
G. 11. Filch; Orator, P. H. Perkins; Essayest, II. W.
Sackett; Historian, A. F. Shaw; Prophet, C. W. Raymond;
Ivy Orator and Poet to be elected to-day. Arrangements
are being made at present for a Junior exhibition on the 1st
of May next, the appointments for which .will be given in
due time.

Friday evening, January 29th, we were favored with one
of those grand musical treats for which the Thomas
orchestry of New York are celebrated. The entire troupe,
sixty pieces, were present. It was asj near perfection as
human beings can expect,

A few words in regard to the Poultry and Fancy Stock
Exhibition, which took place in Journal Hall the 19th to
23d of Jan., may not seem out of place, as we belong to the
special Natural History class. There were about 400 coops
and cages iu the hall, mostly poultry. 1 noticed some very
fine game, aud silver spangled Hamburg fowls, tho 1st prize
pair of the latter birds being offered at $35. There was a
gigantic bronze turkey cock, several coops of Chinese
ilucks and geese, a beautiful pair of wild geese, and several
Africans ol tlie same species. But the crown of this part
of the exhibition was a large white goose who (?) had wad-
dled, and paddled, and hissed through the sunshine and
shadow of seventy-one years, quite an antediluvian. The
Creve-cceur’s aud La Fliche’s were in goodly number, as
well as the black Spanish, but the Bramah's counted by
scores. Of bautam’s there were some twelve or more
varieties, among them some exceedingly beautiful birds.
There were a few cages of English lop-eared rabbits, a
dozen or more ferrets, a noble white-headed eagle, a score
or more of beautiful pigeons, aud a magnificent silver
phensaut, valued at $70.

On the dog bench were Dine beautiful setters, all good
dogs, und some quite extra. In particular I noticed two
chestnut and white dogs, aud a brown and white bitch.
The first dog was a magnificent animal with a long, deep,
almost massive head, medium height aud well propor-
tioned; hair fiuu aud silk)', legs well fringed and a fine
feather; ho looked as if he would be able lo perform an
extraordinary amount of work. His ears were rather too
short aud too much rounded, otherwise, as far as external
appearances, he was au extra animal. The second dog was
only sixteeu months old and of course not fully developed;
he was, however, much like the first, except smaller, and
with tiuer und belter shaped ears. The bitch was my beau
ideal of what a setter bitch should be— small; rather thick
set; finely proportioned; although rather thin from having
but just weaned a litter of pups, three of which were ou
the bench; head long and slender, yet large brain; eye very
intelligent; coat silky and flue and well fringed, evidently
au animal worth owning. J.

Yale College, New Haven, Feb. 6, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

The past week has been a lively one. Monday ushered
in the Glee Cmb concert. This organization was never in
better practice. The programme included the famous
though new Blue Danube, waltz chorus, a new warble
and a Rhine song. These were the most noticeable features
of the evening, along with the tenor solo by Frank Jones
and " Bohimkus.” This latter was given iu an inimitably
funny manner, and was encored five times. The club de-
serve great credit for their efforts. With Tuesday evening
tame the annual Junior Promenade Concert. Great prepa-
lions are made each year lo excede if possible the on given
l,y the preceding class, This year great pains were taken
with the internal decorations of Music Hall.

Boating aud base hall flags. Tropries of victories at
these departments ef athelelics were arranged very be-
comingly on the sides of the galleries. Tlie "black flag"
of ’70, which once floated defiantly from the college chapel
steeple was put in a prominent place, and attracted much
attention. The stage was neatly and tastefully decorated
with flowers and hot-house plants, and presented a very en-
chanting appearance. At 9:20 Bcvnslcin’s orchestra of
New York commenced the overture, nud in a short time
first Lancers was formed. The music was all that could be
desired and the programme just what was suitable. The
festivities lasted until 2 o’clock, when the lights were ex-
tinguished, and the promnnadc of ’?G was over. The
toilets of the ladies far excelled any seen here for some
time, while Rcdcliffe furnished a very delightful supper.
Mention should he made of a pretty waltz by G. B. White,
formerly of ’70, which was repeated owing to a hearty
encore.

On Wednesday morning at 11 the Seniors held a
"German” at Delta Kappa Hall, and the Juniors at 3 o’clock
did likewise. The figures danced were both novel and
pretty- With these impromptu dances the festivities of
the week closed very appropriately. Now tlie prospect is
dull enough.

The aspirants for base ball fame will go into active train-
ing next week. There is every prospect of a fine nine next
year, and one that will work hard to sustain our victories
of lust season. With a view of affording facilities for the
practice of halting, the pitching alley has been considerably
widened, and now there is plenty of room for such prac-
tice. K.

A greater number of men are rowing as candidates for
the Howard University crew than ever before.

ghq §orsc mid Honqse.

— Picnic, one of Count Lagrange’s race horses now iu
training ut Newmarket, England, some months ngo hud a
broken leg set by a veterinary surgeon. The horse is now
perfectly soun 1 and will probably figure upon the race
course duiing the coming seasou. So perfect a cure is said
to be unprecedented.

A Coursing Club in Sacramento.— On tlie evening of
the 16th ult., a Coursing Club was permanently organized
at the Pacific Hotel Saloon, corner of K and Fifth streets.
The gentlemen present were C. Brady, Geo. Whittou, E.
M. Skaggs, Thos. Harris, M. Shean, C. Mahoucy, John B.
Smith, Jas. Condon, Thos. O’Brien, P. Conlan, Ed. O’Con-
nel, R. M. Doyle, Hugh Kelly, J. McMahon, Wm, Ma-
liarry and Andy Larkin. The following officers were
elected:— II. S. Beals, President; P. Hanlon, Secretary;
J. J. Cadogan, Treasurer. From the interest manifested
there can be no doubt that Sacrcinento will have cause to
be proud of this organization.

— It is reported that after the race in San Francisco be-
tween Occident, the California wonder, and Judge Fullerton,
Budd Doble aud Hickok will visit the East and enter these
horses, together with Goldsmith Maid, for all the vuluablc
frce-for ull-purses in the trotting circuit. Much curiosity
will be excited to see the distinguished Mustang, and if
these flyers, together with Smuggler and some of tlie others
of the first division should meet, it would be productive of
more enthusiasm than even now exists in trotting circles.

^ cw ublicutians .

MAGAZINES.

Hearth and Home this week contain a seasonable and
well executed wood cut, entitled "The Cupturcd Vnlentine.” Tho mis-
cellany Is also up to the usual standard.

In Appleton's Journal is contained the capital illustrated
sketch of Livingstone's last journey, us well as serial stories by Mr.
Webster, anc the author of "The Wooing O't." The couteuts of the
Editor's Table will be found interesting.

The Overland Monthly for February makes its long jour-
ney across the continent on time. The Keursage und Alabama story is
told once more . Mr. Stoddard, whose entertaining letters from Italy
are being read with interest, contributes a sketch, und the ubiquitous
Joaquin Miller a short poem. "A Sage Brush Alibi" is a characteristic
sketch, Introducing the types peculiar lo the Pacific elope, first intro-
duced to us by Brett Harte.

The American Agriculturist for this^montli contains au
Interesting paper on the horse's hoof, with suggestions as to the best
inode of shoeing. Also a lurge number of articles of value to the farmer
pun horticulturist, with diagrams and drawings fully explaining them.

The Manhattan and He La Salle Monthly is a magazine
edited by John Savage nnd issued from ike press of the Catholic Protec-
tory at Westchester. The current number coutains an excellent assort-
ment of miscellaneous matter, the contributions of its talented conduc-
tors and other uble writers.

The American Naturalist for the current month contains
a variety of articles of greut interest and value to the zoologist aud
lover of natural history. Dr. Elliott Coucs' aud Mr. A S. Packard's
papers on tlie “Breeding of Certain Birds," and "Life Histories of tho
Protozoa and Sponges" respectively, are the most eutcrtalning, and the
latter i» profusely Illustrated.

Messrs. D. T. Curtis & Co., Boston, Kitchen and Garden
Directories for 1875 have reached us, aud contain complete catalogues of
all familiar flewers and reeds, as well as many novelties. Iu flowers,
everything from the A ntirhinvm pajiihonaccum to tbe Tri folium atropv-
reum, nud In seeds, from the usparagus to the squash, will be found. As
complete; catalogues ami price lists '.lieytnre perfect.

FOREST AND STREAM

13

Changing the Colors of Flowers. —
Chemists have long been familiar with the
changes affected in the color of blue and
purple flowers by alkalis and acids.
European horticulturists have recently tried
some interesting experimeuts in this way on
living flowers. The effect of tobacco smoke
(containing some ammonia) was hrst ob-
served on the violet petals of Ilcsperis ma-
tronalis and Iberia umbellata, giving them a
greenish tint. The suggestion was carried
out by pouring ammonia in a dish and in-
verting a funnel over it. Flowers placed in
the funnel-tube were rapidly changed— blue
and purple, to a line green, the deep car-
mine in pinks to black, and white blos-
soms to yellow. Red and white parti-
colored flowers were changed to green aud
yellow, blue and green. Violet flowers
were changed to red when sprinkled with
water containing a small portion of nitric
acid. A similar result took place by inclos-
ing them in a box with muriatic acid gas.
Dipped in water, most of these preserved
their new colors several hours, and gradually
returned to their original tints.

Death ok a Famous Cow.— Our readers
of course remember the New York Mills
sale of “Duchess” stock, a little over a year
ago. The price then obtained, $40,500, for
one animal, has never been equalled in the
history of stock breeding. The cow which
commanded this wouderful price died a
short time after, and now another of the
royal breed has followed. The Paris Ken-
tuckian of the 20th of January says :

On Saturday last the Fourth Duchess of
Oneida died at Hon. T. J. Megibben’s. She
was purchased by Megibben & Bedford,
October, 1873, at Campbell’s New York
Mills sale, for $25,000. She leaves a bull
calf, three months old, by Fourteenth Duke
of Thorndale, said to be one of the finest
Dukes in the countiy.

It would seem as if $40,000 cows and
$25,000 heifers were not very safe invest-
ments.

— The last natural curiosity story comes
from Portlandville, Dakota. Some people
who were drilling a well struck a cavity
about thirty feet down, from which hot
steam burst, and has been escaping ever
since. It warms the country round about
so generally that the snow has melted away
aim the wild animals of the country con-
gregate at the place at night for the comfort
of it.

SALMON ANGLING

In tlie undermentioned Salmon Rivers will be Leased
for a term of FIVE YEARS. Competition above up-
set prices named . LESSEES to maiutaln guardian
ship at private cost. Applications will bo received to
1st MAY next.

River Nataehquau (North Shore) $8U)

River Trinity (near Point des Monts) 100

River St. Margaret (cn bast 100

River Trout (near Molsle) 50

River Mistassini (near Godbout) 20

River Becscie, do 20

.River Malbaie (near Perce) 100

River Grand Pabos, do 200

River Little Pubos, do 100

River Tobique (New Brunswick) 100

River Nashwmik, do 100

River N.W.Mlramlchi, do 200

River Jupiter (Anticosti Island) 100

River Salmon, do 50

By order of the Hon. the Minister of Marine and
Fisheries.

Address,

W. F. WUITCHER,

Commissioner of Fisheries, Oltawn.

SALM ON AN G LING .

Gentlemen wishing to flshfor Salmon in the splendid
river Romaine during the season of 1875, will be
pleased to apply for information to .1. W. C., care of
Editor Forest and Stream. The Salmon are the lar-
gest in the Dominion and run to over fifty pounds
weight. Feb ’.1

THE

HAZARD POWDER CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

GUNPOWDER.

Hazard's “Electric" Powder.

Nos. 1 (fine) to 5 (coarse). Unsurpassed in point of
strength anu cleanliness. Packed In squuro canis-
ters of 1 lb. only.

— A Frenchman roasts coffee, grinds it to
flour, moistens it slightly, mixes it in twice
its weight of powdered white sugar, and
resscs it into tablets. One of these can be
issolved at any time in hot or cold water,
making at once t lie very perfection of coffee;
and it is claimed that a pound of the berry
will go much further by this than by any
other preparation of the beverage.

— The bright brass work used up m car
ornaments and fixtures does not blacken or
tarnish as household utensils of the same
metal do when not constantly polished, be-
cause after the brass is polished at the
factory it is covered with a thin transparent
varnish, such as shellac in alcohol; this pro-
tects the surface, otherwise it would tarnish
as soon as a brass kettle.

Hazard'* “American Sporting."

Nos. I (fine) '.o 3 (conree). In 1 )l>. canisters and fit lb.
kegs. A fine grain, quick and clean, for upland and
prairie shooting. Well adapted to short guns.

Hazard'* "Duck Shooting."

Nos. I (fine) to 5 (coarse). In 1 and 5 lb. canisters
and 6) and 121 lb. kegs. Bums slowly and very
dean, shooting remarkably close, and with gnat
jimetration. For field, forest and water shooting
it ranks any other brand, and it is eqnnlly servicea-
ble for muzzle or breech loader.

Hazard's “Kentucky HIUc."

FFFG, FFG, and “Sea Shooting" FG, In kegs of 25,
12J. Olid 61 lbs. and cans of 5 lbs. FFFG is also
packed in 1 and ) lb. cunlsters. Bums strong and
moist. The FFFG and FFG are favorite brunds
for ordinary sporting, and the "Sea Shooting" FG
is tho standard Rifle powder of the country.

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD

Florida Excurtsion limited,

SEASON of 1874-8.

Ticket* to Jacksonville, Fla., and return arc sold De-
cember 1st to April ‘.st good to return until
May 31st, and have all the prtvlltgos
of FIRST CLASS Ticket*.

Route No. MO-Vla Washington, Richmond, Wil-
mington, Charleston and Savannah.

Route No. Ml— Via Washington, Richmond, Char-
lotte, Augusta and Savannah.

Route No, 512— Via Washington, Richmond, Wilming-
ton, Augusta and Savannah.

Route No. 513— Via Washington, Richmond, Char-
lotte, Atlanta, Macon and Jesup.

Route No. 514— Via Washington, Lyuchburg, Char-
lotte, Augusta nnd Savannah.

Route No. 515— Via Washington, Lynchburg, Bristol,
Atlanta, Macon anil Jesup.

Route No. 548 — Via Washington, Richmond. Augusta,
Ycmassee aud Savannah.

Routo No. 519 —Via Washington, Richmond, Wilming-
ton, Augusta, Yeuiasseo and Savannah.

Routo No. 516 -Via Baltimore, Norfolk, Wilmington.
Augusta mid Savannah.

Route No. 647— Via Baltimore, Norfolk, Wilmington,
Charleston and Savannah .

%W~ All of the above tickets return by same route,
aud are sold at tho following

THROUGH RATER.

New York ....$50 00! Trenton $47 75

Jersey City 50 00J Harrisburg 45 50

Newark 50 00 Williamsport " 49 60

Elizabeth 19 75 Altoona 60 75

Rahway 49 50 Pittsburg 52 75

New Brunswick 49 00)

VARIABLE ROUTE TICKETS.

Sold at Now York, Jersey City, Harrisburg, Williams-
port, Altoona and Pittsburg, as follows: —

Excursion No. 51*— Going by Routo 610, returning
by Route 512, $10 additional ,

Excursion No. 517— Going by Route 512, returning
by Route 510, $10 additional)

Excursion No. 516-Going by Route 510, returning
by Routo 511, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 519— Going by Route 511, returning
byRoute 510, 210 additional.

Excursion No. 522— Going by Routo 610, returning
by Route5l4, $10 additional)

Excursion No. 523-Going by Routo 514, reluming
by Route 510, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 526— Going by Route 611, returning
by Route 512, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 527— Going by Routo 512, returning
by Route 511. $10 additional.

Excursion No. 530— Going byRoute 511, returning
by Route 514, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 531— Going by Route 614, returning
by Route 51 h $10 additional.

Excursion No, 036— Going by Routo 512, returning
by Route 514, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 537-Golng by Routo 614, returning
by Route 5)2, $10 additional.

Excursion No 542— Going by Route 613, returning
by Route 510, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 643— Going by routo 615, returning
by Route 613, $10 additional)

New York offices— No 1 Astor House, No 520
Broadway, and No, 944 Broadway. Depot-— Foot of
DeHbrossea street and foot of Courlliiiuk street.

Boston office— Nos. 77 and 79 Washington stroot.

D. M. BOYD, Jr., Gen. Puss'ngr Agl.

FRANK THOMPSON, General Manager.

For Sale,

AT TDK

Cold Spring Trout Ponds,

CHARLESTOWN', ,Y. II.,

EGGS IN SEASON. TROUT OF ALL AGES,

Also BLACK BASS.

Address STONE & HOOPER. Oct 8

—There tire now more tlinn fourteen
hundred varieties of pears in the Jardiu des
Plantes, at Paris. The collection was begun
in 1792, and in 1793 there were only one
hundred and eighty-six varieties of all kinds
of fruits.

— A span of 200 feet of ihc iron bridge
on the Intercolonial Railway, at Meta-
peilia, was blown down in a heavy gale last
week.

BIG INVENTION.

Lloyd, t he famous map man, who made all the maps
for General Grant and the Union army, ceitittcatcs of
which he published, has just invented a way of get-
ting a relief plate from steel so as to print Lloyd's
Map of American Continent— showing from ocean to
ocean— on one entire sheet of bank note paper, 40x50
luclies large, on a lightning press, and colored, sized
and varnished for the wall so ns to stand washing,
and mniling anywhere in the world, for 25 cents, or
unvarnished for JO cents. This map shows the whole
United States and Territories in a group, from sur-
veys to 1875, with a million places on it, such as towns,
cities, villages, mountains, lakes, rivers, strenms, gold
mines, railway stations, 4c. This map should be in
every house. Send 25 cents to the Lloyd Map Com-
pany, Philadelphia, and yon will get a copy by return
mall .

•T. WALLACE,

SUPERIOR MINING AND BLASTING POWDER.

GOVERNMENT CANNON AND MUSKET POW-
DER; ALSO SPECIAL GRADES FOR EXPORT.
OF ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF MAN-
UFACTURED TO ORDER.

The above can bo had of deuiere, or of ;tho Compa-
ny's agents in every prominent city, or wholesale at
our office,

88 Wall Street, New York.

Feb 11

Irish Water Spaniels & Setters.

TTTISIIING TO INTRODUCE MY

\ V Iririi Wafer Spaniels to American Sportsmen,
I will dispose ot several young bitches, two of which
are by the champion "Young Doctor" out of
"Bridget." both winners of numerous 1st prizes, In-
cluding those of Birmingham und Crystal Palace; will
keep them for purchasers until they are In season,
and have them served by tne most suitable dog In my
Kennel before sending them. Price £10 10«, to £12
12*. each. Also the best team of Iri«li Setters to be
found: nil first-prize winners. “Rufus." said to be
one of the best ever seen (see Field anil Country) 21
mouths old, is very fast, lias grand nose, was winner
of 1st piize at Burslem. and 3d mid 2d prize ut Dub-
lin. his older brother taking ist und extra cup for b>st
setter in the show. Price £30. “Game,” 18 months
old, winner of 1st prize nt Dublin In 1873 In puppy
class Is very fast, with good nose und steady on all
game. Price £20.

Also "Truth," "Trumps." "Spring,” and “Piny,"
the setter that took first prize in puppy class ut Dub-
lin in 1874, 10 months old; their dum look 2d nt same
show; her pups also won first and second prize at
Dublin in 1873. Price £15 each. Pedigree perfect
for mauy generations. Address

J. s. SKIDMORE, Nantwick, Eng.

References in the Wcet— J. II. Whitman, Vice-
President Kannlcotl Club, Chicago, 111. Feb 1

Naturalist & Taxidermist

IMPORTER OF

FOREIGN RIR1> SKINS AND ARTIFI-
CIAL EYES,

19 N. William St., New York.

For Sale.

Imported Short nora Bull, 31 years old, with pedigr
can be seen on Indian Head Farm, Rlver*ide Static
oeoDUw^n0nRS!lr0ad- A<yress for particular*,
R. GRACE, 66 Pine street, New York,

TDOR SALE. — A BREECH LOADING

_L' shotgun; good as new; also Maynard rifle. Ad-
dress G. W. II., Box 2158, Philadelphia.

Feb II

THIS AMERICAN

W. MERIDIEM, CONN.

Special attention Is given to flrst-clnsa work. Extra
sketches und DOG PORTRAITS cut to order, by
sending photographs. JACOB GLAHN, Manager,
Formerly S opt. or PurkerBros. Engraving and Orna-
mental Department. Feb II

CAMPING and MINING

STOVE.

Outside dlmensiouH, packed, 12x12x20 Indies .

Weighing only 25 pound*, very durable, will cook
for ten person*, nnd I* especially udnptrd for camp-
ing purposes. Tin- wure consists of 8 qt. kettle, 6 qt.
Tea Kettle, 2qt. Coffee Pot, Fry Pan. round Tin Pan,
2 square Puns, Dipper, Gridiron, Tent Collar, 8 ft,
Funnel, and un oven Hurt will roast 15 pounds beef.

Tho ware is so constructed that It nests and packs
In the oven, and the oven nnd futmel pack Inside the
stove, as represented In cut 2, leaving room for pack-
ing half a dozen Plates. Knives, Forks and Spoons,
and Drinking Cups. Price complete, $16

REND FOR CIRCULAR.

H. L. DUNCKLEE,

Feb. 4 BOX 2710, BOSTON.

GE8NER HOUSE, '

HALIFAX RIVER, VOLUSIA CO, FLO IDA.

Situated In a fine sporting country, with every fa-
cility for enjoyment. ISAAC O. GESNER,

Feb II Proprietor.

WORKS

ON THE

Horse, Dog, Natural His-
tory, Taxidermy, &c.,

FOR SALE BY THE

Forest and Stream Publishing Co.

The Horse Yount t ..

The Trotting Horse. Hiram Woodruff'

Hie Horse in the Stable und the Field
American Gentleman'* Stnblo Guide...

Forester's American Game in It* season.' ' j
Forester’s Horse and Horsemanship. «vo, 2 vols.
Frank Forester's Field Sports. 8vo, 2 vols
Frank Fore* tor's Fish and Fishing (100 lllsi. !
Frank Forester's Manual Young Sportsman

Gun, Rod nnd Saddle

Homa-opuililc Veterinary Practice.

Tho Horse Dot i..i Mnj bon
Horse Management. Mujliew,

Dogs, their Management. Mayliow. .

Tho Dog. YoiiuU

Tho Dog. Idatono

Shooting, Boating aud Fishing. Warren

Tho Fishing Tourist. Charles Halloek , . w

The American Angler's Bonk, Thuddeu* Norris, ft 5Q
Fishing In American Water*, Gonlo C. Scott 3 80

$1 25
V 50

2 50

1 25

3 1)0
1U no
6 00
3 50
3 00
1 00
5 00
3 00

3 0b
75

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2 50
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3 80
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00
ftO
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10 80
4 50
2 60
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Modern Breech Loaders. Greener

Manual for Itlfle Practice. Wingate ,

Lewis’ American Sportsman " -j

The Trapper's Guido. Newhmise 1

Domesticated Trout. Livingston Stum:. Ill a

Trout Culture Seth Green 1 no

American F ish Culture. Thiiddmi* s orris 1 T5

Handbook of Shooting (Routledgo's)

Angling, " 50

Kncvclopodlu of Rural Snorts. SinnoheiiVo 5 00

Shot Gun mid Snorting It file- Stonehenge. Illus 6 m

Rural Snorts— Stonehenge 900

Key to the Birds uf North America.' By Killott

C0UO8. . . - 0Q

Illitorv of North American Birds. By Prof-
llalrd, Dr. Brewer, and Mr, ltldgwny. 3 voU 30 no
Field Ornithology. A standard treatise on Taxi-
dermy, with Check List of North American

bird* 2 75

Chock List alone. It. Cones 1 no

Plain Direction* for Acquiring tho Art of Shoot-

log 011 uto wing 1 pq

Rural Sports— Blaine’s Kliryclopivdla of cloth, 10 nt)

” " , " -half Russia, 15 00

Stonehenge on Shooting * «*

Tho Wlla Fowler 10 60

The Sportsman's Friend 11 a Frost a 85

FTIemls In F'ur mid F'ealher | (si

Stonehenge on tlio Dog 4 u)

Largo Game Shooting In Thibet and the North

West

Accessible Field Sports \

Rifle, 11* Theory and Practieo.

Rifles mid Rifle Practice

Vacation Adventures In (lie Wilderness; or

Camp Life on I lie Adirondack!

Tourist edition, wl)h Maps,., 2 25

F’orty-four Year* of a Hunter's Life 1 75

The Sportsman aud Naturalist In Canndu ! 15 00

Wild Sports of the World g 50

Walton's and Cultou'a Complete Angler, a vols,

Royal 8 vo doth, CO 25

" Free calf, gilt edges, 40 25

Wild Scone* of a Hunter's Life 1 75

Excursions In Field and Forest 2

Harris' Insects Injurious to Vegetation 4 00

I'raclleal KI01I1 iilmre (ftp

Downing's Landscape Gardener 0 80

Beautifying Country Home* ir, u>

Tho American G'nttlo Doctor, by J. II. Dadd. .. 1 to
The Variation of Anlmul* und Plants under Do-
mestication a 00

Sheep Husbandry ] 60

Dogs : Their Origin and Vurlelle* 00

Modern Horae Doctor, by Geo. II. Dadd 1 50

Tlie Hunter mid Trapper 1 00

Tho Practical Poultry Keeper -L. Wright ..... 2(0
Tlie Dead Shot, or himrti man's Conirlelo Guide, ] 75

The ( rack Shot, or Young Rllluman's Guide 1 75

Practical Trout Ciiltinc, by Dr. J. 11. Black. 1(4)

American Bud Fancier 30

Bomont’a Rubblt Fancier. 30

lloope's Book of Evergreens 3 on

Stewart’s Htuble Book ?.i)

Handbook of Fig is and Rabbit's mi

Common Objects of rim Sen Shore (si

Cage und Singing Birds. 511

Small Fill m- . . (si

My Life on tlie l lulns, liy (Jen. Ciistur 2 00

Pruiilo and Forest, by c.illmore 1 w>

Field and F’orest Rumble*, liy A. L. Adams. ... 3 75
Birds; their Cage* und their Keep, by K A.Kulst, 1 V5
Among the Trees, cloth, gilt, $2,26; Morocco, 5 no
Field, Cover and Trap Shooting. Captain A. It

Bogardes 2 00

American Wild Pow 1 Shooting. J. W, Long. . 2 00
Byrcmitilng the exact amount, any ot tbo above
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tV-rif bonks lire ordered not on tlie above lint, a
cettaln amount of tlnio Is required before the order
can be filled.

twin ordering rare books or works, which ore out
of print and ran only he precured at second bund, wo
cunnot always give the exact prices.

Forest and Stream Publishing Co.,

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We are prepnred to furnish the first sixty numbers
of the first series of

Animals and Birds of North America.

To these will he added a second series of foreign speci-
mens, and various Animals und Birds in grotesque ut-
tl Hides, never however violating their natural instincts.

We- offer these views not us pictures only, but as
studies from nature. One of the great moving ele-
ments in our modem system of education is object
teaching. The unerring fidelity of the stereoscope
transfers the animals und birds from their natural
habitat to tile rooms of the student, and the llreslle of
oar homes, where they cunnot fail to leave a lasting
impression of the form, color, habits, and locality of
each specimen.

An experience of more than twenty -five years as
Taxidermist of the New York Slate Cabinet of Nat-
ural History, and in gathering Ills large collection of
native and foreign specimens, enables Mr. Hurst to
combine In every view the locality of the specimen
with Its appropriate rocks, woods or water, mid color-
ing from the originals.

;. Wild Cat, or Bay Lynx Lyncus Rufus.

2. Snowy Owl • Svrnla Nyctea.

3. American Wolf Lupus Occult it falls.

4. Wild Pigeon EctopUtes Mlgratorla.

5. Northern Panther Fell* Concolor.

6. Bluck Crowned Night Heron A idea Dlscors.

7. Woodchuck Actomys Manor .

8. Red Necked Grebe . . . . Podiceps ItubricoUU.

*1. Greut Blue Heron A i dea IlerOflias.

10. American Swan Vygnus Americanos.

1!. Red .shouldered Buzzard Buko IlyanulU.

12. American Woodcock Rustlcolu Minor.

18. White Fronted Goose A user Mbtfron*.

14- Long Eared Owl Otus Anierlcanus.

Hooded Sheldrake Magus CucuUalus.

Homed Grebe Pedicem Comutus.

Golden Eagle Aquillu Chrysottos.

Prainc Wolf

Spotted Sand Lark Tot anus Maciilaiitis.

Marsh Harrier Circus Ultginosus.

Mallard Duck Anas Roschas.

Groat Homed Owl Bubo Virginian us.

Great Loon, or Diver. Colynibvs QlacialU.

American Deer (Alblnoes) , . Ceruus Virginian ux.
The American Bittern Ardea Minor

Old Wife, or Squaw Duck. , Fullgula QlacialU.

The Wild Turkey Mrhagris GnUoparo.

The Beaver . castor Fiber.

Common American Snipe Scolopar Wilson i.

The Bull Breasted Sheldrake. . Mergus Merganser.

The Canada Goose .Ansrr Canadensis.

The New Y orlt Ermine Pulorius. .. NoveboracensU.

Red Brushed Sheldrake Mergus SerratOT.

Pinnated Grouse. . ., 7'elrao Vujrido.

The Sand Hill Crane. . . Givs Americana.

The American Bluck Bcur. . , , Ursus Americanos.

Red Tailed Buzzard Buttro Borealis.

Btillle Headed Duck Fullgula Albania.

North American Porcupine Hystrur Iludsonlm.

Virginia Partridge Ortyr, Virgin tana.

Common American Gull Lams Zonorbunchus.

Grey Fox Vulpes Virgiuianus.

Red II. ml Fullgula JOrytb rocep/ialia.

Ruffed Grouse Tetrao Urnbdlus.

The Rucooon Procyan Lotor.

The Whistler Flt^igu/a Vtangula.

Brown or Bald Eagle Uallirtos Leucocep/talus.

Red Fox Vidpls Fulvus.

Wood Duck . . A nas Sponsa.

American Barn Owl Slryx Prat incola.

5!. Spruce Grouse Tetrao Canadensis,

52. Northern Lynx Lyncus Borealis.

53. Black Duck Anas Obscura.

51. Belted King Fisher Alcedo Alcyon.

55. Little Screech Owl Bubo Asia.

50. American Opossum Dldelphil Virginiana.

x.'.. i ...

American Coot Fulica Americana.

58. Ptarmigan Tetrao Mutus.

.59. Shoveller, or Spoonbill Anas Cl y inula.

00. Musquash .Fiber Zlbef/iiciu.

Price* : By the Dozen $3 00

By the Sri of 0 Dozen, In Elegant Case, it; oo
Dealers supplied at a liberal discount from these
rates. Back numbers and pacts of sets always on hand.

TESTIMONIALS.

Cornell University, I
Ithaca, March 14th, 1870. f
1 ninst congratulate you upon your great success in
this new educational enterprise. If we can arrange
our amusements so as to make them impart instruc-
tion to the miml, it will be a step m advance in edu-
cation. EZRA CORNELL.

Washington, D. March 18th, 1870..

I am much pleased with the snceeso you have met
with in giving to the stuffed specimens u very decided
appearance of life.

1 hope you may be able to continue the Series, and
I hive no doubt they will furnish Interesting meuns
of information und instruction In regard to the wild
animals of New York. SPENCER F. BAIRD.

State House, Boston. Mass., March 18th, 1870,

I have examined carefully the "Sleroecopic Studies
of Natural History," und judging by the first ten num-
bers, should say that they will prove of very great
value, both us object lessons for students, and us a most
Interesting suite for the purlor Stereoscope. The de-
lineations, position, und color of the different groups
and the general treatment are most perfect I cor-
dially recommend them to the public attention and
trust you will meet the encouragement which vou
have earned. EDWARD A. SAMUEL

Curator of Zoology iu Musb. State Cabinet.

Peabody Academy or Science, I
, , , Salem, Muss.. March mb, 1870, f

I have shown your Stereoscopic views to the Direc-
tors of the Academy and the editors of the American
Naturalist, Dr. Packard and Mr. Morse
They concur with me in praising their truthfulness
and the taite which you have displayed In surround-
ing the specimens with nniural objects and scenery of
characteristic fitness. They are certainly better fitted
not ouly os parlor uud drawingroom illustrations, but'
as educational Illustrations for the use of schools and
colleges, than anything we have yet seen.

A. 1IYATT

Cornell University, President’s Rooms i'

.. . ... Ithaca, March 19th, 1870 f

I have received the Stereoscopic Views of objects in
Natural History, aud have enjoyed them greatly.

1 hev have surprised all who have seen them by their
wonderful fidelity, both as regards the animals and
their surroundings; mid I think they cau not fall to bo
of great service to the study of Natural History first
by attracting student# to It, and next by perfecting

them lull ANDREW D. WHITE 8

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738 BROADWAY

American Wild Fowl Shooting.

BY JOSEPH W. LONG.

Describing the haunts, habits, and methods of
shooting wild fowl, with instructions concerning
guns, blinds, boats and decoys; the training of water
retrievers, &c.

This book Is written In plain English, and In a most
attractive style. A broad, and at the sum,' time ac-
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the country. The hubits and feeding grounds of the
mallards, blue-winged teal, pin-tall, wood, gadwoll,
and covellcr; led-hcaded, bnffle headed, and other
Kinds of ducks, geese, swans, <fcc., have been carefully
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In thirty chapters the author lias furnished Infor-
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"Almost indispensable to the sportsmuri.”— Arca-
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Published by J. B. FORD & CO., 27 Park Place, N.

» . For .-ale by all booksellers und the leading gun-
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Oct 16

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Oct 29

For sale.-tiie laverack set-
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trial Better of England. Color, liver and while: age,
IT month-; winner of the Siuford Stakes and of the
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A SETTER DOG FOR SALE, TWO

_i_A_ years old; broken by Theo. Morforrt. of New-
ton. Is very liiuidpuinc and strong; reinnrkubly flue
no-e, Price only $53. because ow ncr bus no place to
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» .member of the Royal College of Veterinary Sur-
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tends, when requested, all cases requiring his p.ofes-
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Oct 22

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every yariety. Dogs trnlned for reason ible compen-
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ALL KINDS OF

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Subscriptions must be forwarded In advance to
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Jan 21-4in

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INTERNATIONAL HOTEL,

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Duck shooting at stony

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lioiliictioii in Price.

J. & W. TOLLEY’S

CELEBRATED

BREECH LOADING GlINS,

Manufactory, Pioneer Works. Birmingham, Eng.

These guns are built with every
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Green Hurt, Split Bamboo, Log Wood, Fly
and Salmon Rodx, a Specialty.

Orange Sporting Powder.

ORANGE LIGHTNING POWDER,

Thu strongest and cleanest Powder made. No*. 1
to 7, packed only in sealed 1 lb. canisters. The roursor
sizes especially are recommended to owners of flue
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very slight recoil.

ORANGE DUCKING POWDER,

For water fowl. Very strong anil clean No*. 1 to
5. Packed In metal keg* of fi* lbs. oocll, and ill cauls
tors of 1 and A lbs .

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Very quick. For woodcock and quail Nos. 1 to 4.
Packed in metal kegs of 12* lbs. and U) lbs,, and In
pound canisters.

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1 pound.

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NEW PATENTED

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The best ever made In this line; not to bo confound-
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Ready Made Ammunition

For Sporting nnd Target Rifle* always on hand.
Send for full information, and If you order, please
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Lstnblished 1 843.

Breech and Muzzle Loading

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Sportsmen’s Apparatus,

AMMUNITION,
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Wholesale and Retail. Guns made to order, or re-
paired in the best manner.

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Je 18 No. 51 Sonth Calvert st., Baltimore.

A . d7 WAGNER,

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Sporting journals published In the United State* and
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Advertisements Inserted at reasonable rates. Send
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SPORTING nnd other good* purchased nt lowest
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Reference, Proprietors Forest and Stream.

DROP AND BUCK SHOT

BALLS AND BAR LEAD.

Onralm Is to manufacture an article of SHOT that
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The Lowest Market Prices.

E. W. BLATCIIFORD, President.

C. F. OATES, Treasurer. juu 25 ly

Holabird’s Shooting & Fishing Suits

Made of the best English Water and Mildew proof
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Sold In Now York, Baltimore. Chicago, Detroit, San
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And all town* where sportsmens' goods are kept In
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pant*.

Special attention Is called to the SJcvclee* Coat uud
Vest with Sleeves, which ore unique, uud can’t but
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Coats, $10; Coal Vests, $14; Pants, $3.50; Caps, $2.10.
Send for illustrated circular.

Address W. H HOLABJRD,

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M,scednnroni,

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niFOItTKK OF

Fine Breech & Muzzle loading Guns

SHOOTINC TACKLE,

BREECH LOADING IMPLEMENTS, &C.

NO, I CORTLANDT KT„ (First door from Bd'wy)
Attention of sportsmen nnd dealers I* called to my
*tock of Brooch loader*, which, for quality and va-
rtoty, challenges comparison with any other.

Send for lUuttraUd Catalogue. Oct 8

Field, Cover, and Trap Shooting.

By Captain A. II. IIOU VltDlM.

This hook contains In olxloon chapter* and uoout
400 pages, a full nnd Inxtriicllvo account of the expe-
rience acquired by Cnptaln UOOAHDU8 in twenty
yenir.wltUtliogu.il" nil seasons; tin- best methods
of finding and killing with dog mid gun Piiinuiod
Grouse, Cjunil, Ruffed Grouse, Wootlejck, Plover
Snipe, *«.

Also the most Successful methods of ehoolIngWtl
Ducks, V lie! Geese, und Cranes. Ami Hit* best wnv
of hunting Deer und shooting Wild Turkeys

Sporting Dogs, their breeding, und l.o.v to break
them.

THE COMPLETE ART OK SHOOTING ON THE
WING, with full uud clear Instructions for young
sportsmen, by means of which they may become
crack Shots.

The habit*, haunt*, and vnrlod flight of bird* lit
their seasons.

Pigeon Shooting ns nn nrt, with the rules of the two
Championship Badges and report of champion
matches.

EDITED IIY ('HAS. J. POhTEII.

Published by J 1), FORD A CO.. 27 Park Place,
New York. For sale by all bookseller* and the lead
Hg gtliiHinltlia. Price Si. Sent by mall by the pub-
Halters and by Captain Bngurdus, Elkhart, Logan
county, Illinois. Also for sale at office of Forest and
Stream, 17 Chatham Htrcct, N. Y. Oct 1

Martin Pat. Imp. Safety Bit,

Patented April fitli, 1H74.

The Mnrtln bit Is designed to be the easiest lilt
made for a tender-mouthed horse, warranted to pic
vent uny horse from iiiiiuiiig away, Pulling, Lugging,
Bolting, Tongue Lolling nr driving on nnu rub. after
being driven from three to ten times If on trial they
do not prove sat. "factory, money In all cases will be
refunded.

Price ll*t, 0. O. D— .Conch Bits, flrst cln«, nlokle
plated, $10; Bond bit*, llrst-class. nickle plated, St);
Coach Bits, second cln**, C. plated, $7; Rond Bit-,
second-class, C. plated, $3. Liberal discount to deal-
ers. N B.— Send width of horse’s mouth,

WM. N. MAIM'IN A CO , Manufacturers,

7th avenue, corner 88th street, N Y,

RANG IOIJOV

TROUT HATCHING ASSOCIATION.

BEtlA SPRINGS, FRANKLIN CO., NIK.

BOGS OF T1IK FAMOUS

RANGELEY SPECKLED TROUT

( Sal mo fun tin/tlie)

are now ready for delivery . Price per 1/4)0, $5.

These trout are the largest in the world, many
welching front six to eight ponmls, Also a few thou
sand egg* Of the celebrated BLUB IlAt'K THOUT.
Per l.ooo $t). Address order* to

II. i> STANLEY, President.
GEO. SHEPARD PAGE. Dixlleld, Me.

Trans., 10 Warren street, Hew York.

L. L. CROUNSE, Sec , 1302 Penn avenue,
Doc 3 Washington, I) C.

“Seth Green Fish Ponds"

Caledonia, Livingston Co., N. Y.

A. H. COLLINS, Proprietor.

Eggs, Fry, Yearling*, Ac. of Brook Trout, Hal.
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lug Races, and everything pertaining to fi*li culture.

Wild Wood Trout Farm,

EAST FREETOWN, MASS.

Trout egg* and yofing flsli for stocking ponds, Ac.
Bristol County Trout, Goo, F, Paiilow, New Bed-
fold, Muss., or Kiiwin Pounsvili.b, East Freetown,
Maes. Nov. 20

Trout business for Sale.

One of the Inrgiau Establishments In the eouutry.

WELL STOCKED WITH TROUT,

Huvlng a Duelling for .Superintendent,
OFFICE nnd READING ROOM.

SHOW and STOCK TANKS, WORK

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The property censlst* of over fifty acres. The ponds
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rising on tho premise*, some of which register 45 auu
40’. Tho volume of two cubic feet of w uter pas-e*
over the lower dam. with a fall of fourteen feet, con •
Curiously, and haidly varies, an 1 never freezes, mak-
ing a good water power that might be utilized.

On the farm In a

Favorite Pic Nic Crovc,

with dancing plu' V)rm. Ac.

The location I* about 800 foot from depot, express
and telegraph office*, and

ABOUT ELEVEN HOURS FROM NEW YORK.
For further particulars uddress the Editor, or
-PISCICULTURIST,"

N*v 13 Forest and Stream Office.

16

FOREST AND STREAM. 1

fjorlsntcn’s $oods.

SCHUYLER, HARTLEY X GRAHAM,

|[ 19 Malden Lane, 20 * 22 John .Ireel, N. V.

BREECII LOADING GUNS

A SPECIALTY.

We would call the attention of the public lo our
arge assortment of

Breech- Loading Shot Guns,
Manufactured hv the following celebrutcd maker*:
Me««r* W A C. scorr & SONS (winners at the In-
ternational Onn Trial of 1873); I*. WEBLEY A SON,
W. W. GREENER, WESTLEY ItICIIAltDS, J. IIOI.-
LIS A SONS, and other maker*.

A full Hue of fine

PISTOLS AND HI PLUS CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
DIXONMAII AWKSLKY'S SHOOTING TACKLE.

To Insure good shooting from Breech-loading Guue,
we would recommend the u»e of the

STUItTKVANT BRASS SnOT SHELLS,
manufactured by the Union Metallic Cartridge Co,,
Bridgeport. Conn. The*e shell* are the chennest and
heat In the market, can bo en*lly re-capped with ordi-
nary eap*. without the use of the Implements ncces-
mirv In priming all other style* of shell*.
nilSSBY S PATENT GYRO PIGEON AND TRAP,
“ WITH CASK. AND 100 BIRDS.

muck’s Patent Cartridge Vest.

ThI* Ve*l afford* tht! J11;®1 Kr’

rnngument yet In vented for cur-

rylng cartridge*, he weight is

■o evenly diatribe ft, / * ■ ted that It I*

*earc**ly felt. I'arR r wjtridge* can lie

carried with ,,own *"

ilu* ve-l. Which Lfimu llliu* 7 of great impor-
tance when VffffflVlfftlll/ * >ell* are used

a* when carrying .Ulllll, lilUt* f them with the
head up the weight WmfMIttllV lhc ?ri'
cu forces i lie wad JUillH , forward, when

bud shooting I* the £ rt,1, .

In ordering aond moumiroinont around the cheat.

Price *7 60. AGENTS FOR THE

Union Metallic Cartridge Com-

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WARRANTED TnB BEST IN THE MARKET.
SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

Sportsmen!

Your attention 1* called
GooD’S OIL TANNED MOC-
CASINS’ the beet thing ever
worn by sportsmen. Not
Injured by wetting and
drying— ulwaya *oft and
easy to the feet, and
VERY DURABLE— being made of the very beet of
slock In three dlllerenl atylea, and warranted the inn-
uhu a r licit, different from anything before offered.
Illuatruied Circular and Price List free.

FRANK GOOD.

1209 Elm si. Manchester. N. II.

AMP LOUNG

Trade Mark Pat'

c

February 13.

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Campers and Dealers!

See Scientific American
Jan 28

REMINGTON’S

SPORIING , HUNTING, and TARGET
BREECII LOADING RIFLES, also MILI-
TARY RIFLES, CARBINES , FISIOLS and SHOT GUNS, of
uniform system of Breech Mechanism. Acbwioledged by Military Author-
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world. , as to accuracy, simplicity, ease of manipulation and durability. The
Target Rifle was winner of nearly all the principal matches at “Creed, moor"
including the famous International Match ( see official report in Army de Navy
Journal Oct. 3, 1874,) Also Breech Loading Double Barrelled Guns, Pistols ,
Rifle- Canes, Cartridges, dec., dec. Send for illustrated Catalogues & treatise
on Rifle shooting dec., free to any address. “ Vernier Gauges for sighting
Military Rifles just out, $2 50 each.

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Armory, llion, N. Y.

New York Office, 281 and 283 Broadway.
Chicago Office, 237 State Street.
Washington Office, 321 Seventh Street.
Pittsburg Office, lO Sixth Street.

Hermans Patent Portable Folding Boat BRADFORD & ANTHONY.

For use as LIFE-BOATS, <“= “ A ‘ Train.

LIGHTERS, Dingies, Do-
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Yachts and other Vessels.

SlllfP

These safe mid perfectly port-
able boats will admit of tho
roughest usage. A very light,
strong and durable frame of
ash or other tough wood, with
canvas cover, andean he folded
In one-eighth apace , for Irant-
jtorlatio ", snu carried In a

Also for Sportsmen, Tour-
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Expeditions, Parties camp-
ing Out, &c. &c.

light buggy wagon, on horse-

back, or by single person,
and can be unfolded ready
,or U80, In three iniunlcB’
e, Boats neatly foded,
Packed and shipped by cx-
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of freight as ordinary good*.
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DU. FOWLER’S

PATENT

hard rubber reel.

The Cem—lmproved.

Birds and Animals Preserved to Order by

R. L. N EW COMB,

TAXIDERMIST,

NO. 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM, MASS.
Instruction given. Feb. 4

F

O R SALE. — A FINE DOUBLE

Breech Loading Express Itifle, inude by Riley,

» UlVt lll kviiuiiiq 1 — ---- - •

London; cost eighty guineas, gold; will be sold at u
low figure for want of use. Address ”
flee, where the gun may be examined.

This beautiful Reel bus now been before the pub-
lic two years, and all who have used It apeak loud in
Its pralsc.^iT UAg DFEN 1MPROVED.
and all the Reels made this year will pass i through the
hands of the Inventor, and none allowed to go out,
except those that are perfect. , , ,

For sale by nil flrut-clasa jobbers and the trade gen-

A II FOWLER, Inventor,

PVI, 4 ITHACA. N. Y.

TXUNTERS’ and TRAPPERS’ ILLUS-
XI TRATED PRACTICAL GUIDE to use and
care of arms und ammunition ; making and using
traps, snares, and nets; bait and bulling; poisons,
bird lime, preserving, stretching, dressing, tanning,
and dyeing skins and fur*; fishing, &c. Wild fifty
engravings, 20 cents. ....

TAXIDERMIST'S MANUAL, a guide to collecting,
preparing, preserving, uud mourning animals, birds
reptiles. Insects, &c. New revised" Illustrated edi-
tion. 00 cents.

DOG TRAINING. A complete guide to breaking
and training sporting dogs; how to leach all wonder-
ful und amusing tricks, anecdotes of famous dogs,
Ac Illustrated, 25 cents. Of booksellers, or by
nmil. JESSE HANEY & CO.,

119 Nassau street, N. Y.

180 Washington St., Boston.

IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS IN

Tackle,
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Fisli Hooks,

AND

ANGLING IMPLEMENTS.

Climax Creoaer

Loader .nndC
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Creaser

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POR

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Price 02.75. SHELLS.

In ordering give else of shell need. For sa c bj Gun
Dealers. Send for Circular.

Address; HALL di CO., LnneaNler, Penn.

W. & C. SCOTT & SONS

GENUINE

545555555 5 — 49 out of a possible 50,

SCORE OF TEN CONSECUTIVE SHOTS MADE WITH A

SHARPS CREEDM00R RIFLE

December 26th, 1874,

At his First trial of the arm, by Sir Henry St. John Halford, Bart., at Wistow,
Leicester, Exoland, without reat and without wiping. Distance 800 yards; condition of
weather, unfavorable. New Wimbledon Target ; Bulls Eye 3 feet in diameter.

SHARPS RIFLE- COMPANY,

,J HARTFORD, CONN.,

Manufacturers of Sharps Patent Breech-loading Metallic Cartridge

MILITARY, SPORTING, and CREEDMOOR RIFLES,

For Safety, Accuracy, Simplicity, and Penetration,

COMBINED WITH

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The moment Radwny’s lteadv Relief is applied
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enced. or if seized with Influenza, Diptheria. Sore
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ai n 1 A A Shares in Wall street

I Vr } I xfYr often lead* to fortune.

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Pnm phlct. showing the various method* of opera
ting. J. HICKLJNG&CO .Banker* and Broket*,
72 Broadway, N. Y, Dec 23

Breech Loaders.

WINNERS OF TIIE OUN TRIAL OF 1873.
Report of Gun Triul sent on application.
AGENTS:

WM. READ & SONS,

1 3 Faneuil Hall Sq., Boston.

Also all other makes. Greener, Westlcy Richards,
Wcbley, Remington. Moore, &c.

Bussey's Gyro Trap, for shooting practice.

Balla d Rifles for sale S'8; altered. §22.

Fine Bronze Yacht Guns on mahogany carriages
Complete, as furnished the New York and Boston
Yacht Squadrons. SEND FOR CIRCULARS.

$10 to $1,000^1

Invested in Slocks and

a' month. Pamphlet free. Tumbricfge «& Go., Bauk-
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fs 200 per cent

HAVANA LOTTERY.

Drawings every 11 Days.

H12 PHIZES, amounting lo 0 ISO, (MM)

One prize of $10J,000

One prize of 60,000

One prize of . . 2j.iH»>

Two prizes of $10,000 each 20,1k*1

One prize of 5.00i>

Ten prizes of $1,000 each 10,0*0

One hundred uud eleven prize* of $500 each 55 500
Seven hundred and fifteen prizes $300 each. 211,600
Circular* with full information sent free. Tickets
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IMPORTANT NOTICE.

For tho coming drawings, commencing January S,
wo have reduced the price of tickets as follow*:

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Drawings take place every seventeen dnys.
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MEAD’S PATENTSAFETY

EXPLOSIVE BULLET.

METALLIC CARTRIDGES.

Calibre— £1. 32. 38. 44 . 46. 50. &c.

Also, BOMB SHELLS for 12 and 10 gauge Shot Gnns.
JOHN P. MOORE'S SONS, GUN DEALERS,
300 Broadway, New York.

Send for Circular, deecrlbtng effect on ututly Start,

Term*, Five Dollar* a Year.
Ten Cent* a Copy,

NEW YORK, THURSDAY, FEB. 18, 1875.

For Forest, and Steeam

SEASONABLE VALENTINES.

PRIMEHO.

The Vlolet'8 blue, the Rose I* red,

And bo Is thy Nose, with cold in the head;

Yon really had better have staid In bed
Than brave this Wintry morning.

But by-and-bye, in the balmy Spring,

When flowers bloom and birdies sing,

Will I wed thee with a golden ring.

In all a bride's adorning.

SECONDO.

I'm coming. Love. 10 meet thee, along tho silent street,

At even hush, amid the slash, with goloshes on my feet.

The corner lamps are all blown out, and all is mystery;

Toe crave police, he takes his ease, in corner grocerie,
ao Join me, Love, my dainty Love, to ramble in the Park;

It is so nice to fall on ice and stumble in the dark.

Lean lovingly upon my arm, I'll guide thy frozen feet,

Don't use your veil, wind, snow and hail; no one will we meet.
Now can we seek sweet solitude, to speak our heart's desire,

But pretty soon, we'll give up spoon, and seok an open Are. '

L. W. L.

FAIR LIES

For Forest and Stream.

I£TOOD on a snow-clad bank,

Where the Summer wave had flowed.

And a silvery path from shore to shore,

Now, gemmed and radiant, glowed.

But tho icy jewels shone
With a cold and treacherous glow,

For a deep, durk pit lurked all unseen
The glittering arch below.

I stood on tho cataract's brink,

Where it laughed its life away,

And a rainbow bright ns a seraph's crown
Danced in the shining spray.

But far beneath tho spray
And below the glorious crown,

A whirlpool ynnwed with jaws of death
An hundred fathoms down.

I basked in a woman’s smllo.

She was fair as a child of light.

And her glnuce was bright as a llght-houso gleam
To a mariner at night.

But her heart was chilled and dead.

And the smile on her cold, sweet fnco
Was a wrecker’s lurid light to him
Who won her false embrace. j, j_ j{0CHE

y. For Forest and Stream.

gambles ot\ the H" exits frontier.

[CONCLUDED FROM LA8T WEEK.]

'T'HE next day we rose early, and eat a hearty break -
A fast, which, by the way, was another novelty. It
consisted of the head of the heifer killed the day before
TLis was nicely roasted in the ashes with the skin on.
When done the skin was removed, and the tongue the
brains aud the meat on the jaws served up with coffee’ and
tortillas. It was a capital relish. After breakfast we
went out and shot a few partridges. In the afternoon we

hrnnwl ?Cr°f E 'S ranC"e- A ride of « tow miles

thPn1 b-US t.°-D°n CorneheS’ where we stopped a while,
making him along, we were soon at our destination.
e bous® 'vas a decided improvement on any we had seen,
as it boasted of a fireplace, a plank floor, was ceiled on side

on a ?-tW0 r°0mS in il‘ 11 was Prettily situated

a nond i I 8Urrounded ^ trecs' a"d i» front was

CoPvott 7 8 grand name‘ “El Wuoadelos

Coyotes. There not having been any heavy rains for

oureh?lnua,r8’ ,h®lake nearly dried up. We spread

fnto th« h ?°0r8’ UDpacked our traP8 and then went

into the house, where we soon had a rousing fire

10 mect in 80 Ionely a «P°t a gentle-
man who had been thoroughly educated in Germany; and

Volume 4, Number !i.

17 Chatham »i. il-’lly Hull *Mr.)

to find here a small library of standard works, and many
photographs of distinguished Europeans. We sit up very
late playing euchre, and after the final rubber, we took a
parting glass of some superb brandy, and then rolled up
in our blankets. At sunrise the next day we rose, and
after dividing our party, we started out after lnrgo game,
agreeing not to fire at anything smaller than turkey. Don
Benito, Mr. E. and myself weut in one direction. At the
edge of a large prairie we saw three largo sandhill cranes,
but did not get a good shot at them. We soon struck into
a nopalerica, a dense thicket of cactus, some of which was
fifteen feet high, with a spread of thirty feet. A coyote
bounded across our path, but we let him pass; then we
came across a small drove of JariUu, (the peccary, or wild
k°g>) which wo did not disturb On coming out to tho
prairie again a doe bounded up almost from under our feet.
Her pace was accelerated, not stopped, by a snap shot from a
Remington rifle. We did not get another shot, and returned
to camp, where we found the others had been more suc-
cessful, having brought in a fine buck and a doe. After
diuner the Dr. and myself went out, aud at a short distance
from camp the Dr. shot a magnificent coyote, tho largest
we had ever seen. The next day we saddled up and went
to some ponds after ducks. Dr. C. and Mr. £. took the
i while Don Benito, Don Ramon and myself were
well mounted ou fine horses. Two of these horses had
performed some remarkable journeys, the one I rode having
on one occasion made 160 miles in twenty-four hours,
while the one Dou Ramon rode had several times gone 120
miles iu twenty-four hours. At the first small pond we
killed two mallards. On the way to tho next wo had a
brilliant outburst of speed across the prairie, and my skill
in horsemanship not being at par, I had all I wanted to ut-
tend to in keeping my seat, especially as I hnd my gun in
one hand aud had on my cartridge belt, a navy revolver
aud a large hunting knife. Just before getting in sight of
the lake the dogs stood a covey of partridges and Don
Benito and Dr. C. dismounted and went to work. I did
not join, as I thought they would soon be through; but as
they seemed to bo having so lively a time, I finally dis-
mounted and joined them. Just os I was coming up to
them I saw a Mexican eagle swoop down and carry off a
wounded bird. I let him have my right barrel and he
tumbled over and dropped the bird, but soon recovered him-
self and flew off. I was soon up with the Dr., and we had
some royal good sport. The ground could not have been
better— a small open prairie with hardly a tree on it. Just
as Dr. C. had dropped a fine bird a large black hawk flew
to pick him up, but I stopped his flight with un ounce of
No. 7 and he fell at my feet. He was a splendid specimen,
in full feather, and the sinews on his legs were like ribs of
steel. W c soon used up that covey and then started another
at the foot of a large nopal, and scattering them, we picked
them up one by one. One bird sprang up almost under my
feet, and as he crossed, I fired, the load of shot cuttiug his
head entirely off. A little furlher on Dr. C. bowled over a
jack rabbit, and in a few seconds another streaked it across
the prairie. He was a long way off, but I thought I would
salute him. The shot struck him on the flank and he
tumbled over, then rose, then fell, then started off. Just at
that moment one of the dogs saw him and put chase— and
a lively time they had of it— first the dog would tumble
over the rabbit, then the rabbit over the dog, till
finally I went up and knocked the rabbit on the head. ’ The
jack rabbits and the smaller variety, similar to our hare,
are a great pest to anyone who prides himself on the
thorough training of his dogs, for they are so very abun-
dant that the dogs are constantly starting them up, and it
is almost impossible to keep the dogs from noticing them.

In going after partridges no one thinks of shooting them.

As we had taken up so much time with the partridges, and
intending to go after deer in the evening, we went back to
our horses and gave up the ducks. We found in our
absence that Don Ramon had winged and secured a blue
eagle— a noble bird it was, too; the plumage was exquisite
and the eye was a marvel of liquid beauty ; the talons would
have done fearful work with one’s flesh. I have always I

regretted that I could not have had him mounted, for ho
would have been a gem In any cabinet. In crossing tbe
piairie I was struck with tho magnifying properties of tho
atmosphere. I saw, at a distance, an auimul ly inK under a
bush that I took to bo a coyoto, and I was strengihcnod lu
my belief by tho Mexioan boy riding near say inn : "Mira
los coyotes." Putting ray horso to a gallop, [ dashed up’
and as tho animal rose, I fired a load of buck.hot and
tumbled over, not a coyote, but a big jack rabbit. On our
return to the rancho we picked three dozen good plump
partridges and had thorn Horvcd up in a variety of ways for
dinner. While at dinner one of the servants brought in an
armadillo which lie had just caught. It is a singul ir look-
ing animal, ami ono very seldom seeu in muuugerlos. Its
flesh is said to be delicuto. After diuner Dr. C. killed ono
buck and one of our guides two does. I, being the Jonah
of the party, killed nothing, except time. I might have
beeu more fortunate if I had understood what my guh'e
said, for as I was stalking a buck and three does, tho guldj
said to mo in Spanish that "there was one close to me ou
the loft," but not understanding I kept on, and tho buck to
my left became frightened and sturted off, which, of
course, alarmed tho ones I was iu pursuit of. Tho day had
been a very warm one, aud wo diet not put on our rout*
while tho vaquoro loading us had on only light cotton pants
and shirt, and the latter garment proving too warm, ho
stripped it off und lied it around his waist Returning to
camp wo took our supper and had a good chat. Don
Benito and myself having boon much annoyed tho night
before by the dust, had moved our blankets in the house
and slept on the floor. This night tho dust being settled
down we thought wu would move out again, but just be-
fore doing so I look a look at the sky und told Don Benito
that ho had best stay inside again, as l ho sky looked as
though u storm was coming up. At 10 P. M. It huvlog
turned cold wo made up a Utile fire and then turned In.
About midnight a norther sprung up and oh I how i he
wind whistled and howled through the trees; eucli moment
seemed to add fury to tho blast, and each moment It grew
colder. Pretty soon wo heard Dr. 0., Don Ramon und
little Fred chattering away and piling on all die spare
blankets. We called out for them to come in; they said
they were uot cold, oh, no I they were only awakened by
the breeze I At daylight we rose and the outsidtre came
in and hugged up the fire and would not acknowledge
that they were cold. Wo piled on the wood, and as
soon os it was light we went out to see how tho servants
were getting along; found thorn huddled up around a huge
fire and crumbling mucho frijo ! We soon hud Nome hot
coffee and hard lack. In a few minutes It begun to snow
und to freeze, ao that by eight o'clock the ice on the jmnd
was nearly half on inch thick. After breakfast Don i euito
and myself went out to get a back log for our lire, and
picking out a big mosquito tree we went to work culling it
down. Hot and hard work wo found it, culling with a
dull axe, wood that was as solid and tough as lignum vino,
but at last we had our back log on the tire. At len o’clock
I proposed to go out and shoot some ducks, but i could not
get unyone to Join; all voted that it was too cold. So
having my previous experience of gelling lost in the Monie,

I concluded it best not to go and run the rink of gelling lost
In a blinding norther. After an hour or two's work chink-
ing of the cracks to keep out tbe biting blasts, we played
euchre and kept up a pleasant conversation, which us each
one of us was from n different section made it very agree-
able. Kentucky, Ohio, Rhode Island, Virginia, and the
City of Mexico, were represented. Our poor servuul being
ihinly clad hugged tbe fire closely. Having often been ia
New England in mid-winter, I used to laugh at the
Idea of a Texas norther being so very cold, but ibis iluy
Inspired me with a very profound respect for a norther.
Just Imagine each pore in your body being penetrated by
an icicle, and tbe marrow In your bones being put through
a patent ice cream freezer, and you have an iilea of the pene-
trating chilliness of a slinging norther. At an early hour,
after piling on all the blankets and putting on ao old fish
net to tangle up the coarsest of tho cold, we turned In and

18

FOREST AND STREAM

were soon lost in pleasant dreams. In the morning, after
a good hearty breakfast, Don Benito and myself took our
guns and went out. Just its we entered the prairie, we
came across some long-billed curlew, and soon had a fine
bag of them. The flock did not fly far on account of the
intense cold. After using the flock pretty well up, we went
across to a small pond. We found it almost entirely frozen
over. We secured two mallards, and in skirting around
the pond we started some snipe and had some good sport
for an hour. Leaving the pond we went for some white
geese on the prarie; but they have been too shy for us to
get a good shot. On retracing our steps we came across a
small flock of curlew, and here Don Benito made a good
shot with a Purdey C. F. B. L., No. 12. A curlew rose at
fully eighty yards, and he fired. Don Benito not tkiuking
ho had struck him, kept on ; but I being nearer, saw that
he wa9 hit, and I watched his flight. He made for a belt
of Umber about 400 yurds distant, and as he struck the
edge, he fell, and I went and picked him up, and carried
him to Don Benito, much to his surprise. We returned at
2 P. M. with a pretty heavy load. Just before sunset we
went out and shot a few small rabbits. The next day we
started on a deer hunt. Dr. C and I went together. The
Doctor took his stalking ponv. Wj went for a couple of
miles without success, then just as we were nearing a pond
we saw a flock of sandhill cranes coming over in our direc-
tion. We both stooped down so os to attract less attention,
and thereby to stand a chance of getting a better shot.
The Doctor performed the manoeuvre all right, but I in my
stupidity not taking In the situation at a glauce, popped
down on a cactus. The cranes had to go, for I was busy,
very busy, just then. The Doctor did not sympathize
worth a cent. Confound such a country, where one needs
to have his pants reinforced with sheet iron. Repairing
damages, we started on, and soon entered a nopalericu, a
thicket of immense cactus plants, where we routed up a
drove of peccaries. I fired at one with a load of buckshot,
but did not kill him ; another ran by, and I gave him the
left, and rolled him over; then a young pie sprang up, and
1 knocked him over with a charge of No. 3. A huge boar
then crashed through the nopals, and I accelerated bis
pace by a load of buckshot in the rear. Just then 'ye heard
three shots close to us, and on going in that direction, we
met Don Benito and Mr. E. They had not killed any
deer, but had shot two peccaries out of the drove we started
up. We separated and went on till dinner time, when we
returned to camp, and found that one of our men had
killed two does close to camp. After dinner I went out
with Antonio (a Mexican) a good shot, and a man of the
best and quickest sight 1 ever came across. W e were oddly
mated for a bunt ; for Antonio could not speak a word of
English, and I could not speak Spanish. A short distance
from camp he pointed out a peccary, and I gave him the
right, with buckshot ; the shot struck him fair and square;
he ran a short distance, and then stopped. I theu took my
Colt's navy, aud at fifteen yards plauted a ball iu his head;
still he did not drop, aud I gave him another, and then an-
other, and us he still stood up, Aulouio fired at him with a
Winchester rifle, and even then it was several minutes
before ho dropped. When he was dead we examined him,
and found that every shot fired hud struck him. Some-
times they are exceedingly teuacious of life, as will be seen
by the above. We did uot come across any deer or turkey,
and so returned to camp. Sunday coming on, we stayed at.
camp, and spent the day reading aud smoking. The next
day we shot some partridges around the camp, and in the
evening Antonio and myself went out after turkeys, but
only succeeded in bringing one back to camp. I crippled
two, but thev got off in a thicket, and I had to give them
up. That night a messenger came for the Doctor to return
iu the morning, and wo all concluded to go back with him.
At an early hour the next morning, we packed up our traps
aud started back, but by an entirely different road, The
morning was thick aud foggy. Dr, C, and myself rode in
the buggy across the prairie where there was no road ; the
buggy was good aud stroug, and away we rolled along, now
and then going across a belt of woods, where we drove
right over some tall sapliugs. On the route we shot some
hawks without leaving our Beats. At ten o’clock the sun
came out bright and clear, dispelling the fog. It was a
pretty sight to see the herds of horses dashing off at full
speed when startled by our approach. At one o’clock we
hulled und lunched ; then Don Benito took the Doctor's
place by my side, und wo rode on. At Laguna Largo we
saw a great many ducks, and the Doctor shot several from
his horse. Game was very abuudant here, deer, turkey,
geese, ducks aud snipe, and we regretted very much that
we had not placed our camp here, but as we were anxious
to burry on, we did uot stop. Further along at a pond on
our right, I saw three or four geese, aud getting out I took
a shot, and brought down one, which Don Ramon dashed
in on horseback to recover. It was different from any I
bad seen, being dark reddish brown with bands across the
breast. We crosseii the Arroyo Colorado at Morg.
Barcklav’s ferry ; here the banks arc high, Mr. Barcklay’s
house being on the bluff forty feet above the surface of
the stream, yet lie assured ine that twice since he had
lived there the Arroyo had been so much flooded that the
water lmd entered his dwelling. The water here, sixty
miles from the gulf, is as clear, deep green, and as salt as
the ocean, uod abounds with eheepshoad, mullet and red
fish. Mr. Burcklay uses liis rifle in place of a rod, shooting
all liis fish instead of catching them. Dr. C. says Mr.
Barclay has been talking for the last ten years about
making him a net. If it takes that long to talk about it,
what length of time would be required in its construction /
He brought us some mi seal to drink, a liquor distilled from
the maguey plant, aud strong enough to tickle the palalcof
any extra copper fastened old toper that ever gloried over
a kerosene shoot. About four o’clock be spied a flock of
three or four sandhill cranes, feeding not far from the
road. We drove by them to the shelter of some trees, and
got out. Dr. C. and myself went ou the opposite side of
the ravine from where they were feeding, and under the
cover of some bushes crawled up to within forty-five or
fifty yards of them. The Doctor fired with bis rifle while
they were on the ground, and as they rose I gave them a
charge of No. 4 ; the Doctor knocked his over, while mine
was only badly wounded ; the others were bewildered, and
were going to light again, when Dou Ramon dashed up on
horseback aud frightened them off. We then went up, and
Dr. C. began iu sport swearing at Don Ramon, telling him
that had he nave kept still, we should have had one or two
more. Don Ramon said : ‘‘Oh, yes, Doctoro !” Still the
Doctor wont on swearing, when Don Ramon uucoilcd his
lasso, and, putting spurs to his horse, threw the lasso over
the Doctor's head, till just as it began to choko him good,

he stopped his horse quick as a flash, and beean to laugh
and joke the Doctor. The whole thing was done in a few
seconds, and we all had a laugh at the Doctor for leaving
off the evil habit of swearing at such short notice. As the
sun began to wane, we struck into Palo Alto prairie, and
a beautiful sight it was to see the rays of the setting sun
gilding the vast sea of waving grass. What a sight it must,
nave been years ago to see the countless herds of buffalo
that once roamed over these vast plains. Their home now
is towards the setting sun ; a few more years, and the
march of civilization will have rolled over them, and they
and the lords of the prairie will be known only in the
legends of the past, while the same sun that lighted their
wanderings will be gilding the spires of cities that have I
risen like magic over their once happy hunting grounds.
No wonder the Indian fears that even the Islands of the
Blest will some day be disturbed by the distant shriek of }
the white man’s fire horse. At 6 P. M. we entered (
Brownesville, and put up our horses ; then Don Benito anil i
myself crossed over to Matamoras. Ou arriving at the |
house, we found the ladies just starting for the theatre to .
see some Japanese jugglers. We did not care to go, aud
so went to the barbers', got shaved up, and then took a )
hearty supper, and after it some Norwegian beer, and then
some fine Havana cigars, aud at midnigut turned in. The
next evening we went to see the Japanese, aud I was very
much amused at the irrepressible gamins (these street Arabs
are confined to no nationality), who were laughing at the
Japs, nnd saying that they could do better. Two or three
days after our return, we rode out after dinner three or
four miles from town, on the Mexican side, to some ponds,
and here I saw for the first time several varieties of the
ibis, and also two or three loons that must have surely
lost their reckoning. One of the ponds had a large number
of tall and beautiful palms around its borders, which made
a very pleasing feature iu the landscape. The number of
water bens (similar to the blue peters of Virginia and
North Carolina), that are found iu these ponds is nslouish-
ine. Leaving the ponds after bagging a few ducks, we
went into the chapparal after the small rabbits, where we
bad some excellent sport for hulf an hour; knocking over
some teu or twelve, besides four or five partridges. Re-
turning by moonlight, enjoying the pleasant society of Don
Benito’s wife, who had rode out in the carriage with us,
was very delightful. Now and theu a pack of coyotes in
full cry would dash past us ; and if our mules would have
ouly stood lire, we should have given them a double barrel
entertainment. We had agreed before my departure to
take a trip of a day or twodo some large ponds near the
Laguna Madre, where there were immense flocks of ducks
feeding ; but owing to sickness in Don Benito’s family, we
bad to give it up. The day before the time set. for my de-
parture, Dr. C., Don Benito nnd myself went out in the
evening on the American side of the Rio Grande, below
Fort Brown, after partridges. At one place, we crossed a
fence made of thorn bushes stacked up. I not being used
to climbing such fences, broke down a small portion, and
on getting into the field eucountered a Mexican, who begun
talking pretty loud. Just theu Dr. C came up and spoke
to him, and then turning around to me told me that the
man was cursing me for breaking his feucc, and that he bad
made it all right with him, So far as I was concerned it
was all right, because I did uot understand a word that he
had said ; but as far as my pants were concerned, it was
all wrong, for the thorns lmd altered the set and style of
them a good deal. Dr. C’s dog Rainbo made an artistic
point at a bush, but on our going up we found that the dog
was simply attitudinizing, for we failed to find any birds.

If the Dr. ever sees that good “ stand for an artist, but uot
for birds," he will remember it. The day was charming,
and we had some good sport not ouly with the partridges
but with the rabbits. The next day, bidding adieu to Don
Benito’s family, I crossed over to Brownsville and rode
with Don Benito and Dr. C. to the Ressaca Del Palma, to
which point the track of the railroad from Point Isabel to
Brownsville had been completed. Here bidding them
good-bye, I jumped on a hand-car, propelled by two men,
and was soon going at a fine rale of speed.

Along the track we started up large flocks of ducks feed-
ing In the roadside ditches. At the Laguna Madre we
scared up immense rafts of geese and ducks, and a great
many herons and cranes. While passing along over a high
embankment thrown up to make the rond bed higher than
the low flats, we met a man on horseback. How we were
going to puss each other I could not see, for the embank-
ment was high and narrow ; the rider, however, soon
solved the difficulty by making the horse get off the track,
and rear upon his land feet while we passed, aud when we
passed be wheeled him around while be was still on bis
hind feet. It was neatly und well done, but there are not
many who can do it. Reaching Point Isabel, I went to the
railroad warehouse, and after an hour or two took a sailboat
across to Brazos Santiago, where the steamer was lying.

A little before sunset we cast loose and steamed across the
bar ; it beiug full tide and no sea ou, we passed over very
easily, and soon Brazos receded from our sight. The next
evening we reached Galveston, and found orders for our
steamer to go to Sabine to take on some live stock. Think-
ing I would see more of the country, I concluded I would
remain on the steamer instead of laying over at Galvestou
for the mail steamer the next day. It was a conclusion
that I only regretted once, and that once has been ever
since. A few hours after leaving Galveston a dense fog
shut in, nnd we bad to anchor for the night. The next
morning, as soon as it cleared up, went into Saline Pass,
and, taking u pilot on board, we steamed up to Saline
through a most uninteresting country ; nothing but low
flat lands for miles and miles. Arriving at Saline we found
thnt the cattle, instead of being ready for us, were still on
the prairie, some miles off. Several of us then went ashore
to see the sight, a tiling that was achieved in a very few
minutes, as Saline is a city somewhat smaller than New
York. We returned to the steamer, took dinner, lounged
uround decks aud once in a while tried our hands at fish-
ing. Our efforts iu angling were not crowned with much
success. If I had brought my guu aloug I could have
passed the time pleasantly enough, for the marshes near the
ship were covered with geese, ducks and snipe. In the
evening, or rather after supper, several of us whiled away
the time till ten p. m. playing euchre. The next morning
several of us took a long walk iu the couutry, but did not
see anything worthy of note. At noon our cHttle came
down and we were speedily interested in watching their
embarkation. It wus a perfect Babel of sounds, but' at last
all were safely on board and we steamed away for
Brashcar City. Here we bad to wait a couple ol hours for
the train to New Orleans, und while wailing we did up the |

sights. The place seemed to be all life, eighteen or twenty
steamers were at tha warves loading and unloading, freight
trains coming iu, emigrants lounging arouDd the streets
awaiting departure of Texas steamers. At 2 p. m. our
train was off, and at dusk I landed at Cassidy’s iu New
Orleans. Stopping over here for two days so us to be
present to witness Mardi Gras, I passed the time very
agreeably in looking around the town. After enjoying
hugely the grand pageants of the carnival in this Paris of
America, I bade my friends good bye and securing a berth
in a very comfortable sleeping car on a Northward bound
train, I wus soon on my way to the loved ones at home and
my frontier rambles were at an end. 8. H. W.

ACROSS NEWFOUNDLAND.

INTERIOR EXPLORATIONS — FLORA, FAUNA, AND GEOLOGI-
CAL FORMATION.

[ Continued from February 11$.]

CHAPTER VIII.

OCTOBER 30th.— Rain, snow, and wind, iu the early
part of the day compelled us to stop and encamp.
Wu shot a hare, the first we had killed; it was white, ex-
cept the tips of the ears and tip of the tail, which always
remain black. The bare of Newfoundland is the Arctic
hare, Lcmus Arcticus. It sometimes weighs fourteen pounds
and upwards. There is no other kind in the Island. The
grouse, during severe snow storms at night, allow the
snow to drift over them, and thus covered, obtain shelter.
While in this situation a silver thaw sometimes comes on,
and the incrustation on the surface becomes too thick for
them to break through iu the morning, and immense num-
bers of them perish by being in that manner enclosed.
When we were croosing a lake on the ice my Indian fell
through and with great exertion saved himself. While he
was struggling my new friend Gabriel stood still and
laughed; Joe did not look for assistance, nor did the other
evince the least disposition to render any, although lie was,
compared with my position ou the lake, near to him.
Upon my remonstrating with Gabriel about his manifest-
ing a want of feeling towards Joe, when perishing, Joe
himself replied to me, “Master, it is all right; Indian rather
die than live owing his life to another.” The other had
acted in sympathy with the self-dependent sentiment.

October 31a/.— We travelled over hills aud across lakes
about twenty miles, fording in that space two rivers run-
ning north-easterly, and which are the main source
branches of the river Exploits. This large river has there-
fore a course of upwards of two hundred miles in one di-
rection, taking its rise in the south-west angle of the Island,
and discharging at the north-east part. The Indians are
all excellent shots, and the two men now with me dis-
played admirable skill in killing the deer at great distances
and at full speed, with single ball. Nearly a foot of snow
had recently fallen, which cast a monotonous sublimity
over the whole country, and in a great measure concealed
the characteristics of the vegetable as well as the mineral
kingdoms. We encamped at night at the southern ex-
tremely of what is said by my Indians to be the most
southern lake of the interior frequented by the Red Indians,
and through which was the main source branch of the
River Exploits. At the same lake, the Micinacs and the
Indians friendly with them commence and terminate their
water excursions from and to the west coast. They here
construct their first skin canoes upon entering the interior,
or leave their old ones uDon setting off on foot for the sea
coast. The distance to 8t. George’s Harbor is twenty-five
miles or upwards, which part of the journey must be per-
formed on foot, because no waters of any magnitude inter-
vene. I named the lake in honor of His Majesty George
the IV.

November let.— For nearly twenty miles to the westward
of George the Fourth’s lake, the country is very bare,
there being scarcely a thicket of wood. During this day
we forded two rapid rivulets running southwest to St.
George’s Bay. Deer had hitherto passed us in innumerable
straggling herds. But westward of George the Fourth’s
lake, aud particularly as we neared the coust, very few
were to be seen. While ascending a mountain, I felt my-
self suddenly overcome with a kind of delirium, arising I
supposed from exhaustion and excessive exertion, but fan-
cied myself stronger than ever I was in my life. It is pro-
bable, under that influence, that if the Indian who last
joined had uot been present, I would have had a rencontre
with my other Indium

Iu the evening (1st November) about eighteen miles west
of George the Fourth’s lake, from the summit of a snowy
ridge which defines the west coast, we were rejoiced to get
a view of the expansive ocean and St. George's Harbor.
Had this prospect burst upon us in the same manner a
month earlier, it would have created in my mind a thou-
sand pleasures, the impression of which I was now too
callous to receive; all was uow however accomplished, and
I hailed the glauce of the sea ns home, and as the parent of
everything dear. There was scarcely any snow to be seeu
within several miles of the sea coast, while the mountain
range upon which we stood, and the interior in the rear,
were covered. This ran ge may be about two thousand
feet above the level of the sea, and the snow-capped moun-
tains in the north-east are higher. The descent was now
very precipitous and craggy. A rapid river called Flat
Bay River, across which we were to ford, or if swollen, to
pass over upon raft, flowed at the foot of the ridge. It
It threatened rain, aud the sun was setting; but the sight of
the sea urged us onward, By sliding down rill courses,
and traversing the steeps, we found ourselves with whole
bones, but many bruises, at the bottom, by one o’clock on
the following morning. We then, by means of carrying a
large stone each ou our backs in order to press our feet
against the bottom, and steadying ourselves by placing one
end of a pole, as with a staff or walking-stiek, firmly upon
the bottom on the lawn or lee side, to prevent the current
from sweeping us away, step after step, succeeded in ford-
ing the river, and encamped by a good fire, but supperles9,
iu the forest on the banks of the river.

November 2nd. — Upon the immediate banks of Flat Bay
River, there is some good birch, pine, and spruce timber.
The soil aud shelter are eveu so good here that the ground
spruce (2 axus Canademue) bearing its red berries, consti-
tutes the chief underwood, ns in the forests of Canada and
Nova Scotia. In the afternoon we reached St. George’s
harbor. The first houses we reached, two in number, close
to the shore, belonged to Indians. They were nailed up,

FOREST AND STREAM.

the owners not having yet returned from the iuterior after
their fall’s hunting. The houses of the European residents
lay on the west side of the harbor, which is hero about a
mile wide, aud near the entrance; but a westerly gale of
wind prevented any intercourse across. Having no food
for nearly two days, we ventured to break open the door of
one of the houses— the captain or chief’s, as we understood
from my last Indiun, and found what we wanted — provi-
sions and cooking utensils. The winter stock of provi-
sions of this provident man, named Emanuel Gontgout,
the whole having been provided at the proper season, con-
sisted of six barrels of pickled lish, of different kinds, viz :
young halibuts and eels, besides dried cod fish, seal oil in
bladders, aud two barrels of maize, or Indian corn flour.

November '3d. — W e were slid storm-stayed iu the Indian
house, in the midst of plenty. It seemed remarkable that
the provisions were entirely free from the ravages of rats
and other vermin, although left without any precaution to
guard against such. There was a potato and turnip field
close to the house, with crops still iu the ground, of which
we availed ourselves, although now partly injured by frost.

November 4 th. — A party of ludians arrived from the inte-
rior, male aud female, each carrying a load of furs. Our
landlord was amongst them. Instead of appearing to
notice with displeasure his door broken open and house
occupied by strangers, he merely said, upon looking round
and my offering an explanation, "Suppose me here, you
take all these tbiugs.”

We crossed the harbor, and were received by the resi-
dents—Jersey and English, and their descendents— with
open arms. All European and other vessels had left this
coast a mouth before, so that there was no chance of my
obtaining a passage to St. John’s or to another country.
There were too mnny risks attending the sending to sea
any of the vessels here at this season, although I offered a
considerable sum to the owners of any of them that would
convey me to Fortune Bay on the south coast, from whence
I might obtain a passage to Europe by some of the ships
that had probably not yet sailed from the mercantile estab-
lishments there.

After a few days I parted with ray Indians— the one
who had with painful constancy accompanied me across
the Island, joining his countrymen here to spend the win-
ter with them, and return to his friends at the Bay of Des-
pair in the following spring; the other, having renewed
Ins stock of ammunition and other outfits, returned to his
family which we had left in the interior. Having now
crossed the Island, I cannot help thinking that my success
was in part owing to the smallness of my party. Many
together could not so easily have sustained themselves;
they would have multiplied the chances of casualties, aud
thereby of the requisition of the attendance aud detention
of the able. It is difficult to give an idea of, or to form an
estimate equivalent to, the road-distance gone over The
toil and deprivations were such that hired men or fol-
lowers of any class, would not have endured them. At
St. George’s Bay, as at all other parts of Newfoundland
except the towns, the country is nearly as destitute of paths
and roads as at the time of the discovery of the Island - the
intercourse between the settlements, beiDg by water
during bad weather is entirely suspended. I remained at
bt. George s Bay Harbor under tbe hospitable roof of Mr.

I lnllip Messervey, the principal inhabitant, to rest and
recover from the fatigues and deprivations of my journey
and from a hurt received while descending the mountains
to the coast.

(To be continued.)

For Forest and Stream.

HUNTING BEARS.

I WAS invited two years ago this Fall by an old deer aud
bear hunter to come and hunt for a week or two. I
accepted the invitation, and one charming October morn-
ing, started for Mr. B.’s, but before I had gone very far
I began to worry as to how I should bring the bearskins
, •». home, ns I was on foot. I finally came to the cou-
clusion that I would hire a wagon and team from one of
Mr. B.’s neighbors.

B.y tbe way, Mr. Editor, can you tell me when it is a
close season for bear, (I suppose it is during the hug-
SlnS») ns I don t like to kill them out of season 9
On reaching Mr. B.’s, I found that he had gone to
town, but would soon be home; so I took my gun and
went into the woods after gray squirrels. Speaking of
squirrels reminds: me of a hunt I had once with a friend
who was a novice in the art. I gave him all the shots at
fiist, but alter he had missed four or five times, he said
very innocently, " I thought gray squirrels were a great
deul bigger than they are.” Alter a few more unsuccess-
ful shots he got disgusted, aud said: " Now, see here W.
you re trying to take me in; these are not squirrels at all!
but are the shadows of the leaves." He shot at them as
they were running; so any one who has been squirrel
shooting ''ill understand his comparisons. When Mr B
came home he was delighted to see me, and said that one
ot the boys had seen u large bear that morning. After
supper I said to him: “ Mr. B., you promised to tell me
„ tbose tbrt'e Angers from your right hand.”

1 11 tell you now,” said he. "About ten years a^o I
had a bear trap in a laurel thicket some five or six miies
from here. One morning I took some of the bovs ami
dogs and went to look at the trap. When we got to the
edge of the thicket I told the hoys to stay there, and leuv-
fr?e ,w‘!b took ,lj<; ‘logs and went into the

thicket. On looking into the trap 1 found a half-grown
bear, uud thinking I would have some fun, I let him out
and set the dogs on him. Unfortunately they were all
young dogs but one and the bear soon whipped them aud

bu » mnH1?0 ru" ,UVdL;r a lo£. *»d ‘he old dog grabbed him
hv a hind leg, while I got on the log to stick him will! my
knife. I raised my arm, but the knife caught a twig and
tWdfl^e ° l?SGrmJ balauce- I fell and cutlhese
t haflugerS 1 kuew the bo-vs wouH laugh at me if

killed hfm^”1 ^ 6° 1 ,0°k ll*e knife in ,ny lefl bund und

b,ed f°r0n’ and ear]y nest morning, after a
™ brci‘kfa*1- started for our bcar.° Mr. B.
staJ then* us M,i°iP °f * slony bank’ and told me to

below me m, JC1‘r 'mUl<1 cross lbrouSb tbe open woods
1 1 could 6et u sood sho< at him. I stood
here and nnS a" 1Y>5UI'’ bcariuS the dogs barking, now
ward moved Prc8eQtly 1 8aw somt-ihing, (it’after-

° . ra 1 bc * straJr yearling,) moving iu front of

me’ Idthni.tJterSa‘f 6 ,1Ine’ * heard lbe brusb crack bebind
me. X thought, of course, it was Mr. B., as he told me he

would come that way, aud so 1 said, without turning
round, "I believe there's the bear now.” Not getting unv
answer, I turned aud saw, within twenty feet of me, a big
brown bear. Like a fool, I shot both barrels at him with-
out taking aim. I was so taken aback— demoralized— that
I missed him. I put out down the bauk. and as the small
stones came rattling after me. I thought it was the bear.
Suddenly as I went through a thicket, something caught
mo from behind. "0 for a lodge iu this vast wilderness”
was probably my thoughts, but I will not say so posi-
tively; in fact, 1 think that even nn example iu short di-
visiou, (and one that was iu short clothes, too,) would have
been too much for my brain just then. At last I turned—
and lo! it was an iuuocent thorn-bush that had caught my
slinly extended coat tails. 1 now becumo very valorous
(the bear not being iu sight,) aud put several ounces of
powder aud between two and three pounds of shot into
each barrel of my gun, and proceeded toward where I had
left bruin. By the time I got there the others had come
up and killed him. After skiuuing him we went back to
the house, where one of Mr. B.’s sous asked, me to let him
try my gun. 1 consented; and he went., down into the
meadow to shoot at a mark. He happened to stand in
Iront of an opbn window of the room in which we were
sitting. We soon heard a noise which caused Mr. B. to
shout to the girl to “shut the windows, as we wore iroinc
to have a thunder storm.” The words hud barely left bis
lips when the aforementioned boy came sailing through the
open window ami alighted on the table. His arms were
extended to embrace some one (a tree, probably) as he
came by, and, as he lit on the inkstand, lie observed pen-
sively, " Put me in my little bed.”

The above is a little exaggerated— but the gun kicked.

1 had a pleasant week of hunting, uud, wheu I left the
doctors said that as the boy was young he would iu time
recover. * Alleohaxv.

For Forest and Stream.

A TEXAS PANTHER HUNT.

THERE seems to be a difference of opinion among the
nutives as touching the panther and the Mexican
lion, or cougar. Iu fact, oue can frequently heur of cou-
gars being killed, but when it is sifted aowu to a fine point
it generally turns out to be no more than the panther. In
conversation with an old Texau recently, and at whose
residence I had some years since seen the skin of a pan-
llier stuffed, I learned that he had seeu an uuimul more
ot a grayish color— as he expressed it, "about the color of
acoou, and shaggy about the shoulders.” "I hud just
come up," he said, "out of Red River Bottom, and kinder
met it coming into the breaks. 1 tell you it looked at me
savage. I had no gun, or I should have tried him one pop
as he passed in a trot within forty yards of me. I took
him to be heavier than the panther, but not so long.”
About four years ago I had some business with Mr. M
then living in Sivel’a Bend, on Red River. After supper
we were talking around the fire, and among other subjects
that of wild cuts aud panthers was taken up. M. being an
old settler, soon had my lmt crawling off my heud from
the effect of the hair standing ou end, and wound up with
"I say, R. I believe there’s a paother in the bluffs now,
for I heard a noise up the viver a few nights since like some
person in distress, and as there’s no one living up there 1
have concluded that it was a panther.”

I replied that I would like to get a shot at one. lust for
the name of the thing.

Upon hearing some dogs barking down in the bottom
M. remarked that the boys were ’possum hunting uud
guessed they hud found oue. Soon after I had retired, I
heard the dogs barking again, but this time they seemed so
much fiercer that I felt sure there was something lurger
than an opossum. I wus soon couflrmed in this opiuiou
by the boys bursting in at the door, out of breath, cxclaim-
lng— "Mr.-Mr. M., git-git-git your gun; some great big
thing down yonder up iu a tree!"

"Pshaw, it s a wild cat. Why didn’t you cut down the
tree?”

“No, n-o, I tell you it a-i-n-t; it’s too big!”

M. culled out-"R., get up, quick, I guess them dogs
have treed fhut panther now. You get a gun over at the
nigger cabin and come ou. I’ll take the rifle und run down
there, lest it should jump out.”

So saying, he seized lus gun and darted out into the dark
like an arrow. My hair began to crawl again. In my
hurry I got my pants on wrong side before, and had to
tuke them off. In fact, my mind was more on gluring
eyes, long claws, and a light in the dark than it was upon
making my wardrobe. Hurrying over to the aforesuid
nigger cabin, I was furnished an old Springfield musket
ot the U. S. A. style. Upon inquiring It it was loaded,
old Uncle B. replied:—

"Yes, massu, 1 hen turkey huntin’ dis eben wid it."
"Bud” aud I now started on double quick for the scone
of action. "Bud” lollowed a trail about half a unlc
through a tangled undergrowth of vines, green briars, ami
Ihorn bushes so dense that we could not pa*s through any-
where else. On nearing the river we cunie to an open saiid
beach covered with cottonwood; turning down the river
about two hundred yards brought us to the dogs, barking
at the foot of a large tree on the edge of the jungle. M.
was out iu the thicket, as ho said, "to keep him from
jumping down." On nearing the tree, he called me lo
come round to him, and iu doing so I hud to literally crawl
upoD iny hands and knees. The young moon was just set-
ting, and the night was still and clear; but the leaves ou
the trees made it so dark that we could scarcely see any-
thing, except against the sky.

\V Jien I got to M. I raised up, and was shocked at be-
holding so large an animal, ulmost directly over our heads,
and not more than thirty feet from us. I can see the bold
outline yet, as he stood with his hind feet on one limb and
fore feet on another, some live feet apart, und his long tall
swaying back aud forth as ho looked down upon us. I
now began to realize the situation, and did uot want to
shoot so bad as I thought I did. I kuew the chauce of
killing the auimul dead was small, and lo cripple him with
only two dogs was dangerous; besides this, we were in the
briars so deep we could scarcely turn round. But there
was uo time for parleying. Of one thing I was deter-
mined— to shoot, or get lurther from those burning eyes.

M. generously tendered me the first shot, os he might miss
it with a rifle. I drew my army six around on my belt aud
cocked it, then brought my musket up and fired.

By the time I could get out rav pistol, something ran
nearly up against it, ana then the dogs bounded oil up the

STttff tremendous yell. The panther had run down.

5S« folteH Up° U9; ,but wbe" thu pother ran off iho
nop niioweii I roiu the report of mv cun I guenscd I

charceta it*1 1'™° °VC,,,!0D’ “ hurtfly half a

M Trn?l 1 113 vexcd aI rn.v*elf and the negro loo.

couldd TV, ?, V‘,liU t0,°u,r feelIn,K* b-v yclting as loud as wo
tow-nut PAlu,bt‘r blu* turned, anil was coming directly
oS br.i:ui crack °“‘*f then..

Lother ti-.J^We n U aboU, ,var,U from us U ™u »P
3 rc* L W® now sent "Bud” ,0 the house after am-

bcTto do u-|,h >'"'U8kel< nnd, while consulting what was
ero imldn. ,t U lrcmoiul!,u« crash the panther fell to lire
n.»bT ’ 1 " d°SS rU,’C0d uP°n but let it go about us

water. q growlln«* Rnd dogs came out to

\Ve followed the dogs Into the thicket, and It mado mv
flesh crawl when I put my hand upon it to belo M drair it

Wo now called to "Bud” to bring my hoA “md
'lieu ho ai lived we had quite a struggle to g.-t R on him
Next morning wc skinned him. and found that two buck’-
shmihF.r "n HUrkfy 31,01 bad cuiered just behind the for*
I^erilfliobav^fh?, UglU"st lh0 8kin J""1 under the spine,
did m ' n « 0 ',vua 110 1110,0 “hot in the gun. We

hln.b bu,1 lbu rulers said he was "a big
un. I still have his hide, dressed with the hair on and
donbtle-s prize it as highly as the Arrupahoe Indian (re-
ferred to by Monmouth) did his. Tkxasl

Cooke county, Tesuis, January l»f, 1875.

For Forest and Stream.
A BEAVER DAY.

OUR camp was located in a sheltered ravine, aomo
twenty yards from a clear spring creek that wound
along through the gorge botoro us, while Just across 1(9
pebbly channel the granite and marble ledges were piled
skyward, streaked here and there with the rarest colored
lichens uiul mosses. The fir and the cedar, which seemed
to bo clingiug for life to the ragged ledges, formed a strik-
ing contrast to the clear outlines of the grand old pines
that surmounted the top and towered over und above ull in
their magnificent pioportions, humming, in mournful ca-
dence, u song that was clearly intermingled with the heaiut
roar of the cataract in the distance.

Iu all respects our location had been sagaciously clioseu-
in our hunting and Ashing we lmd been succuMful, and
our enjoyment, was complete. We had sc»M the highest
peaks, catching hazy glimpses of the far-reacldng wilder-
ness that surrounded us ou all sides; we lmd dozed In the
warm Indiun Summer noon day suu as we scunuod the
rocks find nipida that lined the Sturgeon Hivcr, and hint
but not Icaat, we still had in our larder a ^enorouH supply
of provisions uud necessaries, together with gun and rod
products— venison, trout and partridges— already secured
and the wood aud water of this buiuliful location teemed
with plenty more that could be readily udded to our store
when needed. Verily, it would seem that under such elr-
cuinstunees we should buvo imitated the uoblu (?) red men
and lounged away the remainder of our vacation, but the
past freedom from care, the clear, oxhilaratlug mountain
air and bouuteous fare had generated a spirit within us
that made the muatcrly style of uborlgluul inactivity utterly
out of the question, aud so we pluuued lor the morrow a
visit to three beaver traps wo hud set u few days utter lo-
cating our camp. Accordingly our Juucheou, shouting
and fishing tackle were pucked, and, ulter uu early break-
fast, wo wore under way'. We lmd discovered u beaver
trail about three miles from camp, lmd traced it up aud
fouud u family located aud u dam just completed, some
twenty rods iu length, across a thickly timbered ruviuu
through which a small; trout streum found its way to the
main river, la order to render our chauces of eucccad
more tuvoruble, when we placed the traps we removed a
portion of the dam, so as to partially druiu off the pond,
uud set oue of the trups iu the breuch, thinking to make
sure of one wheu the dutn was repaired. The two remain-
iug traps were set at the bottom of the poud, oue near the
entrance to the pond, und the other near the feeding
ground. On arriving iu the vicinity wc tound the tiuia
had been repuired, uud wc husteued to exatmue the trap at
the feeding ground first. We found this Uup hud t.etu
lmulid out of the wuter uud luid oil the dam, uud contained
the hiud foot of a large bcuver. The uuimul had evidently
used no greut effort to free Itself, but, on the couirury’,
appearances seemed lo iudicutu that it had nmmluateii
ulmost a human appreciation of the desperate situation it
was in, und had delioenitely gnawed off the leg a., lue only
effectual meaus of roguiuiug its freedom. A snude of
regret uud disappointment came over us us we discovered
the situation, und we at ouce voted lo set uu more oca v or
traps for curiosity’s sake, uud to let uulurul history pi o-
vine for speumeus through other barbarians. We tuimd
to the break we had nmde in the darn and louud it ncuiiy
repaired, and our trap nowhere to be luuuU, We exam-
ined every truce and sign, b tluuu purpose, till u chance
overturn of a portion of iho work re-euied the end of me
chaiu. We dug out the trap, wheu, to our astonishment,
we lound it lmd been removed uuU covered with so mum
care that it was not sprung in the operation. (Jar trap ul
the entrance of the house was uilsoug ulso, but me condi-
tion of the euuiu and sliding polo saiisiied us mat thi> oue
hud f ulfilled its mission, us me uuimul had struett lor the
entrance to the house uuder the trunk, und must be dm wued.
W e hauled uw ay on the chain uud pule lor some time, but
to uo purpose, uud we were dually obliged to worn oiouw-
deep w im our huichcls in the wuter uud roots to cut uway
and release the uuimul. Uur reward came at last, us wo
hauled out on the bank a Jurgu female buuvur, iu excellent
condition, thul amply repaid us lor our wet uud cold
experience.

Visions of a fine rare specimen aud a delicious pot of
beuver-tail soup now danced before me us 1 hast cued to
shoulder the prize, and reluctuutly turned my back upou the
strongest evidences of uuimul Knowledge I hud ever wit-
nessed. Far lrom the ubodes of meu these families main-
tain a singular monogamous fife lrom gcucraliou io genera-
tion, originating and currying on improvements lor self-
preservation uud comfort that are Uuiy marvelous. '1 he
juveniles scorn not to degenerate, but at maturity strike
out for themselves in the good old way, build their houses
rear their young, secure their food anti store it away with
the exucineas anu regularity of the scusoua. H.

Fond du Lac, Wu., January llif/i, IBiO.

—“Now ia the Winter of our Discontent. "

20

FOREST AND STREAM

&s! r (gitlhtre.

AMERICAN FISH CULTURISTS' ASSO-
CIATION.

SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.

TnE association resumed its session on Wednesday at
llie office of its Vice President, Mr. George S. Puge,
No 10 Warren street, Hon. R. B Roosevelt iu the chair.
Amon r tiie gentlemen present were H. J. Reeder, Fishery
Commissioner of Eastern Pennsylvania; T. B. Ferguson,
Fishery Commissioner, Baltimore; Dr. William M Hudson,
Fishery Commissioner, Connecticut; M. C. Edmunds, Wes-
ton, Vt ; George Shepard Page, B. F. Bowles, Springfield,
Mass ; C. Van Winkle; Waller Arnold, Toronto, Ontario;
Prof. Spencer F. Baird, Washington; Dr. Milnor, United
Slates Fishery Commissioner; Eugene 0. Blackford; Prof.
G Brown Goode, of l lie Smithsonian Institute ; A. S. Col-
lins, i aledonln, N. Y. ; Samuel Wilmot, Newcastle, On-
tario; Belli Green, Rochester; A. G. Koorbcck; W. F. Par
Ver, Meriden, Conn.; T, C. Banks, Charles Halloek, B.
Phillip4. Rudolph Hessel, Prof. Gill, Dr. Salter, N. Pyke,
N W. Park. Detroit; Charles B. Evurls, Vermont; C. H.
Raymond, President of the Morris County Sportsman’s
C'liib; Prof. Henry Morton, Stevens Institute, Hoboken;
Prof. Bickford, American Museum of Natural Histr ry.

The proceed Inge commenced v ith a recital by Mr. Reeder
of his experiences with the two species of black bass
known as mlrnoulta and nigricans. A distinction hud been
made, lie said, with regard to the geographical location of
these fish; the general impression being that the sahrundts
nre found in Southern waters, while the nigricans are con-
fined to Northern rivers. Careful examination bus led him
to the conclusion that this geographical distinction was a
mistake, although the difference between the two kinds of
lmss was distinctly marked. Alluding to the scarcity of
tnis fish ill the waters ol Pennsylvania, which had origin-
ally been slocked from the Potouiac, he remarked that he
accounted for the circumstuncc in this way; iu the early
pail ol July, alter the beds were prepared uiid when the
bpawn was there, they had severe storms, which Hooded
tlie streams and curried down mud and vurious kinds of
debris. Their theory was that < lie sediment settled on the
beds and killed the spawn. He would like to hear any
suggestion which might he offered os to the loss of the
young fish.

Mr. Seth Green thought that what Mr. Reeder had stated
would he very likely io happen. Thut on the other bund,
if the liver hud been overstocked it whs possible that the
muurul supply of food being exhausted ihe fish hud eaten
their young.

Mr. Reeder thought the explanation was hardly sufficient,
Inu'tuiich as there was a large quantity of minnows ami
other ti>h on which the bass coulu feed.

1 rot. Baird made u brief statement as to the action of
the United Stales Commission. Their operations, he said,
had been principally connected with shad und salmon.
6h id were quite plenty both in the Hudson and Connecti-
cut livers, und they had been able to transfer a laigc num-
ber of fish to the We.it. The aggregate distribution was
but .veen two and three millions, some of which were car
r;ul to Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, lowu, Minnesota, and
Massachusetts. The German Governmeut hud forwarded
then) 200,000 eggs of ihu Rhine salmon through Mr. Ues-
eel, but neurly all of them died, and iu the same wu their
nticmpt to Introduce Ameiicau shad into German wutera
had also failed. The eggs were forwarded in charge of
Mr. Mather and Mr. Anderson, hut after eleven days ihey
all died. The salmon stations in Calilorniu and iu Maine
had, Pmf. Baird said, beeu considerably enlarged. About
o.uoo.uuo of eggs had been taken iu mo McCloud River,
of which l.OUO.uOO or thereabout had been turned into the
Sacramento River. About 2,500,000 of California sulmon
ol iuM \ car's production were now in the streums for
Vinca they were intended. The Buck-port settlement, he
expluiued, bud also been more successful thun usual.

.Ur. Grecu, in reicinug to ihe failure of the New York
Con; m i-.-ioii to carry the sbad to Germany, stated that the
boxes in which the eggs were placed were made of tin and
ziue, which lormud a battery, 'toad the eggs, he believed
■were kilhd by ihe ucid thus created.

Mr. Reei er comm inicuted io the association the sub-
siniiceot u coiiiinuuicuiiou from .Mr. Clarke, of Michigan,
"'iiu regard to (he hutching ol whiteflsh. He had retarded
the li.ncliing ol w'hitetish tor 186 days by the use of cold
wu er und tee, when necessary, and it occurred to him [Mr.
Reeder] 1 hat mis system might be made effective iu the
ti utispoi lui ion of li-.il across me Atlantic. After they were
ButeJy 1 1 unspotted, ihey might be then hatched.

-'ll Grecu described the wuy iu which Ihe whiteflsh de-
posited their spawn, which was, iu effect, thut they scat-
tered it broadcast, while, on tho contrary, he said the sal-
mon truui deposited it in hods, uud tried to cover it up.

Mr. Reeder, recurring t,. the subject of returdin ' the
untuning ol whil.-n-ii, said that Mr. Clarke’s plan wan to
Jet llie water cool to ihe lemperuture ol the atmosphere
an I in, n let it 1U11 over tho eggs, and, if necessary, u> cooi
it with ice.

’1 ho suuject of establishing an aquarium in New York
on the principle ut that at Brigutoii, was introduced by
Mr. Eugene G. Blutehmrd. lie represented that the studv
oi ichthyology was attended with difficulty, uud urged thu't
an oppoi muiiy shout, i be given for observing the habits of
Lm ui ihoir uumrul element. This mutter hud been advo-
cated iu me Turn*. App^tons Jour run, und Forest and
bTi.EA.ti, and, in the hope that it would be favorably cu-
tei laiueii, bo would present a resolution on the subject
lie men moved u lesoiutiuu expressing in effect the belief
ot mo r isU Culiut iois' Association thut an aquurium lu the
city of Now VorK would he a great benefit to science gen-
daily, mm ichthyology iu particular, und giving its favor-
able cuuutcnanoo io any public or privule measure in that
direeliou.

in Central Park. Tho financial panic then intervened, and
everybody was calculating what money he had to keep
rather than what he had to spend. As far as he knew,
there was no special scheme on foot.

Prof. Baird thought a stock company would lie desirable
as well as profitable, although it would be more desirable
that it should be one of the public institutions of the city.
The stocking of such an aquarium would he a very simple
mutter. He would willingly give the use of all his trawls,
nets, etc., used in his coast work, uud could furnish an
abundance of specimens. The Central Park authorities,
he believed, would facilitate the matter by every mcaus in
their power, and other attractions might be added to the

. Mr. Ward, of App cton’s Journal, said that having heard
that Mr. baville Kent hud severed his connection with the
Jingliiou Aquarium, he wrote to Mr. Kent with the view
o.‘ 8elll"o 111 ' opiiuuu as to the c>tabliahiueut of un aqua-
rium m Ecu. rat Park. He [Mr. Ward] ihought if mey
couid ■.l.iuiii Mr. Keuts services, uud me indorsement of
the public, the mailer would be tuirly iu the way of pro-
gicss. 1 lie idea lie had iu his iniud was to ugituie the
.quo-lion in New Yolk so that some gentleman might be
-Willing to come forward uud endow an aquarium building

aquarium .

Mr. B. Phillips, in advocating the establishment of an
aquarium, referred also to some of the discussions which
had occurred the previous day in relation to the impregna-
tion of water to such an extent ns 'o alter the character or
flavor of fish. This appeared to him to be an abstract sci-
ence, something in the nature of the dilcttuntcisin of pisci-
culture. His friend. Mr. Blackford, however, in asking
for an aquarium, only asked for what would be of the
greatest possible utility in the study of icthyology.

Mr. Blackford's resolution was unanimously adopted by
the association.

Sir. Wilmot, of Ontario, Canada, read an interesting col-
lntement from reports which he had submitted to the Ca-
nadian Legislature on the subject of fish culture. He
divided his statement into three parts. First, he insisted
on the enactment of judicious protective laws; then he an-
swered the question, which he said was frequently asked by
the skeptical, as to why fish should be produced by artifi-
cial means instead of allowing them to breed in the natural
way, and lastly he pointed out the way in which the arti-
ficial process obviated the numerous difficulties which be-
set the natural breeding of fish. After referring to the
general importance of pisciculture, he strongly urged the
uecessity of legislatures making laws for their protection
during certain seasons of the year, especially during the
close or spawning season. The sea fisheries, he said, did
not require the same protection as those inland. On the
subject of nutural and artificial breeding of fish, he took
the salmon as an example, pointed out the way in which
the spawn was deposited in the natural process, showed
the various ways in which the eggs were destroyed, such
as fuilure in impregnation, attacks by fish insects, aquatic
birds, etc., aud contended that not more than one per ceit.
ever came to be mature fish. On the other hand, he showed
that from the care taken in the artificial process, and the
way in which the eggs were protected from danger of all
kinds, the percentage was more than seventy-five or eighty
per cent.

A resolution was here introduced with the view of bind-
ing fish culturists to sell spawn at certain rates, for the
purpose of uniformity of prices; but most of the members
of the association were opposed to it, and it was directed
to be laid on the table.

Mr. Green submitted some remarks on the subject of re-
stocking our used up streams. He commenced fishing as a
business, he said, in 1837, and had followed it up to 1800.
He admitted that he himself Lad done as much as any man
iu clearing out the streams, and he was now anxious to aid
in restocking them. The first thing to be considered in
this mutter was to find waters suited for the fish, und in
which they would find the proper food. It was a mistake
to suppose that a fish could live on water. It could uo
more do so than a man could live on air. In such >t matter,
too, it was necessary that they should have wealthy, pub-
lic spirited, and earnest men as commissioners, and the
superintendent should be a practical fisherman, aud it was
all t lie belter if lie was a fish culturist as well. It was im-
portant to stock the large lakes with salmon, trout, and
whiteflsh, and he believed that this could be accomplished
iu a few years. He suggested that the Canadian Govern-
ment would possibly assist. Black and Oswego bas9 and
wall eyed pike he suggested as the proper food for inland
waters.

Dr. G. II. Colton Salter, for many years United States
consul ut various ports in China, entertained the associa-
tion with a recital of some ol his experiences with the fish
and fishing in that kingdom. In a country so densely pop-
ulated as China, where for nge9 the ingenuity of man had
been tested to the utmost in supplying the wants of the
population, it was hut reasonable to suppose that the sci-
ence of pisciculture had attained a high degree of perfec-
tion. Some of their fish are not dissimilar to our own.
The sainli is identical with our shad, and the Doctor hud
euteu them on the Yang-Tsze, 1,000 miles from its mouth
The large lakes of TuujMing and the Poyang, communi-
cating directly with the Yang Tsze, afforded excellent fish-
ing and breeding grounds.

Prof. Gill, of ihe Smithsonian Institute, furnished the
association with a scientific discourse concerning the divi-
sions of ihe various families of fishes found in American
wuiers. With reference to the matter first brought for-
ward by Mr. Reeder as to the geographical distinction of
the species of bass known as the ealmoides aud nigricans,
he said thut ih his experiences the latter were found even
further South than the mlmoides.

During the day several oil paintings from nature of trout
salmon trout, California salmou, and grayling (the work of
Mr. Robert Wiseman) were exhibited.

After some formal resolutions, the thanks of the associ-
ation were tendered to Mr. Page and the other members of
his firm for placing the room at the disposal of the society.
Ihe meeting then adjourned.

MEETING OF FISH COMMISSIONERS.

—The pressure upon our columns this week prevents us
from publishing a report which we have on hand of a lec-
ture delivered by Hon. Theodore Lyman, State Fish Com-
missioner of Massachusetts, last week, before the Massa-
chusetts Anglers’ Association.

We have also some valuable official communications re-
lating to fish culture in Switzerland aud Austria, prepared
especially for Forest and Stream by Mous. Edward
Guyer, of Zurich, which we shall print next week.

A letter from Mr. N. W. Clark, of Northville, Michigan,
will receive our notice.

THE first annual meeting of the Fish Commissioners of
the various States was held Thursday at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. Among .those present were Professor S. F.
Baird, of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington; E. m!
Stillwell and Henry O- Stanley, of Maine; A. C. Fifleld,
of New Hampshire; M. C. Edmunds, of Vermont; E. A.
Brackett, of Massachusetts; Wm. M. Hudson, R. J. Pike
and James A. Bill, of Connecticut; J. H. Burden, of Rhode
Island; R. R. Roosevelt, of New York; J. P. Clark, of
Michigan; B. P. Howell, G. C. Anderson, J. It. Shotwell,
of New Jersey; H. J. Reeder, of Pennsylvania. There
were also present: C. G. Atkins, of Maine; T. B. Ferguson,
of Marylaud. Samuel Wilmot, from Ontario, Associate
Fish Commissioner of Canada, represented that Dominion
iu the conference. Among others present, not membors
were Mr. Milner, and Professor Gill, of the Smithsonian
Institute. The editors of Forest and Stream and
American. Sportsman were also courteously invited to
attend the meeting.

IIon.'R. B. Roosevelt was unanimously elected to the
chair. Dr. Hudson called attention to the fact that the
meeting was brought for the purpose of devising means of
co-operation; that through discussion of fishing interests
more knowledge of the subject might be disseminated and
that the Commissioners might be better known to each
other and with the plans of the different Stales.

I)r. J. W. Milner read a long paper summarizing the
present condition of pisciculture and giving suggestion for
the most effective action looking to a restoration of the
fisheries. He considered that the extension of railroads
throughout the country had opeued much more exten.ive
markets, that the enterprise of dealers in finding new
sources of trade had increased the demand, and that fisher-
men, incited thereby, had greatly improved their nets and
given increased energy to their occupation. Besides the
increased capture of fishes for food the establishment of
industrial enterprises iu the vicinity of streams had acted to
decrease the supply, through a pollution of the waters by
the means of deleterious drugs, etc. The subject of the
adaptability of different waters for various species was
discussed, and they were divided, with regard to their vari-
ous temperatures, into rivers, lakes aud ponds. The vari-
ous causes of disease arises from obstructions in the rivers,
preventing ascent to the spawning grounds, pollution of
waters from tho refuse of manufactories, etc., were con-
sidered, as well as the abuses of fishing and the presence of
predatory species. The paper deprecated protective legis-
lation, which had been in use since the middle ages iu
Europe, and from 1023 in this country, 351 separate laws
having beeu passed directly for the benefit of food fishes.
The inadequacy of these had been proved by experience.
The feasibility of artificial propagation had now been
hbunduuily proved. In Norway, Canada and Scotlaud
salmou had been successfully reared, and shad had in-
creased iu the Hudson and Connecticut rivers under scien-
titiic treatment, and numerous other species had also been
propaguted iu the waters of the interior.

Most of the Commissioners took part in the discussion
which followed, and gave interesting recitals of their per-
sonal experience, and the prospect of fish culture in their
several jurisdictions. Mr. Wilmot told what the Canadian
government wished to do on the Detroit River, bin for
want of similar action or interest on the part of the Michi-
gan authorities on the other side of the river, he thought
it would be necessary to ask the joint action of Congress,
but was at raid the jealous care of Slates right would lead
to opposition.

It was suggested that the question of legislation be re-
ferred to Professor Baird, with another suggestion that
the proposed action take the shape of a memorial to the
Senate in relation to international waters between Canada
and the United States, and be submitted to the Commis-
sioners for their signatures.

Professor Baird said that there were two parts to such a
movement; one related to legislation, the other to joint ac-
tion in the matter of hatching. If his appropriation from
Congress was sufficient, Professor Baird would not hesitate
to join hands at once in a fish propagating measure with
the Canadian authorities.

Commissioner Edmunds introduced the following resolu-
tion. to be presented to the Congress of the United’ States :
Whereas, There is a great decrease in the supply of food
fishes of our sea coast and in the international waters on
our northern frontier, therefore be it resolved that the Fish
Commissioners of the several States humbly petition your
honorable body to take some action in relation thereto.

Prof. Baird suggested thut his name should not be intro-
duced in the matter, the memorial standing by itself. He
thought it was only necessary to draw up the memorial in
the usual form, asking Congress to consider suitable laws
for the protection and multiplication of the fishes on
the northern border. The motion was then carried, and
the Convention adjourned subject to Prof. Baird’s call, the
place of meeting to be named by him.

— The Maine State Association for the Preservation of
Fish was incorporated last week, with John II. Kimball,
Bath, President; Wm. S. Badger, Augusta, Vice President;
J. W. Clapp, Secretary and Treasurer; a board of firteen
directors, also a committee of three, were elected. The
annual meeting of the association is to be held at Augusta
on the third Friday of January each year.

—A dispatch from Sioux City, dated February 2d, re-
ports that on the morning cf thut day Fish Commissioner
Charles Ilai ues deposited 5,000 young California salmon in
hloyd River, and intends putting the same number iu the
Big Sioux. Both rivers empty into the Missouri within
the city limits.

Mr. H. L Leonard, of Bangor, has just returned from
his trip to Sebec lake, whence he took 200,000 salmon eggs
from the Bucksport hatching works. Mr. Leonard has
charge of the hatching house at Sobec, and states that the
transfer was entirely successful.

— Messrs. E. M. Stilwell, and II. O. Stanley, of Dixfleld,
have beeu reappointed as Fish Commissioners of Maine.
Both gentlemen have proved very zealous and efficient.

— At the close of the late exhibition of the Mass. Poultry
Association at Boston, Mr. Fred. Mather wa9 presented
with an elegant silver mounted fishing-rod by Bradford and
Anthony, dealers in fishing tackle, &c., for Ills fine display
of ffsh and fish culture.

FOREST AND STREAM

21

POISONING AND OBSTRUCTING
WATERS.

THE

[FVo/n Proceeding* of American Fish Guitarists' Association .]

BY FltKD. MATHER.

FROM all over the land there is a murmur of complaint
about the pollution of our creeks and rivers by man-
ufacturing companies, dyeing establishments, saw' mills,
and the like; and while the General Government, States,
and individuals are working to re-stock our nenrly ex-
hausted rivers, lakes, and streams, this pollution is allowed
to go on unheeded and unchecked.

The murmur is gradually getting louder, and will ere
long, we hope, reach the ears of our legislators in a tone
loud enough to attract their l.nmediate attention
The flowing waters, and the large lakes are part of our
public domain, and no man, or body of men, should be
allowed to defile them; yet it has been done almost without
protest for years past, and will continue to be practiced for
years to come, unless the attention of the people is called
to it in u manner that shows to them that their vital in-
terests are affected by it, and that the efforts of their Fish
Commissioners, who are trying to increase their supply of
food, are being continually thwarted by the greed of a few
men, who, to save themselves the expense of draining
their ■ poisonous refuse into the soil, where it might te
rendered harmless in Nature’s laboratory, make sewers of
our brooks and rivers. So also the dweller on small
streams is cut. off from his supply of fish, which have al-
ways ascended his brook, by the miller who has just built
a dam across it lower down. The State of New York has
a law covering the latter case, but it needs enforcing sadly,
It provides that “every person building or maintaining n
dam upon any of the fluvial waters of this State, which
darn is higher than two feel, shall likewise build and main-
tain during the months of March, April, May, September,
October and November, for the purpose of the passage of
fish, a sluiceway in the said channel at least one foot in
depth at the edge of the dam, und of the proper width,
with four inch-square cross pieces upon the bottom of the
sluiceway three feet apart, which sluiceway shall be placed
at an angle of not more than seven degrees, and extending
cutirely to the running water below the dam, and said
sluiceway shall be protected on each side by an apron at
least one foot in height, to confine the water therein.”

The penalty for non compliance with this act is $25 for
each month’s violation.

This is a recognition of the rights of the people to have
unobstructed passage for their fish; but in regard to
poisoning, the New York law says:—

"No persons shall place in auy fresh water
stream, lake, or pond, without the consent of the
owner, any lime, or other deleterious substauce, with
intent thereby to injure, poison, or catch fish, nor place in
any pond or lake stocked with, or inhabited by trout, bass,
pike, pickerel or sunfisb, any drug or other deleterious
substauce with intent to destroy such trout or other fish.”
This is a “misdemeanor,” and is punishable by $100 fine
in addition to any damage done. The weakness of this
section is in not including rivers, and in the words, "with
intent to destroy such trout or other fish.”

Any vagabond can get out of this by declaring that he
only wanted to kill vegetation, snakes, or turtles. The
amendments of 1872 provide, sec. 18:—

"No person or corporation shall throw, or deposit any
coal tar, refuse from gas houses, or other deleterious sub-
stances, or cause the same to run or flow into, or upon any
of the rivers, lakes, ponds, or streams of this Stale, under
a penalty of $50 for each offence, in addition to liability
for all damage he muy have done; but this section shall
not npply to streams of flowing water which constitute the
motive power of the machinery for manufacturing estab-
lishments, where it is necessary for the manufacturing pur-
poses carried on in such establishments to throw from, or
run the refuse matter aud material thereof into such
stream.”

The last clause emasculates the whole section, and makes
a mockery of all legislation on the subject. I have seen
the dead fish in the bayous (or creeks as they are impro-
perly called) below Albany on the west side of the Hudson
from the refuse of the Analine works, which came in
through the city sewers.

It is a hard matter to poison a large river like the Hud-
son, and do it thoroughly from end to end, a fact that we
may be devoutly thankful for; but in times of low water
in that river I have no doubt that the baleful influence of
Albany's dye and chemical works extends to the shad
hatching grounds, ten miles below.

In the report of the Maine Fishery Commission for 1873,
page 13, they say, in speaking of the shad fishery on the
Kennebec :—

“A careful exploration by Mr. Brown for the spawning
ground of the shad at Topsham and Brunswick discovered
that they had been driven from their old haunts by the re-
fuse turned into the river by the Perkins paper mill."

Last season while at Holyoke, Mass., 1 made a few en-
quiries to learn if possible to what extent, if any, the 6had
grounds on the Connecticut were affected by the refuse of
the mills immediately above, and on the same side of the
river with them. Being then engaged in transporting shad
fry from there to the tributaries of the Mississippi and the
Great Lakes, for the United States Fish Commission, I had
no opportunity to investigate the effect of the poisons, but
developed the following facts in regard to their amount.
Just below the great dam, and within five hundred feet of
the fishway, arc three large factories the first of these is

lime will re cower; but it is not so. except perhaps in very
shght cases. Thero is so much water in the Connecticut
hat a large fish may get out of a poisoned streak in a short
time but not so with newly hatched fry, who might bo
caught in it, and who would have to swim perhaps several
times their owu length to find pure water ”

That the substances mentioned arc deadly poisons to fish
is very evident; the only thing to be taken into considera-
tion, is the amount of such poison us compared to the vol-
ume of water and its consequent dilution. On the subject
ol ordinary sewage from cities I am not prepared to speak;
by ordinary sewage “please understand the drainage of
private houses, water closets, wash of streets, and oilier
things, not including factories using dyeing and bleaching
chemicals. That this is regarded as poisonous to fish in
England is evident by the following article from “ Land
and Water" of Nov. 14th, 1874:—

Cray River Pollution.— Vague rumors have reached
me (not through an exactly official channel) that the sew-
age now running into the Cray is to be carried in a sewer
or sewers to an outfall about iwo miles north of Hartford.
Now, though I am in no way connectrd with, and have no
claim to the attention of, the sanitary authorities who have
the matter in hand, I do hope that they will bestow some
thought on what follows before taking such a courso as
this Next session, there is every reason to believe that
1 arl lament will pass a comprehensive measure for the pro
vention of pollntion of livers. Is it not probable that this
bill will deal with mouths and estuaries as with upper
waters* It so, will it not include Dartford (and Barking
too, for that matter)? This seems to be the only just
straightforward way of dealing with the matter. It would
in the case of the Barking outfall involve great alterations
and many different interests would be concerned in such a
change; but why not? The end of this note may supply
a sonuion of this question. Othc-wise, no one would know
where the functions of the Act would terminate. Every
interested person would view the quostion through his own
spectacles; and there would be no eud of litignlion I say
again, as I have already said in your columns, either use
your sewage on land in season, or precipitnte it altogether
but do not let it foul water, either in lake, river, or sea’
There is no excuse for harboring refuse and beastliness
about us, as there are several really practicable ami work-
able processes available for the treatment of sewage aiul
refuse; notably the Universal Charcoal and Sewage Com-
pany. This company utilize by carbonization all vegetable
and auimal refuse, as street sweepings, etc., of towns and
villages, and with that they state that they are able to pre-
cipitate the sewage so thoroughly that fish will live for
months in the effluent water. Knowing the powers of
charcoal, I quite believe all this. Moreover, the manure
produced by this process is very rich, as is attested by sci-
entific evidence of no mean order. This company are pre-
pared, on the one hand, to get rid of all offal and unsalable
street refuse; and on the other, to precipitate sewage so
that the effluent is perfectly harmless. Now all this is very
satisfactory, and demands a fair and impartial trial by
some really expert scientist. Be this how it may, and not
for one moment laying claim to any such title, if the com-
pany think fit to semi me somq of their charcoal I shall be
very happy to put it to a severe, test, and acquaint your
readers with the result. In speaking thus of th0 above
company. I mean by no word of mine to disparage any
others; many are very valuable, and many experiments
must be made, on various kinds and samples of sewage, in
order to determine that which may be most applicable' in
individual circumstances. All I would say to everybody at
work at sewage is: Don’t go und run it away down rivers
estuaries, or seas; do something with it; or, at any rate try
every experiment before doing so. Sewage varies, and
must be treated accordingly. For my own part, I do not
believe that taking out and utilizing the Cray sewage would
cost one shilling more (ou both sides of the river) than to
run it out into the outfall at Darford. For instance I know
that, within about half a mile on either side of this house,
there is one house on one side and eight or nine ou the
other. All these can use either earth or cburcoal; but must
be made to do so— prejudice is so strong in favor of old
methods. What we want is a pure river and river bed;
this latter we can hardly expect for some time under any
circumstances, as there is a very great and dense mass of
filth in the river, but, if all unite, north and west, and
without any petty considerations of se'f interest, ’ and
without any spirit of Bumbledom, we may have 'it at
last.”

the Carew Paper Company; second, the Hampshire Paper
Company; third, the Glasgow Gingham Company. The first
two discharge from »ne to two tons of chloride of lime per
day, each; while the amount of dye stuffs, etc., emptied
into the river by the latter will probably make the entire
amount of villainous ingredients, foot up to between four
and five tons per day of chloride of lime, acids, and dye
stuff. The fishery and spawning grounds are about half a
mile below, in a bend where the greater portion of
this must be carried. This, in connection with from
thirty to forty mills on the other side of the river, which are
discharging (or were in July last) into the canals, or river,
the same substances in greater or less quantity, must have
a terrible effect upon the fish, especially those yet in the
embryo stage.

A well informed angler says: —

“They say that fish that are poisoned with chloride of

Another writer in the same paper says:

“The surface of our rivers appear as if covered with oil
or other fat substance. May this not be caused by the ma-
nures now put on the land, making the fish soshvand timid*
It would be worth the while of oiir Fishery Commissioners
to inquire Into it while at the pollutious inquiry ”

This subject is new to us, but is well worthy our atten-
tion. So fur, wc have bent our energies to producing fish
in vast numbers, with but little consideration of the many
delicate conditions necessary to their future growth ; and,
in my opinion, if the rivers were as pure to-day as when
our forefathers landed on Plymouth Rock, there would
now be the same immense shoals of salmon, shad and ale-
wives ascending our rivers that there were then, multiplied
tenfold by our methods of artificial propagation.

Fish Portraits.— At the Fish Culturists' meeting last
week Mr. Robert R. Wiseman, of Utica, exhibited four
exquisite oil portraits of fish, painted from life at the Cale-
donian Hatch House, now under the supervision of A. S.
Collins, Esq., who rendered him very material assistance.
They represented the salmon, salmon trout, speckled trout
and grayling. The latter was an object of much interest,
and, we learn, secured several orders for copies. 3Ir.
Wiseman is a naturalist as well as urtist, and has devoted
much time and attention to the study of fish and game.

— Seth Green regards the instinct of salmon fry to
return to their native streams, as an Insuperable obstacle
to the successful introduction of Pacific salmon into eastern
waters — which remains to be proved.

4Hzfurxl fiistorn.

GREAT FOSSIL

BIRDS

PARK.

nr Ft>rtuf and Stream.

FOR CENTRAL

'T'HROUGH the favor of Mr. C. F. Holder, of the Mu-
A scum of Natural History at Central Park, to whom
our renders have been indebted for valuablo and entertain,
mg articles relating to the great fossil bird of New Zealand,
called the “moa,” wo havo beon furnished with a photo-
graph of tnc collection of skeletons ns they stood In their
section at the Canterbury Museum, at Christ Church. Now
Zealand, from which we roproduco in our engraving this
week all their anatomical features, together with such ad-
jacent objects as will onablc U9 to comprehend the gigantic
size of these birds. Wo learn also from Mr. Holder that
invoices have been received at tho Central Park Museum,
advising of the shipment to Now York of those self same
skeletons, and they are now en route.

— It is said that a benevolent lady up town, who is a
compositor's wife, intends presenting each of the printers
in the city with a pair of woolen mittens, bo that they ean
have warm fingers and pick up the type better this freez-
ing weather.

About a year siuce Dr. Huast, tho director of Cunlcrbury
Museum, Christ Church, New Zealand, communicated
with the trustocs of tho American Museum in Central
Park with refercnco to the cxcbnmru of specimens of natu-
ral hisloly. He 6ent a list of species of tho remark-
able fossil birds that had lately hern found near their ool-
ouy, aud intimated a desire to part wiili certain duplicaies
by exebango. The British Museum were ndvbod of tho
opportunity as well; but tho American Museum “stood
not on the order of going,” but went at onco, and cabled a
telegram to New Zealand direct, saying:— “Wo will tako
them." Consequently tho New World Museum is alone In
possession of tho most extraordinary collection of fossils
yet brought to the eye of science, excepting those retained
at New Zealand. It is oxpocted that the birds will arrive
here in tho course of a few weeks, ns they were shipped
about the middle of December. Thu invoice gives the fol-
lowing items. In ten cases uro contained as follows:—

No. 1 contains complete skeleton of Dinomis maxin.vs.
No. 2 contains complete skeleton of Metouornu didif-rm.it.
No. 3 contains complete skeleton )f E/ryapteryz rheutes.
No. 4 contains complete skeleton of JJinornit gracilis.

No. 6 contains complete skeleton of Ey-yupteiyz gravis.
No. 6 contains complete skeleton of Patapteryz Ciassos
No. 7 contains complete skeleton of Mclonomis casuaru
nus.

No. 8 contains complete skeleton of Patapteryz elephan-
topus.

Nos. 9 and 10 contain separate hones of all the abo7o
species, aud those of Dinornis ingen* D struthioides, and
1). robustus, Aptornis did if arm is, and uai-pugornis Moarei.

The complete skeletons are very handsomely mounted,
and ho arranged that they may ho roudily taken apart lor
study or transportation.

There are enumerated with the specimens not complete
hones of all the species, young as well as adult— the tra-
cheal wings, stones taken from the region of tho stomach,
several diseased hones, etc., etc. It will he seen that thero
are here five distinct species (eifl’ht specimens) complete as
skdetons, besides five other species less perfect.

We have already given a detailed account of the discov-
ery of these birds in former numbers of Forest and
Stream. It 1b interesting, In this connection, to know
that the eggs of a greut bird of this family have be n found
in Madagascar. A cast of one in the American Museum,
Central Park, measures fourteen inches in length.

—A Staten Island correspondent states that in feeding
pound trout he finds they prefer raw beef to worms, grass-
hoppers, or anything else, and argues that anglers will
therefore do well |o uso beef for bait in fishing for trout.

22

FOREST AND STREAM-

FLUKES IN DEERS’ LIVERS.

Philadelphia, Fcbrnaty 12, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream —

"Pacific" doe* an Injustice to your Intelligent correspondent “J. II.
B.” whom I know to be, n» yon remark, a close observer. HI* discovery
tli at the biliary ducts of the deer arc Infested with "flakes’’ ulUtorna
hepa/ieum. or fasciola tupatlca ) Is a most Interesting and valnable one.
It lias been denied by some veterinary surgeons that this parasite I* In-
digenous or even exists in this country, and that our elieep conld not be
infested with It. excont through imported subject*. But 1 have detect-
ed It In my own sheep, in which It existed a* an accompaniment of tho
rot, and I have nlso fonnd It In a flock at Babylon, L 1. Nowthatlt
has been found in our native deer (und I expect It will ulso be fonnd
pre-ent In the liver of the antelope a* well, and probably In that of the
Rocky Mountain sheep); the fact that It 1* more widely prevalent among
our sheep than has been supposed or admitted, mny he accounted for.
The discovery Is of great Interest, not only to sportsmen, naturalist*,
and veterinary surgeons, but to farmers, who arc very much concerned
In the knowledge that it is Indigenous, and their flocks may be subject
to It wherever deer, antelope, rabbits, or hnres are found, or have rc-
ccnllyoxlstnd, for all these animals maybe bearers of the ‘flukes.’’
That there I* no morn deadly discaso than that kuown as the "liver rot"
or the "rot" to which sheep are subject, makes It very important for ns
to know as much ns posslblo of the natural history of the parasite to
which the disease Is attrlontod, or by which It Is always accompanied.
Sportsmon should nil be closo and accurate .observers, for they have
many opportunities of gathering valuable facts In natural history. Nev-
ertheless. there are very few who can tell you how many teeth a deer hne
upon the lower Jaw more than the upper, or whether the deer has a gall
bladder or not. How few, too, ever search tho viscera of tho animals
thoy kill for parasltos. Hbnrt Stewart.

RE-ANIMATION OF FROZEN FISH.

Pnu.ADEi.pniA, February 13, 1815.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Noticing remarks In your issue of Fob. 11th on Suspended Animal Ion
bv Freezing. 1 would soy, 1 am In the nqnnrlum business in this city,
and havo opportunities to observe this phenomenon. During a severe
cold spell, which lasted from Saturday until Tuesday, I had suspended
In my show window a small globe, containing about n half pint of water
aud a small gold fl«h. Upon opening the store on Monday morning 1
found the water frozen solid, witn the Ileh lying on Its side on the bottom
of the globe. It remained lu thl* condition till Tuesday noon, when the
Ice having melted, It regained Its equilibrium and swam nbout with its
accustomed uctivity. This happened since with the same fish, In the
same globe, and in tho same situation; and to day It swims nbout as
usual. I have long been familiar with the fact of fish undergoing sus-
pended animation, mid furnish those detail# for tbo satisfaction of your
correspondent A. 11. Mowry. Yours truly, E. W. Taxis.

[We have several letters to print on this subject. — Ed.]

DaVENPOHT, MASSACHUSETTS, )

February 2, 1875. |

Edttou Forest and Stream-.—

A few days since a bnltl or white-headed eagle, ( JlaUatus
Uucortpfuilus,) was shot at Rowley, Mass. , by Edward
Richardson. A Might dcscriplion of these birds may not
be out of place; they are large and powerful, with a strong
curved beak and sharp claws; tbeir plumage is of a deep
brown, with the exception of the head and tail, which are
white. These beauiilul birds are occasionally Been soaring
in wide sweeping circles far above, though no motion ot
tho wings is visible; they rise higher and higher till lost
from view. They seldom bleed, except in retired spots
near Hie 6ea or other large body of water, where they build
a bulky nest of large slicks, twigs, sea-weed and moss,
which is nearly flat, and is generally placed in the fork of
a dead tree. Instances nre recorded of their breeding far
inland. .1 . A. Allen says that “this species sometimes
breeds on Mount Tom, about twenty miles north of Spring-
field, Mass." These birds are rare in New England. There
are one or two tine specimens in the Museum of the Pen-
body Academy of Science, at Salem, which were shot in
Essex County. Yours truly, A. F. Q.

Calais, Me., February 1, 187?.

Editor Forest and Stream —

In rending Nimrod's account of the whlto head eagle catching his own
fish (which, by llie way, is not uncommon), I was remiuded bow one
went fishing for himself, Instead of letting the fl*h hawk do his Ashing,
and caught a Tmar, or something worse. Two fishermen were attending
their weirs on oar river, whoa thoy observed a whlto bead eagle strike
something upon tbo surface of the water, and the suine iu-tant it gave
a scream of distress, and with outstretched wings it was most suddenly
taken under tho water. After full ten minutes, It appeared upon the sur-
face apparently llfelosa. It was taken Into the boat, aud after a time
began to show signs of life; lu about an hour It stood upon its feet, was
brought to mo ami kept allvo thirty-two days, In which time it never
partook of a morsol of food, although supplied with abundance, ami after
•o loug a fuet It appeared strong and well, and its body is , julle plump.
The flehermen conld not tell what tho caglo caught, or what caught the
eagle— possibly a largo seal Yours truly, Geo. A. Boardman.

Northampton, Mass., February 6, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

Nolicing "L. W. L.V communication In regard to the Corythns
EnucUa(or, I wo ild say that about once In 11 Vo years they are quite plenty
here; at other times quite rare. I shot thirteen ouo day recently, and as
is my usual custom, examined the contents of tbeir stomachs, and found
they contained plno bnds exclusively, although shot amongst birches.
I have seen them amoug spruce, but nover saw thorn i-ullng the buds.
Will E D , of Montreal, please give a more dotlnito description of (ho
bhd described by him in your laat Issue? Most respectfully,

G. W. ClUTTEDNEN.

ghe gunnel.

Rocks Pedigree.— We publish to-day (lie pedigree of
Mr. Lulher Adams' celebrated dog “Rock,” recently arrived
on this 6ide of the Atlantic, and whose history was given
some weeks ago in this journal. The pedigree of Mr.
Hackett's first prize Birmingham setter Rake, a descendant
of this same strain, was printed in our issue of January
21st, and is therefore omitted here.

Kentucky Bench Show.— The first annual exhibition
and tournament of the Kentucky State Sportsmen’s Asso-
ciation will be held at Paris, Ky., May 18th, 19th, and20lh—
prizes for class shootlug aud bench show of setters and
pointers. We shall print programme and rules in our next
i isue.

— A letter from Mr. E. W. Hope, of Riverside, La Grange,
Missouri, renewing his challenge, will appear next week.

PEDIGREE OF FIELD TRIAL SETTER DOG “ROCK.'

"HOCK" wo* bred by Barclay Field, Murk Lane, London: Imported and owned hy Luther Adams, Boston. This strain of setter has 11
clear pedigree extending back for more than eighty y<-nri through the Laveruck blood, and lias now the most successful prize winners a1
shows and Held trlalaof any strain of getter in Greut Britain.

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GENTLEMEN’S SPORTING
NEW YORK.

KENNEL OF

THE idea of establishing a kennel for the gentlemen
sportsmen of New York originated with Dr. Stra-
chan, of this city, and is supported by Messrs. Bennett, Doug-
las, and Lamson, gentlemen whose wealth and enterprise
give fair promise of developing it into something of which
American sportsmen mny be proud. Dr. L. has been long
known as the promoter of fine breeds of pointers and set-
ters, some of which were imported to this country by the
late Sir Frederick Bruce, the British minister, who was an
enthusiastic sportsman. The Doctor has done a great deal
in pnst years in a private way to advance the interest in
fine breeds of dogs. His dogs have never been in the mar-
ket, although perhaps he lias given away to gentlemen
sportsmen a large number of very valuable specimens, and
claims to have some of the finest pointers and setters in
the country in his possession. Of late they have increased
to such a number that the plan of starting a gentleman’s
breeding kennel was suggested by him, and the aforesaid
gentlemen readily took up the scheme; the chief object
being to breed upon scientific principles, aud by careful
selections to establish strains of dogs which cannot be im-
proved in any country. A systematic book of pedigrees
will be kept, and no dogs allowed to live or go from tiie
kennel not likely to bring credit upon it. The object
will not be to sell dogs, but after a lime there will always
be a few surplus dogs, by which the public may benefit.

The kennel is to be situated in Orange county, under the
care of Dr. Slrachan’s trainer and celebrated shot, Dock.
Stuart, whose fame in woodcraft aud as a breaker of dogs
is widespread. The dogs already in the kennel number
about thirty, including five separate strains of setters and
pointers, amongst them Mr. Bennett’s black, tan, and white
brace of Gordon setters, for which he paid $1,000 in gold
in England. The bitch has at present a beautiful litter of
half a dozen puppies.

-♦•*-

IMPORTING AND INBREEDING.

„ „ Boston, Feb. 8th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The perusal of an article in last weeks’ "Sportsman," printed from
Borxcss’ Book on Doga, which is in press, has suggested n query to my
mind which 1 think yon are able to give an answer to, namely, whether
the practice of Inbreeding to the extent to which It is done by the best
English dog tuuciers, and notably by Mr. Laveruck, has not been carried
about as fut as is advisable. It was the careful consideration of the
Lnvcrack bitch Fairy’s pedigree that raised the doubt in my inlud us to
whether a new strain would not Improve the stock

The pedigree of this bitch, imported and owned by Mr. Raymond, is
given In full for eight gen. rations, or rather strictly speaking for six ;
but the breeding of some of the dogs who appeur in the last, or rather
first generation of Oils pedigree, is carried back two generations futther,
In the accompanying pedigree of " Pride of the Border.’’ From this
pedigree It appears that Fatty tuns right hack for eight generations, to
the same two— namely Ponto and Old Moll.

Take thecase of hcrgrandapi. Bell 2d; herdam und sire were own brolher
and sister, f. <r., Rock 2d aud Cora, cut of Jet 1st, by Regent ; so that In-

stead of four grandparents, she only had two, and they were brother and sis-
ter, out of Mol) 2d by Pilot, so that Belle only had two great-grandparent*
instead of eight, and her grcnt-grnndparents, being brother and sister, hot
grcat-grent-grnndpnrents numbered two Instead of sixteen, the two be-
ing Dash 1st and Bell 1st, who laslly were brother and sister by Ponto,
out of Old Moll— these last representing what, without uny in-breeding
would have been thirty-two great-great-great grandparents.

The family of this bitch Fairy carried buck eight generations, which
without in breeding should consist of 255 individuals, does, In point nf
fact, consist of nineteen, viz:— Ponto, Old Moll, Moll, 2nd and 3d ; Pi
lot, Rock, 1st and 2nd ; Peg, Dash 1st. and 2nd ; Bell. 1st and 2nd ; Re-
gent, Jet, Cora, 1st and 2nd; String and Fairy. Now, without wishing
to set my opinion against that of men who hnve made a stndy and occu
palion of this matter, it does seem to tne that in this case in-breeding ha-
been carried, I will not say too fur, but far enough, and I think that If I
weie fortunate enough to own such dogs ns Fairy and Pride of the Bnr
der, who is nbout the same descent, I should try very hard to find some-
thing worthy of being crossed with them.

There is no fact In medical science better established by stnlislici
carefully collected by good observers, than that, the progeny of blood re-
lations, in the human race, have o decided tendency to idiocy, cretinism,
and that form of low vitality and imperfect nutrition which is known
ns ecroTula. On the oilier band, I know that desert islands have been
populated by the progeny of a single pair of goats or rubbits, and that
far as knowing there has been no depreciation in the quality of tho
!-tock. It is well known, also, that a singlo pair of trout will in time
stock u pond, but are these not the two extremes, and is it. not probable
that ns we go higher in the animal scale and approach nearer to the men-
tal perfection of the hitman race, and certainly the dog and horse stand
well up In tlint scale, we may find more and mere tendency to snller from
the effects of breeding in ?

Of conrsc it will be said that theorizing is very well, but tho foci i«
that it is by this very in-breeding that the magnificent strain of the mod-
ern English setter has been obtained. Granted, but by what careful se-
lection and weeding out of the weak and sickly ones has Mils been done
I do not speak from knowledge, but I rather think that in a litter of mips
from a pair of thoroughbred Laverocks, there will be very apt to be t" ’
or three that nre not up to the mark as far ns physical strength goes.

And what Is to us of greater imporlance ; lias it yet been proved that
these highly-bred dogs have the constitution to stand our severe climate,
and to do work iu our brambly thickets, and icy meadows, such as no
English dog. used to ranging through turnip fields and wheat stubble,
nnd the spinneys and fore-ts of a well-kept park, ever dreamed of ' >
would not have it supposed that I undervalue the imported dog ; fat
from it. Nobody appreciates these good qualities, and honors the energy
and enthusiasm of those gentlemen who have brought them over, lunt-'
than I, but I do know that, even for use in England, the in-brecdiDg b«
been carried far enough, nnd am also convinced that their usefulness on
this side of the water is not to perpetuate the Lavernck or Gordon strain,
but to improve our own stock, and, by judicious breeding, eotabli-ba
strain of dogs stilted for our own use, and I firmly believe that could
the same time, intelligence and capital be gtvcD to it here as in England
it wouldbe but a very few years before we had dogs that could not be
equalled in the world. Apart from tho advantage to be got, ns it seems to
me, in constitution and endurance, by throwing In a fresh etraiu of blood,

I am a firm believer in the fact that not only natural gifts and lnstlncD.
such as nose, steadiness, speed, etc., are inherited, but also the acquired
habits. That is to say, I believe that a dog whose parents and grand
parents have retrieved, will bo easier taught to than one not so descended
Every sportsman must have noticed mannerisms in the way of ivorkifC
of a pup when first taken ont, which cull to mind the old dog. I f3"
that you in your last week’s issue, gave the very sensible advice of iru
porting a dog that was to be shot over, young enough to break here. I1,
you not think you can go a step farther und say that the best result con 1
be probably got by crossing tlie best English blood with some of out own
beststmius. I had no idea or tresspassing to such no extent on jont
space, but the subject to me is an Interesting one, and I should value
your opinion on it very much. Yours, sincerely,

Doctor

P s —Since writing tho above, I see that very strong ground is taken

FOREST AND STREAM

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•gainst " Incestuous breeding." at least a? far as the horse goes, in au
editorial article in the Turf, Field and Farm of last Friday D.

[The views our correspondent advances in regard to im-
ported dogs, and the inbreeding of setters and pointers,
will be sustained by skillful experienced sportsmen. The
rough heavy covers of this country require a more rugged
dog than such as are generally imported from England
where inbreeding is, in our opinion, often carried to too
great an extent. We have on several occasions, however,
succeeded in getting out from England and Ireland, and
have seen in the hands of others, some exceedingly valua-
ble stock dogs which, crossed with our native stock, pro-
duce strong rugged stylish dogs, able to stand any amount
of work they may be called upon to do. We are fully con-
vinced after over forty years experience that we have
strains of setters in this country, the Gildersleeves for in-
stance, which have been kept pure, and these dogs crossed
with some of those recently imported would produce such

stock as Is required for our shooting.]

DROPPING TO SHOT.

Washington, January 30, lfl'5.

Eniron Forest and Stream:—

In Captain Bognrdna’ excellent summary of forty years of Held sports,
I find the flrst objection that I have ever met with in print, or from any
sportsman, to the almost universal practice of requiring the heated aud
excited dog to come to a down charge at the shot. Sportsmen will be
more ready to accept his conclusions ns correct when it is morj generally
known among them that one of the marching regulations of the British
troops in India forbids any man lying down in the sunshine during
the mid day halt; the fearful prevalence of sunstroke occurring during
the very hours of rest, before this regulation was enforced, was its cause.

The sportsman knows that game thrown on the ground becomes
tainted much earlier than when hang at some moderate height above it.
The intense rays of the snn in the clear dry air of our and prairies
seldom raise the temperature of the air above 110° or 113°, but the
ground subjected for honre without shelter or escape to these rays will
force up the thermometer to 140°— perhaps even higher. Now, the dog
lying ou this heited couch, exposed to these same rays, is very much in
the same condition as the Eastern shad or Western white flsh, when
bound to the heated plank and set upright before the sportsman's lire.
This, a simple philosophical fact, explains the reasons of the effects
which bavo led Captain Bogardus to his just conclusions. The practice,
harmless perhaps, under the watery skies and upon the grassy mends of
England, from which we got the custom, is fatal on Western prairies,
and probably throughout most of the country over which our sportsmen
follow their game. It Is a singular Instance or the persistence of a cus-
tom transplanted to a country Into which it should never huvo made
entrance. M. C. M.

Seal. — What, can I do to prevent the hair of my setter from coming
out? ft starts bad, and makes the folks lots of extra work in the house.
If yon con inform me of a remedy l think you wdl do much to advance
“doggy’s” welfare and reap inauy thunks from the ladies, who often urc
obliged in cold weather to have them in the house,

Ans.— Keeping your settei too much in a warm place
causes his hair to fall off.

J. J. S., New Brighton, Pu — I have a valuable pointer dog, fifteen
months old. Ho had the distemper last May, of which I thought he was
cured. I hunted him nearly every day during the season, and he appeared
lively and well, and is so yet, with the exception of eyes bloodshot, mid
scratches as though he had (lens, but has none. I used cast lie soap and
acetate of lead as a wash, but does not seem to do much go od. Can you
advise a remedy? If a fine bred bitch have pups to a cur dog and should
be afterwards bred to a good dog, wonld the offspring be of any ac-
count? I received a pointer pup of good stock, but I notice lie has very
large fore feet which are webbed; is it not something unusual?

Ans— 1st. Keep your pointer in a comfortable clean place,
feed very little meat, feed corn bread or mush, and give
him n tea spoon full of flour of sulphur two or three times
a week. 2d. Yes. hut iu the best kennels in England such
bitches are sometimes discarded from the kennel. 3d. A
pooler pup with such feet we would not consider worth
breaking.

Sanoiio, Bergen Point.— I have a valuable setter who seems to be af-
fected with pain in his head and left ear. which I think to be cauker.
He will shake his head frequently, and violenlly scrntch the same often
with his hind paws unmercifully. Tho reason why I urn bothered is, he
shows no signs of pain when the car Is squeezed near its root, nnd seems
rather to enjoy it. I can discover nothing unusual about his head or iu-
sidc of the ear. He lias been troubled about three weeks. By giving
me yonr opinion and what I shall do to relieve him, you will cotifer a
greut favor upon one of your earliest subscribers.

Ans. — Your setter, in all probability is effected with con-
ker. Dissolve 20 grains of sulphate of copper in 8 oz.
water, and work some of the solution into the ear effected
as well as you can, three or four times, and a cure will be
likely to be effected.

Challenge Cup. — We offer for competition a silver cup
for the best pair of setter puppies — dog and bitch — under
nine months of age- Puppies to be shown at this office on
Wednesday next February 24th at midday. We would
respectfully ask the following gentlemen to act as judges:
Horace Smith, Theo. Morford, A. Gubner, R. Robinson,
George Lampheur, Eugene II. Sliorb, and Fred. S.
Underbill.

Blooming Grove Park.— A special meeting of the
Blooming Grove Park Association was held Saturday, Feb-
ruary 13th, at No. 37 Park Row, Col. Sanders D. Bruce,
President, in the chair.

The objects of the meeting were briefly stated to be the
discussion of arrangements for the coming season, and pro-
posed disposition of shares forfeited for non-puymeut of
annual dues.

A committee was appointed to attend the annual election
at the Park in March, and the nomination of officers for
the ensuing year was made.

A communication from Prof. Vanger, of Switzerland, on
the introduction of a new species of large brook trout, was
read by Mr. F. S. Giles, and the Secretary directed to com-
municate with Prof. Baird on the subject.

Mr. Hallock offered some suggestions respecting the
sowing of wild rice in the lakes.

From the report of the Secretary it appears that the
introduction of black bass into the lakes has been very
successful. The herd of deer was increased by eight fawns
last Spring. The Blooming Grove stream lias been re-
stocked with trout, and new works commenced. Ruffed

rouse are abundant. The paths from the luke to the club

ousc have been graded and drained.

A committee was appointed to arrange for the anonal
dinner, and the meeting adjourned.

Jra and §iver fishing.

FISH IN SEASON IN FEBRUARY.

SOUTHERN WATERS.

Pompano. Trout (black ba-si. SheepshoiuL

Snapper. Drum (two species). Tullorflsh.

Grouper. Klugflsh. Sea Boss.

Rockflsb. Striped Bass.

— Fisn in Market.— The continued cold weather 1ms
operated to make flsh dearer than they were last week.
Codfish have advanced to 1.1 cents per pound; blue flsh are
worth the same price (haddock, 12 cents; salmon trout, 20
cents; white fish, 20 cents; smelts, 20 cents; shcepshead
from Charleston, 28 cents; sea bass, 20 cents; shad, 40 to
60 cents; halibut, 20 to 25 cents, stripped bass, 30 ccuts;
eels, 25 cents; turbot, 25 ceuts.

—Fishing for bass is proving a profitable pastime at
Prekskill just now.

—The attention of our readers is called to tho advertise-
ment of salmon fishing privileges to lease in the river
Romainc, district of Gaspe, Canada. The flsh there run as
high as fifty pounds weight, and the river is one of the
most accessible and desirable to be offered. We will give
any information on application. The chance should be
jumped at.

We would also call attention to the salmon leases ad-
vertised by Mr. Whitcher, the Fishery Commissioner of
Canada. The demand for these rivers can be estimated by
the fact that only fourteen leases are advertised this year
against thirty-seven last year. In the course of a year or
two leases will command a premium; and as they may run
for nine yeare, it will be well for our anglers to avail
themselves of the opportunity now offered.

—The Cape Ann Advertiser notices a petition to repeal
the law providing for an Inspector General of flsh, on the
ground that he is useless, and a tax upon tho business. It
says a deputy flsh inspector’s brund on mackerel bad some
significance, and Jtlie buyer could [rely upon it in the pur-
chase and selling of fish, without oponing the packages.
That time 1ms gone by now, as tho brands arc counterfeited
by dealers south and west, the flsh oftentimes repacked,
and poorer qualities substituted in barrels branded the
best. The office 1ms become a sinecure, mixed up with
politics, and given to men who know nothiug of the busi-
ness. As a class, those engaged in the mackerel and pickled
flsh business are honest and pains taking, but it is vory diffi-
cult to counterbalance the other class who nmko it a busi-
ness to defraud.

—The number of fishiug arrivals at Gloucester for the
week ending February 11th, was twelve— four from Grand
Banks, two from La Have, one from Western Batiks, four
herring cargoes from Forture Bay, and one from New
Brunswick. The number of halibut brought in was 135,000,
codfish 70.000. Halibut 1ms sold at $12 and 10* per cwt. Cod-
fish $2. The cold weuthcr has since closed up tho harbor, and
seriously interferes with the operations of tho sltoro fishing
fleet aud the sailing of the Georgesmen. There arc fully
fifty sails ice-bound, and perhaps as many more nre caught
in the ice outside. It is a hard case for the fishermen
whose experiences may be best realized by the condition of
the schooner F. J. Babson, which arrived last week. The
Cape Ann Advertiser says :—

*> She was about as badly iced up as any vessel ever seen
in this port, and large crowds visited her during the after-
noon. Her bows were one solid mass of ice, presenting
curious and fantastic shapes as it hung from cut water,
bowsprit and bulwarks. Her decks urnl stern were also
covered; the jib-stays and shrouds having an ice covering
which rendered them the size of a stove pipe. Half-way
up her masts the icy covering extended, the whole present-
ing a sight well worth witnessing.”

—The fishing in the Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario, during
last week has been very good. Bass and pickerel have
been taken in large quantities by the fishermen, who catch
them from their Ashing houses through holes cut in the
ice, the houses being placed near the bars, the place where
fish are most plentifully to bo found. Most of the pickerel
caught are of a very large size, some weighing five or six
pounds.

—Salmon fishing commenced on February 1st in the
great majority of rivers in England, Ireland and Wales,
although fishing is prohibited in some rivers before March,
April, and May, respectively. In Scotland the rivers were
opened both for net and rod fishing on the 11th February;
the Tweed and Tay, however, opening on the 1st and 5th
March, respectively.

—An Augusta letter to the Portland Press says: The In-
dians have been here this session in greater numbers than
for many years previous. They came from the Penobscot
tribe. A part of them desire to have all special laws rela-
tive to their elections abolished. Tho “red man” is no
more a part of the present Maine Indian. Those who have
been here are good appearing men, tulk English fluently,
read, write, and some of them wear the latest Btyle of
stove-pipe hats and other fashionable clothing. One of
them Jce Nicollet, believes in encouraging home industry.
Addressing Senator Atwood the other day, he said, “Sena-
ator, you "report bill no killum moose for Ipve years ?”
Yes’ “You report bill no killum deer five years ?” No.
“Very well.” soys J°c* “o]!‘kc ’urn law no killum deer for
five years except by Indian when he campum out. Last
Summer Massachusetts fellows come. Hire me to go with
um six weeks. Killum two deer weighing 140 pounds,
spend $1,500 in Maine. 1 get um $500. Good thing to
get $1 500 for two deer, all spent in Maine.” Joe is un-
doubtedly a protectionist.

Jlitsivets go gorrespoitdenlil.

Anonymous I'oinnnmlcallun* not Noilcod.

l\ D T., Rlit*beth. N. J — Ploa*o state currency price of Greener'*
breech loading shot guns? An*. From J60 to $250. According to quality.

W . N, 8., Virginia,— Where can I have a rnnulo loading do ublo shot
gun changed to a breech loader? Ans. Mortimer A Kirkwood, Boston,
and Clark A Snoider, Baltimore. See advertisements in this paper
W. H . We»ton, Vt.— In tho official report of the Chicago Gnn Trial,
4th, Mli andttth of June, 1874, It Is stated that "Kley's blue (hells were
uniformly used.” Does that^reforto a paper shell, or wire cartridgef
Ans. Pnper shell.

A. E„ N. Y. —I have received a circular of Good's Oil Tanned Moeeu-
slus. but before ordering would like to know which style ) on consider
the best? Ans. The stylo with log* that resemble tho Canadian shoe-
pack. See cut lu Advertisement. Forest and Stream.

J. M. E , Klinirn, N. Y — Will yon Inform mo If there Is * hook tha*
give* cots an.; sites of targets nnd rules for shooting at Creudmoor; if
so, whore can 1 got one, nnd price? Ans. Address Messrs- E. Reming-
ton & Son, Nos. 881 nndSsa Btoatlwny, New York.

J. A S., Now York.- Cnn yon give mo tho dato of publication of the
•Naturalist's Library," edited by A. A Gould? If po-slble, plcn-o an-
swer through your next. Ans. Jardln's • Naturalist's Library," edited
by Gould, wn» originally published In It-aa-M, In forty volumes, l3mo
containing 1,200 plates. In 1813 n peoplos' edition wuaUsuod, costing £9.

Grouse. Baltimore.— Will you bo ktnd enough to lot mo know through
Answeis to Correspondents \vh<r# t could procure pinnatod gronso for
breeding purposes, and the probablo cost per pair? Also would like to
know tf they will breed lu confinement? Ans. Mr Kaiser, No fl Ohio
street, Sednlln, Mo., sells live pinnated grouse. They do not bt«<d In
confinement.

U. A S.— What are the chances to obtain a day's duck shooting at
Babylon, L. I , on Washington's birth day. Aro thcro any open mr bolus
In tho Ice. and n-e there any ducks in these hole*? Ans. Chance* fair.

Duck* and geese liavo been very plenty at Barnegat recently, with un-

morons air boles, aud if tho weather moderates, tlioy will fly on tha
Great South Buy.

John — Tho scurf can be removed from the legs of fowl by soaking
the legs In warm water and thon applying sulphur ointment, or the olut-
mont of green iodide of mercury. This scurf lms been examined micro-
scopically with great Caro by Dr. Moxen and Mr.Togntmelr, audit hus
been ftscerlalncd thut It depends on tho presence of a minute ncaras ul
lled to tho Itch Insuct In the human subject. This remedy Is al»o n »pc.
clilc for mango In dogs.

J. L. B., Long Branch.— Please Inform a* ncaras posslhlo what a
Dongnl breech loader, pin lire, 10 boro wonld bring, with walnut stock
and In good repair? I ask fills quoxtlon because I hear that pin die gun*
uro bringing nothing, or almost so, In tho market? An*, We can form
no idea of the valoo of your gnn w ithout seeing It Although central
fire guns are preferred, tho pin dro Is nbont ns serviceable In the hand*
of any sportsman, By advertising yonr gun In our paper, yuu would, In
nil probability, find • customer nt u fair price.

W. 8. J,, New Haven.— Can yon tell me If there Is any point In Ibo
Adirondack country whore can be had fair burning and Hulling, nnd
where tho hotel accommodation* nre suitable for Indies' comfort and
convenience? Ans, Bartlett's nnd Martin’s on Buranacs, nnd pnu
Smith's on St. Regl", nre the best for lmlles, and all excellent. You can
go by way of Kooaovlllo or Plaitsburg In one (luy from Lake Champlain.
Send to W. R. Wallace, of Syracuse, N Y , for his new OuldoBuolc.

Saint Lout* -Bo good enough to describe briefly “Pritchard's Re-
volving Guides” for Ashing rod*, referred to In "Fishing In American
Waters," and yonr opinion of their merits, hnsud either upon your own
or the experience of some of your numerous readers and correspondent* .
Ann. The revolving guide 1* a guide working around the rod on n
swivel, doing away with the under guide, which is so likely to foul the
line. They uru belter adapted for deep water than any other description
of Ashing.

Major B — In n late number of tho Forest and Stream you gave tho
address of a Arm in New York that furnish pack basket* I wrote thorn
for n price I'st, but have received no answer. Can you tell mo wbnt they
cost? Ans. Tho Arm you montlon llndlng tho pack baskets too oxpen-
ponslvo for general use. havo abandoned tho agency. Whore, In Vir-
ginia or Kentucky, cnn I go for Ashing, nnd If any game can be shot In
tho Spring? AnH. Wo would always recommend tbo Bliickwutor region
lu Virginia. English snipe.

Paiimaciibne, Lawrence. N. Y.— Plonse Inform me of the best kind of
wnterprooflng for a canvas* knapsack? Something that will not have n
tendency to rot tho canvas*. An*. Take half a pound of sugar of lead
nnd half a pound of powdered alum, dls*olvo thorn In a bucket of rain
water, then pour off tbo fluid with tbo diiwolvcd Ingredient* Into another
vessel. Steep the canvas* thoroughly lit the solution, lotting It *t*y for
a considerable time. Hang it up to dry. but do not wring It, Thu water
of a rain storm seems to hang toll In globule* and does not go through It .

A. H. C\, Boston. —If you will please answer tbo following question*
In next number of Forest and Stream, you will oblige a number of
your subscrlbern: In an off-hand shooting match 1* It allowable to u-n
a “hip rest"— tlmt Is, to rent left elbow on left hip. und hold rlilc banel
with left hand, Just forward of trigger guard? I claim that off-hand
shooting mean* this: The shooter must stand up aud use no artificial
rest for the person or the rifle; but bo may bold Ins weapon In the way
that ho tblnka he con hold It steadiest. Am I right, or not? I* rbe Inp
rest over used at Croedmoor? An*. Croedmoor rule* say “no objection
to a competitor using hip re-t, If the little Anger of tl>* left bund U lu
front of the projection In front of lock." Tho hip rest is frequently
used at Croedmoor.

.?. H. B., Davenport, town.— I would like >onr advice In tbo matter of
a breech loader. It lina the rebounding lock, which I regard u-snlc*
piece of mocbanlsm. but an olugunt humbug. Tho flrat tlmo I tried tbo
gun my rebounding lock* missed Are more than fourteen tlmo-. Next
morning I used these same metallic cartridge*: they nil exploded and
killed, thus going off after two stroke* of hammer. I had the plungers
altered, fl'lng off the shoulders to glvu butter reach In the cap— no bene
At. It strikes mo thu consult strain on the spring rebounding io h If
cock and keeping there, weakens bsforco and make* U laylHaleut. An*.
Tho rebounding action caonot wo ikcri the vtreng h of the main -p ng*
of yo ir lock*. They must have been mads by Umpiring with, or of In-
ferior quality originally.

The Chicago Field.— We are pleased to note n marked
improvement in our We* torn contemporary, the Chicago
Field since (lie chunge in its management, nnd Irust Hint it
may live long and prosper. Tho West needs u representa-
tive, and tho Field more nearly meets the hill than any
sporling paper in tlmt section hus yet succeeded in doing.
We recognize severul able writers among its contributor*,
and Hie information it gathers from its inner resource* is
•itch as we shull be happy to reproduce with acknowledg-
ment, for the benefit of our Eastern render*. It would be
well if the Field would drop its affix, “Stream,” as it* u*o
is prejudicial to itself and u* by creating confudon among
the craft— a fact that was long since recognized by its ear-
lier managers. Fie & commences its second volume this
week, and ia to be enlarged.

gySpecimena of American Dog Biscuit at thia office,

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THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH.

THE attention which is being attracted to this event
on the oilier side of the water is shown in an official
announcement to the effect that the North Bull Ranges,
near I he city of Dublin, or Curragh, better known for its
hist.-ricul associations in connection with racing, have been
named as tin* locations, m one of which the return match
between the Irish and American learns is to be shot.

As the maicli is to occur during the annual meeting of
the Irish Ride Association, and at the time of tho selection
of nn “ eight" to compete for tho Elcho Shield at Wimble-
don. it is expected that the Irish riflemen will muster in
fon o, and that a team will be formed from among them
which our men will find it difficult to defeat.

The great prize of the Irish meeting is the Abercorn
Cup, in competition for which the largest scores will in-
fluence the selection of the team, and ns (lie present repre-
tentative of royally, in the person of the Lord Lieutenunt,
is Captain of the team and will be present, greater eclat
will be given to the meeting. It must be remembered that
the Irish team of lust year was selected from a very few
w ho were qualified to compete, and who could also spare
the time necessary for a journey to this side of the water.

N"t only will our representatives have to meet a selected

team from among a much larger number of riflemen, but
on i heir own ground, which is a point not to bo under-
raied The recent match at Creedmoor has given an im-
petus to long range shooting throughout our own country
and ii is no longer confined to this section. In the selec-
tion of a team to visit Ireland it is not improbable that
men from the South and West may appear, giving us, as
well as our competitors, something new to think of and
consider.

One thing, however, is beyond a question— that is, that
our men will meet with the warmest hospitality, and
whether they win or not, a warm and cordial reception
awm-s them. The public are looking with great interest
f.r i he issue of Major Leech’s book, to which we have
b tore alluded, for a detailed description of the experi-
ence- of himself and companions while in this country
W e have compiled with his request to furnish him with such
d.u.i as lay m our power regarding the Western Hunt of the
Insh roam, and are indebted fora proffer.of personal cour-
iers to be extended during the anUcfpated visit of our
representative team to Dublin.

THE meeting in this city last week of the Fish Commis-
sioners of the different States and Canada, for the
purpose of comparing notes on fish culture and determin-
ing the best method for future procedure, will tend mate*
rially toward systematizing their efforts to increase our fish
food, and thereby give direct practical application to their
efforts. Harmony of purpose, intelligent understanding,
and unity of action are indispensable to positive success in
the important undertaking in which they are engaged.
With these in view, the title of “ United Fish Commission-
bus” would be an appropriate designation for their honor-
able and influential body.

When the American Fish Culturists’ Association was
first organized the best informed among its members had
comparatively little knowledge, theoretical or acquired, of
the business they had undertaken, and no conception of its
difficulties or its magnitude. To learn first how to propa-
gate fish in quantity, and then to restock our depicted
waters, was the knowledge they hoped to acquire by nn
interchange of views and experiences. The institution of
State Fishery Commissions was a new thing then, and the
number of those State officials very few, such Commission-
ers constituting n miuority in the membership of the Asso-
ciation, whose composition was made up chiefly of novices
in fish culture and dabsters in ichthyology. A year ago
its exclusiveness as a consociation of fish culturists was
thrown off, and a vote was passe J to admit any person
interested in, or identical with, its objects; and under this
concession the membership lias largely increased. Al-
though its functions arc of a specific character, its opera-
tions and sphere of usefulness are necessarily limited,
because, ns constituted, it is simply an advisory body. It
can merely discuss, suggest, resolve, and recommend. It
is a sort of Senatu s Comullum, by which the Commissioners
of each individual State have been hitherto in a great
measure guided. Such progress has been made of late,
however, in the art of fish culture, and so extended is the
knowledge that lias been acquired and imparted by the
scientific investigations carried on under the direction of
Ihe United States Fishery Commission, that this important
interest has grown up out of its nursery just as the fry and
fingerlings have outgrown the hatching house. The num-
ber of State Fish Commissioners has increased largely even
within a year, until now it aggregates no less than forty-
nine, representing eighteen States.

The general Government lias increased its annual appro-
priation to an amount' proportionate to, if not commen-
surate with, the growth of this interest. It. places vessels
officers and apparatus at the disposal of the chief Commis-
sioncr every year. The co-operation of the several Stales
in the universal work of rcpopulation has, therefore be-
come necessary. Something more than a merely delibera-
tive and advisory association of promiscuous and irre-
sponsible persons is required, and the consociation of the
Fish Commissioners into an executive and administrative
body is the natural outgrowth and result. The institution
of this intelligent and honorable body is a guaranty of
thorough work and complete success that is most gratify,
mg and assuring. It marks an epoch and a long stride
forward toward the attainable end. Complete success
would not be possible without some such union and co-
operation. The next movement must be toward a unifi-
cation of the protective laws, so far as climatic conditions
will permit; and where these laws cannot be made uni-
form, they must be in reciprocal harmony. It will be a
useless waste of time and money to restock our streams
and forests with fish and game unless adequate laws are
enacted for their protection and continuance. The whole
country is indebted beyond estimation to those gentlemen
who have instituted the annual meetings of the Fish Com
missiouers.

Arctic Days.- Were it not for proximity to human aid
and human habitation, the dwellers in many portions of
Ins so-called temperate zone of ours might, so far as me-
teorological conditions and natural surroundings are con-
cerned as well be in the Arctic circle, at this time, disport-
ing with the playful seals or the great Polar bears. P In-
deed, even here in New York a number of the former am-
phibious creatures have, for the first time in many years
paid us a visit and a few days ago a party were seen
ascending the North River on an ice cake, vainly endeav
oring to take their bearings from Trinity Church steeple.

Our harbor, filled with ice fields and miniature icebergs

b!>rini°^tfam, ,fr t0 ,Arctic explorers, while from neigh-
boring States we hear of the thermometer indicating a tem-
perature equaling in severity anything recorded in tho
experiences of Drs. Kane and Hayes. The suffering
?®°nJ th.® ®re.ws of, the vessels of the fishing fleet haf
been dreadful from lack of provisions and fuel and stress
of weather. Thirty or forty schooners have been frozen in
off Provincetown, Mass., and the revenue cutter Gallatin
brought into Boston a number of the men whose hands
and feet were so badly frozen as to render amputation
necessary. One man was so firmly frozen to the digging
as to be removed with difficulty, and he died before reach

thf tr I Th° ®allfa,,n has as j’el been unable to regain
he fleet to render further assistance, and we may expect
o hear of further suffering. In our own neighborhood
the formation of frequent ice bridges across both North
and Last rivers has been something unprecedented.

QUAIL.

nr HE severity of the weather and the ice-bound condi-
1 tion of the earth having caused many anxious
doubts as to the safety of the quail, the reports of tlIC
teamsters, wood cutters, and fox hunters will be received
with general satisfaction. Their concurrent testimony is
that here, in the lower counties of New Jersey, tho birds
are plenty, and, wherever seen, lively, and to all appear-
aoces in good condition. This, however, should not dimin-
ish the efforts to increase our stock by the importation 0f
birds from other sections. My experience has been that
other advantages accrue beyond the mere increase of num-
bers. In the Winter of 1871 a friend, a well known sports,
man of Philadelphia, gave me fifty pairs of North Carolina
quail. They were put (each pair in a separate box) in a
large second story apartment, occupied as a drying room
for the pots or crucible used in making glass. The mor-
tality was trifling, and the birds, upon being turned out
bred beyond the most sanguine hopes. Tho shooting tho
following Fall was the best ever had in this neighborhood
The progeny of these birds did not develop that fine in-
stinct of self-preservation which prompts our Jersey quail
to take to the thickest cover attainable; but in very many
instances, on being flushed, scattered in the stubble and
clover fields. Mr. W. B. Rosenbaum, late the President
of the West Jersey Game Protective Society, to whom my
friend sent, at the same time, a large number, found that
these birds not only habitually fed farther from the heavy
cover than the natives, but constantly affected the open
country. This is a very important consideration, as it is
well known to sportsmen that in seasons when scrub oak
acorns are plenty our birds live almost entirely in the
cover. This was the case in a marked degree last Full.
The finest stubbles were hunted with little success, while
the rabbit shooters were coustantly reporting that birds
were plenty “in the scrubs.”

In wintering birds, it is better to keep them indoors.
This assertion is founded on a mishap which befel the wri-
ter of this within a few weeks. In the latter part of last
December I again became indebted to the friend formerly
mentioned for fifty pairs of quail, obtained by him while
shooting in North Carolina. The loss consequent upon
transportation was considerable, but there remained, in-
cluding fifteen pairs presented me by a friend in New
York, ninety-seven birds. As the room formerly used was
not available, I decided to build a coop, and to allow the
birds to live upon the ground. It was built eight feet by
ten in size, the top and three sides inclosed, the southern
exposure having two rows of slats, one within the other,
so near together that the openings were hardly three quar-
ters of an inch wide. There was also a partition, making
in the rear a withdrawing room, in which the birds inva-
riably roosted.

On the morning of the 13th of January “Charley,” the
man who had charge of the birds, came to my house with
the announcement that the quail were all dead. The name
of a personage believed to be at the bottom of all such oc-
currences arose almost to my lips, but I listened in sad si-
lence to Charley’s story. A mink, weasel, or some other
“varmint” had got into the coop and killed every bird. I
visited ihe scene of slaughter, and examined both birds
and coop. The former, but yesterday the prospective pro-
gemtors of so many fine covies, lay stark and dead, not a
feather ruffled, not an ounce of flesh removed. They were
all found to be bitten either through the head or neck
One of the slats was slightly gnawed, but it seemed in-
credible that an animal capable of such an amount of de-
struction could have entered the opening, much less es-
caped, gorged with the blood of so many victims. After
a week during which the premises bristled with steel traps,
box traps, and choakers, and several respectable tom cats
paid the penally of their adventurous dispositions, tho
felon was caught. He proved to be the common mink.
There had been a slight fall of snow the evening before his
capture, and he was “back-tracked” to a cranberry bog
more than a mile from the scene of the tragedy
Although measures were at once taken to obtain a new
supply, the loss will not be easily repaired, the birds hav-
ing been in perfect health and condition, and promising to
breed exceptionally well. I trust the recital of my ill for-
tune may not prove unmstructive to your many readers,
all of whom are interested in the preservation and propa-
gation of the sportsman’s prime favorite, the quail.

Winslow, N. J., February 2d, 1875. q jj

viUe0FloridaUary5lU iC° C°VOred lhe fe Jackson-

Game Protection in Illinois. -The executive com-
bVhe date’s Sportsmen Association of

twentv Si, ?S ^ dU,y WelL They have about
Zt y , ,er 8T aSainst the commission men and
eaaurant keepers for selling game out of season, but the
latter ate now threatening to retaliate by stopping trap

afraid0^ ^ Bu'°h' , Neverlheless- «ie sportsmen are no^

law rfn th ‘ Wli PUiS them t0 lbe walL They have the
law on their side, while tho dealers are without any. It is

f lkJ y that the Judicial decisions in Illinois will be dif-
ferent from those rendered in New York as respects the
sale of game of other States in season in those Slafes

thJ^m/rWrSOft?eMaryIand Associa‘i°°are also after
! rXd Mr an? ^taurateurs of Baltimore, and have

Hmis^fnl T,UC LU,t e' proprietor of Guy 8 Monument
House, for violat.on of the game laws in furmshiDg his

guests with game out of season. S

cou»A,i:ft rrsul r“ra' oM in

FOREST AND STREAM.

THE “BIG HUNT.

WHEN we first published the announcement of what
is now popularly known as “The Big Hunt,” we
gave the information merely as a matter of news, little
dreaming that it would attract such general Interest as it
has done, or evoke so decided a spirit of opposition to the
expedition. We have already published a large number
of letters from promiuent gentlemen, and to-day add a few
more. Several others have been omitted only because they
advanced no different views from those already expressed.
We havo opened our columns freely to all who wished to
use them, because the project is a novel one, and involves
material points that may well bear discussion. The two
leading objections to the hunt are that the time selected is
unseasonable, and the proposed party so large that it will
scour the country of game. We have attempted to elicit
such facts as will determine the truth of the first objection.
Mr. McCarty, the projector of the expedition, disclaims
any intention to shoot out of season. He is now on his
way to Europe to take charge of a large number of gentle
men who, he says, are booked for the expedition; and his
statement is verified by letters that we have seen. Several
Americans have also engaged to join the expedition in sun
dry capacities, either as photographers, artists, reporters,
or mere pleasure seekers. It does not appear, from pres-
ent indications, that the party will reach its hunting ground
in advance of the season. Neither do we apprehend that
any great slaughter will ensue. It will be fortunate if
game enough is shot to keep the larder in meat. From the
letter of our Fort Sill correspondent, printed to-day, it
seems that the district to be visited is seldom traversed. It
is impossible that the party will advance with such comet
like velocity aud sweep of front as to exterminate the
game. None of the frontiersmen that have written seem
to fear any such result. The advance will be slow, and
possibly tedious. Our Fort Sill letter intimates that the
route is nearly impracticable, but McCarty assures us that
the author writes under a misapprehension. He avers that
he is going to northwestern, and not southwestern Texas,
and will not touch the Indian Territory at all.

We have never encouraged this expedition, or given it
our endorsement— would not join it if we could, and abhor
“a crowd.” Nevertheless, from personal knowledge which
we have of some portion of the ground, we maintain that
no harm will be dono, and that comparatively little game
will be shot, in season or out of season. We have no pe-
cuniary interest whatever in the venture, and no personal
interest different from that of our numerous correspond
ents.

Cazenovia, February 1, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream: —

The pros and cons in your columns have been upon the
merits and the desirability of encouraging the invasion of
English sportsmen ; and some ill temper has been evinced
in portions of this correspondence.

My own views, which I have hesitated to advance, are
very simple, but in my own mind definite. I would not
make any rule applicable only to this case, but would extend
to our English cousins, who are usually bold, adventurous,
and excellent sportsmen, the same privileges any sports-
men are entitled to wno respect game laws, and bring with
them the love for all that sportsmen value.

This rule among true lovers of wild life, to be’respected
and adhered to by all who seek the influences that render
so pure and elevating real woodland sports, should be; “No
Big Hunt," no going into the “Aisles of God’s first temples”
in boisterous crowds, driving away the quiet seclusion,
and leaving a trail like that of an army ; no desolation of a
land of forest or prairie, and no mercantile brokerage of
the favors of woodland aud stream. It conceals the issue
to mix up any personality or nationality.

The destruction of fish and game in unreasonable quan-
tities is not justifiable in any case. The “Side Hunts”
where all the men and boys in a neighborhood scour the
woods and destroy everything that will count, from chick-a-
dee-dees to skunks, are uncivilized ; so are English battues-,
and so are the drivings of herds of buffaloes over cliffs by
Pawnees and Modocs. Many of the large hunting clubs
that go to the Adirondacks leave a sad mark. Their rifle
balls are in every tree, their names on the rocks, and their
bottles- in every stream, and the vicinity of such a camp is
well escaped by enduring the miles of tramp and carry that
deter them from following with their impedimenta of luxu-
ries.

'* Chacunson mauvais gout," let those go in crowds to the
wild wood who like it ; let those court nature in crowds
who do not value her sacred mystery of still life, but let all
who want game to become abundant, waste not that they
want not, aud set their hand and seal against all manner of
gregarious and commercial hunting. L. W. L.

Since writing the above, the following letter from Mr.
Batty has opportunely arrived to corroborate our views:—
Hartford, Todd county, Minn., Fobruary 9, 1975.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

Much haa been said lately In regard to the "Big Hunt," which is to
come off next Summer. I ao not see why Individuals should try and
cry it down, calling parries about to engage In It poachers, &c I think
that some persons who denounce the hunt, probably know little or

nothing of tho country Mr. McCarty proposes to visit, and they imagine

that thousands of buffalo, elk, deer, antelope, mountain sbc«D, &c.. will
be ruthlessly sluin. No doubt the hunters will kill considerable game,
yet they will have to work for what they obtain In Colorado. I do not
think what game will be killed will be a mite, compared with the amount
killed unnunlly by the different tribes of Indians during the close season.
There is plenty of game In the West for all, particularly in some local-
ities where Mr. McCurty proposes to \ isle. A party cannot travel
over the "Western wilds” and enjoy themselves, except in the Sommer
time. In many places the enow lies on the mountains until late In June,
and falls early in the Autumn, givine the pleasure seekers but a compar-
atively short time to make long excursions into the mountains. One
cannot organize a party, fit out pack trains, Ac., and have time to lie
over at all the different camps of interest and explore the country during
a few weeks in the Autumn. If some of our Eastern sportsmen would
give their attention to the poaching which is going on about them, and
not find fault with a few gentlemen who propose to hunt in an Indian
country where game is plenty, they would do good, and add to the
pleasures of the sporting fraternity where It la most needed.

Jos. H. Battt.

Fort Sill, India* Territory;

Editor Forest axd Stream:— January *5, 1875. f

m f?,m °"* country In Texas, over

wh ch McCarty s Big Hunting Party Is to travel, may not be unwelcome,
so I give you my idea of Ids route, together with some strictures on hls
letter contained In your Usuoof the Nth instant. I quote from the letter:

Our quail hatch In February, our wild turkey in Maroh. our grouse in
the same month, usually hatching two brood, per annum, and the buffalo
N° hQntcr cv*n • bufl»l0 cow with a calf, or an
old bull, but only young heifers and bulls, aud they are nuisances to the
herdsman of southwestern Texas.” Again: "This, you see. takes us
Into the middle of June, when wild turkeys and quail arc full grown,
fawns have lost their spots, and buffalo calves arc brown. After hunting
through western Texas for fifty or sixty days In quest of buffalo aud
other varieties, we will reach Pueblo, Colorado, Ac., Ac.”

Now to facts: "Our quail” do not ‘'hatch in February,” and seldom,
if ever, do the coveys break up until March. Our wild turacy do not
hatch in March. I have never found a nest earlier than the first of May
though they may hatch sometimes a llttlo earlier. The turkeys are not
fit to kill berore August 1st, and Instead of being full grow n, are about
the size of a prairie chicken at that time. Our grouso hatch about May
Instead of March, and August 1st they are about half grown "Usunlly
hatching two broods per annum.” This Is a much mooted questlou it Is
possible the quail do. but It Is not positive, by any means. That grouso
and turkey do not, I am certain, unless their first nest Is destroyed

"The buffalo calves In April." This Is correct enough, only they don’t
turn brown until Fall. "No hunter ever shoots a buffalo cow with a
calf, or an old bull." The dickens they don’t I As tpost hunting Is done
in the Winter, a cow, if killed, Is alw ays with calf. As to killing old
bulls, most of sportsmen never get a chance to kill anything else. "But
only young heifers and bulls, arid they nre nuisances to the herdsman of
southwestern Texas." Fudgo ! the herdsman of southwestern Texas
would be cured of sore eyes, If so nffllcted, m the sight of n buffalo.
They are ns seldom seen south of the Concho ns sharks In Croton
Reservoir.

“Fawns havo lost thetr spots, and colors are brown," (middle of June.)
The fawns are not fawned before May 1st, and are not fit to kill, and the
colors, If brown, are not In Texas at nil. hut considerably northwards.
"After hunting fifty or sixty days In quest of buffalo aud other varieties
of game we will reach Pueblo, Colorado." Now, I’ll wager they won’t
do anything of the kind, und though the Col. assures us, "I know every
Inch of the ground, Ac.," I equally positively assert he doesn't know
anything of the kind, and shall now proceed to prove It.

Takiug Fort Griffith as an Initial point, d aw straight lines to either El
Paso, Fort Sumner, Fort Bnscom, N. Mexico, or Pueblo, Colorado, and
you have the entire as yet unexplored "Staked Plain" to cross. This
was crossed In 1878 for the first time by troops, the same year by troops
from N. Mexico coming east, and the lower portion by troops the same
year. I personally know that Col. McC. did not accompany either of
those expeditions. I know, further, that he can’t lake a party across
there now, and I am equally certain that he was never west of Double
Mountains, nbout seventy mllos west of Fort Grlffiu; that far It Is alj
plain sailing. Now, supposing tho Col. says. "But I'm not going that
way, but further north towards the Canadian " In the first place, such
a sized hunting party would not be allowed to cross tho Indian Territory;
they would have to keep south of Red River until they passed the ]00th
meridian, and then northwest. Is it practicable? Yes, It can be done;
but. good thuuder I what a pleasure trip It would be. starting in June,
the thermometer every day over 100, In a country of endless sand hills
and gypsum water. I have been there, and If Col. McC. succeeds lu in-
veigling any party of Englishmen out there, they will dig hls grave lu the
bottom of Red River, for you must know that Red River Is usually an
enormous bod of dry sand, which for days marches affords no water, and
when you do find any it Is salt.

If tho Col. wants to go south of all tho lines ahovo mentioned, ho may
Just as well go to Cape Cod for game; he’d get more of It.

I am glud to see that some of your correspondents, without pretending
to know the section referred to, still know that June and July aro no time
to hunt even In Texas, »\lth Its "three months earlier."

January 27fA.— I had written the above when F. A S. of 21st Inst, was
received In which Col, McC. goes on to say, "Golden plover In countless
thousands." Mind yon, Mr. Editor, in June. I say, stuff.

He thou goes to Fort Richardson "28 miles from Weatherford," (It Is
just 40, as he knows the country so Intimately ho ought to he a little more
accurate,) and then they arc to kill June turkeys aud June bear. Ugh !
how sick they undoubtedly deseive to get 1 On Salt Creek, where
Santanu committed the raid on Warren’s train, they uro to hunt cou-
gar, bear and antelope in June. I wonder If he Intends to bring tho ante'
lope along and turn them loose? Nary a one will they see if ho don't;
nor "bar," nor cougar. Then from Griffin they go and have tho cream of
the buffalo hunt on the Brazos. McCarty may have mode special con-
tract for the buffalo to come down two months ahead of time this year;

If so, all right, but I know when I was out there last year, tho buffalo
wore few and far between, occasionally you would meet a stray old
bull.

And thou by Mackenzie’s trail to Fort Baacom. “All aboard, all right
Mr. Mate, cast her loose and let her skit." • • • In

1872 McC. remained at Fort Richardson, Texas, over a month, to get an
escort of troops for a party who already numbered seventy men. Tills
to go over a country that was constantly scouted by officers with small
detachments. When at last they cut loose they remained about a mouth
and only got as fnr west as Double Mountain.

Without any ill will to such a hunt, or Its originator, tho time of year
selected is ridiculous, and the originator cannot make it a success. You
sco, I have confined myself to Texas, I do so because I know whereof I
speak. I havo no doubt some of your contributors can pick up Mc-
Carty where I drop him— somewhere on the staked plains— aud show-
other objections to hls trip. b

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Equal rights for all, should be our motto for our guesls, as well as for
those to the manner born As long as we permit an Individual to destroy
several thousand buffalo, If ao Inclined, within a yenr, a few animals,
more or less, are of little consequence. Game needs protection only
while breeding, natural enemies and diseases being far more destructive
than hunting. Is it not Incongruous to talk of protecting game In local-
ities where tho frontiersman can hardly protect Ids scalp?

Saml. A Mead, Jr.

Wicm N-c-T .. „ For forest and Stream.

WISCONSIN STATE SPORTSMEN’S
CONVENTION.

Death of a Hermit Naturalist.— James Gately, well
known as the “ Hyde Park Hermit,” died on the 2d lost. ,
near Dedham, Mass., from Congestion of the lungs, brought
on by neglect. The hut in which he lived is about five
feet square. Gately was visited a few hour# before he
died, and was found curled up on the floor. The snow
had leaked through the roof, and every article was com-
pletely frozen. There was no fire in the stove, nor had
there been, apparently, for some time, and the hermit him-
self was in an emaciated and filthy condition. He said
that he had had nothing to eat or drink for five days pre-
vious. The sum of $1,031 92 was found sewed up in the
rags that covered his body. He has left a large collection
of stuffed animals— quite a museum in itself— which will
probably go to the town of Hyde Park. Gately was sixty-
four years of age, a native of Cheshire, England, and was
the eldest of a family of six. His father was the owner of
a vast tract of land in Cheshire, and bis wealth was fabu-
lous. He is still living, so far as is known.

Am-,. , Madison, Wis., February 5th, 1875.

l tnc annual meeting of the Wisconsin State Snorts.
S.8ofA^ ftti0n’ “oI‘l her® d-‘ri"K 1110 last three
f Krf?1 troportance to tho future of this State
”r2 r;S,ly debated and voted upon

of boa tlh anl eam? ' t'i01' ’ Pr<*i*rv‘“»°n and cultivation
oil ! h , The true sportsmen of the State
are awakening to the necessities of the hour and from

thoSafd *iUring !hU ,no,‘Un« there will soon bo In
ht field one of the most powerful and influential oreauiza
Hons that our country can boast of. urgamzu

„.Jh?i fol'°;vi1nl< ^cora wore elected for tho ensuing year

• ■ • 1 , III1

Cornlnc, Treasurer! Cor,csP“"<!l"8

The President appointed tho following as Executive
- l ie year: Gen. Hamden? Mndi on; WU
lmm Beck, Milwaukee. II. B. Harshuw, Oshkosh; C. lieu-
nlng, Wan pon; J. C. Neville, Green Bay.

rho following were elected delegates to attend the Na-

Bflfolt .CSnVsn\Kl 3‘ C1°iVew,Hl' ,luue 11 N. Sherman,
lSdoii : ; S ■ S-Woodward, Watertown; N. F. I,un,i Mndi-

son; !•. W. Woodward Eau Claire: Fred Pond, Montello.
Alternates — Col H. M. Strong, Bamboo ; (’. Henning

ZSTAX-SSS*?**-- Coraln*. Pomsc; &

n,w,?miUco of, thrco waa nPP0lnted to issue an nddress
to the farmers ami sportsmen of tho State explaining fully
the meaning of “protection," and the benefits that will
certainly accrue to them by their handing together now
A committee was appointed to receive and accent the
name of every known sportsmen in the State as a member
of the association. Tho dues and assessment being only
one dollar, they expect to secure every name sent In as an
“ct ve working member. The club membership fee Is ten
dollars, is umes were presented of about . seventy live gen-
tlemen who had signified their willingness to become meui-
bers, and embracing all the prominent cities of tho State

A resolution was adopted that the State bo requested’ to

secure a collection of birds belonging to Charles Dirremrcr
of Sauk City, to be kept in the University, and said to ho
one of the most complete in tho country, comprising only
those found in the State. ® 3

One of tho fish commissioners is a lawyer, aud has
drawn up a bill that will stop netting, spearing, Ac. in a
great measure, if passed. They are earnest in nil their pro-
posals, and are well supported by some of the most Inlluen
ttal members of the Senate ami Assembly. They are nnx-
ious to secure a larger appropriation from the State and
should succeed. Mr. Palmer, fish oulturist, of Boscobcl
is confident that tho salmon of Maine would he more pref-
erable for Wisconsin waters than any other, nml is anxious
to secure them,

Mr. Beck, of Milwaukee, has submitted a hill, which
they hope will become a law, prohibiting the building of
stationary blinds, or moveable ouch, over eighteen inches in
height, on Puckaway Lake or the duck feeding grounds of
tliut county. I lie destruction during last season was so
great that you could buy them in Milwaukee for five cents
apiece, and a great many spoiled Hint could not be sold or
given away.

Your representative, (J. G. True,) was made an honorary
member by unanimous consent. J

Taking into account the adverse conditions of politics und
weather, the meeting was a success in every manner possi-
ble, ami will do any amount of good before the next one
occurs. Many thanks arc due to members for kindnesses
shown to me. Truk

FROM another CORRESPONDENT.

The Convention met February 2d, President H. II
Strong in the chair.

The following gentlemen were present hr delegates from
e clubs named: J. II. Noble, Eau Claire Club J{ M
Strong, Baraboo, Skillet Creek Club; .1 1'. McGregor and
W. W. Corning, of Puckaway Club’; William Iieck and
It. M. Strong, Caw Caw, of Milwaukee,

An address wus delivered by the President, and a paper
from Fred Pond, of Montello, wus rend by tin- Secretary
who also offered the following resolution, on behalf of Mr
Pond, which was adopted :

Resolve d. That a voto of thank* bo tendered to tin. Forest and
Strkan. of New York, American Spor lemon, of West Meriden Conn
and the field and Stream, of Chicago, for gouerouit co-operation in aid
Of tills AHBOciution and its object*.

The following resolution was next offered:

Resolved, Thnt the Field and Stream, of Chicago, n» the earnest advo-
cate of We«tem State association*, bo adopted a* tho officlul orann of
lid * Association.

Laid on the table.

On motion, the Fish Commissioners of Wisconsin were
admitted as members ex ojjtciu, without fee.

A committee of five on legislation was then appointed
os follows: Gen. N. F. Lund, Elisha Burdick, J. I\ mc!
Gregor, William Beck and IV M. Strong,

The following persons were elected members on the indi-
vidual list: It. H. Strong, Baraboo; Gen. Henry Hamden
Madison, and Fred Pond, of Montello.

Mr. McGregor offered the following resolution, which
was adopted :

Resolved, That this Association will heartily co-oporatc with the Fish
Cotnml— loners of this State In their effort* to lncr*-u-o the production
of fish tn our wulcrs, and to protect fish from destruction ut iiioesson-
aide lloies. und by Improper moon*; and thnt we will personally and
collectively endeavor to draw the attention of our people and our Lccls-
latnre to tno great Importance of tills matter

Yours truly, Fred.

[Much of this correspondent's excellent letter is embodied
in the above letter, and is therefore omitted. — Ed.]

— The members of the Boston club expect to have a club
room worthy of the boys who have won the championship
during the psst three years. The amount of funds neces-
sary to cany out the project is not, however, fully made
up. If the Bostonians do not give their model club appro-
priate headquarters they will act very small indeed. En
courage honest play, gentlemen, by making all its surround-
ings attractive,

26

FOREST AND STREAM

fhejfflt.

RIFLE CHALLENGES.

THE CALIFORNIA CHALLENGE,

WE published in our issue of .January 21sl the formal
acceptance by the California riflemen of the terms
of the challenge of Company D, Twelfth Regiment, N. Y.
N. G., to shoot against any military team in the United
States at 200 and 500 yards. We now publish the
articles of agreement for the match, that have been for-
warded from this city and submitted to the Californians
for their approval. A muster roll has also been transmit-
ted, a copy of which has been bnnded to ns. By compar-
ing it with the roster of the California company we per-
ceive that it has only thirty-six names, while the latter has
eighty-nine, a discrepancy largely in their favor, as it gives
them a greater number of men to select from. Nothing
further remains to be done, except for the Californians to
sign the articles of agreement and designate the day of the
match.

“D” Co, 12tii Inft'Y, N. CJ. S. N. Y., I
New York, Feb. 2nd, 1875. f
Gkstlkmbm— Your favor of Dec. 38th was duly received.

1 1 ere wi ih wo bund you n Muster Itoll of our Company, showing its
membership on Dec. 1st, lust.

Also we hand you Articles of Agreement for Mutch, which, If correct
nnd satisfactory, please have copied, elgncd by yonr committee, aud re-
turn 10 UK.

Sergt Win. C. Reddy, who was on Dec. 1, and Is yet. u member of this
Company, expects to be commissioned us Caption of one of the Com-
panies In our Regiment— should ho be ».i commissioned, will you con
sent to Ills shooting with our tcnni, If desired t
When wc accepted your challenge wo did not anticipate this, bnt we i
believe the spirit of our understanding to be that any man properly on
the rolls on Dec. 1. 187-1, Is eligible to shoot, notwithstanding he may be
subsequently honored with n promotion. Wo hope (hat the forthcoming
match will not only promote military practice, hut a more intimate ac-
quaintance with the most remote of our Natiohal Guardsmen.

Very Respectfully,

It. H. Smith, Captain, |

Jons II. Wood, 1st Scrg,, j
Aciullbs Wool), Scrg, 'r
Taos. J. Dolan, Private,

Michael Farukl, do. J

Committee for D Company.

To Messrs Burn*, Post, Hurray ami Nash, oj E Company, let Cal. N. O.

Articles of Agreement for a Rifle Match between E Company, \et Regt.,
California N. O., and D Company, 1 SWA Rtgl., Infant, N U.

J3. N. Y.

let. Kuch Company to furnish a team of twelve men from the Master
Rolls already furnished each to the other, which men were regularly en-
rolled members of the respective Companies on Dec. 1, 1874.

2nd, The mulch shull occur on Saturday, June 20, 1875 ; the California
team to shoot at some point at or near Sun Francisco, nnd to commence
firing at 11 o'clock, A. M., (San Francisco lime.) The Now York team to
shoot on N. R. Association Grounds, at Crecdmoor. L I , and to com-
mence tiring ut 2 o'clock, P. M.. (New York time. ) F.uch team to trans-
mit result by telegraph, through the Secretary National Rille Association,
after completion of tiring.

3d. Each man to Dro two sighting and seven counting shots nt each
distance, to wit: 200 and 500 yards— position standing at 200 yards— any
position at 500 yards, without artificial rest.

4th. The California team to shoot Sharps Military Rifle, fifty calibre,
seventy grains powder, open military sights, minimum pull of trigger,
tlx pounds.

The New York team to shoot Remington’s Military Rifle, fifty cnlibre,
seventy grnins, powder open, military sights, minimum pull of trigger,
six pounds.

5th. The Targets, Marking nnd Counting shall be In accordance with
the roles of tho N. R. Association.

mb. Each team shall select a judge to superintend the doings of each
team, under this agreement, and they, so selected, may, if they And it
necessary or desirable, choose a third pnrty to uct ns umpire, whose de-
cision on any point submitted shall be flnnl and binding.

7th. A tie shall be decided by the highest aggregate ut longest range ;
if still a tie, then the best man of each team shull lire a string of seven
shots, at GOO yards, to deqido.

8ih. The Compuny represented by the team making tho greatest aggre-
gate score shall ho declared “ tho Champion Rifle Company” of the
Stutcsof California and New York.

Subscribed, New York, Feb. 2, 1875.

It. B. Smith, Captain, )

John 11. Wood, 1st Serg.,

Aroiullks Wood, Serg., I
Tuos. J. Dolan, Private,

Michael Farrell, do. J
Committee D Company, 1st Inftry, N. G, S. N. Y.

THE ONTARIO RIFLE CHALLENGE.

It will be seen by the following letter that the Canadians
do uot despair of bringing about a rifle contest between
their team and the American team:

Hamilton, Ontario, February 15th, 1875.
Editob Forest and Stream:—

On the 1st iust. I mailed to Col. Wingate a letter, a copy
of which is hereunder appended. Not having received any
acknowledgment of it I fear that I addressed it incorrectly,
and that it has not fallen into the proper hands. I shall be
glad if you will publish it in your widely esteemed journal,
and trust that we may have your kind assistance in arrang-
ing for and carrying out tho proposed match.

Yours, very truly,

J. J. Mason,

President Ontario Any-Rifle Association.

Hamilton, Ont., February l, 1875.

Col. Geo. W Winoate, Chairman of the Joint Committee of the Na-
tional Rifle Association of the L\ S. A., and the Amateur Rifle Club of

New York:

Dear Sin— During the shooting *ea»ou of 1874, I endeavored, unsuc-
cessfully. to arrange a match between a "team'' representing the Onta-
rio Any-Rifle Association, aud tho Irish Team, and subsequently be-
tween Hie former and the gallant "Temn" by whom the latter were de-
feated. In order thut there may be ample time for its consideration—
and I trust for its acceptance— 1 now renew the challenge in the follow-
ing terms: —

conditions.

Competitor*- The marksmen who arc to bo selected to represent the
United States In ihe International Match, at Dublin, in June next, on the
one aide, and an equal number of representative# of the Ontario Any
Rifle Association on tho other side.

I Target*, Scoring, <kc.— As at Wimbledon, either In 1878 or 1874, as
raav bo hereafter agreed upon.

Ranges.— 800. 900, nnd 1,000 yards; flftcen shots at each ranee.

Rifles. —Any uot exceeding ten pounds weight, but without telescope
or magnifying sights; minimum pull of trigger three pounds.

Position.— Any, uot Involving urtllklul rest.

Place.— Creed moor.

I shall be glad to receive a reply at ns curly a day as possible.

Yours truly, ,J. J. Mason, Pres. Ont. Any-Rifle Association.

The American Rifle Association of Westchester
Coonty.— It was not the intention of the directors of the
above association to have held a match until they could
have it upon their new range, hut we are informed that in
response to a general desire of its members, nnd many
oihers, they have concluded to hold a prize meeting ou the
22d inst., Monday next, at their temporary range, Mount
Vernon. There will he two matches, as follows:

De Peyster Badge, value, $300— Presented by Gen. J. W.
De Peyster. Conditions— Open to any member of the
National Guard; military rifles only; distance, 300 yards,
on new range; shooting from shoulder, off hand; must he
won three times before property passes; seven scoring
shots, two flighting shots; entrance fee, $1.

“All comers match”— Four prizes, ranging in value from
$50 to $5. Open to any rifle within the rules; distance, 200
yards; shoulder shooting, off hand; live scoring shots, two
sighting shots; entrance, fifty cents to members, $1 to
others.

Subscription matches, or pool shooting, will be added to
the above. For the accommodation of visitors stages will
run to and from the depot on arrival of trains. Excursion
trains leave the Grand Central Depot at 9:05 A. M., 10:10
A. M., 12 M. and 2:20 P. M.

— The joint committees of the Amateur Rifle Club and
the National Rifle Association held a meeting on Friday
last at 194 Broadway, Col. George W. Wingate in the
chair. Among those present were Gen, J. B. Woodward,
Gen. M. T. McMahon, Col. A. H. Gildcrsleeve, Capt.
Henry Fuiton, and Mr. A. Alford. The minutes of the
previous meeting were read and adopted. Col. Gilders-
leeve, in behalf of the committee appointed to solicit sub-
scriptions from members of the National Guard, reported
progress. Gen. M. T. McMahon reported that he had held
several conferences with Mr. .T. T. Bird in reference to the
proposed dramatic performances for the benefit of the
American team, and tho result was the selection of the
Academy of Music on Saturday, April 3. He also recom-
mended that the National Guard he solicited to provide
gratuitously a band of music for the occasion. The follow-
ing subscription circular was presented for distribution to
interested parties: —

We, the undersigned, being desirous of uniting in the
subscription performance to he given at the Academy of
Music on Saturday, April 3, 1875, in aid of the purse to he
tendered the American rifle team, for the purpose of de-
fraying a portion of their necessary expenses in maintain-
ing on British soil their late victory over the Irish team, d •
hereby subscrioe and agree to pay the sums set opposite
our respective names, on condition that we shall receive,
upon payment thereof, two reserved seats for said perform-
ance, for each $5 hereby subscribed.

It was announced that Messrs. J. M. Bradstreet, & Sons
had offered to do all the printing relating to the entertain-
ment without compensation.

The important subject of selecting a team for the inter-
national match was fully discussed; some of those present
arguing that to allow present members of the team to re-
tain the places gained in the competitions of last year,
would prevent many from competing. It wits concided by
the majority that the present match was not entered into
merely to test the shooting of American marksmen, but in
response to a direct challenge. A compromise was finally
arranged by the adoption ot the following resolution:
Resolved, That the sub-committee be instructed to make
such changes in the plan for the selection of the American
team for 1875 as in their judgment shall seem best, and re-
port the same to this joint committee.

Col. Wingate read a letter from Mayor A. B. Leech,
Captain of the Irish team, in which he says: —

“We have an annual match shot in Ireland for the All
Ireland, or Leech Challenge Shield, open, to Irish clubs
only. I have, however, reserved to myself the right to alter
the conditions now in favor of admitting the Americans.
The ranges are 1,000 and 1,100 yards; each team to consist
of four men, and the shield to remain in the custody of
the winning team until the next match."

The meeting then adjourned.

— In spite, of the inclement weather several members of
the international rifle team, including Messrs. Fulton, Gil-
dersleeve and Bodine have indulged in practice during the
past week, the grounds selected being adjacent to the Rem-
ington works at Ilion, aud on the North River near Pough-
keepsie. It is gratifying to know that the old form remains
intact, and although we have not received the individual
scores, we learn that they were fully up to the work of
Creedmoor practice.

Provincial Rifle Association ok Nova Scotia.—
This Association held its annual meeting at Halifax last
week. Over forty members were present. A balance of
over $500 was reported in the hands of the Treasurer. At
the shooting matches last year 122 members competed. It
was decided that the commander of the Wimbledon team
he selected from Nova Scotia, and that the Association have
a voice in the election. A delegate was appointed to look
after the interests of Nova Scotia at the annual meeting of
the Dominion Association at Ottawa, who was instructed
to ask for the appointment of Col. Laurie, (President P, R.
A.) to the command of the Wimbledon team, and in the
event of his being unable to accompany them to England,
that Col. Mckinlay be named in his place. A resolution
was paased to the effect that none but qualified members

of the militia be allowed to compete in the matches of the
Association, excepting members of those battalions which
were forbidden to drill during the past year by orders from
headquarters. Major Yeomans was thanked for his service
ut the range last Summer, and Gen. Williams for the
handsome prizes he presented to the Association. The
following gentlemen were elected by ballot to form the
Council; President, Secretary, aud Treasurer to be np.
pointed by the council :— Col. Laurie; Lieut. Colonels Brem.
ner, Pallister, McKinlay and McPherson; Majors Ritchie,
C. J. McDonald, Yeomans and Murray; Captains Bland, J.
B. Graham, Nelson and Sand ford; Lieutenant Mclunis.

FoifesT City Rifle Association.— This organization,
whose headquarters are at Cleveland, hold a meeting on
the 22d instant, when a gold nnd silver champion medal
will be shot for. A proposition having been made the club
to remove their headquarters to Euclia, where new build-
ings and the free use of grouud will he provided, the mem-
bers have taken the subject into consideration.

The International Match of 1874. — A very useful
and interesting work is that just issued by the Messrs,
Remington, descriptive of the International Rifle Match at
Creedmoor September 26th, 1874, with diagrams of targets
and copy of by laws of the Amateur Rifle Club of New
York. It contains copious extracts from the Army and
Navy Journal and the Forest and Stream.

—Gen. Thoa. C. Scoblc, late Secretary of the Ontario
Rifle Association, and at present Inspector of Prisons for
the Dominion, was in the city yesterday on business con-
nected with Canadian rifle matters and the annual shoot
at Wimbledon.

—A rifle club is about being established in Chicago. The
projectors have sent here for information regarding our or-
ganizations of a similar description.

—The marksmen of Huntingdon county, Penn., propose
to hold a rifle tournament in Huntingdon, on the 22d of
February. The marksmen of adjourning counties are in-
vited to participate. A Remington rifle is the prize.

§me lwtl §ttn-

GAME IN SEASON FOR FEBRUARY.

FOR FLORIDA.

Deer. Wild Turkey, Woodcock, Quail, Snipe, Ducks nnd Wild Fowl

l Under the head of ‘'Game, ana P'ten in Seascn" we can only sped
fy in general forms I he several varie'ies, because the laws of Stales vary
so much that were we to attempt to particularly we coula do no less
than publish those entire sections that relate to the kinds of game In
question. This would require a great amount of our space. In desig-
nating game we are guided by the laws of nature, upon which alt le w-
Uilion is founded, and our readers would do well to provide tbunsegr. s
with the laws of their respective States for constant reference. Utherwt'm ,
our atternols to assist them will only create confusion. T

Game in Market.— Prairie hens are plentiful at 60@75o.
per pair ; ruffled grouse, 75e@$l ; quail, $2@2 50 per
dozen ; canvas-back ducks, $2@2 50 per pair ; red-heads,
$l@l 50; mallards, 75c@$l ; widgeon, 75 cents; brant,
$1@1 25 ; wild geese, $1@1 50 ; Guinea fowl, 75c@$l per
pair ; wild turkeys, 25 cents per pound ; rabbits, 50 cents
per pair ; hares, 50® 75c. ; Bay snipe, 75c@$l per dozen ,
plover, $2@2 50. Cariboo from Canada is selling at 25 cents
per pound.

—The first annual meetiug of the Gnme Protection So-
ciety of Nova Scotia was held in Halifax last week. The
Secretary’s report suggests that cariboo should receive pro-
tection, and describes the state of the river fisheries as
being decidedly bad. The following gentlemen were
elected for the ensuing year: — President, Robert Morrow,
Vice Presidents, Lieut. Col. Clerke, and E. G. Stayner;
Secretary, Fitz Cochran; Treasurer, M. B. Almon (both re-
elected); Council, Capt. Todd, 87th R. I. F. ; M. B. Dnly,
J. W. Jackson, (New Glasgow), L. P. Fairbanks, Dr Jen-
nings, F. H. D. Vieth, B. Smith, (Kentville), L. G. Power,
C. A. Stayner, Andrew Downs, C. B. Bullock, and (1 J.
Stewart, (Amherst).

— A meeting of the Massachusetts sportsmen will be
held Thursday forenoou, 18th inst., at tho Bay State House,
Worcester, to take measures to inaugurate a Sportsmen’s
Association, under the jurisdiction, and in harmony with,
the National Sportsmen’s Association of the United
States.

— A Sportsman’s Club has been organized in Columbus,
Ga., under the title of the Georgia and Alabama Sporting
Club. Sixty members signed the roll. The following of-
ficers were elected : — R. W. Ledsinger, President; Qunby
Jordan, Vice President; F. M. Gunby, Secretary and Treas-
urer; Executive Committee, D. W. Johnson, E. B. Seley,
Couner Bailey, Henry Bruce, W. S. Holstead. Drafts of
hills will he made and presented for legislative adoption,
preventing the killing of any doe or fawn between January
and August, or buck between March and May and between
September and November. From March 15 to October 1
will he the close season for luffed grouse, quail and wild
turkey.

—The Sportsmen’s Club of Western Pennsylvania, lo-
cated at Pittsburgh, Penn., have elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: — President, Robert Dalzell;
Vice President, D. C. Phillips; Treasurer, John A. Harper,
Secretary, O. F. Wharton; Assistant Secretary, Dr. N.
McDonald. Board of Directors — John Caldwell, Jr., John
C. Brown, F. II. Kennedy, Dr. Fundenberg, E. J. Unger.
The Club is one of the most flourishing in the co iniry,
having very haudsomely furnished rooms and u good sur-
plus of cash in the treasury.

FOREST AND STREAM

27

Toronto, February 11, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream

I send yoa below a synopsis of oar monthly shoots for the vear 1874,
exclusive ol oar annual club match, the full particulars of which will bo
found In Forest and Stream, Volume 8, No. 9, page 140.

Our annual club meeting for the election of officers and other business
came off on the last Thursday in December, 1874. when the following
gentlemen were elected office bearers for the ensuing year: J Mang-
hum, Jr., president; Chas. Pickering, vice president; Alex. McGregor,
secretory nnd treasurer, re elected; and an Executive Committee, con-
sisting of Messrs. J. Chapman, W. London. .T- Morrison, \V. Bugg, to-
gether with the other officers. S. Herring, taxidermist for the club

It was decided at this meeting to offer two prizes for the two highest
aggregate scores during the year, the six highest scores only to couut
The prizes to consist, the first of fifty dollars (gold) and the second of
twenty-live dollars (gold). Our club la now pretty strong, numbering
forty -five members, every one of whom owns a gun -nearly all breech
loaders— and every meeting night wc elect from five to ten new members.
Last year the winner of a prize was barred from winning another, al-
though he could shoot at every match; but If he made the highest score
it did not count. This year it Is arranged different If a shooter wins a
prize ho is handicapped back two yards, and if be should still he fortu-
nate enough to win another, two yards further back he has got to go.
We use pigeons, snowbirds and blackbirds, when in season; for pigeons
the lowest distance Is 21 yards; snowbirds and blackbirds, 18 yardF.

Wo always havo weekly shoots, hut the club match only takes place
once a month. The prize consists of a case of stuffed birds, valued at
seven dollars each (gold). The following Is the result for last year. I
am sorry I cannot give you the names of the makers of guns which each
members uses.

Month.

Name.

Killed.

January

A. McGregor

.10

out of 15 S. B.

February

.... 10

" 15 "

. 10

•• 15 “

J. Barreti .... .

.... 10

" 15 “

May

Wm. Bugg

9

" 10 P'gs.

W. Smith

14

15 B B

July

D. Ward

9

" 10 P'gs.

August

o. o. Small.

9

" 10 “

September.....

J. Chapman

. . 8

" 15 8. B

.. . . 7

November.

T. Loucfan

?

15 "

December

R. Morrison..

.... 6

“ 15 “

8. B. stands for Snowbirds, P. for Pigeons, and B. B. for Blackbirds.
The last five shoots did not come off until the mouth of December,
which accounts for the winner of the prize for August shooting at snow-
birds. T. G. C.

Beloit, Wie., Febronry 10, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I take pleasure In sending you the score of a pigeon shoot which took
place on the grounds of the Beloit Driving Park (II. N . Sherman, sec-
retary.) The score is aB follows: —

II. N. Sherman .0 0 1 1111111-8 IL. Baghr.. 1 01111111 1-9

George Shin. ...110110111 0-7 McLean. 00110 1 0 dr. —3
W.H. Culvert .... ! 0 0 1 10 1 000-4 ,J , A. Ruble. .1 11110 0 11 1—8

Bagar won first prize. The match was shot in a driving snow storm.
Sherman's first bird was hard hit, and fell well inside of bounds, but
was promptly chased out by u dog, and fell dead about twenty yards
out and was scored a lost bird. For second prize, Sherman and Kuble
tied In the shoot off, 26 yards— Sherman, 1 1 0; Kuble, 1 1 0— 31 yards,
Sherman, 110; Ruble, 110. This gave Sherman second prize and
Shin third. Following this were four small sweeps at 31 yards rise eucli,
one prize each, in which Bagar won first, McLean second, Bagar and
McLean third, Sherman and Shin fourth. S.

HINTS FOR THE HUNGRY.

Cazenovia, February 12, 1875.

Editor Forest and’Stream:—

Leaving Washington for the South there Is not innch to be reported
favorable lo the wayside inns in general, but there is one to be men-
tioned as exceptional. Vo-ir correspondent had the hint from some
Southern residents, and was grateful therefor. The point is Flemingtoi,,
seventeen miles south of Wilmington, N. C . and about half way from
Washington to Charleston. The recommendations are— proximity to
the road, a luxurious table of piuln good things, bright, open fatwood
fires, and kind, interested people. We lutended to stay over one train,
but remained longer, and had a pleasant day on Lake Wuccnmaw, where
there is good fishing nnd shooting. We went on with regret, and hope
again to find ourselves there to enjoy hearing the order given to t tie
"enfranchised African" of "more hot cakes, Simmons," und such hot
cakes are not found often. To our friends who go South with ideas of
a dozen courses of clean plates, finger bawls und French souffiets, and
Would sec Florida from round front laundaulcts, wc would give Punche s
counsel to young people contemplating marriage— "don’t"— but to those
who go to meet the tardy sun, to become brown and hearty, snd carry
ready good humor, we would say linger in one of these old style S outh-
ern towns, and you will find much to praise. L. W. L.

TROUBLE THREATENED.

Helena, M. T., January 29, 1875.

Editor Forest and stream:—

Say you! I am a long way off, and the roads are bad. The mercury has
been bunting a hole and found it, and pulled the hoic in after it, so that
the wood pile had to go and hunt for it, leastways that has left In a
hurry. Don't you tto/i mj p'tp-r, unless you want to get into a
"plsoned difficulty," and really It is not worth your while making crip-
ples of yourselves for such a small matter. I don't know how many I
will have to tackle If you don't send Forest and Stream; but senl me
the fighting weight of the smallest of your staff, and then I will consider
the propriety of going into training, provided as aforesaid. A promi-
nent army officer and myself are making a collection of birds, freezing
them and forwarding them to Dr, Elliott Cones. Yours, Wsi. G.

A BIG DAY AMONG THE GEESE.

Kinsey's Ashley House, I
Barneoat Inlet, February 6, 1875. t
On account of having two large steamships on our beach our gunners
have had other business to occupy their time. As the daily pipers have
gtven the full particulars of the disasters, I will merely add that the Iron
steamer South Carolina was on oar shoals four weeks, undergoing severe
thumping part of the time, hauled some five hundred yards over the
sand, and yet sustained no injury; in fact would have been able to re-
sume her trips the day she floated, were it not ror a little scrubbing and
painting. While the wooden steamer Mediator, nearly new, ou the
same shoal, broke in two seven hours after striking the bar. This much
in favor of iron hulls.

To-day, the above business being over, our gunners returned to their
legitimate business, and I have to report the. best day's shooting by two
men known for years. Joel Rldgway and Samnel Pcrrine, Jr., killed
twenty-five geese, none less than ten pounds, nnd seven which pulled the
scales at fourteen pounds; six red heads, two widgeoos, seven block
docks, one brant. This shooting is unprecedented. I have known more
fowl killed on our point, but never with two guns. Three other gunners
came in with three geese, one brant, and eleven docks. They all agree
they never knew as many geese in the bay as at present. B.

— In the Gulf of St. Lawrence last week upwards of
1,000 fishermen’s nets were carried off by the ice that was
blown off shore, but fortunately most of them wore recov-
ered.

Qncltfittg nnd iJoatinij.

All communication! from Secret a rut and Mend* *hould be mailed no
later than Monday in epch t peek.

Hion WATER. FOR THE WEEK

Date.

Hatton.

New

York

Charletton.

11.

>1.

II

M.

n,

Feh. IS

1ft

21

7

>

Feb. 19

M

11

7

•Inn. 20 . .

11

51

8

34

7

51

Jsn a;

ovc.

•-•s

9

14

8

VS

Feb.il

1

1

9

50

Feb. 23

40

10

21

9

40

Feb . 21

2

.0

;o

58

10

19

Ice Yachting. — The yachtsmen of Poughkeepsie met
with some discouragement on Saturday last in endeavoring
to continue their regatta. The wind in the forenoon was
so light as to prevent a start. After dinner, however, there
were some indications of a breeze, and at 2:43 the boats
Qui Vive, Magic, Puff, and Whiff were started on tlicir
journey. The Puff carried off the first prize, and the
Whiff the second. Some idea of the state of the wind
may be formed from the fact that the Puff was 30m. 80s.
in doing the distance, while the Whiff accomplished the
same distance last week in 28m. 80s. The ice is In splen-
did condition, and the yachtsmen not despondent.

—The New York Yacht Club have accepted the offer of
Vice Commodore Garner to build a house for the use of
club on the Eastern shore of Staten Island, nenr Stapleton.
The house is to be erected in the Spring, and will be G0x35
feet, nud two stories in height. It will stand on the end of
a pier running 450 feet into the bay. Directly in front of
it will be the anchorage for yachts nnd the starting point
for yftchts. A want long felt will be supplied by the erne-
tiong of this building; a lounging place for members, and
a spot from which start and finish can be witnessed by
those who have neither time or inclination to accompany
the yachts on their entire trip. The old days will bo re-
vived when thousands assembled on the Elysian Fields to
see the graceful Julia come lending the fleet past the win-
ning stnke boat; and visions of the stately Maria, the grace-
ful Haze, and Mr. Rutherford’s Una will crowd themselves
upon (lie memory of the old yachtsmen. A retrospective
view of our yachts and yachting for the past twenty years
would be full of interest, as well as instructive to the younger
generation of yachting men, and we propose ere the senson
shall have fairly commenced to review some of the old
contests, aud, ns far as the change in course will permit,
draw comparisons between thorn and moio recent events.
As a preliminary, the sketch of the America’s ever green
victory will be printed net week.

Eastern Yacht Club. — At a meeting of the Eastern
Yacht club, held in Boston Tuesday evening, the following
were elected: — Commodore, Joint M. Forbes, Azalea; Vice
Commodore, John Jeffries, Jr., Halcyon; Rear Commo-
dore, Edward Burgess, Nimbus; Secretary, II. B. Jnekson,
Treasurer, P. T- Jackoon; Measurer, F. I). Child. Re-
gatta Committee, John Heard, Wm. M. Whitney, Stanton
Whitney, B. Joy Jeffries, and R. II. Stevenson.

Yaciit Club Anniversary.— The South Boston Yacht
Club celebrated the eighth anniversary of their organization
Tuesday evening, Dili instant, by a social gathering of its
members and their guests, among whom were otHcers of
t lie Lynn nnd Charlestown ami East Boston Yacht Clubs,
nt their Club House at City Point, South Boston. A splen-
did supper was served at nine o'clock at the Atlantic House,
opposite the Club House, under the the supervision of its
landlord, ex-Ccmmodore Fred. Wright. Commodore
Roberts presided at the table.

— The colors won on the 151 It of October, on the Harlem
River, in a three mile straight away race, in four-Oiued
shells, by the Analostans, fromlhe Nassau Boat Club, the
crack organization of the New York, have been lately re-
ceived by the former club. They are as handsome a set
of colors as one can desire to see, being made of fine silk;
the club fiag, blue and white, having a blue stripe diagon-
ally in gold letters, “Harlem River, Annlostan re Nassau,
October 15lh 1874," the staffs being tipped with heavy gold
eagles. In a word, the flags are in every respect worthy
of such gentlemen as compose the Nassau Club.

—The Massachusetts Rowing Association was organized
last week in Boston, the following boats being represented
in the convention: Boston, Shawmut, Lakernan, Friend-
ship, nnd City Point, all of Boston; Riverside, of Cam-
bridge; Neptune, of Lynn, and Lander, of Salem. The
following officers were chosen:— President, F. F. Bibber;
Vice President, J. W. Fazer; Secretary, J. M. Flynn; Cor
responding Secretary, C. O. Breed; Treasurer, James I).
Shay; Directors, J. Desmond, W. Liddy, M. W. Carr, J.
M. Henry and W. J. Higgins.

Schuylkill Navy. — We would call the attention of Sec-
retaries of Rowing Clubs to the accompanying letter. The
Regatta of the Schuylkill Navy is one of the most interest-
ing events of the season, and a reciprocal arrangement with
regard to dates, etc., will not only prevent confusion, but
aid in keeping each other posted as to matches and open
events.

Headquarters Schuylkill Navy', i

Faibmount Park, I’uila., Feb. 15, 1875. f
Editor Forest and Stream:—

The Committee having charge of the “ Schuylkill Navy Regatta, open
to all Amateurs," are preparing nnd in a abort time will be ready to Is-
sue their Circular with Copies of the Rulre.

If the Secretaries of ail clubs will be kind enough to forward their ad
dresses, it would greatly oblige aud as«l*t, ■

Very Truly Yours,

JOHN OILLINOHAM, See

Box 3013, PI lla.

Jas 31. Ferocson, Commodore, I
John Hockley, Jk., Vice-Com.. V
J. GillinohaM, Sec. 1

SCHUYLKILL BOATING NOTES.

KntTou 1-oREiT and Stream:—

While l he rlvot* arc Ice bound, anil weather report* show lower tem-
poral!) re, there u no luck of activity among the b»nt-huihlcrs, nnd boat
Ins men. The builder* tlicir shop, the row la l« In the gymnasium are
preparing for the coming season . In this city the boat talk I* a* lively
aa on n race clay . and It t* largely about the Centennial, which !» no longer
spoken of as the " proposed" regatta It I* Mimred. The Schuylkill
navy having agreed to bear nil the running expenses, nml the Comiluv
ilore ha. guaranteed that fund, fur prize, .hall not be wanting. Thn
present Naval Board I. not lacking In snap, nnd their coiumllloo will have
their plans matured In a few weeks.

It I. greatly to be hoped, that the College Association will hold lludr
regatta hero In '79. nnd If the only objection raised (a. we suppose will
be the rn.ei Is to lowing In heal*, the difficulty can lie met About
seven miles from Fnlrmonnt. and four from the .tnrl of the National
Course. 1* Flat Rock Dam. where betw een the high hills I* n course as
long as Putney, straight as Saratoga, and wide enough for all the sixes
they will want.

There Is little doubt that Oxford nnd Cambridge will each semi n crew,
nnd an International College ltacu here would lino the hanks of die
Schuylkill with such a crowd as has uovor witnessed a boat race In this
country. The spirit of " ottUhness" with which the London clubs met
our Invitation nt the outset, rapidly disappeared when llioy realized what
the "definition of an Ainntour" means. The Schuylkill Navy should
fed proud of the stand they have always lakon on this " definition " It,
wn* from the regatta of is?) that the National Amateur Association
grew, and It wan their nulled stand In the Convention* that made that
Association possible

The coming sea-on promises lo open with Increased activity among
the local cluba. The open regatta In Juno will no doubt receive a largo
number of entries. The w inner* of hist yoara challenge prize* will not
be likely to allow them to go by default ; the unsuccessful contestant*
will wont to retrieve their lanrals, and many club* will wish to visit
the course on which thn " Centennial" Is lo he rowed. Among the local
clubs there 1* n growing, lliongh for the most part a generous rivalry, nnd
they are making grout preparation* for the Fall Regatta. In the menu
time It In likely that most of thorn, or nt least several, will cider In dime.
A feeling pretty freely expressed, has crept In among tho crow* lien' Hint
strictly adhering to the Natlonnl Definition, ns they do , here, they arc
badly handicapped when they eutorngalnst several of the prominent out
side crows, whoso statue much re.uiubla* tho old Athletic nine, Al
though w e do not think that thin will dolor many entries, it in dearly Urn
Regatta Commit lees duty to see that men who are paid to row, dlrecily or
Indirectly, do not compete for Amateur prizes.

The Quaker City Club are busy selecting their four-oared crew. They
have a stroke that Is, to sny tho least, very good ; with litilo dmiht tlm
best on the river ; their bow has proved himself, In nt least two races, to
he cool slid powerful. On their waist men they have not decided, but
there I* no lack of men from whom to choose, and if tln-y pot a man at,
number two, who will keep tho how nt work hard, wo think there is
onongh "go fa*t" In the boat to make more than a creditable show, and

If they do ns Columbia Gut nt Saratoga, nr the Uvaverwycks, at Troy,
no one will rejoice more than "Sculls."

With tho Pennsylvania’s all does not seem to lie well, Wo can’t |du<l
exactly what It 1* that nils them, and neither can they. They seemed to
foul hurt at not winning (he four* Inst .Hmo (when, hy the byu, they had
not a ghost of n chance) and then they snentud uipnilly cut up about win.
nlug two out of four of tho races In September. However, we think
they will talk out the grievances before Spring, and out of tho excellent
materiel, which they certainly have, can pick a strong crew.

Tho Crescents seem lo he asleep sin CO the death of poor Steel, hut
they luivn a habit of waking up Jn.l before the eleventh hour, albeit It
proves sometimes too late for much training. They have an clght-oiircd
shell race still on their hands, with the Undine, which will likely comu
off In May.

The ('inline* Imve not done much In a long time In the regattas except
to lose tile "pairs" In lu«t June , hut In n few weeks if Fouron Is prompt
nml Gen Myers condescends to take Ills Ice off (lie river, they will Imve
a " four" busy gutting roudy, and ft good four It will ho, to Judge from
appearance. Wo Know they are building their boat for an average of
157 pounds, and of the eight men that their Captain Ims In hi* eye, at
leant file will considerably outweigh thul now, though they will train

down some

The College Club of the University of Pennsylvania, having finished
and almost paid for their handsome house, are anxious to Join the Navy,
so we may lie looking up their doings shortly.

The Purifies Imve hnil mi Influx of new members, and during tho Inst,
weeks of the last rowing season, tnlrablh Ulclu, It wa* no uncommon
thing to see their doors open three days In Hie week. Perhaps they will
become active, In which caso nolhlng else ulll lie *ur|irl«lng.

The University Club do not sectn to promise much In the way of row-
ing, but their representative promised n $I,ooo for tho Conbuinlnl which
Is very much to the purpose, ns their promise l« ns good ns— well wheal,
Altogether, from the present lookout, you are likely during tho coming
mouths lo hear from. Very Truly Yours,

"Sculls."

— [.and and Water snys Unit 8mllt:r Ims lukon Boyd’s
challenge to scull u mile on llio Tyne for £200, on March
29lli. This will give the Tyne men it feeler us lo whether
their youthful champion is fit to tackle ihe older sculler;
Lmnsdcn nlso has got u match on with Bugnull on March
Oth; there is no stipulation as to honts. Lumsdcn has a
rosy chance. The Thames mulches are prog reusing fairly,
and promise a busy season, ns there secrns to bo a multi-
tude of cliques in the homing world, and tho more tho
feuds the more the matches.

— The Officers of the New York Rowing Club for 1875
are: — President, John D. Prince; Captain, George Rives,
Secretary, F. J. l)c Royster; Treasurer, F. L. Lelaud.

—The Yale crew have met witli a great misfortune in
the accident which happened to Mr. Wood of tho Scientific
School last week. Mr. Wood was considered one of tho
ablest boating men the college has ever produced, and In
being deptived of his assistance next July Capt. Cook
meets with n loss which is almost irreparable. The acci-
dent occurred while coasting near tho college campus; one
of the unfortunate gentleman's legs were broken, and al-
though tho prospect of amputation, which was at one
time imminent, has passed, his physician says Ids boating
days are over. Mr. Wood Ilus pulled in several victorious
crews and was one of the University crew of '74. His loss
and that of the three Sophomores who were suspended last
Wednesday, deprives (lie college of four fine oarsmen, re-
ducing her prospects at Saratoga and rendering her boat-
ing men somewhat despondent.

—Union College wishes Harvard to change her college
color, since Union College udopted the mugeuta iu 1800 and
has retained it ever since.

28

FOREST AND STREAM

—The new editors of the Harvnrd Advocate fire J. N,
Byrne, A. H. Latham, E. 8. Martin, L. Swift, and G. E
Wood berry, literary editors; and W. N. Swift, financial
editor.

— Several specimens of ore from the new gold and silver
mines of Newburyport, Mass., have Just been assayed in
the Yale laboratory. The richest specimen thus far yielded,
per ton of the ore, ten dollars’ worth of gold, sixty-five or
seventy of silver, and fifty per cent, of galena, all together
about $140.

—Our Nine has voted not to go to Saratoga. Games
with Yale and Princeton will be played before the end of
the college year— one game with each of them here; the
second at New Haven and Princeton respectively; the third
on some neutral ground.

We are informed that the following men arc candidates

as the “threesome” or the “foursome" has the preference.

They differ in time and necessarily in the steps given by
in the intervals between “reeling.” It is
give any idea of the “slcns" used in anv of

for places on the University Crew:— Thaver, James, Otis3
5.; Wetmore, 75; Taylor, 77; M. F. Stiles|

allofUS. S olllC8i

77; Lonng, 78; Yates; 78; Morgan, 78; Brown, 78 .—Ear-
vird Advocate.

—The Yale Scientific School ha9 a magnet which weighs
half a ton and will lift ten tons, the gift of Mr. Wallace of
Ansonia, Cl., long known as a manufacturer and scientist.

Princeton Colleoe, Feb, 11, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Since my luRt communlcaUon the boating interest? here have received
n new Impulse. At a recent meeting of the boat club it was announced
by the treasurer that about $1,000 had been contributed by various alum-
ni of (hie college, many of them being residents of New York city, with-
in the past few weeks, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the
“University" during the coming season, including tho nece-sary expense
at Saratoga. It will take about 81,500 to cover the entire expense, but
tho deficit will be made up easily, either by private subscription, or by
donation. It seems now as though that thore nro good reasons for be-
lieving that Princeton will take that position at the close of the next
Inter-Uolleelato regatta which her rank as an athletic college seems to
make it necessary that she should assume.

A new era in boating will take place In the Spring We purpose hav-
ng a regatta of our iwn In May. at New Brunswick, In this State which
Is about seventeen miles distant, on the Raritan River. The regatta will
insist of races bciweun the different class crews, and perhaps one or

C’rhlbill0n“ of ro'vlnC by the University and
Freshmen crews The date has not been decided upon yet; probably

bTnfnJrl?.! oftbo raon"' wll> be ^osen. The crews and

ball nine continue their gymnasium work with unabating zeal Thev

wme time pffneeCtt0d ** ^ °P,d°mlC 'Vh'Ch h“ 6600 90 comtnon hcr*

Quidyis.

Rensselaer Polt, Inst.. i

„ Trot, N. Y,, February 13, 1875. (

Editor Forest and Stream:— ’

noT!!™!!111^"5'8 Im,,c1at'en,l0n ,0 Dlaniy sports, because we have
wl hZ h H ° S ,Dl° °n? tr“lulnK' or for work ln gymnasium
ILHm at n f “° nrSt' n0"0n8; ,he «rao'n>t nltogcther not exceeding
$300 at most; so you sc- that we cannot have anything very elaborate8
Our future, however, seems brighter, and we hope yet to be KprcsTted
at Saratoga \\ e arc organizing an Institute Rlfie Club, and are to have
Ofnemnol? al1 ”<■»■ The boat club has qultea number

Ser0.;?.,:6 Frc8hmaD c,,ws mif ^

£$aKotwl ‘Qngtimes.

SCOTTISH GAMES.

MUSIC AND DANCING.

each performer

impossible to give any idea of the “steps" used m any of
the dances mentioned. Like the music of the bagpipe,
which generally accompanies them, they baffle description.
But this may be said, that more fun can be extracted from
what Scotchmen call “a guid ganging reel" than from all
the quadrilles and waltzes of a ball programme. In the
case of the foursome reel, the parties stand in a row, the
men on the outside looking towards each other, and the
girls on the inside, each looking to her partner. The “reel”
consists in the four passing each other on the right and left
alternately, and taking up the position above described,
after in this way describing the figure eight. Then the
“steps” are performed according to individual taste or
knowledge, and then again comes the reel. When danced
on board a steamer in a heavy sea, as is frequently the case
at excursions, it is very exhilarating. If couples lose each
other, and sets get mixed, its matters little. Everything is
sure to turn out 'all right in the end. Generally a vast
amount of decorum characterises the opening of a reel at
a country fair or festive gathering. The first figure is
sailed through with the gravity and stiffness of mutes nt a
funeral. But by and by the dancers warm to their work,
and an occasional shrill "hooch” may be heard from an en-
thusiast whose blood is already beginning to tingle. Less
ceremony is shown in reeling, and the music admits of no
loss of time. Faster fly the restless feet, and steps of the
most confusing complexity are gone through with a rap-
idity which defies the ejrc to follow. The rising color and
heaving breasts of the dancers arc evidences that things
are becoming interesting. Partners are actually trying to
rival each other in the wondrous fleetness of their move-
ments. The piper is getting purple in the face, and you
almost hope that it n.ay be his normal color, when, lo !
just as you expect to see his rounded cheeks burst, lie gives
a mightier blast and is off into the rapid variations of a
soul-stirring stathspey. It is just the point at which Burns
saw the witches in Allowny kick wheu auld llornie played
the pipes. 1 J

"The piper loud and louder blew,

The dancers quick and quicker flew;

^ey reerd they set, th.-y cross'd, theyclecklt,
Till Ilka carlin swat nnd ricket:

And "

A SIGHT, to many wonderful and emphatically extra
ordinary, may be witnessed in New York It Wt
twice a year on the two great gatherimra of 1 1

rayed iu the fantastic but picturcsoiie dress clUnen ,ar-
Hlgblander. The two occas'ons are the a^
annual ball of the New York cl&Sl^ciS ^
cities are no doubt equally favored Boston „i„;_ ' ^tlier
the oldest Scotch club on this continent- PhiladeKh/n h ^
strong organization, and every other citv
the United States, of any importance h Ik l a-nd

club, or some other society representative of
fraternity. New York isLw /pS^
count of the pre eminence which, by numerirnl aC'

cml strength, its Caledonian club has reached I,. ^fl,Kan'
mgs are the grand reunions of tho cxi'ed
Land o’ Cakes.” and finely represent nnr ^ir i f tbe
tton. The peculiarities of U.es^ fSve seafo^ l°P'^

and suffleent'y striking to merit some comment ed

that nothing was danced at the i»>n ?upp09e', however,

France. ” At the same hme he S not In*, De,w frae
‘horn pipes, jigs, stratlispevs ant? reels ’^whilh^i f°r ,he
poet commends, and which are peculiarh' d s?Ino

these the dances most admired, and w ^ ®esides

place in the programme of Highland «^,i, - y lmve a
Sword Dance or Gilli-Callum Ind are the
would be a hard matter to find the origin o^anv ofgi'i II
Dancing is common among all primil ve nr nn l/ °f,tlie9e-
mam characteristic of certain reliu?, «P . P andl8 the
have belonged both to the eadv snvn™ R 8eemH ‘o

the Gael; &d it excelled any ^modern® dance" I MUS
nation it dem nded of strength amt „ce *“ tl,e combi-
trB.ed by all ScoJ, d”,VCe,enraS'|;,^^der““- ^

Gilli-Callum is a modern form of a sort nf p.m- k- j
over swords, practiced by tho ancient rn?pdP^ h,C d£nce
of these weapons, or two' Sticks are L * R?1' edo?,ans- Two
the variety and intricacy of the fl°°r’ and

care and agility on the nart nf XL demfand great skill,
touching them. The latteHs the LV/6 perforraer. to avoid
more ancient form, ^ dexterity. In its

lutious of attack and defence Tid I ! tbrough the evo-

fereu very considerably from’ the qUeucfe il dif‘

Tlie same remarks apply to the Dirk n C* Um of ,0'day-
seldom to be witnessed.7 ° ck Dance. winch is now

choiean ei’rds^oMhe' uorUiee?n1sJo,lnd beSl known Terpsi-
of more or less intricacy ^ and difflmd ’ 19 a series of “steps”
a flie display of . h a^ds

I he Reel and Strathsnov « graceful strength.
Scotad Md are dabbed £ lu

But the rest of the quotation is inappropriate under ordi-
nary circumstances. Everything like stateliness has dis-
appeared long before; men and girls are in the ecstacies of
the last few galloping sets; time and tune both have
changed and new steps of more bewildering intricacy
dazzle the looker on, as lie watches, or tries to watch the
feet winch are almost as invisible as the spokes of a rapidly
revolving wheel- From every direction the uniform shout
of exultation, hooch is heard, and, in the panting rally
w/nn -Ter la8St8 1 , follows with breathless heartiness.
When it is over the dancers walk demurely to their seats
or huger on the floor or ground for the formation of another

inM»rC,o»anCein may not have been reproduced to the
Lfnfi lcti>e lo1n.'an b!l11- but it possibly shows the
kind of school at which many of the dancers there learned
to reel. Tins dance is generally the first item on the
programme of Scottish games in this country. As many
men as choose participate, generally all in Highland '

LvolU ulC.

„Z,,“W?C.C.0m??yin.g musi.c is usually performed on the
great Highland bagpipe, which is possibly the only purely
national instrument in the world. In European cbuStries7
at least, all others are found to be common to many

T Mm ah’ ,ie H,^hland bagpipe is used in Scotland alone7
Il l as been much maligned, loudly execrated, and abund-
irnp7 d!iCU e,d; and y?1' historians can be found to lovingly
trace its development from the pastoral reed of primitiv^

dmnpa tJ,.e,chaa,er- and ‘o the chanter willi bag md
df°“®®- D bas been praised as enthusiastically as it has
been cursed, if shut up in a small room with it in the
hands of a piper with leather lungs, its strains can'scarcely
be described as dulcet, though there cau be no doubt of
their bemg inspinng, m a way. On the other hand beard
at a distance m the midst of proper surroundings, the pipes

li fl nf ll‘eir°wnd So,ne of ‘be most daringwPar!

tbj Highlander have been attributed to (he
Ane.cd°te. co,lld be piled on anecdote to illustrate
the wonders which Us music has worked, and when a writer
shall arise to treat of music from the utilitarian point of
view, the fact may be remembered that the custom was
• once prevalent in Scotland of playing the pines b.
harvest field behind the slowest reaper. A11P things con

awaken a£e general and undefined, bwans^tVey

-m

Arnold was in Philadelphia and Brooklyn engaging nlnv
The club will have a very fine ground. b 5 £ Payers.

-The Bridgeport club-T. B. F. U. S.-it is said wilt
not join the professional association this season but w
remain as they were last year— co-operative amateml
which means a nine with amateur as well as corapens*»S
players in it. Nichols, the pitcher of the T. B.'s, says ti
be has received a liberal offer from the New Haven clnl
but is undecided ns yet, as he has u good position in Bridp
port, most of the nine working in the same establishment

—The Haitfords will have a new uniform for 1875 t,
will be of white flannel, trimmed. The shirt will have nV
the breast the name “Hartford," in plain blue letters. Th '
stockings nnd belt will be blue, and the cap is to be of n,e

vizor7 Patlern’ White’ with blue cord and larSe white

— Tlie subject of a walking match between E. Pavsm,

eston and Prof. Judd is being much discussed, and tlm
preliminaries are said to be arranged. Mr. Barnnm wi i
his usunl generosity, has offered the use of the hinJ
drome, and $5, 000 in money to be awarded to the man
who walks the greatest number of miles in six consecutive
days. It having beeu reported that this walk (?) was to ho
uuder the supervision of the New York Athletic club wo
can state by authority that such is not the case, and that
association does not indorse either of the men for this nor
formance.

—At Wood’s gymnasium, on Saturday evening, a Wp
number of gentlemen assembled to witness a display of
athletics, as well as fencing and sparring. The exhibition
was extremely creditable and entertaining. Mr. Wood is
one of the old landmarks of our city, and lias attended to
physical culture for two or three generations.

—A prettily played game of base ball was played on the
ice at Prospect Park on February 12th, with the following
score;— Burdocli’s side, 19; Bunco’s side, 12. Umpire, Mr
Chadwick. Time of game, 1 hour and 10 minutes. First
base by errors, Burdock’s, 13 times; Buuce’s, 7 times. Runs
earned, Burdock’s, 2; Bunce’s, 0.

i ™°.3' J- Gallagher, winner of the second prize in the
late Cleveland tournament has challenged Eugene Caster
who took 1st prize, to play for the gold championship
badge, for the required stake of $250. 1

-The contest between Rudolphc and Yignaux will occur

oE Hv ’ 111 ll!ls cily- on Monday night next,
February „„ Yignaux lias the advantage of having been

Chicago*115 “ m0Sl uninlerruPted|y while Rudolplie was in

ChTrt1* p0fflinthifanA n a11’ R°cbester, N. Y„ on February 24,
°f .A naDy and Byron GilletttJ of Corning are
to play the tliree-ball game, 400 points up, for $400.

m . „ , CRESS DIRECTORY.

v M - ^?’ Martinez, of Philadelphia, visited New
York last week. He played a number of games His
score was : Martinez 3, Makenzie 2, Drawn 1; Martinez 0
Mason 4, Drawn 0; Martinez 3, Albcroni 1, Drawn 0 The
f“T,:ere^yed 81 tbeCafe International, and excited
great interest in consequence of the beauty of the game and
the rank of the contestants. Our readers are nrobablv
aware of U.e fact that Mr. Makenzie is champion of tlm
United States, and that Mr. Martinez is considered h£
strongest Player m Philadelphia. Although notamatdi
champion.062 16 l° C0DSrtttuIated on his score with the

Mew $&Mic*tionn.

magazines.

curlingec^teUwasniplayed CFebruarye nth°o ’° ,?n(^ A0®^011
street rink, three rinks aside A7™!,? V^e Adelaide
Major Walker, was contended fnAnH • meda1, S,ven by
gold medal will be comDeted for w ‘V,8 expected that a
matches between these two clubs ^Tbfo^fnrV116 “"“o'*1
London, 54; majority for Toronto, 30. T°r0at°’ 84;

retary. Directors—’ a^,a Corresponding Sec-
Alfred ThoS W S Arnold A' ?eor^ ,W' M- H^ed,
Hill. The by-laws of i\d’( ,Cbarl,ea Webster, and Eli

Litcrary Magazine is conducted by the

is=~~s5=s=

PrcvmTiuDea ^ 1 ^ C°l,ege t0PIC8- enieriaiDiiig- and of value.

aPPear8 to be awake as to the uecessity of good hard work bv
way of preparation for the great regatta. ’ y

In Far Fin and Feather , Mr. Charles Suydam fur

lhc™nild A-h laws of the various
Sir W*“ "8e,Ql information regarding hunting and Ashing

Of huntmg °f ,ntCreMln? aneCd’0tC“

IntSa Monthly is not devoted to the shipping

,he8UPS?«8ed fr°m its ,illc' bul 'akesits name through
I* mK,rit,me Pr°VlDCeof New Brunswick. Llterainr°e,
w l cl .atl-d ,o i objeets, and tho current number contains artlc.es

and hi. preten9lon8' Quaint old George Fox

ana me Quaker followers are ably described. Mr. George Forbes writes

fbr going We8t nUme °f MouchUouguac, we do not blame him

Ph^LWC,iS 'S f° wel1 known ia connection with

Johnson's Dental Miscellany contains papers of great

nwffcd°wlth It tfrodn°n ' 8‘ght °f tb° borrlble paraphema.lt con-

nected with It produces incipient loolhache. and we close ihe book.

early to hfind

BIG INVENTION.

Lloyd, tbc famous map man, who made all tho maps
for General Grant and tho Union army, ceitlflcates of
which ha published, boa just invented a way of get-
ting a relief plate from steel so as to print Lloyd's
Map of American Continent— showing from ocean to
ocean — on ono entire sheet of bank note paper, 40x50
Inches large, on a lightning press, and colored, sized
uud varnished for the wall so as to stand washing,
and mailing anywhere in tho world . for 25 cents, or
nnvarnished for 10 cents. This map shows tho whole
United States and Territories in a group, from sur-
veys to 1875, with a million places on it, such os towns,
cities, villages, mountains, lakes, rivers, streams, gold
mines, railway stations, &c. This map should be In
every house. Send 25 cents to tho Lloyd Map Com-
pany, Philadelphia, and you will get a copy by return
mall.

JRifie

AIR PISTOL

Shoots I)art9 or Slngrs.
Perfectly Accurate at 30 ft.

use.

as the Force is Air Alone.

Splendid Parlor Amusement.
Ono may become a dead shot by practicing with it.
To a Sportsman It is invaluable. Price, Including
Darts, Slugs, Targets and Uunstock, S3. Handsomely
nickle plated. 86. For sale by gun dealers generally,
or sent by mull on receipt of price.

POPE BROS.. M'frs., J5 High Street, Boston, Muss.

W. & C. SCOTT & SONS

GENUINE

Breech Loaders.

WINNERS OF THE GUN TRIAL OF 1873.
Report of Gun Trial sent on application,
AGENTS;

WM. READ & SONS,

1 3 Fane nil Hall Sq., Bost on.

A genuine Scott Mnzzle Loading Gun. $25 op.
Maynard. Ballard, Remington and Sharp’s Rllles.
“Ballard s breech loading Sporting Rides, $1811"

Also all other makes. Greener, Wcstley Richards,
Webley, Remington. Moore, Ac.

Bussey’s Gyro Trap, for shooting practice.

Ballard Rides for side, $‘8; altered. $22.

Fine Bronze Yacht •Tuns on mahogany carriages
Complete, as furnished tho New York and Boston
Yacht Squadrons. SEND FOR CIRCULARS.

Clin tn G1 Him Invested in Stocks aud
ij)lvf IU * jvUv Gold pays 200 per cent
tmon-h. Pamphlet free. Tuuibridgo & Co., Bauk-
»re,2 Wall street, N Y.

FO R SALE. — A FINE DOUBLE

Breech Loading Express Ride, made by Riley,
London: cost eighty guineas, gold; will be sold at' u
low figure for want of use. Address H., at this of-
fice, where the gun may be examined.

Dll. FOWLER’S

PATENT

HARD RUBBER REEL

This lieautlfiil Reel has now been before tho pub-
lic two years, and all who have used it speak loW In
its praise.

IT HAS BEEN IMPROVED,
mid nil the Reels made this year will puss through tho
hands of the inventor, and uuiie allowed to go out,
except tho-e that are perfect.

For sale by all first-class jobbers and tho trade gen-
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SALMON ANGLING

In the undermentioned Salmon Rivere will be Leased
for a term of FIVE YEARS. Competition above up-
ect prices named. LESSEES to maintain guardian-
ship at private coat. Applications will bo recolved to
1st MAY next.

River Natashqnan (North Shore) $800

River Trinity (near Point des Mouls) J00

River St. Margaret (en has) ]00

River Trout (near Molsle) 50

River Mistassini (near Qodbont) 20

River Becscle, do 20

River Malbaic (near Perce) 100

River Grand Pabos, do 800

River Llttlo Pabos, do 100

River Toblque (New Brunswick) 100

River Nashwouk. do 100

River N.W. Miramichl, do 200

River Jupiter (Anticosti Island) 100

River Salmon, do 50

By order of the Hon. the Minister of Marine and
Fisheries.

Address,

W F WHITCHER,
Commissioner of Fisheries, Ottawa.

SALMON ANGLING .

Gentlemen wishing to fish for Salmon in the splondld
river Ronmine during the seuson of 1875, will be
pleased to apply for Information to J. W. C , core of
Editor Forest and Streum. The Salmon are the lar-
gest In the Dominion and run to over fifty pounds
el g ht. Fel

?eb M

J. WALLACE,

Naturalist & Taxidermist

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GUNPOWDER.

Hazard's "Electric" Powder.

Nos. 1 (fine! to 5 (coarse). UnHurpa**cd in point of
strength ana cleanliness. Packed In square cauls-
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Hazard's "American Sporting.”

Nos. 1 (flnei to 3 (coarse). In 1 lb. canisters and 6 1 lb.
kegs. A fine grain, quick and clean, for upland and
prairie shooting. Well adapted to short guns.

Hazard’* "Duck Shooting."

Nos. ; (fine) to 5 (coarse). In 1 and ft lb. canisters
und tq and 12J lb. kegs. Burns slowly and very
clean, shooting remarkably close, and with grail
penetration. For field, forest and water shooting
li ranks any other brand, and it Is equally servicea-
ble for muzzle or breech loader.

Hazard'* "Kentucky Rifle."

FFFG, FFG, and "Sea Shooting"
18J. and til H>s- and cans or 5

FG, in keg
lbs. Ft Ft

of 25,
Is also

packed In I and i lb. canisters. Bums strong aud
moUt. The FFFG and FFG are favorite brands
for ordinary sporting, and the "Sea Shooting" FG
is the standard Rifle powder of the country.

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GOVERNMENT CANNON AND MUSKET POW-
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Feb 11

THE AMERICAN

W. MERIDIEM, CONfc. '

:l»i attention Is given to flrst-eia** work. Extra
io* and DOG PORTRAITS cut to order by
sending photographs. JACOB OLAHN, Manager.
Formerly Supt. of Parker Bros. Engraving and Orna-
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STOVE.

Outside dimensions, parked, 12x12x20 Inches.
Weighing only 25 pound*, very durable, will cook
for ten persons, and Is especially adapted for camp-
ing purpose*. The ware con*lets of 8 qt. kettle, 6 qt.
Too Kettle, 2 qt. Coffee Pot. Fry Pan. round Tin Pan,
2 square Pan*, Dipper, Gridiron, Tent Collar, 8 ft.
Funnel, and an oven that will rou*t 15 pounds beef.

The ware ;s so constructed that It no»t* and packs
In the oven, and tho oven and funnel pack Inside the
stove, as represented In cuts, leaving room for park-
ing half n dozen Plate*. Knives, Forks and Spoons,
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Animals and Birds of North America.

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Wo offer these views not us pictures only, but as
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Impression of the form, color, habits, und locality or
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An experience of more than twenty-five years as
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native and foreign specimens, enables Mr, Hurst to
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with Its appropriate rocks, woods or water, and color-
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1 . Wild Cat, or Buy Lynx Lyncus Rufus,

2. Snowv Owl • Surnla Nyctea,

3. American Wolf Lupus Occidental is.

4. Wild Pigeon . . Ecloplstes Migralorla.

5. Northern Panther Fells C'oncoior.

6. Black Crowned Night Heron Ardesa Dlscors.

7. Woodchuck Actomys Monax.

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American Woodcock Rustlco/a Minor.

White Fronted Goose 4 user Albfrons.

l^Vii^ Eurod Owl OhiS Ameiicanus.

led Sheldrake.
Homed Grebe

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Circus Ulwlnosus.
i Rose

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Golden Eagle.

Prairie Wolf ,

Spotted Sand Lark. .

Marsh Harrier

Milliard Duck Anas Roschas.

Great Horned Owl ..Bubo Virgtnlanue.

Great Loon, or Diver Colymbus Olacialls.

American Doer (Alblnocs) . . . Cervus Virginianus.

The American Bittern Anita Minor.

Old Wife, or Squaw Duck. . Fuligula Olacialls.

The Wild Turkey , , ifdtagrU Oullopavo.

The Beaver Castor Fiber.

Common American Snipe Scolopax WUsoni.

The Bull Breasted Sheldrake. . Mtrgvs Merganser

The Canada Goose ■ A nssr Canadensis.

The New York Ermine . PutoHus. . .Nomboractnsd.

Red Brosted Sheldrake Mergus Serrator.

Pinnated Grouse Tetrao Cupldo.

Tbe Sand Hill Crane Orus Americana.

The American Black Bear Ursus Americanos,

Red Tailed Buzzard Dutsro Borealis.

Bufilo Headed Duck Fuligula Albeola.

North American Porcuptno. . . Hysirix Hudsonius.
Virginia Partridge . Ortyx Virginiana
Common American Gull — Larus Zonorhynchus.

Grey Fox Vulnes Virgfuianus.

Red Head Ftdlgula Erythrocephalia.

Ruffed Grouse Tetrao Umbellus.

The Racooon Procyon Lotor.

The Whistler Fluli/pda Clangula.

Brown or Bald Engle l/allaios Leucocep bolus.

Red Fox Vulpts Fulvus.

Wood Duck Anas Sponsa.

American Barn Owl S/ryx Pratincola.

Spruce Grouse Tetrao Canadensis.

Northern Lynx Lyncus Borealis.

Black Duck Anas Obscura.

Belted King Fisher Alcedo Atcyon.

Li t tie Screech Owl Bubo A sio.

American Opossum DideiphU Virginiana.

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TESTIMONIALS.

Cornell University, I
Ithaca. Murch 14th, 1870. 1
I must congratulate yon upon your great success in
this new educational enterprise. If we can arrange
onr amusements so as to make them impart Instruc-
tion to the mind, it will be a step m udvunce In edu-
cation. EZRA CORNELL.

Washington, D. U., March ISth, 1870.

I am much pleased with the success you have met
with in giving to the stuffed specimens a very decided
appearance of life.

I hope you may be able to continue the Series, and
I hive no doubt they will furnish interesting means
of information and instruction in regard to the wild
animals of New York. SPENCER F. BAIRD.

State House, Boston. Muss.. March 18th. 1870
I have examined carefully the "Steroscopic Studies
of Notural History," and judging by the first ten num-
bers, should suy that they will prove of very great
value, both as object lessons for students.and as a most
interesting suite for the parlor Stereoscope. The de-
lineations, position, and color of the different groups
und the general treatment are most perfect I cor-
dially recommend them to the public attention, und
trust you will meet the encouragemeut which you
have earned. EDWARD A. SAMUEL

Curator of Zoology In Mass. State Cabinet.

Peabody Academy op Science, I
T , , Salem. Muss., March loth, 1870. f

I have shown your Stereoscopic Views to the Direc-
tors of tho Academy and the editors of the American
Naturalist, Dr. Packard and Mr. Morse.

They coucur with me In praising their truthfulness
and the tarte which yon have displayed in surround-
ing the specimens with natural objects and scenery of
characteristic fitness. They are certainly belter fitted
not only as parlor und drawingroom illustrations, but
as educational illustrations for the use of schools and
colleges, than anything we have yet seen,

A. HYATT.

Cornell University. President's Rooms, i"

.. . ... Ituaca, March 19th, 1870 f

* httv.e recyivod the Stereoscopic Views of objects in
Natural History, and have enjoyed them greatlv
lliey have surprised all who have seen them Sy their
wonderful fidelity, both as regards the animals aud
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Sporting Journals published In the United State* and
the weekly newspapers of New York City a. specialty.
Advertl«emenUt inserted at rea-ouable rates. Sand
for estimate*.

SPORTING and other good* purchased ol lowest
prices for cash. No commission charged.
Reference, Proprietors Forest and Stream.

Miscellaneous.

ANDREW CLERK & CO.

48 Maidon Lane N.Y.,

IMFOUTKHs, MANUFACTimSUA AND DEALERS IN

FISHING TACKLE.

(Vn hand the largest ana best assortment ever ex-
hibited in the United Stutce. They particularly call
attention to their

TROUT, SALMON AND D ASH RODS.

Every variety of Salmon and Trout File*, and 1 looks
on Gut. Cutty Hunk and P usque Island* Bass Line*,
waterproof Braided Silk Linos, every size und quality of

SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES,

And every Variety and Stylo of

FISH HOOKS.

Pnrtie* fitted out with appropriate Tackle for the
Rocky Mountain* and Pnclflc Const, Canada, Mul u
the Adirondack*. Ac., Ac.

Split Bamboo, Trout anil Salmon Hod* and Reel*
a Specially.

Agent* for the St. Lawrence Flatting Co. Solo Im-
porter* of Wanin'* Celebrated Drilled
4-29 Eyed Needle*.

Orange Sporting Powder.

ORANGE LIGHTNING POWDER,

The strange*! and cleaucat Powder made. No*. I
to 7, packed only in *ealcd 1 lb. canister*. Tito courser
sizes especially are recommended to owner* of line
breech-londlng gun*, giving great penetration with
very alight recoil.

ORANGE DUCKING POWDER,

For water fowl, Very strong and clean No*. 1 to
5. Packed In metal koga of flflb*. each, and in caul*
ter* of 1 and 5 lbs.

AUDUBON POWDER,

Very quick. For woodcock and quail No*. I to 4.
Packed In metal keg* of 1UJ lb*. uud HI lb*., uud In
pound canisters.

ORANGE RIKI.K POWDER.

Tho best for rifles and for all ordinary purpose*.
Size* F.g. FF.g. FFF g, the lust being the finest and
must used. Packed in wood and metal kegs of 25
lbs., 12} lb*., aud fit lb*., and lit canister* of 1 II). amt

4 pou mi.

All of the above give high velocities and lun* resid-
uum than uny other brand* made.

LAFLIN & RAND POWDER Co.,

21 Park Row, N. Y.

(Opposite Aston House )

CARL DITMAlt' H

NEW PATENTED

SPORTING POWDER

Doe* not soil the gun; clean* it. If you tine n charge
of it alter filing many times with black powder; no
smoke — little recoil -no loud report— high velocity
The best ever made In this line; not to be confound-
ed with Schultz' or Kug)l-h Wood Powder, or with
Sawdust Powder, a* It I* superior to both.

Ready Made Ammunition

For Sporting and Target Hides alway* on hand.
Send for full Information, und If you order, please
state if wanted for rifle or shot gun, it* I Imve differ-
ent kind*.

CARL DITMAll,

NBPONSBT, MASS.

CHICAGO

SHOT TOWER GO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

STANDARD

DROP AND BUCK SHOT

BALLS AND BAR LEAD.

Ourulm Is to inaiiufactnre uu article of SHOT thnt
l* nnsiirptiesed In ROUNDNESS, SOLIDITY, Pea-
fcctlun of POLISH, Uniformity of SIZE, and Accu-
racy of WEIGHT, in each bag. Orders from the
Trade solicited, and will be filled at

The Lowest Market Prices.

K. W. BLATCHFORD, President.

C. F. GATES. Treasurer. juu 26 ly

Holabird’s Shooting & Fishing Suits

Made of the best English Water amt Mildew proof
duck, dead grass color, liuve become celebrated for
DURABILITY,

CONVENIENCE,

■COMFORT.

and CHEAPNESS.

Sold In New Y’ork, Bultlmore. Chicago, Detroit, Sim
Francisco,

And all towns where sportsmen*’ good* are kept In
Mtock. if tint found in stock where you trade, order
direct from the manufacturer. Send chest, wnl*t and
sleeve measure for tout und vest; wul*t uml ln-eain for
pant*.

Special attention l« called to the SlovcU's-a font and
Vest with Sleeves, which ure unique, uud Can't but
suit the most fastidious.

Coats, $'.0; Coat Vesta, $14; Pants, $1.50; Cups. $2.50.
Send for Illustrated circular.

Address W. II. HOLABIRD,

Jan 2; Valparaiso. Tnd

HUNTERS’ and TRAPPERS’ ILLUS-
TRATED PRACTICAL GUIDE to use and
cure of arms and itiiimiiiiUion ; making und using
traps, snare*, and nets; bull and baiting; poison*,
bird lltne, preserving, st retching, dressing, tanning,
and dyeing skin* und furs; fishing, Ac. Wltu fifty
engravings, 20 cents.

TAXIDERMIST'S MANUAL, a guide to collecting,
preparing, preserving, and mounting animal*, bird*
reptiles, InnecU, Ac. New revised Illustrated edi-
tion. 50 cents.

DOG TRAINING, A complete guide to breaking
and (.raining sporting dogs; bow to teach all wonder-
ful anil utnu ■in!' trick*, anecdotes of famous dog*,
Ac Illustrated, 25 cent*. Of booksellers, or by
mall. JESSE JIANEY A CO..

119 NaBsau street, N. Y\

M^cclhneoui,

HENRY C. SQUIRES,

IMlMKl r.ll OF

Fine Breech & Muzzle loading Guns

SHOOTING TACKLE,

BREECH LOADING IMPLEMENTS, «C.

NO. I CORTLAND'!' *■!’., <Flr*l door from lld'wy)
Attention of sportsmen and dealer. Is culled to my
stork of Breech louder*, which, ror quality und va-
riety, challenges comparison with any oilier.

Snulfov lUuntriUnt (Wu/opti*. Oct 8

Field, Cover, and Trap Shooting.

Ry Captain \. II. liou VIIIHm,

CHAMPION WING 8IIOT OF AM ERICA,

This book contains In idxluun chapter* add about
400 page*, a ful! and Instructive account »f Hie exiie
Renee acquired by Ciipiitlu IJOUARDUS In twenty
year* with the gnu In all seasons; the beat methods
ot finding uml killing with dog nml gnu I'mmited
Giouso, Quail, Ruffed Grouse, Woodcock, l'lnver
Snipe, Ac.

AI»o the most surces.fnl method, of shooting WII
Duck*, Wild Geese, and Ct..ne., And the best way
of liiinlltig Deer and shooting Wild Turkeys,

Sporting l)og«, Hide breeding, nml hb,v to break
them.

THE COMPLETE ART OF S||uoT|v±i ON THE
WING, with full and clear liisirn t tor yuun
sportsmen, by menu* of which may heroine
cruck shots,

Thu habits, haunt*, uml varied flight of bird* In
their •eiiMins.

Pigeon Shunting a* an art, with the rule* of the two
Championship Budge* uml report of champion
mate lie*.

EDITED II V Cll AH. .1. I'OHTEIt.

Published by J II. FORD a CO., 27 Park Pine*.
New York. For sale by all honksuller* ami the lead-
ing gunsmith* Price S.V Sent by mall by tlie pub-
lisher* and by CnniaTii Ilogaidiis, Elkhart, l.iiguu
Comity, Illlnol*. Also for sale at office of Forest and
Stream. 17 Clmtham sheet, N. Y.

Get 1

Martin Pat. Imp. Safely Bit,

Patented A pi II tltli, 1874.

The Martin hit I* designed In he the cnnleHl till
made for a lender mouthed horse, warranted to pro-
vent any lior.e from running uwiiv, Pulling, Lugging,
Bolting, Tongue Lolling ot driving on min rel,. after
being driven from three in ten times. If on triul limy
do not prove satisfactory, money In all ease* will ho
refunded.

Price list, C. O. I) .Conoli 1III-, first eliiHs, nleklc
plated, $10; ltnad hit*, llntt-ela.a, nicklo jilateil, ftp,
Coach Hit*, second-ehiNs, C plated, $7; Road Itlis,
siieoiid-chnw, C. plated, 8ft, Lllierul discount to deal-
er*. N. II. — Send width of horse’* month.

WM. N. MARTIN A CO., Manufacturer*,

Till uvcliiie, corner 118th hi reel, N. Y.

RANG b :i :v

TROUT HATCHING ASSOCIATION.

BENIA M'ltlNGH, FRANKLIN CO.. ME.

EGOS OF TIIK FAMOUS

KANGELEY SPECKLED TK0UT

(Hill MO foul uml in )

are now ready for delivery Price per I, 'JO, 8ft,

Tlic*e trout are the largest in the world, many
weighing from *lx tonight pound*, Alsou few thou-
sand eggs of the celebrated BLUE BACK TROUT.
Per 1,<*«I $0. Address order* to

II. •) STANLEY. President.
GEO. KIIBI’ARI) PAGE, Dixlluld, Me.

Thu* , III Warren street, New York.

L. L, CEOUN8K, Sec , I'tu2 Penn avenue,
Doc 8 Washington, D C.

“Seth Green Fish Ponds"

Caledonia, Livingston Co., N. Y.

<A. H. COLLINS, Proprietor,

Egg*, Fry, Yearling*, Ac. of llrnoli Trout, Hal-
iiioii Trout, waliiinn. White FUli, ile.

Also Itnv -, Gold Fish, Sliver Fish, anil MtOflk for
Aquaria, Wire (,'lutli, Hiilelitiig Trays. Patent Spawn
lug Race*, and everything pertaining to fish culture.

Wild Wood Trout Farm,

EAST FREETOWN. MASS.

Trout egg* and young fish for shaking pond*. Ac.
Bristol County Trout. Geo. F. Paiii.mw, New Bed
fold, Mas*,, or Edwin I'oi'asvlM.K, East Freetown,
Mil Nov. m

Trout business for Sale.

One of the largest K*Ubll*hincn(* in the country.

WELL STOCKED WITH TROUT,

Having a Dwdlfttlg for Superintendent,
OFFICE mid READING ROOM,

bUOW and STUCK TANKS, WORK

shop, ice House, hatching house,

Five Sinull Ponds and Three Largo l'orids (of nu area
of over nine acre*).

The properly con»l*t* of over fifty acres. The pond*
Are Fell by JtliOllf 100 Lively Springs,
rising on the premise-, some of which register 4ft ami
4fi \ The volume of two cubic feet of water passes
over the lower dam, with a fall of fourteen foul, con
tlnooiisly, and hardly varies, uu l never freeze*, mak-
ing u good water power that mignt bn utilized.

On the farm I* a

Favorite Pic Nic Crove,

with dancing pin t»rm, Ac.

The location I* about UK) feet from depot, expro**
and telegraph offices, and

ABOUT ELEVEN HOURS FROM NEW YORK.
For further purtlculnxfl add re** the Editor, or
"PISCICULTURIST,”

Nov 12 Forett aud Stream Office.

rMJ‘on te ns ,o

iucj Suits A Specialty.

FOREST AND STREAM.

BREECH LOADING GUNS

A SPECIALTY.

§t/ortsmen’s floods.

SIZE OF TARGET 12 FEET WIDE BY O FEET HIGH.

SCHUYLER, HARTLEY & GRAHAM,

| 19 Malden Lane, 20 A 22 John afreet, IV. Y.

- =

BUI

r>eale

We would cull the attention of the public to oar
arge assortment of

Breech- Loading Shot Guns,
Manufactured by the following celebrated makers:
Messrs. W & C. SCOTT & SONS (winners at the In-
ternational Gun Trial of 18731; P. WEBLEY Jt SON
W . M . GKRKNEIt, WESTLEY RICUAllDS. J. UOL-
. ’ LIS & SONS, ond other makers.

A lull line of line

PISTOLS AND RIFLES CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
DIXON8& II YWKSI.lt Y'8 SHOOTING TACKLE.

To Insure good shooting from Breech-loading Guns,
wo would recommend the use of the

STUjtTEVANT BRASS SHOT SHELLS,
manufactured by the Union Metallic Cartridge Co
Bridgeport, Conn. Theeo shells ure the cheapest and
lient In tbu market, can be easily re-capped with ordi-
nary cups, without the use of the implements neces
sury in priming all other styles of shells.
BUSSEY’S PATENT GYRO PlOEON AND TRAP
WITH CASE. A ND 100 BIRDS. '

Black’s Patcut Cartridge Vest.

Thl

rangement
rylng

BO e

■c-. -<dy

carried with the
this vest, which is
lance when brass
us when carrying
head up the weight
eu forces the wad
bud shooting is tin

v v yi o o o O * , rooi.

his Vest affords ffr thi

jeinent ,v In Ve:

eve*" stall , -I ' , / Mi te<

cly felt. Cur . , * W trli

m i

m

QUID

the best ar-
vented for car*
The weight ta
ted that it in
triages am j
toad* down In
of great impor-
sbella are used
them with the
of the shot oft-
forward, when
result.

In ordering send meuauremuut around the chest
Price $7.50.

AGENTS FOR THE

Union Metallic Cartridge Com-
pany’s Ammunition,

WARRANTED THE BEST IN THE MARKET
SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

1 lease take notice this target was made In an offldaJ match, not at private practice.

^, ™ct/rom <fl( "-Army o« f Navy Jou

■*“* ' ,10t al private practice.

’‘The- match decides several disputed theTM&d^“^^h^ RV*' BaUd 3J 1874

nsed three Remingtons. ucmington . and three other breech loaders were used. Capt. Fulton. Col. Bodlne. and L. L Heobnm

MUiury MuTchRRRsJust out? pri« $85mW^ihw nfiuSZdvrlSim^U1 ?“* °f T' h‘ehe8t 8COre ever madc-
bend for Treatise on Rifle Shooting (free) to ra,er d "lnd 8“u8° bleht8. also pocket vernier scales, price $2 50.

p. o. box 3991. E- rem:iivg-xo]v sons,

r» t t ■»« . Manufacturers of

ARMORY. ILIOiY, IV. Y. ech Loading- Giuls, Rifles, Pistols, Ammunition, Ac.,

om.., ,oel>,h8,r„,; om„ *g "■ *•

Sportsmen!

Your attention is called
GOOD’S OIL TANNED MOA
CASINS- the best thing over

worn by

Injured

worn by sportsmen. Not
Injured by wetting aud
drying— always sort and

n>ada t£ev.S#&B«| of
n,‘d warranted the pen-
8 n , ''id ^ ! from anything before offered

Illustrated Circular and Price List free,

FRANK GOOD.

120(1 Elm st. Manchester, N. II.

Pritchard Brothers,

No. 94 Fulton St., N. Y.

ALL KINDS OF

Fishing Tackle

Made and repaired with the utmost despatch.
ALSO, CONSTANTLY ON HAND

THE II KMT SELECTION OF TROUT AND 8VL-
MO.V ItODM, HEELS, LINES AND FLIES.

Medals awarded at the World's Fair and American
•nstltuto for our superior Artiflclal Files. 4—

Hegeman s P atent Portable Foldinq Boat

use as LIFE-BOAT.^ s* A J

BinDs and Animals Preskhved to Ohdeii by

R. L. IV EWCOMB,

TAXIDERMIST,

NO. 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM, MASS.
Instruction given. pcj,f 4

For use as LIFE-BOATS,
LIGHTERS, Dingies, Do-
pys, on board Steamers,
Yachts and other Vessels.

These safe and perfectly port-
able boats will admit of the
roughest usage. A very light,
etroug and durable frame 01
ash or other tough wood, with
canvas cover, andean be folded
iu one-eighth fpace, for tram- • ■
portatlo- anuoSrled in a Above cuuwuw

for Sportsmen, Tour-
ists, Trappers, Exploring
Expeditions, Parties camp-
ing Out, &c. &c.

light buggy wagon, on horse-
back, or by single person,
and can be unfolded ready
tor use, in three minutes’
ti e. Boats neatly foded,
1 acked and shipped by ex-
suit unfolded. Press anywhere at same rule

JOHN HEC.EMAN-.

Uir iiuul luturu (

54555555 5 5—49 out of a possible 50

SCORE OF TEN CONSECUTIVE SHOTS MADE WITH A

SHARPS CREEDM00R RIFLE

December 26th, 1874,

SHARPS RIFLE COMPANY,

° HARTFORD, CONN.,

ITTnwUreA8^8harP8 Pat6nt Breeoh*'^ding Metallic Cartridge

MILITARY, SPORTING, and CREEDMOOR RIFLES,

For Safety, Accuracy^ Simplicity, and Penetration,

equalled w orh: m anship,
They Stand Unrivalled! o

SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST,

1)U. RAD WAYS

SarsaparilianResolvent

TIN! GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER.

you mk curb or cuhonic disease,
SCROFULA, HEREDITARY OR CONTAGIOUS.

HR IT SEATED IN T11E

Lunga or Sloitincll, i-lilu or Bones, Flesh or
Nerve...

CORRUPTING THE SOLIDS AND VITIATING
THE FLUIDS.

Chronic Rhenmallsm, Scrofula, Glandular,
Swelling, Hacking. Dry Cough, Cancerous Affoc-
jtiiis, Bleeding of the Lungs, Dyspepsia, Water
Tic Dolenux Wh.ig Swell fn^, fumo>9
LRcrs, Skin uud Hip Dlseasea, Female Com
f V SoUt’ Dr.°Ps>'- Ricketa, Suit Rheum, Bron
Cotisuinpriou, Kldnev, Bladder. Liver Com-
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R. R R.

RADWAY S READY RELIEF

THE CHEAPEST AND BEST MEDICINE FOR
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One Fifty Cent Bottle

Will care more complaints and prevent the system
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for other medicines or medical «tendaSce
The moment Radway’e Readv Relief is applied
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l °in07iVrln' whatever cause, ceaseftoeSt
In all cases where pain or discomfort lscxueril
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Throat, Bad Coughs, Hoarseness, Billions Colic
Inflammation of the Bowels, Stomach, Lungs'
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the worst of these complaints in a few hours7 °f

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Perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated for the cure
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nevs, bladder, nervous diseases, headache con-
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viSLe.r“' „.Warr“ted ettecl 8 Positive core. “
Price 25 cents per box. Sold by Druggists.

Dr.RADWAY & Co. ,82 Warren St., N. Y.

Climax Crooner

! HALL'S

PATENT

Creaser

G2>

and Loader.

I PAPER

Price 82.75. | SHELLS, ! Price »2.25.

n,I,?io°.L<lerLn" °f*htU vud- for aa.e t ; Gun

Dealers. Send for Circular.

Address: HALL A CO., Laucaalcr. Penn.

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important notice.

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MEAD’S PATENTSAFETY

explosive bullet

cai ®A5T!aI"^s-

%Tp^S'0r 12 and la'gange Shot Gnnt
JOHN P. MOORE'8 SONS. GUN DEALERS,
Sind for i500 Broadway, New York.

m Tor wcular, dtscrllnng effect on un.tty Bean

/

Term*, Five Dollar* a Year.
Ten Cent* a Copy.

NEW YORK, THURSDAY, FEB. 25, 1875.

THE SONG OF STEAM.

for FOr*»t and StfMrn.

JjunlittQ in Httillit .

I The following fine poetn hy Ooorgo W. Cutter, of Covington, Ky.,
Blackwood has pronounced "the best lyric of the century."]

HARNS9S me down with your Iron bands,
Be sure of your curb and rein,

For 1 scorn l he strength of your puny hands
As a tempest scorns a chain.

How I laughed us I lay concealed from sight
For many a countless hour,

At the childish boasts of human might.

And the pride of human power.

When I saw an army npon the land,

A navy npon the sons,

Creeping aloug, a snail-like band,

Or wailing a wayward brecr.o;

When I saw the pea-ant reel
With the toll that he fuintly bore,

As ho turned at the tardy wheel,

Or tolled at the weary oar;

When I measuved the panting courser’s speed,
The flight of the carrier dove,

As they bore a law a klug decreed,

Or the lines of Impatient love,

J could hut think how the world wonld feel
As these were outstripped nfar,

When I should be bound to the rushing keel
Or chained to the flying carl

Hal lial bat They found me at last,

And they Invited me forth at length,

Ami 1 rushed to my throne with a thunder blast,
And laughed in ray iron strength I
Oh! (lien ye saw a wondrous change
On the earth nnd ocean wide,

Where now my flery armies range,

Nor wait for wind and tide.

Iliirrnh I hurrah! the waters o'er.

The mountain's steep decline;

Time-space— have yielded to my power—

The world! the world Is mine!

The rivers the sun hath curliest blest,

Or those where his beams decline;

The giant streams of the queenly West,

Or the orient floods divine.

The ocean pales where'er I sweep
To hour my strength rejoice,

And monsters of the briny deep
Cower trembling nt my voice.

I carry the wealth and ore of earth.

The thought of the God-Hke mind;

The wind lugs after my going forth,

The lightning Is left bchlod.

In the durksome depth of the fathomless mine
My tireless arm doth play,

Where the rocks ne'er saw tho sun's decline
Or the dawn of the glorious day .

I bring earth's glittering Jewels up
From the hidden caves below,

And I make the fonutaiu's granite cup
With u crystal gush o'erflow .

I blow tho bellows, I forge the steel
In all the shops of trade;

I hammer the ore and turn the wheel
Where arms of strength lire made;

I manage the farnare, the mill, the mint—

I carry, 1 spin, I weave,

And nil iny doings I put in print
On every Saturday eve.

I've no innacle to weary, no breast to decay,

No bone* to be "laid on the shelf,"

And soon I Intend yon may "go and play,"

While 1 manage the world myself.

But harness mo down with your Iron bands,

Be snre of your enrb nnd rein.

For I scorn the strength of your puny hands
As the tempest scorns a chain.

— 1 That part of Boston Harbor known as Dorchester Bay
was the scene last week of some exciting sport, trotting on
the ice. The largest turnout was on Friday evening, the
day before the thaw. A straight course of a mile and n
half, between City Point and Squantum, was lined with
spectators.

LAST Tuesday night I arrived home from my oxpodi-
dition, the particulars of which I will give you in
detail. I was away eleven days. A carriage came to tho
office for me at half past twelve o’clock on Saturday, and
jumping in with my friend P. J., who is a Portuguese in
our office, we left for my house to get my clothes, etc. I
immediately donned my shooting rig, hunting knife, etc.
We then drove to the house in which we eat, cracMl a
bottle of champagne with poor D., who has been gpedy for
some time past, and who was to leave for home two or
three days after we left, and wished him a speedy passage
home and a safe return.

I don’t think I ever told you that three of us, some time
back, ordered a dozen carrier pigeons from England, eleven
of which arrived safely here. They arc all prize birds,
and have flown between Belgium amt England. This wo
have kept secret, us it is a speculation on our part, and we
intend establishing a line between the Provinces ami Ma-
nilla, and between Manilla and Ilong Kong. They have
been at our house some three months, and are heautilul
birds and are getting on well.

As we were going inland some distance, we thought it
would be a good opportunity to try them tor the llrst time,
nnd accordingly, having had u little wicker basket made,

I put in a pair and took them with me in the carriage. Wo
felt doubtful about their returning, us the birds generally
have to be born in the place to which they are flown. For
instance, if there was a line of carrier pigeons between
New York and Boston, there would have to he a cole in
each of those cities; and if a message was to go from New
York to Boston, they would have to carry birds that weru
born In Boston on to New York, and us soon ns they were
let loose they would return to Boston, and vice wrm. But
I argued that as the birds had come all the way from Eng-
land, there was no chance to get hack, nnd us they hud
lived with uh for about, three months, and had boon well
taken care of, in all probability they would return. All
the others said they would not, and we had several bets, so
that it was to be an interesting trial.

After a pleasant drive of three quarters of an hour, and
after nearly demolishing the carriage hy tho horse running
us into a buffalo and afterwards into a stone wall, we ford-
ed t lie Marlquina River, which runs through the pictu-
resque village of the same name, and the coachman ap-
plying his whip, we dashed up the bank on the Muriqulna
side, and soon pulled up at tlio country house of my
friends, the T.’s, who are all hunters, and it was hero that
we had decided to make our rendezvous. The whole of
Hie bottom of the house is one large stone floor, level with
the street, and as soon us we entered we were greeted by
our fellow huntsmen. There were some fifteen horses, all
saddled, about seventy-five dogs, and lots of Indians In
their hunting clothes. Our party was seven, including
myself. We went up stairs, had something to ent, drink,
and a cigarette, and as it was about lour o’clock decided
to start immediately for the mountains.

As we rode through the level rice fields, It was a gay
looking cavalcade, and the fact of not having to go to the
office for severul days, and the thoughts of nhooting some
deer, made me feel very jolly. We jogged uloog until we
reached the mountains, and then began the work, for the
road was so steep that we frequently had to dismount and
walk. We thus went on for about two hours, crossing
rivejs, walking and riding, and at last arrived at the top of
a mountain, the view from which was superb. In the far
distance lay Manilla and Manilla Bay, with all its shipping,
which looked like small toy ships, and on our loft we could
see the whole of the great inland lake, nnd ull around the
base of the mountain Innumerable little pueblos, or, more
correctly, puehlocitos.

After a couple of hours more riding, during which noth-
ing of note occurred, we arrived at the lop of another
mountain, much higher than the first, and as soon as wo

got over to tho other side saw away below us the valle^of
Dosoboso, where wo were to pass tho night, and as It had
been dark some time, and wo wore rnvonous with our ex
eroise, the lights glimmering from the windows of the cot-
tages below us seemed most welcome b«* , 1 shan't

forgot that descent'. iy> soon. For lw\ ... «iOur wo kopt
going down, down, down, is if It wore to a bottomless pit,
having, or course to walk all tho way. At last, when wo
could get on our horses, wo did so, and tiled through ilio
Hi tie village. All the people popped t heir heads out of the
windows and gazed at us curiously, I might as well add
hero that white men seldom go to this place, and u lew
years hack all the inhabitants were banditti nnd outlaw*,
who lived hy pillage und hunting. On the outskirts wo
came to the little Mono church, und, dismounting, wo wout
into tho padre's house, and were received by him Very gru-
ciously, and, liko a good fellow, ho put tho liousc at our
disposal. After looking after our cattle, and seeing tliut
tho pigeons were comfortable, wo had a hearty dinner, und
spreading out our mala on the floor, lost Saturday forever.

Tho next morning wo were up uarly, und, swallowlug a
cup of chocolate, had our horses saddled and had a btllUO
a short distance from the convent. I had a shot at two
doer, nnd wounded one badly, but there not beluf any dogs
near me it got oir. No one else killed any. Tho dogs,
however, killed n hoar.

As soon ns we came hack, I decided to throw up ono of
tho pigeons, and accordingly I wrote u long letter, telling
P. about our trip so far. Senor G., who is also the editor
of one of the dallies here (Manilla suppori* four), wroiu a
postcript, to bo published. I then wrapped Him up iu u
small piece of thin cloth, nnd tied It to the leg of tin- lieu
pigeon. The fellows weio nil very much iuturcsted, and
more bets were made, mid the, Indians turned out lo see the
show. Wo went out in a crowd in front of the church,
und, being tlio centre of an admit ing assembly, I throw the
pigeon into the air, nnd much lo my chagrin, she III ou lop
of the church, with tlio message dangling from her foot,
and began bobbing tier head and looking at us iu tlio most
innocent way. There was u tremendous laugh at my ex
peOHO, I remembered having food that those pigeons gen-
erally flew in pairs, and that perhaps the hen was waiting
for her mate. Ho I doubled my bets, und bringing out tho
cock, throw him Into the ulr, and lie lit on the church too.

I threw a stone nt them, nnd tlio pair took wing togutlier,
und made four or five huge circles urouud the village, going
higher and higher ouch turn, until they looked very small,
being so high up, and started straight for Manilla. I might
us well slate here tliut when I) Joined us ut Sail Acldro ho
said that the pigeons hud arrived ull right, und that there
was much rejoicing in 'our house nt (lie success of our el
periment. I think now that wo ore sure to make u good
thing of it.

After a hearty dinner wo started from the convent at
about three o'clock, bidding good bye to tho padre. Filing
through the village again, we took tho mountain path to
San Acldro, having some guides In front, nnd among them
u little child about six years old, who ran ahead of us the
whole distance, I suppose something like twenty five miles.
There was nothing of note ubout this part of our journey
except tho road, which ascends a high mountain iu one
part, and up which we had to walk, holding ou to our
iiorsca' tails in order to help iih up. The path was so ste« p
and narrow that two bomoa could not pass each oilier on
it, and it was cut into the mountain so Him the hanks on
either side were higher than our heads. We must now
have been thousands of feet above Manilla, nnd it was de-
lightfully cool. The whole trip from Manilla Is ascending.
At obout sunset we arrived at the top of a tremendous
mountain, and going to the other side found a beau'iful
valley at its huso, and we found out from tlio guides tliut
this was our hunting ground. The valley was entirely sur-
rounded by high mountains, and looked very fertile and
green, clump* of woods being scattered hero and lliwo.

It seemed the beau ideal of a bunting ground.

Y'ou must remember that when we let t Bosoboso we left all

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trace of civilization, and were truly in the wilderness.
After descending until about nine o'clock {thank goodness
there was a moon), we came up with shouts and yells in
front of a huge tree, under which were our huts, which
we had ordered to he built. Here we found more Indian
huntsmen, and u great many dugs; and the cook, who had
gone up the day before, having expected us, we soon had
dinner, and afterwards I felt so sleepy with my two days'
exertions that I tumbled on to my mat, which my boy had
arranged, and was soon fast asleep. The next morning
(Monday) we were up bright and early, and having supped
my cup of chocolate I strolled around to take a survey of
the premises. The camp, as I said before, was situated
under a largo tree, and looked very picturesque. There
were three huts, with floors raised from the ground about
two feet, and were made of bamboo. The floors were
made of split bamboo, and were even and nice; In front
of each hut was a table and benches, and running along-
side of the camp was a pure mountain stream, the water
of which was nice and cool.

We were turned out early next morning by hearing the
camp in a stir, to go on our second battue, and having hood
polished off a substantial meal we started out and made
for the billH on the other side of the valley. In Bosoboso
I had hired a hoy about eighteen years old to go with me
and do odd jobs, and I then had two hoys, ns of course I
had brought my own ton. The new boy s name was Mar-
solo, and a very bright fellow he was, loo, and had the ad-
vantage of knowing the ground thoroughly. I made him
always oarry my rifle, ana Alberto, my own boy, my shot
gun. W<e formed a battue, and the others shot three deer,
but I did not get a shot. We had several more battues,
and I could not get a shot. When we were coming home
we started a huge Hock of ducks right out of the woods.

The next day wo were up early, and went to a different
locality.* As I had had a good long sleep, I felt very much
refreshed and in good condition, and, what is more, I felt
almosciure I should kill something. We soon came to the
ground, being a long valley between two ridges of moun-
tains, and we all posted ourselves on one side, while the
huntsmen and dogs bent in from the other. I went up the
furthest of all, and took my position under a small scraggy
tree which overlooked two ravines. My guide squatted
down close to me holding my ritle in readiness. 1 gave
him and my other boy a cigarette, and we had a delicious
smoke. Soon I heard the guns tiring down below me, and
could see the deer running in all directions, pursued by
the dogs. I waited about an hour without moving, and
was just going to clear out, disgusted, when I heard the
hounds begin to hark just above me, anil I knew they
never made any noise without reason, so I kept on fue
alert. In my shot gun I hud one cartridge, containing
eight buck shot, and in the other barrel a single bullet,
while, of course, my rifle had a single bullet also. I soon
heard a tremendous crashing, and the first thing I knew a
huge buck came with a leap rij'ht across a little hill about
seventy-five yards from me. I had plenty of time to see
him well, and he was the largest buck I ever saw, even
larger than the one I saw at Mu vitae last year. I wish you
could have seen how beautiful he looked as he jumped
along, every time with his head thrown up into the air,
and his au tiers, which were very large, laid on his hack,
uud his front feet doubled under hiui. I let tly with the
buckshot first; hut he went on, and I then fired the bullet
out of my shot gun, and he still wont on, and I grabbed
the rifle from the guide's bands and fired at him just as he
was going into the thicket; to my delight, down he came
with a heavy thud to the ground, and 1 and my two hoys
drew our knives and rushed down the hill shouting and
yelling like mad. We came to the buck, lying on his side,
and lie went for us with his horns; hut 1, having a good
loug knite— a sword, more properly — soon put an end to
him. It was the largest killed on the expedition, and 1
received the greetings of my companions when I eume
down the hill with the buck strapped on behind my saddle,
llis horns now adorn in}’ room, ami the proudest tliiug for
me was that out of the eight buckshot I fired live went ,
into his side in the right place; hut my rifle brought him
down, the bullet breuking his thigh, ^ou know it is con-
sidered the hardest thing in shooting to kill u deer on the
jump with a siugle rifle bullet.

The very next day 1 did the same thing again, hut under
more exciting circumstances, for although ilie deer 1 tired
at. was not so large as the one 1 have been telling you
about, still it was a very pretty tliiug. Wo were all rest-
ing at the foot of a hill, when we saw a deer goiug full tilt
for the other side. To get a sliol at him it was necessary
to run up the hill very last, and I started as it for riser life.
Senor C. saw what 1 was up to, and he came after me. We
liad a hard race up the hill, the others below all yelling at
us, and the Indians particularly giving horrible whoops.
My flesh told against me, uml C. got to the top about fif-
teen yards ahead of me, and was just in lime to get a beau-
tiful cross shot, he firing three barrels, one after the other,
hut to my surprise he did not hit it. I then jumped a little
to one side, and, although the deer was a long way off from
me, fired both barrels, hitting him slightly. I then took
my rifle, uud brought him down heaulitully, wiping (/us eye.
of Sonor C.

We thus went on shooting day after (lay, and I am glad
to say that six fell to my gun alone. The most remarkable
thing that I saw was one day when we were hunting in
Luuatin, the next 7ulley to ours, across the mountain. I
was stationed on a tremendous ridge on one side of which
the woods came right to the top, uud ou the other was u
steep precipice some live or six hundred feet deep. 1
heard the dogs coming towards me iu the woods, and
rushed to the place where I thought the deer would come
out. A large doe broke eover, uud came right for me with
five or six dogs after her. 1 did uol dare to fire, for fear
of killing the dogs, and when she was within twenty feet
or mu I jumped up aud yelled to turn her off, aud as she
turned 1 let her have one barrel, and so instantaneously did
it kill her that as her front feet touched the ground her
bind ones went right over, causing her to turn a complete
somersault iu the air; she tell right over the precipice,
where we got her afterwards.

This vuliey is ou the Pacific coast, so that you see we
reached the other side of the island. This place we also
louud to he very picturesque, and the stream which runs
through the valley is said iu contain a great quantity of
gold. In this place we found lots of tiles, aud could nut
think how they came llu-re, until afterwards we heard that
the Jesuits had an establishment there, which they gave up
one hundred years ago. Their principal object was gold.
We found their old road, which led to Bosoboso, hut it
was iu u bad slate.

On this expedition I saw one thing whiMi I never be-
lieved, although I have read of it often. Ono morning,
when I was on my station for deer, I wanted a smoke, ami
asked the boy if he had any matches, and he said that he
had forgotten them. As we were far from the others, he
.said lie would get some fire. He drew out his knife and
cut down a dry bamboo. He then cut off a piece about a
foot long, just between two joints, and split it. Then he
mnde a slit in the top part of this, and cut a small notch
across it. You understand that the slit I speak of went
through the wood und the notch nearly so. He then cut
another piece, being flat and long, and pickiug up some
dry leaves put them under the notch and slit, und got me
to'hold the bamboo at each end firmly on the ground, and
taking the second piece of wood put the edge into the
notch and began to saw away, first slowly, und then, os
soon as it begun to smoke, rapidly. After about five sec-
onds lie stopped, and I was much surprised to see some
little scrapiugs of wood all iu a glow. The boy then
picked up u small stick and poked this little coal through
(he crack in the hnmboo, and lifting this latter up 1 f ound
the tiuder on lire aud got a light. I filed this myself, and
louud it quite easy; so if any ever doubts a person’s being
being able to get lire from rubbing two sticks together, tell
them, with my compliments, that I have done it myself.

While in the mountains we met a family of real savages,
who afterwards came and lived ul our camp. They have
no horses, but live like wild beasts, in the woods.

I enjoyed the expedition very much, and feel better for
it, Iu nil, we killed eighty -sevea deer and hour, several of
which, of course, were killed by the dogs. One of our
party also killed a wild eat, whose skin I now use for a
rug. I have only given you a very rough account of our
expedition, a.9, being mail day, I am very busy, hut thought
Unit cveu a hurried sketch might interest you. H.

ACROSS NEWFOUNDLAND.

IXTEIUOIl EXPLORATIONS— FLORA, FAUNA, AND GEOLOGI-
CAL FORMATION.

[Continued from February 18f/i.]

CHAPTER IX.

ST. GEORGE'S HARBOR, although barred, may be
euiered by vessels of any burthen. There is no other
ship harbor between Cape Ray and Port au Port; hut there
Is good anchorage in the roadsteud between Cod Hoy Island
and the main Island near Cape Anguilie. None of the
other harboi'S can be entered even by smull crufts when
the wind blows strong weslwardly.

November 10f/(. — Being now much recovered by the vari-
ous attentions at St. George’s Harbor, during my slay of ten
days, I set out on foot to the soulhward along the sea shore,
accompanied by two of llie young Jersey residents, in
hopes, by walking and boating, to reach Fortune Bay, a
distance of upwurds of two hundred miles, before all the
vessels for the season had sailed for Europe. We slept, as
intended, in a deserted salmon fisher’s hut on the shore,
being unable to reach any habitation.

November 1 rith. — We forded the mouths of several minor
streams, and that of (lie North of third Burusway River, it
having no harbor as its estuary. In the evening reached
the second Barasway River, a distance of twenty four
miles from St. George’s Harbor, and where reside the near-
est inhabitants. Our walk all (lie way was on a sandy
rocky beach at the bottom of cliffs washed by the sen. The
cliffs are formed chiefly of red sand-stone, red ochre, blue
clay, and gypsmn, sixty or seveiny feel and upwards iu
height, with a deep bed of red alluvial eurlli everywhere
super-imposed. The gypsum is of the compact kiuil, with
hard nodules throughout; the beds extend into the sen, in
which stand water-worn projections, sometimes of gro-
tesque forms. A few miles North of the Barasway River
there is a vertical stratum of a dark green colored rock
resembling verdc antique , running through the gypsum
deposit, owing to the great hard ness and durability of
which its entering resembles a wall running into the sea.
Gypsum also abouuds inland; at llie Rattling Brook, Flat
Buy River, &c.

in the immediate vicinity of the Barasway rivers, as well
os elsewhere iu St. George’s Buy, there are both sulphur-
ous und saline springs. One of the former, strongly satur-
ated, occurs near the sea shore about a mile North of the
second Barasway River. Of the saline springs, one is sit-
uated about two miles up the second Barasway, another up
the Rattling Brook, and a third is said lo Be on the neck
of land at Port uu Port, westward of Fall JuViuiit. Coal of
excellent quality lies exposed in strata in the bed and
banks of a rivulet between the first and second Barasway
rivers, about seven and nine miles from its mouth. The
harbor at the mouth of the second Barasway' River, ns well
as that of the first, is burred, liuving only eight or nine
feet of water ou llie bows at high tides. The vicinity of
ihe Barasway rivers, as of all the river courses iu New-
foundland, is an interesting and untrodden field for the
geologist, and tor the naturalist generally. The inhabi-
tants at the Barasway Rivers were now in their Winter
houses under the shelter ut the woods, having recently left
tlieir Summer residences at the shore. Like the people at
St. George’s Harbor, they are industrious uml frugal; the
extent of their salmon fishery and furring has been already
noticed. The following animals are entrapped and shot
here for their furs; — Martens, l'oxes, otters, heaves, musk
rats, bears, wolves, and hares. Ermines are numerous.
The coast southward from hence to Cod Roy, a distance of
upwards ot thirty miles, und were ihe nearest inhabitants
iu that direction were, was too rugged and hold to admit or
our walking along the shore, aud on November 19th, the
weather proving favorable, two young men launched forth
with me in a small skiff to row and sail close along the
shore, as wind uud wcullier might permit.

November 20l/i, 21st, tuid 22d.— While passing in about,
the formation only ol the coast could he viewed, not ex-
amined. Between the South Barasway River nod Cod*
Roy the coast is a continued range of cliffs, along which
there is neither harbor nor shelter of any kind for even a
boat. A light skiff or punt is therefore the safest mode of
conveyance utong this horrific coast in the inclement seasou
of the year; for here and there between the cliff there is a
ravine well known to the inhabitants, at which, although
far apart iu the eveut of being overtaken by had
weather, a skiff can run ashore, aud the crew ut the sume
iusluul jumping out, haul her up beyond the reach of the

surf. This wc were forced to do several times, and to

cumber to the top of the cliffs uni il the weather moderated

Tlio cliffs to within three miles North of Gape Anguilie
are formed chiefly of old, red, and variegated saudstone
and sandstone of the coal formation. Then, at u narrow
opening called Snake’s Bight, another formation succeeds,
und from theuce southward to Cape Anguilie the coast is
principally formed of dark bluish stratified rocks, with an
inclination of about thirty degreess. Beds of narrow strum
of a red rock, presenting a series of stripes to the sea, alter-
nate.

November 23 d. — We doubled Cape Anguilie and reached
Cod Roy. Owing to the shelter and anchorage for ship,
ping at Cod Roy, and to its immediate proximity to thc
fine fishing grounds about Cape Ray, it is the central point,
of the French fisheries in Summer.

November 28th. — Having awaited et Cod Roy five days in
vain for an abatement of the strong northwest wind to per-
mit of our putting to sea iu a skiff, I set out on foot lo the
southward by tiie sea shore. Great God Roy River is
about six miles South of Cod Itoy Island. Coal is found
on the South bank six or seven miles from the sea. The
chief attraction for llie Indian here is the abundance of
eels and trout. From Cod Roy River lo Cape Ray it pre-
sents downs lo the sea. The downs near the seashore are
ruised iuto hillocks, and in the rear they are level.

November 2\)th. — Cape Ray. — Having slept the previous
night iu the Winter house of one of the families at Little
Cod Hoy River, we to-day walked round Cape Ray, here
leaving llie French Shore and entering upon American
Newfoundland, fir that "division of the coast on which the
Americans have a right of fishing and drying their fish.
Ou the shore North of Cape Ray lay several wrecks of
ships and their cargo of timber. On the very Cape there
resides during Summer a person of the name of Win.
Windsor, with his family. We found him in liis Winter
hut in a spruce wood two or three miles. to the eastward of
the Cape. He wore no covering on his head, even when
exposed to the inclement weather — Nature, aided doubt-
less by habit, providing him an extraordinary mat of liair
as she does the inferior animals here with fur. The high
lands of Cape Ray lie several miles inland, north-east of
the Cape, and consist of a group of granite mountains
seemingly about two thousand feet in height. The scenery
among them is sublime; the steep sides of the wedge-
shaped valleys appear smooth and striped at a distance,
owing to the crumbled rocks uud blocks detatclied by frost
being hurled from llie very summits to the bottom, where
they lie in heaps of ruins. I had relunctantly to behold
only the treasures laid open to the mineralogist. Snow
and ice he iu beds on these mountains all the Summer.
The vicinity of Cape Ray is remarkable for great numbers
of foxes, induced here by the abundance of their chief food,
viz., the berries of the vnevirum, or partridge berry, and
that of the vaccinium, or hurtle berry. We were several
days slot in stayed by wind and snow, and the inefficiency
of the ice to hear us across the rivulets, at a boat harbor
called the Barasway, six or seven miles East of the Cape.
The person in whose Wiutcr house we here stopped, his
Summer residence being .it Port uu Basque at the eastward,
had now entrapped and shot about eighty foxes, black,
silver gray, patch, and red, in less than two months; all
those colors are produced at one litter. The foxes are
mostly caught in irou spring traps, artfully concealed (not.
bailed) in the pathways along the seashore. It may he no-
ticed that oil the West coast of Newfoundland, there is
neither Scotchman, Irishman, nor rat lo he met with; nor,
it is said, has any member of these European families
taken up an abode West of Fortune Bay.

The residents here, as at St. George’s Bay, and at most
of llie North and West harbors of tile Island, have both
Summer and Winter houses. They retire to the residences nr
huts in the woods in Winter, for facility of firewood und shel-
ter; the labor attending the conveyance of fuel to their Sum-
Summer residences at the shore, which are exposed to every
inclemency of the weather, being very great. They some-
times remove to a distance of thirty miles and even farther,
to the sequestered woods at the heads of hays and harbors,
and on the hanks of rivers, taking with them their boats,
furniture, and provisions, and ic appear at the const in the
month of April. The habits and imperative performances
of the heaver for preservation of self and kind, are at least
equally perfect with those of the European' settlers or In.
iliuiis on the coast. Each have their Summer and Winter
abodes, and respectively provide for their retirement, &c.
Sea fowl and birds of passage resort to the Southwest coast
in great numbers in the Fail of the year; and during that
season, as well as in Winter, constitute a considerable por-
tion of the provisions of the inhabitants. The dogs here
are admirably trained as retrievers in fowling, and are
otherwise useful. The smooth or-short lmired dug is pre-
ferred, because in frosty weather the long haired kind be-
come encumbered with ice upon coming out ol the water.
They are fed on fish, purposely cured for them. The Loup
Center, a common animal iu all the adjacent countries, is
not considered to be a native of Newfoundland, although
one was caught last year in LaPoile Bay, and another
killed in the same neighborhood a few years ago. In
these instances it is probable that the animals have either
crossed or been blown over upon the ice from some of the
neighboring countries. Neither squirrel, porcupine, or
raccoon have been met with on the Island. Penguins were
one* numerous at this coast, their breeding place having
been the Penguin Islands, about fifteen miles Northeast
from Kameo Islands. They have been extirpated by man,
node having been seen for some years past.

December \4th. — The coast was now everywhere clail in
its while Winter mantle, and most of the birds of passage
had left the shores for a more genial climate. Having
spent the night at Rameo Islands, we set sail eastward,
entering now upon the British Newfoundland coast.

December lOf/i. — Having been wind-bound one day in
Richard’s Harbor, u favoring breeze now carries us to the
Bay of Despair. 1 learned with satisfaction that the last
ship for England this seasou from this const was lo sail
within a few days.

Here ended a four months' excursion of toil, pleasure,
paiu, and anxiety, succeeded by the delight of being again
restored to society, which was enjoyed with the gentlemen
und families of the mercantile establishments at the Bay of
Despair and Fortune Bay.

It was impossible to reach St. John’s, and I took pass-
age at Little Buy, iu Fortune, by the ship “Duck," sailing
on the 28th December, uud arrived iu Dartmouth, in Eng-
land, on the lUlh February, 1823.

THE END.

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35

for fortJl arut St train.

NORTH CAROLINA HUNTING RESORTS.

TO those among: ns who have been nceustoined during
the past fifteen years to look north for our sport, the
"Winter is a time when wo oil up our guns, repair our
tackle, rend the Poukst and Stkeam. and do little else but
sigh for n return of warm weather when we can frequent
our accustomed haunts with comfort and pleasure. Hut if
any such wish to take a trip during January, or any Winter
month, I challenge the country to produce a locality that
will exceed in attractiveness that which ourrounds Weldon,
North Carolina.

The accessibility of Weldon is n great advantage. You
may leave New York at 3 P. M. one day and reach Weldon
next day to breakfast, or you may leave New York at 9 P.
M. and ’reach Weldon next day to tea.

As Winter is the lime when most sportsmen would visit
the locality, n prominent question is what kind of weather
they would find. Of course most people would say if they
are going south they want to go where it is warm, hut,
from experience, that is what I propose never to do again.
The unlucky man who goes to a warm climate, say to
Florida, and is obliged to return to New York before the
first of May, will shake with chills, or suffer in some other
way from the very great change of temperature. But in
the neighborhood of Weldon the climate is bracing, and
permits a man to he out all day without an overcoat, if
walking, and not feel the cold. The temperature is say 15
degrees warmer than New York. As an instance, I went
after birds on a certain Tuesday in .January, and found the
air delightful, but my advices from New York reported the
thermometer that nay two degrees below zero. The
weather is about what we have in New York on our
warmest days in Winter, and the change of a return to
New York, therefore does not result disadvnntngcously.
The climate is not debilitating, and yet it is temperate
enough for a man to enjoy out of door sports.

The chief game around Weldon are deer, wild turkeys
and quail. Before I came I expected to find deer about as
thick as on Long Island, but the first thing I saw in the
dining hall of the Weldon Hotel was a buck’s head with a
fine pair of antlers magnificently mounted. The pro-
prietors hail sent it for mounting to the Smithsonian In-
stitute. There were also half a dozen pairs of horns on
the rack, which with one exception, came from bucks shot
near the place. I saw enough around Weldon to prove to
me that deer are abundant. My first day after deer we
started two or three; the second we started a fine herd of
four or five, and brought hack one, a fine fat yearling buck;
the third any we started two, and but for a dirty gun
would have brought home at least one. Deer have been
seen within half a mile of town. The game is so near one
can start in the morning after breakfast from the hotel and
return to a four o’clock dinner, with the certainty of see-
ing at least one deer, and generally of bringing’ one in.

I -saw tracks everywhere I went, and was surprised at the
number of deer through the country. Twenty miles down
the Ifoanoke river they are more abundant still, but one has
>»<> tuiud to go so far.

For wild turkeys the ground down the Iloanoke, or on the
other side opposite Weldon, is better. There the colored
people are not so thick. They seem to have a special afltn-
ity for turkeys, and consequently linve driven them uwav
from the immediate viciuity of Weldon. Yet, on the other
side of the river, within four miles of Weldon, I Hushed
three which were undoubtedly only a small part of a larger
gang. A few miles further off I found another gang, hut
so wary they just eluded me, and filled me with regret
lliut 1 had not another day to go after them.

The manner of hunting is that of all open countries.
Every gentleman you meet in the South is a sportsmau,
and I may add every man you meet among the respecta-
bility is a gentleman. He has his pack of hounds, and at
u moment’s notice is ready to jump into the saddle and take
a day’s sport with you. There is no race of guides here.
Ilappy is the man who falls into the hands of such men as
Mr. Pulgum, Mr. Pope, Mr. Day, Mr. Howell, Air. Evans,
and others, 1 might mention. A deer hunt is arranged by
choosing stands on runways, the course of the deer beiug
well known by those acquainted with the country. One
of the party, on foot or on horseback, takes the hounds
across country. The deer is shot, not basely in the water
when he has no chance of escape, but on the full run, ns
he hounds past you with the sound of the deep mouthed
hounds behind him. To shoot a deer under such cir-
cumstances is something to be proud of.

A turkey hunt is a subject for reverent consideration. A
wild turkey is a big bird— few bigger, but it will fly like a
hawk. Nothing surprised me more, who had only tait.a
wild turkey before, than to see him sailing over the tops
of the huge pine trees, as if he never expected to alight.
By inquiry you first find some man who wants to go on a
turkey hunt, and who is acquainted with the country’. lie
will always have a turkey dog. Arrived at the woods
where they are known to congregate, you go through the
woods following the trail as best you eat! where the bird first
scratches gravel uud then Hies half a mile. Then you find
your gang — easily said, but accomplished only by ’many a
tramp— and huving found them you flush them, scatter
them, set your dog on them, run in y'ourself and Are your
gun at them, though with no prospect of getting your
bird that time. When well scattered, you arrange your
turkey hliDd, and settle yourself for a quiet season of
watchfulness. Let a half hour pass, and theii if no bird
calls, cull yourself to initiate proceedings. The call is an
ingenious contrivance, and simulates the bird exactly. The
habit of the bird is to reassemble at the point they were
scattered, and when they approach, “stretching out their
heads, and mincing as they go," then improver the golden
opportunity.

But the visitor to Weldon may wish to go more into the
int .-rior, and away from settlements. The surrounding
eountrv can he easily reached from Weldon, either by rail
or the Itoauoke itiver. On the latter are two lines of boats
which make trips down the river about twice a week. If

Gareyshurg is a good place to stop, nnd is three miles
from Weldon on the railroad to Norfolk The proprietor
of the hotel, W. I*. Her, kuows all the best stands for
deer, and where every gang of turkeys works around him.
He owns the hunting privilege on about ten thousand acres
of land, nnd makes it Ids business during the Winter
months to hunt with sportsmen, or alone. "What Is your
occupation r" said a Judge recently when Mr. Kee was
called n.s a witness. “Huntsman" was the sturdy reply,
lie will hunt in his immediate vicinity, or take a party
down the river. I dropped iu on him to dinner one day ;
six snt down to the table, and the following were the meats:
Shoulder of pig cold, shoulder of pig hot, large venison
stew, broiled chicken nnd baked qunil pie.

The Weldon Hotel, under the cave of its genial and ur-
bane proprietors, Messrs, McLauriu & Bussell, is fast win-
ning a name which hitherto it never enjoyed. Though
young men, they have had experience in the hotel business
in the North. They cnino to Weldon Inst. Full, nnd brought
with them one of lMmonico’s cooks. Travelers pussing
through Weldon will do well to remember this, and im-
prove the twenty minutes for breakfast or tea, which the
change of trains allows. For invalids it is sometimes very
desirable not to travel at night, nnd such cun here find com-
fortable beds, and then take the morning trains, ai riving at
Wilmington or Washington at night. The charming wife
of the senior proprietor will give personal care to any
ladies who may specially need it. Among those spending
Hie Winter in the Weldon Hotel is the dignified nnd cultt-
tivated wife of Senator (and General) Hansom, and her
family of children.

Tlii9 much for the traveling public, nnd now for sports-
men I will say that Mr. Bussell kept Martin’s Hotel in the
Adirondacks one year, is a crack shot with a rifle, and
owns one of Lewis' make, of Troy. Dr. McLaurie has a
$150 breech loader, nnd as their tastes are all in the line of
hunting, they have the disposition nnd the ability to make
it. attractive to their sporting friends. They have a good
reputation with the surrounding gentry, and their introduc
tion secures l he hearer every attention and facility for sport.
Weldon is the centre of this country, and whatever you
propose to do after you get there, you want first to buy your
ticket for Weldon. T. G.

I aadlaitd , Jfann and (garden.

FOREST TREES-FOR CULTIVATION.

Paul, a farmer on the Western Prairie.— What
you propose to do has been successfully car-
ried out to considerable extent iu the West. Tim
practice of raising this tree from the seed is the beat al-
ways. You can safely transplant them when small. I
have recoin ineuded the taking up of the tree in question—
the red cedar— when quite small, size from six to eighteen
inches, and reset in rows, in good ground, running from
East to West. Plant them eight inches apart, iu rows,
nud cultivate by keeping clcur from weeds. In much ex-
posed situations, where the plants are exposed to full sun-
shine, it is best to shelter them by a low fence made from
hoards. This is to lean from an upright position slightly
to give a moro extended shade. Several of these shade
fences may he needed in large fields, say one to every
eight rows. Shade is always beneficial to young plants of
the evergreen species.

Let your plants, remain in the aced row three years, care
being had to preveut uu accumulation of rubbish among
the plauts.

Upon removing them from the nursery, at two or three
years of age, your transplanted plants will have attained a
hardiness of habit that will carry them through the first
season with entire safety. In planting trees for forest use,
or shelter fence, etc., you are to alwuys follow the sugges-
tions of the out-door world all you can; from Nature you
daily receive innumerable hints as to the future of your
common agricultural work.

Set your red cedars four feet distant from end) other in
rows, and they will grow, with the ordinary usage gener-
ally bestowed upon Indian corn.

I have had very good success in raising and cultivating
many kinds of evergreens, and the above method, on a
large or small plan, will give satisfaction. You will
notice wherever you find a good maple grove bordered by
the red cedar, as often found in many locations, that l lie
westerly Autumn winds scatter these red cedar seeds, the
maple leaves cover them, the Winter snows press them
down, and the Spring sunshine brings them forth in great
numbers. Now having followed our hint thus far, go on
and make your nursery for your future cedar forest, your
fence stock, or your sheltering row. You arc in the pos-
session of all the information I can give you, with tin- as-
surance that it is not a theory, hut the result of a well-
known, tried fact. Ollh-od Quill.

THE CHESTNUT AS A FOREST TREE.

anyone does not mind being away from telegraphic com-
munication lie will he amply repaid by a trip. Jf a purty
is made up to go, they can take a cook and servants, and
nil die necessaries from the Weldon Hotel. A stay of a
week would he rewarded by as many deer as you could
wish, and wild turkeys in abundance.

A boat is a necessity to enable sportsmen to hunt either
side of the river. There are several small places on the
Boanoke where one can he accommodated, and from which
daily excursions can be made.

AWESTEHN agriculturist reminds us to-day that “we
have an unanswered request of his, made last Octo-
ber, laying round among our papers," and desires us to
make the “amende honorable” by an unswer to his letter at
our “earliest convenience." Begretting much our having
overlooked his paper, we would place before hiiu the fol-
lowing as answers iu part to his inquiries-
Chestnut wood is a good, firm limber; hard and pos-
sessed of much vitality during its growth from the sapling
to the tree. The chestnut is at the present time reckoned
a scarce wood, and it is comparatively a costly wood,
being used largely in cabinet work, and particularly Sum-
mer furniture. Fashion hs well as utility therefore adds to
the value of the chestnut wood, and In price the same has a
steadily advancing value.

Let any man possessed of one hundred acre* of land, such
as mnny of our western farmers have, which is lying
comparatively idle— land which they do not know what, to
do with — plunt it out with chestnut. Let them wait at the
farthest twenty five years for a crop, which they will not
have to do, nnd they will pronounce this job of work the
most remunerative they ever performed willdn a like given
time. As the chestnut grows very rapidly, nnd flourishes
exceedingly well on soils that are entirely unsuited for the
growing of ordinary farm crops, we have not to wait for a
place in which to plant our future chestnut forest; we have
not the tedious prospecting for a pluee to plant our tree, or
drop our clioetuot. We have at hnnd In great abundance
acres and acres of kthc forestlcss prairies of the West. ,

Here is our planting ground, here Is the future hope for the
chestnut woods of America. After planting out a
tor»st of chestnut trees, you will not have to await for a
long period of time for a market for your wood, a peculiar
value at this time being attached to Mils wood for interioB
finish, anu the decoration of fashionable dwelling houses.

he great beauty of Its grain will carry It ns a commercial,
wood far and wide, la fact, the real and true value of the«
chestnut will scarcely bo known for fifty years to come.

It Is destined to he one of the most valuable woods grown -
for decor at I vo work.

As a timber tree for railroad vise, the chestnut has alwnys
lx <m in great demand; the chestnut ties or our western
irrowth are not unknown in the far off Pacific, or along the
defiles of Denver uud the overland routes. Time may
bring some new and now unknown material Into use, and
(lisp ace the well known “chestuut tie" of the day, hut wo
think our western fanners can venture to plant ehestnut
lorests for at least twenty-five years to couvo without fear
or any undiscovered rival.

Therefore, we say go ahead, western farmer, plant out f
your twenty five, fifty or one hundred acres in chestnut,
and von will find one good crop of timber from land suited
for the growth of these trees worth more than twenty poor
crops of wheat or corn. Iu order to have a good chestnut
forest, you should procure as soon as possible after ripen-
ing the chestnuts you are to use for your scud Thuae you
can plant out tp soon as you please after they n£gutli
ered, provided the ground is ready to receive them. If not
desired to plant those seeds, they can he kept safely until
the Spring time by packing In dry moss and burying below
the frost hi dry soil. They may also he mixed with three
times their hulk in dry sand nnd plnrud in a warm Cellar.

\\ e Imve, as a general rule, recoinmendod the planting of
the seeds pretty thickly in drills, in the Fall, and after
sprinkling the soil lightly over them, rover with from two
to two and a half Inches of leaves. Early in Spring you
should carefully rake off most of the leaves, and as soon as
the plants have started, say an inch and a halt in height,
carefully draw up the fine noil around them.

There aro two ways of planting the chestnut for profit,
as a timber tree in forest, or nn orchard free. Iu forest
cultivation you can plant us thickly as you desire, thinning
out the smaller trees as desirable, or us wanted for fencing/
etc. In orchard planting you will find the following th*
best plan to adopt; Your trees are to bo placed ten feet
dlstn tit from each other in every direction, and your Held tr>
ho well fenced as n protection from damage by cattle. In
a few years your trees uro free from nil danger, and will
protect themselves. During the earlier ycurs of the orchard
you can cultivate it with cure and raise ordinary crops with
benefit to your trees. The chestnut tree we boro write of
and recommend for uso is the American chestnut, so culled,
and is a variety of the European species, smaller iu size,
hut superior iu firmness and flavor. It is greatly improved
by good cultivation, and we believe all who have tlto
ability nnd nerve to make a good chestnut plantation, will
also have the patience to await the reward.

Olmpod Quill.

W ii

Tnn Next Collkoiate IIkoatta. — The Amherst
Stwltnt tukes the lmck track as respect* its opposition to
sending a crew to Saratoga. It thinks that what is sanc-
tioned by the Professors can ho borne by tho students. It
says : —

Amherst has docldcd to row next Summer, even if tho
regatta bo nt Saratoga. It may he well to state why she
lias taken this action. As is well known, lust your we
strongly and fiercely opposed Saratoga as a suitable place
for the regatta. Believing wo could best support our action
in convention nnd best gain our ends by not rowing, wo
voted not to send n crow to Saratoga. Tills year we are ns
much opposed to that place as ever. But wo lmve hesi-
tated about the expediency of going as far as wo did last
year. A few months since, a mooting of college presidents
was held at Hanover, N. II They uphold homing,
thought its influence ou tho various colleges good, uud did
not express any regrets that the regatta hud been carried
from New England to Saratoga; and they wore the presi-
dents of New England colleges. Of course it is not for us
to criticise the doings of such a venerable body.

We said last your, we did not believe the influences at
Saratoga were such as to make the contest u “clean, high-
toned, gentlemanly affair.” If the influence of homing Is
good, of course we must have been mistaken. The con-
test bust year wus quite gonticmuuly, lilgu -toned would he
no name for it, ami clean — well, from wliut we can dis-
cover, John Morrissey did nil he could to prevent students
visiting his “hell," and hence, not much more lliuu half of
those there pryed Into the “Eleusirdan mysteries." That
influence must have been good which would lend college-
bred men to refuse the offers of gentlemen and accept those
of gambler*. Kill we muy be mistaken. We intend to
see for ourselves. Wc want to fight Saratoga, nud lx- able
to hack up our arguments with a vole, since a vot.? having
u numerical value will prevail more than argument* with
ni> assembly, where the member* have Just ability enough
to count.

— The Harvard Club held it-; ninth annual dinner on
Friday night nt DelmonicoV Among the pi eminent per
sons pretent were —Mr. Wiilium M. Evarts, Picsident
Eliot, Dr. John (!. Stone, Professor Tlinyer, Dr. Sexton, of
the Louisville University; Hon. John Bigelow, Mr. Gurduw
and Mr. James II. Carter. Mr. Joseph II Choate pre-ided.
After a short opening speech by Joseph II. Choate, Pres I
dent Eliot responded to the toast of “Alma Mater," and
spoke of the glories of the old college, referring to the
many prominent people present as a test of what the insti-
tution had accomplished. Tho lion. John Bigelow re-
sponded to the toast of “American Literature;" Judge
Howland spoke on the toast of “The Bench" and Dr. J.
C, Stone on the “Medical Profession,” Peter B. Olney
answered to the toast of "City Politics, " nnd spared neither
side in hi* humorous criticisms. Dr. Bellows was down
for the answer to the toast to “The Clergy" and James H.
Carter to that of “The Bar." Mr. II. Jf. Sedgwick was
one of the speakers and Professor Tlinyer answered to the
toa9t of “The School. ” All went off very pleasantly, and
the company did not separate until a very late hour.

FOREST AND STREAM

&sli Culture.

REPORT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA FISH
COMMISSION.

THE commissioners of this State, in addressing Gov.

Hftrirnntt on tlio rcRiHt of their labors during the
past yenr, dwell upon tin1 difficulty tllcv would experience
during the short period of their term of office, in restoring
the fisheries which hnvc become depleted by reason of ox-
ees«ivr fishing nnd wanton destruction. To remedy evils
wltieh'hnve existed since the early days of the Common*
wcnlili, is A work of time; tut Hint they have laid the
foundation for a restoration is heyond a doubt. Vet this
improvement, notwithstanding the wonderful discoveries
recent I v made in the art of propagating fish, will he much
retarded if they are not supported by the necessary legis-
lation to prevent the persistent daughter of fishes uow so
Epmmo't throughout the State.

' 'I he money appropriation is nmple for the purposes of
propagation and introduction, but the work will, ns a mat-
ter of course, progress slower if done while the different
streams are being fished to their utmost capacity titan it
would should fi-hing be restrained bylaws which, while
not compelling a cessation, will restrict it within reason-
able I Ign i t a

A severe penalty iriUKt he attached to the use of such de-
structive implements as fish baskets and set nets. Un-
der the arts of 1 8T0 and 17T3 no p< unity is attached to the
erection of t he former implements, and it is simply the
duty of the sheriff within whoso bailiwick a fish ha hot
lias heen erect' d. to destroy it when brought to Ids notice.
It was recommended to « lie last Legislature to make the
u«e of these basket* n misdemeanor; but unfortunately no
action was taken. The commissioners now earnestly urge
notion, anti set forth the destructive character of the fish
baskets a* follows:—

‘•Of all Implements for the wanton destruction of fishes
which have ever been constructed by human skill, the one
most worthy of condemnation is the ordinary fi»h basket.
These instruments of extirpation are placed in the mid-
cbanni 1 of the river, with long arms or wings made of
atone, extending up on either side towards the shores.
Every living creature carried by the current is swept into
these baskets. Young slmd are peculiarly delicate. A
blow which displaces a scale will lesull in the death of the
fish, so that scarcely a young shad which succeeds in going
through the slats of l lie basket will live, while millions arc
slopped noon l lie basket, and there nllowcd to die. In-
stances have come to our knowledge where in 1870 and
1871 parties owning baskets were obliged to shovel out with
a wooden scoop the young shad that hud accumulated in
their baskets in less time than one night. In one instance
the owner of the basket said that ‘he thought iu one night
lie had thrown trotn liis fish basket more than a cart loud
of young shad.’ It is not probable that one survived. Is
it any wonder, considering these facts, that our streams
have become depopulated? Since the progressive steps
which we have made in our Commonwealth within the
past lew ears for the protection of fish, we ate happy to
report that the baskets have nearly all been demolished.
We have met with some difficulty on account of the pecu-
liar construction of the law requiring ten days' notice iO he
given hy the sheriff before proceeding with a pom coini-
faint to destroy the basket. We earnestly recommend that
that portion of the law requiring the ten days' notice be
stricken ouf, and that the passage of tile law shall be in
itself sufficient notice.

“As mi engine used for the destruction of fish the set
net or tike tiel is surpassed only hy the tisli basket. This
net is an elongated trap with a large month, set directly in
the current of the stream. Sometimes with long arms or
wings of st«ne extending out similar to the fish basket,
turning the entire current through the net and sweeping
into it every living creature curried hy the current. These
nets require no alleiilion and no labor; they are simply de-
posited and left to care for themselves until the owner is
ready to take them up and empty them ot their cutcli.
Occasionally along our large rivers you will find a man
owning as high us thirty or forty ol' these nets. We rec-
ommend to the Legislature the passage of such laws as
will furbid fishing with these nets."

Attention is also culled to the destructive charnctcr of
the pound nets which ure used so hu gely lor fishing iu Lake
Erie. These nets form immense walls, by which the iisli
ure led along until they are conducted into pounds or traps
prepared at lulcrvuls along the net. The catch of these
nets sometimes yield several tons in u single night. Their
dust met t ve nature is shown hy t lie grnduul decrease and
final ex.ertniualiou of llie fish at the best stations on the
likes whore they are used. Pennsylvania alone, without
the computation ol other States and Panada, can do hut
little towards preventing this destructive mode of fishing,
yet such legislative enactment is suggested as inuy ho re-
quired.

Tne most, difficult duty of the commissioners was in the
erection of fishways to allow the transit of slmd across the
dams of the Susquehanna. Although there i-> not to-day a
ti mi way iu t lie world Umt is known to Irvcly carry shad,
el in me Pall ol 1873 tucy completed one which they tie-
ievc will tie ultimutely successful During the Spring and
Summer they curelully observed its wot king, and have no
doom that large num.iers ol suud passed through it during
high water in t he Susquehanna. At least 3,000 were caught
in that river above the Columbia dam during that season.
During the Fall large quantities of young shad which had
beeu hatched above the duin were constantly seen tuukuig
their way down the river to the mu. They therefore be-
lieve they have attained u measure of success iu the urt-c-
lion of their fishway never befure reached in the history
ol tois or any other couulry, ami that havin ' bo altered
uu'* reconstructed the floor ol the fishway as to suit both
high and low stages ol water it will now allow a free trun-
tsil at all seasons.

Tne commissioners regret that the streams of tlieir Slate
have become so depopulated of such a valuable fish as the
sliud, but believe that with proper exertions ou tlieir part,
aided by tbeir legislators, that the time will soou come
when the fisheries ol the Delaware and Susquehanna will
yield as much as ever before, This result is to he brought
anout by urtil.cial propagation aim proper regila ions by
law a- to catching sliud . the inode ol reproduction is Ue-
Bctiued, and the advantages of artificial over UulUiul pro-
pagation made apparent by the statement that by die natu-
ral process a pair of lcmule shad, yielding 100,000 eggs,

produce only 2.000 fish, while bv the artificial process they
will yield 98,000. The great difficulty to contend with is
the fact that you can only strip the spawn from the fish
that would deposit it within an hour or two from the time
of being taken. Thus it will be seen that at times many
hauls of the net are made, and u large number of shad
tnken without a single fish being in a condition to be
stripped. Hy the means of artificial propagation, the in-
crease of sluid in streams that were more depopulated than
the shad streams of our , State, have been known to yield
more abundantly than at any known period in their his-
tory, ami there is no doubt at all but that by a vigorous
prosecution of this system of propagation the shad will
he made as abnndunt in the waters of our Stnte, to which
migratory fish have acccess, as they have ever been known

Under the direction of State Suprintendent .Tolm P.
Creveling. assisted by Mr. Edward H. Bhame, formerly
assistant to Seth Green, a station for the purposes of arti-
ficial propagation was established at Little Washington,
Lancaster county, below the Columbia dam. Owing to
the peculiar character of the season, the results were not
ns satisfactory ns could have been wished for; but they
succeeded in hatching 3,0(15,000 shad.

A number of requests for legislative enactments, which
were also recommended in the last report, are repeated,
and it is to he hoped that New Jersey will join in making
such appropriations as will enable the commissioners to do
something this year towards the increase of slmd in the
Delaware River.

The increase of black bass is so marvelous, and tlieir
growth so rapid, that artificial propagation, even if it were
possible, is unnecessary, and they arc now frequently
caught where eight years ngo not one was to he found.
The increase is all owing to the introduction, by private
enterprise, of a few fish into the waters of the Juniata,
Susquehanna, and Delaware, and the cure which the bass
take of their young. They propose to continue the stock-
ing of the streams of the State witli bass during then com-
ing season if the necessary appropriation is made hy the
Legislature. The season for furnishing bass hy the com-
missioners commences about the middle of July and ex-
tends until the 1st of November.

During the past year they have continued the experiment
of introducing the salmon into those waters of the State
to which anadromous fish have access. They have con-
tinued this experiment both with the Snlmo talar, the sal-
mon of the Atlantic coast, and the ikilmo quinmt, the
salmon of the Pacific slope. While they have doubts as
to the introduction of the SiJmo talar, they have none as
to the Snlmo r/ninnat. The fish, from which the spawn of
the latter were taken, were caught in the McCloud River,
California, the water of which is of hr high an average
temperature ns the Susquehanna or Delaware.

The United States Fish Commissioner established a camp
on the McCloud River, in California, under the direction
of Mr. Livingston Stone, for the pm pose of procuring a
large number of the eggs of the Salma r/ninnat for intro
duction in our Eastern waters. They were presented to
the State hy the United States commissioners. They were
sent by express, the State paying the expressage and the
expense of hatching at the State hatching house.

From these eggs were hatched and deposited in various
streams I45.00(fyouug fish, besides 100,000 which now re-
main in the State hatching house ready for transportation.
Sixty thousand young fish were also received in the Spring
of 1874 from tlie United States commissioners, and from
the same source 150,000 eggs of the Salmotalar taken from
fish caught in the Kennebec River.

There is abundant evidence of the growth and pros-
perity of the young salmon, and they have been taken hy
the hook and line, varying in length from four to eight
inches, and invariably found to lie in vigorous health. It
is believed that in a few years more the introduction of
salmon into our waters will have become an established
fact, and the commissioners hope that any persous seeing
or catching any of these fish will impart to them such in-
formation.

Considerable attention was given to studying the habits
of the grayling, and considering its adaptability as a profit-
able food fish; but it was a question in the minds of the
commissioners whether the stocking of their waters with
the grayling would be sufficiently profitable to warrant
them in making an expenditure for the purpose. They are
no more prolific than the brook trout, while as a food fish
they are not so delicate.

'The experiment of hatching snlmon trout and depositing
them in the deep large pools caused by the erection ot
dams on the rivers, wits tried, and 100,000 eggs were pur-
chased of Mr, Green for the purpose. The result is looked
for with much interest. The work of restocking the many
streams of the State with brook trout is one of such mag-
nitude that the commissioners huve not deemed it advis-
able at this early stage of tlieir labors to undertake it.
They recommend, however, such legislative enact meat as
will more effectually protect this pel of the epicure and
the sportsman.

The report concludes with an expression of thanks for
the manifest interest taken by the people of the Slate in
the success I til issue of tleir work. A great deal of most
interesting and valuable information contuiued in the re-
port wits given hy Mr. Reeder ut the meeting of the Fish
Culturists’ Association, and having been published in our
issue of Inst week is omitted in this

ANGLERS’ ASSOCIATION OF BOSTON.

'FHE Massachusetts Anglers' Association were recently

1 treated to an interesting and instructive lecture from
the Hon. Theodore Lyman.

The speaker remarked that just after the war the subject
of protecting the fisheries hud been agitated, and lie had
introduced into the General Court a bill for the encourage-
meu of the cultivation of useful fishes, to the great as ton
islnfieiit of the members. Shorn of its more important
features, the bill was finally passed; but now public senti-
ment was such that there was no difficulty in influencing
the requisite legislation.

In referring to the causes which are supposed to have
led to the alleged diminution of the fish supply, the speaker
look up the subject of trawling, which lie thought hud
beeu improperly named. It first came to this part of the
country I rum the Irish Galway- tLbcrim-u, u very hardy
body ol men, who encounter many hard ships in the prose-
cution of tlieir trade. The Cuiuline fishermen, ou the
coast of Spain, have used trawls from time immemorial,

under the name of the pnlanyre line, and introduced it
into France. The Cat alines also first introduced the soft
iron hooks into France, which arc now used on the Grand
Banks for catching cod. The speaker then drew on a large
slate n sketch of the trawls, and said they were introduced
into this country many years ago. About 1850 there be-
gnu to lie a considerable outcry against this trawling. Not-
withstanding l lie trawlers, the haddock had increased in
Boston Bay. In 1830 haddock in the bay was compara-
tively a scarce fish; in I860 it began to be plentiful, and up
to within two or three years ago it continued to increase
in plenty, and became one of the staple fisheries in the
Winter season. When there is a glut in the market it hie
been sold at one half cent a pound, and 300 tons of fish,
of 2.000 pounds to the ton, have been brought in by the
trawlers in one day.

Mr. Lyman illustrated the wonderful productiveness of
mackerel and codfish by statistics, and described the ocean
as a vast, teeming workshop, in which the fabrics are pm
duccd and reproduced, and almost before perfection are
torn in pieces, to be absorbed in other fabrics, and in turn
to build up new ones. The possible extinction of the sen
fisheries was considered; but it Is extremely difficult to
procure satisfactory results, from the impossibility ot ob-
taining reliable statistics regarding the product and num-
ber of men employed half a century since. In England
an investigation was held in 1805, resulting in a mass of
contradictory and unsatisfactory testimony, which proved
nothing. Rumhuud conducted one consequently iu France,
which was much more satisfactory, resulting in a fund of
valuable information on the subject. A third investigation
wus that of this State in 1870, when a long inquiry into the
propriety of using weirs, traps, etc., resulted in no definite
action on a subject evidently ill understood by the people
at large. To gain some definite information on the sub
ject, the State tan for a year the weir at Waquitt. Instead
of the weir stopping all entrance of alewives into the bay,
to spawn in the brooks which there find outlet, it was
found Hint three times as many were caught in the lmy as
iu the weir, which it was thought would preclude entrance;
and so in the case of the striped ImsS. Here, then, we have
definite facts to work upon, undisputed by a great many
whose theories, so well elaborated, are found to lie worth
nothing.

Ram baud touched the great defect in the English system
when lie showed the absurdity of its action in considering
fish as a whole, without any regard to different orders,
habits, etc. His own division, modified to meet our neces-
sities. may read as follows: — Fresh-salt, such as salmon,
alewives, and smelt; local, such as tiiulog, flounder, anil
seup; ocean, such as cod, haddock, and herring.

The ocean fish, lie thought, did not require any protec
lion, and everybody knew how the fresh suit fishes could
lie destroyed. The cod and herring, lie thought, were
about as abundant now as in old limes. If there was a
scarcity ou the coast margin it might be caused by Hie few
number of small fishes; hut on the coast of Newfoundland
they are as plentiful. He thought if the trout law could
he altered we would have large it out in the same way that
we have large smelts.

Investigation as yet 1ms failed to show quite conclusively
whether the second or “local" class of fishes does need
man's protection There have been strange disappear-
ances ami reappearances of some of the species, such as
the seup or the UlucILh, all variously accounted for., \Y c
need facts on this subject ou which to base our theories,
ami the national investigation, under charge of United
Slutes Commissioner Baird, can hardly fail to throw much
light on tiie subject. Mr. Lyman complimented Professor
Baird on Hie success which was attending his const explo-
rations, and closed bis lecture with an array of statistics in
proof of the positions he had taken.

At the conclusion, Mr. Lyman was warmly thanked, and
the hope expressed that he would again favor the society.

Hybrid Fish. — Dr. L. J. Fitziuger has been prosecuting
some experiments upon the bastard forms of Salnwniilw,
now so extensively cultivated in the fish breeding establish-
ments of Germany, and which, us is well known, attain to
maturity and produce completely formed eggs. However,
as the result of a careful series of experiments, lie ascer-
tained under artificial impregnation that these eggs never
develop beyond the period of the formation ot the eye
specks, after which they speedily perish. The hybrids
upon which the experiments were prosecuted were obtained
from Hie female trout (Trulta Lacaulm) and the male suib-
ling (Sattno Solcelintia ); and from the female snihling and
the male trout (Trulta farm). He thinks that Hie intertill
ty ot the eggs from these hybrids may be considered as
uu established fuel. In the same article reference is made
to what is culled the silver trout, or Salmo Schaffer Mullrri ,
aud the opinion expressed that this is a sterile form, but
that it is impossible to say from what species it is derived,
or whether it is constant. — Tribune.

Massachusetts Anglers' Association. — At a meeting
of the associuliuii, held at their rooms iu Boston on Wed
nesday evening of Inst week, the committee on legislative
m'utters submitted a report recommending that the associa-
tion should endeavor to procure legislation that should fix
the limit of the size of lobsters to be caught at twelve
inches, and should require that any person having in hi-
possession lobsters less than twelve Inches should be pun
iahed by fine or otherwise, ami that all female lobsters
caught with the spawn attached— the so-called berry lob
sters— be returned alive to the water; that t he association
should endeavor to procure the passage of u law in regard
to trout, so that the possession of a dead trout during the
close lime should he prima facie evidence of a violation of
the statute; all of which was adopted, with the exception
of that portion referring to “ berry'' lobsters. The question
of trawling and seining was next considered at some length,
aud referred for further consideration. Vice President S
W. Hathaway occupied the clinlr in the absence of the
President, Dr. Ordway, who was quite severely injured by
a railroad accident a few days previous.

■•••■

Fisn Preservation in AIaixk. — The corporators of the
Stato Association for the Preservation of Fish met at
Augusta on the 12th inst. The act of incorporation was
accepted. The following officers were elected : John H-
Kimball, of Bath, President; William 8. Badger, of Au-

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37

gustu, Vice President; J. W. Clnpp, Secretary anil Treas-
urer. A board of fifteen directors, also an cxAfttlro coin^
miltec of three were elected. Tlio annual meeting of the
association is to be held ut Augusta ou the third Friday of
January of each year.

—Dr. John P. Ordway, President of the Massachusetts
Anglers' Association, was very severely injured by the rnil-
road accident at Rcudville last week.

INSTINCT OF SALMON.

RocHKSTitn, February 20th 1875.
Editou Foiucst and Stukam: —

I don’t know where you could have got the idea that I
said the young California salmon would not return to the
sume stream that they were put in I fear that some person
has put that in your head. I never said they would not.

Yours. Sktii Gurkn.

If Mr. Green will refer to the New York Timto, Feb. IS,
lie will see what purports to he a conversation with him
about the! habits of salmon. We based our statement on
that. However, we don't see that it signifies one way or
the other; though wo should fancy that if the instinct of
the Pacific salmon were only strong enough, they would go
home overland, instead of taking the old route via Capo
Horn.

Quintal Jj istorrr .

INSECT LIFE— No. 2.

BY KKUHA.

THE laborious industry of the white uul, its patient.

perseverance and wonderful building operations, af-
ford material for instructive and interesting study to the
naturalist, as well nstn’tliose the most casually interested
in the wonders of Nature or the operations of her myriads
of tiny creatures. That such diminutive insects (for they
are scarcely a fourth of an inch iu length), however nume-
rous, should, in the space of three or four years, be able to
erect a building twelve feet high, and of proportionable
bulk, covered by a vast dome, adorned without by numer-
ous pinnacles aud turrets, and sheltering under its ample
nrch myriads of vaulted apartments of various dimensions,
and constructed of different materials— that they should,
moreover, excavate in different directions, and at different
depths, innumerable subterranean roads or tunnels, twelve
or thirteen inches in diameter, or throw au arch of stone over
other roads leading from the metropolis into the adjoining
country to the distance of several hundred feel — that they
should project and finish the (for them) vast interior stair-
cases, or bridges, lately described — and finally, that the
millions necessary to execute such herculean labors, per-
petually passing to and fro, should never interrupt or in-
terfere with each other, is a miracle of Nature, gr, rather,
of the Author of Nature, far exceeding the most boasted
works and structures of man; for did these creatures equal
him in size, retaining their usual iustincts and activity,
their buildings would soar to the astouishing height of
more than half a mile, aud their tunnels would expand to
a magnificent cylinder of more than three huudred feet in
diameter, before which the pyramids of Egypt and the
aqueducts of Rome would lose all their celebrity and dwin-
dle into nothing.

Another interesting study is found in the nest of the
common wasp. This is generally formed in un underground
cavity, usually in a bank. It is oval in shape, about six-
teen or eighteen inches long, and twelve or thirteen broad.
A well-peopled nest will contain at least 10,000 cells, sim-
ilar in shape to those of the honey bee, and, like them,
disposed in combs or layers; but, unlike those of the bee,
the cells of the wasp do not contain honey, are not formed
in double layers, and do not consist of wax, but of the
same substance ns the external envelope of the nest. What
is this substance* No other than paper of a grayish color,
which the insect instinctively knew how to manufacture
from the fibres of wood, detached by their jaws from posts,
rails, or other places, long before the art of making paper,
as we now see it, was discovered by man; and the paste-
board nests of another wasp, a native of Ceylon, vie iu
whiteness, solidity, and polish with the most superior ar-
ticle of that description ever fabricated by the most cele-
brated manufacturers.

The spider alluded to as having forestalled the diving
hell, lortns her curious habitation at the bottom of the
water. She soins a number of loose threads, which are
attached to 'he c tves ami stems of water plants; over this
framework she next spreads a transparent vurnish, imper-
vious to water; then, by ascending to the surface, she man-
ages to carry down into the chamber thus formed a bubble
of air, and fills the chamber by repeating her visits to the
surface a sufficient uumber of times to effect its distcu-
tiou, each time carrying down a bubble of uir.

On the under side of the leaves of pear trees may often
bo seen, in Spring, a number of spine-like projections,
about a quarter of an inch high, and not much thicker
than a pin. These are the silken tents of u little caterpil-
lar, which preys upon the parenchyma, or pulp of the leaf.
The tent is attached to the leaf by a number of silken
threads; but should any extraordinary violence threaten to
disturb the perpendicularity of the habitation, the tenant
instantly creates u vacuum in the lower portion by ascend-
ing to the upper part; its body tills the upper portiou, and
thus leaves the lowermost free of air, the vacuum so caused
serving to attach the lent quite firmly to the leaf.

One of the most curious things connected with insect
economy is that succession of changes from the egg to the
perfect stale through which all insects pass. In reference
to these changes, -or metamorphoses, as they are called,
which equal iu wonder while they surpass in interest any
of the traustormutions recorded iu the pages of Ovid.
Said a writer on this subject; "Were a naturalist to an-

nounce to the world the discovery for the first time of nn
animal which, for the first fivo years of its life, existed in
the form of a serpent; which then penetrating into the
earth, and weaving a shroud of pure -silk of the finest tex-
ture. contracted itself within tills covering, into a body
without externa] mouth or limbs, and resembling more than
anything else, an Egyptian mummy; and which lastly, after
remaining without tood and without motion for three years
longer, should, at the end of th.it period hurst its s'ilken
cerement, struggle through its earthly covering, and start
into day u winged bird — what would be the sensation, do
you tlnnk, of this strange #pieee of intelligence Y After
the first doubts of its truth were dispelled what astonish
inent would succeed ! Amongst the learned what surmises!
wliat Investigations ! Amongst the vulgar what eager cu
riosity and amazement ! All would he interested in tin-
history of such au hitherto unheard of phenomenon; even
tlie most torpid and indifferent would flock to see such a
prodigy." And yet, without exciting much surprise, this
is what is going on continually under our very eyes. With
divers modifications of minor import, it is the course
through which have passed the countless hosts of Insects,
muny of which were firmly believed to be the rear U of
spontaneous generation — an ubsutd idea, by no means ex-
ploded in our own day.

— Prof. Theodore Gill, of the Smithsonian Institution,
and Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A., lire engaged upon a syste-
matic revislou of tin; mammals of North America.

HYACK AND KYACK.

U. s. National Mcskcm, I

VVabhinoton, February 10, 187S. f

Editou Koiibmt and Stkbam.—

Under "Answer# to Corrvv»t>onilenls" In your Issue of February It, ! ob-
serve a query from a Portland rorreepondent In regard to the mime
"tiyack," a» used In Nova Mentis newspapers. If "Cod" will tako tho
trouble tu talk wltli Portland fishermen hu will 11 ml the name In common
use at hit* very door. All along tlio const of Malm- and south as far u»
Provincetown, tlio 11111110 "kyack" and "kyonk" are applied to n fancied
variety of tlio ulewlfo of Now Kmrlnnil (1‘omolobut jwtudo har*nqut),
The variety of names given to this one specie* by Maine (Ph.-mien Ik
qulto remarkiiblo. I once saw u flsliormnn tako a number of them from
his gill not. throw them Into three piles, mid pronounce 'hem different
kind*, and after a miperdclnl glance thought him right A more careful
study failed to reveal any satisfactory distinction, hut showed mu on
what ground* lie Hopxrntud them; thorns which had been rubbed ami had
lost the scales from their back*, leaving tho blue akin expound, lie called
"blue bucks," or "kincka;" those which had died with tho back ntrulglr
and tho belly thrown ont in a atrongly curved line, exposing the sharp,
suw-tooth like posterior edge* of tho nbdomlunl row of scale*. lie nailed
"saw bellies,1' or "eat thrasher*-," a plump, well shaped Individual he
would call an "ulewlfo. " Dr Mlorer wu* misled by th« blue buck* of
tho sentries* specimens. and described from thorn a nuw species, alum
cyanonolon, or the blue back bIom. (Sou Proceedings of tho Iloston bo-
city of Natural History, vol. 8, p. 848).

The species is qulto pozzlmi; In Ha protean variations, hut I* readily
recognized by the shupo of tho lower angles of thu opercular uml sub-
orbital bonus. (|uito a considerable number of specie* worn founded upon
this ll*h by early naturullsts. and the synonymy Is still slightly confused.
In the Provinces, Pamolobun imuilo luirtiigvt becomes the "Onapcreau;"
in Nnrraanuseti Bay, ana ut tlio mouth of thu Connecticut ltlver. It In
the "Buckle," Iu Southern New Kngluud It Is the "alewlfu," corrupted
into "ollwifo," and on the Connecticut ttivor, In places, Into "ellwhop."
In the Hudson It is sometimes willed "alowtfo," sometimes "herring,"
while further southward, iu thu Deluwnro and Potomac, It Is known en-
tirely us the "herring, ’• tho nanm "nluwlfu" being monopolized by tlm
menhaden. A long chapter might bo written on the local varialloiM In
tho names of the American representative* of tho hprrlug family.

(I. Biiown Uuodz.

SUSPENDED ANIMATION IN FROZEN
FISH.

• Hudson, Now York, February IB, 1S7B

Editou Fokkst and Stub am:—

I notice in tho lust number of your Interesting paper an article headed
“Suspended Animation by Freezing." 1 have scon such ilsh. In my
youthful (lays I lived near a pond In Litchfield county, Conti., and many
a line string of Ilsh I took from that pond by llslilng through the Ico with
live bait. On n cloudy day (and I regarded cloudy days the hesi for
flshing in Winter, a« well as in Summer), If tho weather wus so cold as
to form Ice around tho line*, so as to necessitate breaking It away,
often, tho flah. when cniigbl and loft on tho Ice, would freeze stiff In a
few minutes, usually with their mouth uml gills closed, Such I often
noticed would, even If apparently frozen through, revive if placed In
cold water, after being frozen for several hours. If they do not freeze
soon lifter being caught (or if tlio sun shines ou them much) I think
they will not revive, and large flail 1 think will twar much more freezin ;
than small ones aud live. I huve cut open pickerel lliul appeared to
bo frozen through, and tho heart, ou being exposed to heat, would bent
for a few moments quite rapidly. During my district school days, Sat-
urdays were my days for Halting in tho Winter, and I oftou set my Hues
Friday evening. If there wu* a prospect of thu weather being fnvorub e
the next day to fish. In order to be ahead of others; for Unhormuii were
usually all at tho pond very early, oven If living several miles away, each
striving to he Ur*t at the best places on the pond for fishing; and If tho
Ice wu* very thick, much lime aud labor would lie saved by using bolus
recchtly cut Fish usually took tho bait best I11 tlio morning (perhaps
for the reason that those near the hooks would soon get ihluiiud outj
Having no Old Probabilities to consult In those days, 1 often found tho
weather Saturday morning not as favorable as I expected tlio evening
previous. One Saturday morning 1 awoke disappointed by Ondiug
ihe weather very cold. The wind blew und the »now How, but 1 bud set
my lines the evening previous, and must need* go and tako them tip.
(letting nn early breakfast, I was aoon away to the pond. On the Hr-t
1 ne Hint I eul out I caught a four and 11 half pound pickerel, So large a
fbsh was seldom caught in that pond, and It was big game for u youth of
fourteen year*. Soon gutting cold, 1 went to a high rock on the shore
and built u fire, leuvlng toy fi*b in tlio suow, where It remained several
hours before I got my lines taken up, thawed, and was ready to »iart
for home, u half smile away Arriving at home I put rnyblgHshln
a tub of cold water to thaw sulHclcntly Uidres-, It being frozen apparent
ly us solid us a piece of Ice. As soon as thawed It was as lively us be
fore being caught. Yours truly. W . Anvil.

Waikuvillk. K. Y., February 10, 1873.
Editou Kohkst and Stiusam :—

Bending un article In No. 1, vol. 4, reminded 1110 of an incident of my
boy bunting und dstilug excursions ut Taauton, Bristol county. Mass.
In the February of IK!- "we boys" made an excursion to Prospect Hill
Pond to flsb through the Ice. Next morning I turned out of bed csrly
and got a tub und half filled It with water, In which 1 placed •" many
of the flsli a* wore wanted for the family breakfast, to take the • frost ’
out of them. When I went to prepare them I called thu whole house-
hold to see my Osh swimming about In the water in the tub I Now 1
know those flsb were taken by our party, left on the Ice till they were
frozen stiff, token home in ba-kcU wlih our traps and lines, and thawed
out the next morning, a* narrated above, when they were llvoly Osh. The
Ilsh we caught were white »nd red petfh and pickerel. R 9. IS

DEER ANP» DEE RS* HO R N§!

Editor Forrst and Ntiikar:-

I have seen sever, 0 articles In Focikst and Sthz > v concerning horn*
upon dor*. They are mouatrosltlve. mid after the question l* mue -et-
tleil (hat such things do occur, the public should ho •ailsOvd and piusQo
the subject no further, mile** It be tn efforts to a-cennln the csuio.

It 1* the common belief that between the age* of two and six or seven
yeius tile m de of the common dear (tVr i«< Finrlulanusl gain* one tliV.
or point, ea. h year upon each of hi* horn* If tuts Id- a I* corn ct. worn
Central New \ .>ik must have more than one variety of ileir an 1 lo»<-ly iu-
seinbllng each other a* not to bo dl-tlug.ilshaMo, except by tho Intih*
ted Six or right yean* -Dice* "spike horn" deer weighing one hnn-
dnd aud ninety pounds, dres-vd. wa* kilted upon Pierce1* Lake, Hamil-
ton county. N, Y . by a parly of which l wn« one l think so 1 <rgr a
d-er must bo more than two your* of ace. 1 am Informed by guldra and
resident* of that vicinity that largo "sptko horn" deer are nor v,-rv nn
common At other time*, In tho sumo vicinity. I have killed d>or
wvlgh'ug from one hundred and uurhiv to two hundred and ten pound#,
dressed, having from three to the tinea, or point*, and each of them uaa
culled large.

1 know of two Instance* where dror were taken allvu and held In cap-
tivity. In each of wh'ch tho deer, when token, had two tinea on each
horn; the next year 0110 of them h»d tho same uumber (Iwohandthq
other had one point, or a spike, ou one aide and two point* on the othr |C
Both of these door wore In low rendition and closely confined whi(* 1
Knew th in, My theory 'a. that thu *tzo anu number of point* of tho
"head" of n mu' nro deer depends morn upon hi* eondlilxn uml thu
abundance of food than upon his yoara, and thatp>rha-» a Hv<- year old
would not hove more than four points. y«l the next year ho might bon
"spike horn" and have but one point.

Tills matter ho* often *iiggo»tcd Itself to me, and l have Sever been
able 10 satisfy mysoif upon It Nome of our woodsmen a**> rt that «o
have two varieties of the common dror, Iu Older to account for tlio occa
atonal great *lzo of the spike horns. Manv of your render* are probably
able to give some light ou the matter, and I believe you, Mr. Editor,
clUtl Judge Cnton, of llllnol* as authority upou the doer que-llon. Will
he nnt enlighten ns? I have seen heads with Ova point*; heard of
thosu with six. Do large' bunds grow normally f Futuna. *

PINE GROSBEAKS.

■ ■ ». — —

Milam, February 8, 1873,

Editor Fonit«r and Stukam:—

Tbu strange birds mentioned by "E. D,,"of Mootrcul, are, I should
thtuk, the Pino U'Oitbcnka, one of eevurnl specie* of Northern vLliain*,
driven this wny by "*tro*s of weather. " Tlio method of aepturing thsin,
11* per "K. 1) ." I* 0110 practiced with sucr e** rihoul here, th • turd* liv-
ing very tame, and making. I um told, Intvre-tlug cage bin!-, having a
very plciumit note, which they keep up nil day. Your*, Taat.

Nai.bm, February IB. 1878.

Editou FonasT ani> Stukam:—

A live Huoclineu of the "Dabohlck" (PrxH/ym'iut pixltoe/v) was found
n few day s ago In n barnyard at Davunport. It was qulto exhausted end
tame, anil when plnrud In a tub It uagorlv caught aud devoured the uiln-
nowa will .-h were placed lit thu water. Your*, Thai,

CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE.

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Df-l'AItTMRNT OK Ptmt.lO Pouts, I
Nnw Yoiik. Fob 81, 18TB f

Animal* received ut Contra1 Park Moungorio for U10 week ending
February BUlh, 1H7B:-

Fonr Bine Jiiys, Cy inurn crltfnla, Presented by Mr. C. Hyan.

One llurrlue (jnll, Ixirnt urgefotu*. Presumed by ilr. Robert Brow it.
One hand bill Crane, Unit iMina>/«itjL

Olio Lion. Born In the Menagerie. W, A. OoR&LlN-

$[lie gientiel.

KENTUCKY STATE TOURNAMENT.

THE llrNt annuttl bench allow and tournament' of tlio
Kentucky Suite Sportsmen's AhnocIuIIoii, of which
Mr. Robert A. Thornton, of Lcxiugion, Ivy., is President,
takes place nr Parli, ICy. on the 18th, 10th, and 20ih of
May next. For tlio bench allow Micro lire alx prlzea, of u
silver goblut ettcli, for respectively thu beat seller dog,
bitch, und puppy under twelve months old, and for tho
beat pointer dog, bitch, und puppy nlao under twelve
month*. In addition there In it champion prize, of it silver
goblet, for the best setter or pointer. Bov on hundred und
fifty dollar* in money, uml it club budge und gold medal,
valued ut $100, will be dmtrilmlud in prize* (luring tlio
tournament.

HCAI.K OF POINT* OOVICUNINO UK NO If flffOW.

1 S 1

No. of |
Entry.

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3

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0 5 1 7 5

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B B

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Tuiul.

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BULK* FOB BENCH BIIOW.

Two judge* and 11 referee will be appointed on (he
ground.

Rule 1. Tho Judging will be done publicly, in the open
arena— tho whole of eucli claw* to bo led out before the
judge*.

Rule 2. Each dog will be judged according to a table of
point*, in hook form, printed for the purpose. Tnu luhlu
being filled with the greatest number of poiip* will decide.

Rule J. Any dog being notably deficient Iu any one of
the columns of points will be 1 ejected by the Judge*.

Rule 4. The exhibition for prizes will coinmuuce ut ton
A. M., prompt.

Uulb 5. All entries must be made by ton I*. M. on tho
day previous to the display.

flui.K (J AM dogs entered for the Bench Show nro re-
quired • <> he on the grouuda by bulf prut nine A. M. of thu
duy of exhibition.

Wednesday Aktkhnoon, May 10th. — Ginas shooting, 10
single bird*. Open to all members $200; final prize, cm.li,
$100; second prize, cash, $00; third prize, tush, $25;
fourth prize, cash, $15; entrance, $i0; twenty to fill.

Tiipiihday, May 20th.— Clus* shooting, 5 double birds.
$200; llrsl prize, cmdi, $125; second prize, canli, $;5; third
prize, cash, $50; fourth prize, ctudi, $30; flfih prize, cash,
$20; $10 entrance; thirty to till.

Club match, four entries from each club; five double and
five single birds. Prize, club budge; entrance. $i0 from
each club Entrance fee to he paid but once for each
budge. This badge to be retained by winning three auc-
cessivc tinjefl, when i( becomes the winner’* property.

38

TnonsDAY Evening. — State ■Association Championship
Badge for 1875, five double and five single birds; first prize,
.handsome gold medal, val JC, $100; properly of the winner;
Second prize, handsome leallicr medal for lowest score; en-
trance. $5. To be contested for only by members of State
Association, residents of Kentucky.

* IUii.noAD Farm ron I)oo*.— Wo have a letter from

* Mr. Theodore Gray, conductor on the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne and Chicago Ruilroad, on this subject, which pre-
eents tho employees’ side of the question in a forcible
light. He says that our proposition of a tariff of one cent
per mile on all dogs is much more than biiRgago masters, to j
whom tho perquisites go, expect, and that they are very j
glad to get it. “Those same baggage masters,” he says. I
"are a whole soulcd class of men who arc sportsmen at j
heart, and would take care of a good dog for no eompunsa J
lion; but there arc many would-be sportsmen who burden j
them with instructions as to inferior dogs, nnd are not i

. willing to pay anything. The baggageman appreciates the j

\lruc spoilsman as his best, friend, (financially,) and is will- |
ing to do all he cau for the comfort of himself und dog.”
We shall be glad to hear from Mr. Gray again.

Mn* Hope's Challenge.— Mr. E. W Hope, of La
Grange, Mo., docs not wish to be Included among those
to whom some recent strictures of ours might apply as to
insincerity in issuing challenges for field trials. lie is
ready at any suitable time to make good his offers of last
November, which we printed. He sent us the subjoined
letter u fortnight ago:

Riverside, La Grange. Mo., February 2d, 1875.
Editor Foiikst and Stiikasi:—

I offered to back a certain matched pair of dogs in my
possession against any matched pair in the I'nited States,
allowing any dogs tried against mine a mouth's advantage
in age, and expre ssed myself willing to go wherever game
was plentiful enough to make the affair a success. My
own idea of the nature of the match was about this: that
- some gentleman accepting the challenge would also, with
ltis friends, accept an invitation to visit me, nnd ending the
trial, a week or so of good shooting would he tho result.
J have no thorough belief that the pair of dogs that 1 own
are the best, for that would be foolish, though I may thiuk
they are hard to heat.

Cumberland stands as high, if not higher, than any
county in England for setters, and being a native of that
county, on one of my visits to England almost entirely for
the purpose of buying setters, I naturally took advantage of
an extended acquaintance among sportsmen gamekeepers,
and breakers there to get what 1 desired, and without lim-
iting myself as to price, raked the neighborhood over nnd
procured, with others, the. father and mother of the dogs
in question, being the best dogs that I could get or bear of.
From this pair of dogs I have raised not less than forty,
and I consider that Dash and Rung arc the likeliest pups
that have come to hand, and living in the country, on the
Mississippi, where game is plentiful, 1 think that in bieak-
ing and practice I should have some advantages over most
Eastern men, at least.

Now, in order to prove that I am not full of a new
hobby. I will say that for years, long ere dogs here at-
tracted the amount of attention they appeur to now, I was
devoted to the kennel. At tho age o'f fifteen I commenced
shooting game on the Scotch moors, and shortly afterward
became a subscriber to the Cumberland fox hounds nnd
the Carlisle otter hounds, following them steadily for
years, and have bred nearly every variety of sporting dog;
and in return for tho present of an Irish water spaniel,
hied by Bernal Osborne, Esq,, late M. I*, foi Nottingham,
I sent from here an American Bred deer hound of my own
strain who took prizes at Birmingham, Ediuborough, Dar-
lington, Lancaster, Carlisle, etc , as a Southern hound, (see
Stonehenge,) and was drafted into the Dumfricsliire fox
hounds to improve the breed aud tongue of the puck, the
8ime being done with the Carlisle otter hounds, through J.
C. Garrick, Esq., the muster to whom I sent him. I con-
sidered him t he finest hound I ever saw, (in appearance,)
and hij career in England verified my bulief.

I will end by saying that should any American propose
importing a setter or setters from England lie should avoid
the dog shows, und ulso those impudent presumers who
dare ask such sum as £50 for a setter bitch on the score of
her being a certain strain or sister to a field-trial winner;
but go, rather, to such a kennel as the Earl of Carlisle’s, at
Naworth Castle, or Sir Frederick Graham’s, of Netherby
Hall, and from the head gamekeeper he cau get what he
desires at a fair and honest price.

I should bo glad to know if I stnnd alone as a prize
winner in Engluud with an American dog; aud here cuds
my challenging. Edward W. lions.

—Speaking of Mr. Hope’s dogs, a correspondent writes
as follows : —

RocxroiU), 111., February 12, 1873.

EnrroR Forest and Stream:—

I have Just received from the well known Kennel of Mr. Ed W. Hope,
of Htvcrvli'w, LuGraunc. Mu, a handsome half grown setter I made
the arrangement for securing It through the kindness ond useletauce of
your special corn -pondent, Mr. Barker, 1 have heard so much of Mr.
11 . 's celebrated dogs that I am more (ban pleased to procure litis flue
young setter. Sportsman.

— William Jarvis, of Cluremont, N. II., has sold his
imported setter slut to a geutloman iu Keutucky for $173.
She lias had a litter of nine since Mr. Jurvis imported
her.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Belle.— I noticed In your paper u sport time ago a statement from
tome party to Detroit that the black und tan Gordon setter Belle, which
was on exhibition at the talc dog show In Detroit, was purchased by Mr.
Brooks, of Stamford, Conn. 1 beg to stale that 1 was the purchaser of
Belle, and that I have her in my possession at present, and am glad to
stale l» gelling on a6 well a» cun be expected at her now home — Jas.
Glen, Jr., London. Ontario.

Our Detroit informaut was probably in ctTor, und we
are glad to know that the famous Belle has fallen into the
hands of Mr. Glea.

FOREST AND STREAM-

J. K. D ., Wnvorly. — As a porcharcrnnd render of your volunblc pnpor,

I wish to give a hint to nny one raising » P«P. *° ,he dl«ciw catted do*
distemper. My method is to give, say at six weeks old, a ride charge of
powder (common nun powder) every six day* tintil six months old. I
never had a dog diseusol; all perfeedy healthy, and believe the above to
be a panacea for the III of which so many valuable dogs either lose nose
or die.

Ana— Your remedy is certainly worth n trial. 3 on may
find a purchaser for your dog by advertising in our
columns.

J. K, V., Philadelphia— 1 have a young pot Dior bitch about two yearn

old, very much troubled with a fhaking of tho head and the lower part

of each of bur ears. She has a litllu sore, which is constantly kept bro-
ken by this motion. Shu bus bill lately recovered from the distemper,
hut ns she hud this habit of shaking her head several months
before the distemper came on, 1 do not attribute It to that. It might
have come from ucoid. What do you think is the trouble, and What
treatment would you prescribe!

Ans—1 The shaking arises from the itching of the healing
sore. To stop this, lake common adhesive piaster or
shoemaker’s wax, and keep it over the wound until healed.

Hut, Troy — Not long ago, In looking at nn old hook of Hawker's, I
suw that he *ays he linn lined vaccination for the- prevention of distemper
in dogs, and sny» that he used it with sucvCM from 1818 to 1838 —
twenty years— nnd never lost any dog by that disease.

Ans — This remedy, although not in common use, is well
worthy of attention and experiment on tho part of breed-
ers of fine dogs. See previous numbers of Forest and
Stream.

S. S., Shnkopee.— Setter pnp six mouth* old; had supposed distemper,
and utter dosing with an admixture of sulphur nnd gunpowder, became
apparently well, but in about ten days after showed signs of slckne?*
again. Tlwro was naught perceivable tho mutter with the eyes, although
occA-limlly blew a little matter from the nose; soon began to aw eat all
over, and hands full of water were scooped up from buck nud sides,
while a oonsUuil dripping followed from the body und legs, und during
uil thl> time hud a voracious appetite, nud yet would look thin and poor-
ly; was kept III a warm place und had passages regular. ulMiungh its uri-
nating was continual almost. I gave n receipt from Dinks, May hew &
Hutchinson— some pills, composed of one grain calomel, two grains nut-
meg, live uruliiM nitre, followed up in three boors by leaspoonful of "No
2. ' This was repouted ul time*, and for a short period seemed to pro-
duce a more happy ellect, hilt soon after the pup grew worse fast, smell-
ing awfully nud scratching and clawing out liuir from Its body, gradually
growing weaker, until the poor thing sunk groaning to the ground, when
owner had to kill It. The stencil was so strung us to become perfectly
unbearable.

Ann — We presume the above is a severe case of distem- .
per. We shall print next week a tabic of the symptoms of
distemper, as prepared by a member of the British Medi-
cal Association.

Constant Reader, Codar Rapids, Iowa.— Dan you refer ine to aoinc
responsible dog Importer from whom I could purchase a Lavernek or
GHdcrsleevo bitch, from eight to thirteen in on ills old! Would like ,
orange und white, or pore ornngo for color. If you shonld know of any
such for sulu please slate price.

Ans— The Gildersleeves arc nn American strain of set-
ters. You will receive a communication on the subject.

■V M. M , Philadelphia.— I haves small spaniel bitch three year* old,
which, up to within the last three weeks, wus remarkably fat, so much
so that ah ' could not stand any fatigue, frequently giving out after a few
square's walk, although she was very active nnd eager at the outset. At
the time named she began to show symptoms of suffering, wus very res-
tive, walking about the house with her tongue bunging out, breathing
heavily, and occoslonally giving vent to sharp cries as if suffering from
ucute puln. Her qeck was swollen near the bend.

Ans — Feed lightly, aud&iveas much exercise as possible.

ghc gorsq at\d gourde.

Among the stakes to close on the 1st prox. are. at. ,T..r
Pnrk the Fordham Handicap, Westchester Cup, (jr,ril>
National Handicap Steeplechase. Juvenile Stakes I
Jockey Club Handicap Sweepstake*. For tho Fall me,.,"1 ' ■
the Post Stakes, a four mile dash with $2,000 added mon ."8 M

and the annual sweepstakes for three year olds t0 be run''
the Fall meeting of 1870. At Monmouth Park there a P
eight events, ami at Saratoga seven, to close on the >a„' I
day. The entries for Jerome Park should bo addressed <'■ I
Wheat ly, Secretary American Jockey Club, Madison avm,.
und Twenty seventh street, Now York. Those for nh
Monmouth Park Association to W. E. Raynor, 1
Branch, N. J., and those for the Saratoga Association to < ° f
Whently, Fordham, N. Y.

For strength, both as regards home bleeding nnd careful
importation, Mr. Belmont's stable, although having )IU(|
perhaps, more than its share of the vicissitudes of racin ’
baa generally led the van in the Northern division. \
present there are in training at Babylon seventeen liors.-
of which no less than eight are the get of Kentucky'
Count d'Orsay and Silk Stockings, as five year olds lend Uq. i

ring, while of the rest, Rhadamanthus appears to stand 1
most prominent as a public performer, ami is at the simp
odds of 8 to 1 in the Withers stake. The two year n|,|
have yet to give nn account of themselves, but tlicitnpor(,,|
Daunt less by Macaroni, and Patience by Parmeson, ,,
breeding goes for aught, should be heard from.

Our imported colts, however, have not as yet di-
tinguislied themselves on their first appearances, ami :i
lilllc study into tho doings of fashionably bred youngsiu,
on their arrival here, might furnish useful hints to breeder, {
and trainers. 'Flic produce of imported stallions thruiigi, ,
our Kentucky mutes have, as yet, been invincible on their
own ground, in meeting imported stock, nnd it is a well n
ecived axiom on the other side, that, racers do not always
beget racers. Witness Gladiateur, called the best horse of |
the century, who has not yet produced a respectable win
ner, and whose fee originally 130 guineas has been reduced
to 50 guineas. It is a recognized fact among breeders Dial
however successful ahorse lias been on the course, lie inn i
produce winners to be popular at the stud.

Mr. Sanford has divided his stable this year, training pm'
of his horses in New Jersey, and part at his breeding farm
in Kentucky. The ever green Preukncss lias not yet re-
tired on his laurels, anil will be heartf from in the ail-ngid
division. The invincible Col McDaniel lias fully twenh
five head in training, u majority of whom are two year old
It is doubtful as yet whether Harry Bassett will run
Springbok and Abdel Koree are the best of the oldsler
but Madge and Willie Burke are expected to repeal tin
victories of last year.

Mr. Lorillard. although comparatively young on the turf,
has the largest stable of horses in training in the couniiv
at this or any former period. Among them are half n
dozen fusliionably bred importations, but no prominent
winner, if we except Stanford. Barbee will ride for Air.
Lorillard this season.

Mr. D. D. Withers has but six horses in training, of
whom four are imported. Mr Francis Morris and the
‘‘Barbarous Battalion,” always dangerous, has nine auimuK
in training, mostly the get of his own favorite Eclipse. A
usual, however, with this stable, they are mostly unnamed,
one only, Swcctlips, having appeared on the course.

Mr. John Iluuler lias sold bis filly Olitipa to Mr. Bel
mout, and rumor says that the rest of the stable, includin’.'
King Pin, nnd four or five others, are for sale. Mi
Chamberlain lias eleven head in eliurge of A. D. Pryor. In
the public stables of Prior Walden and others, some fifty
odd head are training.

The favorites iu the various stakes, on which public book,
are open, are: — McGrath’s Aristides and Chesapeake in the
Wilber’s Stake at U to 1. Belmont Slakes— Ilyder Ali at j
to 1. Travers’ Stake— Hyder Ali at 7 to 1.

Notwithstanding the severity of the weather the

note of preparation has been sounded in the racing
world, aud owners of thoroughbreds are makiug calcula-
tion? for the coining season.

The ball opened at Suvaunah on the 2d inst., where a
number of old favorites, and others as yet unknown to
fame, made their first appearance in public. Survivor was
probably the best public performer present, and carried off
bis two races handily. The weather, however, was unpro-
pitious for fast time, and wo see nothing in the reports
which have reached us to throw light upon future events,
The next meeting of importance “eventuates," as Mr.
Dun Bryant would say, at Baltimore on the 25th, 26th, 27th,
und 28th of May, aud the Maryland Jockey Club ure to be
congratulated upon the very respectable number of entries
received for the stakes to be run for in the closed events of
this and the Fall meetings. The Baltimore Cup being a new
event, us well as a larger spiu than owners of the present
day appear iucliued to indulge their horses in, lias but six-
teen nominations, but the Dixie Stake, the most popular
as well as the most important event of the meeting, bus the
large number of sevcniy-tliree entries. Upon the running
of the three year olds in this stake the usual prognoslica
lions will be formed with regard to similar slakes at
Jerome Park, but it is probable that some of our more
prominent stables, while sending a representative to Pimlico
may still have a "dark oue" iu tho reserve for the home
meetings.

On the 1st of March the entries for the majority of the
events to be run for at Jerjmc Park, Long Branch and
Saratoga, during the Summer, will close, and owners aud
traiuers are called upon to make their selections.

Probably at no previous period have the same number of
horses been in trainiug in this vicinity, and the advent of
two or three more gentlemen of wealth and leisure upon
the turf will give to our racing the eclat uud popularity it
uow enjoys in Grout Brituin aud the Continent. We ques-
tion, however, whether it will ever he accompanied by the
baneful und pernicious influences which there surround it.
Our people, particularly among the working classes, are
essentially non-betting, and the introduction of beltiug lists
and all the paraphernalia of small wagering will never reach
that point as to require the legislation which has been found
necessary acros8 the water,* ~ ■ . .

— The famous four miler Tliad Stevens, has been sold at
auction in San Francisco for the moderate sum of $1,100,
At one time Thud could have been sold for $12,000 or $15,-
000, but since his defeat by Katie Pease last year it wus
plain to be seen his running days were over, and conse-
quently bis value lias decreased. He will probably uow be
kept exclusively for breeding purposes.

Jr, i and giver fishing.

FISH IN SEASON IN FEBRUARY.

BOUTUKHN WATERS.

Pompano. Trout (hluck l)a«8). Sheepshond.

Snapper. Drum (two species). TullorflsU.

Grouper. Kinglish. Sea bass.

Kockllsh. Striped lias*.

Fisn in Market. — The break in the severe weather that
has prevailed of late has resulted in a better supply of fish,
although it is yet too soon for us to experience the full ben-
efit of the change. Codfish arc still only in moderute sup-
ply, and sell for ten cents per pound; (refrigernted) blue-
fish fifteen cents; do. salmon forty-five ; halibut twenty
cents; white smelts from Maine, twenty-live cents; black
smelts from Mirimicbi fifteen cents; whitefish twenty
cents; haddock twenty cents; turbot twenty cents. Savan-
nah shad forty-five cents each; North Carolina shad $1 25
each; black bass twenty cents per pound; striped bass
twenty-five cenl6; blackfish fifteen cents; salmon trout
twenty cents; pickerel twenty cents.

— Sbud fishing on the North Curolina sounds will be in
full blast by 1st March.

—From Watertown, N. Y. we learn that on February
22, some young men living near Muscaluugc creek, a small
stream flowing into Black River Bay, near Dexter, N. Y..
went to the creek on Saturday uud cut holes in the ice for
the purpose of fishiiig with hooks and lines. The instant
that the holes were cut they become literally tilled with
bullheads uud the men began scooping them out by the
dozen. At noon there were about odc hundred uud fifty
persons on the ice, und others coming. It is estimated
that about four tous of fish have already been taken. Two
men in three hours took ten hundred pounds of fish from
two holes twelve inches iu diameter. .There seems to be
an exhaustible school of them.

—The accumulation of ice in the Great South Bay bn*
interfered seriously with tho oyster fisheries. The

FOREST AND STREAM

ice, extending to the bottom, has carried the oysters off
the ground with the tide. Thousands of bushels have been
lost in this way, and all the oysters marketed from lliut
neighborhood arc taken through holes cut in the ice. •

—Of fishing in Colorado, Mr. J. II Batty writes:—

At the Twin Lakes the fishing is tolerably good, but the
fish arc small Should a party tit out with a park team
when at. the Twin Lakes, and follow the Arkansas River to
its head at Tennessee Fuss, and thou strike the head waters
of Eagle River, and follow it down until nearly opposite the
moiintuin of the Holy Cross, they can catch trout to their
hearts content, and probably kill some elk and mountain
sheep. The trout of the Eagle River run large, and large
flies or spinning tackle should be used to take them.
Another party wishing to hunt grizzlies can go by
pack traiig front the hikes up Twin Lake Creek about
ten miles to the fork, and tlicu follow the left branch
of the creek to Elk Pass, where the Elk Mountains are
crossed. From the Elk Mountains there is an old Ute trail
going to Rock Creek and loathe snow ranges of the Rocky
Mountains, where grizzlies ‘are common during the Sum-
mer. There are trails leading to Rock Creek uud Engle
River, which were made by the U. S. Geological Survey,
under Dr. F. V. Ilayden in 1873. I have fished the Engle
River thoroughly, and can recommend it as a Aral- etnas
stream for large trout, I caught eighty there in three hours
with grasshopper., for bait, with a green sapling for a pole.
Many of my tisli weighed two pounds each, and I had but
few "fish that would not turn the scales at twelve ounces.

—The annual report of L. Maddoeks, Secretary of the
Maine Oil ami Guano Association, shows that the number
of Arms engaged in the manufacture of porgle oil and guano
in that State last vfar was fourteen, with a total capital of
$310,000 invested in factories and $300, 500 in fish gear.
Thirty-seven vessels and twenty-two steamers were em-
ployed; 501 fishermen found employment at sea. and 304
men at the works. The total catch was 031,801 barrels
porgies. of which 10,400 barrels were sold for bait; 1,031,-
037 gallons of oil, find 10,395 tons of guano were manu-
factured. The products of the fishery shows an increase of
more than thirty per cent, over the previous year.

The fishing arrivals for Hie week ending Feb. 18th,
were ten — four from the Grand Banks, two from Georges,
two from Newfoundland, and two from New Brunswick.
Total amount of halibut brought in, 140,000 pounds.

Schooner Glenwood, of this port. Captain Merry, ar-
rived at Boston on Tuesday, with 30,000 pounds of had-
dock, which were sold for $5 perewt., her stock amounting
to $1,500. The Starry Flag, Star of the East, Zephyr and
Mav Queen arrived on Wednesday, with good fares.

The scarcity of fresh fish the past fortnight has caused
a lively demand for frozen herring, and the vessels which
have recently arrived from Newfoundland and New Bruns-
wick are. disposing of their cargoes in Boston and New
York at very temuncralive prices. No disasters have oc-
curred thus far to the herring fleet, and business bids fuir to
prove quite successful this season.

Schooners John 8. lhesson, William II Foyc, Howard
ami Flying Scud arrived from the Grand Hunks yesterday
They brought in good fares of halibut, the l’resson having
50,00(1 pounds, the others 30,000 each. They were qui ckly
sold at $11 and $8 per cwt.

Two of the Folly Cove fishermen came in on Sunday.'
one with a thousand pounds of cod and the oilier with 90u
pounds. They sold quick at five cents a pound, netting
$50 and $45 respectively.— Cape Ann Advertiser, 10 Hi.

— A Ih-I lain*, Ohio, correspondent gives some useful
hints to those who purpose fishing the Nepigon the coming

season. He says:—

"I have boon on the point once or twice, when worked up somewhat
tiy nil occasional fish story in your paper, to tell yon something of some
wonderful trout ft pnrty of five of us took from the pool* and ruplds of
the Nepigon last duly, and especially of eleven Hint weighed just forty-
four pounds, taken ut the foot of Ihe first rapid us It swirls around a
short heml, not u ipiarter of a mile from where the river rolls out of Luke
Nepigon, and some distance above the “Big Fall®. ’’ The angler who
misses the falls and the upper waters misses seeing the finest scenery
and catching the largest trout. My experience is, that (he region of
.voter® about a mile below the falls, and ut the head of Long Port-igc,
furnishes Hie finest sport on the entire river. If the angler has the
nerve to canoe It over to the rocky Island lying just below the head of
Long Portage, he muy have o famous time. Our party made the trip
several linn -s. It Is u big risk for fish and fan. and if nn oar should by
any chance give way, the most convenient place to look for the canoe
and cargo would lie nt Camp Alexander; hut he who knows Hie awful
road uhovu would have lint small hope of finding nothing,"

MOLYCHUNKAMUNK.

Putnam, Conn., February 10, 1875.

Eniron Foiirst and Stub am:—

Having been much Interested In reading the adventures of numerous
correspondents in the Foubst and Stiiram, I venture (no pun intended)
lo contribute my share to the general fund, if "yu Editor'' shall deem it
worthy of publication.

At a little past "high twelve" of a bright September day In 1873, party
of four robust men "might have been seen" wending their way toward
liic railway station In one of our thriving New England villages, encum-
bered with sundry traps and accoutrements, suggestive of the gentle art
of which Sir laank Walton was the typical follower. The writer being
one of the four aforesaid, is for ced by uu ungovernable impulse to ebrou-
icle some of their adventures.

The party comprised Ed., Bill, the Col., and myself, which latter p- r-
nonage was, some few days luter, yclept Dr. bv the Col., owing to a little
otrcumstaucu that happened In camp, whereby he was necessitated to
exercise his ingenuity in the construction of uTnnctl needed medical In
elruiuent from the ferrule of his bait tod. The flmt two were familiar
with lh? Maine (whither we were bound) and Adirondack wilderness,
white the last two were more acquainted with the Virginia and Carolina
wood* and swamp*, having spent three or four years hunting and being
hunted in those localities. The reader will understand from the forego-
ing that we felt fully able to cope with the hardships of camp life for
two or three weeks.

Tho mouth of the river where It e optics into Lake Mollychuokanrank
w as our destination, at which we arrived by boat rail, backboard, Ac ,
two days later. Wo were fortunate to And a vacant log camp, much bet-
ter than the bark one built by Ed and Bill some year or two previous,
which wo had intended to occupy; so we took possemlon sans reremtno .
It being late In the dsy wlu-n we arrived, we proceeded to establish our-
selves in housekeeping, and did no fishing until the next morning, when,
without waiting for such a trifle a* breakfast, all hands were out on Hie
lake by diy light whipping away with considerable more zeal than sue-
cess. However, before long Ed h id a rise, nnd succeeded in hooking Ids
fl*h, which, after a few minutes' piny, was lauded In the boat - a Due two
pound specimen of the speckled trout. The rest of us managed to get a
Jew apiece, and then we returned to camp to satisfy the inner jnau,

The routine of camp life being *o generally understood by your read-
ers. I will tcfntlu from giving ilctAlla of ours on thl* occasion, only re-
marking In pasting Hint upon your humble servant, a* tho youngest of
tho parly, devolved tho duly of keeping tho camp fire burning at night,
which twees -luted a midnight excursion each night. In scanty raiment;
but lo return to onr mutton The Col,, though n novice with tho fly rod,
by no means an unskillful ouc, was ouu day Ihrowlug from a large rock
on tho shore nnd struck a noble fish. Not having hi* net at hand he
was In somewhat of u quandary, but resolving to do or (lie, ho proceeded
to land Mr. Salmo f'on/lnalit like l’at played Hu< fiddle— by main
strength. lt» gave a strong pull, after having reeled the line up short,
when snap) went the red in three pieces, and about the same lime the
OoL made a I unite Into the water up lo his middle, and sewing llw Hue.
succeeded In landing his fish, which proved lo be Ihe largest one c night
dating outstay, tipping Hie scales easily nt three pounds.

Our catch \vn* not rentaikable, a* the water wo* unusually low, so that
the fish were not running much, bnt we contrived to bring out nil we
wanted for ourselves nnd friends, besides living on them (the fish, not
onr friends), while In cninp. till II wu» dtfltciill to change our Innar gsr
meat* Sunday morning, for the an* protruding from our fii-sh. Tills (o
he taken as we took our trout, cum pro no stills. Perhaps I ought to call
this fin I* here, but shall have to relate our experience In climbing Ml
Observiitory.

Wo embarked st about nine A. M. one day, after having drawn the
blanket aero** tho entrance to onr camp, with anotlco attached, informing
CAltcrs that the family were away, and pulled for the “old mill" at the
mouth of the stream that flows from the Richardson pond*, distant aim at
two mile*. Thu wind wnsdend ahead, and lota of II, bnt an ash breoir
prevailed, n* It usually will, nnd we Iniuled near tho old mill In u little
less than an hour. Here wo found a party from— .podunk- the spokes
man of which, attired In knee breaches nnd umbrella, met us ns wo landed
nnd escorted os to their enmp. This genUeman— Smith, wo will call
him, although Hint wns'ntblannmo, any more than Podunk wns his res
Idunce— Insisted that wo should sample his poison, of which I should
Judge he had twenty gallons of various kinds. "You see," say* Smith,
"Ihe hoys are terribly nfnild of bugs nnd worm* In thl* ere lake water,
sowehnveto put something In to kill 'em," We sampled, nnd then
ant down n few mlnuto* to smoke uud compare note*, when wo girded
onr loins for the ascent. As yon look from the old mill the mountain
appears a short mile away, but alas! In this Instance, a* In many others,
appearances were deceptive. We trudged gnlly nlong to the first pond,
n'onnd that to thonecond, nnd still uo rising ground; having taken our
course by the sun when w* struck Into tho woods nt the mill, which wu»
the Inst place from which we could see the mountain, wo were confident
a* to our direction. Soon after leaving tho second pond tho ascent
proper began, nnd the next mile, for “npplshne*"," rather bore aw ny
the palm frim uny tiling I had before encountered. We were In a truly
primeval forest, the limber being mostly spruce, with a scattering of
pine, fir, and stunted cedars; the underbrush was composed of what I*
Called moose bush, from Its furnishing food for that noble animal.
Signs of deer were plenty, hut the unlinnl h!m*elf did not appear. In
doe time wo arrived at tho summit., and a scene wns opened to onr vision
which amply repaid for onr tlreaorau tramp Far oil to tho south could
be seen the White Mountains, their lops just showing nbovo the clouds,
while to the east and north wore Mis. Bald Pule, Abraham. Kntahdln,
and1 numerous other peaks unknown to iih byname. A few farms and
houses could he scun in the direction of Farmington, hut elsewhere
nothing civilized met the eye. Thu Megnllowny, on |b« west, looked
like n small trout brook Just under ihe mountain, hut In fact wnasuv-
oral mile* distant, nnd of snfilclcnt volume to float a steamboat In the
sonlhwust, but n few miles dislunt, was Ml . O- tertian*, whose rocky nnd
barren summit prevented onr senmg the Megnllowny settlement, which
lies just the other slilo. The lakes lo he smut from our position were
fully twenty In number, comprising the whole Rungeley chain, which up
peared to be almost, under our foot, and many other" of lessor size, which
fringed with tho Autumn foliage of nearly all the eolors of tho rainbow,
and guarded by the lofty ami solemn peaks, make n picture fully equal
to any foreign oeuiviry. Before descending we mapped out u course tlini
would take us through several groves of birches, where we anticipated
finding n few rnfTcd grou«o with which to vary onr fish diet, I being tin-
only armed -member of the party was obliged to attend lo this plen>nnt
duty, uud before we reschml our boat had hugged six without going mil
of our way a particle. 1 should say, that a person hunting one day
on the side of this mountain could shoot all the ruffed giouse he could
carry.

Tills account having already exceeded tho limits [ Intended, must he
Drought Abruptly to nclose. A ft w days of Hie subsequent June was
spent by ihe writer nt the Middle I)atn and vicinity, some Incident* of
which, If agreeable to you. will be related nt a future day. A. A. M.

Jlnswcrs go gorrespoiiHeiiM.

Cute it. Protone, III.— We shall print next week, If we have room,
a description of the rigs vt English cutlers and yawls.

L. II., W Internet, Iowa.— Clin you tell me where lean go for a three
week's hunt In the months of Mayor Juno, In low-n? Where cun I get n
small row bo it made? What kind of a fishing rod I* best adapted for
this country? Ann. No hunting In May or June. Sco boats advertised
in our column*. An ordinary bass rod.

Vomer, Gainesville.— I’leaso Inform mo If brook trout isnJtna /imlln
offs) can lie caught In Gcorgln. I .have hoard that n Col. Alston wn«
raising some near Atlanta? Ana There are no trout In any of the
stream* of Georgia, cast of tho Blue Ridge, except War woman's Creek
in Rntiurn county ; on Ihe west side they abound.

Ovum, Pom fret - Where can I get egg* of the grayling, and when I*
tho best lime to send for them? An*. N. W, Clark £ Non, Northvllle,
Mich., cultivate grayling In large numbers Spawn can be obtained
from them at $5 per 1,000; fry ut $10. The grayling I* a Spring spnwner
nnd an order sant in now would l>« filled In due season.

F. A. O., Albany.— Will yon kindly tell roc wlmt was tho reputation
of the William Oaior shot gun* (broach loading, pin fire) when they
were In ihe market, and also the price of a first cl iu» gun of hi* make r
Ana, The finest guns of this maker sold for about $»«, and their repo
tnilon nm good. We know of u good Birmingham pin fire gnu that cun
be bought for $3b.

G. T.8., Baltimore.— Can yon refer me to any dealer or ninnufactnror
from whom I may procure brus* cartridge*, 1 'M of an Inch greater In ex-
terior circumference than the 10 A brass cartridge* made by the LI. M.
O. Co? Ans. There I4an imperfection In the gun you speak of. C'ar-
trldg-a such ns you require are not manufactured.

C II L., New York.— Will you be good enough to give me the cor-
rect answer to the following question: A fox has sixty Jump* ahead of
a hound nt the start. Three jumps of the hound are equal lo seven of
the fox. The fox Jump* nine time* while Ihe hound Jumps »lx. How
many Jump* did each make when tho hound caught tho fox? Ans. Pos-
sibly the solution of thl* problem will amuse some of our reader*.

F. W. O., Erie. Penn.— 1. I* there any way of preserving minnows, so
that they will keep sound and bright for several week* and makegood
halt for trout? An*. Puck In wet sawdust and salt or brine; add a little
Saltpetre 8. Where ran I procure a hook to ln*trnct me In fly flatting,
choice of flies, handling rod, Ac., a pocket edition, and what Isthi
price? An*. Fly fishing cannot be taught by book Ronald's end
Illscker's Fly Fisher's Kntymology arc the best work* Heating of the
subject.

J . Indianapolis. Ind — Can yon. or any of yonr correspondents, tell
me what fisli Is the "cmppte" of the Mississippi Valley It I* a Poreoil
(Ichlhnlld?) “equal to Hu- beat black bass In quality, but not so game a
fish." From fisherman's description I have thought It must bv the
/Vnrwp. StnrrHa of Gill, but I hove not been able to get specimen*. It
I* not the six opined bss* (Hypt/UHus)! Ans. Tho “croppte" doe* not
belong to the !>«■* fnrntjy. but is a pcreold. They ore caught In myriad*
i-nck of Si. Louis, and In various purl* of ihe Noathwesf. especially In
Kentucky. They do not compare with the bass as a table fish.

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Ftrmlngtan, N. J,— Do you know anyone that has ever
te»t«d lViinoIl's stylo of hooks and filos for trout In this country, ami
with what »u< com ? An*, Do not. Where In the city con 1 gvt an Iron
Dutch own? An*. Don't know; they aremndu by ScovUlo A Jobnron,
Marquette. Mich. Lost season I u*od the waterproofing for canvas*,
•uch a* you recoiuuicuilc<l , had ouo light shower, not enough to teal.
Mill they want tn go through the same process ngoui for Hits sriuun’a
nse? An*. Hardly In this care. Ordinnatly tho canvass should b«
treated each reason. What file* would you fecommend for Aprfl and
May trout fishing In thl* Slate? An*. Cow dung and blue dun. Cun
you give me the address of 11. Chalmoodely Pennell? Longsinan, Green
A Longsman. London. Wlmt kind of Uno do you consider tho best?
An*. Waterproof *Hk.

H. P., Utica, —Would yon give mo sonro Information In reference to
Loon Lake. Frnnkllu county. N \\; if there l* good fishing and what
kind of fish? Is It a large lake? Any Inlet or nutlet? Distance from
Malone; If it desirable place to go to* What la tho host time? Are tho
surrounding* cultivated or wild? Ana. Loon Lake is a pond three
fourth* of a tulle long, whore outlet empties Into lteaver River. Ill*
still frequented hy deer, and trout are abundant. It Is easily reached
from Malone on the route to Big Mouse Luke. Thu uuaouudlng* nro
necessarily wild, bnt Rock Shanty, a well know shelter, Is within twenty
rods of Its shores. Best time will be In Juno. See Wallace's Adlron-
ilauk Guido

F K. P , Montello, Wts — What lathe address of La 11s A)*»rfiro, and
also the name and address of tho only German sporting Journal pub
llnlied? Do you know of a spotting Journal called Th» IlluUrtiitti
lag Ntxctf It such a paper Is published, please give mo the address.
Ans. l.n rl» S/nriii't, No, -l Rim Druor, Purl*; /)* r RWdrrnie, Lelpslc;
1 Until tilt tl SinrUitff ,iml ItramntU .Vries, No. 103 strand, London, W. ('

J. W. W., Boston. Will you onswermo through your paper the fol-
lowing question*: 1— If ll hurts e shot gou to lire bullet* ftotn It? «-
Where I uuii get a price liar #f tlocoys? .1— Is there good shooljiig In iho
•Fall at Cestlotou, Vermont? An*. If excmulvu charge* »n- not used It
will not hurl jour shot gun. Price lUt of decoy* from II C. Squires, No.
t Courtlanrit street, There should ho good ruffed grouse shouting at tku
point yon mention; also squirrel*.

K. J., Plltaburg.— Will you please Inform mo If there I* a gunmakrr
named Wllniot, and If so, are Ills gun* the best make r Ans There wa*
a maker of tho name In Boston twenty -five year* ago, hut he ho> been
dead for a longtime. Will you publish the English i ulus for pigeon
shooting for the benefit of the 80 Want Shooting Club? Ans. Tim En-
glish rules are published In liogardna’ “Field, Cover and Trap Shoot
Ing;" for solo at thlsofilco.

L. W. L . Carcnovla I am probably off for Carolina next month.
Thinking of Aahvtllo, N. C\, will I find any pood fishing? How will
bu chances for water fowl about Norfolk or Currituck In March? Answer
In correspondent'* cnnlumn. If agreeable. An*. For (routing In vlrlully
of Ashvllle, N . C,, seo Fnnits-r *»rn Stiibam May Wth, page IMI. Very
good flailing. II. Good snipe Shooting near tho Bridge below Norfolk,
ducks there now, and also In Currituck, and around Newborn, N. c.

Max B Pack baskets may lie procured of Paterson A Day, or G. A.
Clark, Utica, dealer* lo fishing tackle, Ac. The cost of a basket of
about three cubic feet capacity Is $3 B0, without straps, or with straps
complete, f A.M). The bosket I* made of ash splints, and I* very Strong
and durable It Is nearly Impervious to rain, hut may be made qnlie
w aterproof by tm-imolod cloth covering. Thl* pack bu»ket I* peculiar lo
that section. Wo have never seen one anywhere else, unless worn by a
Walton clubber, who are always recognized by tho Nnrnnao guide* by
this style of pack,

C. It C , New York. - Wlmt time does good duck shooting commonro
on thu Chesapeake Bay In tun Spring, and could I hire competent men,
uud where? I have hoard that nil 'Hie best shooting point* were owned
by clibs or private individual*, and Hint no one, unless Invited hy own
era, was allowed to use them I» this *o? An*. Tho shooting coininen
oua about the time the Ico breaks up; It should lie good now Goto
Havre du Grace, win re yon will find niAnwIth ull nocessnry outfits, and
who can take you to point* not In po-*e-"lon ofoltib*.

J ll 8. It 1 have a mocking bird that I brought from Florida. Ho
moulted hint Spring, and his feather* Imvu not coins out good again.
They come out n little uny* and break off and fester. This Is In Ills
wings nnd tall. 1 feed him on Irish polntov* and egg* mixed; a IlHIo
meat also. Can you tell w hot I" the mailer with him? Ans. Mop egg*
and potatoes, or Built to onco a week until weaned from It. Feed on
meal worm*, nnd hong a red pepper In your bird's cogo. I *c prepared
mockingbird food; can In- had of uny bird fancier In this city. J. Bagol,
No. 31 Fulton street, will send It to yon In small or large quantities.

Tu1 Ur. Worcester. I would like to Inquire how 1 can prevent my gun
(Stevens' single barrel) from fouling. I use a single Kley pink edge over
both powder nnd shot, nnd after firing four or five time* must clean my
gun to d.* good shooting. 1 u»n Dupont powder, 8} drachm* and I ox
shot; um walling to hear from the Ward-Burton, C'an a Bullard Im
made lo shoot central tiro cartridge*, mid who can do lit Would they
shoot ll* well n* the Remington, Wesson. AC.? An* The fault must
he In the powder. You arc probably using Inferior, nr Imitation Dupont
Huy Dupont 'a No. 3 ducking, nnd If you gut tire genuine) you will prob-
ably have no more troublu. Wo would not advise altering your Ballard.

H |IU* done, hut not with good result*. The new model Bullard has

a nipple In tho breech of the gnu. Thu shell* nro reloaded, hut Instead
of the cap being In tin- "hell. H I* placed on the nipple, and Iho rartrldgo
lining pierced In tllo centre, the lire ponnlralu* lo Hie powder. Thu load
lug apparatus for tbucurtrldgu* cull bu lnul of H. (J, Hqulrus, No. 1 Court
luiidl street.

J. D F . 1’lttsflcld, Mass, We have a lake of -185 acres originally, (ho
shore of which wa* then lined with tull nislis* In many plac-s A U w
years ngo we rttl-od our dam *1* f*-*-t, which flood' d JM) acre* more, and
killed off tho rushes. Nearly aB till* hind Is wot tlic sen son round. Wo
draw Ibl- luke down to the old dam nearly every Hummer, thus exposing
all the flood' d land. We now propose to plant wild rice Oil the flats. Can
yon (4 1| IIS how to do ll ? How deep water ivBI wild riot grow In ? Does
II thrive out of water if land I* wet? 1* there any danger of It* Injuring
the crop* on the '.oral laud* adjoining, which are somewhat higher?
Does ll spread rapidly? How much seed doe- It require per acre to get ii
good start? tan Him grown here? Ans. Chop with a hoc a strip ten
feet wide along the margin where thorn are wot flats, nnd then sow
brondcoaL Flood a half Inch deep with water, so as to cover the .ra d,
and draw off whan tha seels have sprouted. When the blades have
grown three or four Inches, flood again. When it Is well rooted It will
grow well In deep water. A bushel of seed to nn acre I* sufficient. It
will not spread to tho upland Wild rice sows Itself nnd grow s rapidly
when ore-i- establish'd. Need should he sown In Spring To ensure, It
would be well to sow both In Spring and Foil. Rloi readily adapt* It-
self, In time, lo great change/ of soil and temperature.

flew ffnblinitioiis.

Through the courtesy of Urig-Gcn. S. V. Rcri6t, IL 8.
Army, we nr.- In possession of the Annual Report of the Chief of
Ordnance, made to tho Secretary "f War, Thu rxpcrlinenUovIlh tho
Galling gnu a* a mean* of harhnr defence, appear to have been highly
satisfactory, slid an appropriation for thl* purpose Is again recommended
lo Congo.-.*. The Report I* voluminous and admirably Illustrated wlUi
cut* of the newest designs of guns nnd army paraphernalia generally.

We iirivc ti-c-i vcl Hu- Prospectus of tho Brooklyn Journal
nf &luaUUm, a monthly periodical under ihe management of Mr. John
Y. Culyer, to be devoted in promoting tho ennoa of Education, and ad .
vnndng tfis morel and Intalloelita, arandard of tho people. It promises
a careful art summary and a dlg.-*t of tho latest current scientific ond
literary miscellany. Wc wish ll all tho success deserved hy an cutvrpfllj
looking to the true. welfare and advancement of our.cltUvut,

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GAME PROTECTION I N CANADA.

THE subject of game protection is receiving increased
attemion in Canada. Although for several years flsli
has been made the subject of fostering care, but little had
been done for game, there being no clubs that were strictly
protective in iheir objects, whilo the laws were very imper-
fect, little respected, anti quite inoperative. A year ago
the Nova Scotia Protective Society was organized, and lias
now become a strong body, having already accomplished
much good, especially in the preservation of the moose,
which was fast disappearing. Several prosecutions have
teen made by it, and the offenders punished. Last month
the “County of Peterborough Fish and Gamo Protection
Society” wa« founded in Ontario; the proceedings attend
ing its organizalion were printed in this journal at the
time. Its members include some of the leading men of Ihe
Province, and there is no doubt it will accomplish great
good. Ontario is one of the chief game districts east of
the Rocky Mountains, aud would now more than abound
in game were it not that deer, cariboo, aud moose have
been so recklessly slaughtered for their hides, while its
waters have been systematically drained to supply tho pro
vincial markets. To us of the United States the preserva-
tion of the game there is most important, as well as the
enforcement of laws that will prevent game and fish being
shipped across the line and sold hero clandestinely, or in
open defiance of our enactments. The Peterborough so
cieiy, aud all other societies that may be instrumental in
amending the existing laws or instituting new ones, should
see to it that they be made to correspond as nearly as pos-
sible with those of our own States adjoining the border, so
a< to prevent game being shipped out of season from their
territory into ours. This is a very important point to con-
sider Uniformity of laws is quite possible and wholly
practicable, inasmuch as the climates do not differ so ma-
terially as to occasion any marked variation in the times of
breeding. If tho periods of close time are not made simi-
lar, efforts toward protection will produce little benefit.

We ure glad to observe that the fishery officials are on
the alert for offenders. Last week Mr. H. Calculi, Fishery
Inspector, made a raid on some parlies who were spearing
fish on Pigeon Creek, and summoned them before T.
Matcbett, Esq., Justice of tho Peace, Omemec. They
were fined aud their effects, consisting of buffalo robes,
laorse blankets, spears, und decoy fish, were confiscated.

A private letter from a member of the Toronto Gun
Club informs us that they are about to wage war with a
number of our game dealers in this city for holding and
exposing for sale a number of barrels of speckled or brook
trout, it being entirely out of season.

SALMO SALAR BREEDING IN FRESH
WATER.

Messrs. Thompson & tagg, FiBh cuitumts at

New Hope, Bucks County, Pa., have succeeded in
hatching salmon in their waters from Canadian fish fur-
nished them by Samuel Wilmot, of Newcastle, Ontario.
The origiuul progenitors were takcu from streams that
flowed into salt water, and from their ova salmon have
been hatched in the fresh waters of Pennsylvania, which
at the expiration of three years growth, have in turn fur-
nished ova from which young salmon have been hatched.
This is a most interesting and satisfactory result, showing
that access to salt water is not indispensable to reproduc-
tion. But the most singular fact in this connection is, that
whereas the original breeders, as furnished by Mr. Wilmot,
weighed 00 lbs., their progeny weighed but three pounds
when they matured and spawned !

Now, it has long been a disputed question whether or uot
the landlocked salmon of the 8ebec and Grand Lakes of
Maine were the true salmon. So competent an authority
as W. II. Yenning, Esq., Inspector of Fisheries for Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick, assumes that they are not.
[See Hallock’s “Fishing Tourist," pp. 101, 105.] Hitherto
the great disparity in size of the adult fish— the landlocked
salmon averaging 2J pounds, and seldom attaining four
pounds in weight— has been adduced as presumptive evi-
dence of distinct species; for, while the latter are spaw-
ned, the grilse, or two years old fish of the talmo salar ,
often attain a weight of eight or nine pounds, and yet do
not reproduce, three years being required for maturity. It
might be interred, therefore, that confinement to fresh
water dwarfs the true salmon, while it does not destroy its
fecundating powers, or prevent its reproduction; and
lienee that landlocked salmon (confined to fresh water,) are
but dwarfed salmon (mlar) and identical with them.

We are well aware that exception will be taken to this
conclusion by cavillers, who are cognizant of the fact that
the landlocked salmon of Maine are not debarred from salt
water; that fishways have been provided, over which they
can come and go at will, and therefore, if they were the
true salmon, they would follow the habits of the true
salmon and visit the salt water periodically; and further-
more, that, until the erection of dams “landlocked” the
fish above, and obstructed the passage of the salmo solar
from the sea below, the St. Croix River was a fine salmon
stream, frequented by both tho true and the so-called de-
generate salmon, which, under precisely tho same condi-
tions and opportunities had very dissimilar habits; aud
hence will maintain that they must be distinct species.
Perhaps they are: but one thing is sure, and that is, we can
now manufacture landlocked salmon out of the true salmon
by merely cutting the latter off from suit water. That is
to say, by confining the true salmon to fresh water, as has
been done at New Hope, we can obtain a non-anadromous
fish weighing only three pounds, that will reproduce its
kind when it is three years old, (the usual period of matur-
ity,) and identical in its structure aud markings with a pro-
genitor twenty times its weight— in fact, a perfect counter-
part, but a diminutive of the other. Certain it is, there is
no difference in the generic characteristics of the true
salmon and the landlocked fish of Maiue. There is do per-
ceptible difference in the early runs of these fish, though
variations occur as the spawning season approaches.

The instinct of salmon to make periodical visits to salt
water, and even to return to their native stream, isso6trong
that if Messrs. Thompson & Tagg will attach their tags,
(the suggestion of a pun here is inevitable,) to some of their
grown fish, native now to the Pennsylvania waters, and
give them free access to tho sea via the Delaware River
and these same fish should return again next Spring, and
the Dext Spring thereafter, much increased in size each
year, it will settle the question definitely whether the true
salmon lose their anndromous instincts aud are dwarfed by
being confined to fresh water. If, on the other hand, they
should decline to go down stream, with every opportunity
afforded, as the landlocked salmon of Maine do the fact
would go far to prove that the latter aro identical with the
true salmon.

The success of the gentlemen named in propagating
salmon in fresh water is a matter of congratulation, for it
solves a problem of great importance. We are informed
by Mr. Andrew Clerk that ho expects soon to have one of
these full grown spawners on exhibition in his aquarium at
48 Maiden Lane, where it can be seen by those who ure in-
terested in this result.

New Fikeaums.— From La Cham Illustree , of Paris, we
learn that an effort is about being made in France to form
a congress of eminent gunmakers, sportsmen and others in-
terested iu guns, for the purpose of uniting upon a weapon
which shall be adopted as possessing the best qualifications
requisite in a gun for sporting purposes. Many eminent
manufacturers, among them Messrs. Werney-Caron, Feres
aud M. Gerest, have given their support to the project, and
disciples and followers of Saint Hubert from ail parts of
the country arc expected to ue present. Aside from the
more important discussions regarding guus, the meeting of
so many confute* is looked forward to, with interest.

BIRDS IN EXTREMIS.

THE severe weather appears to have extended South
as well as East, West and North. From the foriiici
quarter we hear of much suffering among tile birds, aufi
the Baltimore Sun reports many instances of cannibalism
among them caused by cold and the waut of food. Thous-
ands, it says, huve been frozen and staivcd to death, llun
dreds of others have been found blind and unable to nuvi.
gate from loss of sight, and helpless from coltl and want of
food. Strange to say this blindness is caused by the hungry
bird9 picking out each others eyes on the roost during the
night, where they fight with desperation and in their
starring condition eat each other. Many wild ducks have
been captured while stupifled by cold. This, however, is
not so very uncommon, as some varities are often fouud iu
localities where extreme cold is unusual, completely stupe-
fled from cold. This particularly applies to teal, who
are probably found farther South thau the majority of other
migratory birds.

Robins, cut off by ice and snow from their usual Winter
food, or having eaten the available supply, are seen iu
great numbers in the suburbs of Baltimore picking up any-
thing that will satisfy hunger. The holly trees have been
stripped of tbeir berries by them, and one humane gentle-
man has fed both the robins aud the English sparrows un-
til his horse has become a resort for nil the hungry little
wanderers in the vicinity. Surely they should compensale
him when the Spring time come9, with their songs of glad-
ness, and make bis home merry with their cheerful twit-
terings.

The pigeons in that city have also suffered severly from
the cold, aud on one day last week the harbor was filled
with large numbers of crows who fraternized with the sea
gulls, and joined with them in the search for food. In
some localities, where choice morsels were cast overboard
from vessels, the cawing of the crows nnd the hoarse
screams of the gulls made most discordant music, j'ot they
sang amicably together, if not harmoniously.

From the West we hear that the game birds are coming
to grief with equal rapidity. A letter from Valparaiso, In-
diana, dated February 15th, says the cold weather is killing
off the quail and pinnated grouse by hundreds. The snow
is about a foot deep and the thermometer ranges from ten
to twenty degrees below zero. Last December the prospect
seemed remarkably good for the coming season, but the
unexpected und almost unprecedented cold has upset all
calculations, and there are grave doubts as to the supply
of birds. All live quail nnd grouse in the bunds of dealers
should now be cherished as seed corn in times of prospec-
tive famine.

That birds and animals, in the extremity to which they
are reduced by cold weather, will resort to inhabited «ti.'
tricts for shelter and food, is shown by a statement which
we find in a Boston paper, to the effect that no less than
fifty ruffed grouse were found collected in an old lmrn in
Hopkinton, Massachusetts. It has been suggested that
brush shelters be erected at suitable points where quail,
grouse, and other birds inhabit, and grain be thrown under-
neath, so that at least some of them may be saved from
cold and starvation. Hunger banishes natural timdity.
The other day, in the Province of New Brunswick, four
cariboo leisurely walked into the yard at Aulac Station, on
the Intercolonial Railroad, while the guests were at dinner;
the severe weather having doubtless driven them from the
woods in search of sustenance.

WONDERFUL NATURE.

THE work of biologists and students of the natural
sciences in general during the past ten yeurs has pro-
duced a complete revolution in our ideas of life and the
means by which nature accomplishes her mission of creal
ing into new beiugs the old matter that may have fallen
back into its original particles. These investigations of
the laboratorial labors of nature have not been confined i<>
the great students of science alone, for we know several
modest, retiring, persevering, and perhaps eccentrically in
quisitive types of humanity, who are constantly attempting
to learn more than is good for them about the work of
recreation. Though their discoveries may not be as im
portant as those of Darwin, Tyndall, Huxley or Owens,
and their intermeddling experiments with dead issues may
not always bring them the honors they merit, any mom
than Paul Pry’s disinterested interest in the affaire of bis
neighbors brought him; yet they are nevertheless entitled
to much consideration, and any assertions they make should
be treated with a proper degree of respect. Their investi-
gations are frequently carried out on a line and principle
different from the great masters of science, and from this
very fuel they obtain results which their better known
companions cannot, for the reason that their mode of nro-
cedurc is different. But this should not prevent us from
accepting their discoveries iu all honesty, and making them
known to the gaping world that is always ready with open
mouth to swallow every great wonder of science.

Take for instance a fact said to have been lately ex-
tracted from nature by Andrew Murray, Esq., agent of the
Erie Railroad at Niagara Falls, and we can prove by it that
the theory of evolution is a cheat, that the Presbyterian
idea of preordination is correct, and also that the proverb,
“Like produces like,” is founded on positive and unvary-
ing truths.

This gentleman, who is well known in his section as a
dose investigator of all subjects appertaining to biology
and natural history, has been experimenting with a lemon,
And thy result of his labor is startling by its unexpected

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character. He cut u lemon in Iwo halves, placed upon
each hid# the spittle of n dog, and then put both pieces in*
the cellar until they were covered with fungus. He then
examined this fungus with a microscope nnd fouud it alive
with fierce little animals that devoured each other like so
many cannibals. Pleased with his discovery, he treated
another lemon in the same wuy, except that he put upou it
• the spittle of a horse. An examination proved that this
latter fungoid growth wus purely vegetable, and that not
even the least vestige of animal life wus seen upon it. lake
these facts and what do they reveal? A sturlling disclo-
sure—one which scatters like chaff before the wind the ab-
surd theories of Darwin.

These facts discovered by the patient research of Andrew
Murray, Esq-, prove that herbivorous animals cannot pro-
duce fungoid growths swarming with cannibalistic animal-
cules, and that carnivorous animals can. Carry the argu-
ment’ further, and what does it express? This, that as the
latter class of the brute creation live on meat, that their re-
mains, or extracts of their living bodies produce animal
life, whereas that the former, which thrive on grass and
oats and kindred matter, produce only vegetation. Does
not this prove that nature made her laws from the first, and
that they are immutable; and, therefore, that this Darwin-
ian theory of an oyster developing into a man is au ab-
surdity so ludicrous as to merit only our laughter?

True, the converse also may hold good, judgiug from the
lemon, that vegetable will produce animal life, provided it
is covered with some product of an animal. Hut in this
case it is the latter product which grows, and not the ex-
tract of lemon, os that can be used only to feed the
nnimnlcules. This extract of lemon has been recommended
to sick people, but then animalcules may require it as much
as tlie human family. We could carry on this argument
indefinitely, and prove many remarkable facts from it, but
ns our intention wus merely to call attention to the great
discovery of Mr. Murray, we forego any more analyses at
present, but wo may bo able to take it up at an early
day, when further facts have been gleaned, and prove by
it that we require a new theory of the creatiou besides that
of the scriptures or of Darwin !

Why would it not simplify the whole matter by saying
that dog spittle was placed on half a lemon at the time of
the creation, that this begat animalcules, that animalcules
raised Cain, that Cain went to a farmer’s garden nud stole
apples, und that he was caught nnd transported to Chicago
where men were developed in all their glory and greatness,
until they became the lords of the earth, and the wildest
speculators in the world — in wild cat?

OUR WESTERN GAME COUNTRY.

ONE effect of the discussion that has been evoked by the
announcement of the “Big Hunt,” through the West-
ern country, has been to elicit some general information
as respects the vast territory that lies between the two fron-
tiers of our civilization, that is altogether new to most of
our renders. The conditions of that section and our East
are so wholly dissimilar, and the distances out there and
the universal scope so illimitable, compared to ours, that
our sportsmen here can base no correct judgment upon
general premises. Biessed with nn experience of our own
(confined to a three months trip to the “Divide,) that ante-
dates by fifteen years the epoch of trans continental rail-
roads. when the fastest express was old Bill Bent’s “cow-
train,” we have been conscious that those who opposed
McCarty’s enterprise had struck the wrong trail; neverthe-
less we wished to leave the questiou open to whatever ob-
jections might arise, so that no one should be unpleasantly
compromised in the matter, ourselves indued.

Quite possibly this subject has become trite in the esti-
mation of many; yet, if in our seomingly too frequent allu-
sions thereto, we can interpolate facts that edify, and im-
part information that will be serviceable, our most sagacious
readers will not take exceptions thereto, but be glad of the
opportunity to learn. With this preamble, we offer here-
with some testimony', vouchsafed by an old Western
surveyor and mountain man, well known throughout the
West and u large portion of the East, the truth of which
connot be gainsaid

Gainesville, Cooke county, Texas, February 11, 1875.
Editok Forest axd Stream:—

As you ask vvhot 1 lUtnk of the Bi" Hunt, I will state: First— There
Is a mistaken Ideu nuiong the sportsmen of your vicinity in re-
gard to "slaughtering game. " My observation has been that the slaugh-
tering opt ration is on u small scale. On an extended trip of live weeks,
during last April and May, into the gurau region of Ibis State, I found
tho game (even buffalo) aUonlihinghj wary, nnd it required the greatest
caution io surprise them. My idea bud been that l would have no
trouble slaughtering antelope, deer, und buffalo, but 1 found tho deer
two hundred miles west of this, apparently wilder limn In the setllo-
meuts. Ami antelope— Pshaw! They were alwoys os the highest
ground, and “heads up." lu five weeks I killed ons buffalo, and If any
one of our company of eighteen mou 'to the manor born" killed more
than one I nm not aware of it. Th s was in the vicinity of the junction
of tbe Donble Mountain Fork of Brazos River, with Bolt Fork (which Is
the main Brazos) of the Brazos River— the same locality spoken of in
the programme of the Big llunt. There were tens of tuousands of
buffalo to hrf seen, and the young calves would sometimes follow our
horses into caiup; but tbe old ones ran off at long range. We could have
cha*ed them down on our horses, hat after a few chases It was plainly
visible that if we did not slop it, we would have to walk back to the
settlements, and the thoughts of such a trump, with perhaps a band of
prowling Comancbes harru-stng our rear, soon cuded the chase.

Second— Afier the first few days of excitement and buffalo beef, tbe
sportsman wears off the wire edge, and is content with just enough to
eat, and Ms eye wanders over tho “vast expanse" until It becomes
weary with wondering what is beyond, nnd he seek* his mess to crock
Joke*, "replenish Ills larder," and recount the morning ramble
Third— 1 think that those who oppose the expedition are hardly aware
what an extent of unexplored territory lies between here and Colorado.
I think there is not another such a scope of country In the United

Slates, or pcrhnp* North America, for scientific research and Investiga-
tion. On all sides of this territory that have been developed, (he “pre-
cious nictnla" have been found to pay a greater or less per cent One
man hoots nt the Idea of finding new nice* of men. I would Just like
for him to produce his authority to show that they may not bo there. I
tell you, sir, the expedition, lualcad of being scoffed at. should bo com
pllmcntcd and assisted for making such a sacrifice. It requires men of
nerve and Indomitable energy to pnsh Into such a field of danger There
may be giants In (he land; but let us go over and possess It. They would
not hnve tho assurance that Joshua had on entering the land of Canaan,
“that their heart (tho Inhabitants of that coantry) melted, neither was
thoro spirit In them any more.”

Fourth— 1 do not know what Providence filled that country with buf-
falo for, unless It was for men to subsist upon m passing through It. as
It Is certainly more convenient than hnnlingtn wngons for hundreds of
miles. 1 think our Slate would furnish on oecort of rangurs to such nn
expedition, If they nenrod any. I hnvo scarcely seen any of onr citi-
zens but wbat favored tho Big Runt, and It docs seem to me that If «m
can stand If, the sportsmen on the east side of tho Mississippi ought not
to grumble. G. II. H.

This event appears to he attracting considerable nltcullon
abroad, and our sporling contemporaries on tho oilier side
of tho water all contain notices of it. I)cr Wtidmann of
Lelpsic in its issue of February 1st mentions that large
• numbers of sportsmen have Joined the parly and are wait
iug to sail, it also gives a detailed description of the pur-
poses and objects of tho expedition, and describes its object
to be the shooting of every kind of game from the lordly
buffalo to the sportive jack-rabbit. The caravan Ih also
described os consisting of Comanche Indians, trappers,
hunters nnd English mi-lords, as well as a hand to soothe
the tired frames of the, sportsmen to repose. While wish-
ing the expedition every success, it is not sanguine that it
will so result.

THE IRISH RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

WE have this week an account of the meeting held at
Dublin to receive the report of tho intcruatiouul
rifle match, und the speech of Major Leech upon the occa-
sion. His kind expressions of regard for Americans, and
hearty appreciation of the efforts made for the entertain-
ment of himself and friends is very pleasant to rend, nnd
bespeaks a most cordial reception for our “Team” when
they visit, in June i4K(, the green shores of the Emerald
Isle. The proposed invitation to the captains of the Eng-
lish and Scotch teams to send a representative to Dublin
on the occasion of tbe international match is a graceful
compliment, nnd the opening of the All Ireland Challenge
Shield, which has hitherto been competed for only by
members of Irish rifle clubs, a still greater expression of
good feeling.

The gallant Major also hoped that the English authori-
ties would invito tbe Americans to Wimbledon to compete
for the E’cho Shield; and, should time permit, the crack
of a “Remington" or a “Sharp" may yet be heard nt the
headquarters of match shooting in the old world. The in-
vitation of Major Leech to our men to be bis guests while
on Irish .soil is characteristic of bis warm hearted country-
men, and the suggestion that the final mat cl* be shot at
Philadelphia during the Summer of 1870 promises to add
one more to the many attractions of the centennial.

CABLE IRON TESTS.

THE experiments of Commander Beardslee, regarding
the testing of iron as to its strength und durability,
have not only proved of value to our own Navy depart-
ment, but are attracting the attention of those interested in
the subject across the water. In the course of his experi-
ments Commander Beardslee has discovered that by a pro-
cess of his own, by combining scrap iron, old boiler plate
and other comparatively worthless material, lie lias been
able to produce iron of the very host description. He has
succeeded also in improving the quality of inferior iron
and reducing various qualities to a uniform strength. He
lias invented several useful experiments for testing the
strength of iron, particularly chain cables, as in the cable
tho greatest and most uniform strength is required. In
commenting upou this important subject the Washington
Republican says: —

The standard adopted throughout tho world us the
strength of chain cables is the so-called British Admiralty
breaking strain, being a steady, uniform strain in the direc-
tion of the fibres of the metal. This test is found to be
defective. Experience proves that an iron that will stand
this severe strain without breaking— when subjected to mid
den shocks, breaks readily. It is also shown by experience
that it is these sudden shocks, such as that produced in
paying out and hauling in cables, and tho pitching of the
vessels when at anchor, and the shaking of bridges of iron,
und especially the shock to guns in the repeated discharges,
which breaks it. Commodore Bcardslec’s experiments are
directed more especially to tho producing u quality of iron
which will resist these shock tests. To accomplish this,
he lias invented and is using a very simple and accurate
machine. Some of the results of his experiments arc as
follows:—

A cable constructed of one and a half inch iron sustains
the British Admiralty breaking strain of IBA.tKMJ pounds.
A link made of this improved iron withstands a strain of
1(50,000 pounds. For a cable of two inch iron the British
Admiralty test is 257,000 pounds. A link of this iron was
curried to a strain of 266,000 pounds, breaking the ma-
chine, with no appurcul effect upon the inn. The experi-
ments with the machine for tbe shock teals arc remarkable.
This machine is something like a pile-driver, raising a
weight of 00 pounds to a height indicated by a scale of
feec and letting it full upon (be bur of iron. Borne of
these tests as witnessed are as follows:— A bar of two and
three sixteenths inches of iron, such as has been furnished
and used under a contract for cable, broke short off with
one five feet blow of this machine. Another bar received

1a|blow of three feet fall, with no sign of injury. sec-
ond blow of three feet broke it like glass.

This same Iran uftewgoing through this new process of
mixing and working und subject to tho shock test was as
follows: — A 2 inch bar stood four HD fool blows; another
bar. same diameter, broke off ut the tlfili HI) foot blow.

The extremes shown arc from one 5-fool blow to five HO-
foot blows upon the same diameter of iron. This new pro-
cess can bo made to show greater success limn this, even to
withstanding eight or ten HO foot blows, but this quality
would require so much labor in making as to render it too
expensive for use.

Tho effects of these experiments uro to produce iron
from comparatively worthless metal of us good quality and a*
cheap as the best; und being much stronger than ordinary
iron, great reduction can be made in the weight of anna
incut and other uses for which iron is applied.

Au item of local interest ir. this connection is, Unit under
tho operations oi Commnudcr Beardslee, nnd by his gyslom
of employing mechanics, lie is making four fathoms of
cable per day at each forgo, ut a cost of labor of $H tier
fathom, whereas, under tho old system of labor, making
two and a half fathoms per day cost $1. 80 per fathom.
This officer asserts that if suitable appropriations bo made
be can employ large numbers of men now out of employ-
ment, returning to tlie Government a dollar’s worth of work
for every dollar thus paid out, olid can manufacture cable .
and other materials of this improved iron ul rales far be-
low those now paid for such material, thus saving expense
to the Government and supplying work and means ol sub-
sistence to many families now destitute and suffering .

Shari* Tailed O house.— Wo arc lu receipt of many
letters from our patrons und correspondents enquiring
where piuuutcd grouse may be obtained for breeding pur-
poses, and if they will breed in confinement, lu reply to
such inquiries let us say tlmt although this variety of grouse
cun ho procured in any quantities, yet wo are fully con-
vinced thill the sharp tailed grouse, which are to be found
iu great ubuiidance lu Wisconsin and Minnesota, lire
decidedly better adapted for the above purpose. Their
habits approximate much noaror to those of the ruffed
grouse, and consequently they would readily lake to tho
thickets and swamps and protect themselves, where no
have no doubt they would soon increase to such an extent
as to afford all legitimate sliooleis excellent sport. More-
over, for lliu table, there Is not a better bird, iu our opinion.
Tlie habits of the pinnated grouso keep them so much ex-
posed In the open places that they are generally shot off
before they have time to breed.

Gas Luiiitino by Electricity.—1 This subject has ex-
cited the interest of sovoral of our cot respondents, who
have inquired whether any city wiu. lighted In tills way,
and elicited tho aiatemcDl that a part ol Salem, Mai , was
so lighted. We are now indebted to u Philadelphia cor-
respondent for further Information. He writes: —

Kimthii Forest and xtiikam:

In your Itsuu of Jnnusry UHtk lu«i. "H i\ 8.." of Molt Haven, Inquired
wholiisr tlwru exist any city that bus tho its* llglitml up t>y olvcii Icily,
AcT It tuny bo tnu-n-Mlnu to your correuqioiuloiit to learn tlun alumi *iv
month* n;{" German papers reported tlmt after iiiuiiy falluie* an appa-
ritu* had been Invented and successfully tried nt tlm city of IMiluluvrw,
Baden, by which nil tliu street lamps wore simultaneously iiclued, mid
also cxilrigiitnlied nt tho nruno moment, A description of tho apparels*
was not ulvcii. Tim report stated, however, that pre»*uru was employed
a* the iiioaiih to produce the ili’ilrml effort, iimiend of electricity, which
Imil failed, uml I* subject to ninny drawback*. Now, such iirrongoniciil
may be very well adopted for the purpo-u of llluinliiutlnu in ono moment
Urn street* of a oily; It remains, however, to bo soon, whether It would
not Interfere with the Interest nnd convenience of parlies using ga* lu
their dwellings and eslablulimcnl* nt time* when It Is nut used In tho
street#. On this point the report *nld nothing. I..

PERSONAL. — Wo wore favored last week with a call from
Mr. Stuuley James, tho English author, who arrived on tlici
White Star steamer “Adriatic." He contemplates making a
tour through the Southern States, and has engaged to wrlto
a scries of letters for our contemporary " Tho South," Mr.
Janies has contributed occasional articles for Forest and
Stream, and it is not unlikely that ho muy favor our
readers with a random sketch during tho period of Ills
travels.

Frank Cowan’s Skulliihy.— 1 Thu eccentric editor of
"Frank Cowan's Paper" published ut Grecusburg, I’n., is
an enthusiastic naturalist, and wishing to enlarge Ills collec-
tion, advertises to exchange yearly subscriptions lor Skulls
of all kinds — panthers, wild cuts, wolves, foxes, martens,
weasels, wolveynes, otters, badgers, raccoons, bears,
beavers, gophers, porcupines, moose, elk, birds, reptiles,
fishes, and varmints in general. A great Inducement to
subscribe Is thus held out to students of natural history-
Contributions may also bo expected from base bull players,
(skulls of bats,) und from oarsmen, especially of the
Schuylkill Navy, who doubtless have many spare sculls on
the shelf, to say nothing of scnlplnw, scullions, sculptors.

— Several successful experiments have been made at
Newport, H. I., with can torpedoes upon the Ice in t lie
harbor, by officers and employees of the torpedo station.
Owing to the great thickness of the Ice the columns of
spray did not roach the height of over twelve feet, hut the
surface was for a long distance completely shuttered.

—From a flotlk of HI white Leghorn fowls, 20 liens and
2 cocks, Mr. E S. L. Dolliver. of Gloucester, Mas*., last
your netted #119.52, an average profit of $4.12 to each
fowl.

—Visitors to Florida can now go from Jacksonville to
Bt. Augustine by steamer to Tocol, and return tho same
day, having three hours In the “Ancient City."

La Masoil— Among the many words with which the
English sporting vocabulary has enriched the French lan-
guage, wo have to record the latest addition of la match.
The Journal Ojjlci/l dts Courses au Trot devotes nearly a
column to a description of a bran mash.

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FOREST AND STREAM.

( The iVifle-

THE IRISH RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

Meeting at Dublin— Maj. Lxbch'b Report— Tiib In-
ternational Match and tiik Western HUNT— ACK-
NOWLEDGMENTS, THANK’S, &.C.

IT is well understood that Maj. Leech, the gallant Captain
of i lie “Irinli Team.” is engaged in publishing a de-
tailed review of the '•Team’s” visit to America lost
Autumn, which will include the ‘‘International Match,”
the •‘Western Hunt," and the Major's own personal ex-
periences. We observe, however, in a copy of the Dublin
MtU, which Maj. Leech has graciously posted to us, that
this report has been partially anticipated in an address
delivered hv him on the 5th instant, before a council of
the ‘‘Irish Hide Association," in Dublin, at which hia lord
ship the Lord Mayor presided. The occasion of the meet-
ing was ‘‘to receive the ruporl of tho recent International
Hide Match in the Vnitrd St iles and for fixing a day to
hold the annual meeting of the members." We condense,
to suit our limited space. Mr. Leech said: —

My Lord Mayor, the duty has devolved on me of making
some remarks on the visit of the Irish Team to America,
which originated in a challenge Mint by me in the month of
October, 1 STJJ. to the Americans, at a time when the Irish
were champions of Great Britain; and after a somewhat
lengthened correspondence, which was carried on to the
end m the friendliest spirit, the terms of the match were
agreed upon and all arrangements made for the start.
[Mere follows allusion to the generosity of th *sc who con-
tributed to defiay the expenses of the trip J By a curious
coincidence both the English and the Scottish Press treated
the undertaking with a BilctlCO which would have been
chilling, hut for the warm advocacy of our own news-
papers, Our arrival at Now York was unnouuccd by the
Press there in a spirit ol cordiality nud friendship that
made us fed at once that, we hud come to visit friends.
Deputations from public bodies received us on arrival, and
Conveyed us in carriages provided for the purpose to our
hotel. The clubs, the theatres, all places of public resort
were opened to us, onlorluinincuts were got up in our
honor. The Corporation of Dublin was especially honored
by the Corporation of New York. The city of Brooklyn
gave a splendid banquet iu our honor; the citizens vied
with one another in trying to make us feel happv and at
home. The account of the mutch and its results has been
well tohl in the prints of Hie (lay, and then, indeed, the
English papers could not ignore us. The result of the
match can scarcely be considered a defeat. 'Tis true we
lost it by tluee points, and, perhaps, I may say, as many of
the Americans did to me, that the Irish looked to such ad-
vantage in defeat it would have been a pity if we had won.

A challenge fiom the Irish was a necessary consequence of
our defeat, and accordingly I addressed n letter to Colonel
Wingate, the Captain of the American Team, to shoot a
return match in Dublin, which challenge was duly ac-
cepted, ami the consequence is that a team of American
riliuincn will come here in the month of June next to shoot
this International mutch. I hope and believe that the
Americans on that occasion will lie made to feel that our
countrymen appreciate the notice that ti c Irish team re-
ceived from our friends across the Atlantic, mid that their
reception here will be of a character suitable to the oc-
casion.

TUB major's TRAVELS AND T1IB TEAM'S WESTERN HUNT.

While in America I took the opportunity of visiting
Canada, where 1 received much civility, and I afterwards
traveled to Buffalo, Detroit mid Chicago. In this latter
city 1 paused for some days, and again met some of my
friends of the learn, Ac. , who had accompanied Mr. Mul-
lock, the editor of the Forest and Stream newspaper, on
a trip to the prairies organized by llmt gentleman for some
big game shooting, ns well as a (rip to Denver mid the
Rocky Mountains by oilers of the team, who were most
kindly treated by Mr. Archer, Lord Mnsscreene accom-
panied a Mr. Banks on another game shooting expedition.
In Chicago I hud the honor of being presented to President
Grant and his family. A more courteous gentleman or
more unostentatious family I did not meet with in ull
America; and to the officers of the President’s staff my
thanks are due for much courtesy, I traveled to St. Louis
and New Orleans. Here a deputation from the New
Orleans Itifle Club visited me; mid at the request of some
of tho gentlemen 1 visited their range, when one of their
number, l)r. Beard, prounled me in the, name of the club
with this gold meual, a prize that was won by Major
Shipley, who waived his claim to it with a view to its pre-
sentation on t he present occasion, in the name of their asso-
ciation. 1 need scarcely assure you how much I value such
delicate attention. 1 then proceeded to visit the great Cave
of Kentucky, and so on to Louisville. In the evening l
whs serenaded with a hand of music and verbal addresses.

1 have since received a written address from this com-
munity. Thence I went to Cincinnati, and then a very
long journey awaited me through Virginia and over the
Allegheny Mountains to Washington, Baltimore, Phila-
delphia, and hack to New York, wheru ull the civilities
that were offered to us on our arrival were repeated to me
on my return, with this difference, that I was received now
as an old friend. In New York I was unanimously elected
an honorary director of the National Rifle Associ tion of
America; a high honor, ns it is an institution quite of as
much importance as the National Rifle Association of Eng-
land, and this budge was presented to me by Col. Church,
the chairman of the council of that association on its be-
half, this ceremony being performed at a meeting of the
council which i intended by invitation. Finally the day of
sailing for Europe arrived, and deputations from the
various public bodies in the city attended to say farewell
to u>. A long line of carriages, ull occupied by kind
people, accompanied us to the Pier, und here a special
steamer was in waiting to take us off to the Russia, which
was to convey us to Cork. We were accompanied on this
occasion by the leading men in New York, <iud luncheon
was served on him id the tender, health and God speed was
ruffered to us iu u brimmiug cup. and in eloquent strains,
never was in a country, and I have traveled the world
over, where delicate attention is more elegantly conveyed
than iu America. I need scarcely assure this meeting that

I did not imagine the notice which was offered to me in
America was extended to me on other than public grounds;
and in my representative capacity as Captain of the Irish
Team, 1 availed myself of every public opportunity that
was Afforded to me in occpting the American courtesy on
these grounds. ....

To make our meeting in June here in Dublin as worthy
of the visit of the Americans as possible, I propose that we
invite the Captain of the English International Team, and
that, in like manner, nil invitation of u similar character
he sent to the Captain of the Scottish Team, each to send a
representative team here to meet the Americans. It would
he n ^rureful compliment, t lmt I feel both England and
Scotland will have pleasure in payinjito America. 1 have
invited the Captain and the Americawtenin and his men in
reserve to do me the honor of being my guests during their
May in Dublin in June next. I may also mid that the prize
of the “All Ireland Challenge Shield." hitherto competed
for by representatives of rifle clubs in Ireland, will he
opened on the occasion of the visit In June to the
Americans, and to no other nationality. By the rules of
that match I have reserved to myself the right to alter them
from time to time, and I now see 111 to do so on this occa-
sion only. I feel that wc are called upon to extend to oirr
visitors all the privilege* we ourselves possess at this meet
ing, and I am not without hope that the Wimbledon author-
ities will also invite the Americans^ to send a team to
Wimbledon to compete for the Elcho Shield.

Whoever may win the match here in June, I propose
that the return match he shot in Philadelphia, iu compli-
ment to America, during the centenary year 187(1. There
could he no more flttiug occasion for doing honor to Ame-
rica than at the celebration of the one hundrcllt anniver-
sary of an independence which England has long since re-
cognized.

The Lord Mayor said, ns far ns in his power lie would
endeavor to co-operate w ith the association in giving their
warm hearted friends in America the welcome they so richly
deserved; and he hoped that although the American Team
were to he guests of Major Leech upon the occasion of the
coming match upon Irish soil, they should not be left alto-
gether with him; and lie, for one, should endeavor to take
them from him, and he was sure that other friends should
do so likewise.

Thanks were voted to the Mayor nnd Corporation of New
York, the Mayor nnd citizens of Brooklyn, to Colonel
Church, the Chuinnau and the Council, of the National
ltillc Association of America, and to Colonel Wingate, the
President, and the Amateur Rifle Club.

With respect to the address from the city of Louisville, a
sub-committee consisting of Messrs. Johnson, Rigby and
Foster," were appointed to prepare n suitable reply.

The lion. Sccielnry was requested to address u letter to
the New Orleans Rifle Club in acknowledgment of the
courtesies paid to Major Lccclt in his representative ca-
pacity as Captain of the Irish Team, and to Mr. Ilallock,
the editor of Forest and Stream newspaper, thanking
him for his kindness in organising a shooting expedition to
the prairies, and also to Mr. Purker, editor of the American
Sportsman for his attention.

Friendly telegrams, that had been received from Ontario
nnd’Boston the day before the match, were read. A Com-
mittee waS appointed, with Major Leech as Chairinun, to
make all necessary arrangements for .the meeting in June.

Major Leech exhibited a gold medal which had been pre-
sented to him ul New Orleans by the New Orleans Rifle
Club, und Hie beautiful gold badge which be bad received
from the National Rifle Association of America.

■

THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH.

COL. WINGATE presided on Friday last at a meeting
of the joint committees of the National Rifle Asso-
ciation and Amateur Rifle Club, held at bis office, No. 104
Broadway. The committees iu question were those ap-
pointed to mako the arrangements for the international
match to he shot in Ireland in June next. It will be seen
that the challenge from tho Onturio Any-Rifle Association
was necessarily referred to the Amuleur Rifle Club, the
committees in session having been appointed for the spe-
cific purpose of arranging the preliminaries of the interna-
tional mulch. The minutes of the previous meeting having
boon read and approved, Mr. Henry Fulton, of the sub-
committee on the selection of the American team, submit-
ted the following report, which was approved:

Resolved, That the American team to shoot the interna-
tional match at Dublin, Ireland, in 1875, consist, of a cap-
tain and nine men, who shall be -selected from native horn
citizens of the United States, as fol ows:

First— The standing of competitors shall be determined
from four consecutive scores of forty-five shots each, cnch
score made in a single day, (without sighting shots,) con-
sisting of fifteen shots at 800, 000 and 1,000 yards.

Second — The members of the Atnericau team of 1874
shall ho allowed to stand upon the four scores made iu
their four last competitions at Crecdmoor in 1874, ending
with the Rcuucll match, provided they signify their elec-
tion so to do, in writing, to the Secretary of this commit-
tee on or before the 1st of April, 1875.

Third — All other competitors shall be required to shoot
in four competitions, at times to be hereafter designated.
The nine competitors, including the members of the team
of 1874, standing upon their scores, who show the highest
aggregate in their four scores thus mude, or upon which
they stood, as above provided, shall constitute the team for
1875, and be given their rank thereon, respeectively, ac-
cording to their scores, subject, however, to the following
provision: That such members of the team of 1874 us do
not receive a place upon the team of 1875, under the fore-
going rules, shall be allowed to challenge an equal num-
ber of the said team of nine, as above selected, commenc-
ing with the ninth man, to two competitions, to be under
the direction of this committee, and the victors in these
two competitions shall be members of the team.

Fourth — Should any vacancy or vacancies occur in the
tCHtn, as thus selected, before the day of sailing, it or they
shall he filled bt placing therein the competitor or com-
petitor* whoso score or scores are next in order of n^rit,

as shown at the end of the four compelltionfabove pro-
vided.

/y/Vi— 1 The captain shall he chosen by n majority vote
of the nine men constituting the team as soon as practieu-
hie after their selection, in accordance with the conditions
herein provided.

Resolred, Tha* this committee elect as Superintendent of
Firing a practical rifleman, who shall act us captain of th*
team until the cuptiuu is elected.

Resolved, That the team of 18i5 shall he required to
engage iu such private practice on the range us this com-
mittee may direct.

The four highest scores of the American team referred
to in the foregoing resolutions were us fallows:

, Score.

Henry Fulton 1511 108 1*1

John' Undine 156 )5S 158

II. A. (illdendrevc 153 154 165

T A. Dakin M2 158 135*

0. VV. Ynle M2 150 102

1. L. Hepburn 133 156 M0

Col. Wingate staled that the

circulars were ready for distribution nnd at the service of
the members; und being asked for information in the mat-
ter, read tho already published challenge of President J. J.
Mason, in behalf of the Ontario Uillo Association team, to
shoot the American team of 1875 at Crecdmoor.

Col. Gildersleeve held that the committee, having been
appointed for a specific purpose — the selection of tin;
American team — it could not take cognizance of any
c hallenge whatever, und upon motion the latter was re-
ferred to the Amateur Rifle Club

On motion of Col. Gildersleeve, a committee of three,
consisting of Messrs. Gildersleeve, Alfoid, nnd Woodward,
were appointed by the Chair to select the steamer on which
the team will take passage, and make till necessary arrange-
ments regarding the journey.

A letter from Mr. J. II. Bird was read, advising the com-
mittee that lie hud already sold tickets amounting to $500
for the entertainment to be given ul the Academy of Music,
April 3, in aid of the fund for the expenses of the team
during their proposed visit to Ireland.

158
152
143
147
127
142

subscription hooks

Total

656

641

rm

r$6

Ml

530

and

The American Rifle Association of Westchester
County*— Washington’s birthday was celebrated by the
above association in a series of matches at their temporary
range near Mount Vernon. A Inrge number of New York-
ers were present, and participated in the exercises. Rep-
resentatives of the Seventh, Ninth, Twelfth, Seventy-ninth,
Sixty-ninth, Eighth, and Twenty-seventh infantry, und
Third cavalry, were also on the ground. Three matches
wore in progress durin; the day. Target No. 1 was re-
served for the De Peyster Badge Match; target No. 2 for
the “All Comers," while No. 3 wus used for pool shooting.
Below we give a summary: —

DE PEYSTER BADGE MATCH.

Budge presented by Gen. J. Watts de Peyster; value,
$300.

Description.— H Is to be of gold, having for u ground work a gun, with
diverging mya, which gather In nn outer circle, und lire there ctoateretL*
so (in to form an eight pointed star; upon the blazoned face of the sun
Apollo stnnds In his chariot of the sun, an ludiuu with bow and urrow
ou one side, and uti Araericuu rifleman upon the other, both of whom
stand upon u ease formed of weapons of war of ancient, media; vul, und
modern times .

Conditions. — Open to uny member of the National Guard, in uniform;
military rifles only; showing from shoulder, off hand; dislnnce, 200
yards on temporary range, 800 yunlg on new range; must be won three
times before property passes; seven scoring shots, two sighting shots;
entrance, $1

The leuding scores were as follows: —

Nnme and Regiment.

C F. llolihins, Suveniy-llrst.

Win. S. Di-viin, Eighth

H. 11. Medal-. Eighth

.J Beatty. Twelfth.

II H Smith, Twelfth

A. Wood, Twelfth

J. L. Price, Severn h

K. It Snnnford, Seventh —

•I. Gee, Eighth

G A. Bauta, Twelfth

Rifle

HemiiiL-hm.

Remington.

.... Keinliiginu
Remington.
... .Remington .

Remington.

... Remington
... .Remington
. Remington ,

. .Remington.

Score. Total

4 2 4 3 4 8 3

23

4325423

23

& 2 4 if 8 4 4

22

4345303

22

6440242

21

2348233

20

043333i

20

2 2 4 4 0 3 1

PJ

0 4 6 2 3 2 2

13

3033323

17

ALL COMERS’ MATCH.

Four prizes; first, u silver water service, $75 value; sec-
ond, an order for $50 worth of shrubs, plants and fruit
trees, presented from the nursery of Capl, John W. Co-
burn, of the Twcuty-sevcnth Regiment; third, a silver
fruit stand, valued ut $25; fourth, a year's subscription to
Forest and Stream, valued at $5, presented by the pub-
lishers. Conditions— open to any rifle within the rules;
shoulder shooting, off hand; distance, 200yurds; five scor-
ing, two sighting shots; entrance to members, fifty cents;
to non-mcmbcrs, $1. The highest scores were: —

Name and Rifle. Score. Total

J. Gcc. lU-mingion Military . 3 4 3 5 4 111

Win S. Bcvan. Remington Military 3 5 5 2 4 1!)

G. Thorn, Remington Millturv 2 2 3 6 5 17

J. J .Meugher, Remington Military 4 2 4 4 2 16

II. B, Smith, Remington Military 4 4 3 5 0 16

G. A IJanta Remington Military 3 4 2 3 3 15

J. J. O'Kelley, Wurd Burton 3 0 4 4 4 15

Adjutant Swain. Reuiingion Military. 0 2 4 4 5 15

J. Beatty, IU-mington Military 3 3 3 2 3 14

K. II. Mudleon. Remington Military 3 8 0 4 4 II

E 11. Sandfora, Bulluru 33043 13

THE SUBSCRIPTION MATCII.

Entrance, $1; entrance money to be divided— one third
to association, balunco between three highest scores; dis-
tance, 200 yards, shoulder shooting, off hand; five scoring
shots.

The number of entries in this match was eighty-five.
The shooting being of a pool character, many renewed
attempts were made to guin the stakes. Hon. 0. M
Scheiffellen entered about twenty times, and succeeded
in taking a double portion of the money. E. II. Madison,
of the Twelfth Regiment, received $10 20 for the highest
score. The principal scorers were us follows: —

Nnme

F II Madison

3 3 6 5 8

til

i M bClK-iffeUon

2 5 4 3 6

III

( M Sctn HKlIcn

16

E H . Snndford

35324

17

S. F Kennedy

43333

in

.1 J. O'Kolley

4 4 2 3 3

Pi

Tho#. J)uk*>

16

A W . Peck

16

T. M. Heudereon

IS

Amoug the noticeable feature* of tbv (lay wo* tke

FOREST AND STREAM

43

promptness of the announcement of the result. The en-
tries closed at four o’clock, and at twenty minutes past the
winners were notified of their success. This is due to tho
indefatigable exertions of Col. Underhill, the President;
George Oscar Starr, tho Secretary, and Mv. II. Ii. King, tho
Officer of the Day. Among the guests wo noticed Gen.
Hydcr, Major B. A. Valentine, Inspector of Rifle Practice
Fifth Brigade Stall; Hon. C. M. Schciflellcn, member of
Assembly for the district of Westchester; Capt. Prescott,
and lion. H. Odell, member-elect of Congress. The rifles
chiefly used were Remington’s.

—

— Several members of the Amateur Rifle Club, including
Messrs. Fulton, P. E. Sandford, and Crouch, passed tho
22d at Croedmoor, making scores fully up to the average.
The range was in a very moist condition, nnd the shooting
confined to the 500 nnd 800 yard ranges. Wo give the
elevation and wind gunge on that day, aud in view of the
importance of these particulars in assisting to bring shoot-
ing to a condition of mathematical precision, wo shall pub-
lish similar records at all Seasons when they ure obtainable.
•>00 yd*., broil, eight, elevu. I de".»> min.— 4 o’clk. wind, a pis. ollownnco.

si •• 2:i “ ** " 3 "

MX1 •• wrist •• *' 0 BS •• “ S "

800 *' 1 ** 46 “ “ " 3 ** “

— The Messrs. Remington have forwarded Major Leech
one of their match rifles, ordered by him before leaving
this country. The rifle, we know, will speak for itself as a
specimen of American workmanship and skill.

§nii(e ‘"id g? mi •

GAME IN SEASON FOR FEBRUARY.

run mom da.

Doer, Wild Turkey, Woodcock, Quail, Snipe, Ducks aud Wild Fowl

\Uwler the head of "Hume, and h'len in .SVu n" we can wiy speci-
fy in general term* the several varle'lee, because '.he law* of Slate* vary
so much Umt were we to attempt to particularize we could tlo no less
than publish those entire Motion * that relate to the kiwi* of yarn* in
question. Till * would require n great amount <f our sjnice . In do a-
noting game we are guided by the law s of nature , upon which all le o te-
la / ion u founded, and our reader s would do well to proiide theme* res
with the laws <f their rei/iectire States for constant reference. Utherwllee,
our attemuls to assist them will only create confusion.]

Game in Market — Game is scarcer as the close of Hie
season approaches, nnd prices have advanced accordingly.
Antelope from Omaha are coming in plentifully, aud sell-
ing at 18c.@25c. per pound. Pinnated Grouse (Prairie
Chickens) lmvc advanced to G5c.@75c. per pair. Huffed
Grouse are quite scarce, nnd bring $ l 25@$1 50 per pair.
Quail have advanced to $3@$3 75 per dozen. Canvas back
Ducks, $2@$2 50 per pair; Red heads, 25; Mill-

iards, 75c.@$l ; Widgeon, 50c.@75c. ; Brant, $1 25(g)$l 50;
Wild Geese, $1@$1 50. Squubs are selling ut $3 75@
$4 50; Rabbits, 50c.@75c. per pair; Hares, 50c.(fij75e.
Canada Buuting are in great abuudauce at 75c. per dozen.

fjj- Look out for geese and duck shooting now all along
tho coast from Norfolk to Montauk Point.

—There is great excitement among the sportsmen at Bar-
negat Inlet over some unprecedented geese shooting. The
following large amount of geese and ducks was killed in
three days last week at Barncgat Inlet, near Kinsey's
Ashley House:

Friday, February 12th— J. Birdsall, 23 geese, 10 ducks;
Joel Ilidgway, 8 geese, 0 ducks, 1 brant.

Saturday. 13th— William Inman. 4 geese, 3 ducks; Sorter
& Inmuu, 8 geese, 16 ducks; John Soper. 2 geese, 8 ducks.

Wednesday, 17tli — Joel Itidgway, 14 geese, G ducks;
Predmore & Clayton, 10 geese, 15 ducks; William Inman,
1 goose, 12 ducks; Soper & Inman, G geese, 14 ducks; Par-
ker & Clayton, 20 ducks; Jessie Birdsall, 12 geese, 2 ducks;
Jurvis Ridgway, 0 geese, 8 ducks; J. T. Mills, 3 geese, G
ducks.

This is the best shooting ever known in these witters,
and our readers will recognize the names of some of the
fortunate gunners.

—The well-known reputation of the gentlemen who have
recently organized the York (Pa.) Sportsineu’s Society for
the Protection of Gutne, is a guaranty of itself that the
laws will hereafter be strictly enforced in that district.
We have given in a previous number the names of the
officers for the current year.

— Fiemont, Nebraska, has its sporting club, made up of
good men and true. Officers are-.— President, D. M. Welly;
Vice President, Geo. Maxwell; Secretary, II. J. Re veil lac;
Treasurer, F. Jenewein.

—The “Central Association for the Propagation and Pro-
tection of Game” was established in New Jersey last year
for the counties of Middlesex and Somerset. Its officers
are:— President, Edward IIowc; Secretary, A. P. Limning.
By act of the Legislature, each members is invested with
the powers and immunities of constables, to make arrests
without process. This is a good feature, making members
efficient, and keeping them on the alert to discover of-
fenders.

—A large herd;of buffalo are reported to be wintering in
Dakotub in the vicinity of Devil’s Lake, between Fort
Totten and Jamestown, on the Dakota or James River.
Estimates put the number ut 1,500. They go about in one
herd, and from the best calculation have wandered from
the region of the hcadwuters of the Saskatchewan, neatly
1,000 miles distant.

—The Tremont Shooting Club of Boston has a member-
ship of about 100 and a baluuce of $500 iu the treasury.
At the auuual meeting, held at Young’s Hotel, on Tuesday
eveuing of last week, the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:— President, Joseph Tonks; Secretary,

Thomas It Show ; Treasurer, Osborn Steal ns; Executive
Committee, C. P. Keeler, S. B. Newton.

Sriuxo StttPK Shooting. — A correspondent of Turf,
Fichl and Form writes from Suckvillc, New Brunswick --

For the last four years the breeding snipe have been
scarce with us; perhaps tho April shooting in the United
States may account for this. The snipe that breed in this
province leave for the South towards the end of Septum
her, nnd as our shooting commences about that time we
depend on the sr.lpe that come iu from the North on their
journey to the South.

No snipe are shot hero in the Spring; the small boys oven
would cry shame at such a proceeding. The birds are
ready to nest iu a few days after their arrival hero in the
Spring,

— “Blue Stone," of Algonas, writes to us of a live days'
trip to Canada recently, in company with a trio ltd, during
which they killed live deer, one of them a buck weighing
250 pounds. By way of variety, they fished for pike
through the iee, taking thlrtv-cighl in one day, vnrymg
front 2} to 24 pounds in weight, and 1,200 pounds in all.
These lire what might be called satisfactory results.

Massachusetts State Spohtsmkn’h Association. — On
the 19th insl. an enthusiastic convention of sportsmen was
held, at the Bay State House in Worcester, for the purpose
of forming an association with the above title. About 100
delegates from various parts of the State were present, and
the subject of active legislation looking to the protection of
fish ami game was discussed with much interest. A con-
stitution and by-laws were adopted and the following
officers elected:

President. John Hoyden, of Worcester, Corresponding
Secretary. Dana K. Fitch, of Worcester; Recording Secre-
tary, B. F Bowles, of Springfield; Treasurer. E. V Whit-
ney, of Marlboro’. Executive Committee — John Boydcn,
R. F. Bowles, George Delano, of New Bedford, L. Adams,
Boston, and Joseph M. Hoyt, Lvnn. Committee on Laws
nnd Legislation— The Hon. E. II. Lathrop. of Springfield,
J. Caton, Jr., New Bedford, and A. W. Curtis, Spencer.

The following were elected delegates to the Nalionul
Sportsmen’s Convention to he held at Cleveland, Ohio:
John Boydcn, Luther Adams, of Boston, the Hon. E, H.
Lathrop, George Delano, aud T. L. Slurtovunt, of Bir-
mingham.

The proceedings were very harmonious, and many val-
uable papers were read, eliciting animated discussions.

Mouilk, Alnbninn, Feb 10, 187b

Kditoic Foukst and Stbbam: —

III your answer* to corrcepondehts, issue of llili, you my, "No qloso
reason for qnail and i or key a in Virgin In.” I um confldont you will, upon
examining ihu law, find tbal you are badly mistaken. Being a native of
that Since I should be glad to sco tlio error acknowledged,

0 VtnoiKiA.

[We examined the law of Virginia, as given in For, Fin
and Feather, and based our statement On that. Who will
send us a true copy of the Virginia Game Law?— Ed.)

LAMINATED STEEL BARRELS.

No. 24 KLM Stukkt, Boston, Feb. II, 1876
Editor Forest and Stiikam

In your Issuo of the 4th I perceive two correspondents dl*put« the po-
sition tuken by myself, Hint tho barrel* imported here are wrongly
termed laminated steel, at* are other portion* nUo objected to, My vlndl -
cation may bo lemrtby, bat tho Importance of the subject may pn**lhly
merit a little forbearance on your part la thus occupying valuable
space .

My letter of the 23d January anticipates, I believe, a good deal of wlint
has been written by O. AC und T. II Marsh, but a little more ventila-
tion by discussion will n**lst tho solution of the dlltleulty. O, A. (',
mentions firstly, that It la an admixture of aleel nnd iron, wblcb la used In
best liurrcl*. Now I contend that the corporation of aubstanrea of un-
equal density in undesirable In a gun barrel; Itrat, that any great In
equality of density or hardness, which carbon eertulnly introduces, must
make, itself apparent In the Interior of the tube, more particularly by
oxidization. If It does not show tills, then the addition of stool Is nn
neeesssury and the iron hard enough at least for the purposes of resist-
ing corrosion; moreover, the increased risk iu manipulation must not lie
forgotten, and when speaking of twisting and welding steel, this Is Im
porlant; secondly, the weld of Iron and steel Is not to be depended upon
to the same extent as Hint of Iron with Iron. I may add that at the In
troduction of welding the steal lump to the barrel, this was considered
nn important objection, with the previously mentioned foot of the dlf
ference ol temperature requisite to effect a unity during me welding
operation, seems to ine siillUdvnt evidence ugalnst the gonrrul use of
steel with iron In tho manufacture of barrels. T, H. Marsh urges that
It la only Inferior mnkcr* who adopt this ayalem; It may therefore form
an Interesting theme of discussion between them which Is correct.

The quotation from Appleton, taken by 0. A.C., Is almost verbatim
from Greener's work, and i* admitted In many place* to be so. My re-
marks here will also apply to T. II. Marsh. The different cuttings of steel
mentioned os being used In the preparation of bars. Is technically
termed shear steel, that is steel after the process of coineniallou, Uien
rolled and hammered; this In all case* can bo hardened by beating and
immersing In cold water. Now, In tho numerous portion* I have tried
from what ore termed laminated steel, und of which wo have many op-
portunities, Greener's among thu rest, when cutting barrel* shorter, and
also Ailing the extractor. In no cireo by heating and suddenly cooling have
[ been able to procuro a harder metal than can bo got by twisting, weld
lug and quick hammering a piece of Marshall's best, and other Irons. In
addition, I have seen the metal manipulated Into Iron damascua, or single
and stub damascus.or doable rod, and ulilmatoly dubbed laminated steel,
the Anest Iron being being used. By the abovo It will bo seen Hut If the
Iron wns carbonized as In shear steel, that the carbon was evolved from
tbe metal dnriug working, or else no carbonization bod over taken place.
When talking of steel It seems remarkable that wbatls brined darn asciis
Ogured barrels, though more expensive, not much mention of sicol Is
made about them. Too much attention Is given when using tbe«e different
names of barrels to attribute It totally to different metal* nurd In their
construction, whereas, in the trade, It rather slgniAc* the different con-
struction of similar metal, allowing, of course In tbe bc»l barrels, that
tbe very Anest of iron Is used, I now refer to T. If Mar*li, who. In lit*
second paragraph makes the following admission, by saying that by fusing
the mewl ou tbe air furnace by the action of the oxygen, the cs'bon Is
extracted, leaving tbe material tbe mildest steel, or Iron of the densest
quality. Now 'this corroborates some portions of ray first letter, but I
submit. In addition, that from my own experienew, and likewise uumer
ous others, that steel Is deteriorated by frequent action with the fire, and
that Iron of the toughcet quality cannot be procured with certainty 10

thu manner. Hut wlnu does this admission likewise lead ns to think?
Why, so that by any means the name of steel can be Introduced to satisfy
a stool loving puollc. Still, to satisfy the necessities of the gun they
arc obliged to route to lion. I have mentioned the deterioration of elect
by healing, welding, Ac., and will Just mention that some years back,
when the cob! drawn steel barrel* were tried, It wns Iu the very terror of
twlstlug nod subjecting to a welding heal thnt In their being cold drawn
vvs* considered the advantage. Iron stands thla healing, welding and
couituuou* hammering with more precision and certainty tliiili does slcol,
consequently Us *nptylorlty

I. II. Marsh speaks of English damn sen* being recognized by white
and dark line*. Ilo may not bo aware that tho block and while brown,
n* It 1. termed In Birmingham, can b» effected on almost any barrels,
ami l. generally pul upon the barrels when they display numerous grav*.
or Imperfection* to the metal, anil t* looked upon In this country with
admiration, believing it betokens aleel, which. In reality, would be nit In
Jury Herman barrels, which make no pretensions t.. strol, will equally
admit of tbe same being dune, and Ueffootod principally by tho action of
calorie. The fifth paragraph states that Grenier's laminated steel gives
good results lit five below zero. Very possible, If the material at the con-
clusion of working was left a* Iron of the densest description cited In
hi* letter. Are they steel? even grant the sunposlllno that a few barrels
■loot! cl I matin change, and which baa not yet proved they are steal,
would he no guarantor* a* to the efficacy of a malnl to be generally In-
troduced for public use, safely being the first requirement

IW Sty He, Director of iVehuolngl.nl Institute, Stockholm, remark*
a* follows, and tills applies more lit cold w cut her. a* all metals seem
noire or less subservient to the absence of In at: "A* the lonelier
material may yield to a greater extent when affected by a .li.mff, it may
lint* longer resist the effect, and may sustain a noire violent shock than
If It were lwlc*i aa strong, tmt lout only imn-fonrth the exnnslhilliy,
although thu amount of It* power of nul.imicu would bo greater In tho
latter case, It may now be readily understood why a liar of Iron can. by
assuming u grout permanent change of form nustuln a shock which would
break a hard steel liar of the same dimension, although thu latter I* able
to carry a greater load by acting gradually."

It Is this difficulty tu parting iron asunder thnt I consider it* ndvnn
tage during sudden or Impulsive change, and In properly lotmcd stub
damusuns barrel* the toughness I* never Impaired by any approach to
separation of Its molecular aggregation,

Tho finest iron, thu ore originally po».es*lng a* little atllcon.phoa-
phoruus, sulphur, carhou n« po»*lble, and with a fair per coni of man-
gnuese worked with care anil skill through all Its workings up tu hnrs,
twisted upon Its own nxl*, welded Into the shape of the barrel amt hnm-
■ueied by rapid action; such Is stub duuwi-cu*, ami out of which I have
Invariably got tbe beat result* I um, slucuroly,

D. Kiiikwooo.

MORE SHELLS.

I'litt.AtiHi.i'iiiA, I'ubrnnty Mth, lH.'S

Kijitoh Fohrst AM) Sruxoi:

'['lie question whether paper or metnl shell# are preferable noeuis to be
agitating the mlmls of your many correspondents, and thu "pros nnd
cons” aro energetically dismissed In lire sportsmen’* clubs, many strong
arguments being advanced liy the friend* of each, lint few. however . If
uny of the writers on till* subject seem to have routlu tbuiuugb lust* by
actual experiments.

During tho j>ust year I Imve devoted much time to tills uml other mat-
ters pertaining to the gnu, amt one day while conversing with the
"Squlro" (till* wns before you enticed him from our quiet "village"), he
requested mu to acrid you tile result of my experiment*, anil, yielding In
hi* solicitations, 1 semi thu figure* of one day's work 1 Iravu many
more table*, but nearly tiro szinu results being remind In each case, both
with tire 12 nnd 8 gauge gnus, thl* one will iqtswer

The gun usvd was a 12 gauge, St) loch barrel, weight, 8 pound*; rham
bored for either paper or mctul shells. The plain brown paper and thu
Draper brass aholls were used. Powder, Dupont's No 1 Ducking, vory
Course; bhot, Spurk*' No 7, 817 to the ounce; target, 22x. 8, it III square
Inches, Tho 30 tuc.ll circle, 1 hcllovo, contains nhout 700 square Inches
Penetration pads mode of thick iimg-i/lons, cut In half, one purl to Inrll
cate the penetration of thu paper, the other for tho metal shell. Paper
shells loaded In thl* manner: next to powder a thin No. II card wad,
then one or two (depending upon the aniouiH of shot to be used) No. 12
thick greased felt wild*, and on the shot iinother thin No. II Metnl
shells: on powder a thin No, It curd, then a No, 10 "pink edge," ami on
shot a No 0 pink edge

In order to avoid cluince Work, each charge was fired three time*, nnd
the tablo following give* the average of the three shots; so. altlnnigh
the table appear* to Imllriite bill elglit, there were twenty four shot*
fired .

Shell.

Powder.

Bhot.

Dlslnnru.

Penetra-

tion!

Pattern,

Paper .

| 8 drachms

1 ouneo

26 yards

2*1

Metal . .

,.| 3 drachms

1 ounce

2fi ynrds

01

314

Paper

,. 3 drachm*

1 ounce

40 yards

.

103

Metal

. 1 3 drachm*

1 ouneo

40 ynrds

33

113

Paper.

,. ij drachm*

1) ounce

23 ynrds

08

267

Mol ul

31 drachma

It ouneo

£3 yards

Mi

21,1

Paper

| l| druchui*

!| ounce

40 yards

88

too

Metnl

1 <| drachm*

1) ounce

in -. aril ■

33

107

1 do not claim that my cxpsrlinenta prove conclusively the superiority
of paper shells: but Hu y show Mini In tin* gun. at least, both better put
tern und pnovlrutlon nuy bo secured by their u*e I confess to u p/of
rrvnce for them for many reasons - principally for thrtr nautnoa*, clean-
Hue**, security with which they retain tho charge, oud the avoiding of
having to carry home, after n hard day's tramp, thu same bulk of lira
munition a« taken at the start In Hie morning.

A mistake Is made by many In crimping down with great force a half
Inch or more of the shell, n* without doubt It hus the smua effect a* hard
ramming of the shot In muzzlri loader*, causing unpleasant recoil and
poor pattern, Thl* I* easily avoided by placing one, two, or three thick-
nesses (depending upon quantity of powder and shot used; ovor the
powder, which, with thu shot, will till the shell within an eighth or quar-
ter of uti Inch, enough to firmly secure lira charge
None of these suggestions are more theories, but the result* of many
and repealed experiment* . I hold that no "ruto for loading" 1* good In
all cases, but that avery owner of a gun must find by actual and recorded
rests th# bent charge nnd manner of loudlog, Hoping to hear more on
this subject from brother sportsmen, I ruuialn. yours sincerely,

C'KHTRAl. Flux,

Brooklyn, February Ifl, 187.’.

Editor FonxsT and Btrzah—

I want to grumble ar tbe liolilt our sporting papers have of publishing
"Items of Inrerest” Hist may have occurred In Norway, Patagonia, or
the Sandwich Islands What do we care about reindeer In Laplund,
•unitsli In Australia, or the Fultgula KryUuteepthalia of Dublin? Certain-
ly our own coolluani can furnish more useful knowledge, und subject*
are not wanting, Hint will yield lnrere*tlngsporllng Items connected with
home mailers, If sport-men. In their letter# reporting localities for
fishing nnd hunting, would give more advice with regard to trie means of
reachliigruchloealtHvs.lt would often enable other* to share a portion
«.f their good fortune, w tikh a true sportsman would uot, 1 thiuk, ob-

Jact to. 4.

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— I}cll'x Life in London is reprinting its original descrip
lions of interesting sporting events, many of which possess
unusual interest from the fact that they were reported for
that paper alone, it being the only one which at the
time paid special attention to sporting matters. The last
number which comes to us contains the uccount of the fa
mous America’s victory over the yachts of the Iioynl squad
rou in the race for the Queen’s cup, and the subsequent
match with the Titania, and it is not without a thrill that
even at this late day we read the account of this signal vic-
tory, which not only gave renewed impetus to yacht ing on
both sides the water, but in England wrought an entire rev-
olution in model and rig. Of her first appearance the above
named journal says:

“ Until the America came over, the few who wore aware
of the fact that there was a flourishing club at New York
diil not regard it of the slightest consequence, or as at all
likely to interfere with their monopoly of the glory of the
manliest and most useful of all sports. The few trial runs
the America mude after her arrival proved she was pos-
sessed of great speed, and that the owners were not so little
justified as at first they hud been thought in offering to
back an untried vessel against any yacht in our waters for
the large sum of €10,0(10. or for a cup or piece of plate.
As the day of the Royal Yacht Squadron’s grand match
drew near the entries become numerous, nud 1851 will be
Celebrated for the largest number of starters for the Derby
and for the €100 cup respectively that were perhaps ever
known, The conduct of the Americans since their arrival
in the Solent had been bold, manly, and straightforward—
qualities which Englishmen respect wherever they arc
found, and love to see even in an opponent. The windows
of the houses which commanded the harbor were filled
from the parloi' to the attic, and the old “salts” on the
beach gazed moodily on the low black hull of “the
Yankee," and spoke doubtfully of the chances of her com-
petitors, Some thought “the Volante" might prove a
teazer if the wind was light ; others speculated on the Alurm
doing mischief if there was wind enough to bring out the
qualities of the large cutter in beating up to windward and
in tucking: while more were of opiuion that the America
would carry off the cup, “blow high, blow low.” It was
with the greatest difficulty the little town gave space
enough to the multitudes t hat came from all quarters to
witness an event so novel and so interesting, and the hotels
were quite inadequate to meet tho demands of their guests.
Among the visitors were many strangers— Frenchmen en
route for Havre, Germans in quite wonderment at the ex-
citement around them, and Americans already triumphing
in anticipated success of their countrymen.

Fifteen yachts started, of which seven were schooners
and eight cutlers. The America was the last to get under-
way hut as soon as her canvas was set she went to wind-
ward and ahead of the licet. Whenever the breeze took
the line of her hull all her sails set os flut as u drumhead,
and without any careering, or staggering she “walked
along" in admirable style, and at 28 minntes past 11 she
contrived, without any seeming difficulty, to slip by the
Volante, ns she had done with the rest, and away she went,
keeping close iu to the island; her jib was then hauled
down and stowed away. The weather, as before observed,
showed symptoms of improvement, so far as yachting was
concerned; a few seahorses waved their crests over the
water, the high lands on shore put on their fleecy “night-
caps" of cloud, and the horizen looked delightfully threat-
ening; and now “the Yankee" flew like the wind, leaping
over, not, against the water, and increasing her distance
from the Gipsy Queen, Volante, and Alarm every instant
The way her sails were set evinced a superiority in the cut-
ting which cur makers would barely allow; but, certain it
is that while the jibs and mainsails of her antagonists were
‘ bellied out,” her canvas was as flat as a sheet of paper,

No foam, but rather a water jet, rose from her bows; ami
the greatest point of resistance— for resistance there must
be somewhere— seemed about the beam, or just forward
of her maiuraost, for these seas flashed from her side? at
that point every time she met them. While the cutters
were thrashing through the water, sending the spray over
their bows, and the schooners were wet up to the foot of
the foremast, the America was as dry as a bouc. She had
twenty-oue persons on her deck, consisting of the owners
the crew, cook, and steward, a Cowes pilot named Under-
wood, and some seamen who had been lent her by the Sur-
prise, a London built schooner yacht, then at Cowes Roads.
They nearly all sal aft, and when the vessel did not require
any handlinj: crouched down on the deck by the weather
bulwarks. I'lie Gipsy Queen, when n little past Brading,
seemed to have carried a wav her foresail sheets; but, even
bad it not been so, she bad lost all chance of success. The
Americans the wind increased— and it was now a six knot
breeze at leas! -‘hauled down her wee gaff topsail, and
went away under mainsail, foresail, anil foresatysail, so that
it. required the utmost t lie steamer could do to keep along-
side of her. This was her quickest bit of sailing, for on
rounding the east point of the island it was necessary to
beat to the westward, in order to get along the hack of the
Wiirhi. On the return, after passing the Needles and the
other yacht* were almost out of sight astern, the royal
yacht Fairy, with the Queen on board, was passed.
Although it is not usual to recognise the presence of ller
Majesty on such occasions as a racing match, no more, in-
deed, than a jockey would pull up bis horse to salute the
Queen when in the middle of bis stride, the America in-
"tautly lowered her ensign— blue with white stars— the
Commodore took off liis lmt, and all bis crew, following
his order and example, remained with uncovered heads for
some miuutcs until they had passed the yacht— a mark of

respect io the Queen not the less becoming because it was
bestowed by Republicans. The steamers, as sire-passed on7
renewed their cheering..’’

Although a protest was entered claiming that the Amer-
ica had not sailed the proper course, it was promptly over-
ruled, and the well won cup awarded to Mr. Stevens. Sub-
sequently a match was sailed with the Titania, -and won by
nearly an hour. The later history of this remarkable
vessel is still fresh in our minds— her sale to the British,
and subsequent, capture as a blockade runuer during the
war— her appearance in the race for the same Queen’s cup
when .Mr. Ashbury tried so hard to carry it back to Eng-
land. She is now the properly of Mr. B. F. Butler, and
will probably be seen next summer at Nantucket, the
Isle of Shoals, and more pretentious Newport.

— Ynchtmen have taken advantage of the Ice in Dorches-
ter Bay, Boston Harbor, to re measure their different re-
gatta courses, which have hitherto been the subjects of
contention os to actual length.

—The Lynn yachtsmen uro induging in ice boat cruis-
ing.

—The Schuylkill Navy Regatta is set down for June
10th and 17th.

(phosphate) mills. Following the Cnp.ow up into Broad RIvnr I gin ,
tl.c right bank to (he end or the Marshy island* 'on miles trfihout JL,
a house cn that side of Broad River, then crossed the head of t|l(! Z,,'
to Skull Creek in a tierce gust of wind which nearly swamped .
canoe. 1 "a1

Mr, McIntyre, of New York, has the SeHhrook Plantation on Uitt
Head Island, where I passed the night. Continuing on through Sk.m
Creek to Callbogne Sound, the wind and driving seas pushed me so |ll|r
that I saved myself and canoe by running into Bird Island Creek I)
heavy waves following mo far into my port of refuge. Throe
colonies of negroes loose the abandoned sea island cotton plantations J
Bird Islund. Not a white man could be found. So I went Into ihu |,.te
lug business by renting a cook house 9x10 feel of one Cuffy, an ohi
colored man. Time— until the gale was over. Term*— “any ting d(1
white Yankee man pleases to gib an old nigger.” Down by the creek
grew rushes In abundance. I cut enough of these to moke a bed in tl',P
cook house, and spent the afternoon aud evening in house keeping ,1Iuj
cooking.

The gale expended Itself during the night, so I was able to leave m the

morning In a dense fog for Savannah, Cooper River, “Pull and be d (i

Creek,” Walls Cut, Wright's River and the wide Savannah were followed
to St. Augustine Creek, where yonr correspondent is enjoying the hoppi
tallly of a German gentleman, and from which he sends you this lj,t 0(
Interior wutcr passages on the route to Florida. N. II, u,

^ — The yacht Annie, Thomas, master, of the New York
Yacht Club, is now cruising on the Indian River, Florida.

— The yacht Eva of the New York Yacht Squadron, with
her owner, Mr. E. Burd Grubb, and party of friends on
board, arrived at St. Augustine on Monday last. She ex-
perienced heavy weather between Cape Ilattoras and Savan-
nah. The party purpose remaining on the coast hunting
and Ashing all Winter.

— Centennial Aquatics — The following is the pro
gramme of the International Regatta referred to in our co!
limns last week, intended to be held on the Schuylkill
River at the Philadelphia Centicnnial, in 1870; —

Pint. — Grand International race for four-oared shells,
for the championship of the world, to be followed by races
in pair-oared and single shells, under the same conditions.

Strand. — Grand contest of the American College Clubs,
for the intercollegiate championship of the United States.

Third. — Graud International collegiate contest between
American and foreign universities, for the amateur collo
giate championship of the world.

Fourth. — Grand national contest bv the members of the
National Amateur Association of the United Slates.

Fifth.— Contests in boats of every character, to be par-
ticipated in by the professional oarsmen of America.

Sixth —Contests iu boats of every character, to be par-
ticipated in by the professional oarsmen of the world.

Eight London, Eng., clubs are to send crews; a Liver-
pool club is to be represented; Mr. Gesling, the champion
of the Seine, is to bring over a crew, and all the prominent
American oarsmen will participate. It will certainly be
the great aquatic event of 1876.

"Fred. Espy, of Pittsburg, Pa., who built the best boat
ever rowed by Scharffe, lias just finished a boat for George
Brown, which was ordered by the Halifax (N. S.) Rowing-
Club. s

Rational ffagtimes.

Centennial Regatta.— The Naval Board of the Schuyl-
kill Navy, accompanied by a number of invited guests
have been to Flat Rock Dam, Schuylkill River, and sur-
veyed the rowing course, to show boating men, and espe-
cially collegiate organizations, that it is the best course in
the world, and every way suited for the international con-
tests to take place in the centennial year. Upon measuring
the course it was found to be 700 feet wide and three and
a half miles long. The result is considered extremely. sat-
isfactory by boating men in this city.

BISHOP’S CANOE VOYAGE.

Greenwich Shooting Park, near Savannah. Ga
Editor Forest and Stream:- Fubruury I9' ,875'

I reached this place, on St. Augustine Creek, five miles below Savan-
nah, at two o'clock, I*. M. to-day. The welrd-Iooklng Bonaventnre
cemetery adjoins the Park. St. Augustine. Creek flows from the Suvau-
nah River ubout flvo miles below the city, aud forms an Important con-
nection of the interior water courses, or inside passages, to Brunswick
Ga., aud to Fernnndlna, Fin.

Leaving the Waccumuw nnd Peedee River system, the paper canoe.
“Marla Theresa," proceeded on her voyage southward bv way of Winyuli
Bay. Mosquito Crock, rice plantation ditches; the North and the South
Santee rivers, Alligator Creek, aud other creeks to Bull's Buy, where the
canoe rested three Sundays since on the deck of the U. S. Coast Survey
Schooner "Caswell.” 1

The Monday following was spent in working through Bull's Bay and
Bull's Narrows to Little Bull Inlet, where I slept on the floor of n de-
serted house through Monday night. The next day the canoe followed
creeks, along the inside of the beach, crossing Price's, Dewce'sand
Breach inlets. At dusk 1 emerged from the marshes of Sullivan's Island
and beheld in the deepening gloom across the smooth w aters of the
harbor, the walls of Fort Sumter rising from Its foundation of granite
chip-. An hour rater my canoe was safely quartered at the Mount
Plcnrnnt Hotel, about live miles below Charleston. 1 was about to Dm
cecd on mv journey when many kind Imitations from citizens of Charles'

ton Induced me to send the canoe np to the city. I regret that I cannot

express all tbo gratitude I feel for the generous treatment I received
from members of the Chamber of Commerce, the Carolina Club and
Ashley Grange. To those who know what Charleston hospitality is. It is
sufficient to say I received Charleston ho»pUaHhj

Crossing the broad Ashley River one line morning, the canoe entered
W appoo C reek nnd followed It to the Stone River, and thence to the

vr.w ZmnTFn 1 ""fS1 J?haMW Wmd- ‘he rice plantation of
Lx-Gov. William Aiken, of South Carolina. It was ray privilege to
enjoy the society of the proprietor of Johassee, and to examine its flvo
thousand acres— a plantation that yielded o rice crop from sixteen him-
dred acres with a net profit of fifty thousand dollars a year before the
wot .

, F,rOI,‘J1oh,L'toe 1 f10llmvcd creck* nnd rivers past Hutchinson's Island
to 8t. Helena Sound, turned up Bull River by mistake, in the darkness
of night, Instead of crossing its wide month to the wider Coosnw I
was in a region of marshes where no camping place could bo fonnd As
the canoe ascended the wide river, dose to the grassy marshes, tho musts
of a bark loomed out of the misty night. A kind voice Invited me aboard
mid I became the guest of Captain Jobs. Bergcluna. of Finland who
was loading his vessel with phosphate from the Pacific Co.'s mine be-
tween the Coosaw nnd Bull River '

The day following was passed tn experimental Geography, hunting a
passage from Bull River Into the Coosaw, Ha two creeks, which were

connected by n si, on canal I waited three hours at the end ol the canal
for a depth Of eight inches of water to beaupplied by the tide- then
passed through to the Coosnw, and spent the night at the Coosaw mines

— The Philadelphia Mercury says: —

The Atlantics, of Brooklyn, were the unluckiest nine in
the arena last season, weakness in two important positions
(catcher and second base) leadin'? to a succession of defeat*
which more than offset their brilliant victories. They coin
menced the season of 1874 with Pearce, Ferguson ' Dolil
n.an, Chapman and Booth of their old team, and new plav
ers in Bond, Fartow, Hodcsand Hull. Captain and Man-
ager Ferguson played no less than twenty different men on
the nine, trying as catchers, Farrow, 'l lodes, ICnowdell
Kessler and Fleet, the latter being most successful • while
at sccoud base was played Hall, West, Farrow’ Clin-
ton, Fleet, Martin, aud, lastly, Sweasy, the latter best fill
iug the position. Among the most noteworthy victories of
the Atlantic's, last season, may be mentioned the 9-2 and 5-
0 games with the Mutuals, the 9-3 and 6-2 games with the
Bostons, and the 4-2 game with the Athletics. They also

defeated the Maple Leafs — the Canadian champions by a *

score of 15 to 1. The Atlantics were at times terribly de-
moralized,as witness the three defeats administered to them
by the Bostons, by scores of 15 to 4, 14 to 0 anti 29 to 0 the
17-3 and 9-1 games with the Athletics, the 17-4 and’13 2
games with the Chieagos, and the 23-1, 14 2 and and Ki t)
games with the Philadelphias. The Atlantics played a tie
game of ten innings with the Bostons, each scoring 3 and
also played ten innings with the Mutuals.

The Professional Base Ball Association will hold their
annual convention on Monday March 1st in Philadelphia
on which day, too, the Judiciary Committee of the Asso-
ciation will meet so as to report the result of their pm-
ceedings at the convention. The Committee uf Rules will
meet the morning of the same day to prepare the new
code The clubs sending delegates will include the Boston
Hartford Mutual, Atlantic, Athletic, Philadelphia St’
Louis, aDd Chicago. 1 ’

—The Prospect Park ball fields are to be governed by a
new code of rules this season, giving Brooklyn organiza-
tions precedence.

—Washington’s birthday was enjoyed to a great extent
in Brooklyn. Besides skating on the inner lakes, there
was curling and ice boat sailing on the large lake, and in
the afternoon a hall match took place on the ice between
elevens of the Park and Capitoline Lake. Park, 3; Lake, 13.

—The Washington club has been reorganized for Un-
professional campaign of 1875 under the management of
Mr. A Y. Childs. The team will include Reader, from
the Hetmes, of Reading; Park, Allison, and Banker i»f
Easton; Hally and Terry, of Philadelphia; and Ne’vins
and Jay, of Washington.

—Pike’s brother, the line centre fielder of the Concords
wilt play in a Boston amateur club this season.

—The annual meeting of the Professional Association
wifi be held on the morning of Monday, March 1st, at the
Athletic club rooms in Philadelphia. It is advisable that
every professional club should send a delegate.

—The Athletic club have engaged Richmond, tho cap-
tain of the Sbibc nine, to fill up their team. 1

—The Reds have added Latham to their champion team
He is said to be an excellent first baseman.

—Charlie Gould has been engaged by the New Havens
to play first base and captain the nine. He is a good player
maEmg his reputation as first base for the celebrated R,-,i
Stockings of Cincinnati, in the season of 1869-70 The
club has appointed os directors Carlos Smith \V W Ward
Alfred Thomas George W. M. Reed, W S. Arnold Clias’
Webster, and Eli Hills. Mr. Arnold, of Middletown has
8'£ned a contract as manager with the club at a salurv of
*1,200 The nine will probably be as follows -BanLr
e , Nichols, p.; Gould, 1st b.; Doesohcr, 2d b. ; Jackson’

3d b« ?t’1er' ®' S'; lipPer' 1 f-i Ryan. c. f.; and Britt r f!

-Middletown, Conn., is to have a first class nine this
season. Their players are as follows ;-S. Daniels c
Craig, p.; Inglis, 1st b. ; Ilulihan, 2d b. ; A. Daniels 3d b ’

scorer,’ J. d! 1 ! F“*Cr' * f < '■

Montreal Thistle Curling Club.— The final comne-
[1J*®.11 f“r lhe Mu,r lanfoird" took place last week at Moti-
t'a'' Ourcom-spondem’ Mr. James Esdaile, won it with
a score of 38 points in the three days play; Mr Rom beini
second with 37, McIntyre 36, N. W. Thomas ’ ! „ <

Green shields 30, and J. L. Cram o« Tt . James
the property of any one winning it. twice in three suedw-
sive years. It cost in the neighborhood of $;j.r,o Mr
Esduile was fortunate enough to win it both this year and

won utii'shotT U’ iS “ Sp,emlid Prize’ “well

f0V-he CaI,endar C"P «t Tammany
was ’ t Vignaux and Rudolphe, the former

was the winner. Score— Vignaux, 600; Rudolphe 550
lime of game-four hours and fifty-five minutes

wq7TfiS w"SnhSv o’ m- 'Ch f°r, ,llC; CalkH(,e'r Cup, which
878 Tl» fnn«5sn?ffier !U ,he .I, vins Hall Tourney of
-Dec “ ffamef rl!lV0 s,nce been played for it:

. ATiiZ,' 187d,’ Q.ar'ner nn{1 Dion; Jun. no, 1^74 (j,imjer

SiroVer^on Dec ® (?aruit,r rt,,d D,ll-V- ld* of which
nSTpVr^asSc win^,’’ G,,rmCF“'ld KudolpUe. of rtidr

FOREST AND STREAM

45

BIG INVENTION.

Lloyd, the famous map man. who made alt Iho mops
for General Grant and the Union army. cutllflcatu* of
which hu published, has just Invented a way of tot-
ting a relief plate from steel »o u* to print Lloyd's
M up of American Continent showing from ocean to
<n i-an— on one tntlru iiheet of bank note paper. tOxSO
Indie* large, on a llshtning pre»*. and colored, owed
nnd varnished for the wall *o ue to stand washing,
and mailing anywhere In tho world, for 30 cenls. or
unvarnished f.,r 25 cents. This map *»'owa tho whole
fritted States and Territories In a group, from snr-
veya to 1875, with a million plnce* on It, such as towns,
cltle*. villages, mountains, lakes, rivers, stream*, gold
mine-, railway stations, Ac. This map should be In
every house. Send 'jOcents to the Lloyd Map lom-
puny. Philadelphia, and you will got a copy by r^ium

THE

HAZARD POWDER CO

THE AMERICAN

W. & C. SCOTT & SONS

MANUFACTURERS OF

Genuine Breech Loaders.

WINNER* OF TUB GUN TRIAL OF 1S73

Uctiort of Gun Trial sent on application.

AG EATS:

WM. READ & SONS,

1 3 Fsiucitil Hull Sq ,Boston.

\ genuine scon Muzzle Loading Gun. $25 up.
Mavnard. Bullard, Remington und Sharp s Umea.
•■Bullard s breech loading Sporting Rules. *181.

Also all other make?. Greener, Weatley Richards,
Web ley, Remington. Moore, Ac.

Uutsey 'A Gyro Trap, for shooting practice.

Ballard Rllles for sale. St8; altered, S 22.

Fine Bronze Yacht Inna on raaltoguny carriages,
Complete, ns famished t the New \ ork and Boston
Yacht Sauadronn. SEND h OR CIRCULARS.

Cl Ik 4.. (.1 (Win Invested in Stock* and
nl" l-O 5*1 • sUwVl liold pays 800 per cent
a morel). Pamphlet free. Tunihrldge & Co., Bank-
»r»,2 Wall atreel, N. Y.

Sportsman’s Route

Chicago & North-western Railway

' This great corporation now owns nnd operates over
two thousand mile* "f rood, radiating from Chicago
like tile linger* on a man * hand. It* flues reach In all
directions ami cover about nil of the country north,
northwest nnd west of Chicago. With one branch It
readies Racine, Kenosha, Milwaukee, and the country
north thereof; with anothe- line it pushes through
Janesville, Watertown. Oshkosh, Fond dll Luc Green
n„r, tcsriinnba, to Neguituee and Marquette; with an-
other line It passes through Madb-on, Elroy, and for
St. 1’uuLund Minneapolis; branching westward from
hlroy, to ami through Winona, Cwatonnu. St. Peter,
Mankato. New Ulm, and stOus not until Lake Karnes
kn, Ducoittli, Is teached; another line starts from Chi-
cago nnd runs through Elgin and Rockford to Free-
port, and via the Illinois Central, reaches Warren,
Galena uud Dubuque, and the country beyond. Still
another line runs almost due wcatward, and passes
through Dixon, Sidling, Fulton, Clinton, (fowul Ce-
dar Rapid-. MnwBulltown. G-and Junction. Missouri
Valley Junction, to Connell Blntfs nnd Omaha Tills
la-L named la the • Gbkat Trans-Con unbntal
RiuiT«,’’mid the pioneer overland line for Nebraska,
t'otormio, Utah, Idaho, Mom nut, Nevada, California
amt the Pacific con *t. It run* through the Garden of
Illinois mid Iowa, and is the safest, shortest and best
route to uniutia, Lincoln, and other points In Nebras-
ka, and for Chevetiiic, Denver, Salt Lake City, Vir-
ginia City, Carson, Sacramento, sari Francisco, and
all other points west of the Missouri River.

See, then, what one company con do If you want
to go to Milwaukee, Fond tilt Lao. Manitowoc. Sho-
boygun, Janesville, Watertown. O-bkosh. Do I’ere,
Oie-n Bty, lllpon, Madison, Baraboo. Knu Claire,
Hudson. Siillwuer, st Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth,
Hrec ken ridge. Mooroliend. Fort Garry. Winona. l)v\a-
tiiuiia. New ulm, Kreepnrt, Warrnt, Platt»vll.c, Gu
ji-nh, Dubuque, .Vnl> ruio. Fort Dodge, Sioux City,
Yankton, Council Bluffs. Omaha Lincoln, Denver,
Salt Luke City, Sacramento. San Francisco, or a hun-
dred other northern, northwestern, or western
points this great line i* the one you should take. The
tiark to of tho host steel rail, uud Is well ballasted and
as tree from du-r a* a roail can Ire mime. The bridge*
are strong and dnrnbte, mid nil the iqipoiiitiiicutsiire
Ilr-t na-s in every respee.i. Tho trains (lint run over
this route are made up of elegant new Pullman Palace
Drawing Room and Sleeping Coaches, built ex/irenly
for th\n line, luxurious, well lighted, und well vcntilit-
ten Day Coaches, and plcu-nnt lounging and smoking
cure-all built by tills company lu their own shops.
The ears are all equipped with the celebrated Miller
Safety Platform, und (latent Buffers and couplings,
Wosllnghouse sufetv Air Brakes, and ever v other np-
plinnce that hu* been devhed fur the safety of pas-
senger trains. All trains are run by telegraph,
lu a Word this GREAT LINK has the best
and smoothest track, and the inn-t elegant und
eomforttiblu equipment of any road in tho \\ est, and
hss no competitor in the country. It Is eminently tho
favorite route wltn the Chicagoans traveling west,
north, or northwest, and Is acknowledged by llie truv-
cllug public to be i lie popular line for all points lu
Northern Illinois, Whcouslii, Minnesota, Northern
Michigan, Dakota, Western Iowa, Nebraska, Wyom-
ing, Coloi ado. I’lali, Montana, ldulio, Nevada, Cnii
foruln ai d the Pac.itlc Slope.

TO SPORTSMEN:

This line presents peculiar advantage*. For

Prairie Chickens, Duck*, Geese, A llranl shooting

our Iowa Line to day offers

More Favorable l?oi«ts

i tun any other road In the country, while for
DEER AND HEAR HUNTING nnd for BROOK

TI40UT, LAKE SALMON. PIKE. PICK-

EltKI. and BASS FISHING
a hundred points on the Northern and North-western
lino* of this ('uintiiiny will lie found unsurpassed by
any thing In i he West

.MARTIN lit UIIITT, Gen. Snpt . Chicago.

\V. II, 8TKNNKTT, Gen. Pa-- Am Cl'inuro.

"TT'OH T'ALL — liUli AN L) Lil U 11; A ELI,
JJ broken on bird-; good retrievers; M month-.
Address .1 <)■ H odtre Forest and Sfre-m,. Fchgl It

EAVV DUCK GUN nr THE iih.'T

makers at ren-nusblo price. Send pari leuiars
ti.iohn H IlCOt VRL'1-, ’*0 " .■

GUNPOWDER

Hazard’* “Electric" Powder.

Nos. 1 (find to 5 (coarse). Unsurpassed in point of
strength and clcnnllnees. Packed in square canis-
ters of I lb. only.

Hazard's “American Sporting."

Nos. I (finci *n 8 (coarse). In I lb, canisters amltij lb.
kegs. A fine groin, quick and clean, for upland and
prairie shooting. Well adapted to short guns.

Hazard's “Duck Shooting."

Nos. 1 (flue) to 5 (course). In 1 uud 5 Hi. canisters
and lii and 12J lb. keg*. Barns tlntrly and very
clean, shooting remarknbljr close, and with (/not
penetration. For Held, forest and wuter shooting
it ranks any other brand, and It Is equally servicea-
ble for muzzle or breech loader.

Hazard's “Kentucky lllflc."

FFFG, FFG, nnd "Sea Shooting" KG, In kegs of 83,
124. and IR lb*, nnd cans of 5 lbs. FFFGUnluo
packed In I and J lb. canl-tere. Burn* strong and
moUt The FFFG and FFG are favorite brand*
for ordinary sporting, and tho “Sen Shooting" FG
Is the standard Uiflt powder of tLc country.

SUPERIOR MraiNO AND BLASTING POWDER
GOVERNMENT CANNON AND MUSKET POW-
DER; ALSO SPkCIAI. grades for EXPORT,
iiK ANY RKOU1RRD GRAIN OR PROOF MAN-
UFACTURED TO ORDER.

The above can be had of dealers, or of the Compa-
ny's agents in every prominent city, or wholesale at
our office.

Wall Street* New York.

Fell II

SALMON ANGLING

In the undermentioned Salmon Rivers will be Leased
for a term of FIVE YEARS. Competition above up
act prices named. LESSEES to maintain guurdian-
ehlp at private cost. Application* will bo received to
1st MAY next.

Rivet Natashquon (North Shore) $8«Ji

River Trinity (near Point dee Monts) 100

River St. Margaret (en baa) 100

River Trout (near Moisle) 30

River Mistassini (near Godbout) 20

River Becacie, do 20

Iliver Mulbalu (near Perre) 100

River Grand Pahos, do 200

River Little l’abos, do 100

River Toblqne (Now Brunswick) 100

River Nashwaak. do 100

River N.W. Mlramtchl, do 200

River Jupiter (Anticosti Island) 100

River Salmon, do 30

By order of the Hon. the Minister of Marine nnd

Fisheries.

Address, w F W HITCHER,

Commissioner of Fisheries, Ottawa.

SALMON ANGLING.

Gentlemen wishing 10 fish for Salmon In the splendid
river Rouinine during the senaon of 1875, will be
pleased io apply for information to ,1. W. C„ caro of
Editor Forest and Stream. The Salmon are thelar
ee-t in the Dominion and run to over fifty pounds
weight. ___ ™ A1

DR. FOWL KU’8

PATENT

hard rubber reel

The Cem—lmproved.

f pHORO UGliLi uttutvL iuwu.it *>v. n

_L for sale. Address G. J. U.. American Gun En-
graving C<„ West Menden, Conn. Feb 84-9;

Tilt* boaiiliful Heel has now been before the pub-
lie two years, nnd all who have used It speak loud in
it* prul.-e.

IT HAS BERN IMPROVED,
nnd nil the Reels made this year will pass through tho
hands of the Inventor, nnd none allowed to gu out.
except thO»e that are- perfect.

For solo by all flret-clnsg Jobbers and tho trade gen-

V 11 FOWLER, Inventor,
Feb. 4 ITHACA, N. Y.

Shooting Club.

Applications will be in:

CE1VKD from gentlemen fur member-hip In a
Shoo lug Club, now being organized, with an owner-
ship of about 300 acre-, and (hooting leases (easily
procured) covering from SjDOD to 8,00 acre*..

The grounds are sltosred in a gome district, within
four hours by rail fsom New York and one nnd one-
ha f It. tirs from Philadelphia. Onall, ruffed grouse.

woodcock, foxes, and hares constitute the game.

The membership will be restricted to flJljr, *nu the
annanl dues to $20 per annum. Address

"SHOOTING CLUB," care Forest and Stream.

T)

W. MERIDIEI

CONN.

SpocIM attention Is given to flr*t rl**s work. Extra
sketches nnd IH1U PORTRAITS cut to order, by
JACOB Gl.AIlN, Manager,
Engraving and Omu-

mental Department. Feb It

sending photographs. J At'OI
Formerly snpt. of Parker llro
menial Department.

CAMPING and MINING

WORKS

ON THE

Horse, Dog, Natural His-
tory, Taxidermy, &e.,

FOR SALS BY THE

Forest and Stream Publishing Co.

ST( >A

Ootsldu dimensions, packed, {8x12x20 Inches.

Weighing only 25 pound*, very durable, will cook
for ten person*, uud I* espucinlly adapted for camp-
ing purposes. Thr wore consists of 8 qt. kettle, tl qt,
Tea Kettle, 2 qt. t offee Pot. Fry Pan, round Tin Pun,
8 square Pans, Dipper, Gridiron, Tent Collar, H ft.
Funnel, nnd an oven that will roust 15 pounds beef.

orris

at..

III.

The waro ts so constructed that It nest* and pack*
In the oven, and the oven and funnel pack inside tltu
stove, ni represented In cut 2, leaving room for pack
Ing half a dozen Plates, Knives, Forks and Spoons,
and Drinking Cups. Price complete, 915.

SBND Foil ClliCUl.AU

H. L. DUNCKLEE,

Feb, f H«X 2710. IIOHTON.

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD

Florida Excursion Rotitos,
SEASON of 1874-8.

Tickelsto Jacksonville, Fla., and return tiro sold De-
cember 1*1 to April 'st good to return until
May 31st, uud have all the prtvIllgoB
of FIRST CLASS Tickets.

Routo No. 5iO-VIii Washington, Richmond, Wil-
mington, Charleston nnd Savannah
Route' No. Ml— Via Washington, Richmond, Char
lotto. Augusta and Savannah.

Route No 512— Via Washington, Richmond, Wilming-
ton, Augusta and Savannah.

Route No. 513 — Via Washington, Richmond, Char-
lotte, Atlanta, Macon and Jesup.

Routo No. 514— Via Washington, Lynchburg. Char-
lotte, Augusta und Savannah.

Route No. 515— Via Washington, Lynchburg, Bristol,
Atlanta, Macon nnd Jesup

Route No. 518 -Via Washington, Richmond . Augusta,
Yonusscc and Savannah.

Route No. 549 -Via Washington. Richmond. Wilming-
ton, Augusta, YemuMeo and Savnitimli.

Route No. 34t) Via Baltimore, Norfolk, Wilmington.
Augusta and Savannah

Route No. 317 - Via Baltimore, Norfolk, Wilmington,
Charleston uud Savannah.

jjfVAII of the above ticket* return by suuto route,
and are sold at the following

TllltOPOII HAT**.

New York 950 DOITrenton 947 75

Jersey Cltv . 50 00 Harrisburg 15 .'iU

Newark 50 00 1 Williamsport 40 50

Elizabeth W 9B AltOOJin 80 75

Rahway • 40 60 Pittsburg 32 75

New Brunswick. . . 40 001

VARIABLE ROUTE TICKETS.

Sold nt Now York. Jersey City. Harrisburg, Williams
port, Altoona and Pllt*lmrg, a* follows
Excursion No, 51' Going by Route 610, reluming
by Route 512, 910 additional
Excursion NO. 517 -Going by Route 51!, returning
by Route 510, 910 additional.

Excursion No. 518- Going by Routo 510, returning
by Route 511, 910 additions!

Excursion No. 510— Going by Routo 511, returning

by Rome 510. 910 additional.

Excursion No. 622— Going by Route 810, returning
by Route 514. 910 additional.

Excursion &fl -Going by Routo 614, reluming
by Route 510, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 52b— Going by Route 611, rotnmlng

by Route 612, 910 additional.

Excursion No. !W7— Going by Route 512, returning
bv Itout- Ml. 910 additional.

Excursion No. 580-tiolng by Ronto 611, returning
bv Route Ml. 910 additional.

‘ Excursion So. 511— Going by Ronto 514, returning
by Route Ml. 9*° Additional.

Excursion No. 530 Going by Ronto 512, returning
by Route 614. 910 addlttcnal.

‘Excursion No. 33? Going by Routo 514, returning
by Route 512, 910 additional.

Excursion No 512 -Going by Route 513, returning
by Route 518, 91" additional,

Excursion No. 518— Going by route 516, returning
by Route 513. 91" additional.

'N, W York offices — No I Astor House, No 5211
Broadway, and No. 011 Broadway Depots- Foot of
DesbroMes Street nnd foot of Coartlandt •tr«"et.

Bo-ton office -Nos. 77 nnd 70 Washington street.

I) M. BOYD. Jr . Gen. Pu.-'ngr Agt.
FRANK THOMPSON. General Manager

Sportsmen!

Your attention Is colled to
good s oil tanned moc-
C'ASINS' the best tiling ever
worn by sportsmen, Not
Injured by wetting nnd
drying— always soft and
ca«y to tho feet, and
VEKY DURABLE— being marie of the very best of
slock In three different styles, and warranted the gen-
uine article, different from anything before offered.
Illustrated Circular and Price List free.

FRANK GOOD.

1909 Elm st. Manchester. N. H.

The Homo. Youait

Tho Trotting Horn-, lllmm Woodruff.

The Horse in Iho Stable nnd the Field

American Gentleman's Stable Guide

Forester's American Game In Its senseil

Forester's Horse and Horsemanship, Kvo, 3 vol
Fmnk Forester's Field Sports. 8vo. 9 vol*.

Frank Forester’s Visit and Flshlug (ItXl Ills), ,

Frank Forester's Mmnial Young sportsman . ,

Gutl, Roil *nd Snddh ....

lluiuicopathlc Veterinary Practice. ■

Tho Horse Doctor. May hew

Horse Management. Mayhevv. .

Dogs, their Management. May hew

The Dog. Youatt

The Dog, lilstone

Shooting, Doming nnd Fishing. Warren..

The Fishing Toitilst. Charles llnlhvk
The American Angler's Book. Thiuldcm
Fishing lu American Waters Genlo c,

Modern llrvech Louder* Greener,

Manual for lllfie Praetue. Wlngnie,

lewis' American Sportsiiinn

TllO Trapper's Guide, Newhoiise, .

Domesilcated Trout. Livingston Stone

Trout Culture Seth Green

American Fish Cull tire. Thnddeus Norrl*..

Handbook of Shooting (Ruutledge's)

" Angling. "

Kncjrclopedla'of Rural Snorts, Stonellciice
Shot Gun ami Siiortlug ltllle Stonehui ge, II I n
itiii ni Snort* olonohengi
Key to tlie Birds of North America. By Kllloll

Cones. ., . . . 7 (Hi

History of North American Birds, By I’rof
I tut nl , Dr Brewer, and Mr Bulge ay. 8 vol. Mil i«i
Field Ornllliohigy. A staudnnl trentlse on Tiim
dermy, wltli Cheek List of North A 1110111:1111

Bl ids 2 75

Check List alone. K. Gonna 1 fO

Plain Directions (or Acquiring Iho Ait of Shoot

Ing on the Wing I 75

Rural Sports -llluluo's Encyolopii'dln of cloth, lu 10
■■ ■' - imi r Itu mIb, 18 esi

Stonehenge on Shooting... ... 5 25

The Hptirisninn s Frieml n 11 Frost. “3

Stonehenge on tho Dog IN)

Largo Game Shooting In Thltiet and (ho North

s\ . 0 10 CD

Accessible Fluid Sport* 1 •*•

Bllles uud ltllle I’ruotli e 2 00

Vocation Adventures In the Wllderne*-;

Camp Life 01; the Adlroiidni'k*

•• Tourist edition, with Mm

Fortv-fonr Year* of a limiter's l.tfi

$1 to V

V 50

2 N)

, I 25

3 (HI
. 10 (X)

, U 1X1
. 3 50

, 3 no

. 1 00

. 5 00

3 PO
» 00

75

4 no

2 N)

I (X)

. 2 to

5 50
8 50

3 50
I Ml
3 1X1

, 1 50
. tl Ml
1 10
1 75
M)
30
5 DO
5 IXI
0 IX)

The Sportsman ami Naturalist In Canada
Wild Sports of the World

«l

Walton a mid Colton s Coinplt tc
ltoyul 8 vo,

Angler, 2 vol*.

Hi, 2(1

1 76

2 2*.

1 76
16 Ui

2 Mi

... Free calf, gill edges, 40 25

Wild Scenes of a Hunter'* Life 1 76

Excursions In Field and Forest 2 26

Harris' Bisect* Injurious to Vegetation I («i

Practical Floriculture I 60

Downing's Landscape Gardener o Ml

Beautifying Country Homes 15 00

The American Cuttle Doctor, by J. II. Dadd. . I Ml
The Variation of Animal* and Plum* under l)o-

maatlcotlon •' |MI

Sheep Iltishaildrv I 60

Dogs ; Their Origin uud Varieties 0"

Modern Horse Doctor, by Geo. II, Dadd 1 60

The Hunter uud Trapper I IMI

Tint Practical Poultry Keeper L . Wright .. 2 1"

The Dead Shot, or Snort* iic'i.'s Comrlele Guide, I 76

The t track Shot, or Young Hllleluaii's Guide 1 76

Practical Trout Culture, by Dr. J. II. Slack 1 Mi

American Biol Fnurler 3"

llenii'lit's Rabbit Fancier . 3"

lloopc'a Book of Evergreen* 3 •"

Stewart's Stuble Book Ml

Handbook of I'lgeotis and Unidili'* Mi

Common Objects of the Sea Shore ...... Mi

Cage uml Hinging Bird* Ni

Small Farms 50

My Life on the l'lnlns, by ('iistur . . 2 0"

Prnlile and Forest, hy tiillniore . . I Mi

Field and Forest Hambies, liy A, |„ Adams .1

Bird*: their Cage* nnd tiielrKeep.h) K A. Hoist, I
Among the Trees, cloth, gdt, 92, 2f>; Morocco, 6 i»i
Field. Cover und Trap Shooting. Captain A II

Bogiirrlu* 2 ""

American Wild Fowl Shooting. J. W. Long. 2 txi

Byromlttlng the exact amount, any of the above
work* will lie forwarded promptly hy mall.

[Vlt hook* are ordered not on the above list, a
cortaln uin unit of time Is required before the order
run he llllud.

jYJr-ln ordering rare hooks or works, which are out
of print nod van on y he pri cured at second hand, we
cannot always give the exact price*

Forest and Stream Publishing Co.,

No 17 CHATHAM S'l 1(1.' "

J^TA 10 < ^ I J-/Y I I j

FOB PROPAGATOR V PURPOSES,

rirnxtsriKD nr

WHITLEY cV MORRIS,

0 A MIC DE ALBUM,

2IH WASHINGTON •Til BUT , N. Y.

Fob I8 4t

N. Y. Safety Steam Power Co.

Office : NO CO UR TLA NOT ST.

BUILDERS OK

STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS'

Steam Launches & Yachts)

And their Machinery » Epoclalty, ulao Machinery for

TUCS, LICHTERS AND STEAMERS1

Propeller Wheels of Soporlor Efficiency.

BEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR.
0T Ail our oust* are guaranteed to pa»» inspec-
tion under the Steamboat law when required.

46

FOREST AND STREAM.

Prize List!

IIUKST'S

FOREST AND STREAM,

A Weekly Journal,

DEVQTED TO

Out-Door Sports

Hunting, Fishing, Yachting, Boating, PracUcal Nat-
ural History, Fish Culture, Ac. Ac.

The PubllHlierK of FOREST AND STREAM

In order to Ktimulntu the development or

MANLY n ml ATHLETIC EXERCISES,

as or

FISHING, SHOOTING. AHC1IKHY, CRICKET.
FOOTBALL, and CROQUET,

OfTor the following prizes foreluha of three or more
subscribers.

SingleSubseription per Annum $B

Ninrilng I.’IiiIim.— Agent*, anil others interested, are
nils l-cil Unit we do not iunlst upon their .tuning with
full club. l» secure narrates. They can seud three
or more at a (line, ami mi furwiirding the requisite
naiaher within (Hi day will lie untitled lo same premi-
ums u.s if all were seal lui'cther,

CRICKET.

For $20 00, four copies, one year, with one best
•pring tiul. inir College hat, one Dark cricket hull;
price .VI,

For 00, live copies, one year, with a complete
cricket, net; ouu College bat, one polished hat. Clup-
show; one Dark cricket hall; one «ct „f stiliuun; unco
Sliliu K

BOOTH ALL,

Natural History

For Object Teaching in Schools,

AND

PARLOR ENTERTAINMENT.

We arc prepnred lo famish the first sixty ncinbers
of the first eerie, of

Animals and Birds of North America.

To those will be added a second series of foreign speci-
mens, and various Animals and Bird* In grotesque ul-
tltude*, never however violating their natural Instinct*.

We oiler these view* not us picture* only, but a*
studies from nature. One of the great moving ele-
ments in our modem system of education I* object
teaching The unerring fidelity of the steieOsCope
iran-fi'i* lh» aiiliiinl* and bird* from their nalinul
habitat to the rooms of the student, and the fireside of
our homes, where they cannot full lo leave a lasting
Impression of the form, color, habits, mid locality of
each specimen!.

An experience of more Ilian twenty-five years as
Taxidermist of the New York Slate Cabinet of Nat-
ural History, and In gathering his large collection of
native und foreign specimens, enables Mr. Uuisi to
combine in every view Hie locality of I ho specimen
with It* appropriate rooks, woods or water, and color-
ing from the originals.

Wild Cat, or Bay Lynx

C l //fZ/sy a /

/Mfonrrc/t.s a- a/ *xtrrAif t.'n/;its or

ifllilitanj, ®mitrirai. ^iurdT (SniijJte,

uVo / O' Majheav Xajvjf, STciu \\ orl<

Howincj Suits A Specially?

MISFIT CARPETS.

/r'J_001> SECOND HAND AND MISFIT CARPETS, RICH Patterns, Very Clieai., at the

' JF OLD I’l.ACK. II1.1 II l.mx S I HEM’, between William and Nn--an Sent Imme ami falil elm rue.

4tli$cclhnicaiis.

2. Snowy OWl
irics

Fm Slf. On, throe copies, one year, with one Rugby
Out ball; prlio ill on.

Hons.

For $15 no, f.nroe nopb ., one year, with one superior
four Jolul light rod, Millable for all kinds of Helling;
prlce#i <10.

For $fiu 00. twelve copies, one elegant rod: suita-
ble for ti out, black Im-s with fly, or for trolling buss
or pickerel; a- line a rod us can lie made; German
silver lipped, with three tip*; price $25 00.

CROQUET.

For #'*11 00, four copies, one year, with very hand-
some set of croquet; price #7 00.

For $25 no, fit one year, with superb set of

croquet; price $10 00.

I'or #:«) 00, -ix i onics, one year, with the finest set
Of croquet made; price #11 on.

TAIILIC OROUUKT.

_ For S10, two conies one year, with handsome set of
Table Croquet, H balls and H mallets, In wooden box.
J’lils game call bo played on dining room or other
tables.

l or #IS. three copies one year, with the handsomest
•el of Table Croquet nimiiifscliircd, made of cocoa.

KLMI.YGTO.Y ItlFLK AND sllOT tJU.Y.

For $75 00, fifteen copies, one year, with one Rem-
ington Duel rllle; price $28 (XI.

For $ino, twenty conies, one year, with one Target
rifle, 8d-mch octagonal barrel, to lie used for sporting,
bunting, or target shooting; price $80 no.

For $100, twenty copies, one year, with one Rem-
ington double barreled, breer h-loiiding shot-gun
one of Die best gnus ever ottered to American
sportsmen; price $15 on.

8IIAKPK RIFLE.

For $100. twenty conic*, one year, with one Sharpe
sporting oi turget rlilc, heel quality; price $10 00,

WARD-HUE TON' RIFLE,

For $2<Yi, forty eoples, one year, with one Wnnt-
liiii'toii rillo >;nn fur liiri'i* prior 80 (X),

fcl.YULK AYD DOt OLE IIYEREI. .MU///.LE
1.0 Mil Yt. M1IOT UU\S.

Fur $-2(1 (XI. four CopUs.onu year, with one American
single barrel gun, perfectly sufe, bluu barrels, walnut;
price $10 00.

For $35 00, seven cowlo*, one year, with one Ameri-
can double gnu; handy and reliable etui every wav
• price $18 on. ** J r'

For #50 I SI. ten conic*, one year, with one double
boys Hue twist Imrrxd gnu; a safe gun every wuv for
boys; price §2tl no. J 1

"I1' !,ft"on r"l*>cs. one year, with double
gun, Liigllsli laminated »lcel barrels, handsome fin-
ish; price $45 DO.

CASH Pit KM! UitS.

To those who prefer cash -premium* a discount of
25 per cent, will be made on all club* of three and nu-
wurd*.

ti^Kvcry article Is of the finest quality and will he
cent freu of expunsu.

Ljnrus Rvfiut,

t Surnla Kycteu.

3. American Wolf Lu/ru,i OcriiUiUall*.

4. W ild Pigeon. EctojAelrs Mlorutorto.

5. Northern Panther FeHt Ctmcolor.

(1. Black Crowniyl Night Ileron Anita JJhcrrt.

7. Woodchuck Adomu* Monas.

H. Red Necked Grebe /Mi/v/w IluhrlnM) *.

Great Blue Heron Antea H,ro,Ila*.

10. American *>wan Cygims Ameilcanu*.

11. Beil Mioiildovod Buzzard Hutto HunnulU

' A merican Woodcock . HlUtlcola Mlnoi .

13. W Inti- Fronted Goose Amtcr J Ibl/rtm*.

11. Lorm Fared Owl Otu* Amtrimuut.

15. lloodial Slieldruke Wr rails UncuSa/n*.

>''• Horned Grebe Ptalem* forniilu,.

17. Golden Engle Aginl/u Chlijurto*.

18. Prairie Wolf

IH. Spotted Sund Lark Totaiiii* MiuTiliiikus.

•20. Marsh Harrier circuit Uitghmu*.

21. Mallard Duck 1 new ho*,/, a*.

22. Great Horned Owl Hutto VlrgUtlunitr.

!£l. Greut I.oon. or Diver Cnlymdtm UtariaU*.

21. American Doer (Alblaoe*). .. Cervun Virtjinltinvn,

25. The American Bittern irilt-i Minor.

2tl. Old Wife, or Squaw Dm k. Fiilitjula (JlurlaJh.

27. The Wild Turkey MtUagrlx GuUoimvv.

28. The Beaver Cantor Fiber.

2ll. Common American Snipe .Scotojtux Wilwni.

30. Tile Half Breasted Sheldrake . . Mcrrjus .Wngrtnitr
31 The ( niuidu Goo»e A list r I'wiutUntis.

32. The New York Ermine Pit/oHut. . . fiorrtjorar/nnls.

33, Bed Bresti'd Sheldrake Mt, ,JU * Srrrutor

31 Pinnated Grouse , Tetrao Cupiito.

3.5. The Sand Hill Prune tJrvn Americana.

VI. The American Black Bear. . . . Ur nut American us.

87. lied Tailed Buzzard HuUro Bore all*.

33. Baffle Headed Duck Kntlmila Alb, oh.

h American Porcupine. . Hyttnx Jfudnonia*.

hihrlclpliix.

811. North —

•10. Virginia Partridge.

. . . Ortyr Viruiniuna.

•II. Common American Gull. . ..Lara* Zonorhuncfiun.

^ ,.!ri',y.!' ox, — Vulpts Vinjiuiunu*.

43. Beil Head Fulitfula l'.rythrocfphntia.

7Vfl!HO f'n.f . //..

42. Grey Fox.

44. HuiIVd Grouse ' . . fetrao UmbtHits.

45, The Rarnoon Procyvn Ijotor.

l1'1- Yi“‘ Whistler Fluliijula vtannula.

47. lirown or Billd En^le HnUatos LniCQCfp/fcut/*.

■JS- J‘od Fox Yalph Fid nun.

4,i. Wood Duck Ana* Siionnu.

VI. American Burn Owl Stnj.r. Prat in cola.

Spruce Grouse Tetruo CantuIttuHn.

•;■*• Northern I.ynx J.yncus Hortali s.

JJhfck Duck . Aiua OIttcura.

51. Be 1 led K i ug FI- her A letdo A <ryon .

55. Little Screech Owl J{,,bu Juio.

VI. American Opossum /Hdetii/iU Virgin in nil.

i . American Coot Fallen A incncana.

Jg. Ptumnuau Ttlrao Mat us

59. Shoveller, or Spoonbill Amu Ulymala.

fid. Musquash Fiber ZH*fhtew.

Price* : By the Dozen. #3 00

Uy the Set of A Dozen, In Elegant Caen, 10 OO
Dealers supplied at a li'M-ral discount from these
rates. Buck numbers and puns of sets always ou baud.

TESTIMONIALS.

COBNBU. UNIVRMITT, I
Ithaca. March I4th, 1870. 1
l mnst congratulate yon upou your great success In
this new educational enterprise. If we can arrange
our amusement* so as to inuku them Impart liistruc-

ATTENTION I

Lmlios and Gentlemen ! I

There is no necessity for

Discolored Teeth and Impure Breath.'

p USE - *4

33-^TJ OnAIjINEl]

Formula of Dr. J. H. HAUGHWOUT,

k’ropnreil by GEO. J. WE.YCU, Chemist.

Thousands of families can attest to its being ^

THE BEST TOILET ARTICLE

OK ITS KIND NOW IN USE.

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Single Lantern and 10D Hlldea for ®I«U.

E& H. T. ANTHONY & CO„ 58
. Broadway. N. Y„ op. Metropolitan Hole
l lirouios and Frames, Stereoscopes and View*, Graph
oscopcs, Megalethoscopes, Albums and Photographs
of celebrities. Photo-Lantern Slides a specialty. Man-
ufacturers of Photographic Materials. Awarded First
Premium at Vienna Exposition.

lMPOnTElt, AXD DEALER IN

Breech and Muzzle Loading

SHOT GUNS,

description.

Fishing and Sporting Tackle of every u„u,»,uo
Also, the new improved Parlor or Gallery Rifics pia-
tola anil Targets. Apr. ltHy

jellly

Remitting .Money.— Check* on New York City
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Kblc to the order of FnttKHT AND STREAM PtiBUSIIINd
company, J7 Chatham Street, New York. Post
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also. When the-e are not obtainable, register letters,
nlbxing stamps for postage nmlTegistry; put In the
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Send the names with the money as fast us obtained,
thnl subscribers may get tbe paper ut once.

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Post Opftc* Rox SJttS

. I * . T miviu Iiu|inib HMiruu-

tlon to tliu mind, it will be a mop hi aavunco in edu-
efflion. EZHA CORNELL.

Washinoton, D. March 18th, 1870.

I om much pleased with the success you have met
with in giving to the stuffed specimens a very decided
appearance of Hie.

1 hope you may lie able to continue the Series, and
I hive no doubt they will ftiruish interesting means
of Information and Instruction in regard to the wild
animiils of New York. SPENCER F. BAIRD.

State House. Boston. Mass., March 18th, 1870

I have examined carefully the "Steroscopit Studies
of Natural History," ami judging by the first ten num-
ber*, should say that they wilt prove of very great
value, both as object lessons for students, and us a ninsi
interesting suite for ilm parlor Stereoscope. The lie-

R- J. WAL.MIL,

DRAPER and TAILOR

MoVICKKR'S THEATRE BUILDING, ,

_ CHICAGO,

Enterprise Gun Works.

ESTABLISHED 1848.

JAMES BOWN & SON.

MANUFACTURERS OP

SPORTSMENS’ DEPOT.

JOHN K RIDER,

Corner 8erond and Walnut gt*., Phlladelpnla.
IMPORTER, MANUFACTURER and DEALER IN
(Jims, Rifles, ri8t«lg,nml Fisliine Tackle
of nil Kinds.

He invites all Sportsmen and dealers In liiallneto
examine hi* stock of Flies and Spliced Bumboo Rode,
which are (ho beet In this country. We make Flies of
all kinds to order, or rods of any style.

Has constantly on hand a full assortment of Rods,
Hooks, Lines. Baits, Reels. Flv Hooks, Salmon Files
M uterproof Silk Lines, Silk and Hair Trout Lines, &c
Perch Snoods, China and Gross Lines. Also, a large
lot of Cane Reeds, Bamboo Bud Japan. 4-ly

Thomas Sparks,

Shot and Bar Lead

Manuihcturcr,

[Established 1808 ]

Office, No. 121 Walnut Street ,

Philadelphia* Pa.

BREECH lMTnTdOUBLE

CAMP LOL'N'GI

Trad, Mari PaVdA
February 18.

Campers nml Dealers!
See Scientific American
Jon 2#

judging by

_ioy that they wilf pro.. ,vl,

value, both us object lessons for students, and usn niosi
interesting sulu- for the parlor Stereoscope. The de-
lineations, position, and color of the dlffereut groups
und tbe general treatment are most perfect I cor-
dially recommend them to the public attention, oud
trii«t you will meet the encouragement which you
have earned. EDWARD A, SAMUEL

Curator of Zoology in Moss. SLuto Cabinet.

Peaiiody Academy or Scienob, |

, . . Salem, Mass., iMnrch 10th, 1870. <

I have shown your Stereoscopic views to the Direc-
tors of the Academy and the editors of the American
A afura/tsl, Dr Packard and Mr. Morse
They concur with ipe In praising their truthfulness
sum the taite which you have displayed in surrouud
lug the specimens withnaturul objects and scenery of
characteristic fitness They nrccnrtaluly better fitted
not only as parlor und drawingroom Illustration*, hut
as educational illustrations for tbe use of schools aud
colleges, than anything we have yet seen.

JIYATT

ConNELL University, I*rehdent's Rooms ('

. ... Ituaca, March |9tb, )870 f

I huve received the Stereoscopic Views of object* In
Natural History, und huve enjoyed them greatly.
1 bey have susprised all who have seen them by tlielr
wonderful fidelity, both os regards Die animals and
their summnaiup.s; aud I think they can not fall to he
of great service to the Btud.v of Natural History first
by attracting students to it, mid next by perfecting
them In It. ANDREW D. WllITE^

These Stereoscopes arc sold wholesale and retail by

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Dec 23

American Wild Fowl Shooting.

BY JOSEPn W. LONG.

Describing the haunt*, habits, and methods of
shooting, wild fowl, with Instructions concerning
guns, blinds, boats and decoys; the training of water
retrievers, Ac.

This book is written in plain English, and in n most
attractive style, A broad, and at the same time nc-
curate view, Is taken of duck shooting in all purls of
the country The habits and feedlug grounds of tbe
mullaixls, blue-winged teul. pin tail, wood, gadwell,
and COveller; icd-headed, buffle-headed, and other
KindH of diickM, Bwans, Ac., hftve been carefully

ftml InpenlonBlj studied aud given to ili«? render.

In thirty clmpterH the author lifts furnished infor-
mapon for the young, us well us for the practical
sportsman.

ion ',p“k/or sportsmen, by n sportsman."— Armut.

Tells where to find game in the morning, iii the
ufternoou. und in lire evening." — Sun,

^A—st indispensable to the sportsman."— A rca-

Published by J. B. FORD & CO.. 27 Park Place, N.
V For sale by all booksellers and the leading gun-
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Also for sale at the office of Forest and Stream.

For Havana and New Orleans.

Phila. and Southern Mail

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Regular Remi-Monthly Line.

Steamship Junlaia (1320 tons)..Capt J.W.Catbarlue
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For farther information upply to WM. L. JAMES,
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Oct 15

FOREST AND STREAM

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Feb 18-41

A SETTER DOG FOR SALE, TWO

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keep him. JOS. B. DAVENPORT, 71 Wall street.

VETERINARY SURUEO.V-DR. J- M HEARD
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tends. when requested, all cases requiring his p.ofes-
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every variety. Dogs trained for reitNuiiable compen-
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gjotcls unci £c£orfs for §port£men.

PUTNAM HOTEL,

PALATKA,

FLORIDA,

II. L. ILUtT.

Proprietor.

INTERNATIONAL HOTEL.

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J. I. FUlTON, Jr., Proprietor.
Special rates to Boarders. ’ellfira

miTUSVILLK HOTEL, Titusville. Fla. Dr. J. J
A HARRIS, Proprietor. A capital resort for
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Boats alwavs on hand. Jan 21

A SPORTSMAN'S HOME FOR SALE—
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All Sportsmen

Are Interested in the beat Hunting Grounds of the
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Duck shooting at stony

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Blool, &c. furnished by the S. B Hotel: plenty of
ducks, ulso good bird shooting. S. J. SMITH.

Sportsmen's <£oods.

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TAXIDERMIST,

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Instruction given. too, 4

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Naturalist & Taxiderm ist

IMPORTER OF

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LONDON.

MANUFACTURER OK HIGH-CLASS BREECH
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Jnn

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Double and Single Express Rifles.

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Materials for Gun-Makers, Arc.,

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Je 18 No. 51 South Calvert bL, Baltimore.

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Manufacturers and taPORfans or

FISHING TACKLE!

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Sole manufacturer* of the celebrated CASTLE CON-
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A SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.

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CHICAGO >

SHOT TOWER GO.,

MANUFACTURERS OP

STANDARD

DROPANDBUCKSHOT

BALLS AND BAR LEAD.

Ouralin is to inaiiiifncture an nrilele of SHOT that
I* unsurpassed 111 Rol'NDNESS. SOLIDITY, Pea-
feci lun of POLISH, Uniformity of SIZE, uud Accit-
rscy of WEIGHT, iu uacli ling. Order* from the
Trade solicited, nnd will he tilled ut

The Lowest Market Pricos.

K. W. RLATCHFORD, President,

C. F. OATES, Treasurer. Jnn 25 ly

Holabird's Shooting & Fishing Suits

Mude of the best English Water and Mildew proof
duck, dead gnts* color, have become celubratcd for
DURABILITY,

CONVENIENCE.

COMFORT,

nod CHEAPNESS.

Sold In Now York. Haltlinora, Chicago, Detroit, Sun
JfclUCisQO,

And all towns where sportsmens' goods nr* kept In
stock. If nut found in stock where you triide, order
direct from tlie inunufiicturer. Send cln— t, ivsl-i and
sleeve measure for contnnd vest; waist and fnseuiii for
pants.

Special ottrntlon is railed to the Sieve less Coat nnd
Vest with Sleeve*, which nfu unique, and lau'l hut
suit the most fastidious.

ContH, $'.0; font and Vests, $M; Pants, $3.no;JCap»,
$2.50. Send for Illustrated circular.

Address W. II JI01.AIIIHD.

Jan 21 Vkinara.su. lod.

> I > O S

YACHTING ANNUAL

FOR 1876,

WILL SHORTLY BE PUBLISHED.

JPrlce toSul>»erIt)orH.O I .no

Subscription* must be forwarded In advance to
THOMAS MANNING, 203 Brondway, N. Y.

Jan 21 -4m

J}lisrclluncon$,

HENRY C. SQUIRES,

lui-oitTkn op

Fine Breech & Muzzle loading Guns

SHOOTING TACKLE,

BREECH LOADING IMPLEMENTS, AC.

\U. I CORTLAADT NT., (Plrat door from lld'wy)

Attention of sportsmen ami dealer* 1* called to my
stock of Breech louder*, which, lor quaht) and va-
riety, challi-ngea comparison with any other,

Sttul/or //fusfroW ('ithiloffut, Oct $

Field, Cover, and Trap Shooting.

Hy Caplnln A. M. IIOGARItFH.

CHAMPION WING SHOT OF AMERICA,

Till* book contains In nix teen chapter* ami about
•100 |uigna, u fiilinml lu-lrni-Uvc account of the expo
rlenee mqolred hy riqiinln HOGABUl'N III twenty
year* with the gnn III ull *en*iui-; the best nielbods
of (hiding ami killing with dog and gun Pinnated
Grouse, Omul, Huffed Grouse, Woom ,ick , Plover,
snipe, Ac.

Also the most »ucce*«flll method- of slloollllg Wild
Ducks, Wild Gcchc, und lr,.nc. And thu bunt way
of liumlng Deer Mini shooting Wild Turkeys.

Spoiling Doga, thulr breeding, anil lm,v to break

them.

THE COMPLETE ABTOF SHOOTING t)N THE
WING, with full und clear Instriiuilou* for young
sportsmen, hy mean* of which they may become
crack shot*.

The hiihliN, linunt*. and varied (light of bird* in
Ihelr season*.

lignin Shooting a* an art, with the rules of the two
Championship llmlge* and report of cliuiiiplon
matches.

EDITED IIY CIIAN, J. FOSTER.

Published bv .1 II, FORD A. CO,, gf Park I'lnee,
New York. For sill* hy all booksellers and thu lead-
lug giiiisiultlis. Price S-’ Sent hy mull by tlie pub-
lisher- ami l>y ('aiiiiun Ilognrilu*. Elklinti, I.ogun
connly, Illinois. A(*o for siilo at olllco of Forest ami
Stream 17 Clmiliam stn-i t, N. \. Oct 1

Marlin Pat. Imp. Satety Bit,

YMlenfod April fitli, IR71.

The Murtlu hit 1* designed lo he the easiest hit
made for a tomler-miiiulied horve, warranted to lire
\ent any horse from running away, Pulling, Lugging,
Halting, Tontine Lolling or driving on one rel.. after
bring driven from three In toil time* It mi trial they
do not prove -atisfnoiory, oiouey In ull ea»r. will be

refunded,

Prlii- list, f. n I)— Conch lilts. l\r»l ela*>, nlekle
pltned, $10; Jcnad bit-, first elus*. iilfkle jilated, $11;
t'Otu-ll lilts-, si i'oml ebi-s, C. liluleil, Bond lilts,
second ■ bits, jihiU-'l, $.'i. I.lbrral diseonut lo deal
err. N. II -Send Width of holm-'* mmttli.

SVM. N. MARTIN A (.'()., Maniifne, Hirer*.

7tli kveimu, corner rtMlhstit-ei, N. Y.

liAix; i:uov

TROUT HATCHING ASSOCIATION.

UKM A SPRINGS, I It \ Ml 1,1 5 CO., AIR.

EGGS OF THE FAMOUS

RANGELEY SPECKLED TROUT

* ( Siilmo fontini(lin)

an- now ready for delivery. Price per I, Gil, $5,

These Inm 1 are the largest in the world, many
weighing from *lx lo eight pounds Also 11 few thou-
sand egg- of 1 lie culebraleil BLUE BACK TROUT.
Per 1000, $0. Address order* to

II. <> STANLEY, President,
GBO 811 BP MID P AGE, Hum-Id, Me.

Tn w , In Warren street, sow York.

I„ L, OROf NHU, Hut ,1801 Pi till 11 venue.
Dee 8 Wuililugtoii, I) C.

"Seth Green Fish Ponds”

Caledonia, Livingston Co., N. Y.

A. S. C.OLLIAS, Proprietor.

ICggs, Pry, $ endings, Air. of Hrooli Trout, Sol-
■non Trout, s-iilimsii, \\ title Fl-li, Ac
Also Ho.*, Gs-ld Klsli, Silver Fish, and slock for
Aquaria, Wire Cloth, llatelnug Tray*. Patent Spawn
lug Hares, and morytllliiif periritnlng to flalt eiiliure,

Wild Wood Trout Farm,

EAST FREETOWN. MASS,

'I rout egg* and yoqug fish for Rocking pond*. Jc.
Bri»ui| Couiitv Trout. Geo F 15* II tow, New Bed
fold, Sin**., or Ruwis Poiiasvii.i l:, East Freciown,
Mas* Nov. sat

Trout business for Sale.

Ououf Llio large. 1 K-tihlUlirnenl- In the country ,

WELL STOCKED WITH TROUT,

Having a Dwelling for Superintendent,
OFFICE and HEADING BOOM,

MIOW and STOCK TANKS, WORK

SHOP. ICE HOUSE, HATCHING HOUSE,
Five Small Pond* und Tima Large Pond* (of an area
Of over nine ai fi-i.

The property coii*l»i» «f over fifty acre*. Tlie pond*

Aru Fed !>)' HM» .Mvtdy Spring'*.

rising on the premiw *. some of which register 45 ami
tv. The vuhlllie of two cubic feel of water pa--vw
over tin- lower dam. With 11 full of fmitteon feet, con-
tinuous!). und ll-mlly varies, an I m ver free/* s, mak-
ing a gniid water power that imvnt be utilized.

Oil tile farm Is 11

Favorite Pic Nic Crovc,

with dan-ting pin" 'irm, Ac.

Thu location I* about NX) feel from depot, express
and telegraph offices, sod

AHOUT ELEVEN HOURS FROM NEW YORK.
For further particular* odd rasa the Editor, or
“PISCICULTURIST,"

Nov 12 Forest and Stream Office.

48

FOREST AND STREAM

§ port amen' ft (Roods.

SCHUYLER, HARTLEY & GRAHAM,

| f 19 Malden Lone, 20 A 32 John ilrcel, V.

BREECH LOADING GUNS

A SPECIALTY.

10II0

mill

the best nr-
vunted for cur-
Tho weight i*
(vd that It Ih
(ridges can be
heads down in
of great Iwpor-
sholls are used

Till® Vest affords
rangemeut yet In
rylug cartridges.
ho evenly diatribe,
scarcely felt. Oar
cjirriod with tin
this vest, which l>
tftnee when bran*

n- when carrying IMilUl, Ulia**/ them with the
hoad up the weigh! tftlflll of the shot oft-

en forces the wad JPun J|ll,L1*ih forward, when

bad shooting Is the • — result.

In ordering send measurement around the cheat.
Price $7.50,

AGENTS FOR TIIK

Union Metallic Cartridge Com-
pany’s Ammunition,

WARRANTED THE REST IN THE MARKET
SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

BRADFORD & ANTHONY,

□Jl 86 Washington St., Boston.

IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS IN

Tacklo,
X^iisliiiig- Rods,
Hooks,

AND

ANGLING IMPLEMENTS.

SIZE OF TARGET, 12 FEET WIDE DY 6 FEET HIGH.

We would call the attention of the public to onr
Urge assortment of

Breech-Loading Shot Guns,
Manufactured by the following celebrated makers:
Ale vrs. W. X C. SCOTT & SONS twlnnerr at the In-
terim! tonal Gun Trial of 1873); P. WEULKY & SON,
W. W. GREENER, WKSTLKT RICH ARDS, .1. HOL-
LIS * SONS, and other makers.

A full line of lino

PISTOLS AND RIFLES CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
Ill XO.NH dill A WKSLKY’S SHOOTING TACKLE.
To Insure good shooting from Breech-loading Guns,
we would recommend the use of the

STURTKVANT BRASS SHOT 8IIRLL8,
manufactured by the Union Metallic Cartridge Co..
Bridgeport, Conn. These shells arc the cheapest mid
best In the market, can bo easily re-capped with ordi-
nary cups, without the use of the Implements ncccs-
siiry In priming all other styles of shell*.
BUSSEY'S PATENT GYRO PIGEON AND TRAP.
WITH CASE. AND 100 BIRDS.

Hindi's Patent Cartridge Vest*

1%
■» I

5 e

c

e*

«£

C- ar 5
> a -i i

|

K i,

5 5 5 5 5

5-35

OUT UFA POSSIBLE 35.

MontrjnL c“nada. August 14th. 187-1 . with n ‘-REM-
V I ION A I, MATCH THE HIGHEST SCORE ON

Another Score of SEVEN’ CONSECUTIVE SHOT* BY C'VI*T. HENRY Fl'LTON I It P nl At,
ilKfNHini BRKKI',*1 LO V; ‘MALLBNGB RIFLE XV , nude’ in tlm INTERN..

HM ORD) in a match In which were engaged the best shots n United Stales ami Canada' heat all < oninetitors

l lea.*c take notice THIS TARGET WAS MADE IN AN OFFICIAL M ATCIRNO T A 1 ' Vlt 1 v'a 1 E PRACTICE
..T. . .. . . fCrJrfwt I mm the "Army and .Vary Joumar' Official Reix,rt. Dated Oct 8, 1874.

muzzle loaders.'bufthnMf mwriu„dS • tm- bc£ JlXTure SZXr Tf06" brTh ,0aders """

In the future; third, THAT THE REMINGTON RIFLE STANDS A T Til E 1 1 K\U OF At I MTH R Its MR '^noting

HKPbW\»^ .oadere. three REMINGTON, and three other breech loaders werLmed. Capt. FULTON, Col. BODINE and L. L.

For fall official report, sea Army and .Vary Journal, Oct. 3d. 1874. FULTON'S SCORE 171 OUT OF 180; HIGHEST SCORE EVER MADE.

Military Match Rifles Just Out; Price $35 or $55 with Vernier and Wind Gauge Sights; also Packet L'er-

nier Scales- Price 52.50.

E. REMINGTON & SONS,

Manufacturers of

Breech Loading Guns, Bides, Pistols, Ammunition, &cM

I*. O. ROX 3991.

ARMORY, ILIOtY. K. Y.

Hi., ago Office. 237 State Street; Pittsburg Office; 10 Sixth Street; Woahlng.on Office. «£i '

Pritchard Brothers,

No. 94 Fulton St., N. Y.

ALL KINDS OF

Fishing Tackle

Made ami repaired with the utmost despatch.
ALSO, CONSTANTLY ON HAND

THE BEST SELECTION OF TROUT AND 8 VL.
.MON RODS, KEELS, LIIVB8 AND FLIES.

Medals awarded at the World’s Fair and American
Institute for our superior Artincial Files. 4—

Hegemon’s Patent Portable Folding Boat.

IIC'A no T 1 tre T A 'TC* fill- .■ A 1 r t -

For use as LIFE-BOATS,
LIGHTERS, Dingies, Do-
rys, on board Steamers,
Yachts and other' Vessels.

canvas cover,

in one-eighth * pace, for tram- Above cut- .now
porlalio auu juried in a

Also for Sportsmen, Tour-
ists, Trappers, Exploring
Expeditions, Parties camp
Out, &c. <Src.

light buggy wagon, horse-
back, or by single person,
and can be unfolded ready

or Use, In three minutes
time. Boats neatly foiled,
packed and shipped by ex-
ilic Dual iu|ueu uuu unfolded, press anywhere, same rule
of freight as other goods
JOHN' IIEGEM.W Bullston Spa, Nurutoca Co. N. Y

54555555 5 5—49 out of a possible 50

SCORE OF TEN CONSECUTIVE SHOTS MADE WITH A

SHARPS CREEDlffOOR RIFLE

December 26tli, 1874,

At his First trial of tho arm. by Sir Henry St, John Halford, Bart., ut Wistom
Leicester. England, without rest und without wiping. Distance 800 yards; condition of
weather, unfavorable. New Wimbledon Target ; Bulls Eye 3 feet in diameter.

SHARPS RIFLlU COMPANY

° HARTFORD, CONN.,

Manufacturers of Sharps Patent Breech-loading Metallic Cartridge

MILITARY, SPORTING, and CREEDMOOR RIFLES

For Safety, Accuracy, Simplicity, and Penetration,

COMBINED WITH

UNEQUA LL E2 3D WORK MANSHIP,
They Stand Unrivalled ! '

[SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST.

DR. RAD WAY’S

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THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER.

roll THE CUKE or CHRONIC DISEASE,

SCROFULA, HEREDITARY OR CONTAGIOUS.

DK IT SEATED IN THE

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R. Ft R.

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THE CHEAPEST AND BEST MEDICINE FOR
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One Fifty Cent Bottlo

Will euro more complaints and prevent the system
against more sudden attack; of epidemics ana con-
tagious discuses ilmu one hn ml tea dollars expended

Climax Greaser 1 HALL'S

PATENT

Creaser

pon

PAPER
SHELLS. !

In ordering give site of shell need.
ud *

.Loader mid cup
Expcln-i .

Price 82.75.

Plain Creaser

and Loader,

Price 82.25.

s- w For rale by Gun

Dealers. Send for Circular.

Address: IIALL * GO., Lancaster, Penn.

for other medicines or medical attendance.

The moment Rad way's Read. Relief is applied
externally— or taken internally according to direc-
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In all cases where paiu or discomfort is experi-
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Throat, Bad Coughs, Hoarseness, Billions Colic,
Inflammation of the Bowels, Stomach, Lungs,
Liver, Kidneys, ot with Croup, Uuinsy, Fever and
Ague, or with Neuralgia, Headache, Tic Dolorenx,
Toothache. Earache, or with Lumbago, Pain in the
Back, or Rheumatism, Diarrhcea, Cholera Morbus,
or Dysentery, or Burns, Scalds, or Bruises, and
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Perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated for the cure
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Price 25 cents per box. Sold by Druggists.

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NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1875

Volume I, Number I.

17 Chatham hi. (City llall Mqr.)

For Forest and Stream.

RUINS IN MEXICO AND CENTRAL
AMERICA.

A RUINED cilyl In the heart
Of the deep wilderness of woods
It stands immured— where seldom foot
Of passing traveler intrudes.

The groves primeval, year by year
Above the spot renew their blooms.
Year after year cust down their wcnlthl
Of foliage in these desert tombs.

Altar and idol here arise
Inscribed with hieroglyphics strange;
Column and pyramid sublime,

Defaced by centuries of change.

Here idols from their pedestals
Displac'd by roots of mightiest girth;

There, by a closc-cmbraetlng branch
Half lifted in the air from earth;

Or from their stations prostrate thrown,
Their huge proportions strew the ground,
With vines and brambles overgrown,

With interlacing creepers bound.

No sound of lifcl save when at eve
The Indian's hatchet cleaves thro’ wood,
Or trips the Indian damsel by,

Singing to cheer the solitude.

No sound, save when the sobbing breeze
Sighs thro’ the forest's dim arcades,

Or shrill call of the red macaw,

Or parrot’s gabble in the glades;

Or when the chattering monkey troop
Ollde o’er the tree tops in their race.
Like wandering spirits of the dead,
Daunting the shadows of tho place.

Egypt’s colossal skeletons
Of temples and of wondrous shrines,

In the unwatered sands repose,

Where hot the sultry Summer shines;

But forests lonely and immense
Enshroud these ruins from the sight,

And with their tangled barriers guard
The hidden secrets from the light.
Tradition lias no tale to tell,

And science no record to give

Of those who roar’d these ancient walls—

Of the lost race that here did live.

All desolate these ruins rest,

Like bark that in mid ocean rolls.

Her name effac’d, her masts o'erthrown,
And none remaining of the souls
Tnat once sail’d in her, to relate
From what far-distant port she came;
Whither she sail’d ana what her fate,
And what her nation and her name.

But only may conjecture guess
The fancied story of this place,

And from these crumbling ruins gain
Some knowledge of the vanish’d race.

The wanderer from foreign land
With awe beholds each mystic spot,
Ruins of unrecorded years,

The relics of a race forgot.

Beneath each gray, sepulchral cairn
He delves to find the heathen bones,
The stutues of imperial kings,

The broken monumental stones.

All round are sculptur’d pcdeslals
Mid shivered columns wide outspread,
Where mighty roots of forest trees
Spring from the ashes of the dead,
That in their growth had level’d low
The pyramids tho soil that strow.

Hero flowering creepers, glossy vines,
The shatter’d monoliths o erswept,
And flowers ’mid painted potteries
And shapely urns luxuriant crept.

The dust with antique treasure teems.
Weapons and ornnments of yore,

Great vases carv’d in arabesques,
Idols, that heathen tribes adore.

Out in the green savannah lands
The prostrate stones in masses lay,
Colossal heads with staring eyes
And fractur’d limbs of granite gray;
The rnlus of a race extinct,

The hieroglyphs of langnuge dead,
Memorials of rites long lost,

The arms, the wealth of empires fled.

The stranger’s voice with awe Is still’d,

III* soul with fascination fill'd,

When musing in that silent mood,

With tad. gray plains extended round,

Amid the burn of insect life,

’Mid trees with scarlet blossoms crown'd,

'Mid all I he bloom and solemn pomp
Of tropic nature's wondron* place,

Amid the temples and the graves
Of a once haughty, vanish'd race.

I. Ml Lx luck.

For Forest and Stream.

Jfafys of n <£ ruise it{ Hfentnil

$11(1 in.

SOME four years ago I was stationed at Secunderabad,
in Central India, a large military cantonment close to
the city of Hyderabad, the capital of the Nizam of the
Deccans dominions. This prince has a nominal sway over
a large province extending from the river Kistna on the
south to the River Godaveri on the north; in reality, the
country is governed by a very able prime minister, who, in
turn, ;s under the influence and advice of a representative
of the British rule. As the city of Hyderabad contains u
large population of turbulent Mahomedans, Arabs, and
others who would rejoice at any chanco of a row, it is con-
sidered advisable to back up the moral influence of tho
British resident by a material force; hence, some eight or
ten thousand troops are quartered at Secunderabad, a few
miles from the native city. No British officer or soldier is
allowed to enter the latter without an express permit, how-
ever, and thus there are no collisions between them and the
natives.

Once Secunderabad was considered a jolly station ; that
was a good many years ago, when there was more sport
round the station, and more sociability amongst the English
residents, according to those who had known it in those
days. When I was there it seemed a very dreury place; the
halo of romance which surrouuds life in the East had dis-
appeared after a close acquaintance with it, and the various
drawbacks stood out in bold relief— the heat, the narrow
ness and stiffness of the small society of the station; the
monotony and want of interest one felt in a couutry which
can only be looked on as a pluco of exile, where the white
man cannot live and thrive. Of sport, there was little; tho
game for some miles round tho station had been cleared off,

I pursued my favorite amusement under difficulties; cer-
tainly it was a bad place for n man with a turn for aquatics;
still I did manage to do a little boating. About flvo miles
from my “bungalow" there was a large tank, a term ap-
plied in India to a collection of water formed by damming
up a water course and so making a reservoir. In a dry and
thirsty land like the plains of Iudia, great ingenuity is dis-
played in making a lank wherever there is a possibility of
water collecting, and the surface of the country is doited
all over with them, some of considerable size. Tho “Hoo-
sain Saugor," the name of the large tank near Secundera-
bad, was a lake of some extent, being about ten miles in
circumference, and having a “bund" or dam ubout u mile
long. To this sheet of water I used to repair occasionally,
and paddle about in a small canoe I had brought over from
Burmah with me just to feel myself afloat, and keep my
hand in. One day, while I was cruising about, I saw a
little boat drawn up on the bank, and immediately landed to
examine such a curious phenomenon as a little centre-board
sailiug boat on the side of au Iudian tank. She was about
fourteen feet long, of Euglish build, with tho maker’s
name, and the place she hailed from, “Southampton," on a
brass plate on the fore part of the coaming; the little craft
looked forlorn and out of place under the scorching suu,
half full of mud and water, her white paint discolored,
and the seams of her halt deck gaping open; while round
about were native washermen hammering the hapless
clothes entrusted to them, on flat stones. I made enquiries
about the boat and found she was one which an enthusias-
tic gentleman had sent out from England, but was too
busy to use. He kindly gave me permission to do what I
liked with the boat, and sent me down the sail and gear,
which was in a better state of preservation than the boat.
I rigged up the sail and shoved out into the tank for a
cruise; being a cat-rigged centre-board, she went very well
in smooth water, and except the defect of leaking, was a
very good little boat. I used now to vary the monotony of
paddling, with an occasional sail; but it was rather slow
work, although it was enlivened occasionally by the pres-
ence of ladies to take a cruise, and have afternoon tea on

a rocky islet in tlui middle of the tank. I longed for more
extended waters to crulso In, to sail In company with other
craft, and especially for ii smell of tho “briny." To llnd
the requisite water wus tho difficulty. There was u river
certainly, tho Moosii, which flows past the city of Hydera-
bad, but it possessed tho peculiar characteristics of most
small Indian rivers, and was a raging torrent in tho wet
season, and a mass of sand with a trickling rill In tho dry.
gome hundred ami twonty miles to tho north was tho God-
averi; happy thought, I might cart the boat out to this
river, sail or flout down it to the Bay of Bengal, and corao
back by way of Mosullputoin. This would bo a grand
cruise, and forthwith I sot about getting as much Informa-
tion about tho River Godaveri as I could gather from a
Gazetteer of tho Central Provinces, roporU of survey, &e.
From these sources I learned that the River Godaveri takes
its riso on tho custom slope of tho mountains, called the
Western Ghunts in the Bombay Presidency, from a spring
amidst rockB in the sacred town of Ntuutlck, according to
Hindoo belief; then it traverses tho peninsula of Hindustan
from West to East, and empties Itself into the Bay of
Bengal near tho town of Coconudu. About 250 miles from
iin mouth It is Joined by tho River Pranhlln, coming down
from tho North, the two together form a river of tolerable
size, even In tho dry sc won. A stupendous scheme for
making the river navigable from the town of Kamptoe, on
tho Pranhita, about sixty miles above Its Junction with
Godaveri, to Coconudn, had boon devised. Between those
towns there are m regular falls In the river, but Its course
along Its sandy bed Is Interrupted In three places called
“barriers," by strata of rock, through which the stream
makes Its way in u scries of cataracts and rapids In the dry
season, when tho water Is low. In tho wet season there Is
a very strong current, but no cataract or rapid worthy of tho
name. The first barrier, 100 miles from the mouth of tho
Godaveri, is comparatively short, tho rocks and rapids only
extending between two and three inllos. A largo dam has
been built across the course of tho river here, und part of
the stream diverted into a canal running parallel with the
course of the river, joining it below the barrier, where tho
obstructions ceaso. A similar arrangomont wiw being pro-
ceeded with at the second barrier; this is ubout eighty mile*
above the llrst, is longer than it, and presents greater diffi-
culties, there being a full of about fifteen feet at one point.
Tho River Indra Wutty coming from tho northeast Joins
the Godaveri. Thu third barrier is on tho Pranhita, about
seventy miles above tho second, und Is longer, and presents
more obstructions than either of tho others. No attompt
to improve tho navigation of the river at this point had
then been made.

The country through which the Godaveri Hows is wild
and consists for tho most part of Jungle. Forty or fifty
miles above its mouth it pusses through the range of hills
called the Eastern Ghunts; hero the scenery Is beautiful and
wild, mountains covered with forest rising above the river.
Reading and hearing accounts of the river from men who
hud been there increased my desire to take a eruiso down
It. In my imagination I pictured myself sailing down past
wild and romantic scenery, polling occasionally ut deer and
bisou on the banks, for game was reported to be very
abundant. Having planned the cruise, I began to make
preparations some time before the period when I could ob-
tain leave of absence. Tho first thing was to get the boat
in order, so I had her carted up to my “bungalow" und
proceeded to clean bar out, paint her and stretch canvass
over the deck, so as to make it water light. I even sent to
Bombay for gold paper, had a ribbon gilt on her top slrako
and her name painted on a scroll. I called her tho
"Phantom," after the Colonel of the regiment and his wife,
(his Christian name was Thomas, and licr's Frances.)

When she was made beautiful to the eye, I took her
back to the lank and launched her. I expected she would
leak a little uflcr having been so long out of water in the
dry weather that then prevailed; but the rate at which
she filled and sank directly sbo entered the water, rather
astonished me. Hoping she would “swell" and tighten after
a few days, I left her, but when I tried her again there wa«

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only a slight improvement in the rate at which the water
came in; the cleaning and drying to winch she had been
subjected, must have opened all the scums and splits in the
planks, and washed out the dirt which had noted as caulk-
ing. The first duty of a boat is to keep out the water, and
finding my craft so lamentably deficient in this respect, I
set to work to remedy it sis best I could, by pitching the
scams, covering the worst splits with copper sheathing, &c.
After a deal of cobbling^ succeeded in getting her suffi-
ciently staunch to keep life water below the flooring boards
alter twelve hours without bailing; having accomplished
this, I thought she would do. 1 had already spotted a
hroad carl in one of the engineer's yards as the very thing
to carry the boat upon, for she had a beam of six feet three
inches, much too wide for any ordinary cart. I mude ar-
rangements to borrow this, promising to provide wheels
for it. Then I proceeded to fit myself out with an equip-
ment of things that would have almost sufficed for a
journey into the heart of Africa. As I look back on that
cruise now, I wonder at the trouble I gave myself, the
quantity of useless gear I took with me, and how I mis-
managed things generally; but one lenrns by experience in
boating cruises as well as in everything else. I look the
precaution of getting a “perwannah,” or passport from the
Nizam’s government, a document directing the chief men
of villages, districts, &c., to aid the Sahib (lord) traveling
through the country. If he required bullocks, men or sup-
plies, the seal and official character of this gave it great
weight iu the eyes of the natives, and I found it very use-
ful to me.

All my preparations being complete, I marshalled my
forces one morning in the beginning of November, just
■when the rainy season was tcirn mating, and set out. First
went the large curl carrying my boat, supported on split
bamboo placed under the bilges to break the jolting from
the ruts on the road. This was drawn by a team of four
bullocks; then came" two small bullock carts, one with my
tent, the oilier with baggage of all sorts, amongst which was
the small Burmese canoe that I mentioned before. My ser-
vants followed these, and after I had seen them all start, I
set off myself, mounted on a broken down Arab that bad
seen better days, but was good enough for the work I
wanted him for. I proposed marching to the village of
Madcopore, on the right bank of the Godaveri, at the junc-
tion of the Prunhita, with the former, and launching my
boat here, to cruise down the river with a small boy as ser-
vant, aud send my tent, horse, &c., back to Secunderabad.
Madcopore was about 180 miles from the station; there was
a road to it often used by travelers and said to be tolerably
good. I was used to traveling in India, having had the ex-
perience of previous marches to guide me, hut the diffi-
culties of getting along with a centre-board sailing boat on
a cart about twice the breadth of au ordinary one, were
new and varied. The third day after leaving Secundera-
bad my troubles began; the road lay through cotton soil,
and it had rained heavily the night before. The conse-
quence was, that the carl sunk up to the axles, and the
wretched bullocks could scarcely move it. After working
hard all day, when I pitched my tent at night I found we
had accomplished about five miles. Then there were sandy
beds of water courses to be crossed, where the water had
not. dried up, and sometimes the track lay through a
morass of mud and water where a tank had overflowed its
embankment. Ninety miles from Secunderabad we reached
a large native town called Wurungul, where there are the
remains of extensive ami curious old fortifications. After
leaving this the road degenerated iuio a mere jungle track,
which hud to be widened by chopping down trees to allow
my curls to pass. I beguiled the tedium of the march by
shooting small game, snip.', and duck by the tanks, pigeon,
jungle fowl aud partridges in the woods, helping to clear
the road and get the carts along. I made a liberal use of
tlie “perwannah,” and pressed bullocks and men into my
service from the village we passed through, and made an
average day's march of ten or twelve miles. On the track
between Wurungul aud Madcopore the foot murks of
tigers were constantly seen; and on one occasion we nearly
hud an unexpected encounter with one of these brutes
when marching after nightfall; the jungle was too thick to
hunt them with any chance of success at that season of the
year.

At last, after eighteen days hard work, I reached the vil-
lage of Madcopore and saw the Godaveri, but could not
get down to the bank with the carts on account of the
swamp and jungle. Another day’s march bad to be made,
then 1 camped on the bank, aud a broad expanse of sand
met my view, which below me was a shoal, swiftly flowing
river, about half u mile wide. A mile or so to the left the
Praohila joined the Godaveri, seeming the larger river of
the two. On the left bauk of the former river, four miles
distant, was the small station of Sironclia, where there
were two or three English residents, the chief magistrates
and representatives ol the government, for a country ex-
tending some hundreds of miles north and west. I deter-
mined to go to this station, have a rest after my long
march and find out what I could about the river, the
chances of sport, <fcc. Next morning, therefore, I got the
boat down to the water's edge, gave her a coating of tar,
and launched her, in some doubt about how she would be
have after the jolting she had had on the road. To my great
delight she did not leak more than usual, and I turned her
head up stream to row up the Prunhita. Night, came on
before I had got very far, so I thought 1 would defer my
visit till next day.

Next morning very early I launched my little canoe and
puddled up stream. Soou after entering the Praubita I got
into a still calm reach with very little current, high laud
covered with jungle on my right. After paddling about
three and half miles I came to the ruins of an old fort
overhanging the river and looking very picturesque in the
morning suu. This in old days had been the stronghold of
an independent chief who had levied black mail on the
couulry round, and even shown fight to the British force
seu l to reduce him. A little further on there was
a large “scow” moored alongside the bank, and fasten-
ing my canoe to Ibis, 1 lauded aud walked up to the
village. The neat and well ordered look of this contrasted
favorably with those 1 had passed through iu the Nizam's
territory. 1 enquired for the Sahib's bouse; the Chief
Sahib, i was told, was away, but the little Sahib, (or assist-
ant magistrate,) was at tile station, aud to bis house 1 ac-
cordingly repaired. A number of moukeys climbed to the
posts ol the verandah and began chattering as I walked up ,
then a nulivo servant came out, and I sent in my card, aud
the Sahib came out and greeted me. To my joy and surprise
1 fouud be was au old friend whom 1 had kuowu iu Eug-
iaud, whom 1 hud ccrtuiuly no ideu of meeting iu such au

I out-of-the-way sort of place. lie insisted on my comiug to
stay with him, and as I had to go back to my camp to get
my baggage, sent for an elephant for me, thus raising me
literally and figuratively in the eyes of the populace.
Having returned to my camp I sent ir.y baggage to Sironclia
by carl, rowed up myself ir. the centre-board, and found it
no easy work pulling a boat of that kind against a current
of from two to four miles an hour. However, I succeeded
in reaching Sironclia, moored my boat under the old fort
and rested from my labors. My friend told me all about
the Godaveri, and that a commissioner was expected iu the
course of a week or two to examine and report upon the
engineering works then in progress, the utility of which
was now being questioned, the cost being so great and the
advantages rather problematical. Three steamers of light
draught, of an American model, lmd been imported piece
meal, put together, and then .plied between the barriers;
but there was no passengers, aud no freight worth mention-
ing.

1 staiil rather more than a fortnight at Sironclia making
expeditions up the river and into the neighborhood, but
getting no sport worth mentioning, as it was the wrong
season of the year for anything but snipe and duck, uud
there were no swamps or jhecls in that part of the country.
One morning the chief commissioner arrived from Kumplee
and there was an unwonted excitement in the little station.
The great man was pleased with everything, as he well
might be, and had an interview with a native chief, who
had come some 200 miles to pay his respects. There was
some difficulty to he got over iu the reception of this
rajah, who was independent, and somewhat averse to the
payment of sundry rupees as tribute, but this was eveu-
tually got over, and an entertainment was given him, the
chief feature of which was a magic lantern exhibition,
which afforded the chief and his tribe intense gratification.
When these festivities were nearly over I determined to
commence my voyage down the river. Accordingly, one.
morning I collected everything I thought 1 should require,
took a small native boy with me to act as cook, and make
himself generally useful; and having stowed my ship
carefully, set sail and turned her bow down the river, a
light breeze carrying me down the long reach and into the
Godaveri. Now the, current became quicker, carried me
between enormous beds of sand, and occasionally grounded
me on a shoal. After I bad gone about twenty miles I
made my boat fast to the bank, rigged up au awning and
turned iu for the night. Next morning there was a thick
fog on the river; through the mist I saw canoes carrying
the Chief Commissioner's baggage, going down the river.
1 got my boat under weigh and followed. The river con-
tinued ils course amongst masses of sand, with low forest-
covered banks on each side. When the sun came out I saw
huge alligators stretched like logs oil the sand banks, bask-
ing, who slipt noiselessly into the water as I came near.
There was no wind, so I had to take my oars and pull to
keep my craft straight in the way she should go. After
some miles of rapid stream, we came to a long aud beauti-
ful reach of still water, overshadowed by luxuriant tropi-
cal verdure, the cool shade of which was very grateful. 1
made fast to the bank here, ana set the small boy to work
to prepare breakfast, and while this was going on, the
steamer, with the Commissioner on board, passed me. 1
soon got under weigh aguiu and continued my row. A
little after noon, when I hud gone about twenty miles, the
character of the river began to change. Instead of sand
banks, rocks began to appear; the bed narrowed and the
shores became steeper. We were entering the second bar-
rier, aud 1 bad to keep a sharp look out, as the current
carried me amongst rocks, and was very rapid. At last a
barrier of rocks interrupted my progress aud 1 landed and
followed the river a little distance to explore. I found it
made its way in a cataract pent between two rocks for
about fifty yards. Below this was a large culm pool, where
the river ludra Wutty, an affluent of the Godaveri, coining
from the northeast, joiued the latter on a lower level.
Here was an obstruction; to run the cataract with the boat
was impossible, and 1 could Bee no village near where 1
might gel men to carry her round. Fortunately I saw
some men who had brought down the Chief Commissioner
iu canoes from where the steamer had stopped above the
barrier and were now returning. With many gesticulations
I shouted to them, aud made arrangements with them to
carry the “Phantom” round next morning. As it was then
nearly dark, 1 camped on the river bank for the night, and
very cold I found it; the land on each side of the river was
high, and the vapor rising from it was condensed into a
thick unwholesome fog. Next morning I got up early and
roused the natives in their camp close to mine. They then
cut some loug bamboos, and by means of the halliards and
painter, the boat was slung to these aud carried round to
the pool below the cataract without much difficulty. The
mast was then shipped and all my baggage stowed aboard.
Before starling, however, I engaged one of the men, who
said lie knew l lie river, to pilot me through the barrier,
and then shoved off, with the addition to my crew perched
on the little deck forwards, directing me how to steer.
The scenery iu the barrier was very tine; bills on each bank,
long quiet reaches of water with occasionally a rapid.
Tins continued for three or four miles, when the rapids be-
came more frequent. My pilot signalled to me which way
to steer, aud 1 thought l should soou get through the diffi-
culties that beset my course, when, in turning a corner, 1
saw the spray flashing occasionally over something across
the channel of arapid. My pilot mude no sign, however; the
current swept us onwards, and in another instant, a rope,
stretched from bauk to bank, had caught my mast, turned
the bout broadside and was arrested by the support of the
boom iu the stern. .She didn't remain long in this situa-
tion; the pressure of the water forced the gunwale under
water, and here the cruise of the “Phantom" above water
ended. I found myself swimming iu the current, and saw
the boat slowly sinking a few yards from me. The next
thing that caught my view was the head of my little native
servant above water. I shouted to him to come with me,
but he mude for the sinkiug ship. With a few strokes!
reached the bank, ran down a little way and saw the
“Phantom” disappear; then the little boy came past, hold-
ing on to the thwart which had floated out. Au eddy cur-
ried him close to the bank aud I fished him out ou to dry
land. My pilot bad made a shift for himself, uud got
ashore on the other side, so the crew were all saved.

1 was soon surrounded by a crowd of jabBeriug coolies
who were employed ou engineering works, and for whose
benefit the rope which upset me was used to enable a boat
to cross backwards and forwards. The overseer directed
me to a bungalow, where I was met by au English engineer,
who was somewhat astonished at aeeiug a fellow country-

man in such a plight; he commiserated mv misfortune, aud
extended the shelter of his roof to me. With the help (Jf
some of .t he workmen I grappled for my boat, (the water
being some seven fathoms deep, with a very swift current,
it was impossible to dive for it,) but with no result. I
never saw anything more of her, or of my outfit. Perhaps
she continued her trip down the river the uext rainy season,
and may now be resting on a sand bank near the great dam
at Itajahmundry in pence after all her travels. I continued
-my cruise down the river in a steamboat in company with
the Commissioner, who was inspecting the works when my
accident occurred, and who very kindly not only gave me
a passage, but also got me some compensation lor the loss
of my craft and outfit. Still I much regretted the mull 1
made of my cruise, though if I attempted Hie Godaveri
again, it would not be with a centre-board boat.

Fur Forex I and SI ream.

SPORT IN CANADA— A TRIP TO HOL-
LOW LAKE.

THURSDAY, the 17th of September, we had an early
breakfast at C’oboconk. Leaving Toronto the pre-
vious day, we took a stage and set out l'or a ride of four-
teen miles to Moore’s Falls. VVe started at seven. The
stage is such by courtesy only, being merely a wagon with-
out springs, used for drawing ore from the iron mine. A
long pole each side of the frame ruuuiug to the driver’s
sent, with a board laid across, 'served as a resting place, and
one or two loose boards at the end kept the rest of us in
position where the road did not pass over the bare granite
or corduroy. And such corduroy you hardly can imagine.
The spaces betweeu the logs had never been filled, logs of
almost every size were laid down without any regard to
comfort, the timber had rotted, and the horses stumbled at
every step, and it seemed almost a miracle that they did
not break their legs. But every movement was sure, aud
they stepped instinctively, as it were, from one log to the
next without fear.

Three hours’ travel brought us to the falls, where wo
found the boat waiting at the foot of Gull Lake. It was a
long, fiat bottomed concern, wide enough for two, and
carried a sail; but the wind having gone down we were
obliged to paddle or row all the way up to the entrance of
Gull River, thence to Minden, a distance in all of eleven
miles, with very hard and slow work. The clouds of the
morning settled into a steady rain. I got my rubber coat
from my bag, lighted my pipe and looked happy, the mois-
ture soaking through my Hat and running in streams down
my face. We had our dinner at Minden, went to the post,
and telegraph offices, sent our last dispatches to the outside
world, and at three o’clock took another stage for old An-
drew Barnum’s, our gukle’s house, who, with his brother,
three sons, and a cook, were getting ready to go forward
with us the next day. As we left Toronto, 1 procured
fifty old illustrated papers, and at every settler's house,
where a host of little white heads appeared at the window
or door to see the travelers go by, we threw out one or
two. It was pleasant to see the long looks of surprise and
pleasure they sent after us as they darted out of the door
to pick them up.

Of the ride itself, a distance of thirteen miles, which
took four hours, what can I say, but that it. was infinitely
worse than the first, and the parly arrived soaked and tired
at about half past seven at the stopping place for the night,
a house of four rooms, only two of which were bedrooms,
but which had to accommodate ten souls for that night!
We hardly expected conventionalisms, and proposed to
sleep in the barn; but the proposition was set aside, and
when it finally became necessary to change our wet panta-
loons for dry ones, they were changed at the slove, where
the hostess and her daughters were preparing the supper.
I thought they would be a trifle embarrassed; but they
moved around the room as if we were of the family. We
got to bed in due sensou, and after a somewhat broken rest
prepared to move on. We had finished breakfast at half
past five, and started for a walk of a mile, carrying our
traps only, the bulk of our goods— teuts, potatoes, and
provisions generally— having been sent on t wo days before,
that the camp might be in readiness for our arrival. The
day was cloudy, but it did not rain, and was Hie very day
for hard work. We could have had nothing better. Get-
ting in the canoes at the lower end of Little Cushog Lake,
we paddled nine miles to the portage, at which place we
fouud the last settlei’s cabin. Between us and Hudson’s
Bay was but a vast uninhabitable area of pine trees. We
hired a sled and a yoke of oxen to make the portage of
two miles. The settler had four children, one of whom,
only eleven years old, guided the team as we walked along,
and a more delicate bit of simplicity you never met. His
questions were unceasing, and when lie found Unit three
of us were from New York he regarded ns with open eyed
wonder. At the end of the portage we gave him all the
coppers we had in our pockets (sixteen), and started up
Raven Luke, portaged into Wren Lake, thence by Brandy
Rapids through Gun Lake and Long Lake. We found at
two of the portages letters Hint the preceding party had
left for us, stuck in the trees, telling us of their progress.
The portages were very hard and fatiguing; if anything,
worse than those of Muskoka, and many, many times 1
was disgusted, tired out, and completely used up; but afier
making the portage front Long Lake tiiere was a sudden
turn iu t lie trail, and Hollow Lake burst suddenly on my
sight, glorious beyond description, and I felt more than
doubly repaid for all I had undergone. The clouds, which
bad fuvored us during the day, now broke away, and the
lake, clear as crystal with its polished, mirror-like surface,
lay before us in all its perfect beauty. It is eight miles
long, with fourteen very pretty islands, on one of which
stands the camp at the northern end. We left at five
o’clock in three canoes, side by side, for our lust paddle.
The sun went down in unusual splendor, and Hie hues of
purple and gold at our left cannot be described. The
guides sit at the back of the canoes, and Hie passenger in
front. As my canoe came up by the side of obi gray
haired, long bearded Andrew Buniuni, be hud taken oft bis
but to catch Hie evening air, and 1 could think of nothing
but the dumb servitor of the dead Elaine —

"Winking Ins eyes, mid twisted all his face,"

as he sat there boll upright, almost immovable, guiding the
canoe with his paddle. The shores are wooded. Never
bits the woodman's axe been heard iu its grand old forests,
and as we wended our way between Hie islands and our
eyes discovered new beauties, our enthusiasm was wound
up to the highest pitch. Finally the sun went down, aud
Hie moon cast its loug line of trembling silver through the
deepeuiug shadows of the lake. Everything was quiet

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and peaceful; nothing was heard but the gentle plash and
ripple of the canoe as it slowly moved along. At a dis-
tance of four miles from the camp we fired some shots to
tell them that we were on the way, that they might prepare
a supper for us. The lake has also been called Echo Lake,
from the numerous echoes, and we counted sev^n distinct
echoes from island to island as the gun went oft, until the
sound died out in the far distance. We paddled onward
through the moonlight, guided by a fire which they had
builded for us on the shore in front of the camp. Every
sound could be heard a long distance. AN lien we were
about half a mile below, my guide told me they would hear
if I called, so I shouted. "Is supper ready?

In a moment came back the answer, 'All right.

Finally we reached the shore, tired and hungry; but
friendly greetings and a warm supper were ready for us,
and inn few moments morel had spread my blankets,
drank my hot whiskey, lighted my pipe, and laid down to
dream of all I loved and had left; but oh, so tired! When
I awoke next morning I found I had been s® completely
exhausted that the tobacco on the top of my pipe had
scarcely burned off before sleep bad ovet powered me.
The next day broke in upon a cloudless sky, and after a
hearty breakfast of bacon and potatoes the party divided
into couples for a deer hunt, stationing themselves at the
different points the deer would be likely to pass to the lake
when pressed by the hounds. One of the parly, with my-
self, remained behind to keep lo use, rather to enjoy the
fullness of indolence thus afforded. The dogs were sent
out into the woods, well knowing their mission, and the
men left in their different canoes.

Time passed, and the morning wore on. and nothing was
heard, and as I lay on my back in my tent it would have
seemed the most natural thing in the world to hnvc a fa-
miliar face peep in from the outside. By and bye one after
another of the hunters returned, until all but two canoes
bad come hack, hungry for lunch. After lunch another
trip was projected for trout, and again the camp was de-
serted. Euler came the two missing canoes, each with a
deer, the first, with a beautiful fawn, perhaps six months
old, and the second a noble buck of five or six years, with
great branching antlers and sleek glossy skin, weighing
some three hundred pounds; so large that it had to be cut
up when it was slain to bring it home. Immediately ou
arriving it was dressed, the skin laid aside for tanning, and
shortly the savory smell of venison came to us ou the
breeze that fanned the camp fire into a blaze.

We sat down with sharpened appetites to a glorious
meal. After coffee and pipes we took our siesta, and
waited for the remainder of the parly, who had gone to
fish. Meanwhile the gathering clouds of a storm were
driving before the wind, flashes of lightning, with mut-
tered peals of distant thunder, apprised us of an approach-
ing rain, and one canoe was still' absent. The lake was
suddenly lashed into a fury, the white swelling waves
rolled tempestuously ou the beach, and we knew that un-
less the storm, which by this time had hurst upon us,
should subside, they would be forced to remain on some
island shore all night . They had matches, and some lunch,
which they had carried in their pockets, but for shelter
they would be obliged to huddle together on the rocks.
We fired a gun. that they might answer, if possible, but
the howling of the wind as it rushed through the forest
precluded the thought of response, and we waited with
anxious hearts for the abatement of the storm. Finally,
about half past eight, we heard their voices in the dark-
ness, and joyfully went out to meet them, congratulating
them on their safe return.

After dry clothes and a good supper we had a sight of
the trout they had brought in, and retired for the night
At break of day we were up betimes and dressed, and hud
our first Sunday breakfast of venison, with the addition of
the finest trout I ever ate. The day was quietly passed
reading in our tents.

Monday was bright and clear, and ssou after breakfast
we separated into groups or couples, each couple taking a
canoe and gun to watch the different islands and bays of
the lake; also the smaller lakes in the vicinity. Some of
latter are very pretty, especially Clear Lake, covering a
space of some two hundred acres or more. The waters
are so clear that the bottom can bo ‘distinctly seen at a dis-
tance of fifty and sixty feet, the fish swimming hither and
thither, and a passing cloud under a bright sun throws a
shadow on the pebbly depths.

The dogs were sent off into the woods to start the deer,
and old Barnum and myself paddled over to Bear Island, a
distance of a mile, and seated ourselves on the shore, com-
manding a view of two coves, in either of which we might
hope to see a deer pass. In half an hour we heard the
deep-mouthed burking of the hounds, and, with a low
"hush" from the guide, we listened impatiently. In a few
moments more, just across the bay at a distance of half a
mile, we beard a tearing and a crashing through the brush
to the shore of the lake. The-deer came bounding along,
head erect, ears thrown hack, and his whole form proud
with defiance, and plunged into the water. My guide
pushed out, and when we were within seventy-five or
eighty feet he told me to fire. I did so, and the next mo-
ment the poor animal sunk his head below the water, gave
one kick, and was dead, the ball having pierced the neck
from behind. It was all done in full view of the camp,
where two of the party had remained. We paddled up to
the poor fellow, and found him a buck of four years old,
very large — the hugest of any we had killed; but I felt
none of the Hush of victory as we lifted one of his antlers
over the side of the canoe and towed him ashore; and
when he was cut up it was more than I could bear. An
hour after, another canoe returned with a fawn, and a
couple of hours later still, another with a buck, making
three for the day.

The day after was rainy again, and we lay down in our
tents with our rugs, pipes, and books, passing the day in
supreme laziness uud content. The following day was
again clear, and the trout having proved scaice we again
divided for a hunt. Not a deer could be seen, for which I
was not sorry, ns we had all the venison we could eat, and
more would have been a waste; but I bad a pleasant bath
in the clear, limpid waters of the lake, and a long, health
giving tramp, with increased appetite for the evening meal,
and, passing a pleasant evening, turned in at ten o’clock,
wrapped up in my blankets, to sleep.

Next morning we were soon washed and ready for break-
fast, aud, though we hunted and brought in another deer,
we returned at an earlier hour than usual, to await ihe re-
turn of two of our guides, whom we had dispatched to
Minden at daybreak two day9 before with letters. About
an hour before suudown we espied a dark spot on the glassy

bosom of the lake. By the aid of an opera glass, it proved
to be the Hollow Lake mail. They came ashore, bringing
Toronto papers from three to six "days old— a perfect god
send — with letters and telegrams.

The next day we made a couple of portages Into Bound
Lake, passed the morning in the midst of bewitching views
of hills and mountains, reflected in deep shade of the rocks
on the water, killed another deer, ami slowly made our
way back to camp, meeting a canoe which had devoted the
day to fishing, and had been rewarded with twenty-four of
the finest speckled trout.

In the following day's hunt wo had our usual good for-
tune, and brought in a small deer about live miles off.
which was shot, and the dogs put in again, lint without
success, the wind changing round to the east, and the gath-
ering clouds foretelling a storm. Wo quickly made our
way home. It did not rain that night, hut early next day
it seemed as if the windows of heaven were opened; the
rain came down in floods. It being Sunday we remained
quietly reading during the day, only slopping long enough
to eat a hearty meal every few hours. All night long the
rain came down in torrents, but partially ceased toward
morning. Wo were roused at three o'clock, and com-
menced to pack our camp, baggage, and touts. We were
not ready to embark before seven o’clock. The canoes
looked handsomely as we left in a body, and we cast many
lingering glances behind as we retraced our route, passing
through the different lakes. Brandy Rapids looked beau
tifnlly. These rupiils take their name from the reddish
tinge of its waters. The river above the rapids is charm-
ing, the trees or brush mcetiugand interlocking from ellln r
bunk scarcely a foot above our heads. At half past four
we reached our last portage, and stopped to rest at the
settler’s, where we got the team for the two mile portage
as before. While waiting for the team, and gelling ready
for our last paddle for the day, silting in the cubit), the
settler's little child came running in, shouting “deer,
deer.” We rushed out, and found the dogs chasing a deer
across the garden. In a moment it had disappeared, with
the hounds in full pursuit. It took to the lake and was
captured. It proved to bo a doe, and we left the skin on
and took it whole down to Toronto. One of the party
also shot a beautiful mink, the skin being sufficient to make
a collar. We endeavored to get away before dark, ns we
had a long distance to make, and we needed a good night’s
rest to carry us through the next day. It was a pleasant
night. We were favored with a moon Just a little past the
full. In calling the dogs together wo found one was miss
ing. We waited until eleven o’clock, and the dog was still
absent. Finally, we concluded to leave a guide behind and
push ahead. Meantime, though the moon was bright, a
thick fog had arisen, but we lashed the canoes in couples
9ide by side to keep together and to prevent upsetting. We
pushed through St. Norah’s Lake and the narrows into
Little Cushog, reaching the lower end of the lake at half
past two the next morning, with a tramp of a mile or so,
and Barmun’s cabin shortly after, where we ate a little
supper of bread and milk. We slept on the kitchen Ilooi
of the cabin until five o’clock, with only a stick of wood
for a pillow. NVo then loaded a team with our luggage,
amt started for a walk of eleven miles, reaching Minden at
noon, where we got our mails and dinner; got under weigh
again, passiug through Gull Lake and river, arriving nt
Moore's Falls at half past six. We got supper there, and
taking a wagon reached Coboconk at half past four, had
more supper, and slept In a bed again for the first time
since we had been gone. Wc bad three hour's sleep, and
were once more off for Toronto, getting there at noon ;
had our bath, ate our way through the bill of fare twice
in succession, and have been hungry ever since. E. W.

oadlmid , attd (garden.

MARCH.

“The spirit of the genilo south wind calls
From his bine throne of air,

And where his whispering voice In music falls,

Beauty Is budding there."

EVERY month has its appropriate and pleasant duties,
the amateur as well us the practiced culturist will
do well to look over his floral log book for the coming sea
son. Look over your library, and sec if you cannot add to
it some valuable and useful work 09 an aid to your future
operations in the useful, theoretical, and practical pursuits
of your yearly labors.

In accordance with the request of a number of the read-
ers and patrons of Forest and Stream, we shall here-
after present them with a paper at the beginning of each
month upon the month and its special duties, or appropri-
ate work in the various departments of flowers, fruits, uud
shrubs; and we may talk u little with them upon the fu-
nd liar subject of kitchen gardening. The kitchen depart-
ment, though so often set at the rear of the house, and
treated as a back door affair, not to be introduced within
the scope of work designed especially for the parlor uml
boudoir, is nevertheless one of the great adjuncts of good
living— an object of physical as well as mental import-
ance.

A good dinner! How much really and truly depends on
a good dinner. Never approach u bunk president for u
loan from his bank, or a discount of a large note, upon an
empty stomach. If lie has not dined, invito him to a fine,
well cooked repast of fresh vegetables from your own gar-
den. Then you will at least secure for yourself u respect-
ful hearing— tact and good sense must do the rest; bill
never ask a cross, hungry bank president for a loan of
money. We have a vast respect for the man of large ro
tundiiy of form who is favored by providence with a good
appetite and an easy digestion.

In our cogitations, or chit chat, with our readers month
bv month, wc hope to givo them many hints by urging
upon them subjects for study and investigation, some of
them out of the common course of agricultural discussion,
yet all pertinent to the wants and inquiries of such as may
be pleased to read our wide awake journal. We do not
hesitate to say that much information of the greatest Im-
pauce to many students of floriculture is lost to them every
year from the want of an agricultural, sporlstnau's, ami
piscatoriul journal like Forest and Stream. Letters
come to us tram all parts of the country attesting to this
fact aud uskiug questions of much importance to them-
selves and other readers. A young lady from Mobile
writes us:— “I would cheerfully pay ten dollars for your
paper rather than be without ft. I go to it with full con-

fidence in its truthfulness, for l have always found it truo
to the letter, niul some of our Southern plants being very
difficult to grow, l find 1 cun make them thrive well under
your very plain instruction."

This is of course very gratifying to us, and “nibs our
pen" for extra exertions in your behalf, llow far and how
wide the improvement circle of the world can he made to
extend wo cannot say in view of the past, yet how great
a work yet remains for us to perform. Our youngest read-
ers can learn much from the contents of our columns.
Every lad and young lady who peruses a number of our
paper will be sure to find within its versatile leaves Just a
little period that was penned for them— that adapts itself
to tlu-ir every day wants,

Now here may be the solution of the dry question of a
dry fact, and this fact is rolled up perhaps In an apple Ire®
leaf of last Autumn, aud you take it with tliu rosy apple
the servant has just presented to you. Young Him Is too
full of animal spirits to sit quietly by the fireside and think
of nothing. Books, papers, aud the like are very neces-
sary. Facts, though dry to them, come even from ilia
dried leaves, and there is a vast world of instruction In
this little web covered worm you have unrolled from tlio
old dried apple leaf. Of these I propose to talk with you,
and familiarize you with the apple, it* history and propa-
gation, and also Its numerous enemies, nud die manner of
extermination. I shall talk wlili yon as to how you can
grow them, and tell you of their familiar every dav llf»
and their peculiar inner life— how to open the seed and find
the plant, aud all this In such a manner as toirivc a brighter
glow to tliu eyes of the youngest searcher after the beautl
fill in die most common things of life. With every week
we would if possible present some new wonder from the
great laboratory of the world for the amusement uud In-
struction of the humblest student.

In these papers wo shall endeavor to treat of every sub
joct within the entire range of agricultural, Insect, and
plant life in such a plain and practical stylo us *li ill prov*
of benefit to all the readers of our popular Journal.

Oi.Ltrou Quill.

TIie Fi.owrr Seed Catalogues.— With every mall,
we had almost said, we receive i lie illustrated catalog ie*
of our seedsmen and florists. Wo feel that our thunks, as
well as the thanks of all our friends, are due for these
timely little monitors of the flowers yet to bloom. The
real value of such catalogues must lie seen nt a glance to
bo invaluable, while the taste and ability displayed in their
dress and embellishment prove the very best introduction
to the publishers. Wo cun promise whenever we find any-
thing rare and curious in those catalogues to give thorn to
our readers. Ollipou Quill.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Milo H. , Greenfield, Mass.— There Im nothing to prevent
the carrying out of your idea except the cost. The use of
glass for an outer covering or roof to a common dwulllng
house is by no means now. In London It has been used
for years’ A firm, substantial support of rafters, set so
that your glass— which should ho think, clear, and good
sized panes — would be directly upon them, would much
lesson the cost. In building your house, you are to take
into consideration the fad that all the room over your
chambers is to be devoted to your greenhouse, and conse-
quently your chambers Simula he covered with a zinc roof,
projecting over tho windows, and so constructed so as to
carry off the superfluous water. Tanks can easily he ar-
ranged for the reception of water, and the greenhouse upon
the top of your dwelling can be kept without great cost for
either heating or other uppnrloyancue. Hindi a garden wo
would like, and it would he a source of pleasure to any
petsou possessing it. Such an arrangement would equalize
the temperature of the upper room, while by screening the
sun from the roof the great heat that Is so often a source
of disquiet in the Hummer would be obviated entirely.
Then, again, in the severe Winter weather tlui chunthes di-
rectly under the greenhou.se would be many degrees warmer
than if tho roof was exposed to wind aim cold. Wo hope
to hear from our correspondent again.

A. M. O., Plainfield, N. J — The clover seed sent iV
eeived. The insect is the A»op(a conta.Ua. This moth is ih«
golden fringed moth, and In 1870 was found in great num-
bers in Maryland, and destroyed much clover In the stack.
The worm lound in the seed sent Is a small yellowish
worm, ribbed and partially transparent. Of itself the in-
sect might not Injure the growth of the seed, but the brood
is a most dangerous one to encourage or to propagate.
Wo should not buy, sow, or use such seed.

M., Roxhury, Mass.— The Insect you sent hist week is
quite unknown, yet is considered with some concern by
housekeepers. It is the carpet fly worm, and is found
under carpets, on which it is believed to feed. Tliu worm
is long, white, and cylindrical, and is divided into twclvu
separate parts, or segmentary rings. After minute uxmii-
illation we think this fly does not propagate rapidly, and
that camphor will he found a good preventive for u* dep-
redations. OLLiroD Quill.

“Calatnink," in Chicago Field, suggests to those who go
to California by rail to get a canteen at Omaha and till it
with milk, anil suspend it on the outside of the car win
dow by means of a stick (laid crosswise) uml a siring. It
will keen sweet uni il you wish to replenish. By this meuiis
you avoid the alkuli water which is injurious, especially to
children. Hang your lunch basket In the same way, and
you can keep roast turkey, chicken, game, meat, etc., the
entire distance. You want two or more coffee cup® with
handles, as you do not always feel like eating break-
fast at the stations, and ten cents worth of coffee procured
at the counter will suffice In aiding the lunch basket.

U«bp"L Receipt.— If you get n fl»h hone in your throat,
nnd sticking fast there, swallow an egg, taw ; it will lie
almost sure to carry down a bone ea-llv and certainly.
When, as sometimes by Occident, corrosive sublimutc is
swallowed, the whim of one or two eggs will neutralize tliu
poison uml change the effect to that >d a do»o ot calomel.

For Ciiilblainh.— Cut up two white turnips, without
paring, into thin slices; pul tin- slices into u tin cup with
three large spoonsful of best lard; let it simmer slowly
for two hours, then mash tills through a sieve; when cohi,
spread il on a «oft linen cloth, and apply to lue cuilblaiu
at night.

52

FOREST AND STREAM

$is1\ Culture.

[From Proc«edtngs of American Fl*h Calturlsla’ Association.)
AQUACULTURE AND FISH PROTEC-
TION.

BY SAMUEL WILMOT, NEWCASTLE, ONTARIO.

IN submitting this paper, on some of the points in fish
culture, to the American Fish Culturlsts’ Association,
now assembled, I shall endeavor to be as brief as possible;
yet there are so many interesting subjects connected with
the science of aquaculture that it will be almost impossible
to control the mutter without affecting its general interests.
My object at this time, however, will be to touch upon the
importance of the science as a whole, and to show why
there should be judicious laws passed to preserve Ilshat
certain seasons, and also endeavor to answer the question
so frequently put by the skeptically inclined, Why resort
to artificial breeding of fish; why not allow them to breed
in their own natural way?

When we consider the importance of this new branch of
industry, both as a meuna of producing cheap uml whole-
some food, as well as individual and general wealth among
the people among whom it has been introduced, it is grati-
fying to find that a knowledge of its principles is gradu-
ally becoming more and mere generally diffused, so that
we may safely look forward to the time when no country
can be found wherein the science of pisciculture is totally
neglected.

independent of the pleasure and instruction which fish
culture, on a small scale, has afforded to amateurs and
others who have employed their lime and means in adding
another luxury to their tables, much profit has been real-
i7cd by utilizing springs and small streams of water on
private properties. And in both the old and the new world
we may see that various governments have chosen the
most scientific nnd practical men of the day to find means
whereby the vast areas of water, which cover three-fourths
of the earth’s surface, may be made to produce inexhausti-
ble supplies of food and riches; so that, through man’s
intelligence and industry, aquaculture may become the
successful rival of its sister art, agriculture.

The introducing and acclimatizing of many of the bet-
ter and scarcer kinds of fish has been achieved through the
instrumentality of this new agent. It. is now an indispu-
table fact that some of the kinds of fish that were trans-
ported in the egg state from Scotland to Australia and New
Zculnnd aro found to bo acclimatized to the waters of the
Southern Hemisphere, where they were hitherto wholly
unknown-

In a similar rnnnner fish fry and eggs from the waters of
the Atlantic coast have been successfully carried across the
continent by the overland route, and planted in those of
the I “Cific coast, and vice versa. Through the praiseworthy
efforts of Prof. Baird and Livingston Stone, the salmon of
the Pacific coast are being sown broadcast into the rivers
nnd streams of the Eastern States of the Union. In Can-
ada, also, there lias been introduced certain hitherto un-
known fishes from Britain. These efforts, successful in
th. ir application, are only the forerunners of what will vet
be largely brought about through the study of practical
fish culture. And no doubt when the science becomes
more generally diffused, the importation nnd exportation of
the more valuable kinds of fishes will form no inconsider-
able truffle between countries whoso interests may require
an improvement in tliet branch of commerce. '

France has always taken a very great interest in the arti-
ficial propagation of fish as an easy means of producing
cheap food for her people The immense grounds which
were laid out, and the buildings which were erected at
Uunmngue, are strong and convincing evidences of this
fact And although by the fate of war the province in
which the large trench pisciculturnl works were estab-
lished was ceded to Prussia, she has since that period com-
menced again the founding of another fish breeding estab-
lishment in another portion of her territory. Prussia is
also extending the works which came into her hands bv
the act of cession. J

In Great Brituin the cutcrpriso has been entered into
with great zeal, and with marked success, huge fortunes
having been amassed by individuals from the increased
productions of old fishery grounds through artificial meth-
ods ot propagation. In oilier countries of Europe and
in Asia, fish culture is now successfully adopted also-’ and
throughout almost the whole of the old world the science
is making its beneficial effects felt by the masses of the
people mi the greater supply of wholesome food

Nothing however, has given a strouger impetus to fish
culture at the present time than the hearty and zealous
manner in which the local legislatures of many of the
Slut os, as well as the Federaf Government of America
have entered into the work of encouraging the growth and
improvement of the piscine wealth within their territories
Not only have large grants of money been made by indi-
vidual States to assist their fishery commissioners* in re-
Htoek.ug depleted waters, but the Federal Government at
Washington makes very liberal grauts from the treasury to
aid m what has been considered a great national work
As a result of the united efforts of the State legislatures
and General Government, a large salmon breeding cstablish-
incut has been built in Maine, under the superintendence of
Mr. Atkins, which has admirably answered the purnose
fur which it was constructed, aud quite equal to the most
sanguine expectations of ns projectors. In like manner has
l lie great salmon “Bonanza’’ of the McLeod River been
discovered by Mr. Stone, where immense works have beeu
erected Horn each ot these establishments millions of
eggs and fry are being distributed auuually throughout all
pails of the Union. Over and above this public recogni-
tion many millions of dollars are now employed iuthe
work of fish culture lroui private sources by the people of
bis Republic. y

It may not he amiss to state that, within the same period
of tune, in no country bus fish culture made greater pro-
gress than in the Dominion of Canada. From its first in-
ception at Newcastle in the Province of Ontario, it bus
made rapid strides throughout America. Its operations
here have ensured the artificial propagation of fhe more
important commercial fishes of this country and at the
present tune, through the wisdom of the Canadian Gov-
ernment there are no ess than five salmon breeding estab-
lishments founded within >U territory, all of which are in
practical working condition, each with a capacity for con-
taming many million* of ova. Other institution, of a

similar nature are also iD contemplation of being built dur-
ing next season by the Canadian authorities.

Reference being made here to the Newcastle fish breed-
ing works in Ontario, it will not be taken in tlie light of
self-laudation for me, the sole originator of that institu-
tion, to state that from it lias sprung all of the national and
State fish breeding establishments on this continent.

Fish culture having now become both a popular and suc-
cessful industry in the United States and Canada, it is of
importance that it should be vigorously carried on. The
once many famous rivers in both of these countries have
now become very much reduced in tlieic supplies of salmon
and other fish. This falling off is also experienced in the
countless lakes and their innumerable tributaries every-
where throughout the land. Both demand early attention
in order to prevent the final extermination of an article of
food which it is now almost impossible to sustain in the
natural way alone. A judicious application of the natural
and artificial methods of propagation, together with thor-
ough protection during the close seasons, would soon re-
produce in those waters a large supply of fish, both for
domestic purposes and foreign trade. The outlay required
to achieve this object will be found to he trifling indeed
in comparison to the ultimate benefits that would assuredly
flow from its application.

Having made a few remarks upon the question of fish
culture in a general way, it will not be amiss to refer to
the necessity of wise legislation for the protection and pres-
ervation of fish at certain seasons of the year, more par-
ticularly during the close or spawning season.

The sea fisheries, from the unlimited field which they
cover, and the extensive area in which the natural produc-
tion of fishes is carried on, do not require such peculiar
laws for their preservation, or for close seasons being set
apart for spawning, as are necessary in the inland fisheries.

There is a period when fish are in season, and when they
should be taken by legitimate means. There is another
period when they are out of season, and then should be
protected by all legitimate means. They are in season after
they have fully recovered from the prostrating aud ex-
haustive effects of spawning, and when found upon their
feeding grounds putting fat upon the body. At this time,
though the eggs and milt are in the ovaries, they are so
minute as to take little if any nourishment from the sys-
tem, all of the food taken forming fat and muscle. They
arc out of season when they have left their feeding grounds,
and have reached their spawning beds, and are in the act
of spawning. The eggs and the milt at this period having
absorbed from the body of the fish most of the fat which
lmd been previously put on, becomes enlarged to the full
size, aud are mature and ripe for being deposited.

In the egg will he noticed a fatty substance, resembling
small globules of oil, which is provided by nature for the
nourishment and growth of the embryo fish during incu-
bation, and is the food contained in the sac attached to the
young fry for several days after emerging from the shell.
This drain of fat from the parent fish into the egg and
milt, and the prostrating effects of spawning, causes it to
become lean and lank in condition, and therefore foul, out
of season, and actually unfit for food. The killing and
eating of fish at this particular period should be strictly
prohibited by law. It is not less repugnant to common
sense than it would be to kill our domestic animals in an
advanced state of pregnancy, or for some time afterwards.
Why, then should people conjure up the belief that fish do
not come under the same laws of nature as other animals?

It is also of importance to remember that nearly all fish,
during the spawning season, become very dull, and are in
a semi-lethargic state, and, generally speaking, consume
jittleorno food whilst performing this work of nature.
Salmon eat nothing whatever ut this time, neither do they
take food within their stomachs from the time of leaving
salt water till after they have performed the work of
spawning, even should the time of their migration extend
over a period of six months, or longer. At the end of their
long journey, and from eating nothing since leaving the
sea, they become changed in color, their former rich red
flesh now becomes a flabby white, their bodies are fre-

quently covered with wounds and sores, parasites begin to
prey upon them, a fungoid growth sets in, and great num-
bers die.

Mankind, from his overweening selfishness, is not satis-
fied with killing these fish in the earlier seasons, when they
are fut and wholesome, and well adapted for food and
commerce; but would (were it not lor an interposition of
some kind) relentlessly pursue and kill them up to the close
of the year, whilst ia the very act of spawning, and in the
foul condition just related. It is also to be noted that at

_ food, kill

indiscriminately, with every sort of device, every fish that
may be found. This barbarous practice, having hitherto
so generally prevailed, has in numerous instances totally
exterminated many of the belter kinds of fish from most
of the waters of the older settled purls of Canada aud the
United States.

Many persons are very skeptical as to the actual necessity
tor close seasons, or any other protection for fish, aud con-
sider legislation on the subject altogether supertlous. They
know nothing of their habits and nature, beyond the fact
that they form delicious food, and caunot therefore see
why they should not be taken and eaten at all times aud in
all seasons. In order that seasonable and wholesome fish
may be had in our markets and at our tables at all times
and at all seasons, nature has made this wise provision
namely: 1 hat the spawning season is not at the same time
ot year with all fish; some kinds of fish collect in shallow
waters aud iu rivers to deposit their ova iu the Spring
mouths and others in the Fall. By this means a succcs
siou of fish can ho taken in season throughout the whole
year, it cnly becomes necessary, then, that wise and dis-
criminating regulations should be made to assist the laws
ot nature, to give to the people of this country not only
for the present time, but also for the future, a bountiful
supply of wholesome fish food,

* iom the few facts just mentioned respecting the nature
of salmon and other fish, and the tendency iu man to de-
stroy them, it is easy for any persou possessing ordinary
intelligence, and not selfishly prejudiced to the contrary^
to in.er how necessary and important it is that all fish
f «MPr.0tnCted ProPer legislation at proper seasons,
and also that all persons should be. legally prohibited from
killing or selling that which is foul and unlit for food.

1*0 be conduced next tcuk.)

PROPOSED LAWS REGULATING FISH
ING AND FISH CULTURE INSWITZER
LAND.

Zurich, Switzerland, January 28, UJ75
Editor Forest and Stream:—

Enclosed you will find a manuscript copy of my plan for a law regain-
ting the culture aud catching of fleh in the Swiss Confederation, \
great number of the propositions were fixed by the Baron of Washington
in Austria, and will be need when the federal laws relating to this qneB.
tton shall come under discussion. I make it a condition, therefore, that
the German copy I send you shall not be used, except for an English
translation in your paper, Forest and Stream, with the view to promote
the, until now, little Interest shown by the public in this very important
question of national economy. Most truly yours,

Edward Guykr, Fishery Commissioner

In drawing such a plan, the first question to be consid-
ered is as to whether or not the Swiss constitution, as well
as probable treaties of the Confederation with the adjoin-
ing States, having jurisdiction over the waters, accord the
requisite authority to persons to develop fish culture; and
whether or not the means of enacting such a law are at
hand. With the probable adoption, however, of the new
constitution, this question, the regulation of which is by the
new constitution vested in the General Government, finds
a most natural and simple answer. That which conse-
quently remains to be considered in the preparation of
sucli a law is the ordinances touching the fishing privileges,
the means of protecting the culture and the catching of
fish, and the control of the fish market.

THE FISHING PRIVILEGES CONSIDERED.

I. (a) Fishing rights may be practiced by those entitled
to fish, being either the owners of the waters or proprietors
of fishing facilities, and their representatives; these, how-
ever, only to the extent to which they may be practiced
exclusively in navigable waters in a continuous distunce of
twenty kilometres. According to a formula, which ought
to be published, the authorities should be empowered to
prepare a specification of all fishing grounds within their
territory, and the existing privileges, and to permit all per-
sons to inspect the same; they are to be held iu evidence
continually, arid to them should be added copies of all
documents concerning the laws. Protests may be tuken to
the next superior tribunal. The insertion in said specification
is to be made without reference to the consideration of any
legal contest. The proper authority, within whose jurisdic-
tion the waters may be, or the greatest portion of the ex-
panse, measured at its ordinary height, is to be a compe-
tent one. These fishing grounds are to be used according
to a so-called lease of the same for at least twelve years’
(four harvests) duration. The unrestricted catching of fish
and crabs is to be prevented. All fishing privileges are, in
this sense, to be regulated by the proper authorities, and
the rents are to be distributed proportionally.

( b ) The legal authorities ure also to effect such agree-
ments among those entitled to fishing privileges as would
insure to the culture of fish a future benefit. All requisite
measures are to be adopted by a majority of those entitled
to such privileges, and to be sanctioned by the proper au-
thorities. A majority is understood to mean a majority of
such as are privileged at the measurement of the ordinary
height of the water’s surface, and not a majority of those
entitled to privileges.

(c) Every person, when fishing, must be provided with
the evidence of privilege, or permit, issued by the authori-
ties within whose jurisdiction the waters may he, giving
the name of the holder, with his signature, the description
of the waters, and the signature of the oflicer issuing the
permit. Such evidence is to be valid only for the calendar
year.

(d) The number of permits, to be issued in a certain ter-
ritory in which the waters may be, are to be fixed by the
proper authorities.

(e) Records are to be kept by the authorities of the issu-
ing aud acknowledgment of these permits, the continuing
numbers, and the name of the persons and description of
the waters. All persons are to be allowed to inspect such
records.

HOW THE CATCHING OF FISn THERE IS TO BE? FORBIDDEN.

II. (a) Every permanent arrangement (apparatus for
catching fish— eel pots, fish pots, and bow nets), and the
use of stationary nets, which do not allow at least one half
of the width of the water's surface, measured at the lowest
water marks, in right angles, and taking into consideration
the places flowing from lakes and tributary streams, so as
to leave the fish a passage in the centre of the waters free
and unobstructed from surface to bottom; also, any ob-
struction of the highway of navigation for shipping, boat-
ing, and lumber rafts, or anything else that may be detri-
mental or dangerous to the water and shore guard struc-
tures.

(b) The use at one time of several of such arrangements
or nets which are not at least 150 feet apart.

a-) The construction of bow nets, fish pots, and other
traps in dams and sluices.

(d) The use of traps of any- kind and description, the
opening of winch, when wet, have not a diameter of at
least three and a half centimetres.

(<•) For the catching of ground and bait fish smaller nets
may be used; but they must not have a diameter greater
than 120 centimetres.

(/) The use of fish traps or fish boxes, the lathes, boards,
and poles of which at the opening through which the
water runs are not at least three and a half centimetres apart.

(g) lhe use of nets which are drugged along the bottom
of the waters.

(ft) The herding together of fish in traps by disturbing
the water, or ut night time by the use of lights
(0 By poisoning or stupefying the fish.

(«) By wounding the fish, as in traps with springs, by
forks, poles, guns or torpedoes. a

(0 Ice fishing without special
ties.

The fishes below must not be caught should they not
measure at least twenty centimetres from the point of the
head to the outer extremity of the caudal —

Brook trout, l'rutta farro.

Grayling, 1 hynudlus vulgaris.

20 Salmon, Salmo salcclinus.

Tench, Tuna vulgaris.

, Crucian, Carrassius vulgaris.

River perch, Perea Jluviatilis.

Carp, Cgpiinus carpis.
eg Barbel, Barbus Jluriatilis.

Rencke, felcben, or white fish, Caregonus Wurtmannt,
Bodeurenke, Coregonusfcra.

Bream, Abranis brama.

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< Sturgeon. Accipenser ruthenus.

} Burbot, Lota vulgarit.

32 | Arnaul, or Schill, Bicioperca tandra.

\

rEel, Anguilla vulgaris.

. Pike, Esox hieing.

42 ■' Salmon, TYuttasalar.

Salmon, or pike trout, Trutta lacwttr u.

I Sea trout, Trutta trutta.
r0 ( Salmon, Salma hurho.

I Shad, Silurix glani*.

The same restrictions should apply as a matter of course
to all of these fishes when spawning, or in a weak state,
as well as to crabs less than ten centimetres in length.

Should such fishes (the catching of which is altogether,
or at a particular time, forbidden) be accidentally caught,
they should be replaced in the water immediately.

The following fish must not be caught during these in-
tervals, or if caught they must be replaced in the water:—
October and November, salmon and sea trout; November,
Bodenrenke; November and December, brook and river
trout Renke and salmon; December, rulten; March and
April, a-sche; April, liuchen; April and May, river bass
scliicle, and pike; May uud June, carp, barbel, bream, and
sturgeon ; June, waller, walse, andgareisel; July, tench.

Catching crabs is forbidden from October 1st till April
30th. Nets, bownets, fish pots, and all similar arrange-
ments for the catching of a particular kind of fish must be
removed or be made inoperative for the season, during
which such fish are protected by law. The catching of all
other fish, not particularly mentioned, by means of nets of
any kind is also forbidden, as well as the removal of spawn
or the young brood from the waters, and the removal of the
sfiuwn from the female.

In aid of pisciculture and the transplanting from one body
of water to another, as well as for food of those fish sought
to be raised, the removal of the spawn and the catching of
smaller fish may bo permitted with special permission of
the authorities. The use of spawn or young for other pur-
poses is forbidden.

These regulations are applicable to neighboring bodies of
water, and only to such extent as they are practised in nu
adjoining State.

REGULATIONS OF TIIE MARKET.

Such fish, the catchiug of which is restricted absolutely
or temporarily, must rot be shipped or sold by fishermen,
nor others. This should also apply to the use of such fish
in eating houses.

Such fish as may be caught for scientific purposes during
the time they are so protected, and such fish as are taken
from ponds, (to which these regulations do not apply when
connected with another body of water,) or such fish as
were scientifically raised, can only be offered for sale dur-
ing the specified time, when they arc accompanied by evi-
dence from the proper authorities, who must specify the
day they were caught and the bodies of water from which
they were taken.

PLACES WHERE PROTECTED.

Of such bodies of water as may be of importance to pisi-
culture, certain portions may be designated, appropriated
or reserved by and with the sauctionof the authorities, and
under the guidance of experts, for the purpose of spawn-
ing. Such portions of the water may be designated by
certain marks. At these places the catching of fish is to
be entirely prohibited; and in the erection of water works
engineers must be cautious not to injure such spawning
grounds.

At these places, during the time such fish are legally pro-
tected, the removal of stones, sand, &c., the cutting away
of grass, removal of trees and shrubs, and the catching of
frogs, should be prohibited. Exceptions may be allowed
in extraordinary cases by the authorities. Owners of tame
ducks and geese are prohibited from permitting such to
enter these waters. All those who are damaged by reason
of the establishing of such spawning places are entitled to
damages from the person for whose benefit thcjr were
established. Any malicious or willful disturbance of the
fish when spawning, or any injury to the apparatus for the
culture or catching of fish is prohibited, and punishable ac-
cording to law.

All persons are further prohibited from throwing or per-
mitting to be thrown into such fishing grounds refuse or
other matters, (sawdust, &c.,) which might injure the fish.
Should, however, the interest of the State or commerce de-
mand these fishing grounds as a repository for such refuse,
then they may be used for that purpose with the consent of
the authorities, but only after instituting precautionary
measures for the protection of the fish.

Should the fishing grounds be first used for the purpose
of rcceiviug refuse, then the authorities may adopt sucli
measures which shall prevent damage to the persons
using them for this purpose.

Costs may be charged as follows:— At the expense of the
owner, when the necessary measures are relatively of little
expense to his undertaking. By reimbursement on the part
of the person desiring fishing franchises, whenever, such
damage may be the result of peculiar circumstances, and
those foreign *.o the purpose of the undertaking.

Those possessing franchises, as well as superintendents,
may have free ingress to all fishing grounds and bordering
luiul8, upon making proper payment to the owner or
owners; all enclosed improvements can, however, be entered
only with the assent of the owner.

When, in consequence of the overflow of fishing grounds,
any fish or crabs may be found out of the regular grounds,
no nets or other contrivances must be brought into use to
prevent such fish or crabs from returning to the same. The
owner of the overflowed lands possesses, however, the right
of fishing outside of the regular fishing grounds, anu is
also eutitled to damages from Those possessing franchises,
so far as they make use of his lands.

Persons entitled to fishing franchises cannot claim dam-
ages for overflow, as riparian rights do not include rights
of fishing, especially with reference to fishing in so-called
mill ponds.

At the erection of all new dams, sluices and other water
works— so far os may be practicable— the builder should
adopt such measures as would insure the free passage of
fish ut the medium as well as at the lowest wateimurk.
With the sanction of the authorities, and without hindrance
to navigation and commerce, persons may be permitted to
erect sluices, which prevent the passage «f fish.

No one must prevent fish from passing through or over
such places, or to catch .them while returning from the
ppawuing grounds. Ow|ers of millways and artificial

canals arc obliged, when letting of! the water, to notify the
person holding the fishing franchise therein at least forty-
eight hours in advance, and in urgent cases at once; and
slionld there be more than one person, the nearest must be
notified first. Every person holding such franchise is per-
mitted to destroy in his grounds all birds of prey, fish-hawks
and otters which may be obnoxious to him, and lie is also
allowed to kill wild fowl, such ns geese and ducks at any
time; und domesticated ducks and gecso when in choice
fishing grouuds at spawning time, may be removed im-
mediately.

To sec that these laws are not violated demands the
attention of our authority, so police and other officials are
authorized to see to their preservation.

Persons using unlawful contrivances for the capture of
fish are to have their appurtenances confiscated the first
time; and if they repeat the offence, their franchise is to
be withdrawn temporarily, or for all time, as the authori-
ties may see fit.

J ■

Brewer’s Improved Scuute and Fishway.— This fish-
way, which was highly recommended at the late meeting
of fish culturists in this city, is constructed in the bottom
of a scliute of any desired width by means of timbers, so
as to form either equilateral or isosceles triangles, forming
a zigzag course, by which means the rise or grade in a
stream, caused by either natural or artificial obstructions,
is easily overcome.

The water, as it enters the fishway, strikes it at an acute

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rents arc formed. The ono over the top, and the other in
the passage way formed by the angles. The upper end <>f
the fish n ay extends into the dead water in the pool of the
dam. The water enters the passage way between the angles
with very little force or current, and being continually bro
k*n by the augles in its descent it does not nccclerato its
force; consequently the weakest fish or smallest minnow
can ascend the fishway without difficulty. Fish can ascend
il without stopping, or they may rest at any point in it.

This fishway docs not form any pools or eddies, and there
is sufficient pressure on the nose or head of a fish to incite
it to move on. The passage way formed by the angles has
sufficient current to keep il clear of sediment or dirt of any
kind. The floating ice and driftwood forced down by
freshets will float above and clear of the passage way for
fish, consequently it cannot be injured by any such means
and a triangular pier at the head of the fishway would
turn cither floating ice or driftwood outsides of it.

This fishway can lie constructed on a grade or rise of one
foot in ter, on the face of the schute, with its zigzag course,
making the ascent for fish very easy, the linoal distance
short, and consequently cheapening the cost of construc-
tion. The greater the volarac of water flowing over and
through the fishway the more perfect will he its operation.

NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OFTHE MAS-
SACHUSETTS COMMISSIONERS ON
INLAND FISHERIES.

WE are indebted to Air. E. A. Brackett for this valu-
able report, in which is embodied everything of
interest which has occupied the attention of the Massachu-
setts commissioners for the past year. Early in the Spring,
in company with the commissioners of Vermont, New
Hampshire, and Connecticut, they assembled at Turner’s
Falls to decide upon the best location for a fishway on the
Connecticut River, and it was finally decided that by blast-
ing a channel eighteen feel in width and three hundred
feet long, on the island which divides the dam, the most
feasible and least expensive plan would be to locate the fish
way at that spot. After some difficulty, u satisfactory ar-
rangement was arrived at with the Turner's Falls Com-
pany, and it is now understood that by the 1st of May the
work shall be so far progressed as to allow the easy passage
of salmon over the dam. The plan of tho Holyoke fish-
way was unanimously adopted.

With the shad there has not been sufficient experience to
render it equally certain; yet there is reason to belive that
it would answer equally well for both species of fish '1 he
commissioners did not understand nor expect that shad, or
even salinou, would go over any fishway, if bred below
and not abiveit. All migratory fish return to the place
where they are hatched, provided there arc no insurmount-
able obstacles in the way. This holds good whether there
is or is not a dam across the stream or river. Even in an
unobstructed river, migratory fish do not pass beyond their
I spawning beds. In rivers where one or more branches are
1 stocked with these fish, as is often the case, they pass up
the main river until they reucli the branch, and ascend
that, leaving the open river. Without this migratory law,
the stock of particular rivers would be impossible, and this
is one of the mest important axioms of fish culture. \\ lien
the shad came last Spring to the foot of the Holyoke dam,
where many of them still spawn, they passed directly oyer
ibe mouth of the fishway, paying no attention to it. 1 his
wus a great disappointment to many, who would not or
could not see that the fish were bred below and hud no
motive to go above. In part to satisfy these good people
and partly to lest some experiments the commissioners had
in view, a screen was placed across the foot of the fishway,
and eighty shad were dipped up and put in the lower part
of it. These fish, flndiug themselves out of their accus-
tomed locality, tried to force a passage through the screen.
Finding their way barred in that direction, they turned
their heads to the current, and all that wore not hurt in
dipping up passed through the fishway with more case than
they had ascended the rapids below.

Encouraging information has been receivod regarding
the increase of the alewifo (A’a-w tyrannut), ami efforts
made to restock the streams along tho coast. Tho advan-
tage of the culture of these fish la not confined to the inoro
question of profit, but also to the service they render in
attracting the soa fish in shore.

Over 6.000,000 shad spawn wore taken and distributed.
With a view to obtaining reliable information regarding tho
number of shad caught in nets, It is recommended that a
law be passed requiring fishermen to report to the commis-
sioners the number and variety so taken, and their market
value, on or before the 1st day of September In each year.
The hatching at South Hadley was continued under tho di-
rection of Prof. Bainl and the Connecticut comniissloners,
and the superintendence of Chas. Smith. Total catch of
fish. 8,010; spawn, 44,680,000.

The enforcement of the law for tho protection of smelts
lias resulted in an immense Increase in the number of these
fish— a godsend to numbers of people out of employment
this Winter, who have been able to make a handsome live-
lihood by catching them. As high as eighty dozen have
been taken with a single rod in ono day. To tho Massa-
chusetts Anglers’ Association (composed of several hun-
dred of some of the most iolUionunl men In the Stale)
mainly belongs tho credit of enforcing tho law for tUoir
protection.

The artificial hatching and rearing of trout continues
with increasing interest. But muny who are engaged in
this pursuit have experienced much disappointment and
vexation inconsequence of a disease which attacks tho
yi'im.; ir\ Mion aiier ihey heuiii t<i food, cnuilnn novere
loss. This trouble does not arise from artificial fecunda-
tion; for, if the eggs are perfectly ripe when taken from
the female, there can ho no dilTeronco between Ibis method
of impregnation und that produced in the ordinary way.

The cause of this mortality is undoubtedly lurk of proper
food; for trout, to be health v, should have not only ani-
mal, but a curtain amount of vegetable and mineral food.
Young trout have generally been reared, for the first year
at least, in tanka and run ways. Of theta two forms, tho

tank is the least desirable; runways are sometimes success-
ful, but this success depends entirely upon the nature of
the soil through which the trench is cut, and whether the
water supplying It contains a sufficient number of small in-
seels to vury their food.

Two hundred and sovonty-ono thousand salmon were
hatched ut the Slate hutching house, being a loss of only
four per cent, of the eggs received. Tho experiments of
the last twenty-live years have demonstrated tho fact that
the question of stocking fresh waters or restocking de-
pleted ones is us much a matter of certainty as the planting
or sowing of any crop. The Increase in tho rents received
for the fishing of diuoront rivers in Scotland Is Instanced
os proof of this fact. Six thousand spawn of the land
locked salmon have been distributed In various witters.
Two hundred thousand spawn of the Sacramento salmon
( Salmo quiunat) were presented to the State by I t'of.
Baird, but, unfortunately, were so injured In transportation
that only about 7,0U0 were batched.

A very healthy stale of feeling Is rapidly growing up In
regard to the cultivation of iMi In the great ponds, anil
constant implications are made for leases, both by private
parties anu by the inhabitants of the towns where Mich
ponds are located. Tho Jealousy which heretofore more or
loss excited the public mind, in reference to thu control of
such waters by individuals, Is fast dying out, and a more
enlightened view taking its place. Few If any attempt*

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are iiuulo to interfere with the rights of lessees, and a gen-
eral disposition is shown to encourage all efforts to restock
the ponds. Tho State of Massachusetts has 100,842 acres
of lakes anil ponds, und ll may be well to consider their
present value. With thu exception of one or two ponds on
the Cape, and a few that have boon loused, under the euro
of thoughtful und intelligent men, scarcely one ol them
would yield a fair meal for a good sized family once a week.
The same number of acres of water in Franco produces
over *800,000 per year. . . .

The commissioners recommend an appropriation oi
85,000 for the continuation of hatching and distributing
young fish, and express gratification at tho Interest which
has been shown in fish culture during the past year.

The report concludes with a voluminous appendix, con-
taining valuable statistics and interesting correspondence.

FISH CULTURE IN PENNSYLVANIA.

Rbadino. I lurks eonntjr, r*., Fobruary,

BniTOii PmiKHT Ntiikam:— .

Mr S. I . Ilollt'nbncli, of Oils city, oxpccta to receivo b largo number or
California salmon us soon as tliu wenthor moderates, from our Slots
Hatching lion*-. Lnnostcr county Blnck ba*« wore received during
May JS7I. anil Urn Schuylkill Itlver stocked. which lias proven an undis-
puted success, and pisciculturists urn delighted. Larg# bw irv abund-
ant, and tho stream Is literally swarming ut aomo places, whl u some ex-
tra flnn specimens hove fallen u prey to our canning disciples of Dvi .u
Walton. Other varieties of Huh are In n degree more or less abundant,
and will bo more so In tho course of a few years, n* law# prohibiting
(hdr wholesale destruction aro In vogao, which la a very gratifying fact,
Inasmuch ns should the former rate of catching have continued, the ex-
termination of some species would Inevitably have followed. I he past
year's experiments at our Slate Hatching House are abundant ovldeuc#
of thu growth and prosperity of the young salmon deposited by the coin-
mission. The river north of this chy-iho county seat of Berks -la void
of itsh, the effects of the operation. Ill tho coal fields having exterminated
them entirely, no living creatures of any sort being discernible In It,
snakes even cannot subsist In the sulphurous water-, and thu lover# or
such gay .port a. wo ore having hero cannot enjoy themselves. « sin.n
are also abundant, snd thu largest sometimes reach live and one-half
pounds; but there -re a few Instances known of la.g-r
been caught. At the Berks County Agricultural and
Mbit Ion la.t Autumn, the display of Hah was
ous varieties of exceedingly line specimen, were to bo
clalty was fully appreciated by all. and tho prominent pisciculturist*
have been complimented in the highest terms. It might not be Improper
to state that fully 80,000 were on these fair grounds on a sing « day. at
their last exhibition, and the gratification at viewing the
general. More her. after. Fa»« N«o».

Pure Nixon's notes urc nlwaya interesting und welcome.

FISH CULTURE*' IN VIRGINIA.

LBKsuuao, Va., February X0, !»78.

Enrron FonasT a*d BrnxAJi:—

I received live thousand trout spawn to-day from Troutdalo Farm.
They are safely laid In the hatching trough. Tho trough Is a ttooe »r-
bonixed one with glaM grille.. The water pas^s through two filler
boxes. "Ith seven flaonol filter. In each, and hat a temperature of oo
I hope to have Loudouu hatched uoul at tho next fair. Your, truiy^

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FOREST AND STREAM

<J hittnil gji'itortj.

THE PINE GROSBEAK— (Pinicola Canouhnsu \).

Weniiam, Mans.. February 80, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The correspondents of Forest and Stream, “I,. W. L." and"E. I).,"
who m ike mention of this bird in tho uumhcrof February 4th, h ive
chronicled pretty much all we know of the species— ita habits, gciioml
color, mid It* unsuspicious nut.tre. It* general color Is carmine rctl,
mingled urlthnriiy aud white in the male; the female a pleasing blending
of ashy, brown and olive. The young birds of the first year— those most
nsiiully Men In New England-rcscmble the female In appearance. It I*
an Irregular visitor, of not frequent appearance, ns sometimes years
ellipse between Its visits. This year they nro unusually plentiful In
Massachusetts, ns are It* associates and congeners from the polar regions,
the pine finches, snow bunting, red and white wing crossbill- and red poll
llnni'to. Mr. J. A. Allen, well known for his studies In ornithology, as-
cribe- their appoarnneo here to a scarcity of food In their boreal homes;
hut It eel-ms I" me that Ills reasoning* arc not soundly based, that they
Sometime* arrived before severe weuther, and that they were generally
very lean upon their appearance.

Now. I notice that they nly visit us when the weather north of n* Is
reported us very severe. Their poor condition may bo accounted for by
thcl long Journey from breeding grounds to on.- regions. They are
plentiful with us now. A most pica -log feature of the Winter landscape
Isa well set cedar or hemlock thickly covered with tho bright colored
male* aii-l the olive green females. They remind one of the Flori la par-
oquets. which cluster like the grosbeaks, upon tho pendant boughs, and

liko mem feed up ■» the bud* of the trees, Doubtless w. L.' d*

n >t to Re reminded of those bountiful, garrulous, chattering birds of the
sunny South. Like them they arc unsuspicious, and manifest an at-
tiicli nunt for one ouothor that leads many a one to It* death. From a
flock of paroquets I Itavo -eon nearly everyone killed, one by one, called
ba« It ns lln-y flew at the discharge of the gun by their wounded comrade*
We have the testimony of "K. D." us to tho confiding nature of these
flnene*. and have on record other similar accounts. In tho ' Birds of
New England," Mr. Maynard stales that he has caught them in hl-
hundt. Ih.-y arc easily domesticated. Mr. Samuels says: "A pair that
I have In my pos-eo-lun am- eo Limn that they Like food from my hand,
and even perch upon my Anger. Their song is a soft, pleasing warble,
not unlike ibat of the canary. Both sexes have a number of call notes,
anti they keep up o continuous twiner through the day; they are uhvays
Jl'ely and good tempered, and nrc reidly entertaining pets."

I fear that these delightful Winter pets are open to the accusation that
they are de-troy, rs of the lender buds of some trees, os these constitute
their principal food. Thu cross bill* feed upon the seeds of the pine
and ot her cones, but the pine grosbeaks much prefer the buds to the
stud*. Lot them eat the buds; let them destroy what few they desire, If
only they will gladden us by their bright presence this cold Winter,
when the Lhcrmomct r indicates a minus temperature, and our lovely
birds of Spring, the bluebirds and sparrows, have yet a mouth to spend
iu warmer climes, ere we hear their love notes. Fred Beverly.

EAGLES.

Portland, Me., February 18. 1875.

EntTon FonEST and Stream:—

The Interesting Incident narrated by "Nimrod.” of an eagle capturlnga
fish with all the skill and dash of nn osprey. Is, I think, not one of very
common occurrence I do not believe the eagle to be "devoid of skill,
during, or activity," hut do believe, as expressed In a former article,
that It will not "make an effort to capture living game, if dead can be
found." Very probably, If a dead cat be put Into o cage of eagles, and a
live cat also, the living animal will be first attacked; but I believe that,
should nn eagle In its natural buunis discover a dead eat and allying one
at (lie same moment, the dead animal would first become the prey of tho
angle. In contrant to the charming narrative of the capture or a wild
swan by a pair of cngltfs, written by Moyne Held lu "The Young Yoy-
ageure," may be narrated very many incidents that give evidence of the
eagle's possessing bad qnulilios that other individuals of "power and
daring" do not possess.

Audubon, describing tho habits of the while-headed eagle, says: "It
frequently gives chaae to Lie vultures, ana forces them to disgorge tho
contents of their stomachs, when it alights and devours the filthy mass ’
and gives an illustrative Incident that occurred In Natchez iu December
183); aud this occurs "frequently" where fish, flesh and fowl are very
abundant. J

In allusion to ••Roomer," "Nimrod" says: "I think your correspond-
ent wrong In Ills statement that the eagle will not capture live food, if ho
can find dead; for it i* only when driven to the Inst stage* of hunger that
he will satiate himself with carrion." In support of my views I will
quote the opinion of Audubon, nod a famous letter of BonJ. Franklin
Audubon says, in his description of the white-headed eagle- "In r„n.
eluding Him account of tho white-headed eagle, suffer me. kind reader
to say bow much I grieve that it should have been -elected as the emblem
or my country. The opinion of ourgroat Franklin on this subject as
It perfectly coincides with my own, I shall here present to vou." Then
follows the quotation from one of Franklin's letters: "For my part I
"ish the bald coglo had not beon chosen as the representative of oar
country. He i* a bird of bud moral character; lie does not get hi* living
honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead tree, where
too limy to fish for himself, he watches tho labors of the fishing hawk!
and wheu that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing it
to hi* nest for the support of his mate aud young ones, the bald eagle
pursue* him and takes it from him. With all ibis Injustice he is noverin
good case, but like those among men who live by sharping and robbing
he is generally poor, aud often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward;’
the little king bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and
drives him out of the district. Ho is. therefore, by no means a proper
emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven

knMu.^lXh h! p01” ?rCr*!ry' MW*1** for that ottler of

Knight* which the French cull C/ttrvallr. t tl'/iitlutlt U "

i'K1* ""d

- . 1 !o A SIKH

PcTERBono, Canada, February 28, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

As there have been several article* In Forest and Stream with refer-
ence to suspended animation In fish by freezing, I will briefly relate my
experience: Having had a small fish In a glass globe, containing about
fix qnarts of water, in the dining-room, 1 found it frozen solid after one
of those eovore nights wc had in .January. It remained so nearly all the
next day, when the Ice having melted, the fish was as lively as ever. I
have also heard of parlies here who purchased bass, Ac., that had been
caught In our hack lakes, that had been frozen for several days. When,
put into water to thaw (preparatory to cooking them) they have swum
about as If in Ihclr native waters. Yours truly, A Header.

THE FOSSIL REPTILES OF NEW ZEA-
LAND.

BY ANGLO-NEWZEALANDEB.

O

NE of the most interesting discoveries, from a scien-
■w tific point of view, made in Ne>v Zealand during
line years, is that which has brought to light the fossil re-
mains of a Reptilian fauna belonging to the Mesozoic
epoch. The remains have all been obtained within a lim-
bed area, some fifty miles in extent, at the northern ex-
i remit y of the Canterbury plains. They comprise portions
of forly-thrce individual reptiles, mosllyof gigantic size,
ami all of aquatic linbils, and belonging to at least thirteen
distinct species. These species resolve themselves iulo
i wo distinct groups, the first embracing the genera Plesio-
saurus, Manimurm (so called by Dr. Hector after Maui,
Hie traditional discoverer of New Zealand), aud Poiycolylus,
all of these being iruc Ennliosaurians; and the Olliers corn-
pricing the huge crocodilian forms provided with swim-
ming paddles, Leiodon (of Prof. Owen), and Taniwhnmurus
(Hector), a new genus so named in allusion to Taniwha,
the fabled sea monster of the Maori. In addition to the
above, a single vertebras was collected by Dr. Ilaest in the
lower Mesozoic strata of Mount Potts in Canterbury
which appears lo he referable to the genus Ichthyosaurus,

A single vertebral centrum, in a matrix of dark colored
micaceous sandstone, from the Rungitata district, is re-
ferred by I)r. Hector to Ichthyosaurus australis; and iu
summarizing the results lie refers to <he extraordinary va-
riety and interest of these fossil remains, which prove that
the ocean during the upper Mesozoic period was, in the
(southern as in the Northern Hemisphere, tenanted by huge
Silurians, performing the functions in the animal economy
that are now fulfilled by the predaceous Cetacea aud ma-
rine Carnivora.

Contemporaneous with these discoveries in New Zealand,
wo find that similar skeletons of these Saurian monsters of
(lie ancient seas are being found in the cretaceous strata of
Kansas, in Nortli America. A full account of these will
he found in Professor Cope's published reports ou the
subject. 0

abound, convinces me that there is not the equal of this
breed from which to produce just such dogs as the sports,
men of this country desire for duck shooting. The pure-
bred ones arc acknowledged not excelled in beauty or
intelligence by any breed. I might enumerate many in.
stances where they have seemed to evince almost the intel-
lect of the human race, but I have already taken much of
the valuable space in your paper. I cannot close, how-
ever, without suggesting that in all bench shows a class
should be opened for this particular breed, that sportsmeu
may become better acquainted with them. Shamrock.
-••*■

HYDROPHOBIA AND DISTEMPER
MADNESS.

DISTEMPER madness is often mistaken for hydropho-
bia, nnd a comparison of the symptoms of each
disease as given by no less an authority than Dr. E. P.
Philpots, of the British Medical Association, will lie lend
with interest nnd advantage by owners of dogs. Genuine
hydrophobia is extremely rare. We quote: —

A person bitten by a hydrophobic dog is more or less cer-
tain of contagion, and qs sure as the disease is contracted
either by man or dog so sure must death ensue from it
With regard to distemper madness the case is quite differ-
ent. A person bitten by a dog that has this disease suffers
merely from the local effects of the bite, which effects ate
of course, in proportion to the severity of the bite, or
simple lacerated wound, as it may be termed; the dog also
as a rule, recovers. To facilitate the differential recogni-
tion of these two diseases, the following table is given; ,

hydrophobia.

Definition— A filial form of mad
ness communicable from the lower
animal* to man; characterized (as
the name denotes) by an intense
dread of water.

Si nonyincs— None.

Premonitory Symptoms— B eg I n
two days before hand, loss of spirits,
lo** of appetite, general depression

General Appearance during tin
Attack— When let alone the dog lie*
sullenly as if "oat of sort*" and de
pressed, notices little, but recognize.-
itis master by wagging his tail
Violently insane only on the approx-
imation of water.

Fits— Absent.

Foam at the Lips— Absent.

he iiemiel.

WATER SPANIELS.

FLUKES IN DEERS’ LIVERS.

_ _ New Yonx, February 20 1875

Editor Forest and Stream.— 3 0 °’

During t'.e past month 1 have expected that every succeeding number
of Forest ami stream would contain letters from some of it* numerous
correspondents, giving full information relative to the presence of pa, a-
st e. n the n-er of our common doer. My omerv-llons, extending over
a period of seven years, aud the cx.-minailun of certain, y one hundred

Nor h-ro *'rCjlUella' ll,‘8 tl,e following resuit relu’ive to tho deer of
Nv r,heru \V 1 -cousin and Michigan; From January to April, four nut of

b SdJn“ drr,kJ'1‘d Wl,ul,,td from out- to half a dozen parasites Im-
tt * ' ,e ,VM1\wblla ,rolu J"‘* 10 November none visible

m,rol"v!r ' ':aVC d,e«>VM‘*i lo ••• early stage of develop-

L. th 'm ' a "0,dd have escupvd observation not specially directed

i O • JtXfi T "7 Tld 8C"rtel* ™ 10 “'tract Ita iSES

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UNDER the head of “Spaniels, their Varieties and
Peculiarities,” in the Turf, Field and Farm of Feb-
ruary 12th, the writer states that “ the Irish water spaniel is
not a desirable breed for this country, as they will not
stand a cross with any other breed; nnd famed as they are
at homo as retrievers from the water, the best of them
would make but a sorry figure retrieving a dead duck from
the Gunpowder River when roughened by a northwest
gale.” The first statement was probably made on the
authority of Mr. McCarthy, a noted breeder of this
strain of dogs. Still, there is a difference of opinion
on this subject. Idslouc, in his work on dogs, says-
“ I should lu-sitate very much to say anything on
report in opposition to such an authority but goes on to

stale that “he was looking for some liver-colored retriev-

ers for American sportsmen, and when nearly discouraged
with looking in expectation of finding what was required,
there was brought to him for sale three dogs and one bitch!
One was black, only about twenty-three inches high, with
a good long head, of the right substance and power, a
‘whip’ stern, with short curls, a bare or short-coated fore-
head, a lid the remainder of his body was coated with curls
also; his ears were a trifle heavy, and he had no while.
The other two were of the same form, with similar coats,
only one was darker than his brother, and that neither was
of that dark purple or puce-liver so conspicuous in the
genuine breed of Irish water spaniels." He says: “ These
dogs were by an Irish water spaniel of Mr. McCarthy’s
genuine breed, answering all the points insisted on as being
those of his class: His appearance was an exact index of
his character. He learned anything directly. In water he
was of course proficient, and it seemed more his element
Ilian land. He would work among water rushes and sedge
for “flappers” with a resolution and daring that could uot
he surpassed. In partridge shooting there were very few
equal to him. All the qualities I found in the half-bred
lush water spaniels I bought and forwarded to America
and so well pleased were the parties that received them’
they ordered the dog and bitch— which at the time I re’-
jected— purchased and forwarded to them. An attempt
has been made to resuscitate the breed, (Irish water span-
iels,) but although Mr. Bullock’s Rover is a good, useful
spaniel, he has no pretension to rank with the Irish brigade
led by Mr. Lindoe's Rake and Blarney, and Mr. Skidmore’s
no less beautiful and justly celebrated Doctor anil Duck ”
By tins it appears there is a difference of opinion on the
the subject of crossing the pure breed Irish water spaniel
to secure really good retrieving dogs Tor this country Tie
perseverance and intelligence used by those in my posses-
sion in the retrieving of ducks from the soft and mirv
marsh the heaviest billows on Lake Koshkonong, or the
tall and heavy rice with which many of our Western lakes

Water — Sprinkled over or near
him causes violent convulsions.

Thirst — Absent.

Howling and Barking— Absent.

Muscular Affection of the Throat
Causing Inability to Swallow Any-
thing—Absent or not observable.

Causes— None. [A specific zym-
otic poison]

Prognosis— Very bad, always fatal,
no cbance of recovery’.

Terminations — The symptoms do
not vury to any great extent toward
the terminutkn.

Pathology— Intense inflammation
of the brain, extending to the throat
and lungs.

Prophylactic Treatment— None.

DISTEMPER MADNESS.
Definition — A form of rabid mad-
ness non-coinmumcablfi to man-
hnrnctcrized bv foaming at tho
mouth, impairment of deglutition
id a desire to vomit,

Synonymes— Hallies.

Premonitory Symptoms— Loss of
appetite uud slight husking in the

General Appearance During tho
Attack— The dog bite* at any of hi*
fellows, gnaws at his bed or the
wall, eats struw, snaps at his at-
tendant.

Fits— Present in a marked degree
In most cases.

Foam at the Lips- Very much;
the dog leaves it on the surface of
the water he vainly tries to drink
(the foam Is caused by futile efforts
to drink or swallow.)

Water— Has no effect upon him.

Thirst— Intense, insatiable.

Howling nnd Barking— Present.

Mu-cular Affection of the Thront
Causing Inability to Swallow Any-
thing—Well marked.

Causes— Inflammatory action In-
ternally pervading the system,

Prognosis— Good or bad, accord-
ing to the severity of the fits.

Termination— A fit.

Pathology— Inflammation of the
brain, often extending to the throat,
the lungs and the intestines.

Propyhlactic Treatment—' Vacci-
nation is a cortain preventive.

The hydrophobic dog is a sullen animal, merely appears
a little “out of humor, and is only actually mail on the
approach of water; but in distemper madness the animal
really is mad in every sense of the term. He biles and
gnaws and snaps, and chews anything that he thinks will
cause him to vomit. The hydrophobic dog lias no fits, (ex-
cept on the approach of water,) and he does not foain at
the mouth; but with the dog mad with distemper there is a
succession of fits, one of which may ond his life; his saliva
some of it of a frothy nature (foam) dribbles and exudes
lrom Ins mouth, and water sprinkled over him hns no effect
upon him Ihe hydrophobic dog hates the sound, the
sight, the thought of water; he will fly from it madly; but
the dog mad of distemper rushes to it to assauge his thirst,
but this he cannot do, as spasm of the oesophagus will not
allow his swallowing. The hydrophobic dog's eyes are
"shy, dull and sullen looking; the dog ill of distemper
madness has bright green and savage looking eyes, and lie
howls and barks. Dogs never recover from hydrophobia,
but they do from distemper madness, if the fits be not
severe. Vaccinal ion does not prevent hydrophobia, but it
does distemper madness.

LAVERACK’S SYSTEM.

„ „ Morristown, N. J., February 23, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The interesting and well considered communication under head of
1 he Kennel, in your issue of February 18tb, over the signature of "Doc-
tor, fairly merits attention at the funds of one who has practically ex-
»rT.<!d hli collfldencc ln Mr- Laverock's system of breeding tne setter.
And the writer may be excused for Here saying that the thoughtful argu-
raent and courteously expressed conclusions which elmracterize

Doctor s reflections upon this subject, have presented Ihe first l. mpta-
tion to publicly comment upon any of tho criticism* of the im-
ported Laverocks, and ihe geiitlemanwlu.se name tliev boar, that have
appeared in the field sportsman's press. Were the distinguished aud
successful breeder of those dogs conveniently near to review your Boston
correspondent's remarks upon their pedigree*, an abler pen, guided by
fur greater experience, had rendered this reference to "Doctor’s" ani-
madversions unnecessary, and perhaps presumptuous.

In a perfectly fair and unprejudiced manner "Doctor" submits the in
quiry whether, judging from the pedigree of tho imported nhcli Fairy,
Jr:Amryk! Pl“n °f brued,n« haa “O' been carried about as fur as ad-
visable and whether a new strain would not improve tho stock. From
a merely theoretical point of view this question would appear to demand

roller ,TVer- But how oflen we Bee lhe most logical theories
compelled to yield to unreasonable and stubborn fucts.

Mr. Edward Laverock is admitted to be high auihority upon the setter.
He has devoted more time, more careful attention, and more judicious

nro-enTof tot brClf "’.g °f ‘h,s do‘-r tban 11 "y other living man. The
progeny of h.s kennels, inbred and interbred, l ave i een carefully and
exhaustively tested for generation after generation. In late years, since
he introduction of field trials and bench shows, the direct offspring to
the sixth generation of Ponto and Old Moll, have competed with repeat-
llZ * ,hTIZl9 awnrded in England to the best dogs of setter
n«i v rl. ,reC°wm «‘nning 6et,trs bears no prouder names than
Daisy, Countess, Nellie, Priocc, Dash, Sam, and Victress-all inbred do.

FOREST AND STREAM

oo

econJ:»ni«, without ft crow, of the original Carlisle dogs, and l ell brother*
or (iftbm of Fuiry Mr. Laverock nowhere clnlm# that hlft dogs «ro

bettor than the best land their record would appear t<> mark them ns
wo.1 ns any); but he does say-llran which t,o better evidence of thotr
high form of vitality and perfect nutrition need be nsken. It Is a fact
that I have run dons of this breed for rArra weeks dally from n.no A. M
to seven r. M.. nnd others possessing the same blood have done the

same." When it Is that by •Tunning.' Is hero meant racing

nt full gallop at wide ranges In the open, only stopping to point, and to
drop while the .hooter reloads. « llh. U to be trusted an honr * rest at

In neb time, of these dogs, .belt Whip cord anil 'vlo.ebone-

llk. endurance at n killing pace, would Indicate any thing ^erthon
constitutional deterioration, "low vitality and Imperfect nutrition, from

mode of breeding or any other canse. . _

Settin g aside theories ns to what ought to lie expected, and accepting
facts ns they exist, it Is respectfully submitted Hint the valuable qualities
possessed by these dog., the Inheritance mid development of six genern-
lons of highly educated setters, their subtle power of scent, the. r speed,
stnuiiclineas. endurance, their affectionate gentleness and high courage,
■d with wonderful beauty of form and feather, would scarcely In-
kale that the truly "mrofnl consideration of the Laverock bUcl. Fairy s
pedigree" entirely Mllsfle* the Inquiry u. to whether or not in this case
Inbreeding 1ms been carried. I will not say. too fur. bn far 'enough
wKbout nt least the experiment of testing, hero lu America, the results

°f8?c”rf!5I?ntion of Mr. Laverock's system ha-, under his personal
advice, already been attempted, and Its consequences will, it la hoped
b Smitied to the ordeal of public trial In due time. This carrying out
of Laverock's method (I *. mating Futry with Pndc of the Border) Is a
tribute honestly due to his own highly successful theory mid practice of
brcedliv'. Nor need this hoped for preservation of the pure Laverock
blood Interfere with the plan spoken of in “Doctor's" cominunlcatlon
-to improve ourown stock, and by jutlicioi.s breeding establish a strati
„ dogs suited for our own use." Fortunately it is to be expected that
both theories will, at no verydistantday.be thoroughly tested Pride
of tho Border bus also been muted with one of the purest bred, best broken,
guest fielders, and most beautifully made orange and white setter bitches
ever bred In the Slate of New Jersey. Fairy's progeny and Nellie s.
both by Pride will receive impartially the best possible handling, and it
Is earnestly hoped that the soon coming future may decide the question
ns to which shall be the type-to again quote "Doctor”- of "dogstlmt
could not be equalled In the world.”

It I. not intended to again intrude this subject upon your valuable
Him,,, until fair experiment shall have shown the practical value of
the theories advanced by “Doctor.” to whose letter this loo lengthy ar-
ticle is Intended rather us uu acknowledgment than a reply.

Very respectfully, ^ .DoVKK Modhtain.

— The Gordon pup Mono, imported directly from the
estate of the Duke of Argylc, in England, by Mr. L. L.
Head of Louisville, was caught in a coon-trap last week
ftnd instantly killed. This is a great loss to Mr. Head, as
lie valued the dog at $1,000.

— — -4*»-

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

into its veins. Yet we do not believe it possible for any
serious consequences to arise from accidentally wounding
oneself, or from the bands heiug bruised or chapped while
preparing the skius. In the human subject, in cases of
amaurosis, it is sprinkled on the blistered surface near the
temples in quantities of from i to * a grain, and sometimes
even a grain, while the dose internally, it will ho remem-
bered, is from l-16th to l-12th of a grain , nor is there
danger from tho dead animal itself. In preparing the skin
of an animal dying from the bite of a rattlesnake or a
rabid dog, or the skin of a glandered horse, there is every
danger of the poison, since either one is an animal poison,
boiiux absorbed by the nearest lymphatic glands, and yet
such a ease may not necessarily terminate fatally, since the
poison may remain in the local parts surrounding tho lym-
phatic glands. But wc should prefer not to run the risk.
In regard to the death referred to from cutting the linger
while whittling a cork, while we think such a thing pos-
sible, owing to the absorbent powers of cork, yet we are
disposed to take the statement cum grano soli*. Gangrene
may have supervened from the cut, as it might have oc-
curred from a wound under other circumstances. There
are no things known ns phosphcresccnts. W c presume you
mean phosphcrcsence, which is the property possessed by
certain bodies of being luminous In obscurity under par-
ticular circumstances. It has been occasionally witnessed
in man when suffering from a wasting disease and near
death.

—Mr. Shirk, tho groat bookmaker of Melbourne, Aus-
tralia. made the peculiar luit of £1.000 to live drinks again at
Nltnbk'fool, for the Melbourne Cup, and lost it. Tho bet
was paid.

— Although not properly a “ horse note,’’ the recent
velocipede match in England, between the Hon. Keith Fal-
coner and Mr. II. 1*. Whiling, partook so much of tho
nature of fast time as to warrant a registry under this head.
The distance was twenty five miles, and the race was won
by Mr. Whiling in the remarkable time of 1 hour, •! L min-
utes and 16J seconds.

* 1> v — How Imvc Mr. Raymond and other gentlemen euccccdcd in
Importing their dogs? 1 understand that the rleamcra will not carry

^Ans— Rodigcr, Hietnan & Co., European and East In-
dian Express°No. 48 Broadway, will carry dogs at mod-
erate rales.

DtAYMes, p(ru, Amboy —Can yon inform me whether dogs with their
tails cut cun take prims at a bench show? Also if you think It advisable

to cut setter pup V tails r

Ans— They cannot. Do not cut your setter s tail until
he is sufficiently grown for you to judge if it will be re-
quired.

IlUHKivr, Chester, Pa.-Wbnt is u springer spaniel?

Ans— 'Hie springer is one of the many varieties of span-
iel chiefly distinguished by his tender and discriminating
nose and extreme tractability. They arc heavier and
slower than the cockers, and not equal to the same amount
of work.

Sanciio - Your receipt to ‘‘Sunclio. Bergen Point, ” In lust week’s Is-
‘ for ca,,k. r in Better's curs, is undoubtedly a good one. but allow me
to scud you a remedy I applied to u valuable Irish setierof mine, and

that is two or three drops a day. for a few days, of Harlem oil. It will

he rather painful fora short time, but I think in all coses will effect a
i,o«ltivc cure This receipt, together with the one you give, if tried by
sportsmen having their dogs thus alllicted, (and It seems to me they are
the only ones) cannot but prove effectual.

Ans— Wc believe our remedy lo be an infallible one, but
our correspondent's is well worth a trial.

F I, Y . Beverly, N. J —What lathe origin of the Oildersleeve set-
ter who inis the pure stock, and where have they been worked In this
country wlint bio their characteristics ns lo size and color? I observe
vour notice of the proposed establishment of a gentlemens’ sporting
kennel Tills is one of the needs of the age, nnd I am glad to see llio
Idea conceived by gentlemen of such slauding as insure it to be a
success

Ans— In our issue of December 31, on page 323, Yol. 3,
you will find an article on the Gildersleeves, which will
supply the information you desire. They ale of full size,
and generally orange and white in color.

GMT Jn., Quebec.— Is there any danger to be apprehended from
skinning or preparing the skins of wild animals poisoned by strychnine?
There seems to he a general aversion to touching on auimal killed In
this wav. and many valuable skins are lost from fear of the consequence
of accidentally wounding oneself while performing the operation of
aklnntn- or from the contact of bruised or chapped hands to the raw
skin or flesh of the animal . I read lately of a man who. while whittling
a cork cut the fleshy part of his thumb, and died from the effects, ex-
hlbllln" all the sign* of poisoning, and it wus supposed that the cork he-
lm impregnated with poison, sufficient was conveyed to the wound to
cause dentb. Accepting this as the case there would seem to be some
foundation for the very general opinion on the subject. Where are llie
phosphorescent*?

Ans— Prussic acid excepted, slrychnme is beyond doubt
the most violeut poison among medicines- The regular
dose for a human being is l-16tli to l-12th of a grain three
times a day. It differs from other narcotics in (he fact that
the system does not so soon become habituated to its im-
pressions, so after its effects are experienced it is not neces-
sary to go on increasing tbe dose. One grain, and some-
times les«, U liable to produce fatal results. Pelletier A
Cuventon, with l-6th of a gruin of the pure alkali, killed a
dog in thirty seconds. The quantity required for killing
animals, therefore, is small; and notwithstanding that it is
vapidly absorbed, (as after having been swallowed it lias
been found in tho urine, the blood and tissue of various
organs,) and that the blood of an animal, under its in-
fluence, produces similar effects in another if trunsfused

g7;f §orsjjutd § on

—The Hippodrome races continued up to the last night to
be the great attraction, and those present were treated to
the fastest time yet recorded on the sawdust. Messrs.
Walton and Mace are entitled to credit for their skillful
management, and Winter racing under cover will in future
be looked upon as a legitimate sport. On baturdav night
i lie hr g Pilot succeeded in eclipsing anything in the way
of time vet made, beating Dan Costello in six beats, of
which the last three were trotted in 2:39, 2:40, 2:42. On
Monday trotting and racing gave way to pedestrmmsin,
and the gay Lancashire lasses are followed by the irrepres-
sible Weston and the persistent Judd.

—There has been comparatively little betting on the
leading Spring events during the week, and while the
favorites have advanced to shorter odds, no new candidate
for leading honors has succeeded in displacing thorn.

—From Kentucky and Tennessee we hear of great pre-
parations for the coming campaign, and the increase ;n Hie
number of horses in training corresponds with the similar
condition of affairs at the North. The meeting of the
Nashville Blood-Horse Association is fixed for the hist
week in April and first week in May, and promises to be
very successful.

The vacing stud of Count La Grange, the French turf

man. includes 103 horses in training among which are
sixty-eight two year olds. Vasco da Gama, a full brother
to the St. Loire r winner, IVro Gomez, being by Bondsman
out of Salamanca, was sold when a yearling for 1.300
guineas. Two weeks ago, being a three-year old, he was
sold by auction for seventeen guineas.

— Disqualification by death is a question now agitating
racing circles on both sides the water. Mi. Lonllard s
three-year old colt Vassal was entcrod for bis engagements
hv Mr Abner Turner, who, since the transfer of the colt
has died The rule says: “All nominations in stakes are

void by the death of llie subscriber, except where n horse
is sold with his engagements, and a written acknowledg-
ment from both purchaser and seller lias been delivered to

llie Clerk of the Course previous to the death of the orig-
inal subscriber.” As no written notice of the transfer was
tiled the nomination is void. An unfortuualo fact, us \ ns-
sal bad been backed for the Withers Stake and tho race is
deprived of some of its interest. The English rale is even
more pointed. 1 1 says : “All nominations are void by 1 lie

death of the subscriber.” An effort is being made to have
it changed to conform with our rule, but Admiral Itmis,
who is a thorough bull dog where turf interests are con-
cerned, claims that the rule as it stands is the only safe-
guard against fraud. The Admiral has lately given a wri -
ten opinion in the case of Mr. Belmonts horse Gray I lunet.
and his race against lime. The horse was allowed a run-
ning start, whereas it is customary to start running horses
from a stand-still, and time them from the dropping of the
Hag. The Admiral holds that it should be treated as a last
mile in a race of greater length. Looking ot it as a time
test and record, we disagree «« toto with the gallunt l bm or.
The time necessary for a lmrso having a standing start to
get under headway and fairly in hU sir de is all saved to
the one passing the string or score at full speed and the
difference must be one or two seconds at least. However,
ns tbe time record in running races constitutes no bar, the
matter is of but little consequence.

Dkath of a Celf.bbated Hack IlqppK.— Lord Clifden.
whose “access at tbe stud, as well as on the course, bad
placed him in the very front rank of sires and racers, died
7,i. 0f February. The extent of Ins owner s (Mr.
Gee toJlv be from the fact £11.000 «...

r 1 a f«r the horse last Spring. Lord Clifden was foaled
in I860 and w- go? by Newnifnstcr out of The Slave who
survives her mmwncdson. He was favorite for the Derby
of -63 and was only beaten by a short head by Mnecaroni,
after one of the most memorable “ Darby's” on record.

—King Tom, by Lexington, has 80,d Mr* Mc'
Peters to Sir. Jarvis, of Canada, for $2,000.

Tbe sorrel trolling mare Jenny Lind who in 1850 won
a Trotting0 race on the Union Course in 2:37, died recently,
?n the twenty-eighth year of her age.

Mr S B. Alexander, of Charlotte, N. C., has pur-
clioscd the thoroughbred stallion Abd el Ivoree from Col.
McDaniel.

At the Toronto Winter races two horses, Ohio Girl and
„w,n collided, the shaft of the latter s sleigh pem iia-
depth Of nine inches in the mare's cjeit. ld
Dan wu also badly injured but will recover. Ohio Girl is
Still living, but Will probably die.

Jf/rsims &a (garnsifondentl .

Anonymous Communications not'.Noileed.

C. C. Cooawiu. w»l pleaao ftcnd hla address to tliU ofllco, find wo
will forward him paper*.

C. ii L , New York.— If that hound moans business ho can cateh hlft
fox III 73 leap*, while tho fox will atop after UU 108th Jump.— A. I*.
Dkstiiiax.

Rirt-ft. Hnvcwtraw.-Is tho "Mcgantlc DUtrlct” a good trapping
country ? What kind of largo game U found tboie? An* Very good lo-
cality and quite wild. Boar*, door and nomo moose.

K. N. Wiujams, 8avtn Hill. -Can you toll mo whethor tho plate* In
Huerta' "Iim'CU Injurious to Vegetation" are colored ot not? An*. Not
colored; a former edition had colored pinto*, but 1* now out of print.

E B. 8. Syracuse How can 1 remove tho ru»t from my gun lock*,

which have boconui covored with It through want of proper care? An*.
Tako tliu lock* apait nnd rub with emery; If badly rutted, toko them
to a gunsmith and have thorn polished.

Rkuiu.au Ptmoiuain, Middletown, N . J. - Which would ho tho hoot
pin,-,, for a party of hoy* to camp during August, on tho Hiidaon, near
Kingston, or around Bworlawood, 8u»*cx county, N. J.? An*. aria -
wood Lake would Iw a* good a plnco aa you could select.

Malt**!.— Ono of your lady correspondent* asks whom to got * Mai
tee dog- Toll tier to got a white poodle, send him lo Burrell's Dyo
Iloii*c, Boston, with directions «* to shade, slid sho can have nay col-
ored dog sliu wants. Wo linvo a magenta dog here - A. B., Boston.

U. 8., Cluyolnnd, Ohio.— What fixed tout would ha host for two por-
non* aiid what kind of canvas would he tho best? An*. An A lent of
light cotton duck. Wlint kind of shot gun would ho tho het for nil
kind* of shooting? An*. Ton gaugo gun. weight 81 pound*. Will dud
thorn advertised on nnolhor pngo.

Tiiami1 Va.-Ieoo occasional allusions In your paper lo .now shoo
tramps Tn Canada. 1 linvo never seen snow shoes used, lint should
i„dgo from engravings that they would bo very niiivlcldly. < an you toll
mo what rate of speed ran he obtained by an expert snow aimer? An*.

A mile In seven minutes ha* been mado by tho Snow BhOo Clubs undor
favorable conditions.

0 H n Kansas.— Can any of your readers Inform me If oik ean ho
found on tho "Loup" In *•>«< ImH number, to Insure at least ft sight «r
them on a week's limit? Also how far up and on which fork I would ho
in, ,,i nkoly to And them? 1 wish lo secure ono head for mounting An.,
North Fork. Send to J. II. Batty, taxidermist, now at Lung Twlrlo
Minnesota, for excellent specimens of mountod elk heels.

W S Y Commiinlpaw, N. J.— Which Is tho best kind of motoMnl for
gun barrels? An-. Laminated steal. I want to purchase a good double
barrel shot gun. ana would like your opinion hi relation lo Hu, ubovoT
An* Sou shotgun, advertised In our columns. Cun 1 procure such a
weapon n« a double barrel rifle? An- A lino double rlflo, mudo by
Reilly, of London, I* now for mile nt this ofllco.

T c B I'lalnvlllc, Conn.— Is ordinary furniture vnrnl.li (opal)
nullable for a rod made of ash and Innouw.mdf An*. Yes; but shellac
u most generally used. Dissolve gum shellac In olclioliol. Which of
llnxnttl * brands of powder will glo tho best result. In a lSgirngn. gii
Inch miixzlc loading gun. six pounds four ot.. weight? An*. The larger
grolucd powders, say Hazard's No. 6, will give yon good results.

F It Boston.— Will you plensu Inform mo of so mo good locality In
New Hampshire or Vermont for trout and woodcock hi Summer, and for
raffed grouse uml ducks later? Also, of somogood plnco on Ilia roast

lor bay snipe, and oblige? An*. For the shooting Ural nn

excellent place, little visited. Is the L'romptou and Megan lie Lake region.

In Canada on the border of tho Stale, named; the starling point from
Bhorbrook. For snipe, go lo the Marshpce or Qucshnei. Cu|iu Cod.

,1 W I St Lonls. Doe* any ono kuow about the now powder ad-
vcrtieedTnyoor columns? Would it do to loads Bemlnglon rentra lire
earl ridge with, and would It give .« good peiiolntlon; and how as lo
shot guns also? Ans. A cominlilcu of four competent goi.llu.nei. havo
been iu, pointed by Fonnse and Stukam lo make cxperlmeulsl testa

with thir exploslvo, tho It. of which will be g von to the pul .Ho

through our column* n-xt week, or a* hooii as obtained Me/nmhllo
we refer you to a letter on this subject which wo print elsewhere.

11 A C Belmont— In loading a rlflo cartridge for n short distune®,
would It he' sale to use a light charge of powder and n tmllel small enough
in force down the cartridge case on to the powder? Would It Injure thn

barrel? I)o you consider Beach's comblnaihm sight worth

price asked for It above ordinary sights? I'Ica.n give terms and address
f Chicago FUM. Ans. The use of a bullet will not Injure the barrel of
vour gun Tho Bench sight I* a great Improvement, combining too globe
sight with the common sight; cos. Vi flO. Chicago FiM 1. published by
the Field Association. No. J61 Fifth avenue, Chicago; price |-l per

" n'vKsTiirr Boston -Fred Mather thinks that all factories, mills, dyo
hou.es .Vi .which are located on a river or stream Into which tin- refuse
n,n* and kills flah. ought to atop, so ‘l>« Mr Mather can catch flsh. I
hlnk there are two side, to this question. One the manufacturing
iiite rent- Lowell, Lawrence, and a hundred other cities and town, thnv-
ine hv manufactures, and employing hundred* of thoii-andeof opera
rives and the other Is. the fl.hlng Interest*. Which I* the greats.. ? If
WreclMothor wnntn to catch flail, why don't ho go whore thn fl.h ore? I
do U I go every year to the Rongoley Lakes, nnd get all the 11.1. I want
Why don't he? Ans. This question ha. tuxe 1 the w.-dora of many
leglalatlvo bodies. Both Interests are of great magnitude It I. lo pro-

“ wa that Mr Mather propose, to otlllze as rnanoro the refu.o and

Wl ^ S. ?£ toil- Pollute, our fiver, and destroy* our fl.h food. If
mlll. w“etohebulli at Hangeley. our caviling oorrespontUnt w.uldbo
denied hi* Ashing there.

<• v c Mnlrklrk Furnace. Md.-I* not the .carcliy of woodcock due
In some measure to il.c.r propensity for flylng agai.i.t the telegraph
Sr/t nlg.It? Three have been plck-d np wlthl.ia quarter ofu m.lc
of Sto plai In tho past forty eight hours. One was dead, the other t wo
L v Injured they could not live. Duck, have been seen flying
SuS 10 <l»y In qnlte large flocks. Ans. It I* not uncommon to And tho
V Ldlcs of swallow*, martens, sparrows, rail, and .mall migratory
ml. that have been kilted by Hying against telegraph wire., and the In
ire. ecs are «o numerous as to h od to the supposition that tbe flights
mu "“be numerically greater than U generally Imagined. It I. supposed

hv some that the electric current pus-lng along l ho wire, causes tho

Z,th of many bird* During a violent thunder storm *uch might bo
fhecc but at ordinary limes hundreds of swallow, and other blrda
‘ ,,c „.CII perched OI. the wires Could a bird grasp a Separate wire

mod. clsw.lt might, by forming tho "circuit." receive a -hock; or
.bould a bird on one wire toad, (lie MU of a bird on another, they might
both be affected. The probabllty 1*. however, that night fl^hlsOW U*
enuw of to Hinny birds being destroyed.

56

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NEW ENTERPRISES.

IT Is a peculiarity of our people, particularly those who
settle In hitherto unopened districts, to ignore the well
worn paths of industry, and by the introduction of new
schemes and pursuits, to seek to find a rapid road to com-
petence, A paragraph in the San Francisco Bulletin, to the
effect that the Angora goat enterprise in California has not
realized the wonderful profits anticipated, and the total
failjre of the attempts at sericulture in the same State, are
strong cases in poiut.

At the first introduction of the Angora, the most extrava-
gant expectations were formed ns to the results to follow.
Enormous prices were pnid for rams, and even graded
goats, lifted hut a stage above the common native variety,
were bought with avidity. Cashmere shawls were to be
brought within the reach of every one, and the gossamer
fabrics of Bummer por Chudali wero to be as common as
the products of the looms of Paisley. But alas! these an-
ticipations were not to be realized; either the goats did not
produce as was anticipated, or dealers found themselves
unable to use the fleeces in competition with the natives of
the East, and those who engaged in the business have been
obliged to sell out and betake themselves to the drudgery
of farming as a means of livelihood.

Six years since the Legislature of California passed a bill
giving premiums for the planting of mulberry trees and
the production of silk cocoons. Hundreds went into the
enterprise. Large areas of ground in every favorable lo-
cality from Sacramento to Los Angeles were planted with
the different varieties of the Morns family. Eggs of the
silk-worm were procured from China and Japan, and prob-

NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1875.

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Northwebtehn Texan. — The Topeka Common wealth pub-
lishes two letters from n correspondent at Fort Sill, I. T.,
announcing the arrival of Gen. Miles at that post, and de-
scribing the trip of his command over tho Llano Estacado,
or Staked Plains. As a portion of the ground covered has
been mentioned as included lu Col. McCarty’s itinerny, the
description is interesting. On the 28lh of December Gen.
Miles broke camp on the Canadian River and traveled due
south to the Tule, the north branch of the Red River, and
across the Staked Plains, a distance of over one hundred
miles. Here the course was changed to the eastward, and
a thorough scout of the country made. Four or five hun-
dred Indians— Comanches and Kiowas— were driven into
Fort Sill, and the march, made in the dead of Winter, over
a country never ventured upon by whites at this 6uason, is
one of the most remarkable on record. The sight of the
Wachita mountains was a glorious relief from tho terrible
monotony of the Staked Plains, which, almost unendur-
able at any time, are particularly so in Winter, when the
question of how to keep from freeziug is i.n important
one. Buffalo chips were not to be had, and the only fuel
was that hauled in the wagons. From the headwaters of
the Red River to Wachita mountains the couutry is rough
and broken, and almost destitute of vegetation. The soil
Is a kind of red clay, which seems to produce only the mes-
qulte brush. The creek bottoms are narrow, and almost
destitute of timber. The country to the north and south
of the mountains Is entirely different. The writer describes
it as like arriving from a desert to a paradise. Their great-
est altitude docs not exceed 600 feet ; the surface rocky, and
no timbor is to be seen on thrm from the southern side.
Numerous small streams of pure water gush out from
either side. These streams are all supplied with an abun-
dance of timber— walnut, oak, hackberry, hickory, and
other varieties. The country breaks off into rolling prai-
rie. and is covered with a rich growth of vegetation. The
severity prevailing elsewhere has extended ibis Winter to
the Wachita country, but tho climate geuerally is mild,
equable, and free from malaria.

—Tho St. Augustine (Florida) Press of February 20lh
notes the following arrrivals in that city Admiral James
Alden, of Washington, Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, and E. R.
Wilbur, Esq., of the N. Y. Forest and Stream. The Press
says-.— “Mr. Wilbur is making a tour through the 8tate, aud
working generally for tho interests of thy valuable paper
he represents. ’’

ably a million or more dollars invested in the business.
Barnng some little difficulty in the way of disease among
the worms, caused by feeding on young and immature
leaves, everything flourished; the State paid the bounty,
and it appeared that a bonanzti had been found in silk cul-
ture. Eggs aud cocoons multiplied, but remained on hand.
The French and Italian manufacturers who were awaiting
with eagerness for the new market did not appear. There
was no machinery in the State to reel tho silk from the co-
coons, and no skilled labor to do it had the machinery been
forthcoming. The business languished, flickered, and went
out. The State Legislature rescinded the bounty, and the
impecunious silk growers were glad to grub out their mul-
berries and plant potatoes in their place.

It is now proposed to grow the tea-plant extensively in
the same and other States, and enthusiasts would have us
believe that we can soon dispense with the Chinese leaf,
and on our own soil produce the delectable beverage that
cheers without inebriating.

The moral of all this is, that our people, while rushing
into these enterprises which promise so weil, on paper,
overlook the great question of labor upon which in reality
success hinges. Admitting an equally favorable condition
of soil and climate, the fact yet remains that in such indus-
tries as require large numbers of laborers, either skilled or
crude, the country which can furnish the labor at one or
two dollars per month can never fear competition with that
wherein it commands from thirty to forty. Added to this,
it is not the practice to follow these pursuits, particularly
silk culture, on the large scale with which it has been at-
tempted in California. In China and Japan each family
in certain districts produces a modicum of the raw mate-
rial, which is gathered by collectors on their periodical
trips. The labor also falls on the women and children,
and is only a portion, not a speciality, of the family
life.

No one who has not seen it in operation can realize the
amount of detail connected with tea culture. The pick-
ing of the leaves, the sorting afterward, the rolling to
exude the juice, and the subsequent firing of those sorts
intended for exportation. Most of the work, so far, is
carried ou by children; the picking, and particularly in
the green tea districts, (so called,) where so many differ-
ent kinds go to form a chop, the sorting is done usually by
girls, whose manipulation is more delicate. The wages
of these people is about six cents per day, and for the men
who make the boxes, fit the leads in them, and print and
paste the characteristic figures, perhaps a trifle more.

These same remarks apply equally as well to the Angora
goat experiments. We have neither the labor or the ma-
chinery to work up the material when produced, and
exportation is out of the question. Tho finest cashmere
shawls, erroneously called camels'-hair, are made by hand,
and each one represents, perhaps, the labor of years ou the
part of one family. If the settlers iu our new States and
Territories will confine themselves to feasible and valua-
ble enterprises, endeavoring to produce only those things
for which there is a certain market, the sooner will they
attain the competence at which they aim. The fable of
the hare and tortoise holds good in agricultural as well as
in other pursuits of life, and haste to become rich by new
and untried experiments is more likely to lead to poverty
and disgrace.

— Hurst’6 Stereoscopic Studies of Natural History, which
we offer for sale, are much sought for by 6portsmeu for the
special purpose of using as copies to paint decoys from.
As they are copied and colored from life, there can be
nothing more suitable.

—Our correspondent “B.,” on p. 409, is mistaken when
ho says N. W. Clark is one of tho Stale Fish Commissioners
for Michigan. It is John Clark, Esq., of Ecorse, that is
the Commissioner.

CONICAL BASE SHELLS.

THE entertaining letter which we publish this week
from our valuable correspondent, Mr. Wilkinson, of
the Patent Office, Washington, will possess much interest
for those gentlemen who, through our columns, have ven-
tilated their supposed inventions of conical bases for shells.

It may be a matter of surprise to them to learn that their
theories on the subject are neither new or original, and
that the question had been agitated as early as the year
1600. Furthermore, that patents to the number of fifteen
or twenty have already been issued from the Patent Office
for alleged improvements on the same invention. We
would suggest careful experiments, aud inventors must
bear iu mind the rebuffs and discouragement which almost
invariably follow any attempt to, improve upon old
customs:—

Washington, D. C., Februury 18, 1873.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

Permit me through your columns to answer an inquiry that comes
from sportsmen In different pBrts of the country. If I thus aid iu
answering similar letters sent you about the sume matters, why, so much
the better.

Singularly enough a score or so of Intelligent BportBmen, some of them
from places as distant fiom ench other us Maine and Iowa, have simul-
taneously conceived the ideu that it would be of immense advantage, lu
both shot guns and rilles, to have a conical base for the powder to rest
upon, and that this base could he easily and cheaply supplied to the
ordinary metal or paper shell cartridge. This seems the more remark-
able when we k >o\v that this matter of the conical base has been agi-
tated for rather more than a hundred years, and that during the last ten
years a score or more of patents have been issued in this country for
various methods of attaching the conical base to the metal or paper
tube, of which the shells arc made.

Still more remarkable is k when wc find that as yet the whole thing is
a mere inntler of theory and speculation, and that no reliable and care-
fully conducted experiments have given any dnla upon which lo base
claims of superiority for this buse over others. The fundamental idea
seems, from a record of the matter, to have been to secure n constantly
increasing area of combustion for a part of the length of the chamber,
and for the purpose of lessening the recoil. Stonehenge, accepted, I
think, ».s good authority, states that he has repeatedly tried breeches of
varying shapes, including the conical, with the snme barrel, charges, «fcc.,
and with a constant result, which seemed cleurly lo establish the fact
that the peculiar form of the base was Immaterial.

Many a sportsman has written that he has found that such cartridges
shoot belter by one-fifth or onc-Blxth, or something of that sort, but if
any of your readers can refer lo any reliable experiments mathematically
demonstrating the point, he will confer a great favor upon sportsmen
who, having taken it for granted that conical bases give better results,
are spending their time and money in experimenting upon different ways
of applying them to shells. No mere theory should be allowed to take the
place of carefully and scientifically conducted experiments.

We are all well aware of the tenacity with which u practical unscien-
tific man clings to a preconceived notion, assuming mere speculative
theories ns facts proven beyond a peradventnre.

For example: it took years of actual use, and no end of argument and
persuasion to Induce blacksmiths to concede that n machine-made horse
shoe unit was worth anything nt nil. The facts were, that the most
severe tests proved that the machine-made noils were better in every
possible way, but to this day country blacksmiths waste time and money
in making their crude and clumsy nuils by hand. A case nearer home
to the sportsman is the comparatively recent invention of the percussion
nipple in place of the old flint lock. For long years practical sports-
men. and some of them educated Englishmen of great ability, refused
to use the new percussion nipple ns uot giving so good results when the
facts were as yon all very well know.

It is fair to conclude, then, that sportsmen will continue experiment-
ing upon the conical bases, and every now and then one will think he
has a fortune in it. It may confer a fuvor upon such to gire tbrongh
your columns some notice of the various patents already granted In this
direction. Twice within the month I have unswered the friendly inquiry
as to whether a broad patent could not be obtained for making a conical
base, (in use in 1D90, A. D..) und several times as to whether a broad
claim could not be allowed for cheaply adding a conical base to the
ordinary paper shell.

A favorite way of uniting a conical base to a paper shell has been by
placing an Interior concaved metal washer within the hollow of a metallic
base or end. The end of tho paper tube is then caught between the
rims of the two metal pieces and the nipple screwed through both, con-
fining all three securely together. See the patent of Thomas Culleu, of
Sun Francisco, Jauuary 7th, 18H8, No. 72,982.

Another method of connecting Ihe base parts with a metal shell is to
screw the outer metal buse or end which carries the nipple into the in-
terior washer. See pateut of F. E. Boyd. February 3d, 1870, No.
99,528.

Sometimes the breech is made double concave, Ihe nipple forming an
integral part of it, thns making of the three pieces a single one, which is
then secured in the tube. See patent of Logan and Eldridge, Dec. 7th,
1869, No. 97,537.

The various methods of cheaply giving a base of this form to the
paper shell include molding the base of papier-mache, or any analogous
material, and dropping it to the base of the tube.

One method is to take a strip of paper, which has one straight edge
and the other running at a small angle from the first, so as to give a con-
stant bat gradual increase of width. If now this puper he colled npon
itself, commencing at the narrow end, it will leave a cone-shaped de-
pression in its centre. This paper thus coiled is to form the inner base
of the paper shell and rests upon the usual flungod metallic head. See
patent of D. E. Williams, No. 108,543, Oct., 18th. 1870.

In addition to the above the following patents have been granted for
similar devices:—

See English pateut of Schneider, No. 2,203 of 1861, and American
patents of J. Ryder, Nov. 5, 1867; E. C. Dunniug, No. 34,713, March 18,
1862; W. II. Wills. No. 45,292, Nov. 29, 1861; S. Crispin, No. 42,329,
April 12, 1864; T. L. Sturtevant. No. 53,501, March 27, 1866; Depew &
Slatcher, No. 97,615, Dec. 7, 1869; F. Wohlgemuth, No. 96,873, Nov. 2,
1869; S W. Wood, No. 132,227. Oct. 15, 1869; S. W. Wood, No. 144,011,
Oct. 28, 1873.

Any one desiring can order copies of these patents from the Patent
Office and thus post himself more fully.

Enough has here been given to inform sportsmen that the chances are
very small of obtaining any very broad patents for applying conical
bases, und that the best he can do will be to experiment upon the
cheapest aud most practical ways of doing it, prowling that he has first
satisfied himself upon the question of the utility of such forms of
bases.

As the reader may by this time Imagine.I am not a practical " shootisl ,"
and have no pet theories to advance. Personally I had rather, as 1 did
last Summer with a salmon of twenty-five pounds fast to my line, run for
half au hour up and down banks among sharp rocks, and now and then
up to tho waist tn the ice cold waters of a Canada river, than to shoot a
steamer load of the noblest of game. A. G. Wilkinson

—Green pea9, tomatoes and cabbage are plentiful in
Florida, and wo hear of an occasional water-pjelon as far
South os Enterprise.

FOREST AND STREAM.

57

SHOT GUN TRIALS.

THE competitive trial of guns made by Messrs. Green-
ers against those manufactured by W. & C. Scott &
Son, is the subject of much comment in the English press.
The guns used were bored on the American principle
said to be better than nuy hitherto in use— giving closeness
of pattern with penetration. Mr. John Rigby, of Dublin,
who will be remembered in connection with the interna-
tional rifle match, was present at the trial, and in a letter to
the Field compliments our American-made shot very
highly He also speaks of the Importance of adopting
some uniform method of measuring the charges in expert-
mental cartridges by the space they occupy, irrespective of
the different qualities of powder and shot. Land and
Water offers a twenty-five guinea cup for competition to
the trade, one day in April next, the conditions of which
will shortly be made public. Now would be the oppor-
tunity of our gunuiakers to test the sliootiug of their guns
against those of British manufacturers on their own
ground — not for the value of the prize, but that, by com-
parison, they might mark, learn and digest to an extent
which would result in our having a home-made article of
excellence, without having to send across the water for
guns which, by accumulated duties and other expenses,
rank’ among the extravagancies. The following is a table
of the results of the Greencr-Scott trial, and Mr. Rigby s
letter. The totals represent the average:

MESSRS- OBEKSKR'8 12-dore oun.

Two sliote cuchbnrrel.
8 dre. Lawrence's
No. 3 and Ho*. Wal-
ker’s London sliot. .

Lawrence's No.
and 1* ox. chlllc

shot

IVlIVv ^

oz. chilled shot.

Right Barrel

Left Barrel.

Total of

both

barrels,
pattern
and pene-
tration.

Pattern. |

Pattern. |

Penetration.

1°

£ § &
o

Selected

group.

0

1
c
£

Hi

5 u

Selected

group.

177

25

174

181

27

747

:»3

183

35

171

171

173

180

30

1-2*

170

29*

761

37

89

98

20

669

213

35

210

212

35

015

185

l85

34

108

1A

32

201

202

35*

135|

139*

32

745*

239

29

208

20S

33

956

188

217

31

195

214

25

870

2I3|

228

30

201*

I 211

29

913

MESSRS. W. AND C. SCOTT AND SON’S 12-BORK OUN.

Right Bar

eh

Left Barrel.

Totnl of

both
barrels,
pattern
and pene-
tration.

Pattern.

Pattern. ,

a

1

a

*

0-

Group from
centre of
pad .

SI

e

o

c

'll

Group fromi
centre of !
pad.

Id

g o

TUree idiots eacu bar-
rel. 3 drs. C. and
H.’s No 6 and 1*
oz. Walker’s Lon-
dou shot

104

146

115

"iiii

160

ITS

137

39

35

31

208

204

230

216

225

239

30

32

37

814

792

153

36

214

226*

33

734*

Three shots C. nnd
Il.’a No. 6 and 1*
os. chilled shot

225

157

211

197*

231

170

22u

30

31
21

183

174

71

203

187

76

36

35

35

917

754

641

208

29|

144* 155*

35*

770*

The ^'ml^r shot guns reported in your last number
which I attended at your request, impressed upon me the
importance of adopting some more uniform method of
measuring the charges in experimental cartridges than that
hitherto generally in use, namely, by the space that they
occupy, irrespective of the different qualities of shot aud

P°Thershot used was of two kinds-chilled No. 6 and
Walker A- Parker’s London make, same number. I fi

to average as follows: Chilled, 270 to the ounce, or
lhc.e J J l nSet 1.02 grains; Walker’s, 205 to the

ounce or weight of single peflet, 1.05 grains. Neverthe-
the chilled shot is slightly larger, the diameter of the
peTrets being l038 in one case, and 1025 in the other It
follows from this difference that a charge of (n°m inaily ) 1 i
ounces measured with same measure for each shot wou d

contain about seven pellets less of dulled shot and would
be deficient in weight nearly the one-sixteenth of an ounce.

. The same remark applies even more strongly to the

BSSTirS

mm ?riaW where different powder and shot are used.

6 The lower specific gravity of chilled shot is due to the
creator amount of alloy added to the lead to harden it,
Ed no» to the method of manufacture from which it de-
rives its name. I had recently an opportunity of inspect-
inc the process at the works of Otis Le Roy & Co., at
New York who claim the invention and are the patentees
in* America The metal is dropped from a moderate
heieh“ about fifty feet, and no shot tower is requisite
The peculiarity of the process is in the device used to
ItardP the full of the drops of metal until they are suffi-
ciently hard to strike the water without injury. To effect

this a current of air is driven by a powerful fan up the

shaft m which the shot falls, aud its resistance is sufficient
S r' mrd 7he des" nding pellets, and give them ..me to cool
and harden before reaching the water.

The shot made by Messrs. Le Roy & Co. « bsautifully
round and even, but is not so hard as that manufactured by
the Newcastle firm, aud called by them chilled shot.

Virginia Game Law.— Several persons having made
inquiries relative to the provisions of the Game law of
Virginia, wc have sent to the secretary’s office for a true
copy, which we append herewith :

It shall not be lawful to hunt, shoot, or otherwise cause
the destruction of partridges, pheasants, or wild turkeys in
any of the following counties, viz.: Rockingham, Rich-
mond, Alexandria. Clarke, Fauouier, Rappahannock
Prince George. Westmoreland, Loudoun, Goochland,
Northampton, Y'ork, James City, Orange, Caroline, Louisa,
Princess Anne, Madison, or any county that may so elect by
its Board of Supervisors, from the first day of February
to the first day of October of each year, or of any woodcock
from the first day of July of each year.

It shall not be lawful for any person to catch any or the
game mentioned in the preceding section in nets, traps, or
pens, in said counties, for the purpose of selling such gome,
for the period of two years next after the passage of this

a°No person who is not a resident of this State shall be
allowed to shoot, or take with nets or traps, for salo in or
out of this State, any of the game mentioned in the above

section, in any of said counties.

Offeudcrs may be arrested by any citizen or citizens ot
this commonwealth, with or without a warrant.

Fish Pictures.— Mr. E. Sherman Pease, of Twin Lakes,
Canaan, Ct., whose paintings we have before noticed with
favor, has just filled two orders for Eugene Blackford, of
Fulton Market. They arc studies from life— one represent-
ing a bluefish.with squid in his Jaws, just landed from the surf
on a sandy beach, and the other a group of bright, nmber-
hued trout, with the usual accessories ot rod and creel. The
portraiture of the trout, in delineation and color, is very
perfect, but the merit of the work is somewhat obscured
(‘•killed’’ is the word) l>y the tinge of yellowish green that
pervades the picture. Unless the trout he very dark col-
ored, it is a great mistake to introduce the yellow basket,
brassy reel, amber-colored rod-but, and the straw green of
the grasses, that many artists seem to think essential to the
completeness of the reality they wish to convey. Mr.
Pease will take care not to fall into this error again wc feel
certain. However, strictly treated as n trout study,
this last effort of Mr. Pease has been enviably successful,

Mr. Blackford should be satisfied.

-4«*- —

Potomac Sinn Naturalists’ Club.— This society held
its annual meeting at Washington last week. The paper of
the evening was by Dr. Foreman, and referred to the use of
the boomerang of Australia, and a similar shaped weapon
among other savage tribes. The well-known peculiarity of
this weapon is its retrogressive action, which brings it
back nearly or quite to the point whence it was thrown.
The Moqui Indians of Arizona use a somewhat similar
instrument for killing small game, but it does not return to
the hand of the thrower. Sir Samuel Baker and Dr.
Schweinfurth both mention seeing this weapon in use
nmon" some of the African tribes, and recent travelers
have found it extensively used by the wild tribes living
near the base of the Himalayas. The Australian form of
boomerang is mentioned in “ Ovid’s Metamorphoses ” and
the wood of which it was formerly made is alluded to by
Pliny in his natural history.

A Sportsman’s Florida Outfit.— Our correspondent
Piseco” sends the following item. His thoughtfulness
is worthy of gratitude: C.. February 36, 1876.

Editor Forest and Stream :— ...

A friend on his way to Florida stopped over a day with me. and talking
over tl.o necessary oatflts for the Florida trip, read to me from Ms mem-
orandom book a list of his stores. I conld’ut help giving the reader, of
Forest and Stream the beneflt of It. Perhape you may go down your-
self some day. We quote: —

One round trip ticket.

One box bine pills.

One bottle medicine for asthma.

Four boxes Kidder's pastilles.

One box Dallcy’e ointment.

One bottle German salts.

One bottle La ville’s gout remedy.

One bottle KilUnger’s liniment.

One half pound slippery elm
Ten pounds oatmeal.

And StedtoS this evening. I have just supplied him, by request,
with a dose of castor oil. Won’t be have a good time? Piseco.

8 fir-

—Mr. J. Wallace, 10 North William street, has very
generously mounted for us, free of charge, a splendid pair of
canvas-back ducks which we have forwarded as a present
to the Hannibal Shooting Club, as some small acknowledge-
ment of their courtesy extended last Fall to oar worthy
representative, M. M. Barker. The birds ere very hand-
fome

The Sportsman.— We have received the first number of
a new paper called The SjvrUman, to be published in this
city whose columns, eschewing general literature, politics,
agriculture and science, are to be devoted to the further-
ance of sport alone. The editor is evidently an fait on
turf topics, which, from the copy before us, we judge is to
be a specialty. We bid our new colabratcur welcome in
the ranks and wish for him the success ever merited by
energy and psrseverence.

-The new Windsor Hotel, at Montreal will be com-
pleted on the 1st of January, 1876, and will cover 62,000
feet It will be leased at seven per cent, on the outlay foi
ten years, by Mr. J. Fulton, Jr., late of the International
Hotel Niagara Falls, who engages to pay taxes, keep in
repair aud furnish it in a style equal to the finest Amen-
can hotels, also taking $10,000 stock in the company. The
plans will be prepared by Mr. W. W. Bcyington, of Chica-
go, who designed the Pacific and Sherman Hotels of that

city.

The sale of Ruffed Grouse, Pinnated Grouse and
Quail which was permitted up to the 1st March is now
prohibited under severe penalties. Dealers will l b®
and not make themselves liable. With the exception of
YVild Fowl, and Bay Birds, March is a olosa season for
game.

— The National Rifle Association held Its regular monthly
meeting on Tuesday. The proposed change of targets at
Crcedmoor was the most important matter discussed, and
a committee was appointed to report upon It.

—A meeting of the Rifle Clubs was held on Friday after-
noon, Colonel Wingate In the chair. General McMahon
reported that arrangements were complete for the amateur
theatrical entertainment to be given at the Academy of
Music next month. Various improvements at the Creed-
moor Range were suggested. A letter from a Rifle Club in
New South Wales expressed a desire to shoot at Creed -
moor. Another letter was read from Mr. Mildmay, Sec-
retary of the National Rifle Association, Wimbledon,
England, extending u hearty welcome to tho American
Team on their proposed visit.

—

— It will bo seen by the letter published below that Col.
Wingate has replied to tho challenge ot the Ontario Any-
Rifle Association, to the effect that, tho Amateur Rifle Club
will provide a team to meet the Canadians at any llmo
prior to May 15th. It could scarcely bo expected that Hie
team selected to go to Ireland should first shoot a mulch
hero, which, if lost, would ruin their prestige and reduco
the Interest in the more important event, and if won,
could be productive of but little kudos to a team supposed
to be the best the country could produce. Wo say this
without prejudice to the Ontario riflemen, and arc con-
fident that foomcn worthy of their stool (or load) will bo
forthcoming to try friendly conclusions with them in May.

New York, Fubriiury IT, 1870.

J J. ifnnm. Esq., Ontario, Canada:

Dear Em— Iii pursuance of tho roquet contained In your toller, I
brought your challenge of February l«i before iho Joint C'oinmlttuo of
Iho Amateur Rifle Club amt National Kill* Asuoolallon of New York, on
tho SOth lii«t (tho delay, an I wrote you, having been caused by pmouro
of buslncs* ami family matters). That committee woro of the opinion
that ne they woro only appointed for the purpose of arranging for the
International match they Imd no power from either iho Amateur ltlflo
Club or National Itlflo Aisoclatlon to accept any challenge, and referred
the communication to tho Executive Committee of the Amuiour Itlflo
Club That committee mot on same day and directed mo to »Uto that
the Amateur Itlflo Club will accept a challenge to shoot a match at
Crcedmoor, at any llmo prior to May 15th, 1875, on tho terms proposed
In your challenge, (under (lie Wimbledon rules of 1873) and will provide
a (earn for that purpose. In view of tho fact that the team who are to
represent the United Stales In the coming International match will soil
in Juno, and Dial those who are to participate In tlm match will not be
definitely known until shortly previous thereto, you will see that It I*
Impossible for Uie club to stipulate fora mulch to bo shot by them, tlm
more so as several of each team will probably come from other parts of
Iho country, and will not bo under Ilia control of the dull. Sllll, while
the team which we will choose may not he Identical with that which will
shoot In the Ii.ternailonnl match, It will be composed of very nearly the
same parties, and will Include the best shot* of the Amateur Itlfle Club.

I remain, very truly yours, Gr.o. W. Winoatk,

President Amateur Klllu Club.

—The loiter of Capt. Mildmay, Secretary of the British
National Rifle Association, t<> Col. Wlngnto, relative to the
American Team visiting Wimbledon, is as follows:—

la Pali. Mall. East, H. W., February 0, 1HTV
Dear 8m— I have been a long time before replying to your letter, and
niy only apology lethal I wn« anxious to bo able to send you an answer
to tome of your questions relallvo to rifles, but tlm Council which met
not long ago (their llrsi meeting since tho Wimbledon one) though they
talked over tlm question referred to by you. could not undertake to
come to any decision In tho matter, and It has been referred to u com-
mlttoo. which will submit It to tlm next meeting of Iho Council, on tho
2d of March, I cannot, however, wait so long before answering ouo
port of your letter, the subject of which could never be a matter for dis-
cussion, and that l«, tho announcement that we are to bo honored ot
Wimbledon this year by a number of American riflemen. I am sure 1
need not toll you that tho Council have received this announcement with
great pleasure, and that wo, as well a* our riflemen, look forward to ihut
of giving you at our mooting tho heartiest welcome. As soon os our
regulations and prlxe IlsU are published I shall lose no lime In sending
you several copies for distribution, and it might so happen (lint your
newspapers would llk« to give publicity to them, In which enso I would
a-k you to allow mo to leave the matter In your hands, When the time
approaches for Iho departure of your fellow countrymen for England, It
will be very kind of you If you will furnish me with a list of their
names, or with their number. In order that we may be prepared for
so (lading thorn, and making other arrangements for lliclr shooting. Our
meeting will open on the 12th of July, and will last as usual, two weeks.
Hoping that you h-»ve not been Inconvenienced by tho delay In answer
Ing your kind letter, and assuring you that no lime will bo lost In for
warding you all necessary and requested Information end instructions,
1 am. dear sir, Yours trulr. Edmund 8t. John Milomav.

Captain and Secretary N. It. A.

To O. IK Wingate, N. F

— Twenty-six different kinds of breech-londcrs nro now
in U9C in the vailous European armies. Many of these,
though belonging to the same system, are made in different
patterns, such as the Remington rifle In Sweden, Denmark,
and Greece; the Vcttcrli rifle in Switzerland and Italy; the
Snider in England, Turkey, and Holland, nod the Dreyso
in Germany, Rotunania, and Montenegro. The rifle with
the smallest calibre is the Vcttcrli, of 10.4 millimetre.
The calibre of the new German Mauser rifle, and also «*f
the Werder rifle, as used by the Bavarian army, U 11 milli-
metres The new Drcysc rifle, which is now being tried In
school of musketry at Spanduu, is regarded aa being in
many points even superior to the Mauser. The average
rapidity of lire of the above rifles is twelve shots a minute,
including the time occupied in taking aim.

The Acsablk Valley liirLe Club.— This club was
organized at Keescville, Essex county, N. Y., a short time
since and is now in successful operation, with an efficient
membership, and the following arc the officers:-^. L.
Purple President; Willis Mould, Vice President; F. Mad-
den. Secretary; G. 8. Potter. Treasurer. A fine target
range has been secured, and on every Wednesday P. M.,
despite tbe lltteps* col<J, fte members meet and practice.

58

FOREST AND STREAM

@<nt(c and 0nn.

GAME IN SEASON FOR MARCH.

Snipe, Duck* mid Wild Fowl.

I Under the head of "(Him*, ana fun in .Stas' n" me can inly ejirct-
fuin aenrral term* (ht itveral varU'Ue, It can at 'he law* of Slant rary
*o much dial wire we to attempt U> particularly we coula do no /<-<»
than inMleh Hunt entire eecllone I hat rtlule to the Kind * of game in
aiieellnn. Thl* would require a great amount of our 1" deng-

niitinij gome we art guided In/ the law* of nature, u/Km which all lea!*-
In/loii l« founded, nml our reailer* would do well to provide the meet ret
with the law * of their ret/tcflne State* for coiwtanl reference. (JlherwUe,
our attempt* to a*n*t them will onlv create ronfuMon. I

Gamk in Market.— The commencement of the close
season for quail and grouse has reduced the variety of
game in market, and added to lire price of such descrip-
tions ns remain. The first English snipe of the season
have been received and are selling at $4 50(j'£$o 00 per dozen.
Plover are worth the sume, and the little bay snipe and
Canada bunting 75c@$l 00. Wild turkeys 30 cents per
pound; canvas back duck $2@2 50 per pair; red beads
$1 25@$l 50; milliards 75c@$l 00; widgeon 62c@75 cents;
brant $t 50<®$2 00; wild geese *1 00@$l 50 each. Rab-
bita 60c@75 cents; liarcs the same; squirrels 0c@10 cents
each. Antelope 25c@30 cents per pound.

—Sea fowl along the New England const are suffering for
food in consequence of the frozen bays and estuaries cut
ting off their supply of food, which they obtain in shallow
water. Sportsmen say that ducks are so poor as to be al-
most worthless.

—Plenty of ducks are reported now on the Potomac and
Chesapeake Waters. Several New York sportsmen have
gone to Havre do Grace, Md.

—The slaughter of great numbers of deer is reported
from the country around Calais, Me.

—Cariboo have become a favorite game in Nova Scotia,
since the killing of moose is prohibited. A large number
huve been taken the past season. The flesh is not con-
sidered as eatiblc ns moose meat.

—Three seals wero killed in Jamaica Bay, Long Island,
during the late cold weather. One of them was shot on
the ice by Alonzo Smith neap the Occanus Club House, and
weighed 187 pounds.

—The South Side Sportsmen’s Club, of Long Island, have
elected the following officers for the ensuing year:— Presi-
dent, John K. Hackclt; Vice President, Charles Banks;
Secretary, Samuel Shaw; Treasurer, William M. Johnson;
Counsel, John E. Devlin; Executive Committee, Samuel
Shaw, E. S. Slalkuecht, Joseph Allen and Win. M Fliess.

—A sportsmen’s club has been formed at Yonkers, this
Slnte, and the following gentlemen have been elected of-
ficers':—President, the Hon. Joseph Mnslin ; Vice President,
I)r. Charles W. Torry; Secretary, J. II. Keeler; Treasurer,
II. A. Sims; Counsel, A. J. Prime; Executive Committee,
Edwin L Thomas, Joseph Reeve and Joseph O’Brien.

Pennsylvania, Hamburg, Feb. nth.—' The destruction of
rabbits in this section of Berks county was unusually great
this season, but the law forbidding their destruction has
been enforced since the 5th of the present month. * The
great fall ol snow, and the intense cold weather during the
present Winter, here, is almost unparalleled in the history
of old Berks, and the destruction of young trees from the
effects of rabbits peeling the bark, is a great drawback to
pomology, many of the best trees being oftentimes entirely
ruined from this source. These carnivorous quadrupeds
intuit with no mercy from the hands of our sportsmen.
That partridges arc again nearly exterminated in this sec-
tion, is a fact which causes us much displeasure. The
laws should have been enforced to the utmost extent, in
which case we doubt whether we would be in the present
lamentable predicament. English sparrows arc abundant
in this town, nud afford the citizens continual gratification
and amusement. Game of all descriptions, with the ex-
ception of this herein noted, is senree, and for genuine
sport we select the deer hunting grounds of Centre county,
also in this State, where our desires are usually fulfilled.

Pehe Nixon.

Lauge Sale ok Fur.— A resident of Adams, Jefferson
county, Now York, bus just sold his Fall collection of furs
to a house in Loipsic, Germany, it consisting of 00,000
muskrats, 3,000 pounds beaver, 2,000 marten, 250 fisher-
amounting to about $35,000. It weighed over six tons.
These goods were all bought within two months by Ibis
man and his brother, principally in Canada. Many of the
goods were brought out by his traders from beyond white
civilization. He lias also sold to different parties in New
York for home consumption ot her skins, such as minks,
clc., in value about $20,000 worth.

Missouri, St. Louie, Feb. 22.— Pin tail ducks, the first to
come northward, are reported in the marshes opposite the
city. This morning a heavy south wind lias set in, a sure
sign of increasing temperature and good duck shooting in
a few days. Snipe shooting this Spring will be some two
weeks later, but good generally, as all the snipe grounds
are covered with water. Ad. Paul.

Kansas, Ddphoe, Feb. 22.— Our Winter still continues
very severe, and unless grouse return in the Spring we shall
he sadly in need of game birds. I found them (grouse)
frozen in their beds quite often, and the few that attempted
to winter in this section arc sadly less, in consequence of
cold and starvation. Along our creeks, during the Fall,
coveys of quail could be flu-hed every 100 yards, but re-
cently in the course of a two miles stroll I found only one
brood of eight, and it is very doubtful if they survive the
Winter. G. H. B.

—We printed last week the results of some vory interest-
ing experiments, and shall give others from time to time.
These practical tests are what we must rely upon for testi-
mony. Comparative merits of different guus can be
Judged of in this way to a very great extent . We append
herewith some results obtained here by a well known ex-
pert, in experimenting with muzzle and breech loading
guns.

We may state here that we havo several very valuable

communications awaiting publication in our issue of March

New York, February 26, 1875.

Brin-on FonBHT and Stream:— j . .

The other day 1 tested the comparative merit* of muzzle nnd breecn
louden", using a fine 10 bore of each kind. The mmole loadtu shot a*
fur mid ns strongly with two drachm* of powder a* the C. F. B. L. with
four drachm* of same powder-d* or., of shot lu each rasO-and placed
os ninny shot In the paper target. Thl* quite disappointed me and npset
my previous notion* on the subject. Some of the distance* to ihe target
were 135 yards, nnd the shot struck with micli force ns to flatten on n
stone wall behind the target. Was nut (III* a great distance for n shot
gun to carry V

I shot over a hard frozen Held of mow nnd wn* thereby enabled to
truce the distance lo which the wads nnd wire cartridges were carried I
would recommend this mode of shooting over enow where practicable,
us the experimenter 1* thereby enabled to see and toko notice of wlmt
becomes Of the different ports of his chnrge as they be scattered over the
white surface. Yours. Manhattan.

Dittmak’s Wood Powder.— So much inquiry is being
made as to the value of this new explosive, that a com-
mittee of four gentlemen have very kindly volunteered to
make for us a series of thorough experimental tests, that
the results thereof may be given to the readers of Forest
and Stream. We have supplied them with a can of the
powder and some brass and paper ammunition, and await
their report with some impatience, but with full confidence
in the qualities and desirability of the powder. One ob-
jection, we fear, to its use, will be its peculiar color and ap-
pearance, which so resembles sawdust as to render its use
and handling dangerous, even by tlic most thoughtful;
while ignorant and careless people will be more likely than
not lo throw a handful of it into the fire. It ought lo be
dyed black.

We append herewith some results obtained by a A\ a.slt-
ington correspondent who lias kindly favored us therewith.
His testimony is reliable, and therefore valuable:—

Washington, D. C., February 35, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

I first tried different charges, In order to see what would be*t suit my
gun, m No 12 Scott* Son breech loader.) and found that your corres
political, who first gave Ills experience, evidently dul not use a sufficient
charge.

The only drawback iu Ihe use of the Dittmar powder will be dlfllcully
in measuring uniform charges, owing to its extreme lightness.

One clinrgc was carefully measnred and deposited In a saucer, then
covered with water uud placed near n stove overnight; by which means
the water was evaporated, leaving the powder of a somewhat darker ap-
pearance.

This charge was afterwards fired, and to my surprise, the result showed
no pcrcuptablc difference in its shooling qualities.

I am so well pleased with Ihe result of my experiments that I Intend
using the Dittmur powder exclusively In the future.

PIGEON SHOOTING.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

In the New York Time* for January 31st, 1875. there Is an article en-
titled "A Duy with Mr, Bcrgh,” which was well written and interesting,
but l cannot agree to the last lines, which are as follows:—

••Between the huger antique brutality nnd a more modern dandy

SSS'mi Mjt. posUIMben-

counters, next dog fights, then cock fights, nnd lastly pigeon shooting."

The writer of the above should have added, "And we do hear of people
so lost ns to Invent articles to slaughter creatures who huve human blood
In their veins (nnd therefore must he relatives) by tho thousand." It,
would not be necessary for him to add that these "relatives of oars" are
known by various names, such ns "pest*," ‘Torments," Ac., and some-
times us "tothundor with t hese mosquitos."

Now. surely, this gentleman has no right to compare gladiatorial,
bull, dog, nnd cock fights with pigeon shooting. If all the wounded
MnL arc killed immediately (and 1 suppose such is the case) there can be
no harm In it 1 think. The writer of the above did not specify what
kind of pigeon shooting lie meant, but of course it was trap shooting.
Now, 1 will compare this method with others tlrat I have seen. It is un-
usual for two hundred birds to he shot nt In one match, and suppose
one hundred and fifty arc killed nnd wounded, there Is the end of it.

This Full I saw two men trapping pigeons in a buckwheat field; they
had I lie pigeons under n lurge net, while they caught others with smaller
ones, 1 did not stop to watch them, but came back soon and found them
twisting the necks of tho birds and putting them In bags and throwing
the lmgs In a wagon. I coaid see numbers fluttering on tho ground, and
could sec ami hear others moving nnd uttering feeble cries In the bags
that were full. "Why don't yon kill the birds?" said I. "Wehnvc’nt
got time; we've got sixty dozen, nnd we can’t bother with them, besides
they will bo deud by the lime they get to Baltimore," snid cue of the
men.

I have been to pigeon roosts where nil night I could hear the wound-
ed birds fluttering and making most piteous noises, nnd where I could
not walk three steps without either stepping on a wounded bird or else
hear them slowly and painfully get ont of my way. Let the reader who
has never been lo a roost read Fcnintore Cooper's "Chuin bearer," or
•■Pioneers," until one gets sick at heart at Buell cruelly; but it is useless
to talk to tlte scores of men nnd hoys who go to these slaughters. I know
two men who killed 220 birds in one night, and the next day went over
the same ground and found 87 more, most of whom were wounded and
still alive.

Which is the worst of these? Surely trap shooting is the height of
humanity compared with the others. It is certainly more laudable for
sportsmen to wish to kill their game scientifically, l ban to he like a gun-
ner whom n friend of mine advised to shoot chain shot when he wanted
to hit anything. I heard a man say a short time ago that he once saw
eighteen quail under a log nnd killed all nt one shot before they could
scatter. No sportsman would do that, for It is not only cruel but is not
sportsmanlike, bat the saute man who would not do this would shoot at
trap pigeons. If the wounded birds are not killed nt once, then It can
be said to be a cruelty. Still, os Pope says:—

Tls with our judgments ns our watches, none
Go just alike, but each believes his own.”

Allbohanv.

LOADING GUNS.

Port Richmond, February 23, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The regular shoot of the Association enme off on the 23d inst., on Die
farm of Mr. Win. M. Crane, when a number of mutches and sweeps
were decided, in which over four hundred birds were used, uud which
drew together some five or six hondred people. I give herewith a few of
the scores made:—

Match nt ten birds each. $50 in the parse.

Goor-C Baier. .0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0-4-L. Palmer . 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1—5

*• ', $5. $3.

...I 110U0i:i
0111111111
Jsh represented by

Sweep nt ten birds each. *5 entrance-Sii'J
[eon Barues. . 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 I George Truutes.
ohu Llsh 0100100011 |Dr. Talbot.

O* .>11. ..1 rtret mntthv TriililuU NlTnild. RllfllOH fill T<1 I 1

Wm. Ilousmau.

Match for $20 a side, noither party having ever shot a bird before; five
» birds each.

Llsh !• 0000; tic 1 1 0 killed 8-Anderson. .1* 0 0 00; tie 0 0 1 killed 2

•Shot within hounds by outsiders.

Sweep at five birds; $5 entrance; flrst and second money.

Barnes 1 10 0 1—3 I Dr. Talbot 110 1 1—4

John Bottling 1 1 i 1 1-5 I

Bolding first money, $10; Tulbot second money, $5.

Sweep at five bird* each; $5 entrance, best score taking all the stakes.

Bnier 1 10 0 1—3 I J. Bokling 0 0 1 1 1—3

L Bokling 1110 0—3 McCritulisk 0 0 11 0—2

Palmer.. ... . 111)0-41 Vagts 1 0 1 0 0-2

Wfferman 0 1 1 1 0 — 3 Raihjeu, ....... 1 1 10 0 3

Botbjcn 1 1 1 0 0-8 | Vrclund 0 1 1 1 0-3

Match nt ten birds each; $25 a side.

V reland 0 110 11110 0-G - Ralhyeu. .. 0 0 1110 111 1-7

All ihe above were shot under the rules of the Staten Island Shooting
Association— 21 yards, 80 yards boundary, If ox shot.

Respectfully, Mortimer.

Russblvili.e, ICy., February 8, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream :—

I notice in your issue of January 28th an article relative to loading
guns, which covers part, but not . II of tho ground. Your correspondent
"Royal." in laying so much stress upon the government of charges by
the weight of tlte gun, has lost sight of a much more important consid-
eration, viz: the calibre. While the recoil of a six nnd a half pound gun,
10 bore. Is unpleasant, when charged with four drachms of powder, it is
much more so when the same chnrge is fired from a gnn of like weight
with a 12 bore. The smaller the bore of (he gnn the less the charge of
both powdor and shot required, is u general rale, nnd all owners of guns
should keep this In mind. Of course light guns will not stand ns heavy
charging ns heavier ones; yet "Royal” will find that one number in the
bore will more than make up the difference of one pound in the weight.
“Royal” is certainly correct when he says that overcharging is a foe to
steady shooting. I remember very distinctly my first day's shooting
this season, ns an illustration of this. Iliad bought a new gun, and the
dealer from whom I got it sent mo some shells ready loaded (I use (he
paper shell) with it, all of which were overcharged. 1 1 xamined the con-
tents of one before going out. uud thought them too heavily loaded, bat
with the addition of a few which 1 charged myself in my belt, I started
ont. Never will I forget that day's shooting and its effects. After ex-
hausting the stock of shells which I had loaded myself, with pretty fair
success as to gome, I began on the others. Then came my experience as
to overcharging, with a vengeance. Two qnails out of three which rose
before me dnring the entire day were splendidly missed, nnd my shoul-
der beaten blnck and blue by tho excessive recoil of my gun. I use a 12
here, seven nnd a hnlf pound gun, nnd charge it for quail or snipe with
3j drachms of powder and 1 ounce of shot. Were 1 shooting ducks I
should use ltalf a drachm more of powdor without any increase of tho
shot. L H.

SPRING SHOOTING ON LONG ISLAND.

SUMMER WOODCOCK SHOOTING.

Green'tort, February 29, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Fowl shooting in Pcconic and Gardiner’s Bays is good in the Fall sea-
son, but very uncertain and unsatisfactory in the Spring. These bays
are now scaled up with ice, but a week or two of mtld weather « ill re-
open thorn. There arc a few coot and old squaws here In the few
patches of open water, but not sufficient to make good shooting. There
are some geese und wild fowl round Gardiner's Island and on Montauk
in Spring, but they do not offer much soort. As the Great Pond, near
Stratton's, on Montauk, is now open to the influx of lidos, the grass
there Is destroyed, nnd fowl scarce at all times T think the chances
would bo better at Osborne's, near Fort Pond, for some geese and duck
shooting, and I think that place in Summer, say from the middle of July,
would be good for buy snipe and plover shooting, and later for ducks.

1 would recommend gunners in Spring to go to Shinnecock Bay, stopping
at Van Squire's, or at William Foster’s, where they would find the geese
and broad bills, nnd good accommodations. If they should establish
themselves at Cuuoe -place on that bay, they would be handy enough to
the shooting iR the bay, and convenient also to coot shooting in Peconic
Bay, as the old tavern at Canoe-place stands midway between Peconic
nnd Shinnecock Bays, and very near to both of them. With a battery In
Peconic Bay, starting from Canoe-place, there would probably be good
shooting on any moderate day for coot and old sqoaws and shellbacks.
The bay snipe shooting in Spring at Shinnecock Bay is sometimes
good In the month of May. 1 have in former years found good aecom-
modniion* at very reasonable rates at Josh Corwin's, Tiana, west end of
Shinnecock Bay, and handy to the beach for bay snipe. But I think the
sport in Barnegnt Bay is better still for duck and snipe. The gunners
will find good accommodations at BUI Chadwick’s, and by writing to
him through Point Pleasant P. O , he will inform when the bay is open
and the fowl on tho wing. But I have stopped also at Mrs. Ortley’ s,
which is two mites south of Chadwick’s, nnd I think it a much better lo-
cation for sport, nnd besides the best points and meadows nclong to her.
and her price* are very moderate, though the table Is quite inferior to
to that at Cbadw lek’s. If the fowl are here in any considerable numbers
In Spring, sufficient to afford sport, 1 will Inform yon of it. Very
truly yours, Isaac McLellax.

This matter of regulating Summer woodcock shooting
is somewhat complicated by tho fact that in several of the
Western States there is no Fall shooting whatever, and un-
less the sportsman shoots in Summer he cannot shoot at
all. The subjoined letter bears upon this subject:—

Hannibal, Mo., February 3, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

To abolish Summer woodcock shooting may be necessary to save the
birds from extinction in the Eostorn States; but iu many places in Mis-
souri and other Western States, to prevent Sammcr shooting would pre-
vent it altogether, as the birds migrate from their breeding grounds, and
excepting now and thou a bird, do not return in the Fall. Along the
Mississippi bottom the birds raise in considerable numbers, and but few
are killed in the Fall; nnd while the pursuit of them In the Summer re
quires considerable fortitude to brave the musquitocs and extreme heat,
it seems to be a kind of connecting link between the seusons for shoot-
ing. I believe that the close season for grouse in Illinois, Missouri and
Kansas, ought to be extended to the 20th or 30th of August, and for
quail until the 15th of October. The open season should be ox tended in
Illinois to February 1st, nnd Kansas laws should close at that time. I
trust that this matter will receive earnest attention at the next meeting of
the National Association. My reasons for extending the close seasons
arc— first, that now there are many less than half-grown coveys when the
season opens and they are very easily taken. 2d— thut there are, espe-
cially in Kansas, thousands of grouse killed that are spoiled by the hot
weather, and are of 110 benefit to any one. Such killing Is just as use-
less slaughter as tho killing of buffalo and leaving them to the crows
and coyotes. Tu the efforts made to save buds killed in the hot
weather, many are sold that are not fit for the table. I know thut many
parties go to Kansas and slaughter birds by the hundreds that, with the
exception of what few they may use, nre thrown away. I think it was
stated that twenty-four tons of game were ordered thrown into the river
nt one lime last Fall by tho St. Loots Board of Health. The sportsmen
m ist take hold of this matter at once, and In en-nest, or their occupation,
jlke Othello's, will bo gone, JIkiihert*

FOREST AND STREAM

59

PAPER AND BRASS SHELLS.

Niwabk, N. J-. February, 1873.

Editor Forest akj> Stream:—

In your estimable paper a few weeks since an article appeared, l
which the writer *uld "brn-a shells are a nuisance to load. * I must differ
with him very materially on this point, n* I know that can on
liras* shell sooner than a paper one. and wlthont wriukfing In tho least
ns Is the case with a paper one. If you use wmls sutTlcieiitly large t
properly nil the barrel of your gun; a* my experience has "

KO 0 load in a 10 paper shell 1. all that it will bear without bulging, and
thua preventing It from entering the chamber. W Ith a brn« shell I al
most invariably us* an 8 Baldwin wad on my shot, and very often . H
Bley on my powder, which cannot he done with tho paper . toll, for™

eons above stated. And now about the "uulsance to clem. ^ ^11.

ore nickeled; but perhaps I may be a little mo re particular h » . s me
others; «ml my shells nt tlgU.lynt the Inner end of Uie
the taper commences, ami I cun come m at night, after a day * good
shooting, with hands and pockets as clean as any oth,cr ‘ ‘°

same amount of shooting; and I suppose it is simply from the fact hat
my shell. lit perfectly tight at the taper .if tho chamber thus rrevet.ling
any gas from escaping backward to soil the shells In the least. As to
cleaning, which I take it has reference to the Inside of the shell, n piece
of hard-twisted mnnllla rope, four or five inches long, that wilt enter tin
shell by wrapping each end for an inch or loss, so as to leave enough of
the ends to form n sort of a brash, le all that Is required to cleanse a
bru»s shell of all dirt necessary; or. what Is perhups better, and not
costly, n brush made of very stllf bristles, and soil by nearly all gun
merchants for the purpose of cloaning tho chambers of ‘be gun while In
tho field. 1 now have on hand u lot of shells that I loaded last Full with
heavy shot, taking them in my trunk to Iowa and hack, and to day they
arc arc as solid, apparently, as when first loaded. As lo the ‘ nuisance
of carrying loaded brass shells," I can't really see where the difference
comes in, ns the brass is but a mere trille heavier than the paper, and
ns safe a* far as the danger of exploding Is concerned. As for the "nui-
sance of being carried empty I have newer yet found it so. Another

reason he gives why paper Is better than brass, and that Is. that ofton-
II, nea the head of the brass shell is too thick for the gun to lock. In all
iny experience 1 have never yet found them so. though I have used

those of four different makers, and I have now on hand over a hundred

made by two different parties, und from all appearances they will Inst
me my life lime, although there is a shell now being made In our city
which I think excels them all. Again he says, "the trouble of capping
and uncapping brass shells Is so great us to try u man's temper and ver-
bal morality.” Now I certainly think I can uncap ten a minute, as
nenrly nil who sell breech loaders have for sale nn Instrument, not unlike
a brad awl, which serves both as an unenpper and loader. And here, al-
low ntc to say to the wilier of the article before referred to, that by mt
nothing hit thcU out, but simply using a stiff brush of some kind, und
then use a No. 8 Baldwin wad on his shot, If a 10 shell, I w ill venturo to
Bay he can curry them any reasonable dlstuuce and length of time he
Chooses without loosing a single pellet or his wads starting; nnd if his
tups fit as they should do, both air and gas tight, no glue Is necessary
in either case. And again, ho says he doubts if brass shells shoot any
stronger than paper ones. For seventeen consecutive years, during tho
months of October and Novomber. I have visited Iowa for the solo pur-
pose of shooting and fishing, the past five using a No. 10 Greener breech
loader, and for seven years past have honied witli nn old hunter, bom,
he says, with a gun on bis ehoulder-and it would rcallv seem so to see
him shoot-whom wo call ihorGonerul" and General he is, to all Intents
and purposes. For the two first years with my Greener I used paper
shells ontlrely, and so did he, he also having n Greener. The third year
1 had a few brass shells with me, and he would occasionally try one,
liking to hear the "splng" ns he termed It, ihot It gave, and us we very
often while duck shooting stood side by side, I soon found If a Hock
was coming a little high, he would ask for a brass shell, which very soon
satisfied me that he knew what he was about; nnd now paper shells nre
••nowhere" with him, saying, however, that -on a pinch" they would
answer for snipe and quail. There Is certainly one great objection to
paper shells, if you arc exposed to all weathers, as any article made of
paper will very soon bo rendered useless by coming in contact with
water or even dampness of any continuation. And here let ine stute n
fact that 1 was an eye witness to, und part participator in ; Two years
aince a friend of mine and myself were at Babylon, duck shooting, and
my friend, on stepping from the hunt to the battery, accidentally dropped
twenty of his brass shells overboard in six feet of water, where they re-
mained from early morn till after dinner, when they were recovered.
Supposing of course they woild not explode, but In order to test them
they were dried off, and every one but ono exploded, and that without
Cvena "bang fire.” Where would your paper shells have been In this

case, or a similar one? Thia fact alono, in my mind wus sufficient to test
the relative merits of both.

Here, Mr. Editor, I must stop, though I havo not noticed all his ob-
jections, and my arguments are not written lu very forcible language;
yet any one with ordinary perception, I think, may possibly get the gist
of them and judge accordingly. Perhaps nt some future time I may
give you another effusion-lf not on this subject, may bo on some other.

Glasses.

SHELLS.

Subewsdiirt, February 23, 1873.

Epitor Forest and Stream:—

I have been much Interested in reading the enudid and able communi-
cation from your correspondent ‘‘Herbert," upon shells and gnus, and
am particularly struck with Ills experience in regard lo the expansion of
a paper shell from moisture, rendenug his gun useless for the time. The
liability to such accidents may not great, but the possibility exists,
and the risk of having the present form of paper shells rendered worth-
less, from becoming wet from the many mishaps sportsmen are liable to.

I think Is sufficient to justify tho demand that they should be made
waterproof, and I trust this doslrable feature will receive the attention
of parties engaged in their manufacture I can indorse ‘•Herbert’s" re-
marks in rogurd to the opportunity for improvement in the manufacture
of tho Sturtcvaut brass shell, which I think, as now made. Is far from
what it should be. Cueck Cord.

The German Shooting Club of Savannah.— This as-
sociation was regularly chartered about three yeurs since,
and litis some two hundred and fifty members. Persons
from any nation muy become members if their characters
are good. This rule is strictly enforced. Four months
since, a slock company, composed of nearly fifty member*
of tho society, purchased the Greenwich Park, adjacent to
the beautiful Bonuveulure Cemetery, about four miles from
Savannah, and situaled upon St. Augustine Creek which
flows from the Savannah River. 'Ihese grounds cun be
reached by steuniers. taking the inland route to the coast
towns of "Georgia, and North Eastern Floruit, also by a
shell road from the city. The property contains seventy
acres of lowland and thirty one acres of high ground,
shaded by live oaks, magnolias, cedars, nnd pines btnee
tl.elOlh of March, 1874, Mr. John H. Kelwig has had
charge of the park, und under his superintendence the new
buildings have been erected, grounds laid out>*:‘r- 1 ,ie

buildings now completed ure a dance hall, 00x120 feet,
inside, with eighteen feet posts, with piazzas ten feet wide.
A shooting gallery and shooting house 24x100 feet, with
targets six hundred feel from the building. The "spread
ca'?e target" is sevenly-flve feet above the ground, is carved
out of wood; is four and a half feet high, with six feet
spread of wings. The man who shoots away the last pwee

of this wooden eagle is the "King" for the year. The
keeper's lodge, 40x40 feet, with ample piazzas, and pretty
gardens surrounding it, forms a pleasing picture among the
moss festooned live oaks which are the glory of the park.
Besides bath house, bar room building, and a fine ten-pin
alley, there are stables, horse sheds and a small village of
out buildings upon tho grounds. The Germans and their
American friends gather in this pretty park upon the noble
bluff ot the river with their wives and children to celebrate
festal davs, and to Interchange the pleasant social courtesies
of life away from the noise|und dust of their* city ssreots.
The "Shooting Festivals" are on the lfllh, 20lh, nnd -1st
of April of this year, and again in July, during one day
and night. The Eagle Shooting King gives a ball on the
last night of the April festival, which is the grand event or
tho season. .... •

The grounds arc open for pic nics nnd similar gatherings
during the Summer season. A railroad froW|tho city will soon
be completed, which will bring passengers near to the
shooting park. We hope to lie able to again visit Savan-
nah, and during the "Shooting Festivals" of April next,
when we may lie able to describe to your readers, tho many
and curious sports of those days. *

Jm and §ii cr

FISH IN SEASON IN MARCH.

Snapper.

Groiijier.

Uockllsh.

SOUTHERN WATKlta.

Trout (black bn»s).
Drain (two spec leu).
Kingllsb.

ShOOpstlOOll.
Tallorflsh.
Son Boss.

Fisii in Maukict.— Fish continue very scarce, and if it
were not for the improved facilities for refrigerating and
transporting them from distant points, there would be a
fish famine litis week in New York. There can be seen
now in Fulton Market, at Blackford’s, shad from the Si.
Johu’8 River, Florida; shad from the Ogcechce River, and
shad from Neusc River, N. C., some of them weighing flvo
pounds each; red snapper from Fernandinn, Florida, 20
cents; grouper from the same place, 20 cents; sea bnss from
Charleston, 20 cents; blackfish from Rhode Island, 15 cents;
Long Island smelts, (the most delicious of any of tho
various kinds,) are commencing to come in in small
quantities at 25 ceuts; shad sell for 50 cents to $1.50 each,
according to size anil quality; halibut 20 cents; cod nnd
haddock very scarce ft*. 12 cents; turbot from Newfound-
land, 20 cents; salmon trout from north of Canada, 20
cents; pickerel from Lake Ontario, 20 cents; bass from
New Jersey coast 25 cents; lobsters, none in market, as the
ice has carried away all the pots, nnd it will be some time
before the fishermen can replace them; Spanish mackerel
50 cents; fresh mackerel 20 cents; flounders 15 cents
frozen salmon 45 cents; California salmon brought across
the continent by Mr. A. Booth, of Chicago, tho same gen-
tleman who brought over the first that ever caine to this
market, is now being received. Mr. Booth deserves much
credit for his enterprise in this direction.

—Our Massachusetts friends report smelt fishing ns con-
tinuing good, and smelts as running large in size. One
gentleman caught in Weymouth River through I he ice,
witli hook and line, (seining or netting is not allowed in
Mass.,) thirty-one, which together weighed nine pounds.
One pair caught together at the same haul weighed eight
ounces each.

—Herring arc very plenty at Perry and Eastport. Mo.,
and many men are employed catching them and soiling
them on board vessels there loading with them. It is esti-
mated that about $75,000 will be paid for herring this
Winter in Eastport and vicinity. A good business in her-
ring is also being done at St. Andrews, the bay being full
of herring.

_ Quite a quantity of frozen tautog were found on tho
south shore at Little Compton. U I., a few d«y»

They were in excellent condition for the table, and were
ltieltlv prized by the fortunate tinders. It is supposed that
they came into shoal water in search of food, and were
chilled by the unusually severe cold. Nothtng like it has
occurred in that neighborhood since tlm cold Winter of
1857 when immense quantities of tautog and other bottom
fish met a similar fate and drifted on shore m such aunt.-
lilies as to be secured by the cartload for manure, and the
keeper of the ligh'.boat at the Hen and Chickens reported
the sea as being literally covered with them. It wus said
that for two or three years thereafter there was an unusual
scarcity of bottom fish.

FISHING AT PRESQUE ISLE.

Eiiie, Pa., February 13, 1873.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Our harbor affords glorious Halting In Summer. Prerquo Ialo, which
forms it being full of little lakes or ponds. In winch tho l»»li ■pawn.
Moskinongc, pike, black bass. Ac., abound, it being a cootmon occur-
rence fora ekUlful fisherman lo take forty or fifty bow, Onr greatest
annoyance U the poachers, who seine the ponds In 1 rosQiie Isle, captur-
ingSeat numbers of moakinongt , from « foot to eighteen Inches long_
The bay is uow covered with ice, aud Immense numbers of perch . and
herring arc caught through holes cut In It. Lost week, a party fishing
through the lee caught twenty-five or thirty black b.ss-sn unheard of

thing here up to tbU lime. In May and June, a fish called blue pickerel
Me caught In thousands with hand lines from a boot anchored over what
are called the Banks. They run from fifteen to twenty Inches

and arc very greedy, taking the bait almost a. soon as it strike, the

water The pound net flsnermon hare been working here tw > season*,

laS season thirteen pounds being set within four m le. of .be town.

They do an Immense business, but arc ruining our fishing, I t'*r.

T Prcaque Isle Is seven miles long, and varies In width ^mone hun-
dred yurds to two mile-. Is filled with pood* from o.,e- lgbth to one-lulf
robe long, and Is heavily limbered, there being a heavy fin. for cutting
down Umber or bashes. The U. S. Government have control over It and
guard the timber carefully. The only buildings on the Island sre the
fleht bouses The ponds are filled with lilies, wild Me*. Ac., and there
IS Urge cranberry marsh, s. on which grow all ihs other be rrle- which
attroctgarae . If the pot hunters and gill net fishermen could be kept
away, we would have one of the flues, sporting ground. In the country
In the Soring and Fall duck, are plsnty. and snipe, plover, rabbit*. Ac
1b abundance. It would m.kt afins presorvv for • g.ullem*n. c£b.

THE ENGLISH GRAYLING.

New York, Fob., 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream

1 wish to draw the attention of my brother expert, to tho habits of ilia
grayling. 1 And, on perusal of your valuable paper, them 1* n diversity
of opinion respecting this fish.

In my early days, «ny some ten or twelve year, ago, I have caught a
great number of them, ranging from three to eight pound, each, In the
River Wye, England. Observe that tills river abounds with salmon and
trout, t have seen trout feeding on their younger brethren, but they
eschew the grayling. Whether it Is Bin grayling's big dorsal fin that
anoys the trout, or whether lit » flavor Is unpleasant to them, 1 cannot My,
but such I. tho fact, as I have frequently observed.

From the conformation of the mouth of tho grayling, t presume he
does not prey upon fish. 1 never siiccci'dod In taking one with minnow,
live, dead or artificial, nor yet with salmon spawn, worms ut gentles. I
have only tnken them with a very fine loader, and the .mafiosi sUod fiy,
natural or artificial, (likewise a fine fiy rod or pole ) They arv a very
•by fish, unlike the trout, which will dash nt the fiy thomomout It strike,
tho water. The grayling will gently .tick the halt under the water, hardly
making a ripple on the .urfnco. Yet they nre a very game Ibh when
hooked, equal lo salmon or trout In their play, und not giving in without
a airugglc .

1 am satisfied If any gvntlnumn wishes lo propagate grayling, thnt by
observing the following means strictly, they eon do so with c»»e Select
a gocsl clear, gravelly bottom, free from mud and moderately swift cur-
rent. ns pure In water supply a. It emanates from the spring. Trout will
get along lit stream, where grayling will not exist, lienee, you will
guard against Unnerlo*. or any nmnnfactorlo. that pollute the water.
Observing tlieso condition, you havo your grayling and trout In tho
same stream, mid tho trout In tho highest flavor from the purity of Ilia

W Vhavo seen on hong Island numerous streams that nature has made
for tho grayling, whore 1 nut certain lie would do well and thrive to a
goodly .lie. N. Ptuonano.

Wc have received from Capt- J. M. Coventry, of Non
vcllo, Camilla, specimens of a dozen different kind, of tiles,
such a* are used oepocially for grayling In England. They
nre; the blue dun, hare’s ear, yellow hare’s ear, silver dun,
red tug, furnace red lag, yellow spinner, yellow dun, grey
spider, red spinner, quill gnat, und yellow upright. They
ure very diminutive, smaller than the smallest trout Hies
used by most American anglers, and nre dressed In the
most exquisite mnnnor. We have observed iliut English
anglers almost invariably use very small 111**-1* in angling for
trout. For salmon, on the contrary, very largo flies are re-
quired In some streams. In England the grayling comes
into season in September, nnd Is host in mid W Inter, if tho
water can only bo found in good tingling order. Hie
blacker on the back the better the season of the fish. Tho
largest fish are taken by sinking and drawing with tho
artificial grasshopper, which is made by simply winding
green worsted round a piece of lead with ft book in centre
nnd putting two pieces of split si raw on tho side fusioned
with yellow silk. It is a very killing method

Fishing Matters— ' The number of fishing arrivals for the
week ending February 25th, was sevmitucn. eight from the
Banks seven from Georges and two from New Brunswick.
Tho total amount of halibut brought In was 220,000 pounds;
codfish 375,000 pounds. Halibut have been sold from $8
to $11 per cwt. for best quality. Most of tho fares have
come out in rather poor condition In consequonco of the
long homeward passage. Georges cod, round, tiro Helling
for $2 per cwt.

Schooner John S. Bresson, Capt. Greonleat, which arrh
veil from the Grand Banks on Thursday last, weighed off
50,000 pounds of halibut, and Blocked $3,073.50- -Ihc largest
fare and slock of the season thus far. Crow shared $ 1 30. 1 1
each. . , * . , *

The Georges fleet which sailed In the early part of this
month, are coining along with good fares. • ''

Marion Grimes, Capt. Davis, arrived on I uewlny with DO
000 pounds of cod, having been absent but nine dnys A
large portion of Iter fare were sold to fresh I)h i dealt r» for
immediate consumption, nt $2.02 per cwt. Tho arriva o
the new catch is quite timely, ns 'he old stock of Georges
fish arc all disposed of, and there arc but few Bank remain-
ing in first hands.

The crew of the fishing slriunor Belle and Hattie, .num-
bering thirteen men, divided, at Portsmouth, over $1,000
as the result of ono day’s lltdiing *ust week.

Tito ico blockade is fust being broken up since the mild
weather set In. Some forty sail were got out on Monday
and Tuesday, and others will soon bo on liidr way. The
focr is rolling tho ice in tho inner harbor, and all that is
now needed is a northeaster to tako it out to sea.— Cup*
Ann Ad tor liter, Feb. 26.

jllitionul

—The fifth annual convention of the Professional Bono
Ball Association was held at the Athletic club rooms, 1 >"•
ndrlphia, on Monday, March 1st. 'I be resectability of tho
delegates, and the good feeling which prevailed, ":l ' *

credit on that class of the fraternity. I he beat part of tin.
day was occupied by the session of the Judiciary commit-
tee which, by the way, should have been held a month
earlier ut least. 'Hie cases acted on were those .n relation
to the expulsion of Radeliffe, Stearns, and Boyd from heir
respective clubs, and the legality of the con rue t* signed
bv Miller. Force, ami McMullin. I bey decided that M
Hadcllffe’s case, not having been brought before the com-
Slice he should be re i ..Slated, and Atey n'so rcin-mted
Stearns while Boyd, whose position was tho least censur-
S£ was left out in the cold In the case of the con-
tracts they sent Force buck to Chicago, and Mullin to

was made to the latter a services by the Athh lics. I o
the credit of the Hartford club, they rclmcd Miller from
his contract, and permitted him to play in St. Louis,
thereby restoring the entente cordiaU between the two
clubs. y At the convention nt night, the clubs represented
bv delegates were as follows:— Athletic, Charles Sporing;
Atlantic, B. Van Delft, Boston, H. Wright; Chicago. W.
Hulbcrt; Centennial. E H. Hayburst; Hartford. M. Bn k;
ley; Mutual, A. V. Davidson; New Haven W. 8. Arnold.
Philadelphia, G. ConCnnnon; Ib d Stockings. A. Blong,
St. Louis, C. O. Bishop; Washington, A. F. Childs, Wes
tern W. O. Trimble. . >

The officer* elected And the COBMoUtoifl applied

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were as follows: — President. Mr. Spering; Vice President,
Mr. Bishop; Secretary, Mr. Childs; Treasurer, Mr. Wright.
Judiciary Committee— Messrs. Hayhurst, Trimble, Can-
cannon, Van Delft, and Bulkley. Championship— Messrs.
Davidson, Wright, and Bulkley. Rulea-^-Messrs. Wright,
Arnold, and Hurlburt. The entry fee was reduced to $10,’
and the Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, Western, and
Centennial clubs paid their fees on the spot. No cham-
pionship match can count unless the club playing has
paid the entry fees.

The changes in the rules arc but few, and the most
important are tho«o throwing the home base anil striker’s
position back so as to leave the home base on foul
ground. Wides -were done away with, balls being called
in the order of every third ball; all halls not delivered
over the home base, and for the striker, to be regarded
as unfair, and every third such ball to be called. The
delivery of the ball to the bat is to bo by a swing of the
arm, made so that it shall swing nearly perpendicular at
—not “to," as a typographical error had it— the body,
the hand swinging forwnrd, not to be raised higher than
the hip. This does away with every delivery, save that
of the legal underhand throw, such as that of McBride,
Spalding, Cummings, Matthews, and the other regular
pitchers. The side underhand throw was made with the
hand above the hip. Two foul strikes put a player out
now instead of three. Some other amendments were made
hi the wording of the rules, but not changing the meaning.
I'iie convention adjourned to meet in New Haven at
three P. M. on the first Wednesday in March, 1870. After
the adjournment the delegates were entertained at the Con-
tinental Hotel by the Athletic club. Harry Wright was
appointed a committee of one to confer with the Amateur
Association, at their convention, so as to insure the prepa-
ration of one code of playing rules as near as possible.

The amateur convention in December adjourned to meet
March 17th. As that is 8t. Patrick's Day, the meeting has
been changed to March 10th, at the Revere House, Boston.

’I lie chairman of the Committee on Rules recommends
those attending to provide themselves with copies of the
Professional Playing Rules of 1874, ns contained in Mr.
Chadwick's book, published liv DeWitt.

Yachting and §oafittg.

AU communications from Secretaries anil friends should be mailed no
later than Monday In each week.

HIGH WATER. FOR TnE WEEK.

Date.

Mar 4
Mar. &
Mar. 8 .
Mar. 7
Mar. 8.
Mar 9. .
Mar 10

Boston.

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10 12
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morn.
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1 10

New York.

9 56

'0 36

Charleston.

22

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Chadwick's book, published by DeWitt.

The Wai.kino Match.— E. P. Weston and Prof. Judd
started at 12.12 A. M. on Monday morning on their walk of
five hundred miles. Whether the distuncc is accomplished
or not, this mutch will settle the reputations of both men
as walkers. Although the different athletic clubs have de-
clined to tukc official cognizance of the match, a sufficient
number of members have volunteered from each to permit
of a continued watch being kept night and day. Weston
failed in his attempt to walk 115 miles on the first day for
the extra $1,000 offered by Mr. Bnruum, but walked 100
miles in 22 hours, 40 minutes and 22 seconds, actual walk-
ing time, and lmd completed 108 miles at the end of the
first 21 hours. .Judd retired after having walked 85 miles,
which distance lie proposes to make his average through
out the six days.

—More amateur clubs will enter the arena in 1875 than
ever before known, and a brilliuut season is fully an-
ticipated. J

—Enclosed ball grounds will be numerous in 1875. The
Crcgar club, of Camden, and the Gloucester, N. J. city
club have bought a lot in Gloucester 400 feet souare for
base ball purposes. They propose to enclose it, and fit it
up with seats and good accommodations. It is a stock af-
fair. This is professional business, remember.

Mf golleges.

Yale College, New Haveh, Febrnnry 20, 1875.
Editor Fope*t and Sthbam:—

All college Ia excited over our recent ill lack. By a decree of the Fac-
ulty three of our prominent boating men have been suspended for one
year. Shortly aRcr this, news come of Fred Wood’s Injury while const-
, ' Wood l,a' ro,vcd ln two university races, and Is accounted an ex-
cellont oarsman. It Is bnt too plain now that he will bo unable to oc-
cupy his place in the Yale crew for 1875. Rut the fate of the tuspended
men has boen better than wc could have hoped for. They are to be al-
lowed to remain ln town, and will practice and row with the crew as
ns,i,,l Although these mishaps did cast a damper upon our ardor, still

rVii b? !U y pri,parod t0 do and dare at the next regatta which is to
be held at Saratoga. Wc hope for success this time.

One of our ball men has also been snsponded. bat he has also been
granted leave to remain hereabouts, and will play with ue in the coming
season. In tins department wo will work hard to keep the supremacy
! •; £»• "ol ** w'octjd— lhal Is. definitely. When It Is announced
you shall hear of It u this connection 1 whs surprised to see In yonr
letter from Harvard that she (Harvard) hud decided not to go to Saratora
this year, and that the games with Yale and Princeton wonldho“ayed
two there, one here, ono at Princeton, and two on neutral ground ”
This statement Is surely premature, as Yale has agreed to nothing like
it. \\ e desire to play at Saratoga, the same as last year, and we will ad-
here to our Intention. Why Harvard, so willing last year to 1 t
Saratoga, should wish to force this change, we cannot see Perhnpshir
nine is not «* strong a, it might be; but this Is a mere conjecture \v«
cannot see why this innovation should be made, it is eminently fitting
and proper that the college, prominent In base ball should exhibit their

E8:" mCt,1“ nl°nS Wlth th(' b0“t,nK “<‘d atblctlc sports On! ™

n f Hh?kcn' ""d lnC“n 10 llvo U‘,t0lt ’■aril somegood reason^
put forth to rccommood the chnogo

® b ‘ T,11CJ' ,,re t0 conduct the mngazlue for the ensuing year

thI. Y?efS 8T Wlth,1CorncUls pressing slowly. May we wish

"h' u lb'* ftr°'‘8e ,h° ‘re OUr>n,PtfrL7f^nd

TI m K ,', T°k exccP,lon ,J *°ch un expression some time ago,
tn Ba'° BaI1 Club i8 organised on a sound bS

at last the eTon* oV M^W t Amo')?'"8 8e‘S°D W* 8r° 8,8(1 th«
fee, asau.fi thatthenllfowm Jo

ferred^romLt,w:^.C”Er°ndeBt ”■ *

— Front the election of Mr. E. Boucher as a member of
the New York Yacht Club, it is surmised that it is bis In-
tention to visit our waters during the coming season with
his cutter yacht the Fiona. The advent of this craft will
be an epocli in our yachting annals, as being the first visit
of one of her class and rig; and some curiosity will be ex-
cited to sec the stranger. While ranking in class witli
our larger sloops the Fiona differs from them essentially,
both in model and rig. The large, deep, and narrow craft,
weighted down with ballast, is still in vogue nmong our
English cousins, and in their eyes a centre-board is an
abomination. We predict, however, that this visit, if
made, and the information gained thereby, will have much
influence in effecting some radical changes. We have not
yet taught our cousins all we know, and the America's flnt
board-like sails which they copied so readily, may soon be
followed by the introduction of the despised centre-board.
There is this to be said, however, that on the other side of
the water a greater portion of the yachting is deep water
sailing, where the question of draught is not of so much
importance as with us; still, for small craft the centre-board
is invaluable. It renders the question of “stnjrs” one of
almost certainty, and for our unrivalled "cat” rig, enables
one man to handle a boat, where two or three would other-
wise be necessary.

Perhaps the most striking difference in rig between the
English cutters and our sloop yachts is in the arrangement
of the head sails. These usually consist of a stay sail, jib
and flying jib, with the usual varieties of "balloons" and
"spinnakers,” with as much out board gear as is carried by
a schooner. With all this weight forward, their narrow
beam and cargo of ballast, they are, as a rule very wet in a
sea j’ay. The Fawn o' Fairlie (t e Fiona) is a fair speci-
men of this class, a deep craft with heavy displacement.
Her performances in English waters have been equal to the
best of their yachts, but over our courses we fancy none of
our first class sloops would have much to fear from her.
The Fiona’s extreme length is 75 feet, her beam on deck
15 feet 10 inches. The Gracie of the New York Yacht
Club is 71 feet in length with 20 feet G inches beam; the
Vision 66 feet, 8 inches, by 20 feet beam. These measure-
ments show the disparity in the matter of beam between
the vessels of the two countries. In smooth water our
yachts, particularly before the wind, would probably
walkaway from their deeply loaded antagonist, but "out-
side, in a seaway, the "hold" of the deeper vessel would
probably tell to her advantage. Should the Fiona contest
for the Queen’s Cup, the present interpretation of the deed
of gift would make it necessary for one vessel of her own
class to meet her, and the honor would probably devolve
on one of the sloops above named, or on the Vindex, also a
keel vessel, and one, as regards beam, more nearly approx-
imating the English model.

The Yawl is a nondescript rig, in point of fact a sloop,
with a “jigger,” or small mast in the stern, the sail on
which is of service in going to windward, but adds nothing
to the beauty of the vessel.

Our steam yacht fleet is increasing numerically as well as
in the size and beauty of the vessels. The finest specimen
was taken from the fleet when the government purchased
Mr. Smith’s America. Mr. Jacob Lorillard is now building
one at Lenox’s ship yard, South Brooklyu, of 104 feet in
length, beam, 13 feet 8} inches; at plank-shear, 15 feet 84-
inches; depth of hold, 5 feet; draft of water, 4 feet 8 in
ches. She is to have a double compound engine, dimen-
sions not given; the cranks of this engine are not at right
angles, but in line with each other; the boiler has water
tubes and large heating surface. The screw is four-bladed
4 feet 8 inches diameter by 9 feet pitch. Her speed is
expected to be at least eighteen or twenty miles per hour.

Kd mr from eds-

pouters, carriers, tumblers, barbs, and Antwero^^8. °f
nounced by fanciers to be unusually fine *250 w ia ofl>Pr<ri
wd refused for one pair of pouters * “ °ffered

-The Yacht America. In our last weeks’ issue we
sliouM have stated that Col. Jonas H. French is half owner
Of the yacht America with General B. F. Butler. The
America is now hauled up at Newburyport, Mass and
her owners contemplate some important alterations and
improvements on her to be finished before the yacltimr
season opens. y g

vJmCHl8’ S0"™ Gear. -All the running gear of a
yacht should be composed of three 6izes onlv of onr/

?Jne fa p CA?anler J° lm.ndle than ordinary three strand
rope is. Always keep the end neatly whipped.

timpo Decks. Dilute muriatic acid with four

times its bulk of water and wash the deck with the oni„
tion. 8w.ll well afterwards with clean water

lenTwri-; Aue?stine (Florida) Yacht Club is under excel-
lent headway and management, with an increaneri
members, which now number* seventy-two. Wo give the

names of the officers of the club:— Commodore, J. S n,
mans; Vice Commodore, D. Edgar; Secretary, R. j\ Arm
strong; Treasurer, O. Bronson, Jr.; Measurer, C. F. Crarv-
House Committee, S. S. Morton, C. H. Royce, A J j ,’
Farge; Regatta Committee, S. E. Morse, A. J. La Wr a
C. F. Crary, R. H. Barton; Judges, J. S. Homans V
Harvey; Starter, T. R. Glover; Time Keeper, L. It. Edgar
Several very attractive regattas took place during tlm
month of February. The Grand Regatta Day was February
25th. y

—Vice Commodore John Jeffries, Jr., of the Eastern
Yacht Club, has advertised his schooner yacht Halcyon for
sale. She is centre board, 121 tons o. m., 84 feet overall
and 23 feet 10 inches beam, and is well finished in every
respect, fore and aft. She is a boat any yachtman would
be proud of, and has a good record, having taken prizes in
every race in which she has entered since 4872.

— The Brooklyn Yacht Club held their regular monthly
meeting on Wednesday evening last at the club rooms, Court
and Montague streets, President P. W. Ostrander in the chair.
The new constitution and by-laws were read and adopted.

Under the latter the stated meetings of the elub are to be
held on the second Wednesday of the month, instead of
the last Wednesday, us heretofore.

The club appointed Saturday, June 19, as the day on
which the annual regatta will be sailed.

President Ostrander presented the prizes won last year
during the June regatta and the club cruise. The fortu-
nate gentlemen who received these emblems of victory are
as follows: —

Club Prizes , June Regatta. — Schooner Tidal Wave, Wil-
liam Voorhis, large silver goblet; sloops Undine, Brasher
and Fowler, two silver goblets; Schemer, Charles H. Hall
six silver egg cups and spoons; William T. Lee, Charles a’
Clieever, large silver goblet.

Flag Officers' Prizes, June Regatta.— Schooner Tidal Wave
large size bronze card receiver; sloops Undine, holometric
barometer; Schemer, pitcher, salver aud goblets; William
T. Lee, large silver pitcher and cups.

Union Prizes, June Regatta.— Schooners Comet, William
H. Langley, clock and barometer combined; sloop T. B
Asten, John R. Platt, marine clock; Kaiser, John B Nor-
ris, large music box; Brooklyn, Ira Smith, lady’s gold
watch. b

Commodores' Prizes.— Schooner Comet, two silver goblets-
sloop Qui Vive, Thomas Glapham, holometric barometer.’
These were won in the race from Newport to Vineyard
Haven, sailed June 29th.

—The first yacht race of the season took place at St
Augustine, Florida, on the 6th instant, under the auspices
of the Yacht Club, between the Seminole, Cricket and En-
chantress-three of the largest boats in the bay.

Ice Yachting.— The yachtsmen of Boston had glorious
sport on the ice last week. Dorchester Bay was frozen in-
to one solid smooth sheet of ice. Some nine or ten boats
entered in the regatta, and started from off Commercial
1 oint, Dorchester, with a standing send off. The Nonpareil
sailed the course of over five miles (nautical) in six minutes
and fifty seconds. Hus time is almost unprecedented.
She carried four men for a crew, namely: Mr. George Brad-
ford, Mr. Samuel Fitzgerald, John F. P. Robie and
Earnest Slinsky, besides the skipper.

The English Universities Boat Race.— The training
for this great event in the rowing world is now fairly un-
der way, and the final selection for both crews have been
as follows: —

OXFORD.

J. McD. Courtney, Pembroke, bow; 2. A. P Marriott
Brasenose; Sinclair, Oriel; 4. J. M. Boustead, University';

£ SlaJr,n v’ M- JolT\n’8; 6- A- M- Mitel, inson,
Pembioke; 7. J.E. Moss, Brasenose; J. P. Wav Brase-
nose, stroke; A. H. Hall, Oriel, coxswain. '
CAMBRIDGE.

J’ ,E™P?abo,dX’ First Trinity, bow; 2. A. S. Charles-
wortli. Third Trinity; 3. A. E. Phillips, Jesus; 4. W. G.
Michel), First Trinity ; 5. G. C. Dicker, First Trinity 6 J

THnh^T’ir R,St/riTily: 7‘ S' A- Donaldson, Third
Trinity; H. E. Rhodes, Jesus, stroke; G. A. Davis. Clare
coxswain. ’ »

—Mr. Bishop writes us from Savannah under date of
Feb. 24th, as follows: —

"I leave St. Augustine Creek to-day for Fernandina and the St. Mary's
River. The sun was not seen here for twenty days during January, and
we have rain two or three times a week, which makes it unpleasant to
row among the marshes where but few good camping spota can bo
found. I am yonrs aa ever. N II B

Mew publications.

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MAGAZINES.

The Popular Science Monthly for March is received and
contains much that ia Intereating to the general reader, ns well as the stu-
dent nizgerald has an entertaining illustrated paper on the "Hab-
its and Color Changes of the Chameleons." and Mrs. Sarah Hockett
Stevenson, mher-Lessons In Biology for Young Beginners," dissects
the lobster, and serves him with a scientific mayonalse.

The Sunny South is a new weekly journal devoted to
literature recently established at Atlanta. Ga. From the several nnm-

iZ 6n ? 8h0nld 8Sy’ '"at in <yPWby and general ap-
pearance it is unexcelled among papers or its class, and Its original con-

,hC°TKe the ,ar*‘jrt>ortio"-d<> credit to .he lileiary talent
or the South. Each number contains two or three ongravlngs, which

an? prln‘ed m flm~ratc 8tyl0' and we are confident that tho
^ be knownto our people to find a large cir-
culation through the North. J. H. Seals, Publisher. $3 a year

Scribner's Monthly and the St. NicJulas, from the same
publishers, are both at hand for tho month of March. In the former the
interesting illustrated sketch, "The Canons of the Colorado," Is contin-
Thi’ nnhU ,,^' N^U>l(U j? fQl1 of entertainment for the little ones.
featnrPe b t °n °f French etorie" ‘o vernacular is a good

Le Moniteur De L'Elevage is a magazine devoted to sub-
jects connected with the horse, and has for its aim the improvement of
me animal. Its table of contents comprise articles on this topic, and its

ofTrsm0118^!0 I1” bC8t Tde of imPr°vement by judicious crossing
of strains of blood, are worthy of attention.

We have received Prof. S. B. Buckley’s First Annual
Bepoitot hi6 Geological and AgricuUural Survey of Texas It Is a
thorough compendnm of the geological and agricultural resources of the

Hlmatogreat VS "e ,0 ,h0,,e Wh° C00,°®P,ate * removal ‘0 It* con-

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61

Preventing Water Pipes from Bprst-
xno —The following plan for prevention of
the bursting of water pipes during frosty
weather has been invented in England, it
is well known that when water freezes it
expands, and that the force is so enormous
that no pipe can resist it. This invention is
intenden to give the water a chance to ex-
pand without bursting the P»P*~ ** , '
tempts this by securing in the
metal pipe a space equal to the
of volume between water and ice, so tnat
when the water freezes it occupies the space
reserved for it, instead of exerting its force
on the pipe and bursting it. This is prac-
tically carried out by passing through the
water pipe a small India rubber tube, spe-
cially made for the purpose and of such a
diame’er that the space inside it is u little
more than equal to the increase in volume
of the ice. The India rubber tube is always
kept full of air, so that when the water
freezes it finds the necessary space for ex-
pansion, for by compressing the air tube it
displaces the air and takes its place. When
the ice melts the tube again expands, be-
comes filled with air, and is ready for an-
other frost, and so on for any number of
times without miniring attention.

BIG INVENTION^

Lloyd, the famous map man, who made nil the maps
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which he published, has just Invented a way of get-
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unvarnished for 25 cents. This map shows the whole
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cities, villages, mountains, lakes, rivers, streams, gold
mines, railway stations, &c. This mup should be in
every house. SendiOccnts to the Lloyd Map Com-
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Animals and Birds of North America.

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We offer these views not as pictures only, but as
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ments In our modern system of education Is object
touching. The unerring fidelity of Hie stereoscope
transfers the animals and birds from their uutural
habitat to Uic rooms of (he student, and the fireside of
our homes, where they cannot fall to leave u lasting
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ouch specimen.

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native and foreign specimens, enables Mr. Hurst to
combine Jn every view the locality of tho specimen
with Its appropriate rocks, woods or water, and color-
ing from the originals.

: . Wild Cat, or Bay Lynx Lyncus Rvftu.

2. Snowy Owl Suniia Nyctea.

3. American Wolf Lupus Occident alix.

4. Wild Pigeon Kclopistes Mlgralorla.

6. Northern Panther FdU Coneolur.

«. Black Crowned Night Heron Ardfa IMecors.

7. Woodchuck ictomus Mm, ax.

8. Red Necked Grebe Podicsp * RubrUollis.

0. Great Bine Heron Ardea Heroditu.

10. American Swan Cygnus Amerlcanus.

11. Red Shouldered Buzzard Buieo HurmalU.

12. American Woodcock Rustical,, Minor.

13. White Fronted Goose A/urr AJMfrons.

11. Long Eared Owl Otrn AtncHeanus.

15. Hooded Sheldrake Mergus Oucullatui.

1«. Homed Grebe Fedicens Comulus.

17. Golden Eagle At/tnUa Chrunoehu.

18. Prairie Wolf

19. Spotted Sand Lark 'Manus MaciilaHus.

20. Marsh Harrier Circus Uliainosus.

21 Mallard Duck inus Boschas.

22. Great Horned Owl Bubo Virginian ut.

23. Great Loon, or Diver Colymbus Gladalb.

21. American Deer (Alhlnoes). .Vermin Vtrglriianus.

25. The American Bittern Anita Minor.

26. Old Wife, or Squaw Duck — Fuiiuula Glaciulis.

27. The Wild Turkey Mcleagrls Gallopavo.

28. The Beaver Castor hbtr.

29. Common American Snipe Scolopax Wilson i.

30. The Buff Breasted Sheldrake. . Magus Merganser

31. The Canada Goose A user Canadensis.

32. The New York Ermine. Butorins. ..Noteboracensls.

33. Red Brest cd Sheldrake. Mergus Serrator

34. Pinnated Grouse Tetrao Oupido.

35. I he Sand Hill Crane Crus Americana.

36. Tho American Black Bear Ursus Americanos

37. Red Tailed Buzzard But, ro BorcaB*.

38. Uufile Headed Duck Fidluula Albeola.

39. North American Porcupine llystrix Uudsonl us

40. Virginia Partridge Orhjx Virginiana

41. Common American Gull. .Lams Zonorliynchus.

*£• »K’,y,}''0 j Vulpes Viigiuiunus.

43. Re<l Head f tdigula ErythrnctphalU.

41. Ruffed Grouse Tetrao UmMlii*.

45. The Racooon Prenyon Lotor.

46. The Whistler Fhdigu/a Clanguta.

47. Brown or Bald Eagle Halicttos LcucocephtUus.

In ■ ■ ' i • • V,,IPU Futon,.

49. \V ood Duck Anas S/nnsa.

M). American Barn Owl Stryx Brafincoln

5!. Borneo Grouse Tetrao Canadensis'.

W. Northern Ly u x Lyncu* Borealis.

53. Black Duck Anas Obtcura.

54. Belted King Fisher Atcedo A'cgon.

55. Little Screech Owl U„bo A sio.

56. American Opossum Dlddphll Virginiana.

*.7. A merlcan Coot Fullca A me ricana.

58. Ptnnn gun Tetrao Matas.

59. Shoveller, or Spoonbill Anns Clyptata.

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Cornell University, I
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Washington, D. March 18th, 1870.

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State House, Boston, Maas., March 18th, 1870.

I have examined carefully the "SteroBCopic Studies
of Natural History," und judging by the Aral teu num-
bers, should say that they will prove of very great
value, both as object lessons for students, and asu most
Interesting suite for the parlor Stereoscope. The de-
lineations, position, and color of the different groups
and the general treatment uni most perfect I cor-
dially reeominend them to the public attention, and
trust you will meet the encouragement which you
have earned. EDWARD A, SAMUEL,

Curator of Zoology In Mass. State Cabinet.

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Peabody Academy oy Science, l
. Salem, Mass., March mb, 1870. |

I have shown your Stereoscopic views to the Direc-
tor* of tho Academy and the editors of the American
Naturalist, Dr. Packard and Mr. Morse
They concur with me in praising their truthfulness
nnd the unte which you have displayed in surround
lug the specimens with natural objects and scenery of
characteristic fitness. They oro certainly better fitted,
not only as parlor and drawingroom illustrations, but
ne educational illustration* for the use of schools and
colleges, than anything we have yet soon.

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Cornell University, President's Rooms, (

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I have received the Stereoscopic Views of objects in
Natural History, and have enjoyed them greatly
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wonderful fidelity, both as regards the oninnilsaud
tholr surroundings; and I think they can not fall to be
of great service to the study of Natural History, first
by attracting studeuta to It. und noxt by por/octing
them lu It. ANDREW D. WHITE.

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Cntlery, Gunsmith’s Material, Fislilmr
Tackle.

Nos. 130 nnd 138 Wood Street,

PITTSBURG. PENN.

Thomas Sparks,

Shot and Bar Lead

MuimTaeturer,

[Established 1608 ]

Office, No. 121 Walnut Street,

Philadelphia, Pa.

BREECH LOADING DOUBLE

CUT CAVENDISH.

It is manufactured from the most expensive slock
is particularly adapted to Meerschaum und Cigarette
Smoking; does not bite or make the tongue sore is
unlike any other tobacco.

„ New Onr.BANs, Jununry 2, 1875,

Mrr.tr* William S. Kimball J- Co.:

Gentlemen— Upon examining the state of my Van-
ity Fair can, I find the bortom shines up.

Please send me two pounds this time by mull

Permit me to say I mn perfectly delighted with It.
I nin quite a connoisseur in smoking tobacco, and vou
know the Infallible test of auy smoking brands is to
compare them with Perique.

I think your Vanity Fair the best smoking tobacco I
have met with yet. 1 mn sorry to trouble you with a
small ordor, but trust ere long you will have large
amounts Bold here. I remain yours truly,

R. B. Martin.

Highest Award, Vienna, 1878.

Address,

W.S. KIMBALL & CO.,

Peerless Tobacco Works, Rochester, N. Y.,
oraek your denier.

GIVE IT A TRIAL.

Dec 83

GUNS

OF ALL THE BEST MAKERS.

Fishing Tackle,

AND

Sportsmen’s Goods,

IMPORTED AND FOR SALE BY

BARTON, ALEXANDER & WALLER,

loi & 103 DUANE ST., (near

Broadway) New York.
AGENTS FOR THE UNITED STATES ARMS
COMPANY'S REPEATING PISTOLS.

American Wild Fowl Shooting.

BY JOSEPn W. LONG.

Describing the haunts, habits, and methods of
shooting wild fowl, with instructions concerning
gnus, blinds, boats and decoys; the training of wuter
retrievers, Ac.

This book is written in plain English, and in a most
attractive style. A broad, and at the same time ac-
curate view, is taken of duck shooting in all purls of
the country The habits and feeding grounds of the
miilhirds. nlue-winged teal, pln-tull, wood, gad well,
and coveller; led-headed, buffi. • headed, und other
kind* of ducks, geese, swuus, Ac., have been carefully

and ..... ji. i ... . i .

- ... h,Vrv, rollup, au,, ituvc umi can

and ln^i'uiouHl) h( lulled and given to the reader.

In .thirty chapter* the niitnor baa furnished inror*
mntion for the young.ua well aa for the practical
eportainnii.

book for sportsmen, by a sportsman. ''—Argus.
1 ells where to find game in the morning, in the
afternoon, and in the evening."— Sun.
dian 01081 *rMjl8**en,‘0**,ts *° the sportsman."— Area-

Published by J. B. FORD A CO., 27 Park Place, N.
1. For sale by all booksellers nnd the leading gnn-
1. . Price $2. Sent by mall by the Publishers.

Also for snle at the office or Forest and Stream.

For Havana and New Orleans.

Phila. and Southern Mail

Steamship Company’s

Regular Remi-Monthly Line.

Steamship •lunlnin (1320 tons).. Capt. J.W. Catharine
Steumshlp » azoo (1390 tons) . .Capt. L. D. Barrett.

(with superior passengei accommodations)
sailing every other Friday of yuch month from Pier
No. 23 Delaware Rlvjr, at 10 A. M.

For further information apply to WM. L. JAMES,
General Agent, No. 418 8, Delaware ave., Philo.
Oct 15 -jT

FOREST AND STREAM

»>3

&nntL

J. NEILL.

89 Exchange St, Buffalo, N. Y.

tmporter, breeder, and ship-

_L PKR of PUKE BHED DOGS. The finest stock In
America— Itcd Irish Setters. Gordon Setters, bred,
from stock Imported by the Prince of Wale*. Ei'lt
H.h Pointers, Cocker Spaniels, Skye, Scotch, and
Black and Tun Terriers, full grown, weighing three
and one-half pounds. Importer and Breeder ur
PUKE BKEU GAMES, such US Brown Beds. Brown
lied Tassels, Black Med Henthwoods. Black Ked l)er-
bys, White and yellow lea*. Duck Ming Grays pure
white tassels, Champion lieu Feathers.

My fowls are selected with greut care from lute Im-
portations, and bred expressly for tile Pit.

All Orders Filled wil li Caro

Feb 18-4t

A SETTER DOG FOR SALE. TWO

years old; broken by Theo. Morford, of New-
ton. Is very handsome and strong; remarkably fine
nose. Price only 855, because ow ner has no place to
keep hliu. JOS. B. DAVENPORT, 71 Wall street.

rpHOROUGHLY BROKE RABBIT

JL for sule. Address O. j. G , American J!
graving Co., West Meriden, Conn.

gportsmen's (goods.

Miscellaneous.

ANDREW CLERK & CO.

48 Maiden Lane N.Y.,

UHMUTKHs, MAMUr*imrilKlW ani> ukai.kiis in

jgjisielhntoug.

DOG
Gun Eu-
Fcb 24-2t

yBTERMARV 8UHUKON.— DR.

J. M. II BARD

(member of the Royal College of Veterinary Sur-
geons London), No. SO Lexington avenue, N Y . at-
tends, when requested, nil cases requiring his p.ofes-
siouul skill. Horses carefully examined as to snund-

Octaa

HENRY GARDNER, M. D , HAS CONSTANT
LY on handnnd for sale, medicines adapted to
the cure of all diseases. Dealer m sport ng dogs of

every variety. Dogs trained for rcusomblc compen-
sation. No. Ill South Fifth uvc.. N. Y. Oct 22

hotels and Smarts for&yort$men.

PUTNAM HOTEL,

J.D.DOUGALL
Breech Loading Gun and Rifle Maker

TO THEIR

R. H. H. the Prince of Wales and
Duke of Edinburgh,

59 St. James’s Street, S. W.,

LONDON.

MANUFACTURER OF lllGII-CLASS BREECH
LOADING SHOT OUNS AND EXPRESS
RIFLES.

Send for Illnstrntcd mid Descriptive Pamphlet, free,
by post. on. an

Hetluctioii ii» Price.

J. & W. TOLLEY’S

On bund the largest uml best assortment ever ex-
hibited in Ute United States. They particularly call
attention to their

THUl'T, SALMON AXI1 I1\*m HOIIK.

Every variety of Sulmon mid Trout Files, slid Honk*
on Gut. Cutty Hunk and Paaune Islands Bus* Lines,
waterproof Braided Silk Line*, every sUe and quality Of

SILlv, LINEN AND COTTON LINES,

And every Variety and Style of

F1SII IIOOKS.

Tackle for the
Court, Cauuda, Maine,

Parties fitted out with ap|

Rocky Mountains and Piu'll
the Adlrondacks. Sic., Ac.

Split Bamboo,; Trout and Salmon Hod* aud Heel*

4 29

a Specially.

. Law rence Fishing Co.
portent of Warrin’n Celebrated

Agents for the St

Sole lra-

D rilled

Eyed Needles.

PALA.TK A,

II. L.

• - - FLORIDA,
HART.

Proprietor.

INTERNATIONAL HOTEL.

NIAGARA FALLS. NEW YORK
J. I. FULTON, Jr.. Proprietor.
Special rates to Boarders. 'eHfitn

IIITl sMLLK HOTEL, Titusville. Fla.

HARRIS, Proprietor. A capital
sportsmen

HARRIS, Proprietor.
r _ .'lemon.

Boats ahvavs on hand.

Dr. .1. J.
resort for

Jan 21

A SPORTSMAN’S HOME FOR SALE—

Within an hour's ride of the City of Pliilndcl-

Shia. an excellent Farm of 1(11 acres, two fine stone
welling houses, two stone barns, with necessary out-
buildings. Beautifully situated, anil in every purlieu)
Ur a very desirable property, especially lo those fo>.d
of Held sports. Ruffed grouse (pheasant), quail haie.
squirrels, and foxes abound. A fine strcuiu runs
through Ihe property. Price, 88.000 Will be sold on
very en»y linns. Address XXX, Forest and Stream
office, 17 Chatham street. Now York.

All Sportsmen

Arc interested in the be*t Hunting Grounds of the
Southwest. The line of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Kailway affords untold fields of Game Birds,
Fish and Animals. Send to General Passenger Agt.,
Sedulia, Mo., for free limps. Illustrations, and de-
scriptions. Correspondeuco solicited. Juu 21

Duck shooting at stony

Brook, on north sido of Long Island; bonis,
stool, *c. furnished by the S. B Hotel; plenty of
duck*, al«o good bird shooting. S. J. SMITH

Shooting Club.

Applications will be re-
ceived from gentlemen for membership In a
Shooting Club, now being organized, with an owner-
ship of about 200 acres, und shooting lenses (easily
procured) covering from 2.000 to 8,000 acres.

The grounds are situated in a game district, within
four hours by ruil from New York and one mid one-
half hours from Philadelphia. Quail, ruffed grouse,
woodcock, foxes, aud hares constitute the game.

The membership will bo restricted to fifty, and the
anuuni dues to $20 per annum- Address

“SHOOTING CLUB." care Forest und Stream.

LIVE

QUAIL

PURPOSES,

FOR PROPAGATORY

rt'iiNisuen BY

WHITLEY & M OK IMS,

GAME DEALERS ,

21N WASHINGTON STREET, N. Y.

Feb IH-41

Biiuis ani> Animals Preskiivkd to Order by

R. L. IV EWCOMB,

TAXIDERMIST,

NO. 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM, MASS.
Instruction given. Feb. 4

,T. WALLACE,

Naturalist & Taxidermist

IMPORTER OF

FOREIGN BIRD SKINS AND ARTIFI-
CIAL EYES,

19 N. William St. New York.

THIS AMEHICAIN

W. MERIDIEN, CONN.

Special attention U given to first-class work. Extra
•ketches and DOG PORTRAITS cut to order, by
eeudingphotographn. JACOB GLAHN, Manager.
Formerly Supt. of Parker Bros. Engraving nnd Orna-
mental Department, Feb 11

em.KBRATxn

BREECH LOADING GUNS,

Manufactory, Pioneer Works. Birmingham, Eng.

- * ,f These gnns are built with every

Improvement for American sport,
und are the cheapest gnus of
guaranteed quality and shooting
powers sold in the United States,
They urn made in six qualities,
each gun being branded with one
of Hie under mentioned names,

| which denotes Its quality:
Pioneer, - - - - )j *05 Gold.

Tolley, SO

Standard,- ■ • • IIS “
National, ... I IO 11
Challenge, • - - l(MI “
Paragon, - - - 221V “

Any oue of the above may he
selected with confidence, as no
gun bears our name which we cannot thoroughly guar-
antee in every respect

Send for reduced Illustrated descriptive pricelist,

BRANCH HOUSE, 21* Maiden Lane,

Corner Nassau street. New York.

JOHN RIGBY & CO..

INVENTORS AND M AMOPACTUItBIlS OP THE FINEST '

Breech Loading Shot Guns

Double and Single Express Rifles.

Long Range Match Rifles, &c

21 SUFFOLK STREET, DUBLIN,

AND

T9 6T. JAMES STREET, LONDON.

MUZZLE LOADERS
CONVERTED INTO BREECH LOADERS,
ON THE MOST APPROVED PRINCIPLE.
Particulars given ou application.

Mortimer & Kirkwood,

.Tan 24 ELM Street, Boston, Mass.

cs, ms,

Clark «Sc Sneider.

MANUFACTURERS OF THE

SNEIDER

PATENT BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUN.
ALTERING

Muzzle-Loading Guns to Hreeeh-Londlng

A SPECIALTY.

WRITE FOR PARTICULARS.

5214 West Pratt street,

gg Baltimore, Md.

Estal>lislie<l 1 843.

Breech and Muzzle Loading

ft rv/L TV

Sportsmens Apparatus ,

AMMUNITION,
Materials for Gun-Makers, Are.,

Wholesale and Retail. Gun* made to order, or re-
paired in the best manner.

ALEXANDER McCOMAS,

je 18 No. hi South Calvert at., Baltimore.

J. B. Crook & Co.,

MAKDPA0TPB8K8 AMD IMPOHTKBS OF

FISHING TACKLE!

no Fulton St.. N. Y.

Sole manufacturer* of the celebrated CASTLE CON-
NELL ROD for SALMON. TROUT, and BLACK
BASS

SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.

Orange Sporting Powder.

ORANGE LIGHTNING POWDER,

The strongest and cleAncut Powder made. No,. 1
to 7, packed only in Denied I lb. canisters. The coarser
sixes especially arc recommended to owners of line
brcoch-londlng guns, giving great penetration with
very slight recoil.

ORANGE DUCKING POWDER,

For water fowl. Very strong and clean Noe, l to
5. Packed In metal kegs of Hi lbs. each, and ill caul*
lers of 1 and 5 lbs

All DU HON POWDER,

Very quick For woodcock nnd quail Nos. 1 to 4.
Packed In metal kegs of 12| lbs. and HJ Ills., and In
pound canisters.

ORANGE HIFI.lt I’OWDKIl,

The best for rifles and for all ordinary purposes.
Sizes F.g. FF.g, FKK.g, the last being the finest ami
most used. Packed III wood and metal kegs of 25
lbs., 12* lbs., and 0* lbs., mid In canisters of 1 lb. and
* pouna.

All of the above give hit'll velocities and less resid-
uum than any other brands made.

LAFLIN & RAND POWDER Co.,

21 Park Row, N. Y.

(Opposite Aaron Horan.)

CARL DITMA1PS

NEW PATENTED

SPORTING POWDER

Docs not soil the gun; cleans It. If you use it charge
of It alter firing many times with black powder; no
smoke— little recoil— no loud report— high velocity.

The best ever made In tills line; not to he confound-
ed with Schultz' or English Wood Powder, or with
Sawdust Powder, as It Is superior to both.

Ready Made Ammunition

For Sporting and Target Rifles always on hand.
Send for full Information, and If you order, please
state if wanted for rifle or shot gun, ns 1 have differ-
ent kinds.

CARL DITMAIl,

NBPONSBT, MASS.

CHICAGO

SHOT TOWER GO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

STANDARD

DROP AND BUCK SHOT

BALLS AND BAR LEAD.

Ourultu into manufacture an article of SHOT that
1* unsurpassed In ROUNDNESS, SOLIDITY, Pca-
fcctlou of POLISH, Uniformity of SIZE, and Accu-
racy of WEIGHT, in each hag. Orders from the
Trade solicited, and will be filled at

The Lowest Market Prices.

E. W. BLATCHFORD, President.

C. F. GATBS, Treasurer. Joii2SIy

Holabird's Shooting & Fishing Suits

Mode of the beat English Wuter nnd Mildew proof
duck, dead grass color, have become celebrated for
DURABILITY,

CONVENIENCE.

COMFORT.

and CHEAPNESS.

Sold In Now York, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Mon
Francisco,

Ami all towns where sportsmen*' good* are kept In
Stock If not found in stock where you trade, order
direct from the manufacturer. Send chest, waist nnd
sleeve measure for coat and vest ; waist Aiftj Inseam for
pant-.

Special attention I* called to the Xlevelc** Coat nnd
Vest with Sleeves, which are unique, and can't but
suit the most fastidious.

Coats, $'.0; Coat and Vests, $14; Pants, Caps,

12.50. Send for Illustrated circular
Address W. II IloLAIURD.

Jan 2: Vulnara.ro, lad.

MAINNINO’S

YACHTING ANNUAL

FOR 1878,

WILL SHORTLY BE PUBLISHED.

Price to Siibwcribci’M.I* I -f»< >

Subscriptions must be forwarded lo odvanoe to
THOMAS MANNING, 2W Broadway, N. Y.

Jan 21-4m

Field, Cover, and Trap Shooting.

Ily Captain A. II. BUG Ullll S.

CHAMPION WING SHOT OF AMERICA,

ThU honk contains In e|vtecn chapter* and about
4tkl pages, k full ami Instructive account of iho expe-
rience acquired by Captain BOGAKDUS In twenty
year* w-ltli the gun In all seasons; the best method*
of finding ami killing with dog no, I cun Piunutcd
Grouse, Quail, United Grouse, Woodcock, Plover,
Snipe, Ac.

Also the most successful method, of shooting Wild
Duck*. Wild Geese, and Uranus. And the heat way
of hunting Deer nnd shooting Wild Turkey*.

S parting Dogs, their breeding, aud Lo.v to break
thru).

THE COMPLETE ART OF SHOOTING ON THE
WING, with full and clear Instructions for young
sport-men, by means of which they may become
crack shots.

The habit*, haunts, and varied flight of birds In

their seasons.

Pigeon Shooting ns an art, with the rules of the two
Championship Budges aud report of champion
matches .

EDITED UY CIIAN. J, FOHTKH.

Published by J II. FORD A CO., 27 Park Place,
New Yolk For sale by ull huok.ellut* nud the lend-
ing gunsmith* Price S'J Sent by limit by the pub-
lisher* nnd by t'aninin Bogardes, Elkhart, Logan
county, Illinois Also for »u!u at ofllcu of Forvsl mid
Stream, 17 Chuthum street, N. Y. Oct 1

kle p

C plated, |7; Road
l.lhorii! discount to deal

I*.

Martin Pat. Imp. Safety Bit,

Patented April tltli, IN74.

The Marlin hit I* designed lo he the easiest bit
Hindu for n tondOMUOUllicd Imrso, warranted to nr*
vent any horse from rimnlug away, Pulling, Lugging,
Bolting, Tongue Lolling or driving ou one rein afh-r
being driven from three to ten times. If ou trial they
do not prove satisfactory, money In ull casus will l>u
refunded.

Price list, o. D Coach lilts, first class, nlckle
plated, flit); Road hits, llrat rliiss, nlrkjo plated
Coach lilts, second-class,
second class, C. plated, $5,
era. N It -Send width of horse's month,

WM, N. MARTIN A CO., Manufacturers,

7th avenue, corner .'Will street, N, Y.

HAmiioi *i:v
TROUT HATCHING ASSOCIATION.

UK, HA SPRINGS, FRANKLIN CO., AIK.

RUGS OF TUB FAMOUS

IUKGKLKY SI'KUKLKD TROUT

1 (Sdhiw fonlinulin )

arc now ready for delivery Price per l,')*). 15,

These trout are the largest in the world, many
weighing from six to eight poaml* Also a few thou
sand egg. of the celebrated 111. VIC BACK 1 ROOT,
I'er IlMMI, 111, Address order - to

II. o STANLEY, President.
OHO. HHKT'AUI) PAGE, Dixfield, Me.

Tri as , 10 Warren street, New York,

L. I„ CROUNHK. Sec , I MU IV nil avenue,

Dec s Washington, D C,

"Seth Green Fish Ponds”

Caledonia, Livingston Co., N. Y.

A. H, COLLINS, Proprietor.

K««a, Fry, Yearlings, Ac. of llroolr TrOul, Sal-
■non Trout, Salmon, While Fish, Ac

Also Bars, Gold Fish, Silver Fish, mid stock for
Aquaria, Wire Cloth, Hatching Truys. Patent Spawn
lug Races, and everything pertaining to fish culture.

Wild Wood Trout Farm.

EAST FREETOWN, MASH,

Trout egg* and young fl*di for stocking ponds, Ac.
Bristol County Trout Geo. F. I'aiiuiw, New lied

fold, Muss.
Maes

or BdwiM PoVHBVIM.1I, East Freetown,
Nov. 'JC

Trout business for Sale.

Guo of the largest Establishments in till) country

WELL STOCKED WITH TROUT,

Having a Duelling for t}u|Hirlntvmlenl,
OFFICE und RK.ADING ROOM,

8IIOW and STOCK TANKS. WORK

81101*. ICE HOUSE, HATCHING HOUSE,
Five Small Ponds and Thrco Large Ponds (of an a»oa
of over nine acres).

The property consist* of over fifty acres. 'Ilie ponds

Arc Foil try nlMint 100 Lively Hiiringit,

rising on I he premises, sonic of which register 4A And
ill- The volume of two cubic feat. of water posse*
over the lower diun. with a fall of fourteen feet, con
tluuously. aud hardly varies, au l never freezes, mak-
jin* u imod woler power i)i*t mil®* “•» uUIbccU.

On the farm 1* a

Favorite Pic Nlc Crovo,

wifi dancing plu .Wm. Ac.

Thu locution Is about ftW foot Horn depot, e» press
nnd telegraph ofllegs, and

ABOUT ELEVEN HOURM KRGR NEW TOPS.
For further particulars addretta Ihe Editor . or
"PIBIflCULTUUIKT”

yjnv Forest and Htrearn OfttM.

Sportsmen!

Your attention Is colled ip
GOOD S, OIL TANNED MOC
CABIN 8 tin- heal thing cv.V
worn by sportsmen. Not
I n Jared by wetting and
drying always soft and
■ n-v to ihe feet, nnd
VERY DURABLE - bring nude of the very la st of
spick lu three different styles, nnd warranted UP' gtn
uln* ur'UU, dlfferi-nl from anything before, offernl.
Illustrated Circular and PrUgi List free,

FRANK GOOD,
law Elm *t. MarchcstorTK.il.

BRADFORD & ANTHONY.

180 Washington St., Boston.

IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS A DEALERS IN

Fishing: Taolde,
Bods.

Fi^h Hook*,

AND

ANGLING IMPLEMENTS.

64

FOREST AND STREAM

Ullmnx ('rcosfr

I HALL'S

I'ATKNT

ICreaser

Plain Crcaser

Loader und Cup .

Kxpclicr. | ,,m

PAPER

Prlpf 82. 7.1. | 8IIELL9. I

III i ordering give rlit ofthtU und.
Dealer*. Send for Circular.

Address* II ALL <V CO., Lancaster,

and Loader.

Price £2.33.
For sale by 'Inn

HAVANA LOTTERY.

Drawing* every II Days.

I’ltl/.K*. amounting lo #ISO.IHMI

One prize of $11X1,000

One prize of t 50,000

One prize of 23,000

Two prizes of §10,000 each 20,000

One prize Of 3.000

Ten prizes of §1,000 each 10, 0M

One hundred and eleven prizes of §600 each 65 500
Seven hundred und fifteen prizes §303 each, 214,500

Circulars with full Information sent free. Ticket*
for sale and prizes cashed by P. C. DEVLIN. Sta-
tioner and General Agent. 30 Llborty street. New York.

HAVANA LOTThRY.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

For the coming drawing*, commencing January 5,
we have reduced the price of ticket* a* follows:

Wliolc$20;4,810;i,$5;l-5,4;1 I0,$2;i-20,$1

. Drawings take place every seventeen days.

We are prepared mflll all orders. Circulars sent
upon iippficaiiou Highest price paid for Spaulsh
Bank hills, Governments. Ac.

TAYLOR <fc CO., Danker*.

II Wall alteet. New York*

MEAD’S PATENTSAFETY

EXPLOSIVE BULLET,

METALLIC CARTRIDGES.

Calibre-22. 32. 38. 4-1. 46, 50, Ac.

Also. BOMB-SHELLS for 12 and 16 gauge Shat Guns.
JOHN P. MOORE’S SONS, GUN DEALERS,
300 Broadway, New York.

Sturt for Circular . ducriUng tfftet on tlu Start.

tl A AKA iJlfW) •'h ires In Wall street
iMlf«CIOi"< o1"" often lend* to fortune.
Send for n copy of the Wall Street Review and
Pamphlet, showing the various methods of (opera-
ting. J IIICKLINQ tt CO , Bunkers and Brokers,
72 Broadway. N. Y Dec 23

to niUI Invested In Stock* and

jjur ID Gold pay* 200 per cent

amotuh Pamphlet free. Tumbrldge & Co., Bunk-
»r»,J Wall street, N. Y.

AIR

Popes Rifle

PISTOL.

Shoots Darts or Slugs.
Perfectly Accurate at 30 ft.

AND IMPROVES HY USE
RECOMMENDED BY GENERAL SHERMAN.
,\o Noise, a. the Force la Air Alone.

NO NOISE. AS THE FORCE IS AIR ALONE

Splendid Parlor Amusement.
One may become a dead shot by practicing with It.
To n Sportsman It I* Invaluable. Price, including
Hurt., Slugs, Targets and Gunstock, $5. Handsomely
ulckle plated, §8. Self adjusting Bell Target, $.

For sale by gun dealers generally, or Bent by mull on
receipt of price.

POPE BROS.. M'fr*., 45 High Street. Boston, Muss.

Beale 1-2 Inch to the Fool.

4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5—33, OUT OF A POSSIBLE 35.

DISTANCE, OOO YARDS.

Still Another Score of SEVEN CONSECUTIVE SHOTS BY CAPT. HENRY FULTON, I. It. I*., ut Montreal, Cunuda, August 14th, 1874, with a

REMINGTON Breech Loading, Long Range Challenge RIFLE,

WHICH MADE IN THE INTERNATIONAL .MATCH,

Tli© Higlu^t Score on Record,

In a match In which were engaged the best shots In United State* und Canada; BEATING ALL COMPETITORS.

Please take notice, tills Target was male In un OFFICIAL MATCH, not nt private Practice.

Extract from the "Army and Navy Journo/" Official Ite/tort. DaUd Oct 3. 1874.

"Thc matctl deckle* several disputed point*, a* near a* they cun b: decided; Urst, that there is uo perceptible difference in accuracy between breech loader* and

muzzle loaders, but that If auytblng the former are the best,
Inthefntnrv; third, i hut

i they are certainly the qnlckaat; second, that in our clear climate wo may look for tven better shooting

THE REMINGTON RIFLE Stands ahead of all others for Accuracy,

AS IT DOES IN SIMPLICITY OF MECHANISM. THE REMINGTON RIFLES IN THE MATCH SCORED .THIRTEEN POINTS AHEAD OF THE SAME
NUMBER OF MUZZLE LOADERS, AND TWENTY TWO POINTS AHEAD OF THE SHARP S BREECH LOADERS IN THE SAME TEAM.”

In the International match, six muzzle loaders, three REMINGTON, and three other breech loaders were used, Capt, FULTON, Col. BOD1NE and L, L.
HEPBURN used the three REMINGTONS.

For full official report, see Army and Navy Journal, Oct. 3d, 1871. FULTON'S SCORE 171 OUT OF 180: HIGHEST SCORE EVER MADE.

Military Match Rifles Just Out; Price $35 or $55 with Vernier and Wind Gauge Sights; a so Pocket Ver-
nier Gauges Price $2.50.

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THE FISHER MAID.

OV MRS. EUNICE B. LAMBERTON.

rT^HE wind was calm, the tide was low,

JL Thu galls all flapping hung.

And crabs conic sidling o'er the «aud,

The tangled kelp among.

With naked feet a Usher maid,

Kog-browncd as Jolly tor.

Sped Joyfully to clutch ihe craft
Aground npou the bar.

The waves in wrinkles crept along,

Like time to childhood'a view,

When days are weeks and weeks arc* months
And pleasures ever new.

With lengthened Angers on they came,
Grasping the murky shore.

While peril to the flaber maid
Was all the song they bore.

And billows rose and billows fell
With seething, foaming crest.

When "Hard to leowBrdl” roac the cry,
With "tack to sou-son-west."

In white capped glory wild they tossed
A lift to sheet and spar—

No longer wna the "Mary Ann"

Aground upon the bar.

Enclasped 'mid winding shroud of foam,

A waif the breakers bore
To where the tawny fisherman
Bent, dragging nets ashore;

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With 'kerchiefs white and bine,

GosBlppcd of neighbor's weal or woe,

And vowed the gossip true.

Now often when the tide Is out.

And sails hang flapping low,

When crabs come sidling up the sand
Where tangled sea weeds flow,

The sailors see a phantom maid
Kog browned as Jolly tar,

Speed Joyfully to clutch the craft
Agyouudupon the bar
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CAMPING AT THE POOLS OF SOLO-
MON—BATHING IN THE DEAD SEA-
FALLING AMONG THIEVES— FISH-
ING IN THE JORDAN— EXPEDIENTS
OF AN ANGLER.

BY C. A. KINUSBUItY.

IT wa9 on the 17lh of May, 1807, as I find on referring
to inv note book, that we tamed our backs upon the
city of Jerusalem, and started on our trip to the Dead Sea,
the Jordan, and Jericho. Mounted on good horses, and
taking only such articles iu the shape of baggage as were
absolutely essential for our comfortable shelter and subsis-
tence, wc were well prepared to carry out our intended
plun of making this side trip with as much dispatch ns
possible, consistent with careful observation. We did not
take the ancient and usual route of travelers, by the wuy
of Bethany, but turned our horses’ heads towards Etam,
und just as the sun set we pitched our tents by tho pools of
Solomon.

What a place to camp! Tradition makes this tho “gur-
den enclosed," where Solomon made his kingly experiment
in horticulture, of which he says: — “I planted me vine-
yards, I ir.ude me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees
in them of all kinds of fruit; I made me pools of waler to
water therewith the wood that briugelh forth trees." I
will not stop to moralize, but it must bo admitted that
whatever may have beou the result of his experiment in
other respects, these three magnificent pools, which remain
in a good x stale of preservation to the present time, uro
worthy of their royal builder, The most easterly one is

about six hundred feet long, two hundred wide, and fifty
deep. It would llout the Great Eastern, or the largest ship
of war that ever ploughed the ocean.

Taking an evening bath iu these gigantic bath tubs, we
enjoyed a night of most refreshing sleep, and early the
next morning started for the old city of Hebron, visiting
the valley of Eschol, aud taking our noonday lunch by the
side of a cool spring, shaded by the famous terebiuth
known a9 "Abraham’s Oak." It is a maguificent tree,
twenty-three fert in girth, aud if it be not the identical
tree under which the patriarch communed with his Cre-
ator, and entertained heavenly messengers as his guests, it
i9 at least the only surviving representative of the oaks of
Mamrc. We found the vineyards hero most thrifty and
luxuriunt, still producing mammoth clusters of fruit, rival-
ing those marvelous buuchcs borne away upon the shoul-
ders of the spies iu tho time of Caleb and Joshua. From
this spot to Hebron is about two miles, and we felt that
every step we took was upon ground trodden by patriarch?,
and prophets. Here "l9auc went out to meditate in the
field at eventide, and lifted up his eyes and saw his beau-
tiful cousiu Rebckah, from Mesopotamia," and he took her
into his mother, Sarah’s tent, aud she becuine his wife.
It was just here, too, that green-eyed jealousy drove Hagar
into the wilderness, and he soon becomes "a wild man,
whose hand will be against every man, and every man’s
hand against him." How literally the angel’s prophecy has
been fulfilled, and how exactly Ishmael’s descendants have
maintained their peculiar disposition aud habits, the East-
ern traveler knows too well.

On our way to the city we discovered a wolf feasting on
the carcass of a mule. He was a fierce looking animal, of
reddish brown color, and about the size of our grey wolf.
Ho made good his escape, although with a rifle he could
have been secured as a zoological specimen. Wc exam-
ined the principal objects of interest in the ancient city,
built "seven years before Zoan, in Egypt." The chief ob-
ject of interest to the traveler is the cavo of Machpelah,
containing the sacred dust of Abraham, Isaac, aud Jucob.
As a description of this most interesting repository of tho
illustrious dead does not come within the scope of this
communication, I would merely state that it is most zeal-
ously guarded night and day by a set of fanatical and In-
solent Moslem soldiers. No Christian dog is allowed to
enter the cave, under penalty of death. The writer, in his
auxioty to gain a certain point of observation, was threat-
ened with instant death if betook another step. Not wish-
ing to remain at this old city for un indefinite period of
time, even though my bones might be laid so near the tomb
of the patriarchs; I very quietly but most unhesitatingly
withdrew to a place of safety. On our return to El Burak
—as the pools of Solomou are now called — we started up
some fine covies of the common partridge of Palestine,
which is the Greek Perdix utxalilu. It i9 a beautiful bird,
about the size of our ruffed grouse. Its legs and beak are
a bright red color, its flight is swift and strong, and it is so
wary in its habits as to render it difficult to shoot. When
ia season, I am told it is a great delicacy. Some of tho
Emeers and chiefs of tho country hunt this bird with the
hawk, and keep up' the ancient sport of falconry with no
small degree of pride.

Tired and hungry, wo reached our tents in the dusk of
the evening, and spent our second night at tho pools of
Solomon. The next day we visited Bethlehem, and at
about nine in the evening pitched our tents on the bank of
the Kedron, under the towering walls of Mar Saba. What
a world of interest guthers about Bethlehem, with its man-
ger, its magi, and shepherds. Its history^in moral and
religious aspect, is without a parallel. gM influence of
the great event which transpired there s^letwo thousand
years ago girdles the world and extends through time.
We must not stop longer in the city of David, however
strong tho temptation.' The road from here to Mar Saba
passed over high rocky hills and through deep, dark val-
leys. It was here that the fair and ruddy son of Jesse the
Betklohemite kept his father's sheep. With these very

pebbles he practiced his simple sling, and attained that un-
erring skill iu the use of his favorite weapon. It was
among these hills and vales that he performed those brave
exploits of his youth which he related before the kiug of
Israel in order to convince him of his ability to meet and
bring down to the dust tho insolent champion of the Phil-
istiues. Hear his story:— “And David said unto Saul, thy
servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion and
a bear and took a lamb out of the flock; and I went out
after him and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth,
and when he rose against me I caught him by his beard
and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the
lion and tho hear." The triumphant result proved that his
confidence was well founded.

At Mar Saba we found our guard of six ragged, suspi-
cious looking Bedouin soldiers, engaged by our dragoman
before lcaviug Jerusalem, to escort us from this point to
Jericho, and to protect us from the hostile Arabs who live
east of tho Jordau, aud who do not scruple to rob the un-
protected traveler. They were armed with long guns and
spears. The following morning we were hospitably enter-
tained by the monks of the convent, who took us through
this ancient and singular structure, showing us the chapel,
with its costly decorations, and many other objects of great
interest, including the vault containing some fourteen thou-
sand skulls of martyred monks. No traveler is admitted
without a letter from the Greek patriarch at Jerusalem,
and no woman is ever allowed to enter the convent upon
any conditions. There is an interesting tradition connected
with the location of this convent castle. Saint Sabu9, the
founder, was a man of remarkable sauctlty, and at un early
age devoted himself to conventual life. After traveling
over Palestine he came to this wild and dreary spot A. D.
483 in search of a suitable place where he might find re-
ligious retirement from the bustling world. He discovered
a cave in tho rocky ravine of the Kedron, which he con-
cluded would suit his purpose. Upon examination, he
found it to be the den of a lion, and in actual possession of
the fierce monarch of the wilderness. The saint, it is 6aid,
very politely gave him to understand that he wanted to
occupy the premises for his own headquarters. The ani-
mal quietly took the hint, and left his lair to its new occu-
pant and its higher destiny. This cave, which is now one
of the cells of the convent, is pointed out to the traveler as
tho one formerly occupied by the distinguished founder.
No one can form any just conception of this religious fort-
ress, with its lofty, frowning walls and its wild and deso-
late surroundings, high, rocky cliffs, and deep, dark glens,
without seeing it with his own eyes.

The rock pigeon ( Columba tchimpiri ) was very numerous
along this part of the Kedron, making its nests and rear-
ing its young in the caves aud fissures high up the precipi-
tous rocks. There were also flocks of a species of grakle,
with bright yellow wings, which the moults feed with daily
care, receiving in pay for their kindness genuine notes of
melody. Among their pets are three foxes, which come
every cvenjffc and bark under the convent walls for their
supper, afidra wolf, which comes down from the wilder-
ness aiidofosses the ravine of the Kedron to get his daily
ration^tSf breach which is lowered down by ouo of the
mouk9. During the day we started up one of the foxes,
which was/fmilar to our red fox, and seemed to rival him
in speed.

The ride from hereto the Dead Sea, which was over a
dreary waste of sanefy plains and hills, occupies some five
or six hours. The sun was intensely hot, and we suffered
greatly from tho burning heat and excessive fatigue. Only
a few days before an adventurous lady belonging to an
English party died from the same causes while passing over
this route. The neglect of our drngomuu to take along a
sufficient quantity of water greatly added to our distress.
Our limited supply was soon exhausted, and no good water
could be obtained until we reached the Jordan At length
we cumo to a rock-hewn rcsorvoir, some fifteen feet in
depth. Tke water was of most questionable appearance,
but if it had been as pure os that of Jacob's well we had

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FOREST AND STREAM

nothing to draw it with. But wo were in great straits and
so, without loss of time, one of the Arab so dicrs laid off
his rags and jumped down into the turbid pool. I browing
him a leather bottle, similar to those used in the country
some two thousand years ugo, he filled it, and, clambering
up the nearly vertical walls, placed the coveted treasure
within my reach. We found upon examination that the
contents fairly quivered with minute animal life; but too
thirsty to be fastidious, we made our teeth serve as a strain-
er and eagerly, and 1 may say gratefully, too, quenched
our raging thirst. One needs to travel in this country in
hot weather to learn the value of pure, cool water, and to
realize the full force of its symbolic use by the aacrod

writer*. , ,

Greatly relieved and refreshed, we pursued our Journey.
As we came in sight of the Dead Sea, we noticed that pe-
culiar hazy appearance of the atmosphere reminding us of
Indian Summer in our own country, and we found our-
selves subject to that singular optical illusion sometimes
produced by a very transparent and highly ratified atmos-
phere, in which distant objects appear quite near. At a
certain point, when we were some five miles distant, it
seemed as if we were within half a mile of the shore.
Reaching, at length, this most remarkable of ull the seas
and lakes oil our globe, wo prepared to take a bath— and
such a bath I can hardly expect ever to take again. I had
previously bathed in numerous seas, lakes, and livers, but
never did I enjoy such a bath as this. The specific gravity
of the water is such, from its holding iu solution so large a
proportion of salts (twenty six and a half per cent.), that
one floats upon its surface like a cork. At the time there
was only a gentle ripple upon the sea and being a good
swimmer I at once struck out into deepwater. I soon
found that I could not ouly swiin and flout with wonderful
case but that I could actually walk in the water, sinking
only to the armpits. Discovering Ibis fact, I made for the
shore, and taking Dr. <J., one of our party, who could not
swim, by the band, led him out into the sea where the
water was many fathoms deep. At first he was quite re-
luctant, to follow me; but be soon gained confidence on
finding there was no danger of sinking, and he enjoyed the
„bvel bath as much as if he had been an expert swimmer.
Should the bather allow the water to get into his eyes or
mouth iiu would suffer a considerable abatement to his en-
joyment, on account of its extremely salt, bitter, and irri-
tating nature. No fish can live in this sou, but various
kinds of ducks abound here at cci tain seasons of the year.
The water was as clear as ordinary sea water, its tempera-
ture was agreeable, and it had an oily feeling; anil alto-
gether, its action upon the surface of the body was such as
to develop those pleasurable sensations pertaining to the
sense of touch, accompanied by the most delightful exliili-
ration. Of all the batiis in the world, give me a hath in
the Dead Sea! The much vaunted Turkish bulbs of Alex-
andria, Cairo. Damascus, and Constantinople (I can testily
Iroin personal experience) are quite tame in comparison.

The sun had passed the meridian when we reached the
hanks of the Jordan. We were soon stripped for a fresh
water hutli in this famous stream. The effect of the Dead
Sea water upon some of our party, who did not lake the
precaution to wash it off with fresh water, as did the wri-
ter, who obtained for this purpose a small flask of water
from a brackish spring just before reaching the Dead Sea,
was such as to excite ratlior lively and somew hat amusing
efforts in the preparation for a second hath. We were
speedily disrobed and out in the middle of the Jordan,
bathing in its cool, refreshing waters. 1 chanced to turn
my eves towards the shore, ami what should I see hut two
of the Bedouiu soldiers just in the act of beuding over the
garments of the Rev. S., a chaplain in the United Slates
Navy, and one of our party. At once I suspected them of
an intention to rifle the pockets, and kept my eyes fixed
upon them until they looked towards me and saw that they
were noticed. They turned ami went away. But it was
too lute. Before I saw them they had evidently secured a
part of the plunder they were after, aud at the instant 1
saw them were Just on the point of taking more. The
chaplain, on examination, found that a valuable gold watch
was missing. Although we did not actually see them take
the watch, wo were just as fully convinced that they took
it us if wo had seen them. They indignantly denied the
theft, and under pretence that the watch was lost before
we reached the liver, manifested great anxiety, apparently,
to find it, and went all the way hack to the Dead Sea pro-
fessedly iu search of it, hut uo doubt really for the pur-
pose of more effectually concealing the evidence of their
mean trcuchcry and guilt. There seemed to he no sure
inode of redress, and the watch was never recovered. Sub-
sequently, we had reason to suspect that our owu drago-
man, who turned out to be a dishonest rascal, was con-
cerned with the soldiers in the robbery. Thus it was that
we fell among thieves in goiug from Jerusalem down to
Jericho, as did u certain man some two thousand years
ago, “who was stripped of his raiment, wounded, uud left
half dead." '

After the excitement of this unpleasant little episode had
somewhat subsided, we sat down on the bank under the
shade of a weeping willow, and took our noonday luncli.
There was a deep, eddying pool just in fiont, into which I
threw some crumbs of bread, winch were eagerly taken by
some kind of fish. The water was turbid, which prevented
my seeing what kind or size they were. I felt a stroug de-
sire to capture a specimen of the finny tribe from the Jor-
dan and expressed my regret that I had not supplied my-
self with fishing tackle lor the purposftheforo leaving
Jerusalem. One of the party replied, “\\'h> vee, Doctor,
1 wonder that such a fisherman as you are iTUl hot think to
bring along some hooks and lines." I fell ttfl%confessed
that "it was a great oversight. It would have given me so
much pleasure to have caught even a single fish in this
river ot world wide fame, so frequently mentioned iu the
Book of books, and so intimately associated with the sacred
incidents aud early history of Christianity.

We were at the reputed ford of the Israelites, who, after
forty years of wuuderiug iu the wilderness, crossed over ut
this very spot to enter upon the possession of their long
sought promised laud. Here the devout pilgrim comes
from ull pails of the world to bathe his weary limbs in
Jordan’s sacred waters. In view of these circumstances,
with such a throng of interesting associations aud memo-
ries crowdiug upon you, was it any wonder — I submit the
question to any man of practical experience aud true sym-
pathy iu such matters — mat an augler's enthusiasm should
Oe kindled, aud that he should he led to muke a dosperute
effort to capture, by some sort of hook or crook, one or more
the scaly denizens of that historic stream, whose mystic
aters retired at the approach of the ark of the covenant,

were parted -“hither and thither" by the prophet’s mantle,
and were consecrated by the baptism of the world s Re-
deemer? Was it not consistent with the strictest propriety
that I should covet a fish from the Jordan; that I should
exclaim, O! that I lmd Peter’s hook, with which lie caught,
under his Master’s guidance, the fish in whose mouth lie
found the piece of silver for tribute money V I would try
my luck at this spot. Perchance I might take a fish of the
same kind, for these waters mingle with the waves of the
beautiful Genessarette. Had I eveu oue of the old nets of
Zuuedee, unsportsmanlike as it might seem, I would try the
plan of the old fisherman of Galilee, and gather in both
good and bad, so I might obtain an ichtliyc specimen for
examination. ... , ,

Just as 1 was at the point of despair a lmppy thought
came to my relief. It occurred to me that when I was a
small hoy I had caught trout with a pin hook from my
grandfather's mill pond in iny native New England. Why
could I not use a similar implement now? Iliad in my
pocket a small pin cushion, containing some black pins.

I took one, and bent it into the shape of a genuine Kirby.
Prince Rupert, Sir Humphrey Davy, and other distinguished
anglers did not disdain to muke their own fish hooks in
curtain cases, and why should not I, an humble member of
the angling fraternity, do the same, especially in such a
shift us this? But what was I to do fora line? Then I
remembered having given to one of our party some days
before a short piece of black patent thread to mend his rid-
ing whip. I called for this, and unwinding it tied it on
the hook. Our dragoman carried a double barrel shot gun,
aud from him I got a few shot for sinkers. But the line
was yet too short lor any practical use. Careful searching
brought to light a piece of cotton twine around a paper of
crackers purchased at Jerusalem. Splicing this to the pat-
ent thread made a line of quite respectable length. Cut-
ting a tamarisk stick for a rod, I tied on the line, and with
some feeling of triumph called the attention of my com
panions to the result of my efforts at improvising fishing
tactile under peculiar difficulties. As I held it out for their
inspection they evinced a deep interest in my success, but
ventured to express their doubts about my being able to
catch fish with such rude tackle as that. Wliat if it did
not come quite up to the ideal standard of our over-nice
modern anglers? What if the rod was not as delicate ns
the eight ounce Norris, or as elastic and graceful ns Leon-
ard's split bamboo? What if the line was not of silk, with
lender of finest gut, or the hook of tempered steel, con-
cealed by a gaudy fly, and minus a reel? Iu spile of all
these drawbacks I was bouud to make it answer my pur-
pose for capturing a fish.

In view of the temporary and frail character of the
tackle, I instructed one of our parly, H. A. Ross — who, by
the way, is an uucle of the abducted aud long-sought Char-
ley Ross— to stand at a certain point at the water’s edge so
as to lift the fish gently up the bank in cose I should he so
fortunate as to hook one. For a fly I put on a piece of
bread, and, stepping out on a willow root extending over
the water, I made my first cast in the Jordan. No sooner
did the bread touch the water than u fish seized it. I
brought him gently around to Mr. Ross, who lifted him up
the bank, and our much coveted specimen was secured,
Much pleased, I made another cast, and took a second fish.
At the third cast I hooked a large fish, uud in my efforts to
land him lie straightened out the hook and escaped. How
could I help exclaiming, What a big fellow that was! All!
we always lose the biggest fish! But, nothing daunted, I
tried it again, and had my third trophy safely landed. Suf
fice it to say that within fifteen minutes from the time I
made my first cast I had caught seveu fine fish, six of them
being not less than ten iuches long. After I caught the
seventh one I could not get a bite, or see the sign ol an-
other fish, although I had no doubt there were plenty left
in the pool. This peculiarity ol suddenly ceasing to notice
a bailed hook has been observed by other anglers iu fishing
for carp. The cause is not easily explained. Mustaplm,
our dragoman, assigned as the reason in this case that the
fisu had found out that a Yankee trick was being played on
them, and they would not be fooled that way any more.
He said he Itud never seen a fish caught there before; often
been at the same spot with travellers, and he and the other
Arabs expressed surprise at our success. The fish were all
of the same kind, and evidently belonged to the carp fam-
ily (Cypriniita), uud were without doubt a species of bream,
the Cronus nilolicus. It is a common and abundant species
in the Jordau aud its tributaries. I saw the fry of this
same species in great numbers iu the fouutain of the Saltan
at Jericho, and subsequently procured and ate the same
fish on the shores of “deep Galilee." I indulged the fancy
that this was the identical species, one of which, caught by
Peter, furnished the tribute money for his divine Master,
aud the same that were taken in such multitudes when, at
his bidding, the net was let down on the right side of the
ship by the disciples. But whether this he so or not, one
thing is certain — iu our case it proved to he a most edible
fish.

We reached Jericho that evening, and pitched our tent
by the side of the stream whose hitler waters were sweet-
ened by the prophet. We had the fish cooked for our sup-
per, and they were pronounced excellent. The hook aud
line devised under peculiar difficulties, and which served
so well its intended purpose, I have ever since valued as an
interesting souvenir of ray visit to Palestine aud the Jor-
dan. I at once honored it with a place in my porlcmon-
naie, where 1 have carried it ever since. Knowing the in-
terest aud pleasure that true anglers take iu examining all
novel, improved, and efficient varieties of fishing tackle, I
propose to cuclose the precious relic for the curious inspec-
tion of the able aud honored editor of Fouebt and Stream.
I call it a precious relic, implying that which remains after
what has been lost. I was going to say, I send you the
idculical hook, line, and sinkers; but there is a liUle stub-
born fact which stands in decided opposition to such a
statement, and thereon hangs a tale, which 1 will venture
to relate us u brief sequel to this ulieady too length}- com-
munication.

It was during the subsequent Summer, while spending a
few weeks iu the vicinity of Lancaster, New Hampshire,
that a i^irvy of tour took a pleasant drive up the Connecti-
cut VuU*y,|uus*iiig through Colebrook to Dixville Notch,
that wildl(|mdeso!utc mountain pass which is regarded by
some geologrets os more Alpine in its character than any
oiUer pass ol the New Euglaud mountains, uud whose
grandeur has made it quite latnous us a place of resort for
bummer tourists. Tiio party- consisted of the Rev. R.
Newton, whose sermous to childiou, published iu so mauy
languages, have given lum a world wide fame, Mrs. K..
with her friend Mm. B., and the writer. On the second

day wc reached the Notch, entered its Titanic gateway, aud
examined with emotions of awe and wonder the wild con-
fusion of rocks and the impressive and mysterious devil, v
tion. Wc had taken our ample lunch with that enjoyable
relish which comes from a morning rule and pure moun-
tain air, and had barely turned our horses’ heads towards
Colebrook, when we halted to admire the beauty and drink
of the ice cold water of a swift bubbling brook. R Was
one of the head sources of the Mohawk River, which enq,
ties into the Connecticut at Colebrook, and in whose waters
that enthusiastic angler, the late Rev. Dr. Pratt, of Plii|fl.
dolphin, for many Summers cast his fly with so much suc-
cess. It had such a trouty look that I betrayed a wish for
the opportunity to try my skill, when I)r. N . expressed hi,
surprise that I had not duly- prepared myself to take back
a fine mess of trout for our supper. I had not anticipated
such an opportunity, and had made no preparation. 1
collected that I had my Jordan hook and line in my porie
monnaie, and at once resolved to test its efficiency with i|,e
Salmo fontinalis. Suitiug the action to the thought, 1 nn|
it to the end of an aider rod, and put on the hook a piece of
roasted beef for bait. The stream crossed the road just in
front of the horses, and stepping cautiously to the bridge
I dropped the hook just below. Quick as a flash it was
taken by a flue trout, and he was safely landed. The hook
was dropped again, and another wus taken, and yet an-
other, until five were taken from that spot. Encouraged
by such success, Dr. N. ami myself went up the brook a
short distance, leaving the ladies sitting in the carriage the
meantime, and, marvelous as it may seem, in about half
an hour I had added twenty-two more to my catch, making
a fine siring of twenty-seven trout, sufficient, as we judged,
to make a supper for 'four hungry tourists. Well satisfied
with our prize, we drove on until we came to where the
stream crossed the road again. Just at t lie upper side ol the
bridge was a deep, shaded pool that looked so inviting [
could not resist the temptation to try the virtue of ihe
Jordan tackle once more. With bailed hook I carefully
approached the spot, when no sooner had it touched the
water tliau the pool seemed fairly alive with the speckled
beauties. One noble fellow was instantly hooked, but iu
my effort to secure him he broke the line near the hook,
and lost both hook and trout. I had rather have lost a tm
dollar nolo than the pin hook that did me such good service
under such peculiar exigencies in parts of the globe so re-
mote from each other— taking carp (bream) in the sucied
Jordau of Palestine, and brook trout in the sylvan Mu-
hawk of northern New Hampshire. The hook was goue
beyond all hope of recovery; hut I consoled myself with
the thought that it was lost after a hard struggle in a nol N-
cause. 1 duplicated it as nearly as I could with a pin from
the same cushion.

On our arrival at the Parsons House, at Colebrook, that
evening, I handed the trout to the landlord, requesting
him to have them served in his best style for our supper
The result proved that they knew how to cook trout at
tlmt hotel. Never were trout better cooked, or eaten with
a better relish. The eminent divine positively declared
that he had never enjoyed such a dish of trout in all hu
life, and with his opinion we all agreed. These were the
trout caught with the Jordan hook.

For Forest and Stream

GEESE ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN.

AT the mouth of the Au Sable and extending aim ;

Champlain for about three miles is a large marsh,
affording numerous lurking places for wild fowl, and, m
years when^lhe wateMs high and the marsh covered ihn
ing October and November, the different varieties t
ducks and Canada geese have visited it in great number.'.

We had been stopping at a farm house about six mil -
from ihe lake, during the early part of November, and ha I
hunted the ducks with good success, hut only two or three
geese had we killed, aud, as only a few days in ter vein- 1
before we must leave the happy hunting grounds, we
decided to take one more turn at them. Our plan was t"
hunt them by moonlight. We felt very confident of suc-
cess, and pictured in our minds our boat loaded with geese.
We started «ut about three o'clock in the afternoon, and >
three mile walk brought us to the river, where we were t"
take a boat for the remainder of llie distance. The river
at this point is broad and smooth, and in sti iking contii't
with its course about two miles farther up, where roan -
and boiling it plunges amid walls nearly two hundred U :
high, aud often hut fifteen feet apart.

About four o’clock we reached the lake and rowed out 1
short distance to look for ducks, then resting on our nan
we surveyed the scene before us. Across the lake, wlii< h
is here twelve miles wide, the peaceful vales of Verni"
extended to the base of the Green Mountains, Ml. Mnnslii M
and the Camel’s Hump towering above the rest. Not i >'
away Mt. Trembleau, the Eastern terminus of the Adin >
ducks, rises proudly from Champlain, while peak a f t > i
peak follows in succession, and “Old Wliileface," with a
cap of snow, the herald of the approaching Winter. Ik"
and there on the lake were large flocks of duck, while plover
rau to and fro on the sandy shore; so running ashore, "
bagged some of them, and then decided oil our arrany
ments for the night. We were to stop with two young
trappers in their bough-house, up the river. I was to g<» 1 1
a long point about a mile distunt and watch for the gn-1
to cotnc in from their inland feeding ground. The Don,
my companion, went lo another point about two miles
away, as it was uncertain where they would sleep for the
night. About dusk I left my boat in a curry Horn the
river to a large marsh and walked lo the end of the poinh
where I concealed myself iu a clump of hushes.

The darkness had now come on, uud a deep gloom set
tied on the marsh, when in the distance the mournful lionU
of the geese broke on the still night air nearer and nearer
until they were overhead. The sky seemed black with
them. After sweeping around willi a wide circle several
times they suddenly went into the luke with a splash, n"1
far from where I was. Wheu they had sported about uu<l
relieved their fatigue of the day- by the cool lake, they
swum to land, and slowly and majestically, one by ou« .
came out aud marched in single file uloig the shore with
their lofty heads erect. I could have killed some, hut i")
instructions were to seewhero they stopped for the night
aud report. At last when all were in line they extendi'1
for nearly hall a mile, ever and anon uttering their mourn-
ful cry. Then they uguin entered the lake, and I cri'l’j
cautiously away and entered the dark woods; hut here 1
encountered difficulties, for I frequently stumbled on tN
brush and fallen timber.

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67

After n half mile or this kin-1 of work, I thought U would
be belter to try the edge of the mars'll where there were no
trees. Acting accordingly I h id plunged along in the mud
nnd water until I thought I must be near the curry, and l
went to enter the woods, when to my surprise 1 found
water intervening, nnd deep nt Hint. I had a few matches
with which to make u torch, but they proved to be dump.
I started to go back but found the mud yielding and deep.
How lmd I got into such a fixy I attempted to go on and
wus quickly mired. Sinking slowly but steadly, I became
excited — the idea of drowning in a mud puddle, and all my
future usefulness spoiled! 1 floundered about, desperately
and at last brought up on an old stump, and from that by
leaps I readied a solid fooling. Wet, muddy, nnd shiver-
ing, I found my bont and was soon out into the dark stream
heading for Lite bright camp fire on the lmnk below.

We hud a merry time that evening after we had taken
our supper steaming from the roaring tire, and we piled up
the big logs until the river shouo like a stream of gold be-
neath its blaze, and now and then a duck coining around a
point near, frightened by t he unusual proceedings, would
give a quack and take rapidly to wing. The young trap-
pers sat on a log skinning a large pile of muskrats.

We built another tire at the entrance of our bough-
house and then tumbled iu. The stars shone through the
leafy canopy above, and no sound was heard except the
cry of some coon in a neighboring tree, or the honk of the
wild geese at intervals, and, when the last spark of fire
spluttered and weut out, we were all fast in slumber. I
awoke with the crackling of the fire and found the Don up
and silting on a soap box, communing with his pipe. He
told me it was one o’clock ^ind to go to sleep again, as the
moon would not rise until two. It was no use, however,
so I shivered through a long hour, and then, as the first
beams of the moon appeared, we roused the boys and set
off. Silently the youth paddled us down to the lake, and
we heard the geese a half mile out, but scarcely were we
within rifie range of them before they arose with a startling
cry and flew further out. We followed them lime and
time again tbrougli that eventful night, but without getting
a shot, and as the first rays of the sun appeared behind
Ml. Mansfield, wo rowed back up the river will} teeth chat-
tering and feeling generally unconfortable. We took no
notice even of the duetts that we passed on the way up
within easy range. Arriving at camp we tumbled in again
and slept until the sun wn § high, when we were awakened
by a pot hunter with a wooly cur treeing partridges. The
dog barked at the foot of the tree and the man fired off his
canon-like gun at the poor bird. I think I could have
killed the bird with a stick. But that is the way they do
up there, and we found our well trained setters almost use-
less. The grouse will soon go as the salmon have gone
from their streams. They have poor success with the
ducks, however, and have to slaughter the young broods
ill the Summer to make up for it. The geese, I think,
generally speaking, are quite secure, at least we found
It so.

We gave it up and started for home. When our friends
saw us coming up the road they wondered where the geese
were. But although our success was not great, I leave it
to the readers of Forest and Stream, the true spoilsmen,
to appreciate our pleasant experiences.

Charles H. Crow.

WILD TURKEY TRAPPING AND HUNT-
ING.

Norfolk. Vu., February 20, 1875.

Suitor Forest and Stream:—

It may be Interesting to some of the readers of your paper to learn
how “we down lu Dixie” manage to capture the wily, silly, wild turkeys
—the finest of all forest game. They have been very plenty in this por*
tion of Virginia the present season, from the fact that the last Summer
wus a lemurkably dry one; about all the young that were hatched were
raised, none having been drowned or draggled to death by heavy ruins
about batching seuson. There are several modes adopted for their cap-
ture; bsltiug and trapping is one. In this mode, first find out where the
turkeys use This will always be found to bo unfrequented places and
near some swampy or largo forest growth, where they may find high
trees to resort to when nlarvaod by tlio approach of huntsmen and to
roost iu at night. Having found such haunts and feeding grounds,
the baiter scatters peas, wheat, or com about iu small quantities in dif-
ferent marked places, and occasionally viBils are made to the places to
see if the bait has been eaten. If so, and by turkeys, it is easily deter-
mined by the signs of scratching away of the leaves iu all directions In
search of more food. If the halt has been euten, re-bait at once. They
will soon begin to resort to such places for food. Having ouc.e gotten
them to do so, then make a pen of old weather beaten fence rails, or
something of the sort, using nothing to make the pen of new or fresh
cut stuH, as they are very cautious and will not venture near it. Having
gottou the rails on the spot, dig a trench elghteeu inches deep and about
as wide, and four or five feet long with a slope from the outer end,
deepening to the middle; then lay ucroas it the rail . Lay one rail as the
width of the pen and two rails as the length (ordinary fence rails, teu to
eleven feet long), building the height of eight ot teu rails, and covering
it over with the same sort of stuH, sudlcleutly close to prevent the tur-
keys from getting out when once in. A few cross rails as weight to keep
tlie top down is always necessary, for when alurmed at the approach of
the trapper it will take n good uinount of weight to keep them in prison.
Now, having completed your pen, take care to remove and cover up
every vestige of the freshness of your operation, throwing In a light cov-
ering of dry leaves in the trench you have made under the pen. Then
scatter more of the same kind of grain before baited with,
around, nnd particularly iu n train leading to and into the iDlet
under the fence, and a larger quantity iu the pen. It may be some
days before the turkeys will venture up— but they will, If not often vis-
ited by the huntsmen. When they have made themselves somewhat
familiar with it, nnd get up courage and get on the train of bait leading
to the mouth of the trench, with heads dowu eagerly picking up the
grain, they will thus go under the fence In quest of food, not raising up
till Inside. Once Inside (perhaps a half dozen), they begin to look up
for a way of escape, never for a moment looking down for a place to get
out. Not seeming to know how they got iu, they walk round and round,
and frequently walk or hop over the trench through which they entered.
The trapper then has them at bis will aod may take them at his pleasure.
Another mode it to get them to a bait. Build a blind of old brush und
cover for the hooter to sit in, entirely conceuled from all quarters; mak-
ing a straight line of bait, and all in a circumscribed distance from the
blind, so as when the tnrkeys come to feed oil will he In a Hue, which
they will do if the bait is properly laid. When they are picking up the
food he watched his opportunity to get as mauy heads together as pos-
sible while down, and using No. 6 shot he may get several ata shot. A
friend killed three at a shot a few weeks ago while I w as with him In
this way. Hive is as many as I ever knew to be killed at one fire la this
manner

Yet another mode of bunting is in nse, viz: honting with dogs—
pointers or setters arc best, because more easily trained. The dogs find
and flush the turkeys. Taking (o the high trees, keeping am ojo on the

dogs while they are running around harking nt the turkeys np the tree,
they being so ranch engaged In watching the dog. me hnnUouncan
come up In shouting distance nnd kill his game. This mode la adopted
by nn another of my friends, with whom I np. nt a few dny* during my
laic trip. This friend has killed about a dozen this season up to 1st
January; but take it whatever way they may, a good fat wild turkey Is
no mean game to lake home, whether after patient walling or a long
lra,nP- Kcvotonk, K. K. V,

ANOTHER FELINE GONE

Dbkii Park, Md., February 16. 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Still another has gono from among ns; hi* name was "Panther" (sci-
entific name unknown). Ho was noted for his philanthropy nnd large
ralndeducm. One of the best traits about him was hi* love for children
He would say: "Others may like the sternness of manhood, or the gentle-
ness of womankind, but the unresisting softness and sweetness of chil-
dren is far more to my taste. He was also In the habit of saying to him-
self. "If Mary had a little lamb I don't see why I should not have one,
too." One day not long since he was seated on a rock moralizing thus:
"Even the greatest of us are often unappreciated, and It Is so In my
case; I think I’ll emigrate and go to Texas."

He rose from his sent, and was about to go home to bis graveyard,
when his foot slipped nnd ho fell over a rifie ball, which had been pined

there by a Mr. II . who immediately came forward nnd nsslsiod him

to rise. As a reward for his friendly assistance, the lute lamented pre-
sented Mr. H. with a work of hiscntitlcd "Dental Process,” which Mr.
II. found to be very Interesting nnd full of strange cngros»lug power,
which was difficult to eltnko off; R was a handsome edition, bound in
calf (Mr. 11. 's calf). It was also found, on opening his will, that he had
left bis Winter overcoat to Mr. II., which, opon measurement, proved to
be seven feet five inches long. Ho was burled In the family graveyard,
and bis epitaph was taken trora Charles Lamb.

Poor Pantherl may nil bis faults be forgiven, and may he be wafted to
bliss by little clierab boys, all heads and wlugs, w ith no "bodies" to re-
proach him with his sublunary Infirmities. Ali.kurany.

ffli oodland , Jfarm and {garden.

THE CLEMATIS AS AN ORNAMENTAL
FLOWER.

THERE is probably no form of plant life which can be
applied to so many beautiful variations as the run-
ning vines, the various lioney-sucklcs and clematis. How
attractive arc they when clustered around our rural homes.
How beautiful and lasting ure the lessons they impart.
They were created for lessons of wisdom and instruction.

In many instances it may be said with truth that “ fash-
ion governs all things hut plants we are sure to leave out
of this classification. Years ugo the Clematis, or Virgin’s
bower, was culled the reigning belle, or fashionable flower,
in all the floral circles of Europe, Great prices were in
those days esteemed light in exchange for the rich cluster of
the old Jackmannia with its wreath of crimson blossoms, or
iu varying violet and purple ; it is indeed a rare old plant,
revelling in many quaint old memories of Hie past. Among
the stories told of thecBteem in which this jackinannis spe-
cies was held in the oldeu limes we have only to recall tlie
common fact, that growing at the foot of a tower of Mel-
rose Abbey was a remarkable viue of this plant, whose
graceful tendrils completely covered -the whole turret of
the tower, throwing far and wide its fragrance and beauty.
Says a pilgrim from afar : “ I rode many miles to behold
this wonderful plant. In mute admiration, I received anew
a lesson of the wisdom, of God, who muketh even the lil-
ies of the field glorious.” “To me this was a floral treat
never to be forgotten."

Carrying out the idea, how shall we improve upon tho
suggestions of nature, how to make more beautiful our own
surroundings ? — First, we are to study the nature of tho
plants we are to use in our laudscape. The place, and its
lace of country, its capabilities, from much or little water,
natural aud artificial. Having ascertained just the capabili-
ties of our soil we are to consider the nature of the vines
and plants we are desirous of usiug as ornaments or embel-
lishments about our dwellings.

The plants under discussion all belong in point of scien-
tific classification to the crowfoot family, an order contain-
ing the buttercups, peonies, unncmonicn, columbines, lurks-
spurs, bepticas, meadowiues, monkshood, and several oilier
genera. These plants are either herhacious or perennial.
Of the herhacious the tops live during the season and do
not die down. Of the roots of the perennial they live
from season to seasun, or they are what is called perennial,
or woody.

In these climbing vines their slender leaf stems are lik*
delicate fingers, or tendrils eagerly embracing and clinging
for support to the most rugged surfaces. Thus supported
it is no uncommon thing to see one of these flowers, mak-
ing its way upwards to a height surprising in itself, while it
covers all space around it witli glory and life. The using
florally of this plant ns a garden decoration will be found
neither prosy or uninteresting, as a few of these plants pro-
duce clusters of very fragrant small, white, sweet flowers.
They are the Asiatics that throw out the magnificent iruni-
pet-shaped and gorgeous flowers, over which the student of
nuture bends iu rapt udmiiution as he carefully trams their
delicate tendrils over the most rugged aspects. One of the
finest places in which to grow these vines I have found to
be a pile of rude rocks in a natural or wild state situated in
a remote part of the grounds. By pluuting sundry snade
trees ou the southern side, producing thereby a purliul shude,
you have just the situation for the clematis vine. Set out
your vines at the foot or side of these rocks — in the base
of good rotted sod, amid which also revel the nzelia and
rhododendron, and truiu them carefully over the supports
either natural or applied, you have provided for them.

Here you have from which to make your choice the
following— all of which are good, and I cun from trial re-
commend. One called John Oould Vcilch is a lively', pleas-
ant flower, of a lavender blue ; of quite u large size,
blossoms remaining upon stalk a long time.

Lanuginosa has a woody foliage — blue — of this plant
are also to be had fine while blossoms, and from it many
fine shoots are obtained, as it breaks often in new and
wonderful revelations. Do not omit this in your collec-
tion.

Another old favorite has reddish purple blossoms, and is
called viliceUovenota. This is a light-veined, beautiful and
delicate plant. Among the numerous claimants for fuvor I
name one from Florida, that lias well sustained its home
recommendation, even in our colder sum menu, and is Flori-
da plena, very double, creamy white, with a delicate green

rosette in the centre of flower : It la a slender crowing vine
amt needs looking to once in three or four dny*.

Lady ’ Boucitle— grayish blue, fine graceful’ foliage, deep
green lmrdv. every way desirable. This Is one of the jack-
mams seedlings. J

Thomat Moore— inw of the moat magnificent of the varie-
ties, very much resembling the passion tlowor, it is when
in flower a most beautiful sight, has deep violet colored
flowers in great masses.

Two'seeaHngsJfrom the Jackman nls deserve n place in thU
collec ion, for they are all three clawed as hurdy plants;
once planted out they need but little care except to cover
the roots with Ann manure In the full, and when Soring
cumes manure the same and turn up, ami tie up tho vines
.«r*. Moore is a plant of Iminutiae proportions; some of
the flowers ure from eight or niue inches lu diameter anil
almost pure white in color.

Jamt* Bateman is a new clematis Hint blooms for a suc-
cession of weeks, flowers bright lilac.

In another paper we shall give another very picturesque
manner of cultivation of tho clematis iu connection with
other flowers. Ollipod Quill.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Maria, M. 8., Nyack, N. Y.— Tho fragment of fern
leaf you sent contains the insect that destroys it. At row »
one of the little “ death watch " class, Is very minute til
itself, yet it makes quite a ticking noise, from which It re-
ceives its name. Your herbarium, if much infested with
this and Other parisltic Insects, of which there are many
preying upon the green und dry ferns, should ho dusted
w ith powdered corrosive sublimate— a dry poison— put, say
4oz. spirits of wine in a bottle, and half tea spoonful of
the dry powder in a bottle, lot it stand for a day or two,
and use when you prepare your herbarium— with a small
brush put this solution carefully over each fern leaf before
you place tlie same in your hook, nnd you will never huvs
any trouble from insects preying upon the sumo.

Eveline Miller, Warehouse Point, Conn. — The follow-
ing are among good plants that will come into flower iu
from June to September. Should be carefully sown in
April. Of the yellow*— mulls tropacololdes. A tine plant
for edging. Lertoslphon aureus and luteus ; sonvltalia pro-
cumbcus. This is half hardy aiul very pretty. Tropucoluu,
Tom Thumb.

Lilac— C'larkln elegans and stiphius vcmmtus.

Scarlet — Tropiirolum, Tom Thumb and varieties.

Blue — Neni ophila insignia, supiuus vuuus, whulluvla
grnndiflore, and campanula specluui.

Purple — Iberia umholhila.

Hone — Silcnc peudulu.

I. 8 , Providence, R. I.— You can prevent the ravages of
mice among your young trees by giving them a good . out-
ing of a preparation made by the admixture of equal parts
pi pine tar und fish oil. Thoroughly warm this composi-
tion, and with a brush give the trees u good hand of Irom a
fool to flfleen inches in width, beginning close to ihe
ground. This remedy is a sure protection from mice, and
if you clioosc you can apply the sniiie nt any time during
the Winter when tho ground is free from snow urouud the
trees.

([he fjor.ie aiyl f onrjw

— The racing on the other side of tho water may he said
to have fairly commenced, hut betting on the principal
events remains dull. Cumballn is in>(..lhd as favorite lor
the two thousand guineas, but the “talent'' appear to he
in diltlcullics as to a selection for the Derby.

—Sawdust trotting is resumed at tho Hippndromo this
week under the dlrce.lon of Messrs. Mace and Walton.

— W. F. Harper, of Woodford county, Kentucky, sold a
few days since to Colonel McDaniel, ol Princeton. N. J.,
the brood mure Hally Watson, by Ringgold, in tnnl to im-
ported Glen Athol, aud a yourliilgche-tunl filly In imported
Glen Athol, dam Hallv Watson. Colonel McDunl. l lias
also purchased from Major H. G Thomas the che-tnul
mare Orange Girl, live years old, by Colossus, dum Sully
Watson. Orange Girl is in foal to Longfellow.

— The Nashville Blood Horse Association has christened
a new four-mileruce to be run lu 187(1, the Lorillurd stake.

— II. P. McGrath will ship In a few days from Lexing-
ton, mares Susan Ann, eight years old, out pi Box ana, by
imported Chesterfield, and Sarong, eight years old, out of
Greek Slave, to Chestnut Hill Stud Farm, utur Philadel-
phia, to be bred to Leamington.

— Mr. Charles Bathgate sold for a low figure Ills trotting
colt, Speed, two year old, hv Volunteer, lull brother to
Volunteer Maid, to Mr. Bluntly, of Ohio, a few days ago.

— At the annual meeting of the Hudson River Driving
Putk Association, held a few days since, it wus resolved, to
by a unanimous vote, that tho cupitul stock he increased to
$100,000. The following odiccrs were elected for the ensu-
ing year:— President, Morgan L. Molt; Vice Presidents, J.
O. Whilehouse, J. F. Winslow, William Butler, William
B. Dias more, B. Ray, J. Muckiu; Secretary, J. G. Frost;
Treasurer, J. H. Weeks.

— The celebrated white trotting gelding, Crown Prince,
was sold on Wednesday last at auction, tor $8,1100. Dun
Mace wui the purchaser, and il is supposed he was acting
for Mr. II. N. Smith.

— Mr John Hawkins, of WnllsnIJ, England, announces
Hint he is ready to mutch his (rotting horse Jack, to trot
twenty miles ou u turnpike r#ad, against any horse in
America for £800 a side, lie says that lie is uwuro I hut it
would not be wortli tiny one’s while to trot for $1,000; hut
that some thousands of pounds would he won >.r lotj in
bets on the race, which would compensate for the small-
ness of the stakes. He ulso Buys that he will ullow a fair
amount for expenses.

—Katie Pease, the great four-miler, who lowered the
colon* of Thud Stevens, appears to be Invincible ammqf thu
Pacific slopcrs, aud us good at half-mile heats as the longer
spins. She recently beat Chinaman iu such a race; L< st
heut, 49* seconds; 100 pounds up. They must have misty
weather ut the Occident, for iu the last heal the sta. ting
post could not be Been on account of the fog, so no time
was taken,

FOREST AND STREAM.

$s1t §uUutit.

EARLY FISH CULTURE.

WE have before us a pamphlet, published about twenty
years ago in Brussels, entitled Trail* tie Pisciculture
Multiplication Artificicllt tit* Poissons, by M. Holtz. Some
of the engravings we reproduce, with a translation of their
descriptions. We have selected those devices which are
employed in streams or ponds without the necessity of
hatching houses, os this kind of apparatus is most suitable
for the development of the ova of Spring spawners, com-
prising, as they do, some of our most important food
fishes. ’ The comparatively short period required for the
development of their eggs renders it necessary to hatch
them in the wntcra from which the parent fish are taken.
The writer, after describing the devices used by M. Coste
and others in hatching houses, which are too familiar to
our fish culturists, and which have been, iu some particu-
lars, improved upon by Messrs. Green, Stone, Clark, and
others, to need reproduction, says:

Where it would be impossible to construct any of the
above described apparatuses, and where it is desirable to
hatch the ova in water courses, wire cases could he used in
pure and running water, (fig. 13,) or boxes of Messrs.

a la—, Gekm & Hemy. The latter are

used at Schnmhousc; but in order
to avoid endangering the ova by
the oxidation of the tin, Prof.
RuefI has constructed them of
zinc, and in addition thereto, fur-
nished them with huoys or floats.
Vessels of varnished terra cotta
are likewise employed, which
combine all the advantages of the
Pig. 13. RuetT boxes, and are less costly,

(fig. 14.) Different methods have also been found to pro-
vide against the inconven-
iences above mentioned, by
employing wicker plats or
baskets, with or without
floats, (figs. 15 and 10.) fol-
lowing the habits of the fish
in incubation. M. Coste has
also constructed an incuba-
ting box, which should rem-
edy all the inconveniences
presented by the modes
hitherto used. This box,
fig. 17.) which Is a perfect
improvement on that of

Fig. 14.

Jacoby, Is about one metre in length, one and a half metres
in breadth, and tho same in height. Its bottom and sides
are altogether of wood. The lid, placed on hinges, is
divided transversely; In the centre of each is a square

oponing of fifteen or
twenty centimetres,
covered with wire-
work, and each end
is closed by a frame,
whose opening, a
little larger than
those of the lids, is
also furnished with
wire-work. Each
open on hinges from
the outside, and are
held by screw rings,
in which a cord, a
pin or, for more se-
curity, a padlock is
passed. In the in-
side this box is not
divided, but has, at
the ends and in the
Fig* centre, about fifteen

centimetres from the bottem, brackets or cross-pieces de-
signed to sustain tho trays, which completes the apparatus.
These trays consist of glass rods, encased in a wooden
frame. But as these trays are designed to be placed one
above the other, the frame should be somewhat deeper than
the truys used in the - t\

troughs, and the ends
should be considera- >*£-**f\ \
blv sloped, so us to
allow a free passage
of the water. Four
of these trays can bo
placed one on the
other, rendering ' tho
manipulation easier,
and increasing the ca-
pacity of the box This
box, suitable to work
in running water to
receive free eggs os
well as those which

adhere to foreign sub- Pig. 17.

Btances, suffices, in spite of its small volume, as well as ono
of greater size, and can be maneuvered where it would bo
difficult or prejudicial to use sieves. To watch what
passes, to clean the wire-work where sediment obstructs
the bars, one can open the doors or lid, as he desires, with-
out drawing off tho water, without disturbing the trays,
and without touching the eggs. Whether it is attached to
a floatiug frame with cramps, or to stakes stuck iu tho
earth, it should present to the current one of its ends, if
the current be moderate, or one of its ingles, if it be too
rapid. A bed of pebbles and fine sand placed at the bot-
tom receives the young, which descend there as they hatch,
and oilers them favorable conditions to their ulterior devel-
opment, until the moment arrives to open the doors either
to set them free, or transfer them to rivulets where their
food is distributed. Those of small size can escaps through
the wires and disperse in the waters where they are born
When the hatching is completed, the trays are withdrawn
from the box, in order to clean it easier and care for the
young which remain. In using any of the above appa-
ratuses iu still water, one must cover the bottom with
aquatic herbs Theso vegetables prevent the water from
becoming corrupt, and are an inexhaustible source of oxy«
£eu, so useful in the development of the embryo.

[Prom Proceedings of American Fish Colturlsis’ Association.)
AQUACULTURE AND FISH PROTEC-
TION^

BV SAMUEL WILMOT, NEWCASTLE, ONTAIUO.

[ Concluded from our ionic of March 4 th.]

Having explained the great necessity for passing laws in
relation to the preservation of fish at certain seasons of the
year it will he necessary now to *111001 the question, Why
resort to artificial means for the propagation of fish; why
not allow them to produce their young in the usual way?

In contrasting the artificial with the natural method the
superiority of the former over the latter sys'em will be
easily understood, even by the great masses of the people,
who are as yet wholly uninformed as to the novel science
of artificial fish culture, not long since introduced into the

country. , . ,

It has been advanced by naturalists of an enrly period,
and upheld by eminent writers of modern times, that not
more than one per cent, of the ova laid iu the natural way
ever becomes a living fish. But in the present day it is
possible, by artificial propagation, to rear from eighty to
ninety living fish from every hundred eggs, which larger
increase is actually needed for restocking the waters of the
country with fish of such various kinds as may be required
in various places, and for supplying in part the increasing
demand in the markets of the country for fish food.

As we have chosen to illustrate the necessity for legal en-
actments for the protection of fish by introducing the sal-
mon, we shall continue to take the same fish for an ex-
ample while we explain the modus operand i of laying and
hatching out of the fish spawn in the natural way, and re-
late the many difficulties which beset the eggs at the time
of their deposit by tho parent fish, and through the process
of incubation, and until they are hatched out in the rivers
or other waters. It may be observed that these operations
nro performed at different times and places by the various
kinds of fish.

Salmon, after leaving their feeding grounds, will, after
the somewhat lengthened migration previously mentioned,
reach their spawning grounds far up river, or, in some in-
stances, if very late in the season, near at hand above tide-
way. A suitable gravelly bottom, rapid part of the stream,
ie selected, where the female fish commences by writhing
movements of her body to displace the stones and gravel
in order to form the bed in which she may lay her eggs.

In this work she is very much aided by the swift current
of the water, which helps to move the gravel down stream
that is being displaced by the exertions of the fish. In
this way a hollow spot is dug out, and a small hillock of
stones is formed just below. Into this scooped-out bed the
fish, by contortions and strong muscular action of the
body, ejects a portion of tho mature ova, many of which
sinlc to the bottom amongst the gravel, whilst numbers are
carried below and far beyond the bed by the current. The
little ledge of gravel just above the bed is again disturbed,
and the stones in the act of falling are by the action of the
fish, assisted by the swift water, carried down over the
eggs, thus partially covering them, and hiding many of
them from sight, and also from many of their numerous
enemies.

This operation of spawning will take from two to three
days to a week, and sometimes longer, depending much
upon the lutencss of the season, and also the flow of water
in the stream at the time. Should the season be dry, and
tho water low, the fish will rest in the deep pools below,
waiting for the water to rise in the rapids, that they may
be enabled to get upon the shaljows to form their beds.

All this time the eggs are maturing, and at last, late in
the season, unable to retain the ova any longer, they will
rush up at the first freshet, and in some instances lay the
whole of their eggs in one or two nights.

During the time in which the female is engaged iu depos-
iting her eggs, she will generally be accompanied by a male
fish, who performs very little, if any, of the labor in form-
ing a bed; he is constantly hovering about just below the
female, aud when she is in the act of laying her eggs he
will run alongside, and, by a muscular movement of his
body, eject some of his milt, which, if perchance it touches
the egg, impregnates it.

It does not necessarily follow that the female shall be
accompanied by the male in the act of spawning, for ofteu
it is found that she will lny her eggs without the presence
of a male fish. It frequently happens that whilst she may
be deeply engaged iu her work, several male fish will be
fighting together to gain the superiority of place. Whilst
thus engaged, the female, bent upon her work, is deposit-
ing her ova without the vivifying fluid coming in coutact
with them. Whilst this operation of laying the ova is go-
ing on, the bed is generally surrounded by various kinds of
small, predacious fish, watching every opportunity to prey
upon the eggs as they flow from the female, or as they set-
tle in the bed or drift beyond it.

Trout cause great havoc in this way, nor is this fondness
for the eggs to be laid to the trout alone, for young salmon
(parrs), chubs, eels, aud almost every other kind of small
fish are lying in wait to pe.form the same act of destruc-
tion of the ova. It is a mere matter of masteiy which
Blind get the lion’s share.

Those of the eggs that shall have escaped these perils,
together with those that have received the fecundating
fluid, will be found embedded iu the gravel, where they re-
main (should they escape all other dangers) during a period
of from five to six months of the coldest season of the
year, namely, from October till the followiug April or May.
Various kinds of insects, water lings, and innumerable
aquatic animals, whose nature it is to lie hidden underneath
the gravel and stones at the bottoms of streams, whilst
groping about for food, come upon these salmon beds, and,
perforating the soft, filmy covering of the egg, with their
needle-like teeth aud sharp claws destroy vast numbers of
them.

Add to this a great number lost by decay, for all those
which have not received the vitalizing fluid die, and, be-
coming putrid, there grows upon them a species of fungus,
which, spreading its grasping web, catches in its poisonous
folds any adjoining eggs, killine them at once. This in-
sidious growth works great destruction to the semi-incu-
bated egg. Clusters of a hundred and more are thus some-
times found iu the crevices of the largei gravel iu a putrid
state. This great scourge of the ova is verv difficult to
overcome, even in the purest water, und where' the greatest
atteutiou is given to prevent its growth.

Auother great loss of the ova takes place during the long
and inclement Winter months from the formation of anchor
ice, which, in shuliow part* of river* aud itreams, prevail*

to such nn extent as to become one solid mass, in many j„.
stances forcing the stream out of the channel in which it
flowed during the Autumn. The eggs thus having ]0st
their covering of water, become frozen and die. Great
destruction is also caused by the shifting and shoving 0f
ice from the effects of heavy freshets. Whole section,
where snlinon beds had been made are sometimes swept
away, and become so changed as to leave no vestige of
their original formation.

The remnant of the eggs which may have escaped de-
struct ion from the above mentioned sources will iu April
and May hatch out and become young fry. At this timf
they are helpless in the extreme, lying prone on their side,
with a large bag or umbilical sac attached to their bodies'.

In this stage of their existence they remain about live or
six weeks, until by a process of a absorption, brought
about by the increased warmth of the water in Spring, tiK,
sac hitherto attached to the body disappears, and the little
fish, now symmetrically formed, begin to roam about in
lively manner in search of food. From the time of emerg-
ing from the shell up to the present time they are still an
easy prey for their numerous enemies.

The difficulties above enumerated, which beset the e*?g
from the time when it was laid up to the period of j|s
hatching out into a young fish, though somewhat numc.
rous, are by no mcaus all that it has to encounter. There
is to be added the destruction by aquatic birds, polluted
water, deleterious substances of various kinds, which are
constantly thrown into the streams from manufacturing es-
tablishments, saw dust and rubbish from saw mills, wash-
ings from barn yards and turnpike roads, natural and arti-
ficial manures, and other foreign substances used upon the
soil in farming, draining, etc. All flowing more or less at
times into the streams, aud settling upon these beds, so
pollute the water and otherwise injuriously affect them, as
to cause immense losses to fish eggs, and also to the newly
hatched out, and as undeveloped and very delicate fry.

Of the eggs thus deposited, scarcely one in a hundred
ever produces a living fish. \et withal, fish are so prolific
in their nature that there would sfill be enough for supply-
ing the waters iu abundance, and also a sufficiency to re
lievc the wants of a considerable portion of mankind, were
it not for the ruthless and barbarous manner in which they
are killed by man, irrespective of the seasons in which they
are foul and unclean for food, and of the time also iii
which they are in the act of (laying their eggs for produc
ing their young.

Having now shown the manner in which the ova are
laid by the parent fish in the natural way, and having de-
scribed the numerous sources from which great destruction
results to the egg by that system, it .will be necessary to
fully explain the me'thod adopted by the artificial propiigu
tion of fish.

For this purpose we will commence- at the time at whic Ii
the parent fish shall have reached the spawning grounds 1
the river or other water, and when the ova and milt hav<
become mature the egg9 are then taken from the female 1
the opeiator in as gentle and careful a manner as possibl
There are three methods practiced in securing the adi
fish, male and female, for this purpose. One is to cid
them by means of nets whilst they are upon the shallo
and if found ripe at the time to then and there carefi
extract the ova and milt from them. This will be found
difficult procedure, both in the netting of the flsli and u!
in the uncertainty of afterwards finding them perfect,
ripe for spawning, and should not he adopted unless it 1)
impossible to procure them by other means. Another p..
is to catch such numbers of tho adult fish as may be n-
quired at the time of their migration up rivers during tie
Summer months, by means of small meshed nets, and ear.
fully put them into ponds or enclosures, and there secure!
kept until they become mature for laying their eggs. Tit
other method, which from the beginning has been used
the Newcastle establishments in Ontario, is by erecting
reception house alongside of the stream (through which
sufficient body of water is made to pass), into which tl
parent fish, on their journey up stream, are enticed to n
ter through peculiarly formed traps, from whence llu
cannot return or escape.

This building is divided into several compartments, an
the different sexes are placed in different pens, so that t In-
can be more readily noticed and selected for rannipulalin
purposes. When they ure found to he ripe, a female
taken out of the water and held over a tin pan or otlu
vessel, and the eggs are extracted from the vent by a gentle
pressure of the hand lengthwise along the abdomen. A
male is then tuken, aud the same operation is performed,
aud the milt or semen which is taken from him is mixed
with the eggs in the pan by gently stirring together with
the hand, or by a tremulous shake of the vessel. By this
means every egg will have come into contact with the fe-
cundating fluid of the mule, aud unless from some natural
defect, either in the egg or the milt, all of the ova will be-
come impregnated. The pan or vessel containing the egg*
is then laid aside for a short time, and iu order to ascertain
the quantity they are measured out by means of a little
measure, made to contain a certain number, and then
placed upon the breeding trays; they are then laid in tin-
hatching troughs, through which a constant flow of water
from the stream is made to run. Here the eggs are allowed
to remain during the whole period of their incubation,
namely, from October uml November till the following
April and May.

During this time they arc closely watched, and should
auy of the ova, from the want of impregnation, or from
any other cause, become bad, they will turn an opaque
while color, and being easily noticed are removed by means
of forceps, or other instruments adapted for the purpose.
Should tuese white, or dead eggs, be kept too long, they
will become putrid, and a fungus will begin to grow upon
them; this would seriously affect and destroy all adjoining

egg*-

Should any sediment or other deleterious substance set-
tle upon the ova during the time of batching, it is imme-
diately washed off by sprinkling water upon them with on
ordinary gardener’s watering cun. By this means they are
kept clean aud free from filth of all kinds. No frost is
allowed to penetrate the building, and the flow of water i»
regulated at pleasure by taps lending it into each of the
series of troughs throughout the entire building. At the
entrance of each trough perforated screens are placed to
prevent the possibility of small fish entering them. In this
thoroughly protected state tho ova are kept until the young
fish emerge fn m the shell, generally in April and May,
after which tin e also, and until the umbilical sac is wholly
absorbed, they ar<s carefully watched and protected.

Iu May aud June the fry wUi have become beautifully

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60

developed, active little fish, and should be turned into the
rivers or other waters which are required to be restocked;
or at this time they may be placed in ponds of living
water, and regularly fed until they become parrs, and after-
warps smolts. At this latter stage they make their first
migration to the sea, or other large body of water, where
they become grilse, and afterwards salmon.

The modits operand i pursued in the artificial impregnation
of fish eggs and the rearing of fry being somewhat mi-
nutely described, it ouly remains now to draw a contrast
between the natural and the artificial methods of propagat-
ing fish. In the latter there is no possibility of losing either
the egg or the milt by being swept out of or beyond the
pan or artificial bed in which they were placed by hand,
ns would lie the gase when laid by the parent fish in the
rough rapid waters of rivers and streams. In the one case
a few moments will suffice to relieve the fish of the whole
burden of eggs which she carrios in her body, when she is
set free and at liberty in the river; in the other, days nud
weeks, sometimes, are occupied in the prostratin' effects
of laying the eggs.

It will appear equally clear that every egg put in the pan
or vessel must necessarily come in contact with some por-
tion of the vitalizing fluid of the male, and become im-
pregnated, whilst great numbers that are laid in the streams
by the female, without the presence of the male, are wholly
lost. Neither will there be found in the artificial beds
hordes of predacious fish, waiting eagerly to devour the
eggs ns they are dropped; nor will trout, parrs, chubs, or
eels be found there, seeking which may get the lion’s share;
and aquatic birds cannot gratify their appetizing desire for
fish eggs within the precincts of the breeding room. Again,
the ova are not subjected to injurious bruising and crush-
ing from stones and gravel falling upon them in the act of
being laid in the rough bottoms of streams. This danger
is avoided in the artificial breeding beds, where neither
atones or gravel are used or permitted, the eggs being
placed upon smooth perforated zinc or wire, or glass trays
in single layers, and not in clusters.

During the six months in which the eggs are undergoing
the process of hatching, no insects, water beetles, bugs, or
aquatic animals, constantly on the alert for food in the
gravel beds of rivers, can possibly attack or perforate the
fish eggs in their snug and well protected beds in the arti-
ficial breeding room. Clusters of dead ova, spreading their
insidious fungoid growth to every adjoining egg, are not
permitted here, for when the ova presents the white opaque
color of death it is immediately picked out and cast away
by the person in charge, and all fungoid growth thereby

stopped.

The baneful effects of all kinds of sediment and of dele-
terious substances from mills, manufactories, manures,
etc., are all regularly and systematically cleaned from the
eggs when found resting upon them; neither anchor ice,
nor ice floes, nor freshets, destroy or sweep them away
when thus cared for. Here, from the fostering care and
protection afforded them, a vastly greater number of eggs
•roduce living fish. Well may it be said that “from the
he cradle to the grave the salmon has but one constant
uccessiou of remorseless enemies," and that "not exceed-
ing one per cent, of the ova laid in the nutural way ever
produces a living animal." Contrast these statements with
the artificial system, and the gratifying result is an in
cr**ase of at least seventy-five per cent., and even this aver-
se ove™ome rtt the present time at the several Canadian
md American fish breeding establishments, where, at their
commencement, a few years ago, only thirty and forty per
cent, were obtained ; but now, from close application and
well devised experiments, ninety per cent, of the ova laid
own has produced living fish, and not in small numbers

tier, but amounting in several instances at some of these

•blishtnents to millious of fish in ono season.

These statements, founded as they arc upon fucts ought

show clearly, even to the hitherto doubtful and preju
cod individual, the great superiority of the one svsteiu

. „ superiority or tne one syt.v.u

/ei the other; and when it is shown that by the applica-
tion of ordinary intelligence and industry an increase of
seventy to eighty per cent, of one of the natural products
the waters of the country can be brought about by this
nproved method, it ought not to be viewed in aDy other
'lit than that of wisdom and economy on the part of the
people and the governments of Canada and the United
btates to generally adopt it.

Perhaps in no part of the globe can there be found so
wide a field for successfully carrying on this new industry
of propagating fish, both by the natural and artificial pro-
( ess, asm the territory of tho United States uud in Cun-
adu. 1 lie limpid waters of the many large rivers and
multitudes of smaller streams, the immense inland seas of
pure fresh water and the numerous inlets and hays to be
found everywhere along their extensive maritime coasts
are sources for yielding wealth that cannot be surpassed.’
And now that the people and the governments are becom-
ing more alive to the great benefits which are to he ob-
tained from the inland and coast fisheries of their respect-
ive countries, every effort should be put forth by those in
power not only to sustain, but also to increase and multi-
ply the products of those extensive nurseries bv a vigorous
application of such means as will best conduce to the
growth and expansion of the piscine wealth of the two
countries.

M atmal J/istorg.

INSECT

For Forest and Stream.

LIFE— No. 3.

BY KEIJR.A.

TTARVEY’S aphorism — omne nivium « r ow— is no less
1 L true of the most minute insect than of the gigan-
tic istrich. On the score of variety, in fact, the ad van -
tag; is rather on the side of the insect; for while the chick
wh-n it breaks the shell of its prison is. in all respects a
bir., and as such is fitted to inhabit the same element ’as
its .arent, the young insect frequently passes the prelimi-
nar stages of Us existence in a medium which would be
fatil to its perfect progenitor. The common gnat, for ex-
amjle, depos.ts its eggs in water, attaching them side by
sidtby means of its long hind legs in such

a way as to

loa a perfect life boat, which no rough treatment can
up* .or link, it being dotjbtJwi emmlol forthti wolf mo

of the future progeny that tho eggs should float on the
surface of the water and not sink in it.

The two next stages of the guat’s existence are passed in
tho water. Every one is well acquainted with the little,
active, wriggling creatures, with large heads, which during
the Summer months abound in water, and especially rain
water, when freely exposed to tho air. These are the
larva- and pupa?* of gnats. The larva*, as soon ns they
leave the floating egg, descend into tho water, there to
await the arrival of the period for assuming their winged,
aerial condition. But although they thus exist in u dif-
ferent element, yet the respiration of atmospheric air is
absolutely necessary to their existence; and the means of
obtaining it are accordingly provided in the shape of a cu-
rious apparatus situafed near the tail of tho larva;. The
larva; suspends itself from tho surface of the water by
means of the extremity of this breathing tube, which is
capable of being opened out into a stellate form, and thus,
while used as an organ of respiration, nls>> acts as a buoy.
When the little creature wishes to descend it closes tho
hairs at the end of the tube, and on rewsccnsion they are
again opened.

After two or three moultings, the larva* of the gnat be-
comes a pupa; in this state food seems to be no longer ucc-
essary, but fresh air is indispensable to its existence, though
still living in the water. Unlike Hint of the larva*, the res-
piratory apparatus of the pupa consists of two tubes,
pluccd behind the head instead of being situated in the
tail, which in the pupa is fin-shaped, and appears by its
motion to assist the animal in maintaining its position at
the surface of the water.

The next operation — that of assuming the perfect state —
is a most interesting one, which wo havo witnessed with
admiration many times. It is well described in Rennie's
"Insect Transformations," and this account being very ac-
curate we give it entire;—

"About eight or ten days after the larva* of a gnat is
transformed into a pupa, it prepares, generally towards
noou, for emerging into tho air, raising itself up to tho
surface so as to elevate its shoulders just abovo the level
of the water. It is scarcely got into this position for an
instant when, by swelling the part of its body above water
the skin cracks between tho two breathiug tubes, and im-
mediately the head of the gnat makes its appearance
through the reut. The shoulders instantly follow, enlarg-
ing the breach so as to render the cxtricatiou of tho body
comparatively easy. The most important, and, indeed, in-
dispensable, part of the mechanism, is the maintaining of
its upright position, so as not to get wet, which would
spoil its wings and prevent it from flying. Its chief sup-
port is the regosity of the envelope which it is throwing
off, and which now serves it as a life boat till it gets its
wings set at liberty and trimmed for (light. The body of
the insect serves this little boat for a mast, which is raised
in a manner similar to movable masts iu lighters, construct-
ed for passing under bridges, with this difference, that the
gnat raises its body in ail upright direction from the first."

"When the naturalist," says Reaumur, "observes how
deep the prow of the tiny boat dips into the water, he be-
comes anxious for the fate of the little mariner, particu-
larly if a breeze prevails, for tho least agitation of the air
will waft it rapidly along, since its body performs the duly
of a sail as wed as of a mast; but as it bears a much greate.'
proportion to the little bark than the largest sail does to a
ship, it appears in great danger of being upset, and once
laid on its side all is over. I have sometimes seen the sur-
face of the water covered with the bodies of guats which
had ’perished in this way; but for the most part all termi-
nates favorably, and the danger is instantly over."

When the gnat has extricated itself— all but the tail— it
first stretches out its two fore legs, and then the middle
pair, bendiug them down to feel for the water, upon which
it is able to walk as upon dry land, the ouly aquatic fac-
ulty which it retains after having winged its way above
the clement where it spent the first stages of its exist-
ence.

The dragon flies, or "horse stingers," as they are erro-
neously called by the country people, also deposit their
eggs iu the water, where they are hatched ; and the young,
like those of the gnat, pass the two first stages of their life
in that element. The larva* is furnished with a very cu-
rious respiratory apparatus, by which it is enabled to sus-
tain au intermittent pumping up and discharge of water,
thus serving at the same tijne both as an organ of locomo-
tion and of~respiration. But this is not the only curious
circumstance connected with this larva*. The under lip of
the mouth in the larva; of insects is very small; but in that
of the dragon fly it is very large, and of a most extraordi-
nary structure. It is by far the largest organ of the mouth,
which, when closed, it entirely conceals, and it not only
retains but actually seizes the animal’s prey by meuns of a
very singular pair of jaws with which it is furnished,
Conceive your under lip (to have recourse, like Reuumur.
on another occasion, to such a comparison) to be horny in-
stead of fleshy, and to be elongated perpendicularly down-
wards, so as to wrap over your chin and extend to its bot-
tom—that this elongation is there expanded into a triangu-
lar convex plate, attached to it by a joint, so as to bend
upwurds again and fold over the face as high as the nose,
concealing net only the chin uud the first mentioned elon-
gation, but the moutli and part of the cheeks; conceive,
moreover, that to the end of this last mentioned plate are
fixed two other convex ones, so broad as to cover the
whole nose aud temples — that these can open at pleasure
transversely, like a pair of jaws, so as to expose the nose
and mouth, and that their inner edges, where they meet,
are cut into numerous sharp teeth, or spines, or armed with
one or more long, sharp claws — you will then liuve as ac-
curate an idea as my powers of description can give of the
strange conformation of the under lip in the lurv® of libel
Ivlina, which conceals the mouth and face precisely as I
have supposed a similar construction of your lip would do
yours. You will probably admit that jour own visage
would present an appearance not very engaging while con-
cealed by such a mask ; but it would strike still more awe

spec,,ntor* ‘hey to see you first open the two
'vou,<? pr°Jccl from *“ch temple
the \olntbii it °if-a ,0T’ and noxt* having »>v means of
covered vm.r rCh,n ct the whoI° apparatus, and un-
DreaenteX°5uAlf CeUemp 0y thcm iu 8cil,nK “n>' fond that
procedure/ K fat ! C0,a™>'inS lt to your mouth. Yet this
provided wit by tho larV!0 °f the dragonfly

,?lranRC organ. While it is at rest it
t0 ‘Jn;' covers the face. When the insect
• Sv unfold U lik" arm. catch the
J „C , I ,hey rn h nusftns of the mandlbule form
plates, and then partly refold it, so as to ‘hold tho nrev to
the mouth in a convenient position for the operation of the
wo pans of jaws with which they are p?Ked R^u

ureo0UidnoTnd °nofl(Jf . lhp,n thus holding and devouring a
c4atlv^.ce IvLa in ifflC prowf ,lmt Swammerdam was

. cclvcd 1,1 JmaS‘utng earth to he the food of anl-

^ — ~ * v* re* uiiw

nidirv of .1, ‘ <t effectually relieve the Insi-

u., oil IHrftlrV? lhwy are generally gotten up, and
, ‘ “f.1, ,llL‘ Rttontlon of the demoiselles, than bv appearing at

servinlfT^ “i* ° 1V l-‘ a musk of ll‘is construction and
serving themselves by its assistance.

These voracious larva; do not, however, trust to this
curious apparatus solely when seeking for prey, for tlioy
stealthily close upon it as a cat will do upon a bird or a
mouse, and then, suddenly unmasking, seize it bv surprise,
lusectf, tadpoles and even small tlslies are thus ruptured.
J.tKe Hie pupa of the gnat, that of the dragon fly is under
the necessity of seeking the air in order to assume its per
tect winged condition; but its avoldnnco of water is much
more complete than in the case of tho gnat, for, not con-
tent with merely ascendiug to the surface, there to get rid
or its now usoleas integument, the dragon fly loaves the
water entirely, generally by crawling up the stems of
aquatic plants, upon which it Axes itself by means of Its
claws, and thus remains motionless for a lime, as if to gain
strength for tho comiug struggle. After awhile the envel-
ope may be seen to .burst open between the shoulders
through the aperture protrudes the head of the perfect tly,
and tins is quickly followed by its legs, the cases of which
remain attached, as before, to tho plant. Another period
of rest now intervenes, the head and upper portion of the
body being bent backwards, and gradually becoming dry
and firm. The fly, then (Irmly grasping the upper portion
of its cast skin with its feet, gradually draws out the re-
mainder of the body and again rests immovably,

During this state of inaction t he wings expand, alt tho
crimples, plaits, and folds resulting from the confinement
within the narrow space previously occupied gruduully dis-
appear, and tho whole wing becomes a smooth, gauzy
membrane, traversed by nerves, and nearly tho length of
Hie body, which has at the same time boon gruduully en-
larging and lengthening, and tho limbs acquiring their just
size and proportions. The whole of this curious process
has been watched with a Imiralion, and a friend one day
was explaining it to an intelligent little country boy who
happened to pass tho piece of water when lt was going on,
aud put the question: "Mister, what bu thorn ’ore things a
doin’?"

Crazy Ammai.s. — Iu some parts of California, tho Ban
Francisco Chronicle says, is a plum called the "rattle weed"
(from the rattling of the scuds in the dry pod), which, when
eaten by nniinois, produces lusanily, or to speak more ac-
curately, it appears to derange and befog their instincts,
and, judging from their actions, tills them with delusions.
When thus affected many of them die; hut whether death
is the direct effect of the poison, or whether it results from
their inability to procure water and food, is as yet un-
known. Several hundred horses have lately died from the
effects of this weed in the southern part of Monterey
county, and a correspondent of the Chronicle, who lately
lost fifty horses on one rancho from the same cause, do
scribes the symptoms that were observed in the ill fated
animals previous to their decease.

They became, lie says, crazy, forsook the land, and wan-
dered off one by one over the plain, paying no attention to
their mates or anything else. They were too muddled in
their brains to seek for water, and most of them died of
thirst. Although they were wild, and had never been
handled, any person could walk up to them on the plain
uud hit them with his bund, when they would jump, per-
haps straight up in the uir, perhaps some other way, and get
off as though they were trying to leap a fence every step.
They seemed to retain their sight, yet would not turn asiuo
for anything. The poor d monied beasts would walk over
a precipice os placidly aud deliberately as a Ban Fruuclsco
lrco luuchcr would advance upon a whiskey bottle.

Fkiitii.e Aluinoks. — The St. Louis Republican of March
3d, publishes the following fact: —

"A year ago u pair of white quails were netted in the
Western purl of Audrain county and were purchased by
G. II. Kibble, Esq. Tlioy were very much like the ordi-
nary quail with the exception 'of beiug pure white. Mr.
Ilibble kept them until last May and then turned them
loose in the woods. Nothing more was heard of them un-
til early in the Full, when they were discovered on tho
Lackland furm with an interesting family of thirteen little
chicks, all us white as themselves. They are yet in that
vicinity, our sportsmen, by common con/cnl, leaving them
unmolested."

CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE.

•We have four stage* In the life of an insect— four atates which it
is necessary to understand the egg (ovum), which is motionless and
apparently lifeless; the grub (lnrvie), which U active, but withoflt wtngs;
the chrysalis (pupa), which is quite motlonles*. aud not observable In all
insects end the perfeot Jnwot (imago), whtcj) U iwtivc, has wtngs. end
Aon obi grow.

Dspahtment or Public Panics, I
New Yobk. Mar. 6, 1876. f

Animals received at Centra' Park Menagerie for the week ending
March 6th, 1875:—

One Black Spider Monkey. AteU* o'er Hah Peru.

Two Vulpine Phalanger*. PhnbwjjUta eulpina. Hah. Australia.

One CoatlmnndJ, Fasua wiriea. //ah. Mexico.

One Armadillo, Oiuypae teeeineiiu Hah. Brazil
One Sand Turtle, Ttdw/o //ah. Ifnytl. Presented by Captain 8 G
Parker, steamship Andes. W. A. Cokkus.

—The annual dinner of the Blooming Grove Park Asso-
ciation was partaken of in good form at Delmonico's lust
Thursday, the 11th instant. We notice the return this
week of the late President of the Association, Fayette 5-
Giles, E«q-, after a long absence in Switzerland.

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FOREST AND STREAM

ghe iitiwel.

THE RAYMOND LAVERACKS.

WE present our renders with nn excellent and faithful
portrait of Pride of the Border, one of the pair of
Laverark tetters pmchaseil through the offices of Cnpt.
John Taylor, (our then kennel editor,) and imported in July
lust by their present owner, Mr. Churlcs II. Raymond, of
Fox Farm, Morris Plains, N. J.

Pride of the Border was bred by Mr. Lnvcrack, who shot
over him three seasons, used him most successfully as a
stud dog, and sold him, ns above stated, to come to
America. In color he is white, with liver markings, strain-

ing back to the celebrated breed of setters at Edmond Cas-
tle, near Carlisle, England. In form he shows to a con-
spicuous degree the Lavernck points: head having a high,
bony ridge at hack; neck, shoulders, and loins exceedingly
strong and well knit; hocks deep, flat, well letdown, and
curved; feet cat-like, and thoroughly clad with thick ha r
between the toes. In disposition lie is gentle and affec-
tionate. and full of eagerness in the pursuit of game. Not
yet perfectly broken to work in our close covers, bis style
of going — rangy, high-headed, untiring — appears admirably
suited to our open shooting In the West.

This dog’s breeding is known to be pure for over eighty
years, through generations of famous progenitors. He is a
pure English setter, his “ forbear*" for that period cer-
tainly having in their veins no drop of black and tan, colley,
foxhound, hurrier, pointer or other cross, so frequently sus-

pected in dogs of setter blood ; and be bids fair to be as
celebrated through his progeny as from his ancestry. |];H
puppies have taken several prizes in England during tiro
past year.

We understand that lie has already been bred to one of
the finest native bred bitches in New Jersey, and others
will probably bo selected for pairing with him. With the
engrafting of sucli "blue blood" upon our best stock in
this country, the time cannot be far distant when our
American setters shall rival the best, and even be sought
for, as arc our finely bred cuttle, to improve the stock in
England.

Our portrait of Pride of the Border was drawn by Mr. E.
Forbes, and is a striking likeness. Our next issue will
contain a picture of Fairy, the Lavcruck bitch, imported
along with Pride.

PURE LAVERACK SETTER DOG, PRIDE OF THE

PEDIGREE.

Bred in 18(1(1, by Mr. Edward Lnvcrack. Broughall CotlHge, WhUclmrch, Shropshire. England. Imported in 1874 by hla present owner, Mr. Chnr'e* II. Ravinond. Plrde of tho Border is a white
doe, whh liver markin »*, el rah. log buck n color lo the celebrated breed of Bettors at Edmond Castle, near Carlisle, and is sire of Mr. Laverock's prlac stock dog, Blue Prince, and of many oilier winners
of prlz'-v a Birmingham Crystal Palace, and eUowhew.

Fox Fan*, Mourns Puix.-, N. J., January 1, 1875.

PRIDE OF THE BORDER.

FRED sin.

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DA'in 2n (blue mottled)

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• All the above mentioned doc*, except Old Moll and Ponto, were bred by Mr. Laverock. and arc descended from the pure blood (snppnsed to have, at that period, been pure for 35 years) of 'the late
Rev. A- Harrlsmi’*. near Carlisle, who bred Old Moll and Ponto, which animals Mr. Laverark procured in file year I8A; since that lime he tin* kept up a continuous strain of pure blood. Old Moll and
Ponto were both Blue Bi llons, consequently. Mr I avoruck having hud this strain for more than 41 years, makes acontinuoua blood for over eighty veaw.’’)— Tub Setteii, by E. Lavtrack, London , 1872.

The dog* in the above pedigree were atl descendants of Ponto and Old Moll.

BREEDING OF SETTERS AND POINTERS.

Maryland, February 5, 1S75.

KutTon FonrsT axd Stukam:—

I have been reading with great Interest the many articles on dog* that
are to be found In your excellent paper, and would like to mention n few
of the conclusions that I tmyo come to In regard to tho breeding of set
ter* and pointers. Tbe rage soerns to boat the present moment to Im-
port these dogs from England, and while this may, ton certain extent,
Improve the breeds thnt we now have here, still the fancy may do harm,
by discouraging the brooding of our present stock (and this, I hold, would
bo a great disadvantage to the country, as I claim that we have as good
breeds of pointers and seller* In this country ns they have to-day in En-
gland—that ts. for all the requirement* of sportsmen In the Arid, but per-
haps not In pedigree). Now this question of length of podlgree-is n rock
upon which we may split, os I hold Hint many dogs with a long pedigree.
If not well bred, or too much Inbred,, will pcpve worse breeders Itasn
some with very short pedigrees. A Ope dog .with a pedigree is not to be
<Ji- opined, but a long pedigree and a poor dog is to be fought shy. It was
said many yoars ago by an English breeder of short horns that the Amer-
ican* did not car* *o much about the enttlo as the long pedigrees— the
longer the better for them. The writer has seen dogs of boih breeds,
bred in tbt* country, that would work all day without running in on the
bird*, and that Invariably bred well, that had very short pedigrees. Now
I hope Ihe breeder* of such dog* w ill not begin to think that It is best to
give up their dogs and get those with long pedigrees, for they might
make a serious mistake. There are a great many strains of blood in this
country that are very ^al liable, and that perlmp» could not now true*
bask to;.ih* original Importation, but that nevertheless have been kept

pure, an.l have acquired by a number of years of breeding and of use
the habits that we required in a sporting dog, and as n number of your
correspondents suggest, in this we arc dllTorent from the English. Our
dog* have teamed to face Ihe briars and bushes, to hnnt In cover or In
field, and staunchly point the game, whether out of eight of owner or
not, and to work on all the dlllereiit gantc the master mny hunt; also to
be careful and cautions. Perhaps we have lost some of the speed, but In
few cases do wc require as much as in England; and besides we riant a
dog here that will do everything, even to retrieving. While tho English
dog* can probably bo taught to do all this, they arc not so taught there,
and Ihe habit of retrieving U more bred into our dogs than theirs. Of
course, when I touch upon the subject of inbreoding there will be many
different opinions; but I think that it I* dangerous, when carried too
far, and Hint fresh blood U necessary to keep up the stamina of dog* or
cattle; thnt inbreeding will make them wcakiu constltatloc, lessen their
fertility and their perceptive faculties. My experience as a breeder of
dog* in «inull, but In regard to the breeding of cattle 1 have had some ex-
perience, and have hud many opportunities to seethe results of | lie
expanmen’s of oilier*, and I have come to the conclusion thnt It is dan-
gerou»to Inbreed to any great extent with cattle, and I think It would
be much more dangerous with dogs, as they possess more mind and rea-
soning power*, and the higher upon the scale the animal Is. the more
danger then- is in inbreeding. Now for our dogs we cannot afford to
sacrlflfr- Mamina to n long pedigree. Not that I think it i* necessary (at
prereu't > to put in a cross of cold blood; but don’t breed for Lnvcrack s,'
or Gordons, or this breed, or that, but breed for dog* for ihe field. All
breeding, to u certain extent, i* alike. Sec what John R. Page, the eel
ebrated rattle artUt, and who Is qualified by his experience and knowl-
edge of all the tfitvst celebrated short horns in this country and in En-
gland,'see what he »»ys In a 1st*- article In the Count: y Genttnnnn; "We

fear the experiment of change of ollmate will he futile, na against the
fatnl mistake of continuous close breeding. When will this folly end of
breeding for pedigree, with the only object of keeping yonr piipers
*i might? If n mix with the blood of old Alrdlcc or Harbinger produces
n Lovimi, a Mazurka, or a Louden Duchess of a new type, breed closo
enough In keep the type; but rest assurred. Messrs. Short Horn Breed-
ers, that close breeding, long continued, will entail 6 arrenness, cold,
cough*, CO nrumjition, and all the evils cnt(lenre heir lo."

If close breeding dbes this for cattle, what will It do for dogs? There-
fore I caution the breeders of Atnoncn to beware of this rage lor pedi-
grees. Keep your animals pure, but don't give up a good one because
you cannot trace it back on paper to some celebrated dogs in England.

There Is nnoiher danger In this rage for pedigrees and importing dogs,
nnd t lint l» that the pedigree* do not belong to the dogs. In an article
published in Land and Wafer for Nov. 7, 1874, (and I would say here
that I wish you would publish that nrticlo and the editorial comment*'
entitled "A Yankee In Search of a Setter," I find the following para-
graph: "They all had the blueist blood in Britain. Most of them would,
as a! matter of sp-cinl grace, on acconnt of my being a foreigner, and
agreeing to take the dogs out of’the country, so that rival breeders by no
chance could get a drop of their royal blood, sell me a brace for the trifle
of oho or two hundred eulnoe, more or les». The marvel of It was that
each man's dogs were the best in the hind, and ull his neighbors had
were cm*. Somethings bother me — several of the krone's had In them
doga which did not look very much akin, so little akin. Indeed, that but
for the owner's most solemn asservallons, one given to suspicion might
have tnought Just a few had possibly been brought In to keep the as-
sortment good. Then' again, I saw now and then a dog whose aotcdUn-.j
vian mother nay, in hor day* of sweet pop expectancy, have seen, not al
spotted b.-blical goat, bnt a long-cared spaniel, or falling from her

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estate. may have owned n brevet hnaband in a early retriever. Of coarse
I never darod to hint aach arrant heresy."

What does the editor say? Does he proceed to chasMse this presnrop-
tlve Yankee? No. He says: “There aru considerable numbers of
good dogs bred In this country, hut still trotter quantities of trash;
very few of the former are sent abroad. Where the latter go we know
not, unless they are shipped oil to America, a* one occasionally hears of
dogs with long pedigrees (?) at low prices, said to bo suitable for the
American market. It Is probably this kind of animal that our trans-
atlantic cousins are Introducing Into their kennels; if so, we shall not
ho at all surprised If in a fow years their estimation of English sporting
dogs becomes considerably diminished "

Is not this n warning to us to bo careful how wo Import dog* from
ahrond, without knowing well who we arc dealing with, and does It not
more Ilian hint that pedigrees arc ua»lly written? Therefore 1 say to the
breeders of both setters mid pointers, don't lay loo much stress on ped-
gre.es, but have your standard of excellence and then breed for that, be-
ing careful not to breed too close, for close breeding Will injure you
surely. It is injuring the best and hardiest breed of cattle In the world
—vis: Dim short horn, and It will Injure your dog to a greater extent, as
they are higher lu the nnimnl suule. Yours, Mahyi.and.

Faithful Doo. — We hear now of another instance of
affection and devotion on the part of a dog. “Bobby’s”
master was friendless, and “Bobby" was the only mourner
who followed him to the nameless grave in the ol l Gray-
friars Churchyard in Edinburgh. Paying no attention to the
notice '“Dogs not admitted," day after day he crept to the
grave, and though storming, shivering and cold, he would
not go away. Kind people supplied his rations, but for
eight years ho crept at night to the churchyard and slept
upon the tomb. Bobby is now deceased, but the faithful
terrier has received the honor of an obituary notice in a
monthly magazine.

Don’s Funeral. — The Colorado Register gives an account
of the death and burial of a Newfoundland clog, nine years
old, owned by a Mr. White, of Georgetown:

A handsome casket, silver mounted, was made, and the
remains inclosed then-in. As lie lay in stale, stretched out
at full length, his head reposing ns naturally as life upon
his paws, scores of people who had known and loved him
came to lake their last farewell. At 10 o’clock Thursday
morning Mr. S. W. Nott drove up to the Barton with a
four-horse sleigh, and the remains were transferred lo i(.
The horses were appropriately adorned with streamers of
crape, as also the pall bearers who took charge of the cere-
monies. Six large dogs, bearing crape streamers about
their shaggy necks, were ntugea in double tile in rear of
the sleigh as mourners, and the solemn cavalcade moved
slowly away to the cemetery. A gentleman made a few
touching remarks on the life, character and nobility of the
deceased, and was followed by oue of Georgetown’s promi-
nent lawyers, Mr. N. Messrs. L., P., and B., pall bearers,
then lowered the body to its final rest.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Yotrxo Spout, Ulica, N. Y.— 1st. Are my dogs too young to train;
they are pointer pups, five month* old? 2d One of my dog* has two
extra toes on his hind feet; they sot like the spurs on a young cock. I
want to know ititis advisable to cut thorn? 3d. Which Is considered
the best marking, dnrk liver or white liver?

Ans — 1st. Your pups are not too young to commence
their training. 2d. The dew claws should bo removed.
3d. Dark liver color is generally preferred.

F. B. 0., Montreal. — I have a pup six months old, about eighteen
inches high, color llvor aud white with smalt dark spots showing
through the white, hair close and wavy, tail long and slightly feathered,
muzzle rather pointed; in fact she was given to me as a water spaniel,
b it seems to me rather too slightly built, aud too high on the legs.
What is she?

Ans — Your dog is probably a cross of pointer or setter
and spaniel.

S. M. W., Fon dn Lnc, Wis.— What breed of dogs is best adapted to
following and bringing to hay only wounded deer, and where cun such

be procured?

Ans— Any strong hound could soon be taught to do this
work, even if it was not instinctive.

W. II. P.t Cbarlottetown, P. E. I.— I hnve a pointer pup three months
old that has had the best of treatment nnd proper diet, that is suffering
from a complaint new to me. A part of his intestiies are protruding
three inches, more or less. Pleuse give me your opiuion and advice us
to mode of treatment?

Ans — Obstinate constipation will sometimes cause this
trouble; light diet and gentle exercise, aided by nature,
are the only remedies likely to bring relief.

Mea ancl §il er #«/»%.

FISH IN SEASON IN MARCH.

soirniEna waters.

Snapper. Trout (black bass). Shcepshead.

Grouper. Drum (two species). Tailorflsh.

Hocklish. Kiugdsh. Sea ISass.

Fish in Market.— The benches this week show a Inir
supply of all descriptions of fish except cod and haddock,
which varieties coni inue scarce. Savannah Shad are wortli
40c. each; North Carolina do., 50c. @$1 50, according to
size; Hudson River Striped Bass, 20c.@25c. per pound;
Red-snapper, 20c.; Whitefish, 18c.; Salmon Trout, 20c. ;
California Salmon, 40c.; Frozen Salmon, 40c. ; Halibut,
20c.; Long Islaud Smelts, 25c.; White Perch, 15c.; Cod
and Haddock, 10c.@12c. ; Codfish Tongues, 15e. per
pound.

— The milder weather of the past few days admonishes
us of the approach of the angling season for trout, which
opens, legally and metaphorically on the 15th instant ; but
if any person can get anything but cold comfort out of the
tossing of artificial flies among the bergs that now line our
ice-bound coast, be must, be an angler whose enthusiasm
nothing con cool. Let us be patient and abide the Jialcyon
days.

—On Friday, 29lh nit., a gentleman fishing at the mouth
of the Wissihickon River, for suckers, caught seven black
s, weighing over ten pounds. We are glad to hear the

fish are there, but law-abiding citizens will remember that
the Pennsylvania Stato laws inflict a penalty for catching
bass, trout, &c., from March 1st to Juno 1st.

— Largo numbers of bottom fish are being thrown up on
Cape Cod shores. Nothing like this has been known since
the cold Winter of 1857, when lau tog and other fish were
frozen jind drifted ashore in such immense quantities that
they wore carted off for manure. There was a remarkable
scarcity of bottom halt for two or three years after this.

—Lobsters promise to be plenty this season. The break-
ing tip of the ice along shore exposes quantities of clams,
which are now being gathered. The ico-bound oyster fleet
has j ist reached New Haven, after being excluded several
weeks.

—The fishing arrivals for the week ending March 4lh
were twenty-four— twenty-one from Georges, iwo from the
Grand Banks, and one from Newfoundland. The Georges -
men all bring in good fares, averaging about 60,000 pounds
of codfish and 2,000 pounds of halibut. A considerable
quantity of cod have been sold fresh lo the dealers at $2 75
per cwt., aud halibut have sold at $10 and $6 perewt. Bank
halibut have been in light receipt. Two fares, about
45,000 pounds, have arrived, which were sold for $8 and
$5 per cwt. The schooner Marion Grimes, Capt Davis,
which arrived from Georges last week, weighed off 85,000
pounds of codfish and 1.891 pounds of halibut. Stic bad
4,559 fish in number, which averaged twenty pounds each.
Her net stock amounted to $1,870 39. Cook’s share,
$134 05; high line, $104 50. Time absent, nine days. —
Cape Ann Advertiser, March 0 th.

— Hundreds of men and boys have been engaged for
weeks catching young salmon from the wharves of Oak-
land across the bay from San Francisco, and some six or
eight miles distant. They weigh from one to four pounds
and are captured with hook and line. The advent of these
flsli at such a place is unprecedented, and great numbers
have been taken.

— Mr. H. L. Leonard, the well-known fly-rod manufac-
turer, is now making an exquisite trout-rod of Calcutta
bamboo, 1H feet iu length, intended as an exhibition rod
for Messrs. Abbey and Imbrio, of 48 Maiden Lane, who arc
his sole agents. The reel-mounting is to he of solid gold,
5J inches in length, with an amethyst at the end. The fer-
ules at the joints are also to be of solid gold, as are the
guides for the line, these being wound with gold and silk
thrend and jewelled. The handle will be wound with two
colors of cane, and the whole complete, with the gold aud
precious stones, will cost about $2,000.

Canada, Charlottetown, P. K. I., Feb. 28. — Trout and smelt
fishing through the ice is all the rage hero at present. I
caught thirteen dozen inside of two hours on Friday, the
26th of this month. W. 11. P.

Florida, Neio Smyrna, Feb. 28. — Many parties of sports-
men have gone lo the Imliuu River. Messrs. Lawrence,
Smith, Wright, Dr. Fox, nnd Hubbard ami Schwartz,
naturalists. Amoug the number are Messrs. Benson, Pier-
pout and Hark of Brooklyn ; Messrs. Coates, of Rhode
Island; Cummings, Bailey and I-Iopo of New York, are busy
with gnu and rod. Sheepshead, pigfish, whiling, &c., in
great numbers have been taken, all in fine condition. The
redflsh or channel bass are just beginning to run. I lmvc
only taken two as yet. Sam'l C. Clark.

Answers $o (garrespondentf.

Anonymous Coinmiinlcatioua not Noticed.

jACOnsT.xrr.— The Kennel Club Stud Bonk, edited by F. A. Pearco
Esq., is now issued, nnd for »ulo at the office of The Field, London.

E. D. M.. East Boston.— Where can I obtain a copy of u French paper
called La Chaste lUvslrtf Ans. August Breiitano, 33 Union Square,
N. Y. Wc have mailed yon a copy.

T. W. B., Brooklyn — Is the llrst (wo weeks In September it good time
to visit the Adirondack* -for deer homing? Ail-. Excellent. Would
that be too late for jack shooting? Ans. No. Wilt trout rise wolt to
flies then? Ans. Yes.

J. W. W.. Boston.— I would not advise your correspondent to go to
Coslleton, Vermont, either for U»h or fowl. I hnve tried the ground well,
but with most unsatisfactory result*. It Is much ponclird and snared,
iu and out of season —Your*, (». A. W., of Boston.

S. D D.— Please inform me, if po*alblc, how to bronze copper, such
as used on powder flasks, nnd oblige? Ans. Probably a trade secret,
but you may gut the Information by addressing ibo American Flask
Compnuy, No. 52 Beckman street.

J. M. C., Watorbury.— How can I make a silk trout lino waterproof?
An*. Soak in boiled linseed oil, nnd strip off superfloii* preparation by
drawing the lino through the thumb and linger. Bingo oil frayed fibres
in an alcohol lamp.

S. D. D., Now York. — Ploaeo Inform mo where there Is a good location
for shooting for five or more, who are willing to camp out and rough It
next Fall; somo spot that can be reached conveniently from New York?
Ans For general purpose* of shooting and fishing, tlio Adirondack ra
gion offers the most Inducements.

L. II. D., Hudson.— Please inform me of a reliable house In New York
that deals In the W. A C. Scott & Son gnu? An*. Win. Read A Bon*,
Funueii Hall, Boston; Schuyler, Hartley A Graham; Barton, Alexander
A Waller; U. C. Squires, of New York; Alexander McComos, of Balti-
more; John Krider, of Philadelolila.

C. C. B., Cleveland, Ohio.— Will you please answer through FonissT
and Stiikam (or hand this to some manufacturer of the article) where 1
can get an extra large bird cage, nnd oblige? Ans. Address Empire
Wire Works, No 105 Fullon street, or Globe Wire Works, K5 Fulton
street. Send dimensions, plan, and description of.blrd intended for.

C. A. S.. Shakupeo.— Can u gun barrel for breech or muzzle loader, to
be used a* a swlvelgun.be obtained; if so, plon«o state whom I o ad
dress for information? Ans. None of our dealers keep gun barrels suit
able for your purpose. Had better address one of the manufacturers
who advertise in our paper.

H B , Rochester, Minn.— Who Is the mnker of the "Grant gun," cen,
fire, breech loader, that I see by reports of pigeon matches is need by
Livingston, of New York, nnd Peters, of Philadelphia? Are they high -
priced gun*? An*. Stephen Grant, 574 St. Jnmrs street, l/ondou. Ill -
guns ore us hlgh-prlccd a- uuy made, nnd rank with the best.

j. [>,, Washington. — Will you plca>e Inform me where I can acrid and
buy bird’s eggs? Flense tell me of two or three dealer*. Canyon tell
me a paper that advertise* bird's egg dealers? An*. A. Lei hevnllicr.
Montreal. C. E. ; C. J. Maynard A Co., Newtonvllle, Mns* ; John Wal-
lace. 19 Ncrth William street, New York. 2J. Fancier' t Journal,
Philadelphia- 1

^ - C. D., City.— Ist. What ts the best bait to me tor brook trout
eafl) In the soason, whon worm* or grubs cannot bo procured? Au«.
Raw boot sM. lu what part of Maine can good door shooting bo found
In October? An* Moat anywhere lu tho Aroostook region. Head
water* of the Kennebec are tn a good door country. Consult files of
Fohkst and Sturam for copious Information,

L. H. D . Hudson —Will you please Inform me whore I can get a good
laminated steel muzzle loading gun for $10 or $50, and what is the best
slao bore for general use, and what the name of the boat maker? An*.
Xon can get n very good niuult loading gun for tho price yon mention.
No, to l» the best slae for general ahooilng. We do not discriminate bo-
two„n maker*; look at our advertising columns.

K. M .New Ilavon.— Where can trout fishing bo had about April J»t,
either north, cast, we.t, or south? An*. Good fishing may be had near
New Haven at Twin Lake., Canaan, Litchfield county, and at the head
water. Of the Mantle. 2d. Where can 1 Hint a few w.-ek*’ snipe shoot
lug this month within Jrti mile.? An*. At Chlncoteague and Mockhora
Island.. Chesapeake, and Smyrna, Del. Take Norfolk aleninor 05 miles
to Qhorry 8 tone.

J. T. W., Mlneota. t have a flue muzzle loading gun, which I would
like to have altered to a breech loader. Can It bn so altered
and lie ns good a gun a* If it vra* originally a breech loader? Do mu
recommend Clark A Snehlor to alter tt. and If so, can It bo aout there
safety, amt how? Ans. Wo would recommoud an exchange liistewl.
The alteration would cost from $45 to $50, according to tho quality.
Clark A .Snout or wilt do It well. Bend to them by express.

It. P., Utica,— Your correspondent Inquires about Loon Lake In
Franklin county, and your answer refer* him ton small pond near
Heaver River. Loon Lake Is one of tho bend waters of the west branch
of the Snrnnac River, nnd the main road south from Malone nnssi * near
It It Is three miles long, and hn* two small inlets. By nddrea.lug I,.
I,. Smith, of Hunter's Home, Mcrrlllivtllo 1*. I) , Franklin county, N.
Y., nil needed Information can bo obtained.— W. W. K.. of Rochester.

C. C. T., Beacon Fall*. — 1 have an Illustrated price ll«t In my po,*rs
elon from Henry C. Squire*, of j our city, wherein ho make* mention of
n weapon called tho "hunter's pet," but give* no description of It. Now,
1 wish to know If the "hunter's pet" 1* a good, practical firearm, also Its
weight and range? Ana. Tho humor'* pot I* a rifle with a skeleton
6t cecli, Intended for target practice. It weigh* 5J pounds, and I* easily
carried In a small space.

C L. W , Weston, Vt. What aro concentrator* and wire cartridges?
Through tho medium of Fohkst amii Btiikam we bacMwoodimon have
learned a good deal about brooch louder* and shell*, but couf< » • our lg-
noronco ns to tho above. An*. Concentrator* uro section* of cartridges
or shod* inserted In tho shell to produce close shooting, Wire cartridge*
are woven wire receptacles in which shot aro mixed with hone ilmd, the
object being to cause tho shot tn hold together or "boll" for a certain
distance, thus carrying closer and farther
l.Koor, Baltimore. —What la the heat route from here to th* Lake 81m-
coe region In Canada? An*. All rail via Toronto. 4 Where can good
guidon and beats bo procured? Ans, At Belle Ewart, at lower end of
luke, or at Orillia, at tho upper end. 3. Is tho trout or black Im** Malt-
ing good enough to warrant tho Journey? Ann. Black bit** tlalnng la
excellent. 5, What I* bunt season or month to go. nnd In It nocorary to
camp, and can any accommodation bo hud? An*. July; flmtcln*" ho-
tel* 5. Whut m bent point to go to? Ann. Go to Couchtchlng Hotel,
front whence yo.; enn vDIt both Slincoo and CoochlcUltig Lake*.

Subscribed, liiiflulo.— Do you know of any mothod by whtafc lira
bonds of llnli, or the whole llnh, maybe proaorved; somo way that will
not bo Inconvenient for a trout flnhermun, whon In the woods, a tlm-e
daya' trump from civilisation? booking over my lllu of Foiikst and
Btiikam I notice your communication to II. L O., Hoboken, Oct. Imm
TIiIh suggests tho lilun of my being able to bring out specimen- of my
catch. Ann BUIn your Unit carefully, hut do not Im particular an to
leaving a little must on. Spread the skin* In layers nnd sprlnklo with
suit amt alum; or muko a pickle lu a imall keg of a weak solution of
carbolic acid; any remaining fleah can ha acrupvd off ufturwurdn, and tho
Unit act up by a taxidermist.

O. W. It., Now York.— I. Where can a oopyof Wallace's "Quldo to
tho Adirondack*" bo purchased, price, A<\. and doe* It contain a map of
that region? An*. Columbian Book Co., Syracuse, N. Y., price about
$2, but they will issue a cheaper edition aoon; It contain* map. 2 la
tho hook “Frank Forrester and Ills Friend*" known by any oilier title?
I« It tho "Warwick Woodland*?" An*. Thoy aro dialinct work*. 8.
What do Ttioraan'fi hook* treat of, price, and whore published? An*,
Jn*. R. Osgood A Co. publish seven of bin work*. You probably allude
to "Woldon, or Life lu tho Wood*," "Excursion* In Field and Forest, "
or "Maine Wood*:" price $2 each, Thorenu In one of our sweetest
writers on wojdlund topics. -I In your Issue of August 0, 1874, No,
20, Vol 2, you mention "Brucch Loader, by Wilson " Where can u
copy be got, price, Ac.? Ans. Write to Orange, Judd A Co,, No. 415
Broadway; price about $1 50.

C. II. L., New York.— In answer to your problem In Foiiest and
Skiikam of Fob. 23th, I reply:

|<et 3 n — the length In feat of each leap the fox lakes.

Then 7 » — the length In feet of each leap of tho hound
Let fl x — the nurahor of leup* the hound take*,

Then Ox— the number of leaps tlm fox takes, after the hound »tnr(» .
00 m 8 n or ISO n — distance In feet to ho gullied by the hound
W ax — dlstunco the hound goes
27 a x — distance the fox goes, after the hound start*

Ah the distance tho hound goes, diminished by tho dialanre the fox
goes, after thu hound atari*, must cquul tho distance to he gained by the
hound,

42 a x — 27 u x l«i) a

whence 15 x — 180
a x - an
0 x — 72
9 x — ion

Answer-The hound lakes 72 leaps aud tho fox take* lflfl leaps, after
the hound starts, or 1UH leap* In all.— K. C. B.

Em tiLAi-ii's DBNTATt's, Montreal —1st. Will gold fish bread In an
aquarium 80x21x12 Inches, arid If so, what proceedings are necessary to
secure siicccm? 2. Would it he possible also to hatch a quantity of
salmon (hind-locked), grayling, or-shad In thu same aquarium, aud where
could I recno tho eggs? Answer first (Jotdflsh will breed In an aqua-
rlnmof ilia size mentioned, If It ha filled with living water plants to
within a few Incite* of the top. Tim eggs of the fern de stick to what-
ever they touch, and remain after Impregnation seven or eight day* be-
fore they hatch. Homu believe It bo«l lo have two or tlirao (halos with
one female They will sometime* eat tluilr own egg* and even the
young. It require* a very different apparatus to hatch the egg* of the
other llslus mentioned.— J. W. M. Answer accond Oo)dll*li will breed
In such an aquarium. If rocks and twlgx be placed In tho bottom for
them to spawn on. A partition of galvanized wire mesh large enough to
ensure tho rag* passing the partition, and small unougli to confine tho
fl-h In the upper portion of the squarluui, would prevent them getting at
their egg*. A fountain In ono of the Baltimore park* wa« succoasfully
arranged In this way last year, nnd a largo number of uoldflah hatched.

I have hatched the egg* of several of the salmon family In, or rathor over
my aquarium,— T. B. K

Tin; Gninscvillo, Toxiut, Gazette mentions tin? fact that

it party hunting near the mouth of the Little Snndy wore
atiAckc-d by n hinge Mexican lion* who without provocation
jumped upon one of tho party nnd knocked him down.
After n severe struggle the itnimal was finally killed, hut ?iot
until the whole purty of live had been almost Htrippod of
their clothca'tnd were bitten uud scratched in a fearful
manner. •

72

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THE CULTURE OF SEMI-TROPICAL
FRUITS.

WITH the increased attention given to this subjoct,
and the rapid settlement of Florida and the Southern
counties of California, it seems not improbnblc that before
muny years are past we may be drawing our supplies of
fruit from within tho limits of our own boundaries. With
this in view the ratification of the proposed treaty of re-
ciprocity with the Hawaiian Kingdom threatens an in jus
tice to our fruit growers. Already the culturists of Los
Angeles county have petitioned their representatives in
Congress, protesting against the admission of tho fruits of
Hawaiia free of duty, and it seems but reasonable that tho
protection afforded by tariff to the iron merchant, the
woolgrower and the shipbuilder, should he extended like-
wise to the horticulturist and the farmer.

Whatever tho result however, the occupation of fruit
growing, particularly when applied to the more uncom-
mon and semi-tropical varieties, is of such a fascinating
character, that duty or no duty, protection or free trade,
will alike be ineffectual iu checking or preventing the in-
creasing interest in this pursuit.

It is not everyone, however, who has the patience to wait
for the bearing of those trees which require from ten to
fifteen years to mature; but if we may judge from the
assertions of those who have reached this happy period,
the truthfulness of which we have no reason to doubt, the
profit is far in excess of anything which can be realized
from any similar occupation. There must be, however, to
this, as well as every other picture, two sides, and the be.
ginner cannot expect success without first meeting dis.
couragement and partial failure. In Southern California
the culture of oranges, lemons, limes, etc., is carried on
only in certaiu localities, and such as can depend with
certainty upon the means of artificial irrigation. In fact,
the whole mode of culture, the country itself, and the
people who follow it, nre so different in character as to de-
serve if not actually require a separate description, and it
is possible that the hints from actual experience gained in
one locality may not be without value to some of thoso who
are following tho business in another.

In California, Los Angeles county and its county town
of the same name, together with the neighboring valley of
San Gabriel, is the home of tho orange in that State. The
proprietors of orchards, however, do not confine them-
selves to this fruit alone, and while in Florida we hear also
Of the guava the paw-paw and the banana, Ip California we

have the lemon, the lime, the fig and the English walnut
growing side by side with the apricot, the peach, the apple
and the pear. The finest oranges arc grown at San Gabriel
on a Boil of decomposed granite, where the Sierra Madre
range gives protection from the north winds. We assert,
and we say it boldly, that they arc unsurpassed, even if
equalled, in the world for size, and when allowed to remain
sufficiently long on the tree, for sweetness and flavor. In
the mission garden at this place there are trees planted by
the padres from seed brought from Mexico, which now, at
seventy years old, are in full bearing, and producing on an
average of 2,000 oranges cacli year. Whether it is from a
difference in the quality of seed however, or from the extra
care given to the cultivation, the fruit from the trees planted
at a later period, far surpass them in size and quality. Most
of the orange trees in Los Angeles county have been grown
from seed procured from Tahiti or the Sandwich Islands.
As a rule the fruit comes true to the seed, with such modi-
fications as may he caused by locality and care. It is some-
what common, however, to bud the orange on to a species
of almost worthless fruit known as the “China lemon,” by
which three years of growth are saved, but at an expense
of longevity if not of quality. The Sicily lemon, how-
ever, when thus propagated, is much easier to raise, as with
the lime, it is, when in the earlier stages of growth, much
more susceptible to the influence of frost than the orange
and less likely to recuperute after being cut down. The
lime, the most difficult of all to bring to maturity, is also
tho most profitable. Unlike the other trees, they seem to
be continually bearing, and we have heard of three trees in
one garden producing each year the enormous sum of one
hundred dollars each. There are nurseries in Los Angeles,
where immense quantities of semi-tropical fruit trees are
grown, to an extent, in fact, that were it not for the num-
bers destroyed after transplanting by carelessness and in-
experience, the business would soon be overdone. These
trees can be bought of all ages, from one to four years, at
prices varying from ten cents to two dollars and a half each.
The greatest error and the most common is in planting
both seed and young trees too deep, in the first instance
preventing the young germ from breaking through the
earth, and in the other depriving the roots of the air which
seems necessary to their existence. After the danger of
frost, which is not past until the trees have assumed their
hard bark, the attacks of the gopher are the most to be
dreaded. This destructive little pest, which is sometimes
confounded with the ground squirrel, which he in no way
resembles, is something between the mole and the rat,
boring in tho ground and gnawing at the roots of the
trees, sometimes without giving evidence of his presence
until the mischief i9 irreparable. He has been known to
eat through a six year old tree in a single night, so that the
tree toppled over on being touched. His habits are so
certain, however, that when his hole is found, by using a
trap, his capture is almost sure. He is a most pugnacious
little fellow, and the Mexican boy9 have a very ingenious
way of catching him. A noose is placed over a hole, and
when Mr. Gopher shows himself at noon, as he invariably
does, tho concealed boy pulls the string and makes him
prisoner. The string is then fastened to his tail and he is
lowered into another hole. A fierce battle ensues, and both
gophers, griping each other like bull dogs, are brought to
the surface. For six months, or more frequently eight,
not a drop of rain falls; the country becomes parched and
burnt and the trees can only be kept alive by artificial irri-
gation. The scarcity of water will always keep the cultiva-
tion within certain limits, as iu low wet lands which would
not requiro irrigation, the orange will not grow. At this
season the squirrels, who honeycomb tho ground in every
direction, become almost desperate for food, as do also
the rabbits and hares. Young vineyards and orchards, if
not carefully watched, are completely destroyed. Away
from these the excrement of horses or cattle is eagerly de-
voured, and we have known them to eat the bark from a
tree fifteen years old, as high as they could reach. The
vitality of the orange tree, however, in congenial soil, is
wonderful-; by carefully covering the places where the
bark has been removed, the trees seem to experience no
harm. They can be transplanted after coming into full
bearing by careful pruning and trimming off the bruised
roots, and actually improve their fruit by removal from
cold and damp soil to a richer and warmer one. Ten years
is allowed a tree to bear from the seed, but from this time
both yield and profit increase in rapid ratio. It is the dis-
inclination to wait which has prevented many of the resi-
dents of Los Angeles from reaping fortunes similar to those
acquired by their more far sighted neighbors; but the in-
troduction of a different class, the patient, slow-plodding
agriculturist of the East is awakening tlum, and the busi-
ness of semi-tropical fruit growing promises to assume an
interest and importance second only to the production of
wheat and wine.

Cuas. W. Hutchinson. — There are so many Governors
of States, General officers, and other important function-
aries, who arc first class sportsmen that it may seem super-
erogatory to individualize, nevertheless, we cannot but
join in the very general expression of satisfaction that the
well known and honorable sportsman, Chas. W. Hutchin-
son, Esq., has recently been elected Major of Utica. The
reception accorded to him last week in Utica evinced a cer-
tain wholesomeness of good fellowship which is redund-
ant among sportsmen everywhere, although we would by
no meaus be understood to imply that none but sportsmen
participated. The welcome was enviable, and the ententie
cordial (and other cordials) everywhere prevailed.

OPENING INLAND WATERS.

A LETTER in another column from a correspondent
at Good Ground, describes the cutting through the
narrow bar of sand which separates Shinnecock Bay from
the oceaD, and the openiug of a channel, which promises
to be permanent, of 160 feet in width and from 20 to 30
feet in depth. The inlet to the bay having been closed for
many months, the water therein had accumulated until it
had attained a mean level eight feet above that in the ad-
jacent ocean. A channel such as described would afford a
passage for vessels of considerable size, and through its
moans the bay may yet prove a harbor of refuge for somo
unfortunate craft forced, by stress of weather, to seek its
shelter. It is, unfortunately however, hut too frequently
the case that the opening or re-opening of similar places
to (he influence of tide-water is followed by the formation
of sand-bars at their entrance, which materially affects
their utility. Still, it is not improbable that proper ob-
servation might lead to the discovery of numerous places
ou our coast where, by taking advantage of like circum-
stances, harbors of refuge might be formed or old inlets
re-opened, the value of which would more than repay the
slight cost of the undertaking.

The immense power possessed by a body of accumulated
water was but too unfortunately displayed last year in
Massachusetts; but there arc other instances where this
ulmost irresistible force has been turned to good account
in the interest of science and discovery. It entered largely
into the construction of the Suez Caual, and Sir Samuel
Baker, in his last journey to Equatorial Africa, was obliged
to cut his way through the dense sudd, which had entirely
obstructed the Bahr cl Giraffe and prevented his entering
the White Nile. For a portion of two years his army
worked at the immense masses of paphyrus and floating
vegetation which filled the river, whose presence was only
known by the strong current ruuning beneath; and it was
only when the expedient of damming had been resorted to
that a passage could he effected. Moreover, the waters,
when again set free, so extended the channels he had cut
as to carry off large masses of the sudd and render naviga-
tion once more practicable.

Sportsmen may congratulate themselves that the good
people of Shinnecock Bay have succeeded in freeing the
bay of the surplus water which has interfered so sadly
with the shooting during the past season.

PROTECTION OF GAME.

The regular monthly meeting of the New Y'ork Associa-
tion for the Protection of Game was held last evening at
the residence of Mr. David H. Haight, No. 284 Madison
avenue, Mr. Royal Phelps in the chair. After disposing of
the preliminary business, Mr. Hallock submitted the fol-
lowing petition

We, the undersigned baymeu and sportsmen, residents
and visitors of South Oyster Bay, Seaforth and vicinity, do
most respectfully solicit the co-operation of the New York
Association for the Proteclion of Game in altering the
laws in relation tj duck shooting to correspond with the
old enactment— that the close season for ducks should ex-
tend from May 1 to October 20. Further, we protest against
any laws being passed prohibiting Spring snipe shooting.
So few in number are killed that we do not consider the
subject worthy of legislation.

The petition, signed by twenty-seven gentlemen, was re-
ferred for consideration to the Committtee on Game Laws.

Mr. Hallock also presented the following communica-
tion from Mr. F. J. Boswirth, of Brighton, England : —

In the name of justice and in the interest of every sports-
man in America, I appeal to you to use your efforts to stop
the terrific slaughter and wholesale exportation of the pin-
nated grouse (prairie hen) from Iowa and other Western
States, to the ports of Great Britain. The game dealers as-
sure me that they are now arriving in tons, and I know
whereof I speak when I assure you that they seem to be
here, in countless thousands, all victims of the trap — not a
shot hole in one of them. Through the local, State, and
national organizations the system of trapping, I believe, can
be stopped. The game dealer has displays here of hun-
dreds of birds in the morning, to be soon exhausted by
anxious buyers, when fresh barrels are rolled out and other
hundreds take the places of the first, repeating itself from
day to day, and are sold at one half the price of the Eng-
lish, Scotch and Norway game. If this destruction con-
tinue, how long will it require to sweep this beautiful game
bird from our prairies ?

In conclusion Mr. Phelps avowed that his attention had
been called to the same subject. He had been notified that
at pier No. 38 North River, there were 178 barrels of prai-
raie chickens awaiting shipment to England, and that, as
this was the close season for birds, he desired to act in the
premises as the law allowed. He had taken the advice of
the counsel to the association, however, and found that he
could not seize the birds while in transitu, but had ascer-
tained that they had been shipped to this city by one P. B.
Wearr, of Chicago. The matter rested with the associa-
tion ordeiing that the game societies of Chicago be noti-
fied of the action taken by the New Y'ork organization,
with a view to a partial or total suppression of the traffic.

The petitions and affidavits of several small game-dealers
against whom suits had been commenced for selling veni-
son out of season, requesting the leniency of the associa-
tion in view of the circumstances of their cases, were re-
ferred to the Executive Committee, to take such action as
they may deem proper.

On motion it was resolved to remit the annual dues of
Mr. Hayes, the late efficient Secretary, who is prevented by
illness from attending the meetings of the association.

Mr. C. J5. Whitehead, counsel of the association, ap-

FOREST AND STREAM

Vheh2di,0b‘a,nc? three judgments against the
FI S' a7 • J?s,eph Pf!ce-V- tb<? dealer who had been pro-
"gaiDSl for 80,,ing game ouf of season, but found
po.siessed,n? Property. He theu obtained an cxe-
f«r « a?uin8t ^ncey 8 body, and bad him confined in jail
for five days, when he was brought before Judge Donohue
on., rorPu«- The Judge released him on the limits on
buit ; but should circumstances require such notion Raccv’s
bondsmen coula be proceeded against. He hud commenced
six suits against small dealers for selling prairie chickens
quail and venison, since March 1, and twelve similar suits
were in the hands of the Secretary. Considering the ex-
traordinary watchfuluess of their detectives, this he thought
indicated pretty well how generally the law w*s observed,
.wo game was sold in this city out of season. People could
get it in New Jersey, but not iu this city. On March 1
thousands of prairie chickens were sent out of this city to
Boston and other places throughout the country, the deal-
ers being afraid to keep them in New York. This was an-
other instance of the necessity of having uniform game
laws m all the States. If a uniform law existed people
^Uikl.U?tbubf,T"S “P large 4»antities of game during
the last days of the season, and transporting it over the bor-
der to other States. In relation to the suits commenced by
C,atI?n aga»18t dealers iu.game in Albany, lie had
two of tbe parties gave iu their adhesion to
TnH^tv ' iW " ? a ,h,rd' wh0 went to trial before
n"^,a J obtained a verdict on the de-
fense that what he sold was not quail, but curlew with the
bills cut off. On this defense the jury gave a verdict lor
the defendant, which was another instance of the difficulty
of getting a verdict in such matters from a jury, no matter

wJihnl' 7 T fn8e,may be raade out- The filing there
l e dua er bein? a well-known citizen was perse-
cuted by a wealthy association. However, he thought the

Affianv ^!iii,a? ,ev-cry, T80" 10 congratulate itself on the
^ ba"^8“,t8' bi»Ylne tftken action against prominent deal-
ers, and stopped in the capital the trade in game out of sca-

The meeting then ndjourned.

To Correspondents. The necessity of patience, both
on the part of contributors and publisher, as regards the
early insertion of articles intended for publication in the
Forest and Stream will be best appreciated by a glance
at the subjoined list of accepted favors, which will be
printed as rapidly ns our space and a judicious selection
will permit. The wide range of territory and topics em-
braced in the annotation, is a curiosity in itself, as well as
an indication of the wide spread popularity of this paper
and the personal interest which its supporters take in itV—

nrS"?6' by A Prnirio Wolf Hunt, by ‘•JacobsUff"; Im-

Snn«d Fleh,"^y81 by Manhattan; Practical Fish Culture, by A. Kent-
Sportsmens' Recpes. by Me; The American Woodcock, by •‘IR-copper "
^Lighting by Etectncty by ••Tea.;" Cariboo Hantl’ng InNovaSo-
h«\ » £'\A Brar Race. by Bee; Three Iluuared Miles in a Whale-

boat, by Fred Beverly; No. Four and It, Surroundiugs. by Amateur-
hv C F» r8!’1 Kl°ri<ln' by “°ld Scout:" Dcer Hunting on Orassy Pond'

W N O The S® iV w°rn,eMp0r by E ; IIi9torlc Onondaga, by

’ Tbo back Woo<ls Canvasser, by Fred Beverly; Hunting on
Big dear by C. C. Markham; Wild Wood Sports, by Ollipod
Mill Hunting, by F. B., Hartford; White River, Arkansas, by "Guyon-"
Coot Shooting at Cape Ann. by U. M. W. ; Protection of Game, by N
^ b S” Portlanrt; Hunting in Alabama, by "Mon-
Sei r r Loa,ler"' by D- K- Boston; Fish Culture, by
Beth Green, Insect Life. Nos. 3 and 4, by "Keuku;" Natural History of

SiZ m "d n b r. M H.; Parasites, by J. H. Batty ; 'Adirondack
Slaughter, byC. I-enton; Newfoundland Scenery, by Cliff English
Sparrows on Long Island, by J. H. Batty; Gun Charges, by Royal. Mon-
(real; Indians of Leech Lako, by J. M. B., Albany; Southwest Florida
^Nos. L.,3, by \A1 Fresco;" Michigan Memoranda, by onrowncorre*
^.ndent. Barker; Minnesota Notes, by Haviland; To Canada, for Flftv
Dollars, by Mantlet; Sporting Reminiscences of Illinois by A H M
Za'Z'DSJ>°l ,ln Ad,rond'lck Hiuner; The Coming Rod; Black Bass
Tacktc; Fish and Frog showers, by J. W. Milner; Birds iu Extremis by
Ollipod Quill; Garden Notes, by do; The Pompano Question by s (•
Clarke; Indian Canoes, by Mortimer Kerry; Tea Taster's Story by W
M. Tlleston; Our Forests, by E R.. of Rochester; Yachting near Ncw-
bern by N. U.B.; Frozen Fish and Spawn, by Fred Mather; Grilse
Fishing in San Francisco Bay. by E. G. Hooper; Salmo Salar, by Jas
B. Thompson, New Hope, Salmo Gloveri, by E. M. Stillwell of Maine-
and twenty other minor articles, including poetry .

Hereafter, lo suve great manual labor involved in writing
acknowledments of correspondence, wo shall print a list
of such articles received as do not appear in the then
current number.

| We will add that the articles by Messrs. Stillwell of
} Maine, and Thompson, of Pennsylvania, contain facts of
great importance to scientists and fish culLurists. We shall
print these in our next.

VYe have in type a synopsis of the Maine Fish Com-
missioners Report, which is unavoidably deferred until our
next.

73

A Grand. Game Preserve in Illinois.-A number of

forZ nrn,CI T“ °/ OUervi,Ie have forn,°d a" relation
? gam° “nd flsb and on^orcomont of the
Sril?8 10 JeJSCyc0dnly The following n a me<l gen-
tlemen have purchased of George I. Foster a tract of land

7; eS ab"Ve GraI'on. kno'™ as Phinny's Landing. on

mehari Pi T t H°°- Wni- M^dams. John Buckles.
Richard Chappie, Lewis McAdams, and Samuel Darling-
ton. They have nearly finished a comfortable house on
he premises, and expect to have their share of enjoyment
during the hunting and fishing season. One of the mem-

(’ hers writes to us as follows:

“ We have good fishing in the Illinois River sometimes
nv«l,hKie i!>°,8Uch fame fisb a8 ‘rout, salmon, graying or
f t ,b,ack. ’’I158- ,n so,ue localities wo have green boss
dl 1 a7,bad':oor succ,e88 gating anything to rise to ,i
iim« In tbl ake8 Wo bavc crapuie and havs, with some-
mes a pike, quite easily allured by a minnow. 1„ boU,
the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers we have catfish rousing

fh !mVS t 'at ™-qU,re n-1 your ski11 ftDd strength to land
them. The Illinois River, at its mouth, is a deep slue.

gish stream in which are great numbers of fishes that
would be objects of curiosity to many. We saw some fish
ermen draw a large seine and bring to shore a great num-
ber of strange creatures that most forcibly brought to mv
mmd the illustrations of the remains of fossil fishes from
the Devonian or Old Red Sandstone-gars of two or three
species, including the great alligator gar and huge <^ar ila
ginous sturgeons, and “shovel fish," as the llshemw c 1
them, lhesc latter fish somewhat resemble a catfish wj
the exception of an extension of the upper iaw imn .
long flat paddle-shaped beak of hard gristlcP Tiiev weigh
someumes fifty pounds, and have not a single bone about
them Some fishermen have presented mo with some
singular fishes, which I have preserved. One of them s a
cartilaginous fish covered entirely with a peculiar ,„nj
armor It somewhat resembles a sturgeon, and doubtS
is lelatcti to that family It was a great cuiiosity to the
fishermen, and I shall send it to some one conversant with
such matters for recognition. o„t. 0f the objects of our

“ur0wS. ,s ,0 m"k“ “ e,rorl ,0 inlTOl"» »«v fl.Ee. imo

l!le vic'mi,y of lU? moutb of the Illinois River there is
good deer hunting. In the marshes and lakes near our
camp we have snipe in their season, und ducks most of the
yeay- J* tbe c«f» ^d8 ,aod stubble we have an aCunclanco
of quail. On the brushy hillsides there are ruffed grouse-
known here as “ pheasants.” Great numbers of geeso am

*

Oor West Florida ExpEDiTiON.-Circumstances of a
peculiar nature, accidents and obstacles interfering with
the writing and transmission of letters, have prevented the
receipt and publication during the Winter of prominent
correspondence from our Floridian Commissioner “ Al
Fresco.” The expedition, however, has proved a com-
plete success, and much new and valuable information has
been gained which we shall proceed at once to plncc before
our readers. The first instalment will be given in our is-
sue of March 18th, and the rest will follow weekly until
the entire nnrrative shall have been consecutively printed.
The information will not be impaired by the delay, and
will be of great benefit to all who purpose visiting Florida
next fall.

brants frequent thisvi'Sy, and

Pa««flHI|Vhtlr ^eedl!lg grounds in the fields to the smuf.
bars and lakes. Notwithstanding the almost unprecedented
cold Winter, a considerable number of geese and ducks
have remained with us, and are here now. There are a
number of places in the Mississippi, near the mouth of the
Illinois where the current is too rapid and the shallow
waters too turbulent to freeze at any time. Both geese and
ducks (mallards) frequent these open places.

Besides the advantages presented iu this vicinity for
\v‘P ,lnfg nnd ,bsbine. w« bave one of the finest fields in the
Wwt for collecting geological specimens and Indian relics.
Wuhm ten miles of the Illinois River are outcroppings of
all the rocks that lie between the coal measures nnf the
Lower Silurian, und includes both of these formations

mck7 iarC lhC .|,1^a8aal days I have spent among those
rocks, hammer in hand, lyjvcr failing to find something in-
teresting. If any of the readers of the Forest and Stream
wish to exchange for some of my duplicate fossils I will
be happy. I have some particularly line trilobites lOale-
Blumaiibachii) from the Upper Silurian.

The vicinity of the mouth of the Illinois River was in
the past, a great resort of the aboriginal inhabitants of tnix
country. There are hundreds of mounds of various kind-
Curious relics ol these people are often turned up by t la-
plow or washed from the hillsides. I always endeavor to
secure such of these relics as come within my reach.

t or the last twenty years most of our party have made
this our hunting ground, camping in the Spring and Fall
on the banks of the beautiful river, und the only wonder is
that we did not long ago conceive the idea of bt-coming the
aCQl!Ja ^<!r8 0f OUr °id campins ground. Of course we
FOIlE?T Stream und appreciate your noble

efforts to ennoble and dignify the more manly sports und
more especially your emTeavors to draw out from snorts-
men truths m natural history. Many important and inter-

orUrtl? faClS “lift11 1®arned from auy intelligent hunter
or fishorman. YVhy should we not compare notes!1” Me.

A New Firm.— ^ The old firm of J. C. Conroy & Co
long known and esteemed us a leading house in the manu-
facture of fishing tackle, has been succeeded by the new
house of Conroy, Bissett & Malleson, at 65 Fulton street.
They have paid special attention to their stock of new
goods, embracing every variety of wares known to the
trade - nd required by the sportsman. Among many of
the s jecialties may be noted the McGinnis rods, 3IuUaly
flies, etc., known in the market most reliable and ser-
viceable articles.

A Beautiful Sight. -The officers of the United States
steamer Endeavor, stationed at St. Augustine, celebrated
Washington s birthday by illuminating the old castle of
San Marco. The Florida Press says that the materials for
the bonfires, within und without the forlificution, had been
prepared, and at a certain hour a flood of light suddenly
blazed forth from the old fort, illuminating the city mid
surrounding country with the light of day. Never before
since the old buccaneers danced by the light of burning
earavals, had St. Augustine witnessed such a sight. The
light was so brilliant as to dazzle und bewilder the guests
to an extent which wrought optical delusions on every side
Some fancied they saw the Spaniards of old stalking about
in glittering armor, and one lady addressed the veternn
cavalier, Ponce de Leon, on the subject of the Fountain of
Life, but tho indignant hidalgo vanished into air.

Death of a Veteran Si-ortsman.— Died at Princeton
N. J., on the 4th ult., Mr. Archibald T. Clow, in the fifty!
seventh year of his age, widely and favorably known as
a skillful and energetic field sportsman, au excellent shot
well-skilled in woodcraft, and an indefatigable walker
In the management of his dogs (a very desirable aceom!
plishment) he had few superiors. Among his other good
qualities, he was always honorable and courteous toward
his shooting companions in the field, and ever desirous to
give them a good day's shooting. The large number of
his fellow townsmen who followed his remains to their
last resting place testified to the good repute In which ho
was held.

§ht giftc.

the international RIFLE MATCH.

pROM Dublin wo learn that tho Irish Rifle Association

On Friday the Joint committees on our
charge of tho arr-ingcment* met at tin it. i ’

sll^

■licalloa f Mr .Tkd’wIw ' vi “'p ""i' “

“ITi1 2*— .325, VX £

M— April 8(1. Tho followlug^™ ,1^

WM 11,0,1 discussed, and was finally adopted; C,‘

"-'-w™ n-0

Of Irelu.1, by ^ "■! "“rt"™”™

»sro«l upon, on ll.o following Zm. vll: «>>l*»i-tn.onIly

, '?,,u-E,U-'b t0,,m l0 OOB8Wt Of not more than

{&£."" "■ aoWdSSTJwffi:

pJl,,!r^«"«1S pound.- weight; minimum

with rifles of bona Ji.te Amerii-au ..mnur^iC.7ho\0r|\h°m
Shoot with rifles of bona jij, Irish manufilSi. 1

--re

-hsssjsr sswffs-

peStoEb°r °f 8hote”Fif,oon at e,,oh ««»go by each com-

j:r,lr prftClic,°rTh0 Am®pl«»n l«m to lie allowed tho
the match nmg° f°r 1,,ac,lco for at lo«‘ ‘wo days hoforS

Position— Any; no nrtilloiol rest to bo used either for tl...
rifle or person of the shooter. 1 1,10

largets, rnngo, and all uecossorlcs for earrvlmr out tlm
match to devolve on the Irish; the Americans mi(f Irish ,
choose a referee to act for their respective toams 1ml . !
two referees sl.all mulimlly sel.-et an umpire, to whom

ssl& assrs?^ oph,io"' ihuy

S riflemen^1"1 IU1 Ul“""ulh"’1'1 *«Ml>. IwMf of iLu
Duplicate copies of this programme to ho oxcliumrod and

present nmy claim the championship.

-Edmund Johnson, of the Irish Team, has sent a dial-
lenge for an individual match to Captain Fulton the chain
pion of the American Tcnwi. In the International match
at Croedmoor last September Fulton mode 171 po|„t*
while Johnson, who was very unwell, made but 150. The
new challenge Is for twenty rounds at 1,000 yards.

—Owing to a press of matter wo were unable to give a
I. report of the meeting of Directors of the National
11,1,0 Association in our issue of last week. Gen YV Q
YVnrd presided and General YVoodwanl, McMahon and
Mollncaux. Colonels Campe, Glldorsleovo and YVinimtc
Major Scuttle, Captains Storey, Casey and Fulton und I--’

A. Sanford were present. Tho Treasurer reported a boI-‘
ance of ^t, -108, 41, with $5,500 due on demand from tho
htntc. 1 lie Range Committee announced that the range
wns now ready f.j* any wishing to practise. They recom
mended the raising of the embankment, as threats of an
Injunction hud been made by parties owning property be-
bin. I tho targets. Such on injunction at the present time
It was thought, would endanger the existence of the ,W8(/
elation, as it would check all shooting for an Indefinite
length of time It. was moved and carried to put im n
fence about eight or ten feet high along the top of the c m
bnnkment, of sufficient thickness to stop any wild bull* .V
a cost not to exceed $2,000. 3 at

The question as to whether the State should nay tho
markers used in official practise was raised. The millil.
men claim that as the practise was ordered by tho Stole It
should bear nl expenses. On motion of Gen. YV'oodward
It waa resolved .that the names of the delinquent regimen!
be sent to the Adjutant General, and that In- lie requested
L”d°' duct the amount from the annual appropriation of
$•>00 to each regimgnt.

Much regret was expressed at the withdrawal of Colonel
Church from the position of President, and nftcr rcsolu-

sed he was elected u per-

thins to thin effect hud been pm
mauent honorary director.

The Executive Committee were ordered to make tin «
programme and arrange a date and prize list for tl... „n '
mg Spring match The offer of a $150 rifle was announS
from Remington & Co. I he selection of a design for litn
members’ badge, was decided in favor of an umhlem
offered by General McMahon General Hhaler and GcnS
YYojdward having become directors ex-officio by virtue of
their nos, yon m the mil tia, and Colonel Church having re
signed left the hoard three member* short, and tV,u

Sf ‘;'tteuZ‘eC,l°° 10 "" *• '..Kpi.

1\

The 200 yard refreahmcnt-stand was ordered to be recon-
•traded and fitted up an a burn. The Secretary was di-
rected to revise the list of life-members, many of whom
could not now be found.

The Joint Committee on the International match reported
progress, and made u call for united effort to insure the
success of the present plans for raising money Pre-
cautionary measures were ordered for the insertion of the
item of $15,000 in the Supply Bill, at Albany, for the en-
couragement of rille practice.

The proposed change of targets at Creedmoor, to cor-
respond with the new style in vogue at Wimbledon, was
the last topic discussed by the board. Captain Fulton
urged it strongly as a mere matter of uniformity through-
out the world. Smaller associations were adopting the
new circular target, and would take the precedence of the
National Association if the old targets were retained at
Creedmoor. He Bpoko on behalf of riflemen and all who
had used the new target. Colonel Wingate left the chair
to rebut the argument of Mr. Fulton.

The riflemen of America, he said, had not as a body ar-
rived ut that stage of perfection when finer rule divisions
were needed on tho face of the target. Creedmoor was
essentially for the use of the Nalionul Guard, and last Sum-
mer‘s practice showed that, far from being too large, the
targets were actually too small. Lieutenant Fulton in con-
clusion urged that the new targets were in use in Canada,
were adopted in Ireland, and that uniformity was a very
vital point. General Molincux moved to put the question
oil for reconsideration, and it was so ordered by a tie vote.
General Woodward, presiding, voting in favor of delay A
special committee of live were ordered to report on the
matter. Colonels Wingate, Gilderslcevo and Camp and
Captain Fulton and Major Smith being appointed.

— The summary of rifle pructiee at Creodmoor by the
Fiftli Brigade during the past season, indicates tho follow-
ing results: Number firing at 200 ynrds, 812; score, 4,154,
number firing at 500 yards, 200; score, 1,827; total, 5 481;
avernge per man, 8.00. Tho number who missed the target
at 200 yurds’ distance was 213.

—Gov. Tildcn lias tendered to Col. Wingate tho position
on bis stall of Inspector General of Rifle Practice. Adjt.
Gen. Townsend has also pressed the matter very strongly.
Col. Wingate, on uccouul of business engagements, had
deferred acceptance, but has now determined to assume the
post.

— Tho American Rifle Association, Mount Vernon, N.Y.,
held a meeting on Tuesday evening, March 2d. A commu-
nication was received from a friend of the society present-
ing a jeweled ring, valued at $300, for competition, upon
tho snmo conditions ns those observed in the Dc Pcyster
match. A representative badge was also adopted, to be
worn by the members of the association. The trophy will
consist of representations of the several varieties of weapons
used in lime of wav.

— A bill lias been reported in the Assembly by General
Ilusled, by the provisions of which rifle practice will be
uuder charge of the Inspector Gencrnl of the State, and
the General Inspector of Rifle Practice will report to him.
An inspector of rifle practice is added to each regiment,
with the rank of captain. A majority of the voters is made
necessary to the election of an officer, and field ofllcers are
given n vote in the election of any field officer— a privilege
from which they have been hitherto debarred.

— A bill is now before tho Legislature of New Jersey
providing for the establishment of a range like Creedmoor,
where the National Guard may take practical lessons in the
use of the rifle.

— Major McKinley, of Halifax, N. B. , lias been appointed
commanding olHccr of the Canadian Wimbledon team for
1875. The appointment gives general satisfaction. —
Herald.

THE CALIFORNIA MATCH.

THE articles of agreement in the tnntch betwen Co. D
of tho New York Twelfth Regiment and Co. E First
Cavalry N. G., have been siguoil by the latter company,
and returned to this city. The Californiuns have grouted
the request that Sergeant W. C. Reddy, who might possi-
bly be commissioned pending the matter, should be consid-
ered eligible for appointment if so desired, pie subjoined
letter shows the scores made in the first competition for
places in the California Team : —

• San Francisco, February 23, 1875.

Editor Foubkt and Stream:—

I endows scores of first competition for place* In the team to shoot
against Co. D, 12th ltogt N. G. S. N. Y. During tho shooting the wind
was moderately strong, but variable tn direction, shifting front V to VIII
and back unlit, affecting the shooting by Us uncertainty . Later f n the
day tho wind blew stroug and steady front VII, when Sergeant O. It
Strong mndo In a score of 15 sliota— 0 44-444 I 44 I 4435 3— A3.
The centre* were very near the edgo of the butleoye. The members of
the company are very gratefnl to you for your effort* In making tho
forthcoming mutch, and feel that, whether we win or lose, a great deal
will have been accomplished In furtherance of loag range ilflo shooting
on this coast. Truly yours, E. O. Hunt, Co. E.

Name.

300 yards.

500 vard*.

II

Corporal Nn-h

.8 3 8 3 3 13

3 3 3 8 4 1C,

31

Corporal Whitcomb

3 3 3 2 3 14

2 » 3 4 8 15

22

Captain Burn*

Private Starle

3 3 3 4 3 16

a 3 3 4 0. IS

20

.3 « 0 3 3 13

3 4 4 2 2. 15

Private Ilnrk

. .8 3 2 3 8. 14

2 4 0 8 4 18

27

Private Dove

.3 4 2 3 4 10

2 0 3 2 3 . 10

26

Private WatsOD

..0 0 3 4 3 10

3 3 3 3 4 16

26

Sergeant Strong

.0 4 3 0 3 10

4 4 3 2 2. 15

25

Sergeant Post

22203 0

4 3 3 2 3. 15

21

Captain Grant

Private Morphy .

Private Steed

.3 2 3 3 2 13

0 3 3 3 2 11

24

3 3 * t 0 .12

2 3 0 2 4 11

23

0 3 4 0 3. 10

2 10 2 4 12

22

Corporal Bapti*!.. . .

-.3 3 0 2 2 1"

2 3043 ,i

2-.’

Private Jenkins

.2 0 3 4 8 12

2 4 0 3 0 ft

21

Private Dys* n

0 :t 2 a O ft

2 3 0 3 3 i 1

10

Corporal Koi fr

3 0 4 4 4 15

0 0 3 0 0.. 3

IK

Lieutenant Hon

.2 8 0 2 8 10

8 0 2 2 0.. 7

17

Sergeant Murray .

.110 3 0 0 03

2 3 2 4 2 .13

16

Private Preble

.2 0 3 2 0 t,

3 2 2 0 3. 10

1ft

Sergeant Wilson..

0 3 0 0 O 3

0 8 0 4 4 11

14

Sergeant McGowen . ....

.0 2 3 8 2 10

00022 4

14

We append hereunto

the score* made in the first team

FOREST AND STREAM.

match erer iiot an tho Pacijlc coast at longer range than
150 yards:—

Ban Francisco, February 25, 1875.

Editor Forest and gTMAii.-

Durlng the visit to this port last October of 11. B. M ship Tenedos n
number of British bom residents of this place challenged tho Tuned os
officers to mutch u team at rifle snooting against them. This challenge
was accepted by the gallant tars, tho terms being, each team to consist
of ten men. to shoot at 2b0 and 400 yards, seven scoring and one sighting
shot at each range; position, standing, at 200 yards. 400 ynrds. kneeling;
(Hythe system) targets same as regulation of N B A . of New York.
The Tcacdosto use Snider Enfield breech loader, rail, r.flo. calibre 5:7.
the Ban Franciscans, Sharp's military rifle, cal. -50. minimum pull of
trigger, 6 lb*. Time, on the return of tho ship to this port from a cruise
to the Sandwich Islands. Saturday, 20th Inst., brought the Tcnedo*
bock to port, w hen Immediate preparations were mode to carry out the
programme, the results being shown below. Throe ofllcers and seven
petty officers composed the team of the Tenedos, under the leadership of
gunner J Hamilton. The Ssn Franciscans wero captained by Mr. C.
Nash who. owing to one of his team falling to appear, was obliged to
enter the list# himself to complete the number. This I* notable as be-
ing the Aral team match shot on this coast at longer distance* than 150
yards. Day, cloudy In the morning; later, clear wind light from VI and
VII. light, dull; altogether tine day for tho purpose. On the return
to tho city, the Ban Franciscans presented to F. House, who mode the
best score for Tenedos, a neat badge, coiumemorutivo of the event.

• ••

BAN FRANCISCANS.

200 yards.

400 yard*.

Total

J Basics

3232335 IK

3 3 1 1 4 2 4

*4

42

.2.5 3 0 3 3 3 17

4 4 2 3 4 4 3.

24

41

3 2 3 3 3 2 2 18

2 3 3 4 4 3 4

23

41

333 3 4 8 2 21

2 4 3 4 1 3 0

. 20

41

2 3 3 3 2 0 3 16

3 3 4 4 3 3 4

24

40

.8 3 2 2 0 4 3. 17

2 3 4 2 1 3 2.

20

87

3 2 2 0 3 2 '2. 14

4 2 3 4 0 4 4

21

35

J B Milne

2 2 0 2 2 2 2 12

2042244

18

30

J. Duckett

, n0 0 3 2 0 2 7

2 2 2 4 1 3 3

20

27

J. Jenkins

3 2 2 3 0 2 2 14

2332020

12

2(1

Totals —

154

20o

360

Name.

TENEDOS .
2C0 yards

4C0 ynrds

Tot il

P. House

2 2 2 2 4 2 4 18

3 4 2 3 3 4 3

22

40

W. 11. Francis ...

2 2 a 8 a 2 3 18

4 4 2 4 2 3 2

21

S3

Lieut. 11. K. M Bottrkr. .

.2 2 2 2 * 3 3 10

4 3 0 3 3 3 4

20

,'ttl

Geo. Sherord

..0 3 3 3 8 2 2 10

3242333

20

3ti

R Hooper

. 0 2 8 2 2 2 2 13

3422333

20

83

T II Merton

3223322..17

0330433

18

33

N Durant.

0 0 2 3 2 2 2 11

2 3 4 2 0 4 4

1U

30

Lieut 11 C. Blggo

3 2 2 0 2 4 2 15

3 02*024

.13

28

(i. T Bennett ...

.3 4220 0 2. 18

0 3 0 3 0 0 3

. 9

22

Mid. K. W Lloyd

0 0 2 2 0 2 0. 6

0 0 4 2 2 0 8.

1!

17

Totals

143

171

8M

ft-n'ic

jQ<u} nnd (§nn.

GAME IN SEASON FOR MARCH.

Snipe, Duck* and Wild Fowl.

| Under the hr art of "dame, ana Ann in Seacn” wr can inly eptet-
ftj in general trrms the several varle'les, bemuse the laws or States vary
in much that were we to attempt to particularise we coula do no Use
than publish those entire sections that relate to the kinds of game tn
question. This would lequlre a great amount of our space . In desig-
nating game we art guided by the taws of nature, upon which all Uau-
lotion is founded, and our reader t would do well to vroiide theme dues
with the- laws of thnr res/actlve States for constant reference. Otherwise,
our atteenots to assist them will only create confusion.]

Game in Mabket. — The variety of gnmc on sale is neces-
sarily limited, and prices remain about the same as our
last week’s quotations. Antelope from tho Western prai-
ries is received in fair quantities, nnd sells for 25c. per
pound. Wild Geese are in very fine condition, and sell at
$1 50 each. Brunt are worth $1 50 per pair; Canvas-back
Ducks, $2 50@$3; Red heads, $1 7o@$2; Mallurds, $1 25;
Black Ducks, ?5c.@$l; Widgeon, 50c.@75c. ; Wild Tur-
key, 25c.@30c. per pound; Wild Pigeons, $8@$3 50 per
dozen; Bquuhs, $4 50@$($; English Snipe, $4 50; Plover,
$4 60; Bay Snipe, 75c.(t$$l; Cauada Bunting, $1; Curlew,
75c. per pair; Rabbits, 75c.; Hares, 75c.

—Notwithstanding the unusual severity of the season,
large numbers of migrating waterfowl have persistently re-
mained in certain localities this Winter, when according to
instinct and custom, they should have wended their ways
southward to more congenial climes. The Quincy (Mo.)
Herald alludes to the fact that two large flocks of mallard
ducks have made their Winter quarters in one of the lakes
above that city, and during the coldest days of January
large flocks of mallards could be seen on every air hole in
the river, or found in the corn fields seeking food. Wild
geese were also abundant, nnd with the ducks, made short
work of the honest granger’s corn shocks when his hack
was turned. Along the Illinois River and in the Salt Creek
nnd Sangamon districts, ducks and geese have been quite
numerous all Winter. In January three Chicago sports-
men killed ninety mallards on Suit Creek in one tiny, and a
German is said to have “crawled up” on a lot of “green-
heads” packed in a small sheet of open water in a pond
and slaughtered thirty-two of them with the two barrels of
a ducking gun. This conduct of tho ducks is, to sny the
least, quite unusual, and open to explanation from some of
our ornithologists.

—Professional gunners who have just returned from Cur-
rituck Sound, North Carolina, and the Savannah River,
report very poor luck there in duck shooting.

— The Jc(Ier8on Sportsmen’s Club, of Watertown, N
Y., Geo. W. Flowers, Esq., President, offers a reward of
$50 for the arrest and conviction of offenders against the
game laws.

— ' The sportsmen of New Bedford, Mass., hnve organized
a club with twenty-five members nnd the following board
of officers:— President, George Delano; Vice Presidents,
John Hussey, Charles S. Cummings, Otis S. SissoD, Jr.,
William II. Aiken; Treasurer, S. Eggera; Secretary, J. II.
J. Poane.

— On Monday, March 15th, Mr. James S. Conlin, of 930
Brondway, will open the tenth annual rifle tournament at

liis gallery. These tournaments have always possessed
wonderful interest.

—A hill is now before the New Jersey Legislature to
make the opeu season for woodcock from October first to
January first, nnd ruffed grouse November first to Jan-
uary first.

—The annual meeting of the Hartford Game Club was
held at a room in tho Hartford Club House on Tuesday
evening, March 2d, anti the following officers were elected:
President, Major F. W. Rusjjell; Vice President, Hon. H.
C. Robinson; Treasurer, William M. Hudson, M. D. , Sec-
retary, J. S. Parsons; Counsellor, Charles J. Cole, Esq.
Executive Committee — Composed of the above officers anti
two active members, Lyman B. Jewell and George C.
Jarvis, M. D. It was voted that the Executive Committee
be authorized to issue a cull for ft State Sportmen’s Asso-
ciation.

Long Island. — Good Ground, March 5th, 1875 — 0»r in-
let is open. The buy has been closed for nearly six months,
damaging thfc shooting very materially last Full, on account
of the water being a ercatileal higher than when the inlet
is running. On the 28th of February last, it was decided
to let the waters of the hay go into the old Atlantic. Ac-
cordingly on the above date about three hundred people
congregated on the beach for the purpose of letting it go,
anti a mighty rush of water there was, t lie bay being eight
feet higher (linn tho ocean. The water having such force
os to cut a channel through the bench 100 feel wide and
from twenty to thirty feet in depth, it bids fair to last for
all time to come. We shall again have our regular rise
and full of the tides as heretofore. The native sportsmen
say that our duck and goose shooting will be the best we
have bail for many a Spring past, as the feed for the birds
is excellent and plenty. The ice is beginning to get out of
the bay and in a few days you will hear of some good day's
work being done. I think we will be able to begin shoot-
ing by the 15th of march. M. V. B. Squires.

Green pout, March Oth.— We have been fairly ice-lucked
and snow-bound. Long Isluml Sound is one solid sheet of
ice front this shore to Connecticut. Peconic Bay and Gard-
iner's Bay have been sheeted over with thick ice for weeks,
but are now partially open, and a few coots, old squaws,
whistlers, and black ducks were killed in the open water.
Wagons and sleighs have been passing from Sag Harbor to
this place over tlie ice, a distance of nine miles, a feat al-
most unprecedented. As soon as our waters re-open I pre-
sume we shall ltnve the Spring flight. There is an island
in our Peconic Buy called Robbia's Island, and there a few
weeks since two of our gunners killed a large number of
black ducks Near it lies Seconac Buy, where often there
is good sport to be had with black ducks and shelldrukes,
and sometimes geese. It lies between Peconic Bay and
Shinnecock Bay. Isaac McLellan.

Delaware — Smyrna, March Qth. — Notwithstanding the
unusual protracted cold Winter, we have bad no snow,
consequently quail ure all right here, nnd judging from the
numbers let t over, there should he an abundance of them
next Fall. A few snipe have made their appearance, but
are mere skeletons; yet from the first to the middle of
April they are found here in good condition, and quite
abundant. J. H.

Missouri, Hannibal, March 2d. — Only ten above zero ibis
A. M. and an inch of snow. Ducks are coming soon, al-
though river not open above St. Louis. You will see a
smoke looming up from the Wes', some day, and then you
may know there is war amongst the mallards. G. W. I).

GEESE AND BRANT AT BARNEGAT.

Kinsey's Armlet Douse. I
Barn boat Inlet, March 4, 1875. f

Eorron Forest and Stream: —

I suppose that some of yonr renders think thnt the glowing accounts of
onr wild fowl shooting hero are much exaggerated. To convince such
of their truth 1 will tell why wo arc having such tine sport and geese are
so abundant. Wo have been ice-bound here since New Year's; our bay
completely closed, nnd no open water from the head of the bay to the
"old mansion," n distance of about forty miles. At thl* point— where
tho bay enters the ocean — the tide in the inlet runs so strong thnt U very
seldom freezes over, nnd consequently nil the fowl that remained over
must come to this particular spot to feed. Suffice it to sny, a large pro-
portion did so and we have got them. Our gunners dress themselves in
white, and in their w hite boats drop alongside of an iceberg (after placing
their decoys) and the excitement begins. The geese are in splendid con-
dition, as their long necks will allow them to feed along the edge of tho
flats; but the black ducks aro having a sorry time of it. As for shooting
them, wo don’t think of it. They are nothing hut bones and feathers.
Hunger at last lias tamed them, nnd they look for nothing hut spots to
feed at, and consequently come right for our decoys, when before tho
cold weather they had one eye on the decoys nnd the other on the sur-
rounding*. I fully believe from seventy to eighty could ho killed any
day we might gun for them exclusively Broad bills and diving ducks
are In good condition. Whenever we have hud n moderate day or two,
brant take a look Into tho inlet. Tho flats (their feeding ground) being
covered so long a time with icc, the young gross, too. has sprouted, and
as soon as they are Increased you will henr of some Oig brant shooting.
A few nights ago in n fog hundreds of brant were hovering around the
llght-honse, bewildered bv the light. We succeeded in killing eight, the
distance from the ground to the top of the tight-house being too great
for much execution. Two committed sulcioe by flying against the net-
ting. Uncle Sam should be held responsible for the lire lighting, ns It i»
against the law. ]}.

TRAPPING AND SNARING.

Marlboro, N. J., February 26, 187 *

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I noticed un article not long since in yonr Interesting paper from yonr
correspondent "Check Cord,” In reference to "Trapping and Snaring”
in New Jersey. 1 was not aware this business was carried on so exten- f
sively in many portions of the 'State Until the unplea-ant experience of
the past hunting sesson brought It right home to me. My attention was
particularly directed to thi* mntter daring a hunting trip down in Ocean
co"nty Inst Fall, and to some extent nlso down In Cape Mny county
where even the worthy "Protective Association of West Jersey” has not
entirely eradicated the evil My brother in-law, who I* n minister, ul*
been in the habit of spending a portion of hi* vacation with me after the
close season expires. We generally drive down to sonic point on Barnett
Bay. some fifty mile* distant ; have an excellent pair of horses and a vei y
roomy, covered wagon, with ample accommodation for dose, guns, Ac.
hnve friends tn route with whom we stay a few days trying the quail,
Ac., and then go on 1o the shore for wild fowl, enjoy the view of bay
and ocean nnd the luxury of eca food, We had \ cry poor shooting on

our wny down thU sca»on, killing only two or three dozen qaall In fleo
or id* days' homing, anil two or three woodcock, and a» many rabhlu,
that could not get out of the way. I never un *o many traps and snare*
In nil my life. In noine place* you would not go over a hundred yards
without meeting from one to two dozen of every description, both for
fur and feather There w ere the figure 4 trap and bos trap, a ud the
snood*, made of fine brass wire or hair, or small cord; also a rquare pen
of aranll laths, mado to trip when the game waa feeding beneath It, and
the qunll trap, made of old fishing seine*, or something of that kind.
Some of our friends kindly acted as guide* for us, or wo could have been
driven away *o often that our sport would have been at an end, *o wc
were told. The farmers very generally did not ollow stringers to shoot,
but kept the game for their boy* to trap. We spent a Sabbath in this
neighborhood, and the doutlnlo bclug invited to preach, ho did so, and In
this way we became pretty well acquainted with the good people, and
they allowed us privileges wo could not have enjoyed under other cir-
cumstances. We told some of them wo could not do them much dam-
age, to do our ben. us gsmo was scarce and wild, flying to Inaccessible
places that abound down among the pines, after one or two altote.

Wo anticipated much better sport at tho shore, but wero agaiu doomed
to disappointment. The continued mild weather bad brought no flight
of ducks from tho tnoro noithurn feeding grounds, only a few Inferior
varieties. Wc persovenngly tried them for two days. The first day live
guns only secured a dozen small species The next day wo went out
more for the sail than with the expectation of doing anything w ith our
decoys. Wo enjoyed a most delightful trip down the beautiful boy. and
occaslonnlly knocked over a duck that seemed too lazy to get out of our
way. Wc now concluded to try our luck after quail upon tho main land,
but after onc-hulf dny'a experience gave It op In despair; not because
we could not find any game— oh no, for It was abundant. The trouble
was, we enme In coutact with Innumerable ownors of traps and 8nnre*.
and they lmd n mortal hatred against strange sportsmen, nod wanted all
the game for their boys to trap.

Our gunner that we took along with ns n» guide was afraid of his
neighbors, and frankly told us it would not do for him to be seen with
us by any of them, We sprung several coveys of fine birds, and had
some very pleasant sport; still we did not enjoy It to tho fullest degree,
as we wore in constant fear of being driven away, and were told such nnd
such n person would flue us, Ac.

W.i did not get Into much trouble until Just as wo were winding up the
afternoon's sport. It happened to be upon tho very farm of the proprie-
tor of the house ut which wo were stopping, nnd whoso son was our
guide. My dogs found two small coveys not far from the house, and we
hnil half an hour of undisturbed and exceedingly line sport, congratula-
ting ourselves upon our success, when down came a half dozen boys,
crying anil shouting to drive us olF, saying wc had destroyed their traps
and were killing their bird*. I was for going ahead, ns the game wu- in
good cover, hut my companion thought It best to give It up and not do
tho boys any further damage, which we finally concluded to do. The
boys lmd gsthc/cd round oncof their fnvorlto imps, and wu wero quite cu-
rious to see Its construction. It was made of old Ashing net*, some four
or five feot square: the net supported by bows of wood, and an entrance
lit either end, so contrived that It was easy for the quail to get In, but
difficult for l hem to got out. Two birds had been taken that duv, anil
something had killed them, and their netting was broken, which greatly
inceii'ed the hoys, and they were unsparing In their abuse of us. We
explained that we did not know of the existence of their traps, and
would not kill any more of their birds, and got them puclllcd, with the
assistance of our guide. Some 011c thought the entrapped birds were
killed nnd the not broken by cats. I was pretty well satisfied it was done
l>y my old dog Stiucho, but did not say anything. Wc found that the
boys mu le quite a considerable amount of money In this way, and en-
tirely destroyed many heavy llocka of birds. Tala Is a "plain unvar-
nished tale."

My trip do vn to Cape May county was much more pleasant, and I met
with much bettor success. My friend and myself, including what was
killed by our gunner, made the very respoclablc bag of forty quail and
snipe in two duys. Tho weather was very pleasant and quail were quite
plenty for that lime (Dec. 1st) of the season. It is impossible to kill any
very great amount of gume there. I nevor taw so many Impassable
green oriar swamps and such thickets of lauiel, holly and cedar, where
it is utterly impossible for dog or guu to get at them. My observations
here were, that there is much yet for the West Jersey organization
to do, but nothing in comparison with East Jersey, where no organiza-
tion exists. My friend who accompanied mo had quite a geoil deal of
fun at my expense. lie resides in Philadelphia, anil was obliged to get
himself a shooting license to hunt over In Jersey. He told me very
grnvcly, although I was a Jerseyraun, I would be arrested at the ferry
with my flue string of game. He enid It was necessary for some one to
identify me, nnd that he did not Intend to know me or to hnvo anything
to do with me when tho police approached, and that he wonld enjoy my
embarrassment In walking up to the mayor's office to the greatest extent.
I took it very coolly and prudently slipped my game into a hand bag I
had with me, No one molested me. nnd I then had tho laugh upon him
far having to pay five dollars to cross the river to shoot a few innocent
birds in mnch abused Jersey, and hoped ho would some time get the
worth of 'hismonoy. K-

GUN BORING.

New Yontc, February 17, ltf75.

Editor Forest and Stream :—

My first letter, dated in October nit. , seems to have called forth quite
a storm of different opinions ns to the relative merits of the various
styles of boring, "Under Grip's" letter being among the most conspicu-
ous. The remark he makes that the controversy Is likely to occupy
much lime and space Is the only one in which I fully concur; but as he
has made me such a prominent mark for bis missile*, I feel constrained,
by your permission, to take just "one more shot." He names a style of
boring practiced by a gunninker in Boston, ami says he had shells made
to lit this boring, from what I can tlnd making the plan virtually the
same as the one I advocated. Does it make any difference If the shoul-
der of the chamber is beveled nnd a shell mode to flt this bevel, or If tho
shoulder is square and the shell likewise? or, id other words, if you cut
an apple in two, won't the parts IU- together agnin,.whcther the cutis
straight or diagonal? I guess so. "U. G." seems to -have the Idea that
I suppose tho gas must escape baefovattts through the joint between
shell and barrel, whereas every one knowsthe expansion of the shell pre-
vents that. "U. G." says, moreover, that if I look at a number of giins of
different makers, I will see long tapers and short, square shoulders and
beveled, Ac. (mark the Italicized adjective). Of tills I have no doubt, ss
each maker has a general principle on which he boros, making the nec
easory deviations, (which are generally slight) os tho coso requires; there-
fore different makers will have different stylos. Now let "U. G." exam-
ine n number of guns of the same maker, and he will tie convinced 1 am
right. He condemns himself right away; for In a sentence or so after he
says his Boston man has a formula. Tolley boros his guns with a bev-
eled shoulder and long taper; Scott a nearly square shoulder and' short
taper I am speaking of the guns I have seen and examined— qnlte a
large number. Tplley warrants hie guns, and all of Scott’s I have seen
shot were good ones, all tried with paper shell*. I shonld think from
the way “17. G." talks of Uie Boston guns that he is so newhat Interest-
ed, nnd he may think the same of mr "crocking np" Scott's, bnt I con
•Wire him that I am not, nor have I ever been, connected with any gun-
maker, being ouly a "tyro'' (os "Herbert" says) of at least fifteeu years'
experience (!• in guns and practical gunning.

As Ihe shell question occupies a good deal of space now, I may as well
“take o hack at it myself." All the metal shells I ever tried shoot
alight ly better than paper ones. I suppose because they necessitated the
use of larger wads, being larger in the bore, and these large wads make
a lighter flt In the barrel after passing the end of the shell, producing
more perfect combustion It being unnecessary to turn over ot crease
them, tho short wad can start falrl? «** all sides. The reasons why paper

FOREST AND STREAM.

shells have hod so many enemies Is. that the shell* have been carelessly
loaded, without aeclng Unit ihe wads were made to sit squarely on both
powder and shot and ends Improperly created or tnroed over. In my
last I made on objection to Ihe croascr, aud I will state my reasons It
takes great care to make the crease of exactly the same depth ell round.
Is almost Impossible to do It as it should be. and If It Is not done, the
place w here the shot wad Is easiest moved will stnrt flrst . The powder wad,
having less resistance to overcomo in that spot, will follow, nud the shot
is forced up or down, or sideways, as the case may bo, by the escaping
gnsut the muzzle of the gun. If any one doubt* (bit let him crease
doeper on one side, or if ho uses metal shells, let him lake a little shellac
varnish and run It round one side of tho abot wad.

Some object to the paper shell because, they snv, they stick after the
discharge. I have used a good many of Eley's shell*, both brown and
green, lhavo never tried the blue) In all kind* of weather without a stick
ornmlssflre. I've bad them so wet on the outside that they looked
like blotting paper; but they never missed or stuck. When they stick
the extractor Is generally to be blamed more than the shell, snd when
mlssflros occur the plungers will be found too short, or tho mainsprings
too weak. However, my ouly objections to tho metal shell at present
are, the room they take np, over one-quarter more than tlie paper ones,
nud the dislike I have to carrying a lot of sleigh boll* about me wbeu I
hunt Be It known I never waste my time reloading paper onoa The
metal one? are not so difficult to clean, and I don’t intnd them on that
score; but 1 think the very small gain In shooting 1* more than counter-
balanced by theannoynnee of carrying this "sounding brass" homo again.
I find the easiest and handiest way to carry paper shells In the field I* to
put about an equal number In tho pocket* of your coat, use from Ihe
right hand pocket*, and as tho supply gets low trun*fer some more from
the left, Can "U. G." carry the Uoalon pattern metal shell* ns easily n*
those are carried? No, he most have a belt or vest mado »o ho con carry
them with the muzzles up. and then tho flunge on the bottom I* sure to
catch In pulling the shell out; whereas, If you wish to use a holt or vc«t
with pa|>er shells the flange Is Just the thing to give a good hold. If a
coaplc of cents per shot are tin object, by nil tnenns nso metal shells,
or if you go to an out-of the- way place to shoot, do likewise, providing
you Intend to stay a long lime nnd are in danger of getting short of
paper ones, for as yet tho country stores do not keep a very heavy stock
of them. Side Lrvkii.

A REVOLVING BREECH LOADER.

SuAitopKvc, Minn , February 2, 1875.

Editor KonzsT and Stream:—

In looking over back number* of the Forest and Stream I occasion
ally rend nrtlclcs on the panther, or catamount, which hns led mo to be-
lieve that these nultniils are more numerous In the wild* of Northern
New York than any othor portion of our country, unless we may except
tho fastnesses of fair Florida, and that they are comparatively unknown
In our Northwestern States, Nevertheless, wild cat* and lynx do
ubound here, nnd sometimes they show a bold front, and might pass for
something larger In the cat line than we tire supposed to be po-«v*«ed of,
as the following from the Sioux City Journal sufficiently proves:—

"Settlers living on the frontier* ore subjected to Indian mid* nnd other
dangers, hut wu never before heard of one wildcat raiding a house and
cleaning It out. Such, however, was the care about ten day* ago. A
large wildcat entered a German’s house near Granger's Woods, about
forty tulles up the Missouri ltlver from this city. The Intnnics of the
cabin comprised six persons— the mother and live children. Tho father
wu* a mile distant in the timber, chopping wood. Upon (he appearance
of the animal ut the door, which was siauding ajar, the mother ami little
oucs fled the house by another door, and ran to where the man whs at
work, while u small dog nud the dome-tic pussy gavo the Intruder battle
Upon the return of the German and Ills family, ihe beast had left nml
token refuge in alree a few rods from the house. Tlx: old tide wits taken
from it* corner, nnd by a dead shot, thu cat was brought to the ground
with a bullet though Us brain The dog and the pussy were both found
Inside of the house, w ith their entrails torn out mid rumored over tho
floor, The cat was of a very large size and had been frequently seen In
ihut section."

In a rifle controversy n fewdays ago, In which the merits of breech and
muzzle loaders were discussed, a "good one" was told pertaining to the
flrst start-In of the breech loader, wlifch I'll Jnst add here before closing.
Our old friend Nntliuu lived In Connecticut In thoso days, nnd had a
chum up In Hartford, who I’ll dub here, for short, "the Squire," and ho
was a great fancier of guns, especially new gun*. Now, the Squire bad
lately purchased one of Colt's bran-new live-shooters, for which he
planked down a cool $1&0 in coin (greenbacks dld’nt flourish In tho*e
times), and ns Nnlhan had gone over there ho was Invited to be sure and
come around on the morrow nnd see the great rifle "abate. " Not con
sentlng, on the following morning called around, nnd In due time, with
the happy and tickled 8qnlro, repaired to a neighboring orchard, and
while the Squire loaded up— "Now for business," us he oxpreaaed It.
Nathan prepared tho turget, which done, the Squire having got the gun
ready, blazed away, and away went the nstonlshed Squire end over end ;
but quickly regaining hm feet he bawled out: "Look out, there I Uncle
Nat! the darn thing'* gone off, and busted, by crackoy !" A* tho barrel
came off the stock nnd went end over end, Nathan, who wu* watching
the performance, coolly replied: "Yes, I »cc It coining, but 1 rather
guest. I can get out of the wny."

This was a set-back on Colt, sure as you're horn, a* tho Squire Imme-
diately went back on the breech loudiug system, und muny of his more
Intimate friends nnd admirers were disposed to keep shy of them also.

S. 8.

Qiichtiiu] and foaling.

All communications from Secretaries ami friends should bs mailed no
later than Monday In each week.

HIGH WATER.

FOR THE

WEEK.

Vote.

Boston.

A Vie York

Charleston.

H. *1

If. *.

II. M,

Mar. it

1 66

11 21

.0 43

Mur. 12

2 42

morn.

i as

8 3)

l) 31

morn

Mar. 14

4 3S

i r.

0 88

5 49

2 88

1 III

Mar. I>,

li 63

a 47.

2 62

Mur. |7

8 11

4 65

4 11

—The schooner yacht Tidal Wave, of Now York, Com-
modore Voorliis, has visited since tho flrst December lust,
Hamilton, Bermuda, St. Thomas, Santa Cruz, St. Kitts,
Nelis, Mount Serratt, Guudaloupe, Doriiinica and Turks
Island, and at last accounts the yacht was en route for St.
Augusline rw Nassau, N. P. Why the example of Com-
modore Voorhis and Mr. Grubb is not followed by the
owners of some others of our large yachts we arc at a lost
to conceive. With all the attractions of Florida and the
genial Winter climate of the West Indies, why these mag-
nificent vessels, large enough for Liverpool packets, should
be kept for a little Summer bay sailing, is past our compre-
hension. In every quarter of the globe an English yacht
is to be met with, and the additions to science and geography
made in this manner is by no means inconsiderable. Who
‘etfer has not read Lord Duffer in's “Letters from High Lati-
tudes,” has still » treat in store, not only from the descrip-
tion of an intrepid yachtsman's ^adventures, but the genial 1

75

nnd interesting accounts of those almost terra incognitas,
Spitsbergen and Jan Mayan.

—The nu mbers of the New York Yacht Club held a
special meeting nl their club rooms, Madison Avenue and
Twenty-seventh street, last week to discuss tho proposed
lunemlmcnu to Article 4 of hy-luws and artico 10 of consti-
tution. The former waa designed to do away with the re-
presentation of the owners of yachts by proxy, nnd was
passed by a lnrgr majority. In the latter it was proposed
that instead of tho names of candidates living posted at
least ten days before being ballotlcd for, they should bo re-
ferred to a committee appointed for the purpose, for their
report. Tills amendment was approved by all present,
and will be presented at the next general meeting of the
club for approval.

— The annual meeting of the Atlantic Yacht Club waa
held at the Club looms in Brooklyn last Monday evening.
There was a large attendance both of yachtsmen and mem-
bers, and much Interest taken, as it was the election of
officers for tho year and the present staff officers had tie
clincl a re-election. The following officers were elected
unanimously : — Mr. George A. Thayer, schooner Triton,
Commodore; Mr. Latham Fish, schooner Agnes. Vice-
Commodore; Mr. William Cooper, sloop Orion, Bear Com-
modore; Mr. John B. Morgan, Uncording Secretary; S \\ .
Knowles, Treasurer; II. II. Houins, Corresponding Secre-
tary; M. Christopher T. Lipp't, Treasurer; ami the follow-
ing mombera trustees:— George A. Thayer, Latham Fish.
John II. Rhodes. J. R. Maxwell, S W. Knowles, Edward
Arnold Committee on Membership — John B Morgan,
Win. I’eot, Win. II. 11. Beebe; Regatta Committee:— J. L
.Marccllus,ll. II Hogans, Christopher T. Lippll Tim Re-
gatta was appointed for Tuesday, 23d of June, and $1,200
appropriated for prizes and expenses. Tim courqp will be
the same ns the past few years.

Tim Club has in the last year gained largely in its roll of
membership and in Its fleet of yachts, which now number
upwnrdu of forty.

— At a meeting of the Wllliainshurgh Yacht Club the
following officer* were elected to serve during tho ensuing
year:— Commodore, A. Barker; Vice Commodore, A. Conk-
lin; President, T. W. Reeves; Secretaries, Charles 10. Lyelku
ana William A. Bnrdcll; Treasurer, Henry Miller, and
Measurer, Andrew J. Brush.

Nkw Yachts at South Boston.— During tlm Winter
months the boat builders around the yachting rendezvous
at City Point, have not been laying mi their oars, Messrs.
Hutchins & Pryor have built a new boat liou-u on Ward’s
wharf, and have turned out a centre hoard Newport boat
after the model of I ho Mabel. She i- 1U feet il inches on
the water line, and 23 feci over all. U. K. Pettenglll, Esq.,
tho owner of the Water Wltuli, has purchased her.

Pierce Bro's. have also built a boat of the same mould as
tlie Mabel, which t hey built. Sim was built to order
for C. A Hastings Esti. Also a 10 feet centre board, New-
port, for J. M. Haskell, Esq, They also have in hand a
twenty-five feel sloop, centre-hoard, modeled lifter the
Belie, building for F. II. Peabody, Esq

The Lawlvy's have built a 10 feel centre-board. Newport,
for W. II. Gibbs, Esg , to be called the Idyl, ami are build-
ing auothcrof the same size, to order for M J. ICiley, Esq.,
who is going to sell liis Queen Mali. They have also built
ami delivered two others of same size and stylo, for tho
Honeycomb Bro'H., of Sulcm. On their wharf 1* a twenty-
seven feet life boat, built for the Humana Society, nml is
now awaiting the arrival of air tanks which are coining
from Europe.

Tlie sloop Wanderer, belonging to Charles Russ, Esq. is
in their shop, undergoing improvements in tlie shape of a
now centre-hoard, after original designs. It i* to drop fore,
ns well as nft, thus giving more surface of honrd under
water. They are also to make a new hollow ma«t for
Commodore Dennis' Fanny. It is to lie lighter than oncof
tho same character used last season.

E. Harris is building at liissliopa limit same size and style
of the Mabel, for sale. The Mabel, so often nllmlcd to
above, is the property of Commodore Roberta of the South
Boston Yacht Club, ami was built by Pierce Bro's. lost
Winter. It is not surprising Hint yaculmen and builders
should endeavor to duplicate her model, us her record Inst
season was unrivaled, (see Foiikbt anii Stream, October
23d 1874). Her owner may well feci proud of Iter. With
so many twin sisters in the field, all points of build and rig
being equal, yachlsfn“nship will alone win tho ruco

Bkvkhi.y Yacht CLUii.— The officers for 1875 arc :— Com-
modore, William C. Loring; Vice Commodore, Walter
Burges; Secretary and Treasurer, Waller Lloyd Jeffries;
Measurer, Henry W. Lamb; Regatta Committee, Charles
II. Williams. Edward B. Russell, VV. D. Ilodgcs, Waller
Burgess, Walter Lloyd Jeffries.

— At Keyport, N. J., Mr. F. W. J. Hurst is building a
cutter-yacht, which will be completed in lime to take part
in the June regatta of the New York Club. She is 30 feet
keel, 55 feet 6 incites on deck, 10 feet 6 inches beam, aud
5 feet depth of hold.

— Mr. William II. Langley, of the New York Yacht
Club, will have his schooner yacht Comet thoroughly
overhauled early In the season. It is said ho intends Id en-
ter into another race with the Magic, for the schooner chal-
lenge cup of the club.

— The sloop Sadie, Rear Commodore Davidson, B. Y.
C., will be thoroughly overhauled at Grocnport, Long
Island, and pul in readiness for the season.

— Mr. Willoughby, of Saratoga, is having n sloop yacht
built by Alonzo Smith, at Islip, Long Island. She is 50
feet in length, on deck, ami will bo named the Windward
and enrolled in the New York fleet.

— The sloop North Star, Mr. Alexander Taylor, Jr.,
New York Yacht Club, is to he overhauled and refitted for
tlie coming season.

—The schooner Ariel, Commodore Swan, 8. Y. C. is
now undergoing alterations at Northport, Long Island.
The vessel I* being lengthened, und other changes are be-
ing made that are expected to materially increase her
speed.

— A sloop yacht, about fifty feet in length, which will be
named tlie Mad Cap, is now being built for Mr. James It.
Busk, of Staten Island, by Albertson Brothers of Phila-
delphia, and will be added to the fleet of the New York
Yacht Club.

7 r>

FOREST AND STREAM

—The sloop White Win?, of Mr. A- Perry Blivcn,
Brooklyn Ynclit Club, will be partly rebuilt this season.

—The machinery will soon be placed on board the
new steam yacht being built for Mr. Ricker, at Keyport,
New Jersey.

—The Jersey City Yacht Club, has elected Dr. J. H.
Vondy, Commodore; Ft. E. Bicker Vice Commodore;
Thomas M. Manning. Secretary; A. B. Reynolds, Treas-
urer, and A. E. Hughes, Measurer.

— A now yacht club has been organized in Philadelphia
on the Corinthian plan, the members of which are to do all
the work of crew &c. Particulars hereafter.

Third Annual Regatta ok the St. Augustine
Yacht Club.— While with us the cold blasts of a linger-
ing Winter render the picture of a cosy Arc more alluring
than the slippery deck of a yacht, the citizens of 8t. Au-
gustine and their northern visitors have been holding a re-
gatta, which in point of number of entries and interest,
would have done credit to some of our own pretentious or-
ganizations. Although only three years old the St. August-
ine Club has 73 members, and a fine fleet of yachts, and
under the able management of Mr. II. 8. Homan’s, of the
N. Y. Yacht Club, and one of the owners of the Schooner
Foam, it lias rapidly grown into promiucnce and favor.
The club-room adjoining the pier lias been recently fur-
nished and decorated, and is now one of the chief attrac-
tions of the place. The regatta day was made a genuine
holiday by all the people. Col. E. Burd Grub of the N. Y.
Y. C , kindly placed his handsome schooner Eva at the dis-
posal of the Committee, who stationed her 200 yards from
the wharf. The following ure the entries una prizes:—

•

rillST CLASS MLOOrS.

Length .

Entered by.

Ft.

In.

Iwnnownkl.

... 37

Belle of the lift v

Floyd

Hmunuol Suiichez

n

Enchantress

Lvonnrdy

38

Flcetwlng

SECOND CLASS SLOOPS.

Walton

21

24

04

Iwnnuwskl.

I’lnklmtn

Wanderer

,1 Sanchez

. . ■ - .

..... 22

Masters

00

MoIIImjii

06

Eolu

. Hernandes

22

00

THIRD CLASS — CAT WOOED.

Allen

Ill

00

S. Whitney

HI

Emily...

. Lopez

13

I’lnklinm

15

Mono

18

Snorting Sea Horse

Boyn

st'EC'IAL CLASS— CAT WOOED.

I’iukhnm

20

07

Brooklyn Belle

iwanowikl

Edgar

passed the Eva in the following order:—
rin«T ei. ass .

Name.

Seminole.

Cricket.

Prize.

. .First.
..Second.

Colombia

Traveller

.Flint

. .Second, .

Slurt.

II. M.

10 80
10 80 U

KROON D CLASS.

10 IS 12

10 42 12

Timm CLAM.

10 B4 1

10 M 1

Homo Mark.

11 M B

12 05 10
12

Elapsed Time.
It M. S.

15

53] 122
03 00

Carrie First . .

Eagle Second. ..... -

Later in the day the special class boats were ordered into
line. The Henrietta was very ably handled by Mr. D. Ed-
gar, of New York, Vice Commodore of the club, nnd not-
withstanding the parting of her halyards, succeeded in
winning first prize, The Elizabeth giounded, and aban-
doned the race. The time made was os follows:—

H. M II. M. S. II. M. 8.

Sturt. Homo Mark. Elapsed Time.

Henrietta 3 00 4 5u 44 ] W 44

Brooklyn Hello 3 00 4 55 58 1 55 53

The day’s festivities were wound up by jig dances, sack
and foot races, and climbing the greased pole. The Re-
gotta Committee consisted of Messrs. Charles F. Crary, A.
J. La Furge, and T. R. Glover.

Commodore Homans, upon consultation with the yacht
owners, has ordered that the fleet proceed to Mntanzas next
week.

Mu. Bishop's Canoe Voyage — We have another letter
from Mr. N. H. Bishop, dated March 2d, at a point near
Fcrnundina, Florida, and detailing his trip from Savannah
touthward. This we shall print in our next issue; no room
n this. We have also a valuable letter from the same
tourcc, giving much information ns to the hunting und flsh-
ng along the coast.

The Centennial Regatta.— The London correspond-
;nt of the Edinburgh Scotsman says:—

"No less than eight of our rowing clubs have promised
o send crews to take part in the international boat races
which are to be rowed next year on the Schuylkill River
it Philadelphia. These are tlie London Rowing Club, the
Thames Club, the Leander Rowing Club, the Ilex Aquatic
Yssociation, the Kingston Rowing Club, the West London
nd Norili Loudon clubs and the Ina Club. The Royal
Chester Club, of Liverpool, will also send a four-oared
rew, and M. Gesling, the well-known Parisian rower, is
ikewise to go with a crew. Invitations to join in the con-
est have been sent to the Oxford and Cambridge rowing
lubs, but they have not accepted them.”

—The Harlem Regatta Association held its annual meet-
ng on Monday last, President II G. Meeker in the chair,
'lie clubs represented were the New York Athletic, New
’ork Rowing, Nassau, Dauntless, Gramercy, Harlem, and
fauiilus Clubs. An election of officers for 1875 took place,
ith the following result: — President, II. G. Meeker, New
'ork Athletic Club; Vice President, T. G. Scott, New
'ork Rowing Club; Secretary and Treasurer, R. Neville,
Inutilus Boat Club; Committee, F. G. Brown, Nassau
loat Club; E. J. Alinson, Gramercy Boat Club; H. W.
■eckwell, Dauntless Boat Club; li. M. Kuanp, Harlem
lowing Club, and the officers cxofiicio. An arnend-
icnt was made to the constitution by which clubs lo-
tted on the Harlem River should alone be eligible for
lombership. The question of the day for the regatta was
iformally discussed, aod it was suggested that Saturday,
joe 26th, would be the most suitable,

—At the annual meeting of the Union Boat Club, of
Boston, held la?t Monday evening, first inst., the follow-
ing Board of officers was elected for the ensuing year:—
President, Henry B. Rice; Vice President, Albert O. Bax-
ter; Captain, Charles II. Williams; Lieutenant, Henry L.
Morse; Treasurer, William M. Rice; Secretary, Edward li.
Robbins; Directors, Edward N. Fenno, Edward C. Ellis,
It. Ilober Jones.

—The Jamaica Plaiu Boat Club, Jamaica Plain, Mass. ,
held it-s annual meeting Tuesday evening March 2d, and
the following named officers were elected for the ensuing
vear— President, Austin Gorham ; Secretary, Edward L.
Lincoln- Treasurer, Dudley Johnson; Directors— William
Brewer, George Blatcli and George Hastings. The club
hopes to give several interesting regattas the coming
season.

—Now that the great coursing event of the season has
been decided, the Oxford and Cambridge boat race, to oc-
cur on the 20th inst. is the event which agitates the mind
of the British sportsman. Both crews have taken up their
usual quarters on the Thames Betting on the race is
even.

—It is reported that, the Atulunta Boat Club of this city
contemplate sending a crew to England next Summer to
try a contest with the Englishmen.

—The boating men of Princeton College have engaged
quarters at Arnold’s Sulphur Springs, on Saratoga Lake.

— 1 The Schuylkill Is aval Board last week adopted a revised
constitution, by-laws and rules, agaiu endorsing the nation-
al definition and laws of boat-racing. The College Club
applied for admission and the application was favorably
received and referred to the Committee as required by the
constitution.

Zhtionti §a$timts.

Weston’s Walk. — Although Weston did not complete
his ullotted distance of 500 miles within the six days, (437
only having been accomplished,) the powers of endurance
lie exhibited in continuing to tbo last, was simply remark-
able, and stamp him as the most wonderful pedcstvian of
the day. The mile walk in 11 minutes and 15 seconds on
Suturdny evening, after a six days’ tramp was a remarkable
performance. Under the strictest scrutiny Weston has per-
formed very nearly nil that he claims to be within the lim-
its of bis capabilities, and wo are pleased to know that the
most captious of his critics are willing to make the amende
nnd accord him the merit his perseverance deserves.

— Of the Columbia College crew only one of the old
members remain. Goodwiu, Cornell nnd Rapallo are out
of college. Titnpson has gone into business. Rees is out
of the School of Mines aud Griswold is studying hard to
skip Junior year.

Harvard Umverbity, Minch, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream

Tlio societies have elected their officers for the second half year, aud
seem to have succeeded In putting iho right men in the right place.

The chess club have continued their tonrnnmcnt during the past
month with quite good success, and have decided to accept the challenge
sent them by the Uxbridge Club to play them as soon aa possible.

The Foot Ball Committee have voted to try and arrange matches with
the teams of other colleges. Although the rules of the Harvard Foot
Ball Association differ in many points from those of Yale, Columbia,
Brown, Princeton, Weslcyun, and others, they hope to mako some satis
factory arrangements, olther to play part of the games by the rulos of
oue college, aud part by those of the other; or to play some game be-
tween the two, and comformablo to rules or modifications of rules taken
from rules of the colleges. We hope the feeling existing between mem-
bers of different colleges maybe entirely overcome when we come to
know what good fellows can bo found in the various colleges. M.

SCOTTISH GAMES.

DRESS and athletic SPORTS — NO. 2.

THE most striking feature of Highland gatherings in
this country is the singularly picturesque, but outre
garb in which the Scot urrays himself for the occasion.
The Caledonian Club of this city holds its great annual
celebration on the first Thursday in September. The
graud inarch from the club room presents to our citizens
one of the most stirring and unique spectacles imported
from Europe. It is a sight made suggestive and interest-
ing by its association with historical memories. The sound
of the pipes, the nrray of chief, chieftains and clansmen,
the waving of tartans, seem like the realization of a
chapter of from "Waverly," or a page from Scottish
history.

The Highland costume as now woru, and as reproduced
in America, cannot, in all its minute details, be claimed to
be the exact counterpart of that of the ancient Gael. But
according to the authorities it is certainly a compound of
those varieties in the form of the- dress, which were
separately worn by the Highlanders in the seventeenth
century. Each of these parts, again, can be traced back to
the most remote autiquity, almost if not altogether to the
period when

•• • • Flngul raised his mighty arm,

And Ossian's harp rang to the bresze of night."

These parts are the "Breacan," or bolted plaid, the High-
land shirt, nnd the short Highland coat. The kilt, spar-
row coat, shoulder plaid, hose and shoes with buckles, not
to mention the belts, claymore, dirk skene dhu, pistols, and
"meeskin’ mull" suspended by a silver chain from the
shoulders, are a modern conglomerate which only in essen-
tials represents the original simplicity of the costume.
With every addition which taste could suggest or dandyism
devise, the normal paucity of the dress is to the eye of the
stranger its lasting reproach. The full-dressed Highlander
is inevitably associated with "cutty sark.’ Burns had only
to array her in a kilt instead of a "sark,” and his lament—
"In longitude tho’ aalrly acauty,"

Would have been unnecessary. Her situation would have
been comprehended at a glance, and she would probably
live in literature as the “lass wi' the philabeg.”

There is a provision, however, in the constitution of all
Caledoulan Clubs, that the perpetuation of the ancient
dress ol Scotland shall be one of ttie objects of their organ-

ization. The desire is a laudable one, It gives men of the
nineteenth, century a means of measuring their advance
from savage finery by their superior taste in the choice of
their nether integuments.

A question has been asked whether all the Scotsmen in
America have an ancestral right to wear the kilt. Hundreds
of them hear lowland names. Would it not be better for
them to resuscitate the knee-breeches of the "Sassenach!"
The question is irrelevant. Scotland and the kilt are in-
variably associated, and the association comprises the full
value of the costume to the Scot abroad.

It may be added that the kilt is now seldom met with in
Scotland. Some deluded Englishmen think it iucumbenl
upon them to don it when visiting that country, and the
natives, therefore, on seeing the old Gaelic costume, are
wont to ascribe the wearer to a more southern nationality.
From these remarks must be excepted the army. Some of
the finest regiments belonging to it, including the famous
"Black Watch,” or Forty Second, still retain the Highland
uniform.

The games in which Caledonians in America engage ii-
cliulc most of those practised in Scotland. Some of the
latter re appear, however, in a modified form only, and
others have fallen into complete or comparative desuetude.
There are no opportunities here for the hunting gatherings
which were one of the chief Highland diversions when the
clans were at peace. Every reader will remember the scene
in "Waverly” representing a meeting of this kind in a cormer
for political’ intrigues.

Wrestling, or gleachd, is an old pastime now less popular,
and seldom witnessed at American expositions of Scotland.
Sometimes it assumed the form of contending for a short
stick held by both antagonists. Another form was when
the competitors sat upon the ground foot to foot holding
the stick between them. The trial here was to raise each
other from the ground.

Single stick and cudgel play were formerly taught as a
preparation for the management of the broadsword.
Neither enters the Highland games as now understood.

The same remark applies to the clack caul fir, which con-
sisted in lifting a large stone almost two hundred pounds in
weight from the ground andplacingit on the top of unothcr
stone four feet high.

The dach-neart, literally stone of strength, is the modern
"putting stone.” This is one of the leading games at our
Highland gatherings. The stone or shot is held in one
hand, the arm being doubled so as to briug the weight
almost behind the ear. It is delivered by pushing the arm
straight from the shoulder without any swing. The com-
petitor can either toe the mark or take a short race, which
consists of one or two hops on the right or left leg, accord-
ing to the hand with which the athlete holds the stone.
The distance reached, measured from the toemark to the
spot where the stone or shot strike the ground, determines
the winner. In olden times the clach-neart used to lie at
every chieftains door, and strangers were complimented by
being asked to throw. It was also used when chieftains
visited each other. At such times their clansmen mingled
and tried their skill at running, leaping, wrestling, putting,
fencing, and occasionally fighting.

"Throwing tho hammer” is another of the most attrac-
tive items on the programme. Formerly a common sledge
hammer was used, and smithies, we are told, were in Scot-
hind often let to take cure of themselves while the smith
and his customers tested their relative merits in this pas-
time. The athlete stands at a mark and after attaining the
necessary impetus, either by swinging the hammer round
the heaa or backwards and forwards, delivers it in the
necessary direction, usually the opposite to that in which
he is looking.

“Tossing the caber" is balancing a heavy beam or young
tree on the two hands aud leaning it against the chest unu
shoulder in a vertical position, and then tossing it in such a
way that the end held in the hands shall fall over away
from the competitor. It is a game which requires both
strength and skill.

"Hitch and kick" is of very dubious origin. It is, how-
ever, invariably classed among Scotch games. A ring
covered with skin, or according to a very common usage, a
tamborine, is suspended so as to hang horizontally. The
competitor must kick it aud fall to the ground upon the
same foot.

Running, leaping, hurdle-racing, vaulting with pole, and
sack-racing are all loo well known to require description.

Sports of this kind have claims upon notice which can-
not be gainsaid. That they form a good physical training
for the young is evidenced by the fact of their introduction
into Princeton and others of the American colleges. They
supply exercise for every muscle, and impart strength to
every limb. As performed at the Scotch gatherings they
furnish a spectacle which cannot elsewhere be found. To
the Caledonian they bring memories of youth, and of tho
village green; and to strangers the strength cultivaed and
the manly spirit displayed make the scene with all its
strange surroundings of costume, music and dance, the
memory of a lifetime.

w publications.

MAGAZINES.

The American Naturalist for March contains in the
paper on "Three Different Modes of Teething Among Selachians," almost
the last work of the lamented Agassiz, which gives it pecnliar Interest,
aside troin the merit of Us entire table of contents. The papers arc all
of unusual merit and rare interest.

From Saint John, N. B., we have the Maritime Monthly
for the current month. The "Origin of the Acadian*" carries us back to
the days of the "forest primeval," and Mr, Jack's "From Stanley to
Mirimlchl” is suggestive of Summer rambllngs and the excitement of
fly-fishing. The Maritime displays evidences of energy aud talent.

The Overland is scarcely up to the usual mark this
month . We miss a certain esprit which generally marks its pages. The
eccentric and ubiquitous Joaquin MlUer contributes a poem addressed
"To the Lion of St. Mark . " The first part of Mr. Severence’s “Thorpe,
Cavalier," is sufficiently exciting as to make us wish it had been com-
pleted in one number. The criticisms in current literature In the Ox ex ■
land are always good, but we have rarely read anything more severe
than its remarks upon Bret Harte's "Echoes of the Foot-hills,” which,
coming aa they do from his own foster parent, have double force.

The Agriculturist is always good, and the March num-
ber will be found full of papers on topics of great Interest to the farmer
and country residents generally, The pictorial work Is a great feature,
end PO# front whjch oienr RKfjil tilnu mey be liken,

IFOREST AND STREAM.

Lmicogbapht.— If wc have not yet produced that
preat American novel to astonish the world— which,
with Mrs. Stowe In mind, wc do not so soon acknowl-
edge-we have still enough to be prond of In that
wonderful produce of American scholarship— Web-
ster's Dictionary. There has before been no such
dictionary of any lauguage— not even as the result of
those years of labor which the whole French Acade-
my, a congregation of the best scholarship In France,
spent upon the lexicographical standard of that na-
tion—A. T. Mail.

BIG INVENTION.

Lloyd, the famous map man, who mode all tlio maps
for aoneral Grant and the Union army, ceitiflcate-i of
which he published, has Just invented a way of get-
ting a relief plate from steel so as to print Lloyd's
Map of American Continent— showing from ocean to
ocean— on one entire sheet of bauk note paper, 40x50
inches large, on a lightning press, and colored, sized
und varnished for the wall so os to stand washing,
and mailing anywhere in the world , for 30 conts, or
unvarnished for 25 cents. This map shows the wholo
United States and Territories In a gToup, from sur-
veys to 1875, with u million places on It, such os towns,
cities, villages, mouutalns, lakes, rivers, streams, gold
mines, railway stations, 4c. This map should bu in
every house. SendiOcents to the Lloyd Map Com-
pany, Philadelphia, and you will get a copy by return
mall. feb24 4t

THE

HAZARD POWDER CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

GUNPOWDER.

Hazard's "Electric" Powder.

Nos. 1 (fine) to 5 (coarse). Unsurpassed in point of
strength and cleanliness. Packed in square canis-
ters of 1 lb. only.

Hazard's “American Sporting."

Nos. 1 (flnej to 3 (coarse). In 1 lb. canister* aud 6 1 lb.
kegs. A fine groin, quick and clean, for upland and
prairie shooting. Well adapted to short guns.

Hazard's "Duck Shooting."

Nos. I (fine) to 5 (coarse). In 1 and 5 lb. canisters
und i»y aud 12J lb. kegs. Bnrns slowly and very
clean, shootiug remarkably close, and with great

{imelralion. For field, forest and water shooting
t ranks any other brand, and it is equally servicea-
ble for muzzle or brecclt loader.

Hazard's "Kentucky Rifle."

FFFG, FFG, and "Sea Shooting" FG, in kegs of 25,
121. and til lbs. und cans or 5 lbs. FFFG is also
packed in 1 and 1 lb. canisters. Bums strong and
moist. The FFFG and FFG ore favorite brands
for ordinary snorting, and the "Sea Shooting" FG
is the standard HijU powder of the country.

SUPERIOR MINING AND BLASTING POWDER.

GOVERNMENT CANNON AND MUSKET POW-
DER; ALSO SPECIAL G HADES FOR EXPORT,
OF ANV REQUIRED GRAIN Olt PROOF MAN-
UFACTURED TO ORDER.

The above can be had of dealors, or of the Compa-
ny's agents in every prominent city, or wholesale at
our office,

88 Wall Street, New York.

Feb II

U. Y. Safety Steam Power Co.

Office: 30 CO URTLANDT ST.

BUILDERS OF

STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS^

Steam Launches & Yachts

And their Machinery a Specialty, also Machinery for'

TUCS, LICHTERS AND STEAMERS'

Propeller Wheels of Superior Efficiency.

SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR.
i3f~ All our boats are gunrautecd to pass inspec-
tion under the Steamboat law when roqnired.

IltDS, PET AND RARE ANIMALS,
aud AQUARIA STOCK DEPOT und AQUARIA
CASE MANUFACTORY. .1. BAGOT, Aeeut, 31
Fulton street, New York City. Goldfish, Sllvcrflsh.
Fish and Anlnml Life, and Aquatic Plants In variety.
Also Shells, Pebbles. Ornaments, Corals, 4c.. to stock
the Aqunrlum. Cnneries and other song birds;
Pigeons. Purrots, aud Puroquets; Rabbits, Squirrels,
Doga, pet and rare Animals generally; Bird Seeds,

Qared food for Mocking Birds and other soft-billed
i; Fish food. Bird Gravel, Dog Medicines, But-
ler’s celebrated Mange and Flea Cure, 4c., wholesale
and retail. Mur 4-ly

HOLABIRD S SHOOTING SUITS— ALL SIZES
DITMAR S NEW SPORTING POWDER,
Largo and small cans. Also a W. 4 C. Scott 4 Son
Breech Loader, 10 bore, 8J lbs., for $75-a bargain.
Some fine 10 bore, top lever guns just received, at
prices from $85 to $135.

* H. C. SQUIRES,

Marl 1-1 1 No 1 Courtlandt Sr., near Bd’wy.

A. C. WADDELL’S

Breeding Kennel^ Newton, N. J.

The finest strain of yoong Pointers and Setters for
aole. Dogs boarded and cured for In the beet manner
at $5 per month. Pedigree* guaranteed.: dog, broken
(or $50. Mar 11

The Sportsman’s Warehouse

EDWIN S. HAEEIS,

Late COOPER HARRIS & HODGKINS,

No* 177 Broadway, New York

WHOLESALE AND DETAIL

BREECH LOADING

AND

IiindH.

_ „ — , , both Urass and Papor.

<*un Materials of all Kinds. Cartridge Vests. Coats ,„nl it..i!„
Flndks, Pouches, ft nd Ammunition of all Kinds. Everything In my

at LOWEST

Implements

Cartridges,

Also, Gun

Flask *V“tTL ““““““.'"i °* “*» minis.

Line for both Home nnd Export Trade,

CASH TRADE PRICES.

HA VE LARGE STOCK OF MUZZLE LOADING O UN8 A RIFLES VER V CHE A P.

Hegeman's Patent Portable Folding Boat.

For use as LIFE-BOATS,

LIGHTERS, Dingies, Do-
rys, on board Steamers,

Yachts and other Vessels.

These eafo and perfectly port-
wlll admit of the

able boats

roughest usage. A very light,
strong and durable frame of
ash or other tough wood, will)
canvas cover, andean be folded
In one-eighth space, /or Irons- Abovt, cuu ,hott
vortatio •< unu uirnod in a

Also for Sportsmen, Tour-
ists, Trappers, Exploring
Expeditions, Parties camp-
ing Out, &c. <&c.

light bn^
back, or

niy

r Dj

wagon, home-

iy single person,
aud can be unfolded ready
for use, In three minute,'
time. Boat, neatly faded,
packed and shipped by ox-

ibe Uoat folded aud unfolded. anywhere, same ruto

of freight u* other good,.
JOHN IIEIJEMA.VBallston 8pn. Saratoga Co. N. Y,

NEW PATENT CAMP LOUNGE

A LIGHT,
Compact, Comfortable
COUCH.

„ reJ?^8e,lt8 8,1 i8 absolutely essential to the camper* In the wilderness. The side stick*

conveniently strapped to gun or fishing rods In traveling.

- . ?■ Roberts, Esq., 205 Park street, Hartford, writes— Camp Lounge Co , Troy. N. Y. : "Enclosed pleaso
nnu $4 for Lounge. On examination I am perfectly satisfied. You have a good thing. It will moot the wants
oi ihonsands. An immense sale will be made of them. They will become a boon companion of the Nationul
Guard In this section of Connecticut, and ft luxury in every family ns well u, the wilderness "

,i . °c e trl“ mor;,ltlian establishes the highest cnconlums bestowed upon It, und confirms the best oplu
ions that one can possibly form of the new patent Camp Lonnge."-A. A. Sampson, Troy, N, Y.

Arnerirwr 8 'h° t>laCeof rubl,cr' woolen, and all other blnukeU usually spread on tho ground . "—Scientiflc

.i ,The. V.um,!‘ L?u"j\L‘ forwarded to any address by express for $4 complete. Including side and supporting
slicks at the head, I an lie seen nt office of Forest and Stream, where order, may heleft.

CAMP LOUNGE t'O., Troy, New York

Address :

SALMON ANGLING

■ •

In the undermentioned Salmon Rivers will bo Leased

for a term of FIVE YEARS. Competition above up-
set prices named. LESSEES to maintain guardian-
ship at private cost. Applications will be received to
1st MAY' next.

River Nntoshqunu (North Shore) $tVO

River Trinity (near Point do* Moms) 100

River St. Murgaret (en has) 100

River Trout inear Moisle) on

River Mistassini (near Godbout) 20

River Becscle, do

River Mullmic incur Perce)

River Grand Paboa, do 1

River Little Pubos, do

River Tobique (New Brunswick)

River Nash waak, do ;

River N.W. Mirntnichl, do !

River Jupiter (Anticosti Island)

River Salmon, do

By order of tho Ron. the Minister of Marine and
Fisheries.

Address,

W F. WntTCUER.
Commissioner of Fisheries, Ottawa.

SALMON ANGLING.

Gentlemen wishing to fish for Salmon In the splendid
river Romainc during the season of 1875. will he
pleased to apply for information to J. W. C., cure of
Editor Forest and Stream. The Salmon are the lar-
gest In the Dominion and run to over flftypountU
weight. Feb 1}

CONROY, BISSETT & MALLESON,

(Successors lo J, C. Conroy 4 Co.)

65 Fulton St., N. Y„

Would Invite the attention of am-
ateurs to the additions they have
made to their regular stock of
Flue Good", comprising In part
Six Strip Split Bamboo Hods for
trout and salmon The famed
"McGinnis" Black Ila,s Rods,
made of Split Rninbou (now till,
season). Vom Ilofe's Rubber steel
Pivot, Click and Salmon Reels.
The celebrated “Fiankfort" Heel,
Ac., 4c. Sole manufacturers of
"MullalyV Pateut Files. Tho
Now style Cultyhuuk Barn Lines
of Extia quality.

Purtlea fitted out for the Adi-
rondack,, the Maine Wo*jds,
Lake Superior, Newport, Cutty-
hunk, Pasque Island, West Island,
Barnegat, 4c.

ORDERS BY MAIL WILL RE-
CEIVE CAREFUL AND
PROMPT ATTENTION

Sportsman’s Route

Chicago and Northwestern Railway.

dkwcUon. on * "T '* h""d' “* ""W wach In all

dli^Uon. an.l cover about all of the country north,

Tl of, Chic*K'* With one branch It
nSth th^lff viui!'"* '*' ""'vaukee, and the coantry
aj‘°,L"r 11,10 « Pushes through
t&Kv"' Oshkosh, FonS du Lac, Green
mhl’, 11^ . b*' 1 and Marquette; with an-

Sih l',m ., i EV*°' 'H""*'1 Ma.ll.on, KRov, aud for
Klnw U. ..Y " nl'ol'*,;T ranching westward from

Matin'? v"‘ .'T'1''1 V Owatonna St Peter,
k. nf! ^ , 1 ln'' *,0P* l,0‘ until l.ak<< Karnes’
ka, Dacota h. Is i one lied; another line sisru from Chi
coko and runs through Klgiu and Rockford to Kre«-
port, and via the IlltnnU Central. reaches Warren
Gideon and Dubuque, and the country beyoud Sttli
another line run* almost due westward, and pass**
through 1,,X0". Stetllng. Fulton. Clinton, (Iowa) C*
Uar Rapid,, Marshalltown, Grand Junction, Missouri
\ alley Junction, to Council Bluff, nnd Omaha Till*
last named I, the "Oimat Tirana Comtinbntal
koutb, and the pioneer overlaud line f..t Nebraska
Colorado Utah, Idaho, Montana, Nuvada, California
and tho I aclflc coast. It tun. through ti„. Garden of
IUiiiola and Iowa and la the safest, short, ,t and boot
routo to Omaha, Lincoln, and other points In Nobtas
ka. and for Cheyenne, Denver, Salt Lake City, Ylr

Slntatlty, Carson. Sacramento, fan Francisco, and
II other point* west of the Missouri River,

See, then, what one company cau ilo. It you want
to go to Milwaukee, Food du Lnc, Manitowoc She
boygun, Janesville, Watertown, Oshkosh. De'l’ero

®re*;n Bay. Rlpon, Madison, liaruhoo. Knu Claire,’
Hudson, Stillwater, Nt Paul, Minneapolis, • '

Urcckonrldge, Moorohcud. Fort Garry, \\ in,
:»nn«.New Ulm, Freeport, Warren, Pluilavllie, Ga

... ... .. _ - — in,- ,«n.

leua. Dubuque, A nterloo. Fort Dodge, Nloux City
Yankton, Council Bluffs, Omaha, Lincoln, Denver,
Suit Lake City. Sacramento, Nail Francisco, or a Inin
dred other northern, northwestern, or western
point* this great Hue !• tho ono you should take. Tho
track Is of the beat steel rail, nnd I* well ballasted aud
ns free from dust us a road can be mane. The bridges
are strong and durable, aud all the appointments tirw
first class ln every respoci. Tho trains that run over

for

- , ,uiii mu inn

this route are made up of elegant new Pullman Paine*

" — ‘lo<

[L

Safety Platform, aiiVpatont Duffers and' "couplings'

Drawing Room and .Sleeping Coaches, tm tit upinelu
fftit line, luxurious, well lighted, and well ventlla
nt lounging and smoklui
ny in their own shops,
with tlio celebrated Miller

111$: i\i

I All flni
Day Co

. is ' . : n...au, imki ..... .<1111111

loti Day ( oftchc*, unit i)li>R*ant louu^liij; und fmoktuir
cars— all built by this Company In their own shops.

The curs are all et

Newpoi
ind, Wc

T f ss.asa.ir. ami > « M 1 | > I I II £ m,

\\ ostlnghonao Safety Air HruktiM, und every other up-
pllunce that ha. been devised for the snuffy of pus
sengor trains. All trains are rnu by tolograpll.
In a word this GREAT LINK has the best
and smoothest track, aud the most elegant und
comfortable equipment of any road In the West, and
hits no competitor in tho country. It I* ornlucntly tho
favorite route with the Clilcagoaus (raveling weal,
north, or northwest, and Is acknowledged by the trav-
eling public to bu the popular Hue for nil pointa Iti
Northern Illinois, Wlvcouslu, Minnesota, Northern
Michigan, Dakota, Western Iowa. Nebraska, Wyom-
ing, Colorado, Utah. Montana, Idaho, Novudo, Call
foruln and the Pacific Elope.

TO SPORTSMEN:

This line presents peculiar advantages. For

Prairie Chickens, Ducks, Gccar, At llrunl Mhontlng
our Iowa Lino to day offers

ivioi-o Favoi'ublo I'oiniM

than any other road In the country, while for
DEER AND BEAR HUNTING and for BROOK
TROUT, I.AKK -SALMON, PIKE, PICK
KRKL and BASS FINDING
a hundred pointa on the Northern nnd North western
lines of tills Company will bo found unsurpassed by
anything In the YVcst.

M A It TIN III GIII'IT. Gen. 8upt , Chicago.
W. II. MTBNNKTT. <i. . i , \-i

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD

Floi’Uln ICxoiii’mIoii KoiiIi'm,

SEASON of 1 87 4 -B.

Tickets to Jacksonville, Fla , and return oro sold De-
cember 1st to April 'si good to return until
May 31st, and llnvu all the prlvlllgua
of FIRST CLASS Ticket.

ltouto No. 6iU- Via Washington, Richmond, Wil-
mington, Charleston nnd Savannah.

Route No. 511 -Yin Washington, Richmond, Char-
latte, Auguita and fiavannan.

Route No. 512- N In Washington, Richmond, Wilming-
ton, Augnelii nnd Hnvnnnali.

Routo No 618 -Via Washington, Richmond, Char-
lotte, Atlanta. Macon and Justip,

Routo No. 514 Yin Washington, Lynchburg, char-
lotte. Augusta mol Savannah.

Route No. 515 — Via Washington, Lynchburg, Bristol,
Atlanta, Moron and Jcsup.

Route No. 518 - Via Washington, Richmond. Auguata,
Y'cmussce Hud Nuvuliunh.

Route No. MU Via Washington, Richmond, Wilming-
ton, Augusta, Yemaaxcc und Havnnunli.

Routo No. 518 - Via Baltimore, Norfolk, Wilmington,
Augusta and Snvaurmli

Route No. 517- -Vln Baltimore, Norfolk, Wilmington,
Cbnrivstofi nnd Navanimli

1#" All of the above tickets return by same route,
nnd are soldut tlio following

TIIIIOPUII IIATKS.

New York $50 III Trenton $47 76

Jersey City 60 On Harrisburg 45 W

Newark 50 00 Williamsport 49 50

Elizabeth Ill 75| Altoona. ...... 50 75

Rahway -Ill SOlPIttsburg. . 52 75

Now Brunswick 49 00 1

VARIABLE ROUTE TICKETS
Sold at New York, Jersey City. Harrisburg, Williams-
port, Altoona nutl Pittsburg, m follows:—
Excursion No. 61' - doing by Route 610, returning
* 1"

by Route 512. $10 additional
Excursion No. 517— Going by Route 612, returning
by Route 510, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 513 Going by Route 610, returning
lloiml

VACHT FOR SALK. —Schooner Yacht
_L Halcyon; centre-hoard; 121 tons O. M.; length
over all. 84 feet; beam. 23 feet 10 Inches She Is
thoroughly and haodsoinely found fore and aft In all
respect*, 1* very fust, having taken prize* In every
race she ha* entered since 1872; believed to be per-
feclly sound. Apply to JOHN JEFFRIE*, Jn .
Mar ll-U 78 Devonshire street, Boston.

Wild Fowl.

AS I cannot attend to them this Sum-
mer, 1 am offering my slock of Wild Fowl at
the following price*:—

Snow Geese (Aiuer hyperbartus)
Canada Geese (4. Canadensis).

Mallards (Anas boschas)

Wood Ducks (At r rponsa).

15 for two
10 per pair

16 per trio
10 per pal/

I cannot tell

Also one White Female Ferret. $10

rpouoda I the tax of enow geese. FRED MATHER,
Fib U i Uu U Trout Farm, Uoutoyi Fall*, N.V,

by Route 511, $10 addition

Excursion No. 519— Going by Route 511, returning
bylloiito 510, tlOsddltlonal.

Excursion No. 522— Going by Route 510, returning
by Route 514, $10 additional
Excursion No. 523 -Going by Routo 514, returning
by Route 510, $10 additional
Excursion No. 520 — Golog by Route 511, returning
by Route 512. $10 additional.

Excursion No. W7 -Going by Route 512, rutuming
by ItouP) 511, $K* additional.

Excursion No. 530— Going by Route 511, reluming
by Route 514, $IU additional.

Excursion No. 531— Going by Routo 514, returning
by Route 611. $10 additional.

Excursion No. 686— Going by Route 512, returning
by Route 514, $10 additional. *

Excursion No. 537-Golng by Route 614. returning
by Route 512, $10 additional.

Excursion No M2— Golog by Route 613, returning
by Route 515, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 643 -Going by routo 615. returning
by Routo 613, $10 additional.

New York offices- No l Astor House, No S«
Broadway, and No 914 Broadway. Depots— Foot of
Desbrosses street and foot of Courtlandt strove
Boston office— No*. 77 and 79 Washington street.

D M. BOYD. Jr., Gen. Pass'ngr Agt.
FRANK TUOMi'ttON, General Manager.

78

FOREST AND STREAM

jfjticelhncpus.

SCHUYLtH. HARTLEY & GRAHAM,

| 10 Malden Lane, 20 A 22 John street, It. V.

BREECH LOADING GUNS

a SPECIALTY.

We would cull tho attention of the public to our
Urge assortment of

Breech-Loading Shot Guns,
Manufactured by the following celebrated maker*:
Me»»r* W. .V C. SCOTT A SONS (winner* at the In-
ternullonnl Guu Trial of 18731; P. WKBLKY dt SON,
W W GREENER, WBSTLEY RICHARDS, J. UOL-
LIS * SONS, and other maker*.

A foil Hue of flue

PISTOLS AND RIFLES CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
DI\0\mAII WVK8LKY '8 SHOOTING TACKLE.
To inauro good shooting from Brocch-loadlng Quo*,
we would recommend tho u»c of tho

8TURTBVANT BRASS SHOT SHELLS,
manufactured by the Union Metallic Cartridge Co..
Bridgeport, Conn. Tbc*e aholla are the Cheapest and
beet in the market, can be easily re-capped with ordi-
nary cap*, without the use of the Implement* neces-
sary In priming all other stylos of sholl*.

BUSSEY'S PATENT OYRO PIGEON AND TRAP.
WITH CASE. AND 10.1 BIRDS.

Black’s Patent (’art ridge Vest.

Thla Vent afford* lhe , M*1 ht~

rangement yet In vented for car-

rylng i-itrirldge*. s£^f .'hl,gwt !"

*0 evenly diatribe ( / ^ that It la

•rjircelv felt- Car 5 f ■trldj-c* can be

waortmo*/ S™ ars

«.W WmJltltflfli o' 0*e ‘Hot *rt-

on force* the wml JHIiiBVUH»*»y forward, when

bad "hooting i» the — . r*"ul*; . ,

In ordering send mea»urement around the cheat.
Prioe I7.IW. AGKNXa F0R TUE

Union Metallic Cartridge Com-
pany’s Ammunition,

WAHRANTEDJHB BEST M pg» MARKET.

DR. FOWLER’S

PATENT

hard rubber reel.

The Gem— Improved.

Thi* boautiful Reel lias now boon before the pub-
lic two years, and all who have used It #i*eak loud In
Its praise.

jIT IIAS BEEN IMPROVED,

»nd all the Reel* made ttatd year will pa*, through tho
haod* of the Inventor, end nnno allowed to go out,
ticept those that are perfect.

For solo by all first-class Jobbers and tho trade gen-
erally.

A II POWLlin, Inventor,

Fob. 4 ITHACA. N. Y.

H. W. COLLENDER.

SucoEBiion to PHELAN A COLLENDER,

MANirrAOTtrnERS or TUB

STANDARD AMERICAN

BILLIARD TABLES.

OFFICE AND WA REROOMS

IV o. 7.'i8 BROADWAY.

A. JOS, XAIT,

A. H. OHOTK-

F.CROTE & CO.

Turners & Dealers
in Ivory,

114 East 14th St., N.Y

Billiard Balls, Cloth, Cqoh, Ac. TcnPtn Ball* and
Pine. Ivory and Bone Checks, and all other kinds
of Ivory Goods.

BOLE MANUFACTURERS OF

Kehoe’s Indian Clubs.

Pritchard Brothers.

No. 94 Fulton St., N. Y.

ALL KINDS OF

Fishing Tackle

Made and repaired with tho ntmost despatch.
ALSO, CONSTANTLY OH HAND
THE BUST KRLKCTIO* IIP TROUT AND 8AL.
MON HODS. HEELS, LINEN AND PLIES.
Medals awarded at the World'* Fair and American
Institute for our superior Artificial Flic*.

CAMP LOUN

Trade Murk Pat
fttrrwiryM.

(i I Campers and Dealers!

'd | tot .'Scientific American

Jan 21

Natural History

For Object Teaching In Schools,

AND

PARLOR ENTERTAINMENT.

We arc prepared to furnish the first sixty numbers
of the first series of

Animalsand Birds of North America.

To those will be added a second eerie* of foreign speci-
mens, and various Animals and Birds lu grotesque at-
titude*. never bowever violating their natural Instincts.

We offer these view* not ns pictures only, but ns
of the great moving ele-
ment* in our modem system of education Is object

tudle* from nature. One

teaching. The unerring fidelity of the stereoscope
transfer* the animals and birds from tboir natural
hnbltut to the rooms of tho student, uud tho flretdlo of
our borne*, when they cannot fall to leave a lasting
Impression of the form, color, habits, and locality of
each specimen.

An experience of more than twenty-five years as
Taxidermist of the New York 8late Cabinet of Nat-
ural History, and lu gathering his large collection of
native und foreign specimens, enables Mr. Hurst So
combine In every view tho locality of the specimen
with Its appropriate rocks, woods or water, and color-
ing from the originals.

. Wild Cat. or Bay Lynx Lync us Rufus.

2. Snowy Owl — Surnla Xyctea.

a. American Wolf —

4. Mild Pigeon ...

Lupus Octfdentall*.
■ - EetopUU * Mlgruloria.

6. Northern Panther Fells Con color.

8. Black Crownod Night Heron Anita Rincon.

7. Woodchuck Actomys Manor.

8. Red Nocked Grebe Podiceps itubricollU.

II. Great Blue Herou irdta Mnvdlas.

10. Amorlcun Swan Cygnus Atnerlcanus.

11. Red Shouldered Buzzard Ouieo llytmalls.

12. American Woodcock Rusllcola Minor.

18. White Fronted Goose Atuer Alb\frons,

14. LongEaredOwl . Otus Amtiicanw.

IB. Hooded Blioldrake Mtrgus Cucullatue.

■eras

i*. Homed Grebe Pedheps Cornutus.

17. Golden Eagle Agutlla

18. Prairie Wolf

17. Golden Eagle — Aq.

Chry ratio*.

10 Spotted Sand Lark
20. Marsh Harrier

. . . Totanus Macularlu*.
Circus Ultglnosus.

21. Mallard Duck Anas Boschat.

22. Great Horned Owl Bubo Virqlnlunus.

23. Great Loon, or Diver Col y mb us Olacialls.

21. American Doer (Alblnoos). .C'rtDun Vtrginlanus.

25. The American Bittern Arden Minor.

28. Old Wife, or Squaw Duck Fuligula OtaclalU.

27. The Wild Turkey Meleagris Qallomvo.

28. The Beaver. Castor Fiber.

29. Common American Snipe Scatopax Ih'fwwii.

30. The Buff Breasted Shelaruke. . . Mtrgus Merganser

81. The Canada Goose Anser Canadensis.

3 t* The New York Ermino PuLoriut. Xoiebm-acm.rit.

88. Red Uroatcd Sheldrake Mergus Ssrrator.

34. Pinnated Grouse , Tetrao Cupldo.

85. The Sand Dill Crane Crus Americana.

38. Tho American Black Bear — Ursus Americanus.

87 Red Tailed Bnzzaul Butero Borealis.

38. Bufile Headed Duck Full aula Albtola.

3«, North American Porcuplno . J/ystrix Hudsonlus.

40. Virginia Partridge Ortyx Virgtniana.

41. Common American Gull — Lams Zonomyncflus.

42. Grey Fox Vulnss Virgluianu*.

43. Red Head Fuligula ErythrocephaUa.

44. Rutl. d Grouse Tetrao UmbeUns.

45 Tho Raccoon Procyon Lotor.

46. The Whistler Fluligula Clangula.

47. Brown or Bald Eagle . . Hali.ll?> * Lsucoceiihalus.

48. Red Fox Vutpls Fulvus.

49. Wood Duck A nas S/mnsa.

BO. American Bam Owl Stryx Pratlncota.

B! . Spruce Grouse Tttrao Canadtm.it.

62. Northern Lynx Ljncut Borealis.

53 Block Duck Anas Obscura.

B4. Belted King Fisher AlcedO AlCpon.

B5. Little Screech Owl Bubo Asio.

BO. American Opossum DldelphU Yiryiniana.

'.7. A morlcan Coot Fulloa A mericana.

58. Ptarmigan . . Tetrao Mutus.

50. Shoveller, or Spoonbill Amu Clypeata.

60. Musquash Fiber Z*Mhiau.

Price* : lly the Dozen #3 OO

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TESTIMONIALS.

CoHNBLL UniVEUSITT, I
Ithaca. March 14th, 1870. 1
I must congratulate you upon your greut success In
this now educational enterprise. If we ran arrange
our amusouieul* no as to make thorn Impart Instruc-
tion to the mind. It will be u step in advance lu edu-
cation. EZRA CORNELL.

Wasiiinoton, I). 0., March IStb, 1870.

I am much pleased with the success you have mot
with in giving to the stuffed specimens a very decided
appearance of life.

I hope you may be able to continue tho Series, and
I luvo no doubt they will furnish Interesting means
of information and instruction In regard to the wild
animals of New York. SPENCER F. BAIRD.

Static House, Boston. Mans., March 18th, 1870.

I have examined carefully (be "Sloroecopit Studies
of Natural History," and judging by the first ten num-
bers, should say that they will prove of vory great
value, both as object lessons for Riudente.and a- a most
Interesting suite for the parlor Stereoscope. The de-
lineations, position, and color of tho different groups
and the general treatment are most perfect, I cor-
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trust you will meet tho encouragement which you
have earned EDWARD A SAMUEL.

Curator of Zoology lu Maes. Stale Cabinet

Pkabody Academy of Science, I
Salhm, Mass., March l»th, 1870. (

I havo shown your Stereoscopic views to the Direc-
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Naturalist, Dr. Packard and Mr. Morse.

They concur with mo in praising their truthfulness
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colleges, than anything we have yet seen.

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In thirty chapters the author has furnished infor-
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J an 21 -4m

Field, Cover, and Trap Shooting.

By Captain A. II. BOG IHIH'M.

CHAMPION WIND SHOT OF AMERICA,

This book contains lu sixteen chapters and about
400 page*, a rultnml Imlrnitlve account of the expe-
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Grouse, Quail, Rutted Ureure. Woodcock, Plover.
Snipe, Ac.

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Ducks, Wild Geese, and Cranes. And lh« best way
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Sperling Dogs, their breeding, and boa to break
thorn.

THE COMPLETE. ART OF SHOOTING ON THE
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•purumcn. by means of which they may become
crack shuts .

Thu habits, haunts, and varied flight of bird* In
their scasous.

1*1 Boon Shooting as an art, with the rules of the two
Championship Badges and report of chsmplon
matches.

EDITED UY ( HAM. J. FOnTF.R.

Published by J It. FORD A CO., 87 Park Place,
Now York. lor sale he all booksellers nud the lend-
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Stream, 17 Chatham street, N. Y. Oct 1

Martin Pat. Imp. Safety Bit,

Patented April Oth, IHTI.

The Marthi till Is designed to be Jho easiest bit
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being driven from three to tun Hines. If on trial they
do not prove satisfactory, money In nil canes will be
refunded.

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plated, $10; Rood bit*, first -class, mcklu jdntod, $u;
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at same age are twice the *lx« of ordinary (rout.

Address older* to 11 O. Stanley. l’res't, Rlxflcld ,
Mo,; U. 8. Page, Treasurer, No. Ill Warren street, N.
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II. B. Porter, Crystal Springs Fish Farms, Oak-
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Wild Wood Trout Farm,

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Trout egg* nnd yonng fish for storking ponds, Ac,
Bristol County Trout Geo. K. Psni.ow, New lied-
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Mm«* Nov. Vll

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WELL STOCKED WITH TROUT,

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FIFTEEN CONSECUTIVE SHOTS U\ COL. JOHN UODI.NE. AT CRBEUMOOR, IN THE *• DENNETT .MATCH," Oct. 3, 1874,

75.

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For Forett and Stream.

MY LAST FISHING DAY.

LET the wind* not sigh alone,

Though they murmur still to, me,

Telling of the days now flown.

Bringing back my boyhood’s home,

Dreamlike to'cheor me on.

Tell mo that I could but sec
The rippling stream and forest glen,

Embowered by the old oaken tree.

Where oft I've strolled, and leisurely
Cast tho^tempting bait with glee. *

Oft have I watched with an angler’s eye,

And lifted 'gainst the eddying stream;

Reeling, skipping with the fly,

Watching patiently to descry
Some wavelike motion breaking by.

When sudden starts the nimble prey
From out the sheltered, shaded nook,

. And stealthily takes the bait away,

Instinctive turns the other way,

Fouling the line to my dismay,

No fouling rod to clear the lino.

Too deep for wading boots to go,

In vain I struggle with the twine,

Hoping, perchance, ere I opine,

To capture at the ebbing time.

Oh severed line! Oh hapless day!

I bade adieu till ebbing time;

Returning to the cot not far away,

I heard the low toned voices say:

A soldiers come to spend the day.

Sigh on ye winds! your requiem sing,

Your chilled breath tells me of the day;

Tells me of the early Spring;

Telle me of ebb tide gurellng;

Tells me of the heart still sighing.

The ebb tide came, I left the prey

Near the old oak tree, where the lilac bloomod;

Ah! well I remember the conscript day,

The call of the bugle for battle array—

My lust view of home, my lost fishing dny!

Quebec, March l*f. C. N., M. D.

For Foreit and Stream.

(Three *jjj$eeh> ot\ the Jf$l'ac\netewm\.

SEVENTH DAY IN CAMP. — NO. 4.

I THREW off my blanket and stepped into the bracing
air, just as the grey dawn was breaking iu the East,
and in good time to see the sunrise. With all Shesbeep for
a basin the morning wash was soon over, and while every-
thing around was as yet asleep and still, I started to climb
the upper end of our island that rose abruptly from the
water and was comparatively free from trees, from which
point I could best obtain my view. Some years ago a care-
less Indian set tiro to the brush here and it left this end
rather bare, as you see, but you can find a good seat among
these rocks; so sit down and light your pipe with me and
be patient, for it will be lighter soon and warm enough
within an hour. This is the best spot on the lake from
which to scan the shores for deer; far away off on our right
is a good marsh, but small, and another one behind us, and
this in the cast facing us is the best one they say for jack
hunting iu either Ohmic or Sheshcep!

The horizon is all grey now, and those streaks of faint
yellow and gold are but the advance colors of what is to
come; everything was sombre and misty when we started
up here, and you can see plainly now how fast those colors
form; you can count the streaks of light that shoot up into
the sky from behind that hill, for they resemble in form an
“aurora” on a Winter’s night, but they arc transient only,
and the crimson and gold will spread out like a sheet of
flame when the sun comes nearer the summit. The lake is
like glnss aud reflects the trees and shrubs, as a mirror
would your face, if the picture could only be transferred
t canvas now!

Here comes the breeze that dimples the lake in the open,

but hardly stirs the leaves below us there; our mirror is
broken into little atoms by it, but we won't mind, for
yonder nondescript insect lias been inspired by it into at-
tempting to cross to yonder point, and it will be more fun
to watch him. He is bulky like a May bug and flie.9 like a
miller near the water — too near altogether, if he wishes to
reuch the shore, for these flsh are wide awake and hungry,
as you can tell by the occasional rise off yonder in deeper

water, where the there! Didn't I tell you so? That

bass pulled him under without hardly a spring. That long
flight was fatal to his life, but then he was perhaps n neces-
sary meal to the flsh, and the links of the chuin connect,
fur oue’s death is the other’s life, and I’ll wager you two to
one that Ned and I can take the canoe and within ten min-
utes bring that very flsh out of the water with my imita-
tion bee und have him for breukfast; but you won't take
me up, so we'll stay here and watch a little longer.

Turn around and see the red flush on the woods behind
us; it is deepening every minute, for the sun will come
over yon line soon, and these bright colors will vankfli, to
be repeated in the west to-uight. You will scarcely be-
lieve that the top of the hill there is not solid earth or rock,
but all that outline is formed by the heavy foliage of trees,
nnd the sun will come over it like rising out of a pit.
What a peaceful, quiet scene he will shine on here! no
smoke or noise of any kind; not even the tinkle of a cow
bell or bark of a dog will rise on the air, for we are in the
wilderness, and the only human life on this lake, or for
aught we know', within twenty miles circuit, is here. Far
away in the city and settled country he will be hailed with
joy by those who have tossed on a sick bed through the
long night and vainly desired his rising; from out of many
houses his glory will be shut to-day, for there are those who
looked on his radiance yesterday for the last time, and the
common idea cannot reconcile death with light, but ho will
alter or change not a whit.

Can you realize, friend, the number of times the light
you and I are now looking on has shone and faded over
this lake? The rim of the sun is half over the horizon
line, and the day has begun in earnest, but Ned won’t have
the breakfast ready for half an hour at least, and he would
rather get it without our assistance; so sit still here until
ho calls and let us talk about what interests us both—
namely, the process nnd progress of creation hero around
this island.

You remember that Agassiz, before he died, proved to
us that the hills at the lower end of Lake Champlain, in
New York, arc the oldest in the world, and by the water
marks in the rock convinced himself that land was visible
there, after the great flood, in tho vicinity of White-
hall, long before the ark rested on Mount Ararat, und
that in regard to existence, America was really the oldest
continent! You think It impossible that a man can take a
piece of rock and say, this was formed at such a time, and
this piece at another, going back to a period that cannot
easily be understood, and yet be certain of what he says!
It does seem 9trange, but if a man will only think when he
is in the wilderness, these marvels arc easier comprehended
then. What ages have come and gone since this beauti-
fully defined, almost perfect landscape, was a chaos aud
animal and vegetable life unknown! Yet creation is pro-
gressing around us this morning as much as it was millions
of years ago, if we could but delect it. When life came
into being it required light, and it came, and ever since the
sun has climbed over yonder hill, varying its course only
with the seasons, and never halting save once, when the
fight was raging in the valley of Gibeon centuries ago!
Sec, friend! take up a handful of this soil; docs it dirty
your hand? never mind, bring it close to your eye and tell
me what you detect there! You say it is nothing but small
particles of black dry mould, with a few specks of gritty
substance. Rub it hard on the back of your hand and it is
transferred there, only to be taken away by water. “Noth-

I thing but dirt" you say, and never think that ut least one-
third of it was once as hard os the flint in the rock you are
sitting on, anil the rest is what was once vegetable and
animal matter! Think of the time that has passed since

that one-third was solid stone, and what force was neces-
sary to reduce it thus, and tell mo if your life in compari-
son docs not seem shorter and briefer than was that of tho
bug we saw snapped up by that fish before tho sun came
up. His life began possibly throe or four months ago, and
ours may lust three Booro years and ten, yet tho comparison
is but os one second to a million years!

“Extravagant metaphor!” I hear you say. Very woll;
think so if you will, but geology does not lie, and wo know
by that that organic life existed hero ages before mau
was created nnd sin crept with him Into tho world. By
the time nature has worked far less wonders than trans-
forming rock to earth, you und I will havu fully com-
prehended tho greut mystery, not only of life but of what-
ever lias existed or will exist iu the ages to coiue, which uo
man can number.

There’s Ned culling “breakfast,” and we must go down,
but we'll have plenty of time Ibis afternoon, for, uccordiug
to my count, this is tho Sabbath— Sunday, or Seventh Day,
as I call it, and I, for one, am going to lot the fish und
game alone to-day und do nothing but lie in thu sliudo und
rest, with my pipe and thoughts for company, unless you
caro to do the same. I don't think Ned would object to n
"lay off," and he’s got his opinions of matters in goncrul,
so we’ll have a good time “All right, Nod, we're
coming!"

“I say, Ned, isn't to day Sunday, or don't you keep track
of it here?"

“I always do, but it don’t make much difference; you
came iu on Tuesday, nnd oampcil that night at thu upper
fall, you remember, and we've been here four days; so I tnko
it to morrow 'll be Monday, but what shall we do to day? I
was thinking of tackling that pickerel up yonder,” nod-
ding his licud toward tho upper end of the lake, “no's
forgot tho prick of the Hpoon by this tlmu, I'll warrant,
and will take hold again this morning.”

"We’ll try him this evening, Ned, but I would rather
keep still until noon, at least. I’ll tell you what I'd like,
if you will, und that is for you to paddlu down to Fllut-
off's aud give them one of these quarters of meat; they’ll
bo glad of it, und we can kill another deer to-morrow with
an easy conscience; you needn't bo away over three or four
hours; I'll bo cook and get dinner. 11

“Well, I’m willing; but you mustn't get uncusy if I stay
a little over thut; I’ll be back by one, and we'll give that
pickerel a brush at turndown. I'll tell Fliutoff you Bent
him the meat!" so sayiug Ned unhooked the gambrel from
the limb, nnd leaving me to clear away tho remounts of
breakfast, which was speedily done, carried the quarter
down to the bcuch, laid the canoe In the water, and uftcr
coming back for his gun, departed down tho laku on his
errand, leaving me to watch him as long as in sight. With
tho venison in the bow, nnd himself kneeling in the stern,
with his rifle close at hand, the canoe shot forward under
his sweeping paddle until he was but a little dot In the
distance, and then, os ho entered the narrow gap of the
outgoing river, the point shut him out of sight and I was
alone I

There is always a subdued feeling comes over ono when
left without a companion in tho wilderness. When your
guide goes away on some planned excursion, to drive a
deer or examine some particular ground, and takes even
the dog, leaving you to listen for signals, or to sit down on
some old windfall und wait his return, don't you always
fall to watching tho ground squirrel*, and clouds, and
birds, and think what n great world it is, and would be,
even if your immense self were taken out? for where you
chance to stop for only n minute you find life and pleasure
and pain under your feet that is as real as your own; you
feel a little smaller than when you started, for by the time
your companion returns, you think you understand nature
a little better, aud perhaps you dol

Well, after Ned was gone I went up to my favorite spot
under the little pine, nnd lying down in the shade, looked
out over the lake and fancied I could hear the bells calling
from the steeple of the church that was miles away, and
see the people wending their way through the street, but i(

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was the call of the jay in the opposite woods that I heard
and the drifting flecks of white clouds in the water that I
saw instead. As the sun came up higher, the li<»ht wind
went down, and by ten o'clock everything was Mil] oxoent
that a gull would flap by occasionally likf a XerSffi

fnm!!'i|J,0 8iDgf"8el. 0pp08ile 11,0 cumI> to drop down on
some bit of refuse in the water, at which feat, the raven

-mudc ®venin« 1*i«?e°us near our camp, would
he kT fimi J»,8.vf? -RUi80 or Approval, as the case might
be. I shot at this lard once with my rifle as he came over-

ba?k ^ ?° ChaDCe of 11 ,ncal would tempt him

back, at least not in our presence; but he would sit on

at e'very cliauce— °n th* °PP0site poiut and put in hi* word

"There’* no breexe upon the fern,
ho ripple on the hike,

Upon her eyrie node the erne,
fhe deer hM nought the hrnke;

The bui,iII bird* will not sine aloud,

1 he springing trout lie* si ill <•

thft/ after,noon exactly, and I was watching the

mvsS whmr°hor CTur ,up .°,ver »>y head and debating within
myself whether I should go to sleep ot not, when by
chance gbneing n, the direction of the river, I was aur-
prised to see a canoe on the water heading toward our
is and, and watching for a minute or so, could tell by the
flush of the puddles that three persons were in the cruft
but whether whites or Indians, 1 could not tell. Iwasuot

Sd thev wenreCltthe.,'Ute^ aItl,0UKh Ned had repeatedly
Sri In ha™,oss, but mv curiosity had been satis-

cerelv iTr down at 0ril,irt- a"d Indians, I sin-
ccrely hoped they would pass on. In twenty minutes I
distinguished four heads over the edge of t lie canoe and
it was a party of reds from Lake Omic
1 Jr Wer? ,ar,er waa “one” beyond me. As they
came nearer, I could see a man in the stern paddling and

situeAn8 l ‘e. Cr“-t,’ ^.llllu f°rward was a lad of fourteen or
nnd amidships a squaw, both with paddles; they
passed within a stones throw of our island, seemingly
iround ?”???*, °f* °Ur camPl and tllL‘n wheeling half

,L,< T1Clr canoe on the point across and pro-
<ran,ip' 1 was considering whether it would be
accordin0 to laws of politeness lor me to cal] first, ns soon
tu they were settled, or wait for them, when “halloal”came

shore, ^ wa/SS *“ ^ rCUr’ U"d lhcre’ forly rods from

canoeCt k'm °D 11,6 bcacb and we proceeded to “land” the

I thought you was asleep, as I didn’t see you when I
come up,” said he. “Was f gone long?” 7 ° 1

• , " i'.'a1 8 n thfl? over there on the point,” said I point-
1D?- . 4re V0 6ou,S to have society up here1”’

Flint s what brought me back early, as 1 expected you'd
worry some L’s John Maquabeo with his squa wf he’s
come up for deer, and you bet lie’ll get ’em-us mnnv iis he
hroTi i^C 1 C° °VCir <lli8 “flernoon nnd see them- he's

Z ,or 1 8C“ “■« ^

“Plow long will they stay here?”

“Not over two nights, us he only hunts with a iack- he
came up from Umic this morning. We hum down
there next week to see where lie lives with the res t^of ’em

There used to bo fifteen or more, but I beard tS is Spring
some of ’em were going buck where they came from up
the Nipissing way. \uu start the lire aud I’ll clean these
fish I got coming up. I came along too fast to get more
but they took the spoon right well, so 1 guess we’ll try that
big fellow again along about sundown. If you get a good
hold of him there’ll be fun, I tell you.” 6 g

.i,r£?nVCt 0Ut 'he Vo11 yet'” Rfti<1 Ned, a* we started in
the late afternoon i for the cove wherein we expected to find

Vur ®P«on a day or so before!
r«m iASe S?ia 11:511 11 ou,y bother us; have your line all
ready, and just as we turn them weeds throw 'it out as far
as you can I don’t think you’ll hook anything inTbeJe
except the big one and if he bites look out you dJn’t break
the hue. With that we sped across the water that was
already beginning to reflect the glories of the setthmsulT
and turning sharp to the left under the very shadow of the
U-ees glided out into u large bay, the inner edge of which
was bordered with a heavy growth of pads and weeds
} l't wfe were thirty rods from shore and the water very
deep, for the stems of the pads were of exceeding length
and in this cove we expected to find our fish. Just where
the growth commeuced, I coiled twenty yards or so of h e
mmy band, and after one or tsvo svW^ ov^ my S
aent ,t out behind me. It fell as wanted, and Jetting it run
I soon had a good fifty yards out. Holding it between in
thumb and forefinger, so us to let go easily, for I expected

, 10°n •h'.mself’ 1 8WU»! n forward aSd back-

strike. g y’ lbl"kll,S evcry minute to feel the tierce

fber^ now*’’ exclaimed Ned, as we made the circuit of
,tb® "®ed* once without a bite, ” I believe he was pricked
too hard boforc und won’t take it. Go back ugaiu and if
he won’t this time I'll give it up.” d lf

i„iPrU"ang. 5u l!?e liD0 we ,0()k a 9bort circuit out into tlm
lake and returned at the right spot. To uuderetand this
remember 1 was in the how with the line, aud Ned in the
&.ithe,°Uly W,'ly l° tr?11 in a canoe when you wish to

bold the hne and not paddle. As we crept along on the re-
turn trip I was losing laith with every stroke of !he paddle
but when the weeds were nearly past the line Bn l i i '
ti^htenud a, it attached a “ fi ™ £°, S'1™ £
my exclamation the canoe swung round, thus presenting me
with a clear field for the tussel. Of course E Cn
urned so as not to foul the line and Ned knew enough not
o bacH or sheer off nearer the weeds, but without turn K
he was watching me closely. Although the weight or
!a lbe water lessened the ‘‘pull ” on my hand I knew I
•!ad tb® 8V Wn8 ?flcr , Tb0 neit *bing was to bring him
iu. When 1 pulled on the line it straigliteued out like the
hawser of a tug, and water would ruu off in drops and al
though I hud confidence in the cord I very much dmibtJd
the spoon. Down would go tfie fisfi, now to tfic left then
U» tfic right and but for Ned’s steadiness would have easilv
drawn our light craft over the water y

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someway before you lift him in. I believe we could’ut bal-
ance her if that fish was in here alive.”

“ Now then, slowly ” as I commenced to drop the slack
line in the canoe. ‘Look out if he tries to get under, if
he does that he s gone sure, or we’re upset. I can’t— Here
he alongside, I shouted • for the fish, as they will some-
times do, had swam hock on us so quick that I had but
just noticed the slack when I could distinctively see his
bulky form not three feet from the surface and almost uu-
der the boat Ills long flat head wan savage in its appear-
ance, and I had just time to mark the cruel gleam of his
eye when there was a quick downward plunge, a flap of his
tail almost in my face, and in a second I was hauling in the
resistless line and looking at the bent hooks, for our great
flsh iad escaped for the second time, and iny spoon was
nearly spoiled. J y

.‘j1! wj11 1,aX® t0 bc a biS ,100k to bring that fellow out,”
said Ned. That last turn of his’n was what fetched him
clear, and no wonder, for the hook’s almost straight. Did
you see him good— how long was he?”

nSrSafed,ry'“nd “,iclt “ "Vfc* S“ “r

” He’d weigh near eighteen or twenty pounds then if he
was that length. Let's start for camp; it’ll he sundown be-
fore we get there now.”

“ There must be fish of enormous size iu these lakes,”
said I, on the way. “ Don’t you think so ?”

‘i 1 Cttn!t *ee «'hy there should’nt he ; they nint fished but
little, and there s plenty of room and feed for ’em to grow
I never ketched but one very big one; tliat’d weighed about
twelve or tbirteen. I don t call him so very big, hut I got
dn , i1™'1/ accident. If a man fished more for these
big ones he d have all he could do. You ought to come up
in the spring of t he year for these big trout, you like to fish
so; lie waters too warm now for ’em to bito well Easv
on the rocks now, till I step out, so-that’s it,” and out we
get and bringing the canoe after, turn it up ou the beach
Z gn (T 8Upper. a,ld after that bring out our pipes;
and while the shadows deepen and the water gets grayer

the miiAteSr°rf fW* U’ "’C- loun«e on our blanket! and
. b ]):\y, cv®"in8 18 P^sed in relating experi-
“ J s;>ber ,talk- What started the subject I do not
JSv thi V b.ul Nt'd to my surprise began to speak of the
day tiiat had passed aud its duties, and regretting some

things in Ins experience, told me 6

“ As I said, we have no chance to go to church up here.

Sometimes a chap’ll come along that’ll get up some K of
1 it m°re tor the women folks

than myself, for I’d rather be up here n^w with you™y
than at any preaching. I don’t understand what they say

man W?l6n 1 have heard but I mind' a

}JV "A ' com? &lon/ ,SIX ?r 8even years ago that I should

like to see again and hear him talk. I remember some of it

J

"Whereabouts was that ? down at Miller’s ?”

1 was away down on the Lawrence when I guided duck-

ud°° “P urlS? bfC,f Weeting,hiS b.and soutl1 ward and sitting
up. Parlies of from two to a dozen would come along at
a mm?, women and men, and stay according to the flights
This man was up one October before any ducks came to
speak of and used to go trolling instead. I see him shorn
our or five times at odd ones and he wnr’nt no green one a
that I tell you. Wei.', Hurst’s little gir died when he w2
up Huist was the Englishman that kept the tavern where
be gunners stayed and they asked him to have service m
tne house. Most all of us, company and Hired men went

nranii.^i , ? |S 00d 0Ur by llie window of the room aud
preached, while some of us had to stay* out under the trees

He X°»ff T °l 'h° Cr^d' 1 “ ourio“s “ ««t'Vut“hen

lie left off I was sorry it was over ”

“ Why ?”

B.ecauf1e was different from anything I ever heard lie
talked of the trees and clouds, and wlmt he called good
UJ. !,h,%ll{e> and tLea what the other life would be. It
mnlT„ m ,f \ C«U?d tai,k Just bke him, only I could’nt

fixed after A fi| ^ T“d tLe Way a man would be

U.xul nfur he died depended on how he used his life here

That - ?®‘fter u w-as l° be f°,,d of country and

I 1. T,fc,!lian '!Ve forever in the city aWi not see it at all ”

Tliut s business for you, Ned ”

Ji J’®!* J?ul l’want .,hal I mean! He spoke of the girl that
had just died, and what she was at that minute ; he said lie
believed she was there with us, only we could’nt see her and

II diil'i i m° HCel i°0l<? a” °-ver to bear hiin ‘alk so,’ but I guess
.. ' d. 1 . uuderstund 11 r‘gbt. Just before he stonned. he

gatory to be released in time when I had suffered for what
I had done wrong hero, but I don’t understand it clear ”
Nor any one else, Ned. This is Sunday night, and we
may as well talk of these things as any other subject, if you
don t object. I feel no more hesitation in speaking of the
end of this life than of my going home to Philadelphia
Some men would laugh at the idea, hut no com, .an’
ton suits me us well as the man who will teach me how to
better myself in the way of learning about it with the same
freedom that he would use in telling me how to hold mv
gun steadier, or throw my fly further. I say the man who
is always running this talk down is not the man to cuiov a
trip like this.” J * a

“ 1 don’t see how it’s possible for a man’s body to be
raised after so many years,” said he after a little silence •
If I kill a bear or wolf and let the carcass lay on the
ground I can only find a few bones next year, aud after
a few years, nothing. I suppose it will be done by a mira-
cle when the lime comes.”

“ Miracles are done away with now, replied I, and I can’t
believe they will be used to bring a man’s bones together
after death. It is said that our bodies will be raised incor-
ruptible, but I take it that means the higher body, and the
lustant I am dead my flesh is to me what last year's horn is
to a buck after shedding, of no further connection what-
ever It I have to he killed at nine to-night, my new life
would instantly begin at the nextsccoud, but how or where
is something I don’t care to know.”

“ Did you ever see uny of them fellows that say as how

they had seen spirits from .”

•’That'11 do Ned. If you start that question I'll pass.

I he nights too short, and I want to sleep without dreams-
so 1 II go aud get some wet leaves for the ‘ smudge
and taking the dipper I weut down for some water to sprin-
kle some moss and weeds to raise a smoke. Night reigned
supreme. I stooped and filled the basin aftd then started
buck ; from a higher poiut I could see across to the Indian
camp, but except the smouldering fire there was no life
there. Millions of stars were blazing overhead, and as I
looked upward one shot across the heavens and dropped si-
lently toward the West. Falling star in Summer ! maybe
it is the mother of another Hiawatha, thought I Hark!
that was a gun from the east side, surely Maquabee has got
one deer and it is’nt ten yet. Welj ! I'll get one also to-
morrow but now for a good sleep, sleep the deatli of this
seventh day s life, and then for sport on the morrow.

Music.

A PRAIRIE

For Forest and Stream.
WOLF HUNT.

, „ *■ Just before lie slopped he

told us how a man or woman should live, so as to be right
when they come to die, and, as lie said, not to he afraid of
the terror by night ’ or the arrow that flew by day Did
you ever hear the like of that ? * 3 U

Had 1 heard it ! Was not my heart, as lie spoke full of
the memory of an old man, who, when disease had left him
blind and lame, and tortured daily to au extent that few
could Stand, drew such consolation from Those ^ words-
elc-” tlmt

“I think I Liuve, Ned, was that all ?”

Cdec by my bo»; ; ,bc night wm still enough tE Ju!
abend “1f,dn,« !l. l,‘cre coure up a thunder storm that went
aheutd of anything of the kind I ever see. Of course U

woufd^eUPTh? {hY®8! k,n.der 6keart nt first, as any man
would be. 1 lie thunder hanged away, aud I could see

I .ioiVt wamld f0r t,ie fiffhtning, while the lake— Well !
did I crowded im i^ water thrash around more than that
uiu. 1 Crowded up behind a tree, and while the rain was

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“ 1 ™ I died n, ,0UJ ^ou]d g0 ,0 pur.

IN the early days of my pedagoguehood it was my for-
tune to become the presiding genius over as motley a
crowd of untamed colts as I believe ever assembled to-
gether under the roof of a log school house. Situated on
the Western frontier, on one of those beautiful rolling

prairies, the country around was justly noted not only for
its magnificent crops, bouncing pretty girls, and sterling
boys, but game of many kinds and iu great abundance was
scattered through all its parts. I soon discovered that if I
was sent there to “teach the young idea how to shoot ”
some of them, with the rifle, at least, could far outshoot
me. Many of my pupils were men grown, and among
them were several celebrated shots, and few that were not
my superior in sports that required severe muscular strength
or endurance. Our school was known as having on its role
the best wrestler, the fleetest runner, aud the swiftest ska-
ter iu all the region around.

It was early in the fifties when I first went West and be-
came a ‘ ’school marster,” aud how well I remember my
astonishment the second day on my arrival at the school as
the larger boys came in, to see them slack their guns in the
corner, with a score or more pinnated grouse (prairie chick-
ens, they called them). I said nothing at the time but I
soon ascertained that it was the custom for the boys’ many
of whose homes were somewhat scattered over the prairie
(some coming five or six miles or more to school) to biiu i
their rifles and knock over a few birds from the fences
where they are wont to alight of a frosty morning I liked
the idea, and having fixed u place iu the woodshed to hang
up their shooting irons, away from the younger children
and the game beyond the reach of prowling dogs I soon
fel into the practice of carrying my double barrel back
and forth for I “boarded around.” you know, and many a
good bag have I made of a morning and evening Quail
were very abundant; hares so plentiful that no one thought
of shooting them; grouse iu sufficient quantities, and the
ducks-nmUard and teal-why the ponds (sloughs, they
call them) were alive with them; theu came wild geese anil
the sandhill cranes, a bird that will sometimes reach tlm
height ot six feet, aud I have even heard of larger ones
Deer abounded iu the groves (every bunch of timber goes
by the name of grove); lots of coons we bad, too for our
night hunts, and the prairie wolves, those cowardly rascals
though every year growing scarcer, were yet sufficiently
pew610*18 l° tr0UbiC the farm°1'8’ Poultry yards and sheep

was towards the closing days of the term— the sloughs
were still in a satisfactory condition, and able to bear un
for the Spring sun had not yet broken up their icy coverings—
that I was waited on by a committee of the larger boys
und asked it I would not give them the next Thursday as
a holiday, or at least hold school ou a Saturday in place of
that day. Why so? “Because we want to go to the wolf

i!«h V A Humph11i Wft“lLd t0 SO, too. It seems the wolves
had been unusually audacious in several of the sheepfolds
and a regular organized hunt was planned for their exter-
mination, as well as for a good time among the hoys The

®ali*r Z“nS°°a an:anged’ and cudy ou tbe morning men-
tioned, with some thiily or forty of our party we started
for the point designated for us. P y’ WL slartcd

The plan was something like the following:— Word had
been sent out several days before to lbe different towns and
villages scattered over the country to elect their captains
for the graud hunt, to form their portion of the ring that
was to close up to a certain centre indicated by a fla- or a
tall staff far out on the prairie. These rings ale sometimes
twenty and thirty miles in diameter, and it takes an early
start, with rapid traveling, to close up in time. The dif-
ferent captains, on fleet horses, ride back and forth keep-

thfng^beforeThem.11’ “d “ ^ C,°8e Up lbey d™ "*£
Alter a smart tramp of a few miles, we began to see
scattering parties on our right aud left, that gradually grew
more numcrQUs, until an almost unbroken line was formed
on both sides, ad heading towards a distant point, but

FOREST IAND STREAM.

which pofnt was as yet far frora view. Of course the cap-
tnius and many of the privates knew pretty well where
tins was. bhots were heard every now and then along the
line as the grouse, as they whirred up from the tall grass,
or a fox, scudded off in the distance. Then we had
glimpses of lnrger game disappearing over the knolls of
the rolling prairie, and word ran along the line that several
deer were ahead; then a wolf or two was signalled, and
the excitement increased. The orders came along more
frequently— “hurry up', hurry up." With hearts beating
wildly, and nerves strung to the highest pitch, we came in
view of the flng, and then of the advancing portion of the
other side of the circle far in the distance.

We could see the affrighted animals— deer, wolves and
foxes — hurrying hither aud thither, while hundreds of
grouse were charging back over our heads. Shots were
following thick and fast, the excitement growiug more in-
tense as the shouts and yells along the line grew more
hoarse and vigorous. The captains, riding as for life,
shouted "close up, close up;" th? deer will break in a min-
ute." Aud so they did. Here they come, us a dozen
charged down on a broken spot lu the line. Like sheep,
they all came following their leader. Several were killed
bu: the most of them went by like a whirlwind, bounding
clear over our heads. One fell some twenty rods back of
the line, carrying with him a musket, to which was at-
tached a bayonet. The deer jumped over the man, but as
it went by he made a thrust, and fortunately penetrated
the animal's side; but so great wns its speed that it tore
the whole tiling from the man’s hands and ran the distance
named before it fell. This was said to have been an actual
occurrence.

As we approached nearer, word came along the line to
cease firing, as it was becoming dangerous, ft was astou-
l.shing to me that during so much reckless excitement more
casualties do not occur. This time we got off with one
iiiuu having a bullet in his leg, and another bad liis horse
shot from under him.

On one side, to the left of the flag staff for some dis-
tance, was a slough, or at least a large indentation in the
prairie. This wus the centre. We were ordered not to
**re °lher shot until word should be given, when we
should have closed up to the rim of this bowl on the plain,
something like a quarter of a mile in diameter. As we got
over the knoll, and looked across at the other side of ex-
cited faces, and then down below, what a sight was before
us! A dozen or more tawny, dirty, lauk looking creatures
rushed here and there in wild confusion, and with lolling
tongues and protruding eyes sought iu vain to escape; but
no mercy wus shown the cowardly lamb stealers. Soon
the word came, "Give it to them,” and a hundred guns
belched forth their contents at the panting victims. In a
short half hour all were down, and the hunt was over; but
not so tlie fun. Theu commenced the greetings and hearty
hand shakes among the boys, and cheers for this and that
hero who had distinguished himself iu the hunt. A wagon
drove on the ground from some mysterioifs quarter, having
as cargo a barrel of nietheglin (honey whiskey), and an-
other loaded with beer, pies, and huge cakes of ginger-
bread, orange yellow, and ribbed (“rock ribbed and ancient
• as the sun, I came near saying), as we used to see it in our
earlier days of "general trainin’."

After shooting the flag down, which seemed always to be
the first thing, targets were put up, and the off hand shoot-
ers tried their hand, or rings were formed here and there,
and famous wrestlers essayed to win new laurels or suc-
cumb to better men. The boys were out for a day’s sport,
and they had it, for all was jollity and genuine enjoyment.

If those honest, rugged frontiersmen don’t know how to
do the thing up, and do it well, nobody does.

The shades of night were falling fast as we turned our
faces homeward, straggling along in groups across the
prairie. Many of the boys had pelts on their backs, or the
entire carcass of a vttlpia or a reynard behind them on
their horses. What a long, tiresome tramp for some of
them going home that night after all the excitement. But
few regretted having been a participant in the hunt. I did
not for one. Ahl those were good old days in "Illinoyl"
Would that I could live them over agaiul

Jacobstaff.

TO CANADA FOR

For Forest and Stream.

FIFTY DOLLARS.

THE MEGANTIC DISTRICT.

$21.65. Weill twenty-

OTTT? P„,| D , flve pounds each of self-raisiug flour and Indian meal;

uuiriend f red Beverly, has given us, in a most fifty pounds of flour may bo substituted, but I would re-
plcnsantly written article, entitled "Florida for On., commend the meal, to those who do not dislike it, as being

. • , -— .... - - healthier; say, for the meal and flour, $2. Then we want ten

party going into the woods for the first time, and it is so pounds of cut loaf sugar at $1.20, und one pound of tea or
' iat U wil1 bear rcPelition( though in a J about five pounds of coffee; the tea would cost about eighty

trouble of the trip. A sportsman who is much more
familiar with this region than the writer, and who spent
the most of one bummer in exploring the streams and lakes
m the vicinity of Luke Megan tie und the sources of the
Uiandiere, informs me that lie was most richly rewarded
for his tune spent, and that in many nameless streams and
lakes tlie sport was superb. However, I do not propose
for the sum of fifty dollars to lead the reader Into the
wilder regions of this country, but will remark, en passant
that the adventurous voyager may, by taking a light skiff
at Sherbrooke, penetrate by a little perseverance to the
sources of the St. Francis, but of the sport to bo obtained
on su.-h a trip I cannot, personally, give any assurance. I
will assume os an objective point the Brompton chain of
lakes, as there are various other points which may be
reached at about the same expense. These lakes, about ten
or twelve in number, are situated in tlie midst of a perfect
wilderness of hills; indeed, so broken is the contour of the
ground, they can only be reached by oue road, and that
one runs at an average angle of 45* to tno horizon Tlie
larger lakes contain the finest "lunge" or lake trout, and
some of the smaller ones abouud with brook trout and
bass. At the foot of the largest lake there is a mill, but
this 19 about the only building iu a circuit of miles, ami the
sportsman may easily imagine himself in a perfect wilder-
ness. Lake Massawippi, on the line of the Fassuinpaic
railroad, also abounds with fish, and can be reached at a
less expense than Brompton or similar lakes, but all sup-
plies would have to be shipped from Sherbrooke, Sirnustcnd
or Montreal to We9t Hatley. There are numberless small
streams and lakes lying to the west of Lake Memphrema
gog and ihe Brompton Lakes, on which a party might make
their camp, aud from whence there might be excursions to
the surrounding lakes and streams. Numbers of these
small streams, streams that oue could jump across, contain
trout weighing fully a pound. One need be careful, how-
ever, as, unless tlie ground be open, there is danger of
breaking the tip of the rod. One of these streams f have
cause to remember, as by its side lies the last tip of my last
rod. How it happened I shull not waste time by describ-
ing, but will proceed af once to the subject of this article
The most convenient point of departure for the Brompton
Lakes is Sherbrooke, but they may be reached by way of
Magog, if preferable; and on the way from tlie latter place
the sportsman may, if he so will, test the waters of the
almost bottomless lake that lies at the foot of Mount
Orford. Before starting there are, however, some neces-
saries to be gathered together Tor the trip, and I will sup
pose the intending voyager to be provided with a trout rod
u bass rod, or a rod a medium between the two, one or two
spoons and an artificial minnow, a few fiies.a strong line and a
few large hooks for "lunge.” He will also do well to provide
himself with a pocket compass and to read the urticles ou
woodcraft that liuve from time to time appeared in Forest
and Stream. Of primary importance is tlie tent. This
can be made by the parties themselves, if so disposed, ami
by using yard-wide, strong twilled cotton the expeuso for a
tent to bold four should not exceed ubout $8. For a party
of four, I would recommend a tent 8x10 feet and seven feet
high, with three feet walls, which would require about
thirty yards of cloth. A strong rope, to be used as a ridge
pole, to be provided in addition to tlie ordinary ropes. If
the parties have not a tent of their own, and do not care
to make one, one can be ordered in Montreal of Thomas
Sonne & Bro., No. 13 Common street. The price for a
good teut of white cotton drilling will be $12 of a size to
accommodate four persons, and $10 for a size to accommo-
date two. “Hunter’s tents,” 6x6, cost about $8, and
Messrs. Sonne expect to be able to manufacture a stiil
cheaper grade of tents for fishing and shooting parties
and any party who might desire to visit Montreal, and to
purchase their supplies here, could have a tent made to
order at a few hours notice, if there were none on hand
Let us say for tent, $10; then, for two pairs of blaukelaj
$4. Blankets can be bought in Montreal from $1.25 to $3
per pair; a really good article being furnished at the latter
price, and a useful one for $2. Two rubber blankets, such
as can be bought in Boston for $1.60 each, though not
necessary, would be found convenient. A poncho would
be still more serviceable. Then a bake-kettle, about a foot
in diameter, a frying pan with a long handle; a tin tea or
coffee pot and a hatchet; the whole costing about $3.
Matches, which should always be kept while in camp, iu a
wide-mouthed bottle; soup, candles, two pounds puraflue
128., salve, liniment and court plaster, say $1,65. Let me
see! How much have we spent?

SS& S 4c- ,b* “*■"

sumnX" ,ni,ilm»riUlr0i'Ul1 far? 1 l,HVC fiven thow of the Pas-
travfl|nir1fo ?'iiUS W"? u‘° mo>* direct route, and partial
thooxeunUm* rat™ }?Val' couW “‘emsdve. “f
issued for t?? i Newport; return tickets being
to Sherbrooke und °?u * 10 Newport, thence

the sail up thelakn and'™ i>y M«ROg; thus enjoying

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I have assumed the SvMer “l1? «°nn«cilon that

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would do K! <>r ca,nP lb* intending camper

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a<l‘lr08ac3 'jf r^p.insil.lVV'S w ho wl /"fu rn Mi"

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names and
goods ut
say tlmt,
rnnsporti

i.v

mile ; so'tlmt parties^dc HringTo vislt^ny oluennirt ^oFuie

JSdfogw“ ?7 Dna:i',d m,\v n‘,,k« their estimates

uccotoiogly , and there is a small pocKot man which would

S Ar “ ,rr '"r- e-bR-hod S FiXerw u" ,o

•MMritM dera !' S/Thf?10* oMlnwtwt, and remembering the
foP^d flf,e.n ^ by> ru,":> l,f0 ,,nd f“r«. I am construed
to add fifteen pounds more nieu to tlio quantity a remlv
mentioned. As to wlmt to do with it, fonhio who J2
not have used it. I would say, simply mi in siifSeK
quantity of salt with It while dry, pour on enough boiling
wo,ffnWatCf; lo • thick baiter aod'cook as you

d puncHko (!v,'r “ »»l loo quick tire For obtaining

In Utho list of1 CUmP ,l0’ 'ni,i» 1 1,11 ve omitted strangely
,n ,Uk list of necessaries, will bo (-essential nntl h Uollirr

a'Mund for'ufo meid ^ f°r ,l! “la° lW0 ttud

.“"S1 lcr, cares to penotr.ua to the deep-hidden and

hkter 'p0!*1 flDd sufficient sport to repay him for
his labor. Perhaps sport is
would be more correct.

aport to repay him for
not the proper word; fish
Mantlet.

JP? ifars? mid (%oni[sq

THE SPRING RACES.

TIIC nominations for the various events closing March
1st, and to be run for at Jerome Park and Saratoga
snow an undiminlshed interest In racing affairs. The Ford*
Imin Handicap has 53 entries, among which are Kadi Break-
ness. Mate,, ^pnugbok ami Survivor. The Westchester Cup
has 21, including Sliylock, Fadladcen and Saxon, The Ja-

Vl’lllll* MlnUpQ !( t till 1 1 u irnt II Ik 1/ ....... .. ... I m. .

different form.

In tlie following article I shall pre suppose that, at least
two persons make tlie trip iu company. I will ulso assume
Boston as my starling point. The region, which is to be
tbc Mecca of the pilgrimage, lies directly north of tlie
Slates of Vermont and New Hampshire and extends thence
northerly and easterly to the St. Lawrence and the Province
of New Brunswick and the State of Maine. The country
is very hilly, almost mountainous, and abounds in lakes
aud streams which, iu their turn, abound, in general, in
fish; principally trout, lake trout and bass. Iu many of
the numberless streams of this region the salmo fontinatu is
to be found in abuudance; true, in the smuller streams,
they are small iu size, but (bis is owing, I think, to the
character of the streams, and their great number. In the
larger streams, and tlie lakes, they will be found weighing
from one to five pounds; tlie latter weight beiug enough to
test the skill of the angler to the utmost. In many of the
lakes that clumsy kinsman of the trout, salmo confinti, will
be found, and though not uffording the sport of his more
graceful relative, be will be found no menu antagonist, nor
unworthy addition to the bill of fare. Indeed the luke
trout of the smaller lakes are as far superior in point of
flavor to the trout of Superior, as the latter ure superior to
the sturgeon. The garaey bass are found in great numbers
ana have been taken iu certain waters as high as seven
pounds in weight, though this is an unusual occurrence,
lu some waters tlie pike and the dare, or pickerel, abound,
ana are taken at certain seasons in great numbers by spear-
ing. l be dare is by many esteemed us affording most ex-
celleut sport, and as being a superior table fish, but per-
sonally I cannot endorse this opinion. Parts of this
region, as the wilder portions of the counties of Wolfe,
Megan tic, Dorchester and Bruce, are seldom visited by
angler or tourist, though they would richly repay the

or ninety cents und the coffee about $1.75; then, one dozen
cans -condensed milk, $3, and one box crackers, say a
twenty pound box, $2; teu pounds of salt, a quurter of a
pound of pepper, two large jars of pickles, Crosse &
Blackwell's; one large bottle Worcestershire sauce, and
sny, three cans Crosse & Blackwell’s condensed soup; the
whole costing $2.50. For meat, thirty pounds ol dry
salted pork or spiced beef to an equal cost, $3. Potatoes
may be procured on the ground— that is, near the camping
place; say one and one half bushels, $1. Did I include
two large tin cups and two tin plates?— 50 cents. No!
Well, add them, and 50 cents more for two very common
knives, forks and spoons, aud I think die outfit is complete,
aud at an expense of $38 25. To this you may add for
freight of tent, from Moutreal, or of supplies, if bought
there, enough to make the amount $10. We have to add
to this to reduce to U. 8. currency, say 12 per cent, which
would muke $44.80. Now, from Sherbrooke to liromptou
Lake and return, 9ay it will cost $6, and from Boston to
Sherbrooke the fare is $8.60 in U. S. currency, making the
total fares $34.40. Adding 12 per cent lo the item of $6
for transportulion from Sherbrooke and return, would make
it $0.72, and tlie grand total would be about $86, leuving
the sum of $14 for contingent expenses, which luuy be ex-
pended in Pullman car accommodations, in part, and In the
few necessary refreshments on the load. Should the
tourist make Lake Massawippi his heudquarters, tne ex-
pense would be reduced by tbc expenses from Sher-
brooke to Brompton Lake and return, and be can
order his supplies cither from Sherbrooke or Mon-
treal; and should a party of four make tbc trip, the
expenses would be proportionally reduced, as a tent to hold
four could be bought for only one-fifth more than oue
holding two persons. Parties making their own tent would
ol course save something, aud should they happen, in ad-

venile stakes 31, all as yet unknown to fame. Tim Jockey
Club Handicap Sweepstakes 26. with Countess, Lizzie Lu-
c,is and Cmisicad in the list. Ton gentlemen have sub-
scribed to tlie Post Stakes, four miles, to be run at the Full
meeting. I ho aunnul sweepstakes for 3 year olds (’76) Las
19 nominations, all tlie leading stakes being represented
For tlie Saratoga events, the Flash Slakes for 2 year olds
has 30 entries; the Saratoga Cup 28. comprising the bet
horses in the country. The Sequel Slakes 22, and the Sum-
mcr Handicap 28, of which many will he declared out
when the weights are announced, ^hu various sweepstakes
for 2 and 3 year olds, have ulso been well filled,

c Jockcy ClulAvill give their annual purse of
$30,000 (an increase of $5,000 over lust year) iu November
next. In connection with this colossal event, the Califor-
nia Confederacy for the Importation and Improvement of
Thoroughbred Horses propose sending their agent, Wil-
liam Shear, to Europe about the 20th of Murcli, to purchase
u flyer to compete for tlie prize, as they object to Eastern
horses carrying off all the money. We doubt If they gel a
lo«(f distance horse for such money an they will care to pay.

There arc more than 161 different trolling courses in the
country, and more than 1 57 communities in die land inter-
ested in trotting races.

—The Spring meeting of the Maryland Jockey Club com-
mences on May 25th and lusts four duys.

—The American Jockey Club have oponed a stnke cnHfd
“The Home Bred Produce Stakes," for the produce of
inures covered in 1875, to he run ut the Full meeting 187H.

The Betting.— Chesnpcakc und Arlatldca arc each ut U
to 1 for the Wilbers' Sluke. Hydcr All mill remains the
favorite at 5 to I for the Belmont stakes, and ut 7 lo 1 tor
the Travers stakes.

—The Board of Appeals of the National Association for
the Promotion of the Interests of the American Trolling

Turf, b now in session at the Everett Hou«c in liii < Ity

137 cases are before I hern for decision, As an example of
the growth and importance of ihi* Association wo would
mention that in 1876 it numbered 51 associate organizations
In '71, 57, in '72, 02, in '73, 100, and in '74, 160. Delegulea
from ibe vurious important trotting associations arc present
to arrange tlie dates for their meeting, hut the report will
noi reach us in time for this week's issue.

—Tlie North German Gazette says tlie French Govern-
ment his ordered the purchase of 16,060 cavalry horses in
Germany. The Gazette hopes the German authorities will
take steps to prevent sucli purchases.

—The great event ut Croydan, England, the united grand
steeple chuse, wus won by Luuccl.

At the Croydan, England, Spring races on the 3d insf.,
Mr. Walkers h c. Industrious, by Blair AlJiol, won Hie
OiuDd International Hurdle Race. Nineteen Jioxaea atari td
and the odds against Industrious were 12 to 1.

84

FOREST AND STREAM.

tfftslf (^ttUitre.

[Prom Proceedings of American Fish Cnlturlsls' Association 1

STOCKING DEPLETED WATERS.

BY SETH onEEN.

GENTLEMEN:— I have been worrying my brain for the
lost twelve years in studying out the art of Halt cul-
ture and the best way to stock our depicted waters. In the
year 1837 I commenced Ashing as a business, and followed
it until 1800. I hud sometimes as many as one hundred
men in my employ in taking and selling fish. I did my
fishing with all kinds of nets and lines, and in all kinds of
waters, and had us good success as any other fisherman in
those days. When the weather was so that any boat could
live on the lake, my boat was sure to be there with an early
otnrt. I have been capsized, and have ridden sometime
on the bottom of my boat. I did not like it, but preferred
it to not hnving anything to ride on. I have rowed eight-
een hours without getting off my seat, and pulled every
stroke for my life. The boat had stern way on her six
hours of the eighteen, with every man pulling his best. I
was fishing in Lake Ontario at the time, at u point four
miles above the mouth of the Genesee River. We started
from shore at three in the morning, in an open boat twenty
feet long ami seven feet beam, myself, two men and u boy
comprising the crew. The lines were set twelve miles out
in the lake, and I was fishing for salmon trout, with set
lines. I reached ray buoy at seven o’clock that morning,
and hnd taken tip four miles of lino when it blew so hard
that t lie line broke. I started for shore with the wind dead
abend and blowing a gale, and reached thereat three o'clock
the next morning, landing at Braddock’s Bay, three miles
from my cabin and forty rods from a fish shanty. I sent
one of iny crew to wake up the men; in about five min-
utes I sent another man, and in about live minutes more
myself and the boy started for the same shanty. I had got
about half way to it when 1 found one of my men lying
on the sand fast asleep in u pouring rain. I got him to his
feet, went to the shanty, and found the door open and the
logs of my first messenger sticking out over the threshold,
and he, too, was fast asleep. After pulling the latch string
lie had fallen in without waking the fishermen in the hut.
We got the latter up, and stowed ourselves away in their
warm hells, and that was the lust any of us knew for the
next twelve hours. I took, or caused to he taken, from a
half ton to three lone of fish daily for twenty years of the
early purl of my life, and think I know all the devices for
taking fish, from a pin hook to a pound net. I lmve used
all of them, and have probably done as much toward clean-
ing out the waters of this State as any man, and that is the
reason, I suppose, why people think I should know some-
thing about restocking these waters. The great secret in
this work is in pulling fish in the waters suited to them.
Many bodies of water arc suited to kinds of fish that never
were in them before, but all waters are not fit for all kinds
of fish, and you might better put them on the land than in
waters not suited to them. They will not thrive; the
waters into which you put fish must have the right kind ol
food for them, and you must know if it is there, and it is
a mistaken idea some people have that fish will live on
water; they cannot any more than you can live on air.
Many of the Stales have fish commissioners, and this State
lias three — Gov. Seymour, Robt. B. Roosevelt, and Edward
M. Smith. 1 um their superintendent, and being one of
the oldest in the business, and having probably seen as
much of ii from the bottom to the top os any, 1 take the
liberty to give you my opinion of what kind of men you
want for fisb commissioners. You want wealthy, public-
spit Itod men — three such men. The superintendent must
be a practical fisherman, who knows how to take all kinds
of fish in all sorts of inland waters, and if you can get a
man who is a fish culturlst OS well ns a fisherman, ulT the
better. If you have to employ a man who has but one of
these qualifications, the fisherman is the more vnluable.
You must know how to take fish to have them lor stocking
your waters. I, of course, think our State the model one
in these respects. The commissioners and myself have
been opera tin * together for the last six years, and never
have had any discord thnt we did not settle at the time.
We get together once a year, lay our plans, and then live
up to them. There was a time when I thought I knew
more than they did about thc*business; but they have
caught up with me; and I don’t know but what they are
a little ahead, for they know all that I do, besides what
they have learned from everybody else. We have now
practical knowledge euougli to stock all our waters, but tlio
greut secret Is to do it in the right way. All of our used
up shad rivers can surely be slocked again, nnd become as
productive as in their best days; and the quicker it is done
the better, for they are getting poorer every year. lathe
year 1808 I was in Washington, and hatched a few shad in
Gen. Spiuner’e office. I told him I could slock the l’oto-
iuuc with young shad, and in threo years they would be us
plenty in that stream as they ever were, lie asked me how
much it would cost. 1 said $2,500 would doit. Ho said
he could get an appropriation from the Government, and
we went to the capitol and told the members our story.
They presented a bill, and one of the members objected to
it; that was the eud of it, and Gen. Spinner was one of the
maddest men 1 ever saw. He said it was the .greatest ca-
lamity to the country that had happened in this generation,
aud so it was. if he had obtained the $2,500 appropriu-
lion the Potomac River would to-day be tbe greatest shad
river iu the world. At that time I was the only man who
had ever hatched shad to know anything practically about
it, aud 1 did it all with my own hands. Now it is differ-
ent. 1 have eight practical men, and every one of them is
► able to run a shad hatching establishment. There is but
one other in the country who cun, and that is Charles
Smith, who was with me at Holyoke in 1807. Shad hatch-
ing is a trade by itself. A man may know bow to hatch
oilier kinds of fish, and make a perfect failure In hatching
shaii. He may know how to hatch shad in a running
stream, and tail in tidal waters; but there is enough known
about it now to restock all our shad rivers, and in a few
years make them equal to their best days, if the work is
well arranged. The next greut thing to be done is to stock
all our larger lakes with salmon trout and whiteflsh. We
have been Hutching these for the last seven years, and 1
know that our great lakes ean be abundantly slocked in a
few years. Tbe Canadian Government would probably
assist, as they have eminent fish culturists, who know the
benefit both countries would derive from the work. Even

if one side was willing, and the other not, the undertaking
would pay millions of dollars to either. Let each side,
then, go to work on its own hook, for as soon as one side
begins the other will surely follow. If we begin first, we
cannot do so much that the Canadians will not try to out
do us, and vice vena. Much valuable time is lost by wait-
ing. Three years ago I took as many salmon trout spawn
with four men as I secured last Fall with twelve, and if
the fisb decrease in the same ratio for a few years more it
will take a long time to stock the lakes again. Tbe black,
Oswego, and rock bass, and wall-eyed pike arc valuable for
stocking our inland waters. It is well enough to cxehange
spawn with the old countries without going to much ex-
pense in doing it. We have as fine varieties of fish in this
country as there are in any other. A good deal has been
said about the earn for stocking some of our waters; hut if
I am rightfully informed it is a coarse fish, about equal to
our mullet. The Oswego bass is much to be preferred for
the table, is a fust breeder, and will five in uny waters that
that the carp can exist in. Wc want done only what we
know is practical, and do not. want expensive experiments;
our commissioners say to us, wc want to expend the peo-
ple’s money for what we know to be lor the greatest good
to the greatest number, and there is plenty of work to do
before we can spend time in experiments. Let us stock
our waters with fish; there is no trouble in dome it, unless
we switch off to some other work which does not belong
to the one we have commenced. If we turn aside we shall
soon find that the people will refuse appropriations, and
the work will he stopped, for there is not a dollar of the
people’s money spent but some one discovers what it was
expended for, whether for the purposee to which it was
appropriated or not. Let us keep the confidence of the
people. When I went to the Connecticut and Hudson
rivers and told the people I was going to hatch shad eggs,
and make shad plenty and cheap, I was hooted at; being
looked upon by some as a lunatic, and by others as a rogue.
Mr. James Mull, who owns the fishery where we do our
shad hatching fr r this State, told me last Summer that he
sent a dozen gentlemen to talk with me and see if they
could make out what kind of a character I was. All
thought I was insane or an impostor, and I was treated as
such the first year on the Hudson and Connecticut rivers.
Some of my visitors told Mr. Mull, on their return, that I
might he insane, but was no fool. It is different now, aud
they don't hoot at me, but take my band with a warmth
that gladdens my heart. I huve a set of men with me who
me practical fishermen and practical fish culturists. I
think they are good as any iu any couutry, and are capable
of .superintending operations in any State. They are not
writers, but are honest, and have education enough to keep
an account of all they do. They are deserving of better
places and more wages than our commissioners can afford
to pay them. They have been taught economy, and prac-
tice it.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMIS-
SIONERS OF FISHERIES OF THE
STATE OF MAINE.

THE commmissioners, in presenting their eighth re-
port, dwell with enthusiasm upon the cordial man-
ner in which their efforts have been seconded by the people.
A larger edition of the report has enabled them to diffuse
a more general knowledge of tl.c native fishes of the State,
as well as of the nundromous fishes which visit her rivers.
They look upon fish culture as not ouly an important and
wealth-producing interest, but also as a resource of pri-
vate industry for securing food not second to that derived
from the production of the domestic animals and fowls,
and the grain products of the fields.

The error of allowing the river highways traversed by
these ocean visitors to be obstructed is severely commented
upon. Prevision provides the means for civilization and
culture. Subsistence must be insured beyond the chance
production of a system liable to be varied by the elements.
Fish culture, they claim, is a settled fact, and every acre
of land will in the future he looked to by its owner to yield
its crop of fishes as much as his tilled fields their auuual
products of roots and cereals.

* nv inauoi in appeuie is me guardian ot lite. The ne
cessiltes of a remote population still demand the sanilan
requirement of its “Quintal of Fish.” Once it was takci
at the river side. The yearly store of salted salmon oi
shad or ale wife may he no longer had; the dried fish o
trade, at first at a very low price, for a time supplied th<
waul. Soon an unaccountable scarcity of our oceau fishei
so raised t lie prices that fish became a luxury, aud not t
homely need. The system of checks and balances Na
t nix’s law of equivalents, may not be lightly meddled witL
by mun.

Kansus and Nebraska are now making an appeal to the
sympathy of their fellow-citizens of our republic for bread
to save litem from famine caused by the grasshopper
Should mau, in his thoughtless disregard of the laws oi
Nature, destroy all the fish that inhabit our waters, the re-
sult would be ratal to all growing vegetation, as well us to
animal life. No so powerful check upon the insect tribe
as our lly-feeding fishes and birds. Thoughtless legislation
is alone to blame for tbe present scarcity of fish and the
enhancement of the cost of living by raising the price ol
other necessities in the precise ratio of their deficiency.

Of the actual operations of the commissioners, the report
says that 200,000 salmon eggs were received from the
Buck sport salmon breeding works. In addition to these
'-..>0,000 wore received as a gift from the General Govern-
ment through Prof. Baird. These were duly distributed
between the 1 cmnHquuu, St. Croix, Piscatuquis, Sebec
Medomak, Georges, Androscoggin, and Penobscot rivers

1 he reports from the various localities where the salmon
try were deposited ate of the most favorable description
borne of the streams are said to be fairly swarming witli
the young fish, but unfortunately there is no law to pro-
tect them, aud legislative action is requested.

Land-locked, or fresh water salmon, is knowu in the
Mute under so many names thut it is almost impossible to
l ecognt/c the fisb save from personal experience. Iu

M.nL rUOl. R'; °r. ,Graml Luke Wttlers< il is found in great
numbers, but seldom over seven pounds in weight- the
average weight is one and a half pounds. Sebec Xake is
also lumous lor them. At Reed’s pond, twelve miles from
Bangoi, on the Calais River, they have in the past been

SS aV,‘lgl‘ !ls twenty-two pounds. These

fishes of Reed s pond have not only been very much thinned
out by the merciless slaughter of them on their spawning
beds by the class oi drunken roughs who live by pot limn-

ing and poaching, but to fully as great an extent by being
deprived of access to their natural spawning ground in
swift running waters. It is a necessity of this fish to have
access to running aerated water as well for spawning as
for health. Tbe Reed pond salmon have been so driven
by the the erection of dams on most of the brooks and
streams that empty into this lake to reek other spawning
places, that many of them will deposit their eggs on sand
bars in the pood itself; these eggs never hatch, as a certain
amount of motion and circulation to the water seems abso-
lutely essential to that process.

Prof. Agassiz has said that thirty years ago he supposed
the land-locked salmon to be a demoralized salmon, that
some cause had prevented access to the ocean, but subse-
quently changed his opinion, and concluded it was a dif-
crent species.

The young of both Salmo salar , as well as of the land-
locked, or fresh water salmon, are marked by dusky grey
bars, which gradually fade out and entirely” disappear in
tbe second year. Upon stripping off tbe skin of tbe adult
fresh water, or land-locked salmon, these bars will be
found still visible upon the body of the fish, while on the
Salmo solar they are not apparent. The young of both
fishes are so similar as not to be distinguished apart. Two
thousand young fry, hatched from eggs presented by Prof.
Baird to the State of Maine, were transported fifty miles
by wagon and five miles by boat, and turned into Kenne-
bago stream, above the dam, without the loss of a fish.
The Kennebago empties into the Mooselucmaguntic, one of
the Rangely lakes.

The trout of Sebago and Rangely lakes are pronounced
to be pure, unmistakable Salmo fo n h nalis, or brook trout,
developed by an unlimited suppiy of appropriate food and
an unrestricted range in the purest and coldest water. The
commissioners think that the introduction of the Salmo
oquassa , or blue back trout, as a stock fish to waters inhab-
ited by the Sabno fo n tinalis and land locked salmon, would
.largely increase, the numbers of the latter fishes. The
blue back is to Raneely what the myriad smelts are to Se-
bago Lake and Reed’s pond. Mr. C. T. Richardson, whose
long experience on Rangely waters entitles his opinions to
much respect, says:—

“The blue back stays in deepwater in the lake from near
the middle of November until tbe middle of October, when
they come up the brooks and streams to spawn. The male
brook trout visits the spuwu bed and prepares it for the
use of tbe females before the females arrive; the blue
backs go up in pairs, male and female, using spawn beds
cleared, used, nnd vacated by brook trout. The blue back
is not considered a biting or game fish, yet I huve caught
a bushel and a half iu a day with a baited book; they are
mostly caught in dip nets."

The introduction of black bass lias been successful in
some localities, but a disregard of the laws aud the use of
nets in others has rendered futile much of the labor of the
commissioners. They have also met with the most deter-
mined opposition on the part of mill owners ami others iu
their efforts to establish fishways on the various rivers, re-
sulting in vexatious law suits. An urgent appeal is made
to the State legislature as to the necessity for a more uni-
form system of fishery laws, particularly as regards the
close time. At present the law of close time commences
the loth of September on Schoodicatul Grand Lake waters,
15th October on Bras sau and Aloosebead waters, and the
1st of October for the rest of the State, creating endless
confusion.

The report is voluminous, but a most entertaining and
admirably gotten up document, and we regret that we have
not the space to give a longer abstract of its interesting
contents.

For Forest an d Stream.

LAND-LOCKED SALMON OF MAINE.

in 30111 paper oi 1110 aotn ot February vou call attention
to the results of experiments tried by Messrs. Thomp-
son and Tagg, of New Hope, Pennsylvania, iu breeding
balmo salar in fresll water, etc. The laud locked salmon9
or Salmo jjloven, is represented by you as a dwarfed fisb’
and the inference dnuvu that hence it is a Salmo salar
dwarfed from not being allowed to go down to the salt
water. The land-locked salmon of Maine, ns taken in
Reed s pond and in Sebago Lake, is by no meuus a dwarf
fish. 1 hey have been taken in the former of the weight of
twenty-two pounds. Within a year a male fish has been
taken in Sebago Lake of tbe weight of seventeen pounds
a female fish of eighteen pounds, one of thirteen pounds’
and one of eleven and a half pounds. As 1 have bad oc-
casion to remark in our last report, these fishes differ in
their size in the various waters in which they are bred as
do our brook trout. I can take you to ponds in Maine,’ on
some of our mountain sides, where you may fill a cart with
trout, the largest of which will not exceed half a pound in
weight. I can take you to the Rangely lakes, where you will
see trout of ten pounds in size, and yet they are true Salmo
JonUnalis. What is the rule, or law, or cause, that governs
the size of these fishes? Probably as much the adaptability
of the food to the requirements of the youmr fry on the
spawning beds as its abundance. Mr. Win. Wilson an in-
telligent farmer on the Mirimiehi, near Boiestown ’n B
who used to purchase and salt largely the salmon iti his
river in former days, when they were plenty, told me that
he could distinguish the salmon that were bred 011 the
Clear Water, a small tributary of the Mirimiehi, from their
diminutive size not one ever exceeding eight pounds in
weight. A forty pound fish was at thut time by no means
rare on he Mirimiehi. Now whence this diffenence iu
size? They all went down and up the same river to
ami from their great pasture, the ocean. We have some
htly land-locked salmon iu a small pond at Aina. Tbcv are
now five years old, and not one is longer than a small alu-
wife, and not one has developed either spawn or milt
because they have been meagrely fed on inappropriate
food. I have seen well developed spawn in a grilse under
three pounds we.gbt, taken at Burnt Hill, on the Mirimiehi
ami I think other gentlemen will relate the same ex per i-
ftUrHi 1 l*°“bt “ two year old salmon appears as
a tlll“k 11 much depends upon the stage of water

as to whether the young smolt or salmon, in its second
*he oceau cven theu- Tlte spent salmon,

?JtZr tL s!l_‘'^? ni011 1 !al have spawned— always
wait for the Spring flood to go down on. The instinct of

the young fish seems to guide it to seek its safety in the
same cause. On a full flood, head up stream, iSS swiT-

SlJSi nf y 10 ,reil8t lhe current« t,ley will buoy them-
selves over the most dangerous falls and rapids, 3

FOREST AND STREAM.

85

I will close ray already too long letter by referring you to
tlic opinion, expressed to me at Cambridge some two years
since by Prof. Agassiz, in reply to my question, “that he
regarded the laud locked salmon as a distinct species, and
not (to use his own expression on that occasion) “a demoral-
ized salmon.” In our last report I have given a liaslily-
•wrilteu sketch of this fish, as found in the various lakes of
Maine, as also a description of what I believe to be the
same fish as the “silver lax," or silver salnflm. as taken in
LakeWenern, in Sweden, and whore Prof. Agasssiz had
.previously informed me of its existence.

E. M. Stillwell.

UTILITY OF

FISHWAYS.

New Yoke, March 4, 1875.

-.Editor Forest and Stream:—

I am glad to see tho question of fishways brought up again by the pub-
lication of 'Brewer’s plan, in yonr paper of the 4th lust. Other brunches
•of aquaculture have mude great progress, but this adjuitcl of the new In-
dustry Is such a vitally necessary supplement to the already successful
artificial propagation of fish, that I think it the dnty of everyone pos-
sessing any knowledge of any practical working plan of fish ladders to
Impart his information. I therefore send you below* the actual result
from the fishway erected on the Tcteagoucho lllver, In New Brunswick,
•of which I published a plau in your paper of August 13th, 1874. As this
'structure has uow proved its claim to consideration by several years of
success, I now repeat the main points before published.

The Teleagouche is a stream about twice the size and volume of Die
Bronx River, and had been for twenty yenrs obstructed, at the time of
the erection of this fishway, and Is now obstructed by a mill dam about
thirty feet high, so that salmon had almost censed to frequent the
scanty two or three miles of lower river left them; a few did continue to
run np from tide water thU short distance to the foot of the dam. Tho
llslnvny (costing about $.00 only, and constructed of heavy beams and
plank) slopes at about an angle of 45° into tho pool below tho dam, Is
about six feet wide, four feet deep, and the descent of water Is broken os
usual by barriers, thus: —

Lip gf Dam:

through the bank and one half of them escaped, and I presume aw In Iho

I ?!rr; *?, ,avc nono ,n th" lost September.

I piwnted H. .1. Boeder with a few. who had them on exhibition at the
State Fair. I presume he has them yet alive .1 II. Doano had a few
h 1,1 d red, which have done veil in his pond. The balance, last August,
were placed Id a lake with from ven to twenty-two feet of water, where
I expect them soon to weigh from five to ten pounds. I know positively
those In the lake spawned In Doocmber.and I often ms- hundreds of young
salmon In the lake I have also taken aomo by manipulation. In 1st.) I
received from Wilt not 5.(kX)e,,g. in bad order; saved DO. l,,,t he
,5'n00' ■"«* Hich bad order I did not save a fish. I received
IO.OIA from Bucks|Hirt, Me ; at lea.t 8,CW) are alive I base I .".,t«»i Cill-
fomla salmon, half of which will be placed in the Delaware U.ver during
the Summer, free of any charge ; the balance in Aquctotig IjiUo. We
hnvc salmon In their flftb, third, second and first yenr, perfectly healthy,

James B. Thompson.

~ Tlic- IJrattlcboro (VL) Phonic siivs Hint I ho fishway nt
turners Pulls is now in process of construction, untl tho
Ntnle Conunis-sioiicTs hnvo urgently invited the Aguwum
Uum torn puny to construct one over its tlum in tho West
field Iiiver at Mittincague.

—The Maine State Association for the protection of fish
was organized February 12th, 1875. by tho election of John
II Kimball, of Bath, President; Win. S. Batlgor of
gusia. Vice President; .1. YV. Clapp, Augusta, Secrelarv
and Treasurer; Directors, J. II. Kimball, Win. S. Badger

,7 Hayis, M- Stillwell, Samuel I). Leavitt, Chaileis

it Wakefield, Ferguson Haines, Fdwin

Reed Mannasseh Smith, Henry O. Stanley, YVarron John-
son, Seward Dill, W. \V. Sawyer, Samuel E, Smith.

fltnral fpstonj.

FROZEN FISH

For Fowl ami Sin tun

AND SPAWN.

er

S3

Direr Pool Mow the Ham .

Ou the apron of the dum, nt the top of this fish ladder, Is a reception
•house, ten feet square, six feet deep, high enough to admit a man, and
with u sliding barred gate at the entrance and another nt the other cud.
Salmon mostly run ut night, and for this and other obvious reasons
'(among which is the desire to save water which muy be required for the
■mill during the day) water Is let Into tho-fishwny only at nigltf. Each
■morning, after counting the fish which may have ascended during the
darkness, the miller lifts the upper gate and the salmon pass on up
stream. Owing to the smallness of the river above, the inhabitants
were, ut first, able to see and kill many of the now comers; but now the
gates of the reception house are kept shut down, and no salmon arc al-
lowed to nin up the river until the September floods, which rnise tlic up-
per streams and its pool-, so that fish cannot easily be got at by the
heathens who seek their blood by unlawful means.

This plan of detaining the fish until tho Autumn floods in the short
stretch of water below the dam, where they can be so easily protected by
the local guardians, or the miller, Instead of scattering them for fifty
miles up river to be kdled by the settlers in every pool where low water
in Summer may have caused them to congregate, is n good one, especial-
ly for small rivers.

This is a history of only one successful fishway, common enough, per-
haps, in plan, but it is successful. It has been a success since it was first
pat up, seven or eight years ago, although I have only the nccoont for
three years. It is very cheap, can bo nsed on trout streams ns well, hut
above all, the fish go up it. and this is what we want-something that the
fish will use after It is built.

Why can't we have them built at Troy Dam, and other places where the
laws say they shall be built? and why can't the Commissioners of Fish-
eries of this State force Iheir erection on a few important streams lobe-
gin with, and then gradually introduce themut every needed point? The
Massachusetts Commissioners fought on*, their battle at Holyoke Dam,
and won it. Can’t wc do tho same in our State, if mill owners won't
listen to law and reason? ,

It any one thing is settled, it is that no one has the right to deprive the
dwellers on the npper part of rivers of their supply of fish, which for-
merly were there caught. Besides, tho young California snlmon put
auto the Hudson and Its afllucnts during the past few years, will probably
go down to salt water this Spring with the Ice, and be rctnrulng this
Autumn. Cannot a fishway be made at Troy and other dams, to enuble
them to pass up when they return? No time is to be lost; the cost will
not bo too large for the funds now in the hands of our commissioners,
nud altogether I hope you will urge tho immediate erection of all neces-
sary aids to the ascent of both shad and salmon.

This plan of Mr. Brewer looks well Can yon tell ns whether it has
.actually succeeded anywhere yet? The Teteogoucbe plan I know is a
success, and it is very cheap, not putented, and is used in mauy places
in Cutmdn.

If we are ever to put the discovery of artificial propogation to any
{trnctlcal good on a large scale and make It of commercial importance,
we must have fishways that fish will use. Let something be done.' Aqua
cultural conventions nre necessary and well enough, hut the people wunt
cheap fish, and plenty of them, to follow their deliberations.

Youre- Manhattan.

*)872 — about 400 salmon passed through reception house.

1873— 400 •* ** ••

1874 - 600 " •• » •• •*

The suggestions of our correspondent are very opportune,
and should receive the prompt attention of our Fish Com-
missioners. — Ed.

THE NEW HOPE SALMON.

_ „ New Hope, Pa., March, 1875.

Editor Fore«t and Stream:—

Your informant is mistaken in regard to the age of the salmon (talar)
bred by Thompson A Tagg, of New Hope. Pa. They are now In their
fifth year. I will give yon a part of our experiments with salmon . Our
first purchase was 4,000 eggs from Samuel Wilmot, who said that some
of them were taken from salmon which, in good flesh, would weigh
thirty pounds. The loss in hatching whs 250. The first year they were
In a pond twenty-seven feet long, four feet wide, and two and one-half
cct deep, where they did well. I then noticed many were losing Iheir
dorsal fin; it looked as If bitten off. I could discover no disease. There
were now about 3,000. They were changed to a pond one hundred and
twenty-five feet loDg, sixteen feet wide and four and one -half feet deep,
fed with water after it had left other ponds (as I found they did not re-
quire as pare water as trout:, where they grew to be fourteen to twenty-
two Inches long, and perfectly healthy. Last Spring a muskrat went

AS I scut you the account of the four smelts that wore
thawed out by the Messenger Bros., »t Boston, and
given to me, I will now record the result of this experiment,
The freezing was done on the 29th of January, and on n„.
30th they were thawed. Two of them showed signs of
fungus in threo or four days; these I treated to many suit
baths, without effect. They were exhibited at Boston un-
til February 4th, when I took them home. One died on
the way, and another a week afterward. The remaining
two appeared at the poultry show at Buffalo from Jamin.y
13lh to the 20th— one died on the last day, and the survivor
followed on the 25th, just twenty-six days after tho thaw-
ing.

How much cold trout spawn will stand is illustrated by
the following, which I clip from an article of mine pub-
lished in the Lire Stock Journal of February, 1873

“While on the subject of freezing, I will say that I linvo
had a trough, that had accidentally been left uncovered,
freeze from both sides, so that all the current was confined
in the middle. I supposed, of course, that all my etrgs ex-
cept those in the narrow strip l hat was left unfrozen were
spoiled, hut fouud to my great Joy that they were not I
covered the trough and let it thaw gradually without, dis-
turbing anything, and found that allhough the water was
frozen so that the gravel would lift with the ice, that mil of
20,000 eggs there were only 700 killed, or three and a hair
per cent. These were frozen so solid that the tissues were
ruptured. I learned from this that a tiout egg, although
encased in ice, is not necessarily killed, and that it will
stand a temperature some below the freezing point."

Fhed Mather.

SUSPENDED ANIMATION.

Danvers Port, Mass , March ',1, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream : —

Having read with interest several article* on tho subject of suspended
animation In frozen fish, which have nppenred of late in your excellent
paper, I will add my mite to the general fund. Starting curly In the
morning lor a day's sport nt pickerel fishing, we have often had the ball
(minnows) frozen stiff before reaching the pond, but by placing them
near a fire and ullowlng them to remain till the Ice melts, most of them
will return to animation and swim about briskly . When dropped u non
the ice they freeze quickly. I have baited hooks with minnows that
have laid upon the ice upwards of an hour, and have been surprised (o
sec them swim away soon after they were put Into the water. Pickerel
dropped upon tho Ice while one is batting hooks often freeze stiff, but
upon being placed in pond water, animation returns In u few moments,
and they will swim about as full of vigor as over. Yours, A, v. <;

Hartford, Todd Co., Minn., Fob. 25, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

I have just received a copy of your paper, (Fob. lltli.) In which
"Pacific" says: "I think that M. II. B ' Is not a very close observer."
Now, I cannot see on what grounds "Pacific" should make such a state
meat. He is quite welcome to his humble opinion, however, mid I sltull
not strive to change his belief. I nm not Itenerant of the fact Unit all ,,t
the cervidae arc said to havo no galls; yet, there are hundreds of people
who read tho Forest and Stream— who nre not zoologists nud natural-
lets— who are not aware of the fuel. I huve examined many of the
Cervus macroilt , AntUocapra Americano, and a few Cerrnt Ctmmlmete,
and Alcet America nut for parasite*. While lit the Sierra Mndre Moun-
tains, in 1873, I killed two tnule deer does, and found tliclr livers con-
tained the so-called fluke worms. I also found them In the OvUnumtamt
in the embryo State. While collecting In tho Sweet (Ira— Hill- hi
Northern Montana during the pust Autumn, I killed and examined the
stomachs of male and female Octs nu/ntana, but found no pnraslte*. I
have examined male, female, and the young of the "Prong Horn" arid
have yet to observe a fluke In them. These parasite* are most commonly
found In animals of the genus leput. 1 hnvo found them In Is put tjlrn
ileus, Leput callolit, and last night took about two hundred flukes from
tho liver, lungn nnd Inleattnes of the Leput Canadensis, or common
Canadian hare. When these parasite* are taken from Imres they are
found sticking closely to the outer surface of the animal's livers, lanes
nnd intestines. I have never found them In the Interior port of the
livers, In cells, as they arc found In tho larger mammals, I think the
"rot" is common to hares ns well as sheep, I hove been told by hunter*

In Northern Dakota nnd Minnesota, that these hares, (Leput CanotDn-
tU.) dieoff once in seven years, anil are found dead and dying In the
woods. I have heard the above statement from several persons, and I
am inclined to think that Imres In thl* country ore visited by the flukes,
thongh at Irregular period*. Out of twenty-two lmrc« which I examin'd
but one of them contained fluke*. In conclusion, I would any I have
examined the livers of all of the American eerrllat. excepting tho C.
columbtanas, nud It was not my intention to asrrrt that I had made * dis-
covery In mentioning the fact that the ('. rlrgintanus had no gall f
think, however, that one who criticise* a stronger so fully n« "Pacific,"
ought not to be ashamed of his name appearing with his article.

Very truly yours, Jo*. H. Battv.

GALLI N AGO

WILSON 1 1.

Kn.ro., p Tn0Y> N- V . . . March 8. 1873.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

3,011 " vory »,n«0,w an'1 nnnaoal drama*
i ,i‘ • %*.Jfnow *>r°v° Interesting to your reader*. It U tho

• too ng of n Wilson's, or English snipe, (llatHnago R'lLonlii at * very
“ '* "«* "-one I. late hi tho

","'rtn’1 U'° WnU MI »"• Tho one which I speak of
" ... ° ^ *■ Waldron, on hi. farm at Mertmnlc.vllle. N Y„ on
zero The I 7' ^ “»«»•*»>•«•» «“ the time being 8- below

.ire,.,, wt.i 3 I" a v*ry good woodcock ground In Summer, beluga
o m , ' :.r''y M’, T t,,n""‘K "' an<1 «• covered with a growth

letv ille , (T ,r. t," V lf “O doubt WD. « tl.nl umo

the only place not frozen lhat a snipe could possibly live In The him
«n. a lino male. In perfect plumage, and strange to say, very fat so

co leerion 1,'ln U10kult "nc *° "khl 11 »• mounted! and i. In my
m K . 1 ,,av" • Stereoscopic view made of the same and

would Ira pleased to send you one when finished If you del re any

wIM wl hf,‘|r'n‘' nU °f *h# rb°V."' 3r,'“ may conuminicato wtth mo. and I
will, with pleasure, respond, Yours very truly,

Frederic H. Wcomru.

Editor Forest and ntiieam: ~

iw »lr° w' lH,«»'.t4l.nn account of a "Wonderful Leap of a

.lur. Un'^ r1 /rn "" *rl,a exchange, tho height In thl. case being
tnirieen feet. Allow mo to record a more remarkable leap ..f sixteen foot
which came under my ubocrYntlon In l»t)4:

During tho late civil war, when a surgeon of n regiment stationed on
Hal eston Island IVxas, wo occupied the Summer residence of Oeneral
Nichols, on Dickinson a Bayou, for a temporary hospital. TltoOeno-al
had on (Ills place a couple of yearling buck., and a. the running
wn. approaching, ho knew that If they were not castrated they would

"ovor Mum. They wore enticed Into a .mall, clo.c yard

f,.r an operation. The yard was perhaps foity foot square, ami enclosed
on two .Idea by buildings and on the others with a fence e„mpo.ed of
upright hoards sixteen feet long. It waa not conaldored prudent to at
tempt to hold them by manual force, no they wore lassoed In true Mex-
ican stylo One of them, when he foil tho restraint of tho tightening
rope, begun a aerie, of gyrations, and finally mado a spring, completely
clearing tho fence. Tho men held tightly to tho rope ami he „«*
secured .

The deer Is considered tho fleetest of all animals. But few realise
Hint his speed 1. not equal to that of nil ordinary horse. Tho writer, in
crossing a Texan prnlrloon horseback, observed n deer feeding in iho
full grass at a dlsinnco of two hundred yards from him, nml h»,l not no*
tired hln npproncli. Tho horse was urged lo In. host .peed, which soon
brought them sldo by side, and ounblod Iho rltlor lo Iny hi. Itnnil on tint
affrighted doer. In Iho absence of a pistol or lariat to aeouro tho prl/n
tho speed Of tho Imrse was chocked and the doer was allowed to escape .

Deer, when quietly feeding, drop their tall; but when surprised or at-
traded by a strango object the fall Is Immediately oiovnted, which shows
the white under surface anil warns Iho sportsman of thwJr fllelir, A
wounded doer Is exceedingly dangerous when approached by tho hunter
on foot. Instances are recorded of sportsman being kllled| outright In
III* way. A friend, after shooting a deer, hastily ran up aud laid hold
nt the antler*, propuratary to severing tho carotids, whan tin- apparently
dying animal gave a sudden spring, and with Ills hlnil feet tore tho
clothing off to tho sklu, bosldos In flic ting a deep and ugly flash wound
on lit* abdomen, nnd than expired. Deer are cnpablo of striking terrible
blow* with iho fore feet, besides the sharp points of their antlors nrn
formidable weapon*. Tho writer once obiorved nt a distance a doer leap
mg t)e v oral feet In tho nlr nnd descending with a striking motion with nil
fours. This was repeated several times, when U quietly walked away.
This excited my curiosity, nnd on visiting tho spot there laid, Inrcoratert
and dvnd, nn Immense rattlesnake.

A gentleman living In the limbered regions of Alabama owned a do-
mestic doer, which hit provided with a bell, in order to designate 't from
wild deer. During the running .canon, when pursued by wild bucks, slm
would bound homo, The owner, by tho tinkling of lb* boll, cotiltl guess
(he canso, slid by stationing hlntsnlf at tho window of tils cabin, wn. en-
abled to keep his larder well supplied with venison. Slut wits frequently
pursued by strange dogs, After running u fow miles, anil when llred
she would stop nml face tho dogs, ami with her fore fool boat them off A
successful door hunter used to hitch a gentlo horse to a stone sled and
drive over the prairie. Whenever n deer was descried the horse was
driven In Hint direction, tho hunter sitting on tho sled with bis head
slightly elevated above tho Inllgrass, ready to shoot when tin opportunity
offered. Should tho deer lake fright, he would slip off the sled, tho
horse feeding leisurely on, and by laying on Ills back and elevating one
foot nml swinging It In a circle, the deer, attracted by curiosity, would
npproach, to bo sucrlllced by the unerring rifle of the sportsman.

. Jambs H. Uaii.ky, M. D.

THE POMPANO QUESTION.

New Smyrna, E. Fi.oiiida, Fell. 85, 1875.
Editor Forest and Mtrkam: —

On the St, John River I found your paper of February lltb containing
Ihacomniiinirnilim of Mr. Theodoro Gill, relative to the pompano quo#-
lion. Mr. Gill seems to havo been much disturbed ut my presumption
In meddling with fishy matters, lie usks If I doubt the ability of tho
li. H, Fish Commission lo Identify the species In question, nml enquire*
If they are not to bo trnatod, what uutlforlty will 1 accept? An Important
question certainly, but not to the present purpose, since I said no word
about Fish Coinmlsslonors or Professors.

I hud been hearing stories all along the Florida coast from Jack-
sonville to the Indian River about pompano* being taken In great mini-
bora with fly arid spoon, of Iheir Jumping into boat* like flying flsh, nnd
of tiled r being taken as far north ns Holmes' Hole, snd being assured by
resident fl*hunnun Hint the pompano performed no sricli antic*, I cainn
to doubt nil these storlos, As to doubling a specie* esUbILbed by Mr.
Gill and the Fish Commissioners, I hope I should bn guilty of no such
folly, if Mr. Gill had reported the occurrence of the tree-climbing p- rch
off Noinanslaml, I should havo tried lo swallow the perch; such I* my
reverence for uulhorlty.

Mr. Gill finds fault with my statement that Holbrook confounded tho
two specie*, pompano and covnlll. Dr Holbrook wrote under Iho
scientific name of the specie*. "Pompano, Crovnllo," a* If the two were
Identical, and Mr. Gill admits that Dr. Holbrook committed error* In
nomenclature.

Mr Gill allude* In general term* to my "error*." Perhaps one of
(hem I* my statement, (for which I think ho ha* already rehukod me,)
Hint tho nurse shark, (ir/mmoeus,) occurs on tho coast of E. Florida.
Now th « negative testimony of oven a Professor can hardly avail against
the positive testimony of a dozen witnesses who have seen the specie#
here, myself among the nuinbar— that ho Is no ncw-comcr, either; no
carpet-bagger, hut an ohl Floridian, since (’apt, Bernard Romans writing
In 1775 of the Natural History of Florida, mentions that oil was mado
here from Uio (Ivors of nurses and sharks.

Mr. Gill remarks Hist I have much to learn before I fully understand
tho confusion of name* In different part# of our coast. Perhaps, although
not nn (ctkyologlst. I have, as an angler of fifty year# experience. Ashed
iri as many waters a* Mr. Gill himself, and am well aware of the confo-
slon of name* that prevails from Canada to Florida, and from New York
to the Rocky Mountain*. I might say that oven a Professor may not
have exliatistrd nil human knowledge, and that, therefore, ho should
deal leniently with Iho errors of those less learned than hlmscir

8. C. Cr.sitKE.

— Two cariboo, shot in Muinc a fortnight ago, havo bean
sent to the Philadelphia Zoological Garden. ~1

86

FOREST AND STREAM

ghe gennel.

THE RAYMOND LAVERACKS.

WE give below the portrait of Fairy, the Laverack
setter bitch, imported in July 1874 with her mate.
Pride of the Border, whose portrait appeared in our last
issue. So highly was this animal valued that as soon as it
was understood she could be bought, many sportsmen, both
in America and England, eagerly offered Mr. Laverack her
published price. But through the enterprise and prompt-
ness of our editorial correspondence she was secured for her
present owner, Mr. Charles II. Raymond, of Morris Plains,
N. J. After accepting through this office assurances that

Fairy was bought, Mr. Laverack In the most honorable
manner returned a draft for a larger price, which had been
sent him too late, by other parties. He also refused a cash
offer of £200 sterling from parties in England, saying in
both cases that his word had been pledged to Mr. Raymond,
lie soon after sold her litter brother, Fred IV, for the prico
last mentioned.

Fairy, in color, is what is termed a lemon and white Bel-
ton ; rather small in size, as are most of her strain ; very com-
pactly built; strong, active and full of ehergv. She has
great speed, high courage nnd wonderfully keen scenting
powers. So satisfied was he with her abilities and endur-
ance,that Mr. Laverock states that he challenged Ranger, the
champion of the English field, to a three day's trial, but
her sale prevented the match. Trained on the open hill-
sides of Scotland, Fairy ranges too widely for our dense

cover shooting; but she has been handled on our quail and
already has acquired a knowledge of their habits, working
a bevy most carefully and pointing with admirable staunch-
ness.

The undeniable advantages of the Laverack'system 'of
breeding the setter are practically demonstrated in the fine
physical powers, keen scent nnd vital energy of this im-
ported bitch. Mated with Pride of the Border, she has
now a large litter of hearty, strong whelps, which promise
everything that can be desired. Bred in this country, their
inherited strength, speed, nose and courage, ought, with
careful American training, to make them for our uses, supe-
rior to any imported setters.

Our portrait of Fairy was drawn by Mr. E. Forbes, of
Brooklyn, and is a very correct and lifelike picture.

PEDIUREB.

Bred In 1873, by Mr. Edward Laverack, Bronchall Cottage, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England. Fairy la own elator to Llewellin’a Countess Nellie nnd Prinee- rww. ir, k „

Daah: JJlinkkom’e Victress; aud other celebrated wlunera at Hold trlala and public exhibitions. y 10 mewetun s countess, Nellie, and Prince, Garths (Q. C.) Daiay; Reid's Sam; Pilkington’s

FAIRY.

DASH 2d. (blue mottled)

STING, (blue mottled)

MOLL 3d. (black, white and tan.;

CORA 2d. (blk and white)

FRED 1st. (lemon and white)

ROCK 2d
(blk and whito)

CORA. Blair's,
(blk nnd whito)

FRED 1st.
(lemon and white)

BELLE 2d. (black, white and tan)

CORA 1st.
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Moll and I onto, which animals Mr Laverack procured n the year 18.5; since that timo ho has kept up a continuous, strain of pure blood Old&oli and Pouto were boVh Bhm milto™ Sson ne"r Carlisle, who bred Old
this strain for more than 41 years, makes a continuous blood for over eighty years." y u aoa rooto were ootn Blue Boltons, consequently, Mr. Laverack having had

ENGLISH POINTER AND SETTER FIELD
TRIALS.

We aro pleased to’ publish the following letter from
Mr. Ebrall, the Secretary of the National Pointer aud
Setter Field Trial contests, to be held at Shrewsbury, Eng-
land, which arc under the presidency of his Grace the
Duke of Westminster, K. G. :—

SanEwsntmr, Feb. 24, 1870.

Editor Forest akd Stream:—

Mt Dear Sir:— Knowing the great interest yon take In field sports of
•very kind, I forward you our first notice of the above meeting for 1675;
also a paragraph which was cut from onr local paper, the Shrewsbury
Journal. 1 will forward you a programme as soon as ready. Hoping to seo
some of your dogs entered this year,

I remain, sir, yours truly, Samuel Ebrall.

We feel sorry that the Secretary has given oursporlsmen
such 6hort notice as to the date of entries, &c., as it will
now be impossible for any dogs to arrive in Eugland in
time to take part in these excellently managed sports. We
trust that these trials will put an end to the much vexed
and unpleasant controversies as to who owns and breeds
the better strains of the English pointer and setter. If we
are to speak for ourselves, and we think wc may add, for
the sportsmen of America, we should be much gratified to
see a thorough coolest between the justly renowned dogs
Banger and Countess; also the pointers Belle and Drake, to
run in braces against two others of equal merit. The
Shrewsbury Journal says: —

“It must be gratifying to sportsmen and owners
of first-class dogs to see the deep interest the com-
mittee are taking every year to give them the oppor-
tunity of competing in the field lor valuablo prize*

before the best judges in the country. The great success
that lias attended theso meetings shows that they are in-

creasing every year in popularity, and that they are bocom-
lal pastime, and an inducement to keep up the

The winning dogs at
As much as

ing a nations

high breed of the pointer and setter. ...

these triula become every year more valuable. ^

800 guineas have been given for a brace, and we understand
Mr. Macdonna refused 500 guineas for his champion dog
Ranger. We compliment the Secretary, Mr. Ebrall, for the
ability and zeal ho has displayed in conducting these meet-
ings so successfully.”

Our Doo Show — We have been asked frequently of
late why no notice was taken in our columns of the puppy
show held at our rooms 6ome weeks since. In reply we
would say that the “Show,” was hardly considered 6uch,
but more in the nature of an impromptu gathering, the
notice having been so short as to prevent gentlemen living
at a distance from sending their dogs to compete. With
this view we had some delicacy in attracting attention to
it, and rau6t confess to some surprise at the result of so
feeble an effort. Of those pups exhibited, the brace of all
red setters owned by Mr. Jacob Pentz, of Newark, N. J.,
by Rodman’s Dash out of Mr. Pentz's Flora, were certainly
extra fine, and well deserved the premium which was un-
animously awarded them, and in fact it would have been a
difficult matter for any one to produce a finer brace of
young setters. We feel that an acknowledgment is due to
those gentlemen who were present, among whom were
Col. Skinner, the veteran field editor of Turf Fidd and
Farm , Messrs. Edmond Orgill and Nicholas Saltus, own-
ers of fine keuuoU in Brooklyn, Barou Qubncr, of New

Utrecht, the owner of the famous red setters, Lisga and
Mike, Dr. Alex. R. Strachan, whose kennel is based upon
the fine importation of setters and pointers made some years
ago by Sir Frederick Bruce, Mr Tbco. Morford, the owner
of the famous kennel of orange and white setters Mr
Frederick Underhill of Newark, N. J., noted for his rare
breed of English Beagles, Dr. Rowe, whoso late importa-
tion of setters and pointers are becoming very prominent
and Count Shorb, the owner of the famous red setter Jack!

On the next occasion of this character we shall give such
notice as will enable all owners of fine dogs who may desire
to compete, to be present.

Coursing.— The great coursing event of the year was
decided at Altcur, near Liverpool, on February 17(h, 18th
19th. Sixty-four subscribers contributed each £25 and
had the priviledge of running two dogs each. The’ dogs
are drawn by lot in pairs, the winners to mn against each
other until but one is left undefeated. The favorites were
badly beaten and the Waterloo cup, the chief prize fell to
Mr. F. Hutchinson’s bl. and wh. b. Honeymoon.

Wisconsin Bench Show of Dogs —At the Madison,
(Wisconsin,) State Poultry Exhibition, which closed 5th
March, Inst., a prominent and important attraction was the
Bench Show of Dogs, to encourage which, (placing no in-
trinsic value upon the prizes, of course,) we offered a
Forest and Stream subscription to the owner of the
best setter, pointer, and hound respectively, as designated
by the judges. We now learu the result from the Secretary

FOREST AND STREAM

87

of the Association, Mr. Richard Valentino, who is well
known to our readers for his efforts to introduce our pin-
nated grouse into Englaud, to whom, it seems, two of the
prizes fell. We have no doubt that his success will
emphasise the adage: “Well earned is well deserved." We
transgress no law of etiquette in printing the following
modest note: —

Editor Fohest and Stream:—

Janesville, March 9, 1875.

U look* a little cheeky in the S-tcrctary to lake two of your special
premium subscriptions to F. & S., but the hlamo rests with my setter
Joe and hound Xoro. 1 knew they were good dogs, but had no idea they
would “scoop" the State. The othor subscription was won by my friend
J. C. Hitchcock, of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Joe’s mother bos this
dny presented me with live as pretty puppies as you ever saw, oul of J.
II Whitman's orange and white Imported Grouse, who is father to Joe.
Grouse took first as a breeder at Chicago last year. I never saw a son
of hta that was a poor one. V.

“Jeff’’ and “Fly.”— A San Francisco paper, the Bulle-
tin, we think, thus notices the arrival in that city of a pair
of dogs consigned to a prominent citizen, who is the pur-
chaser:—

Oscar, Hants Falls —What Is tho troohle with my bitch’s foot or leg*
Alter coming down stairs she holds one of her hind legs off the ground
and exhibits great psl.t In the same, which lost, for ten or fifteen min-
utes. then she appears free from pain and walks on It the some a* tho
other; have examined the foot and leg buleauuot find uuythlng wrong
with either. What can 1 do for It?

Aus— The trouble must be from a sprain, but it is im-
possible to prescribe without seeing tho dog. Try un em-
brocation of warm water.

O. W. G., Hartford -1 have a valuablo pointer that has had sore eyes
ever since he was whelped. He Is fifteen months old. and wo* hunted
nearly every dny last season, I notice that after a hard day’s work lit*
eyes would be very weak and discharge a great deal of matter. He lms
not had the distemper. Can you tell me what It Is, and if there Is any
cure for It?

Ans— An application of caustic, or a weak solution of
sulphate of zinc may help your dog; but the trouble fre-
quently becomes chronic, and is then incurable.

&nsweq8 go gon>espondent$.

Anonymous Communications not Noticed.

have been Informed. Please tell ns what the lavr Is In regard to this?
■ , ,r can he proved that ho shoots fur the table out of season, and

not for science, ho can be prosecuted.

, , "TOswira oe»i limn tor min purpose?

, , “ J- 0"'1 A,,KU*t '» the height of the season at Pant Smith’s, Mar-

. s and Hartlen’s. If yol, wl-h to camp out anti want warm weather,
,r m „ >»“« Part of August, after tho fiy time U over. The latter part
'. **' . 0,18 ' co111* ’• >ho heat time for angling, before the fiioa
make their appearance.

ihr,;wr,oM;iphiude,phu-c‘n y°u ^ m° ,h° »nj *£><1 ?<•»■> or

of uTtm- ^;0^ 41! , «u<0 Asaoclatlon for tho Protoc.lon

"" Ana. There I.

S',.1'' N’"V J,'rn'y K T. Miller. Secretary

tom S r'' , M , r0,w'lv0 8 h '0,>-' orC,'»' H Haymond. Morris

town 8. i r, tar, Morris county Sporlstnau’a Club. These are tho two
principal nwoclatloua In New Jersey.

~u "'orv any ono who otnbalma birds? Ia
there tmt n Mr. Decker In Chicago who dors It? Ana A Mr A M
Decker, of Chicago, I* a taxidermist, and wo believe embalms bird.. An-
other emlmlmer I* E. II. Crane, of Grand Rapids, Mich, lie embalms
birds wlihoui removing the flash, and hi. process I. much thought of In

Michigan " '* ,w,u ,n ““Of of tho Public Institutions of

“By the overland train, a few days since, there arrived
in our midst, without any flourish of trumpets or ostenta-
tion, in fact very quietly, a very aristocratic and disliguished
couple, having in their veins the best blood of Old England.

The gentleman was tall, dark and possessing all the char-
acteristics of the beau-ideal of a hero for a sensation novel.
There was a quiet dignity and unmistakable high-bred air
and manner about him that indicated familiarity with good
sociely and repelled familiarity. His eve«, large, dark anti
of penetrating character, glanced languidly over the gaping
hoodlums, who gathered around, while the lady — for of
course there was a ludy in the case — shrank timidly' to his
Side for protection from the rude admiration that greeted
her. She too, was a brunette, with soft, melancholy eyes
and a wealth of silken tresses that fell in graceful waves
about her. They traveled in a private car, with some other
aristocratic stock from Kentucky, under the modest name of
Jefferson. Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson, late of Philadelphia. It
was observed that Mrs. Jefferson had reasons of her own
for shrinking from the public gaze. The next census will
explain. Those who traveled with them were delighted
with their affable manners, all ceremony being put aside.
They are from the kennel of Horace Smith, Esq., of the
Fouest and Stream, a news paper published in New York,
aud are called “Jeff” and “Fly,” and competent judges do
say that they are the handsomest brace of black and tan
Gordon setters that ever came to California. The sire of
Jeff is Frilz, a noted Gordon setter owned by Edward
Howe, Esq., President of Princeton National Bank, Priuce-
tou, N. J., and considered by good sportsmen as one of the
most valuable stock dogs in all that sectiou of the country.
Jeff’s mother was a splendid black and tan bitch, got by a
Gordon setter, sent out from England to John Jacob Astor,
and out of the famous Packer bitch of Princeton, N. J.
The sire of Fly was named Spark, a splendid black and
tan Gordon setter, imported by Mr. James Morgan, of
Brooklyn, N. Y- Her mother was Cora, a famous tri-
colored stock bitch (black tan aud white) owued by Horace
Smith, Esq., a pedigree aristocratic enough to satisfy the
most fastidious. This high-toned pair of dogs cost n mint
ot money — $500 and over, we hear. We don’t know who
will be the happy recipients of the progeny, but there will
undoubtedly be a “rush” for them.

The aristocrats are spending a few days with Messrs.
Kueding & Liddle, until their rooms can be prepared for
them at the Palace Hotel.”

Allegheny City, Fob. 15, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

In one or two of the last issues of your valuable paper there has been
a rather Indiscriminate rebuke to nil rutlroad men, particularly to Hie
baggage masters of till railroads. This is particularly the case in tho
complaints of excessive charges on dogs with the exception of one rond
somewhere in the West. You give their charges os the same on nil dogs.
Now, I would sny that yonr proposition of one cent per mile on all dogs is
wore than baggage masters ask for. There Is not one road in the
Northern States that charges this high tariff; look at the charges from
New York to Chicago on all of the leading trunk lines; the tariff is a
fraction over a half cent per mile, and as it is the baggageman's per-
quisite, they nre, as a class, very glad to get It. You say that not uny
of this money goes into the Company’s till, that It is given to them for
their risk in taking care of all dogs and animals which may be pul in
their charge. It is not very pleasant to he cooped up in a baggage car
loaded down with baggage, and then some city gent comes along with n
mongrel with more Instrnctions than there ure words In Webster’s
Dictionary concerning his welfare, and probably he has already some
hulf dozen dogs with him, and givos the same Instructions concerning
them all. Now I would sny, take the train baggagemen us a class they
are a whole-souled set of men; ready to meet your wants, whatever
they may be in the dog line. They look upon tho eporlsiuau as their
best friend, (financially,) There is not one exception in a hundred to
this rule. 1 have traveled over n great many roods and have never as yet
found one baggageman with the disposition to extort front me anything
more than was just and right. This particular rond you speak of has a
good set of employees, no doubt. Their dog charges are higher In pro-
portion than any rond east of Chicago.

Yonr letter has done the baggagemen and other employees an Injustice,
and I think you arc in duty bound to hear both sides of the question.

By giving this lottor publication you will confer n favor on all, or, at
least, some of the baggagemen. Being myself a thorough sportsman,
and a lover of tho dog and gun. Is my reason for taking up the cue for
for the baggagemen, not a* their champion, but tolel your readers know
thnt they nre willing to take care of nil dogs for u reasonable compensa-
tion. Hoping you will give this publication, I remuin yours most re-
spectfully, Theodore Gray,

Conductor P. F. W. A C. It.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

A n. G., York, Pa.— Where can 1 purchase the work on “Setters and
Pointers,” written by Elbert S. Carman?

Ans— Tbe book is not for sale. Write to Mr. Carman,
Newton, N. J.

J. A . W. New Haven.— Will you kindly Inform me whnt I can do for
my pointer bitch. When she was last In heat (December) she was not
lined, but her ling la now full of milk and greatly distended. I have tried
milking, but it does not seem to relieve her. As I can find no parallel
C“-e ln Bny book, I am at a loss whnt to do for her. If yon can snggest
any method of drying her up so that she vv 111 he in condition for Spring
snipe shooting, you will greatly oblige me?

Ans The trouble you mention is by no means uncom-
mon. We have bad a case in oor own kenDel recently.
But lie the teats with diluted spirits of camphor.

W. A. R., Onlva, 111.— "Forty-four Years of n Hunter’s Life" Is out of
print.

Louisville.— The weather lias prevented the testa of Dttlmnr’s Wood
Powder. The results will appear In our columns.

Problem.— We have received several correct solutions of the dog and
fox problem, which was answered In our last Issue.

S. A. T., Randolph, Mass.— Will you please send mo the address of the
secretary of that rifle club now forming in Chicago? Ans. Ira G. True,
10U Madison street, care of J. M. W. Jones.

H. G.. City.— Pleaso Inform me when trout catching Is allowed on
Long Island, and what bait is usedf An*. March 15th. Flies aud
minnows.

CiiETALren.— There is n paper pnblished at Paris, France, called
JSxpItraUur, in which much information is published from all parts of
tho world.

E. K. G., Norwich.— Whnt ts tho best kind of n receptacle for carrying
lunch to prevent Its becoming stagnant lu worm weather f Ans. A tin
box bored with holes, or a wicker basket.

Prop. Elliott Codes, Smithsonian.— We ore on the track of a black-
footed ferret away out In Oregon, near Camp Harney, and will lot you
know when we lcttrn that the specimen Is secured,

A. L. R., New York.— Will yon please Inform me howto make bird
lime, and oblige? Ans Imported linseed oil, boiled for eight or ten
hours until it attains the consistency of hot molasses candy.

A. D., Sing Sing.— Which has tho best reputation as n gun maker,
Wra. Greener, or his son, W. W. Greener? Ans. Wm. Greener Is dead,
mid his son, W W. Greener, Is tho only maker of the name.

F. C , Flint, Mich,— Samples of corduroy sent by mall. Tho emblem

atic metal buttons are commonly used on shooting coals, but a« they are
apt to scratch the stock of a fine gnu, wo slionld prefer pluiii covered
ones. *

Miss N. P., Bradford, Mass.— I have a tndnole In my aquarium. Will
it, in dne time, become a frog? Ans. Yonr. tad polo will gradually nc
quire logs, drop his caudal appendage, and soothe your slumber* with
his eveuing song.

S. V. V.. St. John’* School. Sing Slng.-Can you let mo know tho
price of one of those rifles called tbo "Hunter's Pet." and ttl-o where I
can obtain the same? Ans. Si calibre, price $20; sold by H. C. Squires
No. 1 Courllandt street. N. Y.

T. S. F , Montreal.— Can you Inform mo If I can get cartridges with
explosive bullelB for a small breech loading rifle, chambered for long
cartridges of .13, awl if so, where? Ans. Yes; at either of tho gun
stores advertising lit our columns.

nut and ha. never been painted, only oiled and varnished. A. I do not
, ' 10 pa,nt ,l' c’"' y°u l”11 ">« what to mo to make a good finish and

to stop u from leaking. I* there anything bettor than varnish? An..
If you do not wish to paint, vnrnl.h I. Hie next host thing. Ohlneso wood
oil would he better, but wo doubt If It ts to he procured Putty the
seam* and sandpaper afterward*, Sso answer to V. 0. D«M. In this
column.

II D. M., New York -In n few day* I expect to receive from England
a few pheasants (not over a doaenl aud as I Intend to lufn them down
for breeding purpose., I suppose they are not dutlablef Can you inform
mo the proper person to apply to for a permit to pass them through tho
Gttatom House? Ans. Brooding animal* Imported bycitlxen* of the
United Stall s nre free only when for their own u*o. See Treasury De-
cisions. Probably will not ho on tho manifest, and will bo paused when
applied for,

II, M .1 , city —Whnt In I ho best place In tho vicinity of this city for

fishing the first two weeks In striped ban. preferred? Is llurnegat

a good place? What can bo caught there besides bliiedsli? Who Inn
good man to hire for two weeks? An-. Striped has* generally nmko
tln-lr appearance off the const of Rhode Island early lu June. At liar
negat they run Inter. Bluofl.h, bn*s, sheep-head, weak fish anil tailing
ure tho principal fish at Burnegnt, mid itro very abundant. The Ridge-
way Brothers aro favorite linymon. hut there nre a dozen other excellent
ones, nt Ware town and Unrucgnt village.

A. J. A., New York,— Plun«a Inform sovoral of your suh.crtbor* tlio
cause and remedy of tho spongv excrescence* on the leg* of cage bird*,
particularly English robin*, nightingales, anil goldfinches. Bird denier*
attribute the cause to either age or unclean cages, but a* tins disease at-
tacks comparatively young birds. I am sure that It cannot he tho former,
u ml its wo dally attend to tho thorough clcunaltig of our cages and
porchoa, we tiro confident that It cannot bo duo to tho latter cause? An*.
The cxcresooncoa you mention nre owing to Imperfectly or Improperly
made porches. Wrap tho parcho* with cotton or soft wool, Tho CUt-
Iionu have followed Ini* plan for eight hundred years,

F. O. DeM., Brooklyn. —Would common plno tar, such tut In used In
roofing, ho n good thing to apply, while hot, to lh« scams of n small
boat (13 foot long by about three across the widest pnrt of bottom)?
Whnt should bo tho dimensions of u centre board lor such a boat? Ans.
Do not it sv tor on your boat. After caulking with cotton prepared for
the purpose, and sold by «hlp chandler*, puffy tho .cam* of yonr boat.
Whorl first put In tlio water tho awolllng of the plank. will force some of
the putty from the m am-; haul yonr boat out and nth smooth with «and
papir. Yonr cent re-board Simula bo one-third the length of your
boat, and tho contra of tho trunk should bo «!x Incite* forward of tho
centre of the keel.

J. K. L., Buffalo.— Would you kindly Inform me whether there ure any
good flshiag ground* in Cattaraugus county, N. Y. ; if .o, whnt kind of
fish are to be caught? Ans. Cannot give you any Information of prac-
tical value.

J. H., Boston —I am about to have a set of decoys made. I wl*h to
knowhow many drakes I ought to have In the following: 40 canvas
backs, 20 mallards, 20 red heads. 20 blue bills? An*, It Is of very little
consequence. About equal proportions would be ns well.

P. G., New York.— Will yon kindly inform me where I can procure a
canvas knapsack, and the probable cost? Ans. Schuyler, Hartley A
Graham, No, 19 Maiden Lane, will fell you n canvas knapsack for 25c.,
formerly sold for $1.50. One such as used by militia for latter price.

Rod, Brooklyn.— Can yon name a place on Long I»land where there
Is good trout fishing, free to all persons, near to tho city, ho that wo cun
go out In the morning and get hack In the evening? An*. The only
free streams that answer your conditions are thoso at South Oyster Bay
Station on South Side It. R.

Tyumen, Ottawa.— Address Samuel Wllmot, Esq., Newcastle, Out.,
on tho subject of stocking the lake you speak of. From your description
we should think It well adapted for trout, and It would be well to try the
experiment Mr. Whitcher, of your town, could also readily Inform you.

P. T. B., PcoksklU.— Which are considered tho best hunting and fish-
ing grounds, the region around Moosehead Lake, Me., or the Adiron-
dack*? Are J. D. Dougali's guns considered first-class? An*. There
gions you name are both good, and it would ho difflcullt to discriminate.
Dougali’s guns nre decidedly first-class.

R. D.. Pnckcrvtllc, Conn.— Please Inform rao If "Shot Qnn and Sport-
ing Rifle, " by Stonehenge, i* a recent work, and docs It treat those sub*
jectsas they are to-day; also if his work on shooting 1* a now book?
Ans. A new edition of Stonehenge Is advertised; the last was issued lu
1862. Mr. Greener's second edition has been published.

T). W. O., Boston.— Will you kindly give mo the iongth, weight, and
material of the rod which you offer In your list for three subscriber* ; also
In what position on the but nre the reel band«r An*, 12 feet In length,
4 joints, 12 oz. In weight, made of ash and lance wood; reel band tun
Inches from but.

A. B. H., Montreal.— I sec In a late number of Forest and Stream a
mention (quite elaborate; of Walter Brackett's salmon pictures. Can
you tell mo if there are any copies for sale, Bnd If so, what the set would
cost delivered heie? Ans. We know of no place where they are now
sold, except at tho stndlo, 41 Tremont street, Boston; price $8 the set.

J. D. C., Trov.— My fishing rod* have become loose where the brasses
are fastened on the ends; also the wire and silk used for tying on the
rings. Can yon tell me how to remedy thle? What I- the best paint or
varnish to use on the rods to preserve tho wood? Alts. Use shellac
varnish. If vonr rod Is a good one. take It to a tackle dealer for repair*.
You can’t whip your rod properly until you havo been taught.

n. T- E B., Chlttcnnngo.— For a yeororso pa*t we eonld not catch
trout, but tht* Spring the probation ls up. but at what date I cannot find
out satisfactorily Can you send me the name of a hook that give* nil
the gnme laws of this State? Aus. “Fur, Fin and Fonther." publlfhed
by Chas. rioydam, 61 Wnrren street, N Y., contain, the game laws of nil
the Slate*. The fronting season open. April 1st ln all part* of New
York State, where special exception ls not made.

Fair Plat, Good Ground, L. I —In tho village of Rlvcrhcad there is n
taxidermist. Dnder the plea that the law allow* It, ho shoot* quail and
partridge the year round, and all other birds, young or old, and has them
cooked for hls table, all under pretence that he la after specimen*; »o 1

T. W. G., City,— Can you Inform mo where I can get a monkey
Jacket, or fishing coat, heavy water proofed f Ton years ago there
used to bo men going tho round, of the wliarvv* and shipping who, lor
a dollar or so, would take the ciiolaln1* and officers’ coal* of beaver or
heavy cloth, and render them waterproof, or diffidently *o for all prac-
tical purposes, tho garment neither changing color or .hon ing sign of
anything having been done lo It. I have tiled lu valu of Into to find any
man who did It? Apply to Waterproofing Company, 85 DeV street. 2d.
Antelope from t In- West, I see, is exposed for snlo, and price quoted bjr
yon Is there nnw close aoaton for red doer and nnothur for antelope,
mid If so, what I- ihn season? An*. As tho game laws of Now York
make no mcutloiTMf antelope, that animal don* not *cutn to com* within
their -cope or operation. Tho law of Colorado, passed last year, forbid*
tho killing of antelope between Jan. i«t and Aug. Iat, but thorn are
other localities in which no law exist*, so that It I* Impossible at pres-
ent to prevent their exposure In our market*.

S, C. Me,, Atlanta, Gi —I have Imd many dlsnatos with my friends a*
to wjn ther we have nnv trout lit the fresh waters of the Southern Blares,
south of the stream* of the Illiio Ridge, I maintain that Ihn fl«h com-
monly called trout here, l> Identical with the black hits* of Lake Cham-
plain and other northern wafer*. Will you speak authoritatively on the
subject, as your answer Is to ho final with u*f An*. There are no
mountain trout (milmo/rmUnaJU) In any localities of the Southern State*
that lie south of the Blue Ridge There nre trout In the headwater* of
nearly all stream* thnt have their source* In tho Blue Ridge, these con-
stituting the feeders or tributaries of rivers In North Cnrollnn, South
Carolina, Georgia, mid Alnbnmu. none of which contain mouutoln trout.
2d. Will grouse of any description breed ami remain In the Southern
State* -that l», the cotton States? An*? Grouse nre native hi Missouri,
Arkansas the Indian Terri lory, and other Stale* where cotton I* grown.
M. What rod I* tho ho*t for trying the artificial fiy on the hluek bass f
An*. Seo Forest and Stream. Feb. Iltb. 1875; also proiMint number.

— The Weal Jeraoy Gumo Protective Society have pur-
chased 2.000 live quail in North Carolina, which will bo
turned loose in tlio woods of the lower counties of New
Jersey as soon as the Spring weather will permit. Also,
through the efforts of n few gentlemen of Princeton, N.
J., 400 live quails have been procured from the South and
are already diMrihutcd among the farmers in that vicinity,
ure turned out, and nre doing well.

— If tho aspirations of the Tribune Building Association
had only been directed toward tho erection of the Wash-
ington Monument, the latter would now be nearly 000 feet
high, or within j few inches of the highest building in tho
globe, and putrlots would rejoice.

—George L. Mathcwson lately returned to Lyndon from
a deer hunt ill East Haven, Vermont, having secured flvo
deer during hls absence. lie says there Is a deer yard li\
thnt town five miles long, where the snow Is completely
trampled down, like a door yard. He believes there iqp
200 deer within fifteen miles of that village,

88

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our columns, lias been considered of sufficient importance
in Great Britain to be incorporated in the Queen’s Address
to the Houses of Parliament. Nor is it the first time, by
any means, within the recent history of that country that
legislation has been evoked in the same direction. Existing
nets, however, apply more to the consequences of pollution
by sewage than to the deleterious effects caused by the
waste of large manufactories, and it is to the correction of
this latter abuse that legislation is now to be directed.

If a means can be devised by which these conflicting in-
terests can be reconciled in our own country, and the
sewage and waste of manufactories be utilized, either in
the cultivation of the soil, or in some other manner the
grand desideratum will have been reached, and one of the
most serious obstacles to the propagation of food fishes be
removed. Wc shall watch all such efforts with interest.
Pure water is not only essential to the existence of fishes
but to the health of mankind. Ho who deliberately pollutes
a stream, spreads disease and poison among bis fellow
men.

FISHY PROBLEM.

THE BIG HUNT— FINIS.

WE have received what purports to be a letter from
Capt. F. Randolph, of the Army and Navy Club
London, England, giving an outline of Air. McCarty’s pro-
posed grand hunt in the West pretty much as it was origi-

• A Mountain Man, Waoh !”— The arrival of our long
absent friend, J. H. Batty, at our office last Friday in full
panoply of beads and buckskin, fresh from the Western
plains, brought to mind the border times of twenty years
ago when ihe old trappers and mountain men returned
weather-worn and greasy from their annual hunting trips
and were welcomed with carouse and fandango. We say’
it recalled those days to mind, though neither fandango nor
flagon extended its boisterous welcome to Mr. Batty- but

we doubt if ever there was seen in this city a better repre-
sentative of the ruddy, elastic, fearless class of heroes of
border renown who fought red-skins and tempests, and
whose exploits have now become almost as traditional as
uieir race.

beCa for last year sojourning in the
Tar West. Accompanying the Commission to survey our
boundary along the 49th parallel, under Mr. Archibald
Campbell, he remained with that parly until the completion
of the work in October last, subsequently establishing a
camp near Moore’s Lake in Northern Minnesota, and
within the limits of the Chippewa country. In this
heavily Umbered, rolling district, he remained during all
the cold of the past Winter, trupping, shooting and collect-
ing specimens of rare birds. The thermometer for three
days stood at 45’ below zero, and for three weeks ranged
rom 21 to 45 below. The snow was about three feet
deep on the level and the country filled with wolves, driven
there by the scarcity of game in other districts. Mr Batty
has brought with him over 200 fine specimens of antlers
comprising everything from the spike buck to the grnnd-
father of all bucks; also specimens of the great horned
owl Acadian owl, barred owl, goss hawks, three toed wood-
pecker, sharp-tailed grouse, deer, black bear and wolf
The animals trapped were mink, wolves, (Canis occidental* )
foxes, raccoons, etc. Game on the whole was scarce the
Chippewas having killed a great deal and the pot-hunters

, ruddy complexion indicates

that the old and hardships have in no way affected our
friend s physical condition.

[

pMuguiuuauuHu mu v» wi pretty much as it was origi- I . QPEENa County Agricultural Society.— At a meet-
nally printed or announced in the Forest and Stream last 1Dff °f the Board of Managers of the Queens County Airri
December. Indeed, wc should fancy both letters were by Gulluml Society held March 6th, it was resolved that the
the same writer. The programme looks very attractive on Hortlcultural Exhibition of the Society take place on Wed
paper, oven to us who have surveyed tho ground aud con- nesday «nd Thursday, June 10th and 17th next - the Exhibi
ditions so often, and no doubt, if carried out sceundem tloa ho,din6 two days instead of one as formerly Tn ad
orfem, might be made very enjoyable to the members of | d,tl0n to ,hc Horticultural Show there will be held a “Sales

the expedition, with little or no detriment or damage to the
Redskins and buffaloes of the plains. Cnpt. Randolph has
evidently not read the numbers of Forest and Stream
consecutively, or he would not have sent to us to publish
as news that which has been so thoroughly ventilated and
discussed in its columns, taking it for granted that a bona
fide Capt. Randolph is the writer. Of course, it is unneces-
sary to print this repetition ol what has been said before

Fair, the object of which is to effect sales of live stock of
all descript ions. All members of the Society and breeders
of improved stock generally are expected to contribute
animals which may be either for sale or for exhibition

A few premiums will be offered for horses.

The show of dogs which proved so attractive at the last
annual fan-, will be one of the main attractions at the Spring
exhibition. They will, if possible, inaugurate a grand ^plow-
ina match whL>h will r . ■ pww-

J , "V uecn saiu before. 1 : " "b n possioie, inaugurate a grand vUno-

We only quote from the letter that “hundreds are anxiously \ ^9 match, which will probably take place during thee*

awaiting the arrival of Col. McCarty in London to submit h,b,Uon‘ Tho result will be to establish better plows bet'
their names for Ins approval” (to be attached to the personnel tflr nWm“" • - ‘ ’ uei'

of tho big hunt), tho “interest in which is daily increasing ’’
This sounds very much like an auction, though it may bo
only a bid. We do not propose to discuss further the
merits of the case. Our correspondents have expressed
their views freely pro and eon, and the expedition has been
discussed solely on its merits, assuming that its conduct was
in competent and upright hands, and leaving the character
of its projector entirely out of the question. We do not
choose to join in assailing a character of which we per-
sonally know nothing, though we consider it our duty to
advise our readers that prejudicial reports aro afloat re-
specting the business integrity of Mr. McCarty, which, liav-
ing been published, it would be unwise for us to ignore
Our personal knowledge of the gentleman has been con-
fined to the slight intercourse that attended the publication
of the Big Hunt programme. Nothing, however, that has
been said to his detriment need necessarily involve a pre-
judgment of this new enterprise of his, which may or may
not prove a success, quite independently of early piety or
a certificate of good moral character. We shall watch its
development with no abatement of interest on account of
wbftt Uw recently transpired.

tou uctl

ter plowmen, and better agricultural horses. The Thirty-
Fourth Annual Fair wil be held Sept. 28, 29, 30 The As
soclation’s headquarters arc at Little Neck, Queens Coimtv
Samuel Willets, Secretary.

LlGHTf,NG "v Electricity. -A correspondent sends
additional information on this interesting subject.

Editor Forest and Stream:- SaLEM> March 1 l?76‘

PHIr?,‘nv,y0,"P?Cr0f February 35th a communication from -I »

!;rneven lleh'8- employing a wire of some two miles' length Zl
ondiCdBv m6 pcr8?n!n flfUJen 8CCond<- anti extinguished in eighfsec!

The details « ould be too lengthy to expSS w ’ Ma'9

presume, will he cheerfullygfuroishc4 *by add 1

above. Yours truly “uuressing the company as

Teal

TX7TIEN the following questions came to us, we per-
V y ceived at once that we should get beyond our depth
if wo attempted a solution, and very sagaciously, We
think, turned the matter over to Prof. Milner, of the
Smithsonian. Mr. Milner has waded through the whole
subject, and lienee his knowledge cannot be icgarded os
superficial. In so disposing of the matter, however we
did not immediately waive all pretension to scientific at-
tainments, but suggested that the rain water or surface
water which collected in these holes might contain the
elements of life, out of which fish were evolved at length
after the necessary numerous and tiresome mutations!
Having so ventured, we retired precipitately from the field
with nervous alarm at our rash intrusion. Our presump-
lion, however, has evoked the following very interesting
information, which shows that mud-holes may sometimes
become fountains of knowledge:—

Birmingham, Mich., Feb. 14, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

1 a,p importuned by several to ask of you the solution of
the following:— On Luther Stanley’s farm, within a quarter
of a mile of this village, are two water holes, one made by
scraping and plowing out; the other where the clay wm
taken from in making brick. Neither has any inlet or out-
let; yet, in both places are numerous fish, bullheads (cat
fish species,) shiners and a small fish resembling the bream
with flat and yellow sides; also chubs, such as are used for
bail in bass and pickerel fishing. Can you give us a philn.
soph ical geological and logical solution as to“how and when
these fish came there? Some of the fish are in my aquarium
perhaps twenty-five in number. J ’

^oursi J- Allen Bigelow.

United States Commission, Fxsii and Fisheries

Washington, Feb. 28, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Your question I And to a considerable exteut what you name it "a

puzzler.” The starting point for an investigation of the matter would
he thoroughly reliable observations of the presence of llshes in exca
vated holes where there was no probability of there having been anv
communication with waters Inhabited by the species, no likelihood „f
their having been transported by the hand of man, aud no evidence of
subterranean water-veins.

The question has come up in my experience before-, from a slatcment
made to meat SaultSte. Marie, Michigan, that sticklebacks had been
found in the deep wheel-tracks of a road after a heavy rain °

As there is u long reach of level land lying along the Wricau side nr

half dry ditch in the vicinity of the same road, there was nothing
remarkable In finding the Ashes in the wheel-trucks after a rain that had
probably been heavy enough, cither to overflow the ditches or to make
to aw-emJ€m ““ WheeUrack8 ,nto 11,0 ditch*-,s "’blch the flbhcs were able

The fact that certain species are able to retain life, buried in tho mud
through a more or less long period of drouth, is well known I havn
d"g ”ut bal!head8! a'rariu*,) nnd sunflshes. (PomaU ) from

the dry beds of sloughs in the Illinois prairies, where the surface of Tim
mud had begun to crack under the drying heat of the sun At Z , / ^

^:.“:ttrfr8d“dandducayiugflshw °r th° «

The Ashes of the plains of India have a supposed habit nr ..
m the hot seasons of drouth. Francis Day, the Inspector Conn™! T ?"
fisheries of India, says: ”A cnious

waters, and one which has never been satisfactorily explained £2

sudden appearance of healthy adult fish after a heavy fa], ofrnin’.
localities which for months previously had been dn- will in

water Inhabited by flsh yearly dry op, what becomes of them? °f
nary 18th, 1869, when examining this question, I was taken n . t
perhap- an acre in extent, which was then almost dry, having onll?! °f
four inches of water in its centre, whilst its circumferen 0nlyab,”u
clently dry to walk upon. The soil was a thick »ndrnl "“ssuffl-
clay. from which, and notnearer than thirty paceS ^ b,ll,8l‘
fish were extracted from at least two feet below the surface «r In '° ,lve
All wore lively aud not in the slightest degree torpid • these „( r‘ C n"‘d-
over with a thick adherent slime. If when the water r f lfecovered
variably died, the tanks would be depopulated the succeeding ,U flSh
less a fresh supply was obtained from some other sourd ' thflsfthe iT
tance from otner pieces of water at which they re-ann. ar > ^ d,s’

many instances, the possibility of migration, which m ! in

certain extent, he regulated by distance, time and other 10^’ '° “
stances. u uer *°cnl circum-

Thcre are other references to this habit in certain sneeie. fr
and Australia. species from Ceylon «

The descent of flsh In a rain shower, which h>i«
ent times, would, when It occurred, distribute fishes aiJ®mcd at
they fell. An evidence of ihis phenomenon may £ foundR. whera
of New York, &c„ Part ill, by James E. DeKay o“ “ tte Zoolo«y
ferring to a supposed species of ihe toad flsh (Ba/Z Z*8* V°’ re‘
says: -In the Summer of 1854 a number of theie £h » ^ *'e
streets of New York, after a heavy shower; and many a the

were hazarded In the papers of the day ns to ,heir nrJ 8fecul“t'ona
ichthyologist spoke of them as unknown to our waters TJ!.' Cmi,,eat

In the books on ichthyology. The speculation Is a , cx2d?ni' ^Cribed
one, how fishes could bo elevated into tho atraosohe^^ “S'/ eimons
means kept alive after they are raised. Showers of n h D<1 by "'hut
mon a. id arc susceptible of an easy solution. Thev «*re rT UUC°m'

___ Kvauti I Th • RUUUUI-

winds or waterspouts; and the tenacRy oMife in Ihe'sne?!^'*1 'T Wh,r1'
eiderotlon accounts for their being found alive.” 8pecie8 under con-

Mr. W. n. Dali, of the Smithsonian Institution
phienomenon In Boston when at echool In 1862. ' rc ntes a similar

That fish might be drawn Into the atmosphere and mm w ,
tance Is not unlikely, as in the tornado of May 2-' Z! ,°T “ dis'
Illinois, planks, straw, ctiirm hmr Dn,i ‘0,a> >n Iowa and

Illinois planks, straw, grass, hay and all sorts oflSar'r
earned in tho spiral coils of the "funnel-shaped cloud- “rt,cles

a and
- were
wherever it was

I have not, as you see, made an attemnr in s««ij
mode in which Ashes found their way to^he water? S’v ”8 the
describes, but have merely suggested the mean* i.„ . C,b air- "'Rvlow

describes, hut have merely tt n

of fishes in such locations might be accounted for * 1 Pfcseuco

Yours truly,

James \v. Milner.

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cock, by John de BanC;: Lmber S in Mn' °f ^
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i

FOREST AND STREAM

THE WOOD POWDER QUESTION.

PENDING the results of the trials with Dittmar’s wood
powder, kindly made at our request by several gen-
tlemen, we gladly give space to the letter below, describing
various tests of the Schultze powder against the black grain.
The result shows decidedly in favor of the latter; but we
apprehend, from various reports which reach us, that Mr.
Dittmur’s will be fouud to be a superior article to that
which is now attracting some attention on the other side *»f
the water. If “Algona" would like to continue his ex-
periments, substituting the Dittmar powder, we will gladly
furnish him with a supply from our office: —

Cincinnati, March 8th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Huvlug noticed rainy iuqalries in your paper lately concerning the mer-
its of wood powder, I thought I would give yon “my experience" with
this new explosive compound. All the experiments below quoted were
made with Schultze's wood powder. As yon will see by the dates, Carl
Dlttmar’s powder was then unkuowu to the market. Sometime, if the
weather ever does moderute, I hope to give Dittmar’s powder n chuuce.
The first experiment took place on April 30th, 1874. Gun No. 1 was a
Dougall, pin fire, 12 gauge, barrels, 30 inches; weight, 6J pounds. Gnu
No. J was u gun of the sumo excellent mako, and of like dimensions, but
was a central fire, and weighed 7 pounds. The charge of both guns was
3 drachms wood powder and It ounce No. 7 Tatham'e shot, equal, on an
average, to about 327 pellets to the load.

Gun No. 1.

Gnu No 2.

Averages .

Right.

Left.

Right.

Left.

118

128

145

158

116

116

147

185

No. 1-110

109

131

156

171

No. 2—100

343

375

448

514

The next date is May 6th, 1874. Then we used gun No. 2 only. Here
I made a trial of black powder (Laflin and Rand's Orange No. 7 Light
ning) and Schultze's powder side by side, with this result:—

Blaek Powder.

Wood Powder.

Right.

Left.

Right.

Left.

Average .

101

184

155

173

201

io:

159

179

Black— ISO

178

202

189

176

Wood- 165

570

517

463

527

I have forgotten to mention that these targets were made at a distauco
of 40 yards, 80 inch circle.

On examining our results, we find that the average of the black pow.
der exceeds that of the wood powder by only 21, which shows that the
wood powder is not so very Inferior after all. Let us look farther on.

On May 23d I tested the sonic brand of Laflin and Rand's with Du-
pont’s Ducking No. 2. I will not give the targets. I fonnd that Dupont’s
grain, being the finer, better suited a No. 12 gun. Both brands seem to
have the same penetration. With the Laflin and Rand, at 100 yards, 3}
drachms, 1* ounce No. 5 shot. I put 20 pellets in a 30 Inch circle. While
with the same charge and distance, with Dupont's I only got a target of
13 pellets.

On .July 30th, with a charge of Laflin and Rand’s, 3 drachms and 1$
ounce No. 7 shot. I made a target of 211 in a 30 inch circle.

On August 4th I made another trial between wood and black powder;
same conditions ns before:—

Wood Powder.

Block Powder.

Average .

Right.

Left.

Right.

Left.

143

69

256

256

190

135

162

274

Wood— 141

146

162

222

1S9

Black— 226

479

360

6*0

719

This gives another victory for the black powder by a majority of 85,
The shot of both the right and left barrels was 256. This I consider re-
markable, not only on account of the coincidence, but because of the
great number of pellets each contains. But not to take upvnluuble space
with figures, allow mo to give my conclusions.

I believe that wood powder has not the strength of good black powder.
In a gun capable of shooting os strong as the one I used, wood powder
should be used on quail and snipe exclusively. I think the wood powder
with which I experimented was the strongest of any in creation. If it
was not, I have been misled as to the merits of this compound. I await
with anxiety the report of your committee examining Dittmar's powder,
for If they make Dittmar’s powder a stronger explosive than Schultze’s
all my experiments go for naught. Schultze’s powder, I am satisfied, is
too weak for ducks at long ranges, although I have seen some wonderful
long range shots mndo with it. For pigeon matches this brand can bo
safely used up to forty yards. I have killed birds instantly at twenty-
one yards with this powder, and have merely ruffed feathers with it at
eighty yards. An acquaintance of mine made with his own hands a tub
full of wood powder from Schultze’s recipe. Ho used this on ducks, and
for a time effectually eclipsed all the black powder of his companions.
Gradually a change took place, and within a month or so the black pow-
der was again in the supremacy. From this I am led to believe that wood
powder, when fresh, is wonderfully strong, but as its age Increases its
power decreases. I do not think this decrease of power is due to the damp,
ness of the atmosphere, but rather to some change which takes place in
the constituents of the powder, from the manner In which they are com-
pounded. This, however, I will not affirm until I have proven by experi-
ments which I am now conducting. As I have now had my say, I wil1
stop before I pat on paper some of my theories, to which I see I am
drifting. Alcona.

— The bill introduced in the legislature of New Jersey
for the preservation of fish in the Passaic River and its
tributaries is one of much importance in its bearings upon
the future fish supply of a large portion of the State. The
facts arc these:— The rivers mentioned in the act are in-
habited mostly by small fish, the larger ones having been
taken in the nets with which they are dragged; these nets
are owned by a few persons only, and a large proportion
of these, besides taking very small fish for use, throw away
those which are too diminutive on the banks or on the ice
to die, instead of replacing them in the streams for propa-
gation, so that angling in them is almost a thing of the
past.

The head waters of these rivers have recently been
stocked by the State commissioners of fisheries with choice
fish, but without special legislation to prevent the catching
of them in nets it will be of little avail; hence it is of the
greatest importance that the bill should pass. It is em-
phatically a measure for the people— its only intent being
to prevent fishing in these streams with anything but hook
and line.

The law proposed is a mon stringent one, and the details
are so carefully guarded that if passes it will not remain a
“dead letter" on the statute book, but will be rigidly en-
forced.

SOUTHWEST FLORI bA.

UEINO NOTES OF A TOUR OK EXPLORATION— UY OUR OWN
COMMISSIONER.

spills is the 25tli of February, and I find myself tho

1 guest of that prince of hotel keepers, J. 11. Tognl,
of the Metropolitan Hotel, Jacksonville, Florida. I am
convinced that you expected a few paragraphs descriptive
of the Southwest coast of Florida ftom "A1 Fresco," at an
earlier day, and I deem it advisable to offer an explanation
for my apparent neglect. I am somewhat of an old fogj ,
and compelled to wear glasses, and as these were lost over-
board in Charlotte Harbor, I could not direct my pen, und
in consequence your readers have not suffered from my pen
and ink inflictions.

On the 5th of last December, I left New York ou tho
steamer Gulf Stream for Charleston, In company with
Frank and Harry, to whom I sliall.refer in tho future. My
boat, (the Spray,") with necessaries for the trip was shipped
at Philadelphia for Savannah.

On the night of the 7th, Ilatleras favored us with quan-
tum sutf. of wind, and a cross sea without any foot. Al-
though an old sea dog, I was forced to succumb to tho re1
medial measures of old Ncp. After mauy voyages we
fancy that we arc competent to express an opinion regard-
ing the sea going qualities of steam ships and sailing^ ves-
sels, and have no hesitation in stating that tho Gulf
Stream is remarkable for many good qualities in a heavy
sea. We reached Charleston on the Sth at 0 P. M., and at
11 P. M. fouud ourselves in one of the comfortable state-
rooms of tho good steamer, Dictator, en route for Savan-
nah. The latter placo we reached on tho 9th at 0 A. M.,
and at 12 M. left for Fernandina, and arrived at the latter
place at 1 A. M. on the 10th, where wo landed the
"Spray" and her crew.

We have visited Florida on mauy occasions, nnd have
tested the sea going qualities of tho Dictator and City
Point, plying between Charleston, Savannah, Fcrnaudiua,
Jacksonville, and Palatka, and cun unhesitatingly recom-
meud them to the traveling public. The traveler who
patronizes one of these boats will find large and pleasantly
furnished forward and after cabius, large staterooms, good
beds, cleau linen, an excellent table, and last, though not
least, efficient, courteous and attentive officers and servants.
To those who are anxious to escape the buffetiugs of old
mother ocean, we would say, take n sleeping car on the A.
& G. R. R. from Savennah, and Jacksonville can be reached
in a pleasant manner. Upon reaching Savannah tho trav-
eler will find the Lizzie Baker advertised to take the Inside
route to Florida. The statement is only true to a certain
extent, as the Lizzie B. is compelled to tako tho outside
route from Fernandina Harbor to the river St. John, which
is the most dangerous portion of the route, and as the Liz-
zie B. is not ns well adapted to cross tho St. John’s bnr or
to contend with heavy seas as the Dictator or City Point,
wc unhesitatingly advise the tourist to take passage on one
of the latter.

Having shipped our future home, tho Spray, on a flut
car, we left Fernandina on the morning of Friduy.thc 11th,
and at 5 P. M. found ourselves at Cedur Keys. Wo traveled
over this road in February 1873, nnd compliment tho man-
agement upon the improved condition of the road bed and
motive power. One great drawback to Cedar Keys is tho
absence of a good hotel, and wc arc satisfied that a well
conducted house, with a good table and properly cooked
food, would iuduce many tourists to visit this locality.
Fishing, hunting, and shooting in the neighborhood is
good; the bathing excellent, und the climate superior to
that of Jacksonville. It seems to us that parlies interested
in the railroad would materially benefit themselves by erect-
ing a first-class hotel at Cedar Keys.

We expected to leave Cedar Keys for Manatee on the
12th, by the steamer Emille, but owing to the detention of
the steamer Clyde, plying between New Orleans, Cedar
Keys and Havana, our departure was delayed until the
15th. To while away the dull hours, wo proposed engag-
ing in piscatorial pursuits, but were informed that "it wus
too warm for sea trout to bite." Pluciug no dependence
in the statement of the local authorities, I was resolved to
test the matter, and secured several hundred minnows nnd
proceeded to the railroad dock. With live hail wc caught
sea trout (weak fish) rauging from two to six pounds, as
fast as we could bait and land them. On many occasions
we landed a brace weighing from four to five pounds each.
The first day we filled a flour barrel, and the second wo
abandoned the sport when we had captured 120 pounds.
Around the dock sea bass aud porgies can be caught with
cut bait, and sheephead with fiddlers. On the points and
about the reefs a few miles from town, superior red and
grouper fishing can be obtained at Cedar Keys. The sports-
man will find unbounded hospitality, and courteous atten-
tion on the part of the inhabitants. Invitations to join
hunting and flshiDg expeditions were showered upon us,
but we were forced to decline. From this point the tourist
may take a steamship to New Orleans, Tampa, Punta
Rassa, Key West, or Havana. For the purpose of cruising
along the coast, or general sporting purposes, suitable boats
with experienced sailing masters can be engaged at from
four to six dollars per day. Persons desiring infoimation,
wishing to secure boats or the services of sailing masters,
may address Messrs. Willard and Raoux, or the post mas-
ter, J. F. Jackson. These gentlemen would only be too
happy to furnish any information required, os well a*
assist sportsmen in every way upon their arrival. If these
gentlemen are called upon by the disciples of the rod nnd
gun, we will guarantee them a hearty welcome, and any J

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assistance required. At this point wo were Introduced to a
gentleman named Alfred E. Jones, residing nt Homos ossa,
who Invited us to spend a fortnight at his residence. In a
future communication wo shall refer to his hospitality and
tho attractions of his locality.

At Cedar Keys wo instituted numerous enquiries regard-
mg Bronson, tho county seat of Levy county, distant
thirty nubs from Cedar Keys, on the line of K It. t.. For-
nandina. Fare from Now York to Bronson by Hcnnon
Uclpho s line (m Fernandina) *25. In tho nolgbh orliood
or Bronson door are plenty, also turkeys, brunt, duck, and
quail can he found in abundance. Chunky Pond is distant
from tho village about two miles; it is about two miles
long and ono wide, connecting with a number of smaller
ponds which extend for a distance of about nine miles.
These ponds contuiu bream and trout (bass) in endless num-
bers—the latter ranging from ono to Ilf loon pounds. Per-
sons, visiting, or desirous of visiting Bronson, would do well
lo call upon or communicato with Mr. G. Lovell, tho
county clerk. Fho hotel nt Bronson cun accommodate Ilf
teen Visitors; hoard $7 per week. Dr. Johnson would ac-
commodate two or three, nnd Mr. Lovett, tho same num-
bei ; hoard *5 per week. As a guide to the best fishing
points, tho visitor can secure the services of James Priulon,
and for door and turkey hunting, J. L. Tuulou or W. 11.
Kinsey.

Wc spent several days very pleasantly at Cedar Keys
and inudu numerous acquaintances, and In concluding I
cannot refrain from referring to a local institution. Ono
evening ut 9 P. M. Messrs. Willard A Raoux invited us
to visit tin- rear of tliclr storo, where wo found a portion of
tho shell of a boiler, supported by brick piers, under the
boiler was a largo lire, and on tho top thereof two barrels
of Cedar Keys' oysters. As tho heat opened the oysters
the crow of tho Spray went for them, and I must positively
decline mentioning what proportion of the aforesaid oysters
the Spray lies deposited beneath their hells.

At, Fresco.

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(By our own Oorroipondout.]

NOTES FROM MICHIGAN.

I"1* II 10 weather has moderated almost down to a tlmw,

A with a deep snow still extant. "Merry hells, laugh-
ing girls, and prancing steeds inviting," so I gladly accepted
a proffered ride to the fishing banks of Saginaw Bay in
company with that old veteran hunter, Judge Campbell,
and the no less enthusiastic C. C. Fil/.hugli and his brother
1). II., of grayling celebrity. Notwithstanding his dis-
claimer to the honor of first introducing this "coming fish'1
to the public, ho cannot wholly divest himself, through his
innate modesty, of a large share of tho credit which a gen-
erous public Is ready to ascribe to deserved though modest
merit.

We took the ico four miles to the mouth of tho river,
where visious of numorous cabins opened upon us to the
limit of sight, and multiplied by aid of a field glu.su. After
riding to seaward five miles farther, wo drew up to the
“Grand Central," a hotel and grocery combined, where wo
disembarked from our sleigh and took a survey of the Ice
and fishing huts, extending on all sides to the horizon.
One would hardly believe the number of these sovon-hy.
nine shanties, which till up t lie spneo or area of vision.
Eleven hundred would not ho an exaggeration. I attempt-
ed to count them with a glass, und gave up in despair.
They are cosily fitted up, with a stove in one corner nnd
a hunk or two to accommodate its occupants; and as they
have stood the test of this severe Winter, they were made
very comfortable. Each house is located about a rillo shot
apart, so us to give the fish a wide berth. A hole is mndo
through the ico in these structures thirty Inches in diame-
ter on the lop, flanging to sixty nt tho bottom, tho thick-
ness being thirty inches. The doors are close to obwcuro
the light, und over these holes tho fishermen hold their rev-
elry through the still watches of the day, with poised speur
in baud watching the wary fish, lured by tho wooden fish
bait to within reach of the unerring uim of tho foe, who
arc often rewarded by u twenty pounder, and occasionally
some Touching fifty pounds, though the average is not
above twelve. These salmon trout, or Mnekinaw trout, us
they are called here, are only enught eight or ten miles out
in tho hay, while within that distauco tho pickerel, or wall-
eyed pike, is the sole reward of their labor; the first bring-
ing, at the catch on the ico, seven und a half cents, and tlio
latter four and a half. Wholesale dealers lire, as every-
where, on the alert, and readily buy up all us fust as caught,
to he immediately shipped to market in a frozen state.
This trade will soon be over us the Bpring approaches and
the breaking up of the ico commences, when these little
habitations will be seen moving hustily ushoro on sleds, to
remain for another season. Thousands of lumbermen have
been thrown out of employment, and have taken to this
moans of livelihood. Like the victims of the grasshoppers
in the West, they have turned to the chose, and the market
is thereby glutted with game.

Speckled trout arc reported to be plenty in tho streams
running northward, the bead waters of which are reached
by the Jackson, Lansing aud Saginaw Railroad, say 115
miles from this city, to its present terminus beyond the Au
Sable. Short carries may be necessary, but no more* than
could be expected on any fishing expedition. Tho great
desire is to sec our “editor in chief’ out in this section dur-
ing the season, and many indulge the hope that he may
make himself visible in these quarters, where he cun (they
say) plant himself in a well equipped boat and fish the gruy-
liog down the Au Sable 175 miles to Its mouth. I need

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not inform him that ho will find a hearty welcome by as
true men as ever cast a line, with hearts and purses open to
make him glad. I do not say this of my own free will and
accord, but because the same has been liberally expressed by
many readers of his piscatorial emanations.

Deer are not found to any extent north of the An Sable,
except in the vicinity of Thunder Bay and along the west-
ern shore of Lake Huron. For the further protection of
this genus, a petition is before the legislature of this State
changing (he hunting season from the months of October
November, and December, and substituting in lieu thereof
the words “from the 15th of September to the 1st of De-
cember" This is made necessary from the fact that hunt-
ers from other States have been making raids on this spe-
cies of game for Eastern markets to such an extent ns to
cause alarm in our midst. From two stations alone on the
railroad 1,700 were shipped last year. Another clause in
the petition is to change or lessen the number of days of
transportation from thirty to ten, so that express and rail-
road companies will be debarred from transacting such
wholesale business as heretofore, respecting game. Also is

a like petition before the house for the protection of gruy-
ling. As it is found that their spawning season is not as
supposed— the same as the brook trout— they find it essen-
tial, in order to protect this “coming fish," that new laws
must be made to meet the exigencies of the case, and so
says yours truly, Barker.

Jsay City, Michigan , March 4/4, 1875.

Cheedmoor Spring Meetino.— Tho Board of Directors
of the National Rifle Association have decided to hold their
Spring meeting on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, May
27th, 28lh, and 29th. The following is the programme
adopted: —

Thursday, May 27. — Directors’ match, open to all Direc-
tors and Honorary Directors of the National Rifle Associa-
tion; distance 200 yards; two sighting and five scoring shots ■
entrance fee, $1; prize, Directors’ gold badge. Second
match, short range; two sighting shots and seven scoring
shots; entrance fee, $1; prize not determined.

won5®'’ M'!K l8o~T!iird ma,ch; Leecl‘ CuP: distance,
800, 900, and 1,000 yards; no sighting shots; no previous
practice on the day of the match; fifteen shots at each
range; the trophy to be held for the space of one year by
the winner. J J

Saturday, May 29.— Fourth match; military short range;
distance, 200 yards; two sighting and seven scoring shots;
prize not determined. Fifth match; military long ran^e
match; distance, 500 and 000 yards; two sighting and
seven scoring shots at each distance; prize, a Remington
Long Range Creedmoor Rifle.

lie gliflc.

THE INTERNATIONAL RIFLE MATCH.

'TMIE joint committees of the National Rifle Associa-
A tion and Amateur Rifle Club held a meeting at the
office of Col. Wingate, on Friday afternoon last, that gen-
tlemen in the chair, at which were present Gen. Wood-
ward, Col. Gildersleeve, Captains Bruce and Fulton, and
Messrs. Alford, Bird and Philips. The following subscrip,
tions were announced as having been received. From A
T. Stewart, $500; John W. Masury, $25; Gen. Franklin
Townsend, $100. The Chairmau announced that he had
disposed of tickets to the amount of $100. The First Di
vision at hIT have engaged a box for the benefit performance
at the Academy of Music, April 3, at $100, and have also
taken 300 admission tickets, at $1 each. Royal Phclns has
contributed $100. Mr. Bird, President of the Murray Hill
Dramatic Association, who will offer the performance an-
nounced that he hnd sold $900 worth of tickets and 'also
mentioned that thus far $2,500 worth of boxes and tickets
lmd been disposed of by the exertions of eight gentlemen
only, in an unofficial way. The Chairman also mentioned
that the proposed match between Canada and American
riflemen was under discussion, and that a meeting of the
council of tho Ontario Rifle Club would soon be held and
the matter closed.

The Callao South Pacific Times of February 16th, gives
the following account of an exciting match between the
American and Prcnch rifle clubs of Lima, Peru, which
took place at the range or the former in the Piedra Lisa
Gardens, in the presence of a large and enthnsiastic bony
of spectators, among whom were the Governor of the de-
partment and many other persons of note. The challenge
was sent by the Americans and was promptly accepted by
the Frenchmen.

a ‘‘Slten,m "a9 C0,mP°9ed of eight of each club, the

wffibT on mcmbers ‘o choose /rom,

R m n nnFrTfln ™Cn !‘!‘d The Prizt!8 werc °»c

Remington rifle, given by the American Club, for the clnb

t?r.rkrng ,bC b.CSt SCore’ n,,d a beautiful silver medal pro-
Eh !?aVCd,,0n one side in English and on the other in

scorL h’KCPr^i b0th C ubs J0r tbe highest individual
score. 1 lie Frenchmen won the toss, and chose that the
Americans should begin. After the third round the
Frenchmen were fourteen nliead, but after the fourth the

ih« T„'c,aD8 We -C sevfntcen al*ead, which lead they kept till
the last winning the match with a score of 385 to 292 of

£j*‘ SnA? |S?'S' Tb? ‘'‘•‘S0*-? 'verc two feet round and
Tll n m r J' nilcd every rack and numbered 1 to 12.
number of shots for each contestant was ten Tho

can Club/’ WUS W°n by J' H' WbilC’ Esq-' of ,bc An>en-

Col. Wingate also mentioned that he had received an
offer of a challenge from a rifle association at Poona East
India, dated January 20, .in which Mr. Adam Smith, Hon-
orary Secretary of the Poona Rifle Club, speaks of [he re-
ceipt of the news of the American victory at Creedmoor in
September last, and usks about tho rifles used by the Ameri-
cans, and concludes by saying. “I should be glad to know
d we can arrange a simultaneous rifle match between
India and America towards the FalPof the year six or
eight on a side, ton shots at 200, 400, and 500 yard’s, with

nlk? 011 °ne day’ and len sl*ots each at 800 900
and 1,000 yards, on the following day, with match Hfles’
the whole in any position. I should be glad to hear from
you on the subject, &c.,

T^lub -spcclal meeting was ordered to be
held at the 1-irst Division Rendezvous, 11 West Thirteenth
street on the eve of March 17th. The Secretary report
roll f'Y1’ *' Lu|herhad offered to present a hands .me
g d iT P 5° P 8b0t for by lhe members of the Amateur
Rifle Club during the coming season on the following
terms: Distance 800, 900, and 1,000 yards; position, any
two sighting and five scoring shots at each range; weapon
uny rifle under the the club rules.

Rifle Tournament.— A competition at short ra»<rc was
>eguu yesterday at Mr. Conlin’s gallery, No. 930 Broad-
way. The ostensible object of the tournament is to select
a team of twelve men to compete with a similar number at
short ranges; but the practice, as well as the instruction
gained, cannot but prove beneficial even to those who as-
pire to proficiency at the longer distances. The tourna-
ment will remain open for thirty days, during which time
, Conlin )' jl1 take pleasure in making murksmen of those
who de-ire it, ami who are in possession of the requisite
eye and nerve. With regard to the match for the short
range championship, it can easily be arranged when the
team has been selected, and a challenge made through our
columns will meet with acceptance from a source of which
we have present coguizaucc.

Dominion Rifle Association.— This organization has
.,e J?. a""ual n,eeting and appointed a team to represent
it at Wimbledon. Twenty picked men have been selected, of
whom Nova Scotia sends eight. Under the fostering care
of the Governor General and the liberal manner in which
®‘iaflS deu.lt. Wlth the Association, rifle shooting is in a
very flourishing condition in the Dominion. Its mode of
selecting a team, although probably not resulting in as

th« «h H T0 HS W°Uld be possible to pick out, still has
the advantage of opening competition to the entire force, J

§*n\e §ag anil §un.

GAME IN SEASON FOR MARCH.

Snipe, Ducks and Wild Fowl .

Game in Market.— Tiie milder weather has resulted in
increased supplies of canvas back and red bead ducks and

rci,,UOtion in Price9- Tbe former are worth
f3 ~oa$2 50, and the latter $1 50; mallards, $1 25- black
ducks 75c ; widgeon, 50c.a75c.; wild geese, $1 50 each-
brunt, $1 60 per pair; wild turkey, 25c. per pound; wild
pigeons $3a$3 50; squabs, $4 50a$0; English snipe, $4 50-
plover, $4 o0; bay snipe, 75c.a$l; Canada bunting, $1-
curlew, 7oc. per pair; rabbits, 75c. ; bares, 75c.

-Duck shooting is now in full blast near Havre de
Grace, and on the Susquehanna, Potomac River, Cliesa-

waters ^ localilies iu the latitude of those

-Jack Rabbits abound in Utah. Lately a party of six
of graund 108 °f thCm " tW° bour8- ™ forty Ires

JSss? -

ricnced gunner on Slrinnecock B«y, at Currituck and other
plam,.„dIwiSk t° gi,o you ,il subS L of wka he
writes. guun.ng liomejs at Pond Qnogue, on Slttone

Mississippi — Corinth, March 13/4 —We had n
storm here on the 7th inst., which brought hof^rtf V y 9now
many pintail ducks. ThcV filled the riitche! „nH a gre,at
and even settled down in the open fields Fvitp « P°nds:
boy that could get a gun was ?u?5tcr them o? Mol! ^
The next day the sky cleared up, the sun S
warm, and the pintails departed from whence they came
having left many of their winged comrades deacfonS
field Snipe are plenty, but tearfully wild, getting no out
of shot, and scaipmg the whistling charge of No°9’sP *A
few woodcock have put in an appearance. My friend Dm.
can and I gave bob white a purling snlute the other duv"
and haggcd twenty-seven in four hours. The voice of ilm
gobbler will soon be beard in the land, when we bone in
ba^afew. Weather cloudy and warm; mercury to-dav
03 . Streams higher than for years. Guyon. Y

Texas — Gainesville, March 5/4, 1875.— Some fishermen
and * raPpcrs have been catching fish and beavers at the
mouth of Fish Creek, on Red River, eleven miles North-
west of this place, during. the Winter. This county bus
been settled thirty years and those are tbe first beaver
that have been caught I think. I have seen their sign
along the river ever since I have been in tbe county. I un.
derstand that a forty pound cat fish was taken recently
Mr W T. Perry, who lives two miles west of town went
turkey hunting a few days since, (being on horse back*
as we most a ways hunt here) and took bis hounds
a e ' ack aild tan fox bound, better known here

ns r lop -ears, ) and without shooting chased down and
caught three wild turkeys before night. Turkeys are
frequently caught here in the Summer time with grey-
hounds, but Dus is tbe first case I have beard of their
being caught in the Winter time and with common bounds
Black bass have just put in au appearance on our streets.

Texas.

—The Cuvier club, of Cincinnati, now embraces 260
members. Its officers are.— L. A. Harris, President; J.W
Beesley W. B. Smith, and T. J. Stephens, Vice Presi-
dents; 1 hos. A. Logan, Corresponding Sectretary; J. F
Blackburn Recording Secretary; Tlieo. Marsh. Treasurer.

«“?ieF?,unly,of,P,e'c‘rboro Fish nnd Game Protective
Society of Canada, held their first annual meeting on Wed-
nesday evening, March 3d at the Huffman HoSse. Peter-
boro The President, John Ludgate, Esq., took tbe chair
at eight c clock and opened the meeting by callina m>on
the Secretary to read his report. The election of officers
then took place and resulted as follows— John Ludgate
President; Major C. A. Boulton, First Vice President- Wif-
ham Eastiand, second Vice President ; C. A. Post, Secretary
pndTT^ea1surerI; Hal1, Counsel; Special Committee,

L . . I okcr, John E. Hammond, G. B. Sproule, Robert
Walton and Richard Meade. A general committee was
also appointed, consisting of a number of the leading gen-
tlemen sportsmen of the town and county, whose names
guarantee i be society as firmly established, and that they

mean business from the start. Two parlies have already
been prosecuted by the society, convicted and fined, the
one for killing deer during tbe close season, and the other
for selling speared bass. The society’s membership list has
now upward of seventy names, and its future prospects are
all that could be desired. C. A P

writes, ms gunning home is at Pond Q
cock Bay, Good Ground P.O., L I Billv savi

N. C., but owing to moderate weather, low tides amt
crease of ducks, we had rather poor soon d '

eight clubs between Back Bay C of CurTitnrk ^ "°u
and Great Gap, chiefly gentlemen from New York and°Bos
on and y™ may add to the list some three hundred ^'

wAV X “ykS® H'

good accommodations and plenty of live gpesf.’ftr. be ,,ls

^ SSCtSSSK*

t t „ ’ J* McL.

LONG Island Sound, New York March 8/4 A . r i

u" 0,11 d,“k ^ .o”?:

other wounded binis which escaped capture- d

Beat this who can! with four barrels fn this latitue!
r _ Chas. A. Meigs

k.ve we seen ,-et. S » °M"

O. H. Hampton,

Penn Van, New YonK, March 8th, 1G75
Editoii Foiiest and Stream: —

A trap .hoot came off here to-day, in which were nBcd pigeons an.f
enow birds. The pigeons were shot from a ground trap, and the snow
birds from a plunge trap; 21 yards rise and 80 yards boundary:—

SNOW DIKDS— TEN EACH.

\ ? j ? i ? ? 8 H I SSS“: ? SJ8? 8 ? 1 } i=J

? \l 1 i Y Si \~l I Conkl,n- “oiioJJJtJ

PIOEONS— FIVE EACH.

|bcldon 10 0 1 0 — 2 I Baker 0 0 111 a

Pf“u 0111 o—3 1 smith loo'S

,lmvn"h °M lh.e 8"°'V b!rdS did not KCt 0,1 Win8 good, bat would settle
down by tbe traps, and were then scared by snow balls being thrown at

C. E.

GUN TRIALS

No. 24 Elm Street, Boston, Feb 24 1875
Editor Forest and Stream:—

Frequently, in your columns, as well as many of your contemporaries
the question crops up of shells for breech loaders, which the paS
or brass, numerous opinions being offered as to the merits of eUher
Be ie\ ing that brass shells, more particularly through facility for repeated
re-loading, must ultimately lake lhe precedence, still it is not for n.e
purpose of specially advocating the claims of ei.her that dictates my re!
marks, but more for the purpose of securing uniformity durin- triall in
testing the advantages of either one or the other, and decidedly in the
case of shells intended to be re-loadcd.

A pair of barrels, when put together, with hardly an exception con-
verge towards the muzzle. The thickness of i he breech neSua.cs
that tins be the case. Now, breech loading actions at the face exhibit a
plane, or in other words, a straight line right across. It must be evi-
dent under such circumstance, that the axis of the bore, or chamber is

w Iu. p09‘l ,°" true ";uh the face or the action, and. therefore ’the
base of the shell docs no. lay solid with the breech piece. This Uon
sidor, at least, with best work, should be more studied than it is at Z
present time, und would save much of the difllcultv that i r '

'v,th ^

In some guns this error is much more palpable than others j

and third qoa.i.y work, where

heavier, when coming to the flier’s hands so as to give them thean.mre,
sweep out of the centre, are pulled close together onMils f P ?
brcecn end, the barrels thus converge still closerthun an ordi.far/stTaieht
line from breech to muzzle. To prove this. Insert a nair of L " .

ridge cases and it will be found that to have them flush at thoMH
where the two barrels join, leaves them below at each of the oiS
sides of the barrel. When the explosion lakes place .hl, pLt of the i
has of course to extend itself till it flushes with the w! h i
Solidity is thus lost, und also betokening a still more uneoual h« w'!!'
cartridge after reading Is inserted in l

the rims are only the depth of the shell rim prevents thV™ ,

closing properly. The only feasible remedy for tEs that th^h

piece must at its fuce make opposite each barrel nn *h? breec,h

coincident with the axis of the l.ore, thus producing the nl r‘gh, a"f,e
very obtuse angle. To hollow It do7 equau/a! wei, TZ'Z™ °f “
in using this shape of breech piece I have always found it "IT 7" ‘T0’

FOREST AND STREAM

A CARD TO MOOSE HUNTERS.

New York. March 8. 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

As this Is the season wheu moose hunting is most successful, owing to
the hard crust which covers the deep snow in the North Woods, and
makes It an easy matter to overtake these great, ungainly animals, I wish
to sny n few words to moose hunters. It must bo homo In mind that every
full grown cow iuookc, when heavy, as they nro now, carries two calves,
and therefore the cows should he spared at this season. The meat of
the young cows Is of course much better eating tlian that of old bulls:
hnl the linv protects moo so during tlielr breeding season, and It should
be respected. Your correspondent "E ," January 28th, says that moose
are more plenty in Maine than usual. If now all bunting and killing of
cows, with their unborn calves, could bo stopped, there might again bo
good moose hunting In Maine.

As the Forest and Stream clrcalatcs among sportsmen "down Emit,"
I hope that these few lines mny prevent the invasion of many moose
yards this Spring, uud 1 am sure that the banters will reap a rich reward
next Full hunting moose on the lakes and rivers of Maine and New
Brunswick. Joun Aveiit, Sec'y Blooming Grove Park.

The Maine moose law is defective because it contains
no appropriation for wardens, and the provisions for en-
forcing it are feeble. — Ed.

CONCERNING BORES.

Montreal, March 5, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream: —

In your number of March 4th "E O. II ." complains that in my advice
as to charges for 6hot guns, iu your paper of 28th January lost, I have
made no mention of bores. Now, I can only suy that the boro has very
little to do with the charge till yon get nnder 14. As to "E O H.'s"
Statement that a 12 bore of a given weight recoils more than a 10 bore of
same weight, it is directly contrary to my own experience of the past
season, I shot last Fall with two central Arc breech loaders, one a 10,
the other n 12, each weighing one or two ounces over eight pounds. I
must say that with the same weight of powder and lend the difference in
recoil was imperceptible; if there wa9 any difference, tho 10 bore pushed
a little harder of the two. "H." talks of a 10 bore, 6| lbs. weight, with
a charge of four drachms. Should he shoot any such charges in so light
a gun he will some day be a subject for a coroner's inquest. Ten boros
are rnrely made lighter than eight pounds, and usually run from 8j
to 10 pounds: 12 bores may bo made down to Of pounds, but are even
then unserviceable. A 16 bore would be more suited to that weight. I
must again repent, that the charge most suited to a gun deponds to n far
greater extent on the weighftlian bore of said gun. I have shot for six-
teen or seventeen years, and have used guns from about 22 gauge (old
flint locks) up to No. 6, which latter used to throw three ounces of shot
aud twelve drachms of powder (weighing about 28 lbs.). As soon as the
weather turns mild a couple of my friends arc going to help me with a
series of experiments to test the following gnus: 10 bore, 30 Inch barrel,
S lbs — Geo. Gibbs; 12 bore, 30 Inch bnrre), 8* lbs -W. ,t C. Scott; 10
bore. 30 Inch, 0 Ibo. -Parker. Nos. 1 nnd 2 are well known killers; No.
3 is a now Parker that lias not been Area. We Intend also carefully
testing With both paper and metal shells, and will use charges from
three and a quarter up to Ave drachms of powder and one ounce to ono
and a half ounces of shot. When we get through the trial I will send
you a review of the performances of all three guns. I have written
Messrs. Parker, asking them for early information concerning tho
charges they consider best for their gun. For the low price the gun
costs, I must say the Parker is fur better in value than anything of En-
gli>li manufacture near the same price. If it inauuges to boat my pet,
Gibbs, there will be lots of them wanted in Canada next Autumn. Our
decoy shooting on tho ice Will soon open now, and should I have good
sport I will drop yon a note. Yours, very trnly, Roval.

ADIRONDACK SLAUGHTER.

Fenton House, No. Four, Lewie county, N. Y.
Editor Forest and Stream:--

I read au article in your paper on deer slaughter in tho Adirondacks,
and I desire to say a word in condemnation of this unsportsmanlike
practice. I reside in the Adirondacks, and know whereof I speak, and I
fully concur with "H. B. J.,” of North Adams, Mass., that not one-
fifth of the deer that are killed are shot by sportsmen. In the vicinity of
my residence, on the ponds nnd lakes of the Beaver River nnd its tribu-
taries. nearly one hundred deer were killed last Fall, after all the sports-
men hud left the woods, by trappers and hunters, but more by the old
fogies that live near the wilderness and make some pretentions to fox
hunting, and therefore keep hounds, and lute in the Fall, when the
ground begins to freeze, so that deer run to water much more readily,
they go in lnrge parties into the woods with their hounds, aud as it re-
quires but little practice und skill to hunt in this way, they manage to
slaughter u good many deer I know of one party that killed upwards
of twenty deer last Fall. I hnve seen racks for drying and jerking veni-
son forty feet long, made and used by those deer exterminators. In
1871, aided by prominent sportsmen of the State, I procured the passage
of a law by our Legislature prohibiting the drivinj of deer with dogs,
and a heavy penalty for killing a doer in any of the waters of the State,
driven in by dogs. But this law was perhaps too stringent, as it cut off
the sportsmnnj as well as the others. Now, what we want is a law pro-
hibiting hunting deer with dogs after a certain season; say the 15th of
October. As there are but few deer killed by still hunting of late
years, the passage of such a law, with ample provisions for its enforce-
ment, would be the means of protecting tho deer from the wholesale
slaughter late in the Full. I cull upon all trne sportsmen to use their in-
fluence to secure tho passage by our present Legislature of the State, of
such game laws as shall most effectually protect the most noble as well
as valuable game of our great Adirondack wilderness. Unless some-
thing Is done to protect the deer from the ravages of those who do not
possess one quality of the sportsman, but whose only purpose Is to kill
all they can, and in any way they can, the time is short when the sports-
man, on his annual visit to the Adirondacks, will be cheered by the
eight of these wary deuizens of the forest, or have his larder supplied
with delicious venison. C. Fenton.

COOT SHOOTING AT CAPE ANN.

RockpuRT, Mass., February 25, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I have read with interest the various letters of correspondents con-
cerning coot shooting at this place, and being a resident here, and hav-
ing ougaged in that sport every season for tho last four years, I desire to
pnt my finger into the controversy.

Iam particularly amused with the pleasant letter of the “Doctor.” in
your issue of the 13ik ln*t. Allow me to say I thiuk I know something
of that crowd— "five men, three dories, seven guns— one coot aud one
crow." I happened to anchor my dory close by Straltemoutb Island
during the very time the "Doctor" and bis friends were enJoyiDg the
hospitalities of its worthy li'.hl-keeper, and although tnesea was a little
choppy, we hud very good sport, and if I remember ar'ght, I had the
pleasure of seeing the “Doctor" and his parly duly armed and equipped,
engaged in doing skirmish duty on the rocks, which duty chiefly con-
sisted iu a due observance of our sport, and in expressions of regret
that the weather would not permit them to come out. We are ulwnys
anxious w hen our country friends visit us for coot shooting. They arc
usually mortally afraid to engage in the sport, unless the sea is as
arnooth o- a barn floor. We always do cousolc them by saving, "it is
not a very good week for coots," or something to that effect.

Vole "Capo Ann a failure!" Why, the truth Is, coots are not lo be

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shot on Capo Ann. hot Just a llttlo way off its shores, aud If the Doctor
and his friends had pursued their sport there, they would have dally
brought In tholr spoil. wUh appetites which would have caused them to
pronounce bnked coot and Cape Ann turkey the greatest dellcnclc* in
the world.

it Is a mistake to say that they anchor bow nnd stem at Cape Ann. 1
agree with "A. U B ," of Boston, and say that I never saw a dory so
anchored. We frequently anchor our decoys hend and tail, the head
lino of tho decoys being made fn.t to tho klllook line of the dory ; thus
they can ho drawn In near the dory, or payed out. ns occasion inny re-
quire, and when n bird In shot wo have only to unfasten tho buoy lino
And the dory Is elonr, nnd after securing our game return to, our busy,
take It In, mid make fast.

I havo to disagree with "8. K.. Jr.," of Cohasaot, In him dislike to a
dory. We consider tho dory tho best and safest craft for sea shooting.
Thorough sea and breakers of Minot's Ledge are not more celebrated In
song and story than those of A very Rock, which Ilea not more than two
gnu shots distance from StralUmouth Island, and both are equally ex-
posed to tho son "8 K . Jr.," will ilml no lea at StralUmouth Point
when he comes lu re, us I hope ho will next scasou. Wo lay securely iu
our dory ant anchor in very rough weather, nnd hundreds can testify thin
nt times when tho llfo-boata are brought into requisition, the dory i» a*
frequently seen loading the way to tho scene of tho wreck ns following
In their track.

I sincerely advise tho “Doctor," and all who would essay the sport,
not to mnko too elaborate preparation* for coot shooting. The nature of
the sport does not often admit of it. Take your gun, decoys and amniu-
niiion, nnd be on hand yourself. “Too many cooks spoil tho broth" is
n true saying. A largo party, wUh ample preparations, may afford a
good time generally, bat the result will usually show ns many crows as
cools. Very respectfully, jj_ j,-

JN* and §ii er ^ ishiiig .

FISH IN SEASON IN MARCH.

Snapper.

Grouper.

Rockllsh.

SOUTHERN WATERS.

Trout, (black bass). Sheepahcnd.

Drum (two species). TullorAsh

Kingllsh. Sea Boss.

Fi8ii in Market.— With exception of the opening of the
trout season aud an increased supply of cod nnd haddock,
there is very little change to report iu the fish market. Trout
are worth 50@$l 25 per pound, according to the locality
from which they come. Cod and haddock 10c@12 cents.
Savannah Sliud arc worth 40c. each; North Carolina do.,
50c. 50, according to size; Hudson River Striped Bnsai

20c.@25c. per pound; Red-snapper, 20c. ; Wliiteflsh, 18c. •
Salmon Trout, 20c.; California Salmou, 40c. ; Frozen Sal-
mon, 40c. ; Halibut, 20c.; Long Island Smelts, 25c.; White
Perch, 15c. ; Codfish Tongues, 15c. per pound.

—The (routing season opened on Long Island last Mon-
day, the loth ult., though the ponds didn’t open, and the
streams, but partially released, flowed with a sullen gurgle
under the little shelves of ice that clung to the river mar-
gins along the water line. A large number of professionals
go down annually as a religious duty— just as some per-
sons sit up to watch the “ old year out and the new' year
iu." These went on Saturday nnd assisted at the opening
ceremony. Among them were faces that were familiar
when the present generation were hoys; and when they met
to exchange spiritual consolation on tho Sunday that hap-
pily intervened, the scene was very affecting. Capt. George
Gelston was one who wanted to go, but he could not And
his rod. This was unfortunate, as the Captain is always
present at openings, especially of oysters. The weather
was unusually favorable for this season of the year, being
warm and “ muggy," and when morning broke, the South
Siders broke for the “Willows," while the Wuitoniuus took
to tho outlet of Stump Pond. Those less favored, who had
to depend upon the Creeks at South Oyster Buy, where
Conk Vandewater used to exalt his horn, made for the out-
let of Massepiqua, away down the road, but found that a
negro boy had netted out the three trout that were iu there
a half hour before daybreak, and went back to breakfast
quite disgusted, vowing that the close season ought to be
continued to 1st April. “ So say we all of us."

On Tuesday the anglers returned to the city, but didu’t
bring any trout. All the trout in town that were visible
were on the slubs of Eugene Blackford and Middleton &
Carman, at the market. These had come by express train
during the two or three days previous, all the way from
Canada and from tlienrtiflcial trout works of the fish breed-
ers. There were splendid specimens from Sam. Olcott, of
Wolcottville, Ct. ; from B. B. Porter, of Oakland, New
Jersey; J. Fearon Mann, of Lewiston, Pa. ; II. H. Thomas,
of Randolph, N. Y., and from the Cold Spring works of
Livingston Stone, at Charlestown, N. H. These latter
were long snouted fish, which we took occasion to com-
pare with other trout of equal sizes and weight, and found
that their heads were one fourth the length of their bodies,
aud measured three and a quarter inches to two and a half
of the ether varieties. There were trout of almost every
hue and shade, some of them alive and swimming in tanks
and others that had been alive, but would swim no more,
On the whole the display was very fine. We acknowledge
the gift from Mr. Blackford of several pounds of these
delicate fish, embracing all varieties, the long headed fel-
lows included. We have felt an increase of brain power
ever since we ate of them.

—We have been much interested in examining an assort-
ment of flies of the Mullaly pattern, the peculiarity of
which is, that the bend and barb of the hook arc concealed
between the wings, thereby closely imitating the natural
fly, and rendering the deception more perfect. Trout are
always suspicious of “points," and the oldest trout now
living never saw a natural fly with a barb to its tail. Of
course this invention or improvement, does not apply to
hackles and palmers and other wingless flies, but we
think it a good one as far as it goes, and we hope soon to
test its quality and efficacy upon the wary old fontinuJs

Mullaly, the inventor, now of the N. Y. Board t>r
Assessors, seems to have a most versatile genius for new
contnvauees. Some time ago ho invented a huge itiner-
ant steam warming pan for melting tho snow from the
streets aa fa9t ns It fnlU. thereby keeping them open to
traffic ; if he could only operate ono of these machines in
connection will, hi* fishing apparatus, nnd open up tho
frozen ponds and streams to the impatient anglers who re-
gard the ides of March with melancholy, he would confer
a favor upon tho fraternity which they would never ccuso
to remember.

i; T . , i I™'?; ?f Mftncl,cslor- Vermont, lms adapted
a click to bis beautiful now reel, which makes it about as
perfect an Instrument as nnglor could ask for. This reel
possesses several advantage* that do not belong to reels of
tho old pattern.

Shad fishing is becoming an important branch of in-
dustry nl Pnlulkn, Fla. From twelve to fifteen hundred
white shad are shipped weekly to Savannah and Charleston.

Tho receipts of salmon at tho London markets thus far
this seasou, are less than one-half those of last year.

— We call attention to the advertisement tills week, of
a valuable salmon river for sale, near Quebec. An op-
portunity of this kind is seldom offered.

—The Sacramento Union says that salmon trout are ns.
cending Tomescal creek from the hay to spawn. They can’t
jump up the dam at the Humboldt Park House ut tcnirs-
cal, and hence hill an easy prey to men ami hoys who go f„r
them at that point. During the last month dim has been
caught weighing seven and a half pounds, one four and a
half, nnd a dozen weighing all tho way from one to three
pouuds. Why don’t the Fish Commissioners erect a fish
way?

Fishing Matters.— The number of fishing arrivals for
the week ending March 11th was forty-one— twenty. mm
from Georges, twelvo from Grand Banks and eight from
New Brunswick. Tho Qeorgosnion have landed about
800,000 pounds codfish and 85,000 pounds halibut. Tin-
bankers have brought in good fares, an aggregate of (loo .
000 pounds halibut, which have been sold for $10 and
per cwt. for best, quality.

Schooner Carl Scltuiz, Capt. Neil S. McPheo, which ar-
rived from Georges on Friday last, brought in tlm largest
fare over landed at this port, but her stock was not as largo
as lms been made by some of tho fleet iu former years on
a less quantity of fish, owing to a falling off in the priee.
She brought in 0,170 fish in number, which weighed off
107,200 pounds, also 8,800 pounds of halibut, lo r gross
slock amounting to $2,580. Cook’s share. #143 05; high
line, $130 25; average share of crow, $105 01.

Sch. Andrew Leighton, Capt. Olsen, which arrived from
the Grand Banks on Monday, weighed off 75,000 pounds of
halibut and 7,000 pounds codfish, her stock amounting lo
$4,177. Crew shared $105, oooU’h share $100, Time ab-
sent five weeks. This is the largest fare and stock of the
season thus far.

A large fleet of Georgesmen have been detained In port
nearly a fortnight in consequence of the protracted spell or
easterly weather. Yesterday, there was a change of wind
and the vessels were enabled to get out once more. Wlmt
with the ice embargo last month, and the detention by
storms and bead winds this month, the fleet are having
quite a hard lime of it, and the stock of Georges cod
brought in thus far is less than half ils large us that of last
season up to tills time.

Sell. Edward Grover, Capt. Wheeler, arrived from tho
Grand Banks on Wednesday tyltli 45,000 pounds halibut,
having made the tylp in three weeks, a remarkably short
time considering tho rough weather, Last year tlm
schooner Lizzie K. Clark, Capt. Morris, made a trip in
seventeen days, and brought iu 85.HIU pounds halibut, and
Stocked $1,070— the shortest Grand Bank trip on record.—
Cape Ann Advert iter.

CATCH I «nG YOUNG SALMON, OR GRILSE,
IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY.

EiMTon Forest and Stream:—

In addition to lorn cod Ashing here, I have now to add tho capture or
salmon In our hoy. This Is taking plocu atlho Long Wlmrf at Oakland,
across tho harbor, and also ut that of Alameda, a short distance to tho
southwest of Ooklund. Anglers cro»s on the Contra! i’uciflc Company's
ferryboat, which land* them at the wharf, or Inking the cars on It con-
veys them to Alameda, which Is almnt one mile from Its wharf thorn.
Those flsh being found In our bay Is a v< ry remarkable circumstance, ns
I cannot And from the "oldest Inhabitant" that It li/i* ever happened be-
fore. except now and then, when one or two havo boon taken while an-
gling for smelts. I have never taken one In this way, but last Hummer
I did Capture two brook trout. This new foaturu In our bay Ashing Is
attributed to the good effects of close seasons. These young salmon,
fresh run from the sen, are caught by hook und lino with any small fishes,
or pieces of llsii, or masse! worms for halt. During the past four weeks
the catch at thow two wharves has increased so much (lint this has now
become a special branch of fishing here, the number taken dally with
rods averaging from sixty to eighty, weighing from ono to five pound*
each. This saceoss has caused considerable comment among unglors,
or wonld-bo anglers, some of whom have asserted that they ora a now
species of salmon hitherto unknown on this const. Others claim that If,
Is a species of salmon trout. But all this Is merely (he effect of igno-
rance in the multitude, who hardly know with any degree of real science
one flsh from another. It Is undoubtedly a tree young salmon, and ex-
actly the same flsh my young nephew and myself took In the Biiienul
Creek, m ar Pcscadero, about sixty miles from here down the coa>t; nnd
nobody there evor questioned for a moment but that (le y were young
fresh run salmon. Their whole appearance showed tills Incontestably.
These salmon now with us are tho natural result of the laws which, dur-
ing 1873 and 1874, have prevented catching salmon between the 1st of
July and November of those years. It I* claimed that In consequence
of the close seasons established during July, August, September and
October, many additional millions of salmon have run np tho Sacra-
mento and Its tributaries, and their yoong, bnvlng spent their flrst sea-
son at sea. have now rctorned to the bays and rivers
I hope tho Fish Commissioner* of ibis Sta’e will give the matter their
attention, and If the circumstances Jnalify It, make further arrange-
ments with the 17. S. Fish Commissioner who collect* tho salmon egg*
on tho McCloud River to repeat his action of last year, by hatching oat
aritflclally aud returning to the river a large number of young salmon.
Homo mean# should also be found to prevent catching young -alinon In
the bay with seines, which Is now being done by persons who have
caught and are still catching other varieties of flsh.

The fly baa been used for thooo flah at the above wharvea, but with

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very slight success. The genera! mode Is either to troll or to angle Tor
them with rod and line, with a light sinker nbont half way, or rather less
from the bottom; but I have found about three or four feet from the
surface of the water the beet Three or four rather email hooka ore
ueed on the line. They are a delicious flah for tbe table, without being
like fril grown ealmon, too rich and oily, bnt just sufficiently so for moat
palates. B. J. Hooper.

fflnchting mid $outitu\.

AU comninicatUm* from Stcrelaru * and friend* should be mailed no
later than Monday tn each week.

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the field as well as in the office. Captain Akin is an experienced hunter,
and I" an expert in all that relates to "fin and feather" in these waters.
Captain Akln'a party of four hunters killed during a five days' bunt,
within the past month, twenty-five deer on a neighboring island. In my
next letter I propose to describe his principality, Broughton (Island, and
the opportunities offered to our sportsmen in the frozen North toenjoy
yachting, fishing and shooting among the beautiful sen-isinnds on the
coast of Georgia. N. H. B.

Mr. Bishop rocs up the St. Murys River to the Okcefee-
nokec swamp, and from there will haul his canoe to the
Suwannee River, and will then go down that noble river to
the Gulf. He will then go to Cedar Keys, and thence by
railroad to Fcrnandlna on his return to New York. — Ed.]

—The Woodside Rowing Club, of Newark, New Jersey,
have elected the following named gentlemen as officers of
their Association for the ensuing year: — Frederick W. Leo-
nard, President; Hurry S. Magrane, Vice President; R.
Smith Carter, Secretary; George G. Nevers, Treasuer; and
John H. Osborne, Captain.

§o1lct\es.

— ■ ..»..avivM o' liwin uiuiiagi: ity

the ice on Sunday last, an iinmcnce floe drifting out with
Ihe tide carrying away the wharf and snapping off like
pipe sterna a largo number of the piles that supported the
Club House. The building itself barely escaped destruc-
tion.

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Boating at Dartmouth College. — A lively interest in
boating is felt by the students of all the departments. The
members of the College crow have been in training during
the term, and at present are at woik in the gymnasium.
Five of last year’s crew— Eaton, Mitchell, Robinson, Eager
and Westgatc, will pull again this year at Saratoga.

Quincy (Mass.) Yaciit Cuun.-Tho following are the I . — Tlie ncw Yale College boat-house will bo a large one,
cccssful yachts of this club during the season of 1874:— *cet on ,,1C water front by 75 feet deep, and will have

1 room for 100 boats. It is intended to provide general row-
ing facilities for the students, and will be supplied with all
necessaries to that end. The total cost— land, building,
furniture, *&«. — ia estimated at $15,500, of which $12,000
has been subscribed, though the amount paid in is smaller.
Among the contributors to the fund thus far are Wm. M.
Evarts, II. B. Claflin and W. W. Phelps.

— The Harvards have declined to play any college cham-
pionship games at Snratogu this Summer.

— The Bostons will commence coaching the Harvards in
May, and about that time the Ilartfords will be helping the
Yale nine to beat the Magentas.

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rmsT Plata, 23 feet and ovsn.

Name. Owner.

. Vision Capt. R P.Worstcr.

Nellie Capt. Freeman Whltinarsh.

SECOND CLASS, 18 TO 23 FEET,

•VeHlu .Cupt. George Cushing

.Secret .Copt. Joshua Blnncy.

TllinD CLASS, 11 TO 18 FT. XT,

..Rockci Capt. Beni. F Bass.

• sl,rlt- Dolly Varden Copt. A. Clevcrley.

FOURTH CLASS. ALLOWED 14 FEET.

I Light Fool Capt. Albert Packard.

8 ( 1,1 Laughing Water Capt. Lemuel Packard.

The prizes that have been awarded lo them are hundsome
mIU flags.

The club now have on their rolls about thirty-five yachts
willi prospects or many new ones at the opening of the
uommg season, its propositions for membership are coming
in, and ihe prospects of this organization, yet in its infan-
cy, having been formed last Summer, is very encouraging
to its promoters. s

Tint University Boat Race.— The final chnnges nud
disposition of the men in this race have been made, and
rhCLTcws now stand as follows: —

OXFORD.

Name. Bl,

1 II. M'D. Cou run-. v, Pembroke,., li

2. A. Marriott, B N C

3 -1. K. Bankov Univorsity

4. .1. M. Buuntcad, University

5. II. J. Stavnor, St. John's

6 A. M, Mlrchlxnii, Pcnihroko

7. T. Edwards- Moss, B. N. C . .

J P Way, B, N. C. (at.)

li. llopivuod, Ch. Cb. (cox.)

OAMBRIDOI.

Name.

1. P. .1 lllbWrt, L.M.B.C

3- J. K. Peabody. First Trimly, .

8. G. (' Dicker, First Trinity.

4 W. O. Mitchell, First Trinity

5. K A. Phillips, Jl’HUW

0 J. A Aylmer, First Trinity .,

7. C \Y Henson, Third Trinity ii

II K Rhode*. Jesus (st.) it

G A. Davis, Clare (cox ) b u

English authorities declare the Oxford crew to be the
best, ns regards looks l hat has appeared for some years
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been shown of late. The want of catch at tho beginning
of the stroke, however, is still very apparent, and if not
remedied soon will militate seriously against the chances of
tho ‘‘dark blue." Cambridge lias tho requisite “catch ’’
hut are not altogether in as good form as their antagonist's.

1 hey have the best stroke, in Rhodes, which is a decided
advantage. The tide on the day of the race will be n
“Spring," which will last until one o’clock, giving an carlv
hour for tho start. 1

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BISHOP’S CANOE VOYAGE.

THE PAPER CANOE AMONO TRE SEA ISLAND*.

Brouorton Island, near Darien, Ga..

_ „ March 2, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

From the German Shooilog Park, on St. Auguetlno River, near Sav-
annah. 1 rowed to Llborty River, and by means of a short "ent off"
through the marshc. entered Crabb Crook, following It to the broad
Sklddaway River. Then through Sklddaway Narrows, (where the tides

from two water course* moot.) into tho Burnside River, and through Its
wide mouth Into Ihe stately Vernon I proceeded on towards the sea ap-
proaching Oseabow Island n* far as the month of the wide Little Ogce-
chee River, where the strong hond winds drove mo ashore on Green
Island. For two nights and a day I waited In camp for the tempestto
fubslde; then, before sunrise one morning, pushed on to the Great
Ogeechee, ascending It to Bear River, which broad thoroughfare took me
down to St. Catherine's Sonml This sheet of water was crossed to New-
port River. up which 1 rowed to Johnson's Creek, and followed It to
Sapclo bound. The Inlet was crossed with some difficulty, after which
1 reached Chocolate Plantation, and lodged upon the floor of a negro's
cabin. The following day the paper canoe arrived, via Mud River Tea-
kettle and Doboy Pound at Doboy Island, where I pa-sed the Sabbath
day ashore among northerners, Canadians and negroes, whocompose the
population of this busy little seaport on tho marshes. Monday. March
1st, was a windy day. After following the Darien River to and through
the three miles cut" to head of Altamaha Sound. I was forced back
through the cut" by tho tempest. There la no camping-ground among

Illort Cdi.e>nneV.e 1 Proceeded up the Darien River to within a

short distance of the town of Darien, and passed through "Ihe cut" to

% r "■-*'» m'- < <••* Ll°

So "d 1 „ D“f °U’ °" my "’"y to""rd» «t. Simon's Island and
river oT” ret”,ltt,^nC<1 ,0 a K"'° >ud fc,rccd n»e across the

.hn , r' "gc Broughton Island. The only occupant of

the plantation house, beside the servants, was Us owner. Captain R. F

iSldEbatem0OnXrUnyJnV,lV1 me «lth him nnUlthe wind
would abate On this well-kept plantation I discovered a completeness

of management and an exhibition of discreet dlsc.pllne which re.ofu

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PniNCBTON College, March 11, 1875.
EniTon Forest and Stream:—

The athletic Interests here are now ns grent and os absorbing almost as
they are during the pleasanter months of the year. Though there Is no
chance for uctunl practice In the field and on the water as yet, there is n
very great amount of preparation being made, which caunot fail to
enable tho ball nine and tho crews to fulfill in some measure the flatter-
ing promises they now give.

Owing to the efficiency and foresight of Captain Nicoll, of the Univer-
sity, quarters hove been secured at Saratoga for both crews. The Uni-
versity will be quartored at Jas. Arnold’s, and the Freshmen at Thomas
Arnold’s. The houses of the Arnolds' arc situated at Sulphur Springs,
on tho south side af Snake Hill, and nenrly opposite the starting point of
the new course recently buoyed off. One important advantage gained
In the selection of the above quarters is, that both crews will not be ob-
liged to row a long distance in order to reach the starting point, and then
will be freed from tho recurrence of certain treatment of, to say tho
least, not a very humane character, which a rival crew fuvored (J) one
of them with last Summer.

Though wo have had great faith all Winter In the crew selected to re>-
present us at the coming regatta, our confidence has been Increased re-
cently on account of the eulogies bestowed upon it by an experienced
oarsman who visited us a few days since. The purport of his remark
was somewhat to this effect, that no crew which rowed In last year's
race was superior, If cqoul, to the one that w ill represent Princeton in
•Inly, at Saratoga. The author of this opinion spent several days at
Saratoga last Summer before the regatta, and then was very familiar
wiih the material and skill shown In tho various crews there.

This may seem to savor somewhnt of conceit on tho part of Princeton;
yet, anyone who will take the trouble lo visit the gymnueium here, at the
time devoted to their exercise, I do not hesitate to affirm, will be forcibly
impressed with the fine physical appearance of the crews, as well os
with the regularity and power they show in their rowing. This upplies
more particularly to the University.

Tho ball nine continues faithful in its daily practice in the gymnasium,
and is rapidly acquiring tho art of quick and accurate throwing. Besides
this exercise, both the nine and the crews are daily drilled in calisthenics,
and in the heavy work of tho gymnasium as well. The most notable
feature thus for discovered In the practice of the nine, is the improved
slylo of Manu in pitching. Having acquired Increased rapidity in de-
livery, the latter has been able to imitate to perfection the peculiar style
of t'ammings, of the Philadelphia nine.

The Glee Club gave a concert on Tuesday eve, 2d inst. The large num-
ber present, and tho frequent encores fully attested the high estimate in
which the club ia held here. It purposes giving concerts at New York,
Brooklyn, Orange and Philadelphia during the approaching vacation .

Guidvu.

gfatioiuil gngtimez.

—The annual meeting of the Young America Cricket
Club was held March 8th, at Longstroth Hall, German-
town, Mr. E. M. Davis, Jr., in the chair; Mr. C. E. Morgan
Jr., Secretary. Mr. George Newhall stated that he thought
it would be advisable for the Young America Club to make

Surat ions to compete during the coming season for the
lenge cup, won from the English cricketers by the
Philadelphia twelve, last year, at Halifax. At Ihe conclu-
sion of the address the following officers were elected to
serve for the ensuing year;— President, E. M. Davis, Jr.;
Vice President, T. I*. C Stokes; Secretary, S. Wain Vaux;
Treasurer, S. L. Wright. Also a Board of Managers.

— The Amateur Association held a convention at Boston
on Wednesday, March 10th, which was attended by clubs
from Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. A revised
constitution was adopted, and a code of rules which as re-
gards the playing rules of the game were identical with
that of the Professional Association. Amateur clubs are
forbid paying their players except for traveling expenses;
an open door to semi-professionals. The next convention
will be held in Philadelphia. The election of officers re-
sulted as follows;— President, II W. Lamb, of the Beacon
Club, Boston; Vice President, J. H. G. Myers, of the Fly-
away Club, of New York; Secretary, C. W. Blodgett, of
the Arlington Club, New York; Treasurer, M. J. Dillon,
the Confidence Club, New Rochelle, N. Y. ; Judge Advo-
Oftto, ff. C. Cogswell, of the Atlantic Club, Jamaica, N. Y.

-The New York Athletic Club held its annual meeting
on Friday of last week, and re-elected all the officers with
the exception of the treasurer. The flourishing condition
of the Club and the popularity of its members, renders tho
prospect of the coming season, in the wav of running and
athletic sports, a very inviting one. 'Hie officers are-
Henry Knowlton, President; Richard C. Fellows Vice-
President; Waller K. Collins, Treasurer; W. E. Sinclair
Secretary; R. Wm. Rathbone, Captain; A. II. Curtis, First
Lieutenant; G. C. Barnette, Second Lieutenant; and’c. II.
Pierce, H. P. Egleston, and J. R. Brahnms, Trustees.

— The annual tournament of the Quebec Skating Club
took place this week and was a decided success. The
backward race, the one and three-legged race, and the bar-
rel nice were well contested, and convulsed the audience
with laughter at the ludicrous figures cut by the partici-
pants. Col. Strange acted as referee, und bis estimable ludy
distributed the prizes at tho close.

The Clandcboye Snow Shoe Club held their annual
tramp on Friday last. The day was exceedingly stormy,
but the hardy Clandeboyc’s boldly faced it, and made good
time to Hunt's nt C’barlesbourg Heights. In the evening a
dinner was held there at which speaking, toasting, and
general good feeling prevailed. The: officers of Ihe Club
are as follows: President, Mr. C. P. Bickcll; Secretary,
Mr. II. J. Leinesurier; Treasurer, Mr. F. Duggan. The
Club make an imposing uppearance in their white blanket
coats. They are all fine slalwnrt muscular fellows and a
pride to Quebec.

— The new stock company nine of St. Louis, which is
to be tbe rival team of the St. Louis Club “regulars,” begins
business with a capital of $12,000 and a team of local
players, which includes Seward, McCall, D. Mou, Mulhall,
McSorlcy, Redmond, J. Blong, A. Bloug, and Morgan, the
subs including Cruft and Haute.

—The various professional nines of the championship
arena will all have answered to their names at roll call by
the 20th of March, and as soon as the snow and frost have
left the fields out door practice will commence. In the
meantime, pedestrianism and gymnastic exercise will be
the order, and hand ball practice — the best training possible
— where hand ball courts are at command.

—The Union Grounds will this season again lie the
leading professional ground of the metropolis, and Ihe
Capitolinc fields that of the class of amateur nines who
partly play for gate money, while the legitimate amateur
nines will play on the free ball fields ut Prospect Park.

—There will be a great rivalry this season between the
professional clubs of the West. The St. Louis clubs are
bent on whipping the Whites of Chicago, while the “reg-
ulars” of the St. Louis nine nre going lo try and wipe out
the local “Red Sox” team. In the meantime the Wcsicrns
of Keokuk will try the mettle of all three.

— The Professional Association book, published liy I)e
Witt, will be issued about the twentieth, and Beadle’s book
about the same lime.

—It will be late in May before tbe Maple Leaf Club, of
Guelph, Canada, will be able to get to work this year, as
the season is very backward.

— Tbe total number of games the professional clubs
entering the arena will have to play this season is over
seven hundred. Last year eight clubs found it difficult to
get through with two hundred nnd thirty games. This
year thirteen clubs have to play ten games each with every
other club.

—The Knickerbocker Club, of New York, held their
thirty-first annual election last week, and on March 8th the
Excelsiors, of Brooklyn, held their twenty-first annual
election. The former club will play at Hoboken Mondays
and Fridays, beginning in April, and the latter will play a
game at Englewood sometime during the Summer, Hint
being about all the interest they now take in base ball.

—The Star base bnll club of Syracuse rates as the cham-
pion organization of Syracuse, and this season they have
adopted the plan of raising a casli capital of *500 to defray
the expenses of the season. Their nine this season will
include McLean, of the Putnams, of Troy, as pitcher; C.

II. Brown, of New York; F. Sperry, of Cortlnndt; Van
Bracklin, of Oneida; J. S. Smith, of Ilhacn, and Esmond,
Dunu, Lumbcnd, Young, Ferrer, and Grace, of Syracuse.
They will play at the Driving Park grounds.

—The moving hack of the striker’s position in base ball
will greatly reduce the chances for fuir foul hits.

—Col. Fitzgerald, of the Philadelphia City Item, offered
a prize of a gold medal worth $250 for the winning club
of the season, provided the ten men rule was adopted.

&cw publications.

We have received a copy of Birds of the Northwest,
a handbook of the ornithology of the region drained by the Missouri
River and its tributaries, by Dr. Elliott Coucr, U S A. Tho amount of
bibliographical matter in this work, as a collection of synony malic lists,
and In Ihe abundant references, is very great, and will do much toward
lightening the weary labora of future workers in the snmo field. Dr.
Cones is already so well known as n scientist of the first rank, that his
name is a sufficient guarantee of the value and ability of his work. Asa
work of reference and classification it Is an addition to our authorities
in avi fauna, the valuo of which cannot be overestimated.

The Grent Southwest, issued in the interest of tho
Missouri, Kansas and Texaa Railroad, contains to much Information re-
garding tbe district which It represents as to be worthy of notice The
present number Is illustrated by sketches of various buildings in S wlnlia
the "Queen City of the Prairies." and wo look with astonishment upon
villas and handsome public buildings on a spot where a few years ago
existed only a few rude shanties. The directions to sportsmen are uNo
of practical value, and the road have established a tariff of dog fares
amounting to about } cent per mile.

The Lite Stock Journal for March has renched us and
as usual Us table of contents Is full of articles pertaining to the various
branches of agricultural industry. The piscatorial department, under
the direction of our friend Fred Mather, ts an inlcrestng feature Wo
desire, however, to tall the attention of the editor to the fact that Mr,
Chaa. Hallock Is the author of the "Fishing Tourist," not Thad Uallock,
as stated In answers to correspondents in February number.

Ihe Medical Record for the current week contains a
paper on Hydrophobia, which will be found of moch interest, os well as
other valuable information.

The Northwestern Poultry Journal, published at Minne-
apolis. Ia a recognized authority on matters pertuinlng to fowls and pot*.

The rap.dly Increasing interest in the raismg of fine poultry has opened
a new field of literature, and roosters are now sold with pedigree* os
long as a thoroughbred's,

FOREST AND STREAM

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Fish Stories.— In our issue of the 23d
instant we gave an extract from the Paris
True Kentuckian, to the effect that "a fish
duck had been killed recently with eleven
fish in its stomach, the united weight of
which was over two pounds.” An old gen-
tleman of eighty-six, who for many years
followed the occupation of a fisherman and

Eilot, says that some years ago, at Nantucket,
e saw seven shoal ducks taken from the stom-
ach of a monk fish that was not over three
feet long. The ducks were fresh, and must
have been captured by the fish within a few
hours, probably while they were diving for
mussels. These ducks generally uverage
from three to four pounds, undressed.

The same gentleman says he once caught
a halibut that had the tails of six dogfish
protruding from its mouth when taken on
board the smack. But the strangest story
remains to lie told. Some fifty years ago
Capt. Eben Gardner, of Nantucket, was, in
company with a number of others, fishing
for codfish off 'Sconset, and lost overboard
an open jack knife, on the handle of which
his name was cut. The water where it was
lost was some seventy or eighty feet deep.
When the boats bad landed on the shore,
and the fish were being dressed, the iden-
tical knife, lost some hours previously, was
foun 1 in the stomach of a cod, caught from
a boat that had been fishing at some distance
from Capt. Gardner. — Boston Traveller.

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Natural History

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AND

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o-

We are prepared to furnish the Drat sixty numbers
of the Arm series of

Animalsand Birds of North America.

To these will be added a second scries of foreign speci-
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titudes, never however violating their natural instincts.

We offer these views not ns pictures only, but ns
studies frortl nature. One of the great moving de-
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teaching. The unerring fidelity of the stereoscope
transfers the anlmuls and birds from their natural
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our homes, where they cannot fail to leave a lasting
impression of the form, color, habits, and locality of
ouch specimen.

An experience of more than twenty-five years as
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native and foreign specimens, enables Mr. Hnrstto
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with Its appropriate rocks, woods or water, and color-
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1. Wild Cat, or Bay Lynx Ljncu » Rufat.

2. Snowy Owl ■ Sarnia Nyetea.

3. American Wolf Lupus OcclderUalie.

4. Wild Pigeon .Ecloplstee Mlgratoria.

6. Northern Panther — . Fell* Con color.

0. Black Crowned Night Heron Ardea Discore.

7. Woodchuck Actomys Honor.

8. Red N ecked Grebe Podteeps Jiubricvllls.

9. Great Blue Heron Arden fferodlas,

10. American Swan Cygnu * American us.

1!. Red Shouldered Buzzard Bureo llyrmnllt.

12. American Woodcock RusticoUi Minor.

13 White Fronted Goose Anser Alb[fron*.

11. Long Eared Owl Otus Americanos.

lf>. Hooded Sheldrake M erg at Cucullalus.

pi. Horned Grebe Ptdxceps ComxUxis.

17. Oolden Eagle AguiUu Chrysalos.

18. Prairie Wolf

19. Spotted Sand Lurk Tot a/xus Macula Hue.

20. Marsh Harrier Circus Ultgtnosu s.

21. Mallard Duck A not Boschas.

22. Great Horned Owl Bubo Vlrginlanus.

23. Great Loon, or Diver Colymbus Ulaclalls.

21. American Deer (Alblnocs) . . Ceroua Vtrgiiiianu s.

25. The American Bittern Arden Minor.

86. Old Wife, or Squaw Duck FuUgxila Oladalis.

27. The Wild Turkey Meleagris OaUopavo.

2s. The Denver Cantor Fiber.

89, Common American Snipe Scolopax I litem I .

80. The Buff Breasted Sheldrake . Mflffus Merganser

81. The Canudu Goose Anser Canadensis.

32. The New York Ermine. Putorixis.. . Noxitboiacensls.
83. Red Brestcd Sheldrake Mcrgus SemUOr.

34. Pinnated Grouse Tftrao (Sipido.

35. The Sand Hill Crane Or us Americana.

30. The American Black Bear Ursus Americanos.

37. Red Tailed Buzzard BuUro Borealis.

38. BuOle Headed Duck Fullgula Albeola.

39. North American Porcupine Ihjslrvr Hudsonlus.

40. Vlrglnlu Partridge Orhjx Vtroiniana.

4 1 . Common American Gull Larue Zonorn ynchus.

42. Grey Fox. Values Virgin (anus.

43. Reel Head Fullgula Erythroceplxalia.

44. Ruffed Grouse Telrao Umbellus.

45. The Rucooou Procyon Lolor.

40. The Whistler FhMguIa Ctangula.

47. Brown or Bald Eagle Halid /os Leuoocep/iulus.

48. Red Fox VulpU Fulcus.

49. Wood Duck An<U Fjtonsa.

50. American Burn Owl SlryX Pratincota.

6!. Spruce Grouse Telrao Canadeksis.

62. Northern Lynx Lyncus Borealis.

63. Black Duck Anas Obscura.

51. Belted King Fisher Alcedo Alcyon.

55, Little Screech Owl . Bubo Asia.

66, American Opossum DldeljihU Yirginlana.

57. American Coot Fullca Americana.

58. Ptarmigan , — — Telrao Mutue.

59. Shoveller, or Spoonbill Anas Clypeata.

60. Musquash Fiber ZUtelh iexu.

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TESTIMONIALS.

Cornell University. I
Ituaca. March 14th, 1870. |

I must congratulate you upon your great succc-ss Jn
this new educational enterprise. If we can urrunge
our amusements so us to make them impart instruc-
tion to the mind, it will be a step in advance in edu-
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Wasuinoton, D. 0., March 18th, 1870.

I am much pleased with tho success you have met
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apjK'urance of life.

I hope you may be able to continue tho Series, and
I hive no doubt they will furnish interesting means
of information and instruction In regard to the wild
animals of New York. SPENCER F. BAIRD.

State Rouse, Boston Mass.. March 18th. 1870.

1 have examined carefully the "Sleroscopic Studies
of Natural History,” und judging by the first teu num-
bers, should suv that they will prove of very great
vulne.both as object lessons for students, and as a most
Interesting suite for the purlor Stereoscope. The de-
iincutious, position, and color of the different groups
aud the general treatment ore most perfect. I cor-
dially recommend them to the public attoution, and
trust you will meet the encouragement which you
have earned. EDWARD A. SAMUEL.

Curator of Zoology In Muss, Stale Cabinet.

Peabody Academy on Science, I
Salem. Mass., March 19th, 1870. (

1 have shown your Stereoscopic views to the Direc-
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Naturalist, Dr. Packard and Mr. Morse.

They concur w ith me in praising their truthfulness
and the tteto which you have displayed lu surround
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characteristic fitness. They arc certainly better fitted,
not only as parlor and drawing room illustrations, but
as educational illustrations for the use of schools and
colleges, than anything wc have yet seen.

A. HYATT.

Cornell University, President’s Rooms. I
Ituaca, March 19th, 1870 )

I have received the Stereoscopic Views of objects In
Natural History, Btid have enjoyed them greatly.
They have surprised all who have seen them by their
wonderful fidelity, both os regards the animals and
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Very quick For woodcock and quail Nos. 1 to 4.
Packed m metal kegs of 12* lbs. and 64 lbs., und In
pouud canisters,

ORANGE RIFLE POWDER.

The best for rifles and for ull ordinary purposes.
8Izcb F.g. FK.g, FFF.g, the lost being the finest and
most used. Parked In wood and metal kegs of 25
lbs., 124 lbs., aud 6J lbs., and Iu cauislers of 1 lb. ami
4 pound,

All of the above give high velocities and less resid-
uum than any other brands made.

LAFLIN & RAND POWDER Co.,

21 Park Row, N. Y.

(Opposite Aston House. )

CARL DITMAR’ 8

NEW PATENTED

SPORTING POWDER

Does not soil the gun; cleans It, If you use a charge
of it alter firing many times with black powder; no
smoke — little recoil— no loud report— high velocity.

The best ever made Iu this lino; not lo he confound-
ed with Schultz’ or English Wood Powder, or with
Sawdust Powder, as it is superior to both.

Ready Made Ammunition

For Sporting aud Target Rifles always on hand.
Send for full Information, aud If you order, please
state If wanted for rifle or shot gun, as 1 have differ,
eut kinds,

CARL DITMAR,

NEPONSBT, 51 ASS.

CHICAGO

SHOT TOWER GO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

STANDARD

DROP AND BUCK SHOT

BALLS AND BAR LEAD.

Onrnlm Is to manufacture un article of SHOT that
Is unsurpassed In ROUNDNESS, SOLIDITY, Pea-
fection of POLISH, Uniformity of SIZE, and Accu-
racy of WEIGHT, In each bag. Orders from the
Trad« solicited, and will be tilled at

The Lowest Market Prices.

E. W. BLATCIIFORD, President.

C. F. GATES, Treasurer. Jun 25 ly

Holabird s Shooting & Fishing Suits

Made of the beet English Water and Mildew proof
duck, dead grass color, have become celebrated for
DURABILITY.

Convenience,

comfort.

and CHEAPNESS,

Sold in New York, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Sun
Francisco,

And all towns where sportsmens’ goods are kept In
stock. If not found in stock where yon trade, order
direct from the manufacturer. Send cheat, waist and
sleeve measure for coat and vest; waist and inscam for
paute.

Special attention Is called to the Slevelesa Coat nnd
Vest with Sleeves, which are unique, unu can’t hut
suit the most fastidious.

Coats, $’.<>; Coat and Veals, $14; Pants, $8 .50;* Caps,
2.50. Send for Illustrated circular
^Address W. H. UOLABinD.

Jan 21 Valparaiso. Ind.

MANNING’S

YACHTING ANNUAL

FOR 1873.

WILL SHORTLY BE PUBLISHED.
Price to SubscriherH, 8 1 .150
Subscriptions must be forwarded In advance to
THOMAS MANNING, 293 Broadway, N. Y.

Jan 2 Mm

jftUsctlhneouS,

Martin Pat. Imp. Safety Bit,

Patented April fith, 1874.

The Martin bit In designed to bo tho enstvat bit
mail.' f„r a tender mouthed horse, warranted to pro-
u ni any horse tram running away, Pulling, Lugging,
Uoiting, tongue Lolling or driving on one roll, after
wring driven from three to ton times. If on trial they
refunded ,Ve Mkll*f*c,"Ur‘ »»»>«’)’ <*» all cumin will he

„,™9" J1"?* !' ‘J D— Couch Ulu. flrst -class, nlckle
! ?n ! to“'1 I11*1 Orst cInsN, nlckle plated, $0;

i oucli lilt n, Mcund-cla—, c pl„uM, $7; Bond DU-
second rluaa. ( . p aled, $.Y IJ&nU Ui. count to deal-
ers. N It -8md width « burse . numth

" M N. MARTIN A to, Manufacturers,

• lit avenue, comor 38th st, eet, N.Y.

RANGELEY

TROUT HITCHING ASSOCIATION.

~V OUNO FRY of the fitmotm Rungoloy

... .sP*,c*il,Kl Trout are now ready for delivery.
I .rlce from $15 to $25 per 1,000, according to quantity.
I here TrAut ure the largest bred talma Fontino'U In
the world, many weighing from six to eight pounds;
at »»mo age are twice tho slim of ordinary trout. '
Addre« orders to H o Stanley, IWt, Htxileld,
Mo ; W s 1 age, lre.i.iiror, No. 10 Warren street, N.

L Crounso, Penn avenue, Washington, D.
i ., II B. Porter, Crystal Springs Klslt Farms, Oak-
land, Bergen , minty . \ .1 yu , ,

“Seth Green Fish Ponds”

Caledonia, Livingston Co., N, Y.

A. 8, i 'OI,l. I XS, Proprietor,

K«*». Fry. Yearlings, Ac. of Brook Trout, Hal.
nion Trout, MiIiiioii, While Pish, Ao
Also Bu.h, (j.,id Kl»li, Silver Fish, and utook for
Aquaria, Wire Cloth, Hatching Trays, Patent Spawn
In* Races, nnd ovorythlng pertaining to HhIi culture.

Wild Wood Trout Farm,

EAST FREETOWN, MASS.

Trout eggs nnd young fish fur stocking pond a, Ac.
Bristol County Trout, Geo. F. Paiii.ow, Now Bed-
find, Mass,, or Edwix Pounhyiu.ii, Boat Freetown
Muss. Nov. 20

THIRDS, PICT AND RARF. ANIMALS,
J J und AQUARIA STOCK DEPOT und AOU.MtlA
CASE MANUFACTORY J. IIAUOT, Agent lit
Fulton street, New York City. Goldfish, Sllverflah,
Fl-huiid Anlm.il Life, and Aquatic Plants In variety.
Also Shells, Pebbles, Ornament-, Corals, ,Cc„ to stock
tho Aquarium. < Hurries nnd other song birds;
Pigeons. Parrota, und PumqiieU; Ihibhlls, Squirrels,
Doga, pet und rare Animals generally; Bird Seeds,
prepared fund for Mocking Birds mot other soft bill, d
birds; Kluli food. Bird Gravel, Dog Medicines, lint-
ler’s celebrated Mange uml Flea (hire, Sr . wholesale
and retail. Mar 4- ly

Sportsmen!

Yont attention la called to
GOOD S, Oil, TANNED MOO
AHINS the best thing ever
worn hy sportsmen. Not
tnjnrcd bV wetting and
drying- nfivaya soft and

VERY DURABLE being miule of the very hust'of
•lock In three different styles, and warranted thomoi-
ulne artlc/t, different from anything before offered.
Illustrated Circular and Price List free.

FRANK GOOD.

1200 Elm st. Manchester, N. H.

BRADFORD & ANTHONY.

180 Washington St., Boston.

IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS IN

Fisliiiir*: Tackle*,
Fishing Mods,
Fisli Hooks,

AND

ANGLING IMPLEMENTS.

N. Y. Safety Steam Power Co.

Office : 30 CO UR 'TLA NOT ST,

BUILDERS OF

STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS'

Steam Launches & Yachts

And their Machinery a Specialty, also Machinery fort

TUCS, LICHTERS AND STEAMERS^*

Propeller Whoels of Superior Efficiency.

8ICND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR.

P tr All our bouts are guaranteed lo pass inspec-
tion unduf tho Steamboat law when required.

\ r A ( HT FOR 8 A Lie. —Schooner Yacht

1. Halcyon; centre-board; 121 tons O. M.; length
over all K4 fret; brain. 23 fret 10 Inches She Is
thoroughly and handsomely found fore and aft In nil
rospects, Is very fast, having taken prizes In every
rar e she has entered since 187-'; believed to he per-
frctly sound. Apply to JOHN JEFFRIES, Jii ,

Mar II -It 78 Devonshire street, Boston.

Wild Fowl.

A 81 cannot attend to them this Sum

Yi. raer. I a in offering my slock of Wild Fowl at
the following prices: —

know Gess« (Aiutr hyperbrntiu) . . . $15 for lw<»

Canada Oeesq (A. CantidtntU) $10 per pair

Mallards (Anas hotrJiat i $15 per trin

Wood Ducks (Alx ijKiiua) $10 per pair

Also ouo White Female Ferret, f 10. I cannot tell
the sex of snow gocae. FHKI> M 1TIIEII.

Max 11 Trout Farm, Uoncoye Falla, N.Y,

96

FOREST AND STREAM

§ftorlfsmeit’a $oods.

W. & C. SCOTT & SONS

Cenuine Breech Loaders.

WIWKIIH OF TUB liJN TRIAL OF 1873

Report of Gun Trial aenntn application.

AGENTS:

WM. READ & SONS,

1 :t Fanouil I lull Sq., Boston.

Also all other makes: -Greener, Wcstley Richards,
Wubley, Remington. Moore, Ac.

A genuine Scott Muzzle Loading Gun, S-r. up.

Mavnard, Ballard. Remington and SIm-d's Itldes.
“Ballard s breech loading sporting It I lick* $1811"
Bukhov's Gyro Trap, for Dimming practice.

Fine FUliIng Rod* and Tackle.

Fine Bronze Yacht * inns on mahogany carriage*.
Complete, as furnished the Now York nnd Iloston
Yacht 8a uudrons. SEND FOR CIRCULARS.

HENRY C. SQUIRES

IVFOnTHIt OF

Fine Breech & Muzzle loading Guns,

SHOOTINC TACKLE,

krekcii loading implements, &c.

NO. I CORTLANDT NT., (First door from lld'wy)

Attention of sportsmen uml dealers Is culled to my
stock of llrcccli loader*, which, for quality and va-
riety, challenges comparison with any other.

Stmt for Illustrated Catalogue.

Oct 8

TOOL HOLDER.

6IZE OF TARGET, 12 FEET WIDE DY 6 FEET HIGH.

This Tool Holder Is hollow, nnd twenty casl slec|
tools arc enclosed In It, vlr.: 10 brad awls of various
slue-. 1 chisels, 1 each, gouge, wood reamer, Iron ream-
er, harness needle, screw driver, and scratch awl. In
addition to these It will hold anything, from an eight-
inch mill die to a cambric needle. It Is by fnr the
best Tool Holder In use, and will auswer nearly all
the purposes of a Hand Vl“e. The wood Is hard nia -
pic with lignum vlue cap, the ferrule malleable iron,
and the Jaws cast steel. The huudlo is dvc and a half
Inches long. It Is extremely convenient to ho used
with the saw In making brocKots, and for doing all
kinds of light work. Seut oy mail prepaid on receipt
of One Dollur.

MILLER'S FALLS COMPANY.

Mar 18-lt 78 Beckman street, N. Y.

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Scale 1-2 Inch to the Fool.

4. 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, .5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5—74, OUT OF A POSSIBLE 75.

DISTANCE, 800 YARDS.

Score of FIFTEEN CONSECUTIVE SHUTS DY COL. JOHN UODINB, AT CREEDMOOR, IN THE “BENNETT MATCH," Oct. 3, 1874, with a

REMINGTON Breech Loading, Long Range Challenge RIFLE,

WHICH MADE IN THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH,

Tlio Highest Score on Reeoi’d,

Flense take notice, this Target was made in an OFFICIAL MATCH, not at private Practice.

Extract from the “Army amt Navy Journal" Official llejxrrt, Dated Oct. 8. 1874.

"The match decides several disputed points, as near as they cun be decided; first, that there is no perceptible difference in accuracy between breech loaders and
n /.sir loaders, hut thut If anything the former are the best, as they are certainly the quickest; second, that in our clear climate we may look for even better shooting
In the future; third, that

THE REMINGTON RIFLE Stands ahead of all others for Accuracy,

AS IT DOES IN SIMPLICITY OF MECHANISM. THE REMINGTON RIFLES IN THE MATCH SC0RED;TI1IRTEEN POINTS AHEAD OF THE SAME
NUMBER OF MUZZLE LOADERS, AND TWENTY TWO POINTS AHEAD OF THE SHARP’S BREECH LOADERS IN THE SAME TEAM."

In tlie International match, six muzzle loaders, three REMINGTON, and three other breech loaders were used. Capi. FULTON, Col. BOD1NE and L L

JIEPBURN used the three REMINGTONS. _

For full onicinl report, see Army amt Navy Journal, Oct. 3d, 1874. FULTON’S SCORE 171 OUT OF 180;;HinHEST SCORE EVER MADE.

Military Match Rifles Just Out; Price $35 or $55 with Vernier and Wind Gauge Si°hts’ also Pocket Ver-
nier Gauges Price $2.50.

Send for Treatise on Rifle Shooting, and Report of International Match, (free) to

E. REMINGTON & SONS,

P O. BOX 3994.

Manufacturers of

Breech I^oadiiig Guns, Rifles, Pistols, Ammunition, tVe.

ARMORY, ILIOY, N. Y. 283 BROADWAY. N. Y.

Chicago Olllce, 237 Slate Street; Pittsburg Ofllce; 10 Sixth Street; Washington Ofllce, 521 Seventh Street.

4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4.

40 out of a rossim.E 40. ~

8m1«, X locti to Foot.

Score of Ten Consecutive Shots at 500 yards, made
With n SHARPS MILITARY RIFLE, six lbs. trigger
pull, without rest, by Col. II. A. OiLDKnsnKBVz,

Attorney and Counsellor at Law, New York City, in
a Match nt Creedmoor, Dec. 20, 1874.

SHARPS RIFLE CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

Patent Breech Loading. Military, Sporting, and
Long Range Rifles.

The BEST in 1850. The BEST in 1875.

Twenty-five Years of XJso, nncl Constant PROGRESS.

Sharps Rifles Never Shoot Backwards.

For Urillinnt Achievements of Sharps Rifles at Creedmoor Range, During the
Summer of 1873, See OMcinl Record.

SHARPS RIFLES won nt Creedmoor Range the HIGHEST SCORE of any BREECH LOADED RIFLE
used In the great International Contest between the American and Irish Teams, Sept., 1S74.

Won First nnd Second Prizes In Arinv and Nnvv Journal Match at Creedmoor, 1874; also First and four
others of eight Prizes for BEST INDIVIDUAL SCORES, In same match.

Won First, Second. Third, nnd Fourth, and three other Prizes (seven out of twelve) In All Comers’ Match,
at Creedmoor, Sept., 1874.

'}'on £'7‘l u,ui fhree other Prizes In Pro** Match, at Creedmoor, Sept., 1871.

« on lhlrteen Prizes )u the Bennett Mutch, at Creedmoor, Sept., 1871

&«• »&c. Ac. Ac. Ac.

SPORTING RIFLES FROM $30 TO $38.

CREEDMOOR RIFLES, wllli Elevation Tor 1,800 Yard., $90 i„ $125

SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE.

ARMORY AND OFFICE, HARTFORD, CONN. E> (j. WCStCOtt, Pl'CS'L

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R. R. R.

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I paTer
Price 82.73. | SHELLS.

and Loader.
Price 82.25.

In ordering give sice of shell used. For sale by On n
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For Forest and Stream.

^orting^emitmcmces off Illinois.

IN the Forest and Stream of December 24th, I noticed
a short letter, in which the writer states lliut Rock-
ford is a handsome city of 14,000 souls, situnted on Rock
River, in Northwestern Illinois, that the the Indiau name
for this river was “Sinnissippi," and is the name selected
for “our club just formed for the protection of fish and
game.”

In the Spring of 18:18 I was admitted as a member of
the legal profession, and had just arrived at my majority.
Having read and heard the most glowing descriptions of the
great West, on the 3d day of May, 1838, I took a steamer
at Pittsburgh, intending to go to Northern Illinois. At
that lime the danger of steamboat traveling was the all
absorbing topic of conversation. A few days previously
the steamer “Moselle” had been torn to atoms at Cincin-
nati by the explosion of her boilers, which resulted in the
death and mangling of about 150 passengers. This great
calamity was the subject of discussion in every company,
but more especially by nervous steamboat passengers — so
when about to leave the Port of Pittsburgh, all the travelers
on the boat were ensconced ou the upper deck at the stern
of the boat at the farthest possible distance from the
boilers.

At the end of about two weeks I found myself at St.
Louis, and at the end of another I was at Galena. The
only notable event which occurred on the Upper Mississip-
pi was the capture of a splendid buck while attempting to
swim the Mississippi from the Illinois to the Iowa side,
our Captain having dispatched two men in a skiff in pur-
suit.

After prospecting the lead mines and smelting furnaces
at Galena, I started for Rockford, traveling in a four horse
post coach over the almost uninhabited prairies, occasion-
ally seeing a prairie wolf skulking in the high grass of the
sloughs, or a sand hill crane stalking on the prairie. Nearly
the whole distance from Galena to Rockford was prairie,
for thirty miles. We traveled through the big prairie,
West of Rock River, not a tree or a shrub to be seen, the
gently undulating surface of the country reminding me of
the calmly rolling waves of the sea. In the coach was a
young Irish girl, who a month or more previously, after a
long and tedious journey from her native Island in a sail-
ing vessel, had landed in New York. Our ride over this
great prairie was so dull, so wearisome, so monotonous,
not a tree or a shrub to be seen for so many long and te-
dious hours, that wheu towards night of our second day’s
journey from Galena, a passenger saw uud spoke of the
forest in the dim distance, the poor Irish girl with the
same feelings she experienced when she first saw the Jersey
coast from the vessel, after her long cruise, artlessly and
innocently, but enthsiastically exclaimed, “laud ho." That
"evening, the third day of June, 1838, I found myself at
Rockford, on the East bauk of Rock River.

Two rival villages were then competing for supremacy,
and for the location of the County Court House and other
public buildings, one on the East and the other on the
West bank of Rock River. The proprietor of the proposed
site on the East bank was one Haight; of the West bank,
the firm of Kent & Brinckerhoff. The latter were brothers-
in-law, who having failed in mercantile business in the
city of New York, in the great financial convulsion of 1837,
had migrated to the Rock River Country to commence
business anew, and to recover their lost fortunes. After
a long and angry controversy the county seat was finally
located on the West side of the river.

At first I was completely enamored with the country;
the beautiful rolling prairies were studded all over with
wild flowers, which grew most)luxuriantly. One week the
prairie would be all over white when a certain while
flower would predominate; a fortnight afterwards it would
be all blue wheu another flower would predominate, and
so on throughout the whole Summer, when each successive

flower in its season would be in the asccndunt, thus giving
to us in regular succession ull the various colors of the
rainbow, between early Summer and Autumn. My stay at
Rockford was from the third day of June until the eight-
eenth day of December, 1838, and having comparatively
little else to do, I passed my time principally in the pleas-
ures of hunting and fishing, in both of which that Summer
I was most eminently successful, as any other novice
might have been. It was about six years after the termina-
tion of the Black Hawk war, but even at that time on
traversing the prairie ou the East side of the river I could
discern plainly and follow easily the track of our army
which marched along the river against Black Hawk and
his army of Indian warriors, the wheels of the heavy la-
den baggage wagons having cut through the sod of the
prairie. The country then was very sparsely populated;
East Rockford was a small village; West Rockford a much
smaller one. Of course there were few sportsmen, but
there were some; nearly all the pioueers of the country
were husbandmen, intent on digging a living out of old
mother Earth. As to game, the prairies were filled with
pinnated grouse, the thickets with ruffed grouse; and as
for Rock River, it was literally alive with fish of the most
magnificent proportions and of the greatest variety. Deer
were abundant, as were also wild geese and ducks in their
season.

For some time after my arrival at Rockford, I amused
myself by fishing with the rod and line, killing all the bass
and pickerel I desired. One evening after finishing my
afternoon sport uud about to sturt for the village, I dis-
covered lying on the bauk a huge fishing polo, which had
been used evidently by some stalwurt rustic. The but
was a part of a hickory sapling, to which was spliced a long
pole. It was of immense weight considering the use for
which it was intended. I affixed a line to this pole, bnited
it with a minnow, and fastening the but firmly in the
ground, covering it with great heavy stones, I threw the
baited line into the river. On the next morning I returned
and found that I had hooked a monster fish in the night;
the but of the rod was sticking firmly in the ground where
I had placed it, the rod was broken at the point where it
was so strongly spliced, and the fish hud made good its es-
cape. At the time it was believed that this was the work
of one of what we then called the Mississippi cat fish, for
we then thought that such immense cat fish ns were then
found in Rock River could only be grown in that great
stream.

During that Summer a friend of the writer constructed a
drop line, or as it is called in this section of the country, a
“night line;” attached to it were perhaps forty or fifty
hooks, which being baited, the line was stretched across
the river in the evening. The next mooting my friend
went to the river to raise his line and to witness the suc-
cess of his enterprise, when to his great surprise he dis-
covered that the fish had literally carried off the whole
line, and lie never saw a hook or a thread of it aftei wards.
This was the first, last, und only night line set in Rock
River during my sojourn in that couutry. And yet an-
other mode was resorted to in order to capture the fish in
Rock River, which I am ashamed to relate, for It was so
destructive and so very unlike the true sportsman. Verily
I believe that if old Isaac Walton had been present, he
would have hung every one of us up to the first tree. Op-
posite the town of Rockford, and above the rapids, the
river bottom was smooth and free from all obstructions.
We procured a seine of very considerable length, by a single
draw of which we would supply the whole population of
the town with fish sufficient to lost them for several days.
The modu * opera ndi was as follows:— The seine was placed
on the stern of a skiff, one man plied the oars, while an-
other would drop the seine into the river, the oarsman
would drive the skiff up stream, thence toward the middle,
and thence down and around until he would land on the
shore a little distance below the starting point; the seine
was then drawn by parties at either end slowly toward the
shore, and when within twenty or thirty feel of the bank

the excitement began. Such a kicking and Jumping and
splashing. There was the monster Mississippi cat fish,
weighing from fifty to eighty pounds, the huge stureeon
from three to four feet long, the “buffalo," weighing as
high as forty pounds, and baas, pickerel, “rod horse," and
other fish without number. Bat wo did not destroy ull
these. The taste of the then residents ot Rockford was
very refined and delicate, and the three last named fish,
buss, pickerel and “rod horse," were t ho only onos used.
All the rest were thrown back or rolled into the river,

I write these linos that the “Sinnissippi Sportsman's Club,"
of Rockford may know what a grand old river they have
for pisciculture, and how by enforcing the game laws, In a
few years, they mny have and enjoy the sports of the pion-
eers of their country.

I feel to-night as though I could writo a volume upon
my experiences in the Rock River country, during the
Summer und Fall of 1838. But I must close this article
without giving you the particulars, or a detailed statement
with roferunee to a gang of horse thieves which extended
their operations from southern and middle Illinois into
the wilds of Wisconsin iu the Bummer of 1838, each one
having his station on the line; how the people of Wlnnoha
go county formed an nnll-horso thief society to break up
the gang and defend themselves against their depredations;
how the muttering complaints of tho people culminated in
1830; how the President of this society was shot down one
evening at twilight near his own barn; how the people, to
tho number of threo hundred, rose, armed themselves, pur-
sued the supposed murderers, overtook and captured them
in the big prairie, West of Rock River; how they tried and
condeinod the father und two sons to death; how the two
sons were given fifteen minutes in which to say their
prayers; and how a simultaneous discharge from number
less rifles was made at the two sons, so no one person could
be charged with their dcuth; and how after tho death of the
two sons, the pursuers agreed to pardon tho fgray haired
father upon his pledge to go West of the Mississippi and
never return East of that river. Tho older citizens of
Rockford will remember the tragedy of the Driscoll
family. A very graphic description of this occurrence was
written at the time by a gentleman of Rockford, and pub
lished in the Pittsburgh Gaiotle, then edited by the venera-
ble Neville B. Cruig, and which would bo read with great
interest by the present inhabitants of Winnebago county.

Nor can I tell you of how I saw the remains of “Big
Thunder," an Indian chief, (I think that was his name,) on
an eminence in the pruirio near Belvidere, buried above
ground, according to the custom of his tribe, nor how u
Chicago surgeon passing through tho country cut off the
dead chief’s head and carried it to that city as u.trophy, or
to ornament his office. Nor how tho inimitable Col. Blrodo,
a gentleman of tho rarest wit and humor, always boiling
over with hilarity and Jocoscness, a Kentuckian by birth,
and a practicing lawyer in northern Illinois, participated
iu the battle at Stillman’s run, South of Rockford, who at
the time of that great stumpede made good his escape over
the prairies, and who said that at every leap he saw a big
Indian behind each stump and tree in the prairie.

A. II. M

Pittsburyh, Penn»ylmnia, February tBt/i, 1875.

For Foreet and Stream,
OUR CRUISE.

WE three had met on an East River pier, abreast of
which a trim little schooner with her maiosall
shivering in the wind, lay heaving uneasily with the tide
as if anxious to be off. A few moments sufficed to place
the party and their effects safely on deck ; then, with the
young flood under her, the sheets started, a steady hand at
the helm, and os Jolly a crew as ever broke a biscuit, the
“Nellie" started on her voyage. Gathering speed as she
went, the Navy Yard with its crowd of vessels and the
clink of busy hammers, the ship yardH of Green Point, the
grassy lawns and picturesque villus of Ravcnswood and

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Astorin, find the “wood of Jones," where Dutchmen most
do congregate, were soon left far behind.

In an hour after, having safely weathered the sunken
rocks and treacherous currents of Hell Gate, and passed
the frowning battlements of Fort Schuyler, our pretty
barque was tossing on the blue waters of the Sound.

The grey shades of t wilight had gradually deepened into
the durkness of an Autumnal night, the stars had began to
peep out one by one in the sky, when, rising from the
table, I went on deck to take my trick at the helm. The
wind, which at the stnrt had been quite fresh, gradually
died out with the sun, until there was only about enough to
give us stecragewny. With my arm resting carelessly on
the tiller, now glancing at the sails, and anon peering
ahead through the gathering darkness, I gradually fell into
a reverie, when, suddenly, a stream of light struck full in
my tace, and the portly form of my friend, John M ,
looming up through the cabin hatch brought me back with
a cheerful hail, front the realms of fancy.

“llow fares it, skipper?" said lie. “As G. is too busily
engaged to talk, I thought I wonld come up and have a
smoke and chut with you."

“And right welcome you arc, brother councillor,” I re-
plied. Having laughingly commented upon Q.'a omnivor-
ous propensities, after a few moments musing, he con-
tinued : —

“I have been thinking of the changes which time makes
in the position of thingH around us, and of the little circle
that was wont to gather round the hearthstone of the old
homestead. Father, mother, brothers, sisters and play-
mates, how quietly some grew old and ripe, and then
dropped into the grave; how’ gently others stole awny in
all the freshness of youth to the home of the dead, and
how the rest have floated down the currents of life and are
lost to me amid the mists and shadows of time. ‘Change I
Change ! !' is the war cry of the world, and has been ever
since the first tree was felled, and the first ray of sunshine
glimmered in the fastnesses of the pnmcvul forest. 'On-
ward 1’ is the watchword of this people. ‘Onward !’ over
the rude cubin of the early settler; onward over tbehenrlh-
stones of mnny an old homestead, obliterating the ancient
landmarks with the relentless touch of modern improve-
ment. ‘Onward I’ over everything primitive that as litllo
children we were wont to love, and that comes drifting
along down the currents of memory — bright visions of the
returnless past."

“Dlvil a word of lie in that, anyhow; hut, shuro, maslhcr
John, dear, what would become of ns that does the diggin'
aud such loiko, if yees was to sthop that same march of
improvement?"

This unromantic interruption proceeded from a Celtic
follower of John's, who called himself cook and steward,
but was, in reality. Jack of all work on board. The pos-
session of this valuable henchman was the result of an

accident, and thereby bangs a tale that will bear repeating.
Borne seasons ago our party were on a shooting excursion,
and the day being dull, we concluded to drop In shore ami
wail for the birds to come over us. Scarcely were our ar-
rangements completed and the “stools" placed when we
spied a gaunt, red-haired Paddy creeping cautiously along
shore to got a shot at them. Kxpecting some fun, we lay
perfectly still, till having attained what he considered an
easy tango, his piece was vuisod, carefully sighted, and
then came an explosion, which made every timber of the
boats rattle; the water was lashed with foam, and the
headless bodies of italf a dozen wooden ducks attested
both the accuracy of his aim and the capacity of the old
musket to carry shot. Shouts of laughter, blended with
execrations, greeted this bloodless exploit, when Pat, in-
stead of expressing contrition for the damage done, ex-
clnimcd, with a much Injured air:—

“Arrah 1 why didu'l yecs tell me? sure it was the only
charge I had.”

Thero was no gainsaying this; a bargain was ratified on
the spot, and thenceforth “P. O'Shnughncssy, Esq.," be-
came an indispensable adjunct to our shooting parties.
And truly he was a genuine son of the land of “Punch,
Priests and Potatos," concealing, under assumed Innocence,
a shrewd and cautious nature. Any man who could put
the “comether" on Pat, to use his own expression, had “to
sleep wid both eyes opeu and get up before the burds.”

Having finished our pipes, and the watch being up, we
went below and turned in, to be awakened at early dawn
by the voice of our 6kippcr ringing down through the
hatch, with, “House out and bit, lads, the birds are on
the wing.”

A hasty toilet performed, wo were soon on deck, and
thero a sight greeted us which will not soon be forgotten.
The sun was frescoing the eastern horizon with streaks of
golden light; the air, though sharp, was pure and bracing,
making the blood bound joyously in tin veins; while
ahead, astern and under our lee, the black beads were
dancing iu the swell of t ho sea like the corks of some
mighty seine. It was a sight that would have roused more
sluggish natures than ours; quickly our snowy canvass was
spread, willing bands heaved the windlass, bringing the
light anchor inboard with a Jerk, when the lively craft,
freed from her moorings, bowed as if in sulute to a pull
that struck her, and dashing the spray iu clouds from her
bows, bore gallantly down upon the prey. “Lull up !
Lull ! ! Sharp I ! ! ’’rang out Missing's clear stones from for-
ward; “and luff it is, sir," was the responsive growl of the
old sea-dog nt the helm. "There they rise,” was now the
cry, followed by the sharp crack of the pieces. A dozen
or inoro white breasts stained with blood were seen
floating nround us. Scarcely bad the echoes died away
when “Boo-loong !" roared Pal's piece or ordnance from
astern.

•ivtint do you mean, scaring the birds in that way?”
wruthtully exclaimed the councillor. "What were you
shoot ing at?”

“Divit a know I know, sur, but it’s dead anyway.
Didn't it sit there just iorninst me, bliukin' its eye and
Blinkin' its head, JuH darin’ me to shoot; and would yees
have me shlaulliered by a dumb baste of a burd? More be
the same token."

Jack got out of patience. “Get into the boat at once,
you villain, and pick up those birds, and mind, now, if 1
hear that Columbian of yours again, I'll pitch you and it
overboard."

Grumbling and growling away went Pat, soon returning
with the ducks and a mass of feathers and bones, which he
informed us, with a triumphant air, was his game; it was
an auciuot loon which pant thus dearly for an insult offered
to the blood of au O'Sliuiighucssy.

But why tax your patience with a repetition of such
accnes I Three days passed quickly away, aud our lockers

being well filled with game, we concluded to vary the mon-
otony by a run on shore.

The bright glow of afternoon was fading into the mel-
low shades of twilight, when our party, after a long
trump, stopped to rest on a headland overlooking the liny.
The exclamation, “how beautiful !” burst simultaneously
from our lips.

The sun just dipping behind the western hills, more clearly
defining the deep shadows of the vullcys, the broad harbor
spread out before us like a huge mirror, and the old woods,
so weird and durk, standing in bold relief against the even-
ing sky, formed a scene that no lapse of lime could effuce
from memory’s logbook.

A week bad now been registered on the calendar, and
it being decided to start on our return voyage, the guns
and accoutrements were duly packed, deck and boats
eleuned up, aud invitations extended to our shore friends to
take dinner on hourd, anil in a parting glass with iis, good
speed homeward. A right merry party gathered around
the table in our little cabin that night. Wine, wit and
music sped the fleeting hours, and the morning watch was
well nigh spent ere the last reveller depurled.

Among the mnny things said and sung, this little squib
so struck my fancy that I noted it in our log; and thus runs
the verse:—

Three men ami a hnll-dogiigly,

Two guns and a lerrtor lame;

They’d belicr eland out in (lie mud there,

And act themselves up for game.

Hut, no! I see by the cocking
Of that red-haired Paddy's ej-e,

He's been sniping too much, for you. sir.

Any such game to try.

"Wh'st! Joinery, me boy, knpe aley,

And hould the Ing bull dog In;

Here's n bloody big cloud of yuller legs
That nude a pepperin',"

"Chip, bang!" speaks the single barrel—

"Flip, bojng!'rronrs(beold queen Anne;

There's a Paddy stretched out In the mire,

A kicked over, knocked down mail.

The bull-dog’s eyes stick out,

And the terrier's barks begin;

The Paddy digs out of the bog-hole.

And then the ilDcoorsIn' comes In.

"Whist! Jnmsoy, ye tunilering blaagurd,

1 know ye're the Dlvll's own Sou;

How many flngeis load, thin.

Did ye* pul In the blasted old gmi?"

"How mnny Angers! be jnbers?

I nivlr put in a one;

Dv ye think I 'd be lift her raiumin'

Me lingers Into the glint''

"Well, give tne the powder, Jamesey."

"Tho powthcr! a» sure a» yer born,

1 put It nil In the old musket.

As I'd ulvlra powthcr horn."

Fur For til and Stream.

IN THE WILDERNESS OF MAINE.

I HAVE read with much interest the articles of General
Sherman in Fo ihcht and Stub am, recounting a tort-
night’s visit to the Adirondack Wilderness; though, for
myself, I prefer a less formidable outfit, and in the follow-
ing sketch will attempt to show wherein we differ in this
respect, when seeking a vacation in the forest: —

In the first place, there are hut two in our party — namely,
an old hunter called “Uncle Nathan,” born and Drought up
in the woods, and always uneasy when away from them,
and Frctl, who is always Fred, wherever he is known, either
along the banks of the Kennebec, or in “Old Middlesex."
1 leave Boston at eight o’clock one September morning, by
Eastern Railroad cut Portland and Kennebec to Sltowhe-
gan, 225 miles in all; thence by stage fifteen miles to Solon,
where wo have supper, then on again eight miles aud our
day’s work is douc. We go to sleep in Bingham 248 miles
from Boston. Early the next morning a drive of three
miles brings me to “Undo Nathan’s" hospitable home,
where our preparations commence. My outfit consists of
a pair of flannel shirts, two or three pair thick woolen hose,
yarn, thread und needles; a pair of thick woolen pants,
with a few pieces for patches; a good comfortable vest t hut
can be buttoned to the chin; a short jacket like a “reefer,”
with plenty of pocket room; a soft, light felt hat, and moc-
casins.

They get wet easy? Yes, but so do hob nail shoes, or,
worse yet, cavalry boots, neither of which would 1 recom-
meud; hut they dry much quicker, are more easily kept in
order, and above all, they don’t gall your leet. My blanket
is a little heavier than an army blanket, and a little larger,
sewed up like u bag, with both ends open, yet long enough
to cover botli feet and head. With such a contrivance, oue
can’t get uncovered, uo matter how much he rolls.

I pack all these iuto my knapsack, which is made of a
new seamless meal hug, cut the required size, and fitted
with a set of Uncle Bain’s old army straps, the shoulder
aud hack straps sewed on just as they were. This will hold
from fifty to one hundred pounds, aud carry all that is
necessary for anyone, and has served me through muny
thousand miles of travel. Others may make pack mules
of themselves if they choose, for the sake of carrying
delicacies into the garden of bountiful nature, but for my-
self, 1 go iuto the woods tor a change, a thorough radical
change. It would take the pleasure all away were 1 to see
tine houses, find accommodating porters to carry nty bag-
gage and a table groaning uuder the display of a variety of
dishes. No, no, 1 go to commune with nature, to leant of
her, live like her in simple style, und thereby gain health
and strength. I like good high living as well as anyone,
but if we indulge in such, we must spend a month m the
woods every year, living on simple lood to counteract its
evils, for an evil it is.

Now for the larder: First, and most important, is salt
pork. Then comes tea or chocolate, suit, pepper, iiors-
lord'a Bread Preparation, flour aud beaus. Our cooking
utensils are also as few as possible. My fry-pan is my own
invention und not patented or applied for, and this is how
it is made: Buy a ten-inch compressed tin plate, and then
punch four holes, equi distant from each other, ttroutul the
rim; then bund two pieces of wire so that when they lie
down they lest on the edge of the plate, crossing each
Ollier; fasten the cuds in the holes, and if you waut a plate
there it is. It you desire a fry pan just cut u long stick
and split oue end aud raise the two wire bails, and crossing
them iu the split, you huve a good fry-pan ut a convenient
distance from the intense heat of the tire. 1 have also a
tin dipper, a cotubiued knife aud fork and spoon, and a
three- -pint pail, which I cau use for lea, or to bake beaus in,
or for a stew, or nuylhing, for one must not be too par

tieular, only he clean. Sundries comprises a small axe,
(2$ lbs. is large enough,) mutches in two separate places, to
guard against accidents. (1 always make it a point to pm
a lot in a large-mouthed bottle, tightly corked, to prevent
wet,) a little liniment or pain killer, bottle Arnold’s balsam,
some sticking plaster, and a few baiidnges, a compass'
coslile soap, towel, salve, a few nails, comb, small file, gun
oil, and waste for gun. Then, of course, I have my trusty
gun and rod with necessary implements. I carry a patent
rifle, interchangeable with a shot barrel, or a "slock that
has a lifie or shot barrel in it at will," as a countryman
said, while “Uncle Nathan" has a double-barrel piece —
one barrel a rifle and the other for shot.

Slinging our packs on our backs, LTncle and I grasped
our guns and axes, und with our rods fastened to our packs,
struck out for pleasure and health. As we were not
amateurs nt walking in the woods, night found us twenty-
live miles from home.

We soon hud boughs for our bed and wood enough for the
fire, which we needed all night, ns we were on the shore of
a large pond nine miles long. While cutting wood and
getting houghs, we knocked over five ruffed grouse, and
could have shot many more. As we could not use the
grouse till breakfast, and we wanted something for supper
after our .long jaunt, I took a small piece of pork unci cut
a slim switch, to which 1 fastened a few feet of line and a
hook, with a piece of pork for bait. Now, don’t laugh at
the mention, ns it was dark, and not a very pleasant time
tor fly fishing, and we were “living on the country.” I
then proceeded to .the hanks of Mosquito Btreani, and
dropping my bait, soon had three trout hooked, which
turned the scales at 7 lbs. 2 ozs. , and that supper tasted as
good ns though I Imd caught them with a lly. With our
leet to the fire, Indian fashion, we soon went to sleep, our
slumbers being occasionally broken by the practical oc-
cupation of replenishing the fire.

The next morning we had more trout for breakfast, to-
gether with hot biscuit. I’ll tell you how to make biscuit,
hike a piece of birch bark for your mixing-pau, turn tho
edges up about an inch, and pin them in that position;
when your dough Is ready, cut a split out of a dry tree,
take care not to use wood that will give any unpleasant
taste to the bread; then place your split in close proximity
to your bed of live coals, which, I suppose, you have
ready by this time, as you can without burning your bis-
cuit, your split to stand a little angling. By occasional
turning you will soon have better bread than half tho people
have with far more conveniences.

As we proposed to stay some time we proceeded at once
to build a “home shanty." Situation is of first importance,
with a good draft and free from gusts of wind to smoke
you out. A good dry location, with the right kind of wood
liandy and a cool spring, is about pcrleciion, though I
always try to get out of sight, for reasons every hunter
well knows, especially if you are gone from camp a day or
so at a time. We fixed on our location under a cliff twenty-
five feel high. Binoke will climb anything it can cling to,
and besides, the rock holds heat and gives it out long after
vour fire is out. A spring six rods off supplied me with
water. As one sometimes wishes to move camp it is not
an easy job, if it is a “log camp," hut we built ours so we
could use most of the materials again. We laid our ground
logs facing the ledge 8x8, excepting one side it was two
feet shorter for a dour; there were three layers of logs laid
in the usual manner; then we luid ribs from the top log at
the back of the camp to heavy crotched sticks one foot
high sunk in the ground near the cliff; across these ribs we
h id stringers three feet apart; that took hut a short time.
Real work now commenced. Going into an adjacent
swamp, we leveled three fine cedars, cut the butt lugs off
seven teel long, split them into four equal parts, which are
culled “holts.” Each holt has some heart ou it that is split
off and thrown ou the ground, and a projecting root or a
cavity under a sloue being taken advantage of to introduce
one end of your holt, you use your “heart strips” for a
“holster" and commence to “split" your stringlcs with your
“holt" at an elevation most convenient for you to work at.
You will split your shingles about one-fourih of an inch
thick and as wide as you can get them. Afterwaids lay
them the way ordinary shingles are laid, keeping them in
place by a “hinder," which is a pole luid over the butts of
your splits and immediately over your stringers. The ends
of the "hinder" aud stringer are witlicd lightly together.
In this manner you have an impervious cainp. If cedar is
not liandy, peel spruce, though it is not half as good, and
gels mouldy. The sides are made with splits stood up and
joints broken as iu shingling, and fastened by poles on each
side, hound at each eml wiln withes.

We now took our canoe aud guns, and paddled up to
Sandy Btreani, where we found caribou and hear signs
abundant. At dusk we puddled back toward camp, and
just as we wero rounding a point of land we heard ducks
feeding. Ruuniug our canoe ashore we got out, and creep-
ing up within opeu sight of them, both fired at once, kill-
ing three out of niue. They were the black or dusky duck.
This pond was a breeding place for them, I expect, us I
have seen them at all times ot the year between ice. They
made a very acceptable addition to our larder.

The name of the beauiitul pond where we camped is
Moxie. ft lies iu Moxiu township anil empties into the
East Branch three miles above Hie Forks. It might he
better described us three ponds connected by narrows,
"Mosquito Narrows” at the south, “Black Narrows" in
middle aud "Caribou Narrows" at the north. I give them
iu this order, as the inlet is at the north end. At the south
end it receives Baker Stream, from Baker Pond, and another
from “The Bog," three miles long. On the west side, south
of Mosquito Narrows, it receives “The Little dandy," aud
on the east side Bear Brook and Big dandy. I huve fished
up the Big Bandy lor live miles aud 1 don't know how
much further one could go, but tiie trout were as plenty
there us at its mouth, and the stream just as broad. North
of Mosquito Narrows, ou the west side, Mosquito Stream
empties from Mosquito Poud; north of Black Narrows
Aider Brook empties; while north of Caribou Narrows is
a hog just alive with ducks in their season. South and
east of the pond, making down to irs shore, is Austin
Stream Bald Mountain, a noted resort for caribou; on the
west side stretches Pleasant Pone Mountain range, while
between Mosquito and Black Narrows Mosquito Mountain
rears its ragged lolly sides. These ponds are all lull of
trout; streams ditto, The mountains are tracked with deer
and caribou in great abundance, and in blueberry time the
black bear "is lliur.” Ruffed grouse 1 cau kill with clubs
or stones; no game to them, hut ducks are different, aud
act with more life than I wished they did at times.

Sunday? so it is I Well, how’s them beans? You see

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it’s always beans for a Sunday morning’s breakfast with
me— when I can get them. We got our beans ready Satur-
day afternoon. A hole is dug in the ground, into which
we throw some live conls and build a lire, and occasionally
throw in small stones. When we are ready to bake our
beans, we dig out our “bean hole," leaving a good hot bot-
tom and set in our pot tightly covered, and then completely
cover our pot with the collection of live coals and hot
stones, and bank down with cold ashes, the desideratum
Being to keep out all uir. In the morning our dish is fit to
set before a king, if lie is hungry, or if he is not. Well,
that’s how we had our beans, nnd that same evening had to
cook one of our ducks, only we had to put in a fresh supply
of conls: and instead of a not we just wet the duck's
feathera and wrap him in damped moss. Of course we
stuffed him, and at dinner it would make your mouth
water to see how quick n nice cooked duck will go out of
sight. No juice lost hi steam, nil tender, and just done to
a turn, following the knife at every cut.

The next morning we paddle’ down to Black Narrows
and climb Mosquito Mountain. The sun was well up so
that it bathed the west shore of the pond in a flood of
light. The musquash were out basking in its beams, and
we would paddle up to them so as to be able to strike them
with our paddles. Just around the narrows we started a
flock of blue-winged teal, out of which we got five. Back
of the west side of the narrows is a bog, and proceeding
cautiously, we had just rounded a sharp turn when up
went seventeen blnck ducks. I got but otic, as Uncle
Nathan was paddling. Hauling our canoe out of water we
first picked two quarts of cranberries, an addition to our
larder, and then started for the mountain. At first our
Course lay through a cedar swamp, then through rock
maples till near the summit, where spruce and fir, small
birch and dwarf cedars stood in thick clumps. Before
getting through the swamps we found a small beaten road,
which, on following, led to some fir and hemlock trees.
Upon a limb of a hemlock we found the maker of the
path— a hedgehog, and as they are the best bait for fishes
or black cats, we dropped him to the ground. I should say
lie weighed thirty pounds. Did hedgehogs but know their
strength, I think they would not prove such easy prey to
their enemy, the fisher. I have trapped fishers, on which,
removing their pelts, I would find black spots where the
hedgehog’s quills hud passed through, and on examining
farther, have found quills in their heart and lights ! Now,
1 always supposed such an occurrence fatal, but explain the
phenomenon by the fact that the quills, barbed as they are,
work into their flesh little by little, the barbed parts rotting
off and the soft parts remaining inside the animal. The
fisher must be extremely fond of the hedgehog to hunt him
so persistently and always successfully. When we gained
the too of the mountain we had a glorious sight; mountains
piled on mountains, and hills on hills until they were lost
sight of in the far distance, while nearer were to he seen
numerous large ponds and streams. Signs of black
bear were very plenty. The white lichens, growing
on the ledges, lmd been freshly disturbed by the roaming
caribou, and their huge clum shaped hoofs had, in the only
accessible spot, worn a path Dearly a foot deep in the earth,
to the top of the mountain. It is in such places as these
that large bear traps and nooses are set for caribou.

We now discovered a storm approaching, and hastened
to camp, but did not reach it in time to escape a dreuch-
ing. It rained all that night, but held up in the course of
the following day, giving ns an opportunity to catch
a mess of trout. The two following days we spent in
exploring Austin Stream, Bald Mountain, and Pleasant
Point Mountain, where bear sign were abundant,
but saw' no bruins. Next day we started for Cariuou
Narrows. At Mosquito Narrows up went a flock of black
ducks, Uncle Nathan dropping two of them. Along the
east shore we looked for caribou, but 6aw none. Hound-
ing into Cold Spring Buy we started ‘‘our ducks,” one of
which Uncle Nathan succeeded in inducing to stay with us.
We had only our rifles, and, therefore, got so few at a shot.
Here we had lunch, and starling again, we made for Bluck
Narrows, and just abreast. of Pine Island saw five ‘‘dip-
pers ” Reaching Caribou Narrows, wc beached our canoe
and crept over toward Caribou Bog, which is, I should say,
a mile long, with a high ledge on the west and south sides
shelving to the bog, and on the east and north a swamp
stretching far away. Scattered here and there over the
bog were juniper trees, and in the middle of the bog were
two small ponds. These ponds are great feeding grounds
for ducks, and the bog is headquarters for enribou. Nathan
once killed here in one day seven caribou, all of which were
marketed.

Wo proceeded cautiously, Nathan taking the lead, while
I loitered behind, picking boxberries, which grew abun
dantly on the ledge. Chaucing to look up, I saw Nullian
lioldiug our dog "Jack” by the collar, who was struggling
desperately to get away, and pointing toward the South
Pond, he whispered, ‘‘Look !” I did so, nnd there, within
twenty feet of the edge of the water were four large otters
at play. They made me think of kittens, jumping and
frolicking with each other, running a short distance and
theu sliding down their "gorge” into the pond, there chas-
ing each other about, making the water fly in all directions,
and then out again. A noise from the dog started them
and caused them to sit up on their hindquarters. They
snuffed the air a moment, and thc-n made directly for us.
We were about ten feet from their road, and the wind
blowing from them to us; nnd as they always travel in
their roads, we knew if they passed us we had a good
chance of capturing them and making our expense account
come out on the credit side. On they came, playing leap-
frog as they ran, or rather slid toward us. With my rifle
at half-cock in my left hand, and resting on my right kuee,

1 held Jack from sight by my right hand. Nathan was on
his knee with rifle at shoulder.

Alas ! by some strange coincidence, both our caps
snapped ! The otters took the alurin, and scuttled toward
the water. Nothing remained lint to club them with our
guns, and so we all three, dog and all, went for them tooth
and nail. Such a scuffle you never saw. One otter
tumbled into the pond, and another into a hole in the
bank, and the ,gnly one we saved was one that Jack
caught by the stump of the tail. Then came a tussle of
the most desperate character, first one on top aud then
the other, the otter hissing and the dog growling, until at
length Nathan ended the combat with a rifle bullet iuto the
otter’s head. We now went to the canoe, and returning to
camp, nagged five more ducks on the way.

Five more days were passed in this pleasant way, in
which we killed numerous trout, anti a few grouse and
“yellow legs.” I tried hard to shoot a large bald eagle

which I wished as a specimen for mounting, but he
mounted too high for me. At last, on the fourteenth duv
we started out for civilization, much heavier loaded then
when we came in, for we had a goodly bag of fish and
game, which wx forwarded to friends in Massachusetts,
and determined next year to spend a month on some one of
the rivers in Maine, when you shall have my experience, if
this proves as satisfactory to you as it did to E.

For Fur*4t amt Stream.

KNOTT’S ISLAND AND CURRITUCK
SOUND.

AVERY staunch, commodious and seaworthy steamer
is the Old Dominion, plying between the port of New
York anti Richmond, da Norfolk and other southern locali-
ties, on the far-famed and historic James River. In such
a vessel the trip is one of comfort even in rough weather,
but it wns our good fortune to be favored with smooth seas
and pleasant skies on our journey thither.

We spent one night in Norfolk nnd the next morning at
(1 o’clbck embarked with all our impedimenta, dogs, guns,
powder and shot, bateau, &c., on the river steamer Cygnet,
cn route for Knox Island aud Currituck Inlet. The Cygnet
was a peculiar nondescript looking cruft, not unlike a Mis-
sissippi flat-boat, and on first appearance did not promise
to afford the most luxuriant accommodations. However,
on more intimate acquaintanceship wo were better pleased!
; From Norfolk to Knoll’s Island, ciV* Albemarle and Chesa-
peake Buy canals you pass through an extremely flat and
uninteresting country, threaded by an occasional winding
and tortuous river.

Knott’s Island, where we arrived at about 4 p. m,, weary
and fagged, is entirely destitute of scenic or picturesque
attractions. Its dimensions are about seven miles in length
by three miles in breadth, and it Is purlly covered by a dense
growth of pine trees and upon shrubs, from the latter of
which a species of tea is brewed. Although the natives
profess to like the tea and frequently drink it iu lieu of any
other, strangers are not partial to the beverage, on account
of its sharp acid taste nnd sooty odor. The productions of
the island, which are not extensive, consist principally of
corn, sweet potatoes, nnd a few vegetables. The chief food
of the inhabitants is “ hog and hominy," fish are some-
times introduced; but the delicious canvas-back and other
excellent ducks which are here iu nbundance never appear
upon the table! Probably the older inhabitants have long
since been surfeited with a duck diet, and assume that all
mankind have enjoyed a similar delightful experience. lie
that as it may, in this benighted region you have got to go
the “ whole hog or none,” hoe cake and cornmeal mush
included. As Knott lsiand was not our final destination
we soon took our departure and crossed Currituck Sound
for the Inict, on the shores of which is bluntly situated tin
old fasluonea time-worn tavern, where we were hospitably
entertained, and enjoyed such course fare as I lmve previ-
ously described. After a day’s preparation wo were duly
equipped and nervously anxious to sally forth iu quest of
such wild fowl as are said to congregate here. I shall re-
frain from entering into extended details; suffice it to say
we were moderately successful, aud bagged fully as much
game as we anticipated. The locality we visited is so well
known to the sporting fraternity, that a minute description
is unnecessary. I will say, however, that from Chesapeake
Bay along the sounds and creeks that indent the coast to
Currituck inlet, is the great resort and feeding ground of
various species of ducks, comprising canvas-back, black
duck, widgeon, spring-tails, teal, red head, broad bills, &c.,
also geese utid swans in profusion. Countless flocks of the
latter often rise gracefully from the water, and like feathery
wreaths of spotless snow circle in the uir in fantastic col-
umns until they gradually, like a while vaporous cloud in
a Summer sky, melt softly away in the hazy distance.
When the last slanting rays of llio setting sun painted Hie
broad bay and the boundless sea in gorgeous hues, and ren
dered even the barren landscape soft urn! beautiful, we
often sat aud watched them with intense delight.

Running in from the Sound are innumerable shallow,
muddy creeks, which spreading out and soaking into the
ground, form ultimately large tracts of marshy soil or
swamp lands. These lands, partially covered with a scrub-
by growth of tough wiry grass, aie rooted by bogs ami trod
up by large herds of horses and cattle, which, like those on
some of the Western plains, run wild until required by
their respective owners. The succulent wild celery upon
which the ducks delight to feed, and which imparts to
their flesh a delicious flavor, here finds its home and uhounds
in great quantities. It grows about an inch above the mud
and water covers it in depth varying from six inches to a
foot. Of course all sorts of methods are employed to en-
tice the birds within reach of the fowling piece, but the
method most iu vogue is Hbooting from behind blinds, lo-
cated on points where ducks are generally known to (wliut
is styled in the vernacular of the country) “ trade." En-
sconced behind this covert which is formed of tall reeds
securely interlaced, the sportsman patiently awaits bis prey,
and when the unsuspecting birds alight among the decoys,
an expert hunter rarely if ever fails to secure a bountiful
harvest. Many ducks are also bagged just before nightfall
on the numerous fresh water pools or pouds which dot the
surface of the country in all directions.

Van Sleyck’s hotel, located at “ Popular Branch," an in-
significant hamlet, is a favorite and much frequented resort
for those who visit this monotonous and thriftless region.
But from the fact of its beiug situuted at least ten miles
from old Currituck inlet, now closed, it does not possess the
requisite conveniences of those localities in proximity to
the principal feeding ground, which, in Hieopiuiou of those
who are fully posted, is in the vicinity of the spot where
the old inlet formerly connected the Bound with the At-
lantic ocean. In my bumble opinion Mr. Jasper White’s
dwelling is situated in about Hie right spot, and for the
moderate sum of a dollar and a half per day he furnishes
you with decent board and lodging. Two regularly organ-
ized shooting associations are in the habit of visiting these
regions, known by the euphonious appellation of Hie Mon-
key Island and Crow Island Clubs. They bail, I believe,
from New York and Philadelphia, and possess a number of
excellent boats and a variety of sporting puraplicrimliu for
the use of members. The people here appear to be most
friendly and pleasant. In closing this article it may not be
inappropriate to remark that shooting water fowl requires
two important qualifications, namely — skill and practice.

If an unsophisticated novice flatters himself that he can
achieve success at once, he will soon discover his mistake.
WoodeuU, L. /. U. N. Y.

FX>r FOr+U ami Shmitn.

CATERING FOR AN ADIRONDACK
DINNER.

f A*?J Summer, on the borders of a picturesque lake
'Llr ',ear‘ nf ‘I10, Adirondack*, might have been
and* "Sou nil f,'1"'1' occunied by Mntsh. (the guide.) myself

0 n ,Z I l» l“ l,'° woods. In my estimation.

S r ,,f Oaohtr, l was awakened

by a cheery voice calling, "Breakfast ready, sir " This
announcement brought my scattered faculties together and

1 wus upon my feet In a trice, ready to do juslfot to even
the homeliest fare \\ Iml was my surprise on emerging
from the hut and looking across the (Ire, to see not a streak
of dawn to corroborate the statement, thinking for t bo
moment that breakfast ami daylight were synonymous, for
1>CXmM ,, 10 ,c r,clc firelight all was complete darkness.

For thunder s soko, Marsh I what time is Itt” I asked
in a vexed tone.

"Half-past Jour, sir; promises to’bo n splendid day for
hunting and l thought if I and you couhl only welcome
hem fullers with a carcass hanging up there by the gam-
brels, we d feel better.” °

By "them fellers" Marsh meant a friend of mine who
it was expected, would appear with hi. guide within a day
or two from l upper’s Luke, where we lmd been camping
for two weeks without having shot a doer. Ho Marsh
thought it would bo a pleasant surprise to entertain them
with a venison steak on their first appearanco in camp to
prove true the many stories which had been circulated about
our good luck by friends and visitors Finding Ills thoughts
so hospitably bent my auger was Immediately changed Into
a thorough appreciation of, nnd sympathy with, his wonder-
ful energy in the matter of breakfast.

We despatched our morning meal with haste, took our
rifles, called old Sound to follow, went down to the boat
shoved off and made our way to the head of the lako with’,
out loss of time. There Marsh landed, and loading the
dog, struck off into the woods, while l quietly rowed to
an Island a few rods distant, situated In such u
position that from its highest baulc a complete
view of the lako can be obtained. Landing, and
pulling Hie boat a short distance upon the saml, and ur-
runging everything for a hasty but quiet departure, I
climbed Hie bank and made myself as comfortable as pos-
sible, under Hie circumstances, for it was bluer cold, and
probably one or two hours must elapse before the dog could
be heard from. No sooner had I done Ibis ( him a severe
sleet storm set In, piercing enough to freeze the marrow iu
one’s bones.

Suddenly all thoughts of weather and discomfort wero
put to flight, however, by the deep hay of the hound,
which came full and clear across the water before 1 ban
dreamed that lie could have been started. Listening at-
tentively, the dog seemed to be coming nearer, and F ex-
pected every second to see a deer spring Into view, when,
to my surprise and disgust, I heard the sound grow fainter
and more distant, until it was almost Impossible for the ear
to follow. Taking a last look, thinking that, day’s sport
ended, suddenly I perceived what appeared to lie a lino
doe coasting quietly along In the water near the bank, To
get a shot, m that doer It was necessary for me to watch her
movements closely. After swimming a short distance
towards a small point of land, she changed her course to
one diagonally across the lake. Waiting a few moments, 1
ran down to the boat, Jumped in as noiselessly as possible,
and rowing around the head of the Island, could discover
no doe. The wind and hail drove so thick and last that
objects could not be distinguished more than fifty feet
away, and I was obliged to stop rowing constantly and
stand up iu the boat to judge what course it whs best to lake.
After ten minutes hard pulling my expcctat! >m> were re-
warded by the sight of a fine buck with magnificent
antlers. This was better tliuu I expected. He allowed me
to come within good shooting distance before l learned by
his loud pulling aud the surging of ‘the water that he was
aware of my proximity. The bravo fellow was swimming
for his life and evidently would die game t
Alter gelling him turned lowurds (lie middle of the lake,
I raised my rifle to lire, when, imagine my astonishment at
having the "old shooter" go off before a sight hud been
taken.

Tins secret of all this laid in the fact that my hands were
so stiff and numb Hiut when it seemed as if the finger was
simply touching the trigger, it wus pulling a "lectio too
hard.”

Now came another tough race, lo iiead that old buck off
before he could reach solid bottom, llcswaiu likeastreuk;
the water rolling heavily off his sides us if ho were un old
man-o-wnr. Finally I managed lo get him turned again,
and taking more care this time lo draw a deliberate aim,
drove u bull square into the back of bis head. Then pul-
ling him into my cranky Adirondack boat, which In a task
attended with considerable difficulty and danger of a cap-
size, went ashore and got the dog, who lmd "conic in"
dining Hie inelec, and theu rowed to the head of the lake*,
where Marsh, seated on a log, wus awaiting patiently a
development of affairs.

It is with a feeling of satisfaction that one returns to
camp with doer and dog, knowing you have captured your
game without tiie assistance of a guide to el’her watch or
row you to it, when it first conics into lliu wuter.

B. 0. D.

Shellac Varnish.— This varnish is made by putting n
quantity of shellac gum into u bottle or other close vessel,
adding ulcohol sufficient to cover the gum, and keeping the
vessel in u warm place for one or two days, during which
period, if the alcohol has not been watered to excess, dm
gum will have become dissolved and the liquid will be
ready for use as a varnish. Sbclluc varnish will resist
dampness and water much longer than any other vurnish.
By mingling about one ounce of fine lump black with a
pint of lids varnish, it w ill make an excellent varnish for
harness and for farmers’ hoots, after the leather lias been
oiled, as it will dry iu leas than an hour, and will not bluck
one’s bunds. It will not make the leather hard if oil or
grease is applied before the vurnish. — llerotd.

— At Dexter Park, Chicago, one day lost week, a parly of
sportsmen were sfiootiug snowbirds Iroin u trap, when, one
of the birds being crippled in the wing, unoilicr from u
flock that was passing overhead, swooped down, uud seizing
him curried him out of bounds over the fence.

100

FOREST AND STREAM

Sell (feultmit.

[Prom Prooocdlnee of American Fish CaUuilals' Aaeoclatlon 1
FISH CULTURE ON THE YANG-TSZ
KIANG — THE SAMLI, OR CHINESE
SHAD.

BY 0. H. COLTON BALTER, EX-UNITED STATES CONSUL TO
TIIE TREATY TORTS OF THE YANG-TSZ KIANG, CHINA.

IN 1802 I occupied 150 days in going from New York to
Shanghai in the Ocean Charger; to-day, thanks to the
steam lines, wc can connect the two cities in forty to forty-
five days. As we approach the China coast we find the
water very muddy, caused by the vast flow of the Yang-
tsz, carrying with it an immense amount of earthy de-
posit. in fact, islands arc formed and new shonls are dis-
covered every year, necessitating eoustaut surveys of the
channel.

I should call the Yang-tsz Kinng not only the great shad
river, but the great fish river of the globe; so vast and of
such majestic proportions that the Chinese familiarly and
poetically speak of it as the “Child of the Ocean." I have
explored it in my little yacht, the Fuustiuc, about 1,000
miles from its mouth.

I believe Prof. ISaird, of the Smithsonian Institute, and
the United States Fish Commissioner, has in view the
stocking of the Mississippi with shad; but the question has
arisen, Will the shad ascend the river to nny grent distance
in view of the very muddy character of the water? I re-
ply that the Yang tsz Kiang is Jvery muddy, the color of
thick pea soup, yet the tamll (shad) we found there in great
numbers. They are of superior llavor, of great size, are
held in great favor by both rich and poor, and are sent
from the river to all parts of the vast empire in large ves-
sels, made of cartheu ware, called cangs. The Chinese
have a very ancient custom of sending the first large shad
of the season to the Emperor at Peking, and the custom
requires that the Emperor should send the lucky fellow a
hundred taels of sycee (silver), about $150 gold.

The people of China hold in great reverence anything
in the way of fish, fiesh, or fowl, which contributes largely
to their support, and they ascribe especial virtues to the
medicinal properties of the oil of the shad, considering it
almost a specific for affections of the air passages, and, in
its early stages, a positive cure even for consumption.

I will remark here that agriculture is looked upon in
China ns n most exalted calling. Once a year the Emperor
visits the Temple of Agriculture, at Peking, a building on
a stupendous scale, takes a golden plough and makes a long
lurrow. Tins old custom is intended to convey to the
minds of nil the people the idea that the tilling of the soil
is a pursuit fit for an Emperor. Next to agriculture, iny
researches show they place pisciculture. They give it tins
place because the proper study of it, the constant stocking
of the lakes, the rivers and streams with fish, supplies the
vust population — estimated by many geographers at 500,-
000,000 of souls— with an abundance of healthy food,
keeps them contented with their lot, and therefore prolongs
their lives and their spheres of usefulness. 1 have hud the
jamli served on iny table nearly 1,000 miles from the Pa-
cific Ocean, while sniling on this great river. Tli is, I be-
lieve, will lie considered uu important fact, us showing the
probability of stocking our great rivers at long distances
from the sea.

The dense population of the empire has stimulated inge-
nuity to the highest degree, nnd it is fair to assume that
witli a continuous experience of at least forty centuries they
must have discovered and put to practical use all the meth-
ods and appliances of pisciculture as practiced by the Cau-
casian race, 1 am aware that European and American
scientists hold fast to the theory that we are wholly in-
debted to Jacobi, of Hoenhausen, anil after that to Joseph
Remi, of Bressi, for t(je theory as well ns the practice of
artificial impregnation; but I believe the Chinese discovered,
Centuries ago, the same system of manipulating the ova
nnd the milt by artificial methods. The Chiueso show
wonderful ingenuity and inexhaustible patience in securing
the eggs after impregnation, iu raising the infants, und in
filling the lakes, rivers, and streams with the best and most
profiiable species, as well as seuding the fish to the most
distant portions of that vast empire of eighteen provinces,
any one ol winch has a population perhups greater than
the whole United States. They are very particular about
catching their lood fish; if small ones are caught they are
returned to the water to increase. This is the effect ot long
custom, to them more powerful than any written code;
they save where we waste. They have several ingenious
methods of driving the fish to the nets by arranging a cor-
don of bouts at one end of tiic pond ot lake, und boating
tom-toms and gongs in unison, so that the tinny tribe,
alarmed by the din nud noise, swim away from it and are
caught in the meshes of the nets at the* other end. The
practice ol employing tha» unwieldy bird, l lie cormorant,
as a fish catcher, is curious as well as original. To describe
the process would lake up loo much of your space.

it may be proper to usk here of what use is ull this labor
in stocking our exhausted water courses with fish if we
still permit ull the scourge of our cities and towns, all the
liquid poisons from our manufacturing establishments, to
kill the lisli after you have taken so much pains to hatch
them. Mr. Seth Green and Mr. Fred. Mather have spoken
well and vigorously ou the subject. Our laws are notori-
ously defective, yet the Chinese show the greatest care iu
keeping the waters free from taint and poison. There the
all powerful custom, tho unwritten law, deeply giaven on
the hearts of the people, is all sufficient, hence their rivers
are probably as lull of fish to-day as they were 4,000 years
ago. We, with the recklessness that characterizes our race,
introduce the foul filth of our sewers at our very bed sides
through the vents of our marble basins. We pour all this
liquid excrement into our rivers — millions on millions of
tons every year — which, if placed ou our fields, would
make the waste Bpots bloom with beauty, and then we send
to the Chichu Islands for guano. We call our race civil-
ized, und the Mongolian savage. In China every' atom of
this human excrement, as well as the deposits ot animals,
is saved. It is carried away from the houses each day, ami
iu adjacent villages the eaith system is carried on, ami has
been carried ou lor centuries. The intelligent foreigner in
China is constantly amused ul the claims of these so-called
modern inventions — earth closets, for example. In the cu-
rious boat life of the empire — thousands born, living, and
dying on boats — you will see the same cure of the excre-

ment, liquids and solids being saved and sold. Iu the
valley of the Yang-tsz, under This system, three crops are
raised during the year; iu fact, iu no other way could the
vast mass of people exist.

I may mention ns an equally curioufr, instructive and
interesting fact, the artificial incubation of fowls, carried
on in every villuge of the empire. You meet flocks of tiny

S'eese and ducks going to water led by little boys, with the
umilinr bamboo wanu, and another flock Of small chicks,
numbering a hundred or more, going to pasture led in the
same way. In fact, there is wonderful accord between the
beasts of the field, the birds of the air, the fishes of the
sen, and the average Chinaman, who, patient and plodding,
talks to all these creatures of God’s vast domnin, nnd brings
himself to their level, or they rise to his, in a way utterly
unknown to the more fiery or more aggresive Caucasian.

The amount of phosphorus contained in certain fishes
used for food has led many scientists to assume that a fish
diet has a tendency to increase the activity of the bruin,
nnd lienee is the only suitable diet for persons who tax the
brain cells for long and continuous periods. This, I think,
was a favorite theory of the great naturalist, Louis Agassiz,
and many persons believe that he was the author of the
theory. I found in China that the literary clus9 believed
that a farinaceous and fish diet was more suitable for them
Horn one composed of flesh; that while the former sup-
plied the waste of the system as well as nourished it, the
latter made the blood gross and heavy, and hence unfitted
tlfe system for severe mental toil.

I once visited a high ofllcial, living on the borders of the
famed Tung ting Luke, the great lake of China. His home
was about 800 miles from the Pacific Ocean, in the very heart
of the empire. After partaking of his generous hospital-
ity, and smoking the pipe of friendship, I asked him if the
Chinese philosophers of the ancient days attributed any
special properties to a fish diet as a brain producer and
brain invlgorator. lie smiled pleasantly, and begged me
to follow him to the Ilall of Ancestry — the sacred spot —
the temple in the house of every Chinese gentleman in
good circumstances. The walls were covered with numer-
ous lengthy scrolls, commemorating the virtues of his long
line of ancestors, going back, as he told me, to a period
long before the birth of Jesus Christ. “Here," he said,
pointing to au ancient scroll, "is one of the tablets our
family hold in especial reverence. It tells the story of one
whose life was devoted to the poor, the sick, and the dis-
tressed. He was a great philosopher, a great scientist, and
a great astronomer, and among his most celebrated literary
productions was one on the ‘Uses and Abuses of Food.’
He gave a special chapter to fish diet, and maintained that
it was pniticularly adapted to students and men of letters.”
The theory of Agassiz is a very old one, and I was often
reminded in China of the trite adage, “there is nothing
new under tho sun."

Tlie society, I believe, nre aware, that I propose to return
to China with a view of a thorough exploration of the
Znng-tsz Kiang, and I hope to send the American Fish
Cullurisls’ Association some interesting facts about the
mmii on the upper Yang-tsz Kiang. I believe I shall find
the fish three thousand miles from the Pacific Ocean.
Arcadian (Hub, Roc York, March 13f/i , 1875.

PROFITABLE FISH CULTURE.

Baltimore, March G, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream

Iu perusing the reported proceedings of the American Fish Guitarists’
Association at its last meeting, the conviction grew upon me that this or-
ganization In not working so directly in the Hue of Its legitimate purpose,
nor so clUclently In any direction aa we might reasonably expeci. The
separate organization of the Fish Commissioners, subsequent to onr last
convention, may fuirly, we think, bo taken as indicating two things;
flrst, that they did not consider the existing body as organized directly in
their interests; second, that they were not quite sntisGcd to work through
it in behalf of those interests. We think tbelr conclusion well grounded
nnd their uction wise, nnd we are Inclined to believe that It will not oulv
benefit them, but us ns well. It will remove ihc chief obstacle that has
stood In (he way of our legitimate work. Our constitution prescribes
that the object of tbr association shall be "to promote the cause of fish
culture; to gather and diffuse information bearing upon Its practical
success; the Interchange of friendly feeling and intercourse among its
members, and the uniting and encouraging of the individual interests of
flsli ciilturists." There can be no doubt, I ihtuk, that some of these ob-
jects have been greatly neglected, and that the time of the association
lias been too largely occupied with topics that more properly belong to
Fish Commissioners. Reports and speeches, which are mere saininarles
of State nnd national work, however excellent mid Interesting, do not, iu
any perceptible degree, assist in solving the problems witli which the in-
dividual fl«h cullurist ho* to grapple. However informing these reports
may be to the public, they coutaln little that is now to the intelligent
flsli culturlst, parllcularly If he be a reader of your excellent paper, and
cannot but return from the meeting disappointed when these have been
allowed to monopolize the time. Let us have these reports by all means,
but through the medium of the press rather than the speaker. This will
Insure more careful preparation, give them moro value to tho public, and
save the time ofcthe association. When these reports contain new mat-
ter profitable for discussion, let each matter be offered by itself, that
there may be time to consider It. Wliat flsli culjurlsts need in the way
of Information relutos to the details of their business ratber than Its gen-
eral features. Wo want experience meetings that will begin with the
embryo, and follow it through all the stages of development until it Is
lilted for the market. In what sort of nursery shall we most effectually
rear the fry? How prevent disease, or remove It when discovered! What
are the best kinds of food, and tile best methods of preparing! How
'shall we secure Hie most rapid growth and the most toothsome flavor!
All these and kindred topics we wont discussed anew. The best books
are radically defective as guides in these matters, und the tuition that
eouies through loss nnd failure, may come too lute for individual advan-
tage, One pioneer recommends very strongly a publication of c-ur fail-
ures. It would gratify ns exceedingly at the present time to hear of a
few well authenticated successes. We don't object to being pointed to
the rocks on which other crafts have been wrecked, but It would be emi-
nently satisfactory to be assured that there is a reasonable chance of
passing through them. Somehow tho conviction is rooting in my mlud
that nobody has succeeded in making trout growing profiiable. If this
is so, an honest confession would be healthy for quite a number of souls
however It might affect an equal number of pockets. Let us have more
light, If possible, ou this vital question. If flsli growing in private ponds
cannot he made u profltnble and Independent busiiuMs, hatching estab-
lishments are already numerous enough to meet the requirements of the
country- If it can, nothing will give such an impetus to the business of
those now established as the diffusion of this Intelligence.

Before closing this 1 may just say that It was my Intention to attend
the meeting of our association, but that circumstances prevented. 1
hope that when we came together next year the legitimate ends of the
association will be kept more steadily in view, and that the discussions
I will bear more practically upon them. Yours truly, Alex. Kent.

ABSTRACT OF THE FIRST ANNUAL RE-
PORT OF THE STATE FISH COMMIS-
SIONERS OF MINNESOTA.

SITUATED as this State is, upon the great water shed
of the continent, nnd having within its borders the
sources of the waters of the Mississippi, the St. Lawrence,
and the Red River of the North; and being loented upon
the northern border of the country, where the annual
average temperature of the water of our lakes is about 43%
it has the waters best adapted to the production of fish in
the largest quantity and of the very best quality.

A careful estimate taken from Township maps of the
Stale shows that it has of inlaud lake surface, (exclusive of
rivers and of the portions of Lakes Superior and Pepin,)
within its borders no less than 1.001,840 acres of inland
lakes alone. Assuming that the Stale contains 83,500
square miles — or 53,440,000 acres, it will he seen that it has
nearly three and a third acres, of water to every hundred
acres of land. The capacity of this vast water surface to
produce food is practically unlimited.

Since entering upon the duties assigned them the Com-
missioners have confined themselves to an ncquisilion of a
knowledge of the subject, to correspondence with other
Commissioners, and to the care of their Slate quota of eggs
allotted by the U. S. Commissioners.

On the' 4th of August 80,000 young shad fry were de-
posited in the Mississippi nt St. Paul, ami at the foot of the
rapids at Minneapolis. On the 7th of Oclober 1(50,000
California salmon eggs were received, and from the care
given them by Hon. E. Rice and others, they have now
ready for distribution from 40,000 to 50,000 handsome
young salmon.

Being desirous to introduce tho white fish into Lakes
Minnetonka, White Bear, and other large lakes in the denser
populated districts of the State, they made an effort to
transfer the fish alive from Lake Superior to these waters.
For this purpose they made arrangements, nnd Messrs. Day
and Latham left St. Paul for Bayfield, the nearest acces-
sible point where they could be had, ou Oct. 1st, of last
year, provided with twelve barrels, and the usual apparatus
of syplious, air bellows, dippers, &c. for renewing and aer-
ating the water upon the journey.

Upon making thi9 venture they lnd taken such advice of
the lake fishermen as seemed to them trustworthy, but
which only proved that men may spend their whole lives
in catching and killing fish, anil still know nothing of keep-
ing them alive — as the result provc-d to us upon trial, for it
was a total failure; the fish died— every one of them— on
the way, and a miscellaneous lot of valuable experience
was all we got for our pains.

And notwithstanding this failure upon their part to bring
the white fish alive, they believe the undertaking feasible,
and one worthy of accomplishment, as l»y Ibis means it
could be ascertained definitely und at once whether the
Minnesota waters are adupled to the maintenance of this
fish. The chief error made was in attempting to handle
the white fish at a time so near its spawning season when
they are weak and exhausted with the weight of spawu
and milt. If their transfer were attempted in the Spring,
say in April or May, when the fish are strong, with a large
tank upon a platform car, they have no doubt of its suc-
cess, and I hey believe also that it would he n paying in-
vestment for the Slate. The U. S. Commissioners iiave
offered a lot of Penobscot salmon eggs free of expense,
except transportation, which will be gladly accepted,
hatched and distributed.

The sum of $500 is all that has been appropriated for the
uses of the Commission, and a much larger amount is
asked for in order to conduct operations as they should be.
When the waters are once stocked $1,500 or $2,000 will be
sufficient to protect and care for what has been done.

Trout and White Fish. — B. B. Redding, of the Fish
Commissioners, niul J. O. Woodbury, their Superintend-
ent, passed through the city Saturday, en route for the
Summit from Berkeley with 15,000 young brook trout, half
of which where to be planted in the north fork of the
American River, at Soda Spring, while it was designed to
place the remainder in Prosser Creek, which empties into
the Truckee. These trout constitute one-third of the
number hatched at the State hatching establishment at
Berkeley from 50,000 eggs received not. long since from
New Hampshire. The oilier two-thirds have been placed
in streams in different portions of the State. One hundred
thousand white fish eggs arrived a few days ago from the
Government hatching establishment at Niles, Michigan,
hut it was found when they reached Berkeley that a large
number had hatched oat while en rouUs and died. The
young fish obtained from the eggs remaining will be intro-
duced into Tulare Lake. It will be recollected that a large
number of whitefish were planted iu Clear Lake two or
three years ago. —Sacramento Record-Union.

Natural ^jistorn.

INSECT LIFE— No. 3.

BY KKURA.

IT is very difficult, without actually witnessing the suc-
cessive stages of the lives of such insects, to realize
the curious fact that the little merry dancing gnats, whose
ferial gambols all have observed; aud the quick-darting
dragon-flies, with their iridescent glisteniug wings; and the
gay ephemera*, whose ferial life is to terminate in a few
hours from the period of their assuming it, were once the
inhabitants of au clement which would be fatal to them in
their now perfect form. Yet, are there many insects whose
lives nre passed under similarly opposite conditions; and
still more numerous are those whose progress from birth
to maturity is characterized by changes of structure
equally curious, which, however, are «ot 90 strikingly
marked, in consequence of their occurring iu situations
and under circumstances less opposed than those we have
been considering.

Every resident in the country is well acquainted with
the common cockchafer, or May-bug, but few, perhaps, are
aware that the form in which they are most familiar with
it — that of a large beetle— is the ultimate one of several

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singes of iusect life. Four years* before the May-bug
makes its presence unpleasantly known to us by dashing
in our faces during our rural walks on the superb evenings
we *ometimc» have in May, it was carefully deposited in
some field or meadow, in the form of an egg, in company,
perhaps, with hundreds of similar eggs, by a May-bug like
itself. The patent having performed this duty, would soon
cease to exist; and towards Autumn, the eggs would give
birth to numerous minute whitish grubs. Between this
period of hntching and the third Autumn, the grubs in-
crease greatly in size aud cast their skins three or four
times, each liino burrowing deeper than their usual feeding
level, as they likewise do in Winter, when they become
torpid. Id the third Autumn after they are hatched the
grubs prepare for assuming the pupa state, by burrowing
to the depth of about a yard; and in a little chamber at the
bottom of these burrows they remain inactive until the
following January or February, when the perfect beetles
emerge from the last covering they are to cast off; but for
ten or twelve days they remain quite as soft as when iu
their first stage of existence, and do not venture to leave
their subterranean asylum until May, when they may he
seen crawling out of the ground in great numbers and soon
taking flight, In the perfect state the insects live upon the
leaves of trees, but the voracious grubs devour the roots of
grasses, sometimes destroying whole acres of the finest
pasture, and as Kirby and Spence will observe, they “un-
dermine the richest meadows, and so loosen the turf, that it
will roll up, as if cut with a turfing spade.”

Statements from sources which entitle them to cre-
dence have from time to time nppeared of the extensive
ravages of these grubs, which do not confine themselves to
grass, but also eat the roots of corn. The rooks are their
most determined enemies; for they not only follow the
plough for the purpose of devouring the grubs of the cock-
chafer, which, among others, are sometimes turned up in
the furrows in great uumbers, but instinctively, us it
were, pitch upon those meadows and portions of meadows
where the grubs arc pursuing their subterranean work of
destruction, root up the grasses with llieir strong beaks,
and feast luxuriously upon the rich repast thus laid bare,
as if to revenge themselves upou the cause of the charge
undeservedly brought against them of doing au injury to
the farmer by up rooting his grass, when, in reality, they
are conferring upon him ane of the greatest benefits by
destroying an insidious enemy.

•After assnminz tile imago, or perfect slate, their life la extremely
short, some being disclosed after sunset, laying llieir egg# nnd dying be-
fore sunrise, many not living more than three hours. Jn the Summer
evening# you may have seen in cities near river#, or marshes, myriads of
these insect# swarming around the street gas-lamps and the following
morning found thousands, yes, millions of them dead upon the ground
surronnding the lamp post. Different specie# appear at different seasons
of the ycur. Reaumur lirst discovered them in August 1738. while in
most temperate countries they generally appear in June— heuce, miuiy
call them June-bugs.

HABITS OF THE WOODCOCK.

Dams viu.i, N. Y., March 1, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The woodcock that have been In the Southern State# since the latter
part of November will be with ua again by the full moon of this month.
They travel us far north as Canada, and throngh every State In our
Union, around the great lukes, and as far northwest aa Fort Union, on
the Missouri River. In the month of September the shooting Is splendid
in the northern purt of Dakota, and along the Mississippi River north of
Dubuque. At Red Lake they are also in abundance. They commence
traveling south about the first of October, and by full moon they are iu
this vicinity. At all the lakes they can be found, and the shooting is
perfection, especially in Minnesota, ducks, geese, swan and crane being
very plentiful. A few sportsmen travel in steamboats up aud down ttie
Mississippi River, making it a business shooting woodcock, ruffed and
pinnated grouse; geese nnd ducks for the St. Iajuis nnd Chicago mar-
kets. About the first of April they build their nest in this sectio n
which hi roughly formed under seme fallen tree or dead bushes, or by
the side of a decayed stump, and luy from three to five eggs nearly as
large as a pigeon's. They are of an olive color, with light, pale brown
spots . They generally hatch two broods, and if not disturbed will sit iu
the smue nest the second time. The first brood Is taken care of by the
cock bird, and after the second is fully grown they take both broods to
the best feeding grounds. They should be left alone until September.
July shooting should beabolishcd in every Northern State, because the
bird cannot fly as a game bird should fly until he has moulted and re-
ceived his Autumnal colors. In 1870 1 bagged sixty-live woodcock in
two days' shooting in the month of October; the birdi were fat, many of
them weighing eight onnees. It is impossible to do this in Summer.
Northward of Dakota their stay is short, but the snipe passes far be
yond, being lighter and stronger on the wing. As soon as they com-
mence migrating they make short nocturnal flights from covert to covert,
resting iu the day lime. This valley has caution signs for miles along
the roads, and the law will be enforced if any one is detected shooting
woodcock during the Summer months. Woodcock, when migrating,
feed at dusk, and are ready for their journey nt daylight. I have flushed
them in November in tha woods, and huve seen them tower far above
the forest irees, flying in a circle for ten or fifteen minutes, and then
alight near the spot where they had been flushed. I have seen my dog
rise from his charge when told to hie on, aud after walking a few steps
point the second time on the first bird. At daylight, in the Spring, their
flights are more rapid and longer. They generally travel iu pairs, and
when on the move can be found in any sivampy ground inclined to be
sandy, especially in second growth sprouts, or in low lying thickets near
open ground, but never in the forest. Black alder, birch and willows
are their favorite resorts, und food abounds more plentifully where there
is alow, rich, black soil and bogs, but not grassy. During the heat of
the day the birds lie in the thickets and close woods. At twilight 1 have
seen them on the wing near open swamps, or along the open banks of
rivers, und when seen at that season on moonlight Mights they feed all
night long, and at daybreak take a long flight to some shady haunt.
They only act in this manner when non migrating. They will return to
the covert in which they were hatched, if not driven out before the
moulting season; but as the luw stands to-day I think very few return.
Nearly all of the young are but three-fourths grown by July, and the
old ones are taken away from the second brood that arc but half fledged.
If left alone for two weeks longer they could take cure of themselves.

WoodcocK, at limes, are sluggish and hard to rise, and when flushed
tbey will only fly ten or fifteen feet and drop agalu suddenly, and that,
too, iu front of the dog. I generally found that when this was the case
the bird was either very fat, or fatigued by a long Journey, and if so,
was very thin and pin feathered. The woodcock, on alighting, runs oft-
entimes as the quail, before squatting. I have seen them in October
run round and round the dog, tlieu hide under a leaf. Their tails are erect
mid spread when running in this manner. About the full moon In Au-
gust they disappear. A single bird is only found here and there until
the first of September, when they sgalu lake op their former ground#
They very soon get In fine order and give sport which is excellent, but
after a few heavy frosts and the ground becomes slightly frozoo, they
,'nnnol bore, the ln»e«» disappear, and they leave for the* spufh, and do

not appear among us until they get ready to build and alt; then they
visit our lake# and swamps again The largest and fattest birds that I
have ever bagged have been In this locality, and I have banted them
for forty years. I bagged my first brace Iu Pennsylvania, iu 1835. In
the Autumn of '7. I weighed twelve bird*, nnd they turned the scale at
six and a half pounds. I shot several this season that weighed nine
ounces fully, and my nephew shot one that weighed ten ounces.
The feeding grounds hero sro small, hut are superior for woodcock and
snipe. My nephew also shot a grouse that weighed forty-eight ounces,
which Is of course a very rare specimen, their usual weight being from
twenty to tblrty-flvo ounces. Woodcock generally weigh from five and
one-half io seven ounces, nnd the English bird from nine to sixteen
ounces. 1 had one sent to mo from England thnt weighed ono pound
one ounce. I had It set up. and have It In my collection. The plumage
of the two birds Is very different. Our* Is more delicate In flavor nnd
Juiciness. The rich aud loamy soil In this locality causes the Autumn
birds to bo so fine and fst. They are not confined to suction, for under
the leaves nnd turf aud Iu the thickets and open bogs they find many
worms and Insects.

When boring, they make a dull, heavy sound, unlit they gra->p their
pilr.o. Ru'sing their bill into the air they seem to suck the worm stead
tty. when, with a quick motion of the bond, It disappears, nnd the work
l« commenced for another morsel. They bore five or ten holes vory rap
Idly and then rest for a few minutes. Their bill being tilled with many
nerves makes It very sensitive, so that no worm can escape. If within
two Inches of the surface. They are greedy, unsocial nnd solitary.
From the time the first egg Is laid until the brood is hatched, Is goner-
ally four weeks. I have seen the mule bird ut this time rise almost Iu n
line, probably three hundred feet, then commeuco clrclirg, making a
very singular note, something like the snipe, but much louder and
deeper, then rapidly descending to the place whence he started he com-
mence* giving an entirely different note, sounding like quack, quack,
nnd Is answered by tho female Instantly.

The ordinary number of the young brood Is four birds. I have seen
five, but seldom. When the moulting season commences I lie woodcock
separate, and do not come together ngnin until they get ready to migrate.
I have seen the male bird with the first brood tumble and flutter along
the ground and over :ho dead leaves for a short distance, and then take
wing, fly In a circle, and return to the lien, and In n few moments niter a
few clucks, and the young would como out of llieir hiding places anil be
onder his protection again. He would squat and allow mo to pass with-
in a few feet of him. Wherever there is good boring a side hill is
his choice for home. If the weather has been dry, you will nlwnya And
them in briar patches, or deep thickets, where the ground never loses
moisture; and on tho contrary you will And them on the hill# or elevated
grounds, especially if there Is u certain degree of moisture. And when
the weather gets cool you will And them among the chestnuts nnd birch
clearings, receiving the warmth of the November sun. And as tlie sen-
son approaches Its end you will And them In tho more sheltered swamps,
where the worms aud insects lire protected. Tho cedar swamps they
delight in, and 1 have shot many of them In November aud In the early
P“rt of December. But they oro very uncertain In their movements,
being governed by tho soil aud woatbor. In tho southern part of Dela-
ware they collect In large number#, for the marshes und cripple# Is their
homo. Last season birds wore vory scarce In tho Eastern and Middle
Stales. Summer shooting kills off nil tho old birds nnd spoils the Au-
liiniu sport.

This game bird Is harrassed mom than liny other; after being hunted
all Summer and Autumn, when he returns south they are not content
with hunting durlug tho day, but at night take the negro and torch, nnd
whilst he is feeding “shoot him on the spot," and call that sport. The
Winter here ha# been very severe, many snows, but light; but If the
Spring opens early, aud not too wot, there wifi be plenty nf game next
Autnnn. Joun DkBanks.

SAND HILL CRANES.

Four Wayne, Ind., (March, 1875,

Editor Forest and Stream:—

It may not be out of place to give through tho columns of the Forest
and Stream n little hit of natural history which him frequently fallen
under my notice, und perhaps of almost every Western man, respecting
the hublts of the sand hill crane. Like every bird of that species, they
are fond of the water, hut not wholly confined to It. They frequent
the banks of rivers and marshes and make predatory flight# und excur-
sions luto cultivated fields of grain, greatly to the annoyance of farmer*,
who contrive nil sorts ol ways to kill or trap them. They are us
canning as ciows, and It is seldom you can get a shot nt them. Thou-
sands are often seen on the prairie# of Illinois, or were some years ugo,
and it was amusing to witness with a field glass their funny antic# und
sportive proclivities. School boys let loose from school could hardly
go through a greater variety of gymnastics than a flock of young sand
hill cranes. Hopping on one leg, then ou both, and nil lit It, in one
grand jubilee. Now and then one may be seen squatting down, aud
others playing loap frog.tuklug turns jumping over nnd frolicking some
times for an hour, ull joining In tho dance. I have felt like taking a
bond with them many limes, hut ou tho Ic i at approach of duiger the
signal is given and the sky Is darkened with their flight. Their social
habits are otherwise peculiar. After having iiiated. the birds proceed to
build up In the marshy ground partially covered with water, a t.uncnted
cone of brush, sticks, grats and mud, to the height of tholrleg#, on the
top of which the female deposits only two eggs. Here they sit, nltornn
ting ns convenient, with their legs projecting straight out behind, oj
sometimes down by the side of their nest to the ground. After liicuhn
tion, and when the young get u little strength, they pitch Into each
other with great fury, and can only be made to desist by the parent bird
separating them, each taking one under Its fosterfug care nnd holding
them at a respectable distance until they reach ernnehood, when, as I
described before, they seem to make up In joyous hilarity the querulous
proclivities of youth. B.

ENGLISH SPARROWS ON.L, ISLAND.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I have seen papers on the Pmutr dometllciu lately In several scientific
periodicals, also In the Forest and Stream. I wish to add u few ob-
servations iu addition to what has already appeared. In New Haven,
Conn., and Newark and ndjoInlDg towns in New Jersey, the EnglUli
sparrows have nearly exterminated the calurpilUrs, which were huh
pended over every (road .Jid sidewulk. In some localities on Long
Island they have performed a like service, yet In many places they are
fast becoming a nuisance. They figlft and conquer our nntlve birds,
which are driven away from gardens and lire cuntlnuully rc-uttacked by
the sparrows when they appear where the /*. d»nu»t\cu* abound#, Near
my residence there are several small houses erected on poles, which
were formerly occupied during the breeding season by bluebirds, house
wrens, great crested flycatchers, Ac. Last Spring the sparrows allocked
the Inmates of several houses, pushed llieir egg# from the nests to the
ground, or else built their own n-iet ou top of the egg* of the more
peaceful native birds. A pair of the great crested flycatchers, M'Jlar
chut erinilus, fought the foreign Intruders for nearly three days, lint
they were finally compelled to retreat sod give up their house when their
nest had been partially built. While the bird* were pressing forward
during their migration new comers would dally arrive and Inspect the
house, but were soon surpiised nud beaten away by the pugnacious
sparrows. There are small peach trees In my garden which have bird
bouses on them, which were taken possession of by the sparrows When
the trees were In blossom they were continually visited by birds, and
many species of warbler* hod uo sooner gained a footing than
they were driven away by the male sparrow# that sit near their houre*
during the period of Incahatiou and guard the immediate locality Jeal-
ously. if tire sparrows could h» confined in the cl*/ Ilmlre «hny WOTld

prove a benefit to the public; but when they advance to the country ami
collect tn hundreds, n# Is the c*ao In localltlca on Long Island, they be-
come a nuisance. Jos. H. Batty.

l'etmi Amboy, N. J . Match 0, 1875.

Editor Kmir*r and Stream:—

It would soom thnt tho pccuHftrltle* of tho past Winter have not boon
confined to tho weather. I am a pretty general observer. If not a vory
close ono. of the “trick* and inannora" of our bird* and tlie few antmnla
that are left In this part of tho country, and have nfiiaj « been greatly In-
terested thereby. I would like to know whether tho f«ct« which I hnvo
noticed are merely local or whether tho »uu- condition exists more
widely. For Instance, seats or sin doc* #• they nre called, have been
quite numerous In llnritun Bay. although n few ore smm nearly every
Winter, but I have not lo itrd that any huve been killed I hnvo several
limes fired at thorn with a heavy gun and large shot, but failed to secure
ono, generally finding a down shot or so lying on tho cake of Ico where
tlie oral had been.

The gulls w hich usually frequent our liaihor have been represented by
a few stragglers only, and the ice drove the ducks aw ay long ago. stuco
the Introduction hero of tho Kngll»h sparrow, small bird*, snob os tho
chlppoc, have boon growing more and more scarce, nud I don't think l
have seen a down snow birds the whole Winter. Tlioy used 10 he plen-
tiful about tho houso and very sociable. Imt I believe the sparrow* hnvo
driven them away to tho field*, I'odnr birds have also heroine very
scarce, In fact have almost disappeared Immense flock* used to con -
gregate every Autumn and remain Uiroiighrii tlie Winter, but since last
August I have not uotlcod more than two or ilm-e little huueUcs.

Some few migratory blnls have come on from the Month already l
saw a flock of crow -blackbirds ten days ago. but they hnvo, doubtless,
gone back in disgust. For the past week several robins have been about
my house and burn, and seem utterly dumornll/od by ihu stale of things
they find. They sit about on the apple trees, looking disconsolately at
tho snow and Ice, and can't understand It, nt nil They nvo il each other
ns much ns possible, a* If ashamed to he seen here, and bury llieir limuls
In their ruffed feathers In sheer despair.

By a calculation based upon the depth to which the fm-t ha* pene-
trated the ground, wo expect English *ulpc along about the last of June
If they should como sooner, we hope you will Inform us through tho
columns of your paper K.

CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE.

Dei-artmknt or I'tinuo Parks, I
New York. Mur. 21, 1875 f

Animals received at Central Park Menagerie for the week ending

March noth, 1875:—

Two Silver l’lumsunts, Kujdocarniui nycihemtrua, presented by Mr. J.
Brice .

Ono Crow, dervus AmerUanu*. Presented by Mr#. It, Koysur.

One pair Southern Fox Squirrels, Hci mm i>n/pfii u*. Presented by Mr.
ThomusC. Hall.

One Jaguar, AWU oiuxi.

One Toque Monkey, Jfaeocw plltidtu. W. A CONKLIN,

$$ooili<mdt Jfunn and (garden.

GERMINATION OF SEEDS.

WITH tliu greatest core taken of garden needs some
will fail to germinate front variotiH cumin*. Many
and very slight tire tlie accidental contingencies that pre-
vent the germination of our churished Heeds To guard
against lltene trilling accident* constitutes our greatest rare.
When we enumerate tho many entrees lliat prevent tho
growth and perfection of seed plan!*, we may enumerate a
cold dry atmosphere, loo much moisture, too hIiuIIow cov-
ering of Heed, or loo deep covering, rain, and continuity of
cold, and wo coinc naturally to the IiimI conclusion, which I*,
“ they won’t come up and we don’t know the reason why."
Many gardeners who grow seeds for market crop*, generally
plant many more Heeds than they want for their crops pro-
vided every seod germinated, but they do not, lienee (his
wise provision of tho market gardener. You will recollect
that (lie first wants of seed when plueod in (lie earth is
water and air. Too much water will exclude air, so you
must have a haluncing power as a regulator. Nome seeds
we Dud, such as peas, will germinate at quite a low atmos-
phere ; while the melon li the require an almost Summer
heat lo develope and bring litem forward. Being coated
and well wrapped up in a Iciiuccouh coaling they often iiiIns
vegetating from a too shallow, rather than loo deep plant-
ing. I'lnutcd too deep or too shallow, is equally futul to
germination. You will find it an Invariable rule that seeds
when too near I he surface die in an attempt to live before
their roots ucquire u sufficient depth of earth lo sustain tho
two first leaflets they pul forth; tlioy die before they have
fairly taken hold upon tho moisture necessary for futuro
life. If planted too deep, they will germinate, eagerly
striving to obey the great law of nature which bids iliem
conic forth, hut they fail to reach the surface, for I lie rea-
son the seed cannot furnish sufficient nutriment to enable
il lo do so. Thus you see how apparently slight cutises
despoil ull your efforts nt plant raising. Two things you
must have in seed raising, In the flower or garden crop, the
stem of llie plant aiming for light and air, rootlet seeking a
moisture necessary to its future existence nnd perfection.
Very little tilings are they nol S' more trifles, a little more
earth, more or less, failing of which your plant dies, uud
this is the end of it for ibis time.

Never plant your line garden or flower seed in ground
that has on affinity to “hake or crust;” clayey ground*
have that tendency, in such soils your seeds quite olten full
of quick germination. A light soil favors a quick germin-
ation for the reason that tlie seeds have lesselTort lo pene-
trate this kind of soil. Small seeds of all kinds suffer
sometimes from Ihu formation of a slight crust over them;
“sun-baked" is a term used to define this slight burdening
of the ground from the e fleets of rain. A remedy is found
lo relieve delicate seeds iu a careful removal of llie earth
directly over these seeds with a small tooth instrument liko
a fine pronged hoe, or a line steel rake.

We have found that seeds when planted In good situa-
tions und soil, require to be slightly pressed down with
the hoe, ju.it sufficient to make them retain moisture I
have often planted very minute seeds without a covering
of earth ut nil, giving them after pluming a slight watering
from a fine rose Jet watering pot. Tho hot-bed plan of seed
planting, when it can he carried out in the field or garden
will alwuys prove successful. Something Is frequently
wanted to prevent a too sudden evaporation of moisture
from the surface of the soil, ns it is a well known fact that
many valuable garden nnd flower seeds fail from too deep
planting and too heavy soils. As a rule we always pre-
pare our flower beds, plant our seeds; and with u very flue
sieve sift fine sandy soil over the same. Tills is a good
plan to adopt with all kinds of seed that we transplant.
We have followed this to some extent in field culture and
found our*elve* » gainer by the same. Oi.uroD Quill.

102

FOREST AND STREAM

GIANT TREES IN CALIFORNIA.

IT lias been supposed that the Sierra sequoias, or big trees
of California, were confined ton few small and isolated
groves like I hose known to tourists by the names of C'ulu-
veras, Toulumme, Merced, and Mariposa, scattered at con-
siderable Intervals along t lie Western slope of the moun-
tains for a distance of sixty miles. It was known that a
collection of big trees larger than any of those in the Mari-
posa and Calaveras regions exists in Fresno County, where
Thomas’ Mill has for several years been sawing ibis red-
wood of the Sierra to supply the market of Visalia, but it
was discovered last Summer that this body of big-tree tim-
ber is not properly a grove, but a forest extending for not
less than seventy miles in a northwest and southeastward
direction, with a width in some places of ten miles, and in-
terrupted only by the deep cafions which cut across the
general course of the forest, and reduce the level to an ele-
valtou below that at which the tree is found in a wild con-
dition, although when cultivated it thrives in all our val-
leys.

Different persons have traced the forest from the basin of
the lule Ill vc r, in latitude 36' 20’, across those of the Ku-
weali and Kings to that of IheSnn Joaquin. The elevuliou
has not been carefully measured, but is supposed to vary
from 4,000 to 6,000 feet. At one point, and one only, this
forest is accessible by a wagon road, and that is at Thomas'
Mill, forty-eight miles from Visalia. Unlike the groves
further north, this forest consists mainly and in some
places almost exclusively of the big trees, and there are also
a multitude of small ones in all the ages of growth, some
just sprouting, and others saplings only two or three feet
through. The largest standing tree us yet measured is for-
ty foe i in diameter; a chai red stump— the tree itself having
disappeared— measures forty-one feet across. A tree twen-
ty-four feet in diameter, four loot above the ground, is pre-
cisely the same thickness sixty feel higher. A fallen trunk
is hollow throughout its length, and the hole is large
enough to drive a horse and buggy seventy-two feet in it
as in a tunnel.

This forest is so extensive, the timber is so abundant and
excellent in quality, and the demand for it -is so great in the
bare valley ut the foot of the mountain, that it cannot be
withheld from the axe and the saw mill. The wood is simi-
lar in general character to the Coast sequoia, or common
red-wood, straight iu grain, splitting freely, even enough
111 grain for furniture, and farsu; erior to oak in its keeping
qualities in positions exposed to alterations of moisture.

1 lie Sierra sequoia does not throw up sprout! from its stump
as does the redwood, and can therefore be felled out more
readily. It was wise in Congress to make a reservation for
pleasure purposes of the Mariposa Grove, which is near
l oseinite, small and conveniently accessible to tourists by
the present routes of travel ; but the Tulare-Fresno forest—
it is all iu those two counties — cannot be converted into a
public reservation. Numerous saw mills will be built on its
line, and flumes will carry the lumber down to the consum-
ers. \y agon-roads will ascend from the railroad turns to

bill I'lti’itiK A .1 . i * ■

PEDIGREE OF KIRBY.

KIRBY 1* a handsome black, white and tau hitch, wa« tired by the Re?. J. Camming Macdona, Hllbro House, West Kirh? rhenhim v... ■ .

and was Imported In April, 1874, by "Mohawk,'' who owns her, as also her full brother Milo. This strain of setter lias u clear' Dedi^n-p '..v!* ind'
back for more than eighty yeura through the Laverack blood. l'cuigree, extending

KIRBY.

Ban.

Venus, sister to Judy, dam of Ranger.

Pllklngton'sDash.

Downes’ Duchess.

HacketFe Ruke.

Calvcr’e Countess.

Lavei uck's Dash U.
O

1’ilklni.ton’e LIU.

Grouse.

Caller's Nell.

a a

Ben

Hackott’e Bess.

£ U

B

3a

f|

c= Li

B =

SS

a ^

9 K
8 2.
K ~

a w s a j. a "a

e g. g. £ S s £

o IT ■ o M If

C03

p r1

3 P

a* cu

•Ponto and Old Mol).

the California Alps, passing through the forest and recciv-
mg great attractions from it. — From the Sun Francisco Alta,

GROWING RAILWAY TIES.

Rochester, N. Y., March 8, 1878.

Editor Forest and Stream—

As one of the purposes to which your excellent paper Is devoted Is the
preservation of our forests from wanton destruction. I submit a sugges-
tion on i hut subject that I believe is origiual and lias not, lo my knowl-
edge, been before promulgated. Everybody knows that railroads re-
■pilre on Immense amount of wood annually for fuel and ties. The sub-
stitution of coul us fuel may dlmlnslt the demand in that direction, but
wood appears to be the only thing that will bo used for ties. These latter
require lo i.e renewed every eight or ten years, aud luceusequcncet.hu
nreu of lund necessary to supply tlio demand is so great that It has be-
come an object of solicitude to civilized governments all over the world
As ratlrund. are subject to law, 1 think no apprehension need be fell if
the people will but maintain iboir rights. In this country, at least, the
railroad companies have possession of from one hundred to one hundred
and lifty feet In width of laud along their lines. If each company would
either voluntarily, or by compulsion, plant trees on this land, now bar-
ren, they would benefit themselves and ihe public. Certain trees set
out when ilrsi a railroad Is started would be nearly large enough for ties
When those fir-t laid were rotten, and by C Jiitinulng the system ouch
railroad would lmvo its own never fulling supply of ties. Tho great piles
of old, useless lies that are now burned ns a nuisance, or allowed to
slowly decay, would make excellent manure for the growing trees, and
through nature’s process renew themselves forever. It might be ob-
jected to the proposed plan that the trees groivlug near the track w ould
be liable to be blown down and cause accidents. All danger from this
source can bo obviated by planting deep rooted trees and cutting oil
those branches running toward the track; moreover tbe potential dan-
ger mentioned would nut be a Utile of what actually exlsu from other
causes, I say nothing of the Incidental benefits that w ould result from a
general adoption of tile system, such hs breaking heavy winds giving
shelter to gurne, Ac. I have little confidence In compulsory laws but
If an enlightened self-interest would not Induce the railroad companies
to try the Idea, self-preservation would justify the Slates in doing a little
evil to accomplish great good . jj g

£/fc fennel.

TRANSPORTATION OF SPORTING DOGS.

t From long experience we cun concur with tho remarks
of our correspondent as to the baggage masters, aud the
treatment of dogs iu the section he mentions.

„ „ Indianapolis, Ind., March, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream : —

I have been considerably astonished at tho tone of several letters pub-
lished in recent numbers of your paper upon tbe subject of fares charged
on ladroads for tbe transportation of homing dogs, and the want of
courtesy and attention of the employees to sporting parties and th.-ir
d"gs. The authors of the articles must have been unfortunate In the *e-
Uctlon of their routes, or blundered upon some unworthy and surly em-
ployee. or tb.y certainly could have never reached the coikIusIous they
express. In this section of the broad West tbe fares for hunting dogs
are conceded by ell-even the officers of railroads -to the baggage mas
ter-, and as a rule they arc among the most courteous and aceommodu-
ttng men e.t gaged In the railroad service. A sportsman has only to make
terms with them, and this U not a difficult task. During an exp, rienco
of a dozen years that ho, taken me over most of the railroads in Indiana,
and many In Ohio and II .Inula, on hunting excursions, I have always
found that my dogs were among the most welcome guests of the train
men. A few cordial word, ami fifty cent, or otu dolllr gi v'n ,,|
baggage master alw ays secured for them « comfortable transport a* far
Who went. No charge Is demanded by the baggage master, but (hr

compensation Is left to tlni sportsman, and is generally determined by tbe
distance to be traversed, and If there Is a good warm spot In the car near
the stove on a cool day, or u cool place on a warm day, "Mase" and "Ned"
always get them. These attentions, so grateful to the dogs after a bard
day’s hunt, can only be secured by personal compensation.

For one, I do not want my dogs to be put on the schedule for which I
am lo pay before entering the cars. When even this Is the case, they
w ill be cuffed and kicked about as eo much extra baggage, and this might
endanger the personal safety of some one, by bringing Into vigorous ac-
tion the flexor aud extensor muscleo of my arm or leg, if practiced upon
tny dogs. Let the matter rest Just where It is, for tbe comfort and safety
of the dogs, as these will best be secured by compensating tbe baggage

ma8lur- H. O. Caret.

CHOOSING A DOG.

La Grange, Mo., March 8, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

What kind of setter or pointer is best salted to my shooting? is a
question well worth the consideration of every sportsman iu purchasing.
Importing or breeding a dog for his own use. Many of the renders of
the Forest and Stream commence ana end their shooting each year on
woodcock, with an occasional crack at ruffed grouse. Others live in a
prairie country, and prairie chickens are tbe main skootin" Others
ugain take It out in qnull. Each of these kinds of shooting requires «
different style of dog. if not a difference in bis breeding, if the owner
would have hint a star in bis profession. And I nm strongly of the
opinion that, w ith tho exception of chicken shooting, we require a differ-
ent character of work from u dog to that which is found to answer best
in England to-day. A crack dog on the moors of England und Scotland
would be very upt to make his mark among pinnated grouse, for the
same w Ide range is absolutely uecessary in both cases; but he certainly
would not bo n very satisfactory dog to shoot quail or woodcock over
ui.nl he had hod months, if uot years, of work. The pointer is certainly
not to be found os frequently in Eugland as of yore, Improvements in
agricultural machinery by shortening the stubble having turned him out
of many a field, where once he was of all importance, aud the setter on
account of his rougher coat and better protected feet, is more suited to
the heather covered moors; and I would rather risk my chance of pro-
curing a pointer in the United States to-day than iu England, though I
have Imported two. Should my miscellaneous shooting be cut down to
simply quail and woodcock -which is pretty sure to happen within the
next ten years-1 firmly believe that I would take more than ordinary
pains to procure the old fashioned Spanish pointer, or ado" with a large
preponderance of Spanish blood. It is tr-e that the covey has -ot to be
found first, and that requires some freedom of range, but not nearly to
the extent that is required on an Buglish stubble, fur in nine cases out
of ten you can decide what portions of the enclosure are worth trying

ow ing to the temperature, the time of year, time of day. crop Ac and
In standing corn a wide ranging dog is to me an abomination! as about
the time he finds the quail you lose tli.i dog, and have to hunt a ten acre
field over to find him. It is after the birds are marked down however
thul the cream of tho shooting commences, and here 1 think the old
fluhloued dog. discarded In England for want of pace-us the true Soutn
ern bound gave place to that noble mongrel, the English foxhouutL-
would show himself. Oue bird is in a corn shuck. Lther fn a brn^
pi e. one under an old fence, two or three under a log, and tbe balance
lying like rocks deep In some tangled grass and weeds; his slow -ait and
his powerful nose find them oue by one, while you might be cursing and
swearing At the best dog that ever left England, because he wouhAml
too I«8t and get too far away from you. The sportsman of eighty years
ago in England walke-diMlth hi. dogs Iu shooting, and shot overmuch
this descrip , on of dog. The sportsman of to-day walks to bis do's
after the point. \\ e are not eighty years behind England, but a good
quail ground is an exaggerated edition of the English firms of auld W
syne, and we will, I think, make larger bags and eDjoy ourselves mnrf
with tbe deep Hewed, heavier dog who never breaks liis trot.

E. VV. Hope.

CURE F£)R CANKER.

_ _ Bekoen Point, March 13. i«7s

Editor Forest and Stream:— '

1 write to tell yon that the prescription to cure canker, which you so
kindly gave me through the columns of your valuable paper, has pro , S
a wonderful success. It has cured my setter w ith only three applications
I noticed the suggestion of Harlem oil, but did not use it L 1 found
the twenty grains of sulphate of copper, dissolved in eight ounces of
water, applied by aid of a small syringe, had the desired effect. Thank

nrtTr , rUn kU,d,,l,S5- “',d w,lh » hesf,>' recommendation of your
prescription to all sportsmen Interested, believe me, sincerely yours

- ^ Sancho.

THE EDMOND CASTLE KENNEL.

Rivbrhead, La Grunge counly, Mo., March 18 1875
Editor Forest and Stream:—

In my letter which, through your kindness, appeared In Forest and
Stream of the 25th of February, I expressed a strong opinion in favor
of Cumberland setters. In reading the history of Pride of the Border
which accompanied his portrait in your lust issue, I sec it elated that he
strains back to the celebrated breed of setters at Edmond Castle, near
Carlisle I will now state that my favorite dog, Grouse, the father of
Dash and Bang, I purchased out of the Edmond Castle Kennel
where lie was born, raised and broken, never leaving that estate until I
brought him to America. Yours truly, Edward Hope.

Plucky Dog.— A fox hunter in the Western part of
Crawford county set Ins hounds on the trail of a fox last
week and a few days after was notified from Titusville
that both dog and fox were safe in thatcilv, Ihe 1-tter dead
and the other pretty well tuckered out. They were found
m a field just outside of Titusville, the fox lying dead on
the snow and the dog beside it unable to walk' The owner
said the hound stal led on the trail on the Friday before he
was found— Monday— -and it was his opinion that the do»-

f^?»C!iaSed,tlie f°? ,fally two bundred miles, until Reynard
fell exhausted and his enemy lay down beside him That
hound is some dog, no doubt; hut the fox was also a steady

Don BnEKiNo. Mr. Edward Hope, of La Grange Mo
washes lo recommend to the sporting fraternity the services

of \\ ilhum Lawrenceaon, as a capital breaker of sellers
poiuters, retrievers, and field spanicls-a most thorough
painstaking, and honorable man. Address William Law
reuccson, La Grange, Missouri,

IP? %jjorsq mid Hoarse.

Fast Time.— The b. g. Pilot trolled a mile at the Hip-
podrome on Monday evening in 2 min. 35* sec., f lie best
nmc yet made here and equal to 2:20 on a mile track Mr
Isixon s benefit on the same evening was an ovation which
than oueVe ^ gral,fjriIJg t0 lbftl gentleman iu more ways

-The Spring meetings for the Eastern Trotting Circuit
have been agreed upon iu accordance with the follow
^programme, which calls for $12,000 from each assoc ia-

Point Breeze Park AssociATion-May 25, 26 27 and
28. -Entries to close May 17. ’ ’ ana

Prospect Park Fair Ground Association— June 1 2

3 und 4.— Entries close May 17 A' "»

a tosyss Assoc,*tion-j““> «.

l££££5£ w. 10, 17ana

June7C0“ Pi,U£-Ju,le 22’ 23> 24 “Ud 85—Enlrle. close
'£?ZFrK-Jm'C 20 “d 80.J“>yla„d3.-Emrles

FIRST DAY.

No. 1. -Purse of $1,000 for 2:15 class-, $600 to first *inn
to second, $100 to third. 9 u 10 nrst»

, N°' 2T??sne °f *1>500 for 2:26 class; $900 to first *410
to second, $lo0 to third. ’ T

SECOND DAY.

No. 3. — Purse of $1,500 for 2-31 class- *onn
> second, $150 lo third. ’ *900 to flrst« *450

No. 4. -Purse of $2,500 for 2:22 class- *1 'inn. « .
$.50 to second, $250 lo third. " ' lo first.

THIRD DAY.

to^KLH01' f“r2^'»»; $000 lo first, $300

W’ f»00 to Unit, *4.50

FOUnTH DAT.

to ?”cood7 IlMto'Jiri00, f0r 2:84 Class; *0°0 <° «™t, $450

No. 8.— Purse of $1,500, for 2:29 class- *onn
to second, $150 to third. ’ *J0° to flrst> $4^0

All these purses are for trotting, mile heals hoc ,t
five in harness, and will be conducted tmdpr.t 1 'i60 ln,
the National Association. Entrance ten lJ*e rules of
In heats, when eight or more horses sianPn, r °f purs.<?;
be 150 yards. Heats in emch d^ dts at.ee will

alternately. ys r,‘ces “my be trolled

—The entires for the various stakes i
first meeting of the Louisville in«i ,0 be ni» for at the
being a large exceas ovi?a£v nrJ«Ckey Cl-ub nu'»»>er 227,
i»g commences May I? and lasts si^yT"*1, T,,e mcet'

to

FOREST AND STREAM

103

— Fleetwood, Goshen and Paterson parks have agreed
upon a aeries of trotting meetings, calling it the “Middle
Circuit,” in which the following weeks are claimed:—
Fleetwood, May 18 aud June 15; Paterson, May 25, and
Goshen, June 8.

— The Mankato, Minnesota, Driving Purk Association
linve elected the following directors for the ensuing year: —
John Win. Hoerr, T. R, CouUon, It. 1). Hubbard, C. A.
DeGraff, Samuel Randall, E. L. Itoscbrook, George W.
Warner, F. T. Fuller, J. B. Hubbcll, J. J. Sliaubut, C. A.
Stevens, Win. Reid, H. H. Williams, J. C. Curryer, Z.
Paddock, S. F. Barney, John N. Hall, Edwin Bradley, O.
O. Pitcher, C. F. Warner, D. R. Biooks.

—The following table, taken from the World, gives the
names of the horses entered in the leading all aged events
at Jerome Lark, Long Branch, aud Saratoga:—

Jerome

Park.

1 J'°"5

Brunch.

Surnto

•a.

Nome.

Age

d

ej

1

a

I

f

o

&

d

a

U

a-

S

“3

a

33

2

b

>*

£

|

1

J

J ^

M

d

<55

JZ

i

a

tt)

J

CJ

E

&

JO

3

5

•*»

o

u

o

M

2

S.

o

X

5

d

3

0

1

«3

CO

d

8

-5

a

a

a

a

a

a

w

i

1

i

1

1

_

_

1

_

Hock w ood

Spindrift

Tuhinuii

Bessie Lee

A

A

A

ft

i

i

i

1

1

1

-

1

-

Business

Brnoklund

KfidI

Mute

Ptvecrott

Baylock

Artist

Audubon

ft

ft

ft

ft

ft

0

5

5

i

i

i

i

i

i

i

i

t

i

1

:

i

1

1

I

l

1

i

I

1

1

1

1

_

_

1

_

_

_

Edwin Adam*

Galway

Jack Front

5

5

5

t

■

:

1

:

:

1

1

Liniest-me

Lizzie Locus

5

5

i

l

i

i

1

1

i

l

-

1

1

1

1

Stanford

Survivor

5

5

i

t

-

:

l

;

“

~

“

J

i

_

_

_

_

i

1

_

1

1

Acrobat

A Halt

Auron Pennington

4

1

4

i

:

i

1

1

-

1

I

1

Busy Bee ....

Bulluiikerl

Bonavei-tnre

Bay Bum

Brigand

Botany Bay

Countess

Court Hampton

Carlhin

Century

Culpepper

Dublin

Dead Head

Klkhorn

Km mu

Egypt

Grin«trfid

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

i

i

i

i

i

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i

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i

i

i

i

i

l

\

i

l

i

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i

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1

l

1

I

i

1

1

1

1

_

i

i

i

i

1

-

1

1

1

1

l

1

1

Ilunuli Gelding

Huckleberry

Inspiration

4

4

4

i

i

i

.

1

•

•

.

i

i

i

King Pin

4

|

i

1

i

• i

t

t

Madge

M uttle W

O'Neil

O-age

Persuader

Plcoll

Reform

Rutherford

Saxon

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

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i

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l

l

i

l

i

l

l

i

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i

i

i

i

i

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t

i

i

!

i

i

i

i

l

l

The Ghost

4

l

l

i

i

i

i

l

i

i

i

l

Alton

3

1

i

:

i

i

Bay Final

Calvin

Denver

Fiuework

King Bolt

Lizzie R

Lolnpi

UlRipa

Sprluglet

3

3

3

a

3

8

3

3

3

i

i

i

i

i

.

•

:

•

i

i

i

■

i

l

1

.

i

.

i

1

Vornango.

3

• i

:

i

:

— Thormunly, another of the fashionable English sires,
died recently at Newmarket. He won the Derby in 1800,
netting for his owner, Mr. Merry, £80,000 in tets in addi-
tion to the slake, which that year amounted to £6,200.

—The Lincoln Handicap, which is run at the first regular
meeting of the racing season in England, was decided on
the 17th, being won by The Gunner, who started at the long
odds of 30 to 1.

—The Grand National Steeplechase, the great event of
England in the jumping liue, run over the four and a half
mile course at Aintree, near Liverpool, was decided on the
18tli inst. Again an outsider was victorious, Pathfinder,
a gelding, who started at tiie odds of 10 to 1, turning upas
winner. Jackal was the favorite at 6 to 1, and his victory
would have been very pleasing to Americans, as his dam,
Maggiore.was bred in this country; she being by Leewmple,
out of Evergreen, by Glencoe. The Grand National was
won first by Lottery in 1839; the value of the stakes this
year, to winner, £1,350.

— The French papers announce the death, after a long
und painful illness, of M. Adolphe Fould, one of the most
active members of the French Jockey Club, und one of the
most generous patrons of racing on the Continent. He was
tie eldest son of the late M. Achilla Fould. Minister of Fi-
nance under the Empire, and his large fortune enabled him
to perform important services to the turf of his native
country; his sound judgment gave great weight to his opin-
ions on all questions of importance, und his knowledge of
breeding was almost unrivalled. He hail a large and well-
appointed stud at Turbos, in the south of France, ns well us
HI) extensive training ground about five miles from Tarbes,

Jliisivcrs go gorrespondenfd.

Anonymous Communication* nol Nollex-d.

(. Ann. Saranac Lake.— Your favor of 10th March, with Dr. K V of
Sl>tli, enclosing check at hand. Ilavo written you both.

L. H. K . Toronto, Ont.— ltow can hunters, when lo>t In n forest, tell
north and south by the bark ou troosf Ana. Mom grow* thlckcat on
the north eldo.

cioiuim m. Syracuse. — Please give mo the address of some ttood dealer
in oara and ecull* In New York City? Aim. K. W. Page, No. ISU West
street, or A. M. Iugersoll, No, 156 South street

L. B., Long Branch.— Can you Inform me where 1 can procure wild
pigeons for trap shooting, nud also how they get snow birds for Ilia
same purpose! Ans. Address Miles Johnson, Windsor, Mercer county,
New Jersey.

W. W. O., City.— I knew that Win. Grocner was dead, mid should
have said -Did Win. Greener have it better reputation than his sour
Ans. The son has succeeded to his father's reputation and done hla
best to build upon It?

H. L., Fort ltandnll, D. T.- Will you bo so good its to Inform me
where to buy a book on draughts, mid the price! Ans. Peck A Snyder,
No. 126 Nassau street, sell "Draughts and Backgammon'' for 25 cents.
Have seut you n copy, which please accept.

T. W., New York.— Could you name any persona near, or a aliorl dis-
tance further out than ItocUuway, who could accommodate mo with a
room, so as to have some sport with the ducks und snipe the coming
month! Ana. Eckert’s, Seu View House, ltockawiiy.

S. A. D., Ilnverhlll, Mass.— Will you Inform me of the ipinlltloa of the
Maynard single barrel hrueclt loading gun, worth $18, with ride barrel lit
connection, if wanted! Ans. Thu gun nlludt'd lo I" a good one, hut the
prlcc is $.*?; with rllle barrel in connection, $8 additional.

Boston, Boston.— Whore can bird lime be procured lu Boston! Alt*.
Inquire at bird fancier's Would It be sufficiently strong to hold wild
pigeons! Arts. You can make It so. Please give direction* for its use,
on what, and how thick it should be spread? Ans. See KoitesT and
Strkam. April 9th, 1874 page 135, and April 25th, page 167.

L., Baltimore. — "Powder light, shot tight" is a maxim given tome
years ago as tho rule for charging my fowling plecu. As exactly the
contrary is said to be bust by a friend of mine, I ask tho opinion of
your renders? Ans. Both wrong; use us much powder as you can
with comfort to your shoulder, and a moderately light load of shot.

Ban, Paris, Canada.— What Is the best kind of fish for stocking a large
pond of pure spring water? Ans. Black bass or salmon trout Could
grayling be procured, and what the price of the spawn! Ans. Norman
W. Clurk, Esq , of Northville, Mich., makes a specialty of grayling cul-
ture, Price Of eggs per 1,000, $5; of young Halt, $10,

W. M. T.— Kalnmnzoo, Mich.— Can you inform mu whore I can pro-
cure a copy of Holden's Book on Birds! Is it Illustrated, ami what Is
tho price! Aits. Address the New York Bird Store, No. 9 Bowdoln
Square, Bo«tou. The book contains numerous Illustrations of birds und
cages; pric; 25 cents.

G. B. W., Troy. -Con yon give me llto name of a good taxidermist at
St. Johns, Halifax, and Denver, Col.? Do you know the name of a per-
son lu this hu.-lucss In Texas! An*. Address Thos. J. Eagan, 32
Upper Water, Halifax; Cbns. E. Aiken, Colorado Springs, Col.; Guo.
H. .Ragsdale, Golucsville, Cooke county, Tuxtu; J. S Cllmo, St. John,
N. B.

C. J. M., Port Richmond, L I.— Please give tho best scores Hindu by the
English, Irish, Scotch and American teams in thu year* 18’2-3 I? Ann
We presume yon meau the competition for the Klcho Shield. Tho Irish
score at Wimbledon was (eight men) 1,195; at Crocdinoor, 931; Amurlrun
Team, 934 (six men). We have nol the record of the English und Scotch
Teams.

II G., Hanover. — Will you please Inform me wliethur black bass will
eat their eggs aud young, aud what time they spawn ! Aim Prolmbly
all kinds of 4l*h eat their own eggs, tbo black bass lens I bun most species,
Black baas spawn very Irregularly from Spring until July, nltliougli they
ure regarded us Spring spawnera. An Instance Is on record of bass buy-
ing been taken In October heavy with spawn.

J. E. S., Sussex Corner, Kings county, N. B.— Where can I get a com-
plete treatise on rifle shooting, n comprehensive work explaining all that
is required concerning quantity of powder, projectory, Ac. Do you
have back numbers of Forest and Si ream always on hand? Ans,
Wingate's Manual for Rifle Praclleo, for sale at this office; price $1.60.
Buck n*. tubers of Forest and Stream can generally be had from us.

N. W. A., St Albans, Vt.— Will you be kind enough to tell me what
sort of a hunting and Halting locality Bungor, or near there. Is! Atm
There are pickerel, perch and lake trout In Pusluiw uond, and laud-
locked sulmon In Reed's pond, both within twelve miles of Bangor, and
trout In the tributaries of the Penobscot. Tbo Ashing Is very good with
in n dozen poluts easily accessible from Bangor, und hunting also In Its
season.

Q. C., Philadelphia.— Can you favor mo with a description of the
Wesson shot gun, manufactured a few years ago, and Inform me where
one can be obtained? 2d. Is not the pointer more gentle and loss
quarcUome than the setter! Ans. 1. The Wesson Arms Co. made a
few very line guns, but have given up that branch of their business. Ad-
dress B. F. Bowles, Springfield, Ma-s. 2. Tho setter Is geuorully more
"cutle and affectionate than the pointer.

A. P., Boston.— I have a very handsome setter dog that carries Ills
tail curled up like a Newfoundland’s when he Is running In the street.
Whcu I am playing with him, or when he Is at work lu the woods, It Is
straight enough. Can it he uicked, or have unytlilng done to It to keep
it straight ull the time? Ans. , We never have tried, or seen tried, the
experiment of nicking a dog's tall to straighten It, hut think It could be
done successfully. Thoroughbred aoltem rarely, if ever, have that
defect.

C. M. J , New Haven. —My son, fond of sp irt, particularly shooting,
wishes to know where, in the State of Maine, be and a young friend can
spend their vacation next Summer with a chance for sport? lie dou't
mind its being u little rough, comfortable bed and plain fare ull he a-k-;
a moderate price desirable. Cun you give him an address lo write to?
Ans. Address Mr. Ivory Littlefield, lake House, or A B. Farrar.
Greenville P. O.. Piscataquis county. We refer to the Mooeehetd Luke
region. Sebec Lake Is also n most excellent locality.

W. p. C\, Binghamton.— Please give jnn the correct name of u small
ll-h making Its appearance in the Chenango Canal at this place ev. ry
Spring, soon after the resumption of navigation, and are highly prized
by our flshennen as pickerel bair; color, bright yellow; belly and sides
shading to a greenish hue on the back; In shape, resembling a minia-
ture shod; known to flabermen here by the name of golden alilnor. In
a small lake In till- vicinity they have been taken tho past -a son men-
„rl,,g eight Inches In length! Ans It Is Impossible to Identify the fl-h
by your description. Some of your local naturalism who are familiar
with It should be able to give you iu correct name. Will soma of our
readers answer this question?

Blanc, Baltimore.— 1 Can you inform mo how many Canadian rivers
are leased for salmon flailing, and do those advertised In your paper corn
prise all the rivers remaining unlcnocd? Ans. We have a list of 52
salmon rivers that empty into the lit ver and Gulf of HI. Lawrence, In
eluding the Hay Chaleur. The greatest number of these may be found
enumerate L In Bollock's "Fishing Tourl-t." Sec also Foita-T am.
Stream of April. 1874. We understand that those at present advertised
In our pap- r are the only one* In the binds of the Canadian Government
that remain ooleased. There are some private panic, that •ub-lr*re. 9-
Is there good salmon fishing at Anticosti? Ans. Fair. There are at
least nine small salmon rivers In Anticosti Island.

B , Harrisburg, Pa —Will yon bo kind enough to Inform me If the or-
dinary bamboo, such as can l»o purchased at any olore lu the country, is
the kind that i* In uso In making the split bamboo rod*: If not, where
cun 1 purchase the right material? Can you inform mo what l» the best
cement for attaching ferrules to reds? An-. The Calcutta haiuhoo ts
the only kind u*od lu making tho urltcles you mention; can bo bought of
any dealer In flvhlng outlU* who advertises lu our columns. Tho burnboo
usually sold ut country stores is a mil, or else tho Chinese or Japanese
bamboo, which will not answer. The Calcutta cane la clouded, the olh-
ers yellow A cement uf ntd lead and thick varnish la lowotimoa uwl
for attaching ferrules. but a mat Joint with a pin has been found to bo
more permanent.

G N A , Montreal -l have n pointer, which 1 bought for thorough-
bred. He Is well marked, except the ull, whloli appear* to mo to l»o loo
thick, and has longer hairs ou it than anywhere else. This, the breeder
SU> s, is ow lug to the fact that the Utter previous lo the one In which Uty
dog was born, tho bitch wa- fouled by a Newfoundland, and that tho
siibs’-quoni litter threw buck tho cross Will such a thing happen!
Would such a bud mark disqualify him from being considered thorough-
bred Ilia show! Do dogs suffer from gonorrhea, or a disease sunder
thereto? Ans. I Wo think not. Tho chances are your dog Isa
"dropper," crow of polntor and cotter, a Wo think It would. 3. Dogs
are sub), -ci to a disease resembling gonorrhea, produced by over feeding
with meal. Ihitho tho parts uffeel.d with n lotion of four gralus of
chlorldo of lime lu fourouucus of water three or four llmea dally.

Lkuok, Baltimore. -I w|-h to obtain a tout about ton fectaquaro.
Pic t»o Inform mo where 1 cm obtain one? What Is tho name of tho ma-
terial you recommended some time since a* preferable to canvas! What
is the waterproof mixture you advised for a tent! An-. Of Wellington
A Carter, No*. M and 52 Courtllindt street. Light drilling would ho
preferable to canvas at some soasoiis. Receipt for watorptooflug »* fol-
lows: Take half u pound of sugar of load aud half a pound of powdered
ilium, dissolve them lu n bucket of rnln water, thou pour off the fluid with
the dissolved lugiodlonla Into another vessel. Stoop tho canvas thor-
oughly In the solution, letting It siuy for n considerable time. Hang it
up to dry. hut do not wring It. The w ator of a rain storm seem* to hang
to It lu globules uml does not go through It.

Pointer. Providence. 1 have a pointer pup six month* old. Ills
legs appear out of shape. One hind leg seems to drag souto, as though
something ulled Ills hip, And his shoulders project out us lie walks. Ho
wna taken lame lu one hind leg, und It wont to tho other a* though It
wns rheumatism , although ho seems quite strong In them. I have never
given him any merit yot. Why Is It they Cilt a dog's tall off! Ans, I.
I'crlmps the trouble with your puu arises from the want of stronger food.
All growing |mps require some muut und hones. If your pup Is properly
fou ho may grow to proper shape. 2, A polntor with a long tall I* apt
to whip It sore while linniing, nud some have crooked tall-; n remedy
f<r either Is gained by taking off a small part, but this should he done be.
fore the pup Is six week* old. The bench shows, however, require that
the dog should not bo mutilated lu any w ay.

W. II. C\, Caxonovla, N. V —Six or eight young uion who are used to
roughing It, are do»lroits of visiting Florida. Wo have a small steam-
bout. 40x13, which draws, lou'led, about 12 Inches of wntur-a plain,
stout bout. Is there Inland navigation mo-t of tho way that will fluat
such a bout, and can a map bo procured of the coast? Where, and at
what price? Would It be necessary lo have bont Inspected lo have tho
engineer luivo ccrilltcnto? Three or four of our party are competent to
run an engine, ami could Intlld one, Iml don't know whether they could
pass nil examination? Ans. Yon will And Inland navigation t to eunoo
to Heiiufurt, 8. C., crossing Albormurlo ami Pamlico Hounds. Thence
by const Inside the Hen Islands. Charts of tho coast can lie had by ad-
dressing Duron 2fc Aider. No. 20 Burling Hltp. Cost, ffl You will
And mote lundslnnce, however, lu local directions from ’Joint to point.
An engineer's ccrtlflcuto will not ho compulsory ns long ns you entry
neither freight nor passengers for litre.

<: F. C , New York.— Could yon name a good place whore a party of
three or four could camp out during tho month of July, where Chore la
good woodcock Nlioollng. also trout flvhlng, and what would the necessary
articles bo to carry for ubout otto week's stay! Please state shortest
route, and fore, still If n guide would be necessary, and what bo would
charge us per day? Is there any law against shooilug rabbits or squir-
rel* on Long Island? An*. Wo would recommend the Adirondack re
glon us thu bust for camping and trout flailing. Woodcock have bucomo
so scarce It la difficult to name a place whore they could be found that
would combine the other requisites. Take Saratoga und Adirondack U.
It,, or boat rhi Plottsbarg. Fare varies from $5 to $7. Oil dus $2.50 per
day, Including boat. Camp kit should consist of blankets, bread, toa,
salt pork, flour, frying pun, kettle, u good hatctie', and such Ituns In the
way of luxuries ns you may fuel willing to puck. No reference to rob
bit* and squirrel* in Now York game laws,

Nemo, Brooklyn. -In your Issue of lull Inst, you give an extract of
tin- proceedings of the American Fish Cnlturlst's Association, by Hain'l
Wllinot, lu which lie states that there I* an Increase of at least seventy-
live per cent, in favor of artificial propagation over Ihu natural. Tho
writer show* very conclusively that by the natural method only one of
the ova out of each hundred ever become* n living flsli, while by the at
I„l method »" many as ninety luivu limn secured, nud by this process
of reckoning lie arrives at the conclusion ubovu stated. If by the arti-
ficial method lie cun produce two living fl«li, lie has certainly Increased
the percentage one hundred, although he has only produced two pur
cunt, of the whole; consequently, if lie produced ninety out of each onn
hundred, ho has Increased the production iilglttyiiliiu hundred per cent
This Is my Idea of percentage. What soy you, am I right, or wrong?
Aim Nemo I* technically right, but we think Is Inclined to bo
captious.

Article* Aoomwxd this Week. - Reclamation of Marsh Lands, by
OlllpmMp'ill; Oun Tests, by U»y«l; Piscatory llemliil women*, by Rod
and Keel; Sporting Resorts of Wise .asm, by Find; Troullng in Mus-
koka toy’ll; Pompano end Nurse, by Thro. Oili; Hunting Coots, by M ;
An English Trout Htream, by Britain; Chips from tho Buffaloes Work-
shop by Dr. Elliott Coues, II. S. A.; A Ride through tho Blackball
Country by C. »■ Chapman; Ovurland Journey with Live Hliatl, by Llv-
I Stone; Scottish Gillies, by J. J. Y-; Oetu.i Cock <• Eagle, by
Nimrod Law. Governing Duek Shooting, by A Hudson!*!., Jr , Game
Protection In Now Jersey, by M ; Duck Shooting at Aqula Creek, by
Duke' Rowing Practice at Cornell by J,; Sbell Clearer., by H.

Litkrahy. — Jennlo J. Young, who baa hitherto boon
known us u bulluilmt, moi» Hk«ly to at Cain too prominence
in the world of lctU-rH ut leant equal to Hint trite has Rained
in musical circled- She contribute* a story of engrowiing
interest lo the hint i»miu of the OoUUn Age, uml a few week*
„go appeared in the Sunday Timet with one of scarcely lew

merit.

Starved Deed in Austrian PoiiBara.— Our country 1b
not Hie only one buffering from the effects of an tinUMiully
inclement acuson. A Vienna correspondent writes: “Tho
Winter here is hard beyond description. Ast English
spcirlBtnitn, visiting the mountain towns, flaw one day fifty
starved deer picked up in a foreet. Rig slug* run into ihu
uiidbt of villager and arc caught by hand, yet noon din
afterword from the effect* of exhaustion. If u suddeg
J tljaw acts lo tltc inundatious will be fluriou# Indeed,"

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SPARE THE BIRDS.

THE fact of the threatened extinction of fur bearing
seals on our Pacific coast ltaving beeu brought before
the notice of Congress, recalls to mind the probable exter-
mination of gay plumaged birds through a similar source
of demand; and while the adornment of our wives, sisters
and daughters is a question which is likely to defcul the
action of both legislators and philanthropists, it is sad to
think of the wanton destruction which follows the inex-
orable demands of fashion. In the case of the seals our
sympathies are not so entirely aroused, as their skins form
garments which protect the wearer from the cold; and
moreover, wo never see them iu life, or in the character of
household pets or familiar visitants, the harbingers of
sunny skies, cheering with song and encouraging by indus-
trious example. Who can read without almost shuddering
of the fact that in London one house alone has received
40,000 humming birds, and that in South America, from
whence the most are imported, these gems of bird life are
becoming almost exterminated to gratify the caprices of
feminine vanity.

Examination shows that the innocent and joyous hum-
ming bird is by no means the only species that is pursued
with like avidity for the same object. Every bird whose
gift of glorious plumage makes him a mark for the adorn-
ment of a lady’s hat, is eagerly sought for in the market,
and the coming fashion of ornamenting dresses also, is in-
creasing the demand and corresponding slaughter. Such
birds as the pheasant, the gorgeous mallard, and even the
little blue-winged teal, all of which are much sought after,
arc protected by law during certain seasons, so that they
may not only increase and multiply, hut their flesh can be
used as food, and in most of our States the smaller birds
which do not come under the head of game, are protected
in a similar manner; hut in other countries, where they
find tho warmth lucking with us, no such protection is
giveu.

International law looking to the protection of the seals
is now undor consideration, and wo hope soon to hear of
similar action for the benefit of the birds. Naturalists

should agitate the subject, or soon their occupations in the
field, at least, may be gone, and future generations may
yet gaze with equal astonishment upon the skc'.elonsof the
minute humming bird and the gigantic moa. It is almost
impossible to conceive of tho immense number of bright
plumnged birds which are destroyed each year in the
Bmzils alone, for their heads and feathers. The latter arc
made lnio flowers and trimmings, while the poor little
heads should suggest a blood stain to every woman wearing
hat or cap so ornamented.

The Baroness Burdett Coutts, celebrated alike for wealth
nnd warm-heartedness, has addressed that depository of all
British grievances, the London Timet, on the subject, nnd
through its columns appeals to those who regulate the con-
stantly varying fashions, to encourage the delicate designs
of pattern in the ribbon trade, or the beautiful art work in
artificial flowers, which affords bread to sp many toilers of
both sexes; or any of those multiform devices in ornamen-
tation, payment for which brings comfort to many a humble
home, and to encourage which would be to scatter the
means of enjoyment in directions to which it has long since
censed to flow.

The London Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, have, through Lord Cochrane, who has recently
visited the South American Republics for the purpose of
inaugurating a statue of his uncle, the great Admiral, sent a
petition to the Empress of Brazil on behalf of her small
and brilliant subjects, the birds, begging of her to secure
for them a close season, that they may have some time in
which at least to propagate, safe from the attacks of rap
ncious traders. The annual income derived by that country
from export duties, to say nothing of the employment
afforded to thousands of persons in the preparation of
bird skins and the manufacture of flowers from their
feathers, will, we fear, militate against any immediate
action, in spile of the fact that near prospect of absence of
material will bring both income and occupations to an
end. But the women of South America are experts with
the needle, nnd their embroidery has a world wide reputa-
tion. How much better for them to engage in the imita-
tion of l he pretty c reatures ou silk, in colors which would
almost rival tho life tints of the birds, and yet retnin a
beauty and brilliancy, which in t/ieir case, are quickly
dulled when the spirit has left the wonderful structure
given them by the Creator for a body.

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA— NO. 2.

BEING NOTES OF A TOUIt OF EXPLORATION— BY OUR OWN
COMMISSIONER.

WE left Cedar Keys Tuesday evening on steamer
Emilie, Captain Lefferts, and arrived at Manatee
on Ihe morning of Wednesday the 10th. This vessel makes
weekly trips between Cedar Keys, Manatee, Tampa, Punta
Kassti, and Key West. Tourists and sporismen will find
Ibis steamer an excellent and comfortable sea boat, and her
commander an old and experienced sailor; one who is
ever attentive to make his passengers confortable. In re-
ferring to the able and obliging captain, we must not
neglect mentioning the efficient, courteous, and gentle-
manly purser. To those who wish to enjoy a balmy at-
mosphere, an equable and salubrious climate, and a sea
voyage over a calm ocean, we would say, take an excursion
ticket on the Emilie from Cedar Keys to Key West and
return.

We are surprised that Mr. Clyde, owner of the Galves-
ton line of steamships touching at Key West, and Mr. J.
K. Roberts of the Southwest Florida Coast Line, do not
arrange with Ihe Penn. R. R. Company, to issue excur-
sion tickets, guod for the round trip. If this arrangement
could be effected tourists could leave New York by steamer
during the pleasant autumnal weather and lay over at Key
West or intermediate points before reaching the grand ob-
jective point of Florida— the city of Jacksonville. The re-
turn trip to the North could be made by rail, thereby
avoiding the unpleasant storms that prevail on the Atlantic
coast during February aud March. This arrangement would
enable invalids to enjoy the superior climate, and sports-
men to participate in the unrivalled fishing and shooting of
the Southwest coast at a reasonable outlay of time and
money. To popularize the route, we are convinced that it
would pay interested parlies to publish, for the benefit of
tourists and sportsmen, a small guide descriptive of the
route, climate, best points for fishing and shooting, where
to obtain guides and boats, necessaries for outfits, etc. Wc
have long maintained that the Southwest coast needs but to
have its advantages known to be appreciated.

We launched our future homo, the Spray, at Manatee,
and for the benefit of others we shall describe the boat and
outfit. Possessing a limited knowledge of the coast, we
were convinced that a boat of an ordinary yacht model was
not aduplcd to our wants, as she would draw too much
water for the navigation of creeks, bayous and shallow
rivers, and ground on the mud flats and oyster bars so ex-
tensively distributed in all the bays of the coast. A flat
bottomed or bateau modeled boat was not adapted to our
wants, as she would prove unsuitable for outside work, and
would not work well to windward. Before purchasing we
examined a number of boats in New York and Philadel-
phia, but failed to find what we required. Continuing our
search, we visited Burlington, N. .1 , and found the Spray
for sale, and she was purchased. Having traversed nearly
three degrees of latitude, and two and three quarters of
longitude in the Spray, we are in a position to form an
opinion, and would unhesitatingly advise intending tourists

to secure a boat of similar model, as wc found her in every
way adapted to a boat journey on the southwest coast.
Length of Spray 21 feet; beam 7 feet; cat rigged; center-
board; form of bottom, midway between bateau and yacht ;
deep scag forward; decked over forward 7 feet; moveable
cabin 0ft. 0in. This form of hull supplies room for stow-
age, light draught of water; rows well; is remarkably stiff;
and dry and comfortable iu a sea way.

Outfit, two pairs of oars; canvas awning to stretch over
boom, and fasten to screw eyes in each quarter (thus pro-
tecting after part of boat), anchor and cable, palm, needles
and sail twine, lantern, lampwick, lard oil, five gallon
water keg, bucket, broom, spade, axe, saw, screw driver,
gimlet, hammer, oyster knife; compass, binocular glues,
small stove, frying pan, coffee pot, tin stew pan, tin cups
nnd plates, knives and forks, nails, screws, screw eyes,
tinned lOoz. lacks, whetstone, matches in tin boxes, soap,
towels, combs, hair and tooth brushes, pens, paper, ink,
postnge stamps, envelopes, two feed chests, sugar in round
wooden boxes with lids, pickles, cheese, pepper, salt, ten
pounds best Java coffee in tin box, six cans condensed
milk, forty-eight pounds best lard iu eight pound tin cans,
ninety-four pounds best pilot bread, fifty pounds best
breakfast bacon, two hams, two boxes red herrings, old
boots, shoes, slippers, and clothes, blankets with quantum
tuff, of old calico and newspapers, powder, shot, wads,
caps, cartridges, gun cleaning apparatus, Colton’s and
Drew’s maps of Florida, one Winchester and Remington
rifle, one breech and two muzzle loading guns, hunting
knives, fishing rods and tackle; three pounds arsenic in tip
box; diarrheen mixture, lead and opium pills for dysentery,
purgative pills, and adhesive and court plaster, in tin cans
tobacco, pipes, one bolllc of brandy, nnd one of apple jack.
Verily, a long list of plunder, but everything absolutely
necessary for such an expedition.

Our numerous necessaries were stowed, and we visited a
neighboring saw mill to secure spring mattresses. The
proprietor sawed us four boards £ of an inch thick, and
three pieces one inch thick and four inches wide. To ar-
range our sleeping appartment at night, we placed the stove
in t he cock pit; Ihe 1x4 pieces athwart ship, and the boards
forward and aft. At night we anchored the Spray as far as
possible from laud, placed the soft side of the boards up-
permost; arranged our blankets; secured our awning, and
slept as only men can sleep, when inhaling the balmy nnd
iuvigorating atmosphere of Southwest Florida.

Manatee is a pleasant village of several hundred inhabi-
tants, situated ou Ihe Manatee River, eight miles from ils
mouth. At this place, the tourist will find two or three
boarding houses, where fair accommodations can be ob-
tained for two dollars per day, or forty dollars per month.
This place offers to the invalid a pleasant Winter climate,
but to the sportsman few attractions. On Saturday, llte
19tb, we hoisted sail aud bade ndiew to Manatee. Leaving
the mouth of the river we took a westerly course for the
striped buoy in Tampa Bay, and from buoy, a Southwest
course to the tripod on Anna Maria Key, from a point near
the tripod a Southeast course to Pal masota point, the en-
trance to Sarasota Bay. Between these points the channel
was filled with mullet, and hundreds of large sharks were
levelling in the superabundant supply of delicious food.

Entering Sarasota Bay, we were greeted with a South-
easter with some sea, but the Spray worked admirably,
and proved herself an excellent sea boat. Night approach-
ing, we made a harbor under the lea of a long sand bar,
and after cooking our supper we laid our weary limbs on
our spring beds. At ten P. M. the wind hauled and we
found our position an uncomfortable ooe, compelling us to
hoist anchor and seek a better harbor. The nigbt being
dark, I handled the lead, and stationed Harry at the helm.
Witli the lead we kept in the channel and made tracks for
the southern end of Sarasota Bay. At 11 P. M. we sighted
two passes in the distance, one of which we had reason to
believe would carry us to sea, and the other into little Sara-
sota Bay. We objected to a night adventure on the gulf
with an uncomfortable sea running, and as wc had been in-
formed that the entrance into Little Sarasota Bay was
blocked up with dangerous coon oyster reefs, except a nar-
row boat channel, we deemed it best to seek an anchorage,
and having found shelter from the waves under the lea of
an extensive grassy flat, we came to an anchor.

Next morning we took a survey of the surroundings, and
found that we had anchored at the southern end of great
Sarasota Bay. We noticed a house near the beach, made
a landing, aud were gratified to find that the residents were
from Brooklyn, N. Y., aud named Bennett. Being unac-
quainted with the coast farther South, and aware of the
fact that a trip of thirty-eight miles to sea was before us,
we deemed it best to secure a pilot. Bennett, Jr., was ac-
quainted with the coast, and offered to pilot ns, but could
not leave until Bennett Sr. returned from Manatee with
their boat. The elder Bennett returned on Mondaynight,
and we arranged for an early start on Tuesday morning.
Sailing about three miles across the bay, we entered Sara-
sota pass, a channel of about 500 feet in width leading from
the bay to the gulf. Approaching the entrance we dis-
covered two channels, one leading direct to the gulf, but
bounded on each side by extensive sand bars; the other a
swamp channel turning short to the South, around the
North point of Casey’s Key, and protected seaward by an
extensive sand bar. We chose the latter, and soon found
ourselves on the gulf with a fair wind.

A reference to Drew’s and Colton’s maps will lead the in-
tending tourist to believe that he will find five available
passes between Little Sarasota, and Little Gasparilla
inlets. But these maps are unreliable as far as the South’

west coast is concerned. If we had relied upon tlieso
mnps, and attempted this portion of the coast without a
pilot, we would have experienced disappointment, if not
something worse. The distance between the passes refer-
red to, is thirty-eight miles. At noon the wind died away,
and we were compelled to resort to an ashen breeze. Wed-
nesday morning at dnylight, we sighted Little (lasparilla
pass. At low tide the pass is about 150 feet wide, with
two entrances, one leading in from the South, and the
other a swash channel which hugs the North point. We
chose the latter, and at sunrise we anchored inside the pass,
discharged pilot, and captured a mess of sheephead for
breakfast. After breakfast we got under weigh for our
objective point, Lake Ochecobee. Possessing uo knowledge
of the routs to be traversed, and anticipating dilllculties
during the journey, we resolved upon pushing ahead, and
on our return make a careful examination of bays, rivers
and keys.

From Little Gasparilla to Great Gusparilla passes, the
distance is about two and a quarter miles. To keep in the
channel the island must be kept close aboard. When
Great Gasparilla Pass opens, the traveler must follow the
channel as though he intended proceeding to sea, and
at the southern point of Little Gasparilla Key, he will sight
a channel lending in an East-Southeast course, which must
be followed to clear a long and extensive snnd bar, extend-
ing from the northerly poiul of Great Gasparilla Key.
Hounding the point of the sand bar, a cbuuncl with six to
nine feet of water will he found leading in a Northeasterly
direction, which must be followed. Three miles from the
pass (Great Gasparilla) an island will be approached, and
this must be left about 100 yards to port. From this is-
land a course South by East must be steered to within 200
yards of the inner portion of northern point of Lacosta Is-
land. Having crossed Boca Grande Entrance, and reached
the point referred to, some fisherman's palmetto huts will
be sighted, where fresh water eau be obtained, and a safe
harbor found.

Boca Grand Entrance is nearly a mile wide, with deep
water and a rapid tidal curreut. If astrong southerly wind
is blowing against an ebb tide, a troublesome sea will be
encountered at this entrance, and the tourist must govern
his movements accordingly. Along this coast the tides dif-
fer from those of our northern States. Instead of two tides
in the twenty-four hours, but one Hood and one ebb will
be found. At this point I may remark, that the bays
North of Tampa are remarkable lor extensive mud and
grassy flats, and coon oyster bars, rendering navigation
diflicut to the uninitiated. The water in all the bays is
very clear, aud if too much sea is not runuing the tourist
can pick bis way through the intricate channels by observ-
ing the color of the water. A day’s experience in one of
these bays, with a few experiments in stepping overboard
and pushing his bout off oyster bars and mud flats, will ed-
ucate him sufficiently to avoid the necessity of the frequent
uttcrunce of language not adapted to easy polite.

"Al Fiiesoo."

CLOSE TIMES AND OPEN SEASONS.

WE print herewith our Annual Comparative Table of
Close Seasons for all kinds of game and fish in each
State of the Union where protective laws exist, so that the
reudrr can determine at a glance, without the trouble of
huuting through volumes of codified laws, just what parti-
cular bird, animal or fish is excepted, or prohibited from
being caught or killed at any given month of the year. Its
usefulness and labor-saving character are apparent, and the
convenience it affords to sportsmen renders it alone worth
the subscription price of the paper. This table has been
prepared with unusual pains and regard for correctness;
aud all available authorities within our reach have been
compared together, and any discrepancies adjusted by ref-
erence to the original enactmei t Inasmuch as many legisla-
tures are now in session with proposed amendments to the
game laws pending before them, this table may require
revision when they adjourn ; if so, we shall reproduce it
hereafter in its corrected and complete form, so that it may
adequately serve our sportsmen throughout the next Fall
and Winter shooting.

The SANDwicn Island Treaty ok Reciprocity.— As an
item of interest to those of our readers who ure engaged in
the cultivation of semi-tropical fruits, we would say that
the Senate in ratifying this treaty, have so amended it as to
strike out the word "fruit" from the list of Hawaiian pro-
ducts to be admitted free of duty into the United States,
and substituted therefor the word "bananas.” Thus pro-
tecting by existing tariffs, which remain in force, the
oranges and simllur fruits from southern California, Florida
nnd Louisiana. The main provision of the treaty is that
admitting Hawaiian sugar to our parts free of duty. The
amount thus excluded from our revenue while of consider-
able importance to a toy kingdom like Hawaii, would not
be sufficient to pav the lobby expenses of a first class bill.
A few American planters are thereby subsidised, but their
hospitality is so open handed and their welcome to the
traveler so warm hearted, that we can scarcely grudge
them their increased prosperity.

Tho East River Medical Association have appointed
Dr. William Faulds Thorn, the we'll known philanthropist,
to prepare an essay on "MalHria, its nature, evolution, and
effects on the human system." Dr. Thorn prepared an es-
say on "Health in Country and Cities," which received a
prize pf £100 from the American Medical Association.

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NOTES BY THE WAYSIDE.

I reached this place after a snow hound sojourn in the
city of Grand Rapids, as it were from the frigid mountain
top to the fertile valleys of the plain. Stopping at Kala-
mazoo on the Grand Rapids and Indiuna Railroad, leading
directly south, I found Winter strong and vigorous, even
though “ lingering in the lap of Spring," and not until I
reached the State line did I feel the hopeful promise
of the vernal season with its buds and blossoms.

Whatever sufferings I had undergone through a long and
dreary Winter, I could forget it all in the early prospect of
once again seeing the genial rays of the sun, pouring into
the bosom of the earth its life-giving influence, lifting the
mantle of ermine from her couch, and bidding nature arise
from her slumber to meet Spring in its coming that the na-
tions of the curth might rejoice thereat.

Here the ground is thinly clad with snow and this is rap-
idly passing away. A few days more and the frost will
come out of the ground, and the whistle of the snipe will
be heard in the wind to gladden the hearts of the sports-
men. The horn of the hunter is already heard to summon
the clan t j the field on the approach of the winged invad-
ers from the north.

The sports of the field nud stream are duly appreciated
here, and many are the numbers devoted to its manly pas-
time. A goodly number of lino dogs of unquestionable
strain may be seen, iudieultug, in no small degree, the spir-
it of sportmanship.

An association of gentlemen has been formed culled the
Kankakee Sportsman’s Club, consisting of S. Tam, Jumcs
Harper, W. II. Chamberlain,.!. C. Eckart, G. Simons, D.
R. McFeelv, and J. I*. Harper, for the purpose of extend-
ing these pleasures, they having purchased a happy hunt-
ing ground of seventy acres westward on the Fort Wayne
and Chicago Railroad, some eighty miles, on the Kan-
kakee River at Davis station, where they have erected a
club house with all the appurteunnees thereto belonging.
Near by is located a Pittsburgh club house, organized for
the same object, where it is to be supposed many a sore and
weary soul has sought relaxation from* the cares and per-
plexities of a busy life to bud into health and vigor in the
sylvan abodes of Kankakee.

Iu the field and shade are found wild ducks in every va-
riety, having plenty of wild rice nud celery to feed on, to-
gether with geese, brunt, sand hill crane, which, by the by,
is excellent eating, grouse, chicken, quail, snipe, wood-
cock, and reed birds. Of the fish there are the bass, pike,
pickerel, jack salmon, and musculougo.

If this is not the happy hunting grounds of Mr. i.o, it is
the one he wished for, with the exception of the presence
of the pale faces, the banc of his life on earth, and his
curse after, if human proclivities follow in train.

The turf is by no means neglected. There arc always
some moving spirits to agitate the mass. Here, as elsewhere,
Mr. Silas Tam has been mainly instrumental, as I was
credibly informed, in fitting up a trotting park which is
said to be the finest half-mile track in this section of the
country; and although in operation but one seasou, lms paid
from the earnings 79 per cent, of the costs of construction.
This is doing extraordinarily well, and speaks volumes for
the enterprise of its management, as well as for the good
taste of its patrons.

Hark! I)o I hear a whistle? Yes, but not the voice of the
jacksnipe nor the turtle. The train is coming. I must hie
to Summer clime. Baukkii.

Fort Wayne, Iml., March 11, 1875.

THS INTERNATIONAL MATCH.

*• aander'n News Letter*," of the 4th instant contains a re-
port of the annual meeting of the Irish Rifle Association, at
which was received and adopted the report of the above
match, the substance of which was contained in Major
Leech’s speech printed in our issue of Feb. 25th. Apropos
of the coming match, a committee consisting of the Lord
Mayor, the Earl of Kingston, Maurice Brooks, Esq., M. 1\,
Sir. James Mackey, and twenty other gentlemen, were ap-
pointed to make arrangements for the reception and enter-
tainment of the American Rifle Team upon the occasion of
their visit in June. Mr. Wulkinglon of the Ulster Rifle
Association, said that if the American visitors went to
Belfast when they came over, they would get as warm a
reception as in any part of Irelund. Major Leech hoped
that their American visitors would get as cordial reception
there ns had been given the Irish team and their friends in
America. The Lord Mayor said that he had received the
utmost kindness and hospitality in America on the occasion
of his visit there, and when the American team would he
receiving invi'ijtions to North, West and South, he hoped
the}' would allow the Lord Mayor of Dublin to show them
some hospitality.

The prospects of our riflemen nre'thcrefore of the most
flattering kind as far as entertainment is concerned. It only
remains for the clerk of the weather to so modify or hasten
his Spring opening as to permit of practice at Crecdmoor.
Old Winter has lingered in the lap of Spring longer than
decency and regard for the public comfort calls for.

— The Amateur Rifle Club held a meeting on Wednesday
of last week as a committee of the whole on ways and menns,
apropos of the International Match. Subscriptions con-
tinue to flow in. The dramatic performance at the Acade-
my of Music is expected to net anywhere from $3,000 to
to 15,000, which, with the amount now in hand, should
surely sulllce for all expenses connected with the trip. The
target question is to he fully discussed at the annual meet-
ing of the club in April.

—A subsequent meeting of the joint committee of both
clubs was held on Friday, when Gen. Knox was appointed
to til) the vaenney caused by the continued absence of Mr.

J. G. Bennett, and the draft of a circular was prepared
and adopted, to be issued to the public, announcing the
entertainment on behMf of the American team, and fixing
• he prices of proscenium boxes on that occasion at $100;
balcony boxes, $50; artists’ boxes, $30, $20, and $10; re-
served seats, $2 50, and general admission, $1.

— The Separate Troops Cavalry Rifle Club held a meet-
ing lust Monday night, and elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: — Capt. Karl Klein, President; Major
George Aery. Vice President; Charles A. Nagel, Secretary
John P. P. Miinter, Treasurer; John Feltear, Commissary;
Finance Committee, First Lieut. M. Ileldt, Second Lieut.
Charles P. Kopf, and Private Adam Warner.

— Mr. Conlin has kindly shown us a very handsome scarf
pin made of oxydised silver and enamel by Ed. Johnson,
of the Irish team, it being a faithful representation of the
Rigby bullet, and presented by Mr. John Rigby to Mr.
Conlin. This beautiful and appropriate little trophy is to
be awarded to the gentleman doing the best average shoot-
ing at the tournament now pending at Mr. Conlin’s gallery,
and competition should be greatly stimulated by the pros-
pect of its possession.

Aut. — Wo desire to call the attention of sportsmen who
may visit the Academy of Design to a picture, by Mr.
R. M. Shurllcff, entitled “The Still Hunter.” A panther
crouched in the notch of a largo maple tree is watching
with cut-like eagerness the approach of a doe, who, scenting
an uuscen danger has halted, and with erected ears, seems
to sniff the tainted air. Aside from the delicious freshness
of the scene, the coloring of the hoary old tree and the
bright rays which have struggled through the glade, and
light up the masses of ferns and undergrowth iu which the
doe is standing, the druwiug of the animals is so faithful,
and the form and position of the puulhorso well expressed,
that the situation is grasped at once and one fears for the
safoty of the gentle doe. Another look, however, nnd we
see that the alertness of the deer is equul to that of the
fierce brute who crouches so low behind the protecting
trunk. As an animal painter Mr. Shurllcff is destined to
take high rank, uud as his Summer haunt is in the Adiron-
ducks, the adjuncts for his pictures are found iit spots
where Nature us yet unadorned liy man’s disfiguring baud
holds to her own origiual loveliness.

—The announceineut that Col. Heury T. Chapman,
a well known connoisseur of Brooklyn, is ubout to dispose
of his entire collection of pniutings, statuary, etc , has
caused a flutter of sensutiou uiuougst the devotees of art,
as he is known to possess a selection surpassed in rarity
and beauty by few oil either side of the ocean. The col-
lection includes studies from the bauds of Corot, Rousseau,
Vibart, Isabey, Andreas Asclienbacb, Tamacois, Merle,
and many others, besides gems from B. C. Koek-Koek.
Schaus, A. F. Tail, etc. The sale will take place in
April at the Leavitt Art Gallery.

—The annual reception of the Twenty-Second Regiment
takeB place Monday evening, April 5th. Governor Tilden
and member* of his staff will be present.

$'<w\c and $11 ti.

GAME IN SEASON FOR MARCH.

Snipe, Ducks and Wild Fowl.

Game in Market.— Tito variety continues limited nnd
pi ices for most descriptions are unchanged since our last
report. A few English snipe have beeu received from the
neighborhood of Long Branch, and sell for $5. per dozen.
Refrigerated snipe $3 75. Wild pigeons from Ohio are
very plentiful at $2@2 50 per dozen; squabs $4 50@$G;
canvas backs $2<j52 50; red-beads, $1 25; mallards, $1 25;
black ducks, 50c@75; widgeon, 50(<i)75 ceuts; wild geese,
$1 50 each; brant, $1 50 per pair; wild turkey, 25 cents per
pound; plover, $4 50 per dozen; bay snipe, 75c@$l 00;
Canada bunting, $1. ; rabbits, 75 cents; bares, 75 cents.

Snipe. — The first snipe shot in this vicintv this Spring
were killed near Long Branch the early part of this week.

—The warm weather of last week brought some snipe
to the viciuity of Philadelphia, and one gun secured three
of the new comers.

— At Fairfield and Upper Sandusky in Ohio, wild pigeons
have appeared in immense numbers and quantities are find-
ing their way to this market.

— An association of sportsmen has been formed at
Jamaica, Long Island, for the protection of game and en-
forcement of the same.

Unfortunate Shooting Accident.— At a friendly
pigeou match held lately on the grounds of Mr. James
Bryce, at Madison, N. J., one of the contestants, Mr. Hop-
kins, was seriously injured and nearly lost his baud by the
bursting of the left barrel of his gun, a muzzle loader.
One of the pieces struck the unfortunate gentlmen in the
face, and his fingers were severely - lacerated, as the explo-
sion occurred at the breech of the guu,

Long Island— Good Ground, March 22, 1875.— Inlet re-
mains good and the birds are gelling quite plenty A few
Winter geese have passed here; a good many geese iu the
hay ; we expect to have good goose shooting in u few days
as it is time for them from the South.

Nf.w Jersey.— Kinsey's Ashley House, Barney at Inlet
March 18.— Joel Ridgwuy killed sixteen brunt, nine geese
and four ducks last Friday ; on Monday five geese, two ducks-
and on Tuesday eleven brant, two ducks, all from a sand
box on the bar near the Clam Island. On Wednesday Mr,
Alexander Hazard, of Philadelphia, killed three geese, foul-
ducks; seven gunners on Wall Sedge Point, names un-
known, killed fourteen geese; Joel Ridgway killed four-
teen brant.

Maryland. — Muirkirk Furnace, March, 10. — The snipe
arc just coming, I shot one this nfiernoon; 1 saw about a
dozen but they were very wild; expect to have some good
shooting next week. C. E. C.

— Wild pigeons arc now roosting near Deer Park, Muryj
land.

Wisconsin. — Montcllo. — The severe weather and terrific
snow storms in this State, combiucd with the trap-
ping of lawless scalawags, have produced a scarcity in the
numbers of quail and grouse from which they will not soon
recover. These game birds, being driven from their cov-
erts by the deep snow and intense cold, sought a refuge
around the farm yards, and in too many instances, met
with fearful slaughter at the hands of the farmer. It in-
deed seems strange that any man will wantonly destroy! ho
birds which come to him for protection and food in a half
starved condition, when they are worthless for food and
arc on the eve of the breeding season. Fred.

Blooming Grove Park. — The following gentlemen were
elected Directors of the Blooming Grove Park Association
at its annual election held March lOili, at the Club grounds
in Pike county, Pennsylvania:— Edward R. Wilbur, Geo.
II Glcnncy, Sanders D. Bruce, D. M. Smith, G. C. Scott,
Dudley Field, Charles Hullock, Joseph Dove, George S.
Greene, Jr., Fayette S. Giles, and Thomas N. Rooker.
Permits for trout and bass fishing, also grouse shooting
and deer hunting at tlie park can be obtained by applica-
tion to Sanders S. Bruce, President, 37 Park Row ; John
Avery, Secretary, Room 21, City Hall, N. Y.

—A sportsman’s club lias been organized in Pi Itsburgh
under the title of the Eight Ward Hunting and Fishing
Club. Forty members signed the roll; the following ol-
ficcrs were elected:— Alexander Mcllwain, President; John
Know-land, Vice President; J. A. lienolds, Secretary; Wil-
liam Shore, Treasurer; Executive Committee, George W.
Gilespic, Samuel Shore, Jr., William Moore, and John
KnowJand. This club has some very good men in it who
will enforce the game and fish laws of the Slate.

SHOOTING NEAR NEWBERN, N. C.

Newbebs, C., March, 1815.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Newbern Is easily reached from New York by rail or by water direct,
or by water via Baltimore and Norfolk steamers. To go to the lake re-
gion, hunters will take the curs at Newbern, on the Atlantic and North
Carolina R. R.. for Havelock Station, only sixteen miles distant. Iu the
vicinity of Havelock Station Is u heavily wooded country, vast pine up-
lands, nnd swamps where gum, maple, and other trees grow In dense
profusion, Five miles from the station Is Lake Ellis, a round Ink.- of
ubout three miles in diameter, and nearly connected with it are four
or five other sheets of water. Some of these lakes arc open water; oth-
ers me grown up, like Luke Ellis, with grass, through which a punt cun
be easily pu-hed. Lake Ellis was once a deep sheet of wuter. Years
since, Its former owner thinking to make It into a nee plantation, dug a
canal to drain it, sLx uilles long, to the head of Slocum’s Creek. I saw a
large number of ducks in the grassy bottom of the lake, most ly mallards.
Tlte dry swamp known as Loug Lake, to the south und west of the
above chain of ponds, is an excellent place to hunt forbears, panthers
and wild cuts. The pine ridges In that vicinity offer excellent deer
hunting. As but few persons about Newbern hunt in these forests,
there are but few guides to be bad; in fact the whole country will prove
a new field for Northern sportsmen, who are anxious to “rough it" dur-
ing tho Winter months, on ground nearer to the Northern States than
Florida. Sailing down the Neuse River from Newbern. the yachtsman
will puss several good shooting points, one of wliich-Slocum’s Creek,
about eighteen miles from tho city— is u resort for various species of
ducks. Back of Slocum's Creek a colored man shot twenty one deer
during September and October. In those woods colored guides can lie
bad for 75 cents to $1 per day, finding themselves iu provisions. Black
ducks and Canada geese are found iu large numbers.

Proceeding down the Neuse River, you can have tbe choice of shoot-
ing iu Pamlico and Cove Sounds, at Harbor Island, Hunting Quarters,
and various other points, twenty miles apart. There is no restriction us
to fire hunting. There are no • -point*” held by private parties The
hunting aud sbootlug grounds ashore and on the water are free to any
one who may choose to visit North Carolina. At Newbern I doubt not
that your excellent correspondent, Judge West, (always so attentive to
strangers visiting the State) will cheerfully furnish your readers with
such information os will be necessary to enuble them to get guides,
procure boats, &c.t to explore this large field, which Is yet to bo worked
up by Northern sportsmen.

The following information I obtained at the city market: One hun-
dred species of fish are caught and brought into Newbern during tbe
different seasons of the year. One hundred tons of fish had been sold
or shipped during eight weeks from the Newbern wharves, which were
caught in the rivers nnd sounds adjacent to tbe city. On the Friday be-
fore New Year’s day six shad, the first of tbe season, Imd been caught,
and were sold In tbe market. How does this compare with the season
farther North? Oysters of the finest sorts are sold at 80 cents to $1 per
gallon, or for 40 cents to 70 cents per bushel. Venison, at retail, Is
offered at 10 cents per pound.

The steamer City of Dnllns, Mallory & Co., of 153 Maiden Lane, New
York, lakes passengers out and back on an excursion ticket, with ample
accommodations, meals, Ac., for per head. Hunters will avoid
crowded quarters at the Newbern hotels, and will find good accommoda-
tions at very reasonable charges. The broad Neuse River, iheVeut
Pamlico and Cove Sounds, afford grund cruising gronnds for yachts at
all seasons of the year. j.

CONICAL BASE SHELLS AGAIN.

RKDriELD, Iowa, March 0. 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Mewl shells may be easily und effectually fitted with conical Uses of
plaster Paris, mixed with einugh wulcr to form a thick p iste, or rather
dough. Put sufficient of it iu the shell and mould it to the proper form
" ith u stick having a conical end. The plaster will jar loose in some of
the shells, but holds firmly in most. As to increased weight, It is a
mere trific. In nsing such shells I find pattern and penetration about the
same, but the recoil Is much lessened. Of co-: sc a cap expellcr shaped
like the new base must be used, o. U. Ua^piq.v,

RECOIL OF GUNS.

New York, March 21, 1875.

Edit'hi Forest and Stream:—

Much has been said and written In regard to the recoil of guns. It la
very doubtful If there Is a man In America who lias done more shooting
than myself. About the year 1825 I torned my attention to field sports,
and have been hammering away with guns of different makes and sires
ever since, and I cannot remember of ever owning one which caused any
inconvenience in the way of recoil when It was properly loaded and
placed In proper position to shoot. The trouble arises in nine cases out
of ten, when the recoil le painful, from tho guu being overloaded or
improperly held. Showers would feel no Inconvenience from this
cause, even If shooting as many as ono hnndrcd shots in a day; but I
never would have made In ono day tho same number of shots at a dead
mark, even if 1 had been offered the best gun ever mado for doing it.

I do not believe that any of those professional pigeon shooters who
shoot such heavy loads, sometimes one hundred shots per day. could
continue to stand behind the gun and shoot one half tho number of
shots at a dead mark with the sumo amount of powder and shot. I do
not pretend to say that nil guns arc alike In regard to recoil, as it bns
been fully demonstrated to tho contrary; but 1 am fully convinced that
as a general thing the trouble about recoil in guns arises from the causes
above given. Horace Smith.

SPORTSMENS’ RECIPES.

Newark, N. J., March 5, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream: —

I send you a few recipes which I have gathered from different sources.
I do not claim them nil as original, but I do claim that they are all good
nnd practicable, ns I havo constantly used then: for two years or more.
My first is n simple method of cleaning brass shells, much needed, I
should judge, from the way tho subject is agitated In vonr columns.
Etib the shells with a mixture of two parts sulphuric acid, two parts
water, and one part pulverized bi chromate potash, nnd then wash them
In hot water. This will render a green and corroded shell as bright as new
without injuring it in the least; hut this recipe Is of no use to those who
like n verdc antique appearance inside and out of their shells. To pre-
vent a guu rusting In sea sir, lacquer them on tho outside with a very
thin varnish of shellac and alcohol. This should be laid on quickly
with n brush, mid will be almost 'niperceptible. A dose of the same will
not hurt the mountings, but will effectually prevent their rusting, even
if the gun is dipped in salt water; and remember that no matter how
carefully you clean the Inside of the bnrrcls after a day's shooting on the
coast, you will do well to watch your gun for a day or two and remove
the rust which Is found to form, which, if neglected, will cat In and
leave an ugly mark. Blue ointment Is the best preventive of rust I
know of, and Is cheap and easily applied by mixing it in sperm oil ami
passing it through the barrels a few times with a rug. Sperm oil I con-
sider best for gun locks, but I never put a drop on them, thinking It
much better to wipe it on with a serup of chamois The rust w hich is
sometimes found on the bright part of locks Is easily removed with a
slip of oilstone, nnd the gummed oil and dirt with an old toothbrush
dipped in benzine or naptha, which evaporates und cannot hurt the metal.
Many are afflicted with gun stocks which they consider too light in
color. I.ct them get a few crystals of permanganate of pctnsli. dissolve
them In water and rub the stuff well Into the wood. It will cause the
stock to assume a rich brown hue, and can be oiled over with raw lin-
seed. This is a very good black walnut stain for any hard wood. Cot-
ton waste is the handiest material for cleaning either muzzle or breech
loading guns, and can be bought for about twenty-five cents per pound
anywhere, a little bit going a great ways. The best cheup pocket
eleauer for breech loading guns Is a piece of copper wire, about No 17,
with a loop twlstod in both ends, through one of which a piece of waste
can ho pushed. This can be rolled up In a small coll nnd curried in any
pocket without inconvenience. jjc

Bridgeport, Conn., March 15, 1875.
Editor Foiiest and Stream:—

At Camei ou's Park, on Saturday, March 13th, a mate!
between Mr. Frank Buirit, of Stratford, and Lewit
Abbott, of Bridgeport, to shoot 25 birds each, for $50 r
side, was decided with the following score, Long Islam;
rules to govern : —

21 Yards Rise, 80 Yards Boundary, 1} ox. Shot.

F. Burrllt. ... 001 11 1 1 100.01 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 10

L- Abbott 1001101101011100010100010

Burrit killed 13, missed 12; Abott kiled 12, missed 13.

Same time and place; Sweepstakes, 8 birds each; $5 to enter; Winnei
to pay for birds.

.1. Burrit 0 I 1 0 1 0 0 i-4

L. Abbott 0 10 0 111 0-4

J. Gutes 0 0 110 111—.

J. Brogden 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0—:

Same time and Place; Sweepstakes, 5 birds each; $2 to enter; Winner t(
pay for birds.

J. B. Giles .1 0 0 0 0-

J. Bogart 0 1 0 0 0-

S. Booth 1 0 1 1 0-

H. Warner 0 0 0 1 1—2

P. Warner 0 1 0 0 0-1

Ad Gawes 10 1 1 1—4

E. Bishop 0 0 0 1 1—2

Judge for Abbott J. Brogden; Judge for Burrit, Lewi:
Smith; Ross Peck trapped for both men.

The shooting being done in a blinding snowstorm it wa:
very disagreeable for the shooters and the small number o
sports there.

There is another match made between the same gentle
men; will send you notice when they shoot.

Yours respectfully, Sport.

and §iver ^ishiifg.

FISH IN SEASON IN MARCH.

SOUTHERN WATERS.

Snapper. Trout (black bass). Sheepshead.

Grouper. Drum (two species). Tatlorflsh.

Itockfish. Kiugfish. Sea Bass.

Fish in Market.— The slabs in Fulton Market Lave
been more plentifully supplied during the past week. The
trout are, of course, the great attraction. Canada brook
trout Is selling at 30 to 50 cents per pound; Long Island,
do., $1; Massachusetts and New Hampshire cullivated
trout, 75 cents. At Blackford’s we saw in boxes and bar-
rels over 3,000 pounds of wild trout, which were selling
rapidly at 30 cents per pouud. Those who prefer the live
ones from the aquarium are accommodated at $1 50- per
pound. Prawns, as large and handsome as were ever seen
in our market, have commenced to arrive from Savunnah
and sell at $2 per gallon. Shad, from North Carolina, ure
in increased supply at 90 cents for roc, and 50 cents for
mule fish. Striped bass from the Hudson are worth 20
cents, and from James River 18 cents. California salmon
arc cheaper, say 35 rents per pound. Turbot 15 cents;
halibut, 15 ceuls; white perch, 15 cents; scollops, 50 ceuls
per quart. No lobsters in market.

Rare Fish. — Mr. Eugene Blackford, of Fulton Market,
has forwurcied to Professor Baird, of the Smithsonian Insti-

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lute, two specimens of flouudors taken on tho Banks.
One of these is exceedingly rare und will replace the only
and dilapidated specimen in the possession of the Institute.
If our fishermen und fish dealers would all take some inter-
est in forwarding to our scientific bodies the many speci-
mens of rare fish which must pass through llieir hands,
they could add greatly to our store of knowledge.

I lie first Is ova Scot in salmon of the season has been
taken at Ingram River, Halifax County, 21 miles from
Halifax.

S. Hamilton, erstwhile a Government Officer Com-
missioner of gold mines, Ac., und afterwards editor of the
Actuluin Jlccordcr, hits been appointed inspector of Inland
and River Fisheries for the Province of Nova Scotia.

FisuiMi Matters. — The number of fishing arrivals for
the week ending March 18th, was thirty ; twenty three
from Georges, five from the Grand Banks, nnd two
from Now Brunswick. Total amount of halibut brought
in, 470,000 pounds. The Genrgcsmcn have averaged good
fares, the total receipts of the week being about 1,100,000
pounds.

Schooner Chester R. Lawrence, Cnpt. Thos. Hodgdon,
which arrived from the Grnud Batiks on Monday, weighed
oil 120,500 pounds of halibut nnd 5,480 pounds of codfish—
the largest fresh fare ever landed up to that time at this
port, and stocked $4,709 20, the fish selling for $0 § and
$3 per cwt. for white and gray. On both trips he has
brought in 147,940 pounds of halibut aud stocked $0,892 -

OO

pHcatoiho working of Iho reel. as they are operated by fiat slldtugbut-
lou» on the .Ido of iho ml. aud aw not In tho way In the least. Tho
, U. In fact, so simple and perfect In Its details, tlut ll h»» not beeu
improved upon since It was first Invented, They aru mode of Gonu-n
’ , Vu* ,or In •isos, No. 0 being tho largest— tho best stco for

black bow fishing |* No. 3.

Thi- cost of this reel Is necessarily hlgh-ln comparison with ordinary
rx-vH-rrom Its mod. of construction and materials employed, but It will
last a lifetime with ordinary cure. There are reels that have boon In use
for twenty. five years among tlio first ono* made- which uru a- good as
d“y } c*"no1 <».V admiration for th|. reel more aireragly

or truly than by affirming ihat Us Invention haa been a. great a boon to

r W"'xh loilrt‘’r «u the Hold. I

believe that Mr. B. c, Milam Is now the solo manufacturer.

HA*s UMIs.

fo; UWk to" 1" a hard braided .Ilk line, tho

smaller »«es be ng large enough, A braided limn line would bo still
bettor If It could be procured of a smaller si so than Is at present menu
factored, ns they are more closely braided than the silk lines, and con-
sequent))- do not absorb so much water; this nbsorpllou of water Inter-
feres somewhat with the free running of the line In easting. The water-
proof silk lino, which l« so admirable for trout fishing, does not answer

ror black ha« fishing, ns It does not hug tho reel closely enough; It be-
ing rather -HIT, l(a colls are Inclined to loosen on the reel simultaneously
when making n cast, Instead of rnunlug off freely turn after turn.
1 .vlsted lines will not do at all for casting, on account of their kinking
propensities, which Is unfortunate, ns a twisted grass line of small
calibre would bo very desirable If It were not for this fault, A bass Hue
should be fifty yards In length. Silk line, should be thorougly dried
after being used, or they will soon rot and become worthies.

Schooner Gertie E. Foster, Capt. Edward Morris, also
arrived on Monday, bringing 114,000 pounds of halibut,
the second largest fare, and stocked $3,937 00. Time ab-
sent twenty four dnys. 'Cnpt. Morris bns landed 152,000
pounds of halibut in both trips, and stocked $7,300 84.

Schooner John S. Prcsson, Cnpt. William II. Greenleaf,
arrived from the Grand Banks on Wednesday, with an-
other large halibut fare. Her fare was sold for$3 75
per cwt, by tine trip, and she bids fair of mnking the
largest stock of the three schooners, in two fares. All
three of the above vessels belong to Messrs. Clark <k Somes,
who are meeting with an unusual streak of good luck this
season.

The Western and Grand Bank fleet are fitting away for
their salt nips, anil some have already sailed. Some’flfty
vessels will engage in this branch of tho fisheries this sea-
son, most of which will be underway by the middle of
April. But few if any vessels will engage in the Cape
North fishery this year, as it has never proved very profit-
able in former seasons. — Cape Ann Advertiser, March 19

Maryland. — Deer Park, March 15 th. 1875.— It looks
very much like Spring here now, robins, blue birds, black
birds, &c., are here in large numbers. There is but little
snow on the ground, as the warm weather and rain of the
past few days have melted it. The streams are more swollen
thnn I ever knew them to be, hut if this kind of weather
continues our trouting season will open very favarably.

Alleghany.

BLACK BASS TACKLE.

ANOTHER non.

Editou Forest and Stream:—

In a former communlcullou 1 promised (o sny something ubout a black
bass rod, which has acquired considerable favor and some reputation
among the anglors of Wisconsin and the northwest, and known as the
“Welles’ Rod.”

This rod is formed by tuklng from six to eight feet from the smull end
of a light, straight aud well-seasoned cane pole, and dividing this porilon
luto two Joints, to which is added a short wooden butt about fifteen
Inches iu length, for attaching the reel. Keel bnuds und ferule* ure then
fitted, standing guides put on, thu rod treated with a coat of shellac
varnish and It is complete.

It originated several years ago in tills wuy: The question of shorter
rods for bluck bass fishing was being agitated, und some of our sports-
men were cutting down their bass rods. Several gentlemen, however,
desiring to test a short rod on n cheaper scale before altering their fine
rods, induced Mr. J. C. Welles, of Milwaukee, to make several rods of
the uhove description. They wore found to answer rciuarkubly well,
and to be much superior to tho larger rods In vogue.

But while they are cheap, Jlght and eminently serviceable, they huvo,
to my mind, some very serious objections. Iu the first pluce, they are
very homely and unsymmetrical in form; the short, stubby butt tapering
so suddenly and abruptly to the cane joint, gives tho rod ii very awkward
and unfinished appearance, mid entirely dostr jys the batunct of the rod.
Now, “u thing of beauty is a joy forever," und one can appreciate this
quality In u fishing rod, as well us In a horse, a yacht or a gun. Iu the
next place it Is too si iff and unyielding, except at thu extreme tip; the
bthci not being equally distributed uloiig the entire rod, as It should ho;
und this fault, from the nature of the roil, cannot well be obvluted.
This I consider an Insuperable objection, for It precludes that nice dis-
crimination In jctlinff your fl.-h when he Is taking the bull, and thut
delicate manipulation of him after he Is hooked. Tho owners of this
rod, however, are very enthusiastic In Its prulse, und It Is, at Icust, a step
iu tile right direction for a more "perfect bass rod."

THE KRANKTOBT REEL.

Of equal importance to the rod, in bass fishing, Is the reel. The
ordinary multiplying reel has been In use for so many years, nnd Is so
well known, thut a description of It Is nnuecessnry; but there Is a reel
manufactured at Frankfort, Ky., which Is the reel /iar exodUnct for black
bass fishing, ll Is known by the various names of “Frankfort," "Meek
& Milutn,” or “Kentucky” reel; ai.d as this reel Is not so universally
kuown as its merits deserve, I will give a b> lef history of it.

Some twenty five years ago there being a demand among the amateur
fishermen of Kentucky and Ohio for a better reel than was furnished by
the trade, Mr. Meek, a watchmaker of Frankfort, Ky.— to whom Mr.
Milam was then mi apprentice — determined to produce a reel which
would meet the requirements and solicitations of his sporting friends,
aud after considerable study and many experiments, the "Frankfort reel"
was produced, as perfect then a* it Is to-day. Mr. Milam was soon
ofterwnrd taken into partnership by Mr. Meek, and the firm of Meek A
Milam soon became famous throughout Ihe West for their excellent
reel. The demand continued to Increase until they found a ready sale
forall they could manufacture.

The reel Is made by hand from the finest materials, mid as carefully
and correctly In its fittings as the movement of a watch. The bearings
and pivots ore of the finest temper, and the entire reel Is os perfect In
workmanship, and as finely adjusted ss Is possible for skill to render U
Contrary to a current opinion, this reel Is not more complicated than the
ordinnrv multiplying reel, and contains but the same number of wheels,
two; hut by a different arrangement of the two wheels, It multi-
plies four times, while the ordinary reel multiplies but twice, nnd It
rnns so perfectly and smoothly that a smart stroke of the finger upon
the handle will cauec ll to muke shout thirty revolutions, and this with
out a bnlancu handle.

They are made with or without on alarm or click, and a drag or rubber,
and where ono or both of these adjuncts are use 1, II does not at all com-

II ASS HOOKS.

The host hooks are tho Sprout bond, Aberdeen nnd round bond
Carlisle. Tho Hpront bend J regard as tho very best hook manufactured,
I first commenced Its use six years ago. null Imvo since used no oilier
Its appearance Is somewhat against It, but It Is hko "a singed cat " lly
the side of a delicate, blued, gracefully shaped Aberdeen. It looks bluett,
and rather clumsy, with Its short bnrb aud peculiar bond, hut it menu*
"business." Ii. temper Is Just right, and when you slilko a II. It It goes
right through any pnrt of the month, never springing out, mid never ills
appointing you I have hnd tho Aberdeen so soft a. to completely
straighten and pull out, and so brittle na to break like a pipe ,t.-m, but
the Sprout bond has yet to fall me. For staying qualities It l* perfec-
tion Itself. It Is fashioned after true scientific principles, und ha* a
"taking way" with It tlmt Is Irresistible to tho finny tribe.

Bass hooks should he tied on gimp auolla, on account of that fresh
water shark — tin- pickerel, whoso sharp teeth would make short work
with gut snells, Tula first-class nuisance scorns always to bo lying In
wait until you put on tho choicest minnow lu the pall, and make a fine
east In anticipation of a five pound buss, w hen It Is Instantly gobbled by
tills scaly post; and after u few frantic struggles, like ronviiMon* of
laughter at his fancied cleverness, he ponnlis yon to reel him lu like a
stick, mid ns you take him Into the landing not, he seems to leer at you

out of his wicked eyes us If ho thoroughly enjoyed disappointment

mid chagrin.

CASTING.

Huvlng in a former article described thu short bass rod, mid lu tho pro
sent communication given a brief description of the reel, line amt book,
it Is now in order to put thorn togolhur nnd make n cast. Having tho
rod, reel iiud Hue lu readiness, tie on a small swivel and the smallest >l*o
ringed sinker, and a Sproat bend hook. Now select n minnow four or
five Inches In length, lioox ll through tho lower lip anil out at the nostrlll.
or as some prefer, oat at tho socket of tho oyu; reel up the line to tlm
sinker, leaving tho minnow one or two feet (rum thu lip of the rod,
then grasp tho rod Immediately below tho reel with the right hand, with
the thumb upon tho coll of line upon tho reel, to control the ruunlug off
of the Hue ns In striped bnss fishing Now make a swamping cast to tho
left or rlgllt as you desire, keeping u gentle pressure upon the reel w ith
(do thumb, to prevent Its overrunning, anil stop it suddenly by ii stronger
pressure as tho halt strikes the water. It will take some practice to
regulate the reel With the thumb, hut with patience mid perseverance
anyone will soon overcome all the difficulties and become an expert bitsn
fisher. Tills casting of course Is to lie accomplished entirely with ono
hand, for this In the object of the light rod and delicate tackle. Having
acquired tho necessary proficiency, the bass fisher Is now prepared to
enjoy the delightful sport of bass fishing In Us highest sotinu, whereas,
before, with u heavy rod and clumsy tucklo, It was, at best, a labor of
love. Oconouowoo.

SALMON OF THE RESTIGOUCHE.

Deb Buie, Kkstioouciiis, March 18, ‘.873.
Editou Fuukst anii StAkam: —

I would huvo written you long ere tills, lint scuirig that a correspond-
ent hnd vent you the Kostlgoiicho angling score lust Fall, which being
pretty near the mark, lie saved mo the trouble. I also saw in your valu-
able paper notices of where salmon could he tuk n with mi eight ouuco
rod and fifty yards of line, mid that nt the rule of thirty per day. This
had a tendency to make mo think Kostlgoiicho wiu’nt much. However,
Mr. Stewart, of Montreal, lust July, landed twenty one, averaging eight
ecu pounds, In oSo day. I am sorry to say I think ho used a double
leader, mid mn sure he hud an eighteen foot Scrlbuer. Mrs. Hundford
Fleming landed a twenty-six pound fi.li at Indian House Pool, a place
you know well. Several forty pounders and ono forly-flvn were killed
on the main river. Ono forty -six and several forty-five wore taken on
the Motnpodla by Mr. George Stephens anl party. In all, some sevon
hundred fish were killed by the different lessees and friends. Owing to
a very large mu of ton and twelve pound fish, the average, to fur as I
could find out, was not equal to seventy-throe; still there are a few “big
ones," as the score of u certain party well known for Ills successful
propagation of the king of fish, token at Hod bank, last Hummer, tost I Acs.
Twenty-five, twenty -seven, twenty-nine and forty pounds In one eve-
ning l» not beaten In evory river tills side the Hoeky Mountains, and this
nt a time when the best fishing was over, It being .the first week In
August.

I sec complaints from anglers who go fishing late In that month, sny.
Ing: "Can't get a rise: no fish; all poached out'." I have had some ex.
pcrlcnro In the poaching line, and am aware there Is truth In It. hut
unless In small rivers where tho pools are shallow tho poacher cannot
take nil the fisn. The principal causo In my opinion Is -too late, fish
will not rise On this river after 2Mh August It Is only by chance you
ran raise a fish. If you d» get one It will he lately from salt water, and
the late run fish do not run up far unless s freshet Is In the stream. Thin
alludes to salmon; os for trout, they will rl*r nt any tlm*. tho ravenous
rascals By the by. who Informed you that Noavolla trout would aver-
age five pounds? I don't soy that such trout may not hr caught, but
believe me. they are Hie exception, not the rule, and any person coming
Pure with such expectations will depart - "wiser man." In support of
ray theory I may mention a circumstance which occurred not long ago:
lu the middle of August, 1872. Mr. George HU-phcu. tho late Mr. Bhcd-
don, and an English friend tried iho Matnpcdta from the forks downward
a distance of thirty-six miles, for salmon, principally for sake of the
friend who never bad taken one. without even a rise Of course their
reason was. not a fish Jn the river. Meeting Mr. Stephan, I told him if
lie would spend another day. I would lake hlrn to a pool In I'psllqultch
River, where I would guar an toe salmon. On our way up we caught
Home grilse, got to the pool In good lime, tried It for an hour— not a rise.
After slipper Mr Stephen hinted quite deltcntcly, or coarse that 1 had
made quite n mistake, und that the river was no better thou Ills own.
Ordering some of the men to procure some birch hark, 1 made a torch,
got the gentlemen out ip the canoes, und «e counted upwards of fiffy
salmon lu thv pool! Boeing was believing In this case. Next mornlOff

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the friend, at wcond cast, hooked nnd killed a ten pound fl.«h, the only
one we tot, I will now go a little further mid <>a$r (provided Ihe water
la low) to ►how on the innlu l(c><tl|.’oii('lio salmon that ran hecoanted by
the hundred, lenpint Coiillnunlly, after the SSth of August, and not one
will take the moat templing or plfllneat lly In your book. 1 have no
doubt your Mirlmlehl correspondent threw over ninny n good flali that
hod escaped the poacher, from tlila cause, mh he wiya ho commenced
the 31st of Auguat. I find ninny more blind ll»h In our river than usual.
Of course the increased number now in the river given u little chance to
obaerve them. It la enured by being for n time In the gill net, the tw Ine
hurting the e.ve, particularly n large of course the flab afterwards
escaping. Net. used here ore all gill nets, seven Inch mesh. No doubt
the flsh that escape arc Injured. Mill they generally recover. It la the
only proper method for million HMilng, and all pound small 2( Inch nets
should be iihollfclicd. The gill net allows all dah under ten pound* to
Imbs through, whereon the other lakes the whole from one half pound
up. Much a* the gill net has been abused, it has saved tills nver, nnd
should be adopted in all salmon rivers, or the pound nets limited to a
very short time, In order to allow the river to get Its proper supply,

I am glad to any my Osh breeding la siien ssfiil thin season. I laid
down over 8cO.no:. eggs, and will bring out over ninety percent. Con-
sidering this U oiilyinysceoiidtrliil.lt Is a fair percentage. I see Seth
Gieen ran bring out a million eggs with a pall of water dnl'y. Tills Is a
boon for which pisciculturists will be tlmnkful, particularly In a dry
season. I beg to return Mr (' Atkin* my thanks for bis courtesy for
reports nnd information, and should like him to visit Dec Side some
July. I am, sir, your obedient servant, John Mowat,

Fishery Ofllcer, Itesligoiic.be Division.

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New Y.vonT.— II. E. Hibbard, Esq., of Boston, is buy-
ing built for him in the yard of l lie Delaware and Hudson
River (.’anal Company, fit Shelburn Harbor, (Burlington)
Vt,, a centre-board sloop yacht, to be named the “EiHe
Mary.” . She is 38 feet over nil, 15 feet beam, and will
measure 10 feet across the stern. Her frame is of oak, as
are bolli the top and garhonrd streaks. Each of the top
streaks are on : clean unbroken piece, from stem to stern.
Her model was made by Cant. Oliver I). Chessbro, Stonc-
ington, Conn , after Capt. William’s famous yacht Jennie,
•if New London, who has taken many prizes, and is well
known as Ihe fastest boat of her class in the Sound, and
she is being constructed under the immediate supervision
of Capt. A, B. Curtis. Her anils, of which she is to spread
400 yards, are being made by C. Barry, the well known
sail-maker, at New London, Conn. The mainsail will have
35 feet hoist, and from the end of the bowsprit to end of
boom will be 71 feet. She is to be done in May, and it is
the intention of her owner to keep her on Like Champlain
until July, and in August to take her down the Hudson to
New York and thence to Boston, visiting the several
points of interest en route.

—The yacht “Mohawk," now in course of construction for
Wni T. Garner, Esq., of the New York Yacht Club, will
be when com pie! ed one of the largest vessels of her class
ever constructed in this country. Her dimensions are to be
121 feet on the water line, 138 feet on deck, 140 feel over
all, 30 feet 4 inches beam, and 9 feet 4 inches depth of
hold. Her burden will be not less than 330 tons; heavier,
in fact, than that of the Columbia, after which the new
craft is modeled. In the hoisting of suiis, anchors, Ac.,
steam power is to be used.

— At the annual meeting of the Mutual Boat Club Asso-
ciation the following officers were duly elected:— President,
Charles II. Thomas; Vice-President, "Eugene P. Gross,
Captain, E. Stanley Foster; Recording Secretary, E. Mig-
gail; Corresponding Secretary. George P. Whitney; Treas-
urer, F. II. Weed; Board of Trustees, Col. R. 8. Olinu,
James A. Shaltuck, jr., Robt. K. Olinu, James R. Mills,
George D. Wei'lman.

National Association ok Amateur Oarsmen.— The
Executive Committee of this Association have issued a cir,
cular addressed to amateur clubs throughout the country-
calling their attention to the desirability of their joining
the organization. Any regularly organnized Rowing Club
may become a member by adopting the Constitution, and
remitting the annual fee of $5 to the treasurer. The Asso-
ciation lias an invitation to hold the Regatta of 187(1, in
Centennial Philadelphia, where our American crews are
promised a trial of skill with their Trans-Allautic cousins.

— The Massachusetts Rowing Association have voted to
hold two regattas in each ycur, suitable prizes to be offered,
to be open only to members who have been connected with
the clubs at least three months prior to the contests. The
Executive Committee was authorized to define the term
“amateur" and “ professional,” nnd appointed a commit-
tee of five to arrange a programme for the first regatta.

— The Malta club are prepariug for the season by the
purchuse of a new double scull.

— Gov. Hartranft nnd Mayor Stokley have signified their
willingness to Commodore Ferguson to serve the Honorary
Committee of the International Regatta in 1876.

— Mr. George B. Maulc, of Easton, Monmouth county,
N. J., wishes to place himself with some of our crack
crews for the coming season. Mr. Maule was formerly
stroke oar in the Winchester four, of Cambridge college,
England.

— The Chester Boat Club (formerly the Friendship) of
Boston, Mass., will put the following four on the water
next season : James Peabody (bow), C. F- Doherty, Jas.
Doherty, E. F. Kelley (stroke.)

— The officers chosen by the Analostan noat Club of
Washington, D. C., are as follows t President. W. (). Avery;
Vice-President. L. S. Stevens; Corresponding Secretarv,
E. 8. Maunder; Recording Secretary, E. N. Callan; Cap-
tain, J. L. Robertson; First Lieutenant, John R. White;
Second Lieutenant, Theodore Mosher, jr.

<— The N, Y. Herald of Saturday suggests a “ graduate
prjze" for the Centennial Regatta— a race for the graduate
Of all colleges,

„ „ Pnn.ADBi.pinA, March 22d, 1875.

Editor torkst and Stream:

On Tuesday last there seemed to be a certainty of the
immediate opening of the boating season; the ice was bro-
ken up, »nd going away rapidly. There is a lively rivalry
among the different clubs as to who shall get the first row
of the season, and this lime, as for several years past, the
honor fell to the Undine. At three o’clock their double
scull gig !• awn was started from their slip. At the “con-
necting railroad bridge” the floating cukes had jammed,
necessitating a carry of about one hundred yards. From
lu re to the bend of Peters’ Island the river was clear, and
the crew scored the lirst three miles. Later several singles
of the same club, a double of the College, and a pair of
the Vespers got us far tvs Girard avenue. Now the river is
UmToCyoL< ’ ljUl ^ew warm days "iH permanently open

It will soon be time for the crews for the June regatta to
begin to get to work, and as the Crescent-Undine eight
oared race is fixed for I lie third or fourth Saturday in April
they will he among the first to go into regular practice.

We are sorry to hear that the Crescents ure going to sell
their eight; but it is a good boat, with a good record,
amt some one will get a bargain. Their house is crowded
now, and they part with her for the sake of room.

Another of the Pennsylvania’s crew of last year— Hen-
derson, No. 3— has left that club and joined the Quaker
(dies, who will certainly present a strong tenm— McBenlh,
Henderson, Adams, and West. They have no lack of sub
sutules, there being four men besides, any one of whom
will do to go in incase of a break down in the regular
crew. We notice the carpenters already at work getting
ready for the extension to their house, which will be ueces-
sary to accommodate the two fours, a gig, and a shell,
which Fciuon 1ms nearly ready for shipment.

Dlciisou Ion, no.hing daunted by li is failure, is going in
again, and lias engaged Frank Killsby to coach him at
sculls. Stick to it, “Flip."

There is a growing probability that the Vespers will take
their old place in the Navy sometime this Spring, and if
they do no doubt the Bachelors will follow. This is much
to lie desired, as the Philadelphia clubs would then present
a solid front.

The committee having charge of the ooen regatta— June
16th and 17th— held a meeting to-day, and elected John
H( ckley, Jr., permanent chairman. They appointed sub-
committees on prizes, tug and stake boats, and reception,
with Mr. Krumbhaw chairman of the latter. Their circu-
lars are promised by April 1st. The Bachelors arc havin'
a new four oared gig built by Byron, and the Philudelpltias
a double scull by Metcalfe.

Ot.r Park commissioners are after an appropriation of a
round million, which they arc likely to get. Then the un-
sightly piles of dirt between the boat bouses will give place
to grass and flowers, and the entrance to the park be no
longer an eyesore to visitors, perhaps.

There are some rumors of u bridge at Edgeley; but we
hope that is only rumor, for a bridge there would spoil the
course for a time at least. Truly yours, Sculls

Fast Walking.— On Saturday evening a walking match
between Wilson Retd and Daniel O’Leary was decided at
the Hippodrome. Retd, who is a cartman of this city has
appeared but once before, beating Davis, a letter-carrier
ten miles at the Rink. O’Leary came from Chicago un-
known nnd unheralded, and has not only made a record ns
a flrst -class pedestrian, but gained a host of friends by his
unassuming demeanor. Reid, although possessing good
style, was entirely outwalked, withdrawing at the end of
the fifteenth mile. The walking was in every respect first,
rate, both men making the second mile in 8 min. 6 sec.
O Leary walked the twenty miles out, completing the dis-
tance in 3 hours, 11 min. nnd 15 sec. A match is now on
the tapis between the winner and Mullen, one of Weston’s
quandam antagonists.

— The Brooklyn Chess club held their annual meeting on
March 17th, when they elected officers and closed up their
tournament. The officers elected were: — President, Mr
Turner; Vice-President, Mr. Davis; Secretary, Mr. Munoz;
Treasurer, Mr. Noyes. Directors— Messrs. Perrin, Horner
and DeGraat. The prizes awarded in the tourney placed
Mr. Perrin as the first, Mr. Horner second, Dr. Barnetr.
third nnd Mr. Spence fourth. Next on the list were Messrs.
Robinson, Phillip, Thayer and El well.

—The following is the score of the games played at the
Cafe International up to Saturday: —

First Class. — McKenzie won 3, lost 0; Delmar won 1,
lost 1 ; Barnett won 1, lost 0; Alberoni won 3, lost 3;
Mason won 1, lost 1.

Second Class. — Limbeck won 5, lost 1; Wiesucr won 2,
lost 1 ; Goldmarck won 2. lost. 1.

JFlf §ollt(ies.

BOATING IN LOUISIANA.

New Orleans, March 10, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Now that wo are feeling tho gentle influence of Spring, visits to the
bo -t house are becoming frequent, nnd the discussion of each applicant’s
Alness for the representative crows Ih the theme of interest. If I un-
derstand tlie boys, there is to he an inaugural race in May, to open the
season with, besides, the ch lmplonsbip rncc in September.

The State Rowing Association is to be re organized on a more liberal
basis, so that our neighbors on the Gulf or Atlantic may be represented
nt our regutta.

The Orleans Rowing Club elected ofllcers for the cnsuiDg year last
Tuesday with the following result:—

Samuel Ilnyd, President; B. D Wood. Vice-President; R. II. Browne
2d \ Ico President; James McKeon, Captain; Theo. J. Welle, Secretary;
J. U. McConnell, Treasurer.

The President and Vice-President do not “ply the spruce" themselves,
but are great favorite# with the boys, nevertheless; and the boys know
why- Thc Captain, also, Is a selection which pleases all; he ha* stroked
the crew lu some good nice# and may yet show the colors of his club in
front.

The Howard Club will send a boat load of good-looking fellows to re-
present them, nnd the crew that leads them in a race must hace muscle
and lungs In good order

Connolly, of the Pellcuns, raised quite a breeze iu his club some Sun-
days ago by beating the champion crew of his own club in a race down
the Buyon St. Johu to the lake; he will orgauize a good crew for May
and September. '

The St. John Club are keeping quiet; their best crew has been much
weakened by the loss of Dixon, third stroke; perhaps they intend giving
the boys a surprise.

The Riverside has the same crew that won the pennant nt Carrollton
on the eventful !4lh of September, with the exception of Gleason; they
are nt work every opportunity they have to row. Diamond says he Mill
mnke It warm Tor any crew tlmt leads him in September

The Louisiana* are so badly situated that I never have on opportunity
or seeing them or learning o.’ their movements.

Noffsingcd, of Pittsbn.g. 1» building two pair oared boats for the
Orleans, which is the only Rem in the way of new boats that I know of
When I see them shall lot you know how they build in Pittsburg; till
lllen I «m your friend, Thick.

Rational flnstimes.

— Tlie Professional Association book, with the revised
code of playing rules governing tlmt class, will be in print
on ihe .511. i ust. besides tlie professional records, the
work will contain all ihe games played in England, nnd a
sketch of all the players who took part in the lour Tlie
hook of averages will also he issued at the same time, and
by the first week in April tlie Constitution and By-laws
with the Secretaries repoilof tlie Amateur Convention pro-
ceedings. will appear in print for the first time. These
rules govern every club enrolled on the hooks of the
Amateur Association, about sixty odd. Tlie professiour.1
coite governs only the thirteen professional clubs in their
Association. There is now hut one playing code the
Amateurs having endorsed the professional' rules with one
exception and that is in Hie case of halls striking the bats-
mail s person. The professional codu makes all such halls
detvd, as do the Amateur rules in one section, but in auother
part of their rules they muke them called halls, This ad.
fhit« of n dityble filling by Umpires,

—Harvard graduated its first class in 1037; William and
Mary in 1692; Yale in 1702; Princeton in 1748; University
of Pennsylvania in 1753; Columbia in 1754; Brown Uni-
versity in 1764; Dartmouth in 1769; Rutgers in 1770. Har-
vard lias a living graduate of the last century in the person
of Horace Binney, the Nestor of tho Philadelphia bar, who
recently celebrated his 95th birthday. The oldest living
graduate of Yale is Rev. Thomas Williams, of Providence,
who is 96 years old and a member of the class of 1800.—
Independent.

—The Yale Chess Club has been for some time engaged
in a match game with Cornell University. On the twenty-
fourth move a dispatch was sent to Cornell announcing a
check mate, whereat the Yale chess players are greatly-
elated.

The English University Race.— This, the first, as
well ns the most important eveut of the boating season
was decided on Saturday last, on the usual Thames course,
from I utney to Morllake, resulting in a victory for the Ox-
ford crew. As indicated by the betting, this result was
somewhat foreshadowed, the Oxonians having recovered
some of the old form which for the past five years had de-
serted them. The particulars of the race as received by
telegraph are somewhat confusing and contradictory. Cam-
bridge is said to have taken tlie lead on the start, pulling a
quicker stroke than the Oxford, hut the advantage was only
held as far as the crab tree, a distance of a mile and a half.
Here the Oxford stroke quickened the time, nnd at Ham-
mersmith Bridge, two miles from the start, Uie boats were
even. At Corney Beach, Oxford was ahead, and at Brame's
Bridge, three and a half miles, the dark blue had increased
the lead to six lengths. The steering in the Cambridge
boat was very bad, and when the judges’ stand was passed
amidst the most vociferous cheering, Oxford had widened
the gap to ten lengths. This ruce, which was originally
rowed in 1829, has now been pulled thirty-two times. Had
Cambridge won, the number of wins would have tied, as
each university would have had sixteen to lier credit. Ox-
ford is now two wins to the good. The usual scenes inci-
dent to the contest were fully represented. Tlie struggling
crowds of under graduates shouting themselves hoarse;
the crowds lining the tow-path and both river banks, crowd-
ing oil barges aud boats of every description; the fleet of
puffing steamers behind the boats, and the presence of
royalty in the persons of the Prince of Wales, and other
members of the Royal family, all combined to make a
scene only equalled by a similar one ou tlie “ Darby" day.

I he time made is reported at 22 minutes 2 seconds, which
is 32 seconds faster than last year, and 27 seconds slower
than the year previous. Iu our issue of last week we gave
the names of the crews and their weights.

The College Regatta.— Capt. I. E. Eustis, Chairman
of the Regatta Committee, former stroke of the Wesleyan
crew, and now of the Atalanta Boat Club, has been engaged
during the Winter in anchoring buoys through holes in the
ice, for the use of tlie coming contestants in this race. Over
3U0 have been planted in this manner, each of which is to
he ornamented with flags, tlie design being to form so many
lanes for the 13 bouts expected to start. Hard work iias
been the order of the day among the college men ull Win-
ter. Amherst, Brown, Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth,
Harvard, Hamilton, Princeton, Trinity, Uuion, Wesleyan,
Williams aud Yale, are the contending colleges, Of these
Amherst, Brown, Hamilton and Union, did not send crews
to Saratoga last year. The prizes will he a silver cup given
by the citizens of Saratoga to each member of the win-
ning crew, in addition to the customary colors. It is too
early as yet for prognostications, even as regards the form-
ation of the crews.

— The Harvard University Boat Club has decided to
have their dub races on Saturday, May 29, in the following
order: single sculls, double sculls, four oared, and six
oared; tlie six oared race to be followed by a race between
the University and Freshman crews, the University to he
handicapped. It was also voted that programmes of the
races he printed, giving the order and names of the crews
for distribution ou the day of the ruce.

The Jasper club of Manhattan College, huve elected
Mr. M. J. Cousidine President, nnd O. A. Hopkins as Sec-
retary, whose address is Manhattan College, N. Y Tlie
new nme of the Washington club, Mr. Childs says, will be
as follows: — Blackburn, C. ; Stearns, P. ; A. Allison 1st
b ; lerry, 2d Lb.; liessler— not Kessler— 3d b.; Fay, s. s. ;
Parks, 1. 1.; IIol by, c. f. ; Mincher, r. f. This is a good
team.

W SB-Ttn's Unabridged Illustrated.-’ Viewed as a whole, we nro
aonOdeui that no other living language has a dictionary which so fully
and faithfully Bets forth Its present condlUon, as this last edition of
Webster does that of our written and spoken Euglish tongue. '-Harper',
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MISFIT CARPETS.

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Soot to any part of the United States free of charge. 1 I* Fulton street, New \ o»K.

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD

Florida Excursion RouIvn,

SEASON of 1874 R.

Tickets to Jacksonville. Fla .and return are sold De-
cember 1st to April 'st good to return until
May 31st. and have all the prlvlllgx.

„ of FIRST CLASS Tickets
Rnuio No. 5i(i Via Washington, Richmond, Wil-
mington, rimrlcsion nnd Savannah
Kimte No Ml- Via Waalilugtou, Richmond, Chat-
lotto Augusta and Snvamiuli.

\ In Washington, Richmond. Wllmlug-
Augusta and Savanuab.

Route No. Ml Via Washington, Richmond, Char
‘‘die, Atlanta. Macon mid Jesup.

It.ime No Ml VI* Washington, Lynchburg. Char-
lotte, Augusta nnd Savannah.

It.inl. So M5 Via Washington, Lynchburg, Bristol,
A c luiitdi. Mnron airI

H.mlo No MS Via Washinglon. IUchmoud. Augusta
v cuui*«ec ami Savannah.

Romo \o ,vii» Via Wssi.ingioii, Richmond, Wllmlug

ion, Angu-la, Yemas..-e nnd Savnnunh
Route No. Mr. Via Baltimore, Norfolk, Wilmington,
Augusta anil Savaunali.

Route No. M7 - Via Baltimore, Norfolk, Wilmington,
l hiirli-loii uud Savannah

I ff- All of the above ticket* return by same route,
nnd are sold at the following
„ .. Tiinnvuii ittus

New \ork |Nl U> Trenton , 117:5

Jersey City Ml Ml llartl.liurg, 43 Ml

Ny««'k . 60 0ti|WtlUiim,poii tu M

KlIxuhcHi II) ?5i Altoona mi 75

Itnlnvny . |l) 60 Pittsburg 51) ; 5

New Brunswick . . 40 (A>|

VARIABLE ROUTE TICKETS
Sold ut New York. Jersey City ll.11 n.luirg, Wllllnms-
port, All 01 urn anil Pittsburg, n* follows:
Kxriirslnu No. M Going b) Koine f.K), mliirnliig
by Koiile M2, $|il additional
Excursion No. 5li Going by Route 612, returning
by Hftuiu mo, IIQ additional
Kxcurslou No. Ms Gulng by Rolllc 310, returning
by Route Ml. $10 nddllliiiiul
Excursion No. 510 Going by Route ill, reluming
by Route MO. Slumldltlnual
Excursion No. 3* Going by Route MO, retmulne
by KoutoMI, $10 iidilllloioil
Excursion No 523 Going by Route 514, reluming
by Route Mo, $10 uddllloiml

Excursion No. Mil Going by Route 511, returning
by Route 512, $10 additional
Excursion No 527 -Going by Route 512, reluming
by Route Ml. Sin additional
Excursion No. 580— Going by Rome 511, returning
by Route M l, $10 addltlniin!

Excursion No. 541 Going by Route 514 reiurolog
by Route M 1, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 530 Going by Route 312, returning
by Route Ml, $10 additli uni
Excursion No. 537 Going by Rome 611, returning
by Route 612, $10 additional
Excursion No. 542- Going by Route 613, returning
by Route 515. $10 luldlllnual
Excursion No. 5-14 doing by route 615, returning
by Roule 5i3. $10 nddlllonnl
New York Olllces No 1 Aslor House, No 6211
llroadw'uy, and No Oil Broadway. Depot*— Fool of
Desbrosses street and foot of Conrtlnndt streol.

Bo-loo odlco-Nos. 27 and 7)1 Washington street
D. M. BOYD, Jr,, Gun. l'ass'ngr Agl
FRANK THOMPSON. General Mn lower

Sportsman's Route

Chicago and Northwestern Railway.

This great corporation now own* and operates over
two tliousnud miles of road, radiating from Chicago
like the lingers on a man's hand. It* lilies reach In ml
direction* and cover about all of Hie country north,
northwest and west of Chicago With one binnrli It
reaches Rwlue, Kenosha, Milwaukee, and the country
north thereof; with nnotliu' line It pushes tli rough
Janeavlllo, Watertown, Oshkosh. Fond dn Lae, Green
Bay, Escanabu, to Negliunen ami Mnrqnetle; with an-
other line It passe* through Madison, Elroy, ami for
st. Paul and Mlnncunnll-; branching westward from
Klrny, to 11114 through Winona, Gwmnnnii. St Peter,
Maintain, Ne.v Ulm, and sto|is not until Lake Karnes
ku, Dncolah, Is lem-ln-il; another line siarls from Chi
capo and run* through Elgin and Rock ford to Free
port, mill via tho Illinois Contrnl. reaches Warroa.
Gnleuii and Duhnipie, and tho country beyond Still
another line runs almost due westward, nnd passes
through Dixon, Sieillug, Fulton, Clinton, (Iowa) tv
dar Rapids, Marshalltown, Grand Junction. Missouri
Vulloy Junction, to Crmuell Bluffs nnd Omaha Till*
last named Is the "Oiikat Tim ns -Com i inkntai.
Koiitx," ami the pioneer overland linn for Nebraska,
Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, California
and the Pad lie coast. It runs through the Gurdcn of
llllnn a and Iowa, and is the safest, shortest uud heal
route io Omaha, Lincoln, and other point* In Nehras
ka, ami for Cheyenne. Denver, Halt Luke City. Vlr
glnln City, Corson, Sacramento, San Francisco, mill
ull other points west of the Missouri River.

See, then, what one nniouny can do. If you wnnl
to go to Milwaukee, Frond du Lac, Manitowoc, She
boygaii, junesvlllu, Watertown. Oshkosh. Du I’ere,
Green Huy, ltlpon, Madlum. llarahoo, Eau Claire,
Hudson, Stillwater, St I'aili, Minneapolis, Dullllll,
Breckenrldge, Mooreticad, Fort Gurry , Winona, Own
tunna, New Ulm, Freeport, Warren, I'luttsvllie, Ga-
lena. Dubuque, Waterloo, Fort Dodge, Sioux City,
YuiikIoii, council Bluff", Oniuhu Lincoln, Denver,
Suit Lake City, Sucmuicuto, Sun Francisco, or a him
dnal other northern, northwestern, or western
point* this great line I* the one you should take. The
(rack I* of Ilm best •ted rail, and Is well hallasted mid
as free from dusi as n road can be rnieie Tho bridge*
an.- strong ami durable, and ull the appointment* are
first class In avery rasper 1. The trulns that run over
this route nro made up of rlrgunt new Pullman I'alace
Drawing Room and Sleeping Couches, hullt erpre^sty
(or this Hue, luxurious, well lighted, ami well vcillllu-
teu Day Coacho*, and pleasant lounging and smoking
curs— all built by tills company In their own shops.

The curs are all equipped with the eolebrau-d Miller
Safety Platform, nnd patent Buffer* and coupling*,
Wvstfnghotuo Safety Air Brakes, urid every other up
Dluuicu that ho* liceii devised for tin- safety of pa»-
nger trains. All trains are run liy telegraph.

In a word this GREAT LINE luis Hie best
and smoothest track, arid the most elegant ami
comfort able equipment of any roail In the West, mid
petltor In the country. It I* eminently Du
favorite route with the Chlrogooris traveling west.

>'dgcd by the

cling public to he the popular Hue fur all point* In

lie irnv

ha* no coin 1*' li
favorite route

north, or northwest, and Is acknowledged b
cling public to be the popular lino for nil is
Northern Illinois, Wbcoiisln, Minnesota, Northern
Michigan, Dakota, Western Iowa. Nebraska, Wyom-
ing, Colorado, t 'tali, Montana, Iduho, Nevada, Call
foruin and the Pacific Slope.

TO SPORTSMEN:

This line present* peculiar advantages. For

Prairie t.'lllrlen*, Durk*, lieese, A llrnnl Slim, ling
onr Iowa Line to day offers

Mori> Fnvorablo 1*0111 Ira

than any other rood In the country, while for
DEER AND BEAU HUNTING nnd for BROOK
TROUT, LAKE SALMON. PIKE, PICK
EREI. and BASS FISHING
a hundred points on the Northern and North western
line* of thl* Comnaoy will be found unsurpassed by
anything In the West

MARTIN IHGHITT, Gen. Hnpt , Chicago.

W. H. BTENYKTT, Oeu. Pm*. Agt , Chicago,

I

110

FOREST ANDJfSTREAM

JJli^trlhncous.

DIi. FOWLER’S

PATENT

HARD RUBBER REEL.

The Gem— Improved.

This beautiful Heel tins now been before the pub-
lic two years, and nil who have used it apeak loud In
its praise.

IT HAS BEEN IMPROVED,
and all the Reds made this year will pus. through tho
hand* of tho Inventor, and none allowed to go out,
except tlio»e that are perfect.

For solo by all first-class jobbers and the trade gen-
erally.

A' II FOWLER, Inventor,

Feb. 4 ITHACA, N. Y.

EL. W. CULLENDER,

Successor to PHELAN A COLLBNDER,

MANUFACTURERS OF TtlK

STANDARD AMERICAN

BILLIARD TABLES.

OFFICE A XT) IV A R Eli 00. MS

IV o. 7.*tH BROADWAY.

A. D. WAGNER,

Advertising and Purchasing Agent,

No. 194 Broadway, N. Y.

8porling journals published In the United States and
the weekly newspapers of New York City a specialty.
Advertisements inserted at reasonable rotes. Send
for eel hint' - «.

SPORTINo nd other goods purchased at lowest
prices fo. ash. No commission charged.
Reference. Proprietors Forest aniiSirsam.

THE AMERICAN

W. MERIDIEN, CONN.

r Sppcinl attention is given to first-class work. Extra
•ketches and DOG PORTRAITS cut to order, by-
sending photographs. JACOB OLAIIN, MnnBger,
Formerly Supr. of Parker Bros. Engraving andOrna-
tncntJil Department. Kelt 11

IT. Y. Safety Steam Power Co.

Office : LIO CO UR TLA NOT ST.

BUILDERS OF

STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS

Steam Launches & Yachts

And their Machinery a Specialty, also Machine!? for'

TUCS, LICHTERS AND STEAMERS^

Propeller Wheels of Superior Efficiency.

BEND FOR ILLU8TEATED CIRCULAR.
t*’~ All our boats are guaranteed to pnes inspec-
tion under the Steamboat law when required.

"XT’ ACIIT FOIL SALK. — Schooner Yacht
-1 Halcyon; centre-board; 121 tons O. M.; length
over all. 84 feet; beam. 23 feet 10 Inches she is
thoroughly anil handsomely found fore and aft In all
re-ports, Is very fast, having taken prizes In every
ruce she has entered since i87z; believed to be per-
fectly sound. Apply to JOHN JEFFRIES, Jn.,
Murll-lt 78 Devonshire street, Boston.

Wild Fowl.

A SI cannot attend to them this Sum-

-XA_ mer. 1 am offering my stock of Wild Fowl at
the following prices: —

Snow Gc-se (Arurr hyperhoreus) *15 for two

Canada Gee-e (.1. Canadensis) SKI per pair

Mallards (Ana. boecJtas) $15 per trio

Wood Ducks (Alx spon. hi) $10 per pair

Also one White Female Ferret. S10 I cannot tell
the sex of snow geese. FRED M 1THEK,

Mar 11 Trent Farm, Honeove Falls, N.Y.

Birds, pet and rare animals,

and AQUARIA STOCK DEPOT and AQUARIA
CASK MANUFACTORY. J. BAGOT, Agent, 31
Fulton street. New York City. Goldfish, Sllvorflsb,
Fishuud Animal Life, and Aquatic Plant* in variety.
Also Shells, Pebbles. Ornaments, Corals, Ac... to stock
the Aquuriuin. Canaries and other song birds;
Pigeons, Purrots, and Paroquets: Rabbits. Squirrels,
Dogs, pet and rare Animals generally ; Bird Seeds,
prepared food for Mocking Birds and other soft-billed
(liras; Fish food. Bird Gravel, Dog Mediciues, But-
ler's celebrated Mange and Flea Cnre, Ac., wholesale
and retail. Mar Fly

HURST

Natural History

For Object Teaching in Schools,

AND

PARLOR ENTERTAINMENT.

We are prepared to furnish the first sixty numbers
of the first series of

Animalsand Birds of North America.

To these will be added u second series of foreign speci-
mens, and various Animals and Birds In grotesque at-
titudes, never however violating tholr natural instinct*.

We offer these views not ns pictures only, bm ns
studies from nature. One of the great moving ele-
ments in our modern system of education is object
teaching. The unerring fidelity of the steieosc.jpe
transfers the animals and birds from I heir natural
habitat to the rooms of the student, and tho flrcsllc of
our homes, whore they cannot fall to leave a lasting
Impression of tho form, color, habits, and locality of
ouch specimen.

An experience of more than twenty-five years is
Taxidermist of the New York Statu Cubinet of Nui-
nral History, and In gathering bis largo collection of
native and foreign specimens, enables Mr. Hurst to
combine In every view the locality of tho specimen
with Its appropriate rocks, woods or water, and color-
ing from the originals.

Wild Oat, or Buy Lynx Lyncus Rufus.

Snowy Owl. • Surnia Xycteu.

American Wolf . . Lupus OccidentalU

Wild Pigeon Ec/ojrUlts Mlgraloria.

Northern Panther AW Is OoncoU/r.

Black Crowned Night Heron Arden Meteor*.

Woodchuck Actomy * Alonux.

Red Necked Grebe Podicspt RubrleaMs.

Great Blue Heron Ardsa Herodin*.

Amerlcuji Swan Cygnus Americana*.

Red Shouldered Buzzard Ilu/eo J/yemaUs.

American Woodcock Rnstico/a Minor.

White Fronted Goose Aimer Albl front.

Long Eared Owl Otus Americanus.

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Aguilla Chrytittos.

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1 NEW You k

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Ladies and Gcntlcmqn ! I

There is no necessity for r

Discolored Teeth and Impure Breath..

USE - M

EATT OHALINE I

Formula of Dr. J. H. HAUGHWOUT,

Prepared by GEO. J. M'E.VCU, Chemist.

Thousands of families can attest to its being1

THE BEST TOILET ARTICLE

of its kind now in use.

KFT0H SALE BY LEADIN0 DRUGGISTS.*^*
LORD «Sc TAYLOR,
Broadway Be 20tt^St., Solo Agents.

.Mngte Lantern and 100 Slides for $10O.

E& If. T. ANTHONY & CO., 501

. Broadway, N. Y., op. Metropolitan Hotel,
Chromoe and Frames, Stereoscopes and Views, Grnpb-
osconcs, Megalethoscopes, Albums and Photographs
of celebrities. Photo- Lantern Slides u specialty. Man-
ufacturers of Photographic Materials. Awarded First
Premium nt Vienna Exposition. jeltly

Spotted Sand Lark Toinnu, Maculuiius.

Mursli Harrier Circus Ultglnosiis.

Mallard Duck dntw Honchos.

Great Honied Owl Bubo Vlrginlanus.

Greul Loon, or Diver. ...... Colymbu* Olacialls.

American Deer (Alblnot*#. ..Cenius VirolnUinus.

The Americun Bittern Arden Minor.

Old Wife, or Squaw Duck Euhgula GtacialU.

Tho Wild Turkey — *. Mrlrngrls (iothnnivo.

Tho Beaver Castor Fiber.

Common American Snipe Scolopax IMlsoni.

The Buff Breasted Sheldrake. . . Mtrgus Merganser

The Canada Goose Aimer Canadensis.

The New York Ermine, Putorliis. . . NoveboracoiMs.

Red Brested Sheldrake Mergus Senator.

Pinnated Grouse Telrao Cun) do.

The Sand Hill Crane Orus Americana.

The American Black Bear, , , Ursus Americana*.

Red Tailed Buzzard Butero Borealis.

Bufile Headed Duck Fu/igulu Albeola.

North American l’orciipino llystrlx Iludstmiu*.

It. J. WALS11E,

DRAPER and TAILOR ,

MOVICKER'S THEATRE BUILDING, 1

CHICAGO.

Virginia Partridge tjrtyx Virgmlana.

"omnma American Gull Lams Zonor/n

rey Fox Vulpe* Virgl

Red Head Fuligvla Erythroeephnlta.

Common American Gull
Grey Fox

. Lams Zonorhynchus.
Vulpts I'irgxuianus.

Ruffed Grouse Tetrao Umhellus.

Tho Rncooon Procyon Is, tor.

The Whistler Fluliyuta Clnngula.

Brown or Bald Eagle If til Infos Leucocephalus.

Red Fox Vut/ns Fultnts.

Wood Duck Aiias S/sensa.

American Burn Owl Stryx Prat incola.

Spruce Grouse Tetrao Canadensis.

Northern Lynx Lyncus Borealis.

Black Duck A nas Obscura.

Belled King Fisher Alccdo A'cyon.

Little Screech Owl Bubo Asia.

A merlcnn Opossum Dldclnh II Virginiana.

American Coot . .. Fallen Americana.

Ptarmigan Tetrao Mutus.

Shoveller, or Spoonbill Ana# Cty/hata.

M u squash Fiber Z<befh icus.

Price* : Uy the Dozen #s.’4 (M>

By the Set of 3 Dozen, In Elegant Case, 1(1 oo
Dealers supplied at a liberal discount from these
rates. Back numbers aud parts of sets always on hand.
Those Stereoscopes are sold wholesale and retail by
FOKESTAND STREAM PUB. CO.,

17 Chatham St, (City Hall Sqr.l P. <). box 2832

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A NEW FEATURE.

To the 3,000 Illustrations heretofore In Webster’s
Unabridged we have recently added four page* of

COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS,

engraved and punted expressly for the work, at large
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ARMS OK VARIOUS NATIONS.

FLAGS OK VARIOUS NATIONS.

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country Published by U. «fc C. MERRI.Ut
Springfield. Mass. jq8r , | *

Climax Cronaer

Loader and Cap
Kxpellcr.

Price 82.75.

In ordering give site of shell used.
Dealer*. Sena for Circular.
Address:

HALL'S

PATENT

Creaser

FOR

PAPER

SHELL*).

CUT CAVENDISH.

It is manufactured from the most expensive stock.
Is particularly adapted to Meerschaum uud Cigarette
Smoking; does not into or make the tongue sore, Is
unlike any other tobacco.

Rochester, Feh, 12, 1875.
Messrs. 1 I’m. X. Kimball <(' Co.:

I find Vanity Fair to be the best article of tobac-
co ndupt, d to the wants of ihe sportsman, Have used
your tobaccos for many years, uud know them all to
be first class. Yours truly,

Seth Green,

Sup’t of N. Y. State FIsherleB.

Gentlemen: Having smoked your tobacco. Vanity
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in point of fragrance and taste superior to all brands
known to me. Being In search of a tobacco that
would not lire the tongue and mouth, I was made ac-
quainted wilh your Vanity Fair, and found it. to be
the ne plus ultra of natural leaf. Yours,

A. B. Lamueuton.

Highest Award, Vienna, 1873.

Liberal samples by mail on receipt or money.

W.S. KIMBALL & CO..

Peerless Tobacco Works, Rochester, N.Y.

SEND FOR CIRCULAR

Birds and Animals Preserved to Order by

R. L. IV EW COMB,

T VXIItEKMIST,

NO. 7 CHERRY STREET", SALEM, MASS.
Instruction given. Feb. 4

GUN DETERGENT,

ration for CLEANING GUNS. It will

CLEAN GUNS lis

and with less trouble than they enn be by any other
process or method, it Is very simple, easily applied,
saves time, and most effectunly

REMOVES ALL RUST AND LEAJ]

anil leaves the gun perfectly clean, sniootn, and bright.
A single package will clean a gun over 300 times. Try
it. If you once use it you will never do without it, or
go shooting without taking it wilh yon. 60 cts. n pack-
age. Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price by C’HAS.
SUYDAM, Sole

JYDAM, Sole Agent, 149 Chambers st., N. Y.

and Loader.

Price 83.25.
For sale by Gun

HALL A CO., Lancaster, Penn.

BRADFORD & ANTHONY,

180 Washington St., Boston.

IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS IN

x^i^liinsr Tackle,
Rods,

Fish Hooks,

AND

ANGLING IMPLEMENTS.

Sportsmen!

Tout attention is called fo
GOOD S, OIL TANNED MOC
ASINS the best thing ever
worn by sportsmen. Not
injured by wetting and
drying— always soft and
easy to the feet. Hnd
VERY DURABLE— being made of the very best of
stock iu three different styles, and warrantee theyen-
uine article, different from anything before offered.
Illustrated Circular and Price List free.

FRANK GOOD.

J209 Elm st. Manchester, N. H.

hihidclfilfin.

IMPORTER, and dealer in

Breech and Muzzle Loading

SHOT GUNS,

Fishing and Sporting Tackle of every description
Also, the new Improved Parlor or Gallery Rlfics, Pis-
tols and Targets. Apr. 161y

SPORTSMENS’ DEPOT.

JOHN KRIDER,

Corner Second and Walnut Sts., Philadelphia.
IMPORTER, MANUFACTURER and DEALER IN

Guns, Rifles, Pistols, nnd Fishing Tackle.
Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech
Loaders.

REPAIRING OF EVEBY DESCRIPTION.

Has constantly ou hand a full assortment of Rods,
Hooks, Lines, Balts, Reels, Fly Rooks, Sulmon Flies,
Waterproof Silk Lines, Silk and Ilnlr Trout Lines, Ac.
Perch Snoods, China and Grass Lines. Alao, a large
lot of Cane Reeds, Bnmboo and Japan.

Birds’ Eggs and Birds' Skins In great varieties.—
Taxidermy in all its branches.

SPRATT’S PATENT DOC. BISCUITS. 4-ly

Thomas Sparks,

Shot and Bar Lead

Munuf’aeturcr,

l Established 1808 ]

Office, No. 121 Walnut Street,

Philadelphia, Pa.

BREECH LOADING DOUBLE

GUNS

OF ALL THE BEST MAKERS.

Fishing Tackle,

AND

Sportsmen’s Goods,

IMPORTED AND FOR SALE BY

BARTON, ALEXANDER & WALLER,

lOl & 103 DUANE ST., (near

Broadway) New York.
AGENTS FOR THE UNITED STATES ARMS
COMPANY'S REPEATING PISTOLS.

Enterprise Gun Works.

ESTABLISHED 1848.

JAMES B0WN & SON.

MANUFACTURERS OF

STEEL & IRON RIFLE BARRELS,

AND IMPORTERS OP

Cutlery, Gunsmith's Material, Fishing:
Tnckle.

Nos. 136 and I3H Wood Street,

PITTSBURG. PEN IN .
JT. WALLACE,

Naturalist & Taxidermist

IMPORTER OF

FOREIGN BIRD SKINS AND ARTIFI-
CIAL EYES,

19 N. William St., New York.

For Havana and New Orleans.

Phila. and Southern Mail

Steamship Company's

Regular Remi-Monthly Line

Steamship .luuiatn (1320 tone)..Capt. J.W. Catharine
Steamship \ nzoo (1390 ton*). . .Capt. L.D. Barrett.

(with superior passenget accommodations)
Sailing every other Friday of jach month from Pier
No. 22 Delaware Riv^r, at 10 A. M.

For further information apply to WM. L. JAMES.

General Agent, No. 416 S. Delaware ave., Phila.
Oct 15

Salmon Hirer for Sale.

rpiIE FINE, WELL STOCKED RIVER,
_L St. Anne’s, on the north shore of the St. Law-
ence, only thirty miles below Quebec. Sold on ac-
count of the owner removing to England The sal-
mon in this river run from 12 to 29 pounds; aver-
age take with rod. 12 fish per dav. Price Si -800. A
comfortable hotel In the neighborhood. Dally com-
munication by steamer with Quebec. Address

TEMPLE, at office of Fouest and Stream.

Mar 18-tf

CAMl’ LOUNGE

:

Trade Mark Pal'd
February 13.

Campers and Dealers!
See Scientific .American,
Jan 2S

FOREST AND STREAM

111

Khe Senne^‘

J. NEILL,

89 Exchange St, Buffalo, N. Y.

•TMPOKTEK. BREEDER. AND SHIP-

PKR of PURE BRED DOGS The lined stock In
America— Red Irish Metier-. Cordon Sellers, bred
from dock Imported by the Prince of Wales. Kng
ll-h Pointers, Cocker Spaniels, Skye, Scotch, and
Black mid Tnn Terriers, full grown, weighing three
and ode-half pounds. Importer and Breeder of
PURE BRBu (JAMES, such as Brown Beds. Brown
Red To- sols. Black Red Heath woods. Black Red Der-
bi h, white and vellow lege, Duck Wing Grays pure
white Un-el*, Champion Hen Feathers.

My fowls are selected with great core from late Im-
portation*, and bred expressly for the Pit.

All Orders Filled >vitl» Care

Fob 18 -it

ft. C. WADDELL’S

Breeding Kennel, Newton, N. J.

The finest strain of young Pointers and Setters for
sole. Dog* boarded and cared for in the beat manner
at S5 por month. Ped’grecs guaranteed. ; dogs broken
f.,r >50. Mar »1

Irish Water Spaniels and Setters.

WISHING TO INTRODUCE MY

Irish Water Spaniels to American Sportsmen,
1 will dispose of several young bitches, two of which
tire by the champion ••Young Doctor" out of
"Bridget," both winners of numerons 1st prizes. In-
cluding those of Birmingham and Crys'nl Palace; will
keep them for purcliBsera until. they are In season,
anil have them served by th- most mutable dog in my
Kennel before sending them. Price £10 10*. to £12
12*. each. Also the best team of Irish Setters to be
found; ail first prize winners. • Rufus.' said to he
nue of the beet ever seen (See KUUt ami Country) 21
months old, is very fast, hue grand nose, was winner
of first prize nt Biirsletn. and second and third prizes
ul Dublin, his older brother taking first and extra cup
for best setter In the show. Price £30. "Gnine."18
month* old, winner of first prize nt Dublin in <873 in
puppy class, I* very fast, with good nose, and steady
on all game. Price £20.

Also Truth, Trumps, Spring, and Pluy, the setter
that tonic first prize ill puppy class nt Dublin In 1874,
10 month- old; their dmn look second at same allow;
her pups also won first and second prim at Dublin In
1873 Price £l5 each. Peaigree perfect for many
generations. Address

,1. s. SKIDMORE, Nantwlck. Eng.
References In the West— J. H. Whitman, vice

President Konnlcotl Club, ('hie ago, III.

Mur 18 21

American Do 2; Biscuit,

The only food for dogs made

In till* country; will not spo l In any c'imate.
Price 82 50 per 25 lbs , SO per 100 lot*. C8KCULAR
Fit ICE. F. IS. 3IURNE, Hamden. Conn.

TJ10R SALE. A FEW THOROUGHBRED
X Spnnlels, choice breed. For particulars oddress
SPRINGER, at tills office.

SKTTEKS.

TWO PUPPIES 8 MONTHS OLD.

aired hv Colburn's Dusli. Colore— One chestnut
one red. Price $50 each Address Drawer II., New-
ark, N. J. Mar 84-St

\rETKRI\ARY SUHGEO.V-DR ■). at HliAUU
* (member of i lie ltoynl College of Veierlnary Sur-
geon*. London), No. 20 Lexington avenue, N Y.. at-
tends, when requested, nil cases requiring his p.ofes-
slotial skill. Horses carefully examined as to “nnnd-

ncss. Oct 22

|| KNRY GARDNER, M. D., HAS CONS I’ANT-
J*. l,Y on hand and for sale, medicines adapted to
the cure of all discuses. Denier in sport ng dogs of
every variety. Doga trained for reasuuible compen-
sation. No. Ill South Fifth ave., N. Y. Oct 22

fields mill fieforts for§port£uien.

PUTNAM HOTEL,

PALATKA, -
H. L.

- - - FLORIDA,

IL\.RT.

Proprietor.’*

INTERNATIONAL HOTEL.

NIAGARA FALLS. NEW YORK
J. I. FUl/TON, Jr., Proprietor.
Special rates to Boarders. 'ellfim

Rossin House, Toronto, Canada.
SHEARS & SON, Proprietors.

This honse is a favorite resort for gentlemen sports
men from all parts of the United States and Canada.

Titusville hotel, Tuusv.iie, mu. ur. o.

HARRIS, Proprietor. A capital resort for
sportsmen.

Boats always on hand. Jan 21

BAY AND OCEAN VIEW HOUSE,

Good Gronnd. Good duck shooting during the
Spring. The best shooting on the Island.

Mar 24-lm

Board near twin lakes, four

hour* from New York via Harlem Railroad. A
deal ruble location for sportsmen, artist*, and all those
wanting il ldea-uul home. Address K. K. COOPER,
Locust Hill Farm, Ashley Fulls, Berkshire county,
Muss. Afar 91 fin.

All Sportsmen

Are interested lu the best Hunting Grounds of the
Southwest. The line of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Knilwny affords untold fields of Game Birds,
Fish nnd Animal*. 8eud to General Pa-senger Agt.,
Medulla, Mo., for free niHps, illustrations, and de-
scriptions. Correspondence solicited. Jnn tl

Duck shooting at stony

Brook, on north side of Long Island; boats,
stool, Ac. furnished by the S. B Hotel; plenty of
ducks, also good bird shooting. 8. J MM ITU

Shooting Club.

APPLICATIONS WILL BE RE-

A CEIY ED from gentlemen for membership In a
Shooting Clnh, now being organized, with an owncr-
»htp of about 200 acre*, and shooting leases (easily
procured) covering from 2 000 to 3,000 acres.

Tin- grounds are sit. i., ted in a game district, within
four hours by rail from New York and one nnd one-
half hours from Pbiladelpnla. Quail, ruffed grouso
woodcock, foxes, and hares constitute the game.

The membership will he restricted to fifty and the
pnnual dues to $20 per aonom. Address

"SHOOTING CLUB," care Forest and Stream,

Sportsmen' s (goods.

J. B. Crook&Co.,

M A HTTP ACTTOBK* AMD IVWORTBItS or

FISHING TACKLE!

<50 Fulton St., N. "V.

Sole manufacturers of the celebrated CASTLE CON-
NELL ROD for SALMON, TROUT, and BLACK
BAMS.

SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.

J. D. DOUGftLL’S

EXPRESS SHOT GUNS.

(Title registered.)

SHOWN by trinlsiit Wimbledon by Editor
of the Field to possess the GREATEST PENE-
TRATION and therefore LONGEST RANGE— thus:
Circle, 30 inches; 300 pellets, average, 101; penetra-
tion, 37. The Editor’s trial of Grenier guns with 310
pellets of same shot and same charge of powder, gave
180, and penetration 30, although there wore 40 more pel-
lets In euell charge. Should uny controversy arise ns
to the durability of these new systems, we herewith
warn all beforehand that our system Is our own inven-
tion uboagk founded on the American ideal und is DU-
RABLE, a fuel remarked on ;.y the Field, that the
guns fried had been In (iso during lust season, and ref-
erences permitted to the owners Send for Illustrated
Circulars to

59 St. James’s Street, London.

Reduction in l^t-ice.

J. & W. TOLLEY’S

CKLEBRATKD

BltEECH LOADING GUNS,

Manufactory, Pioneer Works. Birmingham, Eng.
voE -A These gluts arc built with every

#JlAv Improvement for American sport,

uua are the cheapest gnus of
gnaranteed quality and shooting

powers sold fit the United States,
They are made in six qualities,
each gun being branded with one
of the under mentioned names,
jwhlch denotes its quality;

I Pioneer-, .... jiti.Y Gold.

'Tolley, 90 ••

Standard.- - - - 118 ••

National, - - - lit) ••

Challenge, - - - I HO "

Paragon, ... 225 ••

Any one of the above may ho
selected with confidence, us no
gun beurs our name which wo cannot thoroughly guar-
antee In every respect.

Send for reduced Illustrated descriptive pricelist.

BRANCH HOUSE, 2!> Maiden Lane,

Corner Nassau street. New York.

JOHN RIGBY & GO.,

in v kntou* ANn m ax u fact linen* or 'rue finkbt '

Breech LoadingShot Guns

Double and Single Express Rifles.

Long Range Match Rifles, &c

2-1 SUFFOLK STREET, DUBLIN,

AXD

72 ST. JAMEH STREET, LONDON.

MUZ/LE LOADERS
CONVERTED INTO BREECH LOADERS,

ON THE MOST APPROVED PRINCIPLE.
Particulars givcuon application.

Mortimer & Kirkwood,

.Tan 24 ELM Street, Roston. Mass.

Claris & Nnoidor.

MANUFACTURERS OF THE

SNEIDER

PATENT BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUN.
ALTERING

Muzzle-Loading: Guns tc Breech-Load Ib?

A SPECIALTY.

WRITE FOR PARTICULARS.

S14 W est Pratt street,

28 Baltimore, Did.

Estiiblished 1 843.

Breccli and Muzzle Loading

es, ms.

Sportsmens Apparatus ,

AMMUNITION,
.Materials for Gun-Makers, & c.,

Wholesale and Retail. Guns made to order, or re-

}e 18

paired hi the beet manner.

ALEXANDER McCOMAS,

No. B1 Sooth Calvert it-, Baltimore.

Miscellaneous.

ABBEY & IMBRIE~

icwxwow to

Andrew Clork & Co.,

48 Maiden Lane, N, Y.
UiroBTma, MAXirrAcrirtutR* ash dzai.kii* in

Fishing Tackle,

On hand the largv^md bc*t auorUnent ever ex-
hi lilted In the United States. They partlcu.'arly call
intention lu their

TROUT, Htl.UO\ A\D BASS RODS.

Every variety of Salmon and Trout Flics, and Hook*
on Out. Cutty Hunk and Fannie Islands lias. Line*,
waterproof Braided Silk Linos, every size and quality of
SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES,

And every Variety and Style of

F1SII IIOOKS.

Purlieu fitted out with appropriate Tackle for the
Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast, Canada. Maine,
the Adirondack*. Ac., Ac.

Spill Uaiiihoo, Trout and Salmon Rods and Reels
a Specially.

Agents for the St- Lawrence Fishing Co. Solo Im-
porters of WarTln's Celebrated Drilled
Eyed Needles.

Orange Spoiling Powder.

ORANGE LIGHTNING l’OWDKR,

The strongest ami cleanest Powder made. No*. I
to 7, parked only III sealed I III. Ministers. The coarser
sizes especially are recommended to owners of tine
breech loading guns, giving great penetration with
very slight recoil,

ORANGE DUCKING POWDER,

For water fowl. \ ory strong and clean Nos. 1 to
5. Packed In muul keg* of tif lbs, each, nml in amis
ten of 1 and 5 Ills.

AUDUBON POWDER,

Very quick For woodcock und quail Nos. 1 to 4.
Parked ID metal keg* of 12| Ills, and Hi lbs,, mid In
pound canisters.

ORAXOi: RIFLE I'OWDKK,

The best for rifles und for all ordinary purpose*.
Sizes F.g. FF.g. FFF g, the last being the finest and
most used. Packed In wood and metal kegs of 25
lb*,, 12J lbs., nnd ill lbs., nnd lu canisters of 1 lb, nnd
t pound.

All of the above give high velocities nnd less resid-
uum thun any other brands made.

LAFLIN & RAND POWDER Co.,

21 Park Row, N. Y.
(Oppositb Abtob IIoitsk I

CARL DITMAH S

NEW PATENTED

SPORTING POWDER

Does not soil the gun; clean* It. If ynu iihp a charge
of it niter firing many time* with black powder; no
smoke— little recoil -no loml report— high velocity
The best ever made lu tills lino; not to be confound-
ed with Schultz' or KiiglNh Wood Powder, or with
Sawdust Powder, as It 1* saperlor to both.

Ready Made Ammunition

For Sporting and Target Rifles always on hand.
Semi for foil information, and If you order, plon*o
state if wanted for rifle or shot gnu, n* I have differ-
ent kinds.

CARL DITMAR,

NBPONSKT, MASS.

CHICAGO

SHOT TOWER CO;

MANUFACTURERS OF
STANDARD

DROP AND BUCK SHOT

BALLS AND BAR LEAD.

Ournlm is to manufacture an article of SHOT that
is unsurpassed in ftOUNDNKSS, SOLIDITY, Pea-
fectfon of POLISH, Uniformity of SIZE, and Accu-
racy of WEIGHT, In each bag. Outers from the
Trade solicited, and will be filled ot

The Lowest Market Prices.

E. W DLATCHFORD, President.

C. F. GATES, Treasurer. Jnn 2ft ly

Holabird's Shooting & Fishing Suits

Made of the host English Wafer and Mildew proof
duck, dead gras* color, have become celebrated for
DURABILITY.

CONVENIENCE.

COMFORT.

and CHEAPNESS.

Sold In Now York, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, San
FnncUco,

And nil towns where sportsmens' goods are kept In
►lock. If not found in stock where yon trade, order
direct from the manufacturer. Send chest, wnlst and
sleeve measure for coot and vest; waist and Inseaiu for
pants.

Special attention Is called to the Sleveless font nnd
Vest with Sleeves, which uro unique, and cun't but
suit the most fastidious.

Coals, $10: Coat anil Vests, $14; Pants, $3. Ml;' Caps,
S2.N1. Send for Illustrated circular.

Address W II HOLABTHD,

•Is n 2! Vatnsra.sn. Ind.

Havana Lottery

EXTRAORDINARY DRAWING APRIL tlrP
Only 111 000 Ticket* — OruPriu to terry .Stem 'liektU.

209? Prizes of $].2fi0,(VVl

I Prize of .... VO 000

i Prise of. lOtuoi

I Prize of 50,000

i Prises cacti of 25.000

4 Prizes each of. , lO.trtl

12 Prizes cuch of 3.1*0

473 Prizes each of '<U

Circular* with full Information sent free. T'ckot*
for sale arid prizes cashed hy P- C. DF.VLIY. Ntu-
Honor and General Agent. 3U Liberty street, New York.

JJi isr ellnneoud,

CONROY, BISSETT I MULESON,

(Successor* to .1, C. Conwy St Cot)

65 Fulton St., N. Y„

Would Invite the nt trillion of nir-
nieiirs to the addition- they have
made to their regular slock of
line Goods, comprising In pnit
»x Mini. Spilt lUmlmo dials for
troiii nml salmon The famed
"McGinnis" lllnck llns. It, si*,
much' of Split lliimlioo mew tlil«
•enwiM. Vmn n„fe's Rubber steel
IVot. Click und Salmon ltivt*

I lie eelctirat d "Frankfort" I trod,
Ac.. Ac Mole mmmfiutim-rs Of
"Mullnly's" Patent Files. The
N. vv style Cnttylmnk Uuss Line*
of Extra quality.

Parties fitted out for the Adi-
rondack*. the Mnlnc Wo sis,
I nko -Superior, Newport. t’utlv
hunk, I'luuiie Island, West 1-lnml,
Uimiegnt. Ac.

ORDERS »Y MAIL WILL HP-
I'KIVK CAURFl'L AND
PIMM IT \ i i kn l'lON

Pritchard Brothers.

No. 94 Fulton St.f N. Y.

ALL KIND8 OF

Fishing Tackle

Made and repaired with the utmost despatch.

ALSO, (HINSTANTI.Y ON HAND

HIE BENT HRLKCTIOX OF TROUT AND M,\L.
MOV ROHM, RKKI.M, LINEN AMI FLIlvM.

Medals awarded at the World's Fair and American
nstltute for our superior Artificial Flies. 4—

RANGELEY

TROUT HATCHING ASSOCIATION.

\7"()UNO FRY of I hr* fitmotiN Rnngolcy

I Speckled Trout are now ready for delivery.
Price from $15 III $25 por I, mill, nreonlliig to qmiutlty.
These Trout an' the largest brad tnttno Fnn'hia'lt In
t tie wor'd, many weighing from »lx lo eight |>uiiuds;
lit same age are twice the size of ordinary Irani.

Address orders to II (> Stanley, I'rvs't, Oilfield,
Me , *0 M Page. Treasurer, No. Ill Warren street, N.
V.; I I Crounse, Penn avenue, \\ ushlnutoii, O.
t' ; 0 II. Porter, Crystal .Spring* Fish Farm*. Oak-
land, Bergen enmity, N. J. Mur It

"Seth Green Fish Ponds"

Caledonia, Livingston Co., N. Y.

A. N. COLI.INN, Proprietor.

E«K». Fry, Vrnrllngs, <Ve. of llrook Trout, Hal-
moil Trnul, salmon, White Flsli, die

Also Itu.., Gold Flsli, Silver Fish, mid stock for
Aqnniln, Wire Cloth, Untehing Trny*. Patent Spawn
lug Knees, and everything pertaining to fish culture.

TROUT DALE PONDS.

To Fish Culturists.

'TRIE MOST APPROVED APPARATUS

4. and full directions for successful fi*h lire, ding,
a» perfected hv the Into DU, .1 II, SLACK. Also
ggs, fry. yearlings, Ac, of Brook Trout. 8alin»ii
“sill AO,.

Trout, iioiiltisti, .VC , anil all work* oil Fislicilllure,
supplied hy MRS. J. H, SLACK, Troiitdale Ponds,
Blootnsbiirv. N. J

Send fur cubiloyno. M or 24-Ot.

HARNESS.

MANirpAOTiniiD Exi'nKust.r ron tiik

Track, Road, Park, orFarm

Also every description of

Dross, Street, Stnlilo, Truck, nml Smut
Blankets and llomlg, l.InKey Wool -
sey, and oilier Cooling Blanket)*,

Nh

Holier*

Dusters, Acts, Haddles, Bridles
Bools, Bandages,

AND EVERYTHING NECESSARY FORA COM-
PLKTR OUTFIT FOR THE TRACK, ROAD, OR
STABLE. AT PRICES THAT SUIT KVKKYBwDY.

C. M. Moseinnii k Ifro.,

Manufnctiiref* nnd Importers. IliChnmheni 81.. N Y.

SEND FOB ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST.

In ordering please sinto where yon saw advertisement.
Mar I8-Jm

Martin Pat. Imp. Safety Bit,

Patented April Oth. 1874.

The Martin bit Is de»lgni*l to bo the caslesi hit
made for ■ tcnder-rnoilthrd horse, warranted to lire
vent any horse from running away, Pulling, Lugging,
Bolting,’ Tongue Lolling nr driving on one reh. after
being driven from three to ten time* If on trial they
do not prove satisfactory, money In nil cases will b*.
refunded,

Pries1 list, C, O. D— Conch Bits, first-class, nlcklo
plated, till; Road bits, first clast, ruckle id/ited, $ ft;
Coach lilt*. *r ennd da**, C. plated, $7; Road Bits,
second-class. C. plated, $A. Liberal •llsrount to dull-
er*. N B —Kend width of horse's mouth.

WM.N. MARTIN * CO., Manufacturer*,

7th avenue, corner 38th street, N. T.

112

FOREST AND STREAM

spoilsmen’s goods.

W. & C. SCOTT & SONS

Genuine Breech Loaders.

\VIIY\KHH OF TIIR GIN Til I \ I. OF 1H73

Report of Gun Trial sent on application.

AUKYTK:

WM. READ & SONS,

1 3 Fnuouil Hull Sq.,1 lostou.

Also all other makes: -Greener, kv'cstley Richards,
Webley, Remington. Moore, Ac,

A pcnnine *coti Muzzle Loading Gun. $2r* up
I Maynard, Ballard. Remington and 8h” n'» Rifle*.
"Ballard a breech loading Sporting llllli-.* jlfil!"
Ilusiicv’s Gyro Trap, for ■‘homing pruci.ee.

• Fine Fiahing Rods and Tackle.

Fine Bronze Yacht ■inn* on mahogany carriage*,
Complete, a* famished tho New York and Boston
Yacht Squadrons. SEND FOU CIRCULARS.

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HENRY G. SQUIRES

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Fine Breech & Muzzle loading Guns,

SHOOTING TACKLE,

BREECH LOADING IMPLEMENTS, &C.

NO. I CORTLAAOT HT. . i Flr.t door from Ud wy,

Attention of sportsmen and dealers ih called to my
slock of Breech loader*, which, for quality and va-
riety, challenge* comparison with tiny other.

St mi /or lUuttraled Catalogue. Oct 8

Pope s Kitle
AIR PISTOL.

Shoots Doris or Slugs
Perfectly Accurate at 30 ft.
AND IMPROVES II Y USK.

NO NOISE, AH THE FORCE IH All! ALONE.

Splendid Parlor Amusement.
Uecontiuouiled by General Sherman.

One may hecorne a dead *hot hy practicing with it.
To a Sportsman it Is invaluable. Price, Including
Dart*, Slug*. Target* and Gnndiock, $5. Handsomely
nickle plated, «tl Self adjusting Bell Target.

For sale hy gun dealers generally, or sent bv mall on
receipt of price, Po-tago35cm. POPE tlHO'H,
Manufacturers. 10 High Street. Boston, Mass.

Scale 1-2 Inch to the Foot.

4. 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5—74, OUT OF A POSSIBLE 75.

DISTANCE, 800 YARDS.

Score of FIFTEEN CONSECUTIVE SHOTS ITY COL. JOHN UODINE, AT CREEDMOOR, IN 'I HE “BENNETT MATCH," Oct. 3, 1874. with a

REMINGTON Rreech Loading, Long Range Challenge RIFLE,

WHICH MADE IN THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH,

The Highest Score on Record,

Please take notice, this Target was made In an OFFICIAL MATCH, not at private Practice.

Jtxtracl from the "Army and Navy Journal" Official Re/x/rt. Dated Oct 8. 1874.

"The match decides several disputed points, os near os they can be decided; tlrst, tliui there is no perceptible difference in accuracy between hreccli loaders and
muzzle loaders, but that if anything the former are ibo best, as they are certainly the quickest; second, that in our clear climate we may look for even better shoot in>'
in the future; third, that

THE REMINGTON RIFLE Stands ahead of all others for Accuracy,

AS IT DORS IN SIMPLICITY OF MECHANISM. THE REMINGTON RIFLES IN THE MATCH SCORED THIRTEEN POINTS AUEAD OF THE SAME
NUMBER OK MUZZLE LOADERS, AND TWENTY TWO POINTS AHEAD OF THE SHARP'S BREECH LOADERS IN THE SAME TEAM "

In the International match, six muzzle loaders, three REMINGTON, aud three other breech loaders were used. Capt. FULTON, Col. BODING und L. L.
HEPBURN used the three REMINGTONS.

For full ofllclul report, see Army and Navy Journal, Oct. 3d, 1874. FULTON’S SCORE 171 OUT OF 180; HIGHEST SCORE EVER MADE.

Military Match Rifles Just Out; Price $35 or $55 with Vernier and Wind Gauge Si°hts' also Pocket Ver-
nier Gauges Price $2.50.

Send for Treatise on Rlllc 8hootlng, and Report of International Match, (free) to

E. REMINGTON & SONS,

P. O. BOX 399.1,

Manufacturers of

Breech Loading* Griins, Rifles, Pistols, -A-mmimitioii, Ac.

ARMORY, ILION, N. Y. 283 BROADWAY, N. V

Chicago Omre, 237 State Street; Pittsburg Office; 10 Sixth Street; Washington Ofllce, 521 Seventh Street.

4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4,

40 OUT OF A POSSIBLE 40.
ffetlc, >, Inch Is Fsot.

4, 4, 4.

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Score of Ten Consecutive Shots at 600 yards, made
with a SHARPS MILITARY RIFLE, six lb*, trigger
pull* without rest, hy Col. II. A. Gildersleeve,

Attorney and Counsellor at Law, New York City, In
n Mulch at Creodiuoor, Dec. 30, 1874.

SHARPS RIFLE CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

Patent Breech Loading, Military, Sporting, and
Long Range Rifles.

The BEST in 1850. The BEST in 1875.

Twenty.fi ve Years of Use, mxi Constant PKOGREHS.

Sharps Rifles Never Shoot Backwards.

For Ilrllllant Achievements of Sharps Klfies nt Creedmoor Range, During the
Summer of 1873, See Official Record.

SHARPS RIFLES won at Creed moor Range the HIGHEST SCORE of any BREECH LOADED RIFLE
U8e ... inx-at International Contest between the American and Irish Teams, Sept., ls?4.

VA «... 1'irjt . . . . . I v . I ti < < . • x. * i

Won First and Second Prize* In Arinvand Navy Journal Mutch nt Creedmoor, 1874; also First and four
others of eight Prize* for BEST INDIVIDUAL SCORES, in same match.

At C re ed moor* ’ Sopj0 " ?87 4 f ** ' 11,1,1 *,°urlh| “nd t,iree other Prizes (seven out of twelve) in All Comers' Match,

«'on nnd three other Prizes In Press Match, at Creedmoor, Stmt., 1874.

" on 1 hirteen 1 rlze* in the Bennett Match, at Creedmoor, Sept., 1874

Ac. Ac. Ac. Ac.

SPORTING RIFLES FROM $30 TO $38.

CREEDMOOR RIFLES, with Elevation for 1,800 Yard*, 900 to $125.

SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE.

AHMOIIY AND OFFICE, HARTFORD, COHN. E< Q WeStCOtt, PlTS’t.

DR. RADWAY’S

SarsaparilianBesolvent

THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER.

FOR TDK CURE OF CHRONIC DISEASE,

SCROFULA. HEREDITARY OR CONTAGIOUS.
BE IT SEATED IN THE

Lungs or StomaeR, Fkln or Done*, Flesh or
Nerve*.

CORRUPTING THE SOLIDS AND VITIATING
THE FLUIDS.

Chronic Rheumatism, Scrofula, Glandular,
Swelling, Hacking, Dry Cough, Cancerous Affec-
tions, Bleeding of the Lungs, Dysjiepsiu, Water
Brash, Tic Dolerenx, While Swellings, TurndVs,
Ulcers, Skin and Hip Diseases, Female Com-
plaints, Gout, Dropsy, Rickets. Suit Rheum, Bron
chills, Consumption, Kidney, Bladder, Liver Com-
plaints, Ac. PRICE $1 PER BOTTLE.

R. R. R.

RADWAY S READY RELIEF

THE CHEAPEST AND BEST MEDICINE FOR
FAMILY USE IN THE WORLD.

One Fifty Cent Bottle

Will cure more complaints nnd prevent the system
against more sudden utUicke of epidemics ana con-
tagious diseases than one hundred dollars expended
for other medicines or medical attendance.

The moment Radway's Ready Relief is applied
externally— or taken internally according to direc-
tions—urnn. from whatever cause, ceases to exist.

In all cases where pain or discomfort is experi-
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Volume I, Number N.

IT Challiaiu M. (1 Uy Hall Hqr.)

NEW YORK, THURSDAY,

APRIL 1, 1875.

For Forest and Stream.

"SAM.”

WELL, now. I'll tell ye, sir:

D’ye see

Thut lug rock, clutts by the old dead tree!

Me mid my brother Jim cume down that duy,

The cows was astray,

And wc sot on the rock to rest a spell,

Listenin' for old brlndlo's bell.

The sun was jest glttln' a lcotle low.

It wits coollsh-llko, an’ we started to go;

Jim he chucked a end 'er terbacker
Inter the water,

And by-gum, mletcrl

Yoa Jestorter
Seen the splash.

An all fired big trout made a dash,

Grabbed that chaw, an’ then put
Qulcker’n lightenin' under the old root.

Jim, he streaked It heme for a pole,

And I watched the hole.

You’d better believe he come on the jump,

An’ throw ’din by the stump.

I kinder kept back, ready to roller,

Then I heard Jim holler,

Hurrah 8nml I’ve got him; he’s a whale I
An’ then we had it, head an’ tall,

With that trout.

Till we was tuckered out.
lie weighed rlsin’ three pound,

An’ dad showed him round.

That’s his picture ye see drnwed
On the wall
Of the tavern hall;

J/f ' I was ten last Fall. T. W. A.

For Forest and Stream.

§lie Indiana o/f geeclf Tnlie.

YOU will doubtless ask, "Where is Leech Lake?" If
you will take a good-sized map of the United States
I will lead you thither. First find the Mississippi River.
Now trace it up, up, farther yet, to within one day’s
journey of its headwaters, viz. Lake Itasca, and then you
will find me in the centre of the Chippewa Indiau Country.
Here I am comfortably located as U. 8. Physician to the
Leech Lake pillagers and Lake Winnebegoshish band of
the Chippewa Indians. The nearest white settlement is at
Brainerd on the Northern Pacific Railroad, seventy-five
miles south of here.

It would naturally be supposed that up here in this
northern climate we are freezing to death, but this is not
so. The Winters are long but not severe. Snow seldom
falls to a greater depth than from eight to twelve inches,
but remains all Winter, never thawing; the sun shines out
very bright nearly every day. Once this Winter the ther-
mometer touched 38° below zero, but it usually stands 10"
above. When the sun shines out so brightly a stranger
would think that it would melt all of the snow away before
night, but such a thing as an icicle is not seen here during
the Winter in all this cold. Men go about their business
as in warm climes, but, perhaps, with a little more energy.

The Indians are particularly exempt from disease, and
although I have the care of about 1,700, yet a case of
severe sickness I rarely see; aud in the few that arc sick
the vis msdioitrix natur.i is quite prominently observed.
They have their own doctors, or medicine men, as they
arc called, and a regulnr college in which they graduate,
some account of which I may give you in another letter.
It is amusing to listen to their theory of disease, and they
think that if the facts do not correspond with their theory,
so much the worse for the fact9. The Indians have the
utmost confidence in the medicine men, and will often give
everything they possess to them to be cured, and the
doctors make it a rule to get their pay in advance, a plan
that their more enlightened brethren in the profession
might adopt with a profit of an increased bank account.
The Indians are great hands for taking physic, salts, castor-
oil, pills, t&c. ; have a pretty good idea of counter irritation
and cupping; this last they U9e for headache. They
scarify with a piece of flint. For the cup they have a
piece of cow’s horn about four inches long. The small

end the doctor inserts in his mouth and draws. Should
blood not flow sufficient to satisfy the patient, it can easily
be furnished by the doctor’s pricking his teeth.

It is a common practice to bleed themselves in the arm
or foot. They understand bandaging above the point of
opening the vein, and cut with a flint when a lancet cannot
be procured. When I first came here they wanted me to
bleed them. This I refused to do, and tried to convince
them that it was not good for them. Then they would
wnnt to borrow a lancet. I did lend mine to an Indian
but the lancet never came back, so now I have u good ex-
cuse for neither bleeding or lending lancets.

The promise I made of giviug an account of the graduat-
ing of the Indian M. D.’sl will not be able to fulfill this time,
in the absence of tacts which I have not yet been able to
obtain from my iuterperter, owing to his not having suffi-
cient knowledge of the English language to convey intel-
ligently his meaning, so will defer this part until I can
understand more of their native tougue to explain more
fully.

The Indians will not manufacture curiosities for sale
until they suffer from hunger. Then they will work to
satisfy' their appetites. Among the animals nro deer in
abundance, anil occasionally a moose. Otter mink, musk-
rat, bear, black and cinnamon; foxes of all kinds, wolve-
rines, weasels and wild cats, are the principal fur-bearing
animnls, of which the muskrat is the most common.
Thousands of dollars worth of their skins are brought in
by the Indians every year and sold to the trailers on the
reservation. Bears are quite plenty, and at some seasons
do much damage to the settlers on the frontier by stealing
pigs, calves, &c. In the Summer of 1805 bear were so
plentiful on the Upper Mississippi country that every barn
door was ornamented with sufficient skins to cover them.
They are sometimes of enormous size and will fight savagely
when wounded or cornered. The swamp wolf and the
prairie wolf are also very numerous. A few years ago a
bounty was offered for their scalps, which thinned them
out.

But a few years ago buffalo ranged in large gangs a short
distance from us, but settlements and railroads have driven
them West. Of the feathered tribe wo have the wild duck
of every kind in abundance; also geese, swan, pelican,
partridge and prairie chickens, in large quantities. It is not
uncommon to shoot from fifty to one hundred in u few
hours.

The fish are very similar to the fresh water fish of New
York, only are taken in much larger quantities. I dare
not — (in order to preserve my reputation for truthfulness) —
attempt to tell you the number of fish I caught with a hook
and line in a single day, as you would certainly call it a
fish story. One species we have in Leech Lake worthy of
mention is the Lake Superior while fish, which is the finest
fish I ever ate. They are only caught late in the Fall with
nets, and in the Winter are speared through openings
in the ice; they weigh about four pounds each. We
also have the muskHllonge weighing as high as thirty
pounds, which are caught with a hook; they are very
gamey and make exciting work when caught. They re-
semble very much the common pike except in size.

The squaws catch large quantities of white fish as the
cold weather commences; they string litem on sticks by
running them through the tail, ten on a stick; they are
then hung on a scaffold near the wigwam until about
the holidays. When they are frozen hard, they
are taken down aod stored away. Then they hnve all
the fl9h they want during the Winter, and some Indians
have nothing else to eat except some corn or wild
rice which they may have stored. Should a thaw occur
while they are hanging, the air is scented for a long dis-
tance with their putrid bodies, but the Indians like them
quite as well.

The Indians nearly all left here about the 1st of Decem-
ber on their Winter hunt. They are now returning and
are very numerous. They lie around and gamble and smoke
until the 15th of March, when the squaws start for the

sugar camp, anil the Indians then start on their Spring
•hunt, which will keep them away until the hist of May,
when they return and do nothing dining the Summer.
The squaws plant and tend the corn and potatoes.

About the middle of September they commence to
gather rice, which grows in the shallow parts of the lakes.
We often sec ton or fifteen acres of it in a body. When
growing it looks somewhat like oats, but the stalks are
ten or twelve feet long, according to the depllt of tho
water. About (ho first of June, in passing their planta-
tions, tho rico is not vislbio, but about two weeks Infer
it looks like a field of grain, and is of a tlarli green color,
und so thick that tho water cannot be seen. Ah soon ns
tho rico commences to rlpon thou comes tho strugglo be-
tween the ducks, geese and Indians, to see who ahull havo
the crop.

The Indians enter the rico fields in their canoes. Ono
pushes tho canoo through tho rico while two others take
handfuls, bend it over tho sides of tho canoe, and with tho
other hand they beat out tho grain Into tho boat, which Is
then dried, put Into coppor kettles and parched, then
stored into barrels or boxes anil beaten with a stick until
tho husks como off. When winnowuil It to ready for cook-
ing.

I have Just returned from nn Indian danco and will givo
a description of it. I have often wished I could havo my
friends with mo to witness and enjoy the sport. Tho
weather being quite mild, word was sent around that Ihoro
would be a dance at tho truding post, und that two dogs
would be killed and served ns a feast. This was sufficient
to draw together about 150 spectators. They had a barn
cleared out and a stove put in it- In the centre sat on tho
ground eight men around a drum, which resembled a
tamborino, and was two feet in diameter; this was hold
just off tho ground by springs on eucli Hide. Each man
lias a stick about sixteen inches long, with a rag tied
around one entl of It. Outside of this ring sat a ring of
squaws, ami around tho walls of tho building sat I ho
dancers and spectators. All sat on tho floor, In ono part
of the room, in pans ami pails, were the boiled dogs cutup
in pieces, a large pan of brend, pails of boiled rice and
soup. About one-half of the Indians were smoking aud the
other half wero Ailing their pipes.

Occasions of this kind call for all of their adornments,
which aro piled on without regard to location or appro-
priateness. Furs, feathers, bells, bendwork, paint and rib
bone of all hues are brought into servico. It will bo im-
possible to describe the costumes without taking each
separate one, os they differ so much. Some wore common
felt hats, tonic a few bands tied around tho head, and nearly
all had their heads adorned with eagle feathers with their
faces painted in every conceivablo manner and color. I
might as well say that I am only speaking of the men.
The women take no part in these dances except to sing.
Homo wore flannel coats, and most of them wore calico
shirts, with all the bendwork that they possessed hung
around their necks or fastened around their waists, with a
breach clout of heavy black cloth, and a strip of bear skin
over this. Their leggins and moccasins besides, and some
carried swords or war clubs, or tomahawks, &c.

The musicians In the centre commence losing and heat
on the drum, while the squaws join with the tenor. It is
a monotonous ebant but so peculiar that a white man can-
not sing It. After a few moments up jumped an IndiaH,
who doffed Ids blanket and commenced to dance; then
another and another, until twenty live were dancing at once.
In the dance the feot nro scarcely raised from the flo< r,
the knees nrc bent and their bodies sway to anti fro,
keeping time with the music. Sometimes they go half way
across the room in a kind of half inarching and half danc-
ing gait, which is kept up about five minutes, when the
music stops and all squat down iu their pluccs, gather
their blankets around them, fill their pipes and smoko.
After a few minutes the music begins again, when tho
same set, or others who feel inclined to dance, rise and go
through the some performance. During tho lull in the

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dance a chief usually gets up and makes a speech, in which
he recounts their exploits on the war path against the Sioux
or Dacota*, and how many scalps they took. After this an
Indian jumped up with a pan of dog meat and distributed
it around. He stood in the centre of the room looking
around to see who desired some, when he took a piece in
lus hand and touted it to them. The individual would
catch h with the skill of n base ball player. The soup and
nee was pas* cd in large pans, which was drank out of the
pans or eaten with the hand, with the linger crooked In .a
peculiar manner to wive as a spoon; then the pan was
passed to the next until all were served. It is needless to
say I did not take any.

A couple of large pipes, with stems about four feet long,
ami decorated with ribbons and tassels, were filled with to-

‘'red arY- J1,en 10 everyone in the room,

who took a few whiffs. ’

„Ji'fJ?,he.^!acei)ipo>and !he 8“°kine of it indicates
good fellowship. Hk.vuy AIcAIauan, M. D.

February 27 th, 1875. ’

For Forest and Stream

“NUMBER FOUR" AND ITS SURROUND-
INGS.

A MORE appropriate name for this locality would be
Ten tons or “No. One.” It has been No. Fourlong
enough, ami all the time improving. This number means
nothing m particular, as we never heard of No Three or
No Six, but No. One moans something, and I think this de-
lightful resort for the health or pleasure seeker is entitled
to the distinction. My first acquaintance with it extends us
lar back as 185(1. There are doubtless those who visited it
earlier, but I have never found or met them, nor can I now
name one, unless it be the kind friend who introduced me
to the favored spot. I have visited it seven times (on three
occasions a month at a time) during five proprietorships
Fir-t, in the little red house which still holds its own and
more, I found the senior Air. Fenton, a most genial man
the worthy father of the worthy son. We were his only
guests. The next time the grounds had passed into the
hands of Mr. J. B. Lewis, who now keeps a hotel en
route at Beach’s Bridge. Then Alexander Peircev was the
occupant; Fenton and Green followed; and now Fenton
& Hinman are the proprietors. The house stands alone in
its glory; just as an angler’s home, according to my beau ideal
ought to stand, though one or two dwellings for guides
have lately been added. Hammond says in recommending
a visit to the Clinzy, “tarry not a moment at Saratoga-
there, are people there. Stop not at Whitehall, pleasant
though it be, there are people there too.” I have never yet
visited the Cliazy, but have passed by Saratoga and White-
hall often enough on my way to the lakes to make up for
it. r enton s large and commodious house commands from
its rear p„rch and cupola a fine view of Beaver Lake, a vast
amphitheatre of hills and mountain ranges. On the well is
inscribed or printed "The beet water in the world.” No
doubt of it, for this best water is found all through the
region; but I miss elsewhere the inscription, "The most salu-
bnous air in all creation.”

Suppose we take an excursion. All ready? A pleasant
descending walk of half a mile, partly among wild trees
brings us to the lake and wharf, where boats are ready and
waiting. Don’t jump in, but he careful. With or without
guides, as you please, (they are not required here ) let us
row up to the fish hole, as it is called, the hjge basin of
waters formed by the rushing Beaver River where it de-
scends mightily in Spring time down among the rocks
The noise is like rolling thunder. I have heard the roar
and seen the foam ut the remote end of the lake. For the
particular manner of its descent I may refer you respect-
fully to Soulhcy’s description of the way the waters fall
at Lodore. He is very full, graphic, and' explicit. From
the bay, out into the lake, all along the near shores to the
right, onward and upward. “There are no fish in this
lukc," but I fish for them nevertheless, and catch them all
the more. I remember wheu with Air. Lewis, heavy rains
had swollen the lake aud river very high, and I was wait-
for the water to subside, he asked me one morning if I felt
like “taking a turn”; I told him I did, and also that
I would take mv line along. That, ho said, would be en-
tirely useless. I took it, however, thinking it would be en-
tirely useless to fish without it, and two half pound speck-
led aud oue laker was the result. Afterwards under the
Peircey administration I had faith to try italone. The day
was favorable, and hope was inspired. So attaching a
fresh minnow to my hooks, I struck out and let down for a
draught. I had not fished ten minutes in deep water before
a five pounder was on ray line, which in about twenty min-
utes was on tho shore. As I approached the landing I
I fouud a party there who were about starling on a cruise
They surrounded my fish on the green bank, gazed at him
with surprise, made inquiries, and wished they had brought
trolling lines! I took my prize to the house and euioved
the surprise and delight of the landlord and bij wife They
had uever seen such a fish on their premises, if they bad
anywhere else, and were pleased to find what No Four
could pioduce. “What have you been about,” said lie
The wife took the fish in both hands aud then laugh-
ed outright in view of its dimensions. Another man
afterwards caught a similar one, but didn’t meau to
He Was fishing in shallow water for minnows, where a
brook sets in, with pole, lino and large hook A l iker
came lo the same place, at the saute time, and on the same
errand, fishing for minnows. Suddenly the fisherman
found his lino running away aud tried to save it He could
not disengage n from the fish, which accordingly hud to
come aboard. These it is true are exceptional cases for
“there ure no fish in this lake.”

It is do easy tliiug to row too far up stream where the
tide is strong against you. Boats can go up lull in low
water, but in early Spring it is polite here to lund Hnd go
across. “Loud from its rocky caverns the deep-voiceil
neighboring" basin speaks, and— there it is. There with
us broad deep water, its rocky staircase and wild plunges
its thunder und its foam, its surrounding forest, and de-
scending stream, and in their season, its punkies and mos-
quitoes. I have heard and read that these insects, and all
the host of them recognise u freshman iu the woods, and
luittme him wiili t leir peculiar ceremouies into its mysteries
Aly own experience accords with this opinion. Right here
nj ob 1 sutTc.ed niore from them ihuu 1 ever have since or
iSf«V } ‘l:y ‘.'Hiuccd me to change my pluus, und after
all were a blessing in disguise, tor instead of remaining in
these parts wuh the natives to bud manners born, I took a
trip on iliu bt. Lawrence, through the Luclrine rapids, aud

brought up at Montreal. It was a gala-day there. The
city was filled with music and triumphal arches to welcome
home a regiment from the Crimea. 8unday was St.
I eter s day, and I heard then aud there, in French and
English, in Roman, nnd in Protestant that "Thou art Petto-
and on this rock will / build my churc'i” and all because the
pesky flies in this rotunda wouldn’t let me fish among them
in peace. I have caught many an elegant trout here since
among the rocks, and the flies have learned for the most
part to let me alone. I was boating here once with a
friend, when Chuuucey Smith and another with his Lout
put in appearance. We hailed them with the sbibooleth
what luck, when the old trapper held up an enormous fox
fresh from tho traD that morring. It is said he is still in
possession of a rifle, with which alone, he claims to have
Hhot 1.200 deer, at latest accounts. This is the man who
figures so extensively in the Perry Smith and Wallace book,
page loo. Whoever relers to it wild find a specimen of
his writing, his signature and his advice. The document
appears to he signed by A Little Whiskey, but it is not.

1 Ills is oniy part of his advice. The last time I met him
he seemed very happy, going homo with a single trout,
which he had caught "for the old woman." There comes
in Sunday Creek, so called, it may be, because there is
good fishing iu it on Sunday’s, or becuuse that is the favor-
ite day for visiting it. Who knows? I ounce fished it on
a week Guy, and caught about 150 with flies, two or three
at a time, with the design «f pickling them, which I also
did. N B. — Trout well spiced aud pickled arc very good
for the table.

Descending the river from the lake we pass a large island
on the right, and soon after u spot on the left where 1 tiave
been accustomed to look out for deer, having seen them
there, a brace at a time. The first place of iutcrest ut
winch we arrive, at the point where Aide- Creek comes in,
is called “The Bridge." No bridge is there, or sign of any,'
unless it be a submerged beam, which suggests Unit there
might have been a bridge there formerly, and the beam-ends
ot u 1 Ins wuter-logged timber is very annoying to ang-
lers lying transversely just where they want to fish, and
with the aid of the current hooking their hooks. I always
wish to speak within hounds, but it is no exaggeration to
say that there must be less than 200 hooks now fastened in
that one log. I have seen the water there boiling with the
springs of the salmo fontinalis, but not lately. Last Alay
on the evening of my arrival at the house, a gentleman
came in with a good suing of trout numerically, caught
there and elsewhere, hut I was sadly disappointed to see
their contrast in size with those caught ten years ugo. Fur-
ther on there is a graceful bend or curve in the stream
around a rocky island, where I have often been very suc-
cessful with the fly, and felt myself the happiest of the
happy. With good health, leisure and means to improve
it, m such a charming pool at evening, reeling in one large
trout alter another, j envied no one, nor coveted anything
hut— another rise! After this there is a succession of fulls
on the Beaver for a mile or two, varied, yet always interest-
!DS- 4 11 H ^ur|g Iriend and Air. Fenton I visited them
iu 72. Arrived at the first we disembarked, anil Air. Feu-
ton attaching one end of a very long rope to the boat, and
holding fast the other, let the bout gently take its course.

U, royal sight,’ as Alurray would explain, to see that
ahell, stern foremost and nobody iu it, tossed on the raging
waters among the rocks, making it safe descent to the river
below.

“All aboard for second falls," and soon we were gliding
pleasimtly along, and continued so to do, till we came tb
ubrupt twists and turns, where the river was condensed in
its channel, when friend and myself took the shore, aud
steadfastly pursued our way through the adjoining woods,
till after a while turning a point, we were surprised to dis-
cover Air Fenton in the boat hovering on the verge of a
heavy fall, preparing this time to go over it. He used his
oars as a hawk would his wings when about to make u
swoop. Steadily, steadily, till his position was just as he
desired, wheu instantly he curved his forward way, and at
the loot of the falls commenced a series of nolens volens cir-
cumgyrations which were not in his programme. Involun-
tarilv be described circles one after another very amusin'
to behold, and constituting again a “royal sight to see.”
Below this point the river soon becomes impassable for
boats, being condensed into a narrow channel of solid stone
and rushing with mad impetuosity to leap a precipice. So
securing our boat, we all proceeded afoot over a stone pave-
meut, aud among branches of wild trees to the High Falls
I he prospect there is very circumscribed. Iu no direction
except vertically, can the eye see fa. ; hut what is seen is
sublimely picturesque. The walls on the farther side are
very high, aud the tails are very deep, hut I cannot give
the dimensions of the depth and height. Air. Fenton ex-
tended himself back upward on a rocky shelf just large
enough to hold him, which overhung the chasm, and ad-
dressed a hue to the inhabitants below, if any were there-
but there was no response. No progeny bewailed the loss
ot tlieir progenitors, nor anxious mother knew that her
juvenile was out.

But I wish while returning to tell you something about
G rooked Lake, the trail of which commences at First Fulls
W e read iu •'Babes iu the Woods," page 2G3 that ‘This
lake ls straight as an arrow; hence its very appropriate
name. I am surprised at this statement. The lake is
straight as an arrow as first seen fro.,, the landing, and as
the shank of a hook is straight. But would you cull the
bend of a hook straight? The lake is thus shaped, very
much like a hook, long, straight aud crook ed, i. e. like a
crook— und “hence its appropriate name." O, I have had
choice sport in this lit le lake, so competcly secluded and
isolated from the world. I was first piloted lo if by the
senior Mr. Fenton; but this visit being lute in June served
chiefly as an introduction. It was too late for good fish-
mg. But I have since visited it often, aud never without
reward. One morning with Air. Agau, Mr. Lewis, aud
others, m May 00 I visited it. The boats then were dug-
outs, and the party filled the two which the lake contained
1 recollect several incidents connected with that excursion.

Air. Eewis with his men had taken a very different direc-
tion from Danfred, (the guide) with his. As he approached
us afterwards, he called out reproachfully to Danfred for
takiug us to that part of ilie lake, asking wliut lie meant

A large trout imii.ediut-ly pulled in was his ouly reply.

•Mr. Lewis paddled faster towards us, and it was iu that
part of the lake tkul we all had best luck. At lime of
lira cli we drew up to the island. Mr. Lew.s’ boat first ar-
rived, and his meu called lo us to kuow how maiiy We
answered “ten." Promptly they responded "eleven.”

But we were not In yet, and they were. Another moment
and we too bad eleyeu, aud so were even, though the largest

were with us. We returned home that day with sixty
weighing forty pounds, thus averaging two thirds of i
pound each. This was great success for that lake, and to
the best of my knowledge and belief has never been sur-
passed—since at least, though I know not what may have
happened long before. The next day some returned and
cuuglit. thirty-five. Unless re-stocked, it is not likely that
the lake will ever do as well again, os the fishing there has
greatly degenerated in latter years.

After this I revisited the lake with Air. Lewis, when it
was two late to fish, but we had memorable sport with a
deer. Alem. No gun. We espied him in broad day at a

distance of a quarter of a mile. Immediately I laid down
my rod. took posit iou, and became a statue. No sound
was to he heard, or motion observed as we made for him.
When the deer raised his head Air. Lewis did not even
paddle; when the head was down, that was all he did.
In this way we gained steadily on him till I could have
reached him with my rod, for he was not a rod away.
We gazed at him, and he ut us, for several minutes. He
even approached us. A blackbird in the bushes disturbed
him more than we; till at lenglit when we were satisfied
lie npi ailed and skedaddled In ’70 with Air. Fenton I
visited the lake with gun, and we returned loaded down
with ninety pounds of venison, having shot at night a
uolde buck. Last Spring it was my good fortune to take from
this lake the largest trout on record ever caught from it,
weighing two and three eights of a pound. I have caught
far larger ones often elsewhere. The next fish caught
there may weigh more Still I do not object as an amder
to hold so innocent a belt, or sprig of laurel, till some bro-
ther of the angle takes it fairly away. My daughter being
with me this time, at Number Four, a lady biddiug her
good night hoped she would rest well, and iu the morning
"catch one biqyer than your father.” So I rejoice with
trembling aLteo n.

Utica, February 1875.

For Forest and Stream.

DEER HUNTING ON GRASbY POND.

I VENTURE to send you a few incidents connected with
a trip through Northern New York during the Sum-
mer of 1873.

Joe, George, Lyme, my brother Hack nnd myself, were
in camp on the 2d of August, about six miles north of tho
junction of the Cedar and North rivers, on the shore of
the third and the largest of a chain of beautiful lakes
seven in i umber (Chain Lakes.) Our guide Ilarvey was a
jewel, a thorough woodsman, and no matter how much we
required of him, his face always wore the same genial
smile. We had had glorious luck fishing in all the ponds
and streams in the vicinity, and had" killed numberless
partridges, hut had failed, as yet, to get a deer, though we
had hunted every night for a week. But one night ns
George ana I came in from a fishing excursion Harvey
said to me, “Hack and I are going to try Grassy Pond to-
night; I saw to-day that lots of the ‘critters’ hud been in
. there. Don’t you want to go along?”

Tired as I was, I threw down my basket of fish and
began to prepare to accompany them. Just at. dusk we
got into our canoe, nnd paddled down through third and
second lakes; then shouldering our guns we struck into the
densest, darkest forest you c-an imagine. After a tramp of
about two miles, through what seemed a succession of
wind-falls, we suddenly came to a beautiful little sheet of
water as smooth as glass. Creeping carefully down to the
shore, we stepped into the canoe and pushed noiselessly
out. Hack was to have the first half of the night and T
t he second; so paddling across to an ol 1 camping ground I
stepped out, and after starting a little smudge, I lit my pipe
and sat down to await events. * v v

The night was bright enough so that I could discern quite
plainly the whole surlace of the little lake. I could see
the dark object, which I knew to be the canoe gliding
Slowly along. I lay there watching and listening for nearly
an hour, and being tired with my day’s tramp was just
dozing off, when I was brought back to conciousness bv a
slight noise on a point which jutted out about sixty rods
Irom me, and in a few moments a noble buck stepped out
into the full moonlight, I observed the canoe, which was
just, opposite me, stop, and in a moment the jack was
lighted. The buck saw it instantly, up went his stately
old head, and he stood there like a statue, hut instead of
coming toward me and the deer, they moved in exactly the
opposite direction. Presently came a stream of fire^ and
the loud report echoed away among the mountain’s- a
splash iu the water, and all was still. The canoe’s head
was gradually swung to one side, presently "snap" went a
cap; a moment’s pause, “snap" went another; then a dark
figure rises iu the canoe and a voice exclaims
“Ilarve ! shall I throw my gun at him?"

“No ! sit down and load up; we’ve got one anyway. By
George I if I had a pike-pole I could have run it through
that little ‘cuss.’" °

Then all is stillness again. I afterward found out the
meaning of these performances. The first discharge drop-
ped a buck just in the edge of the water, while two others
stood in {Jain sight, and waited until two caps were snap-
ped at them, and Hack spoke before they took alarm. The
next that, I knew was about au hour after, when I was
awakened out of a sound sleep by a second report. I
leaped to my feet and saw the canoe just striking shore
nearly in the same place as before. Some one jumped out
with the jack and I could restrain my impatience no longer
aud called out, “Have you got him?" “Got him I Of
course we have,” and iu twenty minutes they were back
where I sat.

“Well! I’ve got two ; now you go and try your luck,” said

1 1 HC K •

So picking up my gun, I tvas soon in the canoe closely
scamuug the shores nnd listening for the slightest sound.
We had proceeded in this way a short distance when
“crackle ” “crackle"— “crash !" went something, and turn-
ing quickly, a sight met my eyes that, I think I never
shall forget. Hack was evidently endeavoring to get
warm, as he had a flic started that threatened soon to
assume forminable proportions, and he, himself was just
coming rato sight staggering under nearly a whole tree-top.

By tins time the fire had blazed up so that the whole pond
was ns light as day I fell the canoe begin to tremble, and
glancing around, I saw Harvey nearly convulsed with
laughter.

“There be comes with another snag— ha ! ha 1 ha 1 We
might os well give up hunting now— he I he ! he ! but we’ll
pay him off.”

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So paddling directly to shore, where they had killed their
last deer, he stepped out and dragged the carcass into the
canoe nnd pushed off.

"Now light up, and when I paddle you up to shore, flro
your gun into the bushes.”

I did as requested; blazed away into the bushes, and as
soon as the canoe touched shore, leaped out with the
jack; Harvey followed, and after busying ourselves on
shore for a while, paddled back to the fire.

"Did you get him?" said Hack.

"Cotne ana see, ” was the reply.

"By George I" said Hack, "lie’s bigger than either of
mine, 'aint he?”

It being still Dearly three hours before light, we "turned
in." I was awakened just at light by Harvey, who said
“we must go and gel the other dear and get ready to start
for camp." So after getting the one that was In the canoe
down to the end of the pond nearest the lakes, we started
for the others, which they had hung up the night before.
As the enuoe struck shore, Hnck leaped out in a moment,
"Where's my deer?"

"By George 1 I guess the bears or wolves have got him,"
Harvey managed to say, and then we could control our-
selves no longer, and the mountains echoed again with our
peals of laughter, in which, as soon as he found that his
deer was safe, Hack joined.

Half nn hour after Hack was plodding along some dis-
tance behind the rest, with a saddle of venison on his
shoulders, which, to make more secure, he had tied on.
Our trail ran along in one place, just at the foot of a high
ledge of rocks, at one end of which was a large hornet's
uest. To avoid this Hack struck up onto the hill, intend-
ing to go around it, but, after some hard walking, he found
himself on the edge of this ledge, with the trail thirty feet
below him. So sitting astride of a fallen tree, he attempted
to climb and 6lide down. When about bulf of the descent
was made, his pantaloons caught on a knot, and being of
stout ma'eriul, suspended him in mid-air, with the venison
hanging from his shoulders. In this position he huug for
some moments, when the cloth happily giving way, ho
reached the bottom with nothing more serious than a few
bruises; and picking himself up, he soon joined the rest.
An hour after we were in camp, celebrating our good luck,
well satisfied with our night's experience on Grassy Pond.

0. H. F.

For Forest and Stream.

FISHING— THE "COMING ROD," AND
SOMETHING MORE.

I

WAS much interested, as doubtless were many others,
in perusing the article in your recent issue on the " Com-

ing Bass Rod.”

It must be coufessed that the pleasure of the sportsman
consists not more in the quantity of game killed, whether
of " Fur, Fur or Feather," than in the skill and nicety with
which the thing is done. The instruments with which a
man works, must be taken into the account ; siuce, for the
time being, they become a part of the man himself. We
know that long companionship with an old rifle, an old rod,
horse or dog, begets an attachment not easily sundered.
Natty Bumpo with his Long Tom, is not a solitary excep-
tion in history or in fact. To reason here, "is treason
against nature." Your correspondent has a pet rod— his
companion for more than tweuty years in Summer tramps
dowu mountain gorges, along meadow strenms, and on riv-
er banks. It never betrayed a trust. In form, action, reac-
tion and endurance, it is unrivalled. It was manufactured
by MoBride, the most expert rodsman I ever knew. His
humble cottage was ou the banks of the far-famed Culeclo-
uian Springs.

It was here I first learned to cast the line— slow process—
often discouraged— practical teachers. They will ever have
a warm place in my heart’s memory. Now this rod must
be our Summer companion till the journey ends. Having
begun with it, we must end with it. Still, wo would advise
those in t he initiatory stages of the act to heed the sugges-
tions of the inventor of the proposed “ bass rod." "Words
filly spoken"— yes, t'>ere is a “ fitness" in the time, no less
than in the thing. There is more than a moiety of genuine
satisfaction arising from the proprietorship of a well fin-
ished gun or rod. It has much to do with a man’s spirits,
elevating or depressing, whether he finds an opportunity to
use them or not. It lightens the journey — quickens the
vision— assists the hearing and gives intrepidity to the mau.
It I may be allowed the expression, it socializes itself with
yourself. It keeps whispering how ire could do it, and how
we will, if tiie opportunity offers. You don’t say anything
to your real living comrade about these silent correspond-
ences, for fear be may think there is a speck of vanity un-
der the belt; but you do respond, unwittingly it may be,
with au oft-iepealed grip of genuous pride.

Now, whether a bass-rod can be made in general conform-
ity to tlmt " typical” or model " rod," remains to be seen.
We hope it is so; and, for other reasons tlmu those sug-
gested by the idealizer of the forthcoming rod. Trout ure
diminishing — bass are multiplying — they are found in al-
most every latitude, and from the Atlantic to the Pucific
Ocean. They are a beautiful fish — fond of their native ele-
ment, and, will struggle to retain a foothold or firm hold
within the limits of their liquid realm as persistently as
their more princely relatives.

Right here the question comes up whether the deeply
seated prejudice on the part of the euthusiast in troul-
ing, against other kinds of fishing, does not arise, in part
at least, from the fact that he must lay aside his " model
rod" for one of birch, hemlock or bamboo, with as he says,

" a tow string tied on to the end of it"— a little too great a
stepping down— a knight of the rod and the reel, to clothe
himself in the armor of boyhood. Altogether too com-
mon. Now, if this same man could flourish over river and
lake a rod equal in everything of grace and beauty to his
" pet rod," would it not remove a large share of this preju-
dice? If so, we may indulge the pleasiug reflection, that
should trout disuppear from all our waters, and the time
come when we shall be casting our last line, those who
come after us may participate iu sports os enjoyable as were
ours.

We remarked that the pre-heralding of the " comiDgrod"
was timely. Since 1850 progress in the construction of
guns, and the art of gunnery, has more than kepi pace
with implements of art in agriculture and commerce. This
is owing in part, no doubt, to the fact that these are our
defences in case of need, and, when all other methods of
arbitrament have failed— an important part of the muni- I

tions of war. We may also add. that the opening up, by
railway extensions, of vast regions of territory unknown
to our fathers, abounding in large game, has helped to call
out and practicable the inventive genius of thousands in
this direction.

During this same time hut little has been taid and less
done to etraip the angler for his sport— sport, which to him
lms all the fascination nnd chulleges the utmost skill of the
chase. If then, there ia a demand In this line of pleas
ure, honor to him who shall do anything to meet the exi-
gencies of the case. Now is the time to agitate the sub-
ject. T rue, the rivers and buys are now looked fast in fet
tors of ice; but >f it is true that " the thing that belli been,
it is that which shall be; and tlmt which Is done, is that
which shall be done; and tlmt there Is uo new tiling under
the sun, then may we expect tlmt some unseen power will
unbar the icy doors and the waters will flow again as freely

rods'13 inVUing y 1X3 iu day9 of yore- Get your model

We would not have the general reader, or gentle reader
take for granted that rod, reel and line, will of tbcmselvei
lusure success.

" Pray," asked a novice in the aot of painting "Mr
Optc, with what do you mix your colors?" " with brains
sir, wits the tart reply — full of meauing — contains volumes
of detail. Iu point is the old story of 8ir Joshua Rey-
nolds when solicited by one of the fraternity to look at one
of Ins pictures. After looking it all over with the mind of
a finished artist, said he, “capital composition — correct

drawing— the color, tone, chiaroscuro excellent; hut

bHl — ~ w,ulls hang it. it wants that!" simp-

ping his fingers; wanting in "that," it was wanting Iu the
very Hung which makes the tout of a picture, if it has any
There is uuity in the two auswers. The thing wanted in
both cases was tlmt indefinable something, yclept genius, or
to be a little more specific, an inborn aptitude to the thing
the man is after. It will be douu all the better, If for the
lime the mind is untrammcled of rules and theories always
executed con amore, just ns the thrush sings, and tlic lamb
frolics, and the eagle mounts towards the sun. Patrick
Henry lmd genius, as demonstrated iu that one master
speech, that shook the very foundation of the British
throne; but whoever else? A merchant Tailed; a farmer
failed; merchant again failed. A great deal is said of Ins
sporting propensities; “loitering a.vav time, augling in
and sleeping upon the banks of streams," in the regions ad-
jacent to the family home. He iiud an inborn aptness for
idleness and sleeping, but no one records tlmt be was apt ai

catching fish. We are almost certain bo was not. Of all
pursuits, that of the sportsman has nothing cognate to, or
in fellowship with indolence. If you have ever been so
unfortunate as to be caught with such a field mate, " woe
be the day," and " woe” to your patieoce.

It lms been said, tlmt in the strife of human affairs, two
qualities are esseuliul to greatness, "power and prompti-
tude." It will answer our purpose to use instead, presence
of mind and readme.*# of action. Both are needed, and al-
most at the same instant ; and that instant is just when the
unlooked for emergency conies— come It will to the geuend
in the field, to the pilot ou the sea, and to the sportsman
oftener than to any other; and when it comes it must be met
instantly. No time to consult books or charts, or counsel
your friends— scarcely your own thoughts. In these emer-
gencies correct logic and prompt action must be co-exist-
ent and co-operative— either may be, and the other wanting.
In such cases the result is a failure. All remember in tlmt
matchless story of “ Roll and His Friends," of the fl-dit
between the little " Bull Terrier" and " Yarrow," the shop
herd’s dog. To save poor “ Yarrow" from being throttled
to death by the game chicken, one cried, " throw on water;"
another, "bite his tail.” Theu came from the crowd 'a
ready man— England man too— he "bit the tail;" but "hang
it," the wrong one— the wrong tail. Action without thought
—kin to the man, who, ou a .sudden emergency, barred the
door with a “ boiled carrot/"

Something more I want to say. Tho opinion Is quite cur-
rent that fishing is an indolent, luzy sort’ of recreate n, and
llie only reason why Daniel Webster was so fond of the
sport was, it was so congenial to his peculiar temperament
Whereas it was Hie very reverse. While it took his thought-
from the corroding anxieties of public life, It uroused ull
his dormant energies— giviug tone, muscle and nerve, bone
and sinew to the mind. No, no, merely to gratify a consti-
tutional temperament of the phlegmatic type a man would
not at sixty-five years of age be out of bed uud on the
streams before the suu had risen.

This is a recreation tlmt offers no attractions and proffers
no compensation to the man hunting for ease, at least of
bone and muscle — there is uo uuimulisin about it, unless It
is in the animal you have .sent racing over the bills or glid-
ing through the waters. It does give rest, appetite und
sound sleep to the man, long overtaxed with the sturdy re-
alities and petty annoyances of life.

Before closing I wish to utter my protest against the no-
tion quite current that these spoiling expeditions ure mere
lotteries— wholly a luck and chance business. Hence tiie
oft-repealed question, at decline of day, as one turns his
steps homeward orcampward, “ what luck?" stupid! Whv
not ask the lawyer as he comes from his oliice, or the me-
chanic from his shop, or the farmer from his farm, after a
hard day’s toil. What luck? Pluck is a sturdy vii bio-
whole-hearted— energy— wc know what it means. It means
be something — do something. Luck is simply, ‘ nans teeth,
sans eyes, suns taste, sans every thiug.’ " It is nothing—
never did anything— don’t know anything. Ask rather,
what success? nineteen coses out of twenty, the true sports-
man can answer, good. An utfirinative answer does not
always imply that you have a trout in your creel or a quail
in your bug; and yet, the day to uu intelligent sportsman
may have been a success; at some future lime I may un-
dertake to prove tbe statement true, if any Judge the same
to be problematical. Therefore, give us the best fish cul-
turists, the best game protectionists, the best guns, Hip best
rods, und tho best men to use thorn, and there will yet be
“a good time coming." M.

/fcr flwi and WrMin

AMONG THE SEA ISLANDS OF GEORGIA.
nnouauTON island.

Rats. — To baDish rats plant asphodel near the barn or
stable where they are, or put some in their holes. Rats
have such an aversion for this plant that they will quit the
premises where it is. If they are in druius or in cellars,
scatter sulphate of iron (conperusj into their runs. The
copperas should not he dissolved; it is our best and cheap-
est disinfectant. The tulphuric acid burns their feet, and
they leave In a short time without dying. This will he
appreciated by every housekeeper thut lias hud to endure
tbe steneb of a dead rat.

THE history of Broughton Island begins with It* cou-

and * * Thn l<i ,'°Vl Joha Howu bv King Gem go of
and. * he Island was settled uud a portion of it
planted with indigo about tho yeur 1781. Daring 1730 It
was sold by iu owner for fifteen thousand pounds sterling

Ih iT^ eTsTiffi; U |F Akl“’ Purcb,u*d Brougl.to*
w IIII Its live or six thousand acres some three years since

and has thoroughly repaired tho flood-gates, euiouidTmeuts'
and buildings, puttlug the rice plantation of -ill? acre* of
(h« neil am1 dyke.l hmds Into flrsl-cliu* condition, so that

tlon r,o \C |Unlf‘UiPI* y of1l'lboF un ttVer»Ro crop of oeurly
W 00° bushels of rice can ho raised. These largo improve-
ments, together with the erection of a steam rlce-thinahlnv
ami cleaning mill, ample enclosures for stock, Ac. Ac*
huvo omit tho present owner some seventy five thousand
dollars during the past three years.

Broughton Islam! might well bo called a principality. It
, U8 1“rk'« as a small German duchy, and the burning
shooting nnd fishing grounds In Its Immediate vicinity
afford tho greatest variety of sport to the lms pit able
owner and his guests. lf0 Is a bachelor and owner of
sovern properties. Many a Northern man, before a.ul
since the lale unhappy war, lias partaken or his hospitality
rue south hruuch ol tho Altfttnuha River forms ihu boundary
ul one side o( the Island It Is a wide, strong river, which
allows steamers drawing ten feet of water to approach the
plantation landing During the Winter suiuor. of the
Iresheta, the rich sediment from the upper country being
held in suspension by the river waters is allowed to deposit
Itself like that of the Nile, and annually fertilize the land.
The Uood-gates are opened anti the waters from the river
enter through the omhunkmentH and flood the laud which
is to yield tho rice crop of the year. During the lovely
weather of the Winter season in Decomher the stubble of
Hie last crop ia burned off Hie land. Juuuury Is the plough-
ing month, while the Northern Stales are covered in n
mantle of annw. Tho harrow pulverizes the ploughed
field . The planting of the rice commences in March, prior
to the firm Spring tides, und planting continues ut Intervals
until June, the ground being covered by water let in Irmu
tbe fresh water river to u depth of a foot or two tor six or
eight days to sprout the seed Four or five days idler tho
wutcr is drawn off Hie rice sends up Its dellcaie gnuu
needle-like shoots, Then a second Irrigation follow*, last-
ing I toil ten to thirty days, which Is called the "sirotcU
How" bccauHO It stimulates the young shoots to stretch up-
ward rapidly. The water is drawn off, uud hoeing and
hand-weeding follow. After two weeding" and hueiii; •
are finished, the rice flelda being thoroughly cleaned, wut. r
is again let on to (lie plantation from thu river, and i tie
crop is irrigated from six to teu weeks, or until the net»
ripens sufficiently to be cut Tho waters me drawn off and
the sickle is act at work, the rice bundh d into sheaves and
piled up Into "ricks," where It goes through, during ten to
tit teen days, a sweating process, theu hardens uud become#
flinty.

Tho Broughton Island plantation possesses a fine new
steam thrashing and cleaning mill, through whltn the nco
paws before it is 111 for market.

Tho wages of field hands are $20 per month with rations.
Homo room Is furnished to Ills hands by the planter with-
out cliurgu. The averugo crop of rice Is forty bushel-, to
the acre A good crop will amount t . fifty, and even to
sixty bushels per acre On a well improved plantation Hie
cost of cultivating and making u crop of rice is about $;J(J
per acre.

Having examined the books of tho Broughton Island
plantation I find that the profits on the crop* raised aro
about one hundred per cent on the capital Invested in
making the crop. Most planters pay for the mouey they
borrow twenty per cent per annum, uud unless excellent
managers, find it impossible to make the business yield
anything more than a living. Whore u plainer ia not com-
pelled lo borrow nt higher rates tbun seven per ceui, it he
is uu enterprising man and possesses a first clu** plantation,
in good order, even with the demoralized luhor of the
Southern States, he finds rice plautiug still a very profitable
business.

Near Broughton, AUumulia 8ound, and the rlvora nnd
creeks which empty Into It, furnish most excellent Ibhing
grounds througuout the year. You can take your choice
in the matter of Halt or fresh water sport. Iu the Sound
are immense numbers of sea buss, spotted bom, drum,
sheepsbeud, "young drum," whiting, croaker, weak fish,
yellow tails, besides oysters, clams, cruhs, shrimp, prawn,
terrapin, Ac , Ac.

On the wide rivers which form tho boundary lino of
Broughton, you will And terrapin, soft shelled turtles,
brunm, trout, rock fish, perch, (three or four species,) and
matijt other kinds in their scumoii. Tho uplands in tho
vicinity of the island offer excellent sport in the way of
doer, coon and fox hunting. Ducks and other wild fowl
frequent the sounds und rivers, Wild turkeys, partridges,
English snipe, woodcock, turtle doves, with hares in
ubundunce, must not he forgotten in making up u list of
the shooting resources of this part of the Georgia coast.
The time is uot distant when Northern men possessed of
capital will no longer cross the ocean iinuually to e-capo
a severe Northern Winter, but will purchase a Winter
house In their own country among these lovely sen islands
where land is cheap, uud u good living can be obtained at
u very reasonable coat. An estate like Broughton Island,
with ull Its Improvements, can bo purchased at one Hurd of
its real value before the war, while abandoned estates ure
considered worth hut very little mouey.

N. II. Bi*uot>.

—Tho national debt of France Is $1,000,000,000; of
Great Britain, $3, 000, 000, 000; United Slates, $2,2UU 000 000
I till v, $1,050,000,000; Spain, $1,875,000,000; Austria $t ’
750,000,000; Russia, $1,700,000,000; German Empire’ *1 ’
000,000,000; Turkey, $075,000,000; India, $650,000,00(1.
Great Britain, Russia and the German Empire huv*. de-
creased their debt within the lost two years. Tire nett in-
crease of the debts of the above powers within the same
period amounts to $1,735,000,000.

—On tho 15th March the icc ull went out of the Schuyl-
kill River, uud on the dav following Mr. Gillingham, (ho
Secretary of tho Schulklil Navy, oujoyed Hie Oral row of

tbe wason.

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For Forest and Stream.

LIVE SHAD.

BY LIVINGSTON STONE.

EARLY the next morning after the accident to the first
California nq arium car in 1873, I received a tele-
gram from Hon. Spencer P. Baird, the head of the United
Stales Commissioner of Pish and Fisheries, to come East
with my mi n, and without delay to take out a lot of live
shad to California under the auspices of the United States
Fish Commission. At six o’clock in the afternoon of Wed-
nesday, June '-’Bill, I left the New York 8tRtcshad hatching
camp at Castlcton, on the Hudson, with 40,000 young shad,
packed in eight ten gallon cans. They had been Just taken
from the shad hatching boxes in the the river by Mr. Mon-
roe Green, and appeared very healthy and lively, but they
looked so frail and delicate that it seemed almost a hope-
levs i-.sk to undertake to carry them alive 3,000 miles and
deposit them in a river at the other extremity of the conti-
nent. There were four of us in all at the start— Mr. H. W.
Webber, Mr. W. T Perrin. Mr. Myron Green, and myself.
Mr. Welsher accompanied us as far as Omaha, and the suc-
cess of the expedition is largely owing to his skill and ex-
perience. The remaining three went through to California
with the shad. Beside the eight cans containing the fish,
our outfit consisted of one similar can filled with water for
a reserve, two or three pails and dippere, a thermometer,
and the apparatus for changing the water. This apparatus
and its use demand a few words of explanation. The re-
quirements demanded for keeping young shad alive in
transit are radically different trorn those involved in carry-
ing any other li-li, I believe, that have yet been experi-
mented will). They require change of water, of course,
like any other fish, but they always scatter indiscriminately
through all portions of the water containing them instead
of dropping to the bottom of their can and remaining
quietly there, as is the custom with my young trout and sal-
mon. In consequence of this, the water cannot be dipped
out and thrown away to make room for fresh supplies with-
out dipping out amt throwing away the fish with it. It
heroines necessary therefore to separate the fish from the
Water before renewing it. To accomplish this the appa-
ratus in question is formed of a cylinder two inches in
diameter, made of very fine copper wire netting, and about
ns long as the can is deep. The bottom is closed with the
same netting. The top is open. In eonnectiou with this
is used a piece of half inch rubber tubing, six feet long.
To change the water, the wire cylinder is thrust into the
can to any desirable depth; the water immediately enters
the cylinder through the wire net-work, which also keeps
tile fi»h out. One cud of the rubber hose is now dropped
into the cylinder, the other end being placed in the pail or
cun intended for the wuste water. The water being started
in the hose by applying suction at the lower end in the
pail, it acts at once as a syphon, and begins to draw the
water out of the cylinder. As the fish cannot get into the
cylinder. Iho water is drawn off without drawing off the
fish. When a sufficient quantity has been removed, the
cylinder and t-yplion are taken out, and the spare room in
the cun replaced by putting in fresh reserves of water very
carefully with u dipper. Thus the changing of the water
is salely accomplished. This very simple, ingenious, and
effective method is the invention of Seth Green.

'I he conditions requisite in transplanting living young
Bhad sately are substantially as follows:—

1. To Dinko conMnnt changes of water.

2. To keep tho temperature of the water within specified limits,
flsn UVOU1 “uddl“ chuuei® of temperalnro in the cans containing the

■J. To avoid any agitation of the water in die cans.

6 To furnUh cousiuut supplies of water containing minute natural
food.

ti To guard vigilantly against tho use of water In the least degree un-
wboletomc.

Any luiluro to fulfill the above conditions will be imme-
diately loilowed by fatal results. In our case, tho water
wus changed every two hours night and day for the first
half of tliu trip, and alrno-t every hour for tho last half.

As we hud eight chus of fish, and were seven days and
nights on the wav, we made almost a Ihousund changes of
water. The labor, of course, was almost incessant. It
wus like wulkiug a thousand miles in a thousand hours.

It 1ms bee u ascertained that a lower degree of tempera-
ture tbun iw0 Fuliienhcit, or a higher degree than 75° F. is
unfavorable to young shad. It becomes necessary Ihcre-
lqrc to kei p the water in the cans between these two points,
viz: 02° F. and 75 F. Most trips with shad are made in
warm weather, and in a warm climate, and the main diffi-
culty is to gel the water cool enough, which can easily be
done with ice. On our overland journey, however, we
pusseu through a very cold climate in crossing the high
ridges of the continent. Indeed, at one poiul on the Iiocky
Mountains it snDweu in I lie duy time, although almost the
lust ul July, and at these high altitudes the nights were
always very cold. To keep the temperature of the water
up to u sale point under these circutuslauces, in a cold car
with no file m it, uud with reserves of water which them-
6el.es w ere cold, was no easy matter. 8uddcn changes of
lempirutute are very injurious, aud sometimes fatal. If
we could have simply put a piece of ice iu the cans, or
Lave puied iu some warm water when it became necessary
to depress or ruUe the temperature, the work of keeping it
right would Jin ye been comparatively simple; but to be
obliged to grade it us we did, by u slow process of prepar-
ing l no wuier ueforehand, and then to affect the tempera-
ture ut the cans only two degrees at a lime, was a compli-
cated work Five sieps became necessary to regulate ibe
temperature, (a) To heat the irons iu the engine luruuce.

Ity 1 o heat waier with these irons, (c) To wurm the reserve
water used lor a chaDge by placing a vessel of it iu the
waier heuied by the irons, [d) To make the change with
the pupated reserve, (d) To continue alteriug the tempera-
ture in i his way — two degrees at u lime — until the desired
poiut wii» reached. To work all night at this, iu a moving
runway car, in a cold climate, with the temperature of the
water lulling taster than you can possibly raise it, two do
g.eea at a line, fiy the mo.-t active exertions, while all the
liine me lives ol the tlsh aud the success of the whole ex-
peuJUou aie hanging iu the baluuce, is no child's play. It
was like tne micieui puuiahmeut of being fastened to a
pump, up to oue’s chm in water, which rose as fast as the
most vigorous pumping could keep it down.

Agitaiiou ol the water, which is to the utmost degree
ben. nctul to young trout and salmon, is equally injurious
VO shad. To avoid this, shad are carried iu lull and (com-

paratively) slender cans, instead of in broad and shallow
vessels, as with trout and salmon. These cans, which have
rather a narrow neck, are filled up to the narrowest point
with water. By these precautions, the motion of the trains
is almost entirely prevented from agitating the water. In
supplying the fresh reserve, care is taken to place the water
in very gently. As our cans were properly made, having
been prepared under the direction of the very efficient as-
sistant of Prof. Baird, Mr. James M. Milner, we ln.d no
trouble from the motion of the train agitating the water.

To furnish the fish with constant supplies of water con-
taining minute natural food is obviously necessary nfter
fish are two or three days old, and the yolk sac absorbed,
for then they are ready to feed- Nearly’ all creatures, as is
well known, when first born, require, with great frequency,
supplies of nourishment to replace the waste produced by
the vital processes; but with fish this is particularly true,
and especially so with young shad. The warmer the water,
other things being equal, the greater is the amount of nu-
triment in it. We had no particular trouble on our jour-
ney on Ibis score.

To avoid the use of water in the least degree unwhole-
some various precautions are employed. Passengers and
railrond employees on the train are consulted as to the char-
acter of the water ahead. If it is ascertained Hint the
wuter is calcareous, or alkaline, or otherwise unsuitable, it
is given up. If not, a few fish are placed in a tumbler full
of it and their movements watched. If it is very unwhole-
some they will show it at once by their action's. If they
do not seem uneasy under it the tumbler may he set aside
for an hour or or two, and if at the end of that time the
fish appear to be doing well it is considered safe to use the
water. I may add here that it is surprising how sensitive
aud accurate one's taste will become, after a few days’
practice, in detecting traces of lime or alkali. The im-
provement in this respect during the journey, in the case
of our party, astonished us. Our palates seemed to become
as quick and positive in their notion as the most sensitive
chemical test9. Before we had acquired confidence in our
judgment the thought "’as appalling that one mistake in
the thousand changes of water would he fatal to the enter-
prise. I fonvurded to Prof. Baird, at. Washington, a list
of the places en route where we fouud good water, so that
hereafter, with this for a guide, there need not be so much
danger of going wrong.

As before mentioned, v:e left the shad hatching works at
Guslleton on the Hudson, for the Costletou Railroad sta-
tion, at 6 o’clock on the afternoon of Wednesday, June
25th. At the Castleton station, we changed the water once
and left for Albany at 9:15 p. m., the water standing at 70 \
At Albany we made two changes, and took the westward
bound train for Sacramento at 11:30 p. m.

Wc took on water at Utica, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo,
Duukirk, Erie, Puinesville, Cleveland, Illyria, (doubtful
well-water), Edgerton, Elkliardt, South Bend (lime water,
had), and Chicago, keeping the temperature of the cans
very neai to 70“, and arriving at Chicago on Friday morn-
ing, June 27lh, with the fish in good order. It was exceed-
ingly hot at Chicago, the mercury standing at 100 in the
shade, aud it was only with the utmost difficulty, and by
constant changes of water that we succeeded in keeping
the water down to a safe poiut. As it was, the heat made
the temperature of the cans rise to 74°. On leaving Chi-
cago the air grew cooler, and by night, we had brought the
temperature down to 68 ; but approaching Omaha, the
next morning, it went up again fo 70°; and while waiting

Omaha, and returned to Rochester, N. Y. We left Omaha
on the Union Pucific Railroad at 3 o’clock on Saturday,
with the fish in excellent order. Through the courtesy of
Mr. C. B. Havens, the U. P. train dispatcher, I was per-
mitted to stop the train at the Elkhorn river, where the
aquarium car accident happened, to take on a reserve of
river water at that point, the little experience I had had in
it, leading me to think that it would be good for the shad.
The country west of Omaha for fifteen hundred

(1,500) miles is, as is well known, very poorly sup-
plied with good water. I accordingly took on at Omaha a
30 gallon lunk, which had been rescued from the aquarium
car wreck, which, with our pails, and spare cans, gave the
reserve a capacity of 50 gallons. At the Elkhorn we took
on 50 gallons The river wus somewhat roily, and the
temperature wa9 from 84 to 85°, hut the water tasted good
and soft, and by a singular coincidence it proved to be the
best for the shad that we fouud on the road. The river
that had swallowed up so unsparingly the car load of Cali-
fornia fish, thus contributed more than any other towards
assisting the shad across safely to that State. We reduced
its temperature with ice, and by one o’clock Sunday morn-
ing we had the temperature of the cans down to 09 and
70"; the air in the car being at 09 . Wc took on ice Sat-
urday night at Grand Island, Nebraska, 154 miles beyond
Otnalia, and water at daylight on Sunday morning at Big
Springs, Nebraska, 301 miles from Omaha. The water at
Big Springs was clear and very good, with a temperature
ot 58". The shad placed in a tumbler of it scented to like
it. At 10 o’clock on Sunday, June 29th, the temperulure
of the cans was at 07 to 09". We were now gradually
climbing up the Eastetu slope of the continent, the air was
cool and pleasant, and we had no difficulty iu keeping the
water ut about 08 all day. At 6 o’clock, p. m., on Sunday
afternoon, we reached Laramie, Wyoming Territory, and
took on 50 gallons of Laramie River water, which had a
temperature of 02°, and proved to be good. We were now
at an altitude of over 7,000 feet, aud as soon os the sun set
.the air grew very cold. In spite of our best efforts the
water in the cans dropped to 05°. This I considered too
rapid an decrease from the 72° of Saturday afternoon, so
we built a fire in the itove of the express car iu which the
cans of fish were carried, and heated our reserves, but only
succeeded with difficulty iu raising the temperature of the
cans to (id and 67“. Monday morning opened with a warm
bright suu, and the promise of a warm day; aud we let the
fire in the stove go down; but before noon it became very
cold again, with a squall of snow at Bryun, Wyoming Ter-
ritory. There was also snow ou the side of the track. Wo
built up another tire in the stove, aud kept the water in the
cuns at 06°.

We arrived at Evanstown, Utah, about 2 o’clock p. m.,
on Monday, and took on a reserve of river water. It was
clear aud comparatively good, with a temperature of 57°.
as we descended Weber caflon, towards Great Salt Lake,
the weather grew warmer, and we descended to Ogden

without mishap, reaching ibis point at half past five Mon-
day afternoon, with the fish all in first rate order. Here I
left five thousand (5,000) of the shad, as fresh and as lively
as when they left the Hudson, in the care of Mr. Rock-
wood, of Salt Lake City, who deposited them in the Jor-
dan river, a few miles above its outlet into Great Salt Lake.
We also took on here 50 gallons of water, from the Weber
river, and started westward again on the Central Pacific
Railroad. We had now only 400 miles to run to the be-
ginning of good water at Humboldt, and only 314 miles
more from there to Sacramento. Wc thought we had rea-
Ron to fed encouraged, and our spirits rose accordingly.
The terrible strain of the past five days of anxiety began
to slacken; but the next night was the most alarming aud
critical of the whole journey. Tho temperature of the
cans was standing at 05°, or within three degrees of the
limit of danger, our reserves of water stood at 60°, or two
degrees below the limit. The night came on extremely
cold, there was no stove or place for a tire iu the car, and
the temperature of the cans was falling every moment.
In the day time hot water could have been obtained by
telegraphing ahead, but at night this was quite impractic-
able. The situation was exceedingly alarming. Through
Mr. Perrin’s foresight, however, at Ogden, we made a fa-
vorable beginning of the night. While I was busy arrang-
ing for the transfer of the shad for Salt Lake, and attend-
ing to indispensable matters which absorbed all my atten-
tion at the Ogden depot, Mr. Perrin on discovering that
there was no stove in the Central Pacific Express car, with
admirable foresight, went into the kitchen of the depot
restaurant, and got permission to heat some water ou the
stove, by which we obtained eight gallous of hot water and
got a good start.

I also took the first opportunity to go forward into the
postal car, and obtain permission to heat water on the mail
car stove during the night. The dagger was now appar-
ently averted, and It being my night for sleep, I having
been up the greater part of the night previous, retired,
leaving Mr. Green to remain on duty till midnight, and Mr.
Perrin from midnight till daylight, when I was to go on.

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Green deserve the entire credit of
taking the shad through the critical night that followed.

Ou Monday, at daylight, I joined the car again, and it
made my blood run cold to hear of the dangers that had
passed the night before. The water in the cans now stood
at 03°?. We were ou a descending grade, the sun was quite
warm, and by ten o’clock, at Carlin, Nevada, we had the
water up to GO*. The sun and air grew warm, and by noon
the temperature in the cars rose to 70°. We had now de-
scended 1,600 feet, and it was so warm that we began to
use ice again to cool the water. We reached Humboldt at
half past six the same day, Tuesday, July 1st, and look on
eight gallons of hot water and thirty gallons of cold water.
The water, which was frQm a spring, was very good in-
deed, and had a temperature of 65°?. In three hours more,
to our great consolation, we began climbing the Sierra Ne-
vada, with all the bad water lett behind us, and were only
fourteen hours from Sacramento City. The rest of the
journey was comparatively free from anxiety or danger, or
any marked events. About sunrise on the morning of
Wednesday. July 2d, our last day, we crossed the summit
of the Sierra Nevada, and began descending the Pacific
slope into California, the water in the cans now standing ut
G5W to 66°*. At nine o'clock we took on twenty gallons of
water, with a temperature of 60.°°, at Aita. California, and
arrived at Sucramento City at half past one Wednesday after-
noon, with the shad as fresh and lively as when they left
the Hudson River, a week before. It seemed like a miracle.

At Saciatnento we met Mr. Throckmorton, and took on
the ice and water which he had provided at the depot. At
twenty minutes past two we took the California and Oregon
cars up the Sacramento River valley, in company with Mr.
John G. Woodbury, the California State Fish Warden, and
after severul changes of water, aud no mishaps, arrived at
Tehama, California, about nine o’clock in the evening. In
a few minutes we were at the river side, and just at ten
minutes past nine o’clock, on the evening of Wednesday,
July 2d, 1873, in the presence of Mr. Woodbury, Mr. Green,
Mr. Perrin, aud several others, citizens of ‘Tehama, the
35,1)00 shad were deposited safely aud in good order iu
the Sacramento, and we turned away from the river to-
wards our hotel, feeling as if a weight of incalculable mag-
nitude had been lifted from us.

I ought to ndd here that at Ogden, aud various other
places on the road, we removed the sediment and dead fish
front the water by placing the can end of the rubber sy-
phon close to the bottom of the cans, and starting the
stream through the syphon without using the protecting
cylinder, the live shad not resting on the bottom at all.
This simple method will clean up every particle of impu-
rity that has settled iu the water without drawing off the
live fish; but it draws off all the dead fish where they can
be seen and counted. In this way we arrived at a very
near estimate of the loss en route, which we placed at about
400 fish, or only one per cent, of the whole.

I append some of the experiments with the shad en route,
to ascertain the character of the water;—

Elkhorn Tliver water, Nebraskn, Saturday, June 28th.— Soft, but roily
Put one chad In h tumbler containing three lablespooiWui at four P, M
lie appeared to like it. Was a ive uud doing well ut midnight. Showed
rlgnaot distress towards morning. At sunrise was just alive; at seven
A. M. on Suiuluy was dead.

Big Spring water, Ncbrutka. -Clear, hot a little hard. Put one shad In
a tumbler comuiutng three tablesnoonsful of wuter at eight o'clock Sun-
day morning. Showed signs of distress at noon; was alive at two P M
died soon after. "

Laruinic River water, Wyoming Territory. -Not quite clear. Pnt sev-
eral shad in a tumbler full of water at seven P.M. on Sunday Appeared
to like It ut first, but afterwards to Buffer some. At midnight were in
considerable aistres*. At one A..M. Monday morninj they began to die;
ut four A, M. nearly all dead; at sunrise all dead.

River water, Evanstown, Uiah Territory.— Somewhat roily Put two
wetlVn it lUmt,ler rul1 of waU'r nt lUr‘x‘ P-M- Monday, June 30th. Did

Humboldt Spring wnter. Hnmboldt, Nevadn.-Put several slmd In tum-
bler at Uve P M . ou Tuosday, July 1st. Seemed to like It. Appeared
Tbe forenopn tUC " ghl' ,n“Kreal heal of distress at daylight; deud In

West of Humboldt all the water is good, and it is not
necessary to test it. We took on water east of Omaha at
Cleveland. Bnreau, (rain water.)

Illyria (well water doubtful). Flskllwu, (spring water,)
khseftvn. Rock Maud, (good.)

Ikhanl1- Lavenpori, from Missis-

sippi River.

Albany.

Utica.

Syracuse.

RoC neater.

Bullalo.

Dunkirk
Erie.

Puinesville,

West of Omaha we took on water at
Elkhorn River, fifty gallons, 84* F. ; roily*.

*id° “ol “"6i.d.er roily water at all objectionable, but the reverse. I
think It much better to take on largo reserves ul a few places than smalt
reserves at moDy places, because every change of water involve* a risk.

Elkliardt.

Soutn Bend, bad lime water. Kellogg*
Chicago, Rock Island K. K. Casey
La Ssaile [depot. Avoca.

Bellowe Station.

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Big Sprinas, ten nitons. 58° F • clear

Laramie River. 50 gallons, 62* F.; clear

Evanslown (spring water), ten gallons 57”; clear

Ogden (Weber River), fifty callous. 60’ F.: roily.

Humboldt Station (sprine water), fifty gallons, 65' F ; clear.

Alto, twenty eallons, W)° F ; clear.

Sacramento, twenty gallons, warm; muddy.

The temperature of the water iu the cans was as fol-
lows:—

Hudson River water— TO0 F.

Albany to Chlgngo— ‘ 70°. 74°.

Chicago to Omana— 74°, 68°. 73°.

Oinuhji to Laramie—' 73®, 70°, 69°, 67°.

Lar train to Ogden — 67°, 85°. 67°. 66°.

Ogden to numholdt — 08®, 62°. 66°. 70°.

Humboldt to Sncniinento — 70° 68 ", 66°. 67

Sacramento to Tehama— 67*. 70”.

Sacramento River water at Tehama -74°.

I will close this account of tlm overland journey with
the shad, by saying that considering all the liabilities
to accident and delay which are incident to railway travel,
especially encumbered, as we were, with a dozen cans and
pails weighing in the aggregate half a ton, I think we
were surprisingly fortunate in getting along as well us we
did. We made numerous changes of cars and transfers of
our freight, from one train to another, often in the greatest
confusion and hurry, with trunks flying about our heads
and feet, and railroad employees pushing and thrusting us
ond our cans out of their way. We were often ordered
away by baggage masters and express agents, though we
could not with safety leave our charge for a moment, and
at limes, especially at the junctions of the great lines of
railways, where we were hardly left a place to stand, and
where, at the same time iu all the confusion and crowding,
wc fell obliged to take on water, and even to change the
water in the cans, it seemed as if some disaster must cer-
tainly come; either that the fish would bo injured, or that
the cans would be upset or left behind, or that some of us
would be left, or enter the wrong traiu, or something of the
sort happen.

Yet, though it seems almost incredible, not an accident
or delay, or drawback of any kind happened. We did not
lose a fish from any contingencies of any sort, nor meet
with a moment’s delay, but entered Sacramento City with
all our fish alive, just on the moment that we were due to
reach it by the 11:30 P. M. train we took from Albany on
Wednesday the week before. Livingston Stone.

DISTRIBUTION OF FRY.

Rochester, March 27, 1875.

Editor Forest and stream:—

Wc hove distributed about four hundred thousand salmon tront per
week for the Inst three weeks, und shull probably close up next week.
We have in New York Slate C47 inland lakes; 200 are suitable for salmon
trout. Last Summer I heard of many being caught, and next Summer
you will hear of u great many being caught in lakes that wc put them Iu
three and four years Hgo. I consider it a perfect success. We hear a
good report from a great many lakes and rivers that we have stocked
with bass. There are a few mlslakes made in patting fish In waters not
suitable for them. But there is no need of it, if the parties will read our
circular carefully. It gives a description of the different kinds of waters
Hdnpted to different kinds of Osh, and one of the circulars is sent to
every applicant for fish. It is impossible for ns to know every water in
the State, and if paties will read the circular carefully there is no need of
any mistakes. Wc have distributed a great many buss of all kinds tills
Winter. Oar report will bo out next week for 1875, and any parlies
wishing will be sent one by addressing the undersigned at Rochester.

Yours, Seth Green.

The circular referred to was printed in Forest and
Stream a few weeks since.— Ed.

TROUT BREEDING.

Oakland, N. J., March, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I do not expect to present anything new to practical fish caltariets, but
will give my experience und belief in the theory of Improving the breed
of our brook trout, or, ns Livingston Stone says, our "domesticated
trout," tlie true Salma fonllnalU. 1 believe it possible that we can en-
large the size, lighten or darken the color, and perhaps improve the fla-
vor of cultivated trout. It is well known that in brooks that empty into
the same river and run parallel through the same goological formation,
and where they produce the same food, the same kind of water plants,
und have about the same fall— in fact as near alike as possible, yet you
And the trout in them different In size, color aud shape . No species of
fish vary so much, that I am aware of, as the Salmo fontlnalU, hence no
species of fish are so susceptible of improvement. Two years ago this
Spring, while in the State of Maine, I had shown to me a few thousand
sinull fry from the celebrated Ruogelcy Lake trout, which, according to
their age, were much larger than I had seen at any other flsh culturist's
establishment iu six or seven different States. The Rangeley Lake trout
are no doubt the largest in size of any found east of the Mississippi
River, and pronounced by the late Prof. Agassiz as the true Salmo forUi-
nallf. A little more than a year ago I ordered several thousand spawn
of the Rangclcy Lake trout, which were plncod in my hatching house at
the Crystal Spring Fish Farm, Oakland, Bergen county, N. J., and
hntclud out In water at 52°. When first hntihed they were the same
size ns my Jersey tront, but before the sac was fully n'isorbed they were
nearly one-third longer, and continued to outgrow them, although treated
and fed in the same manner. Up to the present they have continaed to
take the lead, aud are the largest trout of their uge that I ever saw. One
year from the time they were hatched many measured seven and a half
inches In length. This Winter I obtained more of the same eggs, and
there is the same difference in the size of the Rangelcy and Jersey fry,
and any one who will take the trouble to visit my hatching house and
ponds can sec for themselves. Another Beason 1 shall be able to breed
from those I have raised, which will decide whether they retain the
same qualities or not. 1 am fully satisfied that it is best to breed from
trout that come from streams where they grow to a large size, whether
from Rungeley trout or any o'Jier, and I believe that the day is not far
distant when trout breeders will raise their thoroughbreds, which will
bring a higher price in market, on account of size, color and flavor.
Should rhis fall under the eye of any flsh cullurist who has tried the
same experiment, or any other experiment, with the same view, let us
hear from him. B. B. Porter.

— A correspondent writes: —

The Mohawk Anglers’ Association, at Little Falls, N. Y., of which
Hon. Wm. J. Skinner is President, and Walts T. Loomis Secretary, was
formed for the purpose of protecting, multiplying and introducing flsh
into the Mohawk and us tributaries. This club has commenced several
suits for penalties, hut have been unable to enforce but one. Witnesses
became suddenly forgetful and could not remember on Ibe stand what
they easily did before We have Introduced into the Mobawk the
California salmon two seasons; this past Winter 50,000; lust year 20,000,
I believe, and a few salmon trout, but fear we ahull not receive much
benefit from the salmon as they cannot pass Cohoes Falls on their returu
from the sea. We design, however, to continue until we learn of •
surety that it is a failure. We are endeavoring this Winter to pass a law
prohibiting netting in the canals, a point heretofore untouched by any
Jaw, as our Justices of the Peace interpret it,

ftwpectfuJIy, W. T. 8,

Natural gjistorn.

THE AMERICAN WOODCOCK.

BY RKCAPPER.

WIIAT sportsmnu of much experience docs not know
of this fine game bird? Docs not the very name
of the bird call to mind recollections of glorious moments
when first we heard the welcome warning, “mark cock;"
and do wc not remember how quickly we turned from the
scattered covey iu yonder woodside, that wc were just pro-
posing to follow up, to bag the rare and much more highly
prized bird? What io us was the squeak of the stiipc or
the boom of the ruffed grouse, then? The time has been,
alas, that is no more, when in almost every state ot the
Union* woodcock wore to be found in nbundnnce; but now,
except in a few very isolated localities, anything like a
large bag of these glorious game birds is not often to bo
made. Some of the reasons of this change for the worse
are in a measure unavoidable, aud of these the clearing up
of our wide woodlands and deep bogs is the principal; but
there are yet, aud will be for years to conto, large tracts of
forest and swamp not available for agricultural purposes,
where the woodcock, if properly protected during the
breeding season, would multiply to an extent scarce ever
dreamed of.

As is well known, this bird winters in the Southern
Slates, passing to the Middle and Eastern States to breed,
then Northward to moult, returning in Autumn over the
same route, aud stopping according to the state of the
ground and the mildness of the weather for a longer or
shorter period.

Those who are in favor of shooting this bird while with
us in the Summer, argue “that if we do not shoot them
then, the chances are largely against our shooting them at
all." That this is a graud mistake is to me very plain, for
I have shot the woodcock in Autumn in sections of the
country where they were never disturbed during the Sum-
mer, and have found the birds quite plenty.

The woodcock is not by any means so stupid a bird as
some would have us believe. He is very ready to learn
wisdom by experience, and also. I believe, to transmit that
wisdom to his future generations.

Within three miles of the room in which I am now writ-
ing, there is an extent of what was formerly one of the
best pieces of woodcock ground in the State; but it is so
no longer, though the character of the ground is in nowise
changed. Every Spring the woodcock coinc there to
breed, though not in such numbers as in former years; but
they seem to have learned that it is no longer safe to tarry
there after the young are able to make any extended Sights,
aud the consequence is that iustcad of staying there, as
formerly, till moulting time comes round, they pass on at
once to the Northward. A few birds are of course to be
found on that ground through July, but 1 believe them to,
be only the later broods.

Two years since, in the month of June, and about the
middle of the month, myself and a friend, while on u visit
of inspection to those grounds, started in one meadow alone
over thirty cock in about one hour’s walking. On the 5th
of July following wc went to that same ground and found
only three cock, yet the ground was as good, the feed, to
all appearance, as plenty as it had been two weeks previ-
ously, and no one had been there to pouch upon the birds.
So notorious is the fact of this early departure of the birds,
that very few — even of the market shooters — think it worth
their while to look for woodcock there after the middle of
June. Before that time they are still, in favorable seasons,
killed in respectable numbers by these fellows.

It may be asked if we have no game laws in New Jersey?
Certainly wc have, and there is now a new law, awaiting
the action of our legislature, which, if passed, will mukc
it an offense to kill woodcock except between the 1st of
October and the 1st of January, aud the fine to be $50 for
each and every offense. Now this is just as it should bo,
and I have no doubt the law will pass, and there the matter
will end, at least to: this neighborhood. There Is no one
here who will interest himself in seeing the luw en-
forced; and even those who would be willing to do so fear
to do it, having burned barns and injured stock in their
minds. Others, who are possessed with no such fears, have
not the time to devote to watching the grounds and the
markets and bringing offenders to trial. Several attempts
have been made in past years to form clubs for the protection
of game, but they have till fallen to the ground from lack
of anything like a cordial support, and the result is that
woodcock shooting here is a lliing of the past.

I am perfectly well satisfied that if the shooting over the
grounds I speak of could be put a complete stop to during
the Bummer months, and for the next fi e or ten years, that
the woodcock would soon find they were safe in remaining
there till moultiug lime, and, that over, would stop there
again on their return from the North, and tarry with us
till the snows of Winter drove them South. Bo favorite a
stopping place has it always been with them that even now
an occasional high couraged bird will stop there till Christ-
mas.

Just what has taken place in the above locality has taken
place in many similar ones throughout the country, and
there is now neither Summer or Autumn cock shooting
there, while in more secluded and favored localities cock
still abound in Autumn. By all means, then, let us put a
stop to the killing of this bird in Summer, for unless this
is done, und that, too, right speedily, there will be others
who will complain as loudly as myself

Nineteen out of twenty sportsmen shoot woodcock over
sellers and pointers, and althougli (with dogs that are un-
der perfect command) they show great sport, I cannot think
them fully calculated for this work, and I uin glad to sec
that the sporting papers are now speaking favorably of the
spaniel no! only for cock shooting, hut for covert work.
Although I have never shot over one of these dogs, I be
lieve, troin what I have heard, that they will become very
popular here.

Woodcock, though a covert loving bird, do not, even in
Autumn, always stay there; and although far the most part

feeding in moist grounds, they are at time* found quite far
from any water. In Monmouth county. New Jersey, I
have found them in Autumn on the very" tops of the high-
est hills in heavy limber, and, where there was no under-
brush, feeding upon the larva* of Insects secreted in Hie
rotten stumps of fallen trees. On examination, the holes
made by their hills in the crumbling wood could be plainly
seen, though of course In the softest places only. Whether
this is merely a local habit or not I am not prepared to say.

I have also killed woodcock In open bog meadows In Au-
tumn, though most writers tell us that they never go thero
at that season of the voar.

Although this bird is, in general, very well able to direct
his course through the thickest of corn safely, I have some-
times seen them, when suddenly flushed, flv foul of the
corn, and in one or two instances get completely tangled
nnd come to the ground, and once 1 knew n woodcock to
kill itself by flying against the house In which l then lived.
Strangely enough, this happened nt night, when those birds
are supposed to see best, and when most of their traveling
is done.

Taken altogether, the woodcock is n very eccentric bird,
and I think it is this very eccentricity that makes them so
much admired a« an object nf pm oni hy the p.irtsmHh
That they have been plenty In times past wo all know, nnd
that they would bo plenty in time to come, if protected as
they should he, is equally certain How best to attain to
that most desirable end la now the problem for spoilsmen
to solve. I wait for older and wiser ones to speak.

There are many theories as to what becomes of this bird
nt moulting time, and each of these has its advocate? I
ain inclined to think, with Herbert, that on th<- breaking
up of the floods in August each bird betakes himself to tho
lulls ami mountains, and secreting himself iu some se-
cluded thicket not too far front some spring or mountain
runnel, there awaits the coming of his new plumage.

I have occasionally shot tills bird in New Jersey lute In
August, when well in tho moult, and at such time* have
found them quite as often on open l og meadows a* In the
cover. It would almost seem that this bird can tell when
the trigger is about to be drawn on him. Often have 1 seen
them Hushed within a few yuids of the gun, when In tho
open, and though the gun was planted squared v upon them
they would, Just at the critical moment of drawing the
trigger, give a sudden twist up or down, and if the shot
was a close one, escape thereby. As the spoilsman cannot,
of course, foresee tins occurrence, he is very likely to mUs
his bird. 1 know not if it he fancy on my purl, 1ml it al-
ways seemed to mo that at such times the cock skims off
through the air with a peculiarly exulting look iu ilnit ri nnd
black eye of his, mid with a jniintiness of manner that
seems to say to the discomfited shooter, “wiped your eye
that time, old man."

Certainly, cock shooting is fine eport where the birds
abound, and as it possesses peculiar charms for some sporis-
men, and as they are nt the licud of the list of game birds
for edible qualities, it is well worth lliu while of our Ameri-
can sportsmen to see that they are not entirely eMerinl-
Dated. Titos. C. ABBOTT.

Trenton , New Jersey, March l.VA, 1875.

POMPANO AND NURSE.

IN Forest and Stream for January 98th Mr. R. 0.

Clarke remarks of pompano ( B-tthrolamu* pompanxu )
nnd the cuvalli, or crevallc (Carnux defenxor), flint fills own
words] “the two species much resemble each oilier, nnd
nre even confounded. Evensonccuruien wilier us Holbro «
does so. When, however, [wc] rend of pompano# being
taken with the hook in great numbers, and of their Jump-
ing into boats, and their occurrence a* far north us Holmes’
Hole, I think the cuvalli is indicated."

Inasmuch ns the fishermen of the North, who bad taken
pompnnos, did not know what they were, and the Identifi-
cation was made by nnturulists of tho llsli commission, mid
as this determination bad been published hy them, und sev-
eral accounts have been bused on that determination, it was
presumed by myself, as well ns several others, I lint Mr.
Clarke repudiated these Identifications, and Unis reflected
upon our ubility to determine the fishes, although lie men-
tioned no names. In this belief, I wrote *my letter pub-
lished in your paper of February lltli.

As Mr. Clarke denies having lutlcctcd upon us, nnd ap-
pears to have been unaware of our determination, I will at
once confess that, under such circumstances, ilmre may
have been unnecessary acerbity iu my criticisms, and I
offer an apology therefor. Mr. Clarke, however, docs not
correctly represent the state of the question, and I will
therefore give in parallel columns the definitions of Hol-
brook, who, bo it remarked, even uses the same names that
Mr. Clarke himself does, and I therefore am unable to un
derslund how be could have made the miss statements ho
lid:-

notlirolo'imu pompnnu* -Holbrook,
|>. HI. |>l II. fl« 2
C'avolll, or Cravulo — Volgo.

Body elevated compressed;

neither carlna nor crest at the tall;

dorsal nnd anal fins, with threo or
four of their anterior rnv- pro-
longed, and [one dorsal fin] prece-
ded by free «/il rie . ;
branchial rays .even

Neither maxillary. Intermaxillary,
palatine, nor vomerine teeth; pha-
ryngeal bones large nnd mn-slve,
wlih numerous pits, like sockets,
but without teeth.

c<>ritux defensor -Holbrook, p. S3,
|il .2, fig i

IIor*e crovnlle, or cavalll -vulgo.

Body compressed, covered with
inlnui" scale-; those on Us no-tenor
half have eucn an olovutvd eirlua.
terminating Inn point behind, nod
thus making a cunilnuou- rldec [and
no free «|iine«) ; (wo dor-ai fins; Iroa
iplnes before the anal fin;

branchial ray* seven.

The upper Jaw I* armed with a •"
irli-s of moderately large ion r d. and

E Mated teeth; iho»e In front »r«
irgesl ; behind lhc»e nre ihrvc or
four row# of minoie, > ard lik-- i-vib;
tin- lower Jaw Inis buia -lo.le row
of teeth, aud Hive are Ion -nr than
lliose of ilia upper, e-p, dally two or
three of Ilia aulerlor
Mr. Clarke explains:— “I had been hearing Stories nil
tlong the Florida coast, from Jacksonville to the Indian
Itiver, about pompnnos being taken in great numbers with
1y und spoon, of their jumping into boats lik<- living ll-li
,nd of their being taken as far north ns Holmes Hole, and
icing assured by resident fishermen Unit the pompano per*
formed no such antics, I came to doubt all the*.- »lorle«."

Did Mr. Clarke's informant call die fish “pompano" or
•crevalle?" On this hinges the point of in* story. But it
must still be remembered Hint with the confusion of names
night have been transferred the coufusiuu of habit# ut-
limited.

A# to the nomniotus being found in Florida, that is out of
ho question. Mr. Clarke fays— "Now the negative toll
nony of even a professor can hardly avail against the posa[-

H8

FOREST AND STEEAM

live testimony of a dozen witnesses, who have seen the
species here, tnyself among the number." Trucl But
where is Mr. Clarke's “positive testimony?" I have no
doubt but what Mr. Clarke might find even n dozen dozen
witnesses In Florida to the occurrence of a fish which they
call “nurse;" but I do mast emph dicillv deny that the flsii
they call so is a nomnioma, The so-called “nurse" of the
West Indies (and presumably of the Florida coast) has
nothin? to do with the genus soinnumta, and Is, In fact,
more different from the nurse of the northern seas titan Is
a horse from a rhinoceros. The nuree of the West Indies
is a species of the genus ginglymostoma.

This is simply nnother example of the confusion which
popular names may lead one into. Mr. Clarke, hearing a
fish called “nurse" in Florida, and finding such a name
conm cted with the scientific appellation (nomnionvn) of a
fish in the north, at once jumps to the conclusion that they
are the same species) The two belong not only to different
species, but to different genera, and even widely separated
families. Thko. OaL.

SUSPENDED ANIMATION.

LOWKR BllUI,E AOBNOT. I

Dakota, February 28, 187B. J

Editor Forest and Stream:—

<‘n the question of eu-p tided animation of Ash by freezing, pnt forth
by Mr. t red Mather, ot Boston, the following la offered us additional
evidence of the tact: Late in the Fall of 1870, when ground was broken
for the new ehlp canal at Sanlt 8te. Marie, Mich., It wag found necessary
to drain a pond (ar.lOclal) In which aotne superior »pectmeiia of Snlmo
fontiruilh were sent by the superintendent of tho canal. Two of these,
each weighing over five ponnds, fell into the hands of iho Commanding
Officer of the Smile, who placed them temporarily In a barrel of witter in
hia yard. Tho following night tho weather changed and a long period of
severe cold followed, during which the water In the barrel froze solid,
and rcraoinod so till the following Spring. When It thawed tho flsb were
taken out ullvo, and apparently none the worse for this severe hlbemu-

Wm. E. Dououbrtv, U. S. a.

Black Tongues in Dogs — A well known ownor of fine
dogs having mentioned the fact that several block spots are
visible on his dog’s tongue, icmlndu us that the common
breed of Chinese dog which is found throughout tho Em-
pire has this peculiarity. Not that we would insinuate that
the dog in question has the slightest taint of celestial blood,
but as an interesting fact in caniue ology and one which is
of much value to the Antipodean sportsmnn. So marked
is this characteristic that when fine dogs imported at greul
C06t from Euglund, through carelessness or other causes,
have come in contact with the native species, their progeny
bear tho unmistakable signs of the mesalliance to the fifth
and Hixth generation, even aftor rc-crossing lias removed
every other indication of tainted blood. In addition to the
annoyance caused by this intermingling of species, which,
with heedless servants, it is sometimes almost impossible to
prevent, the importer of fine dogs has much more to con-
tend with. Tho climate itself is very fatal and two sta-
ff ins is about all tho work which cun be expected from the
best bred dogs.

The Blenheim Spaniel. — Head round, but rather pro-
minent skull; ears pendulous, well coated; eyes large and
bold; a deep slop; lower jaw projecting or undershot;
snort black nose; neck flue; shoulder thieis, nnd chest the
same, very full of coat, which is in general termed the
mane, but we cannot subscribe to a mane being carried on
the chest, but prefer io term it a fulness of bosom coat;
short legs, well feathered; hind quarters and back level,
showing no weakness at the loins, and beiug well feathered
on all under parts; tail well flagged, not carried above the
level of the back. The marking is a great point in this
breed. There should be a white streak down the forehead,
and in centre of this stieak tlte rich spot about the size ot
a shilling of a golden hue. Side of jaws freckled, and
muzzle body-color, more white than yellow golden, not too
heavily marked anywhere.

points re nmoiNG.

nead 3.VLvg« nnd feet

Color 8" Toil

General symmetry 20|

— Funders' Gazette.

10

.5- 100

A Victim of the Measles.— Tlte mcnslcs are visiting
the Upton, Mass, families now, and tho latest victim is a
pot dog in the family of George Walker. Major was n
valuable Newfoundlander, who regularly “took" the disease
from the children, having a cough and every symptom Hint
ai lends this sickness in the liumun family. They doctored
him, and he got along nicely for a few days, but lie pre-
versely ran out in the snow, which apparently gave him a
chill, the mcusics struck in, and deuth closed the scene —
Times.

— “Dog Whip's" Imported field trial setter dog Lucetta
will be put to public stud. His owner deems it necessary
to make this statement in anwor to mauy letters of enquiry
for his services. L. H. 8.

—Tho Rod aud Gun Club of Sprlngflod, Mass., have
voted to hold a bench show of dogs the lust week in April.
We shall publish tho premium list as soon as received.

NAMES CLAIMED.

West Trot, N. Y-, March 89, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

1 would like through your columns to claim the name of "Qlpsey
Que«u" for my orange and white seller hitch, out of Bruuta, Imported
In whelp to Ranger, by Mohawk, whelped Sept. 14th, 1874. Alto tue
D»mo of “Mac" for my whit* and black dog w help, out of "Mohawk'# ’
Kirby by Mr. Raymond's Pride of the Border, whelped Oct, 1*1, 1871. I
would like the opinion of some breidens as to the matin? of these two,
should 1 «ncce*d in raiding them. We have for Brosnn pure Irith ; for
Ranger, Laverack, Gordon and Irish; for Kirby, onc-hult Luverack. one-
qturur Gordon, and one quarter Irish; and for Prido of tho Border,
pur.- Laverock. It is my opinion the different blood would be so dls
tribute) as to produce the best result. Enough Itish to make them
tou h, und enough Laverock to tone down the Irish aud make them ltss
headstrong. They are beautiful whelps, of great range, good uose. und
wUl point e launch, are very tractable, and splendid retrievers.

Yours truly, .1 H. FiTMrar

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f (blk.whtan)

Corft,Blnir'a
(blk A wh.)

Rock 2d.
((blK A wh.)

Jot 1st.

i Moll 2d.

Mr Parni-ll Llavv-
ellin's celebrated
blueVltou setter
PRINCE. Win
tier of the follow-
f Ing plzes, the on-
‘ ly time* he hns
been exhibited •
tst in the Open
Cla«8 and cup for .
the best English I
setter at Rirmlng- j
ham. 1871 l*t, t
Crystal Palace '72. |
Champion aud ex-
tra cup for best
English seller, in
all cla-sc-s, Birm-
ingham, 1 8 7 2.
Champion. Crys-
tul I'm In re, 1873.
t'hampion. Birm-
ingham, 1873.

Own brother to
Mr. Llewellln’s
field trail winners
Countess, Nellie,
nnd (lately Mr.
Garth's) Dai*y

Moll 8d (
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(blue mol'd)

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Pilot.

Pilot.

Mr. Slatter's
(PSYCHE, from n
Mr. Stutter’s col- cross between I he
ebrntod founder Gordon and South
of field trial win- Eek Koune.s.
new, RIKKBK,
dum of Dan, Dick,

Bruce. Rose, Ruby
Holt Roy. Rake,
and grandam of
Lcda, Dal-y. Rock.

Laura. Druid. Ginx
Baby, Rhoda, and
Clown, all win-
ners at field trials. .

Every setter, bar I R A K E. Every
juu»i >1 wiu .<u- two, which won | seller which won
tional Field Trl- j at Shrewsbury, in I at the Shrewsbury
alt, Shrewsbury, | 1874. was deacon- 1 meeting of 1874
1871. led from Rhcebe. (was descended

Dan is sire of

Mr. P. Llewelliu’8
celebrated black,
white and tan set-
ter DAN. Won
1st In the All-aged
Dog Stakes; 1st
with bis brother
Dick in tlie bra-
ces, and chump-
loti cup, beating
all other winners
of first prizes In
1871 and previous
years, at the Na-

M r . llnekett’s
1st prize Binning
ham winner.

Nell...

(Nell.
' Don.

Flash .
Myrtle.

Lcdo, winner of
let in the Shrews-
bury Stakes at
the National Fl'd
Trials, 1874, and
let at trie Crystal
Palace Dog Show
18 74 : ulso 1st. N.
Wales Dog Show,
1873; besides Dan
Is sire of Laura,
Ginx, Rhoda,
Racket, Leicester,
winners at trials

from this dog, ex-
cept one, through
Rhu-bu.

Grouse. . .

Mr. Barclay
Field's DUKE,
winner of manv ,
stakes at Stafford (

Sir V. Corbett’s \ Rollo.
slut. 1

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Ds-h 1st.
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Lad.

Burdette
Rake. ( Brougham.
■< winner of
( 1st Ilir'ghra
1859.

( Nell.

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and shows, and i ar.d other field I
all out of tho first | trials, and ack- 1
two litters by nowledged trie n

him. I bes setter of his Sir F. Graham’s (

(day. 1 Dube (Dart.

Woodland, Jflarm and garden.

THE FIRST GERMS OF SPRING

PLANT life ami animal life are stirring in the forest,
are seen in the wayside woodlands. How sweet the
first putting off of Winter, tho first germs of Spring time.
How quietly and glowingly the first harbinger of .Spring,
the little mouse ear of sweet memory, puts forth its short
eoiyms. How pearly white are its shining leaves. Here
beneath the shelter of these old rocks, how lovingly the
trailing arbutus creeps; here are some of its sweet blossoms
actually peeping up from under that, patch of snow. The
heretofore frozen rivulets are beginning to trickle in golden
drops, and the sweet flag, the adder’s tongue, and the vio-
lets are awakening to the first genial warmth of this cool
month. W hut a contrast in appearance the whole wood-
land scene presentsl The snowy mantle of old Winter has
been gently removed, and the huge trunk? of fallen trees,
which a few slioit weeks since were covered with snow,
now reveal themselves covered with the grey moss, the
green moss, the changing lichens, aud the numerous or-
chids aud parusitic plants of the forest. These are the
first harbingers of Spring— the early promises of a Spring
time near at hand. Last, but not least, are tbe little ferns,
with llteir delicately pencilled leaves spreud out upon the
old rustic logs. Look how very lovely is that tuft of the
Curtin minor, or little dog fern. With pleasure I transfer
it, together with two native orchids, to my basket for fu-
ture use aud closer examination. These harbingers of
Spring remind us of tho month and its duties. Here a
little rabbit gaily trips across our pathway. How fearless
he seems. He quaintly turns his head from side to side,
takes a hop or two, erects his long ears with a final bound,
and is soon lost in the dense underbrush ol the forest.
Here is a fine specimen of our New England hare. He is
in a great hurry, it seems. He quickly passes the line of
our vision, perhaps going to attend a convention of the fur
hearing animals. Here is a nice lurge grey squirrel, nnd he
is at home in the security of his native forest. He skips
from branch to branch, void of all fear, nnd in his bold-
ness and sense of security he even drops the chestnut shells
at our very feet. Here, as we seat ourselves on the stump
of an old oak tree for a momentary rest, the well known
sound of tick-tack, tick-tack arrests our attention, und we
look up. It becomes louder, mid approaches. It is one
of the little black and white woodpeckers, of the species
found in our piney woods. Now he commences his per-
ambulations around tbe old apple tree, then thrusts out
his long barbed tongue, draws out a worm or larva of some

insect, which he swallows quickly, and so repents until liis
appetite is satiated. Hark! you hear at a distance the whirr
of the ruffed grouse, or the scream of the jay. Other
game vou meet in the more dense woodlands, for those I
have described are only the occasional tenants of a coun-
try woods, such as are often seen on a fine morning in the
early days of April. They are the first reminders of a busy
season, which will soon in all its glowing, flowering beauty
burst upon us. They are the monitors of the coming
months, when the violet, the pansy, and others of the flow-
ery tribe take up their early march in a succession of the
months They are the germs of the coming Spring time,
the floral attendants of the rich cereal, the golden corn, all
of which, in their times and seasons, with their peculiari-
ties of culture and value, will be set before you.

__ Ollipod Quill.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

C., of Arlington, Mans. — The peculiar features of the flow
of the grape vine sap, or pressure of sap, as it is called—
are the luleness of its flow in the season; it seems to be gov-
erned by no rule, and moves independently of the weather,
its greatest flow being from June to July. I have found
even in November trimming of grane vines quite a flow of
sup, in some cases, so much so as to cause drippings. It’s
flow depends much upon the warmth of the sun. I have
examined several grape vines in very exposed situations
t his week, aud I find them thus far, notwit hstanding the ex-
treme cold of this Winter, doing well aud alive, aud will,
doubtless, live; so you need fear no greater percentage of
loss than you have lmd with your vines in years past.

Maria Ball, Newton , Mann. — The action of camphor ou
plant life is as a stimulant. The reason your plants died
was from the fact that you gave too large a quantity of
camphor and not sufficient water. It has been proved by
numerous experiments that this drug has a direct effect on
plants when it ;s judiciously used, causing the flowers of
vurious plants to revive and continue in bloom for several
days when they had been almost given over. An experi-
ment made by myself gave me full confidence in tlie efficacy
ot camphor, as applied to bouquets of flowers to prolong
life. I cut tulips, gladiolus, and three kinds of iris, nnd
placed u like number of each in camphor water and pure
spring water. Those in camphor water lived and were in
brilliant flower four days after the others had died.

James, Portland, Maine. — The book you wish to obtain
is not au agricultural work, hut a work upon ornamenta-
tion, being a series of plates published in 1714-15 under
Louts XIV. 1 ou will find much information upon this
subject in Appleton’s Journal.

FOREST AND STREAM

110

Me:t ancl &iver Ssl,i,t3-

FISH IN SEASON IN APRIL.

Brook Trout.

SOUTH It HR VUTKM.

Snapper. Trout (black ba«»). Sboepalioad.

Grouper. Drum (two spuclca). Tnllorflah.

RockUsU. Klugllsh. Sea liMJ.

Fisn ix Market.— The pleasant Spring weather of the
past few days has been the means of producing a decided
improvement in the fish market, resulting iu largely in-
creased supply and corresponding falling off in priqes.
Especially is this the case with cod and haddock, large
quantities now being caught along the Rhode Island, Long
Wand and New Jersey coasts, and soiling this week for
7 cents per pound. Halibut is worth 10 cents; striped bass
from Potomac River, 20 cents. A few Delaware shad ar-
rived on Tuesday morning and were sold at 75 cents each;
Chesapeake shad are selling at 00 cents, while very fine
large Norfolk fish can be had for 50 cents. Shrimps are
worth 50 cents per quart; prawns same price. Smelts ta-
pering off in supply, bring 20 cents per pound. Large
quantities of Canada brook trout are selling for 30 cents
per pound, while the cultivated trout sell for 75 cents to
$1 25 per pound, according to*the locality from which they
jome; live trout $1 50 per pound, in limited demand. A
few green turtle are in market and sell for 20 cents per
pound. California salmon arrive twice a week und sell at
40 cents per pound for the whole fish, while choice cuts
bring 50 cents.

— The shad fishermen planted their first poles on Tuesday
morniug just above Robin's Reef Lighthouse.

— Sportsmen visiting Nova Scotia this season will find
excellent tackle in Halifax, at the reputable houses of J. S.
Egan, 22 Upper Water street and John II. Symonds, Gran-
ville street. Flies adapted to the waters of the Iowa Pro-
vinces can be best selected there.

New' York — Adirondack *, March 25 th. — Adirondack
weather unfavorable yet, snow in the woods three leet
deep; ice in the lakes very thick. The probabilities are
that the Spring fishing will be late, unless we have a de-
cided thaw — a continued one — which owing to the fickle-
ness of the weather in this latitude is very uncertain.

— Mr. P. H. M. Van Yyck, of New Hamburg, writes
March 21st: —

"I think that my frind Peter Levy and myself arc the
first parties that ever took shad with a fly in the Hudson.
Yesterday a fisherman in hoisting a pike net caught a
couple of smelt, a thing never heard of at this point before.
A great many striped bass weighing from eight to twenty-
four pounds have also been caught through the ice during
the Winter, (with ice nets). This I think is caused by the
water becoming so extremely salt by the protracted drouth
the past Winter that the salt water fish run up further
than usual.”

— Wc have heard much of the charms of sporting iu
Texas, and have no doubt that they are enjoyable to u de-
gree, There is a certain spice of variety in the experience
that gives a zest quite unknown to many who live else-
where. For example, our frequent correspondent who
writes from Gainesville, a gentleman wholly reliable in his
statements, recounts the following incident which will
verify the “charms" aforesaid. He says:—

“I will relate what happened to a citizen of this county
some years ago while fishing in eastern Texas. He was
accompanied by another gentleman, but they had separated
and were fishing out of sight of each other. He had his
rifle with him, and as the sun had got on him and the mos-
quitoes had became troublesome, lie concluded to move,
aud in doing so came across the track of a panther that had
just crossed this creek. Dropping his rod and bringing his
guu to a poise, he follow* d the track down (lie creek
toward his friend, who was sitting out over the creek on a
log. Imagine his feelings when lie came near enough to
see the man quietly fishing and the panther standing on a
leaning tree directly over his head, with his eyes fixed upon
his victim and his tail twisting. Mr. Editor, would you
not have taken the Imck fever? I think I would. But not
so with our hero. Almost instantly the rifle covered the
panther’s heart, and he dropped iu the creek almost on the
fisherman’s head, and frightened him so badly that he fell
off the log into the creek. ‘What a fall was there my
brethering !’ "

Startling as this incident is, we can almost match it by an
adventure of our own on the Ilaquette River, Adirondacks,
in the Summer of 1872, we think. We were en routs to
Long Lake, and bad just passed the Cold River, where the
huge willosvs stretch out ovor the water, Uncle Steve
Turner at the oars, and we iu the stern sheets, facing up
stream. Scauning the vista ahead, as is natural, we saw
what seemed to be an immense outgrowth or protuberunce
upon one of the projecting limbs that stretched out over
the river some eight feet above the surface, and about two
rods in advance of us. When Uncle Sieve’s attention was
called to it, he had no sooner turned, than a huge panther
gathered itself up, and wheeling about, jumped full fifteen
feet over the alders that fringed the bank aud vanished
into the woods. Had the creature not been opportunely
discovered, ho would have dropped iuto the boat.

— The value of the Canadian fisheries for 1874 is set
down at $20,000,000. This is exclusive of the seal hunt or
whale fisheries. It is also exclusive of the United Slates
and French catch. It simoly represents (he value of
the fish caught in Canadian waters by Cunadiun
fishermen, and embraces returns from Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland,
and the Magdalen Islands. The French catch "it the
shores of Newfoundland is supposed to average $1,000,-
000 per annum. The United States catch in Cunudia’n
waters is estimated at $10,000,000 per annum. The num-
ber of persons engaged in ilie Cauudian fisheries it set down
at 250,000.

BASS FISHING IN FLORIDA.

Editor Fonssr axd Streak:—

I know you strive to render yoor paper both Instructive anil Interesting
to your many reader*. 1 know al»o ttiat nothing U mote interesting to
sportsmen than to learn where good sport may bv had. Ilenco I cheer-
fully contribute at this opportune »ea%on the following data, showing
first. where big bass hare hoeu caught by mo, and secondly. why, I am
euro they can be caught again .

First — Every atcamboat captain who goo* up tins St.John’* River,
Fla., will be nbln to point out where old Fort Butler was sIMalsd, some
fifteen mile* nbovo I.ske George, and on the south side of tho river.
About five mile* above this spot, and on the aontli side of the rlvor, an-
other email river will be found emptying Into It, between marked em-
bankment*, having n wild orange grove on the one side and on the other
emnll tree* and bushes. This river was called the Little We :ktwa when
I fished In It: Ita month Is quite open and prominent, and I think about
eight rods across; Us water* are clear aud coo , and pas* out Into the St.
John * over a smooth and shelly bottom. Its depth Is some ten feet or
more, end Its western bank good for camping and landing heavy tlali
with pole mid line. Fish directly across Us mouth, and If yon lilt the
proper time, 1 will warrant you fish that will make your arms ache to
handle .

Second— Why I am sure they can he caught now: Tho reador will at
once see from my description of place that here at the mouth of thla
fine river, must bo a magnificent place for the big bass of the great St.
John's, some four hundred miles In length. In pluc--t mile* broad, deep,
abounding 111 small fish, lily pad", &c... to congregate annually fur spawn
Ingnnd other purposes. But the proof of good fishing Dos not to ap-
pearances always, for theee are often very deceptive, a* the fisherman
well know*. No— belter proof lies In the actual trials made here by my-
self and one other— Private Doughtcry. of K Company, Second 17. H.
Dragoon*. lie wne the “Peter" of his company, and fished for over sixty
men; and when I think of these times mid recall tho facta, It at moat
makes my now old gray hair* stand on end. This maybe a weakness,
'Us true, but ynt the ta'e* lose none of their Interest with mo. I trust
younger sportsmen will at least admire my veneration. If not, I am but
the mirror of their fate, and true to llfo.

And now to my story, which U short, sweet, true, and very conclusive.
I know yon love this, dear Forest anb Stream. Well, with a slight
preface, so as to reveal the «cene behind the curtain*. I will say, Hint In
18JS, during tho Florida War, I doffed tho over memorable “gray and
bullet buttoned coat,” for ttic more envied long tailed blue. I was at
once ushered into service by being stationed that Full, Winter and Spring
at the above named post; then two days' time from any other civilised
place, steamboat limo at Hint, and as for "common time " In which I had
been drilled, why. we find no lo/nrlthmb' tables thoro to calculate It Suf
flee it. we were seventy strong rig it in the heart of Florida, and about
ten (lays’ travel from all sign* of civilisation. I tainted hero by "walking
the plank" from a small steamboat, thence Into the pine barren. Gin
rtous, indeed! Story I yonr story, noon I

Well, one morning I went to Inspect tho company’* mc«s and rations,
when to my astonishment I foond the sulo* of the mess room all covered
over with bass spit, down on tho back, and a* largo as codfish, besides
the mess tables for sixty mon were smoking with hot ll*h. What!
thought I, am I on the coast of Newfoundland, among the cod fisheries
of New England, (rami In Florida? I will luqulro, perhaps I ain In a
dream. "Sergeant," said I, "you seem to have plenty of fish here;
where did you get them?" He replied: "Dougherty la a fisherman, and
he goes up tho rlvor every few daya and catches what 0*li the inon can
eat." “Tell him I wish to see him." "Yes, Lieutenant," replied the
sergeant, touching his cap. (Enter Doughtcry ) "Doughtcrty, where
do you caich all those fish, and how do you do it?" "I catch them,"
said he, "up the river, w ith a line and hook; I troll for them I first use
a piece of white fat pork rind, cut thin, for a bait, mid after till* I u*o a
white atrip cut out of tho belly of the U*li. und about three tnebe* lot, g:
these last longer and save the pork, and are Just a* good. If not better, I
think." This was good nows, ns well as economy In perk rind. I deci-
ded to try them. The next day Dooghoi ty and myself, untied with hook
and line only sixty feet long, and a piece of pork rind sliced from the
pork barrel, started off for the fishing grounds. Moon ufter pu**lng n
long line of lily pads on the right, we came to tho mouth of (ho rlvor
above described, and look up n place in the centre of It. "Now, hold on,"
said I, “whilst I cut off n piece of this rind and bait my hook " Till*
done, by hooking It at one end. so It would play in the water; "Now,"
said I, "you row across," nnd away went my lino by a cast at the smile
lime, no sooner strlklDg the water than— splash 1 up you gol about (wo
feet into the air, white belly, tall, fins, and all a flying- down you come,
shaking nnd dangling with a twitch "Pull him In," said Private
Dougherty, for I was a novice now, and had novor caught a (l*h before
by trolling. I obeyed his orders and soon hud a big bass In tho boat
The bait yet good, away I cast It uguln. No sooner done Ihnn -up she
goes again 1 aod Into the bout I haul him— a monster bass, the boat meet-
ing him full half way, nnd soon over It goes again, and In come* another,
and stilt over again, nnd still In auotbor, and so on und so forth to the
end of the chapter, with no change. except :o use the niece of belly for
bait when my other was all gone. This sport continued for 1cm thnn two
hours, when finding my boat nearly loaded down, and uiy little fingers
well cut nnd sore by hauling them In, 1 concluded to stop at (ho round
number of fifty, und returned to the post. When I weighed my fish, or
ut least one of the smallest and largest, tho smallest weighed four nnd
one half pounds and thu Inrgeel fourteen and one half pound*, giving u
fair average of ton pounds, or five hundred pounds iu all. This looks
like largo bass in the St. John’s River.

I was not then particularly fond of fishing, and never went to the
place again, but Doughtcry told me that he continued to caich them In
this way for some time afterwards, and until the weather got wanner,
when they ceased biting there and went out Into the inalu river, where
he caught them, though much less abundantly.

J visited the place. I think, about the 10th of March, when Iho orange*
were yellow nnd ripe and lying the ground. Here, In iny opinion. Is
tho spot for Florida sport»meu. I think the bus* spawn here uununlly,
and the few that may be caught will make no difference. I do not learn
that any settlors live near ihi* spot. Land from tho steamer, pitch you r
tent, and throw the fly or pull tho trigger at yon option. I am sure you
will have rare sport, and to yoor full sailsfactlon. I hope you will report
through Fuitttsr and Stream of yoar success. TUI theu adieu

Old Mcout.

Fishing Matteiis.— Tlie number of fishing arrivals for
the week ending March 25th, was fourteen, seven from
Georges, three from the Grand Banks and four from New
Brunswick. The Georgesmen are bringing in lighter fare*
on second trips, averaging about 35,000, an aggregate of
250,000 for the week. Halibut have also arrived less
freely, the receipls amounting to 200,000. The New
Brunswick vessels have conte home this week without
fares, no herring having been taken there the past month.
The scarcity at this time will make it bad for the Western
Bank Heel now fining away on their salt trips, who were
depending on these arrivals for a supply of bail.

The fishing season Ini9 opened quite disastrously, sixty-
five lives aod six vessels having been lost in its prosecution
up to this time— quite an increase over the losses of last
vear for tiie same period, when there were eighteen lives
and four vessel* lost, two in the Newfoundland and two in
the Grand Bunk fishery, the crews of three of the ve-«el»
being saved Increase of loss of life, up io this tune, forty-
seven. Ol the vessels lost this season three were employed
in the Grand hank und three in the Georges fishery.— Cape
Ann Adurliur, March, fflth.

^nstvrrs go gorresyoiidenti.

Anonymoo* Communications not Noticed.

J. H. 1?., Oitdnuburc. N Y —Where can I get a good don bl« gno,
^*1S*J*i combined?) An*, on* for *alo at Hit* office; price $W

I . h It -11a* tho Ice left the Great South Hay, anil U the duck (hoot-
ing good enough at Oyster Uay to nuke It worth my while to go dow n
there to *pcud two or three day*? How I* Amltyvillo for duck*? An*.
Onr report* of Uio la*t tno week* Indicate good •booUng. See Gun
column.

Homo, Philadelphia.— Where can I procure a pair of shots-for wading
when trout dialog* l hear i he re t* a party in New York who make* a
•hoe with hole* and hob nail* Iu the sole*, i-peelally for that purpose?
An*. Meun. Ferguson A Sloven*, No. si Na*»au •treet, will make tho
boot yon want

O, K. F.. WelUvIlle, N Y — What la tho price of fi.hlng Mocking*.
al*o thu price of tho Ucg«ninn folding bout An*. Conroy, Bluett A
Mali (•'■on. No. «S Fulton »ire*t, have tho new English fishing •locking,
the beet made, at $s per p»lt liegeman'* boat* no can tupply at $70 to
$117. Have *en* price ll*t by mall.

T K (’, New York,— Will you kindly Inform mo howto u*o a re-
triever. whether they are good for field •hooting, a* well a* duck. I lmvo
two beautiful, large. Irish retriever*, about three month* Iu till* country
etc well broken, and are flue dog*. An*. Wo have novor known rottluv.
er* to be u»vd for any purpose except that of retrieving duck* and other
game.

J. A II., Pittsburgh.— Onr *porl*mrn*’ dub have brouoht eult against
•cvornl gome deal. r* for having brook trout In their possession during
(lie clO*o •0(1*01). They c alm the trout were caught In Canada. Can
yon send it* Immediately the recent decision of tho court, relatlngio
cn«e* of tine uature? An*. The Information you desire ha. neon tout
t>y mall.

R V. Jnmuvlllc, Wl*.— Can yon obtain a Raymond Lnvornek bitch pup
of the litter mentioned In Fonttsr and Stiiea* of March IKh, and for
tvhat price? Wo want eotue "blue blood" out here and mu»t huvo It
An*. Of tho Iuto litter of pup* from Mr. Raymond'* Laverack hitch
Fairy, ihore woto *ix dog* aud ono blioh. The latter will be kept for
•lock ptirpoao*.

R S, It., Philadelphia. - Ple**<< Inform mo where I ran find good trout
fl«hlng within three or four boil re' reach of Philadelphia, »ny for short
trip* of a couple of day*? Will tho Now Jereey game law* Interfere with
my lUIilng In that Stato? An* I In tho vicinity of tho Delaware
Water Gap you will find good hotel* and trout fi.hlng. X. Not at the
projiur reason of tho year.

J. C. T , llaxlcmn, Pn.— Plea»o Inform mo whether I con pitrehnsqn
pair of porpol-o leather (hooting bout*, or Cording'* ankle ■hooting lire-
gan* In Now York? Ana. Cording'* boot* are not void In till* city, nor
can porpol.o leather boot* tie had on thl* *ldo tho Atlantic. In fact Hi|*
material 1* treed mostly for lacing*. Why uot try alligator akin? Sou
other uncover* In litis column.

P. , rinltlmore —Having for .onto month* had my hound* and water
dog* much troubled with red mange, I should ho glint to Imve »omu *a(o
and effectual remedy for It? An*. Take Iodide of mercury I drachm, 1
or., lard: mix nud rub vury little Into the root* of (ho li.lr every day. In
case thl* remedy *honld fall, gteo your dog* leu drop* of Fowlor'* «olu-
tlon of erectile In their food night and morning,

W. C. S., Now York.— !. Can you Inform mo of tho beat manner, to
clean bras* ahull*, and don't you think that If they were nickel plated
they would keep clean longer uud he le** liable to corrodof What do
you consider the best powder for *hoollng In thu Maynard rule, gij inch
barrel, 4 calibre. 41 grain* powder? An*. Hcu ln»t la.uo Forest and
Stream, March Will, page 107. 3. Uaxnni's No, 4.

C. A. R., Boston — What different kind* of (booting U found at Monso-
head Luke during July, August und Soptomliorf Can you toll mo any
better place near that region? An*. No shooting, except, parhnp., an

occasional woodcock, before Sept, lit; thou ruffoa There I* no

better place In that vicinity. Where I* the bust beach (booting within
thirty mile* of Boston? An* Try Cohusott, Noponselt, Acushust, or
Marebpoe, and the vicinity of Cape Ann.

DuoKBR, Baltimore —Would not tho preparation recommended to
"Logoo, Baltimore," fn yonr Issue of tho Uth Inst., to render a tont
waterproof answer tbo name purpose fora (booting suit, otilior of cor-
duroy or of woolen good*; or I* there anything preferable? In ireine tho
preparation referred to, how long I* tho cloth to remain In tho solution f
An*. It would; but tho Parchment Cloth nnd Paper Company Imve an
Invention which Is preferable. Addrus* thorn at No. Hi Doj (treet, thl*
city.

F. D., New York, -If I buy u mtixclo loading gun does the dealer tell
me the proper ebargo for It; If not, how am I lo know? Wn* not last
season generally a bad season for game* Which I* the In *1, a single
barrel breechloader, oradoublo barrel innxzlo louder? An*, Any dealer
or skillful sportsman can give you dlr.ctlon* how lo load a guu. From
Information wo uro receiving from different sections of thu country no
are led to believe (bat the game ha* not bucu much Injured by tho pn*t
Winter. A single barrel breech loader.

Fort Hoott, Kansas.- Wbut I* the slr.o of the dog Prldo of tho Bor-
der. large, imdlu in, or iinall, vtolrlu, Ac.? What I* tho distance from
point of no*o to raised place or button on head? Was not the tall and
feather combed out oxpressly for lit* picture’ An*. Fifty .eight pounds -
height, 2' * Inabns; around cheat, 37 Indie*; length, no»e to point of
*ku!l, Ut Inches; neck, H Inches; shoulder to tall, g| Inches; tail to end
of bone, 1.1 Incite*; over all, M Incite*. Probably, tbo dog Is regularly
washed und combed, weather permitting,

W B. It. Indianapolis, Bid - I have a fetualo Scotch sailor with a
split now I think she I* pure blood. Mho Is blolcbed black and white
I* qulto young, nnd ha* naver been trained. Do not know anything
about her pedigree. I would like to know If H>r»e dog* arc good for
anything, and how much slit) would be worth, aud bow much pup* would
lie worth sired from tho sumo kind of dog. I would like to »oll her?
An*. Wc have great doubt* about your bitch being a Scotch »ott«r, and
think neither thu bitch, or pup* from her, would tic saleable
Dxacmi.rt, si. Loots, Mo.-Ploasc giro best method of reducing charvo
-both powder and ball -for 41 cal., 77 grain* powder, Remington ride
and two smaller weights of each, one to be round ball, and on. midway
between Hint and the Uw grain ball? An* It will ho necessary to lime
a mould made for tho purpo-o. In order to produce lighter bullet with
same diameter. U*o metallic cn*o with wad*, as suggested in your letter
Are alligator sklu boots waterproof, and If so, where can the mutenal bo
got? Ans. Address II. & A. Muhnnbolz, No. Sod Broadway, N y
for tanned alligator skins. Yua will find the leather waterproof.

11 It. O., Grcon«burg, I'a.-I’leaso givo mu some Information In regard
to "Audubon's Ornithology," co»t arid merit, and If you know of unv
work that surpaou* It in merit, and what thu cost? An*. "Noitb
American llud*," by Baird, Brewer X Hidgwoy. price $30. Audubon's
splendid work* hove been *upcr*«led. and such u the gain In tho art of

embellltlnng, os well as In the science ..f ornithology, that tbo original

pistes, which cu»t *omethlng like $3)0 (ft), con Id *,„ri,-ly bo sold now
lor old copper. They are in the poreoMiun of Phelps, Dodge & Co. wo
bsllevo.

J T S„ Baltimore.— Would yon kindly Inform an old reader what Isa
good target fora No. 8 brcocti loading gun at forty yarn. u*l ug So g
•hot— My Loro, ? I presn uo the targets to be thirty Inches square
Would* urgst twelve ll.Chr. square ho largo enoogh to for ,, score. a
opinion opou trie snooting qualities of a gun? An*. Cannot u-JJ without
knowing if your gun I* •logia or d«u do Darrel, about Uw weight snu th*
quuoilly of Allot you shoot. To 'e.t the shOollug of a guu it i. decided *
best to tiAte a target thirty Inches in diameter.

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guns, which shoot so admirably at first, the subsequent
rultle and 6huking to pieces is produced by this very cause.
The Roper four shooter hns an attachment which screws
on the muzzle of the gun, to produce this effect; an exte-
rior concentrator, which, however, is adupted only to sin-
gle barrels. The letter ftoin our correspondent, “Royal,’’
which we publish elsewhere, gives a further trial on our
side of the water, and wo shall look with interest for tho
results of the grand Field trial.

The withdrawal of Messrs. W. and C. Scott & Sous from
this trial will deprive it of much of its interest, but their
reasons for so doing, as related to us by Mr. W.M. Scott, their
representative now in this country, are 60 well founded
that, while regretting the absence of guns of their ac-
knowledged make, we cannot but approve of their deci-
sion. The intricacies of the gun trade nre so different in
England from anything which exists in this country, as to
require some explanation in order to be understood. The
Messrs. W. and C. Scott & Sons arc not dcolcrn, in the com-
mon acceptation of the word, but manufacturers on a large
scale, who furnish many of the retail dealers with guns,
the latter using their own names and stamps. Therefore,
it would he not unlikely that in a trial of this nature their
acknowledged guns would come into competition with
others of their own make, hut which purported to emanate
from other dealers. The embarrassment of the situation
is obvious, and the Messrs. Scott have done wisely in with-
drawing. On this side of the water, however, this cause
does not exist, and we look forward to seeing them again
at the head of the list in our next home trial.

Z3T Our patrons are cautioned againBl sending bank notes
to us by moil. Bend only drafts, checks, or Post Office Or-
ders.

THE BORING OF SHOT GUNS.

WE had purposed continuing tho reports of English
trials of guns bored on the new, or American prin-
ciple, by which Messrs. Scott, Greener, Dougall, and other
makers claim to have achieved such wonderful results in
the way of pattern and penetration. The approaching
“trial,” however, instituted by the London Field, is calcu-
lated to be so thoroughly exhaustive that we prefer to wait
for its completion before going further into the merits of
the subject. Tho conditions of the “trial” are too volumi-
nous for us to reproduce iu full; briefly, they aro as fol-
lows ; — Such maker can enter three guns; an adjustable rest
is to be used. Guns of from eight to twenty gunge will be
allowed, the latter size to be allowed a latitude of one
eighth ouuce shot. In the second round No. 5 shot will be
substituted for No. 0. Every gun to be fired into a pit five
times from each barrel before trial, and no wiping out to
be permitted until after the contest. The further condi-
tions regarding powder, shot, wads, and pads are not mate-
rially different from those in force at previous trials. The
Field gives cups of the value of 40 guineas and £10 re-
spectively, besides bearing all the expcuscs of tho trial.

The result of this competition, for which the preparations
are so elaborate, should be conclusive, as fur as the work of
the competing makers is concerned, but the question of the
desirability of the method of boring, by which this close
shooting is to be obtained, is by no means determined. Of all
the voluminous correspondence published ou the subject,
the letter of “Enquirer,” in the Field of February 27th, writ-
ten from 8t. Louis, is the most to the point, and while pre-
dicting that the American system will come into general
use in England, he claims that it will be at the expense of
general efficiency in the gun. If we are rightly in-
formed, Mr. Greener, senior, many years since adopted this
system of “choke boring" in order to produce close pat-
tern, but after a lime discovered that it was at the expense
of the gun made, for it stands to reason that the gradual
narrowing of the bore of the gun towards the muzzle, by
which concentration of the charge of shot is procured, also
produces greater friction and consequent wear and tear.
Indeed, it is not improbable that with our American made

ICE PHENOMENA OF NEWFOUNDLAND

SHOULD any one wish to study the striking phenomena
of ice-fields and icebergs, let him go to Newfound-
land, and during the first four months of the year he will
And around its coasts ample materials for such studies.
Duriug those months the great Arctic current — “a river in
the ocean”— which sets out of Davis Straits, is laden with
icebergs and ice-floes, of which Baffin’s Bay i9 the factory.
Even so early ns January these ice-masses begin to show
themselves off the coasts of Newfoundland; but February
and March are the favorite months for the transport of the
vast ice crop from the place of its growth to the bosom of
the Gulf Stream. A river of ice. from one to two or three
hundred miles in breadth, and from fifteen hundred to two
thousand miles in length, then flows slowly and majestically
past the shores o i Newfoundland. The icy stream is not
continuous, varying considerably at different times, accord-
ing to the season, and the manufacturing and exporting
energy of the ice works. Neither does this frozen river
follow the same track invariably, as the direction of the
prevailing winds determines whether it shall press closely
on the shores, choking up bays and harbors, and, at times,
establishing an ice blockade, or be broken up and driven
off many miles out of sight of land. A few hours of
easterly wind deflect the great ice current and drive it in
on the shore; while before a westerly wind it speedily
vanishes, and the green waves are dancing where, a few
hours before, the icc-fields were spread, grim and ghastly.
Still the ice-laden stream steadily pursues its way, bearing
on its bosom thousands on thousands of icebergs, and
transporting ice-fields hundreds of thousands of square
miles in extent. Here sails the towering iceberg, its white
pinnacles glittering iu the sunbeams, or reflecting tremu-
lously by uight, the stars from its gleaming snow-white
peaks. There, when the winds are hushed, the ice-field
spreads its ridges and furrows, wrapping old ocean in a
huge winding sheet, and gliding along in silence deep as
death. Bui when the storm rises, and rends the glittering
sheets, by ocean’s swell, into floes and piles them up in
hummocks, dashing them against and over each other, then
the thunders awake. Then begins, for the poor mariner
the reign of terror. With a mighty swing, an icefloe a
million tons in weight is hurled against a huge iceberg
which is like an Alp afloat, its summit being 200 feet
above the waves and its base 1,800 feet below the surface.
The blow makes the ice-mountain shiver but cannot over-
turn it, and the floe is rent and torn, with a noise like
thuuder, into a thousand fragments which are piled ou one
another, or strewn over the ocean, far aDd wide. Or,
perhaps, two enormous fields of ice, under the influence of
opposite rotatory motions, rush together in a death grapple.
The struggle is frightful, but it is only for a moment. The
weaker yields, and with a noise louder than thunder, is
crushed beneath the waves, while fragments of the
weightier giant arc piled to the height of thirty or forty
feet ou the hack of his conquered foe, as though to bury
him deep in the fathomless sea. In these collisions, ice
twenty or thirty feet in thickness is rent in enormous
fissures^ and beaten into fragments. The ocean is covered
with rolling masses, hard as floating rocks of granite, as
this tournament of the ice-giants proceeds. Heaven help
the unhappy vessel that is caught in this drifting “pack!”
Perhaps the night comes down dark and stormy, while the
choking, blinding snow-drift is hurled on the wings of a
fierce nor’easter, and the spray bents perpetually on the
deck, freezing as it falls. No situation more trying to
human courage and endurance cau be imagined. The
straining and groaning of the ship’s timbers, while the huge
blocks of ice strike her, as if hurled from a catapult, mak-
ing the masts quiver at each blow — the uproar all around,
as tho blows of the ice-giauls resound— the rush and roar
of the snowstorm overhead; these make up a scene
enough to appall the stoutest heart, It is amid dangers

such as these that the seal hunters of Newfoundland pursue
their perilous calling, and undismayed by all the terrors of
the scene, they boldly steer their vessels into the hideous
tumult in pursuit of their prey: —

“Men most work and women ninet weep.

Though the harbor bar be moaning!"

The vast numbers in which icebergs are borne past the
shores of Newfoundland are almost incredible. On a clear
day, from the summit of a bill overlooking St. John’s, one
hundred icebergs, great and small, can sometimes be
counted. It is impossible to imagine u more strikingly
beautiful object thau one of those stately wanderers of the
deep, Luge and solitary, proudly and defiantly sailing on-
wards, regardless alike of wind and tide, borne irresistibly
along by the deep sea current. The waves that dash in
foam against its sides shake uot Die strength of its crystal
walls, nor tarnish the sheen of its emerald caves. Sleet
and snow, storm and tempest are its congenial elements.
Icefl-oes come in its way, and are shivered to atoms; storms
rage but it heeds them not. Proudly it flings buck the
billows from its projecting crags and pinnacles, which
gleam like cliffs of chalk or white marble. We fauey that
nothing could avail to destroy such a giant mass, and that
it may sail on for ever. But all the while the rays of the
sun are playing on its surface aud silently penetrating its
substance; and the warm breath of Spring is loosening its
joints and relaxing its strength. Streams begin to pour
down its great sides. Huge crags drop down with sullen
plunge into the ocean. Large pieces become detached aud
float away in independent existence. Presently it becomes
top-heavy, loses its equilibrium and turns on its sides or
reels completely over with a thundering crash, making the
sea boil into foam, and causing a swell that is perceptible
for miles. Woe to the luckless vessel or boat that may be
in too close proximity when this occurs. At times the
berg cannot recover its equilibrium, and continues rolling
and tumbling like a huge porpoise, dropping fragment after
fragment, in its uncouth gumbols, till the whole mass falls
asunder like a wreck. These rolling icebergs, which are
peculiarly dangerous, are called “growlers” by tho seal
hunters. Or the berg may right itself by complete inver-
sion, and sail on ward, reduced in dimensions, and enveloped
in mist, until it reaches the w.irm waters of the Gulf
Stream, where it is finally dissolved. Seldom are any ice-
bergs ever met with farther South than 40J of North lati-
tude. Even when the Summer warmth is but slight, it is
surprising bow rapidly the smaller bergs which get aground
dissolve under the influence of the sun’s rays. As the
Summer advances they become very brittle; and then a
slight degree of violence is enough to rupture them. It
sometimes happens that during a storm the seamen try to
moor their ship for safety under the side of an icebeig.
In planting an ice-anchor in its surface, when in the brittle
stage, even tho blow of an axe will sometimes rend the
huge mass asunder, and the fragments falling ou the
vessel will crush her like a nutshell, and send the ill fated
mariners to a eatery grave. It is a perilous matter to
make friends of sucli treacherous voyagers. The safest
plan is to keep a respectful distance from the monsters.
Many a gallant ship has met her doom by striking oil an
iceberg during the darkness of night, or when enveloped
in thick fog.

Tiio utmost vigilance is required in navigating the ice-
laden seas around Newfoundland. The submerged part of
an iceberg has often sharp ungular points projecting, ou
which should a vessel strike a fatal wound may be inflicted
in a moment. It sometimes happens, too, that a fragment
of ice, 200 feet in length, has an iceberg resting on each
extremity, and keeping it sunk at a certain depth below the
water; ships may then sail between the bergs and over the
sunken fragment, but it n a perilous undertaking. Should
one of the bergs shift its position, and set free the sunken
floe, it will rise to the surface and hurl the ship into the
air with a tremendous force, leaving her a shattered wreck.
Should a vessel be caught between two bergs, or between a
floe aud a berg in motion, she could no more resist tho
pressure than a wine glass could withstand the effect of a
ball discharged from an Armstrong gun.

The majority of the bergs coasting along Newfoundland
aro of no great size, but occasionally some are seen of vast
dimensions. Captains of vessels have more than once re-
ported meeting with bergs half a mile in length. This
might seem an exaggeration; but one was seen by Ross, in
Baffin’s Bay, two miles and a half long, and fifty feet
high; nine times as much of the berg being under the
water as above the surface. The weight of this berg was
estimated at 1,292,397,673 tons. The visible portion of an
iceberg is only about one-ninth part of the real bulk of the
whole mass; so that if one be seen one hundred feel high,
its lowest peuk must be 800 feet below the waves. But,
bergs are frequently seen 200 and even 300 feet above the
sea; and these, if their sub-marine portions sank to the
maximum depth, must have reached the enormous total
height of 2,700 feet ; that is rather higher than the Cheviot
Hills. The bergs aro of all shapes os well as all sizes,
sometimes rising into pointed spires, sometimes taking the
form of a conical hill, sometimes having domes and pin-
nacles. The most general form, however, is with one high
perpendicular side, the opposite side very low, and the in-
termediate surface forming a gradual slope. When of this
form the higher end is generally to windward. Some have
been seen containing prodigious caverns, and some with
hollows, having vast accumulations of snow. Their ap-
pearance is that of chalk cliffs, with a glittering surface
and emerald-green features. Pools of azure-blue water lie
oq tUeir surface frequently, or fall from them in cascades (

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From these reservoirs vessels often obtain supplies of water
peculiarly sweet and agreeable.

The icebergs which coast along the shores of Newfound-
land have a course of not less than 2,000 miles from the
place of their birth to that of their dissolution. They are
entirely of land formation, and consist of partially dis-
solved snow frozen. The huge glaciers along the coasts of
Greculuml, which project their masses into the fiords, are
the parents of the icebergs. From the seaward face of the
glucier, us it is pushed farther and farther into deep water
l.v the pressuro behind, masses arc detached by fracture
which flout off as bergs. They often bear, embedded in
their substance, clay boulders and great fragments of rock
lorn from the sides of the Greenland hills, and drop these
ns they melt at the bottom of the sea, or on the sub marine
banks of Newfoundland, thus helping to build new isles
and continents.

—

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA— NO. 3.

BF.INO NOTES OK A TOOK OK EXPLORATION— BY OUR OWN
COMMISSIONER.

IN my last communication I referred to a spade as a por-
tion of our outfit, and mentioned the fact that a supply
of fresh water could be obtaiued at the fish rancho on the
northern end of Lacosla Islaud. To the tourist, a supply
of fresh water is indispeusable, and if his boat is small the
quantity carried must be limited, and how to obtaiued a sup-
ply is an important matter. Nearly all the islands and keys
are supplied with fresh water, and the tourist will bo in-
formed that this indispensable fluid “cuu be obtained al-
most anywhere on the islands or keys by digging a hole
near the beach." Water of fair quality cau be obtained on
most of the islands and keys if the proper site is selected
for the well. In digging for water, the experienced invari-
hly select a locality where there are no mangrove bushes,
for wherever this growth is found, water will be impreg-
nated with salt. On the bay side of most of the islands
and main laud a low growing bush or tree will be found
with circular shaped leaves four inches wide, and the
searcher for fresh water should prospect near this growth,
as fresh water will generally be found near the surface.
We dug a well on the northern end of Little Cusparillu,
forty feet from the beach, and curbed it with an empty
barrel we picked up on the beach. From half flood until
half ebb the water was very salt, but at low tide we found
it palatable. After finishing *ur well, we explored the is-
land, and found about its centre a lagoon several liuudred
yards in length, containing excellent water.

From the fish ranche on the eastern end of Lacosta Is-
land, we started across southeast by south three miles, and
found ourselves abreast of the northern end of Useppa Is-
land. At 6 P. M- we landed on the eastern side of the
island at the foot of a large shell mound. To the south of
the largo mound we found two wells of excellent water, and
on the north side some very large figs with a full supply of
superior limes. Searching farther we discovered a luxuri-
ous banana patch, but the fruit was not ripe. This island is
over one mile in length and one third of a mile in width at
the widest point. In the centre of the island, will be
found several large shell mounds, the largest about sixty
feet. high. The southern extremity of the island is covered
with live oak and mangrove trees. From the mounds to
the northern end the island is clothed with a luxuriant
growth of live oak and palms, and is the highest land to
be found on any of the coast islands south of Cedar Keys.
In front of the mounds deep water will be found within a
few yards of the shore. This island had been the homo of
a couple for several years, but as the female part of the
population deemed it proper to elope with a fisherman,
the masculine portion became guilty ©f arson and retired
from the beautiful island of Useppa, leaving behind him
some bricks, charcoal, and the remains of a cooking stove.

This island is distant two miles from the Gulf, from which
it is separated and protected by Lacosta Island; dis-
tance to the main land, fifteen miles. Owing to its climatic
advantages, elevation of the land, and protected situation,
it is the most eligible site for a Sanitarium iu the South.
Frost is unknown, and before the chilly northwest wind
can reacli the island, it becomes temperate by crossing the
warm waters of the harbor for a distance of twenty miles.
In this section the much to be dreaded northeasters of the
coast, do not bring rain, and have none of that searching
chilly nature that characterizes them on the Atlantic side.
Useppa is truly the winter home for the invalid suffering
from pulmonary disease— excelling in climatic advantages
Bermuda, Nice or Madeira. We predict that the day is
not far distant when a large hotel will grace the shell
mound on this island, and invalids in hundreds will inhale
a life restoring atmosphere unequalled by that of any part of
the world. The Winter season in this section is remarkable
for the small amount of rain and the equable temperature.
At Punta Rassa twenty miles north of Useppa, at a much
less favored portion, the highest range of the thermometer
for the years of ’72. '73, and ’74, was 95, and the lowest 40.
The observers stationed at the Punta Rassa favored me
with the range of the thermometer for the year 1874, and
I shall merely give the highest and lowest ranges for the
various months : —

nigheat.
- . . ..7i

Lowest. 1

4 J July

Highest.

Lowesb

70

. m

50| August

...85

■55 1 September

April

87

55 October...

59 November

. 82

June

.91

70| December.

80

... *9

June —

We spent several weeks at Charlotte Harbor and the
Caloosahatchie River, &n4 did not jee a drop of rain during

that period; and found the climate invigorating and de-
lightful. This section of the State is not nffectcd by
those sudden transitions of temperature which are so un-
pleasant further north, or on the Atlnnlic coast. For the
sportsman Useppa offers many attractions, as the neighbor-
ing oyster reefs ami low islands are frequented by count-
less numbers of snipe; the ail joining islands arc well stock
ed with deer, and the waters of the bay teem with fish of
a superior quality. On our return we called at lids island
to secure a supply of water. I engaged in capturing a
mess offish, anil in a short time with fiddlers for halt,
landed the following: cavalli, sheepheud, red aud black
grouper, porgy, sen bass, angel fish, and cattish.

Soon after our arrival at Useppa, a fishing sclioouer
named the “Breaker," came to an anchor, and we boarded
her, as we fancied we might patch up some information.
The Cupluin was named William Smart, and resided at
Key West, lie had been navigatiug the Southwest coast for
twenty-seven years, and appeared thoroughly posted with
regard to every island, key, channel, pass, bay, creek, river
and shoal on the coast. During the survey of Charlotte
Harbor lie had been engaged in the capacity of pilot, and
during the last Indian war lie was employed in the Quar-
termaster’s Department. IIo iuformed me that lie owned
a fast sailing sloop of five tons measurement, in every way
adupted to the navigation of the Southwest coast. He
staled that lie would fit her up, so as to comfortably accom-
modate u parly of six sportsmen; supply stove and cooking
ulensels, and two Mystic built skiffs. lie and his son (an
intelligent youth of sixteen,) would sail the craft, cook and
render themselves generally useful. For all this fit-out ami
services, the Captain would charge four dollars per day.
One great recommendation in my estimation, is the fact
that Captain Smart is a teetotaller. A parly of four or six
could charier this craft, take steamer ul New York, and on
arrival at Key West take possession. The tourist could
visit the keys, islands, bays, capes, rivers, creeks, harbors,
passes and main land— in fact all the more important hunt-
ing and fishing points between Key West and Cedar Keys —
when the party could take the cars for home. Having hud
a limited experience of climate and hunting and fishing on
the Southwest coast, 1 wish to continue it, and would only
be too happy to join from three to five congeniul spirits iu
the Fall of 1875 to charter the sloop referred to, and do up
in a thorough maimer sections that I have merely pros-
pected, and others that I have not visited.

Leaving the fishing ranche on the north end of Lncostu
Island, and steering a course northeast by east, eight miles,
a deep hay without islands, shoals, or mud banks will open
up. From this point a course north by west, twelve miles,
will reveul the broad entrance to Peas Creek, which stream
can be asceuded for eighty miles. Reliable parlies who
have visited and who reside upou this stream, have assured
me that its banks present a fine field for deer and turkey
hunliug. Crossing the head of the bay, six miles in a west-
erly direction from Peas Creek, the Myokka River will
open up. From statements received I have reason to be-
lieve that the Myokka is the home of the alligator, the
place where the big fellows live, exist, aud have their
being. The limited time at our disposal would not admit
of our visiting these attractive streams, but we hope at
some future lime to examiue them and perforate a few of
those gigantic sauriaus.

Leaving Useppa a course southeast by cost must he
steered until the southwest portion of Pine Island is abeam
aud distant one mile, then east by north until Punta Rassa
bears north by east three quarlers of a mile. From this
point a northerly course will bring the dock nt the tele
graph station. Leaving Useppa four miles astern we sight-
ed a small “coon oyster" island. It presented a singular
appearance, and an examination with a glass revealed the
fact that it was literally covered with snipe. Four shots
furnished us with more than enough for an extensive snipe
slew, and an examination of them revealed the fact that
we had bagged six distinct species. The tide was low and
the island was surrounded by au extensive mud flat mixed
with broken shells. The shallow wuler was literally alive
with sheepheed, weakflsh, redflsh, pompano, cavalli, grou-
per, &c. In the deeper water there roamed dozens of vo-
racious sharks, who in pursuit of their prey would venture
into the shallow water until a portion of their bodies was
exposed. Frank amused himself for over an hour in the
water and mud hunting sharks with a shot gun. TLey ap-
peared to be unacquainted with man, and exhibited no fear.
They were so intent upon securing a meal that they could
lie approached within a few feet. Desirous of reaching
our goal we reluctantly left this piscatorial paradise, and
made sail for Puntu Rassa, where we arrived on the even-
ing of the 24th of December and telegraphed to loved ones
— “Complimentj of the season. All well. Depart for in-
terior to-morrow.” Al Fresco.

The New Sdrvey.— We are indebted to Lieut. Geo. M.
Wheeler of the engineer corps U. S. A. for a copy of his
report upon the Geographical and Geological explorations
and surveys west of the one hundredth meridian, together
with the accompanying maps. As the explorations of
Lieut. Wheeler embraced the country traversed by the
wonderful caflon of the Coloroda, as well as other regions
heretofore almost "terras incognita*." the additions to our
knowledge of the conditions and resources of our country
are almost incalculable. In fact the labors of this gallant
offioer have brought him prominently before the general
public for several years past, and a cqpimon subject of re,
mark is, “why is be Mill Lieutenant.”

The Connecticut State Association koh the Pro-
tection ok Fisii and Game. — At the annual meeting of
the Hartford Game Club, held on the 23d nil , the repre-
sentatives present formed themselves into an Association
with the above title. A constitution and bye-laws, founded
mainly on those of the Ohio State Society, were ndoplud,
and the following geutlomeu elected as officers Hon.

F W. Russell, of Hertford, President; Johnson T.
Platt, of New Haven, aud A. (.’. llohbs, of Bridge-
port, Vice-Presidents; .1, S. Parsons, of Hartford, Sec-
retary; Dr. Win. M. Hudson, of Hartford, Treasurer. Tlio
following delegate", were appointed to the national con-
vention to he hold at Cleveland, Ohio, iu June —II. T.
Houghton, Wulorbury; \Y. F. Parker, West Meriden; A

Noble, Bridgeport; Henry 11. Harrison, New Haven;

P W Runoll, Hartford The Pn Idcnt, Hon P \s
Russell, announced the following committee' -Oil Rules
and Regulations and Game Law- -Hon. II C. Robinson,
Hartford; John W. Webster, Wutorliury; A. (’. Hobbs,
Bridgeport. On Fish Culture Rev. 10. L. Wells, South
port; Hon. Henry II. Harrison, New Haven; R. (). Cheney,
South Manchester. Some lime was spent Iu the discussion
of matters of interest to the association, S iring anlpu
shooting, woodcock hunting, snaring game, and the pro-
tection of fish. The farmers of the State were invited by
vote, to assist the association in securing its objects by co-
operation witli them.

How to Prevent Garbles* Hanoi. ink ok Firearm*.
— The Ohio Legislature has passed a sensible law to tlio
effect that any person who intentionally, without malice,
shall point or aim any firearm at any person, shall tin
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction pay u lino
of not more than five, or less than fifty dollars; and any
person who shall discharge, without injury to any other
person, any firearm while so aimed, shall be liubfo to u
line of one hundred dollars, or imprisonment for three
months, or both; and any person so injuring or maiming
another person, without malice, shall be lined fifty dollars
and imprisoned for two years. We have long advocated
the passage of an ucl of this description and trust that tlio
Legislators of Other States will follow the example of their
brothern of Ohio. The careless handling of II rearms Is tlio
fruitful cause of accident, and the most severe punish-
ment should follow its practice. The old excuse, “I
thought it was unloaded," comes loo late to suvo tlio
victim, and the only remedy for tlio evil is to let it carry so.
heavy a penally as to check it entirely.

—We arc glad to learn that Dr. Ordway, President of
the Massachusetts Anglers’ Association, is improving from
ilia late railroad accident.

LIST OF ACTS

Rbcatino to Fisii and (Sauk, now Pevihno iibboiib tub Amrnm.y
or Tins Stat*.

An Act making II unlawful to eutcli dull of nuy description. from Ton
awnnda Crciik In tins counties of Wyoming nnd Soncca. for ftvo year*
from (ho passage of tho act.

Forbidding tho catching of fl»h from Cliualanqtia Lake tmtwcou
the l«t of Dccoinbor anil 80th of May.

Prohibiting all Ashing In Cayugu county, oicopt with hook ami line.

Prohibiting Ashing la Oak Orchard Crock, Iu (ho counties of Ucnosoo
and Orleans, save with hook mid lino.

Amending Chapter 731 of tho Laws of IK7l.li> prevent ►lomling wild
goose, brant, or duck from any boa', or vessel, except upon tlio waters of
Chautauqua Lake.

Amending the ahovo Chapter, and prolilblllng Hi- shooting of any
goose, wild duck, or brant between tlio ISlh of May uni 1st of October.
Also making tho close tltno for quail from January 1st to October 1st
Also making the close time for ruffod and pinnated grouse from January
1st to Octohur 20th

Prohibiting all fishing, save with hook and lino. In Honeoyu, Monaco,
or Canandiilgiia Lukes, or tu their Inlets or outlets, or In any rivers, lakes
or streams wholly or partly III the counties of Schuyler, Steuben, Seneca.
Chemung. Yates, Tompkins, or Ontario

Prohibiting tho catching of Osh. suvo with hook and line, In Findlay’s
and Chautauqua Lake.

Prohibiting Ashing within eighty rods of any Ashway established
by tile Stale.

Protecting Ash In Ocncseo Itlver, Alleghany county, between May 1st,
1875, nnd March 1st, 1878.

Prohibiting the use of pound nets In Hu- waters of tho (1 rest South
Oyster Hay or Long Island, under penalty of fft

Protecting shud in ihe Hudson River bolwoon tho 10th of June and
10th of March.

Prohibiting the catching of IMi In Summer lllll Luke, Cayuga
county, for two years, and subsequently between January 1st and May
1st for ten years

Including 81. Lawrence county In Ihe law relating to deer.

permitting the catching of Osh In Onondaga and Omddo Lukes by net
and seine from September 1st U) January 1st.

Prohibiting the use of fykes or set nets, or net* of any kind, In tho
north and sooth ponds of Little bnndy Creek. Oswego comity, for a pc
rlod of Ave years.

Prohibiting the taking of Ash by any weans from Hoffman pond, In
the town of Claverock, Columbia county, for two years

Altering the low of 1871 a* regards Otsego Lake, by making the close
lime ns regards seines nnd nets, from July 1st to September 30th, In-
stead of March 1st to August 3l«t.

All the above Acts have been read twice, reported favorably upon by
the Committee on Internal Affairs, and referred to llic Committee of the
Whole.

The game laws of Mnloo hnvo been so amended ns to prohibit tho kill-
ing of moose before October I si. The law of 1*71 regarding Osh has
been so amended ss not lo apply to ihe St. Croix River.

NOTES FROM FLORIDA.

St. Atroovrors, Fla., March 2 A, JN75
EiiiTon Pokiest and Stiiba*:-

If I remember correctly. I promised to send a few particulars of the
grand yiicbt race held here recently, but failed to do so, principally for
the want of time. I noticed, however, that the Fohe»t and Sines*
contained a very good account of tho day 's sport The yacht clubs havo
had numerous races, but tho season Is about over now. Travelers uro
beginning to go northward, and in a few weeks tiling* In Florida will be
quiet. A* a matter of Information, would say that the H E. Lee I'm*

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FOREST AND STREAM

Ball Clob, of Jacksonville, held Ibolr first meeting of the reason at
Jacksonville on tbo 13th Inst. and W. n. Lucas was re-olcetcd president,
Peter Jones, vice president, Ocorgo McConnlhe. treasurer. and B L.
Knight, secretary. Last season this club and the Garden City Base Ball
Clab of Tullahossco, Fla , played for tho championship of the State, and
when the season cloaed they stood ono game each, ao Hint the third game
will be played this season. Both are excellent dabs, and practicing hnrd
for the coming contest, which will undoubtedly take place at Jackson-
ville. Tho talk about building n mammoth hotel hero this Summer Is
ceasing No prospect for a new hotel as yet Tho travel this season Is
unprecedented— an Immense Increase. The weather la charming; ther-
mometer hn» reached n point a* high a* 87 degrees ravcral times this
Spring. All tho vegetation Is garbed In green, except the orange trees
which are snow white with tbolr fragrant blossoms. By all appearances'
the orange crop will bo largo this coming Full, also p, •aches, figs and
gropes. Yours respectfully. WuimBr

f> Sifte.

— Tlic Joint Committee* of tho N. R. A. and A. R. C.
met on Friday last. The Chairman read letters from Major
Leech, the Chairman of the Irish Rifle Council, Buying that
the “All Ireland Challenge Cup," subject to competition
among the counties of Ireland, would be open to a selected
four from the American team, the entrance fee being
£5 per squad and £1 per man. There was also an assur-
ance of a hearty Irish welcome in store for the American
visitors. Colonel Qildcrsleeve moved the appointment of
a special committee of three to supervise the contest for
places on the team. It was Anally agreed to add two mem-
bers to the subcommittee so as to permit a division of the
labors, and General Shalor and Captain Casey, of the
Seventh, were made the additional members. Tho Com-
mittee having charge of the Academy benefit reported
that Othello had been selected as the play for the evening.
Boxes have been sold to the amount of $1,500. On the
adjournment of the Joint Committee a meeting of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Amateur Rifle Club was held to
consider the Caundian challenge. A letter was read from
Captain J . ,1. Mason, President of the Ontario Any Rifle
Association, withdrawing his challenge of February 1 to
the American learn, and repeating it to the riflemen of the
United States, through the Amateur Rifle Club. On
motion of Captain Fulton it was resolved that this lost
challenge he not considered in its present form. It was
said that if the Ontario Club will challenge the Amateur
Club a match can be brought about, or if the riflemen of
the whole Dominion of Canada will challenge the riflemen
of tho United Slates the Amateur Club of New York will
be happy to accept It on their behalf.

— The National Rifle Association held another meeting
on Saturday evening, at which it was suggested that mem-
bers of the N. G., should appear in uniform at the Aca-
demy benefit.

—The Sub-Committee appointod By the Joint Committee
of the National Rifle Association and Amateur Rifle Club,
to arrange the time for the four competitions for places on
the team to lake part in the International match, have de-
cided upon the 17th, 21st, 21th and 28th of next month.

*•••*

THE ONTARIO CHALLENGE.

Hamilton, Ontario, March 22, 1875.

Col. Oto. IF. Wingate, President Amateur Rifle Club, New
York, on behalf of the Riflemen of the U. 8. A.

Dear Sir: — I fully understand the difficulty in the way
of a match between our Association and the team that is to
he selected to represent the United States of America iu t lie
forthcoming contest with the marksmen of Ireland, and
which, I confess, would partake rather of a personal than a
national character.

We have been and are still anxious to meet our cousins
across the border in a representative match, and having
withdrawn my letter of Feb. 1st, 1875, addressed to you as
Chairman of the Joint Committee of the Amateur Rifle
Club of New* York, and the National Rifle Association, I
now address you as President of the Amateur Rifle Club,
on behalf of the riflemen of your country, generally, pro-
posing a match under the conditions hereinafter set forth,
which conditions arc, of course, subject to such alterations
as may be hereinafter mutually agreed upon. While, ad-
mitting that the Amateur Rifle Club ranks amongst its
members mauy of the most prominent riflemen of the
United States, still a match between it. and an association
such as our own, could not be called a representative match
in the proper sense of the term. Our practice rarely com-
mences before the 1st of May, and this year it will in all
probability be still later; it would therefore be impossible
for us to fix a du'e for a mulch us early as that proposed in
your letter of the 27th ult., namely the 15th of May. The
conditions I propose arc as follows; —

Competitors, eight on each side; targets, scoring, &c., as
at Wimbledon, either in 1878 or 1875, as may he agreed
upon; rifles, any not exceeding 10 lbs. weight,’ but without
telescope or magnifying sights; minimum pull of trigger
three pounds; ranges, 800, 000 and 1,000 yards; 15 shots at
each range; position, any, uot involving artificial res'.;
pluce, Creednioor; time, between 15th of June and 15th of
October, 1875. Further details could be arranged hereafter.

Yours, very truly, J. J. Mason,

President Ontario Any Rifle Association.

To the above letter Col. Wingate lias replied to the effect
that while the National Rifle Association and Amateur Rifle
Club have exerted themselves conjointly in procuring from
among the riflemen of the country at large, a team to rep-
resent the United States in the International match, the
challenge of the Ontario Club must be responded to by the
Amateur Rifle Club, and the match made with that or a
similar organization, os neither he or the club feel author-
ized to accept it on behalf of the riflemen of tho United
States.

—The Dc Peyslcr badge which wos first shot for at the
meeting of tbc American Rifle Association on February
22, is now completed aud will shortly be on exhibition;
probably at the manufacturers, Messrs. Tiffany & Co’s.

— The 17th, 21st, 24th and 29th days of April have been
fixed upon as the dates of the four competitive matches
for places on the American international team. All native-
born riflemen of the United Slates are invited to compete at
Crcedmoor on those dates.

— Tiie New Manual. — Riflemen will be pleased to learn
that a new edition of Col. Wingate’s useful little book is
about being issued which will contain everything new per-
taining to rifles nnd rifle shooting, as well as all the Creed-
moor scores to date.

— Major Cotton, of the Kingston School of Gunnery, is
to he second in command of the Dominion Wimbledon
team this year.

—Toronto riflemen object to the Ontario Rifle Assoeia-
iion matches being held in the last week in June, as several
or the crack shots will then be on their way to Wimbledon.

Of the wonderful effects produced by the modern rifle
in the hands of men skilled in their use, we meet with ex-
amples nearly every day. Sir Sumuel Baker and his little
band of “forty thieves,” made their perilous journeys in
tiie heart of Africa, surrounded by myriads of savages, all
by the aid of the “Sniders,” with which they were armed.
Now from South America we hear of like results in the
Argentine Republic during tbc recent revolution which
devastated that fair land. From the Buenos Ayres Weck'y
Standard wc take the following description of one of the
engagements:—

The enemy fired as they came on, but our men waited till
they were within the 200 yards post, and poured iu such a
st end v fire of Remingtons that the enemy staggered and
wheeled about. Colonel Arias was so certain of his rifles
that he ordered his men not to fire on retreating hatallions.
When the enemy’s infantry left off charging, the cavalry
of Machado came to the tight and dismounted within 500
yards, then drove away their horses, drew swords and
rushed forward with great intrepidity to storm Arias’s line.
But when they got to the 300-yard post it was a nc plus ultra
for them. The Remingtons caused such havoc that they
turned and fled.

After the battle General Mitre wrote to Arias— “I leave
you half a dozen wounded. Do me the favor to pick them
up. ns protected by the law of nations.”

Times have changed wonderfully in the last dozen yeare,
and the power of the National Government has been in-
creased a hundred fold, thanks to the successive improve-
ments introduced by Gon. Mitre himself, when President
of the Republic, and multiplied under the recent adminis-
tration of Dr. Sarmiento. Railways, telegraphs, and Rem-
ington rifles have promptly put down a revolution which
ten years ago would have probably succeeded. The move-
ment lias been utterly stamped out in seventy days, aliliough
headed by the general of most prestige in these countries,
supported by n great portion of the army and navy, and
counting on the sympathy of some of the richest Argentine
families in Buenos Ayres. Ten years ago the revolution-
ary army would have carried all before them, nnd the Gov-
ernment would be beginning to collect means of defence on
the 70th day from the. outbreak.

Without, at all detracting from the sleepless activity of
Col. Alsinu, tho valorous conduct of Col. Arias, the dis-
cipline of the troops, ami skillfulness of the campaign on
the part of the Government, it is unquestionable that the
speedy wind up of the rebels is due chiefly to railways,
telegraphs and Remingtons. Telegraphs have aided almost
as powerfully as railways in making the action of the
National Government felt in the farthest parts of the Re-
public. The Remingtons finally ont fail dee Tnarveillce, giving
the victory to a small body ot resolute soldiers, ably
handled by an intrepid commander, iu the presence of an
enemy numerically overpowering but lacking the discipline
and arms of the Government trooDs.

had 0nn.

GAME IN SEASON FOR APRIL.

Snipe, Ducks and Wild Fowl.

, [Under the head of "Game, ana fun in tfeavn" we can Mv wea-
ry in general 'e-rnu the several varle'ie *, because the laws or States vary
so much that were we to attempt to particularize we coula do no less

?***»“« **«<* of game In

J . "'"'n n»/ic »c«, ireetiHAj ’./i c .flics Of of (I is* VCIVU

so much that were me to attempt to particularize, we coula do no less
than publish those entire sections that relate to the hinds of game in
question. 7 hit would require a great amount of our space. Jn desia-
by the laws cf nature, upon which aU legU-
founded, and our readers would do well to Divide themselves
'Z! '',!!1' n,"’o "■f fe*l>ec{},ve Mat** for constant reference. Otherwise,

out attemuls to assist them will only create confusion . )

Game In Market.— No new feature is presented this
week, the supply being confined to the few descriptions yet
in season. English snipe are being received from the West
and to some extent from New Jersey, the vicinity of Cam-
den being the principal point of shipment. They sell at
$5 per dozen; refrigerated snipe $3 50a$3 75. A few
brant arc coming in from Long Island, as well as ducks and
geese. Brant are worth $1 50a$l 75 per pair; geese $1 50
each. Wild pigeons continue very plentiful at $2a$2 50
per dozen; squabs, $0 per dozen; canvas backs $2a$2 50;
redheads, $1 25; mallards, $1 25; black ducks and wid-
geon, 50a?5 cents; wild turkey 25 cents per pound; plover
$4 50 per dozen; bay snipe 75c.a$l. per dozen; antelope
from Omaha 25 cents per pound.

Long Island, Good Ground , March 23d, 1875 The

ball was opened for the Spring shooting by Mr R B
Smith, of Smithtown. L. 1., on Monday 22d ult kiliing
with Ins own gun and doing all the shooting himsel’f fifty-
six whistlers and broadbills. Mr. Hurlbert, his associate
from New York on same day, killed twenty-four Tho ice
being still on the bay they had their blind rigged upon the
ice aud made of ice at the edge of quite a large sheet of
water. A few days more and the ice will be gone and then
all hands will have a chance for some geese and ducks and
gentlemen wishing some good sport will find the 'Bay
River House a good place to stop, and all necessaries for
shooting at hand. jj y jj g

New Jersey, Newark, March 28th, 1875.— Mr. Ed Van
Pelt killed five geese aud seven black ducks on Friday 19th
on Newark Bay, and on the 16th instant Mr. Wessler shot
| three Scolopax Wiltonii in East Newark. I have heard of a

great many “English” being seen on that day only ; none
since. Harry C. McD.

Maryland, Peer Park, March 26 th, 1875.— Pigeons are
coming in in vast numbers, more than have been seen in
the Spring for many years past. They are very fat, and in
fine condition, but are very wild. Several people are trap-

Biug them, intending to keep them for trap shooting.

•uclcs are also here in small numbers. I heard that a
gunner from Cumberland got eleven yesterday; they were
mostly redheads and broaubills. Alleghany.

Virginia. — The Alexandria Gazzefte of March 27th says
wild ducks are more numerous on the river now than for
some time past. Many are killed and as the demand for
them is light they sell ut cheap rates. Jack snipe are be-
coming abundant in the marshes and low grounds in the
neighborhood, aud sell at twenty-five cents a piece. Robins
and bluck birds are also plentiful but are poor, sell for
little or nothing and should not be killed.

Kentucky, Midway, Ey., March 24th, 1875.— Our Spring
is backward. At this time last year we had good bass fish-
ing to this time until English snipe made their appearance,
18th; not very abundant as yet, bid six to ten brace
can be had in a few hours hunting. We are trying to pro-
tect our streams from seining, &c., nnd have succeeded
having divers parties presented to the Grand Jury, and we
will put them to the extent of the law, which is defective
and hard to convict under. Ducks are making their ap-
pearance. Our Spring shooting is very meager, suipo re-
maining only a few days on their way North.

Respectfully, J. Sutton.

Wisconsin, Janesville, March 26f/t.— Duck shooting will
open at Koshkonong in about two weeks, and as the ice is
very heavy aud will break up late and thus keep the ducks
near the shores and on the river, we expect it to be un-
usually good. R. V.

Missouri St. Louie, March 24 th. — We are having cold
disagreeable weather, so that I have had no fishing us yet
this Spring, nor much shooting. Seveial single hunters
have had great success in killing mallard ducks and brant
during the last week in some wet prairie a few miles north-
east of our oily.

DUCK SHOOT1NGO ■ THE CON N ECT1CUT

OUR correspondent, Doctor, of Hartford, gives us some
incidents of a ducking excursion of his to Saybrook
Point, at the mouth of the Cunnecticut River, a fortnight
ago, where he had very good sport. Saybrook Poiut is
reached hy the Shore Line or Connecticut Valley R. It.
There i9 a good hotel within forty rods of the depot. He
says;—

“The ducks had been quite plenty for some time, the
severe cold weather having driven them from the upper
part of the Sound to the mouth of the river where the
strong currents over the bar kept the water comparatively
open. Gunners residing in the neighborhood had been
shooting from twenty to fifty per day, chiefly broadbills,
with a few black ducks and redheads. On the morning
after my arrival I pushed my float out over the ice about 100
yards until I reached the open steamboat channel, and
sculled down with the current, past the light house, which
is about a mile below the depot, and out to the breakwater,
a long stone affair extending out into the Sound some 3,000
feet. Here I began to fix my decoys. All the way down
from where I first started I had seen ducks flying and
swimming, nnd I started up several hundred from under
the lee of the breakwater. The ducks were very tame. I
had scarcely got my decoys overboard before six birds
splashed down within twenty feet of me. I let go one bar-
rel at them, and missed the whole lot clean. Presently I
succeeded in anchoring my decoys so that they would
swing down with the current about fifty feet away from
my float, which I pulled up against the stonework. I
scarcely was seated when the ducks began to come singly
and in flocks of three or four, which made splendid shoot-
ing. They would come down the Sound, ami seeing the
clear water would swim around the outer end of the break-
water where there were acres upon acres of ice churning
aud grinding in the strong Southwest wind, and would then
see the decoys and come down to them without hesitation
It was just beginning to get cairn when I heard a loud
shouting in the direction of the shore and on looking back
could see a native with an old gun and a mangy pointer
crawling with difficulty over the rough stones towards me
He got out to where I was after some time and adjectives
and sat down back of my float on the stones, saying that
“lie had beam me shute and thought it was somebody be
knew, but was mistaken." Now 1 always prefer to shoot
alone, and it did not tend to increase my calmness to any
great extent to have this native, when 1 missed a bird’
shoot at Jmn with that antiquated firearm over my head
and I remonstrated with him with such effect that he went
about five rods to one side and sat down in full view of the
ducks with his beautiful pup perched upon the highest
stone ho could find. He sat there perhaps fifteen minutes
and I was watching a flock of black ducks, wondering if
they would see that, dog before they saw the decoys when
bang went Ins gun, and the shot made the water fly along
side my float. He said that “he went to uncock his gun
and put his finger on the wrong trigger fust. ’’ I had killed
dutks enough! I went ashore at once, but at 4 P M I
went back again, and this time alone, and until sunset I
had fine fun, kdlmg tluee black ducks, one tedhead, two
broadbills, and a little “dipper," and I am not much of a

8hot «,ll*er- ^ Doctor.

COOT SHOOTING.

„ _ Cohasset, March 20, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

1 thought tho dory mailer about settled, as scores of old shooters have
said to me since the articles appeared, that they thought I had the rich!
side of the question. Ju reply to II. N. \V..» I will suegoM ,0 him that
he take a vote next Fall in favor of boats or dorys on his side of the bay.

I will do the same on mine, and report to Forest and Stream next Do-

of r a i° *7 ^°Ck' 1 'iaVe hc°D tl,Cre nnd know it: b“t outside
hL, ra am 1 w°,,der bow man>' ev« b‘«rd of It? A dory is a good set
boat for Oshing; for shooting, good for nothing The hardest, roughest

XhL ,T“ T 19 by P"°l* bonrdinS vessels on dark, stormy

55 , USe ,°7B- °nC thln* **n 'Mr favor, they are cheap

-cost one -third of a good boat, and a, for their out livrog a pilot's canoe,
let us nea! from others on the snbject. Respectfully, 8. K , Jr.

ftr7iSinT 8Iri“ W-*®*"" ,aw8 of^°™ Scotia, moose

Xro oroft W ®?’ Indians principally, many of those
slntigtcred being cows, heavy with cult.

FOREST AND STREAM,

123

DUCKING ON THE POTOMAC.

MORE GUN TESTS.

W ABniNGTos C'rrr, March 19. 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

It has been sometime since I mote to yon. and write now to let you '
know what we have beea doing In the way of sport. The Potomac has
been frozen twice to Its month, an event I think that has seldom if ever
happened before. During the Inst freeze I went to Acquta Creek with a
gentlemen, ns 1 was informed that a good hole In the lco was open and
that ducks were in abundance We reached there about two o'clock
and found nbont two acres of water containing about two thousand
ducks, most of them being canvass backs, with a few red uccks, black
hoods and dippers. This was a eight that I have often wished for. and
could hardly contain myself nt the thought that I was going to have
shooting that could only happen ouoc or twice In a lifetime, where the
prospects were so good and the ducks so numerous, for, while witnessing
this sight, and in less than llfteon minutes after our aVrlval. or, to use
the fashionable phrase, after the first sight of the Big Bonanza, we saw
come In and alight two flocks of canvass bucks containing about fifty
ducks each. About this time the owner of the .farm came and said he
hod good shooting about four days previous, ana the ducks hud not been
disturbed since then, and we ought to have all the shooting that mortals
could wish. lie then took us to his boat, a small sloop, and showed us
about 110 pair of ducks, most of them being canvass bocks. Some of
these ducks waighed over seven pounds per pair, but I also noticed that
some few were very poor, and supposed them to have been cripples.
Well, we launched our boat, containing fifty decoys, two Scott breech
loaders, two pairs of blankets, and two sheets and two pillows of hay.
Yon, no doubt, will want to know what has blankets, sheets nnd pillows
to do with duck shooting. Well, let me say to yonr readers that to shoot
ducks from a hole In the Ice the best way to do Is to put your decoys out
a* n proper distance In the water, make yonr bod on the Ice and then
cover yourself with a sheet, and by this means the ducks will not see
you, as you look like a hummock of ice, with which the river Is filled
at every freeze. The pillow raises yonr head, so that jou will not
have to make any movement, (until you raise to shoot ) Well, a* soon
as we launched the boat all the ducks, except one small hunch of about
forty, took to wing nnd went up and down the river. The stnnll bunch
we managed to get a shot at nnd picked up six; hnt, I regret to sny, that
not one pair weighed over five pounds, and wc had some that did not
weigh a pound and a haif a piece. Wc then made our beds, put
oat our decoys and had barely laid down when we had n dart and
killed three, and we continued to shoot until In about un hour's time wo
thought it time to gather what we hud shot and to get the cripples. Wc
picked up about thirty, and I do not suppose all of them put together
would have weighed over forty pounds at the most, nnd instead of shoot-
ing ducks we had been shooting feathers. To continue to shoot under
such circumstances would have been cruel, so we went home with sad
steps with the only consolation that we had enough feathers to make
pillows for the spare room, and now, Mr, Editor, If It Is ever your luck
to visit us, nnd wc hope you will, you cun count upon It as a certainty
that you will rest your heud on these blasted hopes of ours, but you can
also rest nssured that all the lucks that we will have you shoot will be
fat. The ducks wc had been shooting were nil cripples evidently, or
they would have gone further South as soon ns the freeze had fnirly set
In, as this hole at Acquin Creek was the only one I could learn of. This
was the first time I ever shot over a hole In the Ice, and I can now see
(hat It Is the kiug of the ways of shoollng ducks, nnd you will always
get good ducks, provided you go and cut a hole ns soon as the freeze
takes place, and not go when I did, after the river had been frozen for
three weeks, but my excuse Is, thnt I started the next day after I was
notified.

The Ice left the river about two week9 ago, and now, in front of the
city, the river is alive with docks by the thousand. Plenty of good
shooting has been had, but now the ducks hnvo become wild, nnd it Is
almost impossible to get within two hundred yards of them, and tticy
have been decoyed so often that It is useless to set oat decoys. I regret
to say that the scanty game laws that we have are a nullity, us they are
never enforced; but I trust that before unother year passes wc will have
snch Congressional action taken that no one will dnre to violate them nut
once.

I only learned yesterday thnt a party had shot about forty woodcock a
few days ago, which were sold to a dealer for forty cents a piece, and
this dealer sells them to the various foreign legations in this city. I
should say that the woodcocks are at present laying, so you con imagine
what our game prospects will be in the future unless these pot hunters
are visited with the law, and not only this, but all who have birds In their
possession out of season. Can yon not. In onr distress, send to Congress
again from your city the Hon. R. B. RooseveltJ He is not only an honor
to your city, but Is a friend to this city.

Snipe made their appearance about ten days ago, hut becoming cold
again they have ceased their flight. The various fishing shores have
commenced operations, and in u week's time we will be sending you
plenty of our Potomac shud. Duke.

Blacksburg, Montgomery Co., Va., I
March 22, 1876. )

Editor Forest and Stream :—

Although upon the summit of the AHcghanies, nearly 4,000 feet above
the level of the sea, we havo very good snipe Bhootinghere. Lust Spring
I bagged one afternoon thirty-five snipe and one blue wing within
three quarters of a mile of the town. The birds are in fine condition,
do not breed hero and are therefore in season. On Saturday— day before
yesterday — l took (ny gun to look in some marshy spots on the funn be-
longing to Virginia Agricultural College to see whether snipe were arriv-
ing here yet. I found five and bagged them all. At one point near a large
apring I flushed two birds and killed them both with one barrel us they
were crossing each other in tneir flight. My hat would have covert d
them both as they fell; distance, fifty-one yards. To-day I was out again;
saw eleven birds nnd killed nine. I flushed three birds In a ditch.
They all strung ont in a line skimming along the water; I fired ut the
leading bird and killed both It and the one next to and some six or eight
feet behind it. The third fellow darted aside at the report of the gun
and got behind a thorn bush, and when he came again In view was ap-
parently out of shot, but I flted at him and brought him down quite
dead; distance, eighty yurd*. I have shot snipe for twenty years, and
killed many hundreds of them, but never before killed two with one
bBtrel. I am now shooting a Clarke .t Sneider No. 10 gun : length of
barrel, thirty inches; weight, eight and a half pounds; brass shell; three
drachms No. 2 Hazard powder; ten ounces No. 8 (very inferior) Wythe-
villeshol. In the Summer of 1808, about 10th of July, near Warren-
ton, Va., I killed three woodcock with two bnrrels. I was on horseback
when the dog came suddenly to a point, just In front of the horse. Dis-
mounting quickly, just as my foot touched the ground I Mushed five
woodcock, which seemed to scatter In all directions among the maple
sapling. I quickly brought down one with my first barrel, atid turning
to look for the others, I saw two of them about to pass between two
post oaks growiRg from the same stump. From my position they were
exactly In hue some thirty or forty feet apart, the leading bird flying six
or eight inches higher than the other. I, of coarse, fired at the leader
and killed both bird#. Doubtless other sportsmen have made snch shots
at these birds, bnt I never Knew of its being done. I would like to say a
word of the Clarke & Sselder gnn Before I ordered a gun I examined
the guns of all the best makers known to the public. I considered the
Sneider patent breech action the safest, most durable and convenient in
use. The barrels of my gun are of my own selection, best English
twist, which I consider the best material for barrels. I have shot many
guns of various patterns made by the best maker* the world has known
For all sorts of shooting I consider the Clarke & Sneider I am now using
the best gnn I ever shot or «tw. With best wishes.

Yonrs, Ac., E,

_ _ Montreal, March 13th. 1875.

Editor Foiucst and bTnr.An: -

I have been amusing tnjrrelf the p»»t week testing the comparative
ehootlng power* of several of my own and friends' gun*. One of m.v
shooting chums brought up a Parker gun froiA Uo»ton lost month, and
we teoted it against two *f my Gibb* guns and a W. mid C. Scott, alto
nWebley. The result clearly proved the Parker to be an uncommonly
good hard -hooting gun. giving above an average pattern, with first cl***
penetration. The Parker weight was nine pound*, tho two Gibb'* each
eight pounds, and nil three ten bore; the Scott was twelve bore, eight
pounds two ounces weight The result of the trial may he summed tip
thus:— The Parker would give an equal pattern to the longer Glhhs, nnd
take half n drachm to a drachm more powder; tho shorter Gibbs Just
bent tho Scott, and thnt was all. 1 did not try to get such patterns a* you
too nowaday* In the Ftritt; hnt wishing to know how tho guns would
perform on ducks used heavy charge* of powder . To test tho quc-tlon
of shells, I used metal 10 A. ‘s, and Ely’* paper; nl«o, paper cartridge*
turned in or reamed, and paper creased, lit the Parker the best pattern*
were made by the ordinary Ely shall, end* turned In. In the Gibb's guns
by the creased cartridges. For convenience of handling, and neatness
combined with clenullnoss, 1 must certainly throw my vote In favor of
tho paper shell. Tho metal ones are nndoubtcdly much easier reloaded,
hut are more bulky. Of course, they have an Immense advantage in
cheapness, bnt to men who may not use over one or two thousand shells
in the year Ely's brown, nt $10 a thousand, are Infinitely more conve
nient to handle. I was much pleased with the performance of tho Par
ker, nnd, though I have a good many guns, have ordered one ns n second
gan for decoy shooting and long shot*. I notice thnt. like all guns on
that principle of boring, It has n tendency to lead; but that I* a trilling
objection when a wire brush 19 to be had. I enclose the scores. All nt
target thirty inch circle, forty yards:—

Parker, 10 bore, 9 pounds weight,
30 Inch barrel,

Gibbs, 10 bore. 8 pounds weight, 80
Inch barrel,

Metal shells, 4 dcm*.,R oz. 1

IOI

Paper shells, 4 drachms, R

191

Walker Parker & Co. o'-

i)7

ounce shot— turned In.

No. 8 shot, English. |

152

108

Average

.107.00

Average

108 33

Paper shells, 4 drachms, R 1

121

Paper shells, 4 drnrhms, R

114

ounce shot— turned In. r

150

ounce shot— creased.

98

j

127

132

Average

. 134.60

Average

114.00

Paper shell*. 4 drnrhms. 11 1

80

Paper eliellOJ drachms, R

133

ouuce shot— creased, V

HH

ounce shot— turned in.

153

1

153

III

Average

.11!)

Average

l:i.*33

Grand foul !?!, ,

I.t'81

Grand total

. 1 non

Grand average

.120.33

Grand nverogo

118.38

W. & C. Scott, 12 bore, 8 pounds 2

Gibbs, 10 bore, 8 pounds weight, 211

ounce weight, 30 inch barrel.

Inch barrel.

Paper shells, 4 drachms, R i

90

Paper shells, 4 drachms, R

100

ounce shut — turned in. ,

101

ounce *hot— turned In.

1*8

J

78

00

Average

. .1*1 00

Average

IK)

Paper shells, 3J drachms, I

80

Paper ►hells, 3J drachms,

139

R ounce ohot— turned lit. >

120

R ounce shot— turned In.

101

51

Average

. 100.33

Avenue

. 103

Grand total

. . . 570

Grand total . .

.585

Grand average — .... ...

... 114

Grand uvurage

Paper shells, 4 drachms, R
ounce shot— creased.

Average

..117 00

00

nr.

109

1)0.00

Charges very exact, and all loaded by myself. Guns shot by Mr. Me
Dougall, of Montreal Rifle Club, and myself. Royal.

LAWS GOVERNING DUCK SHOOTING.

Central New York, March 18, 1875,
Editor Forest and Stream:—

I notice in the report of the proceedings In your paper of tho last
meeting of the Now York Association for the Protection of Game, n pe-
tition from Long Island sportsmen to make the close season for ducks
from May 1st to October 20ili. I infer that the petition Is Intended to
apply only to Long island. Elsewhere throughout tills Slate 1 11111 In-
clined to think that the law, as It now is In regard to duck shooting, Is
generally satisfactory, and any alteration extending the close season
would be objectionable.

Comparatively few of the water fowl that eross this State In their mi-
gratory flight atop In the Interior. Therefore, excepting on the northern
border, nnd 011 tho Long Island coast, ducks are seldom plenty; not nu-
merous enough elsewhere to hunt auceessfnlly with decoys, A few bluo
wing teal nnd black ducks, the moat numerous of the kinds found in thin
locality, begin to arrive about the let of September. Before tho middle
of October the leal have gone further eonth, nnd the frost having lopped
the wild rice, the black clucks— naturally llio wildest of all the duck kind
—thereafter are not easily approached within the reach of allot guns.
Coots, shell drake*, and other open water ducks arrive later hut do not
tarry long here, leaving as aoou uo allot ut a few times. After the 2Uth of
Oct. the weather in this latitude for the remainder of the Fall 11 larger
part of the time is too windy and unpleasant to hunt ducks, except
where decoys cun be used to advantage. The lust half of the Fall months
being the best on Lung Island for duck shootlug, probably this proposed
amendment rimy not, therefore, be much opposed, bnt here It. would find
none in fuvor of It. Those who framed our present game laws evidently
knew what was beat.

I have been a resident of tills Stutu several years, am much of a sports-
man, and my opinion Is thnt, in this locality nt least, no amendments to
our present law in regard to ducks are necessary or desired. 1 am not
In favor of Summer woodcock shooting. An amendment extending the
close season for woodcock to September 1st I think would meet with
little opposition. Shooting ducks in this State in the Spring I do not
consider more objcciiouablo thuu to shoot them In March iu tile more fa-
vored localities where they are more numerous, nud hunted more than
half the year. Ducks arc so wild in the Spring that hut few are killed,
excepiiug when decoys are used. Oi^ the riverain this State decoys lire
of little use, and duck* ate hunted principally by "creeping" on them,
us it Is called, in a small boat, which is very dlfilcull to do Iu the Spring,
excepting among floating ice. Probably more waterfowl are killed on
Long Island in the Spring than in all the rest of the State. Geese are
very seldom shot on our interior waters. Yours truly,

A. HUDSONIAN, Sit.

SNOW SHOEING.

Cumberland Co., N. S., March 17, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

To "Tramp, Va.,” who Inquires about enow shoes, I will say; I can
teach him to walk with ease and speed in one hour, so that he can (if
mude of the right stutl) march thirty miles, carrying from fifteen to
thirty pounds of dunnage, every day In the week, and do It with more
ease than he can twenty-fivo miles on tho best road In hi* State. Of
course tnis means good snow shoeing, and no matter how hsd. one con
moke fifteen miles per day. In Summer tramping my lira ha feel It most,
hut in W inter, on "aliocs,'' with about the some load ulway*. the slioiil
dvrs tire from the constant strain of tho lugging, but not Uic limbs. Wo
account for it in this way: The strlda I* more uniform, no twitching of
the ancli-s, springy and clastic under the foot, and mo»t ol all, the very
long steps, the average among experts in timber land* being thirty-six
loehes, and ofteu forty-five and forty-eight. The shoe* are not unwieldy,
pnly weighing from three to five pound* per pair, nor I* it required to

spread tho feet far apart, ns would seem, for In walking they pats one
ovorihe other. If "Tramp" was only down h*re among tho moose with
the quantity of snow wo havo. where you can run one down In half on
hour, he would certainly think that they ore a good Institution; hut thnuks
to the law that now protect* them, they are not much moloilcd, But.

ALLKuur.XY CtTT, Pa., March 23, 1871.

Editor Forest and Stream

A shooting match among.! soma
noon, the Sid. for n puree of
Scoring as follows :~

amateur* took plnco yerienUr after •
Each man shooting at 15 bird* each.

F. Schlottor
Dr. Kuochler

Killed

1 0 1 1 1 I n l | t 0 I <1 (1-10

" 1 t u I I 0 1 0 l 0 0 0 '. 7

.1 Wiland

H. sti mb

Wylund'a side beat by a bird*

17

lOlllotllllll 1—

1 0 0 0 0 1 i 1 0 1 n 1 0 1 t— 8

W. A F.

Korron Forest and Stream:

Clinton, III , March with, 1876.

A shooting match took place hero to day between four of our amateur
shot, nt twenty-five snow birds each, Burroughs and Boyd against Lewis
nnd Llsonby. for a purso of |50; Iho latter to shoot at eighteen yards
rl*e, and the former nt twenty-three yard*, eighty yards boundary. Tho
snow was very deep, wind blowing quite hard, nnd thermometer stand-
ing nt 14* below zero. Notwithstanding these disadvantage*, s inrgo
crowd was In attendance. Tho score wo* tin follows. -

?oy<i niiooiiioiiiiioiioioiiot 1-17

Lewi* 1 1 11 II 0 1 1 1 I 0 1 t 1 1 I 0 0 1 0 I 1 1 1) -pi

Burroughs .1 1 1 0 I 1 0 I 11 0 I 1 0 I I I l I (I 1 0 I I ft — IK

Llsonby . 0100001 1000 0 000. '01 I I 101 l 1-10
A* will bo aeon, Burroughs nud Boyd killed tho most birds. Lewis ami
Llsonby challenged them to shoot another match, aamo ns above, at leu
bird* each, for tin oyster supper for tho party, which was accepted by Bur-
roughs nud Boyd with the following result : —

Boyd 0 110 110 111-71 Low I* . 001 10101 1 1-7

Burroughs. 10 1 1 10 0 1 1 l —7 1 Llsonby 1 1 0 l 0 0 '. 1 l l— 7

Scorer nml referee, L. K, Malian, Judges, Thomas Bradtluld and S
Shrlvar.

We think till* was 11 very good score, ns none of the uliovo participants
over shot a snow bird from a trap before . F, M. lluiinouoni.

Pout Richmond, 8. 1,, March 90, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream: -

A match nt snow birds cnmunfT on the farm of Mr. Oortlnndt Pnlmor,
Jr,, Just buck of onr village, ou the 2 VI lust., biStveon tliroo members of
the association nnd Mr. Clinton Chichester, of Danbury, Conn., for a
purse of twenty-five dollars, divided In fir*i and second money. Messrs.
Johnson and Vineland each shot 11 Moore «t Harris muzzle loader Mr.
Rathyon, a Greener breech loader, nnd Me. Chichester a Grant breech
loader. Day light and no wind. Sou summitry.

Match at 10 snow bird* each, go yards rise, for a purse of $25 Stntou
Island Association rules to govern

J. F Ruth yen. ...111111111 1IO. Chlcliustor I 110100101
C. M. Johnson. 1 l l 1 1 1 1 l l l|c. 8 Vlnolutid.l 1 t 0 0 1 1 0 l l

Rnlliyon and Johnson divided money. Mortimer

—An association of aportMinon and others linn been
formed I11 Juniuicu, L. 1, having for its objects Hie protec-
tion of gnmo nnd tho enforcement of the laws relniing to
hunting and tlahing.wilh tho following olllcera:— I'raaiucnl,
O. H. Creed; Viec President, John Fleming, Socictury,
Win. T, Elmendorf; Treasurer, Geo, W. Damon, Ex-
ecutive Committee— John II. Smphin, Albert Wilkinson,
John M. Crane, John H. Fosdlck, J nines r. Dnrcy, Win, H.
Cogswell, nnd Theo, Rogers. It is proposed to have a
snort rifle range, say 200 yards, for rifle prucllco nnd target
shooting. Arrnngunionls have boon mude by some of the
members to stock a number of farms iu this 'vicinity, (sny
700 or 800 ncrea,) with quail, nnd they to hnvo thecxcluniva
privilege of shooting over tho grounds, llioso enjoying tho
privilege to he to Hie expense of Blocking nnd preserving
Hie same.

&lic T)oim ;u\d frapf.

[From our own Correspondent )

NOTES FROM KENTUCKY.

ONE should not come to lliin city without visiting Dm
Woodburn farm, belonging to A. J. Alexander, Esq.,
tile grent stock raiser of Kentucky. It is situated about
thirteen miles from hero, on tho Louisville Railroad, nt
Spring station, in Woodford county. It is under tho able
management of L. Iiroadliead, E*q , who lias become re
now nod na tho ne plut ultra of stock breeder#. Mr. Alex-
ander is spending the Winter in Florida, thereby leaving
the whole charge of Ids extensive Interest with Mr. Kroad-
licad.

The farm contains something In tho neighborhood of
three thousand acres of the celebrated blue grans land, willt
hardly an acre unavailable. His stock of horse* numbers
200 head, among which is found tho famous old thorough-
bred Lexington, now twenty-live years old, anti as frisky
as a colt, lie is In excellent trim, and has not looked bet-
ter for some years. Of the thoroughbred stallions, next
in order comes Imp. Australian, chestnut, fonled in '58, got
by West Australian; then Planet, chestnut, by Revenue,
foaled in '0,5; Asteroid, bay, foaled in '«f, by Lexington,
and Glen Athol, chestnut, foaled in ’ill), got by Hlnir Athol,
all of which were alone worth a trip from New York to
Bee.

The short horns number seventy, and the Alderney*
thirty, among which arc some very lino animals, valued at
from fifteen to forty thousand dollars. His annual sale
will take place on the 28d of June, when, a* usual, a large
gathering from ull quarters will lie expected. A greater
spirit has never been exhibited throughout tho country
than at present, and it is expected thnt a big rush or raid
will he made rn Lexington during the sale, not only In
tliis, but at nil others that take place during th» season, the
catalogues of which will be forthcoming and published in
the proper channels in good time.

The first annual exhibition and tournament of tho Ken-
tucky State Sportsmen's Association will be held nt Purls
on Hie 10th, 10th, and 20th of May next, when prizes for
clan* shooting will be given. A bench show of setters

and pointers will be a feature in the exhibition, already ex-
citing much attention with the fraternity, and it is antici-
pated, and, indeed, they intend to make it, the first dispiny
of thoroughbreds ever brought together in this country. I
don’t see why they may not. I have never seen so mnny
or such fine slock in all my travels. The moment I crossed
from Cincinnati into Covington I felt the true inspiration
such as I never felt before. It pervaded the atmosphere,
and was manifested in that good old fashioned hospitality
for which ‘‘old Kentuck" is justly famous. Come when
or where you will, “act well your part, and there the hon-
or lies. ' Bring along your gun and dog, make a few mis-
shots, put your fnitlt in “the boys,” and you will be at
homo with the “Hunters of Kentucky.” Bahkicu.

Lcalnyton, Ky., March 2 nth, 1875.

-Th0 Nottingham Spring Handicap was won by Castle
VY ellun. 3

—Racing commences .in New Orleans on Saturday 3d
instant. 3

—Spindrift is now owned entirely by Joseph Donahue.

1 lie same turfite has purchased the bay mare Countess, by
Kentucky out of Lady Blessingtou, full sister to Count
D Orsey from Mr. Belmont. The marc wns cheap at the
ictC| ^1.000.

—The stakes of the Lexington Association at the comimr
Spring meeting were dosed on the 15th ult. The Plnenix
Hotel Stakes for three-year olds, one mile and a half, has
fifteen nominations. The Citizens Stakes for threoyear
olds, t wo miles, eleven entries. Two-year old sweepstakes,
half n mile, fifteen entries. Mile heat sweeepstakes for
three year olds, eight entries, and a post sweepstakes for
all ages, a mile and a half, five subscribers.

$!;tclifing mill Routing.

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matt water, rou the week.

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T HE CHALLENGE FLAG FOR ICE BOATS.

Any of our readers who may drop into Tiffany’s will be
veil repaid for their trouble by inspecting the model of an
lee boat on exhibition there, together with an elegant silk
pennant 30 feel in length, hold by the New Hamburgh Ice-
Boat Club, but which is now offered for competition to all
Ice Yacht Clubs in Europe and America under the follow-
ing conditions. The following rules of competition have
been adopted: —

I . This flag is always to bo considered as a challenge flag,
ami never to become the individual property of any Club
winning it. *

2. The Club holding the Flag is liable to be challenged,
during its ice yachting season, by any organized Club in
l us country or Europe, the challenge to be in the name of
the Club, and sent through its secretary, in writing, to the
secretary of the Club so challenged; and such challenge or
challenges, must be accepted, and sailed for in the order in
which they have been respectively received. The Club re-
ceiving the challenge must immediately nppoint a commit-
tee of three for this race, who shall appoint the day, start
(n * bcmls, take their time, settle nil questions connected
wnh the race, and proclaim the winner; and from the do-
cimou ol this Committee there shall bo no appeal. The
Club chajleuging need not enter more than one boat if pre-
ferred The Club holding the flag cau oppose with one or
more boats at, its option.

3 Any challenge, for any other purpose, that may exist
unsettled between the Club challenging nnd the Club chal-
lenged must bo sailed for before the race for this Flag can
take place between them.

I All races for this Flag, shall be sailed over the annual
regatta course of the Club challenged; but if the ice on
such course be in no proper condition for sailing upon, the
ra ;e shall be sailed over the uearest neutral course, said
co irsc to be selected by the Committee appointed for this
race.

0. No Club can challenge the Club holding this flag more
than once during each ice yachting season.

4,1* races f°r this flag shall be sailed for according to
the sail mg rules and regulations of the Club holding it

1. Hus flag is a silk pennant, 30 feet long, with the
words, “Ice Yacht Challege Pennant of America," in gold
letters on the blue ground, and it shall always be known nnd
sailed for as the 14 /cc Yacht Challenge Pennant of America M

Irving Grinnell, Commodore, N. H. I. B. C.

I . A. M. Van Wyck, Secretary.

—

Beverly \ aciit Cluh. — At a meeting of the Beverly
Yacht Club, held Saturday evening, the old table of al-
lowances was discarded and a new one adopted resembl-
ing greatly that of the Dorchester Yacht Club, but ar-
ranged for yachts of thirty feet water line and under. The
following dates were also fixed on for the regattas of the
season:— 1st, Tuesday, duly 0th, at Beverly; 2d. Monday,
July 20th, atNahant; 3d, Saturday, August 14th, at Swamp-
Bcolt; 4th, Saturday, September 4th, at Beverly.

Boston Yacht Club. — Members of the club are sub-
scribing liberally towards the fund boing raised for the
purpose of repairing damages caused by the ice. It has
been decided to move the Club House fifty feet inland.

1 he first yacht launched at City Point, South Boston,
“las‘8.eas°n. was the sloop yacht Sunbeam,
Captain \Y . S. Nickerson. Several others are fast ap-
proaching readiness to enter their natural element.

y,a wauEls^’ belon«i“g to the Boston and Dorchester
yacht cJubs hw been purchased of her Jate owner Captain

CENTRE BOARDS AND KEELS.

Peotonb, III., Feb. 5, 1875.

Editor Fojibbt and Stream . —

I t,nvc noticed «t different limes In your pnper, I think, and also In the
"Aqnnllc Monthly," a good deal about centre-boards vs. keels, and wish
to add my mite of Information, or, perhaps, I should say, give my
opinion a* to their relative merits. My ideas are based on what I have
seen In regattas, nnd in sailing boats of both kinds. I think that centre-
hoards hove nil the good qualities of the keel boat In going on the wind,
and arc decidedly better In running free. Indeed I run not sure that a
centre-board will not lay closer to the wind than n keel, for with the
hoard down, there Is more surface undor water to resist the pressure of
the wind sldewnys than In a keel, aud therefore they do not niuke ns
mncli leeway.

The only disadvantage which a centre-board has Is. that the box takes
np n great deal of room, and prevents the possibility of a roomy cabin,
unless In a large boat. Rut, after all, I don't know ns this is u disadvan-
tage, for the box is taken advantage of to make a table, the leaves of
which are let down against the sides when not in use, and the room,
which would be taken np with a table, is eavod.

As to rig, I would always rig a boat of from thirty to forty feet over all
ns u sloop, preferring to have my canvas in one or two Inigo sails, via.:
Jib and mainsail, to three or more smaller ones; mid any boat under
thirty feet should always be rigged as a sloop or cat.

I remember a queer contrivance used by a friend of mine. When
running before the wind he took a jib topsail and mude the head fast at
the heel of the innlnboom, and hauled the tack out to the end. bringing
the outhaul aboard nnd belaying to the pins for the topsail gear, then
bringing the sheet aboard nnd belaying to the Jib sheet pins, the sail set
something like a water sail, and a good dual of wind was saved.
Perhaps some of your readers have iricd this, If so, I am sure they found
It an advantage. Yours, &c , Cutter.

Philadelphia, Murch 29, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

Tlic breaking up of YViuter here promises to wake
tilings up. Duck shooters were out in force last week
but got hut few on the Delaware; the flocks, what few of

wT?“uIarCh!?£’.0-,.C' 'Wolfo. °f Richmond, deleted
S " rg"Ya'S' Pcte,lrarS' the Milted champioSp

1 'T™? ,OT Pfizcs, amotintlnir
to $1,500, will be commenced at the Assemhlv TtillinrH
Rooms on YVnshington street, Brooklyn, on April 1st con
tinning until the 14th Vignaux and uCy play theorem
ing games, followed by the brothers Dion. 1 - 1

crp7.1knail!gp!?fdry •er0Ur'-(J -i8- l‘*coming « fashionable re-
treation in California, as it is in Europe. In San Francisco
and all the large cities rinks have been constructed with
floors of asphalt or some rough surface, for the use of the
drawing room roller skates; and as these can be used Sum-
mer and YVinter, they are much enjoyed.

Cornell University, March 20, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

The mild weather of a fortnight ago caused many of our boating men
to anticipate a speedy opening of the lake, but they are still obliged to
seek their practice In the gymnasium. We are now using a new stvie
of rowing machine. In place of the old pulleys nnd weights, consisting
of friction plates held together by a regulating screw, with a sweep at-
tached, which takes the place of the oar. In recovering, the sweep must
bo feathered ns in actual rowing, or it cannot be poshed back, as if it is
not lorned into position again at the beginning of the stroke the plates
do not produce friction, and the same result takes place as in pulling an
oar through the air— no resistance. Rowing with them approaches the
nenrest to rowing in a boat to that of any machine we have ever tried.
The water machine, which we have also been testing, can be made to
give a greater resistance, but no feathering is required, hence the fore
arms and wrists get very little of that practice which the actual rowing
is sure to give them, mid which the friction machine gives them to per-
fection. A combination of the good features of the two would, in my
private opiniou, give the ne j il'is ultra of a rowing machine.

The men for neither the University nor Freshman crews have been
dcflnitcly picked out ns yet, nor will they be In all probability until the
lake opens, and practice can be resumed upon the water. The quarters
known as the Sulphur Springs Hoase, near Snake Hill, have been se-
cured for our crews at Saratoga.

I see by the FonesT and Stream (hat wo shall be close neighbors to
the Princeton crews. I trnst that the * orthodoxy” of Princeton will tlud
no reason to complain of the proximity of our "raw recruits." J.

“ uo.ugui up jiuiii IUC OUSLJlU/llUUim.

i ,bo.uti.nK season opened fully on Saturday, most of

"•b'- “n, K-Miigu emus ru euier in me L-enieunial
Regatta.

Mr. T. B. Patterson, Jr., of the Crescent club, who has
been in Europe for a year past, lias been officially appointed
to the same task, and will visit the ainaleur clubs both in
Great Britain, and Ireluud and the Continent during the
early Summer. Sculls.

• i ~ Jh,?.visit °.f ,he American Twelve of Philadelphia to
the Hub Tax Cricket Tournament and their doings thereat
are now collated in the next book form. J. B. Lippiucott
& Co., of Philadelphia, arc the publishers.

—The Excelsior club of Brooklyn proposes to discard
the name of base ball in connection with the objects of the
association.

, — Tlie Mutual team for 1875 will be as follows:— Catcher
Hicks; pitcher, Mathews; first base, Start; second base
Nelson; third base, Gerburdt; short stop, -Holdswortb; left
field, Gedney; centre field, McGee; right field, Booth; re-
serve player, Hatfield.

—The first game of the season in Philadelphia took place

l (lxi DimnH.. If. . t ^ . . 1

on the Parade Ground on March 27th. After playing seven

of 7 to McKenna’s 5,

innings Mason’s side won by a score .
the score being small for an opening game.

—The Mutuals and Atlanlics began practice in McQuade’s
Hand Ball court on March 29lh.

—The Philadelphia club will place the following nine in
the field in their first match gamo:— Snyder c. Fisher p
Malone lb McGeary 2b., Meyerle 3b., Fulmer s.s’
McMullen 1. f., Schaffer c. f., Addy r. f. This is a strong
team. b

.«TTh^,Ccntennials wil1 P'ay the Philadelphians on April
lfbli at Twenty-fifth street nnd Columbia avenue. In the
interim Gloucester will be the scene of practice games.

—The Athletics have engaged the Chestnut Street Rink
for ball practice until they can play on the field.

—The Centennials have leased the ground at Twenty-
fourth street and Ridge avenue, occupied in 1863 by the
Keystones and Genrys, but which of late years has been
used as a horse market. The ground is easy of access by
the street cars, the Union line, the Ridge avenue and the
Thirteenth and Fifteenth street lines runuing by it.

—The Shibes, of Philadelpia, will present an unusually
strong nine for 1875. in fact the best they have ever placed
on the field, selected from the following excellent players'
Creamer, Coons, Reynolds, Fouser, O’Neill, Lutz, YVeaver'
YVetzell, Borden, Householder, and Mooney.

—The Philadelphia Mercury says:— “Dick Bigham, the
White Stocking’s new catcher, was receutly arrested in
Chicugo on the charge of having beaten and seriously in-
jured a man named Conly. Dick was let off with a fine of
ten dollars, but Billy Tracy, who was also concerned in the
affray, was placed under $100 bail.” This is a good way of
opening a season, truly. Fine or expulsion should be in
order.

—The Centennial nine is as follows:— McGinley, c.;
Bechtel, p. ; Abudie, lb.; Somerville, 2b.; Craver, s.s.;
Trenwith, 30 ; Treacy, 1. f. ; Warner, c. f. ; Lovett, r. f.
and chauge pitcher; Radcliffe tenth man, to pluy third or
change catcher with McGinley or Craver.

— The Gavet testimonial at Tammany Hall on Good
Friday through bad management, only netted tlie widow
pbout$300. If it had been arranged for a good night it
would have yielded $1,500;

&civ Qnblicufious.

MAGAZINES.

The Galaxy , under the able direction of tlie Messrs.
Church, .continues to retain its stroll? hold upon the public mind. In
the April number the article descriptive of the Lenuox property, and the
wonderful appreciation In the vuluc of real estate, contains much that
will be of Interest to the city reader. The contributions of various pop-
ular and able writers continue to make it readable and entertaining.

Scribner's Monthly, as an illustrated monthly magazine,
Is making giant strides in progress nnd improvement, much of which is
undoubtedly due to the ability nnd popularity or Dr. Holland. The
current number is even beyond tlie average. Mr. King has an article on
Baltimore as the “Liverpool of America;" we presume he ranks New
York as the London, but what will Philadelphia nnd Boston do about it?

The St. Nicholas, from the same publishers, is an excel-
lent nnd healthy periodical for the young folks. Miss Louise Allcott's
name Is alsne a tower of strength in this direction. Her "Eight Cousins"
is very interesting, but we must protest against the carelessness of part
of the la-t lesson In geography. Afsam tea doeB not come from China,
nor is opium one of the principal productions of that country. India
supplies both articles.

Perhaps the most important paper in the April num-
ber of The Popular Science Monthly is that of Prof. Tyndall on "The
Atmosphere in Relation to Fog Signaling." The experiments have been
exhaustive, and result in the tola] overthrow of many old time theories.
The Prof, advises the mariner when he hears a fog signal to assume that
it is not more than two or three miles distant, and if bo errs, to err on
the side of safety.

The Wisconsin Lumberman is a magazine devoted to

the lumbering interests of the Northwest, and besides much vuluable
matter in sUtisUcal form, contains many pleasant sketches of woodland
life.

The Nassau Literary Magazine, published by the students
of Princeton College, contains creditable papers on various subjects.
The prize essay by Mr. WooleD on M. Guizot, Is exceedingly well
written and entertaining.

Cure for Colds and Headache.— “Mohawk” lias
found a new prescription for colds and catarrhal headache.
He says:— Take of Norwood’s tincture veratrum one drop
on a small lump of sugar every two hours, and a three
quarter quinine pill every three hours.

Croup.— Croup can be cured in one minute, nnd the
remedy is simply alum and sugar. The wav to accomplish
this is to take a knife or grater aud shave off in small par-
ticles about a teaspoonful of alum; then mix it with twice
its quantity of sugar, to make it palatable, and adminisler
it as quickly as possible. Almost instantaneous relief will
follow.

— “Calamink," in Chicago Field , says that “quail
have become so plenty in portions of California,
that many counties have petitioned to be ex-
empted from their operation, as they eat up the grapes
and are destroyed by hundreds of thousands with corn
soaked in strychnine. The different varieties of wild
geese are very destructive of the wheat crop in many
localities. They pull it out of the soft ground in the rainy
season, and eat it, roots and all. I see that in Colusa
county and vicinity the damage last Spring was estimated
at over two hundred thousand dollars.”

— Seven hundred head of sheep belonging to Dr. Thomas
Pollock, of Apache Creek, Colorado, were killed the other
night by a compound of salt and strychnine, sprinkled in a
corral by some unknown scoundrel.

—Every species of snuke may be permanently driven
away from an infested place by planting geraniums In
South Africa, the Cafflr people thus rid their premises of
snskes.

—A student who evidently enjoys Hebrew has kindly
given us directions as to how it should be rend:— Turn the
book upside down, open at the end, put it in one corner of
the room, stand on your head in the other corner, begin at
tjie bottom line aqd read backward — Middletown College

FOREST AND STREAM.

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Nos. 1 (line) to 5 (coarse). Unsurpassed in point of
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Hazard'. "American Sporting."

Nos. 1 (flnoi to 3 (coarse). In 1 lb. canisters and 6* lb.
kegs. A fine grain, quick and clean, for upland and
prairie shooting. Well adapted to short guns.

Hazard’s “Duck Shooting.”

Nos I (lino) to 5 (coarse). In 1 and 5 lb. canisters
'and ill and 12* lb. kegs. Burns slowly and very
Clean, Shooting remarkably close and with gnat
i Mmrtrutwn. For field, forest and water shooting
it runkA any other brand, and It ia equally service*-
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Hazard'. "Kentucky Hllle."

FFFG. FFG. and "Sea Shooting" FG, In kegs of 25,
]«i, and b* lbs. and cans of5 lbs. FKFU is also
packed In 1 and * lb. canisters. Burns strong and
mow. The FFFG and FFG are favorite brands
for ordinary sporting, and the "Sea Shooting" FG
Is the standard Rifle powder of tte country.

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Wall Street, New York.

Feb 11

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19 Malden Lane, 20 «fc 22 John street, N. V.

BREECH LOADING GUNS

A SPECIALTY.

The “BOSS” for 1875. No's 2 and 3. the Cut Representing a Medium Size.

Sent by Moil on Keoeipt OfPrlce. No. t», I HO. NO. It, S 1 30.

This Bait lias been thoroughly tested l’or Salmon Trout, Pickerel, Muscaloiige & Bass.

Covered by throe pateuta, also Modal awarded by American Tnstltnle, 1873. Order. .ollcUcd from the trade for the Boss, Minnow Propeller, Reversible Propeller
International Minnow, Minnow Harnoss, Bass, Thousand Island?, and Pike Balts. Orders fllled for any artL Io In tho Tackle lino. Sample, sent by mnll on receipt of
retail price. Prices range from 10 cents to $2.00. Send for Ulustratod Catalogue.

W. D CHAPMAN, Mituiiiiiotory, TIioi’cnu, N. V.

The Sportsman’s Warehouse.

EDWIN S. HARRIS,

Late COOPER, HARRIS & HODGKINS,

No. 177 Broadway, New York.

WHOLESALE AEI) RETAIL

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Implements

Cartridges,

Also, (inn Materials

Kinds,
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AGENTS

for the following celebrated makers ;

W. & C. SCOTT & SONS (winners at the Interna-
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BRO ; P. WEBLEY & SONS, and WESTLEY
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HOLABIRD S Shooting SUITS,

DIXO.ftS A II \\VK8LEY'8SHOOTING TACKLE

STURTKVANT BRASS SHOT SHELLS.
BUSSEY’S PATENT GYRO TIGEON AND TRAP,
WITH CASE. AND 100 BIRDS.

Black’s Patent Cartridge Yest.

This Vest affords tho best ar
rangement yet invented for carry
Ing cartridges. The weight is
evenly distributed that It Is
f scarcely felt. Cartridges can be
I carried with the /leads down in
this vest, which Is of great Impor-
tance when brass shells are used,
as when carrying them with the
head up the weight of tho shot of-
ten forces the wad forward, when
bad shooting is the result. In
ordering send measurement around the chest.
PRICE $7.50.

AGENTS FOR TnE

Union Metallic Cartridge Com-
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WARRANTED THE BEST IN THE MARKET.

SEND FOR CIRCULAR. .

both Brass

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Line for both Home and Export Trade,

CASH TRADE PRICES.

HA VE LARGE STOCK OF MUZZLE LOADING PUNS eft RIFLES VER Y ('UFA P

Yosts, ('oats and Holts.
Everything in my
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Hegemans Patent

For use as LIFE-BOATS,
LIGHTERS, Dingies, Do-
rys, on board Steamers,
Yachts and other Vessels.

These safe and perfectly port-
able boats will admit of the
roughest usage. A very light,
strong and durable frame ol
ash or other tough wood, with
canvas cover, ana cun be folded
In one-eighth space, for trans-
oorlatlo " turn curried in a

Above cut* show

Portable Folding Boat.

Also for Sportsmen, Tour-
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Expeditions, Parties camp-
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horae-
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d ready

for use, In throe minutes'
time. Boats neatly foded,

packed and shipped by ex-

the Dual folded and unfolded, press anywhere, same rate
of freight as other goods.
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light buggy wagon,
back, or by single person,
and cun be unfolded

YVInnorN ol* iIio‘*Tui*i;

it i*< 1 (.mi 'IT’IiiIm.

(See issue October 3d, 1873 )

In which competition the committees have awindi J
ourgiins, First und Second for POINTS OF MERIT
OF ACTION, MATERIALS, PROPORTION, AND
SHOOTING QUALITIES combined, In all llio four
classes.

THE PREMIER GUN.

W. A C. BOOTI’ * SOM call attention to their
very FINEST weapon, combining all (heir recent im-
provement., inutked on the rib between tin Ir iiniiie
and London address the brand -"Tllti I'UICMIKU
QUALITY."

Medium and line guns bear full name and addre.s,
and plain guns full name und "London" only.

Kaeb gun Is numbered ami the an Ions are slumped
w ith name and trudo mark.

\V. A »'. Ht OTT A KO\, Pole makers of the
Patent Top Lever, solid. Double Locking Bolt Ilrei eh
Louder, bearing the full iinmo of the firm. W
SCOTT A SON enuinni sporismoii nimiu.l linlinlloiis
of their patent and mime. Guiih hearing the yniue
abbreviated, or with different Initials, are lint genuine.

TUI Al. OF SCOTT A Oil It It ft It It'S KltW HV».

iltll OF |IOItlftU,Uk KUITOn "FlltLII."

(Soo yield, January 80th, 1tt75.)

'■From a comparison of ilieiwo tables It will bo-
siniM that with Walker's slier, Messrs Scull's gi ns.
showed u marked superiority ever Mr. Greener i,
belli In average nnd III llle highest score made. H-
deed, with Hie left liartel. in Ills ililnl sliul, Mr Si i ll
gel a selected group pattern of 2311 and a perirtrnt-on.
of 37, equnllliig I ho lileliesi piitlern made by Mr.
Greener, and exceeding I ho pelielrallon of that par
tieiilur shot by eight shoots."

London Office:

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liam Hotel,

Chief address:

Manufactory Premier Gun Works,

Lancaster SI pop I, Blniilngliaiii.

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CELEBRATED BREECH LOADING

Sporting Rifles and i Revolvers.

RodsandReels,

Chas.F.Orvis,

Finished In finest style, weight about 8 ounces;
ngth, 11 feet; the very best $10 rod made.

NO. 2 FLY ROD— German Silver mounted, extra

Manchester, Vt.

Price List.

EXTRA NO. 1 FLY ROD— Ornamental Wood Bolt,

Lancewood second joint and tips, fine German Sil-
ver, Nickel Plated mountings, two extra lips, put
up in Sack and neat Wood Caso--$15.00.

This rod is finished in the very finest style whipped
throughout, and Is In every way a perfect and beau-
tiful rod. Length, 10* feet; Butt, IS In; Welght.7 oz.

NO. 1 FLY ROD— Ash Butt, Lancewood second
joint and tins, German Silver mounted, with extra
tip, put up In Sack and neat Wood Case— $10.00.

"ireej. ' '

This Reel ia madeof German SliverTNickel Plated, finely finished, and put up In a next black ; v
is perforated In order to keep the line dry without removing It from the reel, also to make t light
free from sand. This reel Is very light, very strong, and hold* from 40 to 50 vards of line. 11 ■!» ™ .

nd less cumbersome than ordinary 20 yard reels. It it quite narrow and takes up line rapidly. Fricc, indu-
ing caae, $5, with click, $6. Sent by mall, postage prepaid.

tip, sack and case; same style as No 1; length, lo*
feet; weight about 7 ounces— $10.00.

NO. 3— Same style and finish as No, 1, extra tip, sack
and case; length, IS feet ; weight about lOoz. — 12.00.

NO. i TROLLING or BASS ROD— German Silver
mounted, with extra tip, sack and case; finished In
finest style ; length, 10* feet— $15.00.

'*All ab ove rods are three jointed, made of first quality stock, and joints Perfectly fitted. Orders filled for
fishing tackle and becoch loading rifles and rhot guns at Jo we* N e vv^ York rice-.

ut up In a next black walnut case;

" ht and keep It
more compact

For sale — the crescent cltjb

of Philadelphia offers for sale their elghl-oared
shell, "Longfellow." by Salter, of Oxford, Eng. She
Is 56x22 In beam, rigged with sliding seat, carries a
coxswain and Is In first rate order. Address C. E.
ST EEL, Capt., 1218 Market st., Philo. Mar24-«

Birds and Animals Pbesbbved to Obdeb bt

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INVENTORS AND MANUFACTURERS OT TUB I" IN BAT '

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Double and Single Express Rifles.

Long Range Match Rifles, &c

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1)11. FOWL KH’S

HARD ^RUBBER REEL

The Cem--lmproved.

This beautiful Rcol has now been before the pub-
lic two years, and all who have used It speak loud In
its praise.

IT HAS BREN IMPROVED,
and all the Heels made this year will pass through the
hands of the Inventor, and none allowed to go ont,
except iho-e that are perfect.

For sole by oil llnst-cluas jobbers and the trade gen-
erally.

A II FOWLER, Inventor,

Feb. 4 ITHACA. N. Y.

H. W. COLLENDER,

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mental Department. Fob It

Mugic Lantern and IOU Slide, for $10(1.

E& II. T. ANTHONY & CO., 591
. Broadway, N. Y., op. Metroiiolltan Hotel,
Chromos and Frames, Stereoscopes ana Views, Gropb-
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CHICAGO.

Marlin Pat. Imp. Safety

Patented April 6th, 1871.

The Martin bit Is designed to be the easiest bit
made for a tender-mouthed horse, warranted to ure-
veur any horse from running away, Pulling, Lugging,
Bolting, Tongue Lolling or driving on one ruin after
being driven from three to ten times. If on trial they
do not prove satisfactory, money in all cases will be
refunded.

Price list, C. O. D— Coach Bits, flrst-closs, nickle
plated, $10; Rond bits, first-class. nickle plated, $6;
Coach Bits, second-class, C. plated, $7; Hoad Bits,
second -class, (.'. plated, $5. Liberal discount to deal-
ers. N. B. — Send width of horse's mouth.

WM.N, MARTIN & CO., Manufacturers,

7th avenne. corner 88th street, N Y.

Havana Lottery

EXTRAORDINARY DRAWING APRIL 22m
Only 16.000 Tickets — One Prist to every Strut Tickets.

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J Prize of 101.000

1 Prize of V0, 000

l Prizes each of 25 000

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12 Prizes each of 5,00j

478 Prizes each of. . s00

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EXPRESS SHOT GUNS.

(Title registered.)

SHOWN by trials at Wimbledon by Editor
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Circle, 30 Inches: 300 pellets, average, 191: penetra-
tion, 87. The Editor's trial of Greener guns with 810
pellets of sank- shot and »amc charge of powder, gave
180, and penetration 30, although there were 40 more pel-
lets In each charge. Shonlaany controversy arise as
to the durability of these new systems, we herewith
warn all beforehand that our system Is our own inven-
tion (though founded on the American idea) and is DU-
RABLE, u fact remarked on by the Field, that the
guns tried hud been in use during Inst season, and ref-
erences permitted to the owners . Send for Illustrated
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HURST’S

Natural History

For Object Teaching in Schools,

AND

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o

We are prepared to furnish the first sixty numbers
of the first serifcB of

Animals and Birds of North America.

To these will he added a second series of foreign speci-
mens, and various Animals and Birds in grotesque at-
titudes, never however violating their natural Instincts,
Wo offer these views not as pictures only, but as
studies from nature. One of the great moving ele-
ments m our modem system of education is object
teaching. The unerring fidelity of the stereoscope
transfers the animals and birds from their natural
habltot to the room* of the student, aud the fixes tie of
our homes, where they cannot fail to leave a lasting
impression of the form, color, habits, and locality of
each specimen.

An experience of more Ilian twenty-five years ts
Taxidermist of the New York State Cabinet of Nat-
ural History, and In gathering his large collection of
native and foreign specimens, enables Mr. Hurst to
combine In every view tho locullly of tlio specimen
with Its appropriate rocks, woods or water, nnd color-
ing from tile originals.

J. Wild Cat, or Bay Lynx Lyncus Rufus.

2. Snowy Owl Surnia Nyctea.

8. American Wolf Lupus Occidsntalis.

4. Wild Pigeon EctoplsUs Mlgratoria.

5. Northern Panther Fell* (.'an color.

6. Black Crowned Night Heron Arden Discors.

7. Woodchuck Actornys Monax.

8. Red Necked Grebe Podlceps RubricoUls.

0. Great Blue Heron A rdea Herodias.

10. American Swan Cygnus Aniericnnus.

11. Rod Shouldered Buzzard lltiteo Hy emails.

12. American Woodcock Jlustlcola Minor.

18. Win tc Fronted Goose A riser AUHfrons.

14. LpngEared Owl OtusAmerlcanus.

15. Hooded Sheldrake Mergus Cucullatus.

is. Horned Grebe Pediceps Cornu tus.

17. Golden Eagle ... .Aqutua C hr y solus.

18. Prairie Wolf

19. Spotted Sand Lark Tolanus Macula Hus.

20. Marsh Harrier Circus Ultginosus.

21. Mallard Duck Anas boschas.

22. Great Horned Owl Bubo VirginUtnus.

23. Great Loon, or Diver — Colymbus Olacialls.
21. American Deer (Albinoes). ..Ceruus Virglnlanus.

85. The American Bittern .4 idea Minor.

20. Old Wife, or Squaw Duck — Fuligula Olaclalls.

27. The Wild Turkey MeleagrU Gallopavo.’

28. The Beaver Castor Fiber.

20. Common American Stupe Scotopax Ifitewit.

30. The Buff Breasted Sheldrake. . . Mergus Merganser

81. The Cauuda Goose A user Canadensis.

82. The New York Ermine. Putorius. . . NOCtboracetisis.

83. Red Fronted Sheldrake. Mergus Serrator.

34. Pinnated Grouse Tstrao Cupido.

35. Tho Bund Hill Crane Qrus Americana.

30, The American Blnr.k Bear Ursus Americana*.

37. Red Tailed JBuzsard Butero Borealis.

38. Bu tile Headed DUck Fuligula Albeotu.

39. North American Porcupino Hystrix flttdsoniu*

40. Virginia Partridge Oiiyx Vtrginiana.

41. Common American Gall — Larue Zonor/iynchus.

42. Grey Fox Vulpes Virgiuianue.

43. Red Head Fuligula Rrythrocephalia.

44. Ruffed Grouse Tstrao Umbdlut.

45. The Racooon Procyon Lotor.

40. The Whistler Flujigula Ctangula.

47. Brown or Bald Eagle Hal laws Leucocephulus.

48. Red Fox Vulpis Falvus,

49. Wood Duck Anas S/ionsa.

50. American Bam Owl Stryx Prat incola.

61. Spruce Grouse Tstrao Canadensis.

52. Northern Lynx Lyncus Borealis.

53. Black Duck Anas Obscura.

54. Belted King Fisher Alcedo Atcyon.

55. Little Screech Owl — Bubo Asia.

56. American Opossum DidelphU Virginiana.

'.7. American Coot Fulica Americana.

58. Ptarmigan Tstrao Mulus.

59. Shoveller, or Spoonbill Anas Clypeata.

60. Musquash Fiber Z'befhicus,

Price. : By the Dozen $3 00

By the Set of 5 Dozen, In Elegant Cane, Mi O©
Dealer* supplied at a liberal discount from these

rates. Back numbers and pacts of sets always ou hand.
These Stereoscopes are sold wholesale and retail by

FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO.,

17 Chatham St., (City Hall Sqr.) P. O. box 2832.

YACHTING ANNUAL

FOR 1 87B,

WILL SHORTLY BE PUBLISHED.
J?rioe to SHbscribers,fii 1 .GO
Subscriptions must be forwarded In advanco to

THOMAS MANNING, 893 Broadway, N. Y.

Jan 2 l-4m a*.

Miscellaneous.

Reduction in Price.

J. & W. TOLLEY’S

CELEBRATED

BREECH LOADING GUNS,

Manufactory, Pioneer Works. Birmingham. Eng.

.. a jLf, These guns are built with every

Improvement for American sport,
a,m arc the cheapest guns of
guaranteed quality and shooting
powers sold in the United States.
They are made in six qualities,
eucli gun being branded with one
of the under mentioned names,
which denotes its quality:
Pioneer, .... $65 Gold.

Tolley, 90 ••

Standard,- - - - 115 “

National, --- 110 “

Challenge, - - - 180 “

Paragon, - - - 225 “

Any one of the above may be

s. selected with confidence, as no,

gun bears our name which we cannot thorougldy guar-
antee in every respect.

Send for reduced Illustrated descriptive price list.

It RANCH HOUSE, *2» Maiden Lane,

Corner Nassau street. New York.

Breech and

Established 1

luzzle Loading

, Pistils,

Sportsmen’s Apparatus,

AMMUNITION,
Materials for Gun-Makers, Ac.,

Wholeeuic and Retail. Gnus made to order, or re-
paired In the best mauner.

ALEXANDER McCOMAS,

je 18 No. 51 South Calvert st., Baltimore.

CUT CAVENDISH.

It is manufactured from the most expensive stock,
is particularly adapted to Meerschaum and Cigarette
Smoking; docs nut bite or make the tongue sore, is
unlike any other tobacco.

Rocdesteh, Feb. 12, 1875.
Messrs. H'm. S. Kimball <fc Co.:

I find Vanity Fair to be the best article of tobac-
co adapted to the wants of the spori email. Have used
your tobaccos for many years, aud know them all to
bo first clues. Yours truly, Seth GiikeN,
Snp’t of N. Y. Slate Fisheries.

Gentlemen: Having smoked yonr tobacco. Vanity
Fair, hy the camp fire and by the hearth, I believe it
in point of fragrance and taste superior to all brands
known to me. Bciug in search of a tobacco that
would not lire the lungue and mouth, I was made ac-
quainted with your Vanity Fair, and foil ud it to be the
ne plus ultra of natural leaf. A. B. LambkRTOn.

Highest Award, Vienna, 1873.

Liberal samples by muil on receipt of money.

W.S. KIMBALL & CO.,

Peerless Tobacco Works, Rochester, N. Y.

SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

CAMPING and MINING

STOVE.

Outside dimensions, packed, 12x12x20 iuches.
sighing only 25 pounds, very durable, will cook
cu persons, and Is especially adapted for camp-
unioses. The ware consists of 8 qt. kettle, 6 qt.
Kettle, 2 qt. Coffee Pot. Fry Pan. round Tin Pun,
wire Puns, Dipper, Gridiron, Tent Collar, 8 ft.
nel, aud an oven that will roast 15 pounds beef.

The ware is so constructed that it nests and packs
In the oven, and the oven and funnel pack inside the
stove, as represented In cut 2, leaving room for pack-
ing half a dozen Plates. Knivoa. Forks nnd Spoous,
and Drinking Cun*. Price complete, $15.

SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

H. L. DUNCKLEE,

BOX 2710, BOSTON.

Agents wanted in every town. Feh. 4

Birds, pet and rare animals,

and AQUARIA STOCK DEPOT and AQUARIA
CASE MANUFACTORY. J. BAGOT, Acent, 81
Fulton stiect. New York City. Goldfish, Sllverfisb,
Fish and Animal Life, aud Aquatic Plant* in variety.
Also Shells, Pebbles, Ornaments, Corats, 2Cc.. to stock
the Aquarium. Canaries and other song birds;
Pigeons, Parrots, and Paroquet*; Rabbits, Squirrels,
Dogs, pet and rare Animals generally; Bird Seeds,
prepared food for Mocking Birds and other soft-hilled
Birds; Fish food. Bird Gravel, Dog Medicines, But-
ler'* celebrated Mange and Flea Cure, &c., wholesale
and retail. Mur 4-ly

j-J hilndelyliix.

IMPORTER, AND DEALER IN

Breech and Muzzle Loading

SHOT GUNS,

Fishing and Sporting Tackle of every description
Also, the new improved Parlor or Gallery liitles, Pis-
tols and Targets. Apr. ifily

SPORTSMENS’ DEPOT.

JOHN KRIDER,

Corner Second and Walnut St*., Philadelpnla.
IMPORTER, MANUFACTURER and DEALER IN
Guns, Rifles, Pistols, and Fishing: Tackle.
Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech
Loaders.

REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.

Has constantly on hunt! u full assortment of Rods,
Hooks, Lines, Baits, Reel*, Fly Hooks, Salmon Files,
Waterproof Silk Lines, Silk aud Hair Trout Lines, JSc.
Perch Snoods, China and Grass Lines. Also, a large
lot of Cane Reeds, Bamboo nnd Japan.

Birds’ Eggs and Birds' Skins In great varieties.—
Taxidermy iu all its branches.

SPRATT’S PATENT DOG BISCUITS. 4-ly

Thomas Sparks,

Shot and Bar Lead

MANUFACTURER,

[Established 180$.]

Office, 1 2 1 Walnut St.,Philadelphia.

Clark Ac Sneider.

MANUFACTURERS OF THE

SNEIDER

PATENT BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUN.
ALTERING

Muzzle ■Loading' Guns tc Krcech-Lomling

A SPECIALTY
WRITE FOR PARTICULARS.

G14 W. Pratt st., Baltimore.

BREECH LOADING DOUBLE

GUNS

OF ALL THE BEST MAKERS.

Fishing Tackle,

And Sportsmen’s Goods.

IMPORTED AND FOR SALE BY

BARTON, ALEXANDER & WALLER,

lOl & 103 DUANE ST., (near

Broadway) New York.
AGENTS FOR THE UNITED STATES ARMS
COMPANY’S REPEATING PISTOLS.

Enterprise Gun Works.

ESTABLISHED 1848.

JAMES B OWN & SON,

MANUFACTURERS OP

I

STEEL & IRON RIFLE BARRELS/

AND IMPORTERS OP

Cutlery, Gunsmith's Material, Fishing
Tackle.

Nos. 136 nnd 138 IVood Street,

PITTSBURG. PENN.

J. WALLACE,

Naturalist & Taxidermist

IMPORTER OF

FOREIGN BIRD SKINS AND ARTIFI-
CIAL EYES,

19 N. William St., New Ynrk.

Sportsmen!

Your attention is called to
GOOD S, OIL TANNED MOC
ASINS the best tiling ever
worn by sportsmen. Not
Injured by wetting and

drying— always soft and

■ easy to the feet, and

VERY DURABLE — being made of the very best of
stock In three different styles, aud warranted tbogvn-
uine article, different from anything before offered.
lUuetrated Circular and Price List free.

FRANK GOOD.

1209 Elm si. Manchester, N. H.

FOREST AND STREAM

127

Jfjifcclhiicotis

Fishing Tackle.

A: B. Shipley & Soil,

503 oud 505 Commerce street, Philadelphia.

Manufacturers o f

Chalk and Fishing Linos.

FINE BASS AND TROUT FLY RODS.

The celebrated GREENHEART WOOD a specialty.

FINE ROD MOUNTINGS.

Full line of Tackle for Brook, River and Sea Fish-
ing Agents for John James & Sous1 celebrated Fish
hooks and No die*. Aprl-Utn .

Eh*

A. C. WADDELL’S.

Breeding Kennel, Newton, N. J.

The Attest strain of young Pointers and Setters for
sole. Dogs boarded and cared for In the best manner
at $5 per month. Ped'greea guaranteed. ; dogs broken
for $50 Mar 11

A merican Bos; Biscuit,

The only food for dogs made

In this country: will not spo.l in any climate.
Price 112 00 per 26 lbs,, 89 P*w 100 Ids. CIRCULAR
FREE. F. IS. MORSE, Hamden. Conn.

FOR SALE A FEW THOROUGHBRED

Spaniels, choice breed. For particulars address
SPRINGER. at this office.

SETTERS.

rpWO PUPPIES 8 MONTHS OLD;

X sired by Colhnrn’s Dash. Colors— one chestnut
ottered. Price $50 each. Address Drawer II, , New
urk, N. J. Mur 24-2t

TTETERINARY SURGEON.— DR J. M HEARD

» (member of tlto Royal College of Veterinary Sur-
geons. London), No. SO Lewmglon avenue, N. Y.. at-
tends, when requested, all crises requiring his p.ofes-
sioual skill. Horses carefully examined as to sound-
ncss. Oct 22

Henry Gardner, m. d , has constant-
ly on hnnd and for sale, medicines adapted to
the cure of all diseases. Dealer in sport ng dogs of
every variety. Dogs trained for reasonable compen-
sation. No 111 South Fifth ave.. N. Y. Oct 22

Spoilsmen's (goods.

For Sale.

A BRACE OF HIGH BRED, PROM-

Ising, and very handsome young setters, Type
and Flora, whelped on the 29th of July last. Dam,
Dr. W Reinhauds' celebrated Dido; Sire, the famou*
Bismarck formerly owned by V. J Shipman, of
lowu. These dogs can be seen at John Krider’s ou
Saturday and Monday, April 8d and 5lli.

1 1 JOHN KINDER, Philadelphia, Pa.

QPLEND1D TROUT FISH Eli Y TO
O lease. Tno Trout Fishery of the Connecticut
River, Levy Island, below the bridge, three miles In
length, will be leased for a term of live years or more,
to a company. Attached Is the Billin' shouting of the
South Beach, close to the river. Address

EGBERT T. SMITH,
Brookhaven, L. I.

F

nOR SALE.— ONE OR A BRACE OF

J Setters and one Pointer, thoroughbred and
nicely broken. Alsonbrnceof stylish thoroughbred
black and tan Gordon Setters, eight mouths old. very
promising. AdJreas GORDON, at this office. if

hotels und £le§orts for Sportsmen.

B

INTERNATIONAL HOTEL. „„„„

NIAGARA FALLS. NEW YORK
J. I. FULTON, Jr., Proprietor.
Special rates to Boarders. el‘tiln

Rossin House, Toronto, Canada.
SHEARS A SON, Proprietors.

This honseis a favorite resort for gentlemen sports
men from ull parts of the United States and Canada.

AY- AND OCEAN VIEW HOUSE,

Good Ground. Good duck shooting during the

Spring. The best shooting on the Island.

Mar 24-lm

Board near twin lakes, four

hours from New York via Harlem Itallroml. A
desirable location for sportsmen, artists, and all those
wanting a pleasant home. Address F. K. COOPER,
Locust Hill Farm, Ashley Falls, Berkshire county,
Moss Mar 34-flin

All Sportsmen

Are interested In the best Hunting Grounds of the
Southwest. The line of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Railway affords untold Helds of Game Birds,
Fish and Animals. Send to General Passenger Agt.,
Scdalla, Mo., for free maps. Illustrations, and de-
scriptions. Correspondence solicited. Jan 21

UCK SHOOTING AT STONY

Brook, on north side of Long Island; boats,

&c. furnished by the 8. U Hotel; plenty of

ducks, also good bird shooting. 9. J SMITH,

D

Salmon & Trout Angling.

JOHN SYMONS, Halifax, N, S.

Keeps a full line of London made
RODS, REELS. AND ALL ARTICLES REQUIRED
FOR ANGLING.

tWAll rivers In this province freel Also a fall
aspo-lmenl of Cricketing Implements. Best makers
in London. Ap l-3m

J. B. Crook & Co.,

MiNirrjiCTiTKKRa and btronTxns or

FISHING TACKLE I

SO Fulton St., IV. Y.

Sole manufacturer, of the celebrated CASTLE CON-
NELL ROD for SALMON. TROUT, and BLACK

BASS.

SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.

Game Birds for Books.

T HAVE BEEN SELLING OFF MY

wild fowl on account of absence from home; have
left a few snow geese (-irwsr hpperbortnt) $16 per

talr; Canada geese (A. (JanadmtU) $10 per pair. The
l rda are tame and run at large. Will exchange for
worka on Xcibyology or Angling.

FRED MATHER.

Mat 11 Honeoye Folia, N.Y.

N. Y. Safety Steam Power Co.

Office : 30 CO XJRTLANDT ST,

BUILDERS OF

STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS

<$liscelluneous.

JfJisrcllnneoiii,

by Route 515. S10 addition
Excursion No. 54-3— Goi
by Route 513. $10 addlMoua

Excursion No. M3 — Going by route 515, returning

it.

ABBEY & IMBRIE CONROY, BISSETT & MALLESON.

I Nlli’l'i a a. Ifa I at .1 f' f \ti>a..u ft »

I''--**

Steam Launches & Y achtsi

And their Machinery a Specialty, also Machinery for*'

TUGS, LIGHTERS AND STEAMERS^

Propeller Wheals of Superior Efficiency.

BEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR.

All our boats are guaranteed to inis* inspcc-
tlon under the Steamboat, taw when required.

■\TACHT FOB SALE. — Schooner Yacht
JL Halcyon; centre-board; 121 tons O. M.; length
over all. 84 feet; bcatu. 23 feet 10 Inches . Shots
thoroughly and handsomely found fore and aft In till
respects, is very fust, havlug token prizes in every
race she hag entered since 1872; believed to bo per-
fectly sunud. Apply to JOHN JEFFRIES, Jn.,
Mar 11— It 78 Devonshire etrcet-Bostou.

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD

FToi'iciii Excursion Routes,

SEASON of 1874-8.

Tickets to Jacksonville, Flu., and return are sold De-
cember 1st to April * 8t good to return until
May 31st. and have all the privillgca
of FIRST CLASS Tickets

Route No. BiO— Via Washington, Richmond, Wll-
miDgtou, Charleston and Savannah.

Route No Ml— Via Washington, Richmond, Char-
lotte, Augusta and Savannah.

Route No. 612— Via Washington, Richmond, Wilming-
ton, Augusta and Savauuiih.

Route No. 513— Via Washington, Richmond, Char-
lotte, Atlanta. Macon and Jesup.

Route No. 514— Via Washington, Lynchburg, Char-
lotte, Augusta and Savannah.

Route No. 515 — Via Washington, Lynchburg, Bristol,
Atlanta, Macou and Jeatip.

Route No.. 548-Via Washington, Richmond, Augusta,
Yemussec and Savannah.

Route No. 549— Via Washington, Richmond, Wilming-
ton, Augusta, Yemaeeee and Savannah.

Route No. 546 - Via Baltimore, Norfolk, Wilmington,
Augusta and Savannah.

Route No. 547— Via Baltimore, Norfolk, Wilmington,
Charleston and Savannah .

t*r-All of the above tlcketg return by game route,
and are sold at the following

THROUGH RATES.

New York 550 001 Trenton $47 75

Jersey Cltv 50 00 Harrisburg ... 45 50

" ‘ Williamsport 49 50

Altoona 50 75

Pittsburg 52 75

Newark 50 00

Elizabeth 19 75

Rahway 49 50

New Brunswick 49 00

VARIABLE ROUTE TICKETS.

Sold at New York, Jersey City, Harrisburg, Williams-
port, Altoona and Pittsburg, as follows:-
Excursiou No. 5U— Going by Route 510, returning
by Route 512. $10 additional.

Excursion No. 517- Going by Route 512, returning
by Route 610, $10 additional
Excursion No. 516-Going by Route 510, returning
by Route 511. $10 additional
Excursion No. 519— Going by Route 511, returning
by Route 510, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 622— Going by Ronte 510, returning
by Route 514, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 523— Going by Route 514, reluming
by Route 510. $10 additional.

Excursion No. 526— Going by Route 511, returning
by Route 512, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 527— Going by Route 512, reluming
by Route 511, $10 additional.

Excursion No, 530— Going by Route 511, returning
by Route Cl I, $10 additional
Excursion No. 531— Going by Route 014, returning
by Route 511, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 636— Going by Route 512, returning
by Ronte 514, $10 addlticnal.

Excursion No. 537— Going by Route 614, reluming
by Route 512, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 543-^Golng by Route 513, returning

New York offices— No 1 Asior House, No 526
Broadway, and No. 944 Broadway Depots— Foot of
Deebrosses street and foot of Courtlandt street.

Boston office— Nos. 77 and 79 Washington street.

D. M. BOYD, Jr.. Gen. Paee'ngr Agt.
FRANK THOMPSON. Generul Manager.

CARL DITMAR’8

NEW PATENTED

SPORTING POWDER.

Docs not soil the gun; cleans It. if yon u»e a charge
of It alter drlng many times with black powder; no
smoke— llulc recoil— no loud report— high velocity.

TUe best ever made In this line; not to be cxinfou tid-
ed with Scbultz' or English Wood Towdor, or with
Sawdust Powder, us It Is superior to both.

Ready Made Ammunition

For Sporting and Target Rifle* always on hand.
Send for full Information, and if yon order, please
state If wanted for rifle or shot gun, as I have differ-
ent kinds.

CARL DITMAR,

NEPONSBT, MASS.

eU<X'K**OVI» TO

Andrew Clerk & Co.,

48 Maiden Lone, N. Y.

ixroRTKiis, MANurACTl'Rxn* ami Diai-cu* in

Fishing Tackle,

On hand the large and best n**ortim-nl ever ex-
hibited in the United Stales. They particularly call
attention to their

TROUT, SALMON AND HAN* HODS.

Every variety of Salmon and Trout Files, and Hooks
on Gut. Cutty Hunk and Pasquo Island* lla** Lines,
waterproof Braided Silk Lines, every size uud quality of

SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES,

And every Variety and Style of
FISH 1 1 O OK8.
Parties fltled out with appropriate Tackle for the
Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast, Canada, Maine,
the Adirondack*. Ac., Ac.

Spill Bamboo, .Trout and Salmon Hods and Heels
a Specially.

Agents for tho St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Solo Im-
porters of Wurrin's Celebrated Drilled
4-39 Eyed Needle*.

Orange Sporting Powder.

ORANGE LIGHTNING POWDER,

The strongest and < leanest Powder made. Nos. I
to 7, packed only in sealed 1 lb. canisters. The coarser
sixes especially urc recommended to owner* of line
breech-loading guns, giving great penetration with
very slight recoil.

ORANGE DUCKING POWDER,

For water fowl. Very strong mid clean Nos. I to
5. Packed In metal kegs of OJlbs. each, and in cauls
tens of 1 and 5 lbs.

AUDUBON POWDER,

Very quick. For woodcock and quail Nos. 1 to 4.
Packed in metal kegs of 12* lbs. and 0* lbs., and In
pound caulsters.

ORANGE RIFLE POWOEIt,

The best for rifles and for ull ordinary purposes.
Sizes F.g. FK.g. FKF.g, tho Inst being rite llnest and
most used. Packed In wood and metal keg* of 25
lbs., 12* lbs., and 0* lbs., and In canisters of 1 lb. nnu
* pound.

All of the above give high velocities and less rosld
until than any other brands made,

LAFLIN & RAND POWDER Co.,

21 Park Row, N. Y.

(Opposite Astor House.)

CHICAGO “

SHOT TOWER GO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

STANDARD

DROP AND BUCK SHOT

BALLS AND BAR LEAD.

Our aim Is to manufacture an article of SHOT that
is unsurpassed In ROUNDNESS. SOLIDITY, Pea-
fection of POLISH, Uniformity of SIZE, und Accu-
racy of WEIGHT, In each bog, Orders from the
Trude solicited, and will be lilted ut

The Lowest Market Prices.

K, W. BLATCUFOUD, President.

O. F. GATES, Treasurer. inn 25 lv

Holabird's Shooting & Fishing Suits

Made of the best English Water and Mildew proof
duck, dead grass color, have become celebrated for
DURABILITY.

CONVENIENCE,

COMFORT,

and CHEAPNESS,

Sold In New York, Baltimore. Chicago, Detroit, San
Francisco,

And all towns whore spori emeus' goods ore kept In
stock. If not found m stock where you trude. order
direct from the manufacturer. Semi chest, waist and
sleeve measure for coat oud vest ; waist and lnscum for
pants.

Special atleutlon Is called to the Slovoloss Coat and
Vest with Sleeves, which are unique, uiiu can't but
salt the most fastidious.

Coats, $'.0: Coat and Vests, 814; Pant*, $3.50; Cups,
2.50. Send for Illustrated circular.

Address W. II. HOLAWRD,

Jan 21 Valparaiso. Ind.

SALMON ^ANGLING

In the uudcrmantloned Salmon Rivcre will bo Leased
for a term of FIVE YEARS. Competition ubovo up-
set prices named. LESSEES to maintain guardian-
ship at private cost Applications will be received to
1st MAY next.

River Naloshqusn (North Shura) $8M)

River Trinity (near Point dcs Monts,' IW

River St. Margaret (eo baa) 100

River Trout incur Molslej W

River Mistassini (near Godbout) 3"

River Becscla. do »

River Mulbule (near Perce) 100

River Grand Pabus, do

River Little Pubo*. do WO

River Toblquc (New Brunswick) 100

River Nosbwaak, do 100

River N.W, Mlmmichl, do ...

River J uplter (Anticosti Island) 10°

River Salmon, do 80

By order of tho Hon . th» Minister of Marino and
Fisheries.

Address, w p WniTCHER,

Commissioner of Fisheries, Ottawa.

(Successor* lo J. C, Conroy A Co.]

65 Fulton St., N. T.,

Invito the attention of amalout*
to the addition, they have made to
their regular stock of Fine Good.,
comprising lu part

M\ Strip Split Dauiboo

1< <>

fot Trout and Salmon Ashing.

THE FAMED

•« Glnnla llluck lluiwHodN

made of Split Bamboo (new thl.
season). Vein llnfe's Rubber stool
Pivot. Click uud Salmon Reels.
The cvlebrab d "Ftunkfort" Reel,
.to., .Sc Sole inanufn turvr. of
"Mtillnly's" Patout Piles. Tho
New style Ciillyliuuk lias* Llues
of Kxtin quality.

1'nrile* fitted out for tho Adi-
rondack., the Maine WokIs,
lake Superior, Newport, Cutty -
hunk, I'u* quo Island, Wet Maud,
Unmount, *c

Gtders by mail will receive care
tul and prompt nileullou

Silver Plated Ware

MANUFACTURED BY THE

MERIDEN BRITANNIA COMPANY,

Nfo.BfSO liroudwaj'i IV. Y.

FACTORIES, West Morldon, Conn.

Fifwt PrBiniumAwnixUMl by
tli<v A.ni<*ri<*tti» IiiMtltnto,
18711 and 1N71.

EXTRACT FROM JUDGE'S REPORT:

<fWo consider tho Goods Made by tills
Company to be by far the best made In
ilti.H country, mid we believe in the
World.” Aprl-8t

Pritchard Brothers,

No. 94 Fulton St., N. Y.

ALL KINDS OF

Fishing Tackle

Made and repaired with the utmost despatch,

ALSO, CONSTANTLY ON llXVIl

THE BEST M|Ci,K(-TTO,> OP TIIOI T AND M \L>
MON RODS. HRRLtf, LINKS \ AD PLIKM.
Medal* awarded at tho World's Fair mid American
nstltuto for our superior Artificial File* «—

HARNESS.

M*nui*aotuiusi> Exmntsui.r ton tii«

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ON Monday, September 6th, 1874, your correspondent
found himself at Cheboygan (about 2,000 people),
situated on the north shore of the southern peninsula of
Michigan, about sixteen miles south of the island of Macki-
naw, from which it is separated by the straits of the same
name. His affairs at Cheboygan having been satisfacto-
rily adjusted, and having till Thursday morning to meet
engagements at Grand Rapids, he gladly accepted the in-
vitation of Mr. John McKay for an excursion through the
chain of lakes extending southwesterly to Petoskey, on
Little Traverse Bay. Behold us, then, say at 1:30 P. M.
September 7th, embarked upon the staunch tug Eva Eng-
lish, escorted by a deputation of good men and true from
Cheboygan. We arc equipped with guns, trolling Hues,
coffee pots and frying pans, and fully supplied with crea-
ture comforts necessary for the journey. The passenger
list shows the following names: — W. 8. Humphrey, attor-
ney-at-law ; E. Nelson, of Nelson, Slralin & Co., lumber
dealers and manufacturers; Samuel Leavitt, ditto; George
Nelson, ditto; Mr. Spencer, mine host of the Benton
House; W. IT. Flanaghan, tinsmith and sportsman; John
McKay, contractor, all of Cheboygan, and your correspon-
dent, with A. J. Rogers, captain; Thomas Reynolds, engi-
neer, and Messrr. Niffln and Wheeler, "general utility,”
make up the "crew.”

Our course is laid down thus:— Down the Cheboygan
River three miles to the west branch thereof; through the
same two miles to Mullett Lake, and thence through far-
ther iakes and connecting streams forming the "inside pas-
sage" from Cheboygan to Little Traverse Bay. McKay
and self propose to remain with our friends and the tug
for as much of the journey ns her heavy draft will permit.
When the bottom of the streams rises to the top we pro-
pose to commit ourselves to the tender mercies of Indian
guides and small boats. There is ample depth to all the
lakes, but it is expected that the English will find bottom
in the river or creek connecting Mullett and Burt lakes.

We have been fortunate in finding at Cheboygan a couple
of Indians bound for "Indian Village,” and one of them
will act as guide from that point westward. We steam
rapidly down the Cheboygan Through the slack water con-
necting the extensive saw mills (of which there are several
rn route) with the docks at the lake shore, where the lum-
ber is transported to the lake vessels out into the open
waters of the river, past the confluence of the west branch
with the main channel, and so over the course already in-
dicated. At the confluence we arc about ten miles from
lake Cheboygan, the head of the main river. I am told
that the Cheboygan Lake and river both afford the finest of
mu8calonge as well as bass and pickerel fishing, but as we
are upou the tug, traveling at good speed, we have no op-
portunity to cast a line. As we proceed, our guides follow
in their boat, towed by the tug. The party upon the latter
divide the lime between shooting at ducks from the bow,
playiug "yuker" in the little cabin, and firing early peaches
and other edibles nt the guides in their boat at the farther
end of the tow line. The latter sport is more satisfactory
to all the parties than the former, although it must be con-
fessed that the wild fowl have almost entire immunity, as
the puffing of our steam pipes generally raises them at very
long range, and the shooting, while it amuses us, don’t hurt
them much. In this connection it maybe observed that
by far the most successful shooting of the day was done
with the rifle. Indeed, I found that the Cheboyganites are
admirably skilled in the use of this arm.

As we enter Mullett’s Lake, guns, etc., are laid aside,
and we abandon ourselves to the contemplation of its beau-
ties. An oblong sheet of water of say ten miles in length
and five in width at the maximum ; its waters clear and
deep, and the shores adorned with the greenest of forests,
with here and there a bare space showing the site of a saw
mill, or a clearing with cultivated|fields and primitive im-
provements. This and the other waters over which your

correspondent passed possessed a beauty far beyond the
power of his pen to describe. From Mullett’s Lake we en-
ter Portage River, and sail serenely on for about three
miles, when our further progress is stayed by the increas-
ing shallowness of the water. The while sandy bottom is
clearly visible, and in a few moments our keel grates harsh-
ly upon it. The captain makes gallant efforts to force her
over the bar; but the attempt fails. We prepare (McKay
and seff) to resign ourselves to the small boats. McKay’s
boat is therefore dropped astern of the larger and clumsier
craft of our bretheru of the forest, and our stores are duly
transferred to the same. With mutual good byes and good
wishes for a prosperous voyage, we part from our friends
on the tug, they to return home, we to push on through
the Indian reservation to Little Traverse Bay.

As we npproach the entrance to Burt’s Lake our (rolling
lines arc thrown out, but the sun is already far down the
horizon, and our spoons have lost their attractive glitter, so
we take notliiug for our pains. We row stendily across
Burt’s Lake, and at about 8 :30 P. M. reach "Indian Vil-
lage," situated upon a point near its western extremity.
Here we camp for the night in the cabin of our big guide.
"Louis Sheboslon," the happy husband of three wives, and
putative futher of thirty children. We are too hungry and
tired to scrutinize our immediate surroundings very closely,
and devour with a relish the potatoes and well-cooked
pickerel set before us by our hostess. On entering Louis’
cabin we were surprised to hear the strains of a melodcon,
one brave making frnntic efforts to "pull music out of
his chist," os the sailor said when lie first saw a piano
played, while several male companions formed an admiring
circle around him. These simple people are all Roman
Catholics, still rallying under the banner of the French
Jesuits, planted upon these shores over 100 years ago, if tra-
dition be true. In passing, it may be said that the Indians
of the southern peninsula of Michigan have nttalued to
somewhat the same degree of civilization as their white
brethren, the "Loggers," employed in these forests, the
advantage probably being in favor of the Indian, to the
extent that when sober he is peaceable and honest. In fact.,
it would appear that whiskey is literally his evil spirit.
Whiskey, or other kinds of fire water, only will he steal,
and only under its influence, if at all, is lie quarrelsome.
The advice given to your correspondent by his white com-
rade on this trip may as well be repeated for the benefit of
future travelers through this wilderness:— "Take care of
the ‘bug juice,’ or they’ll steal it all, but have no fear for
any other property.”

At bedtime we were invited to repose upon a double bed
in the large inner room of the cabin, aud inwardly praying
for deliverance from bugs, fleas, and other vurrnints, are
soon in the arms of Morpheus. At daylight wc arise, and
after a cooling draught fresh from the spring, and a thor-
ough enjoyment of the gorgeous beauty of a sunrise upon
Burl’s Lake, we take to our boat and catch a fine pickerel
for breakfast. But the clear light of day has oponed our
eyes to many things which were obscured from our vision
the previous night. Before eating, wc took occasion to
visit the quaiut little Indian chapel und its buryingground,
both having many rough decorations, evidently the handi-
work of the Indians themselves. The crosses at the heads
of the graves are adorned with wreaths and other offerings
of curious form and workmanship, the material being
mostly bright colored paper and rags, and rudely painted '
sticks. At 7:30 wc part from our friend Louis, and leave
the village under the guidance of one boat, propelled by
the strong arm of our Indian boy (John by nuinc), and
within a few minutes strike the mouth of the little stream
connecting Burl’s Lake and Crooked Lake, not, however,
without gome searching for the channel, which Is almost
completely obscured by reeds and long grasses. There is
enough water here, however, to float a very much heavier
craft than ours; in fact, a large boat with a stronger mo-
tive power could readily have passed over and beaten down
the rushes which so seriously obstructed our progress.
Presently we have fairly entered the creek and the fishing
begins. We are making for the railway train, to leave Pe-

toskey at 8:20 P. M. , und row without regard to the trolling,
"hu ll is, nevertheless, good, as the fish— both bQU and
pickerel— prove exceedingly abundant. The current is
rather strong, but our Indian is a perfect little steam on
ginc, and pulls on almost without intermission till 10:30
A. M., when we camp, and McKay, .ns chief cook, pro-
pares our second break lust, Bread mul butti i, sweet pork
and fresh fish, washed down by a few cups of tea, revive
us greatly, and wo presently resume our journey, not, how-
ever, until we have been overtaken by a canoe which is
commanded by our hostess of the night before, and manned
by two of her stout sons, with several "little Indian hoys"
and girls as passengers. They are bound for Little fra
verse Bay, and so we have them near at hand for the re-
mainder of the day. I can see that anclont dame now, hit-
ting in her canoe, a picture of oleaginous content, made
thrice happy by the gift of the drippings from our fried
pork. The finest of fish they have id ways in abundance,
but salt pork is esteemed a rare delicacy by these Indians.

The day wears on, and our Indian pulls on, with occa-
sional help from his passengers. As wo pass through tho
narrow stream, now overshadowed by forest trees, and
again bordered ouly by marshy shores, covered with wild
rice aud tidl rushes, we occasionally raise a wood duck,
and now and then a mallard or two. Towards two P. M.
we enter Crooked Lake; truly a well deserved name, but
a respectable sheet of water notwithstanding. While tho
eastern half is too shallow for fishing, the abundance of
rice affords on excellent feeding ground for wild ducks of

the several varieties tobo found lnthoao latitude at this

season, and we see grout numbers of them. About mid-
way in the lake, as wo pass from oust to west, tho waters
suddenly deepen— showing as great a depth, probably, uu
any of the lakes wo have passed over — wo again throw out
our trolling lines, and catch here the “big black bass" of
the day. At five I*. M., having reached the farther, or
western shore of Crooked Lake, within about seven miles
of Petoskey, we again camp and refresh the inner man.
From this point wo propose working through a small stream
to Round Lake, tho western shore of which is within three
quarters of a mile of Little Traverse Bay, to tho waters of
which we will port our boat and pulldown to Petoskey, four
miles, there to take tho evening express for the south.
Having arranged with the two stout Indian lads (Mrs. Ln
nnd family still stand by us) to help port the boat, we push
on, warned by the rapidly setting sun that there is no lime
to lose if we would catch the train. About midway be-
tween Crooked Lake and Round Lake the stream becomes
so narrow and tortuous that we find it expedient to got out
und wulk overland (less than a mile), leaving "John" to
polo the boat through. Reaching the Juke shore we wait
some time nt tho mouth of the little stream, nnd no John
appearing we get anxious, and McKay starts up stream to
"help him out." A few minutes later your correspondent
makes nu effort in the sumo direction, and in the shallow
waters, right at the stream’s mouth, meets a fine largo bass.
The fish quickly turns tull and up the stream ho goes, with
your humble servant in hot pursuit, until tho latter, moot-
ing his companions descending tho creek, the bout Isquickly
turned in tho stream, and Mr. Buss, at bay, Is enught by
hand und tossed into the boat; If not a strictly sportsman
like exploit, at least an exciting ono.

Wo work the bout down to tho lake, nnd soon row across
its clear waters, taking another fine bass on the trolling
spoon as we go. With the help of our wuiiing porters wc
carry the boat over and drop her into Little Traverse Bay,
and after a stout pull of about four miles arrive at Pe-
toskey just in time to catch tho evening train. The weather
had been charming throughout, and the trip in all respect*
a delightful one. Our only regret is that we had been too
greatly hurried by business considerations to take proper
time or row at the right speed for trolling. The balmy at-
mosphere, the surpassing loveliness of tho lakes and their
surroundings, and tho great abundance and excellency of
the fllhhjg, had offered fascinations hard to withstand; but
while successfully resisting these temptations to remain,
we resolved that the season of ’76 should see us revisiting

130

FOREST AND STREAM

these scenes with time to stay. Should we be spared to
carry out this invitation, you may expect that we will drop
a line to the Fouest and Stiikam as well as to the fishes.
Meantime, it may be as well to state for the information of
such as might feel tempted to see “how it is themselves,"
that since the writer's visit the channel through the con-
necting streams has been improved, so that vessels drawing
not to exceed thirty-six inches can now run from Cheboy-
gan to the western shore of Crooked Lake at a point seven
miles from Petoskey, on Little Traverse Hay, the northern
termini of the G. R. and I. railroad. Further, some of the
solid men of Cheboygan propose building two small boats
for this route, to be ready for the Summer season of '75.
But even should the latter expectation not be realized there
will be no difficulty in procuring at Cheboygan and Petos-
key guides and boats — either or both — for the tour of these
lakes. In the Summer season a small steamer runs regu-
larly between Mackinaw and Cheboygan, and the passage
across the straits is a very attractive one in pleasant weather.
By means of this boat, Mullctt and Burt’s lakes could read-
ily be reached by those not wishing to go further. The
lakes are all of amplest depth. The only obstruction to
steam navigation has hitherto been the shallowness of the
connecting streams, which is now in a great measure obvi-
ated, as above suited. From the steamer landing on
Crooked Lake stages will carry passengers to and from the
railroud. The passenger department of the Grand Rapids
and Indiana railroad company will issue about May 1st a
Summer excursion book, containing full and complete in-
formation ns to routes, guides, and all facilities to be af-
forded for the tour of this and other chains of lakes on the
soul hern peninsula.

The dimensions of the lakes I have mentioned are, ap-
proximately, as follows:— Mullctl’s Lake, say ten miles long
by five at. the widest; Cheboygan, six miles by four; Burt
Lake, nine miles by live; Crooked Lake, seven miles long,
averaging three quarters of a mile in width; Round Lake,
one and a half miles across. 1 should have mentioned that
the smaller streams feeding these lakes are reported as af-
fording the finest of brook trout fishing, which there is no
reason to doubt, as the country is wild and new, and lire
waters clear and cold. Johannes.

Grand Rapids, Mich., March 6/A, 1875.

For Forest and Stream

BOBCAYGEON, via HOLLOW LAKE, TO
MUSKOKA.

YOUR correspondent, “E. W.," Ins brought vividly to
my remembrance the most pleasant trip which I
made along with Ur. R. and my son in 1800 to Hollow, or,
as it is called by the Indians, Kahwcumbcjcwagamog
Lake. We took another route to reach it, however. Leav-
ing Toronto by the evening train for Port Hope, then by
the steamboat from Lindsey down the Seugog River mid
Sturgeon Lake to Bobcaygcon, at which place we hired a
team' and drove along the road leading norm to Mindcn on
Gull River, which we reached about nine o’clock Hint night.

At that time the Bobcaygcon road wus in very fair order,
and now I suppose it is much improved, so that I think it
would be preferable, although a little longer, to the mis-
erable roads “E. W.” lmd to traverse. At Mindcn we met
our guides, and making a portage of a mile the next morn-
ing, wo took the water on Mountain Lake, then passed
through Twelve Mile Lake and Bushkonk Lake to
Barnum's, reaching this about noon. After dinner we again
Blurted and made a short portage to Little Kushog Lake,
where we took in the camp traps, which hud been sent by
team along the Bobcaygcon road from Miudeu so as to
euable us to travel light. , ,

From this our route was the same as that taken by “E.
W.” to Hollow Luke. Hollow Luke is indeed “glorious
beyond description.’’ Its numerous deep bays, its long
promontories covered with red pine, the succession of
rounded hills covered with varied foliage, its wonderful
echoes, and its flue trouting, render it an admirable resort
for the' sportsman and tourist. It was in June when I wus
there, so that 1 cannot speak from experience of deer
hunting, but I was then informed that the deer abounded
all around in such numbers that they were hunted in the
Fall simply for their hides and tallow. We left Hollow
Lake by a long bay which stretches out to the West, aiid
made a portage of nearly three miles to the South Muskoka,
which is the outlet of the luke and empties into Lake of
Bays. While wailing for the men, who had made a return
trip for the canoes and camp traps, we amused ourselves by
firing at a mark, and while so engaged, looking down the
river we saw a canoe whose solitary occupant was paddling
with great haste up to us. He pulled the canoe up the
bank out of the current and hastily run up the bank to our
lire, before which he squatted, and pulling out his well-
'colored clay, lit his pipe. He was a most comi-
cal looking individual, clad iu a greasy shirt, fustian
jacket, and begrimed with smoke. His first greeting was,
“What's the mutter?" thinking, as lie subsequently ex-
plained, that we were some party iu distress. This
worthy’s name was Zucli Cole, a noted settler where the
Bobcuygeon road crosses the South Muskoka at Cedar
Narrows, who made a living by trading with the Indians,
and selling them whiskey which lie manufactured himself
out ot barley which he grew on the settlement. He was
loud in his praises of his liquor. “Give an Iudiuu," said
he, “a glass of it and he would throw you a beaver skin
for another." lie bad some six barrels of speckled trout,
which he had takeu iu his nets and sot lines in the adjoin-
ing luke, aud these would ruu from oue to three pounds
each.

Leaving Zach Cole’s, we traversed the south side of Lake
of Bays and Trading Lake, camping about half wav. We
took quantities of trout by trolling as we paddled along,
and the next day, while waiting lor the men to cook din-
ner at the outlet of the lake into the Muskoka River, we
had au hour's glorious sport, taking twenty-eight fish,
which, as near as we could judge, weighed about sixty
pouuds. We hooked fish, which, wo judged, must have
weighed four or five pounds, but in our eagerness to land
them, broke our fine rods and hud to fall hack upon bush
rjds. 1 never saw, except at Nepigon, which I Subse-
quently visited, any troutiug like this. We fished with
rninuow bait, which had been furnished by Zach Cole, and
when it was exhausted, with worm. Our route home was
down the Muskoka to the South Falls, thence by wagon to
the head ot Lake Couchiciug and Lake tiiuicwe, and by
rail from Belle Ewart home.

1 would add a recommendation of the Barnums, whom
we found most willing and active and trustworthy guides.
Toronto, March 'i'Z, 18776. J. 1L R.

For Forest and Stream.

WHITE RIVER.

• • • • "Beneath It sweep*.

Thy current’* rjilmni-**; oft from out it leaps /

Tlic flnny darter with the flitieilng scale".

Who dwell" and revel* in thy f>las*y deep":

While chance *oine sentterea water-lily tails

Dawn where the "hallower wove "till tells Its babbling tales."

ANY one who consults the map of Arkansas will find
that While River is made up from numerous small
streams that rise in the hilly country, in the Northwest
part of the State, and in Southwest Missouri. The general
course of the river from the Missouri line to Jacksonport,
Arkansas, is Southeast; here Black River joins it, and from
thence it runs almost South until it mingles its waters with
those of the mighty Mississippi. It is a remarkably long
stream, and steamhouls ascend it as far as Forsyth, Missouri.
To me it has an interest beyond the purposes of naviga-
tion. I have taken its finny inhabitants with the hook,
bright and fresh from its sparkling waters; shot the mal-
lard and teal as 1 hey rose from its glassy surface; hunted
the shaggy hear in Us tangled cane brakes; the bounding
deer in its undulating woodlands, and have bagged Bob
White in the rich fields along its fertile bottoms,

Before its junction wiih Black River the water is cold
and clear, and it abounds in a variety of fish, firm and
finely flavored. Opposite the town of Jneksonport a long
sandy bar extends some distance into the river, and oil this
bar some splendid fish may he taken. They are the black
bass and striped bass; each kind readily takes a minnow or
small craw fish. The way in which we usually fished for
them, was with a long line, reel, sinker on end of line, and
two hooks attached to Ihe main line by leaders or snoods;
a cane or bamboo pole completed the outfit. The fish
weighed from one to four pounds, and could he taken very
fast. I took there one morning before breakfast twenty-
two, averaging about a pound and a half each. There is
also a fish called by the natives a “jack salmon;’1 he belongs
to the pickerel family, and is a game fellow, ami would
fight hard if he lmd a ehaucc. hut he never gets it. He
loves deep still water, and is taken Fall and Winter. We
usually fished for him off some lumber rafts, moored near
shore, and he was killed by “main strength and nwkward
ness." Fishing with a short stout pole anil strong line, after
a few desperate rushes, provided something did not give
way, he was flopped upon the raft. That is.the way tjteyjdo
it out there. Ami going according to the rule that when
ou are in Rome you must do as the Romans do, I fished,
unled, and took the bottle, ns did the Arkansians.

This is the manner in which a native takes a drink on the
road. Riding ,one day with a friend in a buggy, we met
a gentleman in another. Both pulled up, I was introduced,
then my friend said laconically, “smile?" “You bet," from
the other. A bottle was produced, and passed over. He
seized it, cleared his throat, said “here’s luck,” closed Ills
eyes, a smile of ineffable sweetness overspread his features,
he protruded his head from his coat collar like a turtle
from his shell, stuck the neck of the bottle into his mouth,
threw back his head, there was a gurgling sound, a con-
vulsive working of the throat. 1 thought our chance for a
drink from that bottle was gone forever, but finally be
stopped swallowing and handed it back.

“That man," said my frieud, after lie had passed, “is a
native.”

“IIow do you know”? I asked.

“1 car. always tell them,” he said, “bj' the way they hold
ou to a bottle."

.Sperits is a nine qua non in Arkansas. You take it in the
morning to keep out the malaria, at noon to get up an appe-
tite, and at night to gel you over the fatigues of the day.
It is also taken between times for divers and sundry reasons.
It is reckoned a sovereign remedy in measles, “to bring
’em out," and to cure the ague, when taken as “bitters,"
and is said to be an admirable corrective after a too free
indulgence in “bar meat" or buffalo fish, aud is sometimes
takvn on the principle that “the hair of the dog is good for
the bile'”

A native bad the measles in his family; the spirits had
departed forever from his barrel. He went to a neighbor to
borrow a jugful oi the needful.

“1 hav’nt a drop," said the neighbor
“What,” said he of the jug, “no sperits? Why it was
ouly the week before last that you got a barrel.”

“That is all very true,” said the neighbor, “but. what is
one barrel of sperits iu a family of thirteen children and
narry cow?”

Little Red River empties into White River fifty or sixty
miles below Jneksonport. It abounds in fish of several
varieties. Once when fishing at West Point with Dr.
Arnold, we took nearly two hundred pounds of fish in
half a day. We used small craw fish for bait, and the fish
taken consisted of black bass, drum, catfish, bream, and
white perch, the latter llie largest I ever saw.

Red River is deep, rather clear and with very little cur-
rent. In the vicinity of Jacksonport game is abundant.
The river iu Winter is full of ducks of various kiuds, and
the small lakes, ponds, sloughs, aud lagoons, absolutely
swarm with them. Geese are quite plenty, and occasion-
ally a swan is seen. Bob White is there in full numbers in
the plantations. A few wookcock, and an abundance of
snipe in season. East of town, twelve or fifteen miles, deer
are plenty, and I have had some magnificent sport hunting
them between bayous Cache and De View. Between
these bayous there is a belt of post oak barrens, almost
uninhabited. The deer there are not much hunted, and
lie well when approached on horseback, and when bunted
with hounds do uot run off, but tack aud dodge for hours.
I got teu shots there one day, but you are not going to
be told how may deer 1 bagged. My powder wan crooked.
Another time two ol us had hunted until t.l»e middle of the
afternoon, and killed nothing. The hounds were tired
down, we, disgusted; riding near u small field a hound
opeued ou a trail. 1 stopped and encouraged him, when
he got over the fence. The field was abandoned and grown
up with bushes aud tall grass. My companion called to
me to come ou, that the hound was trailing a cat, but by
this time some of the other hounds had crossed the fence
and were giving tongue ou the trail. Happening to look
ahead just then, I saw D — , who was some distance in ad-
vance, square himself iu the saddle and bring up his gun
to his shoulder. A puff of smoke, and the heavy report tol-
lowcd, then another puff aud report; away went the
hounds, pell moll, aud right from amongst those iu the
field rushed an enormous buck. ’Twas an awkward shot
for me to make — nearly square off to the right — and a few
more jumps would put Mister Buck in the cane out of
sight, tie following him os well as possible with my gun,

I let drive. The cloud of smoke hid him for an instant and
when I saw him again lie had changed his course and was
running down the fence. I gave him the other barrel; lie
disappeared in -the bushes, but I heard him crash against a
sapling, and knew I had ma^e venison of him. There were
three deer in the field; they got up and were slipping out
ahead of the hounds; the two does some distance in advance
of the buck. 1>— killed a doe with each barrel, 'and his firing
turned the buck back by where I was. All the deer were
in fine flesh; the buck ono of the largest 1 ever saw
killed.

I have bagged two deer several times in a day’s hunting,
anil one day three, two bucks and a yearling deer. A
quick steady horse was indispensable as wc shot altogether
from the saddle.

In the dense cane along the river were found bear, wild
cat, and occasionally a panther. Ducks could be bagged
by the score by stalking them — under cover of the switch
cane — along the bayous, lakes and ponds, and by float-
ing for them in the liver. I killed eight, mallards at a shot
with one barrel, and one with the other; they were in a
small pond in the cane. Bob White were plenty in the
fields and lay well to the dogs; snipe were numerous and
exceedingly gentle. *** ******

I hunted deer with a man who lived on the river, and if
he was not a good shot, it was not because his Christian
name was not identical with that of the champion wing
shot of America. Yet he could not shoot worth a cent, al-
though excessively fond of the chase. Something always
turned up at the wrong time for him and “knocked him out
of a shoot.”

Adam’s favorite steed was a horse of the female persua-
sion, that he called Blaze; he would ride nothing else.
Now the aforesaid Blaze had a mule colt by her side, and
if that mule colt did not, according to Adam’s statements,
knock him out of killing fifty deer, I’m a Jew — an ’Ebrew
Jew. We would put Adam at a stand, and the deer, guided
by a kind providence, or that unerring instinct, that
prompts them to go in the safest places, would invariably
run out by him. We would listen witli bated breath tor
the shot, hut listen in vain. After the hounds were clean
gone we would go down to bis stand and ask Adam why
the thunder lie had not shot. His invariable reply was, “that
blasted mule coll knocked me out of getting a shoot. He
heard the hounds coming, run right down and turned the
deer too far off to shoot.”

If he went to drive, the colt would get in his way;
and one day Adam said that the colt and a big buck ran by
him side by side, in thirty steps. “Why did’nt you shoot
any way, Adam?" asked some one. “Because the blasted
mule colt was on mu side,."

I never hunted West of the river but once. I lmd often
been importuned by a man on that side, to come over and
hunt with him. So one day at sunrise Adam and I got in-
to a skiff, and taking our guns and saddles, and some of
the best of Hie pack, pulled across. Horses awaited us— a
whole lot full— Adam took an old sorrel that looked as if
he would stand the report of a cannon. 1 saddled a pretty
black marc. Our host was on a well tried horse, as lie ex-
pected to do most of the driving. After going a mile or
more, the hounds commenced trailing. We had not reach-
ed the designated stands, and rode hard to get there.
Adam’s horse proved to be a match for the one l hat Icha-
bod Crane rode to see llie blooming Katrina. The trail
was getting hotter. Then came a hurst of free, wild music —
the pack in full cry. They were coming right down on us.
I stopped and Adam galloped on to reach the bank of a
bayou. Soon I found that the deer would run out to him;
a moment more and the heavy report of bis gun resounded
through the forest, and before Hie reverberations had died
away, Adam’s horse rushed by, as rushed Lord Marmion’s
steed from Flodden Field.

•‘Blood shot his eye"— he was a one-eyed horse—

"His nostril* spread"— and tall loo—

“The loose rein hanging from his head.”

Whether the “saddle and housing were bloody rid,” or
not 1 could not tell, as he had run clean out of them.
Adam contrary to his usual custom had brought something
to the ground— himself.

After following the pack for some time, (the deer after
getting tired commenced tacking, and I had been knocked
out of a shot twice by the unsteadiness of llie marc) I
heard them coming right down a glade toward me, slip-
ped from the saddle, and walked a few paces away. Pre-
sently I saw the deer coming down the edge of the glade
and when lie was within about sixty yards he saw the mare
and stopped I fired at him us he stood with liis breast to-
ward me. He turned square off at the shot, and 1 let fly
at his broad side as he went. He ran on a hundred yards
and fell into the bed of a dry slough. Knowing lie was
hard hit, A. followed on foot to keep the hounds from his
hams. After culiug his throat and getting the hounds off,
I looked back to where I had fastened the mare, but she
was gone. I felt inclined to offer almost as big price for a
horse as did Richard the Third. How far it was back to
the river I knew not, having followed the chase on a half
broken filly for hours, in all its devious windings. After
wailing for more than an hour I heard a horn in answer to
mine, and H. came up. He had seen nothing of either
Adam or the horses. We got the deer on behind his sad-
dle, and struck out for the river, five miles off. When we
reached the house we found Adam quietly smoking his
pipe, and old one eye aud the mare gnawing a sapling as
calmly as if they had never heard a shot. As we pulled
back across the river — in the red light of an Autumn sun
Bet — I asked Adam how it happened that he was thrown
from hia horse. He gave a savage pull ou the oars that
sent us far a head. “That infernal old one-eyed rascal,”
said he, “has been running in the range aud lias not had a
saddle on him in the last fifteen years." Uuyon.

Corinth, Miss., March 1875.

— One evening the past week a young gentleman, resid-
ing in a Maine village, iuviled a young lady to go on a
sleigh ride. When the gent called for the lady he was
obliged to wait three hours for her to get ready; and dur-
ing the ride they had quite an animated discussion in re-
gard To her tardiness, which ended in his ordering her to
get out ot the sleigh, which she did and walked home— a
distance of three miles. *

—It is estimated that the value of produce annually raised
iu this country is $2,500,000,000, of which amount nearly
or quite one fiffth, or $500,000,000, is lost from the attacks
of iujurious plants and auimals.

FOREST AND STREAM

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For Foust and Stream.

GRIZZLY BEAR HUNT IN CALIFORNIA.

IT was the grizzly boar we wanted, and the fame of hav-
ing slain one, which prompted our little party of live
to make a seventy mile journey, from Napa CHy, through
Napa Valley to Clear Lake, to the north, towards Oregon
and the wild Indians in the primeval forest. Although
twenty years have elapsed since that meniorablu Spring
morning, yet, in my mind’s eye, I gaze again and again on
that wondrous vale— that very land Beulah. The valley’s
length, thirty five miles, was our first day's journey, and
Mount St. Helena our first night’s camping ground. Each
man well mounted, and with a complete outfit, and two
pack mules, constituted our forces; four trusty Titles and
one shot gun our arms; the latter for small game more
especially, but well recommended for close quarters and
dangerous proximity with old grizzly. Nor was the “little
brown jug" forgotten, but I assure you, Mr. Editor, a
broad smile of scorn rippled over the blushing faces of our
faithful friends, who gathered to give us a good “send off ;"
for their custom was, ten gallons old rye to twenty pounds
crackers. From this point we found game in abundance,
and during the (lay killed a noble eight pronged buck; and
finding considerable bear sign, made our second camp,
longing for an encounter with O. G., all of us being novices
in that kind of game.

At day break we were about fairly started when old
bruin, to our unbounded joy, put in a distant appearance,
quietly feeding on clover. An excited chase followed ; giv-
ing spur we overhauled him quite winded, from running
through the tall clover, tongue out and heading for the
thick underbrush, in which we could not prevent his going,
but he carried with him a bullet from each of us. After
dismounting, re loading and holding a council of war, we
abreast entered the bush, determined on a broadside, but
to our quick surprise and great relief, wc found the old
fellow dead. He proved to be the “oldest inhabitant,’’
white with age, scarred in many a battle, and a monarch
of the woods. We judged him able to kick the beam at
twelve hundred pounds, and estimating his great strength
we for the first time realized our great danger. Each
“rifle” took a huge paw, memorable trophies of our first
bear; "shot gun” cut steaks and Digger Indians appro-
priated remainder. The autocrat of the forest was no
more; verily, “A live dog is better than a dead lion." On
entering Sicgler’s Valley about sunset we counted seven
more grizzlies feeding on clover but having “winded" us
they scampered to the deep cafions. Concluding this was
fair hear country, we camped and supped, (but cannot
conscientiously recommend old bear steaks; cub’s may be
better,) and laid our plans for the morrow, which included
dragging the carcass of a deer across the well-marked bear
trail, depositing it under a suitable tree on the hill side,
the branches of which we were to occupy and wait for
feeding time, which is towards evening.

As at Waterloo, where, according to Victor Hugo, “a
few drops of water changed the entire front of the uni-
verse," so a drizzling rain demolished our whole programme;

but the enthusiasm of Jim J was not to be restrained,

and he, alone, proposed to make the bear pay for his
supper; so he took his departure and we took our pipes.
(I will remark here in parenthesis, we were limited in those
days to “plug" for chewing and smoking in a common
clay pipe, not having those delicious and favorite brands of
"Peerless" chewing and “Vanity Fair" smoking, manu-
factured by William S. Kimball & Co., Rochester, New
York.)

An hour passed on, and Jim returned a knock-kneed,
pallid ghost; a modern Esau, back from the chase; a mess
of pottage restored his vigor and a pipe his speech, which
was like this: —

“Hardly got up that next little sapling five feet from
the ground when five monsters followed the bloody trail
and found the deer, and had a row over it; sighted the big
one with a good rest, and only six rods off — knew I could
kill him sure — fired, and over he tumbled down the steep
hill; expected the rest to scare and run— not any— they
‘winded’ me and one made for the sapling, au’d I had
buck-fever coming on bad. I was horror-struck, and for
the first time realized the danger of being up the wrong
tree with a grizzly going for a po ir fellow; poured in
powder and dropped in a bullet and fired at him on the hill
side on a dead level. He raised on his haunches snuffing the
air, back towards me, and within forty feet; saw the bullet
strike between the shoulders, distinctly saw the hair curl-
down the hill he rolled — good for number two. Loaded
quick with a patch this time, nerves growing steadier, saw
number three seated on a hillock fifty yards away and gave
him what he wanted — he left that knob and I left that sap-
ling and got on a frightened horse, I tell you. Here I am,
but you must not get me in another such scrape." We
confirmed his statement in the morning.

During that three weeks we saw 17 grizzly bears, 4 elk,
of which we killed one, about 400 deer, saw GO of them in
one herd, killed only one now and again to replenish our
larder; hare, rabbits and coyotes constantly in sight, and
no trouble to flush large bevies of the beautiful California
quail, for they were as thick as “the leaves of Valambrossa."
Every brook teemed with speckled trout, uneducated ones
it is true, and simpletons, jumping for the fly dangling above
the water.

Need I say we had a jolly good time, aud returned stout
and rugged? A natural "transfusion" of blood, so to
speak, took place; we could eat and sleep, the two great
essentials which make existence desirable. Those only
who have experienced it can appreciate the refreshing sleep
of camp life, unconsciously enjoyed on hemlock boughs,
and those only who have partaken of the delicacies of the
forest can properly estimate the ravenous appetites to be
appeased and the oft-repeated satisfaction of being able to
digest a good square meal; think of the delicious browning
of the tender bits on the forked-3tick in front of the glow-
ing embers. Experience is our tutor, and the palate our
monitor, and we are disposed to laugh at Prof. Blot's
Boston lectures on the culinary art, eminently preferring,
for a time at, least, the habits and customs of the American
woods to all the arts of the French capital.

Butler, Pa., March, 1875. C. E. II.

— A Hamden, Ct., correspondent complains that quail
and partridge have been exposed for sale in the New Haven
market within a week. This should be seen to.

— The Game and Fish League, of New Hampshire, held
its annual meeting in Manchester on Tuesday. Joseph
Kidder, Esq., delivered an appropriate address.

For Foust and Stream.

STILL HUNTING.

FROM Charles Fenton, Esq., proprietor of the hotel at
No. Four, I obtained the following facts regarding
“still hunting" deer. Mr. F. is an old hunter, and has had
much experience in that line, and as many persons do not
understand what the term implies, I propose in the follow
iug article to show how i'. *is done, and in order to do so,
shall give it as near as possible in his own words. It is u
pleasure for some to hunt deer with hounds; to sit all the
day long on the shore of some lake, straining their visual
organs and imaginations; transforming every loon, duck
and floating object on the water into a deer’s head and
perhaps after all, never having a glimpse of one; or if the
deer is driven in by the dogs, they may bo lucky enough to
secure one. But in all my experience, and I have spent
much time in driving deer, I have never killed one yet; my
luck never ran that way, or the deer either. Another mode
of killing deer is called night hunting, or more properly
termed “floating," This kind of hunting is very exciting,
uud is fine sport, and by many is supposed to be wlmt is
meant by “still hunting,” and indeed it would be a very
appropriate name. But what is meant in the Adirondack*
by the term, is with rille in hand and alone, to penetrate
the depths of the forests; to hunt out the deer in his native
haunts; to steal upon him so stealthily that his quick ear
caunot detect you, and he can only learn of your near ap-
proach by his piercing eye, which brings the hunter to an
eye and eye test with the deer, which will give each
about an equal chance, especially if there is snow
on the ground, so as to make a contrast between the deer
and the snow. But if it is bare ground, the deer will stand
the best chance for the first sboi, and will greet you with
his “flag of truce” on tho rapid retreat. Deer depend
mainly for their protection on their cars. It is almost im-
possible to get u shot at a deer when it is noisy; that is
when the snow is crusted, or if it is bare ground and the
leaves are frozen, nnd there is no wind to clash the tree-tops
together so as to drown the uoise of your footsteps.

To be a successful “still hunter" requires long experience,
great power of endurance, and an eye quick to discern one
object from another, and also the carriage or manner of
walking; this has a great deal to do with success. As deer
only notice things in'motion, the person who walks with
the least movement of the body will be most likely to get
near the deer. I know many who, with equal experience,
hunting over the same ground with the same advantages,
where one kills ten the other would perhaps kill forty.
When there is no snow on the ground you cannot follow
the deer's tracks, but have to move quietly about over
ground most likely to be frequented by them, keeping a
sharp look out and reviewing the ground at every step, for in
the thick woods you ate liable to come on to one at every step.

When the ground is covered with soft, light snow, six or
eight inches deep, during the month of November, or the
fore part of December, is the best time for “still hunting."
Then, as you enter the woods, the first thing to be done is
to find a deer’s track in the snow. The next thing is to
ascertain the length of time the track has been made.
This requires much experience. If the track is just made,
the snow in it, where it Inis been moved, wilflook new and
bright, but grows dull by ago. A good test, when It is cold
weather, is to feel of the track with your finger, and if just
made, it will be soft; if not, quite hard. One of the best
ways to tell if it is a new track is by the manure, if they
chance to drop any, as it will soon freeze if cold; at any
rate, it soon changes its nppenrancc. Having found a track
and ascertained that it is new enough, the next thing is to
follow it cautiously, traveling at the same rate as the deer
travels. An experienced hunter cau tell about how fast ho
has to go to overtake the deer. If the deer is feeding along
as he goes and stops to browse at every fallen tree-top, you
must move slowly, looking in every place, at every step,
for he is not far distant. But, then, if the deer is “travel-
ing," as we call it, we have to walk much faster nnd scan
the ground as best we can. But the chance of getting a
shot is less than when one moves slower and looks the
grouud thoroughly over. I have followed old bucks that
were not three minutes ahead of me, for two hours, run-
ning down hill and hurrying up with all my pedestrian
powers, the perspiration dropping from my face, and when
by hard work I finally overtook them, only had the chagrin
of seeing their tails waving defiance ns they sped away.
But many times I have been amply rewarded for my long
race by seeing them moving along, not suspecting danger
near, uud when I culled for them to stop, would throw up
their antlered heads, when the quick report of my rille
would make them spring suddenly into the air, and rush
madly forward on their last race. To still hunt with suc-
cess, to tell in what locality to look for deer in different
states of weather, to know when to follow fast and when
slow, to know where a deer will be most likely to stop ul ter
he has once started, and to know how to get more lliuu
one where there are two together, is only acquired by long
practice and judgment. But not more than one hi fifty,
with all the experience in the world, will make a good
still hunter. It requires a special adaptation to it. It is
very hard work, “as it necessitates much traveling. But,
then, to my mind, it is tho rarest of sports, and is the
most exciting mode of hunting deer.' I have given you in
the ubove the riwtlun operandi of still hunting; now I will
give you a little reality. I went out still hunting yester
duy, (Dec. 28th,) I hud not hunted a day for three weeks
previous. It had been cold, and not very good hunting
weather. I had been waiting for a thaw, und I thought
when it came I would take my last hunt for the season. I
never hunt after the first of January, as the deer are poor
after that time. Yesterday the long looked for thaw came,
so 1 look my rifle, donned my moeeasma aud hunting tig
and started for the woods north of the lake. When I ar-
rived 1 found about four inches of water on top of the ice,
and having moccasins on my feet, which afforded no pro-
tection from water, I fouud it rather uncomfortable, wad-
ing a mile in ice water. But pushing ahead, I reached
the opposite shore with no other mishap but cold feet.
Walking on about a mile farther I came upon the “spoor"
of a large fawn, which I pursued. Following him for
about a half mile he came to a halt and began to feed and
travel very slowly'. With cautious steps 1 advanced, peer-
ing into every thicket, and among the snow-covered ever
greens, until directly I saw him moving slowly along
arnoug the low bushes. I waited until he came into an
open place, when I raised my rifle, fired, and he quickly
disappeared. Loading my rifle, I walked rapidlv to the
place, when I saw him a lew yards distant stretched on the

snow. Hanging him un and dressing him, I moved on
again. After traveling about half an hour. I was surprised
by seeing a largo buck jump up and run away. I hail
struck on to him before finding his track. I pursued him
two hours; started him twice more, but did not eveu see
him run. I then gave him up nnd went in search of other
tracks and in tho course of half an hour found another
largo buck s track, lie appeared to bo going very slowly,
and l followed for about half u mile. My hopes wore not
realized for I came upon his soft bed. which ho had sud-
denly left on tile run. I know then 1 had started him with-
out even catching a glimpse of him. Weary and ills-
muir tenon, l followed on und Boon dUeoveied by tins way
he tun that he hud not soon mo, only hoard mo coming, and
would not probably run fur before ho would mop and watch
to see if anything was pursuing him. Coming up a high
dll and looking across a ravine onto n ledge, 1 saw him
looming up with his (ail raised ready for a jump; quick as
thought my rifle flew to my shoulder, and nt the same
moment iu sharp report reverberated from hill to hill. A
tremendous leap high in air, a rush forward, with unraised
tall, told that the bullet had taken effect. (A doer, If
mortally wounded, seldom raises ills tail when lie runs, hut
if not wounded, it is curried ruined, ) CHmhlnq up tho
ledge where the buck had stood, I saw him stretched upon
the snow dead, lie had run only about twenty yards be-
fore he fell. Willi a light heart 1 dressed him and started
homeward, nnd ns luck would have It, I had not traveled
more than a quarter of a mile when I came upon another
track, which, to all appearance, had not been made more
lliuu one hour; and as tho doer was feeding, 1 knew that it
must ho near. Advancing slowly, 1 expected every mo-
ment to see him; nor was I mistaken, for I saw her tit was
a large doe) rise out of her lied, stretch up her neck to its
utmost height and look directly at me. I know there was
no time to wait, for she would not probably stand a mo-
ment. With ull possible speed 1 hiought my rille to hear
on her breast, and fired. A quick start and a few Jumps,
making a sharp angle gave mo the hope that tho ball had
not missed its aim, and such I found to he the case, for on
nearing the spot 1 saw the snow red with her blood, where
she had run, and following on about eight rods I found her
dead. Serving this as 1 hud done the others, 1 made my
way home, where I arrived at dark, aud although dienehed
with min, well satisfied with my day’s hum. And so l
wind up my limiting for the season. ‘To-day, Doc. 20th,
thermometer at zero at No. Four.

Hartford, Ct. Fbank Hom.BB, Jn.

EXTRACT FROM THE JOURNALOF THE
GREAT AMERICAN SHOOT CLUB.

Noaroi.K, Vi., March 10, 1078.

'Kditok Poiusit and Ktiikavi:

"It Isdocldoil to innko a descent on sumo kind but a* yet unknown
funner living at or near bum Nock, la Princess Anno county, In ordor to
test tho murveloos stories of stray unlives from Unit Winter quarter ■*
to ‘snl|ie and slcli,’ and It Is ordered that time part of the club coutuni
plating Urn attack make suitable preparation* for an advance at six A.
M., on the I7lb Inst."

As of course ull club orders are punctually obeyed, so Hilly bail tho
wagon and pidr at "I Ip's" door al tho hour spocliled, only to llnd "Pip"
snog la bed. Now, the club, knowing him of old, bad secured an iilnrm
clock for tils bcnelli, bat as It Was most carefully placed upon an unovoti
surface, of course ll refused to act. and the whole expedlllori was delai cd
until soino it ft. 1 In. was properly clad, and wliat took oven longer, folly
Oiled up. However, Hod also was toon picked up mill the column put
In inoilou, and under the stirring Influence of hickory, In due time pass-
ing through the village of Kempsvlllo, and over roads of no super excel-
lence, reached Its destination,

Dam Neck Is simply a causeway and short bridge over the stream, or
rather ditch, connecting the upper nnd extreme northurruost water of
Muck Buy with the lower pond, wide li In turn runs Into Mack Buy itself
at Sand Bridge, also a causeway and bridge as at Dam Nock, from which
It Is some three miles, Back liny being the head waters In this direction
of Currituck Sound, aud tho North Carolina line being only about four
toon miles south of Sand Bridge. These waters are ull fresh und run
nearly parallel with tho ocean, at distances varying from four hundred
yards tooue mile, the high sand hills preventing the ludux of the Atlan-
tic, except during extraordinary storms. Tho shores are extensive!
marshes, much of them of a character unlit for snipe, hut all a free
range, especially for hogs, which by rooting up llm ground expose soil
otherwise beyond I tin reach of Mr. Ncolopax, though very attractlva to
him; yet, be It understood, a large part of the marshes Is flnii-rau> snipe
ground without any assistance) from art,

A troop of hungry friends is, at times, Inopportune, but our hosts, un-
dismayed by such u formidable party of lolal strangers— three men, two
dogs uud two burse*— gave us a hearty welcome, and treated iis as only
those can who have humanity, and I may say ( :lirl . tlanlty , fully devel-
oped, nnd never was old Virginia hospitality butter exemplified, nor
more fully appreciated.

After a proper Interval to contemplate old ocean, the sport com-
menced, nnd twenty-four snipe nnd one sorn were secured Hint afternoon.
The next day- the Idtli — nfu-r some experimenting, the inar-b wins
struck quite near Hand Bridge, and the ammunition exhausted by three
P. M,. with a result of seventy- -nine snipe, one sorn, one Virginia rail
and one sparrow, Ibis last by Pip, who bad a narrow escape from Im-
mortality In (he annals of the club, as the HparrowM, In consrf) nance of
the sparrow being In range und the snipe hard to llnd, iliough It is but
Justice to Pip to say that with his last round of UM.be also killed a
snipe, nnd It is believed fairly, though It took place round a liusb some
distance off. On our return to the bouse we bad Itvo o'clock tea, vary
hot aud strong, and It was folly agreed that It wss as good nnd refreshing
ns stronger malarial had proved earlier In the day. On the ll/tli, It being
necessary to return to town, after heartfelt adieus, the purty drove to the
neighborhood of Hand Bridge, going over the ground of the previous day,
und some before untried. Increasing the bag to a iota! of 166 Scoto H'il
sonlt. 1 OrtyijonirUa CaroUntu, I I tall us Vlrginlanui, and 1 Fung ilia
soeta/ts.

Billy secured W snipe and tho rail; Pip, M snipe, the 3 son and the
Other bird, nnd lb.il tho remaining 00 snipe, so ending a trip most enjoy-
able, and ll Is thought successful Of cour»o die "cockles of the hearts'*
of many friends were rejoiced, and other gunners were moved to a dc - Ira
to become members of the "Muoot,” and to prove tho pudding by chew-
ing the bug.

It Is about twenty-six miles to Sand Bridge, which Is near the centre
of the snipe marshes, and Mr. Porks, who lives there, accommodates a
few dockers, and doubtless would receive ' snipers" also, though wo did
not know that he consented to entertain when the trip wss projected.
The snipe ore said to he abundant until May; no assistance Is needed to
Hud the ground, nor Is a dog at all a necessity. The gunner must pro-
vide transportation, as there Is no public conveyance to that neighbor-
hood. Gut.

—One* objection which an "old fogy" ha* to the modern
breech lending gun is, that it is so easily loaded that one is
tempted to shoot at everything that conics in sight, (hereby
-curing awuy multitudes ot migratory birds that would re-
rnuin longer with us, if they were not shot ul no iucesaantly.
There is some force in the argument.

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FOREST. AND STREAM

<gir>li $nlture.

HATCHING APPARATUS.

WE presented to our readers in our number of March
11th several engravings showing forms of hatch-
ing apparatus used in France and Germany, as described
by M. Koltz. We now give cuts of one of the more re-
cent forms, having advantages over most of those hitherto
used. It is a hatching jnr designed by T. 11. Ferguson, of
Baltimore, one of the Maryland fish commissioners, and
has been successfully U9ed by him for the past year. It is
simply a glass jar, provided with u round hole near the
top and one near tie bottom, on opposite sides; a series of
these jars may be connected with each other, and with the
water supply by means of rubber tubes, as in figure 1.

The tubes are inserted into corks, which are provided with
holes for the purpose, and the corks fit the holes in the
jars, (figure 2.) The water is introduced at the side and
bottom of the first jar, and flows from the top of the first
to the bottom of the second, and so on through as many
jars as may be employed. Each jar is provided with a
eland made of two pieces of wire, bent as in figure 3, cross-
ing each other at right angles, and soldered together, or
joined by a wrap of wire. Thestauds should be sulficicntly
high to raise the first tray ubovc the opening through which
the water is introduced. The eggs are placed on circular
trays, which fit the jars neatly, and are made of wire cloth,
the edge protected by a rim of tin. Each tray is provided
with a wire framo of similar construction to the stand
above described, (figure 4 ) These frnmea serve the double
purpose of bundles, by which the trays are lifted, and of
feet to sustain the tray placed above. Five or six trays
can be placed one above another in each jar. The wire
work should be varnished to prevent oxidation. A box of
thin wood or waterproof paper, made to fit loosely over the
jar, with slits at the sides to allow the tubes to pass
through, can be used as an extinguisher to keep the light
out, and ns a cover to the jar. This completes the appa-
ratus, which is peculiarly adapted to amateur and im-
promptu fish culture. The water which supplies an aqua-
rium may be led into the first jar, which can be used as a
filter if necessary, the trays being covered with flannel,
from thence puss through the next jar iu which the eggs
are placed, thence into each succeeding jnr, and allowed to
discharge itself into the aquarium. We give Mr. Fergu-
son's letter, which will further explain the apparatus:—
EDiTon Forest and Stream:—

In replj lo your Inquiry as lo my success In hutching salmonidio In on
aquiii turn, 1 send it sample of apparatus used by me for the past two
eca-ons in hutching itont, solmon tjout. and salmon ovn In my library
over my aquarium. A guince nt the Jar dltelosca what is going on, and
by simply oruiwng the cork from the lower holo sediment or young fl*h
wh cli may have hatched are removed at a:.y time without dlsuirbing the
trays. Tho »| oarntus is »o simple that it will explain Itself. 1 have
hutched au muuy as 1,600 eggs to the jar.

T. B. Fkkousoh, Commissioner of Fisheries.

TnE New Jerbey Fishery Operations.— Wo gather
tho following from the Woodbury, N. J., Constitution, of
the operations of the fish commissioners of that Stale for
the past year: —

Thuieportof the Slate Commissioners of Fisheries for
the past year gives a very encouruging exhibit of the pro
gross which liu* been made in stocking out rivers with food
fish Dur iig the last two years, of 000,000 California sal-
mon raised at Trouldale, 188,000 were placed in the Dela
wate, which also received 77,000 of the Maine salmon. To
t e Raritan River 47,000 Sacramento and 31,000 Maine sal-
mon were assigned. Ten thousand Maine salmont went to
the Hackensack, and 38,000 were placed in the Passaic.
Lrtrge numbers of the fishes referred to in these statements
have found their way to the main livers, and were seen
there Iasi Summer. They will not start for the sen until
ibis year (some remaining in the river even longer), and
they may be expected back the lollowing year, bo tar, the
lamest salmon caught in New Jersey waters, of which we
have authentic record, was one captured iu the Raritan
near New Brunswick The weight was fourteen ounces,
and the fish was taken with a fly. This must have been
one of the lot placed by Dr. black in 1872. Two others
were caught at New Brunswick. Two good sized salmon
were taken l.elovv Lambcriville, but the weight and size
were not noted, borne have been seen lately in the Mus-
conetcong Irwin six to eight inches in length, and one of
the commissioners has a specimen six inches long, taken
by Dr. black from the stream.

Helms V. Heritage, warden of Gloucester county, re-
ports among oilier things as follows: — "I be past season
lur chad and herring bus been very good. The number of
cliud has been grenler, and the size larger, tbau any season
lot the pad six or seven years. The gilimeu have aver-
aged 2, but) Hub lo a net, b*-iug an excess of over thirty-
tmee per cent, over lust year, while the shore fisheries have
not dwuc so well us iu past seasons. The largest shad that
cuuie under my notice weighed nine pounds; the average
would be about four uud u half pounds. About severny-
f[v would in- required when cleaned and salted to fill an
ordinary fish barrel.”

ABSTRACT OF THE FIRST ANNUAL
REPORT OF THE WISCONSIN FISH
COMMISSIONERS.

^'P'lIE amount npppropriated by the Legislature lo be
1 used in promoting artificial propagation and the in-
troduction into the State of the better kinds of fish was
limited to $300, all of which was expended under the di-
rection of Prof. S. F. Baird, United Stales Commissioner
of Fisheries. Of the fry of the spawn of that year, several
thousand were placed in the lakes at Madison, and also
several thousand in Geneva lake. As near as can he esti-
mated, 20,000 salmon, hatched at the private hatching
house of II. S. Dousman, Esq., at Waterville, in Wauke-
sha county, were distributed in these waters. One hun-
dred thousand spawn of the California salmon were re-
ceived through Professor Baird. These were sent direct
from San Francisco to Boscobel, in this State, and came
unattended as express matter. Mr. Palmer, one of the
commissioners, and who owns a private hatching house at
Hcscobcl, undertook the hatching and distributing process.
From these spawn he hatched some 01,000 fry, in excellent
condition, and unusually strong and healthy. At the date
or preparing the report, 19,000 had been distributed in the
waters of Grant, Crawford, and Lafayette counties. The
residue were to be distributed in the northeastern counties
and among the lakes and rivers of Sheboygan, Fond du
Lac aud Winnebago.

The State is asked to make a suitable appropriation of
money lo enable the fish commissioners to prepare a proper
site and erect a Stale hatching house. These sites are not
abundant in the State. They must have a fair scope of
land near some ruilway centre, living water of proper tem-
pi rature, and a full sufficiency for the accommodation of
hatching troughs and ponds; such conveniences in fact as
those possessed by the New York commissioners at Cule-
donia. .

For these purposes, and to carry on the operations of
lunching spaw n and distributing the fry for 1873, an appro-
priation of eight or ten thousand dollars is naked lor. With
this sum, the commissioners feel confident that in a fesv
months they could perfect the work necessary for nil hatch-
ing purposes. As soon as the arrangements for hatching are
perfected, responsible parties will take charge of the prop-
erly and batch all the spawn which the State is likely to
want, free of, cost, in consideration of bcmgjillowed to use
tlie water which would otherwise run to waste for the arti-
ficial propagation of brook trout.

Trout streams are too local in their character to warrant
the State in going to the labor and expeuse of stocking
them; but the example set in stocking public waters would
encourage farmers and others, who have the means at com-
mand, iu cultivating the speckled trout. If the commis
sion is continued, they expect in another year to collect
much valuable information; but it is safe to assume now
that no State in the Union, disconnected with the seaboard,
is better suited for fish culture than Wisconsin.

There are 225 lakes iu the following sixteen counties:—
Kenosha, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha, Jefferson, Dane,
Washington, Dodge, Columbia, Sheboygan, Fond du Lac,
Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara, Waupaca, and Winne-
bago. These lakes cover 388 square miles, or 248,320 acres
of water, which large surface is now comparatively unpro-
ductive. The beautiful lakes that adorn the State could
und ought to produce as much food for mau as an equal
amount of rich land. In most of these lakes valuable fish
would thrive. Not until the inhabitants of these counties
can catch trout, carp, grayling, etc., will they fully appre-
ciate the importance of fish culture. Thus they will be
more sensible of the great good that will surely How from
the judicious use of a few thousand dollars annually. These
benefits should not be confined to the lesser lakes, for it is
iu the larger ones— Michigan and Superior— where the
greatest interest should concentrate. The white fish and
trout are, by the use of improved (?) modes of taking fish,
becoming rapidly diminished in number.

At Racine alone, twenty five miles of gill nets are used-
nnd Jacob Sclienkenbargcr. one of the oldest aud most in,
tclligeul fishermen in the Slate, asserts that with an equal
number of nets only one fourth as many fish are caught
now ns were taken lour years ago. If there was a law pro-
hibiting t lie selling of nets fiom the 15lh of October to the
1st of April the fishermen would cheerfully obey it, so that
the fish eoulii repair to their breeding grounds unmolested
bv the destructive gill nets.

"They have great hopes of success in introducing some of
the varieties of salmon into the larger lakes, and Mr. N.
F. Dousman has communicated the interesting fact that
two years ago lie hatched l'or the Stale a lot of salmon eggs
furnished by Prof. Baird. A few of the young salmon es-
caped being captured, and have since remained with their
li; lie cousins, the speckled trout. The last of the past No-
vember, on examination, he found a female salmon that
gave ripe spawn; these eggs were fecundated by the milt
of a male. So there is the remarkable instance of salmon
being hatched from spawn taken from fish that were
hatched and grown in Wisconsin. However unfavorable
this experiment may possibly prove, there is still enough
of good fislt that they know will thrive and abundantly re-
pay a hundred fold the expense of a Stale hutching house
which would be conducted to tlie best interests of Hie
Stale. The saltncn trout, carp, white and black bass,
wliitelisb, and gra\ ling could be turned into the lakes in
great numbers. The members of the commission hold
themselves in readiness to give all the information and aid
in their power in furtherance of the objects embraced in
the report.

Massachusetts Anglers' Association— The annual
meeting of this association was held ut their rooms in Bos-
tou ou Friday evening, April 2d. Vice President S. W.
Hathaway, Esq., occupied the chair, and George B. Brown
was Secretary pro tun. The following officers were unani-
mously elected for the ensuing year:— President, Dr. John
1*. Ordway; Vice Presidents, lion. Thomas Talbot, John
F. Mills, 8. W. Hathaway, Hon. Chas. Levi Woodbury, C.
Wurrcu Gordon; Treasurer, Charles Stanwood; Recording
Secretary, George B. Brown; Corresponding Secretary,
Charles JS. Pierce; Librarian, William F. Story; Executive
Committee, James P Richardson, S. M. Johnson, Waller
M. Brackett, James Walker. Benjamin P. Ware; Commit-
tee on Membership, D. T. Curtis, E. Delano, H. M. For-
estall.

Dr. Ordway, the President, came in during the meeting,
and was enthusiastically received. It was the first time he
had attended a meetiug since ho was injured at the Read-
ville railroad accident in February.

D. T. Curtis, Esq., informally exhibited to the members
some of Frank Good’s oil tanned moccasins; also a sam-
ple eight ounce black bass rod made by Charles F. Orvis,
of Manchester, Vt.

DISTRIBUTION OF STATE FISH.

• - » ■ ■ —

In reply to certain inquiries relative to the distribution
of fish in New York State, through the Commission, we
are authorized by Seth Grceu, Esq., to print the follow-
ing statement: —

Rocuester, March 31, 1875.

Editor FonssT ahd Stream.—

A statement of the distribution of salmon and all oilier kinds of fi*h
will be published in Fish Reports. We have not done distributing, and
If any parties want any salmon for stocking any public waters, they can
have them by addressing Skth Green,

Rochester, N Y

Next Season’s Operations ok tiie Fishery Commis-
sion in California.— Mr. Livingston Slone expects to
leave for California on the 9th instant. His instructions
are on arriving at San Francisco to proceed to Oregon to
investigate the salmon of the Columbia River till about tlie
1st of June, then to return to California and take salmon
eggs on the McCloud River next Summer and Fall, and
next Winter to investigate the salmon of the Jouchiu River.

California Brook Trout.— Ten boxes of California
brook trout have been received at the New York State
batching house, the gift of tlie Acclimatation Society of
the Golden Slate. They are of about the shape and flavor as
our own brook trout, but lack the vermilion spots. We
believe this to be the first arrival of the kiud in Ibis part
of the United States. _

—Mr. Seth Green advises us that young grayling four
inches long may now be seen at the Caledonia Hatch House.
They are the first aud only grayling ever hatched in this
country except in tlie natural way.

$;itur;il WistorS-

PHOSPHOROUS IN FISH.

Rye Neck, March 27, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Just six months ago last Saturday, I determined to sacrifice tho llcsh
pots of New York for the sake of science. Forthwith I proceeded to
carry my determination into effect, so I packed tip my duds, kissed
Betsy Ann and our three marriage certificates, jumped aboard the twin
and was soon ou my way to that great land of fislt— Nova Scotia.

Immediately on my arrival iu Yarmouth, N. S., I confined myself lo
a steady diet, consisting exclusively of fish and cod liver oil, my object
bcln" to settle the question whether a steady diet of fish would permeate
the, human system with phosphorous, and invigorate the brain to the ex-
tent claimed by some scientists. I hove ascertained to my entire satis-
faction, and 1 herewith present to the scientific world the grand result of
my self sacrificing iuvestigotious. At the end of the six months steady
diet, my body bus become completely permeated with phosphorous; lo
sncli an extent has the phosphorous become absorbed in my system that
Betsy Ann and myself are seriously considering the question ns to
whether It Is not a duty I owe to mankind to lease myself for a term of
months to some large match factory. I would he invaluable to such a
concern. Wo have not bought amatch since my return. Betsy Anu lias a
bundle of splinters prepared, and during the evening, when I am around
hanging pictures in my night gown, she occasionally jabs one into me, as
the opportunity offers. These splinters, when dried, are far superior to
any store matches nt ten cents a box.

There is one inconvenience attending my phosphorescent state. I dare
not go out nights. I tried It once, but tlie bojs thought I was a conflagra-
tion, and before I could make them understand the nature of the case,
they" had nearly drowned me with water, and had telegraphed to Port
Chester aud Mount Vernon for their fire engines. But what u touching
domestic scene It is to see me squatting a la Tun ■ iu tho middle of our
centre table, surrounded by my happy family (including my mother-in-
law) each one dec ply absorbed in the triple sheet of yesterday’s Tribune.
Its a great saving of kerosene, but it sometime becomes rather monot-
onous and decidedly uncomfortable forme. I cannot indulge in my
evening smoke for fear the lighted segar will set my nose on fire, and it
is as much as my life is worth to move, as it brings fortli n sharp ejacu-
lation from my mother-in-law that she "can’t read when the light fllck-

^Thnt fish contain a large amount of phosphorous, and that a steady
diet of fish will cause said phosphorous to permeate the human system,
I believe 1 have abundantly proved, but that said phosphorous does not
invigorate the brain must be the inevitable conclusion of all who read
ibis article. Lukb Tn,rp-

THE GRASSHOPPER PLAGUE AND THE
PRAIRIE CHICKENS.

Geological Survey, (

Montreat,, March 31, 1875. f

Editor Forest and Strbam:—

I nolle.) that the newspapers are calling attention to tlie possible con-
ncctlon between the wholesale destruction of the prairie chickens for
export and the alarming increase of grasshoppers in the prnlric regions.
On this subject I can speak only with reference to our own northwest
territory and here I have no doubt the prairie chickens must exercise a
greater or lees influence on tills pest. From the lime the young grass-
hoppers come out in the Spring, till the last old ones disappear In tho
F,i|| these insects contribute the favorite food of tlie chickens. When

they are abundant their crops are generally stuffed full of them. On

opening tlie crop of a newly killed chicken I have seen tlie last swal-
lowed grasshoppers jump off. rejoicing In their unexpected deliverance.
After the prairies generally have become brown and withered, the grass-
hoppers are attracted to any bright gre.ui patch of grass which has sprung
up where a fire bnd been. Tlie chickens know where to look for the in-
sects, and the sportsman in his turn soou discovers the best spots for
dndiiig the birds. Previous to 1857 the grasshopper plague had not vis-
ited the Red River settlements for nearly forty years; but in Hie last
Beven years there has been only one exemption from their visitations,
and the probability Is that tbe young "hoppers’’ will again devour the
crops the present Spring, the eggs huvlog been deposited in great num-
bers last Autumn. Robt. Bell.

Editor Forest and Stream :—

I read with much interest the various letters which appeared in your
Journal on the resuscitation of frozen fishes. The tom cods, which are
caught in such quantities through the ice at Three Rivers and elsewhere,
aud sold frozen by the bushel here and all over Lower Canada, will ofton
revive when thawed out In cold water preparatory to cooking.

Touts truly, Robt. Bell,

FOREST AND STREAM

133

— A splendid petrified head of a walru9 has just been
found on Sable Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia, and
has been presented to the Provincial Museum. These
animals once made this island a headquarters.

Hybrid Duck. — A duck was shot Dear Sacramento re-
cently, which combined the appearance of n teal duck and
a sprig-tail, being about the size and having the bill, back
and tail of a sprig, which its head, breast and wings re-
sembled a teal.

Figure of a Salmon in Freestone. — On Thursday
last, at a red freestone quarry, Cumberland, in splitting a
block of stone am. long by 14in. wide, they found the
figure of a salmon about 2} ft- long. The color is of a real
salmon almost as plain as if it were alive. The stones are
iu the possession of Mr. Dacre, the manager of the Dear-
ban Collieries.— T. G. (Cockermouth, in London Field.)

[Wo saw it stated in a Halifax, Nova Scotia, paper of
late date, that a half a salmon, or a fossil fish of the size of a
salmon, had been found in the coal measures of New
Glasgow. — Ed. F. &. S. ]

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CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE.

DEPAIITMBNT OF PUBLIC PARK0, I

New York. April 4, 1875. I

Animals received at Central Park Menagerie for tho week oDdiug
April 3d , 1875:-

One Kltikajoo, Ctrtolrptt* coudlvolvului. Hob. Dcmerara. Presented
by Mr. C. Burnside Stoddard.

One Sheldrake, Mcrtjiu ameiicanug. Presented by Mr. William
Knnyon.

One Rnffid Gr.msc, BonatuK umbellus. Received In exchange.

Two Sea Lions, Ewnrtopias tUllai. Ilab. North Pucillc Ocean.

W. A. Conklin, Director.

’oodlatid, Jf.mn and §arden.

APRIL-THE VIOLET.

I HAVE just returned Irom n walk beside the quiet
brooks of an old deep woodlawn, aud if anything gave
an additional zest to this morning's walk it was tile
rich and far-pervading odor of the Rumble violets. How
lavishly they lie all around, nestling amid the rocks beside
the brooklets;— now a cluster of the deep purple ones peep
up from between two stones planted on both sides; from the
nestling waters of the brook they rest and grow secure,
while the silver spray of the waters fall in sparkling lines
nnd prismatic drops around and above them. While con-
templating this as one of the most interesting of I lie flower
families of the earth, it seems almost too beautiful a crea-
tion to be simply an bumble eartliborn plant. Did we not
behold in the star-mosaic adormnont of Ibis lower world
the handiwork of Nature’s God we should almost attribute
this delicate penciling of the humble daisy and violet to
the power of some powerful genii— some flower god of our
own imagination, so perfect is this sweet flower.

They are emphatically all our own, for they belong al-
most entirely to the Northern hemisphere aud the temper-
ate zone. The violet cannot live in the dry or arid heat of
tropical climes. They are peculiarly ihe children of
our own American homes, they live in all their beauty of
untamed nature beneath the native wild wood, beside the
dear purling brook;— their home may bo found widely scat-
tered over New England, and in the sweet regions of the
suuny South. The violet it would seem rises up at our very
feet /as it were, an unbidden, yet an ever-welcome guest;—
who does not love violets? I have plucked the violet this
April in full blossom, and although the air was somewhat
chilly, the same sweet May smell was there, the charm was
upon the early violet blossom. “ And like the smile of hope,
sweet blooming, through her tears the early promise came,”
to remind me of all the coming flowers of the sweet sea-
son of May. About the tenth day of April you can search
within the deep woods of the St. Lawrence and yon will
find the violet there; visit the Stales of the C'arolinas you
find your little friend there, it peeps up beneath the fronds
of the green ferns, it preaches its silent impressive lesson in
the Western wilderness; it is not unlike the solitary flower
found by Mungo Park iu the interior of Africa— a flower
of consolatioirio every beholder.

Among the first of our Spring blossoms I have observed
the yellow violet. This pleasing sight will quite often ry-
pay the observant botanist in his early rambles through the
forest, aud he is amply rewarded with a sight of
" The yellow violet’s modest bell,

Pecpiog from last year’s leaves below.

The white violet is the next in order or rotatiou, and tho
haunts they delight in are wet places, clinging to mossy
hunks and damp stones irrigated with water. It grows
luxuriantly, and yields a pungent fragrance. In the violet
there are found many species of varied peculiarities of
habits. Added to the yellows and whiles, already re-
ferred to, may he named purple, blue, gray, aud striated.
Variety of form, of leaves, flowers, and habits, will always
he interesting to every one who will study them iu their
homes, and carefully note their every day life. We go to
the woods for some; we climb the steep ascent of the hill-
top for a high aud dry situation for others. We seek otheis
far inland— we go to the sea shores, and the borders of the
salt marshes, aud if wo are patient seekers we find then,
gilding with freshness and beauty even the rough und
dreary roadside. Nor is this the extreme bouudury of
their dwelling; they are found growing in ull their pride,
beauty aud luxuriuucc amid the darkest and most gloomy
6wamps. There may, with propriety, be mentioned an-
other variety, which, so far, seems to me to he a distinct
species. It is a green violet, and grows more than a foot in
height. We have often seen it iu the woods; its time for
blossoming is rather confined to June. This plant has a pe-
culiar way of its own in flinging abroad its seeds. When
in the perfecticnof nature the seeds are ready to he planted
the pod opens, then on very dry days each valve forcibly
projects the seeds by firmly folding itself up. All the vio-
lets have something of this habit, though not so perceptible
us iu this species. In our next we shall discourse still fur-
tlier upon the nature and beauty of ibis much neglected
plant. We hope our lady friends will commence experi-
ments with the same, and in due time communicate the re-
sults of their culture through the Forest and Stream.

Ollipod Quill.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Wortit Trying.— One of our friends writes us that ho
was, last year, much troubled on a portion of his garden
with slugs, or shell-lap suails. They infested his tomatoes
nnd cabbage plants, in some cases completely covering
them. He applied a circle of bran, (wheat or rye) about
four inches around tho plants. After dark the snips were
found in the bran in great numbers nnd could lie e.tsily de-
stroyed, t*hey were killed in great numheis. We have often
killed these slugs by the application of strong suit water
around the hill; three times will he all that is necessary to
completely rout them.

M. — Add sulphur to your saltpettc and charcoal dust;
apply one quart to each plum tree near the root.

New Zinnias. — Wo have received a package of rare
seed from Paris, from an old friend who is interested in
the success of the Forest and Stream. Among other
rare and valuable seeds are four now zinnias, of which
much is said by those who have seen them iu blossom last
year. One is called the quill variety, und if half as beau-
tiful as claimed, will prove a great accession to our Ameri-
can gardens. This seed is good, and after a careful trial
we shall give a full description of these new varieties, with
crur collection, treatment, and the results.

Ellen M., Troy, N. Y. — Your question, nnd all other
information necessary, will be answered in the course of a
few weeks. It is too long to give in a short answer.

Ollipod Quill.

LUMBER CAMPS IN MAINE.

Buompibld House, Boston, March 13, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

Consulting your map and railroad soldo. It Is easy 'o And tho location
and howto get to South Lincoln, Me., at which station we were landed
at nine A. M., and taking a lumlier road leading VV. by N. \V., through
snow of four feet deep, we cross tho Penobscot River, nnd a tramp of
sixteen miles brings us to the camps of the lumbermen on tin1 Sebols
River. Thu Sohois is formed by the union of two brunches, called East
and West branches, which are fed by the waters of sovernl streams nnd
dye lakes of considerable size. This section of country Is undulating,
nnd Inclined to be swampy. It suffered the loss of nearly all its forest
growth In tho destructive lire of 1825. and Is now covered with a second
growth. All timber of highest value has been cut off, and now the chief
product of the forest Is ship knees and shovel h inille timber. The per-
mit to cut is leased of the land owners at a specified price for trees
culled stumpago, and thou begins the Winter work, First the location
of camp will be made os central on the “permit ’a* possible, nod con*
venieot to good water; the size ol camp to be determined by the mini
her of men to be employed. A camp W feot by 20 " III accommodate 85
men. Then trees are felled and hewn and tlio logs placed ono upon an-
other with a lnyei of moss between nnd locked together at the corners.
The roof is tlrst covered with shingles four feet long, split from cedar
logs, ami then the topi- covered ovor with a thick layer of green hough-,
so thill tho coming snows may not rest on the shingle- ami Iu- melted by
the wurmth within. The floor i- eompo-ed of thick hewn plunk. The
rear end. which la used for the kitchen department. Is furnished with u
cook stove, a “henn hole” In the ground, where beans are baked, u In U.
S. service, nnd the best way yet invented, and a good supply of tin
crockery complete the furniture of the kitchen A long stationary table
1 8 always set, and at the signal from the cook ' beans mi tho table,” all
hands stand not on the order of going, but ’ go” for that labia, and beaus,
venison, beef, or bread are not nibbled with a dyspeptic’s caution.

I have beard of camps where the penalty for coming to the table with
washed Imuds was banishment. Blit here on the 8ehol» there are no
such stringent laws, for the gangs are mndo tip of residents from down
river, who are smart, intelligent, and well bred men, while In some of
the more northern lumber regions wc Und large gangs of French Cunodl
ans and half-breed Indians, the full blooded Lo sold -m stooulng lodnv
labor, although degenerated to a half civilized condition. Near the con
treof the room 1* a large stove lo warm the camp opposite which Is
built a double row of bunk*, made up with green boughs, on which Is
spread a thick blanket, and a second ono fora covering for the men.
Then after the day’s work is done, tho long evening spoilt In srnoklog
their pipes, playing games, or spinning long yarns of escapes by Hood
nnd Held taud truly, too, for every mm lias been both hunter und log
driver), and with heads to the wall aud feet lo the lire, all haiuL turn In
and sleep n sleep known only to those who have no care for the morrow.

Now, coming to the sports of this section. Our excursion here at the
invitation of friends being tuoro for recreation than sport, wo cannot bo
expected to show a big bag in March; nor will wo Imitate the stylo of
gome otherwise interesting correspondents, and lire the reader by giving
a journal, the most prominent feature of which Is the number of drink-
takeu In u day, Ac. We don’t do ilitti*s In that way, nnd If wo did, would
not advertise it us the sport of the day; hut will -ay briefly: Trout are

abundant and of good size in all the waters of the Sobols (hitting u

dozen holes through icc three feet thick, we bad the pica- are of Inaugu-
rating tho trout season in Maine, by taking about forty that weighed
from ono to three pounds eneb.

The fur bearing animals are much hunted, and only lynx mid foxos nr
numerous. The skill of oue lynx and a mink were added lo our bolt.

After tho lire of 1825, while the forest wus renewing Itself, the scrub
growth of nushes afforded the best of sustenance for the moose, and un-
til within a few years they roamed they woods as numerous u« the ruffed
grouse ; but to quote the words of an old liunicr: “In a day's tramp I
would pass dozens of their decaying carcasses, -Inin merely for tlielr
skins ” And a- u sequence they are now seldom met with.

Deer may still be found in considerable numbers, but don’t forget I
date this in March, which is consequently close season for deer lint Und-
ine their ya-ds near our Ashing ground, and there being no law t.. pro-
vent »ueli fun, we gu'e one proud buck a six mile chase on snow shoes,

until we overtook him nnd put our mark on hi u, and wishing him a

more successful escape from the wolves u .ill next Fall, r/e hope to
meet him again, and will not let him off so easy.

Our observation and success unsure us Hint good shooting and fl-tilng
can be found here, und I must say that through the hospitality extended
us at these comps, my ten day*’ sojourn was made one of tny most In-
teresting and plcaiureable trips, and let no mao assume to know the
sports of “down East’, until he hna made bis home In a lumbermau’a
camp. m , r

NEWFOUNDLAND RAMBLES.

Haiuioii Grace, March 1, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The distance from Bonavlsuto Cutallna Is about ten mile., more or
le*s as the lawyers say. On leaving Bonuvlsta, a- we a-cend the Ar-t
pretty gentle, wooded hill of our roud. wo turn and luke a punlng look
at the lowu. with Us beautiful church, ncul houses and green field*. nod
then for a tluo walk to Catallnn. Our road l» generally level nnd Inter-
spersed with thick woods here and there bounding Its sides, diversified
with miniature savannah tracts of land, where we see the tnphorum, or
cotton gras* growing. Owing to Ares lo the woods, considerable tioc.s
of burnt wood mny be seen 1 have seen many Aock. of porirldvc on
this road. In foggy, drizzling weather I have aecn the bird*, old and
young, walking like chickens on the road before inc. and one could en-lly
hit them with a Btone. indeed 1 have seen people kill them In ihut way.
Bat the dog and the g““ t» ibe proper way. “Whit are you doing!'
said a fnend to lU* explain. ’Tin watching Bang,” a One setter dog.

who rose the partridge, which were duly and lawfully shot. But we are
at Bren l on Bridge. This I* called after one of ihe former Judges of
the Supreme Court. Here Aowa a tine rlvir, shining Iu Iho rummer
■un. Iu banks are beautified by a thick grow th of v ariwt irees. with Ihe
everlasting spruce and Ar. It's cold work, fouling rlvi r«; yot betimes It
ha« lo be dona. In tbls case, thanks to Brentou's Bridge. It ha* not to
lie dono. We sot down on the btldgo to luncheon, anil re Invigorated,
after a walk of nbout three mile* Catallnn is before 'is The pro-OOCt la
somewhat rocky and uninviting All Catalina Is dlv ilod Into th-ee parts
— the northeast arm, Iho southwest arm. and ihe main water* of the
harbor. There is a fine English church In 0 itnllnn, also a Wesleyan
church, perched on tho top of a rocky hill. There I- also a neat Hill*
Catholic church There are some moicantlle establishments here, and
considerable trade. Tho place Is large, and a great many houses for an
out|K>st. There are various vessels, and there Is our little boat Solos,
anchored safely In the northeast arm, a most comfort sblo place In a gale
of wind, na Is the heart of a loving wife In the slorms of a hard world,
which nevertheless hath Its snn-hlne and It flowore— not the “llowere
rocks,” to avoid which keep Cope Bonovlsta Light o| en of Green Island
off Ca'allna entrance Aftar a walk of nearly ten mile-, we are glad to
get on board our boat and tako dinner and a ro-l, and prepare fora start
further north to-morrow— Urae, remember, Is September, 0.

ghe gietmel.

Tiie Coming Dencii Show at Simunofmcld.— W« de-
sire lo cull tho ultcnliun of all owners of lino logs to tho
fact that the Dog anti Gun Club of Springfield, Mass., will
give a Dench Show of (logs at tho City Hull in that city on
Wednesday 28th insl. The list of premiums, which will
bu on it liberal scale, will be published in lids paper next
week, and copies will also ho sent on application lo (ho
Secretary. [Seo advertisement ] Judging from whut wo
hear, the “show" will bo ono of tho largest which has oc-
curred of lulu, nnd tho names of tho gentlomon who have
tho matter in hand are guarantees of success.

Bismarck. — David Brooks, Esq , of Philadelphia, tho
owner of tho famous Boiler Bismarck, made us a
short visit recently, and favored us with an cstracl from
his diary, allowing whut ho hud done In tho way of
shooting In Iowa in September last. It Is well Iu own that
in tho month of September iho pinnated grouse begin lo
pack, and do not lie so well to tho dog as they do curlier In
ihe season, and when Mr. D. reached tho ground* to shoot
the birds had boon considerably thinned out, wore quit*
wild and not disposed lo lie well; yet, with the lino noso
anti caution of old “Bis.," Mr. B hugged from hU points
•is follows:— 8cpt. 1 Ith, six grouse; Sept. I2lli, eight groute;
Sept. 1 5th, twelve grouse; Sept, lfiili, thirty two grouse;
Sept. 17th, for' y grouse; Sept 10th, flftoua grouse; Sept.
21st, twelve grouse; Sept. 22(1, forty-one grouse; 8opt. 28(1,
twenty-four grouse.

— Tho Suffolk county, L. I., Agricultural Association,
has prepared a bill “for tho most effectual protection
of sheep from Injury by dogs," which 1* intended lo apply
to the whole State, city ns well ns country, Under It, no
person can keep a dog without first obtaining a j early
license of $1 for a malo and $3 for a female, under a
penalty of $10 for each offonco, und all unlicensed dogsure
to he killed.

—Tho announcement In our hist week's Issuo regarding
“I)og Whip’s" imported field trial suiter dog Leicester,
should have read “will /wf'joput to public stud," Instoad of
as printed.

DOG FARES.

Rociierteii, Man'll 18, '.875.

Editor Forest and Stream :-

In your Issue of March 18th, 1875. wo mu thu arilclo signed Theodora
Grey, conductor I*. F. W. & C. R . complaining of tho rubuko io all rail
road men. particularly bnggago innslor*, clalmlnr that It Is unj i»t, and
tli ill ono coni pur rnllo on dog* I* more Ilian baggage masters i.*k for.
Our experience him been quite different. Oil llie F. F W A ('. II It , on
wlileh Mr, Grey I* a conductor, wo huvo paid live coins per mile on ouch
dog, and live cents pur r illo on each gun. Tho irnggago mo-tor de-
mandod It and received It, and for any distance wo have not paid lea
1 1 1 it n two cents per inllo. Tho Ronllomsn think* u noi very pleasant to
bo cooped up In E baggage cnr. It may be pleaaunt, or not. hot iherE
ineitiH to bo a groat strife among railroad employees to got there. The
cause I* unknown to ns, iu wo are not railroad employee*. Mr. Grey
etalea that be bus i raveled on a groat many railroad", and ha* never
been charged more tnon was Just end right. Till" undonbivdly le trot,
ho being one of the railroad family; but lot a stranger slap In and seo
how they will do for him. Respectfully, II. Marshall.

L. 41. Oatman.

Our correspondent* must either ho mlatukoii, or refer to
a period previous to 1880, iih since that time we huvo trnr-
clctl oil the P. F. W AC. It. und puld u tariff price for
our dogs which was perfectly reasonable. Thu sumo ap-
plies to oilier roads iu the West and Northwest. — Ed.

KENNEL NOTES FROM GEORGIA.

Havannaji, Ga., Starch S', l"7B.

Editor Forest and Stream:--

tflnco Iho organization of our gome law* a much greater Interest has
been taken In the way of procuring fine dog" Hum ever before, Captain
J. IV White lint, at a great expense, purchased from Win <1 I’urker,
of Ml Palatine, III . a brace, dog nnd bitch, of Amo Irish seller.. which
ho Intends to keep for breeding purpose* only. Tho dog, Yock, I" a
splendid looking animal, being of almost tho dimensions of the celebra-
led Gordon setter Kent, liver nd while In color, and ono of Ihe most
powerfully muscled dog" I ever «aw, t »»» out with Captain White a
few day* ago when he took him out for a short inn lo ecu how hr would
walk. Ho quartered hie ground In magnificent style, head high np.
scenting the air, and not iho ground, and was a* "launch uml "toady on
Id- points a.* could be, and backed up Ihe other dog* finely. Clpscy, Ihe
bitch, lia*, 1 belb ve. been kepi for breeding purposes only, nod ha* al-
ready been served by Yock Hh« I* much "inallvr man lie. but a wry
(I,,,. In. king dog nnd Olio that would attract attention anywhere Cspt.
White deserves great praise tor making such a valuable addition to hi»
Kennel, and It la to be hoped he will receive the reward Ire merits from
oor sportsmen who do not wish to tend away from,t)0ioo for fine dogs.

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FOREST AND STREAM .

Mr. Coonerat, the gentlemanly treasurer of the Georgia Game A««ocl»
tion, hM a remarkably fine yonng pointer bitch which Is going to take a
prominent place In the rank* of our beat dogs next season, ua will two
very handsome setter puppies belonging lo Captain White. Major AT
den has a very handsome young orange ami while setter, sired by the
celebrated one-eyed dog Xancho. owned by Mr. Foreman Taylor, of N.
J., ont of as fine a purely bred bitch owned by Horace Smith, Esq , of
New York, as can be found iu the country Many other parties have
also flrsl-cluas young dogs. There is some talk of a bench show of doge
being got tip under the auspices of the Georgia Game Association, and
if there i*. there will be many fine dogs exhibited, and the result of
which I will write yon, Georgia.

DOG LOGIC AND DOG LAW.

Marion. N. C., March at. 1075.

EniTon Forest and Stream:—

I heard a pretty good dog story the other day, and oa it was related by

one of the lawyers engaged in the case, I presume it is trim, Mr A

found a valuable dog belonging to a neighbor, on one of his sheep, and

shot it. Mr. 13 sued him for damages. The Jury wm composed

principally of old hunters, and Mr. B ’« counsel appealed most ef-

fectively to tbeir sympathies, ns the result will show. He told them va-
rious anecdotes about dogs, of tbeir affection for their masters, &c., and
wound up with : "Gentlemen, has not England's greatest poet said that
■he who has no soul for music, no love for the sweet concordance ot for
hounds, is lit for treason, stralegema anil spoils!’" (The judge
Interrupted, and asked where he could find the quota
tiou ) “Your nonor, this Is not a question of law, but one of polite
learning, of which this Court Is supposed to know nothing." lie closed,
and the Jury gnvo him a verdict of *315. Yours, G. 11. M., M. I).

"MOHAWK” CORRECTS FITCHITT.

Editor ForxGt and Stream:—

New York, March, 1R75.

In yonr last Issue. Mr. Fltchlll, speaking of the breeding of the whelp
he got from roc, stated that Kirby is one quarter Irish, which is a mis-
take, Kirby is one-half Laveruck and one-half Gordon, with not a drop
of Itlsli hlood in her, Neither has Ranger any Irish In him. Culver’s
Countess, the dam of Judy nnd Venus, darns of Hunger nod Kirby, Is a
Gordon, not part Irish, n* Mr. Fitchlti is laboring under the Impression
she Is. I'm glad the whelps are doing ss well, and have no doubt that
they will be an honor to their ancestry, breeder nnd Importer and ow ner,
for few men know so well bow to train a dog as Mr. Fitch I tt (who docs
it for himself only), and their blood is the bluest of the blue
And now, Mr. Editor, let me correct you. 1 told you to take for a
cold, or catarrh licadgchc, one drop of Norwood’s tincture of veratrum
every two hours, nnd a three grain— not threo-quarler groin— pill of qui-
nine every third hour. Yonrs, Mohawk,

A distinguished physician has opportunely seut us the
following letter, which we trust no one will overlook. We
fear Mohawk's remedy is dangerous unless in iho hands of
a skilled practitioner.— Ed.

Wamuinoton, D.C., Aprils, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I see by yonr last Wsno that ‘’Mohawk" has discovered a cure for colds
and caturrh, or headache, and fur his kindness in letting Ids prescription
be known be merits the thanks of every sportsman; but I wish to say a
word In regard to Norwood's tincture of vera/.rum vliidl which he ad-
vise* So long as the dose— viz., one drop— Ijj taken, no harm will re-
sult, but let no one act upon the supposition that If ouo drop will cure
In a certain time, ton, twenty, or sixty drops will cure so much quicker.
The medlclno is a deadly poison, and should bo handled with great cure,
nnd never be left where children might get hold of it. Perhaps
"Mohawk" will further oblige by Informing us what n "three-quarter qui-
nine pill" Is; whether three-quarters of a grain, ounce, or pound.

Yours, Fills,

chance n day of sport should yield them rich returns,
they’ll thank us for it, just as wo thank Squires for thee,
great goose! We’ll have thee cooked, by hevings!

—On Friday last Dr. Glenncy, Mr. John Avery, and Mr.
G. S. Greene, Jr., with their guides, shot fifty-five brant and
six ducks on Barnegat Bay near Long Beach Club House.
This is a very large bag of brant, and Capt. Charley Cox,
one of the oldest gunners on the bay told the gentlemen
that the largest number lie could remember as being shot
by one party in a day was thirty-four. If uny of our
readers wish to try their luck iu this locality let them go
down within the next three weeks, and they will find
snipe on the calm days aud brant on the windy dnys. On
Thursday Mr. Greene shot seveu English snipe on Barue-
gat meadows. English snipe were just coming on.

—As to where lo find good snipe shooting, the Turf, ,
Fiild and Farm says: — "Commencing with Currituck, in
North Carolina, snipe will be found in abundance about
Norfolk, at Hampton, a'. Aquin Creek on the Potomac,
three hours from Washington; at Nottingham, on the Pnu-
tuxent, in Maryland; at Bush River, between Philadelphia
and Baltimore; at Spesutia Island, and, indeed, all around
the head of the Chesapeake Ray— all of these places are
easily reached by rail and boat, but such is the uncertainly
of finding this tickle bird anywhere in the migrating sea-
son that it would be advisable for the sportsman, before
setting out for a given place, to ascertain beforehand, by
post or otherwise, whether the birds arc positively there or
not.”

Long Island, Good Ground , April 5. — Last week a com-
mittee of reliable gentlemen was appointed to examine the
depth of our inlet, about which there 1ms been some dis-
pi'te, and they found it to be fully 10 rods wide, and averag-
ing from the bay side out over the bar from seven to eight
feet, with very strong tides. They expressed the opinion
that it would remain open ^ for several years to come. No
doubt the fishery will be better this coming Summer than
it 1ms been for several years. The goose and duck shoot-
ing is unusually good, the shooting commenced March 22d
nnd will be good until the 15Mi of May. Two gentlemen
visited Pon Quoguefrom New York a few days since, and in
3 days’ shooting received 204 broad bills aud whistlers.
April 1, Capt. J. Perry and ,J. Foster killed 0 geese and 4
black ducks on Friday. April 2, they shot down 58 geese,
recovered 41, and two small boys picked up ?, which were
stranded on the leeward shore on account of the heavy
wind blowing at the lime. The balance escaped crippled.
On Saturday the same gentlemen killed 9 geese aud 1 red
head, and other small ducks. Our old goose shooters at
P. B. use live geese for decoys. Those wishing good
shootiug will meet with success by applying to M. V. B.
Squires, proprietor of the Bay View House, Pon Quogue,
L. I., who can furnish all the necessaries for shooting.

M. V. B. S.

Massachusetts, Salem, March 31, 1875.— A bunch of
geese went north to-day. Blue birds, robins, blackbirds
aud sparrows arc along, but the season is very backward,
and so, of course, tire the birds. Oue woodcock was
picked up on the railroad by a sectiou hand; it probably
killed itself by coming in contact with the telegraph wire;
such is often the case. I hear of a crippled snipe beiDg
seen, but nothing definite. Buy ducks, or “whistlers," and
such, arc quite numerous in our harbor, but everything in-
land is solid ye:. Yours, Teal.

„ _ _ Bbidoxpokt, Coon., AprI18, 187B.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Tiio following matches wore shot at Bridgeport, March 20, 1875.

Match of $25. 10 birds each, between Frank Burrell, of Norwalk, and A
D Laws, or Bridgeport, with the exception that Biirdctt uses but ono
hand, one trap; 1J o*. shot, and Long Island Rules to govern.

Burrott 0 0 1 I 1 1 1 l-o - Laws. .. \ \ oo 0 OO-a’

Matchof $850 between Frank Barrett, of Norwalk, and Ludus Abbott
of Bridgeport, 25 birds each. 21 yards rise. 80 yards boundary, ono
trap, H oz. shot, and Long Island Rules.

Burrett (M) 0 1 1 1 1 1 ' t 1 1 0 1 1 0 I 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1-17

Abbott (Hi 1 0 0 1 1 I 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 n 0 1 j 1 0 1 1 0 1 0-13

Judge for Burrett— Walter Ireland; judge for Abbott-KImor Lnngden,
Referee— James Stewart, Esq. Sport.

Editor Forest and Stream:-

Savannku, Ga., Natch 30, 1875.

Yesterday afternoon quite an exciting pigeon shooting match came
off at the old Schutzen Park, between Daniel R. Robertson of New
York, and C. II, Westcott of this city, for $100 a side, and resulted in
favor of Robertson, who Is an old experienced piceon shooter, while this
was Mr. W osteon's first attempt. Messrs. W. M. Davidson and H C'.
Stephens acted as judges, »J. P. White and Paul Haskell as shot judges,
and Alex. Irving ns referee.

Match at 23 birds each, 21 yards risu, 80 yards boundary, 1J oz. shot
D. It. Robertson . I 11001011101011001111101 0-lii
C. H. Westcott... 0 00011111111010011010110 0-14

Georgia.

—On Good Friday a sweepstake of $10 each, 25 snow
birds, 21 yards rise and 00 yards boundary, was shot at
Toronto, Canada, by the following: —

" ard I 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1_84

Miller 111011:11110111110011111 1-21

Renardson 1 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 (I 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1—20

Fatrbolrn 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 01 1 1 1 0 I— Resigned

—A pigeon match was shot at nine birds at Stratbroy,
Canada, on Good Friday, for a French mantelpiece clock'
presented by Mr. L. H. Smith, of Stratbroy. The prize
was won by Mr. George Billington, who made an excellent
score, killing bis nine birds iu good style. There were
eleven entries; scores ranging from four lo nine.

—A monster pigeon shooting tournament at Niagara
Falls, Canada side, is promised for the coming season.

Canandaigua, N Y., March 23, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream: —

I noticed in yonr table of Close Seasons, published In yonr issue of
March 25th, you omitted to mention the protection of wood duck in this
Stale, from January 1st to September 1st, which fact you will llud by re-
ferring to Sec. 2 of Chap. 390, Laws of 1874, You will forgive the cor-
rection, please, and caliche attention of sportsmen to the change.

Youra respectfully, F. J. 8.

PROTECTION OF MOOSE.

Portland, Mo., March, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

An Item In regard to the game laws of Maine, under the heading "List
of Acts," in your uumberof April 1st, Is likely to givo u wrong irnpre*.
sion. The act for the protection of moose (chap, 12) approved February
10th, 187T, prohibits the taking or killing of moose before October l.t
i860, with a penalty of $100 for each one killed In violation of this act.
Any person selling, or having In possession any moose meat or hide, is
also liable to the same penalty, unless such meat or hide be lu hi* pos-
session at the time of this act taking effect. The Item referred lo, ns
also the law as given In the list of Forest and Stream for March 23th,
would imply a close season, whereas it ia total prohibition for five year*.
Fortunately for the proper observation of this law, moose are not easily
taken, even on tbs sly, aud are much less abundant thuu is poor whisky
Felix.

§;ni(e fjaq unci §nn.

GAME IN SEASON FOR APRIL.

Snipe, Ducks aud Wild Fowl.

1 UncUr the head of "(Jam*, ana r un tn Sea, n" ice can only speci-
fy in general terms (he several varU'ies , became (he '.axes of State * vary
eo much that were we 1 0 attempt to particularize we coutu do no less
than publish those entire sections that relate to the kinds of t/ame in
question. This would ’ey nice a great amount qf our space. In tlesig-
n a ting game we are guided by the laws of nature, u/>on which alt legis-
lation Is founded, and our leader* would do weU to Divide themselves
with the law * of their res/xectlie Hint** for constant reference. Otherwise
our attemvts lo assist than will only create confusion. 1

Game in Market. — English snipe are coming in freely
from the West, but shooters in New Jersey and nlong the
Maryland shores arc as yet meeting with indifferent suc-
cess. The birds are selling in market at $4 50 per dozen;
plover tbe same price; eauvas backs bring $2 50 per pair;
redheads, $1 50; mallards, $la$l 20; black ducks, $lj
widgeon, 75c.; brant, $1 75n$2; geese, $1 00u$2 each;
wild pigeons, $1 50 per dozen; squabs, $4 50; rabbits, 75c’
per pair; bares the same. Antelope continues to come for-
ward front Omaha, and sells at 25c.u30c. per pound.

—We have this week received from M. V. B. Squires, of
Good Ground, Long Island, a grout goose, almost as big as
one of ourselves. Evidently the donor does not wish us to
think there are no geese on Long Island. We don’t know
how much this fellow weighs— we should say eighteen
pounds— but it has had its own way as long as it ever will
nnd now we expect to inake.’away with it ns soon as dinner
time can reasonably come round. Long lias it sung the
melodics of “Old Mother Goose” beside the salt sea waves
of old Seabonk, but its voice is now hushed in death and
its transmigrated spirit expects us to sing all of its praises
that yet remain unsung; which we shull do with a relish
on the time honored principle that “what is sauce for the
gooso is sauce for the gander,” and no questions asked.
This wc solemnly swear, over the dnad body I

"Goowy, goosey gander?"

Whither dost thou wander!"

* Tell n8< sweet bird, feather or no thou art a spirit of
health, (tliou comest in such questionable shape,) or art
thou bjt a fancy of the diseased brain? why? wherefore?
and whereas? It was Good Ground, indeed, tliou traversed
once, and they say thy kindred still hover there in north-
ward flight, lingering for a day that they may make brave
dishes for those that feast ns only sportsmen can. Well ; be
It so! We’ll tell the neighbors, that they may likewise ,
know where thy kindred most do congregate, and if per.

New Jersey, Kinsey's, Ashley House, Barnegat Inlet,
April 2. — Solomon Loper, Jessie Birdsall, with two gentle-
men from New York, killed to-day in a seaweed bunch 55
brant, 2 broad bills, 3 black ducks; wind blowing a gale
from southward. Nearly all tbe geese are leaving and the
brant will soon follow. b.

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, March SO. — I wrote you yes-
terday that parties were off early after snipe. I find large
strings of them coming in, and gunners report the marshes
thick with them. j q

Virginia.— The Norfolk Virginian of March 23d states
that three gentlemen bagged 150 suipe near that city within
twenty-four hours, this Spring.

Tiie Potomac.— The lower Potomac is represented to be
alive with ducks, in unusually prime condition. The
slaughter among them exceeds that inflicted by sportsmen
for years, and the proportion of canvas backs is very much
greater than for many seasons. Mr. “Dick" Nicholson
just returned from a trip as far south as Port Tobacco’
where be bagged a dozen ducks, a swan, nnd forty jack
stupes, reports that Mr. George Slieckels and party, whom
he saw at Glymout, will return with four hundred ducks
mostly canvas backs. It seems an anomaly in the condi-
tion of our markets that the luscious canvas back duck
costs less than tbe imponderable jack snipe.— Washington
Herald.

North Carolina— Marion, March 28th.—' The season is
backward up here in the mountains, and but few snipe
have arrived. I killed one yesterday, and stuffed and
mounted it. G. II. M , M. D.

Indiana — Valparaiso, March 31a(.— Splendid duck shoot-
iug here.

Missouri, Hannibal, Mo., March 29, 1875.— A party of
five of our sportsmen, together with Mr. Colburn, Presi-
dent of Detroit Club, returned yesterday from a week’s
shoot and brought iu as evidence of tbeir sport, 559 ducks
(most all mallards,) and five geese. Their shooting grounds
were about twenty miles below this place, near the river.
Suipe are just beginning to come iu. b

Wisconsin, Montello, March 28.— Pinnated grouse are
scarce 111 this locality since the terrible cold weather nnd
snow storms, but are reported abundant on the prairies
especially where corn lias been left by tbe farmers without
husking. Quail are nearly exterminated in all northern
)\ isconsm, nnd will, doubtless, be very scarce for several
seasons. Mallards are yet comparatively abundant in the
Fox Bivor, which lias remained open all Winter at this
point, notwithstanding the thermometer lias twice indi-
cated 40 below zero. An occasional snipe is seen in this
locality, nnd they will, doubtless, be plenty when the snow
lias melted away to afford feeding ground.’ Deer have been
driven into close quarters the past Winter, but will likely
withstand the inclement weather and come out all right
next Autumn. AY bite breasted grouse are said to be plenty
m bt. Croix county, and also othor varieties, including
milt'd and pinnated grouse. Fred.

JN and fitter ffishigq.

FISH IN SEASON IN APRIL.

Trout, Salmo fontlnalis Salmon Trout, Salmo conjlnls.

Sul mon, Ua Into solar. Shad. aloau.

Fish in Market.— Fisli of all description continues in
good supply. Potomac shad sell lor 50 cents. On Tues-
day the first North River shad of the season made its ap-
pearance, but in a week a full supply may bo expected.
Live cod is worth 8 cents; haddock 8 cents; halibut 18
cents; lobsters 15 cents; striped bass are arriving from the
Potomac in large quantities and sell at 15 cents; Califor-
nia salmon bring 40 cents. San Domingo green turtle are
comiDg in market in small quantities, and are worth 20
cents per pound. Canada trout 30 cents; cultivated, do.
$1 per pound. We saw at Mr. Blackford’s a magnificent
lot of trout, averaging in weight 2 pounds, and in such fine
fat condition as to make an epicure’s mouth water. These
fish were raised at the Wild Wood Trout Farm at East Free-
town, Mass. The supply in the aquarium has been replen-
ished with some very handsome trout from Furman’s ponds
at Maspeth, L. I. Shrimps are worth $1 25 per gallon, and
prawns from Savannah, $1 50.

—The angling season may now be said to be fairly open.
They arc catching salmon in Nova Scotia, where the run
begins in March, and trout on Long Island, where the con-
ditions are more favorable than elsewhere iu this region for
an early cast of the fly. There the streams and ponds arc
wholly clear of ice, and scarcely a vestige or indication of
Winter remains. Many professionals have already taken
a hack at the fontinals, and the number of eager anglers is
increasing daily. From all accounts good luck invariably
attends their efforts, nnd the trout respond plaj'fully to tbe
invitations dexterously thrown out to them. Mr. Reynul
has tempted the trout iu the creek of the South Side Club;
Clias. E. Strong lias tried the water at Suffolk; and on Hie
29th and 30lli March Messrs. Abbey and Gclston look
sixty-five fish from MincU’s Pond at South Oyster Bay, the
largest weighing a pound a half. There is very little free
fishing, although it is possible to lift a fish from the creeks
at South Oyster Buy when the tide favors, and at Carman’s
and the like places, the public can always have a privilege
at a dollar per pound. The best fishing ground of n semi-
public character is the stream which Aninsa Keith lias so
plentifully stocked, where one can obtain a privilege at a
moderate rale per diem, and take away all the fisli lie can
catch. His address is at the Fuvilion Hotel, Islip.

FOREST AND STREAM

135

The best three-ply cast for this season is an Abbey
stretcher, green ilruko dropper, and cow dung for the lmud
11 y.

Although the streams of the interior arc not yet open
for angling they are nevertheless rapidly purging them-
selves of ice and snow water, and a fortnight will doubt-
less find many of them in fair order. The ice still remains
solid in all the interior lakes — two feet thick atChatauqua;
three feet thick in the Adirondack^ four feet in Lake
Pepin, Minnesota. Some reports will be found below, and
these we shall give from week to week, keeping our
readers as thoroughly posted as possible. We Iffeg our cor-
respondents in all quarters to forward us prompt informa-
tion on these points for the general good.

— We are receiving constant reminders in various ways
of the stir that is taking place among the anglers, who are
everywhere making busy preparations for the approaching
season, asking advice as to the selection of tackle, and
where to go, and the condition of the water. The tackle
shops are occupied constantly in filling orders, and the bud-
ding Spring everywhere wears a roseate hue. Chapman,
the celebrated “spoon maker" of Theresa, New York,
whose advertisement so frequently makes a display in out-
columns, is reaping a harvest, they say, by the sale of troll-
ing tackle which will presently be in active demand for
service, as soon as the ice in the lakes breaks up. The
trolling season for salmon trout lasts only three or four
weeks, and those who wish to avail themselves of this rare
sport will have to take the month of May for it. The ice
in the Adirondacks and the Mooschead Lake region of
Maine usually disappears by the close of April, and though
thick enough now, it is dissolving rapidly, and there is
every prospect that the season will be no later than usual.

Speaking of the Adirondacks, E. H. Wallace, of Syra-
cuse, is revising his Wilderness Guide, and adding a cor-
rect map, which we believe has been prepared by Mr. Ely
from recent surveys of Vcrplanck Colvin, Esq., in behalf of
the Slate. This guide and map ought to meet with a larger
sale than Murray’s book. No person visiting the Adiron-
dacks should fail to purchase it.

Our readers have had some intimation lately of the
“coming bass rod;” well |it has come! Yesterday we re-
ceived by express one of those beautiful rods made by
Ch is. F. Orvis, of Manchester, Vt., and which we believe
to be unsurpassed by any wooden rod made. Its len»-th is
nine and a half feet, in three nearly equal parts, the but of
ash, and the middle joint and tip of lance wood. It has a
good stiff back, which is wanted in bass fishing, and we
feel assured would please that well known Western expert,
“Oconomowoc." Mr. Orvis, however, must rig his rods
with standing guides, and not rings, if he expects us to
make a successfull east, “over our head," you know. This
rod is a beauty, and we should feel proud to be its maker.
The cost, as advertised, is §10. ,

Two packets of flies have been laid on our table for ex-
amination. One from Conroy, Bissett and Malleson con-
tains a dozen flie3 of the Mullaly pattern to which we re-
ferred reccutly, as having the barbs of the hooks concealed
between the wings. They are attracting considerable at-
tention from their novelty. Abbey & Imbrie sent us some
“blue bottles," which is early, considering the coolness of
the season. We shall say nothing about them, as they can
do their own blowing, — in the meat shops.

fly the way, Messrs. Abbey & Imbrie have on exhibition
in their aquarium at 48 Maiden Lane, some pretty speci-
mens of salmon raised at New Hope, Pennsylvania of
which we wrote recently. There is a three year old grilse
and three smolts of the salar variety, and a pretty little
part of the quinnat tribe. They will well repay inspec-
tion.

—Walter M. Brnckett, Esq., of Boston, has recently com-
pleted duplicates of his celebrated salmon paintings, en-
titled the “Rise," the “Leap," the “Struggle," and “Land-
ed," which were sold in England for several thousand
dollars, aud they will be exhibited next month utSnedecor’s
new gallery in Fifth avenue. This same artist wishes to
procure a salmon trout (confinis) for a study for his canvas.
Who will kindly seud him one?

—A correspondent of the New York Timm, signing him-
self “W. L. W., of Bay Shore, Loud Island, presents some-
very strong arguments, supported by facts, against the
passage of the proposed law to prohibit the use of pound
nets in the Great South Bay. The argument advanced in
favor of the law is that the uets are set in and across the
inlets, capturing all the fish, and preventing their pussnge
into the bay. The objector denies the assertion. lie says,
to set nets in the inlet is simply an impossibility. One
might os well try to set one ucross Hell Gate in the East
River. There is not a pound net within two miles of the
inlet, and so far from their use causing a diminution of the
fish, they have never beeu so abundant for five years past
as they were last year. The fish chiefly caught in these
nets are weakflsh, porgies, moss-bunkers, aud Spanish
mackerel.

—John Cummings, of Utica, N. Y-, has presented Seth
Green, the great fly caster of America, one of his best split
bamboo fly tods. Seth pronounces it one of the best pro-
portioned aud best made rods he has ever seen — one that
means business.

—Messrs. Shattuck and Jones, of Fanueil Hull Market,
Boston, huve lmd on exhibition a monster codfish, weigh-
ing just uinety six pounds, which was caught on the
Middle Bank, about twenty miles off Boston Light.

New IlAMPsrriKE, April Ut —Last year the ico broke up
at Wiiinipcsaukeo on March 20th, and hut little snow re
mained in the woods in the most Beclucled nlnccs. This
year at date the ico was still firm and about three feet
thick. The extreme cold weather of the Winter has had
the effect to prevent much fishing through the ico. so that
the finny inhabitants or the lake have been left to quietude
aud increased chances of reproduction. M.

Connecticut.— J. S. Brookway, of Willimantic, Conn.,
caught a trout somewhere in that State, last week, which
measured twenty-four inches nud one half long, and seven
inches deep, and weighed six pounds aud a quarter, lie
was trolling for pickerel with a minnow at the time. The
fish was sold at the Parker House, iu Boston, for $5. The
Worcester Pirns is our authority.

Florida, New Smyrna, March 1ft. — Two or three game
associations are forming in this Htatu. Will notify you
"'hen fully organized. Weather very warm; fishing very
good for shcopshead, boss, blucfish, &i\- Most of ilie
guests are leaving now. Mr. S C. Clarke, your corres-
pondent, is still here aud busy fishing. O. J. A.

Louisiana, New Orleans, March 2ft. — Croaker, red fish
and slicepsheud fishing is good iu Lake Pmitehartrain, in
front of Mandeville. One day last week I caught 101)
croakers in two hours from a bout with a baud line, to-
gether with two red fish and two sheepshead. L.

California, San Francisco , March 28. — Next Thursday,
April 1st, our trout season commences. We have still a
few fine trout streams within a day's ride of litis city.
The grilse, aud larger salmon fishing In the hay still holds
pretty good. A few have beeu tuken of seven, ten and
eighteen pounds weight, by rod fishing. When these fish
disappear from these grounds, hitherto unfrequented by
them, 1 will let you know. Some say about twenty years
ago sulinou were iu these same waters in goodly numbers.

E. J. HoOFF.lt.

Fishing Matters. — The number of fishing arrivals for
the week ending April 1st, was forty-seven — forty-four
from Georges and three from the Grand Banks. The
Georges-men bring in good fares, averaging about 50,000
pounds cod and 1,000 pounds halibut. Total receipts of
codfish, 2,000,000 pounds. Bank h&lihut in moderate
supply, the receipts of the past week being about 125,000
pounds, which have met with quick sale, mostly at $1) and
§4.50 per cwt., for white and grey. The receipts of
Georges cod thus far, this season, are not more than one-
third as large as those of la3t year, for the same period,
and the market is very firm in consequence.

The Newfoundland and New Brunswick frozen herring
fleet have completed their season’s work. The business
has been prosecuted without loss of vessel property, and
hut two lives have beeu sacrificed. The herring have met
with re idy sale at remunerative prices, and the season, as
a whole, has proved a profitable one to the fleet. Tin-
Second trips of a portiou of the New Brunswick fleet
proved unsuccessful, owing to the failure of the late catch
there, the vessels being obliged to return without cargoes.

An Eastport, Maine, dispatch says:— The frozen her-
ring business is over for the season, and 1ms been very un-
profitable for the fishermen, the catch having beeu very
light and most of the nets having been lost in the ice.

Wlmt to do for bait? is now the question amoug the
Georgesmen, the herring having given out.

The Southern muckerel fleet will commence fitting away
next week. Some thirty sail of seiners will run fresh
mackerel to the New York market. There is yet u con-
siderable stock of last year's mackerel on hand, which
will necessarily oiSect the price of the new salt catch.
Lust seasou, the new mackerel came in on an empty mar-
ket, and were iu good demand at $10 and $12 per barrel.

The seal fishing fleet will be so late in arriviug on the
sealing grounds, this seasou, that the catch will undoubt-
edly be small.

Seals iu large numbers have recently been sceu in Buz-
zard’s Bay.

In Ibis State everyone who catches smells from this
time to the first of Jane, is liable to a fine of one dollar for
every smelt found in his possession.

The Grand Bankers report lurge fields of floating ice on
the Banks ou their last trips.

The Beverly fishing fleet, this season, will number
twenty-six vessels. —Cape Ann Advertiser, April 'id.

Jlnswct[S j£o Correspondent^.

J. D., Washington, Conn.— We ha^e no knowledge of the publication
to which you icfer.

Arnold Buiiobss.— Several letters for you at this office. I’lerwo for-
ward your address.

F., New Haven.— What author do you consider the bent lo fotlow In
training a setter pup? An#. “Pinks, Hutchinson and Muyhuw," edited
by Frank Forester.

Osoaii. — Will it injure a setter to feed him cither dry Indian or out
ineul, or Indian and out mixed, one-half of each? He will readily vat
either. Ans* We consider the above good, wholesome food.

D. A. B. G., Fort Edward.— Can yon luform mu how to cement a patch
on my tent? Ans. Allow plenty of margin at the edges and double
stitch the patch on. No cement would hold in bod weather.

B. B., Augusta, Me.— I wish some information about the Cocker span-
iel, their manner of working, where I can obtain one, and the probable
expense; ulso about what size they are? Aus. Address "Springer" at
this offleix

W M. I)., Saranac.— Can you tell me where I can procure the rules
and regulations of rille shooting, or those regulations which govern the
matches ill Crecdmoor? Address Nultoual Itlltc Association for copy of
lust Annual Report.

F. S. M , Boston. —Will yon please luform me of the reputation of
Cooper's guns, of Londou? What kind of shooting Is to he had ui Nan-
tucket in August? Ans. Good. 2. No shooting on Nantucket In Au-
gust, except bay snipe.

J. Kidd, Wyoming Territory.— I received your reply to my question
about the gun and rlllc. I)o you consider that rille as effective as tlie
Sharp's sporting rifle at long range? Ans. Wc consider the lie Illy ex-
press rille equal lo the best lu use for sporting pu-poses.

Gordon. St. Louis —How many eliceis of pii|»er i sample enclosed)
would be considered excellent penetration for a 10 boro bn-och loader,
with 4 drachms course Orange duck No. 4 powder and 1 oz. No. I) shot.
Aus. At 40 yards 38 or 40 sheets will be good penetration.

Lhm Fisukr, Flemington —I would like to know If the blue dun and
blue bottled nrtiilcliil fly Is tbe same, and the description of Ilium) Aus.
TUey are as different as can be. You can dud blue bottles on the butcher
stalls ns soon as hot weather comes, blue body, block hackle and slaty
wings. The blue dun has a grayish wing and hackle andaduubody. I
sometimes whipped with silver Unset aud sometimes not. J

BrrKR. Sharon, Pa. —Are you sufficiently acquainted with tho R. C.
Grvengnu to venture an opinion os to It turrit-? They are classed High
whero i hey are in use, and l am about to purchase one? Am. Our ex-
perience with tho Green gun Is sufficient lo enable us to say that they are
good.

C. P. W„ Brooklyn - PI.- a«o Inform me whero a good map of tho Adi-
rondack-anil a work on fly making might he procured, suiting prices of
each? An«. Ely's map, at Colton'-. 172 William street. 7b cent*. No
book lu Ihlaoouniry on fly nuking. Sec Nurrl-’ Instruction* printed lu
PoiuesT AND Stiicam last May

P It., Albany. -Whore can I get sornp choice egg- for setting? Have
you the black Spanish and white Leghorn- ? Ans. Wo are not lu tho
poultry line, but If you will address Mea-rs. Kirby A Burlingame, No. 12
Court londt street, this city, they will supply you.

Matubii — I can't flud out that Clark has any grayling spawn, or Is
going to have any, as stated twice lately In your Answers. Have got
Impatient, and will start for tho Au Halite next week. Will slay unlit
tin. 15th and get what t can? Ans. We have Mr. Clark’s dicular adver-
tising grayling fry nud spawn for sale.

1-. M. W , Rhode I -laud Will a lit gauge breech loader, weight six
pounds, give as deep penetration with 3 drachma powder and 1 os. No.
3 -hot. as a No. 10 gauge, weight 8 pounds, I drachma powder and I) on.
anme «l/.o shot ? What gauge gun do you consider host adapted for anlpo
shooting? What for woodcock? Ana. 1. No. 3. For snipe, wood-
cock and quail wo prefer a 18 gauge gun.

An Old hruvuiinnn, Donvlllo, Vn. — Can yon Inform mo how tho
Springfield carbine performs a- a sporting rifle, and also whirl would bo
lb" best «"d surest plan lo obtain one? Cart they bo pureha-ed by pi t.

vale citizens? Alls. The ball (or the Spi In Held ear I I I,,., I, f,„

-porting purposes. Tho Bullard carbine, for -alo by U. C. Squlros, No.
1 C'otirUnndt street, itl $18, will answer your purpose.

I, kook, Baltimore — Cun yon give mo any Information concerning the
whereabouts of Waters A Son#, piper hoot builder*? Their old nddu-st
wa* Troy, N, Y., but I have written them twice and have received no
reply (bin you procure for mo Ponrce's Kennel Club B >ok, and at what
cost? An#, Messrs. Waters A. Sons' address Is Troy, N. Y. Your let-
tots must have miscarried. For l'oarie'a Kennel club stud Book, ad-
dress Field office, No. iHil Stroud, Londou; prloe 18 shilling# sterling.

Hanovkr, Hanover, N. H,— Can I get u breech loading gnu for about
$10 or$lf. that will do good shooting for such aiine a# I- found In Cen-
tral New llumpdilruF Whom make? Which would bo tho best gun fur
that price, u muzzle or n breech loading gun? Ann, You can gel from
persons advertising lu our paper a good, serviceable, breech loading
double gun, central fire, for $43, nullable for the section of country lu
which you shoot. Wo would recommend a double breech loader.

Coatant Kkadkii, Mlddlotown.-I* surveying a good bu-lnes# to
h-urnf Is there plenty of that kind of work? What la the best work on
surveying and civil engineering, and what I- the price? Ati«, Surveying
Is an excellent business lo leant, particularly If your inlml Is mathe-
matically Inclined. There Is always a demand for surveyor- In our
Western States. For book- we would auggert Davis andGlllosple; on
civil engineering, Rankin, or Malian For catalogue and price- uddtust
I). Van Nostrum!, 23 Morray street, tills city.

W. II. II., Kllonvllle, S'. Y — I have heard or read of a patent dog muz-
zle; one that I- comparatively comfortubto to tho animal and a perfect
safeguard against pol-onlug. Where can t purchase such n muzzle and
w lint mea-urements aro roqnl-lto In ordering one? The dog pot-ouur It
making his rounds here. The good (logs become III# victims, as Is al-
ways the case, while the worthies# curs escape. Aus. The patent mnz/lo
to which you probably allude is manufactured by J. T. A J. Mesercnu, of
this city, and I- a light, comfortable and useful muzzle, hut would not
prevent a dog from picking up poison. If you will give u» the size of
your dog's head, wo can lutven muzzle made which will answer your
purpose.

William, Cambridge — 1. What L the best kind, tongth nnd cast of
litre for salmou; also kind and size of hook, and kind of flies? 2. Will
muiiiu Uno do for troiU? 3. Kind and length of Unu for trolling? 4. Hlxo
anrl cost of a good p-e-ket compass? 3. Whore Cun a good pocket nrap
of (.'aliforuln bn had. and cost? 0. Would n hunting knife, 8 Inch
blade, be a good size for general use In hunting? Ans. I. Take forty
yards of waterproof silk salmon line and long splice It Into 100 yards of
linen Im*- lino, with 0 ft . gilt leader; flies, tho Jack Scott, Fair/, Silver
Doctor, nnd Silver-Grey Doctor, medium. 2, Nut much. 3. Ouo hun-
dred j nrde braided linen lino, that will not klulc. 1 Compa'sus of all
sizes and prices; we have one about us largo as a watch, which ha# a dial
on It by which to tell tho time, when the sim shines. Cost $1. 9.
Don’t know, except of Stuto Secretary, or of U. s. Engineers' Depart-
ment, Washington, D. C. a. Too large— six Inches Is long enough;
should huvo u bone handle and lie heavy.

B. T. K. I* , Trnckoo, Cal . — Where can I obtain Information In regard
to tho Injury donu to trout In streams on which saw mills are situated
by the sawdust which Is discharged Into them? Wo are situated on the
Truckco River, la which them are most excellent trout, Our -aw mills
—and they uro vury largo and numerous— discharge their sawdust Into
this stream. Those who are Inlore-ted In the fl-h bualnasi have com-
plained of this act, which they donoinluato a "nuisance,” nnd the Legis-
lature of the State of Nevada have sent a memorial to Congress a-ltlng
for measures to prevent Hits rut-alien. Many claim that Hie dam* In the
river uro the only obstacles, nnd that the sawdust In Itself does not Injure
tho fl»h. I should ho very glad to lourn where any Information founded
ou experience may ho obtained? Ans. Asa rule It may not he so much
the sawdust Itself which causes the mischief of which you complain, as
the accumulation of It, which sometimes extends to several feel below
tho surfuce, and In tor fores with the spawning buds of the fish. In your
cu«u, however, If the lumber sawed at the mill" l» rot wood, we are of
the Impression that It would lo Itself, from the known properties of tlio
wood, he sufficient to poison the wuter and de#troy the flair. Legislative
action appear* to ho the only nn-uus of relief at your disposal.

8BTTr.it, Savannah, (la,— I notice writer* state that where sellers are
liver, or liver and white In color, It Is considered a# being a bad sign,
showing a strain of the water spaniel. I would like to know what found-
ation they have for Ibis theory, ns up to the prusent(tlmo no one lias pro
tended to say what the color of the original setter was. 1 have scon It
published that the liver and White Irish setter, or land spaniel, ha* been
bred for over two hundred years In one family In Ireland. This I should
think sufficient to prove that such is the natural color of the dog, Ans
NVe are a-loiilslied that any one at this day should think a dog not lllOr-
oughbred because his color Is liver, or liver and while. More than forty
years ago, while living lit Trenton, N. 3 . we bred a flue Imported while
setter hitch named Cora. to Orou»e. n famous liver nnd while double
nosed setter dog. Irani which wo c»luhllslie<l a strain of setters, many of
which wen* liver and whl'e, and among tho descendants of said d ig
Grouse were Chief Justice Beardsley's Holla, Coin. Stockton's lluJ,
Dsbncy Carr's St. Lotus) Cone, Tlico. Morford'- Glenn, nnd a host of
others of as good dogs ns ever lived, of ar y color*; and then sasln, la
regard to liver and w hit*- »ottor-. let os say that Bride of the Bofd -r, llm
splendid setter lately Imported by C'lias. II Raymond, Ksq., directly
from the Laverock Kennel, t« a liver and white dog.

Autk-i.k- At.-cMTKD Tilts Wim -A Queer Turtle, by Plsceo; In-
sect Life, Nos , and 0, by Kotiks; Fish Hatching Apparatus, by T. B
Ferguson; 1‘l.tol Practice, by Brandon; Kastarn Partridge, by John Da
Runes; Thundering H- Bores on Clio Potomac, by Duke; Incidents In
Mexico nnd Cuba, by K, Knox Penn; Land-locked Salmon of California,
by K, J. Hooper; New Shot Cartridge-, by Sionev; Kngllsb nnd Ameri-
can Yachts. by Be idy About; Off the Line, try R.; Snips Shooting In
Virginia, by Gay, Mlsee luny. by Olllpod Quill; l«ob-ter Transportation
Overland, by Living-ton Slone; Yachting Note*, by II; Doric* and Pi-
lot's Canoes, by W, D.; Docked Tall* nnd Bench Show-, by Pitch*! ;
Twin Lake*, by Plscator; Salmon on the Rampage, by Llvtngslvu Stout;
The Bluck water, Region, by Alleghany.

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Is beautiful In Nature. It will pander to no depraved tastes, nor pervert
tho legitimate sports of land and water to those base uses which always
tend to make them unpopular with tho virtuous and good. No advertise-
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WILLIAM C. HARRIS, Business Manager.

account of his operations in Prince Edwards county, which
will be read with interest here and abroad. Prominent
among his efforts will be the introduction of English game.

We print; —

Farmville, Vb., March 22, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Messrs. Walter and Richard Powys, some two years ago, bought a
fine plantation within five miles of tlii„ flourishing city. Mighty hunters
and athletes In the “old country," thoy are great supporters of every
kind of true sport in this section, which is largely settled by English-
men Mr Walter Powys will be known by name to many readers of
Forest and Stream n» the colobratcd cnekcter and invincible bowler
of Cambridge University. Lost Spring be went to Englnud for the ex-
press purpose of playing in the University Match, the great event of the
cricket year, mid the score showed what good work ho did for Cam-
bridge. When he returned, in the early Fall, he brought out with him
tiiirty-tivo couples of English rabbits, and the same number of pheas-
ants. These wore turned loose oil tho plantation, and seem to have be-
come easily acclimated and promise to largely increase aud multiply.
Half of the rabbits are of a very peculiar breed, being in color almost a
true black. These were procured by Mr Powys from Uawkstone, the
beautiful scat of Lord Iltll, Id tins Shropshire paradise the black rab-
bits swarm like ants, and at a distance are mistaken by strungers for
crows. They were Introduced at Uawkstone some years ago from an
unknown source, and arc only to be found there in England. Their fur
is very fine, and the skins In London fetch two to three shillings each.
Messrs. Powys have thus, perchance, introduced a fruitful source of
food and revenue in the fnture-allliough an old English farmer, settled
in this section, who has felt the evil of the game laws in Great Britain,
declares that "future generations will curse tho name of Powys, for
first Introducing tho rabbit Into Virginia." Mr. Walter Powys, ou his
next trip to England, will bring back with him some Imres, partridges,
and English song birds. This endeavor, it Is to be hoped, will, in a few
years, alter considerably llic (at present) rather monotonous sport in
Prince Edward county, although it is hardly (o be expected that such
halcyon days will here be enjoyed by him as fell to the lot of a Powys of
the last generation, who is noted for having made the biggest shot on
record, vU; a Prince of the Blood, a Duke, a hen pheasant, and two
keepers. Such royal birds cannot be acclimated, as yet, in Virginia.

S. J.

Exferlments with Steel and Iron.— We sometime
since called attention to tlie experiments and discoveries
made by Commander Bcardslee of our Navy in the man-
ufacture of iron suitable for chain cables aud other work
required to stand immense strains.- Congress having made
an appropriation for the purpose of continuing and per-
fecting these aud other experiments, the President, after
due consultation with the Secretary of War and the Sec-
retary of the Navy, has appointed the following board of
officers as is provided for in the act, viz. : Lieut. Col. T. T.
S. Laidley, U. S. A. ; Commander L. A. Bcardslee, U. S.
N. ; Lieut. Col.- Q. A. Gilmore, U. S. A. ; David Smith,
chief engineer, U. S. N. ; Gen. Savoy Smith, civil engineer-
Prof. R. H. Thurston, of the Stevens Institute of Tech-
nology of Hoboken, N. J. The board is u remarkably
strong one and will, no doubt, be able to demonstrate that
American matcrinl is superior to foreign, and also furnish
American engineers the data necessary to use constructive
materials intelligently aud economically. We nole, also,
that one of the cables made by Commander Beardslee has
been forwarded to this city to be placed on board the
frigate Tennessee. Wc have every reason to congratulate
Commander Beardslee upon the success which lias thus
far attended bis efforts, and also upon his present appoint-
ment, which must be an immense relief from his late
ardous duties.

ENGLISH GENTLEMEN IN VIRGINIA.

VIRGINIA, despite her worn out and devastated lands,
seems to hold out to Englishmen the same attrac-
tions that originally invited their honorable kinsmen to
colonize her broad domain; for we note the recent settle-
ment within her territory of many English gentlemen of
good family, as well as the industrious efforts that have
been made for some years past to induce the emigration
thither of English emigrants of the working classes. Es-
pecial effort is being made at the present time by J. 8.
Stanley James, Esq., formerly of the London News, and
other gentlemen of note, to promote this object through a
company organized for the express purpose of re-coloniza-
tion; and they have shown their sincerity and earnestness
by purchasing lands themselves, introducing stock and
various improvements, and settling down to thorough work
of restoration. It is natural that their example should pro-
duce the effect desired.

One of these new settlers in whom we are naturally most
interested is Capt. J. M. Taylor, lately Field Editor of
Forest and Stkeam, who, with his brother Farnworth
Taylor, has purchased a tobacco plantation and farm near
"Blacks and Whites Depot," in Nottoway county, formerly
owned by the Sydnor and Bukei families, and known for
years as “The Retreat.” The lands are situated in the
heart of the best hunting grounds of the State, and are
equi-distant from Richmond and Lynchburg, and in the
couuty adjoining the one selected by Mr. James for his op-
erations. Captain Taylor departed for his new home last
week, and has taken with him some good stock, together
with some dogs of the Raymond Laverack, Macdonu, Rowe,
and Horace Smith breeds of pointers and setters, and also a
pointer from the celebrated Wuddell kennel, so as to perpet-
uate these splendid animals in the fine old State of Virginia,
Wc take pleasure in wishing Capt, Taylor and his brother
every success in their new undertaking, us we under-
stand they go as private gentlemen only, and do not
•wish on any account to engage in the politics of the
State. We are pleased to stute to our subscribers and
friends that Capt. Taylor will represent this journal in the
Virginias us its special correspondent, and will be buppv to
make arrangements for gcullemen sportsmen for the Fall
wild fowl shooting on the James, York, and other rivers-
also deer, quail, turkey, &c. on the uplauds.
jtfr. Stanley James has also written us a letter giving some

INTERNATIONAL GAME LAWS.

AN ‘‘International Association” is now in process of
formation under the auspices of leading scientists
of the United States and Cunuda, with the view to devise
the best means for ; rotecting the game and fish of both
countries, it being obvious that nothing but the most in-
telligent discussion can ever reaclt the great desideratum
so long sought for. The names of several hundred have
already been filed as pledged to its support, the majority of
whom have never before lent their aid to any similar
object. Among these are such scholars and geographers
as Prof. F. V. Hayden, Dr. Yarrow, Profs. Cope, Gill, and
Herbert Marsh, of Toronto; S. B. Buckley, State Geolo-
gist of Texas; Prof. Robl. Bell, of the Canadian Geological
Survey; Gen. Waul, of Texas; Wright Rives and S.
Ledyurd Pheips, of Washington; Col. G. W. Wingate,
Dr. Janeway, U. S. A , Judge Clinton, of Buffalo; J. l!
LaContc, of Philadelphia Zoological Society; Judge
West, of North Carolina; M. G. Ellzey, Esq., of
Virginia, men who arc familiar with the geography,
climate, llora and fauna of America; so that it seems
probable that an intelligent discussion of the habits
of our creatures aud the means of preserving them may at
last be secured, and a plan of close seasons devised that
will be comprehensive, suitable, and sufficient.

Inasmuch ns several of the most prominent members of
tbo "National Sportsman’s Association” arc included
within the ranks of the "International,” an identity of
interests and co-operation of forces is at once established
that must he productive of only the happiest and most
valuable results. The former organization, acting in its
capacity of an administrative and executive force, with
powerful rumitications from end to end of the country,
will he a powerful ally to dissemminate the knowledge aud
enforce the laws which the International hope to impart
and devise.

It is probable that a call will be issued within a fortnight
for a Convention to be held at such future time as may
seem best for the general good. Next week wc shall print
the circular letter by which this powerful "International”
army of protection has been recruited, and the names of
the gentlemen under whose auspices it was issued. There
seems to be a general enthusiasm in behalf of the move-
ment and a uniform acquiescence in the belief that our
efforts for protecting our game have at last taken proper
and practicable shape.

Spring Vegetables. -The first green peas of the season
are arriving from Savannah and sell for $2 per peck. As-
paragus, both from the South and California, is quite plen-
tiful at 35 cents per bunch. Bermuda is supplying us with
new potatoes aud tomatoes, the .former worth $1 20 per
peck, and the latter 50 cents per quart. Strawberries are
being received in limited quantities from Californiajind a
few brought by the Allegretti Refrigerator Company from
Florida; they sell for $1 75 per quart. Long Island is pro-
viding very fine mushrooms at 50 cents per quart, and also
water cresses at 25 cents. Boston lettuce sells for $1 per
one dozen heads.

Open Am Literature.— The "Kentucky Lice Stock
Record," which is now entering the third mouth of its ex-
istence, scents to have jumped iuto a big opening which no
one discovered before. Mr. B. G. Bruce is undoubtedly
at home in Lexington where his paper is published, and his
numerous friends gather around him. His journal of six-
teen pages is not so large or priuted in such tine type as to
discourage the reader from its thorough perusal, aud so, one
finds much useful information that would otherwise escape
his notice; besides, it is not nil devoted to horse and hog
and such like stock. Another relief which the general
reader has, is that six of its pages are devoted to advertise-
ments, aud so everybody is happy all round.

The sporting journal published at Chicago, now called
"The Field," but originally "Field and Stream," has be-
come a very creditable paper under its new management,
and bears every indication of healthy growth, and ultimate
success ns a representative of Western sports aud sports-
men, which it aspires to be.

Our neighbor, the "Turf Field and Farm," needs no
special comment here. It is always meritorious, and enjoys
its substantial success with an otium cum dig. that is seldom
disturbed by passing events.

The "American Sportsman," printed at West Meriden,
Connecticut, has changed its nnme to "Rod and Gun."

Several changes have recently taken place in the editorial
department of " Wilkes Spirit of the Times."

The editor of "The Sportsman," published in this city is
spoken of as being an fait ou Turf topics.

The "Canadian Gentlemen's Journal and Sporting
Times," of Toronto, is a live and spicy paper, (in its way,)
considering the natural torpidity that belongs to denizm’s
of Arctic climes. It copies bodily editorials aud corres-
pondence ad lib. from Forest and Stream, every week,
and seldom gives credit. It has done so for eighteen
months.

"The Great Southwest.”— Wc do not refer to the
district itself, but to the paper with the above title, which
although published in the interests of the Missouri, Kanstus
and Texas Railway, contains much valuable information
regarding the country through which this road passes. The
current number contains, among others, a description of
the town of Chetopa, Kansas, a point at which the Irish
Team remained a week during their western hunting trip.
Prairie chickens, quail, rabbits and hares abound Alon^
the river are many sloughs and low marshy meadow”
where duck, geese, snipe, plover and curlew can he found
in countless numbers. Chetopa, however, is but one of
the many points along the road where the sportsman finds
an abundance of game. The Neosho Valley, Parsons
and New Chicago are similarly favored, and it is
a question which surprises and pleases the visitor most
the sporting facilities or the evidences of refined civiliza-
tion in the shape of handsome public buildings and private
residences. Where a few years ago stood ouly a frontiers-
man s log hut, are now school buildings and villas The
wonderful growth of our country is nowhere more marked

r“lnckanSaSaudNorthcrn Tjxlla alon6 the line of the
M. K. & T. R. R,

—Prof. Robert Bell, of the Canudian Geological Survey,
who has been engaged for several years in exploration of
Munitoba and the regions Northwest of it, will next Sum-
mer turn his attention to the unexplored region north of
Lake Huron und east of Lake Superior. The researches
of Prof. Bell have added much to our geographical know-
ledge of British America, and we have no doubt that the
information to be gained in this now section will not only
be interesting but valuable.

AR-T-The Spring Exhibition of the National Academy
of Design opens to day and wUl close on the 29th of May.

The Brooklyn Union , which has been for several years
trying to demonstate, at great expense, that the City of
Churches can support two secular daily papers, has at last
passed into the hands of strangers, and, being lifted from
the mire of domestic alliances, will probably succeed Its
new purchaser is Henry Martyn Smith, Esq., who built tl,»
Grand Pacilic Hotel at Chicago after the fire and for
twenty years recognized as one of the leading journalfiS
of that wicked city of the plains. If lie cmnni ifa
Brooklyn Union go it must die beyond resuscitation or re**
de™J)Hon;.. ‘he paper shows the evidences of

marked editorial ability, and a manipulation and S of tl?o
materials collected by the duily news eathr-rer 1? 1

a born editor could he accused oL Yi^e wish n °,nly

J* f i‘ 'i<™r«cs .mder i,s „e» A,

by the name of Smith ought, to do well. ‘ A yb

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Music. — In these days of comparative failure of Italian
Opera, when impressarios are seeking release from contracts,
and disconsolate song birds wing their Sights to native and
more congenial climes, it is pleasiug to note the success
and enthusiasm which greets the home bred article. Miss
Kellogg has organized a company which both in this city
and Boston, lias met with well merited recognition. Mad-
ame Jennie Van Zandt, who is the “right bower” of the
troupe, aud whose merits as an artiste are well known, was
the recipient of a benefit and ovation ou Thursday last, the
warmth of which must have been equally gratifying to
the lady and the singer.

— Fayette S. Giles, Esq., late President of the Blooming
Grove Park Association, sailed for Switzerland iu the
steamer “Amerique” last Saturday. He gave a parting
entertainment on board to a few friends.

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA— NO. 4.

BEING NOTES OF A TOUR OF EXPLORATION— BY OUR OWN
COMMISSIONER.

PERSONS undertaking a boat cruise on the southwest
coast should provide themselves with the published
charts of Charlotte Harbor. These show the soundings of
Boca Grande, aud Caloosa entrances; and San Carlos Bay
to the mouth of the Caloosahatcliie River. Outsidu of
these localities the tourist will be compelled to pick his way
unless he is well supplied with this world's goods and can
engnge the services of a pilot. Occasionally an old coaster
will be met with, from whom some valuable information
can be obtained regarding the navigation of localities the
wanderer may wish to visit — and such opportunities should
be taken advantage of.

W u may remark at this time that we found our outfit de-
ficient in several important implements. This being our
first boat cruise in this section, and having a large amount
of plunder to stow and transport we were somewhat excus-
able for leaving behind three important weapons, to wit : a
harpoon, grains, and turtle peg. The two former are well
known, and can be obtained in fishing tackle stores ; but as
the turtle peg is seldom seen in the North I may at some fu-
ture time give a description of it. In enumerating on a
former occasion the articles composing our outfit, I neglect-
ed to mention a Spanish cast net. I purchased one be-
fore leaving the North, but found it entirely useless. It
was made of cotton twine, eight feet wide, and with but
six pounds of lead to sink it. For use in southern waters
a net should be made of the best gilling twine, twelve to
fourteeu feet in diameter, and weighted with from twelve
to fourteen pounds of lead; a cast net of any other descrip-
tion will prove useless, and had better remain iu the North
to decorate the window of some fishing tackle store.

Punla Rassa has been very appropriately termed the
“jumping oil place of all creation.” At this point the
tourist will find two large wooden buildings, and some pal-
metto huts, and a large and substantial dock. The first
building is a large structure resembling a warehouse, and
is the residence of two operators in charge of the Inter-Co-
lonial Ocean Telegraph wires and station at this point; and
also of two observers representing “ Old Prob.” North of
the telegraph building is a large wooden structure belong-
ing to C’apt. Henry, and used as a post olfice and lodging
quarters for the employees of Capt. H., and those engaged
in shipping cattle. The palmetto huts belong to a gentle-
man who has an extensive fishery at this point. This is the
point where cattle are shipped from southern Florida to
Key West and Cuba. The operators and observers at this
point treated us with great courtesy and attention, and we
are prompted to thus publicly express our thanks.

Finding nothing to interest us at this very uninteresting
point, we left on the morning of the 26tli for the Caloosa-
lmtchie River, and found the entrance a difficult piece of
navigation. By advice we took the boat channel, and were
favored with a head wind and ebb tide; a narrow, crooked
channel, bounded and obstructed by mud flats and coon
oyster bars. After one hour's beating we made one thou
sand feet, and surmounted the difficulties incident to the
navigation. We ultimately reached the widest part of the
river, and found it to be a grand stream, nearly equaling
in size the St. Johns between Jacksonville and Orange
Mills. We found the shores high and clothed with pine
timber of fair quality as far up as Fort Myers. At 6:30 we
moored to the dock at the last named place— 25 miles dis-
tant from Puuta Rassa. This was an important military
post during the first and second Indian wars. At the ter-
mination of the late unpleasantness some malicious per-
sons destroyed by fire all the buildings but one. At the
present lime the pluce contains a population of about 100
persons, nearly all of whom are engaged in cattle raising
or herding in southwest Florida. We found the residents
courteous and hospitable and ready to oblige us in any way.

As an evidence of the tropical character of the climate
at this point I need but refer to the fact that the wanderer
will find eleven cocoa nut trees growing on the margin of
the river and producing fruit. We see no reason why tro-
pical fruits and plants should not be profitably cultivated
on the banks of the Caloosahatcliie. If we were young
and disposed to make ourselves a home in a new country,
we would without hesitation locate on the banks of this
stream. The winters are pleusant, and the summers not un-
comfortably warm. Northern people entertain the opinion
that “ the range of the thermometer iu southern Florida
must be much higher than iu the North !" but this is a
mistake. To illustrate this position I shall select at random
a few statistics from Blodgett’s excellent and reliable work
on Climatology ; and for the purposes of comparison again
refer to observations at Punta Rassa for the year 1874 —

thereby illustrating the highest aud lowest thermometric
ranges : —

Iincc.

New York City. . .

Philndi'lphln

Wii-hington, D. C.

St. Lours. Mo

Cmcinnail. OUio

Fort Snellln.', Mlun.

Key Went, Fla

Key West, Flu

Key West, Fin

l’uuta Ruaxa. Fin

Dntc.

1821

lavs

1S55

1855

1851

1851

tail

1818

18.34

1871

•Ion.

Feb.

M'clt. April.

May.

lilts

5 lit

it n

3; 67
5,63
36:15
5t)|82
61180
68 81
ISlHI

10|70
a is
a a;*
5 67
16 80
20,58
57180
M!81
61 81
Ml! 83

22181
3:80
16 02
II 93

in

* «

86 1 86
a 8 1

68 83
33 1 87

21181 31 OS
‘2187 10 93
23i86 8595
32,93 38 95
28 92 42 91
9,81 32 03
O.’lHS 70,87
63 83 61 87
00,90 73 90
,V» 90 39 ill

Plnco.

New York City

Philadelphia

Washington, D. C..

St. Louie. Mo

Cincinnati, Ohio...
Fort SneUlng, Mlnu.
Key West, Ha. ..

Key West, Fla

Key West, Fla

Punta Itnssa, Fla. . .

Date.

July.

Aug.

Sc|*t .

Oct.

Nov.

lice.

•

o

9

9

9

o

o

a

o

•

.

1822

100 62

01

00

89

.30

86

37

71

33|63

13

I860

98

6 1 ] 90

.VI 90

II

78

A3

31 61

9

95

52 90

47

90

42

23

21 63

13

1855

96

60,01

63 j 99

17

81

24

71

21 65

4

1851

95

61196

58199

40

83

35 6.3

24 58

15

03

55 93

30,88

39

. 1

23 , 60

11145

8

88

78 87

75189

77

81

7l|82

69 1 SO

60

1838

as

73 8S

75,88

75187

71183

66,82

51

1851

89

78 89

73 84

77

81

72

187-1

in

70 91

7l|9l

67

85

6482

59 KO

49

* 3 •' V uv "HW 1IUU. (I,\13

to grind, and those who have visited the Indian River coun-
try, go into ecstacies over the superiority of the climate of
the Southern Allaulic coast, and spread their opinions
broadcast over the land. Brinton in his excellent work on
“Florida and the South" remarks : " The highest Winter
temperature observed anywhere ou the mainland of the
United Stales was at Fort Dallas on the Miami River, aud
at New Smyrna, some miles north of it, both on the east
coast of Florida. Furthermore their range is less than any-
where else. During four years that the army officers watch-
ed the thermometer at Fort Dallas the highest point reached
by the mercury vtas 95% the lowest 35° ; a range therefore
of 60° in four yeurs." The highest range »f the thermo-
meter for the last three years at Punta Rassa was 05, and
the lowest 40, a range therefore of but 55°. From these
data we are inclined to believe that the climate of the south-
west coast will favorably compare with that of the Miami
and Indian River sections.

In Southern Florida calm, warm and sweltering nights,
during the Summer months are unknown, but on the con-
trary a refreshing breeze exists, and blankets become al-
most a necessity. During the nights of July aud August
when northern people are suffering from a calm and sultry
atmosphere nnd praying for a refreshing breeze to enable
tbcm to sleep ! the residents of Southern Florida sleep
soundly, and arc refreshed by cooling and invigorating
zephyrs wafted from old mother ocean.

During the Winter months in Southern Florida rains are
unfrequent, but in Summer when vegetation is active,
moisture demanded, aud frequent rain storms desirable and
required to favor vegetable growth and cool the atmosphere,
such rains are of almost daily occurrence. From the time
we left Sarasota Bay until we readied Clear Water Harbor
on our return, we did not sec a drop of rain. For the pur-
pose of rendering our statements more clear and authori-
tative, we shall quote from Blodgett’s Climatology, some
data showing the mean annual precipitation of rain and
melted snow at a few points in the United Slates:—

Year .

s s s s
3 g 3 5

3 S3 3 8

CD CO C5 C

1 3 8 3 $=

uuininvi 0 _ „ 0

1 " ~ -

jjuimns

3 3 8 5

g s; 2 V.

Suyds

S o 8 cS

CD CO ©

•joquiwaQ

sms

e» ei co

‘23(|D13AO^

8 § ?} S

ei © ci co

jaqopo

9 $* 3 2

w « w «

Maq mojitos

3 3 3 s

•x» o> co cn

•|*n3nv

£ S 3 f£

O ® N v

3*lOjp

11.10

8.45

6.15

4.22

•ounp

3 8 8 S

c « m' ot

c3 § 8

CO CO w w

•IlidV

8 ~ s S

00 <-4 co

i

•q34BK

$5835
« ^

15 2 3 2

AJBIUq.ljJ » 91 «

1

'Aronavf

a s s s

Ol CO Ol so

®

a

o

3

e n

i :

• 9-

3 3

E E

«r •£ : a

•f l g \

jj ft %

C9 « o -o

t C 5 =

£ £ g t

To those contemplating a change of location, more es-
pecially if they intend engaging in the cultivation of tho
soil, wo would urge the advisability of considering climatic
conditions, as tending to health, longevity, bodily com-
forts, ami pecuniary results. Wo often hear Hie objection
urged that the climate of Florida is enervating nnd debilita-
ting, and Dial people settling there become lazy ns a se-
quence of clhnntic conditions. Wo admit that an exco
81 ,y high thurmomotrlc range associated with a clo'e
moist atmosphere, will relax ami dcliilitale tin- human sys-
tern, but these conditions do not exist in southwest Florl-
da; and the emigrant will not become indolent unless lie is
constitutionally lazy. The residents of the South are often
referred to as wanting energy and perseverance, lint when
such references are made we must remember that during
the reign of King Colton to labor was unfashionable, and
that slaves were plenty and ever ready to minister to the
wants of the white, either adult or child. Cynics, who am
evei ready to assail the South aud Southerners, must re-
member that the male portion of our northern population
have been educated to some calling in early life- that labor
ami activity have become a second naluro with them. Edu-
cation has more to do with active habits than climate. Wo
often hear ungenerous and censorious people refer to tho
“indolent nature of tho Southern people." but if they
bring Into review the unmbeis engaged on the Confodernto
side during the late unpleasantness, and l ho results attained
by a comparatively small number of half starved and hall
armed men, they will be forced to confess that laziness and
iudolenco did not characterize tho Confederate armies from
’61 to ’65. In tho South to-day kite female portion of tho
population liavu accepted the situation, placed their
shoulders to tho wheel, and industry and thrift are promin-
ent. Cynical people, who wish to find indolence, laziness,
nud false pride among tho female sex, need not extend their
observations any further tlmn tho females of American
birth in the Northern States— a portion of tho world whom
industry and labor are considered disgraceful by a majority
of those who were intended by a wise and beneficent Crea-
tor to become helpmates of man. In our many wander-
ings in the Southern Slutcs wo have mot with numerous
Northern people who, after years of residence in tho South
were as active, industrious, nnd enterprising as before they
left a more inhospitable climate. I am prompted to write as I
do iu consequence of having daily unit hourly listened to the
unkind, unjust, anil censorious criticisms of Northerners—
persons who should extend the baud of sympathy anil
speak words ot kindness to a suffering and struggling peo-
ple. I am a Northerner, but must confess, that I am disgust-
ed with tho want of Christian charity that characterizes
many bigoted people ol my section: “ Let us have peace,"
and to bring about this halcyon state let us treat the South
cru people as we would be treated— extend to them the
baud of brotherhood, and use words of sympathy and
kindness, instead of censure and words of reproach mid
condemnation. To those who intend visiting the South ns
tourists or Hportsmen 1 would say, ho generous, he kind, ho
honest, and a “ true Southern welcome" and unbounded
hospitality will greet you everywhere, from tho mansion
to the palmetto hut.

In our Northern States wc have thousands of persons
who are suffering from rheumatic, pulmonary and chronic
diseases, whose health would bo Improved and lives pro-
longed, if they could be induced to settle iu the genial eli
male of Florida. Independent of bcnuflttlng themselves
they would advunce the interests of tho tender branches
clinging around tho parent stem.

The old Romans used this pregnant expression : Ini-nicu*
srnilibu* hyems — " Winter, the foe of tho aged." Modern
research proves its correctness. An eminent statistician ,
calculating from nearly 55,000 coses over 00 years of ago,
discovered the startling fact that the deaths in January
were within a fraction twice as many its in July. Such a
statement reminds us of the significant expression of an-
other distinguished observer, who hud closely studied the
relation of mortality and temperature, and wrote: “Waves
of heat are waves of life; aud waves of cold are waves of
death."

I am fully prepared to admit that some localities In (lie
State ure very unhealthy, nnd that malarious diseases oc-
cur to a great extent in certain portions of the State, but I
likewise contend that certain sections of the State cannot
bo equalled by ony portion of the world for healthfulness;
and some of the latter localities will be found on the south-
west coast.

Army returns are generally the most reliable, and exceed-
ingly importuut when we come to estimate (lie sanitary ad-
vantages of any given section. During the Florida war
the soldiers were exposed at all seasons in various portions
of the State, and only those who hove visited the peninsula
can form any idea of how terribly arduous must he cam-
paigning through the swamps and everglades of the State.
Yet, according to the urmy medical statistic*, the yearly
mortality from disease in the army there, was only 26 per
1,000; and the average of the army elsewhere was 35 per
1,000; while in Texas it rose to 50, and on the lower Mis-
sissippi to 44 per 1,000. Ai. Fresco.

—The National Rifle Association have resolved to adopt
the form of target in use at Wimbledon, viz,, the circulur
disc, retaining four of the old first class targets for the use
of the international team. The Amateur Rifle Club have
elected Capt. II. Fulton President; Col. Jno. Bod i no, Vico
President. Full reports of the meetings in our ne. t
issue.

138

FOREST AND STREAM

§ht

THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH.

At a meeting of the joint committee, held hint Friday, it
was resolved that the days for preliminary practice to
choose the American inlci national team should he the 17th,
21st, 24th, and 28th of this month, nt eleven o’clock A. M.
The following letter to Col. Wingate from Major Leech
was read: —

Dl'BMN, February 5th, 1875,

My Dear COLONEL:—

A Closely Contested Rifle Match in California.—
One of the most sharply contested matches ever shot on
the Pacific coast was decided at Alameda, opposite San
FraDcisco, on Saturday, the 20th ult. The contestants
were fifteen men selected from Company E, First Regi-
ment, the same that now has the match peuding with
Company D, Twelfth Regiment, of this Slate, and a simi-
lar number from the Emmet Guard, of Virginia City, Ne-
vada. The “bonanzas” were ready to stake any part of the
Comstock lead, but finally $1,000 was agreed upon as the
sum to be shot for. The match was governed by the rules
of the National Rifle Association. Each man was allowed

In the new Wimbledon targets these anomalies are banished.
The shot nearest til# centro of the target makes the best
score as a rule. The time may come when the enormous
buliseye of the first-class target may be further subdivided;
and when it does come, the nation that leads the way to
the finest shooting will compel the rest to follow or be left
behind The new targets conduce to finer shooting. Their
only limit is in height, to six feet, the assumed height or a
man. They possess the good points of the old— rapid
marking— and something Just as valuable, accuracy of
judgment. The fact that they arc advocated by Captain
Fulton, the champion long range shot of the world, is only
another poiut in favor of that gentleman, and we are glad
that the weight of his word is found on the side of pro-

At our meeting of Council two day* ago, convened for the purpose of
considering the best lime for holding our annual rifle meeting here, the
return match with the Americans was the chief topic or dhcosslon, a*
we are nil aware I Imt the later In June the match lokoa place the more
convenient It will be for the Americana, and the Wimbledon meeting,
commencing n week later — namely, on Monday, the lltih of July— en-
able* the Irleh Rifle Association to hold Its meeting later al»o. Finally,
oars was fixed In deferonco to you and our other frlcnda for the latent
possible lime— uarnuly, Tuesday, 29th June, and three following days,
the international match to talto place on the attli. Your Bbooling friends
will thus have Ibo opportunity of entering for all our competitions. I
will ul«o Invite representative teams from England uud Scotland to com-
pete on the 29th, if agreeable to you, and not otherwise, and I will thunk
you to let me know your wishes in this respect us noon as possible.

An to the match for the “All Irelnud Challenge Shield," please to say
If any four of your men will compete In that match, the ranges are 1,000
and 1,100 yurds; twenty shots each ut each distance; two sighting shuts
for each man ut each range; each team to consist of fouriuuu. The club
thus represented by tbo team of four pays £5 entrance, and each com-
petitor £1 besides; the mouey, less twenty-flvo per cent., Is divided
amongst the members of tbo winning tcum. With kind regards to all
our friends, believe me, my dear Colonel, yours very sincerely,

Annum B. Lkkcii,

The Amateur Rifle Club have resolved to issue the fol-
lowing address to the riflemen of America:—

No. 134 Broadway, New York, April 2, 1875.

To TIIK RlKLEMEN OK AMERICA.- —

A challenge having boon extended to you by Major Leech, on behalf of
the riflemen of Ireland, to shout a return match In Dublin, on June 29th,
1875, the Amateur Rifle Club of this city have accepted It In your behalf
Thu following programme lias been agreed upou, as being substantially
thut of the last International match: —

I’liooiUMMir.

Programme of the International rifle match between the riflemen of
the United Slntos of Amuilcu and the riflemen of Ireland, represented by
a team to bo chosen from the members of the Irish Rifle Association, to
take place lu Ireland on the 29th of June, 1875, on Hie following terms,
vlx:—

Team— Each team to consist of not more than eight or less than six
men, ut the option ot the Americans, whose decision will be announced
on the dov precoding the match. The American team to he composed
exclusively of riflemen born In the United Statue. The Irish team to
consist of men qualified to shoot In the Irish eight nt Wimbledon.

ltlfles — Any not exceeding ton poands weight, minimum pull of trig-
ger threo pauuds. The Americans to shoot with rifles of bone fide Amer-
ican manufacture. The Irish to shoot with rifles of bona fide Irish manu-
facture.

Mights, Ammunitions, Targets, nud Marking— To be according to print-
ed regulations in force ot Wlmb'odon. 1873.

Ranges— 8‘ 0 yurds, 900 yards, and 1,000 yards.

Nuiuber of shots— Fifteen ut each range by each competitor.

Previous Practice— The American teum to be allowed the use of the
range for practice for nt least two days before the match.

Position— Any ; uo artificial rest to he used either for the rifle or per-
son of the shooter. Target*, range, and all accessories for currying out
this match to devolve on tne Irish. The Americans und Irish to choose a
referee to act for their team. Mr. Leech will act In the capacity of ref-
eree for thu Irish team, and the respective referees shall mutually select
an umpire, to whom, In case of difference of opinion, they shall refer,
and whose decision shall be final.

The terms of the match to be signed by the President of the Amateur
Rlflo Club on behalf tho riflemen of Amurlou, uud by Arthur Blcnner-
haxsi't Leech, on behalf of tho Irish team.

Duplicate copies of this programme to be exchanged, and all necessary
urningrim-nis to be completed on or before the 1st day of June, 1875.

Should cither team foil to make un appearance on tho day and hour
agreed upou for the match, tho team then prcsonl may claim the cham-
pionship.

In taking this step tho Amateur Itifle Club do not claim that they In-
clude urnong their members the best riflemen of Americu; but only as-
sume to uct as yonr ropicseninttves, for tbo purpose Of placing the mut-
ter in such a shape as to permit all who prove themselves competent to
compute, Irrespective of their residence or membership.

The targets und scoring used In the match will be in accordance with
the rules of the National Rifle Association— viz,, targets six feet high, by
twelve wide, having a black buliseye three feet square, surioundcd by the
“c«nlra," six feet square, the rest of the target constituting tho "outer;"
bullseyes counting four points, centres three, outers two. Any sljhts
allowed but telescopic, magnifying, and such ns conceal the target so as
to prevent tho danger signal from being seen. Aoy ammunition may be
used. Any position will be allowed which can be taken on level ground
wilbont artificial rests.

The team shall consist of a captalu nnd nine men, who shall be selected
as follows: —

1. The standing competitors shall be determined from four consecutive
scores of forty-live shots each, each score made In a single day, without
sighting shorn, consisting of fifteen shots at 8K), 900, and 1,00 yards.

2. The members of the A ilerlcan team of .87; shall be allow ed to
rtnud upou the four scores mude tu their four last competitions at Creed-
moor In 1874, ending with the Beuuctt match, provided they signify their
election so to do iu writing to the secretary of this comniftteo on or be-
fore Hie 1st of April, 1875.

3. All other competitors shall be required to shoot in four competitions
to be held ut Creedtnoor April 17th, slst, 2llh, and 28th, at eleven A. M
of each day. Thu nine competitors, including the members of the team
of 1874, standing upon llieir scores, who show tho highest aggregate In
their four scores thus made, or upon which they stood a- above provided
shall constitute the learn for 1875. arid be given their rank thereon rospec'
live according to their scores, subject, however, to the following provf
•don;— That such member* of the team of 1874 us do not receive a plnoe
upon the team of 1875 under the foregoing rules shall be allow ed lo chal-
lenge an equal number of the said teum of nine ns above selected com-
mencing with the ninth man, to two competitions, to be under the direc-
tion of this committee, and the victors lu these two coinpetitioue shall be
members of the team.

4 . Should any vacancy or vacancies occur iu the team, as thus selected
before the day of sailing, it or they shall tie tilled by placing therein the
competitor or competitor* whose score or scores are next in order of
incut, as shown at the end of the four competitions above provided

5 Tho Captain shall he chosen by h majority vote of Hie nine men
constituting tho team as soon as practicable after their selcctlou iu ac-
cordance with the conditions herein provided.

The team of 1875 shall he required to engage In such private practice
on the range as this committee may direct. The names of the men who
shot iu 1871, ana wuo have elected to stand on their score*, are as fol-
lows:—

.... 150

Moore

1(58

B —

1 — S

171

158

158

158

152

.... 153

154

ir>5

143

... 142

150

182

127

581

Henry Fulton

John BoJIne

II. A. Oildersleevc
G. W . Yale

Tho Amateur Rifle Ciui» win pay mi luo expenses or the team to Ei
rope, nnd also the expenses of these competitions. The team will su
ammi June Mb, 1875

The matter Is one that appeal* so strongly to your pride, not only j
riflemen, hot us American-, that it i* to be hoped the best shots In th
country will come forward in this match. The gentlemen who have ser
the challenge are very skillful riflemen, but there arc many in \merlr
fully a- expert, and if they can be induced to engage In the nndertakln
it i. hoped that Hie result will be a* gratifying as that of the former it
teroailonnl match.

By Order of the Joint Committee of the Amateur Rifle Club and tl
National Rifle Association. Lkh.ib C Bill'd!, Secretary.

—Mr. Frcligh, of the Bowery Theatre has offered the
use of his house uud dramatic corps for u representation
any afternoon except Mondays and Saturdays, the fund to
be a gift to the American Rifle Team.

five shots, and before firing these lie was permitted to take
two sighting shots. Some contented themselves with one,
w hile the greater number took the two. The distance was
200 yards. The Crccdmoor target was used.

As the match was shot at a short range the result, which
will be found below, does not throw much light upon the
more important event to be decided on tbc 2(Jlh of June.
The shooting, although close, was by no means first class,
and the Company E team must do much better to beat the
New Yorkers. The following arc the scores: —

EMMET OOART).

Private Ennl« 3 4 2

Private F. Monahau.. .2 8 3
Private D. J. Mahoney. 2 4 8
Private Logy . 2 8 3

Private Welsh. , 3 2 3

Corpora] Burns 3 4 2

Private J.D. Mahoney. 2 3 4

Private Finlen 3 2 2

Private Cabaleu. 2 2 3

Prlvato J mne* Welsh .888
Private M J. Monahan. 3 3 2
Private Klppingham. 4 3 2
Corporal Nuvin 3 2 3

Private Lyons 3 3 2

Captain Jessup, 2 2 2

I COMPANY K, KIRST REUIMRNT.

4 3-115] Corporal Nusli ., .3 3 4 4 3-17
3 4—15 Captain Burn* .. 3 3 3 3 3—15

8 3—15, Private Harman. ... 3 3 3 3 3-15

3 3—741 Private Sarlo 3 3 3 3 3-15

3 3 — 14 1 Lieutenant Hunt 3 2 3 3 3-14

3 2 -14j i Corporal Wlilltomb. 8 3 3 8 2—1 1

2 8 — : 4 1 .Sergeant Strong 3 3 2 3 8—14

3 8-l8| Private Preble. 3 2 2 3 4- T4

3 3-13; I Private bleed. 3 2 A 2 3-13

2 2-13, Sergeant Murray 8 8 8 2 8 -18

88— 18 iPrivate Watson . 3 322 8-18

4 0-13 'Private Murphy . ..2 2 2 3 3—12

2 2 — 12,|PrIvute Dove ...2 2 8 2 3-12

2 2— 12|iScrgennt Post 0 4 2 3 3-12

3 0-9 Corporal Folger ....2 0 2 2 4-10

Total 200 1

J iecapltulallon . — 8 bullseyes, 33 1
centres, 27 outers, 2 misses.

Total 203

Recapitulation.— 5 bulleycs, 47
centres, 21 outers, 2 misses.

I gress.

—The Academy of Music was fairly packed on Saturday
i evening last, on the occasion of the benefit tendered to the
j American Team by the leading amateurs of this city. Willi-
I out being invidious, it may be questioned which was the
i most attractive, the performance, or the magnificent ensem-
I ble of the house. However, considering the barn-like pro-
I portions of the place selected, the performance was excel-
{ lent, and the grand object of a contribution lo the neces-
sary fund, fully accomplished.

—Col. Wingate, the new Inspector General of Rille Prac-
tice was in Albany Thursday holding a conference with
the ' Adjutant General on the mode of rifle practice to he
ordered of the militia during the coming Summer. Instead
of the parades by regtment the soldiers will proceed to the
range in companies and squads under competent instruc-
tion, und every member will he required to undergo in-
struction. Those making a certain average will lie denom-
inated and receive a badge as marksmen, anti the range at
Crccdmoor will he thrown open to the National Guard,
when in uniform, without churge on certain days of the
week, •

§htt Worse mid ifiitrsc.

THE NEW TARGETS.

THE article below, which wc take from the Army and
Naoy Journal, so ably represents the pro side of the
question, that we cannot resist the temptation of giviug it
in exlenso, trusting that it may bring forth an expression
of opinion from some of those who are opposed to any
change from the form of target now in vogue:—

The discussion in the last meeting of the Board of
Directors of the National Rifle Association as to a change
in the targets and system of marking in use nt Crccdmoor
has developed the fact that there ure differences of opinion
on the advisability of the step among the directors them-
selves, and leaves the matter open to argument. So long
as the Association was a unit on the subject, even in ap
pearanee, our desire to secure uniformity in rifle practice
in the United States, rather than to insist upon change in
minor matters, forbid the advocacy in our columns of any
system other than the one already in use at Crccdmoor.
Now that the matter is opened to discussion, and especially
in view of the near approach of the International Return
Match, the conditions arc altered. Uniformity itself de-
mands a change in the marking ut Creedtnoor. * Our rifle-
men are to contend at Dublin on the new Wimbledon
targets, with the new marking, and it will be a matter of
vital necessity to familiarise them with those targets iu ad-
vance. Otherwise, the change in appearance, the change
in scoring, the change in the accuracy required, may prove
very injurious, especially to the lower-scoring members of
the team, always the easiest to demoralize. For the con-
venience of the great public, who, judging front the past,
will take an intense interest in the prospects of the coming
match, it is well that thcrJ should he a means of ready
comparison, duriug preliminary practice, between our
scores and those of the Irish, Euglish and Scotch teams.
Last year, while the Irish scores before the match were
published, few people understood them, and none but ex-
perts were able to compare them, and then not directly,
with those of our own team at practice. Mude as they
were on a different system, little understood, there was uo
means of direct comparison. This year we must change
all this. When the scores on both sides of the Atlantic are
on the same system, comparison is easy. At present, Eng-
land and all the English speaking colonies have adopted
the new Wimbledon system, as they did the old, not ques
tioning its expediency or inexpediency, but for the sake of
uniformity and comparison ot excellence. The United
Slates must not be left behind in the race on account of a
prejudice. We none of us like lo change our ways, but
the world compels us to do so. Having started ou the
Wimbledon system, wc shall probable have lo follow it
out, as it changes from year to year. We may not he at
the end of the changes yet. We began with a square
buliseye, counting 4, a centre counting a, an outer counting
2, aud we are used lo it. We know the disks by heart,
white, red and black, and understand them. The new
targets change all this. Hereafter, our buliseye will be
round and count 5, the next circle or centre will count 4,
the next or “inner” couuts 3, the last or outer 2 points, re'
spectively. The disks will have one addition, that for* the
“inner," [a black ring round a white disk.] The highest
possible score in points will he five times instead of four
limes the number of shots. In all this we shall follow
Wimbledon, just as we use Roman letters instead of phon-
ographic signs, fur convenience, because they are in general
use elsewhere. Phonetic spelling aud phonography might
he mote philosophical, but we prefer what we have been
taught, aud what everyone else uses.

As regards the desirability of Hie change, that question
was settled in England, after a fierce dispute, in favor of
the new targets. They have one great advantage, that ties
are almost an impossibility when the additional circle is
used. The controlling cause and occasiou of ties, espe-
cially on our present first-class targets at Creedtnoor, is the
disproportionate size of the centre, and the great difference
iu length between the sides and the diagonals of a large
square. Men count the same for shots essentially unequal.
In the first. ciuss targets, it is perfectly possible for a man
whose shot is four feel from the centre of the buliseye to
count 3, while his neighbor, who is only three feet and one
inch from the saute spot, couuts 2; and shots varying from
10 to 49 inches from the same spot may all count the same.

—Weather like the present delights the hearts of own-
ers and truiuers, and a continuance of it will soon put the
various courses and tracks in condition for training pur-
poses. The horses having engagements iu the earlier events
at Jerome Park are being hacked freely, odds against the
favorites being rapidly reduced; all of which gladdens the
hearts of the hookmaKers.

— Among the three-year-old events that closed on the 1st
of March is the Annual Stakes, a dash of two miles, lo he
run at the Fall meeting of the American Jockey Club in
187(5. As most of the entries are engaged in the iwo-ycar-
old stakes, to be run this year, llieir performances will he
watched with interest, and the table below, which contains
the names of all in this division, will he of value. The
table is taken from the World: —

Long

Branch.

1 Sura-

v a

toga.

1

Name.

1

•

a

53

U

Vi

o

2

Vj

c

a

o

Vj

O

3

Vi

Vi

2

o

u

a

Vi

—

>*

>

Q*

c

>»

ID

3

a

o

is

G

c-

<

u.

s-

Belmont's Freebooter

l

i

i

i

1

-

1 \

-

Bel mom’s Leatherstocking.

l

-

-

Belmont'* CUinutia

1

-

i

-

Belmont's Patience (imp)

-

-

-

Belmont's Adelaide

-

-

-

-

-

Belmont's Sultanu

-

-

-

Bevins' Bonny Boon Ally

-

1

-

l

i

i

j

_

Crouse’s Skipper colt

l

l

i

~

1

Cbnmbcrliii's LoinaDooue

1

i

i

-

1

Cliuinberlin's Gath

-

t

-

-

-

-

—

—

—

i

1

l

_

i

_

_

-

1

Donohue’s Motile Carow

-

-

-

-

Doswoll & Co.’s Osseo

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

l

i

-

1

1

Grinstead's Knapsack

i

i

l

Grlnsicad's Janet

-

i

-

- |

Harney's Lillie Belle
Harney's Athletic

1

i

i

-

l i

i

i

-

-

Harney's Fredericklown

-

-

i

-

1

-1

Lawrence & Co.’s Kitten

1

i

-

i

-

1

Lawrence & Co.’s Ambush

-

-

i

-

t

i

Lorillard's Shirley

l

i

i

i

1

1

i

Luiillard's Bertram

l

i

i

i

l

1

i

Lorillard's I’aiole

1 ;

i

i

i

l

1

i

Lorillurd's Merlin

1 1

-

-

-

1

i

Lorillard's Merciless

i |

i

i

i

-

1

l

Lorillard’s Felicity Ally

: 1

i

i

i

-

1

-

Lorillard's Morris ....

-

-

-

-

Lorillard’s Demoiselle (imp)

-

i

-

-

1

-

Lorillard's Evasive

-

-

i

I

l

-

Lorillard’s Peru. —

-

-

-

l 1

-

-

_

i

l

_

_

_

Lewis & Co.'s Pluto

-

i

i

_

Lewis & Co.’s Bruce

-

-

i

-

l

-

McDaniel A. Co.’s Lottie

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

McDaniel & Co.’s Ella Shippen filly.
McDaniel & Co.'s Nubia filly

1

-

-

-

-

i

-

-

-

-

-

-

McDaniel & Co.’s Sister to Charity f

-

-

-

-

-

1

l

McDaniel & Co.'s Arlington

McDaniel & Co.'s Sue Washington.

—

-

1

-

—

-

-

-

-

i

McGrath's Doilgasian

1

i

-

i

-

1

t

i :

Purdy’s Para'piuie

l

i

-

1

l

i

_

Purycnr & Co.'s Minnie .Minor Ally.

_

_

_

_

1

i

Puryear & Co.V Julietta colt .

l

_

i-

_

1

i

Sanford's Bouiform

l

-

-

-

Sanford's Loriot

-

i

i

_

_

-

-

Swigert's Ceylon

-

1 1

-

-

-

-

Swlgert's Berlin

-

i

-

1

Swigcrt's Bombay

- 1

-

-

i

-

— A spirited trotting horse, said to he half brother lo
Smuggler, while being driven in Springfield on Saturday
by Col. Dickey, his trainer, dashed through a plate glass
window in the Union office, receiving injuries which re-
sulted in his death. Col. Dickey was severely injured.
The horse was owned by George C ook.

— The middle circuit have arranged their dates as fol-
lows:—Fleetwood Park, May 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21s'.
Goshen, May 25th, 20th, and 27lh. Fleetwood Park wi 1
also give a second Spring meeting, clnimiug June 14tli, 16th,
and I8lh. The meeting at Paterson will probably com-
mence June 8th, and that at Kingston June 23d.

FOREST AND STREAM

139

— At Paris, Kentucky, on the 5th inst., Mr. Goldsmith’s
fine stallion Abdaliah was instantly killed. While going
around the track, during the stallion show, ho was met by
his full brother, John Bright, and the shaft of the sulky
drawn by the latter entered his breast and came out near
the top of the shoulder, causing death in a few minutes.
His loss is greatly deplored, as ho was cousidered one of
the best horses in the United States. He was vulucd at
$30,000.

— Citizens of Philadelphia have subscribed $100,000 for
a race course, to he called Hunting Park, the location se-
lected being on Indian Queen Lane, Germantown, some
five *r six miles from the city.

— Chicago follows suit with a new racing park of eighty-
five acres, to be laid out. on the west side of Chicago, with-
in a mile and a half the city limits.

— The meeting of the Hoard of Appeals of the National
Trotting Association, set down for first Tuesday of No-
vember next, to be held in Indianapolis, has been changed
to Cincinnati. A satisfactory settlement has been made
between the present organization and the committee of
Western turfmen which recently met at Chicago. The
compromise resulted in the appointment of referees from
Illinois, Ohio, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, and Michigan,
disputed cases in such States *.o be investigated by the ref-
eree, who will report to the President.

— Mr. James McCook, of San Francisco, purchased re-
cently in Kentucky, to be taken to the Pacific Slope, Pat
Malloy, $2,500; Resolute, $1,300, aud Shot wood, amount
paid not named.

— The Minnesota quadrilateral have fixed upon June 15lh
as the opening of their season. The races to commence at
Mankato on that day, to he followed at Stillwater on the
22d, and winding up at St. Paul on the 30th. The Man-
kato meeting is to last two days, and the others three.
Purses aggregating $10,000 are offered.

fjJiichtintj and j§oniin(\.

All comm a n lea/ Ions from Secretaries and Mends should be mailed no
later than Monday In each week.

HIGH WATEIl. FOR THE WEEK.

Date.

Boston.

New York

Charleston.

n.

M

n.

M.

A i >i i 1 9

0

45

iO

20

n 85

April II

1

35

11

12

10 29

April 10 .

2

29

morn.

11 29

April M

3

0

13

morn.

April 12

•1

32

1

ie

0 32

April 13

6

42

2

21

1 42

April 14

5

10

3

32

2 40

New York Yacht Club — Mr. J. F. Loubat, owner of
the Enchautress, now in European waters, has presented
the N. Y. Club with a cup of the value of $1,000, to be
Bailed for under the conditions given below. At a geueral
meeting of the club the matter was referred to the regatta
committee to arrange details with Mr. Loubat. At the
same meeting forty-one new members were added to the
roll of the club: —

Paris, February 20, 1875.

To the Commodore, Officers and Members New York Yacht
Club:—

Gentlemen: Should it be agreeable to the New York
Yacht Club, I should be most happy to present the club
with a $1,000 cup, to be sailed for on the second Thursday
of October, 187(5, by schooner yachts of 100 tons and up-
wards, belonging to any organized yacht club in the
world.

All yachts to be measured by a person appointed by the
New York Yacht Club, according to the club measure-
ment; lime allowance to be the same as that for His Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales’s Challenge Cup yacht race,

i. e., twelve seconds per ton; the New York Yacht Club
regulations to be adhered to; no entraace fee. Course,
from off Owl's Head, New York Harbor, to and around
the Sandy Hook Lightship, leaving the same on the Glar-
board, thence to around the Lightship on Five Fathom
Bank off Cape May, N. J., and return to the Sandy Hook
Lightship, leaving both on the port hand.

The owner of any vessel winning the prize will be re-
quired, before the prize is delivered, to sign a declaration
that the sailing regulations have been strictly conformed
to. I remain, gentlemen, your very obedient servant,

J. F. Loubat.

Steam Yacht. — We have received a handsome cut of
the United States steam tender Baruncas, built by the New
York Safety Steam Power Company for service at Pensa-
cola, Florida. This beautiful little steam yacht is 61 feet
long, and 10 feet 10 iuchcs in beam, with a speed of 11
knots. For cruising in Florida waters she is just the ves-
sel needed, and we would suggest to such of our friends
who may propose a visit to Florida next Winter to look at
the plans and models of the N. Y. S. S. P. Co., where they
may find something which, without being expensive, will
add greatly to the pleasure of their visit.

— The Vernon Club of Savannah will send a crew to
Charleston in May to contend for^lie champion flag.

— The St. Augustine Yacht Club held its final festival of
the season on the 27th of March. The Winter has been
very enjoyable, made so in great part by the presence of
General Grubb and Mr. Homans, of which latter gentle-
man the St. Augustine Press is moved to say: —

“We regret to state that the worthy Commodore of the
club, Mr. J. S. Homans, left for the North on Thursday
last. We trust that he will return to us another season
and that the yacht club which has done so much for the
entertainment of visitors under his good management,
any continue to prosper.”

— We are indebted to Mr. J. II. Black, the Photographer
who so skillfully reproduced Mr. Bracket's salmon pictures,
for a series of views representing the damages done to the
Boston Yacht Club house at South Boston by the ice dur-
ing the past season. The views also include some of the
vessels belonging to the ice yacht fleet, and can be seen by
those interested, at this office.

Commodoro R. B. Forbes has presented to the Boston
Y acht Club a series of handsome, and in some instances,
historic pictures, for the adornment of their club house.
The building is to be moved back some fifty feet or so, and
fully repaired, the requisite amount being subscribed by
the members.

—A list of vessels enrolled in the Beverly Yacht Club
will be printed next week.

—The Tarollnta, of the N. Y. Y. Club, with Mr. Kent
and friends on board, arrived at St. Domingo on tin- lUih
March, sailing again on the 22d for Kingston, Jamaica,
from whence she proceeds to Havana and then home.

— I he New York Club has iu course of construction a
handsome club house on the water at Stapleton, Staten
Island, about 425 feet from the shore. It will be eighty
feet long by thirty wide, two stories high and OOVOrcd with
a dome-shaped roof. The house will be entirely finished
anti ready for occupancy early in June.

—The following officers have been elected by the Jersey
City Yacht Club: — Dr. J. H. Vondy, Commodore; R. 15.
Ricker, Vice-Commodore; Thomas M. Manning. Secretary;
A. B. Rcybold, Treasurer, and A. E. Hughes, Measurer.

—A sloop-yaclit, to bo called the Windward, is being
built, by Alonzo Smith, of Islip, Long Island, for Mi. Wil-
loughby, of Saratoga. She will be fifty lent long, aud is
intended for enrollment in the New York Yacht Chib.

— A new yacht to be called the Daisy, is being built for
W. II. Beebe, of the Atlantic club. ' Thu Brooklyn club
fleet will soon be augn.cuted by the addition of a sloop of
forty-two feet, owned by Mr. Huntley.

—The Williamsburg yacht club has elected the following
named officers:— Commodore, A. Barker; Vice Commo-
dore, A. Conklin; President, T. W. Reeves; Secretaries,
Charles E. Lyclke and William A. Burdeil; Treasurer,
Henry Miller; Measurer, Andrew J. Brush. The most im-
portant yachting events of the coming season will be the
New York Yacht club regatta on June 17, Brooklyn Yacht
club regatta on June 19, and the Atlantic Yacht Club re-
gatta on June 22.

— Messrs. Alberston & Bros., of Philadelphia, are now
building a sloop-yaclit, measuring fifty feet over all, for
Mr. James R. Busk, of Staten Island. She will be added
to the New York club, and will be named the Mad Cap.

The Yacht America — Through the courtesy or the
London Field, we are able to answer many enquiries made
relative to the history of this famous craft subsequent to
her victories and sale in England. After her purchase by
Lord de Bluquierc she was used for a while for cruisiug,
and in I860 was hauled up in Pitcher’s yard, Northfleel, on
the Thames, where it was found she had the dry rot, Mr.
Pitcher gave Lord de Blaquicre a few hundreds for her
and rebuit her. Her frames were taken out one by one,
and replaced by frames of English oak, and she was ro-
plnnked up to the water line with elm, and above with
hard wood. Mr. Pitcher said some time since that he did
not think a piece of the old timber wns retained in building
her. The rebuilding occupied a long time, as Mr. Pitcher
only worked at her to till up odd moments. When fin-
ished he had some difficulty in disposing of her. At length,
in 1800, she was bought by Mr. H. Decie, who cut down
her main mast 6ft., aud foremast 5ft., on account of the
mast heads being rotten; her gaffs were lengthened, to
keep the area of sail as nearly as possible the same. She
was renamed Camilla, and sailed for the West Indies. On
returning in 1861, she sailed iu an open match at Queens-
town, and, although she came iu first, a smaller vessel got
the prize. She next sailed a private match against the
Alarm, English schooner, of 248 tons, and was beaten
partly through mismanagement, by 37 min. After this she
went to America, and was scuttled in St. John’s River,
Gulf of Florida, to avoid a Federal cruiser, her crew get-
ting on shore. She was raised and her subsequent history
is well kuown to our readers.

New Yacht Club. — A meeting of the recently proposed
Burlington Yacht Club, Hamilton, was held, and the pro-
ject proved a great success. About fifty new members
were enrolled, making a total membership already of about
a hundred. The following officers were elected to serve
during the initial term:— Commodore, Mr. Edward Browne;
Vice-Commodore, Mr. James Wylte; Captain, Mr. L. II.
Brooks; Secretary, Mr. Henry Stephens; Treasurer, Mr.
C. D. A. Heath. A Committee of Managemeut was also
elected, and it was proposed to apply fora royal charter for
the club. — Canadian QentUman's journal.

— The Atalanta’s four is now said to be Downs, Johnson,
Gunster and Eustis— a strong crew, on which great hopes
are built. The Waverjy four will comprise Williumson,
Howell, Lefman and Coster.

— Comcu, of the Columbia winning crow of last year,
has joined the New York Rowing club.

— Ed. Smith aud Dick Bainbridgu are to row Curtis und
Yates a double scull race. The contest will take place on
the Harlem some time during the Summer. Curtis mid
Yates are Western men aud Smith aud Baiubridge arc New
Yorkers.

— The Atlantic and Nautilus clubs/vill have new houses
next season.

— The Athletic 'Boat Club, of Jersey City, have elected
the following officers for the ensuing year:— Joseph Rus-
sell, President; W, II. Curtis, Vice-President; James
Reed, Treasurer; II. Offerman, Recording Secretary; Geo.
H. Hadley, Corresponding Secretary.

RACING RULES OF THE R. A. A. C.

ADOPTED JAN. 13, 1875.

For the convenience of those interosted in boating we
copy these rules from the Yale Itceord: —

I. All races shall be started in the following manner: —
The starter shall ask the question: "Are you ready?” and
receiving no reply, after waiting at leust five seconds, shall
give the signal to start, which sbull be the word “go.”

II. If the starter considers the start unfair, he shall at
once recall the boats to their stations; and uny boats refus-
ing to start again shall be ruled out of the race.

III. Any boat uotul its post at the lime specified shall be
liable to be disqualified by t lie referee.

IV. A start shall be considered unfair if, during the first
ten strokes, any of the competing boats shall be disabled
by the breaking of an oar, or uny other accident.

V. Each boat shall keep its own water throughout the

race, and any boat departing from Its own water will do so
at Its peril.

VI. A boat’s own water Is Its straight coutno, parallel
with those of the other competing boats, from the station

vm mt0 'l ut *lnrlin8 lo tho finish.

\ II. The referee sbull be solo judge of a boat’s own
"■'iior amt proper course during the race.

i v i ■ ^0,,l'ng whatever shall be allowed.

IX. It is the province of the referee when appealed to—
but not before— to decide a foul; and the boat decided by
bun to have fouled shall be ruled out of the race.

X. In the case of a foul, the referee, if appealed to dur-
ing he race shall direct the uon-fouled bout to row, which
shall in every ease row over the remainder of the course iu
order to claim I lie race,

XI. It shall he considered a foul when, after llm race lias
commenced, any competitor, l.y his own oar. |Hmt or per-
son, comes into contact with the boat, oar. or’ person
of another competitor, unless, in the opinion of the referco‘
such contact is so light ns not to influence the race.

XI If, m any race iu which more than two bouts start
a foul takes place, and the bout adjudged by the umpire to
have been fouled reaches tho winning point ahead of all
other crews, the race shall bo decideil as the boats come iu
disqualifying the boat committing the foul; but in case the
boat fouled does not come in ahead of all the oilier news
the race shall lie rowed ovoi again between the boat decided
to have been fouled and all the other boats which come in
abend of tho fquled bout; or in case the referee is unable to
decide which boat lias committed the foul, the race shall be
rowed over by all the boats; unless, in either of the lust tw o
cases, the referee shall decidu that tho bout which canto iu
first had a sufficient lead at tho foul to warrant the race
being assigned to it.

If the facts, ns decided by tho re force, bo such that tho
race must be rowed over, in part or in whole, accord-
ing to this rule, the Regatta Committee must retain the
flags until tho race is rowed over uud the winner thus
decided.

XIII. A claim of foul (which must be entered by tho
captain of the crew considering Itself fouled, mid not by
any ono iu his behalf) must he made to tho referee, pre-
viously to the crew fouled getting out of their boat.

XlV- Every bout shall abide by its uceidents, lint not
such accidents us are directly caused by another boat.

XV. In the event of a dead heat taking place, the sumo

crew shall contend again, or tho crow or crews refusing
shall be adjudged to have lost tho race.

XVI. No boat shall be allowed lo accompany a compet-
itor for the pui pose of directing his course or affording
him other assistance. The boat receiving such direction
or assistance shall he disqualified, at the discretion of tho
referee.

XVII. The Jurisdiction of the referee extends over
the race uud all matters connected with it, from ilm time
the race is specified to start until its (Inal termination, and
his decision iu all eases shill lie final and without appeal.

XVIII. Any competitor refusing to abide by the decis-
ion or to follow the direction of the referee, shall be dis-
qualified.

XIX. Boats shall be started by their atoms, and shall
have completed their course when tho bows roach the
finish.

XX. The referee, If he thinks proper, may reserve his
decision, provided that iu every cu.su such decision be given
on the day of tho race.

—The following suggestions uro from the Regatta Com-
mittee of the Rowing Association of American Colleges to
the Saratoga Rowing Association: —

1- In connection with Article 10, to make sure of an
efficient police that the S. It. A secure twelve Metropolitan
police with a proper officer clothed with proper authority
for ilia performance of their duties.

2. That prizes or cups to cost not over the following
amounts:— University Race, $450; Freshmen Race, $300;
Single Scull. $100, to he given by the ladies of Saratoga.

3. Press tickets to grand stand to be gtvou only to those
bringing proper credentials.

4. To have a competent builder to Inspect grand stund
previous to tho regatta.

5. To decorate the grand stand with colors of the colleges
and to cover the stand with an awning.

6. Tickets for grand sluud to bo taken up ut each en-
trance.

7. To secure John Morrissey’s agreement that no pool
tickets shall be sold ut his club house or pool rooms.

8. Regulating livery charges.

9. The enlargement of the road on tho Grand Stand
grounds and arranged so that a separate road can be pro-
vided for the entrance and exit from the grand stand
grounds.

Jjf Htioml

SCOTTISH GAMES.

GOLF.— NO. 3.

A STUDY of the games or pastimes of different nations
reveals some curious adaptations to national char-
acteristics and temperament. Base bull commends itself
to the Amcricun by its rapid and deciaivc character. It is
the sport, par excellence, of u people impatient of the life-
less and slow. Cricket occupies the same position in the
esteem of the more leisurely Englishman, who appreciates
dignity even in exercise, and who is prepared to inuintulu
the scientific superiority of cricket over every other form
of out-door umuscmenl. The still more marked stolidity
and gravity of the Scotchman arc fittingly represented by
a series of sports of which golf is one of the chief. It
is claimed to be to Scotland what cricket is to England and
base ball to America.

Tho game of golf, g off, or in the Scottish vernacular
“gowf, was formerly entirely confined lo Scotland ami
though it has <>f late years found its way into England
and to some of the British colonies, may still he said to be
peculiar to that country. Whatever claims they may have
upon our attention for theoretical excellence, mid however
devotedly they may be admired by Scotchmen as among
the revered “institutions" ot their country, Scottish games
do not appear to win many proselytes from the outer world
to the ranks of their upholders. Some of them have ex-
isted for centuries without any daring marauder ycnluripg

140

FOREST AND STREAM

t ) carry them even across the southern berder into tl c
neighboring kingdom.

Like curling, or the Highland games, of whleh wo re-
cently wrote, golf is made venerable by Us antiquity. Its
name is derived from the club with which it Is played,
Herman kolbe, Dutch kolf, and for that reason some writers
have been inclined to attribute to it a continental origin,
and an introduction into Scotland at u very early dale'
which history does not more exactly define. Investigations
in a different direction, however, lead to a very different
result, which has the merit of confining the birth of the
game to the land where it grew and flourished.

The game of “shinny," or “shinty," is all but universally
known among juveniles. It is known in Scotland under a
variety of names, including the two just mentioned, and a
multitude of others, such as “hurling," “hummy,” “enr-
r* , • "handy"— a name imported from Ireland— and
others. I his game was known to the Scottish Highlanders
as r.ltj ich-bhal or camanachd, nud was conducted on the same
•Principles as those which govern it to day. The hall which
in Argyllshire was made of wood, and in Badonoch of
hard and firmly twisted hair, was driven by the opposing
parties to opposite goals.

At the same time another game called duich-dhesog
flourished among the Highlanders, and though it is some-
what simpler in form, seems directly suggestive of the
Lowland golf. The contest lay between two or more who
with clubs, struck a small hard ball, the object being alter-
native, vi/ : either to decide who could reach a certain
distant spot, or who could put tile ball into a hole with the
fewest strikes.

It would appear, therefore, that the Highland r’utch-blial
nnd rhuchdhcsog are simply the originals of the Lowland
shinty and golf To give the latter, therefore, a continental
origin, it would be necessary to assume its introduction
first into the lowlands of Scotland, and its subsequent
adoption by the Celtic population of the north. This sup-
position, of itself an improbability, seems to be entirely
disposed of, when the fact already mentioned is borne in
mind, iluit the form in which the £Hin** is known to huvo
existed in the Highlands is more primitively simple than
that in which it is first met with in the Lowlands
When golf first became prevalent as a pastime in Scot-
land is uncertain, hut it was played by all classes as early
as the reign of James I Historical mention is made of It.
in connection with Chatles I, who knew the game nnd
practised it, nnd on his visit to .Scotland in 1641 was play-
ing it oil Leith Links, when news was brought to him of
the outbreak of the rebellion in Ireland.

Golf requires considerable space for its practice, nnd is
commonly played on grassy downs, which, in Scotland go
under the name of “links." Those of Musselburgh and
St. Andrews are the best known in connection with the
, An unbroken tract is less desirable in the eyes of a
skillful plnyer, who prefers the additional zest which some
natural irregularity gives the game by adding to its diffi-
culty. A sandy break in the surface o? the links a series
of sharp irregularities of surface, even a “clump of whins ”
anything in short which requires skill to avoid, or which
might prove a pitfall to an opponent, i? to be classed among
the recommendations of the ground. They break Die
monotony of the game, and, when taking the most desir-
able form of only an occasional obstruction, give a keener
edge to the excitement of competition.

The ground being chosen, a series of small boles, almost
four inches m diameter and of any depth, are made at dis
Mnces from each other of about four or five hundred yards
The distances, however, nnd location must be decid'ed by
t ie character, size, shape nnd general nature of the ground.

1 lie general rule for their arrangement is to make them as
n jnrly equi distant as possible, and in such positions that
in going from one to the other, the players may make the
circuit of the ground technically known as a “round "

The only implements used are the clubs and balls. The
latter, which were formerly very commonly made of
boiled feathers pressed hard into a leather cover, are now
made of gutla porcha moulded round and slightly ribbed
so as to present an nueven surface. They arc, on an esti-
mate, from 14 iu. to 1| in. in diameter. The clubs are
rather more dillicult of description. A complete set con-
sists of six clubs which differ in shape, nnd are used in the
different contingencies of the game. They are the play-
c ub or (Inver the putter, the spoon, the sand-iron, the
cleek, and track-iron.

The play-club may lie taken for description. The head
and shaft are made separately, and warped together with
twine. The latter is generally of lancewood or hickory
ami is tapered down towards where it joins the head to
such an extent as to give.it suppleness, the upper end is
covered with leather, to increase the firmuess of the
players hold. 1 he head is made flat on the bottom, und
ou the lower front edge is faced with a smnll inserted plate
of bone. It is hollowed, and lead is poured in from the

back to give it the requisite weight. The front, which is
brought in contact wuh the ball, is made very nearly but
not quite perpendicular, and projects slightly towards the
lower edge. The object is to make the driver such that it
will h.t the ball without “skying" it. In the case of the
spoon, which is used for lifting the ball out of a hollow
or over a hillock immediately before the player, the pro-
tubcrance on the lower part of the front of the head is
much greater. Ihe putter, again, which is only used near
the hole, is more perpendicular, and is shorter and stiffor
in the shaft. The remaining clubs, the cleek and irons,
are used when the ball has been driveu among sand or off

1C V'm' Jh-e ch?'.c(! of, lhem *» guided by ihe nature of
the difficulty in which the player finds himself.

The game may be played by two or four. In the former
case each player has a hall, in the latter two are ranged on
each side and play alternately at the same ball. At starling
each player is careful about having his ball properlv
“teed,” that is having it placed on a small pile of suud or
slight protuberance of the ground, in ouch a way that’ lie
can get a fair uud clean leading stroke. He stauds with
legs apart, and after warning all and sundry who may be
iu the track lie means to follow, by a loud shout which
sounds like fore, and carefully measuring his stroke lie
plays the first shot. Drives are occasionally made to a’dis-
tance of two hundred yards, nud, occasionaly, also, the
novice, instead of striking the ball, digs into Ihe turf and
has the satisfaction of seeing the head of his ciub describ-
ing the very parabola which he expected his ball to make
Presuming the competitors to set away without any m£
hap, they must after the leading stroke, each strike the
ball as it l>es, and the object is to reach the next hole iS the
fewest possible shots. It seems at first sight that there is a
great deal of walking, which is but poorly rewarded by an

occasional stroke at a white gutta perch a ball, but the game
is pre-eminently one which cannot be judged until it is
played. There is a great deal of nice judgment required,
and in the shorter shots near the hole, there is a rapidly re-
curring cause of excitement, in the strife for the “hole,”
which foreshadows the greater one for the “round" or the
game.

Golf is possibly the best game in Ihe world for a middle-
aged man, or one desirous of finding a relish for mild ex
ercise. There is nothing violent about it, and skill is always
better than strength, even lor a long “drive.” Those who
play it say that it possesses a growing power of fascination,
nnd in weather when hand exercise is precluded by the
beat, a game of this kind, if once introduced, would be a
boon to both young and old of all classes.

— We give below the full score of the first regular mntch
of the season, played at Riverton, N. J , April 3d, between
the Athletic and Iliverton nines. The score is rendered in
full in order to show the form of the new score of a match
for IS?.1), the different columns giving time at the hat, runs,
base hits, number put out, times assisted, and errors ac-
credited to encli individual player: —

ATHLETIC.

11. II. V. A. E.
2 8 2 8 0

0 2 0

TOO
.( n i

2 1 J

4

5 0

1 0

2 0

Ilarrop, 1. f 5

Herbert," 8. e. . . .5

RIVERTON.

n. n. p.

Moore, 2d b

McCloskey, c..

, Moyer, 3d h
8 iSouthworth, c. f

0 Bell, 1st b

O.ITIers, r. f

1 iKuight, p

2 14
0 1

o y

5 2
1 1
1 2
2 2
0 2
1 0
0 0
2 2

Force, 8,8

McRrldc, p,

Anson, 1st b. . .

Clapp, c

Solion, 3d b .

Richmond, 2d b

Hull, 1. f

ItOCiip. c. f . . .

“Blown," r. f. .

TolJd* 19 11 18 27 10 »|| Totals 40 5 10 27 14 It

Alhlc,lic 2 2 I 1 1 0 0 1 3—11

lllver Ion 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0-5

Huns earned— Athletic, 4. First ba-e on errors— Athletic, 6; Itlverton,
, ,, 0 e nr-Mooro uud llell, 1, Umpire, Mr. Wm. Wurnock, of the

Athletics, Time of guine, lb. 30m.

Dn April 3d the Philadelphia club played a nine of
Gloucester city with the appended result: —

Philadelphia 1 4 0 0 3 0 2 3 8-18

Gloucester Oily 009*30120-9

Umpire- Dr. Young.

rhe St. Louis club have arranged the following games:
May 1st and 4th, with Red Stockings in St. Louis; Mav 6th
and 8th, with Chicago in St. Louis; May lltli and 13th
with Western in Iveokuk; May 10t.li and 22d, with Chicago
in Chicago; and May 2.5th aud 27th, with Westerns of
Keokuk in Si. Louis.

—The Mutuals and Atlanlics are practising hand ball at
McQunde’s ball c utrt in New York until the Union Ground
is fit to play upon.

—The Centennials played their opening game last Wed-
nesday at Gloucester, scoring 21 to 3 in four innings.

—The Athletics, on Thursday nnd Friday last, defeated
strong picked nines, the score being 25 to 0,'eacli occasion,
button was unable to play on account of a lame arm and
Richmond played faultlessly at third, both days, Fisfer
taking second, and Hall putting iu an appearance at left
field. In the game on Thursday last, Borden, an extremely
swift pitcher, gave the professionals plenty of practice.

, -™c Louis Rcds defeated the Allantics of St. Louis
last Monday by 24 to 7. This speaks well for the “Red
box boys.

—The new rule in relation to pitching prohibits the high
underhand throwing of last season, as it says that “The
ball must be delivered to the bat with the arm swinging
nearly perpendicular at the side of the body, and the hand
swinging forward shall not be raised above the liip.”

«. ~Mr- Chadwick has in press a new work entitled the
li/mJJall Umpires Guide,'' containing complete instruc-
tions for Umpires in both amateur and professional games
It will be out iu the latter part of April.

—Mr. John MncNamce, an American sculptor residing
at, Florence has just finished a model, the subject being
Base Ball. ’ It represents the nude body of a youth, full
of action, with hands extended aud eyes upraised, as
though about to “capture a fly." When the statue is
finished it will be forwarded to this city for exhibition ut
the Centennial.

P^°P?sed to have a meeting of college graduates
at Philadelphia during the centennial, a scheme not only
feasible, but very desirable. Representatives from nearly
a dozen colleges have already met and taken measures for
Uie formation of a Centennial Alumni Association. The
* ale Record says that “a circular has been drawn up which
will be sent to all colleges soliciting their co-operati»n
We believe that this will include not only the American
institutions, but England and Germany will also be aii-
pealed to. 1

—Daniel O'Leary, of Chicago, and John De Witt, of

r UVJ,n«,V.rs' V a.,e m?lched '° walk !l hundred mile race
for $1,000 at the American Institute Building, on Saturday
the 10th inst O’Leary allows De Witt ten miles in the hun-
dred. It will be remembered that O’Leary’s firstnpncar-
ance in this cny as a pedestrian was at the Hippodrome,
20th ull., when he distanced Nelson Reed in a twenty-five
mile contest for $1,000. J

—The Amateur Championship medals offered by the
New Jersey Athletic Association will be contested for on
the 4th of July. The events include a hundred-yard run
and a one-mile walk. The club games will take place at
Ridgewood, May 31.

Messrs. Rudolphe and Daly entered the lists, nnd the
Frenchman found it a comparatively easy task to defeat
his American adversary, Daly evidently not been in playing
trim. On Saturday night the play was very interesting,
the games proving to he a surprise to the spectators, inas-
much ns the defeated players on both gumes started off
with winning leads, Daly leading Ubassv in the first games
by a large score nnd Cyrille Dion, Vignaux. But both
Ubnssy and Vignaux won after up hill work, some very
brilliant play being shown by both. On Monday Gamier
and Joe Dion played together, the Frenchman defeating
the Canadian, and Ubassy, who had won two games, added
a third victory by defeating Rudolphe.

SUMMARY.

First game— Ubassy vs. Vignaux, 300 to 280; winner's
average, 7, 13, 41; best runs, Vignaux 65, Ubassy 52.

Secoud game — C. Dion vs. Joe Dion, 300 to 154; winner’s
average, 16, 12, 18; best runs, J. Dion 103, C. Dion 69.

Third game — Gamier vs. Daly, 300 to 150; winner’s
average, 15, 0; best runs, Gamier 62, Daly 40.

Fourth game— Rudolphe vs. J. Dion, 300 to 238; win-
ner’s average, 7, 27, 39; best runs, Rudolphe 46, J. Dion,
37.

Fifth game— Ubassy vs. Daly, 300 to 273; winner's
average, 8, 14, 17; best runs, Ubassy 52, Daly 38.

Sixth game— Vignaux ns. C. Dion, 300 to 183; winner’s
average, 9, 1, 11; best runs, Vignaux 64, Dion 48.

Seventh game — Gamier vs. J. Dion, 300 to 225; winner’s
average, 9, 21, 31; be9t runs. Gamier 53, Dion 81.

Eighth game— Ubassy ps. Rudolphe, 300 to 287; winner’s
average, 9. 1, 11; best runs, Ubassy 111, Rudolphe 45.

The full score to April 6th stood as follows:—

Players. Games Played. Games Won. Games Lost.

£ba-\»y 3 3 0

£“rn|er 2 2 o

v U-imux 2 l l

C. Dion 3 j o

The table played on is of oiled walnut and elegantly
carved. It is from the well knowu factory of H. W.
Collender.

Tins Amateuk Performance.— We trust that the com-
mittee of the National Rifle Association and Amateur Rifle
Club, in making due acknowledgement to Mr. J. II Bird
and the ladies and gentlemen who assisted iu the excellent
representation of Othello at the Academy on Saturday
evening, will also consider the services of Prof. Eberhardt,
of the Grand Conservatory of Music, who at his own ex-
pense organized an efficient orchestra and gave his own
services as conductor.

,A,,ex Samuells, the enterprising proprietor of the Bil-
liard House, Ilrooklyu— the fashionable saloon of the city
—has afforded the citizens of the City of Churches an od-
pm t unity of seeing the champion experts of the country—
they are seven," as Wordsworth says — in a series of reg-
ular contests for prizes of the value of $1 500 This
°“ Thursday ,April lst- and il wil1 continue
until the 14th More suitable arrangements for the con-
venience of the players and spectators could not have been
mude than those completed for this tourney, every seat in
the large assembly room where the gumes are played com-
manding a full view of the table, while the hall is fully
vent dated, » desideratum not usually arrived at, at these

TS.lWr^v?'118 Scrics of contests began ou
Ihur.sday with Messrs. VigUuux and Ubassy. as the first
competitors, and to the surprise of the champion’s friends
the veterau bore off the honors. The next game intro-
duced the brothers Dion as contestants, and in this en-
counter Cynllo got the better of Joseph. On Friday night

Testino tiie Validity of the Game Laws.— Ira Hntlie-
wny, a restaurant keeper in Pittsburg, Peun., was arrested
at the instance of the Sportsmeu’s Club of Pennsylvania,
for serving his customers with trout in violation of the
game laws of Pennsylvania, which prohibit any one having
them in his possession before April 1 and after August 15.
Hatheway put in a defense that the trout were caught in
Canada The case is now on before the courts, and we
await the result with interest.

—The R. I. State Association for the Protection of Game
and Fish held their first annual meeting at Providence,
April 2d, and elected the following officers for the ensuing
year: - President, Rev. F. M. Hemperly; first Vice-Presi-
dent, Dr. P. S. Redfield; second Vice-President, Aaron
Peirce; third Vice-President, Captain Edward Hammond;
fourth Vice-President, S. S. Foss; fifth Vice-President,
Dr. P. E. Day; Secretary. W. B. Grover; Treasurer,
Clms F. Pope; Advocate, Hon. E. C. Clarke. Managing
Board— H. T. Root, Newton Dexter, B. C. Allen, A. AT
Saunders, M. D., G. W. Burlingame, Fred Drouu, J. H.
Barden, W. E. Taber, W. P. Morton. There was a large
attendance, and much interest in the objects of the Society
is being awakened throughout, the State.

—John Kidd, of Rock Springs, Sweetwater county,
Wyoming Territory, writes to say that trout are very
plenty in most parts of that territory. “I have seen
places,” ho says, “where one man could not bait fast
enough for another man that held the rod. They will bite
at anything in the shape of meat, but grasshoppers con-
stitute their favorite diet." The stories he tells of game
are equally excitiDg. What an elysium for a market
hunter !

—The West Medford (Mass.) Shooting Club was per-
manently organized on the 26th instant. Its avowed pur-
pose was pronounced to be “to assist in the execution of
protective game laws and to promote judicious legislation."

I he following were chosen officers:— President, Dr. C. E
Sanborn; Vice-President, C. M. Barrett; Secretary, Wm'
o. Sargent; Treasurer, J. E. Ober

One of our correspondents has a nephew who goes
to school in Dansville, N. Y., and the boy, like bis uncle
has a taste for natural history. “That’s all right.” Well’
®n® ,day the u“c.}e “kod the youngster to translate the
Mords tetrao umbcUns , the Latin synonym for ruffed grouse
and the youngster a*ed his teacher, the instructor in
aoguages. -That’s all right.” And the instructor told him
tha the words, translated into English, meant “big um-
brella, which was all wrong. The several facts embraced
in the foregoing were communicated to us by the bov’s
unde, who seems to think the teacher deficient in capacity
to teach the dead languages. v y

— Clan;s are now found in considerable quanties on the

having heenrhr°f ??Df Fran.cisS,° Ba>'- Some small ones
having been brought, from the East among oysters imported

for panting, they are increasing as prolificallv as they do

noidi'/riv f,Ve W? ers 0f ll!° At,antic. the conditions being
peculiarly favorable as to tlieir growiug and propagating.

Trout Culture. -To persons nbout to commence the business of

T T? l,0°k "" ‘Tro“t Culture" wil ZtoZ
father of the hn l rac,|C“ in description. ami etunnailng from the
benefit L “ 8ucb llln>" <** be found of most

experience M be*ng ,he mn,t of lon* experiment, ana practical

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I* also a sure remedy for

COUGHS,

COLDS,

PNEUMONIA,

BRONCHI ns,

ASTHMA.

SPITTING OF BLOOD.

CROUP,

WHOOPING COUGH.

And all other disease* of the ro.plramry organ*.
FOR SALK BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

Jno. F. Henry, Curran & Co., Prop rs

8 AND I) COLLEGE PLACE, NEW YORK

1 LE N I i Y ’JS
Carbolic Salve.

FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The wonderful celerity with which this
combination or Carbolic Acid with other
soothing and Curative Emollients nets,
is something akin to Ihc marvelous.

It is with pride tlmt the proprietors call
attention to the gratifying fuel lliut

PliysieiniiH*jlvo it i In*
esit iikmmI oi’prulMo,

and use it and prescribe it in their practice.

Nkw Yonit, Due. 22, 1809.

John F. Hkniiv, Baq,:

Your Caimoi.io Salvk proves an excellent iirfldo.
and I thank yon for It. This Is another evidence of tho
groat valuu of tho discovery of Carbolic Acid, Yours
truly, Gao. II. Lincoi.m,

Pros’t Voard of Health.

Price 25 conta per box.

ItEV. It. II. LOCKWOOD’M

Catarrh Cure !

Tho Best Remedy Known, and Endorsed by all Hie
Principal Physicians of the Country.

Rev. R. B Lockwood * Nasal Doiiehe will bo

found valuable In obstinate elironlc

Rev. R. It. Lockwood's l.tvcr ami Hlniuueli Pills
for dyspepsia, receive tho endorsement of thousands.
Price Ml cents ouch,

JOHN F. HENRY. CURRAN & CO., Proprietors.

8 and It College Place, New York.

HENRY’S CAMPHOR ICE.

For Chapped Hands, Clmfod Skins, Ac
A MOST RELIABLE REMEDY.

PRICE 25 CENTS PER BOX.

JOHN F. HENRY, CURRAN A co.. Proprietor*,

8 mid 9 College Plice, New York.

HENRY'S

SEWING MACHINE OIL

A PURE OIL Hint ilo s not gum np and has the
endorse amt of the principal hewing Machine Com-
panies.

Price 25 Cents per llotllr.

MOTT’S LIVER PILLS

It is easy enough to make n pill, hat lo make a
good pill, nil! tliul's the difficulty. There are cheap,
liurali, drastic pill., that are of even hi neflt (linn
n dose of sails, lint iignod medicine, like Dr. Mott's
Liver PHI*, which penetrates to the se it of dlsen.e, U
a desideratum Indeed Will positively cure nil ills
ease* of the Liver. Sold everywhere. Price 25 rents
per box.

Green’s Oxygenated Bitters.

At certain period* of life n tonic Is a necessity; hill
there IS danger In using stimulants Hint Injure the or-
gan, of digestion while giving temporary relief. To
obviate till* sod present to the public a tonic freo
from Alcoholic Poison, Dr. Green prepared llo- Oxy-
genated Hitters, a sure cure fur dyspepsia mid ull kin-
dred complaints. Sold everywhere Price $1 per
bo'.lle.

Packer's Ail-Healine Tar Soap.

It cures all kinds of Skin Diseases with a most won
dcrful certainty; It promotes cleanliness, personal
purjly end general health: It It a preventive of many
kinds of disease, and It is an absolute necessity la
the nursery . Price 26 cents.

142

FORESTLAND STREAM

^Ji^ccILnicoit.s.

Breech Loaders.

im

jjjiicclhifcons.

Winners of tho“Turf, Field
mill Farm” Glut Trinls.

(Sec Issue October 3(1, 1878.)

It) which competition the committees hove awarded
oar nuns. First and Second for POINTS OF MERIT
OF ACTION, MATERIALS, PROPORTION, AND
SHOOTING QUALITIES combined, In all the four
classes.

THE PREMIER GUN.

"• A SOOTT dt BON call nttenllon to their
very FINEST weapon, combining all their recent Im-
provements, marked on the rib between tin Ir name
and London address the brand—1 "Til it PREMIER
QUALITY.”

Medium nnd line puns hear full name and address,
and plum guns full name nnd "London" only.

Each gun Is numbered nnd the actions arc stamped
with name nnd trade mark.

H. A C. SCOTT A SON, Pole makers of the
Patent Top Lever, solid. Double Locking Roll Breech
Louder, bearing the full name of the firm. W. & c.
#ii ® rllll,l,,n sporismen against Imitations
their patent and name. Gnus hearing the name
abbreviated, or with different initials, are not genuine.

TRI A L OF M'OTTA GREENER’S NRW SI STEM
OF 1)011 1 M;, 111 TIIE EDITOR OF
“THE FIELD," LONDON.

(See The Field, January 30th, 1875.)

“From a comparison of the two tables It will be
Seen that with Walker’s shot, Messrs Scott’s guns
showed u mm led eu/iertOrUi/ over Mr. Greener's,
both In average nnd in the highest score made In-
deed, with the left barrel. In bis third shot, Mr. Scott
got a selected group pat tern of 23ft and a penetration
of 37, equalling the highest pattern made by Mr
Greener, nnd exceeding the penetration of tlm( par-
ticular shot by eight sheet#."

$ Jiscelliiueous.

Reduction in Price.

J. & W. TOLLEY’S

London Office:

10 Great (.’anile St., Ilegrnl Clrcun, near Long-
linm Hotel.

Chief address;

Manufactory Premier Gun Works,

Lancaster Street, Birmingham.
WHOLESALE.

Apr) -Cm

J. D. DOUGALL’S

EXPRESS SHOT GUNS.

(Title registered.)

OIIOWN by trials tit Wimbledon by Editor

LJ of I he Field to possess die GREATEST PENE-
TRATION and therefore LONGEST RANGE— thus:
Circle, 30 Inches; 3U) pellets, average, 191: penetra-
tion, 37. The Editor's trial of Greener guns with 330
pellets of same shot and same charge, of powder, gave
INJ.mol penetration 30, although there were 10 more pel-
lets in each charge. Should Hiiy controversy arise as
to the dumhiliiy of these new systems, we herewith
warn all beforehand that our system is our own Inven-
tion (though founded on Ihe American idea) nnd Is DU-
RABLE, a fact remarked on by the Fulet, that the
guns tried had been In use during lust season, nnd ref-
erences permitted to the owners. Send for Illustrated
Circulars to

69 St. James’s Street, London.

CE1.BDI1ATED

BREECH LOADING GUNS,

Manufactory, Pioneer Works, Birmingham. Eng.

These guns are built wkn every
Improvement for American sport,
ano are the dicupcst guns of
" - guaranteed quality and shooting
powers sold In the United States.
They are made in six qualities,
each gun being branded with one
l of the under mentioned names,
{which denotes its quality:

I Pioneer, .... §63 Gold.

/Tolley, »0 “

Standard,- - - - 115 “

National, ... MO “

Challenge, - - - 1 HU “

Paragon, ... 223 “

Any one of the above may be
— - - selected with confidence. us no

gun bears our name which we cannot thoroughly guar-
antee in every respect .

Bend for reduced Illustrated descriptive price llBt.

BRANCH HOUSE, 20 Maiden Lane,

Corner Nassau street. Now York.

Syortsnicn ’s <Booi1$.

JOHN RIGBY & GO.,

INVKNTOIW AND MANUFACTURERS OF TIIK FINEST ’

BreechLoadin gShotGuns

Double and Single Express Rifles.

Long Range Match Rifles, &c

21 SUFFOLK STREET, DUBLIN,

AND

72 ST. JAMES STREET, LONDON.

Established 1 843.

Breech and Muzzle Loading

to s,

Martin Pat. Imp. Safety Bit,

Patented April Oth, 1874.

The Martin bit is designed to be the easiest bit
mivl.for a tender-mouthed horse, warranted to pro-
?!** frI0,1‘n,nnln8 “"“J-. Pulling, Lugging,
liollln^, longue Lolling or driving on one roll, after
being driven from three to ton times, If on trial ihev
do not prove satisfactory, money in all cases will be
refunded.

Price list, C O. D — Conch Bits, first-class, nick!?
plated, $10; Road bit#, first class, ntckle plated, SO;
Coach Bits, second-class, C. plated, $7: Road Bits,
second-class, O. plated, $5. Liberal discount to deal-
era. N. B — Send width of horse’s month.

WM. N. MARTIN & CO., Manufacturers,
7<h avenue, corner 38th street, N. T.

It. J. WALSHE,

DRAPER and TAILOR

}

MoVTCKER’S THEATRE BUILDING.

CHICAGO.

Climax I 'Teaser

Loader and Cup
Expeller.

HAILS

PATENT

Creaser

Plain Creaser

FOR

PAPER

Price §2.73. | SHELLS. .

In ordering give me. of el, ell wed. For sale byQun
Dealer*. Send for Circular.

Addrv**: HALL 4* CO.. Linouirr, l*^nn.

Game Birds for Books.

T nAVI? RKEN SELLING OFF MY

A, . ,owlon “rro"ot °l “b »encc from home; have
nmlr*rt £uow K''c*° ( 4 ,Lff r hl>l*>boreini) $16 per
pair, Canada geese (.1. Ca neulensis) Sin per pair. The
blrde are tame and run at large
works on Ictbyology or Angling

Natural History

ForObject Teaching in Schools,

PARLOR ENTERTAINMENT.

We are prepared to furnish the first sixty numbers
of the first series of

Animals and Birds of North America.

To these will be added u second series of foreign sik-cI-
m. ns, and various Animals and Birds in grotesque at-
Htudes, never however violating their natural Instincts.

W e offer those views not as pictures only, but ns
studies from nature. One of tlte great moving ele-
ments m our modern system of education is object
teaching. The unerring fidelity of the stereoscope
transfers the animals and birds from their natural
habitat to t he rooms of the student, and the llresllc of
on r homes, where they eunnot fall to leave n lasting
Impression of the form, color, habits, and locality of
each specimen.

An experience of more lhan twenty-five years as
Taxidermist of the New York Slate Cabinet of Noi-
nrul History, undin gathering hie large collection of
native and foreign specimens, enables Mr. Ilnrst to
combine in every view the locality of the specimen
with Its appropriate, rocks, woods or water, and color-
ing from the originals.

Prices : By the Dozen §3 OO

Uy the Set of 5 Dozen, In Elegant Case, 16 OO

Dealers supplied at n liberal discount from these
rates. Back numbers and parts of sets always on band.

These stereoscopes are sold wholesale and retail by

FOREST AM) STREAM PUB. CO.,

17 Chatham 8t„ (City Hall 8qr.t P. O. box 2832

Sportsmens Apparatus,

AMMUNITION,
MnterlulH for (Inn-Makers, &c.,

Wholesale and Retail. Guns made to order, or re-
paired in the best manner.

ALEXANDER McCOMAS,

je 18 No. 51 Sonth Calvert st., Baltimore.

Clark iV Siieider.

MANUFACTURERS OF THE

SNEIDER

PATENT BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUN.
ALTERING

Mnz/IO'Loatlinsr (inns to Breech-Loading

A SPECIALTY.

WRITE FOR PARTICULARS.

V2 14 W. Pratts t., Baltimore.

BREECH LOADING DOUBLE

TIIE AMERICAN

W. MERIDIEN, CONN.

Special attention Is given to first-class work Extra
sketches and DOG PORTRAITS cut to order by
sending photographs. JACOB GLAIIN, Manager
Formerly supt. of Parker Bros. Engraving and Orna-
tnental Department. Fob II

Sportsmen!

Yont attention is called to
GOOD S, OIL TANNED MOC
C'ASINS the beat thing ever

worn by sportsmeu. Not
injured by wetting and
d rylng— always soft and

Mock'inHhrHe d ffK~lH lni; i "" theV^best of
warranto/ the gen-

Mar 11

FRED M \THF.H.

Honooye Falls, N.Y.

CAMP LOUNGI

Trade Mark Tal'dX
February 18.

Ctuupers and Deulersl
Se* Scientific Anglican t
Jon 28

„. u,i A I r 'VO, aim ivnrruuiea Ule 0(1/1-

iltnlre^; idruun',lt fronl Anythin? before offered.
Illuatratcd Circular und Price List free
„ FRANK GOOD.

120Q Kim st. Manchester. N. H.

Salmon & Trout Angling.

JOHN SYMONS, Halifax, N, S.

Keeps a full line of London made
RODS, REELS, AND ALL ARTICLES REQUIRED
FOR ANGLING

, A "rivers in this province free! Also n foil

of Cricketing Implements. Best makers
In London. Ap j_3m

CUT CAVENDISH.

It ie manufactured from the most expensive stock,
la particularly adapted to Meerschaum and Cigarette
Smoking; does not bite or make the tongue sore, Is
unlike any other tobacco.

Rochester, Feb. 12, 1875.
Merer*, "m S. Kimball it Co.:

1 find Vanity Fair to be the liest article of tobac-
co adapted to the wants of the sportsman. Have uaed
your tobaccos for many years, iiud know them all to
be first close. Yonra truly, Seth Green,
Sup’t of N. Y. State Fisheries.

Gentlemen: Having smoked your tobacco. Vanity
Fair, by the enmp fire nnd by the licarib, I believe it
in point of fragrance and taste superior to all brands
known to me. Being In search of a tobacco that
would not fire the tongue and mouth. I was made ac-
quainted with your Vanity Fair, and found it to be the
ue pint ultra of natural leaf. A. B. Lambbrton.

Highest Award, Vienna, 1873.

Liberal samples by mail on receipt of money.

W.S. KIMBALL & CO.,

Peerless Tobacco Works, Rochester, N Y,
SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

Birds, pet and rare animals,

and AQUARIA STOCK DEPOT nml AQUARIA
CASE MANUFACTORY. J. BAGOT, Agent, 31
Fulton street. New York City. Goldfish, Sllverfish.
Fish and Animal Life, and Aquatic Plants In vurlcry.
Also Shells, Pebbles. Ornaments, Corals, &c.. to stock
the Aquarium. Canaries and other song birds;

GUNS

OF ALL THE BEST MAKERS.

Fishing Tackle,

And Sportsmen’s Coods.

IMPORTED AND FOR SALE BY

BARTON, ALEXANDER & WALLER,

lOl & 103 DUANE ST., (near

Broadway) New York.
AGENTS FOR THE UNITED STATES ARMS
COMPANY’S REPEATING PISTOLS.

Enterprise Gun Works.

ESTABLISHED 1848.

JAMES ROW N & SON.

MANUFACTURERS OF

’> 1U revreiiuiuj

STEEL « IRON RIFLE BARRELS,

AND IMPORTERS OP

Cutlery, Gunsmith’s Material, Fishing
Tackle.

Nos. 136 and 1.18 Wood Street,

PITTSBURG. PENN.

; — AtuyuMj, .miiinrri-

Doga, pet and rnre Animals generally’; Bird Seeds,
prepared food for Mocking Birds ni.d oiher soft-hilled
birds; Kish food. Bird Grave), Dog Medicines, But-
ler’s celebrated Mange and Flea Cure, Ac., wholesale
»°d n-tuil. Mur 4-ty

CARL DITMAR’S

NEW PATENTED

SPORTING POWDER .

Docs not soil the gun; cleans R. if you use a charge
of It alter firing many times with black powder; no
smoke— little recoil— no loud report— high velocity.

The best ever made In this line; not to be confound-
ed with Schultz’ or English Wood Powder, or with
Sawdast Powder, as it Is superior to both.

Ready Made Ammunition

For Sporting mid Tnrget Rifles always on hand.
Send for full information, and if yon order, please
state if wanted for rifle or shot gnn, as I have differ-
ent kluds,

CARL DITMAR,

NEPONSET. MASS

•J. WALLACE,

Naturalist & Taxidermist

IMPORTER OF

FOREIGN BIRD SKINS ANI) ARTIFI-
CIAL EYES,

19 N. William St., New York.

$ hihide1pl(ia.

-- - - - -

RodsandReels

Manchester, Vermont.

Chas.F. Orvis,

Price, mjderate. tad ,.r aWnplive H«, Meoc'ion FoBE5I «D STREiH,

BRADFORD & ANTHONY,

1 86 Washington St., Boston.

IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS Sc DEALERS IN

i^i^liing- Tackle,
Fishing’ Rods.
Fish Hooks,

AND

ANGLING IMPLEMENTS

Magic Lantern and too Slides for 8100 ~

J7] & H. T. ANTHONY & CO 591

Premium at Vie

IMPORTER, AND DEALER IN

Breech and Muzzle Loading

SHOT GUNS,

Fishing and Sporting Tackle of every description
Also, the new improved Purlor or Gallery Rillos, P|8-

Apr. lfily

tols nnd Tnreets.

SPORTSMENS’ DEPOT.

JOHN K RIDER,

Corner Second nnd Walnut Sl»., Philadelphia
IMPORTER. MANUFACTURER and DEALER IN
Gnus, Rifles, Pistols, nnd Fishing Tuckle.
Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech
Loaders.

REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
Hns constantly on hand a full assortment of Rods

WateS.ronf8i iw'f’ U<ciibFly> k,ook8- Snlmon Files,'
Waterproof Silk Lines, Silk and Hair Trout Lines, &c.
Perch Snoods, China Bnd Grass Lines Also a inr«r«

lot of Cane Reeds. Bamboo nnd Japan B

“',Ki„Bi.rds’ ‘ckin8 1,1 WQat vnrteUee. —
Taxidermy In all Its branches.

SPRATT’S PATENT DOG BISCUIT8. 1-lv

Thomas Sparks,

Shot and Bar Lead

manufacturer,

[Established 1808.]

Office, 121 Walnut St. Philadelphia.

FOREST AND STREAM

143

Jlli'lcclhncons

Fishing Tackle

A. 15. Shipley & Son,

503 and 505 Commerce ilrerl, Philadelphia.

Manufacturer* of

Olmllc nod Fishing; Linos.

FINE li,\ss AND TROUT FLY RODS.

The celebrated GREENIIEAKT WOOD u specialty.

FINE KOI! MOUNTINGS.

Full lln<- of Tackle for Brook, River anil Sea Fish-
ing. Audits for John James & Sons’ celebrated Fish
hooks and Nenlles.

SII.VER MEDAL awarded by the FRANKLIN
INSTITUTE. 18.4, ’ for SUPERIOR QUALITY and
FINISH of RODS and TACKLE," Aprl tint

TOOL HOLDER.

This Tool Holder is hollow, and twenly cast steel
tools arc enclosed in It, viz: 10 brad awls of various
sizes, 4 chisels, 1 each, gouge, wood reamer, Iron ream-
er. harness needle, screw driver, and scratch awl. In
addition to these it will hold anythin", from an eight-
meh mill file to u cambric needle. It Is by far the
best Tool Holder In use, and will answer nearly all
the purposes of u Hand Vl~e. The wood Is hard ma
pie with lignum viue cap, the ferrule malleable iron,
and the jaws cast steel. The handle is live und a half
indies long. It is extremely convenient to he used
with the saw In making brackets, and for doing all
kinds or light work. Sent by mall prepaid on receipt
of One Dollar.

MILLER'S FALLS UOMPAXV,

Mar 18-lt 78 Beckman street, N Y.

i£l\e iXemtcl.

GRAND

Bench Show of Dogs,

The ROD AND GUN CLUB of Springfield, Mas
will give u

Bench Show of Doas

at the City Hull, in Springfield, WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 28th. Especially intended for the exhibition

of ull the best dogs in the country for sporting pnr-
Send for a list of premiums ROUT. O.

I*

MORRIS, Secretary Rod and Gun Club, E. H. LA-
TH ROP, President.

A. C. WADDELL’S

reeding Kennel, Newton, N. J.

Tile finest strain of young Pointers and Setters for
side. Dogs boarded and cared for in the best manner
at SO per month. Ped'grecBgimruuteed.; dogs broken
fur S50. Mar 11

American l)on* Biscuit.

rpiiE ONLY FOOD FOR DOGS MADE

JL in this country: will not spoil in any climate.
Price $2 50 per 25 IDs., S9 per 100 lbs. CIRCULAR
FREE. F. E. MORSE, Hamden. Conn.

\r UTERI. VARY SURGEO.V-DR J. M HEARD
(member of t lie Royal College of Veterinary Sur-
geons, London), No. 20 Lexington avenue, N. Y., at-
tends, when requested, all cases requiring his p.ofes-
slotiul skill. Horses carefully examined as to sound-
ness. Oct 22

H

EXRY GARDNER, M. D , HAS CONSTANT-
LY on band and for sale, medicines adapted to
the cure uf nil diseases. Dealer in sport ng dogs of
every variety. Dogs trained for reasonable compen-
sation No. Ill South Fifth ave.. N. Y. Orf 2>

For sale.— one or a brace of

Setters and one Pointer, thoroughbred and
nicely broken. Also a brace of stylish thoroughbred
black and tan Gordon Setters, eight months old, very
promising. Address GORDON, at this otlico. tf

jjatcls und Zlcgorta for §yor1imen.

I

NTKRN ATIONAL HOTEL.

NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK
J. I. FULTON, Jr., Proprietor.
Special rates to Boarders. 'tl'.fim

Rossin House, Toronto, Canada.
Sll KARS A SON, Proprietors.

This house is a favorite resort for gentlemen sports
men from all parte of the United States and Canada.

Twin Lakes Trout Farm.

TDOARD FOR GENTLEMEN ONLY—

Id Sportsmen, Artists, Anglers, &c Splendid
scenery and drives. Fine boating, trout, pickerel,
and bass fishing mid woodcock shooting, Also les-
sons in nil and water color painting, drawing and
etching, if desired Address J. IVES PEASE, or E.
SHERMAN PEASE. P. O. box 00 Canaan, Conn.

N. II.— Cottage building sites overlooking the lakes
for sale cheap; also one for a hotel, AprS-lf

JN ION DEPOT HOTEL, Cnntutn, Conn.

G. II. CORBIN, Proprietor. New, clean rooms
. beds, first-class table, Ac. Fisltlug, shooting,
pb-n-mu drives near bv Aprtj fim

> A Y AND OCEAN VIEW HOUSE,
) Good Ground. Good duck shooting during the
ing. The best shooting on the Island.-
ar 2i-ltn

• OAR!) NEAR TWIN LAKES. FOUR

► hours from New York via Harlem Railroad. A
ruble location for sportsmen, artists, and all those
ting a nlensant home. Address F. K. COOPER,
list Hill Farm, Ashley Falls, Berkshire county,
4 Mar 24 -fim

All Sportsmen

Arc interested In the best Hnnting Grounds of the
Southwest. The line of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Hallway affords untold fields of Game Birds,
Fish and Animal*. Send to General Passenger Agt.,
Sedalia, Mo., for free maps, illustrations, and de-
scriptions. Correspondence solicited. Jan«l

Duck shooting at stony

Brook, on north side of Long Island: boats,
etool, &c. furnished by the S. B Hotel; plenty of
liucka, also good bird shooting. 8. J. SMITH.

gyottsmtn’s goods.

J. B. Crook & Co.,

MiNuric-ronaas and Importers op

FISHING TACKLE!

*50 Fulton Nt., IN. Y.

Sole manufaemrers of the celebrated CASTLE CON-
NELL ROD for SALMON, TROUT, and BLACK

BASS.

SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.

N*. Y. Safety Steam Power Co.

Office: 30 COURTLANDT ST.

BUILDERS OF '

STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS

Steam Launches & Yachts

And their Machinery a Specialty, also Machinery for'

TUCS, LICHTERS AND STEAMERS^1

Propeller Wheels of Suporlor Efficiency.

SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR.

U*T All our Uout* are guaranteed to pare lnrpec-
t It

tlon under the Steamboat law when required.

Sportsman’s Route

Chicago and Northwestern Railway.

TbI* great corporation now onus and operates oxer
two thousand miles of road, radiating from Chicago
like the fingers on a man’s hand, its lines reach in all
directions and cover about all of ihe country north,
northwest und west of Chicago. With one branch It
rcuclies Racine, Kenosha, Milwaukee, and the coonlrv
north thereof; with another line it pushes through
Janesville, Watertown, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Green
Bay, Escanuba, to Neguanec and Marquette; with an-
other line it passes tlirough Madison, Elroy, and for
St, Paul and Mfliiieapolis; branching westward from
t-.lroy, to and through Winona, Owaionna, St. Peter,
Mankato, New Ulm, and stops not until Lake Karnes
ku, Dacotah, is reached; another line starts from Chi-
cago and runs through Elgin and Rockford to Free-
port. and via the Illinois Central, reaches Warren,
Galena and Dubuque, and the country beyond. Still
another line runs almost due westward, and passes
through Dixon, Stetling, Fulton, Clinton, (Iowa) Ce-
dar Ruplds, Marshalltown, Grand Junction, Missouri
Valley Junction, to Council Bluffs and Omaha This
last named Is the "Grbat Thans-Coni inbxtal
Route," and the pioneer overland line for Nebraska,
Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, California
and the Pacific coast. It runs tlirough the Garden of
Illinois and Iowa, and is the safest, shortest and beet
route to Omaha, Lincoln, und other points In Nebras-
ka, and for Cheyenne, Denver, Salt Luke City. Vir-
ginia City, Carson, Sacramento, San Francisco, und
all other points west of the Missouri River.

See, then, what one ompany can do If you want
to go to Milwaukee, Fcond dti Lac, Manitowoc, She
boygun, Janesville, Watertown. urbkosh. De 1'ero,
Green Bay, Klpon, Madison, Baraboo, Eau Claire,
Hudson, Stillwater, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Dulutb,
Breckenridge, Moorehead, Fort Garry, Winona, Owo-
lunnu. New ulm, Freeport, Warren, Plattsvllie, Ga-
lena, Dubuque, Waterloo, Fort Dodge, sious City,
Yankton, Council Bluffs, Omaha. Lincoln, Denver,
Salt Luke City, Sacramento, San Francisco, or a hun-
dred other northern, northwestern, or western
points this great line is the one you should take. The
truck Is of the best steel rail, and is well ballasted und
us free from dust as a road can be made. The bridges
are strong and durable, and all the appointments are
first class in every respect. The trains that run over
this route are made up of elegant new Pullman Palace
Drawing Room and Sleeping Coaches, built •xinsssly
for tins line, luxurious, well lighted, and well veutlla-
ten Day Coaches, and pleasant lounging and smoking
cars— ull huill by this company In their o^n shops.
The cars are all equipped with llie celebrated Miller
Safely Platform, and patent Buffers and couplings,
Westinghouse Safety Air Brakes, and every other ap-
pliance that has been devised for the safely of pas-
senger trains. All trains arc ran by telegraph.
In a word this GREAT LINE has the best
and smoothest truck, and the most elegant and

comfortable equipment of any rood in the West, and
ipetlior in the country. It Is eminently the

has no competi
favorite route with the Chicagoans traveling west,
north, or northwest, and is acknowledged by the trav-
eling public to be the popular line'forall points in
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin. Minnesota, Northern
Michigan, Dakota, Western Iowa, Nebraska, Wyom-
ing, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Call
forota at.il the Pacific Slope.

TO SPORTSMEN:

This line presents peculiar advantages. For
Prairie Chicken*, Ducks, Geese, A Brant Shooting
our Iowa Line to day offers
More Favornblo Points
than any other road in the country, while for
DEER AND BEAR HUNTING and for BROOK

TROUT, LAKE SALMON. PIKE. PICK-
EREL and BASS FISHING
a hundred points on the Northern and North-western
lines of tills Company will be found unsurpassed by
anything in the West

MARTI* HUGH ITT, Gen. Supt . Chicago.

\V. II. STKNXF.TT. Gen. Pons. Agt.. Ohl.ii-..

Havana Lottery

.AnnivtiiV »\!> I UrrMG iDIMI 04..

EXTRAORDINARY DRAWING APRIL Kr>.
Only 16.000 Tickets— On* Prize to etcry Seri n Tickets.

2097 Prizes of $1,200,000

I Prize of 500,000

1 Prize of 100.000

1 Prize of . . 50,000

2 Prizes each of 25,000

4 Prizes each of Io.kki

12 Prizes each of 5,00»

473 Prlzea each of *410

Circulars with full Information sent free Ticket*
for sale and prizes cashed by P. C. UEA LI*. Sta-
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Bird* and Aninaia 1’rbszbvbd to Order rt

R. L. N EWCOMB,

TAXIDERMIST .

NO. 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM. MASS.
Instruction given. 4

<$}isrclfancous.

sBfisicllitiieoud,

ABBEY & IMBRIE,

ecccBeaon* to

Andrew Clerk & Co.,

48 Maiden Lane, N. Y.

importers, m an ur act hue it* and dbalku* in

Fishing Tackle,

On hand the large-, and best assortment ever ex-
hibited In the United States. They particularly call
attention to their

TROUT, SALMON A*D BANK RODS.

Every variety of Salmon and Trout Kile*, and Hooks
on Gat. Cutty Hunk and Pasquu Island* Bass Lines,
waterproof Braided Silk Lines, every size and quality of

SILK, LINEN ANI) COTTON LINES,

And every Variety and Style of
FISH HOOKS.
Parties fitted out with appropriate Tackle for the
Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast, Canada, Maine,
the Adirondack*, ,tc., Ac.

Spill Ua m boo. Trout and Salmon Rods and Heels

a Specially.

Agent* for the St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Solo Im-
porters of Wurrln's Celebrated Drilled

CONROY, BISSETT & MALLESON.

(Successor* to J. O. Conroy A Co.)

65 Fulton St., N. Y.,

Orange Sporting Powder. I Silver Plated Ware

Invite the attention of amateur*
to the addition- they have made to
their regular stock of Flue Goods,
comprising In part

Six Strip Split Rum boo

U<>1>N,

for Trout and Salmon fishing.
„„ , THK FAMED
M Gin tils HlncW Hush Roils

utndr of Split lUmbon (new thl*
..'...out Von. Horn's Rubber steel
Mint, Click and Salmon Keel*
The rtltibrab d ’’Frankfort" Reel,
Ac ‘So,,' manufacturers of
"Mullaly’s" Patent File. The
N'W Stylo Cullyhtiuk Hits* Lines
of Extra quality.

Part lea titled out for tho Adi-
rondiieka, the Maine Woods,
I tike Superior, New port, Cutty
hunk, I’usumi Island, West l-liuid
llarncgni, Ac.

Cider* by mall will rccelvo care
atm prompt attention.

ORANGE LIGHTNING POWDER,

The strongest and cleanest Powder made. No*. 1
to 7, packed only in sealed 1 lb. canisters. The coarser
sizes especially are recommended to owners of fine
breech-loading guns, giving great penetration with
very slight recoil,

ORANGE DUCKING POWDER,

For water fowl. Very strong and clean Nos. l to
5, Packed In metal kegs of 6J lbs. each, and in cunla
ter* of 1 and 5 lbs.

AUDUBON POWDER,

Very quick For woodcock and quail No*. 1 to 4.
Packed in metal keg* of 124 lbs. and t>4 lbs., and In
pound canisters.

GRANGE RIFLE POWDER,

The beet for rifles and for ull ordinary purposes.
Size* F,g. FF.g, FFF.g, the last being the finest and
most used. Packed In wood and mvtnl kegs of 25
lbs., 124 lb*., and 64 lbs., and In canisters of I lb. aud
4 pound.

All of the above give high velocities and less resid-
uum than anyothor brands made.

LAFLIN & RAND POWDER Co.,

21 Park Row, N. Y.

(Opposite Abtor nouSE . )

CHICAGO

SHOT TOWER CO..

MANUFACTURERS OF

STANDARD

DEOP AND BUCK SHOT

BALLS AND BAR LEAD.

Onralra Is to manufacture an article of SHOT that
is unsurpassed in KOUNDNK88. -SOLIDITY, I’ca-
fectlon of POLISH, Uniformity of .SIZE, and Accu-
racy of WEIGHT, in each bag. Orders from the
Trade solicited, and will be filled at

The Lowest Market Prices.

E- W. BLATCUFORD, President.

C. F. GATES, Treasurer. jnn 25 Iv

Holabird s Shooting & Fishing Suits

Made of the best English Water and Mildew proof
duck, dead grass color, have become celebrated for
DURABILITY,

CONVENIENCE,

COMFORT,

and CHEAPNESS.

Sold In New York, Baltimore, Chldugo, Detroit, San
Francl.co,

And all towns where sportsmens' good* are kept In
stock. If not found in stock where you trade, order
direct from the manufacturer. Send cheat, waist and
sleeve ineusurc for coat and vest; waist and Inseam for
pants.

Special attention la called to the Slovelcsa Coat and
Vest with Sleeve*, which are unique, and can't but
stilt the rnosr fastidious.

Coats, S -0; Coat and Vests, $14; Punt*, $3.50; Cap*,
2..'0. Send for Illustrated circular.

Address W. H. IIOLABIRD,

Jan 21 Valparaiso. Ind.

SALMON jYNGLING

In the underroanlloncd Salmon River* will be Leased
for a term of FIVE YEARS. ComjtotiUon above up-
set price* named. LESSEES to maintain guardian-
ship nt private cost. Application* will be received to
1st MAY next.

River Nalaebqnnn (North Shore) , .$860

River Trinity (near Point de* Monte) 100

River St. Margaret (en b**) 100

River Trout Inear Molsle) 50

River Mistassini (near Godbout) 2<l

River Becscle, do 20

River Malbaio (near Perce) 100

River Grand Pabo*. do 200

River LIUlo Pabo*, do 100

River Toblque (New Brunswick) 100

River Naahwaak. do 100

River N.W. Minuntchl, do

River Jn piter (Anticosti Island) ,(®

River Salmon, do 80

By order of the Hon. the Minister of Marine and
Fisheries.

AMrm> W F WHITCnER.

Commissioner of Fleherte*, Ottawa.

MANUFACTURED BY THE

MERIDEN BRITANNIA COMPANY,

No.SSO ISromlwit.v, N. 5'.

FACTORIES, West Meriden, Conn.

Flrmt Pi’PinltiniAxviii’tlcd l»y
Hip A.n»oi*i<*mi Ium It uto, ’

I N7H iiikI 1H? |.

EXTRACT FROM JUDGE’S REPORT:

“Wo consltlor tho Goods Mnrto liy this
Coni|tnny to lie by far tho host nuiiio in
this country, and wo liollovo in tho
World.” Aprl Ht

Pritchard Brothers.

No. 94 Fulton St., N. Y.

ALL KINDS OF

Fishing Tackle

Made ami repaired with the utinoet despatch.

AI.su. OONHTAMTDY ON HAND

THK OK8T HF.LF.CTIOA OF TltOUT AND MAI,.
MO* ItOIIH. It KICI.M, UAKH ANII FLIIOi.

Medals awarded at the World's Fair und American
nstltute for our superior Artificial File*, 4—

HARNESS.

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Track, Road, Park.orFarm

Also every description of

Dross, Street, Stable, Track, and Sweat.
Blankets and Hoods, LI n soy Wool-
sey, and other Cooling Hlankets,

Short., Dusters, Nets, Saddle., Ilrldles, llnller..
Bout., Ilandagra,

AND EVERYTHING NECESSARY FOR A COM-
PLETE OUTFIT FOR THE TRACK, ROAD, OR
STABLE. AT PRICES THAT SUIT EVERYBODY.

C. M. Mosenian & Bro.,

Manufacturers and Importers, IJ4 Chambers 8t , N Y.

SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST.

In ordering plcoae slate where you saw advertisement.
Mur IB-In*

Jfish (T nUttre.

RANGELEY

TROUT HATCHING ASSOCIATION.

\r()UNO FRY of the famous Hnneclcy

. Speckled Trout are now ready for delivery.
Price from $15 to $25 per 1,000, according to iinnnllty.
These Trout are the largest bred :<ilr no Fomina’ Is In
the world, many weighing from six to eight pound*;
at same uge are twice Ihe size of ordinary trout.

Address order* io II. O. Stanley Pres’t, Oilfield,
Me ; O S Page. Treasurer. No. Id Warren street, N.
Y. L. I. Promise, Penn avenue. Washington, D.
c.;'b B. Poru-r, Crystal Springs Fish Farms. Ouk-
luml, It- re- n • mi rity. N .1 Mar 1 1

“Seth Green Fish Ponds”

Caledonia, Livingston Co., N. Y.

A. M. COI.LIAM, Proprietor.

Eggs. Fry. Yearlings, Ac. of Dronk Trout, Mai.
■non Trout, enlmon. While Fish, Ac
Also lla»». Gold Fish, Silver Fish, und stock for
Aquaria, Wire Cloth, Hatching Trays. Patent Spawn
but Race*, and everythin* pertaining to n*h culture.

TROUT DALE PONDS.

To Fish Culturists.

rpnE MOST APPROVED APPARATUS

I arid full direction* for successful ll.h I) reding,
os perfected by the loto DR, J. II. SLACK. Also
eggs. fry. yearlings, Ac. of Brook Trout. Salmon
Trout. Goldfish, Sc., and all works on Flslculture,
supplied by MILS. J. H. SLACK, Trouldolc Pond*,
Uioutnsbnrv, N. J.

Scad for catalogue. Mar24-9t.

FOREST AND STREAM

141

Sportsmens floods.

w. & c. scottHons

Cenuine Breech Loaders.

ulweii* of tiir ia\ rni,\i, of 1*73

Report of Gun Trial sent on application.

AO K YI'S:

WM. READ & SONS,

1 F'nnmiil I lull So., lloNfon.

Also nil other makes:— Greener, Westloy Wellards,
Webley, Rem I net on. Moore, Ac.

A genuine scon Muzzle Loading Gun. $25 up
f Maynard, Bullard. Remington mid Shinn*. Rifles
'Ballard - brcecli loading Sporting Rlllc.* JI8II"
Bussov's (ivro Trup, for shooting practice
1 Fine Flailing Mods mid Tackle.

Pine Bronze Ynclit • inns on mahogany carriages.
Complete, as furnished the New York and I)

Yacht Squadrons. SEN 0 FOR CIRCULARS.

HENRY G. SQUIRES,

Fine Breech & Muzzle loading Guns,

SHOOTING TACKLE,

BREECH LOADING IMPLEMENTS, &C.

M». I COIITLANDT 8T., t First door from Hd’wy) , lu,lull. luuuent out mat
•rock^ «nd dt-ak'n* !« called to my In the future; tLlrd, that

•lock of Brooch loader*, which, for quality und vu *

rieiv *»ri n 1 1. aa n. .. i . i . «

rnmlc 1-3 Inch lo the Fool.

4. 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5. 5, 5, 5, 5, 5—74, OUT OF A POSSIBLE 75

™ *' bbkivbtt MATCH. Oct. m

REMINGTON Breech Loading, Long Range Challenge RIFLE

WHICH MADE IN THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH ^

mi -tr-trm —

' IllVtll, I'M A| II II 1 1 1

riety. challenges comparison with any other.
Saul for lUuxtraUa Catalogue.

Oct 8

Popes mile
A JR PISTOL,

Shoots Darts or Sln?9
Perfectly Accurate nl 80 ft.
AND IMPROVES II V CSK.

NO NOISE, AS TIIE FOllCK IS All! ALONE.

Splendid Parlor Amusement,
Recommended by General Sherman.

One may hecomo a dead shot by practicing with It.
To a Sportsman it I* Invaluable. Price, Including
HarOi, Slugs, Turget* and GiinstOck, 85. Handsomely
nlcldoi plated, s<i. Self adjusting Bell Target, $/.
l-or wile by gun denleni generally, or sent by mull on
receipt of price. Po,tagu86ci*. POPE ORO’8,
Manufacturers, 15 High Street, Boston, Muss

T,le Hig'liost Score on Record,

Please take notice, this Target was made in an OFFICIAL MATCH, not nt Livn. „

“The match decides several disputed $S M^*r^ theT^n bo Sed^f R?°rt' 1>aU'1 0ct 9j 1874. P * P«*actlce.

•TtSSSne ifi ,f ftny,blnR lhC former - thc bc3‘’ b^ee“ •— «d

„ it_JHE . REMINGTON RIFLE Stands ahead of all others for aI““"

. . r"r “* »- ■*»»* <**• «. «a. FULTON 8CoRK m out of „,oHEST S00ES '“1; ' L' L'

Military Match Rifles Just Out; Price $35 or $55 with Vernier and Wind Gauge Sights- also Pocket VPr

mer Gauges Price $2.50. 0CKei ver'

Send for Trontlscon Rifle Shooting, and Report of International Match, (free) to

E. REMINGTON & SONS

P. O. BOX 399-1. ■

Manufacturers of 7

' 40 our or a possible 40.
Scull), yt Inoh t« Pool

CO

Score of Ten ConsocnUve Shots at 500 yards, made
with a SHARPS MILITARY RIFLE, six lbs. trigger
pull, without rest, by Col. IL A. Gildeuslkkyb,

Attorney find Counsellor at Law, New York City, In
a Match at Crccdmoor, Dec. 26, 1874.

SHARPS RIFLE

MANUFACTURERS OF

Patent Breech Loading, Military, Sporting, and
Long Range Rifles.

The BEST in 1850. The BEST in 1875.

Twenty -fito A enrs of* Use, and Constant PROGRESS.

r„r Br-„, R,fles Never Shoot Backwards.

Tor Brilliant AcUlrvomrats of Sharp, Rifle* »t Crccdmoor Ba„se, Daring the
sharps rifi r« Summer of 1873, See Official Record.

AK«S. — ™

0U,ew8o°nf ,871; - - *>»'

at Crcedmoor, Sept.. 1871. 1 1 Kourlh’ aud “‘fee other Prizes (seven out of twelve) in All Comers’ Match

SStfSOStt jj£ 1871

CBEEOMOOB B^Le^h1 F(ROM **° T° $38.*'

0„ Wllh Elevation for 1 ,900 Yards, ®«0 to »I3S

.... . „ 8END 1,011 ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE.

ARMORY AND OFFICE, HARTFORD, CONN. p z, Wa . ., __

E. G. Westcott, Pres’t.

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- ron THE CURB OP CHRONIC DISEASE,

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DK IT SEATED IN TIIE

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CORRUPTING TnE SOLIDS AND VITIATING
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R. FU R.

RADWAY’S READY RELIEF

Tns p°B

One Fifty Cent Bottle

Will cure more complaints and prevent the svstem
ttf!rr.8.!!d5f!:“ ?«“?•“ Of eVdem^cs andySconm
Hired dollars expended

III

Y'w 'iitititn 11UUCK8 or t

^?oJ!mFm^?i‘:8lbna °"e ''"nd«;d dollars e:
for other medicines or medical attendance

u0meBt }<ad''■ny’!, Ready Relief is applied
externally— or taken internally according to three
tions—rmin, from whatever cause, ceases to exfsT
C“SC8 'v,|cre pain or discomfort Is export!
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els. pUeSj^and nil derangements of the internal
viKcra. Warruntcd to effect a poeitlve core. I
Price 25 cents per box. Sold by Druggists

Dr.BAD WA Y & Co., 32 Warren St,, N. Y.

A Chance in a Lifetime.

(ale,, aU/uflna VIdfo'nto . FO®UN^>^AN which

500,000 Dollars for $ioon

IN THE GREAT

Extraordinary Drawin-

OF APRIL 22d, 1875.

1,200,000 Dollars in Prizes.

Only 10,000 Tick.,.. , l0 ovor^ 7 TJrk.I.,

1 Prize of..;::: ■■ Dollars.

1 Prize of *£n a?®

2 Prizes of 825, WKl'each

4 Prizes of $|0,000 each. . . . ’ ' iS’SSS

u Prizes of 5,000 each JX’22®

A S2*“ °f 81000 ench ' 2 m

i m? » r-lzeS of 5500 each 236 50

1.001 Prizes amounting to . ^

AUtUpSt, above Dollars.
PRICK IN ,lrawn at tr‘l* drawing.

p',co

TAViflv.,f5?. astec

Paper Targets^

For Short Range Practice.

O cFEDW°OR AND tup

and 50 yards! Tlso ^g^o^thj0 Ai^°H,ttrd8 ,0^
Broadway, N. Y 1A' s"ooting Gallery, f)30

-1 Aprl-Im

MEAD’S PATENT SAFETY

explosive bullet

c«UbSST^aua pieniiDGns.

Send for Circular dELSk£Z*yl New Yorlc-

• tfftcl on ,(v Btart,

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NEW YORK, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1875.

1 Volume I, Number 10.
17 Chnllnuu hi. i«'llyllull *«qr.)

For Fori ft and Stream.

Roughing it ig Jgtinncsotn.

BY IIAVILAND.

* * TrER chicken,” said the farmer to us, as we three, F.

JP H., and “yours truly,” sat smoking our pipes at
the close of a hot, hard day’s work among the grouse on
the uplands near Wadena, Minn., “you want to go to
Parker’s Prairie; take in the putterldges an’ ducks on the
way, then circle off towards Millerville, an’ the Mormon
settlomeut at Clitherall, come back by way of Otter Tail
and Deer Creek; it will take a week, an' I'll go with you
for three dollars a day an’ found.”

Promptly on time the honest granger was on hand, with
a span of raw-boned horses and a heavy lumber wagon,
into which we stowed our baggage and dogs. There
were Grouse and Yank, the two pointers; Billy and
Tasso, the setters; and Carlo, the curly haired Irish
retriever, good for everything, and to be counted on
under all circumstances; then wc added to our party mine
host of the Wadena House, Mr. P., who thought the trip
“would do his agor good,” and so rattled off over the prairie
en route for the finest shooting ground the State affords.
The ride for the first dozen miles avas devoid of any in-
terest; the sun was hot, the horses slow and the driver
prosy ; but a bottle of “/fiwtetter,” opportunely opened at
a wayside brook, had its salutary effect upon the horses,
and for a few miles we drove along at a lively rate. About
noon we stopped for dinner at the “Half Way House,” a
log shanty near a “sloo," or pond. With the aid of Carlo
we secured half a dozen teal before dinner, which con-
sisted of the inevitable fried pork and saleratus biscuits.
The pleasant smiles of the good-looking hostess, however,
helped to make this fare palatable.

The six miles that intervened between the “Half Way
House” and Parker’s Prairie led through a heavy, hand-
some growth of hard wood, somewhat grown up with brush
wood, and turning the dogs loose, we begau work on what
the granger called putteridges, i. e. ruffed grouse. These
birds were very plentiful, nearly full grown, and flew up in
dozens every half mile. The dogs scurried around half
wild with the sport, racing headlong at times, regardless of
call or whistle, then pointing as steadily as in the open,
each one doing his best. We hunted each side of the road,
the wagon moving slowly along, and as we came out of the
woods, and struck the prairie, we had as fine alotof ruffed
grouse as ever a sportsman gazed upon, and five woodcock
that we picked up out of a small “sloo" in the timber.
The sun was just going out of sight as we came out of the
timber, and a more beautiful scene it would be hard to find,
evan iu Minnesota. Far away on either hand stretched the
broad rolling prairie to the timbered hills in the distance,
dotted here and there with lakes and ponds, their grassy
edges green and soft as velvet; the patches of timber scat-
tered about glowing with all the colors of the rainbow;
the smoke from the settler's homes rising into the still, cool
air, outlined against the many tinted sky, touched and
kindled by the last rays of the sun into wavy pillars of
gold; the air overhead flecked with flocks of geese, and
long, straggling lines of ducks, going from the stubble
fields to their resting places for the night; the whole con-
stituting a perfect picture, such as no other country, or no
other season, can hope to exhibit. As we sped rapidly
ulong in the gathering twilight, the lines descriptive of the
senson, penned by one of the truest sportsmen that ever
lived, came to our memory: —

••It Is a brilliant Autumn tim?, themost brilliant time of all.

When the porgeons woods are gleaming ere the leaves begin to rail:
When the maples boughs are crimson, uud the hickory shines like gold,

When the noons are sultry hot and the nights ore frosty cold.

When the country has no green bnt the sword grass by the rill,

And the willows In the valley and the pine upon the hill;

When the pippin leaves the bough and the sumach's fruit Is red.

And the quail Is piping loud from the buckwheat where he fed.

When the sky is blue as steel and the river clear as glass,

When the mist Is on the mountain and the network on the grass;
When the harvests are all housed and the farmer's work is done,

And the woodland U resounding with the spaniels and the gun

Nowhere in this wide world except among one’s own
kindred can one get as warm, as open-handed a welcome
as he can among the settlers of the frontier States, and such
a welcome we received from Henry Viols.

“Does Viets live here?" was the first query, as we drove
up to his door.

"He does,” was the reply from a broad-shouldered, dark-
complexioned man.

“Have you room for three or four sportsmen for two or
three days?" was the next momentous question.

“Well, if I haven't room I’ll make it; come in, gentlemen,
and make yourselves at home."

And at home we were, for as long as we chose to stay;
and if wc did not enjoy ourselves at Viets’, it was our
fault. The best the house afforded, the best the country
afforded, was ours; Viets himself was up early and late
for our benefit, and during the day driving his oxen and
wagon over the prairie, wherever we chose to go, and never
got out of sorts, except when oue of our party played out
and had to stay at home one day. Mrs. V., blonde-haired
and rosy-checked, did her utmost to second her husband's
endeavors to make his guests feel at home, and with the
help of our wood ducks and ruffed grouse, got us a smok-
ing supper, which was properly taken care of. After sup-
per the chances for sport having been thoroughly discussed
and the dogs properly taken care of, we turned in to enjoy
a long and blissful slumber, well earned by a thirty mile
ride in a lumber wagon over a rough wood road.

The morning broke clear and beautiful. It had been
frosty enough to get the grouse into large coveys, and soon
after daylight we were among them, using the setters in
the forenoon, pointers in the lntter part of the day. There
is no use telling the oft-told tale of grouse shooting on the
western prairies; suffice it to say, the birds were in myriads,
the dogs worked well early or late; the weather was every
day like oue of Emerson’s “charmed days," and we shot
grouse on the uplands, ducks and geese on the ponds,
ruffed grouse in the thickets, more than we could use, more
than wc could give away, till the time came to bid our kind
friends good bye.

There is only one objection to Parker’s Prairie as a re-
sort for sportsmen; it is so far from the railroud that one
cannot dispose of the game he kills, neither cun it be given
away, as every settler can kill at any time, (almost in his
door yard,) all the grouse and ducks he can consume; con-
sequently the killing of game there os a sport degenerates
into needless butchery. As a place to break young dogs
and spend a few days in luxurious idleness umong the hos-
pitable settlers at a moderate cost, wo know not its equal
in the State. There would have been a railroad through
this prairie before now, to connect with the North Pacific
and Canada Pacific Railroad, had uot the bought-up
engineer who surveyed this country said in his report that
the prairie was a shaking bog, and that a railroad could not
possibly be built across it.

When the time came for us to leave, we hired a new
driver, Jim Kasson, a farmer, who, with others, helped
make our stay among them pleasant, and to whom we are
indebted for many favors and much valuable information.
He is a capital good fellow, full of fun, a keen sportsman,
and a good shot. With him we left Parker’s Prairie and
started for Millerville and home. The ride for nine miles
was a repetition of our first day’s experience, only Jim was
a different man to the frowzy old genius who first took us
in charge, and kept us laughing at his keen witticisms and
dry remarks about everybody and everything. About
noon having passed over Indiana Prairie, where Hicks
bought some tame chickens of a rare breed, Millerville hove
in sight. Jim put the lash to his horses, and exhorting them
“to shin up and have a little style about them," lie dashed
up to the door of the only hotel the town can boast of,
greatly to the surprise of the Q.uiet villagers, and the mani-
fest happiness of a host of white-headed school children.
Jim piled into the house, whip in hand, his hat on the back
of his head, his blue eyes gleaming with fun, and ordered
“dinner for ten men and sixteen dogs,” concluding bis

order with the remark that “that’s the kind of a hairpin
I am.” The hostess and a “fraulicn" started for the
kitchen, and Potter made a straight wake for the bar, as
he “felt a chill coming on.” F. wont over to the school-
house and soon returned muttering something about an
“old fossil," where lie expected to find something different,
and then, with his hands full of game, started to help the
"fraulien" get dinner, which he succeeded in doing to his
own immense satisfaction, coining around promptly when
the monl was ready, (not an unusunl circumstance, by tlui
way,) spouting Dutch, and smelling loudly of n seductive
drink called “kimmcll." The dinner was first rate, and
Jim observed, os we took our seats at the table, that the
“old lady more’n throwed herself gittin’ up this dinner;"
three kinds of game, roast pork, fish fried, boilud and
pickled, and half a dozen unknown dishes that made F.
ask, ns ho passed them, “how are you on the confidence
game?”

The sky was growing dark as we left Millerville, and the
wind blew fiercely us wu climbed the “Leaf Hills,” a
range of small bluffs that divide Otter Toil county, mostly
wooded, affording fine cover for ruffed grouse; but wo
could not stop to pay our respects to these birds, us the
rain began to come down, and it was dark when wo passed
the hills, and came onto the desolate wind-swept prairie in
a howling storm. To add to our woes, wo had lost a
favorite dog; the team began to show signs of fatigue, not
one of our party hud the least idea whore we were, the
cold rain poured down, the fierce wind blew its bust, and,
crouched in the wagon, we let the team go whore they
would. About nine o’clock wc saw, away to our left, a
flickering light, and heading our ponies iu that direction,
we drove up to a settler’s, who told us where to go to find
the slopping place at Clitheral Lake, and veering about,
feeling better, with Joe's rich voice pealing out in the
misty atmosphere to the tune of “If you want to get rich,"
we soon heard the low wash of the waves as they broke on
the shore of the luke. A half mile further on wo saw Iu-
distinctly through the storm, a glooiny-looking house In a
gloomy-looking grove. After battering at the door awhile
it cautiously opened, and a sour-faced man, in answer to
our questions, hesitatingly admitted tliut lie “kop* tavern."
As ii was “Uobsou’s choice," wo crawled out of the wagon,
and were among the Mormons of Minnesota.

The sour-faced man, who looked gloomily at us, and
sighed when P. asked him if ho kept anything that would
be good Tor a chill, was joined by two or three others,
morose-looking men and boys, who, when wo asked for
our fire and something to eat, said it was too lato for sup-
per, and it rained too liurd to go for wood.' Jim, our main-
stay, could not stand this, and gave the sour-faced man to
understand what lie thought of him as a hold keeper in
plaiu language, interspersed with some “sabre cuts of
Saxon speech" that were doubtless new to that locality;
and then, regardless of frowns and mutterings, started for
the kitchen, where we now heard Ids merry voice and au
occasional “to-hee” from the female Mormons lie had dis-
covered there. He soon returned with his arms full of dry
wood, and a promise of supper, which, after a long delay,
we were informed was ready; and such a fraud as that re-
past was I Saleratus biscuit, rancid butter, stowed pump-
kin, nnd some nameless abominations In a side dish, .which
a high-shouldered priestess insisted on our eating. Then,
preceded by the sour-faced individual, hearing a tallow
dip, and sighing every time anybody spoke to Inin, wo
were put Into a hot attic, on some corn husks, alive with
vermin, and so wore the night away. Breakfast was a
repetition of the supper, except tliut the “yaller" biscuits
I, ad been warmed over, and, a lough old rooster had been
steered up, spurs und all, for our benefit.

The Clitheral Mormons arc a small band of seceders,
who, while living closely up to most of the regulations of
the Mormon faith, incline more to the teachings of Joseph
Smith than to Brigham Young; do not believe in polygamy,
own everything in common, arc "hostile to the whites.” and
to all intents und purposes are as good Mormons as if they

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lived on the shore* of Salt Lake Instead of Clitheral. One
golden rule they observe most religiously: "If you mccl

a stranger take him in." and they took our unfortunate
party in, must decidedly, when wo curnc to nay tho bill for
the wretched accommodation afforded. Then they at-
tempted another game, which, fortunately, did not work.
During the storm on the prairie a young and valuable
oi ntcr strayed away. Wc spent half a day looking for
im in rain," and left word to have him sent out to the rail-
road, if found, for which service we would pay liberally.
An-hour or so after our departure the dog made hisuppear-
nnce, and a week after, half starved, and looking as if he
lmd been flogged within an inch of his life, he was sent out
to the station, with orders to ‘‘collect twenty-live dollars or
keep the dog." Yank, the pointer in question, is safe in
his ownei’» kennel, and the twenty-five dollars has never
been paid I

Glad enough were we to get away from Clitfternl; and
we drove along all day, stopping occasionally to take a few
shots at plover or grouse, and at evening came to Otter Tall
city, where, under Bill McArthur's hospitable churge, we
felt that once again "our lines had fallen in pleasant places."
After supper we took u stroll around the deserted village.
The wind was blowing fresh; the waves rolled high on the
sandy beach, far out on tho ycusty lake some squaws, in a
birch canoe, were setting their gill nets, three or four
blanketed Indians stood on the shore, and a flock of hulf-
naked Indian children were practising with bow and arrow
in the dusty street. In western parlance, "there's a good
lay out” here for a town; a beautiful lake, with its shores
broken and diversified with wooded bluffs and headlands
in front, and tho rolling prairie behind it. Years ago it
was a trading post of considerable importance. Fortunes
liuve been made and* fortunes gambled away here in the
flush limes; tho sandy streets have been stained with the
blood of tbe dusky natives, and the bluffs around the town
have echoed to their wild whoops as they danced the scalp
dance, only u few years ago, with scalps newly taken,
and too often from tho lieud of some unfortunate settler.

When, a few years ago, the surveyors of the N. P. It. R
were runuing their lines all over the country, Otter Tail
took a new start, property went up at once, corner lots
could not bo bad at any price, buildings were put up,
heavy stocks of goods were brought in, but the road was
built" miles to tbe north, and the ambitious city "went
buck," and is now, like loo nuiny paper Iowub, "played
out."

Wc called, of course, fin Donald McDonald, a weather-
beaten bale old Scotchman, kuown all over the north and
northwest as "Old Mac.” lie is certainly a character, a
blood relation of the prominent Canudian family of that
name, lie left Montreal when a boy, and joined the Hud-
eon Bay Co. at Lachine, forty years ago, and remained in
their employ for years, visiting the far northern regions,
becoming conversant with tbe different Indian languages,
and well versed in their peculiar habits. Becoming tired
of the wilderness life, ho left tho Company without leave
sud engaged in business at St. Croix, trading with Indians,
nnd ua he enjoyed a monopoly almost, he soon, to use his
own words, "got muckle gold," having properly and cash
worth $20,000, which he lost in a scries of games of poker,
lasting a week; and, without a cent, wc next hear of him
at Fort Ripley, where he worked till he got money enough
to take him back to the hunting grounds of the North,
whither he went and stayed for some years, notwithstand-
ing the efforts of his old employers, the H. B. Co., who,
jealous of his influence among the Indians, and then, as
now, grasping iu the extreme, had a standing offer of one
hundred pounds for him, dead or alive. He skirmished
about this bleak country for a long time, trading with the
Indians and gambling with anyone who came nlong, with
such success that he was able to come South again, and
located at the Half Way House, between St. Paul and St.
Anthony. Hotel keeping was too dull music for the old
vogageur, and be sold out for an "old shot gun and half a
keg ot whiskey," moved to Crow Wing, opeuud a trading
post, and on his opening(night lost $U),000 in gold to one
mau. When the game closed, at daylight, Mac went into
his cellnr, and rolled up a keg full of gold coin, telling the
wiuncr if that was not enough he would loll up some
more. lie then "swore off" for a while, but the infatua-
tion of play was too strong for him to resist. He again
commenced, was "out of luck," and one by one be rolled
away the kegs of coin; then he struck out for Otter Tail
with his squaw, and here lie lives, poor, proud and cour-
teous to all. Ho lias never seen a railroad, and but one
steamer — one luunched on the St. Lawrence fifiy-six years
ago. He L yet vigorous aud full of fun, will take a hand
in a game of cards with ns much "vim" os when he was a
young man and piles of gold were the stakes. lie is a
medium-sized, broad-shouldered, gray-haired, red-faced
man, dressed usually iu half Indian costume, his weather
beaten old figurehead crowned with a "plug hat" of ancient
style, tastefully bound with red braid, and cocked rakishly
ou one side. lie welcomed us to liis house os if it hail
been a castle; introduced us to his "folks;" talked about
fish, game and his wild life in the far North; gave P. a
prescription for a chill, and went iuto raptures when lie
found that one of our party was from Montreal, and could
tell him many startling facts about that city, the home of
hi? boyhood, tli.*t he last saw over half a century ago.

"Boys," said the old man, fts he bade us good bye, "let
Old Mac gie ye a bit of advice, it will no do ye a bit barm;
never bet against unothcr man’s game."

The road troui Otter Tall to .Wadena, via Deer Creek,
leads through dense woods part of the way, blocked up by
fallen trees, and washed away in places by ruin ; tbe bridges
over l he streams are gone, and wo had to drop our way
through at limes, then to steady the wagon as it plunged
iu'o the "wash outs,” aud to “pack our plunder" when we
swum the horses over the bunk-full streams. It was late iu
the day when wc watered our tired horses in Deer Creek,
and ou guiuiug the level prairie beyond, we saw a sight
tucli us we never saw before. Tbe prairie and stubble
fields, seemingly as far as eye could reach, were literally
alive with sharp-lulled grouse, hundreds und hundreds of
them, some ou the move, others standing perfectly still,
walehing us, To let tho dogs loose and empty eight bur-
rel» oi ih'-in was the work of a very few moments; and for
uu bom , all tbe dujliglu that remumed, we bad rare sport.
'1 he prairie is small, mid surrounded by timber, ami we
drove llu- birds buck und forward over it in scattered bauds
ol Irom a dozen to titty, aud blazed away at them as long
H6 we could see. borne very “pretty w ork" was done,
Hicks, at tbe commencement, killiug (or claiming to) two
birds with one shot, one on a tree twenty feet trorn the

ground, the other in the air, thirty yards to the left. ITow
be did it "deponent saith not." He was very much ex-
cited at the time, and it was useless to argue with him.

When it got so durk that we could no longer see to shoot,
wc tied up our dog9, put the guns in tboir cases, and with-
out further incident, arrived in Wadcua in time for the
traiu for home, well pleased with our long trip.

For Forttt and Stream.

OFF THE LINE.

THE line was our line of traps, extending for inilc9
through the forest, over hills and mountains, by
ponds and streams •and they needed our care at some point
constantly, as the storms of snow broke down our dead
falls, and tbe weasel aud other pests were continually rob-
bing our traps of bait. There wits not much excitement
"on the line," as it was soon an old story, varied only by
tbe different degrees in which wc hud been .successful in
enticing fur into our trups. At times wt. would strike out
fur a short hunt, and then wc would have plenty -of ex-
citement, as well as hard work. I propose to tell you some
of our experience "off the line."

Wo lmd a line running along the cast base of Bates
Mountains, through the notch across Pierce Pond, oyer
Otter Pond Mountain, and out again to the river. This line
had numerous small branches, built according as we found
signs. The line had paid pretty well; in fact, very well,
our greatest trouble being to keep the line baited, as wea-
sels and other pests were unusually numerous nnd bold.
We had killed or scared off all the’ bait in the immediate
vicinity of the line, aud as our provisions were short we
determined to look up something for both bait and provi-
sion, and to that end started from "Camp Desolation," on
Pierce Pond, one morning, taking with us our dinners only.
We had a short branch line some three miles long to look
to first, but the recent storms had sprung or clogged all
our traps, aud it was late when we got through- >Ve left
our line and struck for Otter Pond Mountain, on the west
side, and, circling around the mountain on that side, we
soon found signs of deer, made some two months before.
The signs consisted of browsings, and we judged the time
when made by the condition the browse was in; that is,
how much it had dried or withered where bitten off. We
followed tbe browsings until we reached the edge of their
yard; but as we had been detained so much on our branch
line we thought it not prudent to try them that night, so
we returned to camp. The snow lay on the ground a solid
foot nnd a half, and it was splendid snow-shoeing and
equally os good traveling lor the deer; yet we made up our
minds that, fuiling in creeping to them, we would try and
run one down the uext day.

The next morning, as on the day previous, we only took
oue knapsack, to carry our dinners, dishes, etc., and to
bring back some venison if wo should get any. Going to
where we had left the yard the night before, we proceeded
carefully to creep, but after half an hour spent in that en-
deavor we found that the deer had goue. We had been
nearer to them the night before than wc thought, and had
started them.

Perhaps some of your readers have an idea of a deer or
moose yard, as they gather from pictures, representing the
snow all tramped down solid, in an uneven space, w ith the
bushes all exposed for the deers’ food, the snow forming a
wall, as it were, to prevent their escape. I have just sucli
a picture in my mind now. It is in Newhouse’s Trapper’s
Guide, page 79, aud is as unnatural as anything can well
be. Their yard is simply their feeding place, with a thou-
sand paths through it, tracking over the ground back and
forth iu every direction. When Winter overtakes them they
have some feeding ground iu mind, and go there, uot cov-
ering any more ground limn is necessary, aud enlarging the
yard— i. e., making more paths— a9 tile Winter progresses.
Their old pallia or yards look ns though a log had been
drawn through the hdow, and a little snow had fallen iuto
the rut; that is all a yard is. But it gives a novice strange
feelings the first time he visits one. 1 don’t feel competent
to tell how 1 behaved in my first deer yard. I know this,
that after emptying my six shooter the deer had not lobt
any blood, und'l didn’t get that deer.

But to resume, finding our game gone we concluded to
follow. Now it was a lest of pluck if we came up with
them. No creeping, nnd giving the deer no chance, but put
your legs against bis, ana give him a fair fight. We fol-
lowed tbe fresh slot right up tbe mouutuin, over it, down
through dense thickets and tangled windfalls, where the
deer, in vain endeavors to brush off their pursuers, had
run, then into dark cedar swamps, then over a hard wood
knoll, and into the thicket again. So the race went on, or
rather the pursuit, for we did not hurry any. Aftsr hav-
ing traveled thus for some two miles, we found where a
buck — a very large one — had turned out from the rest (six
in number) aud gone off to tbe north, the rest going east.
We determined to follow this one, so leaving the main slot
we passed on after the buck. After getting down into the
swamp land we struck a stream into which the deer had
jumped, as it was better traveling for him than in the snow.

1 had been carrying ray rifle, knapsack and axe all the
morning, aud as I wanted to be fresh for the run I gave
Nathan my rifle to carry until we got on the buck’s slot
again, I still wearing iny knapsack and carrying the axe
till 1 should run. Nathan took tbe left side of the stream,
and I the right, so as to be sure and see where the buck hud
come out. After going some distance llie stream forked,
but uot seemingly for auy distance, or the branches very
far apart, and l soon saw by my shadow that I was getting
around to the right very fust. I paused a moment to con-
sider the propriety of being iu such a situation without
my rifle, solacing myself with the thought that perhaps
Nathan might have the best use for it.

The branch of the slrcum, on the bank of which I stood,
was only about five or six feet wide, and very little water
ruuniog, although a short time previous there had been a
freshet which had submerged the surrounding low land,
aud the ice formed by Ibis tresbet was iu many places held
up from the snow a foot by tbe alders and small bushes,
making it a dangerous place to travel on, especially us tbe
ice was glare, and there had only fallen about three inches
of very light snow. It was on such a foundation that I
stood tor a moment, decidiug whether to strike across or
go buck. 1 had about decided to strike across when "Spry"
guve a sniff in the direction 1 intended traveling. Looking
and listening, 1 thought I detected the souud of ice break-
ing, us under the fool of something. With the repetition
of the souud, though faint, and the eager desire of "Spry"
to go, I gave hitn the word “Gol" and away he went. It

was but a moment and I heard his music; another moment
and there was the buck coming right ou toward me. I
can’t tell how I felt; all I remember was that I made up
my mind to kill that deer, rifle or no rifle. While I was
making up my mind the buck was lessening the distance
between us rapidly, hastened by tbe hungry hound at l:is
heels, aud when I had made up my mind to have him lie
came with a bound to the stream directly opposite me.
IIow I longed for my rifle! "Spry” had the buck by the
hock just as lie launched out for u spring to my side of the
stream, where I stood motionless, axe in hand, and as he
sprang the dog’s extra weight brought him down into the
stream; the fail loosened the dog’s hold, and the buck
sprang for the bank aguin, followed by the dog, which
gripped him on the hock again, bringing him on his knees
before me. With a jump I was at his side. Swinging my
axe to strike him in t lie head, I struck, and at tho moment
my feet weDt from under me, my axe went through the
air, and I fell right across the buck’s neck. The dog, see-
ing me thus, gave up his claim, which idieved the buck’s
hind legs. The first intimation I had of the fact was when
he struck me with botli hoofs in the small of my back. I
carry the marks now. I don’t know ns that hau anything
to do with tho savage plunge I made at liis throat with my
bowie knife, but before I could get off the buck his hind
legs had completely stripped my pants into shreds, cov-
ered my legs with blood, and rutiled my mad up into tbe
nineties. All foolish; but I know more about deer now.
Experience has knocked out all faith iu the gentleness of
deer, even when narrated by a clergyman, us exhibited in
the Adirondacks.

I stood a moment trembling all over from excitement.
The buck made a few springs, and then fell dead. Nathan
arrived in time to see the closing scene, and said that when
lie first saw me he was fearful I would get badly pounded,
and so I did. I got tbe buck, and laid three days in camp
too sore to move; but then there would be no enjoyment if
there were no hardships. Happiness would not be happi-
ness were it not for its contrast— misery.

By the way, that reminds me of another deer limit on
the “Misery." 1 will tell of it anon. E.

For Formt and Stream.

PISCATORY REMINISCENCE.

ABOUT fishing, Uncle John thought lie knew all that
was worth knowing; und if auybody questioned his
knowledge or skill, he was ready to go into a long agru-
ment to prove his claims to both . He was a professional
fisherman; so he said, and so he thought; and what was
more, was certain that he knew every fool of fishing
ground from "Slade’s Ferry" to the "Slone Bridge," and
from "Cedar Island" all along shore to "Beaver Tail
Light.” He would not allow the possibility of .his being
mistaken, for what he knew, he knew, ho would say, anil
you could no more argue him out of liis notions than you
could illuminate a sunbeam, or catch a whale with a cod
line. Reason with him, you could uot, for lie would anni-
hilate all your arguments with the unanswerable logic,
"What I know, I know," and anchored on this argumentum
ad hominem, liis position was invulnerable. But how sure
Uncle John was of what he knew, the following little
piscutory reminiscence will illustrate:

One beautiful day in the month of April, some two years
ago, being in a fishing mood, and anxious to try my luck,

I started with my good friend, the Doctor, for wlmt was
regarded by those who didn’t know no much as Uncle John,
the best fishing grouud in the vicinity of Fall River. On
reaching the shore directly opposite the fishing ground,
who should we find but Uncle with his boat anchored on
the spot we were seeking. From t lie manner in which the
old fisherman began to decry the grouud, we were satisfied
that he "knew what lie knew," and oue thing was, that
this was the place for good flailing, and he did not intend
that we should know it. Understanding this, we plcasaully
saluted the old gentleman, and asked, "what luck?" and
received iu answer, "None — none at all; there are no fish,
here and never was. Folks talk about this being good
fishing ground, but they know nothing about it. I
have fished the bay over and over, aud know every spot
in it worth knowing, aud this isn’t one on 'em. 1
caugbt one or two here yesterday, but it ouly happened so.
There are no fish here to-day and may never be again. 1
haven’t had my fingers tickled with even so much as a
nibble."

It was flood tide and wc were anxious to get on the
ground before the full, so we tried to bargain with t he
fisherman for his boat aud bait, the latter of which con-
sisted of about a quart of lively “fiddlers,” a kind of crab
the readers of the Fokest and Stheam know all about
undoubtedly; if not, will Mr. Editor please to enlighten
them? Now, Uncle John was as fond of the "stamps" as
be was of fishing, and a little more no. Indeed, tins was
his weakness, and you hit a man— even a fisherman — in liis
weak spot, and you have him. So in order to make sure
of the boat, we told the old gentleman we would take all
the fiddlers he could catch for the day at fifty cents a quart.
This was enough, and lie handed the boat over to us, re-
marking that be could make more by catching fiddlers at
that rate than by fishing iu such water.

We look possession of the boat aud Uncle John started
for the bait, and before his old hat was out of sitrbt the
Doctor and I were anchored upon the coveted fishing
ground. In no time our hooks were overboard, baited
with the delicious morsels we bad purchased of the "old
fisherman."

Soon I experienced at my fingers ends that peculiar sen-
sation so encouraging to a fisherman; first a nibble, then a
jerk, then u pull, as though something was bound to carry
away bait, book, fisliiug tackle und all. I gave a jerk and
found I had hooked something, and hand over hand went
ul it, and directly there lay on the bottom of our boat as
pretty and as plump a seven pound tautog us Uncle John
or uny other man, professional fisherman or otherwise,
could wish to see. The Doctor followed my example, aud
in no time we were laughing over the sale boating of
another beautiful black fellow of about the same weight.
The sport had commenced; the fish were plentilul and
hungry, und in forty minutes twenty-eight of these plump
and delicious dwellers ot the vasty deep were floundering
in the bottom of our boat, the smallest of wbicli weighed
two and one-half pounds, and from that up to seven
pounds.

Soon we saw Uncle John returning from bis catch of
fiddlers, tin tmil iu hund, und nearly empty it proved to
be. We reached the shore about the same time the old

FOREST AND STREAM.

gentleman did and commenced unloading our fish, having
been careful to cover the largest of them with the remnants
of an old seine we found in the boat. Scarcely had we
.togmi to land our finny captives before the old fisherman
dfrlaimcd. rather gruffly and in tones evidently of surprise,
•'Well, I declare, you have done pretty well!” We kept
on throwing out the fish, and when the two seven pounders
reached the shore, it was too much for Uncle John, who
‘guessed he knew what he knew,” and he cried out with
all the solemn emphasis of a man who felt that he had
been sold. “What a darned fool 1 was !” What more he
might have said we know not, for we interrupted him by
saying, “Uncle John, any time you want to give up
twenty-eight fish like these for a quart of fiddlers, we are
the men for you, and laughing heartily, we left the old
fisherman to think over his knowledge of good fishing
grounds, and wended our way home, delighted with our
hall day's sport and its result. Now every time we meet
Uncle John we jocosely remind him of this piscatory
reminiscence, and the old man will shake his head and say,
“sold again 1 sold again I” Rod and Reel.

THE LEECH LAKE INDIANS.

Ftm ANIMALS AND FURS— GAME— PASTIMES— HARDIHOOD,
ETC.

WILD clucks breed in this vicinity as well as wild
geese. Young geese arc easily tamed, and soon
become as gentle as domestic geese; we have ouc at the
Agency.

Indians very seldom catch mink alive; they use the ordi-
nary rat trap, which usually breaks their legs; besides the
place of capture is so far from the settlements, and the In-
dians have i.o way of transporting them, which renders it
very difficult to obtain one alive. I understand that at-
tempts have been often made to tame them, but not with
success They are sometimes found in houses of settlers
on the frontier picking up any thing that they may like to
eat, mid then run to their hole to return again when liuu-
gry, hut they cannot be handled. They frequently live
about a house all Winter if unmolested. The fur catch
(except musk rats) is over for this Winter. The skins are
1 ere wboleBule dealerd- Furs cannot be bought

When the Indians start out on the Winter hunts the
traders (who are regularly licensed to trade on the reserva-
tion) hi them out and wait for them to pay when they re-
turn with their furs. When the traders get enough to
make a tew hales they are sent to the wholesale dealers in
‘ 1 ^ P»y for goods which the traders purchase iu the

Fan i have a few times attempted to purchase mink
skins for myself, but before enough of the same color could
he procured, moths would destroy those I had; so 1 gave it
up. I append the latest price list, viz:—

Fima AND SKINS.

Lynx, according to size

mnJ color $3 OOag.3 50

Otter. No. 1 0 OOulO ( 0

FlHli.r, No. i s OOall 00

Hour, according to size

quality l-i OOniO 00

do. cub s Ulan.' 00

Mdrlm, according to size

un.l qiialli Y 2 noaio 00

Mountain Wolf, large 3 00

Prairie Wolf, Jurgc.. .100

Silver g. fox 25 OOaTSOO

Heaver, per lb y 00u 7 50

Hadger go

Mink, largo, No 1 305

Crow fox . . .
ltcd fox...

'link, email, No.
.Mink No. 2. . . .
Mink No. 3....

Mink No. 4

lluccoon

ISKudJc

Muskrat, Winter

! 00a 5 00 Muskrat, Fall
1 75a 2 2*

3 00
2 25
1 00
25
85
(IS

26u27

20a22

S!!* hand "hi]° siting, makes several contor-

tions with his arms and body, places rapidly one ball under
each moccasin, which are arranged in a row before him
Now the opposite player takes the wand and looking in-
tently in the eyes of his opponent, makes a point to strike
oue of the moccasins then another; finally turns over two
of hem; if the marked ball is found, the moccasins and
balls are passed over to this side and the opposite player
proceeds as the cither did, placing the halls under the moc
casins. If he misses turning llic moccasin having the
marked ball he pays four sticks, and the game goes on until
tile ball is found. When the twenty sticks Tiavc passed
over to the opposite player, a separate stick is stuck iu the
ground as a tally, and so on until the number of tallies
agreed upou are won by one side or the other. Sometimes
they choose to turn hut one moccasin, whon if they loose
they pay two sticks; sometimes they turn three moccasins,
and if they lose they pay six sticks. The skill in the
game is for the player not to indicate by his face, or expres-
sion, the location of the ball, and his opponent’s object is
when he makes a feint to turn the moccasins, to read by his
opponent s countneance whether the marked ball is under
it. Ilie drumming, howling, and rattling goes on uuccns-
inglv. About this time, wheu the Iudiaus are in from the
hunt, we can hear this drumming in five or six locations
all day and night, in the wigwams situated around the
Agency. In the bummer season they play on the grass
and when one of the purty becomes fatigued he rolls him-
self up iu his blanket and goes to sleep, the others con-
tinuing the game. Yesterday, while returning from the
trading post, I saw a lot of Indian hoys playing on the snow
banks; two or three of them had nothing on but a calico
shirt and a breastpin. They seemed to be eujoying them-
selves finely, with no appearance of suffering from cold al-
though the thermometer marked 0° above zero 1 cannot
account for their apparent freedom from suffering from
cold unless the amount of dirt on their feet and legs served
the purpose of clothing. The Indians never wear pants,
but leggms only, and consequently the hips are perfectly
naked all through the extreme cold winters when the mer-
cury often marks 40° below zero. They have a frock coat
made from a blanket which covers the hips, hut as it
is open and no lining in it, there can be very little warmth
in it. Another singular thing about them is, that it is not
unusual for a squaw while traveling with her wigwam and
all her earthly possessions oa her back, to stop ut night
build her wigwam, gather wood for fire, and give birth
during the night to a child, in the morning pack her wig-
wam on her back, take her baby rolled up iu her blauket
and march on, keeping up witli her companions all day as
though nothing had happened to inconvenience her! '

I have never attended a case in parturition among the
squaws, nor do I care to.

, , _ , „ Henry McMahon M. D.

Leech Lake, Minnesota, March 11th, 1875.

For Forest and Stream.

HARRISBURG HEARD FROM.

The trader will uot allow his skins to be selected to ob-
tnin a particular .shade and quality at any thing like the
figures given, as they depend on the large and prime skins
in a great measure to sell the poorer qualities
The Indians all use snow shoes at this season of the vear
and arc very expert travelers ou them. An adult snow
shoe measures about three and a half feet in length i« of
an oval shape, about oue and a half feet across Hit widest

JK’, • ,Tilc ,n'tenor of the shoes are laced with strips of
raw hide and linen twine. F

I frequently see moose horns. The Indiaus do not bring

, iw!|U 7’,? thc 1Unt Unlef some sPeci,‘! inducement is
offu ed, as they are so very heavy and difficult to carry
We have here only the white-tailed deer. The commonly
received opinion is that deer, moose, and elk shed their
“2 rr- 111 ' ! ! V' na ry and Fe bruary , and that every
,llS a,niad^ ,0,ml Proug- The first horns grow
%\ hen t a o years old. 1 have noticed deer huving full horns
from August, to January, but cannot remember seeing any
horns t urn^ln, erynls. I remember last June in travel
mi I lhrouSh the country a distance of seven

mb s, I counteuTwenty-one deer, but not one of them had

I-' ’T; . fTr 'Cy "mye 1VlVe a" bec" doea- Have ridden within
6 x 7- 1 °f so,me °f tliem and could not drive them away by
shooting at them; they had their young close by and would

f UI „ea.i e 1 leum, 1 he f,nv!a hfts no SCcct’ 80 dogs cannot
follow them. 1 hey are easily tamed and soon become in-
tolerably mischievous by jumping into gardens and eating
the young vegetables. b

Fite fare from St Paul, Minn., to Albany, is about$40-
fiom St. 1 mil to Bramerd, $10; from Bramerd here, *0.
fake the cars by any route to Chicago. From there if
}°u have time, take cars to La Crosse and the steamboat
fiom there to bt. Paul, which makes a delightful trip.
Fiom Buffalo you can take steamboat to Duluth all the
way by water. This route affords a splendid opportunity
to see the great inland seas. Duluth is about 150 miles
from Bramerd by railroad. The fare this way would be
less, but would occupy more time.

The wild rice I send is a powerful diuretic. It is very
palatable eaten with milk like white rice.

The Indians are inveterate gamblers; many of them are
expert euchre players, but their great game is what we
can i no moccasin game.” It is very simple and always
^played with the utmost fairness and good humor I have
Ktmwjfcit to be played without cessation for a week. They
U aw<*y blankets, gun, kettle, pipe, iu fact every
fey possess The game is played iu this manner; a
Fis stretched on the ground with two or three players
ne, tom moccasins are obtained, and four bullets;
i i fllSeiullols 18 marked by cutting or making holes in

limv1 . 1 1 W rawirty bo distinguished from the rest.
ranL «nnTdi! h dru,n‘ .uu,i twonly sticks, with all the
I; i , t d n l S lli7 c find- and the game begins. One
find m«CS 1 hc Wa XT1 etIC,ks’ und drum. Ibe other the bullets
tan J,ow fbe drum begins to beat a peculiar

P “l!; ?elIs and trinkets are jingled, and
JKSn* ?? ^ U °-f moao'°aous howl, which they call
edging, all keeping lime. The player takes the four

THAT Harrisburg is the capital of thc old Keystone
State, and within a few hours ride of the best hunt-
ing grounds in the State, is a well known fact. But that it
is also the home of many- “mighty hunters,” is not so
universally known.

To those who are disposed to doubt the truth of this
assertion, I can only say, that could they witness the
amount of game, including deer, hears, turkies, &c., that
—(during the season)— is unloaded from the cars at this
point, they would have to admit that the sons of Dauphin
County are as formidable iu the chase as they were terrible
in war. [See History of the Building of Fort Washington 1
The ueer hunting season of 1874 was the most successful
known for many years. But while more tlrnu the usual
success attended the efforts of the majority of burning
parties from this place, many a good fellow started for the
mountains with a light heart aud ponderous knapsack aud
litter days of Herculean toil, returned weary and worn
bringing nothing back but tired limbs and to'ru garments
as trophies of their sojourn iu the wilderness.

Of the latter unfortunate ones, I propose to write, hop-
ing more for sympathy than admiration from the ’thou-
sauds of readers of Forest and Stream. In the early
part of last Fall arrangements for a hunt on a grand scab-
were completed, and but for the difference between tlieorv
aud practice many a noble buck would have been turn cat
Ere said grand hunt was over the gentlemen who were to
distinguish themselves on this (to them) memorable expedi-
tion were as follows; — 1

Juo. Allen, Jr., newspaper correspondent and ogent for
several literary works of great merit; James Wells travel-
ing engineer of the great Peun. Central Railroad; George
Hucket, James McKee aud Martin Leonard, alias the
"Blacksmith," all first-class engineers of the same great
road, and last aud leuat, J. O. Boggs, clerk in a wholesale
coffee house.

We left Harrisburg as heavily an equipped and sanguine
a party as ever started tor the mountains, und after two
hours ride, were safely landed at “Anderson," the nearest
railroud station to the doomed valley, where we intended
to “cry havoc, and let loose the dogs of wur.” Here as
per our arrangement, a team wus waiting to haul our
plunder to the top of the second mountaiu, from the sum-
mit of which a railroad of very peculiar construction runs
down the “Licking Creek Valley,” the objective point of
this never to be forgotten journey. Our ascent was paiu-
fully slow, for the horse, in addition to being false, was
wind-broken. At last, however, by pushing the wa^ou
and applying the hickory to the horse, we reachedlhe
summit. We transferred our baggage to the only car
operated on this remarkable road', aud were soon safely
lauded at the base. Shouldering our tremeudous loads
we struck boldly out into the wilderness. A few hours
trumping brought us to an old cabin, which we intended to
occupy. An hour’s work made it very comfortable, and
building a good tire, wc turned our attention to getlin"
supper. It was soon ready, and each of us did ample
justice to the meal. After supper, by which time darkness
was stealing over these vast solitudes, we replenished the
fire, and in its cheerful light we smoked and discussed the
prospects for the morrow. After due deliberation a plau
of action was agreed upon, and we lay down to sleep that
night, feeling confident that the old log-cabin would form
the base of a series of brilliant operations that would iue-
vitably result in the almost total extermination of the deer
in this famous valley. The next morning, long before duy-

foimd tbJ*?nf uhn<- ?V.r br™kfftst and «lw first gray dawn
wliera thou ? k?mUh, "nd n“ckut posted on crossing*,
fn/J, uC.\ l° Ct animal puts and livo.

wl. 111 /lb.? W n‘OU*f°;.bul 1,0 fl‘r"''T," was their motto,
M' hce und the clerk were each hurry-
roL.rann»,. P?r/or™ their respective parts of the day’s
P ^ *■ ° f“r all worked admirably, every man per-

t So 5.W1 Ul” MM •» porform Ll," tffi
should rm?f S 8 1,1,1 arranged that they

stimild run, they persistently avoided the theoretically

were Ci^l^S» 0WMp[cd mid guarded on aforesaid. They
Tl ' f- ?-alll°,"r V.Utr<,i‘,'cs 1,1 «»»D, only for a second.

id kc unheeded b nfi ?' U'° "bI"‘t,> slmU w|»Utl0’* were
wore away and the night found

mminVed a V ,u,d ln,,lk'ry, un«l of course dis-
appointed. A good supper, however, and the inevitable

rr,k\ra,ly r,'vlv‘‘.'1 our spirits, ami the evening wus

wn an nvn 55*5?*’ ,,\‘?twllll!‘,lu,di"K "ur disappointment, and
e, agreed tha the “camp fire" is the ur ,J,» ultra of

“? Pm“T ®f,1 10 c W l,u‘ "wmoriw* cluster around
el.arnW lM Cu,‘ « » « > ‘ 'To . <• n t to Its i.ulescritmhlo

2 l „f ,yf'Vl'ri! 11,0 B,orlwa «>»“ " ere told that night,
moref f °P° f°r U'° m0rrow- Wu lft)’ dowu to sleep once

nM0rni,np’, h,y dn>;nRht- w,‘ wore again on the “war
path, 1 his day s hunt begun aud ended as the first. The
sharp crack of the rifles and the tremendous roar of t ho
double shot gun reverberated among the grand old motm-
tains and awakened echoes for miles around. 1‘lciuy of
hair, but no blond was shed by the deer.

The third day’s hunt began and ended as tho two previous
ones, but it was reserved for the fourth day to witness the
climax of our misfortunes. We awoke to find tho rain
pouring in torrents, tho faces or all looked grave, but after
hearing J. A., Jr., relate some of his exploits on Just such
days as this, we resolved to try it again, let it rain us it
would. Messrs. Wells and Ilacket, however, did not seem
lua hurry for the fray. Tlioy lingered long over their
breakfast that morning, and we h it them. All day wo
crawled through the dripping thickets, and fell overlho

f.°m I w . ?k lllu ndn haci made very slippery. Tho
Blacksmith," in one of his numerous falls, disarranged
the sights on his rifle, which sad mishap was not dis-
covered until he missed a deer stunding within easy range.
Ho merely knocked off a hunch of hair, whim, hut for the
accident referred to, would have killed the deer, for lie is a
good shot. And again, while in the act of firing at another
that was leisurely approaching him, a large limb of the
trc? /V, r 'vl,*cl* 1,0 waa standing, broke with a loud crash
and fell within a foot of him. The deer and the "Black-
smith took opposite directions, The “Blacksmith" only
stopped when he reached the cabin. When tho door
stopped, history sayoth uot. When we mol that evening
at the cabin wo wore greatly disappointed to find Momra.
Wells and Ilacket gone. There is a limit to human eiidut-
ancc, mental and physical.

Tlieylind succumbed to tho demoralizing Influences of
baa luck and wet weather, aud packing their traps they
had sadly und silently stole away, aud no doubt by thin
lime were doing their lust on a home run. We missed
them that night, but a lecture by J. O. B. on tho great
value of potatoes as food, as demonstrated In the case of
J. A., Jr., and some choice vocal music by the “Black-
smith," rendered in his own “peculiar and inimitable"
style, enabled us to pass the evening very agreeuhly.

Before we went to sleep, however, wc n solvcd that the
fates were against us, and that the best thing we could do
would he to imitate the example of the “departed" and go
home. Accordiugly, the next morning, alter eating as
much as possible, wc packed up, and bidding adieu to the
cabin that had sheltered us so well, we started for a (mint
where a path crossed the mountains to Granville, a station
ou the l*. R. R., and the site of old Fort Granville, an im-
portant post in colonial days. This was several miles east-
ward of the cabin, and with the understanding that we
were to meet at the point mentioned, wo separated; Allen
and McKee intending to hunt along the creek, while the
“Blaeksmith" and the “clerk” took the fool of the moun-
tain runnlug parallel with thc crccK.

Encumbered us we were by the weight of our knap-
sacks, it was impossible to walk with that light, ciuitlous
step so necessary to successful deer hunting. But, con-
trary to our expectations, wo came suddenly on a lingo
flock of turkies. The veritable “Blacksmith" tired, hut
without effect, and they scultorcd in every direction. The
“Blacksmith," after tuking a position behind a log that
made his huge white knapsack Hie most conspicuous object
m the vicinity, began to call thorn, disdaining the use of
any mechanical arrangement to lure turkies to their des-
truction. lie depended entirely on Ids vocal powers to ac-
complish that object. To have heard that call was well
worth a day’s travel, so perfectly did lie imitate a turkey,
(of some unknown specie*,) that the ones we were after
tied in terror from that awful sound. Wo started onco
more, und after a long, tiresome tramp, reached Granville.

In summing up tho net proceeds of this “big hunt," we
found it to he as follows;— Six gray squirrels, four wild
pigeons and six quarts of chestnuts, the latter .1. A., Jr.,
procured by climbing a tree mid cutting off the top. In
justice to the parties who llguro iu this account, I beg h ave
to H«y that they are all genial gentlemen and hunters of
considerable experience, which is especially true of J.
Allen, Jr., for many indeed tiro the (leer that Imvegouo
down at the crack of his trusty Ballard. Ami for niiiiiy
years not a Thanksgiving Day has passed that the table of
Mr. Wells was not graced by a roasted wild turkey slain
by his own hands. And all tho rest of the party have
slain their llrst deer in days gone by, and the almost max-
disable : result of this great hunt, proves the truth of thu
old saying that “(ho best Ini j plans of men and mice oft
gang agloe." But glorious Autumn will come again,
and, God willing, wc will go to the mountains once more,
and perhaps can give a belter account of ourselves when
we return. J. o. B.

A Heart Wound not Fatal.— C. L. Ford, of the Uni
versify of Michigan, informs the Medical JUe/trd that a so
vere wound of the heart Is not necessarily fatal, a* instanced
in the case of a deer which was shot the past Winter, hav-
ing a bullet in its heart that had evidently lodged there a
year previous, os indicated by thc cicatrix. The hbot hud
traversed the muscular structure for three inches nearly
parallel to the septum. “The whole indication," he suvs,
“is complete recovery from the injury done at the time.

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FORES'! AND STREAM.

more natural, or niore’effectivc cun be devised, or auytliiug
com rived ou a grander scale I can only say I should like to
see it.”

Transporting Live Fish.— The London Field of late
date contains diagrams of an apparatus in use by the Ger-
man Fisheries Association for transporting fish ou long
Journeys, which consists of a long cask mouuted on wheels,
the motion of which works an uttruting bellows, sc that
manual labor is dispensed with. There are iron or wooden
tappets attached to the spokes by an open fork, and secured
by a cotter, and when the wheels revolve the tappets strike
upon and set in motion a swinging lever, and a connecting
wire attached to the lever works the bellows. Should it
be desired to work the aerating bellows at a quicker rate,
without increasing the speed of the vehicle, this can be ac-
complished by adding to the number of tappets. The bel-
lows can be worded by hand in caso the apparatus remains
Stationary for any length of time, and the barrel can bo
easdy removed from the frame at any time. It is a useful
contrivance.

The Blue Light. —Orders bavu been issued at Wash-
ington to fit out tire United States steamer Blue Light,
^ hieh lias been laid up at New London, Conn., for 4rc use
ol Prof, bpencet F. Baird, United States Fish Commission-
er. Commander L. Beardslee, United States Navy, will
be assigned to the command of the vessel. He has had
command of her for two years past.

Fish Commissioners port Kentucky.— The Kentucky
Slate Sportsmen's Convention, which meets at Paris on the
It) h instant, will recommend the appointment of State fish
commissioners by the legislature. Kentucky is sadly ru
need of protection for Iter fish and game, such prohibitive
laws iu H has being practically a dead letter.

<gislf (gnlturt.

MARVELS OF SALMON LIFE.

IT li well known that salmon ascend their native rivers
at certain seasons of the year to spawn. At the United
States salmon breeding establishment on the McCloud
fiiver, In California, It Is an object of the commissioners
to capture these fish at such times in order to secure the
spawn for artificial propagation; and in order to facilitate
this edori a dam and bridge were built last Summer under
direction of Livingston Stone, Esq., the superintendent,
across the river to prevent their passage to their usual
spawning beds above. Mr. Stone has kindly favored us
with advance sheets from Prof. Baird's forthcoming report
for 1874, describing the assault of the salmon last August
upon these obstructions, and their wonderful but ineffec-
tual t'ffnria to pass them. Much has been said of the mar-
vellous leaps of the salmon, and the assertions that have
been marie as to the length or height of these leaps huve
generally been regarded as ower true tales; but the official
statements herewith printed establish their verity, and im-
pel us to wonder at the muscular force which enabled these
fl-h not only to leap over the dam, but to “strike with vio-
lence" persons standing upon it. We quote: —

“About four o’clock in the aflernoon a few dnys after the
passage of the salmon was obstructed, and before the cor-
rnls were made. It was announced that the salmon were
making their first assault upon the dam. The whole camp
collected on the bridge to witness the attack. It was a
sickt never to be forgotten. For several rods below the
bridge the salmon formfid one black writhing mass of life.
Piled tog. ther. one above another, they charged in solid
columns against the bridge and dam, which trembled and
shook continually under their blows. Not dnunted by their
repeated failure, they led attack after attack upon the
fence, one column succeeding as another fell back. En-
couraged by their numbers, and urged on by their irrepres-
sible instinct. I Itcy entirely disregarded the observers on
the bridge, and struggled ’ their very best to pass the un-
wonted obstruction Finding the fence impassable, many
fell back a little and tried to Jump the bridge. This sev-
eral succeeded in doing, sometimes violently striking the
men on the bridge in their leaps, and sometimes actually
lumping between their feet. For an hour and a half this
fierce assault continued, when, exhausted by their efforts,
ami discouraged by many failures, they fell back to the
deep bole just below the rapids, arrested for the first lime
in their progress up the river since the McCioud formed its
channel. Tile Indians who were watching their uioven e i s
Were wild with excitement over the scene, which, even
after a residence of centuries on the river, was new to
them, and they begged for permission to spear the salmon
This, however, l did uot give, as I felt obrged to save all
the fish for their spawn.

“When the salmon had mnde their unsuccessful assault
upon ihe dam. they fell back into the hole at the foot, of
the rapids, which formed the lower fishing ground. Here
thev were practically in as secure confinement as if they
had been caught and placed in a pound, for the darn pre-
vented them from going up the strenm, and their irrepres-
sible instinct to ascend the river prevented them from going
down. Every foot of this bole was swept by the seine.
No better corral or enclosure for confining (lie fish could
be contrived. Here they bad tlieir natural habitat and sur-
roundings, the whole volume cf the McCloud River for a
wutei supply, and nothing whatever to prevent them from
keeping heulthy and in first rate condition. It was the best
possible kind of a pound for them. Lust year they lashed
themselves to pieces trying to escape from the artificial
fence that surrounded them. This year they kept ns fresh
and well as could be wished. They accumulated here in
this hole by thousands. When any were wanted it was
only necessary to extend Ihe net around them and haul
them in. On one or two occasions when n haul was made
»•» less than 15,000 pounds of salmon must have been en-
closed in the net. They formed a solid mass, reaching sev-
eral yards irom the shore, and filling the uet two or three
feel deep. If 1 should say 20,000 pounds I do not think
it would be exaggerating. For some reason or other my
method of confining and capturing the salmon has been
spoken of disparagingly, but if anytkiug more simple,

NEW HAMPSHIRE FISH
LEAGUE.

AND GAME

'■p'lIE annual meeting of Hie Fish and Game League of
1 New Hampshire was held at Manchester last week.
This is a powerful and intelligent body, and its services are
much needed in the Granite State, where the protective
laws have hitherto been very lax and inefficient. Its work
thus far has been thorough and sagacious. Last April a
year ago a very competent committee was appointed on
“Restocking the Merrimack and Connecticut rivers,” and
also a sub-committee to confer with the legislature on the
subject; special fish commissioners were appointed in all
the counties of the State except Grafton, Merrimack, and
Rockingham, who were desired to co-operate with the State
commissioners iu their labors; a Committee on Bird Laws
drafted an elaborate bill, stating what birds should be
protected, and at what seasons, which was presented to the
legislature and passed with slight modifications. The prin-
cipal changes made by this law were the termination of the
close season for woodcock on the 4th of July instead of the
lffih of August, us formerly; the omission of the Wllron's
snipe from the list of protected birds; the clause relating to
die snaring of ruffed grouse, and the ope against the ex-
posing of poisons for any purpose. Care was taken in the
preparation of this bill to guard the interests of landhold-
ers, in order to prevent the hostility to sportsmen which
sometimes arises from that source. It may be interesting
to know the kind of opposition which this bill met. and
which any proposed changes of a similar nature nre liable
to incur. Some oppose any laws favorable to sportsmen
because the dogs used in hunting sometimes kill sheep.
Others object to any protection to that noble game bird,
the railed grouse, because it consumes the buds of their
apple trees in Winter, thereby, in their opinion, injuring
the crop of apples for the ensuing season. A very few
would prohibit the use of the gun during the latter part of
Summer and the earlier half of Autumn, "in order that they
may net a few pigeons in some portions of the State. Still
others assert that all laws for the protection of game are a
species of monopoly iu favor of city sportsmen. Others,
again, among whom were some members of the League,
did not approve of shooting woodcock in Summer, but,
wiih sportsmanlike forbearance, made no serious opposi-
tion to the change of close time for these birds, not wish-
ing to defeat the passage of the bill, which in other re-
spects they approved.

Some effort has been made by the League to appoint
detectives for the several counties, but there seems an in-
disposition everywhere to accept this kind of service.
Nevertheless, illegal shooling and fishing huve perceptibly
diminished during the past year. Five delegates were ap-
pointed to the National Sportsmen’s Convention, to be held
at Cleveland next June. A committee was appointed lo
act with the State Fish Commissioners to secuie requi-
site legislation for establishing fishways. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing year: — President, John
B. Claike; Secretary, William W. Colburn; Treasurer,

I'rederick Smyth; Vice Presidents, Marcellus Eldridge,
Luther C. Critchett, G. V. Pickering, Wm. C. Fox, El-
bridge F. Perkins, John M. Hill, Win. Jarvis, Burns W.
Puttee, Nathan R. Perkins.

Our abstract is made frani a three column report in the
Manchester Mirror.

PACKING SALMON EGGS.

Cold Spring Trout Ponds,
Charlestown, N. II., Aprils, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

The packing of the California salmon eggs this year has been mnde the
subject of so ranch criticism that I beg to enclose the following notes on
the subject for publication:—

The California salmon eggs were packed for shipment this year on the
same general plan that was adopted )a-t year. Tke packing boxes
were made two feet square and one foot deep. At the bottom of the box
was placed n thick layer of moss, then came one thickness of mosquito
bar. then a layer of eggs, then mosquito bar again, then other successive
layers of moss, netting, eggs, and netting, and so on to Ihe middle of the
box. Here u Arm wooden partition was fustened in, and the packiDg
renewed above the partition In the same manner as below. The cover
wus theu screwed ou the top, and unotner box packed. When two boxes
were ready they were placed in wooden crutes, mnde large enough to al-
low a space of three Inches on all sides of the boxes. This space was
filled with buy to protect the eggs against changes of temperature. The
cover belug put on the crate and the marking done, the eggs were ready
to ship.

This plan of packing seems, In spite or mnny severe criticisms that
have been made upou it, to work remarkably well. Of the eggs sent in
1873 to Orcnt Salt Lake, distant a thousand miles, only three per cent,
were lost. Seth Green reports a loss on the 200,000 eggs consigned to
him In 1873. of only eleven percent. In both Ihe transportation and
hatching. Mr. James Thompson, of New Hope, Pa., writes as follows
of the eggs sent him this season: “The 150,000 salmon eggs shipped
from California, arrived in splendid order." The entire loss on this lot
In transportation and hatching was only six per cent. These facts seem
to show that the packing is all right. The trouble with those who found
fault with it is. that they do uot understand what it is that kills the eggs
In ihe lots lhatdO not go well. The mischief is not in the packing, but
In the high temperature to which the eggs are exposed tn transit, i’ will
agree to lake any of these lots of eggs to New York, and back to Califor-
nia iu this packing, without serious loss, if I can have entire control of
the temperature of the crates. Hut what can be expected of eggs that
arc packed in a hot climate to begin with, are compelled to travel a
whole day In n temperature often much above 100°, and then for several
days either where the weather keeps tbeui warm naturally, or where the
car containing them is artificially heated to an excessive degree, as is the
case with the express cars, which convey the California salmon eggs
and when In addition to all this they are delayed by negligent express
agents several days beyond the regular time?

1 challenge any one, whatever may be his ingenuity or skill, to pnek
salmon eggs so that they will make the overland journey safely under
these circumstances. If the eggs were not destroyed In any other way.
they would, with these condltl ns. hatch out on the road from the heat’
and so perish. It should bo remembered that the following points must
be combined in any method of packing the salmon eggs that is adopted
for the overland trip:—

Flret— They should bo compactly arranged, in order to reduce the ex-
press charges, which are enormous at best.

Second— The package ehould be largo and heavy, so that they cannot
be knocked about the express car

Third— The eggs and moss should be massed together in considerable
quaniliics. to retain the moisture In the eggs, and also to be better pro-
tected from changes of temperature.

Fourth— The method adopted should be one that facilitates rapidity of
packing, as the first boxes packed suRer while the others are being
made ready. 6

Fifth-General economy la regard to exponse should be studied, as

with such a large number of eggs, even a email additional expense per
thousand makes a large bill in tbe aggregate.

No method that I have been made aware of combines these advanta-
ges better than the one actually employed this season in packing the
California eggs. Livingston Stone.

afttral ^istorg.

INSECT LIFE— No. 4.

BY KEURA.

THE very extensive c\&ss—coleoplera, or the beetle
tribe— to which the cockchafer belongs furnishes
many other examples of insects exceedingly injurious to
agriculture, both in the larva and perfect states. Such are
the different kinds of weevil which attack grain, both
while growing and when stored away iu the granary — the
turnip fly, the wire worm, which is the grub of one of the
little slender beetles allied to the exotic fire flies, and many
others, an attentive study of whose habits in their various
stages would probably suggest remedies for the injuries
inflicted by them. On the other baud, the same class fur-
nishes examples of insects conferring benefits upon man,
either by preying upon other insects whose ravages inter-
fere with his comforts, or with the supplying his necessi-
ties, or by removing decaying substances which would
otherwise become offensive to the senses. Of the former
description are the larva: of the lady birds, which do good
service by destroying the aphides infesting the hop. Of
the latter, in a small way, is the sexton, or burying beetle,
which actually consigns to the bosom of mother earth the
body of any smull animal it may meet with, not, however,
with a view of conferring a benefit upou the “lords of cre-
ation,” but in order that its own progeny may he provided
with a fitting nidus, and that they may find a sufficient
store of provision on emerging from the egg. Au exceed-
ingly pleasing description of the proceeding of this beetle
and his m,ate, from the pen of an observer, who, we regret,
now writes no more, appeared some years ago in the “En-
tomological Magazine," with the signature of “Rusticus,
of Godaiming," and is quoted by Mr. Newman in his "In-
troduction to the History of Insects," from which we here
extract it: —

“The sexton beetle is about an inchin length. It is of
black color, and so feet id that the hands smell for hours
after handling it, and if it crawls on woolen clothes which

, „ . . . groui

In Russia, where the poor people are buried but a few
inches below the suiface of the ground, the sexton beetles
avail themselves of the bodies for this purpose, and Ihe
graves are pierced with their holes in every direction; at
evening hundreds of these beetles maybe seen in the church
yards, either buzzing over recent graves or emerging from
ikem. The sexton beetle in this country seldom finds so
convenient a provision for him, and he is under the neces-
sity of taking much more trouble. He sometimes avails
himself of dead dogs and horses, hut these are too great
rarities to be his constant resort. The usual objects of liis
search are dead mice, rats, birds, frogs, and moles; of these
birds and rats are most commonly obtained. In the neigh-
borhood of towns every kind of garbage that is thrown
out attracts these beetles as soon ns it begins to smell, and
it is not uuusual to see them settling in our streets, enticed
by l ho grateful odor of such substances. The sexton
beetles hunt in couples— male and female— and where s x or
eight are found in a large animal they are almost sure to
be males and females in equal numbers. They hunt by
scent ouly, the chase being mostly performed when no
other sense would be very available, viz., in the night.
When they have found a bird great comfort is expressed by
the male, who wheels round and round above it like a vul-
ture over the putrefying carcass of some giant of the for-
est. The female settles on it at once, without this testi-
monial of satisfaction. The male ut last settles also, and
a savory and ample meal is-madu before the great work is
begun. After the beetles have appeased the calls of hun-
ger, the bird is abandoned for awhile; they both leave it to
explore the earth in the neighborhood, and ascertain
whether there is a place suitable for interment. If in a
ploughed field, there is no difficulty, but if ou grass, or
among stones, much labor is required to draw it to a more
suitable place. The operation of burial is performed al-
most entirely by the male beetle, the female generally hid-
ing herself in the body of the bird about to he buried, or
silling quietly upon it and allowing herself to he buried
with it. The mule begins by digging a furrow all around
the bird at the distance of about half au inch, turning ihe
earth outside; his head is the only tool used in this opera-
tion; it is held sloping outwards, and is exceedingly pow-
erful. After the first furrow is completed another is made
within it, and the earth is thrown into the first furrow;
then a third furrow is made, and this is completely under
the bird, so that the beetle, while working at it, is out of
sight; now the operation can only be traced by the heav-
ing of the earth, which soon forms a little rampart around
the bird; as the earth is removed from beneath, and the
surrounding rampurt increases iu height, the bird sinks.
After incessant labor for about three hours, the beetle
emerges, crawls upon the bird, and takes n survey of his
work. If tlie female is on the bird she is driven away by
the male, who does not choose to be iutruded upon duriug
the important business. The male beetle then remains per-
fectly still for about an hour, and does not stir hand or
loot. Me then dismounts, dives again into the grave, and
pulls the bird down by the feathers for half an hour; its
own weight appears to sink it but little. At last, after two
or three hours’ more labor, the beetle comes up, ngain gets
on the bird, and again takes a survey, and then drops down
as though dead or fallen fast asleep. When sufficiently
rested he rouses himself, treads the bird firmly into iis
grave, pulls it by the feathers this way and that way, and,
having settled it to its mind, begins to shovel in the earth.
Tins is done iu a very short time by means of his broad
head. He goes behind the rampart of earth and pushes it
into the grave with amaziDg strength and dexterity, the
head being bent directly downwards at first, and theu th?

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nose elevated with a kind of jerk which sends the earth
forwards. After the grave is thus filled up, the earth is
trodden ip, and undergoes another keen scrutiny all around,
the bird beiug completely hidden. The beetle then makes
a hole in the still loose earth, and having buried the bird
and his own bride next buries himself.

“The female having laid her eggs in the carcass of the
bird in numbers proportioned to its size, and the pair hav-
ing eaten as much of the savory viand as they please, they
make their way out and fly away. The eggs are hatched
in two days, and produce flat, scaly grubs, which run about
with great activity. These grubs grow excessively fast,
and very soon consume all that their parents had left. As
soon as they are full grown they cease eating, and burrow-
ing further in the earth become pupte. The length of time
they remain in this state appears uncertain; but when nr
rived at the perfect state they make round holes in the
ground, from which they come forth.” — Newmun, p. 53.

Of the unwearying industry shown by these beetles some
idea maybe formed by the result of experiments conducted
by M. Gleditch, as quoted by Kirby and Spence, from an
interesting article in the “Acts of the Berlin Society” for
1752. M. Gleditch found that “in fifty days four beetles
had interred, in the very small space of earth allotted to
them, twelve carcasses, viz., four frogs, three small birds,
two fishes, one mole, and two grasshoppers, besides the en-
trails of a fish and two morsels of the lungs of an ox. In
another experiment a single beetle buried a mole forty times
its owu bulk and weight in two days.” To this account the
authors add the following pertinent remarks: —

“It is plain that all this labor is incurred for the sake of
placing in security the future young of these iudustrious
insects, along with a necessary provision of food. One
mole Avould have sufficed a long time for the repast of the
beetles themselves, and they could have more conveniently
fed upon it above ground than below. But if they lincl
left thus exposed the carcass in which their eggs were de-
posited, both would have been exposed to the imminent risk
of being destroyed at a mouthful by the first fox or kite
that chanced to espy it.

EAGLES AND GAME COCKS.

Claremont, March, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stueabi

I would wittingly comply with "Roamer's" request to put a good game
cock against my white headed eagle, but that is now impossible, since
the old bald head has gone where all good eagles go. I think the bird
must have died of old age, as he had the appearance of being very old,
though not so old, perhaps, as the one that lived at Vienna 104 years in
couflnement. I have not had mine so long. Does “Roamer” imagine
thut the best game cock that ever battled for victory, no matter how well
heeled, could stand for an instant against a white headed eagle! For al-
though the gome cock has the courage that can dare

"The deadliest form thnt death can take,

And dare it for the daring's sake,"
yet it goes for naught when matched with the eagle's prowess.

I have bred game fowls for a dozen years, of the best strains there
•are, merely for my owu amusement, never having sold them, and many a
lino bird has sent forth his last challenge for buttle beneath the piercing
eye und lowering mien of my eagle. Did “Roamer" ever hear the story
•of the American game cock (a white headed eagle) pitted against the
•champion of Sumatra 1

Now, in regard to the white headed eagle having been chosen as the
•emblem of our great and glorious country, wo have nothiog to do with
'that. Perhaps the country is not so much honored by the representation
us is the bird by being the representative. I cannot, however, think that
the while headed eagle was chosen on account of any particular merit of
the species, but rather on account of the peculiarity this bird has of so
early assuming the white head, giving it a bald appearancc-^jke our
country, young in years, but old in the trials and battles for independ-
ence. 1 believe that onr forefathers generally did things with clear heads,
and don't think that they greatly erred in honoring the bird in question.
But perhaps the ant might better suit the fastidious, and have been a
more worthy representative, as it is industrious, minds its own business,
and we huve, I believe, as yet found out nothing particularly bad against
Its moral character. However, I merely penned my other lines in de-
fense of our eagle's powers physically, and not morally, as one might in-
fer from “Roamer’s" former letter thnt this eagle was a clamsy, lumber-
ing and cowardly bird.

I do not regard It at all of uncommon occurrence Tor the white headed
eagle to capture ils own prey, whether from the land or water. "Roamer"
of course knows that the bald eagle is not considered a true eagle like
the golden eagle, and although denominated a fishing eagle, lives equally
well from the offerings of the sea and land. In fact I And it stated in
Prof. Baird’s "Birds of North America" that the bald eagle preys "for
much the greater part on living unimals."

The white headed eagle is one of the swiftest of all the eagle tribe, and
being fully aware of his own power of wing, oftentimes performs strange
deeds in mid air that rather surprise us here below. It is rather Incon-
sistent to speak of the eagle’s having courage enough to rob the power-
ful osprey of his booty, or to cause the vulture, more frightened than in-
jured, to cast forth his plunder, and yet to set forth the idea thnt this
same eagle has not the courage to attack or beat off a bird "not bigger
than a sparrow."

Why, it is not the courage that is wanting, but the eagle in his strength
regards this little bird as too insignificant to pay any attention to, and so
permits it to enjoy its harmless sport. I think It really unfair to cast
abuse upon the eagle because he conquers In mid air birds nearly or
quite his equal in size, and does not molest the hurmlcss sport of birds
the sparrow’s size. Truly I regard this as his great redeeming trait, and
were it the opposite he would indeed be a rank coward.

On the whole, friend "Roamer," take the bald eagle day in and day
out, I think him not so bad a bird after all. My golden eagle now reigns
euprumc in his solitary confinement, and is ready for a cat, small dog, or
chicken. He is a magnificent specimen, of full size and plumage. His
feathers shine with the gloss of health, and he bids fair to last many a
day yet. Yoars very truly, Nimrod.

Pine Grosbeaks.— The pine grosbeaks, to which we
have made frequent reference the past Winter, were seen
as far south as Meadville, Penn., which is remarkable, in-
asmuch as these birds are inhabitants of Arctic America,
and are only seen within the United States in very severe
Winters. The Meadville Republican says:—

"In the male bird the lees are black; bill brown; gen-
eral color carmine red, not continuous above, however, ex-
cept on l lie head; the feathers showing brownish centres
on the back, where, too, the red is darker; portions of the
breast, sides, wings, and tail ashy browD; wings with two
white bands across the tips of the greater and middle co-
verts. The female is ashy in color, brownish above, tinged
with greenish yellow beneath; top of head, rump, and up-
per tail coverts brownish gamboge yellow, with tail and
wings as in male, though not so dark; the size of the birds
is a little larger than the blue bird, und not us lurge as a
robin. They appear in yards or gardens to feed on berries
that may remain on the vmes or bushes in flocks of eight
or ten, with seldom more than one or two male birds in
each flock."

ghe Rennet.

THE SPRINGFIELD BENCH SHOW.

WE print below the Circular and List of Premiumus
of the Springfield (Mass.) Dog aud Gun Club, for
their first annual Bench Show, to he held at the Ctly Hall
in that city on the 28th and 29lh in&t. We trust that the
energy displayed by the gentlemen who have organized
this event will he duly rewarded by full lists of entries.
The cups are of solid silver, handsomely designed and fit
to grace any sportsman’s sideboard as mementos of the oc-
casion.

Mr. Skidmore sends her os one of the best of those adver-
tised in our paper. She Is by Young Doctor, out of Bridget,
both first prize wiuners at Birmingham, Crystal Palucc, &o!
She is of a very dark liver color, without any while Mr.
Whitman is well plessotl with her, as he has a dog of tho
same breed, a splendid dog for ducks.

The Stale Sportsmen’s Association of Kentucky, which
was organized in September, 1874, is composed of memhers
of the various clubs throughout the Stale. The member-
ship amounts to over one hundred. The first tournament
lakes place at Paris, Ky., in May 18, 1873-to continue five
days. Besides the pigeon mutches, there will ho a Bench
Show of pointers and setters.

CIRCULAR.

The great Interest and rivalry shown of Into throughout the country In
the Importation and breeding of dogs of superior blood, especially of
dogs for sporting purposes, will render nn exhibition of such animals
highly useful nod interesting.

The Rod and Gun Club of Springfield desire to bring about such nn
exhibition. The club is young, having been recently organized, and has
never been richly endowed. Therefore it does not feel Itself able to
offer very high premiums. But It Is hoped und believed that the oppor-
tunity offered of seeing a good many rare dogs together, to compare
their respective mctlte, to effect sates, etc., will Induce the owners of
dogs to bring them to this Show .

This Bench Show will be open to all dogs. In the distribution of
premiums, preference will be given to digs for sporting purposes,
bnt dogs of every breed and variety are cordially Invited to the ex-
hibition.

An entry fee of two dollars efcch will be charged for all dogs mentioned
In the premium list.

Owners are requested to give notice of their intention to exhibit dogs
as soon ns possible. Entries can be made at any time previous to and
on the day of exhibition. Entry fee to accompany nomination.

The rules and points used by the judges will be those of the London
Kennel Club, except thnt a dog with mutilated tail or cars Is not barred.

Dogs from nil parts of the United States are eligible.

If in the opinion of the judges no dog in any class Is worthy of a first
premium, it shall be in the discretion of the Judges to make such award
as they may deem proper.

AH communications, and applications for entries may be addressed to
Robert O. Morris, Secretary, Springfield, Mass.

LIST OP PREMIUMS.

Class 1st.— Setters, Lnvt.rack.~YnT best dog, one year old und up-
ward, a silver cup: second best dog, diploma; best bitefi, one year old
nnd upward, silver collar; second best bitch, diploma; pedigree re-
quired; best dog pup, under one year old, diploma; best bitch pup, di-
ploma; pedigree required.

Class 2d.— Seller*, Gordon.— For best dog, one year old nnd upward,
silver cup; second hurt dog, diploma; pedigree required; best hitch, one
year old nnd upward, silver collar; second best bitch, a diploma; pedi-
gree required; best dog pup, tinder one year old, diploma; best bitch
pup, under one year old. diploma; pedigree required.

Class 3d .— Seller#, English, I< ish and Motive.— For best dog, ono year
old and upward, silver cup; second best, diploma: with or without pedi-
gree; best bitch, silver collar; second host, dlpbmu; with or without
pedigree; best dog pup, under one year old, diploma; best bitch pup, dl-
plomn.

Clash 4tii.— FWnferz, English.— For best dog, one year old and up-
ward. silver cup; second best dog, diploma; pedigree required: best
bitch, one year old nnd upward, silver collar; second best bitch, diploma;
best dog pup, uuderono year old, diploma; best bitch pup, diploma.

Class Cm. — Pointer*, Spanish. — For best dog, one year old and up-
ward, silver cup; second best dog. diploma; pedigree required; best
bitch, one year old and upward, silver collar; second bust blicb. diploma;
best dog pup. under ono year old, diploma; best bitch pun, diploma,

Class 6th. — Pointers, Native. — WUli or without pedigree. For best
dog, oneyeirold or upward, silver cup; second best, diploma; best hitch,
one year old or upward, silver collar; second best, diploma; dog pi(T>,
under one year old, diploma; best bitch pup, under one year old, di-
ploma.

Class Tin.— Fox Ilound *. Beagle s, Harrier*, Dachshund*.— For best
dog in this class, one year old nnd upward, silver collar; second best, di-
ploma; best bitch, one year old and npwurd, diploma; best dog pup,
under one year old, diploma; best bitch pup, under one year old, di-
ploma.

Class 8tij. — English or Irish. Petrlevers, Clumber Spaniel*. Cocker*,
Springers.— For best dot; In this class, one year old and upward, silver
collar; second best, diploma; best bitch, one year old und upward, di-
ploma; best dog pnp, under one year, diploma; best bitch pup, diploma

Class Ora. — Terrier s. ScofcJi, Skye, Dandle Dinmonl, Hough. Coated.
Pug, Black awl Tan Toy.— For best dog In this class, one yeur old and
upwards, collar; second best, diploma; best bitch, one year old and up-
wards, diploma; best dog pup, diploma; best bitch pup. diploma.

Class Wto.— Newfoundland*. St. Bernard s. Collie *, Dalmatian*,
Spilt, Blenheim Spaniel*, Poodles. Italian Greyhounds, Greyhound*.—
For best dog in this class, one year old nnd upward, silver collar; second
best, diploma; best bitch, one yeur old and upward, diploma; best dog
pup under one year old, diploma; best bitch pop. a diploma.

Class IItii.— Mastiffs. Bulls, Bull Terriers.— For best dog In this class,
one year old and upward, silver collar; second best, diploma; best bitch,
one year old and upward, diploma; best dog pup, under one year old,
diploma; beat biicn pup, diploma.

In addition to the prizes mentioned above, Forest and
Stream offers a cup of the value of twenty-five dollars for
the best specimen of dog or bitch, either setter or pointer,
without regard to strain, on exhibition.

The object is to secure unanimity amongst the ttporlameu
of Kentucky and concert of action in regard to (he pre-
servalion of gumo, the passage und enforcement of gama
laws, and legislation requisite to protect the flue bred dogs
which are being imported luto the Stato.

DOCKED TAILS AND BENCH SHOWS.

Editor Forrst and Stream:—

West Trot, April S, i«b.

Aa I understand It, one of the rules pertaining to Bench Shows ex-
eludes entry for prizes lo a dog having been docked. Such being this
case. Is it not going to have a tendency lo lessen the Interest which would
otherwise be felt In these shows, If this rule were modified? The majurtty
of our best dogs oro owned by sportsmen, and nlnoivon out of twenty do
dock the tails of their doge, and It Is In my opinion a great Ido. sing to
them. A caso just now occurs to mo. I met a frlond wlih Ids „-iior a
few days since, and I noticed Ills dog carried Ids tall ns If It bud b«*n
run over and broken. I asked him the mason, and he said It had not
healed since lust season's shooting, uml was getting wot so, 1 surge. u-d
taking u little off. which he said lie would do as soon as thu weather per-
mitted. This dog wa» hunted till through the knit with a soro tall,
caused by switching about tho bm.h, amt lias suffered all Winter with
It. It might perhups huve come In contact with some poison, hut any
dog Is liable to do the same. No sportsman Is going to sacrifice l ho
comfort of his (log for the purpose of ontoilng him ui u dnj; show. Thus
it will be seen the majority of onr bust dogs will not be represented. I
am the possessor of a bitch whelp by Ranger, also a dog whelp by IT do
of the Border, out of "Mohawk’s" Brosna and Kirby, which will compare
favorably with anything levnr saw In the dog Hue. I should very much
like to enter them at tho Watertown show, to bn held under ilia super-
vision of "Mohawk," but they are disqualified. They have been ducked,
as every other whelp lias which I have bred or raise I. I do not approve
of docking so short as to disfigure a dog, but short enough top event
them from whipping their tolls sore. What sportsman has not «o>n
dogs come out of n thicket covered with blood, tho effect of whipping
their tails so much, and If hunted every day, do they not sufior from itf
Cannot this ruin lie modified somewhat, so us to permit dog* that have
not been disfigured by the operation to Dr entered for prizes! Don't let
us copy so closely after our "English cousins" lu over) thing pertaining
to dog mid horse allows. In England they have very lluJoeover Shooting,
and It Is uot necessary to shorten the tails of their dogs, In Uni country
Ills nearly all cover shooting, except in tho Wu.i, uud there the tall
grass and weeds are as bad as cover for a dog. Lei us get tip something
original, Is thu prayer of Yours truly, J. II, FtTCurr.

Wo agree with our correspondent entirely ns to the Im-
propriety of excluding setters and pointers from bench
shows in couscquoncu of docking, yet we do not think,
with him, that all such dogs are either benefited or beauti-
fied by docking. In regard to pointers, wo are convinced,
from long experience, tlmt judicious (locking not only Im-
proves their appearance but avoids the cruelty of working
them with sore tails. With setters, however, it is very dif-
ferent, the tail being so much letter protected by ihu
feathering. A soro tail from hunting is nn exception, yet
there are many setters having tails out of proportion in
length, and some with an ttwkwurd crook near llto end,
and all such can bo much improved in uppeurtinco by Judi-
cious docking, a course we have always pursued; yet wo
have bred some pointers, and many setters, which required
no docking, their tails being Just about the proper propor-
tion and shape, and any alteration of them would huvo
marred their beuuty.

The tail of a dog is a prominent feature, and should al-
ways be so considered in a bencli sltow. Wo call (lie at-
tention of our correspondent to the fact, that ul t he bench
show of The Rod and Gun Club, to be held at Springfield,
Muss., on the 28lh inst. , the rules und points used
by the Judges will be those of the London Kennel Club,
except thut a dog with a mutilated lull or curs Is not de-
barred.

IRISH RET RIEVERS.

— Wc would suggest to gentlemen who may desire to
send dogs to the Springfield Show, that if they will send
notice of such intention to this office in ample time, we
may be enabled to mako arrangements for a special car for
their transportation.

—We hope that the ruilroud companies will be suf-
ficiently magnanimous to allow dogs en route to the
Springfield Bench Show to occupy the smoking cur,
if properly accompanied. In this connection we would
call attention to the fact that baggage men of the Atlantic
und Pacific Railroad Company have been instructed to
collect as fares for dogs, fifty cents for the first 100 miles
or fraction thereof, und twenty-five cents for each addi-
tional 100 miles or fraction thereof ; for each gun, twenty-
five cents for the first 100 miles, aud fiftecu cents for each
additional 100 miles. It will not be long before dog rights
will be fully recognized in all respects, legal and other-
wise.

Another Fine Importation — Mr. J. H. Whitman, of
Chicago, Western Pastunger Agent of the Grand Trunk
Railway, writes us that by the Allan steamer Scandinavian,
which arrived at Portland, March 31st, he received from J.

S. Skidmore, Esq., of Nantwick, England, the Irish water
spaniel bitch Liffey, heavy in pups by one of bis prize dogs. |

The following letter on the above subject la from Ihe
peu of a gallant officer of Her Majesty’s service, whose ex-
perience as a sportsmun entitles his remarks lo great weight.
We hope to heur further from him on kennel subjocta gen-
erally : —

New Brunswick, April?, 1875.

Editor Forest and Ntukam: —

My fancy was a good d-al tickled by tho enquiries of a gantlaman In
your issue of let ln-t., who ha» two flue Irish retrievers, but dove an
exactly know whnt to do with them.

A* retriever# arc special favorite# of mlnn, and I have been In the
habit of hr liking my own fore, vural year# In En^lind and elsewhere, I
will give you ray experience of what can be d me with them
To begin with, a retriever ought to come to heel the moment he -eea
hi# master ha# tile gun with him, h • should mark where tho game falls,
bat never attempt to fetch It till ordered; who i told to ■ oeek doa-l" ho
should run up to the place wheru the game full and If dead, And it »t
once by scent; If only wounded, he should quickly lilt off thu root c nt
and follow it up; having captured It, he snoiild tiring It buck to bU
nia-tcr with tut ruffling a feather, ami give It Into ItU hand. When lie la
perfectly steady at till# work, he should ba made to hunt covert* and
rough ground, he will not »ot like a pointer or setter, but pule the g roe
up, standing afterwards till told to retrieve. If a e'evor dog, he will
generally manage to drive the game toward* yon, not from you.

After the tlr-t of the aeaaoD in England a id Scotland, a good retriever
Is. lo ray opinion, the beat dog a man can use. and 1 shoald mink it
must be the same lo roost parta of IhuStilCi. I know I felt ihe want of
one a few years ago, when solpc shooting In Louisiana. There Is no
more companionable dog: he do-. - not want to be forever ranging like a
setter, but remains near you at all time#

This morning, while out riding. 1 accidentally dropped my whip Nell,
being engaged with a bone, did not notice what had happened till I calk'd

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her Attention to It. She then picked It up aud save It me, saving me the
trouble of dismounting.

1 had one dog lu England who always accompanied me when trout
Ashing: he nsed 10 take charge of my basket, currying It from point to
point; and If my line got caught In anything In the water that ho could
bring ont, he would do so.

There are a great many different strains of these dogs, some of which
are very faulty; so. before taking the tronble to train one, I should
advise anyone to make sure that his pup Is Intelligent, tendor-monthed,
mute, and has a flrtt-clu s nose. Ibex.

DOG FARES.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Dog fane on Pa. Central. Philadelphia to Pittsburg, are SI '0 each; on
the three lines between Pittsburg and St. Louis, 51 50 for each dog, or
from Philadelphia to 9t Louis, the regular fare for one dog Is $6. On
roads west of St. Lonls the fare averaged the same.

The care given the dogs by baggage masters, feeding, watorlng, Iraus- }
ferring to other roiul* in the night, and other necessary attention, was 1
excellent and ill that could lie desired. Wo were fastidiously particular !
as to the proper care of our dogs, and through all the various baggage J
men's hands which they passed there was nothing to except to, hut I
everything to commend. C. S. B. j

The gentleman to whom we arc indebted for the above
information, Mr. C. S. Boutcher, lias prepared for private
circulation a little book entitled “Notes of a Western
Hunting Trip,” being an amusing and exceedingly interest-
ing account of a hunting expedition in Missouri, Kansas,
and the Indian Territory in the Winter of 1874. The illus-
trations are unique and remind us somewhat of poor
Squibob’s attempts, but the information contained in the
book is very valuable to sportsmen meditating trips in the
same direction.

§‘H>lc ‘,n(l §»»•

GAME IN SEASON FOR APRIL.

Snipe, Docks and Wild Fowl.

[Under the head of “Game, and Pun in Seal'll" we can only speci-
fy In general 'erm* [he several carle 'it*, because 'Jus laws of Stales vary
to mucJi that were we to attempt to particularize we could do no lest
than publish those entire tectum* that relate to the kinds of name in
guss/lnn. Thu would rei/uire a great amount of our space.. In desig-
nating game we are guided by the laws of nature, u/sm which all legis-
lation is founded, and our readers would do well to provide themselves
with the. law* of their respective States for constant reference. Otherwise,
our attempt* to assist them will only create confusion A

Game in Market. — Every week reduces the variety ex-
posed for sale, and the assortment on the stalls is of the
most meagre description. Ducks have ceased to come from
Southern waters, and the canvas backs, red beads, etc., on
sale are refrigerated birds. Brant are in better condition
than any variety now received, and sell for $1 75@$2 per
pair. Widgeon, broad bills, etc., are being received from
the East end of Long Island in largo ^quantities, but are in
very poor condition; they sell for 75 cents to $1 per pair.
Geese are also killed in large quantities in the same locality ;
price $1 50 each. English snipe from the West are
coming In freely, but New Jersey and Maryland are
supplying few birds; the former bring $3@$3 50 per do/.,
and the latter $4(f«$4 50. Plover $1. Wild pigeons are
worth $1 25(&$1 50 per do/.., and, as the nesting season soon
begins, but few more will be received.

—A now Game Protective Club is now being formed in
Washington City by the most respectable citizens, who
will wield an influence that will ensure the enforcement
of the present laws or Becure the passage of new ones, if
necessary. Violation of law is more imprudent aud reck
less iu the District of Columbia than most anywhere else.

— According to the Dallas (Texas) Herald, Mr. Iledgeman
Brown recently killed “two hundred and fifteen rico birds"
at a single shot. lie fired one barrel of his gun only, which
was loaded with flue bird shot. We wonder if the gun
was one of the one and three quarter inch bores used by
market shooters on the Potomac ?

— On the 14th of January, 1875, a sportsman’s club was
formed at Ferrisburgb, Vermont, the chief object of which
is the enforcement of our game and fish laws. There is
a broad field for missionary work in this line there, and the
club hopes to accomplished some good.

—The "Sank County Sportsman’s Club" of Wisconsin,
was organized at Baraboo last month. It will encourage
legitimate sport and protect game. Its ofllcers are R. M.
Strong, President; Win. P. Barrett, Vice President; Muir
Pointou, Secretary; Geo. Mertens, Treasurer.

—The Huutcrs' Club of Lexington, Ky., was organized
in 1870, and comprised originally twelve members, but a
abort time since the number of members was increased to
fifteen. Besides the usual contests in field spoils, the club
has quarterly matches at the traps, iu April, July, October
and December. The club has, since ils organization, been
matched in contests at the traps with the Frankfort Club,
which it beat; and in a home and home match with the
Nimrod Club of Bourbon, of which the Hunters’ Club
won the match at Lexington, and lost that at Paris. It
also beat the Woodford Club in a match at gyros.

New Jersey.— Kinsey's Ashley House, liainegat Inlet,
April 10.— Ducks are leaving fast and wlmt remain are
wild. Brant still thick, .Joe Prcdmore killed nineteen on
Monday; Theodore Predmore eighteen same day. Quite a
number of geese here yet, but scarcely a day passes that
wc do not see more or less Hocks take their long flight to
the northward. In about ten duys more aud there will be
nothing left but cripples. B.

Massachusetts — Salem, Aprils. — Yesterday being “Fast
Day," of course we bad to try the snipe, and I have the
pleasure of informing you of the first and only bird taken
this season thus fur by our “highly esteemed colored
brother,” Chas. Fuller. For the benefit of those who shoot
at Newbuivport, I would say the grounds are not yet in
shooting order. Woodcock are along but not numerous.
More anoa from “Teal.”

Esse* Co., April 10.— Streams open and ice breaking up in
the lakes and ponds. Numerous detached flocks of wild
ducks passing over, low down, and manifesting an inclina-
tion to alight. Wild geese have been in the Essex ponds;
don't know of any being shot.

Illinois. — Duck shooting on the Calumet is unusually
good just now, and large numbers nf sportsmen are en-
camped about the lakes, as well as along the Illinois River.
Large bags are frequently made by the more skillful shots,
but the game is extremely shy. — Chicago Field.

Wisconsin , Barabpo, April 6. — Pigeons are flying here
and good bags have been mnde. R- M. S.

—A reliable gentleman of this city ha3 hauded us the
following abstract of ten days’ shooting at Bayou Teclie,
Irish Bend, St. Mary’s Parish, Louisiana, and vouches for
its accuracy: —

ABSTRACT rn<>M GAME BOOK OF TUB SNlPEnT, NOVEMBER SHOOTING*

1814, ONE GUN .

Date

English

Snipe.

Part-

ridges,

(Quail.)

Wood-

cock.

Mores,

Wood

ducks.

Total

Ueud.

November 14

November 17

November 19

November 21

November 2-1

November 25

November 17 1..

November 80.......

Total, eight dnys.

i

4

5

....

"i‘

1

....

139

115

208

220

228

801

208

256

1.662

e

1

1

2

1,675

December 1

116

■

3

119

December 16

102

5

....

....

107

Total, twodavs.. .

218

6

....

3

226

Total, ten days. . .

1.880

14

1

1

Iii aavon seasons, 410 days' shooting, 24,169 snipe (1,088 other kinds),
25,267 head.

— A pigeon shooting contest of unusual interest aud
under peculiar conditions as to rules came off on Wednes-
day last at Dexter’s, the grounds of the Long Island Shoot-
ing Club, near East New York, L. I. The event was a
match between Miles L. Johnson, of Robinsville. N. J.,
and Dr. B. W. Talbot, a veterinary surgeon, of this city,
fifty birds each, thirty yards rise, sixty yards boundary, 1 J
oz. shot, five traps, and $250 a side. Iu addition, it was
stipulated that the gun should be held below the clbovy
until the bird was on the wing, both barrels allowed; that
each should find, trap and handle for the other, and that,
instead of alternating the firing, ten birds should be shot at
in succession. Each used ten bore guns, made by W. & C.
Scott & Sons, of London. The birds were good, and the
“gun below the elbow” business bothered both incu. The
following is a summary :

Dexter’s— Grounds of the Lono Island Shooting
Club, near East New York, L. I., April 7, 1875— Pigeon
Shooting.— Match of $500, play or pay, under the Long
Island rules, with special provisions, fifty birds each, thirty
yards rise, 60 yards boundary, li oz- shot, five traps, gun
to be below the elbow until bird is on the wing, both
barrels allowed, find traps and liaudlc for the other, and tun
birds to be shot iu succession.

Miles L. Johnson (B.)— 0 1 0* 0 1 0 0 1 1} 1, 1| 0 0 0*
Oil If 1 0, 1 1 0 0* 1 1 If If 1 0, 0 1 0* 1 0 If 0 0 1
0, 1 0 1 0 0 1 If 1 0 If. Total, 50; killed, 27; missed,
23.

„ B. W. Talbot (B).-l 0 0* 0 1 1 0 If H If, 0 1 If 0 1
1 0* If o 0*, 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1, 1 0 0* 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
0*. 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0. Total, 50; killed, 25; missed, 25.

Time of shooting— Three hours and fifty miuutes.

Judge for Johnson — Ira A. Paine.

Judge for Talbot— Walter Ireland.

Referee— Mr. Parks.

• Fell dead ont of bounds

t Killed with second barrel. ^ ^ ^

Louisville, Ky., April 9, 1675.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The shooting match came off yesterday at Greenland Race Course ac
cording to programme, between Capt. Burton Bray, of Bowling Green,
and Col. L. C. South, of Frankfort, 100 single birds, S'00 to the best
shot. The wind was blowing a stiff breeze, but with all that a very good
score was made by the victor. At the seventieth round Cnpt. Bray
threw up the sponge, the score standing: Bray, missed £0, killed 14; South,
missed 6, killed ti» The match seems to have been for the champion
ship between the two localities, mid will hardly be considered ns deci
sive, inasmuch as Cnpt. Bray had liurdly recovered from a term of ill-
ness, thereby being nimble to meet the expectations of Ills friends us a
good shot, and had taken the prize against Col. South on two occasions
before this, but I don’t belleVe any one con get away with Col. South
without a desperate effort. B.

SUMMER WOODCOCK SHOOTING.

Portland, Me., March 25, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I see by your paper of Juuuary 23 that 1 have at least done one service
to sportsmen by iny answer to “Check Cord,” viz.: 1 have stirred up
“Sanez” to give his views to the public, aud (although differing from
him) am glad of It, for 1 know him to be a keen lover of gun, dog mul
rod. 1 am still “open to conviction” on the woodcock question, but do
not think “Sanez" quite sane when he advocates “a general close time
on game birds for New England from January 1 to October 1;" and 1
think his words convey more than he tncuns, and that "Sanez” himself
will own he does not wish to debar himself and friends the pleasure of
an August day's sport on old Scarborough marsh among the yellow
shanks, dowltchcrs, golden and upland plover. Wc have each had many
a good day's sport there in the three months preceding October, aud lie,
at least, has made too uiauy enviable bugs to wish now to forswear those
days forever.

“Sunez" says, first: "I think we should flud hotter sport and more
birds if let alone until tho first of October;” and secondly, “and one
day's sport on a mellow Autumn day Is worth more than a mouth of
Summer shooting." As to ••firstly," 1 think you ure. wrong, “Sanez,”
but us to “secondly,'' I second you most heartily, us to the pleasure, but
answer me honestly, O, “Sanez!" when do we, poor fellows away “down
East" here in Mulne, get the most of those poetically '•mellow Autumn
days?" Is It not in September? aud although a few come now and then
In October, are thoy not like angel visits, few and Tar between? Now,
there are two ways of looking at this question of the proper close time
for woodcock: First, lookiug at it us a resident of Maine and shooting
woodcock in Maine, or not at all, St appears to me in this light: if the
close time is Juuuary 1 to October 1, as ‘ Sanez" suggests, I must keep,
pay tax or feed uiul trniu my dog during a whole year for the privilege of
using him three weeks The first few times 1 must sacrifice my sport to
iny dog, us bis yeur** abstinence will have rendered him wild aud ex-
cited. The balance of the three weeks— after my dog has steadied down
to honest work— I cuu enjoy and make the most of, provided 1 have
nothing else to do, But suppose there i» som? other good sportsman

here beside "Sanez" and myself, who cannot devoto so much of Oct-
ober ns murks the stay of woodcock with ns, (say three weeks.) to seek-
ing and shooting them, and suppose his business affairs are such that at
the most ho can only spare ono day ont of a week for his gun and dog,
how fares it with him? Why, he will get three days woodcock shooting
per annum, (lor on average years woodcock shooting is over here by
October 21st.) and those three days that this poor unfortunate does get
are barely enough— not enough to get bis dog well broken into his work.
Secondly, looking at what Is best for both game and sportsmen through-
out the whole continent opens up a wider field for discussion and more
mom for doubt. Speaking ‘-firstly," It would !»• answer enough to
"Snnez's” proposition to say that the Atlantic Slates almost unanimously
have fixed the close time on woodcock about the same ns our own, viz. :
January 1 to July 4, and uniformity is worth more at this stage of our
game laws and of public sentiment than conformity to all the actual re-
quirements of the gnmotobc protected. But speaking "secondly,'' j
am in some doubt whether or no wc, in Maine and Northern New Eng-
land, ought not to sacrifice our woodcock shooting -brief ns It is— for
the benefit of onr neighbors und the country at large, and might be in-
clined to snv "yea." did I believe it would be of avail, Perhaps the time
is coming, and I believe II is, when the people of this whole country will
realize the value aud Importance of game, anil of ro ‘pectins and olincrv-
Ine nil laws for its protection; yet, I know too well, as do all who arc in-
terested in this matter, that that time has not conic as yet, aud Hint wc
must teach people the importance of and necessity for strict game lows
before they arc enacted, in order to have them avail much. Commence
with close times too short rather than too long, lest yon rouse a feeling
of opposition and thereby defeat ull laws on the subject. A moderate
law, well enforced and having the sympathy of the whole community, is
a thousand times hotter than a law so stringent ns to become unpopular
and difficult of enforcement, holding out bribes to poachers by prohibit,
lug the shooting of game out of breeding season and when fit for the
table.

The fact Is, legislation can do much, bnt not everything in this matter
of protecting the denizens of our fields, forests and streams, audit ran
do most and best by following tho laws of nature as to close lime, by
prohibiting the killing of fnr, tin or feather during its breeding season,
each according toils own season, and not go beyond that. Do not at-
tempt to draw the lines too closely to try and regulate to n day the least
possible time within which this or that game may be killed, bur rather to
leave all the liberty to the sportsman that comports with safely to the
game, and above all, do not attempt to prohibit the killing of game iu
lawful sportsmanlike manner when the game is fit for the table nnddu
good condition, ns by so doing you arc templing and provoking violations
of the law and endangering the life of the law itself, or will at least find
that public sentiment not supporting it, the law will become a dead
letter, and the doors will be re-opened to general license and slaughter .
The time may come when some of our game birds’ arc threatened with
total extinction; then, and not until then, will it he well to extend tho
close times beyond their iintnial limits, bnt, meanwhile, let every sports-
man In onr fair land do what in him lies to awaken the whole people to
the Iinporlance of having und obeying game laws. Organize associa-
tions In every town and State, and establish on a sound basis an associa-
tion to harmonize all laws, that onr birds may be protected from their
Floridu feeding grounds to their Northern breeding places.

Mac.

BIG GUNS ON THE POTOMAC.

Washington City, March 29, 1875

Editor Forest and Stream : —

In my last letter I illustrated, in the case of woodcock shooting, oin-
poor prospects in the future for game, (aud I cun now add, for anything
that has wings or fins, as you will perceive before I finish this letter,) un-
less wc rise en masse nml hnve Congress, at its next session, to poes a
stringent game law. To illustrate, I raw in a restaurant window, this
week, a bunch of birds consisting of blue birds ami red birds Now, 1
do not snppuse that there is a game law In existence that does not have
hcn“ penalties for any one shooting these two birds. These birds nrc
not fit tor food, but are guarded both by the law and by every farmer as
destroyers of insects and Invie; and in some sections in this vicinity. I
am happy to say. that any farmer catching any one shooting these birdsr
especially the latter, would inllict a punishment on the violator, law or
no law, that he would remember for some time in the future, aud so
much so that they would avoid his place in the future, though it con-
mined plenty of game birds. The mnle red bird has a plumage that has
few If any superiors, und it Is an ornament to any country place to
have u pair or two of these songsters to dwell in Its vicinity.

In order to carry out our prospects In regnrd to fish. I need only add that
I was Informed two days ago by one of the most skillful and successful
followers of Isaac Walton in this vicinity, that no later than about
two weeks ago a being having life, and nil the semblance of belonging to
the human race, went to the vicinity of the Falls, (our great bass fishing

place.) cat a hole in the ice, nnd as soon us the fish would come to the

hole to get air he would scoop them up with a small hand net, und by
Ibis means he seemed about eighty pounds of black bass. Now, it is
known by everyone that Ibis fish is, at this season of the year, tasteless,
poor and entirely unfit for food, and yet, for a small sum of money, or
out or pure cuesedncss, this being is allowed to destroy the ti-li in this
wanton way. I have not been able to mid out us yet how he di-posed of
them, but suppose H was In the usual way, viz.: to take them to certain
dealers in our principal market, who will sell yon, aud deliver aL short
notice, if he 1ms not them on hand, any bird, no matter what may bo tho
season of the year, and you can go to one or these dealers in May, and
purchase quail, (purtrlilge.) or any of the various game birds, provided
they breed in this vicinity. It Is hard to detect these dealers, as they
do not have their goods exposed to the public, but know their customers
and scud them word, so that few but the buyers know of these trans-
actions. It is needless for us to take any steps, ns our laws are so loose
nnd the fine so small that it would amount to nothing. Our hope is to
have Congress at Its next session pass a law Imposing a line for any
one having in their possession oirds or fish out of season, and to double
rhe fine nt each and every conviction. I think by this means, and this
alone, cun we put a stop to the outrages that are not only now commit-
ted, but encouraged by a cluss of persons who think it something to bo
proud of to be able to say that they had just h ft a table (in May) where
they hud quail on toast. I do not exaggerate in the least, and I can tell
you of plenty of cose* equally as bud.

I said years ugo, (aud every day i* making stronger my saying,) that
we have never prospered since the Penitoutiory was abolished In this
district.

I learned a few days ago that r party of gentlemen came here from the
North to enjoy our duck shooting, for which the Potomac bus such n
high reputation. .They decided to go to Glymout, about eighteen miles
from here, us ducks, especially canvas backs, are so abundant. Their
trip from here to there must have raised the highest expectations, for
the river always contains plenty of ducks. They returned in a short
time and said there were plenty of ducks, but there were Oroqnd tily-
mont three deckers with big guns, Hint Is to say, with guns that shoot
from one to three pounds of shot at a discharge. The fact of one big
gnu, let alone three, toll* the whole tale, for H Is impossible to shoot
ducks where one of these guns is in use. You will always find plenty
of ducks at this place, as the river is three miles wide and two-thirds of
It Is water from three to ten feet deep, and it is this shallow water that
contains so much vallisneria. the food of the caucus back. These big
gunners, lo the early part of the season, when the duck* first come, arc
able to get good shots during the day, when at one discharge they will
kill from twenty-live to one hundred und twenty ducks; but soon the
ducks learn th*dr foe and It is impossible for a bojit to approach them.
The big gunner has then to shoot Ilium just after sundown, or be/ore
sunrise iu the morning. To uo this they get between the ducks nnd the

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land, and by this means they can moat always obtain a shot. If tho
night bo clear, Ihuu they will notice before dark where the ducks are
feeding, ami then, whenever the moon jjeta an hour high, or the same
from moon down, (depending upon which side of tho river you may bo
on,) they got between the shore and the ducks, and by tbls means they
have ii full view of all tho ducks without their seeing the boat. One shot
at ducks, while asleep it night, will scare them more tlinn a week’s cou-
atnnt shooting In the day time with a sm ill gun. Between here and
Alexandria, (distant live miles,) (he river Is and has been for the last two
weeks Ailed with ducks, and if you were here I could show you now from
two to five thousand between these two points, and yet, you might try
all day and secure, perhaps, one or two. There has been four large guns
all the Winter at Four Milo Run, inbout half-way from here,) and Just a*
soon as a hunch of ducks alight, they will try and creep up on them: but
if they find this impossible, they defer It until night, or Just before sun-
nac, when you Will thing a naval engagement is going ou. We have no
law against these big guns, so you see our condition, and if at any tlmu
we go duck shooting we go far from this place. Duke.

DUCK SHOOTING ON THE HUDSON.

Hudson, April 8, 187:.

EnrTon FonEST and Stream:—

I noilco that the petition to allow duck shooting ou the Hudson with
swivel guns Is again before tho Legislature. Undoubtedly you are al-
ready aware of tho fact. I do not favor, but opposo.that petition, yet
Is it not objectionable as a law prohibiting shooting from boats, or muk-
Ing September a close time in this locality for duck shooting? These
amendments may do for Long Island, but I do not believe they are
wanted elsewhere. Ducks arc mated by the 1st of May, and 1 have seen
them In Northern Iowu with young by tho middle of May; yet this
amendment would indicate that it Is more objectionable to snoot thorn
In September lhau In May. Yours very truly, Da. W. II. H.

SLAUGHTERING DEER.

Fbrbisburo, Vt., March 2fi, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

In your paper of tho 18th lust. Is an Item stating that "Georgo L.
Matherson lately returned to Lyndon from a deer hunt In Eust Haven,
Vt .having secured llvo deer during his absence. Ho says there is a
deer yurd in that town flvo miles long, where the snow is completely
trampled down like u door yard. He believes there are two hundred deer
within fifteen miles of that village.” I am afraid there arc uot two bun
dred deer within the limits of Vermont, thunks to just such barbarians
as this same G. L. M ., who wantonly slaughtered the helpless and hnlf
starved animals by hundreds, in a Winter of deep and crusted snow some
forty years ago, when the deer were well nigh exterminated here by the
merciless butchery of theso wretches. If there are any honorable
sportsmen In that portion of our beloved State— which one rauy well
doubt, when such a murderous exploit is boasted of— the wonder is that
they did not mount this G. L. M. on the sharpest rail that could be
found, and escort him With all honors beyond the borders of the Stole,
after mulcting him in the fine of $250, to which ho laid himself liable by kill-
ing a deer in Vermont at nay seasou, under an act passed Nov. 8th, 1865,
which makes a fine of §60 the penalty for killing any animal of the deer
kind found running nt large within this State, or assisting in snch kill-
ing, or hunting, or worrying uny such animal. Nothing but a savage
love of slaughter could prompt one, not starving, to kill deer toward the
close of a Winter of such almost unprecedented severity as the past bus
been, when the poor beasts must be utterly worthless in every respect,
not even their skins being worth taking off. In the name of fair pluy
and true sport, do give this fellow the scourging he deserves.

Yours truly, R. E. Robinson.

Hoboken, N. J., April 9, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream

As your valuable and Interesting paper is abont the only sporting
paper read in this section of ihe country, 1 have taken the liberty o.’ ad-
dressing, through yonr medium, some advice to several German pot
hunters living tu West Hoboken They ere out on the Hackensack nnd
vicinity the year through, and nothing escapes their guns. Not long
since the writer saw several woodcock In Secuucus Woods; one week
ufter, (being yesterday the 8th,) they were all gone. Come to make
enquiries in regard to the matter, I found that this same party had been
thorn and shot them all off for specimens to set up, as they said. The
game keepers live in the same street with them, and must know of the
transaction. Aro tho laws of New Jersey so loose that they allow
foreigners to come over here nnd exterminate game in their breeding
season ? I have repoatedly r. ad of gentlemen wishing the close season
from January 1st to October 1st, or the woodcock would in a few years
bo non ee/; but, Mr. Editor, I think there are more killed In tho close
season than there are in the months of July and August, as for instance,
July 1st, 1S74, 1 took my brace of setters in said Secaucus Woods to
show them grouse. I was surprised to find so many points on different
birds. I went there ou the 4th at sunrise, and beat tho whole ground and
never gotaslnglc point; they hid all been shot off on the 3d. I would say,
Mr. Editor, that this party of pot huuters are now watch’d, and will not
be allowed to shoot sora or rail on the Hoboken meadows In July, as
they did last year, while on their nests hatching.

Yours, Hoboken.

HUNTING COAT.

Boston, March 25, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Considerable ingeuuity has been displayed in the Invention of various
styles of hunting coats, cartridge belts and vosts, and game bags. Now,
presuming tho sportsman cnreajiot to array himself In the toggery of ii
brigadier of the home guards on dress parade, I would like to recommend
a particular style of coat. It consists simply of a coat made in sack pat-
tern, of stout duck or corduroy, having as many small pockets inside or
out as may please the fancy of the wearer, and then a pocket lu the
hack side, made by sewing u piece of duck about twenty inches wide on
the inside the back, running from the bottom of coat np to tho arms,
leaving openings for the hand at each side near the upper corners, Such
a pocket can be introduced In any old sack coat at the expense of
twenty-five cents and on hour's work with the needle, and serves a va-
riety or uses. It is never In the way, and always with you when needed.
If ou a fishing excursion, it will hold a drinking cup, liues, fly-book, or
ball, a lunch, pair of dry socks, nnd shoes, and everything you wish to
"take nlong,” and nothing will be lost out while jumping, or in contact
with the brush. In fact its great safety Is the important feature. I
would rather have it than all the other pockets in ray clothes.
When carrying the gun it is more capacious nnd loss troublesome than a
game bag, and thirty pounds of game in it will not puli painfully on the
shoulder. Then again, if the day’s sport has not been crowned with re-
spectable success, you have not the mortification of an empty game bag
dangling under your nrms as you meet your comrades on your return.
Yon all know how Hint is yourself. M.

San Francisco, Cal., March 30, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:--

A sportsmens’ club was organized hero on tho 2Rth Inst., under the
name of the Amnteur pigeon Shooting Club of San Francisco, with the
following o fiicers: President, Mitchell Wright; Vice President, John
Ma«t*>rson; Secrelary, I. P. McSwecney; Trea-urer, T. F Mlsgill. We
huve agreed to have the first match on the IHth of April, of which I shall
take pleasure in sending yon an account. With best wishes for the suc-
cess of Forest and Stream, whose principles have won for Itself the
respect of all true sportsmen, I remain yonr humble servant,

I- P. McSwhenet, Secretary.

METAL SHELLS.

Baltimore, March 23, 1875.

EniTon Forest and Stream:—

I beg leave, for tho aafoty of ilioao ualng brass shells with the screwed
top, to suggest to tho manufacturer* of thorn a simple nnd yatuable
Improvement, which l*. to havo tho orifice through which tho pin strikes
tho percussion cop rimmed out sufficiently largo to admit of the cap be-
ing placed upon the ulpple after the shells aro loaded, without unscrew-
ing the plate Co place the cap, as there 1* groat danger In screwing It on,
of the cap, if at nil long or full sized, becoming wedged In the too small
orifice In the top of case, nnd turning with same. The friction thus crea-
ted I have known to explode the cap, nnd In one case the shell burst ret
and dreadfully maltued the h.iud of an acquaintance. After this accl
deut I immediately had the orifice in my shells made larger, and find I
can now use safely Eley’s waterproof caps, which ion great Improvement
over tho abort and more indifferent caps usually used with theso ehells,

P.

BORING GUNS.

Boston, March 28, 1873.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I notice "Sido Lever’s" loiter of February 17, nud concltido he must
have read my communication w ith oxtromo carelessness, or not at all, ns
ho pretends to quote from It the following: "U. G. says that If 1 look at
a number of pins of d{{r<rent makers," &c.(m<HF Me ItoliclMdaitJixUcr).
His whole refutation of my argumont on that particular point falls to the
ground on tho simple statement that I did not neo tbo word he Italicizes
in that context, and In point of fuel it does not occur In tho entire ar-
ticle. Tho word actually used conveyed simply enough my meanlug,
and the Idea— or rather the fact— which I wished to present was, that no
one of the numerous English makers, whoso pins are more or less ex-
tensively for ?alo by our importers, had any special method of chamber-
ing to which they invariably and carefully adhored, almoly because they
believed It to bo the beet. I have seen no reason to change my opinion
ou this point, but on the contrary am quite confirmed In It, by tho more
extended observations which goutlemon of bitter opportunities than
mine bavo slnco made. This occnrs, too, in very fino piu*. It is uot
Improbable that thla arises from tho proverbial carelessness with which
almost every article la made, when intended for open, general sale in the
American market; but whatever may bo the cuuse, the fact rematus all
tho same. I never pretended that "my Boston man," il» 8. L. somewhat
facetiously styles our well known gnnuiaker, Mr. Wo. U, Schaefer, had
no formula. Quito the contrary. Ho not only ha* one, bnt one that
both lie and hls customers have proved to be good; therefore he sticks
to it, boring hls guns ou that plan aud no Other, and that, too, with all
possible cure and nicety. That Messieurs, onr neighbors across the
water, do not do it, Is the very thing I complain of.

The art of gun making is by no means, at this lute day, a closo corpo-
ration; no one man "knows It all," and good guns are made on several
different plans. 1 merely wished to slate what, In my opinion, was a
good and successful method of boring; ouo also that 1 believed to bo
much superior to the square shoulder for uny pin Intended to use both
melal and paper shells. For the latter a square shoulder, Is every way
bad, as when turned down, as they ought to be for good shooting and
safe carriage, they vary so much in length that while some may be up
to the shoulder others will fall short, aud the wads often get upset in
passing it. I notice 8 . L.’s disclaimer. Scott ft Sons cerlaluly make
fine ana beautiful guns, w hich duserveall the praise 8. L. can give them;
but I never shonld have suspected him of being Interested In that firm
simply because he saw fit to speuk favorably of thclrwork. Like him, I
have no Interest of any klud with any gunmakers, or with any gnn, ex-
cept the general one which all sportsmen must feel In a good example of
either; nnd I hope the time mny come when a gentleman can favorably
note any Improvement Ingunncry, without being accused of owning the
patent, or speak well of a deserving nnd skillful mechanic, without being
charged with a partnership in his business.

"Side Lever’s" retnnrks on the shell question are sensible; but 1 am
at a loss to know why he should propound to me the conundrum ns to
whether I can carry tho "Bostou pattern motal shell," ,%* , as easily as
he does his paper ones. As Artomns Warn says, "I glvo It np," never
having seen or heard of the shell mentioned. My Schafer gnn Is cham-
bered for metal shells, and nuy of the various patterns, as the Berdan,
Sturtevant, Ac., fit it well; but I alwnys prefer paper, extept for »nlt
water purposes, and havo never used a dozen of any other kind in tho
gun mentioned, but like 8. L., carry my paper shells with porfect
serenity and composure in my numerous pockets, and therefore have
not, as yet, given my order for tbo belt or vest which ho says I must have.

Mr. Editor, Ihavesald mysay, and with manythanks for your courtesy
in giving me so much space in yonr oxcelient piper, I promise faithfully
never to trouble yon again, at leas', on this subject. Goodnight,

Under ilnir

CREASING SHELLS.

Ituaoa, March 38, 1873.

Editor Forest and mtream: —

I noticed not long since a statement that the creasing of the shell
affected the shooting very materially. I consider that the rolling over of
the end of the shell will cuuse the wad to bend together, consequently
jam the shot, and whllo Increasing tho recoil, vnry tho pattern just In
proportion to the amount of rolling. 1 endeavored to get something
that would at the eume time fasten the wad, *nil yet nst jam It or In-
crease the recoil. Since I made my machine, Mr. Hall, In hls creuser,
has given to sportsmen something similar; bat a* a matter of course (?)
I do not think it quite Hie thing, My machine was mudo to be placed
upon a loader, ond consists of a short, hollow cylinder with a hoveled
ping in one end. Ou one side of the cylinder Is situated a short arm,
with a dye at one end, which work* through a silt In tho cylinder upon
the bevel of the plug. The shell Is loaded, pressed Into the open end of
the cylinder lilt tho wad is firm against tho end of the ping, the nrtn
forced down, and un Indentation made Just lu front of the wad; the shell
can then be turned and a* many indentations made as wished. These In-
dentations form very little resistance to the wad lu shooting, and yet
they have, with me, always held the wad firmly lu place while In my
pocket. Shells creased with this machine perform much better than by
any other method which I have ever trltd, and I have no doubt It la on
account of the little resistance, about the *111110 ns in a brass shell, which
the shot meet with In escaping from the barrel.

In the last number of Forest and Stream you mention a stylo of
tying tiles luvented by Mr. Mulluly. 1 trust tills Inven-

tion (?) has not been pitented, for In lliu Hummer of
1672, while camping on beaver River, In tbo North Woods, my guldo
criticised the lying of my file*, saying that tho right way was to have the
••book turned up Instead of down," a* lie expressed It. IIo said (tint was
tho way he always lied tiles, and that be could catch fish with files thua
tied, when they would not look at one tied with the hook down. 1 have
had no occasion since that to try hls method but had noted it down a*
worthy of trial. I shall await anxiously the report of the Fishing Editor
a* to his success with the now (?) fiy on those seven year old veteran*.

II.

We regret that want of spueo prevents our giving the
diagrams of our correspondent’s attachment. With regard
to the Mulluly fly; that gentleman's invention may he the
same as the one mentioned by “II or quite different, and
yet in either case original as far as Mr. M. is concerned.
And unless the guide has patented his fly, the first appli-
cant will be the one entitled to the benefit.— Ed.

Captain J. M. Coventry, of Canada, formerly of IT.
lv M 15tl» Regiment, Infantry, says in a private letter to
us that tho hollow point bullet of tho Martini-Henry Ex-
press ritlo makes the most awful wound in an animal
and drops it atone dead whenever hit in tho body. Thla
gentleman killed eight caribou early In March, and hits
trapped $1,000 worth of furs tho past Winter. Thla i*
turning sport to valuable account. Captain C. has a llvo
young caribou, which he is taming to drive.

JfnswcfS go Correspondents.

Anonymous Comiiiunlcallona not Noticed,

John Major, Huntsville, Ain. Thu duublo barrel rlfin and shot ova to
which yoii refor has boon sold. I: Is a miur.lv loader.

J. II. T.-Plonso give me the price of a good spin. If convenient, sml
whore I can p.ucbaao one? An*. Wo can got you a good one, two or
threw month* old. at §10.

J. R. G , City — 1 havo a very premising ae'.torpnp nine months old.
Will you kindly Inform mo whore I can havo It broken? An*. Call at
Uils office, and wo will give you iho USillo of a good breaker

G. 8. B.. Washington, I). <’ -Aro stub twist barrels llabln to have
flaw* or small dunu insldu of them? I)o theso flaw s or dent* Injure their
shooting? An». Tlioy should not; well undo barrels have no flaws or
donts, Wo think not. materially .

J. A. It , Boston. -Can you Inform mo whore 1 can procure a copy of
thu different game laws obtaining In tho various Stuto*, particularly In
tho Western Stales? Ans. Addrera Chaa. Suydam, Editor "Fur. Fin
and Feather," III Warren street, N. Y

J. C’„ Gravonhurst. Maskoka —1 havo a llvor and wbllo colored dog,
a cross between an English pointer nnd a door hound Do you think ho
will beany good for a sporting dog? IIo Is Ion months old , Ann. Ho
could bo mudo a good squirrel nnd rabbit dog.

W. H. B , Wilmington, N. - Havo yon yet published results of o*
pertinent* with the Dlttmsr powder? Ans, Our Issue of March HJih
contained tho results of some oxporlinont* with wood powder. Wo tire
dally In expectation of receiving further reports.

F- W. G., Erie, Will you kindly Inform mo where a Guido to Su
porlor Fehlng can begotten, Its price, Ac.? An., Address J |i«toU-
well, 17 South Sixth street, Philadelphia. Is (.'Inis F. Orvls, M .iuchn*-
ter, Vt,, u dealer lu fishing good* of established ropatatlou? An* l x-
collont.

J. Van 1).— Will you please describe tho process of mnk.ng a split
bamboo rod? Ans. Calcutta bamboo Is solcctod, of tho host iiia'-riut
ami proper length ami sawed Into strips, which are llr*i divested of iliolt
plthj portion*, and then titled together with groat nicety to suit (a,, de-
sired taper of the rod to bo made , Theso piece* are then glued together,
whipped with silk nt short Intervals, ami varnished with shellac, i-ic
further particular* Inquire of any rod maker.

W. H. C„ Cuxonovlii.— In a recent paper there I* a letter from some
one that went to Florida, who says that ho was compelled to wait ion
days for an officer to inspect hls hoot; had to have uu cnvlm or* certifi-
cate nnd u pilot. Is ho right about It? Ho carried no passengers or any
freight for hire. Aim. Any steamboat, however small, must carry un
engineer, captain nail pilot, no one mini to held two licenses, which coat
$10 each. These uro serious embarrassment • to yachtsmen.

II. B., Ironton, Ohio, —By whom was the winning shot In tho great
rifle match fired? A dispute arose between two youhg men, 'one claim-
ing that tho Ame^Jcanz won by tho Irishmen firing ui the wrong inreei?
An*. Cnptntn Undine fired tho lust shot In the International Match,
without knowing that tho result depended upon him. lie msdo ahull*
eye, which counting four, won tho match by three points, One of Urn
Irish team shot at the wrong target and lost Ills shot . It 1 < by no means
certain, however, that had lie fired at the right one ho would have mudo
thu bullsoyu, which would have been necessary to have enabled Ills sldo
to Will.

8, K., 7n , Boston.— You will greatly oblige me If yon will find out
from yonr corresponnont Mo vvliat uro tlm part* of alcohol and shellac
to be used for lacquering guns to keep off saltwater? Ans. We are In
dobted to "Mohawk" for the following: Take of resin 2 drachuis, of
sandurach 3 drachms, of gum lac 2} samples, aud heal them gradually
until thoroughly moltod nnd mixed; then add 3 drachms of turpontlno
mid heat further, after which ntld 3 iliac Inns of rectified alcohol. l-lltor
carefully, and put Into tightly corked bottles. It should bo applied on
the barrel of the gun with a small brush. For guns that are put away
from season to season It will lie found of much value,

Bushman, Plko county, Pa —I havo some small spring fod ponds,
which once contained trout, but are now full of pond pickerel. How
shall I exterminate tho pickerel? Shall I lime tho pond? An*, Tho lat-
ter question la frequently asked. Liming kill* everything, animal nnd
vegetable, so that If the ponds were thoroughly cleaned out In (tils wny
and trout pul In, they would die for the want of that natural sustenance
which Is found In tho larva; and orguntc matter which accumulate* m
ponds. An effective way to get rid of your pickerel I* to stock your
pond with bn**. These will soon llni»h tho pickerel, and In time (hey
will prey upon their own kind and runout'. Then draw off your pond,
luke out thu few remaining buss mill slock with trout. 1 Id* will tukn
some years, hut Is mi effectual mode of procedure.

W. E R., Fcrrlsburgh, Vt — Will you greatly oblige tho Fcrrltburgh
Sportsmen*’ Club by answering the following question*: Them i» a por-
tion of n email river here, some three miles In length from one mill hum
to the next below. It larapld, shallow, with occasional deep boles. Tiro
bottom Is gravelly In some places, elaly in other*. The walorpara nud
soft, but not very cold In Bummer. No fl*li In It but chubs, duco, mid
such small fry. Tho banks aro partially wooded Would trout thrivo
nnd breed here, If introduced, and lathe experiment worth trying? Ans.
Probably not; can't tell very well without testing. Hugo.-** depend*
much on food nnd cold bottom springs. 2d. There Is n dl.put i- uiuoug
us as to whether the hs » common to the sonthorn portion of Luko
Champlain nud Its tributaries, I* tho black bn*., ortho Oswego hare.
Will you give us simple descriptions of both varieties? Ans. The Os-
wego bass Is similar to the black bn-s lu all Its outward marks, oxcupt
that It Inis a largo bend, lacks the double curve at tho end of thu lateral
Hue nt tho Joining of the tall, and ha* no red spot in It* eye It* Unity
meat Is soft and watery, and It common weight Is from flvu to leu pound*
h'ln/ii'ij in Amu. lean Wafer*.

E, H 8 , Albany.— Will you plonso Inform mo what charges yon used
In your double barrelled breech loading shot gun, 3 > inch barrel, No. 10
gauge. Remington ft Boris' make? 1 recently purchased a gun from thorn
of till* description, and recollect of reading In one of your papers last
Fall (I have taken the F«iiest and Stiikam regularly since August last)
that you bad u.cd one Of Remington's goo* thu season previous lu Flor-
ida I have tried my gun a foiv time* at a paper target. 3(1 Inches In di-
ameter, at Mr yards, with tho charge St drachma powder and It ok. shot,
two wads on powder, and pat 07 No. 8 shot lu the target, some went
through and others did not; only one thickness was u.cd, I forgot to
state the weight of the gnu, which Is eight pounds. The recoil was ire-
mendous, skinned one Unger, end battered rny rinso somewhat. I lisd
not used a breech loader but a few times before I bought mine. I begin
to think I don't quite understand the charge which ought tobeused.
Will you be kind enough to tell un: what charge* you were uccustomud
to u*c In your gun on woodcock, snipe and ducks? 1 have be«u told that
1 on. of shut will give as good results In a gun of the gauge and weight
asinine ns It o*. of shot. An*. For snipe, woodcock aud quail, wa use H
drachms powder and It o* of No. 8 or U shot. Forducks, u.o I drachms
powder aud it ox. of No, 4 or 5 shot. These are the usual charge*, hut
you must experiment with your gun until jou have ascertained lliu host
charges to use,

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And our colnmns a desirable medium for advertising announcements.

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patronage and countenance of that portion of the community whoso re-
fined intelligence onubles them to properly appreciate and enjoy all that
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tho legitimate sports of land and water to those base uses which always
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ARTIFICIAL INCUBATION.

WE hare so many applications for information regard-
ing artificial Incubation, und us to where it can be
seen in practice, that we are pleased to ho able to present
something definite on the subject. Mr. S. Leonnrd of New
Orleans, in a letter to "Our home Journal," of that city, de-
scribes his process, which was perfected after a series of
experiments made in Union town, N. J., under the patron-
age of Dr. Prcterre, tho distinguished dental surgeon and
amateur, of No. 159 Bowery, this city. The incubator con-
sists of a tight and dry cask with the head out. The chines
of the cask rest on three bricks placed in a triangle, leuving
a space in tho centre. On one side of the cask, close to the
bottom, is a hole 6x8 inches, to receive a wooden pipe of
same dimensions and four feet long, resting on the ground.
The pipe has a little gate at the exterior extremity, which
is used to ventilate the incubator when necessary.

The heat of 104 necessary for incubation is obtained by
horse manure, which is piled three feet thick around the
cask or incubator, and over three feet of the wooden pipe.
The head of tho cask has a cover, closely fitted, and in
which are six holes with movable plugs, to regulate the
degree of heat. The recipient or trap for the eggs is placed
in the centre of the cask, and is made like a seive with a
wire bottom. On top of it is a thermometer, which indi-
cates naturally at all times the degree of heat in the incu-
bator.

At 104° tho eggs are placed for incubation, care being
taken to move them gently with the hand at least once a
day, like the natural mother. During the period of twenty-
one days care must be taken to keep the required degree
of heat, which can be regulated by the draft, given in-
stantly by the ventilator in the wooden pipe, or by remov-
ing one or more of the plugs in the cover of the incubator.

As fast as the chicks are hatched they are removed to an
artificial mother, for the making of which several patterns
are adopted, the best we have seen being that of Mrs.
Cheshire, of Acton, Middlesex, England. This consists
of a tank for the reception of water heated by a spirit
lamp, and having under it a frame on which is stretched
strong canvas, to which are seven strips of flannel reaching
nearly to the bottom of the apparatus, the whole affording
the requisite warmth and protection to the chicks.

In China, where artificial incubation is curried on to a
greater extent than elsewhere, cotton wool is the principal
agent used. Frames are raised in tiers over an ovcn-like

structure of brickwork in which a steady heat of the neces-
sary temperature is continued. The eggs are placed in the
frames on the wool and covered with the same material,
and the room kept darkened. Ducks are much more
easily hatched by the artificial process than chicks, and
more successfully reared afterwards, as they take naturally
to the water and find their natural food along the margin
of the streams. Even when full grown the ducks are still
herded and carefully tended by a man who acts as herds-
man. A boat is their usual resting place for the night.
As twilight approaches the herdsman throws open the sides
of the boat, places a plank to the water and whistles to his
llock. The ducks come trooping from every direction,
each with outspread wings striving to be first, as the keeper,
who stands by the plank, invariably whips with a bamboo
rod the last duck in.

BOYTON’S LIFE-SAVING APPARATUS.

OUR cousins across the water are so chary of awarding
the faintest meed of praise to anything American,
or any invention the product of “Yankee” skill and in-
genuity, Unit when the epidermis of distrust is once pierced
and that true-heartedness which lies beneath, freely reached,
it is doubtful which gives the greater satisfaction, the ac-
complished feat, or the frankness with which merit is
acknowledged-

Cftpt. Boyton, the last individual who has succeeded in as-
tonishing the “Britishers," is an intrepid diver, who, while
acting os Coast Guard at Atlantic Oily and vicinity, is said
to have preserved from drowning no less than seventy per-
sons. His first feat with tne life-saving dress with which
his name is now identified, was to leave the steamer which
carried him across the Atlantic when off Cape Clear, on the
Irish coast, and on a tempestuous night, swim or paddle a
distance of thirty miles until the waves washed him usliorc
at Trebaska Bight, Skibbereen. So fierce was the gale on
that night that for hours no mail boat crossed the Irish
channel, and great destruction was done on the coast. One
can scarcely conceive u more horrible position ; tossed
from one huge breaker to another, on a rock-bound coast,
the darkuess of the night adding to the uncertainty and
desolation of his condition, while each lifting wave showed
him nothing but a long line of threatening cliff. Making
his way along the shore he fortunately struck upon the
only safe landing place for miles arouud.

The dress itself is an india-rubber suit of peculiar pat-
tern, containing compartments which can he inflated at
will, and enables Die nearer to carry signal lights and flags,
rockets, an axe and bowie knife for sharks, and a paddle
for propulsion.

Arriving in London he gave exhibitions of his apparatus
on the Thames, to the nmazement of the Cockneys, and on
the 5th of this month had the honor of appearing before the
Queen in Cowes harbor, where he was personally thanked
by Her Majesty and the life preservers ordered for the
royal yacht.

It remained for him on Saturday last, however, to at-
tempt a feat, which, although not carried out entirely
according to the programme, was sufficient to demonstrate
not only the adaptability of his contrivance as a life pre-
serving dress, but his own wonderful powers of endurance
Taking the water at Dover at three o’clock in the morning,
he started on a pleasant little swim to Boulogne-sur-mer, on
the French coast. At six o’clock in the evening he had
traversed a distance of fifty miles and was within five of
Gris-nez, the nearest point of the French shore, lying op-
posite that of Britain at South Foreland. Here the captain
of the steamer which, with the press representatives on
board, accompanied him, declined proceeding or piloting
him further, and contrary to his own inclinations took
him on board. He was not fatigued, and his clothing,
which was worn under the marine suit, was quite dry.
Probably there is no better indication of the success of his
performance than the enquiries made to the Loudon Field
and other papers regarding tho dress and where it can be
procured.

We would like however, to note our protest against the
growing practice of exhibiting tho national flag on every
occasion. When the American Eagle screams himself
hoarse in after dinner speeches there may be a reason and
excuse for it, and we can even pardon a circus rider or
ballet dancer who ekes out the weakness of his perform-
ance by appealing to the audience through the medium of
the national colors ; but Sergeant Bates and the company
of patriots who thrust the flag in the faces of foreigners on
every occasion, are nuisances which should not be toler-
ated, putting the question of good taste on one side.

Open Am Literature. — In our article last week, no-
ticing briefly the status and movements of our sporting
contemporaries, we omitted nny allusion to a most worthy
knight errant, the Germantown Telegraph, which, though
not regarded as a sporting paper, has for many years de-
voted a portion of its space to topics pertaining lo the
sportsman’s craft. Long before most of the journals now
existing came into being, the editor of the Telegraph was
prominent in the field, and old fogies who taught their
children, now grown up, to study its columns, as they
would study the oracular leaves, the babbling brooks, aud
sermonizing stones, look to it to-day for weekly informa-
tion on fishing and shooting matters, and regard its utter-
ances always as authority.

We beg our contemporary to forgive our omission of last
week, and to stand god father for our bantling,, which,
though young in years, is nevertheless sturdy and capable.

NEW YORK ASSOCIATION FOR THE
PROTECTION OF GAME.

THIS society held.its regular monthly meeting on Mon-
day evening at Delmonico’s, Royal Phelps Esq. in
the chair. After the minutes of the la st meeting had been
approved, the Secretary read the affidavits of Lewis
Kneiving and John n. Robinson, against whom suits for
violation of game laws had been brought, praying that the
same might he discontinued. Mr. Charles E. Whitehead,
counsel of the association thought that in certain cases
clemency would have the same effect as though the suits
had been pushed to trial. Mr. Palmer asked whether any
convictions had been obtained this year, aud thought an
example should be made of some offenders. The President
stated that he had paid out large sums of money to the
detectives, without receiving any flues in return. Coun-
selor Whitehead stated that he had brought suits against
three prominent dealers and restaurant keepers and would
push them vigorously.

In the case of Kneiving and Robinson it was resolved
to discontinue the suits, the offenders being unable to pay
costs, but iu the case of other offenders the counsel of the
association was directed to press the suits.

The Secretary called attention to the wholesale des-
truction of dneks by “dusting," on the Great South Bay.
The Executive Committee was instructed by a unanimous
vote to procure an amendment to the Game Laws prevent-
ing the shooting of ducks between sundown and sun-
rise.

Mr. Colburn offered a resolution authorising the Execu-
tive Committee to procure the passage of an amendment to
the game laws authorizing the destruction of all traps,
snares, or nets whatever found in the Stale. The resolu-
tion was adopted.

Mr. Whitehead reported that he had filed a suit in equity
to set aside the conveyance of property of Racey, the mar-
ket man, against whom the association had procured three
judgments.

A series of resolutions in eulogy of the late William J.
Hays, ex-Secretary of the association, offered by Mr.
Whitehead, and seconded by the President, were unami-
mously adopted and placed on the records.

Mr. Charles Hallock introduced the circular of the Inter-
national Association for Protecting Fish and Game, the
object of which is to provide a co-operative system of
Game laws iu the United States and Canada. The Advi-
sory Committee of the association includes the names of
many of the leading scientists in America. In organizing
the International Association, the following conditions
have been studied:

1. Geographical Representation.— Securing an intelligent
representation from every part of the continent, from Hie
Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the great northwest lo the
Gulf of Mexico.

2. Economic Inter cels. — A sweeping recognition and re-
presentation, by and through its members, of all the econo-
mic interests that come within its scope, including fluvial
and freehold rights, fish culture, game propagation, sports-
men’s prerogatives, and practical natural history.

3. Distribution of Fauna. — To obtatn through its repre-
sentatives a thorough knowledge of every game bird,
animal, and fish within the limits of each Stale, Territory,
and Province, its habits, food, breeding season, range, and
period of migration.

4. Nomenclature. — To define and classify each species
scientifically, designating it by a specific name, so that in-
telligent legislation can be secured for its protection.

5. Segregation. — To group each identified species, as far
as practicable, within a. defined latitudinal or climatic
zone, the respective zones to be determined by existing
State boundaries.

6. Uniformity of Lam.— Laws governing close seasons to
apply uniformly to each species throughout the entire area
of its geographical range, so that there may he no diversity
between the laws of contiguous States lying within the same
parallels of latitude.

These conditions being satisfied, enforcement of the laws
will be much facilitated, especially as regards the provi-
sions that apply to trapping, the sale and transportation ot
game, trespass, and the rights of land owners and fluvial
proprietors.

Tho meeting then adjourned. .

—A bill is about being introduced into the British Par-
liament looking to an international agreement and enforce-
ment for a close time for seal-fishing. It is recommended
that no seal be killed before the 6th of April or after the
30th of June, and in view of the fact that the present course
of killing old and young, dam and calf alike, is leading to
rapid extermination, such action is not only judicious hut
a positive necessity. Nothing hut legal enactment, rigidly
enforced, will save, not only seals, but other representatives
of fur, fin and feather from utter extinction.

The Centennial.— The one hundredth anniversery of
the battle of Lexington occurs on the 19th inst., and is to
be celebrated in appropriate style on the old battle field.
The presence of President Grant will add eclat to the occa-
sion, as he purposes spending the Sunday previous either at
Boston or Concord, and being on the ground by 10 o’clock
on Monday forenoon.

—On the 25th of March the Sioux City, Minnesota, rail-
roads were opened after having been blocked up ten days by
the snow. A Shakopee correspondent gives us a specimen of
some of the drifts. He states that the six miles cut on the
prairie west of 8t. James, 1,600 feel long, ten feet wide and
eight feet deep, contained 128,000 cubic feet of solid
snow.

FOREST AND STREAM

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SOUTHWEST FLORIDA— NO. 6.

BEING NOTES OK A TOUR OK EXPLORATION— BT OUR OWN
COMMISSIONER.

EN ROUTE we were repeatedly assured that we need not
encumber our boat with a large stock of provisions,
ns a fresh supply could be purchased at old Lauier's store,
at Fort Meyers. Early the next morning after our arrival
I visited the store for the purpose of adding to our 6tock
of hard tack", but found a total absence of the staff of life.
Fearful that our supply of sugar would give out, I pur-
chased four pounds, for which I paid one dollar. One of
the residents kindly spared me one bushel of potatoes, and
I paid therefor one dollar.

At this point I met Dr. McCallam, formerly of South
Carolina, but who has settled thirty-five miles farther up
the river. This gentleman informed me that he had half
a barrel of flour at his camp, and if I would accept a por-
tion it was at my disposal when I reached his palmetto hut.
Here was an awkward position— a limited supply of bread-
stuff to carry us through a long journey, and none to be
obtained nearer than Manatee; but wo could not consent
to impose on the Doctor, and leave him short of flour, so
we concluded to go for the sweet potatoes, and hurry over
our route.

To any one attempting a trip to Charlotte Harbor, or up
the river, I would say curry, or have transported by the
steamer Einelie to Punta Rassa, a sufficient supply of pro-
visions for the return trip. They can be stored at the tele-
graph station until wanted. Uncle Sam has not supplied
the residents above Punta Rassa with mail facilities, and
advantage is taken of every opportunity to forward letters
and papers to persons residing on the river. Dr. McCallam
requested us to take charge of the letters and papers ad-
dressed tp persons at or near his settlement, and we of
course consented.

Anxious to reach our objective point, we left the fort at
eight A. M. Commencing three miles above the fort, for
a distance of nearly three miles the navigation is rendered
difficult by islands and mud banks. At the lower, or west-
ern end of the first island an extensive mud bank will be
found, and the channel will be discovered on its north side,
near the northern bank of the river. Soon after entering
the channel several stakes will be noticed on the port side,
and one on the starboard side of the channel. Opposite
the upper end, and to the north of the first island, a small
circular one will be discovered, which must be left to star-
board. The next two islands must be kept to port, when
a projecting point, studded with tall cabbage palmettos,
will be sighted on the northern bank of the river. Beyond
this point another island will be observed, which must be
left on the port side. If attention is paid to these direc-
tions, and the shallow' water on either hand of the channel
looked for, no great difficulty will be experienced in navi-
gating this troublesome locality. Above the upper island
navigation is easy to Fort Thompson. The river in the
neighborhood of the upper islands is famous for its well
developed alligators. We devoted about an hour to their
destruction, and killed eight— the smallest of which mea-
sured over ten feet. Above the islands the river narrows
to a few hundred feet, and somewhat resembles the St.
John’s above the Devil’s Elbow. To within about two
miles of the telegraph station the banks are low, and are
covered with mangrove bushes, cabbage palmetto, and live
oak trees, with an undergrowth of ferns, some of the fronds
measuring eight feet in length. If the tourist is a disciple
of old Isaac we would advise him to drop a strongly geared
spinner overboard after leaving the islands, for if disposed
he can have his time fully occupied in landing cavalli rang-
ing from two to tweuty pounds. During our ascent of this
stream we daily and hourly regretted the absence of a
Grains (fishing spear), for we felt tempted to capture some
of the large pompano that exist in countless numbers in
this stream. We have seen a dozen of these huge fellows
“breaking water" at once within fifty yards of the boat,
but as they refused a bait their capture was impossible.

Late in the afternoon we reached the Caloosahatchie
telegraph station, forty miles from Punta Rassa. At this
point the line crosses the river, and the wanderer can com-
municate with home for the remarkably low price of two
hundred and fifty cents. We received more than a hearty
welcome from the gentlemanly operator in charge. Dis-
posed to keep our teeth moving, we purchased from this
gentleman two bushels of excellent sweet potatoes. Here
we met a son of old Ireland, and were favored with a true
Hibernian welcome, and an invitation to visit his residence
and see the “ould woman and the bairns." He stuted that
he hud two acres of superior sugar cano under cultivation,
and that he was about to make his first attempt at the man.
ufacture of sugar. He assured us that if we would favor
him with a visit he would present us with stalks of sugar
cane fourteen feet long. Ascertaining that his residence
was two miles distant, we were forced to decline. The
population of the locality consists of three families, in-
cluding that of the operator and our Irish friend. Irish-
men arc to be found everywhere, and are ever ready to ex-
tend the hand of welcome to the wanderer. We deeply
regretted that we could not visit our new made acquaint
ance and discuss at his ingleside the merits of the Cove of
Cork and the demerits of the Head of Ould Ivinsale; but
the bareness (not of our exchequer) of our bread box
stimulated us to push ahead. After supper, we fried a sup-
ply of sweet potatoes for the next day, and left our water
keg with the operator. At this point the water was almost
fresh, and we deemed it beat to make room in our crowded
boat. .

Dr. McCallam’8 clearing being twenty miles farther up
the river, we made an early start the next morning after
our airival. During the day we amused ourselves boating
and rowing up the tortuous channel. Above the Caloosa-
hatchie telegraph station the banks of the river become
higher, and are studded with live oaks and majestic palms ,
For miles in many places the banks are nearly perpendicu-
lar, and range from ten to eighteen feet high. On each
bank rich high hammocks extend back from the river for
a distunce of ouo quarter to one half a mile. Back of the
hammocks rich pine land will be found, and beyond this
the open prairie country, which will be described at some
future time. Above the telegraph station the intending
emigrant will find an admirable climate, excellent health,
superior land, a noble river, und everything to inducu a
man to settle. The day is not far distant when this river
will be bounded with happy homes, orange groves, farm
and tropical productions, and the evidences of education,
Christianity, and civilization. We have at various times
visited almost every portion of. Florida, from the Apulu
chicola to the Atlantic, and from the Gulf to the northern
boundary of the State, and we are forced to givo this sec-
tion our unqualified recommendation as the" most desirable
place for the pioneer. I admit that the region is wild and
unfrequented, but the time is near when the river will be
navigated by steamers, and residences, school houses, and
churches will arise as if by magic.

Night overtook us, and as we were anxious to rench Dr.
McCallam’s residence we furled our sail and resorted to an
ashen breeze. Wc had rowed but a short distance when
we heard the welcome bark of a dog, aud soon after the
pleasant ‘sound of human voices. We hailed, und were
met at the landing by five human beings. The welcome
we received in this wild spot will long be remembered.
We found one gentleman from New York, who had settled
on a section next to that of Dr. McC.’s, and four from Rah-
way, N. J., two miles above, at “Camellia Point.” We
announced the fact that we carried the mail, aud the joy-
ous shout that arose on that river when the settlers received
letters and newspapers from home beggars all description.
Aware of the fact that Dr. McCallum and his companion
in this wilderness had but a limited supply of the necessa-
ries of life, we positively declined a pressing invitation to
stop and partake of the hospitalities of his backwoods
home. As soon as we announced our intention of proceed-
ing to the Jersey settlement, the Jerseymen pocketed let-
ters and papers and followed us to the river bank. They
took our boat in tow, and while rowing and puddling they
yelled and laughed os joyous men never laughed and yelled
before. After proceeding two miles, we reached their camp
and lunded. We found them comfortably settled in a pal-
metto hut, and apparently more than pleased with their
new home. We started early the next morning, and were
escorted for several miles by our new friends. It is a grati-
fication to the wanderer to meet with a welcome in the wil-
derness, and annoying to refuse hospitality when kindly
and courteously tendered.

During the course of the the forenoon we sighted a
“’gator" about seven feet loug reclining on a grassy bank
enjoying the sunshine. I handed Harry my Winchester,
and requested him to shoot. He did so, and the ’gator
quivered and dropped his head. Harry expressed satisfac-
tion at the result of his maiden shot, and wondered wliat
effect had been produced by the ball. I suggested that wo
should land and examine the critter. We did so, and Harry
seized the brute by the tail and attempted to turn him over.
Like a flash the dead ’gator doubled on himself, aud endea-
vored to seize him by the hand. As a result the pair step-
ped into the river, and the celerity with which Hurry
scrambled up the bank will never be forgotten by those
who witnessed it. Before the ugly customer could get
away I gave him a pill in his brain, and he turned his paws
heavenward. Thus ended the only ’gator scrape worthy
of record.

As we proceeded the river gradually narrowed, and above
the former site of Fort Doimud the overhanging live oaks
gave us some trouble. Still farther up the river wo met
with shallows and annoying sand bars and drift logs. Hav-
ing rowed all day, we found ourselves tired at five P. 51.,
and came to an anchor. Al Fresco.

Quail and Pinnated Grouse in England.— A writer
in London "Field" is convinced from sundry experiments,
that it is useless to attempt to introduce the pinnated or
prairie grouse into Great Britain, the characteristics of their
native American ranges being totally different from any
tract of country in the British Isles. lie is of the opinion,
however, that ruffed grouse might be introduced with suc-
cess, and also the qu3il ( ortyx Virginianus.) With regard
to the latter, he remarks that they are to a certain extent
migratory, in Autumn following the courses of the streams
from high to low grouud, and working their way again
to the uplands in the Spring. This means that they are
prompted by instinct to move to localities where they are
more likely to find food and avoid inclemencies of weather.
The only way to ensure success in acclimating them to
new localities is, to turn them out in large numbesr in various
parts of the country selected. This suggestion is worth
noticing here.

A writer in the “ Fancier's Journal" says that “prairie
chickens are more easily tamed than any bird of which I
know. I have had them, in the short space of five or six
days from the time they were caught, to eat from my hand.
They will breed while confined, and do well, if provided
with suitable run. It is my intention to breed them this
season, and the following are tho plans I propose to adopt:

My poultry house is built In tho shape of a cross, having a
centre building with four wings; each wing has a yard at-
tached, forty feet square, enclosed with a lattice fence, six
feet high, so arranged that tho fowls can pass from tho
house to tho yard, or the yard to the house. I will make
the house as private os possible, in order that they may use
it for laying and hatching, as they are shy the first season,
and do not like to have their nests exposed. Tho food
should consist of corn, wheat, berries, and buds, with plenty
of grass. They are also, while young and in their wild
statu, fond of Insects, und in order to satisfy this natural
craving I propose to give them tho run of the yard, that they
may bo supplied with this kind of food, as well as gravel.'*

(CM ity/r-

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THE AMATEUR RIFLE CLUB.

ELECTION OK OFFICERS AND PRESENTATION OK MEMORIALS
ON TUESDAY EVENING.

THE annual meeting of the Amateur llifio Club was
held at No. 7 West Thirteenth Hlroot last Tuesday
evening, Col. Wingate, the President, in tho chair. The
report of tho Treasurer allowed a balance in tho treasury
of $627. Col. Gildersleevo, in behalf of tho American
team iu the late International match, next presented to tho
retiring President a handsome bronze statuette, entitled
“Victory, or the Messenger from Marntlu n." It represents
in the most spirited manner a nude figure of a Grecian sol-
dier ruising himself from tho ground and waving iu his
right hand a sprig of laurel, representing the Greek legend
of thomessenger who, hastening with tho glorious nows of
Marathon, fell dead at the City Gates, hut iu fall-
ing waved aloft the palm of victory to signal the re-
sult to his countrymen. On the base is a silver plate he Br-
ing the inscription, "Presented to Col. Geo. W. Wingate,
Captain of the International Team of American Rilleincn,
by tho members thoroof, as a memorial of the victory
over the celebrated team of Irish riflomon, Creed moor,
September 26, 1874. In responding Col. Wingate said:
"Ido not know of anything which would cause mo
more pleasure tlmu to receive at your hands lliis beau-
tiful und appropriate gift. It is hut seldom that one
has an opportunity of representing Ills country on such
mi occasion as the Into International match, and to feel that
it has been done with success forms uu episode to which
we all will look with prido mid pleasure. Few hut those
engaged in the struggle know the anxiety we felt about tho
success of this match— the hopes that wo hardly dared ac-
knowledge os our scores improved at each competition, the
fears that some precaution might bo omitted which would
cripple our chances of success. I shall prcsuivo this
bronze not only ns a token of your friendship, but as a re-
membrance of those scones of excitement that wo went
through with together, and looking at it Iu after days,
perhaps it will bring back to me not only tho faces of my
friends now present, the kindly words that you have spoken,
but the thrill which wo all felt when the white disc, slowly
rising at IJodino’s last shot, marked the victory of tho Am-
erican team in the first International rifle match, " Captain
Fulton was also tho recipient of a handsome gold hunting-
case, stem-winding watch and chain, which Is referred
to elsewhere. Mr. Alford moved the appointment of a
committee to select a suitable testimonial for the Secretary
and Treasurer, Mr. Fairbanks, The motion was carried,
and the President appointed Messrs. Alford, Johnson, and

Fairbanks n mince to select asultablt memento foi tho

purpose. The by-laws were amended by the addition of
clauses providing for the election of an additional officer to
act ns Treasurer; also a clause permitting tho members
of the qjub to have free access to the hooks. Colonel
Wingate then stated that having held the position of
President since the organization of the club, lie foil that
the time had come when ho ought to surrender tho respon-
sibilities of the position. Tho dub had grown from a
small and unknown body into a vigorous organization,
more widely known than almost any other club in America.
Its future was secure while his engagements would no
longer permit him to devote the time to the office Hint it
required, and he therefore requested that his name slioujd
not be used as a candidate for that or any other office. Col.
Glldcrsleovo, tho Vico Prcsiedunt, and Mr. Fairbanks, the
Secretary, also declined re-election. The members then
voted for officers of the club for the ensuing year, with the
following result:— President, Capt. Henry Fulton; Vico
President, Col. John Bodlnc; Secretary, Mr. W It Cough
try; Treasurer, Mr. A. Alford; Executive Committee, Col.
George W. Wingate, G. W. Yale, E. 11. Sandford, and R.
Johnson. Col. Wingate being induced to remain on the
Executive Committee, on account of tho necessity of his
remaining tho Chairman of the Joint Commit tee having
charge n? the International match. The Committee on
Uniforms, Col. Gildersleeve, Chairman, presented a cos-
tume as a sample for the adoption of the club, but not
meeting the entire approbation of the members, the Chair-
man moved the appointment of a new committee, which
was carried, and Col. Gildersleeve, Col. Wingate, and R.
Johnson were appointed . On motion of Col. Wingate, a
vote of thanks was tendered to Mr. John 11. Bird for the
provision of tho entertainment at the Academy of Music last
Saturday evening, and lie was declared an honorary mem-
ber. On motion, all parties who had heretofore subscribed
sums exceeding $50 were elected honorary members of the
club. After the transaction o ( some further routine busi-
ness the meeting then adjourned.

Creedmook.— The "Challenge Shell Badge’’ was con
tested for by the members of the Seventh Regiment Rifle
Club on Saturday last. Only a small number were present,
and, owing to the strong wind prevailing, very poor
shooting, with smull scores, was the result. Left General
Guide Sergeant Coughtry was the winner.

Tug American Kiklb Association. — The directors of
the above association have held two meetings in relation
to their now range. On Friday of this week they hold
another meeting, when the matter will be deflneily settled.

THE TARGET QUESTION.

Editoii Forest and Stream.-—

Referring to your request for an answer to the long
article from the Army and Navy Journal on the subject of
target, It may be proper to stale that the mam reason it
gives for the change— “ that the coining International
mutch is shot at the new target ; that the team ought to
practice ut them lest they should become demoralized, etc.,
etc.”— is an error. In point of fact the team is to shoot
nl the old target*, not the new; and at Hie Inst meeting ('apt.
Fulton himself moved to decline Major Leech’s offer for

,l The same error exists in regard to "the adoption of the
new targets by all English-speaking colonies. On the
contrary, almost, if not all. the Canadian (who arc about
the only English-speaking colonies we know op matches

last year were shot on the old style, and no official change
lias vet been announced. ... .

The only object of this letter is, not to criticise the article
in question, but to state the grounds of opposition to the
change, which seem to have been misunderstood

Thov arc based on the fact that the National Itille
Association is organized like that of Knghmd to develop
military shooting. That with the soldier a slight deviat ion
to the right or loft is unimportant— indeed almost inevitable
with open military sights— the main point being Insecure
the proper elevation. Thus the Prussians make their
bullsevu extend the whole width of the target, as also do
our American officers commanding the Egyptian army, and
the English Red Book of 1858 substituted square bullseves
for Hit round ones formerly in u*e.

' The size of the bullseyc has been settled by calculation
based on the average “mean deviation" of a military nffe,
and lias been made just lurge enough to allow for the errors
of the piece. To reduce its size to any extent would be to
introduce luck in the place of skill, and they have not been
so foolish as to try that at Wimbledon. . .

The introduction of the "inner" as an extra subdivision
on the target is a good thing Whether it will work well
on the iron targets in use at Crccdmoor is a question, as H
involves the handling of mother disc, by the marker, an.
therefore increases the danger of mismnrkmg. ro avoid
this when they changed their targets at Wimbledon, they
also changed their manner of indicating hits, the expense
being £1,000. . . ,

Outside this Inst point, which it is thought can be sur-
mounted, the really strong objection was to the reduction
in size of the 200-vard target, involved in making the
change. Half the National Guardsmen who shot last year
at Crcedmoor at 200 yards did not bit the target at all.
Even In the team shooting “outers" were very common.
On windy days even good shots could average but little
more than "Outers.” In the scores of the Californians
published in your paper over that very article (and which
was very good shooting) every one of the winning team lias
a “2" opposite Ins name, and the same is the ease with all
but five or six of the best shots at the competitions pub-
lished in the last annual report of the National Rifle
Association. In the Twenty second team every man but one
made an “outer” in the First Division match.

Now, to improve, a man should be able to get somewhere
on the target every time. A miss tells him nothing. The
new third-class targets reject nearly all the “outer" space.
They are belter for matches hecauso only the best shots
participate in them, nud they are therefore desirable for
Wimbledon, which is only used for matches, hut for
general purposes of instruction, which is the purpose for
which Crcedmoor was organized, they arc certainly m-

Vl is true that this can be obviated hv going closer to the
target, but this in turn is objectionable where the targets
are arranged as at Crcedmoor, and none can practice at 200
yards if any are firing ul a shorter distance.

Also, while if this change hud not been made, we would
have lost the advantage of comparing our scores with
Wimbledon (which none but those greatly interested in
rille practice ever do); the change itself destroys at a blow
all the data obtained from three years' practice at Creed-
moor. The standing of regiments, the scores of teams, the
scores of prize-winners, which are at least as important
to us os the scores at Wimbledon, arc henceforth of no
value. .... , ,

1 mention these facts not to criticise the action taken by
the National Uitlc Association in changing the targets,
because, under the circumstances, it was so clearly wise for
them to do so that the vote was unanimous, hut, as
requested in your article, to give the grounds upon which
(he change was opposed, in the Jir*t inttuuce, by many
thoughtful riflemen. Military Rifle.

The International Match.— General Dakin has asked
to he allowed to stand upon his last years’ record in the
competition for places on the International team, and his
request has been granted. A similar favor has ulso been
conferred on Mr. L. L. Hepburn.

The committee met again on Friday. In consequence
of the had weather preventing practice at the range the
dates of the four competitions were extended a week, the
Hist to open on April 24 instead of on the 17th. The
dates now read April 24 and 28, May 1 and 5, with May 8
and 10 for shooting off challenges. It was resolved to re-
quire of eacli person competing for places on the team a
pledge that should he he successful, he would take part in
the international contest.

Major Arthur B. Leech, the captain of the Irish team,
sent a letter, which was read, acknowledging the receipt
of the formal challenge and announcing that the American
team must become the guests ol the Iiisli people during
their stay in the couulry, and that no refusul to this pro
position would he accepted. It had been announced ofll
daily by the Reception Committee that the fellows of
Trinity College, Dublin, would entertain the two rifle teams
at a formal banquet in the college hall during their visit.
The following resolutions were unanimously adopted: —
Retained, That the thunks of this committee he cordially
extended to Mr. John II. Bird and the ladies and gentle-
men composing the Amateur Dramatic Troupe, who so
faithfully represented the characters in the play of “Othel-

FOREST AND STREAM.

lo» on the evening of the8d inst., at the Academy of Music,
for their voluntary services and for the pecuniary benefit
derived therefrom; and

fltnolced, That this committee acknowledge the meritori-
ous services rendered by Prof. Ernst Ebcrhard and lm
skilled performers of tlm Conservatory of Music, Ho. lid
Fit ill avenue, including Miss Alina Kopp and Signor R.
Buongiorno, on the san.c occasion, and the committee begs
to express in this form its most cordial thanks and its high
appreciation of their abilities.

The Academy benefit entertainment netted $8,500.

At the last annual meeting of the Amateur Rifle Club

Capt. Henry Fulton was presented with a watch as a
well-merited token of recognition of services in the late
International match. The watch— a gold hunting case,
.stem winder, is the finest finished timekeeper ever made by
the celebrated “New York Watch Company," of Springfield,
Mass. On the gold cap is the following inscription:—
“Presented to Capt. Henry Fulton by the Amateur Rifle
Club as a memorial of his remarkable achievement in the
International match, 8ept. 20th, 1874. Score 1 < l put of
180.” And II. F. in monogram on the case. The chain is
<.f solid gold, heavy plain links, with drop for the seal,
which is of a beautiful and appropriate design for the (lay
it commemorates, being two miniature Crcedmoor rifles,
copied from the one he used, crossed and made of platina
and gold; between them a long range target with the scores
dotted, and an onyx stonu beneath all. The whole was
made expressly to order by Messrs. A. Rumrili cc Go., ot
Broadway ami Chambers streets, and reflects great cretin
on tlicir skill and taste. In presenting the watch, Got.
Gildcrsleeve, chairman of the committee, acknowledged,
in handsome terms, the kindness of Mr Geo. B. Jaques,
the junior member of the above firm, (and a veteran ot the
Seventh Regiment) in aiding in the selection, lus pains-
taking in gelling it up, and (avor shown in the price.

The annual meeting of the Irish American Rifle Club

will he held at No. 243 Broadway to-morrow at four P. M.
A hoard of officers will he elected for the ensuing year.

Jm and §ii er #s/i%.

FISH IN SEASON IN APRIL.

Trout, Sul mo findi nolle.
Sul mon , Saltno filar .

Snlmnn Trout. Salino covftnl*.
Shall, AUmi.

Fisii in Market. —The slabs exhibit an abundant sup-
ply of all descriptions. The fish par excellence of the season,
the famed North River shad, 1ms put in its appearance in
such quantities ns to he within the reach of everybody, the
best selling for 60 cents each. The same description from
the Delaware and the Potomac, bring 55 cents. Large
schools of striped boss have made their appearance in the
latter river and have been received here in large quantities;
in one shipment over thirty of the fish averaged fifty
pounds each, dressed weight. Halibut are worth 18 cents;
cod 7 cents; haddock, 7 cents. Lobsters arc now being
taken near Fisher’s Island, in the Sound, and may be had
for 124 cents per pound. Crawfish, or fresh water lobsters,
so eagerly sought for by our German friends for their krap
map, may he had for $4. per 100. California salmon is in
abundant supply at 35 cents per pound.

-Last week we made a flying trip to the regions about
the ancient villages of Islip and Sayville, Long Island. We
use the word “flying" in the Pickwickian sense, of course,
as Long Island is not celebrated for its railroad facilities.
Yet, to” give the devil his due, the Flushing, North Shore
and’ Central did make the trip one way on time; and as for
equipment-well, we know of at least two roads out of
New York which cannot compare with it in this respect.
Notwithstanding the drawbacks incident to a late season
(and the morning after our arrival we had to break the ice
in the creek to get a boat out) lliu fishing in the vicinity of
Sayville and Islip 1ms hceu remarkably good thus far.
Probably the largest fish takeu were those by Mr. W. J.
Terry of the former place, in Terry Creek, the stream which
run- from Mr. It. B. Roosevelt’s dam to the bay. On the
17th ult. , Mr. Terry killed one trout weighing 2 lbs. 104
oz - one, 2 lbs. 2 oz. ; one, 1 lb. 9 oz. ; one, 1 lb. 10J oz., the
four aggregating 8 lbs. ; also two on the same day weighing
nearly a pound each. On the 19th Mr. Terry caught ouc
trout which weighed 2 lbs. 2 oz. All were taken with a
live minnow for hail. The dam below Mr. Roosevelt’s pond
had been partially carried away, and possibly some flsli lmd
escaped, hut those caught by Mr. Terry, from tlicir appear,
nuco were undoubtedly from salt water. We drove over
to Mr. Amasa Keith’s “slmuty” on the stream above the
club house, and although the day was most unpropitious,
by the skillful piloting of the proprietor, we managed to
secure a fair basket of fish. It is a pleasure to wade this
beautiful stream, with its hard bottom of sand and gravel,
and when Mr. Keith’s improvements nre finished, with the
facilities for both natural and artificial spawning at his
command, the property should he very valuable.

Mr. John Stellcnwcrf of the Lake House, Islip, is pro-
bably the most persistent flshermam about those parts.
His own pond adjoining the house has afforded some fine
sport with the fly this season. Here there is abundant room
for casting, with no undergrowth to cause the use of “cuss
words.’’ On the 15th ult. Mr. Stellenwcif caught, in salt
water, in Great river on Holsing Lane, twenty-seven trout,
averaging J lb. each. On the 22d ho took forty-nine; on
the 24th, twenty-one ; on the 26th, thirty-six; on the 27lh,
three, weighing 4 lbs. (from the pond); on the 80th, sixty-
seven fish— this last day’s work was accomplished on Mr.
Keith’s stream. The largest fish taken at the club-house
this season was by Mr. Griswold, and weighed 3 lbs, 6 or.

P-ThoSrgbenUemennU who wished photographs of Brack-

Leap," “The Struggle," aud Landed.

-Our readers arc directed to the advertisement of Messrs.
Abbey &I.nhrio, announcing their intention to lease he
Aimty a. unuiio, Marguerite to a club. I n

privileges of the salmon nvci . S even greater

iler this arrangement the angler J Jw rson-

advantages than if he were _‘bc 8°,e 1 Powell, and with

ally acquainted with Mc“r«.Ilu®^ nit a8 one 8c)dom
the river, and recommend this opportune y
offered. The Marguerite is a branch of tlm famous

' The Graylino.— We have received a copy of Professor
Tames W Milner’s “Notes on the Grayling of North Am-
erica," which contains also descriptions of new spew*
Coregonus and Argyraeomu*, ft comprehensive pa |1» ct con
. tabling all the information available on the subject.

.be grayling. A*. «■ ,~y » ££

waters in our country has enlisted so much of t e > uter «
Of sportsmen and scientists, gives particular value to lm
pamphlet. We have endeavored to place before our readers
everything in relation to this Ash which has been brought
,o light, and up to October, 1873, had collated most o h.-
information which at that time lmd been made public .
The interest thus awakened has led to much discussion us
to the merits of the grayling, and whatever may be decided
as to its qualities for tlio table, the question©
ness has been placed beyond a doubt, ^ ^ ‘lner ^ho c
scientific attainments amply qualify him foi the task,
put together in his pamphlet all the information coucerm
ing this fish that is available, and we recommend [ such of
ou. reader! as may he interested in the subject, to Peruse it.

—Our Philadelphia correspondent writes:— The fishmg
at Gloucester commenced on Saturday, but the- efttph of
shad is not so good as might be expected. Delaware slm.l
are plenty in our markets, but they are caught farther do'% n
the river The first load of sturgeon arrived on Mo day
last. There seems to be a great many gunners afte. snipe,
hut we fail to find many birds at the game stores.

-The most remarkable fishing in California, of which
we have heard, is the instance vouched for by an exchange,
^hich states that Henry Harrison killed with a club in five
inches of water in Wild Cat creek a true blue brook It out
weighing five pounds and a quarter.

ir.QTTiKfi Matters — 1 The whole number of fishing ar-
ri^StKeT^ding April »th, was ty

f mm Georges and five from the Grand Banks. 1 he i c-
ceipts ^Georges cod have been about 2 509 000 pounds
„n«? the vessels average about 1,000 pounds halibut. Bank
halibut have been in fight supply, the receipts being some
100,000 pounds, which have sold quickly at $10 uud $6 pu
cwt., for white and gray. .

Schooner S. R. Lane, Capt. Solomon Jacobs whose ar-
rival with a large Georges fare we, fial, adc,1d' ^
weighed off 123,115 pounds codfish, and 80- pounds
halibut and stocked $2,544. As the record now stands on
Georges fares, the S. R. Lane is high line in largest quan-
tity of fish landed in one trip, and the Everett Steele on
stock, the latter vessel in 1865 stocking some $300 more

lUTlmbr0e^ipS of Georges cod up to this time are not much
more than one third as large us those of last season duiing
February and March, from the fact that most of lie ves-
sels owing to the ice embargo, this year, have. made but two
trips against five last season, during the same 'time. Til .ic
is quite a scarcity of bait at prescut.— Oape Ann Adveiluic),
April llth,

-The herring have made tlicir appearance at \ armout i
and other Capo Cod ports, which is good news for the fisli-

— The lobster fishermen of St. George, Me., arc busily
employed in their avocation, hut, owing to the extreme
scarcity of lobsters, cannot make much money, notwith-
standing they are commanding high prices.

-A telegram from St. Johns, Newfoundland says the
steamer Greenland has arrived with a full cm go of 25,009
seals The captain of the Greenland reports the steamer

IOSln a^eUifgtn the Lon, Urn o,»rkcl »t 2, and Cd .
or sixty cents per pound. ^ ^

HOW TO PRESERVE FISH FRESH.

■Newcastle, Ont., April o, 1673.

BAlIl*wolln”donbtS|uauy brother fishermen. o« well as myself, bnvc
ere now regretted the Impossibility of their friends at home enjoying m
anything like perfection the splendid trout anil other fish which they, in

ZrcSptag experience, bava found it difficult to make use of

SftSafto medium .1 n4.l,dr»l«4 •

lo lav before them my experience In the preservation of fish lake y our
Lh and split it open (if large, say three pounds and upward*, on I,.
back); wipe it clean, but don't wash it; lay It la your keg or barret skin
down, then sprinkle over each layer of fish a mixture coniposed i.r one-
half Mu and one half Muscovado sugar, putting on about one half the
quantity usually used in salting fish. On arrival at home T would advuo
to re-pack, using a very small quantity m-m- of the same mixture.

The above plan I have pursued on the Neptgon, m July, have brought
.he fish home and used them for three months afterward*, and find they
do not get so salt ns to require freshening before cooking, merely «c-
qnlrlng rinsing in fresh water; neither do thcyl-.se ihelr flavor ..or be-
come dry. as trout always do when salted in the usual way I have not
yet tried this method on salmon, hut hope to do so on u fishing tour I
propose making to Now Brunswick in July next, and have no doubt I
shall flDd them as much improved thereby as are the trout.

—There have been 10,000 visitors to St. Augustine,
Florida, during the past Winter season, with whom fish-
ing has been quite popular,

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155

THE BLACKWATER REGION.

Deer Park, Mn„ Aprils, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream.—

I eeud you the following in format lou on the Black water region, the
cost of getting there, the route, Ac:—

The fare from New York to Deer Park la about fifteen dollars; It Is
the same from New York to Wheeling, W. Va,, so If yon buy a ticket
to the hitter place It can be disposed of at Deer Park or Oakland for n
couple of dollars. Messrs. Cook, Son & Jenkins, of 201 Broadway,
Issued ticket* last Summer from Now York to Deer Park and return for
$19.80. It can easily be ascertained whether they will do so again.

All trains of the Baltimore A Ohio Railway stop here in the Summer
Most of the sportsmen who liuve beeu over this louto to the Blackwater
have started from Oakland, hut the “Glades Hotel.” (famous for It* table
and general excellency.) was burned to the ground last Full. The dis-
tance from Deer Park to Oakland Is but six miles, and those who prefer
to go on the old road cun go from here.

There Is n largo hotel here owned and operated by the B. A O. It. R.
It is a flrst-claee house, newly built, with “all modern impro'eweuts;"
the charges arc from $3 to $3^0 per day.

The sportsman need not burdeu himself with much luggage; let him
hriug his rod and gnu, mid if the latter be a breech louder, his cartridges
also, for he cannot get them here. Other kinds of ammunition, Ditmar's
wood powder and others, all kinds of shot, wads, Ac., he enn get; also
tolerably good lines and flies. A blankot will not be amiss, ns cold nights
are the (to he Irish) “order of the day.” Coffee pots, frying pans, Ac.,
can also bo had here. It will not be necessary to take much food from
here; and a couple of hams, some bacon, coffee, sugar, Ac., will be sup-
plied at very reasonable rates. Good guides can bo had for $1.50 to $1-75
per day; they will do the cooking, Ac. Horses will cost somewhere in
the neighborhood of $1,50.

There Is a tract of land called the "Dobbin Estate. ” where parties gen-
erally stay. It has upon it a good frame house, which is partially fur-
nished uud a lot of about twelve acres of pasture land for the horses.
Nothing Is charged for the use of house or lot, and as it is but three
miles from the North Fork, and on the banks of the South, and four
miles from the fumous "Falls of the Blackwater," it is the best plan to
mnke this headquarters. The distance to this house from Deer Park is
thirty-six miles, from Oakland, thirty. There are no fish to speak of,
except trout In the Blackwater at this place, and they are, as a rule,
small, but are very strong and fight well. There are immense nutnbers
ofihem. One party last Summer, composed of three gentlemen and
their guide, caught In one day -18(1 trout, without counting the little ones,
that they threw back. Near the Fulls the fish are much larger, one being
caught weighing three pounds and two ounces.

If the sportsman goes in the Fall of tho year he will llud game in
abundance; deer, bear, grouse, squirrels, turkeys, wood ducks, Ac., be-
ing very numerous. If anyone wishes to know anything further of tills
region, I shall be happy to do whatever lays in tny power for him. Ad-
dress the undersigned at Deer Park, Garrett county, Md.

Alleguany.

Q achfing and Ranting.

All communications from Secretaries and friends should be mailed no
later than Monday in each week.

HIGH WATER. FOR THE WEEK.

Committee, W. H. Bangs, Jr., Nathaniel Wales, Coolitige
Barnard, Walter Burgess aud W. P. Halsall. It was voted
to adhere to last year’s rules, after which the meeting ud
jourued.

List of yachts belonging to the Beverly (Massachusetts)
Yacht Club:—

Nanio.

Owner.

Rl*.

1

II

Si

Port.

Ariel

W. D. Sohlcr

Cat ....

o. n

23.lt

Beverly.

Arrow

11. B. Jackson

Sloop...

G. It Jl.lt

Avis

WC Haskell

"at ....

C. B.

J«.G

Bessie

W. W. Lewis

Cat ....

C. B

10. 1)

So. Boston.

Bluebell

l W. A, Jeffrie-
) W. Lloyd Jeffries.. .

Cat ....

O. B.

IC.O

Swuinpacott.

Curlew

Herbert Tappan

Cat ... .

C. B

18 7

Elbe

J . T. L'oolidgo, 3d

Cat .

G B

IS

Evu

W. II. Bangs, Jr

Sloop...

G. It.

23,4

Fanchon. . .

Arthur Burgess

Sloop.,.

G It.

25.6

Firefly.

G. 11. Batch

G II

•.'1 0

Frolic

N. 11. Gibbs

(.’at

C. ll.

16.0

Swnmprcott.

llebe

G. A. Goddard

Gut ....

G B.! 18.0

lln-

H. C. Leeds

fat

G B.

19.5

Jennie

Win. H. Bings. Jr

Sloop.. .

21.6

Lina

Ebon Dale. ..

Sloop,, .

G B.

I'Mi

Gloucester.

Louyse

J. T. Coolidge, Jr

Cut ....

G It

12 2

M ink- line. . .

John Borland, Jr

Nnlinnt.

Boston.

Marcposa . .

F. H. l’euuody

Sloop...

C. It

£1

Merlin

3. 8 Gray

Cat ....

G. B.

17

Minna....

Francis Amory

Sloop..

Keel..

18.8

Mona ....

H. B. Richardson

Gat . ...

O B

IS

Myth

J. T. Coolldge, Jr.. ...

Cat . ...

G. B

19

Niebln .. .

Stanley Cunningham. . .

Oat ...

G. B.

19

Nora .

Franklin Dexter

Cat ...

G. It

)6. 1

Peri

T. W. Burgess

i 'at

0. It.

IS. 6

Rocket

B. F. Bum

Cat

G Lt

15.5

Quincy.

Sadie

W I). Hodges

Cat ....

C. B.

16.6

Shrimp . , .

A. T. Perkins

Cat ... .

C. B.

12.2

Cotult.

sPn»y

iT. W Preston . .

Sloop...

C. B.

23.11

Boston.

Spray

Coolldge Barnard

Cat ....

C. B.

18

Dorchester.

Surf

'/ A. P. Luring

Sloop...

C. B.

21.0

Beverly.

Sylph

A. Hemenwuy, Jr

Cat . . .

C. It.

16,9

Nowporr.

Thetis

A. B. Denny .

Cat ....

G It

19

Sivampscott

Tulip . ,

Walter Burgess .

Cut

G. B.

16.0

\ anilus ...

F. C. Welch

Schr

Keel.. *7.0

\ lclor

J. Brooks Parker. .

Cat

C. It

18.0

V Irglnia. .

C. II. Plimpton

Cat ...

C. It

10.4

Waif

h. W. Codiiinn..

Sloop..

C. It

28.7

Waquolt . . .

A. T. Perkins

Gat

C. It

20.11

Water Lily.

P. Grant, Jr

Cat . . . .

C. B

1)9

N« limit.

The Tarolinta.— The schoouer Tarolinta of the New
York Yacht Club, with Mr. Kent and party of friends
on board, arrived at Havana on the 2d iust. For the
benefit of our readers who may have similar trips in view
we give the following abstract of her log
Sailed from New York on the 80 tit of January and
arrived at St. Pierre, Martinique, February 13 ; ’sailed
for Barbadocs February 10 and arrived 17th ; sailed 23d
for Port Spain, Triuidad, and arrived 24lh ; 27th, at 11
A. M., sailed for Brea (Pitch Lake) and arrived same day
at 1:15 P. M. ; same afternoon sailed for Port Spain,
Trinidad, and anchored at 7 P. M. ; sailed for Grenada
28th and arrived March 1.

Vale.

Boston.

AVio Fork.

Charleston.

n.

M.

H.

M.

H.

M .

April 15

7

•18

4

33

3

4H

April 10

8

■11

5

26

t

41

April 17

9

25

6

It

5

25

April !«

10

06

6

52

6

OH

April 10

10

45

7

iG

0

45

April 20

11

21

8

03

7

21

April 21

11

55

8

as

7

55

Yachting on the Lakes. — The International Yacht

Club, having its headquarters at Detroit, are preparing for
a vigorous campaign during the comiug season, its list of
yachts and members having increased in an unprecedented
manner. The following officers have been elected for the
coming year:— Commodore, K. C Barker; Vice Commo-
dore, W. II. Burke; Rear Commodore, George S. Davis;
Secretary, P. II. Van Bureu; Treasurer, A. G. Lindsay;
Measurer. D. Reanme; Executive Committee, W.G. Thomp-
son, E. Brush, Edward Lyon, J. V. Moran, and L. I).
Rucker; Regat'a Committee, A. H. West, L. L. Hotchkiss,
A. Brush, and E. Locke.

The Cora, Commodore Barker’s flagship, wasjmilt by P.
McGiehan, builder of the Meta and Kaiser Wilhelm, at
Pumrapo, Ne\y Jersey. We saw the Cora while on the
stocks, and admired her lines. The by-laws of the club
provide for six regattas during the year, one in each of the
months of May, June, July, August, September, aud Oc-
tober, that in June being the grand event of the season.
The following list will show of what the fleet consists, and
how, in numbers at least, it compares with our Eastern or-
ganizations:—

Name.

Cura

Lena

Inn

Plinun

A. Culhbert,
Fleetwlng —

Coral

Lady Stanley.

Oriole

Mystic

Phantom

(Building)....
(Building) —
Adelaide... .
Lolliiltookh..

Adele

Alice Bark. . .

Henrietta

Nettie

Carrie

Clara Burk . . .
Lulu West...

Fuuuio

Two Sallies. .

Mamie

No Name

Wcnonn

TiUie

Kinran —

Maggie

Mattie

Atny

Owner.

K. C. Barker

John Ondeti

A. D. Shaw

George Hill

Alex. Culhbert

James Craig

J. E. ItoberUon.

C. J. Sheffield

J. Crulg

A. A. Turui r

Brush A Thompson

C B. James

Geo. S. Davis..

W. U. Burk

George Hacked

Charles B Hull

K. C. Bnrker

W. H .Burk

A. U. West

T. B. Fargo

Janies A Field

Edward Lynn

J . V . Moran

Elliott A l’lquelte

L. D. Rucker

Reaume A Tmnx

II. Hacked

A. II. West

Cowan A Taylor

Place from .

.. Grosse lie, Michigan.

.. Detroit.

. . Toronto, Ontario.

.. Detroit.

. . Cohort:. '.Milano.

.. Dotroit.

. . Toronto.

. . Toronto.

. . Toronto.

.. Cleveland.

. Cleveland.

.. Gibraltar. Michigan.

. . Treutou, Michigan
. Detruil.

. . 'Detroit.

. . Detroit .

. . Petite Cote, Ontario.

.. Detroit.

.. Detroit.

.. Grosse He, Michigan.

. . Petite Cote. Outurio.

. . [Petite Cote, Ontario.
..'Detroit.

. . iDetroll.

. . Giosse He, Michigan.

..I Detroit.

. . 'Detroit.

.. iGiosse lie. Michigan.

. . Trenton, Michigan .
Atnlientl.lmrg, Michigan.
Petite Cole, Ontario.

I Detroit.

Dorchester Yacht Club.— At the annual meeting of
the Dorchester Yacht Club held last week, the following
officers were elected : — Commodore, William H. Bangs,
Jr. ; Vice Commodore, Nathaniel Wales ; Fleet Captain,
II. S. Mann ; Secretary and Treasurer, U. R. Pettingill ;
Measurer, -William W. Lewis; Trustees, William T.
Adams, W. H. L. Smith, Charles E. Folsom ; Regatta

March 2, sailed for Frederickstadt, St. Croix, anil ar-
rived 4th ; at 10 A. M. on the 0th sailed for St- Thomas
and arrived same day at 2:20 P. M. ; 15th, at 0 A. M.,
sailed for St. John, P. R., and arrived same tlay at 3:40
P. M. ; 18th, sailed for St. Domingo and arrived 19th ;
22d, sailed for Kingstou, Jamaica, and anchored in Car-
lisle Bay 27th March.

The wind being ahead, with a heavy head sea, did
not proceed to Kingston.

On March 28, at 11:30 A. M., sailed for Havana and
arrived April 2, at 3 o’clock P. M.

Yacht Club for Gloucester. — The Cape Ann Ad-
vertiser is trying to arouse the population of Gloucester and
the Cape generally, to the advisability of organizing a
Yacht Club. To us it seems a mystery why it has not been
done long since. With splendid cruising grounds close at
hand, a fine fleet of boats for a nucleus, and a population
almost web-footed, the Cape should be able to support a
club which would, through its fleet, do honor to the com-
munity.

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN YACHTS.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

That there is a wide difference between English and American yachts,
so far us their general model is concerned, I* well kuown, Each nution
cling* tenaciously to its own style, and each ha* it* own good reasons
for so doing. The English yacht*, us n rule, are of great depth aud
small beam, being very deficient In this last respect when coinpured
with Hie average American yacht, whiclt ha* great beam and doc* not
draw much water. Of course the fact that ninny of onr yacht* have
centre boards t* a partial explanation of thi*,bnt even our keel boat* will
bo found to draw much lus* water than lho*c of English build. Tho
natural explanation of this is, that in Endur'd most of the yachting I*
done in deep water and pretty well oat to soa. It I* here that depth
count* aud great beam Is a discount. In onr country, however, moat of
the races take place in harbor*, where the full benefit of the wind I* not
obtained, and where the water i* comparatively smooth . Under those
circumstances, and with a slid breeze blowing, our yacht* travel along
at a high rate of speed, while those from the other side of the water,
with their great volume under water, would make slow work of It. But
take It in n heavy breeze, with a high sea running, and 1 doubt very-
much If the result would bo the same. True, the Now York Yacht Club
huve many races which take them into rough water, and their bout*
"cleaned out" the Livonia and Cambria, which wore considered among
the fastest of Hie English clippers. But there have not been enough
races between tho two to decide which Is the faster, the English, or the
American model. Apart from speed, there Is no doubt that a deep boat
is the beet and roost comfortable In rough weather, being very atcady,
while one of the flat-bottomed persuasion rattles and flops about In n
manner by no meuns pleasant. Not tbnt onr yachts behave badly when
It blows heavy, for several of them have made the trips to England, and
have done credit to their builder*; but they arc not equal to those deep,
sharp-floored craft with their ballast packed down close to the keel,
which can carry sail till the mast* arc taken out of them

An article In the London Field, copied in your paper some time ago,
in spcuklng of the improvement* In Etigllsh yacht*, slated that yachts-
men in America had begun to look more to the question of sea going
qualities than they had previously dose, and that the wide and shallow
model was growing unpopular. No doubt this i* true to a certain ex-
tent. If trips to Europe iu yachts nre to become common there will bo
some change, ltis likely, but it is hardly probable that the genuine En-
glish style will be adopted, but something approximating thereto, and
retaining the more desirable feature* of Ute present American »tyle.

Ready AnofT.

The difference between the American and English yachts
was commented upon in our columns a few weeks since.
—Ed.

YACHTING NOTES FROM BARNEGAT.

Uahneoat. N. J., April, 187*.

editor Forest and Stream:—

A* pleasant weather approaches, our yachtsmen are bringing thoir
craft* out of Winter quarters, preparatory to overhauling, and natu-
rally tho merits of their different yachts are being overhauled also.
From conversation* gathered there will bo numerous races and plenty of
excitement this Summer, In calling over the names of the different
yacht* I find no lew than 78 from Tom. River to Barnegat. a distance of
eighteen miles, counting no yachts lore than 18 ft, keel— from 22 to 28
U the prevailing sire. Th'ny-oneof that number hall from the village
of 1 om* River, amt fifteen from Bnmognt Several new ono« will make
their appearance this Spring, and numerous changes have taken place in
the ownership of other*. The Tom. tUvor Yacht Club will giro th. lr
flr*t regatta In Juno, Their prteos generally amount in value from $a«
to $250. Tho club numbers but nine yachts, yet all are entitled to enter.
To hold tlm challenge cup. valued st $1(0,1* the height of all tho
captains' ambtiton. Mr. Charles Potter, secretary of the club, aud ono
of Its most culliusiastle members, has purchased no less than flvo yachts
-to hold thO *std cup being his sole object. Hu has now bought tho
saucy little Vapor, winner of the enp In four race*, and although »otno
ten year* old, ls a lough customer to tncklo. Mr. Joseph Condrlck will
bring out hi* new yacht, Boole Turner, when her qualities are to bo
tested. The Oscar Robinson, winner of the enp In one regatta lost Sum-
mer, will be dispose, I of ut a fair to ho given ul Bariiognl m aid of a now
hall. She 1* put up at (813). g

A FAMOUS YACHT.

IN glondiuj al Ihu puges of n very ngoil journnl wo find
therein n sketch of a yacht which was famous In her
time, for she attracted, probably, more attention than any
of our modern clippers that havo crossed the stormy At-
lantic. Tlte writer of the article, Col. J. S. Sleeper, know
the charming bout which ho describes, atul us his feeling*
about her ure of tho kindly enthusiastic order, be present*
a picture which to us seems iu the highest degree romantic.

Thu owner of the Cloopntra’i Barge, for such sho was
called, was Captain Geo. Crowninshiold, of Salem, Mass-
achusetts, a gentleman who had reaped much fame untl
fortune in the war of 1812, he having proved a perfect
scourge to the British merchantmen in the well-known
privateer America.

After the close of that war ho returned home, ami hav-
ing no family he concluded to still roam over the clerocut
he loved so well, and with tills object in view, lie called for
models of a pleasure yacht from all the shipbuilder in
Massachusetts. He Anally adopted ono designed by Beckct
of Salem, a prominent shipwright, ns that combined speed,
strength, safety, comfort, and clcgr.nco. We quote:—
“The Cleopatra’s Barge, a high sounding name, was about
two hundred tons burden. She was rigged in an unusual
and remarkably neat ami beautiful style, as an hermaphro-
dite brig. Site was elegantly painted, and tho decorations
on her stern and cutwater were conceived in exquisite tasto
aud admirably executed. The accommodations beneath
the deck were spacious, and fltted up in a manner truly
magnificent. The principal apartment, or grand saloon,
was especially worthy of admiration. It was finished arul
furnished in a style of almost oricutul splendor. Its di-
mensions were nineteen by twenty feet, ana it was lined on
all sides with the richest polished nmhogauy, lulald with
various kinds of ornamental wood. The settees and chairs
were of ingenious workmanship, with backs modeled from
the ancient lyre, and tho seats were covcrctl with wide edg-
ings of gold lace; u large aud costly mirror, richly framed,
at each end of tho saloon, and a superb chandelier, manu-
factured for the occasion, suspended over tho centre of tho
apartment, gave a richness of effect which had never been
equaled in vessels of any description in those days, when
steam packets, like gorgeous palaces in size and decora-
tions, were not even dreamed of. Tlte steward’s apartment
and the cooking apparatus were models In their way, and
furnished with everything requisite to enable that import-
ant functionary to display his culinary skill, and lay a table
in a style of almost regal splendor.

When this vessel was completed and lying at llio wharf
she excited unbounded curiosity. Her fame extended far
and wide. Crowds of people, not only residents of Salem,
but of the neighboring towns, visited and admired this
beautiful specimen of naval architecture and her sumptuous
accommodations. It is said thill eighteen hundred ladies,
attracted by curiosity, boarded this beautiful* vneht in ono
day, and were charmed with tlte elegance displayed and
the courtesy of the officers.

It was in this gem of u vessel, profusely provided with
everything which could be devised for comfort and luxury,
that Captain Geo. Crowuinshiehl undertook a voyage to
ports in the Mediterranean for pleasure, observation and
improvement. He engaged a relative, on whose skill and
judgment he could rely, to act as sailing master, in ordorto
relieve himself of all trouble and responsibility. The other
officers were men of tried worth and experience, and tho
crew, comparatively few iu number, were selected from tho
hundreds of seamen who thronged tho wharf, anxious to
be employed, and were ull young and ambitious, active and
intelligent. Accompanied by a few friends lo charm away
Hie gloom of solitude, Captain Crowninsliield embarked
aud suited from Salem on the 30th day of March, 1817.

On t lie passage across the Atlantic he touched at tlte
Azores, and astonished and charmed, by the magnificence
of liis vessel, the simple inhabitants of Fuyul, and on tho
first of May he arrived at Medeira, where he was kindly
welcomed, and treated by the authorities with respect and
hospitality. After a stay of a few weeks on 'his beautiful
island lie proceeded on IiLs cruise, and visited Gibraltar,
Curthagenu, Barcelona, Marseilles, Toulon, Genoa, Naples,
Givlta Vcccbia, and other ports in tho Mediterranean, ex-
amining much which was curious and interesting In nature
and art, and exercising the most unbounded hospitality
towards all who visited the vessel, attracted by her grace-
ful proportions and elegant appearance, and tho report of
the magnificence of her equipments.

Wherever the Cleopatra s Barge appeared the owner and
his friends met with tlte warmest welcome from the author-
ities and the people, uud were treated with the greatest
consideration and respect. The brig was visited by persons
of tlte highest rank, and multitudes of all classes freely
availed themselves of the general permission to board the
vessel and examine tlte accommodations. They were ull
charmed with what they saw, and with the kind manner in
which they were received and the urbane deportment of
the owner and the other persons on board,

156

FOREST AND STREAM.

In Barcelona, Gaetanos, ▼ W tcd^J

incc, with all his suite . d During the few

yacht and were sumntuoiisly entffl itame ^ted that

days while the vessel remained " port u [.0mlUions

twenty thousand pemms of both g£|nrtlWd WttS in a
went on board. Jarbor sooner than hem-

manner compelled to lave 0j people to

gSs sirs

^s^snjsss, “Jwfhe?;

Wd wi weimpanild by many dignitaries of the Church
and other persons of distinction. in any

Indeed, the appearance of the G Ico p Jtra * >bl,<;c ^

?(1« in the wB» magical, Captain

rejoicing n t ell cl o i l0 bo proud of his

Crowninslucld had abun , -taken the trip across

yacht, and to rcjoici- in ha ng J \ u graliflCation lie

ffuSSK* r iSSiK »ish - "i8 hwl 10

gratify others was also realized. from this country

Caplam Crowntnshicld .ftb, pMSed j„ visiting
about six months f interest In the Medilcrran-
places and examining 3 ... 0f October, 1817,

Ci¥iP°r£r«!raV°Btai:8C proved everytbiug the owner
tations. . > . 1 i(l i..u convenience nnc\ com-

SSSlSK* “'OT "t- c‘"“',lis"c'1 lm

"TmI -ll, a vn, lily of human wishes" hu olio" been: said
»nS“ung." OvU uinn Ml weokS 1 S

died on board liis beautiful yard it 1

dories AND PILOT CANOES.

§Im §oihats.

RACING RULES OF THE R. A. A. C.

Nauant, Moss., April 5, 1875.

EiMTon Fobbbt and ^nKASiv- of ,,oricg alid pilot’s cunoeg for

off Nnliunl In wry rough '*»"*• 1 “ \™"' tho ntwt boat in

that I am n«lit In my '• . wuntlu.ri u„d will live longer

thi' Imnds of a nfliernmn In 8 any pilot’s canoe that

fll ai.cl.or off Avery’s motioned for goo 1

IZZ Thlsjs

tide, making a short chop sea. 1 »■««*" Running, when, on ac-

»'«**«&*

leave the dory there. ...lots do not use dories, i»

"-them “Hogolhor. and that

niiil.es all the difference. ^

On, ON Rowing Association.— This flourishing boating

s^efiS*3S|5

i&srsJts;

dub have a flncboathov.se at the foot of St. Paul’s Avenue
c , ‘ nftRRpssion of u barge, one pair oared gig, one

sissi ffsra; ^ ^ 1^.,

now building? to be added about the mtddL of May. A
b?iUiant future is before the •’Or.ous” under their popular
and genial captuin.

Philadelphia. April 12, 1875.

^BawAay w *«T tho* U VtiU cs l d ay "w « have had on the Schuylkill IhUm*

!iTrd^

JI, dm here except McBcath. The Crwccnla had their eight out. prepar-
ing for the 24th The Undine* have thelr’s out almost every day, and on
KCvin have their crew together, by next week we wilt have seen
enough of the two crew* to form some Idea of who will win. Set LL8.

— Badler (he champion of England and R. W. Boyd,

. a vii iff race on the afternoon of March 22. ovet a
SrUum onTe Tyie for £200. Boyd won by half a
length.

\ laroe portion of the swamps of Florida arc said to

be capable of producing 500 bushels of frogs to the acre,
with alligators enough for fencing.

Paul Boynton performed experiments in Boulogne

Tuesday iu the presence of 20,000 spectators.

—One robin with a hay rake and another with a pitch-
fork were around yesterday trying to discover straw
enough to build a nest with.

inr aVv boTnot at its post at the time specified shall be
liable to he disqu.d.^l by I'to 5["t5JJt,‘foilowing manner:-
T,2' £ ik ItaqSXn, “Art you ready?" and
Seivi^no reply, alter wailing ai leas, three second.,

f/'U'r^c COnffis the start false he shall at once
recal 1 the crews to their stations, any hoa, refusing to sta.t

“^'V'smn’slnr'he 'Considered false if, daring the first
,e,t .«o£, any of the competing boats shall he disabled

'Vlfitaff shall* keep °Hs’o w n' wa£r throughout tho

race, and any boat departing from its own water shall he

<"h<1UA boat’s own water is its buoyed course from tire sta-

dU7rlnfiolfouTugwhatoyar shall he allowed, lhe!|)oatcom-
Sd^oo, after the

SSSSHSB2-55

jskspst srss ss &£ *«

decide all quesUoos as to a jou'^ um ir0 8„oll ,mve the
SLil,e'fil,'t h™dl,air^me,ent lead a. the time of the

rorowb„veVa5gaUinT;Vhis0opiuion are entitled 10 another

C¥fS^e^'M^"Sf Piano ihesamc
crews’ll! comend again or the crew or crews rcfus,ng

8irN0«auW

for the purpose d'SloJ "

sisUncTslndl be dtqmditivd at the diacrelion of tl.e um
pi^e-- Th„ inrisdictiou of the umpire extends over the race,

SKm l— . rhhh I « djjl aijd - h^'ffilcision, or

nnn.nlftorl their course when l lie bows tench the Inns .

was vowed.

"VhKs^SfvTc”

MSt SL1 ^

race on the flist day bioiy *■>; .= uni-

rough water and postponement ^ d

vcrsily race to have precedent ujbe rnces

i" 1,e 1:1110,1 not lat®r lh ftlui resulted as follows, num-
of the crews were drawn for, and re »« « Cornell ; 3,

bering from tl.e west shore : 1> ).« Columbia : 7, Wes-
Ainherst ; 1 Bowdoin ; Brown , 0, C Trinity ;

leva.. ; 8, Princeton ; 9, Dartmouth : 10, Yale, U, J-

12, Harvard ; 13, Union ; U, Hjuni to rve lhe

The Freshman and single-scnll entries ^ Me drawn iQ
same rotation as their respective : c > leg » ,rhe

the University race, moving repre-

following colleges announced ^‘^“ ^^U races • Fresh-

sent, Hives for the Freshmen and stnglfrscin^ races .

'' The'eo^cmion S«S £ ‘mu' ,he M058”8011

House on Dec. 1, 1875.

Ti.k CoLtaEGB Regatta — The delegates from the clubs

Siirsr^r“eo.R m

Otis, u »v Roberts J D. McKennan ; Union— A. \.

Trinity— W.J.KOUU IS, Weslevan— J. E. Eustis,

8e*A K«. or -in, ™,cs, whic. wd, W-i.

Slows. By Mr. Ferry,

°fM ■ Thai the name of this association shall be A Rowing

those now mem-

mmmmm

fHt; s r

um

University orWslnnan race of any regatta of this ‘

tion shall beallo wed to compete in the other races ot this

re?.aTbe Rcgatta Committee shall consist of three mem-

HAUVARD Univeiisitt. April 12, 1876.
^^rscSL^SJrrTuough for out ol rtito
B^8^rk!^t,la^tt^oTB^^lnirs are on°tho fl^d «9n»l-

tlicir hands full with boating, b'ltdeslroo ^

Hull Team have been answered that \ ale gau

cliollcngo to piny foot ball, if H*'”'4 notjol btendocldod

a m^Bissrsis-

• kicks" in either club, for a month, If not more, me «»r „ ,

Club huve elected the following officers: King, ’7C, Presid“ s s ’
“! vice president; S proepfei

“Ciiig^stmSw'deie;. \Z iMtHI J» ^^f^^re to

:ri*. ^

practiced faithfully for .he past month. The candidates 1 are Hooper. ..

moveSt sirups:

whh Brett," Alteu,1 Denny 0reguiMnco^a^^drUinlcoinM

every otlfer evening. It is probable
that President Eliot will make application for arms as soon tn^
success is Insured.

—In lhe English university chess match Cambridge was
successful, the score being Cambridge, nine games; Ox-
ford, five; drawn, 2.

Rational §a§times.

bC”'fhe?enshaU be an annual meeting of this association

2SS:r=J,s^£

Toronto Cricket Club.— Being one of the many rea-
der4’ of your popular paper, and knowing the interest you
take in y Hie many athletic associations tnroughout the
take in v ,j re8U\t 0f our annual meeting

of^tlie^Toronto Cricket Club held at the Rossin House this
evening The following are the officers for the ensuing
vpar ._?Col F W. Cumberland, Presdt. ; Thos. bwinyard,
Vire Presdt • R. H. Bethuue, 2nd Vice Presdt. ;
Mlvjm Draper, 3rd Vice Presdt ; R- B

and Treasurer .^ConmUte^i—Messre. p R.

Wilkie ?’. Goldie, H. J. Campbell, C. H. Bproule. There
were one hundred new members proposed, and G P-
Shears Esq. elected unanimously an honorary

IMs the intention of the club to send a picked team to
-lit "he leiSSSSe clubs of Philadelphia, 8l. Lou,., Do-
P-oit &c during the coming season. 1 he club is in a most
flourishing condition, and anticipate an exciting season of
the manly game of cricket^ ^ ^ CmcKETER.

-At the annual meeting of the Beaver cricket club of
Toronto last week, the following gentlemen were elec ed
nffioers — W IT. Harris, President; VV. J. Halv\ orin, v ice
President • T. H. Hudson, Secretary and Treasurer; R H.
£reee, captain; GL Nmol,

poised? The club now numbers upwards of eighty

m!^Tlm now noted “Force case,” the bete noir ot the pro-
fpssionals this Spring, basledtothe breaking of the en lent*
wdialc between the Boston and Athletic clubs, the disrup-
SSKf friendly relations having become a senoMS detri-
ment to the interests of the professional class this season
The facts in brief a-e these. The Judiciary Committee of
1 074 decided that Force’s services for 1875 were due to the
Chicago club To this decision the Athletics appealed to
lhe convention, who sustained them by a majority vote.
They then placed the matter before the committee of 1875
who decided that Force’s services belonged to the Athlet-
ic* The dispute, and some comments thereon by Harry
Wriglit brought out letters and statements from the Ath-
letics and the Judiciary Committee of 1874. Finally, the
action of the President of the association, in appointing
three Philadelphians on the new committee, including him-
self, led to a circular being addressed to the clubs of the

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157

Association, urging them to join the Boston club in bring- I
inp about the reorganization of the committee; but tins |
has not met the approval of a majority of the clubs, nor
did it deserve to, worded as it was. There is but one way
to end this trouble and to withdraw the discordant wedge
which is splitting the fraternity, and that is to call a special
meeting of the association in June next, and at that meet-
ing revise the constitution so as to appoint every delegate
on the Judiciary Committee.

—The Athletic nine played a game with the Oermau-
towna ou April 10th, and they won by a score of 32 to 2,
the Germantown nine scoring singles in the sixth and ninth
innings. They also beat the Doerr club by 26 to 3 on
April 10th.

—The Philadelphia nine defeated the Gloucester city
team on April 9th by 11 to 0; and they beat the Cregars by
17 to 2 on the 6th.

The Centennials whipped a field nine at Philadelphia on
April 10th by 13 to 6.

—The Western of Keokuk beat the Minstrel nine at that
city by 25 to 2 on April 7th .

— The Mutuals opened play April 10th against a field
nine on the Capitoline grounds, and wou by 10 to 7 only.
Umpire, Mr. Chadwick.

—On April 17th the Bostons will play the Harvard col-
lege nine, and on the 19th the New Havens in Boston, and
the same nine in New Haven on the 20th. They then go
to Washington to play the “Child's" nine, of that city, but
from all accounts it is not likely to be “child’s play.”

—On Saturday the New Haven nine played a match game
of seven innings with a picked nine, which resulted in a
victory for the New Havens by a score of 7 to 0.

— The game in Boston on Saturday between the cham-
pions and the Beacon nine resulted in favor of the former
by a score of 10 to 6.

— In the opening game on “Fast Day,” at Boston, the
Red Stockings defeated a field nine by 8 to 0.

—The openiug game between the two well known clubs,
the West Ends and Wood's Museum nines, was played Fri-
day afternoon at Oakdale Park. Wood’s nine, 4; West
End, 3.

— Allen Brown has walked 500 miles in six days at Nash-
ville, being, it is claimed, the first pedestrian who has ac-
complished the feat without a charge of trickery.

— Daniel O’Leary, of Chicago, and John DeWitt, of Al-
bany, commenced a walk of fOO miles at the Rink on Fri-
day evening last, O’Leary finishing the distance at 9:38 on
Saturday evening and winning the match. DeWitt walked
but sixty miles. O’Leary appears to be the coming pedes-
trian, and efforts are being made to get a match on with
Weston. The great “ped," however, will not look at any
thing less than $20,000, which savors very much of the
bluff game.

—The professional billiard tourney in Brooklyn has pro-
gressed very nearly to a close, the score of Monday night's
games leaving but four of the original twenty-one games
to be played. The full score up to April 13th is as fol-

lows : —

Game*

Players. Played.

Gamier 8

Vignaux 5

C. Dion 6

J. Dion 0

Ubassy 6

Daly 0

Rinlolphe 5

Wednesday night’s play will decide the ownership of the
first prize, but there will be ties for the others.

Games

Games

Best

Best

Won.

Lost.

Average.

Bun.

5

1

IS

89

3

2

14

SO

3

3

17

100

3

3

20

103

3

3

9

111

2

4

23

127

1

4

10

55

SCOTTISH GAMES.

quoits.— No. 4.

ALTHOUGH the game of “Quoits” cannot be claimed
as peculi r to Scotland, either in origin or practice,
it is played to such an extent in that country that it de-
serves a promineut place in the list of Scottish^games. It is
further deserving of this position from the partiality shown
it by Scotchmen abroad, and more particularly, by such of
that nationality as have found their way to America.

To follow the usual course, and find for the game a be-
ginning and a history, would entail a somewhat laborious
research. All the Scottish games previously noticed in
these columns are possessed of the certificate of respecla
bilily conferred by a more or les9 remote antiquity, hut all
fall short of the hoary elevation to be assigned to quoits.
To reach the time when men first engaged iu this pastime
we must traverse universal history, and brave the danger
of losing ourselves among the mists which envelop l lie
legendary history of Greece When we nave reached the
limit of advance in that direction, we learn that even the
god9 condescended to throw the discus. A distinction is,
however, here to be observed. The discus was a round
plate of wood, stone or metal, varying, when of the latter
materials, from ten to twelve inches in diameter. It was
held in the right baud by the outer edge, so as to let it rest
on the forearm, and was cast with a swing of the arm and
twist of the body. It was thrown edge foremost, and he
who threw it farthest was the winner. The story of Apollo
killing Hyncinthus, his young and favorite pupil, by acci-
dentally striking him on the head with a quoit, is one of
the most familiar tales of mythology.

The game of quoits, though probably rightly traced to
the ancient throwing of the discus, differs from it in several
essential particulars. The quoit is a ring — not a plate— of
iron, thick on its inner edge, and brought to a sharp edge
on the outside, so that when pitched it may stick into the
ground. The shape of the quoit varies according to the
taste of the player in several minor particulars. Soma are
made with the upper side slightly convex, and the under
side correspondingly concave. Others are made with both
sides almost perfectly even, and yet another style haa the
outer side convex, and the under side perfectly flat. 1 hen,
again, they vary in size. One writer states the external
diameter, that is to say from rim to rim, at from in to
in., and the breadth of the metal ring at from 1 in. to win.
The fact is, that there is no standard or limit, and conse-
quently no approach to uniformity in either weight or
size. , ...

On taking up his position to play, the quoiter cither
simply grasps the quoit, holding both surfaces between the
thumb and forefingers, or holds it more or less on one side,

passing the forefinger along the outer edge. It is then
delivered with a swing, forward and upward of the arm,
and leaves the hand with a rotatory motion, cither fiat or
at an angle, to suit the exigencies of the game.

The ground is the next tiling to be noticed. Sometimes
“clay ends” are made use of, and sometimes the play takes
place ou uuprepared turf, or turf simply soaked with’ water.
“Clay ends" consist of a patch of clay round each hole, of
an iucli or two in depth, uud extending to about eighteen
inches or two feet in diameter. The object, of course, is
to give the quoits a better chance of lying where they first
strike, and the matter, in a match, is determined by pre-
arrangement betweeu the proposed contestants.

The game is one which requires veiy considerable
strength and a course of steady practice. In Great Britain
it may be said to be manhood's substitute for boyhood’s in-
dulgence in pitching pennies or ncckless buttons. In
Scotland the game is a great favorite, especially among the
working classes, in whose ranks its devotees are mainly to
be fouud. Its great stronghold is in the west, centering in
Glasgow, and extending through the miuing districts to
the eastward of that city. It seems indeed to have a pecu-
liar fascination for miners, as we find it zealously practised
in other coal regions, such as Loehgelly in Fifcsliire. Its
prevalence is, however, very general, and it Buds many
enthusiastic supporters at watering places, such as Burn-
tisland, and even in the stately capital itself.

There can be little doubt that the game was introduced
into the United States from Great Britain, and judging
from the number of Scotchmen who are addicted to it, it
seems not improbable that the first pair of imported quoits
were brought to our shores by some Scot, who had fouud
that there was room enough in his “kist,” or trunk, for the
implements required for his favorite game. That fact,
like the various steps by which “throwing the discus" was
converted into “pitching quoits," has not, so far as is
known, been settled by any historian. The above suppo-
sition is, however, most probably the true one.

Since its introduction it has met with considerable
favor. Several clubs have been started in this city, New-
ark, Philadelphia, Buffulo and other cities, and the game
is yearly gaining proselytes. Among Scotchmen, generally,
it may be said to take the place in Summer of curling in
Winter. It has been brought in a certain manner into con-
nection with the Grand National Curling Club, and a
champion quoit is played for annually by the members of
that organization at its annual meeting. The quoitlug
match is, in fact, looked upon as one of the most interest-
ing features of that gathering. The trophy above alluded
to is a handsome silver quoit, and at the last competition
was carried off by Mr. A. Dalrymple, of this city. It was
presented to the Grand National by Air. David Bell, of
Buffalo. Its history is ns follows: — It was first played for
at New York in 1808, and won by Mr. John Templeton; iu
1869 at Buffalo, when it was won by Mr. Bell, the donor;
in 1870, at Paterson by Mr. John R. Smith, of that city;
in 1871 at New York, and won for the second time by Mr.
Bell; in 1872 at Albany, where it was again carried off by
Mr. John It. Smith; in 1873 at. Toronto, by Mr. William
McGowan; and in 1874, as has been stated, by Mr. A. Dal-
rvmple at New York. It will be played for this year at
Yonkers.

In this match no clay is used, the distance is eighteen
yards, and there is no regulation as to the weight or size of
the quoits used. In regard to the latter point, “Stone-
henge” says: — “The quoits aie light or heavy, according to
the strength of the player; and in playing a match it is
usual to specify the weight." Iu the curler’s match, just
noticed, it is different; each player uses the quoits which
best suit him. The consequence is, that a man playing
with small quoits may be “tied” with one usiDg quoits of
the size of a moderately sized barrow wheel. A manifest ad-
vantage lies with the latter. Weight tells when an op
ponent’s quoit, lying dangerously near the “pin,” lias to be
knocked out, and size gives a corresponding advantage
when the conditions are reversed. Some modification of
the existing fule seems desirable, if practicable without
destroying the harmony of the game, or keeping out any
players who would otherwise enter.

Outside of the Grand National, the health and strength
fostered by the game have given it considerable promin-
ence. The programme of Caledonian games invariably in-
cludes one of quoits, and with so many features to recom-
mend it. it cannot do otherwise than increase in favor with
all classes of the community.

&eiv jJnblicutionz.

Biuds ok the Northwest. By Dr. Elliott Coues, L.

S. A.

Through tho courtesy of the author we have been inode the recipient*
of n copy of the above book, and we feel that our thanks are due to him,
not only for the gift, but for the publication of a work calculated, ns
this Is, to dispel the obscurity which hus hitherto shrouded, In a great
part, our knowledge of tho ornithology of our western territories. I)r.
Coues, as on uuthor aud naturalist, stands high in the estlinnilon of all
scientific men and the public in general, and Ills works need only be
read to be appreciated.

The above volume is, as Its title page suites, a “Handbook of the Or-
nilhology of the Region Drained by the Missouri River and Its Tributa-
ries," and Is the third and last, as yet, of the series of "Miscellaneous
Publications" issued under the auspices of the U. 8. Geological Survey
of the Territories. The work Is compiled inalidy from matter contained
in an unpublished report prepared by the author at Washington in the
year 1802, upon collections mode by Di. F. V. Hayden and Mr. (!. II.
Trook, In the expedition nndcr Gen. W. F. Raynolds, U. S Engi-
neers Five years after the preparation of this report, in 1887, the au-
thor, then stationed at Columbia, 8. C , recalled his MSS. in order to re-
vise and correct them in accordance with his advancement of the knowl-
edge of the subject during the intervening period, and it was not until
after a lapse of another Interval of live years that the author, in compli-
ance witli a request of Dr. Hayden, undertook the task of publishing a
treatise on the ornithology of the Western Territories. It was in 18T2,
therefore, that the compilation of tho work now before us was really
commenced, (he author, having mndc an ornithological tour through the
entire country mentioned in the title, collected, In view of the present
work, a storo of valuable information concerning the avifauna of that
re-don. The work includes ail the known species (a largo majority of
the birds of North America) inhabiting the immense water-shed of the
Missouri River and its tributaries, and introduces certain other# in order
that the account of particular groups might be complete. Three famll
lies (Larulae, Colymbldae and Podlclptdcu) nre monographlcally treated,
and tho description of external features and anatomical characters
given tn detail. Tho port relatiog to the geographical distribution of
the various genera and species, receive* special attention and Is partlcu
laxly noticeable, containing na it does in itself, a complete treatise on
their distribution, their residence or migration, and their abundance or

scarcity, not only within the region mentioned, tut throughout the geu-
eral area they tuhabit.

By hi* examination of tho general ornithological literature involved la
the study of the above cited points, the author ha* achieved one Import,
ant result, aud that is tho compilation of very extensive syuonj malic
lists, which, In connection with a vast number of additional reference*,
make an extensive index to tho literature of tho eubjoct Tho contents
of the work, although not Intended for general reading, will bo found to
bo highly Interesting. To sportsmon-cspecially tho part* pertaining to
the game birds of this country -It will prove to be not only entertain-
ing, but Instructive, and tho volume will undoubtedly become, to a much
greater extont than tho author imaglued when ho named It such, a ' hand-
book" for tho scholar, tho sportsman and tho public Although the au-
thor has been compelled from wont of space to abbreviate much that bo
would have otherwise detalled.yot bis happy stylo ha# enabled him to in-
stil into oven briefest and most uninteresting portions of iho work n foscl
nation that arre»is tho attention of oven the uninitiated, and awakens In
him an t u Iciest in a hook which ho before thought could have no charms
for him. The author's language is terso and characteristically elegant,
and his descriptions throughout tho work are graphic aud full of beauty.
We quote tho following us a paragraph indicating how science can, like
Mr. Wcgg, sometimes drop Into poetry :-

“A beautiful sight it is to see the enamored hints pressing suit with
all the pomp and circumstance of their urllllant courtships, Tho Arm and
stalely trend, with body erect aud comely shape displayed to best ad-
vantage; the quivering wings, tho motlou of tho plume*, that wave like
the standard of knights-cmint; the Hashing oyos bopeuk proud con-
sciousness of masculine vigor. The beautiful bird glances defiance and
challenge* loudly, eager for a rival; but none disputes, and lie may re-
tire, his rights proven. Only a gentler bird Is near, hidden in a leafy
bower, whence she watches, admiring his bearing, fascinated by the
courage site sees displayed, Imping every moment ■ lint the next will
bring him, dreading lest i i nmy. As their eyes meet she trembles anil
would turn to fly, but cannot; tils oyoi glow again, but with a different
light, even more intense Hum before. With an oxulinnt cry he file s
straight lo her, and like Iho true knight lie I*, for just one Instant
bends till his breast louche* tho ground, ami Hum Is erect Again. Ilo
leans toward her, half spreads his wing over her, and plead* in under-
tone. She listens, but ornws away; she listens, but only stauds irreso-
lute; she listens, and listening, yields."

Altogether the work reflects great credit upon both Its author and tho
ago. Iu conclusion we must not omit lo mention another Important por-
tion of this work. Wo refer to tho voluminous index, which Iu ita ac-
curacy and completeness, shows tho usual care uud thoiiglitfulnoss of
thouu.hor. 8. W. II.

Fysshe and Fyskhynuk. With nn Angle, from the Boko of

St. Albans. By Dame Juliana Horners. The American edition, cdl
ted by Geo. W. Van Slcklcn.

Ilow oddly they spelled in those old days A. D. 1400 ! But they
knew how to fish. Hero Is tho father of all fishing books on our table;
perhaps we ought to say tho mother, for it was writ ton by a w oman
—Dame Juliana Berner*, l/.ank Walton quotes her work, and a charm-
ing qaali. t old book ft is. An American edition Is before ns, and the edi-
tor (a member of tho Now York Bar) tells ns that lie Is led to publish
it because when ho wished to buy a copy of tho old hook for himself he
could not Undone for snlo in litis country, and to import a copy of the
English edition of 1827 cost $82. An ariglnni copy would lake $2,600. It
Is just one of thoso delightful books that evory gentle fisherman desires
to read. It Is nn interesting study, too, of old English spelling uud
rhetoric. Wo huvo decided that tiro old ludy understood what sho was
writing about; Just hear what sho says (but first wo may bo mistaken,
she may have been a young lm|y when tho hook was written, but tho 100
years confuse ns). “If ye will bo crafty In angling, ye must first lerno
to make your harness— that is, to wit: your rodde; yourlynesof dyvers
colours. After that yo must know how ye shall angle, In wlmt place of
the water, how dope, and whnttimo of day ; Iu what weather, wyth what
bay ten.” Aud then she tolls you, “Lookc that yo shadow not the water,
as muche as ye mayo; and yf u fysshe he nfruyed ho will not bite longo
after." "The thyrdo good poynie Is, that ye lie not loo busty to nuytu, nor
too Into." "And yf it fortune you lo sinyte a great fysshe with u small
harness, thonne ye must lead liyni in the water, tyll he ho drouned.' ’
“Tbo bytlng time Is early by tho inorrowo from four e of ye clocke, so
unto eiglitc of y o clocke, Ye cannot brynge a boko into a fyssho nioutho
without bay to. " Sho think* that “Whan yo purpoos to go a fysshyngo,
yo will not desyre gretly many persons wyth you, whichu myghto lot yon
of your game”' 8ho compares "huiiiynge, hawkynge, foulyngo and
fysshoynge," and says, "The bento to my aymplo discretion Is fysshyngo.
called anglynge, with u rodde, and a lyuo, and n liokc. "Huntynge,**
she says, "is too lutioryons, for tiro hunter must always run and followo
his hounds He bloweih till ills lyppos blyster, nud when ho thlnketh it
an hare, full oft it la an hedge- hog. He coinuth homo at even, rain-
beaten, pricked, and Id* clothes tor no, wet-shod, all miry." Yes. Ami
the falconer (she sail* him “foukonor") "whyatcloth till lie ho ryght
evil oihurst. When lie would liavo Ills Imwke lo flee, then will she
bathe. Thus, by proof, this Is not tiro host disport mid game of the
four.” But "Fowlyngo mo seemoth moo.t simple. Tho fowler speedoth
not but in the most hardest and coldest wether. Whan lie would go to

Ills gins ho may at for coldo. Munv II gin mid many ft snare lie muk-

eth; yet sorryly dmh he fare. At noontide, In tba dow, bo i* wot ahod
unto Ills tail." She think* she will leave off there. "Doahtloss, then,
followed! it that it must needs bo the dysport of fywlieyngo with
an ancle, for the woorst loss mi angler e -n have Ifl, U any fysshe brouko
away after that ho la hooked," “And if tho anglor take fjsstio, aurely
then is there no man merrier than ho lv In 111* *pyryto. ”

Just *0, Every fisherman and every gentleman of education must have
a copy of the book, and we call attention with pleasure to the advertise
ment of it elsewhere In our columns. It 1* on heavy tinted paper, well
printed with special type, tho absurd old Illustrations reproduced
Thank goodness It l* not In the old black loiter. Tho glossary l» full.
Send and cet a copy and enjoy It. Mr, Geo. W. Van Slcklcn, u gentle-
man whose modesty bespeaks Ins merit, I* the person to whom Amerl
can fisherman are Indebted for the reproduction of ilil* quaint little rol
time. We commend It to our render* us well worthy of a choice nook ou
the librury shelves.

A Run with the Hounds.— Here is about us conciso n
description of a fox chase as can be stated in technical
terms. Wc copy from the London "Field."

“Tuesday, the 16th, the Tipperary hounds met at FetU
ard. Drew Kilnockin and Furry Hill blank; then called
on Rathkenny for its seventh find this season. We wero
not long in suspense, for a brace were soon ou foot— one a
very interesting looking lady — hut Maiden got bin hound*
settled ou to his lordship; for fifteen minutes they rattle
him round the covert as only good hounds can do; then
away through the woods and over the brook to the next
road. Here the fox ran the road to Rathkenny bridge,
bridge bore to the right for Drangan, then wheeled lo tho
left for Carhally; here llic huntsman and Ins good little-
mure who were leading at the time, came to grief over a.
large double. They lay side by side a few seconds, hut were
soon up and going as merry as ever. The hounds ran
through Shannicoyle Wood, then near to Ballanlusky,
bore to the left to Kilkcnnybeg, tried the earths ut Singiim-
lown; finding them stopped, he steered on to Peppertown,
and being so hard pressed he disappeared in a large drain.
So wc left him to congratulate himself on his narrow es-
cape, after showing us na grand a fifty -five minutes as ever
a man saw— forty minutes in the open. Every one now
turned for home, for forty minutes over this beautiful stiff
, country without a cheek is enough for any horse. Every
, hound was up, aud were dreaming over their good deeds
on their benches soon after three P. M. We have only
, been stopped one day by frost, and have had a capital sea,-
r son." ™

FOREST AND STREAM.

£7i? Hborse atfd tfoiirsc

—Clara G., the trotting mare that was
severely injured in the Hippodrome, can
put her weight upon the fractured leg once
more.

New Orleans Races.— The Spring meet-
ing of the Louisiana Jockey Club com-
menced on Saturday, the 10th inst., having
been postponed on account of the weather,
and was to have been continued during this
week. The first race, two miles over
eight hurdles, resulted in u dead heat be-
tween Limestone and Capt. Hutchinson, who
divided first and second money. The sec-
ond race, the Pickwick stakes mile heals
for three-year olds, $1,000 added money,
had thirteen nominations. Four started,
and Fannie F. won first and third heals ami
money. The third race was two miles for
all ages for a purse of $500. The race was
won by Bonaventure, beating Galway, Gran-
ger, Stampede, etc.

—The postponement of the Spring meet-
ing of the Louisiana Jockey Club lias ne-
cessitated the nulling forward of the Galves-
ton Jockey Club meeting until Saturday,
24th inst., and three days of the ensuing
week.

Active preparations are being made

for the Spring meeting of the Galveston
Jockey Club on the 24th inst.

—The Pacific Jockey Club liavc formally
offered a purse ol $80,000 in gold for a four-
mile and repeat race, open to the world, to
he run at their meeting in November next;

$15,000 to the first horse, $0,000 to the sec-
ond, $5,000 to the third, and $4,000 to the
fourth. Horses from Europe will be al-
lowed $1,500 for traveling expenses, and
from cast of the Rocky Mountains $1,000.

—Sisson Girl, Jim Brown. Commodore,
and Fullerton are under training in San
Francisco.

—Previous to the brenking up of the ice
in Merrvmeeling Bay. near Rowdomham,
Me Coi H. s Russel's stallion Dread
naught trotted on the ice a match against
lime for $100. The match was made tor
Ihe horse to bet 2.80. lie was accompanied
bv the running horse Eagle, w hich lie dis-
tanced quite easily, and won the nice in
2.2-8J. The time was ihe fastest ever made
by a trotter in Maine. Dreadnaught is
seven years old.

—The celebrated trotting gelding Occi-
dent was to have arrived at Philadelphia on
Rudd Doblc’s palace horse car some lime
this week. He will be trained for the com-
ing campaign at Point Breeze Park. The
presence of Occident in the free-for-all divi-
sion this Summer will add greatly to the
zest of our leading trotting meetings He is
snid to have lost his unsteadiness under the
skillful manipulation of Doble, but if Hi -
lerlon remains in California, and Gold-
smith Maid has retired, there must be a
“coming horse" to compete with luin.

—A new disease has developed itself n-
inong horses near Albany. The horse's
breast and forelegs are covered with lumps,
which must he painful, as the animal ex-
hibits signs of sickness and severe suffer-
ing.

—The report that the filly Vnndelite had
gone wrong is contradicted.

— Chesnpcnke, Aristides, Calvin, and
Aaron Pennington are in splendid condi-
tion ami their owner expects to win the
leading events at the .Lexington meeting
next mouth.

The grent colt Acrobat will make his first
appearance this season in the Monmouth
Clip, and his principal antagonists will he
Ballankeel. Vnndulitc, Prcakness, Mate,
Altilla, and Reform. If these horeos reach
the starling post in good condition one of
the most exciting races ever witnessed in
this country will ensue.

—Katie Pease has recovered from her
long illness, and will be able to participate
in the turf events of the coming season.

—The track at Monmouth Park is now in
good condition foi training, ane horses arc
being galloped regularly.

—A bill to prevent pool selling and betting
was presented to the New Jersey Legislature,
but (lid not pass. It was in tended, doubt
less, for the benefit of Long Brunch.

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with name and trade murk.

AV. *V ('. SCOTT A SON. Pole makers of the
Patent Top Lever, solid. Double Locking Bolt Breech
Loader, bearing the full name of the firm. W. & C.
SCOTT & SON canllon sportsmen against Iniltailons
of their patent Mild nnme. (inns bearing the name
abbreviated, or with different Initials, are not genutue.

TBI \L OF SCOTTA GREENER'S NEW SYSTEM
OP BORING. BY THE EDITOR OP
•'THE FIELD,” LONDON'.

(See The Field, January 30th, 1875.)

“From a comparison of tlio two tables it will be
seen that with Walker's shot, Messrs .Scott’s guns
showed a marked niperloiiti/ over Mr. Greener’*,
both in average and in the highest score made. In-
deed, with the left barrel, in hi* third shot, Mr. Scott
got a selected group pattern of 239 and a penetration
of 37, equalling the highest pattern made by Mr.
Greener, and exceeding Ihe penetration of that par
ticnlar shot by eight sheets.”

London Office:

10 Great Co-tie St., Regent Cirrus, near Lang-
ham Hotel.

Chief address:

Manufactory Premier Gun Works,

Lancaster Street, Birmingham.
WHOLESALE.

Aprl-Oin

Chirk Ac Sneider.

MANUFACTURERS OF THE

SNEIDER

PATENT BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUN.
ALTERING

Muzzle-Loading Guns to Breech-Loading

A SPECIALTY.

WRITE FOR PARTICULARS.

JJ14 AV. Pfattwt.,Baltimore.

hihilelyliia.

BRADFORD & ANTHONY.

1 80 Washington St., Boston.
IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS IN

Pisliiiig Tackle,
Fishing Rods.
Fish I looks,

AND

ANGLING IMPLEMENTS.

THOR SALE.— A pretty Country Homo.

within the limits of Springfield, Mass.; rituat- d
on Orange street, formerly known ns Plum Tree road,
near Mill street. There arc about two und one-half
acres of land, several good springs, fine shade tree*,
nn orchard, grape vines, and pear, peach and quince
trees Address JOS II. BATTY, officcof Forest and
Stream, 17 Chatham street, N. Y. Aprl5-lm

.J. WALLACE,

Naturalist & Taxidermist

IMPORTER OF

FOREIGN BIRD SKINS AND ARTIFI-
CIAL EYES,

19 N. William St., New York.

SPORTSMENS’ DEPOT.

JOHN Kill HER,

Corner Second and Walnut El*., Philadelphia.

IMPORTER, MANUFACTURER and DEALER IN

Guns, Rifles, Pistols, and Fishing Tackle.
Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech
Loaders.

REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.

Has constantly on hand a full assortment of Rods,
Hooks, Lines. Balls, Reels. Fly Hooks. Salmon Files,
Waterproof Silk Lines, Silk and Hair Trout Lines. Ac.
Perch Snoods. China and Grass Lines. Al*o. a large
lot of Cone Reeds, Bamboo and Japan.

Bird*’ Kgs* and Birds’ Skins in great varieties.—
Taxidermy In all II* branches.

SPRATT’8 PATENT DOG BISCUITS. 4-ly

For Havana and New Orleans.

Phi la. and Southern Mail

Steamship Company’s

Regular Remi-Monthly Line

Steamship Junlala (1320 tons). .Capt. J.W. Catharine
Steamship Yazoo (1390 tons). .Capt, L. D. Barrett.

(with superior passcngei accommodation*)
Sailing every other Friday of jach month from Pier
No. 22 Delaware River, at 10 A. M.

For farther information apply to WM. L. JAMES,
General Agent, No. 416 S. Delaware ave., Philo.
Oct 15

Thomas Sparks,

Shot and Bar Lead

MAN UFACTURER,

[Established ISON.]

Office, !2IWalnutSt. Philadelphia.

FOREST AND STREAM

159

Miscellaneous

Fishing Tackle.

A. 15. Sliipley & Son,

603 and 605 Commerce street, Philadelphia.

Manufacturers of «

C'lmllc anti Fishing Lines.

FINE BASS AND TROUT FLY RODS.

The celebrated GREENHEART WOOD a specialty.

FINE ROD MOUNTINGS.

Full line of Tackle for Brook, River and Sea Fish-
ing. Agents for John Jatuea & Sons celebrated fish
hooks nnd Needles. ... ,

SILVER MEDAL awarded by the I RAN KLIN
INSTITUTE, inn. "for SUPERIOR QUALITY nnd
FINISH of RODS and TACKLE." Aprl-hra

Sportsmen's (goods.

TOOL HOLDER.

This Tool Holder is hollow, nnd twenty cast steel
tools are enclosed in It, viz: 10 brad awls of various
sizes. 4 chisels, 1 each, gouge, wood reamer, iron rentn-
cr. harness needle, screw driver, nnd scratch awl. In
addition to these It will hold anything, from an eight-
inch mill file to a cambric needle. It is by far the
best Tool Holder in use. and will answer nearly all
the purposes of a Hand Vise. The wood is hard rna
pie with lignum viue cap, the ferrule malleable iron,
nnd the jaws cast steel. The handle is live and a half
inches long. It is extremely convenient to be used
with the saw in making brackets* and for doing all
kinds of light work. Seut by mail prepaid on receipt
of One Dollar.

MILLER'S FALLS COMPANY,

Mar IH-lt 78 Beckman street, N. Y.

J. B. Crook & Co.,

MAJttjracTURBRe and I mi-outers or

FISHING TACKLE!

f»0 Fulton St., TV. Y.

Sole manufacturers of the celebrated CASTLE CON-
NELL ROD for SALMON, TROUT, aud BLACK

PA*8BNP FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.

N. Y. Safety Steam Power Co.

Office : 30 CO UR TLA NOT ST.

BUILDERS OF \

STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS

Miscellaneous.

M>sce^an toui.

ABBEY & IIYIBRIE CONROY. B1SSETT & MALLESON,

HUULI « IIVIUIIIL., i • (Sacocuon lo J. C. Conroy A Co.)

&UCCB*«oii9 to

&*nnel

Amirov Clork & Co.,

48 Maiden Lane, N. Y.

IMPORTER*, MANUPACTintBRS AND DKALKR9 IN

Fishing Tackle,

On hand the large .and best assortment ever ex-
hibited In the United States. They particularly call
attention to their

TROUT, SALMON AND BASH HODS.

Every variety of Salmon and Trout Files, and Hooks
on Gut. Cutty Hunk nnd Basque Islands Bass Lines,
waterproof Braided Silk Lines, every size and quality of
SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES,
And every Variety nnd Style of
FISH HOOKS.
Parties fitted out with appropriate Tacklo for the
Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast, Cauudn, Maluo,
the Adlrondacks. Ac., Ac-.

Split Bamboo,. Tront nnd Salmon Rod. nnd Reel.

GRAND

Bench Show of Dogs.

The ROD AND GUN CLUB of Springfield, Mass.,
will give a

Bench Show of Doirs

at the City Hull, in Springfield, WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 28th. Especially intended for the exhibition
of all the best dogs In the country for sporting pur-
poses. Send for a list of premiums. IiOBT. 0.
SlORRIS, Secretary Rod nnd Gun Club, E. II. LA-
TIIROP, President.

A. C. WADDELLS

Breeding Kennel, Newton, N. J.

The finest strain of young Pointers and Setters for
sab*. Dogs boarded and cared for In the best manner
at $5 per month. Pedigrees guaranteed.-, dogs broken
for $50. Mar 11

A merican 1) o 2; Biscuit,

rpHE ONLY FOOD FOR DOGS MADE

L In this country: will not spoil III any climate.
Price S3 60 per 26 lbs., $9 p-r 100 lbs. CIRCULAR
P URE. F. R. MORSE. Hamden. Conn.

"VETERINARY SURGEON. -DR. J. M HEARD

* (member of the Royal College of Veterinary Sur-
geons, London), No. 20 Lexington avenue, N Y., at-
tends, when requested, all cases requiring hie p.ofes-
slonal skill. Horses carefully examined as to sound-
ness; • Octal

Henry Gardner, m. d., has constant-
ly on hand nnd for sale, medicines adapted to
the cure of all diseases. Dealer m sport ng dogs of
every variety. Dogs trained for reasonable compen-
sation. No 111 South Fifth a ve . . N. Y. Oct 21

OR SALE. — ONE OR A BRACE OF
Setters and one Pointer, thoroughbred and
nicely broken. Also n brnce of stylish thoroughbred
Muck and tan Gordon Setters, eight months old, very
promising. Address GORDON, at this ofilce. tf

THOR BALE. A FEW THOROUGHBRED
Id Spaniels, choice breed. For particulars address
SPRINGER, at this ofilce.

hotels and $e$orts for Sportsmen.

Rossin House, Toronto, Canada.
SHUARS & SON, Proprietors.

This house Is a favorite resort for gentlemen sports
men from all parts of the United States and Canada.

Twin Lakes Trout Farm.

Board for gentlemen only—

Sportsmen. Artist*. Anglers, Ac. Splendid
scenery and drives. Fine boating, tront, pickerel,
and bass fishing and woodcock shooting. Also les-
sons in oil and water color pninting, drawing and
etching. If desired. Address J. IVES PEASE, or E.
SHERMAN PEASE. P. O. box 00 Canaan, Conn
N. U.— Cotinge building sites overlooking the lakes
for sale cheap; also one for a hotel, Apr8-tf

NION DEPOT HOTEL, Cnnattn, Conu.

G H. CORBIN, Proprietor. New. clean rooms
and beds, first-class table, Ac. Fishing, shooting,
and plea»nnt drives near hv. Apr# Uni

Steam Launches & Yacht^

And their Machinery a Specialty, also Machinery for'*

TUCS, LICHTERS AND STEAMERS?

Propeller Wheels of Superior Efficiency.

BEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR.
y«r~ All our ooats ore guaranteed to pass tnspoc-
tlon under the Steamboat law when required.

Sportsman’s Route

Chicago and Northwestern Railway.

This gunt corporation now owns and operates over
two thousand miles of road, radiating from Chicago
like the fingers on a man's hand. Us lines reach In all
directions and cover about all of the country north,
northwest and west of Chicago. With oue brunch it
reaches Racine, Kenosha, Milwaukee, and the country
north thereof; with another line Ii poshes through
Janesville, Watertown, Oshkosh. Fond du Lac, Green
Bay, Escanoba, to Negnanee and Marquette; with an-
other line it passes through Madison, Elroy, and for
St. Paul and Minneapolis: branching westward from
Elroy, to nnd through Winona, Owatonno. St. I cter,
Mankato. New Ulm, and stops uot until Lake Knmcs
ka Dacotuh, is reached; another line starts from Chi-
cago and runs through Elgin and Rockford to Free-
port, and via the Illinois Central, reaches Warren.
Galena and Dubnque, and the country beyond, btill
another line runs ulmoHt due westward, and pftsjcs
through Dixon, Sletlil.g, Fulton, Clinton, (lowut Ce-
dar Rapids, Marshalltown, Grand Junction . Missouri
Valley Junction, to Council Bluffs nnd Omaha. 1'lils
last named Is the "Great TnANs-Co.si inental
Route," and the pioneer overland line for Nebraska,
Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, California
and the Pacific const. It runs through the Garden of
Illinois and Iowa, and is tbe safest, sliortest and best
route to Oniuhu, Lincoln, and other points in Nebras-
ka. and for Cheyenne, Denver, Salt Luke City. \ ir-
giniu City, Carson, Sacramento. Sun Francisco, and
all other points west of the Missouri River.

See, then, what one ompnny.onn do If you want
to go to Milwaukee, Fcond du Lac, Manitowoc, She
boygHii, Juuesville, Watertown. Oshkosh, De l'ere,
Green Bay, Rlpon, Madison, Buruboo, tan Claire,
Hudson, Stillwater, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth,
Brecken ridge, Moorehead, Fort Gurry. Winona, Owu-
tanna. New Ulm, Freeport, Warren, Pluttsville, Ga-
lena Dubuque, Waterloo, Fort Dodge, Sioux City,
Yankton, Council Bluffs, Omaha. Lincoln, Denver,
Salt Luke City, Sacrameuto, San Francisco, or a hun-
dred other northern, northwestern, or western
points this great line Is the one you should take. 1 he
track Is of the best steel rail, uud is well ballasted and
us free from dust as a road can be made. The bridges
are st long and durable, uud all the appointment* are
first class in every respect. The trains that run over
this route are made np of elegant new Pullman 1 alace
Drawing Room and Sleeping Coaches, buMexprettly
for f/n# line, luxurious, well lighted, and well veutiia-
ten Day Coaches, and pleasant lounging and smoking
cow-all built by this Company in their own shops.
The cars ure all equipped with the celebrated Miller
Safety Platform, and patent Buffers and couplings,
Wosttnghouse Safety Air Brakes, and every other ap-
pliance that has been devised for the safety of pus-
sengcr trains. All trains are ran by telegraph.
In a word this GREAT LINE lias the best
and smoothest track, uud the most elegant and
comfortable equipment of any road in the Vest, aud
has no competitor in the country. It Is eminently the
favorite route with the Chicagoans traveling west,
north, or northwest, aud Is acknowledged by the trav
- - ■ •— *•— ' — " points It

Northern
voin-
C'ull

Agents for the St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Solo Im-
porters of Wnrrin's Celebrated Drilled
4-29 Eyed Needles.

Orange Sporting Powder.

ORANGE LIGHTNING POWDER,

The strongest and cleanest Powder made, Nos. 1
to 7, packed only in sealed 1 lb. canisters. The coarser
sizes especially are recommended to owners of fine
breech-loading guns, giving great penetration with
very slight recoil.

ORANGE DUCKING POW DER,

For water fowl. Very strong and clean Nos. 1 to
5. Packed in metal kegs of 6* lbs. ouch, uud in cauls
ters of 1 and 5 lbs .

AUDUBON POWDER,

Very quick. For woodcock and quail Nos. 1 tot,
Packed in metal kegs of 12* lbs. and lii lbs., nnd In
pound canisters.

ORANGE RIFLE POWDER,

The best for rifles aud for all ordinary purposes.
Sizes F.g. FF.g. FFF.g, Hie lust being the finest ami
most used. Packed in wood nnd metal kegs of 26
lbs., 12| lbs., aud iii lbs., and in canisters of 1 lb. nnd
I pound.

All of the above give high velocities aud less rosld
nnm than any other brands made.

LAFLIN & RAND POWDER Co.,

21 Park Row, N. Y.

(Opposite Aston nousa.l

GHICAOO

SHOT TOWER CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

STANDARD

DROP AND BUCK SHOT

BALLS AND BAR LEAD.

Our aim is to manufacture an article of SHOT that
is unsurpassed in ROUNDNESS. SOLIDITY, Poa-
fection of POLISH, Uniformity of SIZE, nml Accu-
racy of WEIGHT, In each bag. Orders from the
Trade solicited, mid will be filled at

The Lowest Market Prices.

E. W. B LATCH FORD, President.

C. F. GATES. Treasurer. id" &r> ’v

Holabird s Shooting & Fishing Suits

Made of the best English Water and Mildew proof
duck, dead grass color, havo become celebrated for
DURABILITY.

CONVENIENCE,

COMFORT,

mid CHEAPNESS.

Sold In New York, Baltimore. Chicago, Detroit, San
Francisco,

And all towns where sportsmen"’ goods are kept In
stock. If not found ill stock whore you trade, order
direct from the manufacturer. Send chest, waist and
sleeve measure fur tent and vest; waist and Inseam for

^ 'special attention Is called to the Slcvelesa Coat and
Vest with Sleeves, which ure unique, aim con t but
anil the most fastidious. _

Coats. $10; Coat ami Vests, $14; Pants, $3,60; Caps,
2.50. Send for illustrated circular.

Address W. li. HOLABIRD,

jun 21 Vnln*F*>o Inn.

Bay and ocean view house,

Good Ground. Good duck shooting daring the
Spring. The best shootiDg on the Island.

Mar 24-lin

OARD NEAR TWIN LAKES. FOUR

hours from New York via Harlem Railroad. A
desirable location for sportsmen, artists, and all thoao
wanting a pleasant home. Address F. F. COOl ER,
Locust Hill Farm, Ashley Falls, Berkshire county,
.Mass. ' Mar 24 6m

“All Sportsmen

Are Interested in the best Hunting Grounds of the
Southwest. The lino of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Hallway affords untold fields of Game Birds,
Fish and Animals. Seud to General Passenger Agt.,
Sedalia, Mo,, for free maps, illustrations, arid de-
scriptions. Correspondence solicited. Jan SI

UOK SHOOTING AT STONY

Brook, on north side of Long Island: boat*,
•tool, &o. furnished by the S. B. Hotel: plenty of
(lacks, also good bird shooting. 3. J. SMITH.

Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota North.
Michigan, Dakota, Western Iowa. Nebraska. V \>
Ing, Colorado, I'tab. Montano, Idaho, Nevada, l.
fornta and the Pacific Slope.

TO SPORTSMEN:

This line presents peculiar advantage*, For

Prairie Chlclena, Duck*. Geeae, A ltrnnt Shooting
our Iowa Line to day offers

More Favorable Point «

Ilian anv other road In the country, while for
DEER AND BEAK HUNTING and for ItROOk
TROUT. LAKE SALMON. PIKE. PICK-
EREL nnd BASS FISHING
a hundred points on the Northern nnd North-western
lines of this Company will be found unsurpassed by

anything In the West.

MARTIN HUGH ITT, Gen. Sopt. Chicago.
\V. H. 8TENNETT, Gen. Pass. Agt Chicago.

Havana Lottery

EXTRAORDINARY DRAWING APRIL 22D.
Only 16.000 Ticket*— One Prize, to every Sevin Ticket*.
2097 Prizes of

2 Prizes each of

4 Prizes each of If®?

12 Prizes each of

4OrS with full Vn f or rna 0 o n sen 1 p p'y ^ s ta*

Bl&DS AND ANDIALS PRESERVED TO OKDER BY

K. L. IS EWCOMB,

TAXIDERMIST,

NO. 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM, MASS.

Instruction given. ** '

SALMON ^ANGLING

In the undermentioned Salmon Rivers will ho Leased
for a term of FIVE YEARS. Competition above up-
set prices named. LESSEES to maintain gnwdlan-
ship at private cost. Applications will ho received to
1st MAY next.

River Natashqnan (North Shore)
River Trinity (nenr Point dea Monts).

River St. Margaret <eo bus)

River Trout (near Molsie)

River Mistassini (near Godbont)

River Becscle, do

River Malbule (near Perce)

River Grand Patios, do

River Little Pabos, do

River Tobique (New Brunswick)

River Nsahwuak. do

River N.W.MSramlchl, do

River Jnpiter (Anticosti Island)

River Salmon, do

65 Fulton St., N. I,

Invite tlic attention of nmnteurs
to the addition" they have made to
their regular stock of Fine Goods,
comprising In part

Six Strip Split Dnmlioo

HODS,

for Trout niul Snlmon fishing.
THE FAMED

M ’(Jlnnls Black Buss Rod*

made of Split Bamboo (now this
season). Vein Ilofe's Rubber steal
Pivot, Click ami Salmon Reels.
The celebrut d "Pi mil, fort" Itwl.
Ac., Ac Solo manufacturer* of
"Mullaly V Patent Files. The
New style Cuttylmnk Bars Lines
of Exit n quality.

Panic* fitted oat for the Adl-
rond cks, the Mutnu Woods,
l.uko Superior, Newport, Cully -
hunk, Pasutie Island, West Island,
Barnegnt, Jtc .

Older* by mull will recnlvo care-
ful and prompt attention.

Silver Plated Ware

MANUFACTURED BY THE

MERIDEN BRITANNIA COMPANY,

No.5r>() UrondAvny ) N. Y.
FACTORIES, West Morldon, Conn.
First l^’cminmAAviirticd l)y
llio Aniorionu IiiKtitut«%

1 H7II nn<t 1S7 I.

EXTRACT FROM JUDGE’S REPORT:

“>Vc consider the Goods Made l»y this
Company to he by far the host made In
this country, and we bollove in the
W orld»” Aprl-3t

Pritchard Brothers,

No. 94 Fulton St., N. Y.

ALL KINDS OK

Fishing Tackle

Made and repaired with the utmost despatch.

AI.RO, CONSTANTLY ON HAND

ITIK BEST MCLECTION OK TROUT AND HAI..
MON ROOM, REELK, LINES AND ELI EH.

Medal* awarded til the World'* Fair and American
nstitnte fot our superior Artificial Flip*. 4—

..$#V0
. 100
.. UK)
.. 60
.. 20
. 20
. 100
.. 200
.. 100
. . 100
.. 100
200
. . 100

60

ITC1 otuuivui ,

By order of the Hon. the M Snifter of Marine and
Fiahorios.

Address,

W F wntTCHER,

Commissioner of Fisheries, Ottawa.

HAENESS.

MaSHPACTOJIKO EXPHKR*I.T POU TUB

Track, Road, Park, orFarm

Also every description of

Dress, Street, Stable, Truck, nnd Sweat
Blankets and Hoods, Linsey Wool-
sey, nnd other Cooling Blankets,

Sheet*, Dusters, Net*, Saddle*, Ilrldles, llalters.
Roots, Hamlnges,

AND EVERYTHING NECESSARY FORA COM-
PI FTE OUTFIT FOR THE TRACK, ROAD, OR
STABLE. AT PRICES THAT SUIT EVERYBODY.

C. M. Moscmun & 15 ro.,

Manafncturcra and Importers, 11 1 Chambers st , N Y.

SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST.

In ordering please stmt? where you saw advertisement.
Mur IS im _

Jfish (Tultme.

hangeley

TROUT HATCHING ASSOCIATION.

■\7"()UNG FRY of the famous Rnngeley
Y Rneckled Trout are now ready for delivery.
Price from $15 to $25 i*ir 1.000, according to qimntltr.
These Trout ure the largest hut& kabnO l'nntlmi It In
the world, many weighing from six to eight pounds,
nt same age ure twice the size of ordinary trout.

Address orders to H <>. Stanley. Pro* t. Dlxfiitd,

Me.; O. S. Page, Trea-urer. No. 10 Warren « Wj, N.

V I | (’rouniu-, I'enn. avenue, U ushlngtoii, D.

CjB.’n. Porter, Crystal Spring. Fish Farm*. Oak-
land, Bergen county. N. J. wni11

“Seth Green Fish Ponds”

Ca|«doniB,LM,n?Mon Co., N. Y.

Vwm Krv Yearlings, Ae. of llrook Trout, Hal-
****■• Son Trout, "III. non. White Kish, Ae
Also Bai*. G-ld Fi-h, Silver Flfh. and stork fi»r

ill OUT DALE PONDS.

To Fish Culturists.

rpnE MOST APPROVED APPARATUS

_L „nd full direction* for successful fish breeding.

a* perfected bv the late DR. J. U. SLACK. Abo
eggs. fry. yearling". &e. of Brook rroiit, Salmon
Trout, Goldfish. Ac., and nil v> ork* on Kishcultore,
supplied by MILS. J. H. SLACK, Troutdalo Pond.,
Bloornobnry, N. J. .

Send for cata.ogtx».

160

THE

HAZARD POWDER CO.,

manufacturers oi-

GUNPOWDER.

Haurd’a “Electric" Powder,
j to 5 (coarse). Unsurpassed lo point of

*SwnB ana clean line, a. Packed In square canis-
ter* of 1 lb. only.

Hazard's “American Sporting.”

Nos 1 (flue) to 3 (coarse). In ) lb. canisters and 61 Ab.
kege, a fine grain. quick and clean, for upland “"d
prairie shoeilug. Well adapted to short guns.

Hazard's "Duck Shooting."

>'os- : Burns Mj and^

SLnn ’shooting* remarkably clo*r and with great
.I,. |j forest and water shoollug
any other hraml, and .1 is equally servicea-
ble for muzzle or breech louder.

Hazard's “Kentucky Rifle"
nnnn wirjj and "8«a Shooting" FG, in keg* of 25,
K i and can* of 5 lb*. PPTO lr also
narked in 1 and * lb. canl-lers. nurns strong and
S The IT KG and FFO arc fHVorlu- brands

for ordinary spormig. and tlte ".’’i'u shooting FG

U the standard RiJU powder of ti e country.
SUPERIOR MINING AND BLASTING POWDER.

OP^AN Y REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF MAN-
UFACTU11KD l'O ORDER

The above can bo had of dealers, or of the Compa-
ny's agents m every prominent city, or wholesale at
our office.

88 Wall Street, Now v ori<.

Pel) II — -

SCHUYLtK. HARTLEY & GRAHAM,

1(1 Malden Lane. 20 A 22 John street, N . % .

BREECH LOADING GUNS

A SPECIALTY.

ordering send

Warehouse.

The Sportsman s

EDWIN S. HAKKIS,

INo.

Late COOPER. HARRIS & HODGKINS,

17 7 Broadway, TV ew l ork

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

BREECH LOADING

)i

OF ALL

Kinds,
and Paper.

Implements .

u ■a.anMSr „„

UA VE LARGE STOCK OF MUZZLE LOADING PUNS & RIFLES VERT CHEAP.

, C /////sy k X( /rr ne,

* *

TMTO/iTK/tS & MAN UFACTUH Elite OF

illilttfirv. (Qiratriral. (fflwrrh (fjWjte.

‘ jVo. 4<G Matdeat Lane , — Kcm U 0 r U ,

Rowintj Suits A Specialty.

AGENTS

for the following celebrated makers :

\V Jfe C! SCOTT A SONS (winner* at the interna-
tional Gun Trill of UOT);J • F. l'L'1,SfEY
BRO • P WEBLEY & SONS, uud WEbl LLi
RICO ARDS.

HOLABIRD S Shooting SUITS

IH\01\S A HA WKSLKY’B SHOOTING TAt'KLK

STURTKVANT BRASS SHUT SHELLS.
BUSSEY’S PATENT GYRO PIGEON AND TRAP.
BUSoK » Sy^T„ CASE. AND 100 BIRDS.

Black’s Patent Cartridge Vest.

Tine Vest afford* the best ar-
rangement yet invented for carry-
ing cartridges. The weight is
1 ,<> evenly distributed that It is
f scarcely felt. Cartridges can be
curried with the head* down In
this vest, which is of great Impor-
tance when brass shells are used,
as when carrying them with the
head up the weight of the shot of-
ten forces the wad forwurd, when
had shooting is the result. In
measurement nronnd the chest.

PRICE ST 50.

AGENTS FOR T1IE

union Metallic Cartridge Com-
nanv’s Ammunition,
WARRANTED THE BEST IN THE MARKET.
WAHlv&.a SRND Fon OIKCULAR.

"Sit. FOWLER’S

PATENT

hard rubber reel.

The Gem— Improved.

Tin* beautiful Reel has now been before the pub-
lic two years, and all who have used It speak loud in
Us praise. ^ ^ nEKN IMPROVED.

and all the Reel* made this year will pa** through tho
baud- of the Inventor, and none allowed to go ont,

except tlio*e that are perfect ,

For sale by all tlnn-Huss Jobbers and the trade gen-

CPlll^• a II FOWLER, Inventor,

j?eb. 4 ITHACA. N. Y.

Sent first post by 8

y.

DR. WM. HALL’S

Balsam for the Lungs.

The Great American

Consumptive Remedy.

Consnmptlon le NOT an Incurable disease Physi-
cians assure us of this fact. It is only necessary to
have the uiout remedy, and Ihe terrible malady can
be conquered.

Hall’s Balsam is this Remedy.

lurcerated and exconutcd surfaces which the venom
of the disease produces.

While Life Lasts There is Hope.

It may not be too late to effect a cure, even after the

Doctor* have given you up . ».

HALL’S BALSAM is sold everywhere. I rise $1
per bottle.

HALL’S BALSAM

Is also a sure remedy for

couans,

COLDS,

PNEUMONIA,

BRONCHITIS,

ASTHMA,

SPITTING OF BLOOD,

WHOOPING COUGH.

And all other diseases of the respiratory organs.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

Jno.F. Henry, Curran & Co., Prop’rs

8 AND 9 COLLEGE PLACE. NEW YORE.

Heqemans Patent Portable Folding Boat.

J T-, f-\ a -T-c ia.via -p-nr^rgAlsofor Sportsmen, Tour-

/sMm ists, Trappers, Exploring
Expeditions, Parties camp-
ing Out, &c. &c.

light buggy wagon, horse-
buck, or by single person,
and can be unfolded reudy
for iiBe, in three minutes’
time. Boats neatly foded,
packed and shipped by ex-

» -"»• >•■*« “« — ssar- arsa?

joha HECKMAN. Ballston Spa. Saratoga Co. N. Y.

For use as LIFE-BOATS,

LIGHTERS, Dingies, Do-
ry s, on board Steamers,

Yachts and other Vessels.

These safe and perfectly port-
able boats will admit of the
roughest usage. A very light,
strong and durable frame of

ash or other tough wood, with

canvas cover, andean be folded , ... an v where." same rate

In om-Ajhth space, for Iran*- Above cuts show the Boat folded and uufolded. PJef8r<1,„hyt M ot)ier goods.
oortatlo n auu varrled in

- __ Manufactured by

RodsandReels,

Manchester, Vermont.

Prices mjtlerntc. Send for descriptive list. Mention Forf.st and Stream.

Tlie Most Approved System

OF

Breech Loading, Sporting

And 3tillt i 3

Rifles.

HENRY’S
Carbolic Salve.

FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The wonderful celerity with which this
combination of Carbolic Acid with other
soothing and Curative Emollients acts,
is something akin to the marvelous.

It is with pride that the proprietors call
attention to the gratifying fact that

Physicians give it the high-
est meed of* praise,

and use it and prescribe it in their practice.

New York, Dec. 22, 1869.

John F. Henry, Esq, :

Your Carbolic Salve proves an excellent article,
and I thank you for it. This is another evidence of the
great value of the dlscovery-of Carbolic Acid. Yours
trulyi Geo. B. Lincolm,

Pres’t Board of Health.

Price 25 cents per box.

REV. R. B. LOCKWOOD'S

Catarrh Cure !

The Best Remedy Known, and Endorsed by all the

Principal Physicians of the Country.

Rev R B Lockwood s Nasal Douche will be

found valuable in obstinate chronic cases.

Rev R B. Lockwood s Liver and bloniacli Pills
for dyspepsia, receive tlie endorsement of thousands.
Price 50 cents each.

JOHN F. HENRY. CURRAN & CO., Proprietors,
8 and 9 College Place. New York.

HENRY’S CAMPHOR ICE.

For Chapped Hands, Chafed Skins, &c.

A MOST RELIABLE REMEDY.

For Simplicity ot Consti uction,

accuracy ,

Penetration, Durability, Safety, Ease of Manipulation,

Materials and Workmanship, they are Unsurpassed.

^REVOLVERS OF VARIOUS SIZES,

' DESIRADLE IN ALL RESPBCT§.

Send for CLrculars.

Arms Comp.

5

Whltneyvlim, near New Haven, Conn., U. B- A- .

*,1A o ” ft ollWl Shares In Wall street
S1U* S*)U, ©lUU often leads to fortune.
Send for a copy of the Wall Street Review and
Pamphlet, showing the various methods of .opera-
ting. J. UICKLING * CO . Bankers and Brokers,
72 Broadway. N. Y Dei' 25

A NEW PHYSIOGNOMY, OB SIGNS

_iA OF CHARACTER, a* seen In human tempera
muni and In the Features; with l,0o0 Illustrations.

Price, muslin. $5; calf, §8; Turkey, full gilt. >10.

• ' .. K. WELLS, 787 Broadway, J

ApMt

Henry C. Squires,

NO 1 COURTLANDT STREET, NEW YORK.
Ageut for HOLABIRD S SUITS, to whom all New
York orders should be addressed.

Apr 8-3m

Gr

MISFIT CARPETS.

^ ODD SECOND HAND AND MISFIT ENGLISH BRUSSELS, THREE-PLY AM

T 1NGBA1N CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS. AC., VERY CHEAP, AT THE OLD • PLACE.

Sent to any part of the United State* free of charge. 112 1 niton Hireel, N

PRICE 25 CENTS PER BOX.

JOHN F HENRY. CURRAN & CO., Proprietors,
8 and 9 College Place, New York.

HENRY’S

SEWING MACHINE OIL

A PURE OIL that does not gum op and has the
endorsement or the principal Sewing Machine Com-
panies. pr|,.e 25 Cent* per Bottle.

MOTT’S LIVER PILLS

It is easy enough to make n pill, but to make a
good pill, ahl that’s the difficulty. There are cheap,
Karsh, drastic pills, that are of even less benefit than
a dose of salts. But a good medicine, like Dr. Motl »

. _ ... i • t _ i I. . . .llenauo I -4

til AS. GREEN,

Manufacturer of

Brcccli Loading Shot Guns.

The strongest and mos t durable snap action made.
Shooting qualities flrst-clses.

MUZZLE LOADERS CONVERTED TO BREECH
LOADERS.

Same action os new guns. Send for circular and
price list, No. 8 West Main street, Rochester, N. Y .
Apr 8- 6m

Liver Pills, which penetrates to the seat of disease, is
s desideratum indeed. Will positively cure all dis-
eases of the Liver. Sold everywhere. Price 25 cents
per box.

Green's Oxygenated Bitters.

At certain periods of life a tonic is a necessity; but
there is danger in using stimulants that injure the or-
gans of digestion while giviDg temporary relief
obviate this and present to the public a tonic free
from Alcoholic Poison, Dr. Green prepared the Oxj-
genated Bitters, a sire cure for dyspepsia and all kin-
dred complaints. Sold everywhere. Price >1 per
bottle.

Packer's All-Healine Tar Soap.

It cures all kinds of Skin Diseases with a most won-
A-iik D1 AAA Invested In Stocks snd derful certainty; it promotes cleanliness, personal

§10 tO §1,000 Gold pave 200 per cent purity and general health; It Is a preventive iof many

a month Pamphlet free. Tumbrldge & Co., Bank- I kinds of disease, and It 1s an absolute necessity In
ers,2 Wail street, N. Y. J the nursery . Prioe 25 cents. »—

MUZ/LE LOADERS
CONVERTED INTO BREECH LOADERS,

ON THE MOST APPROVED PRINCIPLE.
Particulars given on application.

Mortimer & Kirkwood,

24 ELM Street, Boston. Mass.

Jan

FOREST AND STREAM

m

JfJiGcelhwcous.

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD

Excursion Routes,

SEASON of 1874-B.

Tickets to Jacksonville, Fla., aud return are sold De-
cember 1st to April :st good to return until
May 31»t, mid have nil the priviliges
of FIRST CLASS Tickets

Route No. GiO-Vin Washington, Richmond, \\ 11-

mtngton, Charleston and Savannah.

Route No, 511— Via Washington, Richmond, Char-
lotto. Augusta and Savannah.

Route No 512 — Via Washington, Richmond, Wilming-
ton, Augusta and Savannah.

Route. No 513— Via Washington, Richmond, Char-

jjfli'icelluiicous.

WORKS

ON THE

Horse, Do£, Natural His-
tory, Taxidermy, &c.,

FOR SALE BV THE

Forest and Stream Publishing Co.

The Horse. Youalt 50

v -ii > ,» wnsimieiuu — The Trotting llor»e. Hiram Woodruff *39

Route No - 3-Vta „ • The Horse In the Stable and the Field « 50

Rome ’ N 314-Via Washington, Lynchburg. Char- American Gentleman's Stable Guide.

, . .. v savannah Forester's American Game in lta season.... ..... 3 00

lotte, Augusta and Savannah. .

Route No. 515 — Via Washington. Lynchburg, Bristol,
Atlanta, Macon and Jestip. . .

Route No. 518 -Via Washington, Richmond. Augusta,
Yemuaseo and Savannah.

Route No. 540 -Via Washington, Richmond, Wilming-
ton. Augusta, Ycmnsseo aud Savannah
Route No. 548 -Via Baltimore, Norfolk, Wilmington,
Augusta and Savannah. .

Route No. 547-- Via Baltimore, Norfolk, Wilmington,
Charleston and Savannah.

All of the above tickets return by same route,
and arc sold at the following

Tiinooon RATES.

New York $50 00] Trenton $47 75

Jersey Citv 50 00] Harrisburg 45 50

Newark 50 00 Williamsport 4# 50

Elizabeth 19 75 Altoona 50 76

Rahway 49 50 Pittsburg 52 75

New Brunswick 49 00

VARIABLE ROUTE TICKETS.

Sold at New York, Jersey City, Harrisburg, Williams-
port, Altoona and Pittsburg, as follows:—
Excursion No. 50— Going by Route 510, returning
by Route 512, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 517-Going by Route 512, returning
by Route 510, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 618-Going by Route 510, returning
by Route 511. $10 additional.

Excursion No, 519— Going by Route 511, returning
byRouto 510, SlOodditional.

Excursion No. 522— Going by Route 510, returning
by Route 514. $10 additional.

Excursion No. 523— Going by Route 514, reluming
by Route 510, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 526— Going by Route 511, returning
by Route 512, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 527— Going by Route 512, returning
by Route 511, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 530— Going by Route 511, returning
by Route 514, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 031-Going by Route 514, returning
by Route 511, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 530— Going by Route 512, returning
by Route 514, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 537— Going by Route 514, returning
by Route 512, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 542-Going by Route 513, returning
by Route 515, $10 additional.

Excursion No. 543— Going by route 515, returning

Forester's Horse and Horsemanship. 8vo, 2 vols.10 00

Frank Forester’s Field Sports. 8vo, 2 vols .
Frank F'orester’s Fish and Fishing (100 ills).
Frank Forester’s Manual Young Sportsmun

Gun, Rod and Saddlo

Homeopathic Veterinary Practice

Tho Horse Doctor. Mnyhcw

Horse Management. May hew

Management. Mayhew

6 00
3 50
3 00
1 00
5 00
3 00

3 00
75

4 00

Dogs, their

The Dog. Yountt

The Dog. Idstoue 2 oU

Shooting, Boating and Fishing. W arren 1 00

The Fishing Tourist. Charles Hallock 2 00

The Americun Angler's Book. Thaddcns Norris. 5 50
Fishing in American Waters. Gcnio C. Scott ... 3 50

Modern Breech Loaders. Greener 3 50

Manual for Rifle Practice. W’lngate 1 50

Lewis’ American Sportsman 3 00

Tlie Trapper's Guide. Ncwhouse 1 50

Domesticated Trout. Livingston Stone. HI — 2 50

Trout Culture Seth Green 1 00

American Fish Culture. Thuddeus Norris 1 75

Iluiidbook of Shooting (Uoutledge's) 50

“ Angling. “ 50

Encyclopedia of Rural Snorts. Stonehenge 5 00

Shot Gun nnd Sporting Rifle- Stonehenge, lllus. 5 00

Rural Snorts— Stonehenge 9 00

Key to tnu Birds of North America. By Elliott

Coucs * 00

History of North American Birds. By I’rof-
Baird, Dr. Brewer, and Mr. Ridgway. 3 vols. .30 00
Field Ornithology. A standard treatise on Taxi-
dermy, with Check List of North American

Birds ^75

Check List alone. E. Coucs 1 00

Plain Directions for Acquiring the Art of Shoot-
ing on the Wing 175

Rural Sports— Blaine's Encyclopedia of-doth, 10 00
* “ •' — half Russia, 15 00

Stonehenge on Shooting 5 25

The Sportsman's Friend n a Frost 2 26

Stonehenge on the Dog 4 50

Larue Game Shooting in Thibet and the North

rtest 10 50

Accessible Field Sports 4 50

Rifles und Rifle Practice 2 00

Vacution Adventures in the Wilderness; or

Camp Life or. tho Adirondacka — 1 75

•‘ Tourist edition, wljh Maps,., 2 25

Forty-four Years of a Hunter's Life 1 75

The Sportsman and Naturalist In Canada 15 00

Wild Sports of the World 2 50

Walton's nnd Colton’s Complete Angler. 2 vols.

Royal 8 vo doth, 20 25

•• •• Free calf, gilt edges, 40 25

Wild Scenes of n Hunter’s Life 1 75

Excursions in Field and Forest 2 2o

Harris' Insects Injurious to Vegetation 4 00

Practical Floriculture 1 50

Downing's Landscape Gardener 8 o0

Beautifying Country Homes la 00

Tiie American Cuttle Doctor, by J. II. Dadd 1 TO

The Variation of Animals and Plants under Do-

mcstication 6 00

Sheep Husbandry . 1 ”0

Dogs : Their Origin and Varieties ou

Modern Horse Doctor, by Geo. 11. Dadd 1 50

The Hunter nnd Trapper 1 00

The Practical Poultry Keeper— L. Wright ..... '- u>

The Dead Shot, or Sportsman's Comrlete Guide, 1 i5
The t track Shot, or Young Rifleman's Guide .... 1 75
Practical Trout Culture, by Dr. J. II. Slack 1 50

American Bud Funder 3*'

Bemcnt'8 Rubbit Fancier 30

Hoope's Book of Evergreens J 00

t t zxtots xrx7 i Stewart's Stable Book *

SELLING OFF MY I Handbook of Pigeons and Rabbit's 50

, wild fowl on account of absence from home; have I Common Objects of tiie Sea Shore 50

left a few snow geese (.inner hjiMrboren*) $16 per Cuge and Singing Birds £

iiair- Canada geese (A. Canadensis) $10 per pair. The I Small Farms ■ • • 59

by Route 513. $10 additional.

New York ollices — No 1 Astor House, No 526
Broadway, nnd No. 941 Broudwuy. Depots— Foot of
Desbrosees street and foot of Conrtlandt street,

Boston ofllce— Noe. 77 and 79 Washington street.

D. M. BOYD, Jr., Geu. Pass'ngr Agt
FRANK THOMPSON, General Manager.

A. D. WAGNEKT
Advertising and Purchasing Agent,

No. 194 Broadway, N. Y.
Sporting journals published in the United States and
the weekly newspapers of No* York City a specialty.
Advertisements inserted at reasonable rates. Send
for estima'i «. . . . .

SPOltTINo nd other goods purchased nt lowest
prices fo. tali. No commission charged.
Reference. Proprietors Fouest and Stream.

Game Birds for Books.

T HAVE BEEN
X wl
left a

pair; Canada geese
birds are tame and run at large,
works on Icthyology or Augltog^ MAT||BB>

Honeoye Foils, N.Y.

Will exchange for

Mar 11

Camp lounge

Trade Mark Pal'd U

February 13.

Campers and Dealers!
See Scientific American,
Jan 28

Jgfliscelhiueous.

HUR«T’S

Prize List!

Natural History ft Weekly Journal,

For Object Teaching in Schools,

PARLOR ENTERTAINMENT.

DEVOTED TO

Out-Door Sports

PtMcen* Cornutue.

AipitUa Chrytatoe.

Tola mi* Mactdartue.

....... dreue Ullglnoeue.

Ana* Uofcha e.

...Uubo Viryinianu*.

Sportsmen!

Your attention is culled to
GOOD S, OIL TANNED MOC
CAS1NS the best thing ever
worn by sportsmen. Not
injured by wetting and
drying— always soft and
easy to the feet, and
VERY DURABLE— being made of the very beet of
stock in three different styles, and warranted the pen-
uiiu article, different from anything before offered.
Illustrated Circular aud *7^ GOOD

1209 Elm st- Manchester. N. H.

ngling.

JOHN SYMONS, Halifax, N, S.

Keeps a full line of Loudon made
RODS, REELS, AND ALL ARTICLES REQUIRED
FOR ANGLING.

rS'-All rivers In this province free! Also a full
assortment of Cricketing Implements. Best makers
In London. A»’

R. J. WALSHE,

DRAPER and TAILOR ,

MoVICKElt'S THEATRE BUILDING,

CHICAGO.

Cliinox'Cronner

Price §2.75.

i ordering give

Send for Circular.

1 HAILS

1*1 nin Creaser

^ PATENT

• Greaser

u— ^

’ J?OR

and Loader.

I’APEH

KIIKI.I.)*.

Price §2.2 5.

ylztofeheU vsidr For sale by Gun

Dealers

Address

II \ |,|, <*,- CO., Lnnrniter, Penn.

My Life on the Pluins, by Gen. Custur 2 00

Prairie and Forest, by uillmore * "0

Field and Forest Rambles, by A. L. Adams 3 <5

Birds: their Cages and their Keep, by K. A. Buist, 1 75
Among the Trees, cloth, gilt, $2,25; Morocco, 5 00
Field. Cover and Trap Shooting. Cuptain A. 11

Roi'Hrdiifl - ■ . • uv

American Wild Fowi Shooting. J. W. Long. 2 00
By remitting the exact amount, any of the above
works will be forwarded promptly by mail.

jagrif books are ordered not on the above list a
certain amount of time is required before Ik* order
can be filled. , , . .

rgyin ordering rare books or works, which are out
of print aud can only he procured at second band, we

pul?™.,

P. O. Box 2832. 17 Chatham et. New 1 ark.

MslsIijfTi

Angler’s Guide & Reference Book.

BY CHARLES HALLOCK.

Illustrations, Crown 8vo, Ct.otu $2 00.

Tills is just the book for the season, furnishing
very complete information of value in the
selection of Ashing localities.

••\lr Charles Ilallock is one of the few gentlemen
who write u book mainly for the reason that they have
something to write about-hove something to tell the
public which tiie public Ais res to know. Thet short-
est roates to pleasure are laid down, and comet in-
formation is given a- to the beet means of conveyance,
the expense of the trip, the secrets of the commissariat.
Ac The author has avoided tire use of technical
ternis, and thus made his volume all the more ac-
ceptable.”- Turf, Field and Finn.

K’SCJ ’“'"‘“soXT'gr'DSTBSAM.

>i a \ > i rvo-’s

YACHTING ANNUAL

FOR 1873,

WILL SHORTLY BE PUBLISHED.

Price to Sul>«ei*it>er*. & 1

Subscription* must be forwarded In advance U>
THOMAS MANNING, 293 Broadway. N.Y.

Jan 21-4 m

We are prepared to furnish tiie flret sixty numbers
of the first series of

Animals and Birds of North America.

To these will be added a second series of foreign speci-
mens, mid vurlous Animals nnd Birds in grotesque at-
titudes, never however violating their natural instincts.

Wo offer these views not ns pictures only, bat as
studies from nature. One of the great moving ele
inents in our modern system of education Is object
teaching. Tiie unerring ildclitv <>f the stereoscope
transfers tiie animals and birds from their natural
habitat to tiie rooms of the student, and the flrcHlle of
our homes, where they cannot fall to leave a lasting
Impression of the form, color, habits, and locality of
each specimen.

An experience of more, tlmn twenty-live years a-
Taxidermist of the New York Slate C abinet of Nat-
ural History, und in gathering his large collection of
native and foreign specimens, enables Mr. lliin-i to
combine in every view tin- locullty or the specimen
with Its appropriate rocks, woods or water, and color-
ing from the originals.

: . Wild Cat, or Bay Lynx Lyncus Ri(fu*.

Snowy Owl ' Surnlu Nyctm.

American Wolf Lupuf Ocddmlall*.

Wild Pigeon Ectopletf.1 Mlyratorla.

Northern Panther Frlie ConcoUrr.

Black Crowned Night Heron Anita DUcor*.

W oodchuek A cUnnyeMonax.

Red Necked Grebe /WIojm Rnbrii •oltl*.

Great Blue Heron Anita Uerodias.

American Swan Cyyniu Amerlaintit.

Red Shouldered Buzzard Hum llyemalu.

American Woodcock RuMcola ,\linur.

White Fronted Goose Aiuer Albifrone.

Long Eared Owl Otue AmerU OKU*.

Hooded Sheldrake Met flue OucuUatus.

Honied Grebe

Golden Eagle

Prairie Wolf

Spotted Sand lairk

Marsh Harrier

Mallard Duck

Great Horned Owl •

Great Loon, or Diver. ...... Cotyrnbu* Olaciatl*.

American Deer (Alblnoea) . - - Oervue l iryimanue.

The American Bittern Arden Minor.

Old Wife, or Squaw Duck. . tnrirjnla OlacUilU.

27. The Wild Turkey Mtieayri* Uuttouaeo.

28. The Beaver Ca dor htb-.i .

Common American Snipe ..yafio/nu. Hi/toni.

The Buff Breasted Sheldrake. . . Meryue Meryaimr

Tho Canada Goose 1 "*'r Canadenei*.

The New York Krml no . Putoria*.. ■ Aoirlx>nu>n*t*.

Red Bros ted Sheldrake. Meryus Senator.

Pinnated Grouse , Tetrao Cupldo.

The Sand lltll Crane Oru* Americana.

•)'he American Black Bear. .. Ur*"* Americana*.

Red Tailed Buzzard .ttuUrn Hon, ill*.

Bailie Headed Duck - Ft dlanla Albeota.

North American Porcupine — llystrtr llii<l*onin*

w. Virginia Partridge ........ ■■■Ortyx Xirumvma

41 Common American OulL. .Larue Aonorhynchue.

Ai Grey Fox Vulitee l-trytutanue.

43. Red Head . FuHyuta ityifirtMpjudta.

14. Ruffed Grouse Tetrao ImbeUiu.

45. The Ilacoooii . Pnxyon LrAor-

40 The Whistler Fbdi'jula Uanmda.

2- K7 ” B“"‘ ftSSTtt

AmerlcanCBari. Owl . . . S'r^jhatM.

8:

mi Rliirk Duck *\li(LS (JlffiCUTiX,

54 Belted King Fisher A^uto7%0

c«l t iff i.« Screech Owl . . tfuoo ahuj.

56! A merlcan Opo^uiu

77. American Coot uU t

r.o Piiirmii’iui l€tTQO MtilUS.

Price* : By the Boxen JJJJ

By the Set of 5 Boxen, In Elegant «-«*••, 10

Dealers supplied at a liberal discount from these
rates. Buck numbers and purls or sets always on hand.
These Stereoscope* arc sold wholesale and n tallby

FOUEST AND STREAM PUB. CO.,

17 Chatham 8L, (City Hail Sqr.) _K<>. box 889K.

, tingle Lantern nnd 1041 Slides for §100.

Tp & II. T. ANTHONY & CO., 591

Pj. Broadwuv, N. Y., op. Metropolitan Hotel,
Cbromos und Frames, Stereoscope* nnd Views Graph-
oscopcs, Megaletlioscopes, Albums and 1 hotograubB
ofcelebrltiea. Photo-Lantern Slide* a specialty. Man-
ufacturers of Photographic Material*. Awarded First
Premium at Vienna Exposition.

Hunting, Fishing, Yachting, Boating, Practical Nat-
ural History, Fish Culture, &c. Ac.

The Publishers of FOREST AND STREAM

In order to stimulate tho development of

MANLY nnd ATHLETIC EXERCISES,

Martin Pat. Imp. Satety Bit,

Patented April 8th, 1874.

The Martin hit Is designed to be the easiest bit
made for a tender-mouthed horse, warranted to lire
vent miy horse from running avvnv, I uUing, Luggin/,
Bolting, Tongue Lolling or drlHng on one reL. after
beingdriven from three to teu times. If on trial tliey
do not prove satisfactory, money In all cases will bi

rCpri«<l'ist1 C. O. D-Coach Bit*, flret-clo**, ulckl*
plated? $10; Road bit--, (lrst-cln»». nicklo pluUd $<».
Coach Bits, accond-clUM, C. plated, $7. Road Bit .
gectmd’Clasa, C. plated, $5. Liberal do-count to deal
ere N B.— Send wldtli of horse * month

WM N. MARTIN A CO., Manufacturer*.

Till avenue, corner 38th street. N Y.

FISHING, SHOOTING. ARCHERY, CRICKET,
FOOTBALL, aud CROQUET,

Offei the following prlxea for clubs of three or more
subscriber*.

Single Subscription per Annum $3

Starting Club*. -Agents, and other* interested, arc
advised Unit we do not Insist upon their starting with
full club* to secure our rates. They can aond three
or more nt a time, and on forwarding the requisite
number within 00 day* will be entitled to same premi-
um* a* if till were sent together.

t-UlCKET.

For $20 00, four copies, one yonr, with one boat
spring bat. one College bat, one Dark cricket bull;
price $7 50.

For $25 00, five copies, one year, with a complete
cricket set; onu College but, one polished Imt, Clup-
shaw; one Dark cricket ball; one tel of stump*; unco
$12 IN*

FOOTBALL.

For $10 00, three copies, ono year, with ouo Rugby
ootball; price $0 00.

Flfclll.tU HOOK.

For $15 00. tnreo copies, ono year, with ono superior
four joint light rod, sultublo for all kinds of Ashing;
price $7 00.

For $80 00, twelve copies, one elegant rod; suita-
ble for trout, black bus* with fly, or for trolling busa
or pickerel; as line a rod ns can be made; German
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Volume 4, Number II.

1 ** Chatham Mr. (City Hall e^r.)

For Forest and Stream.

(feariboo punting in J$ ova $colia.

ABOUT the first of the present year a friend and I ar-
ranged to have a few days in the woods after cari-
boo, and as it may interest some of your readers, I enclose
an account of our hunt.

Having heard that good sport was to be had in Cumber-
land county, our first step was Jo communicate with an
Indian hunter from whom we had received the informa-
tion, and on his expressing his approval of our scheme we
set about our preparation. My friend, whose experience
in hunting matters is considerable, took charge of the com-
missariat, consisting of salt pork, canned fish, biscuit and
tea, with a multitude of minor necessaries, which were put
iu packages suitable to carry, as we expected to have to
back our loads before we reached the hunting ground.
After several delays, caused by the “Intercolonial" being
blocked with snow drifts, we finally started on the 12th of
January. The snow, which in Halifax had a crust that
would bear a man, was quite soft away from the coast, and
as we approached the station (where we left the rail) it pre-
sented a white soft carpet, with the fences and stumps just
showing on the surface. We therefore anticipated pretty
heavy snow-shoeing.

At. the station we were interviewed by Joseph, the brother
of our correspondent, who was in waiting to conduct us to
the presence of the hunters, Abraham and Jacob. After
considerable debate with them as to which grounds would
give us the best sport, we finally decided to go in about
twenty miles by the road and then strike into the woods.
Our party now consisted of my friend and myself, the two
Mickmack hunters (Abraham and Joseph), and the boy Jo-
seph, to keep camp, cook, and chop wood, the latter no
easy task when the thermometer ranged from fifteen to
twenty degrees below zero. When we packed ourselves
with our rifles, snow-shoes and provisions into a large
sleigh, we made a pretty fair load, and very soon found
that it was to be no easy matter to get along through the
snow over a road little broken. The Indians had frequent-
ly to tramp after the team as it struggled through the heavy
drifts. We arrived at the first stage of our journey about
dark, and after an hour’s rest we again started. The most
difficult part of the road was now to be traversed. We
were provided with fresh horses and a stronger sleigh, and
dashed off in good spirits, but soon found our pace checked,
as the roads, not having been traveled on since the last
storm, had from four to five feet of deep snow on them.
Through this the powerful horses plunged and struggled;
but as wc came to an exposed part of the road, where the
drift had packed more eolid, they stuck fast, und finally
laid down. Our driver showed himself equal to the emer-
gency. Freeing the exhausted animals from the sleigh, he
urged them through the drift, and then, when they could
get footing, a drag chain was attached to the sleigh, which,
freed from its load, and all hands pushing, soon worked
through. Our next halt took place at a clearing to which
we had wandered off the road, and as no trace of the high-
way could be found, the Indians were sent off on snow-
shoes to recover the lost direction, which they soon suc-
ceeded in doing.

Presently the welcome sight of a farm house, with a
cheerful light showing from its windows, and volumes of
smoke and sparks issuing from the chimney, showed that
our journey for the night was at an end. Here we found
the Indian (Jacob) who had preceded us, and having roused
the inmates from their beds had got on a roaring fire pre-
pared for our comfort. In its cheerful warmth we soon
forgot our fatigue. We learned from our host that the
signs of game were numerous, and he thought we had
every prospect of a successful hunt. The Indians stretched
themselves on the floor before the fire, and we retired to
bed, our minds full of the anticipated sport. In the morn-
ing we made an early start, with our kit packed on a sled,
and after a pleasant tramp of about six miles through the
forest we arrived at our camp. This structure, which had

been built by an Indian hunter, was about twelve feet by
ten; three feet from the ground it was built of hewu logs,
packed with moss; from this foundation poles about two
inches thick were placed nine inches apart, sloping together
at the top to form a cone; on the poles are stretched pieces
of birch bark, commencing at the bottom and working up,
each piece lapping the one below. This is continued to
within about a foot of the top, which is left open for the
smoke to escape. Cross poles are put around the camp,
and the upright poles lashed to them, which effectually
binds the structure. A piece ol' canvas serves for a door.
This does not seem a very comfortable dwelling to inhabit,
with the thermometer below zero, as it was during our
stay, but we did not find it inconveniently cold, except
when the fire was allowed to get low. The domestic ar-
rangements were very simple; the cook, with his utensils,
took possession of one side of the camp, the two hunters
the space opposite the door; wc stretched ourselves oppo-
site the cook, and in the centre was built the lire, a very
important part of our arrangements. A few boughs of the
spruce tree were spread to lie on, and everything was com-
plete.

Having settled everything in the camp and left Jcfccph
in charge, we set out to explore the neighborhood. Our
snow-shoes were now made 'to play an important part, as it
was impossible to go a dozen steps without them, the trav-
eling through the woods being very different from shoeing
it on the level road, and many a toss and plunge headfore-
most into the snow had to bo borne as the top of the shoe
caught in the hidden branch of some low spruce; or the
traveler, climbing over the fallen trunk of some giant of
the forest, finds snow-shoes very inconvenient for that kind
of exercise. We hunted about three hours that afternoon,
and found several moose yards, a term applied to the sec-
tion of country which one or more of these animals had
selected as a feeding ground. Moose are very local in their
habits, and while the food holds out will stay in one local-
ity until disturbed. As the season for killing moose has
been closed for a term of three years in our Province we
of course did not hunt up the yards, and therefore returned
to camp without seeing any sign of cariboo. The next
day we took another direction, making an early start. It
was snowing pretty heavily, the going being very bad, so
that our order of march was in Indian tile, the hunters
taking turns at leading or breaking the way, the rest fol-
lowing in their footsteps. We soon came on more moose
signs, and presently started an old bull moose out of a
clump of firs. He dashed off through the deep snow, leav-
ing a track which the Indians were ready to follow if wc
gave the word. They were in a state of excitement, like
hounds that scented blood, and their excited looks, and
quick, excited talk in their own language, showed that the
law would not restrain them if left to their own devices.
However, as we came for cariboo, not moose, forward was
again the word. We hunted all day, and after a weary
tramp of about twelve miles turned our faces towards the
camp.

The woods were full of snow in every sense of the word,
for not only was the ground covered for four or five feet,
but having fallen without wind the spruce and fir trees
were heavily laden, and at the least shake deposited their
heavy burdens on the head and shoulders of the luckless
traveler below. We returned to camp about dark, and
when I say we felt tired, it would fail to express the sensa-
tions we felt as we crawled into our primitive shelter.
Abraham consoled us with “feel better bime by, after get
cup tea."

The next day we separated, my friend and Jacob going
in one direction, and Abraham and I in another. We had
not gone-far when more moose signs appeared; we crossed
several yards. At last Abraham said, "You like see
moose?” Replying that I would, he examined the tracks
carefully, then made a wide circuit through the woods, and
then faced in the direction we had started from. He mo-
tioned me to be careful how I walked, and presently, ex-
tending his hand, whispered “There moose l" The animal

(a cow moose) was lying down about thirty or forty yards
from us. She slowly arose, and after tossing her head and
(lapping her great cars, disappeared ns suddenly and noiso-
lcssly as a shadow.

“Fut barren cow; good fresh meat; bettor than salt
pork;” was the reproachful remark of Abo as wc turned
from the moose aud resumed our way. We returned to
camp without success, to find the others lmd done no bet-
ter. We held a counsel as to our next move, ns wo had de-
cided that there were no cariboo iu our viclnitv. Several
places were suggested, nud tho final decision was to go fur-
ther in. As an early start was necessary, tho Indians set
about making a “taboggnn.” This useful article in the
woods is simply a very light froino sleigh. The treo of
which wc made it was growing in front of our camp at
dusk, and by ten o’clock it was a tnboggnu. Tho ouly tools
used were an axe to fell tho tree, a knife to shape the pieces,
und a small auger; with these they turned out a very neat
and serviceable taboggan, or hand sled. We prepared to
start early in the morning, taking with us only such arti-
cles as were absolutely necessary; each one took a back
load. Abraham and Jacob undertook the taboggun, thoy
bringing up the rear and drawing tho sled on tho track
made by our snow shoes. Wc went about six miles further
into the woods to another camp, and got into it early in tho
afternoon. After getting dinner .Abraham und I started
out. We came on another moose, a large bull, who had
shed or cast his horns. lie went off at a tearing rate
through the snow, as if it wore so much air. Wo saw no
sign of cariboo, and returned to camp. Tho noxt day being
Suuday wo remained in camp; but the two hunters started
off to make a more extended search for game. Towards
night they returned with the welcome news that cariboo
had crossed Borne distance from the camp, but coming to-
wards it.

On Monday morning we startod in good spirits, and after
about an hour’s walk from tho camp struck tho tracks. We
followed them into a grove of pino trees, where tho cariboo
had rested, as the many hollows in the snow showed whero
they had laid down. Crossing tho grove, we came to a
swamp with a thin growth of bushes, and hero wo first got
sight of our game. They were feeding on the moss that
grew profusely on the trees, and wo could soo a head raised
and withdrawn ere we could get a shot. Wc moved off In
the direction in which they were feeding, and as wc gained
an opening in the bushes the leudor appeared. I raised my
rifle, and taking deliberate aim fired. The animal bounded
at the shot, and sprung away. “Too high!" cried Abe. As
the herd rushed past, my friend fired twice und missed; a
second time I fired, and this time too low, as the snow flew
from under a fine stag who brought up the roar. We looked
at each other in blank amazement, not feeling at all flat-
tered at the result of our marksmanship. I did not feel
at all nervous or excited when taking my first shot, but, as
Is often the case, supposed the Bhot to be a longer one than
it really was. We now started after the cariboo, which
were making good time away. Following at a good pace
by cutting across and taking advantage of tho ground, wo
caught an occasional sight of the herd, and my fricn l had
another shot, but missed. We now separated, Abraham
and I following in the track of the herd, tho others cutting
across to intercept them. Wc now found out the truth of
the saying, that a stern chase is a long one, for we had a
long and tiresome pursuit, which ended in my having a
long shot, wounding a buck in tho back. Our distance
from the camp, and the lateness of the hour, prevented us
from following farther. We were now u long way from
camp, and had gono in every possible direction; but Abra-
ham, although he had never been in this part before, looked
at the setting sun, and after considering a moment struck
off through the forest. He had calculated the direction sp
accurately that we came in almost a direct line to the camp.
Here wo found the rest had arrived before us, and I, who
considered myself (not without cause) a good shot with a
rifle, had to stand considerable chaffing about my ill luck.
Abraham said “Cariboo not like target."

The next day we started again, Abraham and I to folio*

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the herd we had left, the others, to hunt <m sovnlruh
tracks they had crossed the evening before, \V e am not
get sight of game until the afternoon, There be! ing no
wind the came started before we could get sight of them,
but at last we came on the herd, and as they dashed through
n'erove of 'hard wood one buck paused an instant o see
the cause of alarm, his head and neck showing between
two trees. I raised my rifle, the sharp report rang out, and
be fell “ hi* track shot through the neck ; another shot
fired at the retreating herd wounded another, nod we pushed
on in hope of overtaking it, but found it would likely be a
long chase ; and ns evening was closiug upon us after dress-
ing the buck we buried him in the snow ami started 10
return On the way we caught a porcupine, which Abra-
ham carried along. We had a long tramp, and Abeuc-
knowlcdged that lie felt done out, for we hud left camp at
half past eight, and it was now about seven in the evening.

We had not brought food with us, and had no chance to

COOlt flDV.

Arriving at camp we found that the others had been even
more successful than we, having killed three. One, which
my friend killed when alone (the Indian having returned to
camp, leaving him to follow), weighed over lhreo hundred
pounds. We now began to feel better satisfied with our
performances, and having run out of provislons-the bread,
tea biscuit, etc., being-all gone— recourse was had to cari-
boo steak in unlimited quantities. As a substitute for tea
we made a decoction of the twigs of the yellow birch,
which was very acceptable. The next morning Abraham
ami I took Joseph with us to help carry out the game my
friend and Jacob going after the big buck, which had been
killed not far from camp. As we came near where the
buck was killed we saw cariboo feeding on the edge oi a
long plain or barren; we stepped buck into the woods and
made a wide circuit, coming out cautiously to the edge of
tlio plain. One of the herd, which was feeding apart Trom
the rest, saw us and ran off. He did not wait to alarm Ins
fellows, so we let him go and started for a clump of bushes
nearer to the game; but just as we were midway one buck
stalked gravely out into the open space and in plain view
of us We had crouched down in the snow on his appear-
ance, and he now gazed steadily at us. He was soon joined
by another, and another, until about a dozen hud collected,
and each one stood and stared steadily at us. Evidently
they could not muko us out as we lay in the snow. After
standing about ten minutes they seemed to conclude it wise
to leave; the leader starting, followed by the herd, Abra-
ham whispers, “Shoot now, quick; they gol 1 took a
quick aim and fired. The loader jumped into the air and
fell but he recovered himself and seemed bound to run
for bis life. The shot had struck him a little lower on the
shoulder than I intended, and he brought up the roar of the
herd, which now fled across the plain. A couple of shots
hurriedly fired and missed, and they reached the woods on
the other side. Hero they paused a moment for the wound-
ed buck which had been the leader, but now dragged in
the rear. The delay was fatal to a fine doe, for raising my
sight to four hundred yards I knelt aud fired. Abraham
cried, “You hit him bad." Rushing across the plain we en-
tered the woods, where the trail could bo followed without
trouble, as the blood flowed freely. We found that the two
wounded oneB had separated from the herd, aud as they
had taken the direction of the camp we did not press them
too closely. After an hour’s pursuit we found the last
wounded doe had turned, so we shot her down. The ball
that had wounded her bad entered about the centre of the
back. Abe and I stopped to dress her. and sent Joseph to
do the same with the stag, which had now fnllen from loss
of blood. Wo found the doe in splendid order, being quite
fat She had only one horu, the other having been shed.

I thought it singular thut the stump where the horn had
grown was healed and grown over with fur before the other
was cost. Jacob having completed his taste and covered
the carcass with snow, we each took a back load of the doe
aud started for samp, where we arrived about dark and
found that the others hud killed auother cariboo. As wo
now had seven, we decided to devoto the rest of the time
to getting the meat out of the woods. , , . ,

The next two days were spent in this most laborious, but,
to the sportsman, very necessary work, as it is against the
came laws of our Province to leave any meat in the wood*,
and we being limited in time did not kill more game than
we considered we could get out. I found backing very
bard work, and soon devised an improvement. 1 liaruesseu
myself to a large piece of meat, and as it was frozen as
liurd as a rock it dragged easily over the track made by our
Buow-shoos, the Indians laughing heartily at my novel ta-
boggan. By Friday noon we baa all the meat, hides, etc.,
over to our first camp. On our way thither we were very
much surprised by a visit from two of our game commis-
sioners, or wardens, who had come into the woods about
thirty miles expecting to find that we had violated the law
by killing moose. This zeal was worthy of commendation,
but as parties in tho neighborhood had been killing moose
since September, and had not been prosecuted (as they
could not pay the fine), we rather thought that a more mer-
cenary motive than mere duty wa9 the cause of their visit.
We soon satisfied them that we were not poaching, and as
the flue lor each offence was $40, they were no doubt well
pleased to return as they came, with a sense of having done
their duty, and we were well satisfied with their visit, as it
relieved us of all suspicion of having killed moose. W e
got out to the farm house the same night, and as we had
to start early in tho moruiugwe prepared our luggage over-
night. Thoughts of home now took the place ol the ex-
citement of the hunt, and we were anxious to get to the
stutiou by the next afternoon; but the snow bad now com-
menced to fall anew, and threatened to blockade us. It
fell heavily during the night, and when morning came the
roade looked bad enough. Wo first started a sleigh with a
strong puir of horses. On this was placed the meat, hides,
and all our luggage. The Indians followed on snow-shoes
taking a lift iu the sleigh when the going was good, , aud
we followed in a lighter sleigh. However, we reached the
station long before the train, it being delayed by the snow.
We reached Halifax about midnight, having been absent
from the city just twelve days. This was considered a
very successful hunt, for the cariboo arc difficult to find,
being always on the move. I had some excellent opportu-
nities for observing them during this hunt. They always
traveled in lndiuu file, the strongest ahead and the weakest
in the rear. On one being wouuded he struck off from
the rest, generally at right angles, although the going would
be much easier in the track ol the herd. Some of the herds
had very youug ones with them, probably the last Spring s
fawn, and when alarmed the old buck sprang to Ibe front,
making a track through the auow iu which the others folp

on our road; this occurred several times, iney J

went at a steady trot, but when pushed would bound, and
the space they would cover in tins way was surprising.
Facli ^individual leaps into the hole in the snow made bv
S“lUde" .Dd «, tho weaker one, have a good fooUwlt
We killed five bucks and two does; they all had horns ^ex
cent the hie buck, be having shed his. 1 he old males gen-
erally ^cost their horns about January. The first horns are

CaThedriMc° we 'used were Snyder breech loaders, carrying
the cartridges used in the British army. 1 he ball is five
hundred and seventy-seven one hundredths, or ubout twenty-
five gauge, something larger than the Spencer m>lltary
cartridge8 but with a much heavier charge of powdei . We
found these very effective, as the ball, when it
its size and the velocity with which it went seldom failed
to disable the game. A small bullet is useless, as the ani-
mal, although wounded fatally, will run so far that the
chauces of finding him are slight. epntl>m

The season for killing cariboo is from the 1st of 8eptom
her until the 1st of March. The number each individual
is allowed to kill is five, and on no account to kill more
than it is possible to get out of the wood.

E.

AN ENGLISH TROUT STREAM.

<<TT was 5 o’clock in the morning, Ol" as I briskly

I stepped out of my domicile a bright June day I
sav bright, because it eventually turned out to be one, and
because at that hour it was not fair to judge it as the sun
bad not risen to clear away the mist that seemed to shroud
all objects in delicious quietude. I had made up my mind
lo take a day’s recreation on tho little trout stream that
wound its way into mightier waters some three m\,eB bc-
low. I had not far to walk, as within a quarter of an hour

1 iTwas a pretty sight and a wholesome sound l°-boot.

The banks were decked in fresh verdant foliage of trees
and plants, an abundance of the latter growing by the
water’s edge and bobbing their blooming heads as if ic .obeis-
ance to the passing stream, as it rattled by harmless, happy ,
and serene, lo the accompaniment of its gurgling ripples.

I leant upon a rail that ran across a rustic bridge and
looked ami listened, absorbed in thought. I was soon
arouswd from my reverie by the passing of some laborers
on their way to a hard day’s toil. We exchanged greetings—
they passed oue way to work, I the other lor a day of pleas-
ure i began to flog the water; a little ahead of me I noticed

a rise from a good fish. I brought my flies lo hand, ex-
amined them, all right, away they went aud dropped nicely
over mv friend. 1 will here state that I was using the
“May fly" solely, as, although it. was June, the trout in our
northern streams are behind the fashion and take the ‘May
fly” in June with as much gusto as the belter educated and
more fashionable fish of the South. .

But to return to my 6tory. I dropped my flics just over
him— caught— Ohl he was a greedy fish and did not require
asking twice; in a minute he was rushing madly down
stream struggling with the most obstinate fly he had ever
got hold of; he tried back again, but all to no purpose; lie
repeated the operation several times and at lost began to
flounder on the top of the water; flip, flap, flippidie flap,
went his tail as he vented his rage on the poor innocent
water. No good, my speckled fellow, you caught a Tartar
when you grabbed that “May fly." I stretched my net out
and brought him nshore, a pound and a half of an ounce
I inwardly thought. Crack went Ins head against the sole of
my boot. Alas ! poor flsli, you are no more, your coffin, my

basket ; your grave, my supper.

The sfin had risen by this lime; perhaps it would be well
to review the scene around me.

Although the hills that bounded the view on every side
were uot Alpine, nor were tho fruits gold, nor did I hear
any whispering myrtles; still no words of mine can so well
describe the serenity of the scene nor express its poetic
charms, as those of "Melnotto" in “The Lady of Lyons,
when he describes his home to “Pauline.

“A deep vale , ,

Shut out by Alpine hills from the rude world,

N. ar a clear lake, margined by fruits of gold
And whispering myrtles, glassing softest aklos
As cloudless, save with rare and roseate shadows,

As I would have thy fate."’

Buch was the scene before me, when the romantic lias
been somewhat blended with the realistic. The little
stream the scene of this narrative, was scarcely more than
fourteen feet wide, thickly covered at intervals by over-
bading trees and shrubs, bo that I had often the mortifica-
tion of seeing and hearing fish rise without being able to
throw over them; and bills ran up almost from its edge
beautifully clothed in foliage. A thorough English plough-
boy’s remark on one occasion greatly amused me. Alter
the Yokle had satisfied his curiosity by askiug one or two
questions, the dense stupidity of winch could only bo equal-
led by his class, I thought I would amuse myself by in-
terrogating him. “Nice day, is’ut it? ’ I began.

“U rn, I dun know," ho replied, hulf asleep in the sun.

“Splendid view from here." , , ,

“Yes think so— eh l mun." I turned to look at the rustic;
this was said with some fire. I thought I would try lnm

don’t admire it, then.” He stared at me for a second
auu w.on replied: “Admire it, no, I fancy I don’t care
particularly about it. You gentle folks, talking all your
rubbish about hills and all that kiud of thing, 1 d just like
you to be at the tail of a plough a whole day up and down
vour plagued hills. Good morning sur. Without another
word Rust icua bolted and left me to laugh at lus rough and
ready attack ou art and poetry. Ohl Romance, you medicine
to the fancy! 1 was Ashing along with very fuir sport when
a bad throw deposited my flies iuto the tender embraces ot
u black thorn bush. „ . .

I’m afraid the beauties of nature, so poetically thought
of but a short time previously, became subjects for verjr
abusive language. "Hang that bush." ‘Botheration,
“Fust as wax," and many more such expressions, were
blurted out, accompanied by a furious scowl from your
humble servant. Bushes are as bad enemies to the angler as
hooks are to a hungry fish, so I thought as I snarled at the
black thorn bush that had so effectually captured my flies.
I laid my rod down and took hold of the line. No go. 1

took a run, cleared the water and succeeded in loosing them.

To get back was the trouble; I had jumped from the highest
hank Well, I knew I had to get back. I deliberately
walked in and waded across, wet up to the middle; but a
ducking ou a Summer’s day is generally pleasant, so 1 con-
tinued up stream, catching fish, loosing some, having my
flies taken aud smoking my pipe with the utmost satisfac-
tion to all present, that was to myself alone.

Soon after noon it began to get far ton warm for good
sport, so I determined to pass a few hours sketching under
the shade of a huge oak close by. Having arrived there, 1
laid down my whole length, refilled my pipe and took a few
m;nn,M of.lpct mv view. I soon decided. The brook
with the fallen willow spanning it made a nice foreground,
and distant hills seen through a nook in the nearer range
gave a glorious distant view. Suffice it to say that I speut
several hours over iny sketch before I again betook my-
self to the stream; hut as soon as I recommenced l found
the fish hungry, and I flogged away until I began to tiie.
My basket felt considerably heavier than in ll»e morning. I
put another flsli in my basket, looked at mv watch found
it was 7 o'clock. I’ll flsli another hour aud then give my
to S° teidcr mercies of the cook l>d a gtonou.
hour’s sport. The flies covered the water m the cool of
the evening and l made the most of their appetites . Eight
O’clock bame, I had made very nearly home. I determined
to desist for the day, so I sat my self down on the bank and
spread the contents of my basket out on the grassy bank.
Seventeen and a half brace, a splendid sight, all the speck
led beauties that within a short time had ornamented on
of nature’s ornaments, laying dead and motionless no more
lo try the anglers’ skill or flash up stream in unsullied free

^Tbegnn to get absurdly contemplative. I questioned my-
self uto whether flsli could speaker not, ami it tbeycouhi,
whether it was not probable that they swore when they

found tlie barb of a hook in their mouth. Bah, 1 bit at

out into a fit of ringing laughter, aud came to the couclu-

8*<ReaderIyou3 wiH°excuse my folly-have you cver aat bjr
the side of a rippling stream— the evening quietude met
lowed and not disturbed by its rustling moaning? iis
then the poetic miud is in its glory and
plation grasps the omnipotence of the Creator. Tims have
I passed loug hours, alone, but not iu solitude
••To elt on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell,

To slowly (race lue forest's shady eceno,

Where things that own not man's dominion dwell,

And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been;

To climb the i rackless mountain a 1 unseen,

With the wild flock that never heeds a fold;

Alone o'er g'esps and foaming falls to lean.

This ie not solitude; ’tls but to hold
Converse with nature's charms, aud seo her
Stoics unroll'd ."—Jiyron.

Such were mv thoughts as I mused o’er my array of
“dead heads” and gazed at the scene around me. 1 gave a
aeiul licaus ^hllt-8 that?” •‘Oh!" A smile played

“ auother beauty of

across my features. “Only a water rat," another beauty ol
a stream— the little fellow stemmed the current and landing
opposite me began to feed on some plant-now and then
pausing to listen for sounds of danger, aud when satisfied
as to his security lie again tackled his supper. I questioned
my watch— half past eight by the road. I jumped to ray

feet aud the rat, startled in his turn, plunged into the stieain.

I stowed my fish away, shouldered my net aud rod, aud
was iu the kitchen in a few moments.

“Here cook, let’s have some of these for supper
“Very well Sir,” replied the buxom wench. My stars,

y°“Ye8l1" I fepHedPO“be as quick a? you can," and I sallied
on to the verandah. “Holloa girls," to my sisters

"Oh! you’ve got back, have you, m clioxus from all

t^Well my inqusitive sisters, I believe I'm myself.

“Oh! stupid!" (Sisters are always complimentary).

“VVliat sport?" inquired one. , . „ .

“Seventeen and a half brace, by all that s holy, quoth I.
‘“Tis well,” rejoined one, taking iu the comedy of tho

tlU“A short farewell, my sisters, I must change my attire. I
will presently return to tea."

“No fear of that Mr. Hungry." “Thank you. from one.
It is an old suying, that no flsli are as sweet as those
caught by yourself. I firmly believe it, and so I thought
as I refreshed the inner man that evening. I retired
to rest— my dreams were of fish in mid out of water
— a harmless subject, aud a boquet of lovely women-a
happy finish to a day spent iu glorious, innocent sport
Perhaps many an eye will glisten as it scans these lines,
which may recall to mind home scenes now known only
in the rememberauee of the past. Britain

For Forfttand Stream.

STONEY LAKE, CANADA.

again
"You
and then

FOR the benefit of those readers of Foxiest and
Stream who are already askiug where they shall
spend a few weeks recreation next Summer a few lines in
favor of that Canadian paradise, Stoney Laki, aud connect-
ing waters, may prove or interest. 1 he comity of PcU.r-
boro has tho good fortune lo possess this chum of lakes
and many there are, in said county, and perhaps not a few
out of ic who have speut many a pleasant day s fishing or
duck shooting on Stoney and Clear lakes. T he formti is a
body of water about nine miles long by three wide and
dotted over with innumerable islands ot all sizes and shapes.
Many of these ure wooded, others are covered with grass
and small shrubs, while a few produce a lair crop of Imre
rock- these latter are sometimes selected ns camp grounds
for the weary traveler, as the following will show.

Two years ago, while our hunting parly had their canoes
stretched ou wliat is known as Grassy Island, two of the
company took a canoe about six o’clock m the evening and
ran up the lake to Mount Julien, uiul ou their way back to
camp a wind storm came up directly against them. 1 hey
strove manfully for some lime, hoping to teach our camp,
where a hot supper aud comfortable beds were awaiting
them As they were rouudiug one of those bare rocky
islands a gust of wind turned them about, and completely
exhausted, iu full view of our camp fire, they were com-
pelled to make this island their home for the night, lm.ro
is an old sayiug, that misery loves company, and it was
verified in their case; a couple of town pedagogues were
also caught iu the storm, and being obliged to retire m
favor of the very ungentle zephyrs, were soon passing iuc

FOREST AND STREAM.

m

rock on which our friends were perched, who called out to
them to stop and partake of their hospitality, hoping at the
ssme time, that the strangers’ boat might contain some-
thing more substantial than eye-water. A thorough search
being instituted, the whole cargo was found to consist of a
bottle of pickles. They had to make the best of it, how-
ever, and the night was spent in search of a soft spot to lie
on.

Huckleberries in their season are very plentiful, and are
Plucked as large as cherries. The black bass fishing in the
lake is first-class, especially at the mouths of Jack’s and
Lei creeks. Trolliug is also good in all parts of the lake,
maskalonge and land-locked salmon, taking the troll
freely. The latter fish afford magnificent sport for the
angler (with live minnow for bail) early in May, at Purleigh
Falls; they are seldom caught weighing less than seven
pounds, and have beeu taken over thirty pounds in weight,
and in point of flavor, I never tasted their equal. Summer
duck shooting begins on the 15th of August, and remains
good for four or five weeks, when the Fall flight com-
mences. Wild rice and celery grow in great abundance in
all of these waters, which are visited by millions of the duck
tribe, until the cold weather closes the waters, compelling
them to seek a mote congenial clime. Deer hunting, or,
rather, the open season begins 1st of September, Stoney
Lake, Lovesick Lake and Deer Bay, (all contiguous,) being
favorite resorts for the deer hunter, as they are all easy of
access, and deer are plentiful. Surely the sportsman
should be satisfied in the heart of such a game region as
tin's.

The Mount Jnlieu Hotel, erected Iasi year on the very
shore of Stoney Lake for the especial comfort of tourists
nnd sportsmen, has accommodation for sixty guests, with
every luxury that could reasonably be looked for in the
back woods of Canada. In fact, the house will be kept
only in first-class style, and persons desiring to take their
families for a few weeks vacation, will find every induce-
ment for their harmless enjoyment. The proprietors are
determined to see that the wants of every guest, male or
female, man, woman or child, are supplied. Sailboats,
rowboats and canoes are always at band. Guides, if nec-
cessary, can be procured, aud dogs in the deer hunting
season. Our Americau friends will probably find the
cheapest and most direct route via Rochester. Take the
6tcainer Norseman at Charlotte in the evening, get a com-
fortable berth and a good night’s rest. You reach Port
Hope in time for the morning train, of the Midland mil-
way, purchase tickets for Lakefield, on Lake Katchewau-
nook, where the steamer Chippewa is in waiting to convey
you to Mount Julien; time from Charlotte about fourteen
hours; total cost less than four dollars per head. I take
upon myself the responsibility of adding that any further
informal ion respecting Stoney Lake and vicinity will be
cheerfully given on application to Messrs. R. C. Strickland
& Co., North Donro, P. O., Canada. Bogging your in-
dulgence, I am, most respectfully, C. A. P.

Pelcrboro, April 12, 1875.

[We are indebted to our correspondent for the informa-
tion contained in his letter. —Ed.]

of beetles, then rolling over a decayed log to expose some

nKt!?lv<tr *n,a^e’ aDd 80 0U until 11 ,oc<‘u*y has beeu com!
Sfilftv ov"* and yot somo individuals doubt their

found id lriipp,n£'. When the proper places have been
know w!iSt;le€u<f foI 8eUil* I**!", the next thing is tS
knows what halt 1 the,u. w,th- Tho veteran collector
10 use« experience lias faueht him

this time Pat eyed me curiously, and seemed very much
puzzled He evidently thought I was after a pig, and did
not see the necessity for so much caution, nor anv sense in
such mystery. He scorned anything like creeping on a foe
in that surreptitious manner, aud would dash forward occa-
sionally on his own account, probably with visions of a
stray pig in his mind to be done for, but by grabbing him

\zhz 1 ■ J UP J 1. .o

narrow through the tules, and very soft on either side, and and so on with the “°-t0 cou,<m,s>

I was thus enabled to keep him in tho rear; but now aud of prey until the n^ ,,of !U",,mls Mrds

then he would bear something, or fancy he was being 1m- out * natural key to their existence Is studied

posed upon anil defrauded of his right to be “in ffaud
would make a dash to go over my head as I crept along in
a stooping position, or else would make a plunge to go be-
tween my legs; he nearly capsized me several times
Finally, taking mjr gun in one hand and his collar in tho

xpcrience has taught him
The amateur has but to examine

f.,)Vh!n ^ab0Ul lo Btftrl on a collecting trip for specimens or
Inimniludy groun,‘ ovor carefully, uni think what

Inrtl0r,11“C#tWllh Ul localities you propose vis*
V“ ““/J “J “* "W uuuu anu ms collar in the I Colorado FurV not /f U8 *,boul lo visit

other I dragged him along, as 1 bad got too near tho game yet, in some n l? in t % fr<T that territory,
to let him get loose, fearing he would spoil my shot. The hearing «,«im«iP . f..." 1 foot hills and mountains fur-

collar was rather tight, and he would efSy^ovJ^d tHco I &a^g/8TSuW°DOt wiSUfo the 0[»>‘iioloKlst and
give a little cough, to prevent which I jammed his nose in mens Sero wo ilmU flirt ° “ be,tt,r, ?eld f?r,rarc 8P*Ci-
the mud. Having reached within shooting distance I care- foxes wni„!0 WS , "* fl.ud oemrer, otter, mink, marten,
fully parted the tules with my gun, and peepiug through, gophers mountain 1‘‘\res‘ PraJrl° ‘logs,

saw a flock of several dozen splendid mallards, all within ForoS four N J \Ve ta?K0 *J° No- 8 ,r«P®
a circle of ten feet clustered together beautifu ly for a rak- one doxen N? T \r° Hcav,er’ mx No 3 for

ing shot. I crept a few steps further to a little “bog,” just tTaos fm mtS f°r f<?X08’ do*‘*« No. 3

large enough to stand upon fairly, aud dragging Pat alter thtP wcak 8DrI?c H aJd Mle?A,52d#AU0.S°Zcn No\ v* ot
me, stowed him away between ray feet, giving him two or take small amm.Ss with J vL 1 }ps for ,th.L' nnlura'iat ,0
three cuffs by way of warning. I rose gradually to iret a dcor- “atelopo, mountain

good view through the tops of the tules. Raising my gun a rnnA hlaJlfcu W1 co™° 1,1 f°r attention, but wo will use

fo my shoulder, ! was reckoning on about six SSJSS, Clng tZl Vd f fo-r •

when Pat, who had watched my proceedings with suspi- I hnifn i/JE ?.! “°t,.be.lllv?,ini. .Occasionally

cion, with Ins upturned red eyes, gave a little hark and a

id, but one has to earn a bear
ds of trap ovor tho mountains.

FRED’S

For Forest arul Stream.

RETRIEVER.

H

APPENING up at Napa during the shooting season
and observing that ducks and geese were abundant,
I harrowed a gun and a pair of long boots for the purpose
of making a raid early next morning, but I had no dog,
and could not hear of a good one to be borrowed. On
putting the question to my brother Fred, a matter-of-fact
sort of a fellow, he answered,

“Dog ! why, what do you want better than Pat?”

“Pat I” said I, “who is Pa
“Why, niy dog.”

“Where (s lie ?
house.”

Pat?”

Have not seen any dog around the

‘Oh ! Pat is not a lap dog; he lives in an out-house of
his own; goes it on independent principles. Come along,
I will show you a dog ‘as is’ a dog; the best dog in Napa.”

He took me out to a kennel. I saw no dog; but there
was a whistle, aud “here you, Pat, come out aud show
yourself I”

“Out came Pat, the first end, as he crawled out yawning,
displaying a pair of broad jaws, cropped ears, teeth visible,
a thick, stubby, briudle body, followed lastly by an inch
of tail, wagging with such energy as to slew him around
from side to side. I looked at him, “that dog I call that
bow-legged, villaiuous cur a sporting dog? He’s nothing
but a bull, and the ugliest brute I ever saw. Call that a
retriever? What the deuce do I want of a bull dog for re-
tneving?”

“Never mind,” said Fred, “don’t condemn Pat until you
have tried him; lie is a splendid retriever, will bring any-
thing from a chipping bird to a bullock. Oh, you will be
pleased with Pat.”

. 1 looked at Pat; his eyes were blear and red, his lower
jaw projected, showing formidable teeth; his forelegs were
an arch ; he had but little hair on his back, having a play-
ful habit of scratching it on the upper end of his kennel as
he went in and out; taking him all in all, he was the most
unprepossessing animal I ever made friends with. Pat,
evidently thinking lie had made an impression, proceeded
to smile, lick his chops, writhe and twist himself into all
sorts of shapes, like a boiled shrimp, wagging his brief nar-
rative with great rapidity, unbalanced, as it was, by any
outboard weight. I said, “Pat, truth and veracity being
called into question, I am compelled to admit that you are
not a handsome dog; and if you arc a retriever, you have
gone a long way out of your regular business, and have
mistaken your calling.” Pat, thinking to make a favorable
impression, sneezed, rubbed ins nose against me, and made
frantic efforts to reach my nose, at the same time playfully
snapping his jaws together to indicate what he could do if
called upon. “Well,” said I, “Pat, to-morrow morning
we will try it, anyhow.”

Break of day saw Pat at my heels as I followed a eow-
patli through the grass along the bank of the creek, until I
reached some little inland ponds, where I knew the ducks
upu geese were to be found, and I now beard them, and so
did Pat for he began to growl and bark. I hit him over
the head with my gun, but he seemed hardly to notice the
matter until 1 brought it down somewhat forcibly on the
top of his skull, when he turned one blear eye up at me
which said, enquiringly, “Do you mean me?” Cautiously I
approached the pond, nearest to which there was a trail
throughtlie tall tules, and heard the mallards frolicking
about, creeping along noiselessly, preparing for a shot. All

knew I was going upwards and then downwards, head fore
most into the black mud and water, and did not stop until
I was entirely under. I kicked and struggled until I got
hold of the tule9 and hauled myself to a more solid foot
hold. As I did 60, I glanced through the opening into the
pond and there lay five or six splendid ducks. I looked
around for Pat, but he was nowhere to be seen. I
whistled and called, but no Pat. Extending my range of
vision, however, I caught sight of an object making tall
time through the grass; I could see a pair of crop-ears rise
and disappear, ana a stub-tail rise as the head went down.
It was my retriever making the most frantic
through the grass and a straight wake for home,
say I was mad at having to come away and leave those
mallards after a three-mile tramp before breakfast, but it
was useless to try to get them. I was already wet, it is
true, but it was too cold for a swim, as the pond was ten
feet deep, to say nothing of the soft mud. I turned away,
regietting that my gun was not loaded with something
more substantial than mud and water, and that Pat was not
within range. I trudged home with bitterness in my
heart and water in my boots, which I dared not remove,
fearing I could not get them on again. I tried laying down
and elevating my heels to let tho water run out, but it
would persistently run up my legs.

I reached home tired and hungry, but the first thing I
did was to look for Pat. I fouud him with his head una
body jammed in his rather tight fit of a kennel, liis stub-
tail sticking out. Laying hold of that I dragged him
forth, but rolling up his eye and recognizing me, he dove
into his hole again, scratching and digging so that I feared
if I held on to his tail it would pull out.

I staid at Napa two days, and up to the hour of my de
parture, Pat had not been enticed out of his box. In vain
tempting bones had been swung before bis door, and a good
imitation of the grunt of a pig was without effect. It was
forty-eight hours after I left before Pat ventured forth, and
then with evident fear and suspicion. It was only uecos-
sary to show him a gun to see him make a bee lino for his
kennel at top speed. As nearly as I could estimate from
the moment he upset me in his astonishment and fright at
the explosion of the gun over his head, until he plunged
through the garden fence nnd head foremost into his kennel
the time did not exceed six miuutes. Ho had made three
miles in the briefest time on record.

It is my private opinion that although a bull terrier may
possess qualifications of a high order in his legitimate line
of business, a9 a sporting dog I cannot conscientiously re-
commend the breed. However, if you have lost a bone
or found a rat’s nest, I can advocate Fred’s retriever. He
may be able to retrieve a pig or a bullock, but not ducks or
his character. Podoems.

P. S. — Pat subsequently lost his life in an unauthorized
and surreptitious effort to take tho census of a hen roost.
He was mistaken for a coon.

INSTRUCTIONS IN TRAPPING.— NO. 1.

TO TAKE BEAVER.

THERE are many naturalists and collectors who seldom
use traps for taking ornithological, and more par-
ticularly, zoological specimens. Supposing an animal is
tumbled over at short range with a shot gun— a hare, for
instance, the CDtrails are cut in pieces, or perforated with
shot holes, the coat of the animal is partially spoiled, and
wads of hair are driven into the firth, making it in somo
cases almost unfit for food. I have spent many nights in
preparing skins, and the flesh of hares, when mutilated, as
described above. Often, when one has been packing a
gun, and perhaps a load of game over the mountains all
day, lie reaches camp at night tired, hungry and footsore.
When arriving at one’s tent the first thing to be done is to
have a good wash; the next is to eat supper; and the last,
but not least job, is to skin the specimens, and press the
plants collected during the day’s rambles. When one is
forced to sit up in a sleeply condition to wash and dry
bloody animal skins by the faint light of a candle, he
naturally begins to study out some way to decrease his
work. A mao’s wits are gradually sharpened by ex-
perience. Every hunter knows how to trap if he is ac-
quainted with the habits of animals. Traps should he set
where animals have been observed. No class of men arc
better fitted for trapping than naturalists; they are familiar
with the ways of the forest aod plain; they are exploring
every nook and cranny, now turning over a stone in search

bruin is taken with tho trat
skin by packing twenty poun<

ilh lovers,
lay awake
uiuy happen
and get his

, - . ^ -o-j i .. twenty or

forty pound trap; so we will take a good dog to flud bears
and leave the big traps with their makers.

Having been out with pack mules, two weeks travel
from Denver, wo finally strike the Eagle River, or somo
other good mountain stream for trapping, when wo dis-
mount, cook dinner and picket our stock. After dinner
we shoulder our guns and strike out in different directions
to find “sign.” Night finds us gathered around the camp
fire, having supped ou dusky grouso, or trout, which wore
taken during the afternoon’s rambles. Jim is the first one
v,.nr i lo reIat® hi8.re80archc8- “I hnvo found two dams within

rr*": l)vo camp, and plenty of beaver sign all along tl.o

ic Plunges river. “I found ottor sign at the forks of the river below
"E I here on.a 8and bar»” another. “I was following somo
mountain sheep across that bald hill opposite camp and
saw a flock of white tailed ptarmagans,” says the ornithol-
ogist.

Each member of tho party gives his opinion on tlio sur-
rounding country, and it is agreed that a camp is lo bo
built on tho site occupied by the party. Now some one
moves that wo turn in, and the hint is taken, and wo are
soon rolled up in our blankets and fast asleep. The first
man that awakes in tho morning builds a fire and arouses
the whole party. While one is getting breakfast the others
commence falling aud hutting logs, which are split through
the middle for building an A camp. Finally our camp is
completed and we are about to commence business in
earnest. With a selection of traps tied to our belts tightly
so chains will not jingle, wo start out to set them, two of
us going up the river nnd tiio other two men down it.
Having traveled a short distance we find bear sign and look
for a place to set a trap. Now we have not yet caught our
first beaver, so we have no “medicine” to assist us, nnd
must look for the beaver’s trails, elides and boles. We
must catch our beaver, and drown him at the same time
unless wc are content with a beaver's foot for our trouble.’
While searching we finally find a good slide in a small
dam, and set the trap at the foot of it, about four inches
under water, in a depression in the ground, partiully cover-
ing it with dirt. Make as little sign as possible about tho
trap, aud fasten a stick about three feet long by the middle
to the end of the chain. Now take a piece of rope, tie ono
end of it to the chuin of tho trap and tho other end to a
piece of dead buoyant wood, which will net as a float.
Conceal this contrivance as neatly as possible and throw
water on the leaves and soil you have handled. The trap
is now set for the beaver. If ho does not put in an ap-
pearance the first night he will tho second, aud in veiling
the place where wo set the trap, we find It missing, and
discover our buoy near the opposite shore. A pole, willi a
crotch at the end, is cut, and after twisting it tightly in um
rope the buoy is hauled in and we find that one end of tho
rope runs down under the bank in deep water, where it
appears to be fast. Now run the pole down the rope, keep-
ing it taut until it will go no further, nnd by pushing away
from you, the trap is pulled out of the hole, and when
brought to light it is fouud to hold a beaver curled up nnd
stiff, his glossy coat laid close to bis body by tho wuter.
When a beaver finds he is caught, his first move is to reach
his hole. He drags the trap in after him until the cross
stick on the chain comes across his hole, and when thus
held he continues his struggles until-hc is drowned. In
my next we will catch other furred anlmuls, finding each
one in its favorite haunt. J. U. Batty.

— An exchange says that trees have been found in Aus-
tralia which exceed the giants in California in height,
though not in circumference. One fallen tree in Victoria
measured 420 feet in length, and another 480, while the
highest yet discovered in California reaches only 450 feet,
the average being from 300 to 400. These are the celebra-
ted Eucalyptus globulus, or Australian gum tree, which aro
said to possess the property of absorbing malaria, una aro
now being planted so extensively throughout different sec-
tions of the country. If rapidity of growth is any indica-
tion of ultimate size they might attain tho above dimen-
sions without extreme ago.

—A German gentleman, dining out, on being asked if he
would take some ox tail soup, replied: “God forbid that I
should be reduced to such extremities.

—Every convict now discharged fiom tho Nevada State
prison receives $25 in gold to start a new life with.

— “We all have our opportunities to rise in the world,”
as the boy said when lie was kicked by a rnau who had
nitro glycerine on the toe of his boot.

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FORES'! AND STREAM

(ftiltttrc.

PROTECTIOM OF SALMON.

PROF. BAIRD. United Slates Fish Commissioner, in a
recent official communication on the subject, says
that on the Columbia River, whero the sitlinon is found at
tho present time In greater abundance and larger variety
than almost anywhere else on the face of the globe, the
experience with regard to the fisheries will be the same oh
in other noted streams if steps are not taken to prevent it.
Tho causes which are likely to lead to these results are va-
rious. Among them is, first, that of excessive fishing at
untimely seasons, especially when the fish are depositing
their spawn; second, the establishment of dams, prevent-
ing t lie upward movement of the fish to their spawning
ground-; third, some change in the physical condition of
their spawning. The important cause results from the de-
struction of the forests and undergrowth of the region
consequent upon the progress of civilization, and adultera-
tion in the character of drainage. Where u region is cov-
ered with forests, the rains as they fall are taken up by the
soil, or absorbed by the dead leaves and mosses under the
trees, so that the drainage is gradual; floods are infrequent,
as are also low stages of water; the average depth is main-
tained throughout l lie year, while various ravines, hills,
and cold springs maintain a ‘regular discharge into the trib-
utaries which flow into the main stream, and thus keep the
water a* a comparatively low tcmperalure.

With litis clearing up of the land the whole physical
condition seems to be altered. The falling rain is not re-
tained, bill rushes oil in a flood, which, as far as the sal
jnon aio concerned, destroys the spawning beds, tearing
out the gravel in which the eggs arc deposited, or covering
them to the depth of many inches, so that the young, if
hatched, cannot emerge. At other times the water is ex-
tremely low, scarcely affording a passage for the fish. The
absence of the continued flow of the cold springs permits
an increase in the temperature of the waters to a degree
beyond that which the salmon can sustain. Still, a formid-
able cause of disturbance may lie found in the introduc-
tion of refuse material, ns that from gas works, factories,
paper mills, etc. This, however, bus not materially affected
the salmon fisheries of the United States, whatever it may
have done abroad.

From one or several of these causes combined the sal-
mon fisheries of Europe, as well as the United States, have
been almost utterly destroyed, so tliut where within a pe-
riod of less than fifty years these fish existed in the greatest
abundance, they have now become an almost unattainable
luxury. Warned by these facts, we can readily appreciate
one change which threatens the salmon fisheries of tho Co-
lumbia River. Even now the diminution is appreciable,
and although it may bo several years before this becomes
very marked, yet such a result is sure to arrive in lime, es-
pecially as every ) ear witnesses an increase in the estab-
lishments devoted to the preparation of the salmon in odc
form or another. It is therefore a very wise precaution on
the part of the Legislature of Oregon to seek for some ac-
tion by which this threatened evil may be averted, and so
important it branch of industry retained by the United
Stntes, those of tho west const particularly.

Prof. Baird says that in 1874 there were secured at the
United States breeding establishment on the McCloud
River, 8,000,000 of eggs. Of these 1,000,000 were batched
and returned to the Sacramento River, and the others were
forwarded to the States east of the Mississippi River and
hatched out in great part by the Stale Commissioners of
Fisheries and introduced into the inoRt suitable streams.
The eggs were kept in hatching boxes on the McCloud
River foi six weeks, and alter the eyes began to show in
the embryo they were taken out, packed in boxes between
layers of damp moss, aud sent to llieir destination. Owing
to t he beat of the season some of the hits were prematurely
hatched out in the moss. The greater number, however,
reached their destination in good condition, and it is prob-
able that the yield was 5,000,000 young. The 5,000,000
young fish, according to the preceding calculation, are
equivalent to to 5,000,000.000 eggs spawned naturally, or
the progeny of from 500,000 to 1,000,000 pairs of parent
fish. The total cost of tho work on the McCloud River
wus about $10,000; a trilling expenditure compared with
the benefits which are likely to be derived by the introduc-
tion of this magnificent fish in the streams of the United
Stntes.

Fien from Germany,— Fred. Mather, Esq., in the Live
Stock Journal , notices the recent arrival at the New York
Stale Hatching Houso of a box of fish spawn from tho
German fish breeding establishment at liuningen. It was
a sort of dry goods box, of about eighteen cubic feet, and
the invoices staled it to contain 2,500 brook trout, 7,600
salmon, and 7,500 hybrid eggs, the hit ter a cross of the
other two vurielics. They were packed at liuningen just
one month before llmir arrival. The eggs were packed in
oval wooden boxes, about fourteen inches long und eight
deep, in wet moss, t he bnxes were packed in dry sea
weed. When opened there was not a good egg in the lot ;
they had evidently been dead some lime, ns they were in a
humble state of putrefaction. The trouble seems to have
been in the weight r»l the packing, a- there was a great wad
ot moss on top ol each box. Our Jriemls at liuningen do
not seem to be expert at packing for long voyages; this is
lliu i.coml batch that they have sent w th the same result
We think that Mr. M. A. Green lias packed .-pawn which
have be n sent to Germany successfully, and we know that
brih Green lias sent them to E iglatnl.

Tim nsi ot li-hcs propagated at liuningen, as taken from
the punted list accompanying this lot ul spawn, is us fol-

t*. —

tiermnn Nome. Scientific Nome. English Name.

D.ilifor- lie- Toil in turn. Brook Hunt.

Luiliofor lie .Trillin 1 1 111 In Sa moa trout.

Sic.nullc Tiiiliu hicll-irin Saver, or trout.

Lett* Siilnio ulnr Salmon.

Saibltng . .. biilmu euivclii.vi- Snlllllng.

Kuicr !■> lino nmiilu Chair.

Uuciiun 8 lino buclio . . .. Danube salmon.

.'‘•'Cicii i'a>inulii!» vulgana Graj Huff.

rVia C.r.gumu r«in .... Gjuufil, (u species

ol m IiIicmoIii.

U col Ihox Incus. .Pike, or pakcrvl

Wc in.-- mm i iii' lift n involute ( * * nnnn fish, the sand re
i/.< new/ i.ai iru.dic), r. Iisli tny similar to our pike porch,
“i vwill iyid pike. Ann this is ihe til si tune we have ever
seen Ew.c uu the list of li&liua ptopugulcd by auy Stale or
government.

SPAWNING SEASONS.

Wateryille, April 12th, 1875.

KniTon Forest and Stream : —

I went fishing April 10th and caught six brook trout. 1 took them
borne, and when I cnino to clean tbcin I found that four out of the six
bad email spawn in them. 1 though thin rntner queer, considci lug the
lime tronl usually spawn. I would like to know If uny readers of For-
est and Stream know of auytbing similar to this.

IIariit N. C andrk.

As soon as the roe sack of any kinds of fish lias had time
to heal after apawjiing the sack is small, and is as perfect
os it wits before spawning, and is full of small spawn. By
examination under a magnifying glass seven different sizes
will he found; each size is the spawn for each year. It is
the same in fowls, which have a different size of egga for
each day. If Mr. Cnndcc will examiuc the trout lie takes
from now until Full he will find the spawn and sack a little
larger every day until the spawn are ready to be cast in the
Fall. Seth Green.

Salmon in the Raritan.— On Monday of last week
some fishermen, seining in the Raritan, near New Bruns-
wick, captured a young salmon about four inches in length.
This fish, which will be forwarded to tho commissioners
is undoubtedly one of those deposited in the Raritan by
Dr, Slack nearly two years since.

— The North Carolina Legislature has passed this Winter
n law for the protection of fish, etc., and a Mr. Welslier is
now engaged in establishing a hatching house for shad,
rock, etc,, at Newborn.

SAWDUST IN STREAMS.

Wilkinsburo. Alleghany county, Pa., April, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

To "D. T. K P ’a, Truckce, Cal.," inquiry In your Inst issue, I would
any, that from personal observation I have knowu sawdust to be Injur-
ious to trout, uud believe that the refuse from u saw mill, thrown Into
uny trout stream, will soon depopulate it of that beautiful llsb. During
the month of May, 1870, I wus fishing iu a small stream in Bald Engle
Valley, In tins State, and although In former seasons I bad Invariably
been successful, yet at this lime my efforts were poorly rewarded. 1
caught but few, aud ibey took the Ity so very lazily that but poor sport
was afforded, aud I soon gave it up. On cleaniug my fish, preparatory
to leaving tho stream, I examined them closely, and noticed that they all
presented a sickly appearance. Their spots were dim, they ivi re poor, and
Altogether looked "very sick." On a farther inspect Ion I found that in
each of their eills there were small festered spots that enclosed a grain
of fair dust/ A sow mill had been erected on the bunks of the 9tream :he
previous Autumn, l'bis accounted for It, und I emptied my basket. and
left In disgust. The next season, ns I passed by I dutifully whipped the
stream for more than an hour without gelling a rise, and I doubt if there
was a fish In the stream below the saw mill, but leurned that above the
trout were more plenty than they had been for Borne years, but were
very Braoll.

1 think that the above proves that the sawdust does directly injure the
trout, besides, as yon remarked, cover up their epusvulng beds. By the
way, In your list of Close Seatons, gi«en in yonr Issue of the 25th nit,
you SHy our State prohibits trout being taken from Aueuit Kib to April
let. If I remember rightly, onr late Legi.iaturo passed a law extending
the time to April 15th. Very respectfully, W. G. Hdblst.

LAND-LOCKED SALMON AND SALMON
TROUT IN CALIFORNIA.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Rending In yonr Interesting pnpur a letter from E, M. Stillwell, con-
cerning land-locked salmon In Mniuc, reminds me that we have in Cali-
fornia what are termed lund-lockcd salmon in some of the lagoons having
connection with the Pacific Ocono during the rainy season, commencing
ubout December und ending in February or March. Some persons hero
cnll them salmon trout. They are rolbcr a long fish in their form, of a
yellowish red linge, with many dark specks, and their flesh is of a light
pink color. Their eizo runs from ubout two lo twelve pounds, at least 1
have *cen none emnllcr. These llsli hear no rceerublunce to the true
salmon, either jonng or old. which ore eo plentiful iu our river-, and are
now running (as I lately Informed you) In coualdernble numbers in Sun
Fruncisco Bay, and affording us pretty good sport in catcolng them.
There is a rather Inrge lagoon across the bay, about fourteen miles from
here, In Marin county. Every year, by permission of the owner, Mr.
Thockmorton, one of the Kish Commissioners, sportsmen capture a
goodly number of these fish, as well us brook trout, which Inhabit the
creek which flows into this lagoon. These brook trout are generally
rathor small. These land-locked salmon are so entirely different from
the real salmon iu form, color and appearance, that I cannot help inclin-
ing to the opinion oxpres-od by Prof. Agassiz, in speaking of probably
tho same kind of fish in the East, that they are “a distinct species, and
not a demoralized salmon." By the exercise of patience and prudence,
the people of San Francisco can gain facilities for lively fishing for trout,
perch and pike (a species of sucker, or Cyprlnida.) in ilie leading
stroums anywhere within fifty miles of here. Few anglers fail to appre-
ciate this fact. Tho Fish Commissioners of this Stulo have earnestly
and intelligently psrformud their duties. We owe very much to their
efforts and labor*. All the young fish they have planted lu various
waters, ns fur us we ore yet enabled to learn, lire doing well und showing
themselves. The black bass placed In particular, but n»yol to the pub-
lic uukuown localities, are raid to be thriving nicely, and i tic young ones
readily come to the surface when any food is shown lo them upon tin-
water. But wo want a more hearty co operation u lib the Comml-slon-
cis on the part of the public, to aid them in ilic apprehension and pun-
ishment of many p-r.ions who persist in violating the game laws in many
ways, for fishing at rather long distances from this metropolis Is excel-
lent, both north and sutitli. With proper protection, cure und vigilance,
we cuiinut fall to regain a spoilsman s purudi-e. If wo *ndnul, as wo
do, that is has beeu by carelessness and Illegality 1q a degree lost.

E. J, Hooper.

FISHWAYS REQUIRED.

Olean, N. V., April 14, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

We on the headwaters of Hie Alleghany River wonld like to have yon
call the attention of tho Penn. Stute Firh Commissioners to the fuel
that the dams In the Alleghany ure not provided tviili fishways, and that
In consequence wc are nearly deprived of fish, being ton far fr.un the
hikes or uceiiu lo get much of a euppl) from them. Tho mnri formidable
d un, known an the Coiydnn dam, I n« gone out lids Spring, nod now Is u
favorable time for thu Con m e-iotcre lo >cc that a proper fishway Is
constructed, If the laws of the Slate provide for one \\ e are now daily
looking for the retain of the shad plained at Salamiinca two or tlircu
years since. Yours, ac., M- A. B.

FISH CULTURE IN VIRGINIA.

Leesboro, Va„ April 17, 1675.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The experiment In trout culture here was moderately successful. Out
of the 5.000 ova we have saved about 8,000,1. about sixty per cent.
This was onr first trial, with no instruction except from the books!
Some of our mistakes were such as experience will euro, and some were
owing to onr being unable to givo personal attention to Important de-
tails. An old trout association was resuscllated for this experiment,
and llieir subscription, headed by the genial Commissioner from Mary-
land, will pay for (lie eggs; the sale of fish will, I think, pay the carpen-
ter's bill, and tho apparatus w ill be ready to hatch 10.000 next year for
some one stream, so ns to make a respectable beginning Iu this matter m
tbe county, and at least attract attention to the feasibility of stocking
Loudoun streams. T. W.

WHITE PERCH FOR STOCK FISH.

Waverly, N. Y„ April 10, 1876.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

When I see eo much esld about salmon and ealmo, it is to me remark
able that the white perch of fresh and salt water Is notnsed as a stock
fish. They are gurney, prolific, and are almost unrivalled as pan fish.
Millions might be proenred In tbe Chesapeake or Delaware Bay, at an al-
most nominal cost, and they w ould thrive better In onr mill ponds or
rivers than might be supposed. They seem to grow larger In fresh than
In salt water. I have taken them In ponds in Kent county, Delaware,
weighing four pounds. 1 wonld like to seo the flvb Introduced, and know
It would be an acquisition to our Inland waters, even if salmon are all
the rage. Yonra truly, J. E. D.

Slut u nil ^islarn.

A Fine Collection of Fossils.— Negotiations are now
pending, looking to the purchase by the trustees of the
American Museum of Natural History, of the celebrated
collection of fossils and owned by Professor Jas. Hare, of
Albany, Curator of the State Cabinet of Natural’History.
This collection contains upward of 200,000 specimens, and
llic duplicates alone, which will be available for exchange
with European societies, fill several hundred boxes.

During the enlarging of the Erie Canal experienced col-
lectors were appointed lo collect all the valuable fossils
found in tho rock cutting. The Southern and Western
States are also represented by paleontologicul specimens.
The paleozoic fossils of the Silurian and Devonian periods
are in profuse numbers. The families of Trilobites aud
Crinoids, the former now extinct and the latter nearly so,
are very largely represented, and it may be doubted
whether a series of greater value can be found in this or
any other country. Among the fossils from tho later geo-
logical epochs, the tertiary beds at Claiborne, in Alabama,
have furnished many valuable specimens. $85,000 is the
price asked for the collection, aud it is lo be hoped that
New York will secure it. The lamented Agassiz has said,
“the museum securing the Hall collection will become the
finest museum in the country."

For Forest and Stream.

THE GREAT (?) AMERICAN EAGLE.

A FEW weeks ago, while on a ducking excursion down
the Neu6c, we ran into South River. During tho
second night of our stay the Julia picked up her anchor
and went ashore, uuder the persuasion of one of the most
terrific gales I ever experienced; hut the oft quoted saying,
“that it is an ill wind that blows no one any good," was
illustrated in our case, as it blew us into, or upon, the hos-
pitality of Mr. John B. Neale and his interesting family,
who did everything in their power to make our enforced
stay a pleasant visit. While sitting before the large open
fire-place — filled with nearly a load of bright, blazing
sticks — smoking our fragrant Durham, Mr. Neale related
the following incidents, illustrative of the thievish pro-
pensity of the bald-headed eagle, which I thought of suffi-
cient interest to jot down: —

“A few years ago," says he, “my attention was directed
to a large fish-hawk that kept circling around, screaming as
if in trouble. I immediately surmised that he was watch-
ing his natural enemy, our ‘bald eagle.’ I was right, for
in a few moments he picked up from the shore something
that looked like, and I believe was, a piece of bark, and
began circling around iu tbe air, rising higher and higher,
and screaming constantly, as if wishing to aliract the at-
tention of his adversary, whom I now saw for the first time
coming like the wind directly for the hawk. They were
both by this time at an elevation of several hundred feet,
and when the eagle had reached nearly within striking dis-
tance, the hawk dropped the baric with a scream of
triumph, und like a flash our robber darted after and caught
it before it touched the water, but let it go almost instantly
with a piercing cry of anger, while the hawk apparently
screamed, 'fooled !' ‘fooled 1’ and made every effort to
keep above the eagle, who, the instant he discovered that
he was not to have fish for diuner, turned aud went for
that hawk there and then. The hawk evidently knew that
so long as he kept above the eagle he would be master of
the situation, but the rapid circles of tho latter began to
tell, and at last, when they must have been some three
thousand feet above the earth, the eagle suddenly darted
down upon his purveyor, who turned his sharp talons up
and received him — if not with 'bloody bands lo hospitable
graves' — with weapons of death — neither ever loosened
that grip of death— for whirling, tumbling through the air
they came, screaming like very devils, and finally struck
I he ground in my yard, where we killed them both, still
locked together as if with hooks of steel.

"Just before the war a neighbor of mine took his gun
along one day in the Spring and went down to the shore of
the river, about opposite Wilkinson’s Point, thinking he
might get a shot at some geese he had seen off there, and
while behind some low bushes, used as a blind, saw a large
bird coming across tbe river directly for him, but could not
imagine what kind of u bird it could be, but finally dis-
covered it to be an eagle with something in its talons. The
river at this point is 6ome five miles wide, and the eagle
was fast tiring out, for he kept dropping lower and lower
1 until it soemed to me he would fall into the water, but he

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finally managed to reach the shore, within twenty steps of
where my friend sat, apparently perfectly exhausted, and
the object he carried across that river was a little live
lamb, and unhurt. When the eagle dropped upon the
shore my friend shot him, picked up the lamb and carried
it home, raised it upon milk and it finally became the
mother, or the nucleus, about which gathered quite a large
flock of sheep.” J. E. W RBT.

Newborn, N. C April 10,1875.

Artifices of thk Woodcock.— Did any one of our
sportsmen ever see a woodcock before ho rose? A corre-
spondent says: —

“As quietly as possible I placed myself about twenty
yards below a' boggy spot where I expected to find a bird.
From this spot there was a small stream running towards
n\e down the goyle, and in several places I could see the
fresh droppings of a cock. Every now and then I looked
up this stream and into the marshy spot beyond, and won-
dered, if a cock were there, how it was I could not see it.
I had for years tried to see a woodcopk before it rose, and,
although that happened frequently almost under my feet,
Btill I had never succeeded in doing so. However, on this
occasion I had a better chance, .for I knew the bird must be
in the stream or the boggy spot, and there was little covert
for the bird to hide in.

“The dogs were now getting closer, when all of a sud-
den I saw something standing where the stream ran from
the marshy spot. I looked at it carefully, when I saw it
was a woodcock. The bird did not see me, and came wad-
dling down the little stream towards ir.e, little thinking I
was so near; his walk was something like that of a duck.
The bird had evidently heard the unusual sounds of the
dogs, and was walking away. The (logs approached; the
bird came waddling on till he was within ten yards, when
he saw me; and I shall never forget his big eyes and look
of surprise. He was down and almost invisible in an in-
stant, and I can now well understand how it. is I had never
seen a woodcock before. Immediately afterwards I shot
the bird, and a finer one I never saw.”

[In Gould’s “Birds of Great Britain" an interesting acj
count is given of a woodcock which was seen to alight,
crouch, and with the aid of its bill cover itself with dead
leaves to effect concealment.]— Ed.

The “New Light."— A correspondent ask us to identify
the fish known by the local name of tho New Light. We
are indebted to Prof. Theo. Gill, of the Smithsonian for
the information that follows. We should be pleased to
have any further correspondence on this subject pass
through our paper, that our readers may havo the benefit
of it:—

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I have rend carefully your correspondent's letter, asking about the so-
culled “New Light. " No characters are mentioned in it by which the
species in question can be determined. I have heard of the name be-
fore, but am not suro what tho species is. It Is possible that it Is
Pomoxy.1 hexncantkus, or HapUAdonotm. If any definite Information is
given to me respecting fins, number of rays, and color, I can at once toll
what the species Is, But popular names aro given with such extreme
looseness, and so promiscuously, that I dislike to form any conjectures,
except with certain data before mo. Yours very truly, Theo. Oat.

INSTINCT OF TURTLES.

Washington. D. C., April 5th, 1S75.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I thought when I wound up the sayings and doings at Noank last Fall
that. I had exhnusted nil of the subject which would not be likely to ap-
pear, properly gurnished with strange words, snitable for a spelling match
to wrestle with, in the various learned reports with which the pens of
Baird, Leidy, Verrill, Hyatt, and Goode would sooner or later enrich tho
stock of the world's knowledge. But there is one peculiar point about a
Summer's experience with the Fish Commission: things that nre really
curious occur so commonly that at tho timo they cease to be noticed. In
altei conversations such little matters furnish items of considerable in-
terest.

For instance. I was discussing yesterday with friends as to how far the
actions of animals may be attributed to instinct, aud where a line could
be drawn beyond which we must admit that a reasoning power comes
into play, and related an anecdote concerning a turtle that was thought
; almost incredible. As nearly half of our corps of scientific men were
present in the laboratory at the time of the occurrence, I will record it
for Forest and Stream, knowing that in its columns It will meet their
eye.

Some one had captured a small sea turtle, weighing perhaps two or
three pounds. For nearly a week it had been kept prisoner in an empty
bucket near one of the tables ut the end of the room farthest from tbo
door. The laboratory was on tho second floor of r building whose front
was toward the street and its rear nearly over the sen. I believe that at
high tide the sea came up to the building. The door was at the seaward
end, and opened on to a platform, from which a flight of stuirs led to the
ground . During the entire imprisonment of the turtle it was engaged lu
unremitting efforts to get out, standing on Its hind feet and digging with
its fore feet, which just reached tho edge of the bucket. Night and day
It was ulwnys trying, unmindful of occasional topplco backward One
day I took hold of its fore paw and clasped its claws around the Utile
iron ear to which the handle of the bucket was hooked; then, assisting
it a trifle, it gained the edge and went over head first on the floor. Gath-
ering Itself it raised its head, looked around, and after one false essay at
an open window near by struck out with rapid strides (for a turtle) to-
ward the door, stopping, however, undet each window where a breath of
sea air came ia— overpowering the various perfumes which our “speci-
mens" generated— for a moment, then hurrying onjtill the door was
reached. There Its progress was arrested, and it was recaptured and re-
turned to the bucket. In two minutes that reptilo was seen half way to
the door. Its owner growled, mid “who took him out" was the question.
He was returned and watched, and just what I tanglit him an hour before
he pat into practice as if he had knowu it all of his life. He hooked
his claws around the ear, and while with three f-:et he dug and scratched
with that one he never let go till he got up. Wc let him then go to the
door out on the platform, supposing that he had sense enough to atop
there; but, to our surprise, the twenty feet drop to the rocks below bad
no terrors for him, and over ho went, lighting on the rocks with n fearful
thump. He was not seriously injured, and soon had his head and legs
out, and although ho was in a depression, from where the water could
not be seen, bis instinct came Into play, and he crawlodout andnsstrulght
to the sea as the rocks would permit. I wish I could say thut he lived to
enjoy the liberty he had so bravely won; but a kind hearted man— but
hard hearted Professor— scooped him up as his feet touched water and
confined him in a deeper box, eventually consigning him to that resting
place for specimens, a Lank of alcohol .

Another Instance of a turtle— or, rather, a tortoise— acquiring knowl-
edge. has come under my nolice. At Johanna, one of the Comoro island),
a group in the northern mouth of tho Mosambiqne Channel, the Sultan
presented mo with a number of Madagascar tortoises. Some of them we

ate, but one, qnlte handremcly marked, we kept a long timo as a pet
His home was on the quarter deck, where he would crawl about In the
sun. sleeping generally nnder a gun. This antrnnl got acquainted with a
number of men belonging to the after guard, and was ev idently attached
to one youngster of a messenger boy, who frequently used him a« a seat
Ho would come out from under tho gun at this boy 's call and eat cabbage
from bis hand. He evidently could distmgnUh persons, for he would
not com.- at any one clre's call. Wo carried him a great while, and bis
end was a happy one. A Japanese meichaut fell m lovo with him. aud
at Nagasaki it may be that he still exists in tho beautiful little artificial
cave and grotto built for him by this gentleman, whose religion held him
sacred and whoso lasto held him valuable. Fiasco.

A WHITE CATFISH

_ „ Alton, ni.. April 19, 1875,

Editor Forest and Stream: —

Did you ever see a white catfish? I saw one taken from Otter Creek
in Jersey county, this State, last week. Tho tail, and for a short distance
np the back, had the usual color, growing lighter as yon approached the
dosral fin. From there to the head It was as w hile as It could be. The
cat weighed aboot twenty-five pounds. Yonrs truly. Geo. B.

A QUEER ANSER.

Portland, Me., April 19, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream: —

A few days since I shot a goose, Atuer Canadensis, that had nineteen
tail feathers (llsctrtus). I havo also obtained a specimen of the some
species having the crown and back part of the head profusely blotched
with white, liav o auy Tenders of Forest and Stream seen a bird of
this species, of similar variety of plumage? Anseb.

THE PURPLE GALLINULE.

Rock port, Mass., April is. 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

A flue specimen of the Purple Gallluule was shot near Ilcnry's Pond,
on April ISth, hv Robert Wcndel and presented to me. It can bo Been
at C. 1. Good tile's Natural History store, 03 Stidbnry street, Boston. Is
it not a rare bird to obtain In this latitude? Yours truly,

. G. P- Whitman.

Quite rare in this section. We believe ibat one was
taken by Geo. A. Boardman, of Calais, Me., some years
“S° in that vicinity, but wo arc not aware of any other
specimen being captured north of Virginia.— Ed.

AN AMERICAN TRUE CROCODILE.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

1 have received front a correspondent in Florida the following Inter-
esting bit of information:—

Lake North. Fla.. March S9, 1875.

"Mr. Ober: Sir-1 have captured u crocodile 19 feet 9 iuche* in
length, in Lake North. Have preserved both skin and skeleton in flue
order. I usk §310 for him. It Is the true crocodile, the same aa tlioso
that are now living upon tho banks of the Nllo. and as much a god us
the Sacred Crocodile of tho Madagascar#. It adds s chapter to tbo Nat-
ural History of Florida. Yonrs, Wm. Butler."

I think Mr. Buller perfectly competent to Judge of tho identity or this
crocodile. Fred a. Odbr.

CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE.

Department or Podlio Parks, i
New York. April 18, 1875. (

Anlranls received at Ceutra' Park Menagerie for tho woek ending
April 17th, 1875:—

One Homed Owl, Bubo
Auchoncloss.

Ouo Red-lallcd Hawk, Butto borealis.
lory, Franklintou, N. C.

One Wildcat. Lynx rufus Presented by Mr. Harry Hill.

Sixteen Goldeu Pheasants, ThaumaUa picta.

One Csssoway, Casaurius galeatus.

One Striped Hyienn, Hyaena striata.

Two Bubule Antelopes, AUelaphus bubalis. Hob. North Africa.

Two Harnessed Autelopes, I'ragtlaphus serlptus. Uab. West Africa.
Two Indian Antelopes, AnHIojM cervlcapra.

W. A. Conklin, Director.

Vtrginlatius. Presented by Mr. Hugh D.

Presented by Mr, W. S. Msl-

roodhind, effjnrm and (garden.

MORE ABOUT THE VIOLET.

THE Miityland violet ia a very beautiful velvety plant;

the upper petals are of a rich purple coloring, and
much like velvet in texture. This violet is very fragrant,
and whenever we find one nearly allied to its color or hab-
its we very carefully transplant it to a botuo within our
fernery grounds. The common pansy is often found in
situations, of diminutive forms, and with other character-
istics, which lead us to believe that to the violets, to a cer-
tain extent, may belong some of the bcuutirul among our
prized pansies. I once found a remarkable violet, ns I sup-
posed from its rare markings. I removed it to a place bet-
ter adapted for examination and study. The first year it
grew in .size remarkably. I took layers from it and in-
creased the slock. The second year after its removal I
obtained seed from it, from which seed, among many fine
plants grown, I obtained six very fine plants, which very
nearly approached the pansy. The colors of my best flow-
ers were: deep purple all over, deep purple and distinctly
marked yellow bottoms, deep yellow, purple and white,
aud one which was of a deep purple body, the flower of a
curious shape, and with a well defined pure white edge,
much resembling the old cocked hats of the continentals.
This flower, from its peculiarity, I gave the name of the
"Knickerbocker,” and of the many persons who saw it
almost every one was desirous of procuring a specimen.

As an encouragement to my many floral friends, lady
renders, and patrons of Forest and Stream, I would
note for their encouragement that by collecting and plant-
ing the seeds of the violet and the pansy they can with
certainty rely upon u competent reward lor two years' pa-
tient labor. If your plant appears small the first year, and
has not a good blossom, do not fear; it will come our the
next, and you may have a fine bloom of the violet or pansy.

My experiments lead me to think ouc of two theories
correct in relation to the pansy and violet. If they nre
rcully two distinct species, then tho birds are the planters
of the pansy seeds or violet seeds from which 1 obtained
my splendid pansies or violets. 1 have found the pansy in
many situations and under such forms dial I uni much in-
clined io the belief that it may he a native. Experiments
with the uativo violet give me ^reat encouragement to per-
severe in ray investigations,

Pleasant sights of my May afternoon rambles
as a naif dozen little girls seated upon a mnwy bank mak-
n«*;L0,et wr>‘a,Ul They had some six different cob red
, hftd woven themselves crowns of viol eta,
tm> T. grcen k‘RVC* M'cpcd out in flno relief from
Tt v flow,e;s, wi,,‘ which they were Intermingled.

n ti „e hT5ru\ftnd Sialic combined. 8

Wo aro OR , 1 W0 h,nvc Uid down nearly forty species.

r* r ° m °f Vnly Torv distinctly marked ones;
haren li*. °f OUO aPec,us '* «»» chocolate colored, per-
h on °Ur '"“"-v oders. Some variolic; also

bloom w tie each year; t.ne is a variety easily cultivated
the .Hwoolnta, which blossoms in November. We should
JJJJ? |jf° ll.\ .luu:c ,n;in-V nf our violets made the ob-
ject of special cultivation; It would pay. All wo have thus
far expert, uen.etl with have more than repaid otVpaln!

Violets twill improve wnndei fully by cultivation They
increase in size, and tho flowers become perfect. For out-
ffC| aS a,bordor plant, the purple violet has a
ftU<1 °n? "mst hehoJd tho flno nppenranco
l £ lCt,r78 ?f lhe >t lIo'v' ,hu Purple, and the
white violet to judge how much real beauty may be ob-
tained by the combination of so simple a flower.

All the violets above named can easily ho transplanted
and a mote beautiful sight seldom can ho scon. They will’
it wen attended to, scatter their thousands of seeds to ro-
planish and muk»still moro beauliful tho entire surround-
ing* of your garden. Olupod Quill.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Miller, Scltuate, Mass —From considerable •tudy, and
years of careful observation, wo have not the exalted opin-
tou in relation to tho cultivation of tobacco that you seem
to entertain. Its powers of absorbency, in tho first place
aro very exhaustive; its capacity for robbing tho soil aro
greater than those of auy other plant known. The great
amount of its mineral constituent* can readily he seen by
carefully examining tho ash as it accumulates upon the end
of a lighted cigar. All these mineral constituents nre ear-
ned off or removed from the earth in the growth of this
great commercial narcotic. In noticing tho ash, it ofion re
mains after (he orgunic portion of the tobacco is removed
making very apparent the full size and entire outline ol l ho
rolled leaves, and a» wc look attentively ut this ash end it
has lo the eye apparently lost nothing by combustion. This
point needs to he studied carefully as a fact of much value
to the cultivators of the tobacco plant. For instance, it
the wood burned in our stoves was ns rich iu soil and con-
stituents it would employ tin extra amount of physical la-
bor to carry away the ashes. Every hundred pounds of
dried tobacco leaves the soil produces takes directly from
the earth at least eighteen lo twenty pounds of its most
valuable mineral atoms or fertilizers. This any one will
grant who is at all acquainted with the science of agricul-
tural chemistry. Well attested facts go to prove Hint tho
exhaustive effects of tobacco upou soils is but little known
to a very large portion of the community. From fourteen
tons of wheal, fifteen tons of corn, or twelve tons of oats,
you have removed no moro of the fertilizing principle than
by one ton of tobacco.

Ellen Willard, Topsfleld Mass.— Tho treatment of the
gladiolus, to have a complete aucce a, ia very simple, care
only being necessary to give you a finely developed flower
or a Hueecsion of flower* up, n the stalk, which will last
quite a long season. Our method has been to plant the
bulbs upon carefully prepared, well spaded, well manured
ground as soon after say from the Gilt lo the 10th of April
as we can, and at the planting to drivo neat stakes of half
an inch in diameter at the side of eacli bulb. They may
bo painted green, and to these you urc to tie the stulks of
the gladiolus. Set six inches apart in a hedge or plat
they m ike a very splendid show at a low cost. The adonis
is one of the best color* you can use, hut the mixed variety
arc beautiful.

A Header, Beverly, Mass.— “How shall I make a good
walk, and kill t ho weeds ou it?" As your walk is already
solid and good, by vour own showing, you will use In pro-
portion one peek or salt to one pound chloride of calcium.
Add together, uud pour on sutlicient water to completely
dissolve tho same. Water added to these salts easily dis-
solves them, when you can add us much water as you please.
The effect of the application of this solution upon any hard
road or path will be to harden the surface to such a degree
that after it is dry dust is not readily formed upou it. This
will completely kill ull kinds of vegetation, and if used
once a week tho roads or walks last much longer thau with-
out it.

Thomas J. S., Nyack, N. Y.— Tho larger ferns should
not find a rcstiug place in a small garden fernery. If you
wish for the plan s you name, such ns tho Lastrea ftliemas,
Frlixfomina , and Osnttnda rtgalit, place them ou the out-
side of the rockery; here they will give character to tho
whole. In the course of next month wo ahull give an ar-
ticle on the fern as a specialty, in which you will find all
the information you ask.

EARLY SPRING FLOWERS.

Palatine Bntoec, April 10, 1875.

Editor Forwt and Stream:—

Iu your lust Ismc, OllIjioJ (julll, diseourehig of v'olata, sayr, that In
early April limy may lie found lu tlie St. Lawrence wood*, No v I koo.v
not how this may be, but if It Is so, then the St. Lawrence wood* aro
more favored tbuu the Mohawk wood*, for you rnoy search tho country
aide over ever so well and not finds tingle violet till the very ln*t of
April, and that, too, lu tue mom favorable reasons. The violet*— altho'
we have tbem lu great profusion nnd of many varieties— are not our
curliest flower*. It Is seldom that we have any flowers before- (lie ISlli
of April. The flrst that we I . ok for under tho leo of somo reeky
ledge Is the Bloo 1 root (Sangunarla Canadensis), and It 1* very abund-
ant hero. Ilsptici triloba muy be fouud about the same time, and theu
the rock saxifrage (Hanfruga Virglnlnsls) The tiafil.-ig utbulua will
no doubt be found lu blossom about a* early ns tbo blood root, but l
don’t rp-nk from experience, never having found It growing In the val-
ley, nutil with a friend I accidentally ciimo upon It lunt Fill . We havo
Always considered il u stranger in thin region, and no one dreamed of
finding It growing herein nil It* beauty. So yoa can Imuglue how de-
lighted wc were ut tho discovery.

Our valley la particularly rich In ferns Tn tilling two fom c:i c* last
Full. I found about twenty varl-iln*. snd .ha', too, without any special
search. Tbo walking fern lu very abundant, In two l.e*l;!e»
covering the rocks lu dans - pit:b>). Too milden’u hair (Adlan-
turn), the atplenlum tbenewssn, aud the bountiful botryclum*. ouo t*»
found In all our wax?*. Yoon «wly, B. L. Fmr.

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AMERICAN KENNELS— NO. 1.

A VISIT TO FOX FARM.

NESTLED under one of the hills which rise In gentle
undulations until old Mount Morris itself is reached,
is the residence of Chas. II. Raymond Esq., and the home
of the dogs which have attracted more attention on both
sides the wator than any which have yet been brought to
this country. It was not for the purpose of passing judg-
ment on their merits that we journeyed thither, but to see
the far famed Laverocks and their progeny. The portraits
and pedigrees of Pride of, the Border und Fairy, have ap-
peared so recently in this paper that our readers should be
familiar with their principal peculiarities, chief among
which is the formation of the hind quarters, the drooping
appearance, a point gained after years of breeding, giving
them great power and speed. Fairy was almost the first to
come from her comfortable kennel to grotjt us; a picture in
beauty, and as soft and clean as a lady's lap-dog. Fairy is
Dot quite os large as we expected to find her, but in other
respects fully conforms with the printed description. To
give in detail a description of each of the dogs wo saw at
this most excellently aranged and mnnaged establishment,
would occupy more space than we have at command, and
we must content ourselves with the following list: —

1. Dick— Large red Irish eottor, in long feather, und with a grand,
nolsolcas stride.

2. Rkddie— A white and red tickod bitch, abont 10 months old, bred
from n pair of setters presented from his own kennels by the Duke of
Hnmiitou to an American gentleman.

3. Bess— Rod Irish Better, Imparted In 187-1 by Mr. N. Salters, of
Brooklyn. She Is of the "Hutchinson's Bob" Btock, bas a flue even
coni, deep true color, and Is a well shupud and handsome specimen of
her strain.

4. Dido, by Old Dukc^out of Gen t Sewell's May— Bred by Mr. R. In
1871; a very bright orange and white, with dark noso and large, dark,
lustrous eyes. Sho comes of excellent native stock, und is in whelp to
Pride.

5, Nbli.ik— White nnd rod, or orange ticked. A setter of the Gilder-
sleove strain, sent by "Homo" to visit Pride. A good sized, finely
formed bitch of line Intelligence. She Is very highly prized by her
owner, nnd with her coming Utter may he expected to originate a new
strum of setters uniting the Lnvcrack and Glldcrslccvo blood.

6. Kumv— The black, white and tan Hold trial bitch, Imported by "Mo-
hawk" in 1874. She has hnd one litter by Pride, nnd is awaiting her op-
portunity for n second alliance, Kirby Is herself half Laverock, and of
course so bred, will throw back strongly into that blood.

7. A large, doep chestnut, colored dog, by Colburn’s Dash, (black and
tan) out of Raymond's Bonnet Carre ;(red with white).

8. A young bitch (red with while) by Salter's Dash (deep red) ont of
Raymond's Djype (rod with white). These two havo since gono to Capt.
Jno. M. Taylor's plantation In Virginia.

0. Rear— Imported from Mr. Laverock's kennel by Dr. Ganllcr, and
now owned at Fox Farm, and in whelp to Pride. Orange red In color;
small, but well formed.

10. Piudb op tub BonDKn— Pare Laverock, Imported by Mr. R. In
187-1. Strong, compact, deep chested, powerful bocks, remarkable for
the enrvod "let down" peculiar to this strain, giving the animal a crouch-
ing appearance, and sending him along In his swinging gallop with a
wonderful ease. In England Pride achieved a fine reputation as a stock
getter, being the sire of many winners. In America ho has proved him-
self good and staunch on quail, enlpo and woodcock, and his puppies
promise to rival their English half-brothers.

II. In a commodious box within doors, Fairy and her eight whelps by
Pride, were f >uuJ. Their dam is In flue health, and shows little reduc-
tion under the demands of her voracious offspring. The latter are
clean ami rai.wlth coats like floss silk; colors, white and liver, liver with
white, black, while and tan, and blue bellon, i. white with blue
black markings and ticks. Attention Is Immediately attracted to thoir
large brain room, strong limbs, and line bodily development. They are
full of life and mischief, nnd at their present age— four and a half weeks,
with growing teeth— attack their poor but prond mother like young
wolves. In addition to what they draw from her, they eat from eight to
ten quarts of milk per day.

12, A pair of thorougbredpuga presenled nnnmnslng'contra9t to the set-
ters, and the visit was not completed until the Fox, of Fox Farm, came
forward nnd shook hand9, flrst one paw and then the other, with his
keeper, who appeared to handle him very gingerly.

At the “Evergl tides, ” the residence of Mr. Geo. B. Ray-
mond, were seen: —

1. Old Duke- White and orange. A patriarch, and elro of many gen-
erations.

2. Lark— Orongo and whlto, by Mr. Brook’s dog Bismarck, out of
Dido. A handsome, stylish dog with ns tine a tail as evor received a
prize at a bench show.

8. Pout Hudson— A red puppy eight months old, by Colburn's Dash
ont of Bonnet Carre. The "Squire" pronounced this the best pnppy by
Dusli be bud ever seen.

4. Ned— A red with while puppy, by Mr. Salter's red Dash out of Dr.
SlrachnB’s white and red Imported Belle.

We cannot but commend Mr. Raymond’s judgment in
the organization of his kennel and in the selection of bucIi
& pure strain from which to breed the comiDg dog for this
country. It is to the produce of this pure blood kept un-
contnmiDated through u long line of generations, crossed
with the best of our own, or with itself again, that wc must
look for the future setter of America; as in a similar man-
ner we have found the blood und breeding which carries
off the highest honors of our turf. Whether it rests with
this strain or the Gordon’s, or some other, or with a combi-
nation of these, must be decided by the future. Certain it
is that Mr. Laverack, a gentleman who has now attained his
seventy sixth year, and is possessed of great experience,
has for fifty years endeavored so to breed as to produce
what he considers the best for nose, speed, shape, beauty,
color, and above all, endurance. The setter, Mr. Laverack
thinks, has deteriorated from what he was fifty or seventy-
five years ago; let it be our task to regenerate the stock, aud
let the old come to the new world for its finest dogs. We
believe that no one claims that the best imported dogs are
equal to the best of ours on their own ground; the mode of
breaking, the game, and the cover are ull so different that
it could not be expected. But we have few large kennels
in this country where strains are kept pure from goucration

to generation; where father and son shoot over dogs de-
scended for years from a single strain, broken and cared
for by one family of dependents for similar periods. This
brings us to the question of in-breeding, about which so
much has been said and written, for and against, and which
involves so much scope of argument that we fain must
leave it for another time. Suffice it to say that should the
Laverack'8, the representitives of this system, prove all
that is expected of them, the question will be pretty well
decided.

Wo left Fox Farm after a farewell look at Fairy and her
flourishing family, with thewnrmest wishes for their future
prosperity and that of their genial master.

This little sketch would be incomplete did wo not refer
to Morristown, the loveliest of our suburban cities, and the
kind friends met there in thejpersons of Mr. Sherwood and
family. The “United Stales” will doubtless be well filled
this Bummer, and we envy the guests.

TAPE WORMS IN DOGS.

WxbtVTkoy, April 8, 1876.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I havo hail a very bad case of a pnp with worms, a description of
which may be of Interest to some of your numerous readers. II© at flrst
commenced to pass tho long thread worms, three to six Inches long.
I soon rid him of them by giving four grains santonins each day. He then
began to pass small, flat worms, about one-half an Inch long. I contin-
ued the santonlne for some four weeks, and he still kept passing them.
He then began to show a weakness In his shoulders and knees, and In a
few days his legs had the appearance of a hoop cut in two and half stack
on each side. Ho walked with great difficulty. His appetite increased,
and I suspected tape worms. Having read much about the areca nut, I
sent to New York and received some, commenced giving twenty grains
once a day, and the sixth day be vomited up a bunch of worms about the
size of a butternut, and completely interwoven. I was carious to know
the length of one, and with difficulty sncccedcd in getting part of one
looso, which port measured twenty-two inches In length. These worms
were composed of the small ones linked together like n string of san6nge,
the first one being about one-half an Inch long, and each succeeding one
perceptibly smaller till they ran out in a thread. It is my opinion that
these worms, when they attain a certain ’size, become detached from tho
main one nnd pass as above stated. I havo bad pups pass the same
small worms before, bat never the joined ones. I presume the eantonine
has heretofore dissolved them, and they never passed in slime. Sanlo-
ninc hae been my remedy for years, and I never know it to fail before.
The pup Is much better on his legs and gaining everyday. He has
passed no worms since the bnnch spoken or. I have great faith in the
areca nut, aud advise uny one having n worm case on hand to at onco
procure some, and give, say two grains for every pound weight of dog.

Truly yours, Jno, H. Fitobet.

We can confirm tho remarks of our correspondent re-
garding tho efficacy of the areca nut, several instances of
positive cure of tape worm through its use having been
brought to our notice.— Ed.

Ranger. — The owners of dogs by Rev. John Cumming
Macdona's setter Ranger, will be pleased to learn that the
old dog and his progeny have won all the stakes at the
Kennel Club field trials held in Devonshire on the 15th of
April.

'nine §ag and $ttn.

GAME IN SEASON FOR APRIL.

Snipe, Ducks and Wild Fowl.

I Under the head of "Game, and Fun in Seatin' ’ toe can only speci-
fy in general terms the several varie'les, because the laws of Stales vary
so much that were we to attempt to particularize we could do no lees
than publish those entire sections that relate to the kinds of game in
question. This would require a great amount qf our space, in desig-
nating game we are guided by the laws of nature, upon which all legis-
lation is founded, and our readers would do well to nroride themselves
with the laws of Ihexr res/tective States for constant reference. Otherwise,
our attemvls to assist them will only create confusion. 1

Game in Market. — The game season is so nearly a
closed one that the stalls show but little variety. English
snipe are coming in considerable quantities frdii the West,
but the New Jersey gunners must be having little sport and
less profit. These birds bring from $3a$4.50 per dozen,
the latter price for the fresher Jersey birds. Wild pigeons
are scarce at $3; brant, $2.50 per pair; broad-bills, black
ducks, etc., some in fair condition, continue to come from
Sbinnecock, and sell for 75 cents and $1 per pair.

More Geese.— The cry is still they come ! and this time
in pairs. Good Ground must be good ground, indeed. Mr.
Wm. H. Lane, to whose courtesies we commend all
brother sportsmen, has sent us in reply to enquiries ns to
the shooting at Sbinnecock, not one “anser,” but two, and
both fat and in fine condition, and for which he has our
thanks. Mr. Lane has live geese for decoys, which enjoy
the reputation of being the best trained on the coast. The
shooting there, both for ducks and geese, has been
exceptionally good this Spring, on account of local condi-
tions, occasioued by the ice blockade along shore, which
caused the fowl to congregate there; and although the
season for this kind of game will soon be over, there is
good fishing to be had at Good Ground throughout the
Summer, and fine bird aud rabbit shooting in the Fall;
and at whatever period of the year the visitor may seek his
hospitable homestead, he will invariably find Mr. Lane
obliging and assiduous in ministering to his wants and pro-
moting his pleasures.

—A correspondent, F. A. M., who has recently removed
from Pennsylvania to Walnut, Bureau county, Illinois,
writes:— “I have happened to locate among all the wild
geese, brant and ducks that any sportsman need to find, as
they can kill all they choose. There are plenty of pinnated
grouse here, too. Here is a large swamp, (Winnebago
Swamp,) that has been a favorite resort for water fowl, but
it is said there arc not half as many ns formerly, before
| they commenced ditching, draining and improving it. I

am on Green River, about 115 miles from Chicago, ou a
branch of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R., and
any one coming from the East to shoot ducks should stop
at Deer Grove Stntion, on this road. There will be plenty
of game here yet this month, and again in the Full."

—Messrs. McLaran & Williams, of St. Louis, are to pro-
vide the Greener gun with which Captaiu Bogardus is to
shoot his great English pigeon match, and the Captain was
in that city last week ^inspect it. The firm ubovc men-
tioned handle Greener’s guns extensively.

—An association for the protection* of gnme has been
formed in Salisbury, Ct., with twenty-seven members, and
the usual officers, and an executive committee of eight
members. It is a good start in a good direction, and if
pushed to its legitimate results, will do a good aud much
needed work

—We would earnestly call upon the sportsmen of New
Jersey to give the facts in the letter appended below, their
careful attention. The evil is a crying one, and llie wood-
cock, from natural causes alone, are abandoning us with
sufficient rapidity, without having their final extermination
accelerated in the manner spoken of by our correspondent.

New York, April 9, 1876.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Tho purpose of tills letter is to Inform tho clubs for the protection of
game In Now Jersey that woodcock are slaughtered In tlio marshy covers
of Bergen and Hudson counties in great numbers. In tho taverns uud
groceries the poor birds are openly exposed, nnd the rascally pot hinders
boast that for them the law iB np, as soon ns they see n bird. The people
at large seem to bo entirely ignorant of tho dnties that a gamekeeper hug
to perform. In general only the idlers of tho village are chosen for the
position, aud It seems that the Inclination of a youngster to carry about
nn old musket is Ills greatest recommendation for his nomination. It.
would be worth the while for some club members of leisure to make a
trip through the villages, to inquire into the character nnd habits of the
aspirants for gamekeepers, nnd try then to influence llio leuding men to
elect lit and efficient men. Hopiug the shooting of birds from off their
nests may be stopped, I remain, Mr. Editor, Yours truly,

Old Smeedt.

Adirondack — Malone, April 12, 1875.— The snow is
rapidly melting in the woods, aud the indications arc that
we will have fishing in two or three weeks. Ice three feel
thick in Meacham Lake, and small streams and mountain
gorges frozen solid. Springs that have never yielded to the
cola have the past Winter thrown up the sponge. The
game in most parts has suffered terribly. “Old Mad or," a
worthless pot hunter at Rouud Pond, was overcome by the
game protectors last week to the tune of $25, and his com-
panions lodged in jail. Fuller, of Meacham notoriety, iu
forms me that prospects never were brighter for a crowded
season in the Adirondacks than at present. “Pol" Smith,
Bartlett, Martin, and others, are already announcing
“standing room only,” and tourists who want to "see the
play” should secure a “front seat” before the curtain rises.

H. E. Cantwell.

Illinois — Alton, April '15- — Duck shooting all over hero.
Snipe not very plenty, and wild, almost always rising at
loDg range. G. B.

Wisconsin —Montello, April 12.— Duck shooting has
opened finely 011 the Fox River and on Buffalo Lake. The
ducks are chiefly ruffled heads, mallards and scaup ducks,
the former being by far the most plenty. The ice has not.
yet broken up at Buffalo Lake, save a small space of a half
mile at the lower end, and here the ducks gather in large
fleets. They are but little hunted, as the mallards are pro-
tected by the game laws of Wisconsin until September,
aud the others ao not furnish as fine sport. Yesterday I
bagged three brace in half an hour by stauding on a point
at Buffalo Lake. On the river, (the water being at a high
stage,) the ducks lay out on the low water overflowing on to
the marshes. Snipe are not very abundant as yet, though
several have been seen flying about the river.' Pinnated
grouse are heard early every morniug, their booming call
sounding delightful after the stillness of last Winter.

Fred.

Janesville— April 1C.— Our correspondent, A. M. Valen-
tine, writes us that on a recent visit to Koshkonong he
bagged in two hours morning shooting twenty-nine blue-
bills and canvas backs. He also informs us that letters
from Northern Wisconsin say that prairie chickens are very
abundant.

Missouri— Si. Louis, April 10.— The flight of SDipe has
been and still is fine. Large bags were made last week in
the prairies above here. J. W. M.

Minnesota — Sliakopee, April 13. — Ducks and geese plenty
but wild.

Virginia, Norfolk, April 17. — A trip to Sand Bridge,
with entertainment at Mr. Forbes, who will board visitors,
ended last evening. We found the marshes very dry, no
rain for ten days, and a long succession of northerly winds
having driven the waters to the South, leaving the usual
feeding grounds of snipe too hard, and springy new ground
too soft to bear a man’s weight. We got but ninety-
five in our two days, though we found that the red-breasted
snipe have begun their northern flight, together with
“shanks, ’’ &c. Mr. Forbes proposes to have a regular
establishment for ducks next Winter aud snipe in the
Spring, and can offer fine sport. Gov.

Lexington, Ky., April 0, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I havo made a trial of my gun, nnd send yon the result to got your
opinion as to how it compares with the targets made by others of your
subscribers, such as "Royal," whose report I saw last week.

Gun— breech louder, No. 12, 30 inches, 71 pounds, mmle by W. & C.
Scott & Sons. Six shot, powder, 31 drachma; shot, lj No. 6; Tuthum's
target. 30 inch circle; distance, 40 yards. Lowest number in target, 131;
highest number in target, 152; average, 111.

The shot scoring 131 was the only one which fell below 140, flvo shots
ranging between 140 and H2, which shows the regularity of the shooting.
I then loaded as before, and in the target placed some insurance tracks
6x4 inches, 40lenvos, i inch in thickness Result: Within 30 inch circle,
148; within centre, 0x4 inches, 13; through 40 loaves, 0; through SO
leaves, 13. Forty yards, number of shot in charge, 4 oz., by actual
count, 281. The pamphlets were new nnd never opened, and the leaves
lay close nnd thick. I enclose 1st and 80ih leaves to show style of paper.

With 4 drachms powder, two No. 11 wads on powder, H oz. No. 6 shot.
40 yards, 6 shots; Within 30 inch circle (average) 126; within centre,
6*4 Inch (average) 9; through 40 leaves, all. How do these targets com-
pare with the general average? Youra, Ac., F W.

Your gun shows a good average, both iu the number of
pellets aud penetration.— Ed.

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WOODCOCK SHOOTI NG OUT OF SEASON.

_ „ West Hoboken, April 1?, 1873.

Editor Forest and Stream:

It was with Croat pleasure [hat I road the letter of ••Hoboken." In
which he is speaking against woodcock shooting out of season, especially
in the vicinity of Secaucus, N. J. It ia a sud fact that cocks wore shot
this Spring In Sccaucus, and I. as well ns my friend Old Smecdy, have
complained about It in Forest and Stream, but as far as I am posted
these crimes were not committed by German pot hunters, but by native
born Americans— young mon who mnko their living by shooting for tax-
idermists, ns they any. I hnvo heard of several birds murdered in this
way , but am sorry to say that I myself have no proof of It, and others
that most likely coold provo it won't put themselves to the trouble.
Now, if “Hoboken" knows who the party of Uermans nre, why does he
not icpor: them to the Uobokon Sportsmens' Club f President Thomas
Walker will do his utmost In prosecuting tho offenders. Shooting for
bird stutters, who make their living by selling to anybody stuffed birds,
is not, in any sense, shooting for science, and therefore gives no excuse,
So ‘‘ltohokcn'' ought to do his best, and if he will give me his name and
address through your paper, I shall communicate with him, and we uni-
ted might do some good. "Hoboken" says that he visited Secaucus on
the 1th of July, 1871, without fludlng a solitary bird in said woods. If
this is not n mistake I am bound to doubt tho quality of his setters very
much, as my brother and myself killed ton cocks before nine A. M. on
the 1th of Jnly, 1874, over staunch points of my Dash aud Hello, and
several others woro shot ou the sumo day by some of tho numerous par-
ties. After tho 1th I was lucky enough to bag three birds each of tho
next live times 1 was out, and was always in New York at nlno A. M.
There are an unusnul number of birds in our vicinity now, kept away
from tho Northern States by too much ice nnd snow, and If these brutes
stop shooting them out of season we will hnvo splendid July shooting.

1 should also like to see Summer cock and Spriug snipo shooting abol
ished, as this would increase the numbers of birds considerably. If
strangling should be tho punishment for shooting game out of season,
tho ilrst one to vote for it would bo yours, Friend or Gun and Doo.

_ „ Peterboro, April 13, 1873.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Tim general monthly meeting of tho County of Peterboro Fish aud
Game Protective Society was held nt the Hoffman Ilonee, on Wednesday
evening, the 7th inet. Tho secretary read loiters from the Governor
General of Canada, accepting tho position of Patron of the Society, also
letters from Messrs. Wilmot, of Newcastle, and Sheridau, of Now York,
who were made honorary members at tho annual meeting lit tho request
of Dr. Chns. Ormond. Geo. P. Warren, Esq., of Troy, N. Y., was elected
an honorary member, who, wc believo, can speak for himself os regards
buss and niaskliiungi fishing in this county. The snbject of deer hunt-
ing with dogs was pretty thoroughly discussed, tho prevailing opinion
being that it would not be judicious to restrain sportsmen from hunting
iu that manner. It was resolved, however, to petition tho County Conn’
cil to have a by-law passed compelling owners of dogs to keep them
chained during the Winter season. The meeting was largely attended,
andnt the close u number of new names were entered on tho membe -
ship list. C. A. P.

MUSKOKA NOTES.

_ „ Graveniiurst, April 3, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Signs of Spring huvo at last appeared In Muskoka. Welcome It Is, too,
after such a severe Winter as we have just passed through. The snow!
which is now fast disappearing, has been unusually deep this Winter-
four feet nl least— and In consequence the deer huve been slaughtered
to an alarming exent. As far as I can learn from different townships iu
the district, there must have been no less than four hundred killed since
the Ilrst of January, some for the meat, nnd others merely for the skins
(which w ill be no good), leaving the carcass in the enow for tho wolves to
eat. At last they were killed 6o publicly that Information was laid be-
foro a magistrate, who had some half dozen or so of the deer slayers nr-
raigiH'd before him nnd fined them $20 each. This soon put n
stOD to deer killing out of season. I think tho stable was locked after
the horses wore stolen.

Ruffed grouse must have got through tho Winter pretty well, aa thoy
are quiic plentiful this Spring.

Rears nre also making tneir appearance, one having been seen a few
days since just outside the village.

Wild geese are flying north, but ont of range of a shot gun. Ducks
and wild pigeons have not made their appearance yet; expect them in
another week or so. The lakes and creeks are not open yet.

Mr. Cockburn is now busy fitting up bis steamboats, so as to have
them ready when navigation opens. It is expected that tho Northern
Railway will be extended to Gravcnhurst by next Fall. There Is now but
twelve miles of stagiug, instead of fourteen, as last year. Yours truly

Joseph Scott.

A BEAR RACE.

EDiTon FonesT and Stream: —

Some years ago. on one of my annual trips to the Rangoley Lakes
troutlng, this hear race occurred:—

One morning my friend L. and I started up from the Mlddlo Dam for
the Narrows to fish. There were three or four Titles and any quantity
of revolvers in camp, any one of which wo could have had, but as we
were going fishing, nnd not hunting, wo took no shooting irons. On
rounding Reed’s Point our guide, Mr. Morse, stopped rowing and turned
half round and looked up the lake, as 1 believo all banters and guides
do when they have turned a point on the water, or in a path in tho woods,
to eeo what is ahead. His exclamation was, “Sco that hear in tho
waterl” I looked, aud saw him. I wns in the stern of the boat steer-
ing, L, was iu tho bow, and Steve Morse amidships, rowing. L. is a
base ballist and athlete. The bear turned in his course to go buck to
where ho started. Our gnido knew nt onco whero he started, and said to
me, "Mr. B., steer for that dead pine, and don’t you loose a foot of
ground by crooked steering." We were then about half a mile from the
bear, and about the same from the dead pine, making a triangle of our
boat, the bear and the dead pine. Our gaide told L. to take one of
the oars, which lie did, and the race began. 01 how those ashen blades
did bend nnd spring to the music of those two rowers I I, observing the
situation, thought to myself: Supposing wo head him off! Suppose
he gets a paw on tho side of the boat and capsizes itl What then* Threo
men who can’t swim nnd a bear Iu the water together! I tell you, my
knee* began to shake, and I asked our guide what ho should do if wo
headed him off? "Kill him!” said lie. "Howf" sold I. "With the oars,"
said he. ( could not see it la that light, and I rather think the puddle I
rteered with got flatway, instead of edgeway; but I steered for that dead
pine, and as wc neared it 1 made np my mind that the hear wns a little
ahend. Then my courage rose, and I shouted, "Put in boysl we'll have
him, sure." But the bear came in the winner. When ho struck the
shore our boat was about thirty feet from the same point. Steve Morso
rose up and looked nt him and exclaimed, (ho never swears) “There, by
grnrious! goes twenty dollarsi" Ho looked to mo as bigas a yearling
steer, and that was the end of tho race. I have been there many times
since, nnd most evorbody I meet says to me, then's a bear! but I have
seen none since, and don't hanker after them. Bek or Boston.

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PISTOL PRACTICE

Bald Mountain, N Y., March 29, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

1 am a close reader of your columns, and thoiigh I often see acconnts
of remnrkuble shot* with the rifle, and Innumerable quantities of game
brought to bag with the fowling piece, I think there is another weapon
which, though much neglected, has good claims to distinction. I refer

to the “six shooter.” I am Induced to write this under the following
Circumstances:—

In tho issue of yonr paper for Novernbcrmh, 1874, I saw a reply from
yon to a correspondent regarding a target made by him with a Coifs
revolver— 7 shot, 22-100 callbre-ln which 21 consecutive shots wero
placed In a 51 Inch circle at a distance of 25 feet, and which Mr. J. S
Conlln noticed os good shooting, and fully equal to any ho nad scon with
that size weapon. At that limo I had scarcely fired * revolver a score
of times; but happening to have a No. 1 Smith A Wesson of that calibre,
I determined to lay out a miniature Creedmoor and go to practicing. On
Christmas day I made tho threo first targets 1 ever shot, as follows:—

Target— Bnllscye, 1 Inch; centre, 3; outer, 6; distance, 10 yards; re-
volver, Smith & Wesson's No. 1, 22 100 cal.. 21 consecutive shots. 1st
targot-Nono In bullseyc, 7 In Centro. 7 In outer. *1 targot-nouo In
bullseye, 6 in centre, 14 in outer. 3d targct-3 In bullseyc, 7 in contro, 9
in ontcr.

Tho above nro all I have yet flrod. On target No. 2, 19 shots are so
closo together that a four-inch ring would enclose them all! Though this
Is not to bo compnrcd to the shooting referred to above, I thought It
crediiablo for a beginner, nnd would like your opinion.

Why don't somebody push the matter of starting a National Pistol
Association, with regular sized targets and stated distances on tho sys-
tem of Creedmoor, calibre aiul IcDglh of barrel regulated, and then "wo
nns” who cannot afford a $125 target rifle, and a couple of weeks or so
practice every month at Creedmoor, could, armed with these rules
and a Colt, Remington, or Smith & Wesson, as one’s fancy soiled, blaze
away right at homo, and compare results through tho columns of your
lively journal. Surely tho revolver Is as 'useful at closo quarters ua the
rifle nt tho loDger distances, ns many a hunter who has been caught In a
tight place can testify. Nor is Its use confined to defenco alone. In
tho West nnd South It Iff used extousively for deer and buffalo hunting
on horseback. And “Amateur Six Shooter," In Forest and Stream
for July 2d, 1874, tells us there are those who carry aud shoot revolvers,
who would put to shume some of tho crack rifle shots at short range-
say 20 or 50 yards. In reply to a correspondent yon statu on page 175.
Vol. 2, that a target fora navy revolver, at 20 yards, shmild bo black
bullsoye, one Inch In diameter, whole target eighteen inches across. I
think this larger than necossnry. My Idea would bo to model tho targets,
Ac., after tho Creodmoor rifle range on a small scalo, as follows; To
have six distances, viz.: 10, 20, 80, 40, 50, nud oO yards. For first and
second distance target to be, bullseyc, 1 Inch; centre, 3 Inch; outer, 6
Inch. For third and fourth distance targot to be, bullseye, 3 inch; cen-
tre, 6 Inch; outer, 12 luah. For fifth and sixth distanco targets to be,
bullsoyo, 6 inch; centre, 12 inch; outer, 18 Inch.

The above sized targets, at these distances, plaluly show tho bullseyc*,
as one can easily satisfy himself by placing ono and measuring the
ground. And yet I think It will require a sure eye and steady hand to
make more bnllsoyes than outers. Of course tho above targets are in-
tended to be round, the inches given representing the diameter of the
circles. More than three circles are unnecessary. Tho scoring should
be, onterp, 1; centres, 2; bullsoyce, 3, in counting up, which, thoueh not
determining the standard of the shooting as accurately ns the "string
measure," is more convenient, and accurnto enough for nil practical
purposes. Or tho shooter conld give number of bullseye*, centres and
outers made, nnd the length of string also. This, however, Is only tho
opinion of a novice, and I should be glad to hear from some of tho older
heads on the snbject. Cannot some one glvo us tho size of targets and
distances used in pistol shooting at tho annual meeting of tho New York
State Association for the Preservation of Fish and Game? To show
what is considered good pistol shooting, I glvo a few shots noticed In
your issue of July 23d. 1871, which will tond to show tho amateur what
progress he Is making in his practice toward becoming an expert shot:
"An export In New Y'ork, with a 10 inch Colt’s revolver, at 20 yards^
made 0 shots measuring 10 inches. At 20 yards, 10 shot.* to measure 15
inches is ve-iy superior shooting. Tho best revolver shooting ever made
at Mr. J. 8. Conlin’s gallery, was 8 shot*, 15 Inches, at 125 feet;6shois
50 feet, every bullet touching tho other in a straight lino, 7 Inches. At
38 feet. 17 consccutivo bells rung; bnllaeyc, 2J Inches. All dono off-
bnnd with different makes of revolvers."

From a late paper I clip tho following score of tho Queen’s Sports
man’s Clnb of L. I., pistol shooting Jbr iho challenge badge, March Rlh
10 shots, 30 feet, string measurement; as follows (I omit names, but glvo
Hie order of the ahootlng) :—

Tn*r. Boston.— Will -you pleaso Inform me whetheo there is any drug
or preparation to steep corn or other grain In that would render wild
pigeon* or Blackbird* Insensible after eating, bnt would not spoil thorn
thcl^^tall*gh00UnS, An** Wo e*nnot fitT0 thls Information. Try salt on

LllK,!i0n’.!' 1-1 h&T0 * M,t»two years old that I cannot
. *k’ b n* “ blrdl Ilc '* * K°“d dog in other respects. IIow shall I
teach him to retrieve? An*. To glvo the directions yon desire would

T"™’ Wo c*“ forward you written Instructions, or
refer yon to a breaker.

« i j-’ fMjladelphla.— will yon pleas.. Inform mo what will kill llco on
a dog I have a setter dog that is full of them. They are not float.

CO“tlng °f C#,lor- -"cot. or sperm oil, welt
rubbed Into the hair. Next day wash him thoroughly with carbolic
•onp; common soap may answer.

W. ON., Wilklnsbnrg, P« — Can yon fnrnlsh mo with a compare such
aa yon describe in your possession, and at what prico? Ans. The maker
of the combined compare and .»u dial Is dead and tho manufacture
ceased W o know of a small lot. however, and can precure yon oue and
rorward It postage paid for ono dollar.

W. U. C.. Cazouovia, N. Y -"Tho Birds of North Amorlca,” drawn,
engraved and colored by Theodore Jasper, A. M., M. I)., Jacob H.
Studcr, publisher, Columbus, O., Issued onco a month. Have you seen
u copy or two of them? Ans. Wo esteem the works of Dalr.1, Uidgwaj
and Couesas much more perfect and eomprohMlvo.

Information Wanted, N. Y.-I have a gooPnualo loading gun that

1- String 101 in.|5. String i„

2. String 15 13-16 In. .6 String 209-16 in

8. (16 8-16 m handc’pd) 10 3-16 in. 7. (28 11-16 in. hauc’d) 31 11-16 in'
*• String 21J in. |8. String 313-16 in.

This led me to measure my threo targets and compare results, as the
distance was the same. Below I glvo tho score:—

1st target, 1st 10 shot* 251 in.|2d targot, 2d 10 shots 1*} In

1st target, last 10 shots 171 in. 3d target. 1st lOsliot* I8t In.

2d target, 1st 10 shots 121 in. |8d target, last 10 shot* i7j |n.

The gentleman mentioned above (Mr. Conlln) In a note to Forbst and
Stream recently, said: "I am pleased to notice tho Interest you mani-
fest in practice with small pistols, as tho popularizing of small arm
shooting will do away, in a great mcnsarc, with the numerous accidents
that attend tho handling of pocket fire arms by those unskilled iu their
use. It is a well known fact that not more than one In fifty knows any-
thing, either as to accnracy of aim, or the manner of holding a pistol.
By keeping the attention of the public called to tbla fact, your reputa-
tion as a public benefactor will bo established."

Now, gentlemen, I move to have a uniform sot of rnlos established, to
regulate targets, distance, Ac . so that every one cun practice nt any
sultablo place, and kuow exactly what progress he is making by compar-
ing results with tho various reports from time to time sent in, Who
knows to what friendly contests it might lead In time, and w hat results
wonld bo achievod by causing our leading makers to bestow more care
and attention to this arm, and inciting them to furnish the best that can
be made, as they are already doing by Iho long range Creedmoor rifle f
That is my proposition; who will second tho motion f
This letter is merely written to call attention to a matter which I am
afraid is being much neglected, and if it shall havo tho effect of calling
ont a response from some of your readers, I shall be satisfied. It only
needs some suitable person to set tho hnli rolling to make It a success. I
am willing to contribute my mite towards n premium for the best shoot-
ing—amateur, of coarse— with the six-shooter, at distances ranging
from 10 to 60 yards. Speak out, kulghts of the trigger, and let us hear
your views. Brandon.

£nswei[S go ^oniesyondentd.

Canoe, Boston.— For reply to your inquiry, eoo our Yachting column
this week.

F. W. D., Taunton, Maas.— In rifle practice what Is tho proper size
bullseye to use at 200 yardsf Ans. Target, 6 feet by 2 feet; bullseye,
8 Inches square.

Feather, Babylon, L. I.— Where can I get good board for a pair of
setters* Ans. P. A. Bssslnger, Thirty-ninth street, near Third avenue,
South Brooklyn, board* hunting dog*.

F. S., Fbnt, Mich.— Will yon oblige by Informing me how to clean
velveteen? Ans. Wo would recommend diluted aqna nmmonla. Per-
haps some of our readers can give a better recipe.

CREEDMOon, Philadelphia — Is there any first-class long rnngo rifle
made that can be used either for centre fire or rim cartridges? Ans. No;
the centre fire cartridge is used In onr long range rifles.

D. McG., Harriiville, Mich,— Is it Greener's new edition of "Modern
Breech Loaders" that 19 advertised in your columns for $3,50? Ans.
We shall have the new edition of Mr. Greener's book In nbonl two weeks.

W. M. F N , Montreal.— Conld you oblige me with the name nnd
address of several of yonr best race boat builder* (rowboat*)? Ans.
Stephen Roberts. No. 368 South street, N. Y.; Thomas Fearon, Yonk-
ers, N. Y, ; C. B. Elliot, Greenpoiat, N. Y.; Wa Blalkis, Cambridge,
Moss.

I want altered Into a breech loaler. Will it Injure tho gun? What stylo
of breech loader would you suggest ? To whom should I suml to havo
the rlinngo mndof Ans. Seethe advertisement of Mortimer A Kirk-
wood and Clark A Suolder, Baltimore, in our papor.

Mi*«N. T, O., Niagara Fall*.— What Is tho boat way to, study ento-
mology without a teacher? What work* and text books would old mo
most? An*. Write to Naturalist's Agency, Salem, Maas., for catalogue
and nil Information. For a beginner, Agassiz and Gould's work la aa
good os any. Crocker & Brewster, of Bo»ton, nre Iho publisher*.

G. D. L., Tiffin, Ohio.— Please Inform mo what stylo, weight, calibre,
tho double gun 1* that yon, In Answers to Correspondent* lu April l*t
number, suy is for sale at your offico? Ia It n muzzle or breech loader?
An*. The guu alluded to 1* a fine doublo breech loader, mudo by W. A
C. Scott A Sons, 12 gauge, 30 Inch barrels, and weighs 74 pounds.

8. W. H., Washington.— Iu your Isano of April 1st “Royal" speaks of
Klcy's brown shells at $10 per thousand. Car. yon give naino of dealer
who will furnish No. 10 shells at that figure? Is tho Scott lover which
shuts under tho trigger guard strong and dnrnblo? An* 1. Tho price
for brown shells No. 10 is $11.50 per thousand, gold; No. 12, $10 gold,
to ho had of gun dealers advertising In our paper. 2. Yes.

W. E. P., Now York.— Please Inform mo If tho procoss of Incubation
(artificial) has ever been successfully demonstrated from a pecuniary
point of view, and if so, doc* not tho groat care required make It more
than probablo that It will never bo of goneral u»e? An*. A parly at
IlicksvlUe, L, I., wc beliuve, claims to havo made artificial Incubation a
paying process. Will send for his pamphlet and forward It to you.

c- A. P., Peterborough.- What weight am I to take in proving my
powder flask. I And a charge marked threo drachms on tho fia»U is
only a trifle over ono drachm, apothecaries weight. Tho flask Is one of
Uawksloy’s make. Is shot proved by tho samo? Ans. Tho drachms
marked on your fln*k represent a measure, not a weight, being equiva-
lent to apothecaries fluid measure. A drachm (measure) weighs a Uttlo
over 37 gral ds . Shot by weight .

A. M. N., Janesville, Wl* — Can you or any of your readers toll me of
preventive for the headache, which 1* brought on by continuous shoot-
ing with heavy charges of powder, such os wo n«o for ducks? I sin al-
ways bothered with this headache In Spring nnd Fall duck shooting, and
have heard tho same complaint from other*. Ans. Tho trouble yon
speak of must bo constitutional, and we suggest no remedy, never hav-
ing been similarly nflllctod. Tho concussion acts directly upon tbs ner-
vous system, which In some person* Is more scnsltivo aud dolicato than
In others.

J. D. F., Newton, Maas.— I am about to go on a rancho and tako with
mo an Imported English mastiff, to Wyoming Territory. What will ho
about tho cost? Ho Is too valuable to send by oxpre**. I havo been
looking at rifles— Sharp'* and Remington's. Are there other* yon would
rccommond me to look nt before purchasing? Which boro Is tho most
desirable, 44 or 50? An* It will cost you $20 or $25 for yonr dog.
Make arrangements with tho baggago mastor*. You can do no bettor
than to take eitbor of tho rillos named. Wo should prefer the 41 calibre.

P. C. T., New York.— I have a sotlcr pup about a year old which Is
troubled with a very violent cough whenever he plays or runs about, or
wheuover bo Is taken by tho nock or head, or led hy a chain. Hu wears
a leather collar, bulls troubled as much with the cough with the collar
off as he is with It on. Will you kindly Inform me what you think tho
tronblo is, nnd what I should glvo him for It, aud groutly oblige? An*.
Barbadoes tar, 1 drachm; powdered squills, I drachm; extract belladonna,
10 groins; powder leguerla sufficient. Beat Into a mass aud mnko up
Into twenty pill*; give four a day.

A Reader, Montreal.— Where can I find good bn** fishing and dnek
shooting In tho months of August and September, near tho towns of Port
nope or Peterboro, Canadu, and are there any hotel accommodations?
Ans. Toronto sportsmen generally run op to Lake 81mcoo and Couchl-
chiug; good hotels at Bello Ewart nud Barrio on tho former, and at Con-
chlchlng and Orillia at the latter, four hour* from Toronto by rail. Ex-
cellent l»i*« fishing on Otonnbcc River, ton miles below Peterboro This
river empties into Rice Lake, ono of the best bass, muscaionge and duck
regions in Canada. Good hotels at Itlco Lako, which cau bo Touched
from Cobourg; distance, sixteen mile*.

Dr. J. H. M,. Marlon, N. C.—I havo a Tory handsome pointer bitch,
a* good on qnnll aud snipe as she Is pretty. Having trnined and broken
her myself, of courso 1 am very proud of her, aud a* I cannot show her
to you, will give you hor proportion*, and ask what you think of her;
Efilc Dean*- -Color, liver and white ; weight, 40 oound* iu good hunting
condition, ueithor fat oilcan; height at shoulder, 204 Inches; around
cheat, 27 Inches; length of head, 84 Inchos; length of neck, 5 Inches;
length from shoulder to tall, 22 Inches; longth of tall to end of bone, 1 1
Inches. An*. From tho proportions given wo should say that Efllo
was rather undersized, according to our view, but have no doubt tbutsho
is a handsome and well bred bitch,

M. A. B., Olean.— Docs tho text of tho laws of New York State allow .
the killing of rotted grouse during tho clo*o season, for Invalid*? Ans.
No exception of this kind. Do you know anything about black bass be-
ing Infested with grubs during warm weather? I havo been told by sev-
eral persons that they are thus affected, tho grubs being along near tho
backbone, and whether they are In consequence unfit for food? An*.
Parasites of this kind are common. What kind of fleh would be mo»t
suitable for stocking the hoodwntcr* of iho Alleghany River? Ans. Yonr
Commissioners seem to prefer the black bass for main stream, but trout
arc Indigenous to all tributaries.

C- G. O., Boston.— It I* Iho Intention of myself and companion to
spend onr vacation on the Mognctowan. If wc hod threo weeks, would
It be time enough to go and return, nnd spend two weeks in the heart of
the conntry? You wonld havo ton days. I* game nnd fish os plenty as
one would infer from reading your correspondent. "Music?" Ans. Very
abundant. Do you know of anybody with whom wo could conus-
pond with regard to procuring two reliable guide* with birches? An*.
Write to Joseph Scott, Graveniiurst, Ontario. What I* the best lime to
go to havo good shooting and fly -fishing both? Ans. September. Where
can I get n map of the country lying around the river? Aus. Of Chos.
Lount, Register, Brace-bridge.

jyA large nnmbcr of answers to correspondents are unavoidably
laid ovtr until next week.

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horse flesh, the poorest household shall no longer want its
horses longue with sowed piquante or mule filet a la gelee.
But before our philanthropists catch the idea from their
brethern of France and gallop off with bits between their
teeth, let us put a bridle on their zeal, and with the spur
of criticism, ask them whence the supply aud wherefore
the slaughter? As a Parisian asks, are our horses to be
knocked on the head to supply the hippophagi with consom-
me a la A. B. Ct Is 2.14 to give place to a saucisson do
c/teval aux pistachesT Forbid it, Doble. Fancy eating a
steak off Goldsmith Maid or a rib from Lexington; and
how should he be steeled with ingratitude and indiffer-
ence who would sacrifice to the cuisine the steed that but
yesterday was the pride of Central Park? It remains then,
that wo should have to look for a supply from the horses
whiclt had met their death by accident, or whose slaughter
was rendered necessary by disease or disability; and here
let us remark thut the advocates of horse flesh claim that
the flesh of a diseased horse is perfectly innocuous to hu-
man beings. M. Decroix claims to have experimented on
himself with the meat of horses which had died of disease,
and on uo occasion had he felt the slightest ill effect.

We can understand that under certain circumstances
horse flesh could be readily used as an article of diet, and
being granivorous their flesh should be equal, if not su-
perior to that of the less cleanly and omnivorous hog. But
it appears to be the association connected with the horse as
the most familiar and useful of our domestic animals, that
renders the idea of eating him so repugnant. The French
plea is that of economy, which will never hold with us as
long as our beef supply is brought within the reach of the
laboring classes.

To Correspondents.

YACHTING IN CHINESE WATERS.

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note* of thotr movement* and transaction*, as It I* the aim of this paper
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men sportsmen from one end of tho country to the other ; and they will
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HIPPOPHAGY.

THAT “(hey do things better in France,” ba9 not only
passed into a proverb, but the excellence with which
certain things are accomplished has led to their adoption
od our tran9- Atlantic shores. The charms of Opera bouffe
have taken so firm a hold as to be regarded as an "institu-
tion;" the graceful costumes which brighten the avenue
are the results of French inspiration, and young New York
has reached a point where his palate requires to be tickled
by French cookery, and his mind likewise exercised by an
unintelligible menu. But the question presents itself, where
are we to draw the line? We read that a grand Franco-
Anglo- American Horse, Mulo and Donkey Banquet has
recently been held at Paris, when some sixty or seventy
gentlemen sat down to a dinner where the viands were
composed exclusively of the meat of the above named ani-
mals, commencing with a consomme de ckeval aux croules
grilles, and winding up with filets de mulcts. At the close
of the dinner it was announced that the Society Hippophagic
would give a medal and 500 francs to the first person who
opened a horse butcher’s shop in London or New York!
Gentlemen Francais, keep your medals and your horse
meat at home; we need none of it. Shall the Texas steer
be consigned to oblivion, and the delicate "bob” veal no
longer grace our butcher stells? Shall seasoned horse sau.
sages take tho place of the succulent bologna, and our mn!
tutinal bacon be served with asses' liver? Tho advocates
of hippopbagy quote Hippocrates, Herodotus and Pliny, and
declare that horse flesh eating is only an obsolete custom,
but it is to Isidore Geoffrey, Saint-Hilairc, and later to M.
Decroix that the success of establishiug bouohen'es de cheval
throughout Fiance is to be attributed, backed, no doubt,
by the necessities of the Prussian siege. But to us the idea
is scarcely less novel than repulsive. Eat our fillies’ feet?
feed our damsels on piebalds instead of pigeons? elongate
the earn of our youths by a diet of asses’ milk and brains
braisif

And from whence is to come the supply? Paris has
been’.able to procure in 1872, 5,732, and in 1874, 7,184 animals
to be devoured by hungry hippophagi, and the society
promises to supply if necessary two or three hundred thou-
sand more unfortunate quadrupeds. Its prospectus asks,
is not the entire world interested that so healthy and nour-
ishing a food should not be lost while so many mou, wo-
men and children are deprived of food? This is philan-
thropy of the highest close, and thanks to this hetacomb of

AN enterprising gentleman, connected with the great
firm of Russell & Co., once had a schooner yacht,
named (lie Halcyon, sent to China by the way of the Cape
of Good Hope. The schooner arrived safely and was subse-
quently sold to the Imperial Government for a revenue cut-
ler. To all Americans living in Shanghae the sight of the
saucy Halcyon riding at her ancher in front of the noble
bund, or promenade, was one of tho sweetest reminiscences
of his home life. Quite a number of well built yachts of
small tonnage now compose the Shanghae Yacht Club,
nnd at Hong Kong several English schooners and cutters
annually compete for prizes. In the latter races centre-
boards are usually barred, but, on one occasion Mr. A. S.
Post of this city carried off a cup and astonished the natives
by the performances of a regular American model yacht.

The boat in most general use, however, and the one best
adapted for either exploration or pleasure, is the craft com-
monly called the Woosung pilot boat. Woosung is a little
village eight or ten miles below Shanghae at the junction
of the Whang-po River with the great Yang Tsze Kiang,
aud the point from which pilots start to intercept vessels
bound for the great commercial mart of China. The pilot
boats are rigged in the usual native fashion with sails kept
in position by bamboos stretched across them, very light
and handy to reef; light draught, with lee-board, excellent
cabin accommodation, and all capital sea boats. The model
is similar to that used by all celestial shipbuilders with the
exception of the bow, which is carried forward until it is
quite sharp. All Chinese vessels are built with water tight
compartments, and tho wood nicely varnished and oiled
with a kind of wood oil, which not only preserves the wood
but gives a very neat finish to the boat. The universal eye
with which the junks arc adorned is usually omitted on boats
intended for the use of foreigners, much to the disgust of
the crews, who stand in holy awe of the dread Fung-shoey,
that mysterious spirit of wind and water. A low-ta, or cap-
tain, once appealed pathetically to the writer on the subject
of eyes. Said he, "suppose no got eye how can see, sup-
pose no can see, how can walkee?"

There is just sufficient possibility of running across a
pirate in one’s trip to make yachting in China highly inter-
esting. Indeed in certain localities on the Yang Tsze and
among the islands of the Chusan Archipelago which dot
the coast between Shanghae and Ningpo, a boat would not
be safo unless heavily armed, and tho house boats and
yachts, used in the opium traffic before the general intro-
duction of steamers, carried crews and batteries entirely
disproporlioned to their tonnage. The recent advices regard-
ing the increase of piracy on the coast in the neighborhood
of the Yang Tsze reminds of an adventure of Mr. Thomas
Meddows, II. B. M. Consul at Shanghae in 1801 or ’2.
While ascending the Yang Tsze in his yacht on a shooting
excursion he was attacked by pirates, who followed and
opened fire on him with the bow chasers of their junk. The
wind unfortunately was light, and by tho aid of sweeps
they were rapidly over-hauling him, but by capital rifle
practice and the good behavior of his own crew the plucky
Englishmen managed to clear their decks and escape.

Aside from the excitement of a possible encounter with
pirates the yachtsman finds also excellent shooting in almost
nny direction. The debatable ground between Shanghae
and the citiesof Sung-kong and Kahding, which were for so
many years in possession of the Taepings before the ex-
tinction of the rebellion, became an immense pheasant pre-
serve, and a hundred brace was no uncommon bag for two
guns in a day’s shooting. It may not be known to many ot
our readers that China is the original home of the English
pheasant, as well as of all tho other beautiful varieties of
the same bird. In fact the whole avi-fauna of Asia is so
allied to that of Europe as to render a tracing of the con-
genital lines a most interesting subject of study, and one

to which we propose to devote a paper on some other occa-
sion.

To return to the yachts, almost the whole of that portion
of China visited by foreigners is so cut up by canals or in-
tersected by small streams as to render boat travel the only
mode of locomotion, aud the traveler is forced to this
meaus of carriage. Seawaid there is not much to invito
the yachtmeu. Tho Chusau group possesses many beauti-
ful islands in which are old temples and many, to the native
mind, classic resorts, but the sport is indifferent, and as
the Chinese confine their- fishing to that done by nets, re-
sources which may exist in this way are unexplored and
unknown.

As regards the seagoing qualities of the native boat, it is
only necessary for the traveler to make one trip between
Hong Kong and Shanghae during the northeast monsoon
to be convinced. In the comparatively narrow passage be-
tween the island of Formosa and the main land, a tremend-
ous sea is kicked up during the gales which usually accom-
pany the Winter monsoon. Here a whole fleet of fishing
boats can usually be seen anchored to drags to keep them
head to wind and riding out the gale like ducks, the whole
crew snugly stowed below.

Recolonization of Florida.— The emigration to Florida
and settlement there within the past five years has been so
considerable as to command attention. The most exten-
sive settlement has been in the vicinity of Lake Monroe, at
Sandford, Mellonville, Orlando, and other adjacent towns,
where a population of 2,000 and more has gathered, tho
land being high and rolling, well adapted to the culture of
fruits and cane, beautifully dotted with lakes, and delight-
ful in all respects as a place of residence; aud there are
smaller settlements all along the St. John River. But col-
onists have not confined themselves to any single locality;
in prospecting they have scattered all over the State, even
to the remote and little known regions of southwest Flori-
da, penetrating to the jealously guarded precincts of the
few Seminoles that remain. There our correspondent,
"A1 Fresco," who is writing a series of letters upon that
section from material altogether new, met little compauie9
from New Jersey and other Northern Stutes, nnd found
sparkling waters teeming with fish, and lands with na-
tive products; lauds that were richer aud localities that
were far more desirable thau those better known and usu-
ally sought after. A century ago, wheu Florida wa9 pos-
sessed by the English, a noble aristocracy had princely
domains along the const, aud these are to day being re
occupied aud replanted by scores of hardy settlers from
the Northern States, who find abundant truces of a former
high stnte of improvement which it will take years to
realize again. These little germs of colonies are planted
all along the Halifax, Hillsborough, and Indian rivers, nnd
so important have their local iutere9ts already become that
the land owners— they canuot be called speculators in Lite
odious sense of the word— have begun tho publication of a
journal, called the Halifax Settle)', to aid their promol ion.
At Daytona, on tho Halifax River, is a hamlet of twenty
frame houses, including two stores, with a population of
seventy-five souls, and at the present rate of progress it
will not be more than five years before this magnificent
coast Is lined with pleasant residences and fashionable
hotels, to which comfortable communication will be had
by boat and rail.

The State Sportsmen’s Convention.— The Jefferson
Sportsmen's Club, whose headquarters are at Watertown,
have been particularly active of late in their endeavors to
prevent the wanton destruction of game, and more particu-
larly that of deer, in the Adirondack region. It is uuder
the auspices of this energetic club that tho Seventeenth
Annual Convention of the New York 8tate Sportsmen’s As-
sociation is to be held this year, at Watertown, some time
in the latter part of May or early in June. Col. Geo. W.
Flower, of Watertown, is President of the State Associa-
tion, and Dr. E. L. Sargent holds the same office in the
local club. The fields sports connected with the meeting
will consist of competitions in trap, rifle and pistol shooting,
fly casting, etc., for which prizes amounting to $2,000 have
already been offered. We are glad to learn that more at-
tention will pe paid this year than ever to the subject of
rifle shooting, and that a long range “Creedmoor" contest
is in contemplation. Some half dozen new clubs have ex-
pressed their determination of joining tho State Associa-
tion, and the fact of the Convention being hold in the
northern part of tho State, near the great game districts,
will do much to stimulate the action of sportsmen towards
a more rigid enforcement of the game laws of tho State.

We shall print the full programme as soon as published.

Art. — When lovers of the 6ports of forest and stream
are deprived of the actual enjoyment of their favorite pas-
times, the next best thing is the representation of them and
of their favorite haunts on canvas. At tho exhibition of
the|National Academy of Design, now open, there are many
pictures which will recall vividly the scenes of past
pleasures, among them ono entitled "Sports at Blooming
Grove Park, painted from studies on the spot by Mr. J.

B. Stearnes, N. A. The scene is laid on the shores of Lake
Giles, near the Club House grounds. The principal
figures are portraits of Messrs. Edward R. Wilbur and John
Avery, members of the Blooming Grove Association.
Trophies of the rod and gun surround them, and their
guide is evidently preparing the canoe for another foray.

An interesting letter from Mr. Bishop describing tho
termination of his canoe voyage is unavoidably laid over
URtil next week.

FOREST AND STREAM.

171

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA— NO. 0.

BEIXO NOTES OF A TOUR OF EXPLORATION — BY OUR OWN
COMMISSIONER.

THE annual raiu fall of Southwest Florida is about
sixty-five inches, but during the year 1874 the amount
was but a fraction over thirty-one inches. In consequence
the river (Caloosahatchie) was nearly two feet lower than
ever before known. Under ordinary conditions the river
can be navigated to the rapids by a stern wheeler with a
light draft of water. Above the Caloosahatchie telegragh
station the wauderer cau at all times fill his frying pan
with luscious trout, (bass.) Before leaving Philadelphia
Shipley & Son made for us an eighteen foot bamboo rod,
which we found admirably adapted to fishing in the streams
visited: With such a rod and a few feet of line, the pis-
cator can fish around the tops, fallen logs and lily pads,
without any danger of fouling his bob or spinner.

As we were anxious to reach the rapids at Fort Thomp-
son, the rising sun found us moving. Harry was aft using
the setting pole, and Frank and I manufactured an ashen
breeze. Then we ascended the tortuous channel until
night. Soon arter camping we fancied that we heard a
dog bark, and having seen no chasing, or evidence of
settlement after leaving hospitable “Jer3eydom," we were
anxious to obtain information regarding our whereabouts.
To attract attention, I discharged my gun, and Frank fol-
lowed with Jus revolver. We listened, but no answer was
returned. Early next morning my attention was attracted
by the cracking of brush, and on looking shoreward, I
noticed a white man peeping through the bushes. I hailed
him, and ou enquiry ascertained that his name was Cross,
and that he had recently settled ou a point a short distance
above. He stated that he had heard the report of our fire-
arms, but fancied “that it was the accursed Indians shoot
ing, and in consequence he had not slept during the night."
He expressed it as his opinion “that they would rise, and
that another Indian war was in prospect." He favored us
with his views of the “pesky critters,” aud assured us
that they were a lazy, dirty, treacherous and thieving lot,
and that the whole race should be exterminated.” Our
visitor informed us that the Iudian cump at Fort Thomp-
son’was distant three miles by land and nine by the course
of the river. Wo bade our friend good bye, and applied
our muscles to oars and setting pole. He preceded us by
land, and unwisely informed the Indians that some white
men were coming up the river, armed with sixteen shooting
guns, with the intention of exterminating all the Indians
about Lake Okeechobee. At 9 A, M. we grounded the bow
of the good boat "Spray" on the northern bank of the
river below the falls. A few minutes afterwards we dis-
covered four Indians approaching, armed with rifles aud
long butcher knives. From thair manner we fancied that
there was a “screw loose in their celestial machinery."
As they neared the boat I landed and shook hands with all.
To my surprise they manifested sullenness, and an indispo-
sition to be friendly or communicative. Soon'af ter a squaw
and several young feminine representatives of poor Lo ap-
proached, to whom I presented ear rings, beads and breast-
pins, costing $1 per half dozen sets. These presents ex-
erted a happy influence, and the masculine Los expressed a
wish to inspect our firearms. We exhibited our breech
loading arms and ammunition, which seemed to surprise
them. All seemed to be new to them, and they expressed
their surprise by remarking, “Indian’s rifles holvwagus "
(no good.)

An examination of Drew’s and Colton’s maps will show
a large lake existing at Fort Thompson, and another some
miles east named Hickpockee. These bodies of water only
exist in the imaginations of map-makers. As far as South-
west Florida is concerned, maps are to a great extent un-
reliable and calculated to mislead tourists. Fort Thomp-
son was a large aud important station during the Indian
wars, but at present only a few decayed stubs exist to in-
dicate where a stockade onco protected scores of valiant
men. Surrouuding the falls, a rich prairie of 500 acres ex-
ists, covered with a luxurious growth of succulent and
nutritious grasses— the site of a lake, according to the un-
reliable map-makers. We instituted many enquiries of
Indians, settlers and cattle drivers regarding Lake Hick-
pockee, but all scouted the idea of its existence. On the
north side of the river, and about 600 feet therefrom a
grove of huge live oaks exists, under whose protecting
branches the Indians encamp during the Winter months
when on their annual hunt. The region is underlaid with
a horizontal stratum of hard limestone rock from twelve to
eighteen inches thick, and beneath this a softer stratum
containing an immense number of shells. The river has
worn a passage through the -hard superficial layer of rock
at this point, f irming the rapids or falls of the Caloosahat-
chie River. We found the water to fall about five feet in
two hundred. The channel at the rapids is about fifteen
feet wide, and within a few inches of tho surface we dis-
covered numerous sharp-pointed rocks, over which we
found it impossible to drag the “Spray" to the deep and
smooth waters above. We noticed an Indian dug-out
above the rapids, and at once visited Lo’scamp to make ar
rangements for an exploration of the river above the falls.

By signs and words we communicated our wishes, but were
informed that “canoe belonged to Medicine Man; he gone
Big Cypress. Indian no use him canoe." Here was an
awkward position, and Harry and I resolved on an explo-
ration on foot. We started on the south bank of the river
but after floundering for a mile and a half through mud’
water, cane brake., and saw-grass, we were forced to re’

treat. On my return I look my Shipley rod and went for a
mess of fish. In a few miuutes I landed two cavalll
averaging four pounds, and fivo trout from one to seven
pounds. In the afternoon we were gratified at seeing tho
face of a white man, and found that our visitor was
named Carlton, who resided about two miles to the north
of the fort. We expressed a wish to haul our boat around
the rapids ou skids aud rollers, and Mr. C. kindly volun-
teered his assistance, and assured us that he would iuduco
two more recent settlers to aid us. During the latter part
of the afternoou we took a survey of tho ditflcultics to be
encountered, and provided skids, «fcc. lo transport our boat
around the rapids.

In the evening one of tho Indians, named Jimmy, visited
us, and we eventually arraged with him to lake tho Medi-
cine Mau’s canoe and paddlo us up the river. Early on the
morning of January 1st, iu company with Harry and
Indian Jimmy, I commenced an examination of the river
above the falls. We had not proceeded over a quarter of
a mile before wo fouud a chaunel averaging sixty feet wide
and six in depth. To say that it swarmed with numerous
species of fish would not do justice to this stream. Ou
the shores large ulligators occupied the banks, and ducks,
coots, yellow-legged snipe, curlews, craues, herons, water
turkeys, and other birds existed in countless numbers.
My imagination painted a channel leading into the Lake
Okeechobee, and that I should be favored with a view of
this body of water. But disappointment was ahead. Wo
had barely proceeded three miles when we found the chan
nel to end in a broad expanse of saw-grass. A careful ex-
amination revealed about two inches of water and three of
tenacious black mud overlying the horizontal layer or lime-
stone rock. Pocketing our disappointment, wc turned the
bow of the canoe campward. From our own observations,
and from such information as I could collect from cattle-
raisers, herdsmen and ludians, I am convinced that my
preconceived opinions arc correct— that the Caloosahatchie
River is the main outlet of Lake Okeechobee. I am
satisfied that the lake is not more than eight miles iu un
easterly direction from Fort Thompson, and that it can he
reached by a light, flat-bottomed boat in an ordinary stage
of water. The Indians would not explain how the Medi-
cine Man had transported his canoo from tho lake to the
fort; but as no other route exists, he must have brought it
by the course of the river before the water became as low
as we found it.

On our return we found Mr. Carlton and his two friends
ready to assist us in hauling our boat around the rapids;
but as we had explored the river we politely declined ac-
cepting their kind assistance. Upon enquiry, I found that
Mr. Carltou hud a wagon aud a team of bullocks, and iiy
first idea was to transport the “Spray" to Fish Eating
Creek, a distance of fourteen miles, descend the creek, cir-
cumnavigate the lake, ascend the Kissimmee and return
via the St. Johns River to Jacksonville. Upon question-
ing Mr. C., I found that his wagon was not broad enough
to accommodate tho “Spray," hnd that it would be neces-
sary to construct a new pair of axletrecs for the purpose.
The delay attending this arrangement, aud our short stock
of provisions, induced us to abandon it. Mr. Carlton had
a pow-wow with the Indians, and ascertained that they had
three canoes at Old Fort Centre on Fish Eating Creek.
Mr. C. finally induced Billy Asceola to accompany us, and
we arranged to start early tho next morning for the lake.
Mr. C. returned home to prepare for the journey, and wc
amused ourselves by visiting tho Indian camp. One
peculiarity of the feminine Lo is a lovo for beads, and in-
stead of decorating herself with panniers, laces, furbelows
and false hair, she goes in for glass. After some persua-
sion, and amidst peals of laughter, we induced u squaw of
sweet sixteen to divest herself of her neck ornaments.
When the operation was completed wo had suspended on
our arm forty-six strings of large glass beads, weighing, at
the lowest estimate, ten pounds. The only article of dress
worn by the juvenile representatives of Eve was a few
strings of beads. The dress of masculine Lo was, to use a
novelistic expression, picturesque and romantic in tho ex-
treme. Their head dress consists of from four to five
small woolen shawls, costing two dollars and a half apiece.

To arrange this capital encumbrance, Lo folds a shuwl four
inches wide, places the initial end on the forehead, winds
the folded shawl tightly around the head und tucks the
outer end under the first coil. This procedure is followed
with each shawl until the horizontal and ridiculous-looking
structure is completed. They all wear calico shirts, with
grey vests, and these garments, with breech cloths, completed
the dress of our new acquaintances.

Early next morning found us under way for Lake Okee-
chobee in company with Mr. Carlton and Billy Asceola. We
followed an old wagon trail leading to Old Fort Centre 'on
Fish Ealing Creek. This trail had been made during the
Indian wars, since which time it has been followed by set-
tlers, cattle-raisers and cattle. Mid day found us near the
dry bed of a Summer water course, where we camped for
dinner. I took a spade and dug a shallow hole, from which
we obtained water for coffee. After eating I seated myself
in the centre of the trail to enjoy my old pipe. Frank laid
himself down a few feet from me, and almost instantly
jumped up with an exclamation. His fright was easily ac-
counted for, for we heard the warning rattle of the death-
dealing snake, within reach of whose fangs he had reclined.

He seized his rifle and fired, but excitement spoiled his
aim; he then used his revolver, and with the last chamber
wounded his snakeship. Iu the interim one of the party
protided himself with asliok, and soon finished the rattler. I

Frank claimed the rattles, which, upon removal, numbered
eight and a button.

After our encounter with tho snake wc hitched up the
oxcu and started for the lake. Night found us four miles
troin the largo mound at Old Fort Centre. Here we
camped, ana wore favored with tho bellowing of an ancient
Sr ,T *dj0imn« Early next morning

Old FortVa , .S lh° trai1’ aDdat8A- M " o reached

bull fr C .LcavinS Mr. Carlton to take care of tbo

ri e ll,8,r,8TfOUn^‘n lQdlaa can«e and started for
four miles ‘ “C K l° tbo 8talom*»t <>* our guide.

VVe forced our way through several extensive beds of tho
floating lettuce, and after poling and paddling for two
miles reached a continuous bed of this plant. Wo were
provided with two paddles und a pushing pole sixteen feet
long. The banks of tho creek were perpendicular, and tho
water from twelve to fourteen feet deep. In this stream

the lettuce was larger and more luxuriant than any we had
ever seen in the State. The roots were very long and per-
fculy mutted, aud wo endeavored to force a passage
through the obstruction, but might as well have tried to
paddlo or pole our canoe through one of the New York
docks. For many years I had looked forward with
pleasure to the day when I should visit Okeechobee, and
nothing hut disappointment loomed up before mo. To
force a passage for several miles through the lettuco wo
found to bo impossible, and after considering the matter I
resolved to reach tho lake by wading and wallowing
through tho water, mud and saw-grass of the swamps be^
tween mo and tho lake, and accordingly hauled tho cauoo
ashore.

Had I been aware of tho difficulties to be encountered I
have reason to bclievo that I could havo surmounted them,
and reached tho lake by tho course of tho cruok It I
Should again visit Fish Eating Creek I would provide my.
self with two hooked sticks about twelve feet loug. If
ouc man was stationed ou oach sido of the canoe, say ten
feet from tho stern, and tho two to hook iulo tho lettuco on
each side of the stern, und make traction towards tho storn,
we arc convince! that such u manouvro would make a pas-
sage for a cuuoe; and the forco applied would propel her
ahead. From our knowledge of tho growth, and tho diffi-
culties to he encountered in forcing a passage through such
an obstruction, we would advise tourists to test tho mode
suggested. Al ioHB8C0.

Protection of Moose. — Tho Nova Scot Ians uro prose-
cuting with vigor offenders against tho new law prohibit-
ing the killing of • moose for three years No less than
twelve persons have bccu convicted aud fined $50 each in
the counties of Halifax, Cumberland und Kings, uud in de-
fault of payment have been sent to jail. A largo number
of prosecutions are also pending. Much of this effort has
been accomplished through tho instrumentality of tho
“Game uud Inland Protective Society,” organized last year,
and which now includes seventy members. This society
has adopted measures to havo tho law apply to carrihoo
also, hundreds of which, as well us moose, liuvo been
slaughtered the past Winter, the unusual heavy snow facil-
itating their cnpturc. Tho cases in court havo attracted
great interest, and been attended by hundreds of persons.
In New Brunswick fines havo been imposed on persons
who have taken buss out of season, and there seems to ho a
widespread disposition to put tho laws into pruclicul effect.
Wc notice In tho Provincial paper a published list of
twonty-nino wardens appointed for the several districts of
Nova Scotia, six in all, each district being in eburgo of a
commissioner. It would be desirable to adopt a similar
police system throughout the United Slates, and to examine
carefully the measures employed by our neighbors, that
we may profit thereby, if need ho.

Tue Centennial. — Professor Baird is to have an entire
building at tho Centennial devoted exclusively to an exhi-
bition of fish and fish culture. He will exhibit upwards of
000 piaster casts of food fishes peculiar to the coast of
America. Tho display will also include models of every
description of fishing smuck, boats, seines, nets and all the
paraphernalia used in tho catching, curing for and curing of
fish. The Swedish Government has appropriated the sum
of $100,000 to bo devoted entirely to a display of dvery-
thing pertaining to tho same subject in 8wedeu; we must
look to it that our own exhibit is not Inferior.

ANew Art Process.— Mr. J. Ives Pease, the artist of
Twin Lakes, Conn., has invented a new process of pic-
ture-making, by which portraits of men und animals and
picturesque scenery can ho taken In a few seconds, huving
the closest possible resemblance to stipple engravings, or
chalk drawings, priuted in the usual manner of photo-
graphs, or ferrotypos; and these in turn cun ho transferred
to stone or metal surfaces and printed as type, or lu tho
lithographic or plate press. For pictures of dogs, horses,
game and fish, this invention or discovery must lead to very
surprising results.

Pistol Practice.— We wish to call attention to tho
letter from “Brandon” on this subject, which is printed this
week in our Rifle column. He handles tho subject intelli-
gently for a “novice," and offers suggestions worth acting
upon. “Read and you will know.”

—The Canadian QtnlUman'a Journal , published at Toron-
to, has recently changed proprietors, and is now conducted
by Mr. Peter Collins, of Dundas. It already shows marked
improvement in all its departments. Canada ought to sup-
port a good field Journal.

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FOREST AND STREAM

THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS.

A SMALL number of birds pass the Winter with us,
“while whole families are admonished by the chilling
winds of Autumn and go from our shores. It is singular
that the feathered tribe know exactly when lo migrate.
"The stork in the heavens knowclh her appointed time,
and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the
time of her coming."

It is no less wonderful that creatures devoid of reason
know by instinct exactly how lo go, and calculate the
time with precision without guide or compass. We have
never witnessed their departure; wo miss them, and they
are gone. Wo do not see them arrive, but. in Spring their
merry song attracts us and assures us of their presence.
We hail with joy the melody of their song, making the
woods vocal with their music; and when the season comes
for their departure they go in the same mysterious way.

It is known to naturalists that migrations are chiefly per-
formed by night. The migrations of some birds are appa-
rent by their peculiar notes, which are distinguishable
while passing through the air. When their forms are per-
ceptible their peculiar manner of flight readily distinguishes
them. The great majority of birds come and go silently,
leaving us ignorant of their route or destination. We know
by their direction in flight that in Spring they come from
the South, and when cold weather approaches they return.
Circumstances influence the direction of their flight. Some
birds follow different routes iu autumnal migrations from
those taken in the vernal. One variety may fly in a par-
ticular line, adhere to it for a period, und then change for
another route. This is apparent by observing certain birds
plentiful in some localities, and then entirely disappearing,
to be seen in places where they have not been observed be-
fore in years. Other varieties, if not interrupted by inclem-
ent weather, arrive and depart from the same localities
with great regularity. Some birds return annually to the
home of their birth. The writer once resorted to Spallan
Yane’s experiment, and tied colored silk thread around the
limb of a female robin, which by accident came iu his pos-
session while rearing a brood of young near his residence.
The same nest had been occupied for seven ycurs previous-
ly, and for two years after the identification the pair con-
tinued to build in the same nest, until the pugnacious
English sparrows became so numerous that they gained the
mastery and drove the robins to another locality. The
same season the Identical robin was seen building lmlf a
mile distant from the old nest, where they, completed their
incubations for the season; but it remains lo be seen
whether the pair will return to their present location another
year. Usually, in migrating, the pair goes together, though
sometimes the male anticipates the female a few days, when
she joins him; but she never takes the lead. In certain lo-
calities male bobolinks are seen in flocks for several days
before the females appear.

In autumnal migrations, with some kinds, the females
and their young go a few days in advance, when the males
follow. A few birds remain stationary. Tho mocking
bird affords an example. The writer has confirmed this by
the same tests as previously mentioned, and has known a
pair lo build in the fork of a tree, where their nest, as soon
as completed, was removed seven times in succession; but
still they persevered in building again, and continued to
raise their brood for years in the same pluce.

Among gay plumaged birds the first to arrive in Spring
arc bright in color. Unlike the flowers that bloom in
Spring, the first are those of modest hue, while their colors
deepen as Autumn approaches. Most birds, in migrating,
when fully settled, begin to nest; if they do not their
destination is’not yet reached.

The causes of migration are various. It is observed that
when the chill winds of Autumn destroy insect life, such
birds us consume them migrate to a warm climate, where
they arc again found in abundance. When graniverous
birds find their supply of food covered with snow they go
South, while rapacious birds follow their prey. The only
kind that remains stationary arc those whose supply of food
is unaffected. From this it will be noticed that stern ne-
cessity compels birds to migrate, as well as climute.

The mild air of Spriug awakens tho instinct of birds,
and brings them back to their Summer retreats, where
last Autumn they undertook a loug passage beyond the
6eas in search of subsistence and a genial clime.

Order is observed in the instincts of birds in their migra-
tions. We observe that those birds which departed from us
first arc the first to return and cause the crisp air to rever-
berate with joyous songs, and with their tiny wings fanning
the atmosphere into a glow of warmth, bringing health,
vigor, and strength to their every nerve and sinew.

The swallow returns to its nest, made the Spring before.
The robin seeks its old habitation, bringing back her
young of a year’s growth to enjoy familiar scenes and the
society of friends. Wild geese, when on their northward
flight, maintain it by night and day. Small birds, perhaps,
may do the same thing, though the darkness may not re-
veal their presence.

Mr. Mitchell, the astronomer, used to speak of seeing
small birds cross the field of his glass when it was directed
to the moon in the dark hours of night. Other astrono-
mers affirm the same thing, and say at certain seasons the
field of their telescopes are obscured by birds flying south-
ward at night during the months of September and Octo-
ber; and aguiu in April tho same is apparent. The keepers
of lighthouses bear ample testimony lo the amount of life
lost among birds during the season of migration, blinded
no doubt, by the dazzling light. Mrs. Thaxt6r, in her book

of "Life on the Isle of Shoals,” says that "sometimes In
Autumn, and always in Spring, when birds are migrating,
they are destroyed in such quantities by this means that it
is painful to reflect upon. The keeper at the island three
years ago told me that he picked up 325 in one morning at
the foot of the lighthouse, all dead. They fly with such
force against the glass that their beaks are often splintered.
The keeper said he found the destruction greatest in hazy
weather, und he thought "they struck a ray at a great dis-
tance and followed it up." Many a May morning have I
wandered about the rocks at the foot of the tower, mourn-
ing over a little apron brimful of sparrows, swallows,
thrushes, robins, fire-winged blackbirds, many colored
warblers, fly catchers, beautifully clothed yellow birds, nut
catchers, cat birds, even the purple finch and scarlet taua-
ger and golden oriole, and mauy more besides — enough to
brcuK the heart of a small child lo think of. Once a great
eagle flew ugainsl the lantern and shivered the glass. That
was before I lived there; but after we came two gulls
cracked one of the large clear panes one stormy night."

Another writer remarks — "Yes, they coino in the night.
We wake up some bright Spring morning to hear the wel-
come notes of birds which were not here the day before,
and bad not been here for half a year at least. This is no-
tably true of the clear, mellow whistle of the oriole, those
flying flames which come with the blossoms, but come sud-
denly at the end of the first week in May. All our famil-
iar Spring birds, in fact, seem to come back to us in the
night. Tho lighthouse glare on the shore is perilous to all
of them, little and big.”

Longfellow, in his poem on the lighthouse, says:—

‘ Tho sen bird, wheeling ronnd it, with tho din
Of wings und winds und solitary cries,

Blinded und muddened by tho light within,

Duahcs himself against the glnrc und dies."

James S. Bailey, A. M., M. D.

NOTES FROM INDIANA.
[by ocn correspondent.]

Indianapolis, Indiana, April 14, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

I cannot leave this great central city without penning a
few lines illustrative of its importance as a commercial
point, as well as its sporting interest, and its ready access to
the fishing waters covering a radius of 150 miles by rail in
almost any direction, though the northward seems the
course to which the angler directs his wanderings. As a
central city, its importance is second lo none. Its fine
streets and public buildings will vie with those of the
largest cities in the Union, its trade keeping pace with
cities of greater pretensions, and its rapid growth a marvel
to every one. The citizens claim over 100,000 inhabitants.
This may possibly be so, for its seems to bear the imprint
to a casual observer that this amount claimed is not an
overdrawn statement. Being the great railroad centre of
the mid-west, it is accessible from almost any poiut.

While the White River, upon which the city is located,
is filled with bass, which afford good fishing in the Spring
and Fall, there are other points of ready access affordiug
greater variety, which are the resort of many sportsmen
who would rather be away from home, if only to shake
off the sbackels of domestic felicity for a season. Not
that they are unwilling slaves lo home restraints or its con-
comitants, for auy true angler would gladly take tho better
half, that perpetual luxury, in and out of season; but I am
constrained to confess that it is not always convenient,
though it ought to be. I can imagine no greater luxury on
your journey, nor a more congenial companion in the
forest and beside the rippling stream or placid lake, than a
wife who can enter into the spirit and fully participate
in the sports of the rod and line; and to see her angelic
form in some sequestered nook, perched upon a shelving
rock, casting a fly and playing with the "speckled beauties"
—so complaisant— so happy— so contented. Were I to
picture the pristine abode of our first parents, I would give
them

"A lodge In some vast wilderness—

Some uoandlesa contiguity of shade.’’

Seat her ladyship upon the mossy bank with rod and line
in hand, while tho old gent should be shying rocks at every
creeping, crawling creature.

On the other hand, if your "better half” has no taste for
such things, 6end her to the sea side or "to Hoboken;’’ don’t
encumber yourself with an incubus, that will spoil all your
sport and bear you down with reproof aud disgust. You
may assume to be happy to your friends, but you are not.
They can tell what is the matter, but will not. If you are
patient, you need not take your place on a monument.
They know you are smiling at grief, and “may heaven
have mercy on you."

The Iudianapolis Hunting and Fishing Association held
their annual meetiug for the election of officers for the en-
suing year, April Dili. Ur. Miller was elected President,
Banuiel Beck, Secretary and Treasurer, with the usual num-
ber of Directors. They don’t seem to have accomplished
much so far, but are determined to keep the lights burning.
They labor in their Slate under the same difficulties as in
others. It must take time to educate the people to the
stand of propriety — indeed, I might say, interest. Any-
thing coming from tho cities and brought before the legis-
lature is looked upon with distrust by the grangers,
unless it is clear to them that there is no "nigger in de-
fence. ’’ They say the game law is good enough for them, even
though what they have is a dead letter. But this will work
out after a time by persisteutly bringing the question up in
and out of season. Such has been the case elsewhere,
and 1 can 6ee no reason why it should be otherwise here.

I am credibly informed that the best place for fishing is
in Lake Maxinkuckee, Marshall county, 120 miles north,
on the line of the ludiuuapolis, Peoria & Chicago R. K.
This lake is three miles by two and a half, and fed by living
springs and surrounded by lulls. It is not exactly’ on the
railroad, by ten miles. The accommodations are suid to be

good with all the material supplied at tho hotel for fisluug.
This’ is tho favorite resort of tho anglers of this city.
Black bass, wall-eyed pike, croppies and striped perch, the
usual gamo. The bass are said to be above the average in
size for this section, aud are in plentiful supply. The sta-
tion on the railroad to stop at is Hargos.

Rome City twenty miles north of tort Wayne, on the
same road, is another favorite resort. It consists ot a
series of small lakes, and has good accommodations.
Bass, pickerel and croppies are the game; best in May and
June and in the Full months. In the latter time of year
good bass fishing may be had in the Wabash, from Us
mouth to its head. Excellent bass fishing is found in the
White River in the Fall and Spring, up to the dam above
the city. Several thousands of shad were put into this
river under the auspices of Seth Green, but with what re-
sult time aloue can tell.

glie gifle.

The Oom.iV Tournament.— This interesting event was
brought to a close on Monday evening by the announce-
ment of the winning score, and the presentation of Mr.
John Rigby’s pin to the winner, Mr. MacDonald. We give
below tho names of the twelve gentlemen who having
made the highest scores now compose the short range team
who will continue to practice, ami shortly will he prepared
to meet any similar number in friendly competition for the
championship. It may not be out of place to mention
here that the nucleus is uow formed of uu association »o
be known as the Short Range Rifle Club. There are many
who contend that off-hand shooting is of ns much_interest
and importance as the practice in any position at longer
ranges, and Mr. Couliu, while ranking with the best
at uny distance, may he called the father of short range
shooting, as from his school have graduated some of our
finest marksmen. The presentation of a prize for rifle
shooting seemed most appropriate on a day which marked
the most important anniversary in our country’s history,
and when sprung into life that cause which made sharp
shooting a necessity. Mr. MacDonald’s score of eight
and seven eighth inches seems almost marvelous when we
consider that the shots were fired at seventy-five feet at a
bullseye one inch in diameter, and that the total deviation
of twenty shots was but eight and seven eighth inches
from the centre of the bullseye. Appended are the total

scores : —

Names and scores of the men on tho Short Range Team.

W. McDonald. .91, 10 11-16. 11 3-10

L. C. Bruce 01

A. Marsh I'H

Win Haves 16J

G. W. Hamilton 104

Chas. A. Cheever 11 3-16

Thomas Lloyd 12 7-16

Alex. Roux 13

J, T. B. Collins 134

G. W. Tale 13*

T. Moore llj

W. A. Sherman 1*

Wc shall publish next week a record of the best twenty-
five scores made at Mr. Conlin’s Gallery, covering a period
of five years.

Creedmoou.— Saturday last was a dismal day for
rifle practice. The snow flurries almost obscured the
targets at times, and the biting, piercing wind numbed the
fingers. The practice at the 800 yard range was very fair,
however, although the men frequently were obliged to
wait for a glimpse of the bullseye and then take it "on the
fly." No formal scores were kept, although the usual
number of shots, fifteen at each range, (800, 1)00 and 1,000
yards,) were fired. Among those present were Col. Gil-
dersleeve, Col. Scott, G'apt. Fulton, C'apt. Bruce, Capt.
Lindsay, Messrs. G. W. Yale, J. S. Conlin, E. II. Madi-
son, L. M. Ballard, A. V. Canfield, Jr., A. J. Hennion, Jr.,
and a largo number of beginners. Several new positions
were attempted, and several gentlemen adopted tliut of Capt.
Fulton. Several alterations have been made in the targets
and the top wall along the crest of tho epaulemcnt at the
butts is approaching completion. The picket fence has
been painted and the general appearunce of the grounds
much improved.

The International Match.— On Saturday next the
gentlemen who are desirous of winning the bubble reputa-
tion at the rifle’s breech, will assemble at Crcedtnoor to
shoot in competition for places on the team, which is to re-
present the riflemen of America in the approaching con-
test at Dublin. As the six gentlemen who competed in
la9t year’9 match have signified their intention of shooting
in this, and as they have been permitted to stand on their
previous records, au impression prevails that the team is
virtually organized already, and that the competitive trials
will partake very much of the character of the farce which
sometimes precedes the tragedy. Such, however, is in
reality not the ca6e. Assuming that the six who are
allowed to 6tand on past scores can hold their positions,
there still remains three places to be filled, this number
being required as reserves.

We do believe, however, that tho course pursued in al-
lowing these gentlemen to stand on previous records will
exert iu more ways than one an unfortunate effect upon
the success of the undertaking; first, in discouraging mauy
who might otherwise have taken part in the competition,
and again, in encouragiug our opponents wlio will have in
advance the metre of three-fourths of the team. Again,
while admitting that the late victors have retained all their
skill, how much more assuring would it have been for us,
who will look with so much eagerness for the result, to
have known this, and perhaps more. Even the practice' dur-
ing the competition, ss partaking of the nature of a match,
would have improved aud nerved them.

—It is exceedingly pleasant to record the liberality with
which the appeals lor funds have been met, and now that
the sum of $5,000, or more, as we are informed, bus been

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collected, we presume the requisitions will cease. As be-
fore noted, the Academy benefit realized about $3,500.
Several individuals, whose names have been published,
have contributed liberal sums, and the subscriptions from
the Stock and Produce Exchanges, the amounts of which
we have not seen in priut, must swell the total to an amount
ample for the purpose. In addition to this liberality on the
part of our own citizens, wc now learn that the manager of
the Inman Steamship Company lias received instructions
from the head office in Liverpool to tender free passages
out and home in one of their steamers to the eleven mem-
bers of the American team. Not only have the authorities
of the city of Dublin insisted upon our riflemen being
their guests, but the most elaborate preparations are being
made for their reception and entertainment. The Irish
Times of the 2d inst. contains a report of the committee
appointed to this duty, and gives a list of some of the re-
ceptions and festivities which will take place. A deputa-
tion of the Irish Rifle Club Associatiou will proceed to
Queenstown, so as to welcome the American team. Visits
to most of the public institutions and buildings of Dublin
are arranged. Next follows an excursion to the Vurtry
Waterworks, which every one knows is a home phrase
meaning a glorious and most jovial feast, at which very
little Vnrtry water is imbibed. A grand concert will be
given in the Great Hall of the Exhibition Palace, aud the
visitors will be treated to a steam trip on Dublin and
Killiney bays, and, if possible, will visit Lord Talbot de
Mnlnhidc. A special performance is to be given at the
Theatre Royal. A grand review of the military and a trip
to the Currngh Camp is arranged. The Lord Mayor has
announced his intention to give a grand banquet, and the
University of Dublin aud many private individuals will
follow suit. The Times continues: —

“It must be doue right well. The truth is that the mem-
bers of the Irish team, all steady men, where whisked up
and down through the United States by a people whose
hearts are as large as their country is powerful. Some of
our champions got lost for a while, and with great diffi-
culty persuaded their hosts to let them drop down to the
coast one by one. The hospitality shown everywhere, ami
by all classes in America to the Irish team, was unbounded
and magnificent. We must return the generosity of the
American hosts to the very utmost of our power. The
fact that Major Leech has undertaken the direction of the
reception, Ac., is a guarantee that everything possible
will be done in a style worthy of the occasion and of
Irelaud.

—The joint committee of the National Rifle Association
and the Amateur Iliflo Club held their weekly meeting iu
the Bennett Building, corner. Nassau and Ann streets, on
Friday last. There were present:— Colonel Gildcrsleeve,
Captain Fulton, A. Alford, George Crouch, E. H. Sanford,
A. V. Canfield, Jr., Captain Bruce and Colonel Wingate.
The last named officer was in the chair. A package was
received from a Long Island railroad company containing
200 tickets for the gratuitous use of those participating in
the approaching international return rifle match. A vote
of thanks was tendered to the company for their generous
offer. A letter from Major Leech, asking for detailed in-
formation in relation to the movements of the team, was
read. The Committee on Transportation reported the re-
ceipt of the following communication from Mr. John G.
Dale, agent for the Inman Line: —

Inman Steamship Company, April 13, 1875.

To the Joint Commute* of the Amateur Rifle Club and Na-
tional Rifle Association:

Gentlemen: I write to inform you that we have re-
ceived instructions from Liverpool, by cable, to tender free
passage out and back to the members of the association
who may be selected for the coming match with the Irish
riflemen. The number, we understand, is limited to
eleven, and, as our steamer City of Chester, which sails on
Juue 5, is a very popular steamship, it would be well to
come to an early decision, so that we may reserve the best
accommodations for the party.

Respectfully yours, Joiin G. Dale.

On motion of Colonel Gildersleeve the offer was ac-
cepted, and the Secretary was instructed to return the
thanks of the committee to Mr. Dale for his liberal in-
vitation.

■

Tiie Amateur Rifle Club.— The executive committee
of this club met on Friday last with Captain Fulton in the
chair and Mr. Geo. Crouch as Secretary. A challenge was
read from Mr. C. K. Murry, on behalf of the Victoria Rifle
Club, of Hamilton, Canada West, to a friendly contest of
skill with the Amateur Rifle Club, on the Saturday preced-
ing the annual Fall meeting of the National Rifle Associa-
tion at Creedmoor. A resolution was adopted for the pur-
pose of accepting the challenge, with the proviso that the
new system of targets lately adopted at Wimbledon be used
on the occasion. A report was received from the sub-com-
mittee appointed to prepare tlio annual report of the club,
stating that Colonel Vulentiue had decided to print 2,500
copies, instead of 5,000, of which number Messrs. E. Rem-
ington & Son had subscribed for 1,000 copies; Sharps Rifle
Company, 1,000 copies, and 500 copies had been reserved
for the use of the Amateur Rifle Club. Mr. Alford stated
that his firm had incurred some expense for procuring ad-
vertising plates to be published in the roport upon the re-
presentation that 5,000 copies were to be distributed, and
he wished the terms of the contract carried out. On mo-
tion, Mr. Sanford was appointed a referee to ascertain the
facts of the case, with instructions to report the result of
his investigations at the next meeting of the committee.

elected:— Pres., F. F. Millcn; Vice-Pres., Col. Bethel Bur-
ton; Sec. and Trcas. Edward Brown; Executive Com-
mittee, J. .1. O'Kclly, Gen. F. F. Milieu, Col. B. Burton,
Major P. 51. Iluverty, Dr. C. J. MacGuiru. Capt. Jerome
Collins, and Lieut. William II. Murphy. It was resolved
that tho initiation fee should be increased to $3, and the
annual dues limited to $5. At n subsequent meeliug of
the Executive Committee it was resolved to hold the first
match on Saturday, May 8, at Creedmoor, for the club
badge. The conditions adopted for tho contest were dis-
tances 200 and 500 yards; two sighting and seven scoring
shots; weapons, any military rifle.

I nE California Match.— Tho competition for places
on the team, to be composed of members of Co. D, 12th
Kegt., N. G. S. N. 5 ., which is to shoot against the Cali-
fornia riflemen on June 36th, is progressing rapidly, Tho
contest has narrowed down to the selection of the two last
men, and these will probably bo appointed this week. We
have seen some of the scores made, and arc confident that
in the match previous records at off-hand shooting will bo
excelled. Mr. Sheldon J. Kellogg, formerly of the 23d
Regt., N. G. S. N. Y., now residing in San Francisco, has
kindly consented to act as umpire lor the New York team
at that side.

-♦•*-

Tiie DePkyster Badge. — We give below a cut of this
beautiful badge, which is to be shot for by members of the
National Guard at the next meeting of the American Rifle
Association. On the clasp is a portrait of the donor, Gen.
J. Watts DePeystcr. The circle within the star is filled by
a figure of Helios or Apollo, the first archer, shooting from
the chariot of the sun. The bow and the rifle are repre-
sented by figures of Daniel Boone and an Indian, on either
side, with the ivy and laurel crowns given for nrchery at
the Olympian, Nemenn and Isthmian games. A trophy of
spears and rifles form the base.

American Riflemen on British Soil. — The laws re-
lating to the bearing of arms iu Ireland arc so stringent
that the approaching visit of American riflemen has been
thought of sufficient importance to be brought before the
attention of the British House of Commons. From the
reply of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, who also took
occasion to remark that all classes would heartily welcome
the American team, it was inferred that the visitors, being
law abiding citizens, and not disguised Fenians, no inter-
ference was to be apprehended from the authorities, and
that, if necessary, a special arrangement would bo made to
secure their entire freedom of movement and exemption
from the formal operation of the law.

S«* mid giver fl’ix/iii/i;.

FISH IN SEASON IN APRIL.

Trout, Salma fiMiUnallt.
Salmon, Salma talar.

Salmon Trout. &i/mo coiiSnls.
Shall. .1/0.1.

Fish in Market.— Fish is in very fair supply, consider-
ing tho unseasonable weather, the effect of which has been
to retard tho run of Hudson River shad. A few lino largo
ones, however, are sold at 75 cents each; Delaware* bring
o0 cents. One solitary specimen from the Connecticut
River is reported as having bcon seen in tho city. Cod is
plentiful at 8 cents; haddock 8 eonts; halibut 20 cents;
Potomac striped bass of largo size, say 40a50 lbs. each, sell
for 10 cents per pound; smaller sizes, 15al8 cents; Cali-
fornia salmon brings 35 cents; Canada trout, 80 cents; cul-
tivated trout, $1 to $1.25 per pound. Smelts are not iu
much demand, although abundant at 15 couts. A few
red snappers from Savannah aro selling at 20 cents; green
turtle aro also in largo supply, prico 20 cents per pound.
Terrapin can bo had at $12 per dozen.

The Ugly Fishermen's Club.— Mr. George E. Greene,
President of tho Now York and Newport Ugly Fishing
Club, has been made tho recipient of two elegant brouzo
statuettes in commemoration of tho anniversary of Ids
birth day. Tho presentation was made by tho members of
the Ugly Club, which was organized August 20lh, 1865,
aud received its name from tho peculiar expression of tho
countenances of the members when Mr. Ground caught an
enormous dog-shark duilng tho first cruise. The bronzes
arc about eighteen inches in height, one representing a fisher
girl holding aloft a string of handsome fish, and the other
representing a laughing maiden displaying a cluster of
fruit.

A neat and humorous address was delivered on tho oc-
casion by Mr. J. W. Mars, which was as follows:—

"Wc herewith present you, on this auspicious occasion
the 1st day of April in the year of our Lord. 1875, aud thu
anniversniv of your birth, with this small token of our
esteem and regard, and as a testimonial of your worth as a
companion ami member of tho Now York and Newport
Ugly Fishing Club. Wo wish you to accept it as a token
of our everlasting friendship.

“This graceful form, one which you so admire, holds iu
her hand that which you so much adore, viz. : tho fish.
We hope that whenever you heave your line In, it will bo
in Wash-bowl, Shcupshoud Bay, or Kotllobotlom, that you
may be successful in catching not only dog fish and bonitus,
but the famous fish which you so much revere, and which
is usually known as tho C. L. N. Wishing you many re-
turns of tho present occasion, we remain, yours truly.”
This was happily responded to by the recipient, and
speeches referring to the past history of tho association,
its trials and its pleasures, were made by J. II. Mathews
W. W. Sturms, Tlios. Jncksou, John Oailo, P. W. Down-
ing, nnd others.

The record of the club shows its heaviost tako In one
day, off Nowport, at 780 pounds. Tho heaviest tautog,
(blackflsh,) taken last season weighed twelve pounds
twelve ounces.

— 1 The magnificent $2,000 trout rod which wo mentioned
in our issue of March litli ns being manufactured for
Messrs. Abby & Imbric (late Andrew Clerk & C'o.,) for dis-
play at the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, can now
be seen at their store, 48 Maiden Lane. As an exquisito
piece of workmanship and value it is well worth an exam-
ination. Copying our notice, referred to above, " La
Chasse lUustree," of Paris, Frauce, remarks in its peculiar
vivacious style of comment: —

“Wo learn that M. II. Leonard, maker of fly rods, at
New York, has lust manufactured one with reel, joints
and handle of gold, at the price of— fishermen, remove your
hats— $2,000; that is, 10,000 francs. ; that is, at five per cent.
500 fmucs income a year; that is, at one franc per pound,
500 pounds of fish to catch during tho annual fishing sea-
son, that is, at fifty gudgeons to the pound, 2,500 individ-
uals of these interesting cyprlnoids to bo caught.

Well, no, however attracting such a fry would be, I
would not care to risk paying such a price for it.

Henri Cuatillon."

— A new kind of sport has been opened for the angler,
in the capture of flying ffsli, either with bait or fly. An
English naval officer, cruising in tho South Pacific, re-
lates his experience in this line in tho London Field. IIo
writes : —

New Rifle Club. —A new rifle club is about being
organized at New Haven, Conn. Several meetings have
been held at the armory of the New Haven Greys; a largo
number have signified their intention of joining, among
them many of the most prominent men of the State.

— An influential resident of Newborn, North Carolina,
who lias done a great deal toward securing legal protection
for tho game and fish of his State, mentions the rather
strange anomaly that a serious difficulty in tho way of com-
plete success lies in the fact that deer are so plenty as to
prove a serious annoyance to the farmers, destroying their
crops of young peas, beans, &c., and they cannot under-
stand what considerations of clemency can apply to these
creatures !

■ »

— The Duke of Argyll’s new deer forest is about six miles
round, has just been finished, and some 200 deer were
driven into it lately. The fencing is composed of twelve
wires, and is eight feet high, and is quite deer-proof.— Land
and Water.

"Wc were on our way from Payta, Peru, to Callao, nnd
on the day in question the wind had dropped, there being
scarcely enough to even ripple the water. A large shoal of
flying fish kept by us all clay, and afforded excellent Hport
during the ufternoon. A variety of baits wero employed
in their capture — bits of red bunting, small spoon baits,
aud artificial minnows and (lies — the most taking being a
large red fly aud a small gilt minnow; but nil the bails men-
tioned caught some. In foliowing the minnow through
the water the fish would open both pectoral fins, and poiso
themselves for a rush at it. Spreading the fins also had tho
effect of checking their progress, if their suspicious were
aroused by a near inspection of the bait. When hooked
they proved very game fish, taking out several yards of lino
in their first rush, and often tukiug a flight in the uir, line
and all.

The motion of this fish under water is peculiar. Tho
tail is its chief means of progression, the large pectorial
fins being usually folded and luid along the side of the fish,
so as not to be discernible.”

—The trouting season opened on the 1st instant on the
Thames, England. Thus far tho weather has not been
very favorable for fishing.

* iRisn-AMERiCAN RrFLE Club.—' This organization held its
annual meeting on Friday last. The followingofflcers were

The deer paddock at Blooming Grove Park, Pa., is four
miles around and enclosed in the same fashion with a fence
of the same height.

Georgia — Atlanta, Ajrril 14t/i. — The heavy rains have
I again flooded the hill country so as to prevent fishing for
| speckled trout. We wish to start on our trip by the 20th,

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when we hope the writers will he within hounds. There is
fine trout fishing among the mountains of Georgia, — A. K.
E., U. S. A.

Fishing Matters — The number of fishing arrivnls for
the week ending April Mill, was nineteen, thirteen from
Georges and six from the Grand Banks. The Gcorgesnicn
are now bringing in split fish, the aggregate catch for the
week being about 300.000 pounds, and 30,000 pounds hali-
but, Bank halibut have been in light receipt, the ice on
the Bank greatly interfering with fishing operations. The
total receipts have been about 120,000 pounds, which have
met with quick aide, at good prices. Several of the Heel
nave been obliged lo put into Halifax' on account of the
icc, anil some have come home with very meagre fares In
consequence it will prove a serious drawback to the halibut
fishery, some of tin- licet losing an entire trip.

One hundred and fifty-four fishermen have arrived at, this
port the past week, from Nova Scotia. They will all be
wanted to man the fishing fleet,— Cape Ann Ailocrliscr
April 16/A

TWIN LAKES, CONNECTICUT.

THE RANGELEY LAKES.

Canaan, Conn., April 4, 187*.

KniTOR FoilEftT and Stiiham: -

(icnll* Spring Ins Ju»t dropped down upon us. nil of n fliittor, In llio
•hope of blue bird, and robins, nnd ethereal mlldne.. look, up from
onr •looping "twin*" through tbolr »noivy hlnnkct« And icyrhc-ir -
which, by l ho wny, nre notnr ililriy lnctio. thick, nnd warranted good for
•niiio wank* yet Of cour*c the pot plckorcl fl.hem have lind n trying
time of It In trying to keep ilietrpot hole., o ynrd deep, open, nnd
though a few hundred pound, of llr.lt may linvo l.een .nuked out. yol onr
Summer boarder* may he a-.ared that there will bo n few more left for
tlielr «poonlng nnd hooking No hn.. or white fl.li have been caught
• thnafiir. nnd n. itio extraordinary thick Ico I. likely to .hut out Hie pi-
rntlcat .penr.mi'n until the •pawning n-ii.oii I. over, tho promlne i.
excellent for a good Summer's •port. Of the throe thon.nnd nnd odd
mil iiioii Irout we pincod In the hike lu.t Winter, nothing lias boon seen or
benrd from them a. yet; but If they nil do n« well n« Iho sample that wo
have In Hit, aquarium that surmount, our dots, they must lie growing
finely. Trout O.lilng In onr Miw-nchu»ctt. brook, ha. been In legal or-
der (Into tho ilOth, nnd In Coiineetleut opened on tho 1st of April, hm I.
still n cloio season «o fur n« Ice nnd snow enn mnko It so, and It I. safe
to «ny not a trout bus yet boon token by hook or by crook. It cannot
be long, however, before Spur. Jlnrtholoinow, and ( nndcc brook* will he
In tty -fishing ordor; ilmn let trout lookout! A. I write the Sngvs Ka
vine stream that pour, down Hie old Tnconic, Opposite my wont window,
gleams in the April huh like n cninrnet of diamond., wltli enough pietnr-
e-qtiowoPT fall, along It* course to keep nil the urtl.l. In the New York
e'ndlo. In n .tale of excitement to do them tiny kind of Justice, w hile at

tin- Dry Brook, a few'mlles further north, It. seven I feet ..f per

peudlculnr wall stand, like the spear of Ithurlel (ahem!) against tho gray
rrnmte background that supports It. As the brook l» literally n dry brook
In Summer, It l» not n trout stream nhovo Its Juncture with the Burtlml-
omew brook, hut below that n brother angler of our. (It, II. ]•., 0f |{oclt
Island, III ) has filled ninny n heavy creel with half-pounders, nnd some
of less weight, but so nice I

Of tho innny attractions of Hit. region -picturesque, piscatorial, nrtl.t-
lf. nnd hygienic -the renders of Porknt and Stream are tolerably well
luformod, nnd nlrondy Inquiries for Summer hoard nre beginning lo bo
m ale, and (hi. season there nre parties on the lake shore Hint will "tnko
boirrler." for a consideration; nnd we may m well mention Hint tho
proprietor of Twin Lakes Trout Farm, who own. some half mile of Hie
loveliest of the lake shoro, will accommodate nil his house will bold nt
reasonable rate. I see also that the ndverlbement of Fred Coopor, liint
nil.d id. Iiou.o so promptly Inst season, 1. nl ready In Foiirst and
Stream, and will here remark Hint Id. place I* one of the honlthle.t and
most desirable locnlltle. within n mile', ride of the lake. For hotel ac
comtnodntlons at Salisbury (six miles from Twin Lukes) are two or throe
tolerable hon.ev and at Ashley Fulls (three miles from the lakes) Ferris
due. ns well a. he ran nt hoteling, and ut Canaan (four miles oIT) Corbin's
Union Depot Hotel Is Just the eleunnst, cosiest, nnd beet entered for In
nil this region, with i.ry moderate charges for .toady hoard . On the

can come to (lie lake, tho coming season with n good

Chance fur good accommodations nt reasonable rate.

Fur parties who want to locale In this region, n. nSununor home, or as
permanent re.ldent., them are two or three place, for sale Hint con bn
bought dog Cheap," and not Cordon setter dog, either; one 1 know of
(not mine, of 26 acres, good house, with t room, and verandah, all
noedful mit-hou.cs, .plena id view of Iho smaller lake nnd mountains,
with fruit tiees, garden, Ac , all for lets than 82,600! nnd sums good fel-
low ought to have It. Who speak, Drat? PteoATOB.

SALMON

FISHING IN
CREEK.

CALEDONIA

Caubdonia, Livingston county, N. Y.. April 13, 1876.
Euitoi\ Forest and Stueam -

} have »>e«'n enjoying n little salmon fl-lilng. 1 have not been to Can-
ada. n„r to Maine, uor to the Pacific coast; l„ fact I have not been
twenty miles nway from Rochester, nnd yet 1 have caught salmon What
OMUtlc emotion, pervade the angler', hrea-t when he see. the "swirl"
t,>o’’iclra8."n* the hook goo. home! Then come. Iho t„g of
: , ’ P 1,0 11 ' n"'1 1 ’"T'Vy side. With Intel, se

KtS 1 llf' blm from,hc water wlllwuy rlx ounce rod, and drop

IhMlin?' K'lttor, yon tl"nk that I am Joking. I assure you sir.
that 1 am not, and if you wl.l come up to see me. I will give you a chance
to know how It I. yourself." They arc not tame Ihh, either, out of my
„*• T00*" 1 l"lVt‘ l'lpl,lv of there, but free denlren* of the

twh;hrrml,,'’',UnC°"t?,"rd' r,"'Cy r"°-‘-«n>l «l»0 fancy for flies,
winch they seem to cat with supreme •atUfactlou

ZZS'V h"Vt‘ #1",,y8 *"PP0"ed, according to accepted nnthorltcs,
Din Z "m" ' mVV ,00k ,0'Ml "l111" ,rt-" water; that they on^

plajod with file, and eschewed cold meat Hut here they are, swollow-
lng fllea and little fl.1,1 What Is going to be done uhout this* Some-

tir^tW°i^!fneL”r0,,'r «"«»''"«y Horn hcadquar-

°r " fe'V ,rnc,“ for ‘""trlbutlon by tho American Fish
Cu turl l. Association? \ on will allow that Ills not n thing to be lol-
•rated at Ml that these salmon should. In tin* Christina country, go
knocking their head* ngulnst nil prejudice* of learned men. acting con-
u«ry to nil authority. a,„l belmvlng in this uncivilized manner
I be of you, Mr Editor, In the It, tercets of well behaved flshdom in
£cn* ro , Just to drop them a line, However reeorved uud Hiv they m»y
hove been before, ! have no doubt that this will bo .uflkhnl to bring
Ms /, our; and when you have done so, I have faith to believe that no fl.b
winch once p„«.<* through your hands will ever eat a fly ngutn

Yoara’ very 'roly, A. S. Cou.ins.

FISHING NOTES FROM PENNSYLVANIA.

Editor Fok«*t axo 8tbiuj|:_ Puiladeuhia, April 19, 1876.

«•“««•* °,ou^n' j •
— - * t gUlcr* ate mooting with very poor

Editor Forkst and Stream:—

Allow me lo bring lo your notice a place where ns good Ashing can be
hud a. in t lie Adirondack.. Andover, Maine, Is situated In the valley of
Hu- Ellis River, and nestle, lu iho midst of high hills, from the sides of
which flow numerous trout brooks. There are three house* where the
flshennan nnd his family can he entcrtulned-tho Gregg House. Poor's,
and 1 lie 1 avert), The flr»t mentioned Is the host known to sportsmen,
a. It 1ms been kept Tor some year.. For the ladle, and children there are
some beautiful drives nnd scenery, and If they be so Inclined they can
catch trout with very little fatlgne. Then, loo, there Is u dally mall
from New York City and cNewliere, so tliut otto can keep posted ou the
affairs of Iho out.ule world. When the flaherman'a time 1* limited he
usually .ends word a liend to have III. guide engaged, and strikes nt once
for the Richardson Lakes; there the lurgeat brook trout In the country
are caught. On these lakes nre two hotel camp.— the Middle Dam Camp,
mentioned In OenloC. Scott', works, ul.o in Charles Uollock's "Fishing
Tourist " The other, or Upper Dam Camp, I. some six miles further
up the lake., mid although not us much heard of n. the Middle Dam, yet
many who have 11. hod both place.* prefer the Upper Dam.

To get to either camp from Andover, u buck-bonrd Is taken for twclvo
nnle. to the arm of the lake. Tho ride for three miles is over a good
country road, but the retd of tho wny the road l« .imply execrable, al-
though the flue natural scenery In the notch repays for tho discomfort.
On reaching tho arm tho boot, a, e taken; If bound for the Middle Darn
the distance Is four miles. The distance lo the Upper Dam Is 12 nules
row or .all, and a half lull,' walk. Going through the narrows connecting
the two lakes, (whose Indian n nines I shall not try to give, the spoons are
thrown out for trout. At tho bend of the narrows nre some ruined
buildings Hero a man tried to make u settlement, but failed from be*
Ing too far from a market to use his timber, Ac. Several interesting le-
gends are also told of an Indian, who.e name Metallic Point bears. On
the upper lake there nre two private camps, owned, one by J P Whit-
ney, E»q , of Hu. ton, the other by Samuel Belton, Esq., of Philadelphia.
Mi. Whitney’, camp Is at the mouth of Mosquito brook, where good
flailing Is had ut time*. Then comes the Dura Landing, n few rods above
which Is Uolton'M Camp.

Tho Upper Dam Camp Is comprised of two dwelling camps and out-
houses Ono camp Is wholly given over for bed rooms, the other has
several bedrooms, n dining room, nnd a cook room. Cummings, who
cooked Inst Fall, set a first class tabic, considering Ills resources. For
those wishing to camp out the best place I. nt the mouth of the river
about one-half mile from the comp. Last Full there was a comfortable
log shanty there; one could step into his boat and get trout for breakfast
without going ten rod. There is another camp opposite Whitney's
where parties ure allow ed to camp, when nobody Is at the new camp, but
iislM. remote from all the best fishing grounds we would not reconi •
meml it. If one wishes to coutlnuo hi. trip by having his boat hauled
.1 mile or ,0. ho can launch her on the Big Lake, or Moosclncmngantic.

A rail of re von miles brings ono to Memo's stream, where 71.0 Stanley's
hatching houses me situated. By going up stream, or rather lake, be-
tween twelve and fifteen miles, you reach the Oquosstic Club House
Here partial con bo accommodated usually In July and August. This
house Is located nt the Junction of Rougcley and Kcntjebngo streams
about one-half a mile from tho Ink-. There Is n good camping ground
ou Llitle Island, and foimorly ut Benin's stream. In the upper part of
the Ink., there Is u good camp on Birch Island, w locn is Just at the
mouth of Cupsuptlc River, where wo buvo had very good fishing
I’o got there from New York City, take the night train for Boston;
then take the eight o’clock A. M train on the Boston and Maine R R
for Bryant’s Pond. On reaching Portland (hero Is a change of cars to the
Grand Trunk R R. On arriving at Bryant's Pond there Is a stage wail-
ing, which takes tho traveler some twenty miles to Andover. Cost to
Andover from New York, $10, Including everything. Board in Andover
5,10 per we. It at the Gregg House, kept by Chas. K. Cushman. Guides
for l he lnKO. charge $2 30 per day and board; boots, fifty cents per duv
If yon go to tho hotel camp the charge Is 82.50 per day. If you cam'.,
out the cost will be the guido hire, and whatever you feel like spending
for provisions. In tho Fall there Is splendid partridge (ruffed grouse)
shooting, and some ducking round the lake and pond.. Should wo take a
trip lo Andover in the Spring, will let vow know the result.

of hack, nnd bending troly from butt to tip. The finish Is exquisite
throughout, and quite equal to the choicest trout rods, than which it Is
somewhat ■llffor, nnd Is perfectly balanced; yet light us It Is, It ha. the
requisite strength for killing a large fish. As a mannfactnrer of rods—
If tho one I received from him Is a fair sample— I can safely nseert that
Orvi. bos no snperlors and but very few equals. The extremely modest
price asked for this beautiful rod must make a good demand for them,
for they supply a wont long felt. It is now very generally admitted
that the finest rods mode are ptoducud In this country, and many orders
nre constantly being filled hero for the foreign demand I write from
disinterested motives, simply wishing to call tho attention of brother
anglers to this excellent rod . Truly years, F, C. F.

$nch liny nnd felon liny.

Alt communication I from Secretaries and friends should be mailed no
later than Monday In each week.

HIGH WATER, FOR THE WEEK.

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—In spite of the snow storm the Model Yacht Club of
Brooklyn inaugurated 1 he season ou Saturday by exhibiting
their handsome little crafts on the lake ut Prospect Park.
Many new boats, averaging five feet in length, have been
built during the Winter, among them are many flyers.

—The yacht Eva, of the New York yacht squadron, lias
arrived at Savannah from ihe Florida coast, and will ro-
mnin in southern waters until May.

Our Philadelphia correspondent writes;

The yachtsmen are not doing much yet, except in tho
way of getting ready. The first regatta will be given by
the I htludclphia Yacht Club about the last week in May.
l ie Leary, Baylcy, Eggleton, Stemmel and Kleintz, all of
which gained considerable notoriety last season have been
overhauled. Nathaniel Moore, of Camden, N. J , has
built a new yacht after the model of the Champion of Bal-
timore; 15 feet long; 6 feet beam, to carry 80 yards of cim-
vas She will be called William J. Kennedy. He has also
bitdt the Schooner Yacht Fairy for Thomas 'Hall Foreman.
She is 20 feet long, 5J feet beam, nnd said lo be the most
perfectly modelled yacht ever built in this city. She will
be launched in a few days. There will he nothing new in
row mg until next Saturday.

AN AMERICAN VIEW
ROWING.

OF ENGLISH

Q-

THE FISH OF MINNESOTA.

■m, leu fish being the be.t drift .

tho

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srr;e ssr abou[ • as

SOUUA.

Krainerd, Chow Wing Co., Minn., March 5, 1873.
Editor Forest and stream;—

Brook trout nronot fouud In any of the tributaries of thu Mississippi
River nbove St. Anthony's Falls, nor so far as wo know In any of thu
trlbutarlus of the Rod River, nnd are common in all tho brooks that
"npty Into Luke Superior rla St. Louis River below Hie falls at Thomp-
son, and possibly above tho fulls, although wo have never been them
there. Flailing In this country Is "good" tho year round, no regard
whutever being paid to the spawning or any other season. The "who
met,' of Iho Stale moot once a year ut St. Paul, and "legislate till tho
cow* come homo;" hut the idea that they, the garnered wisdom and
hr,,",* of the state, should condescend to legislate about fish Is too
ridiculous for hem to entertain for a moment. There is a State appro-
priation for fish culture, Ac. hut of what avail is it? Why spend the
money for fish spawn, when the countless lakes and rivers of the State
swarm with fish that are speared, shot, netted nnd poisoned every day in

for ireu t"i "? T IO l,!te,fer‘!j M wu Nvrite’ “ P“rty 1* just starling
for Gull Lake twclvo miles north, to Usl, for pickerel and plkc-pcrch
through the Ice, und doily Indlaus arrive from the same section their

toboggans" loaded down with fish, some of the pickerel weighing,
dressed, twenty i„ twenty-flve pounds. Spearing in the outlets, inlets
Bud along shore, after tho icu molts, commences noout May let Or lost
days of April, nnd It I* a wonderful sight to see the hordes of fish
crowding their way up the shallows or basking in the sun on the gravel
hunks it i, no trick m oil to spear a wagon loud of them any day or
night for two weeks after May 1st. About the middle or la-t week of
May pike and pickerel will begin to take u troll, and a few days later

hHW Sm :C*iy,wl r*l° ■,B#U 8POOU or «ve ball, uud keep on
oltlug till Into Id the Fall.

The question i- ut lau definitely settled in onr mind that there ore
salmon trout in this country, north of here, lu u small lake called Trout
LnU, , throngh which flows Pine River, n tributary of the Mississippi
\Se have this \\ Inter seen and examined the fish lu question, and that
the, nre the same as those In the l ikes of Northern New York, does not
admit o a doubt. How these trout get there, nnd how they have man
lived to live und grow to from twelve to twenty-flve pounds isamys-
teiy, I, nt tl. tit they nre there, und u goodly number of them, too, Is uo-
onger „ tradl Ion, and n« soon us the ’ sign is right" a few of us propose

to pitch our tent on the shores of Trout Lake and ".ce bow it Is our-

n ,7 “ “0RfT •hall he duly posted, for the classic

Bedford, that mighty hunter, that patieut fisherman, that truthful (?)

P°D’ or "ever tire-will he one of

the party, and although he gets his Latin tearfully mixed at times ho
««n ehoot uud fish, and tell of his exploits afterwards In good style
Talk I— ye gods! how ho cun talk! Yours truly, <r0M

THE COMING BASS ROD.

Treasury Orrtcit.
New York, April 1», 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream;- ,1’1 10,0 ^

Among tho recent odvertisements in yonr paper tho abovo attracted
my attention. I tent an order io Mr. C. F. Orvls, of Manchester, Vt H>
hnT/^ 'hC cl,0lc‘!81 ot lUuse 1,0 had in stock. Yeeterday It came to
^iudK1.“^.°l“yCn0Ufih It ia simply perfection

weighing but eight ounce., beautifully tapering and willowy with plenty

1WTR Julian Hawthorne, who— if not yet in possession of
A”! us lofty a literary position as his revered father, slill
exhibits talents farabove mediocrity— has contributed to the
columns of tho Herald an etching of the late University Boat
Race, which is not only graphic in detail, but contains an
announcement of such interest and encouragement to
American oarsmen as to be worthy of more than a passing
notice. We are ignorant as to the right of Mr. Hawthorne
to be considered an authority on rowing matters, but it is
fair to assume from his Harvaid experience, opportunities
for observation on both sides the water, and the facility of
his description, that he is thoroughly au fait.

Abandoning (lie idea of seeing the race from ono of the
three steamers allowed to follow in the wake of the con-
testants, and resisting the importunities of (he Thames
watermen, our writer took up his position with the plebeian
crowd on the bank of the stream near tho “Ship” Inu at
Mortlake, where, notwithstanding that the rising tide was
within twelve feet of him, he escaped a wetting and ob-
tained an uninterrupted view of the last three-quarters of a
mile of the course. Although the distance was four miles,
both banks of the river between Putney and Mortlake were
crowded with spectators, and the news of the start was
telegraphed from mouth to mouth in five minutes. At last
they were in sight, the famous “eights” of which we Ameri-
cans stand«in such awe. The following description is in
Mr. Hawthorne’s own words:

“ First came the dark blue, and with them the cheer
which had traveled steadily beside them along the banks
all the way from Putney. They pulled a long, slow, hang-
ing stroke, feathering clean and well together— well drilled,
conscientious oarsmen, thoroughly used to one another ;
but the starboard stroke was, if I may be permitted to say
so the only man in the boat who really understood rowing.
Edwardes-Moss, of Brasenose, i9 the best oar, next to Wil-
liam Simmons of Harvard, that I ever remember to have
seen. He pulled in a spontaneous, leonine, unconcerned
style, delightful lo contemplate ; the others, as if they had
earned the art with great pains nnd labor, and were Mill a
IS1® U1L?.,0US lest they should forget and make some mis-
take. There could be no doubt ubout their strength and
endurance however. After all those toiling, tugging miles,
they pulled in as neatly, and to all appearances us 'freshly
as though they were just setting out. Only their stroke
seemed a trifle tired ; lie was a small, nervous man. who
had put his heart into every pull from Hie word “Go!”

1 ;They pa sed, and then came tho light blue, heavy heart-
ed despatnng, desperate, flabbergasted, the waist oars

v?f fnTlVlf fV1 CVery Slrolw’ Wdessly beaten ; and
.Vi - 1 i dizzy moment, Mr. Rhodes called cheer-
smirt w! ,"-nhapPy crew anfl Quickened .hem up to a final
He "!mBelf wa,s another bow oarsman, nnd looked
Tmk -rn ,he“. of. winning the race on his own
Cambridge spurted, in the breathless, disjointed,

idedhdUmInLy * °' af1,auslcd men, and so their boat hob-
in?iSy °!V Thc p,s'01 SOUHded and all was over.

I did not see the crew which beat Harvard ; but among

iimu.n'rnn3 lng.,^en whj Were ,lie flower of English
SS,®” ?'Sn?Hei? ,h“ yew. iwo only — Edwardes-Moss and
hmtr 1 ,.'“v® bcea considered fit to row in the same

iT Harvard crew that I remember. Let
me entreat my fellow countrymen not to despair. Let them

FOREST AND STREAM.

ecnd another four over here ; train them on English prin-
ciples ; give them a slow, deliberate stroke, and warn
them agninst attempting too much during the first two
miles. Unless they have been selected very unadvisedly
and managed exceedingly ill, I think they may yet show the
flower of England the quickest way from Putney to Mort-
lake. If they fail, let them keep on tryiug until they suc-
ceed.

The Latest Thing in Boats. — To Mr. Verplanck Colvin,
whose exhaustive survey of the Adirondack region has fur-
nished so much that is interesting and valuublo regarding
our great wilderness, are we indebted for the most practica-
ble, portable boat of which we have yet heard. It is twelve
feet long with thin sheet brass prows riveted on, and so fit-
ted as to receive the keelson, prow pieces and ribs when re-
quired ; the latter being boughs cut in thirty minutes from
the nearest thicket. The canvas covering, which is made
waterproof by having rubber gum dissolved in naptha rub-
bed into it, can be rolled up and packed in a trunk ; the
whole forming a light package less than one-half a cubic
foot in size, and weighing only ten pounds and eight ounces.
Mr. Colvin says that on reaching Ampersand Pond there
was no boat upon the surface, and that upon unfolding his
canvas and cutting green rods for ribs, nud lashing poles at
the sides for gunwales, he soon had a boat floating that ex-
cited the astonishment of the guides, and proved itself
thoroughly efficient aud comfortable. After use the tem-
porary frame was taken out aud thrown away, and the boat
folded and placed in the bottom of a knapsack. The in-
vention, for such it undoubtedly is, while somewhat re-
sembling the bull boats of the Indians, has so much to re-
commend it that we trust it may be put in such avail able
sbnpe as to be within the reach of our tourists. This craft
of 12 feet in length carried Mr. Colvin, two guides, a
hound and their baggage, the whole weighing one third of
a ton, and proved quite seaworthy in a gale on Saranac
Lake, as well as efficient in chasing a deer in the water.

—The following challenge has been issued to the Schuyl-
kill Navy.-—

_ _ , Baltimore, April 12, 1875.

To the Secretary oj the SchuyikUl Navy, Philadelphia:

Dear Sir— The Patupsco Nuvy, of Baltimore, hereby challenge tho
Schuylkill Navy, of Philadelphia, to row them a race on the Patapsco he-
tween the first and tenth days of June next pros.

The race to be rowed in fonr-oared shells, over a course of two miles
with one turn. Either Navy to have the privilege of selecling a crew
from any or all of the clubB comprising it.

By order of the Patapsco Naval Board,

Chab. A. Martin, Secretary.

Action will be taken on the challenge at the next meet-
ing of the Schuylkill Naval Board on the first Monday in
May, but it is so near the Open Amateur Regatta of June
16th and 17th, that its acceptance is not at all certain.

REGATTA PRELIMINARIES - REVIEW
OF THE RECENT CONVENTION AND
ITS PREDECESSOR.

without regard to college connection*. But the prudence of associated

“ l'>,ay'a rvl>orl of Ultir m'n|Uv and specific

‘,ra'°-:a raan<W««- locate* that they are person.
Into whose eyes dust cannot readily be throw n.

the Tt 1 t' COU\cln'lou "™ l°«>ect an umpire for the race. In
wUhTe Li lf/r J °f Xew yorlt- for*om" “me connected

• m,d WoU kno'vn n» “ ™ OTnulc and

wm, hi. P »' nlf bC con,,<!nt* ,0 “s»"'ne the thankless office, It will bo
with h s eyes fully open to the difficulty if not Impossibility of fulfllltne
1U dutlc* to the acceptance of everyone. No rowing man of my acquaint-
ance appreciates more thoroughly than he the folly of expecting a satis
br0‘"’t r“CM of “ <lolon six °»rcd boats. And I don't
think that lie will take for granted the swiftness of Saratoga "umpire-,
steamer, that can "mako twelve miles an hour.” until he has timed It
nimacir. ^ H Q

[The above interesting report of tho Springfield Conveu
tion reached us too late for our last issue, but we consider
it of sufficient value to print it in this.]— Ed.

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— The professional billiard tourney of Brooklyn closed
on Apt-d loth Mr. Samuell’s receipts at the hall-door being
less than $800, while lus outlay was over $1,500. The fol?

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vra....ei »uu me urst prize ot $000; Vignaux. the see-
ond of $400; J. Dion, $250; Ubassy, $150; and Cvrille
Dion, $100; Daly and Rudolphe won nothing. Garnier
made the best general average.

Peninsular Cricket Club.— Detroit, April Wh.— The
members of this club are wide awake this Sprint and pro-
pose to make the season a “hot" one for all aspiring clubs
Hie grounds, already the finest in the country as far ns
natural advantages go, arc to he still further improved
and the indications are that Detroiters will have abundant
opportunity to see the wickets fall this Summer No
matches have beeu arranged ns yet, but the Secretary and
Committee of Arrangements will soon heat work, and any
club can be accommodated with a game here at any time
1 lie Peninsular will bo able to place a stronger eleven in
the held this season than ever before; several good players
have recently been elected to membership. The following
officers have been elected for the ensuiug year — Presi-
dent, J. W. Waterman; Vice President, R. B, Ridgley Scc-

relary, C. B. Calvert; Treasurer, H. II. Swinscol; Managers,*
P. Bamford, P. C. Iivine, A. C. Bowman.

Sprlsopield, Mass., April 7th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Though this Urst Wednesday in April is the day named by the consti-
tution of the Colleges’ Rowing Association for its -regular" annual con-
vention, the chat ar. ter of tho next regatta was really decided upon at the
so-called -special" meeting, which was held last January in Hartford
That mcetlug, it will be remembered, decided that the college boat races
of the coming Summer should be rowed on Saratoga Lake, provided that
the local row ing association, which represents the hotel interest at the
Springs, would give satisfactory assurances for the fulfilment of all tho
demands of the collegians. The committee of three who were then ap-
pointed to investigate the matter have to-day reported that a satisfactory
bargain has been made by them with the Saratoga people; the conveu-
tton has accepted their report with great unanimity, and so the dcaslon
that was provisionally made in January in favor of the lake Is rutified
and becomes a certainty In April. Tuesday, July 13th, is appointed for
the rowing of the Freshman and single scull races, and the following day
for l he rowing of the University race, and the boats are to be sent off at
eleven o’clock in the forenoon, or at any later hour that offers smooth
water before the closing in of darkness. If the weather of July jsth
prevents the rowing of tile races appointed for that day, they are to fol-
low and not precede the main University race of the day after.

To day’s convention, therefore, was a tame and good natured gathering
noticeable for the absence of those manifestations of intercollegiate jeal-
ousy aud distrust that are wont at such limes to amu.o the looker on.
The presiding officer was the tamo who served so acceptably in January,
Mr W. J. Roberts, of last Summer's Trinity crew, u parliamentarian of
such strictness and sagacity us to make him appear quite a phenomenon
In comparison to his predecessors in offiec.

At the January meeting the claim* of the rival rowing courses at New
London and Saratoga were discussed In secret session for more than an
hour, with the result that five colleges voted for one place and five for the
other, and the temporary chairman, a Columbia College delegate, decided
the tie in fuvor of Saratoga. The compoaition of this vote has never
been made public, but it would appear that among the -Suratoga" col-
leges were certainly Columbia, Cornell, aud Williams, and probably
Princeton ar.d Yale; and that nmong the -New London" colleges were
certainly Hurvurd, Browm. and Dartmouth, and probably Trinity and
Wesleyau. Second in importance only to the selection of the scene of
the next regatta wus the choke, made also in January, of the three com-
mitteemen who are to manage it, namely, John E. Eustls, a Wesleyan
graduate of ’74, captain of its crew in the lost regatta, nnd at present con-
nected with the Alulanta boat club of narlem; J. C. Drayton, a Prince-
ton graduute of "3,nowj law student in New York city; and Charles
H Fe"y. a Yale graduate of '72, and for tho lost two years president of
tho Yule Navy.

Each of the ten colleges having nominated its candidate for the com-
mittee of three, the convention proceeded to vote, with the following re-
sult:—On the first ballot the Princeton candidate received the six votes
needed to secure nn election, and on tho fourth the Wesleyan candidate
received n like number. Then camo the fifth and sixth ballots- Yale, 5;
Harvard, 4; Columbia, 1. Then the eeventh and eighth— Yale, 5; Har-
vard, 5. Finally the ninth and decisive-Yale, 6; Harvard, 4. Now, in-
asmuch as the Yale candidate was the only one of the three conimillec-
me i of .4 w hom any of the colleges had nominated, and as he had served
with acknowledged efficiency and success as chairman of that regatta
committee, his election might have been looked for on the first rather
than the ninth ballot, did collegians manage their affairs on common-
place business piinclpies. Having to choose three representatives to at-
tend to their interests and make successful bargains with the sharpest of
business men, ordinary prudence would have ensured the putting to use
Ut whatever experience and executive ability there was within reach

^ — T]1® Sl- f'°uis Cricketers arc to open play on St. Gconre’s
Day May 23— the St. Patrick’s Day ot Englishmen. On
April loth the Athletics played the Electrics of Phila-
delphia, and won by a score ot 19 to 4. In their second
game with the Rivcrtons on April 17th, the Athletics won
by the muffiu score of 55 to 2. Such batting is no practice

Hiiblifiifions.

MAGAZINES.

The Amrinn Agriculturist' | foT April, in addition to it.
usual excellent usmrtmunt of miscellany valanbl . , , ,i. , . 8

Illustrated. DOat'"‘n,UMr Rl« A> usual, the number i. profusely
iJlr . P°Ultry Journal is * monthly period-

SlcaUvTlT,0 S" rnnCl‘' Whn,B woU "l,wl Illustrated page, are
, pM pro~'rv'1" '»y Poultry fatal, r* In tho reelon

fromwhlcl It emanate*. Tho editor, Mr it icli.-l.'ur, (« a gentleman of
largo experience, and himself a practical l, feeder of fow Is. B<!nnOI,U,n of

Whether Mr. Blackbritlge, in compiling his thorough and
voluminous treatin' on “Poker Plttylmr." Is not treading on tho too* of
u distinguished member of our Diplomatic ,\,i,h. u not for us to .ay
Certain It la that with Hi - inn. a of nath -rity and Information now bo’
^Zu»?il"»l^,lU;,m,,d l° -'’'“"vomerilsof

m, a V ’ l,Uld T"" Tok. r Player” Is publl.ltcd by

the Advanco 1 ubllslilug Co npnny. No. 158 Worth street, this city. *

The Med.rid l{,cord, ns tho exponent of the progress of

medical science. Is of great value to members of the profession, llJUj lu
reports of hospitals and socletie, are Interesting, a, showing the amount
of good work done by tlioro charitable Institutions.

The Wisconsin Lumberman, published at Milwaukee Is
as Its title Indicates, the organ of tho great lumber Interests of our north’.

,‘Ur.r '°ry‘ 1,1 ;ul,ll“0"’ 1,0'v‘!VOr, “* “s valuable .Uii.tlcal nnd
current trade reports, there Is much within It. pages which Is of Interest
as .howlng the rapid growth nnd groat Importance of tho district from
from wMcu It IjmicH.

We have received the first number of The American

Ch.crir Master, to be published monthly by Mes.re. Kelly & Phelan In the
Interest of lovers of the gume of draughts. Literature of thl.duscrin-
tion, accompanied by problems, Increase the interest In wlmt Is really
when studied, nn Intellectual game, and affords a fund for much Urvsldo
amusement.

Now that tho yachting season is opening, lovers of that

manly nnd Invigorating sport will find much pluaauro ond In.trnctton In
the perusal of tho Ay untie Monthly, and Hardy Lee and Jib Downlmvo.by
nn Interchange of Ideas utul experience*, will boneflt themselves and the
fraternity. Tim Aquatic 1. st.ll cdlled by Mr. Peverelly, nnd published
by Mr, Brautano, of Union Squire. Tho Aquatic wn» established In
June, 1875, aud Is tho only Journal devoted exclusively to yucluing and
buuling. "

—The professional championship season of 1875 was in-
augurated on April 19th, on tho day of the Concord Cen-
tennial Celebration, on which occasion the Reds of Bos-
ton defeated the Blues of New Haven by the appended
score in a score of 6 to 0. Even if the new professional
lime were defeated they won a victory in one sense by mak-
ing such a good fight of it against the champions. To
keep the ’Reds” score down to six runs was“nrettv
work.” 1 J

—The Boston and Athletic Clubs have soon the error ot
their ways, and each having had their little say, they have
wisely deferred further controversy on the subject in dis-
pute until the close of the season. In the mcautime the
litlle breeze they have had together will have had the effect
to increase the excitement attendant upon their first meet-
ings in the championship arena. They did not act with
any such object in view, of course, hut that will natnrallv
be the effect.

—The Centennials were to have opened fire on the Phila-
delphians on April 19th, but it was too cold a day to make
it a paying operation, and so this first championship game
in Philadelphia was postponed to the 21st inst. The games
for this week include the following :

April 22.— Boston vs. Washington, at Washington.

April 22. — Philadelphia vs. Athletics, at Philadelphia-
April 24.— Athletics vs. Centennial, at Philadelphia.

April 24.— Boston vs. Washington, at Washington.

At the annual meeting of the St. George Cricket Club,
of this city, held last week, the following members were
elected officers for 1875 :

President, John G. Dale; Vice-President and Secretarv,
George T. Green; Treasurer, Charles Vintcu. Tho club
expect a busy season and will play matches in Philadel-
phia, Syracuse, Toronto, Montreal and Full River, in addi-
tion to those with local clubs. George Giles is the club’s
new professional, and will have charge of the house and
grouuds at Hoboken. The club expect to open their com-
ing season about the 1st proximo ou their grounds at the
foot of Ninth street, Hoboken. The club now numbers
143 members, of which 12 are honorary, 111 active and 20
junion.

— The Atlantics opened play April 17th, againRt a field
nine at the Capitoline grounds, Brooklyn; snow stopping
play at the close of the 15th inning. The score stood then
as follows: Atlantics, 9; Field, 1. Umpire, Clinton of
Reliance. The Atlantics played Knowdel, Cassidy, Crane
(not old Fred Crane), Putterson, Nichols, Kessler, Farrell’
Clack and Boyd.

— On April 15th the St. Louis co-operatives, “Red Sox,”
played the Elephants — au amateur team— aud won by 14
to 8— a poor score. They have now got Sweasy of the
old Cincinnati Red Stockings as Captain.

A Fresh Water Spiuno at Sica.— From tho Evening
Tori wo k-arn that Lieut. It. D. Hitchcock, U. S. N., As-
sistant Coast Survey, commanding the Coast Survey steamer
Endeavor, under date of March IHtli, has reported to the
Superintendent of the Coast Survey as follows, relative

to what is apparently a fresh water spring in the soil:

“We have found just above Mulnnsns Inlet, about two
and a half miles off shore, in latitude 29 HI' 08‘ north
longitude 81 12’ 15' west, wlmt is apparently a fresh water
spring. I lie water at the surface is violently disturbed for
a space of about thirty feet in diameter. The first day wo
crossed this place the water was coming up with such vio-
lence ns (o throw the ship from her course, and the second
time, although it was smooth, the vessel could bo kept
on her course hut for a short time. Tho soundings in
the centre of the spring gave twenty-three fathoms, and a
specimen of tho bottom gives very clear, broken small
shells. I he soundings from the centre to the limits of the
disturbed water decreased to nine fathoms. The water at
the surface is brackish.

“The superintendent has directed a minute examination
of the spring und its immediate locality to be made."

This is certainly a marine wonder, but its discovery fa
not new. Our readers will find reference to it in “Williams
History of Florida,” published in 1837, in the following ex-
tract which we quote. It iB fortunate that what Williams
feared might be an error, lias been corroborated by such au-
then tic testimony: —

“An account of an extraordinary fountain, bursting from
the Atlantic coast, about nine miles south'of St. Augustine
and from one to two miles from tho east chore of Anastasia
Island, has been published on the authority of Captain
bisson. The subject has been mentioned to me several
tunes by persons who alleged that tliev had not only
sailed across it. but hud druwn from the fountain buckets
of tolerable drinking water. Fearing that there might have
been some mistake in the matter, I have heretofore hesitated
to introduce it. As tho subject has now been published
from an authentic source, I think myself justified instating
the matter as it has been represented to me.

On approaching the place, says my informant, the sea
appeared lobe rutiled with short waves, as though rocks Jay
beneath the surface, and the color assumed a yel lowish east
which led him to fear that they were approaching a shoal!

As the wind was light lie ordered the lead to he cast, ami
found fmm seven to eight fathoms quite across the rippling
space, that in some places boiled and whirled at intervals
in a very singular manner. Tho whole space ugitated wa»’
perhaps, six rods across, and tiic water was considerably
deeper here than on the adjacent coast.” J

—Some forty poultry fanciers, chiefly from Illinois,' but
including quite a number from lowu, Wisconsin und Mich-
W i‘avV.USt °r?anIizcd,!l N.ati0““l Poultry Association,
wrih Mr. Edward L Lamb, of Chicago, as President, anti

Treagurcr^ ala0 °* Chicago, as Secretary and

176

FOREST AND STREAM

ghq gjarzc ;itfd

— o—

New Orleans Hacks.— Our Iasi is-
sue contained the result of the first day's
racing of the Louisiana Jocky Club Spring
Meeting. On the second (April 13) Winifred
was winner of the nll-nged purse, Bormvcn-
ture of the Louisiana Stakes for four year
olds and Granger of the $400 purse. On
the third day Survivor won the Club purse,
Galway a three mile dash and Ilurry Feller,
the mile heats, for all ages. On the fourth
day Century won the selling ruoe; Survivor
the mile and a half dash, and Harry Feller
the all-aged purse. On the fifth duy Tom
Leathers won the handicap hurdle race.
Mary L. the mile heats, and Captain Hutch-
isou the mile and three-quarters dash. The
hurdle race was the fnstest ever run in this
country, the time made, 3:47J, being the
fastest on record. On the sixth and hist
day America won the Fortunu stukes, Sweet
Bay, the Consolation purse, and Falmouth
the four mile hents. The meeting us a
whole was n great success.

—The Spring meeting of the Oulvcston
Jockey Club is next in order. Extensive
preparations have been made to accomodute
the expected racing stables, nnd a lively re-
union is certain. Begins 2uih instant,
continuing four days.

— nunri'gan, the well know Irish steeple-
chuse trainer and rider, has arrived in this
country, and is to take charge of Donohue’s
stable. Mr. Ilenigan taught Gaffney all he
knows about steeple-chase riding, nnd the
latter was a stable hoy in the former’s em-
ploy.

—The Newmarket hnndicnp run on the
14th at the Newmarket Craven meeting, was
won bv St. Legcr, Peeping Tom coming in
second, nnd Lord Gowrun third. Ten
horses started, nine to two being laid against
the winner, four to one aguinst Beeping
Tom, who was favorite, and ten to one
ngainst Lord Uowran.

—The Wnverlcy Park Gentlemen’s Driv-
ing Park Association, of Newark, have re-
elected John Beylnn, President; Charles W.
Heevc, Secretary, and N. J. Demarcst,
Treasurer.

Another Noted House Dead.— The
list of noted horses recently deceased who
have accquired fnmo on the course und at
the stud, has been augmented; by the death
of the most celebrated, barring herhaps his
Hire, of any of our noted dyers of latter
days. Kentucky died on Sunday Inst at the
Nursery Stud Farm, Babylon, Long Island.

As a race horse Kentucky was probably
equal to the best that ever started in a race
in this country, but at the stud bis success
has not been so prominent ; some of the
"young things” now at Babylon, may, how-
ever, do something to perpetuate the glory
of the name. More money has probably
changed hands in the various purchases and
sides of Kentucky than for any other horse
ever foaled in America. Mr. Leonard
Jerome paid $40,000, subsequent to which
he was resold for $25,000, and Mr. Belmont
who then owned an interest paid $15,000
for thrcc-fourlhs, and became entire owner
of the horse. Our space will not allow us
to give a record of the performances of the
celebrated Kentucky. His race aguinst
time which resulted in his retirement from
the turf is still fresh in the miuds of horse-
men.

The Immediate cause of Kentucky’s death
was inflammation of the lungs, brought on
by a heavy cold contracted soma two weeks
ago, which, notwithstanding the unremit-
ting care of Mr. G. G. Walden, in charge of
Mr. Belmont’s stud farm, resulted in death
as stated. The loss Is a heavy one to Mr.
Belmont and to the turf at large, aud must
enhance somewhat the value of his full
brother, Daniel Boone, foaled in 1850, and
owned by Captain Cottrlll, of Mobile, Ala.

^fliscelldifeous.

THE RISING GENERATION

SMOKE

Tho Coming Tobacco,

VANITY FAIR

It In mnnufuctiirt-d from the moat expensive stock.
Is iiartlriilnrly adapted lo Meerschaum und Cigarette
Smoking; does uot Idle or make the tongue sore, la
unlike any oilier tobacco.

No Sportsman's outfit Is complete without It.

Highest. Award, Vienna, 1873.

Liberal samples by mull on receipt or money.

W.S. KIMBALL & CO.,

Peerless Tobacco Works, Rochester, N. Y.

8 END FOR CIRCULAR.

FKKGUSON & STEVEN^

NO. 87 NASSAU ST.

•‘ADIHONDACK"

Walking and Hunting Ankle Boot,

The BEST MADE. Also the

“Forest and Stream”

Fishing Boot.

WITH OR WITHOUT ROLES AND ROB NAILS.

HOLABIRDS

SHOOTING & FISHING GARMENTS.

HAVANA LOTTERY.

IMPOKTANT NOTICE.

For the coming drawings, commencing Jnniinrv Mil
we have rcduc.-d tho prices of tickets ns follows*

Mliole, $20; J. 810; i, 85; i-5, $4;
MO, $2; 1-20 81.

Draw ings take place every seventeen Days,
w.- oio prepared K. Dll oil order-. Circulars sent

bBL“ for s>,u,‘ui1 ^

r. o. , AVL."Bw.,V"v. WfSv

Fine Electro

Silver Plated Ware

MANUFACTURED BY THE

MERIDEN BRITANNIA COMPANY,

INo.ri.iO llroathvnv, IV. Y.

Apr 22-fit

rpiTE MANUFACTURER OF THESE

_L goods begs to call the attention of gentlemen de-
siring outfits for flailing tuid shooting to tils superior
specialties: Shooting Com*, Jaclu-i*, with or with-
out sleeves, Trousers, Cops, Overrent*, nnd Wild-
ing Jackets for Trout nnd Salmon. The style is orig
mul with the maker. Being himself a spoil-man Ills
experience In all kinds of covert nnd ufter oil kinds
of game, assures the amateur that they ore ultimatum
Nothing belter bus been made In Europe, and no oth-
er manufacturer has yet succeeded In onnaUIng them
The rautorlul used Is extra fine Duck, rendered wuter-
procif and dyed the color of dead marsh grass. The
sleeveless Coat aud Vest with sleeves are hard to
beat.

Corn dr T. W. Eastman, U. S. Navy, snys: "I have
tried everything In the way of Sporting clothing, at
homo and abroad, fcnd have found nothing cquuiliim
votira. They tiro the best now offered to gentlemen
Sportsmen.

Thompson W Ci.ark, Sec’y Woolwich Club,
Swedcsboro, N J., says: "lam perfectly delighted
with the matorlu! and tit. They cnnnot bo excelled "
Cuas. Uallook, Esq., Forest nud Stream N Y
says: ••Every Sportsman should proVldc himself
with llolnbiru's Shooting Coats."

Would ulso refer with pleasure to B. F Bowles
Esq., Springfield, Muss.

Special orders ate eut to measure with care, and any
special request as to arrangement of pockets gratified.
The style is n Sack Coat with seven outside pockota
aud a large game sack Inside of sufficient capacity to
carry 25 grouse. These uro made with or without
sleeves. The Juckets or \ eels are lotlg-wnlstcd, with
or without sleeve., with large pockets. IIOLABiltD
A PARK'S PATENT SHELL HOLDER, for carry-
nig brass shells, bead up. uud holding the wad firm
on the shot, cun lie attached to either Coat or Vest
They are the best holder out. No danger of losing
"'•ells or Incouvenieiicc in tninrportatlon. They can
he mtnrbcd aud taken off at pleasure See my prices:

Coats, with or without sleeve* $10 00

..... ..... 4 00

Troweers

taps " ' 2 00

Overcouls u ^

Wading Jacket* c ^

Shell Holders, per dozen j 05

Belts, with Shell Holders attached r, 00

tat~For special measurement, give size of chest
waist, one. half ;.f hack, length of sleeve with arm ui
right angles. WBls , ill scam and out seam, and gauge
of gun, If breech loader. Address

W. II. IIOLABiltD,

Valparaiso, Ind.

B 0 U D It UN’s PATENT

REFLECTING JACK LAMP,

For night hunting deer. &c. Throws’
« powerful light g(X) feet. Not affect-
"T hv wind, rain or jolting.
INDISPENSABLE ABOUT A
„ , . CAMP.

Send forX't'Z" “““1“llon-
WHITE M'F'Q CO.. Bridgeport. Ct.

To Anglers.

A Raro’Cliance for tho Lovers of Sulmon
Fish lug.

THE undersigned, having secured from
'he Government of the Dominion of Canada (ho
northwest branch of the River S, Marguerite, under a
lease of nine years, propose lo grant it* privileges to
u club, to be composed of twelve gentlemen The
mptovmnonla consist of six excellent house* with
lcS. '"’“T' «'mml« quarter*. Ac., together with
suit able furniture forthc accommodation of members
1 he nvor ls amply stocked with largo salmon, wcMi-
lug from fifteen to fifty pounds. It can ho reached
at comparatively a smull expense; angler* leaving
Ouobec tu the morning will arrive by steamer In time
for fishing the following flay Malls three limes a
week. WILLIS RUSSELL.

ROBERT HARE POWELL.

For particulars apply to ABBEY A IMUK1K. 4S
Malden Lone, N. Y. Apr JWt

Reduction in Price.

J. & W. TOLLEY’S

t'ELEBRATKIi

RREECH LOADING GUNS,

Manufactory, Pioneer Works, Birmingham. Eng.
.-DE a. . AT These guns are bilUt with every
improvement for American sport,
and are the cheapest guns of
" guaranteed quality and shooting

bowers sold in the United States.
They are made in six qualities,
each gun bring branded.witli one
of the under mentioned names,
which denotes its quality:
Pioneer, .... @05 Gold.

Tolley. BO »

Standard,- ... 115 “

National, ... 1 10 “

Challenge, ... ISO 11
Paragon, ... 225 “

Any one of the above may bo
selected with confidence, us uo
gun hears our name which we cannot thoroughly guar-
antee in every respect.

Send forrednceo Illustrated descriptive price list.

BRANCH HOUSE, «{» Maiden Lane,

Corner Nassau street. New York.

Sportsmen x (fcootU.

JOHN RIGBY & GO.,

INVENTORS AND ILANOPACTUnEKH OF TOE FINEST '

Breech Loading SholGuns

Double and Single Express Rifles.

Long Range Match Rifles, &c

21 SUFFOLK STREET, DUBLIN,

AND

72 ST. JAMES STREET, LONDON.

Breech Loaders.

J. D. DOUGALL’S

EXPRESS SHOT GUNS.

(Title registered.)

QIIOWN by trialsat Wimbledon by Editor
O of the Field to possess the GREATEST PENE-
TRATION und therefore LONGEST RANGE— thus:
Circle. 30 Inches; 300 pellets; average, 11)1: penetra-
tion, :i7. The Editor’s trial of Greener gun* with 340
pellet, of same shot aud sniue cliurgo of powder, gave
IhO.mid penetration 30, although there were 40 more pel-
lets In each charge. Should any controversy arise us
to the durability of these new systems, we herewith
warn nil boforchnnd Mint our system Is our own Inven-
tion (though founded on the American idea) mid is DU-
RABLE, 11 fact remarked on by tho Field, tlmt the
guns tried Imd been In use during last season, und ref-
erences permitted to the owners Send for Illustrated
Circulars to

59 St. James’s Street, London.

Ill's! al>l i^lied 1843.

Breech and 3Iuzzlc Loading

es, ms,

Sportsmens Apparatus ,

AM31UNITION,
Materials for Gun-Makers, Ac.,

Wholesale and Retail. Guns made to order, or re-
paired In the best manner,

ALEXANDER McCOMAS,

Je 18 No. 51 South Calvert at., Baltimore.

I

(5

n<

m

b

Angler’s Guide & Reference Book.
BY CHARLES 1IVLLOCK.

ILLUSTRATIONS, CltOWN 8V0, CLOTH $2 00.

This is just the book for the season, famishing
very complete information of value in tho
selection of fishing localities.

"Mr. Chnrlo* Ilallock Is one of the few gentlemen
who write a hook inuinly for the reason tlmt they huve
something to write about-have something to tell the
public which the public desires to know. The short-
est route* jo pleasure are laid down, and correct in-
formation is given a* to the best means of conveyance,
l°c exl!L,,,8e of ,lhe tfip.the secrets of the commissariat,
Ac. 1 110 author has avoided the use of tcchulcul
terms, and thus made his volume all the more ac-
ceptable."— Turf, Field and Finn.

Sent by mull on receipt of price, $2 00.

Address — -

FOREST AND STREAM.

CARL DITxMAR'S

NEW PATENTED

SPORTING POWDER.

Does not soil the gun; clenn* it. if you use a charge
of it utter firing many Mines with black powder; no
smoke— little recoil— no loud report— high velocity.

The best ever made In Mils line; not to be confound-
ed with Schultz’ or English Wood Powder, or with
Sawdust Powder, as It Is superior to both.

Ready Made Ammunition

For Sporting and Target Rifles always on hand.
Send for full Informutlou, and If you order, please
state If wauled for rifle or shot gun, as I have differ-
ent kinds.

CARL DITMAR,

NEPONSKT. MASS.

Winners of* tho “Turf, Field
and Farm” Gun Trials.

(See Ibsuc October 3d, 1873.)

In which competition the committees linvo awarded
our guns. First and Second for POINTS OF MERIT
OF ACTION, MATERIALS, PROPORTION, AND
SHOOTING QUALITIES combined, in all tho four
classes.

THE PREMIER GUN.

\V. A C. SCOTT A SON call attention to their
very FINEST weapon, combining all their recent Im-
provements, marked on the rib between their namo
mul London uddress the brand— "THE PREMIER
QUALITY.

Medium nnd fine gnns bear full nnme nnd address,
nnd plain guns full name nnd "London" only.

Each gun is numbered nml the actions are stamped
with name mid trade mark.

nV' < A SON, Pole makers of tho

Patent Pop Lever, solid. Double Locking Bolt Breech
Louder, hearing the full name of the firm. W. A C.
SCOTT & SON caution sportsmen against Imitations
of tliejr patent und nnme. Guns bearing the name
abbreviated, or with different initials, are not genuine.

TBIALOF SCOTT* GREENER'S NEW SYSTEM
OF BORING, II V THE EDITOR OF
"THE FIELD,” LONDON.

(See The Field, January 30tli, 1875.)

"From a comparison of tho two tables it will be
seem that with Walker's shot, Messrs. Scott's guns
showed a marked superiority over Mr. Greener's
noth in average and in the highest score mude In-
deed. with the left barrel, in his third shot, Mr. Scott
got a selected group pattern of 230 nnd a penetration
or.l«, equalling the highest pattern made by Mr
Greener, and exceeding the penetration of that par'
ttcular shot by eight sheets."

London Office:

IO Great Castle St., Regent Circus, near Lang-
ham Hotel.

Chief address:

Manufactory Premier Gun Works,

Lancaster .Street, Birmingham.
WHOLESALE.

Aprl-6m

Olai’lv Ac Sneider.

MANUFACTURERS OF THE

SNEIDER

PATENT BREECH*L0A1)ING SHOT GUN.
ALTERING

Muzzle* Loading Guns to Breech-Loading

A SPECIALTY.

WRITE FOR PARTICULARS.

1 4 W . Pratt st., Baltimore.

H JiildilelpffiH.

FOIL SALE.— a pretty Country Home,
within the limit* of Springfield, Muss.; situated
on Orange street, formerly known ns Ptnin Tree road
near Mill street. There are about two and one-half
acres of Innd, several good springs, fine shade trees,

uu urcu.iru grape vines, unn pear, peach and quince
trees. Address JOS. H. BATTY, office of Forest nnd
Stream, 17 Chatham street, N. Y. Aprl5-lm

OICSALK CHEAP. DOUBLE BREECH

LOADING SOOT GUN, also Maynard nflp
Addrcea G. W. H., Box 2158. PUlladelpldn* Pena. Jt

SPORTSMENS’ DEPOT.

JOHN KRIDER,

Corner Second nnd Walnut Sts., Philadelphia.

IMPORTER. MANUFACTURER mid DEALER IN

Gnns, Riffes, Pistols, nnd Fishing Tackle.
Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech
Loaders.

REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
Hus constantly on hand a full assortment of Rods,
Hooks, Lines, Baits. Reels. Fly Ilooks, Salmon Files,
g aterproof Silk Lines, Silk und Hair Trout Lines, Ac.
Perch Snoods, China nnd Grass Lines. Also, a large
lot of Cane Reeds, Bamboo uud Japan.

Birds' Eggs and Birds' Skins in great varieties.—
Taxidermy in all its branches.

SPRATT'S PATENT DOG BISCUITS. «-ly

Thomas Sparks,

Shot and Bar Lead

man ufacturek,

[EatnbliNhcd 1808.)

Office, 121 Walnut St. Philadelphia.

BRADFORD & ANTHONY.

186 Washington St., Boston.
IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS IN

Fishing- Tackle,
J^isliing- Rods,
Fish Hooks,

AND

ANGLING IMPLEMENTS.

FOREST AND STREAM'

Miscellaneous.

Fishing Tackle.

A. 15. Shipley iV Son,

603 and 605 Commerce street, Philadelphia.

Manufacturers of

Cliallc and Fishing* Linos.

FINE HASS AND TROUT FLY RODS.
I he celebrated GREEN HEART WOOD a specialty.
PINE ROD MOUNTINGS.

Full line of Tackle for Brook, River and Sea Fish-
]nK- Agents for John James & Sous’ celebrated Fish
hooks and Needles.

SILVER MEDAL awarded by the FRANKLIN
INSTITUTE, 1HM, -for SUPERIOR QUALITY and
FINISH of RODS and TACKLE. " Aprl-6m

MUZZLE LOADERS
CONVERTED INTO BREECH LOADERS,

ON THE MOST APPROVED PRINCIPLE,
and all kinds of BREECH LOADING work effected.

Mortimer & Kirkwood,

-I ELM Street. Boston. Mass.

Wlc Henri el.

GRAND

Bench Show of Dogs.

The ROD AND GUN CLUB of Sprlngfleld, Mass
will give u

Ilench Show of l)oj»s

Al>tm ofi.T U5"’ V'„S|'rl,'i?licU1' WEDNESDAY.

Especially intended for the exhibition
of all the best dogs In the couutry for sporting pur-
fc°nnht«S«1d f°,r “ r,18t, of .Premiums. ROBT. O.
-rir,n«n8‘nbeCrfilUry I{od und Gun O’lub.E. II. LA-
1 IIKOP, President.

Sportsmen's (goods.

J. B. Crook & Co.,

MAjrtnrACTunKKs aj»d Importers or

FISHING TACKLE!

GO Fulton St., IV. Y.

Sole manufacturers of the celebrated CASTLE CON-
BASS K°D f°r SALMON> TROUT, BLACK
SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.

N. Y. Safety Steam Power Co.

Office: 30 COURTLANDT ST.
BUILDERS OF

STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS'

A. C. WADDELL’S

Breeding Kennel, Newton, N. J.

The finest strain of yonng Pointers and Setters for
sale. Dogs hoarded und cared for in the best manner
r 1 cr!.1,Ur moatl1- Pedigrees guaranteed.; dogs broken
for Sol). Mar n

SURGEON.— DR. J, M. HEARD
„ (member of the Royal College of Veterinary Sur-
geons, Loudon), No. 20 Lexington avenue, N. Y.. at-
tends vvhen requested, all cuses requiring his p.ofes-
sional skill. Horses carefully examined as to sound-
Oct 22

H**NRY tJAIUJNER, M. D., H\S CONSTANT-
,, h“nd a,|d for sole, medicines adapted to

the cure of all diseases. Dealer in sport'ng dogs of
every variety. Dogs trained for reasonable conipon-
aaUon. No. Ill South Fifth avo.. N. Y. Octal

ITiOR SALE. — ONE OR A BRACE OF

J- Setters and one Pointer, thoroughbred and
nicely broken. Also a brace or stylish thoroughbred
black mid tan Gordon Setters, eight monihsold very
promising. Address GORDON, at this oillce. if

"I7T0RSALE. A FEW THOROUGHBRED

^mf^?.ol8,.cb,0)C0k,reed- For particulars address
SPRINGER, ut this ofllce.

fiotcls and geforts for Sportsmen.

Rossin House, Toronto, Canada.
SHUARS & SON, Proprietors.

This house is a favorite resort for gentlemen sports
men from all purls of the United Stutcs and Canada.

Twin Lakes Trout Taring

Board for gentlemen only—

Sportsmen, Artists. Anglers, &c. Splendid
scenery and drives. Fine boating, trout, pickerel,

- .... . . v',-l,,lhi piturm

mid linss tishing and woodcock shooting. Also les
sons iu oil and water color painting, d
etching, if desired. Address J. IVES PUon, ut
SHMjM AN PEASE, P. O. box tiO Canaan, Conn.

N. B.— Cottage building sites overlooking the lakes
for sale Clionp; also one for a hotel. AprS-tf

DEPOT HOTEL, Canaan, Conn,
i i B. CORBIN, Proprietor. Now, clean rooms
nn«l beds, lirst-class table, Ac. Fishing, shooting,
and pleasant drives near hv. Aptf fim

BAY AND OCEAN VIEW house,

Good Ground. Good duck shooting during the
Spring. The best shooting on tho Island.

Mur 21-1 in

Steam Launches & Yachtsi

And their Machinery a Specialty, also Machinery for'

TUCS, LIGHTERS AND STEAMERS^

Propeller Wheel* of Superior Efficiency.

BEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR
c*r- aii our boats are guaranteed to pass mspec-
tion nndcr the Steamboat law whm required.

ABBEY & IMBRIE.

secettatons to

Andrew Clerk & Co.,

48 Maiden Lane, N. Y.

mrORTKIU. MAN Ur ACT till ElkS AND DEALERS IN

Fishing Tackle,

i.iko i^md tho larges, and best assortment ever ex-
nt^ontothoS ^ StU‘,;8- Thuy Pftrtlou‘*r|y call
TROUT. 8 \ I.MO\ AND BA88 RODS.
V/“r',i;ly ?! s“lmo“ and Trout Fin s, a, id Hooks
on tmt. Cutty Hunk aud Pa#ouo Islands Buss Lines
waterproof J raided Silk Lines, every size and quality of

SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES

And every Variety and Stylo of

Finn II OOK8.

®l,,‘x5 °,;l "i* 1^ appropriate Tackle for the
Rocky Mountains and 1 aciUc Coast, Canada, Maine,
the Adirondack*, <fcc., Ac. '

Hplll Bamboo, .Trout and Salmon nod. aud Reel,
a Specially.

Agcnta for tho St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Solo Im-

4-i>ypOrtCre0f CeLehrauaDrUlod

Eyed Noodles.

Board near twin lakes, four

hours from New York via Harlem Railroad. A
desirable location for sportsmen, artists, uud all those
wanting n pleusant home. Address F. F. COOPER,
Locust Hill Farm, Ashley Fails, Berkshire county
>lags' Mar 34-6m

All Sportsmen

Are Interested in the best Hunting Grounds of the
Southwest. The line of the Missouri, Kunsns and
Texas Railway affords untold fields of Gume Birds,
Fh h and Animals. Send to General Passenger Agt„
Sedalia, Mo., for free maps, illustrations, and do-
acriptions. Correspondence solicited. Jan 21

Duck shooting~at stony

Brook, on north aide of Long Islaud: boats,
I. Hotel; plenl
SMITH.

, ; ' *-’'*»*; ii-iouu, uuuis,

stool, &e. furnished by tho S. B. Hotel; plenty of
din ks, also good bird shooting. S. J —

SPLENDID TROUT FISHERY TO
lease. The Tront Fisherjuof the Connecticut
Klver, Long I*] und, below tho bridge, three miles in
length, will be leased for a term of rive years or more
to a company. Attached is the snipe shooting of the
South Bench, close to the river. Address

. EGBERT T. SMITH,

Apr s. wit Brookhaven, L. I.

/A ENTLEMEN DESIROUS OF GOOD

VJ board at bayvllle, L. I. for their families, with
exce lent fislung, Ac. can ascertain particulars re
gu riling same by applying to “T.” at this ofllce. It

TDOARD FOR THE SUMMER FOR A
sma'! famlly, or two married couples, in a pri-
vate family, fifteen miles from Now York Train*
every hour; no mosquitoes; delightful drives in the
country und to salt bathing and fishing. Appl y to A
pfilce Forest and Stream.

Sportsman’s Route

Chicago and Northwestern Railway.

This great corporation now owns and operates over
two thousand miles of road, radiating from ClilcH"o
like the fingers on a man’s hand, its lines reach in all
directions and cover about all of (lie country norih
northwest and west of Chicago. With one branch it
reaches Racine, Keuoslm, Milwaukee, und the country
north [hereof; with another line It pushes through
Janesville, Watertown, Oshkosh. Fond du Lac. Green
Bay, Escanaba, toNegnanee und Marquette; with au-
other iine It passes through Madison, Elroy, and for

I aul and Minneapolis; branching westward from
Elroy, to and through Winnnn, Owatonno. St. Peter,
ManKato, New Ulm, aud stops not until Lako Kumcs
k-a, Dacotah, is reached; another line starts from Chi-
cago and runs through Elgin and Rockford to Free-
port. and via the Illinois Central, reaches Warren
Uuienn and Dubnque, and the country beyond Still
another line runs almost, due westward, and pn-sc,
through Dixon, Sterling, Fulton, Clinton, (Iowa) Ce-
dar Rapids, Marshalltown, Gcaiid Junction, Missouri
Valley Junction, to Council Bluffs and Omaha Tills
last named ia the -Great Trans-Continental
Route, and the pioneer overland line for Nebraska
Coioraao, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, California
and the Pacific coast. It runs through the Carden of
Illinois and Iowa, and is the safest, shortest and best
route to Omaha, Lincoln, and other points in Ncbras-
ka, and for Cheyenne, Denver, Suit Lake City. Vir-
ginia City, Carson, Sacramento, Nun Francisco, and
all other points west of the Missouri River
See, then what one omnany^an do If you want
o go to Milwaukee, Frond du Lac, Manitowoc, She
boygan, Janesville, Watertown. Oshkosh. Do Pore
Green Bay, Itlpon, Madison, Baruboo, Eau Claire,
Hudson, Stillwater, St. Paul, Minneapolis. Duluth,
Breckenrldgc, Moorchead, Fort Garry, Winona, Owa-
tauna. New Ulm, Freeport, Warren, Pluttsvilie, Ga-
lena, Dubuque, Waterloo, Fort Dodge, Sioux City,
Yankton, Council Bluffs, Omaha. Lincoln, Denver,
Salt Lake City, Sucramento. San Francisco, or a hun-
dred other northern, northwestern, or western
points this great line is the one you should take The
track Is of the best steel rail, and Is well ballasted and
as free from dust as a road can be made. The brid"ea
are strong and durable, aud all the appointments ure
first elass in every respect. The trains that run over
this route are made up of elegant new Pullman Palace
Drawing Room and Sleeping Conches, built exprftatu
for lh\» line, luxurious, well lighted, and well ventilu-
ten Day Coaches, and pleasant lounging and smoking
cars— all built by this Company In their own shops,
are all equipped ' '

xiT'.f -’•“‘Form, and pato... „„„ ooiipuuga,

\V cstinghouse Snfcty Air Brakes, and every other ap-
pliance that has been devised for the safely of pas-
senger trams. All trains are rnn by telegraph
In a word this GREAT LINE has the best
and smoothest track, and the most elegant und
comfortable equipment of any road in the West, and
has no competitor in the country. It is eminently the
favorite routo with the Chicagoans traveling west
north, or northwest, and is acknowledged by the trav-
eling public to be the popular line for all points In
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Northern
Michigan, Dakota, Western Iowa, Nebraska, Wyom-
ing. Colorado, Utah. Montana, Idaho, Nevada. Cull
fornla and the Pacific Slope.

TO SPORTSMEN:

This line presents peculiar advantages. For
Prairie Chickens, Ducks, Geese, A Brant Shooting
our Iowa Line to dny offers

More Favorable Points

ll»“n any other road in the country, while for

DEER AND BEAR HUNTING and for BROOK

TROUT, LAKE SALMON, PIKE. PICK-
EUKL and BASS FISHING
a hnndred points on the Northern and North-western
lines of this Company will be fouud unsurpassed bv
anything in the West. J

... ''ABTIA HI GHIIT, Gen. Supt., Chicago.

W . H. HI EAMCI’T. Gen. Pa-s. AeU, Chicago,

Havana Lottery

EXTRAORDINARY DRAWING APRIL JKiT
Only 16,000 TicJut*— One Prize tottery Seven Ticket i.

1 Pr ze of 100,000

1 Prize of «>..«

2 Prizes each of 25 000

4 Prizes each of IO.'oOO

12 Prizes each of % no ,

473 Prizes each of 'zqq

Circulars with full information eem free. Tickets
foreale and prizes cashed by P. C. DEVLIN, Sta-
tloner and General Agent. 3 0 Liberty street New York.

Birds and Animals Preserved to Order nr

K. L. IV E W COMB,
TAXIDERMIST,

NO. 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM, MASS.

Instruction given. Feb. 4

Orange Sporting Powder.

ORANGE LIGHTNING POWDER.

1 he strongest and cleanest Powder made Nos I
1,1 “*-■“>«• • ••>- canisters. The coarser
iNpuV “ y uru ^commended to owners of fim-
v^ry' 8ng°h“dreifolf.UnB’ glv nK grt'“l pc,ll'tr“tl0" with

ORANGE DUCKING POWDER,

* Very strong and clean Nos. 1 to

„ AUDUBON POWDER,

D„Y,Cry.q.n,ck- . V" woodcock and quail Nos. 1 to 4
pound Miidstcra^ ^ °f 12* ,b*-‘"d8» «"■. -«' ">

ORANGE HIFI.R POWDER.

‘SlJ.'i F « 8pir°r mn and, fo,r ordinary purposes.

^ i/m FK.g, PFF.g, llic la^t buhl# tliu flncMt aud
most used. Packed in wood and metnl ke^s of 25
lbs., 1«| lbs., and b* lbs., and in canisters of 1 lb, mid
1 pound.

th0 abov,° B*vo high velocities and less resid-
uum than any other brands made,

LAFLIN « RAND POWDER Co.,

21 Park Row, N. Y.

(Opposite AsTon House.)

CHICAGO

SHOT TOWER C0„

MANUFACTURERS OF

STANDARD

DROP AND BUCK SHOT

BALLS AND BAR LEAD.

Our aim Is to manufacture an article of SHOT thnt
IS unsurpassed in ROUNDNESS, SOLIDITY Pen.
feet ion of POLISH, Uniformity of SIZE, and Accu-
racy of WEIGHT, In each bag. Orders from (ho
Trade solicited, and will he filled at

The Lowest Market Prices.

C. F. OATILS,^^^

Holabird’s Shooting & Fishing Suits

Made of the best English Water and Mildew proof
dock, dead grass color, have become celebrated for
DURABILITY,

CONVENIENCE.

COMFORT.

and CHEAPNESS.

Sold In New York, Baltimore. Chicago, Detroit, San
Francisco,

And all towns where sportsmens’ goods are kept In
stock If not found In stock whore yon trade, order
direct from the manufacturer. Send chest, wnl»i and
sleeve measure for coat and vest; waist und In- am for
print*.

Special attention Is called to the Sleveless Coat and
vest with Sleeves, which are unique, auu can't but
suit the most fastidious.

Coats, $:0; Coat and Vesta, $14; Punts. #3 W Cans
2.50. Send for illustrated circular. ^ ' ' '

w. H. HOLAWRD,

,lan ValDara.'so. Ind.

Miscellaneous,

CONRObBISsIfTTMAllS

(Successor* to J. C. Conroy * Co )

65 Fulton St., N. Y„

Itivlle the attention of amateurs
to the additions they have made to
their regular stock of Flue Goods,
comprising in part

Six Strip Split Bamboo

hods,

for TVmt and Salmon fishing.
THK PAMKD

•M tlinnis Black Bass Rods

inndo of Split Uurnboo (now this

,Vkk “'‘i1 baboon It cel*.
Ihi celobrat il ” Frankfort’’ Reel.

• •xr.'.ii i • ,?°!° mannfcciurcr* of
'Mnllaly s" Pstent Files. Tlio

of' rv’.? “ ‘ “'b'l'unk Bass Lines
or I-.xtra quality.

Panlus fitted ont for the Adi-
rondaks. ,|10 Ma|m, Wood»,
l ake Superior, Newport. Culty-
hunk, I as.mo Island, West Islaud,
Barncgnt, .to, '

Older, bv limit Will receive Car«-
1 M"‘ prompt aileiitlou.

Pritchard Brothers,

No. 89 Fulton St.. N. Y.

v . ALL KINDS OF

Fishing Tackle

Made aud repaired with tho ntmo*t despatch

THE BENT SKLB7n7oNOP tVo?T 4^d 81,

MON UOD8 IIKKI.N, ..INKH VIDPUK^1'-

n'stitu'te foVonr "iiperier Ar’tifi! |!! i' Aui,,rl“_“

CAMPING and MINING

STOVE.

Outside dimensions, packed, 12xl2xM Inches
weighing only 25 pounds, very durable, will cook

Inf. miriJ)Url,0n,'i'i?nd * e'll,,cl'iJly adapted for camp-
Inir purposes. 1 he ware consists of 8 qt. kettle (i ot
lea Kettle .2 qt. Coffee Pot, Fry Pan. rl, und Tin Po'm

ori'!lron, Tout Collar, 8 ft

1'iinuul, and on oven Unit will roast 15 pounds beef.

1 he ware is so constructed that It nests and packs
in the oven, and tho oven and funnel pack In-lde the
^I'fcsentod III cut 2, loovlmr room for pack-
srni hn!f I lut‘;"- Knives. Forks uud Simons,

and Drinking ( up*. Price complete, $16.

SKND FOR CIRCULAR.

H. L. DUNCKLEE,

rirr. , uox 27IO, IIIIH I'D, 1.

s*' Agents wanted In ovory town, Feb, 4

Jfislt (T nlfnrc.

SALMON ANGLING

In the undermentioned Salmon Rivers will be Leased
for a term of FIVE YEARS. Competition above up-
set prices named. LESSEES to mamialn guardian
ship at private cost. Applications will be received to
1st MAY next.

River Nntashqnan (North Shore) $8,'^

River Triulty (near Point des Monts) iqq

River St. Margnret (en has) joo

River Trout (nejir Moisle) f/j

River Mistassini (near God bout) 20

River Becscie, do go

River Malbaie (near Perce) ioo

River Grand Pabos, do -jqq

River LltUo Pabos, do I00

River Toblque (New Bninswiek) joq

River Nashwank, do mo

River N.W. Mlramichl, do 200

River Jupiter (Anticosti Island) ioo

River Salmon, do 50

By order of tho Hon. the Minister of Marino and
Fisheries.

Address,

W P WHITCHER,
Commlreloner of Fish cries, Ottawa.

"Seth Green Fish Ponds"

Caledonia, Livingston Co.. N. Y.

N. (-OI.U\R, Proprietor.

K«g», Fry, Yearling*, Ac. or Brook Trout, Hal.
mon Troul, Hnlnion, While Pish, Ac
Also Bass, Gold Fish, Sliver Fish, aud stock for
Aquaria, Wire Cloth, Hatching Trays, Patent Spawn
lng Races, and everything portulnim/ to n»h culture.

TROUT DALE PONDS.

To Fish Culturists.

rnifl<; MOST APPROVED APPARATUS

-L and full directions for successful fish breeding
ns perfected bv the late I)R. J. II. SLACK. Abo
egg*, fry. voarbngs, Ac. of Brook Trout. Salmon
I runt, (joIkIIIhIl Ac., un<l oil work* on KImLicu 1 tu r«*.
r,!«...’y l'h> 1 11 KLACK, Trout dale Ponds,*

Bloomsbury, N. .1.
8<-nd for cata.oaue.

Mur24-Ut.

MAIVNINaw

YACHTING ANNUAL

FOR 1876,

WILL SHORTLY IIE PUBLISHED.

r»i*i<*o toSiil)HcrllM‘i'H,iSl * .60

Subscription* must bo forwarded In advance to
THOMAS MANNING, 203 Broadway, N. Y.

Jon 21-4 rn

Fysshe and, Fysshynge.

The Fishing Book of the Season.

I IDO.

BY

FROM THE "BOKB OK 8T. ALBANS.
Written by Dame Juliana Berners, A I)
QUOTED BY IZAAK WALTON. EDITED
GEO. IV. VAN HIC'LKN, ESQ.

Not hitherto obtainable In this country, an import-
ed copy costing over $81). ***pu«l

Tile charming old work preserved In all Its fresh-
ness and qiialnuiess. Full glossary
Sent on receipt of price, by Fobest *md Stiibxm.
Order at ouce; only a small edition. Price $1 no

178

FOREST AND STREAM

THE

HAZARD POWDER CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

GUNPOWDER.

Hazard'* ''Electric" Powder.

Noi. 1 (line) to 5 (coarse). Unsurpassed In point of
strength nou cleanliness. Packed In square canis-
ters of 1 lb. on/p.

Hazard's “American Sporting."

No*. 1 (One i to 3 (coarse). In 1 lb. canisters and 8$ lb.
kegs. A line gruln. quick and clean, for upland and
prairie shooting. Well adnpted to short guns.

Hazard's “Duck Shooting.”

Nos. ! (line) to 5 (coarse). In 1 and 6 lb. canister*
and Gi and 12* lb. kegs. Horns tlowly aud very
clean, shooting remarkably close, and with great
ix nr I ration. For Held, forest nnd water shooting
It ranks any other brand, nnd it Is equally servicea-
ble for muzzle or breech loader.

Hazard's “Kentucky Rlllc."

FFFQ. FFO, and "Sen Shooting” FG, In kegs of 25,
)-„’*, nnd ti* lbs. nnd cans of 5 lbs. FPFG le also
packed In 1 arid * lb. canisters. Uurns strong and
motet. The FPFG and FFO ore favorite brands
lor ordinary sporting, and the "Sea Shobllng" FG
I* the standard ItyU powder of the country.

SUPERIOR MINING AND BLASTING POWDER.

GOVERNMENT CANNON AND MUSKET POW-
DER; ALSO SP.XIAL GRADES FOR EXPORT,
OF ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF MAN-
UFACTURED TO ORDER

The above can he b id of dealers, or of the Compa-
ny s agents In every prominent city, or wholesale at
our office,

8H WaU Street, New Vork.

Feb II

SCHUYLtK. HARTLEY & GRAHAM,

II) Malden Lane, 20 A 22 John street, !\. V.

BKICECII LOADING GUNS

a SPECIALTY.

AGENTS

for the following celebrated makers :

W. & C. SCOTT & SONS (winners nt the Interna-
tional Gun Trial of 1878); J. P. CLABROUGH &
BUO ; 1*. WEBLEY A SONS, uud WESTLEY
RICHARDS.

HOLABIRDS Shooting SUITS.

DIXONS A II A WKSLEY'B SHOOTING TACKLE

8TURTEVANT BRASS SHOT SHELLS.
BUSSEY'S PATENT GYRO PIGEON AND TRAP.
WITH CASK. AND 100 BIRDS.

H lack’s rutont Cartridge Vest.

This Vest afford* tbo best ar-
rangement yet Invented for carry-
ing cartridges. The weight is
| io evenly distributed that It Is
' scarcely felt. Cartridges can be
j carried with the head* down In
this vest, which Is of great Impor-
tance when brass shells aroused,
as when carrying them with the
hend up the weight of the shot of-
ten forces the wad forward, when
hnd shooting Is the roenlt. In
ordering send measurement around the chest.
PRICE $7.50.

AGENTS FOR TIIK

Union Metallic Cartridge Com-
pany’s Ammunition,
WARRANTED THE BEST IN THE MARKET.
SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

DR. FOWLER’S

PATENT

HARD RUBBER REEL

The Cem--lmproved.

This beautiful Reel has now been before tho pnb-
llr two years, nnd nil who have need It speak loud In
Its praise.

IT 1IAS BEEN IMPROVED,
and all the Reels made tills year will pass through tho
hands of the Inventor, and none allowed to go out,
except those that are perfect.

For sale by all first-class jobber* and tho trade gen-
erally.

A II FOULER, Inventor.

Feb, i ITHACA. N. Y.

CIO QltlO Share* In Wall street

ijl vj tj)l vlf oftsn leads to fortune.

Lend for a copy of the Wall Street Renew nnd
Pamphlet, showing the voriouB methods of lopero-
* J HICKLINQ & CO , Bankers and Brokers,

72 Broadway. N. Y.

Dec 2S

Anew physiognomy, on signs

op CHARACTER, os seen In burnau tempera
meat anil In the Features; with 1,000 Illustrations.
Price, muslin, $5; calf, $8: Turkey, full gilt, $10.
beut first post by S. R. WELLS, 737 Broadway* N.
L ApMt

Henry C. Squires,

NO. 1 COURTLANDT STREET, NEW YORK
Agent for HOLABIRD S SUITS, to whom all NeW
Y ork orders should bo addressed
Apr 8-ta

The Sportsman’s Warehouse.

EDWIN S. HARRIS,

Late COOPER. HARRIS & HODGKINS,

No. 177 Broadway, New York.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

BREECH LOADING

AND

Implements

OF ALL

Kinds.

Cartridges, l>otli Brass and Paper.

Also, Gun Materials of all Kinds. Cartridge Vests, Coats and Belts.
Flasks. Poaches, and Ammunition of all Kinds. Everything: in my
Line for both Home and Export Trade, at LOWEST
CASH TRADE PRICES.

IT A VE LARGE STOCK OF MUZZLE LOADING G UNS & RIFLES VERT CHEAP.

'///;/ r;/ , ( /////,;■ ^ {/;///,,

/ Arran /•/;/). v a- vu VTun/sns or

fllilitori). ©ifttfriral. (JHiitrrfr

No f (i MisnjFuV La An, — Xc ill 11 orU ,

Rowing Suits A Specialty

Hegeman’s Patent Portable Folding Boat.

For use as LIFE-BOATS,
LIGHTERS, Dingies, Do-
rys, on board Steamers,
Yachts and other Vessels.

These safe and perfectly port-
able hosts will admit of the
roughest usage. A very light,
strong and durable frame of
ash or other tough wood, with
canvas cover, andean be folded

Also for Sportsmen, Tour-
ists, Trappers, Exploring
Expeditions, Parties camp-
ing Out, &c. &e.

light buggy wagon, horse-
back, or by single person,
nnd can be unfolded ready
for use, In three minutes’
time. Boats neatly foded,

i n fmji trinh / h ' pnCked Slid Shipped by CX-

mrM/iA.. I Above cuu show i lie Uoni loldcd and unfolded, press anywhere, same rate

DorlatUw Alio ^irrlod In a of freight ns other goods.

JOHN HKGE.M AN. Bullston Spa, Saratoga Co. N. Y

RodsandReels

Manchester, Vermont.

Chas.F.Orvis,

Prices m jderato. Send for descriptive list. Mention Forest and Stream.

rJ^lie Most Approved System

OF

Breech Loading, Sporting

Aiul Military I Rifles.

For Simplicity of Construction,

ACCURACY ,

Penetration, Durability, Safety, Ease of Manipulation,

Materials and Workmanship, they areUnsurpassed.

REVOLVERS OF VARIOUS SIZES,

DESIRABLE Iff ALL RESPECTS.

Send for Circulars.

Arms Comp.,

WliUneyvIlle, near New llaveu. Conn., U. S. A.

MISFIT CARPETS.

riOOI) SECOND HAND AND MISFIT ENGLISH BRUSSELS, THREE PL AND

V_T INGBA1N CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS. &C„ VERY CHEAP, AT THE OLD PLACE,

8cnt t0 “y Port of the United State* free of charge. 112 Fulton sireet, New YorK.

CHAS. GREEN,

Manufacturer of

Breech Loading Shot Guns.

The strongest nnd most durable 9nap acUon made
Shooting qualities first-class.

MUZZLE LOADERS CONVERTED TO BREECH
LOADERS.

Same action as new guns. Send for circular and
price ll.t. No. 3 West Main street, Rochester, N. Y.
Apr 8-dtn

Q10 to *21 'flftfl Invested In Stocks nnd
O * V I'D O l WVV Gold pays 900 per cent
a month. Pamphlet free. Tumbrldge & Co., Bank-
ers.2 Wall street. N. V,

J. WALLACE,

Naturalist & Taxider ist

IMPORTER OF

FOREIGN BIRD SKINS AND ARTIFI-
CIAL EYES,

1© N. William St., New Tork.

DR. WM. HALL’S
Balsam for the Lungs.

The Great American

Consumptive Remedy.

Consumption I* NOT nn Incurable disease Physi-
cians assure us of this fact. It is only nece*-«ry to
have the iuoht remedy, and the terrible malady CHn
be conquered.

Hall's Balsam is this Remedy.

It breaks up tbe night sweats, relieves the op-
pressive tiohtnkss across the lunos. and heals tho
Inrccrated and excoriated surfaces which the venom
of the disease produces.

While Life Lasts There is Hope.

It may not be too late to effect a cure, teen after tht
Doctors have given you up
HALL’S BALSAM is sold everywhere. Price $1
per bottle.

HALL’S BALSAM

Is also a sure remedy for

COUGHS,

COLDS,

PNEUMONIA,

BRONCHITIS.

ASTHMA,

SPITTING OF BLOOD.

CROUP.

WHOOPING COUGH.

And nil other diseases of the respiratory organs.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

Jno. F. Henry, Curran & Co., Prop’rs

8 AND 9 COLLEGE PLACE. NEW YORK.

HENRY’S
Carbolic Salve.

FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The wonderful celerity with which this
combination of Carbolic Acid with other
s#othing nnd Curative Emollients acts,
is something akin to the marvelous.

It is with pride that the proprietors call
attention to the gratifying fact that

Physicians give it tlie high-
est meed of praise,

and use it and prescribe it in their practice.

New York, Dec. 22, 1809.

John F. Henry, Esq.:

Your Carbolic Salve proves an excellent article,
and I thank you for it. This is another evidence of the
gTeat value of the discovery of Carbolic Acld.‘ Yours
truly, Obo. B. Lincolm,

Pree’t Board of Health.

Price 25 cents per box.

nEV. n. H. LOCKWOOD'S

Catarrh Cure !

The BcbI Remedy Known, and Endorsed by 'all tho
Pr ncipal Physicians of the Country.

Rev. R. B. Lockwood's Nasal Douche will be
found valuable in obstinate chronic cases.

Rev. R. B. Lockwood’s Liver and Stomach Pills
for dyspepsiu, receive the endorsement of thousands.
Price 50 cents each.

JOHN F. HENRY, CURRAN A CO., Proprietors.
8 and 9 College Place. New York.

HENRY’S CAMPHOR ICE.

For Chapped Hands, Chafed Skins, ft c.

A MOST RELIABLE REMEDY.

PRICE 25 CENTS PER BOX.

JOHN F. HENRY. CURRAN & DO., Proprietors.
8 and 9 College Pl»ce, New York.

HENRY’S

SEWING MACHINE OIL

A PURE OIL that does not com np aud has the
endorsement of the principal Sewing Machine Com-
panies.

Price 25 Cent* per Bottle. t

MOTT’S LIVER PILLS

-It Is easy enough to make a pill, but to make a
good pill, ah I that’s the difficulty. There are cheap
harsh, drastic pills, that are of even less benefit than
“dl °se snll8; ,But BS°od medicine, like Dr. Moil’s

Liver Pills, which penetrates To the seat of disr-o*e is
u desideratum Indeed. Will positively cure all dis-
eases of the Liver, Sold everywhere. Price 25 cents
pur box. «

Green's Oxygenated Bitters.

At certain periods of life a tonic is n necessity; but
there is danger In using stimulants that injure tho or-
gansof digestion while giving temporary relief. To
‘A,8i.ano PrcBe,'t *o ‘be public n tonic free
Poison, Dr. Green prepared the Oxy-
genated Bitters, a sure cure for dyspepsiu uud all kin-
bottle,C°mP*a*n*a' S°ld everywljere Price $1 per

Packer’s All-Healine Tar Soap.

a} 1 curi’» oil kinds of Skin Diseases with a most won-
ceJt4lnty; it promotes cleanliness, personal
purity and general health: It Is a preventive of many
lands of dlsease^and It is an absolute necessity la
the Dorsery, Price 25 cent*. ___ ,

For Forest and Stream.

W® §omit,v of §eorgin.

TIIERE are few among the reading public who have
not heard of Tallulah Falls— of Tallulah, "the Thun-
derer’’—the great cataract of the South. Many, too, have
heard of "Toccoa," and have an indistinct idea that there
is a waterfall there. But if I were to say that it was higher
than Niagara, people would be amazed. Yet it has over
two hundred feet clear fall, while Niagara has barely one
hundred and eighty-six. But then the Toccoa is a small
stream, while Niagara is a mighty river. One is a question
of height, the other, one of might. Tallulah, too, is
a mighty stream, a furious torrent— and as it plunges
and thunders down its rocky bed, it rushes through
and forms a part of some of the wildest and grand-
est scenery on the American continent. Yet how lit-
tle know nare these sublime and lovely scenes. I hear
some one say: "Oh! They are in Georgia. Ilearnodthat
in my geography, when I was a child." "Yes, it is so ”
and how few have since thought or heard of them.
Georgia is a large State. Its variety oj soil and climate
are very great. It is a fertile and rich country. It has its
wealth of cotton, corn and wine. It has, too, its diamond
and gold fields, and its mountains are rich iu mineral wealth.

"But 1 has Georgia any mountains?" "Yes;” and so we
come to what is known as "The Hill Country of Georgia."
The northern and north-western portion of Georgia, em-
bracing the counties of Rabun, Habersham, Ilall, White
Towns, Union, Lumpkin, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens, Mur-
ray, Gordon, Cass, Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Chattooga, and
Floyd— a tract one hundred nnd forty miles long by about
seventy-five wide— contains some of the roughest, wildest
and most picturesque scenery in our land, and this is "The
Hill Country of Georgia.”

You will find high mountains, crystal streams, deep,
dark gorges, roaring torrents, smiling valleys— in short, the
grand and the beautiful in nature in every conceivable
form, and the lovers of the rod nnd gun can find in its re
oesses some of the choicest sport in the South. It is a wild
country, and it will bo no child’s play hunting and fishing
through this wilderness. Game of all kinds is abundant.
Deer and bear are everywhere found, and amid its deep
fastnesses the scream of the panther is not unfrequently
heard. Did you ever hear the screech of this huge cat close to
you? In the dark and still night, when all, save the
sounds of nature, is hushed— your companions sleeping
around you— to be wakened by the horrid, cold-blooded,
flesh-creeping, unearthly cry of the panther 1 If you hear
it once you will, most assuredly, remember it to your dying
day. A party of us, some years ago, while in the woods on a
hunting excursion, were fortunate enough to stumble upon
an old lumber camp among the mountains. Our hunt had
been quite successful, and we had plenty of meat. We
sat round the fire, toasting venison and drinking coffee—
and, later, smoking our pipes and discussing hunting, fish-
ing, the morrow’s prospect, and, in short, "everything
under the sun,” and finally had turned in — spreading our
blankets on the slab bunks in the shanty. The logs were
not overly close together, and the moss filling had
fallen from between the heavy timbers. But this did not
matter much, for the weather was not cold, and we did
not even build n fire in the cabin, although its wide fire-
place of commingled stone, mud and logs offered every in-
ducement. I suppose, as is camp fashion, we had left pieces
of cooked meat lying about, and the enticing odor was, no
doubt, wafted many a mile beyond on the gentle breeze.
We were all sound asleep — good healthful natural sleep —
and it was about midnight, when, amid the most unearthly
cries we were suddenly awakened and leaped from our
berths. It seemed as if a knife had been thrust through
our ears.

"What D it? What’s the matter?" and we grasped our .
weapons. A half cry and whine together, with the boun-
ding of some large animal into the brush, told the tale. A
large panther— we saw his immense tracks the next morn-
ing— attracted, no doubt, by the savory smell of our re-

past, had stolen up to the almost extinguished fire nnd
prowling about had possessed himself of the fragments
lying around.

Whether ho was dissatisfied with the result, or whether
his acute senses, distracted from his scanty repost, had de-
tected our presence, we never knew. But he had squatted
on a log not six feet from our ears, nnd given vent to the
most unearthly yell on record; and with the result afore-
said—for our hasty rising disturbed his equanimity— he
rushed into the thicket and was out of sight before we had
half gathered our scattered senses. If there was ever a
fiendish sound in the whole world, it was when the woods
and hills raug with that unearthly scream as wo sprang
from our sound sleep.

The visitor to the hill country will also find turkeys,
partridges (quail) and squirrels abundant, nnd the seasons
iu this elevated region are but little earlier than much
further north. As to the fish, I cannot give so favorable an
account. As a general thing fish are scarce; 6uckers, bull-
pouts and several other varieties are found in most of the
streams. Where the wuter is clear and cold the chub and
bream abound, and most of the lakes and mill-ponds con-
tain "trout," e. c., the black bass of the South. These
bass are also found in the rivers whenever they are not ob-
structed by falls or two steep rapids. East of the Blue
Ridge, the mountain or speckled trout (salmo fontinali*) are
not found, save in one creek — “Warwoman’s Creek"— in
Rabun county. On the west side of this ridge, however,
they abound. Why this is the case I cannot say, but
while I resided in Virginia I knew some gentlemen who
had taken the pains to stock some streams on the east side
of the Ridge with the trout taken from the western.
After a year or two, thinking there had been time for an
increase, they fished for them most diligently, but failed to
find one. As the trout had been netted and tiansferrcd
with the utmost care, and without loss of time, there must
be some natural cause for this. In Virginia, the Roanoke
River breaks through the Blue Ridge. Trout are caught in
abundance in its head waters; but after it has broken
through the Blue Ridge, and received the waters from the
eastern slopes, no trout have ever been found in it, so fur
as I could learn, and I mado diligent inquiry. This seems
to be the case all the way down from middle Virginia.
The east side has no trout, save in the stream above men-
tioned. Who shall explain this. Do our pisciculturists or
ichthyologists know the cause?

A good rod, with the necessary accompaniments, then,
will not be useless, though the riflo or smooth bore will
yield the most sport. In the Spring or Full of the year-
say, as the sportsman goes or returns from Florida — a
number of exceedingly pleasant excursions can be made;
and over and beyond the game to be found, the beautiful
and wild scenery will amply repay the visitor. Tulluluh
Falls alone is worth the visit, be it Spring, Summer, Fall
or Winter. Deer and turkey are abundant. Thore is an
excellent hotel, the best I have ever met in the South out-
side of the cities. A week will be all too little to explore
its various beauties. It is one of the moat singularly
placed falls I ever saw. As you ride over the country to
it, except the usual heavy roll of a mountain country you
will see nothing unusual, and you pass along the ridge-
hearing the sound of the cataruct in your ears, but seeing
no sign of any river or fall. The surface of this ridge is
comparatively flat, with a gentle incline, even to the very
edge, und gives no indication of the terrific gulf below.
The reason is that the river has, literally, cut out for it-
self a gorge or gash through the ridge, whose almost per-
pendicular walls, in some places, are quite, or more, than a
thousand feet in height.

There ate three distinct falls, with steep rapids between.
The "Upper Fall" is almost a rapid, consisting of a series
of almost perpendicular leaps, amounting in all to about
one hundred and fifty feet. Tho Middle, or "Tem-
pesta," Fall, as it is •ailed, is about one hundred and forty-
five feet high, about one hundred of which is sheer fall,
andjthe rest almost perpendicular. The Lower, or "Hur-
ricane" Fall, is some hundred and sixty or seventy feet in I
height, and is, again, not a sheer fall, but a steep and I

almost perpendicular pitch. There are rapids both aboTe
and below, as well as between tho fulls.

I have never seen tho measurements, but I should esti-
mate the entire fall, from the top of the upper rapids to tho
bottom of tho lower one to be about fifteen hundred feet.
The falls proper are ubout a quarter of a tnllo apart, fol-
lowing the course of the stream. Tho walls of the chasm,
though almost perpendicular, are in some places slightly
terraced, and I noticed tlvo rows of tall trees, one above
the other, growing out of tho crovices and fastened to tho
terraces, which seemed to be hardly wide enough for tho
heavy trunks of tho trees. The walls of tho gorgo hero
arc about nine hundred feet high.

Tho edge of the stream can bo approached in but few
places between tho upper nnd lower inpids, though it is
contemplated to construct a series of stairs nnd bridges, iu
the manner now adopted at “Watkins Glen," from one end
to Hie other. Thoro is now but one narrow bridge across
tho rapids hotweon tho upper and mlddlo fall, connecting
tho counties of Rabun nnd Habersham. Almost the only
other plucc the edge of tho torrent can bo nppronched
without using ropes, is at the head of the middlo fall,
where is a deep, green, still pool, from tho edge of which
the water slips smoothly over into tho abyss below. This
is called "Hawthorne's Pool," from a visit once made by
that eminent individual.

One peculiarity of the fulls is that the whole of each fall
is white as milk, while the rapids between are dark green.
A rainbow glitters in the mist arising from tho foot of ouch
fall. Tho volume of the stream, ns estimated some ten
miles above tho falls, is about Mxty yards wide by four feet
deep, with a six-mile current. The amount of water is
therefore very great. Viewed from tho top tho y’ec in so
wild und grand as to almost defy description, and yet thoro
are so many small gems of beauty that it would requlro a
folio to describe them. There is the usual “Lover's Leap”
and "Venus’ Chair." Then there is "Juno's Throne,”
about fifteen hundred feet high, and so on, cul infinitum.
Some of lh6 prettiest views are down the gorge. Tho
alternate rapids and pools, dark and still— tho fringe of
pines and tho rugged walls of everlasting rock behind
them— make a scene peculiarly wild and "Swiss” in char-
acter. The vultures flying hundreds of feet below you,
and sweeping around, with motionless wings, in vast
circles, give an appreciation of the idea of height and dis-
tance not easy to describo. And then at night, at tho full
of the moon, you lie on the top of tho cliff— say tho
"Lover’s Leap" — bathed in the white moonlight. t Below,
nil is of an intense blackness. An occatfionnl glimmer of a
white, ghost like sheet of foam is distinguished through
the gloom. By degrees, as the moon mounts higher and
higher, cliff and cataract come out little by little, till all in
the abyss is light as day. The effect is wonderful. How
it would appear from below I know not. I have never yet
seen any one bold enough to attempt tho descent of the
cliffs in the gorge at night.

At various times accidents have occurred at these falls;
but the victims never were found. Whether there are
caverns under the falls into which they were washed, no
one knows, for this prave has never yet given up her dead.
Two deer, pursued by five dogs, once dusked down tho
steep above the middle fall, and, arriving in safety at the
rocks below, attempted the crossing of Hawthorne’s Pool;
but the smooth, swift and treacherous current swept them
over the edge of Tcmpesta. Strange to say, one of tho
deer and one dog escaped uninjured. The remains of tho
others were never seen more. The only man who ever fell
into that stream and escaped with his life, fell in the rapids
above the middle fall, near where tho bridge now is. As
he was swept down, he was thrown into the eddy of Haw-
thorne's Pool, near its head, close to the side, and was able
to scramble out on the smooth rocks. There are numerous
legends connected with these falls, but want of space com-
pels me to forbear. That of the Cherokee maiden and her
Creek lover, who sprang from the "Lover's Leap,” is very
touching.

To go to Tallulah, you leave the Atlanta nnd Richmond
Air Line Railroad at Toccoa City. There a carriage can

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FOREST AND STREAM

be obtained, and a pleasant drive of some nineteen miles to
the falls enjoyed. By making a slight detour the Toccoa
Falls, three miles from Toccoa City, ran be visited. These
are very peculiar. There is but one fall, and that is a sheer
one, a little over two hundred feet. The volume of water is
small, and when it reaches the bnsin below it is, in very
dry weather, all spray. The falls lie in a deep glen. This
glen is crossed squarely aud ubruptly by a perpendicular
wall of rock, over the top of which the stream fulls. These
strata of rock run from northeast to southwest, but as I
am not writing a geological essay, 1 will ouly say that
garnets are found in the rock ; verb tap.

As one lies on the flat lop and looks over the edge, the
distance seems very great; but when we go below and look
up, the sense of height is lost, owing to the coutour of the
surrounding hills. The stream runs off from the small
deep pool at the foot with but little fall, for the Toccoa
Fulls drop quite to the bottom of the valley.

Far different from this is Stekoa Fall. The same wall of
rock, some thirty miles to the northeast crosses another
valley in the same way, and over the ledge runs a little
stream, a branch of the Stekoa River, which it joins about
half a mile below. A little mite of a mill is perched on
the top of the rock, and the stream runs through a turbine
w heel before it is let over the cliff— aud this mill grinds
the meal of the country. A couch shell, lying on u log, is
the means used by visitors to summon the miller, who lives
in the valley below. The little stream, after havieg faith-
fully performed its duties, rushes down some shelving,
broken ledges of rock, and leaps off into space. Owing to
the manner in which the water is broken by the ledges,
when it leaps over the cliff, it seems brokcu into globules
about the size of grapes. These seem to retain their size
and shape all the way down, uud, us I sat below and looked
up, it seemed os If some one above were shoveling over
quantities of largo glass beads, which gleamed and glittered
in the sun until they struck on a flat rock ut the foot, when
they flew into Hpray, upon which a beautifully tinted rain-
• bow forever danced. After it leaves this rock, the streuin
runs down u rugged and steep gorge, among heavy
boulders, for about half a mile, until it reaches the vulley
and River Stekoa, a total fall of fully a thousand feet. In
Winter, when the rains are heavy, this little stream is a
roaring torrent whose thunders shake the rocks to their
foundations, and are heard for miles, rivalling the great
thunderer, Tallulah.

West of all these falls, where White county joins Haber-
sham, lies the Nacooclree Valley — the beautiful “vale of the
Evening Star." The story of the lovely Indian maiden,
whoso name it hears, is so well known I shall not repeat it
here. The visitor at the present day will find it well cul-
tivated and settled by the most hospitable and liberal
people in the Slate. There is a great deal of wealth there,
lor it is a rich valley, and the planters keep packs of
hounds and the finest horses, and the fox is hunted iu a
style to remind one of Mellon in its palmiest days. A
stranger gentleman going there properly introduced, even
though ho be “n Yankee," will meet a reception he will
find hard to be equalled in cordiality any where else in the
South, so 1 forbear to mention names.

To the southwest of Nacoochcc lies Mount Yonnb, whose
groat flat head towers aloft above the surrounding moun-
tains. uud is u prominent object for u hundred miles
around.

North and west of Mount Yonab, in Towns county, is
the Hiwussee Valley, which I mention on account of its
peculiarity. The valley is long aud narrow, with high
cliffs on eil her Bide. The road rims close under the cliff,
aud the Hiwussee River, clear and cold, hugs the road its
■whole length Across the- river i9 the meadow, varying
from a quarter to a mile in width, und beyond this the
rocks again. The place is a kind of cafiou, and 1 have
heard it culled the "Gates of Iliwftssee.’’

To the t.c?* of this, again, are the Amikalola Falls,
From this road tncy seem but a thread of silver. They
are said to be an irregular set of tails and rapids, about
fifteen hundred feet high in all. 1 have never been able to
visit them; they are off the muiu routes of travel, and
even the main roads of the county. They are said to be
vciy beautiful.

But I must bring this hasty sketch to n close, though I
have uot mentioned it tithe of ihe beauties ot this Hill
Country. One cannot go amiss, whatever direction he
takes after he leaves the railroad. Horses and teams can
be obluiued iu all the county or other towns with but little
trouble. Hotels are scarce, though each county town,
usually, has one or more. But if the visitor will be satis-
fied with the rougli faro of the country, lie will be wel-
come everywhere, All will be glad to go shooting or fish-
ing with him, for no one is ever so busy as to have no time
to spare. In all these counties are men who do little but
hunt, and anywhere good guides and good hunters cuu be
obtaiued.

The means of access to this country are— via Chattanoo-
gn, over the Western and Atlantic Railroad, und via Rich-
mond, over the Atlanta and Richmond Air Line Railroad.
After one leaves the railroad, at ulmost any of the stations,
horses and wagons cuu be had, and then he can explore ut
his leisure the beauties and pleasures of the Hill Country
of Georgiu. Mosmoutu.

Fur Fort it and Stnarn.

REMINISCENCE OF THE MUSKOKA
COUNTRY.

WE were induced to make the journey into Her
Majesty's Dominion by n geullemau from Toronto,
who assured us of the superior trout fishing to he hail iii
the Muf-koka country, aud in the Trading Lakes. He
promised to accompany us on the expedition. So the party
was organized, and consisted of four persons, all old trout
fishermen, namely: Uncle Alec, John II.. the organizer of
the expedition; Lewis, the scientific fisherman, who scorns
to use a worm under auy circumstances, and myself, the
self-constituted historian. I reckon our darkey ser’vaut
and cook among the baggage und camp cquipuge, as the
Civil Rights Bill didn't obtain there, to any cxleut.

We suited from home in the latter part of June, (two
years ago,) and without unusual incident urrived at Lewis-
town on the Niagara River, a few miles below the Fulls
where a short detention was occasioned at the Custom
House, i he officers in churge, however, caused us no un-
necessary inconvenience. Our baggage was passed at ouco
when our business was made kuowu, aud with their best
wishes we stepped aboard the slsumcr aud iu an hour or
two arrived at Toronto, and wore •omforlably entertained

at the Rossin House. Hero our Canadian friend, the bar-
rister, welcomed us. That night the proprietor of a store
was roused from his bed and persuaded to fill an order for
the commissary department,' so Hint we could be off the
next morning.

At seven o'clock we took the cars of the Northern Rail-
way. At noon we reuched Orillia, there embarked upon a
steamer for Washago, across Lake Coucbiukiug. The
steamer was small, but carried us swiftly und safely over
that pretty little sheet of water. The trip was delightful,
und a most ugreeable change from the confinement of the
cars. At Wasliago we took stage for Muskoka Lake, a distance
of about fourteen miles, which was not tiresome, for the
road was tolerably good, and the horses made time over
the better part of it. Extensive fires were prevailing iu
the words and at times it appeared us though our way
would be blockaded by the burning timber. VVe were not
materially deluyed, however, and we could not but enjoy
the grandeur of the conllagration when we became familiar-
ized with the unusual sight.

The appearance of the country was very unlike our
mountain scenery. The land was rolling, or rather broken;
occasionally we crossed a chasm aud caught glimpses of
rushing streams through the foliage that suggested trout,
but the drivers assured us they contained only common
fish and afforded no sport. We crossed the Severn River,
a beautiful stream, the wuter of a peculiar pea-green color.
At the store near the bridge were displayed a variety of
fishiug tackle, 6poons and artificial bait aud spears, and we
learned that there was plenty of bass aud pickerel aud mus-
culongc in the river.

The country is of a granite formation, and sometimes
the upheavals formed high cliffs, the grey walls streaked
witli perpendicular veins of white quartz of various thick-
nesses,producing a striking effect. Now und then we passed
the cubm of u settler, auu at one spot our attention was
called to a fort built upon an overhanging cliff, the parapets
of which bristled with quaker caunon and sheet-iron
soldiers painted iu the gorgeous uniforms of the Guards
and the Highlanders, and even a few Indian allies brandish-
ing their tomahawks were seen among them. The fort
was the work of an old English soldier, a victim of unap-
preciated military genius. His neat little cabin rested at
the foot ot the rock und the garden was ornamented with
a profusion of hardy flowers which seemed to thrive where
one of our Pennsylvania crickets would starve, it was
late iu the afternoon when we arrived at Gravenhurst.
The steamer was ut the pier, passengers and freight were
transferred from the wagons to its docks, and we were off
I have uot the time nor the skill to describe Hie beauty of
Muskoka Lake. We were told it contained one thousand
islands. The journey among them forcibly reminded us
ot the Thousand Islands of the Si. Lawrence, or Lake
George. At limes the steamer would apparently be mak-
ing directly upon a rocky shore, when suddenly an opening
would be discovered just wide enough for the vessel to pass
through, und we would sail upon the open lake, but soon
bo among the islunds again. And so the scenes shifted and
changed, one beauty succeeding another in endless variety
till in the darkness of evening we entered the .Muskoka
River, and lied up al the foot of a magnificent water-full
more than one hundred feet in height. This was the luud-
mg at Bracebridge; “Bill" liiggms being advised of our
coming met us al Ibe landing uud conducted us to his hotel,
the Queens, und promised to guide our party to the lakes’
lie assured us of abundance of lioul, and we retired to
rest that night in the best of spirits, and it is not strange
that our rest was disturbed with visions of mighty fish,
five aud even ten pouuders; for we were repeatedly told
by the most reliable authorities during the evening that
there were "just loads" of trout iu the river, and up at
Trading Lake they grew to immense size.

Next day wagons were engaged, canoes borrowed, aud
with several guides the expedition moved off across the
couutry towards a convenient place on the river for a
base of supplies, and where the canoes would be launched
and iu them the parly proceed to the lakes. As we entered
me “Bush" we were compelled to draw the veils, with
which wc were fortunately provided, around our heads to
guard against the incessant attacks of the gnats und mos-
quitos. Two meu preceded our wagons wuhuxes to clear
me road of stumps aud fallen tree trunks, for the woods
had rcoeully been burned, uud the township road, which
hud never been much belter than u “blazed" path, was fre-
quently impassable. Al one place Our progress through a
swamp was stopped, and we were compelled to halt until a
bridge was built over a soft pluce and ucross a stream by
a gaug of laborers under a government engineer whose
acquaintance we lmd mude at Bracebridge, wlicu he volun-
teered to see us through to the river. In fact, without his
aid we would have beeu compelled to return uud give up
the expedition to the luke. At length wc arrived at the
river and encamped on a small cleuriug owned by a mau
mimed Johns. The journey irom Bracebridge which
they informed us was only eight or ten miles, was success-
fully accomplished in one day after a most fatiguing
journey. Tins road bus since been much improved
Our tent, a hospital tent capable of accommodating a
dozcu persons com I ortubly, was pitched; boughs cut for
beds; we ale a hastily prepared supper; entertained a short
visit from the Johns family; und at an early hour rolled
ourselves in our blankets, adjusted our mosquito ucts aud
tried to sleep. At day break the next morning wo wercup
our servant had prepared a hearty meal, which wc shared
with our new acquaintances, upon whose laud we had un-
ceremoniously squatted.

The River here is about two hundred feet wide with
no apparent current, deep and dark, very unlike a trout
stream, aud very like a canal. Bobby Johns was drafted
into our service aud his pareuts induced to part with him
for a lew days, lie al once became u general favorite, uiul
the special pet of Uncle Alec, whose particular amusement
consisted ot placing him before a good “spread of store
provisions,” just to see him cut. Bobby lmd been among
the Indians on several expeditions, bail learned wood-craft
mid could puddle u bireh-burk canoe us skillfully as uti
old voymjeur, run the rapids aud shoot the falls, lie be-
came very useful and, indeed, indispeusuble to us.

Before breukfust Johu II., with one of the guides, pad-
died down to a full a mile or two below camp, and iu an
hour or two returned with u flue string of trout, the real
lalmoJonUnaUi, whose existence in the river we begau to
have serious doubu. about. Meantime Louis, wiilf Hig-
gms, had taken a canoe und departed tor the upper fall.
John II s success made me very anxious to try uiy luck
also, taking Bobby to paddle the canoe, wo were not
loug ru coming in sight of the falls aud soou discovered

Louis’s boat moored to a rock on the west side of the river,
himself out. in the stream casting right aud left, and eucli
time hooking a trout and frequently taking a pair. Urging
Bobby to ply the paddle as fast as possible, I soon lunded
on the opposite side and began operations. I was imme-
diately rewarded with a lurge fish, and for a lime I also
enjoyed most excellent sport and began to feel repaid for
the long journey and incident fatigue. Suddenly, for some
unaccountable rcusou, which all fishermen have ex-
perienced, the fish ceased to rise to our flies; though we
made frequent changes in color, variety and size, they
would not notice them. However, we had takeu more
than our whole party could eat that day. None of the
fish were very large, though they averaged’ more than half
a pound each in weight. The canoes were sent back for
the rest of the party, while Louis and I selected a place for
camp, and upon the return of the boats they are unloaded,
tents set up, fire kindled and the darkey soou had dinner
under way.

The situation of this camp was a most picturesque one.
The tent was pitched upon an immense boulder rising
above the falls, aud descending in a series of steps at an
easy angle to the water below. The view from the door of
the tent opened upon u basin a quarter of a mile or more
across, forming a little luke of sylvan beauty. Back of us
and- on all sides was the primeval forest extending without
a clearing to the Hudson's Bair. The weather was fine, the
air bracing and odorous with the balsams, hemlock, and
the murmur of the rapids and the roar of the falls were
most soothing to mind and body. The clean rock was the
table on which was laid our frequent meals, and its mossy
coverings formed cushions on which it was a privilege to
lounge and sleep, if possible. Truly we appeared to be in
a spoi lsman's paradise— but the mosquitos ! They attacked
every exposed part of us. Tur and oil, penny royal and
oil, crude petroleum, camphor, and ham rind did uot offend
them. They rather liked the concoctions. They surfeited
themselves, flew off, told their frieuds and neighbor^ und
returned to prey upon us.

We remained iu ibis camp several days. Our Canadiau
friend aud guide were sent up to the lake on a prospecting
expedition aud returned with Charlie Diuke, the guide of
Trading Lakes. They reported good fishing above, and
showed some fine specimens of trout which they had
caught. Drake repaired the canoes that were sadly in
need of li is attention. The following day we moved up
stream and made our third encampment at tiro head of a
loug portage, the “Half Mile Rapids.” En route we passed

three or four falls over or around which it was necessary

to curry canoes and baggage, very slow and fatiguing work,
llie location of this camp was very badly selected. The
tents were raised on low ground and multitudes of mos-
quitos and black flies swarmed iu that ravine. We could
baldly eat or sleep, ami so it was determined to move as
soon as possible, though this was probably the best place
on the river for fishing. We had no difficulty iu catching
more fish than we could use, but we ceased to look for
sport there— the most enihusiaslic fisherman in the world
would have abandoned the spot !

As the canoes would not accommodate the whole party
witli luggage, John H. aud myself were left behind While
awaiting the canoe that was to ho sent back for us. I eon-
cluiled to consume the lime as profitably as possible
With some difficulty I climbed a large shelving rock over
the deepest part of the stream, on which I found a lod-'o
close to the water just wide enough to stand upon. Here I
caught a great many fine trout, and began to tire of the
pleasure, when 1 fastened onto two fish, one of which on
the leader fly wus of uuusual size. For upwards of half an
hour I exercised my nicest skill to secure both fish. The
smaller one wus soon exliuusted, and to relieve the slruin
upon my tackle, I succeeded iu getting it into my basket.

1 hen began a fight with the big one. Many yards of line
\sould spin out before I could check him, us lie (lushed
down the current and threw himself out of the water in his
rush for liberty. Slowly I reeled him iu and humored him
m every way, using all my skill and knowledge of the art
to conquer him. At length lie began to show signs of
weakness and rolled on lus side and tamely submitted to
being brought to my feet, where I could distinctly see U.u
scarlet spols on his broad sides, and eveu touch his back
with the lips of my fingers. But owing to the position in
which I was standing, or rather clinging to the rock it was
impossible to take hold of him. Unfortunately niv land-
ing-net was out of reach, and Joliu H. too far off und
otherwise engaged, to give me uny assistance. 1 felt sure
the prize was mine, when suddenly new life seemed to be
intused into him, and in u grand struggle he broke away
tearing the hook from the feathers and gut nnd escaped
I cannot describe the feelings of disappointment that are
aroused us I think of my misfortune in losing that trout
When I hear other persons tell of hooking the “biggest fish
in the stream’ and not securing it, I ,uu very charitable
towards them, for “I know bow it is myself." That trout
I am satisfied was a five pounder, ut any rate the largest ono
I ever saw.

The canoes by this time had been brought back for us
and we continued on our way to Truding Lake, into which
we floated as the suu was going dowu. The sky lnul be-
come overcast with clouds, and while camp was being fitted
up. nud supper cooking, Higgins and I, in two canoes pro-
ceeded to Hie outlet of the lulie to fish. To avoid another
unfortunate experience I changed my reel for one ou which
was wound a uew linen line, attached a fresh leader aud
new flies. Higgins at once began to catch large trout and
with Ins heavy pole and strong tackle “just yanked" them
into the cauoe. He "never played a trout." Now was my
opportunity to show the "Knuuek" the scientific way to
fish for trout with my light rod and line. But my attempt
was a signal failure. The new line would not play out it
twisted and snarled, and tried my patience to the utmost
and I could not make a cast at all. However I succeeded
.in getting my share of fish, and in about n half an hour
we relumed to camp with twenty-two magnificent trout
averaging over two pounds each in weight, the largest
Weighing over three pounds and eighteen inches long
1 here was a storm that night, but the morning was clear.

Our teut was erected ou a small clearing some twenty
paces from the water, and afforded an uninterrupted view

of the lake, its islands curving shores. No human habi-
tation was visible; we were in a solitude just as it cuiue
Horn the bauds of its Maker; the cry of the inevitable
uous aloue breaking the silence. After an early dip iu the
lake and a hearty breakfast, our rods and lines were put in
order, the most alluring flies selected from our books,
canoes repaired, aud in a short time Hie whole party were
busily engaged in whipping the outlet as it rushes from the

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lake, where we had caught so many large trout the even-
ing before, but the fish would not rise to our flies. They
could be seen deep down under the boats, and the surface
of a small lakelet below and the water around us were
broken with the constant splash of the fish as they jumped
in play or in search of food. It was a remarkable sight.
Many fish could be seen leaping from the water at once,
and although we labored diligently, throwing our flies in
every direction, exactly over the fish where they rose to the
surface, or disappeared after their leaps, frequently changed
our flies till our stock was exhausted, and flnulfy coming
down to bait, worms and pieces of meat, but few fish re-
warded us; yet the water was teamiug with them. Now
the mosquitos, black flies and deer flies begau to grow very
annoying, and disheartened at the prospect, we slowly
paddled back to camp, where we theorized about the sin-
gular behavior of the trout in refusing to be caught. The
thunder during the night accounts for it, or the quantity of
natural food, the bad selection or quality of our flies. A
guide said we were too late for Spring fishing and too early
lor the Summer run of trout; and Drake ventured the
suggestion that the “trout” we had seen leaping from the
water might be suckers, but we would not admit this theory
anyway. He told us of a creek which flowed into the lake
four or five miles distant, where he knew the trout could
be taken. They were always plenty there and of immense
size compared to any we hud yet seen. I immediately ac-
cepted his offer to guide us, and entering a canoe we
started, and after paddling an hour or more we arrived at
the place. Arranging tackles he directed me where to east
my flies among the lily pads, but not a single rise en-
couraged me. Wo paddled up the creek and carefully
piked its sluggish water without success, till discouraged
and nearly devoured by black flies, we turned homewards.

As we descended the stream a man hailed us from the
bank. He was engaged in fishing for chubs or perch, and
was evidently surprised to see a stranger there. As he
rose up, I observed that lie was past the prime of life; tall
and handsome, his short grey moustache and military bear-
ing indicated the soldier, and his courteous manner a gen-
tleman. He made some remarks about the weather, apoli-
gized for the poor fishing, and then enquired where I came
irom, and about the company at our camp; and also gave
some advice about the manufacture and selection of trout
flies. It was growing late, we invited him to visit camp
and said good evening. When we were out of his hearing,
Drake told me that the man had been a British otficer of
high rank. “There is his shanty,” and lie pointed to a hut
on the shore, “in which he lives with no companion but a
dog. He knows no more about a trout fly than a child.
He catches a few perch now and then, and succeeds in
killing some pine squirrels with his shot gun. He has n
canoe which I made him out of a log, staunch aud broad,
but he cannot learn to manage it. One day while taking a
lesson in if, he was actually blown helplessly from the
very door of his hut, clear across the lake, and might have
perished had not Mrs. Drake accidently seen him and
sent me to his rescuo. Twice a year he makes a long
journey to Braeebridge, where he draws a pension and pur-
chases provisions. His son and daughter followed him at
one lime to his hermitage and tried to induce him to return
to their home with him in New York, but they were com-
pelled to leave him in this Jonely place.” I was much im-
pressed with what Drake told me, and wondered what ro-
mance or misfortune had driven such a man into this wil-
derness to die perhaps alone and uncared for.

On our arriving at camp I observed a new comer, and
recognized Capt. H., of the English army, a friend of the
“Barristers," and a gentleman whom I laid met at home a
fortnight previous, lie was returning towards the East,

when we sighted the church steeple in Braccbridgc
*n * few. m'nul*s were at the hotel again, donned
some flannel underclothes, which the village store supplied
borrowed dry pants from the landlord and sat down to a
good supper. \\ e had hardly finished eating and recount-
ing our adventures when a stamping in the bar room an-
nounced new arrivals, and to our amazement Louis and
the Barrister presented themselves, saying Uncle Alec ami
the Captain were not far behind. After we left them they
declared that all the mosquitoes in the Canadas settled
down on them. The thought of our escape from the tor-
tures they were enduring, aud the certainty that we would
have a good night’s rest, were too much for them. A
council of war was held, and committing everything into
the hands of the guides, with instructions to follow as fast
as they could, they "broke” for the settlements, and here
they Were, half dead, their faces, necks and hands covered
with blood and their eyes nearly closed. They hud
adopted no kind of protection, but rushed frantically for-
ward and were fairly driven out of the woods. Poor (incle
Alec was at once put to bed in an almost delirious condi-
tion. He could not eat unything, and could hardly swal-
low a glass of hot whisky, which the following day he de-
clared was the means of saving his life. This was practi-
cally the closing scene of our Canadian expedition and I
conclude by quoting from a letter written by Unde Alee:
“We caught some fine fish, not very many, hut the suf-
ferings we endured from the black flies, deer flies, black
gnats and mosquitoes were almost intolerable. We wore
forced to abandon our encampment aud get away. It broke
me down completely. I would not again go through what
I have in the licst two weeks for ten thousand dollars."

This was written by an old fisherman who had seen mos-
quitoes and black flies beforo, hut he hud never been to tho
back woods of Canada. n

?lnmTi’l,T u *wealy m11 * but nothing availed to

ni v,\ Impose, so flacking up our duds we oeremo-

hom* wh^rIrlS l >e- "«'}*" "ntl s,ar,cd for 11,0 fanner's
hv miV JWT,VW*I“ duo time to surprise our host

first hi„U ^D« rcljru1- 1 ,ot the youngsters tell the story
SfiS Incredulous ears, until coiroborated by me;

NOTES ON

For Fowl ami Stream.

TAXIDERMY.

BY JOSKI-K n. DA TTY.

* I ''HERE is scarcely a week passes but what I receive

tnv mvTbiTlreCrr b}’ in 11 «®r"1i»utrld state, which

“7 ttbi! JJy a taxidermist to mount. Now, any ner-

-d thl* P"P‘‘r OI» preparing specimens, and
nmi can PrePare animals or birds in a few

A PANTHER

For Fort st and Stream.

SERENADE.

having made the tour of the Slates, and en route through
Canada from Chicago had arrived at Toronto, where he
learned that the Barrister with a party of Americans
had gone into the woods on a trouting expedition. He
determined to follow. At Bracebridgo lie engaged a
guide to pilot him to our camp. After reaching the river
tlie fellow demanded payment for the services, and csolly
abandoned him in the woods, burdened With a heavy port-
manteau, telling him the camp was only a short way up
stream at the head of the portage. The Captain endeavored
to follow the path and very soon wandered from the trail
and lost himself. When lie realized the fact he shouted
and yelled until lie was bourse, but there was no respouse
to his cries, lie then fired his revolver, and to his infinite
delight heard a shot in reply, and before many minutes a
man came in sight. Imagine the settler’s astonishment at
seeing a real cockney Englishman, dressed in the inevitable
checked suit, with mutton-chop whiskers and eye-glasses.
But bis astonishment did not equal our Captain’s joy"
as he fervently thanked God for his rescue. The settler
had heard his revolver shots, and thought a huuter had
encountered a bear aud hurried to his assistance. lie
heard the Captain’s story, cursed tho wretch who had so
heartlessly left him in the woods, aud invited him to his
shanty to rest that night, and promised the next day to
bring him to the camp. He felt like a hero, and through-
out the rest of the expedition enlivened the camp with
jokes and songs and comical impressions of the people lie
hud seen in the States. He had never caught a trout and
was very desirous of getting a big oue, “just to tell the
fellows about at home, you know." We supplied him
with a rod and line, gave him instructions and oilier assis-
tance, though he wearied himself iu fruitless attempts to
beguile a single trout from the water. He did succeed in
getting a large one on his hook, but got excited and let it
break away. As a faithful historian I cannot say that lie
caught a trout, but out of kindness will admit* that the
Captaiu landed one or two from a canoe.

Sunday found us still in camp. That night the mos-
quitos in countless millions settled down on us, aud us
soon as morning broke it was determined to “get out of
the wilderness.” John H, and myself were detailed to
walk to Bracebridgo, aud immediately send wagons to the
river for the rest of the parly and the baggage. After
breakfast we started. As we entered the woods it began
to rain, the atmosphere which was oppressively close, grew
more sultry and the flics and punkies surrounded with a
fluttering, buzzing halo of little fiends. We wore linen
helmets which covered our faces and necks, but becoming
wet, they clung to us, and through them the little pests
drilled und brought the blood at every attack. At noon
we came to a clearing where we ate our lunches, aud were
supplied with a couple of cups of milk by t.ie settler's
wife, whose woman’s sympathy was uroused, for she cer-
tainly never saw two more forlorn looking individuals in
her life. Late iu the afternoon the path opened, the clear-
ings became more frequent, but it was nearly dark

THEBE were four— A. V. F., F. S., and W. F., from
the Bunker Hill ward, and your humble servant of
the backwoods, acting as guide— bound for a week’s sport
whipping tlie trout brooks in the wilderness of Vermont.
A day’s ride from the "Hub” was the end of travel by pub-
lic conveyance. A night’s rest, and a part of another day’s
travel by buckboard stage, and the farmhouse was reached
where a stop was to be made overnight and supplies pro-
cured. Early next morning, with light hearts and heavy
pucks, we started for a point six miles distant. The intense
heat of an August sun poured down upon our devoted
heads, causing the boys to wilt like the new mown grass.
Our course was by a blind path in the forest, sometimes
used by the backwoodsmen in going to a distant settle-
ment.

Between the first named trio was borne, alternately, a
small, rusty shot gun, and eucli in turn would boast the
prowess lie would display should a bear or other fierce ani-
mal stand in tlie way. ’Their courage was not put to the
test, however, though signs of bruin were frequently seen.
Several grouse and rabbits did get up temptingly before
the gun, but the only execution done seemed at tlie breech.
Once a halt was made for luncheon, after which, with
lighted pipes, we pursued our way. By mid-afternoon we
arrived at a good camping place, near a fine trout brook
that I was familiar with. The honor of constructing the
camp fell to me, and in a brief time, aided by tlie others, a
bark covered camp was erected, tlie broadside being left
open, and the floor covered with soft boughs for the couch.
Near by was a large dead spruce tree, at the base of which
a fire was built, and while the others were securing dry
wood for the night I visited the brook to obtain trout for
supper. The stream was alive with tlie real Sulmo fontt-
juilis, und in half ail hour’s time I returned with an abund-
ance. I tumbled to the position of “chief cook and bottle
washer," and in due time we were sitting around a table
formed by a huge slice of spruce burk, on which the rneul
was laid. The variety of dishes was not lurge, hut that
was made up in quality and quantity. First was the inevi-
table salt pork, at which, in the city, we turn up our duinty
nose, but in the woods think the sweetest tit bit; a pile of
well browned trout; ditto of potatoes; bread, both white
and brown, and pickles for a relish. The repast was fin-
ished, and pipes lighted as the shades of night appeared.

A couple of hours at euchre and chatting, u piling on of
more wood, in which all bore a part, u “nightcap,” aud
then to tlie sweet and fragrant couch. A. had taken tlie
precaution to drop a ball into the gun and place it beside
him, in case, as lie remarked, “a bear should come around."
My position was on the windward side, and as the nights
even then were growing cool on tlie mountains it was sev-
eral hours ere I got to sleep. How long I hud slept I know
not, but while I was casting my line in dreamland I was
rudely clasped by F. and aroused with the exclamation,
“For the love of God, Uncle R., what is that noise." I
had slept so sound, and withal being partially deaf, had
heurd nothing. Listening for a moment, and still hearing
nothing, I ventured the remark that perhaps it was an owl.

I had scarcely ceased speaking when the woods rung with
the terrific screech of a panther within a stone’s throw of
camp, which was repeated at intervals of several minutes.
Each of the young men clung to and begged me beseech-
ingly to take the gun and go and shoot the animal. I took
the gun iu baud to reassure them, and though I saw the
creature’s glaring eyes once in a tree top less than fifty feet
distant, remembered I hadn't any orders f or panther skins,
und didn’t want any on my hands in warm weather to spoil.

I went to replenish the lire, which had burned low, the
others following. Soon a bright light lit up the scene, and
soon after the monster tree fell, jarring tlie earth around
and sending up myriads of sparks to light the reverberat-
ing echoes. We heard the panther after that only twice,
and then faintly, near the summit of the mountain. But
sleep visited that cuinp no more, and the rest of tlie night
was passed with (lie pasteboards. As morning dawned, I
repaired again to the brook and obtained another supply of
trout for breakfast, which meal was a repetition of tlie one
previous, our uppclilcs augmented, notwithstanding the
scare.

After breakfast was discussed we lighted our briarwoods
and started for the beaver meadows, a mile distant. Here
we soon filled our baskets and started for camp, having
trout enough to last us that day. As we neared camp cir
tain ominous looks culminated in the declaration, “We
wou't slay here in the woods another night for all the
world.” In vain I assured them that there was no danger,
that the panther we heard was a roamer, and even then,

tux
son
follow

andUreach°tlhU.1 ni.ay'bw'»hipped across tii "continent
norL.ni l,h ,J>nxUk‘rmiKt in u mountable condition. Somo
persons state that pure arsenic will preserve animal skins
during hot weather, and that no other preservative is need-
ed to keep a pelt in good condition. Now, closet taxider-
mists who make such assertions evidently haw not "trav-
eled and collected in all climates and lit all seasons I
nave dried large mammal skins on tho plains iu Summer
unit in the woods in Winter, without any preservative*
whatever, aud found them to be in tine condition when put
into pick e previous to mounting them; but at certain sea-
sons of the year, in some localities, arsenic alone will uot
preserve a pelt so the hair will not part from the skin when
it is soaked soft and pliable, so that it can bo cleaned and
mounted, individuals who may think differently on this
subject have hut to experiment a little on largo animals to
satisfy themselves that something more tliun arsenic or ar-
senical soap is essential tu their preservation. Birds cun
be preserved for a few days miring hot weather as follows:
it a large bird is killed, fir ,i swao out the blood from the
throat ii m-' issarv, a;.J distribute powdered uluru and salt-
petre (one purl saltpetre, six p> rt* Jum) the entire length of
the throat, and push some of it Into tb crop with a stick;
ruba little of the preservative into aud uround the . vpk oxior-
ua ly; draw tht? entrails from the specimen through a small
hole, mude lougitudina.ly mre the vuiit, and prime ihu in-
side of the bird with the powdei ; put a small ploro of cot-
ton down the lbro.it, and cram the nostrils full of the same
material, to prevent the -aliva iu<d blood from coming out
on tlie plumage. Carbolic acid is also a good disinfectant
and preservative. Take a small bottle of water and put a
teaspoonful of acid in it, and upply the mixture to the most
perishable parts of a specimen in the same manner on di-
rected to use the salt pel re unit alum. Pieces of cotton or
tow, wet with the acid and water, should he placed in tho
vent und throat of tbo bird. Should olio wish to keep any
hard feathered birds, such us loons, glebes, auks, gullle-
mots, gulls, ducks, etc., for u long period, they should be
drawn und thrown into a picklo of saltpetre and alum, and
any good taxidermist can mount und clcun them when de-
sired. Some sportsmen think it impossible to preserve
skins of deer or buck’s heads for nny length of lime when
camped in tlie forest, yet It can be "done with Imt liitlo
trouble, und when their cumping days are over they can
have the hard earned trophic-, of t ho ebase substantially
mounted to ornament their homes, uud luku pleasure iu re-
lating their history.

To preserve a buck's head, make n cut across the head
from the middle of one horn across the skull to the middle
of the other antler; limn make a cut Irom the middle of
tlie incision made down the back of the ueck to the shoul-
ders; cut the skin uround and a little lielow the neck until
it is free from the fore shoulders, and continue to skin tlie
neck up to the base of the antlers; cut tho skin carefully
away from around the horns, and skin down over tho muz-
zle; skin the ears part wuy down, trim uwny the flesh from
the skill, and rub tlie whole fleshy sido of it with the pow-
dered alum and saltpetre, and if no other preservative is ut
hand use salt. Turn the fleshy side of the pell to the open
air. aud dry as soon as possible. The skin will shrivel up
to tho dimensions of an old boot leg, which it resembles
in shape, but nevertheless it will he in good coudition.
Chop away the part of tlie skull to which tho horns are at-
tached, enlarge the hole in tho occipital bone, remove tho
brains, dust what rcmulns of the skull with any preserva-
tive, and hung the horns iu a convenient crotch of a trie
until the camp is deserted. I have had deer skins in picklo
for two years, und found them in good condition ut tbo ex-
piration of that time.

Never cut a deer skin down tho front of the neck unless
you want an ugly looking seam lo mar the beauty of a
bead. Should a deer be wounded or killed it Is uot neces-
sary to cut bis bead nearly off to bleed him, and if a deer
is shot through the lungs or neur the heart it docs not need
bleeding, us tlie blood will settle in the thorax aud can
easily be turned out when the nnimal is dressed. Wlmt
looks worse than a deer with its head cut nearly off and its
coat covered with blood, which will become half putrid in
a few days in mild weather unless it is washed oft from
the huir when fresh? Never wash out a deei after dress-
ing it unless you are desirous of spoiling your venison.
When saving saddles, let them cool and stiffen uefore fold-
ing the skin over them. I cun stick a buffalo with a four
inch bladed pocket knife and let all the blood out of him
tliut is necessary. So do uot mangle your game und spoil

{'our skins uud meat by slashing unimuls to pieces with a
luge butcher knife.

By making use of the above notes sportsmen and collec-
tors can save themselves the laborious work ol packing a
heavy buck’s head or ani^iul from camp to camp, and the
prepared skins will mount better than a hall putrid head
or pelt with loose huir. The modest (?) taxidermist will
then be spared the mortification of telling his diatoms-*
that their specimens were a little too far gone to mount
well when lie received them.

—A genius recently altered an old Belgian musket Into a
fowling piece, and went out to slay u tew fowls with it.
Tlie first time he fired it it jumped out of his hands,
knocked him down, chased him across a thirty acre field,
climbed through the fence after him, and kicked him, an I
jumped up uud down on him, and the man only saved bis
life by climbing a big tree, while the gun waited on Lour
at the foot of the tree for him to come down.

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FOREST AND STREAM

&stt (juUutte.

WHOLESALE POLLUTION OF RIVERS.

ONE of the most glaring coses of fish poisoning that
has of late come under our notice is furnished by
one of our Yorkshire correspondents. It appears that dur-
ing the latter purl of last week a lino tributary stream of
the Swale, called the Wiskc, in the neighborhood of Thlrsk
and Northallerton, was poisoned ten miles above its junc-
tion with the Swale, and tons of fish were killed. Infor-
mation has been given to the police that this dastardly act
of fish destruction is due to a large quantity of gas refuse
being pumped into t lie stream from the gus works at North-
allerton. Some parts of the river were one mass of dead
fl'h of all kinds and various sizes, viz., trout, dace, burbot
(for which this stream is noted), pike, perch, chub, eels,
«tc. The destruction was so great that a couple of laborers
were employed on one estate two days removing the dead
ILli from toe bunks. Cart loads were taken away, and at
tint Northallerton quarter sessions, on Tuesday last, the
Hon. O. E. Lascelles referred to the dastardly affair, which,
lie said, was of cognate interest, the honorable gentleman
•aid it bud been a most wunton act. Earl Cathcart agreed
with the remarks made by Air. Lascelles, and said that
which poisoned llsh would also destroy human life, and
therefore this was u very serious matter. lie hoped the
Conservators of the Yorkshire Fishery District, or some of
the rlpuriun owners, would luke the matter up. Mr. Hut-
ton suggested a public prosecution as a lesson. The chair-
n.un said the riparian owners might lake action, either by
obtaining an injunction in chancery against the pollution
ot the river, or bring an action for damuges or proceed on
the clause us to (lie pollution of streams. It is said the
main river was affected by the poison for some distance
below, alter receiving the Wiske, us hundreds of fish were
seen lioutiiig dead lor many miles. — Loudon Land and
WaUr.

The foregoing statement, painful enough in itself, and
indicative of the most wanlou contempt and disregard of
rights of property and liurnuu health, contains some sug-
gestions worthy of note as to modes of procedure to obtain
redress for outruges of this character. Tlie information as
to the effect of the pollutions of rivers by gas refuse, and the
eiluut of damage that may bo caused thereby, is imporlanl
•mi sufficiently sturliing to suggest the most rigorous pun-
ishmcui of the offense. There Js 110 doubt that an action
on ibo grounds of pollution would be readily sustained, in-
asmuch us the poisou thut kills llsli by. the carl load,
and disseminates itself through many miles of stream, is
not ouly injurious to persons who driuk it, but more than
dangerous to human life; for a medical examination of the
cases of diseuse or dualli occurring in the tainted locality
would undoubtedly bIiow their origin in the poison intro-
duced us ufuresaid.

Wo have iiad occasion to allude to this matter before. It
was prominently brought to the notice of the American
Fish Culturisls’ Association at its last meeting by Air. Fred.
Aluther, who deserves our thtiuks for thus guarding our
•unitary and pecuniary interests. Too much thought can
not be paid to it. There arc muny streams in the United
Btatcs that uro notably polluted by gas refuse nnd dye
stuffs. 7 lie insidious injury that cortainly must result from
the use of this water os u beverage, us well as from its per-
colation into and through the udjucent soil, will some day
bo ms do manifest by an analysis of vital statistics thut will
exhibit results us slurlliug and painful as tlie National Ho-
tel poisoning at Washington years ago. The whole subject
should demand the attention of the game and llsli protec-
tive associations that aie soon to meet.

Grayling Spawn.— Mr. D U. Fitzhugh, Jr., who lias
been so closely identified with tlie introduction of the gray-
ling, bus added another wreath to his laurels. Remember-
ing his failure to gel spawn last year, by having Mather
come too early mid Green loo lute, he hit the coirect time
this year, and tlie result is that when himself uud purly,
consisting ol Fred Alathor and guides, struck the river this
year, on the Oth of April, tiny tound a few ripe fish. They
took 12,000 spawn up to the 12th, when they had to leave,
•s Air. Alather's engagements required his presence in New
York on the loth. They think, however, that they could
have takcu 100, ()00 eggs in the next three days. They left
4,000 eggs und fifty fish with Mr. N. W. Clark, and Aluther
*em home triumphaut with 8,000 eggs aud forty yearlings,
the latter uvoruging five iuches long.

We have a promise of an account of the trip, which will
be looked for with interest, as this parly ure the pioneer
grayling fishers.

Keepi.no bPAWN Dry. — Air. Fred. Aluther )in3 sent us a
clipping from the Buffalo Lico Mock Journal, containing
tms following memomudu of his on a niHtler which he
says occasioned him greut apprehonsiou two years ugo, but
which Air. Alouroe Green's subsequent experiments prove
to have been groundless, as he bus kept them for months in
thut state:

“I ouce had the supply of water fail some time in the
night, and the uext morning, about nine o'clock, when I
•ppioacficd the house, 1 did not hear the musical dropping
»t a dozen streams, which partly assures me before un-
locking i lie door that things ate right within, nnd on cntcr-
>ug i luuuU the gravel iu oue trough dry, uud the eggs on
L.p ut n luking an air bulb; this was before I used pilch,
atm Hu* Uougu leaked enough to dry out when no water
ran iu. 1 ue\ er kuew exactly how lung they had becudry,
but 1 bail not been there in twcuiy-lour hours belore, and
»up,mse u uiusl have been at least six or eight hours siuce
the water sloppeu ruuniug.

i i lore going to the darn to ascertain the cause of the
stoppage 1 gave the eggs some water, by filling the distrib-
uii. g trough with water Irom under the house, anil louud
Hull ihc dry tyy, JlouUd, which shows thut the water had

been stopped some time. I stopped the water before it had
risen high enough to How over the strips and mix the dif-
ferent lots of eggs, and had then to touch each egg witli a
wet feather so as to wet it all over, whet) it sank, and there
were no c-ggs lost.

These accidents of freezing nnd drying happened at the
commencement of my trout breeding experience, and I
watched those hutches of eggs with interest, but did uot
see but tlie young were ns strong as those from ova that had
never met mishaps; there was no way of getting informa-
tion in those days, especially about anything of an acci-
dental nature. Fred. Mather.”

VinorNiA Fisn Commissioners.— Tlie following gentle-
men have been appointed Fish Commissioners of the State
of Virginia, the two last named in place of Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee and Air. Dibhall, declined:— Dr. W. B. Robertson of
Lynchburg, Alex. Mosely of New Keht County, and H.
T. D. Lewis of Stafford County.

The General Assembly of the State, recognizing the im-
portance of the subject, lias passed a law for the protection
of fish in the James river, of which the following is a btief
synopsis:

Seining or netting in any manner is prohibited, except as
regards the necessities of the Fish Commissioners for prop-
agating purposes. The building of dums or obstructions
of any kind, for the purpose of taking fish, is forbidden.
The placing of lime, gas lur or the refuse of gus works, or
COCCuIub indicus, by any person or corporation, in any of
tlie waters of the James river or its tributaries, or tlie Kan-
awha canal, is prohibited. The other sections of the act
refer to fines and penalties.

— The township of Brock, iu Ontario, Canafll, is much
exercised over the diminution of bass in tlie Beaver river,
where they formerly abounded, and which they attribute
to the erection of dams across the stream. The residents
have petitioned the Government to require fish ways to be
built by the mill owners; that tlie fish may thereby bo ena-
bled to ascend ; but it is argued, par contra, that the bass
is not of those species of fish that ascend tiie streams to
spawn, and hence that there is no sense or necessity for
constructing the fish ways. However, it is usserted that
bass were caught for miles up the river before the obstruc-
tions were put in, and that they were so numerous that
they could be thrown out by scoopfuls below the dam at
Beaverton, while awaiting an opportunity to ascend tlie
stream. There may be a peculiarity about the Beaver river
that is favorable to the well-being of (his fish in regard to
food, or as a good locality for spawn deposit, inducing
them to seek its upper waters. At any rate if the river is
frequented by bass, it is better to throw theory aside and
insist upon opening a passage for the fish.

Massacitpsktts Anglers’ Association.— An adjourned
session of the annual meeting of this association occurred
on Friday evening. 10th inst. , at their rooms in Boston.
President Ordway occupied the chair for the first time since
his accident. Several new members were admitted.

Col. Theodore Lyman and Prof. Alexander Agassiz were
unanimously elected honorary members. The Committee
on tlie Change of the Trout Law reported progress.

The President explained the manner in which the peti-
tion of the association had been treated by the Legislative
Committee on Fisheries, and read the laws of many other
States concerning close limes, showing that the law at pres-
ent on our statute book was entirely useless, and a bid for
thieving and poaching in other States. The members
seemed to feel that justice had not been done, but they
proposed to work with more zeal in the luture in obtaining
protection lor this beautiful fish.

Walter M. Brackett, Esq , who is an active member, was
unanimously invited to exhibit at some future meeting of
the association the scries of four salmon paintings which
lie has recently finished, entitled "Tlie Rise," "The Leap ”
•The Struggle," and "Landed," ami to give the members’a
"talk on the respective subjects.

Effect of Polluted Water on Fishes.— An appeal
wts recently presented by the fishermen of Alunich to the
Government in reference to the admission of gas water
into the river Isar, nnd its influence upon tlie fishes of that
stream. Plot. A. Wagner, an eminent chemist, was in-
structed to investigate the matter and make a report upon
it. His article has lately appeared in the Dayermhcs Indus
tric-u nd- (Jewerbeblati, in which he describes a uumber of his
experiments. For this purpose he introduced small fishes
into vessels containing well water, different amounts of gas
water being added. Tlie results were as follows:—

In water to which oue per cent, of gas refuse was added,
tlie fish put into it became at ouce very restless, tried to
jump out, turned on their backs after they had been in tlie
polluted water one minute, and were dead after the lapse
of six minutes, in water containing one half per cent, of
of gas refuse, fish became at once restless, floated on their
backs after five minutes, and died in thirty minutes. In
water to which one quarter per cent, of gas refuse had
been added lisli became restless ufter some time, floated on
their backs iu one hour, and were dead after an hour and
a half. In water contaiuiug oue tenth per cent, of gas
water, the fish remained quiet; one of them showed no
change after three hours and a half, but died after the lapse
of six hours; no change was noticed iu the case of an-
other, a small pike, after seven hours, but it was found
dead the next morning.

To reduce the injurious effect, therefore, of gas refuse
on fish. Prof. Wagner recommends that instead of empty-
ing burrols containing about thirty cwt. of gas water into
the river at once, as hitherto practiced, it should be slowly
run into it in a thin stream, so as to effect tlie ruuning iu
of the quantity during the day in the twenty-four liour9,
the stream never exceeding five quarts, nor being less than
one quurt per minute. By this mcaus these small quanti-
ties would at once be diluted to such an extent as to be-
come comparatively harmless, chemical decomposition of
their elements iu the river water setting iu at the same
time, aud the injurious influence need no longer be feared.
— 'lVibune.

Natural history.

THE GRAYLING OF MONTANA.

IN Forest and Stream, Alay 14th, 1874, appears a let-
ter from Dr. J. F. Head, Surgeon U. S. A. since 184G
and for many years stationed in Montana, pertaining to a
species of grayling found there, but of which sufficient
was not then known to assign it definite place in the thy-
mallus family. In that letter, which was one of much sci-
entific value, attracting the attention and research of natu-
ralists here and abroad, the following passage occurs: —
"An effort will be mude to have 9ome specimens sent as
soon as practicable to the Smiihsouiun Institution, and to
obtain notes of careful observaiions of the colors in tlie
freshly taken fish, a copy of which I will endeavor to send
you."

In accordance with Dr. Head’s purpose, a quite thorough
investigation of Alontanu waters and critical studies of this
grayling were secured through tlie co operation of army
officers stationed in different parts of the Territory, and
the correspondence has been kindly placed in our hands.
As will bo noticed by the subjoined extracts, specimens
and data were forwarded to tlie Smithsonian by Drs. Old-
mixon and Hart: —

Camp Baker, Montana, July 11, 1874.

Dear Colonel:—

I have succeeded In obtaining some good specimens of tlie “grayling,"
which I will forward to the Smithsonian at the earliest opportunity.

The freshly caught llsh exhibits most of the colors described In the
"extracts'' from Forest and Stream you were good enough in send me,
the few exceptions consisting iu the buck and sides, suggesting (as you
observe) a dlugy, or obscure olive, shading, however, towards the belly
to abtuleh while. Thu dorsal presents, in addition to the spots described,
(what I should term) a brlgh: lake color bordering Its extreme crest, and
retaining it long after immersion in alcohol. The anal, in many apt* i-
mens changes abruptly from the light olive green, observed in its upper
porilou, to a very light brown. The rest of the flns are much us Mr.
Mather describes them; but In the shimmering and glancing rays of a
bright sunlight, all so kaleidoscopic nnd Inconstant us to baffle the
keenest eyesight uud render any but the plainest description morurying.
ly ho'ielcss.

This may, however, bo the llsh caught, and noticed by you In yonr
communication, It being not unreasonable to suppose, as no /lonrlit exist-
ed with which to assist deliberate investigation, that the variety of color
in the closed An escaped your scrutiny, und to the detection of which
Mr. Mather himself appears to havo been indebted from leisurely seeing
him, us ho enthusiastically observes, "coming In on tlie .line with his
flns all standing." Yours very sincerely,

Geo. Scott Oldmixon.

Col. J. F. Head, U. 8. A.

Fort Shaw. M. T., July 27, 1874.

My Dear Doctor: —

I am incllflcd to think that the colors of the Sun River grayling have
heretofore escaped observation, because they have uot been particularly
souuht for. The brlllisnt spots and tints are opou the dorsal fln w hich
falls close lo the back when the llsh is takcu from the water, and are
only observed when the fln is lifted. In the specimens which I have.
Major Jackson (who was Ashing with me) observed the brilliant lines,
particularly the emerald green, which faded entirely away after dentil.

The appearance the Ash presented at time of capture was, buck, gray
with bluish cast luuning Into silvery while on belly; gill covers, blue,
piuk and yellow blended; dorsal flu, spotted bright red and blue, with
emerald green In life; ventral flns. large, nnd striped with blue und pink;
anal fln, brown; two greenish blue spots under gill covers; V und in-
verted W spots on the shoulders ruuning iu lines buck to the adipose fln.
The number of these vary in different flsb. The weight of the largest
specimen wus nine ounces, and toial length twelve inches. The dorsal
lln Iu this Osh was four nnd a half inches in length and one and a lunf in
height. I have taken the number of rays In the various flns and will in.
elude them In the description w hich I send to the Smithsonian Institute.

As they will probably be of no value to you I do not Include them here.
*•••••

Very truly yours, Cnas. A. Hart.

Camp Baker, M. T., August lat, 1874.

Dear Doctor:—

With tho exception of the large dorsal flu-ond the V shaped spots, I
can sec no resemblur.ee between our dingy flsb und the brilliant one de-
scribed by Mr. Mather, although there Is no doubt in my mind I hat they
are the same, my experience being tliat tlie flsh takes Its color from the
water In which he is caught, us 1 will show when you make your annual
tour. Yours truly, n. B. Freeman.

Mr. C. C. Gilbert, of Fort Shaw, states that these gray-
ling ore abundant in the Geyser district, where the camp
fed plentifully upon them. "We caught them,” he says,
“in tlie Yeilowstone nnd tributaries (trout and grayling on
the same string every day) and in the Madison River down
us low as the bridge, on our return to Ellis after leaving
the Geyser Basin. In Bridge Creek, near Ellis, no gray-
ling were caught, so far as I can recollect, but tlie trout
were large aud stlperior in every respect. In Gardiner’s
River, near the Mammoth Hot Spring, we took even better
trout, but no grayling."

We understood Prof. Gill to say, at tlie late meeting of
the Fish Culturists’ Association, that tlie data herewith
given was amply sufficient for purposes of comparative
identity.

One item of information respecting trout, that is not ex-
actly pertinent to the subject in hand, should not lie omit-
ted here, as it includes an interesting fact relative to para-
sites in fish. He says: "Between the upper and lower falls
of tlie Yellowstone we caught over forty trout of the
largest size, but all were ’wormy.’ Prof, ilnyden reports
them not wormy below the upper falls. They may not
have been when he was there, but they were in the month
of August last. The distance from the upper to tlie lower
falls (tlie Grand Fall of the Yeilowstone) is only about one
thousand jards. These wormy trout maybe extending
down the stream; if so, it is a pity, for they are ghastly,
sickly objects. If the great fall does not destroy this
plague it will spread."

This whole subject of parasites on flsh is very interest-
ing, and any knowledge thereof is most important at this
time, because of its direct bearing upon fl6h culture, and
in view of the efforts being made to determine the proper

FOREST AND STREAM

seasons for eating and protecting fish; and we most ear-
nestly solicit for our columns such information as our cor-
respondents will be pleased to bestow. Perhaps Prof.
Hayden will enlighten us upon the disease noticed as pecu-
liar (?) to the Yellowstone.

A Petrified Ciiurch. — As a specimen of unique build-
ing material, and unsurpassed for beauty, the stone com-
prising the walls of the Presbyterian church in Mumford,
Monroe county, must carry off the palm. On the premises
of Oliver Allen, Esq., is a quarry or deposit bed of petri-
fied wood, which lias been used in its construction. In
this stone the fibres of different woods, together with leaves
and berries, ferns, tendrils, and vines, have been perfectly
preserved, while, mosses, barks, and roots are clearly ob-
servable in the larger pieces, grouped together in endless
variety and beauty Probably no petrifactions in the
world are more perfect than these, and when applied to a
building of fair architectural proportions the effect must
be beautiful.

— The contents of the stomach of a trout weighing forty
pounds, lately sent from Michigan to Washington, was
found to consist of eight distinct fishes, six of which
measured twelve inches in length each, and the other two
eight inches each, making a total of seven feet and four
inches of fish in a trout forty-three inches long. The eight
lay side by side, tie heads and tails being partly digested.

Subterranean Fishes. — In boring artesian wells in the
desert of Sahara very small fishes, resembling the white
bait, not unfrequently occur, which inhabit the waters of
the subterranean bed of the desert. They are identical
with a species from the waters of the Biskra. The male
differs from the female in being transversely barred, so
that some authors have regarded it as a distinct species.
The eyes are well formed, although these fishes live a part
of the time in obscurity. It seems that as far back as 1849
the governor of the oases of Thebes and Gaibe, in Egypt,
staled that an artesian well about 105 feet deep, which lie
bad cleaned out, furnished for his table fishes which prob-
ably came from the Nile, as the sand which he had brought
up from this artesian well was identical with that of this
river. In the Sahara, as in Egypt, these fishes were carried
away by the waters which filtered into the soil down to the
subterranean sheet into which the artesian wells open.
Gcrvais claims to have established the fact that these sub-
terranean fishes are essentially fluviatile, and that some like
them are found in the rivers of Senegal and Mozambique^
of Syria and Egypt, of the Iberian peninsula, and even
America. Their fossil representatives are not found in de-
posits of marine origin, and all that we know occur in la-
custrine formations. The existence of these fishes cannot,
then, serve as an argument for the presence of the waters
of the Mediterranean on the soil of the north of Africa.

CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS, I

New York, April 25, 1875. (

Animals received at Central Park Menagerie for the week ending
April 81th, 1875:-

One Cuvueson. Orax alector. Presented by Fulton Paul, Esq., O. S.
Consul, Trinidad.

Two Alpacas, L'nnui pacos. Hab. Pern.

One Crow, Corvus Amtrlcanus. Presented by Mrs. Dr. Webber.

The following received in exchange:—

Nino Brant Geese, Bsrnlcta bienta.

Six Widgeon Ducks. Mareca psnelope. /7a*. Europe.

Two Tambourine Pigeons, Tynpanlstria bicolor. UcCb. S. Africa.
Two Croosbills, Loxia curdiroslra. Hab. Europe.

W. A. Conklin, Director.

— The following are recent arrivals at the Garden of
the Zoological Society, Fuirmount Park, Philadelphia: —
Two Prong-horned Antelopes, ArUUocapra Americana. Purchased.
Two American Elk, Otrvws Canadensis. Presented by Hon. Asa
Packer.

One Loon, Cdlymbns glacialls. Presented by R. B. Magee, Esq.

One Brent G >o*e, Bsrnlela brenta. Presented by Geo. DeHaveu, Jr.
One 1' lorida Fox Squirrel, Sciurus einersus. Purchased.

One Cat Squirrel, Sciurus CarotemU. Purchased
One Florida Pouched Rat, Oeomys plrnti . Purchased.

Two Leather-backed Turtles, PlalgpeUlsft rox . Purchased .

Nineteen Gopher Tortoise, Xtrobaus Carolinus.

Eight Yellow Terrapin, Plyc'umy < eoncinua.

One Leather-back Turtle, Platypeltls ftrox .

Tweuty Scaly Lizzarda, Scclo/sn us undulaius.

Two Chamelon, Anollus G'arollnensis.

Two Diamond Rattlesnake-*, Crotulus adamanteus.

One Ground Ruittesnuke. Crotalophorus tnillanvs.

One Moccasin Suake, AnclMrodon piscivorous.

Two Harlequin Snakes, Slaps fulvlus.

OneGarter Snake, Eutacnin sir tills.

Two Water Moccasins, Tropldonotus fiuclatus.

Three Spreading Adders, Utter odon platyr/ilnos. Two Spreading Ad-
ders, UeUrodon nt modes.

One Chicken Snake, Coluber ffullalus.

Two Bead Snakes, Ophibolttt cocclnexu.

Five Black Snakes, Bascunlon constrictor.

One Btuck Fox Squirrel, Sciurus cinereus, var. vulplnus.

One Block Spider Monkey, Aides Bctztbulh.

Two Weeper Monkeys, (kbits Capucinus.

One common Macuque Monkey, M. cynornolyas.

One Macaw, Avaarancauna.

Tanning Skins with Wool or Fur on.— The follow-
ing method is recommended for private use in skin tanning-
Take equal parts salt, alum, and Glauber salts, and half a
pint saltpetre; pulverize and mix. Handle the skins and
rub the mixture iu well three or four times a day, the
oftener the better. If there is not sufficient moisture in
the skin to dissolve the salts put a little water into the lat-
ter. We are assured that no moth will ever attack furs,
the pelts of which have been thus prepared.

—A negro dialogue, as reported by the Vicksburg Her-
did: — “How do you do, Sallie, how do you do? I ain’t
seed you in such a time. How is you.no how?” Sallie,
grasping the old darkey’s corn stealer, aud giviugit a hearty
shake, ’T’se still a kicking, thank you, Uncle Tom, but X
ain’t a kicking high. How you getting on?" Uncle Tom,

deliberately, “Well, &fl|lie, I’m still eliciting togctbeiMn
spots,”

183

$jtfoodlnndt Jfurm and garden.

Raise your own Seed. — It is not an easy matter to ob-
tain just what we want to plant— ju^t the kind of seed we
require, but this is the difficulty I would desire you to meet,
ana which you will in time entirely overcome, so that vou
will not only have good seed yourself, hut reliable seed’ for
your less provident neighbor. Cultivate your own seeds.
You then Know what you have to rely upon. We would
not be understood as saying that there are no good, reliable
seedsmen, of whom you might procure pure and excellent
seed, but their name is not legion. From our own exue
rience and dealings with seedsmen, we believe the majority
to he honest. They intend to do right, and sell good seed,
yet the trouble lies iu the ignorance of the seed they sell.
’They do not grow thorn; they buy them upou a fair rec-
ommendation, and hence they sometimes buy what is
worthless, often mongrel, unfit seed for good, and which is
given out to their customers all in good faith.

Now, as an illustration (we speak by the book), here i9
the wav you get your mongrel. Two kinds of seed are
planted quito near each other, and they mix iu the pollen
of the blossom, and the result is a mongrel, a cross, called
hybrid. These hybrids are sometimes very well of them-
selves, aud ofteu a new fruit or seed variety, partaking of
the qualities of both the origiuals, is the result. You have
often seeu this in the mixing, as it is termed, of different
varieties of corn, the field squash, the citron, and the water-
melon. Many curious freaks of nature are the results of a
near proximity of seeds.

To avoid all this is within your own hands. It is a rea-
sonable possibility, uttcuded with success when ordinary
care is used. A lesson may be learned of our Arlington
farmers nnd gardeuers. which, if observed, auswers in full
this whole question of the value of good and pure seeds
for garden purposes. Arlington gardeuers, for the most
part, grow their own seeds~ particularly all the staples.
You find them to be exceedingly careful not to grow in
close proximity any two varieties of the beet. They do
not plant for seed tne roots of the blood turnip and white
Silesian, or sugar beet, near each other; aud the products
of these farms have always stood at the head of the mar-
ket stalls, as their producers have at the head of the pro-
fession.

The secret of their success is the great care they give to
the selection of their seeds, the culture of the same, und au
ever watchful care to raise, plant, or sell nothing but the
most reliable kiud of gardeu seeds. Go thou and do like-
wise. Ollipod Quill.

Bottle tiie Apples — Not all of them, perhaps, but as
many as you can afford to buy bottles for. Apples are
about as near without a market price now as we ever knew,
and if preserved by bottling they will really cost but
little more than the expense of bottles, aud if carefully
handled these will last many years. Pare and cook the
apples as for the table, and after gradually bringing the
bottles to a degree of heat which will prevent breaking, fill
with the apples boiling hot and seal immediately as for
.other fruits. All the cans, jars or bottles which have been
used, during the Winter lor preserving Summer fruits
should be refilled now with apples. They make au excel-
lent appetizer in the hot days of Summer, besides being
much more wholesome than fut meats. — New England
Farmer.

Care of Breeding Animals,— At this season of the
year all the farm stock, aud more especially breeding ani
mals — cows and ewes that are to produce young — need par-
ticular care aud attention. The Winter confinement and
long use of dry forage now begin to show themselves in
the condition of the stock, and uuless extra care is given,
aud provender or better feed provided, the aniinuls will
lose in flesh and have a hard time to get up “May hill."
Feed roots, shorts, or some kind of provender; save the
best hay to give the milch cows and breeding owes, and by
liberal feed and good care now give the stock a good start,
that it may be kept constantly gaining until turned out to
the first fresh “bite” of new grass in May. The Winter
has given the hay mows a severe test, nnd it will be neces-
sary in many cases to help out with extra feed or proveu-
dcr. — Maine Farmer.

M. M. B., Syracuse, N. Y.— The insect you scud is the
Tingia arcuuta, a sort of beetle, usually found upon the
holiihock. At the time of blossoming it is sometimes quite
destructive, but may bo removed by a solution of warm
water, iu which sulphur in small quantity has been dis;
solved.

Addison, Troy, N. Y.— On no account use any liquid
fertilizer — such as guano water, soap suds, or munurc
water of any kind— in transplanting trees. Pure water is
the only elemeut to bo used, with good, fresh, finely pul-
verized earth well mixed with the roots, and, if you choose,
mulch a little. Ollipod Quill.

| t0orsc ntjd (£ourLS({.

Tiie Racing Record.— This convenient aud useful hook
is issued from the offlou of the Spirit of the 'limes, and con
tains, beside a record of past races, a complete list of events
and nominations for 1875, together with those of such of
1876 as are already closed. It comprises also the fastest
recorded limes, colors of riders, and much other iufarma-
tion of vuluc to the horseman.

Thotting.— The first trotting contest of the season oc-
curred on Monday, at Decrfoot Park, between Hard Core
and Skipper, the match being wou by the former after five
heats; best time 2.52.

—The first race-meeting to be heard from is that of the
Nashville Blood Horse Association, which will begin ou
Tuesday, May 4lh, and continue through the week. Pools
will be sold iu this city at the Turr Exchange and Johu-
sou’s.

—The grand Spring trotting ci-cuit, comprising the
Point Breeze Purk, Philadelphia; Prospect Park Pair
Grounds, Brooklyn; Connecticut Slock Breeders’ Associa-
tion Hartford; Nurragansetl Park Association, Providence;
Beacon and Mystic Parks. Boston, will he shortly receiving
the attention of turfmen. The Point Breeze meeting will
inaugurate the circuit, and follow » regular Buco*»«9n m

the order above given. The entries for all the above **«»-

.fto1* ”re lo c*ose tl10 8iuue v,r • Monday, May 10th,
lit 9 P. M.

— The 9prlng meeting at Fleetwood Park will he held on
Mav 18th nnd continue four clays. On the first day $5,000
will bo given 1° the 2:50 and 9:35 classes. On the second
day $’■3,550 for 2:51 horses and double teams. On the third
clay $4,000 for the 2-84 and 2 24 classes, nnd on the* fourth
day $1,000 for the 2:80 and 2:20 classes. Tiie entries for
these purse's will close nt Johnson’s pool rooms on Monday,
May 10th, at 0 o'etock P. M.

—The stewards will moot at Fleetwood Pnrk at 4 P. M
on the 15th of Mav to select judges ancl make tho final
preparation* for the Mav meeting, and on the day of the
meeting the Judges will aid tho stewards In seeing that thn

rules are stric'tly compiled with. The rule* require that
each rider shall wear a cap of the color mentioned on th«
programme; that tho riders shall report to the judge* for
instructions fifteen minutes before tlih timo for starting;
that while waiting for tho word the horses shall not turn
inside the first flag nor go beyond the second flag; that a
blacksmith shall he on the ground on everv meeting day,
and that the course shall he govorned by tho rules of the
National Trotting Association.

—A spirited trotting horse, owned by George Cook, ancl
driven by Col. Dickey of New York, bis trainer, ran away
in Main street, Springfield, Mass , a few day* ago, and
dashed head first through a plate-glass window hro the
Union office, cutting himself so severely that lie lias sine*
died. Dickey was severely hut not fatally injured. The
horse was half-brother to Smuggler, and was brought Eust
from Kansas by Arnasa Sprague of Providence.

—At a meeting of the Buffalo, Cleveland. Utica, Npdng-
field, Rochester, and Poughkeepsie Association, C. .1 llnm
lin, Chairman, and E. B. Graham, Secretary, the following
classification of purses was suggested, subject to the ap-
proval of the clubs: 2:88, 2:85, 2:32, 2:29, 2:20. 2:23. 2:20,
2:17, and 2:14, the last tlireo classes being left open for fu-
ture consideration. The date of closing entries was also
left for tho future action of tho associations. The Cleve-
land Club has approved this action. Mr. John Todd wn*
appointed to confer with tho other associations in regard to
the detuils.

— Tho Terre Haute (Ind.) Trotting Association stables at
the track aro full of fast horses, among them Hoosier Dick,
a pacing horse, who paced three consecutive heals at Cam-
bridge City in 2:204, 2:19}, nnd 2:111$, Monarch, Jr , a trot-
ter with a record of 2:25, and Harry Mitchell, with u rec-
ord of 2:28 are also there.

— Throe thousand dollars are offered in purses for a three
days’ meeting at the Manchester, N. II , Hiding Park In
Juno.

— A new half-mile traek.is being built at Lynn, tho loca-
tion being about a mile and a half from the centre of tha
city und near the Danvers turnpike. A i until hotel i« being
built on the. gVounds, nnd a large number of box stalls will
be provided for tho accommodation of horses. The inau-
gural meeting will bo held in July.

— Mr. J. G. Rounds of Lynn sold a Winthrop Morrill
gelding lsst week lo Boston parties for $3,800.

Racing in England.— The Snndown Park Spring meet-
ing commenced on the 22d inst , the most notable event of
the meeting, tho Grand International Steeplechase, being
won by Gold finder, who started at tho long odd* of 20 lo 1.
The meeting now in progress Is the inaugural one of Hr*
new Sundown Park as an aristocratic racing ground. The
Park is situated at F, slier, in Surrey, within convenient dis-
tance of London, and Its opening, from some peculiar! tie#
in management, etc., has attracted considerable attention
and comment . The special object of the Club, as set forth
in its prospectus, is to promote racing of a high cla«s char-
acter, and to this end gate money to the extent of 2s. 6*1 is
charged, an innovation on the old custom which admitted
the great unwashed to the field and excluded them only
from stand and paddock . The stands and Club buildings
at Sundown are particularly unique and elaborate; the
members’ stands being built of yellow brickB, relieved by
red and black- It is modeled after that at Autcuil, and
holds about 600 persons. At tho back of the stands a
churmingly wooded eminence, somewhat after that known
us "The Lawn" at Goodwood, has been tastefully laid out
and planted witli rhododendrons and shrubs, at a cost of
several thousand dollars. Four miles beyond Esher Is ilia
premises of the Cobham Stud Company, where can ha
seen that magnificent specimen of a horse, Bluir Athol, for
whom the company paid £12,000, and whose life is insured
for £8,500. Marsyas, Macaroni, Chattanooga and Wild
Oats, all liorses with splendid pedigrees, aro also compan-
ions of Bluir Athol.

THE COMING HORSE.

Milwaukee, Wl*., April 28, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

My attention has been called to s trotting horso— "Mexoma'Ma," an Ifi-
diun mime, signifying "Iron hor«*"— irnly no mli-nomcr. He was «l rad
by Puul Jones, be by Vermont Black Hawk; dam. a Bellfoundcr roars.
He Is eight years old tbl* Spring, aland* fifteen hands three lnche«. is a
light chestnut, with silver ream- and tall, owned by E. U Brosdheud, of
this city. Hi* natural gait U a pace, bat Is brought down fo a square
trot. At a trial In Chicago lust season ho made Ihrcc heats as follows:
2:19}, 2:20, and 2:23 He will be put on'bc turf tills coming seasun,
when the best will be put lo their slumps to hold their laurels. He was
guaranteed to make five heats Insldo of 2:25. but at tho llilrd heat, os
above, he gave such complete sail-faction tnut bo wa- purchased on the
Hpot at $10 000. the price u-ked for lilra. Mr. Broaohend Is n wealth/
banker in this city, and proposes io gl>e his horses u record that will
place him low iu the •'teens. “ when ho will withdraw th** b-»s- from the
torf entirely. That he will do It— If no accident befalls hlm-thero la
no question to any one who lia« witnessed his action. Ills power, endur-
ance and resolution Is the best evidence of eurcess. Please bear this In
mind, you will bear more of this horse- B.

—The best result ever attained wiili any gun in existence
is said to have been arrived at a few days ago with a thirty-
eight ton Woolwich gun. at the proof butts in the Govern-
ment marches, adjoining the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich.
The gun was being fired to determine the proper proof
charge for guns of its class, and when discharged witn 150
pounds of gunpowder and an 800 pound projectile it re-
corded the extraordinary velocity of 1,506 feet per second,
the pressure on the inner surface of the gun at the same
time remaining moderate. This result is due to the use of
the newly desijpwl cubical gnopowder.

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PEDIGREE OF THE PURE LAVERACK SETTER DOG, "PRIDE OF THE

BORDER.”

A8 CAIXKF(Tl.LT CORRECTED DT MU. LAVEBAOK, UNDER DATE Of MARCO 31, 1£7j,

Pride’s PnnionF.il. — In a letter from Mr. Edward Laver-
ack. datod Broughull Cottage, Whitchurch, Shropshire,
England, March 31st, 187.5, ho requests us to make a cor-
rection in the pedigree of Prido of the Border, which ap-
peared in our issuo of March 11th. Wo quote his words:
"I made a great error, through defect of memory, in say-
ing Fred II. was the sire, instead of Dash. As I have
committed an error I wish it publicly rectified. I send two
pedigrees, ouo o! Bello, dam of Pride, the other of Dash,
tLe sire."

It to be regretted that tills error ever occurred, as it
has "Won rise to some confusion both hero and in England;
but Mr. Lavcrack’s amend* seti the matter right again.
The Dash shown in the pudlpre* sent is “Old Dash," by
tiling, out of Cora, a far prof« able siro to Fred II. A crit-
ical wilier on "The Breeding of Sporting Dogs," in a re-
cent number of JiS.'a Life , says: "The most successful set-
ter nirc ever known has been Mr. Lavcrack’s Old Dash.”

Wo append the true pedigree, as certified to by Mr. Lav-
crack, to take the place of the one published on pago 70,
No. 0, Vol. IV.

Tit: SrnrNuKmi.n Bench Show, — As we go to press, the
Rod -.nd Qua Club of Springfield, Mass., arc holding their
first bench show of dogs. From all we can learn the num-
ber of dogs presont, as well as gentlemen interested therein,
will he very large. The Club have made some errors in
the formation of their programme and prize list, and in-
congruities in classification have subjected them to some
criticism, but the gentlemen interested in the success of the
meeting have acted according to their host judgment with
the material at their disposal, and we have no doubt that
from the experience gained on this occasion, another year
will class the Springfield Show as among the first events of
this description held in tho country. Not the least interest-
ing featuro of this show will be the presence of the veteran,
Mr. Ethan Allin, of Pomfrot Centre, Ct., who will exhibit
his fine old setter "Fan." Mr. Allin has bred his own dogs
for n period of forty years, and most of them carry their
pedigrees hack for that space of time to first class dogs.
They aro bred and broken more particularly for rulTcd
grouso shooting, und in that particular line are probably
without superiors.

Tin: Foiikrt and Stream Piuzk Cop.— It Is rarely one
sees a piece of work of this description in which the < e-
signer and engraver have so faithfully and adMiraljly exe-
cuted tho Idea convoyed to them, as in the iustunce under
discu-ision. Tho Meriden Brittania Co., who manufactured
tile Silver Ice Pitcher presented by this paper to the best
dog at the Springfield Bench Show now in progress, has
our boat thanks for tho admirable success of the work, and
Mr Ilirschfleld, the Company's Superintendent at West
Meriden, is entitled to every praise for tho very excellent
engravings with which the pitcher is embellished, the entire
oost uf which amouuted to $30; making the vuluc of the
cup $75.

Tiir OLA600W Bench Snow — The Scotch National
Bcuch Show, which was held in Burbank Drill Hall, Glas-
gow, on March 30th, was a great success, tho number of
dogs being larger, and tho quality of them superior to that
of any previous exhibition. In tho setter class especially
waa this tho case. Mr. Mucdona’s rod Irish setter Mozart,
by Plunkot out of Twin, took the second prizo, Mr. Fletch-
er’s Race taking first. Mozart is tho sire of Mohawk’s
Banshee, Imported last year.

"Doo on It.”— In twenty-one counties In Georgia very
Careful agricultural statistics were collected last year in
compliance with a State law. In these counties the whites
had 35.097 sheep; the negroes barely 205. They owned
4,211 dogs, or about twenty times us many dogs as sheep
to Mipuly them with wool for clothing and mutton It is
dillleult to discover anyway in which Southern agriculture
nmy prosper while a savage taste for dog, an,| g,jMS aro R0
powerful, not only with persons of oolor, but with some
millions of the white race. In the twenty-one counties re-
lerred to, the whiles keep seventeen thousand six hundred
ond ninety seven dogs. — Southern Watchman.

"MOHAWK” ON DOG’S TAILS.

_ „ New Yon*, April M, 1875

toiron I OREST AND Stream:—

1 lie point token by Mr Fltctiot In regard K> debar lug dogi wbocc tn
linve been cut. from exhibition In a bench »bo*v, I* a gu„<l „„0. \\ mi,
am in favor of folio via/ tho Kngllah In ina ly or lliolr practice
regard to dogn, K hexing that we will bo bonoflttoU by no doh
vot I certainly am In favor of cropping tho dog'- tall*. If nothing m.
than taking oil tho two hut Joint* Ocoulonall, there I. a dog wlu
tu 1 doe* not need it. but with tho majority It u»t only louds to th
comfort In hunting, but In iny opinion lmproic* tho animal's uppouran
A long (all, CUillDg up at tho Up end. lo my funoy detracts from ai.po
arid- ijulto na much a* n atuhby fall. Mrhor oxtr.me I* ohjocilunati
At an) rote, bench shown, or no bench -bow., I -hull always do It, a
on acconnt of it will nevar liar a dog In any show that I have nni thl
to do with. Thi idea atoms to mo perfectly absurd that a dog, belli ' >
perior In every other respect, ihu fact of hit tall having been dock
ste led count aguliut him. ayd give 'lie pilzo to an inferior animal win
to 1 1 nd not bc«o cot. If the owner apoUa hi. dog > appearance by »li<
etleg hi. tall, he doe. so at bis own risk, and of course the dog rxh
lied show* for him* If. To enforcs such n rule at tho present tli
vouW narrow a bench show to a competition between Imported do
whkh will not dw All that have read my utricle-, know my prefer. ii.
lor the Imported dog. bnt fu,r play I, B Jewel, and the unlive dog. mi

inrh T,a2','aL ana '*• d‘ *>«""' from competition on n

such unjo.t and frivolou. pretext as thl.. Therefore, Mr. Fltchet a

- ,h I0" <,0R * 8 l‘*V0 b**n can oorno lo Wnl.-rto-

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dog. Blue Prince; Mr. Dalnlry Ilollln'. Silk and Tory; Mr. Langston's bluo Peter, prize winners at Birmingham aud Mane host or; Mr.
Dickons, blue Dash, and many oitiar highly valued setters.

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NAME CLAIMED.

Philadelphia, Pa., April 24, 1875.

Editor Koiie.t and Stream: —

I would claim Iho name Pride of tho Border, Jr. for my black, while
and tan dog, sent to me this day by Charles II . Raymond, Morristow n,
N. J.. -aid whelp bolog out of Luvcrnck Fairy by Laverock Pride of the
Border. Homo.

—Our frequent correspondent "Teal," saya he lias been
using Moore’s Dog Biscuit, and can recommend them.

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MAY IS A CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME.

Game in Market. — To-morrow finishes Ihu ducking sea-
son, and there remains nothing for us to quote in the way of
game between now and July 4th but English suipe and
hay birds. Some of the dealers declare that brant are now
in their finest condition, and that 11s so little is known- of
the habits uf these birds, their breeding places etc., that
tho existing law ought to he so modified as to not apply to
them. We saw at the Messrs. Robbins’ a few yellow legs
and some fine fat Canada bunting in bunches; they sell for
$1. per dozen. English snipe are worth $3. to $3 50 per
dozen, a great reduction from last week’s prices, accounted
for by the fact that the market is largely supplied with
birds from the West. Wild pigeons aro worth $2. pet-
dozen.

— We are in receipt of a communication from a gentle-
man, who was induced by a representation made through
our columns, by a correspondent, to visit a place some four
hours journey from this city, for the purpose of duck and
goose shooting. lie spent two days on the ground and in
that time saw one flock of geese in the distance and three
ducks. If correspondents who furnish us with information
regarding shooting and fishing localities, which we publish
solely for tho benefit of sportsmen, would confine them-
selves closely to facts, they would save us annoyance and
do themselves more ciedit. Wo shall bo most cautious
hereafter in recommending any particular place for either
shooting or fishing, unless the information comes from
sources that we know to bo unimpeachable. A gentleman
who can but occasionally steal a day from his business, and
relying upon statements coming direct from the ground,
finds himself gulled as regards sport and swindled out of a
considerable sum of money, is naturally indignant. Wc
refrain from publishing the letter in question, as tho late-
ness of tho season may have had something to do with the
want of game, but on tho recurrence of a similar case of
deceit we shall give the matter free publicity.

—We have received from Messenger Bros., of Boston, a
photograph, en grand tenue, of tho Winter hunting party
whose experiences in Maine were printed a few weeks since
in Foiucst and Stream. No "hearth rug knights" are tho
members of this group, with their blankets, snow shoes,
coon-skin caps, Canadian moccasins, and woodman’s axes
slung over their backs, surrounded by pelts and deer skins,
strings of trout caught through tho ice, and such like tro’-
phios. Now that we are snugly quartered in our cosy sanc-
tum with the genial warmth of Spring filling the atmos-
phere, it makes us long to bo back to the wind swept
shanty with tho snow four feet deep in the woods, the ther-
mometer 40’ below zero, out of meat, the fire dead, and no
matches to be had. The pleasures of picking a flint can be
only appreciated then, when the fingers are blue and help-
less, and the latent spark refuses to conic forth to kiss the
Jightwood into n warmthful blazo. When the realities of
camp life fade away, then the reminiscences kindle brightly.
Tho Messenger Brother’s arc among the most successful
caterers of Boston, but though good hunters, we arc not
awaro lliut they kill all of the game they serve to their
customers.

— Wc have received from Mr. John B. Sage, Recording
Secretary of the New York Statu Sportsman’s Association,
a twelve page pamphlet, containing the names of the win-
ners of prizes at the conventions from 18(35 lo 1874, inclu-
sive, which wo shall find very useful for reference.

The Williams’ and Powell Gun — Mr. John H. Wil-
liams, of Messts. Williams it Powell, of Liverpool, is now
in this country with a view of introducing their guns to the
sportsmen of America. The average charge for their
twelve bore guns is three and a half drachms powder and
one and an eighth ounce of shot. We have inspected a
number of their guns and were much pleased with the
finish and the targets made by them, say 231 pellets in a
thirty inch circle at forty yards, with a seven pound gun,
and others varying in weight and bore, of equal pattern.

—A gentleman in Wilimington, North Carolina, while
hunting snipe last Thursday, killed a largo white crane
ninety yards by actual measurement, with a double barrel
breech loader, ten gauge, made by J. & W. Tolley, and the
charge was three and a half drachms powder and one and a
quarter ounces No. 4 shot. It is not claimed that this was
anything more than a chance shot; for no shot gun can ho
relied on to kill birds at ninety yards; but it shows what a
good gun, properly charged, can sometimes accomplish.

—We have received from Mr. Holabird, well known a9
the maker of shooting suits, a new cartridge belt of his own
patent and manufacture, intended more particularly for
brass cartridges and to prevent tho loosening of the shot
wad. Mr. Holabird is also now making a fishing suit,
said to be as excellent for its purpose as bis shooting suit.

New Camp Baker. — Everything new and useful
to sportsmen naturally finds its way to their notice through
Forest and Stream, for advertisers who have used its
columns unanimously agree that no other medium gives
them such good returns for their investment. One article
which has interested ns more than most others is a Camp
Baker, manufactured by Messrs. Scovill & Johnson, of
Marquette, Michigan. This baker is in general use among
the lumbermen, trappers, prospecters and sportsmen of the
Lake Superior country, and no camp is without one. Its
utility is as apparent as its ingenious construction. It
bakes better than a Dutch oven, because its radiators con-
centrate the heat of tho fire upon the viands to be cooked;
at the same time it can be folded into a space scarcely
larger than the iron pan which receives the meat. It oc-
cupies no more space when closed than the folded elioss-
bourd which purports to be two volumes of Macaulcy’s
History of England, and is of the same shape. For com-
pactness it is a marvel. To the ordinary traveler it would
be an acquisition merely as a case for drees shirts which lie
can put into the truy of his trunk and thus preserve them
from being crushed. So much is tho food which wc obtain
in the woods— both game and fish— improved by baking,
that wc cannot imagine how any person who lias ever seen
one of these utensils could ever remain in the woods three
day9 without one. Its weight adds almost nothing to tho
pack, and its bulk and shape do not make it cumbersome.
It can be seen at our offleo.

Pigeon Shooting.— Irn Paine and Capt. Bogardus have
agreed to shoot at 100 single pigeons each for $1,000 aside
nnd the championship of America, on May 15, near New
York, bnt not on Paine’s grounds. Paine agrees to furnish
the birds free, and allow Bogardus $30 for expenses.

-1 11c iiiicrnniionui snooting Association for the enforce-
ment of game laws of the State of Vermont and British

Provinces, was organized at Derby Line Vt April 10
Officers for 1875: President, I). Mcllhincy; Vice President
A II Joues; Secretary, J. T. Flint; Treasurer, C. W. But-
terfield; Executive Committee, R. C. Parsons, W M.
Pike, II. S. Taylor, T. Iliimmn, E. L. Nelson. L. A.
1 oung.

Massachusetts. — Salem, April 2(3 th. — Two snipe shot
Saturday; so they are coming. Saw one “winter yellowleg’

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yesterday, also saw four woodcock. Migrating birds are
corning along slowly. Grounds are in fair order for snipe,
but in the alder swamps there is yet much frost. Bay
ducks, geese, &c., are numerous in 'our harbor. Hope to
shoot some snipe this week, if I do will let you know.
Seven suipe were killed at Newburyport the 19th.

“Thai,.’’

On Saturday, 10th inst., there was organized at Irving-
ton, N. V., a game club, to be knowu as the Irvington
Game Club. The following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Simon Lawrence; Vice President, C. II. Ilauptman;
Secretary, Lewis Gregory; Treasurer, Fillmore Jewell. The
object of this club is the protection of game and perfecting
the members in the science of shooting. It has among its
members some crack shots and may give some of its senior
clubs a brush this fall.

Maryland, — Deer Dark, April 10, 1875. — Spring has
failed; its assets are frozen garden seedlings, blue noses,
&c. ; its liabilities arc too numerous to mention. Wo were
in hopes of having flowers soon, but we have to fall back
on the blossoms of hope, and even those are in such a
sickly condition that we will soon have to throw them out
of the window. All the spring birds were hero and every-
thing was budding, when a snow-storm came and sent all
these little angels to heaven. A greet many ducks h ave
been killed during the past two weeks, and that is all the
sport wc have. I have seen in several papers lately an ac-
count of Air. C. S. Abell, of Baltimore, killing in Florida
a rattlesnake with sixteen rattles, as though this was
something unusual. An Englishman who lived nenr us
killed a rattlesnake that must have had charge of the nurs-
ery, for it had nineteen ratties. Many people saw this rat-
tle and it is an undoubted fact. The snake was not a large
one, being but about four feet long. Alleghany.

North Carolina. — Wilmington, April 21, 1875.— On the
19th I bagged six brace of snipe in a meadow adjoining
our city. It is unusually late in the season for snipe here,
which is the only remarkable feature about this announce-
ment. Can it be that the recent cold weather North drove
the snipe back to us, or have they tarried longer than usual
with us on account of the absence of any warm weather iu
the South up to this lime ? W. H. B.

—The time of meeting of the Kentucky State Sports,
men’s Association has been chauged from May 18th to the
first Tuesday in June, to avoid conflicting with the Louis-
vdle races. The State Association is gathering strength
rapidly, and will undoubtedly accomplish great good in its
own Slate and prove a powerful auxiliary in the efforts
being made to secure a general respect and enforcement of
laws for protecting game.

A GOOD REPORT OF THE DITTMAR
WOOD POWDER.

Lansinoburoh, April 18, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Having read in your columns many Inquiries u'lout the Dittmar pow-
der, I herewith appeud some experiments made with it by myself, and
their results:—

Dittmar— Threo drachms powder (bulk); 1 oz. No. 8 shot; target, 8
Inches; distance, SO yards: Pattern, 73; penetration, -10.

Huznrd Son Shooting FG -Three drachms powder; 1 oz. No. 8 shot;
target, 8 Inches; distnnee, 30 yards: Pattern, 60; penetration, 40.

Tlie above is tlie average of four shots of each kind, unit the penetra-
tion pads wore leaves of a Dtagnzlue, a sample of which I enclose.
Against the Hazard FG. I tested with It I found an equal penetration,
with only about one-half tho recoil; the smoko nnd report are greatly
diminished, and the deposit, after discharge, is slight aod easily re-
moved, not adhering to the barrel in a caked condition, as sumo clean
powders do. Hoping this will bo acceptable to you, I remain, yours
rospeclfully, B. F. Flower, Jr.

PROPER CHARGES FOR REMINGTON
GUNS.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Noticing In your paper nu inquiry in regard to the proper load for a
Remington 10 bore, 81 pound gun, and having used for a year past n gun
of llmt description, will give you tho result of my experience. After
careful experiments I Und 3 drachms powdor nnd 11 oz. shot is tho
proper load for my cun, and with that load there is no recoil whatever,
nnd good pattern nnd peuetrntion, and is a sure shot on anything between
40 and 75 yards. I use a Baldwin wnd and a heavy felt wad over the
powder. Alleouany.

GAME PROTECTION.

Shrewsbury, April 20, 1875.

Editor FonzsT and Stream: —

I wish to add a few remarks to my nlready expressed views upon “the
desirability of abolishing tho shooting of tho Wilson snipe in the Spring
nnd tho woodcock In the Summer.” Tho uliowlng these birds to he
killed ut these seasons is the means of other kinds of game being de-
1 strayed contrary to law,1 particularly tho woodcock duriog Spring snipe
shooting, nnd quail and ruffed grouse front tho beginning of Summer
cock shooting. I advocate, as a matter of self-interest to us sports-
men, the necessity of protecting the snipe and woodcock, and in their
protection believe that other kinds of game would be protected by hav-
ing laws prohibiting Bold shooting in the Spring and Summer. Had we
such laws tho tiring of guns in these times would bo a signal to all having
n desire nnd opportunity to investigate who the parties were aud what
they were shooting, “Prevention is easier than cure."

Check Cord.

PAP ER SHE L LS.

St. Paul, Minn,, April 9, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream

We boar much of late about tho relative merits or brass and paper
shells. Being on the side of the latter, nnd ns one of the main disadvan-
tages ascribed to them Is liability to get wet and swell, I would offer to
tlie readers of your valued journal the following effectual remedy against
wet or damp, having given it a very thorough trial myself: After prop-
erly loading and crimping your shells immerse them for a cecond or so In
a solution of the following projjprtionB; Of good orange shellac, one
pound; alcohol, one gallon. This quantity will coat and waterproof a
hundred or so shells, and drying almost Instantly, they can be Immedi-
ately pnt ki'd away for use. The expense is very trilling, us the solution
can be used over nnd over, nnd only requires a thinning now and then
from the evaporation of the alcohol. Very respcc'fnlly,

(.HAS. A. Zimmerman .

A NEW METAL SHELL.

Shrewsbury, April 23, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

It i« with pleasure that I am able to give an opinion that at last there
is a metal shell that is really a desirable article; sound iu principle and
well made. I refer to the “Ilart shell,” manufactured at Newark, N. J.'
The desirable features are, first— u solid substantial anvil, backed up by
plenty of mclalln head of shell, insuring durability; eecoDd— the anvil

and cap recess are made of nickel to obviate corroding Thlrd-the shell
takes the Berdan primer, and h*» the slotted head Tho latter Is by far
tho most convenient arrangement to facilitate tho removal of exploded
caps, which can bo done with tho point of a knife blade, or am sharp
pointed steel Instrument. The Bordau primer, being a flat wide cap. ad-
mit- of a large bnt not deep recess in head of shell, consequently it is
easily kept clean. Fourth-ln the tube of this shell tho metal Is' qullo
thick, rendering the boce nearly tho size of tho paper shells, which I
consider an excellent feature, as it gives less frictlonto shot In passing
through tho barrel than do shells with thinner sides, and consequently
larger boroB. More powder and loss friction is my idea. Tho general
get up of this shell Is such os 1 have advocated in Korkbt and Stream
ns being desirable for all kinds of shooting from boats or blinds. 1 con-
sider that metal shells are superior to tho paper ones where they do not
have to he carried upon the person or the sportsmen . I hold there Is no
economy in using metal shells in upland shooting; not from tho slarul-
point of dollars und cents, a- one of your correspondents, I am sorry to
say. Insinuated wns the motive, but from their being liable to Injury If
not carried in a belt or vest made especially for the purpose: and who
would wish to he so hnrne**- d when ho can divide tlie weight of his
ammunition by distributing his paper cartridges In the many pockets of
a shooting suit, und can throw away tho empty shells Instead of having
to carry them. ditto* Cord.

£iiswei;s §[o ^on-esyondeutg.

W. C. S., Boston.— Your inquiry answered by mall.

Messbnobr, Boston.— With regard to Colvin’s canvas bont, seo an-
swers elsewhere.

A. L , St. John’s School, Sing Sing.— Can you furnish me with a com-
pass such as that “G. N.” inquired about? Ans. Yes; can send by
mall.

Subscriber, New Bedford.— Will yon please Inform mo whoro I can
purchase a fuw pair of live quail T Ans. It Is too late in tho season to
procure live qnnll.

J. D. B,, Sedaiiu, Mo.— I want to got tho address of C. S. Bontcher and
get ono of his books. If you will oblige me with hts address? An*. Seo
answor toother querists In this colnmn.

Jkuomb. Philadelphia.— Please inform mo who Is tho best authority on
(ho Olympian, Nemean, and Isthmian games? An*, Groto’s or Cnrlluu’
History of Greece will give yon the information you desire.

C. C. M-, Alleghany City .—I* there any guide book to the rivers and
bays bf tho Easicm and Southern States? Ans. No guide book tlmt
wc know of. Tho Government coast survey charts can be bought in this
city and will glvo tho information.

G. P. R,, Tuscon, Arizona.— Can yon glvo fno the address of a taxi-
dermist in San Francisco, or any one of whom I ran buy eyes for bird*
and animals? Ans. Chas. A. Allen, Nlcaslo, Marin county, Cal. ; Goo.
H. Strong, 224 Sunsome, San Francisco.

C. P. K , Angusta. Me.— I see a statement in your pnper that Eloy’s
brown paper shells can bo purchased at $10 per thousand. Will you bo
kind enough to tell me where they can be Imd at that price? Ans. From
H. C. Squires, No. 1 Conrtlandt street, Now York.

R. R. New York —Will yon kindly Inform me If tho Whitney sporting
rifle Is a good weapon? Ans. The Whitney Is comparatively a new rifle,
and wo havo not yet heard of its merits. In flnlah it la not equal to somo
of the others, but we understand the company are soon to turn out finer
work.

W. J., Bridgeport, Conn.— Can less than ono ounce nnd one-quarter of
shot be used in a pigeon match shot under Long Island rules? Ans. In
shooting a pigeon mntch, when tho shooters nre limited ns to shot, any
shooter may uao any weight or slzo of shot ho chooses, not exceeding
tho limit.

J. D. B , Muncy Pa.- One of your patrons wishes to know whore ho
can deal to tho best advantage in fresh muckerol and other fresh llsh?
Ans. Headquarter* for flslt is at Gloucester. Mass. Communicate with
Middleton, Carman A Co., or E. Blackford, whole-ale dealers, Fulton
Market, N. Y. Yonr qnerry is not sufllciently explicit.

F. W. F., Brooklyn.— Will you bo so kind as to inform mo the amonnt
of the flno for shooting robins at this season of the year? An*. Five
dollars ponnlty for shooting, robin*, except In the month* of August,
September, October, November and December. Robin shooting 1* for-
bidden in Kings county, except in October, November and Decumbor.

C. P., Now York.— Please inform a constant render how to bronze or
stain a copper powder flask, ns I hnvo a nice flask an i would like to
know how to color it In some way? Ans. The process Is a trade ecc'ot,
bnt you may get the information, or have your flask bronzed by apply-
ing to the American Flask Company, No, 63 Beckman street.

J. A. W., Montreal.— I Imve a very handsome pair of spaniels nine
months old, und would like a few hints about training them. Would
you be kind enough to let mo know tho nnmo of n book which would
give the Information I want, nnd whore it may be got? Ans. “Dluks,
Hutchinson and Mayhcw” is the best work upon dog breaking. The
price Is $3; we can send you a copy.

C. W. R., Montreal.— Will yon kindly give price of the "latest thing
In boats," and where it is to bo had; also price anil weight of Mr. W.
E. Bond's boat-, of Cleveland, Ohio? Ans. Mr. Verplanck Colvin’s
boats are noton tho market For price list of Bond's boats address W.

K. Bond, 22 Sonth Water street, Cleveland, Ohio. Prices range from
$35 for 12 foot boats, to $67 for those lfij feet long.

K. S. II., Grand Rapids, Mich — Where can I got a copy of Ranald's or
Biacker's "Entomology and at wliat price? Also C. 8. Boutchcr'e
“Notes of a Western Hunting Trip?" Ans. Tho tlrst yon will linvo to
send to London for; they are very rare, and sell for about &\ each. Mr.
Boutcher's book was printed, wo believe, for private distribution, but you
may procure a copy by addressing the Fr<e Press , Easton. Pa.

L. II. B., Troy, N. Y.— Will you be kind enough to Inform mo how I
can obtain n copy of “Notes of a Western Hunting Trip,” by C. 8.
Boutchorf Can you inform mo where I can procure a book on rowing?
Ans. Yon may get Mr. Boutcher's book by nddresslug tho Free I'rtes
ofllcc nt Easton. Pa. The only book* on rowing we know of aro the
Annuals. Addross Mr. Jumes Watson, P. O. box 678, for hi* ; price 50
cents.

J. A. B., Boston.— Can yon give mo any Infonnantlon In regard to tho
disease called “roup” lu hens, and what la to be given them to effect a
cure? Ans. Some fanciers Imagine that "roup"isa disease akin to
diphtheria. Tho fowl gapes, rnflle* Itself Into a heap . and emits a noise
not unlike that of a “roaring" horse. Sulphur In pills or mixed In the
water is suggested as aromedy; or a doso of castor oil. We should pre-
fer trying the effect of pepper, red or black, mixed with corn meal.

Tahawus, Brooklyn,— I am extremely anxlou* to obtain a copy of
Verplanck Colvin's "Report of the Adirondack Survey." I have applied
to several Assemblymen, but without success, as I um not personally
acquainted, nnd 1 fear that'lhe edition is nearly exhausted. Could you
let me know where I can obtain tho work? If I cannot obtain It ns a
gift I would like to purchase It. Ans. Address Francis L. Keyes, Clerk
of Assembly. Albauy. Our opinion is, that the edition Is exliawtcd, and
the volume hard to obtain.

C. W. II., Altoona, Pa.— There arc a number of young men In the offi-
ces of the Pennsylvania R. R. in Altoona, who want to get up a rifle
club for amusement and mutual improvement. Wo don’t know exactly
how to go abontlt (what rulesof government to make, Ac.), aud will bo
very much obliged If you will give us some suggestions as to to orgonlza-
ion and best rifles for short range, say 100 yards to 200 yards, nnd of
snch price an will bo suited to the limited means of railroad clerks? Ans.
Pamphlet with all necessary Information sent by mall.

Touno ANtfLWR, Philadelphia.— I . Is fhoreany place In Pennsylvania
where you can fb*b for trout, aud do you have to pay any charge fsr Ash-
ing? 8. What nre the principal months for fishing? 3. IsJ.B. Crook
A Co. a reliable firm? 4. What book would yon recommend to me to
learn more aoont fliti? Ans. 1. Addrass Miles Johnson, Fork ton, ,

Wyoming county. Pa., and he will get yon excellent trout fishing in the
M stoop my Rivor that is |im to all. 2 May t»t to Soft. S)th. 3. An
old e*ui.h*hM house. «. Norris' “American Angler’s Book." prfca
$3.N>; a cheap bnt good hook for a beginner U RouUedgo's "Handbook
of Angling," 80 osnta. Wo can got either for you.

C. A. I'., Boston.— Can you tell me how lo raise fan (all dove*? Mine
lay egg* and then desert them, or If they hatch them, tlioy starvo the
young one* to death An*. Fan tall., pA.dcularly when aged, nre fre-
quently bad setters. Yon must koop a few common pigeon* and change
the egg*, putting those you wish to rear midet tho common bird#. Which
riflo won the highest score |u tho iutornatlonal match? Are tho Mnynanl
rifle* considered n* good as the Sharp or Remington? Ans Captain
Fulton made the highest score In tho International match with a ltew-
lnglon sporting rifle. Tho rlflca you uiuntlon are all good.

F W. C„ Paterson. N. J. I am going, lo Rallfax, N. 8., to spend
about a month flshlng. Shall I want heavy tackle for tho lake trout?
An* Take a trolling Hue and rool. 8. Will tho last week It. May bo
better than the first for flatung purposes? An* Ye*. 8. 1 toteml to
go to Grand Pro. I* thorn good flshlug thereabout? An*. A few trout
in tho rivers that empty Into Minae Barin. 4. Whoro Is the host pi»Co
to put up for a day or two? An*. There I. a good hotel at Huntspore
on tho Aunapoli* R, R. but at Grand Pro yon will hare to lodge with a
Frenchman probably. 5 How it tho weather In Nova Scotia? Au*
Mild in the Interior, and streams open-* Now England climate.

8.. New York.— Can yon give me the address of Verplanck Colvin, or
whom l can seo one of the boats such as he used lu tho survey of the
Adirondack Wilderness; also whoro can bo scon Frank Good'* mocoa-
sins? Ans. Addross Verplanck Colvin. Albany, N. Y, Wo aro not
aware that Mr. Colvin has arranged for tho manufacture of his bont, or
rather hia canvas covering; for his Idea Is to lit tho frame to it In 1 he
woods as occasion requires, for temporary service. If those canvas
shells could bo bought, they would doubtless be lu groat dnmaud. Homo
simple Instructions would onablo most anyono to couslruct tho frame.
Wo have sent to Mr. Good for moccasins, and shall hope to have a pair
soon at this ofllco. Wc do not know of any placo lu this city whuro they
can bo found.

B. C., Cleveland, Ohio.— Please tell me tho nnmo* of two game pic-
tures (stool engravings preferred) for a gentleman's room. I would like
ono representing a hunting econo, tho other flshlug, with nice landscape
background. Don't want them vary large? Ana. Whilo there are
plenty of chonp chromos and lithographic prints representing hunting
aud ilehlug scones, good engravings of tho same, excepting, or course,
Landseer’* admirable pictures, aro scarce. Tho best we can suggest for
you as matching in size are “Tho Eugllsh Gamekeeper," for a shooting,
und "Steady, Johnny, Steady," for a flsluug sketch. Tho Inst Is worth
$40 for an artist’s proof, and represent* an old Scotchman and hi* son
on tho way to the salmon pool. Tho price of the first named Is only $7.60,
to be hud of W. Schaus, 749 Broadway ; size about 80x.*0 Inches.

J. W. K., Ayer, Mass.-WIll you ploase Inform mo how and whero I
enn obtain a few pairs of sharp tailed grouse for breeding purposes, also
tlie price? Ans. Sharp-trilcd grouse could not be obtained at tills sen-
son of tho yoar. We think It is very ranch to bo regretted that our sug-
gestion that tins game bird be obtained for breeding purpose* has not
boon given more attention. From our oxpnrlonce in shooting this bird
we aro fully convinced that It will do well In many sections of tho Middle
State*, ns it take* to cover much In tho snmo manner as our rnllod grouse.
While shooting 1I1U bird In Wisconsin, whero they aro found In great
abundance, we luquired If any live birds could be obtained, but could hear
of none being caught. Wo think tlmt arrangements conld bo mndo to ob-
tain a snpply next Wlutor. Will write to somo parties In tho Northwest
and ascertain.

E. R. V., Hevorly.— 1 Con you direct me to any placo In New Turk
or Philadelphia whore lean oxamino Dougall'a guns? 2. Do yon know
any agent of thelr's In N. Y. or Philadelphia; If so, will yon pleo*e give
hi t name? 3. Aro J. A W. Tolloy a rollablo Arm. and are tlielr highest
priced gnns equal to thnao of the beat English makers? 4. Where can
I gotanyof Ray's shot concentrators? B. What brooch loodlng action
do you consider tho etrongost? if. Do yon know of any work on Shoot-
ing byJ. D. Dougall? An*. 1. At Schuyler, Hartley A Graham's,
No. 19 Malden Lane. N. Y., you can purchase a Dougall gun. 3. Wo do
not know that Dougall has any agent In this country. 3. J. AW. Tol-
loy ore a reliable Arm. and thoir guns rank among th oso of tho best ling-
llsh maker*, t. At any of the gun dealer* advertising In our paper.
5. The double undor grip Is as strong an any. 0. No.

J. C. S,, Wa*hlngton.— Will you bo kind onough to glvo an opinion as
to tho necessary treatmont for my setter, symptom* a* follow*: A dry
cough, flrot hoard three monih* since, and at intervals of day*, sometime*
weeks, until the past few weeks, whon it has been ft dally occurrence.
Wet, cold weather at novornl times mado cough sound ompty; dog Ira*
aliown no other symptoms of dlstemoor that I can discover. Ha* auf-
fored no material loss of rplrli* during till* time. Has do consldurablo
trouble In breathing, but froth* some when running, Gogs occasion-
ally and sometimes vomit*. I gavo two or threo omotlc*, as found In
Youatl, without permanent rollof. Have alno given n preparation for
worm* without avail. Dog U ono year old and In a much fatter condi-
tion than he should bo. When taken out for exorcl*e make* a sound
similar to that of a man About to oxpectorale; soon recovors, and the
noise 1* not often heard again during exercise? Ans. Take Barbados*
1 nr, ono drachm ; powdered squill*, two drachm* ; extract of belladonna,
two scruple*; liquorice powdor a sufficiency. Beat Inin a mss* and
make twenty pill*; give four dally. Kcduco your (Jog In flesh anil giro
very little meat.

8. F. D., Boston.— Wliat Is tho meaning of tho words “point blank
range" iu rifle shooting? Supposing the boro of a riflo to Ins bold bor-
rizantal, properly loaded ami Bred, how fur will tho ball go boforo It
commence* to drop? How rnuoli does It devlnto from a straight course
at 50 yards, nnd how much at 100 yard*? I* the boro »f u riflo supposed
to be parallel with tho lino of the sight*, or 1* It bored *0 a* to glvo an
upward tendency to tho ball at the start? Ans. “Point blank" Is tho
range of tho gun whon the extreme point of the fore sight I* lu lino
with the bottom notch of tho hack eight; or, In other words, the tra-
jectory of tho boll with tho standing sight* only. If a gnn be held hor-
rizontally a ball commences to full afier It has gone a certain distance,
or whon the initial force 1* expended, und tbo attraction of gravitation
commence*. As tbl* deviation depends entirely upon tho form with
which the bullet 1* propelled, tho object attained by express rifle*, or
those having a low, flat trajectory, ie tbrongh tho use of large charges of
powder. Wo can assume that with the ordinary charge tho bull, after
having been one second In the air wilt have attained a distance of 1,000
feet, und will bavo fullon 10 9-100 feet. It Is to connlurnct tho fulling
of the ball that tho elevation by means of moveabio sights ls given.
Tbo boro of a riflo is parallel with ine lino of the sight*

Article* Accepted.— Elk Hunting In tbo Northwest, by W. L. C.
Long Luke. Newcomb, Indian Pa*«, by Amateur; Hport Around Roches-
ter, by K. It ; Hunters and Their Dogs, by A. D.; Hunting Bosr* In
New Zealand, by L. Moore; Martinique nnd the West Indls Island*, by
Joe; Snow-shoe Trip to Albany Lake, bv F. Bollc*; Tho Neplgon Ra-
tion. by J. D. C : Chicken dhootlng in Missouri, by Oood Comrado; Tbo
Canada Goose, by Dr. If.; Nevada Sketches, live papers, by Itav. II.

R.-d Indlau* of Newfoundland, by M. 11.; Sport In Manitoba, byC. S.

C. ; and several shorter contributions.

The Sportsman.—' TiiU is the title of another periodical
devoted to open air literature, lately established in Washing-
ton City. No doubt in that locality ample material nnd
patronage will be found for a paper of this description, and
wt wish our new contemporary every success.

186

FOREST AND STREAM

A WEEKLY JOURNAL,

DEVOTED TO FIELD AND AqUATIO SPORTS, PRACTICAL NATURAL HISTORY,
FlBII CULTURE, TUB PROTECTION OF GaME, PRESERVATION OP FORESTS,
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To Correspondents.

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to become a medium of useful and reliable information between gentle-
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And our columns a desirable medium for advertising announcements.

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the legitimate nportM of Innd and water to those base uses which always
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WILLIAM C. I1ARRI8, Business Manager.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COM-
ING WEEK.

TnunsDAT, April 29— Bench Show of Dogs at Springfield, Mass.

SATunDAT, Muy 1-Creedmoor competition forplucos In Iuteruallonal
Teom— Base ball, Boston vs. Washington, at Washington; St. Louis vs.
Red Stockings, at St. Louis

Mokdat, May 8— Baeo ball, Chicago vs. Keokuk, at Keokuk.

Tuesday, May 4-Board of Appeals, Notional Trotting Associotlon,
meets at Palmer Hoiiso, Chicago— Racing, first day, Spring Meeting
Nashville Blood Horso Association— Bose ball, St. Louis vs. Red Stock-
ings, St. Louie.

Wednesday, May 5-Raclng at Nashville— Crcedmoor, final competi-
tion for places in Internaiionxil Team— Base ball, Chicago vs. Keokuk ut
Keokuk.

Mr. Bishop's Canoe Voyage.— On tho 20lh ult., Mr.
Bishop completed his canoe voyage of 2,000 miles. From the
Gulf of Sc, Lawrence he lias paddled through canals, rivers
sounds, and even short stretches of outside water, uulil his
little paper cunoe lloatcd on the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Through Mr. McGregor (Rob-Roy) the pleasures of canoe-
ing were first made known and popularized, and waters as
far distant os those of the Jordan explored with the pad-
dle, but it has remained for Mr. Bishop to accomplish a
feat which eclipses all previous performances. Tho in-
formation gained of the inland route nloug our coast must
be of great value, and the success of the undertaking will
CDCOuruge our yachtsmen and others to make trips to Flori-
da in a similar manner. His concluding letter in another
column will be read with interest.

6teel and Iron Tests.— The Commission recently ap-
pointed for the purpose of continuiug the experiments
with steel aud iron under Commander Bcardslee’s dis-
coveries, met at Watertown on tho 15lh, adjourned on the
17th to New York, aud met at the building of the Associa-
tion of Civil Engineers. Many plans and suggestions were
presented, the consideration and adoption of which were
postponed until the meeting at Watertown Arsenal ou
June let.

—The old fort San Marco, at St. Augustine. Florida is
being put in repair and fitted up, the report goes, for the
confinement therein of 800 rebellious Indian chiefs of
various Western tribes, to keep them from doing more
mischief. It could not be put to better use.

VIRGINIA

WE learn from our exchanges that Messrs. J. A. H.,
St. Andrew, and J. S. Stanley- James, respectively
Vice-President and Secretary of the Southside Virginia
Immigration Society, and General Jus. R. Slay ton, are meet-
ing with a very cordial reception in their travels through
Virgikia. At Chase City a public reception was tendered
them and resolutions adopted by the magnates of the town,
thanking them for their efforts and eminent services In iu-
duciug immigration to Virginia, and the settling of the so-
called worn out lands of the State with a thrifty, intelli-
gent, labor-loving and law-abiding people. The Chase City
college has carried its gratitude so far ns to present the
above named gentlemen with the diplomas of Doctors of
Law, and their speeches on various subjects have attracted
much interest.

No one who reads tho London papers, notably the Field,
can fail to be struck with the numberless schemes for the
colonization of outlandish places. Just now it is a portion
of South America which is attracting much attention, and
notwithstanding tho almost heart-breaking reports of re-
turning colonists, hundreds of other unfortunates are
flocking to the arid plains of Buenos Ayres or the miusmalic
swamps of Brazil. One would suppose that with her im-
mense outlying dependencies Great Britain could find
under her own flag ample room for all her wandering sons,
and that moreover the sporting instinct, which seems innate
in every true born Briton, would take them to Australia, a
hunter's puradisc, British Columbia, or even India, in pre-
ference to a country opposed to theirs in politics and leli-
gion. But there is something about Colonial life, the closer
contact with their own rulers or their representatives,
which seems to fret and restrain them. And no wonder,
for pure unadulterated snobbishness, your British Colonial
office holders, as a class, have no equals. And yet, withal,
there seems to be n doubt and distrust regarding tlii9
country that is easier to explain than to understand. It
lies in the lact that the masses of the British people are
only loo willing to give credence to any ill which may be
spoken about America or anything “Y'ankce." One English-
man goes, say to Virginia, with his mind wrought up to the
highest point, meets with some disappointment such as
might befall any settler, and immediately writes back that
Virginia is a humbug and all Americans frauds. While
the same thing said of Buenos Ayres would attract no
notice. We have seen several letters in English papers
warning settlers against Virginia. And yet there is in that
State a largo colony of English gentlemen whose numbers
are being constantly reinforced. Some are keeping their
pucks of fox hounds, and all whom we have met have ex-
pressed themselves ns pleased with their new homes.
Certainly their forefathers found great attractions in the
Virginias, and the bluest blood of Britain laid the founda-
tion for our owu F. F. V.’s.

By the way, we have a letter from Captain John M.
Taylor, our lute Field Editor, who is one of those English
gentlemen who have recently settled in Virginia, which we
will print here: —

The "Retreat," Blacks and Whites, i

Nottoway Co., Va., April 19, 1875. (

Editor Forest and Stream

1 am preparing a paper for you, giving au account of some of the best
quail, lurkey and deer finds in the counties of Dinwiddle, Nottoway,
Luncnburgh, and the northern portion of North Carolina, all within easy
railroad distance of City Polut, where you take curs for the happy bunt-
ing grounds. The plantation we have purchased gives every satisfaction
at preseut, admitting that novelty is an excellcot sauce. As regards
birds, the season is not sufficiently advanced to give a decided opinion.
(Thermometer yesterday 21“ on the piazza, and to-day a heavy snow-
storm; this is not so bud, considering we nre on tho border of North
Caroliun. 1 Tho quail are undoubtedly abundant, as we have three packs
or families (not young birds) within easy rifle shot of the honsc. Wood-
cock proper, none. Snipe (English) few and «cnrcc at all seasons; the
plantation being too much inlaud I should Judge. Deer abundant; saw
two yesterday, also in the adjoiniug counties. The foxes and mongrel
cur houuds, owned by the negroes, are a nuisance; their ninsic is a cross
between a hyena and a jackass, with tho wall of a whipped car thrown
In. Several of those "beauties" come through the plantation yesterday;
they scare all game and muko much cry over a little wool. However I
understand that Mr. Connelly owns a fine pack, which at present I have
not seen.

The editorial la your journal, referring to Eugllsh gentlemen Id Vir-
ginia, hue been copied in several local papers and one or two city
(Virginia) Journals.

Faithfully yours, Jno. M. Tatlor.

UNIFORM GAME LAWS.

GAME laws arc as old as the forgotten ages. The
mountains of Europe arc historical with the warfare
between poachers and keepers from earliest times. To
reconcile the game laws with the rights of the dwellers
ainoog the crags where the game hides, has always been a
matter of difficulty. Neither lapse of centuries nor the
ingrowth of modern civilization has availed to entirely
eradicate the primitive notion that game is free to whoever
cun take it, or that any restriction can be legally put upon
the time or method of its taking. Whatever modification
of popular opinion, or acquiescence, has been obtaiued, is
due to the teachings of science, more than to builiffs and
fines. To convince ihe masses by palpable proof that it is
not only politic to give our gume creatures an opportunity
to propagate their species, but that their flesh eaten out of
season is unwholesome and even dangerous to life, is tho
prime object to bo attained in order to secure respect for
the laws. Then, to mako the laws efficient they must be
made intelligible; not only intelligible as to their purport,
but definite as to their application. They should be so
adjusted us not to conflict with each other in any given
icetion, or io contiguous sections, to which tboy are in-

tended to apply, and thereby confuse the law-abiding or
afford opportunity of evasion to the evil-disposed. In a
country of great extent, where the fauna are the same and
the climatic conditions similar, it is desirable and necessary
to have the laws identical aud uniform, and this end is
what those gentlemen who are best informed upon this
subject of game protection are striving to secure.

Uniformity in laws for the protection of game is not a
new idea. A uniform ctose time was adopted fifteen years
ago throughout Great Britain, und its results have proved
most beneficial. In this country, williiu the past live years,
the nttempt has been made to apply this system io all kinds
of game and fish, and our legislatures have only to be con-
vinced of the wisdom and practicability of the measure to
adopt it, and thereby settle the difficulties which hedge in
this quettion of protection on every side.

It might seem strange, were it not directly attributable
to the covetousness of mercenary hucksters, that an effort
is even now being made in Great Britain, notwithstanding
the beneficence of the existing law, to vary the close time
for salmon in different rivers of the kingdom; a course
which, a member of the Fishery Board asserts in London
Land and Water, "will, if persisted in, create Immense
mischief, and undo much of the good work that lias been
achieved after mauy years of labor and cure.” We quote
from the article bodily, for it bears more directly upon the
question under consideration than any we liuve yet seen,
showing not only the vulue of uniformity, but the objec-
tions to its repeal

"One creat object for which salmon law reformers strug-
gled hard, was the obtaining uniformity of law regulating
the salmon fisheries of the whole kingdom. The difficul-
ties in the way of arresting the downward progress of the
British salmon fisheries were immensely increased by the
varieties of local and general Acts, which applied to dif-
ferent parts of the kingdom, and to different rivers, and
even different parts of the same rivers. The Acts of 1801
and 1805 in a great measure cured this defect by establish-
ing one uniform fence time throughout England and Wales,
during which the capture and sale of salmon wus prohibi-
ted. As the killing of game was foi*bidden between Feb-
ruary 1st and September 1st, so the killing of salmon
between September 1st aud February 1st was not permitted.
Then came the last Act (1878). un ter which each Board of
Conservators was empowered (subject to the approval of
the Secietary of State for the Home Department) to make
certain bye laws for the regulation of the particular fisher-
ies comprised within its own district. That Act has been
in force now little more than a year, aud under it codes of
bve-laws have been established (aud approved by the Gov-
ernment authority) by numerous Boards of Conservators
in different pails of England aud Wales. The result is
that wo see alterations in the close time proposed by Boards
of Conservators, already sanctioned by the Home Office, in
numerous rivers, regulating the close lime on one side of
a county by one rule, and on the other side by another.
Hence, os is plainly shown in your article, an increase of
poaching.

"I am not one of those who nre opposed to the making
of bye-laws by Boards of Conservators: ou the contrary,
with the exception of the authority given to vary the close
time, I do not think they go far enough to enable boards
to regulate their own district; but in the instance of close
time I think such authority should never have been given.
This question stands in altogether a different position, lor
while the powers given in respect to making other bye-
laws only affect the particular localities in which they may
be made, this affects llic whole kingdom by paralyzing Ihe
efforts to suppress poaching.”

The point of objection raised here is, that the moment
the uniformity of close time is broken the whole kingdom
is affected, and the efforts to suppress pouching are para-
lyzed throughout. With this precedent before us, we of
the United Stales arc the belter prepared and encouraged
to act. Having decided that uniformity is necessary, the
next step Is to put tho matter iuto the bauds of those most
competent to devise a plan of protection that will be com-
prehensive and suitable— of those in whose judgment and
scientific intelligence the people can confide, and whose
influence will enable them to command the attention of the
law makers of the country. All that has been done thus
far by protective clubs and associations has been condu-
cive of great good in checking wasteful slaughter of game
and preparing the masses of the people for the new regime
that must obtain; but just as the popular voice is potential
in other matters as in this, so must the duty of devising
and creating devolve in this, as in other matters, upon its
representative men.

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR
PROTECTING GAME AND FISH.

IN order to enlist the services of tho ablest naturalists of
the United Slates aud Canada, aud others who have
not hitherto co-cperaled with the efforts made by the nu-
merous clubs organized for game protection, an association
has been quietly formed within the past two weeks in
which these men stand prominent. Every part of the con-
tinent is represented in its membership. The co operation
of Canada is deemed indispensable to success in securing
a thorough protection for garnet and uniformity of the
game laws between the two countries is not only practica-
ble, but necessary. The preservation of game iu Canada
is most important to us of the United States, as well as the
creation aud enforcement of laws that will prevent game
and fish being shipped across the lino and sold clandes-
tinely or in open defiance of law. This international move-
ment looks to a general uniformity of the game laws
throughout the United States and Canuda, where the cli-
matic conditions render it practicable, and lias been insti-
tuted by the committee of gentlemen whose names are
appended to tho card below. Memberships have been
sccureq solely by personal oauvass, and whilo it is not coa«

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template! to create an organization formidable by mere
weight of numbers, the co operation of any person inter-
ested in its objects is invited, aud written applications will
be received by the Secretary of the Committee: —

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOB PROTECTING GAME
AND FISU.

Nbw Youk, April 26, 1875.

By vole of a majority of tho Advisory Committee, a meeting will be
held in New York City on the nineteenth of May, 1815, at 11 o'clock, A.
M , ut Cooper Institute, Room 24, or Gcoirniphical Society’s rooms, some
building, to organise an ‘•International Association for Protecting Game
and Fish," wlioau business It will be to select a competent Hoard of
naturalists, 0 ah cnlturlvts, game breeders, and sportsmen, who shall be
empowered to draft suitable laws and snbmlt them to Congress, or duly
constituted Legislative bodies, for approval . The attendance of all who
have entered applications for membership is earnestly desired.

(Signed.)

Hon. Robert B. Roosevelt, President American Fish Culturists' Asso-
ciation,

Prof. E. I). Cope, Academy Natural Sciences. Phila.

Dr. J. L. Le Conte, Zoological Society, Phila.

Dr. Elliott Cones, U. S. A., Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D. C'.
Hon. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo. N. Y.

Hon. I. E. West. Newborn. North Caiolina.

Jacob Wagner, Esq., Wytheville, Virginia.

Nahum E. Ballou, Esq., Secretary Illinois State Fish.Cultarists’ Asso-
ciation.

Carlos Gove, E?q., President Denver. Colorado, Shooting Club.
Chamber* C. Davis, Esq., Secretary Denver, Colorado, Snooting Club.
Robert Morrow, Esq.. President Game and Inlaud Fishery Prot. So-
ciety of Nova Scotia.

Hon. J. F. Crosby. Esq.. Houston, Texas.

Dr. Rawlings Young. Corinth, Mississippi.

Prof. Thco.’ Gill. Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D. C.

L. W. Ledyard, Esq., Cazenovia. N. Y.

Bernard A. IIoopcs, E-q., President Philadelphia Sportsmen’s Club.

T. B. Ferguson, E-q. , Commissioner of Fisheries, Maryland.

Geo. H. Goromc, E-q., Superintendent State Fisheries, Michigan .

W. F. Whitcber, Esq.. Commissioner of Fisheries, Dominion of Canadr.
Geo. A. Boardman, Esq., Calais, Maine.

Munnasseh Smith, Esq., Maine Sportsmen's Association.

T. W. Walker, Esq., President West Jersey Game Prot. Soc.

Seth Green, Esq., superintendent State Fisheries, New York.

Maj. Geo. J. Alaen, New Smyrna, Florida.

Hon. Chas. W. Hutchinson, Utica, New York.

C. A. Post, Esq., Secretary Ontario Game Prot. Soc., Canada.

W. H. Holabird, Esq., Valparaiso, Indiana.

Hon. John Bertram, Peterboro, Canada.

William A. Newell, Esq , President California Acc. Soc.

Samuel Wilmot, Flsq , superintendent Fisheries, Newcastle, Canada.
E. A. Brackett, Esq., Commissioner of Fisheries, Massachusetts.
Walter M. Brackett, Esq,, Muss. Anglers Association.

Col. James Gordon, Pontotoc. Miss.

R, M. Ogden, Esq.. San Francisco, Cal.

Cupt, J. W. Coventry, Nouvelle, Canada.

D. J. Staples, Esq., San Fraueisco.

D. O. Joice. Esq. San Francisco.

8. R. Throckmorton, Esq., Kish Commissioner, San Francisco.

B. B. Redding, Esq., Fish Commissioner, San Francisco.

(Per order of the Committee.)

Chas. Hallock, Secretary,

Office Forest and Stream, 17 Chatham street, New York.

With regard to this movement the New York Times,
which has always been foremost in encouruging and aiding
any practicable scheme for Game Protection, says: —

“The proposal to secure the co operation of the Cana-
dians, and therewith a uniform system of legislation
throughout both countries by which game of all kinds may
be protected from destruction, is one that commends ilself
strongly to public approval, and it deserves all the support
that can be given to it, more especially from the urgent
necessity, which increases year by year, for more thorough-
ly attaining the purpose of this society. Wc doubt very
much whether at the present moment there is a sufficient
appreciation of its importance.’’

Of the opinion last expressed we shall be most happy to
disabuse the mind of our worthy contemporary; and per-
haps the best way to do this is to print some uf the more
prominent names which we have on file of gentlemen who
•ire applicants for membership to this International Asso-
ciation. It will bo seen that the subject has engaged much
thoughtful attention:

Prof Robt. Bell. Dominion Geological Survey, Montreal, Canada.

Lt. Geo. M. Wheeler, U. S. Geological Survey, Washington.

Col. C. R. McMnrdo, Westlleld, New Brunswick, Canada.

A. S. Southworth, Socretary American Geographical Society, New
York.

J. S. Stanley-Jamcs, Virginia Immigration Society.

Dr. M. G. Ellzey, Norfolk, Virginia.

Dr. Asa Wall, Winchester, Vireiuia.
a . C. Fllleld, Esa., Fish Commissiner, New Hampshire.

Chas E, Aiken, fisq.. Col. Springs. Colorado.

John E, Leet. Kaq.,.New Orleans, La,

E. M. Stillwell, Esq., Fish Commissioner, Bangor, Maine.

Dr. Wm. Warren GVen, Portland, Maine.

Dr. J. H. Janeivav, U. s. A. Fort Wallace, Kansas.

Lt. Henry Metcalfe, U. S. A. Springllcld Armory, Mass.

Dr. G. G. Kennedy, Roxbnry. Moss.

J. Dwight Francis. Esq.. PittsBeld, Mass.

Capt. Aug. K. Egbert, U. S. A., Atlanta, Georgia.

Geo. E. AUien, E-q., Savannah, Georgiu.

S. B. Buckley, Esq., State Geologist, Texas.

Hon. C. S. West, Austin, Texas.

Gen. T. F. Waul, Galveston, Texas.

Dr. J. A. Henshall. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

A. Palmer. Esq.. Fi*h Commissioner. Boscobel, Wisconsin.

Ricb.rd Valentine, Esq- Janesville, Wisconsin.

W. M. Lv-dwith, Esq., Jacksonville, Florida.

O. A Crandall, Esq.. M IC. <fcT. R. R., Sedalla, Missouri.

W. H. Clarkesou, Esq., Bridgevllle, Delaware.

Rev F. II. Uempeslv, Providence, Rhode Island.

Bt. Col. G. W . Schofield, Fort Sill, Indian' Territory.

Rev. J. U. Brakeley, Bordentown, New Jersey.

Thos. A. Logan, Esq., Cincinnati, Ohio
Hon. H. B Harrison, New Haven, Connecticut.

Chas. E. Coffin, E-q , Mnirkirk. Maryland.

Dr. C. A. Kingsbury. Philadelphia.

Prof. J. Willis Houston, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania.

Chas. F. Orvis, E-q., Manchester, Vermont.

Coin L. A. Beardolee, U. S. N . Washington.

S. Ledyard Phelps, E-q., Washington.

Wright ltives, Esq., Washington ,

Prof! F. V. Hayden, Geol. Survey, Washington.

Dr. H. C. Yurrow, Washington
Hon. II. C. Magoon, Monroe, Nebraska.

D. U. Fiizburg. Esq.. Bay City, Michigan.

A. J. Kellogg, Esq., Fish Commissioner, Allegan, Michigan.

Georee Clark, Esq., Fish Commissioner, Ecorse. Michigan.

Dr. G. A. Stockwell, Pert Huron, Michigan.

Hon. T. G. DavMson, A-hville, North Carolina.

Dr. George H. Moran, U. S. A.. Marion, North Carolina.

Dr. D. C. Estes, Luke City, Minnesota.

Colonel George A. Flower. President New York State Sports. Asso.

Dr. L. J. Peck. Vice-President do do

Dr. James S- Bailey, Albany. New York.

G. B. Urinnell, Esq., New York.

Rev. A.R. Lumberlon, Rochester, New York
J. G. Kellogg, Esq., Oswego, New York.

Gardiner T. Lyon. Esq., Orwcgo, New York.

Fred Mather, Esq . lloneoye Falls, New York,

Charles K. Weld, E-q., Utica, New York.

Dr. J. R. Roineyn. Keeseville.

Major H. W. Merrill, New Rochelle.

Colonel G. W. Wlognte, New York.

Judge F. J. Filch, New York.

Wm. Seward Webb. Esq., New York.

WutW T. Luwuiia, Esq., Little Fall*, at id two hUU*Yd OtUw».

PROTECTION OF GAME.

Office Sandwich Naturalists’ AssociatCon, i
Sandwich, III., April, 1875. j

North America has a rich and varied fauna, and it should
l)t* preserved from the predacious pot hunter and poacher.
Protection to birds of the United States and the Dominion
of Canada may be so skillfully arranged thut shouting may
begin at Ihe same time throughout both countries, and give
all the time that any generous aud intelligent sportsman
can or will claim. If some action is not soon taken some
of our most valuable game will soon become extinct. In
many portions of the country the opinion is still extant
that the fowls of the air, the beasts of the forests, and the
fish of the rivers, lakes, and seas belong to whomsoever
has the ability at any time to capture lhom; that govern-
ments have no jurisdiction over the game that migrates
from one State to another in quest of food and for the pur-
pose of perpetuating their kind; nnd the numbers who so
believe are large. This opinion is strengthened by the gen-
eral disagreement of laws for the protection of game and
the universally lax execution of such laws. Therefore, us
the great “Intcrnutional” movement for protecting game
contemplates a uniformity of action and a universality of
applicat ion of laws for the protection of game, founded upon
a scientific basis— upou a knowledge of the natural history
of game— a more general acquiescence will likely bo secured.

Another opinion prevails, und this is more geueral than the
one just alluded to. It is that every farmer thinks the shoot-
ing of game of uny kind upon his own lands during the
interdicted time is guaranteed to him by right of eminent
domain. Now, in drafting laws for the protection of game
this feature has been so tenderly handled that it is an open
question, aud the larmer always takes the benefit of the
doubt. This question should be settled once for all, for it
is the scapegoat of the unprincipled and unappreciative,
who form ideas of the unconstitutionality of laws favor-
able to their tastes and inclinations.

What wc need is a uniform close time which shall work
a complete protection to all game, fish, fowl, and beasts; so
broad aud comprehensive as to cover and include all varie-
ties. Aud while aiming at protection during breeding saa-
sons, it would be eminently fit to inaugurate measures that
shall prohibit murderous nnd wholesale capture by irapos-
iug heavy penalties, or imprisonment if need be. But (lie
grand difficulty in legislatures which have undertaken to
enact game laws wisely, as tho law makers have supposed,
lies in the fact that they had no knowledge of natural his-
tory, and hence could frame no bills which would contain
clauses covering or providing interdicted periods of cap-
ture, for the reason that they were ignorant of their breed-
ing seasons, and thus could not determine accurately those
periods. This will be obviated by the “International As-
sociation," for from this body will emanate such laws and
regulations as are based upon a scientific knowledge of the
game to be protected. More than this, tho body being
composed largely of naturalists it will become a sort of
normal school of natural history , where, ut its annual con-
ventions, the natural history of the fauna sought to bo pro-
tected will be discussed from scientific standpoints, and
thus standards of authority will be established and wrought
into legislative enactments, and tho people cannot then
plead ignorance of these questions. Tlio masses need to
be educated iu natural history, which, more than all else,
will elevate them above a desire to wantonly capture any
living creature while fulfilling a supreme law of nature in
the perpetuation of its kind. Besides, all persons ought to
know that while gestation is going on among animals no
bird, fish, or beust should be eaten, for their flesh is desti-
tute of all flavor, and, more than all else, it is cruel in the
extrome to slaughter them under such circumstances. Zo-
ology furnishes us the grandest field for study and research
—a theme which gives us the highest conceptions of the
Creator of tho universe, who notes alike the highest and
lowest in the numerous gradations of animated nature.

In our country we have a fauna of such varied excel-
lence that all law abiding citizens should aid in its protec-
tion, extending, as it does, through all the zones, from the
tropics to the poles. We may challenge any #ther like
area of the globe to produce a more vuluablc or interesting
development of the animal kingdom. Whithersoever wc
may wander, our natural resources for the maintenance of
the vast and varied species of animal life are found to be
abundant, and by exercising judicious but vigorous protec-
tion we may vastly increase our game, thereby adding
greatly to our food resources. Wo may inaugurate mea-
sures for transferring our game birds from one portion of
the country to another, imitating the modern art of fish
culture, which is so wonderfully oppo rtune In restocking
our barren waters, and which has been so successful in the
introduction and acclimation of new species into waters
where they were hitherto unknown. Let us all aid in giv-
ing protection to these objects, which furnish such agree-
able pastime to the weary brain worker, and throw around
them such a cordon of defense that no murderous engines
or untimely capture shall lead to their extinction.

Nahum E. Ballou.

—The New Haven Steamboat Company’s new and ele-
gant steamer C. H. Norlham, has resumed her trips for the
season, leaving Peck Slip at 3:15 P. M., and New Haven
at 11:30 P. M. This company contemplates making a land-
ing at 3:15 P. M. on and after May 1st at Twenty-third
street, East River, for the accommodation of the public.
The steamboat train from New Haven commences running
as usual about the middle of May

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA — NO. 7.

BEING NOTES OF A TOUR OF EXPLORATION— BY OUn OWN
COMMISSIONER.

A VISIT TO LARK OKEECHOBEE.

AXTE loft the canoe buuehed, or, moro properly speak-

V V 'nS» mudded, ou tho north side of Fish Eating
Creek, and steered a course for what wo considered the
bank of the lake. Tho walking wo found excellent, nl
though not equalling that of Broadway. Beginning at tho
surface wo found one foot of water, and beneath Hie aque-
ous element fifteen inches of black, tenacious mud. Every
motion of the legs was obstructed by lily puds, spatter-
docks, lettuce, trailing vines, and fresh water plants m
endless variety. Above the water saw grass, reeds and
rushes seriously interfered with vision ns well as motlou.
Resolved upon reaching the lake, our grand object ivo
point, we trudged on, and having proceeded about two
miles reached a large floating island that had been drifted
on the marsh duriug tho hurricane of tho preceding Octo-
ber. 1' rank sealed himself on the island and vowed that
he would "proceed uo farther." When youth gave out
and cried "peccavi,” it was time for old fogydora to push
ahead, so I laid a course for a small tree, on what appeared
to liuvu been a floating islaud, und after an unpleasant
trump of two hundred vurds I leaclu-d tin- oasis and found
growing upon it a swamp oak fifteen feet in height. By
signs and words I directed Billy Osceola to ascend the oak ;
he did so, and shouted “Okcechobeo, Okeechobee.’’ 1
claim uo relationship to tho feline race, but the way I
scrambled up that juvenile oak was a caution to the cat
family. Reaching the upper branches, I was rowurded
with a view of the mysterious lake, distant about six hun-
dred feet. From the time of my first visit to tho south
coast of Florida, in 1814, 1 Imd been looking forward with
pleasure to a period when I should he favored with a view
of the lake, and here it was before mo. My great desire
was to navigate and thoroughly examine its various out
lets, nnd if possible discover a practical boat route to the
ocean; but I was disappointed. At sonio future time, it
we can find the congenial companions, we propose reach-
ing the lake via the Ochlawnha and Kissimmee rivers. In an
ordinary stage of water wc are convinced that a boat could
be nuvigulcd through the marsh between the lake and the
rupids on tho Caloosaliatchio. But to the uninitiated the
great difficulty would be to determine at wlmt particular
point to leave the lake.

About four hundred feet from the shore wo noticed a
very large cypress tree, which would prove a guide for per-
sons searching for the mouth of Fish Ealing Creek. From
what we could ascertain from tho lay of the land (or, more
properly speaking, swamp), and from the statements of
Billy, the mouth of tho creek is south of the large cypress
half a mile. From our point of observation the luko
trended to the south, aud we are convinced I line In a direct
line the shore of the lake is distant from Fort Thompson
not over eight or nine miles. Having grutilicd our curiosi-
ty regarding the lake, and accomplished nil we could under
the circumstances, wo started on the home stretch, and ulti.
mately rebelled the canoe tired and exhausted. Wo would
most respectfully recommend a five mile experience of such
walking to Weston when ho trains for one of his pedes-
trian feats. As regards “A1 Fresco," he without the least
hesitation asserts that ho has lmd enough of Okeechobee
swamp experience to last him a lifetime. Wo have wan-
dered in more than one section of tho world, and have had
some queer experiences, but our jaunt from tho crook to
the lake aud return excelled anything ir. the past, and
convinced us thut hunting Heminolo Indians must have
been anything but an amusing and pleasant occupation.

Reaching the canoe, Billy paddled nnd Frank and I
amused ourselves ventilating the 'gators that exposed them-
selves on the bunks of the creek. Arriving at Old Fort
Centre, I visited the large Indiun mound while Mr. Carlton
hitched up our bovine friends. I found the mound to bo
four hundred feet long, oue hundred and fifty wide, and
about forty high. At a point where some former visitor
had made a small excavation I scratched with n stick and
found remains of human skeletons. Iu our opinion, this
mound is worthy of being opened, und I trust that some
future visitor will be amply provided with stores, so as to
enable him to spend a few days in the locality and care-
fully examine it. With the exception of one mound on
the east bank of the Caloosahatchie River, this is the larg-
est wc have noticed in the south. Heating ourselves iu our
springless conveyance, we started for New Fort Centre,
which we reached about dark. Feeling tired, I resolved
upou having a good bed, and by the light of n pine wood
fire gathered a large quantity of the Spanish moss (Tilla-
nimia), hanging in luxuriant festoons from every tree.
After supper 1 carefully arranged my mossy couch and
turned In. Old Somnus soon took possession of the man,
and I have reason to believe thut I was guilty of some re-
sponsible snoring until about midnight, when I wus aroused
by an unpleasant sensation of burning, smarting, and itch-
ing. For a few minutes I made the situation a practical
study, and realized the fact that I had discovered some
thing new to me under the sun. I soon ascertained that I
was covered with insects. I went for the moss, throw it
out of the wagon, and selected tho softest board to finish
my night’s rest. Iliad ou numerous occasions during my
wanderings suffered from the effects of seed and ordinury
ticks, but hero was something exceeding all my past expe-
riences in bug operations. To sleep was impossible, so I

deyouid Uk remainder of the night to wrulvljuig. J have

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read of the patience of historic Job, but I have reason to
believe that he never suffered from a visitation of Florida
"red bugs.” Upon inquiry. I was informed that my atten-
tive and industrious visitors were called red bugs, and were
only to be found on tho Spanish moss In the southern por-
tion of the Stato. Our earnest advice to future wanderers
is to give mossy couches a wide berth.

On our return to our boat wo prepared a saturating solu-
tion of common salt, and with it sponged several times
daily, and at the end of the second day dissolved our con-
nection with Florida red bugs. We are at a loss to deter-
mine exactly what effect was produced on the bugs by tlm
snlt, but we discovered the fact that wherever we had re-
moved the skin by scratching, the effect of the solution
was anything but pleasant.

Starting before old Sol appeared above the eastern hori-
zon, we reached our boats at four o'clock in the afternoon.
Southwest of the lake, nearly to the shore of Charlotte
Harbor, nnd from the Caloosahatchie River to Peas Creek,
a distance of sixty miles, the sportsman will find u beau-
tiful prairie, clothed with luxuriant and nutritious grasses,
different ftom those of the St. Johns and Atlantic sections.
This vn9t expanse of bunting ground is dotted with
"islands,” that is to say, spots clothed with live oaks and
majestic palms. These islands vary from a few square rods
to 11 fly acres, and here and there will he found small hells
of pine timber, the islands and belts furnishing ample shel-
ter for game. We were charmed with the country, uud
loeply legrettcd our inability to camp out and enjoy a few
weeks’ bunting in the neighborhood of Fish Ealing Creek.
From our own experience, and the statements made by re-
iablc parties, we have no hesitation in asserting that this
lection is unequalled by any portion of the United States
for deer hunting or turkey shooting. In crossing the prai-
•ic from New Fort Centro largo herds of deer were fre-
jiiently visible on ouch side of the trail, hut the effects of
iwamp journeying, nnd a night’s exercise fighting red hugs,
jrevented us from leaving the wagon and attempting to
hoot a deer. Owing to the inequality of the surface, and
he protection afforded by the tall grass and patches of snw
lalmctto, deer can bo approached without difficulty. At
lie period of our visit Hie Indians wero on their annual
Hint to Fort Thompson, and a large proportion of the deer
iad been driven to points u few miles distant. Since the
emoval of the majority of the Sominoles, doer have
named and increased on the prairie undisturbed. As an
ividence of the superiority of this section as a hunting
[round, we need bill cite the fact that the Indians residing
m the eastern side of the lake and in the Miami region
innuaily visit Fort Thompson for their winter’s hunt.
iVitli the exception of the few annually destroyed in the
leighborhood or Fort Thompson by poor Lo, deer roam
indisturbod, the grasses are nutritious, climatic conditions
avorable, and, as a consequence, the amount of deer in
his section is fabulous. This locality is truly the hunter’s
inradise, and must bo visited to he appreciated. I have
o hesitation in staling that the still hunter can kill from
en to twelve deer duily. If lie desires variety, lie will find
uniberlcss turkeys on the hanks of the creek or in the ad-
orning islands-, or if disposed to indulge in tlshing, ull that
rill bo necessary is to use a bob, spinner, or fly, and he
rill soon tire of landing the largest and fattest trout in the
talc.

If any one should contemplate a visit to this region we
lould recommend as a silo for his camp a point on the
reek ten or fifteen miles west of Now Fort Centro. To
each this locality the sportsman can take steamer to Char-
iton, Savannah, or Fernandina, and railroad to Cedar
[cya; or steamer from New York to Ivoy West. Punta
tassa can be Touched from Cedar Keys or Key West by
learner Emelie, sailing weekly. From Punta Rassa sports-
len can ascend the river to Fort Thompson, or take a
ullock dray from Fort Myers. Mr. Carlton resides two
lilcs north of Fort Thompsou, and for $3 per day will
tiruish a conveyance to the creek. But to find Mr. C.'s
L'sidenco after reaching the fort would be the rub. If any
eiflon should desire his assistance a few simple directions
light prove valuable. Landing on the west side of the
iver below the rapids a northerly course must bo kept,
•aving the river to the right anil the timber to the left,
'wo miles from the landing pluee Mr. Carlton's residence
’ill he noticed to the left, near some largo pine timber.
lr. C. will be found to he a good guide — kind, sociable,
Ltcntivo, nnd moderate in his charges; in fact, a gentle-
lan whom wo can unhesitatingly recommend to the fuvor-
blc notice of sportsmen.

With regard to the Indians, we have only to state that
rter the first few days we found them sociablo and plea-
int neighbors. The females are modest and retiring, and,
:ora what we could learn, are remarkable for chastity,
'hose we met did not appear to have an appetite for intox-
:ating liquors, and with the exception of Johnny, a half
reed (part Indian and part negro), they seemed to be
triclly honest. The Indians stated that Jimmy was "holy-
ragus" (no good), nnd wo arrived at the same conclusion.
Ve missed a pocket knife, which we had reason to behove
immy appropriated. Descmling the river, we overtook
iinmy at one of his camps and found one of our spinners
ttuched to his fishing line. Ila assured us that he had
ound it, but his statement was received cum grnno tali*.
ro persons visiting Fort Thompson we can recommend
lilly Osceola as a good and attentive guide, and, as fur as
iur observation went, perfectly reliable. Curiosity appears
o be a prominent trait of these Indians, and ttieii desire
o sec and examine everything at times proved annoying,
ro escape their inquisitiveness wc would auchor the boat

in mid-channel, and they would seat themselves on the
tho shore and stoically wait for hours for us to back the
boat.

The Indians of Florida arc so advanced in civilization
as to shun politics, rings, and peculation, and are disposed
lo remain honest and untainted by the intrigues of carpel
baggers. They are entitled to one representative in the
State Legislature, and this fact having been discovered by
an nspiring carpet bagger he visited Spotted Tail and so-
licited his influence. Old Spotted Tail listened to his elo-
quent pleading, and rather abruptly ended tho interview

by exclaiming, “Indian no want politics; go to h

Al Fuksco.

ROMANCE OF THE ERIE ROAD.

TIIE great Slate of New York contains so much of the
scenic and- picturesque that its mountains, valleys,
lakes and streams, have formed the grand perspective for
many a work of fiction, among which are notably those
of America’s greatest novelist— Feni more Cooper, whose
writings have invested nearly every part of it with some-
thing more than an historical interest. To the reader who
has followed the fortunes of " Leather Slocking ” among
(lie Ivuutcrskill Cliffs, and sojourned with him upon the
shores of the sparkling Otsego Lake, 'participating in his
hairbreadth escapes, admiring his diplomacy, his strategy,
and his courage, and warming toward his ingenuous kindly
heart, every scene portrayed in the narrative glows with
an undying charm. Absorbed iu the events of a period
that is long since past, and oblivious for the time of the
growth of settlements, and the present means of locomo-
tion and communication, he longs for the wiugs lo fly to
and the eyes to behold, these theatres of so many sylvan
romances, so that he may live the wild experiences over
again. Presto! tear but Hie film ot reverie away, awake
to the present reality of the iron rail nnd the rumble of
the wheels umong the hills, nnd if one only wills he cau he
set down in the silenco and solitude in a twinkling, and
satisfy the longiugs of bis heart.

There are many wonderful trout streams in these se-
cluded spots which even the march of settlement has uot
invaded, and many n lake where the black bass leaps, and
the mnsealonge stretches bis huge length under the lily
pads; and to these the angler turns with wistful gaze when
the burning Summer comes uud his worn out body calls
for rest. These places of grateful retirement lie among
the rugged cliffs where the torrent foams, and under the
shadow of mountains which the eagle supposed were in-
accessible when be chose them for his eyrie. But the skill
of the engineer has broken through all barriers, and the
railway threads its rocky intricacies. The Eims Railhoad is
the great arterial channel into this virgin wilderness, more
rich iu grand perspective, illimitable distances, heights and
depths, lights and shadows, ami scenic beauty and variety,
than any other portion of our Eastern mountain ranges.
It would require n catalogue of proper names to designate
all the numerous rcsoris, known and unknown, that lie
along its route from Hoboken to Niagara Falls, and from
Ilornellsville to Dunkirk and Erie. We are coguizant of
many a choice locality, which we may not reveal, where
the trout leaps and the deer hides, and the times that we
have rumbled over its rails are not a few. Sportsmen true
are many of its employees, and our dogs have fared well
always; and many a goodly haunch of venison and bunch
of birds have we entrusted to the baggage masters along
the line, for wo knew their hearts were sympathetic, and
that sportsmen could not be faithless to sporstraen.

There is no railway route in America that leads to such
a variety of scenery as the Erie road. It was a noble con-
ception of tho Appleton’s to bring out for the enjoyment
and wonder of those who never travel, their marvelous
"Picturesque America,” that tho beauties of our couutry
might be known. Fifty vulumc9 arc included in the work,
and the rugged scenery of the Erie road occupies no small
portion of the space allotted to it. But were the whole to
be devoted to the Eric alone, it need not bo filled. The
Erie Company have even essayed to publish a miniature
"Picturesque America" of their own, under the title of the
"Erie Railway Tourist,” which is hardly less beautiful in
its matter and embellishment than the other. This tells of
all tho choice places along the route, and wc cau do our
readers uo better service than to refer them to it.

Rowing and Athletic Annual for 1875.— Mr. James
Watson, tho compilerof this useful little book, has brought
not only great labor but his largo experience into play in
making it as complete as possible. For the rowing man
nnd tho athlete, it is a necessary pocket companion, as it
contains a complete record of past events, fastest times at
all distances etc. etc-, together with useful bints on train-
ing. The book cun be had by addressing the Editor, P.
O. Box 678, and the price i9 but fifty cents.

The Yachting Annual.— Mr. Tlios. Manning is now
engaged in the preparation of his useful Yachting Annual
for the current season, and will have it ready to issue the
latter part of May. One feature of the work will be a list
of yachts not entered in any club, and gentlemen desiring
to have their yachts mentioned in this list can do so by
addressing the Editor at No. 293 Broadway.

— Petroleum oils arc coming iuto use for dtessing
leather, aud it is stated that their use for this purpose is
largely increasing. The heavier gravities of petroleum,
such os parafflno and steam-reduced oils, are the ouly ones
used in this way.

CREEDMOOR.

Saturday last being the day fixed for the first of the com-
petitive trials for places on the teum which is to contest
with the Irish riflemen on the 29lh of June, the candidates
assembled at Crcedmoor and fired the regulation number
of shots, fifteen each, at the 800, 900, and 1,000 yard ranges.
Fifteen gentlemen presented their names for the honor,
and ulthough the scores made were far short of those at
similar tiials last year, taking into consideration the back-
ward seuson and the few opportunities for preliminary
practice, the work done was by no means unsatisfactory.
Four members of the old team were shooting with the new
aspirunts, their scores ranking first, third, fourth, and
ninth, and assuming that under more favorable circum-
stances these four would show the old form, the interme-
diate scores wero at least respectable. We apprehend that
the competition of yesterday — the result of which comes
to hand after our hour of going to press— as well ns the
subsequent ones, will show much better shooting. Thu
wind on Saturday was baffling and uncertain, veering to
all points of the compass, and necessitating a constant
change of wind gunge. A number of the men experienced
great difficulty in getting "on” at the 1,000 yard range,
which will be rectified by further practice, and wc do not
despair, before the team is finally selected, of seeing scores
fully up to the desired mark. Under the excellent execu-
tive direction of General Slialer and the gentlemen com-
posing the range committee, everything worked smoothly.

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The Rifle at the State Sportsmen’s Association.
—The time for holding the annual meeting of the Stale
Sportsmen’s Association, to he held this year at W atertown,
N- Y. , will soon be publicly announced. Rifle shooting will
be made a specialty, and is to be conducted in tlie old-
fasliioned way as regards measuring st rings, etc. Valuable
prizes will be given for off-hand shooting nt fifty-five yards,
and others at 220 yards, any position permitted. Wc shall
print next week, or as soon as received, a complete list of
all priz.es to be given at this gathering.

Saratoga Rifle Club.— An organization hns been
formed in Saratoga with the above title. The association
has already secured a range of 1,000 yards in length, per-
fectly level nnd admirably adapted lo the purpose. A large
club house has been erected thereon for the convenience of
the members. It is proposed to open the range for practice

FOREST AND STREAM.

189

and matcher early in the Summer. The Riflo Club will
provo another of tho many attractions of America’s favorito
wator'ng place. Why not have a college match during re-
gatta week?

Short Range Shootino.— The following record of
shooting at Mr. Conlin's gallery will he found of much in-
terest in connection both with the present interest mani-
fested in short range shooting and the competition at
longer distances, as many of the names mentioned arc
familiarly connected with Creedmoor. The record covers
a period of about five years. The figures given represent
the gross measurement of twenty consecutive shots, fired
at an inch hullseye, seventy-five feet distance, measured
from centre of shot to centre of hullseye. Wo give a cut
of the best twenty shots mentioned in the list, being Mr.
Hamilton’s score.

0 W Hamilton a

John Traqueser, -Jr

Wilson MacDonald S{

Wm Have* 9t

Philip Klein 0 5-lfl

J T H Collins 0 9 ill

LC Urn co 0|

C E Do Forrest 10

A Marsh IOJ

Leon Backer K)f

VVs Smlih I0M6

Chas A Chccver. 11 8-16

J P M Richards lit

P FMlllan .. .. .12 15-10

Thomas Lloyd 12 I-:©

E F Jenkins 12J

\V A Sherman 18

Alex ltoux l:|

1* G Moore 13t

GW Ynto 18(

Henry Fulton 13{

A Anderson 14t

T Noone i-lt

W T Oarmlchael 14*

O Wllllgerod M 5-10

— The Joint Committee of the National Rifle Association
and the Amateur Rifle Club held its regular meeting on
Friday last. Generals Shaler, Woodward, Dakin, McMahon
and K. Knox; Colonels Wingate and Gildersleeve; Cap-
tains Fulton, Bruce and Casey, and Messrs. Alford, Can-
field and Sanford were present. Colonel Wingate was in
the chair. The Sub committee on selecting an American
team for the approaching International match reported that
competitions for places on the team would commence on
the following day. General McMahon reported that Messrs.
W. R. Garrison and Martin B. Brown had each subscribed
the sum of $100 toward paying the expenses of the con-
templated trip to Ireland. General Shaler was in favor of
some more systematic and efficacious mode of taking up
subscriptions, as the mode adopted was desultory and un-
satisfactory. Colonel Gildersleeve advocated secrecy re-
garding scores made by riflemen in the competitions for
places on the team, on the ground that many persons ob-
jected to having their names inserted in the newspapers,
which suggestion we are glad to say was vigorously op-
posed aud iucontinently voted down. Captain Casey
sensibly suggested that such publication of scores would
stimulate the zeal of competitors, and in view of the small
number of entries such stimulation is undoubtedly benefi-
cial. It was decided in spite of some opposition that a
cablegram ho sent to Major Leech announcing the fact that
a day had been fixed for the departure of the team. On
the re-organization of tho committee as a sub-committee
for tho selection of an American team, General Shaler oc-
cupied the chair and General McMahon announced that a
colored fellow citizen desired a place on the team. A num-
ber of gentlemen made application for the position of
Secretary to the team, all of which were laid over until
such time as the team should bo organized. After ap-
pointing a committee to supervise the competitive practice,
the meeting adjourned.

—The following telegrams, or rather cablegrams, between
Mr. Alford of the Committee on Transportation, and Maj.
Leech of the Irish Rifle Team, show the spirit of recipro-
cal concord and good will that attends the preparations for
the comiug match in Ireland : —

New York, April 23, 1875.
To Maj. Llbch, Irish Rifle Association, Dublin:
liunan Lina tenders free passage to American Team, per City of
Chester, to sail June fifth. A. Alford.

Transportation Com. International Match.

DlTBMN, April 21, 1675.

To A. Alford, Remington Rifle Manufacturers, Broadway, ,V. Y :
Coed mills fail! he — (Hundred thousand welcomes.)

Leech.

The International Match. — The following are the
rules by which the Irish team will he selected for the match
on the 29th June: —

1. Six davs are appointed for public competition to be held simultan-
eously at Dublin, liclfast. and London— viz.: April 21. Muy 3, May 8,
May 1 5, May — . May 29. Each competition to consist of 15 shots each
at 600. Wki and 1,000 yards; no sighting shot or previous shooting on the
same day will be allowed. Targets and scoring ns at Wimbledon, 1874.

2. Each competitor to shoot on aDy four of the competing days, and
no more, the nine best aggregate scores to be primarily selected for the
toaru aud extra wen .

3. If at tho conclusion of the competition the Captain thinke It de-
sirable to cull upon auy of the nine beat scores to enter into one farther

competition with any of the excluded competitor*, ho shall bo nt liberty
„ m’'J',rl,r of •cUtrrt agrr* with the Captains

Sly ^forfeit 2ftB? : nnd U‘° C0“,PCtl,0r 80 upo“

ellgl Wo*or Uio match and

5. The scores In each of those competitions to be kept by tho Captain,
or some one depnted by Wm for that purpose. v j *

K®„AK?c!‘c.;m^tltor 10 pa7 " of £l- B,'<1 'ho fund so created to be
irUh Htd a C Treasurer of Reception Committee In the ..am.- of tho
iP*h Who Association. F. O orders to be mode payable to It. II. Foster,

as ateatef1^ "°m ar*““ •>•*“•• «*»

7. In all matters of detail tho Captain's decision to bo final.

Some doubt appears still to exist as to tho selection of a
spot ou which the match shall he shot.

— Tho Eighth Regiment Rifle Club appointed Thursday
as a regular practice day, and during the past Winter have
lost but two days from their regular weekly practice. As
a consequence of this practice they enter the Summer rifle
season us the best prepared team in the Guard.

Choke Borino, — As an illustration of the old saying,
“there is nothing new under tho sun," a correspondent
gives us a description of a gun which has been in posseR-
sion of his family since tho latter part of tho last century.
Tho barrel is of brass, and underneath is tho stamp G. It.
(Georgius Rex), 1773, indicating that it was made at one of
the government arsenals just prior to our war of indepen-
dence. For u considerable space some eight inches from
the muzzle there is, or was— for the barrel has been re-
bored— a contraction of tho bore, evidently intended to
produce close shooting, and on the same principle as thut
claimed to be a recent American invention.

Jr.t anil §iver ishii iff.

FISH IN SEASON IN MAY.

Trout, Sohno fontinalls.

Salmon, Salmo sa/ar.

Grayling, thym alius tricolor.

Black Bass, microplems nigricans.

Salmon Trout, Salma con flu is.

Sha>l. Alow.

Land-locked Salmon, Salmo Olovsri

Black Ba«s fishing is permitted In Now Jersey on and after May 1st ; In
New York, May 20th; Ohio, Slay 2d; In New England and Pennsylvania,
June let.

{Under the head of “Game, ana I'isn. in Seat'll" we can only speci-
fy In general Urine the several varie'Us, because the laws of Stales vary
so much that were we to attempt to particularise we cnula do no less
than publish those entire sections that relate to the kinds of name in
question. This would require a great amount of our sjwce. In desig-
nating game we are guided by the laws of nature, upon which all legis-
lation Li founded, and our readers would do well to mxnide themselves
with the laws e)f th.ir respective States for constant reference. Otherwise,
our allemnts to assist them will only create confusion. \

Fish in Market. — Fish of all descriptions now in sea-
son are abundant and low priced. After long waiting our
local fishermen have been rewarded, and the shad have
commenced to ascend tho North River in quantities. The
finest roe fish sell for 30 cents, while tho mule fish are
worth but 30 cents. A few Connecticut River fish have
been received and sold readily of $1 each. Salmon have
commenced to put in an appearauce from Nova Scotia,
and bring $1 per pound. Large striped bass aro arriving
in quantities from the Connecticut, Hudson and Potomac
Rivers, and sell for 15 to 18 cents per pound, according to
size. These fish are said to be taking tho bait in our bay.
Red snappers and sea bass from Savannah sell for 15 to 18
cents per pound. Crawfish from the Potomac $2.50 per
100. Long Island brook trout are worth alive $1.50, dead,
$1 per pound. We saw some elegant specimens of salmo
fontinalis from the Wild Wood Trout Farm, East Frecton,
Mass., price $1 per pound. Canada trout arc worth 30
cents. Maine trout 50 cents. Turbot 15 cents; terrapin
$15 per dozen counts. Green turtle are in fair supply at
20 cents per pound. Cod are very abundant off the const
of Long Island; one smack, the Wallace Blackford, caught
in 8G hours 1,800 fish, averaging 15 pounds each. They
sell for 8 cents per pound. Haddock from off Newport are
unusually fine and large, some weighing ns much as 20
pounds; tliey retail at 7 cents. In about 10 days we may
look for fresh mackerel.

— A gentleman called at our office a few days since and
desired to know where ho could get a little salt water fish-
ing. We referred him to Mr. Blackford who sent him for
a cruise on the Eugene B., off Long Island. The result
was a.catch as will be sccu above of 1,800 fifteen pound cod
fish — all taken with hook and line. Our friend stood up
to his work manfully, and with the exception of a few
“raws” and projecting fishbones, looks ten years younger.

— Dr. M. E. Elmendorf, brother of the gallant "Tony,"
captured some trout last week at a public creek, on the
north side of Long Island, that weighed seventeen ounces.

— Wo have four salmon privileges to lease in the Ro-
manic River, Canada, and two in the Little Romanic, at
$150 each for tho season. Large fish, shanties, Ac. A
map of the pools can be seen at office Forest and
Stream.

— Nova Scotia rivers are generally clear of ice and ang-
ling for salmon has been enjoyed already by officers of
the Halifax garrison and others with considerable suc-
cess.

—The St. John River is open for thirty miles from its
mouth.

— Gentlemen purposing to visit the trout waters of Mich-
igan and Wisconsin are requested to refer back to our issue
of April 8th, where they can obtain much useful informa-
tion. A reference at ull times to tho files of Fouhst and
Stream for any specified locality, will most generally re-
sult in a satisfactory answer to any inquires which they
might wish to made concerning the same.

Pennsylvania, Pliila., 20th. — I tried dropping a few
flies to the trout in Drury’s Run, Clinton Co., Pa., on Fri-
day but the snow and ice is more plentiful than the fish.

I got but one. Truly, Gillingham.

JlROiJ!fA APra 81«f.— Dr. Chas. Edwards

captured the first boss of tho season with us Inst Saturday
some wicked man catching a few on tho following Sunday,
-.omc few trout have been taken from the Big Spring Run',
anu one or two stray follows In tho Tuscarora, having es-
caped perhaps front tho writer’s boxes of wild trout on a
^ ° , “at stream. Our tackle men aro busy with
the Spring fever In their line, and will no doubt supply us
r.c.e,s of the very host kind*. Many of your atfvor-
tisom would got orders 1 think, if the price of Reticles ad-
IK"*.™ p,ib i8\,ea' Whether this would suit all llio
! hc,r I do’nt know, but many a man

xvK« lb’ -T.lf h®.kn1c.w ,hp article was within his means,
who wo nt trouble himself to send for circulars. F. W.

Florida.-^. Agustine, April lDtt.— Drum fish aro now
n nr *, sport can 1,0 lm(l with the bass on the North
Hench. All that is necessary is to have a lead or rod line
walk a little way into the surf, and throw out. Mullet
bait, which can be procured at tho fish market, is the best.
A gentleman with a rod line, a few days since caught
several in a short time, tho largest weighing ten pounds,
the smallest three. On tho Si. Sebastian Bridge sheeps-
head and whiling aro caught now in abundance The bait
for tho former, fiddler; for the latter, mullet.

Fishing Matters .■ — Tho number of fishing arrivals for
the week ending April 23d, was seventeen— nine from tho
Grand Banks and eight from Georges. Total amount of
codfish brought in, 120,000 pounds; halibut, 400, 0H0 pounds:
Owing to the large supply of halibut, prices have ruled
rather low, most of the sales being made at $5.50 per cwt.
for white and $3.00 for gray.

The scarcity of bait has greatly Interfered with tho fish-
ing operations this month. About a hundred sail of
Georgesmcn and Bunkers wore at Eastport, Grand Metum
uml other eastern ports, at last advices, awaiting herring,
which have been very scarce there for tho past six weeks.
The catch of Georges’ codfish, tho present month, will ho
slim, indeed, and the salt hauliers’ trips will ho greatly de-
layed by the bait famine.

The Greenland halibut fishery will not bo prosecuted this
season by any vessel belonging to this port, nor from any
other, so far as we can learn. Some six or eight vessels
have been employed in business during the past six years,
hut it has gradually died out, and last season hut one vessel
went. The voyages, with a few exceptions, have never
proved very successful.

Schooner Lizzie K. Clark, Capt. Murphy, previously re-
ported frozen up at St. John’s. Newfoundland, arrived
homo from tho Grand Banks on Fiiday last, having boon
absent upwards of tl\rcc mouths on the trip— the longest on
record. She brought In (10,000 pounds halibut.

The first of the southern mackerel fleet sailed on Satur-
day. About twenty-five sail of vessels have left the pres-
ent week, and others will soon follow. The fleet will num-
ber about forty sail in all.

Fishing schooner Elihu Burritt, now fitting out at Messrs.
Pettingell & Cumiingham’s wharf, has an entire Yankee
crew— a very unusual occurrence In these days, and well
worthy of record. — Cape Ann Advertiser, April 2 \th.

PENNSYLVANIA TROUT.

FiTMBCnuu, Pa, April 21, 1875.^

Editor Forest and Stream:—

1 notice In tho la*t number of Forest and Btiikam a communication
from Sir, Uubloy, of Wllklnsbnrg, Pa, In which lie gives tho ImpruKilon
tlmt thacloao *ea«on for brook trout wm oxtonded by tho Lcgbluturo of
this State to April 15th. This Is n mistake. A hill making the oloso
suiison for brook trout from August 1st to Muy 1st, passed tho House,
but there wns'nt "millions Id it," aud tho bill fell In tho Sonnlo.

Yours, \V. A. M.

SALTING TROUT.

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Little Falls, N. Y., April 20, 1878.

Editor Fosiest and Stream:—

For fear some of tho nioro Inoxpcricncud of your numerous readers
may follow tho advice of "J. J. It.," in Forest and Stream of tho 15th
of April, I wrtto to suy to thorn, don't do It. But If you w ill salt your
Ilsb, smoke them afterwards as you would venison. “J. J. It V advice
about drosslng trout Is good, but I would as soon think of salting wood-
cock ns trout. I hnvo known poople to catch trout with net and grappln
from their spawning beds and salt thorn for Winter use, und I do not
know but that they woro good. Trout carefully drcssuil moy bo pre-
served sovornl days fresh and sweet, without loo or salt, by wrapping
them In the long while moss fonnd In tho swamps In tho vicinity of tho
lakes nud streams whoro trout nro caught, and placing them In a cool
shady place; a hole in tho ground covered over with a foot or moro of
earth Is a good place. Tho better way la to catch them only as fust an
youconsumo them. I should think Jerking venison niisporlsmanllko.
but for tha size of the uuluial aud tho necessity of killing the whole of
him for any purL Fbriiis.

Qxchtinfl and gfoittitifl.

All communications from Secretaries ami friend t should be mailed no
later than Monday In each week.

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— Commodore Voorhis, of the Tidal Wave, lias chal-
lenged the Madeleine to a race twenty miles to windward
of Sandy Hook and return.

— Tho yacht Kamehamoha, built by J. & S. Vun Cotf,'
will he launched ut New-Kochcllc on Thursday, May 15.

—Mr. nenry Steers, at Greenpoint. has the Idler oi-re
moro under his care. She has been supplied with mw
masts three feet longer than the old ones. She is to Be new y
fitted below? and will appear at the June regatta iu un . n-
tiro new suit of canvas made by Mr. Sawyer.

—Mr. John Mumm is altering the schooner Pecrlrss.
ncr mast will be three feet longer and one foot will bo
added to her main boom. Tho. centre-board will be di op*
ped a little at the forward end.

Mr. Wm. II. Langley's schooner Comet has a new 'ore-
mast 07 feet 4 inches long and 15} inches in the pnriners.
She is having a new suit of canvas throughout, subititu-
ting a lug for a boom foresail.

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— Sir. Richard Walling is building n hnndsomc sloop for
Mr. W. II II Beebe, of • lie Atlantic Club. Her length is
30 feet 8 inches; beam, 12 feel 0 inches; and depth, 4 feel
(} mere The mast is 38 feet long; topmost, 12 feet; bow-
sprit, 14 feet ; boom, 30 feet; gaff, 10 feet. Shu is to be
calleil the Daisy.

— At Roslyn, L. I., Mr. Bedell is building n sloop yacht,
45 feet long over all.

— Mr. A. A. Smith, at Islip, L, I., the builder of the
schooner yacht Cornel is building a sloop for Mr. Hugh L.
Willoughby, she will he 55 feel long on deck, 10 feet beam
aud 5 feet 8 inches deep.

—At Mr. William Smith’s yards is a centre-board sloop
for Mr. It. Huntley, of the Brooklyn Club. Her dimen-
sions arc, length 48 feet, 1G feet beam and depth 4 feel 0
incites.

— Mr. John Mumm, at the foot of Court street, Brook-
lyn, lias built for Mr. Robinson a yacht 88 feet long, 14
feet beam and 4 feet G inches deep. The same builder has

ust finished a sloop 2G feet long, 11 feel beam and 2 feet G

ochcM deep.

The Quincy Yacht Cum.— The regular meeting of this
club was hold ou Saturday evening, April 3, at Quincy,
Mass , and the following officers were elected :— Com-
modore, James II. Slade; Vice Commodore, II. A. Keith;
Secretary, II. A. Keith; Measurer, Peter B. Turner; Re-
mit t a Committee, the Commodore, ex-ojlkio, James T.
TVnniinun, John Sliuw, Jr., Marcus E. Wight; Edwin P.
Worster. Committee on Membership, Warren L. Brad-
dock, James T Pcnninmn, Benj. F. Bass, Amber Cleverly,
H. M. Federhen. The prizes announced iu a previous
issue were presented to the winners of the regattas of the
past season. Arrangements were made looking to a series
of races, both sailing and rowing, to begin early in the
Summer. The club, although organized late last Summer,
had on its list thirty-five yachts of various classes, to
which additions will be made this year. It lias now
ninety-nine members, aud is on an assured finaucial footing.

— The St. Augustine, Florida, Yacht Club this season
has been prosperous, and they have added greatly to the
entertainment of visitors. At the close of the season, the
Treasurer’s report of the club exhibited a balance on hand.

— The Crescent-Undine 8-oarcd shell race, was post-
poned until Tuesday, the 2?th, at G p. m , on account of
the weather. Course, lj miles straightway from Peters’
Island to Turtle Rock— Commodore Junius M. Ferguson,
Umpire.

—The Malta Club of the Schuylkill Navy have received
a new and beautiful double scull gig, designed especially
for the use of the gentle sex, and named ‘‘Minnehaha.
She is of Spanish cedar, trimmed with ash, and is 2? feel
long by 8 feet beam; her gratings are finished with siver-
plated nails, and she is further ornamented with silver
bow and stern plates. M. II Byron is the builder, and It
is a credit to his known skill. He has under way a four-
oured gig for the Bachelor Club.

— The students of Columbia College have challenged the
Yale College Boat Club to row them a six-oured gig race
during the coming regatta week at Saratoga.

—The Neptune Boat Club, of Staten Island, now num-
bers about sixty members, and is officered by Nicholas C.
Miller, President; Win. J. (lamer, Vice President; Wm. R.
Wcmple, Captain. Their old boat house at Factoryville,
recently destroyed by fire has been replaced by a new,
commodious, und elegant structure, including a Hoak
room, drawing room, billiard room, dining room, &c.

St, John, New Brunswick, "Sports" are talking about

sending the Paris crew to the regatta which is to take
place on the Schuylkill during the Centennial Celebration
«• Philadelphia next year. Representative oarsmen lrom
all parts of Europe and the United Stales will be present.

—At n recent meeting of the Central Park Club, Boston,
t hi- following Board "f Government were elected forthesea-
soii of '75: President, Charles J. Murphey; Vico President;
Wm. Byrnes; Secretary, James J. Casey; Treasurer, James
Dovle; Log Keeper, J. F. Mailey; Steward, Jure. Casey,
Directors, T. Sullivan, M. J. Casey, F. Downs, J. O’Neil
and M. Sullivan.

—Halifax boating men and their champion, George
Brown, have made every effort to bring about a match be-
tween Sadler and Brown; and if there be any credit in boat
race urraneing, they are justly entitled to it. Ilobl. W.
Boyd, of Gateshead, having beaten Sadler in n skiff racoon
the Tyne, the result of a challenge to him or Sadler from
Brown should settle the question of champion oarsman of
the world. — St. John's News.

— The Spring regatta of Yale University will take place
ou Lake Sallonstull the lost week in May. The winner in
tbe single scull race will represent Yale in the similar race
at Saratoga. Members of the University crew will race in
pair-oars.

BISHOP’S CANOE VOYAGE COMPLETED.

Dutton, Fla., April 12, 1875.

EoiTon Forest asp Stream:—

Tln> paper coiki'j "Marla There*a" completed tier voyage betweeu the
two gnat gulf* of the continent when *hu reached the water* of tile
Gulf of Mexico, at ho mouth of the Suwaneo Itlvor, on the night of
March 20ih, at nine o’clock. My last camp was ou the little hammock
<le;s than on acre In extent) which, like an oasis lu n doeert. rise* out of
the rail marshes that fringe the gulf along this part of onr const. With
the strong current of the Suwunee (fed by a freshet In Okeefccnokeo
Swum]>) I wa> enabled lo run easily two hundred and thirty five miles,
from ihe lower mineral spring* above Coliunbus lo the mouth of the
river, iu about five and a half day*.

With the strong freshet current 1 could have moved faster, hut a parly
of gent lemon had procured a boat from Savannah by rail, and kindly
oflered to escort me to the gulf. Their boat w as a heavy sail boat, so
we made the best time possible under the circumstance*, they rowing
and I puddling, aud at lime* flouting along with the current of the
Suwaneo. Twenty miles from the mouth of the Suwaneo are the Cednr
Keys, the terminus of the railroad which runs from Fernandlna.
on tho Atlantic coast, across Florida lo the Gulf of Mexico. I
have transported the canoe by rail northeastward, to the "Big Bend" of
the St Mary's River, aud from this station, Duttou, from which 1 now
write. the canoe will be put Into the rivet, which I hope lo follow one
honored and seventy- five tulle* lo tho sea. From Feruondina the boat
will be shipped lo New York, and to her boat house on Lake George
In my hunt communication yon v/tra Introduced to Broughton Island,
near Darien, O*. Leaving that pleasant locullty the canoe proceeded on
her voyage dow n the south branch of the AlUmuhu to St. Simon's Island,
and followed the Frcdrica River, which 1* the cuatern boundary lino of
the Hand, to St. Simon's Sound, it was amooth enough to push across
the wide sheet of water to Jokyl Island. Tho steamers follow Jekyl
fjotiL inw Jakyt §?u*4( Vut tut wind «omum««4 to bio w, and I rowed

FOREST AND STREAM.

along the marshes, passing tho mouth of the creek, and approached
Brunswick.

Night enme on. forcing me to sock a resting place In the marshes
nn Jointer Creek. Only throe hammocks were found lo He above tide
water. The dreary marshes extended for miles In all directions An
hour before dark 1 reached n hammock on tho end of Colonel's Island.
Before palmetto leave* could be ent for a bed, an alligator nearly us
large as the canoe drove me out of the hammock— that I*. I did not wait
for him to drive mo; we both retired nt tho same Unto, he Into the river,
while i rowed op the creek to hunt np Mother resting place Tho next
day I rest bed Nt Andrew’s Sound, which 1* almost destitute of camping

If you follow the line of the marshes and cross the wide mouths

of Ihe two Snilllo rivers to the head of Cumberland Island . Here, Tor
the third lime since I left the St. Lawrence, I was obliged lo seek
assistance lo cross Ihe wide sound. It wit* so rough that tho sloop which
took me found sowo difficulty In weathering Ihe sand shoals and break-
ers, which nl low tide vox the waters of this treacherous sound. Mr
C'lubhkoeps a comfortable public house on the high bluff of Cumber-
land, where I remained until the tempest abided, then rowed through the
connecting waters along the bountiful shores of Cumberland, post the
ruins of Dungcnnoss, until tho white dwellings of Fernandinn, on
Amelia Island, opened Into view. This lovely sheet of water, between
the Nt. Mary's River, Amelia Island, mid Cumberland Island, with its
One inlet from the Atlantic, may yet become the headquarters, during the
Winter mouths, for our Northern yachting fleet. The depth of water,
sheltered anchorogo ground, proximity to the terminus of a steamboat
line from New York, and the railroad terminus ul Fernandlna, &c.. pre-
sent many advantages that cannot he found ns fur south along our coast
in any other section. As I turned to the right to row across the mouth
of the hronJ St. Mary’s Rlvor, the noble hull of the Tidal Wave was rid-
ing easily nt anchor near Fernandlna, with Commodore Voorhies and
party on hoard. Some weeks later, at the ruins of Dungenness, on the
southern end of Cumberland Island, I saw the Tidal Wave party enjoy-
ing n pic nlc beneath the shade of olive trees upon a grassy lawn. 1 re-
mained only two days In the towns of St. Marys, on tho Georgia side
of tho liver, aud Fernandlna, on the Florida shore of Amelia Island A
portage was mude over the rullroad from Fernandlna to the lower mineral
springs on ihe Suwuuee, from which point 1 reached the Gulf of Mexico,
as related In the first purt of this letter. From the "Big Bend" of the
St. Marys Rivet I hope lo reach the Atlantic coast once more, In four or
five day* of canoe voyaging, and end my canoe travels of more than two
thousand mile*.

I have had u steam yacht (05 ft. keel) placed nt my disposal on the
Gulf of Mexico. As soon ns I ship my canoe from Fernandinn to New
York, I Intend to return to Cedar Iveys and cruise sontnwurd a* far us
Sarasota flay, to fish and hunt. I may roach Now York by tho 25th of
May, when I hope to pay my respects to you In person.

Very truly yours, N. H. Bishop.

f/f? fH/ollcfles.

Cornell Umvbksity, April 17, 1855.

BdITOH FoitKBT AND STREAM:—

The lake Is nt last free from ice, and the men who arc pnlling np for
the 'Varsity tuko their dally practice thereupon. The pulling thus far
has been iu the pair-oar, and will continae to ho conflaed to such prac-
tice for a week or so yet. About the flrst of May the quarters will be
ready, when tho crew will he definitely chosen aod regular trulnlng inau-
gurated. The Freshmen have men at hard work from whom a good
crew cuu be selected, and they are doing their best to raise the funds
necessary to send n crew lo Ssratogu, b-t yet It is In doubt whether any
will he rent. Tho foot bullish* are at work ouco more, several practice
gnincs having been played upon the hill In the mud and slush, and soon
wo shall expect to see the "wind hug" rushing along. Impelled by sturdy,
a* well as scientific kick*, on tho "uvenue." Last year base ball was not
what might he culled in good ordor among the students, till very Intern
the season; bnt this year the now hoard of officers have set the ball (not
thu b. b.) rolling, and as they mean bueincss, we trust soon lo *ee the
"willow" raised on the ball ground with two good nines to back it np.
As tho ground is rapidly drying It will not be long before doffing our
gowns und donning our uniforms, and with musket in hand we shall be
patiently awaiting, “Heads upl little finger touching the scam of your
pnntsl eyes directed toward tbs ground thirty paces in frontl"— the com-
mands of our captain— "Company, right forward, fours right, murchl
Fours in circle, right wheel; or, Right front into line, march)" etc , &c. ,
ad nauKum to somo. NothwithsUinding a slight indisposition ou tho
part of some to military labor, a parade day will generally see about
three hundred blue coats In line.

The spelling school fever reached the University lust week, and the
result was n match between "town and gown” on Friday evening, under
the auspices of tho Navy. Tho town side was composed of business
men, printers, teachers, scholars from the public schools and academy,
aud a few elderly Indies, who undoubtedly were once belles of spelling,
if not of beauty. Tho person who stood up longest on the town side
was an elderly gentleman, cashier In one of the banks in town. Tho
gown side was composed of two professors, six lady students, aud the
rest— nineteen— gentlemen students of the University, forty in all. Six
on the gown side remained after the cashier had succumbed lo too much
avoinfir/wis, weighing just nn e too heavy. It was entirely enjoyable,
and many were the laughs nt the extraordinary twistings which some
words received. Oue of the Review editors, who evidently had not
troubled the dentist, lately, got decidedly confuse I with chlorq/orm, and
came very near succumbing under ils soporific effects. But tho fun rose
when our colored Freshman "moku" attempted to spell pensile. Ho was
evidently thinking loo much of taking "notes," and down he went. But
the fuu bubbled over into cheers and stamps and whistlings and yells
—a pandemonium let loose for a few minutes— when one of our profes-
sors, from a sudden bilious attack, was forced to take a back seat. Ue
was undoubtedly thinking of French roots. Thus the "gown" stands
ahead, and the Navy in pocket about $200. The Navy, in conjunction
with the Musical A»?ociatlou, ate to give a combination entertainment,
consisting of gymnastics, singing and music, on the 30th of this month.
We are all expecting it with eagerness, but more of It anon. J.

Harvard University, April 24, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

1 wish to correct a statement made In my last that Yalo would accept
onr challenge to pluy it* at foot ball, ouly ou condition that we would
agree to play them at base bull. She hu* accepted the challenge of ‘77
foot ball team, and we are to play— if rules cuu be agreed upon which
shall give no advantage to cither party. Tho '77 base ball club has ac-
cepted a challenge to play a series of games, the flrst nt New Haven,
May 18lh, the second hero, the third— though both nines hope there will
be uo need of a third game— at some convenient place to be hereafter
decided upon. The University nine ployed the Freshmon a game on
Thursday, with a score which speaks very bad for 78. The University
fool ball team are to play tbe graduates next Thursday (April 29th). The
game wllluDbuldy.be vegy Interesting, as the under graduates are In
good practice, while this Is the ouly weak poiut iu the graduates, who
will have a very strong team. The University team Is to sit for a group
picture on Monday (April J6tb). The races of tho trial fours took place
last Saturday, bnt the water was very rough and all the attention of the
crows was required to keep the boat from being swamped. Whetmoru’*
nun come lu a very little ahead, but it cannot be snid that this crew was
mode up of bettor material from thi# fact, nud there will probably be
other races soon. Many of the club crows rowed down to see the race,
but most had cause lo regret that they bad taken their boats from the
rest*. Several boats were quite badly damaged— all were nearly filled
before reaching the float. The Chess Club is erill engaged in games with
tUe.’pxhrldg* nud Bouton Chib»( both gootvs ore progressing Very well,

and with nboat equal chances for each. The Atheuenm of '75 has re-
ceived permission to give entertainment*, provided the sale or tickets he
strictly private, to raise fund* to pay tho expense Incurred In changing
and refurnishing their club house. The programme is very good, and
the entertainments will probably be sncccuful. The. centennial wna
thoroughly enjoyed by the students; ninny went home, some stayed In
their rooms, and about four hundred went to Lexington or Concord, or
both. All declare that they had a stunning good time, but I will not go
to the next one. Strange!— sud! bnt yet so true. Many went with the
Intention of staving to the ball, hut when they saw the floor llipy con-
cluded they could do better to go back to Cambridge and there
"celebrate." The rill e corps are progressing finely. The drill* are very
regularly attended, and much Interest is shown. Application liar been
made to tho Stole for arm*, and we shall probably get them by the time
we are ready to commence drills iu which they are required. Mr. Barnes
of 70 hue been elected captain of Company A, in place of Mr. Eldrldge,
elected major. Mr. Denny, '57, adjutant. M.

Ration, il Ragtimes.

— The cricket season of 1875 will open at Hie German-
town cricket grounds on Saturday, May 1st, when a prac-
tice game will be played by members of the Philadelphia,
Germantown and Young America clubs. T. Rhodes has
been re engaged as professional, und will live in the cricket
house. The silver cup won by the Philadelphia twelve at
the Halifax tournament will be offered as a champion cup,
to be played for iu a series of matches betweeu the princi-
pal clubs of Philadelphia. Some of these matches will
doubtless be played on the new ground of ihe Morion club,
which will be formally opened in May. It is expected that,
the officers of the Halifax Gurrison and a Canadian twelve
will visit Philadelphia in September next to take part in a
grand cricket tournament to be held here in that month.
It has not yet been decided whether there will be a cricket
fete held in June.

— The professional season will begin on the Union
grounds, Brooklyn, on the 30th inst., with a game between
Hie Mutuals and Centennials, On the 3d proximo the Mu-
luuls and Bostons will play on the same grounds.

—The Athletic and Philadelphia nines met for the first
time this season in a championship mulch on April 22d,
aud the game resulted iu a victory for the former by a
score of 6 to 3.

— The championship season is now in operation, aud the
following games have thus far been played: —

April 19— Bouton vs. New Haven, at Boston 6 to 0

April 21— Boston t s. New Haven, at New Haven 14 to 3

Anri! 21 — Philadelphia vs. Centennial, nt I’hlladelpliiu — 7 to 4

April 22— Athletic vs. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia 0 to 3

April 21— Hartford vs. Atlantic, at Hartford « l» 5

April 76— Motion vs Washington, nt Washington 8 to 2

April 26— Philadelphia v*. Centennial, nt Philadelphia. . :0 to 7
April 26— Atluutic va. Now Haven, at New Huvun. . . 3 to 2

— The Hartford played ihe Amateurs on April 23d, and
beat them by 30 to 0.

— The match played at Hamilton Park, New Haven, on
April 21st, between the Boston und New Haven nines, re-
sulted in favor of the former by a score of 14 to 3.

— Ou April 23d the Mutuals played a field nine at the
Capitolina grouuds, and won by 1*9 to 2. The next duy
they had lough work to wiu by 7 lo 3.

— The Boston Juniors and Egleslou clubs played a game
April 23d on the Union grounds, Boston, with the uppeud-
ed result: Eggleston, 13; Boston, Jr., 1G.

— George Wright, the short slop of the Bostons, has just
issued a neatly printed pamphlet containing a complete
record of the champion’s doings ou the hall field (luting
the past season, wi'h other interesting items, including
photographs of George Wright in twelve different alti-
tudes; four for instruction iu hatting and the other eight
for instruction in fielding.

— The Yale nine met the professionals of the New Haven
club on April 24th, and the result was a score of 15 to 5 in
favor of the latter.

— The St. Louis club visited Louisville last week, playing
the Olympics on April 19th, and winuing by 2G to 0, while
on the 22d they won by 24 to 4.

— The Lowell (Mass.) club is fully organized, and pre-
paring for the seasou of 1875. The nine will he composed
of first class players.

—On April 24th tho Atlantics came near defeating the
new nine of the Hartfords, at Hartford, by a score of
5 to G.

— The Syracuse club has made arrangements with the
Driving Park Association whereby all matches played in
the city will bo played on the Driving Park. To clubs in-
tending tours through the State good inducements are
offered, which can he had by writing to the Secretary, O.
G. Lumbard, Nos. 6 and 7 Granger street, Syracuse, N. Y.

MAGAZINES.

The Popular Science Monthly, with its army of writers so
well known to the scientific world, contains the usual number of papers
on interesting topics. Professor Hnxlcy relates some of the results of the
Cuallengcr Expedition which sounded the bottom of the sea almost
around the globe, and Rev. S. Lockwood contributes a most excellent
illustrated puper on Sea Anemones.

From way off in New Brunswick, where they are still
held In Winter's icy bonds, comes the St. Johns’ Maritime Monthly, as
bright aud fresh a* though bom of perpetual sunshine Insteud of fog and
rain. In the current number Mr. Poirier continues the "Origin of tho
Acudians;" Rev. Mr. Harvey's discourses of " Livingstone ” und Cen-
tral Africa, and a variety of Interesting papers, complete the table of con-
tents.

The American Naturalist contains its usual contrihulions
to knowledge, and scientific papers on Botany, Zoology, aud1 Geology, to
say nothing of Paleontology and Anthropology. Professor Ch, Fred
Hartt and Messrs. Parry and PackSrd are the principal essayists in the
current number.

Scribner's for May is as usual excellently illustrated, and
the table of contents as varied and entertaining as ever. Mr. Holland's
"Story of Sovenoaks" i* oontlnnod, and so Is "A Farmer's Vacation."
The latter is the most practical and Interesting account of Holland and
its wonderful dykes and canals we have ever read.

St. Nicholas, published by the same house, who by the
way, are now occupying their new and elegant store. Nos. 743 and 745
Broadway, is brlmfull of amusement for the little ones, and. we may ad-
mit, for us of larger growth. The altn of St. Nicholas, however. Is not
restricted to amueemeut, It Improves and teaches as well. The contents
of the current number are equal In variety and merit to the best. A*
they »ay ot JUra, Whwlow’a Boothlng A tbe ohildrro for it."

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Illustrated Price List and Samples free.

The most complete list ever published. Send for
one.

GEO. C. HENNING,

410 Seventh Street,

Apr £9 ly WASHINGTON, D. C.

CAUTION I

Brooklyn, N. Y., April 23, 1875.

It having come to my knowledge that certain un-
principled persona have manufactured, or are about
to manufacture,

Baits or Spinning Squids.

Forthelrnde in the United States of America and
Territories, that are infringements on my patents,
grunted to me. and dated January 27, 1871, I hereby
give timely notice that l will take leeal proceedings
against all such person or persons so infringing; and
will, without further nolice, prosecute, to the fullest
extent of the U. S. Patent Law, nil persons selling or
offering the same for sale without my name and slump,
and having my consent.

(Signed) WILLIAM H. JAM KS.
338 Kent avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.

THE CELEBRATED

Sporting and Blasting Powder,

MANUFACTURED BY

CARL DITMAR,

UNDER niS OWN PATENT, can now be had reg-
ularly mid in any quantity. See Circulars for full tes-
timonials ns lo it? superiority over other makes.

The new patent Sporting Powder does not soil the
gnn; cleans it. when you use one charge of it, alter
many with black powder; no smoke — little recoil— no
loud report— high velocity. The best ever made in
this line; not to be ooufounded with Schultz’ or En-
gii«h Wood i'owdcr, or Sawdust Powder, as it is su-
perior to each.

Ready Made Ammunition

For Sporting and Target Rifles, always on hand.
Send for full Instruction, and if sample desired,
state if for rifle or shot gun. as each kind is made.
\Vork» at Neponset. Address

HENRY A. GOULD.

Selling Agent, 101 Milk street, Boston, Mass.

TAXIDERMIST’S MANUAL, a com-
plete, practical guide to collecting, preparing,
preserving and monntlng animals, birds, reptiles, in-
sects. Ac. Illustrated. 50 cents. Hunters' and Trap-
pers’Gnlde, 20 cents; Dog Training, 25 cents; Sys-
tem of Improving Speed of Horses, 50 cents. Of
booksellers or by mail.

LJE*SE HANEY ft CO,, 119 Nassau street, N, Y,

Remington Rifle for Sale.

A ft CALIBRE. 30 BORE, CENTRAL
FIRE, for 77 grains powder; bran new, and a
D. H. 8TEPHENS,

REVERSIBLK PROPEEIaRR,

In Two Sizes-No’s. 2 and 3.

splendid tmn, Andress
Apr 29-flt

Riverton, Conn.

Covered by three patents, also Medal awarded by American Institute, 1S73. Orders solicited from the trade for the Bom, Minnow Propeller, Reversible Propeller
International Minnow, Minnow Harness, Bass, Thousand Islam]*, and Pike Balts. Orders Oiled for any article in the Tackle Hue. Sample* scut by mail on receipt of

retail price. Prices rauge from 40 cents to $2.00. Send for lllaatratod Catalogue.

W. P CHAPMAN, Mnnulaotopy, TIrh'ohui N. Y.

rSQigcqllaneous

CUT CAVENDISH.

It is manufactured from the most expensive stock,
is particularly adapted to Meerschaum ami Clgaretto
Smoking; does not bite or make the tongue sore, la
unlike any other tobacco.

RocnESTEn, Feb. 12, 1875.
Messrs. ll'm. S. Kimball & Co.:

I And Vanity Fair to be the beat Article of tobac-
co adapted to the wants of tho sportsman. Have need
your tobaccos for many years, and know them all to
he flrst class. Yours truly, Seth Green,
Sup’t of N. Y. State Fisheries.

Gentlemen: Having smoked your tobacco. Vanity
Fair, by the camp tire and by tne hearth, I believe it
In point of fragrance and taste superior to all brands
known to me. Being in search of a tobacco that
would not tire the tongue and mouth, I was made ac-
quainted with your VanityKair, and found It to be the
ns p'us ultra of natural leaf. A. B. Lambbrton.

Highest Award, Vienna, 1873.

Liberal samples by mail on receipt of money.

W.S. KIMBALL & CO.,

Peerless Tobacco Works, Rochester, N. Y.

SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

The Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul Railway

Traverses a finer country, affords views of grander
scenery, and passes through more business centers
and pleasure resorts than any other northwestern
lute Its forests, prairies, lake* and streams, aboun-
ding with game, present uncqualed attractions to the
votaries of Nimrod and Wulion. It Is the only rail-
way route nlong the valley of the Upper Mississippi.
It is also the shortest ns well as best route between
the great metropolitan centers of tho Northwest—
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Track and equipment uneqnaied, and its trains of
palace-coaches and sleeping cars run through witiiout
change.

New York Office, 319 Broadway.

Chicago Depot, cor. Canal >V \V. .Madison.

City Offices, 01 and 03 Clark (ji. Apr29-6m

will Mod thb Brork.l Saw Frnmo, wllh
rear iitra Saw., fly. BratUi Dsslgn., soil full
briDtal directions, by mall (irsiiaid, on receipt of
$1.95. The Frame U 6x14 inches, made of roeo-
wood, nod beautifully pollihed. Wo mmmnfoe
satisfaction to every purchaser. Eure Blades
eonl by mall for W cents per down.

MILLER’S FALLS CO.,

78 BEEKMAN ST., N. Y.

THE AMERICAN

W. MERIDEN, CONN.

r Special attention is given to first-class work. Extra
sketches and DOG PORTRAITS cut to order, by
sending photographs. JACOB GLAI1N, Mnnngur,
Formerly Supt. of Parker Bros. Engraving ami Orna-
mental Department. Feb 11

IIUR8TS

in

Natural History

For Object Teaching in Schools,

AND

PARLOR ENTERTAINMENT.

we are prepared to furnish the first sixty numbers
of the first series of

Animals and Birds of North America.

To these will be added a second series of foreign speci-
mens Hnd various Aoimals and Birds In grotesque at-
titudes, never however violating their natural instincts.

Dealers supplied at a liberal discount from these
rates. Back numbers and parts of seta always on band.
These Stereoscopes are sold wholesale and retail by

FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO.,
J7 Chatham St., (City Hall 8qr.> P. O. box 26S£.

fifliscelhmcous.

THE

HAZARD POWDER CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

GUNPOWDER.

Hazard’s “Electric" Powder.

Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). Unsurpassed In point of
strength anti cleanliness. Packed In equate canis-
ters of 1 lb. only.

Hazard’s “American Sporting."

No,. I (fine, '.o 3 (course). In 1 lb. canister* and 01 lb.
kegs. A flue grain, quick and clean, for upland and
prairie shooting. Well adapted to short guns.

Hazard’* “Duck Shooting. ’’

Nos. : (line) to 5 (coarse). In 1 and 6 lb. canisters
and t>l and I2J lb. keg*. Burns slowly and very
clean, shooting remarkably close, and with great

fruitrahon. For Held, forest and water shooting
ranks any other brand, nnd it Is equally servicea-
ble for muzzle or breech loader.

Hazard’* “Kentucky Rifle."

FFFG, FFG, and “Sea Shootiug’’ FG, In keg* of 25,
121. and bl lbs. and can* of 5 lbs. FfFU is also
packed In 1 and 1 lb. canldors. Burns strong and
moist. The FFFG and FFG are favorite brnnds
for ordinary sportin'', and tho ".Sea Shooting" FG
is the standard Rifle powder of tto country.

SUPERIOR MINING AND BLASTING POWDER.

GOVERNMENT CANNON AND MUSKET POW-
DER; ALSO SPECIAL GRADES FOR EXPORT,
OF ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF MAN-
UFACTURED TO ORDER.

Tho above can bn had of dealers, or of tho Compa-
ny’s agents in every prominent city, or wholesale at
our office,

88 Wall Street, IN' ew York.

Feb II

SCHUYLEH. HARTLEY 4 GRAHAM,

19 Malden Lane, 20 & 22 John street, iV. Y.

BREECH LOADING GUNS

A SPECIALTY.

AGENTS

for the following celebrated makers :

W. ft C. SCOTT & SONS (winners at the Interna-
tional Gun Trial of 1873); J. P. CLABROUOH ft
BRO ; P. WBBLKY * SONS, and WE8TLEY
RICH \RDS.

HOLABIRD S Shooting SUITS

DIXOVSifc H A WKSLEY’SMHOOTIAG TACKLE

STURTEVANT BRASS SHOT SHELLS.
BUSSEY’S PATENT GYRO PIGEON AND TRAP.
WITH CASE. AND 100 BIRDS.

Hlack’s Potent Cartridge Vest.

This Vest affords the best ar-
rangement yet Invented for carry-
ing cartridges. The weight is
so evenly distributed that It I*
scarcely felt. Cartridges can he
curried with tho heads down In
this vest, which is of great Impor-
tance when brass shell* ore used,
uuaiuiivt a* when carrying them with the
’‘Jftd /rtffrtfl ' head UP ,*10 Ibe shot of-

UillUV tun forCeH 1,10 wad forward, when
— — c - — r bad shooting Is the result. In
ordering send measurement arouod tho chest.
PRICE $7.50.

AGENTS FOR THB

Union Metallic Cartridge Com-
pany’

NTED Til

SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

Plain Crrmu-r

’mmi'Kiitfi

•’s Ammunition,

WARRANTED fllB BEST IN THB MARKET.

Climax Creawr

Loader nnd Cop
Expellcr.

HALL'S

FATKNT

Creaser

Price @2.73.

and Loader.

Price @2.23.

von

PAPER

. , SHELLS.

Id ordering give sirs of theU used. For sale by Gun
Dealers. Send for Circular.

Address: HALL dt CO.. Lancaster, Penn.

AMP LOUNOr I Campers and Dealers!
Trade Mark PafdlL I See Scientific American,
February 13. J»n 88

N. Y. Newspaper Mailing Agencies,
With the latest Improved Ncwrpsper Folding and
Mailing M&CDine*, No. S9 Boro Street, Near Frank-
fort, James brad? Manager and Proprietor,

C

Jflisrcllitticour,.

J. D. DOUGALL'S

EXPRESS SHOT GUNS.

(Title registered.)

QHO'.VN 1) v trials at Wimbledon by Editor
O of the Field to powi-* the GREATEST PENE-
TRATION ami therefore LONGEST RANGE thus;
Circle. 30 inches; 300 pellets; »v crave, l»l: penetra-
tion, 37. Tho Kultut - trial of Greener gun* with 310
pellets of same shot and some charge of ponder, gave
180, mid penetration 30, although there were 10 more pel-
let* In caeh charge. Should any controversy arise aa
to tho durability of those now systems, wo bourn Ith
warn nil beforehand that our system I* our own Inven-
tion (though founded on the American Idea) and I* DU-
RABLE, a fact remarked on by the Field, that the
gun* tried hull been hi use during Inst season, and ref-
erences permitted to the owner*. Send for Illustrated
Circulars to

69 St. James’s Street London.

ltodiiction in Prioo.

J. & W. TOLLEY’S

CKI.IWUATICI)

BREECH LOADING GUNS,

Manufactory, Pioneer Works. Birmingham, Eng.
nfi .A These gun* are Imlll with evt y

Improvement for American sport.
v and are tho cheapest gun* of
guaranteed quality und 'hooting
power* sold In the United State*.
They nr* made In »lx qualities,
each gnu being branded with uno
of the under mentioned names,
which denotes Us quality:
Pioneer, .... @93 Gold.

Tolley, 90 “

Standard, - - . ■ 118 “

National, ... I 1U "
Challenge, ... I NO "
Paragon, ... 225 11

Any one of the above may bo
— - .a selected with confldenco. a* no

gun boars our name which wo cannot thoroughly guar-
antee In every respect.

Send for reduced Illustrated descriptive pricelist.

IiKANCH HOUSF,, 2» Miiiden Lane,

Corner Nnssna street. New York.

HR. FOWLER'S

PATENT

HARD RUBBER REEL

The Cem— Improved.

This beautiful Reel lias now been before tho pub-
lic two years, and ull who have used it speak loud In
It* praise.

IT HAS BEEN IMPROVED,
and all the Reels made till* year will pas* through tho
bauds of the Inventor, and none allowed to go oat,
except thO‘0 that are perfect.

For sale by all first-class jobbers and tbo trade gen-
erally.

A' II FOWLER, Inventor,

Feb. 4 ITHACA. N. Y.

FERGUSON & STEVENS.

NO. 87 NASSAU ST.

oADIIiONDACIP*

Walking and Hunting Ankle Boot,

The BEST MADE. Also the

“Forest and Stream”

Fishing Boot.

WITn OH WITHOUT Hul.ES AND HOB NAILS.

It J. WALSHE,

DRAPER and TAILOR

MoVICKER’S THEATRE BUILDING,

CHICAGO,

102

FORESTLAND STREAM

DR. WM. HALL’S

Balsam for the Lungs.

The Omit American

Consumptive Remedy.

Consumption I# NOT an Incurable disease Physi-
cians assure u# of IIiIh fuel. It ]* only necessary to
have l be lOrtUT ukmkdy, aud the terrible ruuludy cun
be conquered.

Hall's Balsam is this Remedy.

It breaks up tno xioiit swbats, relieve, the oi*-
PnMBIVBTIUHTNKsa AOIIOS* THE UTNCJ*. Olid brills the
Inrc.crated and exconntod surfaces which dm venom
of the disease produces.

While Life Lasts There is Hope.

It may not ho too late to effect a cure, even after thi
Doctor* hat e i /lien uoii u p.

HALL'S BALSAM la sold everywhere. I’rlco 81
per bottle,

HALL’S BALSAM

Is also a suro remedy for

COUGHS,

COLDS,

1‘NEUMONIA,

BRONCHITIS,

ASTHMA,

SPITTING OK BLOOD,

CROUP,

WHOOPING COUGH.

And all other diseases of the respiratory organ*.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

Jno. F. Henry, Curran & Co., Prop’rs

3 AND 9 < .‘OLLKGE PLACE, NEW YORK.

HENRY’S

Carbolic Salve.

FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

The wonderful celerity with which this
combination of Carbolic Acid with oilier
soothing and Curative Emollients acts,
is something ukin to the marvelous.

It in with pride that the proprietors call
attention to the gratifying fact tlmt

PhyMician«{;ivft it tl»e liig-li-
esi meed ofprnise,

and use it and prescribe it in their practice.

New York, Dec. 22, 1869.

John F If bn it r, Esq ;

Your Cariiumc Hai.T* prove* nn excellent article,
mid I t bunk you for It. Thin i* unotli.T evidence of the
pruni value of the discovery of Carbolic Acid. Your#
tru|y. Gko. R. Lincoi.h,

PreaT Board of Health,

Llie Most Approved System

OF

Breech Loading, Sporting

And Military J Rifles.

For Simplicity of Construction,

ACCURACY,

Penetration, Durability, Safety, Ease of Manipulation,

Materials and Workmanship, they are Unsurpassed.

REVOLVERS OF VARIOUS SIZES,

DESIRABLE IX All. RESPECTS.

Send for Circular’s.

§yor1smm’s $oad£.

Whitney Arms Comp.

W'liltncyvUle, nca# Now llaven, Conn., U. 8. A.

MISFIT CARPETS.

G'l^^cMS,1; SMS MM®"™ "»

Sent to any port of the United State# free of charge. 1 1 2 Fulton mreel, New VorK.

JOHN RIGBY & CO.,

INVENTORS AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE FINEST '

Breech Loading ShoiGuns

Double and Single Express Rifles.

Long Range Match Rifles, &c

21 SUFFOLK STREET, DUDLEY,

AND

72 ST. JAMES STREET, I-OYDOY.

Breech Loaders.

Price 2.1 cents per box.

REV. R. U. LOCKWOOD'S

Catarrh Cure !

The Best Remedy Known, and Endorsed byalltho
1 nnclpnl I liytlcliiUM c»f flu* Country.

Rev It It Lockwood* Yuan I Douche will bn
found valuable m ohmlnaic ebr.inlc eases.

lb V l{ li Lockwoods l.lver und Stomach Pill,
ror (ly.in p.la, receive llie endorsement of ili.mtuimlA.
J'i.ee fid corn* each.

JOHN V HENRY CURRAN A CO.. Proprietor#,
Haml !) College Place. Ne.v York.

HENRY’S CAMPHOR ICE.

For Chapped nnnd#, Chafed Skins, Ac.

A MOST RELIABLE REMEDY.

PRICE 25 CENTS PER BOX.

JOHN K. HENRY, CURRAN A CO.. Proprietors.
H mid 0 OqiIcch Phco, Now Yotk

Fine Firslii ny

RodsandReels

Manchester, Vermont.

Chas.F.Orvis,

jj Pi ices m ulernto. Send for descriptive list. Mention foitEST and Stream.

Hegeman's Patent Portable Foldinq Boat.

use as LI FE-RDAtc; a i.,~ r-.., e../. ^ .

For use as LI FE-BOATS,
LIGHTERS, Dingies, Do-
rys, on board Steamers,
Yachts and other Vessels.

These safe and perfectly ;
able boats will admit of
roughest usage. A very light,
strong mid uuruble frame ol

n*h or other tough wood, with

canvas cover, andean be folded ■inimir — - , - - .- ,

___ t;?-

Also for Sportsmen, Tour-
ists, Trappers, Exploring
Expeditions, Parties camp-
ing Out, &c. &c.

light buggy wigon, horse-
back, or by single person,
and con be unfolded ready
r use, in three minutes'
time. Boats neatly foded,
puckud and shipped by ex-

HENRY’S

SEWING MACHINE OIL

A PURE OIL that docs not gum up and has the
paid0eVll‘'CI‘' °f t,R' Saving Machine Com

l’rlec 25 Cent# per Dottle. ~

MOTT'S LIVER PILLS

JOTSAK s.-ssy

liar»u, drastic pills, tlmt ure of even leu* benefit than

lkSTp.1 Motes

n„ , pin, , • i u'uiiv, iiki- nr. moils

Liver Pills, which penetrates to the sent of dlsea-e I*
VI desideratum Indeed Will positively cure all dls-
peTbux ,hcLlver- Sold everywhere. Price 26 cents

Greens Oxygenated Bilters.

therein, pcr,lod\of lifc “ ,onlc l" B necessity; but

Ran. of XeMlon v.u n" BtIl“ulttn"' ,bnt inJu~ ">« Of

Sbv.are it , *blk’ 8|v,nB temporary relief. To
^AlMbdrpoF.on0netOr.thc pub,lc * to"lc fte®

germlid

ared^complulnls. Bold everywb'er'o PMpX $l ^er

1 /Art'/

///V ///// // ( /////;■ ^ / /////V

rMJ o/t / m.s a 'ftxr/A(Trt</;n.-< or

dllilitiin). (Tfn>atrir;il. (£!jitrrli & j§jirirto (§iuu\s,

# 40 Mum; iy Lam, — XeiU 11 o r (<

Howiiiq Suits A. Specialty:

Winners of the“Tui-f, Field
mid Farin’* Gnu Trials.

(See issue October 3d, 1873 )

In which competition the committees have awarded
our guns. FRst and Second for POINTS OF MERIT
CK ACTION, MATEPIALs. PROPORTION, AND
SHOOTING (QUALITIES combined, in all the four
ciassej,

THE PREMIER GOT.

ve^;^

provements, marked on the rlbbetueen th. lrnamo
QUALITY"’ lho braud— "THa, PREMIER

Mediun. and fine gun* bear full name and address,
and plain guns full name and "London" only.

Each gnu Is numbered nnd tbe actions are stamped
with name aud trade mark, p u

^ C- «, orr * 8°>, I ole maker* 0f the
I „'h r VeVLr.'. 80JI<?| Doublc Lorklng Bolt Breech
Si-nTT rinv 'bo f"n name of the firm. W. & C.

' .1. T/V . cnu.Uon '•Portsmcn against Imltatlou#
of the r patent and name. Guns bearing the name
abbreviated, or with different inumls, are not genuine.

TR I A L OF SCOTTA GHEEYER8 YEW SYSTEM
OF DOKIYG, BY THE EDITOR OF
“THE FIELD," LO,U.o,\,

(See Tht Field, January 30th, 1875.)

''From a comparison of the two table* it will h«
seen that with talker’s shot. Me»r“ Scott's guns
j-howed a marked euprrioiilj over Mr. Oreenar's
both In average and in the highest .-core made Ini
deed, with the left barrel, in bis child ebot, Mr Scott
got a selected group pattern of 239 and a pent /ration
rf±'„,tq"a ,n)’' ll";, b'-be-t pattern made by Mr
Greener and exceeding the peueiration of that oar
licular shot by eight sheeU." P

London Office:

IO Great Castle 8t., Regent (Hrcu#, near Long-
huin Hotel,

Chief address;

Manufactory Premier Gun Works,

Lancaster Street, Uirmiu-jlmiu.

WHOLESALE.

Aprl-6in

The Sportsman’s Warehouse

EDWIN S. HARRIS,

Late COOPER. HARRIS & HODGKINS,

TYo. 177 Broadway, IVew York

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

BREECH LOADING

ANI)

Implements

Clark Ac ^noicloi*.

MANUFACTURERS OF THE

SNKIDER
PATENT BItEECII-LOADING SHOT GUN.
ALTERING

Muzzle- Loading (hi ns to llreech-Loadiug
A SPECIALTY.

WRITE FOR PARTICULARS.

^lVW.PmttNr.. ISiiltimoro.

P Itihulclylfia.

Cartridges, l>otli

Also, CJun Materials of all Kinds. Cartridge Vests, Coats and' Beits
flasks I ouches, and Ammunition or all Kinds. Everything in my
Lino for both Homo nnd Eximrl Tmdn. n« imvivit ^

OF ALL

Kinds.
»n<l Paper.

cvoryiiung i

Lino for both Home and Ejuxort Trade, at LOWEST
CASH TBADE PRICES.

JJA VFLARGR STOCK OF MUZZLE LOADING Q UNS «t RIFLES VEJi Y CHE A P.

Packer s All-Heslinc Tar Soap.

It cure* all kind, nt Hktn ni. ...

It cures all kind* of 8kln DUeiuea with a most won
•lerful certainly; It promotes ck-aulliuJ."1^,. °ni
FF11* Mdgoueral health; It |( , preventive of mauv

A NEW PHYSIOGNOMY, on SIGNS

-^-A_ of ’CHARACTER, a* seen In human tempera -
mem und in the Feature*; with 1.CO0 illustrations.
Price, muslin, $5; calf, S8; Turkey, full gilt, 810.
Scut flrst post by S. R. WELLS, 737 Broadway; N
l; Ap8-4t ‘

Henry C. Squires,

NO. 1 COURTLANDT STREET, NEW YORK
Agent for HOLA BIRD S SUITS, to whom aU NeW
' ork orders ehoold be address'd
Apr e-3m

CHAS. GREEN,

Manufacturer of

Breech Loading Shot Guns.

8h?o?mSltie\nfl,“i°cU^ 8CU0D made'

MUZZLE LOADERS CONVERTED TO BREECH
. , LOADERS.

n^Il.e?cUc,na^.nc';.P.nng' 8end for Circular and
price list, No. 8 \\ eat Main atreet, Rocheetwr, N Y
Apr 8 -6m

SPORTSMENS’ DEPOT.

JOHN KIM HER,

Corner Second and Walnut Sts., Philadelphia
IMPORTER, MANUFACTURER und DEALER IN
Guns, Rifles, Pistols, and Fishing Tackle.
Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech
„ Loaders.

REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.

Has constantly ou hand a full assortment of Hods,
Hooks, Lines, Baits, Reels. Fly Hooks, Salmon Flies,
r«M,,e9' 8,i'k,,,nd Hair Trout Linos. &c.

AlB0’“ ,arge

Taxldermy^n u.fits ' 'brel.^r “* ^ Vanettoi-
SPRATT’S PATENT DOG BISCUITS i-jy

Thomas Sparks,

Shot and Bar Lead

manufacturer,

[Entahlhdied 1808.]

Office, 1 2 1 Walnut St. Philadelphia.

BRADFORD & ANTHONY,

186 Washington St., Boston.

IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS A DEALERS IN

Fishing’ Tackle,
Fi-shing Rods.
Fish Hooks,

AND

ANGLING IMPLEMENTS.

FOREST AND STREAM1

103

Miscellaneous.

Fishing Tackle.

A. ]{. Shipley & Son,

603 and 003 Commerce aired, Philadelphia.
Manufacturers of

Chalk a ii< i Fisliing: Liuow.

FINE HASH AND TliOUT ELY HODS.

The celebrated GRRBNHEART WOOD n specialty.

FINE KOI) MOUNTINGS.

Pull line of Tackle for Brook, River and Sea Fish-
ing. Agents for John James & Sons’ celebrated Kish
hooks and Needles.

SILVER MEDAL awarded by the FRANKLIN
INSTITUTE. 18*4, "for SUPERIOR QUALITY and
FINISH of RODS and TACKLE, " Aprl-Om

MUZ/LE LOADERS
CONVERTED INTO BREECH LOADERS,

ON THE MOST APPROVED PRINCIPLE,
and all kinds of BREECH LOADING work effected.

Mortimer & Kirkwood,

84 ELM Street. Boston. Mass.

JT//C fennel.

GRAND

Bench Show of Dogs.

The ROD AND GUN CLUB of Springfield, Mass.,
will give a

Boil cli Show of Dogs

ty

APRIL 88th. Especially intended for the exhibition
of all the best dogs in the country for sporting pur-
poses. Send for a list of premiums. ROBT. O.
MORRIS, Secretary Rod and Gun Club, E. II. LA-
TH I« IP. President.

A. C. WADDELL’S

Breeding Kennel, Newton, N. J.

The llncst strain of young Pointers and Setters for
sale Dogs boarded nml cured Tor in the best manner
at $5 per month. Ped'grees guaranteed.; doss broken
fur $50. Mar 11

Y ETERI VARY SURGEON. — DR. J. M HEARD
* (member of the ltoyal College of Veterinary Sur-
geons, London), No. 80 Lexington avenue, N. Y. . at-
tends, when requested, all cases requiring hla p.ofos-
sional skill. Horses carefully examined us to sound-
ness. OCL22

II1

[E.YIIY GARDNER, M. D., HAS CONSTANT-
L LY on hand mid for sale, medicines adapted to
the cure of all diseases. Dealer in sport ng dogs of
every variety. Dogs trained for reasonable compen-
sation. No 111 South Fifth nve., N. Y- Octal

Fun SALE,— ONE OR A BRACE OF

Setters and one Pointer, thoroughbred and
nicely broken. Also a brace of stylish thoroughbred
black and tun Gordon Setters, eight months old, very
promising. AdJress GORDON, at this otllce. tf

For sale, a few thoroughbred

Spaniels, choice breed. For particulars address
SPRINGER, ut this office.

Hjotels and fflegorfx for§yort£men.

Rossin House, Toronto, Canada.
SHEARS it SON, Proprietors*

This house is a favorite resort for gentlemen sports
men from all parts of the United States and Cauuda.

Twin Lakes Trout Farm.

TTOARD FOR GENTLEMEN ONLY—

J J Sportsmen, Artists, Anglers, Ac. Splendid
scenery and drives. Fine boating, trout, pickerel,
and bass llsliing and woodcock shooting. Also les-
sons In oil and water color painting, drawing and
etching, if desired. Address .LIVES PEASE, or E.
SHERMAN PEASE. P. O. box 60 Canaan, Conn.

N. B.— Cottage building sites overlooking the lakes
for sale cheap; also one fur a hotel. ’ Apr8-tf

UNION DEPOT HOTEL, Canaan, Conn.

G. II. CORBIN, Proprietor. New. clean rooms
and beds, llrsl-class table, Ac. Fishing, shooting,
aud pleasant drives near by. Apr8 6m

BAY AND OCEAN VIEW HOUSE,

Good Ground. Good duck shooting during the
Spring. The best shooting on the Island.

Mar 81-1 m

Board near twin lakes, four

hours from New York via Harlem Railroad. A
desirable location for sportstneii, artists, und all those
wanting a pleasant home. Address K. F. COOPER,
LocuBt Hill Farm, Ashley Falls, Berkshire county,
Mass. Mar 24 6m

All Sportsmen

Are Interested in the best Hunting Grounds of the
Southwest. The line of the Missouri, Kansas und
Texas Railway affords untold fluids of Game Birds,
Fi*h and Animals. Send to General Passenger Agt.,
Scduila, Mo., for free maps. Illustrations, and de-
scriptions. Correspondence solicited. Jan 81

Duck shooting at stony

Brook, on north side of Long Island; boats,
stool, Ac- furnished by the S. B. Hotel; plenty of
ducks, also good bird shooting. S. J SMITH.

qPLENDID TROUT FISHERY TO

kj lease. The Trout Fishery of the Connecticut
River, Long Island, below the bridge, three miles in
length, will be leased for a terra of nve years or more
to a company. Attached is the snipe shooting of the
South Bench, close to the river. Address

EGBERT T. SMITH.

Apr 2Mt Brookhavon, L. I.

T^ENTLEMEN DESIROUS OF GOOD
V_A board at Sayvtlle, L. I. for tbeir families, with
excellent fishing, Ac., can ascertain particulars re
gurdlng same by applying to "T." at thin oftlce. It

Board for the summer for a

small family, or two married couples. In a pri-
vate family, fifteen miles from New York. Trains
every hour; no mosquitoes; delightful drives In the
country and to suit bathing and fishing. Apply to A.,
plflce Forest and Stream.

Spoilsmen's (goods.

J. B. Crook & Co.,

Manufacturers and Imi-outkus op

FISHING TACKLE!

SO Fulton St., IV. Y.

Sole mauufactnrers of the celebrated CASTLE CON-
NELL ROD for SALMON, TROUT, and BLACK

BASS.

SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.

IT. Y. Safety Steam Power Co.

Office: 30 COURTLANDT ST. /

BUILDERS OF I

STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS

Steam Launches & Y acht$i

And their Machinery a Specialty, also Machinery for'

TUGS, LICHTERS AND STEAMERS?

Propeller Wheels of Superior Efficiency.

SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR,
t ar All our boats are guaranteed tn pass inspec-
tion under the Steamboat law when required.

Birds, pet and rare animals,

and AQUARIA S TOCK DEPOT mid AQUARIA
CASE MANUFACTORY. J. BAGOT, Agent, 31
Fulton street. New York City. Goldfish, Sllverflsh,
Fish and Animal Life, and Aquatic Plants in variety.
Alto Shells, Pebbles, Ornament-'*, Corals, Ac.. to stock
the Aquarium. Cutleries and other song birds;
Pigeons, Parrots, mid Paroquets; Rabbits, Squirrels,

Dogs, pet mid rare Animals generally; Bird Seeds,
prepared food for Mocking Birds nml other soft-billed

bird u * Will. lllr.l IJ, ......

birds; Kish food, Bird Gravel, Dog Medicines. But-
ler’s celebrated Mango and Flea Cure, Ac., wholesale
and retail. Mar 4-ly

Magic Lantern and IOO Slide* for glOO.

H. T. ANTHONY & CO., 5D1

. Broadway, N. Y., op. Metropolitan Hotel,
Cbromos and Frames, Stereoscopes anti Views, Grnph-
oscopes, Megalethoscopcs, Albums und Photographs
of celebrities. Photo-Lantern Slides a specialty. Man-
ufacturers of Photographic Materials. Awarded First
Premium at Vienna Exposition. jcllly

Fine Electro

Silver Plated Ware

MANUFACTURED BY THE

MERIDEN BRITANNIA COMPANY,

No. 550 Broadway, N. Y.

A pr 22-8 e

HOLABIRDS

SHOOTING & FISHING GARMENTS.

rpiIE MANUFACTURER OF THESE

_L goods begs to call the attention of gentlemen de-
siring outfits for fishing and shooting to his superior
specialties; Shooting Corns, Jackets, with or with-
out sleeves. Trousers, Cups, Overcoat*, und Wad-
ing Jacket* for Tiour and Salmon. The stile is ord-
inal with the mnk< r. Being himself a sport- mini, Ills
experience in all kinds of covert mid after ail kinds
of gumo, assures the amateur that they aro ultimatum.
Nothing better has been niude in Europe, and no oth-
er manufacturer lias yet succeeded in equalling them.
Tlie material tired is extra flue Duck, rendered water-
proof and dyed the color of dead marsh grass. The
sleeveless Coat aud Vest With sleeves are hard to
beat.

Com’drT. W. Eastman. U. S. Navy, says; "I have
tried everything in the way of Sporting clothing, at
homo and abroad, and have found nothing equalling
vours. They are the best now ottered to gentlemen
.Sportsmen."

Thompson W. CkAnK, Sec’y Woolwich Club,
Swedesboro, N. J.. says: “I am perfectly delighted

with the material and lit. They cannot be excelled."

Ciiah, Hallock. Esq., Forest and Stream. N. Y..

says: "Every Sportsman should provide himself
with Holubira’s Snooting Coals."

Would also refer with pleasure to B. F. Bowt.ss,
Esq., Springfield. Mass.

Special orders are cut to measure with care, nnd any
special request as to arrangement of pockets gratified.
Tlie style is a Sack Coat with seven outside pockets
and a large game sack Inside of euflicleul capacity to
carry 85 grouse. These are made with «r without
sleeves. Tlie Jackets or Vests are long-walsted, with
or without sleeves, with large pockets. IlOLABI UD
A PARK’S PATENT SHELL HOLDER, for carry-
ing brass sbells, bead up, mid bolding tlie wad firm
on the shot, can be attached to either Coat or Vest.
They are the best holder out. No danger of losing
sheila or inconvenience in transportation . They can
be uttached and taken off ut pleasure. See my prices:
Coats, with or without sleeves . $10 00

4 00
3 50
2 50
6 00

0 UIJ

1 25

Vests, “ *• •*

Troweers

Caps

Overcoats

Wading Jackets

Shell Holders, per dozen

Belts, with Shell Holders attached 5 (10

For special measurement, give size of chest,
ivuist, one-half of buck, length of sleeve with uni ut
right angles, ivaisl, in seam and out seam, aud gauge
of gun, If brooch loader. Address

W. II. HOI.AHIRR,

Valparaiso, lad.

FOR SALE.— A pretty Country Home,
within the limits of Springfield, Mass.; situated
on Orange street, formerly known as Pram Tree rond.
near Mill street. There are about two and one-half
acres Of land, several good springs, fine shade trees,
an orchard, grape vines, and penr, peach und quince
treee. Address JOS H. BATTY, office of Forest and
Stream, 17 Chatham street, N. Y. Aprl3-lm

Miscellaneous.

ABBEY & IMBRIE,

accvkssons to

ANDREW CLERK A CTO.
48 Maiden Lane, N. Y,

lUnillTKIl* M ANUFACTUHKHS AND DBALK1U IN

Fishiner Tackle

On hand the largo** and nest assortment ever ex-
hibited In the United Slates. They particularly coll
attention to tholr

TROUT, SALMON AND HASH ROD*.

Every variety of Salmon and Trout Flies, and Hook*
on Gut. Cutty Hunk and Pasaue Islands Bass Lines,
waterproof Braided Silk Lines, every size and quality of

SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINKS,

And every Variety and Style of

FISH HOOK S.

Parties fitted out with appropriate Tackle for the
Rocky Mountains aud Pacific Coast, Canada, Maine,
the Adirondack*. .Sc., Ac.

Split Bamboo, .Trout and Salmon lloda and Heel*
a Specially.

Agents for the St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Sole Im-
porter* of Warrln’s Celebrated Drilled
4-29 Eyed Needles.

Orange Sporting Powder.

ORANGE LIGHTNING POWDER,

The strongest und cleanest Powder made. No*. 1
to 7, packed only in sealed 1 lb. canisters. The coarser
sizes especially are recommended to owners of line
breech-loading guns, giving great penetration with
very slight recoil.

ORANGE DUCKING POWDER,

For water fowl. Very strong aud cleau Nos. ] to
5. Packed in metal kegs of 6* lbs. each, aud lu caul*
tors of 1 aud 5 lbs.

AUDUBON POWDER,

Very quick For woodcock and quull Nos. 1 to 4.
Packed in metal kegs of 12* lbs. aud 6* lbs., and in
pound canister*.

ORANGE RIFI.R POWDER,

The best for rifles and 'for all ordinary purpose*.
Sizes F.g. KF.g, FFF.g, the Inst being the finest and
most used. Packed In wood nnd metal kegs of 2ft
lbs., 12* lbs., aud 6* lbs., and in canister* of 1 lb. anti
* pound.

All of the above give high velocities and less resid-
uum than any other brands niude.

LAFLIN & RAND POWDER Co.,

21 Park Row, N. Y.

(Opposite AsTon House. 1

CHICAGO

SHOT TOWER GO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

STANDARD

DROP ANDBUCK SHOT

BALLS AND BAR LEAD.

Our aim is to manufacture an article of SHOT that
is unsurpassed In ROUNDNESS, SOLIDITY, Fun-
fection of POLISH, Uniformity of SIZE, and Accu-
racy of WEIGHT, in each hog. Orders from the
Trade solicited, and will be tilled at

The Lowest Market Prices.

E. W. BLATC1IFORD, President.

C. F. OATES, Treasurer. Jim 25 ly

Fysshe and Fysshynye.

The Fishing Book of the Season.

FROM TIIB "BOKE OF ST. ALBANS."

Writ ten by Dame Jullnun llcrncrs, A. II 1190.
QUOTED BY IZAAK WALTON. EDITED BY
GKO. W. VAN SICLKN, ESQ.

Not hitherto obtainable In tills country, au import-
ed copy costing over $80.

The charming old work preserved In all Ita fresh-
ness mid qiniliitiiess. Full glossary.

Sent on receipt of price, by Foukst axd SrnEAii,
Order ut once; only a small edition Price $1 50,

*J. WALLACE,

Naluralist& Taxidermist,

IMPORTER OK

FOREIGN BIRD SKINS AND ARTIFI-
CIAL EYES,

19 N. William St, New York

Birds akd Animal* Pkeseuvkij to Oiuikh by

H. L. IV E W COMB,

tax i nun MIST,

NO. 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM, MASS.

instruction elv-

Feb 4

Sportsmen!

Your attention J* called to
GOOD’S, OIL TANNED MOC-
CASINS the best thing ever
worn by sportsmen. Not
injured by wetting and
drying— always soft and
_ easy to the fc-ct, and

V KEY DURABLE -being mane of the very best of
stock In thrcedifforunl styles, and warranted the gtn.
utn4 artieU, different from anything before offered
Illustrated Circular and Price List free.

FRANK GOOD.

1200 Elm *t. Manchester. N. II.

Salmon & Trout Angling.

JOHN SYMONS, Halifax, N, S.

Keep* a full line of London made
RODS. KEELS, AND ALL ARTICLES REQUIRED
FOR ANGLINO.

t^“AII river* In tbla provinca free! Also a full
assortment of Cricketing implement*. Bern maker*
In London. Ap 1-Im

Miscellaneous.

CONROY. BISSETT £ MALLESON.

(Successor* to J. C. Conroy A Co.)

65 Fulton St., N. I,

Invito tho atluution of amateurs
to the addition* they Imvo made lu
their regular stock of Flue Goods,
comprising in part

Six strip split Bamboo

RODS,

for Trout and Salm on Ashing
THE FAMED

M Gill ills Black Bums Rods

made of Split llumbna (new thla
rei.M.11) Vein llnfo’a Rubber «te«l
Pivot, Click and Salmon Iterls
Iheculebrat '* "Frankfort” Reel,
f'"*° manufacturer* of
"Mulluly’s" Pateut Flic*. The
Nyw style CiiltyUunk Buss Lines
or Extra quality.

Panic* fined ont for the Adi-
rond ick», the Maine Woods,
laike Superior, Newport, Cully-
nu»k, I tuque Island, Went Island,
Burucgnt, vkc.

Orders by mall will recelvo cure
“ml prompt attention.

Pritchard Brothers,

No. 89 Fulton St., N. Y.

ALL KINDS OF

Fishing Tackle

....i i. r..* ..

Made and repaired with the atmoni despatch.

AU'° ^OSATVNTI.V ON IIAMIl

THE 1IICH I hKI.ECTIOA OP l lim T AMI h\|,.
MON ItOUis. IIKKI.H, I.IAP.ts ANUFLIKH.

Medal* awarded at the World’s Fair ami American
nslllnle fin our superior Artificial Fin,.

Jfish (T til fine.

Seth Green Fish Ponds"

Caledonia, Livingston Co,, N.

A. H. < 01,1, IAS, Proprietor.

Y.

Kgg*. Fry, Yearling., Ac, of Hrook Trout, Hal-
moil Trout, Hnlnioil, While Fl.li, ,te
A l.o Bn.., Gold Fl.li, Silver Fish, and .look for

... ■ .mu sum a mi

AquarIii,^WIro Cloth, Hatching Tray*, Puteut Spawn

. ■ , • • ■ uivm i’ Minii

Ing Uacoa, and everything pertaining to flah culture.

TROUT DALE PONDS.

To Fish Culturists.

rPIIE MOST APPROVED APPARATUS

_L and full direction* for successful n-li lu.-iilliur.

direction* for *iicrc**ful fish breeding,
us perfected by tile late DR. ,1. H. SLACK. Aim
egg*, fry. yearling*, Ac. of Brook Trout, Salmon
Trout, Goldfish, Ac., und nil work* on FUUr.iilturo.
supplied by MRS. J. H. SLACK, Troutdulo Pond*,
Bloom.biirv, N. J .

Send for rnin.ogne. Mar 24-91.

SALMON ANGLING

In the undermentioned Salmon Rivers will bu Leased
for a term of FIVE YEARS. Competition above up-
set prices named. LESSEES to maintain guurdiun-
ehlp at private coat Application* will be received to
lat MAY' next.

River Naloshquan (North Shore)

River Trinity (near Point dc» Monls)

River St. Margaret (en baa)

River Trout (near Molalu)

River Ml*ta*«lnl (near Godbout)

River Recitcle, do

River Mnllmle (near Perce)

River Grand PuboN, do

River Little Pubo*. do

River Toblquo (New Brunswick)

River Nonhwauk, do

River N. W. Mlrarnlcbl, do

River Jnplter (Anticosti Island)

River Salmon, do
By order of tbo Hon. the Minister of Murine anil
KI*herie*.

JAM

100

11)0

BO

20

20

100

2nd

100

100

100

200

100

60

Address,

W F WIIITCIIER.
Commissioner of Fisheries. Ottawa.

To Anglers.

A Rare Chance for the Lovers of Salmon
Fishing.

rMHE undersigned, having secured from
J. the Government of (be Dominion of ( uuodu. the
northwest brunch of the Itiver S. Marguerite, under u
lease of nine years, propose to grant it* privilege* to
a club, to be composed of twelve gentlemen. Tim
Improvement* consist of six excellent houses, with
ice bouse*, servuuls quarter*. Ac., together with
suitable furniinre for the accommodation of member*.
The river Is amply storked with large salmon, weigh-
ing from fifteen lo fifty pound*. It cuu be reached
at comparatively a small expense; anglers leuving
Quebec lu the morning will arrive by sleurner lu tiinu
for fl-lilug l fir following day Mall* three time* a
week WILLIS RUSSELL.

ROBERT HARK POWELL.

For particular* apply to ABBEY A IMBRIE. 1H
Malden Lane, N. Y Apr 13 Ht

B 0U

D KEN’S l» A T F. N T

REFLECTING JACK LAVII*.

For night hunting deer. Ac Throws
a powerful light 200 feet- Not uffocl-
ed bv wind, rain or jolting.
INDISPENSABLE ABOUT A
CAMP.

Can also be ased oo dssb of carriage*
PRICE $<; OCI < O I)
with privilege of examination .
Send for circular.

WHITE M’F’G CO., Bridgeport, OL

j

194

FOREST AND STREAM

Sportsmen's floods.

W. & C. SCOTT & SONS

Cenuine Breech Loaders.

WINNERS OF THU UUN TRIAL OF 1 873

Report of Gun Trial sent on application.
AGENTS:

WM. READ & SONS,

1 • S Fmieuil Hull Sq., Boston.

Also all oilier niuke? Greener, Westloy Richards,
Weblcy, Remington. Moore, Ac.

A genuine Scott Muzzle Loading Gun, $25 np.
: Maynard, Ballard. Remington and Sliaru’n Rifles.
"Ballard * breech loading Sporting Rifles $1811"
Buaacv'a Gyro Trap, for shooting practice.

Fine Flailing It oils anil Tackle.

Fine Bronze Yacht > luos on mahogany carriage*,
Complete, as famished the New York and Boston
Yacht Sqnadroos. SEND FOR CIRCULARS.

l£s;tiil>lisi]ie<l 1 843.

Breech and Muzzle Loading

Scale 1-2 Inch to the Foot.

Distols,

Sportsmens Apparatus,

AMMUNITION,
Materials for Gun-Makers, &c.,

Wholesale and Retail. Guns mode to order, or re-
paired in the best manner.

ALEXANDER McCOMAS,

Je 18 No. M South Calvert at.. Baltimore.

Enterprise Gun Works.

ESTABLISHED 1848.

JAMES BOWN & SON,

4. 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5-74, OUT OF A POSSIBLE 75.

DISTANCE, 800 YARDS.

Score of FIFTEEN CONSECUTIVE SIIOT8 BY COL. JOHN BODINE, AT CREEDMOOR, IN THE “BENNETT MATCH,” Oct. 8, 1874, with a

REMINGTON Breech Loading, Long Range Challenge RIFLE,

WHICH MADE IN THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH,

The Highest Score on Record,

5VV.-S,

MAffUFACTiritERS OF

STEEL IRON RIFLE BARRELS,

AUD IMPORTERS OF

Cutlery, Gunsmith's Material, Fishins:
Tackle.

Nos. 136 and 138 Wood Street,

PITTSBURG. PEN IN .

61 Ik Id.yt) NlOH Shares in Wall street
C* v'*". O*"" often leads to fortune.

Send for a copy of the Wall Strict Review and
Pamphlet, shott ing the various methods of •opera-
ting. J. niCKLING & CO . Bankers and Brokers,
72 Broadway. N. T. Dec 2S

Please take notice, this Target was made in an OFFICIAL MATCH, not at private Practice.

Extract from the "Army and Navy Journal" Official Report, Dated Oct. i, 1874.

“The match decides several disputed points, as near as they can be decided: first, that there is no perceptible difference In accuracy between breech loaders and
mnzzle loaders, but that If anything the former are the best, as they are certainly the quickest; second, that in our alear climate we mav look for even better shooting
in the future; third, that 6

THE REMINGTON RIFLE Stands ahead of all others for Accuracy,

AS IT DOES IN SIMPLICITY OP MEOTANISM. THE REMINGTON RIFLES IN THE MATCH SCORED THIRTEEN POINTS AHEAD OP THE SAME
NUMBER OP MUZZLE LOADERS, AND TWENTY TWO POINTS AHEAD OP THE SHARP’S BREECH LOADERS IN THE SAME TEAM,"

In the International match, six muzzle loaders, three REMINGTON, and three other breech loaders were used. Cape. FULTON, Col. BODINE and L L

HEPBURN used the three REMINGTONS.

For full official report, see Army and Navy Journal, Oct. 3d, 1874. FULTON’S SCORE 171 OUT OF 18»; HIGHEST SCORE EVER MADE.

Military Match Rifles Just Out; Price $35 or $55 with Vernier and Wind Gau°e Sights' also Pocket Ver-
nier Gauges Price $2.50.

Send for Treatise on Rifle Shooting, and Report of International Match, (free) to

E. REMINGTON & SONS,

P. O. BOX 3991.

Manufacturers of

Breecli Loading* Giuis, Rifles, Pistols, Ammimitlon. &c.

ARMORY.ILION, IV. Y. 283 BROADWAY, IV. Y

Chicago Office, 237 State Street: Pittsburg Office: lOSixth Street: Washington Office, 521 Seventh Street.

4. 4. 4, 4, 4, 4,^4,

40 OUT OF A POSSIBLE 40. ^
Bctlt, X Inch U Fo«L

CO.,

Score of Ten Consecutive Shot* at 500 yards, made
with a SHARPS MILITARY RIFLE, six lb*, trigger
pull, without rest, by Col. n. A. Gildebsleeve,

Attorney and Counsellor at Law, New York City, lu
n Match at Crecdmoor, Dec. 26, 1874.

SHARPS RIFLE

MANUFACTURERS OF

Patent Breech Loading, Military, Sporting, and
Long Range Rifles.

The BEST in 1850. The BEST in 1875.

Twenty-five Years of Use, and Constant PROGRESS.

Sharps Ilifles Never Shoot Backwards.

For Brilliant Achievements of Sharps Blfles at Creedmoor Range, Dnring the
Summer of 1 873, See Official Record.

RIFLE

•HS SI i874: a,s° ^ fonr

at Creedmoor, Sept., “nd ir°urth' nnd throe olllur Prizes (seven out of twelve) In All Comer*’ Match,

K 1“ S™ Ma,ch’ at Creedmoor, Sept., 1871.
on imriten Prize* in the Bennett Match, at Creedmoor, Sept., 1874

' *c- &c. Ac.

..D™^rORTlNG RIFLES FROM $30 TO $38.

. OR RIFLES, with Elevation for 1,800 Yard*, $90 lo (*125.

. vr-fi n„mrJ^,ND F0R ulubtrated catalogue.

’ ™FURD' 00NN- E. G. Wcstcott, Pres’t.

WM. WURFFLEIJS,

208 North Second Street, Phlla.

Would call the attention of the trade and of sportsmen
generally, to his large assortment of

X^i8liiii«* Tackle,

All varieties of Spilt Bamboo, Lance Wood nnd
nnd Ash Fly, Trout, Salmon and Bass Rods,
Reels, Braided Wnterpronf Silk Fly
Lines. Drnlded 811k, Linen
and Cotton Lines.

Hair and 811k, llnlr, Genuine American G rass
Lines, Snooded Hooks. Trout nnd Dnss Files,
Trolling Spoons, Spinning Balts,

Tackle Books, dec., Ac.

Bamboo and Reed Poles.

Camp Lounge Compauy,

Troy, New York.

HAVANA LOTTERY.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

For the coming drawings, commencing January 5th.
we have reduced the prices of tickets as follows:

Whole, S-0; 4, SlO; ±, 85; 1-5, $4;

1-10, l-2(j 81.

Drawing* tuke place every seventeen Days.

We ate prepared to fill all orders. Circulars sent
npon application. Highest price paid for Spanish Bank
bills, Governments. Ac.

TAYLOR At CO., Bankers,

P. O. Box 4,418. I I Wall New York.

Paper' Targets,

For Short Range Practice.

( IN THE CREEDMOOR AND THE
Y_/ Wimbledon plun. reduced from 200 vards lo 25
and 50 yards. Also targets on the American string
Measurement system, $; per lu ndred. Send for
Minples to J. S. CONLIN, Shooting Gallery, 930
Broudway , N.V Apr 11m

y*

Stylcs and prices— “Adirondack" and “Miner," §4
euc.h. The "Slieridon," with plain canvas, $5; with
both plain and quilled canvas, SlO. All styles, equal
to any mattrass In comfort. Unapproachable In ex-
cellence. Perfect in theory and perfect in actual use.
Shown nnd orders received ut office of Forest and
Stream, or Camp Lounge Co.. Troy, N. Y.

Apr 8-3in

Havana Lottery

EXTRAORDINARY DRAWING APRIL ttnl7
Only 10.000 Ticket*— One Prise to every Seven Ticket*.

2097 Prizes of $1,200,000

} Prize of 500,000

J Prize of 100,000

1 Prize of 00.000

2 Prizes each of 25,000

4 Prizes each of 10,000

12 Prizes each of 5,00b

473 Prizes each of 500

Circulars with full information sent free. Tickets
for sale and prizes canhed by P. V. DEVLIN. Sta-
tioner and General Agent, 30Libertv sleet. New York,

61 O fn fkfilk Invested In Stocks and
0 1 'Z nr 1 jvUU Gold pays 200 per cent

‘.SmiiSSHTlr- T™“'4e *Co-*“*-

We offer to dealers and sportsmen a most complete
assortment of

Fishing Tackle,

Rods, Reels, Lines, Artificial Flies, Nets,
Baits, Fish Hooks, &e.

Split Bamboo Fly Rods and Reels

OF THE FINEST WORKMANSHIP.

Tackle suitable for Maine, Adirondack, Canadian,
and other fishing.

ARTIFICIAL FLIES DRESSED TO ORDER
IIRKECH AND MUZZLE LOADING GUNS,
And Sportsmens' goods of all kinds.

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I Volume 1, Number 13.

I 17 Clia(hnin>il. (CilyHall 8qr.)

For Forest and Stream.

Jjfc/i through the hckfaot mid
§iaux §oiintrij.

DURING the Summer of last year I was engaged as
guide to the Northwest Mounted Police, a force or-
ganized by the Canadian government for the suppression
of the illicit whisky trade which was then being carried
on by a gang of American desperadoes, whose headquar-
ters were on the Bow River. After a protracted march
over some seven or eight hundred miles of prairie, during
which the force suffered considerably from loss of horses
and cattle, we arrived about the 1st of last September at
the Cypress Hills, the Winter resort of the Blackfeet In-
dians, a chain of hills running parallel with the Rocky
Mountains, and about one hundred miles east of them.
On the 7th of the month I was ordered to start at once
with dispatches for Fort Garry, at the junction of the Red
and Assiniborne rivers, near which is situated the town of
Winnipeg, the capital of the Province of Manitoba, a dis-
tance of about eight hundred miles. I started from Cy-
press Hills at three P. M. on the 7th, riding a black Indian
mare, about fourteen hands high, carrying a regulation
police saddle, same as light cavalry, valise and holsters
filled with clothes, two blankets under saddle, oil skin sheet
for sleeping on, and in which I also packed the dispatches,
india rubber coat and sack, containing pemmican (dried
buffalo meat) and biscuit, slung across crupper, and made
to balance by tying its mouth and cutting a slit in the mid-
dle so as to form saddle bags. I was armed with regula-
tion “revolver, government pattern, and fifty rounds of ball
cartridge for same, and was accompanied by a half breed
guide, who was to have taken me to the Woody Mountains,
where there was a depot of the British North American
Boundary Commission, and I had charge of a man of the
force whom I was to put on the road to an invalid depot of
some mounted police, left behind on sick list, and with
sick horses. After proceeding a distance of about sixteen
miles, I camped on the banks of a creek in a severe btorm
of wind and rain.

The next morning we were up by daybreak, and having
made a hurried repast we started in a blinding storm. The
weather, however, improved, and we made steady progress
in an easterly direction. The country was a level stretch
of prairie, undiversified by wood or hills, and there beiug
no trail we were dependant on the half breed for our route.
Alter accomplishing about fifty miles we encamped for the
night on the banks of a small lake, or rather swamp. Dur-
ing the day I had had a shot at an untelope with the rifle
of the man I had charge of, but missed, so had to sup off
pemmican and biscuits. The next day we struck the point
where the trails to the Woody Mountains and the police
depot diverged. The man who was to have proceeded to
the latter place now expressed his fears of proceeding
alone, and nothing would induce him to leave me. I saw
nothing for it but to accompany him, but the half breed
refused to go out of the straight route to the Woody Moun-
tains. I decided on parting with the guide, and set out for
Old Woman’s Lake, where the depot had been left.

Having made forty miles in an easterly direction, the
trail being good, we were compelled to camp for the night
without finding water beyond a chain of salt lakes. We
resumed our journey at daybreak, and made Old Woman's
Lake early in the afternoon, but found that the depot hud
shifted its position. After some trouble we discovered it
in an enormous caiion some five miles off, through which
Old Woman’s Creek runs. I remained the rest of the day
aad night in the police camp, having done thirty miles in
that day.

The next morning I started from the camp, and being
put on a bad trail soon lost it altogether. I kept my course
south but owing to not knowing whether the Boundary
Commission depot was to the east or west of me I was
afraid to persevere after nightfall, so wa9 forced to camp
by a creek running north and south in a very tortuous chan-
Bel, determining in the morning to endeavor to regain the

police camp and make a fresh start. I was up before sun-
rise, starting due north, but ere long struck a trail tending
southwest, which I thought might lead to Bouudnry depot,
and followed it about ten miles when I lost it again . I
then decided to retrace my steps to where I started. On
my way I lost my blankets by my mare buck- jumping
the bucking, throwing them clean from under the saddle.
I also lost my mails, which came unstrapped from behind.
My dismay on discovering my lo9S may be better imagined
than described. There was no track to try back on, and
nothing but endiess prairie of long grass around me, with
not a single landmark to assist my search. After a long
hunt I discovered them by almost a miracle. I regained
my original stavting point, and had not traveled far north
when I fell in with two half breed Indians from Woody
Mountain, who put me on a trail to the Boundary Commis-
sion depot. Night falling, I was unable to proceed far-
ther, and so made my camp. I arrived at the depot the
next day at three P. M., the whole distance from the police
camp being only forty miles. This had taken me two and
a half days instead of one, as I had expected, and all my
provisions were expended. At Woody Mountain I pur-
chased a fresh horse for $185, a roan of about five years
old, Indian breed, fourteen hands and one inch in height,
and one of the most perfectly shaped little animals I ever
saw, and, as he afterwards proved himself, of wonderful
staying powers. He would eat nothing but grass, and one
might as well have offered him sovereigns as grain. He
would only drink from running Btreams, and had never
been shod.

The next morning I left the Woody Mountains and made
for Wood Eod depot, 180 mile9 east. The trail was bad,
and I had only got over twenty-five miles when a fearful
storm came on — hail, wind, and lightning. I camped in a
large cafion, and passed a wretched night, and my provi-
sions, consisting of boiled pork and biscuit, were com-
pletely soddened by the wet, while my blankets and cloth-
ing were also thoroughly drenched. Next morning the
weather was fine, but a gale was blowing from the north-
west. My course lay through the gorges that approach the
range of hills called the "Cotean," and I halted at noon,
having fouud traces of a large Indian camp. I now kept
careful watch, and soon caught sight of their lodges. I
saw it would be impossible to get by unperceived, and so
determined to ride boldly on. Some Sioux scouts rode out
to meet me. My vocabulary consisted of two words, which
signified “policeman” and "Englishman;” but I managed
by signs to intimate I could not accept their invitation to
accompany them to the camp, being pressed for time. I
felt considerably relieved when I got fairly away from
them. I had great difficulty in finding water for my camp,
and was led astray several times by the deceptive salt lakes.
The weather was bitterly cold, and sleep was nearly out of
the question. I had that day ridden fifty miles due east.
I resumed crossing the Cotean Range next morning, the
wind increasing iu violence, and by four P. M. blowing a
gale. I suddenly came in sight of what I took for a large
Indian camp, but on a nearer approach it turned out to be
an ox team of the North American Boundary Commission,
returning from the Summer work. Having got over forty
miles I halted, dined and slept with the officer in charge.
It was freezing hard, and blowing a hurricane. I started
next morning with the ox train, and kept with them for
ten miles, when I pushed on twenty-six miles further and
reached Long River (supposed to be the same as the Souri
River) and camped there. I slept well, but had I known—
a9 I discovered next morning— that my head was resting on
the grave of a Scotch half breed, who had been drowned
in crossing the river the preceding Spring, my slumbers
might not have been so placid. A simple wooden cross
planted at his head marked the spot.

I made eight miles the next morning before breakfast,
when I came to the second crossing of the river. Towards
the afternoon a terrible gale set in, by evening it com-
menced freezing, and snow 6eemed imminent. As good
luck would have it, I came to a haystack left by the Boun-
dary Commissioners, knowing that if snow fell this would

bo the only means of preserving my life. 1 pulled out
some hay, aud making a holo to lie in thus passed the
night.

Early the next day I arrived at the Wood End Boundary
Commission depot, and turning out my horse remained
there till next day. I did not leave Wood Eud till ten A.
M. next morning, so as to give my horse a longer rest, in-
tending to make for the crossing of the Souri River, dis-
tance fifty miles. I halted for dinner by a spring, called
by the hunters “St. Peter’s Spring,” from 6omo legend.
On resuming my route I lost the track, and camped on a
perfectly fiat prairie in a storm of thunder, rain, and wind.

I rose at daybreak (rain, wiud, and mist continuing), and
endeavored to find the trail. I saw my horse feeding about
a quarter of a mile off, nud started to bring him in, for-
getting to mark carefully the spot where I had slept. On
reaching my horse I could not tell in tho least where my
camp was, even whether it was north or south of me. I
struck south, leading the horse, and traveled some way till
I thought it time to try north. I at last found my last
night's trail, but the difficulty then was to know whether
to follow it to the east or west, as I might very probably
go from instead of to tho spot where I had left my saddle,
etc. I knew, however, if I struck the Souri River that the
spot must lie between where I was aud it, and my anticipa-
tions were correct; but I did not find my camp till nearly
noon. I now crossed the river, and keeping duo south
along its banks came to Boundary Commission road, which
I knew would lead me safely to Fort Garry. I did not
proceed very far, my horse being tired, and I camped at a
creek. During the night I awoke, and fancied rheumatism
was coming on in my right arm. I burst into a cold per-
spiration at the bare thought, knowing full well that if it
did I could never saddle my horse, und consequently it
would have been a close shave for me; luckily it passed off.
I again came to a crossing of tho Souri River about noon
the next day, and rested for two hours. After proceeding
twenty-five miles farther east I camped for the night iu a
small clump of bushes. I could find no water, and had
done that day about sixty miles.

I reached Turtle Mountain next morning. Tho wind
was very high, and it threatened to snow. My way lay
across swamps and ravines, and I got badly bogged twice.
Once I had to let go everything and pull first my horse and
then my traps out. The poor beast was terribly used up,
and it was much 'as I could do to get him by evening to a
depot of the Boundary Commissioners, situated about half
way across the mountains. I was forced to give my horse
a rest the next day, he being totally unfit to proceed. I
started again at daybreak next morning, and having got
over sixty mile9 camped at a creek called Badger Creek.
Next day I traveled fifty more east, making Pembina
Mountains, where I camped for the night. The weather
was very cold, but fine. I came next day to the house of
a half breed named Grant, twenty-five miles distant from
the settlement. After going five miles farther my horse
went lame from a “sweeney." Phad to lead him the re-
maining twenty miles to Duffcrin Barracks, the headquar-
ters of the Boundary Commissioners, where I left him in a
paddock and took the steamer down Red River to Fort
Garry, which I reached early next morniDg.

It was the 28th of September, and my entire Journey
had thus occupied, including rests, but twenty-one wholo
days, the fastest time known in the Province. Tho feat
was looked upon by many as something uncommon, even
in that country of hard traveling. Previous to my separa-
tion from Cypress Hills the half breed guides thcmselvea
laughed at the idea, aud prophesied I should never reach
my destination alive, and had I been caught by the snow
storm which every year is expected about that time, and
which for tho two previous years had happened on the
23d and 25th of September, their prediction would cer-
tainly have been verified. The same ride had never before
been accomplished, tho longest one having been made by
the well known half breed Marion, who rode from Woody
Mountain to Fort Garry, but who had a spare horse, and
could thus carry tents, etc., with him.

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FOREST AND STREAM

For Forejt and Stream .

SPORT AROUND ROCHESTER.

AS I write there is a severe snow storm raging here,
and about six inches of heavy, slushy snow mantles
the ground. I mention this fact because but for the storm
I would at this moment, in all probability, be engaged in
tbe more congenial employment of waiting for a “dart" of
red heads or widgeon on lrondequoit Buy. A party of
"choice and master spirits” (shall I say) had agreed to try
the points near the "float bridge" to-day. but as there were
eight or ten miies of hoofing to be done it was thought beet
not to overtask, and therefore I shall “help waste a sullen
day" by recounting to the readers of Forest and Stream
a few incidents of my shooting trips this Spring.

Many of your readers know that the vicinity of this city
used to be famous for the sport to be had hereabout with
rod and gun, and if any of the veterans who made this
country their tramping ground twenty or thirty years ago
should read this abroad they will be glad to hear that there
are still attractions here for fin and feather. A week or two
ago pigeons flew in fair numbers, and some big bags were
reported; but it was with a sad shake of the head that the
"old boys” gazed on the straggling flocks of two or three
hundred blue backs that would pass now and then, and
relate with a sigh how in '48 or ’54 “you could &tand on
a knoll and knock down scores on ’em with a club. Why,

Seth G used to bring in five or six hundred u day. The

flocks would darken the sky, and take hours to pass." It
was not my fortune to get on their line of flight at the
right time this year, and I cannot boast of much sport with
them. With other and more gurney birds I was more for-
tunate.

One day, while out with A. B. L, after anything that
might be legally shot, we found at the end of our shoot
our bags well tilled with fine Wilson snipe. We found a
wisp on a piece of good ground, but they were as wild as
hawks, for two youths had been blazing at them the pre-
vious day without other effect than to scare them. How-
ever, between the sagacity of Roy and the fact that his
followers were not novices at the art of stopping a snipe,
we left none of that wisp to mourn. After clearing the
6nipe ground it was determined to stop at a certain piece of
woods where a small pond is known to attract ducks. As
we cautiously made our way through the underbrush that
surrounds the spot, the cracking of a twig startled two
brace of mallards while we were still too fur off to expect
our shot to tell. The birds were going away through the
tree tops in fine style, when I determined to chance it, as I
fortunately had in one charge of No. 4. "Fortune smiles
upon the brave;" at least she did this time, and we had
the pleasure of seeing a fine mallard topple over, and in a
moment more, through the assistance of Roy, rest at our
feet. The bird wa9 knocked insensible, but recovered sud-
denly and made a dash for liberty, which A. B. L. frus-
trated by a hasty shot. Putting out the duck on the pool,
with a twig to keep the head in position, we waited a few
minutes and were rewarded by a brace of black ducks
darling; they were quickly done for, and as the shades of
evening were falling about that time we took to the buggy
and had a pleasant ride home.

The best sport I have had this year was on last Saturday,
and if my tale does not weary I will relate it. G. W. par-
ticipated with me, and well earned a place in the story.
G. is an enthusiast, and whether the subject be the rig of
a yacht or the best plan of hooking a pickerel, lie will not
admit that there is much for him to learn about it. I have
had a suspicion that G. does more shooting "in his mind's
eve, Horatio," than with his big gun, but as he is a good
fellow, has a handy ducking boat and a fleet of excellent
decoys, I thought we could have some sport with the Arum
family in lrondequoit.

Arrived at the "float bridge," the proprietor of the tav-
ern, Billy Monk, cheered us with the information that there
were "slews” of duck9 in the bay. The report was soon
confirmed by ocular proof, and we made haste to get at
them. G., who never does things by halves, prepared his
big gun for bloody work. This gun, like the Heathen
(Jhiuee, is peculiar. Its gauge is No. 3, weight, fifteen
pounds, and the barrel only thirty inches long. On the
present occasion its owner charged it with two drachms of

{>owder, and two or three ounces of BB. G. waived the
lonor of the first shot in my favor, and paddled me up to
within two or three hundred yards of a large flock #f ducks;
they rose, and I fired a shot heard around the bay if not
"uround the world,” but touched never a feather. I wus
disgusted at the action and reaction of the piece, and im-
mediately determined on a change of tactics. We then set
the decoys in position, ensconced ourselves back of a blind
and awaited events. We had not long to wail when six
widgeon, or bald pates, launched in among the decoys.
G. was getting some flags, and I had to content myself
with three birds, two with the first barrel and one as they
rose. When G. got ilie blind down to suit him, and settled
down to work, it was not long before we had a fine pile
and quite a variety of ducks— widgeon, blue bills, teal, pin
tails, and butter balls. We shot eighteen aud lost four.
With breech loaders the latter would have been saved, aud
the bag easily doubled. I am afraid that if Bergli had
been around, *my comrade would ere this have lamented
bis style of traiuing a retriever. He had a young water
spaniel along that would fetch a glove, etc., well enough
on land, but he did not know what was wanted of him on
the water, and when his master ordered him to biiug in
some ducks he stood stock still. G. could not bear such
apparent obstinacy, aud picking up an oar walloped the
poor beast unmercifully. I shouted at him to stop, for the
dog was not to blame, and was about to interfere ct el armis
when the our split in two aud G.’s anger subsided. My
indignation at G.'s conduct was smothered by the absurdi-
ty of his picking the animal up and throwing him at the
ducks. It was a scene never to be forgotten. Hawker,
Youatt, and Forester could all, hud they been there, have
taken a lesson in dog breaking. On reflection, and after
a short argument, G. admitted that his plan was not the
beat to develop the retrieving powers of his canine, and
after a restoration of peace, with mutual pledges at the
mouth of a "pocket pistol,” we took in our decoys and
got back to the tavern, where we were patronizingly as-
sured that we had "done very well for boys.”

By the way, in his "Natural History of the State of New
York,” DeK-ay says that the widgeon, or bald pale, is com-
paratively scarce in this State. His assertion does not
agree with our experience of the 17th iuslant, 09 there
were flocks of them iu every direction. I shall try for
them again in a day or two, and if successful may report.
Jtochaiter, JVew York, April 25fA, 1875. E. R.

DEEDS OF VALOR.

A SEQUEL 'TO THE TAI.E OF HOLLOW LAKE.

THE enclosed note is primafacie a sufficient apology
for my vengeance. I recognized "E. W’s." nccouut
in yonr paper, of our Canadian trip to Hollow Lake last
Autumn, but the omission of "The glories and beauties of
Kimball's Island," either by accident or design, is to cur-
tail one’s honor, as Artemas Ward said, ns much as "to go
to war, be killed, then have your name spelled wrong in the
papers:” —

New York, March 10th, 1675.

My Dear Jackson.

1 aend you a copy of the Forrst and Stream with my }nurnnl marked
"E. W , and it line been a eourco of poignant regret that I didn't en-
large on the glories and beauties of Klmhall'a Island, of imperishable re-
nown for deeds of valor. Dearly Youre.

Raynor.

What "E. W.” tells us so beautifully is all true, but un-
less my eyes deceive ine, the record is but half made. With
your permission I will tell the other half of the true story as
I saw It. The Toronto and Nipissing Railway is compara-
tively a new road running almost north, ninety miles from
Toronto. Dwight, the captain of our parly, aud a director
in the Toronto and Nipissing Railroad Company, invited
us to occupy the director’s car, and it was attached to the
train for our special benefit. When the director’s car goes
over the road, if it does not carry "Royal blood," it at least
is expected to have that which is blue-, and we were treated
accordingly. In striking contrast was my trip home. I
had a saddle of venison in a bag for Dwight, and when I
had to pay my fare, and ride in common cars like any other
Yankee, it was with considerable difficulty that I got the
baggage maq to take the bag, even for a director. "Carn't
do that, you know. Carn’t take it. aboard without an
border from the hageut, you know.”

At Coboconk, the northern terminus of the road, is a
very good hotel, the Shedden House; the chief corner of
which is devoted to tbe bar — and the corner stone of the
bar is whisky. Now Raynor, I don't object to yonr hot
night-caps in camp, but if it won't make a man temperate
to travel through the newly settled portion of Canada, then
there is no hope for him. Wheucver a new town or vil-
lage is laid out, the first thing planted is a whisky shop-
one on each corner, and if corners as scarce, they put in
two. Our day’s journey thence to Barnum’s is well told
by "E. W." and I will not enlarge upon it. At Barnum’s
we found real good home folks. They did all they could
to make us happy, and they succeeded admirably, in fact
they really smothered us with kindness. We shall always
recommend them to our friends going that way. When I
was a boy I went with mother to her father's home, a log-
hut in the northern part of Vermont. Barnum’9 is just
such a home, full of warm hearts. The night was hot,
sultry, cloudy and dark. We had their best beds, two of
them in a little room under the roof — gieat soft feather
beds. Four tired fellows. Iu bed — slap! "Wliat’s that,
Theodore!*” "Nothing hut a bat,’’— but somehow bats
were not conducive to sleep, to me. It was nearly nine
o’clock when we went to bed. About midnight the rain
began to patter on the roof; it seemed almost morning.
Soon old Barnum came in and shut the only little window-
in the room. Good gracious! Four men hcrmetrically
sealed up in feather bed9 and blankets in a close, hot, raiuy
night! 1 1 was their very best — what more could we ask?
I only tell you of it to show the coutrast with "E. W.'s
modern improvements at home.

The next night at dnrk, ns "E. W. ” tells you, we were on
the beautiful mirror-like Hollow Lake. Part of our com-
pany had preceded us. Three miles out we fired a signal
gun— then another and another. Soon there was a
little spark, like a star in the horizon; then a bright blaz-
ing tire in Wiman’s Cove to guide us home. I thought of
the Sabbath school song, "A light in the window.” Now
I think it is nice to hear Sabbath school songs. You are
better able to appreciate such beautiful spots of the world
as Hollow Lake — just as God made it, where man has never
spoiled its beauty by cutting the trees and building houses.
It is sublime! Just as the light grew bright, one of the
party struck up the song, aud it was joined iu by the
others.

"Then on. perseverlngly on. brother,

Till from conflict and suffering fiee:

Bright angel* now beckon yon over the stream,

There's a light in the window for thee."

A warm welcome we received in camp, aud right glad
were we to get there. After a good night’s rest, we were
eager for a huut. Taking our canoes, guides and dogs,
we put out in different directions. Old Barnum generally
had the best luck; so he favored me by taking me in his
canoe. Oaksie took Theodore, and we all went to Long
Lake; a beautiful sheet of water, (you will notice these
lukes are all beautiful, to think about, in New York,) some
three miles long by about a mile wide; it is from one to
two miles north of Hollow Luke. About a mile from the
eastern end of Long Lake is a beautiful island — tliut is
Kimball’s Island, a great place for deer! If you look on
the map you will notice that the country is surveyed only
about oue hundred aud fifty miles north of Lake Ontario,
and one of the northern townships is Livingstone. What
there is uorth of that is not put down; that is the reason
you don’t know where Kimball’s Island is. Long Lake is
just over tbe line north of Livingstone. Barnum put the
dogs iu ; then we paddled over to the island. Theodore
went to a point about a half a mile further off. In twenty
minutes more we saw a little dark spot about as large as a
duck quietly moving toward us. Barnum was quick to
discover that it was a deer swimming with his head just
out of water, but as I had never been to war, how could I
tell? Unduuuled, we began to prepare for battle, aud just
here is where the "deeds of vulor” come in. In the first

rlace we stooped down and kept quiet about teu minutes.

am sure it was more than a minute. This was an act of
humanity to the deer; it would have been "cruelly to an-
imals" to have frightened it to death without the benefit of
the clergy, that is, without being killed as a clergyman
would kill it. It swam on by the islaud, and we paddled
on after it. Baruuin soon overtook it. I don't mean, of
course, that he was right up to it so he could put his
bauds on his nose as we do in Prospect Park; we were too
much of sportsmen for that; besides I had a new Creed-
moor rifle, and we did'nt need to get very near. So when
we were the usual distance, 9ay ten, ten and a half or
eleven feet from the deer, having my courage well screwed
up, and after repealed cautions from Barnum, I raised my
rifle — fired — dead! the fawn, wild and vicious as a lamb!
Don’t ask me if I did t feel ashamed. It was enough glory

for me for one day ; so we retired in good order to the is-
land. The death knell of the thousand yard cartridge
broucht Theodore over to view the dead, and congratulate
the slayer. It was my first and lost deer. It was too quick
work for the hounds, so they put out again. An hour later
a fine buck came plunging iuto the lake, closely pursued.
Now it was Theodore's turn. Having no loss courage than
I, he pushed out toward the infuriated wild animal. We
followed close after to pick him up should he get hurt.
He had too fine a sensibility of wlmt is due from a sports-
man to his game to allow his guide to hold the buck by the
tail, so wlieu some five or six feet from him, ho pulled trig-
ger and crimsoned the water with his blood; that is, the
deer's blood.

The next day was Sunday. On Monday Lyman and Eas-
son took their guides, dogs and double barrelled shot guns
and went to Kimball's Island. It was not long before they
too had an opportunity to distinguish themselves. Tile
deer seemed somewhat ahead, although the dogs were very
close on them. Easson followed ou in his canoe and Ly-
man not far behind. Easson let drive one barrel ; he pulled
trigger for the other— no fire; he laid the gun up over his
arm, by and bye it went off. Nobody hurt ou either side.
Then Lvman fired with good effect into the left ear of the
game; his ramrod stuck so he could't re load. Then the
nogs tore off the right ear. Then the guides took turns in
beating the deer's head under water with their paddles.
They all got into camp that night, but it was never decided
who killed that doe. Kimball’s Island is a great place
for deer!

Will is a grand good fellow; too kind hearted for a hunts-
man, and although he delights, and has spent several vaca-
tions in the woods, yet he never took a rifle or shot a deer.
I was determined, for conscience sake that he should bear
his share this time. Bo this Monday morning my guide
took him into our canoe, and I went along with iliein to
see the sport? We landed at a poiut on Bear Island, in
full sight of our camp. In a half an hour the "music" of
the hounds warned us to look out. In ten minutes more a
magnificent great buck came leaping, pluuging, splashing
into the lake. A beautiful sight — what a shame to kill
hiinl After he was well by us, we paddled on after.
When we got up to about the "usual distance,” Will salu-
ted him. When I play billiards, if my ball goes so you
can tell what 1 played- for, I feel encouraged. Bo it was
with Will — he came very near the nose, which caused the
buck to turn a sharp angle. So we hard-a-port with our
paddles and followed on. Soon Will blazed away again,
but this lime you couldn’t tell what Jtc did play for; so the
deer wheeled again. We ditto on the starboard side.
Bang! again and again— no count! Iu the meantime the
demonstrations of Kilmer and Eugene in caiup, showed
they enjoyed the manteuvering of the "men of war." The
sixth shot he scratched and the "game" was out. As we
were paddling ashore, you should have seen the astonish-
ment of Will, when I 6aid, ‘Tam going home to-morrow,
do you want to send anylhing down?"

"What are you going home for?"

"In the first place 1 have had all of this kind of recrea-
tion I need this year — and in the second place, before I left
New York, 1 went “short" of Lake Bhoro to pay my ex-
penses, and the last quotation I saw it was up several points,
and had a "rising tendency" and I feel a little nervous."

So that evening after the boys were in camp, all were
very busy writing letters and telegrams to send to the loved
ones at home. Early next morning Charley and John,
(Barnum) two stout good fellows, one in each end of one
of their best canoes, with light hearts aud willing hands,
sat waiting for mo. As I stepped from the shore, the boys
were all so kind as to give mo a hearty regretful udieu. At
five o’clock in the afternoon we were at William Barnaul's
home. The next day, W ednesday, was lumber wagon,
rocks, corduroy, whiskey.

I met Barker, of Pittsfield, on his wagon, at Coboconk,
where he took bis cauoe out of his truuk, put it together,
and gave me a ride ou the lake by moonlight at eleven
o'clock at night.

Those who read the money articles in our New York
dailies must be impressed with the idea that each writer is
a "bull" or "bear" himself, or writing in the interest of
one. That is to say, that everything said must bo to appre-
ciate or to depreciate the market; and a9 "E. W." lias
been bulling Canadian sporting trips, to keep up the bear
side I must select from my diarv, for it won't do to have
our ground Murray-Adirondacked.

“Sunday, Sept. 20th, 1874.

Lust night the wind changed, blowing fresh nud v^rv cold right into
camp. Tu-day It la unpleasant and disa^reeshle enough. My heart and
thoughts are at home with my wife and children, and F wish I were there
too.’"

I shiver a9 I remember that night. I woke nearly frozen,
wrapped up in my blanket, oil the cold dump grouud, (it
had been raining a great deal). 1 began to put on what
"extras" I had with me. In the morning I found myself
inside of two pair of woolen stockings uud a pair of moc-
casins, two pairs of red flannel drawers, two pairs of panls,
two red flannel undershirts and two outside flanoel shirts,
a vest, eoat and overcoat. That is all you need to take;
just enough to keep warm in a cold night, after the camp
fire is out. The last Sunday I spent in the woods, before
this, we were camped near some beautiful falls on the
Muskoka. Father was with us, and as be practices at
home, so he does away. It was a warm pleasant day. I
shall uever forget the beautiful religious services in which
lie led us. After he had gathered us all around him on a
big rock by the river, he read from the scriptures. We sang

"Shall we gather a: the river

Where bright angel feet tiuvo trod;

With lf« crysiul Ude forever

Flowing by the tliorno of Godl"

And then he asked God’s blessing on our pleasures.
Our guides, who were Indians, were there with us, and
they needed praying for the most of auy guides we ever
had. One of them got beastly drunk before we got home;
but lie soon after became as Saxe says, "a stiff cold water
man at last." He fell out of his canoe— he don’t paddle
now — there isn't any water "there.” But to-day, if there
is auy praying doue, each does it for himself. No wonder
it is chilly all around.

What it Coats. — From New York to Hollow Lake it takes
four day's time, five hundred miles of cur ride, iwenty-flve
miles of stagiug, (if you dou’t care what you call it) over
the roughest ol rocky and corduroy roads, about thirty
miles of flat boating and the same number canoeing, which
is good, and the same, of course, to get home. The ex-
penses of the trip are about one hundred dollars, if you
don’t go short of Lake Shore to pay it; if you do that, it

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costs five hundred dollars more. It probably will rain at
least half the time, and you will carry on your back for
miles, at portages, your “traps,” which you would have
to get an express wagon to move oue square at home.

Boes it pay?— When I have had enough hunting, fishing,
mosquitoes and bacon, tired out and about taking a four
day’s journey for home, I think it floes not pay. But as
Bpring and Summer comes, and all nature seems full of
love, and when overworked in business, the “spell” comes
on. I get qnite crazy and “hanker” for the woods. I
think our parly for the year is about made up, and it will
not pay for any one, unless it is you individually, to join
us. Apologetically yours, Robert Jackson.

Brooklyn, Y., April \2th, 1875.

A SNOW-SHOE TRIP TO ALBANY LAKE.

MR. FENTON, Carter, and Green, the last two from
Massachusetts, took a fishing trip on snow-shoes to
Albany Lake, March 10th. Thinking it might be interest-
ing to brother sportsmen, I give you Mr. Fenton’s account
of the trip. Mr. Carter has been stopping at the Fenton
House No. 4, all Winter, and has spent most of the time
tramping about hunting aud trapping, and had required
nerve and muscle, rendering him a fit companion for the
trip. Mr. Green, however, had been indoors all Winter,
unused to manual labor, and had never used snow-shoes,
consequently it told pretty hard on him, and caused a good
deal of fun at his expense. But he determined to try it, so
they started for the lake, which is twenty-five miles from
the Fenton House. Mr. Fenton says: We were provided
with a sled made narrow, so as to run in a snow-shoe track,
on which we tied our supplies for the trip. We did not
take any dishes or culinary utensils, as I had two years ago
hid a whole camp kit at the lake. We started at 11 o'clock.
Now it was that the fun commenced. I do not know but
what it was wrong to laugh at the misfortunes of others,
but it was impossible to keep a sober face, its our portly
friend G. made his first attempt on snow shoes. Al-
though he spread his feet twice as far apart as was neces
sary, he would often lock the heels of his snow-shoes to-
gether, and after one or two convulsive efforts to extract
them lie would describe an arc forward, aud with a fear-
ful plunge disappear in the deep snow, from which dilem-
ma we would have to extricate him and agaiu set him on
his feet, only to go through the same performance every
few rods. We took our turns drawing the sled, each one
drawing it about a mile at a time. Friend G. took his turn,
although it was a great effort for him to do so, causing the
perspiration to drop from his face like rain, fie finnlly'lx-
eited our sympathy so much that towards night we drew
the sled ourselves, as he became very much exhausted and
1 began to doubt his ability to reach Wardwell’s, our stop-
ping place for the first night, but we finally reached the
house, G. being nearly used up. (Ward well’s is eleven
miles from the Fenton House). As we had about an hour of
daylight, C. and myself went up the river for fish bait. We
were successful, and caught all the minnows we wanted.

Mr. W ardwell is wintering at Stillwater. His family con-
sists of his wife and mother, an old lady of about seventy
years. Wardwell has had no communication with the out-
side world since the first of January, except by snow-shoes
and as we were his first guests we were kiudly cared for.

The following morning, after breakfasting on beefsteak,
which our host acknowledged was not of the first cut, (but
I am sure he must be mistaken, for I believe it was the first
cut below the horns) we added to our sled suoplies sixteen
pounds of flour and a small sheet-iron stove', which I had
at Waidwell’s, and bidding adieu to our friends we started
up the road. The additional weight to our sled caused it
to draw much harder than it did the previous day, and it was
with many groans and expressions of dislike to this kind of
locomotion that friend G. started off this morning to renew
the performances of yesterday with his snow-shoes. He
was so used up that lie made no attempt to draw the sled
to-day, and therefore U. and myself were obliged to draw it
all the way. About noou we arrived at the old log cabin
of Cbauncy Smith, at the South Branch. YVe halted here
long enough to eat a few crackers, and again started for
our place of destination and reached the foot of Albany
Lake about three o’clock P. M. Here we found a small
log cabin made a few years ago by a trapper. It was a
low, mean looking shanty, but as there was no prospect of
finding anything further up the lake, we resolved to camp
here. The snow was even with the top of the shanty aud
t here was no door visible, so 1 set to work to see if I could
find one. After an hour's work digging snow I was enabled
to open the door and take a peep inside. 1 can assure you
it did not look very inviting. It was about a foot high at
the back and rose to about six feet high in front. The
chimney was open, and there was about three feet pf snow
in the fireplace. I threw out some of it, aud placing my
stove on the snow anil ice I soon had a good fire, which
caused things to look more cheerful. After preparing
plenty of wood for the night we crawled in and took a
good look at the inside, to see if we could be comfortable
in such poor quarters. To me it looked very cozy, but my
friends, to whom this was their first camping out in Win-
ter, looked rather glum. Poor G. was completely played
out, clothes wet and generally demoralized. There was
nearly a foot of snow and ice on each side of the stove
which had to be melted away, and to add to our discomfort
we had no chance to do any cooking, and no dishes except
a tea pot. In this we made some ten, aud with a little
bread and butter contrived to stay our hunger, aud turned
in for the night. I should have enjoyed a good night’s
sleep but for the grumbling of my comrades, who were cold,
wet, and generally uncomfortable, for as the stove warmed
up the cabin the water began to run in all directions. But
morning dawned at last, and we arose stiff in every joint,
but oh, so hungry — and had to again try bread and butter
and tea. But we expect to be all right as soon as I find
my cooking utensils, which I had secreted further up the lake.

The weather to-day was uufortuuato for fishing, as the
wind blowed most fearfully, with some snow falling; but
notwithstanding the storm we had a splendid day’s fishing.

I caught nineteen salmon trout, weighing from two to five
pounds each. C. caught two and G. six, one of them
weighing about eight pounds. The only drawback we had
to-day was the failure to find the cooking utensils I had
hidden so carefully, leaving no land marks, aud the
deep snow had so changed the looks of things that I was
unable to find them. Our prospect for supper now looked
gloomy indeed. We ate the last of our bread iu the morn-
ing and our provisions now consisted only of flour, pork,

an.(!w,ap.le ?u?,ar an,d fish’ wilh noting to cook them in
What shall we have for supper, said C?"

“Flour sir, nothing but flour. ’

“Well,” says G., “this is the first time I was ever in the
woods without any show of comfort; nothing to eat, and
no decent place to s eep, and I’m going to dig out of this
to-morrow morning.

I bad thought,’ said C,” “ever since I came to the Fon-
ton House, that I should like a Winter trip iu the woods,
but if this is the kind of hardships and privutions one lias to
endure, I have enough of flshiug in the Winter. Here I
have been on the point of starvation for the past two days,
nothing to eat but bread and crackers, (which I always aid
dislike) and now we are down to flour for the rest of the
trip. I can’t stand it much longer.”

Now this talk was fun for me. “I aint going to starve
boys,” said I, as long as we’ve got pork and flour, so stop
grumbling; we’ll get along some way."

“Arriving at the sliauty, I told them every man must
cook his own supper."

“We can’t,” said they, “we’ve nothing to cook in."

Lying on the ground was an old pint cup that somo trap-
per had thrown away as worthless. I picked it up and scrap-
ing the rust from it with a knife, I saw that it was tight
enouglit to hold water.

“Now I have something to make pancake in," said I.”

“You don't mean to mix pancakes in that do you?" said
both.

“Certainly," said I; “a little oxide of iron is a good
tonic, and will strengthen you for your tramp to-morrow.”

“But how will you bake them?" they exclaimed, looking
around; there’s nothing here tircook in."

“Well enough," said I, at the same time inverting the

Sint cup of batter and turning the contents on the stove.
Iy companions looked at me in mute astouishment, and
began to smile at the prospect of pancakes for supper; but
when the cakes were cooked, their keen appetites over-
came all scruples about the rust and manner of cooking,
for when served up with maple sugar they rapidly disap-
peared. I passed a comfortable might, but my companions
rested but little. In the morning we had more cakes, and
G. struck out for home, and C. and myself went up the
lake again to fish. We were not as successful as we had
been the previous day, taking but seventeen salmon trout;
averaging about two and a half pounds each. I was lucky
enough to find my cooking traps after another hunt, and
after arriving at the cabin we had four trout of about two
pounds each frying in the pan, and soon had a dinner “fit
for the gods;" one that would tempt the most fastidious. We
were now all right, having plenty to eat aud drink, and as
our shantv got warm and dry it was very comfortable.

The following day there came on a thaw aud covered the
ice with water, which made it uncomfortable fishing; be-
sides the fish do not bite well when snow water is running.
The snow had become so soft that it was impossible to
walk on snow-shoes, so we were obliged to remuiu until
it should freeze up, which it did on the night of the 16th,
and the next morning wc put our fish, about sixty pounds
weight, into a bag and tying it to the sled started for home.
When within five miles of the Fenton House, in making a
turn the road, two figures appeared in the distance ap-
proaching us. There was no mistaking W's slow and lazy
gait, but the other seemed to be the figure of a female.
Could it be, and the snow four feet deep! On a nearer ap-
proach we saw it was Miss Rosa Wardwell on snow shoes.
She was in advance of her father, while he seemed to be
doing his best to keep up with her. She had been to school
all Winter, and was just returning home on a vacation. I
have since been informed that she walked from No 4 to
Stillwater, eleven miles, in three and a half hours without
being the least fatigued. Think of that, ye city girls. Wc
arrived home about sundown, having walked and drawn
our sled twenty-five miles. F. Bou.es, Jr.

DUCK SHOOTING, FOUL AND FAIR.

SINK BOXES AND BUNDS.

Washington City-, April 12, 1S75.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

In my previous letter I demonstrated how destructive tho big guns
were on docks, and that one big gun used will in a short time either
drive the ducks away or render them so wild that it is impossible to get
near enough to shoot them wilh a shoulder gun. I regret to say that
since the laws have been made and euforced so rigidly on the Chesa-
peake aud its tributaries, it bos sent to us all their sink boats. To your
renders who have not seen one of these boats or read a description of
them, I wilt give a brief sketch. The sink bout, or more properly box,
is about six feet three inches long, one foot two Inches deep, two feet
wide at the top, one foot eight inches at the bottom. To lids box is
fastened a platform about twelve feet long and seven feet wide, and to
this platform is fastened a frame covered with muslin, os follows:—
Width at head, nine inches; width at sides, two feet. This box is car-
ried to the shooting grounds by placing it on a boat, and is then anchored
at head and foot, head towards the wind. The shooter then places his
decoys at both sides and strings them towards the foot, so that the de-
coys will form n V shupo; but place most of your decoys on the left, so
that the ducks will come on yoor left, as this is easiest shooting. After
this is done the shooter gets into the box and places weights iu It, so
that it will be sunk cveu to the water. The shooter then lies down In
tlie box with his face to the leeward, so that he can see every dart made
and thus have an easy shot. Where ducks are plenty this Is a most des-
tructive contrivance, as the docks can see nothing until they get over the
decoys, and then It Is too late, for at this moment the shooter rises up
and pours in his deadly Are After tbo bunch of decks have been shot at
under these circumstances, they fly a long distance and do not alight
within sight. I should say wo have about a dozen sink boxes iu tbls
city; so you can see that between the big guns and these sink boxes our
prospects are not very inviting. I am happy, however, to say that the
laws in Maryland anil Virginia are so stringent that they are seldom
violated except at a few places, and these places are such that it is im-
possiblu to capture the violators, as they are ever on (lie lookout. The
law that we hope to have Congress pasB next session, will impose n flno
to ho doubled at each offence. Thure is no excuse whatever for using
these sink boxes, or big guns, os good shooting <^n be bod at all times
wilh a little tronble and very little expense. The place where I shoot
contains at all times plenty of ducks, and the gentleman who owns the
place can shoot every day iu the week and on tbe last day be has as good
shooting ns the flrst. Now your readers will all be anxious to know bow
such a certainty cun be accomplished. Well, ho builds what is termed
blinds, at a distance of about a mile apart. These blinds uro made an
follows:— Select a place from u bandied to three hundred yards from
shore, at a place where the water la from three to ten feet deep and at
good feeding grounds, if possible, then with a heavy hammer drive four
posts at a distance of from four to six feet apart, forming a square. At
a distance of nbont a foot above the highest tides, connect these posts
with Inch stuff, uud upon this lay a flooring; about throe feet above this

flooring fasten strip* both on the ontalde and Insldo of these posts
aim between those opening* put in cedar or pine, so as to conceal com-
pletely all tbe woodwork; then at the eud of the blind nearest to the
shore make a »eat. so that when tho shooter is seated his eyes will ho Just
abovo the cedar, so that ho can havo a full view in every direction. I
should ray that it 1* best to leave the rear oud of the blind open, so that
it will bo easy to get In nud out of it from a boat, having your bllud
made, ami wishing to shoot, your next step Is to put out your deeoy»-a
very simple thing when yon nudersioud it, but to one who has noverseeu
it done or bad It explained to him, I might say that It la Impossible, pro-
vided you waut good shooting. It Is true that no matter how you put
them out yon may coax a strange duck now and then, but you will soon
perceive that them Is some defect, for you will notice almost all tho
ducks when they get within two or three hundred yards of yonr blind
either turn aside or keep on the course aud pay no attention to your
decoys. Let us supposo that tho wind Is blowing from your right; in
this caso all the duck* will come up on your loft or to the leeward, as all
dackB when they alight como up against the wlod. To yonr right and at
n distance of about thirty-flvo yards, anil on a line parallel to tho front
of yonr bllud and at a distanco of thlrty-flve yards from It, place a leader
(deeby,) and from tbls point string yonr decoys on this paral»l line nud
each side of It towards yonr blind so as to form a V; when directly op-
posite your blind taper off yonr decoys, so that tbo space occupied by
them will nearly rcsemblo a diamond. It Is best to have a good show
directly opposite your blind, aud It Is best to Icavo several spncee, so
tbut the ducks will select these poinU to alight in. If the decoys havo
been placed properly, your blind properly constructed, you will got a dart
from every bunch of ducks that may pas* up or down the river iu a
reasonable distance from you. Novcr allow the ducks to alight, but
shoot them when they ore hoveilng to alight, a» at tills time you have tho
best opportunity and your lire is the most destructive. If the flock (s
very largo, then you may let thorn alight; but I think it is a safe rule to
never allow thorn to alight, for as soon as thoy nr© In tho water they
separato and commence to feed immediately, aud shooting under tlioso
circumstances yon will shoot somo of your decoys, which iudientes n
bad sportsman. Nothing look* so had in my mlud a* to *eo a por*on
with his decoys Ailed with shot; and you can rely upon It that he seldom
gets one-fourth of tho game that he should. Very ofteu when wo place
onr decoys out it Is a dead calm. Iu this ca»o tho water is as a sheet of
glass, and tho decoys loom up to almost twice their usual size, a* Iu a
fog, and nndar theso circumstances tho ducks will readily discover tho
deception, long before thoy come near to you, nnd will either turn out of
their way or will pass by beyond gun shot. Undor these circumstance
wo can easily chnngc tho prospects aud havo good shootlug with but
little trouble. To do this, solcct two or throe of yonr lnrgost und host
decoys as follows:— Say two on the outsldo and one In the centre of the
decoyi. To a loop In tho breast of each decoy run n striug to oue end,
attach a plcco of lead, Iron or stone, weighing say two pounds, thou
carry your strings to your blind, and as soon as yon sen a hunch of
dneks pull these strings violently, nnd by doing this tho decoys will act
as If feedlDg voraciously; nnd not only this, but they will create waves
that will glvo motion to all tho other decoys. Tho past Winter 1 shot
several times during a calm aud never failed In having good Hhootlng, nnd
I can recollect of but one or two Instances when I failed to draw tho
ducks (were they at a reasonable distance), and in theso Instances I mn
confident that by our cnrelossnesa la standing up that tho ducks saw ua
before we did them.

We always build onrblind* Just as soon as the ducka como In tho Fall,
go they get accustomed to it. But tho reason why wo always have good
shooting is, that wo allow no big guns or sink boxes to bo used in the vi-
cinity; but the most important Is, that wo halt tho placo. To do this,
place from twenty-five to forty yards in front of onch blind,
two or throo bnshols of corn or gralu, or tho screenings of tho same.
Sooner or later a bunch of ducks will find thl* out, nnd will communi-
cate It somehow or other to every duck for miles around. As soon a*
they And it yon can rest assurrod that the ducks will remain feeding on
this grain until It is ail gone, which will take a long time; bnt by once
every two or three weeks putling out another buehol you will have ducks
until they leave for their funding grounds. It Is always best to put out
com At first, as tbe ducks notice this so much sooner, nnd after tbls bait
with ryo or wheat, which Is more dlfllcalt for thorn to get. Now thin
shooting will bo all right as long as the river does not freexo, or the Ice
Is not over an inch or two thick. In this latter caso wo brenk tho ice la
front of the blind, so as to havo a space about forty or sixty yard* sqaare,
and then by placing the decoys out wo will have tbe best of shooting, as
this will be the only open water In tho vicinity, and by placing decoy* In
It you cannot fall to draw evory bunch that may pas* op or down. But
in case the ice is from four to eight inches thick nnd freezing all tho
time, as it was lust Winter, wo have to resort to another method. In all
freezes there are air holes open at some placo or other within a mllo or
two of our blind or of our house, and tho question Is how to get our boat
there wilh its load of decoys, Ac. (Let me say here that la duck shooting
none but a flat boat should be used, as tbls Is tho only one that can go
In shallow water, be hauled on shore or transported without trounle In a
wagon .) We nail two thin strips (about an inch thick) on tho bottom of
the boat, as runners, and then ihln them from the centre to each ond, so
as to form a sort of ovnl. To these runners fasten Iron about an Inch
wide, nnd let this iron be what is termed half oval, (which can ho pro-
cured at any hardware store). I should *ny that the runners should bn as
long ns possible, nnd placed about throo or four Inches from the edge of
the bout, aud then not allow tho ratmers lobe nearer than four inches to
the end or point of the boat. With a boat fixed In this manner the least
force exerted will make It elide rapidly over tho ice. In going with a
bout on the ice from ono place to another, never pull it with a rope by
walking In front of the boat. This I* the way ibat all novices will act,
bnt It Is dnngeron*. from tho following reason, viz:— that no matter how
thick the ico may be, there are always somo thin places, ond thorn will
give away as soon as ono gets on thorn with hi* full weight; In such a
case you will get a good ducking at the best, and run the risk of a more
serious disaster. To avoid all theso risks you push tho boat from be-
hind by placing your hands at the stern, aud have your body thrown well
forward; Is this case, if tho ice gives way, you can easily Jump Inlo (lie
boat without risk, or ul the most have only a wet foot. I howovor, for
safety take hooks along. They are made similar to Ice hook*. I cannot
well describe them hero, except to say that they are much shorter than
ice hooks and very light. By sitting well forward in the boat and using
this hook you can go along rapidly with very little exertion, and If the
Ice should give way you aro safe In tho boat. In casoyoubreakln.lt
is easy with an ico hook to pull your boat upon strong Ice. When wo
arrive at the pluco whero wo wish to shoot, we can either build a blind
ont o/ice, or use the bout as a blind. In the former case, we pile up
cakes of ice about three feet high, building it In a seml-circolar form,
nnd then by placing a few boards on the ice, or bags of straw, wo have n
comfortable sbooliDg place. If wo Intend to use the boat us a bllud then
all wo have to do Is to place it parallel to our lino of decoys aud place
cakes of ice on the wde of it next to onr decoys, so as to moke the boat
look like u hummock of Ice. But in Oils case, however, (and I might
add in all our shooting on Ico) wo must wear a long while shirt and havo
onr hat white by using a havelock. Then by sitting iu tbo boat or on
tbe ice, It la almost Impossible for tho duck* U> see you, provided yon
keep quick A great many persons in *bootlug on ice whiten their gun
burrelH with chalk, as a black barrel is very apt to be noticed. I havo
never as vet taken this trouble, asjby keeping quiet 1 have always man
aged to get a shot.

Snch are somo of our various modes of shooting dneks on Ice, and I
trust that they may bo useful to somo of your reuders, a* I have never
scon them in prlDt. There are a great many other devices used, but my
letter Is too long already. If any of your readers should at tbo next
shooting season be successful in tho ways I have Indicated, I earnestly
hope that no mat'er how fascinating the sport may be. they will not
shoot any more than they need, and not take delight la shooting when
they have more game than they wank Duke.

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REPORT OF
FISH

THE NEW YORK
COMMISSIONERS.

STATE

THE seventh annual report of this commission is vol-
uminous in the detail of description of the work
accomplished during 1874, and lias also the additional at-
traction of being profusely Illustrated. The operations
connected with shad hatching have been conducted with
the usual success. No less than 5,149,000 eggs were im-
pregnated, and a little over 5,000,000 young shad were
turned into the Hudson River. It is gratifying to know
that the yield of this fish is steadily increasing, and that
larger hauls were made last year than have been known for
many years before. The netting, however, is carried on to
such an extent that the fish must run the gauntlet of a
thousand foes before reaching the spawning grounds, and'
the commissioners strongly urge the passage of a law pro-
hibiting fishing from Saturday night until Monday morn-
ing, os has been done iu an adjoining State. In conse-
quence of the restriction of pound fishing in the Eastern
States the catches have largely increased; in fact, one haul
in the Connecticut River, in which 90,000,000 young shad
have been hatched and turued loose, produced 3,050 fish,
the largest haul made at any time during the present cen-
tury, while the entire yield was u9 large as any since 1811.
Wise legislation might produce similar results on the Hud-
son, where the fierce competition renders every one alert to
get his share of fish and encourages fishing on Sunday.
Eel wieru are productive of great damage to young shad as
well as to young fish of every description; the Oswego
river would be equal to the Potomac for black bass were it
not for them.

Fish culture is a matter in which the entire country has
a common interest. Our lakes and water courses are of
such magnificent extent that many of them touch several
Stutes, aud only the smaller ponds and streams are included
within a solitary jurisdiction. Selfishness, therefore in
the undertaking of restocking such waters is as impossible
as it is unwise. Our own interests, extending, as they do
to lakes Erie, Ontario, and Champlain, as well as the Hud-
son River, in the waters of which New Jersey is also in-
terested, are still not exclusive, aud when fish are wanted
by the boards of our sister States for any reasonable ex-
periments they are freely furnished. The interest in the
problems to be settled by such investigation is common
and as apt to benefit ourselves as our neighbors.

Every year's investigation goes to confirm the opinion that
shad never wander far from the mouths of the rivers where
they are bred, but return to them to spawn. In the year
1871 the commissioners deposited 300,000 young shad in
the Hudson River above the Troy dam. Last Spring shad
were more abundant just below the dam than they had
been for years. These were evidently the same fish that
had been placed above, and were striving to get back
to what they supposed was the locality of their birth
All migratory fish strive to get back to the spot where
they were hatched. Instinct tells them that that is a
good place lor spawning, as they are living witnesses
Hence the rivers which are protected aud cultivated will
yield abundantly, while those which are neglected and
overfished will become barren and depleted. This is a
stimulus to fish culture everywhere. Although sufficient
time has not elapsed for a full fruition, the success attend-
ing the slocking of inland waters with bass has been very
marked. The one condition necessary to success being 'he
eeleciion of the proper fish for the water in which they are
to be placed, the commissioners have been for years'pub-
lishiug in their reports the characteristics of waters adapted
to cei tarn kinds of fish; yet people are continually erring
in this respect. As black bass cannot be propagated like
the trout or salmon, and as all attempts to take spawn from
them have proved failures, the mode of introducing them
is to transport fish from one to three years old and from
three to twelve inches iu length, from well stocked ponds
to i he localities where they are desired. Fish of this size
are more numerous aud bear transportation much better
than others. They are not moved without difficulty es-
pecially in hot weather, but with judicious handling no se-
rious loss need occur. It has been the practice heretofore
to distribute the different varieties of bass during cold
weather, but it is now thought better to do this in Surr mer
The fish do not bile freely until after the spawning in
June, aud us they do not usually reach their new homes
until July, or later, there is no fry from them until the sec-
ond year Next Summer great efforts will be made to ex-
tend this brauch ol fish culture, and it is to be hoped that
in a few years all the waste aud now worthless waters of
the State will be stocked with this hardy game fish Al-
ready are being heard good accounts of what had beeu
previously accomplished. Many ponds and lakes which
were lately bare ol fish are commencing to yield fairly A
person can now gel a day's fishing where lor years past it
was impossible to catch anything. The improvement will
go on fuller and faster in precise ratio with ihe rapidity of
exhaustion, which so soon extinguished all fish life in such
localities The numbers will increase and the fishing will
become better daily, to remain permanently improved if
decent care is taken not to destroy it again.

A very large number of the eggs of salraon'tr out have
been distributed to the cure of private persons, relieving
the labors of the employees ut the State hutching house
and extending the knowledge of practical fish culture. Mr.
Monroe A. Green has invented a carrying package for the
impregnated eggs which is less expensive and a great im-
provement on me old method, particularly where great
quantities of eggs are to be shipped at one time The
number of young fish sent out has also been large, amount-
ing to 6-7,01)./ winiefish and 181,000 salmon trout. These
operations are beginning to show practical results. As an
example, it is said that in Cayuga Lake, which was stocked
nil salmon trout in 1870, the fishing is excellent; pre-
viously it was miserable.

i'°r,k ha3 8ecured 300-000 cgS9 of the California
Siau-h ,rmher qU°ta °l lhu3e imPyrled tfie United
non* wt T?UtrS' wli,ch have beeu distributed in va-
nemediolm ,? *?,e tlsh' UIllike the Hal mo solar, are ex-

SSiture of wJter ? UB’ aa lljey can e,ldure “ Uglier tern-

txac urn, in th™, P‘l'VU ul u u,ffereul reason, and are less
exacting in the circumstances uecessary to their well being
Ol course the undertaking is uu experiment, hut the con
dilious on the whole arc lavorahle, uud if successful the
results will be of great benefit. One of Brewer'Sproved
Chute and fishways has been placed m the upper aqSeduot

in the town of Niskayunaj Bchenectaday county, and gives
great satisfaction. The inventor and contractor of the
work, in the presence of at least twenty gentlemen, with a
round scoop net, thirteen inches in diameter, took out at
one haul two fish two-thirds of the way up the ascent, aud
numbers of others were also taken out.

Experiments with the grayling have beeu confined to
hatching the impregnated eggs brought by Seth Green
from the Au Suble in 1874, and in watching the habits of
the young fish which were procured at the same time. Of
these fish there are now ninety living, in charge of Mr.
Collins at Caledonia, who deserves much credit for the
successful manner in which he has brought this experiment
to an issue and settled the principal doubts as to the hatch-
ing of this new variety of fish. Of the value of the dis-
covery only the future can determine, but some excellent
results may follow. Theso are the first and only grayling
ever hatched artificially.

That slippery customer, the eel, has also engaged the
attention of the commissioners, and they think him worthy
of more attention than has been hitherto paid him. He
is certainly indefatigable in overcoming obstacles, and not
at all particular as to his diet. Regarding the vexed ques-
tion as to his propagation they say the question as to how
eels were propagated was one which had puzzled naturalists
for years. The organs are now supposed to be a long,
beautiful membrane, the swimming bladder, and by tbe
side of it a series of very delicate fringes, something like
tbe fringes of an old fashioned shirt people used to wear.
Examined under a microscope it is found that tbe fringe
consists of little globules, which would eventually become
CKgs. The eels do not go down to 9pawn until October or
November, and the young return in Spring and Summer.
They descend in the floods and deposit these very minute
eggs in the soft mud, and also in the muddy, sandy places.
These little fellows will stay in the brackish waters of the
estuury till the months of May and June, and up they al-
ways go as regularly as clock work. Another extraordi-
nary fuct is that an eel has a heart in its tail— a caudal
heart, which, when the eel is dying, and not before, ex-
hibits a pulsation of ninety-five to the minute. By the aid
of a microscope the pulsation can be seen quite distinctly.
That little heart also exists in the tadpole and several other
varieties of fish. It has been suggested, but not clearly
established, that eels have both generative organs in each
individual, and thus breed without pairing. This being an
exception to nature’s almost universal polity, must be more
clearly proved before it can be positively accepted.

Fioni the 5,000 eggs of the blue backed trout, purchased
iu Maine, about 4,000 are now being hatched, with the
probability that enough mature fish will be procured to en-
able the commissioners to introduce them into one or more
of our lakes. If their presence causes the ordinary brook
trout to grow to the size of the famous fish of the Umba-
gog, the Rangeley aud Richardson lakes, they will be ex-
ceedingly valuable in some of the larger waters of New
York. Their fecundity is remarkable, and much benefit
may be expected from their introduction as human food if
they increase with us as rapidly as they do in Maine.

During the year Mr. Setli Green made a most interesting
and valuable discovery regarding tbe striped bass. While
engaged iu hatching shad iu the Southern rivers he caught,
a number of them iu the seine, and found them to be in
spawning condition. He proceeded at once to extract the
spawn, experiencing no trouble in the operation and taking
it as easily as he could that of shad. It was treated pre-
cisely like the latter, being, after thorough impregnation,
deposited in the ordinary shad boxes. Contrary to the ex-
pectation of most fish culturists, the ova were found to be
entirely free from the mucous or gelatinous envelope which
exists with most of the pcrcidw, and always surrounds the
eggs of the black bass, pike, perch, Oswego bass, and so
forth. Fully 500,000 eggs were found in females, of fair
size, and of these there hatched as large a percentage as
with shad. At the end of eight days the fry made their
appearance, and were at once turued loose in the river to
shift for themselves.

A large portion of the report is devoted to the discussion
of pound nets and other deleterious modes of fishing, more
particularly os regards the former, iu the waters of Great
South Bay. As we propose to give this portion of the re-
port separate consideration, we make no further mention
of it here.

The commissioners propose hereafter to devote a portion
of their attention to the propagation of brook trout, an
undertaking which hitherto has not been attempted at the
public charge; the result of which, it is hoped, will be the
stocking of hundreds if not thousands of streams, and ex-
tend the benefit of the commission to districts which
hitherto have been deprived of them. The appendix con-
tains voluminous statistics regarding the distribution of
fish and eggs.

SALMON CULTURE IN CANADA.

From the appendices just issued to the report— for 1874
—of the Fisheries branch of the Marine and Fisheries De-
partment we learn that there are now five new ealmon
breeding establishments, situated respectively at Newcas-
tle, Ontario; on the Resligouche River, between the Prov-
inces of Quebec and New Brunswick; on the Miramichi
River, in New Brunswick; at Gaspe, Quebec, and at Ta-
dousac, Quebec. At Tadousac operations commenced in
the Summer of 1874, when a building formerly used as a
mill was obtaiued, well suited for the purpose; from two
to three millions of eggs can be accommodated upon its
floors, and Mr. Wilmot is sanguine that next (the current)
year fully " three millions of young salmon may be hatchea
there and distributed in the upper waters of the Sagueuay."
Unfortunately, the care of their foster parent cannot he ex-
tended to the youthful salmon after leaving the shelter of
the paternal roof, and but a very moderate percentage —
such are the dangers of juvenile flsh life— will ever reach
to a period of maturity.

The establishment at Gaspe is up the Dartmouth River,
in a small brook which empties itself some two or three
miles lower down into the main stream. The building is
well furnished with all the necessary appliances for the ac-
commodation of 2,000,000 of salmon ova, or even a larger
number. At the time of Mr. Wilmot’s visit there were
200,000 eggs hatching, all appearing healthy. But from a
difficulty iu obtaining spawn, owing to the refusul of the
lessees of the surrounding stream to allow the salmon to
he taken for tbe purpose, the supply at Gaspe has been
more limited than was anticipated, but this will he recti-
fied by the importation of spawn from a distance.

At Restigouche " the breeding and hatching apparatus
are well adapted and systematically arranged. In Octo-
ber last the Superintendent, Mr. John Mowat, fishery offi-
cer of the division, had 880,000 eggs hatching, aud ex-
pected nearly the whole to turn out well. The 'eggs had
been furnished by 110 female salmon, or an average of
8,000 from each flsh.

The establishment at Miramichi is the most exteusive in
the Dominion. It consists of a building two stories high,
the upper used for the residence of the officer iu charge'
aud the lower for flsh hatching. The work of the season
began with the capture— with nets— of 350 salmon, of which
300 were "manipulated," the balance managing to escape
or to secrete themselves. Of the 800 that were spawned
200 were females, which yielded 1,500,000 eggs, or an aver-
age of 7,500 per fish. It is expected that the percentage of
young salmon from this supply will be very large.

The report alludes lastly to the operation uuder Mr.
Wilmot’s own management, at Newcastle. At the close of
1873 there were in the troughs some 300,000 salmon eggs,
and a large quantity of salmon trout ova, nearly the whole
of both species being successfully hatched. The salmon
trout fry were turned adrift into Lake Ontario, the salmon
being distributed in the following creeks and rivers; The
Moira, the Trent, Graftou Creek, Barber's Creek, Duffin's
Creek, the Rouge, and the Credit Rivers, as well as some
rivers further westward. Salmon fry was also placed in
the Salmon River, some forty miles below Ottawa, and iu
the Saugeen River, “with a view to acclimatizing these
fish to the fresh waters of Lake Huron, and others of the
great inland seas of the West.” The annual increase in
the numbers of the fish entering the stream has been
steady for some time past. Many of them are too large to
pass the shallows, and have to lay their eggs in the open
water, whereby large numbers are lost. Only tbe smaller
salmon, in fact, cun reach the "reception house.” Of
these upwurd of 800 entered lust year, a register of arrivals
each night being taken as follows: October 22, 45; 23d, 78-
24th, 68; 25th, 66; 26th, 141; 27th, 211. The last figure
would have been greater but for a small opening which
fifty-two of the more knowing ones had discovered iu the
main barrier, aud through which they passed up stream,
where they were found next day. From those that entered
the building 8ome 800,000 eggs were taken and placed in
the hatching troughs. The total of salmon eggs hatching
at the time the report refers to was, therefore, 3,440,000
from which Mr. Wilmot predicts that 3,000,000 will this
year be distributed in the rivers and streams of Ontario,
Quebec, and New Brunswick, with every prospect of au
almost unlimited increase in the present and future years.

• ^ 1 ^ •

Massachusetts Angler's Association.— A regular
meeting was held in their rooms in Boston Weduesday
evening April 28th, President Ordway in the chair. Re-
ports were made showing the measures being taken for the
enforcement of our laws for the protection of fish during
close seasons, and the commendable manner in which the
efforts of the association are seconded by General Stephen-
son and his officers of the State Force.

Letters from Col. Theodore Lyman and Prof. Alexander
Agassiz, accepting the honorary memberships tendered
them at the annual meeting, were read.

An amendment to the constitution and by-laws was
adopted, enabling applicants for membership from a dis-
tance to have the signatures to their application after being
accepted entered on the roll of membership.

A committee of five, consisting of D. T. Curtis, Johu
F. Mills, Walter M. Brackett, Edward Dexter, and J. C.
King was appointed for the purpose of considering the
expediency of obtaining the lease of some suitable pond,
in the interest of the association, for the purpose of rais-
ing and introducing new species aud varieties of fish and
disseminating information relating thereto.

Charles Hallock, Esq., of New York, editor of Forest
and Stream, was present, aud favored the members with
some interesting remarks, explaining the objects and com-
posilion of the International Association for the Protection
of Game and Fish. Mr. Hallock’s remarks were received
with applause.

Among a large number of the reports of Commissioners
of the several States, which were presented, wa9 a full set
(6 vols., 1868 to 1873) of the Department of Marine and
risheries of the Dominion of Canada, presented by W. F.

\\ hitcher, Esq.,Commi8sionerof Fisheries.— Boston Journal.

—We have received from the Canadian Marine and
Fisheries Department a copy of the Commissioners’ an-
nual report for 1874, which we shall find very useful for
reference, and have frequent occasion to draw upon for the
information of our readers. Our thanks are due for the
attention.

mural J fistarg .

For Forest and Stream.

NOMENCLATURE.

New Smyrna, Fla., April 1875.

PROBABLY you and your readers have had enough of
the pompauo discussion, and Professor Gill’s explana-
tion in your paper of April 1 leaves me nothing more to
add. As to the nurse shark of Florida, it is evidently a
placoid or selacian, according to ,Mr. Gill’s nomenclature,
differing from other species in its teeth, which are like
those of a fine saw; it also has a barb or beard on the
lower jaw, and in its habits it is sluggish. The last one
which I saw killed, though five or six feet long, allowed
itself to be drawn alongside the boat and gaffed, after a
very feeble resistance, so that if not Somniosus, or a sleepy
head, it has some right to the name.

Mr. Gill remarks that " this is simply another example
of the confusion which popular names may lead one into ”
Did it ever occur to Mr. Gill that some of the modern
naturalists are adding to this confusion by their constant
changes of nomenclature 1 We of the old school who
studied Slorer, De Kay, and Agassiz are constantly puzzled
with the uew names used by the new school of naturalists,
which, in more senses than one, are Greek to us. For in-
stance, the black basses are named by Storer Grgstes ml-
rnoidea and Centrarchus fasctalus. Afterward by Agassiz
Grystes su maiden and Qi-yetes nigricans. The new school,
which may he called the Smithsonian, alters the name of
jU8vand 8PecdeB *n onet ttnd calls it Mioraptarus achigan,
and changes the name of the genus in the northern fortHf

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calling it Microptems nigricans. Why does it tend more to
confusion to call a species pike perch, Ohio salmon, or
glass eye than to change its long accepted name of Lricio-
perca to Stizostcdion f It used to he thought proper to allow
the name given to a species by its first uescriber to stand,
but the northern pickerel first described by Agassiz as
Esox boreut has been in some mysterious way re-narned E.
luceoides , which name, as far as I have been able to trace
it, was first used by H. W. Herbert, aud by him wrongly
attributed to Agassiz. Now, it is proposed to call this
species E. cstor, a name hitherto applied to the musca-
longe, that species to be known in future as E. nobilior.

And so also with birds. Thirty years ago I could drive
out half a dozen miles from Chicago and shoot prairie hens
and partridges, and they belonged to the family Tetrao.
Now I have to go 100 miles to find them, and they have
changed their names as well as location; for under the
new dispensation they are to be called Oupidonia and Bo-
nam. Even our cliff swallow has lost his old familiar name
of Hirundo, and henceforth flies under the polysylabic title
of Petrochehdon lunifrons.

Who shall decide when doctors disagree? Is not a con-
gress of naturalists needed to settle once for all this matter
of nomenclature? 8. C. Claiike.

Collections for the Philadelphia Zoological Gar-
dens.—Prof. G. Brown Goode, of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, has been down in Florida making collections for
the Zoological Gardens in Philadelphia, which are accumu-
lating specimens very rapidly. The Jacksonville Union of
April 20th says:—

Those who visited the wharf of the Charleston and Sa-
vannah steamers on Thursday appeared to be greatly
astonished by mysterious chatterings, scratchings, hissings,
and rattlings proceeding from a pile of boxes in one corner
of the warehouse. On investigaiion this proved to be a
collection of living Florida animals on its way to the new
Zoological Garden in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. The
animals were collected by Mr. G. Brown Goode, of the
Smithsonian Institution, during a stay of three weeks at
Arlington, near Jacksonville.

The collection includes a large proportion of the animals
of the State adapted for exhibition in a zoological. garden,
with the exception of the larger species of mammals, such
as deer, bears, raccoons, lynxes, etc., which can be more
readily obtained farther north, and birds which it was
found impossible to secure at this season of the year.

Among the mammals there arc two fine specimens of the
Southern fox squirrel ( Sciurus vulpinus), one grey with
black head, the other entirely black; an excellent instance
of the “melanism” so common in this species; also a grey,
or cat squirrel (Sciurus Caroline Mis), specifically identical
with the grey squirrel of the Northern States, but smaller
and more rufous upon the back. Also two salamanders
(Gcomys pined), familiar to Floridians as the animals which
undermine the pine barrens so extensively, throwing up
countless little hillocks of loose sand; they are pouched
rats, and closely resemble the pocket gopher ( Gcomys bur-
sari us) of the Western plains, so great a pest to the agri-
culturist. Eight or nine specimens were obtained, but
only two were domesticated sufficiently to send North, the
others dying or escaping. A young wood hare ( Lepus syb
vaticus) is included, and an earth mole ( dcalops aquaticus),
smaller and grayer than moles of the same species at the
North.

The only birds shipped weie ten pairs of quail ( Ortyx
Virginianus), of the Florida form, which are smaller, dark-
er, and have heavier bills than the Northern quail. A
air of Carolina doves (Zcnaedura Carolincnsis), some paro-
eets (Conurus Carolinensis), a marsh hen (Radius etigans),
and a sparrow hawk (Falco sparccrius) were obtained, but
all died in captivity before they could be shipped.

A large alligator (Alligator Mississippiensis), over ten feet
in length, occupied a large chest outside the house. Here
a box containing twenty chameleons ( Anolius Carolinensis),
in their liveries of green and scarlet, and twenty-five scaly,
or alligator lizards (Sceloporus undulatus), and a pair of red
headed lizards ( Plestiodon erythrocophalus), the scorpions so
dreaded by the negroes, in spite of their harmless nature.
Specimens of the wood lizard ( Lygosoma lateralis) and the
snake lizard ( Ophisnunis ventralis), the so-called “glass
snake,” or “joint snake,” were secured, but did not take
kindly to captivity. The collection of snakes is especially
complete, comprising, with a few exceptions, all the spe-
cies which have been observed in Florida. Here are all
the venomous snakes of the South — a pair of diamond rat-
tlesnakes ( Crotalus adamanteus) from the Indian River coun-
try, two ground rattlesnakes (Crotalophorus miliarius), a moc-
casin, or cotton mouth (Ancislrodon piscivorus), and a pair
of harlequins ( Elapsfulvius ), gorgeous in their bands of
orange, black, and crimson. The garter snake ( Eutacnia
sirtalis), the king snake (Ophidotus getulus), the bead snake
( Ophibolm coccineus), the “calico” snake (Abaslor erylhro-
rammus), with its delicate tints of rose and purple, are
ere, as well as a pair of the red chicken snakes of the
Floridians, (Coluber guttatus.) In one box are five slender
black snakes ( Bascanion constrictor), in another a fine bull
snake (Pityophis melanolucus), and the horn snake, or “rat-
tlesnake’s pilot,” who greets his visitors with hisses and
puffs like those of a small steam engine. Two boxes con-
tain water moccasins, harmless water snake , usually con-
fouuded with the poisonous moccasin, whir... belongs to
the rattlesnake family. One is the Tropidon usfascuitus,
the other, with a copper colored belly, Trop onotus ery-
throgastcr. Other boxes contain several specim ns of two
Bpecies of spreading adders ( Heterodon platyrhin « and II.
almodes.) Specimens of the green snake t Cyclophis ueslivus)
and of Coluber confinis escaped from their cages.

Among the turtles we notice a barrel containing nineteen
gophers, or elephant tortoises ( Xerobates oirolinus), the pe-
culiar tortoise of the region, so much in favor with the
peninsular negro for soups and other toothsomo culin ry
compounds. Three large leatherback turtles (Platyrc is
ferox), such as Barlram ilescibed in his Florida travels, pub-
lished a century ago, occupy another cage. And here are
two fine green turtles ( Chclonia mydas), taken in Trout
Creek, and thus saved from the Jacksonville epicures.
Another box contains nine yellow bellied terrapins (Ptychc-
mysconcinna) and a specimen of the alligator terrapin,
(Cinosternum Pennsylvanicum.)

All the specimens shipped were in apparently healthy
condition, aud will form a part of the Centennial Exhibi-
tion of 1876.

To sum up, the total number of specimens shipped iu
healthy condition was 182, representing thirty -two species,

distributed as follows: Mammals, five species; birds, one;
lizards, four; serpents, sixteen; turtles, five; ampliibiaus,
one. A number of Florida wild hogs have been engaged,
and negotiations are being carried on for some manatees
{Manat us Americanus) from the Indian River country.

Two large tanks, containing a collection of the fishes of
the St. John’s River, made in behalf of the United States
Commission of Fish and Fisheries, were shipped at the
same time.

BIRDS WALKING UNDER WATER.

Nashua, N. n„ April 28, 1875,

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Some one writing to the St. John (N. B.) Telegraph says that while
looking In the water from the Bay of Fnndy from the lantern of the
lighthouse at Dlgby, N. S., a height of ninety feet, ho saw a flock of
wild ducks, known as shell drakes, which suddenly dived down to an
apparent dlstancs of Ufteen foet, spread on', like a fan. and began liter-
ally to fly through the water, using their wings with a quick intermittent
motion, while their lege and feet seemed only employed for the purpose
of steering. In this way they darted here and thcro after small flub,
which they seemed to cutch end swallow with great rapidity.

I noticed lately In a work published In Cincinnati, Issued In monthly
parts, entitled “The Birds of North America,” this description of the
Great Northern Diver, Loon, or Stndcr: "Under water they stretch out to
their full length, press wings and feathers closoto the body, and moving
their feet only, shoot onward lake au arrow through the water." Now,
I would not question that statement hadl I not been a witness a great
many times to the manner In which they move through the water with
snch astonishing raplllty. They nee their wings when swimming under
water as they do in the air while flying. I think all aquatic fowl make
use of their wings uudor water when in pursuit of their food. Jean
For exhaustive article on this subject see description by
Dr. Elliott Coues in Forest and Stream, Vol. 1, page
149.— Ed.

PARASITES ON FISH.

Grand Rapids, Mich, April 26, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I looking over your Answers to Correspondents I 'And a qnettlon In
regard to grubs in black bass during certain seasons. In your answer
you state that such parasites are common, but you don’t state anything
In reply to their hurting the flesh of bass so Infected for food. Wo And
bass from our river (Grand) infected during the month of August, and
about until the 15th of September. By cutting out part of flesh near tho
backbone, where we only And them, wo think no harm Is done to the re-
mainder of the flsh, and if your correspondent “M. A B., Olean," will
come out here, we will try aud satisfy him as above and also give him a
chance to handle as tine a string of bass as he can wish, as I have taken
in one afternoon, with an eight ounce rod, thirty-seven bass, weighing
nearly elghty-flve pounds, and that during the month of Angust.

Yours, Ac., Valley City.

SPECIMEN BIRDS.

6 Josltn Park. I

Rochester, N. Y., April 80, 1875. J

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The following may be worth inserting in your valuable paper: Dur-
ing tho past week a flne specimen of Golden Eaglo was shot at W. Rush,
Monroe county, and a specimen of Wild Swan (whistling, or Hooper)
was shot at Mt. Morris, Wyoming county, both of which are in my lumds
for preservation. Yours very respectfully, Thos. W. Fraine.

|$! oadland , $<mn and <§arden.

In Memoriam. — We turn our rules here in respect
to the memory of the editor of this department of our paper,
Mr. Luke Wyman, known to our readers as “Ollipod
Quill,” who died at his residence in Arlington, Massachu-
setts, April 29th, of heart disease, aged about sixty years.
Mr. Wyman has been connected with this journal from its
start, and has worked hard to promote Us interests. He
was the uncle of John W. Hutchinson, gun dealer, Cham-
bers street, this city, and for many years was associated
with Mr. Downing in the publication of the Horticulturist.
He was a keen sportsman and a devoted student of Nature.
His death will be lamented by a large circle of friends.

NEW METHOD OF CRANBERRY CUL-
TURE.

THIS excellent and very profitable fruit has, during a
series of years, almost changed its entire habits or
forms of culture and location. We have frequent inquiries
made for information, both general and special, as to tho
best kuown methods of the cultivation of this fruit. Years
ago and the cranberry plant was confined to the bog-
meadow and overflowing low lands, where it brought forth
abundantly or sparsely, according to location and capabili-
ties of land and soils. Then we had to content ourselves
with a comparatively small and meagre fruit termed “ wild
meadow cranberry,” of a subacid taste, not to be compared
in size or flavor with the nice red-cheeked specimen of to-
day. The cultivation of the cranberry may now be looked
upon as a complete success. It commands the first place
in the catalogue of remunerative fruits, and deserves the
most careful attention of the farming community. We
well recollect tho days of the early history of the diminu-
tive cranberry of our schoolboy days, and the hours we
spent on the Lexington great meadows in gathering the
little purple berries. True, the meadows were covered
with short, stubby vines, full to overflowing with this
fruit, and men, women, boys, and girls literally swarmed
the meadows with picturesque and animated life, gathering
cranberries with hands and rakes, each for himself ; and
the quantity seemed exhaustless. This fruit then com-
manded from $10 to $12 per barrel, and the weeks of cran-
berry gathering were regarded by many persons in the
vicinity of these meadows as not only a God-send, but a
sort of carnival lime, for the poorer classes in particular.

In these and other meadows such an idea as private
property, or restrictions forbidding the gathering of the
crauberry, wa9 unknown. On the Phinney or Simonds
meadows, as they were called, the cranberry gatherers bad
“ full run." The Harrington grounds often presented
scenes of industrious hilarity and good cheer, as the well
laden baskets and bags were filled and removed by these
primitive cranberry gatherers.

We could make a pleasant paper full of tho illustrative
incidents of the times of these old meadow gatherings,
but the manner of cranberry culture Uas, in many In-

stances, changed almost entirely from tho old fashioned
mode of letting them take care of themselves, now and
then looking to “drainage and flowago," and a few minor
matters that did not amount to any great outlay either in
time or money. The cultivation of this fruit is no longer
confined to low lands and wet locations, os of yore, but it
is now cultivated upon higher lands, such ns dr)-, sandy
loams, grounds suited for corn growing. It has become
rather aristocratic in its acclimation aud habits, and, so far
as my own careful observation serves, may bo easily and
very successfully cultivated in our gardens with entire sat-
isfaction and a plentiful yield of a much improved fruit
both in size and flavor.

The cranberry requires no more moisture than usually is
found in most of our tilled arable soils. Fine cranberry
beds may be mado upon dry, sandy loam, aiul if well cared
for, will yield from three hundred and fifty to four hundred
bushels per acre. I ltavo rarely found under the best yield
upon what has been classed as fair cranberry meadow more
than one-lmlf of the best crops under the old system of
“ let them alone." The tesult of this method of improved
cultivation is, as before remarked, a much larger fruit, of
a fine dark color, very firm in its texture, a better flavor
by far, and it ripens sooner than the fruit of tho old
meadow. Having iu its new location adapted itself to its
new soil it receives tho full benefit of a superior fertiliza-
tion, together with an abundance of sun and air, both of
which were strangers to it in its old home in tho meadows.
If we add to the above the fact that under tho new method
of culture it keeps better, longer, and retains its peculiar
richness of flavor, we have another as great inducement in
the ease with which it is cultivated.

Cranberry growers will tell you to “ look out for Septem-
ber frosts.” This applies to the old method of culture,
but under the new method of up land culture, tho plants
being stronger and possessing more foliage, the fruit hangs
below and among the leaves, and is protectad from the
September frosts, which often kill the entire crops upon
the unprotected meadows. This being the fact, on high
grounds the fruit can remain upon the vines until ready to
atlier without danger from cold or frost. I have seen
ruit gathered in the Spring which had remained on the
vines during the Winter.

It need not be told to those who have cultivated the cran-
berry for market under various circumstances, 'hat it is a
very hardy, close growing, trailing, evergreen shrub, of
peculiar habits and characteristics, whether grown in the
swamps, or the bogs, or in the cultivated garden. It has
for many years been confined to the low, wet, swampy
grounds, and cultivated under many difficulties, but noth-
ing is more absurd than the thought that such locations
were its only homo. Such fallacies have given place to
the well attested fact that in tho higher grounds, tho gar-
dens, and, in fact, almost any good soil, will grow au abun-
dant crop. The situations on which the cranberry can be
grown successfully and at comparatively small cost, nre
such that we bulieve the futuru will witness a greatly in-
creased cultivation of ibis splendid health-giving fruit.
The upland cranberry will grow and thrive well upon dry,
hard soil, yielding very good crops, and under wlint would
be pronounced quite disadvantageous circumstances. Pre-
pare your grounds, wherever they may he, as nearly as
possible as you do for a good corn crop, and you will raise
good cranberries, provided you pluut the right kind of
cranberry plants. This, together with a good fertilizer as
a stimulant, are among the first considerations in the
science or art of raising the cranberry upon uplands.

Ollipod Quill.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Melton, J., 8ag Harbor.— In regard fo your question as
to “ old shrubberies," I give you a short extract from an
article upon “Old Shrubberies, and Trontmont of the
Same,” which will appear hereafter in hook form ; “ You
frequently find, more particularly in old gardens, the
borders skirted by a promiscuous assortment of all kinds
of shrubbery ; they arc planted without any system, und
it seems as though they came up just as it happened. Con-
fusion, briars, aud often weeds hold revel here. Babbits
and squirrels burrow in perfect pence, and an entire aban-
donment of order reigns. In this case you cannot do much
by way of improvement and elegance this year. Remove,
if you please, first all weeds, and cut out all unnecessary
briars, -if you leave this year the blackberry vines you
mentioned, and the old red hawthorns, and give the same
a good cleaning out ; remove the rabbits and squirrels to
another reservation, and give a good coating of ntunuro,
and let the evergreens, etc., and all tho other plants live.
This is about all that can be done for tho first year on an
‘ old shrubbery.’ ”

Florence Mayo, St. Clair, N. J.— Your Cnpe jasmine
will be made all right if you will procure from the woods
enough good rich mold of decayed leaves, finely rotted, or
such as may generally bo found under these leaves. Add
to this soil one-third quantity of white sand and a generous
handful of pulvorized charcoal ; shake out tho old soil
from the roots of your jasmine, and if there are any
worms to be seen about the roots wash in warm soap suds.
Repot carefully in this soil, and this is ull there is about it.
In warm Summer weather give your, 'pots the benefit of a
half shade.

Andrews, Methuen, Mass.— The cost of grading your
pasture land would be uot far from this amount per ucre,
viz. : Plowing deep and thoroughly, say $5 ; for removing
rubbish and stones from the same, including roots, $15 ;
harrowing well and scraping, $10 ; grading, shoveling,
and raking, $25 ; after sowing grass seed, including seed,
seeding, raking, and rolling, $10, muking a total of $05 for
an acre. The cost of grading will, of course, decrease
with the increase of the area gruded to a good lawn. Being
familiar with this kind of work, I should say $70 would
be the extreme outlay necessary.

P P L., Hyan is, Mass.— The sample you call "earthy
matter” came safely to hand. It is a specimen of tnunga-
nese, a metal found in many soils. In combination with
oxygen, associated with oxide of iron, it is found iu many
of what are termed first class soils. You will find traces
of its presence in the ashes of plants, but generally a pre-
ponderance of iron will be found. Soils in which this is
found are reckoned as good for the growth of pear trees.
In the ash of the horse chestnut, and also the bark of the
oak tree, will be found considsrable manganese, but no
trace of iron. Ollifod Quill.

200

FOREST AND STREAM

he Hetmel.

SPRINGFIELD BENCH SHOW OF DOGS.

IT is with pleasure that we record the successor the first
attempt of the Rod and Gun Club at holding a Bench
Show, and Springfield (Mass.) has reason to be proud of the
result of this effort on the part of a few of her enterprising cit-
izens in inaugurating the first Bench Show in New England.
It was a surprise to the oldest sportsmen present to find
that New England possessed so many fine dogs, and the
delegation from this city and New Jersey, though not larg
numerically, could not be surpassed in the country. There
arc many who claim that Bench Shows are useless a9 com
pared with Field Trials; that the former allow the dogs no
opportunities to show their points of excellence; but we
will venture to say that there was no visitor to Springfield
on Wednesday or Thursday last, who did not learn some
thing about dogs. Even thegeutleman whom we heard ask
with refreshing naivete, to be told the difference between
setter and a pointer, went away instructed, and indeed car
ried with him information greater than that possessed by
many with more pretensions and less candor. Tlio list of
entries contained no less than one hundred and sixty-seven
names, more, we apprehend, than have been noted at aay
Bench Show yet held in this country. The following is
the full list:—

ENTRIES.

Lavtrael Setter*— C. II. Raymond, Pride of the Bonier and Fairy; G.
Delano, Doll; G. A Strong, Rock; Luther Adams, Rock and Duke.

Gordon Setter * — John A Foster, D1 Vernon; C. II. Bowker, Kent
II. Thompson, Dash and Flora; B. W. Jenkins, Alice; Luther Adams
Duke.

English and Natire Setter! — S. B. Caney, Dan; Luther Clark. Nero
Geo. Harrington, Trim; Mias Nellie BasseM, Fly; E. H. Smith, Bruno
O. D. Corley, Grouse; F. Warln, Dick; W. II. Bulcom, Dick; W. S
Perry, Peie; E. S, Allin, Snort; Chan. Palmer, Princess; C. II. Foss
Nellie 3d; J. A. Lakon. Ned: E. C. Bingham, Bell: R. S. Knowles, Jin
F. K. Mor»e. Don; I.nther Adams, Dora; Ethan Allin, Fan; B I1'. Bowie-
Tminp; Mat Geo. W. McGee, U. S. A , Fop mid Tail; s. T. numrnnnd.
Trim; W. II. Burmll. Jack; Richard Morris, Jack and black and (mi
pup: E. M. Coats, Robin; John A. Foster’s Flip.

Uni Irish Seders— Lieut. II. Metcalfe. U- S. A., Jim: J A. Barnes
Snipe; C. J! Colt, Nellie; Wm. Jarvis. Dick; Hamilton Thompson,
Duke, Dick. Belle arid Dnke, Jr.; Richard Morris, Hall.

English Pointer*— Dr. XV. S. Webb. Whisky.

Spanish Pointer*- Robt 0. Morris, Guy; Wm. M. Williams, Quaker;
Charles Pierce, Pomp.

Native Pointer*— ll. C. Taft, Bess and Jake; Joseph Cameron, Nell; E
H Lathrop, Dan and Trump: W. A. Taylor, Mar (formerly Jock); Kd-
wnrd Sanderson, Jack; Robl O. Morris, Llx; II. W. Brown, Dan; T B
Caney. Ben, C. W. Hlxon, Col; J. M. Dodge, Guy; G. A. Strong, Pole;

H. C. Taft, Psyche; John Murphy, Kip; If E. Sabin, Truiup*, D. It
Kill'd, Jr., June: John F. Harrison, Dash; E. It. Smith, Scoll; John
White, Jim; Frank E. Cork, Don; G. A. Strong. Prudence.

Fax Bound* and Beagle*— H. W. Hammersly, Hector; F. W. Haskins,
Tim; G. W Ilinman, Load; C. II. White, Whoop: W. L. Keyes, Rover;
Marlin Kooler, Diamond and Music; H. C. Jones, Loud, Buck'uud Flora;
Jno. Kellogg, Jeff; W. E. Gibbons, Dick.

Spaniel* and Itetrieoers— Winslow B. Morse, Prince; D. S. Barker,
Lulu; Oliver Edwards, Max; U. C. Tuft, Fred; Fred O. Hanson, Dick;
Frank U. Peltier, Zuleitc (2 pope); Wm. Thornhill, Fanny.

Terrier*— X\m. Gunn, Scotty; James S. Walker, Pretzel: Baroness
von Stralendorff, Fidcle; Geo. Wilder, Png; Mrs. D. M. Waterman,
Frlrkie; Geo. E. Bars toe, Tommy; James W. Xlarton, Scott; Michael O’
Donovan, Fldo; J. It. Davidson. Tip; F. E. Gray, Tiny Jinks, and
Fuzzy; F. S. Davis, Tinsey; Mrs. Von Brunt, Billy; J. II Damon, Dixie.

Nttqfoundland*. St. Bernard*, Collie*. etc.— Geo. Hamilton. Captain;
Baroness von Stralendorff, Cnpt. C'hus, Barker; Benj. Harmon, Sparkle;
Felix Boyle, Jessie; H. S. Niles. Porter; J. E. Wales, Jeff; II, B. Han-
dy, Jack; Mile. Mnrgucrlto de Vries, Funcv; Mamie Bates, Billy; West,
Stone it Co., Rover: U. O. Edwards, Dandy; D. C. Fitkin, Dick: A. .) .
Marks, Honest; S. R. Lucas, Nip: W. L’ Warner, Gypsv; Dwight C.
Gilman, Dot; C. C. Burdette, Dot; Geo F. Mitahell, Dun:P. H. Foster,
Ned; G. H. Gould, Spot; L. B. Merrill, Rose (3 pups); Walter H. Whit-
comb, Flora (5 pups); Calvin Smith, Turk; John J. Preu, Daniel; E. W.
Ladd, Bang.

P Mastiff*, Bull and Bull Terrier*— Geo. W. Rice, Guess; A . L. Esta-
broose, Betsy Baker; Geo. A. Dutimon, Buster; James Summers, Nero;
John Ward, Jepp; E. C. ltoblusou, Major; A. L. Pease, Jack; John De-
lano. Lilly.

The judges appointed were “Squire" Horace Smith .Ken-
nel editor of Forest and Stream, Lieut. Harry Metcalfe,

U. S. Army, now stationed at the Springfield Arsenal, and
Mr. F. W. Lawrence of Brookline, who devoted them-
Belves to the merits of setters and pointers. Messrs. Ethan
Allin, T. Eaton and 0. B. Deane did the same duty for the
other classes. We have yet to bear any dissatisfaction ex-
pressed with the awards of the judges, and when the diffi-
culty of their positions is considered, and that over a hun-
dred setters and pointers, the majority of which would
rank high anywhere, passed their scrutiny, their success
reflects great credit upon their skill. The smallest auimul
exhibited was the black and tan terrier Vinnie, weighing
two and three quarter pounds, and the largest a Newfound-
land which turned the scale at 102 pounds. The City Hall,
a large and commodious building, was thronged through
the day and evening with ladies and gentlemen, the ladies
in particular evincing great interest in the show, and find-
ing nothing offensive about it. A trained hull terrier
amused the audience with really well performed tricks. A
little Japanese spaniel attracted much attention, as did also
some of the toy terriers. President Lathrop of the Rod
and Gun Club announced the prizes (as published below),
and subsequently introduced Mr. Charles Hallock, editor
of this paper, who made a short address in which he con-
gratulated the club upon inaugurating in this country so
successfully this interesting kind of 6how. He believed
they would become common. He enlarged upon their im-
portance to dog breeders and owners. The canine ruce was
said to he exceedingly susceptible of improvement by cul-
tivation. It was of great use to man, especially in settling
new countries where game was a staple of food and the ex-
termination of troublesome und dantrerous animals an iin-

to merit. The prizes will be delivered as soon as the names
are engraved thereon.

THU PREMIUMS

lAvcrack Sitter*— Boat do?, Pride of the Border by C. H. Raymond of
Morris Plains, N J.; second host dog, field trial dog, Rock by Luther
Adams of Boston. Best bitch, Fairy by C. H. Raymond of Morris
Plulns, N. J.; second best bitch, Doll by George Delano of New Bed-
ford. Best dog pup, Duke by Luther Adums of Boston

Qurdon Setters— Best dog, Duke by LuUier Adams of Boston; secoud
beet dog, Dush by Hamilton Thompson of New Jersey. Best bitch,
Alice by B. W. Jenkins of Baltimore; second best bitch, Flora by Ham-
ilton Thompson, of New Jersey. Best dog pop. Kent by C. U. Barker of
Worcester. Best bitch pup, Dl Vernon by John Foster of Stafford
Springs,

English, lrith and Natire Setter*— Beet dog. Flip by John A. Foster
of Stafford Springs, also ns the best setter dog, receiving tho Forest
and Stream sliver pitcher; second best doe, Ned by J. A. Lukin of
Westfield, and also a camp louoge. Best bitch, Dorn by Luther Admns
of Boston; second best bitch. Fan by Etiian Allln of Pomfret, Ct. Best
dog pup, Bruno by E. II. Smith, of Springfield. Best bitch pup. Princess
by Charles Palmer of Windsor, Ct.

Bed ln*h Setter * —Best dog. Duke by Hamilton Thompson, N. J., n
silver cup; second best. Snipe by J. A. Barnes of Hartford. Best bitch,
Nellie by C. H. Colt of Hartford; second best bitch, Belle by Hamilton
Thompson, N. J.; best pup, Duke, Jr., by Hamilton Thompson.

English Pointer— Whisky, by Dr. W. 8. Webb of Springfield.

Spanish Pointer*— No dog in this class being deemed worthy of tho
first prize, it was not awarded. Best dog, Guy by Robert O. Morris of
Springfield.

Native Pointer*— Beat dog, Pete by G. A. Strong of West, Meriden, Ct. ;
nlso D B. Wesson’s revolver as best pointer; second best dog. Dash by
John F. Harrison of Springfield, also camp lounge Best bitch. Pru-
dence by G. A. Strong of West Meriden; second best bitch, June by D.
B, Gillett of Enfield. Best dog pnp, Ben by T. B. Cauey of Springfield,
Best bitch, Psyche by H. C. Taft of Springfield.

Fox Hound*— Best dog, Rover by w. L, Keyes of Springfield, diplo-

u; second best. Whoop by C. II. White of Springfield, silver collar,
nlso a camp lounge. Best bitch, Flora by J. C. Jones of West Stock-

peralive necessity.

It is impossible to close this brief mention of a most in-
teresting occasion without a word of thanks to the mem-
bers of the Springfield Club and the Rod and Gun Club,
for the courtesy and generous hospitality extended to the
representatives of this paper during our recent visit.

The following is the list of awards : The best dog in the first
mentioned six classes receives a silver cup, and the second
best a diploma, while the best bitch receives a silver collar.
The Other classes receive collars and diplomas, according

mu; second best. Whoop by C. l/ White of Springfield, silver collar,
nlso a camp lounge. Best bitch, Flora by'
bridge; best dog pup, Loud by J. C. Jones

Spaniels— Best dog. Mux by Gen. Oliver Edwards of Florence; second
best dog, Fred by IfT C. Tuft of Springfield Best bitch, Fanny l)v Wm.
Thornhill of Springfield Best dog pup, Prince by W. B. Morsc’of In-
dian Orchard- Best bitch pup, Lulu by D. L. Barker of Springfield.
Fred Hanson’s water spaniel Dick received a diploma os being tho best
water spaniel exhibited.

Terrier*— Bust dog. Dixie by J. II Damon of Spriugfleld; second best
dog, Billy by Mrs. Van Brunt of Boston. Beet bitch, Tiny by F. Ed-
ward Gray of Springfield. Gratuities of collars to Pug by George E.
Wilder, Scotty by Col J. G. Benton, Pretzel by James Walker, a York-
shire terrier by Wm. Gunn, Tiny by F. S. Davis of Holyoke, Fldele by
Baroness Von Stralendorff, n Cuban terrier by Michael O'Donovan, Fris-
ky by Mrs, Waterman, black and lan dog Tommy by G. E. Barstow.
Newfoundland* , st. Bernard*. Collie*, Dalmatians, Spit*, Blenheim Span-
iel*, Poodles, Italian Greyhound* and Greyhounds.— A silver collar to Cnpt.
spitz, by George Hamilton of Springfield; a silver collar to Jeff, black
English greyhound, by J. E. Wales of Springfield; u diploma to Juck,
black Newfoundland, by II. B. Handy of Springfield; n aiplnmn to Flora
and six imps, mouse colored greyhound bitch, by Walter H. Whitcomb
of Northampton; a diploma to Captain Charles Barker, Blenheim span-
iel, by Baroness Von Stralendorff of Boston; u collar to Billy, black
Newfoundland, by Miss Mamie Bates of Springfield; a collar to Spot,
by G. H. Gould of Springfield, as the best conch dog; ii collar to Fanny,
with two pups, by Mile M. deVries of Agawam; a diploma to Porter,
by H . S. Niles of Springfield, as the best St. Bernard; a diploma in Turk,
black and tan collie, by Calvin Smith of Springfield; n diploma to Dandy,
by 11, O. Edwards, ns tile best Italian greyhoad; a diploma to Rose, a
Newfoundland with pups, by L. B. Merrill.

Mastiff*, Bull Poos, and Perrier*— Best terrier dog, Gueps by G W.
Rice, of Springfield, a diploma; also, as best trick dog. u collar. Best
bull dog, Buster by G. A. Deninwn of Springfield, n silver collar; second
best, Jack by A, L. Pease of Springfield, diploma. Best bitch, Lilly by
John Delano, a diploma; best pup. Major by E. C. Robinson of Spring-
field, a diploma

The Springfield Republican thus speaks of the cup pre-
sented by us at the Rod and Gun Club Bench Show
“The most valuable and elegant prize is the superb silver
pitcher given by the Forest and Stream, and which is,
to-day, on exhibition in the window of Stowe’s jewelry
store. It is very heavy and capacious, porcelain-lined and
most elegantly engraved with appropriate designs. Upon
one side is cut the picture which is the “frontispiece” of
the Forest and Stream, and a very artistic and life-like
engraving pf three noted dogs, a setter and two pointers
imported by Sir Frederick Bruce, once the English minis-
ter at Washington. It is cut frou*a photograph. A tracery
of boughs and leaves, with ruffed grouse, woodcock, trout,
and other game dear to the sportsman's heart, complete the
profuse ornamentation of the pitcher. It will be awarded
to the best pointer or setter.”

The judges awarded the pitcher to the English setter
Flip, entered by J. A. Foster of Stafford Spriugs.Ct., he hav-
ing received the highest number of marks from each judge.
Flip’s portrait and pedigree will be published as soon as
received. One of the finest pointers at the show was Dan,
owned by Mr. E. H. Lathrop, President of the Rod and
Gun Club. Dan is by Trumps, out of Dolly, and has a
pedigree which traces directly hack to a fine strain of im-
ported dogs. Another capital dog whs Mr. George Hur-
rington’s setter Trim, by Day’s Rock 2d, out of Mr. Flagg’s
well known black and white hitch. Rock 2d was by the
Blue Belton Rock, imported in 18(51 by Mr. John Boyden,
President of the Sportsmen’s Club of Worcester, Mass.

We saw nothing, however, that pleased us more than the
magnificent setter Rock, recently imported by Mr. Luther
Adams of Boston. Rock is by Mr. Barclay Field’s Bruce,
out of Mr. Purcell Llewellin'p Daisy. Bruce was by Dasli
2d, out of Mr. Staller’s Phoebe, founder of tho Field Trial
(so called) breed. Daisy was by Dash 2d, out of Moll 3d,
both Laverocks. As Dash 2d was also the sire of Pride of
the Border, the relationship between these dogs is very
near. Rock resembles Fairy very closely, their heads, ex-
cept in point of size, being nlmost identical. Mr. Adams
has also another fine one in Duke, one of the Field Trial
strain, by Mr. Llewcllin’s Prince (who was litter brother to
Daisy, mentioned above), out of Dora, own sister to Dau,
who was a cross between the Gordon and South Esk or
English setter, being by Mr. Barclay Field’s Duke, out of
Plimhe, as mentioned above. Dora was nlso exhibited at
Springfield.

“GUESS,” THE GREAT TRICK DOG.

_ „ SrmuoFiELD, Mass., May 3. 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Enclosed you will find a likeness of tho noted bull terrier trick dog,
Gueis, owned by Geo. \V. Rice, of Springfield, Mass., who received two
premiums at the Bench Show of Dogs held at the city of Springfield
laid week; one as the best dog In Ills class, and tbo other a* a gratuity
by the Judges for his many and difficult tricks performed . Guess is now
live years old, and ha* been, from a pup, a dog of wonderful intelligence,
lie was pronounced by Mr Knymouil nuil many other* as being tbe
ino»t wonderful dog of bis breed that they hud ever seen, lie was ex
lilbltcd each afternoon and evening, nnd was the centre of attraction In
the hall He performed some twenty different tricks— jumps 7ft. j
In mid nir, taking n cloth from the pole; balances bltuself on a broom
bundle, und many other difficult feats. He Is out of "To” Coney » Import-
ed Policy anil Nan, Springfield, Policy and Rosa. Respectfully yours,

O.

HUNTERS AND THEIR DOGS.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

We have often wondered over the strong love of the sportsman for Ilia
dog; but one great reason of this Is tho remarkable Intelligence and sa-
gacity of that animal, We speuk of the pointer and setter, for our hunt-
ing Is mostly done with these, nnd the luttcr I* preferable because tho
most hardy, and wo believe ho it tbo mout Intelligent These are our
bird dogs, and of them wo con speak from our knowledge and observa-
tion. There is In both hunter and dog a lovo for the sport l hot cannot
bo realized by those who have not known the feeling. Our own getter is
nlmost wild with delight over a gun, and begs with the earnestness of
an adept at the business to be allowed to go out for a hunt. But what is
curious, she knows well of whom to ask tho favor If a Indy pick* up
tbe gan nnd a-ks, "Fan, do you want to gil" she turns Indifferently
away, and seems to say, “I know you nro fooling me; I never go hunt-
ing with ladles." But when her master, or any gentleman of lior ac-
quaintance takes tho above urticlo lu hand, she harks, Implores, nnd
nlmost runs wild over the mutter. There is no occasion to ask would aha
II ko to go, for her actions show tho fact plainly enough for all to see. She
Is intelligent to an astonishing degroo, and comprehends our meaning
when wo address her ns quickly ns a child. At one time, after we had
spent the day in the Helds, we found our dog missing, and looked and
culled in vain; she did'nt return, and we retired to our couch nnxious
and sorrowful. The following morning the search was renewed, bnt It
was in vain until wo reached the stream that flows near the old homo-
stead, und there in the old boat, whore we hud left several articles and
one or two dead birds, was Fun, who had faithfully watched through the
night over the boat and its contents. The good brute was called away,
nnd bad a sumptuous breakfast us u reward for her fidelity. She i» us kind
ns intelligent; our little two year old boy could tell you that. lie rides
upon her back, pulls hor cars and tail, kisses her nose, scolds, beats und
plagues her, and yet wo have never known Fan to givo one dissenting
growl. It is her master’s child, and she is in duty bound to obey his
bidding. Thus she seems to think, for she allows no other children to
trille with hor. She is not cross with them, but gives them wumiog that
it is best to keep at n distance. Her passion for burning is tbo strongest
we have ever seen. On the day after she became mother to a whole
group of promising little oues, she begged with a piteous air to bo al-
lowed to go out for u while, and said, almost as pluiuly as words could
say It, "lam sure the babies can be left u bit, when the sport is so fine
nnd the snipe so plenty." Her love for her master la marked; one word
of approbation from him sets her heart in u flutter of delight, und makes
her whole body quiver with pleasurable emotions.

Setters are generally thus intelligent. We have known many and hnvo
marked the difference in disposition; some are timid to a fault, some too
bold und venturesome, some sly und tricky, while others nre all that we
could wish in a huntsman’s dog. But in this matter much depends on
training. We have henrd a gentleman remark, w ho has had much ex-
perience with both (logs nnd horses, tliut "it is easier to breuk the latter
than tbe former." Bqgiti in poppyhood, use patience, firmness nod judg-
ment, and you can make your dog what you desire as a hunter. Tho
love he lin* for you cannot fail to inspire lore In return. The genuine
sportsman always looks upon his dog with especiul favor— yes, with pos-
itive love. It is truly with him, "love me, love my dog," and often ho
would rather have you speak disparagingly of himself than his favorite.
The dog’s reputation must not he touched; his good name must be kept
unsullied. A hunter’s face will gleam with pleasure at the praises lav-
ished upon his dog, and he will reply by recounting its virtues. "I can't
bear that man." said one gentleman, when speaking to mo of another.
“And why?” was asked. "Oli, lie spoke so meanly of ray Dash. I
would rather he had spoken Illy of myself," was the sincere answer. You
will this feeling common with hunters— touch his character rather
than Ids dog’s. One poor brute, who was superannuated on account of
age, would beg to bo allowed to go to the fields, when his poor old legs
could scarcely curry him there, und so dry was he for sport that he
would point a chicken, a pigeon, and even n cat. This was very nmns-
Ing, for scarce a muscle of his body would move, and it was always dif-
ficult to call him away or direct his attention elsewhere.

We would speak more at length upon tbe subject, but our editor likes
short articles. p

DOG FARES.

Jersey City Heiohts, N. J., April 30, 1875,
EoiTon Forest and Stream:—

In your issue of Feb. 25th, is a letter from Mr. Theodore Grey, con-
ductor ou tho Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, stating
tlmt the tariff of charges for transportation of dogs on that road is much
less tbau oue ceut per mile, nnd that tbe baggagemen were whole-souled
fellows who would take charge of good dogs for nothing. My experi-
ence with them is different. On Thursduy, Dec. 5, 1672, I took the 8 55
A. M. train from Mansfield, Ohio, to Nevada, a small station on the P.

Ft. W. & C. Railroad, und on Saturday, Dec. 7, took the 4.18 P. M. train
for Mansfield. I had with me Sir Frederick (setter) and Bruce (pointer)
both by the dogs imported by the late Sir Frederick Bruce, and presented
to mo by Dr. A. U, Strachan, and I also had Mr. Salt-
erthwnite'B Grip, by his dog Flash. Tho distance between
Mausfleld and Nevada Is thirty miles, and each way I was charged
fifty cents for each dog, and was not allowed to carry my gun in tho
passenger car, but hud to pay fifty cents to have that carried In tho bag-
gage car, making four dollars for sixty miles. I do not know bow tho
baggagemen on that road treat through passengers, but complaints of
their extortion by parties living on tbe line of the road did not show my
case to be an exception. Should any one Mr. Grey was acquainted with
get on bourd bis train with a gun that was not in a case, would ho not
make them take It in the baggage car, for which the baggageman’s
charge is twenty-five cents for carrying it, even between stations! I un-
derstood from Mr J. Morris, tho ugent at Mansfield, that it was tho
company's orders not to allow guns in their passenger care. The roads
mntiing out of Jersey City carry hundreds of guns in tho passenger curs
every season, anil there is no record of any accident or premature dis-
charge; neither have I heard of or seen a car damaged by currying n
gun. I sec that the Atlantic nnd Pacific R. R. also charge for carrying a
gun. Would it not be well for sportsmen traveling on these roads that
charge for a gun, to take with them a Saratoga trunk, us that would bo
carried/f-M, while a gun, that can be carried in one band und does not
occupy more room than a valise, must be paid for? Those railroad* that
claim to be doing so much for sportsmen by carrying their dogs at ono
cent per mile, nre not doing half ns well ns the baggagemen on the Erie,
who charge only two dollars to Buffulo or Dunkirk- 159 miles— lees than
one-half cent per mile, and they don't charge for carrying a gun. Mr.
Grey seems to think a dollar but little; but at the rate of four dollars
for carrying your gun and dogs sixty miles, to say nothing of your own
expenses, it will certainly take more than most sportsmen can afford.

I agree with Mr. Grey, that the baggagemen should Imve the dog fares;
it Is a small mutter to take it from them, being about the only perquisite
they have. 1 have found baggagemen about like other people; if any
difference, it is in favor of the baggagemen, but those on the P. Ft. W.

& C. K. R. can take tho cup for extortion.

Messrs. W. H. Marshall and L. H Oatman, of Rochester, seem to
have hud about tbo same experience ns I had; but, Mr. Editor, you seem
to think they were swindled prior to 1800. I have given dates and trains,
so there is no mistake, having taken them from my memorandum;
neither can Mr. Grey contradict It. \y. j? steel.

—“Pete,” the black pointer owned by G. A. Strong of
West Meriden, and to whom was awarded the pistol pre-
sented by 1). U. Wesson to the best pointer at the Spring-
field show, is said by competent judges lobe the best point-
er in America. Gentlemen who were present nt the Mlno-
olasliow will remember his sire, “Old Phil."

FOREST AND STREAM

201

MISSISSIPPI CANINE PRODUCE.

Corinth, Miss., April 37, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The coming dog of this section will be out of Mr . Ben Holladay's cel-
ebrated dog Jack and my bitch Nora- pointers. Jack ia tbe best corn*
dotr by long odds I oversaw In the field; an astonishing ranger,
splendid nose, mid as staunch os a rock, and on singjp birds as careful
as a dog can be, and yet not too slow; drops to shot, and
Is by fur the best single bitd dog in this part of the State; lemon and
white, a large and elegantly formed dog. Nora is a liver and white,
large and a model in form; is the finest ranger for a bitch I ever Saw, up-
headed, and as graceful as a deer In all hor movements. She is, next to
Jack, the best covey dog I ever saw, splendid nose and staunch as Jack ;
a little too fast for single birds, but will find more of them than most
dogs She makes the prettiest standi ever saw adog make; graceful
in every ottitnde she takes, no dog can be stauncher. Jack was sent a
hundred miles by rail to me to meet Nora. He Is half-brother to my
hitch, Kate, by Col. Chas. Daniels' Old Ned, said to bo the best dog in
the State. 1 sent Capt. Taylor, then with Forest and Stream, the
pedigree of these dogs. (j u von.

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FISH IN SEASON IN MAY.

Trout, Salino fonUnaUs. Salmon Trout. Raima conjlnls.

Salmon, Raima talar . Shad, A lam.

Grayling, thy m alius tricolor. Land-locked Salmon, balmo Gloveri

Black Bass, micvopUms nigricans.

Black Bass fishing is permitted In New Jersey on and after May 1st; in
New York, May 30th; Ohio, May 3d; In New England and Pennsylvania,
June 1st.

Fish in Market. — Fish still coutinuc plentiful and low
priced. North River shad, contrary to the apprehensions
of the fishermen, are very abundant; roe shad bring 35
cents and the male fish 20 cents. In fact each year
the demand for roe shad increases and the males are
difficult to sell at any price. Very few Connecticut River
shad have been received as yet, and tbe price they bring is
not very much beyond that of North River; the plentiful
supply of the latter keeping prices down. On last Friday
the first catch of fresh mackerel arrived, one schooner
bringing 10.000 aud another 7,000. By Saturday night they
were all sold at $18 to $20 per hundred. The dog fish have
appeared off Sandy Hook and tho Long Island shore, and
in consequence the codfish have all disappeared. Smacks
aro now obliged to go further east for a supply, and for the
next month our supply of cod will come mostly from Nan-
tucket. Penobscot salmon are arriving slowly and sell for
$1 per pound; Nova Scotians bring 80 cents. A few
glieepshcad have been received from Norfolk, Va., and sell
for 40 cents per pound. Halibut are plentiful at 16 cents;
very large lots of striped bass, weighing from 5 to 50 pounds
each have been received from Edenton, N. C, ; these fish
are full to bursting with spawn; price 18 cents per pound.
j Brook trout remain unchanged in price and the market is
well supplied.

— We have received a letter from the Adirondack suburbs,
dated May 1st, iu which the writer informs us that the ice
iu tho Saranac Lake varies still in thickness from 14 to 18
inches, and that the snow is quite deep in the woods yet.
Sportsmen proposing visiting that region need not be iu a
hurry to reach there until about the 20th or later. We shall
be telegraphed to immediately when the ice disappears
from the Saranacs, and will publish the same for the ben-
efit of the impatient and those who hold places on the anx-
ious scat.

—Tho Fenton House, at No. Four, Watson, Lewis county,
N. Y., so long and favorably known to the sportsmen who
love the wilderness, has changed hands. Tho property
owned by Mr. C. Fenton, who was horn aud brought up
on the place, and who has fished and hunted the waters
and woods iu its vicinity, has been bought by Mr. Cheney
Green, of Spriugfleld, Mass., who intends making exten-
sive improvements tho coming Summer, so .that it will be
one of the best wilderness homes in the Adirondacks. Mr
Fenton remains in charge till Fall, when he retires with
tho best wishes of numerous friends, who have enjoyed
themselves many happy hours under his roof.

Adirondacks— Saranac Luke , April 26, 1875.— Your
paper comes to hand regularly every Saturday. We arc
looking for a speedy disappearance of tho ice in the lakes;
expect them to open some time next week. The ice is
very soft, and is hardly safe to travel upon ou foot. The
Winter has been long and eevere, and the ice in some places
fully three feet thick. The roads are in splendid condi-
tion. having dried with great rapidity. Martin, Bartlett,
Paul Smith, and the Prospect House will be ready for
guests as soon as they come. The Prospect, ou the Upper
Sarauac, will be kept, by a Mr. Vanarnaui, a true sports-
man as well as a genial landlord. It will be a good place
to stay. The sportsmen will be welcome after the long
and lonely Winter. Those who eDjoy good fishing will do
well to come early. E. C. E.

—Messrs. Abbey & Imbrio, successors to Andrew Clerk
«fc Co., have opened a new salesroom for anglers' tackle at
No. 77 Fulton street.

— Bass are biting in the Potomac. The Washington
Sportsman saj's that they are being caught by the dozen at
Great Falls, weighing sometimes as high as four pounds.

Fish Laws in Ontario, — Close time for white fish No-
vember 10th to December 1st; salmon trout October 15lh
to December 1st; brook or speckled trout, September 15th
to January 1st; tresh water herrings, October 15th to De
cember 1st; black bass, May 15th to June 15th; pickerel
(doree) or maskiuonge, April 15th to May 15th. Net fishing
without license is prohibited at all times.

The Fisheries. — The dullness of other branches of
business throughout the country will have a tendency to
send more people on mackereling trips this summer than
ever before, and the consequence will be that a majority of
flret-elRSB men will be engaged in this very Important

branch of the fisheries. The number of fishing arrivals
for the week ending April 30th, was twenty-six, twenty-
one from Georges and five from the Grand Banks. The
Georgesmen have brought in an aggregate catch of 450,000
pounds codfish and 55,000 pounds halibut. Sales yesterday
at $3.50 per cwt. by tbe trip, for Bank, and $4 for Georges.
On Tuesday Georges sold for $10 per cwt , and first Bank
arrivals for $6 25 aud $3.50.— Ca/w Ann Advertiser, May 1.

THE NEPIGON REGION OF LAKE SU-
PERIOR.

Troy, N. Y., April, t?73.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

It seems to me that the ‘'pleasures of memory” are more largely en-
joyed by the true sportsman than auy other class ol pleasure seekers,
and the reasons for this are to be found partly in the enjoyment of sport
in the abslracl, which becomes almost a passion with those of us who
have Inherited It from a long Hue of ancestral NirarodB, and partly in the
concomitants of such sport to those who are honest lovers of nature, for
it is only tho ignoblo pot hnntcr that can soo no beuuty In groen fields
and shady brooks (especially when the latter have trout In them), In tho
birds of the air and beasts of tho field, whon not snngly stowed away In
a game bag, the ouly position which our friend of tho pot (to which I
trust hols ever hastening) loves to regard them. On tho othor hand,
bow often the recollections of ball room triumphs to the man of fashion,
or boisterous times over the flowing bowl with boon companions, carry
along with them memories of headaches and hoartachcs, of mined
morals and chronic dyspepsia? This strain of thought was started this
morning os I busied myself jotting down for my own pleasure, if not for
the delight of yoor readers, a few notes from my journal of a trip un-
dertaken several years ago to tho Nepigon River on the north shore of
Lake Superior. To preface what I have to say I must Htate that wo
(that is, myself and fratcr,) had heard such fabulous (ales of tho fishlug
in this very impracticable portion of the Dominion, albeit recounted by
a gentleman as distinguished for Ills learning as for his untiring hospi-
tality; whoso generous virtues are wasting their fragrance ou the desert
air of Sault Sto. Marie, or in less elegant American, the “Soo," that wo
determined to test tho authenticity of theso reports as soon as we wore
satisfied that old Sol had again asserted his supremacy over tho hills and
valleys of that northern region. Accordingly with tho ready help of onr
friend, wc soon accomplished the necessary arrangements incident to a
camping out expedition, not forgetting that we were bound for a country
absolutely incognita to all mankind, excepting tho trappors in the em-
ploy of the Iludsou Buy Compnny. and a conple of parties of whites who
ascended the river some years before for fishing purposes, and left their
testament recorded on the rocks flanking the pools, to which they gave
their names.

On tho 20th of Jnne all things being in readiness wo embarked on
board the steamship Algoma, our paity consisting of our two selves and
a couple of half breeds named Jo Sayre and Morrlseau, the former a gen-
tleman of tho blood, being the son of a Slonx chief In straightened cir-
cumstances; the other a discharged employeo of the Hudson Bay Com-
pany, of no family distinction, but a powerful young fellow, and pos-
sessing perhaps more of the Instincts of Father Lo than H.R. II.
Mr. Sayre. A Mackinaw boat, the property of our braves, was slung
alongside tho steamer, and all our baggago comfortably stowed away In-
side of It. After two days of rather tempestuous weather we were put
ashore on an anoymous Island between Thunder Cape and Fort William,
tho sea being too rough to enable tho captalu to fulfill his promise of turn-
ing us adrift when opposite Nepigon Bay. Three days longer were oc-
cupied in navigating the lake between Thunder Cape and our destina-
tion, by no means the least delightful part of our trip. Tho coast here
is bold and rugged to a degreo befitting such a stormy wntcr. The cliffs
In some places, as for instance those forming Thunder Cape, rise to an
elevation of two thousand feet. The bays are many of them full of
agates Imbedded In the evorlastlug rocks. On one occasion we put
ashore and were very successful in a 6hort space of time in mutilating
beyond all recognition a hatchet, in vain attempts to do what waa really
the work of nitro glycerine, viz:— the disintegrating of some of these
rocks set with precious stones. As we cruised along past the numerous
reefs in which the coast abounds tho spoon hook was always In requi-
sition, and at different times we canght trout weighing from five to nine
pounds, which served for our dinners or suppers, according to tho tlmo
of day they gave up the ghost. Children are sometimes born with silver
spoons in their mouths; fish literally die frequently w ith them in theirs.
Arriving at the mouth of the Nepigon we lost no time Iu negotiating
with an elderly savago for the use of his canoe, Joe Sayre acting os our
agent in tho business. After a long palaver it was agTeed that we shonld
glvo him $2, one pound of tobacco, one pound of flour, and a drink of
whisky to himself and family. Early the next morning the ennoowas
handed over to our custody, and the entire fumlly, Including the children
in arms, squatted around the door of the tent to receive their whisky
rations, of which they all partook, from the smallest to tho greatest; but
the provisions and the money were taken In charge by Lo senior himself.
This settled, wo packed everything awny in our Mackinaw boat, iuclud
ing the canoe, and started for Camp Alexander, which we reached In the
afternoon, aud where we remained during tho night. The falls hero aro
quite graud, but tho fishlug indifferent. Sinking our Mackinaw la a
convenient pool we packed away ourselves and our baggage in the canoe,
and a pretty tight squeeze we fonnd it, and by night fall, after several
laborious “portages," and a continual combat with the black flies and
mueqintoes, arrived safely at the Grand Falls, a magnificent sheet of
water of unknown depths and fearfully rapid. On the rocks near by we
noticed a numbor of mutilated butterflies, which our Indians explained
by saying they were used by their countrymen for bait, and sure enough
on tho sight of a deserted wigwam we found several floe, laige trout,
weightng ubout two to throe pounds, only recently killed, which tho red
man's appetite was not kcon enough to devour. Before beginning oper-
ations we had resolved to weigh carefully every flsh wo canght, big and
littlo, for the benefit of future explorers, and tho results perdlom I will
now give you. I may state that we fished only In early morning ana lale
In the afternoon, and it must be borne in mind that many of our flsh.
weighing ns they did, from threo to six pounds, required, oven with our
salmon tackle, as long sometimes as half an hour to land. Another cir-
cumstance must be taken into account and that is, our fish were all more
or lessout of condition; another month laterwould have raised botn the
number of fish aud average of wolght. I may take this opportunity of
recomraendlug the India rubber artificial minnow for these waters. Wo
succeeded belter with au old worn out minnow of this description than
any other buit, including even the fancy minnows painted to tbe life, with
transparent tails and glass eyes. The medium sized salmon fly was also
very killing, especially those that had yellow and green on their bodies.
We barreled and salted all tho flsh we could not use, exceptlug tho last
day's sport, when our salt ruunlug short we weighed the fish when
caught and returned them immediately to their native clement.

1st day’s catch 37 fish 65* pounds.

2d “ 31 ” f4*

3d " 60 *• 101* “

4th " 40 “ 85*

!th “ 35 “ 30* “

3th “ 42 “ 78*

7th ** 2J hours' Uehiug . . 34 " 41 “

8th “ 32 " 44* ••

!Hh " 34 “ 56* ••

10th " 2 hours' fishing. .. 13 “ 22* •*

Uth •' 31 “ 51* “

Total 379 631*

Averuge size— 1 lh. 11 oz.

— They have queer fish out in Texas — flsh culled buffalo;
and the buffalo go “ lumbering” over the prairies where
there’s not a stick of timber to be seen,

Jbts wets go Correspondent*.

Anonymous Communications not Noticed.

K. K. J.. Quincy. Ili.— Ws have a flsh here, locally called "croppy."
further north, silver bass. What Is the proper nsme? Ans. JPmotu
hexaeanthu* of Cuvlor. See also answer page 39, Vol. 4.

Tahawus, Brooklyn.— One of our subscribers Informs ns that he has
a purchased copy of Colvin’s Adirondack Survey, which you can hare
for $3-60. Pleaso scud ns your address, which hna been mislaid.

C. W. C„ Alexandria Bay.-I am looking for a fl.n aquarium, size fonr
feet long by twenty Inches wide. Will you please give mo the uildrcss
of a firm dealing In such articles? Ans. J. Bagot, 31 Fuiion street.

G. W, T„ New York. -Whore ean I have a powder flask covered with
hog's skin or leather, and where cau I have the leather part of a shot
p^uch made and what is tho best raateiial to usof Ans. Go to any good
harness maker or worker In leather.

W. B. C., Providence. —Will you please Inform mo which English
sporting paper confines Itself most strictly to rod, gun and dog, and who
tho agent is on this side? Ans. The London FUhl and L-md ami Holer
to be had of A. Brcntano, No. 33 Union Square.

W. H. C„ Now Bedford.— Could you toll mo what tho fare would be
from New York to Stoncy Lako, Cauada, by tho shortest rente; aUo
what it would cost to stay there two weeks? Ans. Faro each way about
820; hoard at hotel $10 per week, or private lodgings at $5.

H. D. W., Corcord, N. H.— Will you please Inform me which of tho
two guns— Sharp or Remington— you would consider tho best for sport-
ing purposes, although both are very good. Which should you prefer ?
Ans. They aro both so good that wo could not make a distinction, each
manufacturer having aimed to achieve perfection.

F. L. M., Philadelphia.— Is the match between Bogarxlus and Payne
for the 15th of May still ou, and will It come off ; if so, when and where,
and how much, as I want to see it and cau gut no information about It?
Ans. Tho match Is sot for tho 15th Inst, at Prospect Park, and as purl of
tho monoy is "up," we know of nothing to prevent its culmination.

Yoono Piscator, Overbrook.— What la your opinion of a fly with
black wluga aud white body, something like a coucbiuan reversed? Ans.
There Is no cud to the variety of colors and nondescript patterns in
fiy dressing. The monsl realty you speak of might do good service,
when other lures failed. Au experimental tost would not bo oxpeualvo.

Colvin's Report.— In your last edition a correspondent enquire*
whore he can obtain a copy of Colvin’s Report. I am Informed through
a friend in Albany that the pabllehers— Messrs. Wood, Ramons A Co,, of
that place, have a limited nnmbor at $3.50— an exorbitant prlcofor tho
work, though it Is ono of much Interest to a native of tho Adiroadacks,
like myself — J. L. L.

V. W., Philadelphia.— Will you please tell me tho host book npon
sail boats, explaining how to manage them, and whore I can pnrehuse
such a book, aud the price? Ana. “The Yacht 8nllor," by Vandor-
docken, and "Yachts and Yachting," revised; both English works. Can
be hud by addressing Thos. Manning, No. 293 Broadway, or from this
office.

C. G. P., Boston.— Can yon inform mo If thore Is any method whoreby
I cau prevent the growth of a spitz dog or pup; also at what tlmo I can
take it from Its mother ? Ans. 1st. It is said that whisky will produce
tho desired effect, and as our Kenuel editor stands only five foot four In
hie stockings, wo huvo some confidence in tho remedy. 2d. When about
five weeks old Is a proper time.

F. B, 8., Elizabeth.— I have a setter bitch who hna just dropped a lit-
ter of pups got by her own son. They seem strong and of full also.
WUI you please tell me whether they are likely to be worth raising; both
dam and sire are well bred? Ans. We have seen many first-class doge
bred Just as yonr pups are, aud the chances are your pups will be right,
yet we do not recommeud such Inbreeding.

Express, Philadelphia.— I have a breech loader; weight, 8 pounds;
boro, .577; barrel, 21 Inches; centre fire. What quantity of powdor. and
weight nnd shape of ball will give best results at point blauk rango, 100
and »X) yards? Ans. Wo can only suggest experiments with your gun
until you liavo ascertained tho best charge; or address the maker of your
rifle, a* we imagine U Is of English manufacture.

H. E. R., Philadelphia —Is a paper boat equal to a cedar ono; also tho
address of a papor boat builder! An*. Yos; address Waters A bon,
Troy, N. Y. What Is the best oxercise to bring out tho muscles on the
chest und shoulders? Ans. Tho new rowing npparntu*. What Is Dio
difference iu prlcos of shell* iu tills country nnd England, and whothoc
It would pay to Import one? Ans. Cheaper here.

W. W.N., Troy, N, Y.— A few weeks ago I noticed umong your An-
swers lo Correspondents that cauvus knapsacks could he obtained of
Schuyler, Hartley A Graham, 19 Malden Lane, N. Y„ for 85 ceuta; they
now say thoy have uono? Ans. Our Information was obtained directly
from Messrs. Schuyler, Hartley A Graham, who have again Informed us
that they have knapsacks for snlo at 25 cents each, but that thoy aro of
such poor quality they dlsllko to send them out, even for that price.

J. M H., East Liverpool, Ohio.— Will you bo kind enough to Inform
me of what strain the following described dog Is: Color, lemon and
white; eyes, light; noso, light, aud weight 69 pounds. He Is heavily
feathered. The breeder claims that lie Is a "Glldorsleeve,” hot I have
iny doubts about it? In case a dog Is poisoned wbat antidote should bo
given? Ans. Yonr dog onrwors tho description of the Olldersleeves.
Iucasoadog is poisoned, give a teacupful of castor oil. After ho has
vomited well, pour olive oil down his throat and rub bis holly.

G. A. U., Moorhend, Mlun.— I huve a pointer pup six months old that
has recovered from an attack of the distemper Since that time (some
two months) he has suffered with apporeut weakness of tho eyes, closing
them whon exposed to tho light and eyes watering. I have used sugar
of lend nnd opium for a wash, but It does not seem to rellnvo him. t.'an
you give me any Information os to hi* dUeoso and n remedy? Ans.
Take nlirute of silver ono grain, water, an ounce; pour a little of tho
liquid Into a suncor; saturate a camel's hairbrush in the liquid; pull tho
Uds gently lasundor, being carefnl not to frlghtou tho dog by haste or
violence; then, having the eye exposed, draw tho brush quickly across it.

R. S. R., Philadelphia.— Can yon give mo the size* of tho new Wim-
bledon targets, as recently adopted by the N. R. A., for 200. 500 aud 800
yards? I have written twico to Col. Gildorsleevc, asking for the Report
of 1871 of iho N. R. A., and havehnd no reply. Can you give mo hi* cor-
rect address? Will yon be so kind as to send mo a copy of the pamphlet
mentioned In your reply to the Pennsylvania Railroad clerks at Altoona,
who wish to organize a riflo club. Ans. The target' uro as follows:

800 vds WO, 600 yd*. 800, 900, 1,0(10 yd*.

Bullsevo N in dia. Bullseyc tl In. dia. Bnllseye. 3 It. dla.

0:uire! l’.l ln dia Centre. 3* In. d,a. t cure 4 ft. 6 in. dla.

Inner 28 In dia Inner. 51 in. dlo. Inner, 6 ft. square

Ourer' 40 in! dla. Outer. 70 In. dla. Outer, 6 ft. by 22 ft.

Supply of copies of N. R- A. Report for 1874 exhausted. Pomphlot
sent as requested.

Da»u, Philadelphia.— For a long time mi dog— a vahiAblc setter, three
wars old-lias been troubled with au almost perpotual and peculiar
irritation, which cither seem* to hurt or itch him very m-cb. I have no-
ticed that he passes at stool a numbor of ascarides, and thinking the
Itching came from them, gare him each day for say ten days, a pill com-
posed of fifty grains of well powdered glass mixed with ginger and swoet
lard, aa recommended by Youatt and other*, but they rcem to h&vo pro-
duced no effect. Tbe dog'e appetite U but medium, but ho seems ia
good health and fine spirits. Can you help me In this matter? An*.
First give him two drachms of jalap; then, lu half an hour, follow wliti
an Injection of tincture of aloes, oue drachm; oil of wormseed, 80 drops,
mixed with flour and water. Repeat thrvs or four limes anises thfl
worms ars dleehsrged sooner .

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COM-
ING WEEK,

Thdrsdat. May 5th — Racing, Spring meeting Nashville Blood Horse
Association— Base ball. Chicago vs. St. Louis at SI. Louis; Red Stock-
ings vs. Kookuk at Keokuk; Centennial vs. Hartford at Hartford.

Saturday, May 8th.— Yachting, Opening cruise Royal Alfred Yacht
Club-Base ball, Chicago vs. St. Louis at St. Louis; Red Stockings vs
Keokuk st Keokuk; Boston vs. Mutual at Boston-Rifle, Shooting off
challenges (If any) International Team; Irish American Club contest for
badge, Creedmoor-Boating, Eight-oared race. Undine and Crescent.
Schuylkill— Columbia College athletic gomes, Moll Haven— Cricket,
Graduates ve. Undergraduates, Toronto.

Monday, May 10th.— Racing, Spring meeting Kentucky Association,
Lexington, Ky —Base ball, Boston vs. Mutual at Boston— Rlile, Shoot-
ing off challenges (if any) International Team.

Tuesdat, May llth.-Racing, Lexington, Ky.-Base ball, St. Louis vs
Keokuk at Keokuk; Chicago ve. Red Stockings at St. Louis; Athletic
vs. Atlantic at Brooklyn.

Wednesday, May 12th.— Racing, Lexington, Ky.— Base ball, Athletic
ve Mutnal at Brooklyn; Borion vs, Washington «t Boston.

BENCH SHOWS.

TN another column will be found a report of the Bench
-L Show of dogs recently held by the Rod and Gun Club
of Springfield, Mass. It will be seen that no less than one
hundred and sixty-seven dogs were presented to the judges
for examination and approval, and out of this number two
thirds or more were dogs used for sporting purposes. In
England this would probably be called a very small show,
Out in this country it indicates a growth of the sporting in-
stinct which is at once healthy and extremely promising
for the future. When that class of our people who are as
yet ignorant of the sports of the field shall have come to
know the difference between the sportsman and the sport-
ing man, we may look for Bench Shows and Field Trials
of the magnitude to which they attain on the “other side."
This is but the sixth exhibition of the description which
has been held in this country. The first was at Chicago,
followed by another at Oswego last year and then by the
shows at Mineola, Memphis, and Detroit. Those yet to
come are the Kentucky State Tournament at Paris, May
18th, the Watertown Show, which will beheld at the meet-
ing of the State Sportsmen’s Association during the latter
part of May or first of June, to be followed by another at
Mineola on June 16th and 17th. In October or November
will be held the annual Bench Show and Field Trial at
Memphis.

IN referring to game fish we generally include those
loved by epicures, and, in fact, any fair fish that will
make a brave resistance to the wary sportsman, and under
this heading we find the creme of the finny population.
In olden times, in the flush of Roman prosperity, immcusc
sums were given by the wealthy gourmands to satisfy their
epicurean tastes, and the game fishes of that dale were
cultivated and educated for the feast with all the care and
disinterested affection of the rival owners of modern Spring
chickens.

Standing at the head of the list was the red mullet (mul-
lut barbatiu), and its appcaiancc is made additionally at-
tractive by a most superb vesture of colors that change
and flash in the varying sunlight like a nebulosity of ma-
rine rainbows. The Roman gourmands gave fortunes for
this splendid creature, and Piiny tells us that Hortensus,
the advocate aud greatest rival of Cicero, was so fond of
it that it became a passion, and the poor creatures were in-
troduced to the diniug board alive by means of a small
canal under the table, and allowed to die so that the noble
Roman could enjoy the change of colors produced by its
agony and be diverted while at his wine. Such excessive
epicureanism caused the market value of the fish to rise,
aud the poor fisherman reaped a rich harvest. Martini
says: “A fish of three pounds produced a considerable
sum to the poor men, while a mullet of four and a half
pounds was simply ruinous.” Asinius Gelius purchased
one for his friends at a price of eight thousand sesterces,
or about $300, and, according to Suetonius, Caligula paid
$o00 a pound, making nearly $15,000 for four of them,
and at another feast three were purchased at the neat sum
of thirty thousand sesterces. Its flesh, like that of our
mullet in the Gulf of Mexico, is when first caught hard,
firm, and white as crystal, and well worthy the attention
of sportsmen. It is found now in the Mediterranean, and
is still eagerly sought after by the descendants of the old
epicures.

The murry, or more properly the pipiro, that is now
looked upon with loathing, was at the time of Augustus
Ctesar prized very highly, and one species, the miirana
Mena, was kept in “stews” on account of its ability to live-
in fresh water, and Pliny in mentioning them, says that
“ Vcdius Pollio, a Roman knight and intimate friend of
Cft-sar’e, proved the fierceness of these fishes by throwing
condemned slaves into his ponds to be devoured by them.
This tender feeding so iucrensed the flavor of the fish in
the Roman mind that slave fed murries were in great de-
mand, and it must have been a huge satisfaction to the
fierce master to feel that lie was grinding and masticating
the victim of bis condemnation without fear of the charge
of cannibalism. To show the singular attachment felt for
these fishes by their owners, it is said that Hortensius
Orator wept when they died, and that Antonius Drusus so
loved one that he dressed it with earrings— truly a rare
mistress. Licinius Crassus trained his murries to obey his
slightest word, and at his approach they darted from the
recesses of the pond Iq be fed from his hand. Tartessus
afforded the best murries, and also a smaller species than
the one above mentioned, and now found near Cadiz aud
in the Straits of Gibraltar. The flesh is firm and sweet
and Brydone says that the murries of the Faro di Messina
are the finest game fish (in a gastronomic view) in the
world. This, however, was of course merely a matter of
fashion, as the fish is hardly superior to the eel, and de-
cidedly more snake-like. We have frequently caught them
in the Gulf of Mexico, where they are known as murrays
and with their long, sharp fangs and snake-like appearance,’
they do little credit to Roman taste. In the family (Par-
cada) we find the Labrax Input the delight of the ancient
Grecians, and so fond of them was Archistralus that when
a bass was presented to him from Mile*, he pronounced it
an “offspring of the gods.” It took the place of the
sturgeon in the feasts of Augustus, aud bade fair to out-do
the fair sea snipe, as the surmullet was called, in the race
of fashiou. At certain seasons the bass of rivers was
most prized, particularly those taken between the bridges
over the Tiber. These were the younger fish, and were
spotted. The finest were named Lunate (woolly), because
their flesh rivaled wool in softness and whiteness. Accord-
ing to Columalla, the cultivated taste of Marcius Philippus
first taught the Romans to prize the bass that were taken
while exhausting their strength in stemming the current of
the Tiber, and Horace satirically asks, “ Whence is it that
your palates can distinguish between the Tiberine basse
and those taken at sea » And why do you dislike the older
fish of that kind when you praise insanely an overgrown
surmullet ?" To this he replies himself that it is solely
because the bass is naturally of larger growth and the sur-
mullet of less, and rarity adds to the value. From the roe
of the cannori, a member of this family, a cake is made
of rare good taste, and similar to the caviare, known in
Italy as botargo, only that it is made of the eggs of mul-
lets and tunnies.

In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the head of the
maigre was considered the most delicate dish to set before
a guest. The fish was large, weighing over fifty pounds,
and the meat in the cheek and under the lips was always
in demand, so much so that it was the custom to offer it as
a valuable perquisite to the three conservators of the city
of Rome. Bishop Paul Jovius, who published a work on
fishes in the year 1531, relates the story of a noted parasite
named Tamisio, who flourished in the year 1480. This
gourmand being wont to station bis servant in the fish

markot to bring him intelligence of the destination of the
finest fish, learned from him that a maigre of unusual size
had been brought in. Tamisio immediately hurried to wait
on the conservators in expectation of an invitation to din-
ner, but as he ascended the steps of the capitol he met the
head, adorned with flowers, aud borne, by order of the
conservators, to Cardinal Riario, nephew of Sextus IV.
Tamisio being acquainted with this prelate gladly joined
in the procession. But Riario, delighting in a play of
words, said that the greatest of fishes should go by right
to the greatest of Cardinals, and sent it accordingly to
Cardinal St. Severin, who was of extraordinary bulk. He
iu his turn dispatched it in a golden dish to the wealthy
banker Chigi, to whom he owed money. This time Tamisio
in his eager pursuit, had to traverse the whole city, and to
cross the Tiber in his way to the Farnesiau palace which
Chigi had built. Chigi, however, did not retain thu- much
prized head, but replaced the faded garlands with newly
gathered flowers and sent it to his mistress, whose abode
lay a great way off. There at length Tamisio, who, though
fat and unwieldy, had tracked the object of his desires
under a hot sun over a whole city, was at length permitted
to partake of the luxury he had endured so much toil to
obtain. History will never deprive him of his well de-
served title of Prince of Gourmands.

The noted scarus, for a long time was endeared to the
inner man of the ancients, and perhaps no fish wus so thor-
oughly respected for its supposed arts as this same crea-
ture. Aristotle slated that it was a ruminant, and the only
one among fishes. Pliny repeated this, and states with all
gravity (probably thinking of his stomach) that it was tho
chief of fishes. Ovid and Oppean sang its praises, and the
grave Selencus states that it is the only fish that ever sleeps.
-Elian swears it is the only fish that ever loves, and, after
all this, the outbursts of poets and lettori, they eat the ob-
ject of their rhapsodies. All poetry is but the insanity of
a moment., that, especially if we eat the object of our ado-
ration, fades away and proves our madness. In the days
of the Emperor Claudius, however, Optatus Elipertius
brought some of these fish from the Troad aud turned
them loose near the mouth of the Tiber. During five
years all that were taken iu nets were returned to the sea,
after which they became abundant on the Italian shores!
The pains that Elipertius took to bring a supply of this
fish within reach of the Roman epicures was justified by
the great value set upon it. Martial speaks of the intesti-
nal fat of a sea fed scarus as most excellent, and Xexo-
crates tells us that the viscera of a scarus newly brought
from the sea are most agreeable. The liver was in high
estimation, and formed, along with the milts of murries
the brains of peacocks and pheasants, aod the tongues of
flamingoes the dish named by Vitellius “The Shield of
Minerva.” So careful were Roman dinner givers to have

this fish perfectly fresh that, according to Patronn^3>
was the custom to present it alive to the guests before it
was consigned to the cook. The Scania Oretensis is even
at the present day esteemed a most delicate dish by the in-
habitants of Asia Minor, but it is said to be taken with
difficulty, and only by highly skilled fishermen.

In later times and during the reign of Henry I. the
lamprey was esteemed a delicacy, and this sovereign is said
to have died in 1135 at St. Denis le Forment from eating
them, as did the poet Pope in later years, both victims to
this inoffensive animal. Pennant tells us that Henry IV.
so loved them, quoting from Rymee’s “ Foedera," that he
granted protection to such ships as brought over lampreys
for the tables of himself and royal consort. Henry VI.
contracted with William of Nantes for a supply to his
army, withersoever it might march, of lampreys, to be
taken from the mouth of the Seine and Harfleur. It was
anciently a custom of the city of Gloucester to present the
British sovereign with a lamprey pie, and, fortunately for
the Queen, the custom has died out. Camden, as an epi-
cure, says; “The lampreys of the Severn arc tho finest in
the Spring, being then more tender, and that in his lime
the Italians prepared them for the table by drowning them
in Cretan wine, placing a nutmeg in the mouth and a clove
in each gill opening, rolling them up spirally in the flour of
filbert nuts and crumbs of bread mixed with oil, spices,
and Cretan wine, and then boiling them for some time in a
cloth. That surely should have been a right royal dish,
and well worthy the royal board. C. F. Holder.

AN UPRIGHT MEMBER.

THE Hon. A. M. Sullivan, M. P. for Louth, Ireland, is
covering himself with glory, not gained on the gory
field of battle, but in the more peaceful chambers of the
House of Commons. The patriotism of Mr. Sullivan and
his intense interest in the proper administration of his
country’s laws, has displayed itself in a question put to the
Secretary for Ireland, as to whether the law regarding the
carrying of arms on Irish soil would be modified in favor
of the American riflemen so soon to visit Erin’s shores.
Notwithstanding the assurances given him on that occasion,
Mr. Sullivan has repeated the question, and his uneasy
mind is tortured either with fears of a Fenian landing, or
that the Americans may be arrested for high treason; it is
difficult, to tell which. Sir H. M. Beach has assured him
that the visitors are good citizens, not likely to break the
laws of the country, aud moreover that all classes of the
Irish people, including the Government, will give them a
cordial and hearty welcome. Still the Member from Louth
is not happy, and demands to know whether “in accord-
ance with the law they are not liable to arrest, having rifles
iQ their trunks." We should be glad to know who Inform-

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ed Mr. Sullivan that the American riflemen would carry
rifles in their trunks. Wo can assure him that no surrepti-
tious rifle will crack on Dollymount, but that our country-
men will land with their rifles in their hands.

But Mr. Sullivan 1ms a contemporary in one Alfred Webb,
a martial Quaker, who calls for a public meeting to protest
against the match, or shooting of any kind whatever. Of
him the Dublin Evening Mail discourses thus: —

“For aught wo know, his modesty in not asking for
an arms license may deprive him of great distinction
on the famous field of Clontarf; but we must, in truth,
confess that he has not hit the bullscye of public opinion
in his recent shot. It is proverbially dangerous to get
laughed at, and especially so when the laugh is raised at a
futile attempt to keep out the tide of innocent enjoymeut
with Mrs. Partington’s broom. The whole mass of Irish-
men nrc prepared to join in kindly welcome to their cousins
from beyond the sea; they will not be baulked in the enjoy-
ment of their festal holiday by the presentation to their
view of a visage much more lugubrious than any that sen-
timental woe could shape out of the kindly lineaments of
Mr. Webb. As we have said, we fear his assumed vizor of
sadness will but raise a hearty laugh, which will probably
not follow upon the fine drawn irony of Mr. A. M. Sullivan
in the same premises. This joker of dull jokes mav, per-
haps, find that his wit may be repeated too ofteu for laugh-
ter before an assembly of gentlemen in the House of Com-
mons. He, too, proposes to insult the American riflemen,
our invited guests, by a clumsy insinuation, conveyed
through the medium of a question in the House of Com-
mons. The honorable Member for Louth would do well to
recollect that he joked himself out of the Dublin Town
Council once already in his life; nothing surpasses, in an-
noying effect, the monotonous din of a street organ, except
perhaps the inconsequential prattling of a trifler interposed
amid grave discussions of real affairs."

National Shooting Tournament at Cleveland,
Ohio.— This tournament will be held, in connection with
the National Sportsmen’s Association Convention, to be
held at Cleveland on the 11th of June, and will continue
four days. The total amount offered for prizes is $4,000
in cash, to be competed for under the supervision of S. H.
Turrill, of Chicago, and W. J. Farrar, of Cleveland. The
shoot is open to the world, with the exception of Bogardus,
Abe Kleinman, Paine, Ward, and Close. The entrance for
the first three days will be $10, and for the last day $30;
all purses to fill or to be pro-rated; birds extra.

The programme is as follows: The first three days, ten
single rises; last day, fifteen; all class shooting.

Thursday, June 10.— Purse $750; first prize $250, second
$200, third $150, fourth $100, fifth $50.

Friday, June 11.— Purse $850; first prize $300, second
$250, third $160, fourth $100, fifth $50.

SaturcUty, June 12.— Purse $900; first prize $350, second
$250, third $150, fourth $100, fifth $50.

Monday, June 14. — Purse $1,500; first prize $500, second
$400, third $500, fourth $200.

The rules of the first Chicago tournament will govern the
affair. Entries to be made on the ground. The party
making the best average throughout the tournament will
receive $100 cash; the second average a crayon drawing
worth $50.

—We have been much interested in examining the large
collection of horns, skins, moccasins, Indian pipes, and
other curiosities, brought home by our presevering friend
J. H. Batty from his Western tour last Winter. He has
117 pairs of horns, we think, chiefly of deer, some of
which are very fine specimens, one carrying twenty-six
prongs. If the age of deer is really determined by the
number of spikes on his antlers, what an ancient the
wearer must have been! The horns of the mountain sheep
are great curiosities, some of them weighing forty pounds.
Mr. Batty brought home the skins of two of these animals,
which he hopes to stuff, so as to restore the animal entire.
He has also some antelope horns, hoofs and skins. The
moccasins are of different patterns, indicating that they
belonged to different tribes, these being Kiowas, Sioux,
Chippewas, and Ricarees. The pipes are of red stone,
with stems highly ornamented.

Sportsmen’s Head Gear.— Among the indispensable
items of a sportsman’s outfit must be classed a traveling,
fishing, or hunting hat or cap. Knox, of 212 Broadway
and the Fifth Avenue Hotel, has addressed himself to this
department of the hatter’s business with great success. He
is showing a neat and stylish sporting hat of dark green felt,
having a round crown and a liberal breadth of brim. His
Summer felts are, from their softness, comfort, and light-
ness, admirably suited for sportsmen and tourists. The
designs are his own, and are very graceful. His stock pos-
sesses another attraction in the form of a selection of caps
of English soft cloth in different shades and patterns of
material. These are waterproof, having an india rubber
lining between two thicknesses of cloth, and are well
adapted by a slightly turned down brim for warm. 6unny
weather. They are the ne plus ultra of fishing caps, and
only require a coil or two of gut or a cast of flies to com-
plete their business-like appearance.

A New Cartridge Loader. — We have on exhibition at
our office an apparatus for loading shells for breech load-
ing guns, the invention of Commander Beardslee, U. S. A.
We desire to call the attention of sportsmen to it, as we
think it in many respects superior to uny we have seen in
use.

— The great fossil moa bones, sent from New Zealand,
have arrived at Central Park, where they are now being
put in position.

f he # ifle.

places— are now reduced to eleven
three days aro as follows:

, and their

scores on the

— Gen. Shuler has received a letter from Maj. Leach, of
the Irish Rifle Club, in reply to his suggestion that a na-
tional convention of riflemen be held for the purpose of
securing uniformity in the styles of targets and marking,
of which the following is a copy:

Morrison’s Hotel, Dublin, April 16, 1875.
My Dear Gen. Shaler:—

It gave me much pleasure to receive two days ago your
letter of the 24lli ult. upon a subject most interesting to all
riflemen, namely, the uniform system of targets and of
rules to govern future practice. It pleases me that this
idea comes from America. Without this uniformity of
practice the men adhering to the old system shoot at a posi-
tive disadvantage when they come to shoot at a round
bullscye— a system which leads to such careful practice
and thus closer shooting — for which the same necessity
does not exist in practice at the square bullscye, when a
centre adjoining the outer line counts as much as a centre
touching the bullseye. Before bringing the subject to the
notice of the public, I will place your letter before Lord
Wliarncliffc, who is a charming man, and is now the Presi-
dent of the National Rifle Association of England. I will
suggest Wimbledon as the fittest place for the convention
of riflemen suggested by your letter, to meet and talk mat-
ters over. Believe me, my dear General, your faithful
friend, Arthur B. Leach.

— It is said that the Lord Mayor of London will visit
Dublin during the international match and assist the civic
dignitaries of the latter city in welcoming their American
guests.

CREEDMOOR.

The second competition for places on the International
Team, which was to have been shot on Wednesday of last
week, was necessarily postponed on account of the furious
storm which prevailed during part of the day. Most of
the competitors were on the ground, and waited until nfter
2 o'clock, when, there being no prospect of the wind or
rain ceasing, the shooting was postponed until Friday. A
small amount of practice was engaged in by the most inde-
fatigable, but being unofficial, no record of the scores was
taken.

On Friday most of the competitors re assembled, but tho
high wind rendered close shooting at the long ranges' a
matter of no easy accomplishment. The members of the
old team of course possessed a great advantage from pre-
vious training, while the work of the new candidates was
scarcely equal to that of the first day’s competition. Gen.
Hawley, who made the second score on the first day, was
absent, as well as several others, who withdrew from hav-
ing other engagements, or from finding that their chance
was hopeless. The following are Friday's scores .

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A. V. CANFIELD, JR.

43333431323443 4

.2 3 2 3 3 3 4 0 3 4 3 3 2 3 4

.0 0412438344 2 24 0

50

42

39-131

R. C. COLEMAN.

.1 44302 3 42423034

.0 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 3

.3 4843022343423 2

42

44

42 128

E. H. SANFORD.

.4 0 0 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 4 3

.3 3803434333444 4

.3 3343003300302 3

42

48

30—120

J. 8. CONLIN.

.3 423 2 844424302 0

.2 0 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3

,0 4000434233232 3

40

45

83-118

H. 8. JEWELL.

033432234430434

.2 4340430033343 2

.4 3334230320043 2

4'2

38

36-116

CAPT. L. C. BRUCE.

.4 3 3 0 3 3 4 0 2 3 3 0 3 3 2

.3 00323434340343

.3 3440034330320 0

40

48

32-115

P. O. SANFORD.

.3 0 3 0 4 2 2 3 2 3 4 3 0 4 4

37

.3 3234440032233 0

36-114

JOSEPH HOLLAND.

.0 0033323332303 3

.0 0 3 5 4 4 3 0 0 8 2 2 3 4 3

.0 3443033343330 4

81

40-105

L. M. BALLARD.

.0 3003324330040 0

.3 33244320400400

.2 4330440440302 4

35

22

37- 94

J. H. LATIMEn.

.0 3032434344320 0

.4 2000800223330 3

.3 04034030 3 3040 4

COL. JOHN BODINE.

85

25

31- 91

. Absent,

.0 4340433434328 3

48

A. J. ROUX.

.4 0003020003 2 4 4 3

23

..3 8 3 0 4 0 8 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 r 23

..0 4 3 8 4 3 8 3 3 8 0 3 0 3 3 38— 83

On Saturday last the third competition for places on the
merman Team was concluded at Creedmoor. The day
iened fine, but before shooting at the 1,000 range had
mmenced the wind veered, and the rain fell in sufficient
[antities to make everything moist and disagreeable. The
ndidates for the vacant position!— for it is a foregone
qclusion ttat M least five of tfe ol4 team will retain tfcctr

Name.

r~ —

-Score

R. 1 . Coli-mau

123

128

UN

A V. Canflcld, Jr.

120

131

139

L. C Bruce .

122

115

128

H. 8. Jewell .

121

116

116

353

J. S. Conlln

. .93

118

125

1. M. Bullard

117

94

125

P. G. Bnnford

K. H. Sanford

J. 8 Latimer

109

91

113

A. J. Kimx

Joseph llolliiiiil

105

107

206

Gun. Hawley, of Connecticut, one of the best shots on
the list, 1ms been absent through illness during tho last
two competitions, but it is reported that, as tho committee
have absolute power in the selection of the men, that he
will be one of tho chosen. The last shootiug will bo on
Wednesday, after which the men will be named, and the
regular practice as u team, which is so much needed, ho
actively entered upon. The election of a Captain will then
be also in order, and it is to be hoped that tho selection
will be some strict disciplinarian like Gen. Shaler, who
will have more regard to the necessity of liard work and
practice than the merry-making which the warm hearted
hospitality of tho Irishmen will almost force upon their
guests. Tho following is the result of Saturday’s practice:

Yards. Score. Total*.

oait. rbnrt fui.ton.

800 4 0 4 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 3 4 4 ... M

900 8 3 3 3 4 0 3 3 2 4 4 3 4 4 3 '<«

1000 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 1 55-155

COL. U. A. OII.DRRALEEYE.

800 4 0 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 52

906 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 2 3 4 3 8 4 gn

1000 4 3 3 1 3 8 3 3 4 4 4 3 8 3 3 60—158

II. C. COLEMAN.

800 4 443343444 4 3334 5|

900 4 4 3 4 3 4 0 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 ... 50

1000 0 0 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 3 4 44-148

COL. B. valentine.

800 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 55

900 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 1 3 3 4 8 4 3 it

1000 8 2 3 3 3 2 3 0 4 2 3 2 3 4 3 40-146

O. W. TALK.

800 1 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 1 57

900 4 4 2 0 4 3 4 3 3 1 4 3 4 3 1 49

1000 2 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 2 4 0 0 3 2 0 37 143

or.onoK crouch.

800 4 4 3 4 2 3 1 4 4 3 3 3 4 8 1 52

900 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 4 3 3 IS

10CO 3 3 2 3 4 3 2 8 3 0 8 3 4 3 3 43-141

A. V. CANFIELD, ID.

800 3 8 4 4 3 2 3 4 4 0 4 4 8 4 1 48

900 3 3 2 4 1 3 8 3 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 50

1000 0 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3034 2 4 41-139

a. J. nous.

800 4 3 4 1 8 0 3 4 4 3 8 0 4 3 4 46

900 4 4 3 0 3 4 0 3 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 49

1000 4 3 8 0 2 4 3 4 3 0 3 2 3 4 2 41—136

L. ci. nnueE.

800 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 4 0 4 4 4 4 51

900 0 4 0 3 4 3 2 4 4 0 3 3 4 4 4 42

1000 0 3 3 3 3 4 3 0 3 0 0 3 3 3 4 35—128

L. M. BALLARD.

800 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 52

900 2 4 3 2 ‘•32 4 0400333 :«>

1000 3 2 8 2 8 3 3 3 0 2.3 4 0 8 3 37—125

J. ». CONI. IN.

800 4 n 4 444843443024 47

900 8 2 8 3 4 8 3 0 4 8 3 4 3 8 1 45

1000 0 234033382 0 330 0 33-128

n. a. jewell,

800 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 4 65

900 4 0 3 0 3 0 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 0 35

1000 0 0 2 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 3 .' 3 3 26-116

800,

900.

1000.

800.

900.

1000

800

900.

1000.

800.

900.

1000.

800.

900

1000

800

'»»

1000.

P. O. SANFORD.

3 8 3 3 0 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 4 3 3 43

0 3 0 3 0 4 3 3 0 3 2 3 2 4 3 33

,2 4 0 4 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 0 2 3 3 38-114

DR. J. S. I.ATIMER.

.4 2 3 3 3 2 0 2 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 44

.3 3 4 2 4 4 4 8 8 3 0 2 4 2 3 43

.0 0302303304320 3 26-118

JOSEPH HOLLAND.

.3 8030030444234 0 83

33 3 44440444033 4 47

.0 033 0 33043030 2 3 27—107

E. II. SANFORD.

.4 3 4 1 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 55

.4 3238003 '1 43232 0 35

.0 0043003000000 0 10-100

COL. JOHN BODINE.

44434 3 04434334 2 49

.2 44343034444434 50

Absent.

OEN. T. S. DAKIN.

4 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 53

.0 0000048244443 3 31

.Absent.

—Providence is about to have a rifle association, admit-
ting Newport to participation.

—A new rifle club has recently been organized in Sara-
toga. It has purchased land for a range at 1,000 yards dis-
tance, and will commence practicing immediately.

— A dispatch from Dublin under date of May 3d, states
that subscriptions to the fund to defray the expenses of en-
tertaining the American Rifle Team at the coming return
match amounts to a considerable sum. A number of ban-
quets and excursions have already been arranged, and
others are proposed. Take care gentlemen. Postpone the
banquets until after the match, and then "go it."

THE RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF CALI-
FORNIA.

8an Francisco, Csl., April 83, 1873.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

California bas organised a rifle association, under the tide of The Rifle
Association of California. At a meeting held April 22d the organiza-
tion was affected affiliating with the National Rifle Association of Amer-
ica, and adopting the by-laws, rules and regulations of the same, with
new Wimbledon targets. The officers elected are n. G. Shaw (one of
the organizers of Creedmoor), president; Col. J. MeCornb, vice preel-
dent; Maj. General Thompson, treasurer; Maj D. Wilder, secretary. A
committee of seven was appointed to And a suitable range and report to
tbe R. A. C. at an early date. A match was announced between the of
fleers of the Division and Second Brigade Staff, to take place wlthiu
thirty days. Captain Burns, of Co. E. offered the use of his company's
range till the association range coaid be proenred To this company I*
doe, In a great measure, the present movement They have been ptac-
ticing for nearjy two years by the Creedmoor system ; thns, by famliar-
Izlng the pnbllc with it and the match pending with Co. D, 18lh K, Y.
and the one shot with the Emmetts, of Nevada, have thoroughly awak-
ened the people. I trust to see an opening mooting held In June or
July. Probably a small bore club will be organized similar to (Ik- Aina
tears. Tbe friends of L. I. Kellogg, of tho 23d N. Y., will be pleased to
hear of hi* being oae of the Board of Directors of the new association.

r

204

FOREST AND STREAM

§n»)e gag and §an.

MAY IS A CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME.

Game ns* Market.— With the exceptiou of n fow Eng
lish snipe and plover from the West, which soli for $3 per
dozen, and a few bunches of willcta and yellow legs, the
market is bare of game, und must domain so until after
July 4th.

It may not be out of place here to allude to the mode
adopted on the south side of Long Island for massacring
ducks and geese during the Winter. Tire pot hunter, arm-
ing himself with a lantern and reflector, creeps along the
ice towards his bewildered prey until they are within reach
of his cannon, and then slaughters them by the hundred.
As there is a prohibitory law regarding the shooting of
ducks between sundown and sunrise, we commend this
matter to the attention of such sportsmen ns may bo disin.
tercsted enough to see that, in their neighborhoods at least,
the law is enforced.

Game Laws of Tennessee,— The Legislature of Tennes-
see has designated the close time for deer to be from March
1st to September 1st; ‘‘pheasant., grouse, quail, partridge
(sir), lurk, woodcock or snipe, from March 1st to September
I5th; wild turkey, May 1st to September 15th; Insectivor-
ous and song birds not to be killed at any time, or their
eggs or nests destroyed. Fine for killing deer $10; turkey
$5; other gamo birds $3.50; and the same for destroying
song birds and their nests, or catching turkey or partridge
in pens or ucts. Hunting on other persons' grounds is for-
bidden, except permission of the owner is obtained.

— According to the Rochester Denwcrat the country lying
between the main line of the Erie Railway from Corning
to RulTulo. and the Rochester branch from Corning to
Avon, is literally alive with wild pigeons. Their roosting
place is situated in a wild mountainous region west of
Coopers, N. Y., a few miles this side of Corning, and em-
braces a tract of land from seven to ten miles square,
heavily timbered, and unbroken by clearings or highways',
from which they issue at daylight and scatter over the
country for miles in search of food, which consists princi-
pally of acorns. The birds made their appearance near
Coopers about three weeks ago, and have advanced further
west daily until they now fly as far west as fcpringwater.
During the presold week they will in all probability be
found at all points along the Genesee Valley and scattered
over the surrounding country, and there is a prospect that
a considerable number of the birds will build llicir nests
and breed in this county and those adjoining. Opposite
the village of Campbells are three high hills; on the top of
the centre a parly took up a position, and when the flight
commenced, about 5:80 P. M., could not lond and fire fast
enough to tuke the flocks as they came. The flight lasted
an hour, the roaring of guns, the exhilarating excitement,
and the lively running to and fro of a small army of boys
picking up tliw dead birds, made the scene a most animat-
ing one. From this elevated position is commanded a view
of the country for ten or twelve miles in length and five
or six in width, and for the entire distance immense flocks
could be seen stretching out in long lines until lost in the
distance. When nearing the “ roost," several flocks ar-
riving simultaneously would sweep together into one im-
mense flock and alight in the trees in a thick mass, seem-
ingly covering an acre or more.

Massachusetts, Salem , April 30, 1875.— Snipe shooting
is good for nothing. From the 26th to 80th thirteen snipe
shot at Newburyport. There is yet much frost, but if the
weather comes right, if there is any shooting, it will come
next week. Birds are in good condition, und lay well to
dog. A record for five years shows better weather and
earlier than this by two weeks. We need rain, as the
grounds are very dr}’. Yours, Teal.

Kansas— Independence, April 26, 1875.— Your excellent
paper is as much of a slund-by to our sporting men “out
West” as it can be East. At this point (fourteen miles
north of the Indian Territory and 145 south of Lawrence),
we do not have as much trap shooting as wc wish for, but
make up for it in the excellent sport afforded us in our
field shooting. All migratory game has been much laicr
than usual this Spring on account of the cold weather
hanging on so much longer than usual. Outlie 21st inst.

Geo. M , (as true a sportsman as ever lived), and myself
concluded we would like some “snipe on toast," so gath-
ering up our “ shooting irons" we were soon bowling over
the prairie behind a good team, with Jerry at the linos
and Beu and Rover, our pointers, at our feel. An hour’s
sharp drive and at 12:30 we “stepped down and out" at
Liberty Luke, our snipe ground. At 5 o’clock we were
homeward bound with seventy-one snipe, ten plovers, and
fifteen ducks (mostly mallard), safely slowed away in our
wagon. Was not that a good four and a half hours’ shoot-
ing? I think, Mr. Editor, we could show you or any of
your r cadets, should we be favored with a visit in game
season, such sport as they rarely witness. Our “chickens"
are large and strong when the season opens (Aug. 1) and
as plentiful as the most sanguine sportsman could wish.

Ten miles into the Indian Territory gives us deer and
turkey in abundunce. Come and see us. J. M. K.

Missouri— St. Louu, April 20, 1875.— In the last few
years I have frequently tome across new varieties of birds
for this latitude, noted in the books as never leuving the
seaboard. Of this number, the great marbled godwit
seems to be steadily on the increase, so much so that I
have seen them for sale for a week past, at the game stand
r»f one of our markets, and on inquiry learned that they
had been shot about the ponds opposite the city. The red
necks have been quite plentiful this Spring in the lakes
opposite here; also canvas bucks. This SpriDg has been
very backward. This month has been decidedly cool, con-
sequently keeping snipe with us longer than usual the
10th generally being the height of the season, after which
they rapidly migrate to their breeding grounds further
north. L ntortunately for game preservation, many wood-
cock were killed this Spring, undoubtedly by Sunday hunt-
ers w ho do not discriminate sufficiently between birds in
and out of season, lhey should know that woodcock nest
very soon after their arrival, and are the first to hatch out
their young. I took a two hours’ imrap last Saturday (24th)
about the wet place* in the fields some five mile* oT«r in

Illinois. I bagged twenty-three jack snipe ( S . Wihonii),
losing two birds in thick weeds, recording but one miss.
Birds very wild. Gun used M. L . No. 10 gauge (Wilinot
maker), 3i drachms powder, 1$ ounces No. 8 shot.

Pkrdrix.

Mississippi— Corinth, April 27. 1875.— Weather cool and
cloudy. Frosts on the 22d, 23d, and 24th, killed nearly
ail the fruit and blasted vegetation of ull kinds; fortu-
nately the wheat is not materially injured. 1 have not
been out after the gobblers this spring on account of the
bad weather. Two members of our club were out four
days and only bagged one turkey; the mornings were so
cold and cloudy that they would not “gobble." (’apt. I).,
who kills them whether they gobble or not, and who can
go where no other man can find a turkey and kill one, lias
bagged four up to dale, all large, fine 'gobblers. He lias
only fired five shots, but then the Captain is the champion
shot and hunter of this county on anything from a bob
white to a buck, and cays all the art of shooting is in
knowing when to pull the trigger. For n few days— the
first of the mouth— the air was balmy and the sky light,
buLit was succeeded by heavy rains and cold winds, and
we have bad no pleasant weather since. Plenty offish
coming in from the Tennessee River and per rail from the
Gulf- Guyon.

—A pigeon match was shot on Thursday last at Dexter
Park, Long Island, between Mr. J. I'. Robertson, of New
York, and Mr. J. II. Cutwater, of Brooklyn, at thirty sin-
gle birds at twenty one yards rise and eighty yards bound-
ary; one aud one fourth ounce shot ; fora stake of $200;
loser to pay for birds.

SCOUR.

Robertaon-t) lltoioiliioooiioiioilioioiioi

—Killed, 11); nursed. 11.

SmTlo-1 * 1 0 1 ' ° 1 ° I 1 1 ° 0 U ° 0 1 1 J J I I 0 1 0 1 10 1
— Killed, 19, missed, 11
Referee— Mr. D. Robertson.

Time of Shooting— Two hours and ten minutes.

—Mr. Jacob Gluho, of American Gun Engraving Com-
pany, West Meriden, is about introducing a gyro, which
for simplicity of arrangement and economy of price, will
bo the best thing of the kind yet invented, 'and within the
reach of every oue.

San Francisco, Cal., April 2a. 1675.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

In sending you the following score I feo! bound to inform von that
with the exception of two names, the rest have never shot birds from a
Irnp before The exceptions are Misglll and Stetson.

Twelve Birds each; at yards rise, 80 yards bouudury.

Score Tnlal

M ur 111 *0 1111 till 11 '

M- Wright 11 1 -0 0 1 1 10 1 -0 0 7

John Maeterson 0 111 *0 111 1010 8

Wm Young, Sr 1 i 0 0 01010010 5

W H. \oung, Jr ..1101 0 0 -0 »0 1 0 0 il ,

•J08- Brooks 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 II

J P. McSweeney. — »0 0 1 1 »o 1 1 1 0 l i i h

T,eM°o-.- ' 011 1 1 1 I *<> I 1 1 10

J- McGuire 0 0 11 1 0 I *0 1 II 0 1 l>

J. Conlln 0 0 0 *0 *0 0 1 1 l l «o 0 4

Birds marked with a « fell dead a few yards outside of bounds.

Your* respectfully, J. P. McSwbenev.

„ „ Philadelphia, May 3. 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

A shooting club has been organised here, and numed In honor or your
paper, the Forest and Stream Shooting Club of Philadelphia. They have
secured and furnished, not only a comfortable, but very Imndsoine room,
at the comer of Front and Jefferson streets. Their Increasing roll of
members and efficient otllcers bespeak a prosperous future for them
Their find match was held at Woodbine Park, on Tuesday, 27lb uJt„ and
ibe following is the score:—

21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary.

Name. Score. Total.

« £ur£?,“*8 0 11110 111 8

M . \\ . Birch 1 1 0 1 o 1 l i ] i 8

W- Brierly 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 i g

Dr. Spencer 110 1110 10 1 7

A. Smythe* llOlOlnlli 7

Pro'£n„ 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 o o

Charles Folke 0 1 1 0 1 1 l o 0 t ti

VI m. Shorter 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 a

*: Wedemaver 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 J

Charles Brady 0001000100 2

The following is a list of their officers: President, M. W. Birch, V. S.;

Vice President, A. A. Capper: Secretary, A. Cummings; Assistant Sec-
retary, Dr. Spencer; Treasurer. Dr Brown; Bourd of Directors. Mosers
Cummings, Klehl, Smylbe, Shuster and Brady.

During the second week of last October four or the members of this
club— Messrs. Bitch. Camming#, Armstrong and Capper-wcre ui Cape
May Court House, N. J. Making an early start, they put in a day's gun-
king on Seven Mile Beach, und brought in over fifteen hundred birds
The bag consisted of willot, marten, curlew, bull head plover, dotterel
brown bills, and sundry other beach birds. For one day’s work for four
this shows good gunu, good shooting and good luck. Yours, Sculls.

[Forest and Stream makes its best bow iu acknowledge-
ment of tko honor conferred, and wishes to offer thanks
for the courtesies extended to its Philadelphia representa-
tive.—Ed.]

CHOKE BORING.

„ „ Shrewsbury, N. J., April 30, 1873.

Editor Forest and Stream :—

The great desideratum of gun makers seeoiB to have beou attained by
this Invention, namely, close shooting, attended with ns good if not an
improvemout in penetration. How fur this addition to former pattern Is
desirable in guns for Hold shooting, time will tell, i will only venture
the opinion that, with the present form of boring, nine-tombs of the bud
shooting Is duo to the poor judgment of those handling and loading
their guns. It is respecting the gun In Iu new form that I wish lo say a
fow words, and in so saying hope that it may Induce others who know
more than myself to give their views on tt.e subject. VVliat is known by
"choke boring" is the contraction of the bore of the barrel at the
tuuE/le. necessitating a comprea.ion of tlio load of shot in its passage
through the barrel, which compression occurs at that portion of the bar-
rel at which the highest rate of velocity is attained. The inference
might follow from this that thero must he a greatly increased strain
not only at the point of obstruction, but to the whole barrel, aud hence
ft corresponding need of more metal In barrels to compensate ihe extra
strain. With the advent of breech loaders the necessity of tlie exiru
weight of Iron In the action had to be In a measure compensated by n
reduction from other ports of the gun, in enter to make It light und
hundy. The barrels of the gun offer tin* greatest opportunity for reduc-
tion, and to such an extent has it been earned that the barrel, of many
of the breech loaders, us now made, are mere shells. Aud yet ninety-
Dlue out of a hundred persons would suppose there was plenty of metal
n the barrel, of most guns, Judging from Its thickness, us shown at the
breech aud muzzle, and never think that barrels are made to taper from
tbe muzzle toward the breech, and there Is just where the deception i.
Take the diameter at Iho muzzle of the barrel with a pair of calipers and
compare size of tho barrel with this measurement; where the .mullet
portion of lbs bsrHl It the amount of metal at that part Is eS.il/Juthjed

by a comparison with the size of the bore at the muzzle, supposing the
barrel to be a true cylinder bore. I bolieve this system of barrel making
la often carried to such on extreme ua to be dangerous; and yet that
which seems to stand the test of use should be conclusive, but I would
strongly urge that with tho great extra strain upon the barrel, conse-
quent upon choko boring, there should be an Increase of metal In pro-
portion. Check Cord.

GAME PROTECTION IN CONNECTICUT.

Norwalk, Conn., April, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream

It I# a sad fact— although the game laws of Connecticut, If properly
obeyed, would have prevented It -that most of the quail, partridge and
woodcock that wore so abundant about Norwalk and adjacent towns are
gradually but surely diminishing every year. Persecuted on all aides,
out of season as well os In, followed up by boys, men, or any one able
to carry or shoot a gun, snared aud trapped and shot for market by pot
hunters — Is It any wonder!

Rabbits arc hunted and killed from sheer wantouness, colled sport, at
almost ony season. It Is done economically, too. No gun or ammuni-
tion needed A mongrel of a dog with nose ond speed enongh to drive a
rabbit iu a burrow, a ferret to drive it out, an old net ovet the entrance
to "bngtho game." and the rabbit Is safe; a blow behind the oars and the
poornolmal la dead, and in most cases left on the ground where he was
secured. So tho hunt ie continued in tho same fair sportsmanlike man-
ner, until tired out, or ten, or twelve, or Ilfteen rabbits have been left to
rot or feed tho crows. In view of these facte, and In order to enforco
such laws as are on the statute, a Game Association has been formed,
constitution und by-laws adopted, and nil the necessary officers elected
to curry out ire objects. Over two hundred persons signed Iho call for
Hie llrst meeting, and wo tbluk at least oue hundred und fifty will be live,
active member# and on the watch for law breakers. About twenty as-
sistant vice presidents have been appointed In different districts to act
ns ••specials" in the interest of the association. Only members of the
association arn allowed the privilege of shooting over tho ground of
other members. The grounds now llgure up well into two thousand
acres, and maro wishing to join; so look out, pot hunters, shooters for
science, Jtc., or you may get over the wrong fence! Yours, Uu

■ - —

SHOOTING ON NANTUCKET.

Brooklyn, N. Y., April 18, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stiieam: —

One morning Bob and myself started to go plover shooting on a place
they call the Commons, about three miles from yivn, but not finding
many birds wc concluded logo over to Hammock Pond and see if wo
could cot some snipe or ducks. The poud Is about two ond a half miles
long and from twenty yards to a quarter of a mile wide. Tho South Head
of tbe pond comes right down to tho beach, aud In rough weather the
waves wash over iulo tho pond. Wo happened to come just at the right
lime. The shore of tho pond was covered with snipe, and pretty soon
the barrels of our guns begun to get agreeably warm. We kept follow-
ing the shore along, und pretty soon came to the South Head. The smno
success attended us here as on tho other side, and our load began to cot
heavy. As we upuroaclied a part of tho pond where tho shores were cov-
ered with high rushes, I grew careless, not expecting lo And any birds
there, when suddenly Bob caught me by tho shoulder and said: “Gel
down, there are some ducks feeding!" I looked and #nw three block ducks
swimming in tho water, and they didn't seem suspicion* that any one
was around. So taking off our powder flasks and .hot pouches we tried
to crawl up near enough lo get a shot, but something .cared them, and ■'
they jumped up before we could Are. While we were standing there I
thought I saw a duck about a hundred yards below us, but Bob said it
was u clod of airt; still thinking It was a dock. I went down to see-. I
had not been mistaken, for it Jumped up and flow across the poud. but
taking a quiet aim I tired and It came down with a broken wing, but es-
caped by fluttering into the rushes on the other side of the pond. Just
us I was thinking of taking a boat logo after him I heard a loud "quack"
down tho pond, and looking in that direction I saw a dnek comine right
up the pond; so lying down l waited until he got opposite to me, and
then jumped up and fired at him, and ho dropped into the pond. Now
the thing was to get him. We had no dog with us, and there was no
boat anywhere; so taking off my clothes I went In. It was tho colde.t
swim I ever took, but I got the due*. Stranger.

The Hartford Game Club, composed iu greet part of
the officers and members of the Connecticut State Associa-
l;°.n» win hold its first annual meeting at Hartford on the
third Wednesday of May instant.

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATfON FOR PROTECTING GAME
AND FISH.

. New York, April 26, 1875.

By vote of a majority of the Advisory Committee, a meeting will be
held in New York City on the nineteenth of May. 18:5, at II o’clock, A
M , at Cooper Institute, Room 24, or Geographical Society’s rooms, same
building, to organize an ‘'International Association for Protecting Game
and Fish," whose business It will be to select a competent Board of
naturalists, fish culturlsts, game breoders, and sportsmen, who slinll be
empowered to draft suitable laws and subrail them to Congress, or duly
constituted Legislative bodios, for approval. Tho attendance uf all who
have entered applications for membership Is earnoally desired.

(Signed.)

Clarion Rol,ort B' Roosevo,t> President American Fish Culturists' As.o-

Prof. E, D. Cope, Academy Natural Sciences, Philo.

Dr J. L, Lo Conte, Zoological Society, Phlln.

Dr. Elliott coues, U. 8. A.. Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D, c
Hon. G, W. Clinton. Buffalo. N. Y.

Hon. I. E. West. Newborn, North Carolina
Jacob Wagner E#,i„ Wythcvillo. Virginia.
elation"11 E 0U' E4q’' 8ocrelary Illinois State Fish CuIturtsU' Asso-

Carlos Gove, E.-q., President Denver. Colorado, Shooting Club
Chambers C. Davis, Esq.. Secretary Denver, Colorado. Shooting Club
cica oflNovaEcotF^q'' Pr08dcnt Gnme and (“land Fishery Prot. So-
Hm. J. F. Crosby, Esq , Houston, Texas.

Dr. Rawlings Young. Corutlli, Mississippi.

Prof Theo. Gill. Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D. C.

L. \\ . Lcdyurd, Esq., Cazenovia, N. Y.

Bemnrd A, Hogpes, Esq., President Philadelphia Sportsmen's Club,

1. B. Ferguson, E«q. , Commissioner of Fisheries, Man land
W Vi;,9.or<?mo,,Psq" Superintendent State Fisheries, Mioilgan
W. F. W hitcher. E*q„ Commissioner of Fisheries, Dominion or Canitdr
Geo. A Boardmau, Esq., Calais. Maine. Luninii .

Mannaseeh Smith, Esq,, Maine Sportsmen’s Association.

2 W- w “Ikcr, Esq., President West Jersey Game Prol. Soc
Si-lb Green, Esq., Superintendent State Fisheries, New York
Maj. Geo. J. Aluen, New Smyrna, Florida.

Hon. Chns. W. Hutchinson, Utica. Now York

Pn o’ ®s3 " 80cre“7 Ol>tarto Game Prot. Sue., Canada.

>\ II. Ilolnbird, E“i| , \ umjirnlso, I milium.

II mu. John Bertram, Pctorboro, Canaria

WHUam A. Newell. Esq.. President California Ace. Soc

Samuel \V iltnoLEsq, , Superintendent FUhorloa, Newcastle Canada

K A. Brackett, Esq., Commissioner of Fisheries, Massachusetts ‘

V .liter M. Brackett. Esq., Mass. Anglers Association ‘

Col. James Gordon, Pontotoc. Miss,

H M. Ogden, E#q . San Francisco, Cal
Capt. J. W. Coventry, Nouvclle, Canada.

D J. Staples, Esq., Sun Francisco.

D O. Joice. Esq. Sun Francisco.

(Per order of the Committee,)

_ Ch/i. Hali,ock, Secretary i

Office ForBst AND SrnBAM, 17 Clnubam sircsi, N«w York.

FOREST AND STREAM.

— Michigan has followed the example of half of her Bister
States and formed a State Sportsmen’s Association. The
organization was effected with the following gentlemen as
officers:— President, R. T. Toms, of Detroit; First Vice
President, E. S. Holmes, of Grand Itapids; Second Vice
President, D. II. Filzhugh, Jr., of Bay City; Secretary,
Edgar Weeks, of Mt. Clemens; Treasurer, C. C. Cadman,
of Detroit. These gentlemen were also appointed delegates
to the National Convention at Cleveland. Fifteen clubs
were represented. The next annual meeting will be held
at Jackson, 2d Tuesday of May, 1870.

— The Fairfield County Game Association, comprises
some of the most influential men of Norwalk, Westport,
Wilson, Darien, and Weston, Connecticut. Its officers
are:— President, John F. Raymond; Vice President, U. H.
Bartlett, South Norwalk; Secretary, II. L. While, Norwalk,
Ct. ; Attorney and Treasurer, J. Belden Ilurlburt, Weston ;
Executive Committee, John II. Aiken, Geo. Vine, Geo. H.
Raymond, J. F. Raymond and II. L. White. The statute
laws of the State of Connecticut for the protection of game
will be strictly enforced in every instance where violated.

Quitting and Routing.

All communication * from Secretaries and friends should be malted n
later than Monday In each week.

HIGH WATER.

FOR THE WEEK.

Date.

Boston.

New York.

Charleston.

H. M.

n. m.

H. M.

May 0

morn.

9 14

8 27

May 7

0 27

10 9

9 23

May 8

1 23

11 3

10 20

May 0

2 20

nioru.

11 20

May 1C

3 20

0 5

morn.

May It

4 19

1 0

0 19

May 12

ft )7

2 3

1 17

The Boston Yacht Club. — This loading Eastern organ-
ization held its annual meeting on the 28tli ult. The elec-
tion of officers was passed over, but other matters of inter-
est were discussed. Various amendments to the constitu-
tion were adopted, and modifications of the sailing regula-
tions were made to correspond. Commodore Benjamin
Dean, in referring to his three years’ service, requested
that his name be not used in connection with a re-election,
The request was ignored, however, and he received 14 out
of the 16 votes cast for the office of Commodore — a de-
served compliment to a worthy gentleman. He insisted
upon his retirement, but was strongly urged not to press it
at this time. It was finally voted to postpone ll*e election
of officers for four weeks. A committee of five was ap-
pointed to prepare a list of candidates, and the meeting ad-
journed to be called at the club house on the 20th of Slay.

South Boston Yacht Club.— The annual meeting of
this aquatic organization was held on the evening of April
7, at their club house at City Point, South Boston, Com-
modore Roberts in the chair. The following gentlemen
were elected officers of the club for the ensuing year: Com-
modore, J. N. Roberts; Vice Commodore, John A. Wood-
ward; Fleet Captain, W. J. Orcutt; Recording Secretary,
Wm. Morris; Financial Secretary, John Monks; Treasurer,
T. Christian; Measurer, J. Winniatt; Trustees, G. G. Mor-
ris, F. S. Wright, A. K. Roberts. The Trustees were
authorized to put the club property in good condition,
some damage having been sustained from effects of the
past severe Winter.

—A schoouer yacht, 42 feet in length over all measure-
ment, is now building at East Boston by John Caldwell,
builder of the well known yacht Mabel. She will be en-
tered in the Boston club by T. J. Gray, and in the Dor-
chester club by II. W. Hunt.

The Ocean Regatta.— The Ocean Regatta will take
place off the Isles of Shoals on the 25th of June. Mr.
John R. Poor, who inaugurated the sport last August, has
received the encouragement of several leading yachtsmen,
and it is announced that amoug the first class yachts to par-
ticipate will be the Vindex and Curlew of New York, and
the Coming, the America, and an English yacht are ex-
pected to join the race. The first-class will comprise sloops
and schooners 40 feet and upward, and the second class,
centre-board and keel schooners. The prizes are valued at
$1,000. The race last year was a grand success, and the
regatta of this season promises to far eclipse the first.
There will be present on that day the finest yachts owned
on the Atlantic seaboard. — Boston Journal.

New Boston Yachts. — Pierce Bros., at City Point,
South Boston, have launched the new sloop yacht which
they built for Capt. Frank H. Peabody the past winter,
and she will be ready for him to take the helm this week.
She is 25 feet long, centre-board, and is named Mariposa.
She is furnished with all the latest improvements, many of
which are original with the Pierces, who will not be
ashamed to have her sail forth as a model of their handi-
work. Among the ingenious improvements in her rig is
one whereby the crosstrees and topmast house together, an
improvement on the English style of dropping the topmast
alone. It can be done as easily as taking in a gaff topsail,
and trial proves that it works well. Internally, besides be-
ing furnished with portable water tanks and other ingen-
ious contrivances, she is supplied with a water closet, which
being set under the water line is supplied with an air pump
“a la monitor." She will be fitted with a jib, balloon jib,
jib topsail, storm jib, mainsail, trysail, gaff-topsail, and a
racing gaff-topsail. »

The 16 feet Newport Big, built for Capt. Haskell, will
soon be launched, and is to carry a hollow mast. She is
named the Avis. The Pierces are also making hollow
masts for the Fire Fly, Capt. Balch, Early Bird, Capt.
Pierce, and Maud, Capt. Fuller. They have also length-
ened their wharf 100 feet, the better to accommodate
yachtsmen who make this their rendezvous.

— Mr. P. McGiehan, at Pamrapo, N.J., the builder of
the schooner Meta, sloop Kaiser Wilhelm and several very
fast small yachts, has two sloops on the stocks, one for Mr.
J. B. Mills, of the Beverly Club, 27 feet 3 inches long and
11 feet beam. The other is 38 feet long, and is for a gentle-
man on the lakes.

—At Oommunipaw, N. J., Mr. A. Jaroleman is finishing
a 21-foot race boat.

— The schooner Tidal Wave, Commodore Voorhees,
which has been cruising in southern waters all Winter, ar-
rived at Fortress Monroe on the 1st inst., en route for
home.

—Mr. Henry Smedley.tat the foot of Court streot, Brook-
lyn, is completing a race boat for Mr. Meeker, of the South
Amboy and Long Island clubs. She is expected to be
very last. She will be 25 feet long, 10} feet beam aud 2
fse* 8 inches deep.

The same builder has nearly finished a boat for a Mr.
Hopkins, 20 feet long, 8 feet G inches beam and 2 feet
deep.

Mr. Carll of Northport is putting 14 feet additional
bow on the schooner Ariel, belonging to Commodore Swan
of the Seawanhaka Yucht Club. Her length when com-
pleted will be 78 feet feet 6 inches over all, and the altera-
tion will probably greatly improve her sailing qualities.

— The sloop Undine, Mr. Brasher, of the Brooklyn CluiT,
went into commission April 7th, and has the honor of be-
ing the first yacht of the season to hoist her pennant.

— The Burlington Yacht Club of Hamilton, Canada, re-
cently elected the following officers : Commodore, Edward
Browne; Vice Commodore, James Wylie; Captain, L. II,
Brookes; Secretary; Henry Stephens; ■Treasurer, C. D. A.
Heath.

—The schooner Phantom, Mr. William Osgood, of the
New York Yacht Club, is being fitted out at New London,

—The schooner Columbia, Mr. Lester Wallnck, of the
New York Yacht Club, is at New London, undergoing a
thorough overhauling. She will probably go in commis-
sion about the middle of next month.

THE CRESCENT-UNDINE EIGHT-OARED
SHELL RACE.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ]

April 27, 1875.-1} miles straightaway from Peters' Island to
Turtle Rock, Schuylkill , for a flag.

Undine Club. — The Albion— J. N. Dellaven, stroke, 149
lbs., J. R. Baker 143, W. II. Allison ICO, Theo. Frotbing-
ham 167, W. C. Madeira 148, Geo. Bright 143, Charles K.
Barnes 134. A. S. Roberts, bow, 130, J. Gillingham, cox-
swain, 135. 1 — Time 9 min. 36} see.

Crescent Club. — The Longfellow— George W. Young,
stroke, 155 lbs., H. F. Witmer 135, M. M. Worrell 138, C.
E. Steel 135, W. H- Glenn 145, George Miiliken, Jr., 145,
W. C. Harris 135, A. Spcring, bow, 155, T. B. Harper, cox-
swain, 135. 2— Time 10 minutes.

Umpire, Com. James M. Ferguson; Judge, Frank Kils-
by; Time-keeper, Austin Street.

This race was fixed for Saturday, 24th ult., but the
weather fixed otherwise, and for sometime on Tuesday it
was very doubtful if the boats would get off before the
storin caine. A good start was made about half-past six,
both crews catching the water at the same time.

The Crescents made a burst for the lead, going off at
over 40 strokes to the minute, and passed under Columbia
Bridge nearly half a length ahead, the Undine swinging
along steadily gt 38. Here came the trying time of the
race. The Undine was a half length behind, and on the
outside of the long curve, another full half length disad-
vantage, but they gained slowly and 9lcadily, coming up
just level as the boats were straightened out toward Con-
necting Bridge.

Harper was not steering the best, getting his boat too
close to shore, and his crew were beginning to feel the
pumping stroke — still over 40. Without spurting, the Un-
dine went ahead, and off the old Rolling Mill wharf had
made a good gap between the two boats. From there down
the race lost much of its interest.

The Crescents showed great lack of practice, and at
times pulled wild, clippiug badly, as indeed a crew must to
follow so rapid a stroke. The Undiues owe their easy vic-
tory to the two or three hard weeks' work they have had
together. This makes a “win” for each club, ard we hope
before the summer is gone they will get together agaip aud
break the tie.

There is being a strong effort made to have club regattas
every week, or at least semi-monthly. The Quaker Cities
would have had theirs on Saturday but the high winds in-
terfered. It will probably come off next week.

The four heaviest and four lightest of the Undine eight
will try their respective merits next Saturday over a one
and a half mile course. Odds rather iu favor of the heav-
iest.

Mr. Calhoun Megargee, President of the Collego Club of
the University of Pennsylvania, which joined the navy
April 3d, has been appointed by the Naval Board to urge
at the Springfield Convention a lively interest in the inter-
national college regatta to be held here, among the other
regattas of the Centennial. Truly yours, Sculls.

— The Schuylkill Naval Board met May 3. 1875, and ac-
cepted the challenge of April 12th from the Palapsco Navy,
to come off between the 1st and 18th of June next, on the
Patupsco, and a committee of live was appointed to make
the necessary arrangements, as follows: A. Kriunhbaar,
Chairman, Philadelphia; F. W. Murphy, Pennsylvania;
I. Bedichiruer, Malta; George W. Parker, Quaker City;
Calhoun Megargee, College.

— It is reported that the challenge issued by Messrs. Ran-
dall and Coughliu of the Potomac Club to row any two
men a five mile pair-oared race, has been accepted by
McBlair and Cropley of the same club.

— Mr. George Morrison, one of the mo9t famous Univer-
sity oars, is out iu Land and Water with a clever letter,
questioniug the utility of sliding seats, which he pronounces
to be a failure in every way. If he can prove the dirty
machinery useless, all oarsmen will he glad to accept his
doctrine.

— The final meeting of the Executive Board of the North-
western Amateur Rowing Association, for the purpose of
making arrangements for their coming regatta, was held at
Toledo April 28. The mooted question as to the definition
of “junior oarsmen" and “junior scullers" was finally set-
tled as follows: "A junior oarsman is defined to be one
who has never been a winner in a shell race open to more
than one club, nor pulled in such a race unless it was dis-
tinctly announced as a junior race. A junior sculler is de-
fined to be One who has never been a winner in a scull race
open to more than one club, nor pulled in such a race un-
less it was distinctly announced as a junior race.”

— A new organization called the Emerald Rowing Club
of the Saginaw Valley, has been formed iu Saginaw City,
Mich.

— It has been the desire of the Northwestern Association
for years to have some of the “crack" Eastern clubs par-
ticipate in their regattas, but thus far none of them have

done so. Looking toward this end tho board have deter-
inincd to have a four-oared shell race, open to allamnteur*
whether members of tho association or not. A handsome
prize will he offered for this race, and it is thought it will
bo tho great event of the regatta.

The first boat race this season took placo Thursday, on
SX'Tn vfy’ be)™uon Ja"'cs Ball of South Brooklyn, and
T l w,,nr!dk’r °f, 8t*\en l8,and- They rowed three miles.
Hall won by five longths. Time, 26 minutes, 4 seconds.

SCHUYLKILL NOTES.

Editor Foreut and Stream —

Al a meeting yesterday morning of a number of tho captains and crews
of firs., second and third-class yacbta of tho Philadelphia Yachi Club, to
decide upon a coarse for tho first regatta of the season. It wm solved
that the first and second cln<s boats should start from Shackamsxon
street wharf and sail to tho loft of Smith's Island; thence to tho first
buoy below tho Block honse and return to place of starting, passing the
bnoy boat to the westward. The th.rd cl... will start from the same
place as the first and second class, and salt to tho Shoo buoy and return
Boats from nineteen to twenty seven feet In length, of tho Dolawnro
River Yacht Club, will sail to tho Chestor buoy and return. The Re-
gatta cornea off May Mth. Scuixa

_ „ Ithaca, May 1st, l«8.

Editob FonssT and Stream:—

Sluco my lost writing the crew which la to represent Cornell at Sara,
toga has been selected, and are now In training quarters They aro:
King. '73; Olllis, '75; Oatrorn, '70; Barto, '.7; Waterman, '77, and Jar-
vis, '78. Messrs King and Ostrom wore on the Saratoga crew last year,
and also on the Springfield crow tho year before. Mr, Ostrom la cup-
talu of the crow, and Mr King will poll In his old place a« stroke. Our
uew university shall, made for ua by Messrs, K. Waters * Sons, of Troy,
arrived last Thursday, and glvos groat satisfaction. It Is of paper, as
Indeed arc all of their boats, and built upon the linos of tho Columbia's
Winning boat of last year. The scats arc of an Improved pattern, in-
vented by Mr. O.trom, consisting of glass running upon lignum vile,
for the sliding part, with molded lent liar for tho upholstering, and are
A No. 1 for ease und comfort In rowing. Paper shell* ure taking tho
place of cedar entirely with ns, since wo find them to ho stronger, atllTor,
and better In every wuy. It Is pretty certain now that wo shall send a
Freshman crew also to Saratoga. The men selected thus far aro Lewis,
Illxon, Comp, Smith, Gravos, and Pnlnior They will go Into training
quarters in n few days. Our representative lu tho single scull taco will
probably be Reed, '78.

RTXVgNS'C'OLLKOK, Uoiiokkn, N. J., April gt), 187ft.
Editor Forbht and Stiikam;—

.Seeing that you kindly dovoto a portion of your paper to college nows
I take It upon me to Inform you on our boating affair*. Our season waa
opened on last Friday, the 23d inst., by a Freshman ('78) eight going op
tho river, to tho chagrin of the other classes represented In tho club.
Tho boating interest of this collego— which was commenced with such
energy by '70, when Fresbmou — bus been from some unaccountable
reason allowed to fog, until the Freshmen 'of '78 entering, took hold with
such enthusiasm a* to wake tho other classes up to their duly. Ar-
rangements are being made for a regatta next month, when It U expected
tho rival closson, '76 and '78, will try their musclo. Scull races aro also
taking place. I understand that a* the Rowing Association of Amorlcau
Colleges havo closed the entrance lists, n movement Is on foot to form an
Association of Scientific Colleges, which seem to bo out lu the co Id. If
this Is successful yon may hear from Old Stevens again, lu the mean
time, I beg to remain u. p. \y_

CHESAPEAKE CANOES.

Easton, Md., April 18, 187ft.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

As your valuable paper has a column davotod to Yachts and Yachting,
Including, I presume, sailing craft of all descriptions, It hu» occurred to
me that an articlo describing our Chcsapcukc canoes might ho accept-
able, oa I believe they aro only known on tho Chosnpeake und Its tribu-
taries- We think In this section of country that tho sold canoes cannot
be equalled by any kind of craft of like size for .peed and sea going
qualities. Having been devoted to yachting ever slnco I could "hold a
tiller," I was much struck with the mony good qualities of canoes on
first moving to this good county of Talbot from the banks of tho Dela-
ware. And now for a description of tho craft: Imagine a hull built
from (in most cases) three pine logs, which aro brought Into shape by
the ax and adze, with tho assistance of tho plane and other tools, tho
said logs being reduced to a thicknern of about three Inches on thu bol -
tom of the canoo, thinning out to an inch and a half at tho gunwalo.
Tho throo sections forming tho boat aro put together with treonalls. Tho
boat* are of various lengths, varying from twenty up to fcrty-llvo feot,
but boat* of from twonty-flvo up to thirty-one feet long are In most com
uion use, thoso of tho latter length having about six fool beam, bring, as
you perceive, very long for their beam. Their linos, of course, from be-
ing so narrow, are beautifully lino, and tho boats bolng sharp at both
ends, causes them to leave tho water as easy os they outer It. The ra-
pidity with which they sail with “sheets lifted" Is wonderful, and they
arc also very good on a wind, especially those with centre boards. (They
are bnllt both centre board and keel, but the centre board, ns with small
craft of nil descriptions, bos tho advantage.) As to rig, they carry two
sharp, or us we call them hero “goose wing" sails, with a jib. Tho
larger sail of the two is the foresail. The sails aro bent on tho masts and
set by means of spreots, reaching from mast to clue of sail. For racing
they carry In addition to the above sails a large balloon jib nnd a stay-
sail, or else have an extra step botween the fore and mainmasts aud set
an extra "goose wtog'' there, this of course being only used with wind
abeam. Off the wind largo water sails are set undor tho fore and main
anils. Now, to shorten sail you cast tho bccket ropo off the spreet of
yonr mainsail, rolling the spreet up In tho osll, which Is furled round it,
and the bocket ropo makes a gasket to lash it In place to tho most; then
take tho "chock block" out of tho upper step of your foremast, which
step is cut longer to enable s block to bo set iu forward und aft of the
mast, ns may bo desired, for going on or off the wind, aud you have yonr
sail reduced without any naked spare to bold tho wind nun list tho hunt
without being of any service. To drive her, If the wind Increascsyon
next take in your Jib nnd go ander yonr foresail; if thu gale Increases^
und it must be a gale Indeed to render It necessary to take In yourforo
sail and snbstltuto your main.nll for It, which Is quickly done, as tho
after part of tho upper step of the formant Is In a hinge, and the lower
one on a plrot, so that the mast can be lowered fore und uft w ithout tak-
ing It out of the step. Now yon have your boat under sail that yon can
go with, when our large “pungtes” have to make a harbor, and tho boat
steers well under any or all of the shove sails, owing to changing tho
rnkc of her masts, and holds on well . These boats are In universal nse
on the Chesapeake from the capes to the head of the bay, all thooys-
tcre caught with tongs bolng taken with them. They last almost a life-
time, tf properly cared for, and I have often wondered that they bavo
never been Introduced in other water*. 1 nm well able to judge of their
speed, having two yachts built by P. McGiehan, of Pamrapo, that were
In former days tbe champions of tho Delaware. I will finish by raying
that wo bold an annual regatta In July, aud would be most happy to
have a visit from some of the fast boats of New York or elsewhere, the
owners of which 1 think I coold find a hearty welcome, and a chance to
try their speed wlto A CaatariA ax Cano*.

206

FOREST AND STREAM

gatioiuil gii'jtimes.

—The St. George Cricket club will open the play the
second week in May at their inclosed grounds, foot of Ninth
street, Hoboken. The cars from the ferry go to Ninth
street. The club has been fortunate enough to secure the
valuable services of an English gentleman cricketer 09 their
professional for the season, whom the financial storm of
the past year or two 1ms obliged to avail himself of his
cricket knowledge and skill to eke out a livelihood. Mr.
Giles, who will act iu the capacity for the dub this season,
is a gentleman of education and a thorough cricketer in
«very sense of the word. Unlike the ordinary profession-
als, he will, of course, be treated as any other member of
the club, as lie should be. He is a very effective bowler, a
-strong bat, and an excellent general of an eleven, and in
icvery respect will he strengthen the St. George club.

—The Prospect Park Club will open the Brooklyn cricket
season on Saturday, May 8th.

— Tho Philadelphia nine defeated the Centennials, in an
exhibition ten innings match, at Gloucester, April 29, by
17 to 2.

— The Centennials visited New York on April 30th, and
played their first match with the Mutuals on the Union
Grounds, and the game proved to ho very exciting, the
contest beiDg close to the very last. The score is as fol-
lows:

MUTUA1.S.

H. lD.P.O.A. K.

Start, let b
Holdaworth, a.
Nclson, 2d b- .

Boo.h, r. f

Gerhordt, 3d b.

Hick*, c

McGi-e, c. f . . . .
fiednuy, 1. f...
Matthews, p
Mutuals ..
Omtcnnlala

1 11
1 1 0
I 3 1
0 0 0
0 1 0
0 0 14

0 0

...0 1

0 0
1 1

Centennials.

n. lD.P.O.A. E.

Graver, a. s 1 - 2

Lovett, r. f 0 0 3

Bechtel, p 1 0 0

Trenwlth, 3d b 1 I 1

Trcacy, l. f 0 2 6

Warner, r. f 0 0 1

Somerville, 2d b . . .0 1 4

McOinley, c 0 1 3

0 0 4 Abadlc, let •» 0 0 7

1.-:... o o o o o •’ o o 2—i

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-3

Umpire— Mr. Martin, of the Atlantic club.

First base by errors- Mutuals. 6; Centennials, 2. Kims earned— Mn-
luals, 2; Centennials, 1. Time of game— 2:05.

— On April 26lh the Bostons defeated the Washingtons
by a score of 8 to 2, at Washington, the new nine makiug
a good show against the champions.

—Tho Boston and Washington professional clubs played
a champion match together in Richmond, Va., on April 29,
which attracted a large assemblage of spectators, includ-
ing quite a gathering of ladies. The field was rough and
uneven, rendering sharp fielding difficult, but even under
these adverse circumstances the beauty of the display on
the part of the professionals was such as to elicit the ad-
miration of the crowd. From the report of the Richmond
Dispatch it would appear that the crowd in their prejudice
against the Massachusetts “ Yanks’’— as they culled .he
Bostons— insulted the gentlemanly umpire. This is to he
regretted. The score gave the victory to the Bostons by
22 to 5. It beiug the first game of the kind in the South
we give the full score:

Bostons.

<Sco. Wright, s.
McVev. . r
Barnes, 2<1 b
Spalding, p
Leonard, I f
White, r
ii Roorko, 8d i>

Latham. 1st b..
■Manuing, r. f .

n.iB P.o.A. E-

Washington*.

n.In.r

1 0
1 2

3 4

4 0
2 0
4 7
1 3
3 11
3 0

p.o.a. E.
1 16 0 0
.1 2 1 0 0
.0 2 10 2
0 10 0 0
.0 0 13 0 2
.113 4 1
0 0 0 6 3
.112 18
Stearns, p 1 1 1 4 1

2 2 Barken, I. f .

0 0 Holley, c. f..

1 2 Daily, 3d b. .

3 0 Allison, r. f.
Terry, 1st b
Kessler, 2d b
Say. s. s
Gilmore, c

6 Total 5 9 27 15 12

0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0-5

0 12 1 3 0 1 0 1 4—22

Total 22 24 27 1

Washingtons

Bostons

Umpire — Mr. Thomas Beals.

Runs earned— Washingtons, 2; Bostons, 9. First base by errors —
Washington*. 6; Bostons, 8. Total bases— Bostons, 31 ; Washingtons,
6. Time of game — 1 honr and 55 minutes.

— The next day they visited Petersburg, Va., and, in the
presence of a large crowd, played the Old Dominion club
with the appended result: —

—On May 3d the Ilartfords defeated the strong nine of the
Centennial club, at Hartford, by 13 to 4. The same day
the Athletics defeated the Washington nine, at Washing
ton, by 21 to 0.

— The Atlantic and New Haven contest of April 26th, in
New lluven, was tho best game of the season thus far, as
the score shows:

Atlantic- 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1-1

New Haven 0000 0 200 0-2

Runs earned— 9. Bases on errors— Atlantic, 2; NcwJIaven, 0.

Umpire -Charles Daniels, of Hartford.

— The second championship game of the season was
played April 27 between the Hartford and Atlantic clubs,
at Hartford, Ct. The Ilartfords made three errors, and
the Atlantics fourteen. The only run made by the Atlan-
tics was gained through a wild pitch by Cummings. The
score was 10 to 1. In the first game the flarlfords won by
6 to 5 only.

—On May 1st the Athletic and Philadelphia nines played
a close game together, as the appended score shows:

Athletics 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 — 1

Philadelphia 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2

This is their second meeting.

—The record of the champion contests played up to
April 30th is as follows:

April 19— Boston vs. New Haven, at Boston 6—0

April 21— Boston vs. New Haven, nr New Haven — 14—3

April 21— Philadelphia vs. Centennial, at Philadelphia 7—5

April 22— Athletic vs. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia. 6—3

April 24— Hartford vs. Atlantic, at Hartford 6—5

April 2a— Philadelphia vs. Centenninl, at Philadelphia. 10—7

April 26— Boston vs. Washington, at Washington 8—2

April 26— Atlantic vs. New Haven, at New Haven 3-2

April 27— Hartford vs. Atlantic, at Hartford 10—1

April 27— Athletic vs. Centennial, at Philadelphia 14-5

April 29 — Boston vs. Washington, at Richmond, Va 22—5

April 30— Mutual vs. Centennial, at Brooklyn 4—3

Bostons.

o,

Geo. Wright, s. s .5

McVey, o. f 4

Barnes, 2d h (

Spalding, l.f 3

Leonard, 2d b 4

White, r. f 2

O'Rourke, 3d b I

Latham, 1st b 1

H. Wright, p . 3

Total 27

Bostons

Old Dominion

Umpire — John Manning
Ruus earned — Bostons, 7

, Old Dominion,

b. In. o.

1 5|McKeuney, c 4

4 3 iDelany, 3d b 5

3 2 Mav, 1. f 3

5 . 5 Nichols, 2d b 3

6 2 McCundUh, p 2

8

46 39

Lcmolne, e.
Prichard, 1st b .
E. Ragland, r. f
R. Ragland, c. f

...3

2

.D.

0

Total 27 3 9

.16 7 4 4 2 0 3 3 7—16
1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0-3

Imo of game— 2 hours and 10 minutes.

— On May 1st they again played in Richmond with the
Washingtons, and this lime they won by 24 to 0, the score
by innings giving the Bostons 14 in their fourth inning,
and 6 in their eighth.

— The first championship match between the Boston and
Mutual clubs took place at Brooklyn on May 3d, over 2,000
people being witnesses of the contest. It proved to be
almost a waJk over for the Reds, they winning by 11 to 1.

— The games arranged to be played in Brooklyn the next
three weeks iuclude the following champion contests:

May II— Athletic v*. Atlantic, nt Brooklyn.

May 12— Athletic vs. Mutnnl. nt Brooklyn
May 13— Philadelphia vs. A'lanlic, at Brooklyn.

May 14 — Philadelphia vs. Mutual, at Brooklyn.

May 18— Athletic vs. Atlantic, at Brooklyn.

May 19— Athletic vs. Mutual, at Brooklyn.

— The Bosloas have arranged for the appended games up
to J uly 5 :

May 3— Mutuals, at Williamsbnrgh.

May 4— Centennials, at Boston.

May 8— Mutuals, at Boston.

May 10— Mutunl*, nt Boston.

May 11— Philadelphia, at Boston
May 12— Washingtons, at Boston.

May 13— Washingtons, at Bos on.

May 14— Washingtons, lit Springfield
May 15 — Athletics, at Boston.

May 17— Athletics, at Boston.

May 18— Harlfords, at Hartford.

May 19— Harifords. at Boston
May 24— Centenuiuls, at Philadelphia
May 24 — Centennials, ut Philadelphia
May 25 — Athletics, nt Philadelphia.

Muy 25— Philadelphian, nt Philadelphia.

May 27 — Alhleiics, at Philadelphia.

May 29 — Mutuals, at Boston.

June 1 , at Cincinnati

June 2— St. Louis, at St. Louis.

June 3— Red Stockings, 8l. Louis.

Juue 4— Red Stocking*, at St. Louis.

June 5— St. Louis, at St. Louis.

Juue 7 - St. Louis, ut St. Louis.

June 9— Chicago*, nt Chicago.

JaDe 10 — Westerns, at Keokuk.

Jnne II— Westerns, at Keokuk.

June 12— Westerns, at Keokuk
June 14 — Chicagos, at Chicago.

June 17— Harlfords, Boston.

July 3— Hurtfords, at Boston.

July 5— Harttords, at Hartford.

—The opening game between the Athletic and Centen-
nial clubs was played at Philadelphia, April 27, upon the
latter's ground. The score was 14 to 5 in favor of tho
Athletics, they making nine runs in their eighth inning.
Before the score was 5 to 5 only.

— On May 1st the Centennials — on their tour Eastward —
defeated the New Haveus by 12 to 6. and at Hartford the
professionals of that city polished off the Yale College
teim to the tune of the - Cliicugo" score of 9 to 0. The
\ ales did not expect ibis after having previously defeated
their only professionals of New Uavenb y 23 to 7. But
th; liarllords went for them all the more*on this account,
tor feu r they might got too conceited, you know.

The champion Boston nine, it will be seen, start off with
a good lead.

—On April 28th the St. Louis regulars played the ama-
teur Niagaras, and won by a score of 22 to 2.

— Rain stopped several matches arranged for Tuesday,
May 4th.

— Ou April 27th a model game was played by the ama-
teur nines of the Archer ana John N. Wood clubs, of Phil-
adelphia, as the appended score shows:

J. N. Wood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0

Archer 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-2

Umpire— Mr. Michencr.

— The same day the Harvest nine of Philadelphia de-
feated the Delanco club, at Delanco, N. J., by 8 to 5.

— The seventh annual meeting of the Columbia College
Association will be held next Saturday, May 8, on the
grounds of the New York Athletic Club. The programme
includes running, jumping, and throwing base ball.

—The University club, of Clarkeville, Tenn., have the
following nine to sustain the credit of the club on the field
for 1875: Crosby, c. ; Atchison, p. ; McElroy, 1st b. ; Muir,
2d b. ; Elder, 3d b. ; Allen, s. s. ; Burton, 1. f. ; Hendiicks,
c. f., and Richardson, r. f. They played their opening
game April 23d against a field nine, the score being marked
by the muffin figures of 44 to 44.

— The Magnolia Base Ball club, of Newburgh, (an ama-
teur club), have reorganized for the season with E. Brewer
as President; J. Nested, Vice President; James Tole, Re-
cording Secretary; J. Fowler, Corresponding Secretary.
D. Ii. Ward will captain the nine. They have now one of
the best amateur nines ever raised in the city, and are de-
termined to give all the crack clubs along the Hudson a
“crush” this season. All communications addressed to
John Fowler, Secretary, or D. H. Ward, will be promptly
attended to. Would like to hear from amateur clubs ^of
New- York, Brooklyn, and towns along the Hudson.

—The New York Flyaway nine for 1875 will consist of
the following well known amateur players: Purroy, pitcher;
Chandler, catcher; Moore, first base; Loughlin, second
base; C. Fallon, short stop; Tracy, third base; T. Fallon,
left field; Shandley, centre field; Buchanan, right field.
The club played their opening game April 22d at Melrose,
their opponents being the club’s junior nine. The big fel-
lows were short five of their best players, and they had all
they could do to defeat the youngsters. The score was 12
to 11 in favor of the nine.

— TLe Knickerbocker club will this season take part in a
series of invitation contests with the college club nines of
Yale, Princeton, Harvard, etc., something they should
have done seasons ago. The Knickerbockers will play on
the same grounds at Hoboken as last year, and, as hitherto,
will decline to participate in any professional or semi-pro-
fessional matches. They very properly ignore the gate
money business in connection with amateur playing, the
club never having countenanced in any way any phase of
professionalism, not that they regard the system, under
honest auspices, as objectionable, but that it does not ac-
cord with their idea of amateur playing to participate in
the gate money business. For this reason, while playing
with college nines on enclosed grounds, they of course will
have nothing to do with the receipts at the gate, which
the leading college clubs arc in the habit of availing them-
selves of to support the incidental expenses of their organ-
ization, just as they are obliged to do with their boat clubs.

There is a Base Ball Club at Columbia, Teonesse, whose
members are all six fee t high or over. Jt is called the Gi-
raffe Club. a

—The Yale Nine have made arrangements for playing
ten games with professional clubs.

— Mr. D. O’Leary, who it will be remembered beat Nel-
son Reid in this city in a twenty mile match, has succeeded
in accomplishing the feat of walking 115 miles in less than
24 hours. The walk took place at the Chestnut Street
Rink, Philadelphia, and the actual time was 22 hours, 59
minutes, Weston’s time at Newark being 23 hours, 59 min-
utes. 44 seconds. It is reported now that Weston will try
one better, and attempt 120 miles in 24 hours.

—Messrs. J. B. Livingston and Wni. Marston, of tlje Union
Club, walked a match on Saturday last from the Windsor
Hotel. Forty-sixth street and Fifth avenue, to the members’
gate at Jerome Park, the wager being a dinner. Mr. Liv-
ingston won the match in lh. 53m. 4s., beating bis oppo-
nent 6m. 19s.

—Mr. John B. Johnson, the English champion swimmer,
who won a match with Frantz at Long Branch last Sum-
mer, proposes to return to Europe in June, but before
going is anxious to make a match with Harry Gurr or any
other swimmer in the United States. The amount to bo
staked is a matter of indifference to Mr. Johnson, but
$5,000 would be about the figure. He proposes on his ar-
rival in England to attempt to swim across the Irish Chan-
nel.

—The manufacturers of waterproof clothing for sports-
men seem to have been made happy by the continued de-
mand upon their sources of supply, and write us that the
orders they obtain through Forest and Stream alone are
very large. (See advertisements.) Holabird has sent us
this week a fishing coat of duck, but of much lighter ma-
terial than his shooting coat, and with a different arrange-
ment of pockets. There is something so comfortable in
the feeling of these coats, that they can hardly be thought
an encumbrance, even in hottest weather; for ordinary
camp nr boat use they are altogether desirable; they are
cool; they shed rain or sea-spray; they do not absorb oil
or dirt readily; and they are invulnerable to briars and
burrs. For office use they are most satisfactory, and we
can safely say that we have saved the price of a cloth coat
this winter by wearing one at our desk. They can be made
to order of any desired cut. Henning’s fabrics are in con-
siderable request by the bass fishers of the Potomac.

—Mr. Blackford had on exhibition at his stand in Fulton
Market ai enormous Jew-fish, caught at Key West, and
the flesh of which is esteemed such a luxury by the deni-
zens of that place. The specimen in question, which
weighed 70 pounds, has been sent to Professor Baird at the
Smithsonian Institute, Washington city, for a casting to be
exhibited at the Centennial.

—Audubon’s valuable library of Natural History of about
800 volumes was destroyed in the house of his sister-in-
law, Mrs. Lucy Bakewell, at the late fire in Oshkosh, Wis-
consin. Audubon died in 1851, in the 71st years of his
age.

— Prof. Hayden, United States Geologist, has been elected
as foreign correspondent of the Geological Society of Lon*
don.

The Velocity of a Cannon Shot. — It is difficult to
describe the chronoscope without a diagram, but it is easy
to indicate the general principles of its action in a few
words, and this will be sufficient for our purpose. A gun
having been selected for the experiment, six or eight holes
are drilled in one side of it, penetrating to the bore, at in-
tervals along its length from the seat of the shot to the
muzzle. Through each of these holes an insulated wire
enters the gun, its lower extremity being in contact with,
but insulated from, a sharp cutting eage, so arranged in
the bore of the gun that the passage of the shot would
force it down upon the wire and destroy the insulation.
Each of the wires is connected with the secondary wire of
an induction coil. The recording apparatus consists of a
series of disks of polished silver, coated with lamp-black,
and made to revolve simultaneously by the action of a fall-
ing weight and multiplying wheels at a very high velocity.
One of these disks corresponds to each of the wires, the
end of which is placed in a small discharger close to its
circumference. On firing the charge, the shot cuts the in-
sulation of wire after wire in rapid succession, and as each
is cut a current passes, and a spark darts from the dis-
charger to the edge of the revolving disk, striking off a
speck of the lamp-black, and leaving the bright silver bare.
Now, supposing the velocity of the circumference of the
disks to be 1,000 inches per second, and the mark of the
electric spark on the second disk to be one inch
farther on than that upon the first, this would show
that the shot took the one-thousandth part of a second
to pass the dist ance between the mark from the first wire iu
the gun to the next. Similarly, if the distance between
the marks on the first and last disks were five inches, this
would indicate that the time the shot took to traverse
the whole length of the gun was five-thousandths, or
one-two hundredth of a second. In reality, the time
is even shorter than this. In the 10-inch gun, a 300-
pound shot, with a charge of forty-three pounds of powder,
passes down the bore in something less lhan the one-two
hundredth and twentieth part of a second. So delicate is
this apparatus that, by dividing each inch of circumference
of the disks into thousandths with the help of the vernier,
the one-millionth part of a second would become an
appreciable quantity.— From Popular Science Monthly for
April.

— The London Army and Navy Gazette says: "Our
American ‘grandfathers’ are always giving lessons — not
always gratis, however— to their British grandchildren,
and in the Army and Navy Journal of New York may be
seen the most effective advertisement we have ever come
across, of the shooting of a Remington breech loader,
wherein the target is reproduced to scale with the marks
of the shots in black and white, and a portrait of the
marksman, Col. John Bodine, Highland, New York
White County. Ai ©00 yards 74 points were made out 0
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Malleable castings, nickel plate finish. Complete for
two gauges. Price $10, boxed.

WALTON BROS A CO., flti Liberty street.

HO

FOR

THE

BLACK HILLS!

J. D. DOUGALL’S

EXPRESS SHOT GUNS.

(Title registered.)

QHOWN by trials ui Wimbledon by Editor
LT of the Field to possess the GREATEST PENE-
TRATION and therefore LONGEST RANGE— thus:
Circle. 30 Inches; 300 pellet", average. 191; penetra-
tion, 37. The Editor's trial of Greener guns with 840
pellets of same shot and mime charge of powder, gave
180,ii ml penetration 30, although there xv ere 10 more pel-
lets in each charge. Should any controversy arise a»
to the durability of the*o new systems, we herewith
warn all beforchnnd that our system l» our own Inven-
tion (though founded on the American idea) and is DU-
RABLE, a fact remarked on by the Field, that the
guns tried had been in use during lust sc anon, and ref-
erences permitted to the owners, bend for Illustrated
Circulars to

59 St. James’s Street London.

Koductiou in Price.

J. & W. TOLLEY’S

celebrated

BREECH LOADING GUNS,

Manufactory, Pioneer Works. Birmingham, Eng.

— E A Tb®*® KRR* arc built with ovt 7

Improvement for American sport,
ami are the cheapest guns of
guaranteed quality ami shooting
bowers sold in the Uulteil States,
They tire made in six qualities,
each gun being branded with one
of the under mentioned name.,,
which denote* It* quality;
Pioneer, .... £<I5 Gold..

Tolley, OO ••

Standard,. • • • 115 “

National, • • • 1 IO "

Ulinllongc, • • • 180 “

Paragon, ... 225 "

Any one of the abovo may be •
— — z. «- selected with confidence, a* no-

gun hears our name which wo cannot thoroughly guar
an lee In every respect.

Send for reduced Illustrated descriptive pricelist.

BRANCH HOUSE, 2ft Malden Lane,

Comer Nassau street. Now York.

DR. FOWLER’S

PATENT

HARD RUBBER REEL

The Cem— Improved*

This beautiful Reel has noxv been before the pub-
lic two years, nnd all who have used it speak loud la
its praise.

IT HAS BEEN IMPROVED,
and all the Reels mnde this year will pass through the
hands of the Inventor, nnd none allowed to go out,
except those that are perfect.

For sale by u!l first-elaas jobbers und the trade gen
erally.

\} H FOWLER, Inventor,

Feb. 4 ITHACA. N. Y.

EfiBjeg

ME!\P

MOKE

EHHim

Combination forming. For the small outlay of $10 to

1 address

It

r, s fortune can be' made. For particular*
L. LOWMAN, Laramie City, Wyoming.

CUT CAVENDISH.

It is manufactured from tho most expensive stock,
i* particularly adapted to Meerschaum and Clgarettu
Smoking; does not bite or make tho tongue sore, l»
unlike auy other tobacco.

Rochester, Feb. 12,1875.
Messrs. 11m. S. Kimball A Co.:

1 find Vanity Fair to be the best article of tobuc
co adapted to the wants of tho sportsman. Have used-
your tobacco* for many year*, and know them all to.
be first class. Yours truly, Setii Green,
Sup't of N. X. State Fisheries.

Gentlemen: Having smoked your tobacco. Vanity
Fair, by the camp fire and by the hearth, I believe It
In point of fragrance and taste snperlor to all brands
known to me. Being In search of 11 tobacco that
would not tire the tongue and mouth, I was made ac-
quainted withyour VanityFair, and found It to he the
ne p'us ultra ot natural leaf. A. B. Lamberton.

Highest Award, Vienna, 1873.

Liberal samples by mall on receipt of money .

W.S. KIMBALL & CO.,

Peerless Tobacco Works, Rochester, N. Y.

SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

YACHTING ANNUAL

FOR 1875,

WILL SHORTLY BE PUBLISHED.

Price to Subscriberfl.Sl .BO

Subscriptions must be forwarded In advance to
THOMAS MANNING, 293 Broadway, N. Y.

Jan 31 -4m

208

FOREST’AND STREAM

DR. Will. HALL'S
Balsam for the Lungs.

The Great American

Consumptive Remedy.

Consumption Is NOT an lncnrablo disease. Physi-
cians assure u» of this fact. It Is only necessary to
have the nn.uT rbmedt. and tbo terrible inuludy can
bo conquered.

Hall’s Balsam is this Remedy.

It breaks np the night sweats, relieves the op-
ntBssivs tightness aciioss the LCNO“. and heals the
Inrcorated and excoriated surfaces which the veuom
of the disease produces.

While Life Lasts There is Hope.

It may not be too late to effect a core, even after the
Docton have olvtn you tip
HALL S BALSAM is sold everywhere. Price $1
per bottle.

HALL’S BALSAM

Is also a snre remedy for

COUGUS.

COLDS,

PNEUMONIA,

BRONCHITIS,

ASTHMA,

SPITTING OF BLOOD.

CROUP.

WHOOPING COUGH.

And all other diseases of the respiratory organs.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

Jno. F. Henry, Curran & Co., Prop’rs

8 AND 0 COLLEGE PLACE, NEW YORK,

HENRY’S
Carbolic Salve.

FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Tlie wonderful celerity with which this
combination of Carbolic Acid with other
soothing and Curative Emollients acts,
is something akin to the marvelous.

It is with pride that the proprietors cal)
attention to the gratifying fact that

Physiciansgivo it tlie high-
est meed oi* praise,

and use it and prescribe it in their practice.

New Yoke, Dec. 22, 18(10.

John F Hbkjit, Esq.:

Your Caiujouc Salve proves an excellent article,
and I thank you for it. This ih another evidence of the
great value of the discovery of Carbolic Acid. Yours
truly, Geo. B. Lincoln,

Prea't Board of Heallh.

Price 25 cents per box.

REV. It. B. LOCKWOOD'S

Catarrh Cure 1

The Best Remedy Known, and Endorsed by all the
Principal Physicians of the Country.

Re' It. B Lockwood's Nasnl Douche will be
found valuable III olierlimic chronic case-.

Itev K. It l/iclcwood's Liter mid htouincli Pills
for dyspepsia, receive the endor-cnieut of thousand*.
Price Ml cents each

JOHN F. IlKNUY. CURRAN A CO.. Proprietors,
H and 0 College Place, New York.

HENRY’S CAMPHOR ICE.

For Chapped Hands, Chafed Skins. Ac.

A MOST RELIABLE REMEDY.

PRICE 25 CENTS PER BOX.

JOHN F. HENRY. CURRAN A CO.. Proprielora,
8 rind 9 College Place. New York.

HENRY’S

SEWING MACHINE OIL

A PURE OIL that does not gom up and has the
en lorsemcnt of the principal Sewing Machine Com-
panies.

Prlre 25 Cent* per Dottle. n w

MOTT’S LIVER PILLS

It Is easy enough to make a pill, hot to muke a

Sod pill, ah! that's the difficulty. There are cheap,
ran, drastic pills, that are of even less benefit than
a dose of salts. But a good medicine, like Dr. Mott's
Liver Pills, which penetrates to the seat of disease. Is
a desideratum Indeed
eases of the Liver
per box.

Will positively cure all die
Sold everywhere. Price 25 cenu

Green’s Oxygenated Bitters.

At certain periods of life a tonic Is a necessity; but
there Is danger In using stimulants (hat Injure the or-
gan-of digestion while giving temporary relief To
obviate this and present to the public a tonic free
from Alcoholic Poison, Dr. Green prepared the Oxy-
genated Bitters, a sure core forilyspupsla and all kin-
dred complaints. Sold everywhere. Price Si Per
bottle. ^

Packer’s All-Healine Tar Soap.

It cores ail kinds of Skin Diseases with a most won-
derful certainty; it promotes cleanliness, personal
purity and general health: It la a preventive of many
kinds of disease, and It Is an absolute necessity In
Uxo BQjvery. Price 25 cents.

Tlie Most Approved System

OF

Breech Loading, Sporting

And 3Iilitary | Trifles*.

For Simplicity of Construction

ACCURACY,

Penetration, Durability, Safety, Ruse of Manipulation,

Materials and Workmanship, they areUnsurpassed.

REVOLVERS OF VARIOUS SIZES,

DESIRABLE IE ALL RESPECTS.

Scud lor Circulars.

Whitney Arms Comp.

Whllneyvllle, near New Haven, Conn., II. K A.

G®

MISFIT CARPETS.

>OD SECOND HAND AND MISFIT ENGLISH BRUSSELS, THREE-PLY AND

. InuBAIN CARPETS. OIL CLOTHS. AC.. VERY CHEAP, AT THE OLD PLACE,.

Sent to any part of the United States free of chnrgo. 112 Ful,on "Ireot, New YorK.

RodsandReels

Manchester, Vermont.

Chas.F. Orvis,

Prices m nlerate. Send for descriptive list. Mention FonasT and Stream.

Hegeman's Patent Portable Folding Boat.

* — Also for Sportsmen, Tour-

ists, Trappers, Exploring
Expeditions, Parties camp-
ing Out, &c. &c.

light buggy wigon, horse-
back, or by single person,
and can be unfolded ready
for use, In three minutes’
time. Boats neatly foded,
packed mid shipped by es-

Foruse as LIFE-BOATS,
LIGHTERS, Dingies, Do-
rys, on board Steamers,
Yachts and other Vessels.
These safe and perfectly port-
able boats will admit of the
roughest usage. A very light
strong and durable frame ol
ush or other touch wood, with
canvas cover, andean be folded

In one -e ighth epace, for tram- Above ouu show ihe Bool folded and unfolded, pre-s anywhere, same rule
nortaUo " oau -irried In of freight as other goods.

JOHN HF.GE.M Aft'. Ballston Spa, Saratoga Co. N. Y

^//r/ /y / //////

lAH’O/t n: its a- . im'f ra crtmjsztx or

illilitfin), (Dwthiful. tfhnrdi & jStmrtu (Smiths,

Vo 1 (i A I 1/fj/ v Lajve , — Nc ill U 0 X U ,

Rowing Suits A Specialty.

The Sportsman’s Warehouse.

EDWIN S. HARBIS,

Late COOPER. HARRIS & HODGKINS,

No. 177 BroadAvay, New York.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

BREECH

GUNS

LOADING

AND

Implements

Cai’tridg’es,

Also, Gun Materials

Kinds,
and Paper.

l>otli Brass

of all Kinds. Cartridge Vests, Coats and Bolts.
Flasks, Pouches, and Ammunition of all Kiuds. Everything in my
Lino for both Home and Export Trade, at LOWEST
CASH TRADE PRICES.

HAVE LARGE STOCK OF MUZZLE LOADING GUNS &. RIFLES VERY CHEAP.

Henry C. Squires,

NO. 1 COURTLANDT STREET, NEW Y’ORK,
Agent for IIOLABIRD'S SUITS, to whom all New
York orders should be alddrcssed.

Apr 8-3m

Remington Rifle for Sale.

A CALIBRE, 30 BORE, CENTRAL

HrU FIRE, for 77 grains powder; bran new, and a
splendid gun. Andreas D. H. STEPHENS,

Apr 28 -9t Riverton, Conn.

CIIAS. GREEN,

Manufacturer of

Breccli Loading Shot Guns.

The strongest and mod durable snap action made.
Shooting qualities flrsLclasa.

MUZZLE LOADERS CONVERTED TO BREECH
LOADERS.

Same action as new guns. Send for circular and
price Hat, No. 8 West Main street, Rochester, N. Y.
Apr 8-dm

§yottsmcti a ($ooiI$.

JOHN RIGBY & GO.,

INVENTORS AND MANUFACTURERS OP THE FINEST '

Breech Loadin gShotGuns

Double and Single Express Rifles.

Long Range Match Rifles, &c

21 SUFFOLK STREET, DUBLIN,

AND

72 ST. JAMES STREET, LONDON.

Breech Loaders.

mm

Wiimoi’s of the“TuiT, Field
ami Farm” Gun Trials.

(See Issue October 3d, 1873.)

In which competition the committees have awarded
onr guns, Flrei and Second for POINTS OF MERIT
OF ACTION, MATERIALS, PROPORTION, AND
SHOOTING QUALITIES comblued. In ull the four
Claeses.

THE PREMIER GUN.

W. A C. SCOTT Ai SON call attention to their
very FINKS!' weapon, combining all their recent im-
provements, marked on the rib between tln-lr name
nnd Loudon address the brand— “THE PREMIER
QUALITY."

Medium anil lino guns bear full name and address,
and plain guns full name and "London" only.

Each gun is numbered and tlie actions arc stamped
with name and trade mark.

'V- di C. SCOTT A SON, Pole makers of the
Patent Top Lever, solid, Double Locking Holt Breech
Loader, bearing the full name of ihe Arm. W. & C.
SCOTT * SON camion sportsmen against initiations
of (heir patent and name. Guns bearing the name
abbreviated, or with different initials, are not genuine.

TRI ALOFSCOTTA GREENER'S fY'KYVSVSTEM
OF UOKING, UY THE EDITOR OF

"THE FIELD,” LONDON.

(Sec The Field, January 30th, 1875.)

"From a comparison of ihe two tables It will be
seen that with Walker’s shot, Messrs. Scull's guns
showed a tuarktd superiority over Mr. Greener’s,
both In average and In the highest score made In-
deed, with the left barrel. In hlet (bird shot, Air. Scott
got a selected group pattern of 230 and a j*nt/ration
of37. equalling the highest pattern mude by Air
Greener, and exceeding the peuetrullon of that par
tlcular shot by eight sheets."

London Office:

IO Great Castle St., Regent Cirrus, near Lang-
liain Hotel.

Chief address:

Manufactory Premier Gun Works,

Lancaster Street, Birmingham.
WHOLESALE.

Aprl-0m

Clark Ac Snoider.

AIANUFACTUREIIS OF TnE

SNKIUKR

PATENT BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUN.
ALTERING

Muzzle-Loading Guns Ic Breech-Loading

A SPECIALTY
WRITE FOR PARTICULARS.

1 -4 W. Pratt st.. Balt imo re.

$ hihulcl^liiu.

SPORTSMENS’ DEPOT.

JOHN KRIHER,

Corner Second and Walnut Sin., Philadelphia.
IMPORTER, MANUFACTURER and DEALER IN
Guns, Rifles, Pistols, and Fishing Tackle.
Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech
Loaders.

REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.

Has constantly on band a full assortment of Rods,
Hooks, Lines, Balts, Reels, Fly Hooks, Salmon Files,
Waterproof Silk Lines, Silk and Ilulr Trout Lines. &c.
Perch Snoods, China and Grass Lines. Also, a largo
lot of Cane lteedB. Bamboound Japan.

Birds’ Eggs nnd Birds’ Skiua In great varieties.—
Taxidermy In all its branches.

SPRATT'S PATENT DOG BISCUITS. <-ly

Thomas Npai*ks,

Shot and Bar Lead

MANUFACTURER,

[Established 1808.]

Office. 1 2 1 Walnut St. Philadelphia.

BRADFORD & ANTHONY,

180 Washington St., Boston.

IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS IN

Fishing- Tackle,
Fishing Rods,
Fish Hooks,

AND

ANGLING IMPLEMENTS,

FOREST AND STREAM*

209

Miscellaneous.

Fishing Tackle.

A. 1L Shipley & Son,

603 and 306 Commerce ilreel, Philadelphia.
Manufacturers of

ClmlLc and nshiug: Lines.

FINE BASS AND TROUT FLY RODS.

The celebrated GREENHEART WOOD a specialty.

FINE KOI) MOUNTINGS.

Full line of Tackle for Brook, River and Sea Fish-
ing. Agents for John James & Sons' celebrated Fish
bonks and Needles.

SILVER MEDAL awarded by the FRANKLIN
INSTITUTE, 1814, "for SUPERIOR QUALITY and
FINISH of RODS and TACKLE. ’’ Aprl-Bm

MUZZLE LOADERS
CONVERTED INTO BREECH LOADERS,

ON THE MOST APPROVED PRINCIPLE,
and all kinds of BREECH LOADING work effected.

Mortimer & Kirkwood,

24 ELM Street, Boston, Mass.

J Wlc $*tmel.

A. C. WADDELL’S

Breeding Kennel, Newton, N. J.

The finest strain of young Pointers and Setters for
sale. Dogs boarded and cared for in the best manner
at S3 per month. Ped'grccs guaranteed.; dogs broken
for 850- Mar 11

VETERINARY SURGEON.— DR. J. M. HEARD
(member of t bo Royal College of Veterinary Sur-
geons. London), No. 20 Lexington avenue, N. Y., at-
tends. wheu requested, all cases requiring his ).,ofes-
slonal skill. Horses carefully examined as to sound-
ness. Oct 22

HENRY GARDNER, M. D.. has constant-
ly on hand and for sale, medicines adapted to
the cure of all diseases. Dealer in sport ng dogs of
every variety. Dogs trained for reasonable compen-
sation, No 111 South Fifth ave.. N. Y. Ort 22

FOR sale — one or a brace of

Setters and one Pointer, thoroughbred and
nicely broken. Also a brace of stylish thoroughbred
black and tan Gordon Setters, eight months old. very
promising. Address GORDON, at this office. tf

OR SALE. A FEW THOROUGHBRED

Spaniels, choice breed. For particulars address
SPRINGER, at this offleo.

F

%)otqls anil 4? e§orts for^portgmen.

Rossin House, Toronto, Canada.
SHEARS A SON, Proprietors.

This house Is a favorite resort for gentlemen sports
men from all parts of the United States and Canada.

Twin Lakes Trout Farm.

Board for gentlemen only-

SportsmeB, Artists, Anglers, Ac. Splendid
scenery and drives. Fine boating, trout, pickerel,
mid bass fishing and woodcock Bhooting. Also les

sons lu oil and water color

, drawing and

etching, If desired. Address J. IVES PEASE, or E.
SHERMAN PEASE. I’. O box 00 Canaan, Conn.

N. B.— Cottage building sites overlooking tho lakes
for sale cheap; also one for a hotel. AprS-tf

UNION DEPOT HOTEL, Camtfiu, Conn.

G. H. CORBIN, Proprietor. New. clean rooms
and beds, first-class table, Ac. Fisbiug, shooting,
and pleasant drives near by. AriRt r,m

Board near twin lakes, four

hours from New York via Harleut Railroad. A
desirable location for sportsmen, artists, and all those
wanting a pleKaaut home. Address F. F. COOPER,
Locust HIU Farm, Ashley Falls, Berkshire county.
Mu--. Mar 24 Cm

D

B

All Sportsmen

Are interested in the best Hunting Grounds of the
Southwest. The line of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Railway afforda untold Helds of Game Birds,
Fi‘h and Animals. Send to General Passenger Act.,
Sedttliu, Mo., for free maps, illustrations, and de-
scriptions. Correspondence solicited. Jan 31

U C K SHOOTING AT STONY
.1 y Brook, on north side of Long Island: boats,
stool, Ac. furnished by the S. B. Hotel; plenty of
ducks, nlso good bird shooting. S. J SMITH.

Gentlemen desirous of good

board at Sayvlllc, L. I. for their families, with
excellent ftshlug, Ac.. cun ascertain particulars le
gnrdlng same by applying to ‘‘TV* at this office. It

card for the summer for a

small family, or two married couples, lu a pri-
vate family, flfieen miles from New York. Trams
every hour; no mosquitoes; delightful drives in tbo
country and to sail bulbing aud Ashing. Apply to A.,
office Forest and Stream.

The Chicago, Milwaukee A
St. Paul Railway

Traverses n finer country, affords views of grander
•Cenerv, and passes through more business centers
and pleasure resorts than any other northwestern
line Its forests, pruirios, lakes and streams, aboun-
ding with game, present nnequalod attractions to the
votaries of Nimrod and Walton. It le tho only rail-
way route along the valley of the Upper Mississippi.
It Is also tho shortest as well as best route between
the great metropolitan contcis of the Northwest—
Chicago, Mllwuukee, St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Track aud equipment unequuled, and Its trains of
palace-coaches and sleeping cars run through without
ebaoge.

Now York Office, 319 Broadway.
“8

City Offices, 61 and 63 Clark Si.

Chicago Depot, cor. Canul A: W. .Madison

Apr2tf-0m

N. Y. Newspaper Mailing Agencies,
^ With the latest Improved Newspnper Folding and
ailing Machines, No. 29 Rose Street, Near Frank-
fort, JAMBS BRADY Manager and Proprietor.

J. B. Crook & Co.,

MaNUFACTUREHS AND IVFORTEllS OP

FISHING TACKLE!

f»0 Fulton St., IV. Y.

Sole manufacturer* of the celebrated CASTLE CON-
NELL ROD for SALMON, TROUT, aud BLACK
BASS.

SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.

IT. Y. Safety Steam Power Co.

Office : 30 COURTLANDT ST.

BUILDERS OF

STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS

Steam Launches & Yachts

And their Machinery a Specialty, also Machinery for'

TUCS, LICHTERS AND STEAMERS?

Propeller Wheels of Superior Efficiency.

BEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR.
.dr All our bouts are guurumeed to pa-s inspec-
tion undei the Steamboat law when rcciuired.

Birds, pet and rare animals,

and AQUARIA STOCK DEPOT and AQUARIA
CASE MANUFACTORY. J. BA GOT, Agent, 31
Fulton street, New York City. Goldfish, Sllvcrtlsh,
Fish and Animal Life, and Aquatic Plantain variety,
Aleo Shells, Pebbles. Ornament*, Corals, Ac.. to stock
the Aquarium. Cansriea and other song birds;

Pigeons. Parrots, and Paroquets; Rabbits, Squirrels,
Dogs, pet and rare Animal- generally; Bird Seeds.

nurod food for Mocking Birds und other soft-billed
*; Fish food. Bird Gravel, Dog Medicines. But-

ler’s celebrated Mange and Flea Cure, Ac., vholeealo
and retail. Mar4-ly

E

, Magic Lantern and 10(1 Slide* for @100.

& IT. T. ANTHONY & CO., 501

T

Broadway, N. Y., op. Metropolitan Hotel,
Chromos and Frames, Stereoscopes nun Views, Grnph-
oscopes, Megalothoscopes, Albums und Photographs
of celebrities. Photo-LJhtern Slides a specialty. Man-
ufacturers of Photographic Materials. Awarded First
Premium at Vienna Exposition. jeltly

HOLABIRDS

SHOOTING & FISHING GARMENTS.

HIE MANUFACTURER OF THESE

goods begs to call the uttcntlon of gentlemen de-
siring out llr » for fishing mid shooting to Ills superior
specialties; Shooting Coats, Jackets, with or with-
out sleeves, Trousers, Cups, Overcoats, and tVad-
llig Jackets for Trout and Salmon. The style is orig-
inal with the maker. Being himself a sportsman, his
experience in nil kinds of covert nnd after all kinds
of game, assures the amateur that they are uKUruitum.
Nothing better lias been made in Europe, and no oth-
er manufacturer has yet succeeded in equalling them.
The material u>ed is extra flue Duck, rendered water-
proof and dyed the color of dead nmrsh grass. The
sleeveless Coat nnd N est with sleeves are hard to
heat.

Com’dr T. VV. Eastman, U. S. Navy, says: "I have
tried everything in the way of Sporting clothing, at
home and abroad, mid have found nothing equalling
vours. They are the best now offered to gcntlemeu
Sportsmen.”

Thompson W. Clark, Sec'y Woolwich Club,
SwedesOoro, N. J.. says: “I am perfectly delighted
with tho material and lit. 1'Imy cannot he excelled.”
Chas. 1 1 ai.lock Esq., Fore-t and Stream. N, Y..
says: “Every Sportsman should provide himself
with lloliibird's Snooting Coats."

Would also refer with pleasure to B. F. Buwlks,
Esq., Springfield, Mass.

to measure v

pocket* gratifies

stylo is a Sack Cout with seven outside pocke
und a large game sin k inside of sufficient cnpuc.tv to
carry 25 grouse. These uro made with or without
sleeves. The Jackets or Vests are long-wiiisted, with
or without sleeves, with large pockets. HOLAB1KD
& PARK'S PATENT SHELL HOLDER, for carry-
ing brass shells, head up, and holding the wad firm
on the shot, can be attached to either Coat or Vest.
They are the best holder out. No danger of losing
shells or inconvenience In transportation. They can
he attached and taken off at pleasure. See my prices:

Coats, with or without sleeves $10 00

Vests, " *"• “ 4 00

Trowsers 3 50

Caps 2 50

Overcoats •.... 6 00

Wading Jackets 6 00

Shell Holders, per dozen 1 25

Belts, with Shell Holders attached 5 00

ty For special measurement, give size of chest,
waist, one-half of back, lougtb of sleeve with arm at
right angles, waist, In scam und out scam, mid gouge
of guu, if breech loader. Address

w. ii. iioLinmn.

Valparaiso, lml.

Special orders are cut to measure with care, and any
special request a* to arrangement of pocket* gratified.
The style is a Sack Cout with seven outside pockets

FOH SALE. — A pretty Country Home,
within the limits of Springfield, Moss.: situated
on Orange street, formerly known as Piuin Tree rond.
near. Mill street. There are about two and one-half
acres of land, several good springs, line shade trees,
an orchard, grape vines, niul pear, pouch mid quince
trees. Address JOS H. BATTY, office of Forest aud
Stream, 17 Chatham street. N. Y. Apri5-lra

THE AMERICAN

s|$i$Yr//jHC0HS.

ABBEY & IMBRIE,

anocEssoR* to

ANDREW CLERK &, CO.

43 Maiden Lane, N. Y.

IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS AMD DEALERS IN

Fishine Tackle,

On hand the largest and heat assortment ever ex-
hibited In the United Status. They particularly call
attention to their

TROUT, SALMON AND DA 68 RODS.

Every variety of Salmon and Trout Flies, and Hook*
on Gut. Cutty Hunk and Paaque Islands Bass Lines,
waterproof Braided Silk Line*, every size and qnalily of

SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES,

And every Variety und Style of

FISH HOOKS.

Parties fitted out with appropriate Tackle for the
Rocky Mountains nnd Pacific Coast, Canada, Maine,
the Adlrondacks, Ac., Ac.

Split Bamboo, Trout and Salmon Rods and Reel*
a Specially.

Agents for the St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Solo Im-
porters of Warrin’s Celebrated Drilled

4-29

Eyed Needles.

W. MERIDEN, CONN.

r Special attention Is given to first-class work. Extra
■ketches und DOG PORTRAITS cut to order, by
sending photographs. JACOB GLAHN, Manager,
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FROM THK “BOKE OF ST. ALBANS."
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DISTANCE, 800 YARDS.

Score of FIFTEEN CONSECUTIVE SHOTS BY COL. JOHN BOBINE, AT CREEDMOOR, IN THE “BENNETT MATCH,” Oct. 3, 1874, with a

REMINGTON Breech Loading, Long Range Challenge RIFLE,

WHICH MADE IN THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH,

The Highest Score on Record,

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9 . . _ .... a j rnwan/iPi fifRM nl Tftmrrrt V/itjA lift. S 1R74

Eitract from the “ Army and Navy Journal" Official Report, Dated Oct. 8, 1874.

..... , . . r, , ', ‘ ,hpV ran ho decided flrst. that there is no perceptible difference In accuracy

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Jnrnal, Oct. 3d, 1874. FULTON'S SCORE 171 OUT OF 180: HIGHEST SCORE EVER MADE.

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NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1875.

j Volume I, Number II.

1 17 Chatham Ml. (City llnll Hqr.)

nth west Florida.

NUMBER EIGHTH

BEING NOTF.8 OF A TOOK OF EXPLOHATION— BY OTTR OWN
COMMISSIONER.

WE left Fort Thompson with reluctance, but our . r .)

exhausted bread box prompted us to reacli Mana-
tee at an early day. We commenced the descent of the
river and resolved upon thinning out the 'gators. Before
reaching Punta Rassa, we footed up our 'gator account and
found that we had settled the affairs of ninety-four on the
Caloosahatchie, the best day’s sport being thirty-six. We
have done some little shooting in our time, but for excite-
ment and amusement give preference to 'gator perforating,
and can confidently recommend the Caloosahatchie to
those who wish to engage in this description of sport. At
this point I may remark, that we thoroughly tested the
Winchester and Remington rifles, and for penetration, con-
venience of loading, accuracy of shooting and general use-
fulness, we are forced to give the decided preference to the
former.

Passing a bayou twenty miles below Fort Thompson,
Harry noticed a woodcock and we landed. In this retired
and beautiful spot we started seven, the only ones we no-
ticed during our wanderings. We have often thought that
these birds have a taste for the beautiful in nature, for they
are generally found where nature has been most lavish
in her offerings. After leaving the Caloosahatchie tele-
graph station, and before reaching the islands above Fort
Thompson, we towed our spinners astern, but soon tired
of landing cavalli ranging from five to fifteen pounds.
Reaching Punta Rassa, we steered across the Caloosa en-
trance, entered Matansas pass and proceeded southward to-
wards the Erastro and Corkscrew rivers. If time had per-
mitted we would have ascended these streams and described
an unknown but wc have reason to believe an interesting
section. Reluctantly we turned the prow of the Spray
northward. En route wc visited the northern end of Pine
Islaud, situated three miles north of Useppi. Here we
founcl a Yankee named Ham, who had resided there for
twenty-four years. At the landing we found two luxuri-
ant cocoa nut trees in fruit, and back of the hut, roasting
ears, garden vegetables, and several hundred lemon trees
loaded down with their golden fruit. At this point will be
found four of the largest mounds on the coast, and the
archeologist will be pointed to something interesting and cal-
culated to puzzle him. The island is three miles wide and
with the exception of a few hundred feet on each side, is
traversed by a canal forty feet wide and eight feet in depth.
Mr. Ham assured mo that a similar excavation existed on
the main land, and could be traced in a direct line towards
Okeechobee for a distance of fourteen miles. On the north
side of Caloosahatchie River, near its source, a similar
canal is found and of about three miles in length. I was
assured by a reliable party familiar with the locality, that a
similar one existed on one of the Thousand Islands. The
question arises, who excavated these canals, or for what
purpose where they dug? It is a well known fact that
the Indians were too indolent to engage in such an under-
taking. There cannot be a question regarding these exca-
vations having been made by man, but why made, or by
whom, is the questiou. An examination of the live oak
trees growing in and on the sides of the excavation negatives
any argument that they could have been the work of the
early Spaniards or the Seminoles. From our knowledge of
the Indian tribes it is not probable that these canals were
dug by the Yamasees. We think that a thorough examina-
tion should be made of these ancient works by the Smith-
sonian authorities, as such an investigation might lead to
interesting developments regarding the earlier races inhab-
iting the southwest portion of the peninsula. In addition
to the canals referred to, the large Indian mounds on the
southwest coast deserve examination. Such an explora*
tion would fall within the legitimate sphere of the institu-
tion referred to, and the expense incurred would be trifling

compared to probable results. During the trip, birds, fish
aud marine and fresh water alga? could be collected, and
the Institution benefltted thereby.

Leaving Pine Island, with its hospitable inhabitants, wc
made for Bird Key, one mile west of Useppi. This small
island consists of about forty acres and is covered with
large maugrove trees. At one time it boasted of inhabi-
tants for where we landed the shore had been carefully
paved with ht'VtJ'lain shells. It is the rookery, or roost-
ing place for the multitudes of birds that fremicnt Charlotte
Harbor. On the island will be found ptffu im.-.'gHiu't, cor.
morants, water turkeys, cranes and heronsiffT^kinds,
sizes and descriptions. A person desirous of collecting
ornithological specimens would find this a desirable local-
ity. In the evening we amused ourselves by shooting
white herons for their plumes, aud the noise made by the
birds after each discharge beggars all description, We
left Bird Key and adjoining coast islands, after devoting a
couple of days to their examination.

Wending our way homeward, we reached the northern
end of Gosparilla Island, and came to a halt for a time.
We had been skeptical regarding the fish-stories that had
been told us about the fish iu this region, but after having
practically tested the matter we are prepared to credit al-
most anything we hear stated, or see printed, regarding fish
and fishing on the southwest coast of Florida. I am
somewhat of a veteran aud energetic fisherman, but for
the first time in my life became surfeited with one hour’s
fishing at the inner point of Little Gosparilla Inlet. At
the young Hood, Harry, Frank and I visited the inlet aud
noticed a school of minnows being chased by a red fish.
To escape their pursuers hundreds jumped on the sand,
and with hands and feet we assisted many more to laud.
We commenced with rods and reels, but were forced to
abandon these fancy implements; for whilst we were en-
gaged playing a large red or other fish he would be gob-
bled by a shark and tackle would go by the board. I
hooked a large red fish which was taken by a large shark,
and to my regret I found that I had secured an elephant. I
showed fight, the last foot of line left my reel, and my ex-
cellent and serviceable Shipley bamboo rod was soon in
extremis. The rod bent like a bit of steel, but the braided
line held — one joint after another was strained, and at
last the line parted, and I was left alone in my glory, with
a strained and dilapidated Shipley rod. Resolved upon
having a little piscatorial amusement, I visited the boat and
obtained three strong lines eighty feet long, attached an
eight ounce sinker and two large hooks to each and again
entered the lists. We baited with the minnows and would
throw our lines out their full length. Almost instantly the
baits would be taken by red fish ranging from five to twenty
pounds, cavalli, weakfish, bone fish, grunts, or red aud
black grouper of large size. We unhooked the fish and re-
turned them to their native element. At the end of an hour
Harry, Frank, and A1 Fresco abandoned the sport ex-
hausted and demoralized. Some of my readers will say
that this was unnecessary slaughter and not sport. I am
prepared to admit the soft impeachment, but in extenuation
enter the plea that we followed up the amusement iu order
that the readers of Forf.st and Stream could form an
opinion regarding the kind of sport obtainable on the south-
west coast. Some of my readers will probably say that
“this was equal to pot hunting, and that the piscator would
only capture fish in an artistic manner, with rod and reel."
To such we will simply say, hook and play a ten or fifteen
pound red fish for a few minutes, and then secure an addi-
tion of from eight to twelve lineal feet of shark, and one
such catch and rods, lines and reels would “go up." In-
side the inner point sheepsheading is excellent, the fish
ranging from one to five pounds. With a stout nine foot
rod and three hooks baited with fiddlers, from one to three
sheepshead can be captured at almost every cast. The
water is very clear, and the bottom a white shell bank, and
the fish are visible in dozens slowly swimming along in
search of food. Fiddlers of large size can be secured in
quantity for bait on most of the sandy keys. To obtain
them easily nothing more is necessary than to dig them
out of the sand, where their holes are visible. If placed in

an ordinary wooden pail they will live for mauy days. Red
and other fish will readily tukc cut fish bait, but seem to
prefer minnows.

I noticed numerous deer tracks on the Island and sug-
gested to Frank and Harry that they shou.d kill one. After
their departure for the central portion of the island, I seated
myself on an empty pail and engaged in catching sheeps-
head and throwing them in again unless so badly hooked
as to render them unfit for anything but a frying pan. I
was absorbed in the amusement, when I was startled by a
large buck and doe plunging intoihe bay within a few feet
of my person. When Harry aud Frank returned they in-
formed me that they hud started a number, fired at two,
but did not kill. All the lar.-rr > kinds at d with

deer, and on most of them •.« !_' uw: uimeeTsTury; in fact,
still hunting is the preferable mode. Coons in immense
numbers exist on these islands and their tracks arc visible
everywhere Dear the bay beaches. On the mud fiats oppo-
site our camping place thousands of snipe and curlews
could be seen at any time, apparently waiting to be destroy-
ed. In the centre of the island the sportsman will find a
large fresh water lagoon whore excellent water can be ob-
tained. For the invalid who is piscatorially inclined, and
who desires an excellent climate, we would say spend a
few weeks or months on the northern end of Little Gaspa-
rilla. The air is pure, water excellent, frost absent, sea
bathing unequalled, fishing beyond description, deer plen-
tiful on the island and on the main land. To the sports-
man this island offers many inducements, and I would
earnestly advise any one visiting Charlotte Harbor to
speud some ^ays here. Yesterday I received a communi-
cation from a gentleman residing in the interior of Penn-
sylvania in which I find the following:—

“I have greatly desired to visit Florida for years past,
but have feared the trip on account of fevers and bad
water. I have also heard much of the insects of Florida,
and am enough of an angler to have a wholesome dread of
the woods in fly time.”

I proposed postponing the consideration of these subjects
until the final communication, but ns I find so tnueh iguor-
aucc prevailing on many points, I shall take advantage of
this letter to ventilate these subjects. Excellent water can
be obtained at any settlement, or from the rivers and CMteL?
above salt water. On a few of the islands fresh ponds and
lagoons can be found, where a supply can be secured. On
Pine, Useppi, and Lacosta islands a superior article can be
obtained. On any of the islands a fair to good sample can
be found by digging a well from two to four feet deep. At
Punta Rassa and Fort Myers, cistern water can bo secured.
From the streams aud springs north of Clear Water Har-
bor, water equaling the Croton can be found. If the
sportsman carries with him one or two five gallon water
kegs lie will not suffer. We could find room for but one
five gallon keg and we mauaged very well. Aware of the
suffering that results from a deficient supply of good watery
I was induced in a previous communication to refer to \JtC
subject.

I have visited nearly all portions of Florida except Indian
River and Bay Biscayne region, both in Winter and Sum
mer, and can safely assert that I have suffered more from
mosquitoes in one day at the head of Lake Superior, aud
at Barnegat, N. J., than I have during all my visits to
Florida combined. From what I have heurd stated and
seen published, I have reason to believe that insects are
troublesome on the Indian River, but this should not bo
made to apply to the whole of the State. I spout nearly
two mouths on the southwest coast, traversed several de-
grees of latitude and longitude, visited most of the bays,
rivers, creeks and islands, and I can positively assert that I
was really annoyed on but one occasion with sand flies and
mosquitoes, and that wa9 one afternoon and evening when
we were encamped in the spring of the Chisiowilski. We
made it a rule to anchor a short distance from shore every
night, but if tho sportsman encamps on land lie will be
somewhat annoyed by mosquitoes in the early part of the
evening. Tho mosquitoes of the southwest coast are
lethargic, and not active and industrious, as are those of
Lake Superior and New Jersey. We carried with us a full

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supply of mosquito netting and thin muslin to protect us
from sand flies, but Die original packages were brought
back unopened. 1 will admit that I was put through by
the “red bugs,” but my sufferings were the result of igno-
rance, and my dearly bought experience will benefit others.
At Cedar Keys, Manatee and Tampa, a few fleas will be
found, but never away from settlements or hog nests. At
Fort Thompson I thoughtlessly entered one of Capt Henrv’s
old palmetto leaf shanties where dozens of hogs slept nightly,
and as a result I was literally covered with fleas. I se-
cured such a supply that I was forced to1 strip and siuk my
clothing to the bottom of the river and drown the active
customers. If the sportsman steers clear of settlements
and hog nests, he will not find a flea in the southern por-
tion of the State. The last nigh^I spent at Cedar Keys I
found that the bed contained a number of fleas and that to
sleep was impossible. I searched my coat and removed
from one of the pockets a box of insect powder. I sprin-
kled a small quantity in the bed, a little in each shirtsleeve
aud some on my neck; a few fanning motions of my shirt
and the top sheet, and peace reigned supreme. The Per-
sian Insect Powder should be carried by every sportsman
who runs any risk of coming in contact with fleas or bed
bugs. If Die latter prove troublesome, a small quantity
sprinkled on the lower sheet will act like magic, aud nearly
every bug that enters the bed will be found lifeless in the
morning. My experience is that the yarns spun about in-
sect life in Florida is to a great extent “twaddle and stuff."
I suffer more from fleas than any person I have ever met,
and have received so much benefit from the use of the In-
sect Powder that I am induced to refer to it.

With regard to fevers of an intermittent, remittent or
continued type, I believe they are unknown on the south-
west coast during the Winter months, and that taking the
year through, it is the healthiest section in the United States.
I sometimes think that a man could not contract disease on
the coast during the Winter months. 1 am a medical man
of many year's experience, and before leaving home filled
my pocket case with medicines, in addition to sundry bot-
tles and pill boxes. Companions and self were frequently
wet and for nearly two months slept under a thin canvas
cover open at. the ends, aud not a particle of medicine was
required. The only article of medicine wo were short of
was pilot bread, and others may be benefited by our ex-
perience. In all my wanderings in the State, I have seen
hut one diminutive scorpion, and that I captured at Fort
Thompson. I resided for twelve years in a portion of the
world where scorpions are plentiful, aud I never knew any
person to be seriously injured by their venom. With re-

§ard to the bug-bear of snakes, 1 have only to remark, that
uring Die period of my recent visit to the Slate I saw but
four; a rattlesnake near Fort Thompson, a black snake on
the Caloosahatci.ie, a garter snake on Gasparilla Island, aud
a water snake on the Chisiowilski. On one occasion, in
assing through the interior from Tam; a to Silver SpriBg
noticed a large rattlesnake lying by the side of a log, and
stopped the conveyance to destroy him, but found that
some one had performed the duty before my urrival. Hence
1 have met with two rattlesnakes in the State, one alive
and one dead. I am prepared to admit that they exist in
the State, and that they are fully developed specimens;
but where one can be found in Florida a dozen can be
killed in tbe mountainous regious of Pennsylvania. My
statement may differ from others, but I describe things as I
louud them. Before leaving the North I provided three
large India rubber blankets to make leggiugs to protect the
party from the fangs of rattlesnakes, and it affords me
pleasure to state that I have the blankets uncut in my pos-
session. Ax. Fresco.

For Forett and Stream.

LONG LAKE, NEWCOMB, INDIAN PASS.

THESE names will indicate as well ns any, the medium
and limits of an excursion I took in the year of
grace 1873. Making Newcomb my headquarters, I branch-
ed out right and left from there, very much in the direc
tions in which the antlers of a deer branch out from their
headquarters. I left home on the 12th of May, and in six
hours was at Saratoga, where, despite of grand hotels and
all that sod of thing, the close season of which spreads
over three-fourths of the year, my chief attraction was not
the Congress Spring, but the wooded lawn beyond it,
traversed aud occupied by seven roviug deer, for this was
in the line of my pursuit. Mem: I know of no one who
lias done up Saratoga so concisely and well as J. G. Saxe.
Read his song thereof :

•‘Tlicy eat. aDd they drink, and they sleep;

They talk, and they walk, and they w oo;

They sigh, and they Janeh, and they weep;

They icad, and they nde. aud they dance;

With other unspeakable things;

They pray, and they play, aud they pop,

And that's what they do at the springs."

In the morning— excelsior— I was going up via. A. R.
R, amid snow and ice, beckoned onward by mountains and
streams to bolder scenery.

Was it not very cold? Yes; particularly as the season
was backward. But a favorite time for visiting the North
Woods is, and always lias been with me when uble to
secure it, from the middle of May until the flies become
importunate in recommending return. Different seasons
have have tlier different advantages and disadvantages,
and no one of them includes all. In Summer you get ber-
ries, bathing, warmth, (too much of it perhaps) but infer-
ior flsbing as a rule, and superior mosquitoes. Late troll-
ing is in vain, or nearly so for tbe native lake trout,
though you may catch imported pickerel. Go in early,
and you get the first best fishing, and are not annoyed with
flies. Everything daily improves. Nature rapidly de-
velops her verdant glories, and you soon see her iu her
richest dress. I went iu too early for strawberries, but not
for prime sport or majestic scenery. Why should any com-
plain of cold iu the latter part of May, who at home have
weathered January, February aud March? Wood is plenty
iu the woods, and tire can be obtained by a scratch. The
angler’s friend, birch bark, will kindle a flame even in the
ram, which will make it too hot for him. But 1 am not
recommending early shantyiug out; that is unnecessary,
aud frequeut Spring rains render it undesirable. There
are numerous places where shelter and warm beds can be
secured at night, where you can "be quiet aud go a flail-
ing' in the morning. Mem: Plenty of warm woolen cloth-
ing. Liucu shirt-sleeves for bummer.

The Hudson River at this time was full of rolling logs,
rumbling aud tumbling promiscuously together, some in a
desperate hurry to reach Glen's Falls, though stopping at
many stations ; others found, founded, or foundered on a

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rock. Tlnnf all tell the tale of devastation— how are the
mighty fallen — and prompt the inquiry, shall the axe de-
vour forever? This Bay not lie viewing the subject iu a
utilitarian manner, but it is viewing it nevertheless. Go-
ing, goingT^foing, as lift auctioneer exclaims; fair warning,
unless arrest sets TnTt !hat all will yet be— gone! It was
computed last Summer, (July 30lh,) that 100,000 logs passed
down that day, at a given point. I saw a man on a height
with a long pule apparently seeking to bring two large lugs
asbore. In a moment he disappeared, but was soon seen again,
having taken passage on those logs down the river. By
keeping the two as one, close together, their rolling is pre-
vented, and skillful men with iron in their soles may thus
navigate iu comparative safety. I saw a man, however,
on another log; just before I saw him — in the water. At
Poltersfield I pushed my way against head winds to see the
Schroon. I saw, but the sight was forbidding, and the
sound even worse. So turning my back upon it, I was
blown to where I came from.

Old Boreas opposed my progress northward strongly,
but in vain. I was too much for him, wrapped, if not “in
Die solitude of my own originality,” then in flannel coats,
shawls and overalls, so that I comfortably pursued my on-
ward upward way. With the inspiring sight of snow-clad ,
mountains continually before my eyes, I advanced over
roads both good and bad, till evening found me safely en-
sconced in the house of mine host, Davis, at Newcomb.

Of this place little need be said, for there is little of it.
It is a quiet hamlet, surrounded by hill, forest, lake and
stream. "Where there’s no water, it’s dry." Such is a
favorite axiom or aphorism of my own. But there is much
water here. The best tiling about Newcomb iu my judg-
ment, is that Mr. and Mrs. Davis are there, a host in them-
selves, making their guests so happy, and holding the key
which unlocks such treasures of Die woods and waters.
There too, I found just the man I wanted, Capt. Parker,
an intelligent, able and faithful guide. The weather was
for several Jays forbidding; but the Captain cheered the
solitude with his cornet, an instrument in Die use of which
lie is adept, giving its mellifluous tones to Die breeze in the
Marseillaise, Hail Columbia, and Red, White and Blue,
and we sauntered forth and reconnoitred, talcing frequent
turns on the neighboring lakes. One morning as we moved
towards Rich Lake, I paused, and turning saw old Ta-
liawua in his snowy cloud capped glory. I had often seen
him before, both near and far away, from various points
of the compass, looming up as king mountain of the re-
gion^in his dress of green, or robe of blue, but now for the
first lime saw him in his mantle of white. I had seen him
when he appeared more beautiful and attractive, but never
when the light was so sublime. The sunlight breaking
through the clouds illumined his snow-crowned summit,
and held ns spell bound by the magic of its power. The
Captain observed that we had caught such a view of the
cloud splitter as we were not likely to see again.

At length the wislied-for day arrived, when we were to
start for the island home at Long Lake. On Ibis excursion
out, I was favored with the company both of Mr. Davis
and the Captain. Our route lay through half a dozen lovely
lakes, Harris, Rich, Lily Pads, Long Ponds, Callin, Round,
broken by agreeable and easy portages. Not altogether,
but generally so. Iu one case, I remember, where the way
was tangled, marshy, difficult, the Captain observed, “You
must have this, if you have the other." My whole nature
responded to the -sentiment. There [is no royal roud to
earthly bliss, any more than there is to Ileaven. The
cross before the crown. At all events, I prefer a rough,
unmacadamized road, if my object is good trout fishing. I
desired ‘The other," aud therefore cheerfully accepted Die
one. But the route to me was refreshing. Living from
year to year amid brick walls and stone pavemeuts, (you
kuow how it is yourself,) I found a charm in the very
variety of a wet and tangled path, for which I was fully
prepared, as well as in an unobstructed march through Die
wildwoocis, and away over the quiet waters.

Rich Lake deserves its name. Though comparatively
unknown aud unrecorded, it is one of the gems, in its ex-
panse, its depths, its shores and mountain scenery. On
Lake Lily Pads we found a white hawk, which as "we ap-
proached endeavored to fly, and doubtless would have done
so but for his strong attachment to a trap, which he could
not take with him, and which he had literally got his foot
in. Near by was a heap of dark feathers, suggestive that he
might sometime have dined on duck. He raised his head,
ami held it back with open beak in defiance, ready for ac-
tion, but Mr. Davis thought it best to put him out of his
troubles and let him rest, by a stroke or two from his oar.
On our return we observed a heap of white feathers there,
as well as of dark oues, suggestive that some wild animal
had dined on hawk.

“So uiituralluts observe, a Ilea
Has smaller Ilea* that on Uun prep:

And thete have smaller still to bite 'em,

And so proceed at intlultuin." Dean Swift.

Evening found us safely harbored at the Island House,
kept by John Sabbatis and bis brother Charles. There I
passed a week delightfully, and caught my largest trout.
Now stand aside, you Maine men, while I tell you my story.

I know your exploits, and what Maine can do; and under-
stand that you look down on New York figures in this
line. The trout were not numerous, but they were large.
Two of them weighed two and a quarter pounds each; one
three and three-quarter pounds, and one four and a quarter
pounds. This last was three times weighed, by as many
persons; twice with my pocket balance, aud once with
steelyards, and all agreed. He measured twenty-one
inches in length, aud thirteen in girth. The two largest
together weighed exactly eight pounds. Charles 8. laid
them on shiugles, marked and cut out their proportions,
and opening eyes in the wood-work, hung them up at his
cabin door as trophies. The largest was as brilliant in his
lines as he was large; a speckled prince. I do not say a
king, though I never saw a huger one, nor heard, well au-
thenticated, of larger caught iu this State. Mr. Chensy
told me he had never caught one quite so large. I brought
him home with me, and he received many callers, of the
angling fraternity, one of whom devoutly expressed the
wish that he might catch one such before he died.

Sunday came, a most luxurious day. I never passed one
more radiant iu its oeuuty, more perfect in its atmosphere,
more truly delicious in its natural influences. As I had
several times expressed a desire to see and become ac-
quainted with Milchel Sabbatis, of whom 1 read a quarter
of a century before in Headley’s admirable book, und who
lived near the head of the lake, Charley proposed to take
me there to see his father. It did not take long for me to
make up my mind; so, soon after breakfast 1 was iu the
boat, aud with a thankful, aud I trust not uudeyout heart,

in view of the glories of Die kingdom of Nature around me,
aud the kind Providence which permitted me to enjoy
them, I gave myself up to the welcome opportunity. We
passed among the ornamental islands of the lake, (they are
twenty-two in number) inhaling health and joy with every
inspiration, and brought up at Kellogg’s, where we dined.
In the afternoon we called on Milcliei, one of the most
prominent of all settlers in the Adirondacks, and one who
lias done much for the community where lie resides. This
worthy 6on of the forest received me kindly and talked
over Headley, and recollections of him, though remarking
that it was "so long ago.” He is not. naturally inclined to
talk much, though still in good health and strength, with
promise of future usefulness. We called also on Helms,
the well known guide, who lives next door to him, famous
like Abraham, as being the father of ninny children. (See
"Babes iu the Woods," chapter 34.) He was my guide in
1801, and 1 had called with my party at his house on
.Forked Lake in 1853. I found him a grandfather, with a
numerous progeny around him, and every prospect that
his name will never die. Our return was, if possible, still
more delightful limn the morning row. The lake was like
glass, not having even a ripple on its surface, though in-
numerable ducks made their mark on it, and before us
loomed lovely in the distance the high mountains, Seward
and Saudanona. I shall not soon forget this glorious day;
nor the glorious sunsets I beheld cm Long Lake, nor sundry
conversations which I had with its echoes, nor one with its
hermit Bowen, an intelligent, well read, mysterious old
mail, nor the kindness and consideration 1 experienced on
every hand. Returning to Newcomb, besides Capt. Par-
ker, John Sabbatis was with me, who was to be my guide
to the Indian Pass.

From the time when I first read Headley it had been a
cherished day dream with me to visit the scenes which lie
so alluringly describes. I have visited nearly all of them,
as well as others, which his book does not include. Particu-
larly I desired to visit in one and the same trip, lakes San-
ford and Henderson, Die Iron Works and Pass. I came
near doing so in 1802. In the previous year 1 had lodged
qj. the house of the old hunter, Cheney, on my way out
from Forked Lake to Crown Point. We talked over these
scenes; and he most feelingly described that bitter night
when he watched in the woods with the dead body of Mr.
Henderson and his little sou. The next year 1 wrote to
him with a view of visiting the region, ami received his
answer, which I still retain, written oil a sheet lipped with
red and blue as became the loyalty of that period. But my
thoughts were diverted that year to Die White Mountains.
Afterwards I visited other Adirondacks, hoping and wait-
ing for the opening of the railroad. Now was my first
available opportunity, which 1 did not fail to improve. So,
after resting at Newcomb for a day or two, 1 engaged a
team to take me to the deserted village, having the son of
Mitchel as my guide for the occasion. At Tahawus, I
visited again Mr. Cheney, sorry to find him much broken
in health, while still longing for the woods. His lnrxe
white hotel stands nearly alone, on an elevation overlook-
ing the Hudson, and at a fork in the road. I was one of
many who were pained to learn from your columns of the
extraordinary occurrence which endangered his life mouths
ago, and would feel relieved to be assured of his recovery.

Bidding him good bye, we corduroy'd our way on Die
west side of llte elongated Lake Sanford. I was disap-
pointed in this lake as such, though i‘s mountain surround-
ings are lofty and sublime. The best, view of it is doubtless
that given in Mr. Headley’s book, where with artistic eye
and pencil, “Mr. Ingham made a picture of the lake.” But
in comparison with others in the northern wilderness, with
tbe.exceptiou of its mountain scenery it struck me as nar-
row und indifferent. On the left of the road, at intervals,
high rocky bluffs appeared which challenged our attention.
Lonelier and lonelier ns we advanced seemed Die way, till
arrived at something like a clearing the shades of evening
began to full over scenes of utter desolation. A sadder
sight of the kind 1 never beheld. I have seen deserted
houses before, but never a deserted village. Well built
houses by the score, silent, broken, tcnaullcss. A church,
hut not one worshipper; a school, but not a solitary pupil;
a broad avenue grown literally to grass; a furnace without
a tire; iron ore iti huge masses undisturbed; not a boy or a
girl at play or at work in the house or out of it. However,
there was one exception, or we would not have gone there;
one house open, where we were kindly received aud well
taken care of to the end of the visit.

Various are Die causes assigned for this destruction of
property. The death of Mr. Henderson alone seems suf-
ficient to account for it, as he was the original and chief
supporter of the enterprise. But I heard also various ru-
mors, to the effect that it cost more to transport the iron
from tire woods than it was worth; that there was a strike
among the laborers for higher pay, which failing, they all
deserted iu a body, &e. These causes may have conspired
together to produce the result. But there is a plenty of
water-power there; plenty of ore, plenty of houses of wood
aud brick; plenty of charcoal of finest quality, and hope is
entertained that the ultimate completion of the A. R. If, as
far as Talmwus, will again start the wheels, and make the
village hum with the sound of progress, life and industry.

Passing there the night, the morning (May 80lh) opened
cold and even flaky with snow, but the day proved to be Die
choice one of an hundred for our purpose. After a good
breakfast, a boat was drawn to the water for our service,
aud wc launched forth with cheerful prospects on Lake
Henderson. This lake is a charuier. As Mitchel said,
"any one there who does not wish to see mountains, must
look straight up.” 1 learned on it what “wallface" means.
One side of the mountain presents a gigantic profile, far
larger than that on the Franconia heights, New Hamp-
shire, but not bo bold, or prominently defined. There are
brow, eye, nose, mouth and chin unmistakable, and in the
mouth are teeth, to which John specially directed my at-
tention, It is the Old Guard of the Pass forever facing it.
We crossed the lake readily and took to the woods, but
scarcely bad we entered it when John suddenly halted.
"A bird," lie said, and true -enough, there was a largo strut-
ting partridge oil the ground directly before us, He level-
led his guu and fired, aud the poor partridge trembled- his
life out in a moment.

But this letter is already too extended. It remains for
me only to say, that crossiug dashing streams, and persever-
ing to the end of the projected journey, I attained the ob-
ject of long desire, and received a full reward, gazing with
rupt admiration at the base of t lie Mountain Pass, awe-
struck by its solitary grandeur, its mu jus tic ultilude, its
lowering sublimity. Amatecr,

Utica, April , 1U75.

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ELK HUNTING IN THE NORTHWEST.

WHILE waiting for n steamer on tlis Upper Missiouri
River lost Pall I enjoyed many advantages for
hunting the larger kind of game so abundant in that re-
gion. 'The banlis of the great river arc covered with a
tliick growth of cottonwood, elm, and ash, with a dense
underbrush of willow and billberry bushes, which, ex-
tending for several miles, afford excellent cover for elk,
deer and bear. Two young men were living at the wood-
yard where I was staying, ard we were the only white men
within a radius of sixty miles. They were too busy chop-
ping wood for the steamers to find time to hunt, and
with the exception of an occasional visit from a wander-
ing band of Gros Ventre Indiaus, the game was undis-
turbed.

One bright still day late in September I left the log
cabin, resolved to find elk, if they were in the woods. One
hundred yards travel and I was buried in the underbrush,
which rose above my head to the height of fifteen feet,
presenting a wall impenetrable to sight for a greater dis-
tance than ten yards. It was impossible to move with cau-
tion outside of the game trails which formed a perfect
labyrinthian way, enabling one to liuut in any desired di-
rection. Selecting a well traveled trail which seemed to
lead parallel with the river, I determined to follow it,
knowing that if the animals were in that neighborhood
their cross trails going to water could soon be found. The
elk tracks all appeared to be quite old, but there was
plenty of fresh deer signs, and the broken branches of
billberry bushes gave evidence of the presence of that king
of beasts, the grizzly. The trail often widened and led
through beautiful little glades and cottonwood groves, dot-
ted with patches of artemisin, affording a clear view for a
hundred yards around, with everything combined to make
it the most delightful ground for deer s nlking ever seen
outside of the covers ot Frauk Forester’s books. Here I
heard the peculiar snort of the white-tailed deer, and just
caught a glimpse of his flag waving ine a graceful adieu
as he bounded out of sight. I was not sorry to see him go
off unharmed; for although I should not have beeu able to
resist the temptation to shoot him, if he had stood for me,
yet having started out for elk, I hoped that no other game
would entice me to fire, and so destroy all hopes for that
day. Elk, unlike deer, are easily alarmed by firing, and
will not remain in the vicinity where it is heard. The deer
were so plentiful that it was au easy matter to get one
whenever desired. It was therefore with feelings of relief
that I saw this one get away, and of satisfaction that no
more were seen that clay.

It was now noon, and still there was nothing to indicate
the presence of the animals sought for; but I did not des-
pair of ultimately finding them, knowing that elk often
feed and move around a great deal in the middle of the
day where they are not much hunted. A cottonwood sap-
ling at some distance attracted my attention, and on going
to it the discovery was made of the first fresh sign. Here
it was, sure enough; the bark was freshly stripped off in
shreds by some monarch of the glen, who had been sharp-
ening and polishing his antlers for the combats to occur
the next month in verification of the Darwinian theory of
natural selection; or the less scientific, though more poeti-
cal apothegm, that none but the brave deserve the fair. His
track, as large as that of a cow, was plainty visible, with
others which indicated that there was a herd of fifteen or
twenty at hand. Now commenced the work in good earn-
est. Still keeping the main tt ail, I exerted myself to find
them out before they could descry me— the great desidera-
tum in stalking any kind of game. For an hour I moved
cautiously, pushing back the bushes to avoid contact, step-
ping carefully without breaking a twig, and crawling on
hands and knees where the brush overhung the trail. I
had reached a place in the dense willows where the sign
became scattered, when my heart was gladdened by that
sound so exciting to the hunter — the sharp clear crack of
a twig trodden upon by some heavy animal. Standing
perfectly still, the rattling of horns was heard as they
moved among the underbrush leisurely browsing about, ft
became evident from the sound that some of them were
approaching. A light breeze had sprung up and was blow-
ing in their direction. No time was to be lost, for I could
not hope to long escape their keen scent, unless my station
was speedily changed. There were no trails leading in the
right direction; but there was no help for it, and I conse-
quently plunged into the thicket in hopes of being able to
get. to leeward before they became alarmed. I made a hor-
rible noise and inwardly execrated myself a dozen times,
ns I broke stick after stick and loudly rustled the brush
with my clothing. I thrust a twig into my eye— the right
one, of course — and had to stop until I could see out of it
again. In my excited imagination it seemed that there
was noise enough made to stampede a herd of Texas cattle;
yet when I stopped to listen, ufter making a circuit, the
welcome sounds were heard again, as they moved about all
undisturbed. I had struck a trail which led in the right,
direction, aud with everything in my favor I commenced
stalking once more. The noise was growing louder; one
of them was apparantly coming my way. Fervently hop-
ing that it was a buck^ I dropped ou one knee iu the trail
and waited with a beating heart its approach. It is many
years since I have had the buck fever; nevertheless I am
not one of those sportsmen who can serenely contemplate
the proximity of large game. My heart was t humping
loudly as the blood coursed rapidly through my veins, and
I am not sure but that I trembled just a little. Yet it was
with a steady hand that I set the hair trigger and a confi-
dent air that I grasped “old faithful” aud awaited events.
The tops of the willows moved not over ten yards from
me, still nothing could’ be seen. A brief interval and I
caught a glimpse of the glistening points of a magnificent
pair of antlers, followed by a good view of the animal’s
neck. He was not over fifteen feet off, and appeared to tower
almost above me as I crouched close to the ground, hoping
that he would expose his side and enable me to get iu a
shot behind the shoulder. There was no time for delay,
however, as he would undoubtedly see me the next step he
made. Watching for a favorable viesv of his throat through
the willows and hastily drawing a bead, I fired. He came
down instantly with a tremendous crash, and I could have
touched mm with my rifle as he fell toward me, if I had
so desired. But I immediately turned aud run back about
twenty yards to a cottonwood tree, behind which I got
while reloading, convinced that the contiguity of a
wounded elk in such dense underbrush would be of no
benefit to my posterity. The herd was now tearing through
the brush in nearly every direction; but noDe came in sight

and they were soon out of hearing. My elk, however was
still breaking the bushes in an alarming manuer’ and
breathing with a loud, distressful sound. Slopping warily
up to the spot I perceived that ho was uuuble to rise; but
to terminate his sufferings a shot in t lie head was given as
a coup de (/race. Then taking a seat upon his huge body I
fell to gazing upon his fair proportions and indulging in
the pleasant reveries which always reward a successful
chase. Poor fellow ! thought 1, you have fallen a victim,
not to man s inordinate spirit of destructiveness, but to the
equally insatiate demands of science. I will gladly make
all the atonement iu my power by placing your artificial
self where thousands will view and admire you.

His antlers were six-pronged, and had attained a vigor-
ous and symmetrical growth, with points as sharp as a
hunting knife. The animal would certaiuly weigh four-
teen hundred pounds as It fell, requiring the labor of three
men in cutting up aud packing out to the river bank, where
it was loaded in a canoe and taken to the cabin to be
smoked and dried for Winter use. The entire skeleton
was properly prepared, and now adorns our National
Museum. l. c.

For FOreet and Stream.
THE RUFFED GROUSE.

IN MAY the ruffed grouse begins pairing and finishes its
nest by the middle of June. For incubation the most
retired situations are chosen, such as an old stump, beneath
an old log, or amongst small bushes and very frequently in
the angle of the worm fence between the stakes. The hen
lays from ten to fifteen eggs of a dark yellowish color, and
they are about the size of a bantam’s egg. The nest is oft-
entimes robbed by the fox and crow, and other enemies
that are always on the alert for a Spring meal. If the eggs
are destroyed the hen seeks the company of the cock ; they
build a new nest and the hen lays about the same number
of eggs. If the eggs of the first nest are hatched, she does
not lay again until the following Spring. The young birds
leave their nest as a general tiling the third day, and will
keep with the hen during the day seeking food; if startled
at any time they hide under the leaves, or iu the grass like
the young quail. The mother bird, duriug this time, is re-
sorting to strategein to draw the intruder away from her
brood. Always upon being disturbed she will either cover
them, or carry them one by one iu her bill to a long dis-
tance among the hemlocks until she cares for the whole
brood. When the brood is ten days old they have suffi-
cient strength to fly from twenty to thirty yards, and as
soon as they drop hide instantly amongst the dead leaves
and grass. The lieu is never assisted by the cock in caring
for her young. The cocks club together until the latter
part of August, when they all again join the hen and brood.

I have frequently flushed both old birds and eight to fif-
teen young ones. In the latter part of March and all
through April and May, in the gullies where the hemlocks
and pines are the most dense, the cock grouse can be found
standiug upon an old moss grown log, drumming. With
this peculiar music he draws the female to his side, Sin-
gular as this may appear this is the only manner that he
has of courting or wooing the hen from her nest whilst she
is setting. While drumming, his form is erect, and his
feathers appear to stand upon end, grander and more deli-
cate than the turkey cock. His head is posed over the butt
of his wings, within four inches of his tail. The tail is
spread like an open fan, making a halt circle, showing the
many beautiful tints. His ruff, which is on each side of
his neck, is raised, showing the beautiful jet it contains.
The delicate curve of the wing lies close to the feet, almost
hiding them. See him now, as he whirls right and left and
struts upon his favorite log. In ten or fifteen minutes he
closes the whole of his feathers, and of a sudden he
stretches himself, beats his wing in the air close to his side,
nearly the same as the dunghill cock, but more clearly and
with lightning rapidity; these rapid strokes produce a sound
resembling the rumbling of thunder in the distance. I
have heard it often six hundred yards, and in clear weatiicr
with wind favorable it can be beard at a much longer dis-
tance. The cock, if not disturbed, will every morning
drum upon the same log during the breeding season; the
proof is the excrement and fine leathers that can be found
at the spot. In the mating season they frequently have
fierce battles. The cock has generally from two to six
liens under his protection. In Ashtabula, Ohio, and Sulli-
van county. Pa., Metz, in Indiana, and in the eastern part
of Dakota is the best ruffed grouse shooting in the Stutes;
but this bird is iu almost every section of our country. Iu
many places near the banks of the Mississippi and Mis-
souri Rivers the shooting is very fair, and on the Colum-
bia River also. In Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia
ruffed grouse were at one time very abundant. The ruffed
grouse derives it name from the jetty plumage upon its
neck, ou either side a space being left destitute of feath-
ers, but covered over by an erectile ruff of elongated
feathers, of which the upper arc silky, shining, and curved
forward at the end, which is very broad and rounded. His
local appellations in the different States are— in the West-
ern, pheasant; Eastern, partridge; Middle, pheasant; and
Southern, ruffed grouse. In many States no one would
know of what you were speaking, aud iu fact I liuve met
many sportsmen that did not recognize the ruffed grouse
by name. The ruffed grouse flies with great ease, aud
never hesitates crossing a river or valley when migrating,
like nearly all of the gallinaceous order when flushed, fly-
ing with a whirring noise, generally in a direct course,
from one to three hundred yards. I have seen them many
times flying without making any noise; the rapid motion
of the wings makes the noise. I liuve seen a covey of
quail fly oft' of the feeding ground without making any
more noise than the lark or robin. Being u solitary bird
naturally, lie is very seldom found in packs, but generally
in paiis. The forest that is the most secluded uud dense
is his home. I have seen them at a very early hour— say
at eight o’clock— busying themselves scratching and dust-
ing in the same manner as the barn yard fowls. They ure
very fond of buckwheat, corn, beans, grapes, strawberries
and blackberries, and I have often known them to wauder
half a mile from the hemlocks for these delacacics. In
the Winter and Spring they feed upon the buds of apple
trees. I have flushed them mauy a time and made my
double shot, bagging the male and female. I killed two
cocks in Ahstubuhi, Ohio, that weighed two and half
pounds apiece. In the severe Winters they are driven to
great extremes for food; they will eat chestnuts and ucorns
and sometime laurel. In the low spruce by the side of a
log or stump he generally roosts, lie invariably makes u

Icing flight and then a short one, previous to settling for the
night When the snow lies upon the ground lie settles
in the lower limbs, or else in the top, where it Is so thick
mo hunter caunot see him, and if seen the tree would he
so tall that No. 8 would not disturb him. Many of the
hawks destroy the young, especially the red tail.
1 hc*muik and weasel catch the old birds, while the fox,
*}!u ™ccoon kill the young. The pinnated grouse
llesh is light in the early season and dark after the frost,
but the ruffed is always white and delicate. In point of
CHU,‘1' Of course, if the cook is not scien-
tific the delicacy is lost, ^ou cau make it tough and dry,
or juicy. If the nets and nooses, traps aud pot hunters
were seen to in the early season, this bird would be very
soon in every State. Now they are extremely wary and
it is a good thing they are, for if they were not, they would
only be found in private collections and museums. It re-
quires a great deal of pei severance on the part of the
sportsman to make a decent bag. I have often seen them
lie close and squat as I passed by them and then spring
and wlnrr at a great speed. In the thickest cripples anu
deepest gullies and densest foliage, where it is impossible
to get at them, remaining perfectly still until the danger is
over, is the position they take frequently. When the
birds are scarce one must be lively to bring them to bne
When ruised on a hill they fly for its base, and then turn
usually to the right or loft very shoit, and very few sports-
men understand their flight. When the snow was deep I
have found them perched among the pines and hemlocks.
I have seen them dive into the snow banks and leave only
their heads exposed, and I have seen quail do the same
thing. Almost all of the grouse that are brought to New
York markets from the east are caught in snares by boys
and lazy men. 1 have two setters that are well broken for
ruffed grouse. They seem to understand their habits, and
although they are very fast— probably as fast as any in
America— they seldom flush a bird. 1 made some good
bags in 1874 in Western Pennsylvania. In the fur West
they lie much better in the early part of September, but in
this State they lie best iu December. Of course they are
much better for the table when they are fattened upon ber-
ries on«J wild fruit, especially the thorn upple. The hu-
man voice will cause them to rise oftentimes to the dis-
tance of one hundred yards. I have known a single word
to flush a brood. On their feeding grounds they act very
like the woodcock. When preparing for his (light he gen-
erally walks from six to ten feet, very erect and stately,
with his tail spread fan like, and in an instant he is off
with a whirr one does not forget. Though generally dif-
ficult to upproach they will sometimes lie very close, and
then rise almost from under your feet. Their flight is from
one hundred and fifty to two hundred arid fifty yards.
One very singular fact is, that you seldom find the brood
two days successively in the same neighborhood. It is the
most difficult of all the game birds to kill, often dropping
dead after au oxteuded flight, and when wounded they are
difficult to find, hiding in holes and hollow tree trunks, and
frequently baffle the. best retrievers and the patience of the
most persevering sportsman. None but those who have a
steady nerve, quick eye, and good judgment of distances
will ever be able to make a largo bag. J. DeB.

Glen IFtid Farm Iloute, DansviUe, March, 1876.

DUCK SHOOTING IN WISCONSIN.

Guano River, Wla., May. 1875.

Editor Korbut and Stream: —

A narrow stream fringed with wild rice, an unpretentious river. Indeed,
though "Graud,” for Its shooting, la this one. At three or four mile*
from Its mouth the river runs from an alumni impuniutbln flat of mud
some miles lu extent. Water aud laud seem to have a struggle for the
supremacy, us the place In Impassable, either by boat or on foot. Wild
rlcc abounds for vegetation and myriads of water fowl seek it as a natu-
ral refuge from their enemy, the sportsman. The ducks fly to and from
this slough morn and eve, and tho sportsman takes advantage) of UiIh to
kill his game. Full oft hove I visited this resort, and the memory of
delightful recreation comes to me us I wrllto. It was late October when
El E. and I took a hunt at Graud River. No large hag of game recalls
the time, but It was so pleusureahle that I remember It u« a day of more
« bun ordinary sport. We row rapidly down Fox River to rcueb the Grand
River by sunrise, (always a splendid time for water fowl shooting) and
right heartily enter the stream, turning the skill's prow tip the narrow
channel. I took the puddle und El the gun, and keeptug close to the
rtc*:, prepared for action. Now, steady nerves, or the duck's swift
spring und splash will disconcert the aim I Up starts a mallard, a lino
drake, but Ids sonorous "quack I qnackl" was silenced hy the report of
the double barret. Splash! wldrrl another rise* a few yards further, and
lusty mullunl the second strives to leave tho fated spot, Downward it
comes, wfug tipped, turning more gyrations than a professional gymnast ;
but on striking the water off It swims for the reedy shore, However, u
few pellets of No. 4 stops, and u shot from the second gun flutshes tile
work and wo reload. Muzxlc loaders wo have, and trusty ones; but
really His provoking, when reloading, to see a flno duck puss hy on
"affrighted pinion," und we lose the shot hy tho time taken In loading.
Onward uguinl "Hear those ducks off to the loft," whispers El, und si
Icntly 1 turn the skiff toward them. A bruee of wood ducks Oils time,
and one pays the penalty of rising within rango of n gun with his life.
Stow ntm mvny under the bow arid murk the gorgeous plumage of the
most beautiful of all floating game In Atnuricu. “Your turn now," says
my companion, and forthwith oar positions ure changed. Aud I may
venture to say that In tho person of my boon compautou E. , you will
And a generous sportsman such u» It is a pleasure to shoot with. Always
ready to give a companion the first shot, lie will nrge upon n friend the
place at the bow, while lie seems to take as much pleasure In seeing olh
ers as lucky in shootlngas himself. The channel becomes narrow, mid yet
more narrow, until the stream Is barely wide enough to admit of our
passage. • The ducks fly always up stream, and we feel certain that rare
sport Is In store for u» If we penetrate tho rill still further. An occa*
sloiial mallard or teal rises from the rlcc on either side, which extends
hack from the channel some hundred yards. A duck, when killed, usual*
ly falls into this, and then we must push the skiff through tne tangled
rice for them. Invigorating exercise, coupled with plying the paddle,
and os the dinner hour draws nigh wo nro ft^i to try onr lunch. Hero
Is Hickory Point, and drawlug the skiff up at this we eat heartily, und
then away down stream. The ufteruoon's sport was but a repetition of
the morning's shootlDg. and at dusk we seek u spot for "comping out."
An hour or so later beholds us in camp on the marsh . The quncklng of
ducks conhl he heard atoll hours of tlie night, us they flew o'erhoad or
gabbled to them-clves In some adjacent slough. Lulled toeleoi) by this
music wo are oblivious. Vale. Fkbd.

—The San Antonia (Texas) Herald gives the following
notice to its subscribers: “Iloreafler wc shall publish the
list of the names of those who go a fishing on the Lord's
day and fail to send us a striug of trout. Perch and suck-
era have too rniiuy bones in them to allow us to forget that
the moral element of our population look to the press to
eradicate this growing desecrutiou of the Sabbath.”

214

FOREST AND STREAM

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For Forttt and Stream.

A TRIP AFTER GRAYLING SPAWN.

BEARING in mind our experience of last year, which
conclusively proved that the grayling deposited their
spawn in the month of April instead of doing it in Febru-
ary, as the books said they should or would do, our patty
arrived at Grayling on the evening of April 5th. It con-
sisted of D. II. Fitzhugh, Jr., Lcn Jewell, Charles Pierce,
guides and canoeman, and the writer. We staid over night
at the comfortable hotel kept by M. llnrtwick, and in the
morning loaded our camp equipage into two boats and pro-
ceeded down the Au Sable.

80 many anglers are seeking information in regard to
the fish and fishing in this and other rivers in the wilder-
ness of Michigan that a description of the boats used to
gun it will probably be in order. They are built of pine,
flat bottomed, pointed at each end, and are twelve feet long
by three wide at the middle; they are pushed with a pole,
as oars are of no use on this rapid, crooked stream, filled with
logs and overhung with tree tops, as in many places there
is simply a passage way between several tops wide enough
for the boat to pass. Our boats held two men and all the
impedimenta of camp, and there is but one other boat on
the river besides the two owned by Mr. Fitzhugh. The
weather was more favorable than on the occasion of our
visit last year, and in consequence of the thaw the river
was a foot higher than usual, and very much discolored.

We kept a sharp lookout for schools of fish in places
where we saw and caught them lost season without seeing
a single one; they seem to have deserted that part of the
river. Mr. Fitzhugh accounted for this in tliisyay: He
says (and he knows more about the habits of grayling than
any man in America) that they arc a local fish in the ex-
treme sense of the word, and that when all are caught out
of a certain portion of the river that part remains destitute
of fish for some time. Certain it is that with the excep-
tion of a large school of yearlings about four miles down,
where the river widens at the first tributary below the rail-
road, we saw no fish until about eight miles below. We
passed Camps Hallock, Milner, and Green, and such was
the scarcity of fish that we never stopped nor unlimbered
our rods until we reached Camp Bowles, twenty miles by
river from the town of Grayling. The river has been net-
ted aud speared until the few remaining “magnificent dor-
sals" have been driven by their gregarious habits to seek
the schools of their golden eyed comrades below a point
which the average market fisher can pole a boat in a day,
for be it known that the gentle gruyling is more sociable in
his nature than the carnivorous, or, rather, piscivorous
fishes. We took one fish with the mark of a recent spear
cut on it, and from my knowledge of the effect of injury
to the skin of fishes 1 should not think it was over a week
old. And this in the breeding season! We found the fish
nearly ripe, aud saw mauy spawning beds that had been
whipped, but no fish on them. The grayling chooses a
gravel bed in a swift current, usually in shallow water, and
in the open stream. .From observations last scuson, which
seemed confirmed by similar ones on this trip, we were
unanimously of the opinion that the grayling moved from
the dark pools at sundown aud took their places upon these
beds, which they did not seem to occupy by daylight. To
prove this we sent Leonard and Charley with a jack over
the beds at night, and they reported numbers of fish upon
them. We fished four days from Camp Bowles, which is
about two miles below the “big pine," a point well known
to all who have run the river. We were on the north bank,
on the slope of a large hill covered with Norway pine, aud
our teut was pitched over a patch of the trailing arbutus
with which the country abounds. In these four days we
caught 118 fish to our two rods, Mr. Fitzhugh using a Nor-
ris rod with a Clerk reel, and I one of Judson’s, with the
new reel made by Orvis; this latter was on its trial trip,
and proved very satisfactory. We used three flies, mainly
the fuvorile grayling fly, made with a stoue wing and a
yellow body, with occasionally a brown hackle or a gray
moth. The fish did not rise us freely as they did last year
which may be owing to their being further advanced to-
wards spawning, or to the freshet then prevailing, which
brought them plenty of food in the shape of the caddis
etc., which could be plainly seen rolling on the bottom!
The surface of the water in many places was literally alive
with liny flies of the genus rhironomus , which, with the
exception of the school of yearlings above referred to the
fish did not seem to notice. An occasional white miller
would be taken as soon as he attempted to cross n dark
pool. These pools are mostly in shore, in a bend of the
river, and have a dark bottom, caused by the vegetable
deposit gathering there. We fished them from above, anil
could often see fish below the boat, after the commotion
caused by our arrival had subsided, picking the caddis
shrimp, and other tod swept by the current from the
sandy sbiugle or the gravel beds into their dwelling place.
Never have I seen a stream so swarming with food; a wash
basin placed in a landing net and used as u dredge brought
in one haul of mud from near a pool seventeen shrimp
( gammaru* ), two caddis of the large kind (stick or house
worm), four of the small kind with the sandy case, one
larva of May fly, many snails, and three of the little fresh
water clams, that look like the quahang (not the mussel)
and lots of the little red worm, the larva of the chironomuK.

It ha* been doubted by some whether the salmon put in
the Au Sable in the Winter would find food enough at that
time of the year to support them. I do not think there is
the h ast doubt of it. Insects are hatching in this water
all Winter; the larva of many kinds pass the Winter in
thi* spring water. 1 even pelicve that whitefish would find

plenty of food here at any time, and that this or other
spring streams would be a good place to deposit them aud
let them work down into the lake.

Of the 118 fish taken four were fully ripe, aud their eggs
flowed freely; six more yielded a portion. A fair propor-
tion of milt was obtained, and the eggs were packed in
boxes and cups. A few were given toN. W. Clark & Son
bv Mr. Fitzhugh, and 8,000 were taken to Honeoyc Falls.
Had it been possible t«« have staid a week longer we could
have easily got ten times the number; but as my leave of
absence expired on the 15th we left Camp Bowles on the
11th and proceeded up the river to spend one day Ashing
for yearlings.

On account of the rapids we walked up, and the guides
consequently made better time. Taking ndvantnge of the
windings, we had but little more than half the distance to
travel. The snow was gone from the pine plains, but still
laid a foot or more deep in the cedar swamps skirting the
river. The woods had been burned over last Fall, and our
way was through the blackened pines and over the burnt
moss, which filled our noses with its powdery ash and
made us look so like wandering minstrels that the question
naturally arose, “Where will we show to-night?” Deer
tracks were numerous, so were the plantigrade impressions
of the coon, aud an occasional bear. They tell a story of
our host, Ilartwick, thus: —

Last Winter he was going out for ruffed grouse, and his
son Jimmy, a boy of eight years old, wanted to go along;
so lie took him with him, and shortly they came upon a
hear cub, which he killed with one barrel of his shot gun.
The mother being near, and hearing the appeals of her ju-
venile for help, came to remonstrate with Hartwick, but he,
declining argument, gave her the other barrel in the face
when only a few feet distant, which had such au irritating
effect upon “old hair oil" that she took a gentle hold upon
the infuriated man, probably to compel liim to keep the
peace toward herself and hers, and only lost her temper
when he shivered his gun stock upon her bump of venera-
tion. .Seeing that the only way to bring him to reason was
to phlebotomize him she removed his coat, vest and shirt
in haste after laying him down in a bed of wintergreen,
and commenced an incision in his biceps muscle, when
Jimmy, probably sympathizing with the bottom party,
gave vent to his ideas in such unearthly screams that Dame
Ur sun became disgusted and shuffled off. Hartwick says
he don’t care for oil anyhow; his hair lays smooth enough.

We arrived at the Indian camp about noon, and made
ourselves comfortable. There were no Indians there then,
hut their lodges showed signs of recent occupation. It
being Sunday we did not fish. We had some fish in the
wells of the boats — fifty-five for Mr. Clark, and ten speci-
mens for Prof. Baird. We now wanted some yearlings,
which we calculated to get in the morning, ami so we took
a rest.

When we were camped below, Leonard and I had gone
down the river one day to a favorite spring hole, and after
fishing until they refused to rise more we went ashore and
made a fire. We were soon visited by an Indian, who
paddled his dug out up with the usual salutation, bon jour,
which was returned. He examined rods and tackle at-
tentively, and then asked a few questions iu Chippewa.
Leonard, who is learned in the mysteries of the language,
was absent in the swamp, and I addressed him thus: —
“Whither, O child of nature, guidest thou the prow of thy
frail hark?" (It was a bass wood dug out.) To which lie
replied, “Kowin kendun, puckacbee, seewass; I loss um
dog." Here he whistled, but his companion appeared not,
and I advised him "to invert the terms of his divisor and
proceed as in multiplication of fractions.’’ He then re-
quested “scutah-wabah." I am not certain of my Chip-
pewa spelling, but the front part of that compound word
refers to lire, and the hinder portion to water, from which
1 inferred that whiskey was the desire of my red brother.
That this article forms the chief portion of the supplies in
some fishing parlies I am well aware — “pity ’I is, ’tis true”
—and that while men with means enough to own such fish-
ing tackle, boats, etc., should come so far into the wilder-
ness without unlimited quantities of this villainous drug
seemed incomprehensible to this untutored child of the
forest. It was true when 1 told him that we had none, yet
I felt sure that he received it cum gmno Kalin, as he made no
reply. I was in the midst of a long oration, which had
commenced with "Intemperance, my friend, is the banc of
the nineteenth century," to which lie seemed to nod au as-
sent, which possibly included several previous centuries,
when Leonard came buck, and I felt then that I could make
myself understood. “Tell him, Leonard,” said I, “that as
there were giants in those days their descendants are upon
earth even now, and we are of them; that it is the foun-
tains of the earth which give us vigor; that the use of
stimulants is enervating, and sooner or later bring a traiu
of infirmities which superinduce a premature decay.”

Such is the wonderful wealth of the Chippewa tongue
that Leonard rendered ull this into two words, to which Lo
replied with a very expressive grunt, and took a handful of
crackers, half our cheese, aud all our pressed beef. By
this time my coffee was cool enough to drink, and raising
it in my hand, witli some pertiuent remarks about the “cup
which cheers but not inebriates,” was about to drink when
he took it and drained it, with the appropriate remark,
"Nishishshin."

He must have had a business engagement somewhere
about this time, for after he had goi into his canoe, and
while I was iu the middle of au argument conclusively
showing him that the mother of intemperance was con-
viviality and social drinking, he quietly said bon jour, and
getting into his dug-out he dug out. 1 did not need to fin-
ish this for Leonard’s sake, for he is a true woodsman,
whose favorite drink is pure water when he can’t get coffee.

I have hope that this son of nature will reflect on the words
of wisdom that were bestowed on him, but as for his lost
dog, that other son of nature, he is of the un regenerate,
lie visited camp three times, always in our absence; the
first time he ate all the crackers, the next time he'con-
surned part of the bread and the remainder of the pressed
beef, and on the occasion of bis last visit he devoured four
fried grayling (left for a cold lunch), two pounds of pork,
and licked out the frying pan.

‘‘May good digestion wait on appetite,

And health on both."

Among the strange fish hooked was one adult grayling
without ventral fins, a slight projection marking their
place; and when Leonard and I were at the lower spring
hole 1 had let my fiies go down stream when a fish took
them twenty-five yards below. I struck him and held him
a moment till I commenced to reel in. I had not Orvis’
reel, which takes up very fast, with me this time, but a

wide one with a small core, and he ran in on me faster than
1 could reel up, and wlieu I did bring a strain on him he
leaped like a salmon, showing a flsli nearly two feet long,
but what fish we do not know, as ho broke loose. The fiy
was not cut off, as it might have been If taken by a pick
erel. By the way, the river is fed by lakes containing both
bass and pickerel, yet none are found in the river. We also
caught cypriuoids while fishing for yearlings; they are a
sort of shiner, (utilhe?)

Next day, Monday, 12th, wo caught fifty yearlings, struck
our tents, and moved to Grayling, where we staid all night
to be ready for the morning train. Here we met Mr. Frank
Clark, of the Michigan Fishery. We gave him our adult
fish and vhe portion- of spawn mentioned, reserving forty
vcarlings for our own ponds; these were of the uniform
length of five inches, but in the yearling the magnificent
dorsal is uot developed; in fact, the larger the grayling the
larger in proportion seems this fin.

A bill is now before the Michigan legislature protecting
the fish at the proper time, instead of allowing fishing April
1st, as at present. 1 was much astonished to see how the
fish had beeu thinned out nenr the railroad; possibly not
all caught out, but driven by their love of companionship,
os suggested above, to lower waters.

Mr. Fitzhugh’s term, “local fish," I think correct, and as
the grayling occupies waters similar to the trout, and is
always compared with his illustrious congener, it is not
amiss to note this point of difference. The trout is not a
local fish. True, you will find one in the same pool, or
under that bridge almost any time you look for it. lie
seems to dwell there always, and to hardly leave his chosen
spot even for food, yet he will go to the Atlantic Ocean if
lie has a chance. He may stop in some lake or other deep
water; hut at times trout run dowu as far as they find
water that will sustain them. The only true love of lo-
cality that trout really possess is the one that leads them
back to the spot where they passed their embryohood.
That brook trout run into salt water is so well known on
Long Island as perhaps to cause a smile at its statement ;
but this fact is actually so little known to those who live
farther inland that it is always received with astonishment
if uot incredulity. Therefore I do not consider the trout
at all local in its habits, but would rather consider it a mi-
gratory fish, which is kept at home by an impassable barrier
of unsuitable water. Even then they run down stream in
Summer, and are not found so plentiful in the upper waters
or on the spawning beds. In the case of a stream empty-
ing into a lake, where the temperature is low enough and
food is plenty, they nearly all desert the stream after
spawning and make the lake a Summer resort. As I un-
derstand Mr. Fitzhugh, lie thinks that the grayling feeds
and breeds within a much shorter range.

September is undoubtedly the best month for grayling
fishing, but at this time the Au Sable is a thorough tare for
many frontier desperadoes, who are always ready to plun-
der a camp if no one is in sight, or perhaps to do worse.
The average lumberman is ns honest as mankind run, but
his free life attracts many tramp9, who work with him
awhile aud vanish, and the Fall of the year is the time
when this class are on the move, and the river is their high-
way. Should you happen to be fishing a mile or two from
camp, and see suspicious white men, it is best to return,
but. if Ibdiaus j-on need not be alarmed.

Frank Finch is dead — died this post Winter of pneumo-
nia, some say, and others suggest that he "had ’em.” Last
Summer Frank came to Camp Bowles in a dug-out, with
liis bare legs hanging over its sides, and after informing
the party that he owned the river and the whole woods,
said: “Gcutlemcn, you see before you one of America’s
most talented men, and at the same time the most
unfortunate, persecuted and unhappy man upon the earth
at the present time.” Leonard's advice before he
landed was that the less they had to do with him
the better, but good advice is apt to he passed. A cup
of coffee warmed the ventricles of Frank’s heart and un-
limbercd his tongue. He recited from Burns, Byron, and
Moore, as well as from Anacreon and the elder poets, and
claiming to be a poet himself he was requested to give au
impromptu ode to the grayliug, which lie did in wry fair
doggerel. He seemed of a sweet and sympathetic nature,
and it is a pity that they should have kept him in prison
several months just for killing a barkeeper who had refused
whiskey to his thirty soul, lias geniu9 no rights thai bar-
tenders are bound to respect? Frank said tiiat his domes-
tic life had been unhappy. This is strange, as there does
not seem to be any suspicion that he killed more thau one
child. Vcrllv,

"Bo was the mildest mannered man
Thai ever scuttled ship or cut u throat."

And such is the average hermit of the woods; ergo, go fixed
to take care of yourstdf.

Our party had no firearms of any kind, hut we were in
force, and none of us like the popping of guns when we
are fishing, nor care to slay every living thing that may
approach, although the sheldrakes and Kingfishers should
he killed off; yet if you are tempted to kill all the birds
and squirrels you may see, or to knock over a deer out of
scuson, don’t take a gun. Fued Mather.

First SnAD in tiie Upper Mississippi. — A fish having
all the appearance of a shad, and supposed to be the pro-
duct of the spawn deposit made by Seth Green in 1872,
just below the Falls of St. Anthony, was caught last week
iu a funnel net by a fisherman named Corlis. It has been
sent to the Smithsonian Institution for identification
There was a standing offer of $25 by the St. Paul Chamber
of Commerce for the first shad caught in the Mississippi.

MAGAZINES.

The. Ocerland Monthly. — Sparkling and bright comes the
current number of this ever welcome visitor; another mile stone on the
road of literature, along which our occidental sister Is advancing with
such rapid strides. In the present Issue the lion. W. J. Shaw tins con-
tributed a paper descriptive of the Temple of Ucliopolls. Mr. Shaw has
spent five years in active trnvel und research, not ou tho beaten paths,
but in odd nookB and comers, tn almost every part of Europe and Asia,
from the great wall of China to the cataracts of the Nile, digging and
delving until he has accumulated u inass of art treasures iqyl n perfect
mine of valuable Information. We had tho pleasure of meeting this
gentleman while he was in rout* for the Paciflc, und heurlng from him
some slight account of his travels. We can congratulate California ou
the possession of the stone discovered by Mr. Sliuw, upon which la Jn-
acrlbcd the ancient and vontable plan of the once renowned Temple of
Heliopolis, and also the Overland upon being the medium through which
the rich results of his research are to he made publlo.

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Batumi gjistorp.

INSECT LIFE.— NO. 5.

BY KEUKA.

MUCH as we may deplore the devastations of the tim-
ber boring insects, among which the beetle tribe figure
conspicuously, it must be remembered that in pursuing
their destructive operations they are but performing their
share of the general economy of nature, which provides
for the removal of all organic substances, whether animal
or vegetable, as soon ns the vital principle lias ceased to
actuate them. That all such substances shall return to the
dirt from whence they spring, is a decree from which there
is no appeal; and the insect tribes do but hasten its fulfil-
ment while engaged in destroying our books, our furniture,
the wooden framework of our houses, or the lofty tenants
of our forests. The ease with which wood when worm-
eaten is crumbled, even between the fingers, is well known;
but it may not be so generally understood that the “ worms"
which produce this effect upqn articles of furniture, formed
of wood, are no other than the soft bodied grubs of vari-
ous coleroptorou9 insects which are thus carrying out on a
small scale the more extensive operations that quickly re-
duce to a similar condition the giants of tropical forests.
Our domestic pests of this description are chiefly small
beetles, which pass the early part of their lives in the
wood, and by means of their powerful jaws, mine through
it in all directions, only emerging when they assume the
perfect state. One of these is the “death-watch,” which
even yet is an object of superstitious dread to the inhabit-
ants of many an old house, of the wood-work of which it
has taken possession. The ticking noise, so alarming to
weak minds, and which is often considered an infallible
presage of impending death to some member of the family,
is merely the call-note of the perfect beetle of several spe-
cies chiefly belonging to the genus anobriuro, and, as we
have often observed, principally by the largest species, A.
tessclluna. The manner of producing this noise, which
greatly resembles the ticking of a watch, is thus very ac-
curately described by Kirby and Spence.

“ Raising itself upon its hiud legs, with the body some-
what inclined, it beats its head with great force and agili-
ty upon the plane of position; and its strokes are so power-
ful as to make a considerable impression if they fall upon
any substance softer than wood. The general number of
distinct strokes in succession is from seven to nine or
eleven. They follow each other quickly, and are repeated
at uncertain intervals. In old houses, where these iusects
abound, they may be heard in warm weather during the
day. The noise exactly resembles that produced by tap-
ping moderately with the nail upon the table; and when
familiarized, the insects will answer very readily the tap of
the nail.

They also answer the ticking of a watch, if laid upon
wood inhabited by them. By way of relieving this dry
discussion, we may quote Dean Swift’s description of the
death-watch, with his infallible method of breaking the
spell. He calls it: —

“A wood worm

That lies in old wood like n hare in her form:

With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch,

And chambermaids christen this worm a death watch;

Because, like n watch it always cries " click;1'

Thus woe be to thoso in the house who are sick!

For, sure ns a gun, they will glvo up the ghost,

If the maggot cries click when It scratches the post;

But u kettle of scalding hot water injected,

Infallibly cures the timber affected;

The omen is broken, the danger is over,

The maggot will die, and the sick will recover."

That is really the extent to which this beetle affects the
destinies of mortals. We might go on, page after page,
enumerating the many important services rendered to man
by insects which are ignorantly condemned for supposed
injuries done by them— condemned by those who have
never stopped to inquire into or study the habits of these
small but faithful benefactors. Even the common house
cricket has not been a useles “ member of society”—
Southey relates an incident in which one of these little in-
sects saved a vessel from shipwreck. The incident oc-
curred in the voyage of Cabeza de Vara towards Brazil,
and is as follows: “ When they had crossed the line, the
state of the water was inquired into, and it was found that
of a hundred casks there remained but three, to supply
four hundred men and horses. Upon this discovery, the
Adelantado gave orders to make the nearest land. Three
days they stood towards it. A soldier who set out in ill-
health had brought a grillo, or ground cricket with him
from Cadiz, thinking to be amused by the insect’s voice;
but it had been silent the whole way to his no little-disap-
pointment. Now, on the fourth morning, the grillo began
to sing its shrill rattle, scenting, as was immediately sup-
posed the laud. Such was the miserable watch that had
been ’kept, that upon looking out, at this warning, they
perceived high rocks within bow shot, against which, if
it had not been for this insect, they must inevitably havo
been lost. They had just time to drop anchor. From
thence they coasted along, the grillo singing every night as
if it had been ou shore, till they reached the island of St.
Catalina.”

GREED OF THE BROOK TROUT.

New Hamburg, May 6ib, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream: —

One day last week as I win Ashing a mountain stream for trout I made
a cast In a port, and was rewarded with a good strong nibble. As I drew
my rod back to book my Ilsh the tip of the rod struck a limb of a tree,
the honk culchlng In a hush, and, not curing to wade in the stream to
loosen the hook for fenr of scaring the fish, I reeled in the line, break-
ing tho sncll. I saw the hook fall into the water, and adjusting another,
I made another cast, instantly receiving a good strike, .‘.nil fastened
my ilsh, which I Anally landed— a Ane trout of about half a pound
weight. Imagine my aurprlso when removing tho hook from his mouth
I saw unother snell projecting from his mouth, which I found to be the
identical hook I had lost but a few minutes before. F. Osprev.

[Such instances are not uncommon. They have hap-
pened frequently in our experience. The “ Gillmore" sal-
mon fly takes its name from an angler who caught a sal-
mon in the Nipissiguit River, New Brunswick, (as related

by Charles Lanman, in his “ Adventures in the Wilds of
America,”) which had in its mouth the fly, leader, and the
great part of a line lost by Governor Sir Edmund Head in
a struggle with a fish. The tackle was recognized as the
Governor’s property, and, according to tho etiquette of the
stream, the fish, with the fly in its mouth, was sent to him
at Fredericton— Ed.]

TAXIDERMY.

Albant, N Y., May 3, 1875.

Editor Forest anii Stream:--

I noticed an article in your lu-t tssno entitled "Notes on Taxidermy."
Although I will not dispute the preservative properties of alum and sail -
pelre, I must beg leave to wonder ut the idea of immersing birds In a
pickle formed of the above articles, without spoiling them; and If such
articles were brought to me for mounting, I would be compelled to con-
fess myself a "modest taxidermist" and remark: "Your specimens arc a
little too far goue to mount well." Picki.b.

FLIGHT OF MIGRATORY BIRDS.

Salem, Mass.. May 3, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

A question or query I should like you to prln1, and which I hope both
ornithologists and sportsmen will answer, so far as they are able. Will
those of our sportsmen and ornithologists who can throw any light upon
tho subject, state through the "Sportemun’s Light-house," otherwise
the Forest and Stream. Iheir ideas and opinions relative to the Alghts
of game birds, such as woodcock, snipe, duck and shore birds— that Is,
their courses, whether oast or west, ns they go north; whether moving,
as some say, Uliptically, or in whatever inun nor they havo heard or ob-
served. Having known of snipe being shot in tho Southern States aud
in the Western Slates, and having had no shooting here in Massachu-
setts, I am Induced to propound tills question, and that this may draw
out eomo answers aud throw light on tho subject Is the earnest wish of

Teal.

TRAITS OF WOODCOCK.

Marion, N. C., May 2, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

In the ikl of April Issue of your paper you ask, “ Did any one of our
sportsmen ever see a woodcock before ho rose?” I answer, I havo ou
three occasions. The last was in November, 1874. I was out quail shoot-
ing, and going through an oak clearing walked up within six yards of a
line male. He waddled off, looking back at me aud jerking his head in
the queerest manner. While I whs trying to point him out to my friend
Lieut. H. ho rose, and I shot him. I otuffed and mounted him, and now
in company with a female, which Lieut. II. shot previously, ho gases
with a "calm and steadfast eye'' on me and my surroundings. Tho two
were the only ones I saw last Bcason. Yours truly, Geo. U. M.

CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE.

Department op Public Parrs, I
New York, May 9, 1870. |

Animals received at Central Park Mcuogcrie for tho week ending
May 8th, 1875: —

One Himalayan Bear, UrsiM libetanus. Ihih. Asia.

One Aoudud, OoU Iragelaphu *. llab. North Africa.

One California Quail, Lop/Urtyz Calijornicut.

Two lied. throated Amazons, Chrytsolls eoUaria. I lab. Jamaica. Pre-
sented by Mrs. Cudy. W. A. Conklin, Director.

—The following are recent arrivals at the Garden of the
Zoological Society, Fuirmount Park, Philadelphia: —

One Speckled Tortoise, Emys gutlala. Presented by Dr. F. A. H uss-
ier.

One King Snake, Ophibolue getulus. Purchased.

One Calico Snake, Abcutor erythroyrammui. Parchnsed.

One Spreading Adders, IhUrodon almodes. Purchased.

One Chicken Snake, Coluber guttalus . Purchased.

One Ground Rattlesnake. Crotolaphorus mlliarls . Pnrcbnjtd.

One Rattlesnake's Pilot. PUyophiS melanolenCUS. Purchased.

Three Florida Chameleons, Anollut CaroHneiwU . Presented by Mr.
Bingham.

One European Jay, Qarrahu glandMlm. Presented by Master Ellis.
Six Llamas, Lama Peruana. Purchased.

Six Vicunas, Lawa vicugna. Purchased.

One Himnaco, Lamo huanacof. Purchased.

One Condor, Sarcorhamphue gryplau. Purchased.

ALBINO LINNET.

Saleh, Mass., May 9, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

While gunning in Swarapscott Woods on April 3 I took a red-headed
linnet (albi io ) Having made inquiry of C. J. Maynard and others,
taxidermists in my vicinity, as to the rareness of the bird, they never
heard of one being taken before, although the albino occurs with the
linnet as in other birds, but perhaps not us often If a bird of this kind
has been taken before I should be happy to learn througli the columns of
the FonssT and Stream. G. B. S.

Woodland, Jf.inn mid garden.

RECLAMATION OF MARSH LANDS.

WE PROMISED some time ago to give our readers
some hints on this subject. The reclamation of
marsh lands is becoming every year of more importance in
an agricultural point of view, especially in locations near
our seaboards and at the outlets of our larger rivers which
empty their waters into the ocean. As the higher sur-
roundings and more elevated portions of land in the near
vicinity, aud more especially ucar the fast increasing water-
ing places and seaside resorts used for Summer residences,
these long neglected salt marshes immediately acquire a
value not heretofore known. These lauds for the greater
part are alluvial in their natural constituents, and as such
are especially adapted to the production of several different
kinds of crops; yet the real salt marsh ground always re-
quires considerable preparation before it can be cultivated
with profit. To produce crops of the highest excellence
requires labor, rather thau a great expense in cash. Among
the many acres of salt marsh lying all along the shores of
our own coast, and to a large extent also along the I acinc,
a great portion are not worth a thought as an investment.
We should not. recommend an expenditure of money upon
such lands, more especially when located at any great dis-
tance from a good market. Where good tillage lands are
abundant we should recommend letting salt marsh renova-
tion or reclamation alone. But there is much land of the
salt marsh order that will richly repay the expense of
bringing it to a better state. Among the cheap and abund-
ant lands of this kind, we name quite a strip upon the bor-
ders of the Hackensack River. The drainage atld reclam-
ation of much of this land from salt marsh to a good

friable state, fit for cultivation of English grasses, or in
fuct almost any kind of crops, would be made to pay a
large percentage over present products. The example of
English reclamation of tho feus, and in Holland of the Har-
lem lake drainage, show what skillful enterprise will read-
'y accomplish. There these heretofore worthless locations
yteld a steadily remunerative percentage, and are grad-
ually becoming more atul more valuable. Salt marshes
are formed by deposits of various kinds— vegetable, mould,
rati, mingled with shells filled with innumerable unimalcu-
Itc. 1* rom this animal and vegetable compound we gain a
large percentage of stimulant fertilizer. The greater quan-
tity brought up by tho higher tides, distributed, and left
upon these shore belts of sand constitute the future of tho
border or marsh lands which lie along so lnrge a portion of
our shore lands. Much of this floating sea and shell life
need only to touch the fresh water of our inland rivers, and
they die at. once — sink to tho bottom and continence their
future fert ilizing life upon another Olid higher plane. Thus,
by the regular rise and flow of the tide waters, their care-
ful spreading of this almost imperceptible fertilizer, tiro
formed the marsh land basis of which we now speak. One
has only to carefully uotico for a few years this natural
marsh making or land elevation, as seen upon tho shores of
ohl Marblehead, Salem, and Dunvorse, and other places, to
understand that our marsh is now well formed, and that its
future productiveness lies iu our hands. Just as soon as
natural vegetation appears from year to year upon these lo-
cations, their improvement is made much easier by the de-
cay of this vegetable matter. I have often, guu iu hand
und a well filled game hag at my side, traveled over these
very grounds I now describe to yon; when first formed only
sand, and poor sand at that, was to be seen. As time
passed on these sands become covered with a green moss
or a struggling gray sea poly-pod— a sort of monstrous
abortion which when Irouden upon gave forth quite a
quantity of very acrid water. From year to year in
pursuit of the “grey-backs," the “tattlers," and the “yel-
low legs," 1 tramped these same old familiar marshes; they
were densely covered with a better grass, hud become
higher at high tides, and a visible change had come over
them for the better. As the treatment and reclamation of
these lands at the prcscut day makes a very important item
in the agricultural calendar of work to he done, the question
is, “Cau it be done? Will it prove remunerative? Will it be
profitable, and at a reasonable expenditure in rush? Will it
return a reliable permanent percentage upon tho money
thus expended?” In our answer to these qneslions we can
say from observations carefully made, througli a series of
many years, combined with experimental examinations
into the nature of these soils nnd formations, with a view
to the future value and improvements of the same, wo be-
lieve they can be made very valuable. The first step to ho
taken in the reclamation of these shore lands in the entire
exclusion of the sea water, or the tide, except in caaea
hereafter noted. The modus opemndi of reclaiming those
grounds will he completed in our second paper, which wo
hope to make instructive and valuable to all our readers.

Oi.Liroo Quill.

THE CLIMBING FERN— Lygadium palmatiim .

THIS most beautiful of our native ferns is so very pe-
culiar in its form and general npperunce, that not
one person in ten would class it with the other ferns of our
woods. To the botanist it has its appropriate place as ono
of the most beautiful of the ferns. It being comparatively
a rare fern adds to its value, and may be recorded as one of
its peculiarities. I have found this lovely fern in various
localities; iu Maine, in Massachusetts, in Connecticut, and
many other pluces. It lives in Florida, aud is scattered in
small patches over several of the States. It was held in
such great esteem in Connecticut that complete raids were
made upon the locations in which it grew, and it was re-
moved in such quantities os to become a source of disgust
to many persons who loved and would cherish this lovely
green fern. Such were the quantities carried away that it
became necessary to protect it from entire extinction, by
causing a law to be passed by the State for its future pro-
tection from the vandalism of outsiders. We were among
the most earnest of the friends for tho protcetlon of our
woodlands and forests, anil are equally in earnest also for
the protection of the beautiful and valuable in nature from
unnecessary and wanton violation of herb, fruit, or flower.
The Lygadium palmaluni has a very slender light brown
stalk, which in the wilder cultivation of its native haunts
turns for support lovingly around small shrubs, running to
a height of from two to four feet. From tho. main stem
the small branches alternate, and iu their turn also throw
off branches and bear leaves, or fronds at each and every
division. These frond leaves arc again divided into several
lobes. By turning up the under sides of the leaves the
small lobes will he seen, the sponc cases or seed weasels,
which are arranged with much grace and beauty. Iu
short this grace and beauty of the plant not only place it
ut the head of our beautiful ferns, hut render it a great and
deserved favorite as a decorative or festive plant. W ith
great care ibis plant can he safely aud successfully trans-
planted and cultivated, although its great delicacy and im-
patience of rough handling has thus far prevented its culti-
vation to much extent. In a future paper we may give our
mode of culture of the Lygadium pal. nudum, and the best
means to be used to insure success with the same.

Ollipod Quill.

Tule Roots as Food.— The San Francisco Chronicle
says: “A new California edible has been discovered by

the patient gastronomic researches and fearless experiments
of some of onr Chinese population. Tho Colusa Bun says
that two tons of tule roots wore shipped from that place to
Sait Francisco last week, the consignors and consignees be-
ing Chinamen. The Mongolians declare them excellent
and nutritious as an urticle of food, and that a good mar-
ket can be found for them at six cents per pound. If this
statement is reliable, a tule swamp will be a more valuable
possession than a wheat field of similar dimensions, and the
business of reclaiming swamp lands may as well bo
given up.”

—A fishing match for white perch took place laid Satur-
day at the Little Falls of the Potomac, where those fish are
plenty. There were nine contestants and three prizes.
Joseph Paul took first prize with tweuty-scvcu pounds of
fish; Thomas Naylor second, with twenty-four pounds,
and Mr. Barrows third, with -twenty-one pounds. Tho
number of fish caught was 1,223.

2I(>

IT/'? §*rst mid ganw.

Hamuletoniaxs in France.— From the last number of
the Journal Ojfuruo dm Count* au TYot wo learn that the
American Ilarnbletonian stallion Sirius, son of Prizefighter,
by Rysdyck's riambletonian, foaled in 1809 at Scaredalo,
Winchester (Westchester) Co. N. Y., is making tho sea-
son at Lille St Omer, and neighborhood, at the low fee of
6 francs. Tho advertisement is dated “Stock farm of
Brcilly (sonmc). Twelve dollars is rather a low fee for a
Hambletonian stallion, but in Franco as well as in Knglnnd,
a horse must have begotten winners before ho can com-
mand a fair fee. Sirius’ dam was Juno, by Truo Messen-
ger, and we are of the impression ho was foaled at Ford-
ham. Count do Pourtales purchased and exported him in
1871. Crossed with some of tho fine thoroughbred mnres
now quite numerous in Franco his get ought to be very
fine.

TnF. Tnorrrxo Tcnr.— On the 18tli inst. the trotting
season will be fairly inaugurated at Fleetwood Park. On
that day the beautiful drives through Central Park, ns well
as the far-famed Harlem Lane, although still somewhat in
the sere and yellow leaf, rather than the garb of Spring,
will be thronged with “flyers," en rout * to the most aristo-
ciatic of our trotting trucks. A large number of horses
are already in training at Fleetwood, and the track has
been much improved for their convenience. The mana-
gers have also taken a step in the right direction in reduc-
ing the admission fee to the popular price of $1.

Following Fleetwood, on the 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th of
June, comes the meeting at Prospect Park — a misnomer in
fact as the grounds arc located far beyond Brooklyn’s
pride, and almost udjacent to the territory so long and ably
ruled over by the late Mr. Gil Davis. Here the disup-
pointed pool investor can solace himself with the succu-
.cnt clam, or retrieve his fallen fortunes at thimble rie.

1 Ins year the Prospect Park Association have stepped into
the circuit and allied themselves with the Point Breeze
I ark Association of Philadelphia, the Connecticut Stock
Breeders Association of Hartford; the Narragansett Park
Association of Providence, It. I., and with the Beacon nnd
Mystic 1 arks of Boston. The programmes of each of
these associations are identical, and as each gives $12,000
in premiums, we have tho largo sum of $72,000 given to
owners of horses by six corporations.

Besides Prospect Park and Fleetwood we have close to
the city Deerfoot Park, which is located at Parkvillo L I
near or on tho Coney Island road; West Side Driving Park’
Jersey City, and Waverly Park, near Newark, N. J. All
of these are half-mile tracks. Probably half a million
dollars will bo distributed in purses alone during the com-
ing trolling season.

—Mr. William M. Parks, of Brooklyn, N. Y. has
matched I rospero, by Messenger Duroc, against Mr. Wea-
vers Honest Dutchman, by lloagland’s Giay Messenger
I he race agreed upon is mile beats, three in five in bar-

"enTbcr^OUi0 * half forfcit’ and to be trotted Sep-

£//e ifctwel.

-Our friend, Mr. J. T. Becks, of Round Mountain
Texas, but formerly of Fort Wayne, Indiana, an enthusi-
astic sportsman of the old school, is the fortunate posses-
sor of a fine lemon and white pup, which is as handsome
a specimen of the high bred sporting dog as'cun be found
lu Texas. Round Mountain is fifty-fivc miles west from
Austin. Mr. Becks says: “I think this the most enchant,
lng country, and have been over most of the States and
Canada."

—We have been favored with a visit from Mr. A. D. Laws
of Bridgeport, who brought with him his fine bitch May
May, who Is better known as the Ilubbell bitch it is
claimed is a Laverack, though wo fancy her pedigree will
show an out-tfross. In appearance, however, particularly
her head, she resembles Fairy and Mr. Adams’ Rock. Mov
wns brought to tho city for an introduction to Mr Mar
■hall’s red dog Rock, by Putnam’s Dun, lie by old Dash.

Lavehacks.— On Monday, the 10th instant, Mr Ray-
mond s Laverack bitch Ruby had a litter of pups, sired by
Pride of the Border Ruby was never very prolific, and
the puppies arc but four in number, although very s rom-
and finely formed One of Ruby’s sons of a former litter
Rock, owned by Mr. G. A. Strong, of West Meriden (Jt ’
was exhibited at Springfield, Mass., and is a large hand-
some setter. b '

-Mr. Unrlie P. Hess’ orange and white bitch Flora, lately
purchased of Mr. J. Henry, of Philadelphia, and bred to
Mr. Brook s Bismarck, whelped nine very fine, hcallhv
puppies on tho 22d ult. The young setter bitch Flirt nron

hv M°r t TT‘ Efq” Phi,adclI>,li“. “ °ot of’ Flora
by Mr. Twaddell s Buster.

SORE NIPPLES.

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Btmi; always on the lookout for something to relievo the guffaw.

the nail* of the m helps. I h,ve jj? # u he,B* ><r,*,ch‘'d bF
tent remedy : Take tannic acid. on.. M *°,,0wto* 10 bc n '"<>« oxcrl-
Ubleepooneful, and ml. Into . ' , i, 1 8 **!*oon,u,: '-"J Crme. two
cten, to make oae-half pg ggjg £?* 1? un‘

akin and heals all sore*. It jB * Sood id?» « 7‘, ! b"rdcDe th®
•cratches appear. Truly youn 10 y 1 bc,or« the

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Jw» mid §iver Sshi,13-

FISH IN SEASON IN MAY.

Trout, Salmn fonlhuills.

Sulim m, Satmo talar.

Grayling, thy w aUus tricolor.

Black Buss, micropUms nigricans.

Salmon Trout. Salmo confinls.

Shad. Atosa.

Laud-locked Salmon, Salmo Glover i

I UniUr Ills head of “Gams, anil t urn m Seayn me can only tpeei
tj in general 'urm* (he several varU'les, because 'he . aws of Shite* vary
to much Unit were we to attempt to parliciilarw we could do no less
than piMish those entire section* that relate to the kinds of gains in
question, This would require a great annum of our space. In desig-
nation name we ate guided In, the. taws of nature .«/»/» which all leal*-
Worn U founded, and our reader* would do well to mvHde hemd«4S
with the laws of their respective Slates for constant reference. Otherwise,
our attempts to assist them will only create confusion. 1
Black Ba-8 linking is permitted In New Jersey on and after May 1st ; In
New York, August 1st; Ohio, May 2d; in New England and Pennsylvania
June 1st Wo will print In this column next week nn abstract of the re-
vised law regulating Hailing, passed by the last Legislature. The changes
from tho old law arc very material in some respects.

Fisn in Market.— Since the date of our Inst issue the
flailing fleet have had tine hauls. They found Ihe mackerel
schools about fifty miles to the eastward of the Delaware
breakwater and have been bringing them into Fulton Mar-
ket slip by tho hundred thousand. On Monday of this
week, (10,000 were shipped through the country from Ful-
ton Market; they average in price 15 cents each. The first
porgies of tho season made their appearance in market last
Saturday. In some mysterious manner our fellow citizens
of African decent, who have decided predilection for this
fish, became aware of tho fact, and almost immediately
cornered tho market by buying the entire catch, amounting
to some twenty-five pounds. As the price was high (18
cents) it caused a stringency in the money market which
was felt in all tho policy shops within a mile of Fulton
street.

New varieties of fish arc appearing daily as the weather
becomes warmer. Sea-bass, hlackfish (tautog,) and wealt-
flsh (sqnoteaguc,) are commencing to arrive in small
quantities, and within tho next ten days the market
will he stocked with the largest variety of fish that is to be
found during the year. Salmon are unusually scarce for
the season, the receipts amounting to only about 100 pounds
per day, instead of 1,000 pounds as at this time last year.
Nova Scotia fish bring $1 00 per pound, and Kennebec the
same price. North River shad are in full supply and on
account of tho large quantities of mackerel in market they
can be bought at very low figures; roe shad bring 30 cents
and male 15 to 20 cents. Codfish are plenty and cheap at
7 cents for live and 0 cents for dead. Halibut are also in
good supply at 15 cents per pound; bass (striped) 15 cents
per pound for large fish and 18 to 20 cents for smaller ones
suitable for family use; white perch, 15 cents. All of the
fresh water varieties are crowded out of market by the
superior salt water specimens on sale. Lobsters arc being
received in liberal quantities from all along the coast and
Long Island; they sell for 10 cents per pound. Green tur-
tle are in good supply at 20 cents. Soft crabs rrotn Nor-
folk, Va., have appeared in market and notwithstanding
their diminutive size, tho first arrival of 200 dozen were
eagerly taken at $1 75. Tarrapiu are slow of sale at $12
per dozen counts.

—Our Philadelphia correspondent says they have been
having very good catchqs the past week on the Delaware
and Gloucester. On the flood tide last Monday caught
about 800 shad. Tho shad are running larger than for
years post, the gillers being especially fortunate. At Glou-
cester the largest caught so far weighed about, seven and
a half pounds. One at. Burlington, on the 5th, weighed
within an ounce of eight pounds (authentic), and is the
largest one known to have been caught here for a long

'"^Friend Fenton, of Number Four, Adirondacks, has
made eighteen hundred pounds of maple sugar this Spring,
which will sweeten a good many flap-jacks this Summer.

The Fisheries.—' The .fishing fleet have arrived quit
frcclv the past week. The whole number of arrivals up to
Yesterday afternoon was seventy-three— sixty-seven from
Georges, three from Grand Banks, and three from Western
Banks The Georgesmen have brought in about l.JoO.OOO
pounds of cod and 2(10,000 pounds of halibut, and the
Grand Bankers 190,000 pounds of halibut. H>ree salt
Lires of codfish, 210,000 pounds, have arrived from the
Western Banks. Most of the Georgesmen have occupied
the entire mouth of April in making their third trips, ow-
ing to the delay in getting hail, and the stock of fish in the
market is necessarily quite light in consequence I^tvcai
must of the fleet had made six trips up to the 1st of May ,
this season only three within the same time. Bank fish
also come along sparingly, only four shares having arrived
as Jet some 300,000 pounds, which will quickly bo dm-
posed 'of as soon as they can he got into marketable oidei .
The Southern mackcrcling fleet have struck mackerel the
first fresh ones having arrived at New York on Friday Inst,
which were sold for $15 per hundred. The schooner Cora
E. Smith, of this poit, was among the first arrivals She
carried in 7,000 mackerel, and slocked about $1,000
good beginning of the season. , p

Among the halibut landed by the schooner Chester R.
Lawrence, on Monday, was one with the name .Lynch
cut thereon. The halibut had grown considerably since t he
carving operation, which from the appearance ot the scare

had been done about a year. The letters were some six

inches in length and very clearly defined. Where s Ly nch,
who marked tho halibut, is now the question.— Cope Ann

Advertiser, 8th. •

THE M1CH1GAMMIN.

Ing Into the Menominee at right angle*. Thl* latter river rnna easterly |
about 150 miles, emptying into Green Bay. Above the Junction it la
called the Brole. From the aforesaid lake to the month of tho Mlchl-
gaminin River, in a direct lino, may not be over fifty miles, bat by the
current it Is estimated to he over too miles through a wild, mounialnons
region, often contracted into narrow, deep canons, presenting a scenery
wild and romantic beyond description. It has been navigated by sev-
eral parties within the past two or three years, and is aald by every one
who has taken tho trip, to present the finest scenery they had ever vis-
ited, beside* affording most excellent trout fishing, deer and wild fowl
shooting. The course of this stream is through an Interminable forest,
whore, most of the way, the mark of civilisation has never left its
tracks, nor tho twang of ihe savage bow ever heard In Its glens to startle
tho wild deer, with which It abounds. There are several easy carries,
which are readily surmounted by the guides, who are familiar with tho
route, and who can be secured at $1.50 per day, either at tho lake or at
Marquette, on Lake Superior, where a complete fitting out enn he effected
on short notice. At the Junction of this river with the. Menominee is tho
falls of this river, which affords, together with tho landscape about the
most gorgeous scenery one can conceive. Should you not be satiated
with Ashing yon can pull up tho Brule twenty-live miles, and And oil tho
trout you may desire to your heart’s content; for no waters were ever
blessed with greater abuudanco than tho Brule above tho Junction of Ihe
Michigammin Menominee. The next question is, how and what are tho
facilities to reach this retreat mid homo of so much game, boih of the
forest and stream t You will find several routes, one by rail and one by
steamboat. After reaching this city you can take the rail via Marquette
to Champion, at the head of the lake, where you take your birchen canoes
for the trip down iho river. From Marquette to tho lake is about thirty
five miles, The railroad officials are very polite and attentive, and will
give yon every facility to promote your pleasure, ns the
road is largely interested iu opening this vast wilderness
to tho enterprising tourist. The steamboat ronto is direct
from Buffalo through tho Straits of Mackinaw, and is probably tho most
convenient to Iho Eastern tourist, as he can have a fine sail through tho
whole length of Lake Erie, Detroit River, Lnko St. Clair, Lake Huron,
and across a part of Luke Superior to Escyiinnbo, or, what Is better, to
Marquette, which is nearer tho point of your embarkation. You will
And no trouble in Bccnring half breeds who ure perfectly reliable for

your guides, and who understand perfectly tho proposed route. Mayor

Luddiiigton, of this city; Mr. Kirby, of the Kirby House, and Mr. C.
Simouda, merchant, were one of the Arst parties who made this trip, and
speak in glowing terms of the pleasures it afforded them, and havo slg-
niAed their readiness to give any information to any ono who may ad-
dress them on the subject, respecting this stream and tho facilities of
reaching and making tho excursion to tho best advantage. They are of
the Arst citizens of Milwaukee, and can bo relied on in every particular.
X had almost forgotten to say, after reaching the Menominee you will
And two or more quite largo falls in going down the river Pi tho month,
which may be the distance of 1:0 miles, Tho mouths of September and
October Is the best season of the year to make tho trip, as tho lnsocta
have departed and tho weather most inviting.

SALMON IN THE BAY OF SAN FRAN-
CISCO.

Ban Franoisco, A >ril 30th, 1875.

Epitoii Forest and Stream:—

A few weeks since I promised to inform you of the time when the
grilse or young salmon of about two or three years old left our bay.
About the tat of April their captures began to bo few anil far between,
and from that time they have been gradually diminishing uutll with
eight or ten rods out not more than three or four are taken the whole
day. Of course, they are ascending tho two largest rivers that flow into
the bay-the Sacramento and the Sau Joaquin. These streams, owing
to the melting of the snow on tho Sierras and the wash from the saw
mills and mining districts, are for a long distance qulto rily, and rather
thick with sawdust, sand, and mud, and are of a yellowish color. In this
kind of water the salmon can be caught only In seines, and vast quanti-
ties of them are brought to our markets on the decks of tho steamers,
schooners, etc. Nearly all that are sent here are largo Ash, averaging
about ten pounds lu weight. They are In great plenty now, their price
being only from 8 to 12J cents pur pound. Their flesh Is of a deep red,
tho two or three years old being of a light pink. It is not common to see
our small brook trout In market, but the aoecles of trout from tho
Truckee River are pretty plenty, fetching from 20 to 80 cents per pound.
\Ve have still plenty of tom cods in the buy, and the season of smelt

Ashing is commencing at the Oakland Long Wharf, but these Ash have

not as yet come in so numerously ns in previous years. Tho subscrip-
tion lakes of the Spring Valley Water Company commence the season’s
llshtng to-morrow, the 1st of May, and it is eurly enough, for some of
the trout have been seen spawning thero lately. These small lakes are
ouly about ten miles from the city. The water is very clear and rather
cold at all seasons. We have now a new coast railroad north for thirty-
eight miles in Marin county, and it enables sportsmen to havo some
good trout Ashing in Paper Mill and Lagonitaa Creeks among tho red
woods in a one or two days’ trip. Mr. Throckmorton will plant 20,000
trout in his stream on his ranche near this city. E. J. Hooper.

FISHING NEAR OGDENSBURG.

Oqdbnsburo, N. Y., April 30th, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream :—

We are quite well located hero for shooting and Ashing Ogdenabnnr
is a city of 12.000 inhabitants, situated on the St. Lawrence River, and
and i- divided by the Oswcgatchte Into what is known as tho east side
and west side. The east side Is tho principal business portion of the
city Here uro tho buildings and docks of tho C. V. It. R- and North-
ern Transportation Co.’s lino of propellers, two large etenm planing
mills, with extensive lumber yards, City Water Works, Custom House
and Post Office, principal hotels, hanks, Ac. On the west side is the
depot of It. W. A O. R. It.. marine railway, gas works, convent build-
ings large flouring mills, Ac. Opposite Ogdenshnrg is Prescott. Can-
i da a place of about 5,000 inhabitants. Prescott is tho terminus of tho
St i awrence and Ottawa Railroad, and an important point on the Grand
Trunk Railroad. Two ferries, running three boats and making half-hourly
trips counect Prescott and Ogdensburg. Alexandria Bay and tho
Thousand Islands, the famous Ashing and camping grounds, nro about
thirty miles up the river, tho islands extending from Brockvillc to Cape
Vincent, sixty miles. This great pleasure resort is reached from Ogdens-
Inir- by various lines of steamers. During tho season boats leave at 8
nndV:«» A M , and 1 and 6 P. M., making the run iu two hours. Below
Ogdensburg-foar mlles-ls tho first rapids below the lakes, and the head
of navigation for rafts. These rafts arc towed to this point from the
great lumber region of the West, and bore are divided Into smaller rafts
and made secure Tor the passage of tho famous rapids of the Lower St
Lawrence. Ducks have been very plenty, and our sportsmen havo made
the be-t of tho few days’ favorable weather, which has been unusually
cold tins Spring. To-morrow closes the souson.

Your, truly, Crusob.

Milwaukee, April 27tlr, 1875.

■or Forest and Stream:—

considerable Inquiry has been made by sportsmen respecting the
rs of Nortnwcstcrn Michigan, I send you a description of one of IU
imB, the Michigammin, prononneed Mtch-e-gaw-my. This river
» bead from Ihe lake of the same name, running south, and empty-

gnsivers §o fiorpsppndentf.-

Anonymous Communications not Noticed.

II. B„ Brooklyn. -You can address Verplanck Colvin, Esq., at Al-

M New York.— Can you give me any Information of the Hon.
Mr. Sanford, who is settling Lake Monroe, In Florida! An*. Address
John A. Macdonald, Mellonville, Fla,

K. M., Boston.— St. Flavle Is the present tennlnns of the Intercolo-
nial Canada Railroad, Metis la fifteen miles from there. lulls am uid
to that point, and contractors carry pasreugor* ou their ballast train
when they are going up and down.

T. L. O., Norwich, N. Y — Will yon please Inform me If the law* of
Now York prohibit the catching of pickerel with hook at any season,
and if so, when I An 8. No general law regarding tho taking of pickerel,
but local laws in some counties.

ReAtiEii, Troy, N. Y.— Can yon tell mo where I can buy a good and
chcnp life preserving bell, or some contrivance which could bo utilized
lu camp for pillow or cushion! An* Address Goodyear Rubber Co.,
No*. 385 and 3«7 Broadway, or D. Hodgman A Co., No 27 Malden lane.

Hanover.- Can yon tell me of any preparation for the face and hands
that will keep tho mosquitoes and black Ales away from a person when
troet Ashing! An*. Oil of penny royal Is good; so is a strong tincture
of Persian Insect powder (pyrelArum roseum.) We prefer tar and sweet
oil mixed.

H. T. U., Morristown, N. J — Canyon tell mo tho price of Colvin’s
largo Anal map, (scale ono mile to an Inch), and where it may ho ob-
tained In New York! An*. Tho ouly maps of Mr. Colvin’s which wo
havo seen nro those included In his Adirondack report. The price of
that work is $1.50.

J W. W., Sandy nill, N. Y.— What animal, rcptllo, or Insect Is It
that makes the shrill peeping sounds hoard in low, swampy places ou calm
still evenings at this lime of year! Some call thorn “ peep frogs," yet
the nolao Is unlike tho notes of u frog. An*. Frogs; the notes of differ-
ent species of frogs vary vory much.

J. 11. W„ Holliston, Mass.— now do you account for tho appearance of
angle worms on the surface of the ground after and during n shower
of rate! An*. In dry weather angle worms go deep into the earth; In
wet weather they come to tho surface. It is known properly as the eurih
worm, and is usually found in moist places.

KoMrsn.— Is there good -Ashing In tho vicinity of Lackawaxen, Pn.f
What kind! Whore could I get a plnco to hoard! Would prefer a farm
house, now much! WhBt kind of tacklo would I need! Ans, Good
board at John Williamson’s, Lackawaxen. Trout and pickerel mil sumo
boss within a few mile*. A trout outflt and trolling lackle.

F W I)., Taunton, Mass —Our reply to your query regarding size of
targets for 200 yaids range, in Issue of 22<1 alt. , should have read: Tar
get 6 feet by 4 foct, instead of 0 feet by 2 feet, as printed. Centro, 2 fcol
square; bullseye, 8 Inohes square. The correct mcaaurcinonta for targets
at all raugoa will bo fuuud lu the report of the National Rifle Association
Just Issued.

W. O. H., Wllkinsburg.— Cnu you give me tho name and Inform me
whether Iho small red spider-looking Insect found In tho early Spring In
now ground Is injurious to plants or seeds! (t Is very minute, und of a
benntiful scarlet color; I noticed a grant many when digging lu my gar-
den lately. Ans. If wo refer to the same Insect it is harmls**, as far as
plants and soeds are concerned. Nearly nil the Arechnlda arc omnivo-
rous.

Dr. J. F. n., Lonlsvlllo, Ky.— 1. What is (he best time to speud ten or
twelve days on the Ncplgon River! (Tho senson this year I* very back-
ward.) Ans. Middlo of July to 1st of August. 2. Can camping outAt
for the trip bo Imd at the Hudson Bay Company’s alation there, w ith
canoe, gnido, etc.! Ana. Yes; everything. 3. Will a 12-foot H-ounee
fly rod, with 5 » yards of lino, be heavy enough for tho largo trout of that
stream! Ans If yon are an oxpert angler. 4. Onn yon glvo a rough
estimate of the expense after reaching Neplgou Bay! Ans. Two dollura
per day.

J. L. P., Now York.— I* good shooting to bo had— snipe shooting and

rad— on tho Hackensack River in Iho month of August! What part of

the river l* tho best, and can a person starting from Now York in tho
morning have a day’s shooting and return by night! Ans. Roll shooting
Is prohibited In Now Jersey between December 1st and September 1st,
and snipe ate protected until October 1st. Can a good day’s duck shoot-
ing bo had anywhere in tho vicinity of Now York, n person leaving the
city in the morning and return by night! Au». No, as you would then
loso the morning and ovcnlug flights of tho bird*.

In tub Dark, Syracuse.—1 The letters "R., IB., P. O., A. "and E. at Ihe
head of the columns of figures in tho base hall scores mean respec-
tively, runs, first baso hits, put out, assisted, and errors The runs
show the score, the first bone hits good batting; the put out shows tho
number of players each put out in tho game, anil the assisted each gnvo
In putting players ont. 2. A player who makes a base hit may make one
for Arst bnae or for two or threo bases, thus he really makes three first
base hits, and these may yield two or six total ba-cs. "Earned runs”
are runs scored by skillful hatting and not by fielding errors.

Dick, Charlotte, Mich.- Will you bo kind enough to Inform mo

through the only first class sporlsmun’s paper of this conniry, iho For-
est and Stream, about what would bo the proper load for ray gun, No.
10 bore, 10 lbs. weight, hrcech loader, central Are metal shells, (how much
powder and how much shot), also what kind and number of powder la
the best for oar Inland rivers and lakes for duck shooting! Ans. For a
gun such as yon describe we would suggest 4 drachms powder, or for
ducks even 5 drachms, and 11 os. shot ; try two wads over your powder.
Use Dupont’s No. 2, or oven No. twill not be found too coarse It
would bo well to experiment at targets until you have fouud what charge*
give you the best pattern and penetration.

Captain, West Philadelphia.)— I am the owner of a fine young bitch,
eight mouths old; color, lemon and white; D B.-ooks, E»q ’* dog Bis-
rnnrck Is the father, and Chas. I-aiiing, Esq.’s hitch Fanny Is ihe mother;
good stock. Now, this young bilch of mine behaves well under the gun
until she comes in sight of a railroad or locomotive and care, when slio
will drop her tell and run like a deer. I lmve tried various ways to hr. ak
her, but without effect; as she growa older she become* more timid.
Please Inform a constant reader of your valuable paper how to proceed
with this young hopeful! An*. We would suggest that you plnco yuur
pup for a while where locomotive and cars are frequently in motion.

A. G. A., Now York.— In one of your recent paper*, among the “An-
swers to Correspondents," yon mention the name of nn . mbulmer of
birds As I spend much of my time In the South, where It Is impossi-
ble to send birds to tho cmbalmcr you mention, could you oblige me with
the Information of how I am to proceed In tho work of embalming my
own specimens! Heretofore I havo myself skinned, preserved, and
mounted snch us I wish to keep for my own collection, and would very
much prefer to embalm them “ without removing the flesh," a* you
stated in your paper. Ans. A Mr. A. M. Decker, of Chicago, has adver-
tised embalming of birds, but for an authoritative opinion on lliu sub-
ject we quote herewith from a well known taxldormlal : ’Any man who
advertises to embalm bird* and make them la-t a. long and look a* well
a. mounted one* Is a humbug. How any man can believe that bird* can
be embalmed and mounted satisfactorily. I cannot Conce.ve. Hren If
birds could be embalmed and mounted with success, the troub e would

exceed that of skinning and mounting. Embalmed lords are food for

Insects, particularly tbo larger ones. How will a man embalm ono half

Inch or more of fat on some of our bird’s skin.? Do not recommend

embalming specimens, as It will not work. I have bud so many mum-
mles sent me to mount that I am disgusted with them. 1 hey cannot bo
wired soaked nor anything done with thorn to Improve their hard look*.
I wonder that any persons have believed lu such nonsense aa embalming
birds."— J. H. Battt.

ArcicrTEP ARTICLE* DCTEKKBO.-Wood Powder Test*, by Ull and D.
r- Allison- Game in Texas, by Becks; OquuaauC Angler.’ Association,
nn S P’ Florida Fishing Score*, by 8. C. Clarke; Clarks and Ills
Nomenclature, by Prof. Theo. Gill; Snake, by Hurst; Summer Wood-
SkStaSS bJsttW. Flies for Shad Fl-hing. by Rufus; Fox Itlver
m.hlmr by Batavia; Material for Fly Rods, by Quercu-; Summer lu
Norway, by J. D. Caton; Fuuun of Oregon, by Capt. Beiullre; Seal
Hunting ou the St. Lawrence, by A. B. Uiub*rteu.

2!8

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at Crccdraoor, and no better commentary on the error into
which our contemporary has fallen could be advanced than
the fact that of the riflemen of America appealed to by
the joint committee of the National Rillc Association and
Amateur Rifle Club less than twenty presented themselves
as candidates at the competitions. Virtually, the return
match is one to be shot, on our part, by the same team as
that which was victorious last year.

The Timet continues: “Innumerable rifle clubs are scat-
tered over the country, and there are, besides, whole classes
of the population to whom proficiency as marksmen is
a necessity of existence." As regards the clubs, they cer-
tainly are being scattered over the country (we are almost
tempted to say very much scattered); but the class of rifle-
men of whom Lcuthcrstoeking was the type is, we fear,
becoming smaller by degrees and beautifully less. The
rifle used by these men is nlso becoming obsolete. “Kill-
deer," so true for one or two hundred yards, has given
place to the Remington, the Sharp, the Ballard, aud the
Whitney, rifles that throw their heavy ball with accuracy
to 1,000 yards and beyond; and the old squirrel shooting
Kentucky small bore is rapidly lapsing into a tradition of
the past. We are glad to learn that public competitions
are also to be held iu Ireland, and that riflemen outside the
Irish Rifle Association are invited to contend. It will be
interesting to note the response and compare it with that
made to our own like appeal. As for the “millions" of
riflemen in the country, let the Times take off several cy-
phers and it will be nearer the mark. Earnest endeavors
are being made to educate our National Guard to the stand-
ard of riflemen, and when that is accomplished we may be
able to number them by the thousands.

THE INTERNATIONAL GAME PROTECT-
IVE ASSOCIATION.

cl^^^Nova^SwtUu*' Trident Game and Inland Fishery J-rot. Bo-
lton. J. F. Crosby, Esq., Houston, Texas
Dr. Rawlings Yonng, Corinth, Mississippi
Prof. Theo. Gill. Smithsonian Institute, Washington D C
L. W. Ledynrd, Esq., Cazcoovin, N. Y.

Bernard A. ltooi.es, Esq., President Philadelphia Sportsmen's Club
T. B. Ferguson, Esq. .Commissioner or Fisheries. Maryland
Leo. H. Ucromo, Esq., Superintendent State Fisheries Mlahionn

Fl8h0ri08' Dominion of Canute.

. - , — site Coi_

Geo. A. Boardinan, Esq., Calais, Maine.

Mann as so h Smith, Esq., Maine Sportsmen's Association.

T. W. Walker, Esq., President West Jersey Gurne I'rot. Soc
Seth Green, Esq., Superintendent Stale Fisheries, New York
Maj. Geo. J. Aluon, Now Smyrna, Florida.

II on. Chas. W. Hutchinson, Utica, Now York.

£- A. E$q., Secretary Ontario Game I’rot. Soc., Canada.
}) . II. liolubird, Esq., Valparaiso, India -
Hon. John Bertram, Peterboro, Canada

uiiiiuiu viumo i

\\ . II, liolubird, Esq., Valparaiso, Indiana.

Hon. John Bertram, Peterboro, Canada.

William A. Newell, Esq,, President California Acc. Soc.

Samuel Wlltnot, Esq , Superintendent Fisheries, Newcastle, Canada
wC„ *•. 1-e Commissioner of Fisheries, Massachusetts

Uniter M. Brackett, Esq., Mass. Anglers Association.

Col. James Gordon, Pontotoc, Miss.

It. M. Ogdon, Esq., San Francisco, Cal.

Capt. J. W. Coventry, Nouvclle, Cuuudu.

D. J. Staples, Esq., San Francisco.

D. O. Joice, Eeq., San Francisco.

» !»' Throckmorton, Esq., Kish Commissioner. Suu Francisco.

u. U. Redding, Esq., Fish Commissioner, San Francisco.

(Per order of the Committee.)

Chas. Hallook, Secretary,

Office Forest and Stream, 17 Chalhum street, New York.

In addition to those just named above, we append a
complete list of adjoining members, so far as received
with the certainty of large accessions up to the day of the
meeting. The initiation fee, to be determined by the Con-
vention, will propably be One Dollar, to defray printing
and other contingent expenses: —

Bcl1, Dominion Geological Survey, Montreal;
a' iw p ,Mau "' £?ronto; ^al’1 J- Coventry. Nonvello, C
wi “f,t.',/cvt,cr5uri.’.: T.I,,oh. J-_ Eagan, _ Halifax; Col. C. R. McMurdor,

CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COM-
ING WEEK.

Thursday. May 13-Raelng. Lexington, Ky.— Trotting, Deerfoot Park,
L. I.— Base ball, Boston vs. Washington, at Boston; Athletic vs. Hart-
ford, at Hartford; St. Louis vs. Keokuk, at Keokuk; Chicago vs. Red
Stockings, at St, Louis.

Friday, May 14-Racing, at Lexington, Ky. -Trotting. Deerfoot Park-
Yachting, Prince of Wales Clnb Cutter Match, Erltli to the Nore-Base
baU, Harvard University nine vs. Princeton nine, N. Y.; Athletic vs-
Hartford, Hartford.

Satubday, May 15— Racing, Lexington, Ky.— Pigeon Shooting Match
between Bogardoe and Paine for $1,000 at Prospect Park, L. I.— Bose
ball. Harvard University v*. Yale College, at New Haven; Boston vs.
Washington, at Boston; Chicago vs. Keokuk, at Chicago— Athletic As-
sociation, Stevens College, Hoboken.

Monday, May 17-Racing. Lonisvllle, Ky.-Yachting. Holyhead Re-
gatta-Base ball, Philadelphia vs. Mutual, at Philadelphia.

Tuesday^. May 18-Racing, Louisville. Kjr.-Trottlng, Mnrtinsbnrg,
va.; Pern, tad.; Fleetwood, N. Y.— Bose ball, Chicago vs. Keokuk at
Chicago; Athletic vs. Atlantic, at Brooklyn.

Wednesday. May 19-Raclne, Louisville, Ky.— Trotting, Fleetwood
Park-Base ball, Chicago vs. St. Lonls, at Chicago; Keokuk ts Red
Stockings, at St. Louis.

AN IRISH VIEW OF THE RIFLE MATCH.

j/\ LATE copy of the Dublin Time* contains an editorial
MA. on the subject of the return rifle match, in which
it suggests that energetic preparations be commenced to-
wards sustaining the reputation of the Irish riflemen on
their own soil. It contends that they “enter the iists
against the Americans under manifest disadvantages, and
that it is scarcely an exaggeration to say that there are in
the United States millions of persons habituated to the use
of the rifle." We will venture to say that there are ten
persons in Great Britain and Ireland accustomed to the
use of the long range, or in fact any other rifle, to one in
this country. If we read correctly the figures given in the
last number of the Volunteer Service Gazette, there are over
500,000 riflemen enrolled as volunteers in the empire; the
contests at Wimbledon, where they are instructed in the
use of the long range rifle, have been carried on for a series
of years, and even the most distant of her colonies have
followed in the wake of the great movement inaugurated
about the time of the Indiau mutiny. We have not the
figures to determine the exact number of the contestants
at Wimbledon who are also qualified for places on the Irish
team. The number, however, must be far in excess of all
tbe American long range riflemen who have yet practiced

'"THE International Meeting for Protecting Game and
A Fish will be held at Cooper Institute at eleven A. M.
on the 19th of May instant, us will be seen by the call
appended.

Some question having been raised as to the relations of
this International Association to the National Sportsmen’s
Association which will meet at Cleveland next month, we
| are authorized to say that ils functions are merely advisory,
aDd that the Association will cense to exist as soon as its
| work of determining species and the proper times and
measures for their protection, is accomplished. It is co-
operative with, and in no way antagonistic to, or even com-
petitive with the National Sportsmen’s Association, except
in the honorable emulation to accomplish the greatest goo 3.
It was projected as an institution independent of the other
because it was deemed necessary and wise to place scien-
tific matters in the hands of scientific men, so that errors
might be few, and lime be saved in retrieving errors. So
important a matter as the nomenclature of our fauna (which
still puzzles our best informed scientists) should be entrust-
ed only to naturalists, and to those whose study of the hab-
its of creatures in the chase by land and sea Las made
practical naturalists. It was projected as un independent
institution also because the co-operation of Canada was
indispensable to success in the efforts to procure suitable
and sweeping protective laws, and because a National
Sportsmen’s Association of the United States could not in-
clude Canada within its folds as a corporate and compo-
nent part of it. When the Niagara Falls Convention met
lust September, overtures looking to an international or-
ganization were made to the Convention by Mr. W. F.
Whitcher, Fish Commissioner of Canada. His dispatch
was courteously received, but no action was taken upon it.
There were those present then who recognized the error at
once, and some of them are now interested in the interna-
tional movement under consideration, as an alternative.

No doubt action will be taken at the Cooper Institute
meeting endorsing the National Sportsmen’s Association,
and encouragiug the formation of co-operative State Asso-
ciations in all the States where they are not already formed
as an auxiliary power of immense value, which shall be-
come the educator, through all its branches and ramifica-
tions, of the masses, and a police force to detect offenders
and punish offences of those laws which we trust shall
emanate from the united wisdom of the country; and
therefore, to secure the greatest good and the most perfect
work from the most competent sources, the International
should, and doubtless will, invite a conference between tbe
committees of the two bodies named. Out of the two, cer-
tainly, a scheme of game laws should be framed to meet
our long necessities.

PROTECTING GAME

C. Fifletd, Fish Commissioner. Enfield; \V.

WnoMiaU v D ; uuimiA, cui, v . iv. iucaiuraor

boro 11 d> N' B“ Dr' R' A' A,,0VVtty- Montreal; J. \V. Sheridun, 1’etor-

f-®r: }7m Warren Green, Everitt Smith, Portland; E. SI,
Stillwell, Fish Commissioner, Bangor.

New UAMrsiuuK--A. C. Fifield,

II. Parker, Nashua,

rlsbu^,0NT-Ch'18 F' °rvl8, Manchester; Rowland E. Robinson, Fer-
Massachusetts— • S. A. Thayer, taxidermist, Randolph; ,T H Thoran-
nn'ui"u'Bc'd,f0rn; f - A' ,?bcr- 'Venhnm; E.’s. Merrill’ Winchendon;
mHKRk V <1' Harvey Clap, Attleboro Fulls; Dr G G.Ken-

ci8d^iftefleidryfeVM 8weJ8hMlreot’ Bo8,on; J- Dwight Fran-

HaIm1 e n’ w M- M*?8 "K®;. F. \V. Messinger, 55 Bromlleld street.
Bo. ton, E. G. Morse, W. I. Morse, New Bedford; Lt. Henry Metcalfe
John (fi3w«*dp' J«' Rced' Pror- A,ux- Agassiz, ^ambrldeM-
LawrcnceUBostou. 1 d MMuachoaetts Anglers’ Association, F. W.
RHODE Island— Rev. Francis H. Hemperly, Providence.

WnK bew A- Mowry, Putnam; It. B. Harrison, New
ducob Gitalin, West Meriden; Ethan Allen. Pomfret.

New York— Colonel George A. Flower. President State Sportsmen’s
Aswocla ion, Watertown; -Dr. L. J. Peck. Vice President io. T. C
nlndi H Lted st,1tun Treasury, New York City; Dr. James S
Bailey, Albany; G. B Grinnell, Yale Scientific School, City; Rev

Wen!' m\‘raer °i.Voa 0CMCB.‘iCr: G- K®ll°gg- Oswego; Charles K.

weed, Utica , I' red Mather, Eeq., Honeoye Fulls, Dr J R
Romeyn, Keeseville; Major II. W. Merrill, New Rochelle; J Robinson
Warren, Ciy; C. M Roof, Colonel G. W. Wingate, do W

do - t ’u iw; J,{,dg? F; Fiich' (-,|t>'; Wm. Seward Webb!

71. Batty, Bath, L. I ; lIornceSllsby,SenccaFulls;Gardi-
ner l.Lyon, Oswego; Wn its T Loomis, Little Falls; C. Fitch Bissell
' W-' Surrey, Yonkers; A. J. Northrop, Syracuse; E m'
Nsw u'S*i0,i^:.P^l,c^LT.: ,Jol‘n Ander8°“. Mills

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR
AND FISH.

New York, April 26, 1875.

By vote of a majority of the Advisory Committee, a meeting will be
held In New York City on the nineteenth of May, 18:6, at 11 o'clock, A.
M , at Cooper Institute, Room 24, or Geographical Society's rooms, same
building, to organize an ••International Association for Protecting Game
and Fish,” whose business It will be to select a competent Board of
naturalists, fish culturlsts, game breeders, and sportsmen, who shall be
empowered to draft suitable laws and submit them to Congress, or duly
constituted Legislative bodies, for approval. The attendance of all who
have entered applications for membership is earnestly desired,

(Signed.)

Hon . Robert B. Roosevelt, President American Fish Guitarists' Asso-
elation.

Prof E D. Cope, Academy Natural Sciences, Pblla.

Dr J. L. Ik* Conte, Zoological Society, Philn.

uLElrl'l0wCroe!‘; r/ A , Smithsonlau Institute, Washington, D. C.

lion. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo. N. Y.

Hon. I, E. West. Newbern, North Carolina.

New Jkrsey-Rcv John It . Bi^efy, Bordentoivn; Henry S ” Hot -
fcAW. White’ Shrewsbury^*''*

do., Joseph Hemphill, AVestcbester; Dr. C.A. Kingsbury, 1 119 Waln.it

farner' (WaI't'8' m Houston, Lincoln University, Col-

lnnKr, Chester Co.; Erlward f,. Clarke, Philadelphia; Joseph H Roach
Ph ladetphla and Wilmington hailroad, do.; John
C. Johnson, do ; S Weir Mitchell, do ; Chas E. Smith, do.
vil^l'AWABE-R- Middletown; Wm. H. Clnrkeson, Bridge-

v *rv,mnLA\ro7LPi‘ J" DeerT“rk; Ed. Wheaton. Baltimore; Chai.

E. Coffin, Muirklrk, G. S. Brown. Prest. Md. Gumc Association
Distiiict op Columbia— Com. L. A. Benrdblte II s • < i
Phelps, Wright Hives, Prof. F. V. liayden^ cio 1 Survey‘d ^ Dr il' r
^ arrow; Lt. Geo. M. Wheeler, U. 8 Geil. Survey E LKiniiev
Smithsonian Prof. H W. Henebaw. do; G. Brown Goode, do. y’

, YinoiNtA— M. G. Ellzey, M. D., Blacksburg; Dr. Asu Wall Winchester-
\V. H. Scabury, Norfolk; Capt. J. M. Tuylor, Black’s A Whited
Depot, Nottoway Co. ; J. S. Stanley -James, Farmvillo; Thos. William-
Bon, Lecsourg.

North CAROLINA-Thco. F. Davidson. Ashville; I)r. George H
sef^do ^ ^ A” Marion; C'bas. M. McLaren, Weldon; C. S/Rus-

in^°r^"pCa|)uAl‘Ec K. Egbert. U. S. A„ McPherson Barracks, At-
lanta; Geo. E. Alden, Savannah.

Mississippi— G. V. Yonng, Columbus.

Florida — W. M. Led with, Jacksonville.

Louisiana — John E, Leet, New Orleans.

Ohio— Thos. A. Logan, Cincinnati.

MicnioA.N— Frank Card. Flint; George Clark, Fish Commissioner,
Ecorse; D H. Fitzhngh Bay City; A J. Kellogg, Fish Commissioner
Allegan; Dr. G. A. Stockwell, Port Huron; Henry J, Allen. Schoolcraft

HS?'rc^o^..S;ieVVard’P1,lUO;C- A- KR^en’ George

Minnesota— Dr. D. C. Estes. Lake City.

Missouri-O. A. Crandall, M K. & T. It. R., Sedalia; Thomas
B. Armun, St. Louis; D. L. Dickinson, do. ; Ad. Paul, do.

Texas— S. B. Buckley, Stale Geologist, Austin; Joseph’ Lubadie,

SSTS! West. Auf,icWaU'' GalVeet0ni F- Chas- Hume’ 0a*ve8ton=
Kansas— Dr. John H. Janeway, U. S. A., Fort Wallace
Nkbiuska-H. C. Magoon, J. P., Monroe. Platte Co.

Colorado— Chas E. Aiken, Colorado Springs, taxidermist
iNbiAN Territory— Bt. Coi. G. W. Schofield, Fort Sill
M a sin noton Territory- Wm. B. Blackwell, New Tacoma
California— S. K. Throckmorton, San Francisco; B b Red-
ding, Sacramento; D.O.Jolcj.-, San Francisco: D. J. Staples, do.; It. L
Ogaen, do.; Wm. A. Newell, President California Acc. Society!

Jacob Wagner Eso., WytheviileTvirgTntaT
Nahum E. Ballou, Esq., '

elation ' _ Socrol8ry II1,Qo18 State FtahlCulturinta’ Asso-

Carlos Gove, Esq., President Denver. Colorado, 8hootlng Club.
Chambers C. Davis, Esq., Secretary Denver, Colorado, Snooting Club.

Annual Re-union of the Philadelphia Sportsmen’s
Association. — The Philadelphia Sportsmen’s Club is in all
probability one of tbe most energetic and efficient institutions
for tbe protection of game, the advancement of good fel-
lowship, unanimity, and a higher standard of action among
field sportsmen, in the country, and at this time we under-
stand that its roll of members numbers about two hundred
and fifty, including active, contributing, non-resident, and
honorary members. Among the important regulations of
the club is its annual social meeting and exhibition of skill
at trap and rifle shooting, which also includes its glorious
planked shad dinner. On Saturday, the 8th inst., this im-
portant event came off at "Fish House," Tinicum, near
Chester, on the banks of the Delaware River, where’more
than one hundred members, with a number of invited
guests, assembled. The Pennsylvania Railroad having dis-
patched the party by special truin from Philadelphia, on
reaching the grounds arrangements were made by the
shooters to contend for the prizes, two elaborately engraved
silver cups of about $100 in value, to be awarded to the

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best and second best shots respectively. Tho Hon.

Rayburg and Mr. A. Peterman, of Philadelphia, were se-
lected as judges, and Horace Smith, Esq., Field and Ken-
nel editor of this paper was appointed referee. The shoot-
ing was at ten birds each, from five traps, twenty-five yards
rise, one and a quarter ouuces shot, and instead of a given
boundary the shooters were allowed three minutes time in
which to gather a fallen bird. Twenty-eight gentlemen
participated in the shooting with varied success. Mr. Gles-
ncr succeeded in killing nine out of the ten, which gave
him the choice cup. Four others killed eight birds each,
and in shooting off the ties the second cup fell to the lot
Mr. Harrison. The shooting being euded, the party re-
paired to the commodious dining hall of the Tinicum Fish
House, where about one hundred members nnd invited
guests took their seats. Under the auspices of Mr. John
B. Sartori a sumptuous dinner, with a supply of the tra-
ditional Fish House punch had been prepared, after
which a special train conveyed the parly back to the city.
The weather was everything that could be asked for, and
the meeting one of unalloyed enjoyment.

Maryland Association for Protection ok Game and
Fisii.— The regular meeting of this Association was held
on Monday last. The report of the. President stated that
several persons have been prosecuted successfully for ex-
posing game out of season, and for infringement of the
ducking law. An amendment of the State law was advo-
cated, making it as effective as that applying to Worcester
county, and so general as to affect seller, killer, and con-
sumer of game alike. A committee of three, consisting of
Messrs. John Stewart, Gen. Latrobe and T. B. Ferguson,
was appointed by the chair to prepare and report at the
next meeting of the association any alteration or addition
to the present game laws of the State which they might
deem advisable. It was resolved that not over five volun-
teer delegates be appointed to the National Sportsmen’s
Convention, to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, and upon notice
of the absence of such volunteers the Executive Committee
shall appoint one delegate and draw upon the Treasurer for
the necessary expenses. The following gentlemen were
elected officers of the association:— President, GeorgeS.
Brown; Vice Presidents, Thomas Poultney and P. P. Pen-
dleton; Secretary, B. W. Jenkins; Treasurer, Robert Hod-
ges; Executive Committee, C. E. Coffin, D. C- Clark. J. S.
Gittings, Jr., C. D. Fisher, T. B. Ferguson and T. H.
Levering.

The energy displayed by the gentlemen of the Maryland
Association in protecting fish and game is very commend-
able and worthy of imitation.

§lie gifte.

CREEDMOOR.

On Wednesday, the 5th inst., the fourth and last compe-
tition for places on the American team took place. The
weather in some respects was better than had prevailed on
the previous days, but there was a strong breeze blowing,
which, commencing from the south and west, and blowing
across the range, gradually veered around to the east.
Among the visitors present were Gen. Shaler, who super-
intended the firing; Adjutant-Gen. Townsend, from Al-
bany; Inspector-Gen. Woodward, Gen. McMahon, Gen.
Millen, Col. Stiles, Col. Carr, Col. Gouverneur Morris,
Capt. A. Anderson, Capt. Willard Parker, and D. N. Judd,
of tjic Board of Directors. The following arc the scores

made : —
Yards.’

Score.

Totals.

800

900

MAJOR UENRV FULTON.

...,3 3 4 4 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4

.. .3 3 3 3 4 4 3 2 4 4 3 3 4 3 3

0 2 4434234344 4 34

49

48—149

800

COL. H. A. GILDERSLEEVE.

3 3 2 4 4 2 8 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 4

900

1000

4 43030333334 3 4 3

43—146

600

900

O. W. VALE.

. ...434433 134 4 4344 3.

..3 4 4 4 2 4 3 4 3 2 4 4 4 3 2

54

50

800

900

H. S. JEWELL.

.1 4 2 1 3 3 2 4 3 4 4 1 4 4 4

...3 2 3 3 3 2 4 3 0 4 3 4 3 3 3

3434444 0 34 3 4 3 0 3

53

43

OEN. T. S. DAKIN.

..-.8 3 2 2 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4

50

900

1000

..0 3 3 3 3 3 2 4 0 3 4 4 3 3 4

..3 3422333324328 4

46-138

A. V. CANFIELD, JR.

M0

1000

.434323042434323

89

800

900

1000

B. C. COLEMAN.

.3 4 4 3 2 3 1 4 4 4 2 3 4 4 3

.022832 3 88 3 2304 4.

.2 3 343 1333430333

87

44-132

800

900

CAPT. L. O. BRUCE.

, ...4 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 0 4 3 2 4 4 3

084302324304883

2 4040233300343 2

. 48

87

800

900

1000

J. 8. LATIMER.

. ..2 3 4 0 3 4 R 3 0 4 2 3 3 3 3

3 2 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 0 3..

40

800

E. 0. SANFORD-

2 3833303444343 2

44

800

L. M. BALLARD

50

36

1000 . ....

3 2038020040034 0

24—110

A. J. ROUX.

3 343343034844 2 4

47

81

27-105

900

1000.

....0 0 2 4 0 4 0 3 0 3 3 4 3 2 3
...3 0338203003220 8

800

900

JOSEPH HOLLAND.

.0 0020348444303 2

020. S 03 0 141 3 43 3 S

82

36

28 — 91

The total scores In the severul competitions

are

os fol-

lows:

April 24. April 2S. May 1. Mav 5.

Total.

R, Coleman

12:t

125

i is

631

A. V. Cau field, Jr.

. .120

131

542

11. F. Jewell

121

116

116

142

495

L. C. Bruce.

122

115

12S

118

483

L. M. Ballard

117

!M

125

110

446

R, U. Sanford. .

107

120

100

:u

4-1 1

J. S. Latimer . . ..

109

91

118

117

430

A. J. Roux

. 90

Nl

136

105

414

Joseph Holland

HU

105

107

91

387

During the meetings the members

of last

, year’s team

have made the folk

rwiug scores:

Total ln»t

April 21. April 80. Mnv 1.

May 5.

Total.

year.

T. S. Dakin

. . 146 146

188

430

586

H. Fulton

..135 158

155

149

592

656

II. L. uilderalccvc.

. . 130 145

152

146

573

60.5

G. M. Yale

...120 139

113

144

546

581

John Bodiuc

621

The Irisii American Rifle Club.— This organization
held its first meeting at Creedmoor on Saturday, tho occa.
siou being a match at 200 and 500 yards. This is the first
match shot uuder the new system of marking adopted at
Wimbledon hist year, and the scores made at 200 yards in-
dicate that confining »lie sdoring hits to within the 40 inch
circle will materially lessen the totals. The following are
the scores:—

Yards.

Score.

Totals.

COL. B. BURTON.

•200

5 0 0 2 4 2 3

16

500

GEN. F. F. MILLEN.

24-40

200

7

600

2 8 5 4 3 4 3

24—31

I.IEUT. W. H. MURPHY.

200

2 0 0 0 3 3 5

500

8 3 0 2 4 2 2

COL. E. OILON.

15

000

2 0 0 0 0 2 0

CAPT. J. J. COLLINS.

200

0 0 2 0 0 0 0

2

500

o-:i

B. BROWN.

200

7

500

2-9

TnE American Team. — The shooting mnde by the team
during the practice on Saturday was more encouraging,
beimr better than anything accomplished during the com-
petition. The scores made were as follows: General T. S.
Dakin, 157; L. C. Brueo, 156; Major Henry Fulton, 151;
Colonel II. A. Gildersleeve, 149; II. S. Jewell, 143; G. W.
Yale, 143; A. V. Canfield, 139.

TnE '12th Regiment California Match.— The mem-
bers of the 12th Regiment composing the team which Is to
shoot against the California team on the 29th June, were
practising at Creedmoor on Friday last. It was some dis-
appointment on arriving’tliere to find the targets changed
to the new Wimbledon pattern, as the match was made be-
fore their adoption, and the previous practice has all been
at the old targets. Captain Smith however has made ar-
rangements to use the square bullseyc as before, until after
the match. We quote the score at 500 yards:—

Name.

Score.

Totals.

W.C. Reddy

6 5 4 4 1 3 3

28

W. G. Carson

. . 4 2 54534

27

3 3 5 5 3 4 2

...25

2 3 8 3 2 4 5

T. J. Dolau

2 0 5 0 8 5 3

W. S. Smith

J. M. Burlew

0 5 2 2 2 0 2

Meeting of the N. R. A.— The monthly meeting of
the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association
was held on Tuesday last, the report reaching us too late
for our last issue. Gen. Woodward, of the Committee on
Revising the Rules, made a report, and the rules as revised
were adopted. The only important changes were sections
providing that no two competitors should shoot with the
same gun, and that a shot at a wrong target should not be
scored. The tieasurer was instructed to remove from the
custom house a lot of instruments sent over by J. H. Stew-
art, of London, for rifle competition, and pay all charges
against them. The committee having in charge the enter-
tainment at tho Academy of Music, to defray the expenses
of the American team in Ireland, reported that the receipts
up to this time amounted to a total of $4,305.50. The
prize medals for the Fall meeting were ordered, and also
badges for tho life members. Col. Richard Voorhis and
Judge M P. Stanton were elected directors in the place of
Gem Shaler and Gen. Woodward, who, by a law passed
last year, become ex-officio directors.

The Executive Committee of the Joint Committee of the
National Rifle Club, having in charge the arrangements for
the international match, met on Thursday, with Major
Fulton in the chair. Gen. Shaler, as chairman of the
Rauge Committee, submitted the official report on the Am-
erican team, the names announced being Major Henry Ful-
ton, Col. John Bodine, Col. H. A. Gildersleeve, Gen. T. S.
Dakin, G. W. Yale, L. L. Hepburn. R. C. Coleman, A. V.
Canfield, Jr., and II. S. Jewell. It was suggested that
Capt. L. C. Bruce be added to the reserves in case Mr.
Hepburn could not go to Ireland. The chairman said that
Mr. Hepburn would not accompany the team on their voy-
age unless his presence should be deemed essentially neces-
sary to the success of the Americans. Gen. McMahon
thought that Gen. Hawley, who was prevented by sickness
from" taking part in the competition, should be allowed to
finish his scores on a day to be named by the committee.
Col. Gildersleeve thought this a dangerous precedent; the
committee might be accused of not adhering to established

rules, aud the public might misconstrue their motive. Mr.
Collins supported the views of Geu. McMahon, and cited
the case of Col. Bodine last year as one in poiut. After
much discussion the following preamble and resolution,
offered by Gen. Shaler, were adopted: —
ll'A*r»a», The four competition* recently bad for position* on

the team or 1875

Rtve« to Mc wr* Felton. Bodine, UUderslocvo, Dakin. Yule, Hepburn,
Coleman, C aufleUl, Jowrll positions on the team in the ordor named; iina
Whereas, certain competitors were not able, by means of idekuess. to
complete their scores, and It Uof tho hluhe.t Imimrinnco that tho most
competent men slionld bo secured for the International match: therefore,
«'■*? "'*• "but all competitor* who were proven t-<l nv reason of slck-
n. s, from completing their .cores bo permitted to do »o within Ion days
from tills date, under tho direction of this committee, and that tho Ditto
gentlemen above named shall constitute the team of is; j, snnjoct only
to such changes In ita ptrtomul as may be effected by tho operation of
this resolution.

The following resolution was then passed:

/foso/tvif, Thnt the three next highest competitors on the list be re
nested to practice with tho team, In order that they limy be prepared to
II any vacancies that may hereafter occur.

A CHALLENGE FROM ULSTER.

Colonel Gildersleeve read tho following loiter from Mr.
John McKenna, llouorary Secretary ot the Ulster Iliflo
Club:

No. 1 York Street, Belt apt, April 16, 1875
Mv Dear Stu: At a recent meeting of our association It w as unani-
mously resolved that a cordial Invitation to visit Belfast be sent to ilia
American team of riflemen, with a challenge to shoot n match on any
day, from the 5th to the 0th of July, Inclusive, thnt may bo most conve-
nient for them, at Earl Dufforln’s sent, Clandoboyc.

Conditions— Two sigh ilng and Ilf icon scoring shots each, at 800,900,
nnd 1, (XXI yards. Any ilfle; any position. Target* nnd scores. Wimble
don, 1874. Teams of six or eight a side, ns you may select.

I shall feel pleasure In being the medium of convoying tho foregoing
challenge and Invitation, which I hope you will honor us by accepting.

And I assure you that your visit will be hulled with the greatest delight
by each Individual member of onr club, as well as by tliu entire com-
munity. and nothing shall bo wanting to render your brief stay among
ns as agreeable and pleasant as can be-
lt Is, perhaps, proper to muntion that we are nil the more anxious to
huvo the pleasure of meeting you here. Inasmuch as by tho conditions
for selection of the Dublin team many of our llrat-closs shots ate prv
vented from participating In the match, simply by reason of their using
the " Metford,” or rifles other than “ Rigby’s." Again uxprosslug llro
hopo thnt wo may have the gratification of meeting our American brother
riflemen In friendly competition In ilia beautiful demesne of tiro Gov-
ernor General of Canada, I have the honor to remain, my dear sir. youra
veiy sincerely. John McKenna, Honorary Secretary 1. K. C.

Colonel Gildorsleevo, Honorary Secretary N. H. A., Mew York.

The chairman was instructed to notify tho different mem-
bers of the team of 1875 of their being entitled to places
on it in the order of the merit already iudicatcd above.
The committee then adjourned.

— The Joint Committee of the N. R. A. an d A. R. C.
held a meeting on the same day to receive the report of tho
Sub Committee on the selection of a team. The following
letter from Maj. Leech to Col. Wingate was read. —

Morrison’s Hotel, Dublin, April 10th, 1875.

Mv Dear Colonel:—

Two days ago I had the pleasure of receiving your letter of the id
Inst., and as you so wish It of course I will not invite other teams to
shoot with ns on 29th of Jane; uml 1 confess that your decision In this
respect Is most agreeable to me, as It naturally enhances still more the
value of the compliment you aro so good as to pay uk, namely, just to shoot
one International match hero according lu the term* of the programme
which yon heretofore sent me and dated Rth of March, nnd which I now
beg to send to you enclosed, signed by mo. In this matter I also adopt
your view In selecting tho programme In nsc in 1873 In fact, tho match
will be shot under tho Wimbledon mica of 1873, ns it was at Crocdmoor
in September last.

Wimbledon.— I will go to London (D. V.) next wook and I w III see all
about tho camping ground for us and write to you fully shortly. Tho
whole world hero Is talking of the mntch. I refer yon to the amusing
episode in tho House of Commons on tho subject. • * • -'All bauds '
here desire warm remembrance to our frlouds over the water. By the
way, I want to ask you a question. You remember young Waterhouse,
who was with ns In America! It Is very hard upon him that he Is not
eligible to shoot In our Irish Team, He was horn here and his father
has lived here fur forty years, bnt ha I* actually (the father) ilii Enpllsli-
man. Young Waterhouse Is quite u new shot, having taken to long
range shooting only Inst year, nnd he Intends to compote for a place In
tho Irish Team to shoot with the Americans on the 29th of Jane; but I
can only permit him to do so (provided ho wins a place) on the terms of
vonr not objecting to him. What say you? Kind regard* lo all friends.
Ever yours; very sincerely. Arthur B. Leech.

Col. W inuatb, Now York,

After discussion it was decided that, with regard to Mr.
Waterhouse, the rules of the match should be adhered to,
and he was declared ineligible to shoot in tho match. It
was also resolved that no challenges emanating from any
other than a national source should bo considered while the
team were abroad. Mr. Johnston thought that energetic
measures should bo taken to raise funds to defray the ex-
penses of the team.

The treasurer read his progressive report, from which it
appeared that $3,036 were the net proceeds of the late am-
ateur entertainment at the Academy of Music, and there is
a general subscription list of $2,077. This makes the ag-
gregate sum of $0,313, of which $4,000 are already paid
in. An additional $4,000 would still be necessary to de-
fray the expenses of tho contemplated voyage.

—On Friday the American team held a mooting at the
rooms of the National Rifle Association. There were pres-
ent CjI. Bodine, Gen. Dakin, Col. Gildersleeve, Mr. Yule,
Major Fulton, Messrs. Jewell, Canfield and Coleman. Major
Fulton took the chair and Mr. Coleman officiated as Secre-
tary. Col. Bodine moved that Col. H. A. Gildersleeve bo
elected Capt. of the American National Rifle Team of 1875,
which motion was carried unanimously, as was also another
proposed by tho Chairman to the effect that the services of
a secretary were unnecessary. It was also agreed that tho
Captain of the team be authorized to make such contracts as
in his judgment might be necessary in securing servants or
any other conveniences and comforts requisite for the pass-
age to and from Ireland and the sojourn there. Also that
Mondays, Wednesdays aud Saturdays sliull be the rcgU.
lar days of practice at Creedmoor until the embarkation.

— 1 The rules adopted for the selection of the Irish team
are substantially as follows: 8even days are appointed for
public competition, to be held simultaneously at Dublin,
Belfast aud London. Each competition to consist of
fifteen shots at 800, 900 and 1,000 yards; no sighting shots
or previous shooting the same day allowed. Each competi-
tor to shoot on auy four of the competing days and no
more. The nine best aggregate scores lo be primarily sc
lecled for the team and extra men. If, at the conclusion
of the competitions, the Captain thinks it desirable, he can

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call upon any of the nine best scores to enter into further
competition with any of the excluded competition?; provid-
ed the majority of those selected concur in the Captain’s
views, whose vote shall count two. The rifles used mus
be of Irish make.

THE INTERNATIONAL RIFLE MATCH.

Editor Foukst and Stuxam:- ^ Y0RK• Apr" 7"b ,875’

d"U f°r t,,C l0mcrl,y t,mt 8honW prompt nn ordinary
raorul to even hint to an editor that he (tho editor) doe. not know what
he Is writing about, I ventnro to assert that you, sir, wore ml-tnken In
dortho' 0 "|,1,ch “PPoan'(1 the Forkst and Stream ..f May filli

n ’ M 1 for Lon,l»- IwlMid, in regard to his recent

moi'on in Parllumont on the coming rille match, and you think ‘ hil
unca.ym ndlstorturodoi.hornah fear, of n Fonlan landing, or that

» T, ftrr"'l“d h,?" «°d finally conclude by

a.« nrlnt him that no surreptitious rillo will crack on Dollymoont ”

Mr SuHivm.VmM1’ ?nd ' C"n 1 111 11 Position to know

J , “olivc ,n raovln" l‘l« resolution was to draw tho atton-
JJ"? . ? wor,d t° the coerclvo legislation of tho English in Ireland

and to ranko the visit of the American Team an opportunity for stouwiw
™rnGrt ° ‘nt0 8rn,,llnc something like rational legislation to tl.H
C,°'inlry' A8 y0U no donbl know, the country ?. toilS
kcp‘ thc moit rigorous and galling laws. Beroro
Mr Sn^van succeeded In forcing the Governmcn: to make thc answer

to hi* mo Ion that they did there was not one of the American Team or

Any one else tlmt could ventnro Into fre'and with..* much as a ntreut.

«to i cap, much less a rifle, In Ins possession without making himself Waldo
to he thrown n jail hy the flrs, policeman that took thc notion to search
u, r-o UW* n»° ,m ,n force • m,d* notwithstanding the answer of
bV rTmCnl ULMr' “ in nn'y through court ^ of tlmpofics

that the American Team wii! he allowed to shoot in Ireland n J „ no

r ioIiZ V0 1h° '0,l"r °f tb0 law- nny one of them could Z
" ,m Prlsmm‘1, and sent to penal servitude for having amis in the

Isay, and that it is no exaggeration. Tho police can enter the hooeoa
of the people in their search for arms at any moment tlu-y please and as
an illustration— a very ridiculous one It must s,.cm lo^our American
readers -of the workings or the Coercion Code, I append the followine
exinict from the Dublin Fre-cma„'» Jourruil «.f April -jj-t, l.srs in regard
to an incident which look place at iho Mullingar races a fJli,™
MuPingar is in the County Westmeath, a ^

r ri.e incident refers to a warning given by the police to
an old woman who kept a traveling gallery for pistol prac-
tice with n toy gun.— Ed.] 1 1 c

It Is also on record in a Belfast court that a monkey was seised fo,
n.lue a popgun, and the "infernal machine” confl ink'd w ,ih ih
monkey and Ids master wore exiled from tin- town Can f

fore, blame Mr. Sullivan for his motion tvl.cn2.aLS '

In regard to Mr. Webb’s meeting I think you also mistake IIis „h
Ject in calling It was not “to protest against the , L . b~

IS S"'Z'"0" 1 ™ »««■*■« a.bn. SSi

M.Ti'5“ATrtghUo“to'; iTlS’T. £ T'"1 ™«»™.

select from a few favored people who hold poli, 0 iicenwa"'"19’ °"ly

Let naapncal to the Amorlcnn pcoole not to indurwi* ii.n r i i . ,

volvod in this transaction. Thc lri-h arc disar.no i t/ ? f,!lJ“\1,0?d ln'
sisicnt with the dignity of the American ’r fl.on. n In h, * ,‘0n d be inc,>»-
country, where every man rxouircs noX.. .,;.r.!!r" , 0 ’.b '1 1,1 n coerced
to shoot agaln-t men calling ! lie, of elves what they lire not-i'1'’ or
lives of the Irish people at large." 1 ur<- ,,ot— represeota-

The protest, therefore, was not against the match Itself but .main*.

t"u - "» rr

,«i "r favor

lute themselves champions of Ireland in the art oTrrnl°Dh “b”u d co,l"li-
the name of Ireland, go challcDL-in"c(,. ie«.. ,I ,h\^fl shooting, and. in
Dons who have all their lives hem, wewtomed to U.e' Si,??"'6 ,,a-
The American nflemeu who are shortly lo vi-it our ahorea^™

i%S£ ““'"S ■>' rnd., nLi Si&SSSti^Si

apologizing for so lengthy an intrusion on vour valuable mmn ? a
sincere thank, for your kindness In giving me a bearing? to , f T
myself a well-wisher to Foi.lst and Stream, and Hi 1 " ff“ "g

As a matter of courtesy, and without desirT^morlnto
any argument regarding the merits of ihcqncUon involved
we give place to the foregoing letter. We fancy, however’
that our correspondent has given the key note to his com
plaint in his acknowledgement that Mr. Sullivan’s object in
introducing into Parliament the question of the visit of 1 e
American riflemen, was to draw attention ,0 co L ve
legislation m Ireland, and, if possible, to shame Te Gov
ernment into granting changes that will he more satisfac
lory to certain classes of the people 1 f

fessed predelictions. But now t hut Mr Si.llli,^' , •
has been declared, avc may lie ncriuittcil i 9 object
good tulc wbich would turn a„ iL,frumcq"“'''£$‘0
cal elTecl the visit of „ p„,y of our oi.i^l.^ZoZo , i
an mvitatioo extended by fcn.lomo,, vvb„„re snppo “ S
representative men in their own country Them,;.!?- 1 b?

T, \mbiM T ",c" “ « '•*»££££

Of destroying the pleasure anticipated by our riflemen
from their vts.t, could do no possible good to the „

welcome. S bospitality and cordial

should be in any way agitated through our columns; but
respect for the source from which the letter emanates com-
pels us to publish it.

I USDS FOR THE Ameuica.n Team.— Wc notice a state-
ment in a morning paper to thc effect that many arc watch-
nig eagerly to see what thc team will consist of before
giving it their personal or pecuniary support, and further
that should Gen. Hawley, who has been debarred by sick-
ness from participating in the latter competitions, be
awarded a place, a goodly sum is promised from Gonnec-
nut . While desiring most earnestly to see Gen. Hawley
on tho team, believing him to be equal as a marksman lo
any member, new or old, thereof, we must say that this
looks very much like bidding for a place. And in this
connection we should like to suggest to the finance com-
mittee, or those having the matter in hand, that they make
public a statement of the sums received. If the Academy
benefit realized over *1,000, the private subscriptions must
have brought the aggregate to a very considerable sum.
As he passages of the team to and from Ireland are given
to them and they are to be the guests of the civic authori-
ties of Dublin while there, why a sum of money sulHcicnt
to maintain a re&iment in the field fora vear should he
required we are at a loss to imagine. Give us a statement

th,., Tf7r,P ‘"I r?iblC °x,,endi,urcs’ gentlemen, and
l u if there is the least possibility „f a deficit continue
the hogging and thc ducats will he forthcoming.

-Those gentlemen who have been desirous of servin-
their country and the American team as secretary, to say
nothing of undertaking the* arduous journey across the At
lanl.e, will be disappointed at the actio,, of the team in re-
solving to dispense with tho services of such an attache.

— Mr. Wilson McDonald, the winner of the Rigby Pin in
the late short range tournament at Conlin’s gallery i„ addi-
:°n to being a first-class rille shot is also a sculptor of dis-

wav IMl Q?J,ri<1f,flStMr- McDonald lectured at Stdu-
•';> 1 Ial1 1 llc Art and Artists of Ancient Egypt. ” The
lecture, which was illustrated by numerous stercscopic
views, was at once entertaining and instructive. Mr. J 8
Conhn is about having an appropriate badge made, to be
shot for by those gentlemen who have made the best target
m his gallery. Tho trophy is to he known as thc Short
Range Champion Badge and must be won three limes be-
fore becoming the property of the holder. The rules as to
off hand shoo'tng, that is, the body clear of everylhihg
will be strictly observed. J

-The superintendent of thc Creed, noor rnmre has been
instructed lo have all the targets there painte.fand divided
accordtng to the recent changes in rules of shooting at
Wimbledon, excepting thc number of first class targets that
may be required for the practice of the International team.

—The National Rifle Association have issued their annual
report for ,874. In Mi, ion ,„ „ ,,lrge maM „f

interesting and valuable to riflemen, it contains the report
of the shooting during the international match, aud dia-
grams of all the targets made.

Saratoga Riklk Ci.ur.— This association has completed
Us organization by-electing the following officers: Presi-
dent, Jerome Pitney; Vice President, J F. Fairlav- Secr<>
tAry’ 0de,1Jate9; Treasurer, A. F. Mitchell; Capiain A-
IV. Hays; Ftsh Shooting Master, W. F. Benson f Second
Shooting Master, George C. Selfridge. It already com-
prises a membership of about forty. In response to our
suggestion they intend to invite the collegians to use their
range and we have no doubt that the colleges will take
advantage of the opportunity thus offered. We hear
there is a movement on foot to have a match between a
\ssor r"1 ,7 ClUb and a teHm f,'0,n lhe American Rifle
^ammci'!°n' C°,U(*t ^ PlaC° durine the comi«g

-Hdyokc, Mass., does not intend to be behind the age
A idle club has been organized and commenced oractico a[

don target! Y ^ ad°ptcd the ucw Wimble-

are as yet without any information regarding it fl pr0gress

A week was probably occupied will, it. Among the list of
names of gunmakers who have entered guns, we notice
Messrs. Pope, Richards, Rigby, Greener, Reilly Toliv
DougaU and Holly. The entries comprise the name ‘ of
thirty-seven makers, and tho whole number of guns to be
tested amounts to one hundred and fifty-tight, Messrs ^y
A U. Scott & Sons are conspicuous by their absence but
we have already explained that as largo manufactures of
and not dea’ers in guns, they have decided in the interest
of dealers who arc their customers, not to compete.

—A silver cup is to he given in England to the inventor
of close bored guns who shall produce the best evidence of
his claim to priority. As some half] dozen claim it, the
contest is likely to be warm. Just now it partakes some-
what of the nature of a free fight, and any one mny take a
hand in. The “American claimant” will probably be there.

—Wo have received from tho White Manufacturing Com-
pany, of Bridgeport, Ct., a specimen of the powerful re-
flector which is advertised in our columns as “Boudrcn’s
Jack Lamp.” The designation is not altogether appropri-
ate, as jacking is only one of the many purposes for which
it can be used, this being especially adapted for stable and
carriage uso, camp use, lighting picnic grounds, etc. It
throws a strong light 200 feet, and of course is much more
serviceable for floating deer than a bark torch or flic pa,.
While we do not advocite this mode of hunting, wc be-
lieve that t litre is none other so exciting, or none that
brings into play so many of the attributes that makeup a
good hunter— nerve, courage, faith, self-possession, quick-
ness, eyesight, skill in paddling, accuracy of aitn, knowl-
edge of woodcraft, and the habits of deer, and often the
power of physical endurance. The chief objection to the
employment of the jack is that the season of the year when
it is most used is when the docs are stickling their fawns
Deer, however, resort to the water courses ils late as Bop’-
teniber to some extent, when the fawns are well grown and
able to take care of themselves, and in that month we be-
lieve that no exception can be taken to the use of the
jack.

-Wiki pigeons arc said to be abundant in and about
Lin Chester’s Bottom, near Fairfax Courtliouse, Virginia
-At a meeting of sportsmen held on Friday last at the
oflice of the Dansville Express, in Livingston county, New
lork, “The Dansville Sportsmen’s Association” was fully
organized, with some fifteen members and the following 0f-
ficers: President, Henry J. Faulkner; Vice President, J°ohn
Hyland: Secretary and Treasurer, F. J. Robbins
-By courtesy of the Erie Railway ofllcials we were per-
mitted to inquire at sundry points along their line for that
b.g pigeon roost, said to be near Corning last, week, and

Tit lnnT,1’ vcrJ'connic,i”S- A, „ rule, Uie birds
telt just as the telegrams arrived.

Wisconsin Montdlo, May 4/A, 1875.— Ducks sfll
t.nue plenty at Buffalo Lake, and are nesting in inside '
hiIf«rU|inbe” } 10 adj"cent marshes. Scaup ducks are

have bee n "bagged? P Thcy^ro geSlv' plenty^n1 th? Fall
season, and rare sport may be had at Puckaway mmshin

Autumn snipe shooting. For a raritv alim.ro 11,

. . “Fred.”

SNIPE SHOOTING OVER.

§iiii(e $;iq and <Jjnn.

Our personal relations to the Irish T,.,.™ t i
such as to make us extremely son*;.- f “5t ycar are
looks like a questioning of motives oMhai° a"yt,linS ,,1"t
the reciprocal harmony that has hitherto nT 7 je0pardize
nallomil ick-rcouree PLn,

MAY is A CLOSE month FOR GAME.

-Snipe and plover are the only game birds to be seen in
market, ,f we except a few bunches of yellow legs that tie
companted them from tho West. They retail 5 *3 per

--We received a visit on Tuesday last from Captain

W niron"od 1,8 Uial ‘he snipe shooting at the
West has been excellent. Mr. Bradford of this city was his
companion for a few days, and between them they bagged
48D snipe and plover. J Ullba^

r- 37 Pa>ne-Cogard.ts match at 100 pigeons each, 30 yards
rise from five traps, will be shot on Saturday next at Pros
pect Park. A peculiar feature of thc match Is that St 1st
be restricted to guns of twelve guage.

A| Newell> Esq., President of the California Ac
climating Society, writes us that pinnated grouse were ex"
posed for sale ,n the San Francisco market on thc 29th of
Aprd. They were shipped from the Western States Our
correspondent complains of thc inadequacy of the game
laws in that State, and of their inefficiency 6

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have commenced at Wimbledon on the 26tl, ult , but we

Editor Forest and °°VS7V ' N' J” May 8d' '**

Tho 30th of April floished tho snipe ehooling for this venr

Of thc fact, and the good book says, 7 bird l 1 Tu"™ ""ar°
.naner, - which makes one conjecture and lk !vh7ho s.dt c • 'K'
part this bit of good nows one to another* Tho I Jt few Jfays of An 'll

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planning for " ^

Ilarry, who Is the sportsman of the family, h .7 ret red

ready fur the sport as their masters, and were willing l . 1,0

noble bi.d. The englo was hung out in a consnicnn, , „ ? '! U,e
news of its death might spread through the vl|lago.P This obi.7t "lt 11,0
ComplUhod, and wc had many callers during the two d«v! r n w“ ,lr‘
to bring down lhe king of birds and cause hll to Held ""

terrors Is always considered a great feat When ti 7 klnfi °r
dawned the gunners were ready to he off again They
as plenty as before, nnd we had a largo dish of n» f ud tbo 8M,Pe
Clipper. On Friday the strong «i„d ‘woa rather ^acams.01 before at
b.rds were shot, and when evening came wc bid ad? . . ’,8\'"111 " fuw

and to the sportsmen, who carried away the head aHd V,' ’ L°

nnd a few birds, leaving little behind except themioH/ 7 ?! ' c"c,e

herewith to tell All were highly pleased Poor Me. which I have
to meet at the farm agam when woo.icock'seasoTc^lTl,?^.''001111''

A. D. W.

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All communications from Secretaries and friends e ho old be mailed n
later than Monday in each week.

nion water, port -rnE week.

Secretary anil Treasurer, W. M. Davidson; Committee,
James it. Hay, Massey Gedtls, Jolin MucNub, J. II. Beaty,
A. M. Smith, C. Callighen, G. 1‘. Shears, W. Arthurs,
Samuel Beatty, A. D.SImw. Arrangements for a yraud re-
gatta and the annual dinner were made.

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YACHTING NOTES FROM THE HUB.

Sooth Boston, May 5th, 1875.

Editor Forest *xd Stream:—

The cold weather of lust, mouth Interfered somewhat with yachting af-
fairs at the Point, blit there are a fair number of yachts at their moor-
ings, mid tho licet is rapidly increasing. Bibber’s yard is neurly empty,
the Kitty, Wbl towing, and a few smaller lionts being all that are not yet
launched. Cupt. Pettinglll’s new boot is all ready for the water, though
she has not yet recoivod her sail. But few of tho boats on Pierce’s
wharf have been put off as yet, quite a number of them being for salo,
go that their owners are in no hurry to launch them. Tho sloop built by
Messrs. Pierce for Cupt. Peabody is in tho water. She is a very hand-
some boat, and looks as though she would prove quite fast. The Nettle,
built by Pawley and owned by Capt Kilcy, was luunchcd some days ago.
She eails quite well. The Posy is being altered to a sloop rig, which, It
is hoped, will increase her speed. The Wanderer Ims been put In first-
class order for racing, and the Fannie lias been scraped and painted, and
will probably be allont in less than u week. By two weeks tho season
will have fairly commenced. Yours, etc., Ready About.

— Messrs. Higgins and GifFonl of Gloucester, who have
already more titan a local repulalion as yacht builders, have
on the ways a pleasure craft for Mr. Lewis II. Merchant,
that promises to be a clipper. All her appurtenances are
lirst class and her model extremely graceful.

—Shelter Island promises lobe well patronized litis Sum-
mer. The Boston Yacht Club have purchased a portion of
the island and are creeling a fine club house. We hear of
a number of New York families who will make their Sum-
mer sojourn there.

— General Townsend’s fine sloop Annie is filling out at
the Say ville basin under the direction of Capt. Davis. The
Annie is having a new mast and oilier alterations. Gen.
Townsend makes Fire Island bis headquarters, and cruises
in “blue water" as well as in the more sheltered bay.

The Fiona. — The anticipations formed regarding the
visit of Mr. Boucher’s celebrated cutter, arc not likely to
he realized. The Field now states that Mr. B. lias no in-
tention of visiting this country, at least with the Fiona.

Regattas on the Delaware.— The regatta of tho Dela-
ware River yacht club, of Philadelphia, was held Monday,
May loth, their boats sailing from the West Jersey railroad
wharf, Camden, around the Chester buoy and return.
There were seven entries: Selby, John Rutter, captain;
Adelphia, James Wheeler, captain; Sappho, William Mid-
dleton, captaiu; Slavcn, James Collins, caplain; Fashion,
William Ilarpcr, captain; Barclay, Frank Ivelley, captain;
Orion, John Harper, captaiu. These boats are from 23 to
26 feet long.

Tlie start was made at 10:30, with a heavy westerly wind,
which freshened into a young gale by the lime the boats
got off the mouth of the Schuylkill. The Adelphia and
Barclay are both new boats. At the buoy the Adelphia
was first, and in all probability the Slaven would have been
second if she had not had the misfortune to get bottom up-
wards after passing the Block House. Soon after the Bai-
ley carried away her gaff band, and was out of the race.
The Adelphia came in first at 3:03, winning the champion
flag. The Selby took the second prize, a silver pitcher,
and the Fashion the third, a cup.

Tiie Camden (N. T.) Yacht Club held their regatta the
same date and over the same course, starting at ten A. M.
There were three entries of twenty feet yachts, the George
AY, Howard, T. Griflin, captain; John P. Feldeu, William
Llewellyn, captain; and J. C. Dubman, William Weaver,
captain. The Howard upset on her way to the starting
point, and the race was sailed by the other two, the Dub-
man winning the champion flag, and the Felden taking the
second prize, a handsome goblet.

1 made a mistake in saying last week that the Philadel-
phia yacht club’s regatta would be May 24th. It is fixed
for June 14th, allhough Ebener's regatta will come off the
former dale. There will be about ninety boats in the Phil-
adelphia yacht club’s regatta, there being nearly forty third
class boats, “tuck ups,” already entered. Sculls.

IP? §ollci^.

Columbia College Athletic Spouts.— Tho Columbia
College Association held its meeting on Saturday last on
the grounds of the New York Athletic Club nt Mott Haven.
The weather was not all that could be desired, but the live-
liest interest was taken in the proceedings and tho meeting
was a succes. The games opened with the one mile walk,
which was won in good style by C. W. Francis, *77, in 9m.
Is. In throwing tho base ball E. A. Wetmore, 8. of M. '75,
was victorious, bis throw, with the wind, being 309 feet 4
inches. Following this tho 100 yards spin brought four
starters to the post; Silas C. Root, '75 was successful in 11$
s. A hurdle race over eight hurdles, twelve yards apart,
was won by C. L. Lindley, S. of M. '77 in 18 s. Six candi-
dates faced the starter for the one mile race, J. F. Renwick,
'76 being the winner in 5m. 17. Jus. W. Pryor, '78, won
the running high jump, clearing 4 ft. 11 in. I'lie 100 yard's
three legged race fell to Cornell, S. of M. '77, and Van Bus-
kerclc, same class; time, 13$ s. Five started for the three-
mile walk, W- W. Bliven, '78, winning in 30 m. 15js. G.
M. Hammond, '78, won the half mile spin in 2 m. 184s. In
the running long jump Bogert cleared 16 ft. 8 in. and won.
Nine started for the si ranger’s handicap 100 yards race;
Jewett won, his best heal being 11$ seconds. II. L. Bogert,
'78, won the standing long jump, clearing 9 ft. 4 in. Con-
solation race one-quarter of a mile, was u match between
Walker, '78, and Robbe, '77, the former winning in 1 m. 2s.

Piunceton Collbob, May 8th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Tho work of tho season has not begun In earliest. Tho pleiisaut
weather of tho past few days has greatly facilitated athletics here, both
on the wuter and in the Held. Tho University crew remained here during
th6 entire vacation of two weeks, uDd kept hard at work either on the
canal or in the gymnasium throughout tho entire period. It Is unneces-
sary to add that Us members improved wonderfully In every way I am
now able to name the crew, os it was decided upon definitely a few days
since; also I am happy to write that It is within iny power to give a few
statistics concerning It, which, although they may astonish some, arc
nearly exact— in fact, as much so as possible. The following are their
names, ages, weight, and height respectively and in order:

Name. Position. Age. Weight. Feet. Inches.

J. Ely

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Tills makes the aver ago ago ncoriy 21 yours, the wolj

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pounds,

and the height about 0 feet. I cannot give tho chest and arm measure-
ment entire. Tho smallest chest, (Mr. Nicoli's) measures nearly 42 inches,
and tlie largest (Mr. Purmloy’s) about 45. Tho biceps muscles average
from 13 to 151 inches in circumference. The crow rows about eight miles
dully. All of Us members are In line condition physically, and enjoy
perfect health. The Freshmen are somewhat backward, though they arc
os far udvanccd now as tho '77 crow wim at this time last Spring. Them
is no lack of material iu tho ten men trmnlug for the Freshman crow,
and there seems to bo no reason to believe that a good six will not bo
chosen. Our navy has been augmented recently by the addition of a
very handsome slx-onred gig, made expressly for the university. -It does
great credit to its builder, Mr. Fearon. The niue have been very assid-
uous iu practice of late. Matches have been arranged with the Chel-
sea uud Flyaways for next week. On Saturday, IStli lust., tho Harvard
nine will play us tho lirst game for tho college championship on tlie
Princeton grounds. This afternoon, at two o'clock, the annual Senior
Class gymnastic contest took place In tho gymnasium. The contestants
weie as follows: T. A. Sheldon, J. II. Lionberger, It. J. Hall, F. Biddle,
W. P. Cummings, W. S. Cheesinan, .Jr., E. W. Greenough, W. S.
Archer, C. C. Allen. The Judges were A. Marquand, ’71; J. Dulles,
and Robt. Hull, ’78. Rheinhnrd's orchestra, of Newark, furnished the
music. The flrst and second prizes, for the two best generel gymnasts,
were gold medals, valued at $50 each, given by Messrs. Chas. Alexander,
•6i). and J. C. Drayton, '73. The third prize, for heavy weights, was a
gold medul worth $25, offered by the contestants themselves. There was
a fourth prize given to the one excelling in the use of the Indian clubs.
The coutest was tho best ever held hero. Mr. T A. Sheldon's feats on
tho horizontal bar and the trapeze wero worthy tho skill and strength of
a professional gymnast. He secured tho flrst general medal as well as
the prize for swinging the clubs. Tho second gonoral prize was won by
J. 11. Lionberger, uud the heavyweight medal was worthily conferred
upon W. S Archer, whoso groat strength and pluck were well ap-
plauded as thoy were exhibited In his feats ou tho peg-pole, tho rings,
and the horizontal bar. At the close of the contest the medals were dis-
tributed, and a present of a hundsomo sum of money was made by tho
contestants to Mr. Goldie, our favorite instructor in gymnastics.

QUIDVIS.

Undine Barge Club,— On Saturday, May 8tli, there
was uu exciting race between two four oared shell crews of
the Undine, selected from the eight oared crew that pulled
the Crescents on the 27lh u It.

Heavy crew— Shell Whisper— T. Frothingham, stroke,
107 Ids.; W. II. Allison, 3, 160 lbs.; George Bright, 2, 148
lbs. ; I. Norris Dellnven, bow, 148. Time, 10in.

Light crew— Shell Atalanta — I. Gillingham, stroke, 135
lbs. ; Charles K. Burncs, 3, 135 lbs.; John R. Baker, Jr., 2,
143 lbs. ; A. S. Roberts, Jr., bow, 130 lbs. Time, 10m.
23s.

National course, one and a half miles straightaway. Wm,
II. Tucker, umpire; B. M. Ewing, judge.

Stiff southwest wind, and water lumpy at the start, but
not seriously interfering with shell rowing. The Atalantas
got away perhaps half u length in advance, and for a little
over half a mile there was uo change in the relative posi-
tion of the two boats, both pulling at thirty-nine. Off
Laurel Hill the extra avoirdupois— more than twenty pounds
per man— began to tell on the Whisper, which went to the
front and stayed there. Off Strawberry Mansion the little
fellows broke up badly, pulling wild, No. 2 smashing his
outrigger; but settling down again at thirty-eight to the
minute they made a plucky chase of it, coming iu some
seven lengths too late to win. This club has been very ac-
tive siucc the season opened, and should by all means put
in a four, aud, well, a pair, in the June regatta. Having
split their eight into two fours, couldn’t they make a couple
of pairs out "of their fours, and have another club race?

Sculls.

— The Toronto rowing club at its annual meeting, May
3d, showed 130 members. Tlie following officers were
chosen: President, Angus Morrison, 1st Vice President, J.
Shivers Birchall; 2d Vice President, Robert W. Elliott;

Brooklyn, May 10th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Thu Spring meeting of tliu Athletic Association of Stevens' College,
Hoboken, is to take place on Saturday next. May 10th, at tbelr grounds,
foot of Ninth street, (grounds formerly St. George cricket ground.) The
games will constat of running and svalkiug races, standing mid running
high jumps; also long jump, putting tho stone, and throwing the base
ball, etc. I will lot you know tlie results. C. P. W.

Rational g&gtimes.

Opening of the Cricket Season.— A well played match
between the Germantown and Young America clubs upofl
the Germantown ground on Saturday, 8th instant, opened
the cricket season of 1875. The ground was rather soft,
and the wind against the bowlers, but, notwithstanding,
the play was good for the first mutch of a season, the bowl-
ing of Caldwell and Dan Ncwhall notably so. The match
was played upon the “a vertigo system," the game, if not
concluded, to he decided in favor of the side averaging the
most runs per wicket. This arrangement will be adopted
by the Philadelphia clubs, and will greatly add to the in-
terest of one day matches, where it is almost impossible to
get more than well into the second inning before game
must be called. The Young Americas went first to the
bat, and, assisted by some loose fielding, ran up their score
to 173 runs when the tenth wicket fell. George Ncwhall
contributed 55, among whicli were two four and four three
hits. John Large, 40; H. Ncwhall, 27; and R. S. Newhall,
15. The Germantowns went in and made a round hundred,
of which the great feature was the steady and careful bat-
ting of Tom Hargreaves, who added 34 to the score, when
he offered the first chance, which was taken by Bob New-

hall. The 10 of Brown, 12 of John Hargreaves, and 14 of
Caldwell, all well earned, completed tho double figures.
Tho Young Americas sent them in again, and when tho
game was called, six wickets down, they had added 89
more to the hundred, 30 of which were to the credit of
John Hargreaves, and 18 to “Joe " This gave the victory
to the Young Americas, whoso 173 runs to ten wickets gnvo
an average of over 17, while tho Germantown's 189 to six-
teen wickets made their average less than 12.

An interesting game between the Philadelphia and Ger-
mantown clubs will be played next Saturday. Soulij.

The Professional Arena.— The professional campaign
for 1875 is uow in full operation, and thus fur the three
leading contestants in tlie arena are the Bostons, (champions)
Hartford, and Athletic clubs, three teams in the race
for the pennant which were placed in the front by shrewd
observers of the strength of the contesting nines for 1875
ns early as March last. Tho record of the professional
championship games ns is follows:—

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— Tho record to May 10th for the mouth is as follows: —

May l— Athletic vs. Philadelphia, at I’hllmlol|)lila 4 to 2

May 1— Centennial vs. New Haven, at Ne.v Haven 12 to G

May 3-Boston vs. Mutual, at Brooklyn '.I to I

May 3— Hartford vs. Centennial, at Hartford 13 to 1

May 3 — Philadelphia vs. Atlantic, at Philadelphia 1 1 to 5

May 3 — Athletic va. Washington, at Washington 20 to o

May 4— Athletic v». Washington, at Washington .,21 to 3

May 4— St, Louis vs. Red Stoeklne, nt St I.onl* 15 to it

May 4— Clilclitigo va. Western, lit Keokuk IU to I

May 5— Chicago VB. WeMurn. at Keokuk 7 to I

May 5— Athletic vb. Washington, nt Washington. .20 to 8

May 5— Boston vs. Centennial, at Boston It to 2

Slay 5— Hattford va. Now Haven, nt Hartford to 3

May 5— Philadelphia va. Atlantic, lit Brooklyn 8 to 0

Slay li-St, Louis vs. Chicago, at St. Louis ' 10 to ll

May 8— Boston v«. Centennial, at Boston 18 to G

May 7- Hartford va. Mnlinil, ut Hartford 8 to 3

May 8— Boston vs. Mutual, at Boston. .It) to 2

May 8— Philadelphia vs. New Haven, 3 to 2

May 8- Athletic vs. Centennial — 11 to 2

Moy8— Hartford va. Washington ID to 0

May 8 -St. Louis va. Chicago 4 to 3

Muy 10— Boston va. Mutual, at Bos'on I to I

May 10 — Philadelphia vs. Now Haven nt Now Haven . 13 to 0

May 10— Athlollc v*. Centennial, nt Philadelphia 20 to 1

May 10 — Hartford va. Washington, ut Hartford 0 to 1

— The following are the scores of the best played games
in tho championship arena since our last issue. The limit
for the scotes of the winning nines is nine runs in “model
games.

PLAYED MAY 8TII AT NEW IIAVK.N.

NEW RAVENS.

rill LA DRI. Pill AS ,

It.

in.

A

B

R

In.

A

K

i loot . 2d h

.1

l

G

1

McMullen, 1. f

0

0

0

1

.0

l

G

1

MeGeury, 2d b

1

0

1

1

Rytiu, 1. f

.1

0

0

0

Adtly, r f

.0

0

0

0

0

0

5

3

S [infer, c. f

.0

0

0

0

0

2

1)

0

Fisher, p ... .

.0

0

2

1

.0

0

0

liMoruaiii, l-( l)

. 0

1

l

2

.0

0

5

i

Fiiimor.fi. *

1

0

1

0

Bunker, c

0

1

ii

3 Crowley, 3d h

1

1

0

1

Nichols, p

..0

1

4

ljSnydttr. u

...0

1

1

2

Totul

...a

G

22

lol Total

,3

a

9

8

Philadelphia*.. . .
Now Havens.

.1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0--3

... ... . 1 0 0 I 0 1 0 0 0 9

First base on errors— Philadelphia*, G; Now Havens, 5. Time of
game— 2 hours and 2 minutes.

Umpire— President Mitchell, of the Y U. B B C.

PLAYED AT HARTFORD, MAY 5.

7
0
0
3
0
o
5
0
5

|*0

0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 -A

New Haven"., 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 6 8

Runs earned— New Havens, 1 Buse« on errors— Now Havens, 1;
Hortforda, 7. Time of game- 1 hour aud 58 minutes

hartf

• RD
K

In.

V.

A.

KBIT

haven

it

In

r.

1

2

10

t

Greer. 2a b.

....1

2

2

2

1

i

i

McKelvey, r f

1

2

1

i

1

0

2

Itjnn, 1. f ...
Lull, 3d b....

0

0

0

Camming*, p

0

1

1

2

0

York, I f

0

U

1

0 Upper, c. f

1

0

0

4

1

Gould, 1st b ..

.1

0

2

0l\\ right, r «...

....0

Mill, 1st b.

.1

1

7

OlBuiiker, c

Bond, r. f

0

0

1

II .Nichols, p. ...

Total

Hartford

.6

6

27

io Total .

....o 0 t 0

....3
0 0 0

a

27

1 -A

—The New York Mutuals, now on an Eastern trip,
played their second championship game with the Boston
club on the lattor’s grounds Monthly afternoon, May 10th,
when the Reds again won.

Boston .1 0 3 000000-4

Mutual 0 0 0 0 t 0 0 0 0-1

Umpire, Mr. Hodges.

Tire Amateur Arena.— On May 5th the second game
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— The Bostons defeated the Live Oaks ut Lynn, on May
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made one of tlie best catchos ever seen on the Lynn grounds,
and by a clever double play Beals and George Wright were
put out. Record also fielded well, aud king behind the
bat was most excellent. „ . . ...

—Tlie Harvards visited Lynn May 8th, and played the
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to the tune of 8 to 7.

—On May 8th the Doerrs defeated the Rivertons, at Riv-
erton, by the good score of 8 to 6.

—On Muy 7th the Bostons defeated the Harvard nine by
17 to 8, the collegians playing poorly.

—On May 8th the Lafayette College niue played a field
team, and won by 18 to 11.

— At Seton Hall, lost week, the Alerts defeated the Euro*
kas by 6 to 5, in a prettily played game.

—On May 4th the Memphis nine played the KnoxvilleS
at Memphis, and won by the model score of 7 to 3.

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Slowart'e Stable Book 30

Handbook of Pigeons and Rabbit's 60

Common Objects of the Sea Shore 50

Cage and Singing Birds 60

Small Farms 50

My Life on the Plains, by Gen. Custar 2 00

Prairje and Forest, by Glllmore 1 50

Field and Forest Hambies, by A. L. Adams. 3 75
Birds: their Cages and their Keep, by K. A. Bulst, 1 "i5
Among the Trees, clotli, gilt, §2,25; Morocco 5 00
Field. Cover and Trap Shooting. Captain A. U

Bogardus 2 00

American Wild Fowl Shooting. J. W. Long. 2 00
By remitting the exact amount, uuy of the above
works will be forwarded promptly by mail.

TSTlt books are ordered not on the above list, a
certain amount of time ia required before tke order
can be filled.

BS'-In ordering rare books or works, which are out
of priDt and can only be procured at second bund, we
cannot always give tbe exact prices. Address

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P. O. Box 2832. 17 Chatham »(. New York.

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AND

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GARMENTS

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BLUE BEAVER and FRIEZE.

Wading Boots, Fishing: Stocking;*, Rub-
ber Clothing, Ac.

Game Ventilating Packet*.

Illustrated Price List and Samples free.

Tbe most complete list ever published. Send for
ie.

GEO. C. HENNING,

410 Seventh Street,

Apr ill-ly WASHINGTON, D. C.

^Climax Creanery

Loader and Cap
Expeller.

Price 02.76.

HAILS

PATENT

Creaser

FOR

PAPER

SHELLS.

Plain Creaaor

In ordering give size of shell used.
Send for Circular.

Dealers.

Address:

and Loader.

Price 82.35.

For sale by Gun

HALL A CO., Lancaster, Penn.

FERGUSON & STEVENS.

NO. 87 NASSAU ST.

“ADIRONDACK”

Walking and Hunting Ankle Boot,

The BEST MADE. Also tho

“Forest ami Stream”

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WITH OR WITHOUT HOLES AND HOB NAILS

mi

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Colvin’s Topographical Survey

HURST’S

Stereocsopic Studies .
Natural History

For Object Teaching in Schools,

PARLOR ENTERTAINMENT.

Wo arc prepared to furnish the first sixty number!
of the first series of

Animals and Birds of North America.

To these will he added a second series of foreign speci-
mens, and various Animals and Birds In grotesque at-
titudes, never however violating their nntural Instincts.

Wo offer those views not as pictures only, but us
studies from nature. One of the great moving ok.1-
niciits In our modern system of education Is object
touching Tlie unerring fldclitv of the steicoacopo
transfers the animals and bird* from their imlurul
habitat to the rooms of the student, nud tin- Ureal b- of
our homes, where they cannot fall lu lenve a lusting
impression Of lliu form, color, habits, and locality of
each specimen.

An experience of more than twenty-live years as
Taxidermist of tho New York State Cabinet of Nat-
ural History, and in gathering Ins largo collection of
native anil foreign specimens, enables Mr Hurst to
combine in every view the locality of tho specimen
with Its appropriate rocks, wood* or water, und color-
ing from the originals.

1. Wild Cot, or Hay Lynx — I.yncut Ruftu.

2. Snowy Owl Sumla Nyctea.

3. American Wolf Lupus UccldeiUalU.

4. Wild Pigeon EctOpUles MlgraUrrla.

5. Northern Panther. ..Fells ConeUor.

6. Black Crowned Night Heron. . Arden Piston.

7. Woodchuck I ctomys Monax.

8. Red Necked Grebe Ihtdlcrp* RubricoUls.

9. Great Blue Heron 1 rdta Herodlas.

10. American Swan Cygnus Amerleanut.

11. Red Shouldered Buzzard Hutto Hyemalis.

12. American Woodcock Rustlcola Minor.

13. White Fronted Goose A user AlbyYons.

ii. LongEared Owl Otus Amsruanut.

15. Hooded Sheldrake Mertpu OucullatUs.

16. Homed Grebe Pediceps Cumulus.

17. Golden Kuglc ... Aqutlla ChryttMloe.

is. Prairie Wolf

19. Spotted Sand Lark Totanus Macutariue.

20. Marsh Harrier Circus Ulialnotrus.

21. Mallard Duck Anas llotchas.

22. Great Horned Owl Bubo Vlrglnianut.

23. Great Loon, or Diver ....... t 'ohjmbus (Jtiicialls.

21. American Deer (Alblnocs) . . Ctirvus Virglntanue.

25, The American Bittern I i dea Minor.

20. Old Wife, or Squaw Duck — Fiuigula Oladalls.

27. Tho Wild Turkey MeUaffrle GaUopavo.

28. The Beaver Castor Fiber.

29. Common American Sillin' .Scolopax lli/jvm.

30. The Buff Breasted Sheldrake . . Mtrgus Merganser

31. The Canada Goose A iuer Canadensis.

32. The New York Ermine. Putorlu*. .NonboracsMls.

88. Red U rested Sheldrake I Urgut Serralor.

81. Pinnated Grouse , Telrito Cuptdo.

35. The Sand illll Crane Grus Americana.

30. Tho American Black Bear .... Ursue Americanos.

37. Red Tailed Buzzard Bulero Borealis.

38. Buffio Headed Duck Fullaula Albeola.

39. North American 1’orcnpino. Ilystrlx Ifud/onlus

40. Virginia Partridge Ortyx Viramlana.

41. Common Amoricun Gull Larue iConorhynchus.

42. Grey Fox V 'nines Vlrgiuianus.

43. Red Head fl'uttgula Aryihrocsphalia.

44. Ruffed Grouse . .Telrati UmbeUus.

15. The Kncooon Procyan JjoUt.

40. The Whistler. FlulU/ula Clangula.

47. Brown or Bald Eagle Ilaliatos Uucuceuhalus.

48. Red Fox. Vulpl* Faleus.

49. Wood Duck Anas Fjmtst.

50. American Barn Owl StryX lia/lncolu.

6*. Spruce Grouse ... Tetrao Canadensis.

62. Northern Lynx Lyncue llorealU.

53. Block Duck Amu Obscuru.

51. Belted King Fisher Alctdo AlCUOn.

55. Little Screech Owl Bubo Asia.

50, American Opossum DtdelnhU Virglnlana.

',7. American Coot Fullca Americana.

58. Ptarmigan Ttlrao Mulus.

59. Shoveller, or Spoonbill Anas Clyptala.

60. Musquash Fiber ZUtelhicue.

Prices : My the Dozen 83 •><•

Uy the Set of 5 Dozen, In Klegnnt Case, IU OO

TESTIMONIALS.

ConNBiJ. University, I
Itiiacx, March 14th, 1870. {

I must congratulate you upon your great success In
this new educational enterprise. If wo can urTungo
our amusements so as to make them Impart Instruc-
tion to the mind, It will he a step in advance in edu-
cation. EZRA CORNELL.

With Illustrations.

PRICE $3.60-

For Sale by

WEED. P ARSONS & Co..

Albany, N. Y.

Sent prepaid on receipt of price.

my 12 — It

Hallock’ s FishingTourist,

Angler’s Guide & Reference Book.
DY CHARLES HALLOCK.
Illustrations, Crown 8vo, Cloth §2 00.

This is just the book for the season, furnishing
very complete Information of value in tho
selection of Ashing localities.

"Mr. Charles Hallock is one of the few gentlemen
who write a book mainly for the reason that they have
something to write about -have something to tell the
public which tho public desires to know 1 he short-
t*st routes to pleasure are laid down, and correct id-
formation Is given as to the best means of conveyance,
the expense of the trip, the secrets of the commissariat,
Ac. The author has avoided the use of technical
terms, aud thus made his volume all the more ac-
ceptable Field and Farm.

KYoSm “

cation ,

Wabitinoton, D. •!., March IStli, 1870.

I am much pleased With the success you have met
with In giving to the stuffed specimens a vory decided
appearance of life.

I hope you may be able to continue the Scries, and
I hive no doubt they will furnish interesting means
of information and Instruction In regard to the wild
animals of New York. 8PENCKR F. BAIRD.

State Housk, Boston. Mas*., March Ifttli, 1870.

I have examined carefully the "Sloroscupic Studies
of Natural History," and judging by the Urol ten num-
bers, should say that they will prove of vory great
valliO.both as object lessons for students, and u»n most
Interesting suite for tho parlor Stereoscope. The de-
lineations, position, and color of the different groups
mill tho general treatment are most perfect. I cor-
dially recommend them to the public attention, and
trust you will meet the encouragement which you
have earned. EDWARD A SAMUEL,

Curator of Zoology In Mass. State Cabinet.

PBAnonr Acadkht of Science. I
Sajlk*, Mass., March 19th, 1870. f
I have shown your Stereoscopic views to the Direc-
tors of tho Academy and the editors of the American
Naturalist, Dr. Packard and Mr. Morse.

They concur with mo In pruixlng their truthfulncM
and the taste which you have displayed In surround-
ing the specimens with natural objects and scenery of
characteristic fitness. They arc certainly better fitted,
not only as parlor and drawingroom Illustrations, but
as educational Illustrations for the use of schools and
colleges, than anything we have yet seen.

Cornell University, President's Rooms, i
Ithac a, March 19th, 1870 (

I have received the Stereoscopic Views of objects In
Natural History, mid huve enjoyed them greatly.
They have surprised aU who have soon them by their
wonderful fidelity, both as regnrda tho animals and
their surroundings; and I think they can not foil to be
of great service to the study of Natural Illstonr, first
by attracting students to ft. Mid next by perfecting
them In It. ANDREW D. WHITE

Dealers supplied at a liberal discount from theae
rates. Back numbers and parts of set* always on baud.
These Stereoscopes ore sold wholesale and retail bp

FOREST AND STREAM I*UB. CO.,
17 Chatham St, (City Hall 3qr.) p. o. box 2632,

224

FORESTLAND STREAM

DR. WM. HALL’S
Balsam for the Lungs.

The (.rent American

Consumptive Remedy.

Consnmptlon Is NOT an tncnroblo disease. Physi-
cians assarc us of this fact. It Is only necessary to
have the iuoiit hkmeuy, and the terrible malady can
be conquered.

Hall's Balsam is this Remedy.

It breaks np tne NiutlT sweats, relieves the op-
pressive tightness across the liinos. nud heals the
Ulcerated and excoriated surfaces which the venom
of the disease produces.

While Life Lasts There is Hope.

It may not be too late to effect a cure, even after the
Port or * hart glvni you up
HALL’S BALSAM is sold everywhere. Price
per bottle.

HALL’S BALSAM

Is nlso n sure remedy for

COUGHS,

COLDS,

PNEUMONIA,

BRONCHITIS,

ASTHMA,

SPITTING OF BLOOD,

CROUP,

whooping couon.

Anil ull other diseases of the respiratory organs.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

Jno. F. Henry, Curran & Co., Prop'rs

8 AND 9 COLLEGE PLACE, NEW YORK.

HENRY’S
Carbolic Salve.

FOR SALE STALL DRUGGISTS.

The wonderful celerity with which this
combination of Carbolic Acid with other
soothing and Curative Emollients acts,
is something akin to the marvelous.

It is with pride that the proprietors call
attention to the gratifying fact that

Physicians give it tlio high-
est meed of praise,

and use it and prescribe it in their practice.

New York, Dec. 22, 1809.

John F. Henry*, Esq.:

Tour Carbolic Salve proves an excellent article,
and I thank you for it. This is another evidence of the
great value of the discovery of Carbolic Acid. Yours
truly. Geo. B. Likcoi.m,

Prcs’t Board of Health,

Price 25 cents per box.

REV. R. U. LOCKWOOD'S

Catarrh Cure !

The Best Remedy Known, and Endorsed by all the
Principal i nytieians of the Country.

Rev. R. It. Lockwood's Vann I Douche will bo
found valuable in obstinate chronic chwh.

Rev. IL It Lockwood's Liver nml Sioruaeli Pills
for dyspepsia, receive the endorsement of thousands.
Price 50 cents each

JOHN F. IIBNRY. CURRAN * CO . Proprietors,
8 and » College Pluce. New York.

HENRY’S CAMPHOR ICE.

For Chapped Hands, Chafed Skins, Ac.

A MOST RELIABLE REMEDY.

The Most Approved System

OF

Breech Loading, Sporting

And Military | Rifles.

Sportsmens (fioodd.

PRICE 25 CENTS PER BOX.

JOHN F. HENRY, CURRAN & CO., Proprietors,
8 and 9 College PUce. New York.

HENRY’S

SEWING MACHINE OIL

A PURE OIL that does not gnm up and has the
endorsement of the principal Sewing Machine Com-
panies.

I*rlre 2ft OnU per Bottle,

MOTT’S LIVER BILLS

It is easy enough to mnke a pill, but to make a
good pill, ah! that's the ditlieulty. There are cheap,
baron, drastic pills. Hint nre of even less benefit than
a done of Balls. But a good medicine, like Dr. Mott’s
Liver Pills, which penetrates to the seat of disease, is
a desideratum indeed ~ * '** ’ " "

eases of the Liver,
per box.

"'ill positively cure all dls-
Sold everywhere. Price 25 cents

For Simplicity of Construction,

ACCURACY,

Penetration, Durability, Safety, Ease of Manipulation,

Materials and Workmanship, they areUnsurpassed.

REVOLVERS OF VARIOUS SIZES,

DESIRABLE IN ALL RESPECTS.

Semi lor Cii'culurs.

Whitney Arms Comp.,

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MISFIT CARPETS.

CTOOD SECOND HAND AND MISFIT ENGLISH IIIIUSSELS, THREE FLY AND

VJT INGBAIN CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, &C., VERY CHEAP, AT THE OLD PLACE.

Sent to any part of the United States free of charge. 112 Fulton street, New YorK.

JOHN RIGBY & GO.,

INVENTORS AND MAKUf ACTlTKKns OF TUB FINEST '

Breech Loadin gShotGuns

Double and Single Express Rifles.

Long Range Match Rifles, &c

24 SUFFOLK STREET, DUDLEY,

AND

72 ST. JAMES STREET, LON MOV

Breech Loaders.

Green’s Oxygenated Bitters.

At certain pcrlo
there is danger In
gaui of digestion
obviate thin and
from Alcoholic I\
genated Bitters, a
dred complaints,
bottle.

<ls or life a tonic is n necessity* hut
using stimulants that injure the or-
whlle giving temporary relief. To
present to the public a tonic free
n»on. Dr. Green prepared the Oxy-
sure eure for dyspepsia and all kin-
Sold everywhere. Price §1 per

Packer’s All-Healins Tar Soap.

It cures all kinds of 8kln Diseases with a most won-
derful certainty; it promotes cleanliness, personal
purity and general health; It Is a preventive of many
Kinds of disease and it Is an absolute necessity li
Die aureerjr, Price 25 cents. 1

Fine Fislihijj

RodsandReels

Chas.F. Orvis

J ’ W,,%€W> 1 ■

Manchester, Vermont.

Prices moderate. Send for descriptive Hat. Mention Forest and Stream.

Hegeman’s Patent Portable Folding Boat.

,,,‘SA i ltrir.RniTc — ■- Also for Sportsmen, Tour-

ists, Trappers, Exploring
Expeditions, Parties camp-
ing Out, &c. &c.

light buggy wagon, borso-
sroy

For use as LIFE-BOATS,
LIGHTERS, Dingies, Do-
rys, on board Steamers,
Yachts and other Vessels.
These safe and perfectly port-
able boats will admit or the
roughest usage. A very light,
strong and durable frame ol
ash or other tough wood, with
canvas cover, andean be folded

b ick, orby single person,
an 1 can be unfolded ready
for use, in three minutes'
time. Boats neatly foiled,
packed and “hipped liy ex-

la one-rioht/i unary for Inin.- . . packed and shipped by ex-

DOrtalio* anu^Lirriud in Above cut* show the Boat folded and unfolded, press anywhere, same rate

.......... . offreightas other goods

JOHN IIEGEMAN. Ball ston Spa, Saratoga Co. N. Y'

IMJ’On VA'/f.V A-AU.VUL-ll ( TU/tEitS Of

rflliltomi. Qnatriral. tfliurrii ^Sinirtu (gmiibs,

* Vo. / O' MaTDEAT fyAJVE , — Kc III yorU,

K owing Suits A Specialty.

The Sportsman’s Warehouse.

EDWIN S. HARRIS,

Late COOPER, HARRIS & HODGKINS,

No. 177 Broadway, New York.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

BREECH LOADING

60NS

AND

Implements

es, Pistols

OF ALL

Kinds.

Cartridges, l>otli Brass and Paper

A,S0’ £nnIr Mri‘ter,ials of, «n Cartridge Vests, Coats and II, -Its.

Husks I ouches, and Ammunition of all Kinds. Everything in in v
Line lor both Home and Export Trade, at LOWEST
CASH TRADE PRICES.

n AYE LARGE STOCK OP' MUZZLE LOADING Q U NS <f- RIFLES VERY CHEAP

Henry C. Squires,

NO. 1 COURTLANDT STREET, NEW YORK,
Agent for HOLABIllD'S SUITS, to whom all Nev
York orders should be addressed.

Apr 8-3m

Magic Lantern and lOO Slide* for @IOO.

& H. T. ANTHONY & CO., 501

E

Broadway, N. Y., op. Metropolitan Hotel,
Cbromos and Frames, Stereoscopes and Views, Grnph-
oscopes, Megaletboscopes, Albums and Photographs
of celebrities. Photo-Lantern Slides a specialty. Man-
ufacturers of Photographic Materials. Awarded First
Premium at Vicuna Exposition. jellly

CHAR. GREEN,

Manufacturer of

Breech Loading Shot Buns.

The strongest and most durable snap action made,
qualities flrHt-class.

MUZZLE LOADERS CONVERTED TO BREECH
LOADERS.

Same action as new guus. Send for circular and
price list. No. 8 West Main street, Rochester, N. Y.
Apr 8-8m

If

Winners of tlie “Tuirf; Field
»ii<1 Farm” Gan

(See issue October 3d, 1873 )

In which competition the committees lmve awarded
our guns, First and Second for POINTS OF MERIT
OF ACTION, MATERIALS, PROPORTION, AND
SHOOTING QUALITIES combined, in nil the four
classes.

tHe premier gun.

W. A t, SCOTT <Sc SON cnll attention to their
very FINEST uoupon, combining all their recent im-
provements, marked on the rib between their name
QUaYI'tY1'' ati<lr‘:e8 ,ll° brand— "THE PREMIER

Medium and fine gnus bear full name and address,
and plain guns full name and "Loudon" only.

Each gun is numbered and the actions are stamped
with name and trade mark.

Y\ . A c. SCOTT * SON, Pole makers of the
Patent Top Lever, solid, Double Locking Bolt Breech
Loader, bearing the full name of the firm. W. & C.
SCOTT >fc SON caution sponsmeu against linliaiions
of their patent and name. Guns bearing the name
abbreviated, or with different initials, nre not genuine.

TRIAL OF SCOTT* GRRENKH'SNKW SYSTEM
OF DOItlNG, UV TIIE KDITOH OF
“THE FIELD," LONDON.

(See The Field, January 30th, 1675.)

“From a comparison of Hie two tables it. will be
seen that with walker's shot, Messrs. Scott's guns
showed n marked Ku/irrloi i/y over Mr. Greener's
both in average and in the highest score made. In-
deed, with the left barrel, in his third shot, Mr. Scott
got a selected group pattern of 239 and a penetration
of 37, equalling the highest pattern made by Air
Greener, and exceeding the penetration of that par
ticnlar shot by eight sheets."

London Office:

lO Great Castle 8t., Regent (.'Irens, near Lang-
ham llutel.

Chief address;

Manufactory Premier Gun Works,

Lancaster Street, Birmingham.
WHOLESALE.

Aprl-fim

35

Clark aV Sneider.

MANUFACTURERS OF THE

SNEIDER

PATENT llREECH-LOARING SHOT HUN.
ALTERING

Muzzle-Loading (funs to Breech-Loading

A SPECIALTY.

WRITE FOR PARTICULARS.

S14 W. Pr.Ht sit., ISaltinioi-o.

tjj hilud tip Ifin.

SPORTSMENS’ DEPOT.

JOHN K HI DEB,

Corner Second and Y\ nlniil Sts., Philadelphia.
IMPORTER, MANUFACTURER and DEALER IN
Guns, Rifles, Pistols, and Fishing Tackle.
Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech
Loaders.

REPAIRING OP EVERY DESCRIPTION.

Has constantly on hand a full assortment of Rods,
Hooks, Lilies, Hails, Reels, Fly Hooks, Salmon Flics,
Waterproof Silk Lines, Silk and Hair Trout Lines. Ac.
Perch Snoods, China and Grass Lines. Also, a lnrge
lot of Cune Reeds, Bamboo and Japan.

Birds’ Eggs and Birds’ Skins in great varieties.—
Taxidermy in all its branches.

■SPRATT’S PATENT DOG BISCUITS, (-ly

Thomas Sparks,

Shot and Bar Lead

MAN UFACTURER,

[Kmnblbdiod ISOS.]

Office, 1 2 1 Walnut St. Philadelphia.

BRADFORD & ANTHONY,

i 180 Washington St., Boston.
IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS * DEALERS IN

Fishing1 Tackle,
I^isliing- Rods,
Fish Hooks,

AND

ANGLING IMPLEMENTS.

FOREST AND STREAM1

2?5

§[lfc fennel.

TTH>R SALE— PURE LAVERICK SET-

JD TBRS, the property of \V. Wardlaw Reid, Esq.:

1. SAM, black and while, by Da-h II,— Moll 111.,
nge 7 years; Kennel Club Stud Book, No. 1,433. Price
tu guineas.

2. .1 ICS ■», black and white, own riel r to above, and
now In whelp to Mr. Luverack’s Blue Prince, warded
•til April. Price OC guineas.

3. UOTHAY, lemon and white, by Pllkliigton s
Da-h (K. C S. Book, No 1,312), out of above Jess;
age a vears 14th June. 1B75. Price 30 guineas

1 BHATUAY. lemon and while; brother to above.
Price 30 guineas, or DO guineas the brace.

The following oro chiefly Loverack blood:

6. FLIRT, black and while, by 8nm out of May,
nee 2 years ii months now lu whelp to Mr Lavernck *
Blue Prince, warded 31st March Miiv by Grouse (No.
1,710) out of Mr. Reid’s Phillis; Phillis by Mr. Garth h
Grouse (No. 1,330) out of Mr Bayly s Judy; Jody by
Bavly's Ben (No 1.300 and 10) out of Bayly a Horn
(No. 1,502). May sent to Philadelphia, U. S., at 60
guineas, Price 50 guineas.

ij FLASH, red and white, by Briorley’a Fred (No,
1.3IW) out of W. W. Reid’s Jess (see No. Si. Fred by
Mr. Garth's pure Laverack Grouse (No. 1,880) out of
Whitfield's llaidoe (No. 1,604), Haidec by Byron (No.
(No 1,329) out of First, descended from the la e
Prince Consort’s kennel. Flush Is In whelp to W. W.
Reid's Sum, warded :0th April; age 8 years. Price 50
guineas.

7. FRITZ, lemon und white, own brother to above.
Price 80 guineas.

Apply to owner, WM. WARDLAW REID, Esq.,
Peckham Rye Surrey. England

Sportsmen's (goods.

J. B. Cjrook & Co.,

Manupactuiibus ahd iMPonTEits or

FISHING TACKLE!

£50 Fulton St., IN. Y.

Solo manufacturers of the celebrated CASTLE CON-
NELL ROD for SALMON, TROUT, and BLACK

BAiS8END FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.

IT. Y. Safety Steam Power Co.

Office: 30 COUliTLANlir ST.

BUILDERS OF

STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS

A. C. WADDELL’S

Breeding Kennel, Newton, N. J.

The llnesi strain of yonng Pointers and Setters for
sale Dog- boarded and cared for In the best manner
at S5 per month. Ped'gree* guaranteed.; dugs broken
for 850. Mar 11

VETERINARY SURGEON. -DR J. M HEARD
(member of the Royal College of Veterinary Sur-
geons, London), No. 20 Lexington avenue, N Y., at-
tends, when requested, nil cases requiring his p.ofes-
sionui skill. Horses curefully examined as to sound-
ness. Oct 22

Henry Gardner, m. d..h\s constant-

• LY on hand and for sale, medicines adapted to
the cure or all diseases. Dealer m spari ng dogs of
every variety. Dogs trained for reasonable compen-
sation. No ill Soil ill Fifth nvo ■ N. Y. Oct 2)

OR SALE.— ONE OR A BRACE OF

j_- Setters and one Pointer, thoroughbred and
nicely broken. Also a brace of stylish thoroughbred
black and tan Gordon Sellers, eight month-old. very
promising. Address GORDON, at this oflice, tf

F

F

OR SALE. A FEW THOROUGHBRED

Spaniels, choice breed. For particulars address

SPRINGER, at this oflice.

Jjotqls und §c§orts for Sportsmen.

Rossi n House, Toronto, Canada.
SHUARS k SON, Proprietors.

This house is a favorite resort for gentlemen sports
men from all parts of the United States and Canada.

Crossmoii House,

ALEXANDRIA BAY, Jeff. Co , N. Y. C. CROSS-
MON & SON, Proprietors.

THIS House, recently rebuilt and elegant-
ly famished, is now open for visitor-. It is loca-
ted in one of the most delightful places in the Thou-
sand Island region, commanding an extensive view of
the st. Lawrence and the Islands and offers every facil-
ity for the comfort and enjoyment of guests. Omflts
tor boating. Hunting and Fishing Parlies. Steamer*
for the bay connect at Clayton with Hie Utica and
Black ltlver Railroad, and at Cape Vincent with the
Rome. Watertown and Ogdenshurg Railroad. om

Twin Lakes Trout Farm.

Board for gentlemen only—

Sportsmen, Arti-ts. Anglers, &c. .Splendid
scenery and drives. Fine boating, trout, pickerel,
and ba»s fishing and woodcock shooting. Also les-
sons in oil and water t color Minting, drawing and
etching, if desired. Address J. IVES I KASL, or E.
SHERMAN PEASE. V. O. box 00 Canaan, Conn

N. B.— Cottage building sites overlooking the lakes

for mile cheap; also one for a hotel. AprS«tf

UNION DEPOT HOTEL, Canaan, Coun.

G. II. CORBIN, Proprietor. New. clean rooms
and betls, firsi-class table, Ac. Fishing, shooting,
and pleasant drives near by . Aprs 41m

Steam Launches & Yaeht^

And their Machinery a Specialty, also Machinery for'

TUCS, L1CHTERS AND STEAMERS;

Propeller Wheels of Superior Efficiency.

BEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR.
\jff~ All our boats are guaranteed to pa» inspec
tion undo? the Steamboat law when wmnn?n. <

HOLABIRD S

SHOOTING & FISHING GARMENTS.

rp HE MANUFACTURER OF THESE

X good- begs to call the attention of gentlemen de-
siring ouifiiB for Ashing mu) shooting to Ills superior
specialties: shooting Goats, Juckcls, with or with
out sleeves. Trowscrs, Caps. Overcoats, and Wad-
ing Jackets for Trout and Salmon. The style is orig-
inal with the maker. Being himself a sportsman ills
experience in all kinds of covert and after all kinds
of game, asauros the amateur that they are ultimatum.
Nothing heller Ims been made in Europe, and no oili-
er manufacturer has yet succeeded In equalling them.
The material used is extra flue Duck, rendered water-
proof and dyed the color of dead marsh grass. The
sleeveless Coat and Vest with sleeves are hard to

beCoin’dr T. W. Eastman. U. S. Navy, says; “I have
tried everything In llie way of Sporting clothing, at
home and abroad, and have found nothing equalling
yours. They are the best now offered to gentlemen

S& W Clark, Ser.'y Woolwich Club,
Swcdcshoro, N. J., says: "I am perfectly delighted
with the material und lit. They cannot lie excelled.

( HAS, liALLOCK Esq., Fore-l and Stream. N. V.
savs: •’Every Sportsman should provide hnnsoir
with HolBbird'9 Shooting Coats.”

Would also refer with pleasure to B. F Bowi.es,
E-q . Springfield, Mass,

Special

efflifcelhtnqous.

ABBEY & INIBRIE,

BUCCBSSOUB TO

ANDREW CLERK A: CO.

48 Maiden Lane, N. Y.

IMPORTBOS. MANUPACTUKKKS AND DEALKHS IN

Fishine Tackle,

On hand the large-, and best assortment ever ex-
hibited in the United States. They pnrucu.'urly call
attention to their

TROUT, SALMON AND BASS RODS.

Every variety of Salmon and Trout Flies, and Hooks
on Gut. Cutty llunk and Bosque Island* Bft-» lanes,
waterproof Braided Silk Lines, every si/.e and quality of
SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES,
Aud every Variety and Style of

FISH HOOKS.

Parties filled out with appropriate Tackle for tlio
Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast, Canada, Maine,
the Adirondack*. Ac., Ac.

Split Bamboo, Trout and Salmon Hod* and Heel*
a (specialty.

Agents for the St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Sole Im-
porters of W errin'* Celebrated Drilled

4-29

Eyed Needles.

B'

Board near twin lakes, four

hours from New York via Harlem Railroad. A
desirable location for sportsmen, artist^ aud all those
wanting « Pleasant home. Address F. F. COUlEIt,
Locust Hill Farm, Ashley Fulls, Berkshire county,
Mass. . Mar 2-1 Dm

All Sportsmen

Are interested in the best Hunting Grounds of the
Southwest. The lino of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Railway affords untold fields of Game Birds,
Fish and Animals. Send to General Pa-senger Agt..
Sudalia, Mo., for free maps, illustrations, and de-
scriptions. Correspondence solicited. Jtln zl

UOK SHOOTING AT STONY

Brook, on north side of Long Islaud: bouts
stool, &c. furnished by the S. B. Hotel; pltmty of
ducks, also good bird shooting. 8. J EMIT U

oard for the summer for a

small family, or two married couples in a pfl-
vule family, fifteen miles from New V ork. Irai is
every hour; no mosquitoes; delightful drives in the
country and to suit bathing aud fishing. Apply to A.,
ofilce Forest and Stream.

The Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul Railway

Traverses n finer country, affords views of grander
scenery, und passes through more business centers
and pleasure re-orts than auy other northwestern
line its forests, prairies, lako- and stream*, aboun-
din'' with game, present uueqiialed attractions to the
votaries of Nimrod aud Walton. It is the only rail-
way route along the valley of the Upper Mississippi.
It is also the shortest as well as best route between
• he great metropolitan centers of the Northwest—
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Track und equipment unequaled, and its trains of
paluce-coaches und sleeping cars run through without

*bftew‘York Office, 319 Broadway.

lin'd a large game suck inside of snnicienl capacity
carry 25 grouse. These ure made with or without
sleeves. The Jackets or Vests are long-waisted. with
,.r without sleeve-, with large pockets. HOLABIRD
* PARK'S PATENT SHELL HOLDER, for curry-
ing brass shells, bead up, aud holding the wad firm
nil tlu? shot, cun bo attached lo either Cout or Vest
They are the nest holder out. No diineer of losing
shells or inconvenience in transportation . They can
lie attached and taken off at pleasure. See my prices:
Coats, with or without sleeves. §10 00

▼«*«■ ’ if)

Caps *o0

Overcoats “

Wading Jackets **

Shell Holders, per dozen 1 25

Belts, with Shell Holders attached, 6 ""

rsgTFor special measurement, give size of chest,
wmst, one-half of back, length or sleeve with arm at
rijijit unglus, wuittt, in team and out t»ourn, and gauge
of' gun. ft breech loader. Address

W. II. HOLABIRD,

Vnlparul*o, liul.

the AMERICAN

t

W. MERIDEN, CONN.

’ Special attention is given to first-class work. Extra
sketches und DOG PORTRAITS cut to order, by
Sending phonographs. JACOB GLAIIN, Manager.
Formerly Supt. of Parker Bros. Engraving and Orna-
meliUil Department. |,<!hl1_

The PiseCO

Loader, Crimper and Cap Expeller.

A LL DEVICES NECESSARY FOR

A loading »r re-loading shells of two calibres
combined In one Instrument Avoids Hie necessity
of cutting or shortening the shell for light loads,
needs no wooden table or bench 10 fasten it to while
i„ use Can he taken to pieces by removing one

screw with a jack knlle und stows in a gun case.
Malleable castings, nickel plate finish. Complete for

two AtoN° BUO~< b‘ A*UO ■ HU Liberty afreet

Hew *orK uiuce, .» . »

Chicago Depot, cor. Canal \» . Madison.
I^liy ofilce*, 01 oud 03 Clark 61

Apri'j-Om

YACHTING ANNUAL

FOR 1876,

WILL SHORTLY BE PUBLISHED.
Price to Subscriber«,Sl .C30
Subscription* must be forwarded In advance to
THOMAS MANNING, 293 Broadway. N. Y.

Jan 21-4 in

Orange Sporting Powder.

ORANGE LIGHTNING 1>0WI>ER}

The strongest and cleanest Powder made. Nos. 1
to 7, packed only in sealed I lb. canisters. The coarser
sizes especially are recommended to owner* of tine
brcecli loading gun*, giving great penetration with
very slight recoil.

ORANGE DUCKING POWDER,

For water fowl. Very strong and clean Noe, 1 to
5, Packed In metal kegs of til lbs. each, aud in cauls
lers of 1 and o lb*.

All DURON POWDER,

Very quick For woodcock und quail Noe. I to 4.
Packed in metal kegs of 12* lbe. aud 0* Ibe., and In
pound cunister6.

ORANGE RIFLE POWDER,

Tlie best for rifles and for all ordinary purposeH.
Sizes K.g. FF.g, PFF.g, the lust being the finest and
most used. Packed in wood and metal keg* of 26
llis., 12* lbe., aud 6* lbs., oud in canisters of 1 lb. and
* pound .

All of the above give high velocities aud leas resid-
uum than any other brands made.

LAFLIN & RAND POWDER Co.,

21 Park Row, N. Y.

(OppoeiTK Abtoh nooeE.)

CHICAGO

SHOT TOWER CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OP

STANDARD

DROP ANDBUCK SHOT

BALLS AND BAR LEAD.

Onrnlm Is to manufacture an article of SHOT Hint
18 unsurpassed in ROUNDNKSS. SOLIDITY, Pea-
fection of POLISH, Uniformity of SIZE, mid Accu-
racy of WEIGHT, In each hug. Orders from the
Trade solicited, und will he filled at

The Lowest Market Prices.

E. W. BLATt’UFOUD, President.

C. F. GATES, Treasurer. I1111 25 D

Fysshe and Fysshynge.

The Fishing Book ol the Season.

FROM THE • HOKE OK ST- ALBANS."
Written by Dame Juliana llcrner*. A II 1 190
QUOTED BY IZAAIC WALTON. EDITED BY
V GEO W. VAN SICLKN. ESQ.

Not hitherto obtainable In till* couulry, an Import-
ed copy coaling over $80. , -

The charming old work preserved In all its Irc»n-
ncss and quulntnc-s. Full glossary.

Sent on receipt of price, by K..uk*t an.) Si-ukau.
Order at once; only u small edltlOB. I rice gt-iU.

•J. WALLACE,

Naiuralistd T axidermist.

IMPORTER OF

FOREIGN BIRD SKINS AND ARTIFI-
CIAL EVES,

19 N. William St , New York

£}\iscclhneou$,

CONROY, BISSETT & MALLESOjT,

(Successor* to J. C. Conroy A Co.)

65 Fulton St., N. Y.(

Invite the attention of amateurs
to the addition* they have made to
their Tegular stuck of Flue Goods,
comprising In part

Six Strip Split Bamboo

H (>1)S,

for Trout and Salmon fishing.
TIIK l'AMKD

M’Glnnls Black llnss Rods

made of Split Bamboo (new till*
season i. Venn Hofi- n Rubber *teel
Pivot, Click mid Salmon Reels.
The Cclvbrat d "Fruukfort" Reel.
Ac., Ac Sole manufacturer* of
■‘MuUulyV Patent File-. Tho
New style Cultyhunk Has* Line*
of Extra quality.

Partlos lilted out for the Adi-
roiul ck*. the Maine Woods,
l.uke Supuiior, Newport, Oulty-
hnnk, Pnsquu island, West island,
Bnnicgnt, Ac,

Orders by mull will receive f.arc-
f»l ana prompt attention.

Pritchard Brothers,

No. 89 Fulton St., N. Y.

ALL KINDS OK

Fishing Tackle

Made and repaired with the utmost despatch.

ALSO. CONSTANTLY ON n*NH

rilK BEST SKl.tCCTlOY OF TROUT A, YD SAL-
.MOV ROOM, REELS, LIYKK AYD FI.IEh.

Medals awarded at tho World's Fair ami Amcrlrau
nstllule fur oil r -npermr Artillclnl File- l—

Birus and Animals Puesruvbd to Oudeu by

It. L. N E W COMB)

TAXIOERMOsT,

NO. 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM, MASS.

I* tn •*

TnBtrnrL'''n iHv.m.

N. Y. Newspaper Mailing Agene -
“S jaKbraDX Manager and Proprietor.

Sportsmen!

Your attention I* called to
GOOD S, OIL TANNED MOC
CABINS the best tiling ever
worn by sportsmen. Not
injured by wetting und
drying— always soft and

easy to tho feel, and

VERY DURABLE— being made of the very be*t of
stock In threedifferent Myles, and warranted tliepen-.
uln* article, different from anything before offered
Illu«truted Circular and Price 1.1*1 free.

FRANK GOOD.

1809 Elm at, Manchester. N. H.

Jfish (fultnre.

“Seth Green Fish Ponds”

Caledonia, Livingston Co., N. Y.

A. 8. COLLI \H, Proprietor.

Egg*, Fry, Yearling*, Ac. of Brook Trout, Hol-
man Trout, mii I moil, While Fiali, Ae.

Also llu*» . Gold Kish, Silver Kish, and Mock for
Aquaria, Wire Cloth, Hatching Tray*. Patent Spawn
Ing Race*, and everything pertaining to fl*h culture.

TROUTDALE PONDS.

To Fish Culturists.

rpnK MOST APPROVED APPARATUS

I uml full direction* for *ucco»*ful fl*h breeding,
ns perfected by the late DR. J. 11. SLACK. Al-o
egg-, try, yenrliiig*. Ac. of Brook Trout. Salmon
Trout, Ooldflxh. &C., und nil work* on Klsheullure,
supplied by MRS. J. II. SLACK, Trontdale Pond*,
Blooin*burv, N. J.

Send for enunoaue. Mur 2i-ut.

Enterprise Gun Works

ESTABLISHED 1848.

JAMES BO WN & SON.

M ANUFACTlIUKIl* OP

Salmon & Trout Angling.

JOHN SYMONS, Halifax, N, S.

Keeps a full line of London made
RODS, REELS, AND ALL ARTICLES REQUIRED
FOR ANGLING.

tSTAII river* In till* province free I AUon Jo'*
a*rorinient of Cricketing ImplemenU. Bt'«t maker*
in London. Ap

)

STEEL IRON RIFLE BARRELS,

and iuronTBK8 or

Cutlery, Gunsmith ’h Mutorlal, Fishing
Turk 1»>.

No*. 130 mill 138 Wood Street,

PITTSB U RG. PENN.

rpAKIDERMIST’8 MANUAL, a com*

JL pleto, practical guide to collecting, preparing,
prv*ervlnguiid mounting nnlimK bird*, reptile*. In-
*ect>, Ae. IlluHlrnted. 50 cent*. Hunter*' and Trup-
per* ’Guide, 20 cent*; Bog Training, 25 cent*; Sy*^
loin of Improving Speed of IlOrMe*, 60 ccnta. Of
bookBOiler* or by mull.

JESSE HANKY & CO.. 119 Nnaimu xtreot. N Y.

K. J. WALSHK,

DRAPER and TAILOR

McVICKER'S THEATRE BUILDING,

€ HICAGO.
Camp Lounge Company,

POCKCT BEDSTEAD.

TRADE MARK PATENT CO.

— siue ttiou' cvr on cu*e OHOunu ,

"camp-lounge FOLOEO:

L-- PUT UP IN PNC MIUUTC. -X.

Troy, New York.

House>aHom£

in Camp.

style* uud price*-” Adirondack and ’Miner,
eacli The "Slierldan," with plain eaiiva* |5; with
both plain and quilted cunvoP. ilO. All Myle*. equal
to urv nmttra** In comfort. UnapDroncliable lu ex-
cMlenre Perfect m thoory and perfect In actual w.
Shown Bin! order* received at oflice (<f Forest and
Stream, or Camp Lounge Co., Troy, N. Y.

Apr 8-3m

THIRDS, I’ET AND RARE ANIMALS,
J3 and AQUARIA STOCK DEPOT and AQUARIA
CASK MANUFACTORY. J. BAGOT, Agent 31
Fulton Hlreet, New York C ity. Goldflih. 8llverfl»h,
Fi-liaud Animal Life, and Aquatlo Plant* In variety.
Al*o Shell-, Pebble*. Ornumenl*. Coral*, Ac., to Mock
die Aquarium. Cnntrlc* and other nong bird*;
Pigeon*, Parrot*, and Paroquet*: Rabbit*. Sanlrrel*,
Dog*, pet uml rare Animal* generally; Bird Seed*,
prepared food for Mocking Bird* and other .ofl-blllcd
bird*; Fl*li food. Bird Gravel, Dog Medlcluea. Bot-
ier’n celebrated Mange and Flea Cure, *c., wholeoalo
and retail. ““

FOREST AND STREAM

22rt

Sportsmen’s (goods.

W. & C. SCOTT & SONS

Genuine Breech Loaders.

WINSEns OF THB GUN TRIAL OF 1873

Report of Gan Trial sent on application.

AGENTS:

WM. READ & SONS,

1 3 Fnnouil I lull So , Boston.

Also all other makes:— Greener, Westley Richards,
Webley, Remington. Moore, Ac.

A genuine Scott Muzzle Loud I oe Gnn, $25 up.
I Maynard, Bullard. Remington and Sham's Rifles.
•■Ballard s breech loading Sporting Rifles $1811"
Bnswv’s Gyro Trap, for shooting practice,
pine PUhlng Hods and Tackle.

Kino Bronze Yacht Gnn* on mahogany carriages,
Complete, as famished the New York and Boston
Yacht Squadron*. SKN1) FOR CIRCULARS.

CNtabli-slicd 1 843.

Breech and Muzzle Loading

') iu U,J)

Sportsmen’s Apparatus ,

^J>I3IUIVIXIO JN ,
Materials for Gun-Makers, &C.,

Wholesale aud Retail. Guns mado to order, or re-
paired In the best munner.

ALEXANDER McCOMAS,

jo 18 No. 61 South Calvert st., Baltimore.

WM. WURFFLEIN,

34)8 North Second Street, Plilla.

Would cull the attention of the trade and of sportsmen
generally, to his large assortment of

Taokle,

All varieties of Split Bamboo, Lance Wood and
and Ash Fly, Trout, Salmon and Bass Rods,
Reels, Braided Watcrpronf 811k Fly
Lines. Braided 811k, Linen
and Cotton Lines.

Hair and 8llk, Hair, Genuine American Grass
Lines, Snoodcd Hooks. Trout and Bass Files,
Trolling Spoons. Spinning Balts,

Tackle Books, Ac., die.

Bamboo mid Koed Poles.

• ■Ill o •t/i £lAWk Shares In Wall street
J|IUl JijlhOlull often leads to fortune.
Send for a copy of the Wall Street Review aud
Pamphlet, showing the various methods of opera-
ting. J. HICK LING & CO., Bankers and Brokers,
52 Broadway, N. Y. Dec 23

SIZE OF TARGET, 12 FEET WIDE BY 6 FEET HIGH.

II

Beale 1-2 Inc • lo the Foot.

4. 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5—74, OUT OF A POSSIBLE 75.

DISTANCE, 800 YARDS.

Score of FIFTEEN CONSECUTIVE 6HOT8 BY COL. JOHN DODINK, AT CRKEDMOOR, IN THE “BENNETT MATCH,” Oct. 3, 1874, With a

REMINGTON Breech Loading, Long Ran^e Challenge .RIFLE,

WHICH MADE IN THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH,

Tlie Hig-liest Score on Record, j

Please take notice, tills Target was made in an OFFICIAL MATCH, not at private Practice.

Extract from the "Army and Jfavu Journal" Official Report, Dated Oct. 3, 1874.

"The match decides several disputed points, as near as they can be decided; flrst, that there is no perceptible difference in accuracy between breech loaders and
mnzzle loaders, hut that If anything the former arc tho best, as they ore certainly the quickest; second, that in our clear climute we may look for even better shooting
In the future; third, that

THE REMINGTON RIFLE Stands ahead of all others for Accuracy,

AS IT DOES IN SIMPLICITY OF MECHANISM. THE REMINGTON KIFLK IN THE MATCH SCORED 'THIRTEEN POINTS 'AHEAD i OF THE SAME
NUMBER OF MUZZLE LOADERS, AND TWENTY TWO POINTS AHEAD OF THE SHARP S BREECH LOADERS IN THE SAM HI1 E AM ■

In the International mutch, sis muzzle loaders, three REMINGTON, and three other breech loaders were used. Capt. FULTON, Col. BODINE and L. L.

HEPBFor fUSfflc&l Journal, Oct. 3d, 1874. FULTON’S SCORE 171 OUT OF 180; HIGHEST SCORE EVER MADE.

Military Match Rifles Just Out; Price $35 or $55 with Vernier and Wind Gau°e Sights’ also Pocket Ver-
nier Gauges Price $2.50.

Send for Treatise on Rifle Shooting, and Report of International Match, (free) to

E. REMINGTON & SONS,

P. O. BOX 3991.

Manufacturers of

Breech Loading* Grims, Rifles, DPistols, Ammunition, Ace.

ARMORY, ILION. N. Y. *83 BROADWAY, N. Y.

Chicago Office. 237 State Street: Pittsburg Office; 10 Sixth Street; Washington Office, 521 Seventh Street.

4, ^4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, ^4, ^4.

' 40 out or a possible 40. **'

Seal., hi loch la Foot.

8core of Ten Consecutive Shot* at BOO yards, made
with a SHARPS MILITARY RIFLE, *ix lbs. trigger
pull, without rest, by Col. H. A. Gildersleeve,

Attorney and Counsellor nt Law, New York City, la
a Match at Creedmoor, Dec. 26, 1874.

SHARPS RIFLE CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

Patent Breech Loading, Military, Sporting, and
Long Range Rifles.

The BEST in 1850. The BEST in 1875.

Twenty-five Years of TJse, and Constant PROGRESS.

Sharps Rifles Never Shoot Backwards.

For Brilliant Achievements of Sharps Rifles at Creedmoor Range, Daring: the
Summer of 1873, See Official Record.

SHARPS RIFLES won at Creedmoor Range the HIGHEST SCORE of any BREECH LOADED RIFLE
used lo the great International Contest between the American and Irish Teams, Sept., 1S74,

Won First and Second Prize* In Army and Navy Journal Match at Creedmoor, 1871; also First aud four
others of eight Prizes for BEST INDIVIDUAL SCORES, In same match.

\\ on Finn, Second. Third, and Fourth, and three other Prizes (seven oat of twelve) in All Comers’ Match,
at Cn-edmoor, Sept., 1871.

JJ'ou *md three other Prize* In Press Match, at Creedmoor, Sept., 1871 .

« on Thirteen Prizes in the Bennett Match, at Creedmoor, Sept., 18<4

Ac. Ac. Ac. Ac.

SPORTING RIFLES FROM $30 TO $38.

CRKEDMOOR RIFLES, with Elevation for 1,800 Yard*, 090 to 0125.

SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE.

ARMORY AND OFFICE, HARTFORD, CONN. E# -yVCStCOtt, P^t.

SCHUYLEH. HARTLEY & GRAHAM,

19 Malden Lane, 20 dc 22 John street, N. Y.

BREECH LOADING GUNS

A SPECIALTY.

AGENTS

for the following celebrated makers:

W. A O. SCOTT & SONS (winners at the Interna-
tional Gun Trial of 1873); J. P. CLABROUGII &
BRO.; P. WEBLEY A SONS, and WESTLEY
RICHARDS.

HOLABIRDS Shooting SUITS,

Dl XOiYS A HA WK8LEV8 SHOOTING TACKLE

STURTEVANT BRASS SHOT SHELLS,
BUSSEY'S PATENT GYRO PIGEON AND TRAP,
WITH CASE, AND 100 BIRDS.

Black’s Patent Cartridge Vest.

This Vest affords the best ar-
rangement yet Invented for carry-
ing cartridges. The weight js
so evenly distributed that it is
scarcely felt. Cartridges can be
carried with the /watts down in
this vest, which Is of great Impor-
tance when brass shells are used,
as when carrying them with the
head np the weight of tho shot of-
ten forces the wad forward, when
bad shooting is the result. In
ordering send measurement around the chest.
PRICE 87.50.

AGENTS FOR THE

Union Metallic Cartridge Com-
pany’s Ammunition,

WARRANTED THE BEST IN THE MARKET.
SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

Havana Lottery

EXTRAORDINARY DRAWING APRIL 22d
Only 16.000 Ticket*— One Prize to every Seven Ticket*.

2037 Prizes of $1,200,000

1 Prize of 500,000

1 Prize of 100,000

1 Prize of 50,000

2 Prizes each of 25,000

4 Prizes each of 10,000

12 Prizes each of — 5,003

473 Prizes each of 500

Circulars with full information sent free. Tickets
for sale and prizes cashed by P. C. DEVLIN, Sta-
tioner and General Agent, 3QLlberty Btreet, New York.

HAVANA LOTTERY.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

For the coming drawings, commencing January 5th,
we have reduced the prices of tickets as follows:

Whole, 820; h S10; i, $•'»; 1-5, $1;
1-10, 82; 1-20 $1.

Drawings take place every seventeen Days.

We ate prepared to fill all orders. Circulars sent
upon application. Highest price paid for Spanish Rank
bills, Governments, Ac.

TAYLOR A CO., Hanker*,

P. O. Box 4,448- tl Wall ■!.. i,«» York.

A We offer to dealers and sportsmen a most complete
assortment

Fishing Tackle,

Roils, Reels, Lines, Artificial Flies, Nets,
Baits, Fish Hooks, &c.

Split Bamboo Fly Rods and Reels

OF THE FINEST WORKMANSHIP.

Tackle suitable for Maine, Adirondack, Canadian,
and other Ashing.

ARTIFICIAL FLIES DRESSED TO ORDER.
BREECH AND MIZZLE LOADING GUNS,
And Sportsmens’ goods of nil kinds.

Manufactured aud Imported by

BARTON, ALEXANDER & WALLER,

lOl & 103 DUANE ST„ (near

Broadway) New York.

MEAD’S PATENTSAFETY

EXPLOSIVE BULLET,

METALLIC CARTRIDGES.

Calibre— 22, 82, 38, 44 , 46, 50, &c.

Also, BOMB-SHELLS for 12 and 16 gange Shot Guns.
JOHN P. MOORE’S SONS, GUN DEALERS,
800 Broadway. New York.

/tend for Circular, dasaiUno effect, on Grizzly Bear*.

Dili f <i nUA Invested In Stocks and

O*" tU tJ)ljUUU Gold pays 200 per cent
a month. Pamphlet free. Tumbrldgo A Co., Bank-
ers.2 Wall street, N. Y.

CAMP LOUNGP I Campers and Uealersl
Trade Mark Pal'dfL | See Scientific Amnican)
February 18, Jan 28

I

I

For Forest and Stream.

%he §ed gjndimtn off Seuf° l"\d=
land.

IN Cormack’s “Narrative of a Journey Across New-
foundland,” which appeared lately in the columns of
Forest and Stream, the adventurous traveler, at page 49,
gives us some account of the aborigines of the island — a
tribe of Red Indians now extinct. His reference is very
brief, and embodies but a few facts regarding this race,
which, by the steady advance of the white man, have been
“improved off the face of all creation.” I propose to
embody in this paper a short summary of what is known
regarding these red men of Terra Nova, by way of fur-
nishing a kind of supplement to Cormack’s journey.

The aborigines of Newfoundland styled themselves
Boeothics or Boeothucs. When the island was first dis-
covered they appear, from the accounts of the early voy-
agers, to have been a harmless, peaceable race. Sebastian
Cabot saw them “ dressed in skins and painted with red
ochre." “ In war," he says, “ they use bows and arrows,
spears, darts, clubs, and slings." In Kerr's “Travels,"
vol. VI., pages 3-10, we find the following recoyd: "In
the fourteenth year of the King (Henry VII.) three men
were brought from Newfoundland, who were clothed in
the skins of beasts, did eat raw flesh, and spoke a language
which no man could understand, their demeanor being
more like that of brute beasts than men. They were kept
by the King for some considerable time, and I saw two of
them about two years afterward in the Palace of West-
minster habited like Englishmen, and not to be distin-
guished from Englishmen, until I was told who they were."
Jacques Cartier, in 1534, describes them as “men of indif-
ferent good stature and bigness, but wild and unruly.
They wear their hair tied on the top like a wreath of hay,
and put a wooden pin in it, and with them they bind cer-
tain birds’ feathers ; they are clothed with wild beasts’
skins, as well the men as the women, but the women go
somewhat straighter and closer in their garments than the
men do, with their waists girded. They paint themselves
with certain roan colors. Their boats are made of the
bark of birch trees, with which they fish and take great
store of seals." (Hakluyt, vol III., page 252.

Hayes, who was second in command to Sir Humphrey
Gilbert, about 1583, and whose narrative has been pre-
served in the Hakluyt collection, says of them: “These
savages are altogether harmless." Capt. Richard Whit-
bourne, in hi9 rare and interesting book on Newfoundland,
1622, gives a pretty full account of the aborigines. He
tells us “ as they are few in number so are they sometimes
rude and savage people, having neither knowledge of God
nor living under any kind civil government. In their hab-
its, customs, and manners they resemble Indians of the
continent.” He further describes them as “ ingenious and
tractable, full of quick and lively apprehensions,” willing
to assist the fishermen in curing fish for a small hire, and
only troublesome from their proclivities to annex “ sails,
lines, hatchets, knives, and such like.” From Whitbourne’s
account it may be inferred that they had a strong resem-
blance, in their habits and modes of life, to the Canadian
Indians, as they constructed their canoe9 of the bark of
birch trees, “ paying" the seams with gum and turpentine.
Their cooking utensils were made of the bark of the 9pruce
tree, and were so well constructed as to bear the heat of
boiling water. They dressed the ekin9 of deer, beavers,
otters, bears, and seals in excellent style, and always pos-
sessed a large store of them’ and of red ochre, with which
they painted themselves and their canoes and utensils.

There is now in the possession of the Protestant Bishop
of Newfoundland the original manuscript of Cartwright’s
“ Remarks on the Situation of the Red Indians of New-
foundland, with Some Account of their Manner of Liv-
ing." It has never been printed, but it contains much val-
uable information regarding the aborigines, and was com-
posed for the purpose of enlisting the sympathies of the
British Government on behalf of the defenseless Indians,

who were treated by the whites in the most barbarous man-
ner. Cartwright corroborates Whitbourno as to the inof
fensive character of the Indians, and as to the friendly in-
tercourse which existed at first between them and some of
the white population. It is clear, however, that these
friendly relations did not long continue. The rude fisher-
men, hunters, and trappers of those early days were not
the men to initiate the savages into the arts of civilized
life. Quarrels arose; the savages could not resist the temp-
tation to appropriate occasionally the iron weapons of the
white settlers, which to them seemed to be of priceless
value. The strong arm of the latter was raised in venge-
ance, and for two hundred years the feud between them
and the Indians continued. Deeds of wroug and cruelty
were perpetrated by the invader, and were followed by
vengeful retaliation on the part of the savages. But what
were bows, arrows, and clubs against the muskets of the
■white man? The poor red men were hunted and shot down
like beasts of prey. The entire race were gradually exter-
minated, and now there is not a single representative of the
red men of Newfoundland known to be iu existence. Their
haunts iu the interior of the island have been explored in
the hope of discovering some remnants or the ill-used race,
but in vain. Only their craves and the moldering remains
of their huts and deer fences have been found. Their fires
are extinguished forever, and the record of their fate fills
another dark page iu the history of the white man's prog-
ress in the New World. Some believe that a small band of
them escaped and took refuge in the interior of Labrador,
but of this there is really no evidence. It is quite certain
that in Newfoundland not a smgle individual of the race
now exists. They are gone

“ Like the cloud-rack of a tempest,

Like the withered leaves of Autumn.’’

Still, it should be noted that their extermination wa9 not
entirely owing to the cruelties of tho white settlers. One
hundred and seventy-three years ago the Micmacs, an In-
dian tribe from Nova Scotia and Capo Breton, invaded
their territory. A savage war ensued, lasting many years,
but the Micmacs, having learned the use of firearms from
the French, had an immense advantage, and the Boeothics,
after severe losses, retired into the interior, pressed by the
Micmacs on the one hand, and the whites on the other. It
is not wonderful that, huuted like beasts of prey, they
should have manifested the most determined abhorrence of
their white destroyers, and, unlike the continental Indians,
refused at length to hold any intercourse with them. Their
hatred and distrust of the whites are almost unparalleled
elsewhere, and prompting them to deeds of treachery and
blood, hastened their own destruction.

The British Government at length seems to have been
aroused by the accounts of atrocities perpetrated on this
unhappy race in Newfoundland, and, when it was too late,
made many humane but fruitless attempts to arrest the war
of extermination against the doomed Boeothics, Owing to
the scattered condition of the settlements, the rude and
lawless habits of the early trappers and fishermen who
came in contact with the Indians, their efforts were all in
vain. The earliest official notice of the aborigines is in the
form of a proclamation by the Governor, and bears date
1769, and seems to have been repeated on the accession of
each new representative of royalty. This document sets
forth that his Majesty had been informed that his subjects
in Newfoundland “ do treat the savages with the greatest
inhumanity, and frequently destroy them without the least
provocation or remorse. In order, therefore, to put a stop
to 9uch inhuman barbarity, and that the perpetrator of
such atrocious crimes might be brought to due punishment,
his Majesty enjoins and requires all his subjects to live in
amity and brotherly kindness with the native savages;”
and further enjoined all magistrates to apprehend persons
guilty of murdering tho native Indians, and send them to
England for trial.

Not content with such a mere negative measure of re-
pressing the evil, the Government of the island engaged in
zealous efforts to establish friendly relations with the
Boeothics. A reward was offered for the capture of a Red
Indian; and in 1804 a female was taken by a fisherman and

brought to St. John’s, where sho was kindly treated, aud
Bent back with presents to her tribe; but no result followed.
In 1810 Lieut. Buclmn, of the Royal Navy, was sent to the
Exploits River with orders to Winter tliero and open com-
munication with the Indians. He succeeded In finding a
party of them. Taking two of their number as hostages,
and leaving two marines with them as hostages, he returned
to his depot for presents. During his absence the fears of
the red men were aroused lest he had gone for reinforce-
ments in order to return and overpower them, and having
first murdered the two hostages, they fled into the Interior.
In 1819 another female was taken by n party of trappers
ou Red Indian Lake and brought to St. John's. She was
named Mary March, from the mouth in which she was
taken. She was treated with great kindness, and sent bnck
with presents, but died on the Y°yftKc- Her body was
placed in a coffin and left on tho margin of a lake, where
it was fouud by her people and by them conveyed to their
burial place ou Red Indian Lake, where it was found years
afterward by the traveler Cor mack, lying beside the body
of her husband. Another female was taken at a later date,
aud was known by the Indian name of Shanandltbit. 8he
lived six years in 8t. John's, and died of consumption, the
fatal disease of her tribe, as she stated, and tho same that
carried off Mary March. Thus all hopes of atoning by
kindness for past cruelties were frustrated.

A final effort was made in 1827 by tho " Boeothlc Society
for the Civilization of tho Native Savages." This society
organized an expedition and dispatched Mr. Cormack, tho
traveler, who crossed tho island in 1822 with three Micmnc
Indians to discover tho retreat of tho red men. After a
difficult and perilous journey tho party reached Red In-
dian Lake, which had been for centuries the headquarters
of the Boeothics. This fine lake presented to Cormack a
view grand, solemn, and majestic as he descended tho hills
which bound its northern extremity. An unbroken sheet
of water met his view, stretching far beyond the limits of
vision, and perfectly placid, with not a canoe to ruffle its
surface. Eagerly the eyes of the traveler searched the
shores for some vestiges of the mysterious race, but no
smoke from hut or wigwam rose into the air; no eound In-
dicative of the presence of man reached their ears. Tho
stillness of death had settled down on a scene which once
swarmed with busy life and had long witnessed the great
war councils of a powerful tribe, and had seen their braves
returning in triumph from tho battle or the chase, and re-
echoed for generations with their war songs and shouts of
victory. Now all was silent and deserted. The wild Mic-
mac Indians with G’ormac, though belonging to a hoslllo
tribe, sank down overcome with grief at the sad and solemn
sight, and the enthusiastic leader, whose hopes of a suc-
cessful issue to his journey were thus blighted, was no leas
saddened and disheartened.

For “ several melancholy days" the party continued to
traverse the shores of the lake, meeting everywhere evi-
dences that this had long been the central domain of tho
Boeothics. They found along the margin of the lake
whole villages of 8ummer and Winter wigwams all in
ruins. They saw the beds dug in the earth round the fire-
place and in the sides of the wigwams, and a wooden
building for drying and smoking venison still perfect. At
one spot they found a large and handsome canoe, twenty-
two feet in length, rent by the violence of a storm, the
people in it having probably perished, as it contained some
of their valuables still undisturbed. Most interesting of
all were the burying places. These were variously con-
structed, according to the rank of the person entombed.
One of them was shaped like a cottage, and was ten feet
by eight and five feet high in the ridge, and was floored
with squared poles, the roof covered with bark, and every
part well secured against the weather and the attacks of
wild beasts. Here it was that the remains of Mary March
were found in a coffin, neatly shrouded in white muslin,
having been conveyed to the tribe many years before by a
long and painful Journey from the sea side, where it had
been left. Bows, arrows, hatchets, and other property of
the dead were found deposited near the bodies. Another

FOREST AND STREAM.

way of disposing of the dead was the same as that of tho
Indians of the sources of the Mississippi, the body being
wrapped in birch bark and inclosed in a strong box made
of square poles laid on each other horizontally. The most
common mode of interment, however, was by placing the
body in e wrapping of birch bark and covering it with a
pile of stones, or where the ground was soft, a grave was
dug and no stones placed over it.

Cormack was particularly struck with the great extent
of the Indian fences to entrap deer. These were con-
structed with infinite labor, to lead the deer in their periodi-
cal migrations into the narrow end of the lake, or into
suitable places along the banks of the river, where, on
taking the water, they were easily pursued and killed with
spears. Cormack observed these fences extending for forty
miles along the Exploits River, which runs from the lake
in a uoble stream for seventy miles to the sea. Along the
bank of the river the Indians felled the trees without chop-
ping the trunks quite asunder, taking care that they fell
parallel with the river, aud guiding every fresh-cut tree so
B9 to coincide with and fall upon the last. The weak parts
of the fence were filled up and strengthened with branches
and limbs of other trees, aud secured occasionally by large
•takes and bindiugs. They were raised to the height of
six, eight, or ten feet, as the nature of the ground required.
Evidently it required a numerous tribe to erect and main-
tain such fences. “ It is melancholy,” says Cormack in his
diary, “ to contemplate the rude yet gigantic efforts of a
whole primitive nation, in their anxiety to provide sub-
sistence forsaken and going to decay." The deer are there
in as great numbers as ever, but the red men have vanished
“like'' the snowflake on the river.” ,

Such is the sad history of the Red Indians of Newfound*
land. Does u remuant of the race yet Survive in some
secluded valley of the unexplored interior of tho island or
amid the rugged hills of Labrador? It may be so, but as
yet no trace of them has been found, and with Cormack s
expedition, iu 1827, the last hope of finding them has been
abandoned. Either they were gradually thinned by war
and disease till at length, on the banks of the Red Indian
Lake “ the last man” looked despairingly on the ruins of
hi9 race aud the graves of bis fathers, and then wrapping
himself in his deer skin robe9, followed his ancestors to
happier hunting grounds of the hereafter, or, it may be,
a little band, the relicB of a once numerous nation, took a
last mournful look at tho desolated scene and departed for
Borne unknown retreat, where the murderous arm of the
white man could not reach them, but where, with the
fatality which followed their doomed race, annihilation
gradually overtook them.

For Forest and Stream.

SPORT IN MANITOBA.

I THINK that when full reports of tho boundary line
recently run along the 49th parallel by a joint Bntish-
American Commission are published, the sporting resources
of that dismal, uninhabited, but marvelous country, stretch-
ing away from the extreme confines of Western civiliza-
tion towards the Rocky Mountains, will be more generally
known. Having myself traveled over 700 miles of the
line and for two successive years over the first *00 I am
oret’tv well acquainted with the country lying around, and
feel qualified to offer a few remarks on its opportunities
for sport It is, like the country, a difficult subject to ap-
proach. Game, as regards quantity, there is in abundance
but iu variety it is rather restricted. I will put buffa.o and
lftr^e game out of the question at present, and treat of
' smaller game. During the Summer months— you may say
from May till September— every river, lake, aud swamp
swarms with duck, teal, mallard, plover, and every descrip-
tion of water fowl. Geese there are also in myriads but I
cannot say that these ancient warders of the Capitol seem
to have degenerated in wariness, and had better be left
alone bv those who are not blessed with an excellent tem-
per unlimited patience, superhuman energy, and a sub-
lime indifference to wet extremities, caused by having to
eland for hours perhaps up to the waist in water among the
reeds, watching for a shot, afler which, having dropped a
bird unless von have an excellent retriever, you will chance
to lose him, as they have an unpleasant habit (shared with
them nv most water fowl) of diving and holding on to the
weeds iit the bottom, thereby even in death causing nothing
hut chagrin to the exhausted sportsman. The half breeds
have a way of gelling them to come within range by imitat-
ing i heir call, but l never could, and judging by the very
few I have seen shot iu the two Summers 1 was out, 1 do
not think ethers were much more successful. As to the
ducks take a day we had at Long River, 200 miles west of
Fori Garry. Wagons loaded up, breakfast over, boot and
saddle sounded, and the column is on the march. The
chief and a few ride ahead, where ducks are reported in
quantities. Leaving the horses wilhiu a couple of hundred
yards of the river, we cautiously advance to the edge of
the bank overlooking our prey from some height. It was
our inteniion. I am sorry to say, to have a “slap at the
thick of 'em " and we did it. Bang! bangl goes the Colo-
nel's \Se>Uey-, bangl bang! follow the rest in quick suc-
cession, and when the smoke of the volley bud cleared off
tv hut :i scene of sbiugbterl Dead and dying ducks rolling
arid splashing in all directions, and the air above the river
dark with their distracted relatives and friends. '1 hen the
real work begins. It is not such an easy shot to stop a blue
win' coming downwind forty miles an hour, then turn
quickly and drop that big brown bird on your left. It
puis you Hi mind of a “hot corner” in a well stocked Eog-
hsb cover, which same battue shooting, butcherly ft» it is
called, and injcli as it is abused, is not that easy wont out-
Biih rs think. Let them try a day say in Lord II. s, in Nor-
folk about the middle of October, aud they will alter their
opinion. Enough it is to say, of a few hours of the sort
of shooting I have endeavored to describe, that you could
ndt count the birds. The Colonel got some eighty-four
couple to his own gun, and among the lot there was quite
enough to keep 100 men in game for some days if they
wanted it; hut after we camped parties went out and con-
tinued the slaughter with sticks; so you see a gun in these
regions is superfluous so far as ducks arc concerned; that
is to say if your party is strong enough to get round them
and bother them.

Prairie chickens, I think, offer the cream of the shooting.
These grouse (for grouse they are, being yellow legged, and
having the same habits and peculiar whirr), shot over a
good dog at the right season (October), offer really very
pretty sport; in fact, muih the same t& at a far greater ex-
pense you get on the moors in Great Britain. We will lake

a couple of days. M. and myself started out about the
beginning of October two years ago; weather a lovely In-
dian Summer. Wc started from camp at Pembina, a set-
tlement on the Red River. The shooting is always best
near inhabited places. I never saw many chickens after
we bad gone 200 miles west of Fort Gariw. Our objective
point was the ridge half way between Pembina and the
Rousseau River, where there was a depot of the N. A. it
C Wc took two spaniels, one an imported bitch, very
purely bred, but good at anything, either on land or water
(nothing so good all round as a good spaniel), and her son,
a voung dog not very well broke, but very easy to train,
working with and watching his mother with great patience
and intelligence; and we had a Red River cart to carry our
tent and provisions, drawn by a Red River pony, in charge
of a half breed called George. These carts are institutions
in their way, and most admirably adapted for the country
they traverse, but not pretty to look at. Being made en-
tirely of wood, a half breed can always mend any part of
one that bleaks down; iu fact, give him wood and he can
make a whole cart iu a day, or perhaps a little more. Ut
the ponies I cannot speak too highly; the hardiness and
endurance of these plucky little beasts is something won-
derful and I shall never cease to remember one I rode 500
miles carrying a weight that I believe would have broken
down any American or Canadian horse even with its proper
food, (they only want grass.)

After you leave the Red River, and only the line of tim-
ber marks its course, it is rather difficult to describe the
country. Grass (now pretty well burnt), sky, air, a hori-
zon, and you cannot say much more, except that sometimes
it is rolling and sometimes as level as a billiard table; in
this particular part diversified, however, by occasional
clumps of tree9, and far away to the east by the shadows
of the mighty pine forests which clothe the high ground of
eastern hank of the Rousseau lake and river. The ridge
to which we were proceeding is simply a ridge of prairie,
like a little chain of hills, a large stream coursing along it
and a considerable amount of timber «n its summit and
slopes; a sort of oasis is the desert of prairie, and as de-
lightful a camping ground as the heart of sportsman could
desire. This we reached about one P. M., pitched our
tent with the assistance of the afore-menlioned George,
who, by the way, was rather a character in those parts,
lie is most intensely loyal, and when the Red River rebel-
lion broke out (I don’t suppose many people ever heard of
that important rising; I never did until I went to Canada)
he most unflinchingly refused to join his fellow half breeds
iu their attempt to overthrow the existing government.
Lately in a drunken row he managed to get one of his eyes
put out by bis comrade throwing some lime into it in play
as he told me, poor fellow I He was most gentlemanly and
polite, even fora half breed, qualities by no means rare
amoug that strange people who, I think, inherit the maxi-
mum of their good qualities from their Indian mothers.

To return to our chickens. After dinner we thought we
would look them up, and accompanied by George sallied
forth among the scrub. We were uot particular to a shade.

1 fired at a chicken sitting on a stump, and to my intense
astonishment I saw three rolling on the ground'. Where
the other two came from I don't know to this day. On
getting clear of the scrub we moved off in line, George
taking the right. Fanny and the pup go plunging merrily
ahead, and the fun begins. Fan worked principally in
front of her master, occasionally giving me a turn. Some
really pretty shooting then began, the whirr, whirr becom-
ing quicker aud shriller as the birds rise and the bags begin
to fill. It is easy shooting, the only point being to give
them time, and Dot be afraid of a long shot; a very little
kills, and a single pellet will stop them. After shooting
till we were tired we returned to camp, George having
about twelve brace to his bag and ourselves about twenty
brace between us, and lot9 left behind. The evenings close
in pretty early in these latitudes in October, and so by the
time wood was cut, a rousing fire lighted, and our supper
cooked, it was dark. Then for a delicious pipe, one glass
of grog, a roll in the blankets, and oblivion.

We rose early the next morning, aud after breakfast went
out separately in different directions; same sort of sport ;
fair walking up your birds, and plenty of them; more than
we knew wliat to do with, George still slightly ahead as
regards size of bag. After supper, over our pipes we re-
late our day’s adventures. We had actually interviewed
the noble red man alone in his native wilds. We had be-
forfe onlv Seen those hanging about Pembina, a compara-
tively ta'me lot, always loafing about after victuals, and if
they got any money they turned it into whiskey despite (he
law. M. being tired of shooting sat down to make a sketch
in his pockelbook. He had not been long thus engaged
when he heard a shout, and looking up saw a veritable
wild Indian (a Chippewa) galloping his pony madly around
and occasionally presenting his gun at him. Seeing that
he did not much alarm M. the noble one approached and
made more friendly overtures, which ended in bis being
somehow or other invited to join our social circle at sup-
per I have a hazy idea that M. said something about a
pocket handkerchief and two sticks, and, I think, a cork-
screw being used as a means of conversation. Our savage
friend duly appeared, and with much propriety devoured
a very considerable portion of beefsteak, seeming to. infi-
nitely prefer that viaud to what was probably much more
familiar to him, viz., prairie chicken. After having by
pantomime, and very good pantomime, too, described to us
the wav iu which he had pursued and scalped a Sioux who
had killed a frieud of his (the whole was probably an awful
lie), he partook of a small modicum of whiskey and de-
parted with every demonstration of great affection for us.
Afterwards, when in charge of a Boundary Commission
depot the same Winter. 1 often saw my friend, and al-
though he generally wanted a little tea, pork, or something,
he always endeavored to discharge his debt by bringing me
a rabbit or anything he had shot by way of payment. I he
next day we returned to Pembina by the same road, and ar-
rived without any adventure, having had a vejry enjoyable
two days. The sameness, as I said before, is the worst of
the shooting. There is no variety of game— perdrix al-
ways, or ducks ditto. There are rabbits, but you never see
them; partridges, but you catch them in your hand, or
practice at them a9 Mr. Veller advised Mr. Winkle to prac-
tice at the stuffed partridge on the pole by way of learning
to shoot.

Buffalo may be got by penetrating so far west as to incur
great risk from Indians, uuless the party is 9trong and well
armed and mounted Antelope give au opportunity for the
display of considerable strategy on the part of their would
be »• nflinn v mu tor. oa th# back with tkA UmIa ia ta#

air and firing between the legs, being one position that
may be practiced with advantage previous to the pursuit of
that too inquisitive animal.

For Forestand Stream.

NEVADA, ITS CLIMATE AND INDIANS.

CHAPTER I.

NEVADA lies between 35° atid 42° north latitude. The
Summers are extremely hot during the day tune but
at the setting of the atm a cool breeze sweeps through ths
valleys from the deep canyons of the mountains which are
filled with snow during the whole Summer. This is especi-
ally true of the chain of the Ruby Mountains, which
stretch from the south end of the Ruby Valley on the west
to the north end of Clover Valley, a distance of 100 miles.

The night9 are so cool during the hottest days of Summer,
that a good supply of bedding is required during the night,
and light frosts are liable to come in June, and as early as
September. Yet there are no (lews in this country, so that
late and early frosts do but little damage. Early vegeta
bles are grown, such as cabbage, turnips, onions, cucum-
bers aud even melons have been produced by using care.
Tomatoes and Indian corn do not flourish in this State, yet
early sweet corn is raised. All grain does well in the val-
leys. Potatoes grow flourishingly. One cause for this is
that irrigation can be allowed when the potatoes require
most water, and when necessary it can be turned off. It is
no labor to irrigate the soil; afler plowing single furrows iu
the right distance a turn of the foot or stroke of the spade
will check or turn the water wherever it is required.

It is doubtful whether Nevada will ever be a fruit grow-
ing country. I have not seen any as yet in this part of the
State, but as it is new, time will determine. It is now but
ten vears since the first white man settled in Clover Valley.
This was the late George Bromfleld, the owner of the
ranch on Warm Creek, of which mention was made in a
former communication. A few years before tins it would
not have been safe for ft white man to have attempted to
settle in this valley. The Shu-Swawnees, the same tribe
of Indians that now inhabit this and the neighboring val-
leys throughout this country, were deadly enemies to the
whites- so much so as to lay iu wait to cut off the emigrants
as they passed through their territory from the east to Cali-
fornia. Government raised troops in California and sent
them to subdue those and other hostile tribes who took ad-
vantage of the late rebellion to commit depredations and
rob and murder. They were subdued effectually, and since
that time they have been a touching, pusillauimous set or
beings, so much so that one would thiuk that they had no
fight in them; but the general opinion is that if they had
the power uot a white man would be suffered to live in
any part of Nevada. Ten or twelve years ago, before a
railroad passed through this country, these Indians had tho
control of this part of the Stale. The western and south-
ern part of the State had been partially settled before this
for mining purposes; as the mountains of this State abound
with silver, of which I shall have more to say hereafter.

The whites of this valley number about 500, including a
small settlement at Humboldt Well’s Station, where there is
a public bouse, post and telegraph offices, besides liquor
and gambling saloons. The Shu-Swawnees Indians are so
scattered and spread out that it is difficult to get at the
exact number of Ibis tribe. They were once a powerful
tribe but they are like all others who come in contact with
the whites, diminished in numbers. They may now num-
ber 500- It is said that they are an off-slioot from tho
Snake Indians, and that their present name signifies snake
in their language. They seem happy and contented if they
can get a full meal, even if they have nothing for the next.
They devour any thing that a dog or a wolf will eat, viz.
cats dogs, cattle that die from disease, grasshoppers, grub
worms and even ants and their eggs, which they gather by
bushels from the ant hills which everywhere abouud in
this country. They gather them in sacks, sift out the dirt,
roust and sack them for use. They gather large quanti-
ties of wild gruss seed and mix it with the wild sunflower
seed which grow in great profusion in the valleys. Inis
they pound and bake, which serves them for bread. Since
the whites have come among them they have learned the
difference between their living and their own, and daily
linger about houses and beg food. Biead and butter, with
coffee and sugar, they regard as a great luxury, and will
beg for sugar should the coffee be given them without it.

The Indians generally dislike to labor, yet some are in-
dustrious and are employed by the settlers of the valleys
during harvest time. Iu such cases their wives and child-
ren accompauy them, and in hiring an Indian you must
board bis family if be 1ms one. Generally all have families
and many of them a plurality of wives. One Iudmn of
this valley is industrious and dresses liken white man. Ho
has two wives aud both have children. They accompany
him wherever he goes to labor, taking their families with
them. There Beeuis to be complete harmony between the
wives, though one of them is a middle aged woman while
the other is quite young.

Some few of the Indians have been induceu to raise pota-
toes aud grain, for Winter use, but this is by no means the
case with Hie majority of them. They generally prefer to
follow their old habits of bunting, aud leave their wives to
gather nuU and grass* seed for food. The principal part of
their living they beg from the white inhabitants. The wo-
men are better workers than the men; they do the wash-
ing for the inhabitants of the country, aud other hard
drudgery.

These Indians are a smaller race of beings than the tribe*
of the Middle and Eastern Slates, and of much darker com-
plexion ; they are only a shade lighter than the negro. Tho
women are generally heavier aud more strongly built than
the men. Their women do all their work, and carry their
burdens when they move from place to place, which they
do a number of times iu a year. They never live more
than a mouth or two in a place. They now dress with the
cast off clothing of the whites. The women wear blaukets.
Their wigwams or lodges they call “wake-e-ups,” uot mueh
labor is experienced iu the erection of these temporary
lodges, they generally seek a juniper whose branches spread
out*; on the east side of this they make a circle of sage
brush two or three feet high, leaving au opening ou one
side for au entrance. In the centre of this, they erect their
fire place. Here they live and here they sleep under the
shade of the juniper. Thi9 they do the year round, though
there are a few of them who erect cauvas tents of enor-
mous height for Winter. This is dona by making a circle
•f long poles with sad en tke ground and fssteusa eff

together at the top. Around this circle of poles they draw
their canvas nearly to the top, leaving this opening for
ventilation and for a chimney. In the centre of this they
make a tire uud at night the family lay around with their
feet to the fire. They make robes of rabbit skins for
covering at night, and'to wear about their bodies in Win-
ter. They have a great antipathy to the skin of the prairie
wolf. They mostly keep horses” and some of them have
large droves. It costs nothing to keep them; they are of
the mustang species, low compact and tough. They live in
Winter by cropping the wild grass of the valleys, and
like the cattle, come out in the Spring in good condition.

The religious sentiment of these Indians is difficult to
comprehend, if they have any settled sentiments; and so
far as I have been able to investigate the subject, I cannot
learn that any thing has been done by the whites to bring
them under any civil, moral, or religious cultivation.
Indeed so fur as I can learn, the whites who live among
them seem opposed to use any means for iheir mental or
moral improvement; and sucli are the morals of the whites
in general who come iu contact with the Indians, that they
are made no better by their example. The Indians are
very tenacious iu holding on to their ancient heathen rights
and customs, and ridicule everything of an opposite charac-
ter. They have no form, or customs that a white man
would call religious; yet they have forms and customs,
come of which are doubtless designed to he of a religious
character. They have one man in each tribe who is re-
garded as a doctor. He prescribes for the sick, and watches
the symptoms of the diseased. They are really not ac-
quainted with diseases, or remedies adapted to their cure.
When one is taken sick, the doctor, after anointing the
patient, commences a low guttural howl. If the patient
gets well the howl dies away and ceases. If the patient
grows worse the howl increases, and when the symptoms
indicate death, he raves and breaks things, and 01 hers of
tlio family join in until the place becomes a bedlam. If
the patient dies the tent is burnt to the ground with its
effects; and if a child, its body is burnt with the wake-e-up.
Its hones are then taken and buried in the rocks. First
the bones are covered with brush, then stones are drawn
up on the brush until quite a monument is raised to make
the place of interment. I have seen a number of these
monuments. If an adult dies, the body is laid high on the
rocks to dry and perish. Food is carried and laid by the
body for a given time. Sometimes the body is hung in the
top of a tree.

The dress of this tribe in Winter is tanned bucskkin
made into a robe trimmed aiound the bottom and waist of
the Bame material iu the most fantastic form. With this
on over their other rags, they feel themselves dressed as
richly as a white woman in her richest silks. On entering
the house of a white man they take off their moccasins and
remain barefooted while in the house. After the death of
a relative they cut cruel gashes in their legs and arms until
they are one gore of blood. They also mangle their horses
by slitting and cropping their ears. Whether this is done
for an atonement for the dead or to ward off disease, I can-
not say.

They have a custom of dancing which is kept up at cer-
tain seasons of the year without fail. They collect together
by hundreds, male and female; the first thing after con-
gregating is to prepare a lurge quantity of soup, made from
rabbits, prairie hens and other birds, which are procured
for the purpose. With this they mix all kinds of roots and
herbs, of which they are accustomed to eat. This done,
they fall to dancing; men and women each in separate
rings. The men anil women never dance together. An In-
dian would think it was letting himself down to dance with
his squaw, and would be laughed at and ridiculed by the
other Indians. They all join hands, and each and all com-
mence to dance by uttering a low uncouth guttural grunt.
They now go round and round, keeping up this grunt
which is all the music they have. They always dance by
the light of a fire, old and young engaging in it. They
keep this up for hours without stopping, until the more
aged and infirm become weary and fall to tlie ground. The
return of day only closes the sport. The day time is oc-
cupied in eating and sleeping. This dauce is kept up for
five successive nights, when they disperse. The feature
which is worthy of notice in these Indians is that they do
not use intoxicating liquors. I have never seen one of them
drunk. They despise whiskey — yet they are the most jovial
and volatile set of beings I ever saw.

Rev. H. Chase.

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA— NO. 9.

BEINO NOTES OF A TOOR OF EXPLORATION — BY OOB OWN
COMMISSIONER.

,

A FAIR wind favoring U9 we left Little Gasparilla Pass
at 7.80 A. M., and reached Little Sarasota Inlet at
8.20 P. M. — a run of thirty-eight miles. En route we no-
ticed two boats and several objects moving on the beach.
Examining them with our glass we discovered that the men
were poling tlio boat against a head wind, and that the
females had landed on the beach, and were keeping pace
with their lords. A peculiarity of the southwest coast is a
calm ocean and little, if a^y, surf, unless after a storm,
enabling persons to laud without inconvenience or danger.
Having sailed over many oceans and visited more thau one
coast line, we had formed an unfavorable opiuion of shore
lines and surf generally, but we returned to our northern
home with changed opinions, as far as the southwest coast
is concerned. Our first thirty-eight miles of sea navigation
was uudertukeu with some reluctance, but the return voy-
age was simply viewed in the light of a pleasure trip, and
was found to be most enjoyable. If I undertake another
cruise on the coast it is more than probable that 1 shall
take the outside route, and thereby escape the annoyance
of oyster bars and mud fiats; as a matter of course, if the
bosom of old mother ocean happened to he lumpy, with au
uncomfortable amount of dust flyiug, I would take the in-
side route. The entire coast from Cedar Keys to Charlotte
Harbor can he safely navigated in a 10 foot Whitehall
skiff. Af proof that our opiuion is not based upon a few
miles of sea work or one day’s experience outside of the
islands, our voyaging ut sea amounts to over 175 miles.

Entering Sarasota Inlet and finding the wind favorable
we kept on our course, and reached the neighborhood of
Anna Maria Key, at the head of Sarasota Bay, at 10 P. M.,
where we anchored for the night. Starting early next
morning, we reuched Manatee at 9 A. M. At 10 A. M. the
steamer Emilia moored to the dock, und the courteous Cap-
tain (Lefferts) kindly offered to give us a tow to Tampa,
rty miles distant, whieh w« accepted with thanks. We

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reached Tampa early in the afternoon, and received a hearty
welcome from many friends. Tampa is situated on the
Hillsboro River where it enters Tampa Bay, and is a pleas
ant town of about five hundred inhabitants. Society is
excellent, aud the inhabitants kind and hospitable in the
extreme. The climate i9 good, and an invalid who is par-
tial to quietness might spend a Winter there very pleas-
autly. The town contains several boarding houses, and
from information gleaned from several parties I can recom
mend the house kept by D. Isaac Craft. I visited the house,
and found everything neat and clean. Mr. Craft's terms
are $60 per month tor two persons in a room. During the
Winter months the climate is pleasant, and the health of
the place unexceptionable. At this place I made the ac-
quaintance of Dr. Wall, and found him geuial and cour-
teous in the extreme, aud, as a medical man, we formed a
favorable opinion of his attainments, and we can assure
invalids that if they should visit the place that they will
find iu the Doctor a gentleman aud an educated and skill-
ful practitioner of medicine. I am convinced that Tampa
would be more frequently visited if invalids could hut
reulizc the climatic advantages of the southwest coast.

For the piscator Tampa does not present many induce-
ments. A few miles up the river fair trout fishing can he
obtained, and about the dock9 and iu the chanuel passable
sheepsheadiug will he fouud. By taking a row or sail boat
anil proceeding to the oyster bar, nine miles down the bay,
superior sheepshead and drum fishing can be enjoyed. On
the morning of our departure we were notified that a hunt-
ing and fishing party had been made up for our benefit;
that it was the intention of the party to tuke a boat aud
outfit by a mule team to a point on the river forty miles
above Tampa, and to fish the river and hunt the south bank
on the return trip. To have carried out the programme
from ten to fourteen days would have been required, and
as our time was limited, we found it impossible to accept
the invitation so kindly extended. At this point I made
the acquaintance of Mr. Charles Moore, originally of Bos-
ton, Mass., hut a r-sident of Tampa since the war. Mr.
M. informed us that he would furnish sportsmen with a
boat, mule team, and wagon and his services for $5 per
day— truly a cheap hunting and fishing outfit. He stated
his intention of building during the eusuing Summer a
boat suitable for the coast, and that he would be prepared
to fit out and accompany sportiug parties on reasonable
terms. Iu this connection we may remark that several
parties residing at Manatee can supply boats adapted to the
wauts of coasting parties, and to ascertain names and prices
tourists might address Edmund E. Lee, Esq., Manatee.
Being acquainted with this gentleman, we feel assured that
he would aid tourists and others in any way.

We cleaned boat, aired clothing, and purchased a barrel
of “ new and first-class pilot bread," and left Tampa with
its hospitable inhabitants behind. We reached the oyster
bar at 8 P. M., and came to anchor. In the morning we
laid in a stock of oysters and proceeded to the wreck of
the H. M. Cool, to the south of Gadsden’s Point. We
tested the fishing about the reef, but, to our surprise, failed
to eupture fish enough for our dinner. Onward and north-
ward being our motto we steered for Big Bayou, where we
found a sate anchorage for the night.

But to the biscuit business. I have reason to believe
that my readers will conclude that the crew of the Spray
had an attack of biscuits on the brain, but when it becomes
necessary to keep the teeth going and the staff of life can-
not be obtained, the biscuit business becomes an important
subject. We purchased our barrel of “ fresh and first-
class pilot bread" from a firm whose names we shall not
mention ; for it is possible that the clerk may have made a
mistake and delivered the wrong barrel. We opened the
barrel, and the first thing that met our gaze were hundreds
of well developed cockroaches. We carefully separated
biscuits from roaches, the bread being consigned to our
bread box und the roaches to the briny deep. We made
an attack upon the new biscuit, but discovered that eating
them was a difficult undertaking; for each biscuit contained
numerous slate-colored insects lasting like quinine. To
eat such bread was impossible, so we were forced to fall
hack on sweet potatoes and fish until we could reach Clear
Water Harbor. To intending tourists or sportsmen we
would say: lay in an ample supply of pilot bread before
leaving New York or Savannah, aud not trust to luck, as
did "Al Fresco” and his companions. It is possible that a
supply of edible biscuit may he obtained on the coast an-
other year, hut if we ever visit the region again we shall
lay in a larger stock of bread than we did on the occasion
of our last cruise.

Mullet Key, at the mouth of Tampa Bay, is a noted
range for deer, and the still huuter will find it worth a
visit. We were informed by a gentleman of the colored
persuasion, who was in the habit of visiting the island,
that rattlesnakes were plentiful and of a remarkable size;
this statement we give as we received it, hut would suggest
to hunters the propriety of wearing leggings and looking
out for “ snakes in the gross” if they ever visit this island.
Leaving Point Prunelles we steered a course for John's
Pass, and landed on the islaud on the west side of the en-
trance, and in a few minutes captured a number of fine
sheepshead. This locality is noted for its beautiful marine
algte, and we deeply regretted the want of proper appliauces
to collect and preserve specimens. On the point of the
island, ut the north side of the entrance, we found a shal-
low lagoon containing fish water, a matter of interest to
sportsmen and tourists. An examination of the end of
the island showed the existence of deer tracks in every
direction. We hoisted sail and steered a course for the
northern end of Tumpa Bay, where we found the hay to
diminish in width and assume the appearance of a river.
On our left the shore of the sea island varied from Bix to
ten feet high, and on our right or main laud side mud aud
grassy flats were frequently passed, aud these were literally
covered with ducks, snipe, and curlews. As we approached
the head of Clear Water Harbor we found the passage to
become very narrow and ultimately end in a shallow mud-
flat, where the Spray grounded. The tide was ebbing, so
we deemed it best to apply a muscular breeze and reach
deep water. Harry pulled at the cable, und Frauk and 1
applied ourselves to the stem of the boat, and this way
we worked her for two hundred yards in less than one foot
of water. Soon after reaching Clear Water Harbor we
sighted Mrs. Teemer’s residence, and landed. From Mrs.
T° we purchased a supply of the largest and mo9t delicious
orauges to be obtained on the southwest coast. It was the
Sabbath when we reached the dock at the first store in the
harbor, und we deemed it advisable to secure a supply of
crackers. We visited the store, and the old fellow who
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to sell us anything to cat, but when I assured him that we
wore in want he opened his heart and consented to sell ue
enough to last until morning. I engaged him in conver-
sation regarding oranges, climate, soil, and the advantages
and resources of the locality, and before I left purchased
all his soda aud sugar crackers. My clothing was anything
but attractive, but when the sanctimonious old gentleman
saw me open my pocketbook, aud noticed that it contained
the sinews of war, his Christian prejudices melted like ice
In July. Before leaving he iuduccd Frank to purchase a
small bunch of banannas, but when we attempted to eat
them we found that they equaled a poor turnip in flavor.
The laud at this point Is excellent, health unexcelled, and
the climate all that can be desired by the settler. The
land aloug the harbor is high, and the locality is rapidly
settling up. At the passes the Ashing is inferior, as com-
pared with many poiuls to the north or south. The resi-
dents of the inaiu land occasionally visit the islands uud
drive for deer, and in consequence these animals are shy
and difficult to approach by the still huuter.

Finding nothing to interest or detain us at Clear Water
Harbor we headed our boat for the Anelote River, ten
miles to the northward. Leaving the northern end of the
harbor the tourist must follow the chaunel for two miles
toward the Anelote Keys, so as to clear an extensive sand
bank hounding the northern side of the channel. After
rounding the bank a northwest course must he kept, leav-
ing the shore two or three miles to the light. At this dis-
tance from land the water will he found to he about four
or five feet iu depth, und a lookout must be kept for 11 nig-
ger heads,” black rocks, in some cases covered with but a
lew iuclies of water. The water is very clear, and no dif-
ficulty will be experienced in detecting them if ordinary
care is taken. After making a few miles of northing a
long poiut will be noticed covered with tall pines, and to
the left several small keys. By keeping close to the point
and following the channel next the main laud the Aneloto
.River will be found a quarter of a mile north of the point.
A short distance from the mouth of the river, on the uorih
side, the tourist will notice some stakes, and if ho lands he
will find a well of excellent water hut a few yards from the
beach. We fouud the river wide and shallow, and the
navigation extremely difficult! Iu consequence of the exist-
ence of numerous and extensive oyster bars. Proceeding
up the river one uvje we noticed a liouso ou the left hank
and came to an ehor. In front of the house excellent
red sheepshead and w k fishing cun he obtained.

Al Fresco.

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For Foreit and .Stream.

DUCK SHOOTI NGINTHE NORTHWEST.

RIVER shooting is too monotonous to allow a detailed
account, and if you have boiuc of the main points,
with au occasional comment, you will be able to appreciate
some of the sport we actuully experienced. The stage of
the water being about the proper height uud ducks report-
ed in paying quantities, I began arrangements preparatory
to a two days’ siege. There being quite a number of our
crowd we decided to "opeu the ball” by taking two boats;
and breakfasting early on Friday morning we fouud our-
selves uud equipmcn‘3 awaiting the railway train conduc-
tor's signal for a start. The train being loaded, (box cars)
the boats were put ou top, and two of our party were kept
comfortably busy with holding them to their places, and
keeping the cinders from their eyes, while the other four
entertained the conductor. Passing the Chelsea station,
we left word for supper to be prepared for six hungry
hunters, ns soon as it became too dark for skooliug, ami a
run of ten miles more brought us to Tama, where a dray
and twenty-live ceuts soon landed us on the banks of the
famous Iowa. The transportation from home to Tama
being at the railroad company's expense, we felt that wo
should indulge in a little extravagance, hence the dray lux-
ury. The distance we had determined to hunt over is
what, heretofore, we have taken two days to accomplish,
and we settled to our work quite systematically, dividing
our party into paddling squads of two, each squad to work
at the paddlei an hour, giviug them one hour ou duty and
two hours for resting. We knew if we stopped to hunt
the bayous, or delayed to iook for wounded birds, night
would he upon us before we could reach our journey's
end; for this reason we could not hunt our grounds very
thoroughly, simply paying our respects to the unfortunates
that happened to shelter themselves in the willows. As
we rounded a bend two teal flew, and with each barrel 1
killed one, and charging shells as soon as possible, two
mallards wore seen flying across the Limber at long range.
I flred, and one of them yielded to the persuasion, hut none
of us heard him strike the ground. When I reached the
point where the duck had dropped I found him wedged in
the top of a maple, the trunk of which was six incites in
diameter. It was held by three limbs, and so firmly
wedged that I had to call for the hoys to bring me the axe
before 1 could secure my game. By continual working we
made the point we had selected as our landing place, just
us the sun dropped out of sight, and upon counting up our
birds found we had seventy- three iu the boat, forty-five of
which were mallards. After a heurty supper came pre-
parations for the next day, and an hour and a half was
spent in cleaning guus and loading shells, after which a
six o’clock breakfast was ordered, aud we were shown to
our rooms.

At seven o’clock were again afloat. Wo had plenty of
time to reach the bridge, aud decided to he us lazy as we
pleased by taking considerable hank shooting, and it was
the desire of each squad that Ibis should he done when
their hour came to work at the paddles. At noon we were
feeling quite discouraged that there should he so few birds
in the river; but from the dinner hour until the cud of our
journey we found the ducks more plenty, and ut one time
1 really believe I saw more of them iu the air from the
noise of our guns than all we had seen for the day uud a
half before. The air was so alive with them we ran
ashore, aud while standing on the hunks knocked down
nine, all mallards. Out of these nine, five fell dead iu tlio
river. This was a fair specimen of our luck iu recovering
hit birds. At five o’clock we reached the bridge, and
twenty minutes later our boats were louded iu the wugou
that awaited our arrival, and six o’clock found us home.
The last day’s result was an even fifty, thirty-eight of
which were mallards. The trip was splendid, uud bus taught
me one thing, which is, that 1 may he proud of my new
gun; for taking into consideration the toughness of Spring
ducks and the distance at which I killed some of them, it
will be necessary for me to roll my shot in salt for chicken
shooting, or they will spoil before I can get to them

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tgislj Culture.

—A Boston correspondent advises us that smelts in large
quantities are now being netted at night from the small
streams in Massachusetts Bay, whither they are resorting
to spawn, and transhipped by the Old Colony Railroad
from Boston to New York for consumption. The Massa-
chusetts Anglers’ Association are looking up the offgnders.
The smelts are in greater quantity than ever known before.
Who says that shad, salmon, and other fish will not follow
• where small food is so abundant if tho water course bo
clear and unobstructed?

— A fish hatching house will be erected under the super
vision of Mr. Klippart on the Agricultural College Farm
at Columbus, Ohio. It will be a plain wooden structure,
80x10 feet. Water from the spring will be cbnducted
through a gas pipe to the hatchery. Tho object is to give
the students of the college a practical knowledge of fish
culture. Certainly a praiseworthy object, and one we
should like to see carried out in other States.

— The California Legislature has enacted a law prohibit-
ing the taking of shad in that State until March, 1877.
There is now no longer a question that they can have shad
there.

— The Pennsylvania Legislature, at its last session, re-
enacted tho law appropriating $3,000 for the propagation
of shad in the Delaware, the present year, in case the
Legislature of New Jersey shall do the same, but the lat-
ter, as on a previous occasion, has failed to respond.

—The Centennial Commission is making extensive prep-
aration for a display of flah and fish-breeding apparatus at
the International Exposition, under the auspices of the
Bureau of Agriculture, and by the Commissioners of Fish-
eries of the various States.

Rangeley Lakes — At the annual meeting of the Oquos
soc Anglers' Association, which was held in (his city last
month, the following gentlemen were unanimously re-
elected as officers for the ensuing year: George Shepard
Page, President; John H. Kimball, Vice President; Lewis
B. Reed, Secretary; R. G. Allerton, Treasurer; W. P.
Frye, Lewis T. Lazell, F. N. Otis, A. P. Whitehead, and
James A. Williamson, Trustees.

This association now comprises seventy-three members,
as we learn from a list kindly furnished us by the Presi-
dent, among whom we notice muny gentlemen prominent
in professional, commercial, financial, and political circles.
Probably no other body in the United Slates, devoted to
like objects, iB conducted with the same good judgment
and economy, or on precisely the Barno plan of internal
arrangements. As our readers are aware, it occupies a
large tract on the Umbagog Lake region of Maine, which
is the home of those famous speckled trout whose individ-
ual weights run to eight uud even to ten pounds. A eluffed
specimen captured by Mr. Page, the founder and President
ot the Association, of the enormous weight of ten pounds,
can be seen by any of our readers in his office at No. 10
Warren street. W e believe it is acknowledged to be one of
the largest brook trout on record. The best scientific au
thorities have pronounced it (he true tiahno fonlinalu.

Tho association owns eight .buildings, several of them
large and fiuely furnished with camp conveniences suitable
for the accommodation of ladies and children. They pos-
sess great advuulages over most of the Adirondack resorts
in their accessibility. The iron rail conveys tho tourist to
within thirty-five miles of the head of liaugeley Lake in
tweuty-lour hours lrom New York. A pretty little steamer
meets me comlortable stage, and a nine mile sail to the
outlet ol Range-ley Lake leaves but a short walk of thirty
minutes. Camp Keunebago, the headquarters of the asso-
ciation, at the junction of Kenuebago and liaugeley rivers
is reached, auu the angler is at his delightlm wilderness
home. There aie no hardships experienced, either in the
journey or during the stay. Angling is mainly done from
ooals, ullhough the magnificent iiuugeley and Kenuebago
streams cannot be surpassed as yielding rare sport to the
angler who desires to wade the rapids. The boats are built
on the Adirondack model, lapstieak, sharp at both ends
sixteen feet long. In no section of the United States, Can-
ada, or the Provinces can belter or more reliable guides be
obtained. They are without exception sober, courteous
and intelligent.

Mun^ ot our readers will be gratified to learn that the
association have assented to receive applications for enter-
tainment of others than members during the months of
J uiy and August at the same charges made to members
viz: Buuui, per day; boats, 50 cents per day; good
guides cuu be obtained at $3 per day, and they will be
hoarded at me camp at $1 per duy. h our or live member-
ship vacancies at *3UU each also exist. Applicants can
communicate with C. T. Richardson, Superintendent
Green vale, Fraukliu county, Maine, or with tne President’
Seoulary, or Treasurer lu New York.

It will he ot iuteresl to knew that members of this asso-
ciation have lukeu measures to perpetuule this noblest spe-
cies ot the tiaouo Jontinuiui. A large hatching house has
been erected at the lakes, and from oti.OUU to lUU.ODO young
trout will be turned into the waters annually. Two thou-
sand land locked salmon were placed in the Kennebugo
River last year, and it is expected that 1U,000 will be liber
ated tilts bpriug. Two yeans’ growth will afford the mem-
bers and frienus of the association the only additional at-
traction which could be added to the already unrivalled
lucnuies lor sport

Ihe 1 rciiiuicr s report at its late meeting shows a capital
Block ol $u,3l)U; cost of camps and improvements, $4,109;
cost ol boats, $1,334; cost ol luimiure and live Block,’
$3, .47. Receipts lor 1874, $4,130, net gain lor 1874, $1,1)80.

>>c make our editorial acknow ledgement of a hearty in-
vitation to accept the hospitalities of Camp Keunebago
pie ensuing season. b

THE DOMINION FISHERIES REPORT.

THIS annual report, or collection of reports, makes a
volume of several hundred pages, and takes cogni-
zance of a great variety of subjects, such as light houses,
steamers, marine police, inspection and classification of
vessels, examination of masters and mates, weather re-
turns, shipwrecks, marine hospitals, etc. The department
may be said to owe its creation and organization to the
Hon. Peter Mitchell, late Minister of Marine and Fisheries,
who brought it, in the course of his incumbency, to a very
high degree of efficiency. It is now under charge of Min-
ister A. J. Smith.

The fisheries of the Dominion are one of its most impor-
tant industries. In this department Nova Scotia stands
first, the aggregate value of its fisheries for 1874 being
$0,052,801; of New Brunswick, $2,085,793; of Quebec,
$1,608,660; Ontario, $440,207; Prince Edward Island,
$288,803, making a total of $11,081,880. It will be seen
that the fishery industry of Nova Scotia is greater than
that of all the other provinces put together. The cod
fishery is much the most important and lucrative in Nova
Scotia. The catch last year was 510,040 cwts., of the
value of $2,295,195; herrings to the value of $024,000;
mackerel, $1,220,580; lobsters, $1,403,130, done up in
5,012,525 cans. The lobster business has expanded to vast
proportions, both in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, in
which upward of 2,000,000 cans were made up.

The lobster trade is now equal iu value to one-fifth of all
the fisheries of the Dominion combined, or more than
$2,000,000. As the Americans claim the right to impose a
duty on canned lobsters — on the ground, we suppose, that
they are not fish — the question is a very important one to
Canadians. It is probable, however, that the business is
being overdone; and if these crustaceans continue to be
fished in so merciless a manner, in a few years the yield
may be very small indeed- This result threatens also to
overtake the seal fishery in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. No
close time is observed, the young, and females with young
are indiscriminately slaughtered. Of course, the end of
this folly will be that in a few years this description of
fishing will become unremunerative, and u valuable indus-
try be destroyed through thoughtless cupidity and igno-
rance.

A great deal is said in the report about the inland and
river fisheries, fish ways, sawdust, wardens, overseers, and
all the rest of it. But the truth is this part of the duty of
the department is worse than a sham— it is a delusion and
a snare. A large sum of money is spent in salaries and
otherwise with no satisfactory result. Our rivers are get-
ting worse every year. The wardens and overseers are for
the most part political appointments, and, in some in-
stances at least, are the worst poachers. There is scarcely
now one good snlmou river in Nova Scotia. Upward of
$10,000 a year is paid as salaries to wardens and overseers,
but from the character of those generally appointed, it
might just as well be thrown into the sea. Small sums
from $100 to $20 are given to persons in each county for
the supposed performance of certain duties, but as these
sums are almost invariably given for political services, the
rivers are little better for the oversight— Halifax Herald.

We are indebted to the Dominion officials for a copy of
this report, which wo hope to use to the advantage of our
readers.

Natural history.

THE CANADA GOOSE — {Anser Canadersit.)

BY JAMES 8. BAILEY, A. M., M. D.

THE Canada goose is the most graceful in form of any
varieties assuming the name of goose. Some writers
are of the opinion that it is a variety of tho swan. Cuvier
shares in this belief. The wild goose is seldom seen in a
domesticated state. Though fully described by ornitholo-
gists, it general appearance is not familiar to many of us.
Its general characteristics arc as follows: The head, two
thirds of the neck, the greater quills, and the rump and
(ail are very black; the base of the neck anteriorly, and
the under plumage generally, brownish grey; a few white
feathers are scattered about the eye, and a white, kidney
shaped cravat forms a conspicuous mark around the throat;
upper and under tail coverts pure white; bill, feet, and toe
nails black.

Audubon when living in Kentucky, discovered the nest
of a pair of wild geese. The gander was one of singular
beauty. He (Audubon) being anxious to observe their liab-
its, visited the nest daily. When encroaching too closelv
he was at first severely punished by the gander flying sud-
denly at him and striking him with his wings; but finally
the thought occurred to him that a full stomach might se-
cure his confidence and appease his wrath, so whenever he
approached the nest he threw to them some corn For
several days it remained untouched, but finally they ate it
in his presence. Shortly after the period of incubation
he managed to entice the gander into a trap, and when
the goslings were being led by their mother to the water
he secured her in the act of defending her yonn-' They
were turned loose in au enclosure, uud one wing of each
was pinioned, which enabled him to keep them for several
years. Ihe parent pair did not breed in confinement while
lie kept them, but two pairs of the goslings mated- one
pair reared three and the other seven goslings.

The writer has with a shot gun brought down from aerial
flight qjuny individuals, and although they have remained
in his possession for several years ho can truly say that
,‘uaryf, a“ fgg d‘d lheyJ lay> allhouSh writers generally agree
that after two years of domestication they lay and incu-
bate.

In the wild state it is reasonable to suppose that goslings
of this year breed the next, if we judge by form, plumage,
and such other indications as are known to practiced or-
nithologists. The habits of the wild gooesc differ mate-

wo mslri°,m !b° domeslic 8°08e- They freely consume
1 and, a(*ua“c Plant8» Which domestic geese

S'f££-u"?ea d0IT‘‘Cttled> goose is slow

to forget its migratory habits. Ihe writer has hatched the
eggs ot the wild goose under the domestic goose, and reared
them together but on hearing the familiar ‘•honk” of a
H°Ck duriug lb« “'gratory season they have mani-
fested a disposition to join in flight the wild flock. Noth-
l^e Precaul,on of amputating the first joint of one
Wtng of each gooso saved a flock of geese reared in do- 1

mestieation from disappearing in this manner. When
kept confined in a park or enclosure this is the only
safe plan to adopt when within hearing of wild flocks.
They will remain in perfect health with comparatively
limited bathiHg faculties. A friend in this vicinity received
a fine flock, which were reared from eggs hatched under
the domestic goose, and to all appearances were thoroughly
domesticated; but after keeping them for three years, with-
out pairing or laying, when the autumnal period for mi-
gration came they stretched their necks, loosened their
pinions, and to his dismay disappeared not to again return.

Wilson says “that a Mr. Platt, on Long Island, while out
shooting, wing-tipped a wild goose, and brought her home.
She took kindly to a flock of tame geese, and soon became
apparently domesticated, and the wound healed. In the
following Spring, when flocks of wild geese were migrat-
ing, she heard the bugle note of their leader. She spread
her wings, joined the travelers, and soon disappeared. In
the following Autumn, when wild geese obeyed the ii»-
slinct of their nature aud returned southward, Mr. Platt
happened to be standing in his yard when a flock passed
directly over his premises. At that instant he observed
three geese detach themselves from the flock, and after
wheeling around several times alighted in his yard. By
several marks he was enabled to recognize his lost fugitive,
who had traveled many hundred miles to the lakes and re-
turned with the family she had reared in her absence to a
life of civilization.”

The geographical distribution of the Canada goose is
quite extended. Wilson remarks — “I have never yet vis-
ited any quarter of the country where the inhabitants are
not familiarly acquainted with the regular passing and re-
passing of wild geese.”

The prevailing opinion is that the great lakes is the place
where most of them breed, though from the very best au-
thority they go much farther north to incubate. They were
seen by Heame iD flocks within the Arctic circle, and still
traveling northward. They were observed in latitude SO*
27’ north, on the coast of Spilzbergen, by Capt. Phipps.
Audubon found them breeding on the coast of Labrador.
Bonaparte says they breed everywhere throughout the Hud-
son’s Bay territory. He saw them in July ou the Copper-
mine River, followed by their goslings.

The autumnal flight of tho wild goose lasts from the
middle of August to the middle of November, and their
verual flight from the middle of April until the middle of
May. Their departure north is indicative of cold weather,
and their return is regarded as the harbinger of Spring.
In about a month from the time of their arrival north, or
a sufficient time for them to recuperate their strength be-
tween the 50th and 67th parallels, they separate in pairs to
breed. Their eggs— six or seven, and sometimes eleven
iu number — are of a greenish while color, and are deposit-
ed in rude nests constructed of dried grass. The period of
incubation is twenty-eight days. It is not until after tho
young are hatched and able to shift for themselves, that
the parents moult. Then they fall an easy prey to man
aud their natural enemies. From the loss of their quill
feathers they are unable to fly, and when chased in small
boats they soon become tired from diving, and make for
the shores to hide themselves in the grass. When fully
fledged they again assemble in flocks, and thus congregate
for a month previous to their flight seeking a more conge-
nial clime. Their flight is peculiar, they generally flying
in single file, or in the form of two sides of a triangle,
the ganders leading, next the geese, and then the young.
The leader heading both files utters his deep ‘‘honk,’' while
the others join in the response.

When flocks of wild geese return south to winter they
are quite thin in flesh on arrival, but improve rapidly in
traversing the cornfields. During their stay in Texas every
foot of prairie land is traversed, aud it is not difficult to
get within easy gun shot range. Many there fall a prey to
the unerring shot of the sportsman. The writer has seen
twenty killed and wounded at a single shot when iu range
in single file roaming over the prairie. We have also sta-
tioned ourselves near some prairie pond just at twilight,
with a grey blanket thrown over us, and as one by one
they dropped in the water to spend the night a well direct-
ed shot would bring several at a time, aud as fast as one
flock would disappear from fright another would settle lu
its place. Wild geese rarely sleep ou the water, but gen-
erally prefer to sit in the marshes near water. Vast num-
bers ot them are destroyed solely for their feathers. One
person during a single season in Texas shot upwards of 700
individuals. For table consumption their flesh is entirely
worthless, even when in good condition, aud is insipid and
tough, thougli it may be manipulated by au experienced
and judicious cook.

W hen once captured they soon become accustomed to
the presence of man, and are easily domesticated. Their
keen vision readily recognizes strange objects, and they
quickly give au alarm. A friend kept one confined in his
dove yard for several years, and it was so tame that it
would eat from its master’s hand. He remarked that liis
goose was more certain to sound its “honk” when company
came than his pack of hounds to bark. The goslings, when
hatched, are active little creatures. Their down is of a
dirty grey color, with patches darker here and there, like
the young of the China goose. Their eyes, bills, and legs *
are black at first, and they continue to increase in beauty '
for several years. The eggs of the wild goose measure
three and a half by two and a half inches. They never
hutch more than one brood in a season, unless their eggs
are destroyed at an early period.

During incubation the male never leaves his mate, ex-
cept to procure food; he takes her place at intervals to
allow her to feed. The young pass the night on laud under
the mother, and are not deserted by the parents until the
following season.

Having one day killed a wild goose, the cook, in dressing
it, found a fully developed egg. It was placed under a
domestic hen, aud in due time a gosling appeared. In two
years time it mated with a domestic gander and produced
a brood of young, which were much larger when matured
than either pareut, and inherited more of the characteris-
tics of the wild than of the domestic goose. These hy-
brids, seven iu number, when fully grown averaged eleven
pounds each. The average weight of the male Canada
goose is about nine pounds, and that of his mate about six
pounds. .

Turkey Buzzards on Long Island. — On Wednesday of
last week Mr. F. Benner, while walking in the woods near
Asloriu, saw a turkey buzzard — a very rare occurrence, as
these birds seldom find their way as far aorth as this lati-
tude,

„ Albant, N. T.. May 10th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:— 3

Having seen in your Issue of December 3d, 1871, an affirmative answer
to the question "Do Snakes Eat Toads?" it has induced me to write a
few incidents of my experience with snakes, and I will also say that
snakes do cat toads, as I have seen them do it very often. Being nat-
urally a "snake fancier," I have always had tbo habit of never letting
one pat« me, but always to "catch 'em alive, O!" In the Spring of ’72,
while catching painted tortoises (Kmys Picta) with a hand net In a small
pond near Albany, I perceived a very largo ‘water snake ( Troplnonoliu
Hlpedon) moving cautiously around on the floating moss, leaves, Ac.,
near the shore. While watching it closely to objcrve its habits, nml if
po*»iblo to procure it, I saw another one of the same species approaching
cautiously from soinr 7hbonng reeds towards the first one, evidently
intern, both of them, on catching a frog which was sitllug on the shore
near mo, winking and blinking its intelligent looking eyes, in mild un-
concern of the fate that was awaiting it, when one of them, springing
furiously towards Us prey, was met midway by my Dot and tossed high
up on the bank, where 1 captured it without difficulty. Not having my
snake box with mo, and being therefore compelled to carry the reptile
on my wrist, I wns forced to one alternative— either to loso my game (?)
or go home; but preferring the latter, I arrived at my residence, af'er
being politely invited by a horse car conductor to ride on the rear plat-
form, and being interrupted by curious children and timid women, ant
I deposited my prize in a cage of compartments where 1 then had over
I thirty others of live varieties, viz.; tho ribbon, (Lep'.ophU Snurlta) the
grass, (Coluber Vernalu) tbo brown, ( Tropldonolu* , Du Kay) tho copper-
head, ( Trlgonoeephalus eontorlrlx) and milk snake (Coluber anmlus).

One morning, having caught a living mouse, I determined to experi-
ment with the copperhead, whose bite is extremely polsortous. I dropped
► the mouse in the cage, which did not disturb his snakeship In the least,
and the poor frightened animal seeing its danger, immediately made
frantic efforts to escape: but its every motion was closely watched by
the diamond like eye of the snake, which now begun to slowly form it-
self Into a coil, and grow excited, lashing its tail and expanding and con-
tracting its body In a violent manuer, but not once removing its gaze
from the mouse. At lost the crisis came. The reptile darted across the
cage and seemed to just touch the mouse, and was back again coiled up
in its original place as quickly as a flash of light, the mouse seeming
none the worse and trying to effect an cscapo with equal vigor as before.
But the venom begun to work; one minute from the lime the snake
6truck, the mouse begau to slaggcr, in a short time it was prostrate and
helpless, and in two and one-half minutes from the time it. was bilieu
• the mouse wus dead. The snake then began to move slowly around its
fallen prey, lashing its tail and darting out its red tonguo with great ra-
pidity. At last, having approached close, it took the head of tho mouse
within its own, and then began to swallow It whole. In just eleven and
onc-hulf minutes from the time the mouso was struck, tho end of Its tail
disappeared down the snake's throat.

At one timo I witnessed a dispute between two of my ribbon snakes
over a frog, which was at least five times greater in diameter than cither
of the snakes. Having thrown the frog to them, they both sprang simnl-
taneoaely after it, one seizing it by the head und the other by the leg,
both trying hard to swallow it, and succeeding so fur that their jaws met,
and It seemed as if one snake was to swallow the other one, frog and all;
but this decided the contest, for when one snake felt tbo fangs of the
other one piercing Its head it made a sudden plunge uud dragged its op-
ponent all about the cage, who not being prepared for “this move," wjs
compelled to let go ita hold and allow tbo conqueror to glide off in tri-
umph and devonr its hard-earned meal at leisure.

I bavo often watched a snake shed its Bkin. Fonr or flve days previous
to this operation it has a dull, dead appearance, its skin losing its color
and a Dim forming over the eyes; It also becomes sluggish in Us move-
ment s, and will not touch food. But the skin around the mouth begins
to crack In a short time, and when this occurs the snake will crawl In be-
tween two stones or other obstructions, and literally "creep out of its
skin," coming fonh with tho most elegant colors that can be Imagined.

Snakes In captivity become quite tam£, although I have* never been
able to train them further than to control their Jaws, aud not to bite mo
while handling them, and in a few cases I have had them take a frog
from my bund without harm to myself. II. u. Hurst.

•This identical snake may be soen in No. 35 of Hurst's Steroscoplc
Studies of Natural History.

ALB1NQ1SM IN FISHES.

Museum op Wesleyan University, I
Middletown, Conn., May llih, 1875. f
Editor Forest and Stream:—

A remarkable specimen of the haddock (Melanogrammus aegUflnue)
was shown me last Saturday by my friend Mr. Blackford, of Fulton Mar-
ket. Your readers are mauy of them familiar with tho appearanco of
this fish, with Us uniform hue of brownish gray, slightly darker UDon
the back; the heavy black stripe which covers the scales of the lateral
line, and the dark blotches behind and above the pectoral fins which
mark the spots, we are told, pressed by the lingers of Simon Peter, the
dleclplo flshermnn, when he took the tribute money from the fish's
month. Mr. Blackford's haddock is on albino, the only example in this
group of fishes which has ever been brought to my notice. The stripes
and blotches are absent, and the fish is uniformly a very light pink, tho
back slightly darker and approaching a very light salmon color. The
scaleshavea pearly lustre. The Hub urc dull white tinged with rose
color, except the veutrals, which are a light salmon color. The eyes uro
normalin color. This fish was taken off Barnegat, N. .1., May 1st, by
the schooner White Cloud, of New London. Mr. Blackford has bad it
forwarded to Washington for the use of the National Museum
Another curious case is that of an albino of the common eel (Anguilla
boilonitnuU), sent to Professor Balril by Captain Elihu Potter, of Nounk,
Conn. Its color is a dull yellow of a light shade, approaching white on
tho belly. According to M. Dareste, albmoism is not uncommon in tbe
European eels, and perhaps white eels may bo more abundant with ns
than is usually supposed. G. Brown Goode.

THE ‘‘NEW LIGHT."

Midway, Ky., May 6th, 1875.

Editor Forest and 8trbam:—

Seeing In a late number of Forest and Stream some inquiries about
a fl6h culled "new light," I send you one by mail to-day. The same fish
Is found In Lake Erie; streams of Indlaoa flowing Into the Ohio. I have
seen it taken also from the inland lakes of Florida. It made its appear-
ance with us many years ago-about the timo of the rise of tho religious
sect called New Lights, Campbellltes, Ac., and the populace, not know-
ing anything about the fish, called it by tho commou name Indicated
above. Respectfully, Nouvelle,

We are greatly obliged to our correspondent for liis
trouble in sending this specimen, which came to us em-
balmed, or very perfectly preserved in a carbolic solution.

It belongs to the 2d Class, or soft-rayed bony fishes, and
is evidently a species of carp.

CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE.

Department or Public Parks, I
New York, May 16, 1876, f

Animals received at Central Park Menagerie for the week ending
May 15th, 1875:—

One while collared Mangabey, Cercocebus collarl*. Presented by Mr.
Heury M. Field.

One Macaque Monkey, Maeacw cynonrotgu*. Presented by Mr G. Kail.
Two Snow Geese, Anter hyperbole* Received In exchange.

Two Racooons, Procyon low. Bred In the Menagerie.

W. A. Conklin, Dlreotor.

FOREST AND STREAM.

W oodhtid , Jtfarm and (garden.

Ditching and Drouqhts.-A contributor to one of the
Illinois papers suggests the idea that the excessive ditching
practiced in that State in improving the prairies, is a fruit-
ful source of the frequent droughts which have been expe-
rienced of late years. Of tbe 35,000 square miles of prai-
rie lands in the State, a larger portion was originally so
dimpled und indented that in the Spring, after heavy rains,
the surface of the country, when viewed from some com-
manding ridge, presented the appearance of being covered
with ponds of water. At that time the water soaked into
the soil, fed the springs, or by evaporation furnished ma-
terial for a never failing rain fall. Now, the Innumerable
ditches scattered over the country carry off the rain as
rapidly as it falls, and it is in duo time emptied Into the
Glut of Mexico.

There is much that is plausible in the theory. The fact
that opening new districts and*denuding the surface of the
country of its timber affects the rainfall, is settled beyond
a question; and the planting of forest trees in locations
which before wero treeless, has had the effect of increasing
the supply of rain. The writer to whom we have alludeil
suggests that the sites of these original ponds, which are
scattered all over the country, might, without much labor
be restored. We think that were trees planted in liberal
numbers along the banks of these ditches, and indeed
wherever the water from them can permeate to their roots
the same results might be arrived at. Certainly there is
nothing more destructive or discouraging to the farmer
than continued droughts, and any remedy which is likely
to alleviate tho cause should be most carefully and earn
estly pursued.

RECLAMATION OF MARSH LANDS.

IN our further discussion of the reclamation of salt marsh
lands, we would state that the first thing to be done is
to set a bound to the encroachment of the tide waters upon
such lands. The tide waters must be shut out from the
lands we would renovate. The cheapest, easiest, and most
effective plan to accomplish this is to build the necessary
dykes with the salt marsh turf itseif. These dykes which
any skillful farmer can erect, should be firmly constructed
at from ten to one hundred yards from the edge of the
marsh, leaving a flat of sufficient width to break the force
of the waves and entirely protect the accumulation of both
river and tidal currents. This, at the very beginning of
j'our labors, is of the utmost importance, and the work
sliou d be well done, as so much depends upon it. In mak-
ing this dyke it should be from two to ihree feet higher
than the level of the highest lido that usually occurs at the
place to be reclaimed. You will be careful to give to the
outside slope of this protective wall a full foot and a half
to every foot rise; by so doing you plaoe a firmly construct
ed barrier of resistance to the waves, and your future up-
land i3 protected from all tide encroachments. In making
your inside slope you may make it steeper, say one foot of
Base to one foot rise. As there is no tide pressure from
within, it will be found of sufficient strength for all pur-
poses When your dyke is finished you will have the top
ot it four feet wide, aud firmly compacted. In situations
o. great exposure to the action of tide wuters it may ho
necessary to make the dyke wider at both base aud ton.
Ordinarily, though, the width I have here given hoi’
proved of sufficient strength for all practical purposes.
We have seen some reclaimed marsh grounds where even a
ess width has rendered good service, but they are quite
liable to an occasional overflow of high tides, which are
bad for the grass, and often wash the lands so reclaimed
e recommend doing the dyking in the best manner at
nrst, even if it does cost a little more money, or you will
soon have to re-work your unreliable beginning. But if
your five or ten acres can only be made at a verylarge cost
or one beyond tbe contents of your purse, do not begin the
work at all. It were far better always to count the cost
before you begin than to begin and not be able to finish.
Ordinary reclamation of lands on the sea shore is not at-
tended with great expense. The ditch from which the
excavations for dykes arc takeu should be about oue sev-
enth or eighth wider than the extreme width of the dyke
and one foot to a foot and a half deeper than the dyke
wall is high. By this formation you have the necessary
quantity of earth at hand to easily perfect a strong, thor-
ough piece of work, which will immediately begin to repay
you for your labor. If you dig your ditch with sloping
sides, meeting in a central line, it will stand many years.

It desirous of making a finished piece of substantial work!
you will cut the sods from the surface of a foot square and
place them upon tbe outside of the dyke embankment
adding to its finish and strength. You have now only one
other obstacle to remove, which will be found in a brook
or stream of fresh water running into your meadow or re-
claimed ground. This you must get rid of; the water must
be conducted in a straight course either under ground or
through the ground in a compact form; in most cases a
simple gutter emptying outside i9 all that is necessary, or a
new channel may be made for the water. Much very valu-
able but now useless land can thus be reclaimed, and the
ability to make it more or less valuable has already beeu
tested, and is still being tested, with profit by many of our
New England farmery Ollipod Quili,

—The Spring meeting of the Louisville Jockey Club
opened most auspiciously on Monday last; upwards of 12 -
000 spectators were present, and the weather all that could
be desired. The great event of the day was the Kentucky
Derby, which was won by Aristides, making the fast-
est time ever made by a three-year-old, and only second to
the time made by Tom Bowling as a four-year old. The
fifteen horses started at the first tap of the drum, and got
away in beautiful style.

Tho mile heat race won by Fairplay was also made in al-
most unprecedented time; the three heats being run in
1 :44J, 1 :44| and 1 :44j. Bonaventure won the Associa-
tion Purse and Aaron Pennington the purse for all ages.

—At the meeting of the Kentucky Association on the
13th instant, in the sweepstukos for three-year-olds, Mr.
Rodes’ Searcher distanced his two competitors in the re-
markable time of 1:415, being the fastest mile time on
record, aud beating Grey Planet’s 1 :42i by 5 of a second.
The latter time it will be remembered was made in a match
against time with a running start.

lietmel.

AMERICAN KENNELS— No. 2.

Mil. TUEO. MORFORD’B.

'T'HERE are some few gentlemen In this country who,

them winf nUnd/er 8incc ,l 8lrain of d°g* that suited
otWhr^H f ned ‘ n exft,upta Of Mr. Lav, Tack and
other breeders in Great Britain, and confined themselves to

one family and to perfecting sm h good qualities as seemed

SrfleH0lIUnent ,v WhuleVer ,n,iy be the effect of color In
the field or as affecting the value of dogs in which, as with
the Gordons or the Irish, this distinction has not become a
peculiarity of tho strain, there is perhaps more prejudice
regarding it than applies to any other characteristic. Mr
Morford has made color a specialty, and the orange and
white to which ho has confined his labors is now recognized
as a distinctive mark of the “Morford” strain.

Newton, the location of tbe kennel under discussion, lg
situated among ,he lulls of Sussex county, surrounded by
rich grass lands and dairy farms. A picturesque ride on
ho Delaware Lackawana and Western Railroad takes the
traveler to Waterloo, whence the Sussex road carries him
to Newton. The valley i„ which Newton is situated is
contiguous to that of Hamburgh, Vernon, and so on to
Warwick, across the State line, a region that has been ren-
dered almost immortal by the pen of Henry William Her-
bert (Frank Forester) As the scene of most of his shooting
experiences. An advantage which Mr. Morford has is in
this fact, that he Is in a country which, while not abound-
ing in game, ns in years past, still possesses sufficient for
him to try his dogs on and keep them up to work without
having to resort to the distant plains of tho Western States.
The variety is also excellent, consisting of ruffed grnuso'
woodcock. quail, and English snipe. Tho inhabitants of Mr’
Morford’s kennel are as follows:—

1. Nelly, orange and white, eleven venrs old. From this
bitch are descended, with one or two exceptions, all the
present inmates of the kennel. AH that is known of Nel-

18 lihat 8b° e by nn orttnP° »nd white dog
owned by a gentleman on Staten Island, out of a red bitch
from Virginia.* Sho was first bred to Mr F. M Ward's

Rob ^t"of m’-6 d°e.B;Vr ' bc by Mr. Scott Rodman’s
Bob out of his imported Quail. The most celebrated of

Ky3&Tny who was sol,] to Mr. Shipman for
f50fl. We lmd the pleasnrcof seeiug Mr Shipman at New-
ton and learned from him that lie was more than satisfied
« . m?* bftv,nK worked him all the past Winter in Florida,
and killing a large quantity of game over him. .Toe has
i.I^any (?n,C8\ and possesses tho quality of

character-

. . n puo’i fitM n i iiu mmiliv Ol

stamping his progeny with his own marks nnd character-
lslics.

2. May, orange and white, by Joe nut of Ncllv May
is a remarkably handsome bitch, possibly ns handsome as
any that could be shown on bench or in field; perfect in
coat nnd feather.

3. Duke, omnge and white, own brother to May. Duke
only wants filling out to make a very grand dog. Roth he
and May are but fifteen months old, yet Mr. Morford ear-
ned them West with him last Fall and shot over thorn to
his entire satisfaction.

4. Don, orange and white, two years, by Joo out of Gyp-

scy. Gypscy is by Corson’s Dun out of Babbitt’s Dell
Dan is comparatively untried in the field, hut is very hand-
some nnd intelligent. 7

no Jiuri!p9; 0riV??e„atl? one year, by Joe oufof

Dell 2d; she by Ward s Bob, Jr., out of Dell.

6. Queen, orange and white, by Joe out of Gypsey as

Brftndaire of Dell (Gypsey’s darn) was Horace
Smith s Gildersleeve dog Bruce.

7. Fanny, orange and white, by Joe out of Frank (a aln-
gular name for a bitch), own brother and sister.

8. Beauty , lemon and white, an imported bitch one and
a half years old. Beauty's breeding is unknown, but from
her form and markings we should consider her admirably
adapted to cross with the Morford dogs and continue tho
strain.

9. Puss, a puppy three months old, from whom groat
things are expected. She is by Cole’s (Georgia) Bang out
of Gibbon s Sukcy, she by Morford’s Joe. Bang was by
Coles Thud out of his Pixie. The second dam of Puss
was Foote’s Nell by his Shot, third dam, Cavendish’s im-
ported Belle.

»r10'- D‘ck’ re(i Purcl>ascd by Mr. Morford of L. R.
Morris, Camel Station, Ohio, after seeing his excellent per-
formance in the field. Mr. M. docs not iulimd to breed to
Dick.

Here we have another Instance of closo inbreeding with-
out deterioration. Joe haa been repeatedly bred to bis own
mother, Nellie, and oucc to bis sister, Frank, and has al-
ways produced offspring at once healthy and on an im-
proving plane. We were much struck with the extreme
docility of Mr. Morford’s dogs nnd their intelligence. These
characteristics are cither developed to a remarkable extent,
or else Mr. M. possesses marvelous ability os a breaker und
trainer; and it is indeed rare to find a gentleman able to
break liis owu dogs without the assistance of a profes-
sional. These dogs are all broken to retrieve, not in play,
but as a duty, obedience to which is strictly enforced. Wo
do not remember having seen a more interesting instance
of thorough control and obedience thun when four or five
of these dogs were admitted to a room at once, all charg-
ing together at the word, and each answering to his name
and retrieving or obeying any order given him. Such
strict obedience in the field, if the dogs possess the noses
their appearance indicates, together with the natural intelli-
gence they certainly have, must make shooting over them
the perfection of sport. We should have remarked that
another peculiarity of these dogs, and one to which Mr.
Morford Iias given great attention, is their black points—
eyes and nosea.

We shall give a description next week of the breeding and
sales kennel of Mr. A. C. Waddell, located al*o at Newton.

POLLY— No.

For Forest and Stream.

1.

rtfat. ss s? iJjsj % s

the breed “ gel around” favored mo, for some time before
doeless, with the possession. Ah, Polly! y°“ ^ “
beauty, the handsomest lady dog that ever dtove eporwman
rrnrv Di.l yon howl, Polly, for the first two or three

nights! The neighbors can say; I had business from homo

Snd caunot. My wife said, “ What can we do with her?
Bhe has lumped through the window and ran off chain
and alL S she came back, and she barks and howls;
but isn't she a beauty ?” My presence seemed to | qmet her
though leading her home from the deP°J ^en « iheflret ar
rived had been the whole of our acquaintance. We ^ had

no more howling, and the neighbors seemed to have th ngs

generally agree with them better. But Polly had to sleep
fn the house: she was too handsome to leave out. Some-
body w3’ most certainly steal her If somebody over
chanced to set eyes upon her. A cash $lo0 do„l We
couldn’t afford it'. But what an uneasy creature! Oncem
about two hours during the night, ZfJ^se

there was evidently some one just breaking inio ' J ,e ho JJJl
but a volley of barks from Polly stopped'
oil every time. Vigorous arguments applied to Polly w th
the dog whip gave us quiet about 4 o clock A. M. T
burglars went away and we went to sleep. After that sue
wore un anti-barking muzzle at night, which I invented
with great care, and which prevented an im mease
of unhappiness all round. At the time that l,1's t

package came to hand 1 was just about movmgto St. Pau1 ,
Minn., and had but one opportunity of trying her Within
a mile there was a patch of woods, in which many times I
have found half a dozen woodcock, but now it was rather
lam in season— almost October. Polly beat the ground
very nicely before long made game, and drew to a point
molt beautifully. The bird, with no cover some twenty
feet distant, started, and Polly rushed in I stoppod him
hv a snap shot, scolded madam for breaking, but did not
think that she was very much to blame under the circum-
slnnce* She beat the remainder of the patch thoroughly
but found no more birds, and I went home feeling that she
was a treasure, and that my friend in B was a g™l J »
and a scholar, who knew what ho was about when he didn t
want the breed to “get round. Polly, why didn t you
die right there while your record was good. How wt
should have mourned for you. Why did you go to Min-
nesota and have Fanny, tho mare, crash your poor foot so
tliat you were of no manner of use for the remainder ot
t tat season, and undergo manifold other adventures, which,
coming afterward, will be related in due sequence?

During the Winter we became better acquainted. 1 oily
was taught, or rather compelled, to sleep in the barn, and
what an amount of bark was expended, with cause and
without, steady and intermittent; neighbors not very near,
walls of the barn extra slieathed on account of the cold.
Wc got so we did not mind it, except when she stopped to
take breath; so Polly had the worst of it; for it must have
kept her awake. If your bark, Polly, had only been of
the right kind what a lot of quinine we could have ground
you up into. We gave her all the freedom practicable
but she hud a great habit of posting off down town, and

for three or four days wo would not see her. She would
wear away a good collar; one time a chain and collar, and
Invariably come back with the same old piece of rope tied
around her neck and trailing behind. Somebody evidently
admired Polly, aud tried to steal her. An easy thing to
capture Polly, for she was friendly to all , but auother thing
to keep her. It was a breed which was bound to get I
around.” So through the Spring and Summer, and as the
shooting season drew nigh, her frequent escapes worried
roe exceedingly, bm in two, three, or five days t she . would
come back— for she was very nflectionale and thought the
world of us— aud always with the same old piece of rope.

ALIQUIS.

The time for holding the Mineola (L. I.) show has been

postponed until June 23d and 24th.

§c;i mid §iver Ssl,i,ia-

FISH IN SEASON IN MAY.

Trout, Salmo fonttnalU. Salmon Tront. Salmo coiiflnU.

XSg&gaiSi**,. K££3 S*~. Mm. mmt

Black Bass, micro pteme nigricans.

I Under the h*ad of "flame, ana ftsn tn Seas' n" we can only epeci
f} inTneZ Mthe « a nal varies, because the laws of State* vary
to much that i cere we to attempt to particularise tot could do no U**
than publish those entire sections that relate to the kinds of gam* i In
Question. This would ivquire a great amount qf our space, h > desig
nation oame tee art guld-d by the law > of nature, upon which all legie
lotion u rounded, and our »ad,rs would do well to proride
with the taws of then respectire State* for constant reference. Otherwise,
our aUanoti to axsi*t Oum i till only crtaU confusion. \

Fish in Market.— Fish of all descriptions are still abun-
dant and cheap. Blueflsli from Norfolk are arriving, aud
although small, not weighing over one and a half tolwo
pounds, are extremely fine in flavor; price 15 cents per
pound. Fresh mackerel are coming freely, the catches
continuing large; they retail at 8 to It) cents each. Con-
necticut shad are in good supply, selling at 40 cents for
the finest roe fish; males 20 cents. Shcepshead from the
South bring 25 cents per pound; weak fish 20 cents; Ken
uebec salmon 90 cents. A supply of California salmon nr-
rived last week, comiug over in better order than any that
have preceded them; they are selling at 40 cents. Porgies
have become very plentiful and the hearts of our colored
bret hern are proportionately elated; they sell for 10 cents
per pound. Codfish are worth 8 cents per pound; the best
come from Newport; striped bass sea-cc at 15 to 20 cents;
halibut 20 cents. Large sea flatfish or flounders, called
flukes by the fishermen, are being taken; they weigh as
high as 7 to 10 pounds ntul sell for 8 cents. Soft crabs
from Baltimore are plentiful at $1 25 per dozen. Lobsters
Scents per pound; green turtle IS cents.

—The catching of him* 1 u-s i- permitted in the State of
New Yoik after V: y 20lh.

—The Saranac Lakes, Adirondacks, opened on tho 12th
of May, instant, two weeks later than usual.

Kennebec Salmon. -The first Kennebec salmon of this
season was on exhibition Friday last at the stall of Sliat-
tuck & Jones, in Faneuil Hall Market, Boston. He turned
the scale at sixteen pounds.

—The estimation in which pickerel are held by the law-
makers of Vermont is shown by tho clause in the law
passed last Fall, which prohibits the introduction of these
fish into any waters of the State under penalty of one hun-
dred dollars, or six months’ imprisonment for each offense.

—Although the season is not yet fairly inaugurated, we
understand that Mr. Sammis is already entertaining a num-
ber of guests at the Surf Hotel. The ferry steamer is not
yet making her regular trips, but will soon be put on the
route. Fishing in tho Great South Bay will be. ^e^y-
thing else, a little backward this year. The fishermen,
however, are making fine catches of eels, and a few sea
porgies have been taken off the fish factories. Weakfish
and sheepshead are looked for about the 1st prox.

-The menhaden, or moss bunker fisheries are now in
full blast along the shores of Long Island. The Simmons
Point Fishing Company took 40°, 0°° last week, and a
other places they are being caught by the hundred thou-
sand. This indicates the advent of bluefish.

— Blucflsh generally make their appearance at Barnegat
Bay, New Jersey, about the 20th of May, seldom varying
more lhau a week, from this date.

-Several hundred fine shad Wave been taken in the men-
haden fish pounds near Upper Aquebogue, L. I., within a

f L A diron D VCKS. — Mmcham Lake , May lOtfi, 1875.— The
Ice is out and the fishing good I have been out twice and
caught a nice lot of trout each time. No guests jet. b
expect some this week. A. R. Fulllr.

Maine.— Moosehead Lake, May 9 th, 1875.— The ice gen-
erally goes out here about the 15th of May, but
the 8th, a team went forty miles on the ice. Jhe season is
late, and the ice will probably not be out before the -5t ,
and then good trout fishing may oe had.

-A number of citizens of Detroit ^^ve incorporated the
North Channel Shooting Club with a capital stock .of $10
000 divided into 400 shares, $25 each. A lease lias oecn
Slued of a tract of land and water t>vo miles off the
mouth of Swan Creek, emptying into Lake bt. Clair six

miles from New Baltimore. This 1 v ^lie mei^

snu'ire miles of marsh and woodland territory . 1 lie mem

bemhfp of the club is limited to 150, and there are at pres-
et eighty members. The securing of the lease of this
tract gives to the club the only hunting and fishing ground
SE on the lake. The ofecers of the club are Marcus
Stevens, President; L. P. Knight, Vice President, J. F.
Donaldson, Secretary, and E. II. Butler, Treasurer

Wisconsin. —Montdlo, May lUft.— The fishing season for
rod and reel has opened finely in this section Pmkcrel
are the most numerous, and are caught in large jurobera
with trolling spoons and live minnows. Trol hug is ll,e
favorite method of taking them here, anti the average
catch is from three to live pounds each. At Cc 'ms LakL
three miles south of Muskulonge, they teire taken with live
bait or trolling spoon, and weigh from twelve to D Keen
pounds. This is also an admirable p.ace for bass Ashing,
and much sought by the enthusiastic anglers of this locah
itv At Buffalo Lake and other points near Montcllo black
bans are frcaueutly caught of five pounds weight and u,-
S S ar? usually plenty in Fox River, though
seine fishing has to a degree depopulated tho liver of these
and other varieties of fish. '

Montreal “ Fish and Game Protection Clou. -The
Canadians are taking renewed interest in the matter of
game protection, and seem to be emulating the United
States in organizing clubs and associations. One of the
largest, most influential aud most efficient is the Pelcrboro
Club, of which we have frequently spoken. Iu 1859 a pro-
tection club was organized at Montreal under the tit le^ giver,
above, and promised good service; but of late years it has
lapsed into apathy, and only now is about to be awakened
to activity and usefulness, chiefly through the exertions of
our corresponding agent, Prof. Shewan, of the McGill Col-
lege Seminary of Montreal. A meeting was called on the
13th of May, iuslant, to reorganize, and our correspondent
says with pardonable pride, 11 all our subscribers to Forest
and Stream have promised to join the society!' (This ia
pleasant testimony to the good that our journal is doing in
all sections.) A committee of seven was appointed to draft
a constitution and by-laws and select a good working ex-
ecutive. We quote from our letter;

“ This committee, of which I am secretary, has promised
to complete its labors and report to a public meeting to be
held on Wednesday, 19th hist. Prof. Bell was present,
but came rather late to take an active part in the proceed-
ings. I have also started among our friends a notion which
has taken. Awav north of Montreal, say forty to fifty
miles, among the Laurentidc Mountains, we have a second
edition of the Adirondacks, only five tunes bigger What
it is for game I cannot say positively, but for fish it is
something wonderful. 1 myself have seen and eaten of a
trout of fifteen pounds from that region. At present it is
to Montrealers a terra incognita, but when the railway to
Ottawa is finished— which will be in six months— we shall
have a line running along the outskirts of this region, and
I propose leasing, in the interests of our society, a hundred
or so square miles of this country and preserving it How
my plans may go I know not yet, but there is no harm in
trying.”

— Two salmon were caught in the harbor of St. John,
N. B., last week, and salmon of a large size are being taken
plentifully at Liverpool, Nova Scotia. It will be borne iu
mind that salmon fishing, both for rod and net, begins many
weeks earlier in Nova Scotia than in the other Provinces.

—The Mirimichi River is clear of ice.

— Fishing for herring and gasperenux lias commenced in
the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Tiie Fisheries. — The number of fishing arrivals for the
week ending May 13th was forty— thirty from Georges
Bank, five from the Grand Banks, and five salt fares from
the Western Banks. The total amount of Bank cod brought
in was 350,000 pounds; Georges cod 600,000 pounds, and
70 000 pounds halibut. The receipts of Bank halibut wero
300,000 pounds, which were mostly sold at $5 and $3 per
cwt. for white and gray. The fisherman who marked the
halibut mentioned in our last issue has turned up. It was
John A. Lynch, of schooner Howard, who claims that he
cut his name on the halibut a year ago while fishing in tho
bend of Sable Island. The fish was then about two feet in
length Last year we published a similar but more re-
markable incident. John Como, of schooner Magic, in
J u 1 v 1873 caught a halibut on the Banks and cut Ins
initials thereon. Eight months after lie caught the same
fish, the letters being platuly legible. It was brought to
this port, and attracted much attention at the wharf of the
N. E. Fish Company.— Cb/M Ann Advertiser, 14 th.

AFTER TROUT IN NORTH CAROLI NA
Marion, N. C., April 88th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:— .

I huve Intended for more than a week to write yon a short account of
a trip I recently made to what I call tho troutless region of North Caro-
lina. On the 14th of April Mr. M„ of Now York, Lieut. U. and
started on horseback, with bright anticipations and a haversack Oiled
with " bard bread," for the North Tow aud lta tributaries. Hud a plo-o-
ant ride'of twenty-six miles over the mountains to Wiseman s. where
tve staid all nlglif, aud where we expected first to show our quality a*
followers of the geutlc Isaac. But no, there were no trout, aud we worn
advised to go seven miles further to Connelley’s-there we won d cer-
tainly find them. We went, we interviewed Mr. C-. and were told there
very few trout, and those very small. However, we couldn t believe
him as he never Ashed, so ordering dinner and engaging C. as guide wo
sat down before a bright Are and waited till that ImporUnt meal of fried
beans, boiled potatoes, and heavy corn bread was ready. W bile we thus
waited there entered a gloomy young stranger. He ^aa at once con-
suited by our friend M. on the trout questiou, who asked him if there
were many trout in the neighboring streams. He didn't know. But,
said M., " my friend, do you never tlsh?" ” No. sir; I earn my bread
by the sweat of my brow, according to Hie decree sot forth by tho Crea-
tor in the garden of Eden. Fishing days And meat the work-bench.

M wilted, and we all felt we were but insignificant cumborws of the
ground. To bo brief, we Ashed the North Tow, Roaring Creek and
Squirrel Creek. We whipped them diligently with various flies; wo tried
them-oh, tell it not in Gath— with worms, and we caught ton I tailik
they would have weighed a pound. Linnvllle River wo did not fish hut
tbennlvennl opinion of all who know anything about these st reams i is
that there are few trout in them, and they are very small; why, I cannot
imugine; for more beautiful atreoms I never saw

We wero caught In that 'polar wave," and redo homo In a snow
storm with the mercury at 80*. We caught few Ash, It is trus, but C we
had a good time, and found such appetites. M. and U distinguished
themselves as trencher men, and their unfeeling remark. irton ■“**•£*•
in that lino I respectfully decline mentioning A sight of Llnnvillo Falls
would repay one for the whole journey. If Northern tonriste no .Id
turn their faces this way they would And scenery which I be Hove is sel-
dom surpassed in beauty and grandeur. This bountiful, healthful moun-
tain region only has to be known to he n popular place of resort. Beau-
tiful, and cheap— what a combiua'lon! 1 intend to take a trtp to the
South Tom— which rises In the Black Mountaln-in June, and If I And
trout will let you know . Very truly yours, °E0 u ' “•

SHAD FISHING ON THE HOUSATONIC.

* Boston, Mass., May 15th, 1875.

EDiTon Forest and Stream:— ,.

Iu looking over my book, preparatory to great deeds, my eye fcl l ou
the fly if fly it may be called, which I enclose to you. * ou will see that
its workmanship is not remarkable for deUea^ but it hw d^e good
service notwithstanding. Rough as it is. it allured and killed Wtecnor
twenty shad last Summer on the Housatonic River. A bit of white rag
and a hook, as you see, make up the whole. Last .Juno, not to be be-
hind others. I started to try forahad with a fly. and wishing to get to some
place less frequented than Holyoke and other places on the Connecticut,
hit on the dam at Derby on the Housatonic. A ten railo ride in the cnr.
from Now Haven brought me to my journey's end, where I found an ex-
cellent hotel In a beautiful old town on the banks of the river, remark-
able for Its fine old elms, ns well as for tho busy stir of its manufactur-
ing industry. A messenger dispatched from the house soon brought me
a boatman, who agreed to be on hand at sun up and sun dowu during
ray visit Wo went for two days, morning and evening, with almost
unvarying fortune. I took but a single shad, though I worked conscien-
tiously. The water was turbid, owing to tho breaking away of darns
above during a freshet shortly before; so I retnrned with but iUe o lhc
credit of my rod. I was not, however, by any means dissatisfied with
mv janut . Tho weather was beautiful, tho scenery charming, tho ac-
commodations good and within ten minutes' wnik from the ground,
while the fishing, ns I heard on all hands, had also beon good until the
waters became train for fly-ll«hing. I heard what others had aono and
could see for myself what shad Ashing is and must be. And here I agree
with one of your correspondents that it is not fly-fishing at all.
pleasant of a warm afternoon to lie In your bout under <^^adow’ofihe
great dam. where the air Is cooled by the falling waters, and the rays of
me sun pass high over your head, striking the surface of ‘he 'vuter .
hundred or two yards below, aud hope for a bite and u fight. I don t say
a rise, for there is no such thing. Fishing with stout trout gear your line
unravels thirty, forty, or fifty yards or more, as /ou plt,“"; 3y
the swift waters below the dam, Just as I have fished for striped buss
a hundred times with a minnow or shrimp. There is no rise or
of the water by the fish, and none of that electric ^nimnniMtlo that
passes from the break on the surface of the water to tho hand of the an-
uler even before an ounce of weight is felt, to be succeeded by the sharp
strike with the rod and the struggle, ns In true tly-flshtng It h
fl-h, to be sure, and the killing and landing requires skU) but ho caet
tho rise and tho stroke arc not there. How is it possible that it should

be otherwise with fifty yards or more of lluo trolling down a swift rnn-

ntng stream*! while you are standing on a level with the water your rod
bent by mere force of the current as it would be thy a large to te qmet

water? It is not fly-Ashlng-certainly not n L^Zd the lender
a nleasiint pastime; the surroundings nro agreeable, and the lender
mouth of the fish necessitates delicate and careful handling lo 4nnd i him
in triumph. Therefore I welcome shad rod fishing as a real addition to

our sports. „ _ „

■Vhen I left, my boatman -whether It was sarcasm I wou t surmisc-
cave me the enclosed fly as one which, in his hands, had done Rood act-
ual service, and as a specimen of those used by tho natives In thoo
parts Its coarseness, If it fail to instruct, may amuse, in view of the
refinement as to precise shade of feather and delicacy of makewWch
are considered so absolutely necessary to success by many good ongl
I confess that I have not the faith in oil this nicety that I nboaU l h i,
though I welcome the feeling which induces the belief, even If cam
to the verge of affectation. It is a part of our stock in trade and con ^
uiestoil.el.alo with which we like to .urroniid the ^nllo an.
since some fifteen years ago, at the forks of the beautiful M“IV h|0r
Cape Breton, I took a fifteen pound salmon will. » bimcn or
picked from my beard (it is gray now), ami tied on the spot, I ®*0<_
afraid, fallen unwittingly from grace on this point

FOREST AND STREAM

233

FOX RIVEJ* FISHING.

I Pk §oihats.

Batavia, 111., Slay 3d, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Tbo Fox River of Illinois, from the Wisconsin Hue to Its Junction
with the Illinois River at Ottawa, a distance of about one hundred miles
abounds with flsli common to the tributaries of tbo Mississippi, and
probahly second to none In numbers, variety nod size- The general
course of the Fox River for the upper fifty miles Is due south, running
parallel to the west shore of Lake Michigan, from which It Is distant
about thirtv-slx miles; thence to Ottawa, southwest, fifteen miles of Its
npper water mingles with quite a number of lakes, some of them six
miles long by three wide Wild rice from four to twelve feet high grows
In about three-fifths of their waters. The deepest water Is about forty
feet. For twenty miles below the lake portion the river Is from twenty

to thirty rotls w.de, gravel bottom, water from two to ten feet and slug-
gish. and no rocks. For the next forty miles It Is much narrower, more
rapid, gravelly ford* and floe pools, except the backwater of mill dam,,
most of the way through a llmestono formation. The balance of Its
course is through sandstone, lu somo places walled in rock, water course

narrow and deep. . . ,

Thn lake region has the following fish, which are not fonnd, except in
isolated cases. In the river: Mnskulouee, the largest caught will, rod and
line (speaking of what I knO'O) being HI pounds, length, 3 foet in inches,
caught with Bnel spoon, No 2; other weights. 28,22, IB. 11, 10, and 8
pounds but no smaller. With epeara in Winter, ttey >ay, and I believe
It as high as .5 pounds. Theso are not numerous. The black bass of
the lakes differ from the river bass In form aud color, hat only trifling;
they are somewhat thicker set; the sides are whitish groen; greatest depth
of color nearest the back; belly, white, In largo specimens tinged with
yellow greatest length, 20 Inches; weight, 6 pounds; best catch that I
know of, 135 pounds in two hours; the sixteen largest weighed 04 pounds;
bait live frogs. 8ilver bass (“o called) are pleuty; form, broad as long,
aed’tbln; color, whlto, with litile dark mottles; mouth, small; eyes,
large; largest size, two pounds. Yellow peroli, largost sizo, one pound,
and last but not least, the gar; greatest length, 9 feet, they say I say 6
feet that I know of. All the olhor fish are common to lake aud river,
except the rlvor bass, or tiger bass, the best, gamlst, und most cunning
of any American fish, exceptlog tho mlmonidae. Tbo river buss, so far
as 1 know, is not found lu any of tho lake* connected with the Fox
River, aud is a fish fond of swift water. In color ho is an ashy green,
darkest on back and belly; sides tinged with yellow, and faint, tlger-
Hke stripes running down oil the sides. In thirty-two year's experience
1 have never seen one that weighed more than six pounds; greatest
length. 22 inches; spread of tail, 8 inches. Every other one of tho ex-
perts who know how, when, and where to take bass, will talk about taking
them that weigh 6+, 7, 6, and oven 9 pounds. Por ten years I have offered
five dollars to see one, and yet they will not "shut up nor pal up," and I
am none the poorer, ouly they do heat mo fishing — with their mouth. In
addition to the fore-named fish we have the plckerol ; largest size esnght
of late years, lfl pounds; wall eyed pike, 15 pounds; red horse, 11 pounds;
rock bass, 1 pound; bull bonds, 2 pounds; silver cels, 7* ponuds. Of
the daco family wo havo four varieties, the largest of which will not
weigh more than eight ounces.

In my next I will detail tho mode of catching, and the habits and pe-
culiarities of the fish of the river. Black Bass .

GAME PROTECTION IN CANADA.

Protidekcb, R. I., May 1st, 1875.

Editor Forest aud Stream:—

Notwithstanding the severe loss of the Brown University Boat Club, lu
tho burning of their boat house with all lu contents, lu November last,
they begin tho soason under good auspices. Through theefforUof tho
undergraduates principally, a temporary etructu re has been ereoted on
the site of the burnod building, and Is now occnpicd by the club. An
English boat building firm— Dives & Co.— nse part of tho houso as a
workshop, and havo turned out a slx-oar barge, used by the University
crew, which Is said to be very satisfactory. A large number of aspirant*
have been working in Iho gymnasium daring the Winter, and the follow-
ing men will probably compose tho crews, subject to any necessary
changes: F. II- Brown, '75, stroke; C. M. Loo. '77. No. 2; W A. Peck,
*77, No. 3; C E. Field, '75. No. 4; W. O. Joslyn, '76, No. 6; S. J. Brad
bury, '77, bow; with C. II. Poor, '77, as substitute.

Of these Messrs. Brown and Field rowed In their class crew at Spring-
field In 1872, and Mossrs. Lee, Peck, and Bradbury In last year's Fresh-
man crew at Saratoga. Freshman crow— J. U, Parrot, stroke; A- N.
Fairbank, No. 2; F. T. Whitman, No. 3; G. F. Weston, No 4; R. Case,
No. 5; J. O. Winslow, bow; aud Geo. Goodwin, substitute.

This crow Is nslng for practice a slx-oar shell, purchased from tbo
Amherst Agricultural Boat Club. Both crews will leave for their quar-
ters on Saratoga Lake, Near Snako Util, as soon after Commencement,
June lfilh, as possible. Ilmutx.

Princeton College, May 17th 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The University ntno played its first games of base ball lust week. Ou
Tuesday, tho 12th, th» Cholseas, of Brooklyn, succeeded in vanquishing
ns by tho score of 8 to 3. As it was the first game our nine had played,
we were not surprised very much, but wo did expect a little more from
them when the Harvard ninecamo hero on Saturday the 15th. Wo were
hardly prepared for tho poor playing or! 'iced by both nines at various
stages of thogamo. Wo felt qnlte confident of victory at the close of
tho fifth inning, whon the score was 6 to 2 In our fnvor. The Harvard
men thomsolvea seemed to despair of winning the game. They did not
give up, howevor, but by tho aid of strong batting on their own part and
many error* on that of the Princeton*, they closed the ninth Inning with
the score of 9 to 7. The second game of tho series will be played ut Bos-
tou on the 89th lust. Wo shall look for a different result then.

QoiDTlS.

Peterboro, May 7th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The general monthly meeting of the County of Peterboro Fish and
Game Protective Society was held at the Huffman Houso on Wednesday
evening last, Wm. Eastland. Esq., In the chair. Tho secretary read let-
ters from Geo. B. Warren, Esq., of Troy, N. Y., (made honorary mem-
ber at last meeting,) expressing his deBire to aid the society in carrying
out its objects. After tbe transaction o.’ other business a discussion was
entered Into as to tho true nurne or species of our Stoney Lake salmon
trout. The result of tho debate seomad to favor the opinion that thoy
were Identical with the Lako Ontario salmon. The thanks or tho socioty
are duo Mr. Wm. Eastland for hts trouble In procuring for examination
at the meeting a flue specimen of tho 8toney Lake salmon. 0. A. P.

SOME FLORIDA FISH SCORES.

Nkw Smtrna, Fla., May, 1873.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

To give au Idea of tho fishing on the east coast of Florida, I send an ab-
stract from my fishing journal kept nt New Smyrna the past Winter. Tho
flsblug was done m boats in the Hillsboro and Halifax Rivers, within a
miloortwo of the Mosquito Inlet. We generally fished from two to
four hours and usually on tho flood tide. Bait for sheepshend, round
clams or crabs; for other fish, bass, trout, groupers, and suappers, Ac.,
mullet is the usual bait. For hooks, I have found tho Virginia pattern
or Clerk & Co., Nos. I, 2 and 5, to suit this fishing better than any I have
tried. I put In my list the sharks nnd rays, which are numerous, and
are taken with the rod, from 20 to 100 pounds in weight; when larger
they usually carry away the taeklo. We also take mauy catfish which,
with toadflsh, swellflsh, Ac., I do not Include In my list, as we consider
them as vermin. Tho sheepshead run from I to 7 pounds; average, 8
pounds; bass from 1 to 80 pounds; average, 5 pounds; grouper from 1 to
15 pounds; average, 8 pounds; snapper front 4 to 10 pounds; average, 2
pounds; trout from 1 to 20 pounds; average, 4 pounds; drnmflsh
from 5 to 50 pounds; average, 10 pounds; whiling and pigflsh averago i
pooDd each; blncxflsb abeut 4 pound; bluoflsh, 4 pound.

3- C Clarke.

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—Tho Stevens Institute Athletic Association held iis reg-
ular Spring meeting on tho old St. George’s cricket ground,
at Hoboken, on Saturday last. The victors were presented
with gold and silver prizes by the wife of President Mor-
ton, an innovation on established custom which we arc
most happy to record. The presence of ladies at these
meetings would do much to tone down tho roughness that
is too apt to attach to athletic sports. Tho following is a
summary of the day’s performances:

Three-mile walk— F. B. Foote, class '78, 1st. Time,
29:18.

One hundred yards run— n. Duane, class '70. 1st.

Putting the shot— J. O. Burke. '76, 1st. Distance, 82
feet 3^ inches.

Throwing base ball— W. F. Zimmerman, ’70, 1st. Dis-
tance, 812 feet 7 inches.

Stauding high jump— Joseph Kingsland, 70, 1st. Height,
4 feet 2 inches.

Stauding long jump— J. O. Burke, 70, 1st. Distance, 0
feet 5 inches. , ,

Half mile run— Duane, 1st, Zimmerman, 2d. lime,
2:284.

Blindfold race — W. C. Smith, 78, 1st.

Running high jump— H. W. Hazard, 78, 1st. Height,
4 feet 4 inches.

One mile walk (walk over) — F. B. Foote, 78. Time, 9 :8).

Running long jump — Hazard, 1st; 16 feet 4 inch.

Three-legged race — Hazard and Duane, 1st.

—Tho Rose Hill Collogo nine on May 12th whipped the
Flyaways by 11 to 7.

—Tho Live Oaks and Harvards played at Lynn, Mass.,
May 8lh, when tho collegians wero beateu by one run.

&nswc\s go <%orv*yondtut$.

Anonymous Communication* not Noticed.

Ldke Tripp — Thanks for your kind allusion in Port Chester Journal.

Ooonomowoc, Milwaukee — Ploaso give the exact diameters of your 8-
foot bass rod at each foot of its length, beginning at the butt f — Gascon-
ado.

J. K, V., New York.— In yonr paper of April 22d yon recommend tho
areca nut for destroying tape worms in dogs. Will you ploaso lot mo
know where this article 1« to bo found? Ans. 8oe answer to “Teal" In
this column.

Teal, Salem.— Can you inform mo where Iho areca nut can be ob-
tained and tho price? Ans. Address Messrs. Elinor A Amend, No. 206
Third avenue, or Lehn A Fink, No. 160 William street, or wo cun forward
it to you prepared in powders.

P. M., Nyack, N. J.— Could yon give me the address of (be gentleman
manufacturing gyro pigeons on an improved method, nnd for less cost
than those In tho markotnow? Ans. Address Jacob Glahu, Amoricau
Gun Engraving Oo., West Meriden, Conn.

Phil, Lexington, Ky.— In your valuable paper of Iho Oth of tills month
Is an Interesting article on the “New Method of Cranberry Culture. "
Can yon inform mo whore the plants can be had, wbon to plant, and tho
price per 100 or 1,000 plants? I feel anxious to soo tho experiment tried
In this blue grass region. Ans. The author of the articlo l* dead, and
wo cannot inform you.

M. E. C., New York.— Is there good fishing in the Shrewsbury River
in the vicinity of Port Washington, N. J., during Joly and August, and
Is It a pleasant place for a party of ladies and gentlemen to spend the
Summer? Ans. First rate; bass, weakllsh. soft crabs, Ac., Ac. Many
pleasant hotels and boarding houses ou tho river.

R. S. J., Sncramonto.— In Forest and Stream of April 29th I see a
notice of a new metal shell for breech loading guns— Hart’s, of Newark
Can yon give me the maker’s address, or any other information whereby
I can get a sample of them? Ans. See our advertising colnmns of May
13th and following. We will request that eamplcs bo forwarded to you.

La Far, Savannah, Ga —What kind of a gun Is the Whitney Sportlog
Rille, which I see advertised in your paper? Is It not very much like (be
Remington, except that it throws the shell clear of the chamber? Ans,
The Whitney Rifle resembles the Remington 1 n appearance . A* to Its
shooting qualities we shall be better informed shortly, as we have one
under trial.

Chas. Baker, Poughkeepsie.— How much will it cost, and wbnt kind
Of game Is there, and would it pay a party of two or three, in any part of
Pennsylvania, banting and trapping? Ans. In Elk, Potter, aud McKean
conn les, on the Linnamaboming and tributaries, ure still many deer,
bears, cats, and a few panthers and fur bearing animals, bat we bardly
think insufficient quantities to psy.

Better, Fort Scott, Kan.— Is there not a plan of docking and drawing
tho cords In a dog's tall, so as to render U perfectly straight and rigid,
and can U bo done on a dog past six months of ago? Ans. If the tall of
yonr setter Is long or oat of proportion. It may bo docked to advantage
but tho drawing out of the cord I* a cruelty and of no nse.

C W. U.. Now York.— Will you pleaso Inform me If yon know of any
placo (not vory far from New York city) where thoro U Ashing and boat-
ing; term* not to exceed |7 or $8 a week? Aus. There are doubtless
many families along Long 1-laud Sound and on tho Now Jersey coast
who take boarders at tho price you mention, say iwo hours’ sail from N .
York, but wo havo none In uiiud at present.

11. F. R., Philadelphia. — You have said tho "rowing apparatus" was
the best method for bringing out the muscles on the chest aud shoal*
dors, therefore yon will greatly oblige me by glvlDg me tho address of
the parties who sell them? An*. Jo-. 8. Baldwin, P. O. box 53, New-
ark. N. J. Send for circular and price list.

Indian Pass.— Are there Any other book* on the Adirondack region
except Headley's, Murray's, and tho "Modern Bvbe* In the Woods?"
Ans. Yes, several; among them are 8. C. Stoddard's illustrated Adiron-
dack*, published by Weed, Parsons A Co,, of Albany, and Vsrplanck
Colvin's Adirondack Snrvoy, recontly published by the siuno firm. Dr.
Todd's “Long Lako" was a vory pleasant nnd Instructive book, but prob-
ably out of print.

Zenos Thompson, Jr.— Can yoa tell me what makes my setter drool?

He Is three years old, and has been eo for two years. Long siring* of
splttlo will hang from His mouth sometimes; cannot too anything tha
matter with hts mouth. It Is vory aunoylug at times, as ho slobbers
everything he touches Canyon suggest any remedy? Ans. Your
setter may havo old stumps of teeth, which should ho removed.

8. F, C., Jersey City, N J.— I have read considerable about the
Hackensack Rlvor being stocked with different kluils of fish. Onn yon
inform me what part of tho rlvor It is, a* I llvo within a short distance of
lion Jersey City Hoights? What kind of fish and what sort of bait
would I need? Ans. Tho Hackensack River was Hooked a year
or two ago with black bass and salmon trout by tho Naw Jersey Fisk
Commissioners, and anglers are forbidden to catch thoso fish In Ita
waters under severe penalties.

J. C. C., New York. — Seeing In tho TUwitratid London X*U)i of May
1st, 1875. W. Slade nnd J. Glhb's extraordinary time of torn. yj*. in tbotr
four mile walk, I write to ask yon If this can bs correct, and If yoa havo
the fastest time ou record for such a walk (amateur or professional)?
Ans. The report to which yon olltido was a running match. The bast
professional lime on record at four mllos Is 29m. 80s. by J. (Rockwell at
London; best amateur time, 30m 37s., by YT J. Morgan, same place.

C W. H,, Philadelphia.— Do yon know of any work that I enn buy
which will give mo Information how to catch pike, black bass, rock nnd
other fish fonnd tn tho Delaware River? Ans. Practical Instruction In
angling has scarcely been attempted. Tho art can hardly bo Imparted by
books. Norris' "Amoricnn Angler’s Book," Frank Forester's "Fish and
Fishing," Roosevelt's "Game Fish of tho North," and Scott'8 “Fishing
lu American Waters," are tho most comploto modern works we have.

F. Q. W. H., Now York.— Aro there any boarding houses In the vlsin-
j-.yof Luke nopatcoug, N. J ; where are they, anil how can I get la
them, nnd wbatls the price of board per week? Is thn flshlng In said
lake good, and what kind? What style of tackle would I need? Ans.
There are good hotels on the lake shore at Hopatcong. Tulto Morris A
Essex Railroad to Drakcsvtlle. Hotel rntos rcasonnblo. Fair pickerel
fishing In sensou. They are taken with Buel spinners, trolling.

Captain, Moosehend Lake,— Yon will find enclosed a rough sketeh of
a fish eanghl in tho Penobscot Rlvor below Rlpogonn* Lake; weighs 4 to
4 a pound, marked off In brown soollops, In the centre of each of which
is a bright red spot; hits fine scnles, a little larger than those of a trout,
and by scraping the fish the red spots become brighter. Tho meat. It
light colored, about the same as a small brook tront, and 1* about th*
same In flavor. The fish rises to a fly In the month* of July. August and
September. What I* It? None or onr sportsmeu seem to know. An*.
Undonbtedly a smolt or second year salmon. Mr. Atkins Is to blame
for this.

A D. 8., Springfield, Mass.— Will yon plsasa toll ns what Will cure
canker in black and tan dogs*. Symptoms, enlargement of glands of
throat, offensive breath ami drlhbllng from tho mouth. Said to bo a
common disease, but wo are unable to finds remedy An*. Onnkorof

the mouth oftoo arises from stumps of old teeth, which should be re-
moved. Then toko todldo of Iron two grains, powdered nnx vonlca half
a grain, snllclne two grains, extract of gentian, six groins, powdered
quassia, as mach as maybe required The above makes one pill; give
three or four dally, aud a gentle purgative, If required.

Ameiuods, Now Hamburg — Some time last year I road an srtletA fn
the Forest and Stream, stating that some time this season ch-re wn*
to be a grand trial of all the breech loading shot gnus of both English and
American manufacture, under tho direction of a board of experts? Is such
trial likely to occur this eea*on, and If so when? Aus. Such « trial lias
been projoclod, but uot finally arranged; whon It Is, uotico will bo given
through onr columns. 2d. Are not lancewood, bornbenm, and buck-
lliornnecd by rod makers in making tips of rod* only, tml is not greeu-
heart used In making salmon rods, all bnt tip Joints? Aus. A completed
article on thee# very subjects Is necessarily omitted from our columns
until next weok .

R., Ferrlsburgh, Vt.— Frank Forester deseribss the beagle •* "a
pocket edition of tbo Sootnorn hound." portlcnlarly m-nitons his mrlo-
dlous voice, and says that hi* " ears should hang down as far aimo-t ss
to the elbow." Are such heaglo* to he found now, and If so. where? I
have seen a couple of Imported English bosglea that sre far from an
awering this description. They have little of tln< sppeoranco or the
honud, and tholr cry as unmelodlous as the yelping of a turkey, They
have, however, fine Intelligent faces, and their hunting qualm,-, are very
good’. Ana. According to " Encyclopedia of Rural Sports." iho bi agio
should resemble the Southern fox hound In minimum and bn not over
fifteen Inches in height. But thoso wo have beer. Imported from England
and Franco have not the foil volco and length of car of such hounds.

Doctor, Boston.— Cannot good sen trout fishing with tho fly be got in
tho mouth* or lower part* of some of the -almou rivers where the salmon
would not rise, nnd If such 1* the ra-e could not permission bo obtnlnt d
by one who could give credentlalsof respectability to Usli them fortrontf
Can you tell mo of nny likely place, bow to get there, best season, ap-
proximate expense, Ac.? An*. Good Ashing for sea trout enn ho hud
at the mouths of any of the Nova Scotian rivers In Juno aud July, and In
July und Augn-t on the 3t. Lawrence and Bay Cbaleur. In the Saguenay
above Tedonsac, and on the bar at Its mouth; at Dalhouslc, Bay Clialeur,
at the mouth of tho Nouvelle. (privilege to bo applied for) at Rtutlco, F.
E. Island, and at Bathurst. N. B., aro eminently fine sea trout places.
Should prefer Bay Chalenror Bagnenay. 8eml-weokly steamers to lut.
ter place from Quebec during season. Expense trifling.

Enqi’IRIR Washington, D. C.-I bavo a setter. Gip, thirteen months
old- Head from tip Of nose to eyes, 41 Inches; thence to end of button,
Sfr Inches' total 10 Inches. From tip of nose to root of tall. 45 Incbcf ;
tall, 12 Inches; total length from tin to tip, 67 Inches Ears. 6 Inches.
Girth of chest, 29 Inches. Stands 21 inches < lyh. Longest feathering on
tail, 0 Inches. Color, black, except two white spots, onn on throat and
the'oiher on chest between front legs. Feathering tinges Into grey, like
rumple enclosed. Hair Is straight, perhaps a trifle wavy about car*,
neck and root of tall. Well feathered front leg-, os well as bind once,
and lias the npposrance of floss silk when viewed on clog. Tall, as to
style of feathering, resembles Pride of the Border. Loves tho water,
and retrieves from It as well on from tho land, Pleaso Inform me as to
wlmt breed or strain she belongs, what you think of her points, and what
show sbr would stand at a bench show, as romc friends desired me to

enter her at the last show in Massachusetts? Aus. Yonr bltcb Is prob-
ably of the Gordon strain, and if she U from pure letter stock, *1k t»
w«l» went s.pluce at any bench show.

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234

FOREST AND STREAM.

A WEEKLY JOURNAL,

Devoted to Field and Aquatio Sports, PpAenoAL Natural H ibtort,
Fiea Culture, this Protection op Game, Preservation or Forests,
AXD TUB INCULCATION HM«K AND WOMEN OP A HEALTHY INTEREST
IN OUT-DOOR IiE CREATION AND STUDY :

PUBLISHED BT

forest and £treatrj gublishinfl l&onyjatiQ,

adopted laminated steel are only willing to warrant their
guns standing the test for one season. For the wealthy
classes of Great Britain, to whom the shooting is almost
entirely confined, and who can replace their guns at will,
it may answer, but for our people, who find most of their
shooting on the Western prairies, such extravagance is not
permitted. Time alone will decide whether the new sys-
tem is to replace the old, and we believe that guns bored
straight or nearly so, will, in the long run, find most favor
with the majority of sportsmen. However the question
may be finally determined, great credit is due to the Field
for the spirit in which this trial was conceived, and the
admirable manner ic which the details have been carried
out.

THE RELATIONS OF MAN TO THE UNI-
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Bud our columns a desirable medium for advertising announcements.

Tho Publishers of Forest and Stream aim to merit and secure the
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fined intelligence enables them to properly appreciate and enjoy all that
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the legltlmato sports of land and water to those base uses which always
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CALENDAR

OF EVENTS FOR THE COM-
ING WEEK.

Thursday, May 20th.— Racing, Louisville, Ky,— Trotting, Fleetwood
Park, N. Y ; Bishop's Park, Baltimore— Regatta, Delaware River-
Base ball. Athletic vs. New Haven, New Haven.

FniDAY. May 21st.— Racing, Louisville, Ky.— Fleetwood Park, N. Y.;
Bishop’s Park. Baltimore— Base ball. Athletic vs Mutual, Philadelphia.

Saturday, May 22d — Racing, Louisville, Ky -Yachting, Dorchester
Yacht Club Pegattu— Athletics, Ilarvurd Athletic Association, Cam-
bridge-Base ball. Athletic vs. Hartford, Philadelphia; Chicago vs. 81.
Louis, Chicago, Keokuk vs. Red Stockings, St. Louis.

Monday. May 21th.— Trotting, Springfield, III.; Woodstock Driving
Park, Toronto-Yachtlng, Regatta at Philadelphia— Base ball, Philadel-
phia vs, Hartford, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, May 25th.— Racing, Baltimore Spring Meeting— Trotting,
Springfield, III ; Goshen, N. Y.; Point Breeze Park, Philadelphia;
Flqua, Oblo; Sedalta, Mo.— Base ball, Chicago vs. Red Stockings, Chi-
cago; St Loots vs. Keokuk, St. Louis.

Wednesday, May 26th.— Racing, Baltimore; Trotting, Goshen, N. Y.;
Kenosha, Wit.; Big Rapids, Mich.; Springfield, IU.— Bose ball, Phila-
delphia vs. Boston, Philadelphia.

THE FIELD GUN TRIAL.

UNDER its appropriate heading, and as being a subject
of great importance to the sportsmen of this coun-
try, we devote much of our space this week to a descrip-
tion of the above trial and the comments thereon. Mr.
Greener, as the winner, bus certainly substantiated bis
claim to be the manufacturer of tbe closest shooting guns,
but we would suggest patience and moderation to those
who may fell inclined to rush into tbe new system which is
likely to follow in the wake of this trial. Nor can we
agree with the Field that if the “ wear and tear” test, as
applied to the winning guns, Is successful, that "every
sportsman must order a new gun or be hora du combat,
both in the open and in battue shooting, os compared with
those who are furnished with guns on the new system."
For the average shot, in this country at least, extremely
Close shooting guns are neither necessary or desirable.
For shooting matches at pigeons, where only experts, as a
rule, compete, and birds mu6t be killed within certain
boundaries, they will be found of advantage, but for field
work we imagine that iu the majority of instances birds
would either be missed clean or so riddled with shot as to
be worthless. The " wear and tear" will also be a serious
consideration. It is admitted that the ordinary Damascus
metal will not stand the strain caused by the "choking"
or constriotion of the barrel, and the makers who have

EVERY field of science, from biology to geography, is
at present worked with a patience and perseverance
that cannot he surpassed; for truth to those who love it
possesses as many beauties as the paradise of Mohammed
had for his followers, and they reach the goal of their
aspirations when they find it. According to one of the
most eminent of the delvers for truth, their purpose is not
to dispute the principles of theology but to learu from na-
ture herself, as far ns her teachings and suggestions will
permit, what the composition of the universe is, how and
for what ends it was created, and by what means the hap-
piness of man can be increased. They are governed alone
by a spirit of inquiry, which is the most marked charac-
teristic of the age, and the unfailing indicator of the intel-
lectual activity of the people. Their researches thus far
have enabled them to learn the first with tolerable accu-
racy, and to accomplish the third by means of inventions,
studying the laws governing nature, the education of the
masses, and the establishment of justice; but the second
proposition they are yet unable to answer in a satisfactory
manner. That it is not an accidental creation is evident,
as it shows a purpose and laws immutable in their action,
and that it could not have been a mere caprice, is also ap-
parent; hcuce the dilemma from which the most astute
scientists cunnot escape with even the most plausible theo-
ries. Was the universe created for the pleasure of man
alone? This proposition cannot be answered satisfactorily,
inasmuch as the human biped is supposed to be known
only to this planet, as the different conditions of soil, pro-
ducts, light, and atmosphere in other planets could not
sustuin him, at least in his present form and with his pres-
ent wants. Does man inhabit other planets than thiB?
This question must also remain unanswered until human
knowledge enables it to overcome all the forces of nature,
and to defy space. The supposition, however, that the
man known to the earth cannot exist elsewhere, for the
reasons specified, would seem to prove that the universe
was not creuted for him alone, and that it has other pur-
poses in view and other duties to perform besides making
him master of all terrestrial matters, and bringing him to a
millennial perfection. The discovery of the fact that life
cannot be totally destroyed by even the most violent con-
vulsions of nature, and that it springs into activity when
permitted, and readily adapts itself to the metamorphosed
conditions of the elements, would seem to support this
theory in the minds of some scientists, find, therefore, to
make the problem as unsolvahle as ever. It has also been
learned that every epoch produces its own variety of ani-
mals, and that they die or become supplanted by others
which differ totally from them, although bearing a generic
resemblance, and that man is subject to the same transfor-
mations, though not to the same extent in bodily form, as
made evident by the different races; hence to learn the
purpose and importance of man in the economy of crea-
tion is n jw the subject of mental microscopic analysis of
several European societies. The latest announced result of
the decision of one of the investigators, at least, is that the
planets are subject to violent changes, owing to disturbing
causes; that by these changes they alter their physical and
atmospherical condition, and that the new plant and ani-
mal life that springs up subsequently is adapted to the
metamorphoses, and progresses gradually from a low to a
higher order; that man being subject to the same influ-
ences as all other created things, is affected by these muta-
tions and, as a natural result, that he differs in form and
character in the various epochs or periods of the world’s
existence. Arguing on this hypothesis he attempts to prove
that the same transformations will occur again, and that
the present racos will differ from those of{the future. From
this premiss we cun easily draw the deduction that while
mau may play monarch of creation, yet the universe is not
formed for his special pleasure. If this is the result of
biological investigatlou we do not see that science has
brought us any consolation in that direction; that it lms
increased our hope, made brighter our anticipations, or, in
fact, accomplished anything but to prove that we are of
little value, after all, in the scale of creation; that our
wishes are never consulted, and that we are neither like
angels nor gods.

THE STATE BENCH SHOW.

THE meeting of the " State Association for the Pro-
tection of Game and Fish" will bo held at Watertown,
commencing on Monday, May 31st. At the same time
the bench show will be held. Tho programme has been
arranged, aud is ready for distribution. There are ten
clusses, arranged in the following manner: Red Irish set-
ters; Field Triul and Laveracks, including all breeds other
than red Irish and black and tan setters; black and tan set-
ters; pointers, large; pointers, small; cocker spaniels, fox
hounds, dachshunds, and beagles. Class 10 is the cham-
pion class. Iu it are three prizes for the best setter whelp,
the best all aged setter of any breed or either sex, and for
the best pointer of any age, large or small, dog or bitch.
In each of the other classes there are a first and second
prize for the two best dogs and bitches. The prizes are
doubtless the most valuable yet offered at any bench show,
and will, it is surmised, have the effect of bringing
together a very large number of the best dogs, both
native and imported, owned in the United Stutes and
Canada.

The prizes are the Forest and Stream cup, the Turf ,
Field and Farm solid gold medal, worth $75; four solid gold
dog whistles, worth $40 each; two handsome solid silver
cups, worth $G0 each, one of which is donated by the
Latlin & Rand Powder Company; two solid gold
medals, donated by J. D. Dougall and W. & J. Tolley; a
fine Parker gun; an elegantly-engraved silver plated and
gilt Remiugton revolver, with mother of pearl handle, and
six solid silver cups, worth $25 each, and the same number
of solid silver collars.

The railroad company from Rome to Watertown will
transport all dogs for the show free, and Mohawk, who has
charge of the affair, is in hopes of getting Mr. Vanderbilt
to do the same on the Hudson River and New York Cen-
tral Roads to Rome.

The Luxury of Prairie Traveling. — Our correspond-
ent "Bison," whose sketches of wild Western life have so
often entertained the readers of Forest and Stream, is
an officer of the United States Eleventh Cavalry. He is
about to be absent from duty on sick leave, aud has mapped
out a Summer journey for his health as follows, lie
writes :

" I am going to New Mexico via the wholo"of Texas, or
via Forts Griffin, Concho, Stockton, Davis, Quitman, and
El Paso, and then up through New Mexico via Forts Sel-
den, McRae, Craig, Stanton, Sante Fe, Union, and then, I
think, to Fort Garland, Colorado, to Denver, and East."

It may be well to mention how our friend proposes to
travel, not only for the interest of the general reader, but
to demonstrate the practicability of the route of the " Big
Hunt " proposed by Col. McCarty, which is utmost identi-
cal with this, and about which so much cavil has been
made. He says: " The trip I have laid out for myself is
1,600 miles by land. I shall go in mg own carriage, prob-
ably taking my wife with me, and pass from post to post,
taking advantage of wagon trains for safety. Two com-
panies of troops go from here [Fort Sill] to Fort Davis, 000
miles, and we will travel together that^far."

Col. McCarty, to whom we have incidentally referred,
has been in Texas for some time past in company with sev-
eral Englishmen, who recently came over with him to
verify his statements, and to assure themselves of the prac-
ticability of the proposed expedition, and the integrity and
good faith of its projector. The Texas papers that we
have seen speak favorably of the whole movement. Mc-
Carty will soon leturn to England, and tthe company will
probably reach America about July 1st.

—Tbe editor of this jouraul takes this occasion to pub-
licly thank the “Rod and Gun Club," of Springfield,
Mass., for their courtesy in making him an honorary mem-
ber. Success to this club, say we. May a trigger never
be drawn in vain by one of its members, or a single bird
be shot out of season, or double birds either.

— Capt. Bogardus gives a public exhibition of his skill in
shooting pigeons at Deerfoot Park, L. I., on Monday, 24th.

The Rainbow and the Pot of Gold.— What is that
beautiful allegory that we all used to hear when we were
children, that, if we could reach the end of the rainbow,
we should find there a pot of gold? How the illusion van-
ished as we sped on in its pursuit! and how the promise
failed at last! We have been taught that this is the expe.
rience of human life, and moral lessons have been read
upon the fallacy of great expectations; but we have at lost
found a person— yea, an angler— who has actually suc-
ceeded in reaching the end of the rainbow, the abutment'
of the glorious arc, and found there a pot of gold! not a
veritable pot of tho yellow ore, hut that which possessed
the intrinsic value of the precious metal. It happened in
this wise, and the incident is told in a pleasant private
letter by a correspondent who has frequently entertained
our readers with sketches of wild wood life. We quote:
"lam glad your bow of promise is bright, and hope the
‘pot of gold’ is awaiting you. I, too, once found it. I
was standing on the edge of a lake casting for black bass.
The rain, which was pouring, drenched me. Of a sudden
the water seemed a combination of all the most beautiful
colors, and drops innumerable were dancing at my feet,
each separate drop resplendent with color. I was literally
standing at the foot of a gorgeous rainbow. Each cast
brought one or two ravenous mouths at my flies, which no
sooner touched the water than they disappeared, aud my
line played Aeolian airs as it went whizzing through the
water. It was a ‘ pot of gold.’ I have never seen a rain-
bow since but what fancy carried me back to that lake
ah ore."

Lake Conchiching, Muskoka.— We call attention, with-
out request, to the adveftisement in this journal of the
Conchiching Hotel, which we consider the most attractive
family Summer resort in Canada. Its varied means of en-
joyment have contributed to some of our happiest leisuro
hours.

forest and stream.

Jpr* §ifte.

CREEDMOOR.

Daring the past week the American team have had
two days p actice at Croedmoor. On Wednesday the weather
as si '.gainst good scores, but this very fact may result
m u titr ate high as the men must necessarily acquire a bet-
ter knowledge of the effects of the wind and facility in ar-
rangirg their wind guages. Wednesday's totuls at the
hree ranges were as follows:— Major Henry Fulton, 143;
H. 3. Jewell, 141; General T. 8. Dakin, 140; Captain L.'
C. Bruce, 137; Colonel John Bodine, 137; R. C. Coleman
1P4; A. V. Canfield, Jr., 130; G. W. Yale, 123.

On Saturday the wind was much more favorable and the
scores correspondingly good, but still not up to the mark
requisite to ensure a chance of success. The following are
the figures;— Major Henry Fulton, 158; Colonel John
Bodine, 157; General T. S. Dakin, 151; G. W. Yale, 146;
A. V. Canfield, Jr., 146; Colonel H. A. Gildersleeve, 135;
R. C. Coleman, 132; L. M. Ballard, 116; Captain L. c’
Bruce, 112.

An interesting feature of this day’s practice was the
photogruphing of the team for Harper's Weekly. The team
of 1874 was first taken in a group, after which the team
of 1875 including the reserves was photographed. Two
gentlemen were practicing at the new Wimbledon targets
with the circular bullseye and the new mode of counting
It is worthy of note that while those who have shot at
the new targets at 200 yards range have found it difficult
to make even fair scores, these gentlemen at the longer
ranges have succeeded in eclipsing any of their own pre-
vious performances. Has position anything to do with this?
We append their scores as worthy of attention;—

national rifle association.

\A/E print herewith the new rules and regulations of

rC,UC,i »P-

pointed for that purpose : *

To the Virector. qf the Xoltonal AuorlatuZ,Y0**' April 301 ,67B'

or th,.

a« the'pfca

tioi^w^c^e'cr'requfred.1 *ubndt dielr rifles and ammunition for inspcc-
V. No hair trigger* will bo allowed.

VI No fixed arMIlclal rents will be allowed.

imrnmmm

TTIlt • 2.— DISQUALIFICATIONS AND FINES

BS^SSKfiSBESHffi

are to
given from

0r in ‘°y way Ua>P"'"S that .o Im iied, .ball be

4 ““

riagMcanbepurehMOdon thegrouud

SOO y^^ifTl/an^ I A« distance. above
aitlon that any Demon m By ?ny P°- illon *“ nwont any po-

N. B.-ln .LoUnT.u d^ K lak,c 00 fwnntf* *
real lug a*min»i the bod^ ndro,V^ OI\ bi' ,"8d,° 10 ,ho elbow

front of the trigger guard P«? Il‘,k' n,,«er ot ,h" left hand is |u

p rnc 1 1 c c# at ,^l »t a nee i “ n ndVr ' ar d'» ' V ' ** ^ *"«•- “d "> «H

competitive •Whl and

W«°taU,reiSFo0'“^ —P— « each dta-
wlli he good ft "?« ground., and

Cldc before firing upon the number nf 8 , ,-°®P«dtors mu.t de

hand the. tickets foftho "o thJ S l"8 £ w,l‘ ,akc- nnd
counted upon a score. l,lu *corur- Sighting shot* cannot bo

renamed, without charge. ” 8 8hot when •uch i

day, have uot
tiou» of a com-
•uch eompeUtlon la

12— TIE*

600.

900.

1000.

.01

H00

900

10C0

H. 8. JEWELL. (NEW.)

...3 64565443345544

....3 4 2 2252 8 3 3 3 5 2 3 4 13

.. .524455 3 33545353 04 j7g

GEORGE CROUCH. (NEW.)

.5 4554553513444 4 01

...44244843485548 2.... m

... 4535044054423 0 5 ....... ,^-m

— The team had an off day on Monday, when four of the
members indulged in practice. Col. Gildersleeve and Mr.
Canfield were both rather unfortunate, the former from
using a box of mixed ammunition, the difference in the
two grades altering the elevation to the extent of seven
points. Mr. Canfield lost the fore sight of his gun, and the
substitution of a temporary one did not improve his shoot-
ing. The scores made were as follows:— Major Henry Ful-
tOD, 155; R. C. Coleman, 144; General T. S. Dakin 141
Colonel. Gildersleeve, 129; A. V. Canfield, 128.

The California Match. -Co. D, 12th Inft., under com-
mand and direction of Capt. H. B. Smith, are preparing
vigorously for this match. Ou Saturday a competition for
places on the team was shot atCreedmoor, with the follow-
ing results: —

Yards. Score.

W. O. REDDY.

2 2 4 3 2 3 3.

5UU

E

& SvSnSsr1 ”8’' '”rtou •“ K®*4npss 2

XI. Auy member of a squad or firing party who shall flm „
before 'he hStlJi “rVh • thp ho,,r Pr®B“*bed for his squad to Are, 'and

^^l^aallflj^Tn^at com^tlttOT.^CXC°Pt 'n of -SS

oJ.IL™?LC0mp®tit2r dlBcharging his riflo accidentally, either bv his
dKliflcatio^ " by ,ea8°D °f a“y dcfcct ,Q «» riflo/willbeUaYlow
Hva nm;^LCK“P,etitor refU8i1'^ to obey any Instrnclions of the Excel-

at sks-

furlher compe“t,OD’ and ror-

nt rho'flrfnrt person, whether a competitor or not, Interfering with anv
pelted fro^theUgronnd.allUOyin*’ thum ln “"y woy, will at ogee be ex"

A,»y competitor tiring when the danger flag or trap disc Is shown
“t tho target or tiring point, or knowingly dischorsing hlsP rifle eicont at
,u‘,hQ8 bet'“ assigned, or into the firound and «t* rnav
by oDicei' ahajl be debarred from all further competitions
during the meeting, and shall forfeit his entrance fees This aVinll not
d^;eyel°dl8cTanPup ‘l0r accideDtfllly flri»e the wrong target when “no
YVI. Any person discharging a rifle or snapping a cap within the in
fto dl.® ? nccordance wlth the replat^for sUtlng, may, at
4P ? of the Executive Committee, be required to leavc^tho
^otiol. and be debarred from further competition.

- A''y competitor or other person found with a loaded rifle ex-
fn?TW fln”C PO'nts and when about to shoot, may bo debarred from

further competition during that meeting. ucuurrea irom

3. — RETURN OP ENTRANCE PEES.

compe-

1 -rio. v 11 1 _ In foUoldwU Shoottno.

va«

UP ,hr 0(1 be posted

mSt P°‘“CU “ ^ '‘-named for

petitor* are m"ttrrokt?ho flr"t ShnifSKS Z ®“*nhor of shots com-

giSen ofnfr,XSotS,ftfter lh° rt£0rd°d will be

ft Team Shooting.

}■ {/ « money prize, by division,
tltiom ,g8TegaUs 8C0re" n,ll(l0 at th° longest distance in the

3. Ity the fewest misses.

4. By the fewest outers.

5. By the competitors who have mndo the highest score ,.,h -.a

firing five round* at the longest distance In the COtnpffl. "d°

wUboutlharge tle* art' '"otoff’ ono *bot shall be allowed

J3.— KNTniK*.

A —For the Stale Prize.

1. For the Stuto and Gntllng prize*, together with nit .k

S^£ri:sSS

q M"othar rcel710"|al ofllcers shnll boellglblo us member*

pislSsi Igfii

they are entered; nil entries mint be made for full team*. °b

Ii.—ifode (if Ri.try.

“derive?? V° day" *,recw,“l* tLu commoncemout of »uch matches

Totals.

J00.

500.

200...
500

200.

600.

•3 3 4 4 3 3 3 . i . 88— 48

WJt. 8. 8MITH.

-.4 2 2 3 2 1 2 „

• 3 0 3 4 3 3 4 . . . . . . ‘ . 20—39

A. WOOD.

...2 2 3 8 4 2 3 ,q

■ •3 403432

E. H. MADISON.

• 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 -n

.0 3 2 4 3 3 3 -o

L. MORAN.

“2 2 3 2 3 2 2..

600 3 3 4 8 0 4 3...

G. A. BANTA.

600

8-38

..16

.20-36

.18

*00..

500

200

600

200.

500

230..

400.

204 34 82 :::..:.\::.i8-38

JOHN BEATTIE.

-.2 2 2 3 2 2 3

-.2 3 3 2 4 2 3 .V.V.... .19-35

W. H. FRANCIS.

.-2 2 8 0 2 3 2

..2 4 3 2 324 1 '.'l .83-34

H. B. SMITH.

..2 4 2 2 2 22

.s 4 3 2 3 d o 18-34

w. O. CARSON.

■ 2 2 2 2 3 0 2

2 2 8 3 2 3 3 ‘ 18—91

J. M. BURLEW.

•02 2 3 3 0 2 ... o

0 3 8 0 3 3 3 18-80

A. BEATTIE.

-2 2 8 3 3 2 2 I7

.0 0 0 2 3 0 0 5-22

J. J. HUGHES.

0 3 2 2 3 2 2 .j

.0 0 0 4 0 0 3 7_2i

M. PARRELL.

800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0-19

W. H. BODPISH.

*® 3 0 0 2 2 3 0 10

600 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 i4

200

500.

200.

500.

20<i

600

200

their entry tickets.

4.— PRIZE winners.

XIX. All winners of prizes at the Fall match shall apply to the head

E;im r'CWlta,t| Whlch ,hey must **« mlS-SS

XX. The principal prizes at the annual Fall match will bo formally
presented to he winners at the Slate Arsenal. Seventh avenno, corned
ntb«rpy xrth 8,,rcct’ the. Saturday following the last day of such match
tn2£Ja'i “nleMOtb«rwise announced. Winners who will be tinablo
t° attend are requested to give nottco at headquarters.

wtdnhlw, DOt cI“niod within one month after tho match at
which they have been won shall be forfeited to the association
, 5. — TARGETS.

The size of the targets shall bo:—

a'~Up tnnredframo'dlnR 300 yard8' “ CirC'° 0f 40 inche8 dlametor
Bulfseye, circular, 8 Inches in diameter.

Centre circular, ;« inches in diameter.

Inner circular, 28 inches ln diameter.

Outer circular, 40 inches in diameter,

o.— Over 300 to and including 600 yards, a circle of 70 Inches in diameter
on a equate frame.

Bullseye circular, 22 inches in dlametor.

Centre eircular. 38 inches in diameter.

Inner circular, 54 inches In diameter.

Outer circular, 70 inches In diameter.

^--Over 600 yards, target 6 feet by 12 feet.

Bullseye circular, 3 feet in diameter.

Centre circular, 4 feet 6 inches in diameter
Inner square, 6 feet.

Outer, remainder of target.

In all cases bnllseyes shall count 5; centres, 4; Inners, 8;' outers, 2.

6,— MARKING.

I. — The marking will be as follows:

«.— Bullseye, white disc.

6.— Centre, red disc.
c.— Inner, white di*c with black border,
rf — Outer, black disc.

Ricochet, red flag waved twice right and left.

II. Whenever a shot strikes any part of the

fi. .t emporary discontinuance on account of bad weather will he i» ,i,„

fiEMS* which wlll'uo“, hoover, “bo* ex

orcisod except in case of a severe storm. " KX

n(<,KCSTt ,or?r«'c1'llri''1 to seeilr« their register tick'd In advance

toi }ohfiofl;1Mr^ama,chc‘ ror “5 ^ Aara

„ tlckcf ‘"“X be transferred at any tlmo before the firing for
£ " « lieadqiinrtcra for^o'oe^^v.^

dor t^Udtet Invalid^0 8nb8tltatlon °r one name for another, will ren-
14.— POST ENTIHES.
mnd? f fu? September 25, 1874, will bn charged 50 per cent
Ca C°pt ,D lbe n,u noU Malch ) Members oT the association
Q Thal m “ raalcli on the range must exhibit their member’s badges
provide? y b° °rdered 10 nrL‘ 'vhoo,-'v‘-r '"tRct accommodation can be

not being able to guarantee ac-

*hal1 be mlld,c fof “I competition nfter the tiring In
such comiietltlon has commenced. 8

15.— INSTRUCTIONS TO COMPETITORS.

„ ’ „ Any competitor protesting agnlnst the ruling of the Executive
fcel",c.b,m8vJf aggrieved in any way, must, make n statement
Of hi.' 8rL0oVHBnrf " wr?t,D^t pv>ng Ilic names of two or more members
sL.rii«S,Q^».«b0iifin ,etr b ra out 1,1 bl" atutcmenis. and hood it to the
w,, ay the matter before the Executive Committee, who
trill decide the matter on the ground. The decision shull he given In
vTiinfi ,0 nU 8c?retary' lind "bull be final, subject to the power of lb"
Executive : Committee, or any two of them, at tbulr dlscrotlon to refer
!lny.?rh n ,1n.ti° th? dnC,l',^n °,f tbo Board of Directors, whose’ decision
ro the marker’s "igual ‘ N° eJtCepllon W,H bo allowed, however,

i?theiwl5u,.ordercd’ tho "booting In tho bpring and Fall
mf.tyinn’’|Sbll|, ^5 n d#Jly llt 10 A. M. and cease ut sundown. An Intcr-
Jw rhA g °(f,i0ne b?ur wUI be bull at os near nnon os the prog-

reas of the matches wlil permit, signaled by tiring a gnu -the firing to
commence fifteen minutes after the tiring of a second gnn 8

Nn nrnetic.t ..ill l ... ..II..... j . ■

The International Rifle SIatch.— A dispatch dated
London, May 18th, says that in consequence of the refusal
of the local authorities to repair an unsafe bridge at ClonJ
tarf, it will be necessary to hold the international rifle
match at Currah, Wicklow, or some other place not in the
vicinity of Dublin.

—Our types bungled our notice of the Saratoga Rifle
Club last week, several names of officers being incorrectly
spelled. We revise as follows :-President, Jerome Pitney
Vice President, J. Fowler Finlay; Secretary, Odell Gates
Treasurer, A. F. Mitchell; Captain, Hiram W. Hays- First
Shooting Master, W. H. Benson; Second Shooting Master,
&eo. C. Selfridge. 6

danger flag la displayed coipctitoVs'aboGrro fMl ' be' required "ro
open the breech blocK of their rifles (If breech loaders.) If they leave

the firing point they must draw the cartridge. r °

6— MARRING.

A £“7 objection to tho scoring of a shot must be made before another
shot Is find, otherwise the Bhot must stand us signaled
„,,vJ^?y “,,ttrutlon of a register ticket must be witnessed by an offleor.
or It will not be counted. '

7— RIFLES.

The rifles shall be classified as follows:—

CLASS i.

Military rifles of bona fide pattern .

1 Minimum pull of trigger, 6 pounds.

2. Sights strictly in accordance with regulation pattern Filing anv
of the sights of the Remington rifle used by the National Guard, or
“8'“8.tbem ln any other way than as originally Issued, Is prohibited, ex-
cept that the sliding bar of the rear sight may be Inverted and a single
lino drawn to make the centre.

N. B— They may be blackened; but white, red, or other coloring mat-
ter, will not be allowed. 6

j .£ny pad ,^r 8bo° ,or *bo heel plate of the hutt admitting of temoval
will SfdlMllowSa1”* °f Varlall0Q at Pleaaare ln £be length of the stock,'

, CLASS U.

’ADy rifle;” maximum weight, ten pounds.

,bj8bl?of ““ydewflPtloo. except telescope, magnifying, and such
front aperture sights us solid discs or bushes pierced in the centre which
cover the target so as to conceal the danger signal when displayed

2. Minimum pull of trigger, three pounds.

8— AMMUNITION.

1. In National Gaard competitions the ammunition for comDetitora will
he Uiued to them on the ground, on behalf of the State; anycompetltor

—We have received a copy of a pamphlet report of (lie
late International match, which has been compiled for the
Amateur Rifle Club. It coutains an exhaustive necount of
the match, illustrated by steel engravings and portraits.
The pamphlet can be had from the vuriotis agents of i ho
Remington and Sharps Rifle Companies at a cost of fifty
cents, the proceeds of the sule being for the benefit of i lie
funds of the Amateur Rifle Club

The Erie Railway.— We would call the attention of
our readers to an advertisement of this road iu another
column. The beautiful scenery along Ira line is too well
known to need description here, and some of the finest
shooting and fishing to be had within a reasonable distance
of the city is found adjacent to it.

—The following interesting base ball contests, which oc-
curred on Tuesday, were reported too late for a place in our
weekly professional record, (summary as follows:—

Athletic vs. Atlantic, at Brooklyn in to «

Boston vs. Hartford, at Hanford ... in to a

Mutual vs. Centennial, at Philadelphia jj ^ J

236

FOREST AND STREAM

0,7/i/f §ttn.

MAY IS A CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME.

—The meeting of the State Sportsmen’s Association has
been definitely fixed for Monday May 31st.

—The Paine-Bogardus match has been postponed to
May 29th.

—In our report of the Annual Re union of the Philadel-
phia Sportsmen’s Club in our last issue, we were in error
in stating that the second prize at trap shooting fell to Mr.
Harrison. Mr. A. Biddle was the skillful competitor to
whose lot it fell.

—At the annual meeting of the Central New York Club,
held at the Butterfield House, Utica, a week ago, the fol-
lowing officers were elected:— President, Thomas R. Pioc-
tor; Vice Presidents, Win. M. Storrs, Jas. O. French; Sec-
retary aud Treasurer, Charles R. Weed; Executive Com-
mittee, John D. Kernan, J. Fred Maynard; Delegates to
State Sportsmen’s Convention at Watertown, Chas. W.
Hutchinson, E B. Graham, L C. McIntosh, E. Z. Wright,
Col. F. G. Skinner.

There will be a large delegation from the Central New
York Club at the meeting of the State sportsmen at Water-
town.

—The sportsmen of Bridgeport organized a club in
that city on the 15th instant with a goodly membership.

-*•*-

FIELD GUN TRIAL OF 1873.

WE append herewith the results of this important
trial as far as received. It will be borne in mind
that the “ Class 2” to which the table applies was composed
of guns of any kind not exceeding 12 guage, the charges
to be li oz. number 6 shot, and no restriction as regards
powder. “Class 1,” comprising guns of 8 guage and over,
hnd not been shot at the time the last issue of the Field was
in press. The guus were fired first at 40 yards, with a Pet-
titt pad in the centro of a 30 inch circle, six shots from
each barrel. The greatest number of pellets within the
circle being added to six times the number of sheets pene-
trated by three pellets in order to give the figure of merit.
The six highest guns in this round were selected for a
second round, and shot at a target 4 feet square, having a
Pettitt pad in the centre for penetration, and a selected
group included in a 30 inch circle drawn from a centre se-
lected by the competitor, for pattern: six shots being fired
first at 40 yards, and the same number at 00 yards, the
figure of merit being computed in the same manner as in
the first round; the gun making the highest score from
both distances to be adjudged the winner of the cup. Our
space will not permit of our giving more than the names of
the competitors and the figures of merit in the first round;
in the second we give the total scores. It will be remem.
bered that a maker was not confined to one gun. Messrs
Thompson & Son, Messrs J. Rigby & Son and Mr. W. W.
Greener, used the Pigou powder, and the rest the Curtis &
Harvey; 3 dr. was the average charge:—

FIELD GUN TRIAL -TABLE OF RESULTS.

9jatt 2 for 1* gauge atui under, or any boring, weight not exceeding 7*
pound*, charge of shot. If ounce t.

Round 1— (10 yards, with central group of 30-inch circle.)

Nome.

Average

pattern.

Jackson. H-, Loudon.

Pape, W. R., Newca«tlo-on-Tyno 144.0

Richard*. W., Liverpool 140-7

Righy. J. A Co., London aud Dnbltn. . 12SI 7

Wilson, E-. Hornenstlo VSf. 5

Turner, T.. Birmingham 148 a

Patstono, J.. Southampton 140.5

Hlehara, C. & H., Liverpool 114 I

Powell, P. Tonbridge 145.1

Gates, F., Derby 149

Sumners, W , Liverpool 114 8

Thomson A Son, Edinburgh 186.1

Jeffries, L,, Birmingham 158.5

Wiiles, D., Grout Yarmouth 171.6

Joues, W., Birmingham IIS 9

Malebam, C. H„ Sheffield 108.2

Baker, F. T., London 175.5

Green, E. C. Cheltenham U8» 2

Reilly, Messrs. London 123 1

Crane, J. 11 , London 145 2

Tanion, W , Touterden 15: 2

Tisdall. li. \V., Birmingham 158.5

Murcott, T-. London 1411.9

Crutchloe, J.. Oswestry 93

Tolley, J. A W,, Binniugliam 158.5

Adams A Co. , London 121

Dongall, J. D , London 145.7

Holland, J., London 168.2

Do.ison, P., Morpeth 166.1

Pape, W. K , New custle-ou Tyne. . 152

Richunls, W., Liverpool 122.6

Rigby A Co,. London aud Dublin 140.2

Wilson. E., Horncastle 150 9

Turner, T„ Birmingham 136.4

Higbnm, C. nnd It , Liverpool 119.3

Powell, P.. TouBridge 130 l

Gates, F-, Derby 143 2

Sumners, W , Liverpool 141

Thomson A Son, Edinburgh 171.2

Jeffries. L., Birmingham 12S.6

Jones, W.. Birmingham . ...163.4

Greener, W. W„ Birmingham 199

Malebam, C. II., Sheffield 158.3

Baker, F. T., London.. 176 5

Green, E. C., Cheltenham 170.5

Reilly, Messrs,, London .124

Crane, J. H . London 168.2

Tisdall, H. W., Birmingham 166.1

Murcott, T., London 157.6

Tolley, J. and W-, Birmingham 144.5

Adam* A Co., London 126. 2

Dou.-all, J, D., London and Glasgow — 110.5

Holland, J., London 181 8

Davison, R., Morpeth 179.5

Pape, W. R , Newcastle-on-Tyne 182.2

Richards, W., Liverpool 140

Rigbg, J. A Co .182.4

Turner, T., Birmingham 139.2

Gates, F„ Derby 174.4

Jeffries, L.. Birmingham 145.6

Greener, W. W., Birmingham 101.2

Maleham, C. W., Sheffield 173.5

Green, F.. C,, Cheltenham I7l 8

Reilly, Messrs., London 132.8

Crane, J, H., London '2S.3

Murcott, T., Loudon... 141 6

Dongall. J. D., London mi 6

Davison, R., Morp«h 143

Average
penetration
multiplied
by 6.

148

174.5
169

165.3

163.5

150 6

160.4
165.8
174

178.5
151.7
173
192

173.5

151.5

183.5

196
178

169.5

165

164.5
185

176.5

190.5

172.5
147 5
146
161
188
100 5
182

161.5

186.5

196.5

165.5

178
158

179
173
168

191.5
206 5
18V 5
188

187.6
181
168.3

183.1

167.5
167 5

151
Jt7
104

197
2U0.5

178.5

170.1
169

190

194

186.5
189

159.6

166

161.6
158
185.5

If

25T.6

319.1

309.7

294.9

293

299.1

800.9

279.9

319.1
327 5
266.5

839.1
345 0

345.1

302.4

810.7

371.5

347.2

262.6
310 2
3 15 7

348.5
317 4

283 5
331

271.5

291.7

329.2

352.1

312.5

304 6

301.7

337.4

802.9

284 8

303.1

301.2
820

344.2

296.6
314 9

405.5

348.8
364 5
358

305

336.5
349 2
825 1

312

277.2

297.5

313 8

376.5
382 7

813.5

252.5

303.2
351.4

335.6

356.2
360

360.8

322.3

294 3
303.1
298 6
838 5

Round 8— (At 40 yards aud 60 yards, with soleclod group of 30-lnch cir
cla at noth distances.)

Penetration
multiplied.

FI

Name.

Pattern.

Final
Fig of
Merit. Merit.

*

Averages

Davison, 1L, 40 yard*

Averages

Ditto, 60 yards

Averages

Pape, tV. K., 40 yards

Averages
Ditto, 80 yards —

Averages
Baker, F. T., 40 yards

Averages
Ditto, 60 yards

Averages

Baker, F, T., 40 yards.

Avcrsges
Ditto, 60 yards.

1..B.

R.B.

l n.

11 B.

..‘256

206

160

168

.'14

173

174

ISO

214

233

186

1811

237

221

192

192

191

203

192

193

210

231

910

198

. 21 4'. 5

183

81

84

06

68

01

81

96

81

76

96

96

105

97

00

96

97

112

114

126

1U0

100

108

120

— — s

•— w

91 9

100.3

189

204

180

186

187

'.33

180

168

186

195

216

174

103

134

218

168

170

2-13

2*2

•216

190

137

204

150

. 176

7

ltll

. 94

74

108

102

120

no

78

S-t

; ir.

89

96

H4

109

143

102

126

too

113

96

90

13;

93

10*

lOS

402.3

192.1,

297,4

305.5

286.6

3d.

...85.8

87 6

Averages

Davison, E , 40 yards.

Averages .

214

174

193

222

174

159

ISO

198

>99

166

198

180

170

115

174

1S6

194

210

192

I HI

164

18J

168

204

...177

.2

190

90

85

114

84

71

64

98

M

94

51

108

54

62

83

66

102

101

64

90

1*0

27

104

0

102

. 78.5

85

.133

160

180

210

260

200

>86

192

195

100

174

156

*24

172

138

ISO

186

207

210

156

196

103

1(12

114

— —

. 174 1

171

5

15

90

72

86

97

108

90

66

33

102

12

K»

126

72

90

90

98

90

1*0

85

91

102

120

184.4

301.6

:72 8

867.2

161 5

846.8

275.7

• 267.3

269.1

Averages. 84.5 89 178.5 J

Class 3, comprising 12-gaugo grins of English boring, re-
sulted as follows:—

Final figure of merit.

Mr. Turner (1st and cup) 227.2

Mr. Davlaon (2d) -225 8

Mr. Davison (3d gun 216,1

Mr. L Jeffries 211.5

Mr. Greener .210,2

Mr. Maleham 205.7

The Field comments upon the result of the trial as fol-
lows:—

“Our readers may remember that we have previously
expressed our opinion that the new system is an immense
improvement on the old, if only the 'wild shots hitherto
met with in the recorded trials at Birmingham and Wim-
bledon can be eliminated, and it is found that the guns so
bored will stand the test of work. On the first or these
poiuts the present trial will satisfy everyone that by longer
experience the cause of this want of uniformity has been
discovered, or at all events that the effect has ceased; for
by an examination of tho returns it will be seen that the
shooting has been unusually regular— far more so than that
recorded by us in 1880. Mr. Greener's lowest pattern with
bis best gun, out of 24 shots, was 157; Mr. Pape’s 89 once,
the next being 145 twice; Mr. Baker, out of 48 shots with
his two guns, had 78, 105, and 115; while Mr. Davison only
dropped to 100, 108, and 125.

With regard to “wear and tear," our present trial only
extended to 06 shots with the six winning guns, which each
shot 22 cartridges in the first round; then 22 pit shots (after
cleaning out); and finally two rounds of 12 each— first at
40 yards, and afterwards at 60 — the last 46 without beiug
louched with the rod, and leaving no perceptible trace of
leading. Two of the four competitors left in for the final
round (Mr. Greener and Mr. Baker) have, however, agreed
to carry on the trial under our supervision for the next
three months, firing with the same gun three or four hundred
rounds a week, ana taking after each hundred half a dozen
target shots, which we will record from time to time, 60
that our readers may judge for themselves the effect of
“wear and tear” upon these guns.

The increase of penetration is, as we have before remark-
ed, even more marvelous than the increase of pattern; for
it must be remembered that in this trial the number of
sheets counted wa9 limited by those broken by three shots,
and not by a single pellet as before. This makes a differ-
ence of about five or six sheets, for there were a good many
guns which thoroughly broke the last sheet of 45 with a
single pellet ; but none, except one of Mr. Rigby’s pierced

45 sheets with 3 pellets. Of tho six left in Mr. Pape
scored 44x6=”240; Mr. Baker getting 39x6—234; Mr.
Greener and Mr. Davison each 38x6=228. Several pellets
at 40 yards broke the sheet iron facing of the target, l-18th
inch thick, and the deal frame of the iron plate for defluing
the 30-inch circle was completely reduced to tinder in the
two days’ shooting, rendering a new one necessury. Clearly,
if tho “wear and tear" test conics out successfully, every
sportsman must order a new gun or bo hors de combat , both
in the open and in battue sliootiug, as compared with those
who are furnished with guns on the new system. At our
trial of 1866 the winning pattern was 127-1, and the pene-
tration of one pellet 25-4, and this pattern has not been
quite reached in -the first round of “Class 3" at this trial,
though the penetration ha9 been greater. Our impression
is that the laminated steel used by Mr. Greener and Mr.
Papo is a great aid to the new boring, but this is only an
impression. Such as it is, however, we put it forth for the
benefit of our readers. The constriction or “choking" of
the muzzle seems to us to require a harder kind of metal
than Damascus to stand the severe strain put upon it, and
we have reason to believe that several gunmakers, who
have tried the new system with Damascus barrels, have
condemned it as not standiug even for a fortnight; while
those who adopt laminated steel are ready to warrant their
guns to 6tand at least one season without loss of shooting
power, and then to be easily brought back to their old
form at a very trifling expense.

With these cursory remarks— and merely adding to them
the fact that all the guus left in were used with chilled
shot, as were also more than three-fourths of the whole
class, we must close our first report of this most interest-
ing trial."

WOOD POWDER TESTS.

Norwalk, Conn., May 10th, 1875.

Eorron Fobest and Stream: —

I got a can of wood powdor at Squires’ the other day— at least I sup-
pose it was Dlttmar’s wood powder; that It what I inquired for. It
came In a square tin can like boxed mustard wo set at the grocery stores,
with a cover the whole size of tho top of the box. It had no label or
wrapper stating whether It was Dlttmor’s, Schultz's, or mustard; whether
it was for rifles, shot guDs, or pistols; how much to use, or how little.
It looked like granulated mustard, and I thought may be it was; bull
bad asked for Ditlmar’s wood powdor, and I knew Mr. S. practiced giv-
ing what waa callod for, so I allayed my suspicions and Invested and
took a can homo. (Would’t it be wo 1 to label for benefit of buyers?)

It was quite a curiosity among (be boys. Doc declared It was a fraud,
aud I was just "gulling" my friends a little, and continued to look at It
in that light and was quite officious to help me show up nnd explain,
and so help "take them in." But I Induced him to load up his gun next
morning, although ho continued to protest I was fooling him, and If truo,
I had better put some ground between us. I stood at my post and he
held the barrels straight, and to ray satisfaction and his asloulshment
(as he afterwards said) "it went off" with li’ tie smoke, slight report, no
recoil, and a well peppered target spoke for Its efficiency as a powder.

But the next one that experimented was not satisfied. We substitu-
ted for his benefit an ounco of sifted seeds which a person not famil-
iar with them would easily confound with the powder. He loaded a few
shells that evening, and after getting targots ready, ground measured
off, Ac., he proceeded— well, tried to shoot. No result reported; but I
know It was damaging to Dittmar and to us. But It cost the "shootist"
roast oysters for six next day— "only don't say anything about it, boys."

Now that I have given you two trials that made fun for us, I will give
yon the results of some experiments that will show how it actually
worked with me. For black powdor I used Lightning No. 7; distance,
40 yards; target, 24x30 Inches; No. 7 shot, Leroy A Co. Forpenotra-
tlon pads I used some old Rush's almanac, 26 leaves and two thick cov-
ers. The gun was a Parker breech loader, 12 gange, SO inch, 81 pounds.
The cartridges were carefully loaded, nnd were as nearly uniform ns
possible; a Baldwin and pink-edged wad over powder; one pink-edge
oyer shot. In the penetration I counted as many leaves as I found per-
forated if only two or three shot were followed. In tho four drachm,
No. 4 shot trial, some of the pellets were driven through the thick
Russia stove pipe iron used for targot with the wood powder, and all
the shot that struck the pads were sent uniformly through. With four
drachms of black powder the recoil was unpleasant; with wood powder
the recoil very light. I noticed no particular cleaning of the barrels by
using wood after black; but I did notice that repeated discharges of
Dlttmar’s did uot soil the gun as much as one of black. With wood the
report was no more than half, ami tho smoke was certainly much less,
In fact the small quantity was remarked by those present. I have re-
peated the trials several times and do not find results to vary much
from the table sent. I expect to try black against wood in a fine Ballaid
rifle with a friend, and also the same with breech loaders against muzzle
loaders as soon as weather permits, and if what I have said don't satisfy
you I will report again. It may turn out different with different guns
and another kind of black powder. Uli .

Three drachm* Powder, one os. Shot, No. 7.

Pattern

114

146

147
159

WOOD. 1

Patter*. Penetration.

139 72

151 78

166 68

150 104

Average Pattern- 151.

“ Penetration— 80.

Four drachm* Powder, lone os
wood. |

Pattern. Ponctrallon.

74 130

73 166

Average Pattern— 73.

" Penetratlou— 143,

BLACK.

Penetration.
62
78
69
90

Average Pattern— 141.

“ Penetration— T2.
Shot, No. 4.

BLACK,

Pattern. Penetration.

57 93

70 130

Average Pattern— 63.

" Peuetrutlon — 112.

Marysville, Cal., April 87, 1S75.

Editor Forest and Stream : —

1 inclose score of Yuba Shooting Club at a match held on the 16th
Inst., twelve birds, a silvor medal for the best string, and a leather ono
for the poorest:

Name.

Score.

Totnl.

Stone

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1-

(«

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

0

1

0-

Roth

1

0

1

0

1

0

1

1

1

1

0

1—

8

Bomctter

0

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

0

1

0-

8

Prickelt

0

0

1

1

0

1

0

0

1

1

1

1—

Abbott.

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

1

1—

6

Green

0

1

1

0

i

0

0

1

1

1

0

0-

6

George

0

1

0

0

l

0

0

1

1

0

1-

6

Bingham

1

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

1—

5

0

0

ft

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

1-

3

Williams

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0-

3

Wearmau

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0—

3

Barthe

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1—

2

It wLll be seen by the above that O. F. Stone won the first prize, and
Eugene Barthe carried off the leather. Hoping that our fall shoot will
show an improvement, 1 remain, respectfully yours,

A. C. Bingham, President Tuba Shootlug Club,

—The pigeon shooting tournament of the Meadville, Pn.,
Sportsmen’s Club was called for the 19th May, and wepri-
sume took place yesterday. The prizes amounted to $200,
and 1,200 wild birds were to be sVv*>t at. We hope to re-
ceive a report of the proceedings,

237

Custom, III., May 1st, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

There Is an old raying " there Is nothing new under the sun," bat I
think the following will be new to a few, if not a gront many, readers of
Ihe Forest and Stream, imd pel Imp* Interesting Birds being scarce
In this section, and almost impossible to procure nt any price, at the sug-
gestion of au “ old sport" wo concluded to shoot a match at eggs throwu
from a spring trap, as follows: The shooter to stand twenty-one ynrds
from the imp, and nt the command "pull" the egg to he thrown by ibo
trap ubout fifteen feet In the air, nnd to bo scored as •• hit" must bo
bursted before It strikes the ground. Four of our best shots concluded
to test ihclr skill as " egg smashers" to-day, and to niuku It interesting a
pool of $50 was made up by the contestants, the highest score to win.
None of the following parties ever shot an egg before, therefore wo
think It very fair shooting, and a good test of close shooting guns, as the
egg will not break unless hit by three or four shot. Each man shot 102
No. 8 shot.

score.

R. L. Boyd— 1 1 1 0 I 1 I 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 11 1 0 111 1— SI. Gun
used. L. B. & Co. breech loader.

F. M. Burroughs— 1 lOlllllOlOllllliOlJOlllt—
SO. Gun need, L. B & Co. breech loader.

A. V. Lisonby— l 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 0 l 1 1-23.
Gnn need, P. Bros, breech loader.

P. H. Mills-1 lOlllllllOlltlMOlIll 1 I 1-22
Gnn used, P. Bros, breech loader.

L. E. Mahan and M. F. Case Judges.

As will be seen by the above score, A. V. Llaenhy walked off with the
$50 pool amid the applause and cheers of the assemblage, as he was
looked npon as standing the least show of any to win .

Respectfully yonrs, F. fg, B.

P. 8.— We arc going to have a tournament Tn Juno, when some large
prizes will be offered. We will have 1,000 wild pigeons. The above par-
ties also shoot a friendly match on the 19th lust, with four of the CUum-
paiga (111.) Club.

PIGEON SHOOTING BY WHOLESALE—
BOGARBUS’ QUICK TIME.

Philadelphia, Pa,, May Utb, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

At Suffolk Park, Philadelphia, on May 13th, Cap!. A. H. Bogardua,
the champion wing shot of America, executed a feat remarkable In the
annals of pigeon shooting, viz : the killing of fifty-three pigeons on the
wing in six minutes and twenty seconds, loading bis own gun. After the
match between Miles Joliuson and Rick Wood (score — Johnson, 10110
111; Wood, ! 100 1 1 101, Wm. Carson and Bogardua shot nt sixteen
single birds, R. I, rules, to give the Captain a little practice with his 12
bore, which he was required to use in his anticipated match with Paine,
and also lo allow tho old veterun, Carson, to try his skill with the cham-
pion, whom ho eacceodcd In defeating by one bird— score, 13 to 13. Bless
that 12 boref Then came the exhibition, nnd a eight it uus. Owing to
some uegligence the plunge traps were not on hand, and as It would be
folly to use H or T traps in a lime match, the matter was arranged as
follows: Two boxes, each containing thirty pigeons, were placed at two
different points right and left of the shooter, twenty-five yards from
him. One man was to hand out the birds and another at each box to al-
ternately throw two at a time as high in the air as possible when ihe
word was given. So Bognrdus steps to the stand, lays Out twenty-five
12 bore paper shells In a row, and next to them thirty 10 bore ditto. Ills
gnn has two sots of barrels that are so nrrnuged that, although one set is
No. 12 and the other No. 10, they fit tho same stock, and either way
weigh, when stocked, exactly ten pounds. He expects to change these
In the holglit of the shooting, for neither set would stand fifty shots in
seven minutes, or if they did, could not be held, even with his buckskin
gloves on. Well, the Cuptaiu's coat is off, aud Miles Johnson has his
two pigeons ready; so when the referee's (A1 Peterman, the gunmaker)
watch says "Go!" the word Is given, and away the birds are tossed Into
the air. One starts off like a scared wild duck, hut Is quickly slopped,
and come* to the ground with the other, killed dead! Almost before the
birds are down tbe fresh cartridges are in, and two birds ure thrown
from tho second box, to bo instantly killed as before.

The writer stood a little back from tbe crowd, watch In hand, and had
an excellent opportunity of seeing what execution can be done with a
breech loader iu the bands of au experienced man. Strong llyi ng pig-
eoifs, given two or throo seconds' time by tho lulling of companions,
would dart away like swallows, to bo stopped at thirty yards or little
more, as if struck by a base ball bat, and leave all tlielr life and a cloud
of feathers in the air. Fifty-five birds were thrown in six minutes aud
twenty seconds, and only two got away, both when the No. 12 barrels
were used. Such shooting! such yelling! when the Captain lowered his
gjn. Wealthy gentlemen of Philadelphia shouted like gamins, and el-
derly. enthusiastic men surged around Bogardus like little boys. Ciies
of "Where’s your muzzle loaders nowf" "Who says a breech gun can't
shoot?" Ac., rent the a‘r, and every one united iu saying that tho spec-
tacle was a marvel of skill. The champion used a Scott gun, No. 12 nnd
No. 10 barrels, double bolt, extension bar, thirty-one inch barrels, pistol
grip, weight, ten pounds— as fine a gun for service ns can be made— 1$
oz. of No. 8 shot, and 5 drachms of powder.

Hero is a large, powerful man, reserved in appearance and demeanor,
and while saying very little, except iu answering questions, is always
ready, in his quiet, pointed way, to give infotmation to those desiring
It. Tho writer enjoyed a half-hour's talk with him exceedingly, and
thought, after seeing him shoot, that with the ducks coming in well or
the snipe flying ditto, ho would bo about as vuluuble an aid toward tilling
the bag as a man could wish. Mosio.

[Our letter from “Music" was iu type when “Observer’s”
report of same match came to baud. As it was unneces-
sary to use both letters, we would have returned the letter
if we had received the writer’s address. — Ed.]

Rational Ragtimes.

Cricket at Philadelphia.— The second match of the
season was played on the Germantown grounds on Satur-
day, 15th instant, between the Germantown aud Philadel-
phia clubs. The wickets were pitched at 11:30 A. M., and
drawn at six P. M., and as the game was played on the
“general average" plan, though the Philadelphius led their
opponents in the first innings by thirty-six runs, the tables
were turned iu the second innings, the tiermantowns secur-
ing 122 with five wickets down. The bowling of Tom
Harcreaves for the Germantowns, and of Magee, Law, and
Meade for the Philadelpkias, was excellent. Indeed, the play
of tho latter amply repaid them for their journey to be on
hand. The fielding was good on both sides, aud though
there was considerable hard hitting tho scores were acquired
mostly by twos aud singles. Next Saturday the German-
towns and Young Americas will play, und a good game
may be anticipated. As soon as possible, the "general av-
erage” plan will be perfected and published, and will, we
think, meet with tbe general favor of cricketers.

Sculls.

The New-York Athletic Club will hold a meeting on
their grounds, at Mott Haven, on May 31st.

— The New Jersey Athletic Association will hold a simi-
lar meeting at Ridgewood on the same day.

—On May 13th the Frontiers defeated the Mystics, at
Prospect Park, by 10 to 8.

FOREST

AND STREAM.

T ns Professional Arena.— A marked improvement in
the play of the contesting nines iu the professional arena
has been shown this past week, as the appended record of
games since our last issue fully shows. Some remarkable
games, too, were played, two being unprecedented in tho
annals of base ball — the Chicago ami Red Stocking match
marked by a score of 1 to 0, being tbe smallest on record
by professional nines. Tho Mutual and Philadelphia 2 to 1
game, in Brooklyn, was made remarkable from tho fact
that all the runs were made in tbe first inning. Thu record
lo May 18th inclusive is as follows:—

May n— BoH°n vs. Philadelphia, at Bos' on .11, to 2

May il— Mutual vs. NcwHuveii.nl N Hawn (10 In) . .. 1 to l

M“y II— Chlrot-ovs. R. Stockings, nt St. Louis 1 lo 0

J ay H-A'hlcltc vs. Atlantic, at Bronklvu Mo o

Mav 12— Hartford vs. Philadelphia, nt Hartford I to I

y JjJ- S*- Loui* v«. Western, nt Keokuk 16 to 1

May 12— Boston vs. Washington, at Boston S3 to 4

May 13— St. I<ouls vs. Western, at Keokuk t to 2

May 13— Boston vs. Washington, at Boston 10 to 6

May 13— Philadelphia vs. Atlantic, nt Brooklyn I to 1

May 1.3 -Hartford vs. Athletic, at Hartford 6 to 3

May 18— Chicago vs. Red Stocking, at St. Louis 15 to 3

May 14— Mutual vs. Philadelphia, at Brooklyn 2 to 1

May 14— Hartford vs. Athletic, at Hartford 10 to l

May II— Bouton vs. Washington, at SpringUod 13 to 1

May 15— Hartford vs. Atlantic, at Brooklyn 8 to I

May 15— Boston vs. Athletic, «i Boston 14 to 5

May 15— Mutual vs, Philadelphia, nt Philadelphia I to 3

May 15— Washington vs. Now Haven, at Now Haven 8 to 4

May 15— Chicago vs. Western, at Chicago ? to C

May 17— Hartford vs. Atlantic, nt Brooklyn 5 to n

May 17— Boston vs. Athletic, at Boston 12 to 0

May 17— Washington vs. New lluveu. at New Haven 10 to 7

M:iv l7— Mutual vs. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia 8 to 7

It will be seen that t lie majority of the above guinea have
been won by scores of eight runs and less for tho winuing
nines, showing a noteworthy improvement in the general
average of play.

—The following is the full record up to May 18th, not
inclusive of that date, however: —

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— Ou May 12th a prize contest took place at New Haven,
between tho Yale College nine and the professionals of
New Haven. The game was called at the end of the sixth
inning, owing to a thunder shower. The regular catchers
were absent from both nines:—

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Runs earned — New Haven, 1; Yale, 1. Fielding errors
—Yale, 6; New Haven, 4. Umpire — W. C. Dole, Jr., of
New Haven.

— On May 15th the Staten Island nine, in which are sev-
eral of tho old Star nine, of Brooklyn, played their open-
ing match of the season nt Stateu Island, their opponents
being the Arlingtons, of Orange, N. J. The result of the
contest was a victory for the Island team by 12 to 3. Urn
pire, Mr. Gardner, of Stateu Island.

— The amateur games at the park last week were as fol-
lows:—

May 13— Danntlcss vs, Seneca, at Prospect Park. , ... 6 to 4

May 13 — Frontier v*. Mystic, ut Prospect Park .10 to 8

May 15 -Dauntless va. Oxford, at Prospect Park 1) to 4

May 15— Montague ve. Eckford, at Prospect Park ;5to 7

Ma’y 15— Tribuuo vs. Borders, at Prospect Park 12 to 11

May 15— Nameless ve. Field, at Prospect Park lito fi

— Ou May 12th the Uuion baseball club, of Elizabeth,

visited Burlington and played the above club. The gumc
was close aud well contested. The scoro was 4 to 3.

— On May 10th the Cregnr and Tucker clubs, of Philadel-
phia, played a game together, which was marked by a score
of 4 to 3 in favor of the Cregars.

—The Ed Yan Baso Ball Club, of Canton, played the
Motacomets, of Taunton, a game of hall for the amateur
championship on the grounds of the former. Scoro 10 to
8 in favor of the Ed Yans.

—On May 13tli the Jaspers defeated the Keystones, at
Mauhattanville, by 19 to 0.

ffachting and boating.

AU communications from Secretaries awl friends should be mailed ro
later than Monday in each week..

HIGH WATER. FOR THE WEEK.

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— Saturday last was the first day of the season that of-
fered any inducement to yachtsmen to cast off from their
moorings for a cruise down the bay. Several yachts which
have been in commission for some lime availed of it. The
William T. Lee, Mr. Cheever, sailed for Uockaway. The
Comet, Peerless, and Agnes were also out.

— The sloop yacht, Vindex, is to appear this season rig-
ged as an English cutter with the exception of the housing
bowsprit.

— The Americnn Yacht Agency has already for Bale over
|300,000 worth of yachts,

-Mr. Wm. Smith, of Bayport, L. I., has on tho stocks

i.?, M.ri?‘ly f.°,r ,?un#chl2rt y,lchl' to >>° named

the Maria, and built for Mr. It. II. Huntley, of the Brook-
lyn and Atlantic Yacht Clubs. The dimensions of the
yacht arc: 40 ft. keel, 48 ft. on deck, 10 ft beam, and 4
It. 10 in. hold; umst, 04 ft. ; boom, 44 ft. ; gaft, 23 ft. ; top*
mast, 22 ft.; Jib, 30 ft. on foot; hoist of mainsail, 38 it,

1 Du cabin, which is very roomy for a vessel of tho alr.o
comamn two staterooms, and Is finished in black walnut
n”‘ vF. ,m<ni ‘ .'.“F8- Altogether, tho Maria does great
to her well known and popular builder, and wo can

i -C oIr' Hunt,®y «n the possession of mo fine a
craft for bin Summer cruising.

-The Great South Bay oystermen. ns their oyster season
SRP1 "i 118 clos,c» ?ro ProP»ri«»R '<> transform their boats
into Measure craft for the Summer harvest. The Flro
Islami docks will bo thronged with them waiting to take

and ih«lS ng' T 10 7my M n benul,fnl placo for snillug,
and Jho fishing cannot he surpassed ou tho coast.

Brooklyn Yaciit Club.— Tho regular mooting of this

rloo °n Wu<llR'Hd7 ,ust- 'I'1"-' Regatta Committoo

reported that arrangements tor tho regatta were all made.
The following gentlemen were elected members by ballot;
G. B. Carson. J. S. Beecher and Messrs. Peck, Turner and
l ynen. Three new yachts were, added to the fleet. Tho
entries for the regatta are so far twenty, tho usual course
o be sailed over. II, e subject of a now club house was
then debated and laid over till the next morning. The
rreasuror a report showed a cash balance on hand, outside
of the sinking fund, of *187. Ex-Mayor Gunther Mated
that he was about to lease his hotel at Gravesend, and of-
fered to build a new dock and allow tho club the privilege
of building a uew club house ou it, rent free, if they would
accept the offer. It was put to t vote, and the ex Muyor’a
kind offer accepted. Thu following gcnllcmou wore then
appointed a committee to oxamiue the premises and report
upon them:— Messrs J. S. Dickerson, M. T. Davidson,
Robert Dillon, H. S. Wood, and 8. 8. Blood. Tho meet-
ing then adjourned, subjocl to tho call of tho clmir.

The Boston Yacht Club are nicely again iu their old
quarters at the club house at City Point, from which they
were suddenly routed by the ice. The pictures presented
them by Com. K. B. Forbes are hung and make quite an
attractive addition to the collection previously upon their
walls.

The Dorchester Yaciit Club open the season next
•Saturday, 23d inst., with the first series of championship
regattas, m Dorchester Bay, Boston. Tho several new
yachts and improvements in older ones, the merits of which
it takes a regatta to decide, will make tho occasion exciting.

—The Perth Amboy Yacht Club, ottlioiranmml meeting
elected the following officers: Commodore. William Bell’
Vico Commodore, Francis M. Scott; Treasurer Evan
Thomas; Secretary, William P. Boggs. A regalta'will b «
held on Monday, the 31st instant, at which only boat!
owned by members of the club will bo admitted.

—Mr. Garner's new yacht, the Mohawk, will he ready
for launching ubout the 1st June. She will he fully rigged
before launched, her masts and bowsprit being already in
position.

—For the proposed national regatta at Capo May there
are already nine entries, including the Mohawk, now ou
the stocks. This regatta will rank next in importance to
the regatta of the New York yaciit clubs among the events
of the present season.

—Every line afternoon secs the fleet of iniuaturo yacht*
afloat on the the pond at Prospect Park. The Commission-
ers refuse to provide a suitable place in which to keep the
boats, and as tho transportation of a yacht of (Jo inches is
no easy matter, the number of boats is very much re-
duced.

—Next Saturday the Prospect Park Club proposo to
havo their formal openingof the yachting season. The fleet
of this club now numbers twenty-two boats, of which nine
are the full limit in dimensions as to length— sixty three
inches. Several prizes ure lo bo sailed for on Saturday.
The following gentlemen havo been elected olHcers of tho
club for the ensuing year:— James ('. Pcto, Commodore;
W. II. Kershaw, Vice Commodore; Thouius Campbell,
Treasurer; Willett Smith, Secretary.

THE PATAPSCO-SCHUYLKILL PACE.

ruii.4DRi.rniA, May 17th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stiirau —

The committee of the Schuylkill Navy will go to Balllmoro on Satur-
day next to meet a similar committee of tho Pninprco Navy, nnd com-
plete the arrangements for tho raco. Tho date will In all probably bo
fixed In the first week of June. Tho Schuylkill Navy crow has been
selected a« follows: J B. McBeath (stroke,) 140 pounds; Frank Hender-
son (8.) Impounds; C. It. Adams (2.) 108 pounds; S. Stinson (bow,) MO
pounds; substitutes, Oscar F. West and Frank Wood. Three aro nil
members of Ihe Quaker City club, and will represent that organlzoiloa
in the Schuylkill RogntU of Juno lOih and I7tll. They aro In excellent
condition. Iu practice, (they havo boon out every day for route weeks,)
they show up vory well and aro Improving, The Pataprco crow wll^ bo
selected und put to work tills wock under a professional trainer.

Sculm.

Lansinoucro, N. Y., May 15th, 1873.

Editor Forest and Stream:-

Spring has at last shown Its bright side, Us waters aro subsiding, and
boat clubs aro commencing their season's campaign. A club has been
formed here, and are training a four-oared crew to race with all clubs on
the courte, hoping to number several now boats smoug Us properly be*
fore the season closes. The crews aro progressing finely, and Intend to
do their best to make U sociable and lively on the Troy couriw. They
aro— Win. Church, stroke; B. F. Flower, port waist; S. C, Burton, star-
board waist; John Hawkins, bow and captain.

Tho Laureate club, of Troy, are making Improvements In their al-
ready fine building, and will add several new boats to tlielr present
stock. I’out.

Princeton, N. J., May IStli, 1875.

Editor FonxsT and' Stream: —

1 enclose you, If of Interest to yon, or worthy of Insertion In your
columns, ihe mcnsuremsnU of the Princeton Freshman Crew. Jnst token,
as determined upon for the regarta on Saratoga Lake this Hummer.

I am, very truly, G. A A.

Name and Position.

Age

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Chest .

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Manufactory, Pioneer Worn*. Birmingham. Eng.

Ju ar«>. These guns are built with cvi.-y
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and are the cheapest guns of
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powers sold in the United States.
They are made in six qualities,
each gun being branded with one
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Tolley, 90 •«

Standard,. ... 115 '•

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Challenge, ... 1 HO <<

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rPHE ROUTE OF THE ERIE RAILWAY

-L Is peculiarly rich In the variety and extent of its
scenery, and while thetonrist has alternating glimpses
of the beauty of rivers, gups and mountains, the
sportsman has within easy reach many localities that
afford him every facility for the enjoyment of the
sports of the field and stream. We enumerate a few
of the pleasure resorts which crowd the line of the
rood

Rutherford Park, --9* miles from New York. Fine
hotel* and boating pastimes on the Passaic.
Clifton. — 18* miles from the city, overlooking the
picturesque Lake Dundee.

Lake Mohonk.— A beautiful body of water l,200fect
above the Hudson— splendid hotel accommodations.
Orange Lake. — Six miles West of Newburgh, and
noted for Its fishing attractions.

Milford, Pa — About eight miles from Port Jervis,
Is noted for its trout fishing, woodcock shooting and
superior hotels.

Avon Springs.— Celebrated for 80 years as a resort for
invalids, the waters possessing many valuable heal
tng Qualities.

Watkins Glen. -This hcnntlfnl gorge is distant 894
miles from New York, via Erie Road to Elmira. Its
wild and picturesque attractions aro second only in
repntation to those of Niagara.

Chautauqua Lake.— 18 miles long, 3 miles wide; said
to bo the highest nnviguble water on the American
continent, being 730 feet above Lake Eric and 1,290
feet higher than tho Atlantic Ocean.

Niagara Fall* — This great cataract is reached by the
direct line of the Erie Railway.

There are along the line of the road no less than

Ton Large Lakes, Abounding with Fish,

aud affording most delightful sport for black bass and
Pickerel. Their names are— Lakes Greenwood, Orange,
Mobonk, White, Otsego, Caynga, Seneca, Keuku, Sil-
ver and Chautuuqim.

The following-schedule will afford a partial guide to
the numerous fishing localities reached by this road:

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“ " Oxford. 52 *• “ •* «•

41 “ Middletown, 67 11 “ •• “

“ ‘N Otlsvllle. 76 •• •« «•

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11 “ Montlcello, 112 *• “ «• ••

11 Milford, 96 *' *• •<

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At or near Monroe. 50 miles from New York’
including Round, Long, Mombasba and Cromwell's
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At or near Florida, 61 miles fron New York
Tho famed Mirror Lake, Is distant 1 mile
At or near Otlsvllle, 76 miles from New York
“ “ Gaymard, SO " “ •* «

V “ Port Jervis, 88 “ ** •< «

" “ Montlcello, 112 " “ >■ «•

“ Cen. Valley. 48 “ '* “ ••

I ** " SenccaLake. 29 1 “ " “ <•

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tion (though founded on (he American idea) und is DU-
RABLE, a fact remarked on by the Field, that the
guns tried had'bcen in use during last season, aud ref-
erences permitted to the owners . Send for Illustrated
Circulars to

69 St. James’s Street London.

B RE WEB’S

PATENT

Chute and Fishway,

FISHING RODS.

Any person sending us $15.00 for 3 copies, one year, will receive one superior four joint
light Rod, suitable for all kinds of fishing. Price $7.00. J

F°r f?n!m 4 C°piCS’ °ne year’ °ne f0ur joint' exlra l'P Trout ^d, brass mounted. Price

£or !!!'!!' 2 cop.ies' one year’ 0De very fine general Rod for bass or trout. Price $15 00
For $40 00, 8 copies, one year, one three joint Fly Rod, German silver mounted, whipped
handle, aud extra tip. Price $20.00. ’ wu‘PPca

For $00.00 12 copies, one year, one elegant Rod, suitable for trout, black bass with flv

“ *ne a Rod as can be made: sil- tippeS;

For $150.00, 30 copies, one year, a fine, six splint split, bamboo Fly Rod- solid reel hand
extra tip and up case; one of the best made. Price $40.00. - ana>

FLIES.

F°r d!r5e?Uon8COPieB, 006 thrCe d°Z611 flne Tr°Ut Flie8’ sclected witli care and as per

LINES.

For $15, 3 copies, one year, one fine waterproof, taper, silk braided Fly Line

FLY BOOKS.

For $15.00, 3 copies, one year, one fine Fly Book, 6* inches.

REELS.

For $20.00, 4 copies, one year, one fine German silver multiplying or Click Reel

CREELS.

For $10.00, 2 copies, one year, one French Trout Basket.

FISHING SUITS.

For $40.00, 8 copies, one vear, one Fishing or Hunting Suit-coat, pants and vest-made

of impervious duck, latest style; sentto measure. Price $15.00 maae

SINGLE SUBSCRIPTION PER ANNUM $5

number within 60 days will be entitled to same premiums aa if oil were eoTt' together. forward,nS th* requisite

CASH PREMIUMS.

SAst: jixs sarasssar™" 25 p“ w,“ be m*d° » *“<*">■ *>»» «p™..

Office Money Orders for $50 or teas are cheap and safe alw. ^n l°nK , Bo8t

affixing stamps for postage and registry: Put in the money and serf the better in

master, and take his receipt for It. Send the names with the money as futTohalMH K of.the_P?8t'
may get the paper at once. money as rast as obtained, that subscribers

The Fish-way is constructed in the bottom of a
chute of any desired width, by means of timbers
forming triangles, making a zig-zag course, breaking
the force of the water in Its descent, enabling auy
kind of fish to ascend it. It may be constructed on a
rise or grade of one foot In ten. Its upper end ex-
tends Into the pool of a dam. The water "flows with
a uniform swiftness over a smooth bottom." It does
not form any "pools or eddies. "

This Fish-way can be seen In a dam In the Mohawk
River near Schenectady, N. Y.,and for its successful
working see the Report of the New York Commission-
ers of Fisheries for 1874.

may 6-ly JAS. P. BREWER, Muncy. Pa.

CAMPING and MINING

Forest anJ Stream Publishing Company,

Post Office Box 2832.

17 CHATHAM STREET. N. Y.

DR. FOWLER’S

PATENT

HARD RUBBER REEL

The Cem—lmproved.

O^UATION WANTBD IN A WHOLE-

V.v, K1 e, retaU £Qn 8tore- A perfect knowledge
of the business more an object than big pay. Ad-

dr,ltS8 M. NOLAN,

Stuyvesant, N. Y.

This beautiful Reel has now been before the pnb-
ilc two years, and all who have used It speak loud in
its praise.

IT HAS BEEN IMPROVED,
and all the Reels made this year will pass through the
hands of the Inventor, and none allowed to go out
except those that are perfect.

For sale by all first-class jobbers and the trade oen-

A.‘ H. FOWLER, Inventor,

orally.
Feb. 4

ITHACA. N. Y.

gIG TROOT-FOR 8ALE-A SHARE

-L' In the Oqnossoc Angling Association bv on«
who can t go. Address W., Box 2200, New York P.O?

WANTED-SMOOTH BORE BREECH

or muzzle loading CANE GUN for shot
(collecting specimens); must be in eood order and
neSTii 4ddr*88: B'a‘lug where it can he seen, price
and full description. EATON & COP

H Sporting Emporium, 102 Nassau St.

MUZZLE LOADERS
CONVERTED INTO BREECH LOADERS,

ON THE MOST APPROVED PRINCIPLE,
and all kinds of BREECH LOADING work effected.

Mortimer & Kirkwood,

t4 ELM Street, Boston, Mass, 1

jip

STOVE.

Oatsidedimenslons, packed, 12x12x20 inches.
Weighing only 25 ponnds, very durable, will cook
for ten persona, and Is espeeiallv adapted for camp-
iuc purposes. The ware consists of 8 qt. kettle, 6 qt.
Tea Kettle, 2 qt. Coffee Pot, Fry Pan, round Tin Pan
2 square Pans, Dipper, Gridiron, Tent Collar, 8 ft!
Funnel, and an oven that will roaat 15 pounds beef.

inTwf Wflre 18 j° vcon8tfncted that It neats and pack*
i“ ,be 0Ven. and the oven and funnel pack inside the
t™ hiiV feprc-Bented In cut 2, leaving room for pack-
ng half a dozen Plates. Knives, Forks and Spoons,
and Drinking Cups. Price complete, $15-
SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

H. L. DUNCKLEE,

r_A , BOX 2710, BOSTON,

fcg/ Agents wanted in overy town. Feb. 4

Northerns British Colonies

IN SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA.

Cheap Liuids, Fine Climate, Good Society.

Schools and Churches Everywhere.
PROTECTION FROM LAND SHARKS.

ty Address Secretary Southslde Immigration 80-
clety, Farmvllle, Prince Edward Co., Va. my20 3m

TpOR SALE— A PAIR OF SETTER

mal? femo|e; tour months old; Im-
ported stock; price $25. Address

„ K. J. ROBBINS,

** Wathersfleld, Connecticut,

102 Nassau St., N. Y.

FISHING and HUNTING SUITS.

rPHESE SUITS ARE MADE OF BEST
quality of Impervious duck, light tau color; es-
pecially adapted for concealment in blinds or sedsc
grass, orfor approaciang^nme in the woods. Light
e5t.rl‘mely chc°P- The most desirable
Hp°ft8Ine'J' The coats are made
in/. 5ty i. L d c,"" be worn With or without under
e»ririHE 8 8b 'va'atc"at 8‘y,c- with pockots for
c on carl> aide- Hate can be rolled and

»«sWs^or UatB or capB ^ " i

Pants, all sizes .."'.I 6,“

Hats and Cape, all sizes,

CAMP STOVES. Price $15.

Those desiring something light and durable for
camping purposes will And this stove exactly right-
weighs ouly 25 pounds; will cook for ten persona
F^m.nr0^°.“8i8!iMOf v?ett,e' Tea Keltic, Coffee Pot,
£ r.?,llud ^ 11 Him, two siiuare Pane Dloi>er

Gridiron, lent Collar, and eight feet Funu’ul !?tovo
iv Sfh'! h,0Veni ,bnti w,* roasl 15 Pounds beef, all of
™ ' ''eat8 and packs inside of stove, which ouly oc-
cupies a apace of 12x11x20 inches.

CAMP LOUNGES. Price $4.

*tWDbncdf01 A^llhW 3S 8iZe °f Sn 0rdlnar>' *hawl

SKS*. ffTO. Jf taisaj

towV. at lUe lllud JUBt lhc thinI

CAMP TENTS,

K«^r.Bix•pc.r?01',' An A tent weighs 15 pounds Can
be packed In knapsack. Price $10.

American I>og: Biscuits,

o!>adP.<th nu*1*^vc bone and muscle making material,
and Is the only portable food for dogs made in tbia

Ini °! 10' ». WWlSllBdS

lOc pSrpou^d. 8p°" 10 aDy cllma,e Hrice,

Camp Mosquito Bars,

SSSSf 4 nlSh Wiln.5.*m®:..,0ided .*o carry In

“P"!.'-!': J.1.*. £™P for sleeping; for

one. $2, for four or Uve. $4 25; six or eight, ....
HOLABIRD’S CELEBRATED SHOOTING SUITS
AND WADING JACKETS on band and to order.

Jack Lamp,

u?»n,^?t8b.ootl!?.g ?nd flsh|ng, running rapIdB, light-
ing camp, etc.; the best light ever Invented. $ti.

Camp Cots,

mcanbe$T&0ed ln P°CkCt; 0 capital toing for wooda-

FRE.NCH FISHING BASKETS, SPLIT BAMBOO
RODS, TROUT RODS AND FINE TACKLE
OF ALL DESCB1PTIONS
HEQEMAN’S PORTABLE CANVAS BOATS.
Gun and Fishing Rod Cases.

Sole leather and other varieties on hand or mad to
order.

Cartridge Belts

for breech loading shells; Uve varietlos.

Moccasins, Oil Tanned,

for the woods; three different styles.

Folding: Camp Baker.

This unique and useful Invention bakes cqnal to
bo old “ Dutch oven.’; When closed for transporta-
tion It occoples but little more space than the pan It
lndosi'8. Price, $3 50 to $7, according to size

We furnish every article necessary for the outfit of

eportmen in the camp or field. Goods sent every-
where by express Remit ouly by draft. Post Ofllco
order, or registered letter to

EATON & co.,

.. Sportsmen’s Emporium,

No 102 Nassau Btreet, New York City
Rcfwnces-Uou.T L J 'mes.PosNna-l. r. New York
City; Hon. Geo. H. Andrews, New York City; Fern-
X8T AND Stream Publishing Co, myfi-tf

THE

HAZARD POWDER CO

MANUFACTURERS OF * ’

GUNPOWDER.

Hazard's “Electric” Powder.

Nos. 1 (flnel to 5 (coarse). Unsurpassed in nolnt nt

SSSiS *w!SlS!

Hazard'* “American Sporting.”

,'u lib. canisters andflj lb.
kegs. A fine grain, quick and clean, for upland and
prairie shooting. ’ Well adapted to short gin's

„ . ,, Hnzard'* ”011011 Shooting.”

N“v <1nc> 5 (coarse). In 1 and 5 lb. canisters

cFenn^.h^.i '** lb‘ kee: Bor"H aud very

clean, shooting remarkably close, aud with orJal

ffnnSMToi0r hfl,!lVoreil uni^ water 'looting

it ranks any other brand, aud it is equally servicea-
ble for muzzle or breech loader. ■'-rvicea

Hazard's "Kentucky Rifle."

HHHG, FFG, and "Ses Shooting" KG, In kegs of 25
siid hi lbs. and cans of 5 lbs. FIFO 1. also
packed In 1 and } lb. canisters. Burns strong and
moist The FFFO and FFG are favorite brands
for ordiumj sporting, and the "Sea Shooting" FG
la the etandarS /?(/»„ powder of the country.

SUPERIOR MINING AND BLASTING POWDER
ou ®

nv^'«eii,0.V0iCan bo bad of dealer9- or Of the Compa-
our oX". “ tVery promlnont cl,y. or whole-aloat

88 Wall Street. New York.

• liURST'S

Waterproof, \stereosc°Pie studies.

Fishing Tackle.

A. B. Shipley & Son,

603 and 505 Commerce street, Philadelphia.

Manufacturers of

Clinllc unit Fishing- Lines.

FINE BASS AND TIIOUT FLY RODS.

The celebrated GREENHEART WOOD a specialty.

„ „ FINE rod mountings.

Full line of Tackle for Brook, River and Sea Fish-
ing. Agents for John James ds Son9’ celebrated Fish
hooks and Needles.

A L awarded by the FRANKLIN
S^TITUTE, 1874, "for SUPERIOR QUALITY and
FINISH of RODS and TACKLE." Aprl-6m

Established 1 843.

Breech and Muzzle Loading

WORKS

ON THE

Horse, Dog, Natural His-
tory, Taxidermy, &c.,

FOR SALE BY THE

Forest and Stream Publishing Co.

The Horse Yonatt r>ri

The Trotting Horse. Hiram Woodruff . * 50

■Hie Horse In the Stable and the Field 2 50

Americun Gentleman’s Stable Guide ' f Ss
Forester s American Game In its season . 1 £

8 Horse and Horsemanship. 8vo, 2 vole 10 00
flore8ter 8 Field Sports. 8vo, 2 vols 0 00
Frank Forester’s Fish and Fishing (100 Ills). 3 50

^un Rod'anf S8addle Y°Ung SportHraan • » 00

Th^^rse Do^rf^^jiie^11^'

Horse Management. May hew... *

Dogs, their Management. Mayhew 7T>

The Dog. Youatt 4 m

The Dog. Idstone J U?

Shooting, Boating and Fishing. ' Warren T m

The Fishing Tounsl. Charles Hallock . . 2 00

The American Angler’s Book. Thaddom Norris 5 50
Pl^ng In American Waters. GenloC. Scott 350
Modern Breech Loaders. Greener
Manual for Rifle Practice . Wingate 1 m

Lewis American Sportsman . . \

The Trapper's Guide. Newhonsc.

“tod Trout. Livingston Stone . Ill / 3 So

Trout Cultnre Seth Green. . 7

n?nHK^lF1;^ull1Qre- Tbadileii’ Norris . . 1 75

Handbook of Shooting (Routledge’s) 50

Encvclopedl^of^tufa! Sports. Stonehenge 5 00

Rmal^Mrt^-Sto^iehf n^ 0-8 !°nUhe "gc . ' Ilu a- g 00
KCon« Blrd8 °f NorUl America . By Eili’ott **

ni8‘°^ ‘of’ North' American Birds. By Prof- ' °°
tv . . z ' , • Hrewcr, and Mr. Rldewav a vol« ^ nn
Field Ornithology ' A standard treatise on TmI °°
ggjjjr* Wltl1 Check List of North American

Check List alone, e! Cones ? S

P‘ng ^rtCw.nf;r A^ulrla« ‘“^Art of Shoot. °°
RnrM Sports— Blaine’s Encyclopiedla of— cloth, 10 00
Stonehenge on Shooting. ~btUf RuB8l“' ®

The Sportsman's Friend 11 a Frost

Stonehenge on the Dog. . . . ^

Largo Game Shooting In Thibet and the North

^ 1>H'* - in v»

Accessible Field Sports

Rifles and Rifle Practice .

VSniudvellt1Ure". .,ln ",e wVlderacVsV or
Cqu)^) Life on iho Adirondack^. ] 75

Toiirisi edition, vvijli Mope,., 2 25

Mildew-proof,

AND

Moth-proof

DRAB HUGH, CORDUROY.

FUSTIAN, REPELLANT,

W.ai „BLLK BEAVER and FRIEZE.

S ZrCM&l

Game Ventilating Purkeu.

Fricc List and Samples free
0 The most complete Hat over published. Send for

Natural History

ForObject Teaching in School*,

AND

PARLOR ENTERTAINMENT.

•f^h* flnt SSm of° fan,Ub ,he *'*‘T nr.mbers

Animals and Birds of North America.

TESTIMONIALS.

CoiiNiu, Univbusitt, i

bzka CORNELL.

4SSSESSS

r hope yo° may b° abb' to contln.io tho Series and
I hive no doubt they will furnish Intere.tl. e L*nl
of Information and Instruction lu w«*id totho
annual, of New York. SPENCER F. BAIRD.

Statb Hou.k, Boston, Mo**., March leth Iim

GEO. C. HENNING.

Apr 29-ly

Climax Crro.er Jj

Loader and Cap
Rxpeilcr.

410 Seventh Street,

WASHINGTON, D. C.

HALL'S

patznt

Creaser

Plain Creaser

••or

PAPER

Price *2.75. SHELLS -0

Address: HALL A CO., Lancaster, Penn.

& STEVENS.

No. 87 NASSAU ST.

“ADIRONDACK'

Walking and Hunting Ankle Boot,

The BEST MADE. Also the ’

“Forest and Stream”

Fishing Boot.

WITH OR WITHOUT Ht?LE8 AND HOB NAILS.

US.

Sportsmens Apparatus,

AMMUNITION,
Materials for Guu-Makers, &c,

Wholesale and Retail. Guns marie to order, or re-
paired In the beat manner.

ALEXANDER McCOMAS,

!• 10 No. 61 South ColTtrt at., Baltimore.

Forty-four Years of Hunter'’. Ufe Map>- %

wiSttsHar1 " ' ' I

WaUon's and Colton's Complete Angier. 2 Vols'.

Royal 8 vo cloth, M 26

Wild Scones oV;i llun1cr-BFLl?eCaK' ^ ^ ^

Excursions In Field and Forest o «

SSMsasr “ : jS

Downing’s Landscape Gardener... i iA

BcuiitifyingCountiv Homes ... 'nm

The American Cattle Doctor, by J. H. Dadd. V [jo
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Do-
mestication * nn

Sheep Husbandry , S

Dogs : Their Origin and Varieties! .W . go

Modem Horae Doctor, by Geo. II. Dadd " l 50

The Hunter aud Trapper . i nn

The Practical Poultry keeper-1,. Wright ..V ' 2 00

The Crnck Shni °f ,8BorUm^ '» Comrlfte Guide, 1 75
lhc (rack Shot, or \oung Hlllernan’e Guido l 75
Practical Trout Culture, by Dr. J. H. Slack. l 50
American Bird Fancier . .7,,

Bement’s Rabbit Fancier

Hoope u Book of Evergreens «

Stewart's Stable Book. 7. ‘ S

Handbook of Pigeons and Rabbit s 50

Common Objects of the Sea Shore 50

Cage and Singing Birds

Small Forma 2!{

My Life on the Plains, by GenVcuetar . 2 00

Prairie and Forest, by Ulllmoro 1 50

Field and Forest Rambles, by A. L. Adams. 3 73

MANUFACTURED BY THE

MERIDEN BRITANNIA COMPANY,

No.550 Brondway, IV. Y.

FACTORIES, WEST MERIDEN. CONN.
SOLE PROPRIETORS AND PATENTEES OF THE
CELEBRATED

PORCELAIN-LINED

Ice Pitchers.

Cleaner, lighter, and more durablo than the metal
Ilr.cd. The porcelain la enameled on hard mut&l and
CANNOT BE BROKEN OR CRACKED BY ROUGH
USAqE- May tt-7t

Colvin’s Topographical Survey

llneot on., position, anil color of the different groqn,
5S.4, toj «‘’,l,,ral tnjatmont ary most perfect Tcoi?
dlolly nxomniond them to the publlu niton ion and
trust you will moot the eMCouragomenl whIch Jou
have earned. EDWARD A SAMUEL *

Curator of Zoology in Ma.». state CablnoL

PxAnonr Acaukmv or ScitNoi, 1

to r**1 "f ti * ^ "aV " t y ' " ^ ^ " * I1 1 ^ *b' w * 'to' t h o^Dlrec

1 hey concur wlUi me In prAlutng (heir (rnthfnlneaa

»hn0.t.S!l!lL'Vb Cb ,mve ,ll»l'l‘>yed In surround-
ing tho specimens with natural objects mid *• cuerr at
Characteristic IRnc* They are certainly belter flttc.l
not only a* parlor and drawing room Illustrations, but
?nlo.1UCn "".’r0110"" ,or Dio use of schools and

colleges, than anything we lunr yet soon.

A. IIYAT'T

CoitNKl.t, Univkrsit V, PlIKsiDRNT's Rooms. ('

, , , . . Ituaoa, March lUth, 1870 f

I have received the Stereoscopic Views of object* In
ThiSrj^u« *t0f2' ll"4, lmVl‘ ''"Joyetl them greatly

They have surprised all who have seen them by their
wondorful fidelity, both as regards the nnlmi. Aj'd
their Murroiindliii;*; and 1 think they mu not full to be
HrHw tolh. study of Natural History, first
tm-m lTo'08 ■tudonu lo »• next by perfecting
lh,m ,l- ANDREW D. WHITE

n?lT"ppll.l'd Ql a ll’,crnl Gls.co.mt from these
rates. Ilnck numbers and parts of sets always on harm
1 hose Stereoscope* are sold wholesale and retnlpy

FOREST AM) STREAM PUB. CO.,

^17 Chatham 8L, (City Hall Sqr.) P. o. box 883S

Frederick Brown

(EiUbllihod 1822)

importing,

2ou,5S^u.rAS° CHEMIST,

N. E. Corner Fifth and Chestnut Streets.

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

of Tim

With Illustrations.

PRICE $3.60-

For Sale by

WEED.PARSONS& Co.,

Albany, IV. Y.

Sent prepaid on receipt of price. my!3 -4t

THE CELEBRATED

txj 1 > * v,wiu» morocco, o uu

Field. Cover and Trap Shooting. Captalu A. H

Bogardua 2 00

American Wild Fowl Shooting. J . W. Imng ' V 2 00
By remitting the exact amount, any of the above
works will he forwarded promptly by mall.

t^-If books are ordered not on the above list, a
certain amount of time la required before the order
can be filled.

IS/ In ordering rare books or works, which are oat
of print and can only be prccnrvd at second hand, wc
cannot always give the exact prices. Addrces

FOREST Si STREAM PUB CO.,

P. 0. Box a»2. 17 Chatham t(, Frw York

Sporting and Blasting Powder,

MAXtTPACTUIUtD BY

CARL DIT3IAK,

UNDER HIS OWN PATENT, can now be had reg-
oiarij- and in any quantity See Circulars for full tes-
timonials as to Its superiority ovor other makes
nr.Tb°,.!1<;w P*lcnJ bporllng Powder does not soil the
gnn, cleans 1. when yon use one charge of It, alter
many with black powder; no smoke— little recoil— no
loud report-high velocity. The best ever made In
olUh wLS|0t p° hj ' °'lfo"t"1"<l wl‘h Schultz' or En-
{* "v1 yooal owder, or btwdusc Powder, uli Bu-
pcrior 10 eaco.

Ready Made Ammunition

For Sporting and Target Rifles, always on hand.
..... I1111 tortrucUon, and If sample desired,

elate If for rifle or ehot gun. os each kind Is mode
Works at Nepoueet. Address

HENRY A. GOULD.

Selling Agent, 101 MUk street, Boston, Moss.

SOLE PROPRIETOR AND MANUFACTURE*
OF

(ESSENCE JAMAICA GINGER.
CHOLERA MIXTURE.

PRESERVED TARAXACUM JUICE.
MUTTER’S COUGH SYRUP.

BITTER WINE OF IRON,

COOPER'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS.

^ ( CHAPMAN'S ANTI-DYSPEPTIC PILLS
| WISTAR'S COUGH LOZENGES, (fron,

original prescription.)

MRS. HARVEY'S COUGH SYRUP.

DENTIFRICE, in Botiioi,

DENTIFRICE, In Tin Canliteri, tulUbla for
Travel sn.

\ARABIAN RACAHOUT , In convenient boftfdl

AO ENT FOR

E. DEJARDIN'S SYRUP RED ORANGE,

OF MALTA.

Nono Genuine without my name ai Agent on the Label.,

CORRESPONDENTS.

SAVORY & MOORE,

143 New Bond Street, W.

S. MAW, SON 6l THOMPSON,

12 Alderagate St., E. C.

F. NEWBERY & SONS,

37 Newgato St., E. C.

G. VOSS, HAMBURG, 21 Johannl, Straw*

E. DEJAROIN, PARIS, 2 Avonuo d. 1-Opera.

The attention of Druggliti and tho Trade generally, It called
to the Price Ll.t of

Mrr.^,ENCLISH & FRENCH
MEDICINES Sc PHARMACEUTICAL
PREPARATIONS,

Which wUJ be nailed ea application,

r r* - ***■ £y'\

L0N00N,

240

FORESTLAND STREAM

DR. WM. ITALL’S
Balsam for tho Lungs.

The Great American

Consumptive Remedy.

Consumption Is NOT an Incurable disease. Physi-
cian. assure us of till* fact. It Ir only noees-ary to
have the ihout iikmeoy, and tho terrible malady can
be conquered.

Hall’s Balsam is this Remedy.

It breaks np the xiuiit sweats, relieves the op-
prk<civi: T1CHITSE8S aciioss this i.i/no". and heals the
lurcoruted and excoriated surfaces which the venom
of tho disease produces.

While Life Lasts There is Hope.

It may not be too late to effect a care, teen after the
Dot tort hurt given uou up.

ilALL'S BALSAM la sold everywhere. Price SI
per bottle.

HALL'S BALSAM

Is also a sore remedy for

COUGHS,

COLDS,

PNEUMONIA,

BRONCHITIS,

ASTHMA,

•PITTING OP BLOOD,

CROUP,

WHOOPING COUGH.

And all other diseases of the respiratory organa.
POR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

Jno.F. Henry, Curran & Co., Prop rs

d ANI) 9 COLLEGE PLACE, NEW YORK .

HENRY’S
Carbolic Salve.

The Most Approved System

Breech Loading, Sporting

And Militai*y | Rifles.

For Simplicity of Construction,

ACCURACY,

Penetration, Durability, Safety, Ease of Manipulation,

Materials and Workmanship, they areUnsurpassed.

‘ REVOLVERS OF VARIOUS SIZES,

D K81H ABLE IN ALL RESPECTS.

Scud lor Circulars.

Spoqtxmen'x ($ootH.

Whitney Arms Comp.

Wliltneyvllle, near New Haven, Conn., C. 8. A.

JOHN RIGBY & CO.,

INVENTORS AND MANUFACTURER* OF THE FINEST '

BreechLoadingShotGuns

Double and Single Express Rifles.

Long Range Match Rifles, &c

'irl SUFFOLK 8TIIEET, DUBLIN,

AND

72 ST. JAMES STREET, LONDON.

Breech Loaders.

G°

MISFIT CARPETS.

AND MISFIT ENGLISH BRUSSELS, THREE PLY AND

INQBAIN CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, &C„ VERY CHEAP, AT THE OLD PLACE,

Sent to any part of the United States free of charge. 1 12 Fulton street, New YorK.

FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The wonderful celerity with which this
combination of Carbolic Acid with other
soothing and Curative Emollients acts,
is something akin to the marvelous.

It is with pride that tho proprietors call
attention to the gratifying fact that

Physicians g-ivo it tho high-
est meed of* praise,

and use it and prescribe it in their practice.

New York, Dec. 23, 1869.

John P. IlENnr, Esq.:

Your CAnnoup Salve prove* an excellent article,
and I thank you for it. Tin* is another evidence of the
tjrc/it value of the discovery of Carbolic Acid. You re
t^dy, Geo. B. Lincolm,

Prea’t Board of Health.

Price 25 cents per box.

REV. n. B. LOCKWOOni

Catarrh Cure 1

The Best Remedy Known, and Endorsed by all the
Principal Physicians of the f'ountry.

It- ' R. B Lockwood s Yosnl Douche will be
I« 1 1 dvalnuble in obstinate chronic cages.

R, v R H. Lockwood's Liver mid Hlomneh Pill*
f< i dyspepsia, receive tho endorsement of tliouaunds.
Price So ceut* each.

JOHN K. HENRY. CURRAN A CO.. Proprietors,
9 and 9 College Place. New York.

HENRY’S CAMPHOR ICE.

For Chapped Hands, Chafed Skins, Ac.

A MOST RELIABLE REMEDY.

PRICE 25 CENTS PER BOX.

JOHN F. HENRY. CURRAN A CO.. Proprietors.

8 and H College PUce, New York.

HENRY’S'

SEWING MACHINE OIL

A PURE OIL that does not gum np and has the
fragment of the principal Sewing Machine Cow-

Price 25 Cents per Bottle.

Fine Fishing

RodsandReels,

Manufactured by

— Chas.F. Orvis,

Manchester, Vermont.

Prices nuderate. Send for descriptive list. Mention Fouest and Stheam.

Hegemon's Patent Portable Folding Boat.

ns#* «<= t icr-nriATc Also for Sportsmen, Tour-

ists. Trappers, Exploring
Expeditions, Parties camp-

For use as LIFE-BOATS
LIGHTERS, Dingies, Do-
rys, on board Steamers,
Yachts and other Vessels.

These safe and perfectly port-
able boats will admit of the
roughest n suce. A very light,
strong and durable frame of
ash or other tough wood, with
canvas cover, andean be folded

Out,

&c.

light buggy wagon, horse-
buck, or by single person,
and can be unfolded ready
for nse, in three minutes’
time. Bouts neatly foded,
packed and shipped by ex-

In one-eighth xpace, for tram- , . 11 packed and shipped by ex!

Dortatto " HUo carried In a Abovecut* show the Boat folded and unfolded, press anywhere, same rate

,n„v uD, D.. . .. ,, ,, of freight as other goods
JOH5 HEftB.WAlV, Ballston Spa, Saratoga Co. N. Y'

rAEroitTxnx «c mrmrrvjtJji# or

i/HiJifaiu. (Qintfrinil, (! Tljiirrii & CjHiniks,

Ao J.O Mun/\v XeiU ilotk

Howmcj Suits A. Specialty '

MOTT’S LIVER PILLS

It Is easv enough to make a pill, but to mnke a
Rood pill, all! that s the difficulty. There are cheap
burgh, drastic pills, tbut are of even less benefit than
a dose of sails But a good medicine, like Dr. Mott’s
Liver Pills, which penetrates to the seat of dlsea-e is
a desideratum Indeed. Will positively cure all dis-
eases of the Liver. Sold everywhere. Price 25 cents

Green’s Oxygenated Bitters.

•w.<ier!ialD Pcr,lod*,of ,ifc * 'onlc is a necessity: but
danger in using stimulants that Injure the or-
Jhf5*110!1 'vhllc giving temporary relief. To
from Alcohn.ru P«bl«C • tonic free

eelmted ll i. r- * , “• ,,r i”ei'n Prvpnrwl the Oxy.

IrMffiu1! « *pcr

Packer’s All-Healine Tar Soap.

It cores all kinds of Skin Diseases with a most won-
derful certainty; it promote* cleanliness personal
BSSr«f!liiff“er*I aa!tbi 11 U * preventive Sf mdny

The Sportsman’s Warehouse

EDWIN S. HARRIS,

Late COOPER, HARRIS & HODGKINS,

>o. 177 Broadway, New York

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

BREECH LOADING

GONS

Winners of tlie “Turf, Field
and Farm” Gun Trials.

(Bee issne October 8d, 1873.)

In which competition the committees have awarded
oar gun*. First and Second for POINTS OF MERIT
OF ACTION. MATERIALS. PROPORTION, AND
SHOOTING QUALITIES combined, lu all the four
classes.

THE PREMIER GUN.

A t- SCOTT * SON call attention to their
very FINEST weapon, combining all their recent im-
provements, marked on the rib between ttu-irnume
and London address the brand— “THE PREMIER
QUALITY.”

Medium and fine guns bear fnll name and address,
and plain guns full name und “London’’ only.

Each gun is nnmbered and the' actions are stamped
with uame and trade mark.

W. Ai v. SCOTT A- SON, Pole makers of the
Patent I op Lever, solid, Double Locking Bolt Breech
Loader, bearing the full nume of the firm. W. A C.
SCOTT * SON caution sportsmen against imiuiiions
of the r patent and name. Guns bearing the name
abbreviated, or with different initials, are not genuine.

TRIAL OF 8 COTTA GREENKR6NEW8V8TEM
OF BOItl.NG, UV THE EDITOR OF
“THE FIELD,” LONDON.

(See The Field, January 30th, 1875.)

‘•From a comparison of the Hvo tubles It will be
seen that with Walker's shot, Messrs .. Scott's guns
showed a uuukid tuperloritj over Mr. Greener's
both in average mid in the highest score made. In-
deed, with the left barrel, in his third shot, Mr Scott
got n selected group pattern of 239 and a penetration
of 3., equalling the highest pattern made by Mr
Greener and exceeding the penetration of that par
licular shot by eight sheets.”

London Office:

lO Great Castle 81., Regent Circus, near Long-
ham Hotel,

Chief address:

Manufactory Premier Gun Works,

Lancaster Street, Birmingham.
WHOLESALE.

Aprl-Gm

Clark iV Snoider.

MANUFACTURERS OF THE

SNKIDER

PATENT BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUN.
ALTERING

MuzzIO'Loading' Guns to Breoch-Loadlng

A SPECIALTY.

WRITE FOR PARTICULARS

1 * YY . Pratt 8t„ Bnlfimore.

4/ liilniiclyliin.

AND

Implements

Cai’tiddges.

Also, Gun Materials

rv

rv

es,

oo
,

I

l>otli Bra.ss

...... of all Kinds. Cartridiro

F,n»ks Pouches, and Ammunition of all Kinds. Everythin.-

u“ for SSSS “ *

HA YE LARGE STOCK OF MUZZLE LOADING G UNS & RIFLES VER Y CHE A P.

OF ALL

Kinds.

Mud Paper.

Vests, Coats and Belts.
Everything- in my

Henry C. Squires,

NO. 1 COURTLANDT STREET. NEW YORK
Agent for IIOLABIRD S SUITS, lo whom all New
A ork orders should be addressed
Apr P-3m

Magic Lantern aud IOO Slide* for @1041

E& H. T. ANTHONY & CO., 591

. Broadway, N. Y., op. Metropolitan Hotel,
ciiromos and Frames, Stereoscopes and Views, Grnph-
oscooes, Megalethoscopes, Albums aud Photographs
of celebrities. Photo-Lantern Slides a specialty. Man-
ufacturers of Photographic Material*. Awarded First
Premium at Vienna Exposition. j,niy

CHAS. GREEN,

Manufacturer of

Breech Loading Shot Guns.

BCUOn made'

MUZZLE LOADERS CONVERTED TO BREECH
LOADERS.

Same action a» new guns. Send for circular and
P^pr 8 3 W«st Main street, Roche.tsr, N. Y.

SPORTSMENS’ DEPOT.

JOHN K RIDER,

Corner Second and Walnut 6ts., Philadelphia
IMPORTER, MANUFACTURER and DEALER IN

Guns, ltilles, Pistols, and Fishing Tackle.
Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech
Loaders .

REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.

II as c onstantly on hand a full assortment of Rods,
Hooks, Lines, Baits, Reels, Fly Hooks, Salmon Fli a.
Waterproof Silk Lines, Silk and Hair Trout Lines, &c.
Perch Snoods, China and Grass Lines. Also, a large
lot of Cane Reeds, Bamboo und Japan.

Birds’ Eggs and Birds’ Skins In great varieties.—
Taxidermy In all its branches.

SPRATT’S PATENT POO BISCUITS. I-ly

Thomas Sparks,

Shot and Bar Lead

MAN UFACTURER,

[Established 180S.]

Office, 12 1 Walnut St. Philadelphia.

BRADFORD & ANTHONY,

1 80 Washington St., Boston.

IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS A DEALERS IN

FisAiiug- Tackle,
Fishing- Rods,
Fish Hooks,

AND

ANGLING IMPLEMENTS.

FOREST AND STREAM*

gift gennel.

A. C. WADDELL'S

Breeding Kennel, Newton, N. J.

The finest strnln of young Pointers and Setter* for
ei Uo8'* hoarded and cared for in the beat innnuer
at Jo per mouth. Pedigrees guaranteed.; dogs broken
for $50. Marti

Tj^OR sale-gordon setter pups,

-L eight weeks old, out of my Flirt; sire, Duke.
Duke la the property of J. L. How, E?q., of Brook-
lyn, L. I., and wa« Imported by Hamilton Thompson.
Pupa got by Duke have taken prises at all exhibitions
wherever shown. The above pups arc REAL BEAU-
TIES, and have a FIRST-CLASS PEDIGREE. Call
or address JOSEPH E. FISHER,

179 Flatbueh Avenue,

It Brooklyn. L I.

TTETRRUV.UIY SURGEON.— DR J. M HEARD
" (member of the Koyiil College of Veterinary Sur-
iB, London), No. 20 Lexington avenue, N V.. at-

£6011^, uwiiiauu/, ijuaiu^iuu nvcimc, 11 , 1 HI-

tends, when requested, all canes requiring hij p.ofen-
■ional aklll. Horses carefully examined oa to sound-
ness. Oct 22

lfENHY GARDNER, M. D., nAS CON3TANT-
-**■ LY on hand nnd for aide, medicines adapted to
the cure of al! diseases. Dealer in sport ’ng dogs of

... ... 111* u.

eve ry variety. Doga trained for reasonable compcn
sa'lon. No. lit Sooth Fifth avo.. N. Y. Oct 22

For sale — one oh a brace of

Setters and one Pointer, thoroughbred nnd
iiicoly broken Also a brace of stylish thoroughbred
black and tan Gordon Setters, eight months old, very
promising Address GORDON, at this office. if

T7IORSALE. A FEW THOROUGHBRED

cboiee breed. For particulars address
SPRINGER, at this ofllce.

a'lrl Shorts fior£i!ort$men.

Luke Conchichiii? Hotel, Canada.

This charming and picturesque first-class Summer
Resort will be opened for the season ou 7th of June,
and will remain open until October. The sporting in
the immediate neighborhood Is exceptionally excel-
lent, the Hotel being within ready access to tho Mus-
knka Lukes. Sparrow Lake, and Trading Lake, where
Salmon Trout, Black Bush. Speckled Trout, etc ,
abound in original plenty. Yachting, Boating, Bath-
ing, Bowling Alleys, Billiard Rooms, elc., provide for
the umuscinent of gnests. .Mail and telegraph ofllcea
in the houpe Rates exceedingly moderate. For cir-
culars containing terms, etc., apply to the office of
Purest and Stream, or JOHN G. FOREMAN,

Box 3645, P. O Toronto, or to
THOMAS SCULLY. Manager,
tn2'SJ Conchichlng, Ontario.

Rossin House, Toronto, Canada.
SHUARS M SON, Proprietors.

This house is a favorite resort for gentlemen sports
men from all parts of the United States and Canada,

, Crossmon TIounc,

ALEXANDRIA BAY, Jeff. Co , N. Y. C. CROSS-
MON & SON, Proprietors.

rPriIS House, recently rebuilt and elcgnnt-

-L ly furnished. Is now open for visitor*, Ii Is loca-
ted tri one of the moot delightful places in the Thou-
sand Island region, commanding on extensive view of
the St. Lawrence and the Islands and offers every facil-
ity fur the comfort and enjoyment of guests. Outfits
tor boating, Iltiming nnd Fishing Parties. Steamers
for t ho bay connect at Clayton with the Utica and
Black River Railroad, and at Cape Vincent with the
Koine, Watertown and Ogdenshnrg Railroad, 6ui

Twin lakes TrourfarmT

Board for gentlemen only—

Sportsmen, Artist*. Anglers, Ac. Splendid
scenery and drives. Fine boating, trout, pickerel,
and bass Ashing and woodcock shooting. Also les-
sons in oil ami water color painting, drawing and
etching, if desired. Address J. IVES PEASE, or E
SHERMAN PEASE. I*. O. box 60 Canaan, Conn. '
N. If.— Cottage building sites overlooking the lukes
for sale cheap; also one for a hotel. AprS-tf

TTNION DEPOT HOTEL, Canaan, Conn.

G. H. CORBIN, Proprietor. New, clean rooms
and beds, flrst-clasa table, Ac. Fishing, shooting,
and pleasant drives near hr. Ap^ 6m

Board near twin lakes, four

hours from New York via Harlem Railroad. A
desirable location for sportsmen, artists, and all those
wanting a pleasant home. Address F. F. COOPER
Locust Hill Farm, Ashley Fulls, Berkshire county,
Mass. Mar 24 flm

241

Silo tinmen's goods.

J. B. Crook & Co.,

Man itt x ct ure ks and Importer* or

FISHING TACKLE!

GO Fulton 8t., N. Y.

Sole manufacturers of the celebrated CASTLE CON-
NELL ROD for SALMON, TROUT, aud BLACK

SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.

HOLABIRDS

SHOOTING &FISJNG GARMENTS.

The manufacturer of these

goods bugs to call the attention of gentlemen de-
siring outfits for fishing and shooting to his superior
specialties: Shooting touts, Jackets, with or with
out sleeves, Trowsera, Caps, Overcoats, and Wad-
ing Jackets for Trout and Salmon. Thu style is orig-
inal with the maker. Being himself a sportsman, his
experience In all kinds of covert and after all kinds
of game, assures the amatenrthut they are ultimatum.
Nothing better has been made in Europe, aud no oth-
er manufacturer haa yet succeeded in equalling them
The material used ia extra flue Duck, rendered water-
proof and dyed the color of dead marsh gruss. The
sleeveless Coat and Vogt with alcoves are hard to
beat.

Com’dr T. YV. Eastman, U. 8. Navy, says: "I have
tried everything in the way of Sporting clothing, ut
home and abroad, and have found nothing equalling
yours, The v are the best now offered to gentlemen
Sportsmen.

Thompson W. Clark. Scc'y Woolwich Club,
Swedesboro, N. J., says: "lam perfectly delighted
with the material aud tit. They cannot be excelled "
Cbas. Hallock. Esq., Forest aud Stream, N Y
saya: "Every Sportsman should provldo himself
with Holabtrd'a Snooting Coats."

Would also refer with pleasure to B. P. Bowles.
Esq., Springfield, Mass.

Special orders are cut to measure with care, and any
special request as to arrangement of pockets gratified,
1 he style is a Sack Coat with seven outside pockets
and a large gurne sack inside of sufficient capacity to
curry 26 grouse. These are made with «r without
sleeves. The Jackets or Vests are long-waisted, with
or without sleeves, with lurge pockets. HOLABIKD

f- DfflQ DA'IiDkffTl olliy^l ik\T i\nn •

J§diicc1ktncous.

ho Jackets or Vests are long-waisted, with
sleeve-, with lurge pocketH. HOLABIKD
& PARK’S PATENT SHELL HOLDER, for carry-
ing bras* shells, bead up. and holding the wad firm
on the shot, can be attached to either Coat or Vest
They are the best holder out. No dancer of losing
shells or Inconvenience in transportation . They can
be attached and taken off at pleasure. See ray prices:

Coats, with or without eleevos SIO 00

Vests, * ..." 4 00

Trowsera 3 59

Caps g 60

Overcoats g qq

Wading Jackets g «)

Shell Holders, per dozen

Belts, with Shell Holders attached 5 00

E?fFor special measurement, give size of chest,
waist, ons-half of bnck, length of sleeve with arm at
right angles, waist, in seam and out scam, and gauge
of gun, if breech loader. Address

W. H. UOLWIIRI),
Valparaiso, lud.

THE AMERICAN

n

ABBEY & IIYIBRIE,

suocBssoaa to

ANDREW CLERK & CO.

48 Maiden Lane, N. Y.

IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURE ft* AND DEALERS IN

Fishine Tackle,

.,8? |?8nd tho largo*! and neat assortment ever ex-
hibited In tho United Stalea. They particularly call
atjpntion to their 3

TROUT, SALMON AND BAKfl ROOM,

Every variety of Salmon and Trout Flies, and Hooks
on Gut. Cutty Hunk and Posquo Islands Bass Llue*.
waterproof Braided SUk Lines, overy size and quality of

SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES,

And every Variety and Style of

F1SII hooks.

Parties fitted out with appropriate Tackle for the
Rocky Mountains and Tactile Coast, Canada, Maine
tho Adlrouduckn. Jtc., Ac.

Split Baiubeo, Trout and Salmon Rods and Reels
a Specialty.

Agent* for the 8t. Lawrence Fishing Co. Solo 1m-
porters of Warrin’s Celebrated Drilled
Eyed Needles.

Orange Sporting Powder.

ORANGE LIGHTNING POWDER,

fhe strongest and cleanest Powder made. Nos 1
to 7, packed only in aealed 1 lb. caalelers. The coarser
sizes especially are recommended to owners of fine
breech-loading guns, giving great penetration with
very slight recoil.

ORANGE DUCKING POW DER,

For water fowl. Very strong and dean Nos. 1 to
5. Packed In metal kegs of 6* lbs. each, and tu cauls
ters of 1 and 5 lbs,

AUDUBON POWDER,

Very quick. For woodcock and quail Nos. 1 to t
Packed in metal kegs of 12* lbs. und 6* lbs., and Id
pound canisters. ’

ORANGE RIFLE POWDER,

_,Tbe best for rifles aud for all ordinary purposes.
Sizes F.g FF.g. FFF.g, Ihe last being Iho lineal and
moat used. Packed In wood and metal kegs of 25
tbs., 12* lbs., aud 6* lba., and lu canisters of I lb, aud
* pound.

All of tho above give high velocities and less resid-
uum tbau any other brands made.

LAFLIN t RAND POWDER Co„

21 Park Row. N. Y.

(Opposite Astor House , )

'filiscellnnconi.

All Sportsmen

Are interested in the best Hunting Grounds of the
Southwest. The Hue of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Railway affords untold fields of Game Birds,
Fi.li and Animuls. Send to General Passenger Aet.,
Sedidiu, Mo„ for free maps, Illustrations, aud de-
scriptions. Correspondence solicited. Jan El

Duck shooting at stony

Brook, on north side of Long Island; boats,
•tool, Ac. furnished by the S. B. Hotel; plenty of
ducks, also good bird shooting, S. J SMITH.

OARD FOR THE SUMMER FOR A
small family, or two mnrried couples, in a pri-
vate family, fifteen miles from New York. Trains
every hoar; no mosquitoes; delightful drives in the
country und to salt bathiug and Ashing Apply to A.,
office Forest und Stn uiii.

The Chicago, Milwaukee A
St. Paul Railway

Traverses 11 finer country, affords views of grander
tceuerv, and passes through more business centers
amt pleasure resorts than any other northwestern
line. Its foiesta, prairies, lakes and si reams, aboun-
ding with gnine, present uiieqiialed attractions to the
votaries of Nimrod und Walton. It is the only rall-
way route along the valley of the Upper Mississippi.
It 18 ul*o tho aliortcst as well an beat route between
the greut metropolitan centers of tho Northwesi-
Chiciigo, Milwaukee, St. Paul aud Minneapolis.
Track and equipment unequaled, and Us trafns of
PaJ^coache* “ut» sleeping cars run through without

New York Office, 319 Broadway.

Chicago Depot cor. Canal Oe W. Madison
CUy Offices, 61 and 63 Clark tsi. Aprjy 6m

* - -- ■ ■ - '-fiH

A. Y. Newspaper Mailing Ajjeuu- .
'With U10 lateet improved Newspaper Folding and
JlalllDg Machines, No. 29 Rosa Street, Near Frank-
tart, JAMES BRAJY Managar and Froprleior.

W. MERIDEN, CONN.

Special attention la given to flrst-clasa work. Extra
sketches and DOG PORTRAITS cut to order, by
sonding photographs. JACOB GLAHN, Manager,
Formerly Snpt. of Parker Bros. Engraving and Orna-
mentai Department. Feb 1 1

The Piseco

Loader, Crimper and Cap Expeller.

All devices necessary for

loading or re-loading shells of two calibres
combined In one instrument. Avoids the necessity
of cuttiug or shortening tho shell for light loads;
needs no wooden table or bench to fuateu it to while
In u*e. Can be taken to pieces by removing one
screw with a jack knife and stows in u gun case.
Malleable castings, nickel plate tlulsh. Complete for
two gauges Price $10, boxed.

WALTON BROS. & CO.. 96 Liberty street.

IT. Y. Safety Steam Power Co.

Office: 30 CO URTLANDT ST,

BUILDERS OF

STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS

CHICAGO

SHOT TOWER GO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

STANDARD

DROP AND BUCK SHOT

BALLS AND BAR LEAD.

Our aim Is to manufacture an article of SHOT that
is unsurpassed In ROUNDNESS, SOLIDITY, Pou-
feciion of POLISH, Uniformity of SIZE, and Accu-
racy of WEIGHT, in each bag. Orders from the
Trade solicited, and will bo filled at

The Lowest Market Prices.

E. W. BLATCnFORD, President.

C. F. GATES, Treasurer. jnn25 ly

Fysshe and Fysshynge.

The Fishing Book of the Season.

FROM TnE “BOKE OF ST. ALBANS,"
Written by Dame Juliana Ucrocra, X. U. 1 190

QUOTED BY IZAAK WALTON. EDITED BY
OEO. W. VAN SICLKN, ESQ.

Not hitherto obtainable In this country, an Import-
ed copy costing over $80.

The charming old work preserved lu all Its fresh-
ness and qniiiutnes*. Full glossary.

Sent on receipt of price, by Forest and Strkau.
Order at once; only a small edition Price $1.50.

CONROY, BISSETT l MALIESON,

(Successors to J. C. Conroy * Co )

65 Fulton St., N. K.,

Invito the attention of amateurs
to the addition* they have made to
tin Ir regular stock of Fine Good*.

Wintpviilng pBrl

Mx Strip Split Rnmboo

UO DN,

for Trout and Salmon fishing

W1_, T,,K F*>u:n
M Glniils Black Russ Rods

mude of Split Bamboo (new thl*
season). V..m Hofe s Rubber steel
l v°t. Click mid Salmon Reels.
Iho celebrated "Frankfort” Keel,
,Sol° manufacturer* of
Mtillaly *" Patent Files. The
New stylo Cnttyhnnk Bits* Line*
of Extra quality.

Parties fitted ont for the Adi-
rondickH, the Maine Woods,
Lake Superior, Newport, Cutty-
huuk, Past, no Island, West Island,
Bamcgnt, Ac.

Orders l.v mail will receive care-
’"land prompt attention. »

Pritchard Brothers,

No. 89 Fulton St.. N. Y.

N . ALL KINDS OF

Fishing Tackle

Made and repaired with tho utmost despatch.

rH etwlft S*E L K t JTH)N 'll! K %KOIl>|< AND HAL.
510.\ ItOIla HEELS, LIVES AMI FLIES.

Medals awarded at the World’s Fair and America

Petit u t '■ for 1 in r Hit perlur Vrtill. l il Flies. (_

4ti*h gnl/nrr.

“Seth Green Fish Ponds”

Caledonia, Livingston Co.. N. Y

A. N. < OLMYS, I’ropr Irlor.

EK«». Fry. Yearling*, Ac. or Brook Trout, Hal-
moil Trout, xoltuon, While Kl.li, Ac.

Also Baas, Gold Fl»h, Silver Flab, nnd »tock for
Aquaria, Wire Cloth, Hutching Tray*. Patent Spawn
mg Race*, and everything pertaining to llnh culture.

TROUT DALE PONDS.

To Fish Culturists.

T'UE MOST APPROVED APPARATUS

-L and full directions for successful fl.h breeding,
us perfected by Ihe lute DR. J. H, SLACK Also
*c. of Brook Trout. Bnlmon
1 rout, Go'dflsh, Ac,, and all work* 011 Fi*hcnlture,
aupplled by MRS. J. H. SLACK, Troutdulu Pond*
Bloomsbury, N. J. ’

bend for cntn.oano. Mar 2-l-Ot,

Enterprise Gun Works

ESTABLISHED 1848.

JAMES DOWN & SON.

MANUFACTURE!!* OF

Steam Launches & Yachts

And their Machinery a Sneelnltv also Uoxnina—

And their Machinery a Specialty, also Machinery for

TUCS, LIGHTERS AND STEAMERS*1

Propeller Wheels of Superior Efflolency.

BEND F08 ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR.

&r All our boat* are guaranteed to pas* inspec-
tion under the Steamboat law when required.

J. WALLACE,

Naluralist& Taxidermist,

IMPORTER OF

FOREIGN BIRD SKINS AND ARTIFI-
CIAL EYES,

19 N. William St, New York

Bird* and Animal* Preserviid to Ordbh bt

R. L. N EWCOMB,

TAXIOKItMIHT,

NO. 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM, MASS.
fnstrtictJon gtv-'i. Feb. 4

YACHTING ANNUAL

FOR 1876,

WILL SHORTLY BE PUBLISHED.

Price to Subscribers. 1 .SO

Subscriptions must be forwarded In advance to
THOMAS MANNING, 293 Broadway, N. Y.

Jan 2l-4m

WILL EXCHANGE A FIRST-CLASS

Dock Boat for a central Ore Double Gun, any
good make Addr**« M. NOLAN,

U Btuyveaant, N. T,

Sportsmen!

Your attention Is called to
GOOD S, OIL TANNED MOC
CASlNS the bent thing ever
worn bysportameu. Not
Injurod by wettlug and
drying— always soft und
ea«y to tho feet. aDd
VERY DURABLE— being made of the very best of
etock In tbreedlfferent style*, and warranted Ihe gen-,
ulne article, different from anything before offered
UluKlrated Circular and Price List free.

FRANK GOOD.

1209 Elm at. Manchester. N. H.

'(ir. XJU, 1,U,V ,VIU,

STEEL IR ON RIFLE BARRELS,

AND lUrORTEUR OF

Cutlery, Gunsmith's Material, Fishing
Tackle,

No*. I3C ond 139 Wood Street,

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* | 'HE accounts received of Mr. Bishop’s canoe voyage

•I along the Atlantic coast remind me of a similar
cruise of my own, undertaken to pass over the same water.
It was to be, however, from south to north, and the time
was in June. The sun glistened on the roofs of the three
houses constituting the town of New Smyrna, as we cost
off from Major Alden’s wharf and took the ebb tide for
the Inlet two miles away. Two weeks previously I had
reached the Major’s as ragged and sorry looking a speci-
men as the forests of Florida ever gave up to civilization.
An old felt hat adorned my head, minus portious of the
brim, burned off in fanning numerous camp fires; a ragged
woolen shirt, and trowserloous with both legs carried away
below the kness. My feet were encased in Indian mocca-
sins. Spite of my rough looking dress, and in face of the
fact that the Major had met me but once before, ho took
me in and did for me, and half an hour later I was pad-
dling in his bath tub and soon after sumptuously arrayed
in store clothes.

I bad bought during my stay a whale boat, 27 feet long,
well supplied with oars, sails, compass, water keg, anchor'
&e., and two men had promised to accompany me on the
whole trip for their passage. They were good sailors—
one a Scotchman the other a Swede. The voyage was
nothing short of a cruise from Florida to Massachusetts
by the inside route. The Scotchman had professed himself
acquainted with every mile of the way, and doubted not
that he could make the trip, as ho had come down on a
small steamer the previous Fall. If I had known then that
he came down in the capacity of fireman , it would have
saved me a world of trouble at a later period. As it was
wo set off buoyant and full of hope, our only bugbear be-
ing Cape Cod, and this we felt sure we could weather by
watching ou- chances. Delusive hopes! In less than two
hours we were despairing of ever looking upon the shores
of the old Bay State. I kept a journal for a few days, and
from this I will quote: “Fainter and fainter grew the
Major’s house, with its broad piazza, and fainter grew the
high white bluff with its picturesque fringe of sisul hemp
and century plants. Through the narrow channel and on
toward the foaming breakers we sped, until the breeze died
away and I took the helm while the captain (the Scotch-
man) and Sren (the Swede) took the oars. Almost out;
breakers on either hand; two hundred yards will find us
through and on the waves of the Atlantic. The great
waves toss us about like a cork and their white crests show
above us angrily. “Keep her well on!” shouts the captain,
and just then a snap, a sudden lurch of the rudder to lee-
ward, and we know that the lower bolt is broken or out.

"Pull, Sren! pull like !’’ shouts the captain, as he pulls

in the drifting rudder and seizes the oar I pass him. Slowly
she came about, but not before the top of a wave comes
over the quarter and strikes me full in the cap. We go
half a mile back and draw the boat’s stern'upon the saud
for repairs. Meanwhile the tide is fast falling, and, Hie
water on the bar growing shallower and rougher. /When
we are ready no channel is visible— all is one. stretch of
foaming water. We put her head on, shutting our eyes to
the danger, and pull straight for the breakers. And now
it is neck or nothing with us; a snap of un oar' another
break like that of an hour ago and it is all up with us.
Higher and higher roll the waves, and the thunder of their
descent prevents the hurried orders of the captain from
being heard, though shouted in my ear. I only know that
I must keep the boat head on to those green waves that
tower above us, and knowing that is all I can do, I calmly
await the result. Sren and the captain are tugging at the
oars. On they come, the waves. The boat quivers under
the repeated blows but nobly tops each wave until we reach
the most critical part, where three or lour waves decide
our fate. They come! We can see them as they ris# far
Away, gathering strength and volume as they rapidly ap-

proach, and now the first one is on us. Full in tho face I
we take it and the old boat shakes from stem to stern; but
we riso and it passes on and in comes the next, more furi-
ous than the one before. We hear no sound but its roar,
and see nothing before us but its towering wall of green
and white. I see it now, and I remember how calmly I
gazed at it, wondering that I could watch my coming fate
so coolly. But I find that in such cases of life and death,
ns it were, if one is doing all ho can to save himself a des-
perate calmness, born of the situation, takes possession of
him. I did not think— as many others in like situation
have thought— of all the sins I had committed. Perhaps
they were so many that the time was too short to review
them; anyway, I held squarely on to that rudder tiller, and
kept the boat straight, wondering only in a vague way if
we should pull through. Bang! It is past, and the water
surges from bow to stern and tho boat broaches to, while
fast and furious comes another nnd the last wave. “My
God! Quick! Give me that pole!" nnd the captain, by
exerting all his strength, brings her about just in time to
save a fill. We breathe freer, but still have to keep ou the
alert, as the waves are rougli and trenchorous.

Now we are out on the open sea, and the long roll of the
waves, now the excitement is past, brings me a visitation
from my old foe— sea sickness. Taking a last look at the
sand hills aud palmettos, at the inner bar with its crowd
of pelicans, and at the Major’s house, just discernible, I
lie down. A varying breeze from tho soulheiust and a
southerly current made our progress at first very slow; but
soon we went faster, and by nightfall had passed the last
house on Halifax Lagoon. As I am unfit for duly, to me
is assigned the task of bailing out every half hour,’ as the
waves had thumped a leak in our bout. The warm suu
revives us, and with a comparatively dry boat we sped
along quite comfortably. The captain and Sren take
watch and watch as night comes on, at the helm, while I
watch all tho time, but cannot work from nausea. Impro-
vising a binnacle of a raisin box and the compass, they pluce
the candle in it and regulate the watches by the burning of
the candle— one candle to a watch. We sight St. Augus-
tine light about midnight, and do not lose it till near day-
break. This light is in about lat. 29° 53' and long. 81 17'. It
is distant from the St. John’s River bar about thirty-five
miles. Our course is N. N. W. and the shore is in sight
after daylight; wc were guided by the roar of the surf on
the beach during the night. The shore above is whiter
than that below, that being a yellower sand with a fringe
of scattered palmettos aud a dark background of pine
woods.

I cannot help thinking of the stories of the early Spanish
discoverers— Ponce de Leon, aud more especially the cruel
Menendez— who cruised the very waters we then were sail-
ing over, three hundred years before. I had intended vis-
iting St. Augustine, but midnight was not a favorable time
to enter its rather narrow channel. Wc may have passed
over the boiling spring of fresh water, which is said to
bubble up from occau depths off the island of Anastasia,
as our boat danced about curiously at one time in the night.
Owing to a light breeze we did not reach the bar of the St.
Johns till noon. A long way out we see the buoys and wo
steer just outside the breakers and make for a spar and
iron buoy, which we can hardly mako out os they bob
about on the big waves. We reach the channel, round the
buoys, and steer west for the lighthouse. The waves are
high and dash us about, but we cross the bar without acci-
dent. Just inside the bar, with a stiff breeze blowing, the
treacherous rudder bolt again gives way, and the boat
comes up iu the wind. “Let go the fore sheet! Down with
the mainsail!” We then steer with an oar until we round
tho point of sand and then anchor at Mayport. There are
two lighthouses here; the old one is near the Atlantic— too
near, in fact, as it showed signs of being undermined by
the waves, and had to be abandoned. It is an interesting
ruin and many sketches have been made of it from time
to time. The new light is a tall structure, handsomely
built, and yet set far back among the sand hills.

The village of Mayport is small and one has to scale
mighty sand hills before he reaches it. Pilot Town, nearly

opposite, has a more attractive appearance, with its large,
square houses. After recuperating, we find that there is
no blacksmith nearer than Fernandina, thirty miles, and
consequently cannot risk our boat on the open ocean
again; so we enter an inlet that in duo time brings us out
to a sound, where are pelicans nnd plover without number.
A high bluff on our left attracts us by its beauty, being
seemingly hollowed out iuto shady glens at Its bnse” and
well wooded. At dusk we enter a channel that brings us
up to a bath house, and from the bath house I wend my
way beneath stately trees to a mansion house, whence I
can see a long row of negro quarters and a fine grove of
trees. I find that it is St. George’s Island — tho same that
General Oglethropo -occupied a hundred and forty years
ago in his invasion of Florida. The proprietor (Mr. Hol-
lins, I think) was very kind, aud I afterward had the pleas-
ure of meeting him on board a steamer at Savannah. We
slept in tho bath house, on the narrow ledge that such
houses usually sport, assured that if wc fell off the water
beneath is only six feet deep. At daybreak we depart and
row for hours up a crooked crock, against a head wind,
and then bring up, hard up, and uo outlet. This is one of
the few occasions when cussin* brings relief. I can dimly
remember that somebody— all hands and the cook, per-
haps-looked hard into the fuces of tho rest nnd said
something.

We retraced our way and regained tho right channel,
for it was indicated by stakes at long intervals, and finally,'
after half a day of wasted effort, fetched up at a house
whose sole inmate, a woman, after filling a corncob pipe
and volunteering the information that she was from Georgy,
told us that we were near Nassnu Sound, and that peoplo
there could then direct us. A run of two miles brought
us iu sight of a beautiful sound opening iuto the ocean,
near which was an old plantation. The people ut this
plantation “ ’lowed" that Fernandina was about eighteen
miles away, and that the land across the inlet was the
southern end of Amelia Island, upon which— its northern
end— Fernandina is built. A fair wind drove us through a
beautiful sound and we entered a scries of creeks similar
to, though wider than those below. Fearing we may bo
going wroug we run up to a solitnry shanty on a bluff and
have pointed out to us far away the bridge of tho. Florida
Railroad, under which wc go, and thence four miles to
Fernandina. We had heard the screeching of the car
wheels a long while before, and wondered at tho noise. I
did not criticize the cars as some tourists have done, as they
were the first I had seen for over six montlis und appeared
very fair kind of cars, after all. At Fernandina, iuto
whose magnificent harbor we sailed about five I*. M., wo
found nothing but lumber; lumber ut the wharves, on
board the many schooners, nnd in the mills. The only
blacksmith was sick, and we could procure no chart. The
captain swore he could do nothing without a chart; but
without one we went, after boarding nearly every vessel in
the harbor. The following notes, taken three yeurs ugo,
seem to correctly describe tho condition of things there:
“Fernandina is still in tho rough. The streets arc poor,
and all business is done on the harbor street. Its high land
back of the harbor, commanding extensive and beautiful
prospect of ocean and river, is being rapidly taken up, und
F. will be quite a resort for northern visitors, who have’nt
courage enough to go further south. It is destined to be
the shipping port of the South. Its harbors are spacious
and remarkably deep, with a good depth of water over tho
bar. Just before dusk wc set sail and run into Cumber-
land Sound and cost unchor under the first lcc."

Here my journal terminates; from whatever cause, it
certainly goes no further. But our search for a black-
smith was kept up and we sailed the next day, and some
time, I can’t Just remember when, we sailed up to Bruns-
wick, Ga., where we found a bluckBmith and had our rud
der repaired. Stumping through the lovely little town in
the captain’s boots, four sizes too large, I met and made
friends of several gentlemen, one acivil engineer who lived
at St. Simons, across the sound, and who kindly loaned
me a map of the State, from which I roughly sketched a
chart. I have it yet, that chart, drawn on any number of

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miles to an inch, taking in the whole sea coast of Georgia,
on a square foot of paper. Our voyage after this was hut.
a repetition of similar adventures in following blind crocks
and running up wrong channels. We passed through St.
Simon’s Sound, the attractive Altamuha, and through Do-
boy and Sapcllo Sounds, past the lovely island of St. Cath-
erine, where a horde of niggers seemed to have possession,
through Ossnbaw anil Warsaw Sounds and nil their con-
necting creeks, into the Tybeo, I think, and brought up
suddenly In a branch of a creek that we had fondly hoped
would enable us to reach Savannah by a short cut. We
had passed along the famous sea islands of Georgia, see-
ing. however, little of their attractive features, but being
throughout nearly all of our voyage surrounded by marsh.
Ji was wonderful what faith the captain had in my chart.
Finding that he knew nothing whatever of the coast, I was
obliged to guess my way along, and he fell hack on that
chart. The miuutost crceklet be would find detailed there,
and would insist that such and such a course was wrong
because the chart said so. When near Thunderbolt, a few
miles from Suvannali, wo passed a suspicious looking rev-
enue cutter, from the deck of which a black-whiskered
man ordered us to heave to, which we indignantly did. It
lias occurred to me that we presented to that officer a sus-
picious appearance, hut at that time we wondered why he
should insist upon our heaving to, when the tide and wind
were in our favor. We proceeded, however, passing a dis-
mantled earthwork further on, containing a great gun
spiked aud dismounted. Wo soon struck the yellow wa-
ters of the Savannah River and sailed up toward the city,
majestic looking in the distance, between obstructions and
past forts, till wo Anally anchored at the wharf. Our
search for a chart was unavailing; this discouraged the
captain, who took passage for home on a steamer, leaving
Srun und myself with the boat. We slept in the bout two
nights, when we had the good fortune to sell her and thus
avert a threatened fever. The custom house officials were
very kind and allowed us to deposit our eHects at the boat
house until wo sailed for homo. I wonder that the people
of Savannah did’nt mob us, for we were ragged and soiled
by our eight days’ journey, and wore extremely oullatidi -h
costume. I remember having on a pair of inexpressibles,
given me by the Major, which, as the donor was a large
man — rather corpulent, in fact — completely cuveloped me.
The front button that should be was carried around to my
left hip, so that 1 appeared, as a small boy characterized
it. as though walking squint-eyed. Rut the good citizens
of Savannah took not the slightest heed of my attire, and
the colored person to whom I gave the trowsers gave fer-
vent thanks.

I sincerely hope that Mr. Bishop will accomplish liis ar-
duous voyage, and when lie arrives on the St. Johns I
would that 1 were there to see. If lie gets puzzled among
the sea islands I will loan him my chart.

FnHD Beverly.

[Mr. Bishop, we all know, has succeeded in completing
liis long cruise without the aid of Beverly's chart. He
dropped In upon us last week, on his return to the North,
like a seabird from the ocean when the storm is upon it,
nod after a brief interval sped on his way with the flush of
exultation on his face, which well deserved success so
naturally begets. — Ed ]

For Fore it and Stream.

THE PEOPLE OF NEVADA: THEIR

HABITS AND CUSTOMS.

chapter n.

NEVADA, was admitted into lUc Union as a State in
1801, when its inhabitants numbered less than 40,000.
It was mi unfortunate circumstance for the tax-paying in-
habitants. A few wire-pullers and office-seekers rushed
the thing forward and got it admitted. This threw upon
the people an enormous burden of taxation. The State
and county tux of a man worth #10,000 is from $300 to
$100, and could not be borne if it cost as much to live as
it does in the Eastern States. What made it still worse
was laws passed by the Legislature voting large salaries
and fees to all the officers of the State from the Governor
down to the lowest officers in the county.

The State of Nevada, lying, as it does, between the great
Sa’t Lake Valley in Utah and the Sierra Nevada Moun-
tains, on a high, elevated plain covered with mountains,
would never have furnished any particular attraction for
it* settlement by white people but for its mining interests.
In view of the vast amount of territory within its limits
that can never be brought under cultivation for the want
of water to irrigate the soil, its inhabitants can never equal
in numbers t hat of other States. The climate furnishes no
objection to settlement. Although the Summers are hot, the
Winters are short, and while the mercury sometimes falls
to zero, yet such is the purity and dryness of the atmos-
phere that this degree of cold does not effect a person like
the value temperature in New York, where the atmosphere
is more humid. No country can he more healthy than
Nevada. Colds, fevers, and consumption are straugere iu
this State There is one phenomenon peculiar to the nt-
ino'pliere in this country in regard to sound and sight. An
object at the distance of ten miles can be seen ns plainly
r.~ if two miles distant in the Stale of New York, and to
one from tho cast seems to be no further than one or
two miles. The atmosphere is so light and open that
sounds pass through it with wonderful clearness. I was
greatly deceived in distauce when I first came to the State.
An object in the mountains would only appear a mile dis-
tant, but in attempting to reach it I would fiud the dis-
tance eight or ten miles.

The white inhabitants of Nevada are generally young,
from twenty live to forty years of age. A man with gray
hair is seldom seen. The settlers are hardy, stirring, and
enterprising. They arc originally from Kentucky, Mis-
souri, Michigan, Iowa, and New York, as well as some
Germans und Irish. I have not seen a negro this side of
tlie Rocky Mountains, and doubt if there is any in Nevuda.
Chinamen take the pluce of Africans this sido of the moun-
tains and serve ns cooks und waiters iu hotels, and it is
considered that they make excellent servants. The settle-
ment. in Nevada differ from any of the other States in this
particular, which is owing to the character of the country
being compiled of mountains and valleys; generally but
one side ot these mountains is supplied with water from
stu-.iiiih l lie hittleni- nu arc necessarily on that side, aud
in continuous lines the length of the vallevs. from one mile
to three or lour miles from tho base of the mountains

Each settler controls the water thnt flows through his
grounds, which lie uses in irrigating his rauche. This pre-
vents settlement beyond, although the soil may be equal or
better, but no water can be obtained. It is upon this un-
cultivated prairie that cattle feed, and it is not necessary
for their owners to own a foot of land. The mountains
and uncultivated valleys not token up by settlers belong to
the Government of the United Slates, excepting lands that
were given to the Stale of Nevada. Vast quantities of hay
is cut in these valleys. Each individual cuts as much as
he desires for liis own consumption, and should he have
any to spare he finds a ready sale for it in the villages, and,
though prairie hay, it surpasses t he cultivated hay of the
States. The products of the soil arc bought and sold by
weight; there is no mention of bushels or barrels, but the
estimate is by tons to the acre whether the crop he pota-
toes, cabbages, or grain. Fruit is also bought and sold by
weight. Notwithstanding the immense number of cattle
owned by ranchmen, and some milk ten or twenty, enough
butter is not made to supply their families the year round.

No State, perhaps, has done more for the promotion of
education, considering its age and numbers, than Nevada.
Fine large school houses are erected in every neighborhood
where there are children enough living to send to school
ten to twelve scholars. These schools are supported by
the State fund. A female teacher is paid from $-10 to $70
a month for teaching a Summer school, which sum Is paid
in gold, as there is no currency in circulation in Nevada.
There is a State University at Elko, the county seat of this
county, which is just opening. Tlie gospel lias not been
advanced equal to education; for in Clover Valley, which
has been settled ten years, there never had been a sermon
preached until I came here, in June last. Since then I
have prenched regularly somewhere. This is also true of
Ruby Valley, which is sixty miles in extent. There are no
organized churches in these valleys, though there are in
some parts of the Slate — at Elko, Austin, Virginia City,
and Carson, which latter place is the capital of the State.
It cannot be expected that inhabitants coining from every
part of the United States and Europe who come among the
mountains after silver and gold would be very tenacious of
morality. As to the Sabbath, it is not generally known
here as such; indeed, so little regard is paid to it that but
few know when it couies. All kinds of work goes on the
same as on week days. Stores, saloons, and work shops nre
kept open, and it is said more trading is done on the Saobath
than any other day iu the week. Dissipation in alcoholics
is common here, which may be attributed to constant ex-
posure to tlie weather, day aud night.; yet you seldom see
a drunken man. With all the looseness of morals I find
the inhabitants have generally had good moral and reli-
gious influences; but few infidels are found among us. It
is to be hoped that at some future day the people of
Nevada will not be behind those of other States iu the pro-
motion of good morals and religion.

The two great political parties areabout equally balanced
in tlie State, each party holding an equal number of offices.
Gov. Bradley, who is now serving hi* second term of four
years, is a Democrat, and is said to have been a strong se-
cessionist during the rebellion, and vowed that he would
not shave until the South gained her independence, lie
has never yet shaved.

Merchandise is much higher in Nevada than in the East-
ern States, especially clothing, which commands double the
price, as do bools and shoes, but as nu offset all tlie pro.
ducts of the country sell in proportion. It costs very high
for the transportation of goods to Nevada, the freight tariff
on the Union Pacific Railroad being double that of east-
ern railroads. Add to this the iuland transportation, and
tlie cost of goods is increased very much. The teams
which curry this inland freight are composed of three or
four spans of horses or mules, or from five to six yoke of
oxen, which arc hitched to two wagons, one made fust to
the other by a reach; this is preferred rather than hitching
tlie animals to each wagon. The conveyances nre con-
structed stronger in Nevada than in the States. Each vehi-
cle is capable of bearing four tons, often five or six. Be-
sides the freight the outfit of the teamster, including pro-
visions, cooking apparatus aud bedding, mid feed for the
team, are added to the load. The wagoner now com-
mences his journey of a hundred or two miles. When night
overtakes him he turns loose his team to feed on the grass,
cooks his supper, spreads his blanket on the ground, and
sleeps as soundly, perhaps more so, than if in a comfort-
able bed in a house. Many of these men do uot sleep un-
der a roof for years; they prefer the open uir, even when
they can as well sleep iu a house. This is not alone prac-
ticed by teamsters, but iu cases by whole families. Per-
sons traveling by private conveyances carry their cooking
apparatus and beds. Hired laborers are expected to fur-
nish their own beds and bedding. Riding on horseback is
practiced by males und females in Nevada. Every lady
lias a saddle horse, which they frequently ride at tlie top
of their speed.

The men outnumber the women in Ruby Valley. Among
all the families there nre uot more than half a dozen young
single ladies. Young ladies from the Slates who come as
teachers stand an excellent chance for matrimony.

Rev. H. Chase.

For Forest anti Stream.

THE MEGANTIC DISTRICT.

IN a former number of the Forest and Stream I noticed
an article entitled "A Trip to Canada for Fifty Dol-
lars," on the Megnntic district. The author’s suggestions,
as far as reaching the town of Sherbrooke and procuring
au outfit goes, were all right, but the section of Canada
that he advised your readers to visit is quite remote from
the Megantic district, of which I now write, und one that
would give the trout fisher hut little sport were he to visit
it; for many of tlie best trout lakes there have been stocked
with that great destroyer of trout— pickerel; while the
murderous gill net and fishing out of season huve played
sad havoc among the “ speckled beauties” in the majority
of the remaining lakes. The section of tlie Province o'f
Quebec known us the Megantic country embraces the east-
ern portions of Compton and Wolfe couu ties and tlie south-
ern part of the county of Beauce, its southern and eastern
boundaries being the Stales of New Hampshire and Maine.
The surface of the country is of a rolling character, dotted
with occasional mountains, the Megantic being the largest
in the district, aud one of the mountum* in the prov-
ince. The district U well watered with numerous lakes
und streams, which form tho sources of two rivers of con-
siderable size— ths St. Francis aud the Chaudiere The

former river affords but little sport for the nnglcr, ns it
only contains a few tnuscalonge, pickerel, and other coarse
fish, unless we add salmon, which run up the river to some
of its tributaries for tho purpose of spawning, but they
give no sport to the fly-fisher, as they will not rise and take
the fly so far from the sea. The upper waters of the Clmu-
diere nre well stocked with tlie Saimo fontinulli », and some
of them of large size. Now, for a route to reach and suc-
cessfully do this district, make your first stopping place at
the flourishing town of Sherbrooke, where you will find
good accommodations at the Magog House. Its gonial
landlord, Brother Buck, knows how to keep a hotel as well
ns throw a fly and kill his fish; lie is nlso a persevering
shot, and has been known to hit his loon at the thirty-sev-
enth shot. You can here procure your supplies, excepting
tent and fishing tackle, which, of course, you have brought
with you, together with your breech loading rifle and a
large sized revolver and compass. At this point either hire
a team for the trip with wagon suitable for hauling a boat,
or go by stage east to the village of Robinson, or “Burg,”
as it is more' familiarly called, which is twenty-six miles
distant fiom Sherbrooke. In passing over Sand Hill
some seven miles from Sherbrooke you have a birdseye
view of the surrounding country. In front you get your
first glimpse of the Megantic country, which looks like ft
vast sea of wilderness. That large, square mountain di-
rectly in front of you is the Megantic, and that range of
mountains further away iu the same direction are the boun-
dary mountains Hint murk the dividing line between Can-
ada and Uncle Sam’s domains. At the left and further
away you can just see the little Megantic and Ilam Moun-
tains. That long range of hills directly at your left are
the Stake Mountains. Looking in the west you see Mount
Orford looming up among numerous lesser peaks — the
highest point of land in Canada; and south of these your
eve follows the lunge of hills until it encounters Owl’s
Head, near Luke Mempliremngog, and the Green Moun-
tains, in Vermont; and, if the day is fine, you may also
see the far-famed Adirondaeks. When you arrive at
“Burg" you take possession of Clough's Hotel. You will
find mine friend Clough a good fellow, and also a true dis-
ciple of old Isaac’s. He has been my agreeable companion
on several occasions, and I hope to try conclusions with
him again on the still waters of Hie Salmon, lie has, how-
ever, a had habit of jumping out of tlie boat when running
the rapids, and also in indulging in language more em-
phatic than classical when left for a couple of hours on a
“boulder” in the middle of the river to fish iu “fly time”
without the “tar and oil.” An inward application of
“forty drops” from your pocket flask on such occasions
will usually restore him to liis natural good humor again.

At Burg you can get your land in by whipping the “mill
ponds;" try the upper one, and you will be rewarded for
vour trouble with enough small trout for your supper and
breakfast. If you are not already supplied with a boat
you can eilher procure one here or run the risk of getting it
at. Scotston, your next stopping place, twelve miles distant.
Either go by Pinkham's express or Clough will drive you
over there. Be sure aud s'op at the new mill, some five
miles out from Burg, and fill your basket with nice brook
trout that will average about four to the pound. Scotston
is a village of two years’ growth, at Victoria Falls, on the
Salmon River, a tributary of the St. Francis. You can
procure a guide here for $t .25 per day. We would recom-
mend Archie MacDonald as a most, trustworthy guide, or
John Breaden, of Burg; Archie Annas, a college educated
Indian, is also a good guide if there is no fire water about;
liis address is Dillon, Quebec.' Pinkliam, the Lord Mayor
of Scotston, usually lias boats to hire, und will furnish a
team to haul your boat to tl;e bay or over to the lake at a
mere nominal sum. While you remain at Scotston occupy
your tent by all means, and sleep in peace. There are some
largo trout in the rapids below the dam. and many smaller
ones of half a pound weight in the pond above. Should
your visit there be during the month of August you would
undoubtedly witness some of Hie various methods used by
the Scotch settlers to destroy the salmon that are stopped
here by the dam on their way to their spawning grounds in
the still waters a few miles above the falls. Poor Saimo
salar / it makes our blood boil to think that after you have
escaped the many dangers and perils that, have beset your
long pathway from the sea, that, here, at the near terminus
of your journey, you are doomed to be blown out of your
native element with dynamite or be murdered in some other
equally fiendish manner. Along the northern base of tlie
Megantic Mountain, five miles from Scotston, is the “bog,”
a long stretcli of dead water on Otter Brook— a stream that
empties into the Salmon some three miles above tlie falls.
If you make but an hour's stay at Pinkham’s you could
reach the bog for dinner, which you will take about a mile
above the lauding, at the Old Dead Pine, where you will
find a little rivulet of good water, which comes down
sparkling and cold from the mountains. Your camp should
be three miles up the stream, at the mouth of Mountain
Brook. There arc plenty of trout in the bog, and some ot
them will tip the beam at full thiee pounds. You will find
them the most plentiful at the head of the deep pools
where the lily pacts nearly cover the water; at tlie mouth
of the brook, near camp, you may expect some “big fel-
lows.” The sources of both streams are a couple of small
lakes a few miles above your camp, and should you visit
them you will undoubtedly have fine sport, and find Hie
trout there numerous and unsophisticated; for, to my cer-
tain knowledge, there has never ns yet been a Hy cast upon
the waters of either lake. If you have a fancy for n piece
of venison or moose steak, you may duriug your stay at
tlie bog gratify your appetite— that is, if you are an expert
at jack-light shooting. When you lire of that camp return
to the landing and send the guide for your team to haul
your bout and traps via Scotston to the river, while you
fish down the brook to its mouth— a distance* of three
miles. When you approach the rapids near an old land-
ing, look out, lor there are some big onesuuiong the rocks,
and when you arrive at some large pools near the river
please handle those little flngcrlings, which are constantly
jumping at your dropper, carefully, for I hey are baby
tialuto talar. After you reach the river go up tlie left shore
for a short distance and you will find a spruce bark camp,
where you will await your guide; then proceed up the
river about three miles und camp at Cold Spring, Archie's,
(the Indian,) old camp, at the foot of the lower still water.
Hie still waters of the Salmon are, together, nine miles in
length, with a portage of about half u mile between them,
llie lower still waters afford the most trout, aud are the
favorite haunts of deer and moose. Your humble servant,
the writer, in the river a mile above the camp killed his
flret moose— a flue duy cow. A fewyurds below and oppe-

FOREST ANDISTREAM.

site the camp is the mouth of Mountain Brook number
two. This stream takes its rise from springs in ft large
basin on the west side of the mountain, and has the most
transparent waters that I erer saw in any stream: back a
mile from the ri,ver are a series of falls, where early in the
season large trout may be caught. Above the upper still
water you come to the settlement of Dillon and Pope’s
gold mines. On the Dilton branch and the head waters of
the Salmon you will find good sport. After you
have fished these waters to your satisfaction, and desire u
change, return to Scotston anti start for Lake Megantic.
There are two routes— one to go by the new Government
road and reach the lake at Myers’, a distance of cighteeu
or twenty miles; the other, the old route via Gould and
Stnrnoway, and arrive at the lake near the foot of it, at
John Boston's, Lake Megantic Post Office, distance about
thirty eight miles from Scotston. Should you go by this
route you will pass near two lakes— Moffat’s and McGill’s
— before you reach Gould, but they contain no speckled
trout, but a fish called “while fish.” I have no idea as to
their species as I have not seen one. Gould is a small vil-
lage in the township of Linwick. In the northern part of
the town there is a trout laic.-, which it will pay you to
visit. Seven miles from Gould, toward Stnrnoway, is
Mountain Brook number three. In this stream the writer
and a friend caught in less than one hour and a half one
afternoon during the Summer of ’72, seventeen pounds of
fine trout without goine twenty yards from the road bridge.
Some three miles down the brook is a “ bog," or stretch
of dead water, of considerable size that without doubt
contains more of the "speckled beauties" than any other
body of waler of the same dimensions in the Megantic
country. The stream from the road down to the bog has
lately been cleared out by lumbermen to run down thick
logs, so there would be but little trouble in floating a boat
down to the dead water. You can find accommodations
for your team at one of the farm houses you passed before
entering the wood. You also pass another small river be-
fore reaching Starnoway which has a few trout. At Star-
noway there is but one hotel— Leonard’s— and you are fif-
teen miles from the lake. Four miles from Starnoway,
toward the lake, you arrive at a small creek with an old
mill on it. Some one hundred yards below' the road I have
filled my fifteen-pound basket with fine brook trout caught
around and a short distance below the mill. Lake Megantic
is estimated to be nbout fourteen miles long, and from two
to three miles broad. It contains both lake aud speckled
trout, black bass, and many other varieties of fish. The
first place you visit after reaching the lake is the rapids in
the Chaudiere at the outlet, of the lake, three miles from
the landing at Jolm Boston’s. The first rapids are the best.
Here it was that E. B. Hodge, an old member of the Water-
loo (Quebec) Fishing Club, now a resident of Plymouth,
N. II., killed his biggest trout, which weighed six and u
quarter pounds. From the Chaudiere go up the lake to
Myers’ and try a small lake back of the church; then go
up to the head of the Megantic, up Spider River to Spider
Lake, which is seven miles long; then fish Arnold River,
and tramp three miles over to Trout Pond; also visit Egg
Pond, east of the Megantic. The Megantic and suburbs
will keep you quite busy for a couple of weeks. When
you return to Starnow’ay you can visit another small trout
lake some six miles distant; then go to Lampton, at Lake
St, Francis, twelve miles from Starnoway, where you will
have trolling for mascalonge, and in a small river that runs
into the west side of the lake you will get trout. You can
now return to Sherbrooke by water, passing through Lake
Aylmer, or return to Starnoway and drive to Lake Aylmer,
twelve miles; there hire a boy to take your team to Briere’s,
at Lake Weedon, eight miles by road and four by water,
while you go down with your boat. In the bend of the
river, near a mud lake and among the rocks you can get
some fine black bass and hog or pike perch. From Briere’s
you have a drive of nineteen miles to Latluop’s Hotel, at
Dudswell Corners. There is some good brook fishing near
Lathrop’s, and you should visit a small lake in the eastern
purt of the township of Stoke, some eighs miles from the
hotel. This lake is lull of fine trout. We had on the 2d
day of last July the honor of casting the first fly that was
ever cast upon its waters, and were well rewarded for our
trouble. Do you want its largest beauties ? If so, take off
your fly and use live minnows; try the deep water near the
outlet, and see how quick you cun fill your basket. From
the Corners to Sherbrooke is twenty-one miles, and each of
the small streams that you pass between those places have
trout in them. There are numerous other small lakes and
streams in the Megantic district that I have not mentioned,
as they do not promise good sport. There are several spe-
cies of the speckled trout in this country; in some of its
waters you will find them side by side, so it cannot be the
difference in their feeding grounds that makes them differ
in colof and shape. Had I not already taken up too much
of your valuable space I would go iuto this more fully.

Stanstead.

<£nllnre.

SHAD! SHAD 1 !

Calbdonta, Livingston Connty. N. Y., May 18th. 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

I fonmt the following article In the New York World of a recent date,
and a» It tllnstrates several thing* In the direct Hoc of your work, per-
haps you may And space to reproduce It:

" MLd ?“ ?ld yosterday; ‘why they’re too cheap

?**,. SaA"rd.“y yoJ* c“"ld ,mve hnd '™ bom S't to $15 the hun-
dred. and to day they’re only nbout «8 to $23. There’s that lot of shad

inena i 8 T of ',IC water. and I’d bo clad to make you

an offer or them for $15 the hundred; and. as the majority of that lot

I ^ £ Vi? P >ourfl»b will hardly cost three cents

a pound in the hulk. Shod ton t even pay for the handling. Suppose
Mm. nnu?hihd.re,1»°[ thow •l*lu,"1|d rtsh a: $15 Well.lt take* my
time, and the help of two men. to count your 0*h and till

A , i„ . i ... uiuiers lor me orders tnat we nil

As In nil other produce bnslncM we keep open accounts for them, and
souie accounts there be that never reach u balance.’

-‘J38Z wlu.tlJe Pr^nl 8 bad season compare with the laat os to prices,
quantities and duration}' y •

’’ •The duration of the season will be less, because It was later In the
opening. Shad only come to our waters when the ice hits left tho rivers
and they can safely deposit their eggs. When the season for that lias
arrived— -and no man knows where they have wandered In the interval-
they begin to make for the shore, and are found In succc.slou at Charles-
ton. Savannah, \\ aahtngton. the Chesapeake, the Delaware, the Hudson,
the sound, and tho Connecticut River, each few dove n step further to
the northward. The Hrst shad of the season, therefore, come from the
south; the season is at no eud when the Ush have deposited their eggs.
Now, as t was a late spring all along the coast, this season must be
short. I he fact that it was late is also a reason for greater abundance,
ns the time for the tlsh reaching our own waters coincides with the facili-
ties for outside shipments. The East and South send us their shad to
Und u better price than at home, and this year they had better have dls
continued early for sake of nil concerned. Last year. In the height of
the season, shad sold here for $25 to $30 per hundred, aud paid well.’

’’ ‘What do yon think of Seth Green and his efforts to Increase by cul-
ture the supply of Hudson River shudt’

’’ •Seth is ii very clever man, and 1 hear ho pnt out 5,000,000 of young
Blind in the river during lust year; bin I cannot see that it lias greatly in-
creased the local supply, nor that the latter would cease If he dldu’t put
out a fish. Seth has got the notion that shad will come back by preler-
ence to tue waters In which they were reared, while the fact Is they go
into any rivers that have the right degree of temperature to suit their
***** 'c*8- v>had go out to sea when they’re strong enough, and

when or where they will come buck. The season for

ffifti Mi 1,1 e ,tho 8,l5ht adherence of this composl-
wb cha/iflil?. ,pe,rm,ta> lho Introduction of an instrument
Tim dct?c,ics the young oyster without Injuring it.
nu'Mu’n i'CV 1 haa acquiredthe size of a quarter-franc
11 wPoden boxe8 covered externally with
work of nP„PCr wh,cU 58 closed by a wire net-

hi [L fini,! .n'L'Shca- Af,cr th0 oyftten have increased
tliev uni nlao.9?1^’ PirotCCl from cvcry external attack,

i. Jd of art z

iSPjSM

^Bmnish tvStnTljJS SSSwSSSS^SSl

FISH IN SEASON IN JUNE.

Tront, Salmo ronUnnlls.
Salmon, Salmo talar.
Maskeuonge, EtM nobdlor.

Salmon Trout, Salmo confinU.

Shad. Atota.

Laud-locked Salmon, Salmo (Hover I,

breeding instincts.

no man Knows _„w.. .„v „v „„

breeding seems to extend from April to the end of Tune* and" Hum* you
will find them where the waters agree with them— nowhere else.’ ”

Now, the above article is fair proof that the quantity of shad coming
to market is much more this year than last year. It was more last year
than the year before. The increase has been so great as to command
universal notice. It is also the fact Hint a great increase of the catch of
shad has been noticed only in those rivers which have been urtitlelally
Stocked, aud that such increase has happened Just at the Umc when Seth
Green and those who thought with him predicted that it would happen.
I used to believe in Seth a good deal; but since tho "old marketmnu”
has spoken, my faith wavers. The probabilities are all against Seth,
anyhow. The "old marketraan,” sitting at his stall and counting his
fish, most have had more opportunities for observation and experiment,
while his constant hnudliug of the steelyards ought to have made him
by this time a formidable rival of Prof. Baird. Well, he has made one
grand discovery lu natural history- that we jWill Und shad "where tho
waters agree with them, and nowhere else." A. S. Collins.

Remarkable Feat in Oef-iiand Shooting. — On Sat-
urday last, at Crcedmoor, Col. Geo. W. Wingate performed
& remarkable feat, making a score of 5 5 5 5 3 (four bulls-
eyes and a centre), or 23 out of a possible 25, in five con-
secutive shots at 500 yards, off-hand (standing), using a
Springfield military rifle (new model), with open sights,
and a trigger pull of over seven pounds. The score was
made in the presence of a number of spectators, and in
quite a stiff breeze, requiring an allowance of uearly
two feet. Although this score 1ms been occasionally
surpassed, yet this has been hut seldom, and then only
from a lying position, involving a dead rest. In shooting
“from the shoulder,” it is believed that it is the best score
that has ever been made at Creedmoor. The bullseye was
circular, twenty-two inches in diameter, the “inner” being
fifty-four inches.

— On Thursday two pigeon matches were shot at Ira
Paine’s grounds between Ira Paine and E. Stevenson, with
11 birds each, English rules, 5 traps. Both matches re-
sulted in a victory for Mr. Paine with the followiug scores:

FIRST MATCH,

Ira A . Paine, 30* yards 1 0 11111110 0-8

E. Stevenson, 20 yards 1 00 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0-7

SECOND MATCH.

Ira A. Paine, 80* yards 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1- 11

H. Stevenson. 23 yards 1 00101 1010 1— 0

The wind was blowing a gale, and the birds were good.
Many of the birds that were hit were carried out of bounds
by the wind.

—The Montreal Fish and Game Protection Club was
formally re-organized on the 19th inst. The committee ap-
pointed at the preliminary meeting presented a draft of a
constitution and by-laws, which, with some slight amend-
ments, were passed. The following gentlemen were then
elected office-bearers for the following year: — President,
McPherson Lemoyne; Vice President, F. W. L. Ponton;
Secretary, A. N. Shcwan; Treasurer, W. H. Rintoul.
Committee, Messrs. Jas. Esdaile, R. II. Kilby, F. J. Brady,
E. M. Copeland, H. W. King, Maurice Cuvillier, Geo. A.
Drummond, Henry McKey. Legal Adviser, W. II. Kerr.
The ruthless slaughter of fish aud game in the breeding sea-
son by thoughtless people was criticised in unmeasured
terms, aud the meeting was unanimous iu the opiuion that
unless something was speedily done to put a stop to it we
would soon have both forest and stream barren of the game
and fish which was at one time so abundant. The bass
and pickerel — two of our finest fish — were alluded to as
having almost totally disappeared from our rivers from the
use of trawl and other nets used in small streams, which
captured the fish by the cartload when they were on the
way to their spawning groutids. The President spoke of
the exertions which were being made by the game protec-
tion clubs of the United States to protect their game and
fish, and a suggestion wa9 made that as these clubs hud
shown a desire to co-operate with Canadian clubs in the
matter, they be communicated with by the President. It
was also suggested that the President communicate with
the Government, iu order to secure their help in the mutter
of prosecuting violations of the law. After some further
discussion, it was resolved to immediately engage the
services of energetic uieu who would prosecute every per-
son found violating the provisions of the law regulating
the protection of game and fish. — Montreal Gazelle.

. — A dispatch from Windsor, Nova Scotia, dated May 24,
states that Mr. Wilmot, of the Fisheries Department of
Canada, is there engaged in selected.a site upon which to
erect ft large and commodious ^fifth-breeding establishment,
to be more particularly adapted for artificial propagation of
whiteflsh.

— The Connecticut fish commissioners report that the in-
troduction of black bass in Connecticut waters has been
successful, and that over 1,359,000 young salmon have been
placed in Connecticut river during the year. Their experi-
ments in hatching shad show that the eggs of the shad will
not hatch in brackish or salt water; also that such waters
are fatal to the young fry. The catch of shad laat season
was unusually large.

French Method of Oyster Culture. — M. Crugny an-
nounces in Lee Mondes that, after ten years of groping In
the dark in the treatment of the great oyster hanks of
Fiance, especially of Arcackon, these have entered upon a
career of fertility so prodigious that Areaclion alone will
soon be able to furnish oysters for the whole world, and ut
prices much lower than those which at present prevuil. It
is well known, according to Crugny, that each oyster pro-
duces, every year, spat sufficient to furnish 4,000,000 of
young, hut that inuumerable sources of destruction greatly
reduce the yield. At the present time, in the light of mure
recent experiences, spat is collected on tiles previously
coated with a sticky composition, to which it strongly at-

lUniUri/u head or "l/anie, and fun in Seaton" tot can onlu meet
fy I ft ventral terms tAs uveral txirU'lss, becwiu (Ai Uiioa of Stntej Lpu

Onn^uhu^eiM* 10 al!m,Pl ,u Particularize toe coula do no™Jt
than nubHeh thoit entire lectlont that relate to the kituls of name in
VUfflon- l hit would -yvuIiy u great amount of our twice. % deJu-
noting gaoie we ary guided by the laws of nature, in/on which all Itgii.

fol‘rul(d,aiid our reader* loould do welt to prorUle themtefvet
It* ai"f ^ (,,nr ,r*tiHd\ce State* for cant taut reference. Ulherwlu
our altemuU to ateul them will only create confutlon .]

Fisn in Market, — All kinds of fish in’season arc being
received In great numbers and, considering tho backward-
ness of the Spring have been low in price. Among the
choice varieties and latest arrivals may be mentioned the king
fish, which are selling at 25 cents per pound; also the pom-
pano, at $1 00, aud sea bass at 18 ceuts. On last Saturday
a five pound hluefish was taken in the pounds near Coney
Island, und we may soon expect to hear of the ndvont of
these fine fish into the Great South Bay. Trolling for them
will this Summer give way in a great" measure to tho new
and popular mode of chumming , or taking them with rod
and light tackle. Connecticut Rivcr shad are uow in prime
condition, and for.fluvor and size cannot be boat; the bust
sell for 60 cents each. Shccpshead arc arriving iu largo
quantities from Baltimore, aud sell for 18 cents per pound.
Striped bass are very scarce, those in market bringing 25
cents per pound. Salmon still in very limited Bupply and
fishermen report that at Halifax, N. S. and in that vicinity
the early run hns been a total failure. Soft crabs from
Virginia, are very abundant at $1 00 per dozen. A few
about the size of a cent have been sent up from Squan
River, N. J., hut owing to their diminutive size have found
no purchasers. The catching of these very Bmall crabs
should bo prevented, as they are unfit for tho table, and uu
annoyance to the dealer. Green turtle are plenty ut 18
cents per pound. Fresh mackerel were never more abun-
dant than they have been this Spring, the flucst selling at
10 cents each. Although very flue as regards quality and
size, yet the mackerel caught in tho Spring and salted
never rank over No. 3, as they are not fat; the best suit
mackerel, 9uch as extra No. 1, are not put up uutil late in
September or October. Live codfish are plenty ut 7 cents;
ditto halibut at 15 ceuts. Weakfish aro coming in from
Long Island und New Jersey, and sell for 10 cents ; black-
fish 12 cents.

Pattern Trout Fltes.— For tho information of our
readers, we append herewith a list of standard trout flies,
with a description for those who dress their own. Thero
are a great many nondescripts of fnney colors and strange
combinations, and with fancy names, not mentioned hero,
hut these we give are about all the generic flies used by
professional anglers. Browns, yellows and duus aro in
best service ut this season : —

Frofbbsor — Re<l toll, yellow body, brown kaeklo, gray mallard wing.
Gaizztr Kino.— Red tail, green body, gray hackle, gray wing.

A oner .—Golden pheanaut und red tall, brown hackle, dark gray wing.
Cow-duno.— Light yellow body, brown hucklo, *loto colored wiug.
Coachman — Peacock body, black hackle, aiate colored wing.

March Brown.— Brown body, ribbed with yellow silk, brown hackle,
turkey wlDg,

Brown Hkn.— Peacock body, brown hackle, wild turkey wing.

Silvkh Black. —Black hackle, light black body, ribbed with sliver tin-
sel, (lurk wing.

Govbbnoii.— Red tail, peacock body, brown buckle, turkey wing.

Oak — orange body, ribbed with black silk, brown buckle, turkey wing,
Black Gnat —Black osagn body, black hackle, black wlug.

Giiken Drake.— Yellow body, ribbed with black ilik, brown hackle,
dted-yellow mullurd wing.

Millkr -White body, white hackle, white wing.

Blub Mole.— Dark gray body, gray buckle, slate colored wing.

Silver Guay.— Silver body, gray hackle, gray whig.

Oiianok Black.— Orange body, black hackle, dark wing.

Mat.— Yellow body, yellow hackle, yellow wing.

Red Ant.— Brown body, brown hackle, light wing.

Montreal.— Red body, red hackle, gray wing
Blue Professor.- Red tail, blue body, brown hackle, gray wing.
Stone.— Brown body, ribbed with yellow silk; brown hackle, made of
partridge und mallard wing.

Cinnamon.— Light brown body, brown hackle, brown wing.

Alder. — Claret body, black hackle, elate colored wing

Baps Fuse.— Larue Ibis, ellvcr doctor, and Page— all gaudy colors.

Blub Bottle.— Blue body, block hackle, slate colored wing.

— Excursion bouts aro now running to Rockaway
Beach.

— The Potomac fishermen have had fishermen's luck this
season, the yiold being estimated at less than one-third the
usual average.

—The mullet, orrcd9idc9, in the Genesee River are dying
by thousands, other fish in the same waters not appearing
to he affected.

—The Hartford Timet says that tho wholes'# slaughter
of shad, young and old, continues ulong tho Connecticut
shore, regardless of the law.

24H

JFOREST AND STREAM

V — large number of fishermen with their crews are al
ready at their posts on the Canadian stations ready for the
first run of salmon.

— Shad of the finest description, some of them fully three
inches in thickness, have been selling at Norfolk, Virginia,
at six cents each

—In Rochester shad are selling at 40 cents per pair, and
the citizens think it is because Seth Green lives there.
Perhaps it is, but wo see by the papers that they have im-
ported a North River fisherman to sell them.

Adirondacks. — Meacham Lake , May 20th.— The salmon
trout fishing is much better than last year, and is early,
The brook trout fishing is excellent. The fish are now
taking the flies finely. We have some company here now,
and expect others to-night. We were snowed in from Feb-
ruary 18tli to April 6th. A. R. Fuller.

New Jersey.— Kinsey's Ashley House— Barney at Inlet ,
May 20th. — Borne few blueflsh taken in gill nets; weakflsh
of good size, running from three to six pounds, are also be
ing caught; none with hook aud line. We are expecting
our annual run of blueflsh every day. For the past seven
years blue fish have been taken with nets for a week or ten
days previous to their capture with the squid. B.

— The Salisbury, Ct., Game Protective Company includes
about eighty residents of the northwest corner of the State,
and has already demonstrated its usefulness the present
season by totally preventing the spearing of baas on their
spawning beds in that section. In former years ns many
as a dozen torches have been counted on “Twin Lakes" in
a single night. Bass fishing in these lakes is good, and
will be permitted after July 1st. The month of June is a
close season.

— An Atlanta, Georgia, correspondent, says: “The bass
are spawning in this section, and the ‘crackers,’ (aud I
am sorry to say, others who know better,) climb trees stand-
ing near the shallow creeks over their spawning beds, and
shoot them with buckshot.” This is a new kind of sport,
combining the pleasures of a 'possum hunt, target practice,
and still fishing.

— The Willewemoc Club held its annual meeting in this
city last week, nt which the following officers were elected .-
J. 8. Van Cleif, President; Charles A. Macy, Jr., Vice
President; C. Van Brunt, Secretary and Treasurer; J. 8.
Van Cleif, C. Van Brunt and George W. Van Siclen, Ex-
ecutive Committee- This association, which was incorpo-
rated by a special act, in 1870, has control and ready access
to some of the finest lakes aud streams in the Catskills.
Lake Willewemoc, where the club house is located, is about
2,500 feet above tide water, and lies about thirteen miles
north of the Midland R. R., and is easily reached in one day
from New York, by way of Morston. The Willewemoc
stream lies throe and a half miles south;; the upper Beaver-
kill the same distance north, and a little beyond the well
known Balsam Lake and Thomas Lake, both well stocked
with trout, and both under control of the club. Lake Wil-
lewemoc is a quarter of a mile in length, and under the
old name of Sand Pond, has long been noted for yielding
large trout, and to those desiring both lake and stream fish-
ing, and al the same time enjoy with their families the
bracing mountain air, this club offers especial attractions.

It will be seen by an advertisement in auolher column that
& few shares are for sale to acceptable persons.

The Fisheries. — T he number of fishing arrivals for the
week ending May 20th was sixty-seven — fifty from Georges,
sixteen from Western Banks and one from Grand Banks.'
The Western Bankers average very good salt fares, the re-
ceipts of cod being about 850,000 pounds. The Georgcsmen
have brought in some 1,000,000 pounds cod aud 500, 000
pounds halibut. Bank halibut have been in good supply,
the total receipts being 280,000 pounds.

The Southern maekercling fleet ure doing a very fair
business in the fresh mackerel line, several fares having
been landed in New York the past fortnight, which have
been sold at remunerative prices. No salt fares have ar-
rived home yet, and probably will not before the first of
next month. The old stock of mackerel in the market is
fast being closed off, and the new catch will come along in
good time to supply future demunds. The first arrivals of
6ali mackerel last year sold for $12 and $10 per barrel for
large and medium threes, and the probability is that
they will briug nearly, if not quite as much this season.

1 he salt bankers are arriving freely the present week,
averaging good fures. The fish are of excellent quality and
in good demand as fast as they can be got in readiness for
the murket. The number of vessels in this branch of the
fisheries is considerably larger than the fleet of last season,
and the business bids fair to prove quite successful.—
Cape Ann Advertiser, 21 st.

ont branches for fifty feet; trank, two and three feet In diameter; bark,
ash color, which Is Imported under the name of bibtra bark, a tonic. It
was (or Is) extensively used In ship bnMag for beams, etc. Lloyd's list
of ship building woods class It as No. 1. (For further particulars refer
to Treasury of Botany, par; It., etc., etc.)

Perfection in nil our implements and tackle is what we aim at, and if
this wood can be obtained perfect, as Orvis says, it would be most de-
sirable. QUERCUS.

PISCATORIAL SPORT IN LAKE SAN
ANDREAS, NEAR SAN FRANCISCO.

San Francisco, May 20th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

On Saturday last my nephew and myself took the southern (rain of
cars to San Bruno, fourteen miles from this city, where there is a neat
nnd comfortable tavern, well conducted by a man of the name of Cun-
ningham. We reached this station at a quarter past four in the after-
noon, and directly sealing ourselves In a wagon drawn by a pair of fast
horses, reached our lake in about half an hour, the distance being about
three miles, but part of tho way was up a tolerably sleep "hill . On the
shore of the lake there Is a small cottage, inhabited by the keeper. We
found a boat ready for us, but the westerly trade winds were blowing
rather strong, and we were on Ihe lee shore, so we hnd some difficulty In
rowing from it out into the lake, our object being to reach the opposite
shore to commence fishing where the water was not so rough. Our at-
tempt to inveigle the fish (salmon trout) was not rewarded with success
that evening. My nephew tried with the fly, and I with halt, fishing with
worms. The wind was quite high.

This Is a subscription water, and tho permit to fish costs §2 50 per
capitum. The next morning, after an early breakfast, we rode again to
this fine sheet of clear nnd pure water, which belongs to iho Spring Val
Icy Water Company, of this city. The wind, as usual on this const, was
gentle till about eleven in the morning, and the sun, as is almost Invari-
ably the case at this season, shone brightly, with an entirely clear sky .
On reaching our water we took boat again, and trolled with a small spin-
ning spoon bait, but with two rods out. Presently, while rowing across,
my nephew hooked and secured a salmon trout of one pound and a half
in weight. We continued to troll up and down a portion of the water
from seven in the morning until after three In the afternoon. During
that time my nephew took eight salmon trout, averaging one pound each,
and I took seven, one of miue being taken with a worm. These fish ore
very game, and afforded us good sport. Pan of them are termed black
trout, and part silver trout. The lake is swarming with them. Several
other parties captured a good many of them while we were itaere. The
lake la one mile In length, and in breadth about three hundred yards. It
la siirronnded by high hills, clothed in part only with low bashes, or
ebappara). The view around is rather bleak and barren, but there Is a
profusion of many varieties of beautiful aud brilliantly colored wild
flowers of many hues. The only other fish In this lake angled for is a
small chub, about the size of a California smelt. Many salmon trout
wore taken last year by bait fishing, but this year the spinning spoon is
by far the most killiug process.

The cost of this trip was $7 each. There Is another lake nearer to the
city, close by the Golden Gate Park, called Merced. This belongs to the
Acclimatizing Society, and the permission to fish there also costs $2 50.
This is kept planted with the same species of salmon trout as Is In Lake
San Andreas, but they do not Seem to spawu th' re. The trolling Is good
In this lake. About nine miles south from San Andreas is Lake Palici-
tos, which is stocked with Calfornia brook trout. The fishing there is
free. E. J. Hoofer.

TROUT FISHING IN VIRGINIA.

MR. S. C.

CLARKE AND
CLATURE.

HIS NOMEN-

MATERIAL FOR FLY RODS.

Lynchburg, Va., May 1-lth, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

In your Daper of April 29th your correspondent, "Monmonth," states
It as a well established though curious fact that east of the Blue Ridge
Mountains in Virginia, and further south the speckled trout are not to he
found. Indeed, he avers that they have never been found here, and al-
though—on one occasion, at least— carefully introduced into these waters
they speedily perished. He asks, "Who shall explain this?"

It needs no explanation. Your correspondent was simply misinformed
as to the facts. Speckled trout (true Ultimo fontmalis) have always been
quite ubundant in almost every stream flowiug through or having its
source on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Trout are
still caught In these streams, though In diminished numbers, as far down
and below the mountains ns the temperature and clearness of the water
admit. • The present season quite a number of fine trout have been
caught in the James River, some thirty miles below this city, ns well as
above. Many of the tributaries of the James, which rise ou tho eastern
slopes and spurs of the Blue Ridge, have long been noted for their excel-
lence as trout streams, and if they were properly protected and cared for
would soon rival the choicest streams iu tho Adironducks. I could name
half a dozen streams within a half day's horseback ride of Lynchburg
whore ns good sport may be had as in perhaps nine out of ten of the
most famous tront streams of New York or New England. The trout of
these waters, as caught by our sportsmen, range from a quarter of a
pound to one pound aud a half. The streams are generally a succession
of cascades or rapids, and large, deep pools, and the banks sufficiently
free from brush to afford a free uso of the artificial fly.

W. B. Robertson.

n fund jfjistarg.

_ o Boston, May 6th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Is there to be had of any Importers or dealers In useful or fancy woods
in New York or elsewhere the wood called the greenheart, suitable for
the making of rods? You probably arc well aware of tho quality of this
wood (wheD It cau be obtained) as a perfect article for rode, retaining, os
Jt docs In every particular, its elasticity under ail circumstances, for it
never sets or changes during use by being water-soaked, and is recom-
mended by all English, Irish, or 8cotch manufacturers of rods. It is
certainly a valuable wood for tho purpose, though our makers use it but
little, owing probably to the difficulty lu obtaining It perfect. Francis
Francis, an English author, speaks of it most particularly in hie w ork on
anglieg, haviug used a greenheart tip to a bamboo rod for salmon aud
trout fishing for nearly twenty years, remaining still most reliable.

Wo speak of this as a matter of importance, for we have received this
wood several times in logs, and when sawed up It has not proved of good
quality, nnd It has been more or less riddled with holes by borers, aud
the elasticity, from some cause, gone, so that it would break with any
■uddeu strike, and thus be rendered useless. Wc think if the greenheart
wood could be obtained perfect from Us location It would be a valuable
addition to the rod manufacturer's stock of woods.

In regard to the botany of the greenheart tree (Xcctandra rodae i). It
abounds in Dcmsrara, Peru, Guinea, and the West India Islands. The
greenheart, or bibiri tree of British Guiuea, Is named Xeclandra rodeai

by Sir R. Schombark, though some botanists consider it a variety of Xeo-

tundra Uucanlha, a large tree sixty to seventy fest high, frequently with- j —Philu. Dispatch

— The Trustees of the American Museum of Natural
History gave an interesting reception at the museum in
Central Park, on Tuesday last. The rain interfered some-
what as far as attendance was concerned, but the late addi-
tions to tho collection were viewed with much interest.
Among them arc the gigantic moas, cuts and descriptions of
which have already appeared in this paper. Also 1,100 fine
skins of birds of North Amorica, the Hays collection of
heads of moose, buffalo, caribou, etc. Mummies from
Columbia River, aud the original plates from which were
printed Audubon’s Birds of America.

—Mr. Geo. A. Boardman, of Calais, has had presented
to him a deer’s hoof without the cleft, which is something
of a curiosity, though how unusual, we are not informed.

American Reptiles.— Prof. Cope, of this city, has pre-
pared for the Smithsonian Institute a list of the reptiles
which have hitherto been discovered in America north of
Mexico Of 337 species admitted by him, 125 arc snakes
82 lizards, 41 turtles, and 2 crocodilians; 23 of the snakes
are poisonous, 17 being rattlesnakes, copperheads and
water moccasins, and 3 coral snakes— the last are related
to the viper of England, and are beautifully annulated with
red or scarlet, yellow and black. Of the non-venomous
snakes 103 belong to forms that are generally familiar
while two are sluggish and worm-like creatures, which
have, hence been called "Scolecopliidans,’’ or worm-shakes.

Smithsonian Institution, May 8th, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

It Is grallfylug to find that Mr. 8. C. Clarke (Forest and Stream May
6th) has conceded the coirectness of all the positions assumed by my-
self, and that his descriptive uotes ou the nurse confirm the Idea nog.
gested In a former communication, viz.: that the fish so called by the
Floridians (as In the West Indies and Bermuda) is a Qinglymosto/ra. I
should, therefore, have made no further allusion to the subject had It
not been for a question Mr. Clarke has proposed for me. As 1 am of a
very accommodating disposition, and always like to Impart information
when asked and when I cau, I take pleasure In lesponding to Mr.
Clarke's question, which wus, “ Did it ever occur to Mr. Gill that, some
of the modem naturalists are addiug to this confusion- by constant
changes in nomenclature?" I can reply that it has several times or-
curred to me that amateur and Imperfectly educated naturalists have
very much increased the confusion of nomenclature, and among such
are several of the naturalists to whom allusion Is made In Mr. Clarke's
letter. But even the confusion which such men have lutroduced Is not at al 1
comparable with that which originates from the diversity of application
of popular names. In order to prove this let me stule the conditions of
the questions involved. The great confnsion In the use of popular names
results from the entire causelessness and vagueness of their application.
Thus, to refer only to names used by Mr. Clarke, the word nurse is ap-
plied to animals more different than a horse and a rhinoceros arc from
each other; the word crevahe is used tor fishes that ure extremely dissimi-
lar in appearunce, aud some words, e. g. black fish, trout, salmon, etc.,
ure severally applied to fishes far more different than a man Is from a
monkey, and even moro than they are from a dog. Nay, to such an ex-
tent does this confusion go that the same name Is applied to the porpoise,
(t. t. a mammal), and (o a number of different kluds of fishes that are
extremely unlike each other. Every sportsman who has traveled much,
as well as every naturalist, will be able to recall hosts of examples. I
therefore need not allude to more.

Now, as to the scientific nomenclature, It is quitcjtrue that iu a num-
ber of cases several names have been given to the same spejlee, but
those names, on the other hand, are not applied to different species, ex-
cept through errors of Identification, such as Mr. Clarke has committed
in several of his communications. It is owing to such mistakes that the
synonym of various species has accumulated. In future eynonymical
lists, e.g., under the name Qlngtymostoma cirratum lhcre must be in-
serted as a synonym Somniasvs breviptniia (Clarke,) Forestand Stream
May 28, 1874, aud January 28, 1875. This will be very much like refer-
ring to the synonym of Canis familiarly, Homo sapiens, l . e., recording
an identification of a man with a dog! Such Is the character of mistakes
one may be led Into by trusting to popular names. There la another ex-
planation to be found in the fact that natural history nomenclature is an
expression of our ideas and advance in the knowledge of animals, and
that each name is a formula indicative of certain facts of structure;
therefore it could only be expected by one who had little or no knowl-
edge of the subject that the nomenclature should be stuble, inasmuch us
such stability would indicate omniscience with respect to the subject,
and consequently would once for all forestall investigation.

Mr. Clarke regrets the decay of the “old school" of naturalists, and by
Implication the ascendancy of "the new school, which may be called the
Smithsonian." This may be a question of taste, to some extent, but it
Is not a question of taste as to the illustrations he gives. The “old
school” naturalists referred to by him divided the two species of black
bass into about half a dozen, more or less, and did not define them so as
*o be recognizable— t. g., the black bass is named by one nnd tho same
author, Orystes salmoidts aud Centrarchvs fasclalus, aud yet these
names are applicable to tho same species I Mr. Clarke

says "It used to be thought proper to allow the name

given to a species by its first describer to Btand, but the
Northern pickerel, first described by Agassiz as Esar borens, has been in
some mysterious way renamed E. ludoldes." The mystery in this case
arises rather from the fact that Mr. Clarke should make a very rash state-
ment without knowing anything ubout the matter. Half u dozen errors
are involved in this and the following paragraph, but it will suffice to
state that both of the names mentioned were given by Prof. Agassiz him-
ee(f, and were applied to what he at least considered very distinct species .'
Mr. Clarke, however, is quite right in supposing that it used to be thought
proper to accopt priority in nomenclature, but this lias always been sub-
ject to certain conditions. Aud with regurd to the names cited, observ-
ance of this very law of priority has necessitated the restoration of the
name Mlcropterus to the black bass, and this view has been adopted by
Prof. Agassiz's own " school," as he will find by reference to the "an-
nual report of the Trustees of the Museum of Comparative Zoology,"
page 20, just published, where the name ilicroplerus nigricans is adopted
for the large-mouthed black bass.

The “Smithsonian school" of nomenclature, as It Is in some degree
appropriately called by Mr. Clarke, for tho vertebrates, has been gen-
erally followed throughout the country, (and, therefore, has good claims
to be called the "American school,”) and when Mr. Clurke more fully un-
derstands these matters he will doubtless see the propriety of becoming
a disciple Iilmsi If. Several other misconceptions and errors than those
noticed are apparent in Mr. Clarke’s communication, but ns this article
has already extended to an undue length, further notice thereof for the
present, at least, will doubtless be excused. Let ine add a few words in
conclusion. Most of the readers of the Forest and Stream are men
of culture and education, and if they would set the example of calling
the various animals they are familiar with by their proper mimes, much
of the difficulty which now exists in one sportsman understanding what
another means would be done away with. Many, I presume, would be
disposed to decline to do so. because they might be accused of pedantsy,
and doubtless they would by some, but they will do well to bear in mind
the truth that the pride of lgnorauce is of all the greatest, and It is ques-
tionable whether it is worth while to attempt to conciliate It. If sports-
men would only use truly specific names— English or scientiflc-lt mat-
ters not, controversies like the current one with such an estimable gen-
tleman as Mr. Clarke would be Impossible, for the present has origi-
nated entirely from misapprehensions engendered by the local applica-
tion of certain names. Tubo. Giu..

THE BANDED PROTEUS.

May 21st, i875.

Editou Forest and Stream:—

I promised a few days since to tell you of the new fish (?) onr fisher-
men are taking— the banded proteus, {Menobraucu* La'erls of De Kay,>
of which De Kay says In Natural History of New York Zoology, Pun
III., page 87, that It la common in Lakes Eric, Seneca, Champlain, and
George, and that "It has been found in the Erie Canal, and will doubtless
ere long reach the Hudson River." It is well on Its way if it has not
already reached the Hudson. For a few years past It has occasionally
been taken In the Mohawk River in the neighborhood of Little Falls,

N Y.; this year it is very common. One man is reported to have taken
forty at one time in a net. They range from twelve to twenty-four
inches, and one old fisherman reports "three pounders.” They are
caught both with a hook and i fyke nets set for suckers, a d ure re-
ported to be full of small fish. Many fear they will destroy our game
fish, and want to learn some way to get rid of them. De Kay thinks
they are good to eat, bnt we prefir some other way, as our anglers "don't
honker after" them. Do they do any harm, and if so. is there any
remcdyy Ferbis.

Whale, Ho! Seven whales were in sight at one time
HamPto“ 00 last Friday, exciting the whalemen
of that place to an indescribable pitch. After a long chase,
however, the boats returned without having been “fast.”

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USE OF PICKLE IN TAXIDERMY.

Nr» Utrecht, N. Y., May 17, 1875

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Yon anonymous correspondent "Pickle”— an opinion given publicly la
worth a name— whether an amateur or veterau taxidermist, evidently
docs not understand practically all the “wrinkles" of taxidermy; for
If he did he would not "wonder" at the simple process of cleansing some
of our hard-feathered birds in a pickle previous to drying their plumage
and mounting them. 1 would like to ask "Pickle" how he would pro-
ceed to mount a flat, dry skin of a loon, grebe, guillemot, puflln, auk, or
penguin that is split down the hack longitudinally from tho occiput to
the tail? Surely he would not allow the grease and blood to remain on
the plumage of a bird and sew up a dry, contracted skin, thus making a
deformed and dirty specimen ; yell cannot see how he can overcome
such obstacles to good mounting without soaking dry skins into a pliable
and mountable condition. Verily, I believe "Pickle," if a professional
taxidermist, will profitably bear a littlo further experience as a taxi-
dermist, or else, in some coses, at least, ho must necessarily become a
"modest taxidermist." Jos. H. Batty.

THOSE SWAMP PEEPERS.

Watervu-le, N. Y., May 17th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Your answer to J. W. W. may bo correct as an abstract fact, but I
think It would convey a wrong impression to the general reader. The
peepers referred to arc not frogs according to the general acceptation of
that term. If J. W. W. will some warm day, about dark, approach the
spot on the margin of a swamp where he is certain he heard some of the
peeps proceed from, he will notice that they will suddenly stop, but if he
will patiently stand motionless a few minutes he will observe sisroe of
life iu a little thing that has looked like a small brown, dead leaf. This
will cautiously rise and prove Itself to bo a thing of lifo by puffing out a
throat as wide as its body and nttcriug a peep. If he remains perfectly
still he will soon see and hear another and another of Its companions
join in the general cborns. He will discover that the little fellows are
not green like the bullfrog, but brown like the garden toad, 'and that they
are smaller than any tadpole-developed frog he ever saw; that It would
take three of them to weigh as much as one of its slimy, green cousins
of the same age. He will find it difficult to get one an inch long, al-
though all the bullfrogs batched out last Summer were two inches in
length before they went Into Winter quarters. The peeps are, in fact,
toad8- R. S. B.

CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE.

Department op Public Parks, I
New York. May 23, 1875. |

Animals received at Central Park Menageno for the week ending
May 2td, 1875:-

One Clapper Rail, Ballus crepitans. Presented by Mr. Henry C. Win-
ter.

One Red Squirrel, Scluru s Iludsonxus. Presented by Master Wm. B
Franklin.

Two Sebastopol Geese, Anger domesticus. Presented by Mr. William
Simpson, Jr.

Five Wild Geese, Bernicla canadensis. Bred In the Menagerie.

One White Fronted Goobo, A nserjronlalls. Bred in the Menagerie.

W. A. Conklin, Director.

—The following are recent arrivals at the Garden of tho
Zoological Society, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia:—

One Surf Coot, O persplcUlata. Presented by W. C. Cantwell, Phila-
delphia.

Two Red-crested Cardinals, Parvarla cucutlata. Presented by C. Sfn-
nlckson, Philadelphia.

One Menopoma, Mcnopoma AUcghaniensc. Presented by the Smith
sonian Institution, Washington.

One Crested Curassow, Crax alcctor. Purchased.

One Red and Yellow Macaw, Ara chlowpttra. Purchased.

One Red and Blue Macaw, Ara Macao. Pnrchaeed.

Two Brown Capuchins, Cebus fatuelius. Purchased.

One Black Snake, Bascauion conshictor; one King Snake, Opfilbolus
0 etutus; two Copper-belly Snakes, Novella erythrogaster; one Water
Snake, Nerodia taxlspllota; three Spreading Adders. UiUrodon sUnus;
one Turtle, Cinosternum Pomsylvanicam; one Mud Tortoise. Cistud'a
Carolina. Presented by J. W. Milner, Assistant Commissioner United
States Fishery, Washington, D. C.

Ono Mcnopoma, Menojxrma AUcghaniense. Presented by R. L
Walker, Pa.

One Black crowned Night Heron, A. discors. Presented by John
Pearsall, Philadelphia.

Twenty-two Horned Lizards, Phrynosoma cornulum. Presented bv C
Noble, Philadelphia.

One American Bison, Bison Amsricanus. Born in Gaidens.

badland, Jfjarm and (garden.

THE GRASSHOPPER PLAGUE.

WE very much regret to learn that already great injury
has been done to the growing crops of Kansas
Nebraska, and Missouri by the young grasshoppers, and
that they have appeared in large numbers in Minnesota.
The injury thus far is not general, even in the sections vis-
ited last year, but Is great enough lo cause much uneasi-
ness in itself and anxiety in view of the future. Dispatches
of May 17th estimate the region in which they are worst at
two hundred miles long and fifty miles wide, with St. Jo-
seph near the centre in either direction. Thus far no ef-
fective plan of destroying them has been devised, and it is
evident that it would be a great task, in any event, as the
numbers are so great. It is reported that the insect ene-
mies of the grasshopper are more than usually abundant
this Spring. In his annual report for 1874, C. V. Riley,
State Entomologist of Missouri, who devoted much atten-
tion to this pest, says: —

“If, after the young hoppers hatch, we have much cold,
wet. weather, great numbers of them will congregate iu
sheltered | luces, and perish before doing serious harm; hut
if, on the contrary, our Spring and early Summer prove
dry and hot, which is hardly to be expected after the sev-
eral dry seasons lately experienced, much damage will re-
sult from these youug locusts, where no effort is made to
prevent it. They will ruin most garden truck, do much
injury to grain, and affect plants. They will become more
aud more injurious as they get older, until about two
months lrom the time of hatching, or about the middle of
June, they will begin to acquire wings, become restless,
and in all probability leave the loculity where they were
born, either wending their way further south, or returning
in the direction whence their parents came the previous
year. Some bevies may even pass to the eastward of (he
limit line reached in 1874, and fall upon some of the coun-
ties bordering that line; but they will lay no eggs and will
in time run their course and perish from debility disease
and parasites. In 1876 the Rocky Mountain locust will
scarcely be heard of within our borders; a few remnants

from Kansas or Nebraska, or from the country to the
southwest, may make their presence manifest, if the year
should he exceptionally favorable to their development;
but whether delayed till 1876, or even till 1877, the last one
will eventually vanish from Missouri soil, and their race
will be no more known among us till — perhaps within six
or eight years, perhaps within the next twenty— a fresh
swarm wings its way to our borders from the plains along
the mountain regions. There is, therefore, no danger of
their over running to the east of tho limit line, or of their
doing permanent injury to the country they now occupy."

ORNAMENTAL GRASSES.

AMONG the grasses from which you can mako choice
for garden decoration use we name several that in
our American gardens would add material foatures of
beauty to them. The cultivation of the grasses have been
almost entirely overlooked, and only occasionally are our
eyes pleased with the beauties of the tall waving plumes of
the Gynerium argenteum. This is a favorite udjunct of
English and European gardens, and no purden of well as-
sorted selections is considered complete without a clump of
the waving, plumy pampas grass. Our American gardens
lack the tropical element and situations adapted to the
growing of the lull, variegated grasses, so beautiful in the
Fall months, and for that reason they are almost entirely
discarded. This should not be. We would enter our plea
for a little nook or corner in the garden where the pampas
and the Slipapennata as well as tho violets may be grown.
We do not urge the cultivation of these grasses, variogated
and elegant as they are, in largo numbers, for that would
be an impossibility, but we ask our readers, particularly
the ladies, to procure from the florists in May at least one
good strong plant of the two above named grasses, to which
I would add the Andropogan argenteum , a slender growing
species with silvery hued leaves and plumes. All the
above arc quite hardy, and if large clumps of toots can he
procured they will live and thrive weN.

In procuring any of the above grasses bo particular to
get a large sized clump of roots, as from one or two stalks
your chance for raising good tall grasses are very poor.
Having from this cause made numerous failures in the
growth of these grasses, I would urge the fact that until I
obtained good clumps of well rooted grasses my labor and
success was entirely in vain. With the right kinds of roots
I had good succes. Seeds of the various kinds of these
grasses may be procured from most of our first class seeds-
men, and from them you should purchase if you are desir-
ous of getting tho true seed. You can sow the seed and
raised your own plants if you are prepared to give much
care to the work: if not you had belter buy your plants.
The perennial kinds are the best as a general rule, but the
annual and bienniul species are beautiful and unique, and
if added will repay all your care. I have often looked at
the tall stems and silvery plumes of the pampas grass, full
three feet in height, glistening and changing from deep
green to silver while. This grass is a little tender, and iu
norlhern latitudes a little impatient of cold, but with a
little straw covering the roots it will go through with our
Wiuters in safety, I have often cultivated it, and cun rec-
ommend it as a beautiful ornament. I recollect a garden
in one of our pleasant New England towns in which I
placed in good position six very fine Yucca filamentosa and
six Gynemum argenlerum. About the beds and foregrounds
were placed the diversified and many colored geraniums,
and when the garden was in good condition the appearance
was particularly effective; then ouc plaut helps to set off
the beauties and graces of the other, and the decline of
the sun not only scattered the fragrance fcf the pearly flow-
ers of the Yucca, but drew around its hundreds of bell
shaped flowers numberless species of the humming bird
and wren. Here our lady readers, for whom this article is
specially penned, can for a small outlay (say a year’s sub-
scription to our weekly visitor, Forest and Stream) ob-
tain a large amount of pleasure and instruction us to the
management and culture of plaut life.

In ordinary garden culture all these plants will grow, and
there are many others of this species of easy culture,
which, if transferred from their native haunts, would be
much improved and beautiful additions to our gardens,
With one more plant, the Arundo donax, a very large and
beautiful one growing in clumps, we close this article.
This plant, uuder good cultivation, will send up a long,
reed like stem to the height of ten or twelve feet iu our
very Northern States. It seldom flowers, but in sheltered
or made protections it will give forth its fine blossoms.
Even without its blossoms, this plunt is very fine and pic-
turesque. In ordinary good position it will flower every
moderately warm year. Ollipod Quill.

§[lte fennel.

AMERICAN KENNELS— No. . 3
mr. a. c. Waddell’s.

WE HAVE hitherto described kennels wherein partic-
ular strains were perfected and adhered to, accord-
ing to the inclination of the owner. The one now under
discussion varies from those, inasmuch as its shelter is
offered to all descriptions of sporting dogs, and the visitor
fleds an omnium gatherum of setters, pointers, cockers,
and beagles. The aim is also different. Mr. Waddell's
kennel is essentially a public institution, wherein dogs are
boarded, broken, bred, and sold at all ages, from puppy-
hood to full development. Many of the most celebrated
dogs in the country have at one time or other passed
through Mr. Waddell’s bauds, and roi'-ocrous fine field per-
formers, now delighting the hearts of their owners, have
either been bred and broken by him, or been purchased
through his medium. This kennel is also located at New-
ton, N. J., on the Sussex Railroad. A line farm with ap-
propriate outbuildings, and pastures through which runs a
brook, provides excellent and ample quarters for even u lar-
ger number of dogs than are now occupying them. The fields
afford fine opportunity for exercise, and the brook, afford-
ing a plentiful supply of pure water, struck us us being a
great feature of the kennel, insuring cleanliness, and being
a great preventative of disease. As some fifty dogs were

inspected, our space will not permit of more than a passing
description of some of the leading representatives, many
of whom are known to fame as first-class field performers
and getters of good puppies. —

6KTTRR8.

A setter, used as a stock dog; fine In

coat and feather, and tho sire of a litter of five fine pup-
pies out of r r

q' — Red; one-half Gordon.

3. Duke— Black and tan Gordon, imported. This dog is
a grandson of Old Kent, the great field trial dog. He Is a
pure black and rich tan without a speck of white, aud ia
of the true Gordon type.

4 Dash— A nearly pure white setter. Ho is a grandson
of Greeu s (of Newurk) Old Duke, one of the bust dogs of
his day. *

5. Faun— A fawn-colored bitch; sire, the Colburn Dash. *

6. Bess— A black hitch; sire, the Colburn Dash.

7. Count — Red Irish Gordon.

8. Bang— Red Irish Gordon.

Mi)y— Orange and white setter bitch ; English.

10- Kitty — Liver and white setter bitch; English.

11. Nelly— Orange and while setter bitch; Gildersleove
strain.

13. Carrie — Red Irish Gordon; imported.

13. Louise — Red Irish Gordon; imported.

14. Bello— Black and tan; pure Gordon.

15. Maggie— Black and tan ; Irish Gordon.

16. Pauline— Blue ticked; Irish Gordon.

POINTERS.

17. Phil — Black; used as a slock dog, better known as
the Colt (Hartford) dog. Phil took first prize at Mineola, and
is the sire of Mr. Strong's handsome black dog. Pete, first
and extra prize at Springfiold. We shall publish Pete’s
picture in a week or two, and at I he same time a more ex-
tended description of handsome old Phil.

18. Ben— Red pointer; stock dog. This dog Mr. Wad-
dell has bred to for tho last four years. Ho is tho sire of
his noted bitch. Dream, now dead; also tho sire of Shot,
sold to Mr. Arthur Chapman, of Doylestown, Pa., who
pronounces him the best poiutor in America. The strain
is a distinct strain of pointer, imported by Mr. Foot, of
Morristown, and designated as the rough haired pointer.

10. Rock — Dark liver pointer; sire, Ben.

20. Dell— Red pointer bitch; sire, Ben.

21. Jule— Orange mottled pointer bitch; sire, Ben.

23. Lott— Liver and while pointer bitch; sire, Ben.

23. Topsy— Black pointer bitch; sire, Phil.

24. Phil, Jr.— Black poiutor; sire, Phil.

25. Sam— Black pointer; sire, Phil.

26. Queen — Black and white pointer; sire, Phil.

27. Dream— Black, white and Ian pointer; sire, Phil.

28. Nolly —Orange and white pointer bitch ; imported.
^20. Bell— Liver and whito pointer bitch, aud five pups by

30. Start— Orange pointer, by Phil.

31. Phil — Black licked poluter.

COCKER SPANIELS.

Bell and Still — Black and tan Burdette cockers. These
cockers ure by some considered the most vuluablo of all tho
cocker spaniels. Mr. Ilubbcll bought the mother of these
spaniels at a cost of £80 ($400). They are very Intelli-
gent, natural retrievers, and liuvo romarkahly keen noses,
equal to the best setters or pointors.

In uddition to the above Mr. Waddell bus fifteen setter
puppies, and by July will have at least fifty. He has also
thirteen dogs now with trainers being broken, and will have
them for sale during the coming shooting season. We also
saw a pair of fine, pure beaglc9— Lotty mid Jack — weighing
seventeen and twenty-seven pounds respectively.

A visit to the green slopes of Newton and an examina-
tion of the fine dogs to be found there, will well repay the
traveler. We would wish, did space admit, to give a more
extended description of these kennels, as well as of the
dogs in the po-session of Mr. Northrup and uiuuy other
sportsmen who have made Newton their home.

A VERDICT AGAINST A DOG-KILLER.

WE APPEND herewith tho report of a trial hold at
Morristown, N. J., which will be of interest to all
owners of valuable dogs. The result is important, not so
much in the amount of damages awarded to the plaintiff
for the loss of his dog, ns in establishing the fact, and that
through the rare means of a country jury, that dogs are
really property, und that their owners are as much entitled
to the protection of the law in their holding as though they
were horses, cattle, or any domestic animal. It is a healthy
indication that the value of dogs us personal property Is
being appreciated, and that their indiscriminate slaughter
ou frivolous prctcuces will no longer be permitted. The
case in point is more remarkable from the fact that the
jury was composed of furmers, a class — particularly the
sheep owners — who are apt to look with suspicion upou all
dogs but their own, und who would almost necessarily have
a leaning towards the side of one of their own class. They
have proven themselves to he sound and honest men, and
the damages awarded are no doubt, in their minds, equal
to the value of the best dog that ever barked. The coun-
sel in the case must also have shown marked ability in
overcoming their prejudices and getting a verdict. The
report is of value as being a precedent for like causes In
the future:—

Morris County Circuit Court— Jwlge Dixon Presiding.

OhCOTT VS. TUNIS.

This was sn actloo for trespass, brought by tho plaintiff, a non-resi-
dent of the Stale, against the defendant for killing a dog the property of
the former, and was tried before a Jury at Morristown, N. J., on tho
12th and 13th May. 1875.

The evidence showed I hai the dog, wlilab was a *ery valuable, highly
bred and remarkably well trained cocker spaniel, had strayed away front
the house of Mr, Quuiiby. at Morristown, on the morning of July 28th,
1871. and was killed ut LR'Ieton, some four miles distant, on the eyen
lug of the same day. Dcfsndant admitted the killing, and put in the

pleudlug as Justification that tl,». J,og was mad.

The trial lasted I J days and wa* rot: sly a r.uustlnn of fact aatotho
dog's condition at the time of the killing. "A N oi shown by several wit-
nesses that t’onto, the spaniel, not five minutes before hi* death, and In
sight of the defendant, had run up to and played In b f^endly war with
a Utile boy belonging to one of the wltucases, and no snupplshnesa,
sulkiness, or other strongly marked symptoms of rabies wa- ’hown to

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hnre existed. Other wttne»«e». however, swore positively that the span
lot was mad. The Judge, in a forcible and Impressive manner, charged
the Jury that If they found tho killing onjustiflahlo they should give
their verdict for the plaintiff for such an amount as they considered the
animal * value; and If they found tho dog was inad, they should bring in
their verdict for the defence; and, moreover, If they found that In the
opinion of a reasonable mind the defendant waa justified In thinking
that the dog was dangerous to human life, health, or property, even
though not mad, then they should also And for the defendant

M he jury w«o o«l nearly four hours, and brought In a verdict for tho
plaintiff with 8*5 damagos— probably about ono-lonth the dog's actual

Counsel for plaintiff— Messrs. Pitney and Youngblood, of Morristown.

Raymond-Laveuacks. — Our readers who have expressed
a curiosity to see the celebrated setters of Mr. Charles II.
Raymond, will be gratified to learn that he intends to have
them, on exhibition at tho Sportsmens’ Convention at
Watertown next week.

— Onr Field and Kennel Editor has just been presented
with a splendid setter whelp, by Mr. David Brooks’ won
derful dog, “Bismarck," out of Mr. Harlie P. Hess’ hnnd-
somo thoroughbred Gilderslcovo bitch, “Flora." Many
thanks, gentlemen.

—When in Philadelphia a few days ago, we were invited
by Redmond Abbott, Esq., to inspect a very promising litter
of pups out of his orange and white bitch, by Mr. John
Twaddell’s famous dog, Buster, a pure Gildersleeve. Mr.
Abbott’s bitch is by Mr. Brooks’ Bismarck, out of a fine
thoroughbred Gildersleeve bitch owned by Daniel Elmer,
Esq., of Bridgeton, N. J. The pup) are all orange and
white and very beautiful.

Is There Anything in a Name? — Wo were recently in-
formed that ageutleman near Boston had lost three dogs;
one of them named “Fitz" died in convulsions, another
named “Shot" was killed with a rifle, and the third, named
“Powder,” went off.

— Mr. John R. Day's Laverack bitch, Belle, dropped on
tho 28th lust ten puppies, sired by a celebrated Gordon set-
ter owned by John M. Betts, of New York city. They are
large and healthy pups and handsomely marked. Mr. Day
considers himself immensely wealthy since the occurrence,
and the affair has created some excitement amoug tho dog
breeders of Easton, Pn.

POLLY— NO. 2.

THE first of August, S. E. J., Polly and mvself, with
Thomas to drive, three miles out of St. Paul— time,
four o'clock A. M. We were unlearned in chicken shoot-
ing; and one word of advice right here; Don’t go after
prairie chickens early in the morning; you can indeed hunt
them to your bean’s content, and very comfortably while
the dew is on, and the frigid zone tropical sun not yet up
to roast you. But where are the chickens? We hunted
thoroughly upon grounds where wo knew the chickens
Jived— wheat stubbles, weed fields, and acres upon
acres of bushes— we hunted faithfullv. Pol'y was a jewel
ranged widely, obedient to call, and lmd there been a
chicken within her sweep we found by after experience
that most certainly would she have stirred out that chicken
and every single one of his brothers and sisters besides
We concluded they must have crawled into the ground or
somewhere. At eight o’clock we came round to the wagon
which was anchored in a large weed field bordered by
bruidi, thoroughly tired and discouraged. But now the
popping began here and there, becoming more frequent
until we could hear it all around the horizon, but none
nearer than half a mile. We ate our breakfast quietly
We were quite tired, for we had worked hard for four
hours, and like the fishermen in scripture we had “caught
nothing, which of course increased our weariness.
.Smoked a cigar meanwhile, making guessing estimates of
the mortality among the chickens. Thomas hud found the
blackberries quite plenty upon the low trailing vines and
we set him at work with tho lunch basket. We picked and
ate, Polly exploring on her own hook. Before many min-
utes she started a chicken off some distance, which chanc-
ing to turn my way I cut down at fifteen rods A half-
grown prairie chicken in August is about as easy to shoot

r«fand h° g0 n ad°vn, 1,08(1 88 CftSil>' and aa much a
matter of course as thbugh he had made up his mind to it
before he rose. I then hunted the field carefully, finding
four or five scattering ones, and at last a full covey Polly

“2 °,flUnting: Perfectly sure upon a scent,

and whenever the chicken ran among the high weeds Polly
was after him, her rate of speed increasing directly as the
S2«?Ce between do§ nnd chicken lessened, ignoring com-
pletely my commands and expostulations. Two or three

Tlrnd nor^SM lngS d,d “v°T affecl the matter “> the least; so
nfior Pnii °tlieJ ^ay’ '! 1 Wanled chickens, than to follow
the hSt M 1 C0Ald and 6hoot lhcm us they rose

C8trT y 1 *°.u di Rood examples of snap Shots in the
w T laHggCd twelve ,n J1'1® fie,d- The sun was getting
Pn tv IZ PH Warmand ,n a high state of exasperation;
Polly perfectly hnppv, but pursuing prairie chickens at an

snnr?ge Th* °f ’l . PeF hour not e.XUCtly

T1'0?88 1,ud P,cked e'ght quarts of the finest
blackberries I ever saw; so about ten A. M., blackberries

8’ P° yhSi?E' J’’ Tho,?a® ftnd myself packed into
he wagon, and Fanny trotted us home in a very short
time from our first experience of Polly’s method of ' Vettii.-
around among the prairie chickens in Minnesota.

August 20th— We had considered the matter— that is S
E. J , and myself. Ah! Polly, but we’ll fix you in the
fnr»Cv fD b“slD,e89- „ A belt around my waist, a strong cord
JeD^h, at,' ached to said belt, and at the other
^d8taCb?d t0. ^o)ly s collar. Nothing so easy in theory
as to hunt her right and left, and if she is too Tast to eho- L
her, or even haul her in heels over head; perfectly '
and practicable. We drove out five nulm L iU]'^
stubble; time, six o’clock P. M Thu <\t , 11 ,laKu "heat

* . . \ a\t him m*r*n vi*rv

J

, . 1 nine, six 0 clock P. M. Thu d

hot with some remnant still remain • -»y bad been very
chickens to be feeding. I nyv- the lime for the
Polly started off in dcll.od 1,10 machinery and

good deal of ckn.ril'#^ • 0y‘f> n little too anxious and u
raised doula*~ -“Jg needed-, an occasional wheat shock
until at.A*- -V |*P0U W ncl1 s,de Polly would choose to go,
up. „ V* !he would suddenly fetch us bolt!

j -landing wi ll the cord around the shock and Polly and

I together; still we progressed, though Polly pulled hard.
Ah! Polly, but you were a powerful dog at pulling ! I
fell very much like a small boy “walking turkey," a big-
ger boy holding him up by the seat of his pants so that his
toes only touch the ground, and marching him forward in
that position. 8. E. J., kept well to the left — at least forty
feet, that being the radius of tho circle which we were
sweeping over the stubble. Pretty soon Polly struck the
scent. The traction grew exceedingly heavy; jerking her
back did not work worth a cent. She could not get more
than forty feet away from tnc; but on she went resistlessly,
head up and tongue out, drawing like the locomotive to a
freight train. Steady! Polly, steady! Whoa! whoa! Hold
on, will you? Whirr! whirr! whirr! Up go a fine covey
of chickens, Polly in the midst of them. I had covered
my first bird, when Polly made a sudden dash to one side,
to stir up any that might be remaining, jerking me fairly
out of iny stockings. Off goes my first barrel, anywhere,
with no hope of another in the uncertain tenure of my
foothold, with that brute tugging at my belt like a forty
jackass power. As for hauling her in heels over head, I
triedit; but I found it could’nt be done. But she could
haul me how and where she pleased, and she did it, too,
until she had routed out every blessed chicken, and I saw
it all; for was’nt I at tho other end of that forty fool rope?
I did’nt give the 6ecoud barrel for very good reasons. I
should have had fully as good a chance entangled in the
reius behind a runaway horse. Polly then came in, amia-
ble as ever, showing slight sigus of extra exertion, evident-
ly expecting to be rewarded for the style in which she did
it. I quickly untied the rope, coiled it up and stowed it
away. It was a failure. Why did’ut I hang you with It,
Pollv? That could’nt have failed to be a success, and it
would have been something to look back to with supreme
cniovment. Alas! I liad’nt strength enough left to do it.

I aia’nt even thrash her. No; S. E. J. and ynur now very
humble servant then nud there sal down upon the ground,
lighted our cigars and discussed the matter. A new de-
parture was evideptly necessary. “Polly is great on chick-
ens,” suggested S. E. J. I could not but assent. Suppose,
he proposed, “we hunt her free, keeping her well iii hand,
and if she breaks, stop until she returns, give her a thrash-
ing and start again. I believe she will do better upon this
stubble where she is under our eye, than she did among the
weeds in August." I agreed to try it. Polly, do you un-
derstand! and with a savage voice, "Dome in to heel!"
Polly came nud we started. Hie on 1 Steady there! She
ranged perfectly, light and left. S. E. J. was delighted ;
twenty rods, forty rods, perhaps a quarter of a mile hvci v-
Ihing went like clock work. Steady Polly! gume ahead.
Polly began to range a little further away, tail getting into
vigorous action. “Polly, come in to heel. Polly, do you
hear?” Polly evidently did not hear; she was very busily
engaged tracing up that sceut. We stopped, as S. E. J.
had suggested, and repeated our demands louder and more
urgent, and Polly went plump into the covey— at least a
dozen of them— and off they went, scattered like the frag-
ments of a bombshell, Polly getting around in a systematic
hurry, doing her prettiest, scoui ing every inch of the

f round for two acres around a little quicker than any other
og could possibly do it, starling two more; then of course
she came in, and such a thrashing as she received at the
bands of her wrathful master brought tears into the eyes
of S. E. J., and a most profuse perspiration to the stern
iuflictor of the punishment. The same performance was
gone through with again, except that Polly got around in
even better time, grubbing a mouthful of feathers out of
the tail of one bird, who did’nt "git up and git" quite ac-
cording to Polly’s notion. The second thrashing was a
fearful thing, lipth for Polly and her master; but when she
stirred out a third covey of about twenty birds, we being
sixty rods off, I gave in. Polly was too inanv, very much
to many for me. I am well aware that I should have filled
her hide full of No. 6, but I did’ut, and it is a source of
regret that will be overlustiug that I did not. We did’nt
have prairie chickens for dinner the next day, we did not
give them to onr friends; in fact, we made up our minds
that prairie chicken shooting, with Polly to stir up the
birds, was a delusion and a snare, conducive only to pro-
fanity and all evil mindednes9.

£) ncliting and ^oalinij.

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HIGH WATEK. FOR THE WEEK.

Unit,

Bouton.

Nexo York.

May *7

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5 43

6 28

7 37

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May

May 29

May 30

2 31

3 26

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June 2

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* “ v^uu.— rursuain to a resolution of the

hehl lOthTn?t0fthtia,flPc U-b p7enl, at i,s regular meeting
held 10th inst. this fleet is ordered out to participate in an

excursion on Decoration Day, May 81st, 1875. Yachts will
rendezvous at Club Harbor, foot of Court street, Brooklyn
Gowmius Buy) at nine o’clock A. M., Monday, and start at
hair past ten at second signal of gun. Members of the
of c/r/Jm.. ^KrP,llC "'l11 beat Smith’s Float, foot
nVlch \ M ’aB kl^n’ "ol ,a,ertlian q-iincr past ten
?, k A ;M A committee, composed of Messrs. John B

. loi ean. Edward Arnold and Henry M. Evans, will dir*> t
them to the- yawls ol the yachts to which they art-:„Jited
Every member of the club is herehjj^J,'^
participate uuIuh excursion. - - -miaiiy invited to

its ro. In uN la, llson^^liJ. ge,,Cr:‘,1 mee,inK »t

Tliur,dav last , and rwenty-seveuth street, on

question" , -,Lr d,HP®sinE of the routine work, the
Ch7s!ns lll“da> :°f the annual regatta was
Kav Vi I,ia,’< ll'',ro';shly discussed. It waa shown by
tinV fif',!’ 1 'liat 'he Centennial celebration at Bunker

Hill and the sixth day of tho Jerome Park races full on the
ame day ( 1 hur-day, .June 17.1.) as selected for .he yacht
"i0 re union, „,1(| a change was i here fore advisable It
was found that Hie event cold not well he put forward on
account of the tide not serving; so Wednesday, June 10th
whs finally ucccpud and th- regatta will then come off ’
An invitation sen l by the citizens of Cape May to par-
ttmpate in a remit ta during the Summer, was accepted/

h.lv In ,w!geed ,rt C,‘Pe M,l-V about the 10th of

July in squadron, len or twelve owners have already-

announced their intention of taking part in this event, and
vnclits arc also expected from thcSeawanhaka and Eastern
Yacht Clubs. The races will probably be sailed on the
12th and 13th of July, prizes of $1,000 in value being
offered for both schooners and sloops on both days. The
contest on the first day is to be sailed with time allowance
New York Yacht Club rules, and that on the second day
without allowance and with a sweepstakes of $25 entrance
to go to the second boat.

A modification of tho uniform was proposed and adopt-
ed. The building of the Snmmer club house ou Staten
Island, against which an injunction had been procured, has
been resumed, and it is hoped it may be ready for occu-
pancy by the middle of Juno. Twenty-three members
were elected .

— A movement is on foot at Portland, Me., to have a
grand regatta at that place duriug the annual cruise of tho
New York Yacht Club.

—A small steam propeller has been purchased by E. M.
Saiuiuis, for the purpose of carrying papers und other dis-
patches from Babylon to Fire "Island during the coming
season. She will carry twelve passengers comfortably, be-
sides freight.

City Point Rowing Association, of Soutii Boston.—
This association, although only eighteen months in exist-
ence, have on hand at their club house three four-oared
working boats; one double scull shell; two 6ingle scull
open boats, and four four-oared Spanish cedar working
boats. Ou the 20th of th is mouth a series of races between
the different clubs of the State will be inaugurated by the
Massachusetts Rowing Association, to take place on Dor-
chester Bay. There will be a single scull race for juniors
and a single scull race for amateurs; a double-scull race, a
pair oarea scull race, and a double scull Whitehall race fer
amateurs. These races will be over a course of two miles.
Thero will also he a four-oared working boat race for ama-
teurs, course three miles, and a four-oared shell race for
nil members, professionals aud amateurs, over a three mile
course. This last race excites a great deal of attention,
aud no doubt will be hotly contested. It may be as weli
to add here that there will be three races of each kind ex-
cept the junior race, and that the prizes will only bo
awarded to the best two out of three. The juniors after
having finished their race become amateurs, and are enti-
tled to pull in amateur rat-C9. There is one feature about
these races which will make them particularly exciting
and call forth the strength and nerve of the participants—
it is this; a certain number of oarsmen will be selected from
among the various contestants to represent the Massachu-
setts Association In the great National Centennial raco
which is to take place at Philadelphia July 4th next year.

DORCHESTER YACHT CLUB REGATTA.

Boston, May 23d, 1875 .

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The opening regatta of the Dorcheater Yacht Club took place on Sat-
urday. The breeze was too light to make the contest very esclting
though there was some flue sailing done. At tho start the wind was
about southwest, but before the leading yachts were moro than a mile
from the starting point it suddenly changed to east, hut Immediately
went back to southwest aguiu. The Mabel and one or two others wore
fortunate enough to catch the flrat puffs of the wind as It returned to its
old quarter, which sent them along in fine style, while a Urge number of
the fleet lay huddled together In a calm spot. AraoDg (he latter were tho
Lillie nnd Ionia, both of which had been among the leading boats pre-
vious to this. The Saxon, under a perfect cloud of canvas, kept well np
with the others for about half the course, when she began gradoully to
fall behind. On the return she ran ugronnd, aa did also the Phantom and
Sunbeam. A very pretty race was that of the fourth class centreboards
which sailed a shorter course than the others. In this class tho Tulip’
as usual, was the victor, though she was followed closely by the little
Rocket. Below is given the corrected time of each yacht:
first class oentreboards.

Name. Owner.

Eva Bangs a, & L

Preston & Mills. . ... 3 ,3 §

»•'»., 3 17 n

SECOND CLASS CENTREBOARDS.

M“bcJ Roberta 3 00 t»

Ahce Smith 3 S »?

>0d0M1B '.'.Time not taken*

FOURTH CLASS CENTREBOARDS.

Eul,P , Burgeaa 2 03 56

Virginia Plimpton S $ 22

RobK*y Perrin ! ! ' ! . ; 12 ot

FIRST CLASS KEELS.

I'idl? Wliorf a « a,

Mariqmta Dexter 2 £ 2?

Johnny bands Davenport 2 S £

imZm 0 Sir* • :: :: '.". .Time nut trtcem

bunoiam Nikereon. Time not taken

The Lillie made the fastest time, but lost .he race by time allowance!
Most or the boats were bothered by the lowness of the tide, which renf

rou?fnVermh l?Ck* 'U'CCPPary M thcy ncare<* ‘he judge's boat on their
ot im. The next regatta of the club takes pluce on the 17th of Juno at
Nnhant. „ .

Ready About.

HnT /?y Navy regatta wil1 commencc on Mon-

nVci/y U h’ he- race ,on ,hat day being for schooners
.ml sloops- two prizes valued at $1,000 each? entrance free;

Ibo l™id.f0r u-n°‘dinS "J N- Y. Yacht Club rules. On
ionrdmr in 'P' " ' be V‘Cd & sweepslake8 for vessels be-
longtng to Pin- organized yacht club iu the United States;

u.iowance; two prizes valued at $500 each. For
his race $-» entrance fee will be charged, to be divided
between the second best boats of each class.

The course for the first day’s race will be from the an-
chorage to the lightship on Five Fathom Bank, rounding it
to the southward and westward, and return to a flag boat
anchored about a mne from the shore iu front of Cape
Island, on the ocean, rounding it from iho southward and
eastward. 1 lie course to be sailed for the sweepstakes will
ill" iflnno'if C^<r 8 nCW duys before tho race, with sailing rog-
misht Tli Uf n f particulars, The Regatta Committee
bot h',1 / t lCAf0 wWmg namod gentlenie..: John C. Bul-
Snf r ui Varno- L P Ashmead, and Dexter S.

\lnrtflVi/„^/n,lc/iUM: G®n- W- J. Sew all, Albert W.
Mnrkh,), and Gen. E. Hurd Grubb, of New Jersey.

.i L,.i|8«gmn,!,lin^LI °fi yacl,ts are expected to compete, and
a bull will wind up the festivities.

V'.0 Eliz |bl,h Pf>at Club of Norfolk. Virginia, will
tlie challenge of the Potomac Boat Club of
'gton, to row a four-oared shell contest during the
Summer at some point near the National Capitol.

FOREST AND STREAM

219

— The Toms River Yacht Cluo will give their first regat-
ta in June. The prizes generally amount in value from
$200 to $250. The club numbers but nine yachts, yet all
are entitled to enter. To hold the challenged cup, valued
at $100, is the height of all the captains' ambition. Chas.
W. Potter is Secretary of the club.

— The Paris correspondent of the Time* writes that Mr.
J. F. Loubat, owner of the yacht Enchantress, _ has just
communicated to the French Yacht Club the particulars of
his offer of a cup to the New York Yacht Club for the
coming year. The cup is valued at $1,000, and is intended
ns a prize for an international ocean race on the second
Thursday of October, open to schooners of one hundred
tons and over, belonging to any recognized club. Mr.
Loubat is a member of the Maritime Council of the laclit
Club of Franco. It has just made an appropriation of the
sums to be awarded this year. The grants are divided
among thirty seven bodies, and comprise in money, 11,700
francs; medals, 1,984; objects of art, 2,125, making a total
of 15,809 francs.

Charleston Regatta.— Six four oared shells contested
at Charleston on Friday last, before an admiring audience
comprising the entire population of the city. The boats
came in in the following order: Carolina, 1; Electric, 2;
Vernon, 3; Queen City, 4; Cooper, 5. The Palmetto boat
stood an excellent chance of winniug at one time, but was
6wamped before the finish. The Vernon and Palmetto
crews represented Savauuah aud Charleston, respectively,
at Saratoga last year.

The Ocean Regatta.— The following regulations have
hecn adopted for the government of the Isle of Shoals Re-
gatta, to take plncc on the 25th of June next:

"The prizes arc valued at $1,000. The first class is subdivided into
classes of echoonors aud sloops, for each of which there will be two
prizes; and the second class into schoouorB, centre-board sloops and keel
sloops. For each of those three latter of the second class there will also
he two prizos. The sailing regulations x^hicli will govern ttio races are
as follows;

The measnrsnient shall be the length on the water line and onc-third
overhang, added to salting length; allowance ou time to ho determined
by the judges In accordance with tho schedule adopted by tho Boston
Yacht Club. Boats when running before the wind and within over an
eighth of u mile of cacti, aro not allowed to cover tho beud boat to luke
w ind out of her sails; by so doing they will forfeit all claims to the
prizes. No ballast shall he thrown overboard. Boats shall not nee any
means of propulsion except sails, but nre not forbidden to anchor during
the race. When rounding a mark or buoy, the bout nearest thereto is to
be considered the headmost boat, aud shoald auy other boat in the race
compel tho hodt which is nearest to any mark, boat, or buoy to touch
such murk, buoy, or boat, the boat so compelling shall forfeit all claim
to the prize; and the boat so compelled to touch a mark, buoy, or boat
shall not in this case suffer any penalty for such contact.

Bouts going free must invariably give way for those by the wind on
either tack. When two boat* (by the wind) are approaching the shore,
and so close to each other that the one to the leeward cannot tack clear
of the one t j the wind, and by standing further on would bo in danger of
running on shore, tho windward boa on being requested to put about
must immediately comply, and will forfeit all claim by not doing so; and
the leeward boat must, however, In this case tack at tho same liinc as the
one she hails. When two boats ;by the wind) are approaching each other
on different tac ts, and it appears necessary that one of them should givo
way, tho boat on tho slarboard tack— that Is, having the wind on her
•turboaid, holds her wind in all cases. Boats In the first class must carry
a boat not less than ten feet in length.

Tho courses will lie as follows :

First Class— From Judges' boats, around Kitts Rocks, leaving on tho
starboard; thence to Murray Rocks, or the "Triaogles," leaving on tho
starbouiU, to Buck Island, to Anderson's Ledge, to Lunigon’s Island,
leaving the latter on the starboard, and thence to judges' boat.

Second Class -The same as flrst class as far as the “ Triangles,” and
thence to Judges' boat.

Tho judges will be decided on during tho coming week, and the en-
tries, which are free to all, will bo open until 8 P. M. «f tho evening be-
fore the race."

— At a inccl'mgof the Royal Halifax Yacht Club held yes-
terday afternoon tho Mayor presented a valuable silver
cup, which will probably be competed for on the 21st June.
A handsome engraving — a yachtiug scene — was presented
by Mr. Clark, of New York, a recently elected member;
aud a $100 Provincial debenture was presented by the Hon.
Provincial Secretary, who was constituted a life mem-
ber of the club. Last year’s sailing regulations were
adopted.

The Halifax Rowing Club met last evening; the princi-
pal business transacted being preparations to bring out a
man to worthily succeed George Brown, who is about to
retire from aquatic life. A committee was appointed to
select one of three men named, should they be willing to
compete — the committee to provide boats for piactice. The
club coutcmplatea backing the man of their choice in any
contest that may offer, but keeping particularly in view the
big purse of $4,000 which is offered, in three prizes of
$2,500, $1,500 and $500, for the best single scullers at the
Philadelphia Centenuiul Exhibition, July, 1870. There is
also some talk of having a four oared crew put in training
for that event. The boat built last Fall for the club by
Epsey of Pittsburg, Pa., will be brought to Halifax imme-
diately. The club will bold another meeting next week,
to make arrangements to co-operate with the City Council's
committee in preparing for the celebration ou June 21st.
A four oared race, opeu to all comers, in in-rigged or out
rigged boats, will probably be provided for. — Ualiftix Re-
porter, 19 tli.

— The New York Rowing Club and a crew of the New
York Athletic Club contested on the Harlem River on Sat-
urday last. The prestige of the former club placed them
ahead in the betting, but from the start the issue was
scarcely in doubt, the Athletics winning ii 11 min. 24 sec.
The event created much interest in rowing circles, all the
clubs being well represented, and the boat bouses on the
river gaily decorated with burning. The crews were com-
posed as follows: New York Boating Club— Phil Pimp-
sou, bow; C. II. Leland, No. 2; R. Cornell, No. 3; P. Le-
land, stroke. New York Athletic Club— R. W. Rathborue,
bow; L. S. Mack, No. 2; H. C. West, No. 3; C. Cone,
stroke .

—The annual Spring regatta of the Cornell Navy was
held on Cayuga Lake, on Saturday, the 22d inst. Cayuga
is one of the loveliest sheets of water that decorate the
western portion of our State. On the day of the regatta
the water was as smooth as a mill pond, and the weather
everything that could be desired. Three races were con-
tested, the first being for the Spraguo cup, two miles, for
six-oared- shells. Two crews competed, the '77 class beat-
ing the ’76 in 12 min. 15 sec. In the second race, for sin-
gle sculls, Chas. 8. Francis, '76, of Troy, N. Y., beat F.
C. Reed, '78, iu 16 min. 56^ sec. The grent event of the
day was the two mile race for six-oared shells, contested
by university crews. Three crews came to the starting
point, comprising the university Saratoga six, the Fre-sli
men university 6ix, and a Union Springs picked crew. The
race was close and the men in excellent form. The race
was won by the university six in 11 min. 14 sec., the Union
Springs crew being second and the Freshmen third.

The Delaware Regatta. — Thfc opening regatta of the
season, one of the largest ever sailed on tho Delaware
River, occurred on Monday last. Tho entries comprised
an unusually large number of boats, but our spaco will
only permit of our giving the names of the winners, which
were as follows:— First Class— First prize, Willie Kleiutz;
second prize, Striuuncl. Second Class— First prize, Ida
May; second prize, Jno. B. Brewer. Third Class— First
prize, A. II. linger; second prize, G. II. Baker. Fourth
Class — First prize, Selby; second prize, Fashion. The
third class race was very exciting, the Hager having led all
around, but within a few hundred yards of the finish she
unshipped her rudder, and only won by a shave, three feet
being a fair estimate of the lead. Sculls.

— On Saturday, May 22d, there was a meeting in Balti-
more of Messrs. Bruuiblmur, Parker and Megargee, of the
Schuylkill Navy, and Messrs. Guthrie, ‘Ford, Stillman and
Ferguson, of the Patapsco Navy, to arrange for the raco
arising out of the challenge ot the latter organization.
The date was fixed for June 8th, immediately after the
championship contest of tho Patapsco Navy, fair day and
quiet water bciug expressly stipulated.

The race will ho one mile, and return. M. M. Baily, of
the Analostan club, of Washington, D. C., was selected
umpire. The Schuylkill Navy crew is as annouuccd lust
week. Eight gentlemen of the Patapsco Navy are now in
training, from whom a crew of four men will he selected by
Faulkner, of Cambridge, their trainer, about Juue 1st.

Headquarter* .Schuylkill Navy, I
Philadelphia, May 24th, 1875. |

The entries for the regatta of the Schuylkill Navy, open to a 1 ama-
teurs, will be closed at 6 P. M. on Wednesday, Juno 2d. All amalour
clubs are cordially invited to enter. Jona. Gillinouam, Secretary.

J$nssivei[3 (£ori{e'ii!oiidenf$.

Anonymous Communications not Noticed.

Asa Deakk.— Are awaiting a reply from competent authority respect-
ing the Stamford Ash.

F. W. S., Brooklyn.— Aro thoro good fishing, boating, anddrlvos lu the
vicinity of Fishkll! village? Ans. Fishkilt will meet all your require-
ments.

W. D. McA., Rockford— Where can I purchase a Gibraltar hat, such tie
Scott speaks of In his work. Ans. Cannot discover the maker. Address
Genio C. Scott, 015 Broadway.

T. M. L., Millville, N. J.— I penetrated with breech loading shot gnn,
4 drachms powder, 11 oz. No. 6 shot. 60 yards dislancc, eighty-one sheeta
paper, like sample enclosed. Is that considered eood penetration? Aus.
If your gun makes a good "pattern" it is a "top sawyer."

Buckskin, Boston.— Wilt you have the kindness to inform me through
the correspondents' column whero I can goPIndian-taniied buckskins, and
at what price. Ans. H. A. Bromley or A. Mooro, St. Paul, Mluoesota,
deal in Iudiau-tanned logglns, moccasins, and buckskins.

J. S. II., New Brighton. Penn.— Whero can I get tho geunine Indian
moccasin; not the oil tanned? Ans. Address J. II. Batty, New Utrecht,
N. Y., who wilt furnish you with any description at reasonable prlcos, or
address "Sportsmen’s Emporium," No. 102 Nassau street.

T. E. C., New York City.— Will yon kindly tell mo where there Is a
good person who trains dogs; a reliable man, of course. I havo an Irish
retriever pnp which I want to have well broken; what Is tho cheapest I
can have It done for? Ans. Address J. Wesley Smith, Trenton, N J.

A. D.— Cun you inform me of some plnco within 100 miles of New
York where good black bass fishing and reasonable board can bo had;
also when the fishing Is at its height? Aus. We hare no knowledge of
any place within 100 miles where good black bass Ashing may ho found

F. S,, St. John’s school, Sing Sing.— Can you tell me whether the
Mend's explosive bullets are safe to carry In the pocket, and in magazine
of Winchester repeating rifle. Ans. Mend's explosive bullet* are safo to
carry In the pocket, but we would not advise their use in the Winchester
rifle.

J. M. L„ Boston.— Can you please iuform me If there Is good trout
fishing to bo had in Marslipcc River, and if not where can I obtain a day’s
fishing not too fur from this place. Ana. We have always heard tho
Marshpee spoken of as an excellent trout stream, but have never
fished it.

C. C M., Sing Sing.— Will you please let me know If tho law for wood-
cock shooting has been changed; have hoard that It was. Ana. Tho
time not changed “No person shall kill or expose for sale any wood-
cock between February 1st and July 3d under a penalty of $50 for each
bird."

G. A., Jackson, Mich.— Will you please givo me tho address of your
correspondent on tho now method of cranberry culture? Ans. Dead.
Could you give me the address of any Ann that make the machines for
the manufacture of tee? Ans. Nonoat present In Now York of whom
wo can obtain information.

A. B. n., Montreal — I would like to know an addroas whero I can
send for one of those little pocket Altera- those with rubber tube and
small sloue on end, (i» they cannot be obtained hero. Ana. Our inqui-
ries regarding this filter aro In vain. Tho impression prevails that none
have been made since the war.

S. E. P., Cleveland, Ohio.— Could yon tell me some good place for two
or ihrco boys to go cninpmg for aoout a month or so. where tboro Is good
fishing and some shooting; that is, some place not too far from Cleve-
land, and easy of access nnd uot expensive? Ans. Go to Pnt-lu-Bay for
fishing; steamboat dully from Cleveland.

W. W., Cambridge.— Will you kindly Infotm me whether tho Winch es-
ter rifle used by your Florida commissioner, "A1 Fresco," was a now
model, central fire, or a rim fire? Ans. Our correspondent is now in
Florida, and wo nre therefore unable to answer your question. Your
query will probably draw a reply from him.

Nobvilb, Midway, Ky.— Wo have submitted your fish, termed tho
"Now Light,” to the inspection of Prof. Cope, of Philadelphia Academy
of Sciences, and have this answer: "A species of pomnryf, near the hex
ncanthu*, but requiring further examination for determination." We
hope to givo satisfactory answer In our next.

Midshipman, U. S. Naval Naval Academy.— Is thoro anybody in Now
York who builds the Rob Roy canoe? Where should I apply for price*
and information about paper canoe*? Ans. Mesars. Ingeraoll, No. 259
Front street, this City, make the Rob Roy canoe in both wood nnd paper.
Address them for prlco list with descriptive cuts.

II. S., Cliicago,— Wbat is the difference between a catfish and a bull-
head, If there is any? Ans The same difference that there is between
a pond pickerel nnd a river pike. The bullhead averages a quarter of a
pound iu weight, the catfish runs to upwards of fifty pounds. They are
different vnrietlos of the same spe tes, ( SalurvUu ).

P. H. R , New York.— Does either the game or any othor law of this
State make it u penalty to exercise dogs In the woods on Staten Island
out of season; and does the law muko exception* of Sunday or week
days? Ans. There Is no law to prevent you exercising your dogs in tho
country on week days, unless you shall commit a trespass by doing so.
There Is a law against Sabbath breaking everywhere.

A. M. T., Augusta, Me.— I have beard the opinion expressed by deal-
ers iu black powder that the Dittmar powder would Injure the material
of the gun barrels lu which It might bs used. Need thcr* be, In yoor

judgment, any fears of such a result? Ans. The experiment* nre a* yet
too limited and crude to permit of onr expressing an opinion, \V* should
suggest eautlou In regard to the charges used.

Zir. New Tork.— Do you know of any plnce iu tho vicinity of thte city
whore. In season, there is good snip? shooting; also duck shooting? Do
you consider the Ely metallic shell, with adjustable bead, equal to thoso
of any other maker? Au*. South Side of Long Island, or lUruvgst, Now
Jersey; prlco dependent upon stool*, men. etc. The Ely shell I* excel-
lent, but there are similar and equally good shells made in this country
at far less cost.

Piscator. — Sometime*, though seldom, sngling rods are made wholly
of greciiUeart, or even of lanccwood, though the latter l» generally pre-
ferred for tips; ash. basswood, and groonheart are used for first and secoud
joints. Split bamboo rod* frequently have lanccwood tips. These wood*
come chiefly from Demerara, and are Imported In log by Ti-rhnne, „f Canal
street, lid* city, nnd one or two other dealer*. It Is dlDleull to And a
stick III to make rods of. See article olsowhere.

M. J. F., Now Jorsey.— You can get good board In tho Muskoln conn-
try for $4 per wouk, and perhaps less. You had better get your battoan
built at Gravenburst. Thoy built a steamboat there, ami no doubt cun
build a battcan. Freight to carry from tho United States will costas
much bs tho boat. Write to Joseph Scott, Gravunhurst, Ontario, I'simdo,
about trapping If bo can't fix yon, write lo Uou. Charles Louni. Regis-
ter of llracebrldge, aud hu will refer you to some parlies In Nlplsslug
county.

O. L. T., Worcester.— I havo a pointer puppy about ten months old.
and he hod the distemper very badly. Since recovering from It bo lias
been troubled with violent twitching, apparently in tho flesh or rausclst
covering the bowels. Ho eats well, and appears to tnko no notice of It
whatever. Can yon Inform mo of a remedy, or u it something ho will
not get over? Ans. Wo havo scarcoly over been able to cure a dog af-
fected with chorea, as yours Is. But try two scruples of bromide of
potassium twice a day beforo feeding

Amateur Anolek.— You will oblige a reader by slating whether or
not treat aro caught In either of tho Snrnunc lakes. And would you bo
kind enough to say If It 1* a remarkably uncommon thing lo take lake
trout with a troll In tho months of August and July? An*. Speckled
trout nro not caught in tho Surannc lakes. Water Is very deep. Thero
Is excellent trout Ashing at Bartlett's, outlet of Upper Sernnoo, both
abovo and boiow the dam and bridge. Tho months you speak of are Into
for trolling, but by drawing across the places where the fishermen have
their buoys set— whore tho fish have been well halted -rises can ho fre-
quently gotten; but the fishermen naturally object to this.

n. B. M., Hartford, Conn. -The majority disbelieve entirely Iho state-
ment made by a Uolyoko man that shad will take tlu> fly. If they do,
are they worth capturing? Will shad take tho fly; whonj where; aro
they, ns stated, a gamey fish; when Is the time to visit Holyoke; what
tackle Is necessary; can a guide he found there who Is posted; has tiie
experience of fishermen proved that a reasonable day’s sport can ho ex-
pected f Ans. We know personally of shad having boon tukeu with fly
on tho Connecticut, Potomac. Ilousatonlc, nnd Savanuak rivers, but
would prefer other angling. Thomas Chalmers, of Holyoke, Is a good
authority on shad fishing. For other authorities consult W. <:. Prime,
Forest and Sthram, Vol. 8, No. 0, page IHO; Tliad. Norris. Vol. 8,
No. II, page 172; B F Bowles, Vol. 2, No. 111. |mge '.’III; A O. Wil-
kinson, Vol. 2, No. 15, page 230; Tliad. Norris, Vol. 3, No. 10, page 15ft.

E, D., Montreal,— At whnt season do gold fish spawn? I have placed
a half Inch wire mesh (wlro screen) iu my aquarium, one Inch from hot
tom, with some stone* nnd uquatic plant*-; Is this all that Is nece**ary;
If not, how am I to proceed? One of the fish Inn a sort of fungus growth
attached to the fin close to tho tall. I have cut it off several lime-, but
It still persists In growing. Are the other flail liable to ho affected by It,
nnd Is there any prevcnllvo or core. Ans. Gobi fish spawn In April,
May, and June, according to the temperature of the water. Wo should
think your plan of screen* siifilcloiit for success. T. B. Forunson, K-q.,
of Baltimore, Is ono of tho host anlhoritlca on aquarium culture. Fun-
gus I* common to fish, and I* produced from various causes. Bud water
will produce fuugus. Throw your diseased fish out aud replace It with
another.

W. F. I., Now York. — I havo a small and valuable, hut 1 fear somewhat
delicate bull terrier about a year old, whose cleVorncss and intelligence
equal that of tho representative of tho same breed mimed Guess, who so
distinguished himself at Sprlngfiold. My dog's appetite Is very fitful.
He now get* a few bones, nearly bare of meat, at broakfu-t and u liiuoh
hour, and u regular meal at six o’clock, usually of rico, w ith n little dish
gravy aud sumo chipping* of meat mixed through. 1IU eye < have an
almost con-lant toodoncy to weep, and ho appears to sleep uneasily.
Jerking mid starting In hi* dreuni-, and alwav * snoring heavily. I should
Ue glad If you could suggest anything you think advisable In the treat-
meut of my dog Guy. Ail*. Your dog, in nil probability, I* offlictod w ith
worms. Try of cowugo half a drachm, tin filing-, vory line, four drachms.
Make four balls; givo ono daily, nml a few hours afterwards a purge of
salts or aloe*.

Tahawus- I expect to go to tho Adirondacbs this Bummer, now, 1st
What part of E.-*c.x coanly contain* the h. M fishln uid how large do
the trout run? My largest trout lust Summer \vu« only u pound and a
half 2d. Can I procure a good general roil for bait and My fishing In
Now York, and what is tho prlco; what Is a reliable llrrn? 3d. Con yon
give me tho name of half a dozen files suited for Hu- Adirondack * In
the months of July and August; what make noil number of hook* do
you recommend? 4th. Can you toll mo anything better Ilian tar and oil
to ward off tbo Insects? Ans. 1. Bloomlngdulo, In the northwest cornor
of Essex, Isa fine trout region, with all modern Improvements, Tho
Saranac rivers aud several fine ponds ore within four mile- Essex
county peoplo generally go to Bartlett's. Trout In K*« ex water* might
average a half pound. 2. Good rod* ot Barton, Alexander & Waller s at
$10. 3. July and August dun*, cinnamon Uy, blue professor, red Ibis,
orange lly; small sized hooks always, Sprout'* bend and Limerick. 4.
Tar and oil is clean, notwithstanding general impression, aud vory sor-
vlceable .

Dorsal, I’hlla -Being soinowhnt Interested In the so-called "gold
fish," or golden carp, aud having facilities, os I thought, for raising
them, I gave their propagation a trial, but have signally failed In i-v,-ry
Instance In obtaining H-b of nny color but black or dork 1 procured
from Long I-laud som-j fish of a bright golden color, and pb» eu them in
a pond supplied from a spring. This was douo ln-t Spring, abouuho
rniddlo of April. To day there aro some thousand- of sum I fry in tho
pond, but not one of n golden color, though some of them me of a dark
copper bronze. I might mention that the pond Is exposed to sunlight,
and contain* numbers or aquatic plants. I- there anything radically
wrong In the condition* under which I am working? I* tbu cause cli-
matic. or no you think there Is any dlfforei.ee lu the w nt. r about Long
Island and Ibutlu or about the Delaware River that would cau-c -ueti
effect? 1 hove asked several of our knowing one*, but get no informa-
tion Ans. The gold fish, or golden carp, breed* all sorts of color*; tho
young are black, some change tho first season, becoming pled or blot, bed
with red or while; some remain black for year*, others soon become red.
white, or straw color. The progeuy of the black one. arc a* likely lo bo
black &* any. Probably your wuter and stock are all right, but your col-
ors, a* you seo, may bo all wrong. Better wult till second scssou, at all
events.

Accepted Article* DzPEnnKD.-PIkc Fishing, by Irving I, Demon;
Phantom Falls, by A D. L.; Ou the Line, by F. ; An Adv. mure, by A.
D. W .; Vacation of an Ornithologist, by E. J ; Lake Pep n, and Kn-n-
tensc. by Barker; Judge Caton's Deer Park, by Occasional; Southwest
Florida, No. 10, by Al Fresco; Blue Fishing with Rod nnd Rod. by Lp-
ton; Woodcock Slnglog, by AUquIs; Tho Wild Mountain Goal, by J. M.
Murphy; Newfoundland Notes, by Clift.

250

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PROTECTING GAME AND
FISH.

T1

A WEEKLY JOURNAL.

PUBLISHED BY

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NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MAY 27 , 1875.

To Correspondents.

™ T" n"WhQtcv,'r,vrl,<-'thor relating to business or literary
M. nrr raCf' bC addrcwcd 10 t"8 Fonzsr and Stream Pit*
mein no Compant. Personal or private letters of course excepted

All communications Intended for publication must be accompanied with

^LTnChrmu^ar^'yOffi00df“,th' N“mc8 wUI,,ot b« Published if
oojection be made. No anonymous contributions will be regarded.

Articles relating to any topic within the scope of this paper arc solicited.
'* c cannot promise to return rejected munnscrlpts.

CInbS flnd A880clation8 M0 "feed to favor ns with brief
notes of their movements and transactions, ns It is the aim of this paper

m°enesnmf * “‘I!"™ °f fl,‘d rc,,abl° ‘"fonnatlon between ccntle-
“ , “ *£ °rt8meu fr01" on® »nd of the country to the other j and they will
And our columns a desirable medium for advertising announcements

nJ,«°.FUb"Ah0r8 °f P0REST AND ®TnEA* ft*m to merit and secure the
patronage and countenance of that portion of the community whose re-

fn“blC1 lh°m t0 ProPer'y appreciate and enjoy all that
lh« i-mg ' “ Nalurc' 11 W1" I,andor 10 "" depraved tastes, nor pervert

tJnrt in mm£ .7° °f land K"d "ft,er to thoeo ba8C Q8L'8 whlch BRvay.
tend to make them unpopular with the virtuous and good. No advertlse-

ment or bush'ess nonceof an immoral character will be receh-S on ^Ty

mav not h«d, U°,,b rlfKW'1 b* Udmltu'(1 10 “"J department of the paper that
may not be read with propriety in the homo circle.

We cannot bo responsible for tho dereliction of the mall service If
m >ney remitted to ns Is lost service, it

Advertisements should be sent in by Saturday of each week, If possible

CHAIILE8 HALLOCK, Editor.
WILLIAM C. II WtIHM, Business Manager.

HIS Association, which is composed in great part of

i . MnatU^Ull,8t^’ WaS fornially organized at Cooper Insti-
tute New York City, on the 19th of May instant. The at-
tendance was small, although the roll of membership in-
eludes some 225 persons. However, since the object of an
organization was merely to constitute a body from which
aulhomy might emanate, and to appoint committees under
such authority , from those who had expressed by letter a
willingness to sen* thereon, the paucity of representation
did not necessarily imply that the cause wan weak or the
labor vain The large number of reporters present was in-
dicative of the .merest taken by the press in the subject of
game protection. We append a list of the gentlemen who
attended the meeting: —

Prof E. D. Cope, Academy of Sciences, PhiladelDhi-i
(too late to act); Dr. J. L. LeConte, Philadelphia So3’

mirXpiS5 %rafrd^ ^oopes, Prest. Philadelphia Sports-
ninn s Club; I3cn1. W Richurd^ n w r

Philadelphia; Dr. N. W gS, N Y.' So^ ToTtil

Fish S,.°r L SaT: H°nf RSbt- B‘ Roosevelt, Am

I1 I8il C/Uminst S ASSO, ; ,T J{llSS(*!l T?r»wJ • i

Mas, ; J Dwiglit Francis, PuSd. E. “ Ion“S &
\v. Hutchinson, Utica, N. Y. ; Col. F. G. Skinner of Vir
ginia; Robt. B. White, Shrewsbury, N. J • Mai If W
Merrill, of New Rochelle, N. Y. Mai T WWniL-^'

kJkl'^CS JJCW ^her^ Pfp ?°S!ety; C’- E' Coffln. Muir-
Sn ““■» d- w . bheridan, Peterborough, Canada; W A

temporary secretary. Aponte

nrSbL?ofB;lR0A0SeVC-It T™8 then nominated aud elected
aP. vice pi r°/i(ient^0CI“ll0,,, “"d thl! fol,owi°8 ?entlemen

ington, Ky.; Henry Mather. Marauptn. ui„k ,

City Minn.; Nahum E. Ballou. Sandwich* III -’ pT\P\^' Es‘«8- Loko
Lac. Win.; P. K. Hoy. Racine, WIs.: Dr j' hTt.' M Wyatt, Fond du
Kansas; Charies K. Aikin, Colorado "’allace,

8cho<leld, Fort Sill, Indian Territory; C&iunTmre n ndo7 L.' Co> (i W
W. A. Newell and R. L. Ogden, of San Franc w H.envcr-. Col.;

Rolln, Mo ; Itolit. S Weaver, Cleveland, oiun- Tiu>^llr es p- 'Yil\tann,
C.nnaii; Gon. W. B. O'Brien, Omaha, freb ; J* lbo,uas A. Logan cin-
Wuslilngton Territory; Charles K. Whitehead Now bJjrttJtue, Kularna,
°"8“; «•

It will be the business of this Executive Committee to
appoint all the other committees and such new ones us
they may think proper. ts us

In view of the fact that some misconception exists in
certain quarters as to the objects aud functions of this As-
sociation the following declaration was submitted by Mr.

Cluis. Hallock and adopted unanimously:

The object of the International Association is to somm
the best means for the protection of all game birds'0™;6
mals, and fish throughout the Uuitcd KtaS nn.l ’ i
and to devise unacceptable systeni of u, * ^ "££■
a-s far ns is practicable, based upon a scientific knowledge
of the various species aud habits of the Ze aml l i,
be protected. While recognizing the laudable anr i ’
gelic efforts that are being made by the National cnn V
men s Association, and subordinated ^ auxilVar v te‘

turns, to secure suitable laws for the nroter n J!1,
the creation of this Association seemS S BDensilfuU1,e’
hose who felt that the important and difflcSlt S ,tf>
terminmg spec.es should be placed in the c-hi ^ °f dc'
tifle men; for the nomenclature of our fan,™ fhfl m3'
cation of species, and the determination denl,fl'

sons— upon which a system of close time mus^ be^hE ^
are subjects that still nnzzln ti„. .i u . bc b«sed-

is indispensable to success in’obtaiiiin^nf11011 °.f
protection and obedience to laws, and this Touhtnn .°,™ugl 11
cured by any other method so easy and direct Ti?l bf S6‘
lions of the International Association are purelv advi^00'
and its efforts are intended to bc co-opermife w n/ h ^
all associations having the protection . of ^ -tb se of
-..vvf.vo.uuuo,- | business is to devise laws and determine chv»n 'r v,ew' Its

Rpnr°n A,“ ASd8si,z' of Cambridge, Mass. ; Prof Robt |?,e.ntiflc da,a: II wil1 be left to Canada and V|“earTU^02
Bel), Dominion Geol. Survey, Montreal, Canada Wright I Sta,les respectively to see that they are ennrtpd^6 ^ni e,d
Rives, Es.j Washington, l5. C. ; M. O Sv M D 11 enforced. We have nothing to do L ™ ^ resPec.ted.
lacksburg, Va. ; John V. T,r> Vavn. rS’ . M‘ D; I with securing their observance gf or wb™ « Association,

we have laid out for ourseWes ns above L tbe w<Jrk 'vl,ich
duty will be discharged, aud the AssoeLtie., mp eted ?ur
To keep up an organization side by side with^l^M0 »*xist;
Sportsman’s Association would tend tn ¥ N1al,onal
oeucy of both, while as resuects 1 ?ken t,,e tfli'

body it would be impossible to givcMurisdk-t on'T0'1'-0.03'
Canada or the United States nZ J^isdtction to either

and fish protective clubs of both- neither °nS<i!}d?t*d gamc
Dr. Le Conte then said :

CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COM-
ING WEEK.

Thursday, May 27lk.-. -Racing, Maryland Jockey Clnb, Baltimore
Tro t lng, Goslien Park, Point Breeze Park, Philadelphia. Bose Ball
Athletic va. Hartford, Philadelphia ’

miDAT, May 28th. -Rifle, N R A. at Crcedmoor. Racine Ball!

P°,lnlu,?e7C Park- Thiiodelphla Bare Ball, Athletic
n .f PhUado,Phl“; Boaton va. Mutual, at Brooklyn

Boating, Potomac Boat Club Regatta, at Washington *

Mss

Monday, May 3:at.-Regatta, Amboy Yacht Club. Stato Sportsmei ’*
Auoclatiou, Watertown. Athlettce, New Jersey Association at RuW

wlr’1 dun® 1st.— Trotting, at Prospect Park; Grand Haven, Mich •
A«„C1.U„ »„« fl„„,hESh„ T,

'rr

apace preventing their Inacrtlon. We beg Indulaenre „r
merous correspondent-. ".diligence of our nu.

Dead! -Forest and Stream this week loses two of its

ZrVTT? by ,,ntimc|y and accidental deaths
namely, K. C. Barker, Esq., of Detroit, aDd S. H. Mead’
Jr., of this city. Mr. Mead shot himself accidentally He
was the inventor of the well known explosive bullet Mr
Barker was Commodore of the Northwestern Yacht Fleet’
of Detroit, an ardent sportsman and much beloved gentle-

man. Hts brother. M. M. Barker, has long been 2 trav

mnre ^rresp0Ddcnt of Forest and Stream, and has done
w"' ^aSZt“,m^,° eIKnd ils circ'uUUon in u“

tective laws in neighboring provinces. P

SSSSSSS5S

Wo append an extract of the letter of Rev. A B Lan.
berton, of Rochester:— ' ^am'

Dear Sir:- Rochester, N. Y„ May 14th, 1S75.

I regret exceedingly that pressing business will nrevent » /
tlctpaliug in the proposed meeting at Cooper Institute ine tlom,ptr-
sure you that no trivial matter would detain I fli , 1 Deed not aa-

nalional. I cannot sec where thl* ■ /50m the ProP°8ed Inter-

tmh the views expressed in your letter, as to Vhelr funSnH ^'l6
ject*. Please assure the convention for me of n.v hPOr. * d °b'
support. I say this lest some might think that sinre I nm ftpp,;0Va! and

sssssir ,h-‘ 1 “'sh, be

““?„“.PrOPO“ CommltKcon

An Executive Committee, a Committee on i

: co=£ oS a? ^lrtbut!-^°S'£“ra

B. Roosevelt; Charles E Coffin xr L‘ ,Le ?onte- Hon. R.

idnn, of Canada, and Chns. Hallock a°’ und; J> Sheri-

power^%SdtLh“i^

ss*ra“' c°~ nzssif
Dow «

do£,aS^0™d0Xdta iDkM°° one

lion adjourned lo Tm a'tTlfc “SS°Ci“'

John L. Le Conte

Immediately after adjournment a sunnlT^7*”0 ^
mg was held at the house of the Hon R Tr"7 m<>et‘
where a collation was spread, nearly alD hem Roosevel>.
present. The nominating commiti . ’hl ^ members being

liXSD-ine the following E-^BC;;eus

Convention ;°otherwiseTwoi5d 'be ftp t\&y a Sports,nen’s

We have met to devise means notgfor L°re °-f place llcre-
joyment, but for securing to future g r°.ur cn'

gent citizens the same pleasurS of tlfe h™f10nS .of ,lntelli-
from which our ancestors^ ourse ve, U a“d lbe flsh
much delight. Accurate observers if na nre pr°cured ho

customed to generalize from maasi of isSn? men ac‘
are alone suitable to collect the ,! 'S° ^ Pheuomena,
them the proper lcgWal“ ?om

such a purpose. There can, thefore b n ‘ ¥q1,r*d for

this and any other organization herel,wv.DO n^a ry between

United States. But we w“l XaS ^ l one m 1S,tinf in
national clubs will co-operate with is^urln*'1'6 bx'al aud
rary existence in this common and iahlJ ^ .our ,eniP°-
tect those who come after us fmm *® Mbjeet— 1° pro-
lgnorence, or cupidity of those who n 1 *e f!10uglRle8sness,
l\e elements inWd ii „l,Ta la.’

are twofold: First, industry on S Mrt if undertaking
in observing facts; in compiling in lfT committees
already on record, aud intelligence in dire f-1 forin ,,lose
dmating the results into definite laws clioahl'^f U|'d CO Or'
forced; aud, second, capacity of the nn»;« t f be,nS en’
whtch emanates all legislative anVeLnd niass- from
preciate the value of the instruct m .e power’ t0 aP'
committees will be able to give It is^o'Cb .We ,10pe 0,lr
failure shall occur in the first- thn ,.y Urs saF Hiat no
second rests with others. But’ let o\SPSn*lbiIi?’y for lbe
will suffer from the exhaustion of the de8.cendants, who
our country unless the present - Ua resources of

trolled, not have it in tEpower T ?,f±g °f l1,em is ™»-
mg their interests. They wtll make S,® ® Vs for neglect-
greater than we are by nltura! process^ / 768, betler and
us reso ve that even in their' p&f evolution. Let
poorer.” Pleasures they shall not be

Tbe following resolution of Mr Hnlin^t •

That the committees of thf n ?a,IPCk 8 Wfts Copied :

p3££K"« ^ °f m'mbCTS *•" ■« before hi

Ootarlo; T Herbert M»«h' S,lrickland »''d C. A. Post of p, 8 nd;

o* .*• " s‘- ^ * S: w. &X°;

1 J N ITP n • •

vVbWTi A' c°ffln. ’Boston, Mass H h't! Br°°k]yn, N.'
iorb; Abram S. Southworth, do. -’Hon \v 10wiPson' Hew
Durham, Ct. ; J. D. Farwell, San Frnnei'^' d Fowler,
Greene, New York; Col. F g Dr' J- W.

Richards, Philadelphia; G B ht 1 (i0-' Benj. W.
Piper, Fitchburg, fa’; Jotg Honiy F.

STATE SPORTSMEN’S "cONVENTlftv . .

By referring to our advertising oci 'Vatertoxvn.
thut the Association offers a most lil.e™?8 U. WiI1 be scen
the different sports to be participated in T*1-6 °f Pfize8 for
mg. Those for rifle shooting are n,tt ^'T8 tbis meet‘
the pigeon shooter and fly U-,ar y Hberal, and

gifts Offered for skill in his nartil ,t r ™ 1 °BCh dnd r'ch
to several friends for tie nZ of VlT, We “re indeb^d
Pf-ht on the part of ^

the complete list did our space permit. The Bench Show
o dogs promises to be a leading feature of the meeting, and
as far as prizes are concerned, it certainly is ahead of any
similar show yet attempted in this country. We trust that
our friends who are also owners of fine dogs will respond
ns liberally as they did to the invocation on behalf of the
Springfield Show, and that this most valuable portion of
the gathering will meet with due encouragement. The
meeting proper commences on the 31st inst., but the bench
show will not commence until the 1st June, continuing the
2d and 3d. Entries will be received until 13 o’clock on
Tuesday 1st, proxo; fee $2. The New York Central and
Hudsou River Railroad will transport dogs for half price to
Rouie; thence they will be carried by the Rome Water-
town and Ogdensburgh Road free. The 8 A. M. and 6 P.
M. trains over the Hudson River Road from Grand Central
depot go through to Watertown.

NATIONAL 8POKT8MEN’8 ASSOCIATION.

This Association will meet at Cleveland, June 8th. Since
its day of small beginnings at Niagara Falls last Septem-
ber, it has been materially strengthened by the creation
of State Sportsmen’s Associations in a large number of
States where they did not then exist. Many of these,
perhaps all, will scud live delegates each, which, with dele-
gates from numerous local associations, would seem to guar-
antee a large attendance and successful meeting.

—Cash prizes to the extent of $4,000 will be given at the
National Shooting Tournament to be held in connection
with the National Sportsmen’s Convention at Cleveland on
June 11. Bogardus, Abe Kleinman, Paine, Ward and Close
are barred. Chicago rules to govern.

POWDER TESTS.

A S a matter of much interest to our readers we give
the following experiments, made with a view to de-
termine the initial velocity of English and American pow-
der, and quality of the powder with regard to cleanliness,
by B. Burton, inventor of the Ward-Burton gun. All the
tests below given were made with a Ward-Burton Maga-
zine musket, May 15th, 1875, by the Benton Balestoc pen-
dulum system. Six shots were fired with each kind of
powder, the gun being wiped after each test. The first
powder tested was Latlin & Rand’s, known as the Creed-
moor brand:—

Iiound. Anglo of Pendulum. Feet per sec. Inches'

1464 3* ’

21.03
21.10
21 00
20.07
20 08
21.00

Ollipod Quill. -Wo are assured that the readers of the
Fokkst AND Stream Will be interested in hearing some-
.the ,fe of Mr- Luke Wyman, whose death we
chronicled a short time ago, and who is familiarly known
to them by the signature of “Ollipod Quill.”
f”® wasbornat Murblehead in the year 1810, and lived
for a number of years in Brooklyn; but the latter part of

.WTPen^n Arlineton, Mass. His entire life was
spent chiefly in literary pursuits. He was connected at
different times with several different newspapers. Ho
wrote readily upon many subjects, but literary criticisms
and landscape gardening were favorite topics. Here he
was quite at home. The books that he criticised he carc-
tully examined, and though always anxious to be just he
was quite frank and outspoken in his condemnation of
wnat seemed weak and worthless.

He had a variety of talent, and was fond of drawing and
painting spending many hours in these pursuits. He was
n great lover of nature; was never weary of studying the
nature and habits of plants. The more he studied! the
more lm saw evidences of divine wisdom. “I have learned
JlSfllS0*! “D10n?lthe flower8i 1 Lave walked with Him in
few days ofh isTife.0 dMfa* °"e of ^

Studying plants, he became interested in the insects that

ZLT° !‘em' a?d <luring tl,e lu8t few ye*™ devoted
much time to study with the microscope. He was verv
heartily interested in the education of children, but lie be-
lieved that they studied too much from books and too little
from nature; that they gained loo many words and too few
ideas Some thought that his views on this topic were
Quixotic; but he belonged to the advance guard with the
hoe,HH ^ Wh° hoped f°rthe day when clLses
nndU ^ takein l° the fidd9 10 inv,e9t>gate for themselves,
under the guidance of their teachers, when, by the use of
the geologists hammer and by actual experiment in the
aboratoryof the chemist, they should learn for themselves
the great laws of nature and science.

He was affectionate and sympathetic in temperament al-
wajS the friend of those who needed help, and hopeful
when others saw nothing to hope for. His religious creed

was very simple; “love to God and love to man’’-to use
his own words-” was the whole of the law.’’ His last
sickness, though a most painful one-disease of the heart,
from which lie had suffered several years-was endured
with great patience and even cheerfulness.

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aaT,S!!d?K00r preaent«d an animated spectacle on
usually yiftlhe nuJJJbor of riflemcn and spectators being un-
SLU fnd ?° Scvenlh Hogiment Rifle Club IZ
ment. g’ 1 80 “ purly from 11,0 Seventy-ninth Regi-

suits, the firine hoi„„ 'iU‘ ’ho foIlow,n«

1608

1501

I486

2*

2|

2*

2 1-10

Average feet per second, 1488*; charge of powder, 106 grains; weight
of bullet, 550 grains.

Not so clean as Curtis & Harvey’s (English) or Laflin &
Rand’s Lightning.

The second test was made with the Hazard Co. best
Creedmoor powder: —

Round.
1
2

3

4

5

6

Angle of Pendulum.
22.09
22.02
22.04
22.02
21.08
21.08

Velocity In feet.
1360
1408
1391
1408
1429
1429

Recoil.

3

3 1-16

g

2 15-lb
3 1-16

f I’lU

Average feet per second, 1401 1 6; charge of powder, 106 grains; weight
of bullet, 550 grains.

Not so clean as C. & H. or Laflin & Rand’s Lightning;
considerable residue remaining in barrel.

Third test, made with Curtis & Harvey’s English pow-
der, No. 6:-

Round.

1

2

3

4

5

6

Anglo of Pendulum.
21.00

20.04

20.05
21 00
20.01
21.00

Velocity.
Feet per sec.
1486
1531
1523
1486
1531
1486

Recoil.

21

„ 3*

3 3-16

21

3i

: of Pendulum.

Velocity.

Recoil.

2t.U0

I486

2*

20.04

1531

3i

20.06

1615

8

20.05

1523

20.06

1515

3*

30.04

1531

3*

Average feet per second, 1507 1-6; charge of powder, 106 grains; weight
of bullet, 550 grains; barrel very clean.

Fourth test made with Laflin & Rand’s Lightning No. 5:
Round. * 1 — - ■ • - - .

1

2

3

4

Average feet per second, 1516 5-6 charge of powder, 106 grains; weight
of bullet, 550 grains; barrel very little fouled; powder remarkably good
and clean.

This powder is less dense than any of the other three
powders tested, a ninety grain measure weighing just 90
grains, whereas a ninety grain measure of any of the other
three tested will weigh 96 grains. Those testing this pow-
der should weigh their charge, as the same measure charge
will give more weight with the other powder than with
the Orange Lightning.

Mr. Burton declares himself to be perfectly unbiased in
making these experiments, and calls attention to the slight
disparity in the velocity obtained between the Laflin &
Rand and Curtis & Harvey, the latter firm being the repre-
sentative English makers. We regret very much that the
Dupont was not included in the trial, and have requested
Mr. Burton to make further experiments at his convenience.

A railway is now proposed for Newfoundland, the
route being across the island, running west and east to St.
George’s Bay; estimated length, 350 miles. A party of en-
gineers are already making the preliminary surveys.

—Mr. T . Sedgwick Steele, of Hartford, has painted a
trout picture, which is said by connoisseurs to be the finest
he has yet produced. It represents four trout strung as
boys carry their “catch,” on a willow twig, and is most
artistieally grouped and drawn,

§l>e gift,.

CREEDMOOR.

-The American team visited this ground for their sixth
day of practice on Wednesday of last week. Their ill
luck followed them as usual, the wind was variable and
during the shooting at the 900 yards range a shower came
up, which compelled them to cease firing for a while
Subsequently, however, the weather improved and the
shooting the average being 143| per man, was the best yet
made. The following are the scores:— A. V. Canfield 154
Major Henry Fulton, 153; Gen. T. S Dakin, 149- G. W-’
iYde’148’ fo1' A- Oversleeve, 143; R, C. Coleman^
141; Capt. L. C. Bruce, 136; L. M. Ballard, 138.

For the first time at Creedmoor, practice was attempted
at the 1,100 yards range by several gentlemen, including
Messrs. Conlin, Dakin, Yale and Canfield, and notwirh
standing the difficulty in getting the proper wind guage
and elevation the following scores were made:—

J. 8. CONLIN.

284343842438830 «

OEN. T. S. DAKIN.

2 3 3 3 2 2 4 0 2 3 3 8 2 4 4.. W

O. W. YALE.

4 0 2 3 3 2 2 3 4 0 3 0 4 3 0 gg

A. V. CANFIELD, JR.

3 0822842004024 3 33

—The Boylan medal was shot for on Tuesday last bv the
officers of the Twelfth Regiment N. G. S. N. Y. Lieuteu-
ant Heizman was again the winner, and now holds the
trophy in permanent possession. This medal has been shot
for six times before, having been first won by Captain II B
Smith, with a score of 35 in a possible 56. Captain C. S.’
Burns was the next winner, with a score of 43. Lieuten-
ant-Colonel Gilderslecve made 43 at the following competi-
tion. Captain Van Rensselaer next held it with 43 points
Lieutenant Heizman then took it twice with scores of 41
and 38, the last being made in October last. This Spring
the new targets were used, and out of a possible 70 Lieu
tenant Heizman took the badge for the third time with 36
points. The scores made were as follows:—

W .G. Carson, 39. A. Beat v 30 W V V 1 ■ bm,lh- ',0’

TT ,?• ll: TsOSg- 4

R. H Caprc„; S™'"' * “■ Wl"' «• W,

Riffi,EwCn r,nbr 0f tUo 8eP««t° Troop of Cavalry

lor T°rir °' fOrftb,ldg0 Thursday, ntCreeib
moor The weapons were carbines. The wind was high

Pri«K WeteZ«n’“jo8°rK“nl MUtor 'SI

ZttSZS****™ rii'" «"•

The Twenty-Third Regiment held its first “Creedmoor
reception at the Armory in Clemout Avenue on Wednes
day evening of last week. The exorcises consisted of
shooting at a target by the regimental team of 1874 for a
medal; a battalion drill in double time; review by General
lownseiul and presentation of a prize won by the rogimtm-

ttoaTlm Th11.’”"11"150' 11,0 Nntlo,ml Ki««A««u.
ion in 18i4. The team scores on Wcdncday were ns fob

jWp Lieutenant P A. Hardy, 15; Sergeant A. C. Bunce
14; Corporal J. M. Allen, 15; Corporal C. A. Collin 13-
I nvate Geo. H. Earle, 13; Privule C. VV. Dibble- 18 Wr-’
geant R. B . Malloy, 15; Corporal James H. Steam’s 10
Private R I . Horto„, 14; Private A. V. Young Ifi Pri!
vale M. B. Cowperthwaite, 17.

Messrs Giidersleevc, Dakin, Yale, Canfield and Bruce of
the team, practised at the ranges on Monday. The weather
was ,n every respect perfect, and the scores the largest yet
made this season. At 800 yards, Col. Gildersleove accom-
pushed the best score on record ul this distance, fourteen
bullseyes and a centre, or 59 out of a possible 60 The fol-
lowing are the totals :-Col. II. A. Gilderslecve, 100- G
VV. \ ale, 159; A. V. Canfield, 155; Gen. T. S. Dakin, 140;
Capt. L. C. Bruce, 143.

To-morrow (Friday) the Spring meeting 0f the National
Rifle Association commences at Creedmoor, closing on
Monday. Five matches are to be shot, according to the
following programme:

May 28th, at 3 o’clock 1’. M.

rLn.Ci fpu.idH, Hvo, with two ilffinng *hf.t2nd kS

<S ' s,'ot

This match was won last year by Col. Wingato by the
fol'owing scored 3 3 4 4; total 17— out of a possible 20
May 28th, at 3:30 o’clock P. M. 1 * '

Bhois; position, standing; weapon, any rlllo within the ruloo Eofnmcn
fcc.$l. Prizes 1. tlplnt of l/u 71m^t medal, prcacutcil by Mr. Oeorgo

flhlTBh III nt rti n . . K*.

1100.

1100.

1100

1100.

This match appears to have taken the place of the Long
Range Mutch shot at the Spring meeting last vear
May 29th, at 1 1 o’clock A . M.

Leech Cup Match. — Under the auspice* of the Amateur fluii

of ?h«“aAl,V.t.b0rn ron1*6!1.'? °.r Ihc U011"*1 8t«t«8 and all resident mcrolfoiS
am* J* fle Ll“b, regard lens of nationality , DUtance* 800

900, and 1.000 yards; iwsltion, any without nrtlflcial real; roanda flftiSm’
at each distance, without righting rhota; we ipou, any rifle wltiiln the
ano/w^Tr fccln!‘ f,or wnten of the Amateur Itlflo Club. JU tor
all others. PrlzcM- rhe Lccch Cup, to be held by the winner during th«
year and champloushlp gold badge, value $50. tuer During tlio

A large number of entries are expected for this match
and it is suggested that positions at the targets bo assigned
by lot:

May 31st, at 10:80 o’clock A. M

UaT*,*Y ?,uort Match . Open Id members of the National

RUlo Association and to all members of the N. G. S n. y„ |n uniform.

llding lot at Creedmoor. L I., valued at $200; 2. L/fe mrinbcnhln
tlio NatloDal KJflo AuBcjrlnflon, trHoiffcrr/iblo, and cjieh, (£> valu« ^'*n-
'cr medal or rjinh d . M,.V

vMOynrde; poeltlon, ftandlog; rouiui«, wovcin,' with "two*

woannn nav mlllf*»a» *4 a-. f... » ."u

bulldinc

tlio Natl

3, Silver medal or cash, *20: 4. HfiveV ‘ medal” Vr llrnnr«

medal or cash, $10; 6. Cash, is; 7. Cash. $5; 8. Cash, ifl; o’ I' Jh iT
10. tiwh, $3; 11. Citflh, $3. Eleven prlzea, total value $317 ' * '

The first prize in this match was won last year by Mr. B
Burton by the following score:-3 4 3 3 4; total 17— out of
a possible 30.

May 31st. at 1 o’clock P. M.

Military Lono Ranoe Matcu.— Distance, 500 and 600 vii
tion. any without artificial rest. Other conditions same as In

yards; poal-
fn match 4.

Prize*— 1. A long range Remington Crccs1m^o^lflc"rwl'tir^ mninvauocei
’’ Ya ae_!*Mj 2- A,,>«lesCOpe, present, d by \V. .1, Ou 1. of Union

value «RTl- ft A I/,. i. i.i.. ... , .... y a ion

Captain Healy

Captain Van Rensselaer.

Captain Fackner

Captain Burns

Adjutant Murphy .

200

600

2 4 0 0 3 8 3-15
4 5 0 0 4 3 5—21

36

200

500

5 2 1 3 0 3 3-20
0 4 3 0 2 2 4—15

35

200

500

2 4 0 3 4 3 5- 21
5 3 3 0 0 0 3—14

35

200

500

0 3 2 2 0 3 0-10
3 2 3 5 0 0 O-13

23

200

500

5 0 0 2 0 8 0—10
0 0 4 0 2 2 4-12

22

200

500

0 8 0 0 3 2 2—10 !
0 0 2 8 2 3 0-10 f

20

- OOCCIUUICU »w.

practice, all the members being present. The atmosphere
was very hazy, and on the whole very unfavorable for
good shooting, particularly when the 1,000 yards range was
reached. The following are the scores made:— Col. John
Bodine, 154; Major Henry Fulton, 153; G. W. Yale, 151;
Col. H. A- Gildersleeve, 149; R. C. Coleman, 133; A. V.'
Canfield, Jr., 136; Gen. T. S. Dakin, 133; L. M. Ballard,
117; L. C. Bruce, U5,

complcto, ..

square, value $80; 3. A life membership Niittonui Rifle ^ ^Association'

{transferrable, and cash. $25, $00; 4 Cash. $:10; 5. Cush, $25 6 Ca.h'
20; 7. tosh. $15; 8. Cash, $10; «. Cash. $5; 10. Cash. I.V 11 Ca^h!
®*tra Pdaes-OlTered by Second Division Ileadqnorters. otten to all
raeruhers of the National Gnstd lu the Stfcond Division In uni/orm— 1
$60; 2. $30; 3. $20. Fonrteon prizes, tola! value. $490.

Lieut. Col. Gilderslecve carried off the first prize in this
match lo3t year by a score of 3 4 4 4 4 4 4; total 37— out of
a possible 38.

Another Short Range Competition.— In order to en-
courage short range, off hand shooting, and also to deter-
mine which among the gentlemen who have been for some
time practicing at Mr. Conlin’s gallery is the best shot
we have arranged a match, open to all comers, to be shot
at the above place, commencing on Monday evening, 31st
instant. The prize offered at this competition consists of a
handsome solid gold badge, to he known as the Fohbst
and Stream badge, appropriately engraved and mounted
for wearing. The conditions of the match areas follows;—
The shooting to be strictly off hand, that is, no portion of
the body toucliing the gallery. We have entrusted to Mr.

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Oonlia the detail* of thi* match a* regards seeing that the
regulations are strictly carried out. Tbe match is open to
all, and no entrance fee will be required. We hope to
moot a goodly number of riflemen at No. 030 Broadway,
on Monday evening, and see a spirited competition for thi*
boautiful little prize.

A Unique Thoput —It will bo remembered that
Mr. John Rigby of Dublin, presented to Mr. Conlin a pin
formed after one of the bullets used in his rifles; also that
Mr. Conlin offered this pin as a prize for off hand shoot-
ing at his gallery, during the tournament, and that Mr.
Wilson MacDonald, the sculptor, wiu the fortunate winner
Mr. Conlin is reciprocating Mr. Rigby’s attention by for-
warding to him a silver fac-similo of a bullet suspended by
a string, and Indented by a shot from a rifle at twenty-five
yards. The bullet in question is an exact copy of one
made by Mr. Wm. Hayes, of Newnik, N. J., known as
ono of the best shots in the country at 200 yards. The bul-
let is mounted with ribbon and clasp and forms a more
unique trophy representative of rifle shooting, than any we
have seen, This mode of shooting at bullets originated
with Mr. Conlin, and has not only become very populur, but
is one of the severest tests of good shooting.

—A correspondent, who signs his letter with the stamp of
hi* "team," informs us that a number of young gentlemen,
aged from sixteen to eighteen years, have formed themselves
into an association to be known os the Union Rifle Team of
New York. Wc should bo glad to have further particu-
lars.

—The formation of the Calfornia Rifle Association is
croating groat interest in that Slate and bringing to the
front many marksmen who had been forgotten and who
nr* now Joining the Association. Bay Farm Island, near
Alameda, opposite San Francisco, is spoken of for a range.
It is perfect as to distunco and safety, but tho line of fire is
from North to South, and therefore against the rays of the
sun.

§n »)e nni §un.

JUNE IS A CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME.

Tiib Monroe Countt Sportsman's Cum. —The handi-
cap match of this club was shot last week with great satis-
faction to the members nnd their guests. No less than
forty-six gentlemen wero handicapped at from twenty-one
to twenty-six yards, and appeared at tho scratch with vary-
ing success. A press of other matter will not permit of
our giving In detail tho total scores as we should be pleased
to do. Several gentlemen tied on nine birds, and on shoot-
ing off, II. II. Morse killed five birds and took first prize.
Ten lied on eight, and Hiram Smith carried off second
prize. Seven contested for third prize and it was won by
Henry Walzer. II. B. Hooker took the fourth and last.
The prizes were handsome gold medals. Subsequently
twenty-four gentlemen shot a match at twenty double birds,
which was won by H. Q. Lucas, killing eighteen birds.
Among the contestants we noticed the name of our old
friend Seth Green, who came within a few of taking a
medal — but then he has enough now for one man.

Tub Forkstbu Club.— This enterprising organization,
whose headquarters are at Buffalo, had a pigeon match on
Thursday last for a handsome gold watch, made and pre-
sented by Mr. J. O. Robson, of Buffalo. Seventeen mem-
bers of the club, handicapped at distances varying from 21
to 25 yards, 10 birds each, participated. Our space will not
permit of our giving the full scores. Messrs. Henry Jones
and W. W. Sloan having each killed nine were obliged to
shoot off the ties throo times before Mr. Sloan was finally
victorious. Tho watch is to be shot for four time* each
year for three years, the member winning it the greatest
□umber of times to become the final possessor. In a sub-
sequent handicap Mr. P. D. II. Saunders killed eight birds
consecutively, and took first money.

— Captain A. H. Bogardus and Ira A. Paine shoot a
match at 100 birds each for $1,000 a side on Saturday 29th
inst., at Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Preparatory to the
match Captain Bogardus has beon giving some exhibitions
of his remarkable skill before admiring audionces. On
Monday last he killed thirty-eight birds out of forty-four,
trapped in pairs, from two traps placed forty yards apart,
the shooter standing between the traps. Bubsequently he
killed twenty-six birds in the remarkable time of two min-
utes and forty seconds, loading his own gun. Tho birds
were tossed in pairs from baskets stationed at proper dis-
tances in the field. The match on Saturday will probably
be one of the most exciting ever shot in this country.

— We received a call lost week from Dr. Chos. W. Torrey,
Vice President of the Yonkors Sportsmen’s Club, to whom
thut association owes much of its present prominence and
vitality. It has about eighty members. Its new club room
is made very attractive by paintings, mounted specimens,
books, Ac. It will send delegates to Watertown.

GOOD SNIPE SCORES.

_ „ St. Lons. May 15th, 1875.

Editor Fork*t and Stream:—

Messrs. Leeds, Sileknry, and Hart. In two days’ shoollng on the
mar-tu-s back of Clarkstlllc, Pile* county, Missouri, April 4th and 5th,
bagged five hundred snipe. Mr. Leeds, considered the best shot In tbe
Wert, scored KW the first day, and 114 the next. Had not Mr. U. and Mr.
t> runout of ammunition, there Is no lolling how many of the long
bills would have come to grief . as they ore both splendid shots. Another
of onr crock shots, Mr. D. Rankin, bogged on April 5th, on tho Durden
marshes, St. Charles county, 114 snips. Pkbdhix.

FOREST AND STREAM.

GAME PROTECTION IN NEW JERSEY.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

A» some of your subscribers are members of tho West JerBcy Game
Protective Society, and were unable to be at tho last meeting. U may not
be amiss to give a short synopsis of what was done at that meeting.
The society, although much smaller numerically than mony other game
associations lu other States, is none the lc*s uctlvo In enforcing ita laws
BDd those of Its SUto for the protection of game.

In 187S, owing to the large number of sportsmen both from Now Torn
and Philadelphia who wore continually shooting In the State of Now Jer-
sey. It became evident to a number of tho leading sportsmen of West
Jersey that unless tome laws were passed for the protection of game the
shooting in that part of the Stare would soon bo one of the pleasures of
the past- With this state of facts before them, these gentlemen deter-
mined to organize themselves Into a society for the protection of game,
and to hare snch laws passed as would compel all desiring to shoot, and
who were non-residents of the State, to Join tho society and eontrlbote a
small sum towards the propagation of game.

Accordingly, on the 3d of April, 1873, an act wm passed giving birth to
the society. By this sot every non-resident of tho Stale Is obliged, be-
fore shooting In the six lower counties of Jersey, to-wlt; Camden, Glou-
cester, Atlantic, Salem, Cumberland, ond Cape May, to obtain from the
society a certlflcalc of membership at the cost of >5 the first year
and it every year thereafter. The fnnds of the club aro therefore de-
rived from the source already slludcd to, together with tho annual dues
of %t from the resident members.

In consequence of Us limited membership and resources, during 1873
the club were merely able able to meet their runnlug expenses, and were
unable until the beginning of the Spring of 1875 to achlcvs tnelr main
object, namely, the propagation of game.

During the Fall of 1874 tho society made etrcnuooa efforts to stop all
non residents, not members of the society, rrom shooting. These efforts
were crowned with great success, and many arrests were made and houvy
fines Imposed upon those found violating the law. The membership
wa* thus greatly strengthened, and by ihe early part of Feb/uary the
committee appointed for tbe purchase of live game found themselves In
amplo funds to procure birds for the limited time given them before the
opening of Spring.

During this short period 900 quail wore purchased, and also ten pairs of
prairie chickens as an experiment. Out of the 900 shipped to us. nt least
000 were turned out, nnd lu most cases have remained in the immediate
neighborhood. Tho prairie chickens hare been sd far a grand success,
and moot all of them have paired off and have been marked down.

The people In the neighborhood have taken great Interest In the experi-
ment. and If tho law is strictly adhered to, which prohibits ono from
shooting them for five years. I have very little doubt of seeing prairie
chicken shooting again resorted to in New Jotsey.

As our shipment of live gome has been so successful this season, the
society has made arrongoroedts to ship several thousand qnsll from the
Sonth, and several hundred pairs of prairie chickens from the West, and
by keeping op tbe shipment of live game from season to season we hope
io keep the western part of the State, which is under Ihe Jurisdiction of
the society, well stocked with game.

I have already, Mr Editor, thanks to your kindness, taken consider-
able space In your columns, but It lias been the earnest desire of our
members to contribute our slight experience In the propagation of birds
to all our brother sportsmen, that wc may all heartily work together for
the great object of onr shooting existence, to-wlt, plenty of game and
fine shooting. I will trespass a little more on your time nnd space by
asking yon to pnblleb a supplement to our charter, which has Just been
passed, aud which Is sn Important one to those who shoot subject to our
charter. A Member.

STATE OF NEW JERSEY.

Supplement to an act entitled "An act Incorporating the West Jersey
Game Protective Society.

/If it enacted by the ten ate and General Auimbly qf thi State qf Xru>
Jcrety, That hereafter any person or persona, non-nwldeiita of this State,
who shall kill, destroy, hunt or take auy doe, buck, fuwn or any sort of
deer whatsoever, or shall kill, destroy, hunt or take any partridge, moor
fowl ruffed grouse, comm nly celled pheasants, pinnated grouse or prai-
rie chicken or any other kind of grouse, quail, woodcock, Wilson or gray
snipe, reed bird, rail bird or rabbit nt any time, or shall catch any
speckled brook tront or speckled river trout at any time within the coun-
ties ol Camden, Gloucester. Atlantic. Salem, Cumberland and Cape May,
in this Slate, without complying with the by-laws of this Game Protec-
tive Society, then the person or persons so offending shall forfeit and
pay tho sam of fifty (50) dollats for each and every offence, aud may be
proceeded against in any county of this State wherein such person or
persons may be arrestod. or w herein snch offence shall have been com-
mitted, aud In dofanlt of the payment of the forfeit money, with costs
of prosecution, any person or persons so offending shall lie in the com-
mon juil until the same shall bo paid: one half of the forfeit money shall
be for the benefit of the person prosecuting for the same, and the re-
mainder paid to the collector of tne township wherein the conviction
may be had, and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed; provided, that nothing In this act shall prevent resident*
of this State from taking game or fish subject to the existing laws of this

STATE OF NEW JERSEY. t

Department or State, i

I, Henry C. Kelsey. Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Is a true copy of an act passed by the
Legislature of this State, and approved by the Governor the ninth day of
April, A. D 1875, as take i from and compared with the original now on
file in my office.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal,
at Trenton, this seventeenth day of April, one thousand, eight hundred
and seventy-five. Henbt C Kai.sBT,

[l . s . ] _ Secretary of State.

THE PIGEON ROOST NEAR CORNING

.11110- 41 J. P. White.
.10 11 * — 4| B. C. Wright
11111-38. J. M Baker
W. N. Nichols
Julius Kaufman
J. Ulrechbuck
I J. McP. Berrien
W. K. Schtrff

GEORGIA GAME ASSOCIATION.

Savannah, •eorgla. May llth, 1875.

Editor Foncsr and Stream:—

The first social meeting of the Qcorgla Game Association came off last
Friday. It being the first anniversary o,' tho organization. An excursion
to Beach Hammock having been decided upon, the steamer Katie was
chartered ai.d a fine baud of music engaged for the occaslou. About
ba.f part seven o’clock the members of tho association, with many of
their ludy frlcnda and a largo number of Invited guests, went on board
the steamer, ond half an hour later were steaming down tbe river. Danc-
ing was commenced at once, and kept np without cessation nntll the
Hammock was reached As soon us a lauding was effected all parties
betook themselves to a point on the beach about a quarter of a mile from
the wharf, and where a large building had been erected for dancing. 1 he
pigeon shooting match wa« at once begun by the members of the nssocl
atlon, and was a very close and exciting one, as will be seen from tbe fol
lowing ecore

R. Wayne

J. G. Butler. .

W. H, Counerat.

W. F. Chaplin, Jr 1 l 1 1 1—5

B. F. Lovell 10 10 1-3

II. Oomtu ’.110 0—3 .

M. J. Pollard 1 10 1 1-4

M. C. Murphy 1 1 1 1 l-$

U Shaffer 11111-5

Ties, 2(1 io 41 yards rise.

W. N. Nichols ! i \\ l 1 ! I nlfi

W. 11. Counerat 1 1 ! i 1 ' *

W K Chaplin, Jr 11110

M. C. Murphy 10 1

W. U. Shaffer -0

W. K. Schlrff 0

Tho prise, a handsome silver medal, was well contoeted, nnd will be
worn with honor by the fortuuate victor, Sir. Nichols.

The rifle shooting, for a handsome silver medal also, then begnn, the
Urge! with a sis inch bullseyo, being distant ono hundred yards, the
shooting to be off hand. After a close contest tho trophy was wou by
Mr. Joseph HlmUbuch, his three shots measuring ten and three quarter
inches It was a matter of some surprise aud disappointment to many
of the younger members of the association Hint Mr. Ilirsclibach, who Is an
old member of the Schntzcn Goeellschaft, should havo con tested for the
prite and hi* known skill with tho rifle cast a damper over the spirits of
the boys, and somewhat disheartened thorn. Oapt. J. P. White, who is
recognised as the champion rifle shot hereawaya, and who has defeated
the best rifle shots In New Orleans, Augusta, Charleslou, and this citw
did not compete for the prize in order that the younger members might
be encouraged In striving for It among themselves. While the rifle *hou^
Ing was going on, Capt. White shot a private match at a distance of 800
yards, the target being of the regular Croedmoor size. Shooting off
hand, he placed three balls in succession in tho bullseyo. the fourth bull
striking Just below It, scoring fourteen out of a possible sixteen
About six o’clock tbe party returned to the steamer, when tho prir.es
„ere awarded to the fortunate land unfortunate) victors, tho silver mod-
al, being presented by Mr. William Harden, and tho exquisitely designed
and beautifully gotten up leather medals by Mr. J. J. Abrams In a speech
roost appropriate to the occasion. These splendid trophies were won re-
spectively by Mr. H. Gomm aud Mr. W. J. Foliard, and are no doubt
fully appreciated by them. The whole affair proved u docldo.l success,
and one that was fully enjoyed by every one present, and when the next
social meeting comes off, In September nexl, may wo not only all be
there, bnt have the Field Editor of Forest and Stream among us also.

OtonoiA.

Rochester, N. Y., May 17th. 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I am the author of the "pigeon roost" Item which yon copied from the
Rochester Democrat, and to which yoa allude In your last Issues. Pre-
vious to the occasion of my visit to the locality mentioned (near Corning)
the birds had been flying for three weeks, night and morning, aud had
been fired at and scared by every native, so that they had begun to
change their route, particularly that of the morning flight, which became
from two to four miles farther west. After this change had become
settled thing, the oeual evening line of flight was gradually abandoned
nntll that, loo, became only a "pleasant memory." Then the birds be-
came very erratic In their wanderings. One day there would bo millions
of them scattered around over a certain tract of country, and Ihe next
day not a solitary bird could be found, owing. 1 presume, to the fact that
their immuDso numbers were sufficient to clear a conslilorable territory
or acorns each day, and also that the near approach of their nesting time
rendered them uneasy. The week following my first trip a party was
nude up and another visit to the locality made, with very poor success
Being an attache of the telegraph at this place, I had every facility for
ascertaining the whereabouts of the birds, and tho evening previous took
tbe greatest pains to find tbe best place to go, and supposed wo had
"soft thing” on less favored sportsmen, but only received a fresh illua
tratlon that "a doubtful thing Is very uncertain," for we came buck with
scarcely a bird apiece.

One evening during the same week tbe birds suddenly settled down
aud flew In all directions over and around the village of Liberty; a day
or two after tbe same thing occurred at Gencseo, many miles farther
west Since that timo they seem to have neither "a local habitation nor
a name," and can't be heard from In any numbers. Tho genoral lrnprcs
•Ion among trappers (who, by tbe way, spread their nets in vain) is that
they have gone Into the big woods of Pennsylvania to nest, which I pre-
sume Is tbe correct theory of their disappearance. Several of the birds
i I bagged contained tugs with shells. Neatly all the birds, however, were
male We had royal sport on the first visit, bagging M8 birds In two
evenings, and lost more than half tbe chances with our muialc loaders
If the coming brood visits ns 1 will poet yon. G D. B.

1110 1-4
1110 1-1

.110 11—4

1111 1-5
01111-4
11011-4

.0111 1-4
11111-5

—2

-0

-0

§Htiointl gitiiimes.

SCOTTISH GAMES.
HIGHLAND GAMES— QUO ITS, 40. — No. 8.

WITH international rifle, yacht und)boat races, we see
no reason why there should not ho international High-
land gatherings, curling "bonspiels," and quoiting tour-
naments. Such would afford the best means of deciding
upon tho merits of Scotsmen at homo and abroad, and of
proving whether the latter degenerate physically in tho
climate of America.

If we turn to the respective merits of curlers in America
and Scotland we find ourselves with as little ground for in-
stituting a comparison as in the case of Highland games.
Somo negotiations have taken place with Ihe view of ar-
ranging an international bonspiel, but until it is played tho
palm cannot be awarded.

Nor has there been any occasion upon which the cham-
pion quoiters of the two countries have met. Possibly the
exchange of courtesies may so bring events around th it we
may hereafter find somo during American Scot returning to
his native land with hostile intentions, and with a pair of
quoits in his Saratoga. In such an event the simplicity of
the gamo might become a decided advantage. We venture
to supplement our previous article *by a few practical
points in reference to the conduct of this gnme. All that
Is required to play it is a pair of quoits for each player aud
two iron pins, sometimes called ’’hobs." These arc driven
into the ground at a distance front each other of from 15
to 80 yards, according to the agreement of the players.
The more general ranges are from 18 to 24 yards, and of
all other distances 18 yards ami 21 yards are the most pop-
ular.

Two can play, and when more than three participate in
the same game the players are divided into sines.

In pitching quoits, each man takes up his position at
or near one hob or pin, aud aims at coveriug the
one at the other end. The nearest quoit or quoits (if more
than one on the same side are nearer than any of the oppo-
site) to the pin aimed at, counts. The score is kept as in
curling; that is to say, one point is allowed for each quoit
lying nearer than those of the opposite side. Pieces or pa-
per or white feathers are fixed at the pin played for, to
guide the contestants, and when a quoit is so played as lo
lie surrounding the pin it is said to be a "ringer." Consid-
erable difficulty is experienced in deciding which is the
winning shot. The measurement may be either from the
edge of the quoit nearest to the pin, or from that portion
of it which is above the ground.

In treating of Highland Games -in a former number we
made the remark that most of the games practiced in Scot-
land liavo heen introduced into this country, although
some have been modified in form, and others have fallen
into comparative desuetude. It is difficult, however, to
Institute a comparison between Ihe representatives of mus-
cular Christianity in the two countries. In fact it was a
hard matter, until lute years, even to compare Scotsmen
in America with each other. In leaping, vaulting, ami a
few other sports of u similar character, it was, no doubt,
perfectly practicable to arrive at a tolerably correct idea of
the respective merits of the contestants, but this was pre-
cluded in all the games which are more peculiarly Scotch.

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253

Hammer throwing, putting the stone, tossing the eabor,
depend upon the weight of the hammers and stones, and
the size of the caber, and as to these there was no uniform
practice. There were also different styles in vogue. Thus,
a practice, now almost extinct in Scotland, of throwing the
hammer with a whirl, or swing round of the whole
body, was revived, and is still to be mot with in that sec-
tion of Canada which has produced the best known ath-
letes of the Dominion. In describing what may be termed
the orthodox style of throwing the hammer, wo said: “The
athlete stands at a mark, and ufler attaining the necessary
impetus, either by swinging the hammer round the head,
or backwards and forwards, delivers it in the necessary di-
rection, usually the opposite to that in which he is looking."
When the other system is adopted the athlete begins at
some distance from the mark, which he approaches by a
scries of gyrations, in which the body is whirled round,
and the hammer held with extended arms. The velocity
naturally increases with the number of swings, and the
hammer is delivered as the athlete reaches the mark. The
direction it took was, and always must be, more or less Imp-
hazardous. Gyrating is au intellectually confusing exer-
cise, as any one may find out by engaging, without prac-
tice, in a long waltz. Things are apt to take queer shapes,
and ideas of distance and direction to be temporarily
clouded. The result was that looking at a whirling athlete
was not always safe. The hammer flew dangerously near
or even among the spectators, and hence the practice in
this form was debarred at games iu Scotland. There can
be no doubt at the same time that much greater distances
were reached in that manner. The McClellans, of Glen-
garry, Canada, who follow the older custom, have no liv-
ing equals in their own way, und have challenged the world,
lhe mode which they have revived is now almost, if not
altogether, peculiar to their own district, and certainly lias
never been revived into any degree of favor by Caledon-
ians m the United Stales.

Another obstruction to a comparison of merits consisted
in the difference of weights in the implements used. This
was put an end to in a great measure so far as America is
concerned, by the formation of the North American United
Caledonian Association, one of the objects of which organ-
ization was the production of uniformity in the above par-
ticular. It fixed the weight of the light and heavy ham-
mers at 12 and 16 pounds, and of the Tight and heavy put-
ting stones at 14 and 21 pounds respectively. It is incum-
bent upon all societies affiliated with the Association to con-
form to this rule. Whether they do so or not is auolher
question. A perusal of the record of games for any year
reveals a striking discrepancy in the feats of the same ath-
letes at different places, with implements of nominally the
6ame weight. The distances reached vary to such an ex-
tent in some cases as to demonstrate beyond question tnat
the similarity is nominal and nothing moro. To ensure its
reality, the Association must go a step further, and make
It incumbent upon the judges, in every instance, to weigh
the hammer and stones before the games begin. This hav-
ing been accomplished, and obedience enforced as well as
a standard enacted, a comparison might be drawn between
anv athletes who had not met on the same ground.

In regard to Scotland the difficulty wo.ilu still remain at
great as ever. There lias never been a stardard in that
country. Hammers are used weighing as much as twenty-
seven pounds, or eleven pounds heavier than the “heavy "
hammer of America, and the weight of the stone occa-
sionally ruus as high as twenty-eight pouuds. Until some-
thing like a common standard is adapted by the two coun-
tries, journalists will be spared the “odium ” of Instituting
comparisons. 6

A lew facts may, however, be presented. In this coun-
try we nave no professional athletes in the strict sense of
the word. Most of those taking part in Caledonian games
are business meu and artisans, who turn to athletics as a re-
laxation, aud who are always willing to run down to the
colourations of distant clubs for the sake of the sports
Very few have an eyo solely to the prizes, and none receive
a direct reward for appearing as contestants.

In Scotland, on tho other hand, there are a number of
men who, during tho season, mako a business of attendiug
games, and whose sole incentive is tho prize money. They
travel about from place to place, as attractions offer, and
their names art* to be found figuring in every list of win-
ners, when the sums offered are large enough to make the
winning of half a dozen prizes anything of an object.
Theso men are the best representatives of Scottish muscle,
and the fact may as well be conceded at once that their

feats far exceed anything which has been attained by the

Caledonians resident in America. So well known is their
excellence that it is quite customary in Scotland for games’
committees either to debar them from entering, or to vote
them special prizes. The latter course gives the gatherings
the additional eclat to bo derived from their presence wiiu-
out discouraging other competitors.

In stating what has been accomplished by men of this
stamp, we put upon record some of the greatest feats of the
athletic arena. Possibly the greatest athlete whom Scot-
land has produced is Donnald Dinnie, a native of Abovne
Aberdeenshire, and now about thirty-six years -of age!
Donald is a perfect marvel of strengtli and symmetry. He
stands exactly six feet high, measures 464 inches round the

deen a 16-pound stone 46 feet 11 inches. In runniuc high
leap Fleming has cleared 45 feet 7 inches, has jumped 18
feci 6 luchcs, and m hop step and leap has reached 40 feet
6 inches.

Both of these men have been beaten by J. Gunthers iu
running aud jumping, the latter receiving the credit of hav-
ing cleared fully 83 feet at Leven in a running jump. But
as all-rouud athletes they have no rivals. Up to 1872 Diu-
me had gained 2124 first prizes, 80 gold and silver medals,
1- silver cups, and other trophies, and Fleming hud at the
same time to his credit upwards of 700 Aral prizes, ilt) gold
aud sliver medals, beside belts, broaches, Ac. When Din
me ana Fleming visited this country they carried every-
thing before them in their specialties of the hammers,
stones and cabers. On the occasiou of his last visit Din-
nie sprained his left arm, nnd with one baud out-distanced
all rivals, with both hammers and stoucs.

I Coming next to Scottish athletes in America, those of
| them who have yet appeared in public must be put between
« the two above mentioned in the heavier exercises. Mr.
John Anderson, of Newark, and Mr. A. Rennie, of New
V ork, are among the foremost in this class. At tho Hud-
son County (N. J.) games, last Summer, the former put tho
heavy stone, 21 pounds, 36 feet, and the light stout- 14
pouuds, 42 feet 6 inches; he threw the 10-pound hammer
82 feet 10 inches; and the 12-pound hammer 92 feet 9
inches. Rennie, on the same occasiou, threw the latter 94
lect 84 inches, and the heavy hammer 78 feet and 10*
Both men have done belter, Rennie in particular, who
threw the light hammer at Bostou several feet above a hun-
dred.

What is lacking in sheer strength ou the part of our ath-
letes would appear to he made up in agility. At the same
games Rennie jumped 20 feet 10* inches; 'D. T. Keelor 20
feet 3 inches; R. Mitchell 19 feet 10* inches. In hop step
und Jump Mitchell stood first at 40 feet 6 inches, aud on
the same day Tom Buchanan, of Boston, cleared at the
Newton games, 41 feet 9 inches, and was followed by P
Johnsou at 41 feet 4 inches.

A reference to the Philadelphia games of the same year
will suffice for further illustration. There A. McKay threw
the 12-pound hammer 106 feet 6 inches; J. Anderson, 104
feet 7 inches ; and A. Rennie, 102 feet 6 inches; Anderson
threw the heavy hammer 96 feet 3 inches; and Rennie 94
feet.

Among the best recorded high leaps is that of G. T. Ad-
disou, a few years ago, at Newark, when lie cleared 5 feet
6 inches.

It is unnecessary to’ adduce any further feats of this
kind. The conditions here and iu Scotland for pursuing
athletic sports are altogether different. In the first pluce
the taste for them there is more general, and the necessary
spirit more widespread; in the next place the facilities for
practice are much greater.

BASE BALL— THE PROFESSIONAL ARENA.

—The contests for the professional championship during
the past week were marked by a series of finely played
games, which ou Friday, May 21st, culminated in a contest
unequaled in the anuals of the game, in the skill displayed,
and the smallness of the victor’s score. Prior to May 21st
the game at St. Louis between the Reds of that city and
the Whites of Chicago, stooi unequaled as regards the
score, but ou May 21st the Mutual and Hartford nines
played a better game, the score was the same, viz. : 1 to 0!
The first meeting between the two clubs took place at Hart-
ford, and resulted iu a score of 8 to 3 in favor of the Hart-
fords, the Mutuals being out of practice. This time they
were in better trim, and as the ball selected proved to be
a decidedly dead ball, fielding skill decided the contest. To
show the superiority of play in a game played with a dead
hall, compared to a contest in which a lively ball is used, it
is only necessary to point to tho beauty of the display made
iu this game, compared to the muffin match of the previous
Wednesday, in which the Athletics played the Mutuals w ith
an elastic ball and won by a score of II to 6, the game be-
ing marked by nearly thirty fielding errors and by heavy
hitting, whereas in the contest of Friday there were but
three errors which told on the score, and uot eight in the
entire game. Tho score of the model game is appended:—

HARTFORD.

n. li

chest, and 154 iuches round the arm, and weighs in walk-
ing costume 210 pounds. The following arc a few of his
distances. At Lillicoullry he threw a 22-pound hammer
101 feet; at Braemur, one of 27 pounds, 84 feet and 10
mclies; and at Aberdeen one of 10 pounds, 134 feet. At
Bracmar, toeing the mark, he put a 28-poond stone 31 feet
7 niches; at Perth, with a 74 feet hop or race, a 22-pound
stone 39 feel 1 inch; and at Aberdeen with a similar hop a
16-pound stone 48 feet 3 inches. He threw, standing, a 56-
pouud weight by the ring, at Inverurie, 27 feet 3 inches,
la ruuuing high leap he has cleared 5 feet It inches at
Moutrcse and Turriff, and at Dunvon he jumped running
long leap, 19 feet 9 inches. In hop, step and jump he
reached at Leven 43 feet 6 inches.

Next to Dinnie stands James Fleming, a native of Tully-
met, Perthshire, and now about thirty-two years of age. He
stands 5 feet 11 inches, and weighs in walking costume 200
pounds; he measres 424 inches round the chest, aud 14
inches round the arm. Among his best distances are the
following: lie threw a 22-pouud hammer 90 feet; a 27-
pound hammer at Braemar 75 feet 10 inches ; a 16-pound
hammer at Aberdeen 114 feet 3 inches; on grouud slightly
inclined at Dunheld Fleming put a 22-pound stone 44 feet 9
inches the best throw on record; at Glen Isla a 28-pound
stone J3 feet; at Crief a 23-pound stone 39 feet 6 inches
5 feet 3 inches short of his distance at Dunheld; at Aber

Allison, c 0

Burdock, 2d b 0

Carey, * s 0

Cummings, p 0

York, If 0

Ferguson, 3d b — 0

Remsen, c f 1

Mills, 1st b 0

Boud, r f 0

PO. a. |
10
8
0
1
2
0
4
4
3

MUTUAL.

lB. PO. A.

0 Start, 1st b 0 1 20 0

1 lloldaworth, e 8 . . . 0 12 4

0 Nelson, 2d b 0 0 1 4

0| Booth, rf 0 0 0 0

OiGerhardt, 3d b . .0 0 0 6

1 Hicks, c 0 1 1 l

1 1 McGee, c f . ..0 0 I 0

OIQedney, If 0 1 1 o

llMatbews, p 0 0 0 4

Innings.

Hartfords 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0—1

Mutuals o 0 0 0 Q 0 0 0 0—0

First base by errors, Hartford, 3; Mutual, 1. Runs earned. Hartford.
0; Mutual, 0. Umpire, Air. Boyd, of tho Atlantic^. Time of (fame, 1 :4o-
— Another noteworthy game was tho first match between
the Mutual and Atlantic clubs, played May 22d, which
ended with the following score:—

MUTUAL.

Slart, 1st b 0

lloldaworth, 8 8 — 1

Nelson, Sd b 0

Booth, rf 0

Gvrhardt, 3d b 0

Hlcke, c 1

McGee, c f t

Geduey, 1 f I

Matthews, p 0

In.

3

a

o

0

1
i
l
i
0

ro.

12

0

2

0

1

8

I

3

0

ATLANTIC.

A. R.

0|Boyd, 2d b 0

4|Kcs*ler, m 0

3|Nichols, 3d b 0

0 Clinton, r f 0

1 ~

0
0
0
1

Crane, 1st b 0

Cossldv. p .0

Knowdclf, c 0

Ulark, c f o 0 3 1

Pabor, 1 f 0 0 3 0

Innings.

Mutual 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0—1

Atlantic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0

It will be seen that the Mutuals did not make a single
fielding error, and the Atlantic^ only scored one base hit.

—The St. Louis club visited Chicago May 19th, and not
having their full team out — Bradley, their regular pitcher,
being absent— they were defeated, as the appended score

6UOW8: —

lB.

l

o

o

A

0

0

0

0

0

PO.

2

2

1

1

12

1

3

8

2

»hr«n,MttV 80lh ftn Ulu8tra,ion of the rallying power* of
nri.B^f,0n mn.C n,Tordo<i on tho occasion of their ro-
5os?n?W,lU lh0, .^‘“phias. The Fillies got In ix
nect of ,l",, w,'re so filial «t tho pros-

abled to kmT ovt;r ’J,10 champions that they wore cn-

stir.."* as Msar*

G. Wright. • s
Hume*. 20 b
O'Rourke. 3d b
Leonard, If...
McVev, c f

SfSS.p:::.

Latham, tut b, .
Beals, r f

Boston

Philadelphia ....
Umptro, Mr. Hcubcl.

4lMcMn)ton, I. f

llMcOuary. i,

0 Addy, r f
P Miyerls, 2d h
0 Fl.li

piu i.Anr.i, riu \*
In.

f

Innings

- . her, p
Schaffer e.
Fulmer, *
Snyder, c. . , ,
Murnan, 1st b

10 8 0 0 0
0 8 0 o 0 0

ro.

t

a

3

b

0

1
i
a
o

-a

A

On May 7th the Philadelphia* thought they had tlm
Mutua s whipped sure, as the New Yorkers lm«f four run.

1 lBC!°MP0 dofeat when they went into their last In-
nmg. D»i they mannged to obtain that number, and they
won a creditable victory. The following is tho score - 7

rinLADBLrillA*.

McMullln, I f ”

McGoary, Sdb l

Addy, r f t

Meverlc, 1st b 1

Fisher, p j

Crowley, c f !o

Fulmer, ss o

Snyder, c o

Murnan, 2d b |

Philadelphia

Mutual

-MUTUAL!.

Olstart, 1st b ..
Ollluldsworlb, s
0| Nelson, 2d li. .
0| Booth, r f
2 Gerhurdt, 3d b

Ulek., c

McGee c f.
Oodney, l f
Mathews, p. .
Innings.

2 0 0 3 i

0 0 3 0

. .1
0

. . ,0
...9

I

...a

.0

j

.0

0 0-

0 I

In.

1

I

0

1

2
1
0
2
0

-T

a

a. . i » spinn, i. rust IJ’UTO Ull

Mutual, u. Double plays, Start and Uoldsworth
lime of game, 1:6ft.

—The Western nine of Keokuk is making a good fight
of it In Chicago the White Stockings had work to de-
feat them by 7 to 6 m a ten inning game on May 15th, and
on May 18lli found it difficult to win by 6 to 2 The score
of the lust match is as follows: —

WRITS STOCKING.

R. 111.

nighiuu, c I

Huntings, r f 1

Warren, 3d h o

Devlin, Inl b t

Hines. 2d b 2

Peters, m t

Glenn, c f 0

WESTKIINS.

Zcttleln, p . ....0

Bleluskl, If.

Jones, If

Corblne, 1st h,
Goldsmith. 3d b.

Miller, 2d b

Iliirnlc, r f

Golden, p 0

Innings.

White Stocking! 2 0 0 0 U 0 2

Westerns 0 0 0 0 0 0 i

First base on errors, White Stockings, 0; Westerns, 8,

0. Umpire, Fred Boardmun.

OiSImmons, c f,
O.UuInn.c.

■4; llollliiNou s a.

1 ('

0
I

o
■j
0

In.

0
2
2

1
0
0
3
0
1

0 2-8
0 0—2
Run* earned,

—The game^ in tho championship arcun sinca our last
issue have been os follows: —

May 18— Chicago vs. Western, at Chicago. ,

May 19— Chicago vs. 8t. Louie, at Chicago..

May 19— Boston vs. ItartfUrd, n( Bos' on.

May 19— Athletic vs. Mutual, at Brooklyn.

A to «

..- . II to 4

13 to 3

May 10— Philadelphia vs. Centennials, "'at Philadelphia' to 4

May 9)— Hartford vs. A tlautlc, at Brooklyn io to i

May 20— Boston vs Philadelphia, at Philadelphia 8 to rt

May 20— Athletic t*. New Haven, ut New Haven |j i0 .

May 21— Hartford vs. Mutual, ut Brooklyn i to o

May 2!— Athletic vs. New Haven, at New Haven , i.’lft to 3

May 22— Mutual vs. Atlantic, at Brooklyn t to n

May 22— Chicago vs. St. Louis, at Chicago rt to 2

May 22— Boston vs. Centennial, at Philadelphia. . tain a

May 22— Athletic vs. Hartford, ut Phllude.phla m to 4

May 25— Hartford vs. Washlugion, at Washington . 8 to ft

—The Doerrs and Keystones played a remarkable gamo
on Thursday, May 20th, at the Centennial ground. Twenty
fourth street and Ridgo avenue, Philadelphia. The pitch-
ing was so effective on both sides and the fielding so supe-
rior, that not an earned run was scored, and only six clean
hits made— three by each side. The brillinnt play of H.
Riffert of the Doerrs, as catcher, was a special fuuture of
the game.

goerr « 1 0 t 1 0 I 0 0-3

Keystone A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0

Base bits— H. Riffrrt, 1; Carpenter, 1; Ritchie, I. Kevstono— Bart
lett, I; Wboolley, J; Ilithcrson, 1.

CRICKET — STATEN ISLAND VS. PRINCETON.

The match between the elevens of these clubs, played at
Staten Island on May 22d, proved to be a rather one-sided
contest, the Islanders failing to muster in force, as the score
below shows: — ,

STATEN

FIRST IN KINO.

McPherson b. Hmiry n

Slovens b Miller . 2

Biewstcr c, Johnson b. Henry.. 3

Homllly h. Henry 0

Lusku b. Miller

Hampton, run out, h. Henry. . 4

Roberts, not out .3

Gardner b, Henry 0

cntcAao.
R.

HIgham, c 3

Hustings, c. f — 2

Warren. 81 b 1

Devlin, 1st b 2

Hines, 2d b 0

Peters, s. s. ..... . .0

Glenn, I. f 0

Zettlein, p .1

Bteladkl, r. f o

Chicago

8L Louts.

1b.

4

8

1
4

2
0
2
2
0

PO.

1

8

2

13

2

U

1

0

2

ST. LOUIS.

0 Cuthbert, 1. f

1 Pearce, s. e . .
2|Pike, c. f

0 Chapman, r. f. .
Seward, 2d b. . .

Fleet, p

Ratlin, 3d b. , .
lehlmnn, 1st b.

Innings.

.2

Miller, c 1

in.

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

1

First Inning. . .
Second Inning

ISLAND.

SECOND INNINO.

Lusk b. Miller g

Homllly b Henry. |

llaughton b. Ilenr/ o

McPherson b Honry o

Brewster c and b. Miller 0

Lee b. Miller o

Stevens c. Mamnnrd, b Henry. 4

J. Eyru b. Miller o

Roberts b Miller 2

Gordon, not out |

An terbrlde b. Miller .0

Byes, I; leg byes, I; wide*, 2 ... 4

.25 Total. 19

PALL OP TVICKKTA.

1st. 2d. Jd 4th. ftlli. Oth 7th, 6th. Oth 10th. Total,

Byae, 4; wldes, 4; no balls, 0 8

Total

FIRST INNINO.

Hitchcock b. Brewster

1 1 0 0 0 2

0 0 0 0 u 0

0 2-9
2 0—4

Runs earned, Chicagos, 2. First base on errors, Chicago, 8. Umpire,
' ’ le Kn ' ’ ' •* "* " — *

lvtiua IB1UCU, VIULOkWOi *. * VII Util

Deunls Mack of the Empire club of St. Louts.

3 3 8 8 Ifl 2-. 25 _

7 7 7 9 9 15 15 M 19 19 19

PRINCETON.

1SKCOSD INNINO .

Murguard b Gardner i

Henry b Gardner j

Woods, hit w.cket *

Thompson, absent -

Johnston c Horadly, b Rruwstcr 0

Henry c. Gardner, b Brewster . 2 Armstrong b. Brewster 2

Biddle c. Gardner, b. Brewster. 4 Biddle b. Brewster o

Johnstone. Brewster .... 3|Scott c. Stcvons, b. Brewster. 4

Mills, not out ft|MUIcr, not out «

Woods c. Homllly, b. Brewster. . 6. Carre, and b. Brewster i

Armstrong c. Stevens, b Brewster 1 Hitchcock b. Gardner. 2

Byes, 5; leg bye, 1; wide*, 6 . 11 Byes, 4, 4

Total :» Total 20

pall or wicxrra.

1st. 2d 8d 4tb. Sth. Oth. ;th. 8th, Uth. 10th Total.
First Inning .05

21 21

23 23

«. . - 13 10 24

Second inning ...0 17 19 19 25 25

Umpires— Messrs. Trotter and McKean
Scorers -Messrs Townsend and Sykes
Time of game four hours nnd forty-Bye minutes

3-J 82

30

39

JO

— The Germantown dub having refused
to enter the lists the Philadelphias, Young
America, and Morion Cricket clubs will con-
tend this season for the Halifax Prize Cup
won by the American twelve at the tourna-
ment at Halifax, N. S., August, 1874. The
first match of the series will take place on
Saturday, May 29, between the Philadelphia
and Young America, when the former will
be strong in the possession of Meade and
Law, two first-class bowlers
On Saturday, May22d, the Y'oung America
and Germantown clubs played a game, which
was in many respects remarkable. The
game, as on the previous match, was marked
by extraordinarily good play on both sides,
in the Germantown team were four brothers
—Hargreaves; in the Y'oung America four
brothers— Newhalls; and their skill added
largely to the score upon each side. There
was but one inning played, with a result of
big figures. Y oung America, 248, an aver-
age of over 24; Germantown, 110, an aver-
‘ ,For1lhe Y'oung America Bob

rsew hall made the grand score of 103 runs
by some of the most brilliant batting ever
^e?.,.n country, giving but one chance,

f,?rdvoat Wh$J?, lhe tc,c6rupli gave him credit
lor 79 runs. This score has not bccu equaled
in a first-class match by an American crick-
eter since the 105 made in 18'8 by the late
and greatly lamented Waller Newhall. To

Rafrd "m ?ddH by W0d balline23 by Loper
Baird, 30 by Harrv Newhall, 10 by Cooper
Baird, and 35 by Dan Newhall.

m ! i , « ®(’yD1,iintowns W('rc in good practice
at the bat, but not up to the mark in bowl
ing, a showery afternoon making the ball
slippery and hard to handle by all the bowl-

John flTdCr8, oiTh° ,Har«mives scored:
3ol n, 21; Tom, 21. and Joe, 28, Hoffman

hmnr"^-10- — 10 Voun? America were for-

tunate in retiring Caldwell and Jim Large

fc Pie^Wh,k' *Vn ",e hand John
Large and George NewJiall got but 5. Harry
Davis, of the Young America, is a promhf

11117 VOiinrr li*f f . ■ •«< I l... ...t . ■ ..

nery, c. f ; Ed. Bigley, tenth man. The
first game will be played with the Xantlms
of Pittsburg, about the 28lh.

—The Concord club of Brooklyn opens
with a strong team for 1875. Thev whipped
the Arhngtons of Orange on May 22d by
I 2,> ,0?„, r,he Concords will play the Wino-

I ground^ 3Iay 29Ul’ at ,hC CttPit0,ine

of~nThei )Viuo"as of Flushing, and Mystics
of Brooklyn, played an Interesting game at
Prospect Park grounds. The latter were vic-
6°to°38 m 11,0 n‘nth inninS> ‘he score being

~Cn May 22d the Bridgeport club dc-
by 6C?0 s'® Ytt,C C°I1Cge nine nl Bridgeport

, ~T,hev.mal,ch between the Mystic and Ful-

^,oSi«aricpefspcct p”k'

JSSj::-.:::::::::::;;;? ? ! 5 $ S J }

PaK'" of the Wild Ont-« club.

• ' , , , 1 "s -‘1‘oeiieu, is a promis-

ing youn^ left-hand bowler, the German-
town having n good colt in “Bob" Har-
greuvet The Young America need Pease,
nud both clubs will be reinforced when

Enrons Th Ch?r e3 Ncwha'l return from
Europe. The wicket keeping of Joe Har-
greaves and Geo. Newhall was the main
feature of the fielding. Sculls

—The Y’ale Athletic Association held its
Spring meeting at Hamilton Pnrk on Satnr-
day Notwithstanding that at this season
of the year there are other attractions in

the way of out <.oor amusements to divide
attention, the attendance was fair includ-
ing a large number of ladies. The entries
were confined to the most proficient, owing
to the fact that for each event a limit as to
t ime or d.stance was set for its performance.

I he events were as follows; Half mile race
won by D. Trumbull, ’?(»; time 2:341 Three
jmle race, contested by three meu, Ward
c“l,no In first, making the distance in 19
min. 31 see., but lost the prize, as 18min. 30
sec was the limit. Trumbull, ’70, was more
fortunate in the one hundred yards dash ac-
vompl.shi.ig it in ltlj sec. The one mile was
not run within the 5 min. 15 seo. Wake-
man, 70. won the liurdle race in 20 sec. and
b y the quarter mile in 1 min 34 sec

Tobn!nn°"7l|flCd ^ ^ mi,C WaIk. aad
Johnson 76, came ou: ahead but not within
the limit fixed, 8 min, 10 sec.

#i ~iT.'e.A .er-t.ol,lb of Bloomington, 111 is
the latest addition to the new clubs spring-
ing up all over the country. Edgar Still-

Freank8BaPl,Ri,n’ Ma,t C‘ Sn,ith' secretary;
, treasurer; Chas. Paulick and

Chff Carroll directors. The nine is com-
posed of Stillwell, pitcher; Smith 1st b ■
i oungman, v. g. : Real, r. {■ Radburn'

catcher; McClure. 1. f.: Cullen, c. f ; Stuan’
3d b Allen, 2d b. ; Parkes und Chatfield’
substitutes, and Hank Sparron, scorer’
They are uniformed in the latest style.

."T().n May 20th the Olympics of Paterson
visited Irvington, and there played the
Unions of Newark, with the appended re-

..■'..■.'SI!? fij'j-j

NUrnpirc, Mr. Furrow of the Union, of Elizabeth.
First base by errors— Olympic, 7; Union 2 n„r.

sTMar * • 1 Ti“' s , sr

-The same day the Red Stockings of
Mornsan.a, visited St. John's College? and

iTn'H?11!1 ,he second nine of the
Rose Hill club of that place. The result

lWU'ry for the «'Hege boys! as
the Red Stockings were unable to hit Cloou-
?vp „eff.ecl,ve Pitching to any extent
flnfi aw m ,?rr'ed off ‘be honors in the
field. McNally of the Red Stockings did

W k,', »?;’ Red

log the inning with a round of applause
lhe whole thing was done with coolness
and judgment, and it showed Nichols to
be one of the most promising of the “pony”
players of the season.

tT~.ln \hc sixleen ga»>cs played by the
flartfords they have scored 119 runs to their
opponent's 47, 23 of these being made by the
Bostons. They have whitewashed the’ Mu-
tuals, Atlantics and Washingtons, and won
Jive games in which their opponents made
but one run. The highest number of runs
made against them, except in the Boston
games, was in the first game with the At-
lantic elub, who scored five runs. Nine is
the highest number of errors scored against
them in any one game.

—The “Chicago" games up to May 24th
during the present season, have been as fol-
iows: —

£Pril ‘6-=Bo»ton-New Haven. Boston r, to 0

i 3-IGsjon.Mut.iul, Brooklyn j? to 0

Ma> 3— AthJoiic-VVashtngton, Washington o. »_ n

M«v ,£C1!.,Cn«0' St. Lonis 10 ton

Mav lfcphllnHnl nV M^,nSt°n‘ Washington ... IB to 0
^ b i uilndelphia-lSew lluvcn New Tlavpn iq n

MaS l ~^lctlt ^ dan dc,|Brookb-n . ^ “ £

J! y li — C?blcasr-Ho<l sox, St. Louis.. lioO

ol-.B»081?n'Athletic- Bo-ton P to 0

dart ford -Mntiitti, Brooklyn ? to 0

May «— Mutual-Atlantlc, Brooklyh \ too

■Miscellaneous.

9^The..Ne,W HftVcns ,efl New Haven M«*y
, Hi on the boat, and during a two weeks’
absence will play the following clubs; At-
Idnlics in Brooklyn, the 26th; Mutuals iu
Brooklyn, the 27lb; Washingtons in Wash-
ington the 29th and 31s, ; AiJaddphiL |B
f hiladeljibrn Jiine 3d; Centennials in Phila-
mP5tb' lA.t,-,le'.ics in Philadelphia,

7 h Th» ladelp ""8 ln Philadelphia? the
in 4* t hen return to play the Uartfords
in New Haven June Dili and 12th.

r ~Tho Bostons defeated the Actives of
Reading, Pa., on Friday; 27 to 11.

—At New Huven, May 21st, the Athletics
Tscoref-1^ th6 l0CU‘ ni,,e by lhe ®PI>end-

«^u;. ;; io o o o o o o \ o-'s

7^2? K* ^oVriirt toJsSK

~ ; :S I S ! 8 { ? } fcj

y&^oiA, os?,* £%*

Keokak, 9; St.-«iuis, B. Umpire— I). Mack.

i rAt Philadelphia, May 19th, the Fillies

ingCsoore*he ^en,eDuial Dine hy the follow-

I’biladelphia

Centennial.

-The Boston Red Stockings, the clmm-
fSn«i0W remain ,Ue ou)y club in tile pro-
[? " ! a'-ona yet undefeal ed, and there is
t little doubt of their again beiuv tlo-
wearers of championship honors. 6

TUK AMATEUR ARENA

t' T?^*1 r> n0t.td ,Neshaunack club of New
Castle, Pa., bus been organized with the fob
lowing strong amateur nine: A 1 Hall can
tain and catcher; L.W. McGuffl,, an d Ha«T
pitchers; Clias. Bennett, s 8 • R s m ’
Guffln istb.; C L. W arnoek! 2d b C f
Hall, 3d b. ; E. M. Richardson, 1. f.; h. eq. j

.. uwir. wise rim, 27; iiC(j

blockings 11. Empire, Clias. Purroy. Time
of game, 1 hour and 55 minutes.

—On May 20th a game took place at
Prospect Park between the academy nines
whool8?nt & SlrRtt0n Und Brown & Hall

Sptifc;;:;;;::;; ? 0° l l M

Time of game i hour and 30 nunuteg. 001 -

—The Arlington and Stars played to-
&nCJi a^20th’ a.1 lhe Dapitoline grounds
of t?.P Ja’ ithC ,reSU 1 being tho 8ibr,la> success

ZSztfzsr' “ wU1 be

1 1 5 l S i \ fc-

USPhf~ Mr- Wilson of the Concord clnb *

«nd?o XuntegrArHnfit0n' 5' T,mc of wme ‘ hour

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—For the information of our base ball
readers we give below »l,e account of the
throwing match, contained in Beadle’s

SXnShSJK! BaM fot ,8ra'

throwing match took^JSf whteh ?^Hed
in a noteworthy exhibition oTthrowine
unsurpassed m the annuls of Base ball'
The entries included Hatfield and Boyd of
‘be Mutuals; George Wright nnH t.«. u
of the Bostons; and Fisler anH
‘He Athletics. Two stSsVe^ dHven" %
‘be ground near the pagoda, 110 yards dis
“1, ro^ Bie Lome plate, witlf a roDe
stretched across, from which the ball wS
FnTr,P ,.°-Wards ,he catcher's , o it
Each competuor was allowed three throws
and - rules governing the contest required
bc popped within two1 large
ba? 3P,1; “ced?na bnc with the home plafe
and about sixty feet apart. The measim.
men was to the spot the ball flmToTclled
!l8n fldl: Hatfield was ahead in each

trial, and in the last throw he eclinsed hil
previous unequaled throw of 132 yH a?
Gincinnuti, Ohio, in 18G8 bv spnm?<i .iWt

i^ne 133avaUrS nTV he catcl,er’« fence, clear
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117 yards, foot, inch; Bovd, 115 yards 1
foot, 7 inches; Fisler, 112 v,i d/ flS ' 1
Anson, 110 yards, 0 inches.'1 U ’ 8 hef;

_7T^n. f'‘.nc'unal> preparations are beine
made to give the Boston Red Stockings $
grand reception on the occasion of fheR
game with the Ludlow club. The chan
pions Lave not been to Cincinnati since'

—Nichols, in the Hartford-Atlantic n
accomplislied the best double play of The
season. Burdock was on second, when Ca
rey hit sharply to Nichols, who Sckfv
ran out Burdock, running for third and
then throw out Carey at first, the play end?

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City; Hon. Geo. H. Andrews, New York City; Foil
est and Stream Publishing Co. inyO-tf

Estnblisihcd 1 843.

Breech and Muzzle Loading

Sportsmens Apparatus ,

AMMUNITION,
Materials for Gun-Makers, &c.,

Wholesaio and Retail. Guns mode to order, or re-
paired in the best manner.

ALEXANDER McCOMAS,

i® 18 N°- 61 8outh Calvert st, Baltimore.

Climax Creaser

Loader and Cap
Expeller.

Price #2.75.

Plain Creaser

HAIL'S

PATENT

Creaser

POR

PAPER
SHELLS.

In ordering give tiz* of g/ull uetd. For sale by Gun
Dealers. Send for Circular.

Address: HALL A CO., Lonelier, Penn.

ILL EXCHANGE A FIRST-CLASS
Duck Boat for a central fire Doable Gun, any
good make Address M. NOLAN,

Jt Stuyvasant, N. T.

and Loader.
Price #2.25.

tame Co^V-S ^U°lid “Cad: B B *h0WlDK ,,1CkCl “UVH8 for I!mlau 1>rlul"’ E,y’« central Are or Union Me-

Hart’s Sportsman’s Fuvoritc Metallic 81io11n

*

■■ ' " may 13 ly

J. D. DOUGALL’S

EXPRESS SHOT GUNS.

(Title registered.)

SHOWN by trials at Wimbledon by Editor

of the Field to possess the GREATEST PENE-
TRATION and therefore LONGEST RANQE— thus:
Circle, 30 Inches; 300 pellets; average, 191; penetra-

— -- <xiti puuuis; average, 1:11; penetra-

tion, 37. The Editor's trial of Greener guns with 340

E 'diets of same shot and same charge of powder, gave
80, and penetration 30, although there were 40 more pcl-

liecluctiou in Price.

J. & W. TOLLEY’S

. _ CELEBRATED

BREECH LOADING GUNS,

Manufactory, Pioneer Works. Birmingham, Eng.

These gnns are built with evt :y
uvement for American sport,
are the cheapest guns of
•Meed quality and shooting
over* sold in the United States.

. .. J L 11 unj V.UUUUUI.') <11 I PI tl’*

to tho durability of these new gystemB, wo herewith
wurn al-. beforehand that our system Is oar own Inven-
tion (though founded on the American idea) anil Is DU-
RABLE, a fact remarked on by the Field, that the
guns tried had been In nse dnring last season, and ref-
erences permitted to the owners, bend for Illustrated
Circulars to

59 St. James's Street London.

Tourists' and Sportsmen's Route.

THEERIE RAILWAY.

Therouteoftiieerie railway

is peculiarly rich In the variety aud extent of its
scenery, and while the tourist has alternating cLImpses
of the beauty of rivers, gaps uud mountains, the
sportsman has within easy reach many localities that
afford him every facility for the enjoyment of the
sports of the field and stream. We enumerate a few
of the pleasure resorts which crowd the line of the
rood.

Ruttu rfurd Park. --9J miles from New York. Fine
hotels and boating pastimes on the Passaic.
Clifton. 13J miles from the city, overlooking the
picturesque Lake Dundee

Lalu* Mohonk.— ,\ beautiful body of water 1,200 feet
above the Hudson — splendid hotel accommodations.
Orange Lake. — Six miles West of Newburgh, and
noted for its fishing attractions.

Milford, Pa. --About eight miles from Port Jervis.
Is noted for its trout fishing, woodcock shooting and
superior hotels.

Avon Springs.— Celebrated for 20 years us a resort for
invalids, the waters possessing many valuable heal-
ing qualities.

Watkins Glen. -This beautiful gorge is distant 294
miles from New York, via Erie Road to Elmira. Its
wild and picturesque attractions are second only in
reputation to those of Niagara.

Chnutauqua Lake.— 18 miles long, 3 miles wide; said
to be the highest nuvigable water on the American
continent, being 730 feet above Lake Erie and 1,290
feet higher than the Atlantic Ocean.

•Niagara Falls — This great cataract is peached by the
direct line of the Erie Railway.

There are along the line of the road no less than

Ten Large Lakes, Abounding with Fish,

Improvement for American sport
guoi

They are made 111 Ylx .pmlTties’
each gun being branded with one
of the under mentioned names,
which denotes Its quality;
Pioneer, .... g«ft Gold.

Tolley <•

Htnndnrd lift <1

National, ... in,
Challenge, ... | HO

Paragon, - . . 225

Any ono of the nbovo may be
. " selected with conildcnco, as no

gun bears our name which we ciuiuof thoroughly guar-
antee in every respect. - “

Send for reduced illustrated descriptive price list
BRANCH HOUSE, 2i> Maiden Lane,
Corner Nassan street. New York.

Waterproof,

Mildew-proof,

Moth-proof

GARMENTS

and affording most delightful sport for black bass and
pickerel. Their names are— Lakes Greenwood, Orange,
Mohonk, White, Otsego, Caynga, Seneca, Keuka, Sil-

ver and Chautauqua.

The following schedule will afford a partial guide to
the numerous fishing localities reached by this roail:

Trout :

At or near Southflelds, 42 miles from New Y'ork
“ “ Oxford, 52 " “ >•

“ “ Middletown, 67 *• 11 *« ••

” “ OtisviUe. 76 “ •• « •>

“ “ Port Jervis, 88 “ •* «

“ " Mouticello, 112 “ 11 ■« *i

“ “ Milford, 96 “ “ •• •<

Black Bass and Pickerel.

At or near Sloatsburg, 36 miles from New Y'ork
including Lakes Truxedo, Potague and Cedar Pond
At or near Monroe. 50 miles from New Y'ork.
including Round, Long, MoinbuBhn aud Cromwell’a
Pouda .

At or near Florida, 61 miles fron Now Y’ork.

The famed Mirror Lake, is distant 1 mile.

At or near Otlsville, 76 miles from New Y'ork
“ “ Guyinnrd. SO “ “ ••

" " Port Jervis, 88 “ “ <* “

“ M Mouticello, 112 " “

“ ” Cen. Valley, 48 •* «• ••

“ “ SenecuLuke, 291 " " “ •*

Tickets for sale at the General Offices of the Erie
Railway Company, 124 Washinglon street Boston; 241,
401, 529, or 957 Broadway, New Y'ork; and 732 Chest-
nut street, Philadelphia. Express trains leave New
York from depot foot of Chambers street at 9 A. M.,
10:45 A. M., and 7 P. M.

„ JNO N. ABBOTT.

tnySO General PassenOer Agent.

DRAB DUCK, CORDUROY,

FUSTIAN, HEPELLANT,

BLUE BEAVER and FRIEZE.

Wading- Hoots, Fishing: Stockiugs, Ruli-
her Clothing:, &c.

Game Ventilating Pockets.

Illustrated Price List and Samples free
The most complete list ever published. Send for

GEO. C. HENNING,

Apr 29 ly

410 Seventh Street,

WASHINGTON, D. C.

I)U. FOWLER’S

PATENT

HARD RUBBER REEL

The Gem— Improved.

The Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul Railway

Traverses a finer country, affords views of grander
scenery, aud passes through more business centers
and pieasure resorts than any oiher northwestern
line. Its forests, prairies, lukes and streams, aboun-
ding with game, present unequuled attractions to the
votaries of Nimrod and Walton. It Is the only rail-
way route along the valley of the Upper Mississippi
It is also the shortest as well as be.t route between
the great metropolitan centers of the Northwest—
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Track and equipment uneqnaled, and Its trains of
palace-coaches aud sleeping cars run through without
change ,

New York Office, 319 Broadway.

Chicago Depot, cor. Canal d 2 W. Madison.

City Offices, 61 and 63 Clark 61. Apr29-6m

Jilisccll.'weoiis.

B B E W E lt’S

PATENT

Chute and Fishway.

This beautiful Reel has now been before the pub-
lic two years, and all who have used it speak loud in
its praise.

IT nAS BEEN IMPROVED,
and all the Reels made this year will puss through tho
hands of the Inventor, and none allowed to bo oul
except those that are perfoct.

For sale by all flrst-elass jobbers and the trade gon-

A H FOWLEIl, Inventor,

erally.
Feb. 4

ITHACA. N. Y.

THE CELEBRATED

Sporting and Blasting Powder,

MA VUFACTUllKD BY

CARE DITMAR,

UNDER HIS OWN PATENT, can now be had reg-
ularly and In any quantity. Sec Circulars for full tes-
timonlals as to its superiority over other makes

1 ho new patent Sporting Powder does not soil the
gun; cleans It, when you use onu charge of It, alter
rnuiiy with black powder; no smoke— little recoll-no
oud report-high velocity. The best ever made In
this line; not to be confounded with Schultz’ or En-
glish Wood Towdcr, or Sawdust Powder, us it Is su-
perior to each.

Ready Made Ammunition

For Sporting and Target Rifles, always on hand.

Send for full Instruction, and If sample desired,
state if for rifle or shot gun, as each kind Is made.

Works at Nepon set. Address

HENRY A. GOULD,

Selling Agent, 101 Milk street, Boston, Mass.

F,*h-'vttX l» construct od in the bottom of a
chute of any desired width, by means of timbers
forming triangles, making a zig-zag course, breaking
tin,f°rr:n ,?f, tlu' 'v"!",r iu descent, enabling any
rls' nrf^? i' to,n8Colul, lf- »"iy bo constructed*™) a

rise or grade of one foot In ten. Its upper end ex-
tend* Into the pool of a dam Tho water “flows with
n uniform swiftness over u smooth bottom.’' It does
no1 form any “pools or eddies ’’

N° Y,.“

,hoNow York

may 6-ly J.VS. 11. llRKWKIt, Muncy, Pa.

BEWARE OF WORTHLESS IMITATIONS
AND C0UNTERFFITS1

ROWN’S

Essence of

Frederick Brown,

PHILADELPHIA, PA

— ■ ♦ — — —

THIS RELIABLE PREPARATION, one of
the oldest of American Pharmaceutical Pro-
ducts, still maintains its enviable reputation,
and finds a steadily Increasing sale without
advertising, and In spite of piracy.

Its high reputation has tempted the cupidity
of parties, whose only excuse for their unfair
simulations, exists in the great popularity of
the original, and accidental similarity of their
names.

BROWN’S ESSENCE OF JAMAICA GINGER
is protected by the private Proprietary Stamp
of the manufacturer, which is incorporated with
the steel plate label.

The attention of Druggists and the Trade generally, I* called
to tho Price List of

ENCLISH A FRENCH
MEDICINES A PHARMACEUTICAL
PREPARATIONS,

Which will bo mailed on application.

Frederick Brown,

(Established 1822)

IMPORTINC, MANUFACTURING
A DISPENSING CHEMIST,

V. E. Corner Fifth and Chestnut Streets,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

HUKST’S

Stereoscopic Studies.
Natural History

For Object Teaching in Schools,

AND

PARLOR ENTERTAINMENT.

We are prepared to farnUh tho first sixty number#
of the first aeries of

Animals and Birds of North America.

To these will be added a second series of foreign speci-
mens, and various Animals and BlrdH In grotesque at-
titudes, never however violating tbolr natural Instincts.

Dealers supplied at a liberal discount from these
rates. Back numbers aud parts of sets always on hand.
These Stereoscopes are sold wholesale and retallby

FOBEST AND STREAM PUB. CO.,

17 Chatham Ht., (City HaU Sqr.) P. O. box 2832.

256

FORESTLAND STREAM

DR. WM. HALL’S

Balsam for the lungs.

TliP Groat Am or lean

Consumptive Remedy

Consumption I* NOT an Incurable disease Ph>»)
Clan, asmirr us of this fact. It I. only necessary to
have rhe iuhiit kkmkdv, and tho terrible malady can
be conquered.

Hall’s Balsam is this Remedy.

It break* up tn© night mweat*. relieve* the or-
v a TioiiTKEA* AcnriHN THK i,i nic, au<l heal* the
InrcornU'd and «i Counted turfacc* which the venom
of the dlecNBc produce*.

While Life Lasts There is Hope.

It mny not be too Into to effect a cure, even after the
Doctor/ hare given uini up
HALL'S BALSAM la sold everywhere. Price II
per bottle.

HALL’S BALSAM

la alao n anre remedy for

COUGHS,

COLDS.

PNEUMONIA.

BRONCHITIS.

ASTHMA,

•PITTING OF BLOOD.

CROUP.

WHOOPING COUGH.

And all other diseases of the respiratory organa.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUUQI9TS.

Jno.F. Henry. Curran & Co., Prop’rs

8 AND » COLLEGE PLACE, NEW YORK.

HENRY’S
Carbolic Salve.

FOR SALE BY ALL DRUOOISTS.

Tbe wonderful celerity with which this
combination of Carbolic Acid with other
■oothing and Curative Emollients acts,
is something akin to the tnurvelous.

It is with pride that the proprietors call
attention to the gratifying fact that

Physioiausgivo it the lii^-h-
e«t meed of praiNe,

and use it and prescribe it in their practice.

New YonK, Dec. 22, 1869.

Joiik K. ncNnr, Esq.:

Your CsuSui.tc S.i.ve proves an excellent article,
and I thank yon for It. This la another evidence of the
ureal value of I he discovery of Carbolic Acid. Your*
““'X. Geo. B. Lincoln,

Prca't Board of Health.

Price 21i cent* per box.

The Most Approved System

OP —

Breech Loading, Sporting

And Military

Rifles.

M

For Simplicity of Construction,

ACCURACY,

Penetration, Durability, Safety, Ease or Manipulation,

Materials and Workmanship, they areUnsurpaased.

REVOLVERS OF VARIOUS SIZES,

DESIRAULE IN ALL RESPECTS.

Send for Civeulnrw.

gasmen s <£ood$.

JOHN RIBBY 4C0l

DtWfTORS A Nil MANrrACTPBEB* OF THK VI NEST "

BreechLoadin gShotGuns

Double and Single Express Rifles.

Long Range Match Rifles, Ac

*4 SUFFOLK STREET, DUBLIN,

AND

T2 ST. JAMES STREET, LONDON.

Whitney Arms Comp.

Whllneyvlllc, neor New Haven, Conn., U. 8. A.

G

MISFIT CARPETS.

.J-OOD SECOND HAND AND MISFIT ENGLISH BRUSSELS, THREE PLY AND

J INOBAIN CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, AC.. VERY CHEAP, AT THE OLD PLACE,

Sent to any part of the United State* free of charge. 113 Kuiion street, New YorK.

Breech Loaders.

Fine Fislilnj-

RodsandReels,

Manchester, Vermont.

Chas.F. Orvis,

Prices mideratc. Send for descriptive list. Mention Fohest and Stream.

Hegemon’s Patent Portable Folding Boat.

use as 1 .1 a 'T'c ■ "Alsofor Sportsmen, Tour-

ists, Trappers, Exploring
Expeditions, Parties camp-
ing Out, &c. &e.

borse-

BBV. H. U. LOCKWOOD'S

Catarrh Cure !

Tho Best Remedy Known, and Endorsed bv all the

Principal Cliy-lcliiH* of tbe i omiiry.

It* v It. U l.o kwood e Niki.I | louelie will be
m Ic valuable in obstinate chronic case*.

!<• v It II, Ixickwood e l.licr and Slornarli Fill.
|>»ln, receive llm endorsement of thousands,
i nci* 50 cent* midi

JOHN F HKNRY CURRAN A CO.. Proprietor*.
_ 8 ftrul h i.ollc^o l'lttcp. Now York.

HENRY’S C AM PHOR ICR

For Chopped Hand*, Chafed Skin*, Ac.

A MOST RELIABLE REMEDY.

PRICK 25 CENTS PER BOX.

JOHN F. HENRY. CURRAN A CO.. Proprietor*
8 and 9 College Pl.cc, New York ’

HENRY’S

SEWING MACHINE OIL

A PURE OIL that doe* not gum np and ha* the
eudor»ei.ieni of the principal Sewing Machine Com®

Price 25 Cent* per Dottle,

MOTT’S LIVER PILLS

'.VS,*

* fin*, riial ore of even le*. b« ueOt than

I uSTlSm .But medicine, like Dr. Moll’s

LUcr Pill*, which penetrate* to the rent of diseu-e I*
a desideratum Indeed Will positively cure all dl»
ease* of the Liver. Sold everywhere. Price 25 cent*

y*tr U OX.

Green's Oxygenated Bitters.

.h£l‘iCY,n pel?°<1* <°r ,lf? • ,onlc " 0 necessity; but
1,1 •lliiiulant* that Injure the or-
"l,0I1 wllJle K|V||I« temporary relief. To
obviate tin. and present to the public a tonic free
i,0m.A,c£ 'u"c Po'*"n. Dr. Green prepared the Or y-

WS5BU! ’B^JSSarhst i'l ®

Packer's All-Healine Tar Soap.

It cure* all kind, of Skin Dlseasaa with a most won-
d.rful certainty; It promote* deaulloe**, personal
b'albj I« a preventive of many

For use as LIFE-BOATS.
LIGHTERS, Dingies, Do-
rys, on board Steamers,
Yachts and other Vessels.

These safe and perfectly port-
able boats will admit of the
roughest usage A very light,
strong and durable frame ol
aMi nr other tough wood, with
canvas cover, andean be folded

light bug,
back, or

wagon.

, .. by single person,

1 and can be unfolded ready
for use, In three minutes’
time. Boats ncutly foded,
packed and shipped by ex-

In one-eighth epace, for Iran*- « packed and shipped by ex-

vortatlo •• auu wirried in a ''l,0’ecut* *ho» tbe Boat folded and unfolded, press anywhere, same rate

■ ,,,, v of freight as other goods

JOHN HEf.KMAN. Ballston Spa. Saratoga Co. N. Y”

(. /////,; J, /

f-'fj'o/t Tt.'/tx & MAJirv/urTtmjEftA- rr

i'lTilftnnj. Qiirthinti. tfliHrrit^^nririu (tylU,,\s

jVo.4(J MAfWev Lame, — &eiU i 1 0 Y k

Howmt) Suils A Specialty

The Sportsman’s Warehouse

EDWIN S. HARRIS, '

Late COOPER, HARRIS & HODGKINS

TNo. 177 Bioiuhvay, New York

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

BREECH LOADING

AND

Implements J*’ KLI

Cartridges, both Brass and l"anVo-

Vm,' Uu,' mVL'i f:-r' t'OATS A AD DELTA ELADKb

11 A VE LARGE STOCK OF MUZZLE LOADING 0 UNS & mFLES VKRT CHEAP.

Winners ol tI»o“Xui*f, Field
aud Farm” Gun Trials.

(Bee Issue October 3d, 1873.)

In which competition the committees have awarded
our guns. First and Second for POINTS OF MERIT
OF ACTION. MATERIALS, PROPORTION. AND
SHOOTING QUALITIES combined, In all tho four
classes.

THE PREMIER GUN.

W. JL C. SCOTT Ac SON call attenlion to tbelr
very FINEST weapon, combining all their recent Im-
piovemeiit*, marked on the rib between th. ir name
and London address the brand— "Tlln PREMIER
v^UALI 1 Y ,

Medium and One guns hear full name and address,
and plain guns full name and "London” only.

Euch gun Is numbered and the actions are stumped
with name aud trade mark.

W. Ac. SCOTT A SOX, Foie maker* of the
Patent Top Lever, solid, Double Locking Boll Breech
Louder, hearing the full name of the Arm. \V. A C.
SCOTT A SON caution ►poneruen against Imitations
of [he r patent aud name. Guns bearing the namo
abbreviated, or with different initials, ore not genuine.

TRIALOFMOTTAOnEENKR-SXEWSVSTE.M
OF BOH I NO, BY THE EDITOR OF
‘•THE FIELD,” LONDON.

(See The Field, January 80th, 1876.)

"From a comparison of the two tables It will be
seen that with Walker’s shot, Messrs. Scott’s guns
showed a niarktd euperloiity over Mr. Greener’s
both In average and in the highest score made InJ
deed, with the left barrel, in his third shot, Mr Scott
got a selected group pattern of 239 and a pent /ration
of3,. equalling the highest pattern made by Mr
Greener, and exceeding the penetration of that pat
tlculor shot by eight fheeU.”

London Office:

lO Great Castle 6l.. Regent Clreus, near Long-
horn Hotel.

Chief oddressr

Manufactory Premier Gun Works,

Lancaster Street. Hirmingliam.
WHOLESALE.

Aprl-6m

Henry C. Squires,

NO. 1 COURTLANDT STREET, NEW YORK
Agent for HOLABI HD’S SUITS, to whomH*
^ork orders should be addressed
Apr r-.'HD

Magic Lantern and IOO Slide* for «Too

E& H. T. ANTHONY & CO., 591

. Broadway, N. Y., op. Metropolitan Hotel

enromos and Frames, Sleraoscopea and View*, Oraph-

ojeopea. MefalethoKope*, Album, and Photograph*
of celebrities. Photo-Lantern Slides a specially Mun

i specialty.

tied

Jsllly

CHAS. GREEN,

Manufacturer of

Breech Loading Shot Guns.

»h%SSSw»i«S‘..t““bto ’"p

MUZZLE LOADERS CONVERTED TO BREECH

LOADEI...

same action aa new guns. Send for circular a
»tre«t. Rochester, N. L

iar gpd

Clark Ac Sneider.

MANUFACTURERS OF THE

SNEIDER

PATENT BltEECH-LOADING SHOT GUN.
ALTERING

Mtizzlt" Loading- Guns to Hreech«Loadiu^

A SPECIALTY.

WRITE FOR PARTICULARS.

* 4 w. Kt„ Half i more.

$ hihulclyliia.

SPORTSMENS’ DEPOT.

JOHN KRIDER,

Corner Second and Walnut St*., Philadelphia

IMPORTER, MANUFACTURER and DEALER IN

Guns, Rifles, Pistols, aud Fishing Taeltle.
Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech
Loaders.

REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
Has constantly on hand a full assortment of Rods,
Hooks, Line*. Baits, Reels, Fly Hooks, Salmon Flics,
Waterproof Silk Lines, Silk and lialr Trout Line*, dtc.
Perch Snoods, China and Grass Lines. Also, a large
l°* °f Cane Reeds. Bamboo und Japan. *

Birds’ Eggs and Birds' Skins In great vanetle*.—
Taxidermy In all ils branches.

SPHATT'9 PATENT DOG BISCUITS. «-ly

Thomas Sparks,

Shot and Bar Lead

manufacturer,

[Established 1WOS.]

Office, l2IWalnutSt. Philadelphia

BRADFORD & ANTHONY,

180 Washington St., Boston.

IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS A DEALERS IN

IJ’isliing- Tackle,

Fishincv Rods,
Uish Hooks,

AND

ANGLING IMPLEMENTS.

FOREST AND STREAM*

Whelps for Sale

A PAIR OF WHELI'S, (MALE AND

female,) eired by D. Brooks’ celebrated PU-
inurck, out of a* handsome a Setter Bitch a* there la

.... ^ u ociut imco n** u*

In the country. The Bitch ia of Kinsey stock (Irish.)
now almost extinct, which for speed, beanty. and
nose baa never been excelled. Address P. M. K.,

my$7-2t

SETTERS.

ATO. 1— ORANGE AND WHITE DOG,
-LN 17 months old; very handsome. By Brooks'
1*1(11, out of Raymond’s Dido. Price 865.

No. 2— I)nrk red with white point', Irish Dog Pup,
6 months old. By Ajax's Dash, out of red ana white
imported Irish Belle. Price $50.

No. 3— Red Bitch Pup, 2 months old. By an Im-
ported Irish dog, oat of Sewell’s Florence. Price $20.

Nos. 4 and 5— Orange and While Bitches, 8 months
old. By the Connolly dog, out of Camptluld’s Dimity-
Price each $25.

Nos 6 and 7— Whelps 6 weeks old, Doc and Bitch,
red with white. By Ajax's Dash, out of Raymond's
Djypee. $25 each, or $10 the pair.

No. 8— Blue Graylumud Bitcn, nearly two years old;
handsome and fust. Price $100. Address,

my 27- It WATNONG, Drawer H, Newark. N. J.

A. C. WADDELL’S

Breeding Kennel, Newton, N. J.

The finest strain of young Pointers and Setters for
eule. Dogs hoarded and cared for in the beat manner
at $6 per month. Pedigree# guaranteed.; dogs broken
for 3-50 Mar 11

yETERLYARY SURGEO.Y.-DR J. M HEARD
» (member of t he Royal College of Veterinary Snr-
.geons. London), No. 20 Lexington avenue, N Y., at-
tends. when requested, all cases requiring Ids p.ofes-
eiouul skill. Horses carefully examined as to sound-
ness; _ Oct 22

IfEVRY GARDNER, M. D., II VS CON9TANT-
LY on hand and for side, medicines adapted to
the cure of all diseases. Dealer in sport ng dogs of
every variety. Doga trained for reasonable compen-
garion No 111 South Kifrh »v«> N. Y. Ort 27

For sale.— one or a brace of

Setters and one Pointer, thoroughbred and
nicely broken. Also u brace of stylish thoroughbred
hluck and tan Gordon Setters, eight months old, very
promising. Address GORDON, ut this office. tf

Tj^OR sale, a few thoroughbred

-A- Spaniels, choice breed. For particulars address
SPRINGER, at this olllce.

hotels and gl charts for^port&nen.

Ti*out I Tjroitt! Trout!

"A/TAPLE GROVE.— BEST FAMILY

-l.V_L and transient, hoard at $7 a week; large rooms.
flue drives, pure air, mountain scenery, and trout in
the famous Neversink. Only seven hours from New
i urk by Oswego Midland Railroad; good iiccommoda
none for horses. Address ALEX. HERRON. Nevcr-
eink, Sullivan Connty, N. Y. my27-)t

Lake Conchichin? Hotel, Canada.

This charming and picturesque first-class Summer
Resort will lie opened for the season on 7th of June,
and will rerimin open until October. The sporting in
the immediate neighborhood Is exceptionally excel-
lent, the Hotel being within ready access to the Mns-
koka Lakes. Sparrow Lake, and Trading Lake, where
Suiuion Trout, Black Bass. Speckled Trout, etc ,
abound in original plenty. Yachting, Bouting, Buttl-
ing, Bowling Alleys, Billiard Rooms, etc., provide for
the amusement of guests. Mail and telegraph offices
in the house. Rates exceedingly moderate. For cir-
culars containing terms, ole... apply to the office of
Forest and Stream, or JOHN G. FOREMAN,

Box 2(145, P. O Toronto, or to
THOMAS SCULLY. Manager.
my20 Conckichlng, Ontario.

Rossin House, Toronto, Canada.
SHEARS* SON, Proprietors.

This house is a fuvorite resort for gentlemen sports
men from all parts of the United States and Canada.

Crostsmon House,

ALEXANDRIA BAY, Jeff. Co , N. Y. C. CROSS-
MON & SON, Proprietors.

'THUS House, recently rebuilt and elegant-

-■*- O furnished, is now open for visitor-. It is loea-
teil In o it of the ino-t delightful places in the Thou-
fund Ini ind region, comrnnudlii^ un extensive view of
the St Lawrence and the Islands and offers every facil-
ity for t lie comfort and enjoyment of guests. Outfits
fur boating. Homing and Fishing Parlies. Steumers
for the boy connect at Clayton with the Utlcu and
Illni k River Railroad, and at Cape Vincent with the
ltomc, Watertown ana Ogdenshurg Railroad. 5in

Twin lakes Trout Farm.

OARD FOR GENTLEMEN ONLY—

Sportsmen. Artists. Anglers, &c. Splendid
scenery and drives. Fine boating, trout, pickerel,
and lia-s fishing and woodcock shooting. Also les-
sons iu oil and water color painting, drawing and
etching, if desired. Address J. IVES PEASE, or E.
SHERMAN PEASE, I*. O. box 60 Canaan, Conn.

~N. B.— Cottage building sites overlooking the lakes
for sale cheap; also one for a hotel. AprS-tf

TTNION DEPOT HOTEL, Canaan, Conn.
v_J G. II. CORBIN, Proprietor. New, clean rooms
and beds, first-class table, &c. Fishing, shooting,
and pleasant drives near by. Aprs 6m

Board near twin lakes, four

hours from New York via Harlem Railroad. A
desirable location for sportsmen, artists, and ail those
wanting a pleasant home. Address F. F. COOPER
Locust Hill Farm, Ashley Falls, Berkshire connty.
Mass. Mar 24 Bin

Board for the summer for a

small family, or two married couples, in a pri-
vate family, fifteen miles from New York. Trains'
every hour; no mosquitoes; delightful drives in the
coumry and to salt bathing aud fishing. Apply to A.,
office Forest and Stream.

taMDsac hotel— sea bathing.

RIVER SAGUENAY,

Canada.

'T'HE PROPRIETOR G UAR ANTEES TO

secure Salmon and Trout fishing for guests.
Apply t* the proprietor,

WILLIfil RL88KLL,

.a, 8t. Louis Hold, Quebec.

Mv2?im Mssirs. ABBEY & IMBKlfai.

■tyiMm *a Malden lane, New York.

B

J. B. Crook & Co.,

MiNuriCTPRSHa and Ikfortka* of

FISHING TACKLE!

#50 Fill toil St., IN. Y.

Sole manufacturers of the celebrated CASTLE CON-
NELL ROD for SALMON, TROUT, aud BLACK

SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE C

HOLABIRDS

SHOOTING & FISHING GARMENTS.

The manufacturer of these

goods begs to call the attention of gentlemen de-
siring outfits for fishing and shooting to his superior
specialties: Shooting Cools, Jackets, with or with
out sleeve#, Trowser*, Caps, Overcoats, and Wad-
ing Jnekets for Trout and Salmon. The style is orig-
inal with the maker. Being himself a sport-man, his
experience In all kinds of covert and after all kinds
of game, assures the amateur that they are ultimatum.
Nothing better has been made iu Europe, and no oth-
er manufacturer has yet succeeded in cqaalling them.
The material used is extra fine Duck, rendered water-
proof and dyed the color of dead marsh grass. The
sleeveless Coat and Vest with sleeves are hard to
bent.

Com ’dr T. W. Eastman. U. S. Navy, says; ”1 have
tried everything In the way of Sporting clothing at
home and abroad, and have found nothing equalling
vours. They are the best now offered to geutlemeu
Sportsmen ”

Thompson W. Clark, Soc’y Woolwich Club,
Swedesboro, N. J., says: "I am perfectly delighted
with the material and fit. They cannot be excelled."

Chas. IIallock Esq., Forest and Stream. N. Y.,
says: "Every Sportsman should provide himself
with Hoiubird’s Snooting Coats.”

Would also refer with pleasure to B. F. Bowls*,
Esq., Springfield, Maas.

Special orders are cut to measure with care, and any
special request a- to arrangement of pocket* gratified.
1 be stylo is a Sack Coat with seven outside pockets
and a large game sack inside of sufficient capacity to
carry 25 grouse. These are made with *r without
sleeves. The Jackets or Vests are long-waisted, with
or without sleeve*, with large pockets. HOLABIRD
& PARK’S PATENT SHELL HOLDER, for carry-
ing brass shells, head up. and holding the wad firm
on the shot, can he attached to either Coat or Vest
They are the best holder out. No dauger of losing
shells or inconvenience In transportation. They can
be attached and taken off at pleasure, bee my prices:

Coats, with or without sleeves $10 (10

Vests, •• *• *• 4 00

Trowsers 8 50

Caps 2 50

Overcoats g 00

Wading Jackets 0 00

Shell Holders, per dozen 1 25

Belts, with Shell Holders attached 5 00

ISyFor special measurement, give size of chest,
waist, one-half of back, length of sleeve with arm at
right angles, waist, in seam and out seam, and gauge
of gun, If breech loader. Address

W . H. IIOI, Mlllt D,
Valparaiso, Ind.

THE AMERICAN

W. MERIDEN, CONN.

' Special attention is given lo first-class work. Extra
sketches and DOG PORTRAITS cut to order, by
sendingphotograph*. JACOB GLAHN, Maoagur,
Formerly supt. of Parker Bros. Engraving and Orna-
mental Department. Feb It

N. Y. Safety Steam Power Co.

Office: 30 COURTLANDT ST.

BUILDERS OF !

STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS

Steam Launches & Yachts

And their Machinery a Specialty, also Machinery for'

TUCS, LICHTERS AND STEAMERS^

Propeller Wheels of Superior Efficiency .

BEND FOB ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR.
1ST All our boats are guaranteed to pass inspec-
tion under the Steamboat law when required.

in's Topographical Survey

OF THE

With Illustrations.

PRICE $3.50-

For Sale by

WEED, P ARSONS & Co..

A.lt>nny, N. Y.

Sent prepaid on receipt of price. myl3 -4t

CAMP LOUNUr

Trade Mark Pal'd L

StedS.

Campers and Dealers!

Su JBcUntyU American

MJZ-

N. Y. Newspaper Mailing Agenc
WilhtheWfft Improved Newspaper Folding and
1 Mailing Mac blues. No. 39 Bone Street, Near Frank-
fort, JaMBS BRADY Manager and Proprietor.

ABBEY & IMBRIE.

arc-cisson* to

ANDREW CLERK & CO.

48 Maiden Lane, N. Y.

1MPOUTEH*. MANUFACTURER* AND DEALERS IN

Fishins: Tackle,

On hand the largest and oest assortment ever ex-
hibited In the United States. They particularly call
attention to tbeir

TROUT. HALMOY AND BABB ROD*.

Every variety of Salmon and Trout Flies, and Hook*
on taut. Cutty Hunk and Paetiue Islamls Bits* Lines,
waterproof Braided Silk Lines, every alxe and quality of

SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES,

And every Variety and Style of

FISH HOORN.

Parties fitted out wMi appropriate Tacklo for the
Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast, Canada, Maine
the Adirondack*. Ac., Jtc.

Bplll Bamboo, .Trout and Salmon Rod. aod Reels
a Specially.

Agent* for the St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Solo Im-
porters of Warrin’s Celebrated Drilled
4-29 Eyed Needles.

Orange Sporting Powder.

ORANGE LIGHTNING POWDER,

fbe strongest and cleanest Powder made No* 1
to 7. packed only in sealed 1 lb. canisters. The coarser
sizes especially are recommended to owners of line
breech-loading guns, giving great penetration with
very .light recoil.

♦ RANGE DUCKING POWDER,

For water fowl Very strong and clcun Nos. 1 to
5. Packed In metal kegs of 6* lbs. cuch. aud in cauls
ter. of land 5 lbs.

AUDUBON POWDER,

„ Very quick. For woodcock and quail Nos. 1 to 4
Packed in metal kegs of 12J lbs. and (>* lbs., and In
pound canisters.

ORANGE RIFLE POWDER.

The best for rifles and for all ordinary purposes.
Sizes F.g. FF.g. FFF.g, the last being Hie fiueetand
most used. Packed in wood and metal kegs of 25
lbs,, 12J lbs., aud 6j lbs., and in cauistere of 1 lb. and
♦ pound.

All of the above give high velocities and less resid-
uum than any other brands made.

IAFLIN * RAND POWDER Co.,

21 Park Row, N. Y.

(Opposite Astor House . )

CHICAGO

SHOT TOWER GO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

STANDARD

DROPANDBUCKSHOT

BALLS AND BAR LEAD.

Ooraim Is to manufacture an article of SHOT thut
is unsurpassed in ROUNDNESS. SOLIDITY, Pea-
fectlon of POLISH, Uniformity of SIZE, and Accu-
racy of WEIGHT, In each bag. Orders from the
Trade solicited, aud will be filled at

The Lowest Market Prices.

E. W. BLATCUFORD, President.

C. F. GATES, Treasurer. Jim 25 ly

Fysshe and Fysshynge.

The Fishing Book of the Season.

FROM THE "BOKE OF ST. ALBANS."
Written by Uuiue Juliana Rcrner*, A 1> I IO«

QUOTED BY 1ZAAK WALTON. EDITED BY
GKO. W. VAN B1CLEN, |ESQ.

Not hitherto obtainable in this country, an import-
ed copy costing over $80,

The charming old work preserved In all It* fresh-
ness and qnaiutneas. Full glossary.

Sent on receipt of price, by Forest and Stream.
Order at once; only a small edition. Price $1 50.

J. WALLACE,

Naluralistd Taxidermist,

IMPORTER OF

FOREIGN BIRD SKINS AND ARTIFI-
CIAL EVES,

19 N. William St, New York

Bird* and Animals Preserved to Order Br

R. L. IV EWCOMB,

TAXIDERMIST,

NO. 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM, MASS.

Instruction eiven.

Kob.4

Sportsmen!

Yont attention is called to
GOOD S, OIL TANNED MOC
CASINS the best thing ever
worn by sportsmeo. Not
Injured by wetting aud
drying— always soft and
easy to the feet, and
VERY DURABLE— being made of the very beet of
stock In threodifferenl styles, and warranted th egtn-.
Ulna article, different from anything before offered
niustrated Circular and Price Liet free.

FRANK GOOD.

1209 Elm st. Manchester. N. H.

Salmon & Trout Angling.

JOHN SYMONS, Halifax, N, S.

Keeps a full Hoe of London mode
RODS, REELS, AND ALL ARTICLES REQUIRED
FOR A NOLI NO.

0F“A11 river* In tbU province free I Also a fall
assortment of Cricketing Implements Best makers
Id London. Ap l-3m

CONROY, BISSETT & MALLESON.

(Successor* 10 J. C. Conroy A C*.)

6S Fulton St., N. Y.,

Invito tin- attention of ninatimra
to (he additions Ihey have made lo
tlwlr reeiilar stock of Fine Goods,
comprising In part

Six Strip spilt limit hoo

HO

for Trout and Salmon fishing,
TUB FAMED

M Glnnh lHauk llass Kotin

made of Split llnmhoo (now tills
season). Vom Hole's Rubber steel
Pivot Click and Salmon Heels
ptecclebrat. il "Frankfort" Reel

Solp manufacturer* of
Mnllaly »" Patent Flics, The
N. w stylo Cnilyhunk Boss Lluee
of Extra quality.

Pardo* fitted ont for tho Adt-
rood ck«, the Mai no Woods.
1 £uP©flor, Newport, Cult?
hunk, P tuque Island, West Island,
Unruegat, Ac

Older* by mail will receive carw-
fnl and prompt alicndon.

Pritchard Brothers,

No. 89 Fulton St., N. Y.

. ALL KINDS OF

Fishing Tackle

Made uud repaired with tho turnon despatch.

ALSO. CONSTANTLY "N HAND

THE BENT HKI.KtTIOV OF TROUT AND HAL-
MON ROD*. ItKHI.s, LIXEK AND KLIR8.
Medals awarded at the World's Fair and American
natltute for ont superior Artiflclui Flips, 4—

"Seth Green Fish Ponds"

Caledonia, Livingston Co., N. Y

A. 8. COLLINS, Proprietor.

Eggs, Fry. Yearlings, Ac. of Brook Trout, Hal-
inon Trout, s-almoii, While Fish, Ac
Also Buss. Gold Fish. Silver Fish, mid slock for
Aquaria, \l Ire Cloth, Hatching Trays. Puicnt Siiuwm
ing Races, and everything perlninlng to fish culture.

rPAXIDEHMIST"S MANUAL, a com-

-L plctc, practical guide to collecting, preparing,
preserving nnd mounting animal*, bird*, reptiles la
sects, &c Illustrated. 56 cents. Hunters’ aud Trap-
pers Guide, 20 cent*; Dog Training, 25 cents; Sys-
tem of Improving Speed of Horses, 50 Ceuta. Of
booksellers or by mail

JESSE HANEY A CO , ilii Nassau street, N. Y.

• R. J. WALSUE,

DRAPER and TAILOR

McVICKER’8 THEATRE BUILDING, *

CHICA(^< >.

Camp Lounge Company,

POCKCT BEDSTEAD.

TflAOt MARK PATENTCO.
not s 7 revs cut an cute <.,w!na-n^~-

■ ^CAMP-LOUNGE F0L0E0.#4T
Troy, New York.

Housc*hHome
in Camp.

Style* un.l prices— "Adirondack" uud "Miner, ' $4
each. The "Slierldiin," with plain canvas, $5; wlilt
both plain and quilted ciiiivup, $10. All styles, squat
10 any inatlrus* In comfort, (ftiatiproncliahlv In ex-
cellence. Perfect in theor) and perfect In actual u#s.
Shown and order* received at office of Forsst aud
Stream, or Camp Lounge Co., Troy, N. Y.

Apr 8-3m

Birds, pet and rare animals,

and AQUARIA S I’OC’K DEPOT aud AQUARIA
CASE MANUFACTORY. J. BAGOT, Aeent, Si
Fultou Mreet, New York City. Goldfish, 8llverflnb.
Fish and Animal Life, and Aquatic. Plants In variety.
Also Shells, Pebble*, Ornaments, Corals, die., to stock
t lie Aquarium. Ounsrle* and other so*g birds;
Pigeons. Parrot*, and Paroquets; Hobbits, Hqulnuls,
Dogs, p * • ' * * ' '

prepare

birds; Fish food, Bird (travel, Dog Medicine*, Hut-

Dogs, pet and rare Aulmu
reputed fuod for Mockiu,

roouets: Rabbits, Huulrrols
mat* generally; Bird Seeds,
ig Birds and other soft-billed

lcr’» celebrated Mange and Flea Cure, Ac,, wholesale
and retail. M*r 4-J7

CUT CAVENDISH.

It U manufactured from the most expensive atock,
i» particularly adapted to Meerschaum and Clgurett*
.smoking; does not bite or moke the tongue sors, Is
unlike any other tobacco.

Rocubsteii, Feb. 12, 1875.
Meitre Wm. S. Ki/nbtill A Co.;

I find Vanity Fair to be the beet article of tobac-
co adapted to the w ants of the sporlsmnu. Have used
your tobaccos for many years, and know them all I*
lie first class. Yours truly, 8ktii Ohkcn.

Sup't of N. Y. Htate Fisheries.

Gknti.emkx: nnving smoked your tobacco Vsnitt
Faih. by the camp fire and by the hearth, I bclle»# It
in point of fragrance and taile superior lo all brand*
known to me. Being in sc.nreh of a tobacco that
would not fire the tongue and mouth, I was mad* uc-
qualmed wilhyour VanityKaiu, and found ltlo be th*
n* plus ultra of natural leaf. A. B. LauuerT'a*.

Highest Award, Vienna, 1873.

Liberal aomplca by mail on receipt of mousy.

W. S. KIMBALL & CO.,

PeerlMa Tobacco: Work*, Rochest**,'^. T,

•END FOR CIRCULAR.

258

FOREST AND STREAM

£yotfsnwi' s (frauds.

W. & C. SCOTT & SONS

Cenuine Breech Loaders.

WINNER* OK THIS UVN TRIAL OK 1*73

Report of Gun Trial nodi on application.

A UK. NTH:

WM. READ & SONS,

1 3 Fnneutl I lull So .BohIoii.

Greener, westley Richard*,

A l*o all other make*:
Webley, Remington, Moore,

A genuine Scott Muzzle Loading 6nn. $25 op.
| iMnynard, Ballard. Remington auu Sharo'a Rifle*.
"Ballard * breech loading sporting Itlfle* $1811"
Hussey ’* OyroTrnp, for shooiing practice,

| Fine Fl.lltng Hod* and Tnekle.

Fine Bronze Yacht Guns on mahogany carriage*,
Complete, a* furnished tho New York and Boaton
Yacht Squadron*. SEND F«>H CIRCULARS.

Fishing Tackle.

Scale 1-3 Inch to ibe Foot.

A. B. Shipley & Sou,

Mil and 503 Conimrrce »lrrel, Philadelphia.

Manufucturera of

C'lmllc mid F'iHhln*- Lines.

FINE HASS AND TROUT FLY RODS.

The celebrated UKEKNHEART WOOD a specialty.

FINE 11011 MOUNTINGS.

Full line of Tackle for Brook, River and Sea Fish-
ing Agent* for John James & Sons' celebrated Fish
hook* and Needle*.

SILVER MEDAL awarded by tbe FRANKLIN
INSTITUTE, 1874, "for SUPERIOR C^UALITY und
FINISH of RODS and TACKLE." Aprl-Um

WM. WURFFLEIN,

2U* .North Second Street, I’lilla.

4. 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5—74, OUT OF A POSSIBLE 75.

DISTANCE, 800 YARDS.

Score of FIFTEEN < O.NHE4 I TIVK SHOT* UY COL. JOHN BO DINE, AT CREEDMOOR, IN THE “ BB.N.NBTT MATCH," *OcL 3. 1874, with a

REMINGTON Breech Loading, Long Ran^e Challenge RIFLE

WHICH .MADE I.Y THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH,

Tlie Mig-liost Score on Record,

Please take notice, this Target was made In an OFFICIAL MATCH, not at private Practice.

Extract from the "Army and Navy Journal" Official lie/xn-l, Dated Oct 3, 1871.

I he match decides several disputed points, os near as they can bo decided; flrst, that there is no perceptible difference In accuracy between breech loaders n,..t
he furareHldrd1 'that ftnylllln* ,he ,ormer aro lhe ■»*«• “ tbc* “• certainly the quickest; second, that in our clear climate we may^ook f^ even botter .^

ran
In the

Would call the attention of the trade and of sportsmen
generally, to bis large assortment of

Fisliino- Tackle,

All torlelle* of Split Hmnboo, Lnnee Wood und
and A all Fly, Trout, Salmon and linn Hod*,
Reel*. Braided Waterproof Silk Fly
Line*. Braided Silk, Linen
and Colton Line*.

Hair a ud Silk, llair, Genuine Amerlran G ra«*
Line*. Miooded Hook*. Trout and Da** Flic*,
Trolling Spoon*, spinning Bait*,

Tackle Book*, dr., die.,

£S:iml>oo und Reed PoleN.

THE REMINGTON RIFLE Stands ahead of all others for Accuracy,

SAME

HEPBURN ° u wld The1 three R HMI NGTONS^ ° load, r8’ ,bree REM,NGTON' ““d three othcr breccb loadcr® Were »»ed. Capt. FULTON, Col. BODINE aud L. L.
For full ofllclal report, see Army and Navy Journal, Oct. 3d, 1874. FULTON’S SCORE 171 OUT OP 180; HIGHEST SCORE EVER MADE.

Military Match Rifles Just Out; Price $35 or $55 with Vernier am) Wind Gau^elSMits- also Pocket Ver-
nier Gauges Price $2.50.

Send for Treatise on Rifle Shooting, and Report of International Match, (free) to •

E. REMINGTON & SONS,

P. O. BOX 3991.

Manufacturers of

Breech Loading- Guns, Rifles, Pistols, Ammunition. Aro

ARMORY, ILION, N. V. 2*3 BROADWAY * v ■ ’ ' *

Chicago Ofllre, 237 State Street; Pittsburg Olllce; 10 Sixth Street; Washington Ofllee, 821 Seventh Street.’

*• <, «. 4. 4, 4 4 t

40 OUT or A POSSIBLE 40. ^

Seslt, Vi locb M Pool

Score of Ten Conseco live Shota at 500 yard*, made
with a SHARPS MILITARY RIFLE, six lb*, trigger
pull, without rest, by Col. H. A. Gilderslkyb,

Attorney and Counsellor at Law, New York City, in
a Match at Creedmoor, Dec, 26. 1874.

SHARPS RIFLE CO..

MANUFACTURERS OF ’

Patent Breech Loading. Military, Sporting, and
Long Range Rifles.

The BEST in 1850. The BEST in 1875.

Twenty.fivo Von. *, of U«e, an<l Constant PROGREWS.

Sharps Rifles Never Shoot Backwards

For Brilliant Achievement* of Sharps Rifles at Creedmoor Range, During the
Summer of 187il, See Ofllclal Record.

SHARPS RIFLES won at Creedmoor Range tho HIGHEST srniftf „» ...

’,**^'^^^f*tMd,8eco^0prl*^nt^ta5JoS^avy^onnJ3^

Other, of eight Prize* for BEST INDIVIDUAL SCORES, In Me mtoh^000'1 ,87‘: a,8° Plr,,t und fo,lr
at Crecdnfoor! Sr^?,,1D(7T * Kour,h* “,“1 lbroe oU*“ P^« <“ven out of twelve, In All Comer.’ Match

1871

SPORTING RIFLES FROM $30 TO $38***

CREEDMOOR RIFLES, with Elev.Hon for . ,*o6 Yard*. £ &to

SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE

ARMORY AND OFFICE, HARTFORD, CONN. V A wl t x,

h. G. Westcott, Pres’t.

SCHUYLEH. HARTLEY t GRAHAM,

19 .Malden Lane, 20 d c 22 John *trret, N. Y.

BREECH LOADING GUNS

A SPECIALTY.

AGENTS

_ . for the following celebrated maker* ;

W. & C. SCOTT A SONS (winner* -at the Interna-
ttoual Gun Trial of 1873); J. P. CLABROUOH &

RICHAHbsWBBLK' & ®°NS' 111,1 WBSTLRY

HOL A BIRD'S Shooting SUITS,

DIXONS <lt If A WKSLE Y'S SHOOTING T \CHI K

STUHTEVANT BItASS SHOT HHELIS “
BUSSEY'S PATENT GYRO PIGEON AND TRAP
WITH CASE. AND 100 BIRDS P’

Black’s Patent Cartridge Vest*

*'r'~ Thl® Vest afford* the best ar-

rangement yet Invented for carry-
ing cartridge*. The weight i*
to evenly distributed that It I*
scarcely felt, Cartridge* can be
carried with tbe fucuU down In
this ve*t, which I* of great Impor-
tance when bra** shell* are used
as when carrying them with the
bead up the weight of the ehot of-
ten force* the wad forward, when

„ . j bad 8boo,lnK l» the result. In

ordering send measurement around tbe chest
PRICE $7.50.

AGENTS FOR THE

Union Metallic Cartridge Com-
pany’s Ammunition.
imWSA, gf.ag Market.

Havana Lottery

S&fnS Ztck'!,~0ne Mu ,otvcrv -anftfe

1 Prize of

2 Prize* each of

4 Prize* each or TX'riw!

12 Prize* each of

473 Prize* each of

f^^*aWltlL. faJ1 lnforu>atiou sent free Tlcketa
for sale and prize* cashed by P. C. DEVLIN Suf
ttoner and General Agent, lOLlborty street, New Yort

HAVANA LOTTERY.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

For the coming drawings, commencing January 5th,
we have rediiced the price* of ticket* a* follow* -

Whole, $20; +, $10; i, $5; 1-5, $4;

MO, $2; 1-20 $1.

Drawings take place every seventeen Days.

Me are prepared to All all order*. Circulars sent

SBC," ttlX«*H!lc-.C8t prlce l,ald for Spanl8h ®“k

P. O. Box 4,448.

TAYLOR di CO., Bankers,
II Wall si.. New York.

assortment o'? dcaler8 flnd 8Por,8“cn » most complete

Fishing Tackle,

Rods, Reels, Lines, Artificial Flies, Nets,
Raits, Fish Hooks, Ac.

Split Bamboo Fly Rods and Reels

OF THE FINEST WORKMANSHIP,
smoother Ashing.0 ^ Mal°“. Adirondack, Canadian.
ARTIFICIAL FLIES DRESSED TO ORDER.
unEKCH AND MUZZLE LOADING GUNS,
And Sportsmens' goods of all kinds,

Manufactured and Imported by

BARTON, ALEXANDER & WALLER,

lOl & 103 DUANE ST., (near
Broadway) New York.

MEAD’S PATENTSAFETY

EXPLOSIVE BULLET.

$10 to $1,000 {?Blt*d ln Stocks and

rio „“:r

Pamnhlet of. *he Wal1 Street Renew and

^phlet showing the varlou. methods of lonera

72 Broadway, N Y * 00 ' ettnkcr8 and g™8.

For Fort*i and Stream.

Me»t mid §orpoise hunting

ON THE ST. LAWRENCE BELOW THE
SAGUENAY.

'T'HESE animals are found in great abundance down

A the river St. Lawrence, from the mouth of the
.Saguenay to the Gulf. I have no doubt but that there ex-
ist several varieties of the common seal in these waters.
(Ihoca vitulina Linn.) The animal, however, that the
tourist is most anxious to see sailing down this beautifnl
river, is the curious and interesting creature, the white
porpoise. The school of white porpoise that sport about
Tadousac Bay, present a novel and unique appearance-
ever appearing on the surface of the water, and yet never
giving the spectator more thau a glimpse of their forms-
now approaching close in shore and anon far away in the
river, half summersaulting, head appearing, but seldom
seen, making the innocent ask, “have these animals heads?"
In form, they bear a close resemblance to the whale and
are about fifteen feet in length.

My first expedition for seals, was made from Tadousac
while there waiting for wind and craft to go salmon fish-
mg up the Marguerite. Dr. Reed, of Philadelphia, a keen
sportsman and devoted angler, joined in the cruise We
had sat in front of our pretty little French cottage on the
bluff of the bay and watched the seal and white porpoise
play and sport in the broad expanse of waters, until our
desire to capture one seal at least, became irrcsistablc and
as there was nothing of especial interest about Tadousac
save the ancient church, built in the sixteenth century
by French traders, our time could be spent no more profit-
ably and recreativcly than to go and learn the wavs of the
strange inhabitants of the river. The Indians that camp
every Summer on the arm of rocks that stretches far out
dividing the Saguenay from the bay waters, are devoted to
tins sport, it affording them their only means of subsistence.
Every day at the change of tide, several canoes leave the
shore with two Indians in each, armed with an old musket
and spear, paddling swiftly for the point where the waters
of the Saguenay and the flood tide come together, causing
a terrible commotion, and forming whirlpools that will
spin a boat as a boy a top. It was out to these mad foam-
ing waters that we sailed one August day. There were on
board, the master of the craft, two Indians and their can-
oes, the Doctor and the writer. We had engaged the In-
dians so as tole ave the sail boat and enter the current in
canoes, that we might on observing a seal, pursue it unseen
and swiftly, which could not be done in the yawl We
were over three leagues from town, as the Captain informed
us; the wind had died away and our sails hung in a
dead calm. This was to our mind. Had the wind kept up
the current could not have been entered in the canoes. As
we lay too, the scene was enchanting beyoDd description.
Not a ripple on the water; the grand shores of the St-
Lawrence in full view. What a noble river this is in all
its length and breadth. It has no superior on the conti-
nent; and what added to this notable scene, in the writer’s
eyes, was the resting of several canoes on the surface of the
glassy waters, like dark spots, with their swarthy occu-
pants waiting for seals to come in with the tide. There
were several shoals of these visible, though leagues away.
Every few minutes they indicated their position by the
cataract-like noise, occasioned by their simultaneous ap-
pearance at the surface of the water, spinning up with
great force againt the water, elevating their heads and
necks, and at times parts of their bodies when plunging
forward. So vivacious and sportive are they when travel-

rS ,“„CT1PaU,Cf’ that raarincra say, “behold a seal’s wed-
ding. The schools on arriving at the juncture of the
aters, break ranks, angling separately. Entering the
swift waters which literally swarm with small fishes, they
feed upon them till satisfied, or until the abating of the

hr°Ur CTa,n°eT3 rre S°°,Q„far aWay fr°m the anchored sail
boat. The Indians paddled about in the contending, cur-
rent with remarkable grace and ease, pushing now and

then into the less troubled waters of the river. My Indian
had made several unsuccessful spurts upon seals as they
held their heads and necks high above water level. This
want of success, together with my unpleasant position,
kneeling in the canoe, was causing me to be weary, when
right in front a seal elongated its neck to its utmost extent
It looked so intelligent and beautiful I hesitated to shoot
but tue thought of the value of the parts of these animals
to the poorly supplied Indians, their skins being used for
many purposes, boots, clothing, &c., the oil obtained
from their flesh being puro und flue as that of the whale
These facts alone would justify the killing of them. I
raised my rifle; the canoe was as still as if held in a vice.
The seal afforded an admirable shot. I fired, and as soon
as the smoke cleared away, I saw that my shot had proved
(Jead.y The bullet must have passed into the brain, as the
animal did not move. The Indian pulled with all his vigor
and motioned me to do the same, but as ho could not speak
English, it took me a few minutes to read his gestures
which delay lost me the seal by two lengths of the canoe-
for though we paddled with might and main, the body
sank ere wo reached it. On arriviug at the spot the water
was crimson with blood. The Indian shook his head ex-
claiming, “bad, bad." I only felt sovry that the dead seal
would be of no profit to any one. To kill to waste is a
wanton destruction of life, and no true sportsman or natu-
ralist will be guilty of the practice. I motioned the In-
dian to enter the current, where we coursed up and down,
the canoe could not live a moment in these turbulent
waters were it under the guidance of any but skilled
hands. There were now in sight some dozen canoes' all
coursing in or on the outer edges of the leaping, dashing
waters. Another seal appeared, the boat nearest shot to-
ward it in swift flight. In it were a man and woman- the
squaw was the gunner. She rose, fired and missed’- the
man also rose, raised the paddle and plied it to her back
several times. This served to tighten her cords and tune
her up for the next chance. Let a seal show its head now
ten to one she kills. Who takes the bet?

On shooting a seal it is necessary to harpoon it at once
that the body may not sink.

Looking westward I preceived the heavens growing
black. A single heavy half moon shaped cloud covered
the western sky. This had come up without notice or
warning, save the dead calm of the day. My guide pointed
to it, and acted out a big blow that was coming. Many of
the canoes were far shoreward, all were making landward.

I motioned the Indian to follow. The wind had already
reached us, and was flying over the water like an evil
spirit. Giant waves next lifted and tossed our frail birch

canoe. Of course I was not afraid, “who’s afraid?” True
I wished the river narrower and the sail boat nearer. Ah!

there comes the white sail, like an angel, to our rescue-
The wind increased into a gale and leaped frara wave to
wave like a power invisible. We paddled like wet ducks
amid the contending powers. The yawl came before the
wind as if driven by a thousand engines. Our boat was in
its course, and as it flew by I managed to entangle my pad-
dle in its ropes and clutch its hull. A minute after we
were on board. The other boat was picked up nearer
land and the soil in was pleasant beyond degree.

Not a few Indians and half breeds pursue seal hunting in
the Fall as a business, and to the industrious and skilled
among them, seal catching proves quite remunerative.
Those who own yawls at the commencement of the Fall
months, sail down the river to the haunts of the seal, living
in their boats and not returning till Spring.

The skins of porpoises and seal are worth from one to
two dollars each. The hunter realizes from each adult seal
about eight dollars in gold. An expert seal catcher will
often earn in a season from three to four hundred dollars in
gold.

On examination I found the seal enveloped iu a jacket
of fat. Over the brain, heart, and lungs it was an inch
in thickness. Thus are the vital parts protected from the
low temperature of the Arctic waters.

One day I assisted a squaw in skinning a seal. The In-
dian eat on the rocks near by bossing the work. She first

slit the auiranl down the back some four feet. Next the
ligaments, muscles and ncrveB were scraped and cut out.
Then the coat of fat from which oil is extracted was removed
and the balance of the animal thrown away. The muscles
and ligaments aro dried and used for thread iu sewing
moccasins and other articles of needle work made by In-
dians. J

There is a great diversity of •piniou among naturalists as
to whether seals possess acute senses. Their powers of
vision are considered good only in subdued light. Old
hunters consider their senso of hearing excellent, even
when under water. L. Lloyd in his book on Norway and
Sweden, says, “music seems to have peculiar charms for
this animnl." “During a residence of sonic years in one of
the Hebrides,” remarks Mr. Lizars, “I had many opportuni-
ties of witnessing this peculiarity, and in fact could call
forth its manifestation at pleasure. In walking along the
shore in the calm of u Summer afternoon, u few notes of
my flute would bring half a score of them within thirty or
forty yards of me, and there they would swim about with
their heads above wutcr, like so many blnck dogs, evidently
delighted with the sounds. For half uu hour, or indeed
for any length of time I chose, I could tlx them to the spot,
and when I moved along the water’s edge, they would fol-
low me with eagerness, like the dolphins, who it Is said at
tended Arion, us if auxlous to prolong the enjoyment. I
have frequently witnessed the sumo effect when out on a
boat excursion. The sound of the flute or of a common
fife blown by one of the boatmen, was no sooner heard
than a half dozen would start up within a few yards,
wheeling round us as long as the music played, and disap-
pearing one after auother when it ceased. " These marnmij
ferous animals have no external car, in this resembling
fishes, but liko them, possess this sense iu a modified,
though perfect condition. Its sense of smell is also good’.
Seal hunters say it can wind a man from anMncrodible dis-
tance. The osteologist claims, however, that this senso
must be imperfectly developed in seals, since their nostrils
are closed by muscular uction while under water. Their
sense of touch must be very limited, as the body is covered
with hair, save the end of the nose.

Seals are found on the sea coast of the world, are vivipa-
rous, bringing forth and sucking their young on land.
They arc polygamous and gregarious, living in large fam-
ilies.

The seal’s curious baits and habits are worthy of note.
It swims with great facility, and dives with the ease and
grace of a loon, and can remain in tho water a very long
time. Like the shark, it often seizes its prey when on Its
back. It has a curious and most ingenious way of ascend-
ing a rock. It follows the swell of the sea to the rock and
on the breaking of the wave it finds itself midway its
height, to which, with its fore paws lapped, it clings until
carried higher by by another wave, where it ngains lodges
on the rock. This mode of advance is kept up until ar-
riving at a point where it can draw its heavy clumsy hind
quarters to a desired place of rest.

The seal is not naturally timid. In its disposition, mild
and confiding, and easily tamed. It has a curious habit
of sleeping iu a bolt upright position, when tho sea is calm,
with half its body out of water.

A. B. L-vitnEnTON.

AnTiHictAL Ice. — Tho San Francisco Chrome1 c, in a re
cent article on artificial ice, after giving tho history of its
invention, goes on to say : “ The ice is formed by extract-
ing the heat from wutcr. The manufactured article is
inferior to natural ice, being more brittle, and conse-
quently more wasteful. The most potent ngent em-
ployed in the manufacture is the gas of ammoniu. This
circulates through pipes and plates. Troughs twenty feet
long and three feet wide are filled with water. The hollow
plates separate the troughs. When the machinery is set
in motion tho refrigeratiou begins ngainst the sides of the
respective plates, aud advances rapidly until the requisite
thickness is obtained. Each sheet then weighs nearly twen-
ty tons, and as freezing goe9 on rapidly, an immense quan.
tity can be produced daily,”

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FOREST AND STREAM.

THE WINTER STORMS OF NEVADA;
ITS FAUNA AND ORNITHOLOGY.

CHAPTER in.

T

HE Summers of Nevatln are unsurpassed for calm-
ness and loveliness. The clearness of the sky and
the purity of the atmosphero render the country very at-
tractive during this seasou of the year; indeed, so pure fc
the atmosphere throughout all this elevated country that
fresh meat hung up in the open air will not taint, and yet
the weather may be excessively hot. The warm weather
continues through the Autumn months and frequently
through the month of December. There was no snow un-
til the first day of January; December was as pleasant as
September iu New York. When Winter sets in everybody
is sensible of the fact; for the change is very sudden.
These changes are very frequent, and are usually accom-
panied with terrific winds und suow. Some of these
storms arc awfully sublime. “ Winds war with winds,
storm howls to storm,” and woe to the traveler who is
caught upon these wide plains during one of these storms.
Such is the blinding influence of the swiftly whirling snow
while driven by the maddening winds, which seem to blow
from every point of the compass, that the traveler is almost
sure to lose his way. The roads fill up immediately, and
there being no fences to guide the traveler in this country,
the scenery around him soon becomes one wide sheet of
snow, and such is the bewildering effect of the storm that
lie soon becomes lost, and if he moves at all is liable tc
move in a circle. Many have been unfortunate victims ol
these Winter storms. The only safe way when caught in
one of them is to stand still or not move any distance until
the storm abates, which it generally does iu twelve lioura,
though sometimes it continues longer.

One of these storms recently occurred when the moun-
tains surrounding the vullcy, snowing their lofty summits
in the air, looked twice as high as usuul, being covered
with a mantle of snow, while the plains below were also
covered to the depth of a foot, and stretching out us far as
the eye could reach, looked like a sen of ice, while thou-
sands of cattle were seen dotted over the surface, cropping
the tall grass which shoots above it. It is quite impossible
to ascertain the depth of snow-fall at any time in conse-
quence of its drifting. These drifting winds cause the
necessity of those euormous snow sheds and suow guards
on the Rocky Mountains and the .Sierra Nevadas. Persons
not having seen these protections cannot form any concep-
tion of the labor anil expense required in constructing
them. The guards are built in the form of fences, with
boards leaning at an angle of thirty degrees, always point-
ing toward the railroad, at t^listunce of ten rods from the
track. In some place they ure double, one constructed be-
hind the other at a distance of five or six rods. During
the Summer months they are removed. Cattle suffer much
during the prevalence Of these storms, while their calves
suffer from the ravages of the coyote or prairie wolf, which
prowl around herds watching an opportunity to destroy
the young calves, which arc as liable to drop in mid-winter
as iu the Spring. The coyotes often go in droves, and
pounce on a young calf; while the mother singles out a
wolf to fight, the rest of the pack seize the calf und soon
destroy it.

The sleighing in Nevada generally lasts ono or two
months. Such sleighs as are used here would be a novelty
in the East. Planks rounded at oue end serve for runners;
upon the upper edge of these are fastened cross-beams-
then a box is framed and fasteued on; a pole is added und
the sleigh is ready for use. No buffalo robes are used in
this country, but in their stead large California blankets.
The people in Nevada dress much warmer duriug the
Winter tbnn in the Eastern States.

In reference to the fauna of this country: Wild animals
nre not found iu large numbers excepting some particular
kinds. This is owing doubtless to the luck of deep forests,
thick junglesitud swamps which uhound in the Eastern
Stutes, yet there are wild animals here, and some that ure
not seen as far East as the Kocky Mountains. We have
the black tailed deer, which live on the mountains, shelter-
ing themselves among the pines, cedars, and mahogany
winch cover the foot-hills and line the sides of their deep-
cut cauoii9. These deer, when taken alive, command $100
for shipmeut to the Eastern Stales. Antelope arc found
here as well ns on the eastern side of the Kocky Mountains.

It is a beautiful auimal, of a pale red and white color, und
larger, 1 think, than specimens seen east of the mountains
Borne arc quite as large as the Virginia deer. They are
easily lamed, and ure a beautiful and harmless pet. In-
dians capture fawns and sell them from $2 50 to $5 each
The red fox is seen in the mountains, and the hare and
rabbit family are represented in overwhelming numbers
both in the valley and mountainous regions. The hare here
is different from any I liuvc seen elsewhere. It is larger
longer, and taller; its ears stand erect, and are as long us i
mule’s; in running they bound like a deer; no dog but i
grayhound cuu overtake one. I have taken a number
wbicli weighed from ten to twenty pounds. Their color ii
gray in bummer and white in Winter. There is a rabbi
nearly as large as the hare which is gray the whole yeur
it has a black tail These are called here jack rabbits
Another kind is called the cotton-tailed rabbit, but is o
smaller size and red with a white fuce. This variety live
mostly in the mountains. Still another variety lives in tin
valleys, and harrows in the thick brush and grass- it js tin
smallest variety I ever saw, nud darts like lightning out c
sight to some thick covert. The Indians subsist urinei
pally on rabbits during the Winter.

The coyote is a very troublesome animal, and is abou
the size of a good sized dog. They prowl around dwell
ings at night and rob lien roosts and cellars if they can ge
in. and were it not for the uumber of dogs kept for herd
ing cattle they would be still more troublesome. Hut few
dogs can master a coyote single-handed. It is umusm^ t<
observe a pack of wolves on the track of a hare or jucl
rabbit. They cuu both outrun the wolves, who seen
never to tire; the hare weuried stops to paut for breath
the wolves now spread out to head off his doubling am
dodging, which they do expertly, but the wolves bold oi
until the timid hare yields, when the king coyote takes bin
in h.s mouth and walks off in a lordly manner, tbe nex
fol'owi.ig close behind quietly until hi, lordship shall cou

.ln1>UrV‘d-U 1 J® 8pul1, bul 1,c is sure first secure t(
himself the lion s share, while the rest only get the odd:
and cuds. Sheep are not kept in the valiey of Nevada

co meVextLt ° °Witl1 pruflt until coyote be

There are lynx, bear, and wild cats in tbe mountains,

The cinnamon and grizzly bear are not found east of the
Sierras. Mountain sheep also inhabit the mountains, but
are not very plentiful; they are found in larger numbers
north ol Nevada iu Idaho. Elk were found here a few
years ago, but they have disappeared since the valleys have
been inhabited. Buffaloes have not been seen west of the
Kocky Mountains. Badgers are found in great abundance;
they burrow in the giotind; their holes are seen every-
where in the valleys and mountains. They are ferocious
creatures to encounter; when beset by dogs they throw
themselves on their backs and fight with claws and teeth,
the latter being as sharp ns needles. I saw one caught
lately, and though low and short-legged, was quite a load
to carry. The Indians regard the badger among the most
dainty 'meats of the country. There arc no other quad-
rupeds of note, except the beaver, that I have not named.
Gophers und ground squirrels are plenty everywhere. Rat-
tlesnakes are plenty among the rocks on the mountain
sides. In the valleys there is a very long and large brown
striped smute called the racer. I have seen some of these
coiled up, but never gave them a thorough inspection.

The ornithology of this country furnishes as great n va-
riety perhaps as the nature of tho country will admit.
There are no wild turkeys here; they require forests in
which to roost; but wild geese ure in abundance; so are
also sand hill cranes, which go in llocks like the geese
and traverse grain fields after harvest. Thousands of ducks
of various species inhabit the valleys and cations of the
mountains. Prairie chickens and sage hens abound here,
the latter feeding mostly on the black sage brush. They
are about as good for the table as the prairie chicken if
dressed as soon as taken, but if kept any length of time
their flesh becomes rank aud unsavory There are no wild
pigeons, hut thousands of magpies and turtle doves, which
fill the cations with their music. The pine bird inhabits
the mountain pines: it is also called the fool bird, and is a
good table bird. I have never seen a crow in Nevada, but
there is a raven, which is twice as large as a crow,
and its habits are quite different. Eagles and hawks
of various kinds inhabit the mountains iu abundance.
Among the small birds are the robin, meadow lurk, blue
jay, and black bird. According as the Winter advnuccs
the cold becomes more intense, aud is mostly coufined to
the nights. The middle of the day is quite warm and
pleasant. The mercury will run up to 40s iu the sun, hut
as soon as the sun falls behind the mountains the atmos-
phere changes, and before morning the mercury will fall
to 10° to 20" below zero, and notwithstanding this cold men
remove the snow and spread their blankets on the ground
and sleep sweetly in the open air in preference to sleeping
in bed in the house. Rev. H. Chase.

For Forest and Stream.

ON LAKE PEPIN.

STOPPING a short time on my downward trip at this
popular resort, I was particularly struck with its
beauty aud advantages offered to the lovers of rural sports
in many ways. As u place of resort, from the beauty of its
scenery, perfection of climate, the varied interest of its
drives, und its facilities for boating, bathing, trout fishing
and grouse shooting, it has not its equal in the whole vui-
ley of the Mississippi.

Located near the head of Lake Pepin, with a view of
that beautiful sheet of water above and below, with tbe
steamers plying up und down, and the bluffs almost like
the Palisades of the Hudson, extending right and left us
far as the eye can reach on the Wisconsin side opposite,
renders this one of the most charming spots on the globe.
The resort consists of a spacious hotel und cottages called
the Lake Side Hotel, built at a great expense, with its sur-
roundings, as a Summer resort. It is located on a narrow
strip of what is called bottom luud, with a projecting point
extending into the lake, with a natural terrace immediately
back facing the water, and which forms the table land or
plateau on which are niuiiy cultivated fields and pastures,
together with cottages with shaded trees and rural walks!

1 have been particular in describing this place because
many of your western renders, as well as some further east-
ward, are turning their attention this way, and are looking
for just such a place, where they can take their families
and enjoy the luxuries of home, together with all the sports
of laud and water. Here it is in abundance without the
fatigues nod perplexities attendant upon the usual wood-
land sports. Standing upon the shore at this point, look-
ing diagonally ucross the lake at a distance of three or four
miles, is seen the mouth of Rush River. Up this river you
can sail for twenty miles or more and lake iu the "speckled
beauties” weighing three pounds and upward. The banks
of this river rapidly approach each other until the over-
hanging cliffs aud struggling waters add a wildness to the
scenery truly enchanting. Here the angler can find the
haven of his rest and seek no further. So thought "Old
Kip" (Joe Jefferson) who duplicated liis season in these
wuters, also inuuy lesser lights from the East, whose names
I need not mention.

1 me Creek, directly opposite this point, is another noted
stream ; also Wells’ Creek, six miles below on tins side—
iu fact there are many other streams within fifteen miles of
Frontenac, where that delicate and gamey fish can be
found enough to satisfy the enthusiast.

Game is excellent here iu its season, consisting of grouse
snipe, woodcock, rail, geese and ducks. In the great for-
est of Wisconsin, which can he reached immediately after
crossing the lake, can bo found within ten or fifteen miles
any amount of deer. Of course good lake fishing at all
times can be had on the lake. There are other points ou
the lake where good accomodations can be had, with ready
access to the sporting grounds. Lake City is a very pretty
place, six miles below Froutenac, where one could feel at
home with his family.

To the antiquarian or arclneologist, Lake Pepin Valley is a
rich ground of study. Dr. Estes, of Lake City, who has
made much research in this study relative to the ancient
mounds of this loculity, states that here there are, without
doubt, more Indian mounds than are found in a like ex-
tent of territory in all America. These remains — pre-
historic—were almost without number when the white muu
first Intruded upon its domaius; but since they are melting
away, like the Indian, before the strides of civilizuliou aud
soon will be known no more forever. He says tbut 'they
were built with a great degree of regularity," but exactly
what was their design is bul a conjecture. Some remaius
and relics have been found within, but none indicating the
handicraft of the old mound builders. Who erected these
mounds f It is conceded that the present race of Indians
used these mounds for sepulchral purposes. If the build-

ers used them in Hint way, most probably tbe ago is too re-
mote to leave any vestige behind. Here was a continuouj
city, nearly nine miles in extent one way, by two miles iu
width. If it was devoted to burial purposes it is truly n
"city of the dead." The Doctor has for years been inves-
tigating those remains, aud has published many interesting
papers as the result of his researches. He will be found
ready and willing to nid any stranger who may desire to
visit* or study these mysterious mounds. Ilia cabinet con-
tains many relics of interest taken from them, mid I have
no doubt much more will be added as he probes further
into their lnbyrinths. B.

Frontenac, Minn., May 28th, 1875.

For Forest and Stream.

A CHICKEN SHOOT IN MISSOURI.

THE glowing August sun was just above the horizon
when our jovial party of four "might have been
seen" contentedly ensconced iu the jauntiest of spring wag-
ons, wending our way swiftly toward the depot from which
we reside some few miles. "Good by" had been spoken,
and with dogs in leash and breech loaders snugly packed
in their baize-lined cases, wo were fairly off for a two
weeks’ chicken shoot. We were bound for Jasper county,
Mo., where we expected to drop anchor in the little town
of Carthage, from which place a conveyance was to carry
us across country some thirty miles to the delectable spot
where prairie chickens were said to abound.

Well, on whirled our train; the dust and smoke of the
city lay far behind us; meadows and orchards of green
stretched out before our refreshed eyes; in the blue dis-
tance the Ozark Mountains rested their verdure-crowned
heads against the sky. Towards night tho scenery grew
more wild, and valley, stream and mountain succeeded
each other in ever changing diversity of form and color-
ing. At many a little halting place the quail would hustle
into the scorched weeds lining the track side, and our rush
and clatter scared many a buzzard from its revolting meal
to wheel in slow circles around the nearest mountain
crest. Towards noon the next day we reached Pierce
City, where we changed ears, taking a branch line for
Carthage, arriving there safe aud dirty iu about two hours.
Our conveyance was waiting — a roomy, covered wagon,
with two stout farm horses, and the driver informed us
that a drive of thirty miles was inevitable. The dogs,
after their long confinement, were wild for a run. How-
ever, we packed the guu cases under the wagon seats, the
dogs curled up at our feet, and under the most, ardent
glances of old Sol, we drove out of Carthage. Oh! that
ride! Never shall I forget it. Up hill and down hill, over
stony places and smooth places, fording streams and riding
across the dried beds of others, heads knocking at the
wagon top one moment and against the dash-board the
next, our loquacity jostled into complete silence and our
driver streaming at every pore, but imperturbable, taking
tne bumps aud jolts with unconcern beautiful to witness.
Towards afternoon the hills and hollows begun to stretch
themselves out into undulating prairie, and as the suu lost
strength and a timid little breeze sprung up, we found life*
enough to look about us. "There’s the farm!” from the
the lips of our stolid driver, was the most welcome an-
nouncement of the day, and we looked ahead to see the
comfortable house, with its thrifty fields and orchards in-
viting the tired crowd approaching its hospitable precincts.
We were heartily welcomed, the good cheer compensating
for all our discomforts during the journey. In the cool of
the evening we seated ourselves on the low door step and
busied ourselves by filling shells and fixing our trims for an
early start in the morning. About nine P. M. wo turned
in. Too soon we were called from our beds, and suurise
found us en route for the best shooting grounds.

The fields over which we were to hunt having been
reached, we left tbe wagon and separated, two of us going
one way and two in another, with understanding as to
where we should meet to discuss our success and noouday
meal. The ground was carpeted with wild flowers, and
butterflies of every delicate hue inhaled their sweets.
Crickets and grasshoppers chirped merrily and hopped
briskly from under our advancing steps. At first no signs
from our eager dogs showed the presence of birds, but
presently Sharper pointed half a dozen prairie chickens
aud the sport began iu earnest. By jioon we bad twenty-
lliree birds, aud when we had wended our way back to the
tree beneath whose shade was spread our lunch, we found
that our two comrades lmd killed nineteen birds. After a
satisfying lunch we took a siesta or an hour. It was
ugrecd by mutual consent to pass the night out under the
stars; so Jim, the driver, was dispatched to the house for
blankets while we started out again with renewed vigor.
Luck still perched on our guu barrels, and when night fell
we were forty-three brace of chickens richer than when we
started out that morning; and after a hunter’s supper aud
the customary cigars each of us retired to his couch. My
mind reverted nuturully to loved ones at home, and long 1
lay dreumily, with face turned upward to the stars. By-
and-bye tbe moon dropped sleepily over the horizon’s edge
and left the world to "darkness and to me," aud then sleep
stole over niv senses and 1 lay oblivious until morning. I
wish I could tell you all about our two weeks' experience,
but time and space will not permit. Suffice it to mention
that we got awuy with about four hundred birds, nnd left
tbe scene of our sport at peace with ourselves und with re-
newed ambition and strength to battle for our daily bread.
i>t. Louis, Mo ., May, 1875. Good Comrade. ^

tbe Blooming Grove Park Association, with members and
invited guests, visited the Club House Inst week. A por-
tion of the time was devoted to trout fishing, nnd the re-
mainder was spent in rifle nnd pistol practice, trolling for
bass, etc. Over J00 fine trout were taken in the Shohohi
and Bloomiug Grove streams, some of those from the latter
weighing over one pound. There have been no fires in the
woods within ten miles of the Park giounds, and no dam-
age has been done to any part of the territory. The fol-
lowing nlle scores were made at short range, sixty yards,
with an eight inch bullseye, circular target, six shots each:

A'cry a 3 3 3 4 S-M

8 4 4 8 4 4— 2(

The first three shots in Mr. Avery’s score were sighting
shots, to obtain tbe range.

I he Club House is iu excellent order, and ready for the
reception of guests. In the breeding park for deer, acces-
sions are reported almost daily, this being the dropping
season. * ®

#'4 £nltiue.

On the 28th of May Fish Commissioner Edmunds, of
Vermont, deposited 50,000 salmon fry in good condition iu
the river near Manchester.

The town of Concord, Mass., has put a quantity of
fine black bass from Lake Champlain into Wendou Pond
that they had leased. It is a beautiful sheet of water, and
well adapted to the wants of this species of fish. May
they live and prosper, and give satisfaction to those who
wish to benefit others more than themselves in this indus-
try. There is a movement at Cohasset to open the fishway
and 6tock a pond there— situated at Beech Woods— with
black bass. A good step in the right way.

Trout, Salmo ftmtlnalU.
Salmon, Salma solar.
Muskenongu, J&ox nodi/ lor.

FOREST IAND STREAM.

Ji«* and giver $shiitq.

FISH IN SEASON IN JUNE.

Salmon Trout, Salmo eonllnU.

Shad, Atosa.

Luud lockad Salmon, Salmo Oloitri

— P. 8. Hamilton, Esq., the new Commissioner of Inland
Fisheries for Nova Scotia, has just returned from an ex-
tensive tour over that Province. lie reports that the laws
and regulations are openly set at naught in many places;
the streams are filled wiih sawdust, dams are built in many
instances right across the rivers, and even where so-called
fish ladders are erected they are totally unsuited for the pur-
pose. Mr. Hamilton is about to make a circuit of the
shores of the entire Province. All who are found viola-
ting the law will be notified, and if they do not comply
with the regulations will be vigorously prosecuted.

ILLEGAL NETTING.

„ „ „ Warsaw;**. Y.. May 29th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

While fishing at Olcott, N. Y., at tbo mouth of the Eighteen Mile
Creek one day last week, I noticed several nets being drawn for basg
and at every draw they left at least fifty young shad on the shore to die’
These shad were placed at the mouth of this creek several years ago by
Mr. Seth Green. I believe, and they are now just large enough to be
drawn in by nets to die. They average from four to six inches in length.
It Is but a few years since this creek afforded the finest fishing in West-
ern New York; but to-day there is left but very little sport for the fisher-
man with book and rod, us these nets ate being drawn every day
raJery'eTCoUllyy°n^ w“- J- Wilson.

Ll lie fish Commissioners will thauk our correspondent

for drawing their attention to this matter.— Ed.]

THE SPAWN OF EELS.

- _, „ Seneca Falls, May 25tb, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

„ ? “ »“«>* Quantity of eel spawn. The eggs were taken from an
eel weighing about four pounds a few days since uy a friend of mine. I
an. confident .hat there Is no mistake in this cose, and nra now satisfied

that the eel Is enough fish to bring forth its young as others of the fish

family do, and not after the snake style, as some persons claim.

[We have oflen taken spawn from eels, and it is a well
known fact to fishermen that they spawn; hut the manner
in which they deposit their eggs has yet to be more thor-
oughly investigated. Wood’s Natural History says they
spawn in the gravel. Eels, as compared with snakes, vary
greatly. Although some people think they are too snaky
for the table, many epicures enjoy eating them. They
differ greatly from snakes, and in good, clear waters, salt
or fresh, they feed on the same food as some of our best
edible fish. Snakes, on the contrary, prey on toads, mice,
squirrels, etc., and sometimes on their own species. In
fact, any animal food will suit them that can be taken into
the stomach. Snakes ure often found with a partially di-
gested load projecting from their mouths, and many spe-
cies ere noted for their voracity; yet they deposit their
eggs like turtles, and although they swallow their young
they are not viviparous. We thank our correspondent for
the specimens sent.— Ed.]

CANADIAN FISH CULTURE.

Boston, May 27th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

In the number of Forest and Stream for May (ith you unwittingly
do me an injiisrice, which I am sure you will make haste to correct ^In
CU'tUre ln Fttnuda1’ you say: “Owing to Mr.
” llmut 8 dimc,ll'y In getting spawn, by the refusal of the lessees of the
surrounding stream* to allow the salmon to be taken for the purpose
Ac Now, I gave up the Dartmouth River last Summer votuntarilv to
the Canadian Government, for tl. enpreo, purpose of having some salmon
taken from it to get spawn ; a proceeding. I believe no other lessee

would permit of, as it was done at the risk of ruining the fishing and

against the protests of my friends.

D«P“rtraent 0“awa expressed their sincere thanks at my aur-
rcnder oftbe river for the purpose, and I am sure Mr. Wilmot also np-

wnn t f 0UCr ‘'8'’ad,led 10 the word stream, in your article,

would lo some extent correct the impression that the lessees of the

onut in I'Jh" rTr0 d° “0t CSr0 en0Ueh for tUe Increasing of the supply
■effm.* nr ? pl“?“ 0 8acr,flce 11 P°rtion of their sport to enhance the

efforts of the commissioners. Yours, F C

Fish in Mauket.-A bountiful supply of fish covers the

benches almost every variety peculiar to our waters being
on exhibition. The demand is rather light, but after this
week, with the steady warm weather, an improvement will
be visible. Among the novelties to be seeu at Mr. Black-
ford s during the week, were some splendid red snappers,
brought alive from Florida iu the well of a fishing smack.

Also a large quantity of pompauo from Peusacola; price
75 cents per pound. Kingfish arc very plentiful at 20 cents’ -
Spanish mackerel made thair first appearance in the market
mi Monday morning; they were caught iu the vicinity of
Norfolk, were in unusually tine condition and sold readily
for $ . per pound. On Wednesday a few were caught in
the Chesapeake Bay, and we mayliok for them in our own
waters within the next two weeks. Bluefisl, have reached
the vicinity of Bamegat and are coming into market in
quantities; they sell readily for 13 cents per pound. Shad
are a drug on the market, not the result of large catches,
hut from the plentiful assortment of other varieties of fish
that appeals to the taste; price 20 to 40 cents. Ficsh mack-
ere still continue abundant and sell for 8 to 10 cents each
Halibut very plentiful at 15 to 18 ceu.s per pound. Cod-
fish from Nantucket in full supply at 8 cents; sea
bass and black fish from Rhode Island, very handsome
fish, weighing bve to seven pounds each, sell at 15 to 18
cents. Soft crabs from Baltimore, Annapolis, and New
Jersey, are unusually plenty and bring 50 cents to $1 per
dozen. Fine plump green turtle, 18 cents; shcepshead,
usually a scarce and much sought for fish, arc a drag in
the market at 15 cents per pound; they come principally
from Baltimore. The only exceptions to the plentiful sup-
ply are salmon and striped bass, the former sell for 00 cents
per pound and the latter 25 cents.

The Great Sooth Bay. -The first blucfish of the sea-
son were taken just inside Fire Island Inlet on Saturday
last. In a week or ten days the trolling is likely to be good.

1 he pound nets are taking large quantities of fine weakfisli
(squeteauge) but few can be iudueed to take the hook with
clam bait; shedder crab might prove the lure. The old
cinder-bed east of the inlet presented quite an animated
appearance on Saturday. Boats were out from SayvilJe
Isiip, Bayshore and Babylon, The sea bass were biting
very freely and some very fine fish weighing as high as
six pounds were landed with light tackle, also innumerable
sea porgies of large size and equal to the best for the table.
Oystering iu the bay ceases ou the 15th, meantime the
oystermeu are making a harvest, the spat being wonder-
fully abundant. The feud between the towns of Isiip and
Brookhaven relative to the hay rights of each, remains iu
statu quo.

—Mr. Rogers has completed and has now open for the
reception of guests, a line new .hotel to be known a3 the
Prospect House, located ut Bayshore, a little west of the
Olympic Club premises, and due north from Fire Island
Lighthouse.

—A Boston correspondent, for whose statements we have
the highest respect and confidence, says we are mistaken
in saying that speckled trout are not caught iu Saranac
lakes. He says: “I have caught them while fishing for
lake trout, as late as the last of July or the first of August;
still, as a rule they are found only at the mouth of the cold
brooks emptying into the lakes. This is precisely as we
wished to be understood. Iu the deep body of the lakes
these trout are not taken. Sea trout are tuken in the
Atlantic, but only in 6hore — an anulagous case.

Siesf.e ^an,f0rTV1 for.y°ur inspection a sample “mess" of

with rod and i;\, ... . . of lllls 8CCtlon capital sport

nicked and ,. nDe- Blft.ck b),ss. rock bass, pike-perch
and the aSSrShJdo!«notr? ttbuudttnt iu u11 our w'lters|

iu.ti.1, pS^sra.1*" ■—

w Haviland.

“te riva,i> f"r

SSSM” [r°™ <}« Bwk., .m/ulrct

Lust year the first fares sold for $13 uu and *10 00 ° '

°ir ",is sll0*ru ™ Saturday

nisi anu me licet make some very good hauls On Monday
they were again successful, some of the vessels treitinirn
a few mackerel, which were sold for *4. pc? hundiH "K
seiners baited some of the Georgcsmou at $•' and *i ro
per barrel. — Cape Ann Adv*rtuer,%Mi * ' 00

BLUE FISHING WITH ROD AND REEL.

SAWDUST IN STREAMS.

Park, Md„ May 25tb, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Summer lias at last made her appearance amid vast applause from the
expectaut multitude of anglers. In the Forest a*i> Stream lor April

Z ‘j “ lever U°m W- G‘ Hub,e* Eiq ' 0,1 8uwdust being injurious
w trout. Last Summer 1 caught some trout in what was once tlic best
trout stream in the county, and when I cleaned them I found that the
dT„S/ ,Sl0rC,1,0t eV°ry fl8h waa V8rV lullamed, and evi-

d nitu',, :°8fr eiamiua(io" I found email grains of eaw-
: " ! , clrclc? of fe8tercd <lesh. Last week I went to the

nound Lath ' n P°°r Ck' ** 1 cau8,lt b,,t ‘wo- weighing half a

srr f ■ zszs&i txwzrzix

22 » In , h'e h rook * f°Und 0V“ 8 ^nflred dead (rout of’all

this tip

L

NKw\oRK.—Ogdensburg, N. Y., May 28.— The season
lor trolling opened this morning rather auspiciously A
muscalonge weighing forty-four and a half pounds was
taken below the city. He measured four feet aud one inch
tong, twelve inches broad, aud his mouth spread six inches.
He was purchased by Boardman and will bo retailed out
in pieces from his market to-morrow. Crusoe.

Massachusetts. -At the Cohasset Narrows boss have
been taken freely from the bridge for some weeks. This
year for the first time shad have been takeo there with rod
ihey were taken with shrimp; the first one standing to the
credit of Baron de Bussieres, who is ou a visit to u friend
at that place.

—KinsfU'a Ashley House— Barney at Inlet ,
ii i — , are bavinS splendid success among the
black fish aud sea bass, catching some fifty per bout run-
ning from three-quarters to four pounds. ’r,

Maryland— D«r Park, May 25th.— I have heard from
good authority that a fisherman caught 33 pounds of trout
in the north branch of the Potomac iu one day. I intend
to leave in about a week for this river, and will camp out
there for a couple of weeks. Who is the individual
that signs himself “Alleghauy” in the Forest and
Stream of April 29th * I don’t think he has uuy ri^ht
to the name, as I used it first. Alleghany

W isconsin — Elkhorn, May 24th. — A good many fish ore
being taken with the speur from shallow waters, but uDg-
ling has not yet commenced. About June 10th the annual
cisco run at Geneva Lake begins, and there’ll be sport in-
deed. If you caa advise me how to do it safely, I will be

Editor Forest and Stream:—

„ .8ome of >our would be Interested with an account of

^assssi sassis % •vEwsr.s

t ag of three tho skipper, one companion, and your humblu M-rvnut
My companion was going to try d.hlng for the flr.t time wThThanli
line, “"it um WO got out luto die bay ho commenced, under die directions
of the skipper, to play out hie lluojiut as we fairly got the breeze
W bat can be more pleasant than wiling i„ a m!b boat with a eood

AU aTonce mVe ^ fl',h‘Dg f°f th" mo*t that swtmsf

my comjmntou give, a slurt and commence* to pull In iu a
frantic manner “Steady, steady, " euya die ekipper, "pull him right Iu
and don C lot him gel ahead of you," slowly the line comes over tho
?“f"’ b°‘ tb0 fl8b 18 1tUuru- nnd with the help of the skipper 1. lauded
th!^ .b0al.V NT 8“y time’ a,Ml •wtnglug my lino over the side of
hind wflh^h h*h V Kd# fr°l,‘ B,ld bolding the rod In my left

Ul“ , ‘U , CUt <m r"1'1 ""reeling half

hundfd VDHttSrnln,Sl ‘e.B °°f ,ho boat. Afterruunlugo.it about ou.

1 •‘‘•I., ud and waited for results. If a.ore are any ll.l,

ndnnrfw n7. V / ^ l° b,t* sl *»•**. wbteh i. an Initlutlou
niiuuuw of u bright gold aud silver color, with „ grsppto of three hook.

hung on a pivot, inserted just forward of hi. tail. This is kept down

tor by twtnlng .o,n° thtu strips of h ad on the copper wire
hot attaches the minnow to the lino. All at once I felt him, and shout
!ho £h h’.Shf'h "» strike," ho luffs the boat Into tho wind, and I let
the d.h have his head, with my thumb (covored with a cap) ou tho reel-

Ah nowhr..r m,rr,i1,thca * iiu,° tidck’n,>d 1

th a * *Uow" blm80,f u'v“y b* ‘b® right of tho boat, and with n lean

f 8 m »hC i ‘eiTal,e,r’ “"J K‘Vin“ b" buBd “ phako' clear himself

from the hook Hut this Won’t do, Mr. Ulueflsh, ns the grapple ..lavs on
its pivot for just this purpose. Four limes before ho gels up to tho\.uat
he leaps from the water, and when h. I. near enough so wo Ln JusV .

him he sees us, and off he starts again, but this time It Is a short ran

for the chop waves soon drown him, nod he is reeled up to the hoar tho

wiThZ» S'1* «UC k"lfl tbr0,IU“ bU 8lde’ aud P-»- Wm luto ihc buat
\\ e flslied all day, llrst ouc and then the other getting strikes, the hand
line getting the most bites but losing more flsh; while the rod worked
slower, It was sure, almost every thue. Along In tht afternoon, getting
co lAUence from repealed success, 1 reeled up oue of tho largest flsh t
yct siurud after a long ilglu, I .upp^^ug him to bo about played
out, but When he saw tho boat he made a tremendous leap, and not
being prepared for such a Jump, I hold tho line too tight instead of l«r
ting him run, aud the next plunge ho made ho was clear, tearing himself
off. Furt of the day, about noon, It was u dead calm, and during that
tuns I caught two flsli. For the beneflt of others I will tell you how I
d d It, r. It is generally understood that you mast bo sailing to culcb u
1 to“k 811 tlle |U11(1 ''w “iy book, sud standing n. tbo
stern, I threw tho line os far ss I could throw; then I gave tho rod a
sweep and unreeled considerable line, repeating this several times until
I bad about tbe usual amount out. I commenced reeling up, and Insld.
of two minutes got a Strike. Oar total amount of flsb euugbt that dur
was thirty, two, and tbo rod claims seventeen of them. N. F. II.

_ „ OoDBNSoviMiu, N. Y., May I9th, 1875.

Editor Fobebt and Stiusam

The Spring Ashing will open In a few days on Black Lako. Pickerel
are being taken in considerable quantities from the Canada side of the
river and brought to this market. Uass and perch are commencing to
bite the hook, and in a few days we shall have great sport with the bass
In tbe Oswegutcble below the dam. Sturgeon are being secured with
gaft hooks under the dam. One taken this morning weighed overrixty

,K,und, CUBOK.

A New India Rcihier. — A uew source of caoutchouc
lios been discovered in Burundi, in a creeping plant whose
botanical mime is Chaoannesia esculenta. The plant is very
common in Burmese forests, aud is cultivated by tbe na-
tives for the sake of its fruit, which is said to have uu
agreeable acid taste, aud to mutuie at a season when tama-
rinds are scarce.

—Now that the budding springtime lias come, some
sporting men of abundant indolence and leisure are umus-
ing themselves with Caterpillar Races, betting which crea-
ture will win in the long creep. Any person must have
lots of time ou Jus bunds to watch a caterpillar race.

—The latest novelty iu aquatics is a non-upsetable boat
Ibis consists of au ordinary boat with a narrow canoe
"pannier” fashion, on each side. The canoes displace no
water and do not impede the course of the gig. The united
efforts of three people will not upset the craft, which will
staud any spread of canvass, and can be sculled Horn out-
riggers, the blade of the oar dipping oyer the cunoea.

282

.1F0REST AND STREAM

^Julurnl Twtorv-

For Forest and Stream.
THE WOODCOCK AS A SONG BIRD.

I REMARKED to my friend that the woodcock was very
much of s singer. He smiled incredulously. “Yes,
and so is your grandmother.” “My dear sir,” I said, “I
would have you understand that my respected grandmother
was a good singer; whether she is now or not of course I
cannot tell— still we hope.” My friend replied: “Your re-
mark is not at all relevant." I repeat it, sir; the wood-
cock is to be classed among the singing birds, with us
marked a song as the English lurk, and in some respects
similar. You doubt it? I have seen the same smile so
many times before that I think it worth while to state it
here as a fact not generally known. We all know his
twitter, and a very lively twitter it is, especially in the
Autumn, when while fronted, in full vigor, and in full
feather, he gels up and “gits,” dashing away over the tree
tops for n flight of half u mile with the speed of a tele-
graphic dispatch. In the Spring, if you flush him. he
will give you the same twitter; but when undisturbed he
has still something to say. Auy lime in the Spring, just
after dark, if the evening be warm, and later, if it be
moonlight, also iu the morning, from three o’clock until
daylight, if you will go quietly upon the grounds where
Woodcock are breeding you will before long hear a quaauk
(sound of a as in crank) at intervals of a few minutes.
This is the note of the cock bird, and I suppose (but this I
do not know) that he is now, with tail spread, strutting
around madam. This sound can be heard, I should think,
forty rods or more. I have noticed that it is generally
nearer than one would suppose. This may be repealed ten
or twelve times; then, if you are near enough, and it is
not too dark, you may see him as he rises at an angle of
about sixty degrees, commencing as he leaves the grouud
with a chip, chip, chip; this note continuing, and repeated
faster and faster until apparently he has reached the sum-
mit of his flight; then chcedle, cheedle, cheedle, tweedle,
tweedle, tweedle, runuing on to the finule with a general
twist and twirl of different notes which I am utterly un-
able to express. He then pitches back and alights upon
the same spot from whence lie rose, and ugain you hear the
quaank, to be followed after u short time by another flight.
'The song is nearly a minute in length, and reminds one of
the song sparrow, and yet is very unlike it. The notes are
not of much volume, yet very distinct, and the changes,
especially at the finale, very rapid and decided — none of
the coarse vulgnrity of the bobolink, but elegant and re-
fined, as become the first-class game bird. My friend still
smiles. I feel very much like quoting Shakespeare at him:
“A man may smile and smile, and be a villain all the
while.” That is a fact, and the other also, as sure as you
are alive. Aliquis.

— Mr. Seth Green, alluding to the methods of attracting
birds to bird houses, offers the following advice: "Do not
put more than one bird house about your premises the first
season. Add one every ycur thereafter. If you put up
a number a pair of birds will come, inspect each iu suc-
cession, and fly away not to return; just as when you go
into a store where there are a lurge number of the kiud of
articles you want, and after looking at them you will go
somewhere else. If there was but one you would buy it,
but in the great number you cannot make a choice."

Tiie Sea Serpent. — Capt. Oliver, of the schooner Wins-
low Morse, of Bath, reports having spoken this ubiquitous
monster off Cape Elizabeth last week. While the Captain
was at the wheol a great snake rose up from the water, his
head coming four feet above the rail, and his body was as
large rouud as u hogshead. One of the men threw a pike
into the snake’s body, wliou lie glided off. The Captain,
who declures ho was 120 feet lmg, still exhibits the pike,
covered with blood and sinews.

<■»

THE INLAND SEA SERPENT AGAIN
VERIFIED.

Toronto, May 81th, 1875.

Editob Forest and Stream:—

Your article with reference to tho "sou serpent" recall# to my mind on
account of a monstrous "dsli of proy” which Is contained in Sir James
Alexander's " Salmon Fithing In Canada." A# this may not be acceosl-
ble to yon 1 copy the account aa given by him. At this moment I hove
before me an official "Report of the Commissioners for exploring the
country lying between the Rivers Saguenay, St. Maurice, and St. Law-
rence,' ordered to be printed by tho House of Assembly on tho 22d of
March, ls3;. These Commissioner# are gentlemen of the highest respect-
ability and intelligence, Messrs. Andrew and David Stnart, who would
not be likely to be deceived in a matter of the klud, and would bo tho
lu»i meu to attempt a deception upon others. At pages 10 and :7 of
their report aro the following words, being au oxtruct from the journal
kept upon tho occasion:

• Sunday August Stolh 1820.— Embarked at 7 A. M. to go down to
Baie lie i Echalt.md du Basque or Riviere aux Cauurds, hut when we
reached the point of Bale des Riches tho wind blew too hard for us to
proceed, and we put ashore iu a liulo cove till noon, when we embarked
again, ana kept close in shore with the lido and wiud to our favor We
hod not proceeded fur when we were pursued by a monstrous tl'eh of
prey, iu consequence of which we pul ashore again. This animal was
four hour, about us. and apparently watching us. It came sometimes
within twenty feel of the rock on which we were. It was at least from
twenty to twenty-live feet loug, and shaped exactly like a pike; its Jaws
were from live to six feet long, with a row of large teeth on each side of
a yellowish color. It kept itself sometimes for nearly a minute on the
surface of the water. At 5 1". M-, -fleeing nothing more of it. we em-
barked again, keeping close lu-sliore, and at 7 I*. M. wo put in for tho
night at the llsbiug hut at Echuffund du Basque. Two men named Bap-
tiste Sainard and catou Falion, who wore on their way to Malbay bunt-
ing for seals, put in at the same time as we did. Thermometer ?r 77“
audb#V j. Wi’a. •

EMBALMING BIRDS NO HUMBUG.

Grand Rapids, Mich., May J4th, 1875
Editor Forest and Streami-

Id your paper of May 18th, 1875, I notice tho answer of J. II. Batty
a rorresponde ..fs question relative to embalming birds. Now, Sir w
your permission, and the excuse of a little egotism, I will state’so
facie, trie which 1 am prepared to prove. First, I have the honor of t
covering, or tnventing, a method of emb&lmtng w htch has stood the I
for iwelte years past, and has been complimented by naturalism as be
» method superior to the old one employed In skinned and stullcd sp«

mens in this or other countries. I will state that I can preserve any an-
imal or skin, however fat or lean, at any season of the year, by the pro-
cess; also that a bird that is so putrid that skining would be impossible
can be preserved perfectly by Ibis method (even though large as a turkey
ora pelican), and not become a prey to moths ordermestes. I em-
balmed a badger which weighed twelve pounds and placed it in my door
yurd, where it remained In sunshine and storm for four years, and was
not touched by moths or Insects. This was seen by over one hundred
persons. Ask Professors String and Daniels, of the Grand Rapids
Union School, in Michigan, what they think of the embalming art, as
applied to cabinet specimens.

Perhaps some one will say embalmed birds must of necessity shrink.
This would be a very Datornl conclusion, since seventy-flvo per cont. of
all flesh is water, and when the water evaporntes, shrinkage Is the re-
sult. However, even this Is not a substantial objection, as I lind It easy
to compensate for the shrinkage by a cheap and practical method. I
have spent nearly fourteen years In perfecting this method, and am now
prepared to prove and defend It under the closest scientific Investigation
and test. My cabinet has been visited by some of the best taxidermists
and naturalists in this or other countries, and pronounced superior to
any other. My profession Is teaching embalming and taxidermy. I
devote my time and life to it, and I know of what I speak. A specimen
can be embalmed In one half the time it takes to skin and stuff one, and
when done Is more perfect. I am aware there ore thousands of birds
mounted by unskillful operators in either method; but want of skill has
mined many professions. The gentleman— A. M. Decker— referred to
In your paper, is a skillful embalmer and taxidermist, and was one of my
stodents. I have seven wild tnrkcye embalmed, and will exhibit them
In contiuat with auy others In tho world, If the above Is egotism, amen.
I mean business. For an authoritative opinion on this art I respectfully
refer you to Mr. Groober, natoralist, .San Francisco, Cal. ; Rev. Dr.
Kart, Adrian, Mich.; Allen Durfcc, undertaker, Grand Rapids, Mich.;
and M M. Barker, your traveling correspondent; Dr. E. S. Holms,
Presldont of Kcot Scientific Institute, Grand Rapids.

Yours truly, E. IT Cram.

CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE.

DEPARTMENT OP PtJBLIO PARKS, I
New York, May 80, 1875. )

Animals received at Central Park Menagerie for the weok ending
May 29th, 1875:—

Two Slow Loris, Ny diet bus lardigradus. Hab. Sumatra and Borneo.
One Snow Bird, Juiico hyematts.

One Alpaca, Llama pacos. Bted In the Menagerie.

W. A. Conklin, Director.

^oodliwd, and (§nrdm.

CELERY— ITS CULTIVATION.

THIS dow well known luxury of the table, this prince
among the salads, is the Apium graveolens , a biennial
in its wild state, made an annual by a superior method of
cultivation, except where it is grown for seed. Its home
was originally among the marshy grounds of the 9ea coast,
and very flue plants of the same came from Italy. Celery
is propagated from the seed and these seed may generally
be obtained at our seed stores. For the purpose of culture,
the raising of plants both iu England and America, this
plant has gained a great celebrity. It may be sown in any
month from Christinas to the middle of April, the time
of the sowing of the seed regulating the lime when this
rich salad may be gathered. Would you eat of this crispy,
delicately flavored salad in September as a garniture with
your roast turkey, you must plant your seed in February
in situations of warmth sufficient to give you your April
plants. Much of our market celery, like the lettuces, are
first started in the hot bed and forwarded as they may be
wanted to plant out during the season for early or late
Winter use. This method of raising being so well known
we need not recapitulate it in this place. The English
method of cultivation of this plant is made quite an expen-
sive outlay, being planted in boxes, and frequently trans-
planted and covered with hand glasses, &c. By the time
it is ready for the table, if at all early in the season, it be-
comes quite an expensive luxury, and costing about four
times the amount of celery raised after what is termed our
American method of culture.

Leaving the English mode of culture to those who may
desire to practice it, I pass’ to the usual method of culture
adopted by agriculturists who grow for home consumption
and city supply. For wliat is termed an early supply or
crop, you will sow your seed (let it always be good se*ed) in
a cold frame the latter part of March. Let the plants re-
main until they have attained a height of one inch or an
inch and a half; now you will thin them to three inches
apart every way. Now these plants, if properly attended
to, will he fit to transplant to the trenches at the 1st to 6th
of June, which will he early enough in our New England
States. Much of the best celery grown in Massachusetts
is planted at even a later date than this. Plants, to mature
earlier, would require to be raised in a hot bed; hut in such
cases they are very liable to run to seed or become too
stalky or piped.

Among our celery growers there is an open question, to
a certain extent, as to the best of two methods generally
made use of. One method is to make trenches in good,
deep soil, after deep and thorough ploughing aud harrow-
ing, whereby the soil is thoroughly mellowed, harrowed
and made smooth on the top like a well raked bed. In
this nice, clean bed the trenches are to be oponed in June
—as near the first as possible— and should be made twelve
inches deep, sixteen inches wide, and four feet apart, and
the trenches nearly filled with finely rotted cow manure if
it can be readily obtaiued. If you cannot procure this
any well decomposed manure will answer.* In all cases it
must be well incorporated with the soil, and the whole left
level with the top of the earth. This method I think
preferable to the planting in trenches and filling up the
trenches from the sides, as iu what are called the “sunken
rows" there is often a liability in heavy rains to an accumu-
lation of wash, by which tho plants become somewhat
damaged. Accidents of this kind occasion much loss of
time at a busy season, and may become, if not remedied at
once, tho cause of entire loss of crop. In all cases the
celery plants are to be placed about eight inches apart
whether they stand in a level row on top of the bed, or in
trenches or sunken rows. If the weather is quite dry at
the time of planting out, if on your level ground you
should use a dibble and make holes for your plants, which
you are to till with water, it will soon soak up, and your
plauts thus planted and well pressed in will be sure to live

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Arlington, ib probably ihe boat of tho phosphatlc fertilizers
plied to celery It Is put up at smallest In largo and small packai
1 have used It for fourteen years with great buccwbb. y O. C

and thrive well. Be very particular not to pour water over
the surface, either before or after planting, for the action
of the sun’s rays upou this saturated soil has a tendency to
bake and encrust the same. Celery plants, when first* set
out, require an open, friable, free soil, to grow rapidly and
well. The time to plant out celery is after four o'clock P.
M., or on a damp, cloudy daj’, and if the plauts are good
and strong, as they should be, if care is taken to remove
them from the seed bed with all their leaves and foots,
particularly the top roots, they will go on growing without
any check to their growing state. All our most skillful
market gardeners are very particular to preserve the tap
root, knowing the saving of time and labor gained by
planting out only good sized plants, and those well rooled
and firm. As soon as your plants begin to grow begin to
use your hoe among the roots, stirring the soil every three
or four days, if you would have your plants grow well.
Keep out every weed, and do not begin to earth up your
plants too soon. Much harm is sometimes done by giving
too much earth to the plants, thereby depriving them of
necessary sun and air. When you blanch the celery be
careful to give the earth in small quantities, always keep-
ing the leaves of the plants well straightened and all in an
upright or perpendicular condition.

The lifting aud handling of celery and its Winter treat-
ment are very important. If you have not injured your
celery at this period (and it is frequently entirely spoiled
by too much earth in blanching) you will, at the time of
the full growth of the plants, lift them carefully for Winter
use. We suppose you have, as advised before, been very
careful in the lifting of the lower leaves of the plants, and
compressing lightly the lower part of the plant with the
hands; this lias a tendency to prevent decay. This direc-
tion is very simple, I know, aud it may appear trifling to
some; yet it is a necessity for amateurs to know that celery
Is a peculiar plant and requires peculiar treatment. All
cultivators may skip this line, for it is written for and at
the request of readers of Forest and Stream who do not
know how to cultivate this valuable plant. After this
“handling" you can now with a spade lay tho necessary
amount of earth along tuc sides of your celery. As the
plants grow you will give from time to time the earth in
this manner; most generally three or four spndiugs at a
side will be all the plants need. Two handlings are all that
will be found to be really needed. Now if you grow cel-
ery plants for Winter and Spring markets you will find in
the following method, which we have often practiced, all
the information you need: —

Grow your plants for this purpose in the seedling bed in
the open ground so that they are not very large at the time
you desire to transplant them, which will be say July 1st
to August; those planted in the month of August you will
use for Spring sales or consumption. For this purpose you
will be particular to sow your seed April 1st in bills of one
foot distance, and thin the plants to a distance of three
inches every way. Now let them grow until July, when
you are to place them in the trenches already prepared for
them, as heretofore noted. These will be the plants for
your main crop. About August 1st you cau plant out your
remainders, or plauts left in seed bed. These you will let re-
main without earthing or blanching until you lift them for
the Winter’s storage. The keeping of this plant involves
many ways, the simplest and the best of whicti, we think,
is as follows: —

If you do not store your plants in a dry cellar for Win-
ter, you will prepare a slight trench of eight to ten incites
depth in some good, dry situation, and set the plants in a
perpendiculr position against the outside of the ridge or
border, each head touching the other, and puiting a layer
of three inches of earth between every layer of your plauts.
You will be careful to leave about four inches of the top
uncovered with earth, for the reason that you want light
and air until the time of severe frosts. Whenever you ap-
prehend a l'rost you are to place a temporary covering ot
boards over the celery, but not toueniog it; make a trench
of eighteen inches in depth all around the bed, to carry off
the rain water.

The variety I like best is the red celery, a rich, crispy,
hardy plant, standing both heat and cold fiuely. There is
a branching dwarf sort which is very good, and* which com-
mends itself to amateur culture, as it requires very little
attention and always finds a remuuerative sale in Fulton
Market, New York. There are in cultivation the follow-
ing kinds of celery, all of which are good: Early dwarf,
white; Cole’s superb, white, equal to Ins red; Manchester
giaut, much grown in England, but not much used in this
country; Seymour’s white champion, very good, compact
of habit, crisp, and easily blanched. Any of the above
we can recommend for culture, as we know them all.

Olupod Quill.

Story of TnE Big Squasii.— The big squash of Am-
herst Agricultural farm, which grew so stoutly that it burst
several iron cages, and finally lifted 4,120 pounds (and of
which a plaster cast is preserved), had enough roots under-
ground lo feed it for its herculean work. The squash vine
was washed out with its roots by the continued use of a
garden hose for twenty-four hours, and the whole root sys-
tem was spread out on a floor and carefully measured. The
main branch was twelve or fifteen feet long, and aggrega-
ted some 4,000. One of the seventy nodal roots, four fett
long, had 480 branches, and a most careful estimate of the
ramifications of the rootlet, based upon the actual meas-
urement of the division, showed that the squash vine had
between fifteen and nineteen miles of roots. Reckoning
the number of days it had been growing (fifty-two), it was
found that it must have been on an average 1,000 feet per
day, and on fuvorable days about 2,000 feet. Colonel Clark,
the President of tho Agriculturist College, says that while
this growth was going on, and the big squash was expand-
ing aud lifting its enormous burden, great drops of sweat
stood all over its rough rind, proving that it felt the great
task imposed upon it.

—Tho current worms are again busy, and threaten in
many places to destroy this valued fruit.

A correspondent, G. B. S, , Salem, Mass., deplores the
looseness and inefficiency of the game laws iu that region,
and expresses a strong desire for an osociulion for the pre-
servation of our game birds. Such sentiments deserve en-
couragement, aud we trust our correspondent will be able
to secure the desired co-operation for a protective society,

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Jpr* fennel.

— We present this week an engraving from a celebrated
picture puintcd by Mr. Bispham of this city, and now in
possession of Dr. Strachan of the New York Kennel Club,
representing three as fine specimens of the well bred dog as
can be found in this country. The sketch was taken from
nature, and rellects great credit upon Mr. Bispham, whose
reputation, however, as an animal painter is too well known
to require further comment. The setter Don, a lemon
and white, and the liver and white pointer George,
were brought to this country by the late Sir Fred Bruce, H.
B. M. Minister at Washington, having been selected by him
from the Duke of Beaufort’s kennel. Both were very hand-
some, possessed of high courage, exceedingly good noses
and very staunch. Don, the setter, was milk white with

lemon ears, and Dr. Strachan declares him to have been
the best woodcock dog he ever shot over. Ho died from
swallowing a greased cork, which had doubtless been
thrown him, and which produced strangulation of the
bowels. So highly did Dr. Strachan esteem him that ho
had him "set up" in a glass case at considerable expense.
His progeny are now distinguishing themselves. George
was a grand specimen of the pointer. In Virginia, where
he was shot over, he attracted the admirution of all who
saw him. He was mated with Peg, and his progeny are
now in the New York Sporting Kennel, and in the bauds
of some few gentlemen who appreciate them highly. Peg,
owned by Gen. Alex S. Webb, was bred by Capt. Grafton,
and is out of his black Di, by Mr. Finn’s Grouse. Di out
of Gilbert Wilken’s black Fan by Gideon Knapp’s black
Carlo. Grouse out of Gov. Smith's imported Itomp, by
Mr. Griffin’s black Dash. This breed of pointers has been

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known by Mr. Fred Schuchardt, the present owner of
Di, since 1833, and he still keeps the breed pure at the Suf-
folk Club, Long Island. The strain is distinguished by be-
ing jet black with a small blar.eou the breast. Peg, in stylo
and action, was as fine a bitch as could be found. Dr.
Webb’s Whisky, first premium at Springfield, and of whom
we shall shortly publish pedigree aud portrait, is out of
June, from the Murquis of Westminster’s kennel, by
Flash, own son of the two pointers in the picture. We dc-
siro to call attentian to the excellence of the wood cut, for
which praise is duo to Mr. Jacob Qlnhn, of the American
Gun Engraving Co., West Meriden, and Mr. Tatboll of the
same place, as drawer aud engraver. An engraving of theso
dogs ornamented tho cup presonted by us at the Bod and
Guu Bench Show, and due credit would have been given
the artist and owner at that time had we not had this pic-
ture iu anticipation i

THREE CELEBRATED DOGS— DON, PEG AMD GEORGE.

—Commenting upon tho result of Field Trials of dogs
used with the gun, the editor of the London Field states
that after ten years of experience, it is useless to continue
them, and cites in support of his conviction the result of
the late Devon and Cornwall, Shrewsbury, and Kennel
Club meetings. As the causes which have produced this
decadence are cited: gross ignorance in the dogs them-
selves, and of their capabilities by those having them in
charge, and extraneous influences brougnt to bear on the
judges, warping the decisions in the wrong direction. We
fancy, however, that the lack of interest which has been
growing for so many years, is attributable more to the fact
of so many owners sending their dogs in charge of keep-
ers, to which the Field also alludes, and accepting their
versions of the causes of defeat. Should field trials ever
become popular iu this country— and there is every indi-
cation that in time they may — this cause will not exist.
We are, as yet, sufficiently democratic to attend to our in-
terests in person and not delegate them to irresponsible
keepers. We are also inclined to the belief, after reading
the reports of the ahove mentioned trials, that dogs in this
country are better broken, and that although we may not,
as yet, possess as much of the sangre azul, we have stock
which is quite equal, if not superior, to that in the hands
of our English cousins.

—We have just received from R. I. Lloyd Price, Esq.,
Rhiwlas, Bala, North Wales, a catalogue and pedigree of
his famous kennel of dogs, which includes setters, pointers,
retrievers, fox terriers, and spaniels, and with the cata-
logue he has kindly sent photographs of the three prize
pointers, Drake, Mallard and Beau, which may be seen at
our office.

—The Dachshund.— A correspoD • ; of the London
Funders' Gazette , in alluding to the many uses to which the
clever little Dachshund may be put, mentions a day’s sport
in which one of these dogs brought to bag, or aided in the
result — one buck, one fawn, a vixen, three cubs, a second
vixen, four cubs, a dog-fox, and a badger. A Dachshund
ought not to weigh more than twenty pounds, and not less
than thirteen or twelve. In black and tans, the smaller the
white spots in the breast the better.

—Mr. R. Schmeideburg’s black and tan setter bitch Katie,
recently dropped seven fine healthy pups, by his tri-colored
setter Prince. The pups are also tri-colored, black, tan and
white. Prince is by Dash, a famous red Irish setter which

was sold by Mr, Charles Brown to a gentleman ’of San

Francisco for $300. Having witnessed tho performance of
Prince and Katie in the field, wo can vouch for their
staunchness on game, their steady good style of going, aud
the skill of Mr. Schmeideburg in their management.

JP? %)orse mid bourse.

— The acceptances for the several handicaps to be run at
Jerome Park during the Spring meeting are published, and
the number “content” is excellent evidence of the bandi-
capper’s skill. The venerable but evergreen “Admiral"
himself could scarcely have succeeded in better satisfy-
ing so large a number of owners. In the Fordham Handi-
cap Sweepstakes no less than thirty-four out of the origi-
nal fifty-three nominators have accepted the weights,
Preakness leading off at the head of the list with 126 lbs.,
and the three-year old Australind bringing up the rear with
the mild impost of 88 lbs. Preakness again leads the way
with 125 lbs. in the Jockey Club Handicap, for which
there are twenty acceptances out of twenty-six nomina-
tions. The Grand National Handicap Steeple Chase at-
tracts ten, of which Bulletin, six years, carries the top
weight of 165 lbs. It is always difficult, however, in the
steeple chases to get a sufficient number of starters to fill
the requirements of the rule, which says that three must
start, or no race.

—The programme for the Monmouth Park races is now
issued, and with the judicious arrangement of the purses,
promises to be a most successful and interesting meeting.
The following are the principal events on the list:—

FIRST DAY— SATURDAY, JULY 3.

Jersey Derby Stakes for three-year olds, at $80 each,
play or pay, with $1,500 added; closed with fifty-three
nominations; one mile and a half.

Long Branch Grand National Steeple chase; purse, $600;
about three miles.

8ECOND DAY— .MONDAY, JULY 5.

Hopeful Stakes for two year olds, at $50 each, play or
pay, with $500 added; closed with twenty-eight nomina-
tions; half a mile.

Monmouth Cup, for all ages, $50 each, play or pay, with
$1,200 added; closed with twenty nominations; two miles
aud a half.

THIRD DAY — WEDNESDAY, JULY 7.

Monmouth Oaks Stakes for throe-year old fillies, at $50
each, play or pay, with $1,000 added; closed with thirty
nominations; one mile and a half.

Mausion House Stakes for four-year olds, at $50 each,
play or pay, with $1,000 added; closed with eighteen nom-
inations; two miles and a half.

FOURTH DAY — THURSDAY, .JULY 8.

July Stakes for two-year olds, play or puy; winner of the
Hopeful Stakes to carry five pounds extra; $50 each, with
$500 added; closed with twenty-four nominations; three-
quarters Qi a mile,

SECOND MEETING— FIRST DAY— SATURDAY, JULY 10.
Monmouth Sequel Stakes for three-year olds, at $50 each,
play or pay, winner of the Jersey Derby to carry five
pounds extra; with $600 added ; two miles.

SECOND DAY— TUESDAY, JULY 13.

Ocean Hotel Stakes, at $50 each, play or pay, with $1,000
added; to carry niuety five pounds; fillies and geldings,
ninety-two pounds; closed with thirty-five nominations;
one mile aud three-quarters. — ~* — •

THIRD DAY — THURSDAY, JULY 15.

Thespian Stakes for two-year olds, at $50 each, play or
pay, with $500 added; closed with twenty two nomina-
tions; three quarters of a mile.

West End Hotel Stakes for three year old fillies, at $50
each, play or pay, with $1,000 added; winner of the Mon-
mouth Oaks to carry live pounds extra; closed with twenty
five nominations; one mile and three-quarters.

Grand Jockey Club Purse, $2,000, for all ages; entrance
$100 each, play or pay; to goto the club; closed with eleven
nominations; two mile heats.

Long Branch Slakes, for all ages, at $30 each, play or
pay; to carry 100 pounds; mares and geldings allowed
three pounds; closed with eighteen nominations; one mile
and three-quarters.

FOURTH DAY— SATURDAY, JULY 17.

August Stakes for two-year olds, at $50 each, play or pay;
winner of the Thespian Stakes to carry five pounds ex-
tra; closed with thirteen nominations; one mile.

Robbins Stakes for three-year olds, at $50 each, play or
pay, with $1,000 added; closed with thirty-seven nomina-
tions; two miles.

— The first meeting at Fleetwood under the new regime
was brought to a conclusion Saturday week, in the presence
of a larger number of spectators than had attended on any
previous duy. There has been some dissatisfaction ex-
pressed with the decision of the judges on several occa-
sions, and it has looked as though the $1 admission fee
was to furnish amusement of un inferior und unsatisfac-
tory character; but we doubt not that the lessees intend
doing everything in their power to raise the standard of
trotting, instead of assisting it to relapse into the mire
from which the gentlemen or the National Association
have succeeded in lifting it. And in fact, with the most
ordinary care, Fleetwood must always be a popular place
of resort with our driving public. Located on the most
brilliant drive of the country and so near Central Park as
to be easy of access, it must always be attractive to thoso
who find their diversion in the sports af tho trotting turf.

—Tho great racing event of the season, the English Der-
by, was concluded on Epsom Downs course on Wed-
nesday last. The stake, which it is hardly necessary to
mention is for three-year olds, closed originally in 1873
with 223 entries, but the death or Sir Joseph Hawley.
Barou Rothschild, the Rev. John King, and others, reduced
the number to 201. After the two thousand guineas, Cam-
bftllo, the winner of that 6t«ke, was made favorite, but b««

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fore the start Prince Battbyany’s Galopin supplanted him,
and justified his backers by landing the stakes easily, Cam-
hallo not being placed. This was the ninety-fifth time this
rich stake has been contested, and its value now yearly
approximates the sum of five thousand guineas. Galopin
is by Vedette out of Flying Dutchess.

— Two days following the Derby, the Oaks, the great
filly stakes, is run over thesuinc course at Epsom. For this
year’s race there were 130 nominations, but of this number
only seven appeared at the post. Lord Falmouth’s Spin-
nway, who had won a few weeks previous the one thous-
and guineas slake, was made a hot favorite, and won easily
by a length, her owner’s second entry coming in second.
Spinuwny was bred by Lord Falmouth, and is by Macaroni;
dam, Queen Bertha.

Another Occident.— A wonderful mustang, known ne
Don Eiipha, has recently been shipped from Los Angeles
to San Francisco. This remarkable “buckskin” without a
pedigree, was worked in Arizona for a long time hauling
stages and in the cavalry service. One of his feats was
carrying a soldier 100 miles in a day. It was not until after
ltis arrival in Los Angeles, however, that his trotting abili-
ties became apparent, and having beaten 2:30 there he has
shut himself out of further races in that locality. It is
thought that with proper handling he will yet beat twenty.

— Mr. Sandford’s Buy Final has been scratched for the
Westchester cup.

— Since his victories at Baltimore, Tom Ochiltree has
been looked upon as the coming horse.

Quilting and Renting.

All communication* from 8*eretane * and friends should be mailed no
later than Monday in each week.

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—The southern entrunce to the Kills and the adjacent
waters of Prince’s Bay were enlivenod on Monday last by
the presence of a large number of yachts, participators in
and spectators of the annual regatta of the Perth Amboy
yacht club. The following yachts started: —

first class. Dimensions.

Name. Owner. Where from. Feet.

Lizzie. E. P. Miller. .Elizabeth, N. J 29 rat

Cynthia E. P. Miller .Elizabeth, N. J 25 (W»

Staten Island. ...Chris. Brown. Tottenville 25.10

Cheemnnn. F.W. Mceker.Perth Amboy 22.00

Josephine A. B. Smith.. Perth Amboy 25 t»7

Ocean Spmy — C. White Perth Amboy... 27.0TJ

SECOND CLASS.

T •!. F. Morris J. M. White.. Porth Amboy 17.02

Hit Him Again. . .J.L. Kearney, Perth Amboy 21,001

So So W. P. Beet's Perth Amboy lo t*

Chi-Pat Frank Scott. .New York City 20.04

The course for first class boats was a distance of twenty
miles. The second class were to turn the black can buoy
oh Kcyport, around the Bed Bank buoy, and home, a dis-
tance of fifteen miles. The boats reached the home stake-
boat in the following order: — _

that there is not now a poor plank or timber in her. The
interior arrangements have been entirely removed, and site
is now being fitted with new cabins, staterooms, and other
necessary conveniences of n first-class yacht, fore and aft.
The new masts she has received have been set more up-
right than formerly— that is, the rnke has been lessened,
with a view of making her sail better before a light wind
than she previously did; for then, on account of the great
rake of the masts, it was almost impossible to keep the
booms from swinging inboard without the aid of a block
and taek, except In a stiff breeze, and with their aid the
gaff would fall in and out, according to the strength of
The breeze. She will not probably be "put in commis-
sion” before the middle of June, hut then her owners —
Gen. Butler and Col. French — will have a craft a yachts-
man may be proud of.

SCHUYLKILL NAVY.

The second annual regatta of this association will be
held on June 10th and 17th. A copy of the rules under
which the regatta is to be held is appended herewith. The
prizes comprise the challenge Punch Bowl for four-oared
shells, an elegant Pitcher, the challenge prize for pnir-oars,
and an Ice Bowl as the challenge prize for double sculls: —

RULES or SCHUYLKILL NAVT REGATTA — OPEN TO ALL AMATEURS.

1. This regatta shall be open to all nmaleur clubs which have been
duly organized two months prior to the holding of the regatta. Entries
from Individuals will not be received.

2. No clnh shall be allowed to enter any person who has not been a
member of that club for at least two months preceding the regatta.

3 Any club Intending to com ne to for any of the prizes most give dne
notice to the secretary of the Navy on or before the day appointed for
closing the entries, which shall be two weeks before the first day of the
regatta.

In all cases of entries for fonr-oared races, a list of not more than
elght names, and In all cases of on tries for pair-oared or double scull
ruces, a list of not more than four names shall be sent to the secretary,
and from these names the actual crew shall be selected.

The name and address of the captain and Secretary of each crew or
dub entering for any race shall be sent at the time of the entrance to
the secretary.

•1. No assumed names eball be given to the secretary.

5. No one shall be allowed to be entered twice for the same race.

0. The secretary shall not declare any entry nor report the state of
the entrance list nntil such list shall be closed.

7. Objections toany entry shall be made in writing to the Secretary of
the Regatta Committee, within seven days from the declaration of 'the
entries, when the committee 6hnll Investigate the grounds of objection
and decide thereon forthwith.

8. No entrance money shall be required In any race.

9. All races shall be one and a half miles straightaway.

10. A meeting of the Regatta Committee shall be held immediately
preceding the regnlta, at which the captain or secretary of each crew or
club entered shall deliver to the secretary of the regalia a list of the
names of trie actual crew appointed to contend in the ensuing races, to
which list the name of one other member may be added in the event of
illness or accident, subject tortile II.

11 No member of a club shall he allowed to lie substituted for anoth-
er who has already rowed in a heat, nor shall any member of a club be
allowed to row with more than onu crow in any cf the heats for the same
prize.

12. In Ihc event of a dead heat taking place, the same crews shall con-
tend again, after snch interval ns the Regatta Committee may appoint
or the crew refusing shall be adjudged to have lost the race.

13. In the event of there being but one boat entered for any prize, or
if more thnn one enter and all arc withdrawn but one, the crew of that
boat must row over the course to be entitled to such prize.

14. Heats and stations shall be drawn for by the Regatta Committee
In the presence of such competitors or their representatives ns may at-
tend. after due notice having been given of a meeting of the Committee
for that purpose.

15. An umpire shall be chosen by the Regatta Committee, and his de-
cision shall be final.

16. The judge at the winning post shall be appointed by the umpire
and his decision shall be final

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—The Atlantic yacht club held their opening cruise to
Sandy Hook and return on Monday. The following yachts
started from the rendezvous, accompanied by the schooners
Meta and Comet, of the New York club: —

Schooners.—' Triton, Com. G. A. Thayer; Peerless, Ex-
Com. J. Roger Maxwell; Agues, Vice Com. L. A. Fish-
Vision, Mr. Geo. II. Seeley.

Sloops. — Orion, Bear Com. Cooper; Kaiser William I.
W. E. Grecnlenf; Undine, W. II Fowler; Josephine Mr’
Sidney V. Lowell; Barbara Freitchie, Mr. John H Rhodes-
Curlew, Mr. II. H. Hogins. ’

The Joseoliiue anchored first at the Horse Shoe, followed
by the Undine, Kaiser, Triton, Peerles, Orion, and Agnes
in the order named. On the run home the Undine took the
lend and reached the home anchorage first. Some eighty
members of the club participated in the sail. J

— The yachts Ripple and Charm had a raco on Monday
from Hoboken to the can buoy and return. The Charm
won by a few minutes.

— ' The first regatta of the Tom’s River yacht club this
season will take place on June 24th. In addition to the
challenge cup, some $150 in prizes will be given to the
three successful boats.

—The new club house of the N. Y. Yacht Club will be
ready for occupancy in about ten days.

—It is now said that Mr. Garner’s Mohawk will be ready
for launching in about a week. Her masts are in, stays set
up and coppering fiuished. Her advent Is anxiously looked
forward to, and many are the opiuions expressed as to her
probable performances.

— 'Die Atiel, Commodore Swan, of the Sewanhnka Club
has had a new bow put on, improving her both iu looks
aud speed.

—The Williamsburg Yacht Club have elected the follow
ing ofilc-crs:— Commodore, A. Barker; ViceCommodor
A. Conklin; President, T. W. Reaves; Corresponding Se
rotary, O. E. Mielke; Recording Secretary, W. A. Bardel
Treasurer, Henry Miller, and measurer, Andrew J. Busl

—Capt. Thomas Ilorgan, of South Boston, has ready ft
launching a fine keel sloop, which looks as though si
would make things lively for the other bonts of her clas
bhe is twenty-six feet long on deck and twenty two feet c
the water line. Her cabin and standing room arc finishe
in black walnut. She is a well-built boat in every respec
and a credit to her builder, whose reputation as a flu
workman is first class. She bus been sold to Boston panic:

a Rl|CA'^rTl1^ now lies at the wharf of th

Atlantic Works, East Boston, undergoing complete renovi
tion and repairs, under the supervision ol Capt. Reed, hi
sad ng master. Donald McKay, Esq., the well-known shi
builder, is doing the work on her, having P„t on new walk
water ways, decks, and thoroughly overhauled her hull, s

17. The laws of boat racing as adopted by the N. A. A. O. and 8. N
shall be observed at this regatta, and the definition of an amateur
oarsman, as adopted by the Schuylkill Navy shall govern the qualifica-
tion* of each competitor.

18. The prizes shall be delivered at the conclusion of the regatta to
their respective winners, who, In case of a cballeneo prize, shall receipt
for the same as may be required by the Naval Board.

19. All Questions of eligibility, qualification, or interpretation of these
rules, shall bo referred to the Regatta Committee, aud their decision
shall be final.

—The Centennial Commission last week passed resolu-
tions officially endorsing the regatta of the Schuylkill Navy
for 1876. They will award the diploma of merit and med-
als to the winners of the races, and will lend their aid to
make it a grand success, giving promise of the greatest re-
gatta ever given on any waters.

TnE Nassau Boat Clcb Races.— The Harlem River
never presented a gnyer sight than on Saturday last, when
the steamer Setli Low; having on hoard the members of the
Nassau club and their friends, steamed among the hun-
dreds of boats of every description that dotted its surface.
Every boat house on the river was fully decorated with
bunting in honor of the occasion, and the early closing
movement enabled hundreds of enthusiasts to be present
who would otherwise have been confined to the compan-
ionship of higli stools and musty ledgers. The prelimina-
ries to the racing commenced by Mr. L. L. Spring accept-
ing the post of referee, Mr. W. E. McCredy that of judge
at finish, and Mr. Englehardt timekeeper. The course was
one mile straightaway, from the powder schooner to Flor-
ence’s Dock, the last half of the flood tide assisting the
first two races, but slack water prevailed when the race for
the fours was called. At three o’clock the competitors in
the first heat of the single scull race appeared in the follow-
ing order: Edward W. Coles, New York shore; John A.
Walker centre; James Wills, Westchester shore. Wills
obtained a slight lead iu the commencement of the race-
hut ere the half mile was reached Walker crept up ami
passed him, crossing his bow n length clear, rowing to the
end an easy winner in six minutes three seconds.

The second trial heat brought out another field of three
starling in the following order: Wm. B. Kemp, New York
shore; Joseph Muir, Jr., centre; James D. Foot, Westches-
ter shore. Foot won the heat in 7-.2GA, the others fouling.

In the final heat Walker, the winner of the first triul
heat, who had rowed stroke in one of the fours in the in-
terim, won as he pleased iu 6:28$, defeating Foot by about
three lengths.

Four shells appeared at the starling point for the four-
oared race, and made a most gallant contest. The Nassaus
deserve great credit for being able to get together four as
strong ciews as those which contested in this race. Their
names and positions were as follows: —

No. 1, New York shore.— Wm. Robison, bow; W. A
Leo Union, No. 2; C. W. Macy, No. 3; Christopher C. Gun-
ther, stroke.

No. 2, from New York shore.— Frank G. Brown, bow -
C- 9,- Peterson, No. 2. James B. Robert, No. 3; John a’
Walker, stroke.

No. 3, Centre. — I. B. Reynolds, bow; Arthur B Froil
No. 2; George C. Power No. 3; G. S. Floyd Jones, stroke’

N°- 4 . Weslchester.-Frank W. Bacon, bow; Lindsey
Watson, No. 2; A. W. Montgomery, No. 3; John Gunsler
stroke.

The Jones crew got away'with a slight lend, but all were
well up until half the distance had been accomplished
when they met the young ebb tide, which caused the Jones
and Walker crews to collide, the Gunsler crew then going
to the front and winning the race; time, 5:25. Very beau-
tiful silver goblets were presented to the winners of the
several races, after which the parly steamed homeward
well pleased with their day’s sport.

— The Argouautas, of Bergen Point, one of the crack
crews, has been materially strengthened by the addition of
J. B. Ward, who rows in Walter Man's place, E 1. Smith,
Benjamin Stephenson, and Fred. C. Eldred retaining their
old places.

IP? §oUepcs.

—Trinity College has met with a snd misfortune in tho
death of Mr. H. S. Cameron, one of the University crew.
While practicing in a shell a tug boat swell caught tho
boat, and Mr. Cameron, who could not swim, went down
in the swift current. Mr. Cameron’s father is a well
known provision merchant of this city, lately of the firm
of Jas. M. Smith & Son.

— The following men have been selected for the Colum-
bia College crew for the Saratoga race in June:— Sprague,
bow; Hammond, 2; Murphy, 3; Sago, 4; Boyd, 5; and
Captain Goodwin of last year’s crew as stroke. The col-
lege Commencement will ‘take place on June 21st. , after
which the crew will leave for Saratoga as quickly as possi-
ble. A new boat, similar to that used last year, will be
built and be ready by the time they reach Saratoga. John
C. Babcock will begin soon the building of the flout on
which the new club house is to be built. Tho plans and
specifications of the club house, which is to cost $10,000,
have been approved by the committee in charge of this
work. Mr. Rees will take entire charge of the coaching
on their arrival at Saratoga. They practice every afternoon
on the Harlem River, and although the crew is composed
of five new men, they are an unusually promising set, row-
ing together steadily and in good form.

Yale. — Maxwell umpired the game between Harvard
aud the New Haven clubs to the aamiratiou of every one.

The first match between Harvard and Yale, ’78, will take
place in Boston on Saturday, June 5th, and the return
game in New Haven on the following Saturday.

Harvard. — The college color lias been changed to crim-
son, or rather restored, as the adoption of magenta in ’64
was owing to a necessity, the requisite number of crimson
handkerchiefs having been unprocurable. Now Union,
rest in peace. Tbe University crew are in active training
and rapidly improving in form.

Trinity.— Boating matters are progressing favorably
both the College and Sophomore crews doing trood work.’

The Tablet appeals to the students to lake more interest
in athletics.

Princeton.— So tho cannon belongs to tlieU. S. Govern-
ment, after all, and the marshal is to make a requisition for
it. More from Princeton elsewhere.

—The first of the series of games between the Yale and
Princeton Colleges was played May 26th, at Piinceton, N.
J., and resulted in an easy victory for the New Haven
boys. The following is the score: —

Yule

Princeton

Inning*.

5 0 0 0 5

0 0 0 0 2

* 2 0 0-14
01 10-4

Princeton College, May 22d, 1875.

EDi-ron FonEST and Stream:—

The first victory that the University nine won this eeuson was secured
In a game with rhe Flyaways, of Brooklyn, on tho 20th Inst., tho Univer-
sity obtaining an easy viclory. The ninih inning closed with the score
of 10 to 4 in Its favor. This was the second game played by these two
nines, and the second victory wrested from the Flyaways by the Prince-
tons. The score of the first game played last Fall was 10 to 8 in favor
of the latter.

On Friday the best game, I bnvc good reason to believe, ever played
by a professional and an amateur nine took place here between the Cen-
tennials, of Philadelphia, and the University. There were few errors on
either side throughout tho entire game. Tho batting of tho Princetous
was eomowhat stronger than that of the professionals, and had it not
been for a violent wind which was then blowing the University would
have secured three or four two base hits. Mann’s peculiar style of do
livery proved as effectual with the professionals as with the amateurs.
Even Craver and Rndcliff both failed to make many good hits. The
latter “struck out" for the first limo in months, it is said. The Prince-
tons made a run in the second inning, and were "chicugoed” every other
inning, though they secured their first, second, mid even third base*
ecvi rul limes during the game. The Centennials secured one run in the
third Inning, thus making the score 1 to 1. During the rest of tho game
not a ran was scored until the last half of the ninih inning, when tho
professionals by two excellent hits made nnoihcr run, closing tho game
with the score of 2 to 1 On account of the excellence of the above
gime I will uppeud the entire score, which is as follows:

TRINCETON.

R

lB.r.o.A

OENTBNNIA

Lnnehllii, s

. 0

0 2 3

0

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... .0

0 2 1

0

Craver, c

Walker, m

. . .0

1 0 0

0

Campbell, a

...0

1 13 0

j

Field, h

Woods, c

Bradford, r

...I

1 3 3

0

0

1 0 0

1

Mason, I

Mann, p

0

1 0 4

1

Abadlu, a

Donny, h

. . It

0 7 3

1

McGinley, b

DnffiSd, 1

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1

Demotl, m

Total

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5 '.7 14

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Princeton

Centennial. .

R. In P.O.A.E.
2 3 1
2 1 2

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0 0 0
5 0 •
3 0

.0 0
I 1

0 0
1 1
0 0

.2 5 27 9

in |ii 1 1 ji r . uoimiimg, ui rnneeron.

Time of game— 1 hour and 30 minutes.

The “0801100’’ difficulty, about which so much has been written I
finally sol tied. The Rutgers Faculty having discovered that the gun ha
always belonged to Princeton, and that Rutgers had no claim on it whal
soever, sent n written expression of their willingness to return tho cap
tured, or rather stolen, cannon. The hasty action of some of Prlneolon’
brave sons in breaking open the museum at Rutgers on the night of tin
19th inst.. and in removing from thence sevoral muskets belonging loth,
Lnited States Government, cume very near involving both colleges ii
further trouble. This morning at 0 o'clock, however, the "cannon ' nr
rived. I*s coming did not croute as much exc'teraent as was expected
The muskets were returned to Rutgers to day also; bo neither inslitutioi
has further c«u-e for complaint. The whole affair was decidedly foolhh
and actually hew^e dismasting before tt was finally adjusted.

QuidvisI

r FOREST AND STREAM

265

Princeton Collehb, May Allh, 1875.

Editor Fone-T and Stream:—

The University obtained an unexpected victory to-day In a game with
the Atlantic*, professional*, of Brooklyn. The Princeton* mado a run
In the first inning, uiul were "chicngoed” every other Inning nntll the
eighth when they scored two mote run*. The Atlantic* scored two rnns
In the fourth Inning, bnt failed to add another run to their score during
tho rest of the game. Both nines made but fow error*, and the game
was well contested. Walker's fine hit brought Langhlln in, who scored
the flrvt run made by Princeton. Though Denny's Ono batting was quite
praiseworthy, tt would have failed to increase the score had not tho At-
lantic catcher allowed two balls to pass him. The lino ball caught by
Woods of I lie University, and Campbell'S cxeollont play on first, wero
some of the most brilliant features of tho game. With a good fielding
nine and with strong bailors we do not four tho trial which awaits the
University In the game to be played by It this week at Yale and Hnrvard.

_ QUtDVIS.

Princeton College, May 81st, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The University nine left horc lost Thursday on its tonr to Harvard and
Yale. On account of the defeat at tho hands of Yule on Wednesday,
the 2fith, on o'. r grounds, we were rather doubtful as to the success of
the nine. The first game was played on Friday, 23th, with Harvard, at
Cainbridgo. Harvard won tho game by tho score of 10 to 3. On Satur-
day the second gaino was played with Yale. This was tho flnost inter-
collegiate game ever played. Princeton made eight base hits; Yale made
none. Up to the eighth inning the score was 1 to 0 in favor of Prince-
ton. During this inning, however, she scored two runs inoro. Both
nines were retired without a run in the last inning. The score of tho
game was 3 to 0 in favor of Princeton. This result was quito gratifying
after the severe defeat received from Yalo on Wednesday, when the
score was 14 to 4 in her favor. Tho third game will probably be played
some time In June. The game for the championship of the colleges
have resulted thus far as follows: Harvard has beaten Princeton twice,
while Yale and Princeton have each won a game from the other.

Quinns.

Harvard University, Mav 22d, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

For a start iu base ball our nine have been playing with the Boston,
Hartford, Live Oaks, Princeton, and Kbodo Island clubs, with a senes
of scores not to bo considered bad. The games with tho professional
clnbs liavo b'-cn very good, indeed, while with the others the play has been
unexceptionable. Our foot bull tcim still keep at work notwithstanding
tho seiious losses It has beon subject to In the cases of Mr. A. Whiting
of ’77 with strained knee, and Mr. Wentherbee of ’78 with broken collar-
bone. Mr. Whiting is one of the best “half tends" In the college, whilo
Mr. Weutherbeo is undeniably the best “rush" we have; both plnyed nt
Montreal Inst Fall, and Mr. Wentherbee won two ont of the three “touch
downs.” The club has played several games with the graduates with
successful results. Tho Tufts’ Foot Ball club are to play us a mulch
game on Jarvis' field on the 2d of June, nud ns that will probably bo tho
ouly game wo shall play with members of other colleges this Spring, the
interest will probably be quite strongly aroused. Boating mailers are
still progressing. The crew were threatened with the loss of Mr. Taylor,
but fortunately for all concerned in Harvard tho scaro wns worse than
the harm, since no harm has been done.

The Athletic Association held their field meeting on Jarvis' field to-
day Tho programme was very good, but owing to accidents happening
to some of our best athletes the interest was greatly deadened. Tho
jumping was not as good as has been recorded outside, and tho running
not as good, as some of tho host runners in college wero laid up, and tho
winners had nothing to spur then on. The rosults were as foUows :

Running High Jump — Won by Hubbard, '78. Height. 4 feet 10 inches.

Running Long Jump— Linzer, '77. Distance, 18 feet 4 inches.

Our Hundred Yards Race— Herrick, '77.

Two Mils Race— Raymer, '78.

0ns Mi/e Walk— Taylor, ’77.

Throwing H ate Halt— Tyng, ’7(t. Distance thrown, 872 feet 5 Inches.

Hurtle Race- Hinckley, '71.

One Mile Running Race— Lowell, '77. Prize, silver cup, presented by
Mr. Merriam, '71.

Three-leaned Race— Sawyer and Stiles both of '77.

Quarter Mile Race— Bird, ’77. In little less than one minute.

Three Mile Walk— Taylor, '77.

The last was not completed, ns all the competitors retired st the end of
the second mile, leaving Mr. Taylor all alone. The first milo was com-
pleted by Mr. Taylor In 8 minutes and 25 seconds Tho prizes were
mostly presented by the association— all but the first, second, and eighth
— consisting of cups, stands, card receiver, and ball. Tho day was very
oppressive, and it is believed that the Fall mooting will improve on this
to a considerable extent. M.

Cambridge, May 30th, 1875,

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The boating men of Harvard nrc entitled to bo congratulated on the
successful working of the club system, modeled after that of the Eng-
lish universities, nud flrsL introduced by them lust Autumn as a factor m
the intercollegiate strife for aquatic honors. Upward of 230 studente
have availed themselves of the privileges accruing from membership in
one or other of the Holworthy, Holyoke, Matthews, or Weld chibs. The
four clubs take their names from certain of the college halls; draw their
members from certain well defined sections of the college domain, and
occupy premises adjoining thoso of tho Harvard University Boat Club
and Blakey's extensive establishment, where most of tho shells pulled
at Springfield and Saratoga have been built. On the rests of the differ-
ent clubs are to bo found more than thirty boats, comprising six and
four oared barges, single and double sculls, and pair oars. Yesterday
the floats, balcony, and roof of the Union Boat Club and tho sea wall
which skirts tho Charles Itiver back of Beacon street, wero thronged
with collegians and their fair admired and admiring friends, gathered to
witness the Harvard Spring races over tho Charles Biver courso. Tho
sky was smiliug, the air cool and bracing, and tho water smooth. In the
first event, a two-milo turning race, set for four o'clock P. M., and not
delayed more tliau half an hour, each club was represented by a four-
oared crew wearing the club colors, Holworthy’s being dark blue and
white, those of Holyoke's light blue and white, Weld's orange and
black, and those of Matthews crimson and black. The crews drew posi-
tions In the order named, Holworthy being inside, nearest tho wall. Weld
at the start gained a slight lead. Holworthy enmo close behind, and
once in tho first quarter headed Weld. Holyoke and Matthews well to-
gether at tho first, counted three and four respectively. The Weld*
pulled a clean, strong stroke, well together and in excellent time. The
men in the Holworthy boat were larger and stronger looking, bnt tho
Welds' fine form and regular action enabled them to keep tho lead and
turn tho stake first, and to maintain the lead to tho finish lino, despite
Holworthy’s despuruto spurting to close the gap. Holyoke and Matthews
turned the outer stake in the order named, but tho latter was soon left
far astern and out of tlio race. The Uolyokcs Dulled bard to close tho
gap between them and the Holworthy boat, but to no purpose. Wold,
the winner, and Holworthy second, seemed well blown and
devoid of all power to spurt at tho finish. The time
made was as follows: Weld, 15 min. 69 sec. Holworthy, 16
mlu. 8} sec.; Holyoke, :6 min, 291 sec.; Matthews, 17 min. 21 sec. The
crews were made up ns follows: Weld, Brown, ’77, stroke; Daaforth,
‘57, 2; Liltanor, '78, 8; Green, ’76, 4; G. B. Ogden, '77. coxswain; Hol-
worthy, Macmillan, ’74, stroke; Brown, ’76.2; Upborn, ’77, 3; Llngee,
'77, 4; Butler, ’75, coxswain; Holyoke, Harrison. ’76, stroke; Isham,
'78,2; Raymer, '78,3; Page, '78, 4; Morris, coxswain; Matthews, Rob-
erts, stroke; Flint, '75, 2; Curren, '77, 3; Brett, '77, 4; Jeuuison, '77,
coxswain. A set of silver goblets was awarded tho winners. In the
three-mile race for the Beacon cup and a set of silver goblets, four slx-
onred crews contested. The Holworthy six took the iuside position,
Weld was uekt; then Holyoke; toen Matthews. Much interest was felt
in this race, because the crews had been some weeks In (raining, and

were considered to bo quits evenly matched. Tbo Matthews men were
tho heaviest, and pullari a long, strong stroke. Weld's »troke, set by
LorlnR. the stroke oar in tho Freshman six. was clean and oven, ndy-
okc pulled gracefully, while the Holworthy men handled their oar* in a
vigorous, hearty fashion, which inspired confidence, thongh their stroke
set them a bad example in uot pa 111 ug straight backward and forward.
Iu spite of bad form, however, they jumped away at tho slurt, aud soon
gained a lead of at least two lengths. Weld, Holyoke, and Matthews
went off toward the right In a bunch, w hore Matthews soon went to tho
front, and led Holworthy almost to the tarn. Holworthy spurted, and
tho two turned their respective stakes together. Holworthy again got
away with the lead, Matthews pulling hurd after Inside of Weld, which
turned next, and the Holyoke boat, which unostentatiously brought up
tho rear. The crews maintained their rclattvo positions to tho finish.
Holworthy, however. Increased Its distance from Matthews, which stead-
ily drew away from Weld and nolyoko. Holworthy crossed the lino In
19 min. IU see , followed by Matthews in 19 min. 18 sec,, Wold In 19
min. 31 sec., and Holyoke in 19 min. 43» *cc. Holworthy's time Is note-
worthy, ns being better than the fastest time mado in any race between
Yale and Harvard In lnpstrcok sixes iu the days of Intercolleginlo riv-
alry on Lake Qninsigamond. On July 24th, I860, the Harvard Freshmen,
in the Thetis, a craft originally built for the Pari* crew, pulled three
miles in 19 min. 40J see. In the Citizens’ Regatta on Lake Qiunalga-
mond, July 27, 1859, the crow of the Yalo, a slx-oared shell, carrying a
coxswain, mado tho three miles In 19 min. 14 sec. The author of “Four
Years at Yale" claims that "the time was the fastest ever mado iu Amer-
ica to that date, and bas never been equaled by a six-oared American
crew carrying an adult coxswain,” with which statement the recorded
time of Yale’s six-onred crew, with coxswain, in I860, hardly harmon-
izes, the time being 19 min. 10 sec. on that occasion. G. F. Roberts
acted as llme-kecpor, and started iu both races lost Saturday, and Wen-
dell Goodwin, '74. ns referee. S. G. Ward, Jr„ and S. Sherwood wore
judges at tlio upper stake. Tho sixes comprised tho following gentle-
men: Holworthy, Appleton, 73, stroke; Hall. *70, 2; Irving, L S. S , 3;
Bolan, '70, 4; Guild, '76, 5; Denton, L. S. S., 6; Butler, '75, coxswuin;
Matthews, Weld, 76, stroke; Perkins, L. S. S,, 2; Milton, 75, 3; Pat-
ton, ’77, 4; Hastings, '75, 5; Meeks, 76, 6; Jennison, '77, coxswain;
Weld, Boring, 78, stroke; Warden, 78, 2; Watson, 75. 3; Harding, 74;
4; Marlin, '77, 5; Richards, 76,0; Long, 76, coxswain; Holyoke, Higgs,
'76, stroke; Yznaga, L. S S.,2; Welles, 78, 3; Bacon, 77, 4; Morgan,
78, 5; Ely, 78, 0; Herrick, 77, coxswain. Mousuto.

University of Pennsylvania, May 31st, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream: —

Tho University cannot, like namlct, “bo bound In n nutshell and
count itself a king of infinite space.” Its educational field, both mental
and physical, is rapidly becoming more extended. Under tho Interest
that Dr. Stlllo has aroused and the ceaseless efforts of Morris and Philler
of 75, the College Barge Club has erected tho handsomest house od tho
Schujlkill, the facilities of which river for rowing are too woll known to
comment upon. On Saturday, May 29th, the Spring contest for tho
athletic prizes came off, as announced, on the Y. A. C. grounds, at
Wayne Station, G. It. R. There were numerous entries for short dash
onc-raile race, throwing boll, hop, step and jump, running jump, throw-
ing hammer, nud hurdle race. Titc successful contestants for tho fore-
going were as follows: Short dash, 100 yards— Kerr, of 75, with honor-
able mention of Geyelin, who came in a qnarter second behind; time,
111 seconds. Milo race— Tlie entries “went to see a mail," mid did not
return In time. Throwing the ball--Won by Andrews, of 76; ball, reg-
ulation size and weight; distance thrown, 347 feet, nop, step and Jump
—By Willoughby, of 77; dlslanco, 36j feet. Running Jump- By tho
same; distance, 16 feet 8 Inches. High Jump By Biddle, 76; 4 feet 6
Inches Throwing hammer— By Willoughby, 77; 74 feet 1 Inch; weight
of hammer, 9 pounds. Last bnt not least In the interest It created wa*
the hurdle i ace. won by Geyelin, '77; time, 11 seconds; distance, 100
yards; number of hurdles, 3; height of some, 3 feet 6 Inches. The prizes
awarded for the foregoing are tho sumo os thoso of last year— elaborately
worked Maltese crosses. The college crew would have been represented
In the coming races at Saratoga had not Megargee, In accordance w ith
his accustomed tardiness, failed to put in an appearance at the conven-
tion.

Cornell University, Ituaoa, May 26th, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

Since my last letter the competition for the Woodford gold medal, for
tho most successful oration, considered both as to merit and delivery,
has taken place. There were six contestants— ono a representative of
tho co-educatiou branch of tho university— and tho contest, taken as a
whole, was considered the best of tho kind since the founding of tlio
university. Miss Bradford, of Boston, tho young lady contestant, did
exceedingly well, and many (bought that she fully earned the medal, or
if not that, certainly honorable mention. But the committee of award
adjudged the medal to Mr. G. H. Fitch, the successful intercollegiate es-
sayist, and honorabiifincntion to Mr. I). J. Tompkins. Tho competition
for the above named medal is confined to members of tho graduating
class. Saturday, the 22d of May, the annual Spring regatta of tho Coi-
nell Navy took place, and proved a grent success in all respects. The
day was pleasant yet not very warm, ntid the lake as quiet as a mirror.
The long train of cars was erowdud with students and citizens, with a
goodly number of ladies in the passenger conch provided for thoir use,
and evety ono was pleased and satisfied with tho morning's sport.

Tho first race was for the Sprague aud Tom Hughes cups, for six-oared
shells. Two entries for the Urst cup and ono for tho second, benco tho
three crews rowed together. The crows had bad but little practice be-
fore (lie race, yet they rowed a flno raco. Tho '77 crew won tlio Spraguo
cup agniuat 76, iu 12m. los., 76 making 12m. 20s. The 77 Tom Hughe*
crow won their cup, a row over, in 12m 434s. The second raco was for
single sculls, tho winner to go to Saratoga. Entries, Francis, 76, Reed,
'78. Francis won by abont half mile In 16m. 56Js., never being poshed
during the race. Tho third race was between the University six, Sara-
toga crew, a crew from Union Springs, In which was Courtney, tho fa-
mous amateur siDgle sculler, and the University Freshmen six, Saratogu
crew. The raco was a splendid effort throughout, aud It was only ou the
last half mile that the Uulversity six succeeded in leavlug the Courtney
crew in tho rear. Time— University, 11m. lls.; Union Springs, 11m.
27s.; Freshmen, lira. 494*. Tlio distance for each raco was two miles,
and each race was won by a paper boat. Three more laurels for the
paper. The University crew is now arranging a three-mile ruce with tho
Union Springs crew, to come off in a weok or two. Bayard Tuylor is
here at present delivering a course of lectures on “German Authors of
the Fast Century ." He Is giving grent satisfaction. Our base ball nine
begins a scries of games to-day with outside clubs. Will notice results
in next. J.

Athletics at Saratoga. — The day following the boat
mce — Thursday, July 15th— has been fixed upon for the
Iutcrcollcgiute Athletic meeting. Ten races are arranged
for, eight to ho open to undergraduates of the fourteen
different colleges represented in the rowing races, and the
other two to graduates. The sports, which will he under
the direction of the Saratoga Rowing Association, will take
place on the half mile track at Glen Mitchell. Thu prizes
will aggregate nearly $3,000 iu value. The programme has
been arranged as follows: —

First — One mile runniug race;secoud — Three mile walk-
ing race; third— One bundled mile dash; fourth — Seven
mile walking race; fifth — Half-mile running race; sixth
— One mile walking race; seventh — Two mile running race;
eighth — 120 yard hurdle race, ten hurdles, each three feet
six inches high; ninth — Two mile running race (graduate);
tenth— Seven mile walking race (giaduatc).

Entries arc to he made to Mr. W in. H. Eustes, at Sara-
toga Springs, N. Y.

^nsivers f£o (&onesyotu1ent*l.

Cnn«o* —Do yon know of any person who would tsks a good bird

spaniel bitch, quite woll trained, nice form, small head, flno curly hair,
and raise some good pups, giving mo a nice dog each year for Ihroo
years for her!

J. II. U., Ogdcnsbnrg.— Ia there any fishing lamp made for us# In
spearing so constructed that It can he mounted on the bow of a boat and
throw sufil cleut light to see the bottom plainly nt a depth of four feet,
and covering a space of, #ny ton feet square, and c«n bo used when there
Is wind? An*. Don't know of any

A D.— Black bus* fishing can bo had within twenty five miles of Now
York at Rye Lake. Take Harlem car. to White Flatus; conveyance
from there to tlio lake Can got boats, bait, and fishing tackle of ltol.t .
Kvcicr, nt tho lake. Tho bass ran from ouo to eight pouuds; t saw ihroo
tho other day that weighed four, four aud a quarter, and flvo pounds -
W. B. C., Fleasnntvllle.

Wm W W., Now York. -Have I not the liberty to take at any tlmo
ana place nny bird I want for a specimen I moan lu any wood* or open
ground owned by no one in particular? I have special roferonco to Ja-
imdca, L. I. An*. Wo quote amended laws State of Now York, May
20th, 1871: "See. 11. Tlio last two section* shall not apply to any person
who shall kill any bird for tho pnrposo of studying its habits or history,
or having tho same slutted or sol np a* a specimen." Your object lu
shooting ont of scasou will have to bo proved beyond doubt, or you must
pay tho penalty.

Taiiawus.— In your column of qnorioa May 27ih, "Tahawus" inquires
for something better than tar aud oil to keop away tho files. I give him
a formula: Oil of pcnny-royal, four ounces; olive oil, eight ounces; Ur,
two ounces. 1 havu tried many mixtures, hut flud this the most efilca-
clous of nil. If “Tahawus" will make hi* headquarter* at Martin's,
ho will find every accommodation and assistance ho needs, and
be lu the centre of tbo host fishing grounds that remain. Cold Brook,
Ray Brook, Rosors' Brook, and a thousand little cold streams are within
available distance from tho houso.-W. It,, M. I)., Boston.

J. E., City .—Can you give information regarding n section of coun-
try situated in Canada, near Kingston, known as tho Drowned Lands?
Aus. Tuko New York Central and Hudson Rivor Railroad to Romo, Wa-
tortown, aud Capo Vincent. All lmggngo checked through, At Capo
Vincent you can mako any necesaury inquiries at the hotel, where tho
Kingston steamboat* stops. In Kingston tho British American notcl is
noar tho boat lauding, and woll kopt. The Drownod Lauds district is
accessible from Kingston by various routes; proity well fished, and
shooting fair. Cobourg and Rico hikes aru vastly bettor, and can bo
reached ut tlio same cost and with lew trouble.

W. II. S., Philadelphia.— 1. Is tho Ballard sporting rifle that William
Read & Sons, of Boston, advertise to soli for $:8 as good a gun of it*
kind as any that are made— that la, spooking of its shooting qualities,
and how is the finish? An*, We own ono of those rifles, uml are very
woll satisfied with It. S. What Is the bust thing yon know of to remove
rust from the interior of a rifle barrel, and where can it bo obtained?
An* Blue ointment; at the druggists. 3. What is tho best thing to pre-
vent firearms from rusting In a damp climate? Ans. Belmonlllo oil I*
advertised lu our columns. Also, ono of our correspondent* recom-
mends to laqner with n vnrnish of shellac and alcohol. Lay ou quickly
with a brush.

A. A. S , Troy, N. T.-I am informed by a practical gunsmith that Iho
now system claimed by our English cousins for making close and sirong
shooting shot gnus is a hiuubug; that in manufacturing many guns, now
and then ono will be found to sboot close and strong, blit why It Is so I*
as yet a mystery unsolved. If there is morlt in the so called now system
I would liko to know It before purchasing. Can you nnswor? Aus.
Your gnnmaker Is wiong. Tho close shooting guns used In th" lute trial
are borod on a prlnclplo which produces this effect. Tho question or
the advantages of tlio systom is not yet decided. We would suggest pa-
tience before buying, or if only au average shot, buy a gun bored on tho
old plan.

J. A. A., New York —Will you include among your nnstvers to corre-
• pendents In yonr next issue tho following question: 1. What I* the best
length of barrel, weight, aud calibre for u Parker breech loader for gon-
oralnse in Florida? 2. Wlmt is tlio boat wolgbt, longth, calibre, and
style of Remington rillo for general use In Florida, and wbat style of
triggers, sights, and cartridge* would you recommend for same? Would
Remington 32-100 calibre sporting nfiu ho a desirable weapon for turkey,
deer, ulllgnior, and bear? Ans. Wo would recommend a double gun of
10 gauge, 30 Inch barrels, anil in weight about 8* pounds. Such a rillo a*
you require— a Remington sporting rifle, 44 calibre— la now in this ofllce
for sale.

R. P. M., New York.— Will you Inform rao through your paper whether
the Delaware River is navigable from Port Jervis, N, Y., to Trenton, N.
J., by a light row boat, on 1 1f so, whether It would be safe for a party of
two to make the trip* Flense slate also how the fishing I* most likely to
be there in Jono, and If a shot gun would ba of any use. Ans. If you
wish to run tho Delaware Rivor and onjoy It, carry a good dug-out canoe,
(ono of English's basswood canoes, mado In Petcrboro, Cimndn, would
be better,) up to Walton, Delaware county, N. Y , aud launch It there.
Get a good eanocman, and tako the rapid* as far down as Fort Jervis, or
go further if you desire. A fair stage of water will bo rcqolslle. Two
novices can tukc a flat bottomed skiff safely from Port Jervis down.
Yon may get a few bass below Fort Jervis, ami some trout In tlio streams
(tint flow into the Delaware along your route. A trip down tho Delaware
or IIoiiBHtonic Rivers would be most enjoyable.

A. D., Now York.— Within tho pa*t four years a new variety of II*h
lias made its appearance at Stamford, Ct., and occasioned u great deal of
controversy ns to bow they caino there and wbat called. The fish is In
shape like a trout, and Is silver scaled everywhere except ou the back,
where it is biuck. Numbers have been caught weighing a pound, and
some nearly two. Tho bait used Is broad dongh, though I have seen
them caught with files. Thoy were at first called chub; then white fish,
silver trout, and grass bass. Con you settle the question of name, or
shall I send you a specimen? Ans. It is Impossible to form an opinion
on such slight data, which are really no datu ut ail. Our correspondent
docs not even specify whether the fish inhabits fresh or suit water. Tho
names he mentions could not be applied to auy ono Halt except by very
superficial observers. Semi a rough drawing or description, or belter
still, a specimen, to Prof. G. Brown Goodo, of Middletown, Ct., who
will bo very happy to identify the species for you.

G- B. D., Rochester— Permit me to como to you for advice in regard to
my young pointer, ono and a half yeors old. He I* from good native
hunting stock; mother said to be from imported stock some generations
back. When about six months old the pup was poisoned, but I saved lit*
life; poison affected one front leg; was very lame for months; tried vu-
rious liniments, etc ; tn time recovered almost entirely, bnt when run-
ning goes a trifle stiff; Is thin, aud a delicate feeder; passed n good many
worms when young, caused by unboiled milk, I suspect. He Is very ten-
der; can't bear exposure daring Winter, or punishment. Is extremely
Intelligent, but I four has beon spoiled by being petted by tbo fennnlno
part of the household, ilavo had him out lu thu field a few times; ho
ranges well, and quartora the ground obedient to signal, but points from
sight more than scent. Ho "stiffens" whenever a bird or fowl comes
near the yard, and will creep ou them, sometimes being five or ten min-
utes moving forty or fifty feet; stops at the word "toho," etc.; Is well
“jnrd broken.” Have gained many good hints from Forest and
Stream, and would like your advice us to what Is best to do with tho
parp. He Is double nored, sort of u loose, disjointed concern, and won't
lay on fat Gels plenty of exercise, a warm bed, and a variety of grub,
but be don't tone down into an “old reliable" business sort of a dug,
such os I want. Aus. From tho effects of the polson.and the petting
your dog has undergone, and from his timidity, we doubt very much If
be will ever amount to much In the field. Wo would not consider him
worth brooking; yet sometimes such dogs do pretty well after they get
to be two or three year* old.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COM-
ING WEEK.

Thursday, June 3.— Trotting, Prospect Park; Woodbury, N. J. ;
Kansas City, Mo.— Kentucky State Sportsman's Association and Bench
Show, Paris, Ky.; Bench Show, Watertown, N. Y.

Fbiday, Jnne 4. — Trotting, Prospect Park, Kansas City, Mo.
Saturday, June 5. — Racing, Jerome Park — Base ball, Harvard, vs.
Yale, '78, Boeton; Boston vs. St Louis, St. Louis— Spring races Yale
Navy; do. Wesleyan University, Middletown, Ct.-Departure of the In-
ternational Rifle Team.

Monday, June 7.— Base ball, Boston vs. St. Louis, St. Louis.

Tuesd at, June 8. -Racing, Jerome Park —Trotting, Kingston, N. Y. ;
Grand Rapids, Mich.; Titusville, Pa.; Omaha, Neb.; Goshen. N. Y,;
Hartford, Ct.— National Sportsman's Convention, Cleveland, Ohio.

Wednebdat, Jnne 0. —Trotting, Kingston, N. Y.; Titusville, Pa.;
Omaha, Neb. ; Goshen, N. Y.; Hartford, Ct — Base ball, Mutual vs. St.
Lonle. at St Louis— CorilDg Clnb, Yonkers, N. Y.

The Convention. — The New York State Association
for the Protection of Fish and Game is now holding its
seventeenth annual convention at Watertown, N. Y. The
convention was called to order at Washington Hall on Mon-
day evening by George W. Flower, President. The attend-
ance was much larger than usual, nearly every club in the
Slate being well represented. Alter Mr. Flower's opening
speech, and the reading of the Secretary’s report, new
clubs and several county delegates were admitted to mem-
bership. The Treasurer’s report showed a balance of
$1,222. The bench show of dogs is one of the principal
features of the gathering, all the prominent kennels being
represented. A full report of the proceedings reaches us
too late for this issue, but will be given in our next.

Our Contemporaries.— Flood and Field is the title of a
new paper established by Mr. John D. Neill at Greenport,
L. I. Its tendencies are not so much in the direction of
"sporting,” properly speaking, as in circulating useful and
entertaining matter for the sportsman and tourist regarding
Long Island principally. Mr. Neill’8 abilities amply
qualify him for the task, aud we wish him every success.

The Sportsman.— This paper has been changed from a
monthly to a weekly issue. Messrs Foster and McIntyre,
late of the Spirit have joined the original proprietor, and
with this array of talent and experience the ultimate suc-
cess which wo would wish for them should he beyond a
peradventure.

Mr. A. M, Halstead, for some time connected with
this journal, has recently become the chief editor of the
Poultry Bulletin, a journal which we believe he originally
started. Halstead is well known to the poultry fraternity
find, we might say, to all the "old cocks” in the country,'

OLD SUPERSTITIONS OF THE SEA.

"Of other plants more rare, more strange than these,

As very Ashes living in the sens;

As also rams, calves, horses, hares, and hogs,

Wolves, urchins, lions, elephants, and dogs.

Yea, men and maids, and which I most ndmire,

The mitred bishop nnd the cowled friar."

SO sings the poet, and with Pliny, iEliau, Roudeletand
others, to supply the appetite of superstition with
their grotesque figures of food it is no wonder that they
themselves became honest advoentes in the cause of imagi-
nation, nnd so fit inly fixed became those ideas concerning
the population of the seas with a perfect race of beings,
that we have in some of the old histories statements and
assertions from men of authority allltming that they have
seen with their own eyes these wonders, and there can be
no doubt of their existence, and to day we see the remnants
of these strange beliefs in the toilers of the sea, who, al-
though they laugh at the mermaid and the Flying Dutch-
man, would uot for their lives put to sen on Friday; and
to find one who has not seeu a sea serpent would be a
rarity.

In looking over an old work by the ouce great writer,
Cnfornia, we find the following "flow of soul,” evi.
dently thrown upon our ancient forefathers with honest
intent, ns it is confirmed by Arabian history. The name
of the valuable volume is "Agaub el Malkowkat," and its
contents compare with it most favorably. After a learned
dissertation upon the wonders of nature in general, he
states that in the year 894 a fish was captured in the Cas-
pian Sea of such wondrous feature that it was taken before
Prince Salim nnd opened, aud within, like Jonah of old,
and perhaps communing with the “inner man” of Iris fish-
ship, sat a sea girl, and he says "she had on a pair of pants,
without a seam, made of skin like that of a man, and
which came down to her knees. She sometimes held her
hands to her face, aud at others over her hair. She drew
heavy sighs, and only lived a few minutes.” Again, he says,
"on the 18th of March, 592, an officer stationed at the Delta
of the Nile, in lower Egypt, while walking with some
friends, came upon a sea man aud woman. They swam
along theshore,” and this "brave soldier" says "the woman's
face was sweet and mild, her hair was black and floated
upon her back, her body white, aud her breasts quite prom-
inent.” The man, of course, had a fierce air nnd terrible
aspect ; his hair was red and somewhat bushy, nnd his skin
was of a brownish color. These two monsters remained
over two hours in sight of the officers, and so much atten-
tion was taken of it that Maurice, who then reigned, came
to witness the wonderful spectacle. The name of this
"observer of nature” is not given, but surely he should be
enrolled with Pliny, and his fame handed down unto all
lime. Shakespeare has not forgotten these maidens fair,
but refers to their vocal powers in the following:—

"1 heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back
Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath
That the rude sea grew civil at her song."

Aud such a one saw Don Emauuel, and held converse with
her, if we may believe a late history of Portugal, which
states that on the Indian coast tweuty-flve mermaids were
captured and sent to his highness, but two only survived
the voyage, a woman and her daughter. They were very
melancholy, would eat but little, and were slowly dying,
when the kind, touched by their condition, ordered them
to be chained and put in shallow water. On seeing the
water they rushed to it eagerly, and having plunged them-
selves showed by a thousand tricks their joy and satisfac-
tion. They remained three hours under water, and in this
manner were kept three years. He also adds that "they
never spoke a word, a fact much lamented upon.” That
one fact endears their memory to us, and with the poet we
ask in vain: —

"Now are there really coral caves below.

Or beds of amber, or of precious stone,

To which the blushing Nereids languid go
In idle hours to recline upon?

And are there fays to fan them while they’re dreaming,

Whose wings seem like two diamonds purest gleaming,’'

And to say no seems hard, as here lies all the romance of
the grand old sea. Its huge plains and mountains budding
with twice living verdure— its forests of coral and "dark,
unfathomed caves,” alive with marine flowers— its entan-
glements of algae, that in rare beauty of texture and form
far exceed their models on land— seem fitted for the homo
of higher forms, and as we look down into the Southern
seas the fair forms that live but in the fancy seem needed
to frame the lovely scene.

So firmly did these strange illusions force themselves
upon the minds of the people that on the 31st of May,
1671, the following account was drawn up by Captain Com-
mander Peter Luce, off the quarters of the Diamant, in
Marlinico, and sworn to before Peter de Bevillo, notary,
and four witnesses: "In returning from the islands of the
Diamant we saw near the shore a sea monster of human form
from the middle upwards, and terminating towards the tail
like a fish. His tail was large and split; the head was of
the size of an ordinary man’s, with straight huir, black and
intermixed with gray; his face wus large and full; his arms
and hands were the same os ours, and he seemed to wipe
his face with them as he rose; his skin was moderately
white, “id bis length seemed about five feet; bis air was
fierce, and he looked at us all with great attention. When
we saw him first he was not over seven paces off, but ho
dove and reappeared so close that one of the men offered
his fish line, at which he disappeared.”

This shows how strangely the imagination can be worked
upon, as the oath is on file, and the men evidently saw

something and believed it a man. Perhaps Barnum was
there.

Later, in 1720, Oliver Morin, captain of the vessel Mary
de Grace, swears (until everything must have beeu blue)
"that as he was lying off the coast of Newfoundland a sea
man came up under the figurehead. I took a gaff to draw
him aboard, but was afraid he would draw me over. For
this reason I ouly gave him a blow on the back. When
the monstor felt the blow he turned his face to the owner
like a man in wrath. He swam around the ship, aud when
he was leaving laid hold of the rudder with both hands
which obliged the crew to fix its handle to bolh sides of
the ship, lest he should endanger her. Then he repassed
by the starboard side, swimming like a man, aud when he
was at the bow he stopped to look at the figurehead, which
was that of a beautiful woman. After having long con-
sidered it he seized hold of a rope and raised himself up,
with the seeming intention of laying violent hands on the
wooden virgin. He afterwards swam to the windward
about a cable’s length, and passed again and shook the rud-
der. I theu struck him upon the back with a harpoon,
whereupon he looked again at me as in a rage, aud swam
away. This entertainment lasted until noon, the monster
having all that time been uear the ship, and oft times not
more than ten feet away, so that the crew, composed of
thirty-two men, had the pleasure and convenience of re-
marking the following facts: That his skin was brown and
tanned, but without scales; that all the motions from his
head to feet were like those of a real man; that his eyes
were well proportioned; that his mouth was small, consid-
ering the length of his body, which was supposed to be
about eight feet. His tongue was thick, and his teeth large
and white. In a word, he was similar to a man, except
that his hands were joined with a pellicule, such as that
found iu the feet of ducks and geese."

Such was the belief of these simple folk, who, in the
excitement of the moment, allowed themselves to see a
hand for a flipper and the fat greasy face of some old seal
for a fierce man or voluptuous nymph. The movements of
these huge creatures are extremely human, and the bright,
queer faces of the young seals aud sea lions look not unlike
the dusky faces of the little darkies seeu rolling in the
waters of the Southern States. Along the Scandinavian
coast to-day many an old mariner can be found who will
tell you of the mermaids of his day, aud in fact the Nor-
thern Seas have their hiatus of these tales, and the histo-
ries of the times are filled with curious yarns telling of
these wonders of the deep.

In the “Speculum Regale,” an Icelandic work of the
twelfth century, is the following account of a mermaid
that appeared to a select few: "A monster is seen also near
Greenland, like a woman so far down ns the waist; long
hands and soft hair, the neck and head like that of a hu-
man being; the hands seemed to belong and not parted;
from the waist down the mouster seemed like a fish, with
scales, tail, fin, etc.”

It will be seen that most of these accounts agree in every
particular, and are undoubtedly taken from the seal or
some similar creature. In Bishop Pontoppidan’s History
of Norway we find an account of a sea man, given in Ihe
usual liberal style of his holiness: "About a mile from the
coast of Denmark, near Landscrond, three sailors, observ-
ing something like a dead body floating upon the water,
rowed towards it. When they came within seven or eight
fathoms it still appeared as at first, for it had not stirred;
but at that instant it sunk, and arose almost immediately
in the same place. Upon this, out of fear, they lay still
and let the boat float, that they might better examine the
monster, which, by the help of the current came nearer to
them. He turned his face and stared at them, which gave
the men a good opportunity to watch him narrowly. He
stood in the same place seven or eight minutes, and was
seen on the water above breast high. At last they grew ap-
prehensive of some danger, and began to retire, upon
which the monster blew up bis cheeks aud made a kiud of
lowing noise and disappeared. In regard to his form they
declare it to be that of an old man, strong limbed, with
broad shoulders; but his arms they could not see. His
head was small in proportion to his body, and had short
black hair, which did not reach below his ears. His eyes
sat deep in his head, and he had a meagre face, with a
black beard.”

Such was the belief o'f the leading scientist and church-
man of Norway, as there is no doubt but what the worthy
Bishop believed what he thought he saw, or had within
him, by nature, a most wondrous vein of exaggeration.
In the Southern Seas we hear of mermaids of lovely form
through Megasthenes, who listened to them at. Taprobane,
and upon hearing the story Aelian drew so heavily upon
his imagination that he peopled the sea about Ceylon with
fishes having the heads of all known terrestial creatures,
and stranger still, in the form of satyrs.

The historian of the proceedings of the Jesuits in India
gravely states that seven of these monsters were captured
at Ceylon in 1560 and carried to Goa, where they were dis-
sected by the surgeon to the Viceroy, and their internal
structure found to be in all respects similar to the human.
Many of these ideas were probably taken from the dugong,
a seal-like creature found on the coast of Ceylon, aud hav-
ing a somewhat human appearance. The mother shows
great affection for her young, often holding it to her breast
while swimming, so that with a little imagination almost
anything could be seeu.

In later times so-called "queer fishes” were exhibited to
the public, and M. Rimbault, in his "Notes and Queries,”
iayg that this fever reached its height lu the rolga of Eliza-

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belli. Shakespeare mentions it in the Winter’s Tale (act
iv., scene 3), where Autolycus says : “Here’s another ballad
of a fish that appeared upon the coait on Wednesday, the
fourscore of April, forty thousand fathoms above water.
I sung this ballad against the hard hearts of maids. It
was thought she was a woman and was turned into a cold
fish, for she would not exchange flesh with one that loved
her. The ballad is very pitiful, and as true.”

And agaiu, in the Tempest, Trinculo says'in doubtful
compliment to Caliban: “What have we here? a man or a
fish? dead or alive? A fish; he smells like a fish; a very
ancient and fish-like smell; a kind of not of the newest.
Poor John, a strange fish. Were I in England now (as
once I was), and had but this fish painted, not a holiday
fool there but would give a piece of silver. Legged like a
man, his fins like arms,” ete.

In 1566 a printed notice appeared in England having as
a title, “The description of a rare or rather most monstrous
fishe, taken on the east coast of Holland the 17th of No-
vember, anno 1566," with a modern cut of the creature,
aud beneath the following lines:—

‘‘Thu works of God, how great and strange they bo,

A picture plolne, behold, heure you may eec."

Among the Babylonians and Hebrews these same tales
were believed, and at the excavations of Khorsabad M.
Botta found a figure of Ordmus, a creature half man and
half fish, and at Nimroud M. Layard brought to light an im-
mense statue with a fish’s head as a cap and a body depend-
ing over the shoulders. On the coins of Ascalon, iu has
relief, is the figure of a goddess, while at her feet lies a
creature that would evidently be more at home “down
among the mermaids at the bottom of the sea." So among
all nations we find these queer, quaint tales, so astound-
ing to us in youth and not unpleasant in their halo of ro-
mance iu later years. The pet subject of the ancient poets,
and the wouder of antique naturalists, they will always
live in the imagination and uphold the romance of the sea.

DEER PARKS AND PADDOCKS.

THE "following description of the manner in which an
old pioneer and frontiersman is spending the winter
of his life, calls to mind the fact, that as a people we are
undergoing great changes, aud in our tastes and modes of
life approaching nearer to the races from which we sprung.
There is a growing tendency on the part of men who have
amassed or inherited fortunes, to withdraw from the bustle
of business and devote themselves to such pursuits and
recreations as afford not only pastime, but, in many in-
stances, are calculated to improve and educate the people
by whom they are surrounded. Judge Catou is not alone
in the possession of a deer park, as there are a number of
others, both public and private, scattered over the country,
and many gentlemen of means are by the collection of ani-
mals of various kinds, interesting themselves closely in the
study of naturul history. The sparing of forest trees with
a view to the future adornment of his home, is a subject
which would scarcely have presented itself to the average
American of fifty years ago. Now, however, there is for
tunately a disposition to spare them, and in some States,
to even increase the supply. Notwithstanding the fact that
California is the least well supplied with timber of any of
the States, what she has is most gloriously disposed and ar-
ranged by nature for the adornment of the country. In
places you may drive for miles through natural parks of
evergreen oaks, many of them assuming the shape of the
pollard, which is so highly esteemed in England. The ad-
dition of an occasional herd of deer would enable them to
rival anything across the water, where centuries of labor
have been lavished upon Britain's pride, her noblo parks.

Rockford, III., May 20th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

While on a recent visit to Ottawa, a parly, of which I was fortunately
a member, received a cordial invitation to visit the well known parks be-
longing to Judge Cuton. I had heard often of the Judge, ho being one of
the weullhiest aud most influential men in the State, but I did not kuow
nntil my visit and acquaintance how different he was in many respects
from many other wealthy men.

Judge C. is a noble specimen of a pioneer. He is of unusual size,
being over six feet In height, strong chest and limbs, and is, even In his
old age, a powerful man. Ho has always delighted in field and forest
sports. He says "he does a little shooting yet." Ho has nn inexhausti-
ble fund of rich experience connected with the history of his part of the
State. Judging from the pride ho bus taken in preserving the native
forest trees in his parks, and the pleasure ho takes In showing apprecia-
tive friends around among them, he is in sympathy with Miss Cory's
beautiful poem:

“ Of all the beautiful pictures
That hang in memory’s hall,

Is one of a dim old forest
That eeemelh best of all."

I could hardly do justice to any description of Judge Caton’s home
aud the parks without giving a brief description of Ottawa and Its beau-
tiful situation. The natural beauty of Ottawa's surroundings cannot be
surpassed. It is here that Fox River, a stream of no inconsiderable Im-
portance, empties into its more pretentious and better known neighbor—
Illinois River. Both streams are bordered by high bluffs, which have
been chosen as sites for many of the handsome dwelling places of the
moro wealthy citizens. Ottawa is a city of about 10,000 inhabitants, and
Is admirably situnted for manufacturing purposes. It has lately been
attracling considerable attention as a place of resort, as springs have
been found there whose waters possess rare medicinal virtue. But your
readers will care more to know about Judge Caton's deer parks. About
a mile from the business part of the city, and upon one of the most
beautiful bluffs, commanding a fine view of the town, the two rivers,
and all the surrounding country, is situated Judge Caton's splendid resi-
dence, and just west of the house is park No. 1. At or near the en-
trance Is a small lake, the banks of which have been protected with cob-
ble stones, aud there is a little artificial stone island Iu the middlo of
the lake. Hove can be seen some rare specimens — Jupauosc geese, Chi-
nese geese, domesticated Canada geese, and mallard and other varieties
of wild ducks— and what seemed stranger than ull to me, a pair of sand
hill cranes and braut; for I had never before seen the lutter named fowls
domesticated. There are also in this park a large flock of (tame) wild
turaeys. aud twenty or more deer; all hut a few of which are the com.
mon Virginia deer. There are two antelop# and one mule deor; the lat-

ter the Judge values highly, it having beeu sent to him by a friend from
Mexico. After viewing and admiring the variety of beast* and birds In
park No. 1 wo were conducted to the elk park. This park U surrounded
by a very high picket fence, and people are warned to "stay out'' or to
enter at the peril of their lives, ns some of the elk are vicious, particu-
larly one cross old follow, who "killed his man" lost Winter. This herd
of elk, consisting of about twenty, have attracted much atteution, it
being the largest herd owned by any private Individual In this part of
the country. Their owner takes great pride Iu his herd, and has made
himself acquainted with the habits and peculiarities of this species of
deer. We were highly entertained and instructed by au account given
us by the Judge of his recent trip to Norway, and some observations he
had mndo regarding the resemblance the reindeer of Norway beurs to
the elk and curibou of our own country, lie has evidently posted him.
self thoroughly in these matters. We were taken from the elk park to
see the Alderney and Durham cattle, among which we saw some flue
animals, and thence to the conservatory, where we found, In cheering
contrast to the bleak appearanco of the foliage outside, (owing to the
tardy comiug of warm weather,) a grand profusion of rich aud fragrant
flowers. Among other things shown us was a handsome rose iu full
bloom, which the Judge hnd brought himself from Rome. Also a Japa-
nese tree with the fruit hanging almost ripe. After seeing other things of
Interest wo bado our host farewell, receiving a cordial invitation to come
again, which wo hope to do some time. Should you or your readers ever
visit Ottawa don't fail |o flud out some friend who can take you to
Judge Caton's. You will flud him a genial old man, and ho can enter-
tain you hour after hoar by relating his early pioneer stories, many of
them from his own personal experience, and his parks and valuable col-
lections will richly repay you for a visit. Occasional.

*•*

POWDER TESTS.

WE published editorially last week an article which
was intended to have appeared only as a commu-
nication, with tests of various descriptions of powder.
Since then, and upon more careful examination of the dif-
ferent brands tested by the gentleman who furnished us
with the tobies, we have concluded that such tests are of
little value as showing the relations between either Ameri-
can and English, or the different makers of the native ar-
ticle, unless precisely similar grades, with corresponding
rank, are used.

Iu this country each manufacturer makes at least five
grades of powder, ranking from the highest to the lowest
qualities; each for speciul uses aud adapted to those uses.
Each of these grades has its corresponding rank with every
manufacturer, aud in composition of materials, in finish of
appearance, and in other particulars, are designed to be
identical. A comparison of different powders should be a
comparison of powders of the same grade of the respective-
makers. Any other comparison is simply unfair, and tends
to mislead the public.

The Duponts make five grades, of which the first three
are— 1st, “Diamond Grain;’’ 2d, "Eagle Duck;’’ 3d, “Rifle."
The corresponding grade of Hazard’s make are— 1st, “Elec-
tric;" 2d, “Duck Shooting," or “American Sporting;’’ 3d,
"Kentucky Rifle." While the corresponding grades of
Laflin and Rand’s make are— 1st, “Orange Lightning;" 2d,
“Orange Ducking;” 3d, “Orange Rifle.” The “Creed-
moor” brand of this last company belongs by composition
of materials and finish to their second grade. The Curtis
and Harvey No. 0 English powder belongs to the first grade
of that manufacturer.

The tables published show, then, the comparison between
the first and second grades of Laflin & Rand Company,
the third grade of Hazard’s, and the first grade of Curtis
& Harvey’s English make, thus making the tables, as show-
ing tests between powders of totally different grades and
quality, entirely valueless.

But after all, this sort of test, though curious aud sug-
gestive, gives little satisfaction to the practical marksman,
who judges of the suitability of his ammunition by the
result it produces. One only of the four powders tested
has secured a preference with the experts and sharpshoot-
ers at Creedmoor range, and that is the Hazard rifle pow-
der, which apparently shows the lowest velocity of the
four. Practically a powder not too quick proves to be much
the steadiest in its impulse to the ball, and is found more
reliable than powder of higher velocity, which increases
the chance of upsetting the ball and is more or less capri-
cious in its action. Major Fulton, who stands at the head
of these experts, states that in using the Curtis & Harvey
No. 6 (which by the Burton test showed a velocity of 1,507
feet) he was compelled to make his elevation at the 1,000
yards range five points higher than when using the Hazard
(whose velocity by the same test was determined at 1,404
feet), so that the slowest velocity proved itself capable of
securing the lowest trajectory, a matter of no small im-
portance, as every long range shooter knows. On the other
hand, there are uses to which powders of great quickness
are specially adapted, and these are supplied by the other
brands included in Burton’s tests and the corresponding
grades made by the other manufacturers, all of which
doubtless have tbelc friends and advocates.

Death of Hon. K. C. Barker. — The Detroit Free Press
gives the following particulars of the drowning of the Hon.
K. C. Barker, once Mayor of Detroit Commodore of the
North Western Yacht Club, a leading member of the Trot-
ting Association and member of the Board of Appeals of
the National Trotting Association: — “Between 9 and 10
o’clock on Thursday morning, 20th ult., the yacht Mattie
set sail for Gibraltar light house, at the mouth of Detroit
River. The passengers consisted of Kirkland C. Barker,
Frederick Dudgeon. Marely Webb and Peter Miller. When
almost opposite Dallas Norvell’s dock at Texas Landing,
three hundred feet from the Canadian shore, and in a direct
line with their homes at Grosse Isle, but little over a mile
distant, the Mattie unexpectedly stink. A white capped
sea raged, aud with great difficulty the ho ly of Mr. Barker,
a corpulant mau, was recovered. The rest were all lost.

Mr. Barker was the owner of the celebrated trotting sire
Ericsson, and largely engaged in breediug young trotting
stock,"

§he £iifle.

THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

| Spring meeting commenced most auspiciously on
,, Friday last, the day being perfect and the lawns of
Creedmoor looking like velvet under the warm sun. The
new Wimbledon targets, circular in form, were used and
the new system of scoring, the bullseye counting live in-
stead of four as formerly, centre four, inner three and
outer two. For the Directors’ Match there were thirteen
entries. At 3:30 P. M. a Gatling gun gave the signal to
commence firing, and the competitors at the 200 yard range
took their positions. Major Fulton and Mr. E. II. San-
ford tying, each fired another shot, and Major Fulton mak-
ing a bullseye to his opponent’s centre is entitled to wear
the badge until the next meeting. The following are Hu.
scores : —

Name.

Major Henry Fulton,

E. it. Sanford

Gen. W. G. Ward

Col. II. A. Gildereieeve.

Cant. J. G, Story

Col. G. W. Wingate

Gen. T. S. Dukm

Gen. M. T. McMahon

Col. John Wurd a

Gen. Alexander Shuler ' (i o

Col. Richard Vose o o

Gen. J. B. Woodward a a

Gen. ICUbourn Knox 0 0 0 0 6

Following the above came the short range match, open
to all members of the National Rifle Association, any rifle
position standing. Twelve prizes were offered, the first the
gold medal presented by the Spirit of the Timex, the next a
life membership in the Nutional Rifle Association and $25
in cash; also niue cash prizes, varying in value from $3 to
$50. Fifty-nine riflemen appeared as contestants, with llio
scores as given below. Again Major Fulton was success-
ful, scoring 33 out of a possible 35, said to be the highest
score ever achieved on a circular target :—

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J . L. Price

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Alexander Pyle

Edward Barker

E. II. Madison

Gen. T. S. Dakin . . .

Gen. F. F. Milieu. .

W. B. Fatwell

L. Tiffany

W.W. Skidd v

A. M. Mitchell.

Lleat, F. W. Uofele.

G. E. Man „

William Bevau 11 4

E. U. Sanford 1

John Meagher

Lieut. Cofi John Rucgc

T. M. Henderson

J. 8. Conlfn

F. Carpenter

J. A. Gee

Col. H. A, Gildereieeve. .

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Col. G. W. Wingate ;)

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J. R, G rohmun, .

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W. C. Clark 2

William Robertson..

Col. G. D. Scott

M. Morris

J. J. O'Kelly 2

J. B. Holland

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Joseph Ross

E. If. Rnymoud

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On Sa urday, under equully fine conditions of weather,

the riflemen competed for the cup left by Mnjor Leech, (he
captain of the Irish team in the international match. For
the first time at Creedmoor the new circular targets were
used at the longer rauges, but notwithstanding the change
the scores are capital. Several mishups occurred, throwing
out some of the best men. Mr. Canfield was compelled to
change bis gun, bis first becoming disabled through the
bursting of a cartridge case, aud Mr. Sanford’s was so
ruined as to compel his retirement. Col. Bodino was the
winner, by seven points, pushed very closely by Col. Gil-
dersleeve. It will be observed that the members of the
team head the list. Mr. Hepburn, whose name appears
fifth on the list, however, caDnot joiu them. Although
the match is to be shot at the old targets, the Irishmen are
using the new ones exclusively in their practice, and it will
be interesting to compare their scores with those made at
Creedmoor in the competition for this cup. The condi-
tions were fifteen rounds at 800, 900, and 1,000 yards, any
rifle or position, no artificial rest; prize, Leech cup, to he
held during the year, and a gold badge of the value of $50.
The following are the scores: —

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4 0 4 4 5 3 5 3 5 4 3 2 5 5 3

1000.

300200 08 0882020

W. \r. BKIDDY.

18 111

80: 1 .

0 220400404 5 380 0

27

900 ...

334O5450423O41O

11

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5 2 0 0 2 4 2 5 0 2 4 2 0 2 0

E, II. SANFORD.

30- 93

800 . .

4 4 5550150303545..

52

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3 3 0 5 5 4 4 3 5 4 0 5 5 1 3

53

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4 533500 Retired.

—On Monday the meeting closed with the Military Long
and Short Range Matches. The day being a holiday, large
numbers of persons, both mililary and civilians, were at-
tracted to Creedmoor. The usual pressure upon our col-
umns this week prevents our giving more than a summary
of the shooting. The scores in the Short Range Match
were as follows: —

Total. I Name. Total.

. .28 J. n. Cowperthwaite 13

.TiJ Capt. Edward Barker 18

. .25 W. Stuart 18

25 Lieut. Col. J. Rueger 17

2l| A. J. Rons 17

23 D. T. Kennedy 17

Name.

Ltonl. F. W. Hofele
Col. G. D. Scott.

J. 11. Stearns

Capt R. B. Smith.

W Beavan

E. H. Sanford . . .

John Corry

Gen. T. S. Dakin.

J. s Price

J. T B. Collins
J. 0. Meagher . .
W. J. Carmichael..
W. G. Carson

Capt. Joseph Ross 17

17

«ep

P. A. Hardy

Major Joseph Holland 10

A. Pyle 16

C. F. Robbins in

23! J. W. Gardner Ill

.. ..22 B. \V. Walking 15

H Douglass 22' K. II. Madison 15

A. Anderson 22 T. M. Henderson.. 15

R. Pitcher 22 1 Lieut . Charles Ueizmau 15

Col H A. Gilderaleeve 31 1 Phillip Klein 15

' 21 R. B. Malloy 15

Thomng Lloyd
T. L. Cnmerdcn
B. A. Collins. ...
Capt.J. J. O'Kelly.

Samuel Chirk

W. J. Douglas. .
J. H. Fisher.

A. Wood

T. J. Fagan

G. w. Smith

J. A. Gee

Col. G. W. Wingate
Capt. S. V. Ueuly .

W. E. Dodge

J. 8. Holland.

21 M. Morris

.20 H. S. Jewell

20 H. w. Nordbruck

20 Capt. J. G. Story

20 L Cass

20 R. E. Perkins

20 Capt. W. C. Reddy

20 L. Haubeneslel

20 Capt. A. L. F. Dcyo

19 II. B Dominick

.19 Adjt. W. H. Murphy

J9|Otto Schncelock

19 F. Carpenter

_ . 19 Capt. J. T Van Rensselaer..

W. Robert son 18 B. Dominick.. . .

T R. Morphy 1R Major H. II Parker ..

A. J. Reunion, Jr 18|1I. U. Mcday

In shooting off the ties, Lieut. Ilofelc, of the Eighth
Regiment, took first prize. Mr. Stearns made a bullseyc
to Capt. Smith’s inner. Six tied on 23 and shot off in the
order named in the scores. The prizes were valuable,
ranging from a Creedmoor building lot to $3 in cash.
After luncheon, tiic competitors for the long range match,
twenty-two in number, took their positions at the 500 yards
range. We give the scores of those winning prizes only:

A Anderson

W 9 Smith ...

J L Price

General T. 8. Dakin

W. Lindsay

J. T B. Collins

A. Wood .

Captain II B Smith
Colonel n . A . Glhlereleevc .

II. 8. Jewell

E H. Madison

1 500

4

4

5

5

5

5

4-82 1

61

1 600

4

5

5

3

4

5

8-20 f

1 500

4

4

5

4

5

5

5-32 i

60

5

4

5

5

3

3

3-28 1

500

5

4

3

5

3

3

8-26 (

56

3

5

4

4

5

5

4—30 f

1 51 »)

3

5

5

5

1

5

5-32 1

3

2

5

4

5

2

2-23 f

j 500

3

3

5

5

4

4

4-28 »

■)6u0

8

4

5

3

6

4

2-26 f

i 500

5

4

5

5

5

5

3-32 /

51

' 1 GOO

4

5

2

3

4

4

0-22f

j 509

4

ft

2

4

4

4

4- 27 ,

1 000

4

1

5

2

5

3

4—27 )

1 500

4

4

4

5

4

8

8-27 i

53

1 600

5

5

0

4

1

4

4-26 j

j 500

3

4

4

6

4

4

4—28)

(600

4

4

5

4

0

5

3-25 (

) 500

8

4

3

4

3

5

4—26 j

' | two

1

4

5

3

3

2

5—28 |

1 MI0

4

4

2

3

3

5

3- 24 )

1 OtX)

5

4

3

5

3

a

5-28 |

of the American team on Wednes-

lard participated. The wind wns rather unfavorable, nud
considering this fact, the scores were good. Major Fulton
scored 158, and the others as follows: — T. S. Dakin, 140;
II. A. Gilderaleeve, 140; L. C. Bruce, 139; A. V. Canfield,
Jr., 139; R. C. Coleman, 135; G. W. Yale, 128. Col.
Bodiue was absent during the shooting at the 800 yards
range, but completed his practice at this distance after the
rest of the team had finished for the day, making fourteen
bullseycs and one outer, and the capital score of 162.

—Company D., Twelfth Regiment under the command
of Captain II. B. Smith, are practicing for their California
match with much energy, and a marked improvement.
O11 Thursday last the team shot at Creedmoor with the fol-
lowing scores, the distances being 200 aud 500 yards each,
seven shots at each distance. The weather wns favorable.
John Beattie, 45; Achilles Wood, 44; E. H. Madison,
— 105 j 43; W. Y. Carson, 42; J. Henry, 42; H. B. Smith, 40; W.
S. Smith, 30; W. C. Reddy, 39; T. J. Dolan, 37; M. Far-
rell, 36; A. Beattie, 34; G. A. Banin, 34; L. Moran, 30.

—Col. G. W. Wingate, General Inspector of Rille Prac-
tice, has issued his first circular to the Natioual Guard.
The directions are general, and intended for the several di-
vision, brigade and regimental inspectors of rifle practice.
On Fridajr, June 4lh, at 3:30 P. M. the nhove inspectors
are directed to meet at Creedmoor with Col. Wiugate to
compete for the “Marksmen’s” badge.

The International Match. — Col.’ Gildersleeve has
transmitted to the Board of Aldermen of this city a sugges-
tion that the municipality be represented at Dublin during
the match. On the motion of Alderman Cole a committee
of three was appointed to accompany the team. Aldermen
Cole, Purroy and Billings are the fortunate individuals.
The team have also extended an iuvitatiou to Mr. A. Alford,
of Messrs Remington & Son’s, to accompany them to Ire-
land. This is but a just recognition of the eminent services
bestowed by Mr. Alford in procuring for the team their
passages without cost, in his exertions in making Creed-
moor a success, and in the matter of rifle shooting gener-
ally.

— It is probable that the Irish team will ho composed of
the following gentlemen :— Dr. Hamilton, Mr. J. Rigby,
Mr. J. Wilson, Mr. II. Fulton, Mr. J. K. Milner, Mr. John
McKenna. Mr. E. Johnson, Mr. J. G. Pollock, with Capt.
Walker and Mr. Waterhouse as reserves.

—The match between the Irish-American and Scott ish-
Amcrican rifle clubs which was to have come off on Mon-
day, was postponed by mutual consent, in consequence of
the regular meeting at Creedmoor making it difficult to
procure the requisite number of targets.

The SnoRT Range Championship.— This match being
for the championship and the Forest and Stream gold
medal, was shot on Monday at J. S. Conlin’s gallery. No.
908 Broadway. A number of the crack shots of the city
had assembled to do honor to the occasion, and much in-
terest was manifested. Mr. G. AY. Hamilton led off with a
score of 14 iaclies, which although good was immediately
beaten by Mr. John Tragesson with 13 1-6 inches. Mr.
Wm. Hayes followed with 12 3-8 inches, and for some time
it appeared as though Mr. Tragesson would be the winner,
but at the last moment, almost, Mr. G. W. Yale, one of the
members of the American International Team, and by a
score of only 12 inches, carried off the prize. So close was
Mr. Tragesson that a committee comprising Messrs Mc-
Donald and Farwell was appointed to measure the strings,
and they decided in favor of Mr. Yale. Mr. McDonald
presented the prize in a neat speech, to which Mr. Yale
replied in fitting terms. The badge will be shot for at the
same place again ou Monday week, June 14th, nnd must
be won three lime to become the property of the holder.
The following are the names of the contestants and their
scores: —

John Tragesson, 12 1-16 inch. Win. Hayes, 12 3-8. G. W.
Hamilton, 14; Robert Fahen, 15V; E. H. Madison, 21 7-16 ;
AY. II. Howard, 21 9-16; D. S. Beckwith, 26 11-16; F. H.
Holton, 27 1-8; J. Stewart, 46 2-3; Wm. Klein, 13 2-3; W.
McDonald, 153 , A. G. Howling, 15 5-16; P. Klein, 15|; C.

H. Cbecver, 15 6 8; T. C. Mooue, 19 6 8; D. Schlisinger
19 6-8; G. AY. Yale, 12; AY. B. Farewell, 15 9-10; J. E.
Whitty, 23$; A. Marsh, 24 9-16. T. H. Holton, 27*.

—The “National Guard" of Virginia City, Nevada, the
oldest organization of the kind on the Pacific coast, hns
forwarded to Col. Church of the Army nnd Navy Journal,
or proposes to forward, u gold medal of the value of four
or five hundred dollars, to be awarded at the close of the
target practice of 1875, to that company of the National
Guard of the Stale of New Y'ork making the best score at
Creedmoor. “The conditions are that the companies shoot
with the minimum number of men require# by the law of
New Y'ork Stale to constitute a company, who shall be
actual members on the muster roll at the time of the last
annual return. The distance shall be 200 and 500 yards,
five shots each distance, under the Creedmoor rules.
Weapons, any military gun, open sights, trigger pull six
pounds."

Our contemporary in commenting upon this very gener-
ous offer, says that “its terms are such as may well excile
the emulation and admiration of the best among our crack
regiments. A single company of militia 3,000 miles from
the fancied centre of civilization in New Y’ork city has set
the whole militia of the United States an example it may
he pround to imitate. For the love of rifle practice
the men have willingly taxed themselves to present to their
bretheru in the east a trophy, asking only in return an of-
ficial copy of the score that wins the prize.”

— AVatcrbury, Connecticut, is to have a rifle club.

On Saturday, the 5th instant, the gentlemen who arc to
compete as the American International Team with the rifle
men of Ireland take their departure on the steamer City of
Chester for the scene of the contest. The eyes of all
America will be upon them, and the result of their visil
be it victory or defeat, will be flashed from one end of the
earth to the other. At the antipodes and the fnrtherest
cornejs of the globe where the English lunguago is spo-
keu, the greatest interest is manifesled in this event. We
wish our countrymeu a pleasant voyage and success.

§niifc gnu mill §un.

JUNE IS A CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME.

— On the Barnstable Marshes, Mass., birds in consider-
able numbers came just at, the usual time of their Spring
visits, May 24th. They were principally black and red
breast plover, and robin snipe.

The Paink-Bogardus Match — This event, which has
been looked forward to with unusual interest by all pigeon
shooters, was decided at Prospect Park on Saturday last.
The match was made for $1 ,000 a side, the Hurlingbam
rules to govern, 12 guage guus. The trnps five in number
were plnced five yards apart, twenty yards from the score,
the use of both barrels allowed. Bogardus was the favorite
before the match at 10 to 7, and the issue was scarcely ever
in doubt, Bogardus out shooting his opponent whenever he
desired to, notwithstanding that by some ill luck the hard
birds came to him. After the seventieth bird I10 killed
twenty-nine straight, missing the one hundredth, hut win-
ning by three birds. The “Captain" can justly cluim the
title of clinmpion field aud trap shot of America. Paine
shot with a Grant muzzle loader, which by the way was
found to he 11 guage, and for which he was compelled
to staud back one yard. Bosardus used a new Scott 12,
breech loader, especially furnished him by Messrs Wm.
Read & Sons, Boston. The following is a summary: —

Prospect Park Fair Grounds, L. I., May 29, 1875.— Match
for $1,000 between Captain A. II. Bogardus, of Illinois, and
Ira A, Paine, of New Y’ork; to shoot at 100 single pigeons
from dve traps, thirty yards rise, eighty yards boundary,
with 1* ounces of shot; Hurlingbam Gun Club rules’;
Paine to find the birds and to allow Bogardus $50 for ex-
penses.

Bogardus— 1 0 0 1 1, *1 1 1 1 1, 1 1 1 1* 0, 0 1 1 1 I

1 0 1 1 1, 1 0 *1 0 #1 1 0 1 0 0, 1 1 1 0 1, 1 0 *1 *1 0 1 1

0 1 *1, *1 1 1 *L 1, 1 1 1 *1 1, 1 1 1 *1 1, 1 1 1 *1 0

*1 1 *1 1 1, 1 1* *1 1 1, 1 *1 *1 1 1, *1 1 1* 1 1 *1 i

|o*l *1, 1 1 1 *1 0. Total, 100 birds; killed, 84; missed,

The second, fifteenth, sixteenth, twenty-second and thirty-
fourth birds, which are scored as misses, were hit nnd fell
dead out of bounds.

Paine— *1 1 *1 *1 1, 1 l l l 0, l l l *1 l, 1 1 1 o 1 1

1 1 0 0, 0 0 0 1 *1, 1 0 0 1 1, 1 0 *1 0 1, *1 1 11 1 l

1 1 1 1, *1 1 1 *1 1, 1 1 0 1 1, *1 1 1 *1 0, 1 *1 *1 ’l

i *1 l i o, o i *1 *1 i, i *1 *1 o i, *1 *1 o o i *1 i i

1 1. 1 0 1 *1 *1. Total, 100; killed, 81; missed, 19.

Tjie thirty-third and thirty-seventh birds, which are
scored as misses, fell dead out of bounds. Referee Mr
Parks, L. G. C.

The star denotes that the second barrel was used— Time,
three hours.

PIGEON SHOOT AT NEWTON, N. J.
FRIDAY, MAY 2IST.

First Sweepstakes.— First prize, $10; second. $6; third, $4 En-
trance, $2; 80 yards boundary, 2! yards rise; 5 birds.

Bogardus t 1 1 1 1 — 51 Valentine 110 1 0—3

Dalis 1 10 1 I— 4 Wm. Woodruff 0 0 0 1 0—1

Francos 1 1 0 1 0-3|Reden 0 10 1 1-3

Quiraby. . 0 1 1 1 0-3| Drake 10 10 1—3

Dunlap 1 t 0 1 0— 3|Yi>'inga 0 10 1 0—2

First prize to Bogardus; second to Balis.

Tics of three— 25 yards rise.

Frances 0 0 0—0 Roden o 0 0—0

Quimby 0 0 O-OlDuulop i j

Valentino 0 0 0-0| Drake i i 0-2

Third prize to Dunlap.

Second SwEEPSTAKHs.-FIrst prize, $D; second, $10; third, $5 En-
trance, $2; 80 yards boundary, 31 jards riso.

Bogardus 1 1 1 1 J— 5. Lewis 0 0 0 1 1—2

Frazier 0 0 1 0 1— 2 Oilimby 1 CO 1 1—3

Valentino 10 1 0-3 t. Smith 0 0 0 1 O—l

Balis 1 1 1 1 0 — tl Frances o 1 110-3

Dunlap 0 0 11 l—8j Reden l l i i j 5

Hardin 1 1 10 0- 8| Johnson 0 0 0 0 0-0

Youngs 1 0 0 0 1—2; Hoover 0 0 1 l 0-2

Drnkc 0 0 11 0--2|

First prize divided between Bogardus and Redon; second prize to
Balls. r

Ties of three— 25 yards rise.

Valentine ... 0 0 0— O'Ouimny 0 0 0-0

Dunlap 0 0 0—0 Frances . . !o 0 0—0

Hardin 10 0 — 1 1

Third prize to Hardin.

Third Sweepstakes.— Conditions samo as nhovo, with the exception
of three birds instead of fivo.

Youngs 0 0 0— OjStoll \ 1 i__g

Valentino 1 1 1— 8 F. M. Ward 0 1 0-1

Dunlap 0 1 1 — 2| McDni.olds 1 1 i_3

Harrison .......I 0 1— 2 Redon n j n— 1

II. M. Ward 0 1 1-2 Balls | } 0-2

BozardnM .1 1 1 — 3| Frances 1 | q-2

Ties of three— 25 yards rise.

Valentino 0 0 0 0— OjMcDnnolds 0 0 0 0 0

Bogardus 1 1 1 1—4 Johnson 1 1 0 0— 2

Stoll 1 : 1 0 — 3| .1 1 uo <

First prize to Bogardus.

Ties of two— 25 yards rise.

Dunlap 1 0 0 0-1 Quimby.. 1111-4

Harrison 0 0 0 0- 0 Balls. 100 0--1

{J; M. Ward 0 0 0 0—0 Frances 1 1 1 0—3

Second prize to Quimby.

Ties of one— 25 yards rise.

F- M- Ward 1 o-l } Reden l j-9

Third prize to Reden.

SATURDAY. MAY 22D.

yardeUbounaary*nn*UI 8*'Ut U mutc*1 °f •even birds each; 21 yards rise, 80

Youngs Olllii 1-oinardln 1100111-8

A oiings aud Harrison, live birds each; 21 yards rlre, 80 yards boundary.

%

FOREST AND STREAM

200

Youngs 1 t 10 1 — 4lHarrison 10 11 1—4

Shot off at three birds— 25 yards rise. *

Tonnes 10 1— SIHarrison 0 1 1—3

Again at three birds— 25 yards rise.

Tonnes 0 1 1-31 Harrison 110-2

Again at 25 yards rise, the first miss to decide.

Youngs 1 1— alHnrrison 1 0-1

T. KnysandC. H Valentino, five birds each; 81 yards rise, 80 yards
boundary.

Kays 1111 0-41Valcntino i 1 1 1 1—5

OoDENaBUiui, N. Y., May 10th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The first pigeon shoot ever held in this city came off on the fairgrounds
yesterday. Our boys aro all arantcurs so far as pigeon shooting la con.
corned, and were somewhat nervous, which will nccount for the poor
scorea given below. The prizes were ns follows: First class, $50 gold-
first, $80; second, $!.'■; third, $10; fourth, $5. Second class, $30 gold-
first, $18; second, $8; third, $ii; fourth, $1. Third class, $30 gold— first
$8, second, $0; third, $1; fourth, $2. Entries— $5, $3, and $2.

FIRST PRIZE.

Goodrich 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 l-4!Snnls 110 10 1111 i_8

Sloan 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1-5 Turner 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 • 0—4

Joseph 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 — 4|

SECOND PRIZE.

Joseph 1001 10010 0— 4|Lyndo 111110 11 I 1—9

Brownlow 0 1 1 0 0 1 I 1 1 0-0 Sloan 1 I 0 0 0 u 0 1 0 1-4

Lord 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 — 1| Brown 10 10 0 10 11 0—5

Wooley o 0 0 1 O 0 0 1 0 I— filSnuls 10 10 1 1 110 1-7

Parker 000010000 1-2|

THIRD PRIZE.

Brownlow 101000101 t»— 4|Woolcy 0 0 10 1 10 10 1—5

Brown 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 — 3i Barnes 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 I— 3

Lord I 0000000 1 0-2|Lune .0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1—4

Joseph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0— 2:Gilbert 1001 11001 0-5

Parker 110110011 1 — 7| Viliis (1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1—1

The shooting was conducted In accordance with State Rules, from II
and T Imps. Only a part of the pigeons were used, and another match
will take place soon, when I presumo a better score will he made.

Crusoe.

Ogdensburo, N. V., May 28d, 1815.

Editor Forest and Stream: —

The second pigeon shoot camiLoff Thursday P. M. on the Fair Grounds,
and the score shows a great improvement over the first, and onr "shoot-
lsta" now are so much encouraged that they will go down to Watertown
and attend the State* shoot. Several of our best shots are practicing
every day with the rille, and if some of tho prizes flud their way to Og-
deusburg do not bo surprised. The following Is the score:
first class.

Brownlow 11110 1111 1— OIBarnes 1110 11111 1—9

Brown 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 1 1—4 Jasper.. 0 0 1001000 0—2

Purker. . . ..1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1— 5 llasliugs 10 110 110 1,-7

Woolley ... 111010011 1— 7|Tallmau 110010100 0—1

SECOND CLASS.

Tallman 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0— 4| Parker 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1—4

Hastings .1:00101111-7 Brown 1111111011—9

Jasper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 0| Brownlow. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l — io

Barnes 1 1 1 1 0 I 1 1 I 1— ffStono 0 10100000 1—3

Woolley 0 11110 0 10 1 — 6|

I Brownlow killed 19 out of 2", and Barnes 18 out of 20; not very bad

for them. Crusoe.

Montqomert, Ala., May, 1875.

sure, or did he use It by weight? Now, I have been experimenting too.
and in llie past week have shot some two hundred load* of ft with gen-
eral satisfaction; but I am puzzled about the proportions between the
Dittmar and black powders. I find that 8| drachms, measured by a
Dixon charger, weighs seventy-seven grains, and tho same measure of
Dittmar weighs tw only one grains. Another weight gives mo only n half
drachm in weight to three drachms in measure of tho wood powder.

According to "Ull," three drachms of black, weighing eighty-four
grains, and three drachms of Dittmar (Ibis by weight also) would give
me a fearful load; but I find that tho samu loads by measure are in favor
of the bluck powder.

Cun any ono tell me the explosive force of a drachm of block powder
and a drachm of the Dittmar, each being by weight? This is the only-
way I sec to find the real proportion between the two, for no measure can
possibly be reliable as we now have them. Tho Dltttnar powder Is so
light that measuring Is very uncertain, and until we have a bolter system
of obtaining tho proper quunlily I think we shall have very varying remits.

If acceptable, at some future time I may give you detail* of my ex-
periments, hut thus far have hseitaled because of the greater knowledge
and ability of thoso who are leading in the experiments. Baltimore.

CHOKE BORING.

Burlington, Iowa, May 17th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

In your Issue of May 6th is nn article on choke boring. Allow mo to
make a few remarks on that subject. I think the scheme has Its good ns
well as ila bad points. If a gun is choke bored a very little, sny about
the thickness of u sheet of writing paper. It Improves tho shooting; hut
if it is choked from one half to a full sizo, ns It Is sometimes done, it is
Injurious. They arc left smallest, about ono eighth to a half Inch at the
muzzle, and then bored straight through the barrel. As the shot strike
the shoulder it crowds them together and mashes them all oat of shape
The shot uext to the barrel arc the most injured. For duck shooting I
thiDk it is a decided advnntage to have them choked a little, where long
and close shooting is required, and large charges of powder are used;
but for snap shooting, on snch as quail, snipe, and ull small game, the
old style is the best. It Is nn easy matter to bore u gun on the now plan
so that It will put from forty to fifty No. 4 pellets In a foot square nt
forty yards, but at eighty to one hundred yards they will spread more
than the straight bore. Unless a gnn is made expressly for choke boring,
I do not think it advisable to have it done; but if the barrels are thick at
the muzzle, and straight toper, It will not Injure them. “Check Cord" is
right. Nearly all tho barrels are too light in the middle, and are apt to
have thin places in them, nnless of very tine quality. A friend of mine
has a 12 gauge breech loading gun, weight nine and a half pounds, which
I choke bored for him. He nses five drachms powder and one and an
eighth shot in brass shell for heavy shooting with splendid success.

A gentleman mentioned In your paper some time ago that he shoots
three drachms of powder in a 10-gauge Remington gun. I should like
to eco him shoot mallards In the Spring of the year, when they arc heavily
feathered, dying over tho (all elm trees. The way they do here, If shot
with light loads, Is to fly two or three hundred yards and drop In the wil-
low thickets, where a dog can seldom get them. Those using large loads
have the best success In ahootiug on the Mississippi bottoms.

John Ourt.

SUMMER WOODCOCK SHOOTING.

Editor Forest and Stream:--

Inclosed I send you result of our quarterly match. The Montgomery
ehootlDg Club gave a picnic and barbecue ut White Hall, on the West-
ern Railroad, twenty-five miles from the city, on May 13th. The match
was shot off at seven birds (pigeons,) twenty-yards rise and eighty yards
boundary. Tho distance was increased five yards each on first and sec-
ond ties. The following Is the 6core:

Caffey 6

Metcalf 5

Spear 5

Hail* 8

Todd 5

Maiks 6

Davidson 0

Brown.

Reese

Taylor. A . B.

Frazer

Cary

3

4

4

Semple 4

Randolph 7

Crommelin, J 5

Crommelin, U 1;

Wells 1

Blair g

Hough .7

Carew 4

Taylor, W. R 7

McDonald .4

Winter ...5

Ties for first prize, Randolph, Wells, nough, and W. R. Tailor. Shot
off at ilireu birds, W. R. Tavlor winning the prize— a silver pitcher.

For second prize, Caffey, Rails, Marks, Davidson, U. Crommelin, and
Blair. Caffey winning the prize— a hunting coat.

For third prize, Metcalf, Spear, Todd, Crommelin, aud Winter. Shot
off at three birds, Spear winning the prize— a cartridge belt.

For fourth prize, Brown, Reese, Frazer, Cary, Semple, Carew, and
McDonald, McDonald winuiug the prize— a game bug.

J. P Hough, Secretary and Treasurer.

THE DITTMAR POWDER.

Trenton, N. J., May 18th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Having further experimented with the Dittmnr powder, I am enabled
to glvo you the result or my investigations, which I hnvc prosecuted with
considerable care, not only for the purpose of reporting the same Io you,
ns per your request when you kindly sent me the powder which I have
used, hut for the additional object of satisfying myself of its merits or
demerits iu comparison with ordinary charcoal gunpowder.

There is no question whatever in my mind ns to its superiority over
common powder ns regards smoke and recoil, tho Dittmar producing
much less recoil and very littlo smoko. As regards fouling tho barrels.
I could see very little difference after a single discharge, but could sco a
decided difference after a half dozen discharges in favor of tho Dittmar.
I find that to get the same pouetintlon I have to use three parts, by
weight, of the black to ouc part of the yvood. In bulk about the same,
or rather more of the wood. In target the wood powder throws Ihe shot
considerable thicker, about twenty-five per cent. That is, I think, ac-
counted for from the same cause that produces less recoil, viz., the pow-
der Is uot ignited all at once so nearly, as Is common powder, which saves
the pellets from being fiatlened, tho effect of which is a very wild flight
of the same after they leave the gun. I also notice a decided difference
in the report, the Dittmar making much leos noise.

Of course I do not claim that I have been able to analyze this new
powder as thoroughly with tho limited number of ehols— some ten or a
dozen— which I have made as ono could with a large quantity, which
would enable him to use it on game, etc.; but so fur ns I have tried It I
am pleased with It. One or two queries have arisen In my inlnd, which

will name, viz : Would It not be likely to bo affected by n damp or
ruotsl atmosphere more than common powder? Also, can it bo relied
upon as being always of the same strength; tha^ is to say, does the
method of manufacture Insure evouueas of strengthr What says Mr. Ditt.
mnr on this polut?

I hope to see the results of careful experiments mndo by others, and If
the cost of this powder is po greater than that now in use, aud future de-
velopments show It to have no seriously objectiouablo features, I shall be
gratified to see it come luto universal use, for it Is a very cleau artlclo to
handle, and its smokeless (almost) conversion togas, and slight recoil, aro
tw o very great features in its favor. D. C. Allinson.

[Our correspondent, “Teal,” also writes that lie has test,
cd ihe Diltir.ar powder and is pleased with the result.— Ed.]

Baltimore, May, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream :—

Your Norwalk correspondent gives ns some valnablo information in
reference lo the Ditim ir powder, but I think omits a very important
point. Did be nee the three drachms of wood powder by a Dixon men-

Portland. Maine, May 18tb, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

1 find (bat my littlo squib on Summer woodcock shooting has stirred up
the natives a little, and they have expressed themselves in various way*
In regard to it, many of them taking my view of the same. Some, how-
ever, take the opposite side, but onderneath it all I see that they have
some other "goose to cook.” S. K., Jr., of Cohas9ett, don’t want the
close lime on October 1st, because then be has got to go duck shooting,
and cannot do both. So of course wo must not abolish Summer cock
shoot Inz; it would interfere with "ive duck shooters." The article of
your correspondent, John DcBancs, of Dansville, N. Y., takes, I think,
a sportsmanlike view of things, and I like it. And then conies In friend
"Mac,” making me eat my own bread. Well, I did cover more ground
than I meant in saying the close time for all gamo birds should bo Oc
tober 1st. I was thinking of my favorites, grouse and woodcock. No,
"Mac,” I don’t want to givo up tho sport on "old Scarborough," but 1
would like to stop the Summer cock shooting; yet I presume I shall shoot
them according to law, Summer or Fall. But I cannot allow that we do
not liavo some October days, ’‘when the Autumn tinged the greenwood,
turning ull Its leaves to gold," that are most beautiful. Those are Ihe
days for cock shooting, when, with dog and gun, 1 love to spend my time
in the woods. That is the time of year when the ruffed grouse can “git
up and git," and it takes a keen eye and re-idy hand to bring them to bag
I can seldom do it, bat when I do there is “n heap" of satisfaction in it-
But ecnously, I want a law for the general good, and want it enforced.
Wo have a very good law now, and it has done good already, and will. I
hope, do more. We are having a good Spring for breeding, and I hope
the birds will be plenty next Fall. If I don’t rust out before that time
1 Bhall be there. Sanez.

MOOSE IN MAINE.

Greenville, Maine, May 27th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

A Portland contributor to your pnper writes ns though moose were not
plenty In any part of Maine; but in the northern part of this State they
are abundant, and that gcnllemnn is not acquainted in this region, or ho
would not have written as he did.

In the Winter of 1873^1 1 found eight moose yards in two townships,
with from two to four moose in each yard. In regard to the moose law
passed this Winter, It is no protection at all to the moose, and the State
gets no benefit from the moose killed now, as they aro all killed by the
Canada Indians and taken to Canada for their hides, when beforo they
wero killed for (heir moot, which was consumed in the camps in this re.
glon. The idea of passing a moose law for the protection of moose and
leaving our State border fully exposed! If the Stale thinks enough of the
moose to station men on our border to protect them, why well und good;
and if they do not, then let them be elnyed as they arc by Canada In-
dians, and tho State derive no benefit at nil. Would tho State protect
our border, which It could do at a small expense, the moose could bo pro-
tected and become plenty, but as It Is now they are becoming lees, and
the people of the State are not allowed to kill them. Caribou are not
very plenty here, large numbers of them being shot on the ice on the
lakes and ponds as they come ont to feed on tho moss on dry trees 011
the shore. They are very rarely killed in Summer on the mountains.

S.C.

[The remedy for the evil complained of is in tho pro-
posed International Law for the protection of Game. — Eo.J

— At the regular meeting of the Georgia Game Associa
tiou held at Savannah, Ga., May 13th, the following of-
ficers were elected to serve for the ensuing year:— Presi-
dent, Jas. D. Weed; Vice President, Robert Wayne;
Second Vice President, Robert B. Habersham; Recording
Secretary, W. M. Nichols; Corresponding Secretary, C.
C. Taliaferro; Treasurer, W.H. Connerat; Directors, John
G. Butler, S. J. M. Baker, W. F. Chaplin, Jr., F. W.
Dasher, Jas. Hirschbach. A private pigeon shooting
match between several of the unsuccessful contestants for
the silver medal which was Shot for the previous week,
was to come off sometime last week, but we have not been
advised of the result.

gjnitimos.

n.V9B BALL — PROFESSIONAL GAMES.

There are no longer thirteen contesting clubs in the pro-
fessional arena as the last week in May saw the Conlen-
tm. disband and retire from the scene.

" , Athletic club has been strengthened by the acquisition
to their number of the two host players «f the Centennials,
viz : Craver and Bechtel, who give to the Athletics just
w lmt they wanted— not only a change pitcher and catcher,
but two strong men to occupy the positions lately filled by
two such men as Fislcr and Eggler, the former being sub-
ject to breast trouble, and the latter ill with pleurisy. The
weeks play, ending May 31st, was marked by two occur-
rences discreditable in tho one caso to tho Philadelphia
base ball players, and in the second to tho New Haven chib.
II there is any one tiling of vital importance to tho perma-
nency or professional playing, it is Hint of abiding by the
decisions of Ihe umpire in a match. Once let the prece-
dent be adopted that clubs can dispute t lie umpire's deci-
sions at will, and an end lo professional play will sortn bo
reached.

—The game in Philadelphia on tho 27th of May was ono
of the best ever witnessed in the city up to the close of the
ninth inning, but then it was that trouble begun. The
Bostons had, in their tenth inning, made their customary
rally to the tune of threo runs, and a sure victory was an-
ticipated, when the Athletics went to their tenth inning and
Clapp aud Anson had secured bases, and Craver wont to
the bat and struck a foul; Clap,) ran to third, Anson to
second. Spalding fielded the ball to Barnes at second, and
Anson threw up his shoulder sufficiently high Io interfere
with Barnes (a sure catch), thus causing him lo miss tho
ball. Several of the Bostons appealed to tho umpire,
who finally declared Anson out. But that gentle-
man refused to go out, and here the confusion commenced.
After some discussion tho uinpiro walked off the ground,
and the clubs, finding it impossible to clear the field for
play, consulted with the umpire, uutl a draw game was
declared, leaving the score as follows:—

BOSTONS.

It.

la.

O. Wright. «. . .

. .0

1

Barnes, 2d b

...0

II

O'Rourke, 3d b.

. .0

1

Leonard, 1. f . . .

. ..<)

1

McVey, c. f

...1

I

Spaldiug, p

While,.-

l

.1

1

3

Manning, r. f

. .0

II

LaiUom, 1st b 0 0

ATHLETIC.

P.O.

A.

n.

lu.

PO,

l| Force, a. a

0

2

0

2

31 Clapp, c

n

0

«

0

2| Anson, 1st b. .

...1

0

1ft

0

4

RCraver, 2d b

0jSiittou.3db. ..

...1

2

0

1

0

1

1

2| Hall, r. f .

. 0

1

2

G

1; McBride, p

.<>

0

0

3

I

0 ILehtel, c. f

11

1

0

S

0| Richmond, 1 f

...1

0

1

1)

Inning*.

Bostons 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-3

Athletic 0 0 11 2 0 0 0 0 1-3

Runs earned— Boston, 1. Bu»o tilts— Boston, 7; total. 10; Athlultc, 7;
total, 8. Time of game— 2:80. Umpire Wm. McLean.

—The New Havens visited the Union grounds, Brooklyn,
May 20lh, and were defeated by the Atlautics with tho
following 9core: —

Inning*.

Atlantic .1 3 0 0 0 3 5 2 0—14

New Haven 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0— 4

Runs earned— New Haven, 0; Atlantic*, 3. Umpire— Mr. Blodgett, of
the Arlington club.

Time of game, tnrcc hoars.

— The Hartford and Atlantic club played their sixth gamo
together on ihe Union grounds, Brooklyn, on May 20th,
the result being as follows: —

Innings.

Hartford 5 0 0 1 IP 0 2 1 0-9

Atlantic 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0—5

Umpire— Mr Blodgett, of tho Arlington club. First base by error*,
Hartford, 0; Atlantic, 1. Runs earned, Hartford, 1; Atlantic, I.

— The snmo day tho Bostons played tho Mutuals their
fifth game in Boston, and won by the apponded scone—
Innings.

Boston 0 0 8 0 3 2 0 1 0-8

Mutuals 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0—3

Mmpiro— Mr. Chandler.

— Tho Hartford and Washington clubs played a close
and exciting game at Washington May 2.1th. ’ The score
stood 5 to 5 at the end of tho eighth inning, but the Hart-
fords made three runs in tho ninth inning on the errors of
their opponents, thereby winniug the game. Appended is
the score: —

Innings,

Hartford 1 0 0 3 0 0 t 0 3-8

Washington — 0 0 0 00 0 2 3 0-5

Runs caHicd, Hartfords, 1; Washingtons, 4.

Umpire, J. H. Cavanagh.

—At Philadelphia, on May 2Dlh, the'PIiilndelphia nine
took the Athletics into camp to the tuuo of 4 to 2.

Innings.

Athletic 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-2

Philadelphia 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0-4

— On May 20th (he St. Louis nine won their game with
the Westerns at Keokuk by 3 to 2 only.

— The Mutuals aud Bostons played the fourth game of
their championship series on the Union grounds, Brooklyn,
May 28tb. In the sixth inuing Hicks, the Mutual catcher,
was badly hurt in llie face by a foul tip straight from the
bat. The accident had a demoralizing effect on the New
Yorkers, it being followed immediately by errors by Nel-
son, Start, Iioldswortb, and Hicks, by which the cham-
pions got four unearned ruus. The following is the score:

MUTUAL.

R.

Slnrt, 1st b t

In.

PO.

11

BOSTON*.

a . ' r. Id.

10. Wright, s * . 2 2

P.O.

0

A.

0

1

0

7

Harnt s, 1)

2 2

2

0

1

5

i

O'Rourke. 3d b
Leonard, 1 f

1 0

3

..0

0

3

1

I 3

3

(•erbardt, 3d b.

.0

1

0

3

McVey, 1st h

Spalding, p

White, c

0 I

9

a

Hicks, c

..1

1

1

1

. -.0 1

1

1

. .0

1

0

.0 0

ft

l

..I

8

*

0

Manning, r f

...0 t

2

0

Matthews, p.

. 0

0

1

8

Beals, c f

1 1

0

0

Mutual .
Boston . .

Inning*.

0 0 10 1

0 0 0 1 0

000 I—a
402 0—7

First baso by errors— Mutual, 2; Boston, I. Runs earned -Mutual, i;
Boston, 3. Umpire— Mr. Carey, of tho Hartford club.

The best games of the above list were those of May 24th,
20th, and 27th, which we appeud:

CENTENNIALS.
i"| • R. In

2 Radcllffe, e a 0

O. Wright, s *

Barnes. 2d b .

O’Rourke, 3d b.

lA'onard, If...

McVcy, c

Spalding, p

White, t(

Manning, 1st b,
Beals, C f

la.

1

p.o.

I

0

3

1

9

1

0

7

0

Craver, 2d b 0

Bechtel, p 0

Field*, r f 0

2 McGiuloy, c 0

II Somerville, 3d b 0

1 1 Warner, c f 0

0| Mason, r f 0

0|Abadie, 1st b 0

p.o.

3

5

2

1

1

3

0

3

13

270

FOREST AND STREAM

Innings.

Bostons 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0-5

Centennial* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0

Runs earned— Bostons, 1. Bases on errors— Bostons. 4; Centennials.
8, Donble plays— Barnes and Manning. 1; Barnes, Geo Wright, and
O'Ponrkr, 1. Time of game— 1:15. Umpire— John Clapp, of Hie At-
lantic club.

uaiiTPonD.

>•! h. In.

OlAlllson. c- 1

PDILADKI.rtllA.

n. la.

McMullin, If 0 9

McGeary. 3d b 0

Addv, rf 1

Mcverlc, 3d b t

Fisher, p 0

Mnlouo, let b I

Fulmer, as 1

Snyder, c 1

.V urn an, c f I

po.

5

3
0
0

4

. .... 0

2 3 Burdock, 2d b 1 2

0 0 Carey, s s . 1 o

5 2 Cummings, p 0 1

2 2 York, If t 1

S 0 Ferguson, 3d b. 1 0

0 2 Remsen. c f 0 2 6

2 0 Mills, 1st b 0 0 0

1 0 Bond, r f 0 2 j

Innings.

Philadelphia 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0— fi

Hartford 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0—6

Runs earned— Philadelphian, 3; H art fords, 1. Bases on errors — Phlla-
slelphias, 2; Hartford®, 3. Time of game— 1:5'). Umpire— Geo. Hall, of
the Athletic*.

BOSTON*. mi LA DELPHI AS.

It. IB. PO. A. R. IB. PO. A

1 1 3 McMullen. If 1 2 1 0

1 7 2 McGeary. 3d b 1 2 3 2

0 2 2 Addy, rf 0 2 3 0

3 0 0 Mcycrle, 2d b 0 0 3 1

1 7 2 Fisher, p 0 0 1 0

0 4 1 Malone, 1st b 0 19 0

2 8 4 Fulmer, as 0 1 3 4

0 1 0 Snyder, c t 2 3 1

1 2 0 Muruun, c f 3 2 1 0

Innings.

Boston 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 0—7

Philadelphia 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0-6

Runs earned — Bostons, 1; Philadelphia*, 1. First base on errors—
Bostons, 3; Phllndclphlas, 6. Time of game— 2:05. Umpire— John E.
Clapp, of the Athletic*.

1IAHTFORD, I WASHINGTON.

U It. 1b.

2 Park, 1 f o 0

G. Wright, s s. . 1

Barnes, 2d h 2

O’Ronrke 3d b 0

Leonard. If... .2

McVcv, lstb. . 1

«S\P:.

Manning r f 0

Latham, c f 1

Harhridge, c 2

Burdock, 2d b 2

Cnrey, s s 1

Cnmnimgs, p 0

York, 1 f 0

Fergoson, 3d b .... I

Remsen, c f 0

Mills, 1st b 0

Bond, r f 0

1b.

1

2

1

1

0

p.O.

6

4

1

1

3

3

0

9

0

p.n. a.
0 0

I Holly, c f 0

6 Allison, 1st b 1 2

1 Brady, 2db 1 l

1 Resslcr, r f 0 0

1 Dailey, s s 0 1

1 0 0 Stearns, p 0 1

1 9 0 Doescher, Sd b 0 0

0 0 0 McCloskey, c 0 0

Innings,

Hartford* 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0-6

Washingtons 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0—2

Runs earned— Hartfords, 1; Washingtons, 0. Umpire— D. Allison, of
the Hartfords.

NEW HAVES.

It. Its. P.O. A

MUTUAL.

n.

Start, 1st h 2

Hnldswortb, r f 2

Nelson. 2d b 1

Metcalf. **... 0

Gerhardt, 8d b . 1

Hicks c ..... . 1

McGee, c f 0

Gedney. 1 f 0

Mathews, p .1

In.

3

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

Mutuals .

New Haveus

Hans earned — Mutuals,
the Atlantic club.

Geer, s s

McKelvey, r f 1

Ryan, p o

Luff, 3d b l

Tipper, 1 f o

Gould, 1st h 0

1 0| Keenan, c 1

2 0i Barker, 2d b 1

0 2lDole,cf — 1

llnnlngs.

5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0-8

...0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0— 5

New Havens, 0. Umpire— Mr. Pabor, of

—The games in the professional arena played since our
Inst issue, and up to May 31st inclusive, are as follows: —

May 24— Philadelphia vs. Hartford, at Philadelphia 6 to 5

May 24 -Boston vs. Centennial, at Philadelphia 5 to 0

Muy 25— Hartford vs. Washington, at Washington 8 to 5

May 23— Atlantic vs. Now Haven, at Brooklyn 14 to 4

Muy 26 -Boston vs. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia j i0 a

May 26— Hartford vs. Washington, at Washington 6 to 2

May 26— St. Lonis vs. Western, at St. Louis 3 to 2

May 27— Boston vs. Athletic, at Philadelphia 3 to 3

May 27-St. Loui^vs. Western, at St. Louis 12 to 4

May 27— Mntnal vs. New Haven, at Brooklyn 8 to 5

May 27— Chicago vs. Red Stocking*, at Chicago 15 to 0

May 28— Boston vs. Mutual, at Brooklyn 7 to 3

May 29— Boston vs. Mutual, at Boston 8 to 3

May 29— Hartford vs. Atlantic, nt Brooklyn 9 to 5

May 29— Philadelphia vs. Athletic, at Philadelphia 4 to 2

May 29— Washington vs. New naven, at Washington 9 to 0

May 81— Hartford, vs. Mutual at Brooklyn 3 to 1

May 31— Athletic vs. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia 16 to 8

THE AMATEUR ARENA.

—On May 28th the Frontier aud Mystic clubs of Brook-
lyn, had a good game together, as the score below shows:

FRONTIER. I MYSTIC.

JB. l-O. A. r,

OlDunn, 3d b 0

OIDenbatn, 1st b. . . .0
0[Schenck, r. f.. 0

Suinn, c. f 2

oonoy, 2d o. . . .0

Carney, r. f 1

Casey, c 1

Cockifer, s. s 2

Coyne, p 0

Osborn. 1st b 0

Fitzgerald, 3d b 0

Campbell, L f 0

Frontier

llRedmavnc.c '0

2| McCord, 2d b.

8IEdler. 1. f

0 Gilpin, p 1 2

3 Smith, s. s 2 2

0 Gassert, c. f 0 0

Innings.

1000000 4—6
0 3 0 u 0 0 0—5

IB.

1

1

0

0

Mystic 0 2

Umpire, Mr. Britt, of tbe Nameless club.

F.r-t base by crrors-Frontier, 4 times; *Mystics, 3 times. Runs
earned -Frontiers, 2; Mystics, 0.

Time of game— Two hours and ten minutes.

—Among the school gumes of the week played at Pros-
pect Park was that between the Lockwood Academy
nine aud the nine of the Polytechnic Institute, the score
of which is appendetl. The game was not well played
however, as the score shows, — ’

Innings.

Lockwood Academy 4 1 1 4 0 1 0 3 1—15

Polytechnic 6 1 2 2 2 0 4 1 0-18

Umpire— Mr. Green, of the Lockwood Academy clnb.

Time of gams— Two hours and thirty-eight minutes.

—The Arlington nine met the Olympics at Melrose May
28th, and took them into camp by the appended score.—

Arlington 2 6 0 0 0 7 10 1--17

Olympic 1 1 0 2 0 l n 0 0-5

Umpire— Mr. Sullivan, of the Star.

First base by errors. Arlington, 18; Olympic, 15. Runs earned. Arling-
ton, 7. Doable plays, two euch. 1 K

Time of game, two hours aud fifteen minute*.

— The Fly A ways defeated the Jaspers, of Manhattan
College, at Manhattan ville, May 27th by 25 to 7.

—Last Monday the Fly A ways defeated the Keystones on
the l nion grounds by a score of 0 to 7. The first four in-
nings of the game were uninteresting, both clubs doing
some muffing. During the last half of Die game, however
the playing was very good. One of the Hunt brothers!
formerly of the Mutuals, has joined the Fly Aways. All
challenge's for the Fly Aways should be directed to J. W.
McDoncll, 210 Last Twentieth street, New York city.

-T1*e Burlingtons, of Burlinglon; Mohawks, of Jeis.w
City; Hohokens (the Atlantic) of Hoboken; and Olympics.

lion r8°D’ mVe enlered the Ncw Jersey Stat0 Assooia-

-A very interesting base hall match took place on tho
Capttoline grounds on May 24t||, between the Montauk and
Ryersou clubs, in winch the Ryereons won by the score of
0 to 0, *

— On May 31st there was a large assemblage of spectators
011 the Union grounds, Brooklyn, fully six thousand people
witnessing the third game between the Mutuals and Hart-
fords, the Hartfords winning by a score of 3 to 1.

— The professional games of base ball played outside the
metropolitan district. May 31st, resulted as follows At
Philadelphia :—

Athletic 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 8—16

Pliiluik'lpliiu 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-8

Umpire, Mr. Uncbcl. The game was a tie, 3 to 8, in tho ninth inning.

At Washington:

Washington 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0-2

Now Haven 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 1-9

Umpire, Mr. Young.

— On May 27tli’the_Chicagos defeated tho St. Louis Reds
by 15 to 0.

— The games between the St. Louis Browns and the
Westerns, played May 25th and 27th, resulted in victories
for the St. Louis nine by 3 to 2 and 12 to 4.

— A summary of the championship contests to the close
of May shows the leading clubs occupying the following
positions: —

Won. Games Lost.
0

5

6
2
2
10
11

The Centennial games are not recorded.

Clobs.

Games Played.

Games '

Boston

22

21

Hartford

33

17

Athletic

14

Chicago

12

in

10

Mu! 11 si

17

7

Philadelphia

IS

7

Merion Cricket Club at Ardmore.— On Saturday
last the new grounds of the Merion Cricket club were
opened by a club match between the first Eleven and
Twenty-two, picked from the members of the club. The
fine weather on Saturday, and the interest felt in the home
club, brought out a large concourse of ladies aud gentlu-
men, who testified their approbation, both of the grounds
and of the play. By the annexed score it will he seen that
the first Eleven was victorious; their score against a Twen-
ty-two of 130 was quite creditable. Ou the patt of the
Twenty-two the steady play in the field during the earlier
part of the innings was worthy of comment. Mr. William-
son howled with great regularity and success; most of the
first Eleven being uuablc to hit his howling with any effect

SCORE.

ELEVEN.

A Huston b. Williamson 5

F. Bailey b. Hunt 1

Taylor ct . Binncy, b. Williamson 5

Richards b. Williamson 5

Townsend b. Hunt 4

G. Ashbridge ct. W. Montgomery

b. Williamson 7

C. nains b. Pleasant* 19

J. nartshorne st. Williams) b.

Rawle ,.]6

.1. Stone b. Ruwle 9

Isaacs ct Reilley, b. Hunt. 4

W . Huston, not out .17

II. Sayers b. Williamson 13

Byes, II; leg byes, 8; wide*, 8; no
ballB, 3 25

Total.

130

TWENTY-TWO.

Roberts b. Richards

Fennimore ct. Asbbridge, b. II.

Sayers

Nowlin b. Richards

Williamson, run out

Hum ct. and b. Richards

Wnln b. Taylor

Anderson b. Richards

Biuney st. G. Ashbridge.c. Stone

J. Asbbridge b. Richards

A. Evans ct. Bailey, b. Richards

Reilley ct. Stone, b. Taylor

R. Williams b. Richards

Pleasarlsb. Richards

W. Montgomery ct. Stone, b.

Sayers

R Evans ct. H. Sayers, b. Rich-
ards 7

B Johnson ct. Townsend, b. H.

Sayers 5

H. Montgomery ct. Huston, b.

Harlshornc 0

nnrry Sayers, run out 4

Elliott ct. Townsend, b. Harts-

homc 2

Learning ct. Taylor, b. Ilartsb'rn 0
Garriguesct. Bailey, b. Uarish'rn 3

Ruwle, not out 0

J. Thayer st. G. Aebbrige, b.

Hartshome 0

Byes. 4; leg byes, 1; wides, 3; no
bulls, 1 9

Total 66

— The Manhattan cricket club played their opening game
May 29, on the Prospect Park parade ground, in Brooklyn.
Sides were chosen by Messrs. A. Gilbert and McDoug'all,
and after the first and only inning had been played the score
stood: Gilbert's side, 74; McDougall’s side, 38.

— The Prospect Park cricket club, of Brooklyn, opened
play May 29th in a one-inning game between sides chosen
by Messrs. Ronaldson and Dodge. The first mentioned
side was victorious by a score of 20 to 20.

—In September there is to be a grand international cricket
tourney in Philadelphia. The English officers of the Gar-
rison team at Halifax are most anxious to visit Philadelphia,
and are already training for the contest.

— ' The Staten Island and St. George clubs played a good
game May 31st at Staten Island, in which the St. George
won by a score of 77 to 66. Mr. Giles, of the St. George
eleven, enrried his hat out for 17, the only double figures of
the match.

—Young America stock is above par again. On May
29th they whipped the Philadelphians in one inning by 174
to 58 and 59— 117. Welsh’s 15 was the highest score on
the Philadelphia side, Large’s 48 being the best on the part
of the Young America; Bussier also got 38, and H New-
hall 28.

—The New York Athletic Club held their Spring games
on their grounds at Mott Haven on Monday last. A large
assemblage of spectators, numbering some 3,000, witnessed
the sports. The first event was a one mile handicap run
which was easily won by M. D. Stern. The second contest
was a 100 yards race, handicap, in three heats, which was
won by A. H. Curtis in 10J seconds. The running high
jump fell to M. E. Burris, he having attained a height of
4 feet 6i inches. The most interesting feature of the ex-
hibition was a seven mile walk for the club championship
between D. M. Stern and James Fraser. Stern made Die
time in lh. 4m. 11s., Fraser completing his task about six
seconds later. In the running broad jump, handicap, M. E.
Burris cleared a space measuring 17 feet 7 Inches. The
seventh feat, n half mile run for the club championship,
was performed by M. E. Burris, who went over the course
alone in 2m. 24s. Ont of four competitors in a one mile
walk, handicap, W. E. McCredy proved the victor, his ac-
tual time being 8m. 29s1 The concluding contest, a 440
yards race, handicap, was won by W. B. Curtis in 38 sec-
onds.

—The New Jersey Athletic Association held their meeting
also on Monday, at Ridgewood. The races were all close
being confined to members of the club. The following
were the winners:— One hundred yards, won by Harris in
10*8. One mile walk, private match, won bj Butler in

8m. 9*s. The mile club walk, won by Lynch in 8m. Ow-
ing to an accident, to Mr. Cameron, he declined to run the
quarter mile on his handicap, and Mr. T. W White and
Mr. Kneelaud having a desire to run it only on account of
Mr. Cameron’s entry the race was withdrawn, as was also
the 120 yard hurdle races.

Grand National Curling Club.— The ninth annual
convention of the curlers of America will be held at tho
Getty House, Yonkers, on Wednesday next., the Dili inst.
The arrangements have all been completed, and include a
meeting of the Executive Committee, the general meeting
of all clubs in attendance, the annual match for the Bell
Champion Quoit, and a banquet in the evening. TI10
Curling convention is one of the great events in the curler's
calendar. It is the means of bringing together devotees of
the game in all parts of the American Union and tho Do-
minion of Canada, and it has hitherto been an occasion of
social enjoyment, only second to the Winter meetings on
the ice. The chief business of the convention consists of
a revision of the laws of the game. In this respect the
Grand National is the legislative assembly of the whole
fraternity. Tho rules which it promulgates are accepted
as final and decisive on every point by all affiliated clubs.
Arrangements will also be made for the medal matches
of next Winter. These medals are given by tho Grand
National to be played for by Us members according to the
manner in which they are matched at the convention.
This series of games is another most prominent feature
of cnch occasion. They are looked upon ns test matches,
and invariably bring out the best strength of the clubs en-
gaged. The Grant! National, as a central organization,
also takes cognizance of all the great honspeils of each
year. The arrangements for an International match be-
tween the United States and Canada have always been re-
mitted to a committee subject to the same body. These
and similar matters occupy the attention of the convention,
and make its deliberations of paramount importance to
the interest of curling.

The afternoon of the day of meeting is devoted to the
quoiting match for the Bell Champion Quoit. This trophy
is at present in the hands of Mr. A. Dalrympk’.of this city,
and is played for each year after the session of the conven-
tion by quoilers who are members of the Grand National
Curling Club. The winner holds the medal and is cham-
pion for the year, or UNtil defeated.

— Paul Boyton, dressed in his life saving suit, last week
crossed the English Channel from C'apc Grisnez in twcuty-
threc hours and thirty-eight minutes.

$nbIic;itions.

MAGAZINES.

The Galaxy contains contributions from Its well known
and regular writers, as well as some whose names are unfamiliar. A
sketch of the "Morals of Florida” is very interesting. Prince Achilles
Murat, eldest son of the King of Naples and Caroline, sister of Napo-
leon I., settled in that country at the deposition of hi* uncle, and mar-
ried Miss Gray, whose family had removed from Virginia. This lady,
who was already a niece ef George Washington, by this marriage held
the same relationship to the Great Napoleon— a brilliancy of connection
that could hardly bo surpassed. The articles In the June issue of the
Galaxy are all interesting and instructive, but we must admit a desire to
see a little more froth, if It is only to give zest to the solid.

The Aquatic Monthly for May is at hand, and, as the
yachting season is opening, lovers of the “briny" will And much in its
pages to instruct and amnse them, not only as regards sailing craft, bnt
for those who slick to the ashen breeze. Prof. Win. Wood, well known In
rowing circles, confclbu es a capital paper on this topic, in which the cox-
swain question is Billy discussed, while "Big Topmast," "Centreboard,"
"Corinthian," and others argne ]>ro and con , for and against keels and
English models. D. H E. Is very sound on the "rig" question. The
Aquatic is a necessity for the yachtsman, who can And many useful aud
timely hints it its pages.

Rich in scientific miscellany and much that is interesting
in natural history is the American Naturalist for the current month. Dr.
Laphani, Prof. Webster, and Mr, Packard hare all contributed valuable
papers, the latter one entitled “Life Histones of the Mollusca," which Is
particularly worthy of note. In it we learn of the development of the
oyster, and that he is a lainellihranchiate mollnsk whose embryology Is
unknown. We look in vain, however, for a solution of the vexed ques-
tion as to whether clams have the power of motion, and are rather sur-
prised to learn that most of our information regarding the moilusks ia
derived from foreign souices. The cockle shell (cardlum pyqmteum) Is
the only one of whom wc have a complete life history, and for that wo
are indebted to Lovcn.

The Maritime Monthly drifts upon us from St. John, N.
B„ likea ray of sunshine throngh a tog bank. Hardy and strong, as be
comes one born of u Northern race, tho Marallme with its substantia
table of contents is always welcome . "Livingstone" and his travels and
the “Origin of the Acndiane”— could one wish for greater variety! The
"Valley of the Platte” is also continued, and as for sketches, embracing
the romantic and poetical, this magazine is in no degree behind ita older
and more widely circulated brethren.

The Agriculturist is so invariably good that a word in its
praise would be painting the lily. It Is, as usual, rich In illustrations and
valuable information. We can particularly rccommeud the plnu of fur-
nishing correct pictures of prominent stallions. The breeder at n dis-
tance can thus judge for himself whether the horse before him has the
proper points to "nick" with hie mare without tho labor of a Journey
and personal inspection.

The Lite Stock Journal is another periodical which fills
the great cravlDg of our people for practical information. In addition
to its regular agricultural and turf department It devotes certain of II*
space to Dsh culture, under the able direction of Mr. Fred Mather, whose
lucid and valuable contributions have eo often enriched our own col-
umns. The Journal is published in this city, and the American Nows
Company supply the trade.

The little folks must have rejoiced when they opened
their Nt. Nicholas for June. As full of good things ns a Christmas stock-
ing, this excellent magazine is closing its hold upon the hearts of the
rising gonerailou. A great mission it has in forming tho tastes of its
young readers, and also a responsibility which is nobly met. The cur-
rent number Is almost encroaching on our preserves, as one writer de-
scribes the catching of his flret trout, and another gives explicit direc-
tions as to seaside camping. The natural history ia good, and bo Is the
poetry.

In the current number of Scribner's Monthly Dr. Hol-
land's capital story of "Sevenoabs" is continued, as Is also the ver-
sion of Jules Verne’s "Mysterious Island." Albert Rhodes contributes
an UhiBtrated paper descriptive of Paris students nnd the "Latin quar-
ter," and Mr, Waring’s excellent description of the Dutch farming and
drainage sysleut la continued. There are an unusual number of illus-
trations lu this number, adding greatly to its attractiveness, notably
those of Clarence Oook'a "Chapter* on House Furnishing," wb|ob W
Interesting and instructive,

FOREST ANDTSTREAM

271

— W n ateteii Eric's flnnnclnl troubles, the travel-
ing public will bear testimony to the fact that so far
as tlio safety, convenience, and comfort of passen-
gers nre concerned, the road was nover better con-
ducted than at the present time— AVia York Commrr-
clal Advertiser, May 27th, 1875.

<$}i$n>lliincou8

Executors Auction Sale

Of TITE BEST

Natural TROUT or other Fish Streams,

Long Island. June 4th, at 12 o'clock, to close the es-
tate of Geo. Williams. Take cars at South Eight st.,
Williamsburg. Particulars of

J. FRED IIEGEMAN, Auctioneer,

FISHING

HUNTING SUITS.

These suits are made of best

quality of impervious duck, light tan color; es-
pecially adapted for concealment In blinds or sedge
grass, dr for approaching game In the woods. Light,
durable and extremely cheap. The most desirable
suit ever offered to sportsmen. The coats are made
111 two styles, and can be worn with or without under
suit — English waistcoat style, with pockets for
cartridges on each side, flats can be rolled and
carried In pocket without injary. Send .chest
measure for Coat and Vest; waist and inside scam
measure for pants. For Hats or Caps send size worn.

English Coat, all sizes 6 50

Pants, all sizes 3 00

Vests, all sizes 3 00

Hats and Caps, all sizes 2 50

Full Suits 10 00

DUNKLEE’S CAMPS TOVES. Prlce$15.

Those desiring something light aud durable for
camping purposes will dud this stove exactly right;
weighs only 25 pounds; will cook for ten persons.
The ware consists of Kettle, Tea Kettle, Coffee Pot,
Fry-pan, round Tin Pan, two square Pans, Dipper,
Gridiron, Tent Collar, and eight feet Funnel Stove
Pioe, with oven that will roast 15 pounds beef, ull of
which nests and packs inside of stove, which only oc-
cupies a apace of 12x12x20 inches.

CAMP LOUNGES. Price $4
When folded Is nboul the size of au ordinary shawl
strapped. A light, durable, compact, and comfort-
able couch. Sent by express C. D.. $4. including
side and supporting sticks at the head. Just the thing
for the camp or lawn .

CAMP TENTS,

for six persons. An A tent weighs 15 ponnds. Can
be packed In knapsack. Price §10.

American Dog Disc nils,

Made of nutritive bone and muscle making material,
and Is the only portable food for dogs made in this
country. Put up In packages of 10, 25, and 100 pounds,
and warranted not to spoil In any climate. Price,
10c. per pound.

Camp Mosquito Bars.

arranged with flexible wire frame; folded to carry in
pocket. Head net, $1. Camp net for sleeping, for
one, $2; for four or live, $4 25; six or eight, §5.
HOLABIRD'S CELEBRATED SHOOTING SUITS
AND WADING JACKETS on band und to order.

Jack Lamp,

for night shooting and Ashing, running rnplds. light-
ing camp, etc.; the best light ever invented. $0.

Camp Cots,

can be carried In pocket; a capital thing for woods-
men. §1 60.

FRENCH FISHrNG BASKETS. SPLIT BAMBOO
RODS, TROUT RODS AND FINE TACKLE
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS.
HEGEMAN'S PORTABLE CANVAS BOATS.

Gun anti Flailing: Rod Cases.

Sole leather and other varieties on hand or mad to
order.

Hart’s Metallic Shells.

The best shell ever offered to sportsmen. All sizes
on hand aud mode to order.

Cartridge Belts

for breech loading shells; five varieties.

Moccasins, Oil Tanned,

for the woods; three different styles. §3, $5 50 and $0.

Special attention paid to selection of guns for gen-
tlemen at a distance by an expert and an old sports
man.

We famish every article necessary for the outfit of
sportmen In the camp or field. Goods seut every-
where by express. Remit only by draft, Post Office
order, or registered letter to

EATON & CO.,

Sportsmen's Emporium,

No. 102 Nassau street, New York City.
References— Hon. T.L Junes. Postmaster, New York
City; Hon. Geo. n. Andrews, New York City; For-
bst and Stream Publishing Co. myil-lf

ftemiug-ton Sporting- Rille,

A A CALIBRE, PERFECT ORDER,

*±*11: New; with plain and Mead explosive car-
tridges, and waterproof case— a bargain. At Forest
and Stream ofilce. Jn3lf

WALLACE’S

Descriptive Guide to Adirondacks,

THE ONLY COMPLETE AND RELIABLE GUIDE
to the delightful

Hunting and PUhlng Grounds of tlio

GREAT NEW YORK WILDERNESS.

NEWLY REVISED EDITION.

Handsome l2mo., flexible covers, red and gold,
maps, Ac. Beautifully Illustrated. Nearly 300 pp.
Price $2 00. May be obtained of any bookseller, or
will bo mailed post paid on receipt of price, by

WAVERLY PUB. CO., Syracuse, N. Y.

Ja34mo

HARTS

PATENT

T,

KJ

JBisccllaucous.

Letter A. showing solid head; b b showing nickel anvils for Bcrdan.Primer, Ely's ceutrul fire or Union Me-
tallic Company's caps.

Hurt’s Sportsman's Favorite Metallic Sliollss.

Endorsed by the leading SDortsmen In the United States, and prononneed superior to anything now offered
to tho public. A full description of Shells and Patent Loaders with prices, may he obtained from any of the
leading sportsmen's depots throughout the country. Manufacturers of Aluminum. Celluloid, and German Sil-
ver Reels for Trout. Salmon, and Base flshiDg. GEO. K. II ART CO., Newark, N .1

F. S. HARRISON, Agent. may 13-ly

From Captain Bogardns, Champion Wing Shot of America.

Mbssbs. Geobge E. Hart & Co.,

Gentlemen— The fifty sheila I received from yon to-day suit me better than any I have over used. They
nre stronger and better In every respect, and I shall use them In all my shooting hereafter. Yours truly.

A. U. BooAiimr

CAMPING and MIN NIG

STOVE.

Ontside dimensions, packed, 12x12x20 Inches.

Weighing only 25 po nds. very durable, will cook
for ten persons, and is especially adapted for camping
purposes. The ware consists of 8 qt. kettle, 6 qt. Tea
Kettle, 2 qt. Coffee Pot, Fry Pan, round Tin Pan. 2
square Pans, Dipper, Gridiron, Tent Collar, 8 ft. Fun-
nel, and an oven that will roast 15 pounds beef.

T

The wore Is ro constructed that it nests and packs
in the oven, s nd the oven and funnel puck inside the
stove, ns represented in cut 2, leaving room for pack-
tog half u dozen Plates, Knives, Forks and Spoons,
and Drinking Cups. Price complete. §15.

SEND toil CIRCULAR.

H. L. DUNKLEE,

BOX 2710, BOSTON.

Agents wanted in every town.

For sale at SPORTSMAN’S EMPORIUM,

Febl ICa Nussau street. New York City.

Tourists’ and Sportsmen’s Route.

THEERIE RAILWAY.

II E ROUTE OF THE ERIE RAILWAY

is peculiarly rich in the variety and extent of its
scenery, and while the tourist has alternating glimpses
of the beauty of rivers, gaps and mountains, the
sportsman has within cosy reach many localities thut
afford him every facility for the enjoyment of the
sports of the field and stream. We enumerate a few
of the pleasure resorts which crowd the line of the
road.

Rutherford Park.- -9} miles from New York. Fine
hotels and boating pastimes on the Passaic.
Clifton.— 13 J miles from the city, overlooking the
picturesque Lake Dundee.

Lake Molionk — A beautiful body of water 1,200 feet
above the Hudson — splendid hotel accommodations.
Orange Lake. — Six miles West of Newburgh, and
noted for its fishing attractions.

.Milford, Pa.— About eight miles from Port Jervis.
Is noted for its trout fishing, woodcock shooting and
superior hotels.

Avon Springs.— Celebrated for 20 years as a resort for
invalids, the waters possessing many valuable heal-
ing qualities.

Watkins Glen. -This beautiful gorge is distant 294
miles from New York, via Erie Road to Elmira. Its
wild and picturesque attractions are second only in
reputation to those of Niagara.

Chautauqua Lake.— 18 miles long, 3 miles wide; said
to be the highest navigable water on tho American
continent, being 730 feet above Lake Erie ar.d 1,290
feet higher than the Atlantic Oceau.

Niagara Falls — Tills groat cataract is reached by the
direct line of the Erie Railway.

There are along the lino of the road no less than

Ten Large Lakes, Abounding: with Fish,

and affording most delightful sport for black bass and

Slckerel. Their names are — Lakes Greenwood, Orange,
lohonk. White, Otsego, Cayuga, Seneca, Keuka, Sil-
ver aud Chautauqua.

The following schedule will afford a partial guide to
the numerous fishing localities reached by this road:

Trout Fishing-:

At or near Sonthllelds, 42 miles from New York.
" *' Oxford, 52 " “ “ ••

*• “ Middletown, 07 " “ " •*

" Otisvllle. 70 " 11 '»

“ “ Port Jervis, 88 “ •' “ “

“ " Monttcollo, 112 *' “ “ '•

“ “ Milford, 00 “ “ " “

Black Bass and Pickerel.

At or near Slontsburg, 36 miles from New York.

including Lukes Truxedo, Potagne and Cedar Pond.
At or near Monroe. 50 miles from New York,
including Round, Long, Mombnsbu aud Cromwell's
Ponds.

At or near Florida, 01 miles fron New York.

The famed Minor Lake, Is distant 1 mile.

At or near Otisvllle, 76 miles from New York.

■* “ Guymard, SO “ “ “ ••

" “ Port Jervis, 88 “ “ “ 11

“ “ Moniicello, 112 “ “ '* “

“ " Cen. Valley, 48 “ “ " “

“ “ ScnccuLake, 29 1 “ " ** "

Tickets for sale at the General Offices of the Erie
Railway Company, 124 Washington street Boston: 241,
401, 529, or 95. Broadway, New York; and 732 Chest-
nut street, Philadelphia. Express trains leave New
York from depot foot of Chambers street at 9 A. M.,
10:45 A. M„ aud 7 P. M.

JNO N. ABBOTT.

my20 General Puseeufler Agent.

Reduction ii» Price.

J. & W. TOLLEY'S

CELEBRATED

BREECH LOADING GUNS,

Manufactory, Pioneer Works. Birmingham. Eng.

These guns are bnilt with ovt-.-y
improvement for American sport,
and nre the cheapest guns of
guaranteed quality and shooting
powers sold in the United States,
They are made in six qualities,
each gun being branded with one
of the under mentioned names,

| which denotes Its quality:

| Pioneer, .... §65 Gold.

Tolley, 90 '•

Standard ••

National, - . . no •»
Challenge, - - - 1 MO **
Paragon, ... 225 “

Any one of the above may bo
— selected with confidence, as no

gnn bears our name which we cannot thoroughly guar-
antee in every respect.

Send for reduced illustrated descriptive pricelist.

BRANCH HOUSE, 29 Maiden Lnue,

Comer Nassau street. New York.

Waterproof,

Mildew-proof,

AND

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GARMENTS

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BLUE BEAVER mid FRIEZE.

Wading: Boots, Fishing: Slocking-s, Rub-
her Clothing:, Ac.

Game Ventilating Pockets.

Illustrated Price List and Samples free.

The most complete list ever published. Send for It

GEO. C. HENNING,

410 Seventh Sti'cet,

Apr 29 ly WASHINGTON, D., C.

DR. FOWLERS

PATENT

HARD RUBBER REEL

The Gem— Improved.

This beautiful Reel has now been before the pub-
lic two years, and ull who have asud it speak loud In
its praise.

IT nAS BEEN IMPROVED,
and all the Reels made this year will pass through tho
hauds of the Inventor, and none allowed u> go out,
except those that are perfect.

For sale by all flrst-'Muss jobbers and tho trade gen-
erally. A H FOWLER, Inventor,

Feb. 4 ITHACA. N. V.

THE CELEBRATED

Sporting and Blasting Powder,

MANUPACTURED BY

carl ditmar.

UNDER HIS OWN PATENT, can now be had reg-
olurly and In any quantity. See Circulars for full tes-
timonials as to its superiority over other makes.

The now patent Sporting Powder does not soil the
gnn; cleans It, when you use one charge of It, alter
many with black powder; no smoke — litrio recoil— no
loud report— high velocity. Thu best ever rnude In

this line; not to be confounded with Schultz' or En-
glish Wood Powder, or Sawdust Powder, as It is bu
perlor to each,

Ready Made Ammunition

For Sporting and Target Rifles, always on hand.
Send for full Instruction, and If sample desired,
state if for rille or shot gun. us each kind is made.
Works at Neponset. Address

HENRY A. GOULD,

Selling Agent, 101 Milk street, Boston, Muss,

THE

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GUNPOWDER.

Hazard'* "Electric" Powder.

No*. 1 (fine) to 5 (coarse). Unsurpassed In point of
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lln/.ard'* “ \merlenn Sporting."

Nos. 1 (fine i to 3 (coarse) In lib. oamau-r* and n 4 lb.
Kegs A lino grain, quick and clean, for upland amt
prnlrle shooting. Well adopted to short guns.

lln/.ard ■ "Buck Shooting."

Nos. ; (fine) to 5 (coarse). In 1 and 5 lb. canisters
and 6} and 12} lb. keg.. Hums /Jowly und very

v.o,..., .uooiuig reuuirKHiny close, and with great
lunrlinfion For Held, forest sud water shooting
It ranks any other brand, aud It U equally servicea-
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Hazard’s "Kentucky Rlffe.”

FFFG, FFG, and "Soa Shooting" KG. In kegs of 25
12}. and 6} lbs. and cans of 5 lbs.

packed in 1 and } lb. canisters. „

moist. The FFFG and FFG ore favorite brands

FFFG Is also
Burn* «tro ng ami

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1

DOWN’S

Essence of

Jamaica Ginger

PREPARED Wl ONLY

Frederick Brown,

PHILADELPHIA, PA

THIS RELIABLE PREPARATION, one of
the oldest of American Pharmaceutical Pro-
ducts, still maintains its enviable reputation,
and finds a steadily increasing sale without
advertising, and in spite of piracy.

Its high reputation has tempted the cupidity
of parties, whose only excuse for their unfair
simulations, exists in the great popularity of
the original, and accidental similarity of their
names.

BROWN’S ESSENCE OF JAMAICA GINGER
is protected by the private Proprietary Stamp
of the manufacturer, which is incorporated with
the steel plate label.

Fhe attention of Druggists and the Trade generally, Is callod.
to the Price List of

ENGLISH Sc FRENCH
MEDICINES Sc PHARMACEUTICAL
PREPARATIONS,

Which will be mailed on application.

Frederick Brown,

(Established 1822) ‘

IMPORTINC, MANUFACTURING
Si DISPENSING CHEMIST,

N. E. Corner Fifth and Chestnut Streets,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Climax Creaaer

Loader aud Cap
BxpeUer.

Price 02.75.

In ordering give W zt nf ehrU und.
Dealers. Send for Circular.
Address:

HALL'S

patent

Creaser

poll

PAPER

SHELLS.

Plain Creaaer

C3?

and Loader.

Price 02.25.
For sale by Gun

HALL <k CO., Lancaater, Penn.

Kay Shot Concentrating Cartridge.

No creasers, turners, or topwods required. Loads
In half tho tlmo penally required. Fifty percent,
belter distribution and greater ponelrailou secured.
Send to your gun dealer for sample. Ju3-ly

BIO TROUT— FOR SALE — A SHARE

In the Oquossoc Angling Association, by one
who can't go. Address W . Box 2200, New York P O.

Board for the summer for a

•mall family, or two married couples. In a pri-
vate family, fifteen miles from Now York. Train*
every hour; no mosquitoes; delightful drive* In tho
country aud to Balt bulbing aod daUiUff. Apply to A
office format and Strtam, ’

272

FOREST AND STREAM

jtjntcls and $t£or/8 for£nort$men.

BLUE FISH.

Kinseys asiiley house, bar

NEGAT INLET. Don’t forget Bine fishing com-
mences about Mav 2tUb. Address J. W. KINSEY,
Warolonn. Ocean county, N. J., for information, en-
gaging yachts, Ac. Ju3(f

Luke Couch idling Hotel. Cnnatla.

Tins charming and picturesque first-clans Bummer
Renurt will he opened for the season on 7th of Juno,
nod will remain open until October. The sporting In
the immediate neighborhood is exceptionally excel-
lent, the Hotel being within rendy access to tne Mus-
koka Lakes. Sparrow Lake, and Trading Luke, where
Salmon ’front, Blnck Bass. SiRiklcd Trout, etc ,
abound in original plenty. Yachting, Boating, Bath-
ing, Bowling Alleys, Billiard Booms, etc,, provido for
the umniement of guests. Mail and telegraph ofilces
in the house Rates exceedingly moderate. For cir-
culars containing terms, ote., apply to the offlro of
Forest and Stream, or JOHN K. FOREMAN,

The 3Iost Ajijiroved System

OF

Breech Loading, Sporting

And Muitary | Hides.

Sportsmen ’a i @00(1$.

JOHN RIGBY & GO..

INVENTORS AND KiNL'S ACT If HERS OF TIIE FINEST "

For Simplicity of Construction,

ACCURACY,

Penetration, Durability, Safety, Ease of Manipulation,

Materials and Workmanship, they are Unsurpassed.

(REVOLVERS OF VARIOUS SIZES,

tny2il

Box 2645, P. O Toronto, or to
{THOMAS SCULLY Munugcr,
Couchlchtng, Ontario.

Rossin House, Toronto, Canada.
SHUARS & SON, Proprietors.

This house is a favorite resort for gentlemen sports-
mcn from all parts of the United State* and Canada.

Crossmou House,

ALEXANDRIA BAY. Jeff. Co . N. Y. G. CROSS-
MON it SON, Proprietor*.

THIS House, recently rebuilt and elegant-
ly furnished. I* now open for visitor", Ii U loca-
ted In one of the mod delightful places In the Thou-
mnd Island region, commanding an extensive view of
the St, Lawrence and the Islands and offer* every facil-
ity for the comfort nud enjoyment of guests. Gullit*
lor boating, Hunting and Fishing Parties. Steamer*
for the buy connect ut Clayton with the Utica and
Black River Railroad, and at Cape Vincent with the
Rome. Watertown wna Qgdensburg Railroad 5m

. Twin lakes Trout Farm.

Board for gentlemen only—

Sportsmen, Artlsis. Anglers, Ac. Splendid
icenery and drives, Fine homing, trout, pickerel,
and boss iMilng aud woodcock shooting. Also Ic»-
*uns iu oil and wuler color palming, draw ing and
etching, if desired. Address J. IVES PKAsE. or E
SHERMAN PKASE. P. O. box 00 Cunoan, Conn.

N. B.— Cottage building sites overlooking the lakes
for Bale cheap; also one for a hotel. AprS-tf

- J DEPOT HOTEL, Gananu, Conn.

— . G II. CORBIN, Proprietor. New, clean room*
and beds, first-class table, Ac. Fiabiug, shooting,
and pleasant drives near liy. AiirS tlra

I30ARD NEAR TWIN LAKES, FOUR
J honrs from New York via Harlem Rullroad. A
desirable location for sportsmen, artists, and all those
wanting a pleasant home. Address F. F. COOPER
Locust Hill Farm, Ashley Fails, Berkshire county!

Mar 94 -6m

TADOUSAC HOTEL— SEA BATHING.

RIVER SAGrEXAY, CANADA.

THE PROBitlETOR GUARANTEES TO SECURE

Safrionand Trout Fishinq

FOR HIS GrESTS °

Apply lo the proprietor, « II. I.ls Rl'SSELL,

St. Lonis Hotel. Quebec.

Or to Messrs. ABBEY & IMBRIK,

my 81-I in 48 Malden lane. New York.

A Fishing Camp

HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED ON Oz\E

of the best Trout Streams in the mountains of
Pennsylvania. A good man is in charge, wilh large
tent, camp cots, caokiug stove, and the necessary out-
lit Vacancies will exist after June 15th. aud eenile
men who desire to avail themselves of the privileges
of (hi? Camp can register their names with BATON A
1 O . Sportsman's huiporiiiiu, 102 Nas-uu it reel New
York, or wilh WM. C HARRIS Forest and Stream
olnce. As only six or eight jiereons can be accommo-
dated ut one tune, applicants must take their turn.

I he ruilroud furo is $5 10 the slat on nearest the
ramp; coinage to the stream, about $2 The expense
in camp, $2.80 nor day, incl ding provisions, conk,
and gmde A tramp of five mile* through the woods
1* necessary. The Camp is distant from New York

iihoni twelve hours

THE WILLEWEfSIOC CLUB.

A FEW SHARES IN THIS CLUB

-LA_ belonging lo a member now residing perma-
nently in Europe, are offered for sale to persons ac-
ceptable to the other members. The membership is
limited to twenty, aud the club own Lake Wlllewemoc
with udjolnlric land. furnished house, barn, ice bouse!
etc . ; also lease of Bid sum and Thomas Lakes and of
four miles of the Wlllewemoc stream
For particulars apply to J. S. VAN CLEEF, Presi-
dent, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

, J,<!,r.gi;!'Trul information refer to CHARLES HAI-
LOCK, Editor Foreet and Stream,

T WANT TO RENT A COMFORTA-

-L ble house, with from ten to twenty acres of land
adjoining, within forty miles of this city. Address
Forest and Stream Office. New York. my97-tf

Northern & British Colonies

IN SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA.

Cheap Lands, Fine Climate, Splendid
Sport, Good Society, Schools
and Churches Everywhere.
PROTECTION FROM LAND SHARKS.

Address Secretary Southeide Immigration So-
ciiity, Farmville, Prince Edward Co,, Va, my2o 8m

SHO < > T I N «;

AND FISHING on the Prairies. Cplunds, and Streams
or the Southwest. Book beuutifuflv illustrulcd Only
Address BROTHER SPORTSMAN, Box

J) ESI liA RLE IN ALL RESPECTS.

Send foi* Circulai'N.

Whitney Arms Comp.

Wliltucyvllle, near New Haven, Conn.. U. 6. A.

MISFIT CARPETS.

/TJ.00D SECOND HAND AND MISFIT ENGLISH BRUSSELS, THREE-PLY AND

Y_X INGRAIN CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, *C„ VERY CHEAP, AT TIIE OLD PLACE.

Sent to any part of the United States free of eburge. 112 Fulton street, New YorK4J

BreechLoadin gShotGuns

Double and Single Express Rifles.

Long Range Match Rifles, Ac

21 SUFFOLK STREET, DUBLIN,

AND

72 ST. JAMES STREET, LONDON.

Breech Loaders.

mm

RodsandReels,

Manchester, Vermont.

Chas.F.Orvis,

Prices m derate, Send for descriptive list. Mention Forest and Stream.

Hegemciris Patent Portable Folding Boat.

use ns T.iFP-RniTc ^ — —Also for Sportsmen, Tour-

ists, Trapper’s, Exploring
Expeditions, Parties camp-
ing Out, &c. &c.

For use as LIFE-BOATS,
LIGHTERS, Dingies, Do-
rys, on board Steamers,
Yachts and other Vessels.

These safe and perfectly port-
able boats will admit or the
roughest usage. A very light,
strong and durable frame ol
ash or other tough wood, with
nd

light buggy wigon, horse-
buck, or by single person,
and can be unfolded ready

- ft—.’-V— ~<t'

ran. a- cover, and can be folded
In ont-eighth apace, for Iran a- . , ... packed and shipped by ex-

vortatwn aid carried in a Above ouu show the Boat folded and unfolded, press anywhere, same rate

JOHN Hrmi.v n n . “{.height as other good*
John HEGEMAN. Balleton Spa, Saratoga Co. N. Y

for use, in three minutes'
time. Boats neatly foded,
packed and shipped by ex-

( vu/.(4?r /j (1 ra??/:,

/Mr on z/ /r.\ a- ma xi / « Jtj/ltm.s or

-'llilitani. ?ln;ilvii;!l. tCInirdi Sc J^nrirtu (Santa.

. 4,0 MsliVEJVLAJVF, Xctll Uork

Hovvmq Suits A Specially

Winners of tlie“Turf, Field
aud Farm” Grim Trials.

(See issue October 3d, 1813.)

In which competition the committees have awarded
our guns, First and Second for POINTS OF MERIT
OF ACTION, MATERIALS, PROPORTION, AND
SHOOTING QUALITIES comblnod, in ail the four
classes.

THE PREMIER GUN.

w. A V. SCOTT A SON call attention to their
very FINEST weupon, combining all tliclr recent Im-
provements, marked on the rib between their muno
und^Lcmdon^ address the brand— "Tn 1C PREMIER

Medium and fine guns bear full name and addresa,
and plain guns full name and "London" ouly.

Each guu Is numbered and the actions are stomped
with name aud trade mark.

w. d: C. SCOTT dr SON, Pole makers of tho
Patent Top Lover, solid. Double Locking Bolt Breech
Loader, bearing the full name of the firm. W. & C.
SCOTT & SON caution sportsmen against imitations
of their puteut and name Guns bearing the 11am#
abbreviated, or with different initials, are not genuine.

TRIAL OF SCOTTdt G R BBMCHS NEW SYSTEM
OF BORING, BY THE EOITOH OF
"THE FIELD," LONDON.

(See Tltt Field, January 30th, 1875.)

"From a comparison of the two tables It will be
seen that with Walker's shot, Messrs. Scott's guns
showed a marked superiority over Mr. Greener’s
both in average and in (lie highest score made. In-
deed, with the left barrel, iu Ins third shot, Mr. Scott
got a selected group pattern of 230 nud a penetration
of 37, equalling the highest pattern made by Mr.
Greeuer. and exceeding the penetration of that par-
ticular shot by eight sheets."

London Office:

10 Great Castle St., Regent Circus, near Lang-
liaui liutel.

Chief address;

Manufactory Premier Gun Works,

Lancaster Street, Birmingham.
WHOLESALE.

Aprl-6m

The Sportsman’s VVarehouse.

EDWIN S. HARRIS,

No.

Late COOPER, HARRIS & HODGKINS,

177 Broadway, New York

^ _ WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

BREECH

LOADING

AND

25 cents.

391. Sedaha. Mo.

Implements,.

Cartridges,

Jo3-lt

The Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul Railway

i.rAV*I*CI‘ ",llner '“""try. nfferds views of grander
^rj'.and pll,*<:* ’’“rough more business centers
."ne r,*!B"rUI 'lmn anV “‘her northwestern

ding ISV,Ulrle’' hikes and streams, aboun-

the great metropolitan centers of the Northwest—

^and eqmprn“nt uneqn^. “and u'.TXs of
p^Wcoacto, aud sleeping car. run through J^thoSt

York Offlro, 310 Broadway

ror- <'an“‘ * VV. 51 adl.ari
City OlHc«., <11 and 63 Clark HI. ApS^m

OF ALL

Kinds.

X Lb°FOU( Cl I EtL A*!\D VwvVuNTTIOn' OF8ALL ,*KK IIs* vir 8 1 S' tOAT8 AND BELTS ^FlThKH
H«>r„ HOME AND

HAVELAROE STOCK OF MUZZLE LOADING GUNS & RIFLES VERY CHEAP.

Clark oSc Sneider.

MANUFACTURBHS OF THE

SNKIDER

PATENT BUEKUH-LOADING SHOT GUN.
ALTERING

Muzzle -Load in:? Giiiis to Hreecli-Loading

A SPECIALTY
WRITE FOR PARTICULARS.

r~ * A W . PfMft sr„ Biiltimore.

$ hihdelyfiia.

l>otli Brass

Henry C. Squires,

NO 1 COURTLANDT STREET NEW YORK
Agent for HOLA BIRD'S SUITS, lo whom off New
York orders should be addressed.

Magic Lantern and loti Slide. Tor $IOo

' & H. T. ANTHONY & CO.. 591

Broadway, N. Y., op. Metropolitan Hotel
Chromos and Frames, Stereoscopes anil Views Grant.
oscopes.Megalet hoar opes. Albums and Phot'ogranhi
of celebrities. Photo- Lantern Slides a specialty* MaiT
nfactnrersof Phou^raphlc Materials. Awarded Kim
Premium at Vienna ExpoeltioB, Jellly'1

CIIAS. GREEN,

Manufacturer of

Breech Loading Shot Guns".

8h^fqn„a^»si“‘b,e *nap bcuob mBd°-

MUZZLE LOADERS CONVERTED TO BREECH
q .. LOADERS.

SPORTSMENS’ DEPOT.

JOHN KKIDER,

Corner Second and Waluul Sis., Philadelphia.
IMPORTER, MANUFACTURER and DEALER IN
Giiiih, Rifles, Pistols, and Fishing Tackle.
Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech
Loaders .

REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
Has constantly on hand a full assortment of Rods,

Wn!^\-L're2iinUlB' Ke2rn' Fly., n,,okB- Salmon Files,
Waterproof Silk Lines, Silk and Hair Trout Lines, Ac.
Porch Snoods, China and Grass Lines. Also, a largo
lot of Cano Reeds, Bamboo and Japan.

Birds' Eggs and Birds' Skins In great varieties.—
Taxidermy in all ita branches.

8PRATT'8 PATENT DOG BISCUITS. 4-ly

Thomas Sparks,

Shot and Bar Lead

MANUFACTURED,

[Established 1 SON.]

Pee, 121 Walnut St. Philadelphia.

BRADFORD & ANTHONY,

1 80 Washington St., Boston.

IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS IN

Fisiliiiig: Taoltle,
FTsliing* Rods,
Fish Hooks,

AND

ANGLING IMPLEMENTS.

FOREST AND STREAM*

273

glfc gennel

Tp O R SALE. — THE FOLLOWING

_L' field Trial and Prize Winner Poinlers: —

1 Brighton — Winner of Field Trials at Ipswich, and
divided with old champion Drake and Bristol at Cam-
bridge; he is own brother to Bride, winner of Ipswich
and Shrewsbury trials. He has also won three times
on the show bench. He la liver ucd white, very fast
and stylish. £l'iO. 8 years old.

- Bristol — Fifteen mom ha old; liver and white:
winner of puppy stakes at Shrewsbury, and divided
in the all aged stakes at Cambridge by Bratton, out of
Bride. £00.

3. June— Liver and white bitch. 3J years; winner at
Shrewsbury Held trials in 1873. Br*>an out of June;
perfect in field and capital nose. £40.

4. Dog and Bitch- Sumo micros Bristol; liver and
white; perfectly broken and very fast. £30 each.

0. Lemon and white dog. Shot — Winner of twelve
prizes, Including cup ut Lisburn last week for the
best sporting dog in the show. By young Bap out of
Nell; podieice given for many generations. £40 is
well broken.

0. A brace of bitches ready to break: bluck and
white, own sister to that wonderful dog, Rector, win-
ner of pointer stakes and champion cup for best
pointer or setter ut tbs last Shrewsbury trials, and
winner of puppy stakes at Shrewsbury the year be-
fore. £20 each.

7. Setters, British, white and bluck ticked bitch, 2
years old, by Dash out of Judith; winnner of puppy
•lakes at Shrewsbury, and also at Vaynol; also the
all age stakes at Shrewsbury and first prize on show
bench; perfectly broken. £40.

8. Bryan— Bv Rob Roy out of Bees; Rob Roy win-
ner of all aged stukes and clinuiplon plate at Shrews-
bury; black and white; perfectly broken. .£30.

It. A brace of Gordon Setter Pups, eight months
old. By Neville's Grouse, winner ut Crystal 1‘ulace,
Birmingham, &c..oatof champion Norah, winner of
many prizes, and the dam of more winners than any
other bitch ever was. Price £20 each.

10. Also several other well broken pointers and sel-
lers of prize blood at moderate prices, and one or two
IrUi setters to spare

All the above mentioned dogs (excepting puppies)
have received their training ut the bands of Mr. Jus.
Bishop, of- Field Triul celebrity, who bad the gold
whistle awarded to bun at Vaynol for working his
dog- in the Quickest and most efficient manner, und
condition cup at Ipswich.

Ben— Champion curly coated retriever; winner of
twenty prizes, including silver cups at Birmingham.
Nottingham. Dublin, Manchester, Newport, &"c ; 3|
years old, tender mouthed und good retriever. £80.

Dinah— Also curly coated; winner of second prize
at Birmingham; 3 years. £20.

Purchasers will kindly send £5 extra for each dog,
to pay the passage fare.

Apply to J. 8. SKIDMORE, Nantwich, Kuglund.

Reference— J. II. Whitman, Chicago.

For sale.— a small, well-bred

Hound; cross between a beagle and harrier; two
years old; well broken; perfect in every respect;
"dead medicine" on rabbit h and foxes. Price $25.
Address THOS, P CANTWELL, Brainerd, Minn.
Refer to Kennel Editor F. and S. Jn3-3t

For sale— two or three pups

from Prince and Kate. Color, black, tun and
white. It. SCUMEIDEBBRG, P. O. box 4330, New
York. Ju3 It

Whelps for Sale

A PAIR OF WIIELPS, (MALE AND

female,) sired by D. Brooks' celebrated Bis
niarck, out of as band-nine a Setter Bitch a* there is
in the country. The Bitch is of Kinsey stock (Irish,)
now almost extinct, which for speed, beauty, and
nose has never been excelled. Address P. M. E.,
Lock Box tlG. Philadelphia P. O. mv2T-2t

A. C. WADDELL’S

Breeding Kennel, Newton, N. J.

The finest strain of young Pointers and Setter* for
sale Dogs hoarded and cared for in the best manner
ut $5 per month. Ped'greesguuranteed.; dogs broken
tor $50. Mar 11

-veterinary surgeov-dr. j. m heard

* (member of the Royal College of Veterinary Sur-
geons. London), No. 20 Lexington avenue, N. Y.. at-
tends, wheu requested, all cases requiring bis ].iofes-
aional skill. Horses carefully examined as to sound-
ness; Oct 22

IIENUY GARDNER, M. D , H AS CONSTANT^
* *- LY on linttd and for snic, medicines adapted to
the cure of all discuses. Dealer in sport ng dogs of
every variety. Dogs trained for reasonable compen-
sation. No. ill South Fifth ave.. N. Y. Oct 22

MUZZLE LOADERS
CONVERTED INTO DREECH LOADERS,

ON THE MOST APPROVED PRINCIPLE,
and all kinds of BREECH LOADING work effected.

Mortimer & Kirkwood,

24 ELM Street, Boston, Mass.

J. D. DOUGALL’S

EXPRESS SHOT GUNS.

(Title registered.)

QHOWN by trials al Wimbledon by Editor
kJ of the Field to possess the GREATEST PENE-
TRATION and therefore LONGEST RANGE— thus;
Circle, 30 Inches; 800 pellets; average, 191; penetra-
tion, 37 The Baiter’s trial of Greener guns with 340
pellets of same sliot and same charge of powder, gave
ISO, and penetration 30, although there were 40 more pcl-
leta In each charge. Should any controversy arise as
to the 'durability of these new systems, we herewith
warn ai. beforehand that our system Is our own inven-
tion (though founded on the American idea) and Is DU-
RABLE, u fact remarked on by the Field, that the
guns tried had been In use during last season, and ref-
erences permitted to the owners. Send for Illustrated
Circulars to

59 St. James’s Street London.

AVERY FINE DOUBLE BREECH

loading rifle and shot gun, with implements
complete. This gun Is fine lu every particular, und
only used oue season In the Adirondack*. It will be
•old at a large reduction from original cost, us owner
Bulls for Europe on the 15th. H. C. SQUIRES, 1
Cortlandt street. New York. Ju8-lt

CAMP LOUNGT

'H ade Mark Pal'dL.
February 18.

Campers and Dealers!

See Scientific American

Jan K3

Sportsmen tt goods.

J. B. Crook & Co.,

MANUrACTUREKS AND IMPORTERS OP

FISHING TACKLE!

£30 Fulton St., IV. Y.

Sole mull ii fact u rers of the celebrated CASTLE CON-
NELL ROD for SALMON, TROUT, and BLACK
BASS.

SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.

HOLABIRD S

SHOOTING &FISJHNG GARMENTS.

HHHE MANUFACTURER OF THESE

JL goods begs to call the attention of gentlemen de-
siring outfits for fishing und shooting to his superior
specialties; Shooting Coots, Jackets, with or with-
out sleeves. Trousers, Taps, Overcoats, und Wad-
ing Jackets for Trout and Salmon. The style is orig-
inal with the maker. Being himself a sport-man, Ins
experience in all kinds of covert and nfler nil kinds
of game, assures the amateur that they are u Ifimalum.
Nothing better lias been mode in Europe, and no oth-
er manufacturer lias yet succeeded In equalling them.
The material used is extra fine Duck, rendered water-
proof and dyed the color of dead marsh grass. The
sleeveless Coat and N est with sleeves are hard to
beat.

Com'dr T. W. Eastman, U. 8. Navy, suys: "I have
tried everything In the way of Sporting clothing, at
home and abroad, uud have found untlmig equalling
yours. They arc the best now offered to gentlemen
Sportsmen.’'

Thompson W. Clark, Sec’y Woolwich Club,
Swedesboro, N. J , says: "I am perfectly delighted
with the material and fit. They cannot he excelled."

Ciias. Hallock Esq., Fore-t uud Stream. N. Y..
says: "Every Sportsman should provide himself
with Ilolabird's Snooting Coats."

Would also refer with pleasure to B. F. Bowi.es,
Esq., Springfield. Mass. #

Special orders are cutto measure with care, and any
special request as to arrangement of pockets gratified.
The style is a Sack Coat with seven outside pockets
and a large game suck inside of sufficient cupac.tv to
carry 25 grouse. These nre made with or without
sleeves. The Jackets <ir Vests ure long-waleted, with
or without sleeves, with large pockets. HOLABIRD
& PARK'S PATENT SHELL HOLDER, for carry-
ing brass shells, head up. und holding the wild firm
on the shot, can be attached to either Coat or Vest
They are the best holder out. No danger of losing
shells or inconvenience In transportation . They cun
be attached and taken off at pleasure. See my prices:

Coals, with or without sleeves $10 00

Vests, “ •• “ 4 IK)

Trowsers 3 50

Cnps 2 50

Overcoats 6 00

Wading Jackets 8 00

Shell Holders, per dozen 1 25

Belts, with Shell Holders attached 5 00

fST’For special measurement, give eize of chest,
waist, One-half of back, length of sleeve with arm at
right angles, waist, in scam and out seam, and gunge
of gun, if breech loader. Address

W. MERIDEN, CONN.

Special attention is given to first-class work. Extra
sketches mid DOG PORTRAITS cut, to order, by
sending photographs. JACOB QLAIIN, Manager,
Formerly Supt. of Parker Bro9. Engraving and Orna-

mental Department.

Feb II

N. Y. Safety Steam Power Co.

Office : 30 COURTLANDT ST.

BUILDERS OF

STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS'

Steam Launches & Yachts

And their Machinery a Specialty, also Machinery for^

TUCS, LIGHTERS AND STEAMERS^

Propeller Wheels of Superior Efficiency.

BEND FOE ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR.
tir All our boats are guaranteed to liass inspec-
tion under the Steamboat law when required.

'We offer to dealers and sportsmen a most complete
assortment of

Fishing Tackle,

Rods, Reels, Lines, Artificial Flies, Nets,
Buits, Fish Hooks, Ac.

Split Bamboo Fly Rods and Reels

OF THE FINEST WORKMANSHIP.

Tackle suitable for Malue, Adirondack, Canadian,
and other fishing.

ARTIFICIAL FLIE9 DRESSED TO ORDER.
BIIEECII AM) MUZZLE LOADING GUNS,
And Sportsmens' goods of all kinds.

Manufactured and Imported by

BARTON, ALEXANDER £ WALLER,

101 & 103 DUANE ST., (near

Broadway) New York.

JfflidcelL'tncous.

ABBEY & IMBRIE,

SUCCESSORS TO

ANDREW CLERIC & CO.

48 Maiden Lane, N. Y.

IMPORTERS. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN

Fishiner Tackle,

On hand the largest and nest assortment ever ex-
hibited in the United States. They particularly cull
attention to their

TROUT, SALMON AND BASS RODS.

Every variety of Salmon ana Trout Flies, und Hook*
on Gnt. Cutty Hunk and Pasune Islands Bass Lines,
waterproof Braided Silk Lines, every size and quality of

SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES,

And every Variety and Style of
FISH HOOKS.
Parties fitted out wl|h appropriate Tackle for tho
Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast, Cunada, Maine
the Adirondack!), &c., Ac.

Split Bamboo, Trout and Salmon Rod* and Reels
o Specially.

Agents for the St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Sole Im-
porters of Warriu's Celebrated Drilled
4-29 Eyed Needles.

Orange Sporting Powder.

ORANGE LIGHTNING POWDER,

The strongest and cleanest Powder made. Nos. 1
to 7, packed only in sealed 1 lb. canisters. The coarser
sizes especially are recommended to owners of fine
breech-loading gun*, giving great penetration with
very slight recoil.

©RANGE DUCKING POWDER,

For wutcr fowl. Very strong and clean. Nos. 1 to
5. Packed in metal kegs of 64 lbs, each, and in canis
lers of 1 aud 5 lbs.

AUDUBON POWDER,

Very quick. For woodcock aud quail Nos. 1 to 4.
Packed in metal kegs of 124 lbs. and t>* lbs., and In
pouud canisters.

ORANGE RIFLE POWDER,

The best for rifles uud for all ordinary purposes.
Sizes F.g, FF.g, FFF.g, the lust being the finest uud
most used. Fucked lu wood aud metal kega of 25
lbs., 124 lbs., aud t>i lbs., and in canisters of 1 lb. and
4 pound.

All of the above give high velocities and lees resid-
uum than uny other brands made.

LAFLIN & RAND POWDER Co.,

2 1 Park Row, N. Y.

(Opposite Astor House.)

CHICAGO

SHOT TOWER CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

STANDARD

DROP AND BUCK SHOT

BALLS AND BAR LEAD.

Oar aim Is to manufacture an article of SHOT that
is unsurpassed in ROUNDNESS. SOLIDITY, Pea-
fection of POLISH, Uniformity of SIZE, and Accu-
racy of WEIGHT, in each hag. Orders from the
Trade solicited, and will be filled at

The Lowest Market Prices.

E. W. BLATCHFORD, President.

C. F. GATES. Treasurer. jun25Iy

•J. WALLACE,

Naturalist& Taxidermist,

IMPORTER OF

FOREIGN BIRD SKINS AND ARTIFI-
CIAL EYES,

19 N. William St, New York

Birds and Animals Preserved to Order by

B. L. IV EWCOMB,

TAXIDERMIST,

NO. 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM, MASS.

Instruction plven.

Feb, 4

Sportsmen!

Your attention Is called to
GOOD S OIL TANNED MOC-
BASINS, the best thing ever
worn by sportsmen. Not
injured by wetting and
drying— always soft and
easy to the feet, and
VERY' DURABLE— being made of the very best of
stock in threodifferent styles, und warranted th caen-.
urns article, different from anything before offered
Illustrated Circular and Price List free.

FRANK GOOD.

1209 Elm st. Manchester. N. H.

Salmon & Trout Angling.

JOHN SYMONS, Halifux, N, S.

Keeps a full line of London mads'

RODS. REELS, AND ALL ARTICLES REQUIRED
FOR ANGLING.

t®~AII rivers in this province free! Also a full
assortment of Oricketing Implements. Bust makers
In London. An l-9m

JOSEPH C. DANE,

MANUFACTURER OF THE

Dane Breech Loading Shot Gun.

LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN.

Solid Breech Snap Action.
EASIEST MANIPULATED AND ONLY GUN THAT
IS SAFE FROM ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE.

Muzzle Loader* Altered to Breech Loader*,
my 27

Jflisrelhneou

CONROY, BISSETT & MALIESON,

(Successors to J. C. Conroy A Co.)

B5 Fulton St., N. Y.,

Invite the Attention of amateurs
to the additions they have made to
their regular stuck of Fine Uuuds,
comprising in part

Six strip Split Bamboo

1U>1>S,

for Trout and Salmon fishing.
TIIK FAMED

M Glnnis ltluck Russ Rods

murle of Split Rumboo (now ibis
season). Vom Ilofe's Rubber steel
Pivot, Click and Salmon Kvele.
The celebrated "Frankfort" Heel,
Ac-, Ac Solo manufacturers of
"Mullaly V Pnteut File*. Tho
New style Omtylmnk Boss Line*
of Extra quality.

Pur ties fitted out for the Adi-
rondicka, the Mulno Woods,
Luke Superior, Newport, Cutty-
huuk, P usque Island, Wind Island,
Barnegut, Ac

Order* by mail will receive cars-
ful ami prompt attention.

Pritchard Brothers,

No. 89 Fulton St.. N. Y.

ALL KINDS OF

Fishing Tackle

Made and repaired with the utmost despatch.

_AUiO. CONSTANTLY ON HAND

THE BEST SELECTION OK TROUT AND 811-
MON RODS, REELS. LINES AND PLIES.
Medal* awarded at the World s Fair and American
Institute for oar superior Artificial Flics. 4—

K. J. YVALSHE,

DRAPER and TAILOR

McVTCKER'S THEATRE BUILDING,

CHICAGO.

Camp Lounge Company,

POCKET BEDSTEA0,

£

TRADE MARK PATENTE0.

■ V Slot JIIC« COT O'* CAMV

VJi 'CAMP-LOUNGE FOLDED!
I— put up in on,: miuutc.

Troy, New York.

House^Home
in Camp.

Style* and prices — “Adirondack" and "Miner," ?4
each. Tire "Sheridan." with plnlti canvas. $5; with
both plain and quilted canvas, $10. All style., equal
to acy raatlruw) in comfort. Uuapprouchuble In ex-
cellence. Perfect in theory and perfect In actual use.
Shown and orders received at office of Forest aud
Stream, or Camp Lounge Co., Troy, N. Y.

Apr 8-3m

Birds, pet and rare animals,

mid AQUARIA STOCK DEPOT and AQU.Utl v
CASE MANUFACTORY. J. BA GOT, Acorn, 31
Fulton slreet, New York City. Goldfish, Sllvvrllsli.
Fi-huud Animal Life, uurl Aquatic Plum.* In variety.
A Wo Shells, Pebbles. Ornaments, Corals, *c.. to slock
the Aquarium. Cuutrlea and other tong birds;
Pigeons. Purrote, and Paroquets: Rabbits, Squirrels,
Dogs, pel and rare Anlmuls generally; Bird Seeds.

aared food for Mocking Bird* and oilier soft-billed
• ; Fish food, Bird Gravel, Dog Medicines. Hu*
ler's celebrated Mungc and Flea Cure, 4c., w hol.-.als
»nd reran. Mar «-!v

CUT CAVENDISH.

It Is manufactured from the most expensive itock,
is particularly adapted to Meerschaum und Cigarette
Smoking; does not bite or make the tongue sore, is
unlike any other tobacco.

Rocubstkr, Feb. 12, 1675.
llu sri H'm. S. Kimball it Co.:

1 find Vanity Faik to be th* best article of tobac-
co adapted to the wants of the *porlsman. Have used
your tobaccos for many years, uud know them all U>
be first class. Yours truly, SzTU Green,
Sup't of N. Y. Suite Fisheries.

Gentlemen: Having smoked your tobacco. Vanity
Fair, by the camp fire and by the hearth, I believe It
in point of fragrance and taste superior to all brands
known to me. Being in search of a tobacco that
would not fire the tongue and mouth, I wo* made ao-
qualuted with your Vanity Fair, and found It to be the
ne plue ultra of natural leaf. A. B. Lamukrton.

Highest Award, Vienna, 1S7J1.

Liberal samples by mail on receipt of money.

W. S. KIMBALL & CO.,

Peerless Tobacco Works, Rochester, ,N . Y.

SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

m

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lints Coino,nn(l It is

The Oconomowoc Black Bass Rod.

LeDgth, 84 to 94 feet. Weight, 8 to 94 ounces,
fine BASS TACKLE, FRANKFORT und other REEL*
Address

HITCHCOCK & CO..

OCONOMOWOC, WISCONSIN.

Ju3 It

274

FOfeEST AND STREAM

Sportsmen's (goods.

W. & C. SCOTT & SONS

Genuine Breech Loaders.

WINNER* OF THE GUN TRIAL OF 1*73

Report of Gun Trial sent on application.
AGENT*:

WM. READ & SONS

1 3 Fanooil II Jill Set., Boston

Also nil other makes:— Greener, Wcslley Richards
Wobloy, Remington. Moore. Ac.

A genuine Scott Muzzle Loading Onn. 825 up
Maynard, Ballnrd. Remington and Sharp's Rifles
“Ballard s breech loading Sporting Rifles 81811"
Bussey's Gyro Trap, for shooting practice.

Fine Fishing Mods and Tackle.

Fine Bronze Yacht > lime on tnnhogany carriages.
Complete, as furnished the New York and Boston
Yacht Squadrons, SEND FOR CIRCULARS.

Fishing Tackle.

A. II. Shipley & Son,

503 and 505 Commerce street, Philadelphia

Manufacturers of

Olinllc anil Fishing: Lines.

FIXE BASS AND TROUT FLY RODS.

The celebrated GRBKNHEART WOOD a specialty.

FINE ROD MOUNTINGS.

Full line of Tackle for Brook, River and Sea Fish-
tug. Agents for John James A Sous’ celebrated Fish
books and Needles.

SILVER MEDAL awarded bv the FRANKLIN
INSTITUTE. 1874, "for SUPERIOR QUALITY and
FINISH of RODS and TACKLE." Aprl-6m

WM. WUREELEIN,

20* North Second Street, Phlla.

Would call the atiention of the trade aud of sportsmen
generally, to his large assortment of

Fisliing; Tackle,

All varieties of Split Bamboo, Lance Wood and
ilmon
terpro

Line,. Braided Silk, Linen

bpl

and Ash Fly, Trout, Salmon and Bass Rods,
Reel., Braided Waterproof Silk Fly

SIZE OP TARGET. 12 FEET W IDE BY 6 FEET HIGH.

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ii

cc

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and Cotton Lines.

Hair mid Silk. Ilair, Genuine American Grass
Lines. Suonded Hooks. Trout and Bass Flics,
Trolling Spoons, Spinning Bails,

Tackle Books, Ac., Are.,

Bamboo aud Kced Poles.

Scale 1-2 Inch tortile Foot.

4. 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5—74, OUT OF A POSSIBLE 75.

DISTANCE, 800 YARDS.

Score of FIFTEEN CONSECUTIVE SHOTS BY COL. JOHN BODINE, AT CREEDMOOR, IN THE "BENNETT MATCH," lOct. 3, 1871, with a

REMINGTON Breech Loading, Long Range Challenge RIFLE

WHICH MADE IN THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH,

•

Tlie Highest Score on Record,

Please take notice, this Target was made in an OFFICIAL MATCH, not at private Practice.

Extract from the "Arm!/ and Navy JoumaT' Official Dc/iort, Dated Oct. 3, 1874.

"The match decides several disputed points, as near as they can be decided; llrst. that there is no perceptible difference in accuracy between breech loaders and
muzzle loaders, but that If anything the former are the best, as they are certainly the quickest; second, that In our clear climate we may look for even better shooting
in the future; third, that

THE REMINGTON RIFLE Stands ahead of all others for Accuracy,

AS IT DOES IN SIMPLICITY OF MECHANISM THE REMINGTON RIFLES IN TIIE MATCH SCORED THIRTEEN POINTS AHEAD OF TIIE SAME
NUMBER OF MUZZLE LOADERS, AND TWENTY TWO POINTS AHEAD OF THE SHARP'S BREECH LOADERS IN THESAMB TEAM."

In the International match, sis muzzle loaders, three REMINGTON, and three other breech loaders were used. Capt. FULTON, Col. BODINE and L. L.

nEPBF^foll offldllfS? *™™woMNavV Journal, Oct. 3d, 1871. FULTON'S SCORE 171 OUT OF 180; HIGHEST SCORE EVER MADE.

military Match Rifles Just Out; Price $35 or $55 with Vernier and Wind Gauge Sights ; also Pocket Ver-
nier Gauges Price $2.50.

Send for Treatise on Rifle Shooting, and Report of International Match, (free) to

E. REMINGTON & SONS,

P. O. BOX 3991.

Manufacturers of

Breech Loading* Grirns, Kifles, Pistols, Ammunition, Ace.

ARMORY, ILION, N. Y. 283 BROADWAY. N. Y.J

Chicago Office. 237 State Street; Pittsburg Office; lOSIxtli Street; Washington Office, 521 Seventh Street.

4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4,

40 OUT op a possible 40. ~

Scale, >; Inch to Fool.

Score of Ten Consecutive Shots at 500 yards, made
with a SHARPS MILITARY RIFLE, six lbs. trigger
pnll, without rest, by Col. H. A. G ildehsi.ee ve,

Attorney nnd Counsellor at Law, New York City, In
a Match at Creedmoor, Dec. 20. 1674.

SHARPS RIFLE CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF 7

Patent] Breech Loading, Military. Sporting, and
Long Range Rifles.

The BEST in 1850. The BEST in 1875.

Twenty-five Years of Use, and Constant PROGRESS.

Sharps Rifles Never Shoot Backwards.

For Brilliant Achievements of Sharps Rifles at Creedmoor Range, During tho
Summer of 1873, See Ofilclal Record.

SHARPS RIKI.ES won at Creedmoor Range the HIGHEST SCORE of uny BREECH LOADED RIFLE
used In tin- great International Content between the American and Irish Teams, Sept., 1574,

Won First and Second Prize- In Army and Navy Journal Mutch ot Creedmoor, 1874; also First and four
others of right Prizes for BEST INDIVIDUAL SCORES, In same match.

at ' "re edmoor ' tie !t ' U jgy J * ' * f<* ’ 0,1,1 1,'°arltl' “ud throc othcr Prlze8 (««von oat of twelve) In All Comers’ Match,
Won First and three other Prizes In Press Match, at Creedmoor, Sept,, 1871.
w on 1 htrteen Prizes in the Bennett Match, at Creedmoor, Sept., 1874

*<•- Ac- Ac. Ac. &c.

SPORTING RIFLES FROM $30 TO $38.

CREEDMOOR RIFLES, with Elevation for l,*00 Yard*, 090 to 0125.

SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CAT A LOO UE.

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SCHUYLEK. HARTLEY & GRAHAM,

19 Malden Lnue, 20 <fc 22 John street, IV. Y.

BREECH LOADING GUNS

A SPECIALTY.

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STURTEVANT BRASS SHOT SHELLS.
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Black's Patent Cartridge Vest.

This Vest affords the bent ar-
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ing cartridges. Tho weight is
jso evenly distributed that It Is
scarcely felt. Cartridges can be
carried with the hmitu down in
ibis vest, which la of great Impor-
tance when brass shells are used,
as when carrying them with the
head np the weight of the shot of-
ten forces the wad forward, when

bad shooting is the result. In

ordering send measurement around tbc chest.
PRICK $7.60.

AGENTS FOR TnE

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WARRANTED THE BEST IN THE MARKET
SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

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P. O. Box 4,448. 1 I Wall at.. New York.

Pope's rifle
AIR PISTOL.

Shoots Darts or Slugs
Perfect!- .accurate ut 30 ft.
AND IMPROVES JlY USE.

NO NOISE, AS TIIE FORCE IS AIR ALONE I
Splendid Pr dor Amusement.
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One i nny become dead shot l.y practicing with It.
To a Sportsman is invaluable. Price, Including
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AMMUNITIObN,

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Wholesale and Retail. Gnus made to order, or re-
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J® 18 No. 51 South Calvert et., Baltimore,

I

For Forut and Stream.

$rom (Omnlui to ^tint\d===
<£ffomi(;wi giuifges, Sc.

WHEN ou my way to Nevada I stopped at Omaha and
its vicinity for two weeks, and took a general sur-
vey of the country for ten or fifteen miles around. Omaha is
a growing and enterprising city, and numbers fifteen thou-
sand inhabitants. It lies directly on the west hank of the
Missouri River. A fine railroad bridge spans the river here
to Council Bluffs, on the opposite shore. The latter city is
two or three miles distant from the bank of the river, on
a beautiful plain, and does not compare in size with
Omaha. The overflow of the river prevents its being built
upon its banks; for the Missouri at this place is a treach-
erous stream, occupying a wide space for its bed, and is
liable often to change its current from side to side. The
country around Omaha is hilly; the timber is mostly cot-
tonwood, which grows very rapidly, and serves for fuel
and fencing. The Platte River, which rises in the moun-
tains of Wyoming and empties iu the Missouri fifteen or
twenty miles below Omaha, is also an everchanging stream.
Although it contains sufficient water for navigable pur-
poses, it cannot be confined within its banks. Iu Nebraska
for a hundred and fifty miles west of the river the soil can-
not be excelled, but beyond that it thins out into broken
sand hills, and before it reaches Wyoming becomes a bar-
ren waste. The eastern part of Nebraska is generally well
watered, yet the oft-repeated storms of wind which sweep
over its plains like a devouring sirocco, together with the
parching droughts, arc a drawback for settlements, yet the
population far exceeded my calculations.

There are two tribes of Indians in this part of the State,
who are settled about ninety miles up the river from
Omaha, at a place called Omaha Mission. They are super-
intended, according to the arrangement of the United States
Government, by Quakers. A gentleman who lives there
and supplies the Indians with goods told mo that odo of
the tribes a year ago last Fall went with their wives and
children on a buffalo hunt into the Territory of Wyoming,
ami, while in the midst of their sport, were attacked by
the Sioux— a powerful and warlike tribe, who claim to be
the lords of the country. The Nebraskas, being weak and
of a cowardly' nature, fled before them, losing one hundred
of their number besides their game and horses. They re-
turned iu the most wretched and forlorn condition imagin-
able. Much has been written and said of the oppression
of the Indians by the whites, but facts show that the In-
dian is the greatest enemy of the Indiau, and if these
Western tribes fade away and become extinct, like the Pe-
quoits and Narragansetts, on the Atlantic shores, it will
not be the fault of the white man, but the treachery and
cruelty of the Indian to his brother Indian.

The Union Pacific Railroad runs up the valley, of the
Platte Rivera hundred miles or more, and then crosses its
north branch. The great American desert commences iu
the western part of Nebraska, and entering Wyoming,
stretches the length of this territory to the base of the
Rocky Mountains. This is a desolate region; not a tree is
seen, and no signs of water appear for a long distance in
this stretch of waste, yet the monotony is often broken by
flocks of antelopes quietly feeding on the scanty herbage.
Prairie wolves and prairie dogs abound in this region; buf-
falo are seldom seeu from the cars, as the noise has a ten-
dency to frighten them away, and from the present indica-
tions a few years more will render them extinct here.

In Wyoming the grade begins to ascend, but no one
would think that he was ascending the Rocky Mountains,
by an outlook from the cars. The doubling of the engines,
however, indicates this fact. Up, up, up the laboring ma-
chinery forces their ponderous proportions in spite of the
heavy grade to au altitude of 9,500 feet, aud this is by no
means the highest point in the mountains. On reaching
their summit the problem is solved how a railroad could be
built over a mountain so high, and why they are called

rocky. The ideas of an Eastern man of a mountain is
steep declivities, overhauging rocks, and yawning canons;
but not so. The Rocky Mountains is a smooth plain of so
vast dimensions that no oue would regard it a mountain;
its slopes are gentle and easy of ascent. As to the rocks,
they are like pyramids rising from a smooth plain to the
height of one and two thousand feet from their base, as
though they had been placed by human hands, the surface
of the earth being left uubroken and undisturbed. These
rocks give unmistakable evidence of volcanic action; they
aro generally of a reddish furregineous conglomerate quartz.
These rocks are perfectly denuded, so much so that they
glisten in the rays of the sun. They are seen in every
imaginable form, not in regular ranges, but seem to be
scattered promiscuously over the surface of the mountain.
Here fine moss-agates are found, also chalcedony.

Sherman Station is the highest point in the mountain
where the railroad crosses, and is five hundred and fifty
miles from Omaha. Ogden Station is the ..terminus of tne
Union Pacific Railroad, uud is ten hundred aud thirty miles
from Omaha. The Pacific road runs from Ogden to San
Francisco — a distance of eight hundred and seventy -seveu
miles. It was at Sherman Station that I first felt the effect
of the rarified atmosphere upon my lungs, causing breath-
ing to be laborious. Ogden is on the western slope of the
mountains, iu the Territory of Utah. The coal mines of
Utah are on this slope of the mountain, lying in sight of
the railroad. A thousand tons per day are said to be ex-
tracted from these mines. This labor is mostly performed
by Chinamen, who have the reputation of being faithful
laborers. Indeed, Chinamen are the principal laborers on
the Pacific Railroad . They all appear to be young men ,
many of them have families, and live in mud huts along
the line of the road. This is the best bituminous coal I
ever saw, very hard and compact, quite free from sulphur,
and is nearly as good as the anthracite coal of Pennsyl-
vania. The western slope of the Rocky Mountains differ
very materially in appearance from the eastern. The rocks
appear to be of the same furregineous quartz, but the face
of the mountain puts on a more wild and romantic appear-
ance. The ranges are longer and higher, with wide and
deep gorges in their sides. The general surface of the
earth is more broken, containing deep and wild cations; in
these caiious signs of vegetable life appear in the form of
grass, shrubbery, and timber. Now, the descent is down,
down, down, for nine thousand feet until you reach the
great valley of Utah, in which lies the celebrated Ameri-
can Dead Sea or Salt Lake, which, like the Dead Sea of
Asia, has no outlet. I do not say that the city of Salt Lake
deserves to be doomed like the cities of the plains of Sodom,
yet if its true history could be written it would doubtless
reveal abominations quite equal to Sodom.

In descending the mountains in Utah the railroad passes
through deep cahons and along steep sides of declivities,
the most wild, and fearful my eyes ever beheld. Rocks
piled on rocks with deep gorges opening in their precipi-
tous sides, as though cut out by human hands. There is a
deep and awful cafiou on the side of the mountain, which
has a subterranean entrance, called the “Devil’s Gate." The
railroad passes within a few feet of this entrance, but not
through it, so wo escaped whatever calamity might have
happened. The first sign of human habitations we discov-
ered in descending the mountain was a small settlement of
Mormons, nestled down in a basin scooped out of the moun-
tain side, containing perhaps a thousand acres. The rail-
road runs along au arm of Salt Lake for a number of
miles, while a branch from Ogden runs to Salt Lake City —
a distance of forty miles. It is said that Salt Lake lies
quite as low as the Pacific Ocean, but on looking at the
scale of elevations I find this to be a mistake.

What has formerly been termed the Rocky Mountains is
the first rauge going west, commonly called Black Hills,
but many are perplexed to know where the Rocky Moun-
tains terminate on the west; for after descending into the
great valley of Utah you begin to rise again, and continue
the rise for three hundred miles, which carries you into the
State of Nevada, the elevation being more than six thou-
sand feet above the ocean, and between this and Salt Lake

range after range of mountains rise from two to three thou-
sand feet above their base. These mountains arc mostly
piles of denuded rocks, rising from the smooth, elevated
plain like those on what is commonly called the Rocky
Mountains. From this elevation in Nevada there is a grad-
ual descent to the Sierra Nevada Mountains— a distance of
about two hundred and fifty miles. Mountains of rocks,
range after range, rise through all this distance, their gen-
eral tendency being north and south. The Sierra Nevada
Mountains arc nearly as high as tho Rocky Mountains, and
mark the boundary line between Nevada and California.
The next and last range of mountains is on the coast— a
distance of three hundred miles from the Novadas. Now,
it may be said in truth, that the whole country from the
Rocky Mountains to the Sierra Nevadas— a distance of one
thousand miles — furnishes a continuous scries of mountains
and valleys. These mountains will average perhaps twenty
miles distance from each other, leaving valleys of this
width between them, so that it may be said that tho Rocky
Mountains only terminate in the Sierra Nevadas. Tlieso
silvered ranges, which are from two to four thousand feet
above their bases, arc but mountains upon the top and
sides of higher and larger mountains, and the valleys, espe-
cially in Nevada, are valleys upon the top of a high and
exceedingly broad mountain. The people of this coast do
not speuk of any one range of mountains as tho Rocky
Mountains proper. Each range from the Black Hills to
the coast has its name; also each valley lying between
these mountains. Nevada being my place of destination
when I left New York, I accordingly stopped at Humboldt
Wells, Elko county, which lies iu the northeastern part of
Nevada. The Wells is a railroad station. From this place
Clover Valley exteuds forty miles south.

Clover Valley , March 15/A, 1875. Rbjv. Hiram Cuase.

For Forest and Stream.
OFF THE LINE.

NUMBER TWO.

IN the Fall of ’70 Nathan and I built a home shanty at
the southwest end of Butts Mountain, and from there
a line of traps on the cold stream waters — Misery, Salmon
Stream, Moose River, and the Spencer— thus giving ns the
centre of a circle for headquarters. We designed in tho
early Winter, before the law expired, to kill deer for the
market, and have it answer the double purpose of bait os
well as venison, the scent of tho blood being tho best thing
to draw fur. We always bury the game in the snow
till we collect sufficient to ship it, so there is another ad-
vantage, as the snow retains the scent long ufter the car-
cass Is gone. In this tract of lund, bounded as described,
snow falls very early, sometimes as early as the last of Oc-
tober, and remains. In such Falls and Winters you can
easily find, though not always so easily kill, your game.

But to my story. For elevcu days the sun had not shone ;
for eleven days it had snowed, rained, or squalled — snow
or rain, or both; everything was encased in ice; snow had
settled from a foot and a half to about nine or ten inches,
but it was quite solid and fine suow-shoeing, so on the
morning of December 14th we packed our knapsacks with
ten days’ provisions and struck for Misery. I took the
Misery stream route from Big Cold Stream Pond, and
Nathan took tho Cold Stream route over the mouutain. At
night, on the shore of Big Misery, we had as the result —
one otter, one beaver, three sable, and one mink, beside the
usual number of grouse we had shot ou tho way. At the
Misery we found our camp broken down. Usually it would
not have mattered much, but this was a very bail camping
place, especially so with the boughs all ice and no good
wood to burn, and worse yet. the weather was getting de-
cidedly cold, and an ominous cloud gathering in the nor’-
west wurned us to prepare for a blow. I had seen the
effect of tornadoes in the forest, but never hud witnessed
one, and Nathan said he “guessed I’d see enough of it
before morning.” Choosing the lee of a friendly hill, we
found an old pine log four feet in diameter. It did not lie
right, but we concluded that its protective powers ou

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weighed its uncomfortable situation. Digging the snow
up down to the ground in a space five by ten feet, and
banking it around us, we drove two crotched sticks down
in front of the tire, which was built at one end. and laid a
pole across these two crotches. Then poles were laid from
that pole iuto the snow at the foot of the pine log acting
as rafters; across these raftors were laid small sticks, and
over all was laid nice birch hark in large piles, just as you
would lay shingles, only wc had to put considerable weight
on top the bark to keep it from curling under the influence
of the fire. By the time this was done, and a fire burning,
the wind had commenced to work in good earnest, and we
could hear the trees groan and crack, and now and then a
dull roar, followed by the crash of the fallen monarch as it
fell, crushing all the smaller trees in its way, and stripping
the cold frozen branches from its surrounding companions.
After eating our supper of broiled grouse, hot chocolate
and biscuit, we again made the grand rounds to see if any
of the tall sentinels surrounding us gave signs of weakness.
If they did we must cut them down.

Under our bark roof we recline on our bed of fragrant
boughs, and Nathan relates his experience in blows and
falling trees, and it is a greater danger than one at first
considers. At lost sleep claims us for his own, and crawl-
ing into my blanket bag I try to sleep, but I can’t, long at
n time, as the roar of the wind and groaning and crashing
of trees prevent it. Growing more used to the sounds, I
finally got sound asleep. How long I slept I don't know,
but the events of the early part of the night had made an
impression on my mind which sleep did not disturb. The
first souud I heard was a crash right over my head. Hardly
awake, and fettered as I was in my bag, I sprang to escape
the crush which I expected from the falling tree. My first
spriug brought mo into the fire. That caused a more ani-
mated eudcivor to escape, and I sprang again, this lime
into the snow and under a tree top. Then I came to my-
self; but all was dark, the fire I had put out, and I was
under a tree surely, for move as I would its branches
scratched me; the wind roared and howled, and suddenly,
away to the north, I heard a noise that fairly made the
ground shake. I don’t kuow that I was frightened, hut I
End seen all I wauled to of a blow. After that noise had
passed away it was succeeded by a comparative calm, and
I thought I heard Nathan. Groping my way out from
under the branches, I followed the sound of the voice and
found him all right in camp, laughing at mj maneuvers,
Still, I could not understand the cause. All I knew was
I was dreaming of a tree falling on me, and just as it fell
there came this crash over my head, and — I bolted. Throw-
ing fresh fuel on the few remaining coals, the cause was
explained. A tree a short distance from us had fallen, and
its top came within two feet of our camp; but the imme-
diate cause of fright was a bunch of snow ubout as large
as a barrel, which was lodged on one of its branches, and
the fall of the tree had precipitated it on our camp, just
over my head; in fact, just forcing that section of bark
almost through the rafters.

There was no more sleep that night, and we lay listening
to the storm till the morning dawned. At sunrise the wind
had almost entirely died away, and in its stead was the
keen, icy air, which was so frosty that it fairly cut your
flesh. And then the surroundings had changed so much!
Standing in front of our camp the next morning, I counted
twelve trees prostrated by tWS wind, while there was
scarcely any snow in sight, it was so completely covered
by the spills from the spruce, the fir, and the pine, and yet
it was bitter Winter. It looked very odd. After a short
tramp upon the mountain we found the cause of the loud
roar and shock I heard while under the tree top. It was
in the complete prostration of a wind row of trees 300
acres in extent, or a strip a mile long and half a mile wide,
not one of which was left standing! What a fearful power
old Boreas is when he gets his backup! Making a detour
to avoid the wind row, we struck where a large buck was
yarded. Knowing from the small amount of snow on (he
ground that it would be a long race, I remained behind as
packman while Nathan was to run. Proceeding cautious-
ly, we soon routed the buck, and put Jack on the slot.
This was his first deer. At first it was a drag, till the sum-
mit of the mountain was reached; then a long, rapid dash
down on the northeast side through hard wood, then iuto
a cedar swamp, where we ran through auother yard of
three, but happily succeeded in keeping on our first start;
tlieu over “nubbles,” bills, swamps, ponds, streams, and
again we strike a hard wood ridge, on the east cant of
which we start another yard of five. I was gelling tired
ugging two packs, especially as there was no prospect of
my having auy sport. So, seeing that the yard made off
with our first, start, I concluded to take my chances in
catching up with them, and try one myself. Dropping my
pack and putting a biscuit in n>v pocket, I started. I fell
much lighter now, and giving way to my feelings ran as
fast as possible after the flying deer. Just after passing
down a sharp pitch of ground^ I heard Jack. Hurrying
forward, expecting to find deer at bay, I beheld only Jack,
“and nothing more." Cheering him on, and wondering
where Nathan was, I ran on, when suddenly I 6aw another
snow-shoe slot come in where I was to go. Slopping aud
examining the marks, I found to my chagrin that the lust
mark in the slot was my own. I had made a circle. How
much unnecessary ground I had been over I could not tell,
but it was with a slow step that 1 now proceeded. At last,
as I was looking ahead, I saw in a clump of small firs that
the snow had by some means been brushed off the boughs.
Stepping in among the clump, 1 found that was where
they had jumped out from the circle. One thing was now
evident — 1 was near the end, as deer never circle till they
are tired; another thing was, they could not be far away,
as, while I was making the circle, I had succeeded in giv-
ing the dog the deers’ scent, and he was off. Hastening on,
I was suddeuly confronted by Nathan. "What's upy” 1
asked. “Blaslnalion take the deer, it’s so trod up round
here that I can't tell where they’ve gone to." And it was
so. They had circled and checkered up the ground so that
it was almost impossiole to know which way to look. Jack
had disappeared, and we were thrown on our owu re-
sources. Tukiug the slot from where the circle com-
menced, I passed to the right and Nathan to the left. I
had not gone far on the outside slot when I came to a great
tree, blown down the night previous. It was just loo low
to crawl under conveniently, and most too high to climb
over, yet that was the way the deer had gone, and 1 was
bound to follow. Jumping upon the trunk and talanciug
myself with one leg outstretched, and both arms describ-
ing nameless evolutions around my head, I had the misfor-
tune to see a large buck jump from behind the root of the
very tree X was standing ou. Jumpiug down as quickly as

possible I mndo after him, but before I had run far Na-
than's rifle put an cud to him. He was a large one, dress-
ing 175 pounds, or rather weighing that two weeks after at
Skowhegan.

We were now both of us pretty well tiled, and looking
at our watches found it was two o’clock. Our packs were
far behind us. We estimated that we had run six or seven
miles; that is, run when we could, which was not more
than half the time, and were now ou Squaw's Cap. near
Indian Pond. We were both hungry and thirsty, for all
we had was a biscuit each, and a little tea, which I nhvays
carry in my pocket for emergency. We looked around for
a spring or brook; but there was plenty< of birch bark,
which would answer for a tea kettle, and as the modus opr-
randi of making tea without a kettle and water limy be
interesting to sonic of your readers I will give a short ac-
count. Selecting a nice birch, free from knots, you peel
off a piece sufficiently large for your purpose, then make
a basket, Indian fashion, taking care to put your pins in
below the water line. That being ready, and a good tiro
also, you may bury your bark dish in snow in front of the
fire, so as to keep it from warping. Close attention must
lie paid to this, or you will lose your dish. You then place
hard wood sticks, witli as many crotchets on them as pos-
sible, in a slanting position, so that they will incline imme-
diately over the dish. On these sticks place snow balls,
aud as they melt they will fill your dish. Your dish at last
filled above the pins, your fire down to hot coals, you place
your baik on the coals and in a moment your water is
boiling. Add your tea, aud you soon have as good a nectar
as is drawn from a metal kettle. After our tea, which we
made strong, and our one biscuit devoured, with deer heart
aud liver for meat, and a little salt, which Nathan had, for
savor, we retraced our steps to our packs and built, a camp
there that afterwards came to be known as “Smoky Camp."
The next three days we killed four more deer, and then
commenced building traps in the neighborhood. E.

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA— No. lO.

BEING NOTES OF A TOUR OF1 EXPLORATION— BY OUR OWN
COMMISSIONER.

THE morning after our arrival at the Anelolc we started
for Sail Spring, two miles distant. Leaving the
river to the left we entered Salt Spring run, and soon found
ourselves flouting on the basin of the spring. We found
the basin to be one hundred yards wide and eighty feet
deep at the deepest place. The water of this spring differs
from that of the many we have visited in the Stale, being
dnrk in color, like that of the St. John’s River. The basin
swarmed with fish, and large Inrpum could be seen break-
ing water in every direction. It is named Salt Spring, but
this is evidently an error, for the water in the basin is
merely brackish, while in the run where the tide ebbs ami
flows the waters are very salt. We have reason to believe
that Salt Spriug is the outlet of Lake. Butler, distant two or
three miles. This lake has several tributaries, but no visi-
ble outlet; the water is dark colored, and it is at a much
higher level than Salt Spring. The brackish condition of
the water iu Salt spring is evidently the result of tidal in-
fluence. Leaving Salt Spring and its outlet we entered the
river and ascended it for three miles, where we discovered
a stream on our right hand twenty feel in width and ten in
depth. This we followed for half a mile, when wo came
in sight of Salt Lake, an interesting and picturesque sheet
of water one mile long and half a mile wide. At the en-
trance to the lake, snipe, duck, coot, and curlews were
visible in countless numbers, and large redfish, sheepsheud,
and trout fled before the boat in hundveds. This sheet of
water is wortli visiting, especially if the day is warm and
the sportsman fond of 'gator shooting. Lake Butler, a
noted place for aquatic birds, is half a mile from the south-
ern shore of Salt Lake. Deer hunting in this neighbor
hood is fair, and the region would be found worthy of a
visit.

Finding nothing of special importance to detain us, we
descended the river and started for the Wiccawatchee river,
thirty -five miles to to the northward. Eh route we sighted
the mouth of the Pithlachestacootie River, hut from infor-
mation obtained we deemed it unworthy of a visit. In
steering a course for Bayport, at the mouth of the Wicca-
watchee, we kept the main land from two to three miles to
starboard, Sliding from tour to five feet of water. In run-
ning along this section of the coast, it is essential that the
tourist should keep a good lookout for “nigger heads."
Bayport is easily recognized by a large storehouse and a
pile of cedar logs. We reached the dock at three P. M.,
and weut iu search of soda crackers, and at the store
laid in an addition to our stock. The storekeeper assured
us that “his oranges were the be9t on the coa9t." Upon
his recommendation we purchased a supply, and regret to
say that we found them very inferior. The present popu-
lation numbers about twenty. Before the war large quan-
tities of cedar timber was shipped from this point, but of
late years the trade has almost ceased. Standing on the
dock we noticed a large otter on the opposite side of the
river, and tried the effect of a Winchester cartridge. It
proved to be a line shot, but the elevation was too great,
and the ball passed about one inch above his head. Ascer-
taining that the spring of the Wiccawatchee resembled
those of streams farther north, we deemed it best to forego
the pleasure of ascending the river.

From such data as we were enabled to collect, we have
reason to believe that the country back of Buyport is well
stocked with bear and deer, and feel assured that the
sportsman may secure some excellent sport. The section
referred to cuu he reached by land by taking stage from
Gainesville, or by leaving Ocklawaha steamers at Silver
Springs; conveyance to Ocala and stage from Ocala to
Brooksville. At the latter place a vehicle of some descrip-
tion could be obtained, by which Bayport, distaut thirty
miles, could he reached. The tourist will find the neigh-
borhood of Burkville un interesting locality. The imme-
diate neighborhood is hilly, some o€ the highest points at-
taining an altitude of over four hundred feet. The laud is
of a superior quality, water first class, and the climate
during the Summer months unexceptionable. Iu the
neighborhood the sportsmeu will flud some crystal lakes,
surrouuded by hills, where he can catch quantum itu])'. of
trout and bream.

Leaving Bayport astern, we headed for the Cliisiowill-
Bki, distant ten miles, which we reached in the afternoon.
Fortune favored us, and we found the mouth of the river
without difficulty, l'assiug up the river for a distance of
five miles, we found two branches, and as a matter of

course selected the deepest and plainest, which soon headed
in a mud hole, to the disappointment of all. Returning,
we tried the right hand branch, and for half a mile poled
tile “Spray" through reeds aud lily pods, when we found
the river to widen and deepen. We soon readied the head
of the stream and found an enchanting spot, one worthy
of the pencil of an artist. The basin of the spring of the
Clusiovvilski is ubout one hundred feet iu dinmeler, and
the depth of the water in the spring thirty-eight feet. The
water is ns pellucid as air, aud the most minute object can
be plainly scon on the clear white bottom. From appear-
ances, the water issued from an opening seven feet wide
and four high. Looking over the side of the boat, wo
noticed hundreds of sheepshead, cavalli, bream, trout, and
red and blnck groupers swimming iu tire basin. Being
disposed to indulge in a fish supper we went for the
scaly customers, but before our bait reached the bottom
the fish left the bo8in«and disappeared in llio subterranean
channel. Disliking to be defeated, I lashed three hooks
to a single gut with the intention of the hooking t he fish
in an unsportsmanlike manner. Upon their return to the
basin, we quietly dropped our snatch hook, hut before it
readied the bottom the fish look their departure. We de-
voted two hours to our piscatorial efforts, anil succeeded
in capturing seven small fish. Here we were favored with
a drizzling rain storm, lasting several hours, the first we
noticed from the day we left Cedar Keys. Leaving tlm
spring, we followed an old trail for a few hundred
yards, when we reached open piney woods. Here we met
a gentleman from Texas, who hud left Texan northers
behind and located at this point. He was engaged in the
production of tropical fruits, and he appeared in be favor-
ably impressed with the climate, lie assured us that he
could not be induced to return to his former home in
Texas. We reluctantly bade farewell to this romantic and
beautiful spot, and directed our course towards Homosassa.

A feature peculiar to the section of country between the
Anelote and Withlacoochie rivers is the existence of a num-
ber of rivers that are formed by subterranean streams, Hint
issue from the eartli at the base of an elevated region of
land that follows the coast line at a distance of ten miles
fiom the gulf. To find the mouth of one of these streams
is a matter of some difficulty to the uninitiated. For several
miles from the -bore the water is very shoal, and oyster
liars and sand flats of great extent exist in troublesome
numbers. Along the shore line the land is low, and is cut
up by numerous bayous, bays, and bliud rivers ami creeks,
and in consequence it is difficult to discover the entrance
lo some of the streams. If voyaging without a pilot, it is
advisable to institute inquiries on every possible occasion,
and pay particular attention to lire existence of stakes. To
enable them to find and trace tire tortuous channels leading
in between the oyster beds and sand flats, the coasters have
planted stakes, which will serve lo guide the stranger. By
following the course pointed out by the slakes, anu paying
attention to the set of the tide, as well as the deep water
and the distances sailed, the wanderer will succeed iu find-
ing the months of the streams. But it need not surprise
auy wanderer if he should spend hours in vain search to
find the entrance to some uf the rivers in this section.

A coaster informed us that we could readily distinguish
the entrance lo the Homosassa River by the presence of the
wreck of a blockade runner. At two P. M. we reached a
point where we expected to discover the enhance to the
river, and looked for the wreck; but we squiute I and
quizzed in vain. We turned the prow of the “Spray" to-
wards the shore, but could not determine which opening
was the mouth of the stream. Here was a passage, and
there was another; openings in the suit marsh appeared to
be innumerable. We enterela number, but soon found
them to lead into shoal water. Night threw her mantle
over the scene, and we anchored. About nine P. M. wo
heard the sound of voices, and soon after a boat containing
four gentlemen hauled alongside. Upon inquiry we found
that they hailed from Crystal River, and were en route lo
Jones', on the Homosassa. The pilot stated that he was
unable to determine his position, but that Hie entrance to
the mouth of the river was hounded to the north by a shell
bank. We informed our new acquaintances that the shell
bank they were in search of was blit, a few hundred yards
distaut, and if they would follow wc would pilot them to
the entrance. We landed at lire shell bank, ami after in-
dulging in a boyish-like freak of selling fire to the decayed
foliage of the yucca and palm trees wo anchoied aud turned
in for Die night.

Sportsmen in search of the Homosassa River will find its
mouth ten miles southeast of the Crystal, and the same dis-
tance northwest of the Chisiowillski rivers. Iu approach-
ing the mouth of the river a mass ol rocks will be noticed
a quarter of a mile northwest of the mouth, and a while
shell bunk from six to eight feet high ou its northern side.
For several miles in a westerly and southerly direction from
the mouth of the river the water will be found to be very
shoal, and the navigation difficult in consequence of the
existence of lurge beds of hard limestone rocks, extensive
beds of can oysters, broad sand flats, and sundry nigger
heads. To parlies who attempt the navigation of this sec-
tion without a pilot, we would 6ay — shorten sail, kec p a
good lookout, and "go easy over the rough places."

Al Fresco.

The Largest Farm in the Would.— This is rather a
large claim to make, even in this country where real cstutu
lies around in parcels of considerable size, but according lo
the St. Louis Republican it may be fairly applied to the
estate of George Grunt, founder of the Victoria colony in
Kansas. His farm embraces the whole county of Ellis, is
larger than auy dukedom of Europe, and contains 570,1100
acres. Mr. Grunt devotes himself principally to stock rais-
ing, and has accomplished a great dcul by the introduction
of the best blooded stock and exhibiting the best methods
of rearing, feeding and improving the foreign and domestic
breeds of horses, cattle und sheep. He has just wintered
7,000 sheep, with a loss of less than one per cent., the
secret of his success lying in providing good shelter. He
is the owner of the thoroughbred stallion Flodden, valued
at $25,000, the father of which won the Derby race iu 1800.
He has just purchased for his farm thirty odd brood mares
iu Ohio, Virginia and Keutucky, ami he lias $250,000 in-
vested in stock. Among the large number of resident colo-
nists and stock raisers who have purchased land of him, aud
are now raising stock in Victoria colouy, are many young
men of prominence, both in this country and England.

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FOREST AND STREAM.

(£ultnrLe.

Shad in the Delaware. — ' The Fish Commissioners of
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, having harmonized their
views on fish culture, as respects the waters dividing the
two States, are preparing to engage more actively than
ever in shad culture on the Delaware ltiver. Hatch-
ing boxes have been located at Point Pleasant— the same
ground as last year — and in addition at a point at the
head of tide water, just below Trenton, and at Dr.
Howell’s Fishery, a few miles below Philadelphia, one of
the most extensive fisheries on the Delaware, where all the
shad desired in proper condition for manipulating, will at
all times be available.

— Salmon measuring six and a half inches long have
just been captured in the Bushkill River, a tributary of
the Delaware, where they were planted by the Pennsyl-
vania Fish Commissioners.

Salmon Cultuiie in Newfoundland. — Our frequent
correspondent, A. M., informs us that the artificial breed-
ing of salmon from spawn will be attempted at Heart’s
Content this season.

FISH CULTURE IN VIRGINIA.

Leesbcro, Vn., May 31st, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

1 have been bo closely confined that I have been unublc to make any
extensive explorations with regard to fish and Ashing. The trout dis-
tributed from this place are doing well, being about twice ns large as
when they were first put tn their respective springs. They have shown
themselves In nil of these localities to be "ut borne;" so we may consider
most of the spring branches In Loudoun county suitable places for the
fOhtlnulu. I caught one a few days ago with a pin hook fastened into
the metal end of a long shoe-string. 1 have reliable information of trout
being caught In nearly nil the counties next the Ridgo from Loudoun to
North Carolina— In Loudoun, Rappahannock. Madison, Nelson. Bedford,
etc. It seems to mo that they flourish In Virginia mostly in limestone
regions tn freestone springs, as for instance In West Virginia, I have
friends who have caught them in the valley of Virginia, as well as in the
country west of the Alleghany Mountains. They all think the trout
streams comparatively free from lime. The limestone formation about
Leesburg is comparatively hard, and is not held in solution to a great ex-
tent. The appointment of Dr Ellzey as Fish Commissioner Is a good
move on the part of our authorities, as he is a lover of natural history
and an enthusiastic sportsman. Ro is trying now to make arrangements
with fishermen or anglers liero to deliver him some black bass at Alex-
andria for distribution through the State. The bluck boss seem to he
filling the tributaries of the Potomac, and schools of email buss ten
inches In length may be seen In Goose Creek any sunny day by the soli-
tary stndeut. Goose Creek is a beautiful stream flowing iuto the Polo-
mac and Is clear and rapid In its upper part; hut for the dams with no
fishways, and the seining, the stream would be full of flue fish, The
bass are making their way up this stream, and in high water pass over
the highest dams. Oar experiment here has s nrted many ponds In the
county, and if wo repeat next season we can dlsposo of the fish to many
who ore anxious to raise them. In most of the spring branches here I
find immense numbers of little shrimp -like creatures, squirming about
mid looking as if they would servo for trout food. They have a kind of
fringe in each side of ther bodies for legs, with long feelers extending
from iheir heads, and are continually curling themselves In a circle with
the pointed tentacles outward. I’ll write another time when I have
something to write about. T. W

HABITS AND METHODS OF PROPAGAT-
ING FISH— SOME CURIOUS FACTS.

THE following is an abstract of an essay read before
tbc Illinois Fish Culturists’ Association, at its re-
cent meeting in Peoria, by Dr. \V. A. Pralt, the great Elgin
fish cultunst:

"To enter into details ol all the varieties of Fall-spawn-
ing fish would make a volume of itself, and 1 have no time
to write a volume, or even time to do any justice to the
subject. I will simply mention a few things which came
before the fish culturists hut quite recently, and may be
new to some of you. You no doubt nil understand the
method of receiving the spawn from the varieties of fish
and the manner of hatching the eggs. Till very lately, or
within two years, to hatch 2,000 trout eggs in a box eighteen
inches square and six inches deep was doing all it was
thought possible. Now, with the wire trays, set one above
another, six times that number of fish can he hatched and
better cared for than by the old method of hatching on the
gravel. Hybridizing fish is carried on extensively iu cer-
tain establishments in Europe. Considerable attention is
also being paid to crosses between closely allied species of
the mlmondi family, as the Salmo solar , the brook trout
( Salmo fontinalis,) and the fish thus produced grow with
greater rapidity, ami the flesh thus produced is of a supe-
rior quality, is much more tender. It is with fish as it is
with other auimals with deficient organs of generation ;
they bear the same relations to other fishes of their kind as
cattle, hogs, and sheep do. Salmon thus hybridized lose
the instinct of migration to the ocean, and there is no rea-
son why the same method may not he applied to other fresh
water species and to certain sea fish with corresponding re-
sults, the salmoiuli and most all species of fish which live
iu the ocean and run up into fresh water to spawn.

There nro other varieties of fish that live iu the large
lakes and run into the tributaries and outlets to spawn. It
might be ini cresting to all to know that the common eel,
contrary to most fish, go to the salt water to spawn, their
spawning season being the Fall, the same as the salmon and
trout. The eggs of the eel are laid iu the sea, the most
part, and the young, after a short interval, enter the mouths
of rivers and streams in early Summer and pass up as far
as tiu open passage will admit. After reaehiug a suitable
place of abode it is supposed they remain for at least three
years, growing to a considerable size. After becoming suf-
ficiently matured, their instinct, probably that of reproduc-
tion, carries them seaward agaiu during the Autumn, and
two or three times has one ot our mills iu Elgin had its
wuter wheel clogged by so large an amount of eels running
down into it. As for the further history of the eel, we
may state that its precise mode of copulation and repro-
duction was entirely unknown until quite recently, hut
that at the present time the view is maintained by very
high authority, principally that of an Italian physiologist,

that the eel is strictly hermaphrodite— that is to say, that it
has both the male and female organs. They are said to be
developed to the proper degree in Winter, and the eggs
discharged from tlm ovary are fertilized by the seminal
fluid leaving the body in a condition for further develop-
ment. Science has hut very lately exploded the mistaken
idea that the eel is a hermaphrodite, and what was called
the testicle of the female is found to be but a fleshy sub-
stance, and the male fish is slimmer and more flat than the
female. It was only decided within the last year that, with
but a pail of water once a day, a large amount of the sal-
mon and trout eggs can he hatched. A hatching house etui
he arranged right iu one’s cellar, and by the small amount
of trouble of securing a pail of water from a spring or
well one can hatch a considerable amount of eggs. I have
mentioned a few things which I thought might be of in-
terest to some persons who may not have made fish culture
a study as I have. 1 want to say that the Fall-spawning
fish is not found in our waters, and there is but one fish
yet known that inhabit the waters of this State that spawn-
in the Fall — that being the eel. I trust another Legisla-
ture will give us better laws iu this State for the protection
of fish, nnd that something may he done in the way of re-
stocking our waters with better food fish.”

AN ACT TO PREVENT THE DESTRUC-
TION OF FISH.

We publish for the benefit of enquirers the following
law relative to protecting fish in Missouri: —

Section 1. It shall not be lawful for any person to place
in any river, creek, pond, lake, slough, bayou or other
waters of this State, any medicated drug, fish-berry or mo
culm indicus or other poisonous drug or substance, calcu-
lated to poison, kill or injure any fish in any such waters;
nor shall it be lawful for any person to place in any such
waters any nitro glycerine or other explosive tiling or sub-
stance, whereby any fish therein may he killed or injured;
nor shall it be lawful for any person, by means of any such
poisonous drug, thing or substance, or by means of any ex-
plosive thing or substance, to take, catch or kill, any fish
in any of the waters of this State. Any person who shall
violate any of the provisions of this section shall be deem-
ed guilty of felony, and on conviction shall he coufiued in
the penitentiary not exceeding three years.

Sec. 2. No person shall he allowed to place, erect or
maintain, or cause to be maintained, across any of the
waters of this State, or iu front of the mouth of any stream
emptying into any other stream, any seine, net, trammel
net, hag weir, fish dam, trap or other similar device or ob-
struction, which shall prevent the passage of fish up or
down in any such water or stream; nor shall any person or
persons be permitted to use any such means or devices for
the purpose of catching fish in waters solely upon t he pre-
mises of the persons without the written consent of such
owner or owners; nor shall any person, during the months
of July and August, of any year, by means of such device,
catch or take any fish in any of the waters of this State.
Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction he
fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, and
shall stand committed until the flue and cost of process
and trial be paid. *

Sec. 3. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to
prevent any person from erection and maintaining any
dam according to law, across any water-course in this State,
for the purpose of navigation, running mills, or other ma-
chinery.

Approved March 26, 1874.

§e;i and Mit er ffi, ishiqg .

FISH IN SEASON IN JUNE.

Trout, Salmo fontinalis. Salmon Tront, Salmo coiyflnls.

Salmon, Salmo solar. Sliad. A Iona.

Maskenonge, &ox nobdior. Laud-locked Salmon, Salmo O lover l

[Under the head of "Game, and fan in Season" we can miy tpeci
fy in general terms (he several varie'les, because the laws of Stales vary
so much that were we to attempt to particularize we could do no less
than publish those entire sections that relate to the kinds of game in
question. This would require a great amount of our space. In desig-
nating game we ait guided by the laws of nature, u/>on which all legis-
lation is founded, and our readers would do well to provide themselves
with the laws qf them respective States for constant reference. Otherwise,
our alternate to assist them will only create confusion.]

Frsn in Market.— Fish of all descriptions continue plen-
tiful. The most noticeable feature during the week has
been the inoreasc in the supply of salmon, large quantities
being received from St. Jouhs, N. B. and selling for 40
cents per pound. Spanish mackerel are also abundant,
coming from the Chesapeake Bay, price 30 cents per pound.
Fresh mackerel arc not so plentiful as heretofore, and the
price has advanced to 12 cents. A few shad arc still com-
ing from the Connecticut Ilivcr and selling at 50 ceuts for
the roe fish and 23 for the male. Sheepshead have arrived
iu large quantities from Norfolk, selling for 12$ cents; a few
from New Jersey bring 20 to 23 ceuts. Bluefish averaging
in weight about four pounds, are coming from New Jersey
and Loug Island, aud sell for 12 cents per pound. Halibut
abundant at 12$ to 15 cents; cod, from Nantucket, 8 cents;
weakflsh in large supply from Long Island, slow of sale nt
8 cents; striped bass have been received from Rockaway
beach averaging tweuty-five pounds each, being taken with
a net in the surf; they sell for 15 to 18 cents. During the
week soft crabs have been very abundant at from 50 to 75
cents per dozen. Lobsters plentiful, large numbers being
caught near Staten Island; selling for 8 cents per pound.
Frogs logs from Canada, worth 50 cents per pound. Green
turtles very abundant at 15 to 18 cents, according to size.

—Anglers have been having fine sport with weakfisli in
the Great South Bay duriug the past week. One party
from Babylon were so fortunate on Monday as to laud a
sheepshead weighing 17$ pound. It is still a little early
for trolling, but a few bluefish have been taken with the
squid in the inlet. The indications arc that fishing iu the
bay this season will be excellent.

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. —Weakflsh are now being taken in considerable quanti-
ties in the Great South Bay, oil Babylon, Long Island.

—Salmon made their appearance last week iu the Mira;
michi River, New Brunswick, Canada.

—A letter from Lock Haven, Pa., dated May 3lst, men-
tions that a largo party from Baltimore passed through
there on a splendid car en route for Kettle Creek, Potter
county, where they intended to spend a week in fishing.
1 his region was one of the finest in the country some years
ago, hut the most accessible localities arc now much fished
—The advices from the Magnctewau and Muskoka coun-
try indicate that this fino game regiou will ho filled with
visitors this season. We know of several parties going
there,. and others who would go If guides could be pro-
cured, which is not easy.

The season for salmon fishing is rapidly approaching,
nnd the lessees of rivers and those few who are fortunate
enough to be their friends are preparing for the "June
rise." Rod fishing in Canadian waters is at its prime about
the 20th of July.

Our friend A. J. Wilkinson, of Washington, will fish
the York River during the first week of July by courtesy
of Mr. Reynolds, its lessee.

Mr. Fred Curtis, of Boston, deserves a largo score on his
river— the Dartmouth— for he very generously volunteered
last year to let the Canadian fishery oQicers net his salmon
for hatching purposes whetr the Canadian lessees declined.
We hope Mr. Curtis will get full credit for this net.

Dr. Frank Clerk will no doubt pay his annual visit to
the Grand River, an excellent stream, in Gospe; and there
ate other gentlemen who are booked for choice localities,
which we should like to ohtaiu permission to reveal, for
the satisfaction of their curious friends. At all event9,
when the anglers are fairly at work on their respective
grounds we shall make mention of their whereabouts lest
their relatives be anxious.

For those who want salmon fishing nt a moderate cost
there is the river Marguerite— a branch of the Saguenay—
which is advertised in our paper by Messrs. Willis Russell,
of Quebec, and Abbey & Iinbrie, of 48 Maiden lane, this
city. Parties can fish this river at $50 a week, aud enjoy
all the comforts to he expected in camp. There nro good
buildings and hunks on the river, nnd skilled attendants.

Other rivers which deserve the attention of anglers are
the Nouvelle and the Romaiue, the former famous for its
sea trout in June and July, and the latter for its heavy sal-
mon. Rod privileges for the latter at $150 for the Henson
can be had by applying to Capt. J. W. Coventry, Nouvelle,
Bonaventuve, Proviuce of Quebec, Canada. There are
good buildings on the river, and no nets. This chance
ought to be eagerly embraced. There are vastly more ex-
pensive rivers which will not yield such rich returns.

—Quite a large number of sportsmen are hooked for the
wilderness of Northern Michigan, which the Grand Rap-
ids and Northern Indiuna Railroad has recently opened up.
For description of this couulry, see Forest and Stream
April 8th.

—Messrs. J. B. Crook &Co., the well known rod makers,
of 50 Fulton street, wish us to inform our angling constit-
uents that they have a lot of selected and seasoned green-
heart wood, in the rough, which they will ho pleased to
dispose of to any wishing to use it for the manufacture of
fishing rods. Much of the imported stuff is green, and
when worked up warps, but this can be depended on to
keep straight.

New York. — Camp Comfort, the Adirondack «, June 2d,
1875. — Here I find trolling and fly fishing unequaled— iu
fact, for the past five years I have not met with equal sue-
cess. Very few persou9 in the woods, to which I attribute
in a great measure success iu luck and sport. The Murray
fever has subsided ; the reaction has commenced ; hardly
enough here to pay their respects with becoming honor to
a four-pound river trout. At Martin’s I find registered the
Smith party from Buffalo, and Messrs. Batehcller & Co.
from Vermont. At Bartlett's, Hon. W. A. Wheeler anil
wife, Malone, N. Y.; Dr. J. R. Romeyn and wife, Keese-
ville, N. Y.; Mr. E. Titus and party, from New York. At
Paul Smith’s, a party or two; names unknown. The woods
this year preseut their usual attractions, aud would that
you were here, and other equal lovers of the rod, reel and
fly (veterans) to enjoy the unequaled sport, which we love
aud cherish. As I am wriiing from the Suranac Lake re-
gion— Raquette River and Tupper’s Lake country — 1 can-
not add any information from the southwest direction.

8. S. N.

—A Utica party, led by Gen. R. U. Sherman, started last
week for the North Woods, and here's a contrivance the
Utica Herald says they take with them :

“They will carry with thorn a putent collapsible boat,
owned by Chief Operator Howe, of the Western Union
Telegraph office. This is quite a novelty. It is about four-
teen feet in length, weighs sixty pounds, and will carry
three persons, or 1,200 pounds in weight. The model is
very handsome, aud is provided with a sharp keel. The
frame is of hickory, and so arranged as to he taken apurt
nnd folded into a size that can easily he accommodated un-
der a buggy seat. The covering is of one piece of heavy
duck, which is perfectly waterproof. The design is novel,
and Mr. Howe says it is to he arranged so that boats can he
folded and put away in the staterooms of steamers, and be
ready for service as quickly as the time required for the
adjustment of a life preserver. The fishing party will test
the boat thoroughly before they return.”

— While fishing in his smack off Montauk, May 11, Capt.
E. T. Rackctt, of East Marion, caught a codfish weighing
about thirty pouud9. When the fish was opened the fol-
lowing curious assortment of articles were fouud iu its
stomach; One Russia turnip of good size, one potato, oue
parsnip, one cabbage stump, three of the fish called sea
robius, some times known as “grunters.” The vegeta-
bles were all in fair condition, aud had evidently been
swallowed only a few hours before the fish was caught,

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probably for “chowder” purposes.— MorUauk {L. L) As-
Umither.

' Nkw Jersey. Kinky's Ashley House, June 1st, 1875. —

We are catching blueflsh by the hundreds. Not less than

9,000 pounds have been taken to-day by the squid alone.
C Parker and J. W. Kinsey caught 202 from 10 A. M. to 1
p jvl The first fish of the season was taken by Js>. 11.
Miller on the 31st At time of writing herrings are being
driven ashore by the bushel. It is a sight to see the shore;
for the space of 1,000 yards the sand is covered with them.
Three other yachts have just landed, and report from 100 to
175 blucflsh each. Over 275 have been taken off the shore
by throwing the squid. Mr. 8. King reports over seventy-
five with one line.

Forked Hirer, Ocean County, June 1*/, 1875. — The first
blucflsh caught on a squid line this season in Barnegat Bay
■was taken by my boat— the Mattie— to day. The catch
amounted to 083 pounds, and averaged five pounds to the
fish. Ed. H. F.

Maine. — Machine, June 3d, 1875.— Black flies and trout
are now ripe here. Roamer.

Calais, June. 2d, 1875.— I have just returned from up
Grand Lake, fishing the Little Salmon. There are the usual
number of fishermen. When 1 left yesterday there were
twenty bark canoes, seven boats, and seventy meu. About
two hundred salmon were taken each day, besides some
large brook and lake trout, by the fly fishermen. Fish do
not appear to be half as plenty as last year, but may soon
come along. I did not hear from the Dobsis club; they
have but just got along. G. A. B.

—Bangor, May 31.it.—1 The fresh water salmon fish-
ing (land locked salmon) is now in its prime at Sebec
Lake. The line of country opened by the European and
North American Railroad from Bangor to the 8t. John
River is teeming with glorious trout brooks and lakes. The
sportsman can’t go amiss here. Every man on the railroad
is a sportsman and a gentleman, from the President and
Superintendent to the brakesman. The postal clerks are
all anglers, and will take pleasure in imparting information
to visitors in search of a few days’ recreation. Iu a few
days the black flies will begin to be troublesome.

E. M. Stillwell.

— A society known as the Androscoggin Fish and Game
League, having for its object the enforcement of the State
Game laws and the eucouragement of gaming interests, has
been organized In Gorham with the following officers:
President, Andrew J. Graham; Vice Presidents, B. F. Os-
good, Warren Noyes, P. G. Evans, James A. Callahan,
Henry C. Harmon, Emlyn W. Evans, and R. Evans, Secre-
tary and Treasurer.

—The Bedford (Pa.) Ornette, published June 9th, 1807,
nearly three-quarters of a century ago, has this item:

“Twenty-seven fine shad were caught at one haul a short
distance above the Dunning’s Creek bridge; also 224 shad
were bagged yesterday at a place called ‘The Widow
China’s Pond,’ about two miles below the Crossings."

The “Dunning’s Creek bridge” is only two miles north
of Bedford, and the “Crossings" is fourteen miles east of
Bedford, on the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River.

—According to what we believe to be the last enactment,
black bass cau be taken with the ordinary rod and line,
commonly called angling, from June 1st to March 1st in
each year, the close season being only the months of March,
April, and May. The Schuylkill River contains already a
vast number of these fish, the first hatching now weighing
from three-fourilis to one and a half pounds. The river,
however, is now too low for successful fishing. — German-
tenon Telegraph.

—A fish and game protective club has just been organ-
ized iu Lawrenceville, Virginia, with Cap. D. T. Poyner,
for President, and Warner Lewis, Secretary.

California. — San Francisco , May 29th, 1875. — Anglers
this season are beginning to enjoy some good sport in Lake
San Andreas, the preserved fish there lieing under the aus-
pices of the California Acclimatizing Society. Many large
trout as well as young salmon have been captured by troll-
ing from a boat with a small sized spinning spoon bait.
The society have placed in this lake, from time to lime,
the following amount of fish, according to the statement
of W. A. Newell, Esq., the President; Native trout, 2(10,-
000; Lake Tahoe, 150,000; Eastern trout, 500, and salmon,
20,000, making a total of 430,500. The society did not
place any fish ova in the waters of the lake, but liberated
the young fry when able to lake care of themselves. The
growth and development of the fish have been remarkable.
The society has now at its fish ponds at Point San Pedro

60,000 young trout fry, which will soou be liberated in
Lake Merced. It is the intention of the society to make
this lake one of the best fishing grounds, perhaps, in the
United States. And by the late successful catches it really
looks very much like it. At Liddle & Kaediug’s sporting
store I lately saw several fine fish from these waters; among
them were two salmon and two trout, the largest of which
weighed five and u half and the smallest two aud a half
pounds. The salmon were placed in the lake about sixteen
months ago from the Sacramento River. The largest trout
is just four years old. There have been a large number of
different species of salmon taken this season from this lake,
and the prospects are splendid. E. J. II.

— The Canadian fisheries report shows the following as
the comparative value of the catch in the provinces men-
tioned for the past two years:

1874.

Nova Scotia $G, 652,301

New Brunswick 2.685.793

Oilebec 1,608.660

Ontario 1(6,207

I'rlnce Edward leluud 288.803

1873.

$6 677,800
2,285 601
1,391, 56 1
298.091
207.595

Total $11,681,884 $10,754,098

—A steamer is now running from St. John, New Bruns-
wick, to the island of Grand Manan.

The Fisheries.— The number of fishing arrivals for the
week ending dune 3d was sixty— twenty-nine from Georges,
twenty-one from (lie Banks, and ten from Southern muck-
ereling trips. The amount of Georges cod brought in was

500.000 pounds, and 60,000 pounds halibut. Bank cod,

1.475.000 ,*oumls; halibut, 130,000 pounds. Total receipls
of mackerel, 2.200 barrels. Mackerel have sold for $5*
per barrel in the pickle, und halibut from $4 to $52 per
cwt. The porgy seiners are meeting with fair success, and
the fish are selling from $1.50 to $2 per barrel. The licet
is small this seasou, comprising four slciimers and some
tlozea schooners.— Cape Ann Advertiser, June 4 Ui,

BLACK BASS FISHING.

Editor Foiikst and Stream:—

The season for black buss fl-hlng having commenced. It may not be in-
opportune to describe the various modes of angling for the black bass,
ns practiced in the Northwest. As our base fishing is almost universally
done in lakes and nnvlgablc streams, it will bo understood that boats
are employed iu all of the different methods about to be described.

TROLLING WITH THE SPOON.

This ts u very successful way of catching buss, and is very popular
with those unfortunates who cannot or will not learn to handle the rod;
but when considered In the light of sport it is only one remove from
shooting or spearing bass on their spawning grounds Still, the “murder-
ous spoon" has its devotees, who are quite enthusiastic upon the
subject, and who apparently enjoy this very questionable style of sport;
but they belong to that class of ijuaM sportsmen who would not hesitate
to shoot into a bevy of quail or a covey of pinnated grouse when hud-
dled together on the ground, and afterward display their "bag” with
feelings of the most evident satisfaction and gratification.

The necessary tackle for this mode of fishing in this State (AVisconsIn)
and throughout the Northwest generally, consists of a strong hand lino
of linen or cotton, and from twenty-five to seventy-five yards long; a me-
dium sized swivel, und a spoon hook, or one of the multitudinous urray
of spinning baits, trolling spoons, propellers, &c , with the usual ac-
companiments of red and white feathers and group of hooks so exten-
sively advertised throughout tho land. The ordinary, original tin or
brass spoon, with single hook soldered on, with a swivel, will be found
to be equal to if not better than any of the later inventions; the single
hook is certainly far superior to the group of two or three hooks usually
found on the so-called improved trolling baits.

The outfit for trolling is very simple, and early in the reason, before
the weeds are folly grown, this style of fishing Is very successful. The
method is equally us simple. The angler sits in the stern of the boar,
und while the oarsman propels the boat along and over the feeding
grounds, the angler lets out forty or fifty yards of line, and the spoon, re-
volving gracefully benenth the surface of the water, proves an effective
lure. The angler uow has nothing to do but to hold the hue and wait,
Micawber like, for something to turn up, when finally a bass "hooks
hiiusclf.” He is hauled in, band overhand, ami ihe deluded victim de-
posited in tho bottom of the boat, and so on ad Jiium, ad gustum, ad
nauseam.

AVlth a good “mackerel breeze,” a “wet sheet and a flowing sea, with
hund line and squid, trolling for bluetlsh is exciting and excellent sport;
but on the bosom of a quiet luke, surrounded with charming rural scen-
ery. trolling with the spoon for black bass becomes wanton destruction
of a noble fish, and is a cruel pastime, aud only excusable when iu
camping out without suitable tackle, aud when, like the boy digging at
the leimuiless woodchuck hole, one is “out of meat." In the absence
of a spoon hook, the floor of the mouth of the pickerel cut into the
semblance of a fish, Is tough, white, and glistening, and is a capital
bait; a similar bait cut from the beily of the dogfish also answers a good
purpose.

STILL PISHING.

This mode of angling is very popular, and is the one generally prac-
ticed by the average angler of the Northwest. The rod and reel here
come into play, but as 1 have heretofoie, in the Forest and Stream,
fully described tho bass rod, reel, line, and hook, any further description
of them at this time is unnecessary. I will simply remark that the liner
and more delicate the tackle employed, the greater will be the sport ex-
perienced; but os a rule still fishers use clumsy tackle.

The angler mnst provide himself for still flshiug with a snitahlo roil
and reel, and fifty yards of approved Hue, together with hooks, swivels,
Milkers, lauding net, and bait; the latter should be minnows or crawfish.
Minuows are far the best, und if shiners, arc the very best bait that cau
be used. Chub come next, and small yellow perch are also good, es-
pecially if the dorsal fins are clipped off with n strong pair of scissors.
It (he minnows are lively and strong, und there is u sufficient depth of
water, a float is not necessaty; but if the ground Is weedy, aud the water
rather shallow, or if crawfish are used for buil, a cork float must be used.
If the minnows are large, insert the hook through the lower lip and out
at the noelril; if small, hook them under the dorsal fin.

Our mill fisher being fully equipped proceeds to the fishing ground,
anchors his boat, and prepares for the fray. Having oaited his hook and
cost his liBe, his thumb must be kept upou the coil of line upon the reel;
as the line slackens he must reel it iu. AVhen a bass takes the bail let
him have It for a short time, say from five to ten seconds, according to
the mood of the fish, whether they ure on or off their feed, whether
eager or shy; aud by using the thumb as a drag give him line as he needs
It, but not too freely, alwuys keeping it taut enough to give o slight bend
to the rod, so as to be able to feel every motion jf the fish. At tho
proper time our angler must check him by pressing the thumb a little
harder upon the reel, and if he gives a succession of short tugs or slight
jerks, let him go for a few moments longer; but If he seems to feel the
steel,’ or if he pulls steadily aud strongly, hook him by a slight "twist of
the wrist" — not by jerking or "yanking" the rod, for in the latter case
there is a stronger probability of breaking the rod, or at least of tearing
out the book, than of hooking the fish. When the bass is housed the
angler must never, under any circumstances, give him slack line. If be
breaks water, merely let the rod straighten as he fulls buck; aud never,
under any circumstances . must be grasp his rod ubove Hie reel— at most
not more than several iuches above— for by so doing he destroys the
spring und bulunce of the rod, and it is liable to become broken by any
sudden movement of the fish. The bass must be killed "on the rod,”
then reeled in aud taken into tho lauding net.

trollinq with the minnow.

This method of fishing is very popular with our best anglers, and is
more the thing than still fishing. The some tackle can be used here us
In the last mode described, though almost without exception it will be
found to be much superior, muiiy using trout fly rods. The oarsinau
rows the boat quietly and slowly over the fishing grounds, just outside
of the bulrush patches, ulong the edges of bars and shoals, or between
deep aud shallow water. The angler reels off from thirty to fifty yards
of line, and with bis thumb upou the reel aud rod slightly bent, must be
ever on the alert; for in this style of fishing with moving bait the buss
bites very "wickedly," and with forty yards of line out he must be kept
well in hand and not given on inch more than is necessary; he must be
reeled in at every opportunity until be is within prouer bounds, when the
angler can take muttters more easily and kill him at his leisure. A heavy
buss breaking water and leaping three feet into the air at the end of fifty
yards of line and a light rod, is a sensation which once experienced will
not be soon forgotten. And herein lies the advantage of this method
over still flshiug. One can get out more line, even though indifferent at
casting; for as the boat moves along the line cun be pulled off the reel,
ynnl by yard, with the hand, while the resistance of the minnow in the
water takes it frern the rod.

CASTING WITH THE MINNOW.

This is the most scientific wuy, and the very acme of black bass fishing.
It Is the mode adopted by our most expert bass anglers, and combines ull
the best features of still fishing and trolling with the minnow, besides
possessing udvanluges which those methods do not . The very beet rode,
reels, and lineB must be used, such as I described in a former number of
Fouest and Stream, The angler proceeds in his boat on the outside,
or deep water side, of the fishing grounds, and casts in toward the feed-
ing grounds, the oarsmuu rowing along rapidly or slowly, or holding the
boat stationary, us circumstances demand. The bout being iu deep
water the U»h arc not so apt to see it, which is a great advantage. Tho
angler can cost In any direction and to uny distance, greater or lesser,
within the length of his line as he may desire. Ho cau cast astern und
proceed as In trolling, or cast to either side, or forward, and by reeling in
the line keep the bait In motion. It can readily be imagined how expert
casting baa so gnat an advantage over any other method of bass fishing,
a ud that when ouce ucquirsd it will never be relinquished for any other

mode. This is the best method to follow when fishing from the banks
of a stream, where there are no trees or bushes to interfere; it Is also
the best method to pursue when wading the stream is practiced— it Is, In
fact, the "comiug mode of block bass fishing,” and will, before many
year’s, bo tho only recognized artistic method.

GENBRAL REMARKS.

In trolling or casting with the minnow, when a fish Is hooked let the
oarsman pull out at once to deep water, so ns to give tho fish better play
and more room, and also to prevent his taking to the weeds.

The angler should never bo in too great u hurry to land his fish; for
If he Is well hooked he cannot get away, hut if he is hooked In a thin or
weak part of the mouth, ihere is a greater necessity that ho should he
gingerly played and tenderly handled, until he is completely "tuckered
out," and turns up his belly to the sun. There 1s never unythlng
gained by too groat a hurry In bass fishing. On the contrary, "the
inoro haste tho less speed," is a maxim particularly applicable in this
case,

In landing a bass the oarsman should, at tho proper Mine, hold the net
Jnst under the surface of the water, and hold It perfectly still while the
angler brings the fish Into or Immediately over tho net, when the oars-
man should lift it up quickly und with one motion. He should never be
suffered to follow tho fish with tho net. or by sudden lunges attempt to
secure him; for this only serves to frighten the fish and put your tncklo
in Jeopardy . Remember that the larged bass always escapes when near-
est the boat, and when about to land him. You will therefore take due
notice and act accordingly, and resolve that hereafter none shall he lost
thiough undue baste on your own part, or through auy awkwardness of
i lie boatman, if in your powei to prevent .

I shall reserve my remarks ou “Fly-fishing for Boss" for another com-
munication. Oconomowoc.

BLUEFISHING.

Editor Fobkst and Stream:—

Tho near approach of this exciting sport induces mo to give n few
hints and a little persoual experience for the benefit of your renders.

My fishing grounds for blueflsh for the past year have been Barnegat
Bay. Blueflsh make their appearance in Ihe above waters on or about
the 20th of May. never, fo: seven years past, varying six days from that
date. The flret run are always the largest, lusting some two or three
weeks; they run from six to twelvo pounds. The past two years I have
always been on hand for them and have captured as high as 1,300 pounds
per day. As soon as the fish make their appearance I am notified. I
prefer stopping at the Inlet; when once there I am on the ground and
enn be among them in five minutes’ time, whereas from the main land
you arc often delayed for hours; and not unfrequently all day by calms
or flood tide. Another cousidernllon Is, that should there bo no wind to
Ball after them, you can have fine sport catching them from the beach.
Very frequently they come in from sea and only remain for an hour or
two during the flood tide. If not on the spot you miss this fishing. As
an example: Ou my way over on the 21st day of May lust year, I was
becalmed at the tnrn of the channel. I could see the gulls in the Inlet
near tho lighthouse, which indicated the presence of fish. We were de-
tained until near sunset, and when I reached the house I found two gen-
tlemen from Jersey City with some 1. 700 pounds of blueflsh taken from
the beach and in row boats, As I did uot expect to fish on the first day
of my arrival I was not much disappointed; still, It was provoking to sit
in the boat within half a mile of such sport aud nor. take a hand In it.
However, we made up for it the day following, myself und friend cntch-
ing 87, averaging seven pounds. If any of your readers are dcsirious of
having a few days of capital sport, engage your yacht, write for infor-
mation when to start, and on receipt op answer, go. SqriD.

MATERIAL FOR FLY RODS— HORNBEAM.

Boston, Mass., May 28th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Hornbeam, Carpinus beiulus. Tupello tree. Ihj'ssaiuuUijlnra (Walk-
er). Culled Hornbeam from the extreme toughness of the wood— a tree
widely disseminated throughout the New England, Middle, and South-
ern States, with various synonyms. If a straight grained, well seasoned
piece of this timber is worked properly, and well filled with artist’s oil,
carefully applied with a soft rag for several times, it will make a very
fine elastic tip or a complete rod. We know of one. that Ims been used
on the Saco, and other rivers of New Hampshire, by one of the old
school of experts, for trout a number of years, und Is now ns good ns
ever, resisting the heaviest strains required from a rod while trout fish-
ing. Mr. C. Harding, a former well known artist of Boston, procured
some of the hornbeam wood from Dr. B., a resident of the White Moun-
tains, and took it to England for manufacture into n shIiiioii aud lly rod.
This was probably when there wen* not as niauy artists in rod making
here as at the present time. The result, however, proved very ratisfnc
lory during tho balance of his fishing days, as reported; for If there ever
was an untiring disciple of the red, it was Mr. Harding— sort of Wizard of
the North on river, lake, or stream, a perfect terror to all the snlmo fam-
ily. You may hove heard of him.

The difficulty is to gel the wood straight grained and properly seasoned
for the purpose asked for. We have never known buckthorn to be used
in this branch of the business, but do know that it makes a first -class
hedge, if kept in order. Woodup.

GREENHEART FOR RODS.

New York, June 2d, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Allow me, through the c damns of your valuable paper, to state my
opinion of the material suitable for a lly rod, und how it should bo
made. Having been in tho business for the lust forty years, I have tried
all kinds of wood, but have never found out until within the Inst five
years the wood that will answer ull tho requirements Hint a fly rod Is sup-
posed to possess. About five years ago, Mr. Blossom of this city, a
thorough angler, brought to my store two salmon rods to bo cleaned and
varnished, and I was so thoroughly pleased ut finding the wood so stiff
and light, but very powerful. Hint I asked him whul kind of muterlul
they were made of, and ho told mo It was greenheart. 1 tried everywhere
to got some of it, but could not, and finally I sent to Liverpool and Imd a
log shipped to me; but it did not turn out as I expected. It was tho
dark color und very cross grained. It got to late iu the season to get any
more, but in the following year I sent again, and told the agent to he
sure and send me light color. It did come, and I have been making rods
up to this time, and I can say without fear of criticism that it is tho only
wood suitable for a rod. Now, for the Jointing aud mounting of rodH;
my expertcuce is that the less joluts you have iu a rod the more strength
you get. I have ou hand uow a sample of rods made nil In one piece
without splice or ferrule, for a Mr. Bolrner of this city, to bo used on
Moosehead Luke, Iu Maine, u thorough angler, who Ims fished there for
the last fifteen yeats, aud Is known by everybody us the “Commodore."
He leaves his rods there from season to season. Ills theory Is that ho
can kill as large fish with a greenheart rod weighing o/.., all In one
piece, as a person can with a 10 oz. usli and lancewood one. The next
thing to get— for everybody does uot fish in the sumo manner— is a
jointed rod. I am in favor of the splice joint, for It is stronger than the
ferrule joint, and the ferrules will not bend with tho action of the rod
the same ns the splice, but will stiffen your rod for seven or eight In-
ches. The Castle Connell rod Is made of greenheart, splice Joint In two
pieces; weight, seven to eight ounces, und just the rod to take to Maine
mid Canada. There have been a great many rods Imported from Eng-
land and Scotland for the market, made of greenlteari; but the rods are
heavy, some fly rods weighing fourteen to sixteen ounces, which will not
suit our fishermen. I believe a rod weighing from seven to ten ounce*,
about eleven feet six Inches long, is strong onongb to go for trout uny

where, provided the rod is balanced properly, and I think Iu a few sea-
sons—for fishermen are very hard to he convinced -that tho greenheart
will supercede all other woods for salmon, trout, and black bass «>*«•

FOREST AND STREAM

270

Miitnnil Jjistorg.

— The Farmington (111.) iV'ows mentions the capture in
that vicinity of a cross of black, gray, and fox squirrel.
The legs and belly were black, the back gray, with a regu-
lar fox squirrel tail. The most singular thing is, that there
never was seen a black squirrel in Illinois, and conse-
quently there is no way of accounting for this cross.

Instinct in tub Woodcock. — Mr. Shepherd, of Passaic,
while walking near that place a few days since with his
nephew, niece and dog as companions, flushed u woodcock,
which, after fluttering before them for some distance, rose
in the air, holding a young bird in its claws and tightly to
its body. After flying a hundred yards or so it deposited
the young bird by the side of a largo stono and fluttered
into the brush. The dog remaining on a point, Mr. Shep-
herd went to the spot, and, being struck by his remarkable
firmness, searched in the grass until he found another
young woodcock almost under the dog’s nose. The old
bird fluttered around the party until the dog turned, when
it flew away, being rejoined by the young birds when set
at liberty.

THE POLICE FISH OF THE OCEAN.

Monroe, Mich., May, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The shipwurm, or toreilo, is n bivalve Bhell fish which, os if In re-
venge for the unccatdcg war waged by mankind against its near relative,
the oyster, seems to have resolved to extinguish the vitality of as many
humuu beings as lies within its power. That power, though exercised
by an inalguillcant shell tlsh, is a prodigious one; for ever since mankind
turned attention to nautical affairs and went “down to the sea In
ships" the teredo has unceasingly endeavored— unfortunately with too
much success— to sink their marine conveyances. Nor have vessels
alone been the object of its attacks; for many a goodly dock and pier
has it riddled into shreds, not to speak of bolder attempts, such as the
endeavor to swamp Holland, by destroying the piles of her embank-
ments. The shipworm is the only mollusk that has ever succeeded in
frightening politicians, und more than once it has alarmed them effectu-
ally. A century and a half ugo, indeed, all Europe believed that the
United Provinces were doomed to destruction, and that the teredo was
sent by God to pull down the crowing arrogance of the Hollanders. In
England, although in no danger of being suddenly submerged, as their
Dutch neighbors might have been, they hnve suffered seriously in their
dock yards and harbors by the operations of the shipworm, to which the
soundest and toughest oak offers no impediment. Our own docks and
piers will be aud are found to have suffered from the ravages of this de-
structive little nautical pest. Like most mollueks, the teredo, though
fixed when adult, is free in its young scute, and consequently is enabled
to migrate and attach itself wherever mischief can be done by It. Thus
ships at sea are attacked, and no wood lias yet been found capable of
defying its efforts. (Oar iron steamers are pieces of stragetlcul circum-
vention of their attacks which must puzzle them greatly). Even teuk
and sissor woods, hard as they are, dissolve before It; and though the
chemical process of kyanizing timber successfully defeats the ravages
of lime, it fails before the voracity of the teredo. By a remarkable in-
stinct the shipworm tunnels in the direction of the grain of the wood,
whatever be its position, and thus succeeds in its purpose with destruc-
tive rapidity. The tube with which it lines its bore is sometimes nearly
two feet in length; It is not always straight, for if the creature meets au
impediment sufilrlently hurd to defy its power, it takes a circuitous
course, and thus gets round the obstacle. In like mannes it avoids any
interference with its fellow shipworms, winding round them In such a
way that at length a piece of wood attacked by many teredos becomes
transformed into a knot of calcareous tubes. The tube is not the true
shell of this dreadful mollusk. That body is to be sought for at its In-
nermost extremity. It consists of two very small curved valves, nnited
at their beaks and beautifully sculptured on their surfaces. Tho pipe, or
tube, is a lime walled shaft, intended to keep up a communication be-
tween the animal and the watery element necessary for its existence,
and to protect the soft body aud long, fleshy siphons of the creature.
How the cavity lu which it livea is excavated, is still a matter of dis-
cussiou.

There are many shell fish endowed with the instinct to barrow into
wood or clay, or oveu into stone; and it Is not certain whether they do
so by mechanical or chemical agencies, or by combination of the action
of on auger and a solvent . Many sea sdoIIs, as well os bivalve shell fish,
have the power to perforate solid substances, and some of the predacious
kind exercise this faculty to the detriment of their outer coverings aud
extracting the juice of their bodies by means of long, soft, and extensile
trunks. There is reason to believe that this operation is effected by the
siliclous teeth, which stud their long, ribbon-shape tongues. These
microscopic teeth are beautiful objects, exhibiting regular and constant
sbnpes; so constant, tudecd, that by a mere Inspection of the tongue of
a sea or land snail tho nutnrulist can pronounce to a certainty upon the
afllnitles of the creature to which it belonged. Even its particular genus
may be verified, and I am not certain hut Us very species may be thus
determined. These teeth arc arranged in transverse rows upon the
tongue. From an ordinary individual of the common limpet a tongue
two inches in length may be extracted, armed with no fewer than one
hundred and fifty or more bands of denticles, twelve in each row, so that
in all it may possess nearly two thousand teeth. The limpet uses tills
elaborate organ as a rasp with which to reduce to small ^articles the
substance of the sea weed on which it feeds. In some of our garden
slugs as many as twenty thorns and teeth may be counted. Wonderful,
Indeed is this complication of minute organism! ICeck a.

§[lie fennel.

THE WATERTOWN BENCH SHOW.

THE Bench Show of Dogs Inst week at Watertown, N.

Y., in conjunction with the annual State Shoot and
Convention, attracted much attention. The number of
dogs on exhibition was seventy, which was a very fair
show considering that the exhibition was for bunting dogs
only. The receipts reached several hundred dollars more
than enough, we suppose, to defray expenses. The affair
was under tho immediate supervision of Dr. N. Rowe,
“Mohawk,” of the Turf, Field and Farm. The judges
were E. II. Lathrop, A. B. Lambcrton, and John B. Sage,
for the setter classes; W. Jarvis, 0. H. Raymond, and N.
Baltus, for the pointer and spaniel classes, and W. B. Jen-
kins, Edward Wheeton, and Dr. A. Russell Strachan, for
the fox hounds. The following were the entries:

C lass 1 —Red Irish Setters.— Jack, Robert Sullivan. Brooklyn; 2.
Dash, Nicholas Sultue, Brooklyu; 8, Bess, Imported, N. Sultus, Brook-
lyn; 1 Shamrock. William Jarvis, Claremont, N. II ,5. Duke, A. C.
Waddell, Newton, N. J ; •>. Purdy, Henry Sliipiuuu, Brooklyn, N. Y ;
V Tasso. J It. McDonald, Lockport, N. Y
Glass 3—1. l’oxy, A. Russell Structure New York; 2. Murat, Dr. E
Lernira, Watertown, N. Y.-, 3. Rake, A, Russell Strachan, New York;

4. Don I., A. Russell Strachan, New York; 5 Carlo, J. Grafton. Wa-
tertown, N. Y ; 6. Pride of the Border, Chas II. Raymond, Morris
Plains, N. J.; 7 Fairy, Chas. H. Raymond, Morris Plains, N. J.; 8.
France, Brace & Lake, a . L. Sherwood. Skaneateles: 9 Russo, A. L,
Sherwood, Skaneateles, N. Y 1(1 May. Thco. Morford, Newton, N. J . ;
11. Joe, Henry Shlpmau, Brooklyn, N. Y ; 12. Buff, L. Barber; 13.
Spot, J. A. Nichols, Syracuse. N. Y

Class H— Black and Tun Setters.— i. Shot, T. A. Jerome, Locust Val-
ley, L. I ; 2. Flirt, Jos. E. Fisher, Brooklyn, N. Y.;8 Dash, George
C. Colbnm, Now York; 4. Alice, Beni. W. Jenkins, Baltimore, Md.; 5.
Hero, B.inj . W, Jenkins, Baltimore, Md.

Class 4— large Pointers.— Shot, A . Russell Strachan, New York;
2. Phil, A. C. Waddell. Newton, N. J ; 3 Phil, Wm. F Porter. Water-
town. N. Y ; 4. Bob, Dr. E. L Sargent, Watertown, N. Y. ; 5. Pete,
Mr G. A. Strong, Meriden, Conn.

Class G — Small Pointers.— 1. Snncho. Bcnj. W. Jenkins, Baltimore,
Md.; 2, Ben, A. C. Waddell. Newton, N. J.; 3. Dell, A 0. Waddell,
Newton, N J ; 4 Kit, F. W. Estes, Adams, N. Y ; fi Snncho, James
Carter, Lockport. N, Y.; ti Flash, A Russell Strachan, New York.

Special Class— Clumtter Spaniels.— 1. Jock, Bcnj. W. Jenkins, Bal-
timore, Md.; 2. Flax, lute Belle, Benj. W. Jenkins. Baltimore. Md.

Class 0 — Cocker Spanish.— i Juno, Frank Blast'll, New York; 2.
Pon to. Frank Bire It, New York; 3. Shot, Henry Todd, Butaviu, N. Y. ;
4. Bell, A. C. Waddell. Newton, N. J.

Class 7 — Fox Hounds. — 1. Dan, G. D, Kilbonrn, Champlain. N Y. ;
2. Old Fred, F A. Kilbourn, Champlain, N, Y ; 8. Rover, U Cole,
Gums Corner, N. Y ; 4. Drive, D. W. Canfield, Copenhagen, N Y.; 6.
Fanny- JI W. Eddy, Watertown, N. Y ; 6. Tiger, I. Sixbury, Evans

Mills, N. Y. ; 7. Sport, J A Van Wormer, Watertown, N. Y.; ,

durk brlndlo dog; . pair black and white spotted, with bluck and tan

heads; , white with black marks

Class 10— Champion l’uppy Class.— i. Dan, A. C. Waddell, Newton,
N. J ; 2, Dan, Henry Shipman. Brooklyn, N . Y ; 8. Young Laverock,
Clio*. U. Raymond, Morris Plains, N. J.; 4 Gypsy Queen, J. II
Fitchet, West Troy. N Y ; 5 Frank, W. F. Porter, Watertown, N Y .;
6 Queen of the Field, Joseph E Fisher, Brooklyn; 7. Pride of the
Frontier, Joseph E. Fisher, Brooklyn.

Besides the above there were a large number of dogs on
exhibition, but not entered for premiums. The awards
were us follows:

Class l— Red Irish Setters. — N. Saltns, Brooklyn, Dash, gun; W. Jar-
vis, Claremont, N II , Shamrock, diploma; N. baltus, Brooklyn, Bess,
solid gold dog whistle

Class 2 — Field Ti ial. Laverock, or any other breed of setter except Red
Irish and Black and Tan. — L Barber, Syracuse, Buff, solid gold dog
whistle : C. H. Raymond, Morris Plains. N J., Pride of the Border, di-
ploma; France, A. L. Sherwood, Skaneateles, highly commended; Paxy,
James Gordon Bennett, Now York, commended; C. H. Raymond, Mor-
ris Plains, N. J , Fairy, Forest and Stream cup; A. L. Sherwood,
Skaneateles, Rnsa, diploma; Theodore Morford, Newton, N. J , May,
highly commended .

Class 3— Black and Tan Setters.— Geo. C. Colbnrn, New York, Dash,
solid silver medul; T. A. Jerome, Locnst Valley, L I., Shot, diploma;
B W. Jenkins, Baltimore, Hero, highly commended; B. W. Jeukln*,
Baltimore, Md., Alice, solid silver cup; Mr. Fisher, Brooklyn, Flirt,
diplomn

class 4— Large Pointers— A. C. Waddell, Phil, solid gold dog whistle;
Mr, Stroug, Meriden, Conn . Pete, diploma; Dr, J. R. Strachan, New
York, Shot, highly commended .

Class ft— Small Pointers —ft. W. Jenkins, Baltimore, Md., Sancho,
gold medal; Dr J. Russell Strachan, New York, Flash, diploma; A. C.
Waddell, Dell, pearl, gilt and silver plated revolver

Class 6— Cocker Spaniels — H. Todd, Batavia, Shot, silver cop; F.
Bissicks, New York, Ponto, diploma; A. C. Waddell, Belle and Stelle,
silver cud and diploma respectively.

Class 7— Fox Hounds. --Q. D. KUbum, Champlain, Dan, silver cup;
Henry W. Eliding, Watertown, Fanuie, silver collar

Class 8 -Beagles.— No entries.

Class 9— Vachshvnds .— No entries.

Class 10 — Champion Pointer.— A. C. Waddell, Phil, solid gold dog
whistle,

Champion Setter. — L. Barber, Syracuse, Buff.

Champion Puppy.— A. C Waddell, Dan.

Special Class— Clumber Spaniels.— ft. W. Jenkins, Baltimore, Md.,
Jack and Flax, $25 cash .

Exhibition.— G. W. Flower, Watertown, a water spaniel, Beauty,
highly commended.

POINTERS vs. SETTERS.

White IIodse, N. J,, May 17th, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

I notice that nearly a'.l your notes ore on the setter and his strain . I
cannot think with most of your writers, as I consider tho pointer supe-
rior in all cases, unless with rare exceptions, where briars or thorns are
too thick, aud tt^en if the dog Is properly trained and of a pure strain he
will go nearly anywhere the setter can get. I do think I have studied
the nature of the dog as closely as the next one of my years, and I have
owned a number of them of different breeds; but I consider the poiuter
superior as a bird dog, and if properly handled, of great service for
other uses. N. R.

[We agree with our correspondent in regard to the use-
fulness of the pointer in many parts of the country; but
from our long experience in shooting in Delaware, Mary-
land and Southern New Jersey, where the “cat" brier
abounds, the setter is decidedly the most useful deg. We
have never owned or met with a thoroughbred pointer
which would continue to take such cover day after day.
By the way, this correspondent has a two year old pointer,
perfectly formed, liver colored, except on breast and feet,
which are dotted with white, aud a dog that any one would
be proud to exhibit in the field or at the kennel. — Ed.]

Beli.efontaine, Ohio, May 31st, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

Mr. John J. Palmer's fine pointer bitch, Fly, dropped, on the 11th
instnnt, eleven puppies, sired by a celebrated English pointer owned by
George T. Brandon of this place. They are very handsomely marked,
as well as fine stock . Mr. Palmer is a first-class shot and always keeps
a fine brace of dogs. He makes it his busiuess to protect the game aud
fish laws in every respect.

Our shooting match, which was held at llnntsvillo on tho 2.5th and
20th instant, was a success in every way; weather was good, birds fine,
and good shooting was done for amatonrs. Tho fishing wua splendid
this Spring. B. O. T.

Flora our correspondence with Mr. John J. Palmer we
are fully convinced that he may be ranked among the best
field sportsmen of our country. No man has been more
careful than he has been in the selection of setters and
pointers for his kennel. Wc have selected for him several
fine dogs, and there is no doubt but that the pups from his
Fly are A No. 1 in all respects.

IP? Warst §onm-

The American Jockey Club.— One was reminded on
Saturday last of the Scriptural objurgation to the lilies of
the field, that neither toil nor spin, for verily no flower
bed or bank of lilies ever presented a greater variety of
colors than did the Indies’ stand at our greatest racecourse,
Jerome Park. The Solomons were there also ; those in
fine raiment and decorated with Lake George diamonds,
as well as the wiser tribe who made the pool stand their
Mecca and laid tlioir . shekels on the uncolored horse,
Wildidle. A new starter officiated in place of Capt.
Couner, who, probably from inexperience, was unable to
control impatient jockeys and tractious horses, and left the
multitude to iudulge in mild profanity. Now, starting
horses is one of those tbiugs which look so easy, and yet
requires the greatest skill and coolness, In Englapa a

Professional travels from one race meeting to another to
officiate in this capacity, and the name of Mr. McGeorge
is as familiar to English turfites as the meetings them-
selves. There is no use in denying flic fact, wo are lament-
ably behind our cousins in the details of racing. Why
the very reports of our races are garbled and inexpressive,
rarely giving the name of the jockey or the weight carried
by the horse, on both of which so much depends. To bo
sure there is a weight for age, but penalties are rarely pub-
lished, and in handicaps, after the first list of acceptances,
few seem to pay attention to the ^eights. The first event
on Saturday was a dash of three-quarters of a mile, for a
purso of $400, for all ages ; entrance 5 per cent, of purse,
to go to the second horse, of which the following is a
summary;

D McDaniel's eh. f Mnfistc, four years old, by Australian, dam Ala-
bmua, lfki poTindt* llcnncwy. |

M. H. Sanford's b h. Mato, six yi-ars old, by Australian, dam Mattia

Gross,^ 118 pounds. Havward j

R. \V Cameron's hr. nt Inspiration, four year* old, hy Warminster.

dam Sophie, 105 pounds, liiiehe* . «

Time— 1:17*.

The following also started:

J. Coffee's br. h. II F Carver, J. 8. Cattanach's ch f. Minnie Me.
Kolilueon, Morgan & Co.’s b. c. Searcher, J Donnlinn'x eh h Spin-
drift. r

Searcher, coming from the South with his lately made
record of a mile in 1.41J, was made a favorite, and lots
of money was dropped by his friends. Although getting
a good* start, lie never showed prominently in the race
Madge having it safe the entire distance.

The next race was the eighth renewal of the Fordham
Handicap Sweepstakes, at $50 each, half forfeit, only
$10 if declared out., with $500 added ; the second to re-
ceive $200 out of the stakes ; closed with fifty three nomi-
nations, of which twcuty-tlireo declared out and paid $10
each ; winners, after publication of weights, of $1,000 to
carry 5 lb. ; of $2,000, 7 lb. extra ; value of stakes, $1,780 ;
oue mile and a quarter. The tollowing is the summary;

M. A. LilteH's b. h. Wildidle, five years old, by Australian, duin Idle-

wild, lot pounds. N. Hayward 1

J. Donohue's ch. h. Spindrift, aged, by Bonnie Scotland, dmn by

Wagner, 118 pounds, Chambers 2

M. II Sandford's b h Frankness, aged, by Lexington, dam Bay loaf,

131 pounds, including 5 pound* extra. Hayward. 3

Time— 2:18.

The following also started:

.J. Donohue's b h. Cariboo. R. Cathcart, Jr , b. a Kadi, A. M. Bur-
ton's b. h Survivor, D. McDaniel & Co.’s br t Josie U . J. Hunter's
b. c. Lclaps, J. Hurbeck & Co.'s ch. f. Australlnd, .1 M Harney’s b.
f . Osage, G. Langstaff's b. f. Countess, D. J. Baniiutyuu's b h. Au-.u-
bon

Wildidle, a five year old, with only 104 lbs. up, was a very
good thing for the knowing ones, and the desire to get
“on,” put him at the lop of the list in the pool selling.
Running second for most of the distance, lie went to the
front when given his head, and won easily by two lengths.
Preakness, tiring with the weight, could get no better than
third, Spindrift landing the “ two centuries,” to which tho
second was entitled.

The third race, and most important of the day, was the
second renewal of the Withers Stakes for three-year olds,
at $50 each, half forfeit, with $1,000 added ; the second to
receive $200 out of the stakes ; closed Januury 1, 1874,
with fifty-seven nominations, two of which were void by
death ; value of stakes, $4,400 ; oue mile. The following is
a summary:

II. p McGrath’s b. c. Aristides, by Leamington, (turn Sarong, 110

pounds. Swim 1

A. Belmon't blk. c. Rhadamanlhus, by Leamington, dum Neme»l»,

110 pounds. Evans 2

J. M. Harney's br c Ozark, by Pat Malloy, dam Imp. Sunny bomb,

110 pounds. Black 3

Time— 1:46*.

The following also started:

It. P. McGrath's b. c. Chesapeake, T Pnryear A Co.'s b, c. War-
wick, Robinson, Morgan & Co. s br c. Bob Woolley, D D. Wither'* b.
f , by Uladiatcur, J F. Cuambcrlin's ch. c Lord Zetland, W Coiirlll’a
ch. f. Ascension, Doswelt & Co 'sb. f. Invoice, J. A. Grinstcud'* r
c. D'Artagan, A. Beonout's imp. b. c. Mutador, D. McDaniel's ch. c.
Joe Corns.

In the books opened on this race Aristides had been the
favorite, at 2 to 1. After an hours’ delay at the post I lie
flag dropped to a bad start. At the bluff Aristide* took
second place and kept, it around the lower turn to the beud
of the stretch, where Matador, who bad been lending, fell
back, and the favorite, going on with a clear lead, finished
first by two or three lengths ; the others in the order nuined

hove.

The mile and a half dash and the selling race were un-
eventful, and resulted according to the summary given be-
ow : Purse of $600, for all ages ; eutrancc, 5 per cent, of
lurse, to go to second horse ; three-year-old maidens sl-
owed three pounds, if four-year-olds or upwards five
lounds : one mile and three-quarters.

). McDaniel's ch. h. Springbok, five years old, by Australian, dam

Hester, 114 pounds. Hennessey I

O’Donnell's ch. c. Milner, three years old, by Leamington, dnra by

Lexington. 87 pounds. McCartney ..... 3

toblnson, Morean & Co.’s eh. c. Big Fellow, four years old. by War

Dance, dam Fly, 108 pound* Walker 3

Time — 8:12.

The following also started:

Sam. J. Saylor's ch. c. Big Sandy, J. Coffee’s gr. h. Donnybrook.
Purso of $500, for all ages ; entrance, 5 per cent, of the
turse to go to thesecoud horse; the win uer, if to be sold
or $1,500. to curry xveiglit for age; if for $1,000, allowed
lb. ; if for $750, 7 lb.; if for $500, 101b. ; one mile and
. half.

Dnnohno’s b. c. Scratch, four year* old, by Kentucky, dam Fluke,

SI. wo, Mtt pounds. Evans ■ •••••• ‘

awrence and G Lorillard's ch. h. Resolute, five year* old, i.y Re-
volver. dam Mattie C . . $500, KM pounds. Dmiohno 3

1 McDaniel's b. f Mattio W , four years old, by Red Dick, dam

Etta Sliippen, $750, 98 pounds Clark 3

Time— 2:45.

The following also started:

J. F. Chamberlin's b. c. The Hoaxer, M. II. Sanford's ch. c. Light

— Tuesday’s races, although largely attended, were com-
aratively uneventful. Madge was again a winner, carry-
ig off the $500 All-aged purse; time, 1 :45.

The Westchester Cup brought but four to the post, tho
tec being considered a certainty for Ballankec). He jus-
fied the expectation by winning in a canter, doing the
vo miles and a quarter in 4:06*.

A bad start marred the interest in the Maryland Makes
)r three-year old fillies, Mr. Belmont’s Olitipu winning in
ich slow time as to give no indication of her abilities;
me of the mile, 1:49.

Springbok and Mate met in the second All-aged race, the
inner winning handily with only the mild weight of 100
junds for a five-year old; time of the mile and a half,

The Grand National Steeplechase wound up the day’s
>ort. Six started, and all managed to go the course with,
U mistake. Diavolo was the winner , no time taken.

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Yachting mid § outing.

All cornmnnUaUnn* from Secretaries and friend* should bt mailed no
later than Honda 1/ In each week.

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— Tlic New York Yacht Club Regatta will be sailed on
Wednesday, June 16th, over the usual course with the ex-
ception of the following alterations, to which the attention
of yacht owners is directed.

I'acbts will round buoy No. 10 on Southwest Spit, in-
stead of No. 8$, will keep to the southward of buoy No. 8$
and outside of buoy No. on the point of the Hook going
and returning. There will be no stakeboat at the Southwest
Spit.

Yachts belonging to the club and not in the race are re-
quested to keep to leeward of and ochind those engaged
in the race, and to be careful not to interfere with them in
any way, particularly at the turning points.

There will be four prizes of the value of $250 each, as
follows:— One for first-class schooners — Those measuring

7.000 cubic feet and over; one for second-class schooners —
Those measuring less than 7,000 cubic feet; one for first-
class sloops — Those measuring 2,000 cubic feet and over;
one for second-class sloops— Those measuring less than

2.000 cubic feet. The regatta will be sailed according to
the sailing regulations of the club, and with time allow-
ance.

ened about three feet, I soe that the Niagara has joined the South Bos-
toh Clot). She Is .1 valuable acquisition She was built by the former
owner of the Ripple, and will probably take part in the South Boston
Club Regatta, which conies off on the 10th of Juno. By the way, it is
expected that this will ho one of the most Interesting races the club 1ms
ever held, especially the contest among the first-class boats, which are
allowed to n»e working sails only. Ready About. •

■ -*«•»-

THE SCHUYLKILL NAVY REGATTA.

The following are tbc entries for the Schuylkill Navy
regalia, open to all amateurs, which takes place June 16th
and 17th, 1875:

ronn caked sub 1,1.8.

Friendship Boat Club, New York— Crow to be selected from Robert
Tillson, James McCartney, Augustus Schneider, Thomas Welch, Philip
Christie, William Hurley.

Scnwanhaka Boat Club, Brooklyn, L, I — Crew, W. II. Orr. J. W.
Maxwell, J Pilkington. J II. Johnson. Substitutes, A (J. Hurrluchor,
John Kcppel. W Kinolh. Km. Tyler, Jr

Wavcriy Boat Club, New York— Crew, Robt. L. I.cffraan, (bow:)
Washington A , Coster, Henry M. llowell, Win K. Williamson, (stroke.)

Triton Boat Club. Newark. N. J.— Crew, Samuel A Smith, (bow;)
Fred. E. Townley, W. A. Briutzinghoffer, Jr , Alex Handy, (stroko.)

Areouauta Rowing Association, Bergen Point, N. J - Crow, Kd.
Smith, (bow ;) J F. Ward, B. Stephenson, F. C. Eldred, (stroke.)
Substitute. Waller Man

Undine Barge Club, rhi ndelphla— Crew, A. S. Roberts, Jr., (bow;) I.
N. Dennven.P. M. Ilesser. John R. Baker, Jr., (stroke.) Substitutes,
C G Petersen, Thco Frothinghiun. Chits. K. Bamos, Geo. Bright.

Quaker City Barge Club, Philndclphia— Crew. S. Stinson, (bow;) C
It Adams, Frank Henderson, J D MoBeath, (stroke.) Substitutes,
Oscar F West, Frank Wood. J. E (jcybnrn, S. Gormley.

College Bout Club, Philadelphia— Crew lobe selected from Samuel T
Kerr, Sterling Morrison. H. L. Willoughby, W. R. Philter, W II Ad-
dlcks, W. W. Potter, Eugene Townsend, Calhoun Mcgargee.

FAIR OARED SHELLS.

Wavcriy Boat Club, New York— Crew, Henry M. Howell, W. K . Wil-
liamson, Substitute, It. L. Leffmun.

Argonautn Rowing Association, Bergen Point— F. C. Eldred, W. T
Taylor, Ed Smith, W. Man.

Nassau Boat Club, New York— John A. Walker, Frauk B. Browu.

DOUBLE SCULLS.

Chicago scullers, Chicngo— Crew, Frank E Yates, Win B. Curtis.
Substitutes, C, A. Pearson, Charles T. Corning

Oti the same day the club offers a prize of the value of
$250, to be competed for by steam yachts belonging to the
club, the course being ulmost the same as that named for
the sailing craft. They will be restricted to the govern-
ment allowance of steam, per certificate; to the use of only
wood and coal for fuel and to steam power alone for pro-
pulsion. The time for starting will be fixed by the Regatta
Committee on the morning of the race, and will be so ar-
ranged that the steam yachts will not interfere with the sail-
ing yachts.

Regatta of the Quincy Yacht Club.— The first, regat-
ta of the Quincy Yucht Club for the season of 1875 came
off ou Saturday last at Quincy Point, Mass. Two courses
were assigned, one for the first and second class yachts,
and the other for third class yachts. The former was eight
miles and the latter six miles. It is estimated, however,
that in consequence of head winds, the yachts going over
the eight mile course sailed a distance of fourteen miles.
The result was as follows:—

Wavcriy Boat Club, New York— Robert L. Leffman, David Roach
Nassau Boat Club, New York-John A. Walker, Trank G. Brown.
Vesper Boat Club, Phila.— lobn B. Mingus, Harry McMillan.

SIKOLK SCULLS .

Chicago scullers— Frank E. Yates, Wm. B. Curtis.

Friendship Boat Club— James McCartucy
SeawanhuKa Boat Club— A. G. Harrlucher
New York Athletic Club— W. E. McCredy
Wavcriy Boat Club— David Itoacb.

Arg-maiita Bowing Association— Walter Man.

Vesper Boat Club— J It Mingus. Horry McMillan.

Quaker City Barge Club— Frank Pleasanton.

Captains of crews will pleuee notify the Chainnou of the Reception
Committee. Mr. A. Krnuibhnrr, 1601 Spring Gardeu street, ns soon as
possible, when and where their boats will arrive, so that thsy may he
properly housed and cared for. J. Uilunouaxi, Secretary ,

„ Baltimore, Md., June ?th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream;—

The Schuylkill Navy crew arrived here on Saturday and have been im-
proving tbc time In practice ou the course The weather has been very
bad, and the water rough until the evening. The Putapsco crew are
somewhat heavier this season than last. Sculls.

first class.

Name and Owner
Nettle— F. Whilmarsh
India— Frank French.
Leuu— H. M.Federhcu

Mabel — J. N. Roberts
Wildfire — II. A Keith

Secret— J. Binnoy

Maleic-.). U. Slade
Mabel— J. Sbaw, Jr. . . .

Wafer Lily

Kate J. silvern

t mill

Itorket— B. F. Bass

Tulip— W. Burgeaa

Red Lion— G. \V Morton

Here We Are- -U. 8. Buckley

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linn ncic iwu prizes — mounted ooat compasses — for
each class, and winners are indicated by the table of cor-
rect time. The judges were Messrs. Potter, Souther aud
Holden. The annual series of races for the club cham-
pionship between boats in each of the four classes will begin
in July, during which month also several of the boats will
take part in the Isles of Shoals regatta; a grand cruise of
the club is also spoken of.

Annual Meeting of thf. Boston Yacht Club.— The
adjourned annual meeting of the Boston Yacht Club was
held Wednesday evening, 2Gih ull., at the Club House
City Point, South Boston, when the following named gen'
tlcmen were elected officers of the club for the ensuing
year; Commodore, Benj. Dean; Vice Commodore, W.
H. L. Smith ; Rear Commodore, Geo. B. Durfee ; Secre-
tary, Thomas Deau ; Treasurer, Angus. Russ ; Trustees
S. D. Nickerson, Arthur Cheney, A. Clnxton Carey • Re-
gatta Committee, Coolidge Barnard, F. E. Peabody, 'Roscoe
D. Owens, Clarence Jones, Benj. C. Dean ; Measurer D
J. Lawler.

South .Boston Yacht Club.— The regular monthly
meeting of the South Boston Yacht Club was held
Wednesday evening, June 2d, at the Club House City
Poiut, South Boston ; Vice Commodore J. A Woodward
in the chair. Mr. Arthur Deau, owner of the Niagara •
Mr. William Frizzle, owner of the Ranger, ami B L M’
Tower owner of the Mystery, were elected members of
t he club. I he accessions to the club are good boats
1 he Niagara is a cut-riggcd, centre-board boat, 20 feet
water line ; the Ringer i-j a keel schooner 31-4 feet water
line, and the Mystery a cat, 18 feet.

Mr. Peterson, a member of the club, has received his
newly purchased boat, the Admiral, cat rigged 22 feet
water line. ’

The Regatta Committee of the club have decided to have
Ihe first race on the 10th iust. The general classes are two
in number, and the division is made for all boats over °4
feet water line in the first and under 24 for the second
These will be sub-divided into keels and centre boards
with prizes for each. The first class will be restricted to
working sails and not ullowcd to shift ballast. The
second-class are not to be restricted in these matters

The club is not now a chartered institution, but arrange-
ments are being made to take advantage of the recent act
ot the Legislature ami secure a charter.

Messrs. Frank and Wm. Whittaker have remodelled
heir pleasure steamer, lilted her with new machinery ami
propeller, and have added her to the fleet. y

South Boston, June 5th, 1676,

Editor Forest and Stream;—

All the yacht bollde.e of South Bo.'on are quite btur just now
P.craBroUien.^repultlni the Mabel In racing irim. and tho Lawieys
* < dolngtbe same for the Yodosu,. Tbc schooner Romance is ut Bib-
to* *• and “ •Kto* thoroughly overl oukd. Her marie have been -hort.

—In the race between the picked arews of the Schuylkill
and Patapsco navies at Baltimore on Tuesday, the Schuyl-
kill crew won with ease in 13 min. 53} sec. Distance, two
miles. The race between tue home crews for the cham-
pionship uufortunately resulted in a foul.

Regatta on tite Schuylkill.—1 The annual regatta or
the Vesper Boat Club, which took place Saturday upon
the Schuylkill, proved a decided success. It was rmved
over the national course, from the Falls Bridge to Rock-
land, and the banks on either side of the river were lined
with spectators, in carriages, ahorse and afoot.

The first race was for single sculls, prize, a club cup
Competitors, Vim, Will. J. Kerr ; Vision, Will. W. Maris-
Vox, Will. T. McNeely. Distance, one mile aud a half
The shells got away well together shortly after 5 P. ]\I ;
but Kerr and Maris soon fouled, and consequently Mc-
Neely obtained a fair lead he never relinquished. He won
the race in twelve minutes and thirty-four seconds Kerr
being second.

The second race wa3 for double scull gigs ; prize, a club
cup The contestant were : Vivandiere, Howard Mur-
phy, stroke; J. DeF. Junkin, bow; coxswain, C. Mc-
Cord ; Vamos, Alonzo Parsons, stroke ; Elias Hanson
bow; coxswain, Thomas Hudson. Off Peters’ Island the
Vamos were fully nine lengths ahead, and they main-
tained this position to the goal. Time— Vamos, 13 min-
utes, 15 seconds ; Vivandiere, 13 minutes 44 seconds.

The third race was the finest and certainly the most
exciting. It was for the champion fours of the club and
was contested by the crews of the Viper ami the Vandal
rhe first mentioned crew comprised Tlieo. Vom-l stroke
F. Godshal, A. E. Abbott J. B. Mingus, bow The
latter, II. W. Peacock, stroke ; W. T. Corson T B
Evans, Harry McMillan, and W. J. Kerr, coxswain The
how of the Viper steered that shell. A capital start was
effected, the \ ipers gliding quickly in advance of their
oes but steering so frightfully wild that they lost several
lengths, aud eamc very near fouling several times It was
not until half the course was covered, however that the
Vandals managed toget on even terms with their opponents
but wiieu they did, they held their posiiion sturdily and’
it was a lmw aud-b.nv race down the home stretch ' ’ The
Yandals bow finally pointed her nose home victress b-
one second. Time— Vandal, 10 minutes and’ 27 seconds-
\ iper, 10 minutes and 28 seconds. Umpire— E. E Gii'l-
fitli. Judge— A. J. Murphy. Timekeeper— Samuel II

J\ neass.

—The young men of Wilmington, North Carolina are
about to organize a rowing club.

Wit H'ollws.

not be represented at Saratoga.

— T ‘
crew:
pounds;
pounds;

pounds; ft. u. Cook, substitute, 1?1 pounds.

—The Wesleyan crew is composed as follows —

Name ami Position. a„„ ,

C F. Marali, etroke & "VIBkt.

D. H Jack, port stroke on r ? P'S

II W ltotlger.. waist £ H l»

F. W. Fort, port wntst m ® £ 103

J. \\ . Whitney, starboard how at « ,,, I *’3

W. II. Douns, bow j! *->° 1-W

11. Sowatl, vubrilmto JoO

University of Pennsylvania, June 7th, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

We have learned since onr last that the reason the University was not
represented at the last Saratoga convention was not duo solely to the
delegate's tardiness. As has been announced, tho Schuylkill Navy hold
their uninml regalia Juno filth and I7ili. The college boat club will en-
ter a crew for the fonr-oared shell race to be selected from tlu< following
gentlemen:— \V. It. Addicks, M; Samuel T. Kerr, '76; Calhoun Mr-
giirgco, '75; W. R, Phlller, ’15; Hugh L. Willoughby, '77; Sterling Mor-
rison,'75; W. W. Porter, ‘75; Eugene Townsend, medical department.
The crow In all probability will bo Addicks, stroke; Morrison, 8; Porter
or Kerr, 3; Townsend, bow. The bont to be used will be one now being
built by Fearron, of Yonkers. But to quit the physical and turn to the
mental, from brawn to brain, from the closo of oxumlnntlona for de
grecs (May 81st) up to Commencement day (Juno 'Mill.) '75 has had
leisure to recline in their Alum Mater’s lap, and deck her with the
choicest Mowers of their fancy, and this they have done by celebrating
the time-honored events of class and ivy days Upon the first occasion
all that they bad acted was set forth by Mr E B Morris In the History ;
nil that tboy Imd learned by Mr. Smyth In tlm Oration, anrl nil that they
hoped to be by Mr Elliot in the Prophecy; besides, nil their poetic ge-
nius was centred in Mr Castle's "AaClvpindlc Minor" verse. Upon the
second, after an oration by W. W. Porter, the ivy was planted- the Ivy,
symbolical of the ever-growing affection for their Alum Motor, which
ago or the devastation of time can only serve to nourish.

“ Tbc dews of Summer night did fall;

The moon, sweet regent of tho sky,

Silver'd the walls • * » •

And many an ouk thereby.”

Unfortunately, instead of the moon wo wore compelled to content our-
selves with the bright eyes of maidens, “burning yet tender,” not to
speak of the “sbiulng lights" of the class; aud In place of the aforesaid
dews a thunderstorm necessitated a hasty retreat to thg Latin Hall, wiinro
dancing was continued till long after the hour at which cur fine becomes
ton cents. The baccalaureate was preached before the class by the Rev.
Dr. E R. Beadle, who chose his text from from First Corinthians, chap-
ter xiv., verse 20. * » * It were needless to eay that the class wa«
much impressed, and all felt the force of the words In “The Shipwreck "
Well, then, our course is chosen. Spread the sail, heave oft the lend,
and mark the soundings well. Look to the helm, good muster Many a
shoal marks this stern coast, and rocks, where sits the syren, w ho, lfko
ambltiou, lares men to their ruin. Siamese Twins.

Harvard University, June 27il», 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream :—

The football match between Harvard and Tufts came
off yesterday afternoon. Both elevens played very well;
and Harvard was declared defeated. The rules were some-
what like t lie McGill rules, but with sufficient difference
to render the practice Harvard had had under these rules
of little account. To an outsider. Harvard seemed to have
not the slightest chance of winning, as her men were all
of light weight, from one hundred and twenty to one bun
dred nnd fifty-five pounds; while Tufts brought out men
most of whom would weigh one hundred and fifty nl
least and one hundred nnd eighty at most. She had but
one man who was very light, and two who were considered
as about first-class runners— one made the 100 yds. dash
in 10J seconds, and all were in good training. When 1 he
play commenced the superior" manner in which Tufts
backed her own with her own was noticeable, while Har-
vard was much the quicker. The umpires were Prof
Pitman, for Tufts, and Mr. Whiling, tor Harvard. Prof.
Pitman learned the game while in a foreign university
aud has trained liis men in nil the fine points. He seemed
bound to have Tufts win, and, as Mr. Whiting seemed to
be overawed by his colleague, gave all Hie douniful points
to Tufts.

bell, Dwiuuel, I'letcber, Gcrner, Hcadle, Harrington
Perry, and VI hitchead on the Tufts eleven ; Elli-, Fmicon
Gray, Prcbblc, Cato, Cushing, Leeds, Leamans, Tiffany’
Thomas, and Lombard for Harvard. The best plavs were
made by Harrington and Dwinnel, wiili Prof. I'.i'imm i<>
back them on the Tails team ; while Thomas made some
pretty good spurts for Harvard, and Lombard threw several
men in a very pretty manner.

1 be races at the Union Boat House on Monday afternoon
were quite good. For the single scull race Mr. Wiley '77
took his own time, and came back in 15 minutes 58 sec-
onds. Mr Mudge was to have contested in this race but
at the last moment found that* the stretcher in the boat be
was to use was too short. The four-oared race was be-
tween the Union Boat Club, with Williams, stroke; Morse
Jj Dtc vens, 3; Eaton, bow; a crew consisting of Lorin<r
78, stroke; Bacon, '70, 2; Taylor, '77, 3; Morgan '78
bow; and a crew from tbc Kcientilic School, with Otis'
stroke; James, 2; Thayer, 3; Yznagu, how. Loring’s crew
easily came 111 ahead in 14 minutes 15 seconds The prizes
were handsome silver cups. *

The Freshmen of Yale and Harvard played the first
match of their series here to-day, with a score of G to 3 in
, 'lVr T1*® was very good on both

sides, and the double plays of Richards, (centre field,) .....1
rimy ci, (second base,) and of Holmes, (catcher,) with
I buyer were plays which Harvard Freshmen should bo
promt ot. I„ the game with Brown yesterday Holmes had
a blow in the right eye from a foul tip which knocked Him
down and rendered Ins playing— for lie commenced again

S^nrfVluVnP.ll,B rest of game a "labor

1,1 , ditllculties, and although the game was lost to llur-

VIV;,1 ■ >'r,l„oul; P,ucky ’7S hope to do better next time.

I lie Rifle Corps do not "draw" well these hot evenings
and it 1, hoped that with the class of ’7!) new interest will
be aNiakenei1 on the importance of "soldierly bearing.”
l hc Chcs* Club bus adjourned till the next college year
1 , fnT "" 1 ^ ttu Wl11 bc concluded next term. It

i» to be deeply regretted that the prospect of a series of

fs ‘si'^sma n'VeCT 11 1 ) G U,ui^sil-V ol Vale and Harvard

" J"1 "i,*1 V "Y',’1® stoted that Mr. Hooper left on

llu ,d ol July, nnd that the nine would be obliged to play
all its matches with other colleges before that time Yale
,,layU "CTi« ^ games, cot

f S 1 I'Ll whi7d,v ?d l ,UH ,l 8L‘c,n8 ir our only chance
, 1 lM|d with Vale were gone. Still, we hope for the

best, mid may have a chance by some unexpected turn.

M.

7 ” esiern Territories this Summer.

the expeditions expected to start about the first of

jSSoiM,|Ur wrriU 1,1 «ie & bi the mitld
L pal ly Of na

' l il 11,1,1 ,»on.o to the Pacific ol

l lie lattei arc it comparativclyjmexplored field.

l.l7!«YXi.K,CM-a,ll-iM of ,lK! mosl painful nature,
I'msio „ W ■ A',l'l"hra*i, Arlington, Mi.smk'I.uswiis,

Uk- yihting iZon h’ lvt‘ lllL' (Tc,li

FOREST AND STREAM

281

If xUanal ffluftimes.

Cricket Tournament in September. — This will be n
return tourney for the Hullfiix Tournament of last year, in
which the Philadelphia twelve came off champions, and
will undoubtedly be the event of the Philadelphia cricket
season. Arrangements are already cn train to render this
affair more attractive than any of the cricket fete3 hereto-
fore held at the Germantown grounds. The re-appoint
meat of the same committee who so successfully managed
the International Tournament of 18G8 and 1872, is a guar-
antee that the arrangements will be properly conducted.
Late advices from the captain of the Garrison team at Hal-
ifax. states that the English oflicers are keen to visit Phil-
adelphia, and are already training for the contest ; and the
Canadians expect to send a stronger representative twelve
than have ever before played together. The Spring cricket
fete will be omitted this year, the usual interest in that
event being merged in the Fall tournament.

—The Peninsular eleven of Detroit played eighteen se-
lected men from different parts of Michigan on the
31st ull. , the Peninsulars winning by a score of 208 to 75.
We are indebted to Mr. Calvert, Secretary of the Detroit
cluh for u full report, which we regret a want of space pre-
vents our publishing in full.

BASE BALL— PROFESSIONAL GAMES.

The events of the past week in the professional arena
have been the defeat of the lied Stocking champions in
St. Louis, and the whippings the New Yoik Mutuals have
received in Chicago at the hands of the While Stockings.
Bostons defeat resulted chiefly from the fJct of White’s be-
ing disabled, the Brown's also playing a very fine up hill
game on the occasion. But in the first match, when White
played the Red’s beat the Brown’s 10 to 3, and in the third
game when he resumed his place, they beat them 15 to 2.
This tells a story worth recording. The St. Louis nine,
however, are entitled to the credit of being the first to de-
feat the champions in 1875, and that too, after Ferguson's
Hartford team had failed to do it. There now remains
only the Chicago club as opponents likely to trouble the
Reds. Tho following games have been played since out-
last:—

BROWN STOCKINOS vs. RED STOCKING*.

glcw fJnblicntiuns.

Rrown Stockings.
Rod Stockings...

tunings.

1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0

00000-8
0000 0-1

2 1-9
0 0-2

0—0

0-8

0—4

0-5

0 2-6
0 0-5

1 0-5
0-1

HARTFORD VS. MUTUALS.

Innings.

Hartford* 2 0 0 1

Mutuals 0 10 0

NEW IIAVEK VS. WASHINGTON.

Innings.

New Haven 0 1 t * 0 0

Washington 0 0 0 0 1 1

WHITE STOCKINGS TS. MUTUAL*.

Innings.

Mutual ® 0 ® 0 0 ^ 0

Chicago 0 0 0 0 8 1 2

BOSTON VS. 8T. LOUIS.

Innings.

Bostons 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

81. Louts 1 0 (i 1 2 0 0

MUTUAL VS. WHITE STOCKINGS.

Innings.

Mutuals . 2 ® \ ®

Whllo Stockings ® 0 ® 0 - ® 3

BROWN STOCKINOS VS. BOTTON.

liming®.

Brown Stocking* * ° * 2n ® °

June 2, the Uniou Club, of Elizabeth, N. J., visieed the
tluntie Club, of Brooklyn, and played a game. But for
•rors at right field the Atlantic* would have beendefeated.
core : —

Innings.

Athletic 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0—4

union! : 031001000-2

The Riverton Club lmd a pleasant game with the Arling-
ius on Juue 5th, at Brooklyn, which resulted as follows —
Innings.

Riverton 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3

Arlington t 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1-7

—The game between tho Archer and Pacific of Philndel-
hia, played June5lh, resulted as follows:—

Innings.

Archer 0 00200o2o— 1

Pacific 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 — 4

—The following is the score of the match played June
h, between tho Yale College nine and tho Hartford Pro-
■ssiomils, the best on record of the kind:—
linings.

Hartford* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 — 3

Yules 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 1-1

The record to June 7th inclusive is as follows:—

A Sommer in Norway — Illustrated. Janson McClung

& Co., of Chicago, are getting out a book written by Hon. J. D. Cnton,
of Illinois, entitled “ A Summer In Norway," of which wc have some
proof sheets giving an account of the elder duck, nnd of the scenery on
the Norwegian coast In the Arctic circle, which may interest our readers.
The book will bo out early this month. Wo quote;

"The next morning, when I wont on deck, wc were gliding swiftly
along the still waters between ttie islands The Islands wore more l«rfr-
cipilons, the birch shrubbery not so abundant. Hint the Intervales along
the shores less. Stilt we were rarely out of sight of a fisherman's hut,
nnd frequently clusters of them, where the ground would admit ; some
time* two or three of these little settlements would bo on the same Island
nnd quite near together, with no rondway between thorn, their only inter-
course being by water. Under such circumstances we can well under-
stand (hut each member of a family can putt an oar or set a sail skillfully
and i-* quite as much at home upon tho water ad upon the land.

‘ It was very rare wc were out of sight of fishermen engaged nt their
work, although they seemed more generally to select the night, or the
j hours which are night In other countries, rather than the day, because
I nt that time It Is said the fish bite the beet, though I am at a loss to de-
1 term i no how the fish know the difference.

J Now the snow covered the tops of nil the mountain Islands, and til pro-
• tocted places extended to the very edge of tho waters. The flowing rivu-
lets down the mountain sides showed that the snow was fast melting tiu-
| der the Influence of a ncrpoiu.it sun.

I The rivulets looked like silver threads against tho dark background of
> the smooth nnd almost vertical rock. In the face of which they have
worn for themselves little channels which concentrate the waters. Some-
times many of these will he united into one before they reach the bot-
tom, forming a considerable stream, which oftentimes makes n sheer
leap of ten or an hundred feet, the light spray waving in the wind like
the bridal veil in the Yoseinlto Valley. In one place, tliia day, wo counted
twenty-seven of these little streams tumbling in milk-white foam down
the face of an unbroken rock, which rom almost vertically from the
waters of tho fjord many hundreds of feel high, and about half a mile
long.

It is toward midnight in the Arctic circle in tho Summer time that the
richest scenes of light and shade are presented to the traveler among the
islands on the Norwegian coast. Objects are thou presented as in the
starting scenes of a moving panorama.

Sometimes he sees the sheen of the glittering snow on the distant
mountain top ns tho bright rays of the sun are reflected bnek in gorgeous
splendor, some portions much lighter than others. Presently an inter-
vening island shuts out tho view, nnd then again a different one Is opened
to his sight Before him he thinks he sees f He mouth of a glowing fur-
nace bursting forth from a rent In tho side of a mountain, which shortly
fades Into a rich red, or pink, or yellow shade, nnd diffuses itself over n
broader surface; when presently ho sees the brightness dying oui by his
changed position, till a sombre shade seems to settle down upon all
around him. to bo ngain dispelled by a virgin brightness, which lights up
all within his view, aud smiles upon him a winning welcome.

**•****•••
This day we saw the first eider ducks ( Somaleria moUUHma.) There
birds are only found, tit least abundantly, in the arctic waters. On the
Norwegian coast they are protecled by stringent laws, which are rigidly
enforced, and ns a consequence they arc quite tame, though tho passage
of the steamer alarms them, and they fly away before it. They are a
size, larger than the mallard duck. Tho male Is white and black, tile
female is of a nearly uniform tawny brown. Their down is a source of
considerable revenue to the owner of the ground where they nest, who
alone is allowed to gather it; for it is considered as ranch his private!
property as his domestic animals. They have their favorite haunts for
nesting, and the value of an island is much enhanced by lliulr partiality.
When the female makes her nest she plucks the down from her breast

sufficient to line it abundantly. This the owner of the ground, after a
time, carefully removes. Sho suffers this to be tloue without leaving
Again the bird plucks herself mid line® the nest anew, which is ogaiu re-
moved, when her pertinacity again prompts her to furnish her nest with
a now lining. With this she Is allowed to remain undisturbed to com-
glete tho incubation. After she bus left with her young brood another
harvest is gathered from tho deserted nest. This is much less valuable
than the others, owing to its impurity. None, however, is fit for ihc
market ns ilia taken from the neat; all has to be carefully picked out
from the twigs and dirt with which it had become entangled in the nest.
1 was Informed that it takes about four pounds, ns it Is taken from tbo
nest, to furnish one pound of clean down for the market. 1 paid SI uer
pound for the clean down in Tromso. This down is of a pal • lead color,
nnd is exceedingly light and elastic. A pound may be compressed into
a bag holding less than two quarts, and no matter bow long it remains
thus compressed, when removed it springs ont to an incredible hulk
In other regions, where the tnw does not protect the eider ducks, they
nre killed not for food but for their skins, which arc tanned and mode
into blankets or robes. Tho coarse feathers are plucked out, leaving
only the down, which is very thick set. Tho different colored skins of
the male nnd female being interspersed make a very pretty robe, though
rather expensive, no doubt, and probably would not stand much hard
wear, and indeed it should be considered no article of luxury rattier tlnui
of utility. Tromso and Trondhjem are tho best markets for the pur-
chase of this class of goods, including furs. E:der ducks grew more
abundant as we proceeded north, nnd many were met with every day.
Wo saw several broods of young ones following their mothers, generally
near the shore. They are sprightly little fellows uud swim with great
vigor, and, when hard pressed, dive and swim some dislance under

W The cider dnek, which tho Norwegians call vldr-fugl, abounds on both
sides of Fiumark, being as abundant in the \„rnuger tjord na on the
west coast nnd In the Loffodeus. U Is at home also m Greenland lee and
aud Spilzbcrgcn, aud the other islands in the Arctic Sens, but the gnat
value of its skins has offered such inducement for its pursuit that it is
sensibly diminished in numbers whero not rigidly protected by law, and

'SK&W&tSa » - Aj,Ue J»l. tth not .WOO, .0,
found even south of Trondhjem, aud perhaps now and

Club.

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Atlantic

Boston

Co-operatives.

Chicago

Hartford | 2

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New llnvcn

Philadelphia

Red Stockings

8t. Louts

Washington

Western

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71 ICC

THE AMATEUR ARENA.

— The Amateurs have not been playing so well the past
week, if we may judge by tho scores of games played.
Among the best games were the following;—

CHELSEA VS. FRONTIER.

Chelsea 0 i 0 0

Frontier 0 1 1 1

IlARVAlin VS. YA1.B.

1 0 0 2

0 0 0 0

UonOKBN VS. UNION,

Hoboken 1 0 0 2

Union 0 0 1 2

Harvard.
Yule ...

0 0
0 0

0 0
0 0

0- 4
0— 3

0- 0
0- 3

derstand bow tilts is an adequate protection.

The islands where these birds breed are called by tho N^wegiuns
fuglt-varr, or bird islands. I saw none of the king cmer ^ma cr a
mtclabUie.) which is said to bo smaller and much more beautiful in its
colorings than tbo eider (tuck, but I obtained u robe composed on both
sides pricclpnlly of the skins of the eider duck, but a part of I', is of the
skins of i tie king eider. From these skins the feathers nro all plucked,
kaving oniy tho very thick coat of down except where a part of the
feather - are left to show clic more beautiful marking*.

BOOKS RECEIVED.

We have to acknowledge the receipt of the following
books from G. W. Carleton & Co.. Now York: -
Ecce Fomina— The Woman Zoe. By Cuylcr Pino.

A Mud Marriage. By May Agnes Fleming.

Shiftless Folks. By Cbrlstobel Goldsmith,

A Woman in Armor. By May Hartwell.

From Lee, Shephard & Dillingham, New York.—

Wolf Run. By Elijah Kellogg.

The Morals of Aboil Ben Adhcm. By P. V. Nasby.

.Socialistic Fragments. By Win. B. Greene.

From Porter & Contes, Philadelphia: —

The Diseases of the llorso and How to Caro Them. By Robert
Chawner, V. S.

From J. Disturnell, Philadelphia:—

Sailing on the Great Lakes.

From Jas. R- Osgood & Co., Boston:—

The Maritime Provinces.

£iisivet[s go gorqesyondentf.

J. W. G., Pittsburgh.- Where can squirrels bo shot in the State of

Ohio? An's Ashtabula couuty is a good locality.

.1 U R -The manufacturer of the Bonrden jack lamp maintains that
it fills every requisite for a boat light in spearing. Address White Man-
ufacturing Co., Bridgeport, Conn. . ..

A B II., Montreal. -In reply to your inquiry regarding i*ocket Al-
ters" we have learned that H A. Hall, corner of Federal and Frunkhn

streets, Boston. Mass., lias them for sale; price $1.00.

M B L., New Orleans. -Please tell me where aud at wlint price I
could procure a churl of Charlotte Harbor. Flu.? Ans. Address Dr.
Charles J. Kenworthy, of Jacksonville. Fla., vybu wifi procure one for

you..

J L., Cambridge.—' Will you bo kind enough to print a receipt for
making u first -class article of bird lime and oblige? Ans. Tho best bird
llrno is said to be made of inxporUd linseed oil, boiled until U attains tbo
consistency of molasses candy,

C. C. 8 ., Boston.— Can you tell me whether the eol Is an oviparous or a
viviparous fish? In Walton's "Complete Angler" (chap. 13, page 34 5)
there appears to bo a difference of opinion. Ans. See Forest and
Stream Juno 3d, page 801— the preceding Issue.

Tbthas, Ixtnt Creek, Wls — I wish to purchase a good, first-class,
breech loading rifle with modem Improvements, soon. Whose make
would you recommend' An*. Sco oar advertising columns; one that
would probably suit yon for sale at this office.

ALnr.nT, Norfolk, Va,— Please Inform mo tf "Birds of North Amer-
ica," for sale by you, has colored plates, and If thu three volumo* In-
clude both land nnd wuter birds? Ans. Land bltde only; gamebirds,
song birds, nnd raptures. Plates not colored; but can obtain thorn for
yon. Price $30; worth the monoy.

J. II,. Boston — Wlint is tho best work on training dog*, and wlint U
the price? Is there such a breed of sellers as the Thompson, nnd whence
originated It? Ans. The best work out U "Dinks, Hutchinson and May-
hew." Can send a copy; price $3. There Is no such strain of seller*.

W. H B., Wilmington, N. O.— Wc wish to get np a rowing clnb here.
Will you send us circulars and price fist of suitable boats? Ans. Address
Stephen Robert*. No. 308 South street. N. Y.; Tbos. Fenron, Yonkers,
N. Y, ; C. B. Elliott, Greccpolnt, N. Y., or Win. Blulkic, Cambridge,
Moss.

J. C. B., Troy, N. Y.— Please Inform me whether there Is any book
published which 18 calculated to tench the theory of riding horseback?
Ans. Turf, Fiftd and Farm have been publishing a series of articles en-
titled tho "Do Buesigny School,” which we believe are to bo published In
book form. Address them at No. 37 Park Row.

Sknex Conn.— What Is your remedy against poultry killing on tho
part of a dog? It Is /out play, dlsgracefnl to so Intelligent an animal.
I have a setter pap nine months old so addicted. Ans. A three-foot
rawhide ./utiielouflj/ applied Is an offectnnl remedy. An old friend— Dr.
Coleman, of Trenton, N. J — used to sav: "If a setter or pointer pup
will not kill chickens he will nover amount to much."

Gordon, St. Louis — I am about ordering a fine breech loader, and
would like lo have yonr opinion a* to which is tho beat material for the
barrels, Damascus or laminated steel? Wliat is about the correct weight
for a 10 bore; also a 12 bore? Ans Laminated steel weconslder the best
material for gun barrels. For a 10 gauge gun, about 81 or 8f pounds I*
the proper weight; for a 12 gauge, 71 pounds.

Nat, Bennington, Vt.— Will you Inform me if there Is any law against
using coculus lndicus for stupefying fish, nnd the best manner of using
it, and the best place to purchase a large scoop net? Ans. Your letter
Indicates a strange ignorance of the game protective laws and the object
of them. The nelng of cocalus Is a serions offense. Call on Henry A.
Iiurman, Secretary of tho Bonnlogton Club, and Join that association.

L., Now York.— Are there any regulations for pistol shooting; If so.
what is tho dislance for tnrgot practice, what the size of target, rules of
scoring, 35c? Is there, or has there been In this country, any pistol as-
sociation after tho fashion of the Rifle Association? Ans. Tho answer
to all your questions is a negative. We would refer yon; however, to
Mr J. S. Coulin, No. 01)8 Broadway, for further Information.

J. S., Grass Valley, Cal.— Will yon inform mo If the Improved Win-
chester rifle Is au accurate rifle, nnd If It has achieved any good target
shooting, nnd about Its merits generally? Which is the most reliable
breech loading rifle now inndo for correctness? Ans. For your country
the improved Winchester is an excellent arm. Where long range shoot-
ing Is desired, say up to 1,030 yards, wo would suggest tho Remington ,
Sharps, or Whitney.

J. S. N., Tendon, Ont.— Wonlff you inform me in what way I could
obtain a few brace of prairie chickens lo domesticate? Can wood duck*
be lamed? Are canvas back docks obtainable, an! would they live In
transportation to England? What Is the value of a young black bear
half tamed? Ans. Prulrle chickens cannot be obtained at this season of
tho year. Wood ducks cannot bo domesticated, nor can canvas backs
be obtuined alive; certainly not nt this season. No black bears in mar-
ket just now; price from $30 to $40.

C. C. DbP., Syracuso, N. Y.- Is it against the law lo catch fleh In the
canal in any way, mauDcr, or means you may choose to use? ! Have you
the first two volumes of your paper for sale; if not, do you know where
I can procure them, as I have the third and fourth up to this number?
Ans The waters In the canals of this State arc coveted by the existing
laws in the same manner as lakes and streams, and no mean* could be
used in taking fish In ono which would be unlawful In another. Wc cau
supply the volumes you desire; price $4 each, bound.

F. W. G , Erie, Pa.-I bavo a spaniel puppy about nine months old.
IIo bad the distemper Imdly In Febraary. Since recovering, bis left sido
has been very weak, with twitching nbout the shoulder. For some time
he Iran no control whatever over his left side, but has now golncil a good
deal Of strength, ne eats well; have tried bromide of potassium. Can
you Inform me of a remedy? Ans We bavo scarcely ever known a dog
afflicted as yours is, of chorea, to entirely recover. Wo Imvo no knowl-
edge of any remedy for that disease. Sometimes young dogs partially
recover and became useful.

C. B., Cleveland.— Some time ago 1 saw an edition of a work entitled
"Zoology of New York," published by D. Appleton & Co., 1843 (by Do
K«y), the same profusely illustrated with colored engravings. Cau you
tell me whether or not I can get it and the price; If not, wlmt other
work is there relating exclusively to American Zoology fully illus-
trated. and wlrat Is Its price? Ans. DeKay’s Natural History of the Stato
of New York was published by tho State. Copies of tho Zoology can he
bad from Messrs. Leggatt Bros., No. J Beckman street. Price, with

lored plates, $15; plain, $3.50 to $5 per volume.

Muldoon— Iu a game of base ball played at Altoona, Pa., on May 22d,
air ball was struck and batsman ran to first base. In attempting to
t him out, the fleldor overthrew that base, nnd the rnuner started for
coral base, after having hesitated at first, but was flnaUy caught be-
evn these bases and put out, making the third hand out .on the side,
-fore lie was put out, howover, aud while running between first and
uoud a man who had beon on third base came home. Should the latter
□ home count? Ans Tuo run counts if the homo base was touched
fore the third player was put out. Sco Rule VI, Sec. 7, DeWitfe Buso
ill Guide.

D. L. B . Bnld Mountain. N. Y.-Whnt Iras become of, or what Is the
liter with, Clias. Suydain, who published "Fur, Fin and feather,

01 Warren street? On April 5th I sent him fifty cents for a copy of
o above publication, which I never received. Have written him three
nes since about It. but can get no reply Directed once to the above
uuber and slreet.nod twice tol40 Chambers street. Ans. Address61 W ar-
il or 158 Chambers. Do you know of any book called W Id Sports of
mtheru Africa, "Iby Capt. Wm. O. Harris (British)? Ans 1 ubllshod a

,udon In 1852; handsomely Illustrated. Cau be lrad of Messrs. Scnb-

r Wllford 35 Armstrong, No. 731 Broadway; price $o.

D E C., Boston. -At what age should I put a setter dog into the

nd* of a trainer? What is yonr opinion ns to the Glldcrslceve strain?
ho would you recommend a* a responsible aud thorough trainer In tho
•lnitj of Boston? An*. 1st. When a breaker takes a pup to break t
' beet that the dog should be old enough to stand several hour s
,rk in tbo field, say from seven to twelve months old; yet wo have
cn pups at six months old do pretty good work on game; and then
Bl„ some dogs may be well broken after they arc fifteen or eighteen
rathe old Ono of the best pointers wo ever saw never had any break -
- or a bird shot to him before be was two years old. In our opinion
're is no better strain of setters than the Glldcralcove extant. 3d,
e have no acquaintance with any breaker In tho vicinity of Boston,
gf Several Answer® to queries laid over oulll next week.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COM-
ING WEEK.

Thursday, June 10th — National Sportsmen’s Convention, Cleveland
Ohio— Racing, Jerome Park— Trotting, Goshen, N. Y., Hartford, Conn.,
Kingston. N. Y„ Grand Rapids, Mich. --Yachting— Regatta South Boston
Yacht dub— Base ball, Excelsior vs. Sbibe;J. B. Doerrvs. Expert,
Phils.; Boston vs. Western, Keokuk; Arlington vs. Keystone, Brooklyn;
Manhattan vs. Staten Island, SI.

Fbiday, June 11th.— National Sportsmen’s Convention, Cleveland, 0.
—Trotting, Goshen, Hartford, Grand Rapids, and Omaha— Base ball,
Boslon vs. Western, Keoknk; Eagle vs. Expert, Communipaw, N. .T.

Saturday, June 13th.— National Sportsmen's Convention, Cleveland,
Ohio— Raciug, Jerome Park— Trolling, Sycamore, 111.— Base Dali, nnr-
vard vs. Yale, New Haven; Riverton vs. Germantown, Riverton; Boslon
vs. Western, Keoknk; Hartford vs. New Haven, New Haven; Hoboken
vs. Alpha, Hoboken.

Monday, June 14th.— Yachting, Philadelphia Yacht Club regatta;
Seawanhaka Yacht Club Corinthian regatta; N. Y. Yacht Club conrBe—
Rifle. Forest and Stream Badge at Conlin’s gallery, 908 Broadway— Base
ball. Boston vs. Chicago, Chicago; St Louie vs Washington, St. Louis;
Hoboken vs. Fly Away, Hoboken.

Tuesdat, June 15th.— Racing, Jerome Park— Trotting, Fleetwood, N.
Y., Mankato, Minn,; Omaha, Neb.: Providence, R. I.

Wednesday, Jnnc 16th — Regatta N. Y. Yacht Club; Schuylkill Navy
regatta, Phila.— Trotting, Fleetwood, N. Y. ; Omaha. Neb ; Providence,
R. I ; Great Falla, N. H.— Base ball, St Louis vs. Washington, St.
Louie; Hoboken vs. Amity, Hoboken.

GROUSE VERSUS GRASSHOPPERS.

A LETTER from Dclphos, Kansas, bewails the hard
times and the destitution and distress caused by the
grasshoppers. This latter scourge followed a severe Win-
ter, which almost annihilated the game in some sections.
Our informant says;

"It will take at least three years before we can have as
good quail shooting here as we had last Fall. Out of two
bevies of quail that I have fed all Winter I have only eight
left. The balance were shot hy people passing or were
frozen to death."

Another correspondent, writing from Fort Scott, informs
us that the Legislature of Kansas has passed a hill making
it a penalty to kill grouse between March 1st and October
1st, but leaves any person at liberty to trap them on their
own premises between October 1st and March 1st, thus dis-
criminating against the only friend of the grouse— the
sportsman. Our correspondent writes that shooting will
soon he very dry work in Kansas, and suggests that the
only means of relief is legislative enactment making it a
misdemeanor to ship birds out of the Slate, thereby depriv-
ing pot-hunters and trappers of their market. Certainly
some mode of relief is required, and that right soou. One
would imagine that after the recent visitation of grasshop-
pers with which Kansas and others of the Western States
have been afflicted any, measure looking to even an amelio-

ration of the evil would he readily adopted. Aud yet the
people do not seem to recognize the fact that their prairie
chickens can be made the means of escape from a portion
at least of the trouble. A correspondent of the Fort Scott
Monitor , who appears to have given the subject much at-
tention, asserts that each full grown "chicken” will devour
half a gallon of grasshoppers per week, and a quail half
the quantity. Further, that during the last Winter the
Slate of Kansas exported 20,000,000 of grouse nnd quail
that had been trapped; and we have before called attention
to the fact that hundreds of barrels were being shipped
from this port to England even after the commencement of
the close season. These 20,000,000 birds would have con-
sumed 60,000,000 gallons of young grasshoppers, besides
an immense number of eggs, during the time the grass-
hoppers remain on or near the ground when hatched.

In 1870 and the succeeding year certain counties in
Southern California were visited hy grasshoppers in the
same myriads as more recently have preyed upon portions
of the West, but with this difference, that in California in-
stead of being scattered over a wide expanse of country
they appeared to be moving in a compact body, turning
neither to the right nor to the left. Half a vineyard, a
nursery of fruit trees, or a field of grain would he de-
voured and the other half remain uninjured. Many of the
viniculturists assembled their full strength of Chinamen,
Indians, or Mexicans, armed with long poles, nnd working
upon them from the windward, literally thrashed the grass-
hoppers from among the vines, nnd hy the aid of large
brush fires succeeded in turning the column. It was no-
ticed at the time the avidity with which domestic fowls,
hut more particularly turkeys, pursued and ate them, and
the expediency of raising turkeys in large numbers for this
purpose was seriously discussed. The succeeding year
some damage was done by the hatching of the eggs depos-
ited en route, but on the thud they had totally disappeared.
The natives of the district aver that about once in eighteen
years they are visited in the same manner.

We have read of the grasshoppers being so abundant in
the West during the past year as to stop railroad trains by
the accumulalion of their greasy bodies on the rails. The
writer was once ascending the upper Yang Tsze Kiang
when the steamer was compelled to stop for a hour owing
to Hie immense cloud of grasshoppers that was crossing
the river. In inconceivable myriads they filled the air,
their white wings looking like flakes of snow in the heavi-
est of storms. Objects a boat’s length ahead were entirely
obscured, and the decks were so covered with them as to
make walking almost impossible. Across the fairest por-
tion of the province of Nganliwui, the province of peace
and plenty, they took their course, and into Kiangsl, de-
vouring the young rice fields, and leaving famine and de-
vastation in their wake. The Chinaman lacks the energy
to compete with misfortune like this, and attributing all to
the spirit of evil, hums his fire-crackers and joss-stick and
chin-chins unlil the mischief is accomplished.

--As we go to pres3 the National Sportsmen's Associa-
tion is in convention at Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Charles Hal-
lock, editor in chief of this paper, is in attendance as
chairman of the delegation from the State of New York.
The Sportsmen’s Association of Ohio is also holding its an-
nual convention at the same place.

The National Association was convened on Tuesday
evening at the Brainerd Opera House. The attendance was
not large, many delegates not haying yet arrived. A. T.
Brinsmade, President of the association, delivered the
opening address, welcoming the delegates and consratulat-
ing the association on its growth and strength. An inter-
esting paper hy Dr. Garlick, of Cleveland, on "Hybridizing
iu Fish Culture,” and one by Mr. Hallock, editor of Forest
and Stream, on "Unclean Creatures," were read. Mr.
Hallock claimed that nearly all game and fish when out of
season is unwholesome and unfit to cat, and therefore un-
clean.

—Through the courtesy of the "Central New York
Sportsmen’s Club," of Utica, we were last week made an
honorary member of that club, at the instance of the Hon.
Chas. W. Hutchinson, its President, and herewith beg to
render our acknowledgment of the compliment and our
earnest desire for the continued prosperity of this very
useful and influential body.

—Mr. Walter M. Brackett lias on exhibition at his studio,
in Boston, for a few days, a new Beries of salmon pictures'
duplicates of the "Rise, Leap, Struggle and Landed."
They have been visited by hundreds, and greatly admired.
The artist has promised to send them to Chicago for the
forthcoming art exposition, which is to take place in Sep-
tember, and will arrange with Snedicor, of this city, to
take them some time in the Fall for view in his Fifth ave-
nue gallery.

Mr. E. II. Crane, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, is the
embalmer and taxidermist, and not E. H. Cram, as our
printers spelled his name last week, although he does stuff
birds!

—A letter from an officer of the Rhode Islaud State
sociation for the Protection of Game, dated at Provider
says:

"There is not much activity in our association in Rh«
Island at present. We have open rooms, however wit
library and the periodicals on file, nnd hold an iiiforr
meeting every Wednesday evening. There have been t
or two prosecutions for violation of the game laws a:
upon the whole, the influence of the association is i
beneficially. F, H H

STATE SPORTSMEN’S CONVENTION.

Hum Times at Watertown— Game and Fisn— Pigeons,
Dogs and Men — The Press and the Crowd.

THOSE who attended the Annual Convention of the
"New York State Association for the Protection of
Fish and Game” last week, will never regret that the occa-
sion gave them the opportunity to visit the charming rural
city of Watertown, with its shaded streets, its winding
river, elegant residences, and general air of comfort, com-
petence, and refinement. To metropolitan residents, the
locality selected for the convention, with all the green and
freshness of its vernal verdure, was vastly more grateful
than if it had been a populous city emulous of the capital.
Besides, it offered advantages for the satisfactory disposi-
tion of the rifle and pistol ranges, pigeon traps and coops,
stands for fly-casting, quarters for press reporters, kennels
for the dogs on exhibition, booths and private tents, stand-
ing ground for vehicles, and elbow room generally, such
as are seldom available on occasions and festivals of this
character. The dogs were kennelled in the horse sheds of
the River Park Race Track; the pigeon shooters took posi-
tion within the course; and eleven immense coops of
pigeons were set quietly apart, down by the river side,
where the birds might he free from molestation and fright;
the fly casters had a pier built out iuto the river, expressly
for their use; the riflemen had a natural sand bank to drop
their balls into; the shelter of trees, tents, and sheds, from
sun or rain, was sufficient; refreshments were abundant
and well chosen, and the committees of arrangements com-
petent and courteous. The multitude in town was large,
but well provided for hy the several comfortable hotels,
at which something like six hundred persons must have
been quartered, the majority beiug delegates and contribu-
tors to the Bench Show of Dogs. That so large a number
of gentlemen of wealth, influence, and social position, as
many of these were known to be, should gather here, is
evidence of the rapidly growing interest in field sports and
in the protection of our game and fish, and an earnest of
future success in the efforts now being made to secure
suitable protective laws.

The whole arrangements were in charge of the Jefferson
Sportsmen’s Club of Watertown, of which the following
are the officers; —

President, Dr. E. L, Sareent; Vice President. Edwin C. White; Secre-
tary, Charles R, Skinner; Treasurer, E. A Andrews; Board of Managers,
W. F. Porter, W. D. Wilson, Charles Weiduer, Goorge W. Wiggins, Dr.
K Hannahs.

The officers of the State Association, under whose
auspices the annual convention and its business were con-
ducted, were: —

President, G. W. Flower. Watertown; First Vico President, Linus J.
.Peck, Lockport; Second Vice President. N. W. Nuttni“, Oswego; Re-
cording Secretary, John B. Sage, Buffalo; Corresponding Secretary,
Charles R. Skinner, Watertowu; Treasurer, S. M. Spencer, Rochester;
Standing Committee, Charles BurgesB. Lockport; Hudson C. Tanner,
Oswego; James Manning, Syracuse; William Bowman, Rochester; W.
J. Babcock, Rochester.

The week’s proceedings were opened hy a business meet-
ing on Monday night, held at Washington Hall, when
President Flower welcomed the delegates in a neatly turned
and appropriate address, which we regret we cannot print
for lack of space. When the roll of delegates was called,
it was fouud that the following twenty-nine clubs re-
sponded:—

Albion Rifle and Sportsmen’s Club, Albion, four delegatee.

Aud' bon Club, Buffalo, five delegates.

Central City Sportsmen’s Clnb, Syracuse, twelve delegates.

Dean Richmond Club, Batavia, five delegates.

ForeBter Club, Buffalo, eleven delegates.

Genesse Sportsmen’s Club, Irondcquoit, five delegates,

Jefferson Sportsmen's ClnK Watertown, five delegates.

Jordan Sportsman’s Club, Jordan, five delegates.

Leather Stocking Club, Oswego, live delegates.

Le Roy Sportsmen’s Club. Le Roy, five delegates.

Livingston County Clnb, Geneeeo, five delegates.

Lockport Shooting Club, Lockport, five delegates.

Madison County Clnb, Morrisville, five delegutes.

Monroe County Club, Rochester, five delegates.

Mad River Sportsman’s Club, Camden, live delcgntos.

New York Central Sportsmen’s Club, Utica, six delegates.

Niagara Falls Shooting Club, Niagara Fulls, llvo delegates.

Onondaga Conuty Sportsmen's Club, Syracuse, three delegates.

Ptamnlx Sportsmen’s Club, Seneca Falls, six delegates.

Skaneateles Sportsmen’s Club. Skaneateles, five delcgntas,

Wayne County Sportsmen’s Clnb, Clyde, five delegates,

Field and Forest Clnb, Watertown, five delegates.

Riverside Shooting Club, Buffalo, one delegate.

Salmon River Club of Pnlaski, live delegates.

State Park Clnb. Watertown, five delegates.

Tioga Cpnnty Club of Owcgo, one delegate.

St. Lawrence County Sportsmen’s Association of Ogdeneburgh, three
delegates.

Herkimer County Sportsmen's Association of Little Falls, three dele-
gates.

Adirondack Club of Adams, eleven delegates.

Dansvllle Sportsmen’s Association, DansviUe, five delegates.

The following county delegates were named:— Geo. W.
Fowler, Westchester; II. V. Perry, Chautauqun; John
Williamson and Mr. Wilbur, New York; A. II. Fowler, of
Tompkins. The eight last named are new clubs.

Mr. 8. M. Spencer, State Treasurer, reported ns money
on hand at this date, $872.40. Besides this there had been
received $350, making in all now in the treasury, $1 222 40

President Flower explained that $50 had been puid to an
informant who had procured the convict iou of a Big
Woods pot hunter.

Dr. Rowe moved that Messrs. Wheeton and Jenkins
of the State Association for the Protection of Fish and
Game, of Maryland, be invited to seats in the convention.
Carried.

The President announced Messrs. Silsby & Klock as
Captains of the State Shoot.

MJ- ?a^°c,k moved that the Association’s offer of a re-
ward of $50 be continued, but subsequently withdrew his
motion.

President Sargent, of the Jefferson Club, invited the
delegates to the club rooms below, and the convention ad-

thera 0(1 f° a boimtlfuI repftSt lh,u 1,11(1 bcen provided for

The delegates assembled on the grounds this morninj

tti!L Pll09^n for the Slal° Trap Shoot, hy 1

iiiock and H. Silsby, Shooting commenced promptly.

!

FOREST AND STREAM

283

STATE TRAP SIIOOT.

Caller, E. B. Hambleton; Scorer, B. D. Adsit; Judges, R. Auger, Jas.
Ooddes, W. L. Loomis.

KLOCK’8 SIDE.

F. Block 7

M. Hoag ..7

W U. Trowbridge 5

If. B. King 3

V. Tompkins 7

J. S. Warner •!

M Hum ney 3

W. P. Porter 5

«T. .Vanning 0

E. If. Mann 9

W. S tall ban m t

R. L. Sherman 2

E. B. Graham

K. A. llnnihleton 9

C. Burgess 'I

F. 1*. Denison 7

James Franklin

G W. Flower 8

C. R. Weed 8

G. R. Vine

G. C. Chttinburs 2

W. P. Oulierson 6

G. P. Bowen 3

E. O. Sage 3

Wm. Fago 2

A. L, Sherwood 5

John Bedford 8

C. McKinly 10

W. A. Laverock 1

G. B. Church 0

George Rawlins 4

II. li. Jones 9

11. A. Skinner 5

S. N. Allen 7

G. S. Hutchinson 7

J. S. Hamilton 5

G. Smith 10

O. G. Jones 8

A. N. Beadle 5

C. E. Best 8

K. I*. Arnold 5

K. II. Miller 5

Total 245

SILSBT'8 SIDE.

H. Silsby 1<>

C. Chamberlain 7

C. C. Cole

T.Kimber

H. D. \Vooliey 4

C. Weidner 3

J. W. Parker 5

N. W. Nntting

8. M. Allen

S. Taylor

J. II. Brownlow. . : 8

W. J, Babcock. 9

G. A. Huggins 6

E. A. Andrews 4

B. T Cards 7

R. Newell :n

J. A Nichols 7

W. Besler

George S. Marsh

J. Sid way

W. S. Carlisle

Janies Wood

A. S. Low

E. L. Snrgent

11. 11. Morse 3

A. 11. Lamberton 8

A. R. Warner 8

U. S Godding

M. A. Uackley

A, W. Wheelock

w. M. Ely 10 a. M. Kenyon...'....: . 7

G. II. Averlll 2 M. L. Forsyth 7

W. N. Connell 5

8. Brown 7\ Total 281

OFF-IIAND RIFLE SHOOT.

The shortest three strings were: Jus. Carter, Lockport, 16 2-17 inches:
E. G. Chjse, Geneseo, 18 15-10 inches; M. L. Forsyth, Geneseo, 19 15-10
Inches.

PISTOL SHOOT.

At the pistol shoot this morning, W. D. Wilson oud Dr. W. R. Trow-
bridge were the judges. The result was as follows:

At the word — J. B. Sago, 17 3-16; E. D. Hambleton, 51 6-8; J. B.
niglmm, 2T|

Deliberate— J. B. Sage, l;*; E. B. Hambleton, 26 11-16; J. B. Hig-
hnm, 24 a-8.

The shot used in the State shoot was donated by T. O. Leroy A Co.,
of New York, and is a superior article. The firm ,1s represented by
G. S. Fitzsimmons.

AMATEUR TRAP SHOOTING.

This shoot, open to all who had never won a prize at a State shoot,
was called at 12 P. M., with seventy-six entries. The following is the
SCORE.

F. W. Estes 7

C. Weidner 8

S. Taylor 6

A. D. Lewis 10

W. Beusler 6

G. P. Bowen 8

F. P. Denison 4

B. Lyndie 5

W. M. Ely 8

Thom as lumber 8

J. A. Nichols 7

J. H. Wood 6

A. M. Kenyon 3

W. F. Porter 7

E. G. Chase 7

E. B. Graham 10

F. Lansing 4

W. S. Carlisle ti

M. L. Forsyth 5

G. C. Chambers 4

G. W. Flower 3

William Stallbaum 7

J. B. Sage 7

E. A. Andrews 5

A. M. Beadle 6

G. B. Church 4

A. R Warner 3

II. A. Skinner 6

H. H. Morse 6

M.J. Stevens 4

E. L. Burgess 4

George Hass, Jr 9

A, W. Wheeler 6

E. H. Mann • 9

James Franklin, Jr 6

W. D. Wilson 7

James Manning 6

A. S. Lowe 7

K. T. Curtis 4

N. W. Nutting 9

W. S. Page 6

O. U. Joues 9

J. S. Warner 4

Frank Dorr 9

O. C. Cole 5

II. R. Jones 10

M. A. Uackley 5

J. H. Brownlow 8

J Sidway 9

S. Brown 4

A. B. King 4

W. A. Laverock 5

John Bedford 9

D. Trowbridge 8

S. M A lion 8

C. Chamberlain 8

G. R. Vine 5

J. W. Parker 4

C. G. Turner 4

E, Ambrose 5

E. O. Sage 6

W. M. Cornell 4

G. W. Lyman 7

H. I). Woolley 6

A B. Lambert on 5

E. L. Sargent 9

M. Ramsay 4

TIE8 OF 10— 26 YARDS.

H. R. Jones -1IE. B. Graham 2

A. D. Lewis 0|

The first prize, an elegant gold watch, handsomely engraved, and pre-
sented by Carl Drexel, Watertown, was awarded to Mr. H. R. Jones, of
the Forester Club of Buffalo.

TIES OF 9—26 YARDS.

E. H. Mann 41 J. Sidway 3

W. W. Nutting 2 8. L. Sargent 1

O. G. Jones 4 G. S. Hutchinson 5

Frank Dorr 5|G. Haws, Jr 2

TIES OF 9—31 YARDS.

Frank Dorr 818. S. Hutchinson 0

The second prize, n fine camel's hair shawl, to Mr. Frank Dorr, of the
Forester Club, of Buffalo.

ties op 8—26 YAnos.

J.H. Brownlow 2IC. Weidner 1

John Bedford 8 0. P. Bowen ' 2

W. R. Trowbridgo 4|W. M. Ely 4

S M. Allen 51 Thomas Kimbcr, Jr ..... 3

C. Chamberlain 3|

Ties at 26 yards, won by F. B. Klock, of Syracuse. Ties of six at 26
yards, won by W. Lawrence.

The third prize, 500 flue Havana cigars, was won by Mr. S. M. Allen,
of the Leather Stocking Club of Oswego. Fourth prize to F. B. Klock,
Syracuse Central City Club. Fifth prize to A. Lawrence of Seneca
Falls.

BUSINESS MEETING.

At 8 o’clock the convention assembled at Washington
Hall and proceeded to business.

The D. S. M. Band was present and favored the audience
with several fine selections.

NATIONAL DELEGATES.

Linus J. Peck, of Lockport, moved that the convention
send five delegates to the National Convention at Cleve-
land, Ohio, to be appointed by a committee named by the
Chair for that purpose. Carried.

The Chair named as such committee L. J. Peck, Lock-
port; G. B. Church, Albiou; W. P. Porter, Watertown.

Mayor Hutchiusou, of Utica, moved that the delegates
have power of substitution. Carried.

The following gentlemen were appointed:*— Charles Ilal-
lock, of New York; Roswell P. Flower, of Watertown; A.

B. Lamberton, Rochester; Jonathan Sidway, of Buffalo,
and C. W. Hutchinson, of Utica.

PROTECTING FISH AND GAME.

H. L. Hopkins, of Madison County, culled attention to
Iwo sections of the Game Law in reference to penalties for
trespassing. He said there can be no property in wild ani-
mals unless they can bo captured. The fish iu a natural
stream running through a man’s farm are his property after

they are caught. He urged, therefore, that the law be
repealed. It was unjust and oppressive. There should
be a better and a ju9ter law upon our statute books. He
Introduced a resolution to that effect.

Dr. Brownlow, of Ogdensburg, desired as a delegate
to call attention to a bill recently passed which permits a
net to be drawn across the St. Lawrence River at its throat,
which will prevent fish in spawning seasou from entering
Lake Ontario. He desired the aid of this convention to
protest against the law, and asked for the repeal of the
same.

After some debate, an amendment was submitted asking
for the appointment of a committee to go to Albany to lay
the case before Gov. Tilden. Lost.

The sum of $100 was appropriated for the ensuing year
to assist in the prosecution of persons killing game out of
seasou.

Mr. Hopkins, of Madison county, introduced a resolution
asking for a committee of three to prepare an amendment
to the game laws.

Mayor Hutchinson, of Utica, opposed the motion. The
eye of the State were on this Association. It must act
consistently and carefully. It had the credit of proposing
the first effective game law that had ever been introduced
in this State. He moved, in amendment, that the Presi-
dent of the Association coufer with the President of the
local clubs in reference to the game laws, and prepare such
amendments thereto as may be by them deemed necessary
and advisable.

Mayor Hutchinson’s amendment prevailed.

CHANGES.

Mr. Babcock introduced some amendments to the rules
for trap shooting.

Hon. Mr Mattoon, of Oswego, was in favor of such
amendment, and suggested that a committee formerly ap-
pointed on this subject be now asked to report.

The matter was deferred till Wednesday evening.

Genesee was selected as the place for holding the next
annual convention, by a vote of fifty-nine for Genesee to
forty-seven for Syracuse, with seven scattering. The vote
for Genesee was afterwards made unanimous, on motion of
ex-Mayor Carroll, of Syracuse.

On motion of Levi H. Brown, Mr. Charles Hallock was
admitted as a delegate from the Sportsman’s Club of New
York City. Carried.

Adjourned.

Eleven newspapers were represented at the convention.

WEDNESDAY.

Fly casting was the first on Wednesday’s programme.
There were an unusual number of spectators, a hundred
or more, including some ladies. The judges chosen were
Charles Hallock, of Forest and Stream, New York city,
Dr. F. S. Lowe, of Pulaski, and Horace Silsby, of Seneca
Falls. There were nine entries, just as many as there were
prizes; entrance fee five dollars. The length of rods varied
from eleven feet and ten inches to eleven feet and the
length of leaders eight feet two and a half inches to eight
feet. The result was as follows: —

R. Wood, Syracuse, 1st, 75 feet; C. Northrup, Rome, 2d,
74; A. M. Kenyon, Watertown, 3d, 72; M. P. Outterson,
Pulaski, 4th, 69; S. M. Allen, Oswego, 5th, 67; H. B. King,
Adams, 6th, 69; Henry Morse, Rochester, 7th, 66; J. B.
McHarg, Rome, 8th, 60; P. M. Soule, Watertown, 9th, 55.

The judges in making the above awards of prizes have
taken into consideration the length of rod, style and accu-
racy as well as length of cast.

fly casting.

TO-DAY AT 8 A. M,

First prize— negoman elegant patent portable boat valued at SI00. Do-
nated by John Hcgeman, manufacturer, BallsUm Springs, N. Y.

Second prIze--Fiue lancewood, silver mounted fly rod. Donated by
M. L. Marshall, manufacturer, Oswego, N. Y.

Third prize — An elegant fly rod and book of flies, valued at S35, manu-
factured by Thomas Bates Mills, No. 7 Warren street N. Y . and pre-
sented by Charles Suydam, publisher of "Fur, Fin and Feather," N. Y.

Fourth prize — Book of flies in morocco case, donated by Mayor Chas.
W. Hutchinson, of Utica, N. Y.

Fifth prize— Six assorted trolling spoons, manufactured and donated
by VV. D. Chapman & Son, Theresa, N. Y.

Sixth prize— A half dozen trolling spoons, presented and manufactured
by G. M. Skinner, Ganunoqac, Ont.

Seventh prize— Same os sixth.

Eight li prize— A rubber reel (40 yards) manufactured and donated by
Dr. A. U. Fowler, Ithaca, N. Y.

Ninth prize— One annuui subscription to Turf, FUld and Farm, New
York, donated by publishers.

The double bird shoot commenced at 10 o’clock A. M.
Ten double rise each. Judges, F. Noble of Ellisburgh aud
Joseph Smith of Utica; referee, T. C. Banks of the Rod
and Gun\ scorer, F. H. Hovey of Rochester. The follow-
ing is the score: —

J. H. Brown 12

P Tompkins 12

H.B. Hooker 17

A. B. Lamberton 9

J. Pranklin 13

E. L. Sargent 13

W. R. Trowbridge 14

C. Lobb 8

H . Walzer 13

W. F. Porter 8

E. Hudson 7

W. M. Ely 13

N. W. Nutting 12;

H. Stephenson 15 A. Brownell

J B. lilghum 15 C. Weidner

Isaac Woighel 14

A. F. Compson 14

George Smith 14

T. R. Vine U

W. J. Babcock. 11

M. M. May hew )?

E. B. Pope 12

F. P. Denison 11

G. J. Marsh 15

W. D. Wilson . .14

II. G. Lucas 12

U. Silsby 1:,

F. Dorr 13

H. J. Babcock 12

E. B. Hamilton 14

R. Newell 14

W. S. Barnum 18 E O. Sagc. ..

T. Trniuun . . . . 12'E. T. Curtis. .

C. McKinley 10

E. A. Andrews 5

H. R. Jones 13

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8

II. C. Tanner i2|H. H. Morse

In shooting off ties of 17, Hooker won on third trial.

In ties of 15, Silsby won with eight birds in five pairs.

In ties of 14, Hamilton won with eight birds In flvo pairs.

In ties of 18, Walzer and Vine took live birds each in five pairs, and
Walzer won on second trial, 3 birds in three pairs.

Barnum of Syracuse won first prize, Parker gnn; Hooker of Rochester
second prize, $50; Silsby of Seueca Fall6 third prize, writing desk;
Hamilton of Buffalo, fourth prize, 25 pounds glaze "Falcon" powder;
Walzer of Irondequoit, fifth prize, climax creaser.

In the afteruoou was a single trap shoot, open lo organ-
ized clubs and county delegates; shot limited to li"oz.
There were seventy-four entries, ten single birds each. E.
B. Hambleton, M. M. Mayhcw, and VV. S. Murray tied on
ten birds; won by May hew, by a score of 4. There were
eleveu ties of nine, won by Mr. E. Hudson, by a score
of 5, and fifteen ties of eight, won by Mr. Hoag, by a score
of 5,

. jf1™1, ?no of Barber A Le fever's extra fine, double horrel,

breech loading shot gun*, valne, $200. Manufactured and donated by
oicasrs L,. Barber & Co., Syracuse, N. Y.

Second prize— A full corduroy hunting suit, made to order from moan
n, Donated by Messrs, John C. Streeter A Co.. Grand Cen-
tral Clothing House, Watertown. N Y.

Jiedal, handsomely engraved. Donated by D. W.
Beardsley, Evelolgh nouse. Backetl’e Harbor, N. Y,

Fourth priz«-0ne climax creaser, Ac., plain. Donated by Messrs.
Wm. B. Hall A Co , Lancaster, Pa.

nnhU^.F,r!w^J^.bS.ihoro1flfr Donated by Charles Suydam,

pnblxiher of "tor, Fin and Feather," N. Y.

Judges— W. S. Barnum, H. H. Morse. F. Klock, referee.

In the Rifle Mutch at 220 yards, twelve and ten shots, be-
tween muzzle and breech loaders, the followoring scorn
was made, the shortest string first, and so on in regular
gradation : —

G W Fowler Croton Falls. 15 3J-16IA. D Shaw. Toronto. . . St 15-16

{}• X- 1 .15 9-lti ,!. A Nichols. Syracuse zt 15 lh

\) V g'va.y’.l tt 13 l516i° K. PliInrd.N. Britain, Cl. 23 3-16

R. I. Batbburn, Anbum... 1' 6-10|Jobu Williamson, N. Y 24 5-16

K. H llowtand, Aubnru — 17 14-10. A . Fnucr, Lockport 145 2-I6

fth„!rvr’ Lockpnrt. . . .21 tvio Wm. Knmtdcll, Albiou 2A 2 10

H. Wilbur, New York 22 1-16 II. Martin, Rochester 23

At the business meeting, this day, the f ollowing gentle-
men were elected officers of the New York State Associa-
tion for the ensuing year;— President, James VV. Wads-
worth, of the Livingston Sportsman’s Club, Genome, N.
}■ '• First Vice President, Dr. N. Rowe, Mohawk Game
Club, West Troy, N. Y.; Second Vice President, Cliaa. C.

Spencer, Rochester, N. Y.

The President of the convention named the following
standing committee for the ensuing years:— M. A. Hack-
ley, of Adams; A. B. Lamberton, of Rochester; Linus J.
Peck, of Lockport; Dr. Sargent, of Watertown; R. Newell,
of Buffalo. '

A sharp discussion arose as to the right of the President
to appoint this committee, and after a time the convention
adjourned tine die amid confusion.

THURSDAY.

Old Man'* Shoot at 9 o'clock A. M. Ten single birds each.

To be competed for by persons over fifty, nnd under 100
years of age. No restrictions as to powder, shot or gun.
Entrauce fee $5. First prize, $50; second prize, a gold
headed cane; third prize, an ivory headed cane; fourth
prize, an old hickory cane; fifth prize, a pair of eye
glasses.

SINGLE TRAP SHOOT.

At 10 o'clock A. M. Fifty single birds each. Open to
members of organized clubs anil county delegates. Shot
limited to ounces, otherwise to be governed by rules of
N. Y. State Association. Entrance fee $5.

First prize- One hunting wagon of the best material ami finish; vatu-
$350. Manufactured by Emcrlch A Mender, WutortowD, N. Y., and do-
nated by the Jefferson Sportsmen's Club.

Second prize — A Davis sewing machine, elaborately finished, cabinet
style, rosewood case, with hunting designs inlaid with pearl; value $200.
Manufactured aud donated by the Davis Sewing Machine Company, Wa-
tertown, N . Y.

Third prize -A pnir of hunting blankets. Donated by Messrs. Moore
& Smith, mcrchunts, Watertown, N , Y.

Fourth prize — A Smith A Wesson revolver, silver mounted, pearl han-
dle. Donated by Messrs. Baker ,t Chittenden, dealers 111 hliulliig und
ttehing tackle, etc., Watertown, N. Y.

Fifth prize— One annual subscription to Forest and Stream. Do-
nated by publishers.

RIFLE SnOOTfNO.

At 9 o’clock A. M. A cash premium of $100, given for
the three shortest strings of ten consecutive shots each, at.
220 yards. $50 to first, $30 to second and $20 to third.
Entrance $5.

Telescopes barred, otherwise in accordance with rules of
the N. Y. State Association.

Second trial, 10 o’clock. A cash premium of $200, given
for the shortest three strings of twenty consecutive shots
each, at 220 yards. $100 to the shortest; $60 to the uext,
and $40 to next. Entrauce fee ten per cent.

The first shoot came off us announced, but a dispute
arising as to whether one had broken the rule in regard to
telescopes, the point was referred aud was not settled to-
day. The following are the measurements: —

Perry, of Jamestown. ...".. .15 4-16' Davis, of Ridaway, Pa 15 13-16

Wilbur 15 ll-16|Fowler. of Croton Falls 19 6. 16

Williamson, of New York. . .15 1 1 -l*.i Pollard, of New Britain 20

Batbburn, of Auburn.... . .15 15-16|

The awards were postponed.

The second shoot did not come off on account of rain .
Immediately after the rifle shooting a State rifle club was
organized under the name of the Empire State Rifle Club.
The club will hold a couventiou iu Syracuse, the middle
of October next, at which three days rifle shooting will bo
indulged in, open to the world. Prizes nnd medals will lie
awarded to the best shots. Circulars will at once be issued
and sent to individuals throughout tlio world. Election of
officers took place at the meeting and the following gentle-
men from Syracuse were unanimously agreed upon; — L J.
Peck, President ; John A. Nichols, Secretary and Treas-
urer; L. J. Peck, John A. Nichols, and Charles Frazer,
standing committee.

The Old Man’s Shoot was called at nine, with twelve en-
tries. The lollowing is the score:

0 8. Compson 6

8:4. Smith 5

8 E. Ambrose 5

?IC. Moidcr 1

7|K. A. Anger 2

C. Lob lilt". Drexel 2

G. J. Marsh, of the Forrester club, Buffalo, wus the only one that shot
nine birds, nnd he received the first prize, $50 cash.

TIES Or 8—26 YARDS BISK.

j Stedman nw. M. Banadoll i

8<cond Utrinr/.

J. Stedman 01 W. M. Rnnsdell i

W. M. Ransdel), of the Albion Rifle Shooting Club. Albion, now sport#
a gold-headed cane.

TIES Or 7—26 YARDS RISE.

n. Steveuson 81W. R. Trowbridge 1

W. R. Trowbridgo, of the Jefferson Club, Watertown, claimed tho
ivory-headed cane.

TIES OP 0—96 YARDS RISE.

C. Lobb 31 A. Compson t

The hickory cane went to C. Lobb. of the Onondaga Club. Syracuse.
TIBS OP 5—96 TARDS RISE.

J. Smith 31 K. Ambrose ... 2

J. Smith, of the Field und Forest Club, Watertowu. has i pair of eye-
glasses for sale.

SINGLE TRAP SHOOT.

This shoot was opened to members of organized clubs

G. J. Marsh

J. Stedman.

W. m Rmudell

II. Stevenson

W. Trowbridge...

284

FOREST AND STREAM

and county delegates. Fifteen single birds each. The shoot
was delayed till 10.30 o’clock, on account of the Old Man’s
Shoot being longer than expected. The following is the
result of the score:—

F. Dci-e

IP Lansing

5

I WelchWI

!

|A. Lainherlin

II

E. L. Sargent.

11

Ucd. Hudson.

M

F. Douni-oii.. .

7

G. W. Flower

F. Trueman

11

N. W. Nutting

II

12

A. F. Compson

12

\V S Burn u in

8

F D-rr

1

II () Lucas

1(1

W. F. Porter

7

O Crouch, Jr

II

P. Tompkins

If

O Lohb

9

E O. Sago

e

W Chapman

H R. Hooker

12

C. A. Sperry.

G C Chambers ...

3

K T Curtis.

5

Kd. Lodder.

11

W. A Luverack

9

L. N. Dennison

7

II. Soule

C Wcldncr. . ...

N

C. C. Cole

G.J. Marsh

13 G Hutchinson

H. I). Woolc?

F Clwffey

12

M L Forsvtii

14

Geo. Smith

13

K B Graham.

.1 Kid « m

9

R II Harmon

Tl. U Joi.es

. .13l\Y C Graves

L. Barber.

ll

II Walr.er

C It. Finch

in

Wm. Fage

6

It. Newell

M Hoag

1 It Silsbv

15

H. C. Tanner

10 N. ,! Babcock

W. 1). Wilson

W. Trowbridge

11

E Hnmhleton

J. Franklin, Jr

«\V M. Ely

A. Chamberlain . ..

12 c. McKinley

12

A. Conte*. ...

1 11. Gale

G Rawlins

M|J A. Nichols

J H Drown

. . M'C. L. Buriress . ,

II

H Compson

J. I). Hicham

W. Lawrence

1018 W Hues

4

son, Utica; Sharps Riflo Co.; Remington & Sons; Turf,
Meld and Farm, for handsome gold medal; llod and ()un\
Forest and Stream; Lallin & Rand Powder Co. ; J. 15.
Dougal! it Co, ; J. N. Tolley, and to all others to whom the
association has been indebted.

Note — We arc indebted to the Watertown Dispatch and
Syracuse Standard , for the scores as given' above.

C^rFor Bench Show of Dogs see Kcuuel Department of
this paper.

11 D Silsbv, of the Phcnnix Club, Seneca Kails, ivos tho only niun
that killed his fifteen bird*, und was awarded the huntim- ivagou;
voluo*330. •

TIES ON 14— 26 YARDS RISE

W D Wilson 3|Ed. Hudson 4

J. H. Brown l|\V. L. Forsyth 2

Second String.

J- U Brown 11 Ed. Hudson 4

Ed. Hudson, of the Central City Club of Syracuse, won t lie Davig
sewing machine. In (he first score he shot his fifteen, but tho wlud cur-
ried one just out of bounds.

TIM or 13—80 YARDS IUSE

O. J. Marsh 4[H. K. Jones 2

Ceo. Smith — 4|

Fi ref String.

0 ,1. Marsh ,3lGeo. .Smith 2

ghe §ifie.

CREEDMOOR.

— The last regular practice of the team before their de-
parture for Ireland occurred on Wednesday last. The new
targets with the circular bullseyes were used, and the 1)00
yards range abandoned for the longer one of 1,100 yards.
After eight shots at the 1,000 yards range Major Fulton
retired for lack of sufficient cartridges to carry him
through the day’s praclicc. The scores were as follows: —

A. V. CANFIELD, JR.

800 5 5 5 8 5 3 6 4 5 1 4 4 3 4 0 Alt

1000 4 3 2 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 4 5 4 5 5 58

1100 4 5 3 4 6 5 5 0 3 8 4 6 2 2 5 00—184

COL. II A. OII.DKItSI.KKVE.

800 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 (19

1000 2 3 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 0 5 3 4 0 Ml

1100 2 2 4 4 3 5 1 4 3 5 3 3 5 3 5 55-173

It. C. COLEMAN.

800 5 4 5 5 2 5 5 5 3 0 4 4 5 3 5 60

1000 4 3 5 5 0 2 5 3 3 5 8 3 1 1 5 58

1100 0 0 5 4 5 2 5 5 2 0 3 5 3 5 4 48—161

800.

OEM. T. 8. DAKIN.
44545565555

the

the

G J- Marsh, of the Forester Clnb of Buffalo, received a pair of hunt-
ing blankets for the third prize. The fourth was won by Newell of the
Foresters of Buffalo, aud the fifth by Ed. Lodder, of the Onondaga* of
Syracuse,

FRIDA V.

This day wound up the most successful meeting of
Blate Association. The Press Match was the first on
tapis and resulted as follows: —

W. L. Lyman 1 1 J. Hoerkslra.. 2

11 A Brockway 3! Henry Todd 1

J. J. Flanagan 2i.J. n. Durham.. a

W.C. Plumb 8|R. T. Cards 3

J. W. Brockway l|Dr. N. Howe 0

TIES ON THREE.

H. A Brockway 3|E. T. Curtis. . . 1

J. H. Durham 2|

Henry A. Brockway, of Watertown Times, nnd Field and
Forest Club, took first prize for best shooting. Dr. N.
Rowe, of Turf, Field and Faria newspaper and Mohawk
Game Club, took the silver medal for poorest shooting.

Following this came the contest for the Dean Richmond
Cup. The conditions were as follows:— “To be .shot for by
three representatives from each club, at twenty single birds
each. Shot limited to 1± ounces; otherwise in accordance
with the rules of New York State Association. Enhance
fee, $50 per club of three members residing in the countv
where such club is located.” " J

Soven clubs entered, and the scores made were as fol-
lows:—

1000

0 0 4 5 5 4 2 5 2 5 3 0 5 5 4..

L 0. BRUCE.

800

1000

5 3 5 5 2 3 5 2 5 3 4 4 5 5 5

245433354200535

L. SI. BALLARD.

800

1000

1100

2 0 3 4 0 5 0 0 2 2 3 0 4 4 0...

MAJ. II. FULTON.

fcio

1000

5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 6 5 6 5 5 4

3 3 3 4 1 5 3 5 Retired

.61
.53
.12-156

Maj. H. Fulton — 151
Col. J. Bodine

G. W. Yale M3

Col. Gildersleeve. . 149
A. V. Canfield, Jr.. 139
Gen T. S. Dakin.. 157
Capt. L. C. I* ruee. .150
R. C. Coleman
L. M. Bnllird.

— 155

143

145

— 135

137

123

130
lull
136

131

-Score -
155 152

148

Hud-. hi

Harmon .
Total.

CENTRAL CITY DUIB, SYRACUSE

I6|Soule

10

Sllsby...

Hoag

Total.

I’HOJNIX CLUB, SENECA FALLS.
17|Compaon

E Lodder. ..

Finch

Total

ONONDAGA COUNTY rLUB, SYRACUSE.

Hi.Bnruum

13

.42

Newell

rORESTER CLUB, BUFFALO

Smith U '*

Total —

MONROE COUNTY CLUB, UO< HESTER
Hooker 14

'l0UU

GENESEE CLUB, IROSDBtjUOIT,

tedeu :::::: jjj|B“bC0Ck

Total ' 1

Vine.
Illglinni .
Total

AUDUBON CLUB, BUFFALO.

.39

17|Franklln g

...87

the
this

The Forester Club, of Buffalo, had won the cup on
two previous matches and had it been successful on
occasion would have become the permanent possessor.

At the close of the State Prize Shoot, which ended the con-
vention sport, the delegate? were called to order by I)r.
Rowe and the following resolutions unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks of the sportsmeu’s club of the
State are due to President Flower, the Jefferson County
Sportsmens Club and citizens of Watertown, for the ex-
cellence of the arrangements for the convention, and for

l^en S& oTC8S Wh‘Ch tb0se ar™'««n0M8 have

a<*nowledffment8 should be made
nnrV !r Z !• a! w,ho Aave donated prizes, and the

Total .

mony. Taking a position alongside the large craft, I lie
Hopkins escorted her down the bay amid all the noisy
demonstrations of steam whistles and cannon. Bcfoie
reaching the point of debarkation Col. Wingate summoned
the members of the team and their friends to the cabin
aud addressed them in the following terms:

Gentlemen : For tho Hint time a team of native born American* leaves
onr chores fur the purpose of participating In mi international rlllo
match. They ore not professional allots, neither do they Intend t„
pete for any pecuniary advantage. Me m bur a of I lie Animenr Rifle Clou
they are tlieninelves only amateurs, and have prepared IhcinsclvcN for
lliis contest at a eacrlllee of tliclr personal business Interests (which few
appreciate.) to represent their country in this contest. While their op-
ponents have practiced for years nt the ranges at which this match Is u,
be shot, none of them have more than a year’s cxpeifeuce, and soinu
only a few months. Yet, with nil these disadvantages, they have dis-
played such skill and nervo that we feel eonlhlent Hint tho nuuio of
America will sailor no discredit ut their hands. We have the fullest eon-
flilenco in all of them, the fullest reliance upon the skill and judgment
of the experienced marksman they have selected ns their lender, under
whose direction we feel confident thut nothing will be left undone which
will in any way contribute to their success. On the part of tho Joint
Committee of the Amateur Rifle Club and of the Nulionul Rlllo Associa-
tion, who have had charge of the arrangements for the match, mid on
belmlf of those of ns whose business eugugeineuts hitve compelled them
lo remain behind, mid of all Americans, 1 desire to assure them of our
entire confidence, and to say God speed them on llieir errand. I Ap-
plause.) 1 ask yon, therefore, to drink to the health and success of the
American Team . 1 Applause und three cheers for the American Team ]
Col. Gildersleeve being called upon responded ns follows;

Gentlemen: I. prepared no speech for this occasion or any oilier, hut
It is Impossible for me to resist saving something 10 the many friends I
see around me Before we part finally. In the team that has hecn selected
to uphold America in this intcrnmlonnl contest 1 will presume lo say
that some of the best material of the country In point of shooting Is
represented. 1 will go further, mid say Unit the men In this toum uro
worthy of representing America, for I know them to lie men who are
capable of sacrificing a great deal. They are not presumptuous, and in
their ways I might designate them us humble, but they go across tho
ocean to vindicate the nerve and muscle of American riflemen. We me
very tlimikf itl for the generous way in which we have been treated. It
was more than wo expected. And now. geullcmcn, you will uecepr. our
thanks for the way in which you have behaved iu seeing us off in this
gallant fashion.

Subsequently the llupkins whs placed alongside the City
of Chester nnd the team transferred to her decks. Gen.
Dakin hud previously been placed on board from the Nuv-
ersink, which steamer had been chartered by his friends
to perform the same kind office for him ns had been done
by the Hopkins for the other members of the team.

—The different daily papers of this city have contained
biographical sketches of the members of the team, from
which we condense ns follows:—

Col. Henry A. Gildersleeve, captain of the team, was
born in Dutchess county, N. Y., August 1, 1840. At the
commencement of the war he assisted in recruiting Hie One
Hundred aud Fiftieth New York Volunteers, serving with
distinction, and participating in many leading engagements,
as well as Sherman’s march to the sea, and receiving a
commission ns Lieut. Colonel “for gallant and meritorious
services.” At the conclusion of the war he entered Colum-
bia College law school, aud after graduating was admitted
to the bar and lias practiced ever since. In 1870 lie was
elected Lieutenant Colonel of the Twelfth Regiment N. Y.

S. N. G. Subsequently lie was appointed by Gen. Slinler
A. A. General of the First Division, with the rank ol Col.
Ilis experience with the rifle dates from the opening of
Creedmoor, since when, by persistent practice he lias be-
come one of the first of the long range shots of the
country.

Major Henry Fulton was horn near Rochester, in Mon-
roe county, N. Y., iu the year 1845. In October 1805, be
entered the Twenty first New York cavalry und served
with that regiment until the close of the war. lie was
present at the buttles in West Virginia and Maryland, was
wounded and taken prisoner at Snicker’s Gap and impris-
oned in Libby. After bis exchange he rejoined his regi-
ment and was almost immediately sent West to tight In-
dians. During this time Major Fulton crossed the plains
t€D times, five limes on horseback and five by stage. lie
was finally mustered out at Denver, Colorado, and in May
1870 commenced practicing his profession of civil engineer
in Brooklyn. In February 1874 he was elected Lieutenant
of Company D. Twelfth Regiment. In the following In-
spector of Rifle Practice, with
?irst Brigade, and during last
month was promoted Major. lie has been accustomed to
shooting a rifle from boyhood, but never practiced syste-
matically until July, 5, 1873, when he contested in a
match at 500 yards distnucc, at Creedmoor, and recorded
the highest score ever made on the range up to that time-
nineteen out of a possible twenty points. His record as a
rifleman since that time is well known, and bis score of
171 out of a possible 180 in the international match remains
unrivalled.

k ?78 °Mt ’ A^Bado w U174irMr p' “'Si' I ,C°1- 1John ,?odi.ne was born in Ulster county. New York,

K'i oca W A’ U 0 ’ 174, Ml- L> JoliD- where he still makes lus home, nnd is forty-eight years of
1 I age. He is, and lias been for a long time prominently in-

terested in the steamboat business on the Hudson River
He was nt one time Colonel in I lie Ninety-second Regiment
Eighth Brigude, N. Y. S. N. G. lie lias had over thirty
years' constant experience in rifle shooting, formerly using
rifles weighing from twenty to forty pounds, nnd provided
with telescopic sights, shooting at 100 and 200 yards dis-
tance. lie uses a Remington snorliug rifle, and in shooting
occupies the true military posiliou, face downward. Ilis
score was 158 in the international match last year, and it
will be remembered that it was his final shot— a "bulls-
eye’’— which awarded the palm of victory to the American
team.

Mr. Geo. W. Yale is a native of New Haven, and is fifty
years old. His whole life lias been passed in the gun man-
ufacturing business. In the year 1852 he became Supur-
mtendent of the Sharp Rifle Company, which position lie
still retains. Ills long range practice has been confined to
Creedmoor. lie won prizes in the “Sharpshooter’s cham-
pionship, and all-comor’s matches in 1873, and recorded a
score of 157 iu the international match. In shooting lie
uses a Sharp’s rifle and, lying on his back, rests the muzzle
of lus gun over his left thigh.

P.nm.F..! rPi. ..... — c rv. .

47

The summaries of the ten days practice show the follow-
ing results aud averages: —

Name.

143 158
15
146
135
1 16
151
112
132
Ilfl

129

128

111

141

MS

M2

l.*4

141)

136

Ml

123

153

154
151
14!)
125
123
1:5
132
117

139 180 — -
169 — 173
155 187 184
146 165 158
143 182 150
— — 161
-- 172 117

Av’ce

151

150

150

148

MS

147

142

139

130

The competitions of last year, upon the scores of which
the members of the present team were allowed to stand,
resulted as follows:—

Name.

II. Fulton

...159

163

Score.

171

158

Average.

164

John Bodine

. ... 166

158

158

II. A. Gildersleeve.

... 153

lot

155

143

T. S. Dakin

. . . . 142

158

139

147

G. W. Yale

.. .142

150

102

127

145

The difference is owing unquestionably to the wretched
weather which has prevailed during a larger porliou of
this Spring’s practice days. rI lie competition for the Leech
cup hist week, gives us the first opportunity of comparing
team scores with the practice of their adversaries. Both
were at the same distance, at which the match will be
shot, but at the new targets, whereas the old square bulla-
eye will be used at Dollymounl: —

AMERICAN TEAM.

Colons! Bodine

It. C\ Coleman

A . V Ciiulield, .Ir

Captain L. C. Bruce

G. W. Ynle

Totals.

IRISH COMPETITORS.

... 2.15

John McKenna

... 198

•1. Wilson

... 193

E. Johnson

...177

•1 K. Milner

.. 1701 Pollock

... 165) Walerliouso

.. JUOj A. Barlow-

Total

At another competition for places on the Irish team the
following scores were made, showing a much smaller total
but very uniform scores:— Mr. William Rigby, 190; Mr.
Waterhouse, 180; Mr. J. K. Milner, 180; Mr. J. K. Rigby

184-, Mr. Pollock ~

sou, 106. Total

Following the international match, on the 30lh of June,
the grand challenge cup will bo shot for, from the success-
ful competitors for which will be chosen the team to repre-
sent Ireland in the competition for the Elcho shield at
Wimbledon. On the Saturday following the All Ireland
Shield will be shot for, in which the Americans will lake
part. Four men from each team will be selected; the dis-
tance, 1,000 aud 1,100 yards. The shield is to be held by
the successful team for one year, and whether the Ameri-
cans win or iose, Major Leecli has arranged that they shall
have another opportunity of shooting fur it at Philadelphia
next year.

When the team visits Wimbledon they will meet repre-
sentative riflemen from Canada, Belgium, Australia aud
New Zealand.

Departure of the American Team.— On Saturday the
riflemen who are to contend with the chosen 6ons of Ireland
in the return match growing out of the competition at
Creedmoor last September, took their departure from our
shores in the steamer City of Chester. Anxious to do the
Ihing in proper shape and give the “boys" a send-off which
would serve to inspire and cheer them in their undertak
ing, Col. Wingate had secured the steamer Nelson J
king to convey them and their friends lo the Lower Bay

where they were lo be transferred to the huge irnfi whose
staunch hull would carry them swiftly to their destination
across the seas. A party of ladies and gentlemen, com-
fort able in numbers, assisted in this most interesting rere-

General Thomas S. Dakin was horn in Orange county
S'!. i,0!-? yC'V 1 ?url-V ns IBID In- became

Colonel of that regiment. During the latter part of the
Hri?. rr ll|C-'V1,1? cle<',t,(J Brigadier General of the Fifth
Ml for (}Vn?.rain A m«ml1 °,f /ebmary last was appointed

S ?! °f thc 8cco,1(l division. I !c had lmd no ex-
Tw! n.U k‘ pr,‘1cIl,c.c Previous to the opening of the
Crcedmooi range. He is a veiy scientific marksman, mrm-

FOREST AND STREAM

285

ufactures bis own cartridges, carefully weighs the powder
and ball, and records their weight upon the wrapper. His
score in the last international contest was 139. His record
is much better this year. On one occasion he made 157,
at another time 151, aud his average hist year was 14C|.

Mr. Koswell C. Coleman was born December 3, 1840, at
Goshen, N. Y., but resided in this city until lie arrived at
the age of twenty years, at which time he graduated at the
Free Academy, when he returned to Goshen, and subse-
quently repaired to Albany, where he attended the Albany
Law University for three years, and was admited to the
Bar in the year 18G3. Since that time he has practiced
law at Goshen. Previous to this year he has never had any
experience in the use of the tifle. Upon reading the reports
of the international match last Fall, he conceived the idea
of establishing a rifle club in his town, and, carrying out
his intention, organized the "Leather Stocking Rifle Club,”
and was elected President. He has developed some very
good shooting thus far, his highest score being 148 out of
a possible 180 points.

Mr. Ardou V. Canfield, Jr., the youugcst man on the
team, is a native of Bedford, Westchester county, where
he was born June 24, 1833. He attended school at Gram-
mar School No. 15 in this city, and finished his education
in 18G7. His shooting experience dates from his entry into
the National Guard as a member of the Twenty-second
Regiment N. G. 3. N. Y. in 1872, when, with his fellow
guardsmen of that command, he shot at their range at
Clifton, N. J. This range was the first established in this
country. In the competition for places on the American
team for 1874 he made a score which placed his name
on the list of reserves, and in the subsequent practice has
steadily increased in skill.

Captain Leslie C. Bruce was born at Lexington, Ky.,
March, 25, 1849. He is a graduate of the Kentucky Uni-
versity. He came to this city in the year 1871 and entered
the Turf, Field and Farm newspaper office as business
manager, and two years later was admitted to the firm.
While in Lexington he was connected with the "Lexing-
ton Chasseurs," a military organization in that city, lie
is a grandson of Senator Leslie Coombs, and a nephew of
John Morgan, of Confederate fame. In 1873 he was elected
Captain in the Seventy-ninth Regiment. When the com-
petition lor the team of 1875 was announced, Capt. Bruce
determined to win a place upon it, aud set to work in earn-
est. He succeeded in winning tenth place, aud by the tes-
ignation of Mr. Jewell became one of the nine. He has
been a member of the Executive Committee of the Amateur
Rifle Club since its formation.

Mr. L. M. Ballard is a native of this city, about forty
years of age. He has never been connected with any mili-
tary-organization, but has done off-hand shooting for some
time. In gallery shooting with light arms he has made
good scores. In the fourth match for the Turf, Field and
Farm badge he was the first man with a score of 1G in a
possible 20 at 200 yards. In the Spring meeting of 1874 he
took fourth prize in the military long range match with a
Sharp military arm, with 24 in a possible 28 at 500 yards.
In the Bennett match, when America, Ireland and Canada
competed, he held fortieth place, with a score 110 points
in a possible 180 at 800,900 and 1,000 yards, taking no
prize. He won a place ou the reserves of last year's team,
but did not shoot with that body. He is generally regard-
ed as an unsteady shot, his brilliant records being marred
by mediocre scores.

The First Competition for the M vrksman’s Badge.
— By circular No. 1, issued by Col. Wingate, the General
Inspector of Rifle Practice, all officers and members of the
National Guard are required to go through a course of in-
struction, and such of them its make a score of twenty-five
points or over in ten shots, five fired standing at 200 yards
and five at 500 yards kneeling, will be styled "marksmen,”
aud entitled to wear upon the left forearm a badge consist-
ing of two crossed rifles, embroidered in gold and sur-
mounted by the word "marksman.” When any of the
members of any organization arc known to possess the
requisite skill they may be permitted to practice directly
for the marksman’s badge in the first instance, and if they
qualify will be exempt from shooting in the other prac-
tices. This badge must be shot for annually, and none but
those making the necessary score will be allowed to wear
it. A few of the Inspectors of Rifle Practice, with some
other officers, assembled at Creedmoor on Friday last
tqcompetofor the right to wear this badge. There were
present Col. Wingate, the General Inspector of ltitle Prac-
tice, Major IX II. Wylie, Inspector of the Third Brigade;
Major II. Manning, Inspector of the Eleventh Brigade;
Major II. Rockwood, Inspector of the Thirty-fifth Brigade,
(Buffalo,) together with Col. Scott and several officers of
the Eighth Regiment. The day was bright aud pleasant,
but the wind was so strong and changeable as to greatly
annoy the shooters. The following are the official scores:
Nome.

Col. G. W. Win gale

Lieut. II. Douglas, Sill ltog't
I.ieiit, V. W. llolle. 8th Reg’t
Lieut. J. A. McGee, 8th lteg't

Col, Scott 8th Regiment

Major Wvlio, 3d Brignd?

Cant. Kntden, 8II1 Regiment.

Private. I. G. 8tory,23d ltog't
Major Manning, lltii Brigade
Major Rockivood, 33th Brig’do.2 -10 3 0

G'lie three last named gentlemen were unable to shoot at
500 yards, being obliged to leave by the 4:40 train.

The desire to wear the "marksman's badge” is quite gen-
ral among the National Guard, particularly those going to
Boston, and it is expected that a large number of appli-
cations will be presented within a few days by those desir-
ing to compete directly for it in the first instance. It is un-
derstood that Gen. Shuler has announced his intention of
shooting for this badge, and wearing it if lie wins it, which
he will undoubtedly do. The General lias recently come
forward very prominently as a rifleman. %

2J0

yards.

Total.

500 yards. T’t’l.

Agg’t.

.2 3

2

4 4

15

5

3144 22

37

.5 4

3

3 2

17

2

0 5 5 5 17

84

.4 4

4

4 4

JO

3

8 3 2 2 13

38

.3 2

3

3 8

14

4

3 3 2 4 16

80

2 4

3

3 It

12

5

1 3 0 4 16

23

.3 3

4

3 3

16

8

0 0 8 5 11

27

0 (1

4

2 0

6

8

4 3 2 8 15

21

.3 5

4

4 4

20

Withdrew.

.8 0

8

3 2

11

Withdrew.

-.2 1

0

3 0

n

Withdrew.

The Saratoga Rifle Club.— On Friday, May 28th, the
above organization contested for its silver cup at the 200
yards range. The following are the scores: —

Name. Score. Total.

Dr. W. 11 llodgman 54445425384233 3 56

H. W. llay ». . . . 44 3 485 3 24 1 3 5 3 5 4 58

A P. Mitchell 4 3 3 3 8 3 8 4 3 3 5 3 3 3 5 51

Odell Gates 63322 8 45352323 4 4')

A. F. Flansburgll 5 2 4 8 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 2 48

Joel Uayes 0 44835324434054 48

W H. Benson 1 4 0 5 2 14 3 2 3 4 3 2 3 4 47

B. W. Amsden 2 4 0 4 8 3 3 2 8 4 4 3 3 4 2 It

M. Grimes 0 3 2 4 0 4 5 3 2 3 4 4 6 3 2 41

Jerome Pitney 3 552032220 2 3002 3!

II idgpian and Hays having tied, they agreed to shoot off

%

at a future time. It is proposed to call the range after tho
gentleman who presented the ground to tho club— Mr. T.
II. Tompkins. It is the intention of the club to have a
match immediately after the rcgatta.opcn to all amateur rifle
clubs. Throe valuable prizes iiave been offerod. Full par-
ticulars and programme will be given as s-.on as possible.
Why would this uot he an excellent opportunity for an
intercollegiate rifle match?

— The Holyoke Rifle Club are having a series of con-
tests at their 200 yards range. That of Saturday last re-
sulted as follows. .Steven shots at alcove distance:—

Name.

4

4

Score.
8 2 3

3

3

Total,

K. C. Smith

5

5

2 2

3

5

3

25

H. White

5

1 5

3

25

A. Monger

0 2

2

3

3

14

D. II Smith

5

5

8 2

2

0

19

S S Chapman .

n

0

.

0

0

?

R. McDonald

2

:t

3 t)

4

3

3

I*

8. Chapmuu

8

2

0 0

3

0

0

8

The following score was made by Smith and White, in
shooting off lies:

Smith .2 4 5 4 4 0 4 23

White .1 4 3 4 4 0 0 19

Mr. Smith winning the badge for the second time.

— The Seventh annual meeting of the Ontario Rifle As-
sociation has been definitely fixed for the 81st August next.
In addition to the usual matches, for which a large amount
in prizes is offered, there will be a cavalry match, open to
sections of four mounted men from any volunteer cavaly
troop in the Province. The rifle to be used is the Snider
carbine, carried ou back or slung to saddle, the distaficc
200 aud 400 yards, the time twelve minutes, including the
course. The men are to ride about three-quarters of a mile,
taking two flights of hurdles in the course, and fire dis-
mounted at the two distances, the horses at the firing point
to be linked or held by alternate files. The first prize will
be $50, the second $80, and the third $20.

§aq and §mi.

JUNE IS A CLOSE MONTH FOR tiAME

—Mr. Chas. Hallock, editor of Forest and Stream,
and Joseph Gillingham, Esq., the Philadelphia representa-
tive of that journal, were last week made honorary mem-
bers of the Forest and Stream Club, of Philadelphia, in
which act wc recognize a twofold compliment, and lender
our thanks herewith. This club is an active organization,
aud promises to become "a power.” We publish the score
of its last pigeon shoot — ten birds, twenty-one yards rise:

A. Cummings. .1 0111101* 1 — 8,Dr. Birch 1101011111 —8

Win. Sinister. . .1 1 0 1 1 1 0 I II 1—7! Win. M. Brierley.l I 1 I 0 0 1 l 1 1— s

A. Smvthe 110 10 10 1 1 1— 7jW. Nidcrayer. ,10 1 I I 00000—4

Dr. Brown 101001111 0— G'Cliua. Folkc. . 0 110 1110 1 1-6

M. Brady 0 00100010 0—2 Win. Shuster. .1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1—5

— A Wisconsin correspondent writes: —

"Last August, about the 20th, nine of us chartered a
small steamer at Stillwater, Minnesota, and took a four
hour’s trip down Lake St. Croix, "goose hunting." We
run into two flocks, killing from the first thirty-one geese,
and from the second, seventeen. We were armed with
double barrel shot guns and lying behind an inverted bat
teau on the prow of the steamer. At the signal of our
captain discharged one barrel at them sitting, and the re-
maining barrel as they . arose. So you so we took forty-
eight geese, all white colored, at thirty-six discharges;
pretty fair, was’ut it? as four of the nine made no preten-
sions at sportsmanship."

The same correspondent casually mentions having cut an
inch bullse.ye (with a rifle,) three times consecutively at
forty yards, which is first-class shooting.

DITTMAR’S POWDER.

Bellefontaine, Ohio, May 20th, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

The idea expressed by several sportsmen that It takes so much more of
Dittmar's sporting powder than of the black powder to produce the same
effect, is erroneous. Its strength is precisely the same ns Hazard's
ducking powder No. 2. Any sportsman who will uso three and one-
quarter drachms in bulk of Dittmar's sporting powder No. 15, coarse,
and one ounce ot No. 9 shot, will find that load us effectual ou quail,
snipe, or any small game, as any load he ever used. 1 am speaking of a
12 gauge brooch loading gun; if a larger gun is used, of course the load
will be greater, but the same proportion of powder and shot ought to be
used. I use on tho powder first a thin card wad, then a heavy Ely felt
wad, and u light wad over the shot, having the cuds of tho cartridge well
turned down. I have used Dittmar's powder all Spring and I find it per-
fection In all re jpecta. Yours truly, J. j. p.

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE D1TTMAR
POWDER.

New York, May, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream :—

I have read in your paper numerous letters written by the advocates of
what is commonly called white powder, strongly recommending It for Its
numerous good qualities. Tho proper name fur this powder Is Gun
Wood, It being in its nature the sumo as gun oottou, prepared in the
same manner, only reduced to some extent by washing with alcohol,
which has the effect, if left long euongli to soak, of totally destroying its
effective force. The gun wood, as prepared and sold to consumers, is
highly dangerous to life aud limb, and for this reason I aiu Induced to
warn its advocates of the risk they run themselves and those to whom
they so highly commend it, being, no doubt, unaware of the dangerous
consequences attending Us use. The difference between wood powder,
gnu cotton, and black powder is, that tho two former are instantaneous
In their combustion, expending all the force of the gases generated with-
in the chamber of the gnu a» far as the powder extends, so that the
whole strain of the charge is exerted upon one and a quarter luchcs of
the barrel. The black powder being slower of combustion, takes from
eight inches to two aud sometimes three feet of the barrel to burn the
whole charge. The bursting strain or force of the gas Is therefore di-
vided upon the whole barrel, which reduces the risk In proportion to the
surface exposed to tho strain. The black powder lias, therefore, an ac-
celerating force; the bullet, starting slow, Increases Us velocity as it
reaches the muzzle of the gun

The surface of the chuuiber of the gun is over twelve times ns great as
the base of the projectile, consequently over I wolve times the force Is
exerted on it there Is ou the bnllct, whicli is, in a measure, lost in propel-
ling the projectile. The .following experiments go.to prove tl|e sound*

ness of my principle : In a scries of tests made with Dittmar's powder,
“ and 26 grains charge against 70 grume of black powder, tbe £j grains
gave 300 feci a second less thin the black powder, the 26 grains gavo
over 200 feet a second less. The result proved the wood powder very
dean and but little smoke, but the pressure on tho shell gave warning of
the danger; the base and shlus of tho brass shell was wedged so fast in
tho chamber of the barrel that it had to be driven out bv repeated blows
with a rammer Tho shells, after firing 70 grains of block powder, would
drop out by holding the gnu rnuule up by weight of the holt of breech
aloue; and even when firing 100 grains of orange lightning the shell
would drop out by gravity %lono, holding tho gun muzzle up. the orange
lightning powder giving over 400 foot a second greater velocity; 22 grains
of wood powder filled the same space m 70 grains of block powder (ordi-
nary rlfie powder).

I am convinced that wore It not for tho great strength of the modern
made gun barrels, that ere this mauy would have come to grief and
when I read of persons recommending Increased charges of this wood
powder. 1 shudder at the thought of what will be the result. The old
adage, "fools rush In where angels fear to tread," is here exemplified;
and then the Idea or compressing tho powder in the shell which, with
wood powder organ cotton. Increases Us power Immeasurably . makes
my blood chill. Ere long. Mr. Editor, you will have the unpleasant task
of chronicling the loss of some noble fellow, a victim to wood powder
If l am the means of averting so threatening an evil by warning l ho
public of the dangerous consequence* attending the uso o f such powder
1 Will consider myself highly remunerated for my pains

I am, Sir, yours very sincerely, A. Subscriber.

THE DANE SHOT GUN.

La Crossb, WIs., May 10th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Mr. Joseph C Dane of this place has Invented an improvement In
breech loading shot guns, which I think worthy of bolug called to Ilia
attention of your readers. This improvement consists, first— In hi- self-
recoiling, or momentum firing pin. which Is a perfect guarantee against
premature discharges by careless handling, so often heard of all over
the country. Secondly— his patent flugor piece, which foims the fore
part of the guard, and os a part of the mechanism for operating tho luck
down, it takes tho places of bottom, top, or side levers, lu ordinary
guna, ns overybody knows, tho hammer follows the plunger to tho ex-
plosive point, when It rebounds, followed by the pin hack to Us piece.
In the Daue gun the hammer is arrested by the nipple, through w hlcii tho
pin Is Impelled by iw momentum to Its work Anything less than tho
full force and swing of the hammer would not bo followed by a di<-
ebarge. Here Is Us perfect safety; for lu no othor way but n full cock
and forco ou the trlggor can an explosion lake plucc. This is n great de-
sideratum, and one which will slop the casualties of shooting. u

SHOOTING IN WISCONSIN.

Elkuoun, Wisconsin, May 80th, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream: —

I have walled all through the Spring shooting season with tho hopn
that something would "turn up" here of sufficient interest lo the Hi Id
sporting fraternity to warrant Its communication through your Interest-
ing journal, but the season lias passed, and only a minimum of sport
bus been realized. Practically, our Spring shooting season Is brief, and
includes but few kinds of birds. The killing of mallard, woo.lduck
aud teal Is prohibited by law, and our local sportsmen have by common
consent given up tho practice— that formerly obtained— or shouting Wil-
son snipe in the Spring time, which arrangement occasions n great sav-
ing of ammunition, and leaves for " pursuit with Intent lo kill" only ll.o
few varieties of migratory water fowl that favor our lakes and streams
but a moment during their northern lllght. These are piiilnl), bluubill,
bntterball, widgeon, redhead, and ruddy duck, with occasional whistler*!
scooters, and canvas back, tho bluebill predominating largely In ibis see!
tion. Usually we have good shooting from tho 10th lo 2Uih of April,
but (here was no good shooting this Spring. Blnebill. made their np^
pearunce in small numbers early in April, and were seen more or less
(mostly less) until the first week In May, bat woro at no time plentiful.
The best duy'g sport I know or heard of was on the 21th of April, at
Lakes Landerduh, when there was scored to three gum thirty-four binu-
bills, seven biittcrballs, and one ruddy duck. Tills seemed small com-
pared with fonner scores on the same wnters. We don’t kne, „ li.-i i.er
the scarcity of wild fowl was owing to the peculiarity of the sea ou ,.r io
the fact Hint continual "banging" has occasioned a diversion in the line
of flight. Of course we hope that this suaiou was only an exception to
the rnle, and that next Spring the ducks Will favor us as of old. quail
have been very source hero for years, and will probably be rarer tlmu
ever this season, owing to the severity of tho past Winter. Pinnated
grouse and ruffed grouse are also scarce in this section, but both urn
likely to afford some sport lu their soaaon. Last year boi li varieties were
rather more abundant than tho yoar before. The Wilson snipe is a
pretty sure thing in tho Fall, and affords the best sport of any gn no bi <1
found hero. Woodcock are extremely rare, no gun seating over ihr.o
brace in a season . From all of which it will readily appear that South-
ern Wisconsin is not the sportsman’s paradise. Ureeniiead.

GEORGIA GAME ASSOCIATION.

Savannah, Ga , May 23th, 1870.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The Georgia Game Association, composed of about sixty-five mem-
bers, and formed for the purpose of protecting game, held their first so-
cial meeting on Friday, M»y 7th, down ou Ileuch Hammock, a very fina
place facing the sea. about elgbteoo miles from tho city, on which occr-
sion they engaged In a pigeon and rlfie match. A prize was offered for
the best shot and a leather modal for tho worst- Tho following mem-

bers participated, first iu the pigeou match shoollug, which proved quite
exciting and resulted as follows: —

Name.

Killed.

Name.

Killed.

R Wayne

4

II. B. Gomm

J. G. Butler

4

W.J Kulliard

W H. Counerat. . .

5

M. C. Murphy

W. F. Chaplin, Jr.

6

Julias Kaufman

J. P. White

4

Joseph Herschback

B. C. VS right

4

J- P McBerrlon

l

S. J . M. Baker

4

-1 H Shaffer

Win. N. Nichols.

6

A F. Scherff

5

E. F. Lovell

Six of the above

3

were tie*, whic

i were shot off and resulted ns fol-

lows: —

W. F. Chaplin, Jr.l 1 1 I 0 -4 M. C. Murphy 10 1

-e

W. FI. Counerat..

11111111 0 8 <f. 11 Shaffer . 0

it

W. N. Nichols..

11111111 1-9, W. F. Setter IT 0

-0

W. M. Nichols carried off the prize for tho best shot, and llonry B.
Gomm the leather medal for the worst allot. Rise, 21 yards; 1J oz. shot;
each member to sboot ot five pigeons.

Next was the rifle match, which proved very poor, owing to tho heavy
wind that was blowing at the time. Each member had three shot*. A
prize was offered for tbe best shot and a leather medal for the worst.
Tbe following members participated and the match resulted ns follows: —

Robert Wayne

Inches.
22 11-16

M. (.'. Mnrphy

Inches.

51

J. G. Butler

.. .11

W. 11 Counerat

35J

Joseph Herschback.

• ■ 101

B. C. Wright

2»*

.1 . P. McBerrieu

...Ml

W N. Nichols.

141

F. W. Dasher.

. 23 J

E F. Lovell

lfi

.1 H. Shaffer

. . 22 2-3

il. Gomm

--- an

W F. Scherff

....261

W.J. Kolllurd .

. . . .63

U. B. Habersham .

Joseph Herschback carried off tbe prize for the best shot and W.J.
Foil lord the leather medal for the worst shot.

Tho association la now in a flourishing condition, and composed of
none but good amateur tmutcni. W. B. Scuerfp,

FOREST AND STREAM

286

Third Avenue Stables.

Ot the large stable# in the world, that of the London
Omnibus Line Is probably the most extensive. The
next in also Is In this city, and belongs to the Third
Avenue Street Car Company, aud Is situated on Third
avenue and Sixty-fifth street. The bnlldlng la Im
men sc, being COO feet by 200, Is made mostly of iron
and brick, and beside* Doing substantial, and about
the same as fireproof, It presents- an appearance unu-
sually ailractirc for a stmeture of the kind. The
rascJido has three towers, there being n fine clock in
the main one; and the getters! architectural design is
not only tasteful, but peculiarly suited to Its position
and purpose. There are three stories— the first for
horses, the second for cars, and the tliltd for horse
with perfect arrangements for Ingres mid ogress, nnJ
with ventilation, drainage and all appurtenances so
complete Hint it would seem Idle to propose a change.
The number of horses tinder its roof mid skylights Is
now about 1,71*1, In fine condition, and average vary
well for such extensive stables, while many of the
trams are noticeably superior in size, smoothness and
flesh. Fifty thousand pounds of corn and oats, ground
by two "rim" of steam mills, mixed with cut hay, aro
fed daily. Twenty horse shoers arc occupied shoeing
In the shops, and the number of grooms attending the
stalls proportionately large. The general manage-
ment by Sami. L. Phillips, Esq., President, is nndci]
atood to be decidedly acceptable to the company, anu
It certainly should be acceptable to the horses, as he
was recently overheard to give an order prohibiting
any unnecessary Infliction of pain or punishment to
nil animal imd»r any circumstances; which regard for
the feeling of brutes seems ns commenduble as It Is
gentlemanly nml humane. The more immmedl.xte sit
perinlemloncy of the stables devolves upon Dr. J. M.
Heard, V. S., who, while he looks after tho horses in
dally use. gives attention to the few In the ••hospital,”
and by his skill and experience in their treatment is
worthily successful. By onjoininga tidiness through-
out the main building— the men, however, priding
themselves upon tho neatness of their floors— the sani-
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roundings more airy and agreeable. For the Interests
of the company, it would seem tlTat the managerial
head* are adequate to the situation; and that the
horses are in good hands is beyond dispute.

A fine steam engine and machinery enable the com-
pany to make Us own cars and to do nil repairing,
ami thus by n compact system of business and a
wholesome discipline in the departments the success
obtained is the natural corollary of what is earned
and deserved.

JJJiscell.ineotis.

Bellamy's Shell Pouch,

The most perfect thing for the pnrpose ever known
Capacity, 40 rounds; weight, only 23 ounces.

Pouch open. Poach shnt.

Patent applied for.

Built ■ 'I e <rk. with a series of steps In a half circle
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fectly. Is covered in best quality russet leather; se-
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without being tho least encumbrance. The shells
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COLLECTOR & DEALER in NATURAL OBJECTS.

Mammals, bird-
skins, and cgts
for scientific use;
also aiiiiuul's
heads, game ond
bright plutnuged
birds artistically
grouped in
shades and cast s
for ornumentni
purposes. Col-
ectors' supplies;
al*o Instruments
and eyes. Speci-
men s bought,
sold, and ixchun-
S c d . Genuine
Indian smoke-
tanned buckskiD
b u II a 1 o, and
„ . . , ... moose skin moc-

casins, for hunters and for the house. Buckskin

lit*, fringed, headed nr nlntn m.r, * .. ...i
Address:

snlts, fringed, beaded, or plain, made to order.
NEW UTRECHT, N. Yf

JnlO

J. B. Crook & Co.,

MANDFACTiniEUS AND IMPORTERS OF

FISHING TACKLE!

£30 Fulton St., IV. Y.

celebrated*016 ,n'l""fQCtorer8 1,1 tin* country of the

Creen Heart Rods,

for Trout, Ba»* and Salmon.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE,

INDIA RUBBER

Fishing Pants,

Leggings and Boots,

RUBBER CAMP BLANKETS,

COMPLETE

Sporting& Camping Outfits

-AND-

Iuilin Rubber Goods of Every Description.

D. HODGMAN & CO..

Send for Price List. 27 MAIDEN LAKE, IV. V.

Established 1 843.

Breech and Muzzle Loading

Mi,

Sportsmens Apparatus ,

A31MUNITION,
Materials for Gun-Makers, Ac.,

Wholesale and Retail. Guns made to order, or re-
paired in the best manner.

ALEXANDER McCOMAS,

No. 51 Sooth Calvert st., Baltimore.

Je 18

HOLABIRDS

SHOOTING & FISHING GARMENTS.

up HE MANUFACTURER OF THESE

I goods begs to call the attention of gentlemen de-
siring outfits for fishing and shooting to his superior
specialties; Shooting Coots, Jacket*, with or with-
out sleeves, Trowaer*, Papa, Overcoat*, and Wad-
lug Jacket* for Trout and Salmon. The style is orig-
inal with the maker. Being himself n sportsman, his
experience in all kinds of covert and after all kinds
of game, assures the amateur that they are ultimatum.
Nothing better has been made in Europe, and no oth-
er manufacturer has yet succeeded in equalling them.
The material used is extra fine Duck, rendered water-
proof aDd dyed the color of dead marsh grass. The
sleeveless Coat and Vest with sleeves ore hard to
bent.

Com'dr T. W. Eastman, U. S. Navy, says: "I have
tried everything in the way of Sporting clothing, at
home and abroad, and have found nothing equalling
vours. They are the best now offered to gentlemen
Sportsmen.”

Thompson W. Clark, Scc’y Woolwich Club*
Swedesboro, N. J., says; “lam perfectly delighted
with the material and tit. They cannot be excelled."

Chas. IIallock, Esq., Forest and Stream. N. Y,,
says: “Every Sportsman should provide himself
w ith Holabird's Snooting Coats."

Would also refer with pleasure to B. F. Bowles,
Esq., Springfield, Maes.

Special orders are cut to measure with care, and any
special request as to arrangement of pockets gratified.
The style is a Sack Coat with seven outside pockets
and a large game suck inside of sufficient capacity to
carry 25 grouse. These nre made with or without
sleeves. The Jackets or Vests are long-waistcd, with
or without sleeves, with large pockets. HO l, A BIRD
& PARK'S PATENT SHELL HOLDER, for carry-
ing brass shells, bead up, and bolding tire wad firm
on the shot, can he attached to cither Coat or Vest.
They arc the best holder out. No danger of losing
shells or inconvenience in transportation. They can
be attached aud taken off at pleasure. See my prices:

Coats, with or without sleeves $10 00

Vests, “ *• •• 4 00

Trowsere .. 3 50

Caps . 2 60

Overcoats ti 00

Wnding Juckets 6 00

Shell Holders, per dozen 1 25

Belts, with Shell Holders attached 5 00

p9”For special measurement, give size of chest,
'mlf - • •

waist, one-luilf of back, length of sleeve with arm at

right angles, waist, In scam and out seam, and gauge
of gun, if breech loader.

Address

W. II. IlOLADIRD,
Vnlpnrnino, Ind.

J' i r s t P r e m i u in

Waterproofed

BRAIDED SILK LINES.

THE SILVER MEDAL was awarded to

BRADFORD & ANTHONY

For this waterproof Silk Line, It being tho BEST
LINE yet made for

ARTIFICIAL

FLY FISHING.

Its superiority Is recognized by nil experienced nng
lers who have used it, being sufficiently flexible ti
cast long distances, yet possessing the requisite stiff
Nk.es for a Fly Line to prevent kinking. It is stiioni
and durable, and can he wound directly on tho reo
from the wiper without requiring removal afterward*
for the purpose of drying. We put them np taperki
and level lines of various lengths, suitable for SAL
MON. TROUT, BASS, etc.

BRADFORD & ANTHONY,
jelO 374 Washington street, Boston.

p| ■ I The Proceedings of tboFlorli
L I rt Y I fl Q Or<>«'ero’ Association,

I ! j1 ! I IM ts Animal Meeting In Jamin
I Iw I IUU|la*t. 68 pp. extra large Hv
buil of reliubie information concerning Florida at
the cultivation of the Orange and other tropical nt
semi-tropical fruits Mailed for 25c. Send 10c. alt
tor a copy of The Florida AoniouLTumsT; week!'
S3 a year. Address

WALTON & CO., Jacksonville. Flu.

Flense say In wlnit paper you saw this. it

VOUNG MINK FOR BALE— Your

Sr- and eat* freely; very oaslly tamed; nr

5. EATON & CO., 102 Nonsuit street, Now V*
•v* t^i

/

FOREST ANITSTREAM*

28'

SCOVILL’S

Blood^LiverSyrup

All cutaneous eruptions on the face or body indicate

An Impure Condition of the Blood,

and this may or may not be SCROFULA: bnt In
either caso is nothing moro than an Insidious poison,

“ BURKS LIKE A TERRIBLE FIRE

us it courses through the vlens, sowing seeds of death
with every pulsation.

In this condition of things something is needed at
onck to ci.kansb TUB ulood; and

Scovill's Blood and Liver Syrup

will positively effect this desideratum, expelling
ever 7 trace of disease from the blood and syatom and
leaving the skin

SOFT, FAIR AND BEAUTIFUL.

Hundreds of certificates attest Its vulno. Price $1 a

bottle.

FOR S ALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

Dr. Rogers’s

VEGETABLE WORMSYRUP

A brave man may suffer pain, when inflicted upon
himself, heroically; but he

Cannot see hisChild Suffer.

There is no othor malady Incident to childhood that
la accompanied with more Indescribable wretched-
ness to the little sufferers than that

Produced by Worms;

ana when the parent fully comprehends the situation
he will not delay a moment in securing the most
prompt and efficient remedies to Insure the expulsion
of the intruders. The remedy may be found in

Br. Roger’s Vegetable Worm Syrup.

Please bear in mind that

ROGERS' WORM SYRUP is the reliable prepara-
tion .

ROGERS’ WORM SYRUP is a pa.atablo prepara-
tion.

ROGERS' WORM SYRUP is liked by children.
ROGERS’ WORM SYRUP positively destroys
worms.

ROGERS' WORM SYRUP leaves no bad effects.
ROGERS’ WORM SYRUP is highly recommended
hv physicians, and Is unquestionably the bost WORM
MEDICINE IN THE WORLD.

Price 25 cents. For sale by all druggists.

JJJiscelhiieoux.

HENRY’S
Carbolic Salve.

FOIl SALE BT ALL DRUGGISTS.
The wonderful celerity with which this
combination of Carbolic Acid with other
soothing and Curative Emollients acts,
is something akin to the marvelous.

It is with pride that the proprietors call
attention to the gratifying fact that

Plivsicians give it tlio high-
est meed of* praise,

and use it and prescribe it in their practice.

New York, Dec. 22, 1869.

John F. IIrniiy, Esq.:

Your Carbolic Salve proves an excellent article,
nud I thank yon for it. This is another evidence of the
great value of the discovery of Carbolic Add. Yours
truly, Geo. B. I.incolm,

Pres't Bonrd of Health.

Price 25 cents per box.

KEY. It. B. LOCKWOOD'S

Catarrh Cure !

The Best Remedy Known, and Endorsed by all the
Principal Physicians of the Country.

Rev. It. B Lockwood's Kasai Douche will bo
found valuable in obstinate chronic cases.

Rev. K. II, Lockwood's Liver and Stomach Pills
(dyspepsia, receive the endorsement of thousands.
Price 60 cents each.

JOHN F. HENRY. CURRAN & CO., Proprietors,
8 and 9 College Place, New York.

I-IENRY’S

SEWING MACHINE OIL

A PURE OIL that does not gum np and has the
idorsonicnt of the principal bowing Machine Com-

endorsoment
panics.

principal Sewing

Price 25 Cent* per Bottle.

MOTT’S LIVER PILLS

it is

good pill, — . , . - -

harsh, drastic pills, that are of even less benefit than
a dose of sails. But a good medicine, like Dr. Mott a
Liver Pills, which penetrates to the seat of disease, is
a desideratum indeed. Will positively cure nil dis-
eases of tho Liver. Sold everywhere. Price 25 cents
per box .

easy enough to make a pill, hut to make a
ill, all I that’s the difficulty. There are cheap,

NICKEL SILVER

AND

FINE WHITE MLTAL.

ELECTRO-PLATED

TABLE WARE

AND

Ornamental Art Work in Great Variety

MANUFACTURED BY THE

MERIDEN BRITANNIA COMPANY

IV o. 550 Broadway, IV- Y.

The best Plated SPOOKS and FORKS are those
SILVER PLATED HEAVIEST on the purls WHERE
NECESSARILY THE HARSHEST WEAR come*,
and bearing the Trade Mark,

IHI7, ROGERS BROS., XII.

N. B. — This great improvement in Silver-plated
Spoons and Forks is applied alike to each grade of
Plate, Al, 8 and 12 oz. , as ordered. The process and
machinery for manufnctorlng these goods arc pat-
ented. The Extra or ‘ Standard Plate" made by this
company is stamped Al simply, and Is plated 20 per
cont. heavier than the ordiuury market standard,
my 27-4 1

Green’s Oxygenated Bitters.

At certain periods of life a tonic is n necessity; but
there is danger in using stimulants that. Injure the or-
gans of digestion while giving temporary relief. To
obviate this and present to tho public a tonic free
from Alcoholic Poison, Dr. Green prepared the Oxy-

Sjeuuled Billers, a sure cure for dyspepsia and all kin-
Ired cuiupluiuls. Sold everywhere. Price $1 per
oottle.

Packer’s All-Healine Tar Soap.

It cures all kinds of Skin Diseases with a most won-
derful certainty; it promotes cleanliness, personal
purity and general health; It Is a preventive of rnauy
Kinds of disease, and it Is an absolute necessity in
pie nursery, Price 25 cents.

\

Tourists’ and Sportsmen’s Route.

THEERIE RAILWAY.

THE ROUTE OF THE ERIE RAILWAY
Is peculiarly rich in the variety and extent of its
scenery, and while the tourist has alternating glimpses
of the beauty of rivers, gaps and mountains, the
sportsman has within easy reach many localities that
afford him every facility for the enjoyment of the
sports of tho field and stream. We enumerate a few
of the pleasure resorts which crowd the Hue of the
road.

Rutherford Park.— 9} miles from New York. Fine
hotels and boating pastimes on the Passaic.
Clifton — 134 miles from the city, overlooking the
picturesque Lake Dundee.

Lake Molionk. — a beautiful body of water 1,200 feet
above the Hudson — splendid hotel accommodations.
Orange Lake. — Six miles West of Newburgh, and
noted for its fishing attractions.

.Milford, Po. --About eight miles from Port Jervis.
Is noted for its trout fishing, woodcock shooting und
superior hotels.

Avon Springs.— Celebrated for 20 years as a resort for
invalids, the waters possessing many valuable heal-
ing qualities.

Watkins Glen. -This beautiful gorge is distant 294
miles from New York, via Erie Road to Elmira, its
wild and picturesque attractions are second only lu
reputation to those of Niagara.

Chautauqua Lake.— 18 miles long, 3 miles wide; said
to be the highest navigable water on the American
continent, being 730 feet above Lake Erie and 1,290
feet higher than the Atlantic Ocean.

Niagara Falls.— This great cataract is reached by the
direct line of the Erie Railway.

There are along the line of the road no less than

Ten Large Lakes, Abounding with Fish.

and aflordlng mo>t delightful sport for black bass and
pickerel. Their names arc— Lukes Greenwood. Orange,
Molionk, White, Otsego, Cayuga, Seneca, Keuka, Sil-
ver and Chautauqua.

The following schedule will afford a partial guide to
the numerous fishing localities reached by this road:

Trout :

At or near Sonthtlelds, 42 miles from New York
*• •• Oxford, 52 “

“ “ Middlotown, 67 “ “ “ "

*• “ Otisville. 76 “ “ " “

11 “ Port Jervis, 88 “ " " "

*• “ Monticellu, 112 *‘ *’ " “

•• “ Milford, 96 “ “ ” “

Black Bass and Pickerel.

At or near SlonUburg, 36 miles from New York.

including Lakes Truxedo, P. tnguo and Cedar Pond.
At or near Monroe. 50 miles from Ne.v York.
Including Round, Long, Mombnshn and Cromwell’s
Ponds .

At or near Florida, 61 miles fron New York.

The famed Mirror Lake, is distant 1 mile .

At or near Otisville, 76 miles from New York.
“ “ Guymard. SO “ “ “

“ “ Pori Jervis, 88 “ “

“ “ Monticello, 112 “ “ *■ "

“ “ Ceil. Valley, 48 “ “ “ “

“ “ ScnccaLakn. 29 1 “ “ “ "

Tickets for sale at the General Offices of the Erie
Railw ay Company, 124 Washington streei Boston: . 1 1 .
401, 629, or 957 Broadway, New York; and 732 Chest-
nut street, Philadelphia, Express trains leave New
York from depot foot of Chambers street at 9 A. M,,
10:45 A. M„ und 7 P. M.

JNO N. ABBOTT,

my20 General Passenfler Agent.

^Miscellaneous

Pope’s ritle

PITOLS,

HENRY’S CAMPHOR ICE.

For Chapped nands, Chafed Skins. &c.

A MOST RELIABLE REMEDY.

PRICE 25 CENTS PER BOX.

JOHN F. HENRY, CURRAN & CO., Proprietors.
8 and 9 College Place, New York.

THE

HAZARD POWDER CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

GUNPOWDER.

Hazard1! “Electric" Powder.

Nos. t (fine) to 5 (coarse). Unsurpassed in point of
strength and cleanliness. Packed In square canis-
ters of 1 lb. Only.

Hazard's “American Sporting."

Nos. 1 (fine, to 3 (coarse). In 1 lb. canister* and 6} lb.
kegs. A fine grain, quick and clean, for upland and
prairie shooting. Well adapted to short guns.

Ilnzard s “Buck Shootlug.”

Nos. (fine) to 5 (coarse). In 1 and 5 lb. canisters
and 6J und 12} lb. kegs. Burns slowly and very
clean, shooting remarkably close, and with great
penetration. For field, forest and water shooting
h ranks any other brand, and it la equally servicea-
ble for muzzle or breech louder.

Hazard's “Kentucky Rifle."

FFFG, FFG, and “Sea Shooting" FG, in kogs of 25,
12J, “nd KJ lbs. nnd cans of 5 lbs. FFFG Is also
packed in 1 and 4 lb. canisters. Burns strong and
moist. The FFFG and FFG are favorite brands
for ordinary sporting, and the “Sea Shooting" FG
is the standard B(J 1e powder of the country.

SUPERIOR MINING AND BLASTING POWDER.

GOVERNMENT CANNON AND MUSKET POW-
DER; ALSO SPECIAL G HADES FOR EXPORT,
OF ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF MAN-
UFACTURED TO ORDER.

The above can be had of dealers, or of the Compa-
ny’s agents in every prominent city, or wholesale at
oar office.

88 Wall Street, New York.

Shoots Larts or Slugs
Perfectly zzo rate at 30 ft.
ANI) IMPROVES BY USE.

NO NOISE, AS THE FORCE IS AIR ALONE
Splendid Pt plor Amusement.
Recommended by General Sherman.

One may become dead shot by practicing with It.
To a Sportsman is invaluable. Price, including
Darts, Slugs, Tar ..ts and Gnnstock, S5. Handsomely
nlckle plated, $5. Self adjusting Bell Target,

For sale by gun dealers generally, °r wnt by mallon
receipt of price. Postage 35 ct a. I Ol h BROS,
Manufacturers, 45 High Street, Boston. Maas

TpOR SALE.— ONE OR A BRACE OF

P Setters nud one Poinlcr, thoroughbred and
nicely broken . Also a brace of stylish thoroughbred
black and tan Gordon Setters, eight months old. very
promising Ad Jress GORDON, at this office. tf

THOR SALE. A FEW THOROUGHBRED
Jj Spaniels, choice breed. For particulars address
SPRINGER, ut this office.

Reduction in Price.

J. & W. TOLLEY’S

CKLEDKATKD

BREECH LOADING GUNS,

Manufactory, Pioneer Works. Birmingham. Eng.

* Jr. These guns are built with eve 7
' Improvement for American sport,

aud are tho cheapest guns of
guaranteed quality and shooting
powers sold in the United States.
They are made in six qualities,
each gun being branded with one
of the under mentioned names,
which denotes Its quality:
Pioneer, .... 005 Gold.

Tolley, »«

Standard,- - - - 115
National, ... 1 IO

Challenge, ... ISO
Paragon, - - - 225

Any one of the above may bo
— — - — selected with confidence, as no

gun bears our name which we cannot thoroughly guar-
antee in every respect.

Send for reduced illustrated descriptive price list.

BRANCH HOUSE, 2D Malden Lane,

' Corner Nassau street. New York.

Waterproof,

Mildew-proof,

AND

Moth-proof

GARMENTS

Miscellaneous.

BRAD DUCK. CORDUROY,

FUSTIAN. REPELLAKT.

BLUE BEAVER and FRIEZE.
Wading Boots, Fishing Stockings, Rub-
ber Clothing, &e.

Game Ventilating Pocket*.

Illustrated Price List and Samples free.

The most complete list ever published. Send for it.

GEO. C. HENNING,

Apr 29 ly

410 Seventh Street,

WASHINGTON, D. C.

This beautiful Reel has now been before the pub-
lic two years, and all who have used it speak loud In
its praise.

IT HAS BEEN IMPROVED,
and all the Reels made this year will pass through tho
hand* of the Inventor, and none allowed to go out,
except those that are perfect.

For sale by all first-class Jobbers and the trade gen-
erally. A« H FOWLER, Inventor

4 * * ITHACA, N. Y.

The Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul Railway

Traverses a finer country, affords views of grander
scenery, and passes through more business centers
and pleasure resorts than any othor northwestern
lino. Its forests, prairies, lakes and stream*, aboun-
ding with game, present unequal ed attractions to the
votaries of Nimrod ami Walton. It is the only rail-
wnv route along the valley of tho Upper Mississippi.
It 1» also the shortest as well as best route between
Iho grout metropolitan centers of the Northwest—
Chicago. Milwaukee, St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Track and equipment nncqnaled, nml Its trains of
palace-coaches and sleeping cars rnn through without
change.

New York Office, 3I«I Broadway.

Chicago Depot, eor. Canal At \V. Madison.

City Office*. Cl and 03 Clark 81. Aprgfl 8m

Frederick Brown

(Established 1822)

CHEMIST,

A DISPENSING - - 1 ■'

N. E. Corner Fifth and Chestnut Streets
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

DR. FOWLER’S

PATENT

HARD RUBBER REEL.

The Cem— Improved.

SOLE

CO

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PROPRIETOR AND MANUFACTURE*
OF

/'ESSENCE JAMAICA GINGER.
CHOLERA MIXTURE.

PRESERVED TARAXACUM JUICE.
MUTTER’S COUGH SYRUP.

BITTER WINE OF IRON.

| COOPER’S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS.
CHAPMAN’S ANTI-DYSPEPTIC PILLS
| WISTAR’S COUGH LOZENGES, (from

original prescription.)

MRS. HARVEY’S COUGH SYRUP.
DENTIFRICE, In Bottles,

DENTIFRICE, In Tin Canisters, suitable for
Travelers.

\ARABIAN RACAHOUT, Inconvenient bottlei

ACENT FOR

E. DEJARDIN’S SYRUP RED ORANGE,

OF MALTA.

None Genuine without my name as Agent on the Label,.

CORRESPONDENTS.

SAVORY 6l MOORE,

143 New Bond Street, W.

S. MAW, SON L THOMPSON, l LONDON.

12 Aldcrsgato St., E. C.

F. NEWBERY it SONS,

37 Newgate St., E. C.

G. VOSS, HAMBURG, . 21 Johannls Strasse.

E. DEJARDIN, PARIS, . 2 Avenue do I’Opera.

The attention of Druggists and the Trade generally, Is called
to the Price List of

ENGLISH & FRENCH
MEDICINES &. PHARMACEUTICAL
PREPARATIONS,

Which will be mailed on application.

Kay Shot Concent rating Cartridge.

No creasers, turners, or topwnda required. Loads
in half the lime usually required Fifty peretbt.
belter distribution and greater penetration sccurrii.
Send to your gnu denier for sample. Jn8-!y

Colvin’s Topographical Survey

OP TnE

1

With Illustrations.

PRICE $3.50-

For Sale by

WEED, P ARSONS & Co..

Albany. IV. A'.

Sent prepaid on receipt of price. myl8 -It

THE CELEBRATED

Sporting and Blasting Powder,

MANUFACTOIIBD BV

CAUL DITMAR,

UNDER HIS OWN PATENT, can now be had reg-
ularly and in any quantity. See Circulars for full tes-
timonials ns to its superiority over other makes.

The new patent Sporting Powder does not soil tho
gun; cleans It. when you use one charge of It, alter
many with black powder; no smoko— little recoil— no
loud report— high velocity. The be»t ever made In

tills line; not to be confounded with Schultz’ or En-
glish Wood Powder, or Sawdust P owder, as It is *u
perior to each.

Ready Made Ammunition

For Sporting and Target Rifles, always ou hand.
Send for full instruction, and If sample desired,
state if for rifle or shot gun. as each klud is made.

Works at Nepouset. Address

HENRY A. GOULD.

Selling Agent, 101 Milk street, Boston, Mum,

288

FOREST AND STREAM

hotels and §e$orfs for §>vort§nwi.

BLUE FISH.

KINSEY'S ASHLEY HOUSE, BAR-

NEGAT INLET. Don’t forgot Dine flshlne com-
mences abont Slav 20Ui. Address J. W. KINSEY,
Waretoivn. Oceau coanty, N. J., for information, en-
gaging yachts, &c. Judtf

Lafco Concliichlu? Hotel, Canada.

This charming and Dicturcsque flrel-cbise Summer
Resort will lx- opened for the season on 7th of Jqiic,
and will remain open until October. The sporting In
the immediate neighborhood la exceptional!? excel-
lent, the Hotel being within ready access to the Mns-
koka Lakes, Sparrow Lake, and Trading Lake, where

Tlie 31ost

Approved

OF

System

Breech Loading, Sporting

NLilitfii'y

And

Rifles.

Salmon Trout, Black Bass, Speckled Trout, etc.,
Yachting,

He? .

the amusement of guests. Mail and telegraph offices

abound in original plenty. Yachting, Boating, Bath-
ing, Bowling Alleys, Billiard Rooms, etc., provide for

In the house Rates exceedingly moderate. For clr
culnrs containing terms, etc., apply to the office of
Forest and Stream, or JOHN E. FOREMAN,
nox 2645, P. O Toronto, or to
TnoMAS SCULLY. Manager,
my20 Coachlchlng, Ontario.

Rossi n House, Toronto, Canada.
SHEARS A SON, Proprietors.

This house is a favorite resort for gentlemen sports-
men from all parts of the United States and Canada.

Crossmon House,

ALEXANDRIA BAY, Jeff. Co , N. Y. C. CROSS-
MON & SON. Proprietors.

'T'HIS House, recently rebuilt and elegant-
_L ly furnished, Is now open for visitors. It Is loca-
ted In one of the most delightful places In the Thou-
sand Island region, commanding an extensive view of
the St, Laurence and the Islands and offers every facil-
ity for the comfort and enjoyment of guests. Outfits
for boating, Homing nnd Fishing Parlies. Steamers
for the hay connect at Clayton with (he Utica und
Black River Railroad, and at Cape Vincent with the
Rome, Watertown and Ogdcnsburg Railroad. 5m

B

Twin lakes Trout Farm.

OARD FOR GENTLEMEN ONLY—

Sportsmen, Artists, Anglers, &c. Splendid
scenery and drives. Fine boating, trout, pickerel,
and bass fishing nnd woodcock shooting. Also les-
sons In oil and water color painting, drawing and
etching, If desired. Address J. IVES PEASE, or E
SHERMAN PEASE. P. O. box 60 Canaan, Conn.

N. B.— Cottage bnlldlng sites overlooking the lakes
for sale cheap; also one for a hotel. AprS-tf

TTNION DEPOT HOTEL, Canaan, Conn.

v_y G. H. CORBIN, Proprietor. New, clean room*

and beds, first-class fable, &c.
and pleasant drives near by.

Fishing, shooting,
Apr8 6m

Board neartvvin lakes, four

hours from New York via Harlem Railroad. A
desirable location for sportsmen, artists, aud all those
wanting a pleasant home. Address F. F. COOPER
Locust Hill Farm, Ashley Falls, Berkshire county’,
Mar 24 6m

TADOUSAC HOTEL-SEA BATHING!

RIVER SAGUENAY. CANADA.

THE PROBItlETOR GUARANTEES TO SECURE

SaHon and Trout Fishinq

FOR HIS GUESTS.

Apply to the proprietor, WILLIS RUSSELL,

8t. Louis Hotel, Quebec.
Messrs. ABBEY & IMBUIE.

W Maiden lane. New York.

£l>arfxiiicit ' h @oo d$.

JOHN RIGBY & GO..

INVENTOItS AND MAN UP ACT It UR US OP THE rtNBST '

Or to
m?27 1m

A Fishing Camp

TTAS BEEN ESTABLISHED ON ONE

-1—1. of the beet Trout Streutus In the mountains of
Pennsylvania. A good man is In charge, with large
unit, camp cots, cooking stove, and the necessary out-
fit. Vacancies will exist nfter June I5tb, and gem le-
nt*" wlio desire to avail themselves of the privileges
of this Camp can register their names with EATON A
CO , Sportsman's Emporium, 102 Nassau street. New
\°r*G or with WM. C. HARRIS, Forest and Stream
office. As only six or eight persons can be accommo-
dated at one time, applicants must take their turn
The railroad fare is $5 to the station nearest the
cutnp; carriage to the stream, abont $2. The expense
in cornu J2.50 per day, including provisions, cook,
nnd guide. A tramp of five m-les through the woods
Is necessary . The Camp is distant from New York
about twelve honrs.

THE WILLEWE MOC CLUB.

A FEW SHARES IN THIS CLUB

_CA_ belonging to a member now residing perma-
nently in Europe, are offered for sale to persons ac-
ceptable to the other members. The membership is
limited to twenty, and the club own Lake Willewemoc,
with adjoining lund, furnished house, barn, ice house,
etc. ; also lease of Bulsam and Thomas Lukes and of
four miles of the Willewemoc stream.

For particulars apply to J. S. VAN CLEEF, PresI-
dent, Pouehkeepsle, N. Y.

1 lS,forrtull®n refer to CHARLES HAL-
LOCK, Editor Forest and Stream.

T TfANT T0 RENT A COMFORTA-

-L. b e house with from ten to twenty acres of land

Northern & British Colonies

IN 80UTHSIDE VIRGINIA.

Cheap Lands. Fine Climate, Splendid
Sport, Good Society, Schools
and ChurchesEverywhere.
PROTECTION FROM LAND SHARKS.

X3T Address Secretary Soutkslde Immigration 8o-
clety, Farmvllle, Prince Edward Co., Va. my20 3m

SHOOTING

FISHING on the Prairies, Uplands, and Streams
of the Southwest. Book beautifully illustrated Onlv
» cent. Address BROTHER SPORTSMAN, Box

WALLACE'S

Descriptive Guide to Adirondacks,

THE ONLY COMPLETE AND RELIABLE GUIDE
to the delightful

Hunting and Fishing Ground, or the

(iREAT NEW YORK WILDERNESS.

NEWLY REVISED EDITION
Handsome 12mo.. flexible covers red and onM
maps. Ac. Beautifully Illustrated Nwrlt *Jnn
Prtjx- %i 0). May be obtained of any boolnieller^nr
«ill he mailed post paid on receipt ofVrice by

W/JSLI tVB- fc0- V.

For Simplicity of Construction,

ACCURACY,

Penetration, Durahility, Safety, Ease of Manipulation,

Materials and Workmanship, they areUnsurpassed.

'"' REVOLVERS OF VARIOUS SIZES,

DESIRABLE IX ALL RESPECTS.

Send lor Circulars.

Whitney Arms Comp.,

WliHncyvHle, near New Hnvcn, Conn., U. S. A.

MISFIT CARPETS.

G iSSSUSSS'^S. *TRffisSJ§vTS5fE'|,1'T AN0

Sent to any part of the United States free of charge. 1 12 Fulton street, New YorK.JJ

BreechLoadin gShotGuns

Double and Single Express Rifles.

Long Range Match Rifles, &c

24 SUFFOLK STREET, DUBLIN,

AND

72 ST. JAMES STREET, LONDON.

Breech Loaders.

RodsandReels,

Chas.F.Orvis,

Manchester, Vermont.

Prices m xderate. Send for descriptive lisf. Mention Forest and Stream.

Hegeman’s Patent Portable Folding Boat.

use as LIFF-RnATt; — c ’ — ■■—'Also for Sportsmen, Tour-

ists, Trappers, Exploring
Expeditions, Parties camp-
ing Out, &c. &c.

For use as LIFE-BOATS,
LIGHTERS, Dingies, Do-
rys, on board Steamers,
Yachts and other Vessels.

These safe and perfectly port-
able boats will admit of the
roughest usaee. A very light,
strong and durable frame of
ash or other tough wood, with
can vascover, andean be folded

light buggy wagon, horse-
back, or by single person,
and can be unfolded ready
for use, In three minutes'
time. Boats ncutlv foded,
packed and shipped by ex-

In one-dt/hlh space, for hunt- , ^ , packed and shipped by ex-

nortatlon aid earned in a AuovecuUi show the Root folded aud unfolded, press anywhere, same rate

...... .... . .. „ of freight as other goods

JOHN HEGEMAN. Ballstou Spa, Ijaraioea Co. N. Y'

( /////, y

/ A- I /l\l'fACTl’HEIt.S OF

JlTiItt.tru (Tliratrifaj. tflnmli ^ Juuu-ju (fjgails, o

j. Vo. 40 Maiden: Lane . — Sc III U 0 r 1<

lUnvnuj Suits A Specialty: ’

Winnct's of tlie“Tiu*f, Field
autl Farm” Gun Xi-ials.

(See issno October 3d, 1878.)

In which competition the committees have awarded
our guns, First nnd Second for POINTS OF MERIT
OF ACTION. MATERIALS, PROPORTION. AND
SHOOTING QUALITIES combined, in all the four
classes.

THE PREMIER GUN.

w. A <:. SCOTT A SON call attenlion to their
very FINEST weapon, combining all their recent Iw-
piovemeiits, marked on tile rib between their name
and London address the brand— "THE PREMIER
QUALITY.”

Medlnni and fine guns bear full name and address,
and pluin guns full name and “London” only.

Each gun is numbered and the actions are stamped
with name and trade mark.

W. A- C. SCOTT di SON. Pole makers of the
Patent Top Lever, solid. Double Locking Bolt Breech
Loader, bearing the full name of the firm. W. & C.
SCOTT & SON caution sportsmen against imitations
of their patent nnd name. Guns bearing the name
abbreviated, or with different initials, are not genuine.

TRIAL OF SCOTT «k GREENER'S NEW SYSTEM
OF BORING, BY THE EDITOR OK
"THE FIELD,” LONDON.

(Sec The Field, Jnnnnry 80th, 1875.)

‘•From a comparison of the two tables it will be
seen that with Wulker’s shot, Messrs. Scott's gun*
showed a marked superiority over Mr. Greener's,
both In average and in the highest score made. Iu-
doed, with the left barrel, in his third shot, Mr. Scott
got a selected group pattern of 239 and a penetration
of 37, equalling the highest pattern made by Mr
Greener, and exceeding the penetration of that par-
ticular shot by eight sheets.”

London Office:

10 Great Castle 8l., Regent Circus, near Long-
horn Hotel.

Chief address;

Manufactory Premier Gun Works,

Lancaster Street, ICirin I ngrlium.
WHOLESALE.

Aprl-Gin

The Sportsman’s Warehouse

EDWIN S. HARRIS, '

No.

Late COOPER. HARRIS & HODGKINS,

177 Broathvay, New York

WHOLESALE AND BET AIL

BREECH LOADING

d;

AND

Implements,

Cartridges, both

isto

Clark' Ac Sneider.

MANUFACTURERS OF THE

SNEIDER

PATENT BKEECH- LOADING SHOT GUN.
ALTERING

Muzzle-Loading Guns to Hreech*Loading

A SPECIALTY.

WRITE FOR PARTICULARS.

si 1 4 W . Pratt st., Utiltimore.

■Q liiladclfilfia.

SPORTSMENS’ DEPOT.

JOHN KRIDER,

Corner Second nnd Walnut Sts., Philadelphia
IMPORTER, MANUFACTURER and DEALER IN

Guns, Rifles, Pistols, nnd Fishing Tackle.
Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech
Loaders.

REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
Has constantly on hand a full assortment of Rods,
Hooks, Lines, Baits, Reels. Fly Books, Salmon Files
Waterproof Silk Lines, Silk and Hair Trout Lines, &c
Perch Snoods China and Grass LineB. Also, a largo
lot of Cane Reeds, Bamboo and Japan.

Birds’ Eggs and Birds’ Skitte In great varieties.—
Taxidermy In all its branches.

SPHATT'S PATENT DOG BISCUITS. «-ly

Brass

OF ALL

Kinds.

',HPOm'ikk' AND1 Vm>Vu NITIOv' OF^'\V ? ^kV\!!k *^l'\ C OATS A V,» BELTS ^FLASKS

- ■. HOME AND bSSRWF TH AUB PBlffig™" '

HAVE LAROE STOCK OF MUZZLE LOADING GUNS * RIFLES VERY CHEAP.

Henry C. Squires,

NO. 1 COURTLANDT STREET, NEW YOUR
Agent for HOLABIRD S SUITS, to whom all New
York orders should be addressed.

Apr 8-3m

Mafic Lanfcru and 1 OO glides for $100

E& H. T. ANTHONY & CO., Ml

. Broadway, N Y„ op. Metropolitan Hotel,
enromos and Frames, Stereoscopesand Vlewa Gmuh
escapes, Megalethoscopea, Albums and Photographs
of celebrities. Photo- Lantern Slides a specialty Man-
ufacturers of Photowspblc Materials. Awarded First
Premium at Vienna Exposition, Jellly

CHAS. GREEN,

Manufacturer of

Brecclt Loading Shot Guns'.

A :Kffl?.n.<,S3Li”*bta Mo‘ “d«-

MUZZLE LOADERS CONVERTED TO BREECH
_ , LOADERS,

same action as now guns. Send for circular nnd
price list No. 3 West Main street, RochUter N Y
Apr o*\> in

Thomas Sparks,

Shot and Bar Lead

5IAN UFACTURER,

[ Established 1808.]

Office, I 2J Walnut St. Philadelphia.

T^1? TROUT— FOR SALE— A SHARE

wpn rnn’tnn ^"gllng Association, by ono

who can t go. ^Address W„ Box 2200, New York P O.

'R0AR9 E01{ THE SUMMER FOR

#8rnii -1? or two n^rried couplun, iu u :
y- "'lies from New York Trti

every hour, no mosquitoes; delightful drives in

gK^tandtlr^ “"d t0

Remington Sporting Riile.

A A CALIBRE, PERFECT ORDER,

New; with plain nnd Mead explosive car-
tridges, nnd waterproof case— a bargain, At Forest
nnd Stream office, juatf

FOREST AND STREAM"

280

tglfc iicnncl.

Sportsmen's (goods.

^Miscellaneous.

IP O U SALE. — THE FOLLOWING

' Field Trial and Prize Winner Pointer*:—

1 Brighton— Winner of Field Trial* at Ipswich, and
divided with old champion Drake and Bristol at Cam-
bridge; lie is own brother to Bride, winner of Ipswich
and Shrewsbury trials. Ue has niso won three limes
on the show bench. He la liver and white, very fast
and stylish. £fiO. 3 years old.

2. Bristol— Fifteen months old; liver and while;
winner of puppy stakes at Shrewsbury, and divided
In the all aged stakes at Cambridge by Bratton, out of
Bride. £00.

3, June— Liver and white hitch, 34 yearn; winner at
Shrewsbury Held trials in 1073. By Dan out of June;
perfect ill Held and capital nose. £40.

4. Dog and Bitch- Same litterns Bristol; liver and
white; perfectly broken and very fast. £30 each.

5. Union and white dog. Shot— Winner of twelvo

Cri/.es. Including cup at Lisburn Inst week for the
est sporting dog In iho show. By young Itap out of
Nell: pedlgiee given for many generations. £40. Is
well broken.

ii. A oruce of bitches ready to break; black and
white, own sister to that wonderful dog, Hector, wln-
nGr of pointer stakes and champion cup for best
pointer or setter ut the la-t Shrewsbury trials, and
winner of puppy stakes at Shrewsbury tue year be-
fore. £20 enen.

7. Seilers, British, wbltc arid black ticked bitch, 2
years old, by Dash out of Judith; wlnnner of puppy
stakes at Shrewsbury, and also at Vaynol; also the
all ago stakes at Shrewsbury and first prize on show
bench; perfectly broken. £40.

8. Bryan— By Hob Hoy out of Boss; Rob Roy win-
ner of all aged stakes and champion plate at Shrews-
bury; black and white; perfectly broken . £30.

0. A brace of Gordon Setter Pups, eight months
old. By Neville’s Grouse, winner at Crystal Palace,
Birmingham, Ac., out of champion Norah, winner of
many prizes, and the dam of more winners than any
other bitch ever was, Price £20 each.

10. Also several other well broken pointers nnd set-
ters of prize blood nt moderate prices, and one or two
Irish sellers to spare.

All the above mentioned dogs (excepting puppies)
have received their (ruining at the bauds of Sir. Jna.
Bishop, of Field Trial celebrity, wiio had the gold
whistle uwnrded lo him at Vaynol for working his
dogs in the quickest and most cfiicicnt manner, and
condition cup ut Ipswich.

Ben— Champion, curly coated retriever: winner of
twenty prizes, including silver cups at Birmingham,
Nottingham, Dublin, Manchester, Newport, Ac. ; 34
years old, tender mouthed and good retriever, £30.

Dinah— Also curly coated; winner of second prize
nt Birmingham; 3 years. £20.

Purchase rs will kindly seud £5 extra for each dog,
to pay the passage fare.

Apply to.J. S. SKIDMORE, Nantwlch, England.
Reference— J. II. Whitman, Chicago.

For sale.— a small, well-bred

Hound; cross between a beagle and harrier; two
years old; well broken; perfect In every respect;
"dead medicine” «n rabbits and foxes. Price $25.
Address THOS. P. CANTWELL, Brulucrd, Minn.
Refer to Kennel Editor F. and S. Ju3 2t

A. C. WADDELL S

Breeding Kennel, Newton, N. J.

The finest strain of young Pointers and Setters for
sale. Dogs boarded and cared for in the best manner
at $5 per month. Ped'grees guaranteed.; dogs broken
for $50. Mnr 11

C COCKER FOR SALE — A Liver and

KJ White COCKER BITCH; twelve months old;
very handsomely marked; sound and all right; cun be
used this season on cock and arouse; price $:5.
Address ROBERT WALKER,

Franklin, Delnwnrc Co., N. Y.

YHTEIlIN VltY SURGEON.— DR. J. M. HEARD
’ (member of tlio Royal College of Veterinary Sur-
geons, London), No. 20 Lexington avenue, N. Y., at-
tends, when requested, all cases requiring Ids piofes-
sionnl skill, llorscs carefully examined as to sound-
ness. Oct 22

llKMlY GARDNER, M. D., HAS CONSTANT-
1 1 LY on hand and for sale, medicines adapted to
the cure of all diseases. Dealer in sport ng dogs of
every variety. Dogs trained for reasonable compen-
sation. No. Ill South Fifth ave., N. Y. Oct 22

MUZZLE LOADEHS
CONVERTED INTO BREECH LOADERS,

ON TI1E MOST APPROVF.D PRINCIPLE,
and all kinds of BREECH LOADING work effected.

Mortimer & Kirkwood,

24 ELM Street, Boston, Mass,

tA.

J. D. DOUGALL’S

EXPRESS SHOT GUNS.

(Title registered.)

OlIOWN liy triulsnl Wimbledon by Editor
O of the Field to possess the GREATEST PENE-
TRATION mid therefore LONGEST RANGE— thus:
Circle, 30 inches; 300 pellets; average, 191; penetra-
tion. 3?. The Editor's trial of Greener grins with 340
pellets of same shot and same charge of powder, gave
180, and penetration 30, although there were 10 more pol-
le.ls In each charge. Should any controversy arise as
to the durability of these new systems, we herewith
warn ai. beforehand that our system is our own Inven-
tion (though founded on the American idea) and Is DU-
RABLE, a fact remarked on by the Field, that the
guns tried hud been in use during last, season, and ref-
erences permitted to the owners. Send for Illustrated
Circulars to

59 St. James’s Street London.

THE AMERICAN

W. MERIDEN, CONN.

r Special attention Is given to first class work. Extra
sketches and DOG PORTRAITS cut to order, by
sending photographs. JACOB GLAHN, Manager,
Formerly Supt. of Parker Bros. Engraving and Orna-
mental Department, Feb It

1 02 Nassau St., N. Y.

FISHING and HUNTING SUITS.

THESE SUITS ARE MADE OF BEST
quality of Impervious duck, light tan color; es-
pecially adapted for concealment in blind* or sedge
gross, or for approaching game In the woods. Light,
durable nnd extremely cheap. The mo-t desirable
suit ever offered lo sportsmen. The coni* are made
In two styles, and can be worn with or without under
suit — English waistcoat style, with pockets for
cartridges on each side. Hats can be rolled and

curried In pocket without injury. Send .clust
measure for Coat and Vest; waist and Inside seam
measnre for pants. For Hats or Caps send size worn.

English Coat, all sizes 6 50

Pants, all sizes 3 00

Vests, all sizes 3 00

Hats and Cups, all sizes 2 50

Full Suits 15 00

DUNKLEK’S CAMP STOVES. l»rice$15.

Those desiring something light nnd durable for
camping purposes will find this stove exactly right;
weighs only 25 pounds; will cook for leu persons.
The ware conslsis of Kettle, Tea Keltic, Coffee Pot,
Fry-pan, round Tin Pan, two square Pans, Dipper,
Gridiron, Tent Collar, mid eight feet Funnel Stove
Pine, with oven that will roast 15 pounds beef, all of
which nests anil pucks inside of stove, which only oc-
cupies a space of 12x12x20 inches.

CAM I' LOUNGES. Prim* $4 and
When folded is about the size of mi ordinary shawl
strapped. A light, durable, compact, anil comfort-
able conch. Sent by express C. '.*. D.. $4, Including
side and supporting sticks at the head. Just the thing
for the camp or lawn.

CAMP TENTS,

for six persons, An A tent weighs 15 pounds. Can
be packed in knupsuck. Price $10.

American Do^ Biscuits,

Made of nutritive bono and muscle making material,
and Is the only portable food for dogs made in tins
country. Put up iu packages of 10, 25, and 100 pounds,
and warranted not to spoil In any climate. Price,
10c. per pound.

Camp Mosquito Burs,

arranged with flexible wireframe; folded to carry in
pocket. Head net, $1 75. Camp net for sleemng, for
one, $1 50; for four or five, $4 25; 9ix or eight, $5.
HOLABIRD’S CELEBRATED SHOOTING SUITS
AND WADING JACKETS on hand aud lo order.
Jack Lamp,

for nlsht shooting und fishing, running rapid*, light-
ing camp, etc.; the best light ever invented. $0 25.

Camp Cuts,

can be carried in pocket; a capital thing for woods-
men. $1 50.

FRENCH FiSlIINO BASKETS, SPLIT BAMBOO
RODS, TROUT RODS AND FINE TACKLE
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS.
HEGEMAN'S PORTABLE CANVAS BOATS.
BOND’S METALLIC BOATS.

(4 ii u nud Fislim? Rod Cases.

Sole leather and other varieties on hand or mad to
order.

Hart's Metallic Shells.

The best .shell ever offered to sportsmen. All sizes
on hand mid mude to order.

Cartridge Belts

for breech loading shells; five varieties.

Moccasins, Oil Tanned,

for the woods; three different styles. $3, $5 50 anil $6.

Special atteniion paid to s ■lection of guns for geu-
tlemen at a distance by au expert mid an old sports
man.

Sole agent in New Yo-k city for J. H . Bstly. IT. S.
Taxidermist. N. A. birds and eggs lor collectors.
Buck’s heads, and game birds a specialty . Orders
filled with dispatch.

We furnish every article necessary for the outfit of
sportmen In the camp or field. Goods sent every-
where by express. Remit only by draft. Post Office
order, or registered letter to

EATON & CO.,

P. O. Uox 5,100. Sportsmen's Emporium,

No. 102 Nassau street, New York City.
References — IIon.T.L Junes. Postmaster. New York
City; lion. Geo. U. Andrews, New York City; Fon
est and Stream Publishing Co. myfi-tf

IT. Y. Safety Steam Power Co.

Office : 30 COURTLANDT ST.

• BUILDERS OF I

STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS

Steam Launches & Y achtsi

And their Machinery a Specialty, also Machinery for1*

TUGS, LICHTERS AND STEAMERS^

Propeller Wheols of Superior Efficiency.

BEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR.

All our boats are guarani ced to pass inspec-
tion under the Steamboat law when required.

AXIDEHMIST’S MANUAL, a cotn-
plete, practical guide to colloctiug, preparing,
preserving and mounting uuimuls, birds, reptiles. In-
sects, &c. illustrated, 30 cents. Hunters’ and Trap-
pors'Guide, 20 cents; Dog Training, 85 cents; Sys-
tem of Improving Sneed of Horses, 60 cents. Of
booksellers or by muff

, JESSE HANEY $ CO., 119 Nassau street, N. Y.

ABBEY & IMBRIE,

SUCCESSORS TO

ANDHIlW CLERK vV CO.

48 Maiden Lane, N. Y.

IMPORTERS. MANCFACTUIIKHS AND DEALERS IN

Fishing Tackle,

On hand the largest and best assortment ever ex-
hibited In the United Slates. They particularly call
attention to tbelr

TROUT, SALMON AND BASS RODS.

Every variety of Salmon and Trout Files, and Hooks
on Gut. Cutty Hunk and Pasqne Inlands Bass Linus,
waterproof Braided Silk Lines, every size and quality of

SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES,

And every Variety and Style of

F1SII HOOKS.

Parties fitted out with appropriate Tackle for the
Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast, Canada, Maine,
the Adlrondacks. Ac., Ac.

Spill Bamboo, Trout and Salmon Hods aud Heel,
a Specially.

Agenta for the St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Solo Im-
porters of Warrin'8 Celebrated Drilled
4-29 Eyed Needles.

Orange Spoiling Powder.

ORANGE LIGHTNING POWDER,

The strongest and cleanest Powder mude. Nos. 1
to 7, packed only in sealed 1 lb. canisters. The coarser
sizes especially are recommended to owners of flue
breech-loading guns, giving great penetration with
very slight recoil.

•RANGE DUCKING POWDER,

For water fowl. Very strong and clean Nos. 1 to
5. Packed in metal kegs of 6} lbs. each, and in cuuls
tersof 1 nnd 5 lbs.

AUDUBON POWDER,

Veryqnlck. For woodcock nnd quail Nos. 1 to 4.
Packed In metal kegs of 121 lbs. and iq lbs., and In
pound canisters.

CHANGE KIPLR POWDEH,

The best for ri lies and for all ordinary purposes.
Sizes F.g, FF.g, FFF.g, the last being the finest and
most used. Packed in wood nnd metal kegs of 25
lbs., 13* lbs., nud ii* lbs., and in canisters of 1 lb. and
4 pound.

All of the above give high velocities and lcssresld-
num than any other brands made.

LAFLIN & RANO POWDER Co.,

21 Park Row, N. Y.

(Opposite Astou House.)

CHICAGO

SHOT TOWER GO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

STANDARD

DROP AND BUCK SHOT

BALLS AND BAR LEAD.

Our aim is to manufacture an article of SHOT that
is unsurpassed in ROUNDNESS. SOLIDITY. Pca-
fection of POLISH, Uniformity of SIZE, and Accu-
racy of WEIGHT, in each bag. Orders from the
Trade solicited, nnd will be filled at

The Lowest Market Prices.

E. W. BLATCHFORD, President.

C. F. GATES, Treasurer. Juu 26 ly

•J. WALLACE,

Naluralist& Taxidermist,

IMPORTER OF

FOREIGN BIRD SKINS AND ARTIFI-
CIAL EYES,

19 N. William St, New York

Birds and Animaijs Preserved to Order nr

R. L. IV EWCOMB,

TAXIDERMIST,

NO. 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM, MASS,
instruction given. Feb-4

Sportsmen!

Your attention Is called to
GOOD S OIL TANNED MOC-
CASINS, tbo best thlug over
worn by sportsmen. Not
injured bv wetting and
drying— always sort and
easy to the feet, and
VERY DURABLE— being made of the very best of
stock In threodifferent styles, and warranted th egen-.
u Ins article, different from anything before offered
Illustrated Circular and Price List free.

FRANK GOOD.

1209 Elm st. Manchester. N. H.

Salmon & Trout Angling.

JOHN SYMONS, Halifax, N, S.

Keeps a full line of London made
RODS, REELS, AND ALL ARTICLES REQUIRED
FOR ANGLING.

tap- All rivers In this province free! Also a full
assortment of Cricketing implements. Best makers
In London. A i> 1-8rn

JOSEPH C. DANE,

MANUFACTURER OF THE

Dane Breech loading Shot Gun.

LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN.

Solid Breech Snap Action.
EASIEST MANIPULATED AND ONLY GUN THAT
IS SAFE FROM ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE.

Muzzle Loaders Altered lo Breech Loaders.
my27

Miscellaneous,

CONROY, BISSETT & MALLESQN,

(Successors to J. C. Conroy A Co.)

65 Fulton St., N. Y.,

Invito the attention of amateur*
to the additions they have mode to
their regular stock of Flue Gouda,
comprising In part

Six Strip Spilt Bamlioo

ROI>S,

for Trout nnd Salmon fishing.
THE FAMED

M’Ginnis Blnck Buns Bods

rondo of Spilt Bamboo (new this
season ) . Vom Hofe’s Rubber steel
Pivot, Click nnd Salmon ltev-ls.
The celebrated "Frankfort" Reel.
Ac., Ac Sole Biannfarturer* of
"MuUnly's" Psteut Flies. Tlio
New stylo Cmtyliuiik Bu»» Line*
of Extra quality.

Parties fitted ont for the Adi-
■ ondncks, the Maine Wood*,
Lane Superior, Newport, Cutty-
hunk, Pasqne Island, West Maud,
Uiirncgut. Ac.

Orders by mall will receive enro-
fnl anil prompt attention.

Pritchard Brothers,

No. 89 Fulton St., N. Y.

ALL KINDS OF

Fishing Tackle

Made and repaired with the utmost despatch.
also, constantly on hand
THE BEST SELECTION OF TROUT AND SAL-
MON HODS. HEELS, LINKS AND FLIES.
Medal* awarded at the World's Fair nnd American
Institute foroumuperior Artificial Flies. *—

It. J. walsheT

DRAPER and TAILOR

y

MoVICKER’S THEATRE BUILDING,

CHICAGO.

Birds, pet and hare animals,

and AQUARIA STOCK DEPOT nnd AQUARIA
CASE MANUFACTORY. J. BAGOT, Agent, 31
Fulton street, New York City. Goldfish, Sllvorllsh,
Fish and Animal Life, and Aquatic Plains In variety.
Also Shell*. Pebbles, Ornaments, Corals, Ac.. to stock
the Aquarium. Camrioe and other song bird*',
Pigeons, Parrots, and Paroquets; Rnbhlts, Squirrels,
Dogs, pet and rare Animals generally; Bird Seeds,
prepared food for Mocking Birds and oilier soft-billed
bird*; Fish food. Bird Gravel, Dog Medicine*. But-
ler'* celebrated Mange aud Flea Cure, Ac., wbuiesul*
and retail. Mar t-ly

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I Volume -1, Number 19.

, l 17 Chatham Si. (Cltylloll eqr.)

For Forts C and Stream.

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IinbiUintn.

NEVADA is decidedly a State of mountains and val-
leys. The chief occupation of its inhabitants is min-
ing its mountain regions, and cattle raising in the valleys,
1 though there is more or less attention paid to the cultiva-
tion of the soil in the valleys throughout the State. The
principal productions are wheat, barley, oats and potatoes;
I * but little Indian corn is raised, on account of the early
frosts. The only means of watering the fields of grain and
[j meadows in the valley is by irrigation, as but little rain
falls during the season. Cattle do not require feeding dur-
ing the Winter, although the snow may be six inches or
even a foot deep. They thrive on the white sage and the
tall grass, which grows in abundance in most of the val-
leys throughout the State. Up to this time there has been
no snow, but to-day snow is falling plentifully. Two
years ago snow had fallen to the depth of two feet through-
out the northern part of the State, thousands of cattle per-
ishing with cold and hunger, wliich-.could not be avoided,
as hay was not gathered in the Summer more than to serve
their domesticated horses and cattle. Single individuals
often own from one to ten thousand head of cattle, and
one man owns fifty thousand head; during this season he
lost ten thousand head, so that it will bo readily seen that
to provide for cattle here as in the Eastern States during
the Winter would be utterly impossible.

Ban Francisco is the great cattle market for this State
and California. These vast herds of cattle do not cost
their owners more than the necessary expense of procuring
help to look after them and mark and brand the calves.
There are no fences to mark the boundary line between
ranches; indeed fences are not used, except occasionally to
enclose a small garden. After the cattle are collected in
the Spring for the purpose of marking and branding, they
are turned loose into the mountain ranges, where grass
grows luxuriantly on the mountain sides and in their vast
cafions, which is called bunch grass. It is very rich and
eweet. These cafions afford water for the herds during
the Summer months. After the crops are harvested on
the rauches the cattle are brought from the mountains into
the valleys, where they are allowed to remain until the
herding season in the Spring. The cattle belonging to dif-
ferent owners mingle together, and it not uufrequently
happens that they wander from fifty to one hundred miles
from their ranch when collected and brought back in the
Spring.

■ The herding of cattle is an exciting business. Every man
and boy who is able to ride, within an area of twenty miles,
is mounted on a pony with whip and lariat. The lariat is
manufactured from the green rawhide, is suple and pliable
as a string, and will hold any bullock or wild horse. This
is made fast to the horn of the saddle— for all use Mexican
saddles in this country, which are secured to the horses by
a girth a foot wide, made of hair; this is drawn as taut as
possible by the strength of a man, and fastened by a strap
to un iron ring on the side of the saddle. This being done
the saddle cannot turn when the lariat is thrown over the
horns of a bullock or the head of a wild horse. Ten thous-
and cattle may be herded in one drove, owned by many
different parties, perhaps, aud all herded on an open plain
and surrounded by men mounted on horseback to keep
them together, while each owner in turn rides through the
herd to “cut out" his own and drive them in a herd by
themselves. This is no small task, for the cattle are wild
and mostly of the Spanish breed. The metal of the horses
ih often tested, ns well as the skill of the rider in this em-
HBoyment. This work being finished, each owner drives
his cattle home, and yards, marks and brands the calves.
These yards are called corrals. When a large stock of
cattle is owned by one individual it is necessary to keep
horses to gather and herd them; in some coses it requires
a« many as one hundred mustangs for this purpose.

Clover Valley, from which I write, is one of the best and
(Dost lovely valleys in the State, and embraces about forty

miles in length north and south, and will average about
fifteen miles in width. Humboldt Wells lie in its northern
extremity. It is bounded on the west by a lofty range of
shivered rocks and yawning canons, which afford an
abundant supply of water for the valley. Nearly every
mile perhaps a fresh cold stream comes dashing down
through these openings along the mountain sides. From
these streams ditches are cut in all directions to irrigate the
vast meadows which lie beneath, stretched out to the op-
posite mountains in the east. A peculiarity of these east-
ern mountains is, that very little water oozes from their
western slopes; but silver and galena are found in quanti-
ties. Another remarkable feature is the vast number of
streams which head in the mountains of Nevada east of
the Sierras, which have no outlet. They either terminate
like the Humboldt River, in a low morass, or are
taken up by the meadows in the wild valleys.

In the centre of Clover Valley, east and west towards its
southern extremity, is a lake into which all the surplus
water of the valley is deposited: but this has no outlet, and
at some seasons of the year becomes nearly dry, but never
entirely so. At the southern end of this valley a creek
sufficiently large to run a mill breaks out of the base of
the foot hills of the mountain, the water of which is too
warm to drink, even at this season of the year. It evi-
dently passes through a composition of minerals which im-
part to it this heat by their chemical combination. The
water is impregnated with lime, magnesia, sulphur aud
borax. It is not unpleasant to the taste when cold, but if
taken freely, operates as a cathartic. On this creek is a
fine ranch of four hundred acres, with a public house fit-
ted up with every convenience for the entertainment of
guests who throDg this thoroughfare from Humboldt
Wells station on the north, through this and Ruby Vulley,
to the southern part of the State. This ranch belongs to
tho estate of the late Mr. Broomfield. A few miles south
of this in Ruby Valley, which is only separated from this
by a few low foot hills, are found about fifty hot springs,
all within a few rods of each other. The temperature of
these springs varies very much; some are boiling hot; food
is often cooked in them, and the farmers near by, when
butchering, scald their hogs in them. The depth of these
springs has never been ascertained. Steam rises from these
springs Winter and Summer, and the amount of water in
them always remains tho same. Calk center is formed in
large masses around all of these springs.

Humboldt Wells are another curiosity. They form the
source of Humboldt River. There are a number of these
wells, which are of different forms and sizes, and they rise
like the hot springs of Ruby Valley, out of a smooth,
sunken valley- Though often attempted, these springs
have never been sounded. The water is cold and clear,
and of a good quality for use. It was by these wells that
the old emigrant road passed in going to California, and
was made a camping place for the weary and worn trav-
eler. The rich bottom grass flourishes at all seasons of the
year. In crossing the dry barrens over the Rocky Mount-
ains the wagon wheels would become unsafe from shrink-
age; Humboldt Wells was a convenient place for repairs
and to recruit man and beast. One time a company of
emigrants reached the wells with wagons rickety from a
long journey through a dry country. Their wagon wheels
were immediately taken off and thrown into one of the
wells to expand by the dampness and tighten the tire. To
their dismay tho next morning they could not be found, as
they had settled to the bottom of the well, and they could
not procure a rope of sufficient length to reach the bottom.
Although water flows through the mountain streams in
great abundance, there are vast tracts in the valleys lying
uncultivated because they cannot be irrigated, for the rea-
son that they are higher than the streams. These unculti-
vated soils are rich and fertile, aud covered with a heavy
growth of wild sage, which grows to the height of two
feet and has a strong odor, like sage, and the leaf very much
resembles our domestic sage; but nothing will eat this
shrub but a large gray hen, as large our domestic fowl.
These are called sago hens, and are quite a9 good food as
the prairie chicken. The sage hens go in flocks, and are

^ — —

quite numerous. They are not found east of the Rooky
Mountains. The wild sage grows very rank, with half a
dozen shoots or stalks coming up from the root, each as
large as a man's arm, and is of a woody texture. Indians
use it much for fuel. Irrigation kills it; it cannot enduro
water, hence it only grows on high and dry ground. Could
artesian wells be sunk in these elevated places many thous-
ands of acres of the best lands in these valleys could be
utilized. Applications have been made to the U. 8. Gov-
ernment to give such lauds to parties who would sink wells
for the purpose of irrigating them, but as yet no action
has been taken.

The valleys of Nevada afford no timber except the wild
sage, which in some places occupies miles in extent. Some-
times will be seen growing along the foot hills of the moun-
tains a kind of juniper, or what the people call cedur,
though not to bo compared to tho cedar of the Eastern
States. These trees grow of sufficient size and length for
fence posts, but only one can be obtained from a tree. The
timber is found on the mountain sides and in tho enfiona.
These cafions commence high up in the mountains and
extend down through the foot hills to the open plains. In
the lower end of these cafions is often found a heavy
growth of aspen, or a species of poplar; this is used for
building purposes and for fencing corrula for the cuttle.
The first houses built in Nevada were made of aspen tim-
ber in the following manner: Logs were cut of eight or
nine feet in length, sharpened at one end and driven into
the ground, or placed -in holes dug for the purpose, up
right, and as closely together as possible; then timbers laid
across the top, close together, with grass thrown on them
and then covered with earth. Sometimes a floor was laic
and sometimes it was not; then by cutting a doorway and
windows the house was complete, excepting the plastering
up of chinks with mud. Having but little rain In this
country such a building would be comfortable in Winter
and Summer for many years. Many men worth thousands
of dollars live in such nouses. At the present time there
are many good frame and brick dwellings in the valleys.

The principal timber found on the mountain sides i9
mahogany and pine. The mahogony is a very hard and
heavy wood. The bodies of the trees are very short, like
all timber growing in high altitudes, but some of them
are large with large and gnarled tops. This wood takes a
beautiful polish and makes the most beautiful furniture,
but in consequence of its gnarled and winding grain is very
hard to work. Pine is the principal wood for fuel in the
State. It also has a short body, never above twenty or
thirty feet long; but some of them grow very large tl the
base, tapering to a point at the top. The branches of this
pine are large and long, and are given off at ubout ten or
twelve feet from the ground. There is also a species of
the yellow or pitch pine, with burrs growing on them ro-
sembling those of the yellow pine of the Eastern States,
but unlike the pine of the East each husk or folding of tho
burr has a nut deposited at its root, so that in one burr
there will be from thirty to forty nuts, which are as large
a marrowfat pea, though oval in shape. One large tree
will yield a bushel or two of nuts. These, like peaouts,
are roasted before eaten. The inhabitants call this by tho
name of nut pine. The Indians used these nuts for food
before the whites settled the country. They are very pala-
table, having a slight piney taste. Rev. A. Chase.

Warm Creek, Clover Val'ey , Nevada, January 18tA, 1875.

Bite of the Rattlesnake.— A post office agent travel-
ing in Texas, tells of the successful use of the gall of a
rattlesnake as an autidote for the bite of that reptile. In
the case spoken of relief was almost instantaneous to the
patient, who was writhing in paroxysms of great pain, rap-
idly swelling and becoming purple. A friend of the writer,
who spent several years In California and New Mexico,
saw the same remedy successfully used among the Indians
in the latter country. In one instance an Indian’s dog near
the camp was bitten In the nose by a large rattlesnake.
The Indians immediately opened the reptile and adminis-
tered the gall. The cure was rapid and effectual.—#.
yueltne (Fla.) Pr***.

A

202

FOREST AND STREAM

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA— No. 11.

BEING NOTES OP A TOOT OF EXPLORATION— BY OUR OWN
COMMISSIONER.

THE morning after our arrival at the mouth of the
Homosassa wo were moving by daylight, and after
breakfast followed in the wake of our new friends, as their
boatman professed to bo acquainted with the channel. We
had not proceeded over one mile before we found the Spray
to be hard and fast on a cove oyster bar. As the boat be-
longing to our new friends was light draft, they left us
alone in our glory. Finally we found the channel, and
proceeded but a short distance when we discovered what
appeared to be two rivers, and we naturally followed the
widest. By the use of the lead wo found the channel to
shoal rapiiily, so we returned and took the right hand
stream, and after sailing a distance of four miles we
sighted a residence on a high shell bank and an attractive
boat house at the water’s eage. As we reached the landing
the raiu descended in torrents, and wo pushed the stern of
the Spray under the boat house. We had barely secured
the boat before a youth presented himself and invited us
to accept the hospitalities of the house. Wo inquired for
Mr. Jones, and were informed that he was absent, so we
politely declined the invitation 60 hospitably extended. As
it was blowing a gale we deemed it prodent uot to light a
tire in our stove, but indulge in a homeopathic meal, con-
sisting of three red herrings, a cup of lemonade, and a few
soda crackers per man. Our frugal repast was barely fin-
ished when we received a pressing invitation to diuner, and
os our clothing was not very ornamental, we offered as an
excuse that we had dluca sumptuously. Soon after wo
noticed a lady runniug through the rain toward the boat
house, and her pleasant and smiling face convinced us that
she was kind and hospitable, and, in words, she informed
us that “Mr. Jones was absent, but that she was chief of
the establishment under the circumstances.” Finding that
“no excuse would be accepted, and that we must make
ourselves at home,” we surrendered, and followed her to
the dining room. Upon entering we found a large dining
table groaning under a supply of edibles that would have
gratified both a gourmand and a gurnet. For nearly two
months we had not taken a seat at a table, and it was sim-
ply a caution to cooks to see the manner in which wo de-
posited boiled and baked sheepshead, roasted and slewed
wild ducks, beef, vegetables, home-made bread, fresh milk
and butter, an excellent dessert, and an indefinite number
of the most delicious oranges.

After dinner we expressed a desire to leave and reach the
head of the river, but Mrs. J. insisted upon our remaining
uutil Mr. J. returned, and finding that excuses were use-
less, we accepted the invitation so hospitably tendered.
Homosassa was the residence of the Hon. Mr. Yulee before
the war, and the house is situated on a shell mound slopiug
to the river. Along the water’s edge a permanent stone
wall a quarter of a mile in length has been constructed.
Near the stone wall a row of gigantic fig trees are grow-
ing, the spread of the branches of the largest being fifty-
three feet. The river is about ten miles in length, and as
soon as the weather permitted we examined it to its source,
as well as the adjoining country. Two miles above Mr.
J.’6 residence we left the boat and landed at the lower ed^e
of the old sugar plantation. Here we found an old clear-
ing of several hundred acres, which had been devoted to
sugar culture in limes past. In traversing the old planta-
tion wc noticed deer and turkey tracks in every direction.
W e reached the river again at the old sugar bouse, and
took seats in the yawl boat. Proceeding up the stream we
noticed largo fish in thousands fleeing before the boat.
After a pleasant journey we found ourselves floating in the
bosom of Homosassa Spring— truly an enchanting spot, a
view of which repaid us for all our wanderings. Looking
over the side of the boat we noticed a number of huge
snapping turtles clinging to the rocky ledges, and cavalli,
redfish, bass, sheepshead, weakfish and red and black

frouper in thousands leisurely swimming about the basin,
n this spring all the species of fish are ever ready to take
a bait, and the follower of Old Isaac cun obtain a surfeit of
sport at any time. Owing to the voracity of the fish and
the clearness of the water the piscator can Belect the va-
riety of fish he wishes to capture. In consequence of the
presence of a number of large turtles and such countless
numbers of fish the water in this basin is not as clear a3 it
is in some others, thirty-five to forty feet being the limit
where fish can be seen. We measured the deepest point in
the ba«in and found the lead to reach bottom al forty-
eight feet.

"Around the basin and along the banks of the river we
found large numbers of water turkeys, cormorants, fish
hawks, and species of the heron and crane families, which
were more easily approached than on any stream w’e have
visited. Ducks, not to he enumerated by thousands but by
square acres, were visible to the right and left, and before
and behind us. The sportsman can find accommodations
at Mr. Jones', and can fully occupy his time. Near the
house excellent sheepsheadiug exists, and these noble fish
of large size, can be captured until the arms ache. By
trolling with a spoon or spinuer redfish can be caught rang-
ing from five to thirty pounds. A year or two since a gen-
tleman from the Hub engaged in this kind of fishing, and
pickerel fisher like, placed the line between liis teeth. He
secured a bite, the line fouled, and at the end of the per-
formance he has minus a tooth, but landed a thirty-two
pound redfish. By visiting the spring four miles from the
house the knight of the rod can land fish of large size as
rapidly as he can bait and secure his fish. If he desires
larger and more clumsy game he can amuse himself cap-
turing turtles ranging from eighteen to thirty inches in
length. In the Homosassa and Salt Kivers and in the bayous
and blind creeks near Mr. Jones’ residence the shootist will
find ducks by the square acre, and if he is disposed to en-
gage in the destruction of larger game— such sh pelicans,
gaouel, and an endless variety of herons and cranes— all
that is necessary to be done is to lay in a stock of provi-
eions, take a boat, and sail to one of the St. Martin’s Keys
—a few miles from the mouth of the Homosassa. On one
of these keys the sportsmau will find a rookery, where the
sea birds, frequenting an area of probably forty miles
nightly collect to roost.

At the old sugar plantation two miles above the house
good quail and snipe shooting is obtainable. Bear exist in
the hummocks, and can be captured if the sportsman se-
cures the services of a cracker with hiB bear dogs The
neighborhood seems to be a favorite resort for deer, and for
\Uis description of sport wo can unhesitatingly recommend

Jones’ as a place of resort.. The still hunter by visiting the
old sugar plantation or the edge of the pine timber, four
miles from the house, will experience but little difficulty in
securing a pair of antlers worthy of gracing his Northern
home. For miles west and southwest of the house large
areas of low-lying land exists, covered with a luxuriant
growth of rushes and coarse grasses, with here aud there
islands of timber, consisting of gum, live and swamp oak,
cedar and cabbage palms. The low lands furnish excellent
feed, and the islands shelter for deer. Late in the year the
rushes and grasses lose their vitality, and if a windy day is
selected thousands of acres can be burned over by the ap-
plication of a single match. In n few weeks the flats will
be covered with a luxuriant and succulent growth of grass,
and deer will visit the locality in numbers. These flats are
comparatively dry, and would furnish the fire-pan hunter
an excellent field for sport. If parties who propose visit-
iug Homosassa would communicate witli Mr. Jones a few
weeks in advance ho would hum off a few square miles of
marsh for the benefit of his visitors. If turkey shooting is
desired the sportsman can enjoy it by ascending the river
to the spring and proceeding to the edge of the pine tim-
ber. Mr. Jones’ nephew, a mere lad, informed us that he
had killed sixteen deer within a short period and in hail of
the house, on a small clearing on the opposite side of the
river. As Frank was unacquainted with fire hunting I sug-
gested that we should engage in the sport. After supper
we piovided ourselves with some fat pine and a long-han-
dled frying pan . We landed on the opposite bank at the
clearing, lighted our fire, and had not proceeded over
eighty yards before we noticed four fine deer within thirty
yards. Fortunately for the deer Frank had an acute attack
of the brick fever and aimed at the Pleiades. While he
was taking aim I heard voices at the house; hence here wns
deer shooting within a reasonable distance from home.
Next day I suggested another hunt, and intimated that I
would try my luck. After supper several visitors — Harry,
Frank, Mr. J.’s nephew, Fifteenth Amendment Dick, and
Al Fresco, seven in all — left for the clearing, truly a suffi-
cient number to prevent the possibility of securing a deer.
We lighted our fire, and had not proceeded over one hun-
dred yards before I noticed four (leer within twenty yards
of the light, but owing to the noise made by seven pairs of
feet tramping through the dry grass they were alarmed,
and before 1 could step in front of the light to insure accu-
racy of aim they bounded into the hummock. Looking to
the right I noticed a pair of eyes at a distance of probably
eighty yards. I gave him both barrels, and although
wounded he escaped. Those who are posted will remark
that it was madness to attempt fire hunting with such a re-
tinue, and I am prepared to admit the uselessness of the
proceeding, but I disliked to be selfish and insist on engag-
ing in the sport with but one companion. On the first oc-
casion our party numbered five and on the last seven, and
if deer can be so easily approached by such numbers, what
would be the result if the sportsman carried his own head
light, or was merely attended by the pan carrier.

Salt River is a tidal channel, extending from the nmno-
sassa to the Crystal River, and is about leu miles in length,
with its bottom literally paved with large and luscious
cooking oysters. The bars off the mouth of the Crystal
River are covered with the largest and finest salt oyster to
be found on the American coast. When he has visitors
Mr. Jones visits these beds weekly, and obtains a boat load
of these delicious bivalves for the benefit of bis guests, who
can have them cooked how or when they like, or can open
ADd deposit them when the spirit moveth. Having referred
to the bivalve attractions of the place I may as well notice
the host and hostess as well as the house aud dielic attrac-
tions.

Mr. Jones is a Bostonian, and served with honor in the
First Massachusetts Cavalry during the war. Visitors will
find him quiet, intelligent, unobtrusive, and ever studious of
the comfort of his guests. Mrs. . I. is a native of Bloom-
field, N. Y., and will be found to be intelligent, affable,
kind, and ever ready to contribute to the comfort and
pleasures of those who favor her with their patronage. Shu
seems to anticipate every want of her visitors, and as u
cook and housekeeper she cannot be excelled. Everything
was scrupulously clean, and the table in every way unex-
ceptionable. Wliat the visitor to Florida 'seldom meets
with he will find at Homosassa — the host of home-made
bread, fresh milk twice daily, and fresh butter at least
twice weekly. In addition to a lavish supply of the neces-
saries aud luxuries of life the visitor is expected to deposit
an indefinite number of the most delicious oranges after
each meal, between times, and before retiring at night.
The house is near the river, one story high, and surrounded
by a spacious veranda. The rooms open on the verandas
on two sides, the ceilings being very high, aud each having
a fire-place in it. Tne beds are such as visitors seldom find
in Florida. Owing to the limited number of rooms Mr. J.
can accommodate but four couples in the main building!
but at a distance of one hundred yards from the house is
Liberty Hall, where from two to four stags can sleep and
eujoy themselves. If justified, (aud I sincerely hope he
will be,) Mr. J. will add to his present building.

In my humble opinion no place in the State presents so
many attractions for the sportsman, if we take into con-
sideration the sporting advantages in connection with home
comforts, excellent accommodations, superior table, perfect
cleanliness, aud an admirable climate. Sportsmen who
wish to enjoy themselves and at the same time be accom-
panied by their better halves will find this place to offer
many attractions. If a stag party of from two to four
wish to enjoy themselves for a few weeks or months we
would recommend them to engage Liberty Hail. Wliat
surprised me most was the moderate charge for the accom-
modations furnished— from .$10 to $12 per week. Visitors
will find an ample supply of boats, and for a trilling charge
negroes living on the plantation will keep the piscator sup-
plied with bait. Mr. Jones is the Postmaster, aud the place
is provided with a weekly mail. We spent a week at Ho-
mosassa, and found but one thing to annoy, that being the
fact that we were compelled to leave.

To those who propose visiting the locality we would say,
provide a strong bass rod, a crab net, and u full supply of
strong hooks aud lines. In this connection we may remark
that we tested at this point as well as many others a sheeps-
head hook manufactured by Shipley & Son, of No. 5 Com-
merce street, Philadelphia, and wo can unhesitatingly rec-
ommend it as unequaled for strength anil temper. The
only fault of the hook is the shortness of the shund, which
should be twice the present length.

Some of my readers will ask where is Homosassa, and
how can it bo reached, which I will explain. It is about
forty miles from Cedar Key*, aud may bo reached by two

routes — one via Savannah, Fcrnandina, or Jacksonville to
Cedar Keys, and the other via Silver Spriug and Ocala.
The sportsman can easily ascertain upon wliat day bo will
reacji Cedar Keys, anil by addressing Alfred E. Jones,
Postmaster, Homosassa, Fla., in advance of the day of ar-
rival, Mr. J. will be found on the keys with a boat to trans-
port visitors to his place free of charge. If unable to com-
municate with Mr. J. a suitablo boat may bo chartered at
Cedar Keys for about $10 for the trip. If the sportsman
is desirous of visiting an interesting and attractive portion
of the State ho can take steamer from Jacksonville to Sil-
ver Spring, aud back from the Spring to Ocala — a distance
of six miles. From Ocala to Homosassa the distance is
forty miles over a good road, andE. J. Harris, of the Ocala
House, will make the necessary arrangements for transpor-
tation of visitors to the hospitable ingleside of A. E. Jones.
We have at various times wandered over a large portion of
the State, and in all sincerity can assure the readers of the
Forest and Stream that, taking everything into consid-
eration, we found Jones’, on the Ilomosassa, the most at-
tractive point we have thus far found in Florida, and if
alive and kicking during the course of next Winter we pro-
pose visiting there again, and it would afford me great
pleasure to meet some ot the sporting reudors of the For-
est and Stream at the hospitable home of Alfred E. Jones.

Al Frksoo.

Game Laws ok Vermont.— We copy the following from
the Game laws of Vermont, approved November 24th,
1874. Those who fish in Lake Champlain will do well to
peruse what is written:

Section 1. Whoever takes or catches any salmon in any
of the waters of this State, or has in his or her possession
any such fish captured within the limits of this State, for
five years from the passage of this act, shall forfeit and
pay a tine not to exceed $10 for each and every salmon so
taken.

Sec. 2. Whoever takes or catches any trout, land-locked
salmon, salmon trout, or lunge in any of the public waters
of this State between the 1st day of September of one year
and the 1st day of May of the next year, shall forfeit and
pay a fine not to exceed $10 for each and every fish afore-
said.

Sec. 3. Whoever takes or catches any black bass in any
of the public waters of this State between the 1st day of
June and the 1st day of August in any year shall forfeit
and pay a fine uot to exceed $5 for each fish so taken.

Sec 4. Whoever takes or catches any white fish or lake
shad in any of the public waters of this Slate between the
1st day of October and the 1st day of December in any
year shall forfeit and pay a fine not to exceed $10.

Sec. 5. Whoever takes or catches any wall-eyed pike or
pike perch between the 1st day of April and the 1st day of
June of auy year shall forfeit and pay a fine not to ex-
ceed $.r> .

Sec 0. No person shall bo allowed to capture any trout,
land-locked salmon, salmon, salmon trout, or lunge in any
of the public waters of the State except by hook and line,
in the ordinary way, with bait, fly, or troll, Under a pen-
alty of $20 for each violation of this act; provided always
that the Fish Commissioners may be allowed to take fish m
any season of the year for stocking ponds, lakes, and riv-
ers, and for maintaining and cultivating fish artificially,
and for no other purpose; and may also grant permits iu
writing for other persons to capture fish for artificial prop-
agation and maintenance in private ponds.

Sec. 7. Any person legally engaged in the artificial cul-
ture and maintenance of fish may take them in his own
waters, how and when he pleases, or take them in the pub-
lic streams for breeding purposes, provided he gets the
written permit of the Commissioners of Fisheries to do so,
or the permit of the selectmen of any town where he so
takes them, but shall not sell them for food at seasons
when their capture is prohibited by this act.

Sec. 8. All pound-net or trap-net fishing in the public
waters of this State are hereby prohibited.

Sec. 10. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons
to engage in the slocking of any of the public waters in
this State with pickerel.

Sec. 13. No person shall pursue, kill, or destroy any
wild deer, buck, fawn, or elk within the •limits of this
State, save through the months of September, October,
November, and December in any year, nor shall any per-
son kill, catch, or destroy any mink, beaver, fisher, or otter
between the 1st day of April aud Llie 1st day of October iu
any year, under a penalty of $20 for eacli offense.

GAME IN TEXAS.

Bound Mountain, June 0th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I send ii few items regarding tho game of this locality, hoping by so
doing to beueflt some friends of gnu and dog. Tho country hero is
open woodland, resembling an Immense orchard, the oaks looking like
npple trees and tho mesqult (pronounced inuskeui) like peach, there be-
ing an occasional bunch of chaparral for cover. Tho whole country Is
easy of uccesg on a Spanish pony, and you cun shoot off any of them
I Imt have boon used as cow ponies, or, if preferred, get off uud throw the
reins on the ground; he will graze while you secure the gamo.

First on the frontier Texan's list of gome is Mr. Lo. whoso rnlds for
pouies oil the settlements, though growing less frequent, aru by no
menus ended. Here, however, we do not look for them again, the cow
hoys having so completely whipped them on Pack Saddle Mountain,
eighteen months ago, ten miles north of me, that they will hardly ven-
ture so near again. Buffalo still range in large herds seventy-live to one
hundred miles west. Our people puy hut little attention to them, caring
nothing for the sport, as they have similar excitement dally In limiting
wild cattle. Deer uru very plenty, though are not so numerous as a few
years ugo. They are fast becoming thinned out. Many shoot them for
their skins, leaving the carcass for the wolves end coyotes, who uro over
on the alert for so dainty a morsel. I have seen as many ns live deer
In a hunch within n mile of the house . Wild turkeys uro found In large
numbers in the cedar brakes during the Winter months; tills being their
hatching season they nre scattered over tho open country. Morning and
evening tho loud call of the gobbler cau ho heard in every direction,
often causing mo to wish for my breech loader. They are generally
hunted at their roosts, one person often killing six or seven in one night
—a moonlight night being chosen for the hunt. Tho pocary, or wild
hogs, are yet to he fouud on Sand Mountain twelve miles west. They
arc not hunted much, though are often shot by the cow hoys with their
six shooters while after cattle. These men arc experts with the navy -
1 saw one u few days since shoot tho heud off a running rattlesnake. I
have often seen them shoot squirrels through the heud. Wild geese,
brunt, ducks, pelicans, cruues, &c., give tine sport on the streams In
Winter. Squirrels are almost os thick as sand dies in Florida.' I have
counted us many os six on one tree, and think some got away; while tho
fox, coon and 'possum are Iu sulllcleut nutnburs to oleuu out u hen roost
auy night,

FOREST AND STREAM.

Block ba*», pcrcli nnd white catfish may be canght in nil streams of
nny size. Tbe latter arc very plenty and often caught welshing sixty
to eighty pounds in the Colorado. Wo have no prairie chickens here.
Northeast of ns, on tho prairies, they are very plenty; but we have quail
in large numbers. They are hard to shoot on the wing, however, owing
to the low limbs on the trees and chaparral. Jack rabbits and cotton
tails can be jumped almost anywhere. The first make fine sport for dogs
on the open mcsqnlt lints.

Having mentioned all the game anlmnls and birds of this section of
Texas, I will not clo«e without giving space for our mocking birds, Mex-
ican paradise, or forked tails, chaparral liens, &c. The latter arc a spe-
cies of pheasant, are very pretty, nnd in one parlicnlnr arc peculiar.
They lay one egg uud commence silting; while sitting lay four more,
generally no more or less than five eggs, the first being the largest and
the fifth the smallest. The birds, when grown, seem to be of the same
size, lly the time tho fifth egg is hatched the first is nearly n fully Hedged
bird. The first egg Is about the size of a pheasant's. The others grad-
ually taper down to the size of u quail's ogg, or less. At some future
day I may give sumo account of a day's sport In Texas.

J. T. Bbeks.

S'sll § nltnrLe.

—Tho Albany Argus says that Seth Green has been suc-
cessful in hatching a quantity of sturgeon, with which the
Hudson River will he again stocked in a few years; there-
fore it is expected “Albany beef” will be plenty again.

—Dr. C. W.Torrcy, Vice President, nnd A. J. Prime,
counsel of the Yonkers Sportsmen’s club, keep up a sharp
look out for persons suspected of infringing the game
laws. Just now their efforts are particularly directed to-
ward the proteclion of the oyster beds near Yonkers, and
to this end the club wish to secure the co operation of the
“New York City Society for the Protection of Game."
i hat. body will hold no sessions until next November, but
we commend the subject to the attention of its detectives
and prosecuting officers. The destruction of the oyster
beds very much impairs the fishing by destroying the food.

GnAYbrao Raised Artificially-— We arc iuformed that

Mr. Fred. Mather has hatched out 4,000 graylin-r from
spawn collected in Michigan this Spring.

—The first instalment of 40,000 salmon arrived and were
deposited in 1 emmigewnsset River, near Campton, N. H ,
last I hursday night by Messrs. Robinson it llodi'e The
second lot ot 40,000 were deposited in Baker’s River, at
1 lyuioulh, N. id., the following day.

—Lake Cochickewick, in North Andover, Mass., l.as
been leased of Hie commissioners on Inland Fisheries by
sevcial gentlemen for the purpose of propagating useful

wUh'black baii!.lVC y C0,nme“Ced stockinS the lake

cels from time immemorial, their life history is still as re-
condite as ever. Wo are not quite certain that male eels
ever enter our rivers, for it has been asserted bv respectable
autlionty that the femnlea ure only found there; and at all

for f!ennhf Pre8en?e of “ale* where there is no roe ready
for fecundation might seem useless, even if they then had

wh?ehtU«o r"'1 l’ h,Ch ,nobody pretends to have seen, and
which, so far as we yet know, can only be expected during

!ifet[,rte«ne, fG' • rc do ,hc>' brced? 1,1 tbe shallows
of tho sea shore, or in the greater depths towards the
abysses of the ocean? Are eels oviparous or viviparous?
Nay, as to such seemingly easy matter as the identity of
the species, or rather genus, perplexing questions are still

fnr,fi,ng,HV^nin 0l?r C0u:t8 of Jusl'ce. as exemplified lately
in the administration of onr fishery laws. In short very
careful anatomical investigations are required to illustrate
the whole snbject; and how the most important prelimi-
nary point now presents itself for inquiry we have already
intimated. — Land and Water. y

Ono Cujiybura, I/yrhoc/ir.nu eapybura. Porcbaied

tZ ml anV,^r Ar“ cMoraptera. Purchased.

T rl Sk nr ?10;: Purchased.

Oue Crola r l L' Purchased,

uui Created Curuaow, Croxaltelor. Purcha-cd

Two WMi T°"Clin; tiampb ujIos t oco. Purchased

Purchased.

On 1.™ /w ’ moral/. Purchased.

Impl.ZdmoSr ***' Pru“Ut0d **»•. Oldfield &

<3&ed *nd %$iver ^ishitfg.

FISH IN SEASON IN JUNE.

iturnl ^jistorv.

MOUNTING vs EMBALMING.

GENERATION OF EELS.

'r™ subiect bas bceu obscure and overlaid with fables
1 rom the time of Aristotle to that of honest Izaak

milllnr1' fUnl 1 ll'e, fa'lie,I' of natural science and the
author of the Complete Angler” left the question with no
better answer than they found it. The late Edward Jesse
scetiig its interest and importance, entertained the inquiry
in hi.s Gleanings of Natural History," and with the assist-
anee of the late William Yarrcll, concluded that eels, like
other fish, are unisexual, t. c., diceeious. Meanwhile ob-
servations bad been made from which it appeared that ex-
I c.°Pll,,,,s occur to the rule, even in higher osseous fishes
since some ol the perch tribe, notably ikrrunus, were found
I b,> b,8cxuul or hermaphrodites, each individual with an
ov.-iry or roe on one side, and a milt or testis on the other.
Bui though this fact lias been amply confirmed by inde-
pendent researches, it at the same time proves to be merely
I an accidental exception, nothing more than a turns naturae

n io7VM ’|1,0U,r.,IU'<'n 0'' aS°. l'VO Italian anato-

"Ms, Balsaino-Crivelli and Maggi, came to the conclusion
iliat cels are truly montecious or hermaphrodite, and these
observations have since been credited rather extensively.

bull, an announcement so at variance with all our pre-
vious knowledge of the universality of the separation of
me sexes in fishes, and so important in a physiological
point ot view, was not likely to be accepted without fur-
ther inquiry Ami now, in the “Bibliotl.eque Universalle
de Geneve, Felmiary, 1875, M. Syrslu has a memoir in
wiuoi, i1L. diS8C,,ts altogether from the couclusious of the
aiorementioned Italian physiologists, fie asserts that the
| so called testes and spermatozoa described by them are noth-
ing more than fatty bodies, and the unisexuality of eels is
t ie truth after all. The males are smaller than the females,
and it would seem (lie Italians had only the lurger females,

M filch they mistook lor hermaphrodites, under observa-
tion 1 he testes in the smaller male, according to M
f7/.sk'- a,r.*f lon£> slender , flat bodies, always paired and at-
1 uart o^Ti °?rieS in„ 1 lbe. Dunale — along the under

1 }a„ , 1110 'sPmal column. But in these observations there
A m 1,1 Kcr!ous deficiency. No spermatozoa was found.
Ami this is just the point which now requires investiga-
uon ; ami such residents at our sea coasts as may have
SU1 l 'c.losc',l,es. and a. las,e f(JI' physiological science,
..S'1 ,ind 1,1 , 1,118 interesting and important branch of ieh-
ii ?rS? ump u scope for rational amusement ami instruc-
A scries of diligent searches for tho spermatozoa of
cti- would probably be rewarded by valuable results; and

relation^001.'81'1 ZlU- i1uhcrent ’“'crest of the subject in
va n O ’ ,°|, P'^f^'oeica science ami the great economic
be sna?!.rithi «! s U wdl b0 sni'itcd that no pains should
ri.p. m? . tho investigation of their true nature. The
(jiillK- ii?an01 ! ',? lan‘P'cy have been figured by Prof.
December ffiD1C|S7nrnCT "'SS|0f 11,0 Zooloa:iciil Society,"
vcp ..!! I, i I8.*0,' und Wu. ,10Pe that some British obser-
objeels^in ppi!*6 om l ,u disc°vcry of the like significant
pShion f ■' 1 hc"\ und "ut 11,1 tlieu> sltilll we be in a

SSSStSSZ&Si who"> “—T-

ly mm U1V,d that .thi9 is by no means mere-

the itniffi np ““"ibcrless curiosities ot natural liistory,
u gS 'f m w .iW, .C ‘ \3 n°t1VC‘,y “PPmct. It concerns
the peip|« from h. * ra n'fUU b,gbly esteemed as lood for

Prc'im |uV I ?,f our Saxo“ forefathers to the
St cKfv » ' H* ll,e l,uP0l'tance is obvious to the
m-st cupauty. But, though wo arc thus fumiliar with

Editor FonasT and Stobam

m yonr i»?ne of Jnnc 3<i your correspondent, E, II. Crane, claims to bo
the discoverer of a process to embalm any nnlmal or bird In a more skill-
ful manner than any taxidermist can mount it. Verily, I hope that

Lvut"r.?d v .wWOr dwl11 glvel'im crcdit for the ndvanccmcnt of
taxidermy yet before ivo take the above fora fact, let us agitate tbe
subject and look at embalming mechanically. Mr. Crane speaks of the
embalming art as sncccssfolly applied to cabinet specimens. Now, small
Irds and mammals embulmed will do very well for scientific n sc, but
when it comes to large specimens, their anatomy must be preserved, nnd
their natural eyes must be substituted with glaaa ones. Such being the
case, the rouble of inserting them mnst necessarily exceed that of puP

ing eyes into a skinned specimen. The natural eyes most be removed

[hem lnU "v ’n , u/.0,lndatlon of "'Serial must be used to set
then in. Now, al of tins work has to be done through the eye hole o[ a
specimen, and unless performed ve.y carefully the bird’s eve will be
ruined, or the eye holes In an animal’s skin will be stretched out of shape
sock!"20 m,ln,ma 8 0,0 Decd8 co,1«klerable coaxing to make It leave lig
In speaking of birds' eyes. I will mention the owl's. Any taxidermist
remove fh “n<1 con*lrnction of “>eir eyes, und if Mr. Crane can

fr^h m ri,nlaKrC'“ h°rncd 0wl and “T'ocu them naturally
thh °,nl8lde °,f th? 8kin' “"d polte hi8 O'--3 “nd materials through
the iye holes quicker than we taxidermists can form a seat for. and in-
srn the eyes in a skinned bird, he can do twice the amount of work in

,-mm ' T 1 TV be8t taliderml-ta CBM- He further says ho can
compensate for shrinkage. Now, there is but oneway to do that and
that is to build out the shrunken parts from the inxU/Zot the skin with

ani^rif .dbra[0ha 'M U°W i9 * milU C°lr‘? lo C"' ut “‘0 flesh side of an
mammals if b"'ld °nt Bny nunll,nr“l depressions unless be skins lbe
mammal? If one wishes to perforate a skin with holes, and work from
he outside, he can do so with a long coated animal, when the friendly
hair can he made to cover the stitches and incisions; but that mode can
be practiced with but few of our mammals, particularly during Sum-
mer. I would like to Bee some of iho muzzles of tbe rumiimnila em-
balmed successfully. or tbe snout of a horse or swine, also the fleshy In-
dentured combs of some of the rosorial b.rds. 1 find it necessary to use
iron rods two and an eighth of au inch thick to mount substantially a

!ill!nm I'caVnm ° ' V"*’ particu,ar|y P'>H.ng it in an active )m-

sltion. I cannot ace bow an embnlmer can fasten a specimen in any
required position without patting irons in them, nnd further, one mns^
necessarily have something more solid to fasten them to than flesh, or
the viscoru of an animal. Supposing wo have birds of prey to be pre-
served, with wings full spread, what is to hold them in position f Ilow
is shrinkage to be overcome when mounting animals with tne.r mouths
open? Mr Crane also claims to embalm specimens in one half the lime
it takes to skin ana stuff them. Now he will have to lahcl his specimen
and get Ins preservative through its flesh in two minutes and twenty
seconds or else be can be easily beaten by four of your correspondents
who skin i heir specimens, on hi. half time. He says his cabinet has been
pronounced superior to a#y other. Now that is certainly covering more
ground than lie or his friends have been over. I am happy to suy that
cabinets containing zoological and ornithological specimens are numer
ous here nnd abroad, and I do not think it possible for Mr. Crane to have
observed them all, to say the least. I know of many he bus not seen
In conclusion I would tay that I would bo pleased to see the present
ninnner of mounting specimens improved upon; bat taxidermy ha- n
mechanical bams to rest upon, aud although the general public may be-
ieve embalmed spoelmens are as good .vs mounted oues, yet our best
taxidermists have their practical knowledge of the nan. re of hides und
fle^b, and embalming must be practically uud substantially Illustrated
or else empty assertion, will not be c. edited. I have skinned thousands
of birds and mammals during the lost thirteen years, working at it in
camp and ut home, at all seasous, aud experience, a gooa teacher 1ms
taught me that shrinkage in mounted epeeimons is exceedingly difficult
to overcome, nuless portions of animals are substantially modeled in
some haid material. I could fill several of your columns w ith objections
to embahniog, and give sound reasons to back them; but the few facta
which I mention In this paper are simple enough for nil to comprchoud.

J. U. Battv.

CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE.

Dbpahtmbnt of Ppbi.io Parks, |

, Nkw York, Jane 18, 1875. f

Animals received at Central Park Mouagerie fur the week ending June
12tli, 1876: —

One Woodchuck, Arctomys tnonax. Presented by Mr. F, G. Skinner
One Seal, PUocti vltutlna. Captured In New York Bay.

One Mocking Bird, M/mus polyyloltus . Presented by Mr. D Porter
Lord.

Three small Alligators. Presented by Mr. Robert G. nono.

Two Striped Squirrels, Tamla* slrla/ut. Presented by Master ncury
C. Curler. 1

Bred In the Menagerie — Two Lions, Fells l*o; two Elks, Cervut Cana-
duixis; two cygnets, Cyynus olor.

W. A. Conklin, Director.

Gauden or Tiia Zoological Society, i
Faiiimount Park, Pailadki.pmia, May 7ib, 1875. j
The following are recent urrlvals;—

One Spreading Adder, UtUmdon slrrius. Presented by Smithsonian
Institution, Washington.

Oue Black Snake, fiascanion constrictor. Presented by Smithsonian
Institution, Washington.

Five Scaly Lizards, Sctloporus undulatu*. Presented by Smithsonian
Institution, Washington.

One Bald Eagle, Hallaxlue leneocepatus. Presented by Smithsonian
Institution, Washington.

Ouo Moose, Alcet mactitU. Purehnsed ,

Oue Beaver, C<utor canadeii, <>. Purchased.

Four Weeper Capuchins, Ct’nu capuclnus. Purehnsed.

Three Brown Capuchins, Ctbutfalutllua. Purchased.

One Squirrel Monkey, Sti/marU tclurta. Purchased.

One Green Monkey, Crrcopittueiu cuUUrichm. Purehnsed.

One Spotted Cavy, CotUxjtmyt paca. Purchased.

&zj0:zus'u,'u,eo^nu-

Land locked Salmon, txd mo Oloteri

Trout, Sahno fnnUnnlU
-. Salmon, Xulmr, „dar
Muskononge, Esox nob d lor.

^in We ea? ■3"‘v ,l><ct

quulUm. Thit ,oou/d ™uirt “ ki"fU & 'iamf <»»

noting gnmt w, art anUu'/h, ^ »/»««• In •Una-

Mon u roundtd. and our i u.,>on whU'A "u tegU-

with the laws of th<\r rttiMctiv* StaUn for °, iiutJfi**

our attemol* to iUt 1/ 0/Aeru,Ue,

Fish in Market. -Salmon ftro arriving more Hberallv

S Ms;

ermeu, but ttic.r eaicli scureely effect, lb. market £ '
but are abundant at 15 cent.,, which remark and mdj * ,
apply also to sheepshcad. Weakfish are in fair Lp^ J
12 cents; bluckfish nnd sea bass beiug from l*> (n P y, 1
Striped hare are very sc„rce, and L m. T

choice sizes. Porgies are abundant at 8 cent. Green
turtle are worth 15 cents per pound. Sort crabs from New
Jersey are scarce bringing $1 50 to *1 7,5 perdoaen Lo™
sters are being taken in New York l.ari^-.i • 0

to 2,000 pS per

nor s Island. Staten Island, Robbins' Reef and from n
vicinity of Long Branch. There have tcn\ertS ar
rivals of fresh mackerel during the week- thovLiif ,r
to 18 cents each. Codfish from Nantucket’in li'mitedm! ^
titics are selling for 10 cents per pound ^

Striped Bass.-Wc saw at Middleton, Carman & Co
stand, Fulton Market, some magnificent specimens of tliia
fish, averaging from 35 to 40 pounds each. They we '
taken in the surf at Fire Island, one boat catching .?
weighing 800 pounds. Some few catches of drin h |fl
lmvo also been made at Rockaway beach durimrS ^
week with the hook and line, onegcut^
formed taking sixty fine fish. u‘

£3?"0ur subscribers will irrcatlv olili.r« i

"S ”rW -oZ'Z:

the first week in July, both in Gaspo. K 0r

-Mr. Beattie, of Messrs. Alfred Field & Co No 01
Chambers street, hits kindly left with us a specimen of
greenheart," the wood which is now attracting attention

SLr^d\! 'oat!::p'ed for ,,,c o\zz

Messrs. 1'ield iv (.o. are importing tlie wood for n. r

rod makers in Philadelphia und Baltimore, and tho^e inter
ested can see the specimen above alluded to in our office
-We learn that the Great Falls Fishing Club of Wash
ington has changed its name to that of Anrinr'. a V
Uon of Washington. The follow!^ 1^0^^
been elected for the ensuing year.- S W Sloan m- 1
Norman Wiard. Thco. Friebus, Samuel^

-Our correspondent “Valley City” writes us from Grand
Rapids, Midi., that the Kent couuty Sportsmen's fh.i 1
resolved to offer a standing reward rn.e arrest ind Z°
viclion of all violators of the game and fish jaws there
being now a great deal of netting and spearing going’ on in
that vicinity. It is also proposed to suppress shooting and
fishing on Sunday. Our correspondent writes further that
bass and pickerel are taking kindly ,0 the spoon he l av
mg taken on the 4.1, inst.. in three hours' fishing, s^eu flno
pickerel and fifty bass. 6 0

n .I7nherfi I3 m di8pUtC at I^arneffat os to who caught the
lirst bluchsh this season, but ns it makes little difference to
any of our readers and none at all to the fish, wo decline
to say more about it.

Game Protection m Massachusetts. -In addition to
he rewards provided for by tho laws of Massachusetts the
W orcester Sportsmen's Club offer <0 pay Twenty-live Dol
-ars to any person who will give information that shall lend
to the conviction of any one in the county of Worcester
detected 111 breaking the game or fish laws of the Common
wealth during the year 1875. A circular issued for distri-
bution, which is before us, rends.

, ^"erVr°'vn Pr£!mizntIon8, nnd others bavin s p,,,'
vateI'isu Ponds that are molested or encroachedunon
also owners of forests or covers where birds nr7. .iu,l .i ’
snared, are invited to communicate with the SecMtarv S

a I aid in its power to ms.st on the enforcement of ,1m
above named laws, us well as cultivate nnd mV. i,,. • ,
mutual good will and understanding which shou XV 'v
isi between all landbolders and those wio wXI
.u the honorable aud healthy recreation or field fpoZ ^"

1 lie co-operation of the Mayors, Aldermen and Select-
mcn of the several cities and towns in the btate is solicited.
This is a capual movement and worthy of imitation in

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FOREST AND STREAM

all the States. Every county in which a sportsman’s club
exists should take similar action, and post their notices in
all the public places. The laws of Massachusetts, as ap-
proved March 19th, 1874, prohibit the killing or capturing
of woodcock between the 1st of January and 4th of July;
ruffed grouse, January 1st to September 1st; quail, Decem-
ber 15th and October 15th. There is a fine for destroying
nests or eggs of birds other than birds of prey, snaring
game birds, except on one’s own promises for private use,
or killing water fowl by batteries and#punt guns.

Massachusetts, New Bedford , June 15fA. — Last week we
had copious rains, previous to which some of our amateur
fishermen caught fine strings of trout. A Mr. Lumbard
took 31 fine fish in oue of our oldest fished brooks, and
others various quantities, showing that old Bristol county
is not yet fished out, although there are many fishermen.
Bluefishing in our harbor is now in full swing.

— xVt North Andover, Mass . onTuesday, a seine was set in
the Merrimack River for shad. On drawing the seine it was
found to contain a black bass which weighed thirty-two
pounds.

Maine, Sclioodie Lakes, June 9 th. — Grand Lake and
Grand Lake Stream, the home of the land-locked salmon,
is the quintcsccnce of the Schoodic flavor; for this spicy
kind of fishing is concentrated to a small bit of the stream
and to Grand Lake itself. Big Lake, just below Grand
Lake, has hardly a trout or toag to its name. Plenty of
men and not so many fish this season, The dam and tan-
nery, constructed within a few years, are lessening the
fish* The dam-gates often close just at the best hour of
fishing, and so drive the fish back to the lake. Moreover,
the mill wheel helps to grind up some hundreds of the fish
every season. Last year, too, a large number of salmon
were killed by removing their spawn, or by doing it care-
lessly; and lastly, the fish cannot be whipped for readily
this season. The most successful practice is to let out six
feet of line and let the salmon strike themselves. At least
up to this date most of the salmon are taken so. A fair
average of weight is near two pounds, with one in ten of
two and a half, and sometimes a three-pounder. From
five to twelve fish 6eems a fair day’s sport. Last year, say
some, we look our forties and fifties. The fly has been, so
far, the Silver Doctor, and next to it the Yellow Professor
and many a one of my morning efforts was to capture five
salmon with a Silver Doctor. But alas! I had but two of
these professional hooks in my list, and when we parted
company, in the course of time, I could uot replace the
loss. Black flies and mosquitoes reasonably thick and
sharp. Ala9l that Grand Lake stream (three miles long)
could not have been bought (as it could) for $3,000, a very
few years ago, and so mude a sportsman's paradise. All
the fishing possible in season could not have depleted the
land-locked salmon. Now, thanks to the dam proceeding
and tannery, the fishing is conflued to a contracted space
above the dam and to the lake, lie who chooses to try it
and kuows how, will have a fair amount of sport this sea-
son. Accommodations are not what they should be. Bet-
ter to bring supplies and camp out. Culexifuge quite in-
dispensable. Perhaps the salmon will take the fly, and be
whipped bettei a little later in the season. W. 0. W.

Greenville , June 12 th, 1875 — For any one that wants
to spend a few days very pleasantly and find the best
of trout lisliiDg, we know of no place where oue can do it
so cheap as at Moosehcad Lake, Maine. You can get there
without the long tedious stage ride usually leadiug to such
places. The siage ride is only twenty miles, and by Mor-
rison and Hunting’s stage line’ which runs-with six horses
and nice coaches, it is easily and quickly passed over. Ar-
riving at the Lake you find two good hotels— the Lake
House, kept by Littlefield & Sawyer, and the Eveleth
House, kepi by Mr. A. H. Walker, at either of which you
will find good food, good beds, and everything needed.
Y'ou will find Capt. Samuel Cole at the Lake House, who
is well acquainted with the Lake and the surroundings, who
who is ever ready to guide you to the best fisheries.

There are also"F. II. Vaughan, Pete Ronco, and Levi
Ronco, who know where to find the fish.

At Eagle Stream, only a short distance from the Lake
House, you will find good fishing. The stream flows
through a meadow, and there are no bushes to hinder the
fishing, which is excellent at this season of the year. For
larger trout you go to the Outlet, where, seated on the dam,

ou will find no trouble in catching all the trout you want.

Vl*'n tired of fishing go to Kineo, where you will find a
nice hotel, well kept, by Mr. 0. A. Dennen. The places
for fishing are numerous and the fish plenty. About the
middle ol August the fly fishing begins in the Lake, where
one can get all they want liy visiting the Outlet, Socateau,
and Misery streams. There are plenty of sail boats, canoes,
and small boats, one can hire at reasonable rates. If you
hire u guide, which you can do at cheap rates, he will fur-
nish everything you want, except your eatables, which you
can find at the store of D. T. Sanders &Co., near the Lake
House. There are about sixty hoarders at the Kineo House,
and by the middle of July the house is usually full. There
are quite a number of boarders at the Lake House, also at
the Eveleth House. Later in the Fall good shooting cau
be found in and around the Lake. “ Dexter.”

Vermont — Newport, Lake Mcmphrcmagog, June 1 1 th. —
Came here seeking lake and brook trout fishing. Get re-
port of some lake trout being caught near Magog, at the
foot of the lake, but no boat is running, and there are no
row boats here yet in the water. All is chaotic here as
yet, and the season will open late. The brook trout are
small hereabout, and long distances must be gone to get
them. The views here are fine, and in the midsummer it
may be an attractive place, but any one coming for fishing
will do better to go to Magog. In Lake Winnipisaukee
large numbers of lake trout are being taken.. — L. W. L.

New York— Alexandria Bay, June 11 th. — The Spring
fishing is now open here in good earnest. There were
seven fine mascalonge taken last week by our guests; lar-
gest weighed 24 pounds. One gentleman caught three in
oue day, and another two the day after. The boats bring
in from 13 to 25 pickerel for a day's fishing. Bass are be-
ginning to bite a little, but do not anticipate much sport
from them until later in the season. Bon.

Ogderitburg, N. Y., June 5th. — Last week your corres-
pondent and two others made a trip to Black Lake, about
six miles from this city, up the Oswcgatchie. Wo took
our boat, tent, &c. arouud the rapids by team Friday night
and camped on the lake shore nine miles above this city.
Saturday morning we started early, using two side and one
Htcrn line with Hollers. We fished until nine A. M., and

went to camp for breakfast. We had caught. 45 pickerel
and pike and 1 bass. We went out again at 1:80 P. M.,
but a heavy wind had risen and made the fishing bad.
However, we got 25 more pickerel, making 71 in all. At
0:30 we started forborne by the lake and river, arriving
at 8:20, making the distance— nine miles— in one hour and
fifty minutes, which I call good rowing. From May 25th
to June 1st there is no better fishing anywhere than upon
this lake. The lake is about twenty miles long aud from
one-half to one and a half miles wide. The water is very
black, hence its name. Parties often get over 100 pickerel
in a day. At one time we had a pickerel on each of the
three lines, and often wc would take in two at the same
moment. Crusoe.

Lake Erie. — Pittsburg ; June 5 th, 1875. — I notice but lit-
tle iu the columns of your paper about the black bass fish-
ing at Kelley’s, Put-iu-Bay, and Point-au-Peleo Islands, in
Lake Erie, although some of we fishermen think it pays to
spend a week or two at these islands every Spring and Fall.
The fishing during the last week in May was splendid,
although the bass did not average as well in size as they
did last Fall. On Monday, 24th ult., one boat with two
rods took 140 fish. One person on Monday of the present
week, using a 9-ounce Orvis rod and a light silk line for
tackle, with a minnow and two artificial HieS, made three
successive catches as follows: First, three bass, weighing
7} pounds; second, three do., G pounds; third, two do., 5J-
pounds. Fly fishing for bass is not a success iu the above
locality, hut it is quite an advantage to use a couple of
gaudy files, tving them on the line, about 18 and 3G inches
respectively above the minnow, as they attract the fish,
and when two or three bass are hooked at once with light
tackle, it requires no little fiuaucecriug to land them all.
Kelley’s Island is the headquarters for black bass anglers
from Cincinnati, Covington, Pittsburg, Columbus, and
Cleveland, and may be reached by boat from Sandusky,
Ohio, or Cleveland. The Spring fishing is now over, hut
the regulars anticipate fine sport next Fall.

New Jersey — Kinsey's Ashley House, Bamcgat Inlet,
June Will. — Highest amount of bluefish for the week end-
ing June 11th: Monday, Charles White, of Philadelphia
Keening Telegraph, 07 bluefish Tuesday, Charles O'Neal, of
Philadelphia, and friends, 150. Wednesday, storming. Parly
from yacht Comfort, 27 bluefish; C. Parker, with a gentle-
man from Philadelphia, 31 sea bass; average, lj pounds.
Thursday, storm drove the bluefish to sea; only boat re-
ported any catch was Capt. Predmore, with parly, 19,
With the exception of Monday, fishing poor* Prospect
looks better to-day.

Indiana— Valparaiso, June Wth. — We are having fine
success with the rod and line this season; have killed sev-
eral black bass, which tipped the bar at six pounds; live
minnows for bait. With the best of wishes for j'ou all, I am
yours, W. H. H.

The Fisheries. — The number of fishing arrivals at this
port for the week ending June 10th was eighty-six, sixty-
seven from Georges, ten from the Banks, and nine from
mackereling voyages. Total amount of Georges cod
brought in, 975,000 pounds; halibut, 100,000 pounds.
Amount of Bunk cod, 500,000 pounds; halibut, 120,000
pounds. Number of bands of mackerel, 720. The Geor-
ges fares average much lighter than those of lust month,
both in cod aud halibut. — Cape Ann Advertiser, June 12th.

Revival of the Whale Fishery. — Whalebone and oil
are gradually going up in price, it being well established
that nothing can supercede sperm oil for the finer purposes
of lubrication, aud in consequence New Bedford is awak-
ening again to her opportunity. The whales have not been
hunted so sliurply, and are therefore probably more abund-
ant than they were years ago. At any rate all the vessels
to arrive iu New Bedford, as well as those already in port,
will be immediately filled for sea, aud the whole whaling
fleet seut off with all dispatch. — Cape Ann Advertiser.

BLUEFISH ON THE JERSEY COAST.

Forked River, Ocean County, N. J., Juno 5th, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

After walling and watching day after day for the arrival of the "big
bine flslv," our minds are set at rest, and all thoughts of a poor flailing
season are dispelled. Tlio game is here, and we have been after It with
pretty good success, too. Since Monday last our bouts have caught
nearly 23,000 pounds with the squid. Yesterday the Muttie caught 113
tlsh, the Sarah 127, and the Haze 03, besides mauy others caught by boats
not balling from tins place. Total weight, 1,085 pounds. The tlsh seem
to have all put for the feeding grounds opposite our river, and as an Indi-
cation of the immense quantities here may be stated the fact that Capts.
Potter and Philips caught in one haul, with seine net, over 0,000 pounds
of bluell h. Of course the baymen are in high spirits, and while they
welcome the arrival of the fleh as a means towards gaining for a lime a
profitable livelihood, visitors also share In the satisfaction of “good luck"
and pleasant moments.

The Spring flight of bay snipe is now at an end. ‘During the past two
or three weeks excellent sport has been bad near this place. The average
"kill" has equalled fifty to sixty birds to a man, mostly robins and
plover.

Among the many who have arrived here within a few days to enjoy the
pleasure of gun and line maybe mentioned Messrs. L. W. Warner, 67
Murray street; Wm. H. Hall, of Hull & Kaeckcl; Oscar B. Smith, of
Greonlcaf, Norris & Co., (ill Exchange place; Edgar S. Allien and family,
of New York City; and Messrs. Thomas Thome, James S. Streat, F. B.
TUghmun, Samuel Wittcls, and others of Wall street fame.

Weakflsh are now being canght in nets, weighing from three to six
pounds, but of course ns yet will not take to hook and line.

Excellent pickerel flailing has been enjoyed by several of yonr citizens
on the river directly iu front of the house. One gentleman caught yes-
terday seventy-six. runuinu from one half to two pounds weight. Should
any party moke an extraordinarily largo huul of flsli I will advise yon.
Until then I remain, yours plscatorlally, Tub Sqnu).

TROUT AND SALMON FISHING IN
LAKE MERCED, CALIFORNIA.

San Francisco, June 3d, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Among the lakes at short distances from this city is Lake Morccd, a
sheet or water nearly cut In two by a tongue of Innd, which very neurly
makes It two lakes It belongs to the Spring Volley Water Company,
end bas been leased by tbc Calfornlo Acclimatizing Society for the pur-
pose of the preservation of fish for the recreation of sportsmeo. It bus
been stocked with Luke Tahoe trout nnd salmon, itfultno qulnnat.)
About eleven years ago some young trout wore put into It by a Mr. I,con-
ard, aud have become large fish of about six or seven pounds weight.
Four years ago a utitnuer of Tahoe trout and some young salmon were
planted, and every year since successively they have placed Into It many
more. It Is uot until tbls year that any considerable number of both
these kinds of flsh have been captured, either by trolling or spinning with

a small spoon bnlt. or by angling with balls, or rarely with the fly. It
now promises to afford good sport In futuro years. The society was In-
corporated In April, 1871 with an amount Iu stock of 5,000 shares, capital
$50,000, at $10 each. All outsiders arc allowed to flsh In the luke on pay-
ment of $2 50 per diem, and shareholders fifty cents. All permits must
be signed by Dr, Newell, President, and Mr. John Williamson, Secretary.
Of conrse, sometimes permits are presented to distinguished visitors, nnd
when you, Mr. Editor, visit the Golden State, doubtless you will be com-
plimented with a free permit.

An Interesting and curious problem has been solved iu the stocking of
this lino sheet of water or 865 acres. It is u fresh water lake, but salmon
live and thrive In It without going to the ocean, with which it has no con-
nection, but Is merely the grand mid vust receptacle of its surplus water.
There are uo other fish lathe hike but bullheads and stlekle hacks, with
perhaps a few other sorts of small fish . There is on the shores of the luke
a hotel— the Ocean View House— and ut the head of tlio Inke a suiull tav-
ern, kept by one Haskins, a very accommodating person, where boats can
be obtained. Near i he occun, ulso, uud but a short distance from the lake, is
the Ocean Side House, four miles from the famous Seal Hocks and Cliff
House, and seven miles from tbc city. In the vicinity of those hotels Is
the new Golden Gate Park, very extensive, aud laid out in handsome
style, and planted with a great variety of beaaliful dcciduouB nnd ever,
green trees.

A day or two since, for the first time, I look a two days’ fishing trip to
to this lake, mid being a tolerably good pedestrian I Walked Hie w hole
distance (seven miles) to It. By crossing three or four small mountains
1 lessened the distance about a mile nnd a half. On this portion of the
coast the hills aud mountains are almost devoid of trees, but the hills
Bud valleys produce good crops of grain, grass, und vegetables. It is loo
windy for fruit trees. The first morning I bait fished In a sinull boat. 1
commenced Ashing about seven o'clock In the morning, and took a sal-
mon weighing a pound mid a half, and u Tuhoo trout of three nnd a half
pounds. Very little can be douo In fishing after nine or ten o'clock In
the morning. A few are taken in tlio evening. The second day 1 caught
only seven bullheads, although It was very early in the morning. These,
however, were merely first essays. I hope for better sport next time.

E. J. Hooper.

§ Itejgemtel.

AMERICAN KENNELS.— NO. 4.

MR. J. J. SEITZINGER’S.

AMONG Hie prominent kennels of field clogs in this
country must be ranked that of J. J. Seitzinger, Esq.,
of the city of Philadelphia. This, however, differs from
tliose kennels described in previous numbers of our
paper, inasmuch as Mr. S. has not given attention to the
breeding of dogs, but depends upon the experience and
judgment of Horace Smith, “Esquire,” Field and Kennel
Editor of our paper, for keeping himself supplied with
broken dogs for the use of himself nnd n few friends with
whom he shoots. And the probability is, that no kennel
in this country or Europe could turn out as many good
staunch, thoroughbred, well broket) stylish setters ns this —
a brief description of which wo will give.

Clyde — Is a full sized, fine high-bred looking setter of the
Gordon 6train, colored, black, tan and white, bred from
the famous Gordon setter, Fritz, belonging to Edward
IIow, Esq. of Princeton, N. J., and out of A. Cruser’a of
Maryland, black and tan bitch. We have shot over Clyde
for several weeks in Iowa and Wisconsin and consider him
one of the finest dogs we have ever met with. His nose
and qualifications as a snipe and chicken dog are truly
wonderful.

Charm — Is a full sized, up standing, jet black setter, half
brother to Clyde; a stylish, staunch, Ueet, 3vell broken dog;
good on all game.

Czar— Is a thoroughbred blue Belton, black, tan and
white; imported by Dr. Ash from one of the best kennels
in England for Mr. II. Smith. This dog has an excellent
nose; is very staunch on all game, hut excels on woodcock,
and is exceedingly well broken.

Bright — Is a very fine looking up standing, orange nnd
white setter, bred from fine imported stock, un extra good
dog on quail, which game seems to be his “particular
vanity.”

Duke — Is a large sized orange and white setter of the
Gildersleeve strain; a fine looking, well formed dog, and
very serviceable ou all game.

Jerry — Is a black, white and blue setter, a shade below
medium size, but compact and well formed, and for snipe,
woodcock, and as a duck retriever, has few if any supe-
riors. Jerry is bred from Major Armstrong’s fine bitch,
June, out of Horace Smith’s famous old blue Belton bitch
Cora.

Joe — Is a brother to Jerry, very dark orauge and white
mottled, a medium sized, compact, well formed seller, and
having had much work on the prairies of Iowa nnd Wis-
consin, is now ranked among first-class (logs.

D.ish—is a magnificent tri-colored setter, black, tan nnd
white, bred from Mr. II. Smith’s old imported setter bitch
Fly, by Maj. Stockton’s, dog Hal, of Princeton, N. J. Old
Hal was considered the wonder of his day.

Dash 2d — Is a larged sized black setter, bred from Arm-
strong’s Juno, a fine looking and very serviceable dog for
general purposes.

Queen — Is a splendid full sized setter bitch, black, with
a tinge of tan, and a very little of white. She is bred from
an imported blue Belton bitch, by a fine dog cross of Gor-
don and red Irish. She promises, with a little more work,
to be an extra good one to shoot over, and for stock purposes
she will be very valuable, as she is very high bred and one
of the most beautiful setters wc have ever seen.

—We have an interesting letter on hand for our .Kennel
Department from Rev. J. Cunttning Macdona, who is now
at Schloss Braunfels, Prussia.

A Valuable Dog. — Mr. Johu S. Oyer, of Upper Mount
Bethel, has a very fine dog of the “seller" Bpecios which
ho has spent considerable trouble iu training. One after*

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noon Inst week while Mr. Oyer was plowing, his pocket
book, comfortably filled with greenbacks, made an excur-
sion down his trouser leg and out into the furrow, its loss
not being discovered until several furrows had been turned
over it. Then Mr. Oyer called his dog, and showing him
ns near as he could guess, the spot, bade him hunt for it,
and went ou with his plowing. The dog went to work and
by the time his owner came around on the next furrow he
had found the pocket book, opeued it, and was investiga-
ting the contents with more interest than skill. That dog
is not for sale. — Eaton , (Pa.,) Free Press.

Arsenic in Hydrophobia. — In a late number of the
Correspondent- Blatt, Dr. Guisan gives a number of cases
showing the value of arsenic as a prophylactic in hydro-
phobia. and even as a remedy also after symptoms are
marked. lie relates that a rabid dog, between the 7th and
9th of June, bit thirteen persons in various towns of the
canton Freiburg. All were recommended to be treated
with one-twentieth of a grain of arsenic morning and even-
ing, as a prophylactic measure. Eight submitted to this
prophylactic measure, and none were affected. Four de-
clined or were not allowed to take the arsenic. Of those
four, two remained unaffected, ami two died, One began
the arsenic treatment, but speedily left it off; she was
attacked, but at a much later period, and died. Dr. Guisan
recommends not only the entcrnal employment of the
arsenic, but that the wound should be dressed with it.

$Hchtmg and j§oatinq.

AU communications from Secretaries and friends should be mailed no
later than Monday In each week.

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— Mr. Garner’s new yacht, Mohawk, was successfuly
launched on Wednesday last from the yard of her builder,
Mr. Joseph Van Deuser, who was also the constructor of
the Fleetwing, Magic, Columbia, and other celebrated
yachts. At half past one the hist block was knocked from
under her and the magnificent vessel glided from the
ways. As such great expectations have been formed of
the’ Mohawk, a brief description of this largest and latest
addition to our yacht fleet may not be uninteresting to our
readers. The observer is first struck by the immense
height of her spars. The dimensions of these are as fol-
lows:—

Length of mainmast

Length uf mnintopinast.

Length foremast

length of foretopinnst

Length of main boom

Length of main gaff

Length of fore boom

Length of sqtmresuil yard

Length of bowsprit out board

Length of jihboom from cap to hounds

Extreme length of bowsprit

The dimensions of the schooner’s hull are: —

Feet.
.Ob no
.00 oo

.91 00
.55 00

no oo

.41 00
.39 00
.A3 00
.30 00
24 00
.42 00

Length over nil from knight heads to tnffrnll 150 00

Length on deck 144 00

Length on the water lino 121 00

Length of keel 118 00

Breadth of beam 30 04

Depet hot hold 9 04

Length of centreboard 21 00

Length of overhnnglng stern 18 00

Length of rttke of stern — 14 00

Her mainsail alone contains 4,U00 square feet of canvas,
and her balloon staysail 4.300 square feet; her foresail con-
tarns 2,400 square feet and her jib 2,000 square feet. Such
is (lie extreme length of her spars that the topmasts will
have to be housed to permit of their passing under the
Brooklyn bridge. In the cabin all the resources of the
decorator’s art have been lavished. The saloon is twenty-
eight feet square and seven feet high. The walls are fitted
with paintiugs of marine subjects, executed by De Haas,
the artist. The Vice Commodore’s stateroom is on the
starboard side and measures eighteen feet by thirteen feet.
On the opposite side are three slaterooms, each measuring
nine feet by seven feel, aud fitted with hot and cold water,
steam heating pipes and an electric call bell. Forward is
the pantry, ice boxes, kitchen, rooms for captain, mates,
steward, boatswain, and a roomy forecastle for the men.
There are also two staterooms, each twelve feet by eight
feet, located on each side of the companionway. The sail-
room is right in the stern and is reached from the deck by
a scuttle. The water tanks, four in number, with a capa-
city for 1,500 gallons, are located beneath the cabin floor-
ing. The rigging is entirely of steel, manufactnred especi-
ally in England, and the ballast is of lead, moulded to
suit. The centreboard and sails are worked by band
cranks, especially adapted for the purpose. It is scarcely
to be expecled that the Mohawk will be near enough com-
pletion to take part in the regattas of this week, but her
first appearance as a competitor will be looked forward to
with much interest.

—.The Brooklyn Yacht Club held a meeting at their
rooms on Thursday evening last. For the regatta *,o take
place on the l'Jtli iiist, the following yachts had up to that
time entered: Madeleine, Sea Witch, Clio, Cornel, Gipsy,

Vision, W. F. Lee, Victoria, Florence, Sadie, Undine, Pe-
trel, Libbio B., Elizabeth, Emma T., Lizzie L., Sophia,
Playful and Maggie B.

The course for schooners and first class sloops will be
from anchorage to slake boat S. W. Spit, passing it from
westward to southward, iWenco to lightship, turning same
on the starboard band and return to home stake boat, which
will be off Buy Ridge dock.

For second class sloops, from anchorage to stake boat at
S. W. Spit, passing it from the westward to southward,
tlieuce around stake boat at outer bay buoy in Gedney’s
Channel, rounding same from southward to eastward,
thence to home stake boat.

For third class sloops (open boats) from anchorage to
stake boat at S. W. Spit, rounding same from westward to
southward, thence to home stake boat.

The winning yacht in each case must make the race in
eight hours to oe entitled to a prize,

Commodore Dickerson announced that the annual cruise
would take place about July 19th, the date being so ar-
ranged as to accommodate those members wishing to take
part in the Cape May regatta, July 12th and 13th.

On the day of the regatta the steamer Neversink will
convey guests of the club down the bay.

Rear Commodore Davidson announced the presentation
to the club by a Mr. Merrill of a silver or nickel plated log
to be sailed for as a prize.

It was resolved that it should be sailed for by yachts of
the schooner class.

Mr. S. L. Blood then presented to the clulr an elegant
flag for the club house, 10x15 feet in dimensions.

It was announced that. Mr. Garner's new yacht, the Mo-
hawk, would uot be completed in time for the regatta.

— The annual regatta of the Brooklyn Yacht Club will
be sailed on Saturduy.the 19th inst. over the usual courses,
starling from the stake boat off Bay Ridge. Four classes
of boats in all will participate, there being two prizes for
each class. Among the yachts mentioned ns likely to take
part in the regatta are the schooners Madeline, Tidal Wave,
Sea Witch, Idler, Comet, Clio and Gipsy; sloops Vision,
Sadie, Petrel, Undine, W. T, Lee, Lizzie L., Screamer,
Playful, Victoria, Brooklyn, Florence, Maggie B., Libbie
B., Elizabeth and Emma T. The event promises to be
one of the most successful ever inaugurated by this popu-
lar club.

Tiib Seawanhaka Corinthian Race.— Tbc fifth re-
gat I a for sloops of the Seawanhaka Yacht Club was sailed
on Monday last under most favorable auspices. For such
of our readers as may be unfamiliar with the term we
would cxplaiu that iu *' Corinthian" matches the entire
crew, from the hands at the wheel to the cook at the fore-
sheet, are amateurs, no professional sailors being allowed
on board. For the race in question but two sloops were
entered, as follows:—

Mean length

Name. Owner. feet. Aren.

Addlo Voorhte C. & U. L. Roosevelt (VI 03 1,210 90

Vision J . J . Alexandre 69. JJ 1.237.23

The Addie Voorhis carried as crew — Captain, C. Roose-
velt; first mate, A. Cary Smith; second mate, Robert Cen-
ter; crew, Gouverneur Morris, Robert Cornell, Samuel J.
Colgate; W. B. Simonds, H. W. Reid, John F. Adams, A.
Roosevelt, W. E. Roosevelt, H. L. Roosevelt, J. E. Roose-
velt, W. S. Wood.

The Vision— Captain, J. J. Alexandre; first mate, J. F.
Toms; crew, H. S. Gimbernot, J. H. Alexandre, Lclund
Hopcoclc, J. V. S. Oddie, J. B. Duer, W. Foulke, jr. ,
B. F. Foulke, W. Beekman, jr., F. de Foster, D. Crocker,
Giraud Foster, G. T. Bunker, Brian Foulke.

Both yachts are ’’ notorious" for their speed, the Vision
in light winds in particular, but yesterday the victory was
not to be hers. The wind in the lower bay was variable,
and at times almost calm, although the race was begun and
finished with as much wind as the yachts wanted. The
first gun was fired at lOh. 38m., but it was thirteen minutes
later before the starting signal was given, the Addie cross-
ing the line first at 10b. 53m. 43 sec., followed by the Vis-
ion at 10b. 56m. 15 sec. The Corning, of the Eastern
Yacht Club, was to have taken part in the race, but her
owner not considering her in proper trim to compete with
such renowned racers, preferred to participate only as a
spectator. On the run to Buoy No. 10, or as it is more
familiarly known, the Southwest Spit, which point was
turned first by the Addie Voorhis, nearly four minutes
ahead of her competitors, the wind was fresh enough to
bring lee rails under. From here the Vision began to
overhaul the Addie, and closed the gap until her boom was
nearly over the Addie’s taffrail. In tacking to make the
light ship the Vision stood on the longest, and again opened
a gap.

The turning of the light ship was as follows:

H. M. 8. I n. M. s

Addle Voorhis 1 15 54 Coming I 24 30

Vision 1 17 52 |

At 1 :40 the Vision was ahead, but hero her luck deserted
her. Running out of the wind she lay becalmed, while the
Addie, only a few hundred yards away, carried a moderate
breeze- Before the Vision got it her adversary was a mile
ahead and to windward. This advantage she kept, iu
spite of all the efforts of the Vision’s crew, and the home
stake boat was passed according to the following sum-
mary : —

Elapsed Coanted

Name. Start. Finish. Time. Time.

H. M. S. II. M. 8. H. M. 8. 11. M. 8.

Addie Voorhis in 53 43 4 2 23 5 08 4(1 4 58 26

Vision 10 56 15 8 7 03 5 10 48 5 no 31

The Addie is, therefore, u winner, by counted time, by
2m. 5s. The Coming came iu five minutes astern of the
Vision.

In the runtothcS.W. Spit itseeined to us that the Captain
of the Addie V. erred in not keeping his sails full, os they
were shaking from the Hospital lo the Spit. Iu running up
from the light ship he showed his judgment, however, in
netting under the land, where the wind hauled more to the
west, and he had a better tide. The Addie was better
manned than the Vision, but the Captain of the latter fol-
lowed his opponent too much. It was the day to briug out
the Vision’s best qualities.

The cup was duly presented on board the accompanying
steamer, and congratulatory speeches made. The Sean-
wanhaka Club deserves great credit for inaugurating these
Corinthian races, and we look for a large fleet and much
sport on the occasion of the Schooner Regatta to be sailed
under their auspices on the 24th inst.

Seawanhaka Yacht Club.— The Commodore and
Rear Commodore of the Seawanhaka Yacht Club, offer
prizes for a schooner race, to be sailed from Sandy Hook
Thursday, June 24th, at 10:30 o'clock, A. M. The race will
be open to all schooners belonging to the New York, East-
ern, Brooklyn, Boston, Atlantic aud Seawanhaka Yacht
clubs, and will be governed by the sailing regula-
tions of the Seawanhaka Club, with lime allowance, and
will be under the supervision of the Regatta Commiltee.

Schooners will be divided into two classes, as follows: —
First class, those measuring more than 90 feet over all;
second class, those measuring 90 feet and under.

Owner's measurements will be received for all vessels
not belonging to the Seawanhaka Yacht Club, and in case
a question arises concerning the measurement of any boat
it will be remeasured by that club. There will be a prize of
the value of $300 for the first-class, presented by the Com-
modore, and another of the same value for the second-class,
presented by the Rear Commodore. No race unless there
are at least three entries in each class.

The course will bo from buoy No. 6, off Sandy Hook,
twenty miles to windward and return if the wind permits'
or twenty miles to leeward and return. Yachts will pn«*
the Judge's steamer and buoy going out and coming borne,
at which points the time will be taken. After starling the
yachts, the steamer will proceed to, und be stationed at tho
turning point, and yachts in rounding will leave her on
the starboard hand.

The start will be a flying one, and the signals which will
ne given from the Judge’s steamer will be as follows: — For
preparatory signal, a prolonged blast of the whistlu, and
lowering of the club flag. Fifteen minutes later, for the
start, the same signals will bo repeated. Fifteen minutes
will be allowed for crossing the line, after which no yachts
time will ho taken.

All yachts in tho race will fly their privalo signal from
the main peak.

Entries must bo in writing, should be addressed to the
Secretary of the Regatta Committee, Mr. M. Roosevelt
Schuyler, at his oflice, 52 William street, and will bo re-
ceived until noon of the day prccooding Hie race.

Members of the Seawanhaka Yacht Club are invited to
accompany the Judge’s steamer, which will leave the Barge
Office Warf at 7 o'clock on tho morning of Hie race, stop-
ping at Tompkinsvillc Landing, Staten Island, at 7 30.

Regatta Committee, Frederic G. Foster, M. Roosevelt
Schuyler, Win. Krebs, James II. Elliot, L. De Forest
Wooodruff.

—Tho Williamsburgh Yacht Club bold their firth annual
regatta on Tuesday last; the report reaching us loo late for
our last issue. There was very little wind but an excellent
days sport was afforded the spectators. The boats passed
the home stake boat in the order named below, the Yicto-
ress won the prize for the yachts of tho first class, the
Sorceress for yachts of the second class, the Sawyer for
the third-class, and the Pidgeon for the fourth class. The
Sawyer also won the club pennant as the first yacht home,
irrespective of classification: —

Yacht. H. M. 8.1 Yacht. n. M. 8.

J. M Sawyer 6 no 00 Molvlna 6 31 00

Favorlta 6 15 18 Jeannette 8 42 30

Nettle 6 15 SO'John Lanthier. 6 43 80

A . J. Brush 6 27 1S|S . M. Rogers (1 48 80

Pidgeon 6 27 40iHorccrei‘* 7 (X) 30

Victoress 6 30 16|S.J. Colahan 7 05 00

South Boston Yaciit Club.— The first champion regatta
of this club was held on Thursday, but owing to a lack of
wind was not tho success of anticipated. At 3:50 P. M.
the first class, comprising the following yachts were
started : —

Yacht and Captain. Measurement.

Eva, Barry . .25.01

Naiad Gnccn, Kllnor 28.01

Lydia, Whorf ... 21 00

Yacht and Captain.
Nautlln-, — . .

Gaol, McCormack
Starlight, P Wright

Measurement.

as oo

35.08

The gun for the second-clo9s race, for all yachts, twenty,
four feet water line or less, was fired at 4 :10. Yachts en-
tered in the following order; tho first throe having centre-
boards and the last four keels: —

Yacht and Captain. Measurement. I Yncht and Captain. Measurement.

Ripple, Macomber 22.01 Moses, Dolbeure 31.00

Mabel. Com. Roberta 19. 02| l’eurless, Griffin 20.05

Posy. McKee 21 03|Baushoo, Orcutt 2) 05

Gertrude, Tattle |

Three other craft were entered but soon dropped out.
The whiff of a breeze soon died away, and for five mortal
hours the yachts dragged along the seven mile course. The
Starlight returned at 9:15 o'clock, the Eva at 10:3, the Gael
at 10:11, and the Mabel at 10. Thus it was shown Unit
there was just wind enough for a crack boat to make 9)
miles in five hours and twenty-two minutes. The Star-
light, ex-Commodoro Wright, undoubtedly can claim (lie
prize for the race among the first-class keels, and the Eva
the same among the centre-boards of the same, and tho
Mabel, Commodore Roberts, among the second-class centre-
boards.

— The Neried Boat Club, of Brooklyn, held their Spring
regatta on Saturday. The course was from the foot of
South Court street to the Bay Ridge Dock, a distance of
two miles. The first race was betsveen four-oared gigs.
There were two crews composed as follows: —

Endora— Colors Red.
W. P. Earle, bow.

D. C. Brown, No. 2.

A K Brown. No. 3.

J. P. Earle, stroke.

J. C. Egerton, coxswain

Panope— Colors Blue
Wrn Fchr, bow
J L. Gludwin, No. 2.

W. D. Johnson, No. 8.

G. H. Earle, stroke.

W. J. Cowing, coxswain.

The Eudora crew won the race in llmin. 28sec. There
were two entries, the Erald and Thetis, for the pair oared
race. The crew of the Erald, whose color was red, con-
sisted of H. C. Brown, bow, aud Win. Wise, stroke. The
Thetis men (color blue) were C C. Brown, bow, and P. A.
Hardy, stroke. The blues took l ho lead and kept it to the
end, winning in 12min. 48sec. There were entered for the
single scull race, J. P. Earle, color red; F. B. Rogers,
color blue, aud Arthur K. Brown, color white, and the
contest was for a silver challenge cup. presented by Mr.
Charles J. Stewart for the season of 1875. The course was
a little less than two miles. Brown gradually pulled away
from the other two, and kept the lead to the end, winning
iu 8m. 21s. The contest between Rogers and Earle was
spirited, but the former came in second. After the race
the contestants and their friends assembled on tbc steamer
Fort Lee. Mr. Brown 5vas presented with tho challengo
cup, and Mr. Frank Lawton made a speech.

— The Passaic River Amateur Rowing Association, in
which are comprised the Eureki, Triton, Passaic and
Mystic rowing clubs, held their regatta on the Passaic
River on Saturday. The courso was a mile and a half, extend-
ing from a point just above Hie Erie Railway bridge, and
extending up to a point a little below the midland Railroad
bridge. The first race was betwen the six-oared gigs of the
Passaic and Eureka clubs; distance 1* miles straight away;
prize, a stand of colors. The Eureka crew won by twelve
lengths; time, 9min. 59sec. J. W. Kennedy, of Hie Passaic,
and E. D. Small, of the Triton Club, contested the single
scull race; same distance as the first. Smull came in the
winner by a length; time lOmin. 41sec. The great event
of the day wa3 tho four oared shell race between all the
clubs. The following are the crews: — Passaic, E. M
Roberts, bow; F. R- Fortmeyer, C. H. McCormick, C. II.
Romer, stroke, and Captain. Triton, L. II. Smith, how,
F. C. Townley, W. A. Brintzenhoffer, Alexander Hardy,
stroke. Mystic, W. W. Beebe, It. W. Adams, A R.
Pomeroy, £). E. Tuthill, stroke. Eureka, John Young,
Captain und bow; Hudson Ryno, George Clark and John
Augilman. The distance was three miles, being up and
down tho course. The Eureka's won after a good race,
Triton's second. The time was not given out.

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— Tlie Dorchester Yacht Club are to day holding their
second regatta of the season, over the Nahant course,
which being an outside one with deep water affords no
chance for yachts to stick in the mud, as occurred at the
last regatta. Our correspondent, "Binnacle," writes that the
club propose to make their regattas more interesting to
spectators than they have been hitherto. Under the old
arrangements the spectators on the judges’ boat or club

ouse were left to amuse themselves as best they might,
while the yachts were down the bay. It is the intention
of the club to have at their next regatta, Jully 10th, a band
of music stationed on the judges' boat to enliven the tedium
of waiting, and it is also proposed that a lender race shall
take place over a course so arranged that the boats will he
in sight the whole time. Cards will be issued to members
of the club who desire to have places for friends on the
judges' bout. If these arrangements are carried out. the
pleasure of visitors will he much enhanced, and the club
will set an example worthy of imitation.

Tire Philadelphia Yacht Cure Regatta took phioe
on Saturday, the 12th, on the Delaware river, under the
most favorable circumstances. The prizes offered were
three handsome silk flags, trimmed with gold fringe, and
hearing the word "Champion, 1875;" a like number of
neat blue aud white burgees, bearing the letters " P. Y. C.,
1875," were offered for the 6Cconil prize. At 10 o’clock
and 10 miuntes the third class yachts received the word go,
the little things rnakiug a good start, aud were soon sciul-
dingup the river with a free wind. At 10:30 the .yachts of
the second class received a flying send-off, the fleet keep-
ing well together. At 10:50 the first class was started.
When opposite Palmer street wharf the second class yachts,
John Wilson, Jr., and Dolly Tilton, capsized, and the John
F. Olil, of the first class, was soon seen to follow suit. The
men were speedily picked up and towed osliorc. When
the upper buoy was reached the yachts of the third class
passed as follows: Millie first, Ambrose Hager second: of
the second class, the Ida May was the first to turn, at
12:15; Standiford, 12:15:10; Joseph Leary, 12:15:13; Brew-
er, 12:15:16; with the remainder of the fleet close astern ;
of the first class, the Mublon S. Thomas rounded at 12.30;
A. T. Egglet on, 12,30:10; Bazley, 12:30:13; Iloff, 12:31;
Ardis, 12:35. The boats all around hauled on the wind for
the Pennsylvania shore, the wind continuing to blow harder
every moment. On the first slietch the Thomas swamped,
and lost several minutes. The same ill luck also befel the
Egglcton, which allowed the A1 Dager to take first place
followed by the Hoff. At the lower end of Rancocas
Island the second class yachts Leo Reinfried and Iduy May
capsized, the latter at the time being first boat. Off Anda-
lusia the yachts stretched over to the Jersey shore, where
the Mariner carried away her lieadstuy. When opposite
the House of Correction the Enchantress capsized, and the
yachts Kleinz and Eggleton also turned bottom upward.
When abreast of Fruukford Creek the Dager, which was
still leading, upset, thns giving the Hoff fir‘t place, hotly
pursued by the Thomas. When abreast of Five mile point
the Kale, of the third class, capsized. As the yachts
which were kept upright, reached the home buoy, they
rounded as follows, the first two boats of each class win-
ning a prize: Third class, Millie, 2:20; Hagen, 2:22. Sec-
ond class John B. Brewer, 2:39: Charles Abei, 2:41 :30;
Joseph Leary, 2:47:1; Standiford, 2:47 :1|; First class, Hoff’
2.48; Lizzie Ardis, 2:49:35; Mahlon S. Thomas, 2:51- w'

H- Clymer, 3:2. The course sailed was from Shackamaxon
street wharf to a buoy-boat off Delanco and return, round-
ing a flag-boat opposite the water-works wharf. The
judges were Charles Shepherd, Terence McCuster, aud
William Richmond.

This is the most remarkable Upset Race on record.

Yacht Sales.— The large schooner (C..B.) yacht Ro-
mance has been sold to Mr. G. A. Brooks, of Cincinnati
for $2,400. The gentleman has a Summer residence at
Swampscott, and so the yacht will remain in Massachusetts
waters. She was built iu 1872, and was sold at a greut bar-
gain.

The cat-rigged sloop Water Witch, of Boston, has been
sold to Wm. Gorman by Mr. U K. Pctteugill. The sloop
Queeu Mab, M. J. Kiley's, has probably been sold to a Bos-
ton gentleman, and she has been put in the water and being
rigged and fitted at Pierce’s wharf, City Point, South Bos-
ton;

Schuylkill Navy Regatta. — The preparations of the
Schuylkill Navy for their second aunual regatta, open to
all amateurs, have beeu completed.

The drawing for heats and positions took place at the
Undine House, Fairmouut, at 7 o’clock, P. M. on Monday
The programme has been fixed as follows:— Wednesday
June 16th, first day of races, will be devoted to the triai
heals for singles, final heats for doubles, and trials for the
fours. There will two heats of singles and two of fours
making five races for the day. '

Chance has so thrown the crews together that the races
cannot help being exciting. The second heat for singles
wl bring the great Chicago scullers, Yates and Curtis to-
gether In the fours the three Philadelphia crews have
been drawn together. The Argonauts, Waver! v and Sca-
wauhaka, will be together. Tlie Waverly crew are heavy
in good training and pulling in good form. It is to be
hoped that the heat will be hot. The odds seem to he
ou lhe Argonautus for one, aud Quakers for the oil, er heat

1' or Thursday the three races will be fiuals for singles’
pairs and fours. The pairs are much above average Yktes
and turns, Brown and Walker, and McMillan, and Min-
gus being pitted together. Mr. J. Ik-nry Ferguson Presi-
dent of L HiroodeeTc Boat Club of Baltimore, has accented
the invitation to act as umpire. 1

The Sakatooa Regatta.— The Columbia crew arrived
at Saratoga on Saturday last and are now comfortably in-
stalled at their quarters, Ingraham’s, at the lake Thev
look with them three bouts, a six our shell, a pair-oar gig
and a six-oar barge. A new shell is expected from Fearon
in a few days. The Hamilton crew is already on the
ground. Cornell is expected to arrive during tlie week and
the other crews will put in appearance os college duties
will permit. Ilia rather un ui.lortunatc coincidence that

laCrdWSr^ ° •Tr,nKIty-1‘°Uld 1,avc aSai" bought Har-
vard and 5 ale side by side, not that we believe either

would he guilty of a deliberate foul, but young blood is
warm and even an accidental collision would lend to iu
crease the present feeling into something like animosity
and cause as unpleasaut a termination to the race as that

wi i“,.£ear\ T i® Alatn!Uou crow did not draw a position
with the rest and they have applied for the vacant one

which wo hope will bo granted them. If the new plan of
laying out a separate course is successful it will greatly
simplify the referee’s work, aud, prevent jockeying and
the accompanying bad blood.

—The new boat house of Yale is at last completed, and
on Wednesday was dedicated to the use of the Yale Navy
by the Committee of the Faculty and Alumni, by whom it
was put up. The cost of the building and land amounted
to $1(5,500, nearly all of which amount was voluntarily
subscribed. Among the givers are Robert Bonner, $2,000;
George P. Wctmorc, $1,000 and over; William Walter
Phelps, who has made an annual gift of $250 for some
years past; Fred W. Stevens, $1,000 and over; William M.
Evurls, President Porter, and nearly all the faculty; Gov.
James E. English, Charles Tracey of New York city; Geo.
C. S. and Moses S. Soutlnvortli, of Springfield, Mass., the
givers of the Southworth cup; the IIou. William M. Slew-
art, of Nevada; George Bliss, of Morton, Bliss & Co. ; II.
B. Cluflin; Gen. C. C. Dodge, of Phelps, Dodge & Co.; aud
the Hon. S. W. Kellogg, ol Connecticut.

The building Is 83 feet wide by 75 feet deep, and will
hold 100 boats easily. Among the original devices are iron
oar racks, by which each oar can be padlocked into place
and made safe from all predatory freshmeu and other in-
terlopers.

Speeches were made by President Porter, Rev. Joseph
n. Mitchell, Mr. W. C. Gulliver and others. In presenting
the house to the navy, Prof. Brewer alluded to physical
beauty as exciting admiration in all eyes. "An athlete, "
said lie, “is its highest development; but where a desire to
excel in athletics exists, it should be directed in proper
channels.” Mr. C. H. Ferry, to whose untiring energy the
completion of the boat house is largely due, responded iu a
very neat and appropriate speech, aud concluded by wish-
ing dial Yale might be victorious in tlie coming regatta,
and declared that all the college desires is "fair play und
no favors."

— Lack of space prevents our printing a very interesting
and elaborate report of the regatta of liie Patapsco regatta
from our correspondent "Sculls," a telegraphic summary
of which appeared in our last issue.

—We are iu receipt of one of Bond’s sectional boats,
new pattern, galvanized iron sides, and wooden bottom.
These boats are rapidly extending in use among sports-
men; their strength, durability, aud convenience of trans-
portation especially adapt them to sporting purposes. The
appended letter speaks justly of their merits:

„ ™ Louisville, June 10th, 1675.

Mr. W. E. Bond, Cleveland, Ohio.—

I have Just returned from n long boating trip— for which you so prompt-
ly sent me ono of your sixteen-foot boats— to Londonville, Ohio. One
hundred and fifty miles of our course lay through the creeks tributary to
tlie Walbonding, and down Ilia entire length of this river, all the way
full of shoals, rapids and dams. The boat was bumped, dragged, and
carried at some point every hour of three days’ hard work, and in one
place entirely capsized by a sunken rock, th.owing me ont in the river;
bnt I suffered no damage worse than scratches and one severe bruise.
No oilier host could possibly have borne the rongh usage to which this
one was subjected. She leaks a very little, but 1 think n few coats of
paint will make her ready for another voyage. A. H. Siegfried.

n ational ffnilimes.

CIUCKET.

—The first elevens of the Merion and Germantown clubs
played an exciting cricket match on the grounds of the
former, at Ardmore, on Saturday last. A large audience
among whom were many ladies, were in attendance and
the playing was much above the average. The bowlilm of
Sam Welsh, Tom Hargreaves, Richards, and Hunt in spile
of the hard ground, was excellent, and the fielding good
In the first inning the Merion scored 61 runs, 24 or which
were made by Richards, and 14 by Barley. For the Ger-
mantowns, in their first inning John Large made 21 benu-
ti f tally , while the steady play of Joe Hargreaves added 47
Iu the second inning the Merions showed that they were
overmatched, though Taylor and Huston deserved the 13
runs they each made. Richards not out earned his 32 and
Hunt was run out at 17. In their second inning theGer-
in an towns lost but four wickets when they had earned the
requisite 54 to win. Tho following is the score: Merion—
hirst inning, 61; second iuning, 80; total, 147 German-

tohil "748 lQniDg, 04; 6eC0Ud (four wickets.) 54;

—The Germantowns and Philadelphian plav a match
game, on the Phdadelphias’ ground, next Saturday.

— t is probable i that three grand cricket tournaments
w-il lake place this seiison, viz. : One in Ottawa, Province
of Quebec; the second in Toronto, Province of Ontario,
and third m I hiladelphia. The committee of Philadelphia
clubs, in their letter to Rev. T. D. Phillips, 0f Ottawa in-
v.ie a Canadian twelve to take part in the Philadelphia
tourney, and Mr. Phillips, in accepting the invitation, says-

“In this connection I may state that tho Ottawa Cricket C lub is now
arranging a tournament to commence July 1st. in which tho following
P,ayCd> if eatl8factory P^esa la matin wlth oi.r prc.oaf

July 1st— Montreal va. Ottawa.

July 2d— Montreal va. Toronto.

July 2d— Ottawa vs. Toronto.

July 5th— Hamilton vs. Ottawa.

July 0th and 7th— East vb. West, with Oobonrg for honndarv lino

Etoven'a! ' nal'^acdecViorfAmd0 tbe^aefecletf

mm!,”!"11 ,r°m fund of S*X) (perbapf l^ w'ould Ue

It is to be hoped that the Toronto cricketers will not lie
slovy in taking up this matter, and that every effort will be
menu80 ^ C‘ly WcU rePrcscnted »ll three tourna

mTmomSylfw 4hC Gcrma‘“0 wn c,ev“ ““

BASE BALL.

-JJ1 f Mutuals of Meadsville, Pa, are making arrange-
merits for a tour East during the early part of July vi/ •
Newcastle, l it U held, Harrisburg, Easton, Philadelphia

«tUr‘, n^C v Y,rk' 10 "nieiujur£ with some ofP the

strong Eastern amateurs. They are one of the repre-
sentative amateur nines in the West, and are desirous or
improving their piny by contact with some of their Eastern
brethren, and would like to hear from the Fly A ways

Chelseas, Aldingtons, Sliibes, Doorrs, and other provincial
clubs. They have all been written to. but from some in-
explicable reason, in a majority of the cases, have failed to
respond.

—The Seneca club of Flatbush, defeated the Startles of
Glen Cove, at Prospect Park, on June 12th, by 28 to 8.

— The crack nine of the Nameless club played a Satur-
day match with the Montagues at Prospect Park, on June
12th, and after the third inning they had it all their own
way. Tho new nine of this club is a strong one, and with
practice they will play a first-class game. They are very
neatly uniformed. Crosby led at the bat on one side aud
Devins on the other. The score was 21 to 4.

—The Produce Exchange nine played and defeated tho
strong nine of the Concord club of Brooklyn, June 12th,
at the Cupiloliuo Grounds. The following is the score:—
Innings.

Produce Exchange 2 l 0 5 0 0 0 1 2—11

Concord 4 0 0 U 2 2 1 1 0—10

—The Knickerbockers were prevented by other engage-
ments from playing their return match with the Staten
Island nine, June 12th, and to appease the disappointed
spectators, the Staten Islanders played against a picked
nine, detealing them iu seven innings by a' score of 6 to 5.

—Tho Fly Aways visited Bridgeport, Conn, .Tune llih,
and for the first time encountered the T. B. F. U. S. club
of that city. The game was poorly played, especially by
the Fly Aways, they losing all chances of winning by
loose fielding in the first and eighth inning. Darrigaii,
Snigg and Thompsou, of the T. B.’s, and Loughliu'aml
Quinn, of the Flys, did best, Loughliu hatting ami field-
ing handsomely. Below will be fouud the score:—

Innings.

Fly Away 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1-4

T. B. F 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 o — &

— Yale has challenged the Harvard nine to play a series
of games, beginning June 2d Unless Yale can manage to
play before commencement there is little hope of the two
niues coming togelher this year.

— The Grafton, Mass, nine has already arranged for the
following games: With the Live Oaks, at Lynn, June I8lli
or 19lh; with the Atlantics (professionals), at Worcester
June 25th; with the Cbelscus, at Worcester, June 26th-
with the Rollstones, of Fitchburg, at Worcester, July lOili’
The second game with the Live Oaks will probably be
played iu Worcester July 3d.

—On July 10th the Reliance club, of Brooklyn, defeated
the Jaspers, of Manhattan College, in a well played game
by the score of 5 to 3.

—On June 8th the Chelseas defeated the Keystones at
Brooklyn, by a score ol 7 to 4.

—The St. Louis and Mutuals clubs met for the first time
at St. Louis June 9, and the Browns took tlie Mutes to
camp. The following is the score:

A0"1® 1 o 0 2 0 0 1 1 0-5

Mutuals o 1 1 0 0 0 U U 0-3

PROFESSIONALS.

The best game West this season was that of June 8tli
• lie score of which is appended. The Chicago club played
one of the finest fielding games ever seen on any ball
ground, and this, together with the fact that the Bostons
only made three base hits on Zettlein, accounts for tlie de-
feat of the latter. The Chicagos maJe their two runs in
the fourth inning, not so much on their good batting as the
poor fielding of the Reds, O Rourkc failing to handle a
sharp hit to him, Barnes missing an easy chance to nut out
Devlin between first and second bases, White inakiri"- a
wild throw, and Spalding muffing a thrown ball from
White at home base. : —

WUITE STOCKINGS

. »• IB-

Hlgham, c 0

Hustings, 2d b. .1

Devlin, 1st b 1

Hines, cf o

White, 3d b 0

Peters, s s o

Glenn, If o

Zettlein, p o

Biclaskl, r f u

ro.

I

0

uostons.

In.

0

0

fl

1

1

1

0

ll

0

r.o,

ii

5

1

0

19

0

1

0

1

White Stockings 0

Bostons o

0- 2
0-0

0|G. Wright, s. 8...

1 1 Barnes, 2d b ... o

llO’Kourke. 3d b o

0 Leonard, f. f y

McVey, 1st b... . o

SpaMing, j> o

White, c o

Manning, r, f. . . . n

Beals, c. f j

Innings.

0 0 2 0 0 0

. , o 0 0 0 0 0 u 0—0

Y^ung °“ crrors- WWt0 Slocking#, 5; Bostons, l. Umpire, Nick

6iuT7iurfC:-”g iS UlC rCU0,d 0f Passional contests

Juno 7— Boston vs. St. Louis, nt St. Louis in ... o

June 7— Chicago vb. Mutual, at Chicago i n

June 8-Ph la.h'lphia vs. Washington, at Wasii'ineYm,' • '

June S-Chteago vs. Boston, at Chicago ?! 7

June 9— Athletic vs. Atlantic, at Phiiudrlnhin °

Juno m' ^^'"^toM.utBultin.oro.::.:' T? to r

, 1,1 9- St. Lotus vs. Mutual, ut St L.uis " ,

jll,la ..V Athletic vb Adamic, at Philadelphia; lii m a

June 0 -Boston vs. Western, nt Keokuk

June 10— Mutual vb. lied Sox, ut St. LoiiIb 0 lo 4

June II A It. I.. tin .... Mr.. . : ' .

June 10 — Mutual vb. Itcd Sux, ut St. I.oiiIb " i

June ll— Athletic va. Washington, at Philadelphia oi !!! }

June 11 -Hartford vb. New llaven, at New Haven 7.1 , \

lliiliilPSNli

June 12— Boston vb. Chlcugo, ut Chicago o8 *

June 11— Boston vb. Chicago, nt Clncaoo V, !° ?

Juno 14— Philadelphia vs. St. Louis ut St" iV.ni ' ' ?J 10 '*

^ : i- s

and toil by the respect'i ^dubs:-0 DUmbCr °f ga,nC8 won

Cluu.

O

6

3

p

ja

c

111

Athletic

<\<

«

o

bobiou

Chicago.

Hartford . "

Mutual

New Haven

Philadelphia

lted Stockings

St. Louis

Washington

Western

Games Lost

— — - ■ -i -i v iviihih; i*| ** in ii|

St 8cml

* FOREST AND STREAM

297

Curling Convention— Matches fob Next Winter.—
The Ninth Annual Convention of tho Grand National
Curling Club was held at Yonkers on Wednesday last, the
9th inst. The meeting comprised curlers from Canada and
the West, but was not as well alteuded as on several pre-
vious occasions. At tho Executive Committee meeting,
which was held in the Grand Army Hull. President John
L. Hamilton occupied the chair. The calling of the roll
discovered the following representation from the several
clubs : —

N. Y. Caledonian, John Russell; New York, George
Giieves; Jersey City, James Love; Burns, Ogdenshurgh,
W. Winterbottom (proxy); Milwaukee, J. A. Bryden;
N. Y. St- Andrews, A. Dulryeiple; Albany, Thomas Mc-
Crcdie; Yonkers, W. B. Edgar; Paterson, Juiues Peacock;
N. Y. Thistle, William Meikle; Thistle, Detroit, George W.
Sparks; Caledonian, Brooklyn, James West; N. Y. Burns,
Win. Ilogg; Four Brothers, Canada, U. Mnlcom; Thistle,
Brooklyn, W. Ward Watkins; Caledonian, Buffalo, James
E. Thomson; Ivanhoc, Paterson, H. L, Butler.

The clubs not represented wore the Chicago; Empire
City, N. Y. ; Thistle, Chisago; St. Lawrence, Prescott;
New York Mills; Orchard Lake, Mich.; Burns, Cleveland;
and Granite, Detroit.

After the reading of the minutes of last meeting the re-
ports of committees were called for, and the first presented
was that of the committee on the International match be-
tween the United States and Canada. It was given infor-
mally by Mr. II. L. Butler, of Paterson, and set forth the
circmnstauces 6omo time ago stated in the pages of
Forest and Stream, which mude the arrangement of such
a match impossible last winter. Out, of a required number
of fifty rinks, only fifteen could be found which could be
depended upon to go.

The reports of the Secretary and Treasurer having been
disposed of, the Chairman called for the resolutions drawn
up by a special committee regarding the death of Mr. A.
Cossets, writer to the Signet, Edinburgh, the Secretary of
the Royal Caledonian Curling Club of Scotland. Mr. Cas-
sels discharged the duties of Secretaryship for upwards of
thirty years, and was one of the most keen and enthusiastic
supporters of curling in the whole of Scotland.

The New York Mills Club was dropped from the roll,
and was the first defection from the rauks of the grand
national.

The new clubs applying for admission were represented
as follows ; —

Troy, Thomas McCredie (proxy); Newark, W. W. Love;
Manhattan, N. Y., G. T. Addison; Utica, none; St. Law-
rence, Prescott, Onl., J. Gillies (proxy). Of these the last
named was merely reinstated. It was really defunct for a
period of three years, but having been restored to unima
tion, was somewhat anomalously treated as though it had
been iu membership all along.

Mr. A. Dulryinple brought forward a series of by-laws,
for the regulation of the match for the Bell Champion
Quoit. A modification of tho existing practice was advo-
cated some time ago in these columns iu an article upon
quoits, having especial reference to the size of the quoit
used iu the champion match. This and other defects are
now remedied by the ndoptiou of Mr. Dairy mple’s code,
which is founded upon that of tho-Excclsior Quoitiug Club.
Its main provisions arc as follows : —

1st. That the players shall bo paired by oallot, llioeo drawing the sumc
numbers being opponents.

2d That the match shall be played on tho natural turf, without clay

ODds

3d. That the motts, or pins, shnll ho eighteen yards noart .

4 til. -That the players, when delivering their quoits, shall stand within
three feel of the mott.

Btli That tho leader shall he decided by lot.

Gib That the player* shnll remain at the end played from until the last
shot from each end is played

7th. That the size of quolta shall not exceed eight Inches In diameter

8th. That in cam of doubt or dispute all measurements shall he made
with compusees from tho centre of the top of the pin to the nearest visi-
ble Iron

fith. That In case of a broken qaolt the moasnromont shall be made
from the top of the pin to tho nearest visiblo iron of the fragment lying
Closest to the pin

lOlli That any disconcerting act done by one player shall entitle his
antagonist to play his shot over again.

Uili That two umpires and n referee shall be appointed by tho execu-
tive column ice of the Qrand National.

On motion these by-laws were ordered to be iuserted in
the next nnnual.

At the general meeting a large accession was made to the
number of curlers present, chiefly of members of the Cale-
donian, New York nnd St. Audrews Clubs of New York,
and from the local club.

^ The following are the matches for tho Grand National

medals to he played next winter : —

Umpire.

New York vs. Yonkers St Audrews.

N, Y. Caledonian vs. Jersey City N Y. Thistle.

SI. Audrews vs. Ivnnboc N. Y. Caledonian.

Paterson vs. Ernpiro City Jersey City.

N, Y. Thistle vs. Thistle, Brooklyn N Y. Burns.

Mums. N. Y , vs Caledonian, Brooklyn Empire City.

Newark vs, Manhattan Paterson.

Albany vs. Troy Own.

Sums. Ogdensonrgh, vs St. Lawrence, Prescot Own.

Sllffulo vs. Four Brothers Own.

Milwaukee vs. Thistle, Chlcigo Chicago

Granite, Detroit, vs Orchard Lake Thistlo, Detroit.

Thistle, Detroit, vs. Chicago Own.

BBlcveland vs. Utica Buffalo.

The match for the Gordon medal was again made the
uubject of a lengthy discussion, but tho motion offered was
ulii mutely laid upon the table.

■ The letter of resignation of the Chaplain, Rev. Dr. Thom-
son of Fourth Presbyterian Church, New York, was re-
ceived.

Mr. A. Dalrymple moved that as tho Western section had
played for the Gordou medal last winter, the Eastern sec-
tion play for it next winter on the pond in Central Park,
during Hie first half of January, on a day t o lie more exactly
fixed by the President, the mulch to bo played iu the regu-
lar way by one rink from each club. Carried.

I The Convention will meet next year in Jersey City.

The medal played for two years ago by the Milwaukee
and Granito, Detroit clubs, was ordered to lie returned to
the Grand National. The match was never satisfactorily do
[ cided, nnd the medal is at present in the possession of Mr
|G. W. Sparks of Detroit.

| The subject of an international match was again brought
bp by Mr. R. Malcom of Toronto- lie reminded the Con-
vention that such a bonspiel was first proposed in 1872, and
that in 1873 it had been regularly moved and carried in the
Toronto Convention that it should he played last winter,
lie was willing to accept the Committee’s report ns pre-
I seated by Mr. Butler to the Executive Committee, hut he
Would certainly not be satisfied if another winter went past
without it being played. The twenty-seven clubs on the
foil, outside of the Oanadiau members, ought to arrange

two rinks each on an average, and if they made up their
minds to do it there should he no dilficulty about it. It was
worth hearing iu mind that next year was the year of tho
Centennial, and a grand international mulch might ho used
as a means of reminding his countrymen on the other side
of the border, how America had been victorious over her
forefathers oj England a hundred years ago. A very gen-
eral disappointment was felt by Canadians because the
match did not come off last winter.

On motion the Executive members of each club wore
appointed a Committee of the Whole to attend to the
matter.

The President’s address, one of tho best ever given be-
fore the Grand Natioual, was then delivered by Mr. Ham-
ilton, and the election of officers for the eusuing year was
proceeded with. It resulted as follows:— President, John
L. Hamilton; 1st Pice-President, James Stewarl of Yonkers;
2dil Vice-President, G. W. Sparks, of the Thistle Club,
Detroit; Secretary and Treasurer, David Foulis.

The meeting closed after the installation of the newly
elected officers and the transaction of some informal busi-
ness. A banquet was glveu at the Getty House iu the
evettiug.

The Quoitiug Mntcli. — The match for the Bell Champion
Quoit was postponed on account of the rain until the fol-
lowing day, when it came off on a piece of grouud to the
south of Yonkers. Twenty-eight players entered, and the
play was very fine over almost the whole ground. The im-
provement upon that exhibited a few years ago, in the same
match, was very marked. Mr. A. Dalrymple, the winner
of the medal last year, was disposed of on the second lie.
The remaining ties were watched with great interest, and
resulted as follows:

G. Henderson.
W Kellock...
G. Grieves —

J. Templeton.
G. Grieves

J. Templeton.

THIRD

TIE.

21

J. Stewart

10

John Temp

eton n bye.

5

FOURTH TIB

lli

21 | W. Kullock

19

FINAL TIB

21

W. II. Doty of Yonkers acted as umpire.

Mr. 'lempleton, the winner of the medal, now holds it
for the second time. He was the first to wear tho trophy,
when, iu 18G8, he carried it off from a field of twenty two
players. lie is champion of the Excelsior Quoiting Club,
anu a member of the Caledonia Curling Club of New York.

Value of Earth Worms. — Mr. Josiah Purke9, the em-
inent English agricultural engineer, found that earth worms
were great assistance in land drainage. He says they love
moist, but not wet soils, and will bore down to water, hut
not into it. In examining a field which he had deeply
drained, after long previous shallow drainage, he fouud
that the worms had greatly increased in number, and that
their bores descended quite to the level of the pipes. Many
of the worm holes were large enough to receive the little
finger, and it was evident that one worm has several bores,
some of which are used in dry weather, and some as a ref-
uge from rain. A piece of land in Lincolnshire, over
which the sea had broken and killed worms, remained ster-
ile until the worms again inhabited it.

There was a piece of pasture land near his house in
which the worms were in such numbers that he thought
their casts interfered too much with the grass, and lie had
the field rolled at night iu order to destroy them. The re-
sult was that the productiveness of the field declined, and
was not restored until the worms had recruited their num-
bers, which was aided by collecting and transporting mul-
titudes of worms from the fields adjoining. Tho great
depth to which the worms will boro, and from which they
cast up fine fertile soil to the surface, has been described
by Mr. C. Darwin, of Kent, who slates that in a few years
they have elevated the surface of fields by a layer of fine
molds several inches thick, thus adding to the fertility of
the soil.

Potted Shad. — An esteemed friend furnished us with
the following seasonable recipe. We have tried it, and fiud
Hie fish put up by it excellent — every way as pieasaut to
the palate as the northern article of shad sold iu hermeti-
cally sealed boxes by our grocers: Take four good-sized
fresh slind, cut each into six pieces and lay these in salt
water for a few hours; after taking these out of the salt
water drain them well. Then take eight leaspoonfuls of
salt, oue of red pepper, one of cloves, half teaspoonful of
mace, and mix them thoroughly. Sprinkle the fish well
with these condiments; lay the fish iu a stone jar, and cover
it with good strong vinegar. Place a cloth cover over the
jar, lie it down, aud bake contents over a slow tire from
six to eight hours. When done, set away in a cool place
for a few days, aud when the jar is opened, you will find
all hones have disappeared, and a nice relish is bef ore you.
Warrenton Index.

£nsivei[S j (£ort[C'Htoii(lcitt$.

C. W., Mmuosotu Junction, Wis.— Caa send you Wingate's Rifle Man-
ual; price $1.00.

Chus. It. Suyilam, editor of "Fur, Fin aud Feather:" Please send proe-
eent address to this office.

F. \V. G., Erie, Penu.— Give yoar spaniel puppy three drops Fowler’s
solntioa ursenio three limes a day, and you will llnd good results.

MbssbnqBR, Bosion In Forest and Stream June 3d, page £ff§, in
riflu mutch ul gullory of J. S. Coulin for ’short range championship,"
what was the distance? Ann. Twenty-live yards.

Sanuiio, St. Louis.— Will yon pleuso Info, m me where I can procure
some 30 inch circle targets to try a shot gun! Aus. From Puck Jt Sny-
der, No. 120 Nassau street, Now York.

D. MoU., Hnrrlsvillo, Mich.— Where cun I got Curtis & Harvey’s No.
fi gunpowder? Have tried several places and can't get it. Alls. None to
be had In this city.

E. C. P., Springfield, Moss.— In tho report of fly costing at Water-
town show, do you count from foot of the caster or from lip of rod?
Aus. Measurement of disluuco from but of rod to end of leader, or cast-
ing line.

Wood Dock.— In Answers to Correspondents In a late paper it Is
stuled that wood ducks cannot ho domesticated. 1 have more than once
scon them in that condition, nnd mingling ramllinrly with the other
poultry, on the Des Moines River near Chicago.— S. C. C.

M. D Morris, Itun, Tioga, Ponn.-G'an you iDform mo in your Answers
to Correspondents where I can procure Horn oue to flvo thousand small
trout; also, the best month for stocking a pond? Ans. Thompson Jt
Tagg. Newhopo, Buck* county. Pen n. Best time for stock lug. lutt>e
Sprlug season.

F. B. I’., Montello, Wis.— Ploaao Inform mo what Is the number ami
street at which the nperUman at New York is published; also the
Washingtou SporUmtutf Ans. Thu Spor/mian, No. 23 Park row, Now
\ork; Washington BporUman discontinued.

Constant Reader, Syracuse, N. Y — Whore can X obtain a pair of
Ashing shoes with perforated soles, and what la tho cost of such r Ans,
fishing boots arc not made with perforated soles, but tho top and sides
of tho foot nro punched. Address Messrs, Ferguson & Stoveus. No. 87
Nassuu street, Now York.

W. N. W., Boston -W and 8 both agroo that tho Cnnard Company
have lost two steamers between this country and England. W hots 8.
$5 that tho two steamers lost by the Otiuard Compauy were not lost, ono
on Cnpo Cod and the other near Halifax. Whowius? Ans. The Coltnn-
bla, of the Cuunrtl Line, wo are Informed, was lost on the rocks In Mait-
enchusotts Bay about IB-19. Tho Tripoli was lost on the const of Ireland.

Korsht, ChltteRnango.— Some timo ago I saw In yonr Answers to Cor
respondents the name of a work on trout and othor fflus, hnt I cannot
now And it. Would it bo too much to ask if yon would repeat the name,
or that of some other work, with price of each? Ronalds * Blucker’a
"Fly Fishers’ Entomology," Thnddeus Norris’ "American Anglers’
Book " Tho price of the latter Is $3, &0; the others are English works,
and we do uot know tho price.

J. E. 8 , Philadelphia.— A frlon d and I wish a few days bluoflshlng
the coming week; who can \vb got to furnish boat and man. and
which Is the best plnce easily accessible from Philadelphia? Atm, Kin-
sey’s Ashley House is situated within one hundred yards of the cele-
brated Ashing grounds of Bumegat Inlet, where comfortable accommo-
dations, fishermen, bouts, Ac., cau be found. Theie are also good hotels,
boats, ifcc.. at^Barnogat Village ar.d Wnrotown.

J. II., Boston — 1st. What is the weight of the Scott gun you have for
sale, and which Is advertised for sale In tills week's Issue? Arts 8J
pounds. 2d What Is tho lowest cash price It can he bought for? Ans.
$1S0. 3d. Do you think I conld be nblo to get a pair of stuffed mallard
and ono fomnlo blucbill duck In Now York, or could you eel them and
send them to me. and at whut price? Aus. Address Mussrs. Eaton &
Co., No. 102 Nassau street. New York.

Mercury, Boston.— Ploaso describe In yonr next Issue, If posslblo
“blncilsh tackle" as used by Ashcrrncn about Bonufort aud on the coast
of the Carolina^ I have read somowhero that they use In place of bono
or bright metal a piece of older with tho lino anti a portion of hook
drawn through It. Ans. Tho sumo tackle as ours, hut heavier, ns the Ash
are larger. Tho alder la used simply to take the place of bone or metal
where the latter are uot procurable.

H. B., Now York.— Please Inform mo whero, within flvo lionrs’ Jour-
ney of this city, one would And good trout Ashing fur a couple of days
during the Qrst week In July next? How to reach such place, -ami where
toputnp? Ans. Take Erie R. R. to Port Jervis, ami stage to Milford,
or Erie to Lnckawaxen and wagon to Moses Westbrook’s Ask for John
Williamson at Lnckawaxen. You can Osh the Sawkl.ll, Bushkill. or Sho-
hola streams. Take 0 A. M. or 7 P. M train.

Dauphin, Harrisburg, Ps.— I Incloio herewith a plcco of wood of the
kind we use lor our best trout and bass rods. It is scarce, Is found In
the western part of the State, and is remarkable for Its toughness and
elasticity. Please let me know what It Is— that is, the proper name for
it. We call it iron wood, Ans. The specimen sent appears to he a
species of cedar; 1b close In grain, hut with very short flbro, conse-
quently wc should think It too brittle for good rods. Could uot classify
It without further particulars.

II J. R., tthuca.— Can yon give mo the faros on tho following rontos:
1st. From Toronto to Duluth via Colli ngwood Hoc; 2d. From Buffalo to
Duluth by propeller? Is n sportsman allowed to carry a gun aud ammu-
nition with him from tho States into Canada without extra •luirgG or
duty? Arc there excursion rates on either of the above lines abont the
middle of Jnly? Ans. Faro from Toronto to Duluth tin Collingwood,
Sault 8te. Marie nnd Thunder Bay Is $24.23, cnrrcucy; from Buffalo to
Duluth by boat, $27, meals aud statorooni included No difficulty about
carrying your gun. No excursions that wu are uware of, but you cuu
ascertain before starling.

C. D., Now York.— I have bought a small cannon of 10J Inches in
length, weight 14 pounds wheels aud all, and 12 bore. Pleusc, oblige by
Informing mo how big a load, and what kind of powder and wads to nee t
I would like to have it make as much "noise" as posslblo. An* Four
or Ave drachms, powder measurement, of any kind of gunpowder, with
two or threo Ely wads, will moke noise enough, but such guns ore gen-
erally made of luferlor metal, and being so short arc very dangorons to
handle, oonseqnently wo would suggest the propriety of having your life
insured before using It.

Comstock, Cleveland, Ohio —In yonr reply to “Albert" In FonrsT
and Stream June 10th you suy yon cau send him "Bird* of Norih
America," with colored plates, price $30 for the three volumes How
muiiy illustrations doua the work contain, aud nre there colored plates of
all the birds embraced In the work? Is it n scientific or popular work T
Ans. Sixty-four colored plates and 593 wood cuts. It is both scientific
uud popular, tho reputations of Professors Baird and Rldgway and Dr.
Brewer being a guarantee of the thoroughness nnd ability with which tho
subject bus been treated.

E. G. H., Philadelphia — 1. What arc the names of the different pari*
of on oar- more strictly I should say, what is tho name of that part of
the oar between the loom aud blade? 8. AJso best oil for guns? I have
tried several kinds, but tuy gun will get rnsty In Winter. 3. Also, which
size of Remington gun Is best for general shooting. 30 or 28 Inch, 10 or
13 bore? 4. And whether Holnblrd’s suits are flt to wear both Summer
and Winter? Ans. 1. Wo have always heard It culled tlie chunk. 2
Sewing machine oil, being pure sperm. 3. 12 gaugo 30-luch barrel. 4.
Good for both Summer and Winter.

C. D. W., Rockville, Conn.— Which Is the cheapest route to Texas,
and the fare? Ans Fia Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad; faro
from St. Louis to Dennison. $28; Dallas, $31.00. Whore shall wo And
buffalo without danger from tho Indians* Ans. Dou't know; buffalo
range to south and west of Fort 8111, northward to the Platte River.
What book or maps would usstst ns? Ans. Address “Brother Sports-
man," box 301, Scdnlio. Mo. Can you give us the address of some ono
iu Texas who will answer a few questions? Ans. Address G. U. Rags-
dale, Gainesville.

C. W. A., Jr., New York —Can yon inform mo of some place within
•200 mile-* of Now York where good trout or black bass flsblng and wood-
cock shooting cuu be hud daring July? Also the name of some resident

to whom I cub write In relation to board? I have loaded u number of

Ely’s green shell cartridges, Ailed with flue rifle powder. Aro such dan-
gerous and liable to burst a breech loader? Ans. Write to Moses West-
brook. Blooming Grove. Pike county, I*a. Try ouo of your shells, and
if the recoil is not too great use them. If yonr gun Is a good one there
should be no danger of bursting It with ordinary charges, but the result
will probably uot be ns satisfactory ns though you had used coarser
powder.

P. A., Boston.— I have a little bitch that I suppose te a fall blooded
cocker spaulol. Cau you tell by the following description whut she Is:
She looks like a very small setter, only her head Is shorter in propoitlon
and her noso more pointed. Color, while with sides of her head and
care orange, nnd orange spots on her body. She is well feathered with
sofi, silky hair, baton her lull and stern it Is iucliued to curl: she hua
also tufts of hair between her toes. Her nose, lips, nud roof of her
mouth are black; eyes dark aud very huge uud handsome. Length of
head, 6i Inches; from uosc to root of tall, £2 Inches; tall, 10 Inches;
height. 17 Inches? Ans. From your description of tho bitch wo aro In-
clined to think that she Is n well brod cocker; yet "one cannot aljnosj
always tell unless you've been there."

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find oar columns a desirable medium for advertising announcements.

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the legitimate sports of land and water to those base uses which always
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COM-
ING WEEK.

Thursday. Jnno 17th.— Racing, American Jockey Club, Jerome Park
— Tro-tlng. Fleetwood, N Y ; Syracuse, N. Y ; Providence, R I —
Schuylkill Navy Regitta. Philadelphia; Dorchester Yacht Club Regatta,
Bo*ton — Base bal’, Hartfords vs. Bostons, Boston.

Friday, June 18th. — Trotting, Fleetwood, N Y : Syracnse, N. Y.;
Warwick. N Y.; Providence, R I.— Base ball, Keystone vs Barling-
ton, at Bnrllngton .

Saturday-, June 19th —Racing, American Jockey Clnb, Jeromo Park
N Y —Brooklyn Yacht Clnb Regatta— Trotting, Warwick, N. Y -
Base ball, Germantown vs J B. Doerr, Hoboken vs. Concord, at Hobo-
ken.

Monday, June 21st. — Colombia College Commencement; Trotting
Peoria, III.

Tuesday. Jnne 22d.— Trotting, Palerson, N. J. ; Watertown, N. Y;
Salem, N. J ; Beacon Park. Boston; Peoria, 111.; East Saginaw and Still-
water. Mich -Yachting. Atlantic Yacht Club Regatta.

Wednesday, Jnne 23d — Trotting, Paterson, N. J.; Beacon Park,
Boston, Watertown. N. Y —Bench Show of Dogs, Mineola, LI; Base
ball, Hoboken vs. Cbelsea. at Hoboken

Ohio State Sportsmen’s Convention.— The Ohio State
Sportsmen’s Association assembled in Cleveland on Tues-
day of last week. In the absence of the President A. T.
Brinsmade, the first Vice President, occupied the chnir.
Delegates from eight clubs and associations were present.
The standing Committee on Rules aud Regulations reported
that the present game laws were entirely inadequate to the de-
mandsof the case, and recommended that proper delegations
be appointed to visit the General Assembly and petition
them to pass more effective laws. The name of the asso-
ciation was changed to the Ohio State Association for the
Protection of Game and Fish. The constitution was
changed so that no shooting tournament where pigeons or
other birds are used can be held or permitted under the
auspices of the association. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year;— President, Thomas A. Lo-
gan, Cincinnati; Vice Presidents, C. C. Brigham, Toledo,
and Col. D. W. Thomas, of Akron; Recording Secre-
tary, R. C. Smith, of Bedford; Corresponding Secretary,
W. B. Milbank, Toledo; Treasurer, H. H. Brown of
Cleveland.

A committee was appointed to confer with the managers
of the leading railroads in the State and endeavor to make
arrangements whereby fixed fare and suitable accommoda-
tion shall be established for all dogs carried on their lines.

Adjourned sine die.

—From the reports we are receiving from sportsmen's
Clubs, societies for the protection of game, and others in-
terested in the proper enforcement of the laws acainst
shooting out of season, wo feel confident that those who
•hoot woodcock before the season opens will find it a more
expensive luxury than they bargained for.

THE Second Annual Convention of the National Sports-
men's Association assembled on the evening of the
8th of June, instant, at Braiuard’s Opera House, Cleveland,
Ohio. The Convention was called to order by the Presi-
dent, Hon. A. T. Brinsmade, who occupied the chair.
In the absence of the Recording Secretary, Mr. T. C.
Banks, of the Rod and Gun, was elected secretary pro ton.
Jonathan Sidway, of Buffalo, W. J. Babcock, of Ro-
chester, and Dr. Holmes, of Michigan, were appointed a
Committee on Credentials.

The following delegates were in attendance, then, or at
subsequent sessions of the Convention:

Massachusetts — Jerome Marble, Worcester; S. T. nan-
nand, Springfield; Luther Adams, Boston; George Delano,
New Bedford; F. L, Sturtevant, Framingham.

Connecticut — R, O. Cheeney, South Manchester; Wil-
liam Humphrey, West Meriden; Henry B. Harrison, New
Haven; H. J. Houghton, Waterbury; A. C. Hobbs, Bridge-
port.

Vermont — Dr. M. C. Edmunds, Weston; George Gregory
Smith, St. Albans; Colonel M. S. Colburn, Factory Point;
Dr. G. F. Gale, Brattleboro; Gen. W. H. W. Ripley, Rut-
land.

New York — Charles Hallock, New York City; R. P.
Flower, Watertown: William J. Babcock, Rochester; A.
B. Lamberton, Rochester; Jonathan Sidwav, Buffalo.

Ohio — L. A. Harris, Cincinnati; R, C. Smith, Bedford;
Edward Taylor, Akron; Z. C. Pheatt, Toledo; Henry A.
Harvey, Cleveland .

Illinois — J. V. La Moyne, Chicago; F. P, Hopkins, Pala-
tine; W. F. Milligan, Chicago; D. T. Elision, Chicago;
John L. Pratt, Sycamore.

Michigan— Robert P. Jones, Detroit; W. C. Coburn, De-
troit; E. S. Holmes, Grand Rapids; D. H. Fitzhugh, Bav
City; Edgar Week, Mt. Clemens.

Kansas — Col, N. S. Goss, Neosho Falls.

Texas— Wade Luchett, San Antonio.

Maryland— Duncan C. Clark, Baltimore.

Nebraska— John W. Petty, Omaha; John D. Jones,
Omaha.

Indiana— -A. B. Wade, South Bend.

Wisconsin — H. N. Sherman, Beloit.

The President then delivered his annual address, which
was received with much applause. Mr. Briusmade spoke
as follows: —

Gentlemen op the Convention:—

With pleasure we welcome you to tills the second convention of the
National Sportsmen's Aesociation-an association yet in its infancy,
having been orvau zed less thau a vcar-Out which has nevertheless de-
veloped strengih day by .lav, proving beyond question that it willI ac-
complish in time all that is or was expected of it.

lis purposes, as set forth in the resolution adopted at the time of Us
organization, are: The piotection of game and fish in all me States and
Territories, by procuring the passage In each State, and in the Congress
of the Uni ted _ States, of uniform cooperation and consistent laws
strictly prohibiting their destruction during the breeding, nesting and
spawning seasons and reasonable time preceding and following the
same; prohibiting the capture and destruction of certain species of game

rtL«m?irt«n^?nrtditr“P8.idUrlni! 11,1 ?ea*?n8; prohibiting the catching and
destruction of fish, in the now navigable lakes and streams, with nets or
b?'S“VUK80f.chelniCill8; Prohibiting the obstructing of the free passage
of fish by nets across such streams, and by the creation of dsh dams and
traps; and to procure the passage of such other anil further legislation
as might be uecesary and proper for the full accomplishment of its »ur-
pose; second, through subordinate organizations, to Insure a rigid en-
forceraent of ’ alJ thu game and protection laws, now or be rear ter to

be eu acted; third, to secure by and through proper legislation the riiiht
?£Pr°P^[ly ln ll8eful burning dogs, making them, when stolen, the snb-
jeci of larceny, and when wantonly killed or mained, the subject of a
misdemeanor; fourth to secure by and through proper legislation, Uie
n^L°f , “ nB prohlbll.iD8 at any time and season the killing or dc-
strucUon of all song und non-game birds; to organize and consolidate
under state junsdiclion, game und (is h protective clubs or associations
A«H^nMnnteiaUd act under the jurisdiction of the National

Association, In securing and enforcing proper protective legislation
Since the organization of the association at Niagara Falls m Sep'tem-

str. S mV.e,r{,^n beun acc7mP|l-‘hed, and it fias been fully demon-
siraied that Its formation was wise, and I may say, absolutely demand-
f^'th8eVlri1 S ?lc 0r8au izations have since been formed; clubs auxiliary
f^{^'b,h»an-^«.^nlU,g nP everywhere’ aDd a determination is man*
rested by all sportsmen to have our game and fish protected The al-
,?™°f ?'2le l*««>1«nre.has been called to the necessity of hav ing
nUv ,“nd reecrvo>™ rc-Biocked with fish, and several Stau-f

have taken definite action, and made liberal appropriations for such pur
pose. Ann 1 may here adu that me Fish Commissioners in the several
Slates have entered into their work with commendable zeal, and the re!
suit of iheir efforts is already manifest.

frJme,h"bJe<i[ 0t ?,U cui,ture- 88 Mr Roosevelt well says, “has passed
„ experiment Into absolute certainty," and as it is true

J,1,0"' fcre of Jval“r will produce more food thau one acre of land the
subject Is one of great importance to the peoplo at large Relaxation
for me professional man and for the artisianin every vocation la a nosf
live necessity No man can tax bis brain, or follow the imad-rXof
bus ness routine unceasingly with Impunity. Recreat on
equilibrium of body and mind, and w/are pain 55 and “and
quent witnesses of the violation of this law of nature The Zion
»nrf ntl f. f,e,ithe nminu-'tia,‘ce Of health and the preservation of’menmi
and physical vigor render a resort to an entire change of thouilhT fe^l
ing, and action an imperilive noty, and It is only to the uniimiated I
need say that (his can scarcely be more effectually found limn w! h gun
m baud traversing the fields and forests, or following ^he
.thus securing at once an appetite and fond in .n,t”r„ !!!:

ed by that profound r
renewal of energy und a new

mies, and then the true sportsman is made to suffer for the wnnton
oft-times malicious acts of the struggling hunter. It is no pleasant thi?1
for n farmer to have his fences torn down, his cattle at large, rr3
trampled, hay-stacks burned, fruit stolen, aud himself deled .Pi
insulted. *0|1

No gcullcmun will he guilty of such depredations, bnt only a ln»|f.
irresponsible fellow, who ongtat to suffer tho penalty for the violation ,
those very laws that sportsmen and farmers are alike interested to .
maintained. We arc the friend and ally of the farmer, and consider .i,
marauding acts quite as reprehensible as he can, and In the malnUMi.i,
of good fellowship desire and seek the protection of his property
ask his co-operation In the defense of wholesome laws. ' Ba

Our birds of plnmago ana song, harmless and useful birds, other than
game, must bo protected; slrange it Is that laws are required for ihr-i
protection, for It would be supposed that they, at least would be spur, ,
Beautiful to the sight and cliurmlng to the ear, they, too. arc wauionl,
and wickedly killed, not by tho sportsman, but bv the straggling hunter
for the misdeeds of whom sportsmen snffer. We have In the State of
Ohio laws protecting certain birds at all times of the year, but how fr,
quently do we see them lying dead by the wayside. Michelet say»:-
"Numcrous species of birds no longer make a hull in France; one win,
dlfllrully descries them flying at Inaccessible elevations deploying their
wings, in haste accelerating thoir passage, saying: 'Pass on, pass „„
quickly; let us avoid the land of dc.Mh, the land of destruction.' ”
Brother sportsmen, let us look well to it that our laws ore strictly on
forced

We have several excellent papers In the country especially devoted to
matters of Interest to sportsmen, and their efforts for the furtherance of
tue same object as ibis association commend them to our perusal nod
warm patronage. Their columns, open to correspondence, are an aveune
for the communication and for the receiving of useful information and
ln behulf of this association I desire to tender thanks for the kind words
and Invaluable assistance they have so cheerfully accorded to us.

I would respectfully recommend to the several Slate sportsmen’s a>«o-
clatlons to publish In a compact form the came law* In force iu their ro-
spectlve States and have them generally circulated and posted In consul.-
nous places, so that all may know the law; aud request also local auxiliary
c ubs to offer suitable rewards for the apprehension and conviction ot
all offenders against the same, whomsoever they may be. A law amounts
to uotbiiig unless enforced, and let It be known thnt hereafter ail oor
game laws must lie rigidly observed. In this connection I would also
recommend the formation of local associations In at least every couniv
auxiliary to the State Associations, the members of each such organize!
lion to come from all classes In the communitr, Including the funner, tho
mechanic, the merchant, or any respectable inun, for the object lu view
is for the general good, and chums a common interest.

Aud now, gentlemen, having a comruou interest in the protection of
fish and game, let us In the coming years, as fur as possible, exert our
energies toward this object, and I am sure that no one will have cause to
regret anything he may so do in that behalf.

I trust that our meeting will be a pleasant one, and that no person will
regret being with us, and that our deliberations will be of benefit i0
all. The National Sportsmen's Association Is destlued to succeed, for
Its members are geuileinen, and no tru» sportsmen can be other* W-
We ask tho advice and co-operatlen of all sportsmen and scientific gen-
tlemen. wherever they may be located, and do confidently assure Hum
that the National Association will steadfastly pursue the purposes and
objects for which It was orguulzed.

An interesting paper on “Hybridization of Fish,” pre-
pared by the venerable Dr. Garlick, of Bedford, was then
read by the President, in the absence of its author, who
was detained at home by illness. It wa9 listened to with
much interest, and attracted the closest attention.

Mr. Charles Hallock, of New York, editor of Forest
and Stream, then read the following paper on
UNCLEAN CREATURES.

Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the Convention: My subject is'Tn-
f '.a!ld lhe hef,t of !hc ‘ext will be found In the book of

the Old Testament known ns Leviticus. Mr. President, I did not desire
to give any special prominence to this little essay, which I promised vmi
sir. some time ago to read at this meeting, as it is a dirty -.abject to l.sn-
dle and contains ouly n few thoughts germaln to the general subject in
which we are all Interested. It ,s merely a kind of argurntnlumadtoin".

^°Jh°ir 8pCC “ Uppeal 10 ih,° pala,e8 and '•iomacha of moo. m
i h? c,01,nm0n *ensc and in no way scientific or bearing heavily
npon the logic of facts with which our Grand Array of Protection ha« to
™'e ,. I Prefer to leave learned disquisitions to the naturalist*,^
codification of ( came laws to the barristers, and the determination nf
P c,..! ?8 and ho "a> 8 and tn®UDS of puuLhment to the judge*.

J 7anD0t forbear by way of a natural prologue, and I hope yon
"Ll J *nd°'ee me. to congratulate the recognized pioneers In flsn cnV.uo
and game preservation upon the gTeal hold which the objects for whirl,
nnMi S' r 80 0b',|lnaU:l>’ labored from the begluuing have taken upon tbc
LJ^.l8UpPTJthatmoru lhan one hundred sportsmen1* Vtfbs ani I
associations, including numerous State conventions (all of them keening
prominenily in view the preservation of game), have been orgamreil
since this national body wua organized at Niagara eight months ago tho
fa.1!eai‘;illmK''‘tJinuleid fhroughont twenty-six Stales and lhe Provinces of
This fact alone suSkiently Indicates the sense ofiheconnlry
3 ™mp& revolved, and Is a guaranty of ultima, e

The time is not remote when game will bo abnndant ln all those nans
of our country that are not densely populated; fish will swarm inonr
rnnd°-^8tf »d08U eea80D8 be respected like the Sabbath of New Kng-

Now, the ercution of all these protective associations Is e«od The
mere moral weight thereof is great, to say nothing lhe dlre^tdffPcT of

^Jocal clubs must be subordinate to and under l^ uriaTn'of
whose influences will always be swecnlii^ K y ert HD(1

or rod in

!>18 f*nr>n« at <recc an appetite and food io MilefE ltVbe
BQccecded by tbat profound rest and slumber ihut restore heal, ll
renewal of energy and a new lease of life. As l.as^ been well eald- ' ’ ^
rmClr.em“a, hlgnest benetlt from exerclsc.lt must be combhied wkh
fi^kT 1 -a,,d 0,.al1 out-door amusements, perhaps tho most faaclna-

bnog him down beiore he gets beyond range- and 10

and oagglng him, altogether make' up a lit.le drama compieu- ln itsll^
iTni?. ,,'nder8lood and e«0oj«» tnust be experienced U'’

“ of the attention of tn.s assodation lw’

to these laws are not enacted und wo h.iv,. , uluenaments

would be sutjicienl. create less confuslon^sencumbel^ thcsreinUH and
8ar«m'lc,'of lhe.l‘mo uf lhe lBW m^ers. The proper Derson«^o’rond
suit aud advise wire re reference to needed legislailon f.fr nroreriw.^0^
8Ti,?urrrMd •cMmu.t.-men of pTkcUc'Tknov^leX '
lhe General Government undoubtedly canuot leitlslata „„
lawB, so far as the Slates are concerned and such work must nm"»8aT
fall upon Slate Legislatures. I cannot, therefore, too atromdv'^^
°lh,ur 8P°rtsIm, n IQ every Stuu- In the Union, where no N?*re
associaiion exists, the immediate formation of such and tli/n

wWchVRr cannot sMctiia 1,a8eag0 01 any ,aw Peering ttoMM

with those in States contiguous to tlivlr borders Gnino i« V

onp^raSwuh £fSc to be

.. ----- always be sweeping.

-S"isis6!|s,,s;i& sa^ssr^.ssfs

course of instruction and study, designating to i 'i'®1'", a

ntes and mairlculants their respective spheres of W w„ . de,rg!a' ,1'
cute how intimately the science of nninrni ll,?1 la?0^-, ", e arp 10 ladl
pastimes which we depend npon for our rlrrenr?' 7 18 h'"?"1 wlth ,h0!0
-the pigeon trap for^cqulr'ing LcZcy of a m ’o^cVn VC
triggyt; the field for extended pastime • tho stuT^or nr n «f eye sn.l
and insects, so that when wp have anklvvtd .n/ °f 0n flora ,lnd f*una-
the habitat of the other M we de,ter“lnu

■e stream, or in that rotten log hard by, a grnb MdB. wi ^.?,Vbrha,'pLn?
the trout congregate In the vicinity 'hnr ,, i,7,r ' 0 81011 •‘now that

meadow, tho harvest la ripe on th^.llsld^or Vk0 Trm boru« Imho
on the ridge, there the wo dcock, die quail' andbiheTuffem*1**™ 1,8 nnI*
where tS Dads grow-

jJntbreVe&eZK

requI'reSrs a',d fl8hea-"e SSL alVthM/S

and approve someTndlclous0 sy^tim o7 mime? lawsPsuch «?h acc<;pt
I*tdu. make haste slowlyf and g.ve oJSSSffl

We have much labor to perform In reenact to B^i„ ..
seem to clash, in determining and defliiiug the rt,/hJ Inlerests that
and owners and venders, and the cWstltntlona frv n prlvileKt8 of
them; in removing prejudices; in instructing y f lawa 10 govern
jects and aims, the economic value of gaineJnroteprSi!>ri")w I? ,0 0,lr 7I>'
that requires lhe Institution nnd observance of r?oi»°n« 1 the nec,'"'ll)'
wrestle with the avarice and strateuv of S , ^ ?80 Bea80na- 'Vo arv io
rcct morbid tastes and uunutura? appetites °nnrfP i °U8 *l?nie dM*«r»; cor-
°f would be epicures with much wealth anil8!!!! k0Ii off tlie Pretensions
np pencocka’ tongues like the Roman emnPro«“iD5’ wh.° would serve
wings to excite the envy and admiration Sf'JJh*? ’i“nd 8a,rnl* Of linnet

This brings mo directly facTto faw with bm qui°!1? sueet9-
Ciikatuhes,'1 which you have bogt n to fnnev ,8J,bJect of "Unclkas
peroration, already made too prolfx” W fn'ICy wou,d bo smothered In the

it Svemn^;/r/ryXeL'“ D'U Ch°?P thla -bject because

anu down tnebroJd surface of ,|nsZ™i7bJc,ct' 1 ““ wander up
ix-rfectly at home everywhere All “ sphere, nnd find my-elf

whole world is fall of u I do not ref..! ^ro C0UVt:r«r.t with It. Tlie
lR"de of men, although the Aooitla PAn/h?8?6!!?8* of ,nor“l* and turp-
wilh all uncleanllness 1 am Cl ■ U8 l.0,d U8 that wo are filled
There 1. not a thi™ 0ret“C h^whZJ:.'Vn!.l‘, lhst wb,ch 18 Physical,
seed that roL. In the ground to renew bs..if. ,U1,u<'loaI' «■«»»« perlod-fhe
•tructare require, a ^outtuVpM^^^ AP$X

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of gestation; nil crentnres tliut din by natural causes; those creatures
that are Intrinsically unclean, and which compriso nine-tenths of the
animal creation. Even the celestial feast that was lot down to St. Paul
In a sheet comprised a largo proportion of the ■•four-footed boasts of the
earth, und wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of tho air," which
the scrupulous Apostle pronounced "common and unclean. " Tho
Mosaic law was peculiarly severe In Its letter and dispensation ns respects
nod to he eaien. Tho man who ate of an animal that died of Itself
■shall be cut off from his people!"— Leviticus, vll., 25. If the American
Indians are descendants of the old Iahinnelltcs, and the Africans tho
children of Hum, how mnnv of these carrion eaters, who prefer the
meat of a drowned horse to fresh beef, would have escaped tho penally
had they lived In the days of their forefathers? "Of (lsh with tins and
scales ye shall eat; those without scales are an abomination,"— Leviti-
cus si., 10. Were this notion in vogue to duy it would stop the vending
of cels and cattish The Mosaic law was especially strict »s to the ani-
mals that divide the hoof and chew the cud. Tho auimul killed at tho
shambles, or In the chase, that was not bled, was unclean. Straoge to
say, locusts, beetles, and grasshoppers wore excepted, beiug regarded as

f roper food. Our Western friends ought to appreciate this exception,
a Palestine locusts are a staple article of food to this day. Just as thoy
were til the days of John the Baptist, whoso unsubstantial diet was lo-
custs and wild honey. Nature, ns well as common law and common
sense, has ordained certain fruits and viands iu tbelr seasons, which,
eaten out of season, art> unwholesome and loso their relish. Unseason-
able veDlson, grouse, or trout, are ns unsatisfying to the true epicure as
are the sour and vapid hol-honse peaches and strawberries of Winter —
dry, tough, julceless, uod insipid then, but most toothsome in the rich-
ness of their prime, and more appetizing for the lontcn abstinence that
intervenes. I believe that the season or Lent was originally instituted
ns much for a sanitary precaution os for a season of religious observance.
Then in tho Spring-time Is the natural period of reproduction; then the
female 1b girding up her loins and physlcul forces for the successful per-
formance of her functions. The malo Is weak and enervated. Both
men ana brutes then undergo a recuperative physical change. Very
little animal or fish food Is then fit lo be eateu; It is “unclean;" men
then lock keenness of appetite, strength of stomach, and vigor of diges-
tive organs. Oh I sectarians and non-conformists, it is for your own ad-
vantage that ye should heed the Lenten discipline I
It should bo our desire and purpose to send missionaries and colpor-
teurs throughout all our land with Close Time Tracts to so disgust our
Ignorant pot- haulers and pedantic epicures of snohdom with eating ani-
mal food that is ont of season that even the thought thereof would
turn their gorge. A great missionary work has now to be done among
the unlettered Thus far we have operated only among the intelligent—
und not with fullest success, either; for I know that unseasonable game
can be procured at almost any season of the year, through unscrupulous
restaurateurs, at our national capital, Washington, and that some of the
very law makers to whom we expect to appeal to authorize a close time,
are their best patrons. Of this I will bring proof on demand. I have
the authority of the President of the Acclimating Society of California
for the statement that pinnated grouse or prairie chickens were openly
sold In San Francisco markets on the 1st of last May. Two months ago
I called the attention of the New York City Society for the Protection of
Game to the fact tliut these birds were being shipped by the hundred
barrels per steamer to Europe in the months of March and April. The
introduction of unseasonable trout from Canada into the United States
is notorious— poor, tasteless, sturvling tlsli that have lain nil Winter un-
der the ice in a semi-torpid state. For this dish of forbidden chips and
eawdastthe arrogant parvenu who uncorks Lafitte and Ctiahlis for the
delectation of Ins toadying friends paid $! per pound; for the birds,
51.50 per puirl For such violators of the law as these there is no ex-
cuse, und 1 must claim for the credit of the New York Society that they
have not hesitated lo prosecute dealers in unlawful game at large ex-
pense, and with some degree or success.

I have said that we have missionary work to do among tho unlettered.
Tho great mass of those who shoot— the small farmers, bushrangers,
frontiersmen, (to say nothing of the negroes of the South, who all use
guns)— have not the instincts of sportsmen. They have no conception
of the purport and value of close seasons, or the Intent of restrictive
laws. They never see newspapers, und cannot read if they did. They
do not recognize the laws of reproduction, or consider the source of sup-
ply. They kill does that nre heavy, birds with their broods, and shoot
indiscriminately at song birds. They regard protective dubs os Inva-
sive. and game laws as a tyrannical eucrouchmcnt upon their Inherent
rights.

Flow, all this can be corrected in time; it has been done, and can be
done again. A vety lurge proportion of these men are open to argument
und conviction, and could they be brought to comprehend the beneficent
operation of these laws they would acquiesce in their observance and
enforcement. We have proof of this by experiment. It took years for
the proprietors of Hone's Point. Lake Erie, to convert the projudices of
the native residents of the vicinity, but now they could desire no more
earnest or efficient allies. Their profits in fur and feathers have In-
, creased fourfold. Upon each rouuh woodsman, sturdy in their blows
hut honest in their nature, u good word and a good example has great in-
iluenco, and I believe that au appeal to their sober judgmeut and the
dissemination of proper information among them would work wonders
toward reform. I might perhaps venture to suggest, and If approved,
embody the suggestion in a resolution, to be submitted to this conven-
tion at the proper time, tbut a judiciously prepared circulur be printed
and distributed throughout the country by the agency of local sports-
men's clubs and protective eocie ies, appealing to the fanners, market
hunters and backwoodsmen to protect and spare the game and fish in
designated close sca»ons, sotting forth in simple language the reasons
therefor and the bencllceut advantages to accrue thereby.

Gentlemen. I will detain you but a moment longer. Did any of you
ever Bee a gravid or spent salmon, or trout? If not, go and view the
plaster casts nt the Smithsonian Institute at Washington See the gaunt
and misshapen bodies, covered with the hectic and livid spots of fever
and inflammation, the narrow shoulders and great disproportioned head,
and say if tills is a fitting food for pampered appetites and aristocratic
tables. Take other lisn at unseasonable times, covered with visible and
microscopic parasites and fungoid growths, and tell me if the thought of
eating them brings no qualms of stomach. View the dead carcasses of
the early Summer doer. Open thorn and find the nostrils and livers filled
with Hakes and crawling maggots, and every vein filled with poison that
is being expelled by the vernal purification. Is It uot unclean? What
of the fledgling Summer woodcock, or the •■flappers" of the Northern
lakes, whoso wings will hardly afford escape from merciless pursuit.
Take the pinnated grouse that may be even now In the market. Would
the farmer enjoy eating a ripe encumber? The pinnated grouse is ODly
in its prune in early Fall, and even then experts select the young birds
from lha old because the latter are tough aud juiceless. The flesh of
the early bird Is light in color, but darkens and hardens with age. Tho
late bin] is uuflt lo eat, cveii If it be not literally unclean. A sportsman
would feed them to his dog. who might condescend to eut them if ut the
siarvation point, but the city epicure and our English cousins, to whom
they are shipped by the steamer load In March and April, pay seven and
sixpence a pair!

Well, gentlemen, I mast. hold. Tho subject Is Inexhaustible. The
world, us I have said, is full of unclean creatures. We have attempted
to deflne them, and those who eat them. Livingstone aud Du Challlu
have (old us what the Africans eat. Their menu is made up almost ex-
clusively of unclean creatures Vermin is the principal diet of the
Digger Indians of America, and of many of the Arizona and California
tribes. To the most civilized of our prairie Iudiuns the entrails of the
buffalo and dog meal are the choicest comestibles. I have seen three
Ojlhwuys quarrel ovur the contents of a dead hure's womb, and eat the
unborn progeny— entrails, hair and all— half roasted on the coals, ns a
Dutchman would eat sausage. Uncleau food and game out of season be-
long to the condition of savagery and barbarism, and I submit whether
the enlightened citizens of America aro ready now to retrograde so much
—whether they aro willing to udmit that their tastes are so assimilated to
thoso of tho savage that they aro content to grow great upon the same
tneut upon which they feed. Have we no respect for our belongings or
our origin? Do not dealers recognize the difference between corn-fed
arid swill-fed pork, or Texas beef mid stall-fed beef? If we feed on dis-
eased meat, suall wo not lose our physical manhood? or shall wo not, at
least, lu turn become ••andean creatures?"

The convention then adjourned until 9 o’clock Wednes-
day morning, to convene in the parlors of the Kennard
House.

Wednesday.— Second Day. The Convention met iu the
lnrge parlor of the Kennard House. A. B. Lamberton, of
Rochester, from the Committee ou Nomenclature present-
ed a very exhaustive report, a synopsis of which he read.
We will print this and Dr. Garlick’s paper in our next
issue.

The following gentlemen were made a committee on
Nomenclature for the coming year: — A. B. Lamberton,
New York; R. R. Clark, Illinois; T. A. Jones, Ohio;
Greene Smith, Illinois; Dr. E. S. Holmes, Michigan; Hou.

J. D Caton, Illinois. P. II. Bryson, President of the Ten-
nessee Sportsmen’s Association, was admitted a member of
the National Association as per written application.

A communication was read from W, P. Parker, of Wwt

Meriden, Conn., requesting that the name of the National As-
sociation be changed to International, and that delegates
from Canada be admitted to membership. The measure wn9
advocated by several gentlemen, und opposed by Mr . Charles
Hallock.of New York, who contended that the National was
a recognized centre and head, to which the State Associations
were subordinate, and the local clubs, iu turn, to the State
Associations; that these several bodies held he same rela-
tion to each other that the legislatures do to tho Federal
government, or the States to Congress; that even were the
constitution and functions of the National so changed as
to embrace Canadian clubs, a strictly National Association
would still be necessary, and would have to be formed
anew; that a national body of the United Slates could not
exercise jurisdiction over the clubs and associations of a
foreign country; that the game aud fish laws of Canada
were under the control of the Ministry, and not of the Pro-
vincial legislatures, as In the United Stntes; that a scien-
tific society was already in existence in the United States
under the name of ‘‘International Association for Pro-
tecting Game and Fish;’’ that a change of name and pur-
poses shows weakness, uncertainly, and vacillation; that
the National Association was destined to become a power
in llie land, whose dignity and influence would presently
be felt; and that a movement was on fool in Canada look-
ing to the formation of a Dominion Game Protective As-
sociation, to which the Provincial and local clubs would
be tributary; and that the Canadians looked earnestly to
co-operation with the United States, and regarded harmony
and uniform laws as indispensable. The speaker advocated
the closest uniformity, but thought it could not be promoted
by the changes proposed. The question was referred to the
Executive Committee, who reported at the afternoon session
against a change of name, but in favor of admitting Provincial
associations upon the same basis, and with the same rights
and privileges as similar organizations in the United
States and Territories-, and the necessary changes were ac-
cordingly made in the constitution by a two-thirds vote of
the Convention. The Executive Committee also reported
favorably upon a proposition to admit individuals, not
connected with any club, and isolated clubs in States hav-
ing no State Associations, to membership in tho Associa-
tion. This measure was warmly opposed in certain quar-
ters, and finally laid upon the table.

Mr. Clias. Hallock, of New York, offered the following
resolution:

Whereas, The scientific and advisory body which is
known as the International Association for the Protection
of Game and Fish at its meeting last month, in New York,
made overtures to this body through the following resolu-
tion :

Resolved, That the committees of the National Sportsmen's Associ-
ation to be appointed at its conveniion in Cleveland upon nomenclature,
close time, protective laws. &c.. be invited to confer with the same
committees designated by this body with a view to secure all tbe infor-
mation and wisdom tliut can be obtained upou the important matters uq-
der consideration.”

Therefore,

Resolved, That it is the duty of nil who have the protec-
tion of our game at heart to gather all the information pos-
sible upon the subject of game protection, from whatever
source it may be obtained, and that the committees of this
National Association be authorized to invite or receive
conferences with the committees of the International Asso-
ciation at such time and place as they may agree upon.

The Executive Committee, to which this resolution was
referred, made the following report, which was adopted:

“A resolution has been offered by Mr. Hallock, of New
York, as to the propriety of opening communication with
certain gentlemen associated in New York city (?) for scien-
tific purposes, which resolution has been referred lo this
committee for their consideration.

The committee call attention to the amendments to the
constitution, aud submit that the admission of new clubs
and new members covers the ground comprised iu this res-
olution. The gentlemen, members of the International
Association for Protecting Game and Fish, may become
members of this association if they so desire. The ob-
jects of that association are generally and particularly in-
cluded in the scope of this association. Our standing com-
mittees always have power to consult with any gentleman
or body of gentlemen for the purpose within their author-
ity. We do not think it expedient to take action on the
above resolution."

The Committee and the Convention certainly could not
have comprehended tho character, composition and ob-
jects of the "International Association," whose members
are such scientists ns Agassiz, Cope, Gill, Coues, and whose
object is to assist with their professional wisdom the efforts
being made for protecting game.

Col. L. A. Harris, of Cincinnati, presented on behalf of
Thomas A. Logan, of Ohio, a draft of a game protective
law, which contains many valuable sections that may ulti-
mately be incorported into such a general law as is sought
to be secured.

Dr. Garlick, Col. Charles Whittelsey, and Postmaster
General Jewell were admitted to the floor and made btief
addresses, commending the cause of protecting our game,
fish, and forests. Mr. Jewell was made an honorary mem-
ber of the association.

C. H. Babcock, of Now York, offered a resolution of
regret at the serious illness of Wilbur F. Parker, and rec-
ognizing his instrumentality in founding the National Asso-
ciation, and in bringing it to its present stage of success.

Chicago was selected as the next place of meeting, and
the last Tuesday in August as the time.

The following gentlemen were elected officers for the
ensuing year :

President—.!. V. LaMoyne, Chicago.

First Vico President — A. B. Lamberton, Rochester, N.Y.
Second Vice President— Hon. E. H. Lathrop, Springfield,
Massachusetts.

Treasurer— R. R. Clark, Chicago.

Recording Secretary— John B. Sage, Buffalo,

Corresponding Secretary— Wilbur F. Parker, West Mer-
iden, Conn.

The Executive Committee was instructed to confer with
Mr. Lamberton, and if possible have several hundred cop-
ies of his report ou Nomenclature printed for distribution
among the clubs throughout the country.

Thero was an evening session of tho Convention on
Thursday, at which tho report of the law committee was
received, and some minor business transacted.

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, of last week, anti Mon-
day, of this week, were devoted to pigeon shooting. We
have no room to publish results this week .

Kentucky State Sportsmen's Association.— On Tues-
day, June 1st, a large crowd gathered at Paris lo witness
Ihe shooting tournament. The shooting took place on tho
beautiful grounds selected by the Nimrod Club of Bourbon.
Appended is a full report of the three days' sport from our
correspondent "Fayette:"

The 11 rat match in the programme was *10 entrance, five
double birds, 18 yards rise, and 100 yards boundary. W.
R. Fleming and Arnold Burges, judges-, Col. Robert Stone
referee:

Chns. Lelanfl 11 01 00 10 11 — 0

J II. Drew 11 10 11 10 1 1 — S

J. M. Taylor 11 01 til 1 1 io- 7

I. II. Kerr 10 II 00 11 10-6

J AV. Ferguson .11 10 01 11 11-8
T. C. Woodford . . .11 01 II 10 10—7
Wm. Kemp 10 II 10 10 11—7 ...

R. Turn'll 10 11 11 11 01— S.SaninoTBagge. .11 ii oi n io— g

First prize, $60, Col. E. F. Clay; second prize, *40
Chas. Kenney.

Ties for third prize, $30, twenty-three yard rise, was won
by J. W. Ferguson.

Ties for fourth prize, $20, twenty-three yards rise, was
won by J. M. Taylor.

Tbe second match was for eight single birds, twenty one
yards rise:

fchos. Luland 5

J. II. Dow — withdrew

T. C Woodford ti

Col. Cluv 7

J. M. Taylor

Chas. Kenney... it 11 It 10 11- 0

F, Champ II 01 10 11 11- 8

Col. E. F, Clay. .11 11 II ll 11- 10

Mnj. T. Mnuneu 11 10 10 II 11— K

J- T. Hedges 01 II) id in 10— 5

Geo. c Bowen , on n in in 10— s

Kli C'lay 11 ID 11 11 10_ H

Kit Clay

F. Champ . ....
J. T. Hedges,
(.'has. Kenney. , .
Goo. Redmon...
J. .1 Hampton. .
.lo. F'. Redmon..
M. A. Kenney ...

J. W. Ferguson . 5

R. Torrell t

Samuel Buggc g

Capt. Kerr 8

Judges decided one bird lost for Col. Taylor for bolding
gun above tbe elbow at the score.

First prize, $40, divided between Kerr and Bn gee.

Second prize, $27.50, divided between Taylor and Redmon.

Third prize, Avon byT. C. Woodford in shooting off lies.

Wednesday, the second day, was devoted to the show of
dogs. The display was large and very excellent in character:

Irish Setter Dog— Premium, Arnold T. Binges’ Rufus.

Irish Setter Bitch— First premium, Arnold T. Burges’
friend; second premium, F. Bierbower’s Kiltie.

Irish Setter Puppies— First premium. C. Y. Peck’s Fly.

Best Setter Dog— First premium, Major Mannen’s (Gordon
dog) Pat.

'Best Setter Bitch— First premium, Capt. J. M. Taylor
(Field Trial breed) Blanche; second premium, Arnold T.
Burges' Di.

Best Setter Pup under twelve months old— First premium,
Capt. J. M. Taylor’s Stafford; second premium, Cbus. A.
Kenney’s Dick.

Pointer Dog over one gear— First premium, Capt. J. M.
Taylor’s Duke.

Bitch over one year— First premium, Mr. Stoddard, Day-
ton, Ohio, Belle; second premium, Dr. Pryor, Frankfort,
Ky., Fannie.

Best Pointer any age or sac— First premium, Mr. Stoddard,
Dayton, Ohio, Belle.

Best Setter any age, sex or breed— First premium, Arnold
T. Burges’ Rufus.

The afternoon of the second day was devoted to class
shooting, ten single bird9, open to all members; entrance
$10; first prize, $100; second, $60; third, $25; fourth, $15.

Dr. J. B. Alexander and Major J. R. Viley judges; Ar-
nold T. Burges referee:

Dr. B . W. Dudley 7|MaJor Mannoa 8

E. F. Clay H it Turroi 9

J. H. Kerr 8'Ooorgo Bowen 8

8

6
II
8

5
0

6

8

Ties for first prize divided; ties for second prize divided;
third prize Avon by Major Mannen; fourth prize Avon by J.
M. Taylor.

The principal event of the third day centred in the shoot-
ing for the State Association chnmpionship badge for 1875,
there being eighteen entries, $10 entrance, as follows: Wm.
Kemp, J. M. Taylor, Clias. Kenney, J. W. Ferguson, F.
Champ, R. Turrel, 8. W. Bagge, E. F. Clap, T. C. Wood-
ford, C. F. Clay, George R. Bell, James H Kerr, II. G.
Craig, Major Thomas Mannen, George Redmon, C. Y.
Peak, Joe Redmon, R. A. Thornton.

Taylor and Woodford being the ouly ones Avho made
cleau scores in the double birds, were called lo shoot on
single ones. Taylor first to score, hitting first bird bard,
which fell just out of boundary. Woodford t lien shoot-
ing, continued to end without a miss, thus keeping out all,
and the many who had only one miss on their score were
hopeful to the end that he would miss, and thus let them
in lo contend again. The President, R. A. Thornton, pre-
sented the badge, (handsomely designed and executed by
Messrs. Star & Marcus, New York,) to the winner, when
he was Avnrmly congratulated.

The second match this day was for five double birds,
eighteen yards rise, tAventy entries, as follows:

J. AV. Ferguson 10

J. H. Dew 7

S. AV Baeg> H

T. C. Wooaford 10

Wm. Kemp 11

J M. Taylor 7

Wm. Bowles b

Chas Lelaml 0

Chas Kenny

H G. Craig

R. A. Thornton .
C F. Clay
W. C. Goorilne
J E. Miller ...

Joe Redmon

F. Chump.

J. H Kerr
J. H Dew
Chas Leland..

J. Payne

C. F. Clay
J. AV. Ferguson

R Turrcll

W Bowles
Chas K-iiiiy
S AV Bugge

T C Woodford.
H C. Craig
■ I M Tun lor
AV Kemp
J . T. Hedges
Col. E F Clnr
8 M A Keuuy

"Jones"

H Joe Redmon . .

!)| Major Mannen

First prize— Kit Clay, $83.88.

Second prize — Col. E. F. Clay, $50; shot off.
Third prize — R. Turrell, $83.83; shot off.
Fourth prize — J n, Kerr, $20; shot off.

Fifth prize— J. T. Hodges, $13.38, shot off,

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On Thursday a meeting was called for the morning be-
fore the shooting, and a mini her were added to the roll of
members. An election of officers was held, resulting us
follows :

President — Hon. J. B. Beck, of Hunters’ Club.

Pint Vico President — E. F. Clay, of Nimrod Club.

Second Vice President — Arnold Burges, Maysville.

Secretary — J. M. Taylor (re elected.)

Treasurer— George It. Bell (re-elected.)

Executive Committee — F. Bierbower, Maysville; It. A.
Thornton, Lexiugton; Capt. J. II. Kerr, Bourbon county;
J. W. Ferguson, Bourbou county; II. G. Craig, Lexing-
ton, Ky.

Delegates to the National Convention at Cleveland, Ohio
— Major Thomas Manucu, Maysville; T. C. Woodford,
Bourbon county; S. W. Baggc, Bourbou county; J. W.
Ferguson, Bourbon county.

Fish Commissioners for Kentucky— lion. Janies B. Beck,
Lexington; Lewis Sublet!., Versailles; Frank S. Owens,
Maysville; J. M. Taylor, Lexington.

Committee to Draft Laws for Protection to Fish, Came,
and Dogs — Hon. James B. Beck, Lexinglou; R. A. Thorn-
ton, Lexington; Frank Waters, Lexington.

It was decided to bold the next meeting at Lexiugton,
the time to be decided by the Executive Committee, uml
due notice to be published by them hereafter. A few mi-
imporlaut matches were shot after the regular programme
was exhausted. A number of visitors wore.with us from
oilier States. Prominent among them were Messrs. Dew,
Leland and Bowles, from Tennessee, whose gallant beha-
vior won for them many friends. We hope to meet them
this Fall at Memphis, and many times at our annual meet-
ings hereafter. Prominent among the accessions to our as-
sociation is Mr. Arnold Burges, who lias moved into our
State, and now lives near Maysville. Our association has
received new vigor, and may it become prominent among
the many Stale associations is the wish of your corre-
spondent.

ghe

CREEDMOOR.

— The quiet which has crept over Crecdmoor since the
departure of Colonel Gilderslceve and his team was dis-
turbed on Saturday by the shooting for the Turf , Field and
Farm gold badge. There were fifty-eight entries for the
match, which was shot nt the 200 yards range, off hand.
Nomoney prizes accompanied the badge as heretofore, and
as three gentlemen had each won it twice, it was looked
upon as almost certain that ouc of these would be the ulti-
mate possessor. It so resulted, as Mr. G'ollius, who had
succeeded twice before was again the winner, and now be-
comes the permanent owner of the trophy. The first forty
of the competitors made scores as follows: —

Name. Score. I Name.

J T D. Colling 5 3 6 5 4 22 B. Ct Doughty.

21 B. Dominick...

2! ID. Chuuucey ..

I. ieiit. A. Anderson. .. .4 5 5 4 3

11 II Meday 4355 1

Col. B. K Valentine. .3 4 4 5 4

George Croocb 33554

B. Barton 3 4 4 5 4

E. II. Madison 5 4 4 3 4

J. M. Amory 4 5353

Dr. E 11. Raymond. . . 4 4 4 4 4
Col. C. A . II. Bartlett.. 4 4 4 5 3

J. Beattie 5 4 3 4 4

Capl. W C. Clark 4 3 4 5 3

J. W. Stewart 3 4 3 5 4

J). T Kennedy 5 4 8 3 4

II B Dominick . 3 4 4 4 4

J. C. Abrnmii .. . .. 3 4 3 5 4

W. S Smith 43344

Gen F. F. Milieu. 14 13 3
Lieut F. W. Ilofele . . .3 3 4 4 4
J. J Meagher 3 5 4 4 2

an L. Cass,
at J. 11 . l.ultlmer. . .

S0|F F. Pike

20 J. A. Gee

20 J. L. Price

20 Cant. II. B. Smith .

" 3 4 4 4
. 34254
I 5 3 4 2
1 4 3 3 4
...() 4 4 5 5
.4 4 4 24
.53438
. .3 I 4 4 3
4 4 4 3 4

Score.

80 A. Wood 4 4 4 8 2

20 Capl J. J O’Kelly 4 4 8 3 3

Hi Lieut. C. F. Roboms..3 4 2 4 4

JO II. P. Carrington 3 2 4 4 3

1!) II S. Jewell 3 4 8 3 3

lOiT. R. Murphy 3 3 3 8 4

It* -I . F.. Irrvin 3 3 4 2 4

18 <J. II. Stearns 3 5 0 4 3

18 1 Col. G. D. Scott 2 3 2 3 5

18|T. L. Camerden 0 4 3 8 5

18|G. W. Smith 2 3 8 4 3

Subsequent to the conclusion of the above match, the
Irish- American Rifle Club held their second contest for the
challenge cup, which at lhe end of the season becomes the
property of the one who has won it the greatest number of
times. Mr. B. Burton has now been successful on both
occasions. The following is the result : —

Name.

200 Yards.

32

O.n F F. Milk’ii.

23

21

Capt. J. J. O’Kelly

25

20

J. J. Collins .

25

17

B. Collins

.... .22

7

E. Brown

12

15

27

At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the club, it
was resolved to accept the challenge of the Seotlish-Ameri-
can Rifle Club, with the understanding that the teums
arc to he limited to six meu each, and the match to lake
place on the last Friday of this mouth. Mr. Browne, the
Secretary of the Irish-Americati Rifle Club, bus written iu
this sense to the ScoLtlsh- American Rifle Club.

American Rifle Association.— Two meeting of the
Board of Directors of this association have been held during
the past week. A committee consisting of Col. John T.
Underhill, Hon. Chas. M. Schieffelin, Capt. Frederick
Whitaker, and II. E. King, were upointed to secure a range
which had been reported upon favorably to the association.
Hon. Win. H. Pemberton, Col. John Bodine and Mr.
Beckman Van Gasbeck, were elected Honorary Directors.
It was decided to have a prize meeting on Monday, July
5th, 1875, at the 200 and 800 yards ranges, with three con-
tests, to consist of Military, All Comers, uud Westchester
County Matches.

The Team in Ireland. — A dispatch from London dated
the 14th inst. advises the arrival of the steamer City of
Chester, with the American team on board, at Queenstown.
The steamer was met outside the harbor by a delegation
from the Corporation of the Dublin aud the Irish Rifle As-
sociation. Among the delegates were Major Leech, Cap-
tain of the Irish team, and Alderman Manning. The
Americaus were escorted to Queenstown, and upon their
arrival there met with an enthusiastic reception. They
left for Cork by the evening train. They will proceed to
Dublin to morrow. On the arrival of the team at Queens-
town they received from the Police Inspector licenses to
firry arms during their stay in Ireland.

They arrived in Cork in the evening and received a
hearty welcome from the people. The weather was re-
markably fine throughout the voyage across the Atlantic,
aud all enjoyed the trip. The members of the team gave a
dramatic entertainment on the City of Chester last Wednes-
day evening. They are much gratified with their recep-
tion, whicli they say is quite equal to the ovation given
them on their departure from New York.

A dinner was given the same night to the members of
the team and accompanying friends. Major Leech, on the
part of the Irish loam, made an address of welcome, to
which Colonel Gilderslceve, of the American party, re-
sponded. Toasts were given and speeches made of the
most cordial character, and much enthusiasm was display-
ed. The gentlemen of the American team will bo the
guests of the Lord Mayor while in Dublin.

Forest and Stream Badge.— The second contest for
this badge occurred at Mr. Conlin’s gallery, No. 908 Broad-
way, on Monday eveuiug, tinder the same conditions as
when it was won by Mr. Yale, viz : Strictly off-hand shoot-
ing, distance 25 yards, with target reduced to scale to cor-
respond with Wimbledon 200 yards. The following are
the scores. Mr. Yale's string in the first contest was twelve
inches:

John Tregesscr. . ..

12 0-8

A . Marsh

191

.1. W McDouuld ...

12 li-N

V . Hyde

m

Fred KessUr

ia»

-Max Egel

20 15-10

D 1"-d

Holer. Faber

16 7-16

J. Brown

24*

'll oa. Lloyd

17 3-16

Geo. B. Eatou

25

T. C. Noone

I7i

Geo, F. Clayton

40

19

A Hlllwig

19 7-16

Win. Silberhoru

20

Thos, Duke

m

J. 1). Garrison

40

On examining the targets at the close of the shooting it
was found that Messrs. MacDonald aud Tregesscr had lied
on 12 6-8 inches. Major Beckwith, the referee, directed
these gentlemen to shoot the tie off on the succeediu
Tuesday evening, which was done, Mr. Tregesscr winning
by a score of 13 15-16 inches.

San Francisco, Jane 3d, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I give you Ute tcsult of the eighth competition for places on the team
of Co F, California Riflemen, to shoot against Co. D, of the Twelfth
New York, on the 26th instant. Daring the shooting the wind blew
strong, but variable in force, from 3 to 5,

Name.

20r

Yards

500

Yards

Total.

Sergeant Strong

4

3

8

3...

.16

4

3

3

3

4. .

.17

Private Watson

... .3

3

3

3

8...

15

4

3

4

4...

.17

32

Sergeant Murray

3

2

4

3.

15

a

8

4

3

4...

.17

32

2

4

•i

3...

15

4

3

4

8

3...

.17

32

Private linrkc..

a

4

3

4

3...

17

8

0

4

1

3 ..

.14

31

Private Sarle

...2

3

2

3

3. ..

13

3

3

.1

t

4...

.17

Private Murphy

....3

2

J

2

2...

12

3

i

4

3

3...

.17

29

Corporal Nash

. .4

2

3

8

2...

14

3

2

A

1

3...

15

Sergeant Post

4

2

*

3

3...

14

3

2

4

■t

3...

15

29

Private Dove

2

3

II

3

3...

11

3

3

10

Lieutenant Hunt

2

2

4 .

12

27

Sergeant McGowan

4

2

2

8

4.

15

2

2

2

3

2..

kirpora! Murray

. ...2

3

8

0

3

:i

3

3

2

4

2

14

Corporal Preble

2

3

a

•J

3...

13

0

4

4

4...

.18

Private Dilval

...2

y

>

4

2...

11

0

4

3 ..

.13

Sergeaut Wilson

3

2

2

2

3...

.12

0

3

3

0

4...

.10

22

The aggregate score of the first twelve meu stands 357 points, or nearly
vo per cent. The result of the eight competitions held place Captain
Bums, Sergeant Strong, Corporal Nash, and Privates Watson, Burke,
Steed, and Sarle In the team to shoot on the 26th of June, while Lieuten-
ant Hunt, Sergeants Wilson, Post, Murray, Corporals Murray, Whit-
comb, Preble, and Private Murphy have to compote in three more matches
to determine the four remaining places in the team, the others forming
the reserve.

Waturburt, Conn., June 2d, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

1 received the copy of by-laws sent me. Please accept my thanks.
Lost night we organized a rifle club with eighteen members to start with,
and elected officers as follows: President, George II. Cowell; Secretary,
E. W. Smith; Treasurer, K . M. Hurlburt. We havo a committee look-
ing up a range, and 1 hope to be able before long to send you an account
of some Ehooting. Yoars, E. W. Smith.

0‘in/e §,trf mil §nn.

JUNE IS A CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME.

POWDER TESTS AGAIN.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

In your Issue of June 3d, under tho head of powder tests, the writer
Infers that the tests made by mo, and published In a previous edition of
Forest and Stream, are of no practical value. It states that I did not
test the relative grades, but used an inferior grade of Hazard against Luf-
lin ami Band's dock shooting powder. You then go on to say that Uaz-
urd powder, though slow, gives a higher trajectory than C. & II. No. 0,
thus refuting and admitting my statement In one breath. Before making
those irmls I called myself ut the office of the Hazard Company mid
asked for their beet Crecdmoor powder. 1 told them that I wonted It to
test against other powders, and was assured that the powder given me
was the best, and that It would give cntiio satisfaction. They at the
same time requested mo to let them know the result. This and no other
was the powder tested by me against the samo grade of L. & R., and Dot
a cheap powder, as slated by you. It la a little strange that cheap, low
grade powder should show so good results as the figures published by
me, aud, in ray opinion, the manufacturers have no reason to be ashamed
of it, and though not so clean or strong as its competitor, It was by no
menus bad powder. Tho trials made were for the purpose of comparing
Curtis & Harvey’s with Laflln and Band’s lightning, and Dot, as you say
Lanin A Raud’s lightning with Hazard duck shooting, and whatever im-
presoiou I made on the public Is wrong if taken in any but the way I now
state it. Again, you stato, aud a safe statement It is, thnt practically a
powder not too quick proves much the steadiest. Now quick, Is not too
quick. I fancy It will take a man of Fulton’s experience to toll that.
He must be a philosopher indeed who can make It appear thnt a projectile
with a slow velocity gives a higher trnjcctory than cue with a quicker
velocity. The general Impression of tho team does not bear out Mr.
Fulton’s principle, or why should they order forty pounds of C & H
powder to bo sent to Dublin by tho time they arrived there? Since my
tests were published, I have used the L. & R. powder In a match with a
onrty of gentlemen of Eighth New York Regiment at 500 yards with
muskets. Out of ten shots 1 made seven bullaeyos, two ccntrus and
one miss, caused by carelessness. This shows whether the quick ’pow-
der Is desirable or not. And while 1 am well satisfied with L. & R pow.
der, yet If any other powder ranker will produce better I will ut once give
him tho preference. My object is to get for my gun powder that will do
Its work, and no lagging hark. fJ BtmT0N

[With re-spDct to tho American team haying ordered a

supply of Curtis & Harvey’s powder for their use at Dub-
lin, we think that therein tlioy have displayed great wis-
dom. They are going to a climate the conditions of which
arc totally different to our own. The ammunition they
carry with them, although carefully prepared and sealed,
is still liable to be affected by the excessive moisture of
Great Britain, aud in ordering a supply of a description
made to suit tho peculiarities of the climate they are but
covering ono more of the chances which possibly might
lead to defeat.— Ed,]

THE DITTMAR POWDER.

Lanbinuburo, June 12th, 1875

Editor Forest and Stream:—

In your i-sno of June 10th an article from u gentleman signing himself
"A Subscriber" criticises the safety of the Dittmar powder, and as I
can substantiate his criticism from a little personal experience I urn glud
to do so if it will save any ono from serious Injury.

A few weeks ago I loaded a Remington revolver with Dittmar powder,
filling each chamber up within one half Its diameter of the top, ns I do
with blnck powder, thnt space allowing the ball to enter and firmly press
the powder grains together without breaking them. Tho elasticity of
Dittmar powder was so great that the pressure I put on the lover caused
the bnll to slip too far In, nnd the entire load occupied only about ono
third the chamber. I was dcubtful of tho result then, but trusted au in-
creased recoil would be the only Injury. When I fired the charges the
first gave a deafening report, aud startled mo; the second discharge tore
away tho entire upper surface of the chamber, nnd took the top strap over
tho cylinder, and It was n kind Interference of Providence that I wag
not seriously Injured, as the two scraps of iron barely missed iny lieud.
This shows that tho powdor must possess an Intensity which will not en-
dure too close confinement, aud that great enre should be taken In using
it. I have been pleased with the more perceptible results of the Ditt-
mar powder, but if tho foundation upon which those good features nro
based Is so unsafe aud dangerous It will never have my sanction for

sporting purposes. "Port."

LETTER FROM CARL DITTMAR.

Nbronset, Mass., June 5th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I inn very thankful to yon for opening your columns so freely to com-
munications about my powder. I am always learning something lty it,
and if I find anything uguinst it I try to Improve. I utn now making a
much slower powder, as many consider it too quick, nnd I will stick to It
and make It always uniform as soon ns 1 flud that the sporting commu-
nity like the latest issue best. The method of manufacture insures ab-
solute evenness or strength, and If your correspondent, Mr. D, C. A Hin-
son, decides which kind he likes beet 1 can give It to him always tho
same. As to Us being affected by dampness, my own experience Is that
it is not much affected by a damp atmosphere; tho powder is only air
dried, as I do not employ artificial heat. I can tell your other correspon-
dents about the explosive force of one clruchui of black powder uud ono
drachm of my powder, each being by weight. At twenty-seven yards the
Dittmar powder gives over three times more penutraiion mid three times
better pattern than the best black powder. At forty yards the difference
Is much greater. If your correspondent should make that trial It will
astonish him. If he will be kind enough to give me his address I tuu
send him powder which can he loaded from n common powder Husk, and
which I make expressly for muzzle loading guns. It is heavier tlmii thut
for breech leaders.

What you eny in yonr last Issue about powder tests, I find Just right for
my powder. 1 always attempted to give it the same or greater velocity
than thnt of the best blnck powder, but wbeu I make it fifteen hundred •
feet or more I cannot get good shooting. Tho most uniform shooting I
can get with it Is from 1,390 to 1,400 feet velocity, or less than that. With
the lower velocity the strain on the gun Is decidedly less than from I ho
high velocity black powder, which I cun seo best from tho Impression at
1110 Prluicr- Carl Dittmar.

Boudren’s Jack Lamp. — The following testimony as to
the value of this lamp will be received implicitly by all
our readers: —

OrncE or Courier Journal, Louisville, Juno 10th 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

1 have just returned from a paddle and tramp along tho creeks nnd
smaller rivers of Central Ohio, In which I nsed the Bourdon Jack Lamp,
made by tho White Manufacturing Company, Bridgeport, Conn., In camp
and on the water. As an illumination for boat nnd cainp It Is the best I
know, while Its cheerful submission to abuse is something wonderful
Last week, In one case, a careless blow knocked the lump over and down
a full of three feet, turning a complete somersault and landing on its
back; in another case u sudden and terrible storm blew down our tent
nnd tnmblod over the lamp, exposing It to driving wind and rain for half
an hour. In neither case did its bright light desert ns, nor did it receive
the least damage to Its illuminating qualities. Tho lamp stood by me
through a week uf genuine "roughing it," nnd now sits couiplacontly on
my dtnlDg room table, ready for more work of tho same sort.

A. II. Siegfried.

PROTECTION IN CANADA.

Editor Forest and Stream:- P^Eimono, Juno 7th, 1875.

The usual monthly meeting of tho reterboro Fist, and Game Protective
Society was held on Wednesday evening last, the 2d Instant, Vice Prc„i
dent Eastland in the chair. The Secretary rcud letters from the Minister
of Marine and Fisheries, thanking tho Society for their suggestion of
having a government employee to.deterralne the species, class, scientific
name, ctc., of doubted specimens of tho fauna of Canada; also letter-
rrom Mr.O \\ Sheridan Consenting to not as the Society’s delegate at
the International meeting, iu New York May 19th, and a communication
from the Secretary of Gnclph Protective Society.

Mr. Toker wished to know if any convictions hud boon ohtnlned since
last meeting, and was Informed that one puny hud only that morning
been fined for taking base out of season.

Mr Robert Walton thou Introduced to the members present Henry
Mcrr am. of Rice Lake, an ol l trapper and hunter, who gave much vuln
able Information regarding tho habits of onr game fish nnd fur- hearing
animals with their different spawning nnd breeding seasons, Mr S S

,ri0n* LakL'; Wh0 l,a' probably hH,,U!d Canadian fores,*
nenws * ^ * 'yC“r8’ “ e0 g0Vo 11,0 muulluK benefit of past expo

Altogether the meeting was ono of tho most Interesting yct held, nnd

,^rkVVr 80Clcl>' C0Ull,,Ut8 In favor ns well ns nun.

bers. \ cry truly yoars. U. A. Post, Secretary.

LACQUER FOR GUNS.

Editor Forest and Stream:- I,,SN8acola. Fla., Juno 5tb, 1875.

I found In your paper a few weeks agon receipt for a lacquer to nre
C.Cl8 °f "‘ll 'Vater- 11 lH composed of gum she I
‘ . 8,,lrU'> ‘"n*»iinc. and alcohol. I wish to warn your

Ive. I gnvo the
re to prepare me a supply.

serve guns from tho effects of enlt water
lae eanderuch, spirits turpentine, and nl^oo,. . w.su
readers that In preparing It they will fi0d lt h|„h|y L,xpl ,

formula to a druggist In this rltv win. a b y txPl08lv

n.. ai.reerrt..i ,.r, . . . !y Wlth 0rdt‘re 10 Prupnro tne a supply

eyebrows tu I, . T "“'f dozcn «*ut singed his whiskers,

were exposed. As a lacquer It is a success.

r- n. a

FOREST AND STREAM.

301

A NEW GUN STOCK.

Sin'Tii Bend, lud., Juno 3d, 1875.

Editor FtollBT AND Stiika m : -

I imvo focn n now feature in tho way of lmprovment which will no
doubt be of Interest to tbo readers of your paper, antj ua yon nro always
re .dv to keep up with the times I will explain In brief. Mr. Geo. Smith,
of this place, lias Hied n cuvuut on n new adjustable gun slock which, for
limnv reasons, cannot help being a great desideratum to the gun trade,
as It Is not only ndnplod By changes in the drop to anyone's couv. nlencc,
bill Is xgroat saving In material, which is rapidly becoming scarce both
in the old ns well us in tho new world. To illustrate the subject, we will
lake n pistol grip slock and cut oil tho main part hack of the grip on a
lino of tho carve. From this, you see, by moving the main pnrt of the
Block up or down on the curve you have any drop desired. Till* is backed
by plates, which urc concealed in the wood, at any desired point, and a
screw in the concave of the grip secnrcly fastens it to Us plnre. The
grip in tin's cose enn boanulural or an urtlllcial behdj the bslniico tho
sauiena usual, or of any other kind of wood, mid, coming in shorter sec-
tions, can he picked up from the rubbish and brouglil into valuable ure
at much less expense limn a full piece stock, as heretofore in use. Any
one who will tnkc this up and study the points caunot help but to appre-
ciate tho Improvement. u.

I'ioeon Siiootinu. — A pigeon mntcli, or milter several,
were shot at Tony Miller’s grounds, Flushing, on Friday
last. The first resulted as follows:

Match twenty birds each, twenty-one yards rise and eighty yards boun-
dary, one barrel, ij mince shot

1'' W. Leavitt 1111111111111111111 i_2o

Clins. Fitchew 0 00010101000100101 1 0—7

Tom gy

Against

Mr. Prescott 0 101 101100101010101 0-10

“r- Smith 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 10 1 1 10 0 1 0 1 1 — IS

Total

In llte second match Mr. F. W. Leavitt shot against Mr.
Charles llunce, each five birds, same conditions as above,
Mr. Leavitt killing all of his to his opponent’s 4. In llic
sweepstakes which followed Air. llunce killed all of his
birds, taking first prize. Alt . Leavitt tied oh 4 and again
on 3, and then divided. It will be seen tlpit Mr. Leavitt
killed 20 straight birds and 35 out of 3G, rather remarkuble
shooting for an amateur.

—The Central Sportsman’s Club of Meriden, Conn., of
which Air. Jacob Gluhn, the well known artist, is presi-
dent, had a rnalcli at gyros on their grounds on Tuesday
lost. The following is the score:—

E-8°Pcrw 1 « 1 0 1 1 Win. Bristol 0 0 110

G W Miner. 110 0 1(1. U 0 10 0 0

A. Gluhn 10 0 0 1|J. Glahn J i i ,,

Air. Aliner then made a wager that he would hit five
straight birds The first I rial, however, he lost, but on the
second brought down all five.

This club was organized for the purpose of enforcing tho
laws of Connecticut for the preservation of fish and game.
It has been admitted lo the State Association, and in point
of usefulness is second to none.

Piin.AnBi.ruiA, Juno 12th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I scud jr^thi- score of n shooting match, hold on tho M of June by
the Kensington Hunting Club; eight birds each; twenty -ono yards rise;
eighty yurds boundary . First prize, gold (club) medal; second prize,
gold medal; third prize, silver medal. Tbo piizea lobe shot for every
three mouths.

M Hepfner SCtar. Ilaug 4

«• s,ci>'»a uIb. win, stcos ;:i

“e,z . SiG. Souueck g

G . b Beech in Ait o!m. Brlerly 7

JJ”nV ■ IJmasroth 7,11. Schouringer ii

Fred, widmtyer 4iJus. Giude.l g

rim-. Hebdlng 5 M. Blind

Fred. Detssroth 5|L. Uolzacheider '

Tics were shot off. M . Brierly received first prize; Win. Dcissroth*
Second; and II. Schcurlugcr third. Fred. Deisshotu.

iP? %)orrw niftl <£oni[Si{.

—Thursday was an off day ut Jerome Park, no race of
magnitude being offered for llte public delectation; but the
attendance allltouglt numerically small, comprised an entliu-
siaslie parly of race-goers who were amply repaid by u
most successful day's sport. At least two surprises were in
si ne far them, and while the unfortunate majority who
liad backed Muilgo- in the all aged purse, and tho
favorite in the three year old race, were somewhat
disappointed, the lucky minority were corresponding-
ly jubilant. The Juvenile Slakes brought twelve to the
posi. of which Air. 1’. Lorillord’a handsome Lcumioglon
filly was made the favorite, and justly so, as she won the
dash with plenty in hand. For the mile heats Springbok
was stones ahead of his three competitors, and but for the
Opportunity of seeing one of tho handsomest and fastest
horses now on our turf, the race would have been without
interest. Put two started for the mile aud half dash, and
the race was looked upon as being as much of a certainty
lor Aludge ns the previous oue had beeu for her stable coin-
jmnion. But here come6 in one of the glorious uncertain-
ties of raciug; Aladge was held too long and only set going
[When half way up the stretch; probably her sex anil the
Conditions peculiar to the season had something to do with
U; certainly she did not respond as her jockey had antici-
pated and was beuteu by half a length. A fine field of
Ihree-year-olds started for the mile and an eighth dash und
H was pleasant to 6ce a sou of that wonderful horse, Gladia-
teur, coming to the front. Gladiatcur, one of the most suc-
cessful horses of the age, and oue of the few who have suc-
rcceded in wiuniug the triple event of "Guineas." "Derby"
and "Leger,” has, as yet, accomplished but little at the
stud. l( js probable that Air. Belmont, in Alatador, posscs-
8cs lus besl representative now on the turf.

, ,1 he steeplechase was one of the best ever contested in
tins couutry. A blanket would have covered both horses
hiost of the distance, and the jumps were ncaily all taken
together without a mistake. Bullet is much the neatest
loneer. Somebody will be killed yet, however, if they
persist in riding steeplechases with martingales on their
Horses. The following are the summaries: —

l'nit-r Kaok. — Second renewal of the Juvenile Stakes for two-year
2JJ1® "i #100 euch, half forfeit, with $500 added; tbo second to receive
■rT.i, of *he stakes; closed with thirty-one nominations; value of
half a mile.

l'oiim!llll‘d “ blli' f Falthtcss, by Leamington, dam Felicity, 07

(SpitrlliiL’) l

Belmont’s hr, c. Freebooter, by kuiiiictfy, tfa’in lui|>. Felucca,

100 pounds. (Fordl •*

J |>ound?rl,l,,<l * Cl' l" 'Vll,loclc' l,y fiance,’ dam Oii.ilne. 1(M)

Lomn'lh.oi nllii V* ?.,,r"vv ", I1,,ick,’ I!l,*lor' " l,ro ' 'h'ni.itK' Faverdlilo?

Lorna fiuono, Molllo Curew, Lillie Belle, and Bryan ul-o ran.

But little delay occurred at the post. Air. Lorillard’s
fifiy got a good stm t and kept the middle of the track to
the finish, winning easily l.y four lengths. Time — 50 sec .

~ |,,lr"« 8*0<>. for all ages; entrance 5 percent of parse, to
trii to the second horse; mile heals

D McDaniel ,V Co.’* eh h Springbok, live years old, by Auslra-
liun, dam Hester, 111 pounds. (llOUnessey) 1 1

,J Donohue's ch . Ii spindrift, ugcu, by Boiii.ie Semluml, dam l.y

Wagner, 118 pounds . (Evans) •> ■*

Robinson. Morgan A Co eh Illg Fellow, fuuryears old. by ' '

>yar Danes, dam lir Mahomet, I0S pounds ' . ' (Walker) 3 3

S. J .Salyer s hr c. Bill Bruce. three years old. l.y Eimnlier. darn

Aurora Kahn, W pounds (Richardson) 1 t

Springbok was held hack in the first heat until into the
straight, but in tbe second he look the lead from the first
and although Spindrift made a gootl effort, tho leader was
never headed, and won “hands down." Time— 1:444
1 :4GJ.

Sabe Day. — I’ursc $500, for all uses; entrance 5 per cent of the
parse, to go to the lecond horse: maidens allowed, If four years old. 7
pounds; i/ live years or upwards, 12 pounds; one mtlo and u half
J. Donohue's b c. Scratch, four years, by Kentucky, dam imp Flake.

las pounds .(Evans) 1

D McDaniel & Co 's eh f Madge, four years old, by Australian.

dsn. Alabama, 105 pounds lUenrics-ey) 2

1 Ins was the great joke of the day. Madge was held too
long and at the liuish was unable to gel to bcralch’s head,
who wou by half a length.

Sank Day. — Purse $.v,vi, for three vear nlJs; (lilies to carry 105
pounds; entrance 0 per cent, or purse, to go to the second horse; mai-
dens allowed three pounds; one tuilu nnd an eighth
A. Belmont's imp. b. e. Matador, Gy Gladiator, dam imp. Nonpareil

107 pounds i Evans] i

Duswcll .t Cainmnek'o b. e Consignee, by Lexington, dum Cairn

Goi in, 10, pounds (spencer) 2

J F Chumberlaiu's clt. c. Lord Zetland, by iexin’gtoni dum Liz

Marais, 10. pounds i Hughes) 3

S|. ringlet, Tattoo, Pbujbo, Mayflower, and Gypics also Blurted.

Tattoo started with the lead, but rounding the Club
House turu Al.iindor took first place with Cousignee second.
Coming up the straight the handsome Lord Zetlund made
a determined effort, but could not reach the leaders.
Time — 2 .02.

Sank Day —Steeplechase match; $2,500 each; regular coarao.
Lawrence A O. Lorillard's ch g Bullet, six yeur» old, by Bulletin,

dum by Wagner, 180 pounds (Hyland) 1

A U Torrence's ch. g. Trouble, by U1 verson, dam Kute McDonald,

150 pound. Olurphyi 2

Tho horses kept together most of the journey, Bullet be-
ing but a length ahead at l lie last hurdle aud wou by the
same distance. Time — 4:18$.

Saturday was the great day of the meeting, and although
not productive of muuy surprises, at least one event
enabled the plunger on the right horse in the
"niuiuais" lo get back a very satisfactory amount lor
his limited Divestment. Fur the great cveut, the
Belmont stakes, a capital field of fourteen horses started,
but the McGrath stable was in such form aud force, start-
ing three, that tlm result was looked upou almost us a fore-
gone conclusion. The mile and an eighth dash was but
1'tllc more than an exercise gallop for Springbok, aud in the
Jockey Club Handicap the lightly weighted Wildidle, not-
withstanding his extra five pounds for winning the Fordham
Handicap the Saturday previous, had but little difficulty in
disposing of old Bleakness and his 130 pounds. Alembcrs
Cups have so often proved farces, or been necessarily with-
drawn from a lack of geni lemon jocks, that it is pleasant
lo record one such event which eau be reported as a suc-
cess. And is lo be hoped that with the advent on the turf
of a young gentleman in the social position of the rider of
Spindrift, that more of our young mini of wealth and
leisure may ue iuduceu to cultivate the pigskin. Intercol-
legiate contests are doing much towards the development
of muscular christiauiiy, aud while it may scarcely be
proper to include tiding as referring to rucing, under that
head, the ability to liauulea horse from his back is a grace-
ful aud health-developing accomplish incut. A selling
race Concluded SalttrdUj 's sport, and was wot) by Survivor,
who ranking as an outsider in llte pool sell. - . ; uanguly
so we thought, gave his backers an opportunity ut laadiug
a grand coup. The summaries are as* follows:—

Fourth day of the Spring meeting of tho American Jockey Club, Sat-
urday, June 12th, 1875

l’urso <500, for ull ages; entrance 5 per cent, of the purse, to go to Uiu
eccond horse: dash oue milo and au eighth.

D. McDaniel’s ch. h. Springbok, live years old, by Australian, dam

Ucslcr, 114 pounds (Ueuiieesey) 1

Robinson, Murgun A Co 's b c. Bob Woolley, tbreo yours old, by

Leamington, uum Item, 00 pounds , (Sparling) l

M II Sanford’s b. h. Mate, six years old, by Australian, dam Manic

Gross. 118 pounds (Hayward) 2

B F. Carver, .Misdeal, und Dublin also ran.

Springbok look the lead at starling but was pulled back
to Bceoud place, until eotniug into the home stretch when
he came on aud won iu uu easy gallop by eight lengths.
Time— 1 :5K.

Same Day.— Eighth ronewnl of Hie Belmont Slakes, for throe-year
olds; $100 each, ban forfeil ; with $1,500 added; thocccond horse lo re-
ceive $300 out of the slakes; closed with llfly-lhruo nominations; vulue
of sluices, $1,85 i; one mile and three-quarters
II. 1*. McGrath's hr. c. Calvin, by Tipperary, dam Lucy Fowler, GO

pounds i

U. I’. McGrath's ch. c. Aristides, by Leamington, dum Sarong, 110

pounds (Lewis) 2

John O'Douuers ch. c. Miluor, by Leamington, dum by Lexington,

GO pounds (Feakes) 3

Tbe following also run: Chesapeake, C/.ark. Iihudammuhus, Tom
Ochiltree, Warwick, Matador, Baymiustcr, Joe Cents, Willie Burke, Jos.

A , and Sangnru.

As this slake was worth nearly $5,000, they all “went
for it." The pool betting, however, foreshadowed the re-
sult. Tom Ochiltree and the favorite had the best of the
start; nearing the old track Willie Burke headed the lead-
ers, but half way around the turn Calvin shot out, and al-
though when iu the straight Aldncr made a determined
effort for the lead, the son of Tipperary had everything
safe aud wus lauded a winner by two lcuglbs. Time —
2:42i.

Sauk Day.— Eighth renewal or tho Jockey Club Handicap Sweep-
■tukos at $IU0 ettch, half forfeit; only $20 if declared out witu $1,oki ad-
ded; closed with twenty six entries, of which nine declared out and paid
$20 each; val.:e of the slakes. $.',230; two miles.

M A LiUcll's b. c. Wildidle, (Go years old, by Australian, dam
Wildidle, 111 pounds. Including 6 pound penalty . . .(N lleywuod) 1
M 11. Sanford's b. h. Weakness, aged, by Lexington, dam Uuylcuf,

130 pounds, including 5 pounds penalty ( W . Huy ward) 2

Thomas l’lirycur A Co.'s b. c. GrmMead, fouryeurs old by Gilroy,

dam Sister to lliiric, 10U pounds.. . . i Donohue) 3

D. McDaniel’s b. h. Tuhotau, sged, by War Dunce, dam Lass of Sid-
ney, 115 pounds llleune*5oy) 0

Wildidle, being riddeu to orders, took and kept a strong
lead. When iu the straight Freakness made a determined
rush, but the weight told and he could uol reach the leader,
who wou hands down in 3:384.

Sank Day — The Member’s Can, of the value of $l(Xi, added lo a Han-
dicap sweepstakes of $25 each, play or pay; Hie eceouu losnvc bis make;

ner. UW ponmU U 8,,,"d,,,t’ "ded.by Bonnie Scollnnd.dnm hv Wag.

■’ilsSS' " " i!l* ivsi’iS; 1

S. 1> Unu-c's h o , , . '"r A clu-on) 2

Imp Yorkshire ui p“m “J; ,0',r yrAre olJ' ^ W»r Panr.- rtam ,,y
Alev D lirmvn n i, i, , ■ „ . , (Mr II. I'urdy 3

Ciarlumi, 150 pounds * *' lV° ycAr" 0,(1 ' <lnui

M.r , (Mr R. Cciitur) 0

W "c,er “fu,r l‘"ul"'1'

» ROWifle; one mile and tCe «, .arier. '* ,f

.ng.o?K!\o.!\n3VOr’ nVB ' "lira Vandal, dam U* ’

T S offi$l,tKMC ^TonV.,N,ri''' VlHM l>y 1 -va m i 1 1 g Wit !' dan 1 *

Jonc^^lLfXW, Rr>;S:XnVC ol"’ hy ‘^iiiWioti^’am Alfci

KK',ft!bnH*' M“U1° 8*®®kwork, Suiidy, the Hoaxer' In J

Mattie W. led at the start, but at the Club House Lender
-APr-1 ".,c tiring as they came into the hmne-

tEESSZ'™ l°°k lhe luad “ud kuP‘ il 10 ll,u cucL-1

Kill £t»%r.v.

—The first annual dinner of tho Alumni of Rutger’s
College was held at Dolmonieo’a on Wednesday evening.
General Sharpe presided, and speeches wore made by Pres-
ident Campbell, lhe lion. Corllandt Palmer, Hon. R. L.
Larrcmoro, and inuny other distinguished gcnlloinau.

St. Paul’s School Athletic Association. -The Sjiring
meeting of the St. Paul’s (Concord. N. II.) Athletic Asso-
ciation was held on the 27th nnd 28th ult. The following
is a summary of the various events and the results:—

(Opcp.) T hr owiny lhe IIu miner— Six entries. Won by A
P Thayer first; distance, 37 feet 34 inches. D. Stewart'
second, distance, 3G feet 3 inches.

(Senior) lliyh Jump— Seven entries. Wou by J. L.Wcbb
first; height, 5 feet. F. P. Garreltsou, second, 4 feet 11
niches.

(Junior.) IlOf Mite R we— Fourteen entries. Won by P.
Evarts first; time, 2 minutes 53 seconds. L. Jacobs sec-
ond, 2 minutes 5G 3-6 seconds.

(Open.) Hop, Skip nnd J ump — Eight entries. Won by II.
G. Chupman firsi; distance, 35 feet 4 ) inches. R. C. Dray-
ton, second. 34 feet 4 inches.

(Open ) Three Mile Walk— Six entries. Won by II. Mar-
qiiand first; lime 31 minutes 3J seconds. II. O'Laeey sec-
ond, 31 minutes 61 seconds.

(Junior.) High Jump —Five entries. Wou by J. P Con-
over first; height, 4 feel 10 inches. II. Folsom, second 4
feet 4 iuchcs.

(Open ) Pole Jump— Six entries. Won by Frank Wilcox
first; height, 7 feet 10 inches. A. I\ Thuyer seeoud. 7 feet
0J inches.

(Senior.) Ilurdle Ihee, 120 par tie — Eleven entries. Won
by D. Stewart first; lime, 20 seconds. W. B. Van Rensse-
laer second, 204 seconds.

(Junior.) D,i*h, 100 yard*—' Twenty entries. Won by J.
D Cheever first; time, llj seconds. L’. Evuils, second,
11| seconds.

(Open.) Running Long Jump— Tun entries. Won by J
P. Conover first; distance, 10 feet 4 inches. II. G. Chap-
man, second, 10 feel 1 iccli.

Pu l liny (he 'Weight 1G Ms— Nine entries. Won by W. N
Elbert first; distuuce, 23 feet 3) inches. E. I). Appleton,
second, 27 feet 7 1-3 inches.

Mile' Race (Grand Challenge Cup)— Nine entries. Won
by D. Stewart; lime, 5 minutes 4(14 seconds.

(Open.) Thro winy the Urieket Ball— Eight entries. Won
by W. N. Elbert first; distance, 314 feet 8 indies. II.
Ridgcly, second, 305 feet 11 inches.

(Senior.) Dash, 100 yartla— Twelve entries. Wou by A.
P. Thayer first; time, 11* seconds. D. Slowtu'., second,
124 seconds.

(Junior.) Ilurdle Race, 120 yards— Six entries. Won by
John D. Cheever first; liiuo, 204 seconds. E. U. Nicoll.
second, 214 seconds.

(Open.) Quarter Mile Rare — Fifteen entries. Won by R.
C. Drayton first; lime, 1 minute 3-10 seeoud. F. Donald-
son, Jr., second, 1 24

Judges— Messrs. F. Dorr, T. Lewis, C. Stark, F. A Ap-
pleton. Referee— Mr. I( II. Dana Committee— ( F C
While, S. G. Fisher, W. N. Elbert. Starter— Rev. J.
Margate.

I’ltiNicroN Com. im k, Juno lltli, 1S73.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

Tno fact tlml Uommcomont is not far off naturally suggests tlio pro-
priety of Informing you of the present state of Athletics here generally)
but of boating iu particular, as much of the progress matlo ou the bull
Held has been noticed ulready. Both crews have been steadily at work
throughout the entire session. They have missed their dally pull but a
very few times— not more three days altogether. Tbe University crew
has made admirable progress. The men composing It are nearly all hi
excellent form Of course there are a few minor fault? winch need cor-
rection, liut Captain Nicoll seems to feel confident that any such will be
eradicated before the race is rowed. It seems as though a more conge-
nial nnd a happier six could not ho selected Tho Freshmen ure doing
very well. They, as well ns the University, have been making some very
good time on tho canal. The lime made by both crews Is kept In a very
secret rnanucr by the caplaln*. and hut once only have the olbur mem-
bers of the college succeeded Iu learning It. I nrn not at liberty to state
bow fast time the University has made, or 1 might surprise some who
think that because Princeton was hist In the regatta of '71 she must In-
evitably “bring up the rear" Iu '"6 There ure so many colleges that are
going to send the "winning crow" that I cannot predict *0 much of
Princeton; especially since many of them are positive of success. Such
a state of affairs will Inevitably make the race a lie. nnd It will doubtless
have lo be rowed over again. This will bo rather bird on those who go
lo Sarnto n to spend one duy only. It would be as bad ns It was last
year, when muuy were forced to remain there so long eu account of the
postponement of the race. The crews leave fur Saratoga week after
next.

The University dofouted the New Haven professional nine on Tuesday
Dy the score of 4 to 2. The victory was easily won. It was expected by
some that the New llnveus would disband soon after leaving here, ns the
Centennials did. The Trenton tune was warmed by the University yes-
terday, the wore being M tod, <£uii>y|9,

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—It seems as if fate had destined the two
most prominent rivals in the coming regatta
at Saratoga to struggle side by side. Owing
to the death of Mr. Cameron the Trinity
crew has withdrawn from the race, thus
leaving Yale and Harvard with nothing but
a narrow expanse of water to separate them.
This is not as it should be. and we hope the
positions of the crews will be changed. Not
that wc suppose either Harvard or Yale is
going to take, intentionally, the few strokes
necessary to bring their boats into collision;
nor because we think that any one of the
twelve gentlemen composing the crews is
coing to take advantage of any opportunity
,'or foul play. But, spite of the utmost
precaution, fouls do often occur between
boats rowing side by Side. Such ft collision
between Y'ale and 'Harvard, however acci-
dental it might be, could not fail to increase
any slight bitterness between the colleges to
positive animosity. It is a matter of the
highest importance that every chance of
complaint on the part of either crew against
the other should be removed. This can
only be done by preventing even the possi-
bility of a foul by placing the two crews at
a sufficient distance apart. However just
or unjust the mutual criminations were
last year, the conduct of Yale and Harvard
certainly destroyed the harmony and much
of the pleasure of the regatta. If the pres-
ence of these t\vo colleges is going to act as
such a disturbing element, we repeat what
was so often heard at Saratoga last July
Let Y'ale and Harvard row their races
alone. — Tale Rcconl.

Third Avenue Stables.

Of the large stables In the world, that of the London
Omoibas Line is probably the most extensive. The
next In size is in this city, and belongs to the Third
Avenue Street Car Company, nnd is sitanted on Third
avenne and Sixty-fifth street. The building is im-
mense, being 600 foot by 200, is made mostly of iron
and brick, and besides being substantial, and about
the same os fireproof, it pro*-' nts an appearance unu-
sually attractive for a structure of the kind. The
fa.-cade has throe towers, there being a fine clock in
the main one; and the general arx-hitec'nra' design is
not only tasteful, bnt peculiarly suited to Its position
and purpose. There are three stories — the first for
horses, the second for cars, and the tbiid for horses
with perfect arrangements for Ingress and egress, and
with ventilation, drainage and all appurtenances so
complete that it would seem idle to propose a change.
The number of horses nnder Its roof and skylights is
now abont 1,700, in fine condition, and average very
well for such extensive stables, while many of the
teams arc noticeably superior in size, smoothness and
fle-h. Fifty thousand pounds of corn nnd oats, ground
by two •"run” of steam mills, mixed with cut hay, ure
fed daily; 20 to 27 horse sheers arc occupied shoeing
in the shops, and the number of grooms attending the
stalls proportionately large. The general manage-
ment by Sami. L. Phillips, Esq., President, is under
stood to be decidedly acceptable to the company, and
it certainly ebonld be acceptable to the horses, as he
was recently overheard to give an order prohibiting
any unnecessary infliction of pain or punishment to
an animal under any circumstances; which regard for
the feeling of brutes seems as commendable as It Is
gentlemanly and humane. The more immmcdlatc su
perintcndcncy of the stables devolves upon Dr. J. M.
Heard, V. S , who, while he looks after the horses In
doily nse, gives attention to the few in the "hospital,”
and by his skill and experience In their treatment is
worthily successful. By enjoining a tidiness through-
out the main building— the men, however, pridine
themselves upon the neatness of I heir floors— the sani-
tary condition is of course improved, and the snr
roundings more airy and agreeable. For the interests
of the company, it would seem that the managerial
beads are adequate to the situation; and that the
horses are In good hands is beyond dispute.

A fine steam engine and machinery enable the com-
pany to make its own cars and to do all repairing,
and thus by a compact system of business and a
wholesome discipline in the department the success
obtained is the natural corollary of wbat is earned
and deserved

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WM. WURFFLEIN.

208 North Second Street, I’ltlln.

Would call the ntlenlion of the trade and of 8itorl*mcn
generally, to bis large assortment of

Fif-kliinsr Tackle,

All varieties «( Split llnmboo. J.nnce Wood and
and Ash Flv, Trout. 8nlmon mu! lln»s Rods,
Reels, flrnldcd Wntoritroiif 811k Fly
Lines. Urnlded 8lllt, Linen

and Cotton Lines.

iiiiu vuiium ",

Hair and 811k, llalr. Genuine American Grow
Lines, Snondcd Hooks, Trout nnd lias* 1’llcs,
Trolling Spoons. Spinning nails,

Tackle Hooks, die., Ac.,

Bamboo ttutl Kced PolcN.

Fishing Tackle.

A. Ik Shipley & Son,

50.1 'andj 500 Cominrrrc street, l*hlla->lp|||a.

Manufacturers of

Oliallc and Fishing Finos.

FINE BASS AND TROUT ELY RODS.

The celebrated GREENHEART WOOD u specially.

FINE ROD MOUNTINGS.

Full line of Tackle tor Brook, River nnd Sra Fish-
ing. Agents for Johu James & Sons' celebrated Fish#
hooks and Needles.

SILVER MEDAL awarded by the FRANKLIN
INSTITUTE, 187-1, ''for SUPERIOR QUALITY and
FINISH of RODS and TACKLE.” Aprl-fitn

First Ti e m i u m .

Waterproofed

BRAIDED SILK LINES.

THE SILVER MEDAL was awarded to

BRADFORD & ANTHONY

For this waterproof Silk Line, it being tin BEST
LINE yet made for

ARTIFICIAL

FLY FISHING.

Its vuperiority is recognized by all expcricnc d ang-
lers who have need it, being Mitficiently flbjibi.e to
ca»t long distances, yet possessing the requisite stiff-
niss for a Fly Line to prevent kinking, li fajyrnoxo
nnd durable, nnd cull be w-.und directly on thcicel
from the witter without requiting removal nfr. nvard*
for the purpose of drying. Wc put them up.Ttrritifl
and level lines of various lengths, suitable lut SAL-
MON, TROUT, BASS. etc.

BRADFORD &

igton streeTT Boston.

jclO

374 Washington i

HURST’S

Stereoscopic Studies.
Natural History

For Object Teaching in Schools,

AND

PARLOR ENTERTAINMENT.

We are prepared to furnish the first Blxty numbers
of the first series of

Animals and Birds of North America.

To these will be added a second series of foreign sped -
mens, nnd various Animals nnd Birds in grotesque al-
titudes, never however violating their natural Instinct'.

Dealers supplied at a liberal discount from llteao
rates, Back numbers aud pacta of sets always ou hand.
These Stereoscopes are sold wholesale and retalty

FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO.,

17 Chatham St.. (City Hall Sqr.l P O. her 2832

Empire Camp Lounge Co.,

ALBANY, NEW YORK,

Sole proprietors for ihe Statoof New York. Allotbcr
uaris of the United States supplied by Ihe U 5
CAMP LOUNGE CO., Troy, New York, or Norwalk.
Conn.

Housr/H°Mc

in CAM8.

Wlih cloth case, by express, $5. Aud to ccuw tor
postage when ordering by tnv.ll.

WHAT GEN. SHERIDAN SAYS OF IT

Cuioaoo, May lJth, 1875.

I have received nnd examined the Canto L-runt'C.
ond find It very convenient. It Is portable anil vnln-

nKlo e.-.m liontn. r. 41. 1. i ' . i.lrino \

»*-*/ LDini’tiiUH. 111*1 DOrUiOiC H""

able for hunting ami fishing purposes, furnishing
1 bed on the bonk of a si ream or tinder the
‘ ' P. II. SHERIDAN,

Lieut . General l 8 A-

complete .

shade of the trees

went. CJenerai ' --
Valparaiso, Ind., April l«h, 18-5
I lcn«e acknowledge receipt of enclosed money ’ or-
der. The Cump Lounge is O. I{ It Is THE THIN1,
„ W. II. noLABIRP-

Manufacturer nuutlng and Shooting Suits for Sport,
men

Camp Lounge received. I have set It nnand ir™
It. It works verv comfortably indeed. Hope to “J
it In camp this Summer. B F BOWI E'S.

Pub. Springfield Republican.
Shown and orders received at office of Forest an-
Stream, Eaton & Co.'s 102 Nassau street, or Camp
Lounge Co., Troy, N. Y, j°10 11

FOREST AND7STREAM

303

SCOVILL’S

Blooda4iverSyrup

All cutaneous eruiitlons on the face or body Indicuto

An Impure Condition of the IUood,

and tlita may or may not be SCROFULA; but In
either cose ts nothing more than nn insidious poison,

tllut

Ill'll \8 LIKE A TERBinLE FIRE
as It courses through the vlens, Bowing seeds of death
with every pulsation.

In this condition of things something Is needed at
ONCK TO CLBANBB TIIK dmiod; nod

Scovill’s Blood and Liver Syrup

will positively effect this desideratum, expelling
every trace of disease from the blood aud system mid
leuvlng the skin

SOFT, FAIIf AND BEAUTIFUL.

Hundreds of certificates attest its value. Price $1 »
bottle .

FOR S ALK BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

Dr. Rogers’s

VEGETABLE WORMSYRUP

A brave man may suffer pain, when inflicted upon
himself, heroically; but he

Cannot seehisChildSuffer.

. There le no other malady Incident to childhood that
Is accompanied with more Indescribable wretched-
ness to the little sufferers than that

Produced by Worms;

and when the parent fully comprehends the situation
he will not delay a moment In securing the most
prompt and efficient remedies to Insure the expulsion
of the Intruders. The remedy may be found in

l)r. Roger’s Vegetable Worm Syrup.

Please bear in mind that

ROGERS’ WORM SYRUP is the reliable prepara-
tion.

ROGERS’ WORM SYRUP is a pa.atable prepara-
tion.

ROGERS’ WORM SYRUP is liked by children
ROGERS’ WORM SYRUl* positively destroys

Worms.

ROGERS’ WORM SYRUP leaves no bad effects.
ROGERS’ WORM SYRUP Is highly recommended
by physicians, mid is unquestionably the best WORM
MEDICINE IN T1IE WORLD
Price 25 cents. For sale by all druggists,

HENRY’S
Carbolic Salve.

FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The wonderful celerity with which litis
- combination of Carbolic Acid with other
soothing und Curative Emollients acts,
is somctlifn^ukin to the marvelous.

IMPivith pride that the proprietors call
attenlion to the gratifying fact that

Pliysiclansgive it tl»o

cst jiieeil of praise,

and use it and prescribe it iu their practice.

New York, Dec. 22, 18(19.

John F. Hknuy, Esq.:

Your Carbolic Salve proves an excellent article,
and 1 I hank yon for it. This is another evidence of the
great value of tho discovery of Carbolic Acid. Yours
truly, Geo. B. Lincoln,

Pros’t Board of Health.

f Price 25 cents per box.

RKV. It. II. LOCKWOOD'S

Catarrh Cure !

Pile Real Remedy Known, and Endorsed by all the
■Principal Pliysivlans of the Country.

■ Rev. It, II Lockwood's ftnsnl Douche will be
B found valuable In obstinate chronic caws.

■ Itcv. R. H. Lockwood's Liver and Stomach Pill.

■ ldyepepsia. receive the endorsement of thousands.

■ Price fin cents mch

■ JOHN F. HENRY, CURRAN & CO., Proprietors,

8 anil 9 College Place, New York.

I HENRY’S

■EWING MACHINE OIL

I A PURE OIL that does not gum up and hits the
endorsement of tho principal Sewing Machine Com-

E panics.

Price 25 Ceuta per Hot lie.

MOTT’S LIVER PILLS

I It Is easy enough to make a pill, but to niuko a

■ K00*1 pill, ah | that’s the difficulty. There are cheap,

■ nursn, drastic pills, that arc of even less benefit than
* a dose of sails. Rut a good medicine, like Dr. Mott’s

■ Liver Pills, which penetrates to the scat of tllsea-e, Is

desideratum Indued. Will positively cure all dls-

■ coxes of the Liver. Sold everywhere. Price 25 cents

■ Per box.

Green's Oxygenated Bitters.

i. At certain period* of life a tonic Is n necessity; but
lucre is danger In using atliniilanl* that Injure the or-
•W*” of digestion while giving temporary relief. To
ooviate tin* and present to the public a tonic free
Rom Alcoholic Poison, l)r. Green prepared the Oxy-
gviiaicil Rill or*, a sure cure for dyspepsia and all kln-
jjr«0 complaint*. Sold everywhere Price $1 per

Packer's All-Healine Tar Soap.

■ a Il,C!lrt'8 kinds of Skin Diseases with a most won-
■ ®°”Ul certainty; it promotes cleanliness, personal
■ L,urYy "nd Kcnerul health: It Is a preventive of many
9 *n>ds of disease, and It Is an absolute necessity In
nursery. Price C5 cents.

J}JisccIhqcous.

JJV^rcIluncons

jfjisrclhuriuis.

Tourists’ and Sportsmen’s Route.

THE ERIE RAILWAY.

THE ROUTE OF THE ERIE RAILWAY

Is peculiarly rich In the variety and extent of its
scenery, and while the tourist has alternating glimpses
of the beauty of rivers, gaps und mountains, tho
sportsman Inis within easy reach many localities that
ufford him every facility for the enjoyment of the
sports of the field and stream. We enumerate a few
of the pleasure resorts which crowd the line of tho
road.

Kiitlic rfuril Park. -9) miles from New York. Fine
hotels and boating pastimes on the Passaic.
Clifton.— 181 miles from the city, overlooking the
picturesque Lake Dundee.

Lake Molmiik — a heauiifiil body of water 1,300 feet
above me Hudson— splendid hotel accommodations.
Orange Lake.— Six miles West of Newburgh, urnl
noted for its fishing attractions.

Milford, l*n — About eight miles from Port Jervis.
Is inffed for its trout fishing, woodcock shooting and
superior hotels,

Avon Kprlngx — Celobrntcd for 20 years as a resort for
Invalids, the waters possessing many valuable heal-
ing qualities.

Wniltlu. Glen. -This beautiful gorge is distant 291
miles from New York, via Erie Road to Elmira. Its
wild and picturesque attractions are second only iu
reputation to those of Niagara.

C'hnulaiiqua Lake.— 18 miles long, 3 miles wide; said
to he the highest navigable water on the American
continent, being 730 feet above Lake Erie and 1,290
feet higher than the Atlantic Ocean.

Niagara Falls.— This great cataract Is reached by the
direct line of tho Erie Railway.

There are along the line of the rood no lees than

Ten LargoJjakes, Abounding with Fish,

and affording most delightful sport for black bosB anil

Sickerel. Their names are— Lakes Greenwood, Orange,
iohonk. White, Otsego, Cayugu, Seneca, Keuka, Sil-
ver and Chautauqua.

The following schedule will afford a partial guide to
the numerous fishing localities reached by this road:

Trout Tishino :

At or neur Southfields, 42 miles from New Y’ork.

•• Oxford, 63

“ “ Middletown, 67 “ " 11 “

“ " Otlsvllle. 76 “ •• " •*

“ *' Port Jervis, 83 “ “ •• •*

“ " Montlcello, 112 “ " “ "

’’ ’’ Milford, 96 ’* " •* “

Black Bass and Pickerel.

At or near Sloatsbnrg, 36 miles from New York.

including Lakes Truxedo, Potague and Cedar Pond.
At or near Monroe. 50 miles from Nca York,
including Round, Long, Mombusba and Cromwell's
Ponds.

At or near Florida, 61 miles fron New York.

The famed Mirror Lake, is distant 1 mile.

At or near Otisville, 76 miles from Now York.
“ " Guymard, SO “ “ “ ••

*• " Pori Jervis, 88 ■* •"

*' '* Montlcello, 112 “ . “ “

" ’’ Ccu. Valley, 48 •* ” •• “

“ " SenecaLake, 291 ” " ’*

Tickets for sale ut the General Offices of the Erie
Railway Company, 134 Washington street Boston; 341,
401, 629, or 957 Broadway. New York; and 7 12 ( hest
nut street, Philadelphia. Express trains leave New
York from depot foot of Chamber.* street at 9 A. M..
10:45 A. M., und 7 P. M.

JNO N. ABBOTT.

my20 General Pussculler Agent.

Fishing andHunting

Read the Following for tlio

Best Fishing and Hunting
R E SORTS.

On Conway Division, Eastern R. R . Brook Trout.
Trains leave Boston 8:00 A M. and 2:15 P M .

Umbagog lakes, via Gr. Tr'k to Bethel, Me. ( g™!!1

Upper waters ol Penobscot.

Brook
i Trout.

Grand take Stream

New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova
Scotia, Salmon, sea Trout, and Brook Trout.

Trains leave Boston 8:.H0 A. M. and 8:00 P. M.

Rangloy hikes, via Farmington, Me., Large Brook
Trout.

Moosehcad Lake, via Dexter, Me., Luke and Brook
Trout.

Trains leave Boston 8:30 A M.

Pullman cars on night trains.

Good hiiming. large und small game in nil theabovo
localities iu their season.

For maps, fare, tables, Ac., address or cull at 131
Washington street, Boston, M nss.

Eastern and Maine Gentral R.R.line.

Geo F. Field, Cuas. F. Hatch.

Goii'I Pass. Agent. Uou'l Manager,

jel 7-lni

NICKEL SILVER

AND

FINE WHI1E MLTAL.

ELECTRO-PLATED

TABLE WARE

AND

Ornamental Art Work In Great Variety

MANUFACTURED BY THE

MERIDEN BRITANNIA COMPANY

No.550 Broadway^ N.Y.

The best Plated 8POON8 and FORKS are those
SILVER PLATED HEAVIEST on the parts WHERE
NECESSARILY THE HARSHEST WEAR comes,
and hearing the Trade Mark,

1817, ROGERS BROS., XII.

N. B.— This great Improvement in Silver-plated
Spoons and Forks Is applied alike to eaoli grade of
plate At, 8 and 12 oz. . ns ordered. Tho process und
machinery for manufacturing these goods arc pat-
ented. The Extra or -standard Plato” made by tins
company Is stumped A1 simply, and is plated 20 per
cent, heavier than tho ordinary market standard,
my 87-41

THE

HAZARD POWDER CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

GUNPOWDER.

tlaznrd'e "Electric" Powder.

Nos. 1 (fine) to 5 (coarse). Unsurpassed In point of
strength auu cleanliness. Packed in square canis-
ters of 1 lb. only.

Hazard'* "American Sporting."

Nos. 1 (flnei to .1 (course). In 1 lb. rammer* and fit lb.
kegs. A One grain, quick and clean, for upland and
prairie shooting. Well adapted to short guns.

Hazards “Buck Shooting."

Nos. • (6 no) to 5 (coarse). In 1 and S lb. canisters
nnd fit and 12$ lb. kegs. Burns stoic/ \j and very
clean, shooting remarkably close, and with great

Ketralwn. For field, forest and water shooting
inks auy other hrand, nod It is equally servicea-
ble for muzzle or breech loader.

Hazard'* “Kentucky Rifle."

FFFO, FFG. and "Sea Shooting” FU, in kegs of 25,
I —4 . and 0t lbs. and cans of 5 lbs. FFFG Is al*o
packed In I sod ) lb. canisters. Bums strong and
tnol.it. The FFFG aud FFG are favorite brands
for ordinary sporting, and the “Sea Shooting" FG
is tho standard RiJU powder of (Le country.

SUPERIOR MINING AND BLASTING POWDER.

GOVERNMENT CANNON AND MUSKET POW-
DER; ALSO SPECIAL O HADES FOR EXPORT,
OF ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OK PROOF MAN-
UFACTURED TO ORDER.

The abovo can bo had of dealers, or of the Compa-
ny's agents in every prominent city, or wholesale ut
our office,

8® Wall Street, New York.

Reduction in Price.

J. & W. TOLLEY’S

CELEBRATED

BREECH LOADING GUNS,

Manufactory, Pioneer Works. Birmingham. Eng.
,-nE JL. These guns are bhllt with eve -y

Improvement for American sport,
and are the cheapest guns of
guaranteed quality and shooting
powers sold in the United States,
They are made in six qualities,
each gun being branded with one
I of the under mentioned names,
I which denotes its quality:
Pioneer, .... @65 Gold.

(Tolley 90 ••

6tonilard,. - • - 115 ••

National, ... 1 IO “

Challenge, - - - 1 80 •*

Paragon, - - - 225 “

Any one of the above may be
selected with confidence, as no
gun bears our name which we cannot thoroughly guar-
antee in every respect

Send for reduced illustrated descriptive pricelist.

BRANCH 1IOUSK. 2!» Malden Lune,

Corner Nassau street. Now York.

Waterproof,

Mildew-proof,

AND

Moth-proof

GARMENTS

POR

HUNTING,
FISHING,

AND

TRAVELING,
OF

DRAB In I K, CORDUROY,

FUSTIAN, RKPKLLANT,

BLUE BEAVER and FRIEZE.

Wad lngr Bools, l-’isli intc Stockings, Bull-
her Clothing, Ac.

Game Ventilating Pocket.,

Illustrated Price List and Samples free.

The most complete list ever published. Send for It.

GEO. C. HENNING,

410 Seventh Street,

Apr 29 ly WASHINGTON, D. C.

DR. FOWLER’S

PATENT

HARD RUBBER REEL

This beautiful Reel baa now been before the pub-
dc two years, and ull who have used It speak loud in
Its praise.

IT HAS BEEN IMPROVED,
nnd nil the Reids made this year will pas* through tbo
hands of the Inventor, and none allowed to go out,
except those that ure perfect.

For sale by ail first-class jobber, and tho trade gen-
erally. A1 II FOWLER. Inventor,

Feb. 4 ITHACA. N. Y.

BEWARE or WORTHLESS IMITATIONS
AND COUNTERFEITS!

ROWN’S

Essence of

Jamaica torn

W PREPARED W ONLY

BY

Frederick Brown,

PHILADELPHIA, PA

THIS RELIABLE PREPARATION, one of
the oldest of American Pharmaceutical Pro-
ducts, still maintains its enviable reputation,
and finds a steadily increasing sale without
advertising, and in spite of piracy.

Its high reputation has tempted the cupidity
of parties, whose only excuse for their unfair
simulations, exists in the great popularity of
the original, and accidental similarity of their
names.

BROWN’S ESSENCE OF JAMAICA GINGER
is protected by the private Proprietary Stamp
of the manufacturer, which is incorporated with
the steel plate label.

Tho attention of Druggists and tho Trade generally, Is called
to tho Prlco List of

ENCLISH & FRENCH
MEDICINES A PHARMACEUTICAL
PREPARATIONS,

Which will bo mailed on application.

Frederick Brown,

(Established 1822)

IMPORTINC, MANUFACTURING
it DISPENSING CHEMIST,

N. E. Corner Fifth and Chestnut Streets,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Kay Shot Concentrating Cartridge.

No creators, tarn ere, nr topwuds required- Load*
Iu half tho tlmo ueually required. Fifty percont.
better distribution and greater penetratlou secured .
Send to your gun dealer for rumple. Jii.t-ly

Established 1 843.

Breech and Muzzle Loading

Sportsmens Apparatus ,

AMMUNITION,
Materials for (iim-Mnkers, &c.»

Wholesale and Retail. Gun* made to order, or re-
paired in the best manner.

ALEXANDER McCOMAS,

la in No. 51 Snath Calvert *L. Baltimore.

THE CELEBRATED

S, sorting and Blasting Powder,

MANUFACTURED BY

CAUL D1TMAR,

UNDER HIS OWN PATENT, can now be had reg-
ularly and In any quantity . See Circular* for full tes-
Union l»l* ae 10 it* superiority over other make*

Tho now patent Sporting Powder doe* not noil the
gnn; clean* It. when you ueo one charge of II, alter
many with black powder; 110 emoko — lltllo recoil— no
loud report— high velocity. The be«t ever made In
tills line; not to be confounded with Schultz’ or En-
glish Wood Powder, or Suwduet P owdor, a* It I* mi
perlor to each.

Ready Made Ammunition

For Sporting and Target Rules, always on hand.
Send for full Instruction, and If sample de.lred,
elate if for rifle or shot gun, a. each kind la made.
Work* at Nepoueut. Address

HENRY A. GOULD,

Selling Agent. 101 Milk slns-i, Boston. Muss

Colvin's Topographical Survey

OK TUE

Alidad Wilderness

With Illustrations.

PRICE $3.50-

For Sale by

WEED.PABSONS& Co..

Albany, N. Y.

Bent prepaid on receipt of prto*. wylJ -M

FOREST AND STREAM

304

hotels and g$c$orts fargportfmen.

BLUE FISH.

KINSEY’S ASHLEY HOUSE. BAR-
NKGAT INLET. Don't forget Bloc Uniting com-
mences about Mav *<!0th. Address .1 W. K1NSKY,
Waretown. Ocean couuly, N. J., for Information, en-
gaging yachts, Ac- Jnjtf

Lake Conchiching Hotel, Canada.

This charming and p1cture»quo first-class Summer
Resort will be opened for the season on 7th of Jnne,
and will remain open until October. The sporting In
the immediate neighborhood Is exceptionally excel-
lent, the Hotel being within rcjulv access to the Mne-
kokti Lakes. Sparrow Lake, and Trading Luke, where
Salmon Trout, Black Bass, Speckled Trout, etc.,
abound in original plenty. Yachting, Boating, Bath-
ing, Bowling Alleys, Billiard Rooms, cic,, provide for
the amusement of gnests. Mad and telegraph offices
in the house Ran* exceedingly moderate, For cir-
cular* containing terms, etc., apply to the office of
Forest and Stream, or JOHN S. FOREMAN,

Box 861.), I*. O Toronto, or to
THOMAS SCULLY. Manager,
my20 Couchlchlug, Ontario.

Rossin House, Toronto, Canada.
SHEARS A SON, Proprietors.

This house is a favorite resort for gentlemen sports-
men from all parts of the United States and Canada.

Cros-sinon House,

ALEXANDRIA BAY, Jeff. Co , N. Y. C. CROSS-
MON & SON. Proprietors.

THIS House, recently rebuilt and elegant-
ly furnished, is now open for visitors. It is loca-
ted in ouo of the most delightful places in the Thou-
sand island region, commanding an extensive view of
the St l-awrence and the Islands and offers every facil-
ity for the comfort and enjoyment of guests. Outfits
for boating. Hunting and Fishing Parlies. Steamers
for the buy connect at Clayton with the Utica and
Black ltlver Railroad, and at Cape Vincent with the
Rome, Watertown ana O^densburg Railroad. 5tn

Twin lakes Trout Farm.

■DOARD FOR GENTLEMEN ONLY—

_1_J Sportsmen. Artists, Anglers, Ac. Splendid
scenery and drives. Fine boating, trout, pickerel,
and bass tithing and woodcock shooting. Also les-
sons in oil and water color painting, draw ing and
•telling, if desired. Address J. IVES PHASE, or E.
SHERMAN PEASE, I*. O. box 60 Canaan, Conn,

N. 11.— Cottage building sites overlooking the lakes
for sale cheap; also one for a hold. AprS-tf

Bath hotel, bath, l. i.— one

HOUR FROM THE CITY.— The subscriber
having leased the above hotel for a term of yours. Is
determined by sparing no pains to make this resort
second to none in the vicinity of Now York and
Brooklyn. First class table mid low prices. Now
ready for tho reception of guests.
jo:? tOctl C. A. BUNTING,

UNION DEPOT HOTEL, Canaan, Conn.

(i. H, CORBIN, Proprietor. New. clean rooms
and beds, (lrst-clas* table, Ac. Fishing, shooting,
and pleasant drives near by, Apr® iim

"DOARD NEAR TWIN LAKES. FOUR
-U hours from New York via Harlem Railroad. A
desirable location for sportsmen, artist*, and all those
wanting a pleasant home. Address F. F COOPER,
Locust Hill Farm, Ashley Falls, Berkshire county,
Mft«. Mar 21 Bin

TADOUSAC HOTEL— SEA BATHING.

RIVER SAGUENAY, CANADA.

THE PRODRLETOK GUARANTEES TO SECURE

Salmon and Trout Fishing

FOR HIS GUESTS

Apply to the proprietor, W ILLI'S Rl'SSELL,

St. Louis Hotel. Quebec.

Or to Messrs. ABBEY & I M BUIE.

rmTMm IS Maiden lane, Ni w York.

A Fishing Camp

TT AS BEEN ESTABLISHED ON ONE

J-i- of the best Trout Stream* in the nioimliiins of
Pennsylvania. A pood inmi is in charge, with large
tent, camp cot*, cooking stove, and the necessary out-
lit. Vacancies will exist after June lfith. and gentle-
men who dcshe to avail themselves of thejirlvileges
of this I'u mp cun regiaiur their names with EATON ,fc
CO.. Sportsman's Emporium, lirJ Nassau street, New
York, or with W'M. e II ARRIS, Forest out) Stream
office. A* only six or eight person* can be accommo-
dated at one lime, applicant* must take their turn.
The railroad fare is $5 io the station nearest the
camp; carriage to the stream, about Tho expense
iu camp, $2.50 per day. incl ding provisions, cook,
and guide. A tramp of five ru'le* through the woods
Is necessary. The Camp is distant from Now York
nhout twelve hoit^^_

THE W1LLEWE MOC CLUB.

A FEW SHARES IN THIS CLUB

belonging to a member now residing perma-
nently in Europe, are offered for salo to person* ac-
ceptable to the other members. The membership is
limited to twenty, uod the club own Lake Willewemoc,
with adjoining land, furnished house, bam, ice bouse,
etc.; also lease of Balaam and Thomas Lakes and of
four miles of the Willewemoc stream.

For particulars apply to J s. VAN CLEEF, Presi-
dent, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

. XSLEHPf,™1 '"formation refer to CHARLES HAL-
LOCK, Editor Forest and Stream,

T WANT TO RENT A COMFORTA-

_L ble house with from ten to twenty acres of land
adjoining, within forty miles of this city. Address
Forest and Streuin ftffice. New York, m' 27-tf

Northern & British Colonies

IN SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA.

Cheap Lands. Fine Climate, Splendid
Sport, Good Society, >eli»»ls
and Churches Everywhere.
PROTECTION FROM LAND SHARKS.

KTAddre** Secretary Southside Immigration So-
ciety, Farmville, Prince Edward Co., Va. my 'JO 3m

The Piscco

Loader, Crimper and Cap Expeller.

A LL DEVICES NECESSARY FOR

£iin!‘fl"f or reloading shell- of two calibres
combined In one Instrument. Avoids the necessity

of cutting or short,. g u,c. shell for light loads-

need, no wooden table or bench to fasten it to while
in n*e. Can be taken to pieces t.y removing one
ftr.-w with a jack knife and stow* m a gun case.
Malleable caatlm. a. nlckei plate finish. Complete for
two gauges. Price *10. boxed. *

Jel7-6inVALTON * V0'1 w Liberty Btrect,

The Most _A-|>i>i*<v*'o<l System

OF

Breech Loading, Sporting

.AjucI Militai*y j liifles.

For Simplicity of Construction,

ACCURACY,

Penetration, Durability, Safety, Ease of .Manipulation.

Materials and Workmanship, they are Unsurpassed.

REVOLVERS OF VARIOUS SIZES,

JJKSMADIE IN ALL UESPSCTS.

Send lor Circulars.

Whitney Arms Comp.,

Whltncyvllle, nenr New Haven, Conn., U. 8. A.

RodsandReels,

Manchester, Vermont.

Chas.F. Orvis,

Prices m nlernfe. Rend for descriptive lisf. Mention Foiikst and Stream,

Hegemans Patent Portable Folding Boat .

tisft «<? T .1 kr-ro a tc •br^Tji' A Iso for Sportsmen, Tour-

uni ists> Trappers, Exploring
Expeditions, Parties camp-

ling Out, &c. &e.

For use as LIFE-BOATS,
LIGHTERS, Dingies, Do-
rys, on board Steamers,
Y achts and other Vessels.
These safe and perfectly port-
able boat* will udmit of tin
roughest usage. A very light
strong and durable frame oi
ash or oilier lough wood, with
canvas cover, andean be folded

for use, in three minute*'

_ __ time. Bouts neatly foded,

In one-titjhlh In, act, "for Tr'a-S- . . ■■ Tpy ~ F' \W"m^ packed and shipped by ex-

b orlalU/n ud carried in a Above cuts show ibr Boat folded nud unfolded, press anywhere, same rate

of freight as other goods
JOHN HKGEMAN. Ballston Spa, Saratoga Co. N. Y’

light bug^y wagon

buck, or by single i ,

, aud can be unfolded ready

„ , horso-
py single person,

1 .yy/r/y/s/sy/' ( /////, y /y ^

/ 'ff’Oft TK ItM .< U IVt'f’ACTir/ibHs or

iltilitonj. Cliriilvifiil. (Cliurrii ^Sorirtu diaaiis,

- 'Vo id \f imp iv La ve , -&CIU 11 orl<

Rowing Sui ts ASpecia 1 ty?

The Sportsman’s Warehouse

EDWIN S. HARRIS,

No.

AND

Late COOPER, HARRIS & HODGKINS,

177 Broadway, New York

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

BREECH LOADING

li

Implements,

Cartridge

tos

OF ALL

l>otli Brass

Kinds,
n-nd Paper.

BELTS, FLA8KB,

mm, ,»„B KX';i2Ry. A’fcWt'wJ® SS? nCrffi,™11

HA YF. LA I,,;,! STOCK OF XWZLELOA MHO GUNS nm.m WHY CHEAP.

the AMERICAN

mnfinAii Am

W. MERIDEN, CONN.

S|a-cial attention Is given to first-class work Ftlrn
sketches und DOG PORTRAITS cut to order bv
sending photographs. JACOB GLAIIN. Manager
Formerly Supt, of Parker Bros. Engraving and Orna-
mental Department. Fop n

CIIAS. GREEN,

Manufacturer of

Breed i LoadiaigShot Guns.

The strongest and most durable snap action made.
Shooting qualities Urst class.

MUZZLE LOADERS CONVERTED TO BREECH
LOADERS.

Same action as new guns. Send for clrcnlar and
price list. No. 3 West Muln street, Rochester, N. Y
AprS-tim

MISFIT CARPETS.

01) SECOND HAND AND MISFIT ENGLISH BRUSSELS, THREE-PLY AND

INGRAIN CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, &C., VERY CHEAP, AT THE OLD PLACE,

Sent to any part of the United States free of charge. 112 Fulton street, New YorK.'J

£ fiogs men’s ($ood$.

JOHN RIGBY & GO,

laVKkTOKS AND MANUFACTIIIlEllS OP T1IB FINEST '

BreechLoadin gShotGuns

Double and Single Express Rifles.

Long Range Match Rifles, &c

21 SUFFOLK STREET, DUBLIN,

AND

72 ST. JAMES (-THEET, LONDON,

Breech Loaders.

Wiimerw of tli«» “Turf, Field
and Farm” Omi Ti*Iji1h.

(See Issue October 3d, J873.)

In which competition the committees hove Awarded
our guns. First and Second for POINTS OF MERIT
OF ACTION, MATERIALS, PROPORTION, AND
SHOOTING QUALITIES combined, In nil the four
classes.

THE PREMIER GUN.

\V. A SCOTT A SON call attention to I heir
very FINEST weapon, combining nil their recent im-
provements, marked on the rill between their niuno
und London nddrcea the brund— "Til r. PREMIER
QUALITY."

Mediant and line gnn* boar full inline and address,
and plain guns full name und “London1' only.

Each gun is numbered and the actions arc stamped
with name and trade mark.

\V. AC. SCOTT A SON, Pole makers of tho
Patent 'l op Lever, solid. Double Locking Bolt Breech
Louder, bearing the full name of the linn. W .ft C.
SCOTT * SON caution sportsmen ugninst Initiations
of their patent and name. Guns bearing the tamo
abbreviated, or with different initials, are not genuine.

TRIAL OF SCOTTA GREENER'S NEW SYSTEM
OF BOH ING. BY THE EDITOR OF
• THE FIELD,” LONDON.

(See ’fht Fiflt!, Jan nary 30th, 1875.)

"From a comparison of the two tables it will bo
seen that with Wulker's shot, Messrs. Scott's guns
sliowod a marked eupertoriti / over Mr. Greener’s,
both in average aud in the highest score made In-
deed, with the left barrel, in his third shot, Mr. Scott
got a selected group pattern of i»ti and a jirnc/riittnn
of 37, equalling the highest pattern made by Mr.
Greener, and exceeding the pcuotrutlou of that par-
ticular shot by eight sheets."

London Office:

IO Great Castle Ht., Regent Circus, near Lnng-
haiu Hotel. C' |

Chlaf Address;

Manufactory Premier Gun Works,

Laucastcr Street, Binnhitjlinm.
WHOLESALE.

Aprl-fim

Clark Ac Snoitlor.

MANUFACTURERS OK THE

SNEIDER

PATENT BREECII-LOADING SHOT GUN.
ALTERING

Mazule- Load f hit Gluts to Breech-Loading

A NPKCI \ |,TV

WRITE FOR PARTICULARS.

~ 1 4 W. PrnttNt., Baltimore.

SPORTSMENS’ DEPOT.

JOHN K RIDER,

Corner kccoiid and Walnut St*., Philadelphia.
IMPORTER, MANUFACTURER and DEALER IN
Guns, Rifles, Pistols, and Fishing Tackle.
Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breeeh
Loaders.

REPAIRING OK EVERY DESCRIPTION,
no* constantly on hand a full assortment of Rod*,
Hooks, Line*, Balt*, Reel*, Fly Books, Salmon File*,
Waterproof Silk Line*, Silk and Huir Trout Lines. &c.
Perch Snood*, China and Graaa Lines. Alao, a largo
lot of Cane Reeds, Bamboo and Japan,

Birds’ Eggs and Birds’ Skins iu great varieties.—
Taxidermy in all its branches.

SPKATT'8 PATENT DOG BISCUITS, f-ly

Chicago, Milwaukee aud
St. Paul Railway

Traverses a liner country, afford* views of grander
scenery, ami passes through more business chit s
and pleasure resoris than any other Northwestern
line. Its forest*, prairies, lakes mid stream*, abound-
ing with game, present unequalcd attractions to the
votaries of Niinrod and Walton. Ills the only rail-
way route along the valley of the Upper Mississippi.
It is also the Shortest as well as best route boweeii
tho great metropolitan centres of tho Nor hw< si -
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Minneapolis
Track and equipment uncqnuled, and its train* of
palace- couches and sleeping cars rim through without
change.

New York Office, 31ft Brondnny.

Chicago Bepol, cor. Conn I A t\ . MndDon.

City Dlllers, <H nud tl.'l Clnrli Ht. Apr;3-flm

Henry <j. ftfuires,

NO. 1 COURTLANDT STREET, NEW YORK,
Agent for HOLAUIRD'S SUITS, io whom ull NotV
York orders should be addressed.

Apr P-3m

Board for thk summer for a

small family, or two married couples. In a pri-
vate family, fifteen miles from New York. Trams
every hour- no mnsqultoos; delightful drives In tho
country and to salt, bathfr.a and llshing. Apply to K
office Forest aud Stream.

FOREST AND STREAM

305

&enttel

A. C. WADDELL’S

Breeding Kennel, Newton, N. J.

The finest strain of young Pointers and Setters tor
sale. Dogs boarded and cared for in tlio best manner
at $5 per month. Pedigrees guaranteed.: dogs broken
for $80. ‘ Mar 11

'V’BTEHI.Y-IRY ECHOED, V.-DR. J. M. HEARD
* (member of the Uoyal Collego of Veterinary Sur-
geons, London), No. 20 Lexington avenue, N. Y., at-
tends. when requested, all cases requiring his piofo*
eionai skill. Horses corofnlly examined ua to sound
ness. Oct 22

HENRY GARDNER, M. D.. HAS CONSTANT-
LY on hand and for sale, medicines adapted to
the cure of ull diseases. Denier in sporting dogs of
every variety. Dogs trained for reasonable COtnpcn
sution No. Ill South Fifth uve., N. Y. Oct 22

J. D. DOUGALL’S

EXPRESS SHOT GUNS.

(Title registered.)

Q IIOWN by trials at Wimbledon by Editor
kJ of the Field to possess the GREATEST PENE-
TRATION nod therefore LONGEST RANGE— thus:
Circle, 30 Inches; 300 pellets, average, 101; penetra-
tion, 3”. The Editor's trial of Greener guns with 310
pellet- of same shot and same charge of powder, gave
180, and penetration 30, ulLhough there were 40 more pel-
lets in each charge. Should any controversy arise as
to the durability of these new systems, we herewith
warn ail beforehand that our system is our own inven-
tion (though founded on the American idea) and is DU-
RABLE, u fact remarked on by the Field, that the
guns i rieil Imd been in use during lost season, and ref-
erences permitted to the owners . Send for illustrated
Circulars to

59 St. James’s Street London.

CAMPING and MIN NIG

STOVE.

Ontside dimensions, packed, 12x12x20 inches.

Weighing only 25 po nds, very durable, will cook
for ten persons, and is especially adapted for camping
purposes. The ware consists of 8 qt. kettle, li qt. Ten
Kettle, 2 qt. OolToo Pot, Fry Pan, routid Tin Pan. 2
square Puns, Dipper, Qridiran, Tent Collar, 8 ft. Fun-
nel, and an oven thut will roast 15 pounds beef.

The ware Is so constructed that it nests and packs
In the oven, Mid tlio oven and funnel puck inside the
Move, us represented In cut 2, leaving room for pack-
ing half a dozen Plates. Knives, Forks mid Spoons,
nud Drinking ('ups. Price complete, $15.

SEND FOIt CIRCULAR.

il. L. UNOKLEE.

„ BOX 2710, BOSTON.

' For sale at SPORTSMAN’S EMPORIUM, it* Nas-
sau street, New York City, and by R. II. KILBY. 310
St. Paul st., Montreal. Feh-I

Agents wanted in every town.

WALLACE’S

Descriptive Guide to Adirondacks,

THE ONLY COMPLETE AND RELIABLE GUIDE
to tlio delightful

Hunting and Pishing Grounds of tlio

GREAT NEW YORK WILDERNESS.

NEWLY REVISED EDITION.

Hrmdeomo 12mo., flexible covers, red and gold,
roaps, Ac. Beautifully illustrated. Nearly 300pp.

'ii i ***■ Muy he obtalucd of any bookseller, or
" ill be mulled post puid on receipt of price, by

WAYERLY PUR. CO., Syracuse, N. Y.

•Tu8-8uio

„ “|T"? c'‘l«irugo Is Indeed nn Insect-Driver, for
nmiii clouds or Musqulioes I llslied unharmed."

_ [TlllDB MAI1K.1

<«i ,i;x i ii<; i ;,

— 0,1 —

Sportsman's Friend;

A SURE PROTECTION

Against the attacks of Mosquitoes, Black Flics, Fleas
r- „ bottles. For Hale by

i -TV. CRITTBNTON & CO., 7 Sixth av., N. Y.

JL*17-0t

~V7" AJ*uable gun for sale— w. &

nuie, i . 5P11 brooc,» loader, 82-Inch, 10-gauge, Inmi-

nn,i ' 8 cc1, n,,e fl'inlby. with all louding tools, bra-s
SonJ "iner ?MI"' ,elc' lo'I'oUed and sold by Read .fc
r,0'18- Boston. Cost $2-25, wllhoat case. Isluper-
hidi Order, and not sold for any fault, naadonhlo
|....i, Jop snap and compensating lump; rehmindlng
uUlgg * rlcc $l5y' c“u b« “oou at Forest and tttrunm

JclOlf

Sportsmen s (goods.

1 02 Nassau St., N. Y.

FISHING and HUNTING SUITS.

rpHEWE SUITS ARE MADE OF REST

_L nimbly of Impervious dock, light tan color; es-
pecially adapted for concealment In blinds or sedge

gru-s. or for approaching game In the woods. Light,
durable and extremely cheap. The most desirable
suit over offered to sportsmen. The coats are made
In two styles, and can he worn with or without nnder
silk — English waistcoat style, with pocksla for
cartridges on each side, nuts can be rolled and
carried in pocket without Injury. Send chtst
measure for Coat and Vest; waist and Inside seam
measure for pants. For Hats or Cups send size worn.

English Coat, all sizes e 50

Punts, all sizes 3 00

Vests, all sizes 3 00

lints und Cups, nil sizes 2 50

Full Suits 15 00

DUNCKLEE’S CAMP STOVES. PriceSld.

Those desiring something light and durable for
camping purposes will flud this stove exactly right;
weighs only 25 pounds; will cook for ten persons.
The ware consiais of Kettlo, Tea Kettle, Coffee Pot,
Fry-pan, round Tin Pan, two square Pans, Dipper,
Gridiron, Tent Collar, and eight feet Fauns! Stove
Pipe, with oven that will roast 15 pounds beef, all of
which neats nud packs inside of stove, which only oc-
cupies a space or 12x1 1x20 inches.

Pocket Cook Stove.

Fonr inches square. Will make a pot of coffee or
boil an egg In live minutes. Handiest thing out. Only
$163. By ninll, $1. 75.

CAMP LOUNGES. Price S* ftnd $5.

When folded is ubout the size of nn ordinary shawl
strapped. A light, durable, compact, and comfort-
able couch. Sent by express C ■ >. D , $4, Including
side and support Ing slicks at the head. Just the thing
for the camp or lawn .

CAMP TENTS,

for four persons, 7. II. rqiinro, weighs 15 lbs.; Can
he packed in knupsuck. Price $10. Teu feet square
for six persous, $15.

American Roar Biscuits,

Made of nutritive Imne and musclo making material,
and Is the only portable food for dogs made hi this
eouulry. Put up la packages of 10, 23. and 100 pounds,
and warranted not to spoil In any climato. Price,
10c. per pound.

Camp Mosquito Bars,

arranged with flexible wire frame; folded to carry In
pocket . Head not, $1 75. Camp net for sleeuiog. for
one, $1 50; for four or five, $4 25; six or eight, $6.
IIOLABIRD'S CELEBRATED .SHOOTING SUITS
AND WADING JACKETS on band and to order.

Jack Lamp,

for night shooting nnd Ashing, running rapids, light
lug camp, etc.; the best light ever invented. $(i 25,

Camp Cots,

cun be carried In pocket; a espied thing for woodu-
men, $1 50.

IlEGEMAN'S PORTABLE CANVAS BOATS.
BOND’S METALLIC BOATS.

Hurt’s Metallic Shells.

The best shell ever offered to sportsmen. All sizes
on bund nod made to order.

Cartridge Belts

for breech loading shells; live varieties.

Moccasins, Oil Tanned,

for the woods; three different styles. $3, $5 50 nnd $0.

Special ntieni Ion paid to selection of guns for gen
tlcmen nt u distance by an expert mid an old sports
mao .

Sole agent In New York city for .1 . n . Ilatty. U. 9.
Taxidermist. N. A. birds and eggs for collectors.
Buck’s beads, and game birds n specialty. Orders
fllled with dispatch.

We furnish every article necessary for (ho outfit of
sportmen in the camp or field. Goods sent every-
where by express. Remit only by draft, Post Ofllce
order, or registered letter to

EATON & CO.,

P. O. Dox 5,109. Sportsmen's Emporium,

No. 102 Nassau street, New York City.
References— Hon. T.L J»raos,Postmaster. New York
City; lion. Geo. II. Andrews, New York City; Fon
E8T and Stub am Publishing Co. my8-tf

IT. Y. Safety Steam Power CoJ

Office: 30 COURTLANDT ST.

BUILDERS OF

STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS'

Steam Launches & Yachts

Anil their Machinery a Specially, also Machinery for'

TUCS, LICHTERS AND STEAMERS^

Propeller Wheols of Superior Efficiency.

BEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR.

All our boats are guaranteed to pans inspec-
tion under the Steamboat law when required.

TAXIDERMIST’S MANUAL, a com-
plete, practical guide to collecting, preparing,
proserviug aud mounting animals. bird*, reptiles. In-
sects, Ac. Illustrated. 50 cettis, Hunters’ mid Trap-
pers’Gulde, &) cents; Dog Training, 25 cents; Sys-
tem of Improving Sneed of Horses, 60 cents. Of
booksellers or by mail. „ „

rfKSSfl HANEY & CO., 110 Nassau stroet, N. Y.

JfhfreJhwcpns.

ABBEY & IIY1BRIE,

spec HSS OUS TO

ANDRlhW CLERK & CO.

48 Maiden Lane, N. Y.

IMPORTERS. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN

Fishiner Tackle,

On hand the largest and best assortment ever ex-
hibited In the United States. They particularly cull
attention to tholr 1

TROUT. SALMON AND IIAS8 RODS.

Every variety of Salmon and Trout Mies, and Hooks
on Gut. Cutty Ilnnk aud Pasaue Islands Boss Lines
waterproof Braided Silk Lines, every size and quality 0/

SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES,

And every Variety and 8iyle of

fish hooks.

Parties fitted out wite appropriate Tuckle for the
Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast, Cauada, Maine,
the Adirondack., Ac., Ac.

Spill Bamboo, .Trout and Salmon Rod. and Reel,
a Specially.

Agents for tho St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Sole Iro-
porters of Warrin’s Celebrated Drilled
Eyed Needles.

Orange Sporting Powder.

ORANGE LIGHTNING POWDER,

The strongest and cleanest Powder made, N09 1
to 7. packed only in sealed 1 lb. canisters. The coarser
sizes especially are recommended to owners of line
breech-loading gnus, giving great penetration with
very slight recoil.

• RANGE DUCKING POWDER,

For water fowl. Very strong and clean Nos. 1 to
5. Packed In metal kegs of 6* lbs. each, and in minis
tors of 1 nnd 5 lbs.

AUDUBON POWDER,

Very qnick. For woodcock and quail Nos. 1 to 4
Pocked In metal kegs of 12* lbs. and li* lbs., and in
ponnd canisters.

OR ANGE RIFLE POWDER.

The best for rifles nnd for all ordinary purposes,
MzeBF.g FF.g, FFF.g, the last being the finest and
moat used. Packed in wood mid metal kegs of 25
lbs., 12* lbs., and 6* lbs,, and in canisters of I lb. and
* ponnd.

All of the above give high velocities nnd less resid-
uum than nnyothor brands made.

LAFLIN & RAND POWDER Co.,

21 Park Row, N. Y.

(OlteOBITB ASTOR nOUBE . I

CHICAGO

SHOT TOWER GO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

STANDARD

DROP AND BUCK SHOT

BALLS AND BAR LEAD.

Our aim is to manufacture an article of SHOT that
is unsurpassed in ROUNDNKSS. SOLIDITY. Pen-
fection of POLISH, Uniformity of SIZE, and Accu-
racy of WEIGHT, In each bag. Orders from the
Trade solicited, nnd will bo tilled at

The Lowest Market Prices.

E. W. BLATCIIFORD, President.

C. F. GATES, Treasurer. jun 25 ly

•J. WALLACE,

Naturalist& Taxidermist,

IMPORTER OF

FOREIGN BIRD .SKINS AND ARTIFI-
CIAL EYES,

19 N. William St. New York

BuiDa and Animals Preserved to Onrum by

R. L. IV EWCOMB,

TAXIDERMIST,

NO. 7 CHERRY STREET. SALEM, MASS.

Instruction eiven.

Fell. 4

Sportsmen!

Your attention Is called to
GOOD 9 OIL TANNED MOC-
CASINS, the best thing ever
worn by sportsmen. Not
Injured bv wetting unit
g— afw

drying

vuys soft and

VERY DURABLE— being made of the very best of
stock In threedifferent styles, mid warranted the pen-.
ulne article , different from anything before offered
Illustrated Circular and Price List free.

FRANK GOOD.

1209 Elm st, Manchester. N. H.

Salmon & Trout Angling.

JOHN SYMONS, Halifax, N, S.

Keeps a full line of London made
RODS, REELS, AND ALL ARTICLES REQUIRED
FOR ANGLING.

All rivers in this province free! Also a fall
assortment of Cricketing Implements. Best milkers
In London, A|i 1-Sm

JOSEPH C. DANE,

MANUFACTURER OF TIIE

Dane Breech Loading Shot Gun.

LA CROSSE. WISCONSIN.

Solid Breech Snap Action.
EA9I EST MANIPULATED AND ONLY GUN THAT
is SAFE I ROM A#T 1DENTAL DISCHARGE.

Muzzle Leader. Altered to llroech Loader*,
»y27 \

jgjisceUnnconi,

CONROY, BISSETT & MALLESON,

(Successor, to J. C. Conroy & Co.)

65 Fulton St., N. Y.,

Invite tin- attention of amateur*
to 1 lie nildltbms they have made to
their regular .lock of Fine Goods,
comprising In part

Six Strip Split Bamboo

MODS,

for Trout and Salmon fishing.
THE F V M Kl>

M’Ginnls Black Bass Rods

made of Split Bamboo (now this
season). Vom Hofe's Rubber steel
Pivot, Click and Salmon lte.il*.
3 hu celebrated •■Frankfort” It act,
Ac., Ac Sole manufacturers of
"Mollaly V Patent Flies. The
New style Cuityhunk Boss Line*
of Extra quality.

Parties ilttecl out for tho Adi-
rondack', the Maine Woods,
J uke Superior, Newport. Cully-
huuk, Pnsquo Island, West Island,
Buruegnt. 4c.

Orders bv mall will receive care-
ful mill prompt attention.

Pritchard BrothersT

No. 89 Fulton St., N. Y.

ALL KINDS OF

Fishing Tackle

Made nnd repaired with the utmost despatch.

1.... . . ALSO, CONSTANTLY ON 1IAMU

HIE HKKI SELECTION OF TROUT AND HAL
■MON HOD*. ItKF.I.s, LI VE* VND FI.IEH.

Medals awarded nt the World’s Knir and Amurlcan
Institute for our superior Artificial Files, i—

It. J. WALSHE,

DRAPER and TAILOR

MoVICKEK’S THEATRE BUILDING, *

CHICAGO.

Birds, pet and rare animals.

uud AQUARIA S i'OCK DEPOT nml AQU.UtlA
( ,\>E MANUFACTORY. .1. BAGOT, Aeent. 31
8 ul ton street. New York City. Goldfish, Sllvsrllsh.
lush mid Animal Life, mid Aquatic Plants In vurloty.

A Isa Siluill# D0I1I1I...1 O. . . >■ —

Also Shells, Pebbles, 1 Irirnim in-. Corals, Ac,, to nuo*.
the Aquurium. Canaries and other song birds;

I igOODS, Parrots, nnd Puroiiucls: Rabbits, Squirrels,
Doge, pel mid rare Animals generally; Bird Seeds,
prepared food for .Mocking Birds and other soft-billed
mrds; l isb food. Bird Gravel, Dog Mcdtoiiion. But-
ler’-celebrated Mange and FleaCuru, Ac., wholesale
aud retalL Mar 4-lr

(JUT CA VENDlbH.

It Is manufactured from the most expensive stook,
is particularly adapted to Meerschaum and Clgmvtio
smoking; does not lute or nmku thu tongue sure, is
unlike uiiy other tobacco.

ItocnKSTKii, Feb. 12, 187*.
Me/me. IPm. .S' KUn 'mil if- l.'o :

I Hud Vanity Faiu to hr the best article of tolina-
ro adapted to the wants of the rpori annul. Have used
yon r tobaccos for iiuuiy years, mid know ilium all to
be first class. Yours truly, Sktii Uiikkn,
Siip't of N. Y. Stum Fisheries.

Oknti.kmkn; Having smoked your tobacco, Vanitt
Faiu, by the camp lire and by tile benrili, I belluvu It
In point of fragrance nnd tu-tc superior lo ull brand*
known to me. lb ing In search of a tobacco that
would not lire the tongue amt mouth, I was made no-
qiialnied with your Vanity Faiu, and found It to hi tho
/.< pin* 11U111 of natural leaf. A. 1). Lauiikutck.

Highest Award, Yiotina, 1S78.

Liberal samples by muil on rocslpt of money.

W. S. KIMBALL & CO.,

Pec-ices Tobacco* Works, Rochester, ,N. Y

SEND FUR CIRCULAR.

We offer to dealers and sportsmen a most complete
assortment of

Fishing Tackle,

Rods, Reels, Lines, Artificial Flic*, Nots,
Bails, Fish Hooks, Ac.

Split Bamboo Fly Rods and Reels

OF TIIE FINEST WORKMANSHIP.

Tackle siiliublo for Maine, Adirondack, Canadian,
nml other fishing.

ARTIFICIAL FLIES DRESSED TO ORDER.
llllEEtll AND Ml/.'/.LE LOADING GUAM,

And Sportsmens' goods of all kind*.

Manufactured and Imported by

BARTON, ALEXANDER & WALLER,

101 & 103 DUANE ST., (near

Broadway) New York.

MUZ/LE LOADERS
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MY acquaintance with this route pertains to the ante-
Murruy period. I have been over it twice, and ex*

| plored it in its length, breadth and depth, from Marlin's to
the head of Tapper’s Lake, and from Hough’s to Mother
I Johnson’s. These excursions were made in the years 1860
and 1868, and were the source to me of untold gralifica-
I . tion. In my early years it used to be debated whether
I there is more pleasure in anticipation or fruition. I do not
I propose to decide this issue, which may depend greatly on
i circumstances, but wish to suggest another alternative —
the pleasures of retrospection, or of memory. Campbell
sung the pleasures of Hope, Akenside the pleasures of Im-
agination, Rogers the pleasures of Memory. They all had
scope for their finest powers, and produced felicitous re-
sults. There is great pleasure in them all, particularly as
I applicable to the Adirondack field. I have passed through
in large measure the pleasures of hope and fruition rdSpect-
| iug it, and begin to have recourse to retrospection and the
> pleasures of memory. Whether my lucubrations are read
or not, I hrSfe my reward in these reviews. As an enthu-
siastic Bugler once told me, he fouud his chief pastime,

| amid the cares of business in the opening year, in prepar-
ing and projecting for his June vacation. Then he took it,
and had joy enough, aud for the remainder of the year he
L liked to think and speak and write about it.

In relation to this route, I would first remark the pleasing
I variety of the modes ol travel connected with it, and even

[I its lack of opportunity for fatigue by walking. In other
F localities I have walked eleven or twelve miles "on a
| stretch” on my way to the lakes, but I can go from my
I house to the depths of the wilderness in this way without
I walking scarce a mile. The route from all points to White-
I hall is by railroad, where the tourist steps into the steam-
| boat as easily as I write this sentence. There he sleeps, if
I lie chooses, and has every accommodation for dreams of
I waking bliss; or lie enjoys the charms of Lake Champlain
r till Port Kent receives him. Thence he proceeds by stage
I or private conveyance, via Keeseville, over good roads, in

kl the enjoyment of exhilarating air and an entertaining land-
I scape, to the Lower Saranac, where he takes boat und
[ guide, and can go, os Martin says, an hundred miles. Till
I he reaches Bartlett's he has walked ouly a few rods.

There he can promenade for a quarter of a mile", and then
I at the Indian carry for a mile, but for his next walk he may
I have to return.

Circumstances led me on my first trip into the house and
I lands of Milotc Baker, Esq., and I must say that he did all
[ 1 could reasonably expect to promote my happiness, and
I made my sojourn very agreeable. My favorite fishing
I ground while there was that high, long sloping rock just
I below the dam up the river. On one side was rushing
I water, and underneath lay Lie spangled darlings, those
I dazzling naiads of the wave, waiting to be wooed and won.
I On the other side, most accommodatingly, there was a
I minnow stream, or oozings from the river, where the little
I ones collected, and could bo taken without difficulty. I
I used a small gang, as the water was violent, and stauding
I on the rock, with reel rendy to epiu and all prepared, 1
I dropped the minnow. Stars, what a rush! and how he
I goes down tho river way off an hundred feet! Well, let
him run; I fear it is his last swim. Asa lad fisherman
I once said, hnving caught his first trout, "O, you beauty,
I how sorry I am that I've got you; but I can’t let you go."
I »5o I reel in my prize on the other aide of the rock, where
I the water is quiet and peaceable, and the trout even more
I quiet than the water — a pound and a half.

1 have almost invariably found in my experience that
however well domiciled I have been in the woods, I have
I seen and enjoyed far more when, after suitable prepura-
I li°n, I have committed mysolf under Providence to the
care of my guide, and moving ofT with him for weeks and
miles uway have camped where the night overtook ns.
Concerning tastes, there must be no dispute; but I, at least,

Ido not resort to the woods for luxurious living, preferring

of home after return. I go to find luxury in other things
than those to which I am accustomed, and therefore choose
the shanty and the tent, with their wild surroundings and
better game, rather than those palaces in the wilderness
near which no fish or deer can live. Brussels carpets in
the- woods are surpassed by the carpets of Nature, and
hemlocks are better than feathers there for rest—

Where the spirit mild of Nature’s child
On the breast of her holy mother,

In the silence sweet may hear the beat
Of her loving heart and tender.

Nor wish to change the wlldwood'8 range
For all earth's pomp nnd splendor. [Or. Bethune.

William Moody was my guide; another or better I did
not. desire, nor could I have obtained. It is remarkable,
in his case, that somewhere or somehow he had received a
bullet through his lungs, and yet he lived on many years,
strong and capable. I met him twice afterwards — once at
Arnold's the next year, and again at Bartlett’s in 18G8, with
a heavy string of lake trout in his hands, caught from set
lines. He has since, lam told, paid the debt of Nature.
We entered the lake via the river, raid way up, aud on the
heights at the left, bathed in sunlight, took our first re-
past. Arriving at the rapids, or quasi falls, over the rocks
of the inlet, where there is a short portage, I moved for a
trout, and trout seconded the motion. I had him, and he
was a big one. After playing him awhile, as if exhausted
he thrust himself for refuge in shoal water between two
stones, where he was wedged. Moody was equal to the
situation, which he at once comprehended. Wading in,
guided by the line which I held, he inserted his right hand
and lifted a two pounder.

Why is it that Round Lake is so easily disturbed and agi-
tated V It appears to have a quick temper — one readily
roused and ruffled. I have generally found it, ns others
have, full of high rolling waves, though the Saranacs were
at rest. On this first occasion of crossing it the distance
was doubled, because here we went up, up, up, and down,
down, down. We reached Bartlett's after a long succes-
sion of ascents and plunges, agreeable for variety but not
favorable for expedition. I noticed the umbrella of which
I had read, which Dame Nature keeps hospitably spread
over an island in case of rain.

All right at Bartlett’s. The river comes down stairs
there in a hurry to meet arriving guests, and the scenery is
romantic and picturesque. We are iu comfortable quarters,
where nothing is left undone which should be doue for re-
pose. Motions for a meal are always in order, and it is laid
upon the table without debate. I retain two incidental re-
collections of my sojourn there. Mr. B. showed me an
otter, the only one I have ever seen, remarking that he was
"great on fish." Producing one, he committed it to the
care of the black little imp. Applause immediately fol-
lowed. The energy and vehemence with which he received
it, chewing it to pieces right and left, while looking up
with prodigious satisfaction, was a ludicrous 6cene, which
in its way could not be surpassed. "Ah," said Mr. B., "I
told you he was great on fish." I was pleased in the morn-
ing with his simple, effective way of supplying his visitors
with live bait. These essentials arc generally procured
with difficulty aud loss of time; but Mr. B. had trained
shiners and company to be near his dwelling by feeding
them. Tuking his fine hand net with him, nothing doubt-
ing, he threw in an attractive morsel to concentrate them,
and with one swoop supplied all the live bait we required
through the entire day. Verbum sapuntibus satis.

Launching our craft on a bright morning on the waters
of the Upper Sarauac, we proceeded as happy as larks over
a section of the lake to the Indian carry. I this time took
the route, as it is mapped in Street’s "Woods and Waters,"
directly to the head of Tupper's Lake. Directly as to
place, for we did not wander, but not as to time, for we
were in no hurry. Our boat was drawn across the carry
by a yoke of oxen. We rested as we walked, before set-
tling ourselves for further navigation. Down the twists
aud turns of the Ampersand Creek we took our tortuous
way to the lovely, silent, solitary Racquette River. Mon-
otonous in its solitude of charms, we glided over its wind-
ing waters, walled on both sides with spiral trees— tama-

rack, cedar, hemlock, spruce, nnd balsam— inhaling health,
pure draughts of medicated air, inspirations of Nature in
its fairest scenes— (a pull); well, a fish must be attended to
any time, even if it breaks up my poetry. 1 bring him lu.
line upon line, no matter just uow about tho precept upou
precept, but here a little and there a little, and he comes
bouncing into the boat, good fora dinner at one o'clock.
How I like these telegraphic despatches from the depths!
Well, let us move on.

Arrived at the rapids, the scene became exciting. Here
one man iu his boat was throwing the fly, and there an-
other. Here a fish was coming aboard, and there oue, with
sober second thought (thought he wouldn’t), while sounds
of water curling round the rocks lent their music to the
scene. I took my share as we went through, and loitered
for the welcome passengers. The trunk of a fallen tree at
one point to the right afforded a good footing for casting
the fly, so disembarking, I stood on it and had sport. I
could see trout through the transparent water before feel-
ing the unsophisticated creatures on the end of my line,
and then with my fingers.

Tapper’s is one of the most beautiful of all lakes. Noth-
ing is lacking to it for delightful scenery. High rocky
walls are there, and rocky islands, ns well ns isles of green.
Capes, bays, and promontories, streams and falls, echoes,
deer, and the sal mo in variety, all combine. I saw the dis-
tant silver of Bog River where it sought the lake, coursing
down over a base that broke it into foam, and drew near,
attracted by its illumined white. While there I caught a
deer. I was throwing in for what might be under, when
looking to the right I discovered the deer, not far from
the shoie, which had entered the river to swim across. Let
him swim. We lay low and kept still till he was opposite,
mid-way over, when we took a notion to call on him. Beat-
ing ourselves in the boat, we moved in the direction of the •
deer. He began to look seven ways for Sunday, and seemed
to contemplate which was the nearer shore. The novelty
of his position evidently turned his hend. If I could im-
agine such a thing as his having ever read Shakespeare, I
could fancy him saying: “Now would I give a thousand
furlongs of sea for an acre of new ground, long heath,
brown furze, anything. The wills above be done; but I
would fain die a dry death." We made up to him. "Good
morning, my friend, how are you?" No reply. "Would
you like to come aboard?" Nary. "Well, come here and
let me pat you, if it is compatible." He came near to us,
or we to him. I patted him, played with him, nnd let him
go. Nothing but the direst famine would have induced me
to harm him, thrown os he was on ray hospitality. Moody
pronounced him a yearling. He struck out for t^ shore,
but Bill was determined to make him cross an island which
was near. Ho headed him off with the order, "Go to the
island." The deer finally nimed for it. We saw him go
up it and down on the farther side and take to the water
back again whence he came, aud disappear in tho forest.
Need I say that wc did not see him ugain all that day.
Doubtless he long since was venison.

Wc met on this lake several remnunts of tho aboriginal
tribes. I visited them at their wigwams, and was kindly
received. They were engaged in making baskets, which I
was told might be a profitable business for them if they
could escape from the fascinations of the chase. One
evening while we were at the falls two canoes approached.

In the one was an erect, stern looking Indian, with squaw
and papooses, nnd in tho other, paddled by another Indian,
were the family effects— eatables, blankets, dogs, and guus.
They were on their way up the Bog River after moose.

Ou my return, I was trolling one evening as wo passed
aloug the river, till, coming to a place of rocks, I took a
trout, and circling round soon took another. Becoming in-
terested in the sport, I passed back und forth over it re-
peatedly. Meanwhile a storm was coming on. The clouds
were growing denser and darker, but I did not heed them
till down came a drenching rain, and the thought was
forced upou us that right there, on those wet banks where
we were, we would hare to pass the night. We protected
ourselves from the rain as much as possible till it was over.

1 My rubber coat was called into requisition, aud donned im-

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mediately. When the shower ceased, Moodv £rtli hb
hatchet cut into dry wood and gathered materials for a fire,
and for two hours a blazing conflagration idned 1 the _udja-
cent ground on which we were to sleep. We had our sup-
per and the white tent was raised directly under a lofty
tree which grew near the bank. In an hour or two even
the remnants of the clouds had passed away, and a full
moon shone forth in all its loveliness. I moved oil a little
distance to enjoy the scene. We were many miles away
from any human habitation. AH around us was unbroken
wilderness. There was the blazing Are throwing red light
on the canvas. Above was the lofty tree in its moonlit
majesty, while the quiet river below reflected the radiance
of the queen of night. There we lay peacefully down hko
brothers tried—

And slept nnttl the morning brum
I'urpk'u the mounuuu mid the stream.

I took home with me after this excursion three trout as
trophies, which weighed about three pounds each. Side
bv side there was little perceptible difference between
them, but they represented the three graces as well as tish
can do it, aud made an impression in Utica which is re-
membered to the present day.

Utica , New Turk, June 16fA, 1875.

Amateur.

FISHING ON LAKE

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ON the 8th day of August, 1808, the writer and a friend
with the classical initials of fl. O. C., started from
Chicago on a Ashing trip to the north shore of Lake bupe-
perior via Oreenbay and Marquette. A steamer was ad-
vertised to sail direct for the "Soo" in a couple of days,
but as time pressed we fancied the proverb might he at
fault m this particular instance, and a short cut prove not
the longest road. The sequel will show how the proverb
had the best of it. Wo arrived in due course at Oreenbay,
and the following morning got on board the Transit S. S.
Co.'s boat lor Escanaba, which we reached the same af-
ternoon. It was Sunday, aud no trains running north on
that day we were obliged to remain there over night. This
little city seemed only recently redeemed from the sur-
rounding forests, their defuuet monarehs still asserting
themselves right at the middle of their principal street. A
long pier, built by the N. W. Railroad Company at great
expense, is erected here for the accommodation of vessels
loading the minerals of the north, whence they are carried
by lake either to Chicago or points east of it.. Next morn-
ing bright and early we embarked on the only available
traiu— a freight oue— for Marquette, passed through dense
forests of primeval growth (composed iu a large degree of
cedar), which in fact make up the landscape in these parts,
aud arrived at a place of mines, Negaunee, where we re-
freshed ourselves on a sort of venison ragout, or, in the
vernacular of the country, deer meat hash. We crept along
from here at a paco suggestive of a funeral cortege, stop-
ping at intervals at stations located, as it would seem,
solely with a view to wood and water conveniences, and
arrived at Marquette at 2 P. M., when we drove to the
Northwestern Hotel. Hero we were informed by the pro-
prietor that no boat was expected down from the “Soo" for
at least two days; when she might l»o expected “up" was
so exceedingly problematic aud speculative that we gave
up all hopes of achieving the north shore on this trip, and
began iuslead to make diligent inquiries concerning the
fishing on the south shore of the lake. Miue host of the
Northwestern was inclined to speak iu a depreciating strain
of the north shore fishing, but was highly eulogistic of
that on his side of the water, and as if to corroborate his
stoiy there happened into the hotel that evening a man
with a fine string of speckled trout, caught, in the neigh-
borhood, but exactly inhere this “deponent saith not." I
have since suspected they were captured in some neigh-
boring pond, where by diligent stall feeding they had ar-
rived at the desired weight. Anyway they were a tine lot
of trout, and under the circumstances appealed to our
wounded feelings with au eloquence surpassing the biggest
fish stories. We then and there resolved to try our luck in
the rivers Yellow Dog and Salmon Trout, both of which
were recommended as furnishing capital sport. Before
leaving Marquette we interviewed the captain of the tug
that conveyed a party of Chicago lawyers across the lake
to the Nepigon River. It appears they chartered this boat
at $S an hour, aud as they had to encounter head winds al-
most the entire trip, the voyage may be said to have been
a most prosperous one — to the owners of the ship, a literal
iustance of an ill wind blowing somebody good. Next
morning we commenced early negotiations with a lot of
amphibious half-breeds, domiciled along the margin of the
lake, aud after considerable fouciug, engaged the services
of a couple of them and a boat and sailed away iu a north-
wester^ direction for the river Yellow Dog. A light,
breeze springing up, accompanied by a fresh shower of rain,
gave us at the start both a “wet sheet and a flowing sail,”
and we spun along at a rate of speed which transformed
our trolling spoon into a flying fish.

At 4 P. M . we put ashore and regaled ourselves off a
frugal meal of potatoes, onions and pork, our spoon hook
contributing, 1 am sorry to say, nothing to Hie feast, aud
after dinner shipped ourselves and our frying pan (that
sine qua non of camp equipage), and were again on the
road to Yellow Dog. The wind unfortunately died away
with the setting sun, which necessitated our taking to the
oars, and after a few hours’ rowing we camped out at the
confluence of two stagnant looking streams, the site or a
rude saw mill and hut, deserted manifestly not from the
want of ff rist. Here we remained over night and embarked
early next morning, and succeeded in reaching our destina-
tion in time for dinner. Here we expected to eujoy some
excellent 6port, notwithstanding appearances, which cer-
tainly did not warrant auy such expectations. Vain hope!
Fly, minnow and worm were successively tried without re-
sults further than the capture of some nondescript fish of
a .size possibly measurable in hulk, but individually too
minute to be weighed by any human contrivance. My
friend, who was growing sarcastic, suggested keeping them
for bait! No lime of course was lost in leaving this un-
promising locality. The very appearance of the banks of
the river might have satisfied us that no well bred fish
could live within its waters. These bunks were about
equally divided between swamp land and thick jungle, the
former the home of the plaintive bull frog, the latter, it is
presumed, of the tawny canines. No stones, or rocks, or
rapids, were there to indicate the presence of trout; noth-
ing but mud, and ooze, and decayiug vegetable matter, in
which clouds of mosquitoes lived and thrived when some

of the genus homo happened to be around. Pulling down
stream we essayed the lake once more en route to the Sal-
nion Trout River, which we reached at 7 l . M. and rowed
a couple of miles up stream, when we had to camp, on ac-
count of the blockaded state of the channel. Here we
fondly hoped to make a beginning to our sport, although,
as in the liver we had just left, these never fulling eviden-
ces of trout were conspicuous by tiieir absence. 1 wo sol-
itary anglers might have been seen next morning whipping
that devoted stream iu a fashion that must have astonished
the inhabitants thereof, hut nary fish could they allure
from its uncertain depths. At this particular juncture of
affairs I don’t imagine two sicker men could be found
within the boundaries of the State of Michigan. Our
faith in the veracity of our fellow men, sufficiently strong at
starting to remove mountains, was now lost completely out
of sight. We bundled our traps into the boat and gave
orders to Captain Sachem to pull down stream (metaphor-
ically speaking, lor the Salmon Trout has no more current
than the Calumet), as quick as he and his swarthy mate
could ply their oars, my friend rematkiug meanwhile that,
in his opinion, there were about as many salmon trout in
this river us yellow dogs in the one we Ashed yesterday 1
Our guides assured us that in the Huron River, situate
some indefinite distance further in, the fishing was far bet-
ter than in the Salmon Trout; but we no longer had any
heart to pursue this Will o' the Wisp, bo pulling out to sea,
we were fortunate in catching a breeze from the southwest,
which soon took us out of sight, if not of mind,
of our misfortunes. Soon after starting we rigged another
sail, a jury one, out of a canvas sheet we had among our
baggage, which made us actually fly over the surface of
the water, aud we atrived at Marquette in the evening at
0 o’clock, wet and weary, but just in time to get on board
tbe Ontonagon, which was getting up steam for her trip to
the "Soo.” After a very pleasant sail we reached Sanlt
Ste. Marie, and put up at the Chippewa House, kept by a
member of the Smith family, and au excellent hotel we
found it. After completing our arrangements for another
cruise, this lime to the Agawa River, about oue hundred
miles, more or less, from the Sault, we amused ourselves
looking at the Indians catching white fish from their
canoes in the Ste. Marie rapids. These gentle savages
make their living in this way, and it was quite a sight to
watch their women cleaning the fish and preparing them
for market. They showed about as much dexterity in gut-
ting them as their husbands did in catching them. Their
dwellings, a strange mixture between a house ami a wig-
wam—a sort of half-breed order of architecture— were reek-
ing with the smell of putrid fish, while the ground about
them was a perfect golgotha of fishbones. Tbe scaven-
gers of the village are the dogs, curs of low degree, mangy
and lean from iheir everlasting fish diet. Next morning
early we were again under way, and by nightfall had
navigated Balchewauua Bay, passing many places abound-
ing with trout, and camped out ou a point of rocks about
five miles further on. Here we enjoyed some capital fish-
ing, my friend being quite successful in landing a number
of fine fish, weighing from two to four pouuds. As this
life, however, is made up of compensations, he had the
mortification 1o lose his fly book with all on board , in the
unfathomable depths of the lake. Fortunately 1 was well
supplied with everything and was glad to share with him
of my abundance.

Next afternoon wo reached our destination and were
much pleased with the appearance of the river. The high
mountains in the rear promised many rapids, and the look
of the rocks was highly suggestive of trout. We passed
an encampment of Indians at the mouth of the river, so
thought it prudent to row about a quarter of a mile up
stream, and pitched our tent on a beautiful shingly beach,
the woods on the bunks being too thick and tangled to af-
ford decent camping ground. In this delightful spot we
remained seven days, aud the memories of those jolly
times recur to me with a force aud freshness unabated with
the laps of years. All the fishing we could wish for we
found; in fact one of the best rapids in the river at our
"front door" was at once our larder and our bulbing place.
If auy breeze was blowing we were sure to get the bent fit
of it, aud the Summer was far enough advanced iu this
high latitude to save us from the persecutions of the
mosquitoes. The river ut this time happened to be very
low, which accounted in part for the great difference in
size between the fish we caught up stream and tlioso caught
near the mouth. We found the fish run the largest di-
rectly at the mouth of the river, and from the rocks ou Hie
margin of the lake, southeast of the channel; we used
salmon tackle altogether, and found a trout’s eye very kill-
ing when the tish wished a change of diet. One little cir-
cumstance amused us very much. I had been very much
annoyed by a small boil on my off hind leg, which 1 was
doctoring as well as our limited medicine chest would ul-
low, and had occasion to tear up a lot of old red pocket
handkerchiefs, which had to do service instead of linen for
poultices. These 1 renewed every morning, retiring into
the obscurity of the woods for this object and" always to
the same spot. Before returning home 1 found one of our
Indians had carefully collected these scraps of gaudy cot-
ton and stowed them away atnoDg his valuables for future
use .

1 can imagine no more enjoyable trip than a cruise round
this same Luke Superior, and fishing irom the many points
of vantage which present themselves around its rock-
bound coast. All the supplies the fisherman requires cuu
be had on the Canadian or American side of the falls of
Ste. Marie at the lowest tariff, including sea worthy bouts
and also seamen to manage them — men who are nonpariel
as camp servants and learned in the geography of the
coast. This item of boats is an important one, as this lake
shows her superiority over the rest of the chain as much in
the extent of her area as the frequency of her storms. If
the untutored Indian can "see God in clouds and hear Him
iu the wind," he must surely, in these parts, have the Deity
forever present to his mind. In a word, if excellent spoil,
magnificent scenery, line bracing air, und a "free trade"
tariff, (the Canadian “Soo,” I believe, is still a free port),
are considerations, I unhesitatingly commend the north
shore of Lake Superior to all my brothers of the rod aud
reel. J. C.

BEINU

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA— No. 12.

NOTES OK A TOUR OK EXPLORATION— BY OUR OWN
COMMISSIONER.

PRIVATE business requiring Mr. Jones’ presence at
the settlement at Crystal River, we took ail vantage
of the opportunity aud followed in his wake. Wo reluct-
antlv bade good bye to Mrs. Jones, and the unbounded hos-
pitality, aud numerous sporting attractions of Homosasaa.
This was our first visit to this sportsman s paradise, and
we have reason to believe that it will not he the last. Crystal
River is distant about ten miles from the llotnosassa, and
the two are connected by across stream, known as "Salt
River ’’ the latter being parallel with, and distant six miles
from the Gulf. Two years since, two northern sportsmen
wete rowing a small Whitehall boat, at the llotnosassa
end of the river, when a tarpon weighing 125 pounds,
leaped into the boat.. The result was ludicrous in the
extreme In his efforts to escape, the motions of the tish
imperilled the hull as well as the shins of the occupants.
Oars were tried, but the sportsmen soon discovered that
they would run the risk of knocking a hole through the
boat’s bottom. Jackknives were tested, hut the huge scales
of the fish protected it. As a dernier resort, the two leg-
ged occupants sought refuge at either cud of the boat, and
waited until the fish became exhausted. For several miles
after entering this stream, we found it to lie literally
covered with wild ducks, but as we could not utilize. them,
we refrained from wasting ammunition. This river is
tortuous and shallow, ami presents numerous difficulties in
navigation in the way of extensive oyster bars and mini
Iluls The bivalves are very large, fat, and almost mex
hausliblc. Having no experience in the canuing business,
wo can form no idea of the effect of climate in intefermg
with the canning process; but if the climate did not prove
loo warm we fancy that this would he one of the best lo-
cations in the United States for u canning establishment.

To Clean C'oat Collars — Take a lump of carbonate
of ammonia the size of a walnut and put it in a cup of
water. When it is dissolved, take a piece of clean flannel,
dip it iu the solution and rub tbo collar two or three times
with it. It will also remove the glossy appeuruucc along
the seams aud upon the elbows.

Wages are low, and oysters of large size can be obtained
in unlimited quuuity for a trifling outlay. The prepared
oysters could bo cheaply shipped to New York, New Or-
leans or Havana. , .

We reached the settlement of Crystal River early in the
afternoon, and received a hearty welcome. The settle-
ment consists of about one dozcu buildings, and has con-
siderable trade with the interior. We entered the basin
and found a number of springs which we sounded, the
deepest measuring but eighteen feet. In the afternoon,
the residents arranged for a fire hunt for our benefit, but
as the night was chilly and as I was suffering fioiu an at-
tack of infiamation of my right thumb following an injury,

1 deemed it best to remain on the Spray, and allow Frank
and Harry to represent the parly. In this connection we
may remind the uninitiated that before they engage iu fire
hunting il might be advisable for them to examine and
note the size as well as distance apart of the eyes of horses,
cows and deer, as mistakes are liable to be made. One of
the gentlemen who was instrumental in getting up the fire
hunt, has a tender spot ; aud that is an error he committed
iu his first fire hunt. He sighted a pair of eyes, look de-
liberate aim, pulled trigger, aud next day p*td $25, the
value of a neighbor’s cow. Within a short period a
Northern man settled not a liuudred miles frWtn New
Smyrna and resolved upon having some sport, lie started
with pan aud double barrelled gun, and ufter wandering
several miles, succeeded in shining the eyes of two deer,
and fired at both. They fell, and upon examination of the
animals and the surroundings, he realized the fuel that lie
had lost his way, was near liis home, atul iu a sportsman-
like manner had killed a heifer and coll belonging to him-
self. . , ,

Finding nothing very attractive about the settlement,
we departed for the Crystal River oyster bars. These are
situated about four miles from the main land and should
be visited by every sportsman who is fond of superior
bivalves. By lauding outlie bars at low water, large and
delicious oysters can be gathered in any quantity We
found them to be fat and of the most excellent flavor.
Leaving the oyster bar, we headed for the Wilhlacoochie
River, distant leu miles. The opening of this river can he
easily detected, by the presence of a large saw mill at the
westerly side of the river’s mouth. We encamped for the
night near the mill, and the next morning commenced as-
sending the stream. Wc ascended it for several miles, hut
iu consequence of tjic height and density of too timber, we
found our sail useless; as we were not inclined to pull
agaiust the rapid current, and as the river did not seem to
present any sporting attractions, we returned to the mill
and encamped for the night.

Next morning at 7 o’clock A. M, we hoisted sail ami
headed for Cedar Keys. Not being disposed to follow the
trend of the coast aud dodge oyster burs and nigger heads,
we steered a course by compass and reached the Keys at
1 P. M., at which point ended the cruise of the good boat
Spray . We have wandered some little iu this, as well as in
other lands, but our trip, extending over u period of two
mouths, we shall always review as the most pleasant one
we have ever taken. Having found our tour so enjoyable
and satisfactory, we feel disposed to try it again, aud visit
the best fishing and bundling points, and examine the
portion of coast lying between Punta Rassa and Cape
Suble .

In taking a farewell of the readers of the Forest and
Stream who may have followed us in our cruise, we may
remark that however fishy some of our statements may ap-
pear, they can he relied upon. To day l received a letter
lrom a gOQtlemuu residing iuSavuunah, iu which 1 find tho
following:

" I itave traveled considerably iu Florida, more espe-
cially in the eastern ami western pot lions of South Flori-
da, and I may here atld, that while reading your interest-
ing letters in the Forest and Stream, 1 wandered in my
memory over many familiar places with you, and I hon-
estly congratulate you on the accuracy of your reports.

1 may also remark that 1 have become so much attached
to Floridians, and am so much pleased with the climate,
tliul I have permanently settled in Jacksonville; and that it
will at all times afford me pleasure to communicate 1°
sportsmen visitiug the Stale, any information in mv P°-s‘
session. Our good friend, the editor, is ut liberty to give
my name to sportsmen who desire it. In the future we pro-
pose visiting localities away from the beaten truck of
tourist travel, und shall briefly describe their sporting ad-
vantages, for the benefit of gunuists uml fishermen.

Having acquired some little knowledge of the outfit
necessary for a trip to the southwest coast, wo would ad-
vise those who intend visiting the region to lay in un ample

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supply of the best pilot bread in New York or Savannah.
A portion of the stock could he forwarded by slimmer to
Tampa Hay. care of Miller and Henderson, and a portion
to I’untu Itassa to care of telegraph operator. In a former
communication, I stated that the steamer Emilie of Robert’s
line, enrried the mail between Cedar Keys and Key West,
touching at Tampa, Manatee, and Punta Ilassa; hut since
that was written the government has made a change, and
the service is performed by a steamer belonging to Capt.
McKay, of Tampa. Sportsmen will find the captain a jolly,
companionable, courteous and obliging Scotsman— one
who is ever ready to convey information or confer a favor.

In a former number we refered to our outfit for the expe-
dition, and have but a few suggestion to make. We would
recommend sportsmen to provide themselves with a har-
poon and grains, as these would be found useful in the
capture of fin fish and tarpum; and if more noble game
would prove desirable, the aspirant for sporting fame
may fasten to a large shark or devil fish, and to say the
least enjoy a tow . We frequently experienced the want
of a light skiff; and can assure the sportsman that one
would be found very convenient. A large frying pan with
a long handle would be found very useful for fire hunting.
In a recent issue of the Forest and Stream we noticed an
advertisement of a lamp and reflector for night hunting,
and from the description, have reason to believe that it
might prove useful— or ut least, we would like to give one
a thorough practical test. Ammunition and fishing tackle
of good quality cannot he purchased at any point on the
coast, and we "would advise sportsmen to supply themselves
with a suitable outfit. In this conre ;tion we cunnot re-
frain from referring to the fact, that our fishing rods and
tackle were supplied by Shipley & Son, of ■r»0;l Commerce
street. Phils.; and gun, rifle, and Ammunition by William
Wurfllein, 208 South-second street, of the same city. The
prices were moderate, and quality proved to be in every
way satisfactory, and from experience we can honestly
recommend these parties to the notice of sportsmen.

A man Friday would he found very useful, and we
would advise sportsmen to secure the services of a compe-
tent one. Any quantity of pilots and sailing masters can
he engaged on the southwest coast; hut nearly all of them
have u wenk ness— that of raising the little linger too high
and two often. If any party of sportsmen should con-
clude to follow in my wake, 1 would advise them to secure
the services of Henry Austin, of Beverly, N. J., who ac
companicd me on my trip; and who is well posted as re-
gards the difficulties of the navigation, and the best points
for sporting. He is temperate, willing, industrious am'
obliging, a good shot, a fair cook, and perfectly at home
in a boat. He is in possession of a valuable amount of
im formation regarding places visited, and would be found
very useful as a guide and sailing masler. We unhesi-
tatingly recommend him, and feel assured that if he should
he engaged by any party that his services would be found
valuable.

lu concluding our brief notes of a sportsman’s parndisc,
we may remark, that we have endeavored to be practical
ami confine ourselves to data that would interest spoils-
men; and if the end has been attained it will gratify

An Fresco.

For Forest and Strewn.

THE DUCKS WE WENT FOR.

JACK B and I, sworn friends, enjoy our pleasures

together. Now, Jack has been out hunting a few times
.md considers himself quite a sportsman. lie has always
urged me to accompany him, but I persistently refused,
until early in April, when he eaine round to my house one
evening and declared I must positively go with him to
shout ducks. We could start about nine o’clock in the
morning, take our dinners at a farm house, which was the
abode of some of Juck’a friends, and in the afternoon try
onv hands at the game. I consented to go, the more readily
because my companion confessed that lie had never shot
at a duck in his life. The latter made all the arrangements
necessary, borrowed about thirty decoys, provided ammu-
nition enough to last us a mouth, even if we were success-
ful, and procured a pretty little hunting wagon to carry us
to the farm; and I caught some of his enthusiasm and
bought myself a lireeeh loader, a hunting coat, and a pair
of boots that looked as if they could keep one dry even
In the midst of the sea. My purse is not one of the long-
est, but I told Jack that I might, as well have these things
and be ready for a day’s sport at any time. My friend
smiled his approval, and wheullio morning came we started,
as full of bright anticipations as two happy children.

We reached the farm about noon and were hospitably
entertained, hut met witli a disappointment here which
dampened even Jack’s ardor a lillie. Murry, the farmer’s
son, was away from home; therefore we would have to go
out guidelcMS, and my friend knew but little about the
hunting grounds or the streams in their midst. The old
farmer tried to make the way clear before us, and if many
words could have accomplished this, all would have been
well. About three o’clock wo started forth. The wind
was rather loud und cold, but we cared nothing for that
and plodded our way through the old forest which leads to
the hanks of the Whippatiy River. The path was narrow,
hut distinct, and we found but little dilliculty in reaching
the stream. A thorny branch penetrated one of the water-
proof boots of which I was so proud, but I consoled my-
self with the thought that if the hole let the water in, it
would also let it out again. We found the bout aud oars
in prime condition aud were soon seated ready for our sail.
We were to row about a mile down the stream, where we
had been told that at sunset the ducks would gather in
flocks; hut we mount to use our decoys, and not let the af-
ternoon go by without one shot; so we rowed but a short
distance and then we landed, built up a brush screen, and
put out some of the decoys. In vain wo watched aud
waited; no ducks came, and we at length concluded to.go
further, for the Him was getting low. The little stream
known as the Whlppany River empties its waters into the
Hockaway, which hurries along, uml but a short distance
further gives itself unto the l’assaic, which quietly receives
nil. The Whlppany seems like some shallow body with
but linie character or energy; the Rockaway is stirring nnd
■willful aud the Passaic calm, deep, and determined. The
farmer’s directions were that we should sail down the first
stream, from thence into the second, und stop when we
reached the third. Jack rowed without one complaining
Word till we were in the Second river, and then gave me a
gentle hint about the labor it cost him. I understood, but
did’nt offer to relieve him, simply because I had never
bandied an oar in my life. It looked easy enough, but

things are not always what thev scorn, and I hated to dis-
close my ignorance by any awkward attempts. So 1 let
poor Jack labor on and uneasily watched his growing dis-
satisfaction. Suddenly, however, the thought struck me,
if Jack finds It hard to row down, what will the rowing up
he!1 I knew from some little experience that pulllmr
against the stream is often a hard pull indeed. Fired with
this thought 1 said, as if it had just occurred to me:
"Jack, do give me the oars; whj are you doing all the la-
bor;'” My companion quickly changed seats with me, and
I took hold determined to row aright; hut I never knew
before what a heavy, stubborn element water was. The
oars would rise to the top, though I tried to imitate Jack’s
movements and keep them under. At length I was obliged
to give up in despair and confess that 1 knew nothing
about rowing. It seemed that we would never reach our
destination; und no wonder, for we, in our ignorance, left
It far behind us — sailed at least a mile beyond it! Sunset
came and darkness also; all hope of getting ducks was
lost, and we were lost also. Rowing up the Rockaway is
no c-asy task, and Jack grew discouraged, for the evening
was dark, and the boat went from side to side, and at last
in a shallow place refused to go further. We scrambled
out, waded to the shore, and after a weary walk reached
the farm house again. We were met with a shower of
questions, such as "Where arc your ducks? Why are you
solute? Did you find the way all right?" Ana when we
spoke of our walking home the farmer, in surprise, asked:
"Why was that?" "Oh,” said Jack, contemptuously, ‘‘we
had enough of navigation for one day." We have not
cared much for duck shooting since then, but intend to
try what we can do at smaller game. A. D. W.

BLUEFISHING AT BARNEGAT INLET.

Editor Foiiest and Stream:—

BluetUhlng nt certain seasons of the year Is generally good at the
Inlet. My rwu luek down there has always been very good, the most
favorable time I should any Is about the middle of June or 1st of July
The blues begin to come along in quite large schools about the end of
May; the Ashing commences about that time, but to take It in the height
of the season, when the Ash are teally taking the squid well, I should
say that the 1st of Jaly Is the preferable time for real good sport. Take
my word for It, \ on will never come home with an empty boat. It Is uu
extremely exciting sport. It makes the blood flow qaick through your
velus und causes your whole frame to tremble with excitement ns you
draw In hand over hand a six-pound bluellsb, who by tremendous bounds
uud plunges is trying to rid himself of your hook by vigorougly shaking
his head when out of water, aud eudouvonng to get uhead of your line
Ton must pull steadily and quickly or he Is lost; as he comes nearer the
boat he polls harder und saga lower in the water. They ora a savage
Ash, nnd will not give up the battle without some show of resistance.
Getting them In the boat Is the most difficult part of the Job; you must
lift them clear, for if they strike the side they nre off, und you are sadly
crestfallen at losing a tine Ash. I went down there last year with my
father, who la a lover of the sport as well as myself. It was the 1st of
July We stopped at Wuretown, a small villnge, which is Just opposite
the Inlet, nnd very accessible to that place. The morning after our arri-
val was u quiet, beautiful, still day; not a breath of wind conld be felt.
After breakfasting, about eighl o'clock. I walked slowly down the road
lending to the boy, which Is about half a mile distant. It looked like u
sheet of glnss, so still and calm and plucid ; the tide wus low, und scarcely
i a ripple swept upon the beach. Looking across the bay the tall llglil-
house of the inlet could be distinctly seen towering up in the clear morn-
ing sky; and the low booming of Old Ocean's waves could be distinctly
heard. After admiring the beauty of the landscape, aud resting myself
by silting on the little dock that runs out from the shore a short dts-
tuoce, und to which numerous bouts of every description were fastened.
I started hack foi the inn. hoping that a breeze would spring up, and
thut I slionld have good sport in the afternoon, as I hud to give up si
idea of It ift the morning on ucconut of there being no wind. On re-
luming to the inn I found my father comfortably ensconced in a lurge
arm-chair on the sbudy stoop enjoying his cigar and talking to a man, a

boulman. with whom he was making nrrnugemcnts to lake us out for an
afternoon's Ashing, upon which we soon came to a satisfactory agree-
ment. The afternoon was Ane; a beautiful breeze had sprung up as we
started down to the dock with our man for the boat. We soon bad the
rati spread to the wind, and were speeding over the bay to the inlet In
Am style; she was a magniAcent bout, about eighteen feet long, and car-
ried n large sail. The breeze had freshened up a little, and we laid over
to it in Ane slyle. 1 made u move lo put out my squid, but the man said
not to, as the water just there was shoal, with a great deal of Heating
seaweed und grass about, aud that we had better wait until we were well
over on the oilier side In deepei water. The buy, althongli some seven
miles wide, is very ehoul In some places. We got over to the Inlet Just
ut the turn of tide. "Put out your Bqulds," was the word given. We
cast over and played out our lines as fur as they would go; they were
pretty long olios 1 used that ufteruoou— houo squid, loaded on one eDd
so as to sink them to u proper depth. We now espied a short distance
nhead of us a large dock of gulls sporting ubout, uttering their sbrlU
screams while dippiug down in the water or circling round in the air
The boatman now told us to look out for Ash, for where the gulls were
the bluebell were close by. The blue llsh drive the little Ash to the sur-
face of the water, and the gulls feed ou these small Ash.

We were now among the gulls, when my father suddenly sprang from
his scat and pulled his line quickly, with "Hip, I've struck him!” I
looked, and sure enough a good-sized Ash hod taken the aqmd, uud was
lashing the water, plunging fearfully and pulling hurd two wore now
going through the water ala good quick pace.J Stendlly he waa pulled
nearer the boot, rushing now one side, now on the other, leaping nnd
splueUIng, his sides glistening every now and then In the sun, the Hue
sucking mid hissing through the water. "Take care." says the boaimao,
when with one sling the Ash was lauded flopping in the boat, a four and
u half pound blue— a pretty good specimen for the Aral flsh. "By Jovol"
suys my father, who was wiping Hie perspiration from his fuce, the was
a stout mini aud suffered thereby,) "he was a strong puller, I cun tel

you. Wliewl ituiukes me pull I Look out, Joliu!" Scarcely had he
»poke when my Hue wus uearly Jerked out of my bauds. "Hold hurdll
Hold hard I Wliewl what a puller!" 1 fairly yelled with delight; the
boatman, too, got excited, and stood op to watch tbo fun. "Look out,

av » as every now ami then he would shake his head to rid lumsclt of
the hook which seemed to be a rather troublesome mouthful. 1 got him
close to the boai; my bauds were cut with the line; he struck his tail on
Ihe side of the boat with a loud flap; the hook fell out of his mouth,
„n,l u,e llsh weicliing some six pounds, fell ou the wushbourd of the
bSut Ono flap more and he would be overboard With a rush I threw
mv whole body ou the Ash and grasped him by the gills "Sued,
saved I" I veiled. 1 was half over the side of the boat, and every now
ami then n wave would give me a soak, and so situated that I could not
ove One futch of the boat slid my.eif and Ash would be overboard.

The boatman saw my .M* ^helped me out of U to me .laugh.

had lost’ several llsh so large that they broke my

'fluid We caught Aliy In all, and could have caught many more, only
that ihe sun was fust sinking behind the horizon, when turning our boat
wo BDed toward home before the wind. The boatman, who bad lived
do tv nib ere u number of year* said they were the largest llsh he hud
ever seen coogbt will, tbe squid. All 1 have now to say to my friends
and lovers of sport is, if you "an I a good day's enjoyment In the Ashing
Une go down and try the squid, ng at Uumegsi Inlet. J. L. F.

PIKE FISHING.

Editor Forest and Stream,—

The Ash of which 1 write Is known In the laws of Canada as the "Mas-
kluonge," from the Chippewa word matkanorje. meaning long nose; but
In the States It Is generally called "tnascnlonge." from the French mtitqu*
and at tony e. loug fare. Compared with other members of the genus, this
is the pike of American waters. It Is almost black on the bask, grayish-
yellow on the sides, und creamy while benvnth, while the whole body Is
beautiful with a wavy shading together of these tints. Hh weight und
size are often colossal for a fresh water game Ash. I have caught ono
that weighed Afty-oue pounds andmeasured live feet and a half In length;
another of forty-two pounds weight and Are feet I wo Inches In length;
and many others weighing from twenty to forty pounds. It Is long,
slim, strong, and swift, nnd In every way formed for the life it leada-
that of u Beree nnd dauntless marauder.

It Is difficult to Imagine a more ferocious looking creature than a forty
pound pike, with his sculy, snakish hide, his loug, wedge-shaped head.
D,,d hi* bo«c seemingly fashioned to be thrust Into other Ashes' bu*lne*s‘
hie under Jaw projecting nnd revealing a fearful equipment of leoth,
making his uioatti os dangerous as a wolfs, bis flns nil uqulver with ex-
citement, and his eyes glaring llko a fiend's us be lurks lu Ills lair among
the weeds to spring upon hi* proy.

As a spcclmeu of the greed of the maecnlongo. was one l caught weigh
lug only flve pounds, hut from whoso muw I look fourteen email flsh of
his own kind, some of which were still alive, besides several of other
species. At another time a gentleman and myself were "skittering." as
fishermen call It, along the banks of a deep still pond noted for It* pike.
Skittering, one of the host methods for taking roascalongu, Is done with
a long elastic rod, reel aud line to match the game, and hook of formi-
dable size, upon which Is Impaled a mlnuow of from seven lo fifteen
inches in length. The minnow Is twitched along through the water near
Ihe surface with a motion suggeative of the word skittering. Upon my
friend’s hook was a minnow eight or nine Inches lu length, with which
he struck a nuall pike Ashe was about taking the game from tho
water another and larger mnscalonge made a rush for It, and taking It lu
his mouth retired to deep water to gorge It . After a few minutes the ex-
citing sport of playing this eecoud pike commenced, and within half an
hour my friend lauded him safe and sure. He proved to be a twenly-Qvs
pounder; in bis throat was the smaller one, weighing three pounds, aud
in ihe throat of this latter was the minnow, llapuctty Incarnate I

But account hus not yet been taken of the ainaziug strengib of tho
mascalouge. I have hooked and helped to haul on deck simile* of various
size, have had ahuDd at every variety of mackerel, have tussled with the
salmon, but in proportion to size ihls pike far sarpun^e* them all lu
ability to test the fisherman’s muscle, skill, coolne**, and fertility of de-
vice. A mascalouge of six pounds weight is equal In gamy qualities to
a eulmon of twenty. He can suap a larger hook or pari a strouger Hue
and escape where a salmon would be secure. He rau swim faster, whirl
quicker, pull harder, leap higher, and show more light and more cun-
ning.

On one excnrslon, with a boy of fourteen to row for mo. I had the mis-
fortune to run u very large niuscalonge Into shallow wutir on a mud Mat,
and when my bout ran aground I expected to lose him. But while I was
desperately working iny Ingenuity to bag him, tho boy mode for him by
wading. He look the gaff und succeeded lu hooking the llsh securely
through the nose. And then commenced the most amusing squabble
between denizens of land and water thut I ever saw. Some of the Unto
it was quite a question which was game, boy or flsh; ana hud the pike
run for deep water he might have bugged the boy for hlsdtuuor. At
length, however, the struggle closed by tho water becoming so maddy as
lo fii Hoc ii to the flsh. Upon getting him Into the boat, I was not surprised
at Ihe fight he had made, for he measured flve feet and two niches lu
length, aud weighed forty pounds.

It Is not unusual for this monarch of the stream*, when trying to free
himself from a hook, lo leap ten or flfteen feet above the water uud shake
his head like a mud bull. He always dies game. To Illustrate til* cour-
age, I may relate the fato of tho only landing net I ever undertook to use
In cnptnrlng mascalonge. I was trolling along u channel whom the pike
resorted to waylay the small fry rimulug back and forth between two
parts of a small lake, a trick which this flsh understand* as well 0* the
panther lying In wait along a path frequented by deer. At length I
hooked an old patriarch, aod expected to show him the courtesy of my
new not. but ho had no notion of passively surrendering. For nearly un
hour he tried every artiflee kuowu to his tribe, IiUv llnally became ex-
hausted, and 1 reeled him alongside while my man held tho not. But us
he saw the fatal circle be spraug forward, caught tho netting lu his pow-
erful Jaws, and began to jerk aud shake bis head In such a fury thut h«
Instantly tore out his mouthful; thou he look another hold Hnd served It
in the same way, until, in lee* lime tbuu It takes to tell It, my beautiful
landing net woa a complete wreck. Iu tho meantime, however, I In-
serted my gall In his jaw, and lu a moment his enraged majesty floun-
dered lu the boat. This was one of the trophies of trolling, a most plea-
sant method of hantiDg Ihe mascalonge. The beet trolling apparatus
consists of three large hooks, etruug one above another ubont six inches
apart on an exceedingly strong, wire-wound encll. Sixty to •ovouty.flve
feet of Une Is generally eiioogh to let out, as the pUe Is not so chary of
the passing skiff ob aru more timid ll»b, aud with much greater length of
line no fisherman can capture this gome. The oarsman should pull ahead
at a fair rato, ready at the Instant of hooklug a fl*h to double the speed
for such Is the only way to get und keep the advantage of a mascalouge
A large minnow Is the most successful trolling decoy, a* the game seem*
to delect an ordinary spooo at a glance. Aud when i£o flsh Is reeled ln(
let uo flourishes be made with ours or gaff handle, but bo cautious, or
the pike will free himself and escape at the last moment. In many paria
where this Ash abounds the spear and selno have been Illegally, used to
capture him, but not very successfully, as.he Is too conning aud rmolnto
to he caught thus. I saw a eelue drawn flve times one aficrnoon In a
wide pool below a dam, where several large pike were known to lurk, hut
nothing was taken. Neither conld the failure be accounted for, ns the
Ash did not, us frequently Is the esse, leap over, break through, or run
around tho net. To solve tho riddle. I entered a small skiff, aud lying It
to one of tbe seine floats wos quietly drawn across tho pool, lying with

my face over ihe gunnel In order to look into tho water bo, icath. What

wa* my snrpriee to see the pike turn their noses to tbe eelue and plow
under It In the sand, thus defying the effort to capture ilium.

Snooting ibis noble fleli us he seeks the surface to sun himself Is a fa-
vorite sport with some, but It requires n peculiar mail to succeed . Ilo
must bo not only a good rifle shot, but a patient, running, cat-like hunter,
for Ills game Is exceedingly wary. Such a man, If he can And a come
uleut tree or cliff overlooking thehuuutsof the mascalonge, may, after
hours of watching, he rewarded liy a shot at one of the glauis of the
species, for It Is generally only the largest that roll up In the sunshine.

One morning I Ailed my loach basket, aud hail a nun row mo over lo a
pile that stood some twelve feet above water nnd about six rods from
shore the only one left of nn ancient dock Scrambling to tho top. I
drew up by a - onl hammer, noils, and four or Avo still barrel Stave*, with

which I fashioned a support for my back, a* I should sil on top of tho
pile Then I drew up lunch and ride, and the man left me 1 alone In my
glory '' It was a hot day In June, and before noon, not having had u
glimpse of game, I began to be discouraged But I Imd been bantered
with ihe prediction that I would give up at dlunor time, aud so for mere
pluck's *ake I stood to, or railiersut upon, my post. At noon I ate my
lunch aud having some bhs hft cost them lazily down ou the water
Very soon aud unexpectedly, there was a break lu the surface, und nil
enormous muscalouge showed his full length near a oread crust While
he was studying the looks of the crust lgaveh-ui the compliments of
iuy rifle Ioslontly upon his beginning to flurry, there appeared around
him a number of others, all large, nnd fur a moi eut 'hey waged n lle/ce
attack upou their wounded fellow; but when I had loaded and discharged
my gun ogslu they disappeared. By this time tuy man In the skiff earns
up and after picking up tbe two flsh received me also, and I tested upon

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FOREST AND STREAM.

my honors the balance of .he .lay. The Act of these two pike wm the
one alluded to above, welghluf fifty-""* ^As. But though I perched
on’that pile several times afterward, like a hawk where he once caught a
chicken I never had another shot from my eyrie.

SUU bamngfor this dal. la not ns successful a. for the glass eyed pike
and pickerel Only the smaller ones are generally caught thus, the larger
requiring more action In the halt In order to challenge thoir speed and
pneuaclty. and Induce them to bite.

Fishing through the Ice Is an Interesting method of taking our game.
But It is like pickerelics tlshlng, in which a hook hailed with a email
minnow Is cast through a hole and the other end of the lino tied to a twig
stuck In the snow. Such a mode would avail for mascalonge nbout as a
mouse trap for a wolf. A hole two feet across Is cut through the lee,
and above It Is erected a close teut or cabin to shut out the light. The
fisherman seats himself so as to conveniently look and use the gall
through the hole, mid find the water clear below while he is In the dark
above. Both the gaff and a sliver decoy, attached to a wire three feet
lor.g, ore lowered into the water. The former Is held motionless in the
Tight hand, while with the other hand the decoy is moved around us If It
were a real minnow. When the pike discovers the decoy, he slowly and
threateningly glides forward to investigate. The fisherman will discover
him when several feet distant, and here is where the excitement begins.
He steals along like an Argns, now siraigbt on, now sidewise, stopping
every few inches to take notea, rapacity and craftiness eviuced in his
appearance as clearly as in any other member of the animal kingdom.
At length he is within reach of the gaff, and the silent and excited man
of the tent, with skill and muscle, snatches the fishy prowler from his
native element. „ , ... .. ,

As a food fish there Is nothing superior to this. He rauks with the sal-
mon and speckled trout, and surpasses I lie black and striped bass. The
meat is almost as white as snow, fine grained, nicely laminated, and the
flavor is perfect. The daintiest epicure is silent with satisfaction while
testing the merits of the mascalonge.

Irving L. Bbman.

4£islt gultnre.

HYBRIDIZATION OF FISH.

THE following paper, prepared by Dr. Garlick, of
Cleveland, Ohio, was read at the recent National
Sportsmen’s Convention ;t-

}|R President and Members of tiie Association :

I have been requested to read a paper on the subject of
fish culture at this meeting. It is scarcely necessary for
me to say that the subject has been written upon extensive-
ly and is very well understood by a majority of the people
throughout our country; therefore you will not expect any-
thing new on this subject.

In the year 1857 1 wrote and published a work on artifi-
cial fish breeding, based mainly ou my own experiments.
Being quite an enthusiast ou anything tlml strikes my
fancy 1 expected to see in a very short time every man
■who had a suitable place for such a purpose raising his own
fish 1 need not tell you that I was very much disap-
pointed for the subject lay “flat as a flounder” for many
years. It is quite different now, for not only several
States but the general Government, have taken hold of it
extensively and made liberal appropriations of money to
restock our impoverished streams and lakelets, establish
jng breeding houses and other suitable improvements for
facilitating the objects of the enterprise, and employing
intelligent men— men of science and practical fish cultur-
jsU_lo do this work. If you will read Prof. Baird’s re-
ports, you will see that a vast amount of work has been
done,’ and no doubt will be done, and a very few years
•will prove the great importance of this brunch of human
industry ; in fact it is already proven.

I propose to offer for your consideration the hybridiza-
tion of certain Kinds of fish, tmd although not entirely
new, I am able to present some facts not generally known.
They are contained in a paper that I read, or rather caused
to be read, for I was sick at the lime, before the Kirllaud
Academy of Natural Sciences at Cleveland, Feb. 2d, 1873,

It will be seen that Ibis paper I offer for your consideration
is over two years old and has been used; but the “autocrat
of the breakfast table” remarked at bis fifth breakfast that
“certain things are good for nothing until they are long
kept and other things arc good for nothing until long kept
and used; of the first is wine, and among the latter are
poems, violins, and merschaum pipes.” As this paper has
not been long kept, nor much used, it should not be ex-
pected to have improved much by age or use.

The hybridizing of both plants and auimals has been
practiced by naturalists, and one ennneut statesman of our
country suggested the idea of extinguishing an entire race
of men iu our country by cross breeding, or, as lie termed
it, “ibe bleaching process." In proof of bis sincerity it is
said be practiced what be preached, I do not, however,
propose to carry hybridizing to that extent, only applying
the principle to fishes. In the pages referred to I have
only mentioned the fishes of the salmon family for hybrid-
izin'', and I have not » doubt but that this has been ac-
complished in several species of the sulmou family, both
by the aid and without the aid of man. That it has been
achieved by the aid of man there can be no doubt what-
ever, and 1 am equally certain that it has occurred sponta-
neously, as detailed in the following paper. If it can be
accomplished with different species of salmon, there can
exist no reasonable doubt that it can be done with other
families of tisbe-s of the same genus, such as perch, pike,
bass, and other kinds of fish.

It should not be expected that all attempts at hybridiza-
tion should prove to he successful, nor that in every in-
stance the hybrids would be an improvement in size or
quality of the parent fishes, though iu Mr. Hanson’s hy-
brids the quality was greatly improved; and so are the hy-
brids of Lake Superior, as I can bear testimony, having
eaten frequently of the hybrids and of the parent fishes.
In case the parent fishes from which you wish to breed hy-
brids do not spawn precisely at the same time, Mr. Huu-
son's method may be adopted; but such persons as believe
Dr. Bachman’s statements should try his methods cf
“drying ibe eggs for leu days,” or even fora hundred
days, for 1 apprehend that ten or a hundred days of drying
them will make no difference in the result. I will only add
a little scrap of histbry furnished me recently by Prof. J.
P. Kirtland, which I think will interest all fish culturists.
It U an extract from Peter Kalin's travels in North Amer-
ica, Nov , 1748, vol. 1, p. 28U, London edition, Fleet street,
1772. Translated by John Heiuholdt Forster.

“Mr Franklin (Dr. B. Franklin) told me that in that
part of New England where his lather lived, two
r.vera fell into the sea, in one of which they caught great
numbers of herrings, and in the other not one. Yet the
places where these rivers discharged themselves into the
isca were not far asunder. They had observed that when

the herrings came in the Spring to deposit their spawn,
thev always swam up the river where they used to catch
them, hut never came into the other. This circumstance
led Mr. Franklin’s father, who was settled between the two
rivers to try whether it was not possible to make the her-
ring likewise live iu the other river. For that purpose lie
put out his nets as they were coming up for spawning, ana
he caught some. He took the spawn out of them, and
carefully carried it across the land into the other river. It
was hatched, and the consequence was that every year af-
terwards they caught more herring in that river; and this is
still the case. This leads one to believe that the fish always
like to spawn in the same place where they were hatched,
anil from whence they first put out to the sea, being, as it
were, accustomed to it.” . . .....

Very correct, Mr. Kalin. All observation since that time
shows' that you were a close observer. Peter Kalin was a
Swede, an eminent botanist, and the favorite student of
Charles Linneaus, the great botanist. Our beautiful Kal-
in ias (the Laurel) was named after Peter Kalm.

It appears by this little hit of history that Dr. Benjamin
Franklin’s father was the origiual artificial fish breeder in
tliis country, and Dr. Bachman and myself must go down
to the foot, lie was not only the first man that made llie
attempt of artificial fecundation of the ova of fishes, hut
the idea was original with him, and this more than a cen-
tury and a quarter ago. I am glad to know that an Amer-
ican citizen can claim this honor and be the father of our
own Dr. Franklin.”

— A “ Fish Bureau” has been started in Boston, the
object of which, the papers say, is “ to create a fraternal
feeling among dealers, and thus making Boston more de-
cidedly the centre of the fish trade, which position it holds
to-day.” The room is fitted up with a telegraph office,
newspaper files, advertising boards, letter-boxes, and other
conveniences, making it a useful apartment for business
men. Books are to be kept, open at all times to subscri-
bers, giving information of sales, arrivals, the catch at the
various grounds, disasters, and all other matters of which
intelligence can be received by telegraph or letter.

—A shipment of shad for stocking the rivers of the State
of Ohio has been made by the United States Fish Commis-
sion. They will he placed in the rivers at Columbia,
Dayton, and Defiance.

nt it ml 'Qistorg.

NOMENCLATURE.

THE following is an abstract of the report of Rev. A.

B. Lamherton, chairman of the Committee on No-
menclature, made to the National Sportsmen’s Convention
at Cleveland:—

“Sportsmen naturalists have long felt the need of a cor-
rect systematic classification of the names of our game,
but it was not until the formation of the National Sports-
men’s Association that any action was taken to organize a
system of nomenclature. The National Convention ap-
pointed a committee for this work. The chairman under-
took to give the scientific names of all game indigenous to
America, together with the vernacular names and the clas-
sification of all inlo orders, families, genera and species,
with specific characteristics of each individual, so that
sportsmen, by referring lo this synopsis of description,
might he able to ascertain the proper Latin and English
name of any game species found on our continent.

That the convention may form some idea of the charac-
ter of this work, since it will be impracticable to read it
now on account of its length, consisting, as it does, of
about three hundred pages, 1 have prepared a brief.

Our game quadrupeds consist of three orders and one
sub-order. The sub-order embraces four families. The
first family includes the wild cats und lynxes; the second
family covers the wolves and foxes; the third family, the
marlins, weasels, otters, and badgers; the fourth family
the raccoons and bears.

Iu the second order is form hut one family, which con-
tains one genus and two species — the opossums. The third
order has three families. The first family contains the tree
squirrels. Under one genus in this family are found the
ten species of squirrels that may properly be called game.
In the second sub-family of Ibis order is found the Ameri-
can heaver. This order also embraces the luircs. There
are two genera ami fourteen species of hares known to
science iu North America. The fourth order contains two
families. Iu the first are found the deer. These are divi-
ded into three genera and nine species. The second family
contains the antelopes, mountain goats, mountain sheep,
and hisons, making five genera and four species.

Our game birds are found in three orders and five sub-
orders. In the sub-order, Columbia, under the fourth or-
der of birds, is found the passenger or wild pigeon. The
next sub order contains three families — the turkey, grouse
and quail. There exists one genera and probably two spe-
cies of turkeys. The grouse are divided into six genera
and twelve specios, and the quail embraces live genera und
seven species. In the first sub-order of the fifth order the
cranes are found, consisting of one genus and three species.
The second sub order contains several families and tribes,
plovers, woodcock, sand pipers, curlews, and rails. There
are three genera and seven species of plover; three genera
and four species of woodcock. There is one genera and
three species of curlews, and of rails two genera und five
species. Iu the sub order of order 9ix are the three fami-
lies, swans, geese and ducks. There is but one genus and
two species of swans and three genera and nine species of
geese. The ducks are divided into six sub-families; the
first contains one genus and two species; the second con-
tains eight genera and twelve species; the third eleven gen-
era and twenty species; the fourth one genus and one spe-
cie, and the sixth lias three genera and four species.

The game fish of America are found in three orders, nu-
merous families, genera und species. The first family, the
perch, contains a greater number of game flsli than all the
others combined. These fishes are highly prized as an arti-
cle of food, and are remarkable for their beautiful forms.
The second family, the scianoides, differ but little from the
percoids. The second has but one genus and one species
that appears to me to be worthy of the name of genus — the
perch of Ohio. The third family, the catfish, embraces

not a fow fishes which are esteemed by epicures, though
not affording much sport to the devotee of the rod. Tiie
fourth family, the carp, includes the luckere, the roach,
and the famous sized species known as the buffalo fish. The
fifth family, the pike, contains one of the most noted game
fishes of America, the muscalonge. The sixth family, the
salmoides, contains the leaping salmon, the most royal of
came fishes, and speckled trout, that dart to the tempting
fly, spinning the reel as if born lo the sport, and the gray-
ling, the newly discovered game fish of our waters, be-
sides others, less esteemed for their game qualities, but as
highly prized for the table. The most famous fish in the
seventh family, the herring, is the American shad, also the
angler’s joy. The most noted of our salt water fishes are
the mackerel, blueflsl), cod and herring. I will no longer
detain you with the fishes. Those not named m this brief
will he found in the committee’s report on Nomenclature,
All embraced iu the above classification maybe properly,

I think, regarded ns game, though the word game is pure-
ly arbitrary, its scope and meaning depending upon' the
nationality and object of the writer, rather than upon any
accepted definition. In gastronomy, for instance, the word
game covers all animals fit to be eaten which are found in
a wild or natural slate. The term has undergone various
changes in the course of its history. At first, under the
denomination game came only those animals of fur and
feather which certain breeds of dogs would naturally pur
sue through native instincts or sense. Next, all animals
pursued by men and dogs for sport. And this is not far
from what we sportsmen would have the word signify
now. In England and other countries, where auimals of
the chase are legal property of the aristocracy, the term
game is still restricted to its first and early sense. I need
hardly tell any sportsman that we cannot enumerate under
the term game all animals in this country belonging there,
and limit its signification as to our brother sportsmen
abroad, as this would exclude pigeons, squirrels, various
water fowls, and fur auimals too numerous to mention.

Moreover the early sense of the word did not cover the
use or value of the animal captured. If an animal but
possessed the quality of affording sport to dog or man,
though unfit for the table and of no profit, it was entitled
to rank as game. I think the following definition will best
harmonize with the use of the word, as employed by
sportsmen of America: Game in its most liberal sense,
includes all animals,' birds and fishes found in a wild or
natural state, which are taken for food or profit, the pur-
suit of which affords sport without regard lo the mode of
capture, save that it be legitimate and sportsmanlike.
Neither the trapper, fisherman nor hunter captures any an-
imal of value that does not afford sport in the taking, no
matter how rude and primitive their rules of sportsman-

S^Your committee has arranged and classified our game, as
far as possible, iu accordance with the above definition.
Game being an arbitrary term, including under certain
contingencies and in certain countries various animals that
could not, uuder other circumstances, ho so considered, it
is therefore, not only proper, hut essential, that the sense
of the word with us should accord with the genius of our
woods, fields and waters, including therefrom all taken of
value in sport.

We cannot pursue field sports intelligently, nor enter
into the discussion of subjects connected with the preser-
vation and habils of our game, unless we possess an accu-
rate nomenclature. The vernacular names now applied to
animals of the chase must he dropped und their correct sci-
entific or English name used. Sportsmen know how various
are the names applied to the same animal in different sec-
tions of our country. For instance, the ruffed grouse are
known in the Middle States as partridges, and in the South-
ern States as pheasants. In some Slates quails are called
partridges. These examples arc sufficient to indicate the
present condition of our 'sporting vocabulary.

Although the arrangement cf the names of our games in
accordance with the requirements of science will give to
field sports— a most important branch of natural history—
the character of a science, it is not expected that it will
do away entirely with the use of local names, ignorantly
used to designate certain species or varieties of game; nev-
ertheless it will produce a marked change.

A fruitful source of the wrong naming of our game was
the applying of the cognomens of the animals of the old
world lo the animals of the new. Our hares, for instance,
since they bore a slight resemblance to the rabbits of Eu-
rope, are called rabbits; our migratory thrush, a robin; our
bison, a buffalo; and our wapiti deer an elk, and our elk a
moose. After these names became fixed as a part of the
history of our fauna, naturalists discovered that we had
no rabbits, no buffaloes, no robins, no partridges, and no
pheasants.

English field writers declare that Americans are ignorant
of natural history, and we must concede the truthfulness
of the statement, though made in had taste.

Our newspapers, for instance, are ever making public
the discovery of some animal, bird, or insect new to sci-
ence, which proves to ho among the most common und
well known of the species. A short time since a journal
of considerable repute described a bird that was found in
the unfrequented parts of the State of New York, not men-
tioned by any ornithologist, as larger Ilian a dove, short
winged, head like a hen turkey, white bill, shaped like a
crow, blunt and heavy, a red bunch on the top of the
head at the joining of the feathers and the beak. This re-
markable bird was none other than the common cool (Fu-
lica Americana). The following incident related to me by
a friend, illustrates the want of general information ou
field sports in America: On one occasion 1 was accompa-
nied lo the field by a sportsman friend; he was well
equipped, good dog, gun, and costly game hag. He pro-
fessed to he somewhat acquainted with game and a fair
shot. The first woodcock shot I put into the hag of my
companion. Not long after wo wore separated by a small
‘cover.’ My friend’s dog flushed a woodcock. I was
where I could oh erve the movements of the would-be
sporlsmun, who drew forth the dead bird to 6ee if it and
the flying one were alike. While it is not necessary for
many gentlemen calling themselves sportsmen to carry
samples of our game, as a means of recognizing the same
in the field, yet now few the number who are familiar with
the proper names of half our game. In this we differ
from the sportsmen of other countries. We have. better
wing shots, and know quite as much about the habits and
ways of animals as do the sportsmen of any country,
yet we arc far behind in all our acquaintance with the
names given game by naturalists. No sportsman should
call our grouse, partridge and pheasauts, and our quail, par*

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tridce. bison, buffalo, and cougar, panthers. As to these
last animals the generality of sportsmen are not aware that
the animal called panther is not a panther but a cougar.
America has no panthers. Few of our quadrupeds having
so large a range as the cougar, extending from J? lorirta to
Mexico, are so unfortunate as the cougar in being misnamed.
Indians saw in the forest an animal that lived by browsing
and they called it inoosa, wood-eater. 1 his name has been
corrupted to moose. The same animal in Europe is called
elk, while naturalists here apply the term elk to an entirely
different species of the family corvid®, viz: the wapiti
deer, lint why multiply examples of the wrong naming
„f our fauna? All must ^bo convinced of the necessity of

a nomenclature of game."

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SALEM INSTITUTE NOTES.

Danvbrbfort, Mass., June 8th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stubam:—

Herewith I send you an account of tlic first field meeting of the Essex
Institute of Salem, which took place at Chebacco Fond, Essex, the 3d
Inst. Leaving Salem by the 8:40 train they reached the pond at about
9:30, when they separated Into groups— some to ramble in the woods.
Others to sail upon the lakes, while a few spent the morning hoars in

searching for plants and other objects which the locality afforded. Re-
turning at one o'clock un ample meal was served in the grove. At 2:30
ilia company assembled in the hall of the Chebacco House, where an In-
teresting meeting was held, Dr. Henry Wheatland presiding. Prof. F.

W. Putnam made same remarks upon the finding of several curiously-
formed heaps of stones on the banks of Parker River, in Ncwburyport,
and passed around some photographic views of the different forms in
which they were placed. Some wore of circular form, while the stones
in one view had the form of the letter E. Owing to the carious form of
the piles Prof. Putnam thonght they might disclose some relics of the
Indians, but upon careful examination nothing was fonnd in them but a
smut! piece of pottery. He said that they must have been there from
thirty to sixty years, as stumps of trees of that ago were found which
hud growu over and through the piles. Following Prof. Putnam’s re-
marks an address was made on the “Ncwburyport Mines” by Mr. Alfred
Osgood, of that city, a well-known geologist, who spoke in a rather de-
preciating manner, saying that rich float ore had been fonnd, but no true
fissure veins. He said that he bad been hooted on the street for express-
ing an opinion, and had not been allowed an opportunity to investigate
the subject as he would have done hud he been treated in a gentlemanly
manner The Interest in mining was abating, he said, as the land was in
the hands of speculators, who were doing their best to keep up the en^
thusiasui of the people, while, in his honest opinion, he thought they
were using tinfnir means for deceiving people by burying ore mid then
digging it np, to be followed with the announcement of the discovery of
a new vein. He langhcd about the celebration which took place at New-
buryport June 2d, when the first cargo of ore was shipped lo New Jersey
to be smelted, some of which ho spoke of us "worthless trash" and
“iron pyrites,” which the owners had better sell as soon as they reached
their destination, for yacht ballast. An interesting description was then
given by Mr. J. H. Stevens, of Salem, of the great canebrakes of tbe
south. These form a belt flfly miles wide along the bottoms of the Mis-
sissippi River and tributaries from near Memphis, Tenn., to the Gulf;
also another belt ulong the Atlantic coast from Savannah to the Ever-
glades of Florida. They grow from ten to thirty feet in height, and so
close together that it is impossible for a man to pass through them with-
out cutting his way. The young shoots, which spring up during the
Winter, are very succulent, and afford good feed for cattle and deer. Hq
also spoke of the American tulip tree ( Ltrtodendwn tuliplfera,) which
grows at intervals among the canes, and presents a beautifnl appearance
when covered by blossoms. Prof. Putnam then said that in the Audu-
bon Gallery of ihe Mammoth Cave large numbers of canes about two
joints long were fonnd which hud been burned at one end, mostly upou
the side, which would ludicute that they had been carried in the hand ns
torches. After brief remarks by Dr. J. P. Fessenden and Rev. Mr.
Bean, of Salem, tbe meeting adjourned, and the party relumed to the
City shortly after five, having spent an agreeable day. A. F. G.

BLACK SQUIRRELS IN ILLINOIS.

Salem, Mass., June 13th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I noticed iu your Issue of Juno 10th a statement of the Farmington
News of a cross between a fox gray and black squirrel. The most sin-
gular thing w as that a black squirrel was never seen In Illinois. If those
connected with that paper, or any other residents of that place, would
take a trip to Waukegan, HI , a town situated on the banks of Lake
Michigan, nnd take a stroll through the woods, which arc miles In ex-
tent, they would find the black squirrel more plenty than they are aware
of. I made it a place of residence from 1856 to 1861, and spent a great
deal of time in hunting, game of most kinds being abuudant; fox and
black squirrels very plenty. Relatives of mine who were among the
first sealers speak of them us being very plenty. I never fancied squir-
rel meat, so seldom took uuy. G. B. Stone.

Jamaica Plains, Mass., June 14th, 1875.
EmTon Forest and Stream: —

Under the Natural History head in Forest and Stream of June 10th
Is a notice from an Illinois paper of the capture of a cross of the black,
gray and fox squirrel, with this addition: "The most singular thing is
that there never was seen a black squirrel in Illinois, consequently there
is no way of accounting for this cross.” How it may be now I do not
know, bill thirty years ugo these three squirrels abounded In the wood-
lands of Northern Illinois, nnd I myself had a well marked specimen of
this cross In my collection. S. C. C.

— -*•*- —

MR. THEODORE GILL AND HIS HARD
NAVIES

June 10th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Probably you and your readers are already tired of mo if not of Mr.
Gill, and 1 will merely say in conclusion that Mr. Gill's reply to my ques-
tion seems to me rather evasive. I inquired whether some of the mod-
ern naturalists ure not adding to tho confusion of nomoncluture by the
constant Invention of new names. Mr. Gill replies that amateur and im-
perfectly educated naturalists have increased tb:s confusion, nnd tnat
among such are several lo whom allusion Is made in my letter of May
6th. As the names 1 mentioned were those of Storer, De Kay, Agassis,
nnd Herbert, the last of whom with myself probably represent the guilty
amateurs, it follows that Storer, De liny, mid perhaps Agassiz, arc, iu
the opinion of Mr. Gill, imperfectly educated naturalists. It is some
consolation for fulling under tho reproof of the Oracle that one suffers
in good company. But ns all those writers preceded those of the new
school, it is difficult to understand how l hey- Storer, De Kuy, and Agas-
si/.—could be tho innovators aud confusion makers. Perhaps, however,
as Mr. Gill graciously remarks, "when I more fully understand those
mat tors," Bnd become a disciple of tho now school, some ruys of light
may dawn upon my miud. 8. C. Clarke.

— The Left veu worth Times says: “It is a singular fact
that those portions of the State which were most afflicted
by the grasshoppers last year, are now favored with the
best crop prospects, while those sections that suffered the
least then are now coniplainiug of grasshoppers and chinch
bugs, and are predicting a failure of crops. The only cry
of distress we now hear comes from sections that were fa-
vored with good crops last year.”

§he gSfennel.

—The first exhibition of the National Poultry Associa-
tion will be held in the exposition building, Chicago, from
January 20th to the 28th, 1870, and will include all varieties
of poultry, pigeons, dogs, rabbits, fish, singing and orna-
mental birds, and small pets of all kinds. Dog show to
commence January 25th aud close January 28th. The
American Poultry Association will hold its annual conven-
tion at the same time aud place- For premium list or other
information, address Charles P. Willard, Secretary National
Poultry Association, corner Itedfield and Stein streets, Chi-
cago, 111.

— As we go to press the Mineola Bench Show is in prog-
ress, and as it is hold within a reasonable distance of the
city there should not only be a full entry of dogs, but a
large attendance of spectators. The following is a list of
the judges:— E. 8. Carman, chairman; Charles H. Ray-
mond, Dr. Strachan, on Irish red setters, black and tan
Gordon setters, setters of any breed, pointers, large breed;
pointers, small breed, and cocker spaniels. Colonel F. G.
Skinner, chairman; N. Saltus, Dr. Rowe, on shepherd
dogs, fox hounds, beagles, and dachshunds. Peter
Strong, chairman; R. Arnoldi, James It. Tilley; George C.
Colburn, alternate; on black aud tun terriers, Scotch ter-
riers, skye terriers, bull terriers, Newfoundland, St. Ber.
nard, mastiff, greyhounds, large breed; greyhounds, small
breed, and Spitz.

—Mr. W. Knight, of Philadelphia writes us saying.
"My setter bitch, “Dot," on Thursday last pupped eleven
dups to “Bismarck,” the famous setter belonging to Mr.
David Brooks, of this city. All the pups are red and white
except four, which are entirely white, and resemble the old
dog “Biz.” The pups are doing well.

For Forest and Stream.

POLLY— NO. 3.

OCTOBER 19TH.— Waller came over with the Pro
fessor's old marc, Dexter, attached to the highest
old kind of a high-topped buggy ; wanted me to go after
mallard or anything else that roiffht turn up. The frosts
had been pretty severe; no rain for two or three weeks;
everything very dry and dusty. As we crossed the bare
prairie just out of the city, cropped close by St. Paul’s
numerous herds of cattle, the sun came up in a blaze and
kept at it for the rest of the day. We could hear the golden
plover whistling all about, and Polly ran into a flock in her
accustomed style. We could not stop for such small game,
for to shoot golden plover upou a close-cropped prairie
with a white dog, and that white dog Polly, was simply im-
possible; we had tried it. Five miles out, over roads ns
smooth a floor, we rattled our old carryall, striking the
brush country on the hither side of Lake Johanna, still
three miles distant. As we passed the big wheat stubble a
large pack of chickens were just seltliug to their break-
fast-seventy of them at least. Polly would willingly nnd
suddenly have disturbed their arrangements, but we were
out for all day and did not wish to get iuto a fret. Upon
our left the country was covered with the scrubbest kind
of scrub oaks growing thick together, averaging from two
to six lect in height; miniature oak trees, sturdy and stub-
born; hard things to get about among as ever mother na-
ture invented Through this tract, which was quite roll-
ing, in the depressions ran a chain of grassy ponds, which
were from one to two acres in extent, water at the deepest
not more than two feet. Walter wore his high rubber
boots; I had shoes and leggings, aud Walter wished many
a time before tbe day was done that he had gone barefoot
rather than worn his portable ovens. We tied Dexter to a
little oak tree, where he could browse comfortably upon its
upper branches, and went for the pouds seriatim. But,
alas I as Mark Twain would have put it, the ducks were
not present this morning— in fact, they were absent. We
paddled about through the ponds; started just two mal-
lards, one of which Walter dropped, and Polly retrieved in
good style; two or three English snipe, very wild and un-
shootable, an average rise at ten rods and a flight of half a
mile. Exploring the last of the ponds, Walter four or five
rods to my right, huppy iu his high boots, suddenly disap-
peared; water one foot deep, grass two feet, and as thick
as the hair upou Polly's tail. Walter! Halloa!" No reply,
and I started toward where I had last seen him, seriously
alarmed. A few steps and Walter’s head appeared above
the grass, apparently upon his elbow. Soon he slowly
struggled to the perpendicular; hat off; both arms hanging
down away from his body, aud from the ends of every one
of his ten fingers a muddy stream dripping freely, as might
naturally have been expected under the circumstances.
“Walter, where is your gun?" “Oh! it's here. lhen,
and not till then, he stooped and groped around upon the
bottom of that mallard pond, and soon appeared with the
unfortunate shooting iron. ,

“What shall Ido?" he ejaculated. I mildly suggested
that he go ashore and dry. This striking him favorably,
ashore we went, hauled off the big boots, emptied them of
about two pailstul apiece, wrung out his stockings aud coat-
tails. and then with half an hour’s hard work at the gun,
drawing the charges and manifold other expedients, we
were once more in fighting condition, ready lo start for
“fresh fields and pastures new,” which in this case meant
Lake Johanna. Found Dexter had devoured about bve
years’ growth off the young oak, and was ready to move.
We got in aud drove along; had gone perhaps half a mile
wheu we passed a large black warrior hawk perched upon
a solitary oak stub some fifteen rods from the road. \\ al-
ter, shall I try him?’’ "Certainly. Dexter stopped. I
stepped over, putting in a No. 4 shell as I did so, advanc-
ing about four rods wheu our friend in black spread his
wings. I gave him one barrel, staggering him, and the
second brought him down. He was a magnificent bird,
and I regretted very much having killed him. As wo were
examining him a flock of fifteen or twenty mal lards came
flying toward us in a line to go over, but they sheered off,
and we tiring at long range, discomposed them not at a t.
They kept on to the ponds, and circling around for twenty
minutes or rnore at last settled. We drove back Form-
nately there was considerable wind blowing from the ducks

toward our placo of approach. Taking advantage of this
and the low scrubs we managed to get within eight rods,
and os wc rose up, the little water in the centre of the small
pond in which they were appeared crowded with them.
We fired both together upon tho water, and as they
started each singled a bird. Mine dropped, but Waller's
went off wounded over the hills and far away. Polly
fetched three for the first shots, and mv single bird. Tho
flock circled arouud, two or three breaking off and settling;
the rest departed. We weilt after the two or three, started
them wild out of tho largest ' pond, nnd both tiring to-
gether brought down one with a lipped wing. Polly went
for him, and together they traversed that ten-acre pond In
many directions in an exceedingly lively manner. With
tho thick grass, the water and any other dog, that dnek
would have certainly come out nliead; but no possible bhd
without wings in perfect order had a ghost of a chance
with Polly, aud soon she came in with the mallard— n fine
green-headed fellow— proud enough. “We will always
claim, Polly, that you were splendid in the duck business."
We waited an hour but no more mallards appeared, so we
mounted our vehicle, put Dexter to his speed, and away wo
went for Lake Johauuti, on the road shooting one “great
yellow shanks," and no other game did we see. Mr. Mal-
hony, our friend in the log cabin at tho lake, welcomed us
kindly, boasting of tbe great fishing in the lake, hut we
were not fishing. “How about game?" "YU; the brush
is full of chickens, and quail, and pheasants (ruffed grouse,)
nnd pigeons.” The sun was blazing hot, but with this mass
of game around us we were anxious to be up and doing.
We lntBted the borders of the cornfield, and did at length
flush a fine bevy of quail, much to my surprise; for I know
Mr. Malhony was an awful liar, nnd that lie would have
easily declared that he had seen a drove of elk if wo had
asked him about them. We killed three of ihe birds as
they rose, nnd the remainder— some fifteen or twenty— took
refuge in two or three acres of dense scrub oaks. Polly
took the scent, rapidly followed it out of sight in spite of
our urgent entreaties for her return, and successfully; for
soon we could hear repeated whirrs. Before long Polly
came in nnd took her whipping in a way that seemed to
imply that she had had a good lime nnd was willing to pay
for it. Then she hunted nicely at three or four rods dis-
tance, but again striking the scent away she went, regard-
less of everything, and away went the birds. “Walter,"
said I. “this will not do; this dog can’t shoot quail, and
certainly this dog and we together cannot, for the dog 1ms
all the chances. Go to the wagon nnd get the reins; we
will restrict her movements and hunt tho quail on our own
hook.” I sat down and talked to Polly, explained the mut-
ter as well as I could, and when the reins came fixed them
around her neck, so that there were just about three p bailees
in ten that she wouldn’t he choked in her stragglings,
though not much did wo care if she were, and tied her se-
curely to an oak sapling five or six rods from our centre of
operations. “Now, Polly, see that dog whip? Keep quiet
and it does not concern you at all; make so much as a
whimper and your troubles will begin." We went off one
side and with great satisfaction sat down and wuiteu fo.
the quail to indicate. “Bob white l" to tho tight; a reply
to the left. Soon as many as three were calling, evidently
drawing together, not far from our station. Wo keeping
very quiet, scarce daring to breathe, could now hear l hem
rustling through the leaves. “Bow-wow! bow-wowl yelp!
yelp! yelp!’*

“Ob, Polly! why didn’t I blow your old head off then
and there?" The dog whip was applied with vigor, with
vim, with venom. “Why didn’t I blow you out o! your
beautiful hide? Polly, you would try the patience of a
saint — yes, aud try it all out of him, too."

Back we went, enraged aud reckless, in flue condition to
shoot quail in a Minnesota oak thicket, brush so thick that
every other stick went straight in your eye. After much
toil we started one quail; tired four barrels at him; seared
him badly, Polly barking and howling in large quantities,
Walter savage and saying “Dang ill" We did not thrash
her; intended to get a machine for that purpose the first
opportunity. The day was hot; we were hot und tired;
the quail were not very fat, and ducks were more iu our
line. So wc bid Mr. Malhony farewell, mounted our high-
topped buegy, and set Dexter to moving.

PRINCE ALBERT’S DOG KENNEL.

Sciiloss Braunfels, Prussia, May 20th, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

Like most of tho anciout German castles, Schloss Braunfels Is situated
upon the top of a high hill, anil is surrounded by a most charming coun-
try, over which it commands most extensive views of endless variety.
Americans who hove visited bare say it reminds them In tho Full of the
yenr very much of tbe most beautiful parts of their own country . Every
window of tho hundreds In the castle looks over ranges of undulating
forests, lively and lovely with every shade of leaf, with patches here and

there of wild flowers of surpassing beauty. The castle stands in -Jostle
and supreme- a central object of attraction In the midst of the rommilc
valley of the Lnhn. Though so much Indebted lo nature for the lavish
way in which she has strewn her choicest gifts at Its fret, yet Schloss
Braunfels has many other associations connected with It which enhance
its attractiveness. It has been since 1025 tho object of many n strife, tho
scene of mqny a romantic episode. Guslavue Adolphus of Sweden once
stood upon its ramparts a victor and monarch of all he surveyed Brave
aud noble scions of the Illustrious house of Snlms have fallen la mortal
strife for tho honor of their name and for the love they bore their
"lndyes falre." It te one of the few ancient castles In Europe that has
remained in the possession of the direct descendants of its original
founders. The Princes of Salms have held this their ancestral *,ron8-

hold since 1025. It will interest many of your renders to know that U.

S. Highness Prince Albert Salms hus added another feature to tho at-
tractions of the place in the establishment of a first-class kenned of ho
purest bred dogs to he had at any cost. My friend Prince Albert has
traveled far aud wide seeking the best strain of end. breed of dog. Ilo
has taken the champion Ranger ns his beau Ideal of what an English
setter should be, and has now In two kennels nearly twenty Mucdonn
setters all by Ranger. Ills Irish setters arc descendants of my field and
bench 'winner Plunket, mid the Gordons from the same strain as my
bench and Field Trial winner Lang. The St. Bernards arc descendants
of my international champion Tell, which never wiut beaten at n show.
1 confess I feci a certain amount of pride In wotting for and watching
the results of the different dogs that huve emanated from my kennels to
Germany and America, and hope the generous rivalry between the two

countries, east und west, will only foster a genial kinship am friendly

feeling toward the mother kennel at West Kirby, Cheshire, where, I need
scarcely add. all true sportsmen, from whatever country they halt, will
find a generous and hearty reception. Braunfels has another attraction
lor Americans, for Prince Charles Salms founded the prosperous mid lm-
Dortant city of New Braunfels In Texas, whither he sent a large colony ot
Germans from here. J- Cukmino Macdoxa,

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FOREST AND STREAM

PETE.

WE give this week an excellent portrait of one of tlio
finest pointers in the country, Pete, owned by O.
W. Strong, Esq., of West Meriden, Conn. Pete was sired
by old Phil, whom he closely resembles. Phil took the
first premium for pointers at the recent bench show at
Mineola last yeur. Pete was awarded first premium and
extra prize at the bench show of the Rod and Gun Club at
Springfield; his dam taking the prize for her sex at tho
same time. Pete will be two years old in August next.

His siro, Phil, was bred, we believe, at Hartford, Cou., and
is better known as tho Colt dog. His dam, Prudence, is
by Mr. Wabbcrton’s (of New Britain) Dandy, out of Mr.
Crotchet’s Moll ; Moll by Phil, out of Mr. Crosby's
Fau. Dandy by Mr. Russell’s Shot, out of Mr.
Goodrich’s Nell, Nell by Mr. Smith’s Rake, out of Mr.
Buell’s Belle, both imported English pointers. Mr. Strong,
the owner of Potc, is very enthuisiastic over his good quali-
ties, uud from the reputation of that gcutleman as an
all day sportsman and walker, we should judge that this
dog must bo sound in condition uud have perfect feet to do

his work. Phil beat Pete but one point at Wntcrtown, and
perhaps the judges were influenced slightly by the differ-
ence due to the age of the sire.

A LARGE FAMILY.

Stratuuoy, Ont., Juno ITtb, *.875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

My Field Trial bitch Dart on the 15th Inst, gnvo birth to a moat extra-
ordinary litter of whelps (fifteen), viz.: Eljjlit dog* and novon bitchca,
all but ono alive and hearty, and doing well oil tholr own and fo»t< r
mother. This i* ouch an minimal number that I thought you might wUli
to take a note of It In your next Issue. Th» puppies are by Lelcctiiet,
and are oil black, white and tau uud blue bclton in color.

L. II. Smitu, "Dog Whip >>

ex mid gfiver ishitjg .

FISH IN SEASON IN JUNE.

Trent, Salmo fontlnaJXs.
Salmon, Salmo « alar .
Muskononge, Esox nobilior.
WenkQ-li.

Striped Basis.

Iuugilsh.

Salmon Trout, Salmo confinU.

Shad. Alosa.

land locked Salmon, Salmo Oloveri.
Hlueflah.

Slioepiheud.

\UtvUr the bend of "flaw, ana fun in Sewn" we can only sped
fy in general 'ernu (he several carle ‘Us, because the laws of Stales vary
so much tfuit were we to attempt to particularise we could do no less
than publish those entire sections that relate to the kinds of game in
question. Thu would require a great amount of our space. In desig-
nating game we art guided by the laws of nature, ujton which all legii-
lalion is founded, and our reaslers would do well to provl/le themselves
with the laws of their respective Stale* for consUinl reference. Otherwise,
our alUmote to assist them will onlu create confusion. I

Fisn ix Makket. — The supply of fish during the past
week has been very abuudaat, in fact tbe summer supply
Las fairly set in. Blueflsb are being received from the
Jersey and Long Island shores in large quantities^ runniug
from 3 to 8 pounds each and selliug for 10 cents per pound.
Spanish Mackerel are more abundant, considerable quan-
tities being received from Norfolk and tbe price has
fallen to 20 to 25 cents per pound. These fish are for size
and quality' not surpassed by those caught later in the sea-
son on our own cost. Fresh mackerel are in fair supply
and bring 12 cents each. Sulmon are coming from Nova
Scotia in splendid condition and sell for 30 to 35 cents per
pound. Striped bass are being caught in tho surf on the
south side of Long Island in large quantities. They aver-
age 40 pounds each and sell for 15 cents per pound. One
parly near Buy villc caught at one haul of the ^ciue, 1,040
pounds. Sheepshead are very abundant, coming from
Norfolk, Long Island and New Jersey, and are sold at the
unusually low price of 10 to 12 cents per pound. A few
pompano have been received by Mr. Blackford of Fulton
Market from the Chesapeake Bay, and sold at $1 per pound
Halibut are in abundant supply and sell for 18 cents.
Porgies arc in good supply at 0 cents; weakfish good
supply at 10 cents. Green turtle arc abuudaut at 15 cents
per pound. Soft crabs scarce at $1 50 to $2 00 per dozen.

Immense Bass.— Wo saw at Mr. Bluckford’6 this week a
monster striped bass, weighing seventy-eight pounds. This
fish was taken in a seine on the Connecticut River, and
transferred from the market to be served for die delecta-
tion ol the guests of the St. Nicholas Hotel.

— A remarkably fine fish— the moon fish — caught off
Norfolk and the coast of North Carolina is fast coming into
public favor as the most delicate of fish food. Its weight
is from five to ten pounds. It is caught in the nets set for
sheepshead. It resembles the sheepshead slightly in form,
but its flesh is of a finer grain, and of a more delicate
flavor. .ThisEfisU has been minutely described in our
columns.

The Sooth Side. — The botols at Babylon and the other
South Side resorts have been full to overflowing during the
past week. Selah Smith's appears to be the favorite point
d'appui for the fisherman. Some good catches of bluefish
are reported, both with the squid and chumming with
meuhaden bait. Tbe latter mode of catching this gamy
fish is fast coming into vogue, and tbe "correct thing" is
to kill them with a fly rod. We know of several gentle-
men who are having split bamboo rods made at Conroy’s,
in Fulton street, for tho purpose.

— On Wednesday of last week a sword fish attacked the
fishing boat of Captain D. D. Thurlow, while he was hauling
mackerel nets off Fire Island, thrust its sword clear through
the bottom, and, stuck fast, whilo the fishermen took sev-
eral half hitches around its body and so secured it. It was
afterwards brought to Fulton Market, and found to weigh
390 pounds. Its sword measured three feet and seven
inches, and its entire length was over eleven feet. Tbe
stuffed skiu will adorn tbe Central Park Museum.

— The Bath Hotel, Sheepshead Bay, L. I., has just been
opened by that popular proprietor, C. A. Bunting, Esq.,
who has leased it for a term of years, and will undoubtedly
restore it to its ancient prestige and popularity. It is one
of the most attractive localities within easy access of
New York, with groves, sea bathing, drives, yachting,
fishing, &c., and can be reached in an hour and a half by
rail.

— Mr. E. R. Wilbur, of the Arcadian Club, has become
tbe fortunate possessor of one of the fluest places on the
South Side. This property, known formerly as tbe Green
Place, comprises one hundred acres of excellent land, with
a frontage on the Great South Bay. In addition thereto,
one of the best trout streams on tbe island runs through
tbe properly, affording every facility for tbe propagation
of trout.

— An experienced Canadian angler praises the efllcacy of
the Allerton trout fly, so named from Mr. R. G. Allerton,
of tbe Oquossoc Club, with which, lie says, "I have had
for four seasons tbe best success of all kinds used. Larger
fish have been taken with it, and more of them. It would
work finely in Nova Scotia just now.” This fly has a yel-
low body, red ibis wing, a silver pheasant tail, and a yellow
and green hackle, dressed on No. 4 hook.

—We have received from Capt. J. W Coventry, of
Nouvelle, Canada, a couple of caribou skins of his own
capture, which we iuleud having made into moccasins
and leggins for our own use. They arc fine specimens.
The Captain is lessee of the Ilomainc and Nouvelle
rivers, and offers some rod privileges at reasonable rates
to salmon anglers The Nouvelle is also noted for its
sea trout. Our friends who intend visiting Canada will
I do well to apply.

— For two weeks past there has been on exhibition at the
Art Building, in Brooklyn, a very fine trout painting from
real life, of which tbe Brooklyn Union says:—

"Mr. Colin Campbell, of this City, was fishing last
year in tho Nepigon River, Lake Superior, and upon one
occasion took fifty-seven trout, averaging three pounds
each, as the results of bis day’s sport. Tbe Toronto artist,
F. A. Verner, happening to oe ou tbe spot, sketched two
of the fish, and from sketch produced this painting. As
works of art they are perfect. No such faithful repro-
duction on cauvas of this king of gamu fishes has ever
been exhibited here before."

The portraits are of the exact dimensions of the originals.

— People who intend visiting tho "Thousand Islands"
and Alexandria Bay, will find tho Crossmon House in
charge of a thorough sportsman, who knows how to cater
for the angling fraternity as well as for Summer visitors
in general. It is a most attractive resort and deservedly
popular.

—Colonel A. H- Fowler, of Ithaca, the inventor of "Fow-
ler's Rubber Reel," and the maker of excellent split, bamboo
rods, writes us a naturally exuberant letter, calling our at-
tention to tbe fact that ono of his rods, in tho hands of
Reuben Wood, of Syracuse, took tho first prize at the
Watertown contest last month, and says: —

"For four years my rods have taken first prizes. At
Rochester first and second, at Batavia first, at Oswego first,
and at Watertown first." There were several rod inakets
present, at the last, convention. All acknowledged my rod
to be the finest and best that they had ever seen. I make
nothing but six strip rods for trout, bass, and salmon, and
warrant them as good as can be produced in the world."

There are four or five makers of fine split bamboo rods
whose respective qualities are so excellent that it is difficult
to determine which is the better of them all, if, indeed,
there be any essential difference. Wc have tested quite
thoroughly the Fowler rod to our completcst satisfaction,
and while fully convinced that it would not have taken
first prize in our bauds at tho trial mentioned, when that
indomitable export, Reuben Wood, was a contestant, wo
would not debar it from an equal place with any compet-
ing split bamboo rod.

— White and yellow perch of great weight arc abundant
in the Runcocas, PeDsaneon, Newton and Timber creeks,
of western New Jersey. Good hotels at Gloucester and
Bridesburgh.

—A drumllsh weighing seventy-three pounds was
captured near Jacksonville, Florida, recently.

— A trout weighing nearly four pounds was caught m
the River John, Pictou county, Nova Scolia, a fortnight
ago. It was twenty and a half inches iu length, uud more
than a foot in girth.

— Fishing for bass and rockfisli at the Great Falls of
the Potomuc appears to be. remarkably good at this time.

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A. bow pleasure steamer has been placed on Rangel ey

Lake, Me. She is about twenty tons burden, and on her
trial trip attained a speed of ten knots an hour.

— Mr. Robert Crawford, the genial agent of the Hudson’s
Ray Company at Red Rock, Nepigon, Lake Superior, has
been transferred to Fort Chinis, Ungava Bay.. Mr.
Crawford is well known to many anglers who have visited
the Nepigon, and all the conveniences to be found there for
the enjoyment of sport have been introduced by him. We
trust that his successor (whose name we have not heard)
will take good enre of the tents, canoes, and so forth, and
have them available to visitors. Mr. Crawford was in To-
ronto lust week.

— Blueflsh are getting plenty in Vineyard Sound and
Buzzard's Bay waters, huviug struck in earlier than usual.

—Another big squid, or devil fish, hns been cast ashore
on Newfoundland, the two largest arms of which measured
twenty-six feet long and sixteen inches in circumference, and
the eight shorter arms each eight and a half feet long. 1 lie
beak and one of the suckers have been preserved. 1 lie
largest ever obtained had a body fourteen feet long and
arms twenty-six feet long.

New Jersey — Forked Hirer, Ocean county , June —
Mr. Charles E. Carman caught to day seventeen slieeps-
liead, twenty sea bass, and thirty blue fish at this place.
One party caught tweuty-cighi sheepshead, besides many
sea bass. The fishing is now bolter than ever known be-
fore, aud all may safely anticipate good sport down hero
who cliooso to come right away. A party from here caught
to-day in the No Name thirty-eight bluefish, and anotner
party in the Lady Jano caught twenty-six. All theso fish
are largo aud in fine condition. E. H. F.

Kinsey's Ashley House , Barney at Inlet. — Weekly report
ending June 18th : — c ■

June 12th.— Colonel Lovi Davis ami friends, 29 blueflsh;
R. S. Scutt, Bridgeport, Conn., 18. Colonel Davis captured
a striped bass weighing sixty pounds, which was being
driven ashore by a large shark. The shark succeeded in
gelling about one foot of the tail, aud the Colonel the bul-

Bn.Tuue 13th.— Mr. T. Garrett, of Jersey City, 56 bluefish;
John C. Bailey, 48 sea bass. -

June 14th.— G. L. McGill and U- Whitbor, of Camden,
85 bluefish.

June 15th.— Captain Joel Ridgway, with party from Bev-
erly, N. J , 10 bluefish; DcCatnp of New York, 15; West,
McCurdy & Co., 35. , _

June 16th. — Splendid success with the sheepshead. It
8- Ssutt, 16 sheepshead; 8. Ridgway, 52; H Soper, 32;
Wm. Inman, 8; Williamson and Parker, 10; H. Perrine, 8;
Christopher Grim, 21; J. C. McCurdy & Co., of Philadel-
phia, 46 blueflsh; H. O. Wilber aud W. T. Bailey, ot Cam-
den, 16.

June 17th.— No wind in the morning for fishing, and in
the afternoon blowing a gale from south’ard. Among the
arrivals to-day we notice your contributor “Music, ' whose
“Three Weeks on the Magnetewan" was so interesting;
also Uncle Thad Norris, of Philadelphia.

Virginia — Leesburg, June 17th, 1875. — I weighed to-day
the heaviest lmss I ever saw from the Potomac. I have
heard of larger, but never saw one. It weighed over five
and a quarter pounds eight hours after Mr. Alexander
Breckinridge cnuglit him near “Red Rocks,” on the 1 olo-
mac. Anglers have had better luck lately than heretofore,
and there are better prospects for success in that lino.
Major Ferguson, of Maryland, picked up twenty with the
fly last Saturday, and some successful angling by New
Yorkers near Harper’s Ferry hns awakened the hopes of
fish folk here. I took a few l rout the other day on my way
to the bass grounds, [waters ] T. W.

Wisconsin— Janesville, June 17 th, 1875. — Our bass fishing
is fine now, and we are after them every day between four
P. M and dark. We arc building a new club house at
Koshkonong Lake. Colonel L. A. Harris, of Cincinnati,
is a member of the club.

The Fisheries.—' The number of fishing arrivals for the
week ending June 18th was eighty-four- forty-nine from
Georges, twenty-three from the Banks, and twelve tivn
mackereling. The amount of Georges cod brought in was
750,000 pounds, halibut 50,000 pounds. Bnnk cod 1,500, -
000 pounds, halibut 490,000 pounds. Mackerel have been
quite scarce of late, and the vessels bring in very light tares-
About 1,000 barrels have arrived the past week. 1 he fleet
that have been tending the New York market are arriving
home, and will prosecute the business off this shore, as the
mackerel are fast working this way.

Schooner Gertie E. Foster, Captain Morris, arrived from
her fifth bank trip on Saturday, having been absent but
three weeks She weighed off 78,114 pounds of halibut
and 5,050 pounds of codfish, her stock amounting to
900. Iler total stock up to this time is about $14,086.

Schooner Alfred Walen, Captain Thompson also arrived
from the banks the same day, having made the trip in
eighteen days, the shortest but one on record. She weighed
off 94,000 pounds of halibut and 4,000 pounds ot codfish,
her stock amounting to $3,320.— Cape Ann Advertiser,
June ldth.

it was an excellent game, and we hoard several of the older
men of the clubs, whose faces were right welcome, loud in
their praiso of the play. As will be seen by the appended
score the credit of the victory was mainly duo to the broth-
ers Newhall.

YOUNG AMKIIICA — FIRST INNING.

G. M Newhall, c. Odes, b. Soul-

tor

I). S. Nownalt. b Moeran. .

J. Large, b. Giles

J. Murphy, h. Marsh

II L. Newhall, c. C'Hshmnn, b

i»T. OKOROE— ritlST INN1NO

Banco, r. o 26

Sleigh, 1. b. w., b. Clark, 1

Marsh, b. D. S. Newhall 4

Giles, b. Clark 1

Teo.r. o .r*

Moeran, c. and b. I). S. Newhall. 13

II lit V. vnaiuiinii, u. i m m i , v .<«> i ei • •

Moeran 16 Soulier, c. Wright, b. Clark II

R. S. Newhall. not out SI Cnshman, b. P, S Newhall ... IT

\lf (unp|, U flilna S llikvvmnii <• P T Ni-vvIdiII h

W. Clark, b. Giles

W K. Wright, b. Giles

Koi torll nns, c. Soulier, b. Giles.

Pinckney, h. Moeran

Tiers, b. Marsh

Bye, 1; leg byes, 2; wides, 4

3 Bowman,' c. R. T. Newhall, b.

2 Clark

2lllarcoiue, n o 0

7ITlngley, c. 1). 8. Newhall, b, II.

1 1 S. Ncwbnll. . . 0

7 Bye, 1; wide, 1 2

Total 1001 Total 86

BUNS SCORED AT THB PALP OP BAOH WICKET.

1st. 2d. 3d. 4th. 5lh. 6th. ;th. 8th. lull. 10th Total.

Yonng America. 10 60 SI 09 102 113 119 133 1-8 160 109

St. George 0 15 20 21 48 60 66 85 85 86 ISO

BASE BALI. — PROFESSIONAL GAMES.

— A noteworthy contest took place in Chicago on June
19th on the occasion of the first game this season between
the Hartford and Chicago nines, the game being so finely
played on both sides that neither party could score a run
until the eleventh innings, and then the Chicagos managed
to obtain a single, and this run decided the contest, as the
White Stockings put out the Ilarl fords in eleven innings
without their scoring a run. This is an unprecedented
score, and the first time in the annals of the professional
class of contests that two nines have played through nine
innings without scoring a run. The Harlfords had just
left. Bostou aftor a whipping at the hands of tho Reds by a
“Chicago" game of 4 to 0, and this doublo defeat was quite
a dampener to them, as it was unexpected. The Bostons,
on the same day of tho Chicago victory over the Harlfords,
captured the new nine of tho Athletics by a score of 11 to 6.

— The record of games since our last issue is us fol-
lows : —

June 14— Boston v*. Chicago, ni Chicago II to 4

June 14— Philadelphia vs. St. Louis, at. Si Louis 15io2

June 14— Mutual vs Western, nt Keokuk (five innings. 1 to »
June 14— Hartford vs. New Haven, at Hartford 10 to 0

June 15 — Philadelphia vs. Red Stocking, at St Louis 4 to 3

June 10— St. Louis vs. Philadelphia, at St. Louis 5 lo I

June 16— Athletic v*. Atlantic, at Brooklyn ISlol

June 17 -Boston vs. llarlford, at Boston I loll

June 17— Athletic vs. New Huvcn, at New Haven t> lo 4

June 19— Chicago vs. Hartford, at Chicago (11 innings). 1 lo 0

Juno 19— Boston vs. Athletic, at Boston 11 to 6

June 19— St. Louis vs. Mntuol, at St. Louis II lo2

Juno 21— Boston vs Atlantic, ot Boston 8 lo 7

The Champion’s Record— The champion’s up to June
201 h had played in all thirty-three games, as follows:—

Games Won. Lost, Forfeited. Tied.

Boston vs. Washington 6 0 0

Boston vs. Mutual 5 0 0

Boston vs. Centennial 4 0 0 0

Boston vs. Philadelphia 3

Boston v*. Hartford 3

Boston vs Athletic 3

Boston vs New Haven 2

Boston vs. 81. Louis 2

Boston vs. Chicago 2

Boston vs. Red Stockiug t 11

Boston vs. Western 1 0 ~

Boston vs. Atlantic 1 "

Total 82 2 2 1

Out of thirty-five games played it will be seen they have
won thirty-two, and hud a ten innings tie game, a record
previously unequalled iu tho professional arena. 1 hut
they will go through tho season successfully there is now
hut little doubt; but they will not puss through the fight as
unscathed as it was thought they would, their Western
trip having shown their prominent opponents that there is
yet a chance to “go for the Reds” ou a rally for first pluco
during July and August. The record of their Western
tour is as follows: —

June 2 -Boston vs. Bt. Louis, nt St. Louis. ..

Juno 3— Boston vs. Red Stocking*, nt St. Louis 1" 1 “

June 5— Boston vs. St. Louis, at St. Lou s * ° •>

June ?— Boston vs. St. Louis, at St. Louis J° ‘

Juno $— Boston vs. Chicago, at Chicago '

Juno 10 • Bostou vs. Western, at Keokuk •? o i

June 12- Boston vs. Chicago, at C hicago T I

* Juuo 14— Boston vs. Chicago, at Chicago ____

Total 81 to 32

In addition, there were two games forfeited to the WesL
cm club by 9 to 0, leaving six victories, two defeats, arid
two forfeits for the tour.

giitioiwl ffHpimes.

OIllCKET.

St. George’s vs. Young America, ok Philadelphia.
-This match, played last Saturday at Hoboken, proved a
rent to the lovers of cricket, present in force, who had tine
feather and good cricket Tho visitors won the toss and
icgan the batting with George and Dan Newhall. l lie
liter was master of the situation, playing an almost lauR-
C8S inning for 02, his play being equaled by that ot lus
anther, R. 8. Newhall (not out), 51 They being ably
ided by the rest, the score reached 169 before the eleven
vere disposed of. With this large score to face, Ranee
nil Sleigh began the batting for St. George’s, but tho hard
ield work of the morning told on the mon, and with the
xcoption of Ranee, who played patiently and cautiously
or 20, and Moeran and Cushman, who hit freely nnd well
or 13 und 17 respectively, the St. George’s eleven made
ittle resistance, their total being only 86, and therefore 83
ichind that of their opponents. The fielding was excel-
ent on both sides, but the bowling was inferior to the bat-
ing. Despite the apparent disparity sjiown by the score,

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iis iveys go goiyespondentf.

II. H., St. Lout*.— Wo know of no now map of tho Adirondack* ex-
ceptColvin's, which Is not nearly ns suituble for gcueral uso ns lily 's.

F H. Biddofo.d, Mo — Can you inform me where I cun obtain a hun-
dred gold fish for an aquarium nnd garden Osh pondf Ans Seth Green,
15 Mortimer street, Iioeliestcr, New York.

s D G , Philadelphia. — Can CnHls & Harvey’s powder be obtained
tn New York? Ans. Yes; Henry Squires, of No.. 1 Courtlttudt street now
has an invoice of Curtis & Harvey’s powder.

F I II. , New York.— Please give me the 'erms of membership of the
Nations! Association? An*. Apply to SecreUUy, No ««
street, for blank form of application. Entrance fee $3. and annual dues
same amount. ,

O w D .rhUadolphla.-Wonldyouplenim give me the a'l'lfcss of

" Now York.— How many pound* of tobacco to tho aero lu

p “odimeThe best tobacco, but the prices have not been remunerative the
P"r Ts Newark.-! have a fine setter pup about six months old. He

ssssssass

apT HhNow York -can you recommend me a hotel at Good Ground.
, ,'? o,n you \t e me an estimate of about what the board Is per

L. I.? Can you Ci , «8. j B,lollld „is0 like to know if

rr,.^ wS-sss s *■-

erally; nonclastyea, ^ ^ by lc|ldlng direction* of a

good hotel* at White Lake Sutllva.i counJyjN. Awhile

sz £■ »*— •*« •—

have nearly run thorn out.

A. B. n., Montreal. --I would like to know an address where 1 c»n
send for ono of Ihoso lltllo pocket filters— those with rubber luho aud
emnll stone on end, a* they cannot be obtained here. Ans. We have as-
certained that tlieso litters ran he purchased of D. Iloaglaud & Co., 47
Maiden Lane, Now York, at 25c. a&Oe. each, two sizes; by the dozen,

$.2 5U a $5.

Newfoundland.— Could yon kindly tot me know If It ts possible to
purchase Carmack’* account of Ids trip across Newfoundland, published
tn pamphlet form, probably In London about the year IB43? Your tran-
script in the coin iiiii* of (tie Fnur.sT anii Stiieam mndo inc think It pus-
slide that I might get the desired Information from you. Ans. Addrt rs
Rev. M. Harvey, St. John's, Newfoundland.

G . R. M ,, Toronto, Out.— Kindly name tho host ground In the St,
Lawrence for tho larger varieties of itsli, mode of fishing, depth of
water, Ac How Is Alexandria Bay? An* From Alexandria Bay lo
Clayton, thirty miles, ts the best Helling ground, nnd the prevailing
method t* trolling We have seen a mascidonge Inkon nt Clayton tills
season that weighed forty-four pounds. Make houdqunrlcrs at Cross-
moil House,

L. C. W., PIkbuIxvIIIc, Fa.— Is there much game In Livingston county,
111., and what kinds? When does tho law permit shooting game in that
State? Fare from I'ldladelptila to Chicago? An*. You will flint good
shooting in Livingston county, 111.— profile chickens, quail, ducks, Ac.
Tho season for “chickens’' commences on tho loth of August; for quail,
)5th of October; for ducks, gcoso aud snipe, August i&lh. Fare from
Philadelphia to Chicago $22.

F. L. G.. New Haven, Ct.— Would it tie possible for a party of four to
get any accommodations, or would they have to camp out, In the neigh-
borhood of the Eagle Lukes, in the north of Maine near tho Cnnuda
lino? Cun you give us the address of uny ono near I bore, or who has
o>er been there? What would lie the expense of a four week’s camping
out, including fare, from New York* Ans. For full Information address
A. B. narrower, P. O. Box 6014, Montreal, or N. I*. Lunch, Box V7J,
Montreal.

I)r. McA,, Rockford, 111.— Why Is It that during tho spawning season,
from latter purl of May to about 30th of Juno, we are not successful In
llshlng for black bass In our river*, when at any Unto the angler who via-
Rs our small Western lakes Is rewarded with u One catch? Is not tho
season for spawning tho same lu botti waters? Ans. Don't know bow lo
answer this. As you know it Is tho spawning season you should not try
for them. The season may vary slightly, according to temperature of
water, or they may move up the river lo tlud more suitable grounds for
spawning.

C B.. Poughkeepsie . — Please let me know whether thore Is any place
within 600 or 600 miles of Ponghkoopato that would pay a party of two
lo hunt and trap; If so, whore Is it, what would It co*l to get there, nnd
wlmt the game is? Ans. The best trapping districts are the Hoellgoucho
country, New Brunswick, the Ooulonge district, back of tho Ottawa
River, the Mnguetewou, and the northern portion* of Michigan nnd Wis-
consin. There is somo fur on the northern border of Maine und New
Hampshire, nnd adjoining Canadian counties. Beuver, wolf, inarlon,
mink, otter, deer, caribou, nnd lucifec in all these places.

F. K II . , Baltimore.— Would you please inform mo where I could pro-
cure large and scpnrnte pocket map* of several counties iu Pennsylvania
nnd West Virginia, and are those $1 compasses which you sell “jew-
eled," und have they stops; are Ihey perfectly reliable? Also, could you
direct me to some works on building catioes? An* I. Colton, 172 Wil-
liam street. New York. 2. Compasses uro cheap affairs, hut quite relia-
ble for ordinary use. We do not know of any for sale nt present. 3
We know of no work of InalrucUon ou building canoes, but yon will fled
full Information, with dlngrnms, In Forest and Stream, Vol. 11 „ pagea
1)2, 106, 170, 303, 278, 301. 407.

Flanker*. Hudson. N. Y. -Please tell me wliatto take, and tho quan-
tity necessary for four persons to take to Indlnu lake for four weeks
camping? Please give the necessary articles. Ans. Essentials are an
axe, matches, curd and twine, tur mid oil for flies, 100 pounds of flour, 20
do. Indian meal, 60 do. pork and hum, four cans Borden's condensed
coffee throe or four strings of onions, one bushel of potatoes, ten pounds
sugar, ’ box of salt, one rubber nnd woolen blanket each, heavy woolen
suit of clothes, woolen shirt, extra nocks aud boots, felt hat, slippers or
moccasins, one bar of yellow soup, fry'ng pnn, wire gridiron, six quart
pall, coffoc pot, four tin cr.pj, knife, fork, nnd spoons, Now Toa la incut;
a lent adds to one’s comfort.

Neptune, Bath, Me. — 1st. Whore in Boston or Now York can I pro-
cure cartridges for a Snider rifle, and if so, tho price per 100? 2-1. Wlmt
reputation does tho Williums-Powell gun have lu comparison with other
mukers? 3d I have a pup four months old thut ie troubled with lieu*.
What can I use to drive them away? 4lh Can a Newfoundland dog ho
trained so os to make u good retriever for wild fowi shooting? Ans. 1st.
From H.nry C. Squires, No. Courtlnodt street. Now York. 2d Dio
guns made by Willlams-Powcll compare favorably with the best maker*
3d Use carbolic soap freely and your pup will not be troubled with
liens. Common brown soap will answer tho purpose If properly applied.
4 til Almost any Newfoundland dog can be mudo a duck retriever.

Gn beut. Cleveland, Ohio. -Will yon please answer through yonrvery
widely rend nnd valuable paper a few Inquiries lor the benefit of a hi.i.i
party vbo expect to go during the coming month to Michigan for a fl-h
0,1 the All Sable for grayling? With what should we provide ourselves
for a ten days’ trip? We expect to make a raft at Gray mg. and sa l
down on that. Ashing a* we go. Wlmt sl/.c of hook* should we «ke on
whnt kind of flies? How many flies oaght we to have each, and what
kind of line would you refer? Any other Information which your largo

experience would suggest we shall be very thankful for Ans. Yua

write anonymously, whirl, forbids us, un.h r onr rules, to take notice of
your correspondence. Had we your address, however, wo Bhould ho
pleased to forward to you copies of Forest and Stream that contain
full particulars, which cannot be printed bore for want of space.

George, Cornwall. Onl. -Would you be kind enough to let me know
bow fur a cnuoc eonld be taken from l’otMhim, N. 5 . up the IUfl.ie tie
Blverr An*. Its whole length up to IlnquclU Iond, thencu "toTup
per’* Luke, and thence almost Indofl.illoly We believe that a boat can

follow an nlmost unbroken water course for 160 miles, there arc v-

crnl carries rn mule from PotwIlU.i to Kaquctlo Poud. Would you also
17, H me what Is the advantage, if any. in a central-flro fridge,
orgun, over » pin-lire, other things being equal? I have used both and
really can see none. All the guns, cartridges, paraphernalia,
wlvtTiU.il ,„t ctninilTlrt, -

lire guns or cartridges. I don’t understand It Ans. *

on guns speaks of the merits of the two system, ns MmM «bont equally

divided. Central-lire, however, has comu Into vogue, and taken pace

denceof pin-llre.

I, F E Saratoga.— Which Is the farthMt place up the Ncoso River
mean*, and MS - m g ^ IIow flr w||, llK, IK1W Colt’s revolver.

1 oniug rifle at $38 nnd ftn shoot well at :•«> and . WM yard*? An* 1 ho
r lie must be ordered to >>e olmmbered expressly for long and short sart-
ri.k'J We should not consider the la.,r rifle effective at WM yards.
WiT, some of your readers give their experience with the Remington
,to. .te-lmrrel shot gun? 1 was about to buy one when I read an account
5 JomoSS KOfltwT AND Stream saying IU recoil was very great Is
that truo usually? I should buy 12 gnuge. An*. The Remington doc*
SanSTtt- other guns; 12 gauge , a Ike proper sUc let flckl

, shooting.

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the legitimate sports of land and water to those base uses which always
tend to make them unpopular with the virtuous and good. No advertise-
ment or business notice of an immoral character will be received on any
terms ; and nothing will he admitted to my department of the paper that
may not be read with propriety in the home circle.

We cannot be responsible for the dereliction of the mall service, if

money remitted to ns is lost

Advertisements should be sent in by Saturday of each week, if possible.

CHARLES II ALLOCK. Editor.

WILLIAM C. HARRIS, Bnsines* Manager

CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COM-
ING WEEK.

Thursday. Jime 24th.— Trotting, Paterson, N. J.; Beacon Park, Bos
tou, Watertown, N. Y. Regattas, Schooner Match. Scavvanhaka Yacht
Club; Toms River Yacht Club; New Jersey Yacht flub. Sculling
match between Baiubrldge and Smith, and Yates and Curtis, Harlem
River. Bench Show of Dogs, Mlneola, L. I Base Ball. Athletic vs. New
Haven, at Dover, Del.; Qulckslcp vs. Active, at Reading, Penn.; Atlan-
tic vs. Live Oak, at Lynn, Mass

Friday, June 25tU — Tretling, Beacon Park, Boston; Watertown, N.
Y. Rifle, Scottish-Amerlcan vs. Irlsh-American Club at Crcedmoor.
Base Ball, Atlantic vs. Grafton, Worcester, Mass.; Doerr vs. Qnlckstep,
Wilmington, Del.

Saturday, June 26th.—1 Trolling, Denver, Col, Rifle, California Team
against Co. D. Twelfth Regiment Team, at Crecdmoor. llurlem Associ-
ation Regatta, Harlem River. Base Ball, Philadelphia vs. Chicago, at
Chicago; Boston vs. Athletic, at Philadelphia; New Haven vs. Amateur,
at Trenton, N. J.; Hoboken va. Keystone, at Hoboken; ALuntlc vs.
Taunton, at Tannton, Mas*.

Monday. June 28th.— Rifle. Contest for Forest and Stream badge at
Coolin'*, 908 Broadway. Base Ball, Athletic vs. Boston, at Philadelphia.
New Haven vs Philadelphia, at Cincinnati.

Tuesday. June 29 th — International Rifle Match, at Dollymonnt. near
Dublin. Regalias, Nassau Boat Club, N. Y.; Little Bayside, L. I. Trot-
ting, Myrtle Park. Boston.

Wednesday. June 30lb — Trotline, Mystic Park, Boston; Kalamazoo,
Mich.; St. Paul, MiDn Base Ball, Hoboken vs. Nampless, Hoboken.

Scientific Exploration of Florida.— Our Florida
commissioner, whose researches in Florida have been sub-
milled to our readers through a series of twelve interesting
papers, very earnestly urges the importance of a scientific
investigation of that region. He says:—

"It appears to me that it is the province of the Smithso-
nian Institution to examine the archtelogical remains in the
United Slates. The ancient canals and numberless large
mounds on the southwest coast are, in my opinion, worthy
of being carefully examined and described. The expense
would he trifling, and the result important to science. The
Instititution is in a position to command assistance from
the Navy Department. If my suggestion was carried out
you might send a representative along who could collect
some data that would interest the readers of Forest and
Stream."

We may add that this subject has been pressed upon the
attention of our scientists by several of our correspondents,
one of whom, "L. W- L.,’’ has volunteered a contribution
of $25 toward the investigations desired.

— Messrs. Hull & Son have forwarded to us a gold plated
"climax combined” creaser, loader, cap-expeller, and shell-
extractor, which they desire should he given as additional
piemium for either pointer or seller classes at the Mineola
dog show. We have examined Ibis beautiful prize, and
can congratulate the winner of it upon his good fortune.
The advertisement of Messrs. Hall & Son will bo found
under its proper head in our column*.

THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH.

TT is very pleasant to read of the cordial reception granted

to our American riflemen in Dubliu, not only by (hose
who were reccutly our guests here, but by the Irish people
generally. The clamor of those who would fain have
made political capital out of the event has been drowned
in the general jubilee, and there is every prospect of the
visit terminating, if uot in victory, at least with nothing to
disturb the harmony and feeling of good fellowship which
now prevails. Before our paper shall have gone to press
again, viz., on Tuesday next, the great match will have
been decided, and the cables have fliushed us the signal of
victory or defeat. Considering the small iigures by which
the match of September last was won, indicating the slight
disparity in skill between the men, and also the unusual
conditions of climate, much more trying to our men tliau
our September days could have been to their competitors,
it would be unwise to look for an easy victory, if one is at
all within the scope of probability. But let the result be
as it may, the effect of the visit upon the minds of the bet-
ter classes of Ihe Irish people, or indeed of the Britisn
generally, will be to lead towards better feeling, and an
addition to the somewhat limited knowledge of our coun-
try and people which almost universally prevails.

Among the diversions provided in Dublin for t! e enter-
tainment of the Americans has beeu a grand assault of
arms by the garrison troops of Dublin, and a special the-
atrical performance, when Miss Genevieve Ward, also an
American, played Medea for their edification. On Sunday
last on the invitation of the Lord Mayor, they attended
divine service at. St Patrick’s (Protestant) cathedral, where
they were treated by Canon Keeper to a sermon eulogistic
of monarchy and the Established Church; a proceeding
which appears to have been commented upon in Dubliu as
au example of very questionable taste. We fancy, how-
ever, that Colonel Gildersleeve and his companions are too
good aud true republicans to be at all affected or even au-
noyed at any such eulogy of institutions the principles of
which may be opposed to our own, certaiuly not enough so
as to affect their aim on the eveutful day.

The bridges at Cloutarf having been repaired, Ihe match
will be shot at Dollymount, as at first proposed. We give
herewith, below, a description of this celebrated old bat-
tle ground, which will possess especial interest in view of
its beiDg the scene of such another important, if more
peacefufevcnl, than those which occurred in its earlier his-
tory, when tradition 6ays that the Irish there met with two
defeats.

A correspondent of Ihe Ueruld describes the "Bull,”
opposite Dollymount, the range on which the match is to
be shot: —

"The whole line of coast, he says, and Ihe Buil itself is
a memorable place in Irish history as being the scene of the
great bailie fought by Brian Boroimlic on Good Friday,
1014, which put an end to the Danish power in the island.
The ’distance from Ihe Dublin Post oflice is but two and a
half miles and the communication by rail. The Bull is di-
vided along its entire length into two strips of nearly equul
dimensions. The northern side is a level patch, rising
gradually from the water's edge, or rather out of the sloo,
to an elevation at its highest point of about twenty-five feet
above high water mark.

The southern side of the Bull is mainly composed of a
series of rolling sand hills, the highest of which is raised
scarcely more Ilian fifteen or twenty feet above the level
of the northern plateau. A narrow fringe of while strand
runs all along Ibis southern side. The northern plateau is
covered with a short coarse grass, mixed with moss and in
some places patches of lichens appear. Rough as the ber-<
bage is it appears to be relished by the small herds of cattle
that usually tenant the Bull. Among the sand hills there
is scarcely any vegetation, even the slender reeds which are
usually found in such situations seeming to find a difficuby
in obtaining "root hold” amidst the shifty soil. For all
that, those sand hills are, in one way at least, a boon.
From the position of the Bull it will be seen that seaward
it is quite unprotected and is exposed to the east and south-
east winds which prevail in Dublin Bay and its neighbor-
hood. Those winds would quite rake the plateau but for
the interposition of the sand hills, which shelter it all along
its southeast edge and break at least the violence of the
blast, although they are not high enough to quite ward it
off.

From this it will be seen that the Bull is a natural rifle
ground. It is a piece of natural waste land, unavailable
tor tillage of any ordinary purposes of husbandry, lying
quite close to the metropolis aud yet sufficiently removed
from the main laud to render the wildest shooting of the
most inexperienced member of the “awkward squad” per
feclly innocuous. Among the laps ot the sand hills (with
one exception, to be presently referred to) no spaces suffi-
ciently open for even short ranges cau be found. The
short sward gives excellent foothold for those who stand,
and is a carpet spread by nature for those who prefer to lie
while firing.

A walk of about three quarters of a mile brings us to an
oblong yard, fenced all round with a high 6tone wall, in
which there is a residence for a herdsman (outgo, "herd”),
to cure for the cattle which may happen to be grazing on
the Bull. This yard may be said to rest upon the saud,
hills and is well screeued by them from the easterly winds,
the invariable companions of the loug spring of Dublin and
its neighborhood. This spot may be considered to be the
main point in connection with the range. A little in

don arrangement of 1874, a surrounding space called th0
"centre ” which is again surrounded by an "inner,” all the
rest being out. The targets are alternately for long and
short ranges the bullscyc for the long range being three
feet in diameter, that for the short range being only two
feet Between each pair of targets stands a mantlet or scor-
imr hut of wood, covered with sheet iron, properly equipped
with thick plate glass windows, slots, Ac. About ten yards
in front of target No. 4 there is also a mantlet or sentry box
of iron, in which the score marker can, sit and note the

The match, however, is to he shot at the old form of tar-
gets with square bullseye. — Ed.

—The Irish Rifle Team was selected according to the
following scores:— James Wilson, score 782; Fulton, 700,
McKenna, 759; J. B. Hamilton, 748; J . K. Milner, 743; J.
Pollock, 738; Young, 736; John Rigby, 729; Waterhouse,
727; Edmund Johnson, 715; Walkinton, 711, and Hon. Mi.
Plunkett, a member of Parliament, 705.

—A despatch from Dublin gives a report of the first
practice in which the American team have engaged. This
was a match for the Dublin Rifle Club’s Loug Range Chal-
lenge Cup. The following are the best scores made:—
Irishmen —Rigby, 135; Hamilton, 132; J. Rigby, 125;
Poliak, 121; Milner, 113; Johnston, 110. .

Americans— Fulton, 131; Bodiue, 129; Dakin, 127; Gil-
dersleeve, 123; Coleman, 112; Bruce, 117.

The total score of the Irishmen was 745; of the Ameri-
cans, 739. Mr. Rigby won the match. The weather dur-
ing the day was hazy and rainy, and the shooting of the
Americans, when considered as a first practice at a new
range, and in a new climate, must be looked upon as very
fair. Their reception has been of the warmest and most
hospitable description.

—Before leaving for Ireland Col. Gildersleeve, of the
American Team, forwarded to Mr. James Esdaile, of Mon-
treal, Vice President of the rifle club there, a beautiful
Sharps rifle, accompanied by the following letter;

New York, June 14th, 181 s

Dear Esdaile: I often think of Ihe very pleasant lime -I had while at
Montreal last Summer, and a* often as I do 1 inwardly thank you for I hi
n cry marked kindness you extended to my associates and myself
have long intended to write to you, hut being very busy have neglected
to do so ^ I have a ••Shariis" rifle of the same character 1 used at your
meeting, which I beg you lo accept from me. We °<r “>■ >{*[
City or Chester, and propose to do our best at Dublin. I shall hi
pleased to hear from you there. Please present my very kiud regards lo
Mr. and Mrs. Eiduiie. And believe me very W“»7«g^OTMli„VE.

Another very interesting rifle match is that which is to
be shot on Saturday next at Creedtnoor and the Alameda
range, near San Francisco, simultaneously, between teams
from Co. D, Twelfth Regiment N. G. S. N. X .. and Co. E,
First Regiment California National Guard. Colonel Win-
gate will act as referee for the Californians, and Mr. Kel-
logg, late of our National Guard, will perform the same
office for the New Y’orkers.

front of this is the 80U yards range, alongside is the 900
yards range, while the 1,000 yards and 1,100 yards lie a
little in the rear.

A little in front and lo the left of the "Herd’s Yards,”
800 yards away, directly in front of us, we see the targets.
There are four of them, numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, from the
northern shore toward the sand hills. Each is composed of
six strong upright slabs of iron bolted on to a strong wood-
en frame. Each target is twelve feet long by six feet high.
T ucy Iuiyc a round bullseye, wid according 10 VUe Wimble-

Pinnated Grouse Eggs.— We received this week from
Richard Valentine, Esq., of Janesville, Wisconsin, a con-
signment of fresh eggs of the pinnated grouse, obtained in
Iowa, which we have transhipped according to directions
to Mr. R. J. L. Price, Bala, Wales, in cure of Wm. Cross,
51 Aldhall street, Liverpool, England. It will be remem-
bered that Mr. Valentine assisted last year in two experi-
ments to introduce our prairie fowl into England by hatch-
ing the eggs there, hoping that the birds would be more
easily acclimated, if thus made native and to the manner
born, than if parent birds were imported to lay their eggs
and incubate there. One of these experiments was pro-
moted by H. It. II. Prince of Wales, with the result of
three birds hatched out of the lot, one only surviving,
which at last accounts was strong and doing well. This
method of Introduction was encouraged and urged by Mr.
J^kson Gillbanks, u devoted naturalist of the north of
England, whose efforts in this direction are conspicuous
and praiseworthy. This gentleman 1ms a mode of packing
eggs for transportation, which we have adopted in the
present instance, and we therefore hope for belter results
than those of last year. A recent letter from Mr. Gill-
banks to the editor of this journal says:—

"My letter [published last year in Forest and Stream]
giving suggestions how to pack eggs so us to preserve their
vilalily, was much quoted in English papers, and was trans-
lated on the continent. It was highly praised by poultry
fanciers, and I hope has given a fresh impetus to the busi-
ness, which should not die out. I wish I had asked you
at the time to print a lot of slips and distribute them to
hunters, trappers &c., and those likely lo gather eggs. Mr.
Valentine, 1 hope has seen it, and will act on it.”

— Severe earthquakes shook up the States of Ohio aud
Indiana last week, doing considerable damage. W alls were
cracked and chimneys fell.

— There is a corner in canary bird seed, and the price
has advanced from $4 50 to $12 per bushel.

— Caterpillars are ravaging the woods of Maine and leav-
ing no green tiling. They are cousins germain to the
Western grasshoppers. •

—Ten casks aid one case of furs valued at about $19i*
000, were exported to England from Halifux, Nova Scotia,
last week.

— Pigeons have been plenty in Minnesota and northern
Wisconsin this Spring — large roosts being in ordor.

— A Minnesota Correspondent says that Blue Earth
county paid out iu about one week, $28,000 dollars for
captured grasshoppers at ten cents per quart.

— Seven wolves wore seen to float over on an ice cake
from Cape Breton to Newfoundland recently. They were
pursued, but escaped into the woods.

FOREST AND STREAM

315

CREEDMOOR.

— The Remington Diamond Badge, presented by the firm
■whose name it bears, was compel cd for at Crecdmoor
on Saturday last for the eighth time. Mr. L. L. Hepburn,
a member of last year’s international team, who was unable
to accompany his former companions in arms to Ireland,
was for the second time the winner, and that by a score
rarely ever equalled on the range. Seventeen gentlemen
competed. The weat her in the morning was hazy, but by
two o’clock the mist had scattered, although a strong wind
was blowing across the range at right angles with the line
of fire. The following are the scores:—

Nniue.

L. L. Hepburn.

L. Creiger. .

11.8 Jewell.

E. II. Sanford.

Score. TotalB.
500—5 5 5 5 5 5 5—35
800-5 5 4 5 5 1 5-33
1000-4 5 6 8 5 4 4-30
500— 6 5 5 5 2 4 5—31
800-5 6 5 5 5 5 5—35
1000-0 5 4 0 4 5 6 - 23
600-5 8 5 4 5 5 5—32
80 '—0 5 5 5 5 5 3-28
1000-2 3 5 3 4 4 3-24
500 - 4 4 4 5 5 4 5—31

800- 4 3 2 4 5 3 5-20
1000— K 5 8 8 0 8 5—10

500-5 5 4 4 4 5 4-31

801— 5 6 3 5 5 4 5—32
1000 -0 4 0 0 2 2 5-13

500-0 5 4 4 4 8 2—22
800—1 5 5 4 5 4 4-81
1000—2 2 2 5 3 5 2 -2!

500— 6 5 5 5 5 8 5—33 1
800—1 0 2 4 3 4 4-21 V
1000-5 4 0 2 8 3 3-20 \
500—4 5 5 3 4 8 0 - 21
800-3 5 3 5 2 4
1 1000-0 4 5 5 2 5
500—5 4 5 5 5 8 5-82 1

Capt. W Lindsay 800—5 4 2 5 4 5 5—30 >

( 1000— B 5 5 0 0 2 0—12 j
.*00-5 4 4 6 4 2 5 -20 j

A. Alford.

George Crouch

W. B. Farwell

J. S. Conlin, .

J. T. B. Collins —

800—5 4 0 3 1 4 5 -25 t
1000 -5 5 0 0 2 3 4—19 1

98

89

81

7*

74

73

Col. G. W. Wingate.

-I 800 - 5 6 0 4 3 3 3—23'

100-1-2 4 0 2 2 6 2-171
500—0 5 3 5 2 4 4-23 I

....-! 800—8 3 .9 4 5 4 2 -24 5-
! 1000-3 3 0 0 4 4 3—17
( 500-0 4 4 3 4 3 4—24 j

Col. B. E. Valentino < 800- 4 2 3 3 3

1000—0 2 4 4 3

Gen. F. F. Mlllen.

I U II |

3 4—24 1
5 2-22 V
3 2- .81

C. E Huntington

A Anderson.

■I

500—5 4 3 3 2 5 5-27 )
81-0- 0 4 4 0 0 3 0— II >
1000 -0 0 0 5 0 0 2— 71
1 500—5 5 5 5 5 4 5—31
-! 800—3 5 5 5 3 3 4— .10
1000—1 3 0 0 (retired. -
500—5 4 3 3 5 0 3 -23

A. J. Rous < 800-5 4 4 5 4

( 1000—0 (retired

A. J. Hennlou, Jr...

!

5 0 3 -23 I
1 R 4—20 V
1.) \

l 500-0 6 0 4 4 3 4—10
. .< 800- 3 5 3 4 1 4 4- -27 -

| 1000—0 0 0 0 0 (ret’d.) 1

— The following are the scores of Company D, of the
Twelfth Regiment, in their practice at Creedmoor last Fri-
day for the California match, to be shot on Saturday next.
The scores are on square targets, seven shots, at 200 and
500 yards range, the highest possible score being tweuty-

E. II. Madison

T J Dolan.

200 Yards.

500 Yards.

Total.

3 4 4 4 3 4 3..

3 3 3 3 4 3 4.

.23

48

3 2 4 4 3 4 4 .

..25

3 3 4 4 2 4 3..

.23

47

4433333

.23

0 3 4 4 4 4 4

.23

46

3 3 4 4 3 4 4..

.25

4334403

.21

40

4 3 3 3 4 4 3..

.24

3444230

20

44

3 3 4 3 3 4 4..

.24

3 4 3 4 0 2 2.

18

42

3 2 3 4 2 0 3

..17

3 4 2 3 4 4 3.

.23

40

4 4 0 8 3 4 2..

.20

4 8 3 2 3 3 2.

20

40

3333333

21

2342404

..19

■10

2 1 3 2 14 3

.22

3 2 3 3 0 2 4

..17

39

2 3 4 .1 3 4 4

.23

3 li 4 4 0 2 3

.16

39

3 2 3 2 3 3 2

18

2344303.

19

37

4 3 4 3 4 3 3

.24

O003223

. 10

34

2 3 0 3 2 3 2

.15

4 3 2 0 2 3 3.

IT

82

2 3 x 3 3 4 4..

..21

3200020

7

28

W.S. Smith. ..

W C. Reddy...

() Beattie

L Moran

G. A Bunts.

J M. Burden.

W G. Carson.

John Beattie
W. H Francis
M Furrell

—Two hundred and eighty-two men of the First Battal-
ion N. G ., comprising detachments from the Eighth, Ninth,
and Fifty-fifth Regiments Infantry, and the Third Cavalry,
practiced at the Creedmoor ranges on Thursday last. By
order of Col. Wingate, the practice at the 300 and 400 yard
ranges was discontinued, aud the men fired ouly at 100,
150, 200, and 500 yards, those firing only at the two latter
ranges who had qualified by making at least 25 points at
the two shorter ones. Those who made 25 points or over
in the latter practice were:—

First Battalion— Sergeant Toellner, 28.

Eighth Regiment— Milton Swayze, 37; John C. Wheeler,
34; George Buchanan, 31; Edward Voss, 20, aud Captain
\Y Ross 27.

Ninth Regiment— Corporal Strauss, 33; W. A. Bickle-
haupt, 29, aud Private Crilly, 27.

The highest score iu the Fifty-fifth at these ranges was
that of Captain Klathaar, 23.

— Generid Shaler lias issued an order to the First Division
N. G. S. N. Y. to parade ou the ninety-ninth anniversary
of our country's independence, or rather on the 5th, and
for review by the mayor. The troops will be formed iu
close columns, the head of each column resting on Filth
avenue. The Division Staff are directed to assemble at
the "Rendezvous" at 7:15 o’clock A. M., mounted and in
full uniform.

Short Range Tournament.— Owing to the interest
awakened among the advocates of off-hand short range
shooting by like recent competitions for the Forest and
Stream badge, Air. Conlin, at whose gallery the shooting
takes place, has decided to add thereto two additional
prizes, to be contested for at the same time and place, viz:
one to the gentleman making the score nearest to aud over
fifteen inches, aud another to the one making the nearest
to or over twenty inches. The next competition takes
place under the usual rules at No. 930 Broadway, on Mon-
day, the 28th inst., commencing at six o’clock P. M. aud
continuing until midnight. There is no entrance fee, and
all rifiemen are invited to compete.

—We have been shown a new rifle, manufactured by

Messrs. E. Remiugtoa & Sous expressly for use at Mr. Qou-

lin’s gallery during the short range tournament. The rifle
is a model of neatness and finish, and for accuracy is ex-
pected to produce results better even than the very excel-
lent scores which now stand recorded at this popular place
of resort.

— A meeting of those interested in rifle practice and kin-
dred sports was held at Ridgewood, Bergen county, N- J.,
last week, with a view of organizing an association having
for its object the protection of game and the development
of good marksmanship. The title of the "New Jersey
Rifle and Gun Club" was adopted, and the following olll-
cers elected : President, J. Gaylcr; Vice President, James
Reading; Secretary, Charles Mastcn; Treasurer, Louis
Laue.

— Mr. Wilsou MacDonald, the sculptor, while shooting at
Conlin’s gallery a few evenings since, raug the bell ninety
seven times in succession. Mr. MacDonald is prepared to
shoot "at the word" with any man in America.

American Rifle Association.— The programme for the
matches which are to take place on Monday, July 5, at Mount
Vernon, we shall publish next week. Captain Chas. J.
Cliatfield will be the Officer of the Day, assisted by Mr. E.
Cardoze. We are pleased to learn that the committee upon
procuring a range are actively at work, and trust that they
may be able by the day of the mutch to announce their
success.

Saratoga Rifle Club.— On Monday, July 5th, a match
for the “champion badge" of the club will take place.

— The return match between the Guelph Rifle Associu
lion and the Toronto Rifle Club was shot on Tuesday of
last week, aud resulted iu favor of the latter by 476 to 450.
The terms were: Eleven men aside, 200, 300, and 500 yards,
5 shots at each range, any position. The highest scores
for Toronto were made by Mr. A. Bell, 49; and Messrs. C.
F. Doudiet and T. McMullen, 46 each. For Guelph Mr.
John Crowe, 49, and Mr. W. McDonald, 40, were to the
fore. Four members of the Toronto Club left for England
on the 16th with the Wimbledon team.

— A contest look place at Edinburgh ou Saturday bc-
tweeu the riflemen of England, Ireland and Scotland for
the International Challenge Trophy. Scotland won by
twenty points ahead of England and 139 ahead of Ireland.

An article of great vidue on point blank range, &c.,
prepared expressly for this journal by an old United States
Army officer, has been unavoidably crowded over to our
next issue.

—A dispatch dated San Francisco, June 21st. announces
that the Sumner Guards rifle team to compete with the
New Y'ork learn ou Saturday next was completed the pre-
vious day, and consisted of Captain II. J. Burns, Lieuten-
ant E. O. Hunt, Sergeant G. H. Strong, Corporal Charles
Nash and Privates Watson, Sarle, Burke, Steed, Dove,
Murphy, Preble and Robertson. The reserves are Ser-
geants Murray, Wilson and Post, aud Corporal Murray.
The umpire here for the New Yorkers is Lieutenant Shel-
don J . Kellogg, and for the Sumner’s Colonel John Mc-
Comb. The two will name referees.

MATCH IN CALIFORNIA.

§nnie $;u\ and §iw.

JUNE IS A CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME.

— In our issue of May 20th we gave a detailed descrip-
tion of the late Field Gun Trial, as far as the 10 and 12
gauge guns were concerned. For the benefit of many of
our readers who have written to us on the subject, wo
print this week the results as obtained from guns of 8 and
larger calibre, and next week will give a similar inscription
of the trial of Class 4, which comprises guns ol 20 gauge
and under. Wo s’ ill hold to the opinion expressed at that
time, that sportsmen should be in no lmstc to discard old
guns for those bored on the new principle, as wo believe
that, except for target practice, the instances wherein sat-
isfaction will be obtained wifi be the exception.

CI.AHH 1, FOR 8-UAUGB ANl< UNDER, OF ANY WRIGHT OH KIND OF IIOII-
■ NO, AND USED WITH ANY CMAIIOK.

ROUND 1

(Al 40 yard*, with central group of 30-lnch circle.)

Feno-

Maker mill dcscnptlon of gun, lion multi- Fig of

with kind of Puttoru, shot and Pattern. piled try it Merit.

powder ,- — Average ,

Greener, W VP., 8 gauge, 15 III , 33 In ,

1. laminated steel, 2f nx, chilled shot,

ti drachms C & 11 . No. 6 powder . 321 189.5 510.5

Turner, T-, 8 Range, 10 II),, 10 ox , 32 in

2. Puiuiiecns steel; 2J n/„ soft shot, 5

drachmae. & H No 0 powdor 284.7 183 408 7

Holland. J . S gauge, 12 lb. 0 ox . 31 In.

8 Inmii atvd steel ; 2 ox. soft shot ; 5 dr.

C. AH, No 6 powder 209 1 140 409 1

Gieener, W. W., 10 gauge, 9 lit, 10 ox.

4. .li tu laminated meed; 1( ox. chilled

shot; 4 dr. Pigou No, 4 powder 222.1 182.5 404.0

Greener, W. W., 10 gauge, II 111. 9 ox.

5. 32 in Damascus; li ox. chilled shot;

1 dr. Pigou No. * powder 213 4 170 389 4

Adams A Co., 10 gauge, 8 lb 10 ox; 32
li. iu. Damascus; 1J ox. soft shot, 34 dr.

C. & H. No 4 powder .... 200,5 180.5 381

Gatos, F., 8 gauge, 12 lb. 7 ox 33J inch
laminated steel; 2 ox. soft shot, 5 dr.

C. & II. No. 0 T. S powder 23b. 0 104.6 401.1

Jeffries, L.. 10 gunge, 10 lb. 22 In. Dam-
ascus; 14 ox. soft shot, 34 dr. C. A II.

No. 5 powder. 210.1 181 3911

Reilly. Messrs., 8 Range, |-| lb. .J ox.. 30
inch Damascus; )J ox. chilled shot, 4

Ur C. & U. No. 0 powder 103 9 108 301.9

ROUND 2.

(At 40 yards and 00 yards, with selected group of 30 Inch circle at boih
distances.)

San Francisco, June 14th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

A match was shot yesterday on the Sumner Ride Range, between the
Range Committeo of the California Rille Association and seven mem-
bers of Company E, First Rides. The Runge Committee, containing
some of the best shots on the coast, challenged any seven of the charter
members of the C. It. A. to shoot at 200 and 500 yards, seven shots each
distance. Pardee and Kellogg, of the Range Committee, were unable to
shoot on account of sickness, and their places were supplied by Messrs.
Harmon and Burke. Col. McComb drew out at the conclusion of the
200-yard shooting, Mr. S. Beaver replacing him. The shooting com-
menced at 1 :30 P. M. Day dull, at times showery ; wind brisk from 3
aud 4. Target, Wimbledon. Rides, military, regulation sights and
trigger pull. The Sumners were victorious by 101 points.

SUMNERS.

200 Yards.

500 Yards.

. 30

Total.

4 5 4 3 5 3 6..

..29

8 4 5 5 4 5 4 .

59

. ...4 1 8 4 6 2 5..

..27

5 4 5 2 5 5 4..

57

4 3 5 3 3 4 5..

..27

4 4 5 4 3 4 4.

65

. .3233434.

4435253.

... . 4 2 3 4 0 3 3

10

344645!

2-H

47

. ...5 2 3 5 3 3 3

24

3 5 6 0 2 1 3.

Bums

..28

3 4 3 3 3 2 0.

Total

171

RANGE COMMITTEE

183

851

1 3 3 4 3 4 3..

. .24

3453055.

..30

51

3 3 4 4 3 4 6 .

..26

3 5 4 5 0 3 5.

51

3 3 4 4 4 3 0

21

5 4 3 2 4 5 4 .

..27

2 3 0 5 4 4 3..

..21

5 5 1 5 0 3 4..

5 3 2 0 4 1

.19

0 3 0 0 0 4 0 .

.. 7

0 0 0 0 2 2 0.

. 4

Tunnian

(12 0 0 0 0 0..

.. 2

Total

7117

127

233

The shootiug of the Sumner team averages 721 per cent., and
have ranged higher on the square targets.

would

V

—A correspondent in Albany writes:—

"I wish you could do something to wake up the sports-
meu of this city to the necessity of a club for the protec-
tion of our game birds. The woodcock are all shot off
before the 4th of July, and partridges before the middle of
August. 1 have spoken to several of the most in fluent ial
sportsmen, and they all seem to be willing to join a club,
but no one will commence it. I cull on your for help.”

S. C.

Albany ought certainly to have a game protective club,
and we should think an organization cculd easily be effected
in the usual manner.

—The camp stove advertised elsewhere by Mr II. L.
Duncklee, and for which letters patent have been granted,
appears to be coming into geueral favor and use. It is
certainly a multum in parvo, and for wilderness life the
most compact aud portable article ol the kind ever pro-
duced.

Penetra-
tion multi-
plied by 6.
185

74

mu

71
174
10J. 8
18'.

75
134

69

Final
Mg

Mg.
of Mg, of
Merit. Merit

10ul8 f 807'8

170.3 [ *».e
415 2 I
I8fi 8 f
490.8

801

in «

ml] »

Name. Pattern

Qroener. W. W., 40 yds., 8 bore 358.0

Ditto, DO yards ....116.8

Turner. T., 40 yd*., 8 bore 200 3

Ditto, 00 yard* IOC. 8

Greener, W. W„ 40 yds,, ;« bore .211 .2

Ditto. 60 yards 82

Adams & Co.. 40 yds., 10 boro 221.0

Ditto, to yards 100

Holland. .),. 40 yds., 8 bore. . . 202 3

Ditto, CO yurde 81 5

The last issue of the Field gives the result of the wear
and tear trials with the winning guns, as far as com-
pleted— that is, oue-half of the 2,500 rounds from each
gun having been fired. Up to this lime there had been ap-
parently no appreciable wear upon the competing guns,
which seem to have retained their relative positions as in
the trial for pattern and penetration. The figures of merit,
as far as the triul has proceeded, stand thus: —

W. W. Greener, 12 gango. laminated steel barrels, 30 Inch long,
shot with 34 drachms pigeon No. 4 powder, 14 ox. chilled shot . 364.8

Greener, as above. 351.9

Baker, F T.. 12 gauge, Damascus, 30 inch, 34 drachma C. & II.

No. 4 powder. :4 ox. chilled shot 312.8

Baker. F. T., as above 321 3

iMa'cham, C II., 12 gauge. Damascus barrels, 30 Inch, shot with

34 drachma C. A II No. 6 powder, 14 ox. shot 332.8

MuiChaui, C. U., as above. 880.7

LETTER FROM CARL DITTMAR.

Neronskt, Mass., June 14th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The statements of "Subscriber" in your Isaac of lOllt of June in re-
gard to my new powder are erroneous. I do nut make such powder ua
he describes; he must have confused my new article with the English
"wood powder,” from which mine differs wenUally. I do not use alco-
hol in its manufacture; If he will burn some of It he will llnd that it la
very different from "gon cotton," and that It burnt* very much slower
than bluck powder. It works in the gun about tile same as black pow-
der. This your correspondent can prove for Imnaclf by using a little
more than the proper charge mid shooting over a sheet, when he will And
unburned grains, which would not be the cose If the combustion was "In-
stantaneous," ns he describes; for in this case all the powder would ho
consumed before the bullet or shot left the barrel. I manufacture two
distinct grades or kinds of powder— one for rille#, the oilier for shot
guns— and If your correspondent has used my powder at nil ho must
have used the shot guu powder In his rifle, as the rifle powder Is heavier,
mid the proper charge would be twenty-nine grains and not twenty-two
grains. If he will one my rifle powder ho will have no trouble about the
shells, and if he gives it u fair trial he will he sntUfled that there In de-
cidedly Ire* drain thnn from conimou powder. The rille powder I am
now making is of medium velocity, as I obtained boiler shooting than
by using powder of a higher degree of velocity, although I can easily
make It of 1,601) feet per secoud. The tighter the bullet the greater the
velocity, therefore I recommend tlght-fluing bullels In conclusion, I
would say that sportsmen and riflemen are and bovo been experimenting
with my new powder all over the country, and the testimonials thin far
received ore In the highest degree satisfactory. I cannot admit that the
live or six hundred gentlemen who have voluntarily expressed their ap-
proval of my Invention are "fools," though quite satisfied to class "Sub-
scriber" among the “angels." If he Is afraid to use my powder let him
adhere to the dirt, smoke, noise, and recoil of the old black article; un-
less he is a manufuclurtr of tho bitter ho will be compelled In time to
admit the Justice of my claims. Meanwhile It will be very gratifying to
me lo receive the views of your subscribers, and I shall always try to an-
swer any questions and listen patiently to criticism.

I agree perfectly with •‘Subscriber" that the great strength of modern
gun barrels bn* prevented many a man "from coming to grief," but am
Inclined to believe that the black powder of the present day would have
done the mischief quite as effectually as the product of my Invention,
'pile mortuary list Win overloading with black powder and from weak
spot* iu "modern gun barrels" Is a long one, and thu mutilation* Inci-
dent to lt« use can he summed up by thousands. I do not propose io
add to the risks of the sporting fraternity, and I claim aa one of the
strongest merits of in y Invention a much higher degree of safety In U»
manufacture and ill It* use.

From several complaint* about my new powder, I can see that some
persons are using It who bavo either overlooked or not read my Inst rue*
iVJu#, II your correspondent ‘Tori" had remombered that 1 claim that,

316

FOREST AND STREAM.

my powder 1. not only th rvr time* ^roneer than b'ackpowderbnt^rce
time# as bulky, *o tbnt thu same balk ha- the *anio effect, ho wonld not
have proved ll down with a lov«r to linlf its hulk, thus getting don it
force .n a smaller space, and .AwMini 7 the l-> "7

• . .... a„ not pre— the powder Into a shell with a stick,

simply shake It down. This also applies to a revolver I And no dlftl-
cully in pres.lntr the lever down until the bullet reals tin l,r®^'r P|uc^

the point being level with tbe top of the Chamber. W by dhl 1 ort tin?
,|,e second charge when the first startled him with such a deafening ro
port? I certainly should have withdrawn the millet from the second
barrel. When 1 first commenced making this new powder 1 had no more
experience than vonr coircspondcnt, hot I have not had a single acci-
dent. although 1 have fired more than twenty thousand limes in a variety
of guns. The powder I am now making Is absolutely dower in if- com-
buUion in the con or rllle than Muck powder, and If proper care Is pnid
to my Instructions In loading I am very positive that accidents from tU*
use will be very much less than from the use of black powder.

Caul Dittsiau.

INSTRUCTIONS

[Patented December 9lh, 1S78, and February 10th. 1871]

This powder has to be ns.d in about lha same manner n* black powder;
rare only has to be taken not to press it into too small a spare, as it is
more elastic than the Mack. The new powder make, very ^ItUle an ok. s
cause s no recoil, doc not soil the gun. doe* not heat the I bnrre sends a
ball further than the old powder, keeps shot well tog. thir, ran In. kept
wet for any length of time, ana ne irnnsoorted or stowed in that s ato
without danger from fire. It ts /Area time* stronger than Mack sporting
powder and three time* n* bully There are two distinct and different
kinds of shot gun powder, marked—

8, A., coarse grain.

S B , medium grain. I A,( 0]jkv 8trCuglli.

S C., line grain.

ff., very fine grain.

The shot gun powder may he n*cd In nil the larger bores, from No 0
to No, 14. For Imres above I I the rifle powder should bo 'tse<l. os this
variety does not give good results unless well cj.nllned, as dt la mi ci>
slower than shot gnu powtlor. At present 1 muko three sizes or rule
powder—

It. A., course. 1

It B., medium. All same strength.

It. C., line. ) ...

When using rule powder fill the cartridge shell to the lop. give it a few
taps on the table »o that the powder may settle down even, and load me
bullet as usual Du not pn s« powder into a shell with a uncle. I lure is
no nerd of using a wad and lubricating material on top. o» the powder
does not foul the gun like Muck powder For muzzle loading rifles press
the powder down with I ho bullet, as yon would when using black now
dcr. till inn feel the bullet Is on the powder. U*« a go**l fitUny bidlet.
If you use the powder In pistols or revolvers, without shells do not ram
or force the bullet with a lever into Ihr chamber, ns In Ibis case yon will
confine the powder loo closely. Simply use force enough to permit the
bullet lo ns*» upon I lie lwnvilcr, linvlng top of l»iillit level with top or
chamber. The ritle powder la the pro|ier kind for anmll arms.

directions ron loadiko *uot ouns.

Use about the same truwured quantity aa you would of block powder.
If thu illy* nnl give satisfaction use a little more, up to a half drachm
measure. This will give yon thu same bulk na black powder after the
imul I* prt***d down. Give a few laps to tile- charge to settle the powder
evenly, and you will nlways have the same loely/ll (that is. about one
third) as you would have by using an equal bulk of black powder. In
brass or metal abells use u wad two sizes larger than bore, uud in ptipor
shells use one the larger .... a

By carefully following the above detailed directions for shot guns and

rifles, tjfwlvem *« and safety arc secured.

If the powder iM'cnmes wet, spread It on paper and It will dry omc-kly
without injury to its power. It desira'de to store it in nn exposed si.ua
tion. it can be kept wet in a cask and afterwards dried In the air or in a
room. The mosl delicate testa thus far made have not exhibited the
slightest trace of injury to the finest barrels by the products of com-
bustion.

A K loner

Th. Kraus.

H. Haller ....
E. Kiilm ...
Tliis beinj

ton Ohio. The fourth was won by O. P. Ebey, of Dayton,
Ohio. The fifth was won by W. -I 1‘urrar of tlevola id-
The purse offered for the fourth nnd last day of the
National Shooting Touruament amounted to $ j,oUU *110
first prize wits $500; second, $4011; third, $300; fourth,
$200* fifth, $100. Fifteen birds, 21 yards rise; entrance,

C. F. Wheat, of Cleveland, and fifth by 11. O. Hull, of

1 Theorize of $U>0 for ll‘e best average shooting through-
out the tournament was nwnrdotl toll Cook, of Detroit,
and a crayon, v.dlued at $50, for second best average, was
won by J. Kndbono, of Windsor, Canada.

GAME IN KANSAS.

Foiit Scott, Kan., June Mill, 1875.
Editor Foiikbt and Stream:— ,

I find I made a misstatement in reference to tho game law passen msi
Winter. The Secretary or State writes mo; “No game l..w was enacted,
but the law yon speak of passed one of thu Houses “ Tho country news-
papers hare already commenced to howl against the sportsman, and ad-
vocate a law forbidding the killing or taking any kind of game. I linvo
just returned from a three days1 tramp, and find chickens at some dis-
tance from town rather plenty, and most of them paired off. some with
young broods. The quail are. however, scarce. Wo had more M ilsun

snipe lost Spring than ever before seen by ns in this section. We also

have somo woodcock, and tho writer killed In tho Spring u Virginia rail,
unknown to any one horetororo In this section On the whole, we have
iho finest grouse, quail, and snipe country in the Wed. Your corre-
spondent has hunted in Kansas mid thu Indian country for eight years,
and claims to kuow. Sixty-five miles from hero in season wo have ns
lino duck, gooso, mid turkey shooting as any locality in this latitude lu
the United States. As to our dogs, wo are not nslmmed of tho stock,
though few Hrc broken. Much of it Is the offspring of Imported slock,
well bred with our native, while we huve the largest breed of pointers I
think I have ever seen.

Tour advocacy «f laws making it a misdemeanor to slup out of the
Slate, or offer for sale in the Stole, will give ns the relief we want. Daws
against trapping und pot-hunting are a dead letter, as no neighbor will
Inform against another, hut overy sportsman will make war on common
carriers and express companies. The fight, then, is not iigulntt individ-
uals hut corporation*. This kind of a law strikes ut the root, nlid re-
lieves us of wholesale deslrnclion of our birds. Uit ZuO He.

the immense fleet of steamers assembled, from the huge
Plymouth Rock with her chime of bells, to the veriest liltlo
cockboat of a steam launch. The wind was just rich!, a
pleasant sailing breeze enabling the yachts to carry nil those
‘'kites" in which the yachtsman so delittltls, and tho sen so
smooth as to excite no fears of qualmishness out he part of
the most delicate lady out. Leaving the Spit, lie fleet
made tv fair wind of it for the lightship, the Active still
leading. Her sailing master, however, either ignored or
fnrgtil the siding regulations, and instead of passing to thn
southward of buoy No. 8*. as instructed, went to leeward
of it thus losing all chance of taking a prize H he wind
was now quite fresh, and the lug schooners began over-
hauling tho sloops hand over bund. Of the former the
p, diner and Comet were doing splendidly, und the Vision
rapidly came up with the Active and passed her to wind-
ward. The Palmer turned the lightship first, followed by
the others iu the order mimed:—

Yacht.

Palmer . ...

Vision

Active

Comet

Addle

Madcap

II. M. 8.
a r>5 .84
2 58 07

2 59 42

3 00 27
3 02 01
3 Of- 22

Yacht,

Idler

Madeleine..
Tidal Wave ..
Peerless
Wanderer —
Rambler.

II. M. S.
8 09 80
8 12 01
8 12 49
3 IS ,10
3 21 13
3 29 15

Running hack for Iho Southwest Spit thu Madeleine
passed the Idler, ami Hie Addio V passed the Active, hut
could not gain on I lie Vision, which was belter sailed than
on Monday, and wns turning the tables on her antagonist.
Rounding the Spit main sheets wore eased off, and I lie run
)10mc was made dead before t he wind. Fortunately Iho
lidc wns running strong flood, and with huge club topsails
and balloon jibs boomed out, tho fleet flew off for the
home slakeboat. Approaching the Narrows I lie scene was
beautiful in the extreme. An immense fleet had assembled
lo escort the racers home. Mr. Astor’s huge Allanlu, and
Mr Hatch’s Resolute were both out, together with u large
number of pilot boats and non competing yachts. The
meets crossed the winning line as follows:—

fjjnchtmg nnd |? outing .

AU enmmunlcallnn* from Secretary* and friend* ihould be mulled no
later than Monday in each week.

HIGH WATER. FOR THE WEEK.

— We are in receipt of one of Bellamy’s shell pouches,
which appears to “fill the bill” us well, if not belter, (ban
anything yet brought to our notice. It is made of cork,
and fastens with a belt around tho body us well as with
shoulder straps. Its extreme lightness is its most desirable
feature. The pouch can he seen at this office or at Messrs.
Ealon and Co.'s sportsmen’s emporium, No 102 Nassau
street.

—An amateur prize pigeon shoot is to be given under
the auspices of the Amateur Shooting Club of Detroit ou
Monday, July 5lli, 1875. Six prizes, of the value of $150,
will be shot for. Entries can be made and prizes seen at
the gun store of George B. Mather, No. 133 Jefferson ave-
nue, Delroil, where further particulars inay be obtained.
Ten birds each, class shooting. Entry, $3, birds included.
Professionals barred. Plenty of wild birds.

— Another shooting tournament will be held at Chitten-
den’s Bridge, South Chicago, Illinois, on the 3d and 5th of
July, under the management of tbe well-known sportsmen,
A. M. Decker and E. T. Martin, of Chicago, open to the
world. Eutrauee, $10 each day; prizes, $000.

— The Early Birds Sporting club turned out ou the lltli
of Junr for a pigeou shoot at Mr. Dooley’s lovely place on
the Roekaway roud, Spriugficld, L. I. The score was as
follows:

■ I It 1 I II —51 W. IlagOT 0 0 1 1 0 0-2

.110 11 1—5 0. Harr 0 0 0 I 0 1—3

fi It 0 l 0-3 A. Petrie no o o I 1-2

I 0 I o 0 1— 8|C. Tuigel 1 0 0 1 0 0-2

their first turn out, the jovial club was much
pleased with the result, and will repeat the sport early in
the Full.

— The Union Club of South Bend, Indiana, shota pigeon
match on the 12lh inst. for the club gold medal, ten single
rises, with the following result, E. P. Slunlicld and Chas.
II. Applegate judges:

Jnmcs Andrews ... .5IG. W Roach 7

Win. II. Langley .71 Frank ltnnlcy

II. Buzby . H . Tillin'* Camper

J. M Stiidcbukcr I'll. Galloway. .

A. B Wade 9|D. M. Coonley —

— The Pigeon Shooting Tournament in connection with
the National Sportsmen’s Convention at Cleveland, Ohio,
Ou the lOih, lltli, 12th and 14lli insts , was one of the
grnn le«l affairs ever organized in tills country On the
first day the $250 orize was won by Col. T. J. South of
Franklin, Ivy., killing 25 straight birds; the $ 209 prize by
8. Conk. Jr., of Detroit , the $130 by II. Hall, of Toledo;
the $100 was divided by E, B. Hamilton, of Buffalo and M.
Suydain of Cincinnati.

On the second day Mr. Wlioale won first money, $300.
Mr. Quayle again killed five, winning second money. $200.
The third money, $150, was divided by Britton, of Clium-
pla.n, HI , and J. Wiliner, of Niagara Falls. The fourth
money. $100, was won by R. W. Cool, of AJcdo, III. The
fifth money , $50. was won by Ed Hudson, of New York.

On the third day the first prize was won by L. II. Hast-
ings, of Grand Rapids, Mich. The second prize by G. Stun-
son, of Detroit. The third prize was divided by ‘Lovett, of
Pittsburg; Doxey, of Elkhart, lud,; and Wentz, of Day-

Male.

Boston.

New York.

Charlesto

n.

M

n.

M.

II .

M .

3

39

eve.

15

It

211

4

17

t

4

eve.

17

5

7

t

53

1

7

ti

0

2

.

2

3

47

3

2

8

6

4

50

1

June 80

9

10

5

50

5

10

The New York Yaciit Club. —Wednesday opened ns a
real N. Y. Yacht Club day; not a breath of wind lifted the
gay flags and streamers which decked steamboat and yacht
iu holiday colors, und a dense haze almost obscured I lie
green shores of Staten Island from the anxious gaze of
thousands who had looked forward lo the day with the
brightest anticipations. Indeed, at one time it looked as
though the ill luck which hail so often befallen the club
was to meet them again, and that. there would be no race,
or at least but a drifting mulch. Fortunately a strong ebb
tide was running during Ibe morning, enabling such yachts
a3 had not taken the precaution to be ou tbe ground the
previous evening, to take up tbe position assigned lo them
off Ibe club bouse at Staten Island. At 11 :24:30 llie first
and preparatory gun was fired from the William Fletcher,
the committee and press steamer, and llie yachts with
everything set that could be bandied, were standing off
and on near the line like a field of high mettled racers wait-
ing for the starter’s word. Ten minutes later the booming
of the gun announced the expected signal, and the yachts
were off. The following are the entries; —

FlHoT-CLA»» SCHOONERS.

Actual

(.’orri'Cleil

Return.

'1 hue.

•I

’inn-

.11.

M.

8.

It

. M.

8.

II.

M.

8

.5

58

50

It

21

12

n

21

:•!

.5

50

53

0

9

35

0

8

53

5

89

38

0

00

23

—

—

—

5

05

50

5

21

48

—

—

—

29

50

5

46

49

5

41

411

21

53

2

41

13

5

87

59

..5

25

43

5

47

58

5

40

29

Yachts

Alarm

Rambler

Wanderer

Painter

Tidal Wave

Madeleine

Idler

The Brooklyn Yacht Club.— Saturday was just the
day lo delight a yachtsman’s heart, particularly if his
yacht happened to tic a good big schooner with the ability
to go to windward with t lie best of tlicnt It was emphati-
cally a sehoouer day, and yet but four of the immense licet
of magnificent vessels now in these waters participated.
There was but very little wind during the early morning,
hut before the starling hour lmd arrived the northwester
Hull had been blowing all the previous day ami night
again piped up, and reefs were in order for most of the
smaller craft. The plan adopted by the Brooklyn club
of having the yachts numbered with large figures in their
mainsail is a mosl excellent one, enabling the spectator by
a glance at bis card lo at once distinguish the vessel. Ihe
following are the entries: —

SCHOONERS.

Name. Owner.

Madeleine.. Tom. .1 8. Dickerson.

Comet W. It Langley

Clio Bradliurst A Asten

Leolhea W. W. Ban lord

FlItST-CLA** SLOOPS.

Undine Bnudier A Fowler

White Wing A Perry Hliven.

Sadie V. Com. M. T. Davidson

SECOND-CLASS SLOOPS.

Aren.
2,296
1,560
.1.2 10
,N. M.

857

991

712

Emma T . .
Schemer
Lizzie L. .

Sophia

Maria

Kliznheih . .
Muggiu B

Wm. T Leo
Florence ..
Victoria

Mean lengih.

Ft. In
88

:N

40
.84

II

..29
..12

7

7

7

5

FUUT CLASS SCHOONERS.

Allow-

Owner.

Cubic Feet.

uucc

Com. G. L. Kinglaud

14,703

—

. W. H Thomas. ..

1V233

0.42

...J. Btlllrnsn

Nol measured

Palmer . .

. . . R. Slny vesaut. . .

Not measured.

5.00

Tidal Wave.

W. Voorhis

0.154

Madeleine

. . .J. 8. Dickerson

N 499

0.14

...W. Astor

7,947

7 28

Idler

SECOND-CLASS SCHOONERS.

7.29

W. II. Langley

4,602

Allows.

... W. E. Iscliu

Noi measured.

Peorluu

J. It. Maxwell

first clJss shuts.

3,493

8.03

... C. Roosevelt

2,71 1

Allow*.

Vision

5ECOND-OLASS gLOOrS

2,545

1.42

Active . .

F. J. Hurst

. 1,903

Allow*.

Madcap

K R. Busk....

. 1.139

6.25

Knorin

8. W. Murgla. .

1 .481

0,26

Breeze

H P. Kingslniul

. Not measured.

Kaiser Wilhelm

...J B Norri*

Nol incnHiiied.

Geuin

S. und J. S IIoiuuiib.

STEAM Bit*.

Not measured.

Ton*.

Ideal

P. G. Itnveineyer

200 0 M.

70 0 M

Lurliuc

.Phillips Phienix 720. M.

They crossed the line as follows;

H.

.11

II

.11

.1!

F.L'frin

Kaiser Wilhelm.

Active

Goals

Alarm.. I

Idler ”

Vision 11

Madcap... |

Wanderer i

M. 8.
80 0

n

h.

Madeleine ll

Breeze II

Humbler II

Addle Voorhls 11

Palmer. ...I

Tidal Wave f 11

Mcia it

Peerless 11

M. 8.
39 40

John J. Treadwell . .

rhus II Hull

J. G Johnson

C. M. Felt

..._R.II. Huntley

M S. Tynan

C. 8. Stratton.

THIRD-CLASS SLOOPS.

... .(’ A. Cheover. -® JJ*

It. II. Foote ®S

.. . Thomas Fry « 00

The course for schooners and first-class sloops was from
starting line to stake boat at Southwest Spit, passing it
from westward to southward, thence to light ship, turning
same on the starboard bund and return to borne stake
boat, off Bay Ridge dock. For second-class sloops, from
starling line to slake boat at Southwest Spit, passing it
from the westward to southward, thence around stake boat
at outer bar buoy in Gednoy’a Channel, rounding same
from southward to eastward, thence to home slake boat.
For third-class sloops (open boats), from starling line to
stake boat at Southwest Spit, rounding sumo from west-
ward lo southward, thence to home stake boat. As
it was blowing too fresh for the boats lo anchor in line
Mr, Sawyer announced lo each from the judges steamer
that tbe start would be a flying one, the yachts passing be-
tween a stake ooal and the shore, the time of their cross-
ing the line to be taken and due allowance made in sum-
ming up the result. The Madeleine was near the score
when the gun fired, and flew over it closely followed by
the Clio and Comet. All were under lower sails but im-
mediately after crossing gaft topsails were set. The
first class sloops followed the schooner closely ^ the While
Wing, with topmast housed, and reefs iu mainsail. The
second class sloops were apparently in no hurry to get
off, each one wanting to be last. Tho following list shows
the time of starting; —

The Fletcher remained behind to start the three schoon-
ers, and in order to give the sailing cruft plenty of time to
cleur the Narrows, this was delayed until 12:8:40. The
wind wus from the Hotiihwiird, necessitating a dead heat lo
windward to make the first turning point, the Southwest
Spit buoy. The little Active, of the second class, sloops,
was first around at 1:27:85, followed closely by the Vision
about. a minute later, the rest of the fleet rounding at short
iulcrvals, amid the most enthusiastic demonstrations from

Yacht.

Madeleine.

Clio

Comet

Undine

Lcotheu

II.
.11
.11
11
.11
tl

While Wing ll

Emma t tt

Schemer H

Sadie H

42 02

47 41
17 42

48 39

Yacht.
Lizzie L ....

Sophia.

Maria

Win. T. Leu.

Florence

Ellzuheth

..II
.11
..II
. II

...11

Victoria H

Maggie B -11

II. M. S.
II 49 II
•19 25
■19 53

50 55
00 00

51 10
51 20
50 .22

By the time the last of the sloops were off the schooners
were out of sight beyond llie narrows. The Maria caught
and passed Hie Sophia shortly after the start and gained
rapidly on the Lizzie L. and Emma T. Of the latter, one
was carrying gaft topsail and whole mainsail and the other
jib topsail. Nearing the hospital ship tbr Marin set her
jib topsail, which lilted her along at a splendid rate. I he
striiin, however, wus loo much for the slender stick, and
in a few minutes topmast and sail went over the side amt
there wus lively work getting iu the wreck. The weather

FOREST AND STREAM

317

liad now set in so thick that nothing could bo seen of the
land or of competing yachts of more than one class. The
long lead of the schoouers had carried them far out of
sight on their way to the light ship before the sloops had
reached and rounded the Southwest Spit, which was doue
in the order and time as follows: —

Yacht.
Sadie. .
Schemer.
Lizzie I,
Emma T
Marin

Soiihlii

II.

.12
.12 m

. IS M
..12 65
.12 65
...12 6

M. S.| Yacht
M fOiWillimn T. Lee.
•10 Maggie B

63|VIctoriu

H7 Florence

ts'Klizabelh

OOl

H. M. S.

...12

..12

... I
... 1

... 1

69 00
69 52
03 52
00 06
00 JO

From here the yachts squared away dead before the wind
for the Godney Channel buoy and kites were again in order.
This point would have been difficult to find without the
aid of chart and compass had it not been for the steamer
Only Son, said to have been chartered by the owners of
the ’Schemer, which acted as pilot for t he fleet. This last
named yacht was around lirsl, followed by the Lizzie L.,
Emma T. and Maria all in a bunch. From here back to
the Dumb Beacon on the Romcr Shoal, which it was ne-
cessary to pass to the westward, was a dead beat to wind-
ward. Most of the small sloops kept an easterly course,
but the pilot of the Maria, looking for the wind to haul to
the westward had kept in an opposite direction. Unfortu-
nately the wind hauled more to tho northward, and when
the Maria was able to head up for the Beacon the other
yachts were three miles to windward of her, and all her
chances gone. The Maria has been launched but a few
weeks and in spite of carrying her topmast had come up
with every yacht but one in her class, proving herself to
be a remarkably able boat and a credit to her builder, Mr.
Wm. Smith, of Bayport, L.I.

While the little sloops were lighting their way up the
bay in the teeth of half a gale of wind, the schooners were
fighting out their contest outside. Tho Madeleine turned
the lightship first in the excellent time of 111. 40m. from
the start, followed closely by the smaller Comet. Both
were carrying all the s il that was good for them, and by
the lime the point of the Hook was reached the Madeleine
took in her lopsuil, an example speedily imitated by the
Comet, 'l'lie latter had the misfortune to part some of the
gear connected with her Hying jib and was deprived the
rest of the journey of the aid of this useful sail Notwith-
standing this she was but seven minutes behind her com-
peiilor at the finish, and by the aid of difference at the start
and time allowance, won the first schooner prize by 5m.
21s; the Madeleine taking tho Flag Officer's prize from
the Clio by Gm. 21s. The sloops had n capital race through
the. Narrows and past Fort Hamilton, it looking like any-
body’s race among three of them . Tho Bchomer won by
;t4s. only, from General Tom Thumb's Maggie B., and the
hitter lakes the Flag Officers prize by lm. 41s. from the
Emma T. The William T. Lee was the victor in the
third class. The tabulated result is as follows: —

victorious club was presented with a miniature fac simile
gold rudder, suspended from a bine ribbon, and bearing
the following inscription: “Annual Regatta Columbia Boat
Club, June 10, 1875."

— A match between a four-oared shell of the Nautilus
Club and a six-oar of the Stevens Institute was rowed on
Saturday evening, off Hoboken, tho four-oar being allowed
twenty seconds start. Tho distance was two miles against
tho flood tide with a heavy northwest wind making the
water almost too rough for comfort. The crews were
composed as follows:— Stevens Institute — Joseph Kinjrs-
hind, bow; J. M. Wallis, J. O. Buerk, J. E. Dcutou, H.
Hazard, H. Duane, stroke. Nautilus Boat Club— Frank
Sbippen, bow; W. T. Kudlich, John Washington, Will
Forbes stroke. The four made good use of their start, but
the six pulled in good form and crossed the score a length
and a half ahead in 14m. 37s.

— A new boat club lias been organized by the members
of the New Haven Gymnasium. The crews have been se-
lected, and it lias dccidod to commence traiuing at once
on Lako Whitney. Ruces will take place during the
Summer.

— On Saturday, the 2Glli inst. , the Harlem Rcgntta Asno-
cilion hold their third Spring regatta. The races com-
mence at one o’clock. The following arc the entries: —

SINGLES.

For I hr Diamond Scull*. — New York Athletic club, W. B.
Curtis, F. E. Yates, R B. Bainl. ridge; New York Rowing
club, Wilbur Bacon, Francis Ellison, Rudolph W. Shack;
National club, Charles E. Courtney.

PAIRS.

For the Ladies Challenge Plate. — New York Athletic club,
P. A. Curtis and W. E. MeCready; Nassau Boat club, F.
G. Brown and John A. Walker; substitutes, J. B. Roberts
aud J. Barlou Reynolds.

poults.

For the Grand Challenge Cup. — New York Athletic club,
R. W. Rathbonc, bow; S. L. Mack, 2; II. C. West, 3; C.
II. Cone, stroke; substitutes, R. L. Newton and G. C. Bur-
nette. Dauntless Boat club, Henry Peck well, bow; Clias.
E. Trotter, 2; Charles E. Knapp 3; Coleman Cleland,
stroke; substitute, D. Buck, Jr. Harlem Rowing club, H.
M. Knapp, bow; T. R. Iveutor, 2; A. G. Scranton, 3; C
W. Turner, stroke: substitute, Howard Conkling Nassau
Boat club, F. W. Bacon, A. W. Montgomery, John Gun-
si er and John A. Walker; substitutes, George S. Floytl
Jones, J. B. Robert, L. Watson aud J. B. Reynolds.

— Six Freshmen crows will coulcnd at Saratoga this year,
viz: Browu, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, l’liuecloii, and
Yale.

THE SCHUYLKILL NAVY REGATTA.

schooners.

Elapsed

Corrected

Start.

Finish. lime.

time

H.

M.

S.

II M. S. II.

M.

S.

II.

M.

S.

11

33

20

4 42 27 6

on

07

5

18

49

Clio

II

35

45

6 05 42 5

29

57

5

25

10

.11

38

10

4 50 48 5

12

33

6

13

22

Lcuthea

,t;

41

11

Not fimed.

FIRST-CLASS SLOOI’S.

it

39

32

5 20 19 5

4!

47

5

27

13

White Wing —

.it

12

02

5 22 21 5

10

19

5

29

5-4

Sudie

.u

18

39

SECOND-CLASS SLOOP*.

Emma T

it

47

41

4 26 40 4

38

59

4

30

07

ii

47

42.

4 24 11 4

36

29

4

Si

52

Lizzie L

ii

19

13

4 47 16 4

58

03

4

57

68

Sophia

ii

49

25

5 06 4‘ 5

17

23

5

<r2

53

.it

49

53

4 55 18 5

05

25

5

o»

26

.a

51

10

6 09 00 6

17

50

5

55

58

Maggie B .

n

65

22

4 25 48 4

30

26

4

28

26

THIRD-CLASS SLOOrS.

ii

50

55

2 56 65 3

06

00

3

08

00

Florence

.u

50

58

Not timed.

Victoria

.il

62

20

8 00 08 3

08

48

3

08

28

SECOND-CLASS SCHOONERS.

14 5 27

56

5

27

56

15 5 59

43

—

—

—

Peerless

08 5 53

5

45

49

FIRST

• CLASS 8 LOOPS.

.5 32

04 5 49

14

5

19

11

Vision

42 5 47

47

5

S6

(•5

SECOND-CLASS SLOOPS.

52 5 56

07

5

56

07

Madcap

-.5 37

58 5 58

43

5

53

18

Egeria

..Not timed.

Breeze

..Not timed.

Kaiser Wtlhelui

..5 66

45 6 20

30

—

—

—

STEAMERS.

Ideal

55 2 52

45

—

—

—

Lookout

..Broke down.

Lurline

45 2 52

35

—

—

—

The Palmer, therefore takes the first class schooner cup
and the Comet the same prize in her class. The keel
schooners were sailing for a subscription cup among them-
selves, which was won by the Wanderer. The Vision takes
the prize for first class sloops aud the Madcap that for the
second class. The Lurline beat the Ideal by ten seconds
in the steamer race, the Lookout having broken down. The
prizes were cups of the value of $250 for each class.

— Thj Columbia Boat Club, of Brooklyn, held their
fourth nnuual regatta on Saturday, the course, owing to the
roughness of the water off Bay Ridge, being the Argonauta
Club course, from Bergen Point to the Newark Bay Light
House. But one race was rowed, a four-oared gig race,
between the Dixie mid the Dandy, the former being the
favorite before tho start. A picked crew of the Argon-
auta Club also entered (lie race, but not in contest for the
prize. The two crews were composed as follows:— Dixie,
colors red, W. P. BrufT, stroke; C. O. Lewis, No. 2; C.
W. Lippitt, No. 3; H. Seymour, bow; C. 8. Butler, cox-
swain. Dandy, colors blue, H. T. Dunham, stroke; E. A.
Loveys, No. 2; R. Rlcccker, No. 3; J. D. Halsey, bow; F.
F. Leavens, coxswain. Of tho two crews that of the Dixie
was slightly the heavier, but C.W. Lippitt, her No. 3,
having a sprained wrist, it counterbalanced his crew’s ad-
vantage over the Dandy arising from tho greater weight of
tho men . At 6:36 the signal for starling was given by Mr
A. S. Wightnuiii, Chairman of the regatta Committee, and
the boats immediately shot forward, the Dandy taking the
lead, which was immediately gained again by the Dixie’s
crew, who led the race by about half a boat’s length for a
quarter of a mile, when the Dandy agaiu went ahead. On
nearing the sUkebont both crews spurted, that of the Dixie
increasing their stroke to forty-four. But the increase did
not enable them to gain upon the long lead of the Dandy,
which passed the flag at fourteen minutes and three seconds
after the start, followed by the Dixie nineteen seconds
later. At the conclusion of the race each member of tho

Puu .ADKLi'iiiA, June 18th, 1875.

EDITOR Fl*RB9T and Stream:—

Tho Schuylkill JNavy cume first into more than local prominence in
1S72 by giving a regatta, open to lilt umaieunt, and lo which tho rowing
world is indebted for the National Association and tho national defliii-
lion. Thin was the lirsl open amateur regatia held m this country, and
lias opened the wuy for the many that are this season before the public.
Last year the Navy began their present series of open regalias for which
they provide handsome challenge prizes. 'I he entries tins year were
not us numerous as was hoped, but were of the very best material. Thu
committee made one serious mistake In bo arranging the programme
that the doubles should immediately follow the singles, thus olTeetimlly
shutting out four of the scullers. Otherwise of iho management no
fault can be found. Yates and Cunis being drawn for the same heat,
played a game of seven up to decide who should row against Pleaaon-
ton. and Curtis, having six points, cut the Jack and won the chance to
watch the Franks. The Alalunta of New York has sent on an entry of
Baiubridge for singles, but owing to a mistake in stamping it got to ihe
Dead Letter Office, and was not received In Philadelphia until the 14th
iust. Mr. B. thought it too late.

Tho Double Scull race was a surprise to all. Mr. Yates seemed as-
tonished at the presumpi o.t of a pair of Philadelphia scullers enteriug
against the famous Western champions, and freely expressed Ins opinion
thut he thought It a “soft snap." He came mar maMng wlnu Etdrcd
calls “n uusluke." To make matters still inure -intcicailug to those
Chicago genls when next they meet this crew, it will be in comfortable
rig, and not in an old boat with a saw blade for a “scag." Some of the
wiseacres suggest that It muy bo tho ebampious were hippodromlng; but
they wou d not risk so close a shave, besides play wilt not “do up" us
well trained men as these were.

The races for fours wero predicted, Quaker City for lirsl heat and
Ar onuutas for the second, aud for ihe finals easy. Tho favorites won
but rather scanty leads, and after eomo desperute work. Tho (Inals for
singles brought together little Davey Roach and Yules, and the latter
cuuuot but feel a most wholesome respect for the "hundred weight" of
pluck and endurance that pushed bin. hard over the whole course aguinst
a fresh head wind und heuvy water— a sorious handicap to a man whose
self, boat, oars and rig wore less than 140 His The ArgoDautas caught a
Tartar in Ihe Waverly crew, aud came within au ace of adding to their
only two defeats— Troy and Saratoga. In the tlnnl they hnd some good
work cut out for them by ilie Quakers, but no such punishing us on the

I, day.

n Wednesday the weather was line, water smooth, attemUnco good,
races oil time and very exciting; everything to make the regalia a
cess The second day the southwest wind rnnde the water so lumpy
; the llnal for singles hnd to bo postponed until five o’clock, and it
' „ot unlit nearly six that tho waves eutiroly subsided. Mr. Krurab-
, chairman of the Reception Committee, deserves great credit for the
ctivc working of his part of this regatta. The umpire was J. Henry
Kuson, President L’HIrondello Club, Baltimore. Judge-C. K
Iner, Pennsylvania*. Timekeepers— W It. Tucker and J Glllmg-
i, Undine Clnb. „

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18-FIRST DAY’S RACES.

FIRST TRIAD II BAT FOB SINGLES.

David Roach — Waverly Boat Club. west.

l£ u HttrrJacber— Seawaiihaka Bout Club, ease,
ouch took a look at his oppoueut right away, and had an easy time
t, sculling without ollort iu that peculiar clean, snappy, beautiful
o’ of his, coming in winner easily in t0:Vq. Harrlacher, 11:22|.

SECOND TRIAL UBAT FOR SINOLES.

F Pleasonton— Quaker City, west.

Frank E. Yaies-C'hicago scullers, east,
leasouton showed improvements in style over last year, but there was
■peed which may bo because ho Is just off a sick bed; but ho has
Business with Yates at best. The latter gave an exhibition of good
lling and bad wsto by dropping buck and then rowing ahead, show-
Flip thut he was being played with, Yates, 11:45*; Pleasonton, 11:61.
he uoxt race was for the Double Sculls cuallenge prize. A hand-
le silver ice bowl.

Vesper Bout Club— west— Hurry M. McMillan, stroke; James B.
,8Nus-au Boat Club— centre— John A Walker, stroke; Frank G.

scollere-east-Wm. B. CiuUs, stroke; Frank E. Yates,
’he latter are holders of the Double Scull challenge prize of the Na-

tional Association, won at Trov last year. The Nassau crew wou tho
8ehuylkill prize* for doubles and pnlrs at the regatta of June last, while,
tho Vespers hud no record. Tho llrst named were the favorites by luug
odd- at the start, and no one was prepared for the scqncl.

At the send off, away went the N ns sails liku a rocket, at forty-four
strokes to tho minnto, and shnrod the falo of the stick. At a hundred
yards they led tho Vespers half a length and were clear of the Scullers;
but the ptco could'nt hold. At a furlong they hud dropped hack, Yules
and Curtis easily going across their bows to taken look at tho "now
men.’’ Much to their apparent astonishment the Philadelphian*
woiild’nt wait, aud It was only after a sharp struggle they could bo
cnuglit Down along tho Island the Vespers seemed to ho going hy, both
crows spurting and getting a little ragged under tho strain. When tho
lluo was crossed the judge decided that the Scullers were ahead a qnnr-
ter of a length, but it was touch aud go. Time— 9 mill. 31* sec , uud no
room to take second time.

The N assails, who had long been out of the race, puddled In some
dozen lengths behind. This race rovived Urn Interest, anil although tho
next was another foregone conclusion, tho favoritloa found themselves
In trouble before the red Hag of the judge had fallen.

rillST Till Al. HEAT FOR FOim-OAUED SHELL*.

1. Undlno Barge Club— west— colors, rod— A. 8. Robert*, Jr , bow;

P. M Houser, 2; I. N. Dellaven, 3; John R. linker, Jr., stroke.

2. Quaker City Barge Club -centre; colors, white— Sam Stinson, how;
C. R, Adams, 2; Frank Henderson. 3, John I) Mcllealh, stroke

1. College Boat Club— caul; colors, blue-K Townsend, bow, J. H.
Fell, 2: 8. Morrl*on, 8; W. II.Addick*, stroke.

AU three crows wero from local clubs, the Qunkcr* havlug the smno
crew that won in Baltimore on tho 8th. They got awny all well
together, but the College crew soon fell back. At the end of a couple of
hundred yards Addlcks slipped hi* seat off the rolls, and when they
slur led again it was in a hopeless stern cliasu. Tho Quakers thnn pro-
ceeded to -lay out" tho Utile Undlno crow, who averaged undor 185
pounds; but It was "easier said than done.” Tho Uudiues pulling in
excellent shape, their bow kooplng a perfect course, led awhile, fell buck
a little, and at tho Island crime ulniigsldc again III splendid style. The
work was telling fast on both crows; No. 3 of tho Undlno and No. 2 and
3 of the Quakers were breuking up badly. Hundcrsun being evidently
about done. MeBeuth, feeling that it would uever do lo have his eruw
scooped hy so small a team, crowded on steam, to which Ids waist men
barely responded; but it wa< enough to will uud over a length to spare.
Quaker City, 10:101; Undine, 10:I6J.

Then camo tho ovent of the day, ns well ns of the regatta, and a rnco
i Imt will not soon lm forgotten by either Ihe contestant* or spi-clailor*.

SECOND TRIAL MEAT FOR niflR-OAIIBD 8IIKI.L*

1. Wnverley Bout Club — West, color red— Hold. L. Lcffmnn, how; .
A. Cosier. 2; Henry M. Howell, 3; Win. K. Williamson, stroke.

2 Argonauta Rowing Association— Centre, color while— Ed. Smith,
bow. J. F. Ward. 2; B. Stephenson, 3; Fred. C Utdrcd, stroke

3. Seawnnhuka Bout CIuli- Kust, color J II. Johnson, bow; J.

Pilkington, 2, J. W. Maxwell, 3, W. II, Orr. stroke.

In the starting the Seawnnhuka’* how tried lo get away a trifle too
soon, aud whoa tho word “Go!" did conic tho other crows got off well
together, while lie was half through u stroke and the rest of Ids crew
were Just beginning. Report hnd apnkon highly of IhUcraw. hut thoy
did nulhing to wnrrant il. They started after their leaders, and fur eomo
time seemed like lo catch aud foul the Wnverley, but at tbo quarter wero
out of '.he race. The Argic*. as usual, rnnde a hard light foi n lead at
once, but thu Wovurley crew did not seem lo he at all worried, and held
level with 38 to 37, wldlu their Jersey friends were slushing away lit 40,
EUred seeming as if lie would pull the side out of Ids ImuL At Laurel
Hill the Waverleys were evidently a trifle behind, but ul the bend of the
island Williamson, whose tremendous reach accounted for his slower
stroke, flattened Ids buck n Ulfle more and forced Ills boat a fow feet
abend . The racing was now terrific, each crew doing all that Imuran en-
durance would bear, and seemingly without shrinking. Only a furlong
to go and the boats, llrst one and then tho oilier lending, und never by
more Ilian a couple of foot. Spurt upon spurt, the crew* bucking up
thu stroke oars to a man, when on the last Ilf ty yards the Argonauta
slipped a half louglll to tho front and won hy a second In 9:354; Wover-
ley, 9:36*. What a word is \f 1 If Coster, the No. 2 of the Wuverloy
hud not run lit* sent off in front on lliosu last fifty yards the result might
have been different, and tboio huvo been a second Boavurwjck affair.
This ended the Urst day of a more than successful rcgaltu, made memo
table by tbreo races of more lhau ordinary Interc*!.

THURSDAY, JUNE 17T1I— SECOND DAY’S RACE.

The second day was devoted to the final licuta for siugles aud fours,
and tho pair-oared race.

FINAL HEAT FOR StNOLK SCULL CHALI.BXOK PRIZE— BRONZE OLADIATOR

1. David Roach, cast. 2. Frank E. Yates, west.

This race was to start at four o’clock, but ow Ing to iho roughness of

the water the umpire postponed it until five. At that hour the water

had flattened enough to enable the boats to start Awny they went side
und side, and keenly eyeing one another they camo over the course
almost nbreast at Lnurel Hill, with Ynlos barely leading; at the Isluud
with the boats dead level. For Ilie finul spurt Yates' superior strength
gave him the race, which was another hardly-cuuleated aud well earned
victory. Yates, 12:021; Roach, 12:02|.

FAIR OARED RACK FOR CHALLENGE PLATE — A SILVER PITCHER.

1 Nassau Boat Club— West, red— Frauk G. Browu, stroke; Johu A-
W^vc°U? Boat Club— Centre, white— W. K. Williamson, stroke;

HaMArgonaiiU Rowing Association— Fust, bluo— Walter Muu, stroke;
W. M. Taylor, bow.

This race, which promised from tho entries to be very Interesting,

proved to be a chapter of accidents. Unrdly wero the boats off before
the Argonauta* stroke slipped hiB seut und elided their clmuco at once.
A claim was made by them that It was not a "fair start," but wus not
allowed by tho umpire, very properly loo, as "all bonis must abide by
their own accidents " The Nussuos *oon got a short lend. Tho Wuver-
ley boat lapped them half way, off Laurel Hill, when Wllliumsoc’a seut
hopped off, and the Nn»*uus were allowed lo go down the course with
no one to chase them. Time, 11:05*. Then camo tho llnal heat between
the four oared shells for the handsome punch bowl, held durlug the past

rear hy the Argouanin*.

1 Quaker City, west- S. Stinson, bow; C. It. Adams, 2; Frank Hen-
IcrVoii. 3; J l>. McBeath, stroke

2. Argonauta, east -Kd Smith, bow; J. F. \V urd, 2; B. Stephenson,
j; Fred. C. Eldred, stroke.

Tho Argonamas obtained a small lead, and, although well pushed,
maintained it to ihe finish. The rowing of the Quakers was a decided
impiovement over the previous day's work, but there Is no uniformity m
licir style They will bavo lo make a change iu tlm crew and row much
rn-tier before they can get away with such crews os tho Waverley and
Argonouia. About the middle of the Island McBeath hit It up, but Kl-
ired mot It with a spurt Hist wou by a little over a leuglh. Timo-Argo-
nauta 9 •121 Quaker City, 9:3. ». That ended tho most successful rc-
.„tt,i ever held on the Schuylkill, live of the eight races being won by
leads so short that the greatest difference of time w as but live second*,
».,d In three of them there wus not a half length’s difference at tho

Ftnl*h.

Lansinoburo, Juno 14th, 1875.

>r Forest and Stream:--

tc an interesting four-oared race look place at 6:30 P M. to-day
he Troy course, between thu R. P. R- A. crew from the Polytcch-
stltute of Troy, and the M. L. Filler, Jr., of this place; distance,
die* straight aw ay; time. M. L. F. 12:22; R. I\ R. A , 12:28; won
o lengths. Jadges— M. L. Fllloy and C. F. Carboual Referco—

. mho ; i.i.. - J . »»<i

—If there be corners in grain, corners in produce, cor-
ners in stocks, etc., why not a Koli-i nor iu diamonds?

I

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Ecck Femina: nr, Trip. Woman Zoe. G.

\V. Carleton & Co, New York
Many will remember the controversy which raged
some years since relative to the authorship of the
poem "Nothing 10 Wear." professed to have been
written by and credited to Wm Allen Butler. The
claimant In the above case. Miss Peck, recently died,
leaving n posthumns work, which has been published
with the title of "Ecc« Femina." That the book la
the production of a facile pen. none who read It win
deny, and if there Is a tincture of Trollope about it
in the clever satire upon church government, the plot
W none the less earnestly wrought and forcibly por-
trayed. The storv ia short, absorbing in Interest,
nml well worthy of perusal

A Mad Marriage. G. W. Carleton &

Co, New York.

As the authoress of a number of novels which have

• • • • 3 the current works of Action,

Agnes May Fleming, In her latest prodnctlon,
There Is a grow-

or lami"

OS C AHIll AG B.
Ju24 4\V

Patent applied for.

Built of cork, with a series of steps in a half circle
form, with a smooth concavo buck to lit the nip per-
fectly. Is covered In best quality nsset leather; se-
cured by belt and shoulder strap; easily carried, and
without being the least encumbrance The shells
stand nearly npright. rim dewn, which Insure* ft solid
load in every shell, thereby avoiding the bad tiring
which must happen to the very best shot* where the
shells are carried in any other Axed position, or pro-
miscuouely In pockets. These goods are made in the
best possible manner, and for style, durability and
convenience cannot be surpassed. No soorlsnian
owning a breech loading shot gun can call his OUtflt
complete without one Price $10. U 111 be sent by
mail securely packed, post paid on receipt of price, to
any address. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed, in or-
dering, be careful to state the slzo of your gun boro.
The trade supplied at a fair ratc_pr

Address B. II. BELLAMY,

jeio 660 Washington st., Boston, Musa.

FOR SALE IN NEW YORK BY EATON & CO.

HOLABIRDS

G & PISHING GARMENTS

H. L. DUNCKLEE’S

PATENT

CAMPING and MIN NIG

taken high rank among
Miss a.. —

has fully sustained her repntation
lug propensity on the part of English novel writers
to dash their works with a toupcon of American life,
indicative perhaps of the coming time when our own
writers may And at home that material for their works
which they now look for In Baronlul nails
or the Rotten Row As the hero in the present work
I* enticed into marriage by a graduate of a Bowery
concert saloon, we may accept it as a compliment, nut
the improbability of endian event is none ibe less
apparent. Tills book, while being highly interesting
ns « narrative, is full of those glaring inconsistencies
which mark the majority of sensational novels. Still,
in warm weather wo are not apt to consider there de-
fect#, and for a Summer day by the sea shore or under
the elms "A Mad Marriage" will be found quite snf-
Actently exciting.

A Woman in Armor. G. W. Carleton &
Co.. New York.

Miss Mary Hartwell rankes her debut In the work

which bears the above title, and as a Aral cesuy has

succeeded very well. Now this la a book of the
purely American type, romantic yet not picturesque.
The scene is laid in Boston, and, os might be expected,
the mantle of decorum covers all the characters, if we
except, perhaps, the heavy father of the plot, who
d its nothing worse than desert his wife and indulge
too freely In giu And yet there Is pathos In the
glory; poor little Geoigio and his tribulations will
bring the unbiddon tear, nud we are led lo ask if, after
all, the trne sentiment which appeals direct to the liem l
is not more satisfactory than the mock heroic which
puts a gilt edge to crime, and seeks to puss ns pure
metal that which when tested with the acid of truth
Is found to be the basest coin.

Wolf Ron; oh. Tiie Boys of tiib WildKK-
xess, Lee & Shepard, Boston; Lee, Shepard &
Dillingham, New York.

Notwithstanding Mr. Abbot and Mr Merry and the
Rollo books, we hold that the boys of the present day
are more fortunate than we of a former generation.
Snch a traveler ns Dn Chaillu, and such a wriier of
Action as Miss Louise Aleott, besides a host of others,
hnve not hesitated to writ; for their amusement and
Instruction. In the work under discussion the Rev.
Elijah Kellogg, already well known as the author of
several series of hoys' books, has forcibly portrayed
the trials and adventures of the early settlers of Penn-
sylvania. Don’t fancy, boys, that because this book
i* written by a clergyman that it Is all Sunday School
and goody goody talk. On the contrary, there is lots
of hunting in It, and Indian Aghts that will make you
feel for your scalp every minute, nud look under the
beds for Injuns.

Tiie Morals of Abou Ren Adhem. Lee
& Shepard, Boston; Lee, Shepard A Dllllnghum,

HURST’S

Stereoscopic Studies.

PATENTED JUNE 22, 1875.

Out-ide dimensions, packed, 12x12x20 Inches.

Weighing only 25 po nds, very durable, will cook
for ten persons, and Is especially adapted for ■ a aping
purposes. The ware consists of 8 qt- kettle, t> qt. tea
Kettle, 2 qt. Coffee Pot. Fry Pan, round lin l an. -
square Paus, Dipper, Grldtrsu, Teut Collar, 8 ft. run-
nel, and an oven that will roost 15 poands beef.

For Object Teaching in Schools,

PARLOR ENTERTAINMENT.

We are prepnred to furnish the Arst sixty numbers
of the Arst series of

To these will be Bdded a second series of foreign speci-
mens, arid various Animals nnd Birds in grotesque nt-
tiiudcB, never however violating their natural Instincts.

Dealers supplied at a liberal discount from there
rates. Back numbers and parts of sets always on hand.

These Stereoscopes are sold wholesale and retallby

FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO.,

P. O. box 2832

The ware is so constructed lhai it nest# and packs
In the oven, and the oven and fnnnel puck inside tne
stove, a* represented in cut 2, leaving room for puck-

ahalf a dozen Plates, Knives, Forks nud Spoons,
Drinking Cups. Price complete. $16.

SEND FUR CIRCULAR.

H. L. DUNCKLEE.

BOX 2710, BOSTON.

For sale at SPORTSMAN'S BMPOlUUM. lt'2 Nas-
sau street, New York City, and by R. II. KILBY, 34b
St. Paul st,, Montreal. *eW

The best, the cheapest , and most desirable

noons

Ever Offered to the AMATEUR SPORTSMAN.
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Empire Camp Lounge Co..

ALBANY, NEW YORK,

Sole proprietors for iheStatcof New York. All othei
parts of tho United States supplied by the U S
CAMP LOUNGE CO., Troy, New York, or Norwalk
Conn

Hovsc^Home
in Camp.

f3/~ Agents wauled in every town.

Manufacturers and Importers op

PATENT

SO Fulton St., N. Y.

N. B.--Sole manufacturers In this country of the
celebrated _ ,

Creen Heart Rods,

for Trout, Bass and Salmon.

' DPV1Y PAD PATH nfilTV

With cloth case, by express, $5. Add 85 cents for
postage when ordering by mail.

WHAT GEN. SHERIDAN SAYS OF IT.

Chicago, May 17th, 1875.

I have received and exomined the Camp Lounge,
and And It very convenient. It Is portable nnd valu-
able for hunting and Ashing purposes, furnishing a
complete bed on the bank of a si ream or under tho
shade of the trees. P. H. SHERIDAN,

Lieut. General U. S. A.

Valparaiso, Ind., April 18th, 1875.

Please acknowledge receipt of enclosed I money ■ or-
der. The Camp Lounge is 6. K. ^ 1 1 ji*o CA R I R I) ^
Manufacturer Hunting and ShootlDg Suits for Sports-

Camp Lounge received. I have set It on nnd tried
it. It works verv comfortably indeed. Hope to try
it In camp this Summer. B. F. BOWLES,

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SEND FOR CATALOGUE,

Ncw-York.

Mr D. R. Locke, or. ns he is more familiarly
known, Petroleum V. Nosby, Is tho author of this
Clever, satirical work. An Eastern sage takes his
abode In a quiet town In Jersey, and furnishes advice
gratis on politics, morality, and religion to nil comer*.

For the special convenience of parties wishing to
give our goods a trial, we append a list of a few
wholesale nnd retail dealers:—

A lien & Co., 43 Liberty St., N. Y.

Mooney & How, Utica. N Y’.

James II. Page, 31 nnd 33 Broad St., Boston.
George Fendnch, Vincennes, Ind.

John C. Partridge & Co., 57 Lake St., Chicago.
Lowentbal, Kaufman & Co., 150 and 161 State St.,

t*\Vest & Fritscher, 222 Douglass St., Omaha, Neb.
Boehm, Bendhelm & Co., 143 Bay St., Savannah, Ga.
Luchs & Bro , 5i5 7tli St., Washington, D. C.

D. LillienAeld & 13ro., Kalamazoo, Mich.

N. Kutzcnbucll, Terre Haute, Ind.

G. F. Thompson, cor. Jeff, and Woodward aves.,
Detroit. „

J. G. Holzwurth, 70 Summit St., Toledo. O.

D. L. Keller & Co., cor. 5th and Market Sts. , Phila.
Uler & Aldrich, Syracuse, N Y.

Supe & Ilademiicher, Bay City, Mich.

MAGAZINES.

The Fish-way is constructed in the bottom of a
desired width, by means of timbers
forming triangles, making a zig-zag course, ^breaking

It may be constructed on a
■ i. Its upper end ex-

. ... The water "flows with

uniform swiftness over a smooth bottom
'pools or eddies."

— ■- ■- a dam in tL

and for Its succcsful

The American Yacht Lift for 1875. L.
H. Biglow & Co., No. 13 William slreet. New York.
Mr Nells Olsen, from his official position as the stew-
ard of the New York Yacht Club, enjoys peculiar fa-
cilities for the preparation of a work of this kind.
We ore glad to see in the present Issue that care lias
been taken lo prevent some of the palpable errors
which have appeared In previous editions, nnd can
commend It to yachtsmen as a useful handbook and
necessary portion of the yacht's llbrory.

The Literary Gem is the title of a pleasant
monthly publication by Henry J. Allen, of School-
craft, Mich., which is devoted In some degree to
sports of the Aeld and stream. Price 59 cents u year.

Our Animal Friend* is the title of a new
Illustrated paper, e dited and published by Mr. Geo.
Will Johnson, and issued under the auspices of Mr.
Bergb and the Society for the Prevention of cruelty
U> Animals, It Is to be juvenile In It* character, and
devoted to the interests of dumb animals. The Aeld
U a large one, and the Inculcation of lessons of mercy
and the suppression of the cruel Instincts of our na-
tures most Important. As the twig Is bent, so the
tree Inclines; and if children can be taught not to
maim and torment, the tendency thus engrafted will
lead to the production of nature's higher fruits.

chute of any

the force of the 'water in Its 'descent, enabling uny
kind of Ash to ascend it.
rise or grade of one foot in ten. It# upper end ex-
tends into the pool of a dam. The water "Aows with
r - " It does

not form tiny
This Fish-v.

River near Schenecndy, N. Y’,. — ... ...

working see the Report of the New York Commission
ere of fisheries for 1874

may 0- ly JAB, BREWER. Muncy, Pa.

THE ONLY COMPLETE AND RELIABLE GUIDE
to the delightful

Hunting and Fishing Grounds of the

GREAT NEW YORK WILDERNESS.

NEWLY REVISED EDITION.

Handsome 12tno., llexlble covers, red nnd gold,
maps. &c. Beautifully Illustrated. Nearly 800 pp
Price $2 00. May be obtained of any bookseller, or
will be mailed post paid on receipt of price, by

WAVERLY PUB. UO., Syracuse, N. Y.

Geo. Soyer & Co., East Saginaw, Mich.
Baos & Bartsch, Madison, Wis.

Jacob Krohn, Freeport, 111.

pSr* Pope’s Rifle

AIR PISTOL,

TAXIDERMIST’S MANUAL, ft com-
plete, practical guide to collecting, preparing,
preserving aud mounting animals, birds, reptiles, in-
sects, &c. Illustrated, 50 cents. Hunters' and Trup-
pcrs'Gulde, 20 cents; Dog Training, 25 cent#; BJ’s
tom of Improving Speed of Horses, 60 cents, ta
booksellers or by mull. „ „

JESSE HANEY & CO., 110 Nassau street. N. *

V JL Shoots Darts or Sings

Perfectly Accurate at Thirty Feet,
AND IMPROVES BY USE.

AO NOISE, AS TIIE FORCE IS AIK ALONE
Splendid P' pIop Amusement.
Recommended hy General Sherman,
One may become a deud shot by
To a Sportsman It Is Invaluable.

Darts, Slogs, ~

nlckle plated. I j. - - . „ - - -

For sale by gun dealers generally, or sent by mall on
receipt of price. Postage 35 ci* I’OI’E BRO'S,
Manufacturers. 15 High Street. Boston. Muss

radioing with IP

... Price, including

Tor .Is and Gnnstock, $5. Handsomely
Self adjusting Bell Target.

Peerless Tobacco Works, Rochester, N. Y
SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

WINE MERCHANT,

553 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.,

ESTABLISHED IN 1845,

Continue* to supply yachts and families with . t
choicest Wine* and Liquor*,

POPE llllO'*,

Fur sale.— a splendid breech

Loading. Express KlAe, made by E. M. Kelly &
Co.. London; cost 80 guineas, gold ; u now offered at
$123; sold for want of ase. Address U. SMITH, at
thU.offlce, Jtt24

TJAOR SALE.— A SECOND HAND WES

Jj LEY RICHARDS Breech Loallog Shot Gun;
A I quoit, ; ha# beuo used but venr llp.lc: good a#
new . a bargain. Can be seen at E. 8. IlarrirSporta-
mna's Warehouse, 177 Broadway, N, Y, 4t

FOREST AND STREAM

310

SCOVILL’S

Blooda4iver$yrup

All cutaneous eruptions on tho face or body Indicate

An Irnpuro Condition of the Blood,

and this may or may not be SCROFULA*. but In
cither case ie nothing more than an inaldiouB poison,

that BURNS LIKE A TERHIBLE FIRE

as It courses through the vieue, sowing seeds of death

W1In tbis^ndRlon of things something Is needed at

ONOE TO CLEANSE THE BLOOD; and

Scovill's Blood and Liver Syrup

leavlug the skin

SOFT, FAIR AND BEAUTIFUL.

Hundreds of ccrtlilcatcs attest Its value. Price $1 a
b°tU>i' FOR 8»LE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

Dr. Rogers’s

VEGETABLE WORM SYRUP

A brave man may puffer pain, when Inflicted upon
hlniBelf, heroically; hut ho

Cannot seehisChildSuffer.

There Is no other malady Incident to childhood that
Is nccompunled with more Indescribable wretched-
ness to the little sufferers than that

Produced by Worms;

and when the parent fully comprehends the situation
he will not delay a moment In securing the most
prompt and efficient remedies to insure the expulsion
of the Intruders. The remedy may be found in
Dr. Roger’s Vegetable Worm Syrup.
Please bear in mind that

ROGERS’ WORM SYRUP is tho reliable prepara-
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ROGERS’ WORM SYRUP Is a pa.atablo prepara-

ROGER9’ WORM SYRUP is liked by children.
ROGERS’ WORM SYRUP positively destroys
worms. . „

ROGERS’ WORM SY'RUP leaves no bad effects.
ROGERS’ WORM SYRUP is highly recommended
by physicians, and is unquestionably the best WORM
MEDICINE IN THE WORLD.

Price 25 cents. For sale by all druggists.

4# iscelhtfeaus .

Tourists' and Sportsmen’s Route.

THEERIElAILWAY.

The route of the erie railway

Is peculiarly rich in the variety and extent of Its
scenery, aud while the tourist has alternating glimpses
of the beauty of rivers, gaps and mountains, the
sportsman has within easy reach many localities that
afford him every facility for the enjoyment of the
sports of the field and stream. We enumerate a few
of the pleasure resorts which crowd the line of the

Butiicrfurd Park 9* miles from New York. Fino

hotels and boating pastimes on the Passaic.
Clifton.— 13* miles from the city, overlooking the
picturesque Lake Dundee.

Lake Mohonlt. — A beautiful body of water 1,200 feet
above the Hudson— splendid hotel accominodBtloua.
Orange Lake.— Six miles West of Newburgh, and
noted for ils fishing attractions.

.Milford, Pa.— About eight miles from Port Jervis.
Is noted for its trout fishing, woodcock shooting aud
superior hotels.

Avon Springs.— Celcbruted for 20 years as a resort for
Invalids, the waters possessing many valuable heal-
ing qualities.

Watkins Glen. -This beautiful gorge is distant 294
miles from New York, via Erie Roud to Elmira. Its
wild and picturesque attractions are second only In
reputation to those of Niagara.

Chautauqua Lake.— 18 miles long, 3 miles wide; said
to be the highest navigable water on tho American
continent, being 730 feet above Lake Eric arid 1,290
feet higher than the Atlantic Ocean.

Niagara Falls.— This great cataract is reached by tho
direct line of the Erie Railway.

There ure along the line of the road no less than
Ten Large Lakes. Abounding with Fish,
and affordlug most delightful sport for black bass and
pickerel. Their names are— Lakes Greenwood, Orange,
Mohonk, White, Otsego, Cayuga, Seneca, Keuka, Sil-
ver and Chautauqua.

The following schedule will afford a partial guide to
the numerous fishing localities reached by this road:

JgjifcfUutteous

THE

POWDER

HENRY’S
Carbolic Salve.

FOR SALE BY ALL DRUO GISTS.
The wonderful celerity with which this
combination of Carbolic Acid with other
soothing and Curative Emollients acts,
is something akin to the marvelous.

It is with pride that the proprietors call
attention to the gratifying fact that

Physicians give it tlie liigrli-
est meed of praise,

and use it amd prescribe it in their practice.

New York, Dec. 22, 1869.

John F. Henry, Esq.:

Your Carbolic Salve proves an excellent article,
and I thank you for it. This Is another evidence of the
great value of the discovery of Carbolic Acid. Yours
truly, Geo. B. Lincolm,

Pres’t Board of Health.

Price 25 cents per box.

HAZARD POWDER CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

UNPOWDER.

Hazard's ‘'Electric" Powder.

Nos. 1 (fine) to 5 (coarse). Unsurpassed In point of
strength ami cleanliness. Packed in squaro canis-
ters of 1 lb. only.

Hazard's “American Sporting."

Nos. 1 (fino 'o 4 (coarse), lu 1 lh. canisters and 8} lb.
kegs. A fine grain, quick and clean, for upland and
prairie shooting. Well adapted to short gnu*.

Hazard* “Duck Shooting.”

Nos. ! (line) to 5 (coarse). In 1 and 5 lb. canisters
and 6* and 12* lb. kegs. Burns ulowly and very
clean, shooting remarkably close and with gnat
iieiietrahon. For field, forest and water shooting
it ranks any other brand, and it la equally servicea-
ble for muzzle or breech loader.

Hazard's ‘‘Kentucky Rifle.”

FFFG, FFG, and ‘ Sea Shooting” FG, In kegs of 25,
12*. and 6* lbs. and cans of 5 lbs. FFFG is also
packed In 1 and * lb. canisters. Burns strung and
moUt. The FFFQ and FFG arc favorite brands
for ordinary sporting, aud the "Sea Shooting" FO
is tho standard Rifle powder of the country.

SUPERIOR MINING AND BLASTING POWDER.

GOVERNMENT CANNON AND MUSKET POW-
DER; ALSO SPECIAL GRADES fOIt EXPORT,
OK ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF MAN-
UFACTURED TO ORDER.

The above can be had of dealers, or of the Compa-
ny's agents in overy prominent city, or wholesale at
our office,

88 Wall Street, New York

Trout Fishing’:

At or near Southfields, 42 miles from New York.
“ Oxford, 52 “ “ “ “

“ Middletown, 67 “ “ “ "

“ Otlaville. 76 " “ “ "

“ Port Jervis, 88 “ “ “ “

“ Montlcello, 112 “ “ " “

“ Milford, 96 “ “ " “

Black Bass and Pickerel.

At or near Sloatsburg, 36 miles from New York.

including Lakes Truxedo, Putague and Cedar Pond.
At or near Monroe. 50 miles from Ne.v York.
Including Round, Long, Mombasha and Cromwell’s
Ponds. ,

At or near Florida, 64 miles fron New York.

The famed Mirror Lake, is distant 1 mile.

At or near Otisville, 76 miles from New York
‘ “ Guymard, SO

’ “ Port Jervis, 88

• •* Montlcello, 112

‘ “ Cen. Valley. 48

‘ “ SenecaLake, 29 1 .

Tickets for sale at the General Offices of the Erie
Railway Company, 124 Washington street Boston: 241,
401, 529, or 95< Broadway, New Y'ork; and 732 Chest-
nut street, Philadelphia. Express trains leave New
York from depot foot of Chambers street at 9 A. 31.,
10:45 A.M., aud 7 P.M.

JNO N. ABBOTT.

my20 General Passcnfier Agent.

REV. H. B. LOCKWOOD'S

Catarrh Cure !

The Best Remedy Known, and Endorsed by all the
Principal Physicians of the Country.

Rev. R. B Lockwood's Nasal Douche will be
round valuable In obstinate chronic cases.

Rev. It. B. Lockwood’s Liver and Stomach Pills
idyspepsla, receive the endorsement of thousands.
Price 50 cents each.

JOHN F. HENRY, CURRAN A CO., Proprietors,
8 and 9 College Place, New Y'ork.

"HENRY’S

SEWING MACHINE OIL

A PURE OIL that does not gum up and has the
endorsement of the principal Sewing Machine Com-
panies. „

Price 25 Cents per Bottle.

Fishing and Hunting

Beadthc Following Tor tlie

Best Fishing and Hunting
RESORTS.

On Conway Division, Eastern It. R., Brook Trout.
Trains leave Boston 8:00 A M . tlDd 2:15 P. M.
Umbagog lakes, via Gr. Tr’k to Bethel, Me. I jjrook
Upper waters of Penobscot. j Trout.

Sebec Lake. L ^ A locked Salmon.

Grand Lake 8tream. \

New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova
Scotia, Salmon, bea Trout, and Brook Trout
Train* leave Boston 8:30 A. M. and 8:00 P. M.
Bangley lakes, via Farmington, Mo., Largo Brook
Trout.

Moosehead Lake, via Dexter, 3Ie., Lnke and Brook
Trout. ,

Trains leave Boston 8:30 A. SI.

Pullman cars on night trains. .„v.n

Good hunting, large and small game In all the above
localities in their season.

For maps, fare, tables, Ac., address or call at 134
Washington street, Boston, Mass.

Eastern and Maine Gentral R.R.Line.

MOTT’S LIVER PILLS

It Is easy enough to make a pill, but to make a
good pill, ail that’s the difficulty. There are cheap,
harsh, drastic pills, that are of even less benefit than
a dose of saltH. But u good medicine, like Dr. Mott s
Liver Pills, which penetrates to the seat of disease, Is
a desideratum Indeed. Will positively cure all dls-
Sold everywhere. Price 25 cents

eases of the Liver,
per box.

Green’s Oxygenated Bitters.

At certain periods of life a tonic Is a necessity; bnt
there Is danger In using stimulants that Injure tho or-
gan* of digestion while giving temporary relief. To
obviate this and present to tho public a tonic free
from Alcoholic Poison, Dr. Green prepared the Oxy-
genated Bitters, a suro euro for dyspepsia and all kin-
dred complaints. Sold everywhere. Price $1 per
bottle.

Packer’s All-Healine Tar Soap.

It cures all kinds of Skin Diseases with a most won-
derful certainty; It promotes cleanliness, personal
purity und general health: It is a preventive of many
alntU of disease, and It is au absolute necessity In
the nursery, Prioe 25 cents.

Geo F. Fibi.ii,
Qen’l Pass. Agent.
je!7-3m

Cuas. F. IUTcn,
Geu’l Manager.

Reduction in Price.

J. & W. TOLLEY’S

CELEBRATED

BREECH LOADING GUNS,

Manufactory, Pioneer Works. Birmingham, Eng.

_ , j. . These guns arc bnilt with evi -y

improvement for American sport,
’"iJTSxL and are the cheapest guns of

These guns arc bnilt with evi rj
a

Ji

x

?Tiey are made in six qualities,

— gnr

guaranteed quality and shooting
overs sold In the United States

each gun being branded with one
of the under mentioned names,
which denotes its quality:

80S Gold.

90
115
MO
1 HO
225

^Sjisccllaueoaa.

Pioneer, - -
Tolley, ....

Standard, . - •

National, - - •

Challenge, - -
Paragon, - - -
Any one of the above may bo
selected with confidence, as no
gun bears our name which we cannot thoroughly guar-
antee In every respect „ .

Send for reduced Illustrated descriptive pricelist.

BRANCH HOUSE, 20 Maiden Lnne,

Corner Nassau street. New Y'ork.

Waterproof,

Mildew-proof,

AND

Moth-proof

GARMENTS

Frederick Brown

(Established 1822)

IMPORTING, UCMICT

MANUFACTURING V/ I 6 C, I f 8 I O I 1
A DISPENSING ■ i

^ E. Corner Fifth and Chestnut Streets
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

SOLE PROPRIETOR AND MANUFACTURED
OF

(ESSENCE JAMAICA GINGER.
CHOLERA MIXTURE.

PRESERVED TARAXACUM JUICE.
MUTTER’S COUGH SYRUP.

BITTER WINE OF IRON.

COOPER’S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS.

^ (CHAPMAN'S ANTIDYSPEPTIC PILLS

OjWISTAR’S COUGH LOZENGES, (frort

I original prescription,)

£ / MRS. HARVEY'S COUGH SYRUP,
jya | DENTIFRICE, In Bottles.

1 DENTIFRICE, In Tin Canisters, suitable for
\ Travelers.

\ARABIAN RACAHOUT i Inconvenient bottIA

ACENT FOR

E. DEJARDIN'S SYRUP RED ORANGE,

OF MALTA.

Nono Genuine without my name as Agent on tho Label,.

CORRESPONDENTS.

SAVORY 4 MOORE,

143 New Bond Street, W.

S. MAW, SON L THOMPSON, LONDON*

12 Aldersgate St., E. C.

F. NEWBERY h SONS,

37 Newgate St., E. C.

G. VOSS, HAMBURG, . 21 Johannls Strasse.

E. d£)ARDIN, PARIS, 2 Avenuo de I'Opera.

The attention of Druggists and the Trade generally, Is called
to tho Price List of

ENGLISH 4, FRENCH
MEDICINES A. PHARMACEUTICAL
PREPARATIONS,

Which will be mailed on application.

NICKEL SILVER A1-

FISHING,

AN D

TRAVELING,

OF

DHAB D«. CH, t.OHIH HOY.

FUSTIAN, RKPELLANT,

BLUE I1EAVEK mid FRIEZE.

Wading Boots, Fishing Stockings, Rub-
ber Clothing, Ac.

Game Ventilating Pocket*.

Din titrated Price List and Samples free.

The most complete list ever published. Send for It.

GEO. C. HENNING,

410 Seventh Street,

WASHINGTON, D. C.

Apr 29 ly

AND

FINE WHITE MLTAL.

ELECTRO-PLATED

TABLE W ARE

AND

Ornamental Art Work in Great Yoriety

MANUFACTURED BY THE

MERIDEN BRITANNIA COMPANY.!

IVo. 550 Broadway, TV • Y.

The best Plated SPOONS and FORKS "re those
SILVER-PLATED HEAVIEST on tho parts » 11E Kb
NECESSARILY THE HARSHEST WEAR comes,
und bearing tho Trade Mark,

1 H 17 , ROGERS BROS,. XII.

N B —Tills great improvement in Silver-plated
Simons and Forks Is applied alike to each grade of
IFbTaL 8 and 12 oz.. as ordered. The process and

machinery for manufacturing these goods arc pat-
ented Ae Extra or "Standard Plate^ mado by this
company Is stamped At simply, and is plated 2® Pir
cent heavier thou tho ordinary market standard.
tny27-4t

DR. FOWLER’S

PATENT

hard rubber reel.

The Cem— Improved.

This beautiful Reel has now been before the pub-
lie two years, and all who have used it «i>eak loud In
its praise. ^ ^ BKgN IMPR0VEDi

and all the Reds made this year will pass through tho
hands of the Inventor, and noue allowed to go out,
except those that are perfect.

For sale bv oil first-class Jobbers and the trade gen-

-ST A; “■ '""iwsnrv.

Kay Shot Concentrating Cartridge.

No crcnscrs, turners, or topwads required. Loads
in half the time nsnnlly required. Fifty percent,
better distribution anil greater penetration secured.
Send to your gun dealer for sample. Ji^-ly

Estnblislied 1 8-443.

Breccli and Muzzle Loading

■■■ d;,

m s,

Sportsmens Apparatus ,

AMMUNITION ,
Materials for Gun-Makers, &c.,
Wholesale and Retail. Guns made to order, or re-
paired in the best manner.

ALEXANDER McCOMAS,

jo 18 No. M South Calvert st.. Baltimore

THE CELEURATED

Sporting anti Blasting Powder,

MANUFACTUIIED BY

CARL DITMAR,

UNDER HIS OWN PATENT, can now lie had reg-
ularly and in any qoantliy. See Circulars for full tes-
timonials ns to ft* superiority over other makes.

The new patent Sporting Powder does not soil tho

1 IID lien l/avvn. - - , # i.

con; donna It. when you u*o ono cliurge or It, niter
many with tilnck powder: no smoke— little recoil— no
loud report— high velocity. The best ever made In

this line; not to be confounded with Schultz or En-
glish Wood Powder, or Sawdust P owder, us It Is su
perlor to each. . .

Ready Made Ammunition

For Sporting and Target Rifles, always on bond.
Send for full instruction, and If sample desired,
state If for rifle or shot gun, as each kind Is made.

Works at Nepousct. Add™.. ^B.SWr,
Care of CUAS. L. ANDREWS. 50 Kilby st.. Boston.
Mass. -

Colvin's Topographical Survey

OF THE

With II lustrations.

PRICE $3.60-

Fon Sale by

WEED.P ARSONS & Co.,

Albany, IN. Y.

Sent prepaid on receipt of prioe. “J13 A

320

FOREST AND [STREAM

fiat els mid charts for§port$mtu.

blue: fish.

KINSEY'S ASHLEY HOUSE. BAR

NEGAT INLET. Don1] forget Blue fishing com-
niciKAS About Mav 20th. Addreiu" •!. \\ . KINSKY,
WtveKmn. Ocean coonly, N. J.. for information, eu-
gaging yin lii*. Ac. J0’*1'

Lukr C’oiirhiclilnif Hotel* Canada.

Tin* charming and picturesque first-class Summer
Re-4.ri will Iw opened fur llie season on 7th of June,
ami will remain awn until October. The fjM.rtlng in
the immediate neighborhood Is exceptionally excel-
lent, the Hotel being within rearlv access to the Mus-
koka Lakes, Sparrow Lake, and Trading Luke, where
Salmon Trout, lllaek Bass, Speckled Trout, etc.,
abound in original plenty. Yachting, Boaliuc, Butli-
Ing, Bowling Alievs, Billiard Booms, etc., provide for
the uinusement of guests. Mull and telegraph offices
In the hou -e. Bales exceedingly moderate For cir-
culars containing term*, etc., apply to the office of
Forest and Strewn, or JOHN K. FOREMAN.

Box 8M5. 1*. O Toronto, or to
TIIOMAS SCULLY. Manager.
myj.1 Couchlchlng, Ontario.

Rossin House, Toronto, Canada.
SHEARS & SON, Proprietor*.

This boose is a favorite resort for gentlemen *port*-
men from all parts of the United States and Canada.

CroBBnion IIoune,

ALEXANDRIA BAY. Jeff. Co , N. Y. C. CROSS-
MON A SON. Proprietors.

THIS Houso, recently rebuilt and elegant-

ly furnished, is now open for visitor*. It is loca-
ted In one of the iuo-t delightful places In the Thou-
sand Island region, commanding nn extensive view of
the St Law retie.- nod the Islands slid oiler* every facll
tty for the comfort and enjoyment of guest* Outfit*
for boating, Hunting and Fi shin* Parties. Steamers
fur the hay connect at Clayton with the Utica and
Black River Railroad, and at Cnpe Vincent with the
Runic. Wuiertown mid Ogdensliiirg Railroad. f.m

Twin lakes Trout Farm.

1YOAKD FOB gentlemen only—

) Sportsmen. Artists. Anglers, Ac. Splendid
scenery and drives. Fine boating, trout, pickerel,
and bass fishing and wooilcoek shooting. Also les-
sons in oil and water color jmintlng, drawing and
etching, if desired. Address J. IVES I*KASJ£,orE
SHERMAN PEA SR, C. O, box fiO Canaan, Cdtin.

N. U.— Cotuige building site* overlooking ihc lakes
for sale cheap; also one for a hotel. AprH-lf

ATH HOT EL. BATH, L. I — O N E
HOUR FROM TIIE CITY.— The subscriber
having leased the above huiel for a term of years, is
determined by sparing no pains to make this resort
second to mme in the vicinity of New York slid
Brooklyn. First class tnble and low prices. Now
ready for the reception of guests.
jci7tOeli C\A . BUNTING _

UNION DEPOT HOTEL, Canaan, Conn.

G. II. CORBIN, Proprietor. New. clean rooms
&ud beds, Orsl-clasH table, Ac. Fishing, shooting,
and plra-mit drives near by. April tiui

>OAKI) NEAR TWIN LAKES. FOUR

y hours from New York via Harlem Its tiro. -id A
desirable locatiuu for sportsmen. artists, anil sll those
wanting a pleasant home. Address F. K. COOPER,
Locust Hill Farm. Ashley Falls, Berkshire county,
Mo»* Mnr 24 i.m

TADOUSAC H0TEL--SEA BATHING.

Hit Fit 8AGIKYAY. CAYADA.

THE FROURIKTOK GUARANTEES TO SECURE

SaTnonand Trout Fishing

FOR His QUESTS

Apply to the proprietor, WILLI-v 111 sSRI.I.,

St. Lonls Hotel, Qnc-bcc.
Or lo Messrs. ABBEY A IMBKIK.

my27-lm IS Malden lane, New York.

A Fishing Camp

TFAS BEEN ESTABLISHED ON ONE

_L _1_ of the best Trout Stream* in the mountain* of
Pennsylvania A good tnnii is in charge, with large
tent, estnp col*, cooking stove, and the nece-sary out-
fit, Vie uncle* will exist aft. r .inns 15th. and gentle-
men who d. etc lo avail themselves of the privileges
of II.I- Campc.in register their nnm.-s with EATON &
CO . Sportsman'- kniporiiiui, 1IC Nassau rtreet, New
York, or with \VM. C II A ItRIS, Forest and Strearu
olll or. As only -lx or eight person* can lie accommo-
dated at or.e nine, applicants must take their turn.
The railroad fare In $5 lo the station nearest the
camp; carriage lo the stream, about The expense
in emuo. $2.50 per day, including provision*, cook,
nod guide A tramp of five m'le* through the wood*
1- necessary. The Camp is distant from Now York
ahont twelve hoot*.

THE WIUEWEMOC CLUB.

A FEW SHARES IN THIS CLUB

belonging to a member now residing perma-
nently lu Europe, are offered for sale to persons ac-
ceptable to (he other members. The membership Is
limited to twenty, and the club awn Lake Wlllewemoc,
with adjoining land, furnished house, bam, lcc house,
etc.; ul-o lea-e of Balsam and Thomas Lukes and of
fonr miles of the Wlllewemoc stream.

For particulars apply to J. S. VAN CLEEF, Presi-
dent, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

For general Information refer to CHARLES IIAL-
LOCK. Editor Fotv-t and Stream.

T WANT TO RENT A COMFORTA-

_L ble Uonse. with from ten to twenty acres of laud
adjoining, within forty miles of this city. Address
Forest and Stream Mince, New York. ni'27lf

Northern&British Colonies

IN SOUTHSIDK VIRGINIA.

Cbean Lands. Fine Climate, Splendid
Sport, Good Society, School*
and Clinrcl'.es Everywhere.
PROTECTION FROM LAND SHARKS.

t3T~ Addre-s Secretary Southslde Immigration So-
ciety, Pannvilic, Prince Kdwurd Co., Va. mySO 3m

Tlie

Loader, Crimper and Cap Expeller.

ALL DEVICES NECESSARY FOR

loading or reloading shell* of two calibres
combined in one instrument. Avoids the necessity
of cutting or shortening the shell for light loads;
needs no wooden table or bench to fasten it lo while
In use. Can Ik; taken to pieces by removing one
►crew with a Jack knife, and stow* m a ouii case.
Malleable castin.s. nickel plate finish, Complete lor
two gauges. Price $10, boxed -
, , 'vaLTON * •'O .W Liberty .treet.
Jel7-6m

rJTlie MoHt Approved SSystom

. OF

Breech Loading, Sporting

And Military | Xliflos.

For Simplicity of Construction.

ACCURACY ,

Penetration, Durability) Safety, Ease of Manipulation.

Materials and Workmanship, they are Unsurpassed.

REVOLVERS OF VARIOUS SIZES,

DESIRABLE IX ALL RESPECTS.

Send tor Circulare.

Whitney Arms Comp.,

WhllneyvIUe, near Yew Haven. Conn., II. t». A.

MISFIT CARPETS.

OOI) SECOND HAND AND MISFIT ENGLISH BRUSSELS, THREE-PLY AND

V_T INGRAIN CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, &C„ VERY CHEAP, AT THE OLD PLACE,

Sent to any part of the United State* free of charge. 1 12 Fulton *lrevl. New YorK.'J

Mnnuraoturcd by

Chas.F. Orvis

RodsandReels,

Manchester, Vermont.

Prices mxderate. Send for descriptive list. Mention FonEST and Stream.

Hegemans Patent Portable Folding Boat.

For use as LIFE-BOATS,
LIGHTERS, Dingies, Do-
rys, on board Steamers,
Yachts and other Vessels.

These safe and perfectly port-'
able boat* will admit of the
roughest usage. A very light
strong and durable frame ol
ash or other lough wood, with
canvas cover, and can be folded
lu onr-tighth rpact, for trans-
vortation n d carried in a

Above euia aiiuw ibr Uuui folded ,

Also for Sportsmen, Tour-
ists, Trappers, Exploring
Expeditions, Parties camp-
ing Out, &c. &c.

Ilglit buggy wagon, borae-
batk, or by single person,
and cun be unfolded reudy
for use, lu three minutes'
time. Boats neatly foded,
packed and shipped by ex-
ud unfolded. presB anywhere, same rale
of freight os oilier goods.

JOIIY liKGE.M AY. Baiiston Spa, SurulogaCo. N. Y'

- y/y ?i r// . / /?///' / r / ;v/// .

’Mrun z/:/r\ ,v / ixrr-iCTriH/t.s 'tr

illililnnj (TIuMtiifiil. t'Kiurrli ,v‘. .Stnirtu ^ptuTs,

Xo.lt/ Mans#* r.t.ve, — XciU i 1 0 r U

Rtm iiuj Sails A.SpeciaKv

The Sportsman’s Warehouse.

EDWIN S. HARRIS,

Late COOPER, HARRIS & HODGKINS,

No. 177 Broadway, N e w York.

WHOLESALE AND RET A LL

BREECH LOADING

GUNS

AND

Implements,

Cartridges,

Hi

Pin

til

(S,

[IS

10

l>otli Brass

OP ALL

Kinds,
and Paper

COATH 4 YD 1IELTH, FI, \Mi

ALSO. GI Y MM KRItl.soK ALL KIYOB. C WITH HIGH VEK. *•

rOK'IIKK \ Ml VMUlM liON OF \IX KIMK |'\ Kit \ |||| \i; |\ \i\ I l\F Fill!

1IOTII IIOMK A.M> FXPOHT THAOK, AT MIWENT CA8II TIIADK I’filCBH.

TIAVE LARGE STOCK OF MUZZLE LOADING OUNS «f- RIFLES VERY CUE A.

THE AMERICAN

1 ' ft

0 0

W. MERIDEN, CONN.

Special Ht tt'ii t Ion I* given to first e!n*m work. Extra
■ketches and DOG PORTRAITS cut to order, by
sending photograph*. JACOB GLAHN, Maungi.r,
Formerly Hupt. of Parker Brou, Eugraylng and Uni*.

BK-uUd ltepurtfoeut.

ma>

Fob II

CIIAS. GREEN,

Manufacturer of

Brcccli Loading Shot Guns.

The strongest and most durable snap action made.
Shooting qualities fliet'Clas*

MUZZLE LOADERS CONVERTED TO BREECH
LOADERS.

Hame action a* new gun*. Send for circular and
price Mat, No. 9 We*t Main street, Rochester, N. Y.
Apr 8-6m

£}ior/sincn's $ (tori'!.

JOHN RIGBY & CO.,

INVENTORS AND M ANUFACTUREn* OV TIIK PINkHT '

Breech Loadin gShotGuns

Double and Single Express Rifles.

Long Range Match Rifles, dtc

81 SUFFOLK STRBBT, DUBLIY,

AND

72 ST. JAMES STREET, LOYDOY.

Breech Loaders

Wiiiiiops of tlio “Tui’f. Fi«>ltl
nml Farm” Giux Ti*Ii«In.

(Sty Issue October 8d, 1873.)

In which competition the committee* have awarded
our gun*. First and Second fur POINTS OF MERIT
OK ACTION, MATERIALS, PROPORTION, AND
SHOOTING QUALITIES combined, in all the four
classes,

THE PREMIER GUN.

W. A V. SCOTT A SOY call alienllon to tliolr
very FINES']’ weapon, combining all their recent Im-
provements, marked on the till netwi en (heir name
and London address the brand — “TII w PREMIER
QUALITY.''

Medium and fine gun* bear full name and address,
and plain guns full name and "Loudon" only.

Each gun Is numbered and the uctlous are slumped
with name and trade mark.

\\. A C. SCOTT A SOY. foie makers of tho
Pate nt Top Lever, solid. Double Locking Boll llrcech
Loader, hearing the full Xiunie of the firm. SV. A ('.
SCOTT A SON caution spun mien against imitnlinns
of their patent and inline, Giiiih hearing the name
abbreviated, or with different Initial*, are not genuine.

TR I \ L OF MOTT A u R EHYBR'H V K \V S\ STEM
OF UOItlYG. II V TIIE EDITOR OF
••TUB FIELO,” LOYOOY.

(See 7ht EMd, January 30th, 1875.)

“From a rompnrison of the two tables It will he
seen that with Walker’* allot, Messrs. Scott's guns
showed a inaittd ru/iti loi \ty over Mr. Greener’*,
both In average and in the liigliesl score made. In-
deed, with llie left barrel, lu his llilrd shot, Mr. Scott
got a selected group pattern of 239 and a jitnrlrutlim
of 37, equalling the highest pattern innde by Mr
Greener, and exceeding the penetration of that par-
ticular shot by eight sheets."

London Office:

IO Great Cn.lle St., negeut Circus, near Lang-
hnin Hotel.

Chief address:

Manufactory Premier Gun Works,

Lancaster Street, Birmingham.

WHOLESALE.

Aprl-Cm

Clark’ Ac Siioidor.

MA.NUFAt'TURKRS OK TIIE

SN10I 1>KR

PATENT BItEECII-LOADING SHOT GUN.
ALTERING

Muzzlo-Louillng’ Giiiih te Breech-Loading

A SPECIALTY
WRITE FOR PARTICULARS.

U14 W. Pratt „Bnlt imore.

SPORTSMENS’ DEPOT.

JOHN K RIDER,

Corner Serum! and Walnut S|*., Philadelphia.
IMPORTER, MANUFACTURER and DEALER IN
Guns, Rifles, Pistols, and Fishing Tackle.
Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech
Loaders.

REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
nu* conmantly on hand a full ussortiiieut of Rod*.
Hooks, Lilies, Bails, Reel*, Fly Book*, Salmon Files,
Waterproof Silk Lines, Silk and Hair TrontLinea. Ac.
Perch Snoods, China Had Grass Lines. Also, a largo
lot of Cane Iteeil*, Bamboo and Japan.

Birds’ Eggs and Birds’ Skins in great vorictlo*.—
Taxidermy in all it* brunches.

SPRATT’S PATENT 1)00 BISCUITS. «-ly

Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul Railway

Traverses a finer country, afford* view* of grander
scenery, and passes through more business centres
and pleasure resorts (hull any uther Northwestern
line. Its forest*, pr.ll lies, lakes and stream*, abound-
ing with game, present unequaled aitriictions to llie
votaries of Nimrod and Walton. It is the only rail-
way route along the vulloy of the Upper Mississippi-
It i* also the shortest u* well a* best route heiweeu
the great metropolitan centres of the Northwest—

ClilcugO, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Minneapolis
Track and equipment uiicquulcd, and Its train* of
palace-cuaclien uiul sleeping ears run through wllhout
change,

Yew York Office, 3Ifl llrondwny.

Chicago Oepot, cor. Cnnnl A II. Madison
Cliy Offices, m and 03 Clark Bt, AprjH Om

Henry C. Sfiuires,

NO. 1 COUIITLANDT STREET, NEW YORK.
Agent for IIULABIRD’S SUITS, lo whom all New
York order* tthould he addressed.

Apr 8-3ra .

B~ OAHD FOR THE SUMMER FOR A

small family, or two married couples, lu a pri-
vate furnlly, fifteen miles from New York. * ru'{J®
every hour' no mosquitoes; delightful drive* in t"B
country and to salt bulhlr.g and flahing. Apply 10
office Forest and Stream.

FOREST AND STREAM

321

&¥ Igennel.

f A. C. WADDELL’S

Breeding Kennel, Newton, N. J.

The finest strain of young Pointers null Heller* for
wile. Dog* hoarded and eared for in the beat munnur
■I $5 per month. Pedigree* guaranteed. ; dog* broken
for 850. • Mar 11

>rETKIILY\HY 8UKGEO.V— DR. J. M HEARD

(member of iho Royal College of Veterinary Sur-
geon*, Loudon), No. SO Lexington avenue, N Y .at-
tend*. wheu requested, all cane* requiring Ids p.ufes-
elonal skill, lloree* carefully examined a* h) sound -

Octal

Henry Gardner, m d . has constant
LY on hand and for snie, medicine* udupted to
the cure of all discuses. Dealer m sport ng dog* of

every variety. Dog* trained for reasonable compen-
sation. No. Ill South Fifth ave.. N. Y. Octal

Woodcock and Ruffed Grouse Shooting.

CLUMBER SPANIELS.

/ORDERS WILL NOW BE RECEIVED
V_/ nnd filled in rotation for one or two brace of
CLUMBER SPANIEL PUPPIES, whelped June liib,
IHr;., and deliverable about 1st September ut my ken-
nel.

Those puppies are ont of Flax, nod sired hr one of
the best clumber dog* In the southwest of England.
Flux. Idle Belle. 190 Kennel dull stud book, was
bred by Mr. Sinnot, of England, from selection*
made from tlio Duke of Newcastle's Kennel, where
tills breed Is kept In it* original parity. They were
selected for m liy ‘•Idi-tono’’ who writes me iluit they
are the "BEST It It ED. HANDSOMEST, AND
MOST PERFECTLY BROKEN CLUMBERS which
have ever left England. "

The puppicH, like their dam, are lemon and white
and red and while, the lust color predominating;
short legged, very strong, immense hone, well feath-
ered, unit without doubt the proper dogs for covert
work, being close rungers, very Industrious, prying
Into every thicket, perfectly mute, thus not alarming
or flushing game out of gunshot; wonderful noses,
very affectionate, companfublc, und all day workers

These dogs are believed to be Hie only brace of
pure bred Clumber* in this country, and a* Flux will
not be bred again, an opportunity la now offered to
securv one of Hie must serviceable dog* a sportsman
can have. For woodcock und ruffed grouse shooting
they nr.- Invaluable.

I' or Price per brace, dog mid hitch, delivered at my
kennel, tuldroas LEUUIC, this olllce. JuMtf

For sale-three pairs of thor-
ough ukd Setter Pups, the lluest strain in
the State. Price, $15, for dog; $30 per pair. Also
two pair of small and very huuiitlfol black und inn
rabbit hound*; price $5 for dog; §7 per pair; satis-
faction guaranteed. Reference— Hon. M. S. Colburn,
Factory Point, Vt. For particulars address It. L.
GRAVES, Sunderland. Vt Ju2-1

J. D. DOUGALL S

EXPRESS SHOE GUNS.

(Title registered.)

SHOWN by trials ut Wimbledon by Editor
of Hie Hdt to posses* Hie ORKATKH T PENE-
TRATION mid therefore LONGEST RANGE — thus:
Circle, SO inches; 300 pullets; average, 191; penetra-
tion, 37 The Editor's trial of Greener guns with 340
pellet* of same snot and sumo charge of powder, gave
iso, and peuei rulion 30, although there w ere ID more pel-
lets in each charge. Should any controversy urine a*
to the durability of these new systems, we herewith
warn ill. beforehand that our sy*ii in Is our own Inven-
tion (though founded on the American idea) and Is DU-
RABLE, a fact remarked on ay the f'itlil, that the
guns tried hml been In use during Inst season, and ref-
erence* permitted to the owners Send for IlliistraU-d
Circular* to

59 St. James’s Street London.

“The Cnlexlfiige Is Indeed an lii.ret-Drlver, for
amid clutiJ. of Mosquitoes I United unharmed"
[TKADK M IKK, )

CUI.KXI L-UGK,

OH

Sportsman ’s Fri end ;

A SURE PROTECTION

Against the atlack* of Mosquitoes, Black Flics, Fleas
nnd Ant*. In pocket bottle* For rule by
C. N. CRITTEN I’ON & CO., 7 Sixth uv., N. Y.
jel7-5t

VA/,

jUARLE gun for sale— w. &

B, Scott breech louder, 8'Mnc.h, 10-gauge, lami-
naiod ateel, line quality, with all loading tools, bra**
and paper shell*, etc. Imported and sold by Read A
Son*. Boston. Cost $225, without case. Is lu per-
fect order, and not sold for any fault. Hus double
holt; top snap and compensating lump; rebounding
lock*. Price $150. Can be seen ut Furcstaud Stream
■»nico jelO if

J. H. BATTY,

TAXIDERMIST.

COLLECTOR & DEALER in NATURAL OBJECTS.

Mammals, bird
skins, and egg*
for tcleiillllciise;
also minimi'*
bead-, game and
bright plntnnged
birds m l in bull v
grouped I
l shades ami rases
I lor Orilulllelilal
alirposes. Col
ectors' supplies;
[also limlriiim-nl*
and eyes. Spec
mens boi ght,
sold, and i xcliuti-
g e d . Genuine
Indian sinoke-
tanned buckskin

b u u n | „, und

,, . moose skin moc-

cn*lQS, for huatOrs nnd for Hie house. Buckskin
•nlrs, fringed, beaded, or plain, made to order.
Address; NEW UTRECHT, N. Y. JuIO

^yontsmen s (poods.

1 02 Nassau St., N. Y.

FISHING and HUNTING SUITS.

HOI. ABIHD'H CELEBRATED EUITH.

Wnteruroof and Mildew proof, Complete ... .$20 00

c> “ Wading Jackets Il.uo

Thompson's waterproof tl.W

Mexican Pocket Hammocks.

Also called “Ashautco'' Hammocks A luxurious
bed, couch, seal and swing In one nrllcle. Weigo
only one pound, und ea-lly carried In rout pocket, cn-
nable of hearing a steady siraiu of IS cwt. wltlmat
breaking. The material used in Us construction I* a
il be found after many experiments to be the In-st fur
this purpose Largely ordered by (lie English War
authorities for Hospital nnd general Army ami Navy
use during Hie Aslmniee Expedition. Price $4,50,

• nlcxilng-c or Spoi'IsmanN Fri<*inl.

For preventing the mtaclcs of mosquitoes, black
dies, Ilea*, unis, mid preservative ugmiist uiulurlu
The Culcxlfuge invented by the sub-criber Ini* be n
In use for irn.ro than 20 years by the Sportsmen of
Canada, and lias been foiled the only cffuctunl pre-
ventive of ibc attack* of black flies und morqnilous.
Price GO cents per buttle.

DUNCK LEE’S CAM1‘ STOVES. Prlmglo.

Those desiring soiiielblng light and durable for
camping purposes will Ibid Hub stove exactly rlglu;
weigh* only 25 pounds; will cook for leu per-ons.
The ware conslsi* of Kettle, Tea Kellie, Couee Pot,
Fry-nan, round Tin l’an, two square Pans, Dipper,
Gridiron, Tent Collar, and eight feet Fuunol Stove
Pine, with oven Hint will roasi 15 pound* heef, all of
Willed neat* and pack* iu*ide of stove, which only oc-
cupies a space of 12x11x20 inches

Pocket Cook Stove.

Four inches square. Will make u pot of coffee or
boll ari egg in five minutes. Handiest thing out only
$1 53. By mail, $1, 75

CAMP LOUNGES. Price 84 anti $

When folded I* about the size of mi ordinary *havvl
strapped A light, durable, compact, and comfort-
nble couch. Sent by express C. ' * D. , $1, including
side and supporting sticks at the luud. Just the thing
for the camp or lawn.

CAMP TENTS,

for four persons, 7. 0. niuaro, weighs 15 lbs.; Can
be packed lu knaiisack. l'rlo
for sis persons, $15.

ce $10. Ten feel square

Folding Camp Baker.

This unique and useful invention bakes equal to
the old ••Dnlch oven." When closed for Iranspurln-
tion It occupies Inn little mote spice Ilian the pan It
encloses. Price $3.50 to $7, according lo sieo. ’
AtiiiTiCJin Dog HinCtiils,

Made of nuiritivi- bone nnd muscle milking material,
and Is the only portable food for dogs made in ibis
country. Put up in packages of 10. 8 >. and 100 ponnils,
and warranted not to spoil in any cllniute. l'rlc.o,
10c. per pound.

Camp Mosquito liars,
arranged with flexible wire frame; folded to carry In
pocket. Head net, $1 Ciunp net for slecnlng, for
one, SI 50; for four or live, $1 25; six nr eight, $5.

Jack Lamp,

for night shooting and ilslnug, running rapid*, light-
ing camp, etc,; the. best light ever Invented. $ti 85.
Camp Cots,

ran lie carried iq pocket; a capital thing for woods-
men. $1 50.

HECKMAN'S PORTABLE CANVAS BOATS.
BOND'S MKl'ALLIC BOATS.

Hurl’s Metallic Shells.

The lie*t shell over offered to sportsmen. All sizes
on bund and made to order.

Cartridge Belts

for breech loading shell*; Uvo varieties.

Moccasins, Oil Tan iicil,

for the woods; three different styles. $1, $5 50 nnd Jfi.

Speciul utlenlion paid to * -lection of guns for gen-
tleineii ut u distance by an expert and an old sports
man.

sole agent in Now Y'ork city for J H . Batty, IT. S.
Taxidermist. N. A. bird* nnd eggs for co.Kctor*,
Buck's heads, nnd game birds a specialty. Orders
tilled with dispatch.

We furnish every article nccea*ary for the outflt of
sportmeu In the camp or Held. Goods sent every-
where by express, Remit only by draft, Post Office
order, or registered letter to

EATON & CO.,

1*. l>. Box 5,10!). Sportsmen's Emporium,

No. 102 Nassau street, New Y’ork City.
Reference*— Hon. T.L James. Postmaster, New Y'ork
City; Hon. Geo. II. Andrews, New York City; Foil
bst and Sthkau Publishing Co. mylr-tf

N. Y. Safety Steam Power Co.

Office: 30 COURTLANDT ST, .

BUILDERS OP

STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS^

^MlW*

Steam Launches & Yachts

And their Machinery a Specialty, also Machinery for’

TUCS, LICHTERS AND STEAMERS^

Propoller Whools of Superior Efficiency.

SEND KOK I LLUSTRATED OIKOULAR.
|3F" All our bout* aru guaranteed lo i>u»* inspec-
tion aadoi tho Steamboat taw when required.

i^ccJhneons.

ABBEY & IMBRIE,

SUCOBHiOlUl TO

ANDREW CLERK A: CO.

48 Maiden Lane, N. Y.

IMPORTERS. MAN UP ACT DHK KM AND DKALKIIS IN

Fishine Tackle,

On hand the largest and best assortment ever ex-
hibited in the United Elates. They particularly call
attention to their

TROUT, SALMON AND H ASM HOD*.

Every variety of Salmon and Trout Files, and Hooks
on Gut. Cutty Hunk and Posuue Islunils Ha*s Lines,
waterproof Braided Silk Liues, every size and quality of
SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES,

And every Variety und Style of

fihh II o o k r.

Parties fitted out with appropriate Tackle for the
Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast, Canada. Maine
the Adirondack*. Jtc., Ac.

Spill Bamboo, Troul and Salmon Hods and Keel*
a bprrlaliy.

Agents for the 8t. Law rence Fishing Co. Sole Im-
porters of Warrln's Celebrated Drilled

4 -2W

Eyed Needles.

Orange Sporting Powder.

ORANGE LIGHTNING POWDER,

The strongest and cleanest Powder made. No*. 1
to 7, packed only hi sealed I III. canisters. The courser
sizes especially ure recommended to owner* of flue
breech-loading guns, giving great penetration with
very slight recoil.

•RANGE DUCKING POWDER,

For water fowl. Very strong and clean Nos. 1 to
5. Parked in metal keg* of ft* lbs. each, and m canls
lera Of 1 and 5 lbs.

AUDUBON POWDER,

Very quick For woodcock and quail Nos. 1 to 1
Packed in metal kegs of 12* lbs. undo* lbs., and In
pound canisters,

ORANGE RIFI.U POWDER,

The best for rifle* aud for all ordinary purposes.
Sizes F.g. FF.g, KFF.g, the lust being the finest and
most lined. Packed in wood and metal kegs of 25
lbs., 12* lbs,, aud ft* lbs., and in canisters of Tib. and
* pound.

All of the above give hkjh velocities and less resid-
uum than any othc-/ brands made.

LAFLIN S RAND POWDER Co.,

2 1 Park Row, N. Y.

(Opposite Astor nousa.)

CHICAGO

SHOT TOWER CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OP

STANDARD

DROP AND BUCK SHOT

BALLS AND BAR LEAD.

Ouraim is lo manufacture nn article of SHOT that
is unsurpassed in ROUNUNKSS, SOLIDITY, Peu-
fertion of POLISH, Uniformity of SIZE, anil Accu-
racy of WEIGHT. In each Img. Orders from (lie
Trade solicited, and will be filled at

The Lowest Market Prices.

E. W. B LATCH FORD, President.

C. F. OATR8, Treasurer. Jun 25 ly

.J. WALLACE,

Naturalist& Taxidermist ,

IMPORTER OF

FOREIGN BIRD SKINS AND ARTIFI-
CIAL EYES,

19 N. William St, New York

Bum* and Animals I'iiksiiived to Oiidkh nv

R. L. NEWCOMB,

TAXI DUIl MINT,

NO. 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM, MASS.

Instruction given.

I‘eb.4

Sportsmen!

Your attention is called lo
GOOD S OIL TANNED MOC-
CASINS, the best thing ever
worn by sportsmen. Not
Injured by wetting mid
drying— always soft and

VERY’ DURABLE -being mode of the very best of
stock I" ' three different styles, and warranted theosn-
uUu artldt, different from anything before offered
Illustrated Circular aud Price List free.

PRANK GOOD.

1200 Elm st. Manchester. N. n.

Salmon & Trout Angling.

JOHN SYMONS, Ilnllftix, N, S.

Keeps a full line of London made
RODS, HEELS, AND ALL ARTICLES REQUIRED
Full ANGLING

IW~ \\\ rivers In this province free! Also a foil
assortment of Cricketing Imp lemon ta. Best makers
In Ismdon. Ap I 3m

JOSEPH C. DANE,

MANUFACTURER OF THE

Dane Breech loading Shot Gun.

LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN.

Solid Breech Snap Action.
EASIEST MANIPULATED AND ONLY GUN THAT
IS SAFE FROM ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE.

Muzzle Loaders Altered lo Breech Loader*.

tny27

JJJixrcIhwcoiig,

CONROY. BISSETT l MAUESON,

(Successor* to J C. Conroy Jt Co.)

65 Fulton St., N. I.,

Invite the utlenlion of aninleura
to the Hddltinns they hnveiiiude to
their regular slock of FineGuoda,
comprising In part

Six Strip Spilt Hanihoo

H O 13 S ,

for Trout and Salmon fl.hing.
TIIK FAMED

M’GinnlN lllack Hush Bods

made of Split llnmboo tnew this
season). Vum Hofe's Rubber steel
Pivot, Click nud Salmon Iteela.
The cclebrut. d "Frankfort" Keel.
.Aw'..'tc s°k nmuBfacturer* of
Mullalv V’ Patent Fils*. The
New style Cultyhnnk Hass Line*
of Extra quality.

Panic* titled ont for the Adl-
rond ck>, tbn Maine Woods,
l.uke Superior, Newport, Culty-
linnk, I'n-qiie Murid, West Island,
Harnegat. Ac.

Older* by mall will reeelvo care-
fnl and prompt aiit-mion.

Pritchard Brothers^

No. 89 Fulton St., N. Y.

ALL KINDS OF

Fishing Tackle

Made and repaired with tho titmon despatch.

„„ I’ONsTANTI.r ON HAND
THE BENI sKLKI rillY OF TIIDIT ANI) HU„
•MOA UDDh, HKKI.X. I.IAF.w AND I'Ll KM.
Medals awarded at the World'* Fair and American
Institute for on r superior Artificial File* *_

11. .1. WAL8IIE,

DRAPER and TAILOR

MnVICKER'S THEATRE BUILDING, *

CHICAGO.

Birds, pet and rare animals.

“"‘•AQUAKIA STOCK DEPOT and AQUARIA
■ AM'. MANUFACTORY. .! BAGOT, A^ent, 31
hiiltou sircot. New YorkCily. Goldflsh, Sllvcrflah,
Fish and Annual Life, and Aquatic Plant* In variety.
Also shells. Pebbles, Ornament., Coral*, .fee... to stock
ihe Aquarium. Caloric* and other song birds-
Pigeons, Parrots, and Paroquets: Rabbits, Squirrels,
Doga, pet and rare Animal* generally; Bird Meed*,

H Hired food for Mocking Birds and other sole billed
Fish food. Bird Gravel, Dog Medicine*. Ilut-
lor’* celebrated Mange and Flea Cure, Ac., wholesale
and retail. «_iv

We offer to dealers and sportsmen a most complete
assortment of

Fishing Tackle,

Roils, Reels, Lilies, A rtificinl Flies, Nets,
Bails, Fislt Hooka, Ae.

Split Bamboo Fly Rods and Reels

OF TI1E FINEST WORKMANSHIP.

Tackle suitable for Maine, Adirondack, Canadian,
arid oilier fishing.

ARTIFICIAL FURS DRESSED TO ORDER.
HIIKLCII A. YD Ml 7.7.1. K LOADING GI AN,
And Sportsmens' good* of all kind*.

Muiiufuciured and Imported by

BARTON, ALEXANDEH & WALLER,

tOl & 103 DUANE ST., (near

Broadway) New York.

MU//LE LOADERS
CONVERTED INTO BREECH LOADERS,

ON THE MOST APPROVED PRINCIPLE,
uml ull kinds of BREECH LOADING work effected.

Mortimer & Kirkwood,

24 ELM Mtrewt. RiMtrm, Mas*

First P r e in i u m .

Wnterproofert

BRAIDED SILK LINES.

THE SILVER MEDAL was awarded to

BRADFORD & ANTHONY

For tills waterproof Silk Line, It being the BEST
LINE yet made for

ARTIFICIAL

FLY FISHING.

Its rii|>eriorlty Is recognized liy nil experienced ang-
lers who Inivo used It. Ik-lng sufficiently rLKXlBLI u»
cam lung distance*, yet puss, using ihc requUlui sriri’-
ni.u fur a Fly Line In prevent kinking. Il I* stiiuno
nnd ui< it* hi. ft, and can be imunil dlreclly on l lm reel
from (lie water without requiring removal afterwards
for tin- purpose of drying. Wc put them up To-nito
and t.nv n. moss of vaihni* letiglbs, suitable for 8AL-
Mi IN, TROUT, BASS. eic.

BRADFORD A ANTHONY,
jelo 874 Washington aireet, 1 1* -m on .

ThoimiN Sparks,

Shot and Bar Lead

MAIN I J FACT l J K Lit,

[Kstnblbdied IHOM.|

Office, 1 2 1 Walnut St. Philadelphia.

FOREST AND STREAM

31ti

Sportsmen's floods.

W. dr C. SCOTT & SONS

Cenuine Breech Loaders.

WIYMIR" OF THE IJI \ TIIIAIj OF IH73

Report of Gun Tnal sent on application.

AGENTS:

WM. READ & SONS,

1 :t FitntMiil I lull S«j . Boston.

Also all other make*:— Greener, Wgstley Richards,
Webley, Remington. Moore, Ax.

A genuine Scott Morale Loading ‘Ion, $-• np.
Maynard. Ballard. Remington and Sharp'. Rilke.
“Ballard * breech loading Sporting lime* $1811'
Barter'* Gyro Trap, for shooting practice.

Fine FUhlng »l««l* mid Tackle.

Kino Bronze Yacht > inn* on mahogany cun-laces.
Complete, a* famished the New York and Boston
YnchtSqiiadroTi*. SRNI) FOR CIRCULARS.

Fishing Tackle.

A. B. Shipley & Son,

AO:i and 505 Commerce »trcel, Philadelphia.

Manufacturers of

OlinlU mi«l Fishing: Linos.

FINE II ASS AND TROUT FLY RODS.

The celebrated GREEN HEART WOOD a specialty.

FINE ROD MOUNTINGS.

Full line of Tackle for Brook. River and Sea Fish-
i in* Agents for John J limes & Sons' celebrated risli
hooka and N<vdlc*. . ...

SILVER MEDAL awarded by the FRANKLIN
IN -TIT LITE. 18M. “for SUPERIOR QUALITY aud
FINISH of RODS and TACKLE." Aprl-Om

INDIA RUBBER

Fishing Pants ,

Leggings and Boots,

RUBBER CAMP BLANKETS,

COMPLETE

Sporting & Camping Outfits

ANI>

India Rubber Guod* ofEvery Description.

D. HODGMAN & CO..

Krnd for Price I.Ul. 27 M \IOhI\’ L \ Nh, \. \ .

Fysshe and Fysshynge.

The Fishing Book of the season.

FROM THE “BOKB OF ST. ALBANS."
Written by Unme Juliana llerncrs, A. 1) I 190
OFOTED BY 1ZAAK WALTON. EDITED BY
H GEO. \V. VAN S1CLEN, ESQ.

Not hitherto obtainable in tills country, an import-
ed copy costing over $8n.

The charming old work preserved in all It* fresli-
ne». and (plain lues*. Full gloswry.

Sent on receipt of price, by

rder at once; only a .mull udl

Ord

Foiikst a hd Stiieah.
illon. Price $1.50.

The Remington Long Range Creedmoor Breech Loading Rifle,

Used by Major Hknky Fdlton, Col. John Bodine, and L L. Hepburn, in llic International Rifle Match nt Creedmoor, September
26th, 1874, ami Major Fulton, Col. Bodine, Gen. Dakin. A. V. Canfield, Jr, and R. C. Coleman, of the Ameiican Rifle Team of this
year’, who have gone to Dublin to shoot the return match, on June 29tll, 1875. (See Official Report of the International Match, pub-
lished by the Amateur Rifle Club, just out; to any address, 50c.)

The Remington Rifle won every first prize, and other prizes loo numerous to mention, in the Spring meeting matches at Creedmoor
May 28th, 29lh, and 31st, (see official reports in this .) With it Canfield made 00 out of a possible 75 at 1,100 yards.

For Treatise on Rifle Shooting and Illustrated Price Lists, Address

■ E. REMINGTON & SONS,

Manufacturers of

Military, Target, Sporting and Hunting Breech Loading Rifles ,

Shot Guns and Pistols, Ammunition, Etc., Etc.

Sales Rooms, 981 aud 983 Broadway,

Armory, Ilion, N. Y.

[P. O. Box 3994 ]

NEW YORK CITY

Hall’s Patent Creasers.

CLIMAX COMBINED CREASER,
LOADER. CA P-EX PELI.ER,
and SHELL EXTRACTOR.

Price $2 75

CLIMAX CREASER, LOADER.*
mid CAP-KXPELLER, V"|
Prloo $.‘5o v

PLAIN COMBINED
CREASER, LOADER, and SHELL
EXTRACTOR,

Price S3 25

PLAIN CREASER nnd LOADER,
Price S3 CO

The improved shape of creasing wheel requires but slight pressure, and does not cut the shell. If the Im-
plement is used according to directions, the crease cannot fail to hold lh; shot wad flrmly In place.

HALL & CO.,

THE TRADE SUPPLIED AS FOLLOWS;

Lancaster, Pa.

New York.— Schuyler, Hartley * Graham; John I*. Moore’s Sons; Schoverllng & Daly: Herman, Boker
& Co.; Menvln, Ualbert & Co.; Hodgkins A llnigh: E S. Harris; Barton, Alexander & Waller.
Philadelphia . — Joseph C. Grubb & Co ; E. K. Tryon, .Jr., & Co.

Boston — William Read A Sons; John F. Lovell & Sous.

Baltimore. — Poultnev, Trimble & Co.

Pittsburg.— ;. U. Johnston.

Letter A. #hown.fe solid Lead; b b showing nickel anvils for Berdan Primer, Ely's central Are or Union Me-
tallic Company's raps.

Hart’s Sportsman’s Favorite Metallic* Shells.

Endorsed by the lending sportsmen in the United States, and pronounced superior to anything now offered
to the public. A full description of Sheila and Patent Loaders with prices, may be obtained from any of the
leading sportsmen's depots throughout the country. Manufacturers of Aluminum. Celluloid, anil German Sil-
ver Reels for Troul. Salmon, nnd Base fishing. GEO. E. HART A CO., Newark, N, .) .

K. S. HARRISON, Agent. may 13-ly

From Captain Bognrdns, Champion Wing Shot of America*

Messrs . Gnomic K. Hart & Co.,

Gentlemen- The llfiy shells I received from you to-day suit me belter than any I have ever used. They
are stronger and belter in every respect, and I shall use them In all my nhootiugjiereafter. Your* truly.

A. 11. Booaiidds

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

ManufUcturers oF Patent Breech Loading;, Military. Sporting:, nnd

CREEDMOOR RIFLES.

THE BEST IN 1850. THE BEST IN 1875.

Twenty-five Years of* TJse, an<l Constant. Prog-rests.

SHARPS RIFLES NEVER SHOOT BACKWARDS.

A MAJORITY OF SHARPS RIFLES

TO BE USED BY THE AMERICAN TEAM IN THE COMING

INTERNATIONAL CONTEST IN IRELAND.

Head lor Illustrated Catalogue,

SCHUYLER. HARTLEY £ GRAHAM,

19 Malden Lane, 20 A 22 John ilrret, N, V.

BREECH LOADING GUNS

A SPECIALTY.

AGENTS

for the following celebrated maker# :

W. & C. SCOTT A SONS (winners nt the Interna-
tional Gun Trial of 1878); .1. I*. CLABROUGH &
BRO ; P. WEBLEY & SONS, and WBSTLEY
RICHARDS.

HOLABIRD S Shooting SUITS

DIXONSdc II VWKSLRY'fcsillOOTIAU TACKLE

STCKTEVANT BRASS SHOT SHELLS.
BUSSEY'S PATENT GYRO PIGEON AND TRAP,
WITH CASK. AND 100 BIRDS.

Black’s Patent Cartridge Vest.

This Vest afford* the he*t ar-
rangement yet invented for curry-
ing cartridge*. The weight i*
*0 evenly distributed that it is
scarcely fell. Cartridges can be
carried with the / uadi down in
ibis vest, which is uf great Impor-
tance when brass shell* are used,
a* when currying them with the
head np the weight of the shot of-
ten forces the wad forward, when
_ hail shooting is the result. In

ordering send measurement around tbo chest.
PRICK $7.50.

AGENTS FOR TnB

Union Metallic Cartridge Com-
pany’s Ammunition,
WARRANTED THE BEST IN T11E MARKET.
SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

Havana Lottery

Only Hi non Tickets— One Prize to every Sevin Tickets.

.1M7 Prize* of Jl.2fv.ai0

l Prize of 600.000

1 Prize of 10O.0U0

1 Prize of 50,000

J Prizes 0UC.lt of 25.000

1 Prize* each of 10,000

12 Prize* each of 5,00*

■173 Prizes each of ’V0

Circular* with full information sent free. Ticket*
for sale and prizes cashed by I*. C. IIEVLIiV, Sta-
tioner and Goners I A pen' CiLlherf v uireei Now York.

l; ID f c*1 fUlfl Invented In Stocks nnd
iJA" td I Gold pays 200 per cent

u lnori'h Pamphlet free. Tumbniige .t Co., Bank-
e-s.2 Wall si reel. N. Y

C* 1 i k Ci'.ll U|(HI s,mrt'B 1,1 Wn"
ftlff, often lend* to fortune.

Send for a copy of the Wall Street Review and
Pamphlet, show ing the various inel hods of opera-
ting. J. IIU'KLING Si CO , Bankers and Brokers,
72 Broadway. N. Y. Dec 48

HAVANA LOTTERY.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

For the coming drawings, commencing Janunry 5th.
we have reduced the prices of tickei* a* follows:

Whole, $20; 4, $10; *, $.>; 1-5, $4;
1-10, $2; 1-20 $1.

Drawing* take [dace every seventeen Day*.

We ate prepared to fill all orders. Circulars sent
upon application. Highest price paid for Spanish Bank
bills, Governments, Ac.

P. O. Box 4.448.

TAYLOIl d. CO., Hanker*.

1 1 Wall ■i..Nsw V orb.

"Seth Green Fish Ponds”

Caledonia, Livingston Co., N. Y.

A. W. COLLIN*, Proprietor.

Egg*, Pry, Yearling*, die. of Urooli Troul, Mai-
■non Troul, fnlnion, White Flail, dir
Also Bass, Gold Fish, Silver Fish, aud stork for
Aquaria, Wire Cloth, Hatching Trays, Patent Spawn-
ing Races, and everything pertaining to ll#h culture.

t

For Forest and Stream.

Tishomingo.

ACCORDING to promise I will attempt, to give you a
brief sketch of that portion of our State embraced in
I the cession of lands by the Chickasaw Indians to the United
I States, and which may he stated to be, in general terms,
I all of North Mississippi. The Chickasaw country, how-
I ever, originally embraced far more territory than that lying
I in North Mississippi. The Chickasaws were once a power-
I ful and warlike tribe, and claimed iu their most prosperous
I period to exercise absolute dominion over all the country
I now embraced in Southwest Kentucky; that portion south
I of Paducah and lying between the Tennessee River on the
I enst, the Ohio River on the north, and the Mississippi
I River on the west; all West Tennessee and all of North
| Mississippi as far south as the country of the Choctaws.

These two tribes— the Chickasaws and Choctaws— claimed
I to have had a common origin. They immigrated from the
I East at an early day— probably from the northern part of
f South Carolina— to this country. The Chickasaws were a
noble race of men, and probably developed as many of the
virtues of savage life as any of the Indian tribes that in-
habited this coutiueut. They were high spirited, brave,
hardy, well-developed physically, manly, and prided them-
selves on their fidelity to their engagements. They were
always allies of the English-speaking people, and it wns
I their boast that they never shed the blood of the white
I man in battle, meaning by the term white man the Eug-
I lish, in contradistinction to the French and Spanish, with
I whom they waged bloody and unrelenting war. The liis-
■ tory of the adventurous expedition of De Soto, and of the
I efforts made by Iberville, Bienville, and other French com
■ manders to extend the dominion of France over them, gives
I abundant evidence of these facts. The Creek Indians were
I their hereditary enemies, and if the truth of their tribal
I traditions is to be credited, their conflicts were many,
■ bloody, wild, and romantic in the highest degree. Oue iu-
I cident only of their waifare will be mentioned here. The
■ Chickasaws had 1 nig entertained the idea of a removal
■ west of the Mississippi River. Many causes operated with
I them to produce this desire. One of these causes was a
■ jealousy that hud grown up between them and their kin-
3 dred tribe — the Choctaws. How this jealousy came about
■ 1 am not fully informed, but it was sufficiently strong to
■ prompt tlujra to action. For the purpose of selecting and
■ acquiring a country— hunting grounds— either by discovery
B or by conquest, sufficiently large and advantageous for
I the tribe to emigrate to, they fitted out and sent west a
■ large and well-equipped party, composed of their best,
I braves and wisest chiefs. This party or expedition was ab-
I sent many months.

■ • The Creeks, who had learned of the absence of the
■ Chickasaw warriors, thought it a favorable time to gratify
I their revenge, and for this purpose, and the further pur-
■ pose of exterminating the women and children and crush-
I ing the power of their euemics, sent against the defense-
I less Chickasaws a numerous war party. The Chickasaws
I had left a few of their best men at home. Among them
was Levi Colbert, quite a young man then, a half breed,

I and one of the powerful family of that name. Levi Col-
I bert, ever active, vigilant, and careful of the interests of
I his people, by some means got information of the approach
I of this formidable invasion. By incredible activity, effort,

I and intrepidity he assembled what few braves were at
I home, and with these and the old men and boys of the
I tribe prepared as best he could to defend his country. True
I to the tactics of Indiau warfare, and by a masterly display
I of address and cunning, he led the invading Creeks— who
were confident of an easy victory — into an ambuscade in
the swamp of a small stream that meanders through what
is now Lee county, Mississippi. He gave the enemy battle,
and gained a complete, decisive, nnd bloody victory, and
so nearly were the Creek warriors exterminated that the
name "Yah-Nubbee,” meaning all killed, whs given to the
stream on the banks of which the battle was fought. As
may be supposed, the Chickasaws were very proud of this
achievement. Levi Colbert was the recognized hero of the

battle. And when the party which had been sent West re-
turned home and were fully informed of the magnitude of
the battle, and the splendid fruits of the victory, a council
of the nation was called, and it was determined to make
Colbert a chief, young as he was, with the highest honors
of the tribe. It was a custom among them when a war-
rior was to be inducted into the honors and order of the
chiefs for the warrior to be made a chief to bo seated flat
on the ground. Around him in the first circle the oldest
and most honored chiefs were seated. Next to them the
next oldest, and so on in order until all the braves present
were seated. When the king, prophet, or chief medicine
man, whoever was the offleiator in the ceremonies of the
occasion, came within the first circle of chiefs the first
words he uttered were applied to the new chief as his name,
designation or title ever afterward. On this occasion the
young men of the tribe, who bad taken great pride in the
ceremonies, constructed a rude seat or bench, which they
covered with laurel boughs, on which they seated Colbert.
This fact had not been communicated to the offleiator, and
he was first apprised of the circumstance when he passed
within the circle of the chiefs and bis eyes rested on Col-
bert seated as above described, when he exclaimed, “Ittu
Wamba, Mingo," or the laureled brave sealed on a bench.
‘Ttlawaniba” was adopted by Colbert as his title as chief,
aud he was ever afterward known in his nation as Iita-
wamba. And this name in honor of him has been perpet-
uated by the Legislature as the name of one of the counties
in North Mississippi. But however attractive and fasci-
nating it is to think of and about the traditions and history
of the Chickasaws, now reduced to a mere handful in the
Indian Territory, it concerns us most, and is far more im-
portant for us, to give our attention to the splendid domain
they have ceded to our Government. Perhaps I hazard
nothing in saying that a more genial, more healthy, more
fertile, more productive country, and one better adapted to
every branch of agriculture, of the same dimensions, is not
contained within the limits of this broad Union. Extend-
ing across five degrees of latitude, being bounded on the
cast by the Tombigbee River and the Alabama line until it
strikes the Tennessee River; thence by that river to its
mouth; ou the north by the Ohio River; on the west by
that great “inland sea," the Mississippi River; on the south
by the thirty-third degree north latitude. It embraces every
variety of the best, soil known in any country. It has many
brond bottoms of the richest alluvial. Its hill country is
clothed with forests of the most useful timber in great va-
riety and rich profusion. Game and fish abound, the cli-
mate is of the most salubrious character, and less liable to
extremes of heat and cold, wet, aud dry than almost any
other; it is indeed a Heaven-favored land. But iny atten-
tion is directed more particularly to our own section —
Northeast Mississippi— aud I can truthfully say that it ie
difficult to find one possessing more advantages in any por-
tion of the Union. A.ud I have frequently heard it said
that the portion of it embraced in what was the western
third of old TishomiDgo county was the best farming coun-
try in the South, considered iu all its variety and aspects.
This now forms the larger portion of Alcorn and Prentiss
counties. The lands are mostly all good, and most of them
splendid, while every variety of cereals richly reward the
labor of the industrious and skillful husbandman. It would
be difficult to say what kind of crop it produces best. Cot-
ton, corn, wheat, rye, barley, oats, peas, and potatoes of
every kind are raised in great abundance. Clover and the
different varieties of grass, when proper attention has been
given them, flourish luxuriantly. Fruits of all sorts do
well. Nearly every variety of grapes, the apple, the peach,
the pear, and the plum thrives luxuriantly, and rewards
the care of the horticulturist with abundant yields. The
raspberry, the blackberry, and the strawberry grow in
great profusion, and are unsurpassed in size and luscious-
ness.

In healthfulness it vies with any portion of the United
States — East, West, North, or South. This is conclusively
proven by the Census Reports for the years 1850, 1860, aud
1870. Our Summers are never very hot, the mercury sel-
dom reaching 100°. The Winters are never very cold. It

rarely happens that the weather is cold enough to keep a
laboring man indoors all day. We have no rainy season
and no protracted droughts. In our portion of the coun-
try we have never had an epidemic of cholera or of yel-
low fever. People sicken and die with us as they do every-
where; but with ordinary care men and women aro as
healthy and live as long here as in any other country.

Those in the Northern States who wish to escape tho
rigors of the Northern Winters can here find a genial cli-
mate, one free from malaria and the debilitating effects of
a too Southern residence; to the farming class of the North-
ern States and of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wulcs,
France, and Germany it occurs to me that this section pre-
sents unsurpassed attractions and advantages. At this time
lands are very cheap, much cheaper than they have been ifl
any time since the country was opened to imputation after
the Indians removed west of the Mississippi rtiVor. The
close of the late civil war found 4ie country wasted and
prostrate. Many of the farms' were utterly ruined— the
buildings aucl fences burned, the owuers scattered, and
many of them dead; and, although the country has greatly
improved and built up^ipcc that time, yet many good farms
are still vacant aud uncultivated. In addition to this,
owing to the change in the circumstances of the people, it
has been found by experience that a man really needs much
less land than was formerly considered desirable or neccs
sary for him to have. Planting in our immediate locality
is not carried on so extensively ns in former times. The
people now desire to sell part of their lands, and are will-
ing to do so on very reasonable terms. Lund is now cheap
— cheaper than it will perhaps ever bo again in this part of
the State. The interest and attention of the solid and
good men of the North is being directed to the South with
the view of making investment and permanent residence
here.

The friendly and kindly feeling recently awakened be-
tween the different sections will be productive of good re-
sults, no doubt, and immigration started thitherward will
bo quickened and accelerated ns Northern men will find
here such homes as they have long desired to obtain. The
endless and thirsty plains of the West have proven delu-
sive to their hopes. The grasshopper raids of those regions
and the rigors of tho Winters of the North are inclining
tho people to look Southward, and Southward soon they
will come, not only from the Northern States but from Eu-
rope. The few Northern men who come to the South with
the bona fide intention to become identified with us in per-
son and in fortune have made a success of their venture
socially and materially, and they will induce their friends
and relatives to come, and soon we will have many of their
best men with us. Aud why not? The lands are produc-
tive, the climate genial, the country healthy, and the la-
borer’s toil amply remunerated. The crops never fail.

In addition to the advantages above enumerated there
are others of great importance to be considered. The
markets at all points are open to us ; the railroad connec-
tions and lines of travel under good management, running
in all directions, afford a choice of markets at each
point of the compass within the limits of the government.
Not only so, but we may go directly to Europe with our
commodities and obtain what merchandise we desire direct
from the old countries. The system of rnilways is admira-
bly devised for the convenience and development of the
country, and we have very great facilities for travel and
the transportation of freight as it is now arranged nnd con-
nected. But as the country prospers and develops, accord-
ing to its capacities of commerce, agriculture, aud manu-
factures, the lines of railway will be extended, railroad
centres will be multiplied, and every demand of transpor-
tation will be supplied. A disposition to embark into man-
ufacturing is beginning to manifest itself. Enterprises of
this sort are already appearing, aud the first effort of this
important interest that develops into a success will be but
the harbinger of other establishments, until there will be
large investments in this branch of industry made in dif-
ferent parts of the country. When we glance at all these
interests in connection with the attractions of soil, climate,
productions, and salubrity belonging to this splendid do-

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main, we can proudly challenge a comparison with any
country of equal extent in the South, and predict for its
future a degree of wealth, solid comfort, and progress un-
surpassed in the history of any other country. Goyon.

Corinth, Him., June, 1875.

GOSSIP OF SUMMER TRAVEL AND SAL-
MON FISHING.

WHY EVERY ONE SHOULD ANGLE — HOW I BECOME A SALMON
ANGLER.

JUST ns the “old, old story" of love, however .simply it
be told, charms every one, save perchance, one who
n as never been fortunate enough to fall in love, so the
tyro with his first salmon never fails to interest the true
angler, who with him fights his battles o’er again, and in
memory goes back to the happy hour when he for the first
time found his dreams more than realized, and himself
fighting hand to hand with the gamiest fish that swims.

Just here some practical, solemn visaged business or
professional man breaks in with "bosh! what a lot of non-
sense we’ll get now, and all about catching a fish." Well,
he shall at least hear nothiug about "dies” falling like snow
flakes, or the reel discoursing sweet music. If I can, how-
ever, present salmon fishing in such an attractive light as
to make an enthusiastic angler out of one careworn practi-
cal toiler after gold or fame, then I shall write to some
purpose, and he will be a happier and healthier man.
Medical men have told us over and over again, how bene-
ficial it is for every brain-worker to have a hobby, which,
while it brings into healthful activity certain faculties of
the mind, gives others needed rest. Our doctors are capi-
tal on theories, but no one of them has even presented this
idea iu so attractive and convincing a form as has Mr.
Dawson, the editor of Albany Evening Journal, in a series
of letters giving his own experience at the age of seventy
with his first salmon. These letters cut from the Journal
have been passed around among my friends until nearly
worn out. Mr. Dawson's chapter ou “Hobbies,” if atten-
tively read and profited by, would he worth more to a
hurried and over-worked man, than a library of works on
liygieDe-.i and he would do a great favor to anglers, and to
those who ought to be anglers, but are not, if he would
publish his letters in pamphlet form. With this, “Hal-
lock's Fishing Tourist,” and “Norris’ American Angler,”
all thoughtfully read, if a man does’nt become an angler,
it must be because he is lacking in some one of the good
qualities always found in the true angler. For my own
part I can never be sufficiently thankful to a good friend
of mine of the Oquossoc Club, for having made me a sul-
mon angler. Spending a few days under his hospitable
roof with mv family after our return from a few weeks a-
rnoug the “Thousand I slands," I was giving to him my
experience in trolling, and taking pickerel of ten and
twelve pounds, which I fancied was a pretty good thing.
Wailing for something handsome in the way of compli-
ment or congratulation, I was somewhat startled by my
friend quietly saying, “Why that wasn’t angling!" I then
and there determined that my friend who was a noted
trouter, and always placed me in his dining room tace to
face with the framed outlines of an eight pound trout,
which he took at RaDgely, should no longer laud it over
me. He had caught trout! I would kill salmon.

(Joing to work at once upon this idea I learned every-
thing about salmon fishing, streams, rods, lines, flies, &c.,
that was possible. If some novice asks how, where and
when, and at what price he can secure salmon fishing, he
may learn from an amusing direction once given a traveler
in Cairo. It was like this: “Go up half a mile, and then
turn to the right, and go a quarter of a mile, then turn left
again at a large tree, go a mile until you come to a large
donkey stand, then proceed to the river, and follow its
hank south for some distance, until you come to a bridge,
which you cross and then follow down the other bank uu-
til you come to a ford, when you recross the river and lake
the first right hand road; now the first person you meet,
get him to go and take you to the place you seek, as you
will never find it yourself.” So, desiring salmon fishing,
you may write to the Department of the Marine, and get
a list of salmon rivers to he let, with the upset prices, that
is to say, the largest sum at which a river may be leased.
The person offering the largest advance upon ibis gets the
river. Next get a good map of the salmon streams of
Canada, if you can, and assertain which rivers are easily
reached; then whether they have been so protected thut sal-
mon are readily taken. You will find probably, that all
easily reached rivers likely to afford fair sport, are leased
at high prices to Canadians, and that “States men," as we of
the United States are called, are not permitted lo lease a
stream. You must then give up salmon fishing unless you
have some good Canada friend to hold a river iu his own
name for you, or you must depend upon a sub-Jease of
the river, for parts of the season, or upon a rod permit
only. Tents must be purchased or hired; guides must be
engaged, as well as canoes. The last is a most difficult
thing to do. as the Indians, provoked at the recent protec-
tion afforded to salmon streams, naturally do not feel very
enthusiastic about buildiog canoes for the whites, who
have, as they feel, stolen away their chances of procurin''
food for Winter. Fiually, unless the stream be one of the
few that d£bouche near some of the lauding places of the
two or three lines of steamers, goiDg out from (Quebec; the
salmon fisher must arrange iu udvuuce for a small sloop
or schooner, to take him and his traps to his river.

All these various matters will take the best part of the
Winter, uDd will afford a pleasing respite from business or
professional cares. After following up ibis business faith-
fully, you will, perhaps, as I did, have forty or fifty letters
upon the subject in band, and some valuable and interest-
ing information. You will agree with me that a more
kind and courteous class of men than sulmon anglers does
not exist. And now after all this, if you can learn of a
friend, who either lias a stream himself or has intimate
friends who have, then you by sharing the expenses of the
leases may be allowed to join a party, and have good fish-
ing in a stream well stocked and accessible.

I was fortunate enough to number umong my friends,
Fred. Curtis, of Boston, well known to our brother’s of the
rod, and through his courtesy, and the great kindness of
one of nature’s noblemen, Mr. Reynolds, of Ottawa, I was
accorded permission to fish for one week the York River
at Gaspe Basin, Lower Canada. Mr. Curtis also gave me
the use of Dartmouth after July 8th. Already, I think I
must liaye been filled with the kiodly and amiable spirit

of the true angler, for I at onco made arrangements for
my Oquassoc friend lo accompany me, although he had so
ridiculed ray setting in an arm chair, in a lap-streak boat
and pulling in logy pickerel with a spoon and bed cord at
the Thousand Islands.

The York is one of the most picturesque of the Canadian
rivers — well stocked with salmon, of large size— easy of
access by Gulf Rost Steamer from Quebec which leaves
you directly at its mouth, well provided with most com-
fortable canoes, stoves, cooking utensils and conveniences
of every sort, all of which, Mr. Reynolds with his charac-
teristic liberality insisted upon my using as if they were
my own. The salmon of the York are of more graceful
outline than those of most other rivers. To this beautiful
stream I would like to take the reader, and have him enjoy
with me the pleasures and perplexities of taking salmon. 1
go by the steamer “Secret" from Quebec the 22d of June,
and the reader shall follow about August 1st, in the
Forest and Stream. A. G. Wilkinson.

U. S. Patent Ojjicc, June 15, 1875.

For Forest and Stream.

SPORT IN TEXAS— MY FIRST BUFFALO
HUNT.

THINKING you might like an occasional note from
this part of our great State, I have concluded to re-
count my experience in buffalo him ring, more particularly
because it occurred iu ihe locality that Colonel McCarty
and bis party are now (perhaps) operating in. I refer to
the headwaters of the Brazos and Wig Wueliita rivers.

Iu April, 1874, in company with some friends, I visited
this section for the purpose of examining some lands, pros-
pecting for minerals, encountering the American bison, etc.
Afler ten days’ travel westward from this place, from our
camp in the morning we could see that a stream of con-
siderable size flowed into the Brazos from the south side,
and wishing to identify the junction of the Double Moun
tain Fork with the Brazos 1 concluded to make a closer
examination, in order that no doubt might remain on my
mind in regard to having passed the junction. Selecting
six men, well mounted, I instructed the train to travel
slowly up the“divide,” and we would intercept them at a
given point on the divide. Not wishing to encumber my
nag with any unnecessary weight, and not knowing but
what we might have to give leg bail to the Comanches dur-
ing the day, I swapped my Spencer carbine for one of
Sharp’s army size, central fire carbines. I also had more
confidence in the Sharps, as I had used one some time pre-
viously with great success.

Starting out in a southwesterly direction, we soon came
to the Brazos, with its brackish, bitter water, wide sandy
bed, and shallow channel, flowing through the level plain
with scarcely a tree or shrub to mark its course. Selecting
a place where some buffalo had crossed, we ventured onr-
selves on the treacherous quicksand anil passed over with-
out “bogging." We now soou discovered that it was a
large creek flowing into the Brazos, and not the junction
of the two rivers. We also discovered that this creek was
marked on the maps as the north fork of Miller’s Creek,
when really it was no tributary of that creek.

After traveling up it some two miles, we turned our course
westward, intending lo recross the river and intercept the
train. When we came near the river we discovered in
some hills or bluffs beyond, where il made a sudden
bend, that which wits either a tent, a covered wagon, or a
solitary white rock in the hillside, but which we could not
tell. After some consultation we concluded to inspect il
closer, although it lay some three or four miles out of our
way.

After traveling towards it for a mile we could see that it
was a tent, und when a little closer could see horses feed-
ing iu the valley. After awhile we saw a man come down
from the tent to the horses. All was now lost lo sight for
some distance, owing to the intervening hills. When we
rose the hill we came almost directly over two men lying
down near the horses. When they heard our horses’ feet
they sprang to their Sharps rifles, and wheeling towards us
they were surprised to meet the pale-face iustead of the red
man. Afler a few woids they invited us up to the tent,
where we met Captain Terry, of Fort Worth, who informed
us that himself und nineolbers had been there two months,
and we were the first white men they had seen. They were
locating laud certificates for the Texas Pacific Railroad
Company. This was the 9th day of April, and the day
before some of his party came near beiug lost in a driving
snow storm. The Captain kindly showed us his maps, and
informed us that we were some distance below the junction
of the two streams. Afler a pleasant slay of an hour we
bade them adieu, feeling quite elated at finding pale-faces
so near us.

As we rose the bluff wo entered a village of prairie dogs
that must have embraced thousands of acres. The little
fellows chattered on all sidcs’of us till Lieutenant Savage
concluded he would kill one and stop some of it. Dis-
mounting, he fired his Henry rifle at one, and the little fel-
low dropped into the moulli of his hole, stuck his eyns
over on one side and his tail over the other, and kept on
barking. The Lieutenant mistaking the twitching of his
tail for death struggles, exclaimed “I’ve got him, I’ve got
him," and rushed frantically on to the little fellow, but
was surprised lo see him vauisli into the hole as he came
close to him. The joke was too good, and the Lieutenant
joiued in the hearty laugh which ensued. As we crossed
the valley Lieutenant S. and I made some long shots at
buffalo, but without effect. During the past Winter some
trappers had been trapping for wolves (the large, whitish-
colored wolves, called loafers), and they must have been
very successful, as we bad hardly teen a live wolf, while
the plains were strewn with carcasses.

As we rose the ciest of a hill, afler crossing the river
we came in full view of three antelope feeding. Every
man dismounted and tried to fire first. Covering the shoul-
der of one, 1 hastily let fiy at about 150 paces distant, and
was mollified to see the dust rise just above the animal’s
shoulder and far beyond. Eueh man now declared that if
I had just held one second longer be would have killed
oue. I just replied that they were all privileged to shoot
before 1 did, if they could. \Ve soou rose on to the divide
and saw the train near by. I tethered my horse and laid
down on my blanket, while the remainder straggled off
after the antelope that were gaziug at us in mule astonish-
rneut. I was almost asleep when I heard firing uud shout-
ing. Jumping up I saw them ruuuiug down a ridge that
passed close to me. Mounting my horse I rode hastily to
the crest of the hill and saw a herd of buffulocs ruuuiug

down the hill, the nearest being about 200 paces aud run
ning directly from me. Dismounting, I fired at him, ami
at the crack of the gun I saw him. pitch forward ou bis
knees and then heard the ball strike. In an instant lie was
on his feet, ami went lumbering off on three legs, t
.soon came up with him again. This time I dismounted
and rested my gun by the side of a mosquite and fired into
bis rear. This shot checked him considerably, and I soon
overtook him and repeated the operation; this third shot
brought him to a stand for fight. I now approached to
within about eighty yards of him, and gave him a broad-
side behind the lore shoulder which brought him down.
I rode up near him, and lie struggled very hard to get up,
his eyes turning green. I think I never saw anything mole
frightful. I now began to look around, and found that 1
had got out of sight of every thing und every body, and I
hardly knew which way to start. I thought to myself,
well, if the Indians were to get after me now I’d have to
fight it out on this line. I rode to some high ground and
discovered the wagons near by. I reported to them my
success, and that il was a four-year-old, not very fat. Our
guide thought best not to bother with such meat, and we
marched on, trying to get some water for our stock before
night. One young mau that had caught a young wolf ran
down and got some of the flesh to feed his wolf upon. I
was almost sorry after Iliad killed the poor brine, that
struggled so manfully for its life, just to saliule uiy thirst
for blood. But it was my first one. The first shot had
passed through the thigh, rungiug downward, and broken
the foreleg near the knee. Had the ball not struck a bone
I would never have known that it touched him. On this
expedition I frequently saw them shot with the Ilenrv and
Winchester rifles (calibre 44), but they were seldom killed
outright, and frequently escaped entirely. We could have
caught plenty of calves, but could not furnish them milk
to drink. On one occasion a young calf followed one of
the men (on horseback) into caiup and stayed there until
night, when some of the horses became frightened at it,
and one of the men shot it lest it should create a stampede
during the night.

The wilds of this country afford quite a field for scien-
tific investigation, and its game quite a field for recreation.
[ would like lo depict its beautiful valleys uud plains of
rich chocolate land, mesquile grass, horned frogs, and “heel
Hies," but this 'pistil has become already too lengthy. I
am aware that this information will he stale to you, as you
have crossed the Slaked Plain and seen for yourself the
weird fancies and “mirage" of this strange counlry, but
lo some of your less favored sportsmen, who read Forest
and Stream, il may not prove uninteresting.

I will state, in conclusion, that I believe none of them
would regret a visit to this region, even at considerable ex-
pense. 1 would be glad to correspond with any parties
contemplating sucli a visit. Texas.

(JuincKoitie, Cooke county, Texas, June 18th, 1875.

For ForeM and Stream.

NEWFOUNDLAND NOTES.

HAVING well cleared the Harbor Rock and the Bran.

derbe-s Rocks, which lie off Catalina, bet ween Green
Island and the North Head, the Summer sun of an early
September evening lias with crimsou and goldcn-hucd glory
set iu the westward. Pretty Green Island, with its little
meadows, bears on its brow a lighthouse, the cheerful ray
from the lamps of which illuminate our way and instruct
our hearings and departure, which it is always well to have
in case of fog coming on. A sail of a few hours, or less
than that in one of your yachts, will bring us into the Gull
Island Tickle. 1 may remark that in this country we call
a comparatively narrow passage between the main land
and an island a tickle, anil, indeed, such a place is at times
very ticklesomc, with adverse winds, or hurtling breezes, cr
hidden rocks. How like the seas of life here below. Keep
the isluud inboard and we may run against a hidden rock,
and keep the Cape of Bonavista too much outboard and we
may run on another rock, so the only safe rule is to borrow
on the cape moderately. The Spider's Rocks lay not far
hence; they look like so many teeth of some huge protean
animal. I suppose they derive their name from some good
old fisherman of the name of Spider. Alii what would
Newfoundland be without her hardy fishermen? Still we
must promote agriculture, and the wisest thing our plant-
ers can do is to sellle down in the various line bays of our
land, cultivate the soil, and pursue the fishery iu small
cruft. As for the senl fishery, that is engrossed by steam-
ers. I am a strong advocate for the middle mau, while I
respect all classes. Cape Bonavista, indeed the land along
to Bonavista, is composed of dark clay slute, with scat-
tered veins of quartz. We know that there is a geological
rule, or rather let me say mineral rule, that veins of quurtz-
cutting slate may lead to precious metal. Plumbago is re-
ported on this coast. The angry sea which sounds here
in a storm “like mighty doors slamming on their hinges”
lias torn and gnarled this coast into miniature caves, and
on the coast toward Bonavista there is the Dungeon— a
huge scoop of nature one hundred feet deep— ul ils level a
pebbly beach, und to Us front the sea wall perforated by
two natural arches, through which the great sea billows
surge with mighty uoise. A few spokes of the wheel oflon
saves a ship and all hands. We were once ueur running
on this rock we speak of near the island, within a few
inches, when the faithful man at the wheel said “he
knowed dere was a rook derc," and shifted his wheel ami
suved the vessel. Let us always be kind to the man at the
wheel. What a useful class of men sailors arc! Yet I
have seen a brig go through this tickle with all her canvas
drawing when a fore-and-aft schooner could not . I think
we build our boats too short and junky. However, we no-
tice great improvements or late years, and the Newfound-
land fisherman builds his own boat und sails her; yea, and
she makes excellent weather!

Cape Bonavista (Buenu Vista, good sight,) is a hold, bluff

cape, justtlie contrary of Cape Freels, which is long and

low. Crilieul sailing commences from Cape Boiiuvistu
northward. Vernacularly this is called Bonavist Cape.
There is u fine lighthouse here; the lantern sluuds at an
elevation ot 150 leet, and the light is u revolving red and
white. Il is a most useful light, and can be seen a long
distance. My pen would utterly fail iu describing to the
vast number of renders of your highly esteemed and use-
ful paper lire grandeur of our stellar (stella, a star,) heavens
in September, and wlmt a thrill seizes the scientific mind
when .such a fine comet us Douali's unfolds ils presence
near the Great Bear. When Aclurus shines in all her splen-
dor, uud when all the slurs of “perpetual apparition" circle

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round the polo until we think of the “central sun,” and
turn in to rest leaving the deck to the faithful night watch,
whom Ileuveu guide and preserve. C.

Harbor Grace, April, 1875.

For Farts/ and Stream.

DEER HUNTING IN ALABAMA.

IN Alabama, to “drive” or “shine” deer is the sport par
excellence. Half a dozen gentlemen meet of a bright,
blueing, breezy morning, and, with a pack of fifteen or
twenty dogs, start for “the mountains," a chain of high
bills some seven miles from Butler. Taking their stands,
the dogs are put in. All is quiet but for the sounds of the
forest. A nut falls at your feet. You look up, and the
bright eyes of a mischievous squirrel flush at you as he
darts around the trunk or branch of some tall oak or hick-
ory. You hear the woodpecker tapping as he explores
some dead branch or hollow tree for his favorite food. A
heavily-laden train of ants toil by, and you immediately
wish to see if the stories told in the books are true; so you
put a stone right in their path, and, yes, the train stops at
once. Presently you see the engineers conic running up.
They crawl around it, creep all over it, and examine it
thoroughly. It is too heavy for them to move, so they cut
a path around it — remove every blade of grass, leaf, or ma-
terial of any kind, making a smooth road. The train at
once moves on, the engineers falling back to their places.
Now you lake a little piece of wood and place it in the
path. Again the train stops and the engineers come up.
yi'liey literally swarm over it. Yes, they can move it. See,
they lay hold of it, as many as can grasp it, and others yet
1 lay hold of those who cling to the obstruction. Others,
again, clear away auy small obstacles. One chief stands
by and seems to direct the movement. Presently it begins
to move, and now it is drawn aside and the train moves on
as before. There comes a mocking bird, which sits on a
limb, and, looking right at you, pours out such a flood of mel-
dy that you are fairly entianced. A rabbit steals out of a
clump of brush near by. and hops awuy. You will not
trouble “Miss Molly” now. The sun is" bright, the air is
crisp and cool, and it is a delight to fill your lungs with
the pure air. Hark I what is that? Was it an echo? No,
all is quiet. Again! Yes, surely it is the dogs. And now,
as they sweep around the hill, the whole pack breaks out
in full chorus. Again it is lost, and you sit on your log or
stand motionless by a tree and strain your ears to catch
the faintest sound. Again the cry peals' out, and this time
it is surely coming towards you ; and now you are all eyes
and ears. A broken stick snaps. You turn your eyes to-
wards it, and, yes, there is a light brown form bounding
gracefully up the side of the hill, his wide-spread antlers
“sideling” through the bushes as ho darts along. But lie
is not coming to your stand. Yes, you can do it. A short,
sharp run, the gleam of the brown coat as it flashes ucross
an opening, a sheet of flame, a loud report, and, as the
smoke clears awav there lies the monarch of the forest,
“a stag of ten.” It is a glorious moment. A man never
feel9 it fully but once, and that is when he kills his first
deer, and that “on the jump."

Three blasts on the horn which hangs at your side, and
your comrades gather round you, and your prize is dial
‘cussed and due praise given. Soon he is gralloehed,
(butchered is the word “way down in Alabam.”) The
hounds have come up panliug, and are blowing themselves
out on the offal. Soon you have your deer nicely triced
up and tied behind your saddle, and, all mounting their
horses, move off a few miles to have another diive.

Perhaps you want to “shine a deer," (fire hunting we call
it in New York.) Well, about dusk we ride out a few
miles from town, and tethering our horses securely light
our lamps and start into the woods. The old fire pan is a
thing of the past. Now, Staple’s patent hunting lamp is
the thing. Aud a good thing it is. For now you do not
kill a colt, nor your neighbor’s oxen, or perhaps shoot your
friend, mistaking his eyes for those of a deer. As this is
not an advertising letter I shall not describe it, but with
this lamp you can see the entire outline of a deer a hundred
yards off as plainly as if it were iu broad daylight. Well,
one carries the lamp, and the other the gun. If alone you
carry both, but one gun can be used with each lamp. You
wander into the woods, flashing the light on every side
while you peer into the darkness. Presently you see two
halls of fire way out in the dark. Quietly and cautiously
you approach, and presently you see the entire animal. It
is a deer, and looking straight at you. Gradually and
slowly you approach until within about forty yards or
less, when you halt, and aiming at the root of the neck if
he is facing you (behind the shoulder, well down, is the
shot if he presents his side) you fire, and lie is yours.

If you can find a large lake, where the deer come to
drink or feed on the lily pads, and you cau float deer, the
sport is more pleasurable. The powerful light of the lamp
s'lines out against the dark background of trees and under-
brush, showing every leaf as distinctly as if it were in
your hand. If it happen that the wind has died away, and
you have a good puddler, as you move along the shore, iu
and out of the little bays and around the points without a
sound being heard, there is a weirdness about the scene, a
certain impressive sense of loneliness, that fills the behold-
er with awe. You float on, on, seemingly impelled by no
human power, until one can almost fancy himself a ghost,
so uncanny is the feeling produced. And wheu the snap-
ping of a dried stick in the forest, or the pluuge of a bass,
attracted by the light, near the skiff — they sometimes leap
into the boat — strikes upon the ear, the nerves have be-
come so inteuselv strung with listening that one starts in-
voluntarily and nlmost jumps overboard.

Fire hunting is not practiced to any great extent in the
South; the tastes of the people run more to driving with
hounds. Still, it is no uncommon thing, and not unfre-
quently, that one of the “U. D. C.’s" goes out, and is re-
warded by bringing home three or four fine deer for the
night’s work. Monmouth.

— Another new game has been introduced in England, a
result, probably, of the success of the revival of polo. It
is known as “tent-pegging." The game consists in driv-
ing a lance point, while going on horseback at full gallop,
into a tent-peg stuck into the ground and bearing it off tri-
umphantly. It looks easy enough, but it is in reality very
OllHcult, while it is admiruble practice for those cavalry
regiments who have to use the lance. It has the advan-
tage over polo as being an exercise which is, iu some sort,
R training for transfixing enemies.

^altnre.

United States Fish Commission.— The U. S. steamer,

Blue Light,” L. A. Bcardslee, commander, known to our
correspondents as “Piseoo," i8 now at Woods Hole, Mas-
sachusetts, which is to ho the headquarters of the U. 8.
Fishery Commission for the Summer. Last year it was
located at Now London, Ct.

•

Virginia Fisii Commissioners.— The Board of Fish
Commissioners of Virginia, as finally consittutcd by the
Governor, now comprises the following named gentlemen,
which is about as strong a working team as any of the
States could boast of: Alexander Mosely, Esq., Richmond,
Dr. W. B. Robertson, Lynchburg, I)r. M. G. Ellzey,
Blacksburg. We anticipate most beneficial and speedy re-
sults from their efforts. The black bass and brook trout
interests of inlund Virginia arc of great importance, while
the coast and estuary fisheries, including the oyster busi-
ness, cannot be estimated too highly, either in respect to
revenue or gastronomy. We do not envy these gentlemen
their prerogatives, for their duties are numerous and intri -
cate, and the task assigned them a thankless one. Our
columns and co-operation will he nlwuys available to them.
Dr. Robertson and Ellzey are well known out of the State
as well as in it, while Mr. Mosely is the senior editor ot
the Richmond Whig, one of the oldest papers in Virginia,
and represents the fishing interests of the State. All these
gentlemen need is a good stiff appropriation from the
Treasury, and the moral support of the Slulc officers and
legislature.

—

Fisn Protection in Ontario.— The success-which has
attended the operations of the Peterboro Fish Protective
Association has induced a number of sportsmen iu the vi-
cinity of Guelph, Ont., to establish a similar association,
having for its object tbe preservation and culture of fish in
the streams of the district At n largely attended meeting
the following officers were elected, who will, by their posi-
tion and popularity, undoubtedly insure a very prosperous
career for the association:— President, Judge Macdonald;
Vice President, James Goldie; Treasurer, Capt. Swinford;
Hon. Secretary, C. Acton Burrows, editor of the
Guelph Herald. The association already boasts of a nu-
merous membership, and is now taking steps to secure a
quantity if black bass to lay down iu the Eramosa branch
of the river Speed. Next Spring it is intended to procure
a large quantity of speckled trout from Mr. Wilmol's es-
tablishment to lay down in the main stream of the same
river.

Fishes, Beware —Inspector C. Gilchrist, of Rice Lake,
has already prosecuted Joseph Robbius, on May 12th. The
fine was $20 and costs, the spear, jack, and fish were also
taken. Joseph Dickson, on the north shore, had to pay
$10 and costs, for using a spear in a canoe. Several sots
of apparatus have been taken, and boats from those cn
gaged illegally in fishing. Parties fishing without permits
in Rice Lake or any of its tributary rivers would do well to
keep clear of Mr. Gilchrist, or they may have to pay for
their fish pretty dearly. — Peterborough Review.

Inspector Gilchrist, an active and zealous preserver of
game and fish, has been placed over the Rice Lake District
by the Ontario Government, at the instance of the applica-
tions of “Peterborough County Fish and Game Protection
Society,” and the above is the second haul of depredators
which he has invited up to the captain’s office, iu the mean-
time he holds on to their boats, spears, &c., so that on
Rice Lake and its surroundings the transgressor will find
the way pretty hard, should he meet Gilchrist.

J. W. S.

—Information having reached the Hartford Game Club
that the salmon deposited by the State Commissioners in
the Farmington River were being illegally taken therefrom,
the club with commendable alacrity commenced suit
against the guilty parlies, and the violators of the law have
been bound over to appear before a superior court. The
Hartford club has given due notice that they will vigor-
ously prosecute all like offenders against the provisions of
either the game or fish laws of the State. Their vigorous
action is worthy of imitation by sister clubs in ndjoining
States.

Massachusetts Angi.ers’ Association. — At a regular
meeting of this association^^! on Wednesday of last
week, S. W. Jenkins of Squautum, a member, was expelled
for violation of the smelt law.

Spawn of Deep Sea Fish. — But little is known with re-
gard to the habits of deep sea fish during the spawning
season. M. Bars has discovered that the ova of some fish,
notably tbe cod (Gadus morrhm) and of the plaice ( Pleuro -
nectea platessa), arc hatched while floating on the waves.
Ova of these and other fishes have been found floating in
different stages of development. In some of the larger
rivers of China tbe spawn of certain fishes is collected from
the surface of the water by means or wisps of grass and of
soft matting, and used for piscicultural purposes. The
eggs thus gathered are removed to waters barren of fish
which are thus replenished.

There is no doubt that different species of fish spawn in
different pluces, some at the bottom of the sea and some on
the surface. The herring ( Clupca harengus), aud probably
all its congeners, spawn on the bottom, the eggs remaining
there adhering in masses to the rocks and stones. The
eggs of the salmon are emitted on beds of fine gravel in

shallow parts of the n vers, and covered over with gravel
by the female m order to hide them from their numerout
nil i ^s|".,c of tbis precaution multitudes nro devour-
, y , ‘L by msect larvte of muny kinds, and by ducks
»i!ii«l« «r w*lcr fowls searching for food on the bottom,
Hinm » 1 d ?f,eV 8WeeP‘> them entirely away or buries
thorn so deep by the shifting gravel that theycauuot hatch,
“ , c“" IUlV,-r emerge from the drift. It is the

S!r,‘irSt°nM natura,rt* «*ut most sea fish emit their
bolto,m’.ftnd tbftl Vlu9e risc lo Urn surface when
tIH 1 The Mr. Robert Buist, of the

Tay fisheries, states that ho had seen Ridmou eggs, as t ho

uHCl f°r U"i oclo9iou?f 11,0 me to the
surtaic in the breeding boxes at Stormontfield, but they
always sank again before the birth of the fish. ^

NEW HAMPSHIRE FISH COMMISSION-
ERS’ REPORT.

THE following is the substantial part of the Fish Com-
missioners’ report for 1875:—

1 Upo,n exa'" 'nation, that we have the greatest

ntSeif? f.or,.,heT_c,‘llur.e mid propagation of food flsli of
Sr.y, i t»e.ln -l ‘e U“,on> m Proportion to its size. We have
fifty eight rivers fourteen lakes, and about 200 ponds,
which are well adapted to Ash culture, but are now gener-
ally inhabited by comparatively worthless fish, such as sun-
fish, suckers, dace, and the like. We find that some of
our best waters are well stocked with lake trout.

A number of our lakes arc now well stocked with black
bns9. They have done remarkably well, increased wonder-
fully in numbers, and grown very fast, wherever they have
beeu introduced into our waters; some huvo been taken
the past season, weighing from six to seven pounds each.
We have taken a large number from Suuapce aud Webster
lakes, and stocked other waters.

We have made arrangements to obtain several thousand
whitefish from Lake Champlain the coining season, for in-
troduction into such waters os arc best adapted for their
culture and propagation.

We have made arrangements to introduce wall-eyed
pike into our waters as soon os convenient.

We ntteuded the meeting of the New England Commis-
sioners on Fisheries, in Boston, iu January last, and found
a great, interest in fish culture, and much earnest work be-
ing done, to introduce the different varieties of food fish
into the various waters throughout New Euglund, and re-
ceived many valuable suggestions from the different Com-
missioners. It was there suggested that a joint hatch-
ing-housc be established at or uear the headwaters of the
Connecticut or Merrimack rivers, which suggestion wo
think entitled to favorable consideration. We received
from the Massachusetts and Connecticut Commissioners the
generous offer of a present of about 400,000 young salmon,
to be placed iu the headwaters of the Connecticut and Mer-
rimack rivers. We accepted the offer, and intend to
put the salmon into said waters during the coming Spring.

We find many large ponds well adapted to land-locked
salmon. They arc highly esteemed for food, aud we in-
tend to introduce them into some of our best waters us
soon as practicable.

We intend to pul shad into some of our larger waters
as soon as we can obtain the mature fish, deeming it far
preferable, in most cases, for introduction, to either eggs
or fry.

We have not yet had time to examine the fishways, but
intend to do so as soon as practicable. From the reports
of the Massachusetts and Connecticut Commissioners, we
are satisfied that the fishway at Holyoke is a success. We
are assured by the Massachusetts Commissioners that the
fishway at Lawrence shall be made to answer the purpose
for which it was intended.

We have expended a large proportion of the State ap-
propriation, and spent much time, in enforcing the laws
for the protection of fish. Regarding this as one of our
most important duties, we have already appointed, uader
the authority of Chapter LXX of the laws of 1874, about
200 flsli wardeus, in localities where they seemed to be
most immediately required, and shall appoint others as oc-
casion seems to demand. Respectfully submitted,

O lia'er U. Noyes, )

John S. Wauleioh, [- Commissioners.
Andrew C. Fifield, )

Fish Culture in California.— The fish commissioners
of California have just achieved a success iu pisciculture —
one for which the people of our State should accord to Mr.
J. G. Woodbury, superintendent of the hatching and dis-
tributing department, their approval. From eggs obtained
from New Hampshire ninety-six per centum of fish have
been hatched, and 00,000 red speckled trout have, at the
age of four mouths, just been placed in the streams of Cal-
ifornia; 20,000 have beeu distributed to the small streams
of Lake aud Mendocino couutics, 20,000 were placed in
the streams of the western Sierras, at the head waters of
the American, Yuba and Feather rivers, and 20,000 in the
streams of Contra Costa county emptying into the Bay of
San Francisco, the Calaveros, the Alameda and tbe Son
Leandro creeks. The hatching process was conducted in
the hatching house at the Uuiversity grounds at Berkeley,
and have since their birih been stored at St. Helena moun-
tain, where in four months they attained a growth of two
inches. Of the 20,000 speckled beauties taken to the Lake
and Mendocino county streams, it is said that only two fish
died. — San Francisco Chronicle.

Sturgeon as Shad Protectors. — The fishermen along
the Hudson have refused to remove their nets for twenty-
four hours once a week, in order to allow the eliad a
chance to move up the river, where they are in the habit
of spawning. Seth Green ha9 hutched 40,000 young stur-
geon, which he has placed in the river, and which number
he iutends to increase to 8,000,000. In three years’ time
they will have attained a large size, aud will then go
through shad nets like an arrow through the air, and thus
enable the oilier fish lo move at will up and dowu the
stream. Sturgeon were very plenty in the stream twenty
years ago, selling for fifty cents lo one dollar each, while
the present price in the New York and Albany markets is
$8. and the demand is greater than the supply. Shad arc
selling for a third of the price that they sola for before ar-
tificial propagation was introduced, uud Mr. Green expects
in three or four years hence the piice of sturgeon will bo

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reduced in a similar ratio. The sturgeon is valuable as
food for the poor on account of its cheapness, while the
spawn is used as caviare, an epicurean delicacy, large
quantities of which are annually exported to Europe.—
Itoch&tcr Express.

palatal §istory.

Natural History of Oregon and Arizona.— An offi-
cer of the First Cavalry, now stationed at Camp Har-
ney, Oregon, in the Pah-ute country, is a naturalist of
no small repute, and i9 at present collecting specimens of
the different kinds of trout found in Oregon for the Smith-
sonian Institution. We take pleasure in quoting from a
recent letter to the editor of Forest and Stream some
facts relative to the fauna of Oregon and Arizona. The
Captain says of the game of Oregon:

B"So far as flue fishing is concerned, amau could scarcely
go amiss by pitching his line in the first stream he came to.
I think that you can find fine trout in every brook in the
State- I would not recommend the vicinity of Camp Har-
ney for hunting and fishing purposes, although game of
both kinds is extremely plenty. The great trouble is get-
ting here. It is in the heart of the ludian country, Palt-
utes, about 260 miles from the railroad in a southerly di-
rection, and the same distance to the Dalles, on the Colum-
bia River. Accommodations, you might say there are
none, or of the rudest kind, and the expenses would not be
light either. The roads are bad and blocked by snow dur-
ing five months in the year. For pleasure-seekers this
would not do, as there must bo any amount of better places
nearer to civilization and easier of access. Geese, ducks,
and swan are extremely abundant on all the lakes about
here, some of which are of quite good size. We have just
finished a fine sail boat, and 1 hope to have a chance to ex-
plore Lake Harney and Malheur Lake thoroughly both for
fish and birds. I consider Southern Arizona one of the
finest game countries in the United States, but it is rather
inaccessible also, and not safe for a small party. Deer are
extremely abundant (two or three species;) antelope also;
bear, if any one has lost any, pumas and such like; wild
turkeys (Mdiagris Manama,) from which the domestic race
is supposed to have sprung. It differs from the Eastern
species (Mcliugris gallopato) in the coloration of the tips of
the upper and lower tail coverts and tail feathers, these
being white in the former while they are fulvous or chest-
nut red in the latter. Of quail you can find three species,
viz.: Loplwrtyse Oambehi (Gambel’s quail,) which is very
common throughout the whole territory. CaUipepla squa-
mata, the blue or scaled partridge. This is somewhat rarer,
and does not extend further westward than Tucson. I no-
ticed it oftener about the San Pedro River than anywhere
else, but always some distance away from wnter, preferring
the most sterile districts to any others. Cyrtonyx Maintain,
the Massena partridge (black partridge,) is the last and
rarest, and more of a mountain-loving bird than the other
two. I noticed it only on two occasions; it is, however,
not rare in some portions of Western Texas. Several spe-
cies of pigeons, ducks, and other water fowls are also
found abundantly In proper season. The Mexican turkey,
however, is the best game of the lot, and attains a weight
of thirty pounds sometimes. C. B.”

ARTIFICES OF WOODCOCK.

Rocuester, N. Y., June 12th, 1876.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

la n recent number of your paper a correspondent described the action
and efforts at concealment practiced by a woodcock that once came un-
der Ins observation. The relation of sneb incidents is interesting to
sportsmen and naturalists, who are ever glad to learn of some peculiarity
iu the subjects of their respective researches. An incident somewhat
similar to that alluded to took place in rny experience a few years ago.
Ad ardent spurting friend and I were after ducks ou Black Creek in this
county about the middle of October, 1868. Ducks were scarce, but in
crossing a piece of marsh we came on a very large swarm of snipe that
lay like stones, and bad to be kicked np. I marked down one bird, and
walking up thought to get him to rise at a suitable dlsiance. He didu't
show himself ou the wing, and us I got to the edge of a pool in the
marsh 1 saw ihe bird run quickly along the mud and nestle close down
behind a stick. I watched him for several minutes, and he would stretch
out hie heud and peer at me with the air of a gamin watching a blue coat
around the corner. The code of the field sportsman to be sure pre-
vented me from taking a pot-hunter’s advantage of Seolopax Wilton i,
but when, after throwing a sod or two at him, be started on lively wing
I did as is usual on such occasions, and closed up his account, terminat-
ing one of the best day s snipe shooting I ever enjoyed. Should my
wandering friend Will F. see tins ho wi 1 remember the occuslon.

E. n.

COCK GROUSE PROTECTING NESTS.

Macuias, Me., June 2let, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

While driving in this vicinity a few days since, a ruffed grouse ran out
into the road, aud with ruffled plumage und lowered head attacked us.
hot the rapid pace soon discouraged It, although keeping close to the
wheels for several rods. To my surprise 1 saw that it was a matt. We
returned a few hours later with u tat mo fontlnalU of three pounds and
an ounce weight aud a number of his brethren of lesser note.

ItOAMKR.

[The incident referred to is unusual, as it is the belief
that the cock birds do not assist the hens in taking care of
their young. — Ed ]

STRANGE FREAKS IN DEER NATURE.

Nicabio, Marin county. Cal. , Jane 14th, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

In hunting deer In the county of San Luis Obispo some years ago, I
'ouna quite a number of wethers among thu bucks shot, and os it was
isused by disease, I give It to the readers of your paper. At the time I
first shot them, In July, their horns were in the velvet, and remained tile
same in September when I left that county Reluming the following
Spring, I found some with full head of horns still Iu the velvet hut much
faded. Among those I killed some hud imperfect horn* und some large
spikes covered with knots from base to lip; many were In good condi-
tion, more very poor. The cause I did not know, though some iiunters
said it was from u disease brought in from Texas cattle. I huve heard
of wethers being killed in Monterey county within two years, but huve
never beard of one north of Suu Francisco. Thomas 11 . Estey.

— A while gopher, a rate freak of nature, was recently
Captured iu Oregon aud evut to the Oregon Museum.

— The Philadelphia Zoological Society is mourning the
loss of a bull moose, which died June 24th. The Editor
of this journal is aiding this society to obtain a pair, and
hopes for success.

CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE.

Department op Pimuo Parks, I
New York, June 27, 1875. t

Animals received at Central Park Menagerie for the week ending June
Sfitli, 1875:—

One Pino Grosbeak, Pinlcoia tnucltalor Received In exchange.

One small Alligator. Presented by Mr. W T. Coale.

One great Horned Owl, Bubo Vlrglniamu. Presented by Mr. A. II.
Ellis.

One Sparrow Hawk, Fatco rparwriui. Presented by Rev. Isaac Riley.
Four Horse-shoe Crabs, Llmulus />olyp/ieinu.x. Presented by Mr.
Samuel Smith.

BRED IN THE MENAGERIE .

Three Panthers, Felit eon color.

Four Fawns, Cariacu * Vtrginianus.

Five Pea fowl, Pa to cristatu*.

BRED ON THE PARK.

Five Rollins, Tardus migralorlm. Three Cat Birds, Oaltoseoples
CarotlnemU. One Crow Black Bird, QuUcaius purpureas.

W. A. Conklin. Director,

The following arc recent arrivals at the Philadelphia
Zoological Garden : —

Garden op the Zoological Society-, I
Fairmodnt Park, Philadelphia, June 19th, 1875. )

One Mocking Bird, Mm, us jiolygloUus. Presented by P. Johnson, of
Philadelphia.

Three Prairie Dogs, Arctomys ludmHcianvs. Bom in Garden.

Two Red-bellied Terrapin, Emys rubri ten Iris. Presented by Smithso-
nian Institution, Washington, D. C.

Three Black Swans, Cygnus atratus. Received in exchange.

One Red-bellied Wallaby, Ifalmaturus BUlordleri. Presented by Lt.
Forsyth. U. S. N.

Six Belted Kingfishers, C. Alcyon. Presented by L. Snyder, Phila.
One Leopard Spermophilc, Arctomys tredecim-lineatus . Presented by
A. J. Lambom, Philadelphia.

Two Chequered Tortoises, Em ys picta. Preseuted by Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, D. C.

Four Ruddy Flamingoes, P/ioenicopelorus ruber. Presented by Capt.
Monday, Philadelphia.

Three Soft shelled Tortoise, Tryonix muticus; One Speckled Tortoise,
Emys guttata; Five Yellow-bellied Terrapin, Einys serrata; Two young
Coders, Chetonura serpentina. Preseuted by Smithsonian Institution,
Washington. D. C.

One Squirrel Monkey, Siamaris tdurea. Presented by W. L. Welch,
Philadelphia.

Woodbind, Jfjnrm mid (garden.

For Forest and Stream.

THE CLIMATE OF CALIFORNIA.

ONE of the most surprising things I have seen lately i9
a letter from a person signing himself “Forty*niner"
in the New York Spirit of the Times, and entitled “Gossip
from San Francisco." The main subject in the letter is a
talk about horses, and I have no fault to find with that, and
besides, I will not occupy your columns with a subject
foreign to them. But when the writer speaks of the cli-
mate of California and says:

"If Tennessee be like this, and the climate such as ‘Hark
Comstock’ describes, I can only say that I want to leave
this humbug California, and migrate backward to a place
where there is a decent climate of seasonable weather, and
where the men who call themselves horsemen &c. * * *
I would like, however, to get a little ltonesl information iu
your columns from ‘Hark Comstock’ or any other man in
respect to the climate of Kentucky and Tennessee, and in
return I will give you what you don’t often gel— a little
plain truth about California. I am perfectly sick of the
falsehoods disseminated about our eternal Spring, our un-
seasonable bad strawberries, our monster beets, which have
been two or three years growing, and various oilier Califor-
nia staple clap traps. Now, California may be the para-
dise of the whole Union, but if so, your country is simply
unfit for human occupation during a considerable portion
of the year. California can be lived in, and by contrast lo
t ho people of Vermont and New England all over, is con-
sidered delightful, because instead of suow we have mud,
and instead of sunstroke, liver complaint and rheumatism.
Now, a word of truth, which I bet you won’t see in any
San Francisco newspaper, regarding weather within say
twenty miles of our delightful metropolis. During the
week last past— on Saturday, 3d, Sunday, 4th, Monday,
5th of April of this year, 1875— we have had a series of
Ihe most horrible and most utterly abominable hurricanes
of cold winds, accompanied by cold rain, hail, and sleet,
and snow on the hills, productive of more misery and dis-
comfort to man and best than uuything l ever saw out of
California. In exposed places in my neighborhood the
crops— barley, oats, potatoes — are blown bodily out of the
ground, and there are piles of sand, three feet high, blown
from the plowed fields into the pasture fields. This is in
San Mateo county, Cal., a portion of paradise— I am not
describing Alaska. From thefroom where I write the hills
above Sait Jose and Gilroy are visible; they are white with
snow. Therefore, I would very much like to hear a little
more from ‘Hark Comstock’ about those pleasant May
days, going down to Tennessee. I have been in Kentucky
myself, but in the month of May, and assuredly then ihe
country and climate seemed superior to this boasted Cali-
fornia. Let us have a little truthful comparison, for the ben-
efit of horse and cattle breeders, aud, if acceptable, I will
give you a few more local items on these subjects at an
early day.”

First let me state that I own neither land nor lot in Cali-
fornia, and never expect to. I have no interest iu praising
her. Well, now, Mr. Editor, will you be patient enough
lo hear a few words from one who, it is irue, is not a
“Forty-niner," but has lived in California five years, and
ought therefore lo know something of what lie speaks.
But I will first observe that nearly every person in Califor-
nia, and I. might almost say out of it, bus a totally oppo-
site opinion from “Forty-niner" concerning his state-
ment about California and its climate, or, I should rather
suy climates, for it has many. I will, however, confess
that its general climate, or its particular ones, are not per-

fect or faultless, but I will maintain that they are not sur-
passed, if equaled, in the whole world. The climate of
San Francisco in Winter is the best mean climate of (in-
state—probably the best in the world. Upon Unit point
there is no difference of opinion either among residents or
visitors. Its general character in Ihe whole Stale, as com-
pared with other climes in the Eastern States, is that it9
Winters are warmer; the Summers, especially at night
cooler; the changes from heat to cold not so great or so
frequent; the quantities of rain less, and confined princi-
pally to ihe Winter and Spring months; the atmosphere
drier, the cloudy clays fewer; thunder, lightning, hail,
snow, and ice rarer; the winds more regular, ami liurii-
canes or tornados almost never occurring. Of course there
is some mud in many places in the country (luring the rainy
season or Winter. I do think, and it is generally con-
sidered, that it is one of the most healthy countries in the
world. I do not believe at all, according to “Forty-niner,’’
that either dyspepsia or rheumatism au- prevalent; on the
contrary, I t hi nk they are less common Ilian in most obiter
parts of America. Compared with the Eastern States and
most parts of Europe we have here "an eternal Spring,"
and as to “Forty-niner" objecting to unseasonable bad
strawberries, I cannot sec mu- lt to complain of because we
have four or five crops of that delicious fruii a year, last-
ing in plenty for four or five months, and to be obtained
for at least eight months in the year. And as to t he qual-
ity, that fruit is nearly all of the Longwortli Prolific sort,
so highly prized at Cincinnati, and next only in flavor (o
McAvoy’s Superior. Everybody who knows anything tit
all of South California knows that we have all the fruits of
the temperate and semi-tropical regions in perfection, and
as lo both them and vegetables growing lo mammoth size
and lastiu" longer than in any other country, it is but tut
oft-told and veritable tale. “Forty-niner" says: “I have
been in Kentucky myself, but in the month of May, and
assuredly then the country and climate seemed superior to
this boasted California; let us havoa truthful comparison."
Well, no doubt there are many days there, especially u few
days after a thunder storm, when ihe atmosphere is simply
delicious, but in California the pure and bracing air of
these days continue for months together. No, “Forty-
niner is all wrong about California. He must be one of
Ibis world’s many grumblers. E. J. H.

San Francisco, May 28 tli, 1875.

— The potato bug, which has recently appeared for the
first time in many sections of the country, is ahard-shcilcd,
striped insect, nearly twice ns large as the “lady bug," with
a yellow aud black spotted head, six legs, and a yellow and
black striped armor. It is a native of Colorado, whence
its name of Colorado beetle. It was first seen in 1820, feed
ing on a wild potato, but when the settlers introduced the
domestic potato the bug attacked it at once. It breeds pro-
digiously, the female laying from 700 to 1,200 eggs, which
hatch in about six days, and immediately begin work,
lasts for nineteen days. Paris green is ihe accepted remedy
for this pest.

Profitable Cow. — 1 The Jacksonville (Fla.) News of the
Nth inst., tells of a cow in that town, belonging to A. J.
jPrevott, which is nine years old and gives twelve quarts of
milk per day. It costs but twenty-five cents a day to keep
her, and the net profits on milk alone for eight years past
have amounted to $4,526. The cow lias had several fine
calves besides, which have brought good prices when sold.
Pretty good for a Florida cow!

—The climate of South Devon, England, must be enti
tied to all the praises bestowed upon it. A con-respondent
of the Field, writing from thence, states that as early as
the 18th of April, while returning from church, a hen
pheasant started from the roudsidc and fluttered before
him. While watching her movements he discovered eleven
young pheasants, apparently newly hatched, in the hedge
near by. It is further stated that such early nidification of
the pheasant is not uuusual in Devon.

— A Texas correspondent writes under date of June Gilt
“We have plenty of vegetables now. We are harvesting
our wheat and laying by corn. Our wheat is very fine,
and the prospects for a fruitful season are Haltering. Out-
cows are fat und our bees are rich, and well it may lie said
that Texas is a land of milk and honey. Our prairies are
like unto beautiful gardens. If you were here we could
have some pleasant hours killing old bucks and eating
honey."

Death of a Valuable House.— Our correspondent T
W., writing from Leesburg, Va., June 17Mt, says: —

“Messrs. Bellman and Fadeley of this town lost quite a
valuuble stallion to-day, called Woodhridge. lie fell dead
back of Dr. Moriarty’s stables on the new track for train-
ing horses near the county fair grounds. One of ltis own-
ers, present at thu time, thinks Woodbiidgc ruptured n
blood vessel, us lie was rearing in excitement, etc. Dr. M.
thinks he fell and struck the occipital bone, causing instant
death. His season ended June 30th, and horse fanciers
think his death a loss lo the county. He was from A . J
Alexander’s stables, Woodford county, Ky. , and had the
blood of Messenger, Mambrino, Abdallah, and Ilatnble-
tonian."

—Fifty families, principally from the New England
States and New York, have settled during the past Winter
on Fruitland Peninsula, in Putnam county, Fla. Water
fronts on Drayton Island, Lake George, which were offered
two years ago for less than $3, are now bringing $100 per
acre.

Sewage Grown Crops.— It is certain that all kinds of
crops may be grown with sewage, so that the farmer cun
grow such as he can best sell. Nevertheless, the staple
crops must be cattle food, with occasional crops of corn ,
and it is also certain, from the analysis of the soil, that it
Inis become very much richer, and Unit the* manorial con-
stituents of the sewage accumulate iu it Cattle should he
fetl on the farm, which lends to a vast increase in the pro-
duction of meat ami milk, the great desiderata of the pop-
ulation producing the sewage. Tims the system of farm-
ing must In- specialized and capital concentrated, the ab-
sence of which conditions lias proved a great barrier to the
satisfaetory practical solution of the sewage question.—
Popular Science Monthly for February.

FOREST AND STREAM

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bench show at mineola.

The Bench Show of Dogs at Mineola, held la9t week in
connection with the fair of the Queens County Agricultu-
ral Association, was concluded on Thursday. The entries
in all classes were not ns large as we expected from the
proximity of the grounds to the metropolis, which is to be
accounted for, probably, from the fact that owners dislike
to expose their dogs during the extreme heat. Still there
were some rare specimens of both setters and pointers on
exhibition. Among the former Mr. Jenkins’ recently im-
ported red Irish dog Banger was worthy of particular note.
Old Phil was again at the head of the pointers in the large
class, and of the small, Mr. Jenkins was again successful
with Sancho. In the hall of the association was a magnifi-
cent display of fruits, vegetables, and flowers, which in
point of attractiveness fairly divided the honors with the
I dogs. Tho grapes aud strawberries were particularly fine.
The awards of the judges were as follows:

No. 2 —Red Irish Setters.— First, Banger, B. W. Jenkins,
Baltimore, Md. ; secoud, Tom, Kenneth G. White, College
Point, L. 1.

f Bitches. — First, Lady, Horatio M. Parkes, Bayside, L. I. ;
# taecond, Belle, W. J. Bickerton, Jr , Flulhunh, L. I.

■ No. 3 — Back and Tan Setters. — First, Shot, T. A. Jerome,
■fijocust. Valley, L. I.;sccoud, Drake, Win. E. Leavitt,
■Flushing, L. I.

| Bitches. — First, Alice, W. B. Jenkins, Baltimore, Md. ;
■t second, Diana, Chns. O’Doherty, Coram, L. I.; highly
p commended, Bue, J. G. Ilecksha, New York.

No. 4 — Setters of ant/ Breed except Red and Black and Tan.
H — First, Snowball, J. B. Finlay, Boslvn, L. I.; second,

■ Dash, orange and white, A. C. Waddell, Newton, N. J.;
W highly commended, Dan, K. G. White, College Point. L.

I.; commended, Punch, David G. Hart, Northport, L. I.

I Bitches,— First, Nellie, Edmund Orgill, Brooklyn, L. I.;

■ second, no competitor.

No. 44 — Setter Puppy of any strain one year old or under.

■ —Lady 2d. red, Kenneth G. White, College Point, L. I.

' No 5 — Pointers (laryc.) — First, Phil, A. C. Waddell, New-
s' ton, N. J.; second, Pcro, Chas. Porter, Roslyn, L. I., (this
K dog was wrongly entered in No. 5i as a small pointer; he
I is a large pointer;) highly commended, Cairo, W. E. Leavitt,
I Roslyn, L. I.

Bitches— First, Belle, A. C. Waddell, Newton, N. J. ;

■ second, no competitor.

No. 5J— Pointer (small.)— First, Sancho, B. W. Jenkins,
I Baltimore, Md. ; second, no award made.

Bitches — First, Lily, Edmund Orgill, Brooklyn, L. I.;
I second, Fanny, Chas. Porter, Roslyn, L. I.

No. 7 — Cocker Spaniels. — First, Shot, Frank P. Eastman,
(this dog, though awarded first prize, having no competi-
tor, is not considered by the judges as a true cocker;) sec-
l ond, no competition.

Bitches. — First, Belle, A. C. Waddell; second, Stelle, A.
C. Waddell. Nellie (Eastman’s) entered' in this class,
though not a true cocker, in the judges opinion, is highly
commended as a beautiful field spauiel.

The gold plated creasor presented by Messrs. Hall & Son
l was awarded to Mr. Waddell’s setter pup Bang, by Col-
V burn’s Dash.

The prizes for shepherds’ dogs were awarded, first, to
Mr. Miller; secoud, to Mr. Weld. For fox hounds and
k beagles to Mr. D. C. Harle, of Northport, L. I. For dachs-
1 humls, Mr. Folke, of New York.

E. S. Carman, Chas. II. Raymond aud Dr. N. Rowe of-

■ ficiated as judges.

LAVERACKS

For the Forest and Stream.

PURE OR FALSE.

I HAVE lately noticed at the many dog shows that have
recently been held in different parts of the country the
inordiuate number of entries of Laverack setters. Where
did they come from, and by whom were they imported? I
scarcely take up a sportsman’s paper that I do not find that
some one or another has a blue Belton or a Laverack in his
kennel. The truth of the matter is that there are only
three pure Laverack setters in America, viz. : Pride, Fairy,
aud Ruby, all owned by Mr. Raymond, of New Jersey. It
is true that one or two gentlemen own pure Laverack pup-
pies, the progeny of these dogs. 1 believe there are also
one or two half Laveracks, and these must have been im-
ported, as the get of Pride by native setters are at present
too young to enter on the show bench. I had occasion to
write to Mr. Laverack asking him if he had any puppies,
to which he replied as follows:

"I regret at present that all I have were bespoke more than twelve
months ago by Mcms. Price, of Bala, and llcmtning. Ilad you applied
prior I would have reserved one. The next litter I have I will beur you
in mlud. Any I limy send I shall guarantee aa pure us any In England.
I have sent but three dogs to America, namely, two, Fairy aud Pride of
the Border, to Mr. Raymond, aud prior a bitch, named Ruby, to Dr.
Oautior l regret to Btate that several gentlemen from America have
written me rniylng they hnvo purchased several pure Laveruck Betters,
and usking meif I ever sold one pair to a Mr. Matthews. I answered
them slating I never sold any but the three above mentioned. At the
Crystal Palace Dog Show, held on June 2d and 8d, a eon of Mr. Ray-
mond's Pride took the flret prize in a class of forty. Indeed, every prize
taken had more or ieea of my blood. Fairy must breed well with Pride,
but the bitches not pure sent to Pride, viz.: crosses, cannot be expected
to produce a progeny equal to Fuiry’e."

Mf. Laverack continues to say:

"Once got the pure breed In your possession, stick to it, nvoid crossing,
and rely upon it you will find none superior, particularly for daily en-
durance in all localities and all weathers. Mad the International match
come off between English and American dogs in America 1 foci confi-
dent English dog# would have been well beaten, entiiely owing lo our
dogs not having been accustomed to your game and locality, and vice
versa. Your American dogs on Enellsh or Scotch moors, and on our
kind of game, would be well beaten. Diir Field Trials are no tests of
the merits of dogs, being too short, icii or twenty minutes merely nt
Partridges All doge require lo be uccimtomud to Iho ground and game
■hey are required for Mntclios for four days, eight hoars a day, on dif-
ferent ground nnd gumo are the only tests. Distinctly nndiwstand, if
our pure bred dogs wero accustomed to your game, covers, quail, Ac,, I

fancy they then would beat cross-brcds. My great pleasure Is breeding
setters, and I don't approve of— crosses. The secret Is, Darwin and
Adams and other naturalists are right respecting nntnral selection of
races or species; the strongest and most vigorous animals beat off the
weakly, and thus continue the specks. You are going on the right prin-
ciple. Yon must preserve, otherwise in time yonr buffnloes, all ani-
mals and species of birds must decrease. America is a vast, grand conn-
try, hut unless laws to protect game are enforced she roust decline."

I write these facts iu order to show that there are some
unscrupulous persons palming oil handsome-looking mon-
grels for pure Laveracks, without doubt receiving large
prices, and materially injuring the reputation of Mr. Lave-
rack and the Raymond kennel. I would suggest to the
committees of dog shows that they should add another,
and I think a most important class, to their programmes,
viz. : The Champion Class, which should for the present
take in setters of all breeds that have previously won a
prize in their particular class, or, in fact, setters that have
taken a prize at any recognized bench show in America, so
as to bar out all prize winners except as entries for the
Champion Class, an honorable mention or diploma not to
be considered as a prize. Jno. M. Taylor.

The “Retreat," Blacks and Whites, Nottoway county, Va.,
June 26th, 1875.

—

A Good Doo Breaker. — We have been frequently asked
if we knew of a good dog breaker in the vicinity of Bos-
ton. A resident of that city, to whom we feel under no
small obligation, has helped us to answer this question
categorically, and thus relieves us from any reluctance to
shoulder the responsibility which we seek to avoid, of rec-
ommending such a person to our readers. The name and
address of the tactician to whom our friend refers isHeman
F. Stranger, West Bridgewater, Mass., of whom the fol-
lowing “certificate of character” is furnished us: —

“A good fellow, capital shot, and constant reader of the
Forest and Stream. I have given him several dogs of
my own to break, and have sent several friends to him,
notably Win. Jarvis, “Nimrod,” of Claremont, N. IT. ;
George Delano, of New Bedford, the importer of Doll;
Mr. Peabody, of Salem, and others, of our best sportsmen
in this vicinity. They all express perfect satisfaction.

— George H- Burnet’s dog Sport was buried last week at
Easton, Pa., with funeral ceremonies, aged 17 years. The
coffin was a regular casket, the grave was sodded, and a
monument will he erected over it.

J|«t and Oliver

FISH IN SEASON IN JULY.

Trout, Sal mo fontinalis. Salraou Trout. Salmo conflnl*

Snlinon, Salmo talar Land-locked Salmon, Salmo Olovtri.

Maskenongc, Ksor. nobilior. Bluck Bogs, micropterus nlgncvns.

Wcakilali. Pike, esox lucius.

Striped Bass. Pickerel.

KiiiKiloli. Bluelleh.

Slieepihcad .

[Under the head of " Dame, ana Pun in Seas 'm" we can only sped
fy in general terms (he several va rie'ies, because the laws of States vary
so much that were we to attempt to particularize we coula do no less
than publish those entire sections that relate to the kinds qf game in
question. This would require a great amount qf our space. In desig-
nating game- we are guided by the laws of nature, uix>n which all legit-
iation is founded, and our readers would do well (o nroiide themselves
with the laws qf their res/tective States for constant reference. Otherwise,
our alternate lo assist them will only create confusion.)

Fisn in Market. — The fish market has been abundantly
supplied during the past week with all the choice varie-
ties. Salmon are coming in in large quantities, and selling
at 25 cents per pound. Spanish mackerel from the Chesa-
peake are being received in unusually large quantities;
they sell for 20 cents per pound. Bluefish from Newport,
R. I,, are very plentiful, and sell for 8 cents. Striped bass
of large size are selling for 18 cents per pound; Halibut
are in fair supply at 18 cents. Greeu turtle are plenty at
15 cents; soft crabs are very scarce at $2 per dozen.
Sheepshead arc very abundant, coming from Long Island,
and sell for 12J cents per pound. The commou varieties
of fish are abundant, and remain as last quoted.

—Mr. Blackford reports that on last Thursday a fine,
plump salmon, weighiug 17 pounds, was caught in a pound
net about 200 feet from the railroad bridge at Sandy Hook.
It seems probable that this unusual visitor was trying to
make his way up the Hudson or one of the neighboring
rivers when he fell a victim to the netters. We have hopes
for the salmon anglers yet.

— The largest salmon in marke*. this week weighed 41
pounds. The largest shad was received from Maine, nnd
weighed 7} pounds.

—Bass fishing begins in Connecticut and Massachusetts
to-day, July 1st, under the law. The bass fishing iu Twin
Lakes, at the northwestern corner of Connecticut, accessi-
ble by Harlem and Connecticut Western Railroads, is rep-
resented as very fine. There arc three good hotels in Ca-
naan Village, one of which, Mr. Corbin’s, is advertised iu
this paper. Sherman Pease, whose house is most romanti-
cally situated ou the border of ono of the lakes, will also
take a few gentlemen boarders who are willing to rough it
in semi-backwoods style. Six miles from Canaan, at Ash-
ley Falls, Mass., on the opposite side of Twiu Lakes, is
the very comfortable house of F. F. Cooper, which is ad-
vertised in this paper— a commodious farm house two miles
from this lake on a hill commanding fine views. There
are several streams near this locality, where a few trout
can be taken.

—A disinterested friend, who has regard for the comfort
and pleasure of parties seeking a quiet resort for the Sum-
mer season, as well as those foud of bass fishing, wishes
us to recoinmond Liufield Lake, a delightful sheet of pure
water, within ten miles of the city of Boston, which was
abuudantly stocked with Oswego bass five years ago by

Judge Saltoustull, who owns a country residence in the vi-
cinity. These fish can now be taken (after July 1st, when
the law permits,) in great abundance, nnd frequently five
pounds in weight and very gamy. Unlimited fishing is in-
vited, as this lake is now so fully stocked that it is desir-
able to diminish the number of fish, inasmuch as otherwise
they will prey upon each other, and in time run out. The
lake is accessible by the Boston and Maine Railroad to Lin-
ficld Hotel Station, so called, although there is no hotel
there, simply a quiet country village, where hoard can he
obtained in private families. Parties wishing information
thereof can address C. K. Bradford, Esq., who. we are as-
sured, will kindly respond to inquiries. Boats can he had.
There is a pretty island in the lake, nnd grassy shores slope
to tho water, well shaded by luxuriant elms, maples, aud
pines.

Mr. J. Reed, on the bench opposite Forkod River, Ilar-
negat Bay, has reported catching five barrels of bluefish
single handed with the squid; number not taken. Barne-
gat Bay is literally alive with the finny tribe. The Carman
House, at Forked River, is a capital resort for gentlemen
fishermen, whose wants are carefully attended to by the
proprietor, Mr. E. H. Frame. There are pickerel in Forked
River that weigh two or three pounds.

— Some of the sheepshead taken iu Barnegat Bay weigh
twelve pounds.

— W. 8. Kimball, of Rochester, has gone to the Sehoodic
Lakes aud remoter parts of Maine.

—Rev. Joseph T. Duryea, D. D., O. G. Wnlhrldge and
two sons, and N. G. Stebbins and Arthur and Rtchurd
Gibb, all of Brooklyn, are spending a fortnight at the
Club House, Blooming Grove Park, Pike county, Pa.

—The fishing fleet of Newburyport will not exceed
twenty vessels.

— Fisb, particularly senp and bluefish, were never more
plenty iu Buzzard’s Bay than duriug the present season.

— On Monday last, a swordfish, weighing 800 pounds,
got in shoal water on the beach at DcnnUport, and a man
there seeing him jumped upon his back and took his life
by heating the fish with a club on the head, after riding
something less than a league.

— On Thursday Mr, John Waterhouse caught sixteen
weakllsli with the squill, one of which weighed nine nnd a
half pounds — a thing hitherto unknown in these waters.
Perhaps Forest and Stream can tell us whether or not it
is a common occurrence elsewhere.

On Wednesday and Thursday Mr. Wallace Reeves, off
Prospect, Shelter Island, took in his shore seine — about
fifteen rods long— 225 bluefish and weakfish, averaging
three pounds each .—Greenport Flood and Field.

— John N. Genin, Jr., took fifty-six weakfish in one hour
off While Hills, Shelter Island, last week Wednesday, one
of which weighed eight pounds.

— The Cuvier Club, of Cincinnati, have become enthu-
siastic over greenheart fishing rods, and many of the lead-
ing members have supplied themselves or sent in orders for
these rods. We used the greenheart salmon rods, made by
Scribner, of St. John, and found them very admirable un-
til we substituted split bamboo as being lighter. The
greenheart is admirably adapted to Western fishing.

—The Cape Ann Advertiser says the losses attending the
fishing business from Gloucester this season are increasing
at, a fearful rate. Already there have been eighty -live lives
nnd uiue vessels lost since the 1st of January — twenty more
lives than were lost during the whole sensou of 1874.

The Fisheries. — The number of fishing arrivals for tho
week ending June 24th was seventy-six— fifty from Georges,
nine from the Banks, and sixteen from mackereliug voy-
ages, and one salt herring fare from Magdalene Island.
Amount of Georges cod brought in 050,000 pounds, liuli
but, 50,000 pounds; Bank cod 550,000 pounds, halibut
05,000 pounds. The mackerel seiners bring in light fares,
about 1,600 barrels only having arrived the past week. Thu
Georges fares have fallen off considerably, late arrivals
bringing very light fares of cod and halibut.

Schooner Chester R. Lawrence. Cant. Thomas F. Modg-
don, which arrived from her fourth Bank trip last week,
weighed off 128,020 pounds codfish, and 5,000 pounds hali-
but, her stock amounting lo $3,821.97. Time absent five
weeks. Capt. Hodgdn’s total stock on four trips is $14,-
307.93, making him ‘high line” of the fleet thus far.—
Cape Ann Advertiser, June 26th.

Canada. — Bracebriage, Ontario, June 2 6th, 1875. — Mr.
Higgins, proprietor of the Queen’s Hotel, in this town, last
week took a 3} pound trout from the South Muskoka River.

Massachusetts. — Springfield, June2\th, 1875. — Shad fish-
ing with fiy has bceu poor this year. II. and I have been up
some six times. Once we caught one each, and the remain-
ing five times noue. The low water has kept them all down
at Willamansett, three miles below Holyoke, but there art.-
no boats or conveniences for fishing there. Have been trout
fishing many times; day before yesterday I caught 160 fif-
teen miles from here. There will he many partridges und
woodcock this year. I have ruu across many broods of
both. W. S. W.

New Jersey. — Barney at Inlet, Kinsey's Ashley House. —

Fish scores for the week ending June 25th:—

June 18th- J. E. Soule and T. K. Obcr, Philadelphia, 30
bluefish; C. Grim, 28 sheepshead.

June 10th— Chas. Noble & Co., Philadelphia, 23 blue-
fish; Howard Soper, 16 sheepshead; 8. Ridgway, 16 sheeps-
head; C. Grim. 10 sheepshead; J. II Ferris and C. A.
Neuman, Stamford, CL, 19 sheepshead; It S Laquier,
New York, 12 sheepshead; W. Lawton, Mornstowu, 14
bluefish.

June 20th— John L. Smith, John Lamond, Philadelphia,
8 sheepshead; George Knight, Otto Acker, Philadelphia,
10 sheepshead; C- Noble & Co., 2G bluefish.

June 21st— R. S. Laquier, New York, 12 sheepshead; J.
C. Coullaird and brother. 13 bluefish.

Col. Robert Orr, Chas. Close. James T«>v, Christopher
Marion, F. Caswell, Philadelphia, 49 bluefish; Dr. Bca-
uett, 18 sheepshead.

Juuo33d— L. Burrows, Wm. Steele, Uriah Beunett, J,

328

FOREST AND STREAM

S Hancock, Samuel E. Burr, Bordentown, N. J., Cl blue-
fish, some weighing ten pounds; Col. Robt. Orr «& Co. 400
pounds Iducfisn .

.Tunc 23il— Water thick; blucfish biting poorly; best
boat 8.

June 24ih— Blowing a gale from south’nrd; no hlueflsh-
ing; shcepshead from 3 to 5 per boat.

Carman Il»u*r , Forked River, Ocean County, N. J., June
27/A, 1875. — The past week has been n remarkably poor
one for fish of all kinds. The blue fish appear to he gorged
with food. Weakfish are coming now, several having been
taken to day. This season is what n sportsman generally
terms ‘'between wind and water," or, in other words, just
between the first run of fish and the general arrival of nil
kinds for the Summer. We expect better luck next week

E. H. F.

Pmi.ADKi.rniA, . Tone 28 th, 1875.— "I want to know."
“Now den tell.” "Say it agin." Mr. Irving L. Betnau in
Forest and Stream, issue of June 24th, tells some won-
derful things of the mascalonge, which he seems to con-
found with Ike great northern pike or pickerel. Says it
milks with the salmon and trout in excellence as food; says
one of six pounds is equal in gamy qualities to a salmon of
twenty pounds," (who e-ewl) and is known to leap "fifteen
feet above the water and shake his head like a mad bull."
Now, won't Mr. Betnau come down a little? Won’t be fall
a foot or two? Thaddeuh Norris.

TROUT FISHING AT BAYFIELD, LAKE
SUPERIOR.

Bayfield, Wis., May 28th, 18.-5.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

By general consent BayOchl Is the most (Ulractive point on I.ako Su-
perior for pleasure and healili seekers. Beautiful ami picturesquely sit-
uaied behind the Apostle Islands, which land-lock i> const of over fifty
miles, where boating in smnll boats Is a mutter of entire wifely, and with
the incomparable heolthfulness of climate, pure water, amt delicious Osh
of various kinds com nine In uffordlng attractions iliat can only lie ap-
preciated by those enjoying then). The special feature among the at-
tractions of Bayfield Is the numerous trout streams ami the trout fishing
along the coast in the vicinity. There ore between twenty-five mid fitly
streams running into the lake within the limits of the coast protected by
the islands, which sccin to possess cxbnustlcss numbers of brook trout,
nnd it) addition the fishing along the coast for the whole distance (About
fifty miles) is unexcelled. The “rock fishing," ns tills const fishing i»
termed, tin# afforded yoor correspondent more genuine spurt than lie re-
ceived from nil other sources combined. Tins Is said, too, with a two
years' experience in the Rocky Mountains wall rillcnnd rod iu “foresi
nnd stream'’ of that wild region, where only the feet of hnntsmnn and
savage have pressed the rock-ribbed wastes I cannot go into the details
to give your renders n description of the feelings of pleasure experienced
in inking clghiy trout, averaging two pounds cacti, in a single day where
I here was an open field for fish nnd fisherman to each display their dex-
terity nnd skill.

Boat* leave almost dnily from Buffalo, Cleveland. Detroit, and Chi-
cago for this place; also from Duluth, which is reached by rail via St.
Pant. The Wisconsin Central from Milwaukee to Ashland (eighteen
miles distant from Bayfield) has not yet been completed clear through,
nnd i«, therefore, not in a condition for persons to reach here by that
route. The accommodations here have never been cqnal to the demand.
This season, however, considerable oddiiional sccommodmions have been
provided by several hoarding houses being fitted up. J, B. Bono can
comfortably accdlnmodute twelve persons; George Stark can do the
same; N. La Boota fonr or five; William Herbert seven or eight; Mr
Millignu, on the Bed Clifl Iudlun Reservation, where be is beautifully
located, can accommodate several, and so can Cot. E. E. Henderson on
a farm eight miles from here, and where one of the fluest trout streams
to bo found in uuy country runs throngh the yard. These are all, in ad-
dition to Smith’s Hotel, which can accommodate about one hundred per-
sons. We have here three steam yacht# that can be hired at any time at
loiv rale«, in addition to any Bomber of small boats suitable for boating
and fishing purposes. Tho yachts ore owned by lion. S. S. Vaughn,
l.'npt. S. W. Tanner, nnd Cnpl. -James Chapman. The loiter gentleman
Is the “crack fisherman" of this section, nnd tho times are comparatively
without number that the writer hereof and " Chap" have vied with each
other, with a seal worthy the cause of the statesman or philanthropist,
to outdo each other in reeling in the speckled beaut. cs. lie is entitled
to the prise Isaac H. Wing, Enq., Receiver of the Unitea Stales Land
Ofiice. Is no "e-touch" of a fisherman, and rounds up his pile at sunset
In proportions ihm rile np the bile of jealousy. Copt. T. J. L. Tyler is
pretentions, and with bis Jong, jointless bamboo maungea to "make it
hot" for the “hoys." The Bayfield Sportsmen's Club is kept np with
the offices perpetuated lu the persons of John H. Knight, President; B
B. Wade, Esq,, Secretary, and Col. J. D. Crittenden, Treasurer. I
onght to add that those who enjoy trolling for the large lake trout, angling
for perch, eunflsh, pickerel, Ac., can bo more amply accommodated here.
Tins is the finest country for camp life Hint I ever tented In, null during
the nine year# I was iu the army certainly four of them were passed iu u
tent, so that I ought to be a judge of ihut sort of life. Trout raising
could be most profitably carried on here, for tho expense of preparation,
stocking, Ac., would he a mere bagatelle. Persons desiring any Informa-
tion about lids section will receive It upon dropping u iiue to any of the
persons named in this communication.

fj/nchiing nnd $ anting .

AU comma nicaH/m* from Secretarte* and friend* should be mailed no
taler than Monday in each week.

HIGH WATER. FOR THE WEEK.

Dale.

Boston.

New York.

Charleston ,

II.

M.

II.

M

If.

M .

July

1

10

14

7

0

11

74

July

2

II

15

7

57

7

IB

July

8

rnom

s

65

K

10

July

1

n

10

0

4;

«

l

July

5

1

I

10

31

tl

r»fl

July

8

1

50

11

10

III

31

July

‘

2

31

morn.

11

17

The Sf.awaniiaka Schooner Race. — When at the early
hour of seven o'clock the members of the Seuwnnhaka
Yacht Club and their guests assembled on board the good
steamer Cyclops, at the Battery, there was but little up-
pearance of their long-looked-for schooner regalia proving
the success it afterward became. Arrived at Stateu Island
the Ariel and Peerless were picked up and towed to the
llook, where the other entered verbis were found. Willi
the consent of t lie owners of the Idler and Palmer, the
only two yachts entered in the lir-l class, the Comet, though
only measuring 82 feel, was rated at 00 feet and put in tliat
class. The entries in the second class were the Triton,
Peerless. Restless, Meta, and Ariel. The start was from
buoy No. 5, aod the course twenty miles t» windward from
that point. The Palmer was llic first to cross the line at
12h. 30m. 2s., followed by the others in quick succession.
The wind was row blowing with a freshness which gave

the yachts all they wanted, and snug canvas was the order
of the day. The Cyclops steamed oil to windward until
she hud logged the required twenty miles, and then an-
chored to await the racers. They rounded her iu the fol-
lowing order:—

It. M. S I II. M. S.

Palmer. ...a 24 50 Peerless » 41 H3

Comet. -I ia 40 Id hT 4 uti it

Rrnlli-M -1 -II Oil Meta 5 Oil 46

The Ariel and Triton hud found the heavy sea too much

for them and returned to the Hook. By the time the Cy-
clops had picked up her anchor the yachts had oblniued
such a start that she could not catch up with them, and the
yachts were obliged to take their own time. The Palmer
wins the prize in the first class, and the Peerless in the
second.

Atlantic Yacht Cum Regatta. — This interesting
event was sailed on Tuesday of last week, hut our report
came to hand too late for that issue of our paper. The
day, as far as wind was concerned, was almost more than
could be desired. A heavy southeaster was blowing, pre-
venting the smaller yachts from proceeding further Ilian
t lie Southwest Spit. The schooners and the Undine of the
first-class sloops rounded the lightship, and the run home
wits very interesting. The following is the result as far ns
the yachts which completed the course are concerned:—

SOItOONKIIS.

Elapsed Corrected

Name

11.

Start,
M. S

Finish.

n. m. s.

lime

II M

S.

11

time

M.

S

Triton.

it

31 55

4 2!) (IT

4

54

12

4

51

12

Ague*

11

31) IA-

4 38 57

r.

02

55

4

55

15

Peerless

.11

NS 51)

4 48 55

r.

09

59

5

09

32

Vlsiun

. .IS

39 18

4 St 50

5

18

K2

5

07

40

ITodiuu

. 11

mtST-Ol.AM SLOOPS.
40 85 4 43 81

s

02

59

5

02

59

K. Will tel in .

... It

SEC'
40 83

UND-UI.ASS SLOOPS.
3 59 10

4

18

41

4

18

41

Ponin

. ..11

40 35

4 03 49

4

23

It

1

22

32

The prizes were a piece of silver for eueh class, and be-
sides this the Livingston Memorial prize for the first sloop
in of the first class. The Triton wins the schooner prize,
heating llic Agnes lm. 3s. The Undine takes both the
club and memorial prizes, having no competitor, and the
Kaiser Wilhelm wins the second class sloop prize, beating
the Genia 3m. 51s.

The Columbia Yacht Cum Regatta. — This interesting
event was decided on Wednesday last, the course being up
the Not th River. Niue yachts contended, with the follow-
ing result: —

first-class sloops.

Yachts

.11. M. S.

11.

M.

s.

It.

M

S.

Unilliie

1 42 OO

4

07

OO

4

07

O0

K. Rowe

1 57 00

4

OO

4

1 ;

15

Lillie

4 40 00

(ECONO-CLASS

4

HI /OOPS.

II

00

4

00

15

Annie L

4 47 OO

1

12

00

4

12

0.1

An Revoir ...

1 41 00

1

09

00

4

ID

INI

Geo B. Dean

4 21 00

THIRD-CLASS

3

sloops.

-10

no

4

45

23

I'nlntnhia

4 31 00

8

50

00

—

—

—

Tough

3

32

30

3

29

53

The prizes were awarded as follows: — Lillie in the first-
class sloops; G. B. Dean in the second class sloops, and
Tough in the third class.

New Jersey Yacht Club. — This flourishing club also
held their regatta on Tuesday. The course was from a
stakeboat anchored off the Club House to and around a
stakeboat anchored off Spuyten Duyvil, turning the same
from east to west, and thence back to the home stakeboat.
The following is the order in which the yachts arrived at
the home stakeboat: —

Yacht. U. M. 8.1 Yacht. n. M. S.

Emma. 2 SO (OlEugenia J 00 40

Charm 2 U 20 Ripple 8 02 30

Geo. W.Dilks 2 5-1 40 Fay 3 02 50

Spray 2 5(1 40 [Daniel Doe.. 3 15 45

Sopha 2 53 45|

The winners were as follows:— First-class cabin sloops,
Emma; second-class cabin sloops, Annie M., (there being
nu other yacht in the class;) first-class open sloops, Charm;
second-class open sloops, George W. Dilks.

I f— The second annual regatta of the Central Hudson
Yacht club will be sailed to-day over the club course at
•New Ilumhuig. The prizes, furnished by Messrs. Starr &
Marcus, are handsome specimens of silverware for each
class. The following are the entries already reported: —

FIRST CLASS— 86 FEET AND OVER.

Name, rtg, anil place. Owner. Feet, In.

Lorrlel — loop., Ncwlmrg ... .C. Frank Brown 32 2J

Kiully— srlwoner, llyili* Bark. .. .N. P. Rogers 13 1

Leroy- sloop, N uambnreh W. and I*. Leroy... 38

Ida Muy,- sloop, Low Point. Miller Brothers 20

Fidget— cut, N. Hamburgh Irving tiriiinull 28 |

SECOND CLASS- OVER 20 AND UNDER 25 FEET.

Mollic — slnop, N Hamburgh. F. Schnchardt, Jr — 21 11

Edith —sloop, N Miimbiirgh. .1 Van Wyck. Jr 23 ti

Thetis— sloop, Low I 'unit W. E. YernlancK. 21 21

Mury Emma— sloop. Oyster Hay, L.l-C anti O. Lei in SI 111

Uelolao— Uydo Park F Newbold

Tlllltl> CLASS UNDER 20 FEET.

Lulu— cot, N. Hamburgh W O. Ferris 10 11

Bloat— sloop, Low Point .8 Brinkerhoof 18 2

Qfepn y— cut, N Hamburgh J.H. Weddle .. 19 3

— Very praiseworthy in the owner of the Comet to put
his schooner in the first class in order lo make a race in the
Seawanhaka regatta, but unfortunate ns far as winning was
concerned. The Fulmer was too many guns for her. It
would have been pleasant to have secu the Magic and
Comet together on Thursday.

— Sag Harbor is to have a gala day on the 5th instant — a
boat race, tub race, foot race, bag race, greased pig, an
oration, dinner, nnd a regatta. A very elegant silver urn,
salver, goblet, and bowl have been procured in New York
by Mr Beuj. F. Hunting, of Sag Harbor, to be competed
lor by friends of the steamboats Escort nnd W- W. Coit,
who will deposit ballots marked with the names of those
vessels respectively, paying ten cents for each vole. The
balloting will close at eleven P. M. on the 5th.

— There will be the usual rowing regatta on the Cbnrles
River course, Boston, on July 5tb, when $1175 in prizes
will be distribuledliu live races for single and double sculls,
four oared and working boats. Entries free, to be made to
J. M. Ilugbee, City Hall, Boston.

There will also be a sailing regatta in Boston Harbor on
the same day and under t lie same auspices, when a similar
amount will be distributed. The races are open to all
yachts, and there is also a special race for fishing boats
measuring from twenty-five lo forty feet. Entries to be
made as above.

—Gloucester, Mass., is to have a regatta this mouth.

EASTERN YACHT CLUB REGATTA.

Cedar Cliffs, Swavpscott, .Tunc 22d, IR75
Editor Forest and Stream:—

TIip annual reguiln of the Eastern Yncht Club tins Just born snlh-q
nml Inst yenr’B victors still keep their plncu ul tho head of tho (loot, Tho
morning opened wiOi a very light southwest, nlr. which tiling on provide,
tngly for some l.lmo, but just before the slnrt it breezed lip u llulo, nml
after Iho yachts hint rounded Half Way Rock, shirred n llulo to ih„
southward and steadily Increased till, on the home stretch, some of tin-
boats Jmd to tnke In bnlloon Jibs in order to save tlielr *pars The
steamer John Homer, with the members nnd Indies nhoiird, nnd the
Pierson with t tic Regs' In Committee, wore promptly on Imml at (he
starling point iu Swuoipscott Bay, Tho following Is a list of the en-

tries:—

first-clam (crooners.

Water Line.

Name. Owner Ft. In,

Azalia Com. Forties fill n

Foam Vice Com. Bonrdmui' 711 r,

Rebecca J II. Reed 00 75

Brenda J. L. Little. . 01 04

Halcyon Charles Whitney 70 35

SECOND-CLASS SCHOONERS.

FcarlsBB B. 11 Phillips r.‘ 15

Edith <; " tlovoy 50 75

Romance (i. It. Brooks 55 0

FIRST-CLASS SLOOr».

Coming i> H. Pay 67

SECOND-CLASS SLOOPS.

Imogen A. C Wheelwright. 34 1

Civile . A A. II. McreitUh .. . 88 8

Nimbus.. . . RenrConi. Burgess.. 38 55

Tho prizes offered were— First class schooners. §125; second class
schooners, §101); and in each class of sloops, §73. with allowance*—
provided Hint two boats should start in each class. A prise of $liM for
the host actual time ovor tho course was also offered, provided the boat
making It look no other prize. The course was from Swnmpscott round
Half Way Rock, the Boll Buoy on llic Hardings and home, going out-
side of the Cranes.

Tho start was n flying one. the yachts running oil with the wind on
their starboard quartets nml pnssiug I tin line ns follows: —

11.

M.

S.

II.

M

S

Imogen

11

35

IS

Roboccn

11

t:

12

('liming

11

38

20

• 'lytic ..

11

41

39

Romance

n

40

25

Fearless

11

42

55

Nimbus

11

40

30

Brands

11

43

44

Eitilli

11

40

-III Halcyon.

1.

45

20

Azalia

11

41

05

Foum

11

-III

82

Tho Clytie, when passing t lie line, lost her bnlloon jih booming pole
overboard, but returned for it nml her time was retaken. The race in
the second class schooners was a foregone conclusion, and though a very
pretty rnco was expected between the Clyde nnd Nimbus, as well as be-
tween Iho Coining and tho lending schooner, tho point of grouted in-
terest lay with the antagonists of last year, the Halcyon and Foam. Tho
Foam was sailed by tho Vico Commodore himself, who uiukos It a rale
always so sail his own boat, nnd yesterday lie certainly sailed tier very
well. It would he hard to find the place where a professional sailing
master could have improved upon him. The Halcyon lm* clmngcd
hands since last season, nnd is now the property of Mr. Charles Whit-
ney, lute of llic Julia, who made his first trip iu her yesterday.

After rounding the spindle, balloon jibs and staysails were sent aloft,
though the first class schooners agreed not to carry big gall
topsails. Here the Coining atiot ahead of the fleet, nnd Pd off nt n great
jMice, with a broad space of clear wntcr between her and the rest of tho
fleet. The Halcyon, In the meanwhile, wa* running through Iho fleet,
nnd after rounding the Pigs winged out her foresail and started for tho
Coming. The Foam also was sailing very well and looking very hand-
some, hut got mixed up with the Brenda, so that her sutls were partially
blanketed. The Imogen here hauled out of tho race, while the Commo-
dore was slipping throngh the water nt 11 very good pace close after tho
Halcyon. Half Way Rock was rounded n« follows, tho boats hauling
up for a dead heat to the Hardings:—

Yacht.

II.

M.

S.l Yacht

It

M.

S.

29

20 Fearless

12

40

58

Halcyon

12

-49

20 Romance

.12

41

07

Azulia

12

39

35| Edith

u

-.!

Rebecca

12

38

12 Nimbus .

12

42

45

39

43! Clyde

12

43

10

L rends

12

40

10|

Neither the Coming or Halcyon had gained on each other. Once on
the wind the two big schooners were off with 11 Jump, the Foam picking
up quickly on the Rebecca and Azalia; all the fleet at first stocking out
011 the starboard tack. Coming was the first to go about, Halcyon fol-
lowing her loud, when she got a little to the windward of her. Azalia
stood out longer and seemed to have lost by It. as (lie was not up to her
usual place In tho line. Coming stood way In shore, and went out of
sight from the steamer, in the haze, for n time. Hulcyou stood in n lllllo
way, then tacked out agoln, all flic time steadily gaining on the whole
fleet nnd slipping very prettily, while Foam was coming jitong after her,
having disposed of Azalia. After a good tack In tho direction of Mi-
not's, Halcyon went about and headed for the Hardings. Coining now
appeared on t of the haze, headed out on tho starboard tuck abend, but
to leeward of tho Halcyon. For a time It seemed doubtful from the
steamer whether Halcyon would cross Coming’s how. But all doubt
was aeon at rest when Halcyon went ahead of the sloop, which tacked
nml headed for the Hardings, n half mile behind the schooner.

At 3:11:40 Halcyon bore away round the Harding's Buoy, at lire same
lime sending up bnlloon jib and staysail The time of the others was
not taken, as the steamers Imd lo start for homo Immediately, III order
lo keep np with the Halcyon, who was now going through the water
beautifully, with every Inch of caiivus drawing well. Tho Foaiu
rounded Harding's third, the Coming being socoiul. The run home was
niude in quick lime, the breeze having freshened up so that Brenda was
down to three sails while on the wind. Tho following Is the summary —

Arrival

A cl lint

Corrected

Yacht.

Home.

'time

Time

Halcyon..

4

33 21

3

48

01

3

48 0:

Foam .

8

49 39

4

OO

17

3

47 5(5

4

Oil

30

4

(Hi 30

Brenda

4

on 00

4

19

17

4

05 2?

Fearless

4

04 49

4

11

51

4

11) 54

Azalia

4

21 22

4

411

17

4

29 1 1

Rcbco 11

4

25 40

4

41

28

4

39 58

Romance

4

33 47

4

63

*22

4

52 37

Edith

4

It 30

5

IK)

50

6

00 50

Nimbus

. .4

43 35

5

03

05

5

03 0S

Clytie

1

45 02

5

IK)

29

5

08 29

The corrected time is calculated In cacti class separately, that of lire
largest boat In each class being the same as her nclnnl time
The prizes were taken by the llalcyim. Fearless and Nimbus, the prize
for best time being saved to the club by tho Hulcyou (liking uuoilicr
prize. After crossing 1 lie home line, the yachts started for lioine: hut
before leaving, Foam sailed close around the winner uud gave liei three
good cheers. The club slurls on Its nuutinl cruise to the eastward on
iho 8th of July, wlieu lively times are expected.

Blue with a Gold Castle,

— One of those incidents which will sometimes occur
even with the best regulated newspapers displaced 11 portion
of our report of the New York Yacht Club regatta, in our
lust issue, so that it appeared benenih the conclusion of the
Brooklyn report . The gallant owner of the Undine lias
written to us protesting against being "drowned," tvs lie
claims we did not notice his yncht alter the start. The
Undine's return is limed iu our report, with the While
Wing and Sadie, and if we did not give sufficient st.ess to
to llic plucky manner in which lie sailed ovet the longer
course to the light ship, and carried "IT the prize in Ins
du . , it was for want ol spnee nnd not because ho did not
deserve full commendation,

FOREST AND STREAM

320

Yacht Race on Barnegat Bay.— The ninth annual
regatta of the Toms River Yacht Club took place on Bar-
negat Bay, New Jersey, Thursday, June 24th. There were
thirteen entries, names and owners as follows: —

Name.

TOMS RIVER.

Owner.

Cliiirrlc Hooper
Legal Tender .

Elm

. John Grunt.
..John Ben lly.

. .Joe Cowdrick.

Haze

rORKED ItrVBR.

, ,T. Prcdmoro.

Mist

Idlo Hour

WAKKTOWN.

..J. Holmes.
..IV. Predlnorc.

DARN BOAT.

Oscar Robinson

Elizabeth

..J Ridgeway

Rover

John A. Weart.

WEST CREEK.

. . B. Woodward.
. . Burl Seaman.

■ A good start was made by all, the Lulu getting under
way first, closely followed by the Charrie Hooper and
and Vapor. The Legal Tender and lla/.e were delayed by
their anchors fouling, the former having to abandon hers.
The course was from stakes placed off Turtle Island, to
and around the stakeboat anchored oil Cox's Point, which
was rounded from west to east, and thence back again to
the home slake, a distance of twenty miles. On nearing
the stakeboat. the Charrie Hooper passed the Lulu and took
the lead, which she kept through the race. The Vapor was
Sgaught several times iu nets, which caused her to fall be-
hind . The most exciting part of the race was on the home-
stretch. Going down the yachts sailed on the. wind, which
was rather light. After passing the stakeboat the wind
freshened up, and before the yachts had got half way home
it blew quite a stiff breeze, and kicked up a heavy sea.
Several of the yachts had all they wanted, and were kept
busy in hoisting and lowering sail. They passed the home
stakes in the following order: Charrie Hooper, Rover. Lulu,
Oscar Robinson, Mist, Elizabeth, Legal Tender, Vapor,
Haze, Idle Hour. The time of the Ella. J. Weart and
Minnie King was not taken, they being so far behind that
the judges left before their arrival. The time allowance
was two minutes per foot, which, after being deducted
from regular time, left the winners and prizes as follows:
Lulu, challenge cup, 3:49:11; Rover, silver watch, 3:48:06;
Charrie Hooper, one dozen silver spoons, 3:4G; Oscar Rob-
inson, silver castor, 3:55:40; Mist, silver butter dish,
8:56 :50j; Vapor, silver molasses cup, 3:57:45.

I We are indebted to our correspondent “Squid” for an-
other interesting report of the above regatta.

I Double Scmll Race on the Harlem. — The match be-
tween Frank E. Yates and W. B. Curtis on the one side,
and R. B. Bainbridge and Edward Smith on the other, was
rowed on Thursday hist. The course was from Gale’s lum-
ber dock, at Morrisania, to Morris’ dock — a distance of 40
feet over three miles. For a dozen lengths or so the boats
pulled abreast, but at 200 yards from the start the Smith
boat had gained a lead of half a length. Unfortunately
some of those ignoramuses who are always getting in the
way pulled a row boat directly in the course of the shells,
and the bow of Smith’s boat coming in contact with it the
lighter craft was badly injured. Curtis and Yates gained
fully ten lengths by the accident, and although their oppo-
nents pulled a game stern race, the former made their first
mile, with about five lengths to spare, in 6:08, finishing the
^Second mile with a lead of six lengths in 13:16, winning
the race in 19:521, the time of Smith and Bainbridge being
20:104.

E — A match occurred on the Harlem River on Wednesday
last between Frank E. Yates, of the New York Athletic
Club, and Richard Bainbridge, of the Atlanta Boat Club,
for the single scull championship. The match was won by
Bainbridge in 22m. 481s. Yates’ time, 23m. 191s. Dis-
tance, three miles.

Harlem Regatta. — The third annual regatta of the
Ilarlem Regatta Association wns held on the Harlem River
on Saturday last. Five races and beats were rowed before
a large concourse of spectators. R, B. Bainbridge and W.

B. Curtis competed in the first beat for single sculls. The
rowers bad a fair tide but strong wind against them. Both
rowed in good f hr m, but Bainbridge was master of the sit-
uation, : unfinished the mile several lengths ahead in 7:07.
WillmrJSfcm bf the New York Rowing Club, and Frank
E. Yit»» trPtlie New York Athletic Club, contested the
Bcconiraftt. .Yates obtained a good lead at the start, and

Rept it to the end, winning in 0:504. In the pair-oared
Rrucc, F. G. Brown and J. A. Walker, of the Nassaus,
Bowed against P. A. Curtis, Jr., and W. E. McCready, of
Elite New York Athletic Club. The Nassau pair liau the
Rest of the start, but were soou passed by the Athletics.
H’he latter, however, did nothing retain their advantage,
ns the Nassaus settled steadily to their work, and, passing
their opponents, won by a length aud a half iu 6:47. The
Athletics had their revenge in the four-oared race, for
which the following crews reported: New York Athletic
' Club— R. W. Rutlibonc, bow; S. L. Mack, H. (J. West,

C. II. Cone, stroke. Ilarlem Rowing Club — H. M. Knapp,
, bow ; T. R. Kenlor, A. G. Scranton, C. W. Turner, stroke.
■They got an excellent send off, the Athletic crew rowing

in splendid style, and obtaiued a good lead; but then the
Harlem crew increased their stroke, and by working bard
■decreased the gap to a few feet, at which they held their
| opponent to the third quarter, when the Athletic crew again
Id rew away, finishing the first mile in 5:55, and leading their

I competitors through the ceulrc arch of Macomb’s Dam
bridge by a length and a half. From this point to the finish
I the Athletics had it their own way, despite some good ef-
forts on the part of the Harlem crew, the latter bciug de-
ifeated by four lengths. The time of the Athletics was
| 12:40. The concluding heat of the single sculls between
■Bainbridge and Yates was a most exciting race. After a
I severe struggle Bainbridge crossed the score the winner of
I the diamond medal in seven minutes, with Yates’ bow under
I liis outrigger.

I — The New York Rowing Club decided two events on
I Wednesday. The first, the contest among the senior scull-
lers for the Lelaud modal, now held by R. W. Scback,
I brought but two to the starling point — Hie holder and
Frank Ellison. Edison won by three lengths in 11m.
I 44js. ; distance n little short of one and a half miles. The
Second event was the juuior scullers’ race, for which three
contended. These were Charles Ingersoll, John McKiuu,
and Charles Leland. The course was fioni Florence’s dock
the powder schooner — one mile. Leland won by Lhree
nud a half lengths. No reliable time can be giveu.

— The 21st of June being the 120th anniversary of the
settlement of Halifax, N. S., it was a general holiday, and
was celebrated by a great variety of amusements. A sa-
lute of 126 guns was fired in the morning, bells were rung,
base ball matches, horse races and foot races look place,
and there was a very interesting regatta for boats and
yachts.

The first of the regattas was between five racing whalers,
for $20 and $8, manned by youths of eighteen years ami
under, and was won by the Crown Prince, first; Bluenoso,
second, Victoria, third; MayUower, fourth; and Blue Bell,
fifth.

The second race was a scull race for $20 and $5, over
course No. 2. George Lovett, E. Walsh, aud John Brown
(cousin to George Brown), were the contestants in this race,
Lovett came in first, Walsh second, and Brown last, the
latter having made a mistake as to the turning boat.

Third race for man-of-war cutlers, prizes $20 and $8,
with three entries from II. M. S. Bellcrophon and two from
the Sea Gull. Result— 1st, first cutter of Bellerophon; 2d,
first cutter of Sea Gull; 3d, second cutter of Bcllerophon;
4th, third ditto; 5th, second cutter Sea Gull.

The fourth race on the programme (for wherries) did not
take place, one of the two boats entered (a double scull)
being disqualified.

In the merchant ships' jolly boats, only one prize was of-
fered ($10), which was won by the Fanny M. Curved, Wm.
DeWolfe, which look the lead at starling and maintained
it ; the Scotland, J. A. Campbell, came in second, aud the
Starr, R. J. Dalryinple, third.

The race between Government boats, pulled by soldiers,
was a very well contested one. For this race prizes of $12
and $6 were offered Three entries. Result — Black Watch
first, True Blue second, and Half and Half third.

The next event was a race between the Ross-Foley crew
and the Young- Parker crew, in lapstreak boats. The race
was bravely contested, and was finally handsomely won by
the Ross-Foley crew.

Five dingies started for the next race, the Bellerophon’s
boat taking the prize, $5, aud a dingy belonging to the
Pyramus coining in second.

Two competitors from II. M. Navy entered for the tub
race. The Bluenose defeated the Skylark, aud took the
prize of $5."

The race for sailing boats was started about ten minutes
after twelve. The boats came in as follows: The Bernice,
J. A. Butler, took first prize, $40; the Circe, Brookfield,
won the second prize of $20; ami after these came in the
Little Annie, J. Fruser, aud the Minnie, L. Bri,und.

The yacht races for the challenge cups of the Roynl
Halifax Yacht Club commenced at 12:30, when the yachts
of the first class were started. Five yachts started, and
came iu iu the following order: —

n. m. s.| u. ji. s.

Petrel. Vice Com Black ...3 0 0 Squirrel, R. F. Armstrong.. .3 5 14
Nymplnn, S. A. White 3 a o| Alubatros*, D. Crouan J 14 20

The Whisper gave up, having carried away her jib stay.

In the second class, tour yachts started, and came in as
follows: —

u. h e.l n. M. R.

Cygnet, S. A. Morris 3 19 45 Spray, n. St. G. Twining. ..3 34 30

Cloud, Coin. Scott 3 20 35|

The Kate, Rear Com. Hutchins, was not, timed.

Only two yachts started in the third class. viz., rhe Wave-
let, Rodk . Macdonald, and Iris, J. W. Harvey. Their
time is as follows: —

It- M. 8. I H. M. S.

Wavelet 3 3 0 | Iris 3 15 20

A protest was entered by Iris against Wavelet.

FIRST ANNUAL REGATTA OF THE
MALTA BOAT CLUB.

Puiladeltuia, June 28th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream: —

On Saturday, 26th, the Multu Clnb held (heir first annual regatta, and
itssnccess is very creditable to their officers nnd men. hers. There were
four entries for singles, two for doubles, and two for six-oared bargee.
Of these but one failed lo come into position- Wm. Hopper— entered
for singles. Com. James M. Ferguson wns chosen umpire, nnd Vice
Com. John Hockley, Jr., ant) Mr. J. Gillingham lime-keepers.

The ilrst event was the single *cuH race, one mile straightaway, from
Laurel Hill to Itocklnnd, for club budge (challenge.) 1. A. II. Lane,
west, color red; 2. John F. Uuneker, centre, while; 3. C. E. H. Brels-
ford, east, bine.

The umpire had only given the caution, "Are yon ready?" when away
they went, and, being even, he let them go. Lane fell oil at once,
Huneker taking a lend, working very hard. Brelsford rowing with ap-
parent case llippcd his leader for half n mile, when Ilnneker went away,
wiuning about seven lengths in 8m. 41s. Brelsford 9in. 9s.

The second ovont was the double scnll ruce, some course, for club
prize, a pair of bronzes:

1 Minnehaha— B. Kllmnn, stroke; L. Hopper, bow; J. Uedichimcr,
coxswain; position west; color white.

2. Vamos— C. K. II Brelsford, stroke; .Inn. F. Huneker, bow; W. F.
W/irthumu, coxswain; position east; Color blue.

The Mniueliuha gol away With a lead, bill their opponents had no very
hind work, cut out for them and won In Tm. 01s. Minnehaha 7m 20s.

The third event was the six-oared burge race, same course, for club
prizes— individual gold badge:

Mischief— Jos. Mulir, bow; U Drinkhouse, 2; S. li. nuddoek, 3; C.

E. H. Brelsford. 4; Jos. Dunton, 5; W. Harper, stroke; J. Bedlehimer,
coxswain; position west; color blue.

Falcon— T. B Adams, bow; T. Willoughby, 2; P. A Sckemm, 3 . W.
T. L. Wnrthinau, 4; K. lllmun, 5; J. L. lllmati, stroke; \V. F. Warth-
man, coxswain; position cast; color blue.

The Mischief soou look a lead of a clear length, and in the finish In-
creased it soincwhnt, winning in 7m 00s. It wns so dark during the
race that ii could barely Uu seen, and from the same causo the time, al-
though official, is not accurate.

The most interesting event of the day was a four-oared shell race, re-
sulting from a challenge sent by the Crescent to the Undine Club im-
mediately after the open regatta of the 18lh. The Undine at once se-
eepted, and, except a change nt No. 2, put in the same crew Hint pulled
in the trial heat with tho thinker City on the 17th iust. The race was
arranged for Saturday. 2dlJi, over the National Course, for a flag The
M nl in Club very kindly made a nluco for it on their dub regatta pro-
gramme, mid the same ofiieer acted as in their races.

1. C re -cent Boat Club -Titos. B. Harper, bow; Wm C. Brown, 2; C.
E Steel, 3; Geo. Millikcn, Jr., stroke; position west ; color blue.

2 Undine Barge Club— A. S. Roberts, Jr., bow ; Win. U Allison, 2;

I N. DcUaven, 3; John It. Baker, Jr., stroke; position east.; color wblto.

The boats got away splendidly, both crews catching the water at once,
and without a skip sent their bouts off on au evou keel. The advan-
tage of the inside of the curve was upparent, the Crescents Rwjnging
around to a lead of half a length, but before the boats were opposite tho
Luurel Mil! Wharf, the Undtnea wore crawling up on them, when Har-
per's boat canto out from the shore. Roberts gave way for hint,
avoiding a foul, which be could easily hnve made, aud on straightening

forced Robert diagonally across the river uli me wuy ro ociow ociky s
clearing where, io prevent running aground, Roberts was forced to let
the bouts come together. They came in several lengths ahead in9:50i
—that being the time marked by the Judge'* flog, which was not till Lie
boat had crossed the line; for the second bont he forgut to drop It,
and tire best guess at second time was 10:061.

The Crescents churned n foul, but the umpire would not entertain a
claim which lie considered unwarranted, nnd placed the tie wo a* they
came hi. Scvxxs.

Jfnsweqti go gortespondenti.

S M. It.. M. D., Monmonth. 111.— Copy of by law* sent by mall.

A- ®-— The "Shot Gun and Sporting Itlflc,” by Stonehenge, U out of
print.

V . V . W,, Broadway —Whore can I get a good book on tbs care of
rabbit*, the different breeds, Ac. ? Ana. “Rabbit Book for ttio Many,"
or Bement * "Rabbit Fancier," price 30 couts. Address Joseph M.
Wade. 39 North Ntuth street, Philadelphia, Pa.

W. L. T., Swampscott.— Can you Inform mo what the laws of tho
State of Now York are concerning tho shooting of birds for scientific
purposes; here we can do It with a permit from the town authorities*
Ans. Birds can bo shot for scientific purpose*.

Captain, N. Y — What Is the total amount of militia in tho United
States, New York State, nnd New York city? Ans. According to ttio
US. Army R.-ginter the tolal number of militia In tho Uulted SUtos is
153,320; in the State of Now Y'ork, 21,327; city not given, probably not
ovor 5,000.

K. P. M., New navon — Please tell me tho best wny to carry paper
shell*, and which is the best kind of case, belt or ve»t? Ans. Sports-
men differ a* to the best arrangement, for carrying shells. Sco ad-
vertisement in another column.

D. L., Lancaster, Pa.— Please Inform me who Imported "Plnnkot,"
nnd who Is the present owner; also hi* address, if In your possession?
Ans. Wo nro Informed thnt Dr. Goldsmith, of Rutland, Vt, who Is now
iu Enropc, has purchased PlUukct, and Intends to bring him to this
country.

J. II. C., Jersey City.— Will you plca«o tell mo what time the law is
up on quail nnd partridge iu Now Jersey? Ans. Tito time for shooting
quail is between tho 1st day of Nov. nnd the 1st day of Jan. For ruffed
grouse (called partridge or phcusuut) between the 1st of Oct. and 15th of
December.

J G A. , Aurora.— In your premiums given lo those who got tip clubs
can tho weight and the size of the gun bo scut to salt tho agent, aud
does a person have to bo a subscriber to get up clubs? Ans. You will
not bo restricted to any particular weight or size of gun. A non-sub-
scriber can get up clubs.

C. G. W., New York.— Osn yoa give me any Information about tho
country urouud Cirlislc, Clinton couuty, 111. ; whether It la healthy on
the river, and how the country is settled there? Where can I got a
sample of Diltmur powder? Ans. The country around Carlisle t*
pretty well settled and considered healthy. Address Carl DiUniar, Ne-
ponsott. Mass.

S. R„ New Yotk.— Can yon give me some Information os to the kinds
of fish that can be cangbt iu Luke George, and tho huoks und lines neces-
sary, and whether there is any shooting In the neighborhood? Ans.
Black buss, rock bass, perch, pickerel, nnd lake trout. Use minnow*
and Bttcl, McHarg, or Chapman spinning tackle. Tho conntry ull
around Lake George Is wild, and of course affords good shooting.

R. R , New York.— Will you be kind enough to tell mo If tho Stony
Lake region of Canada is a good place to spend two weeks In the Fall,
huutiug, and what game can be shot; also what lino of boats run from
Rochester, N Y., to Port Hope, Canada? Aus. Excellent gomo and fish
conntry, For fullest information sco Kobest and Stream, April 22d,
page lilt. Boats daily from Charlotte (port of Rochester) to Port Hope,
and also via Toronto,

Dave, Ilohoku*,— Wc have published recipes for making vnrmili for
fishing rodB several times, but herewith add auother, which wc aro
assured Is better than alt the rest: Take 8 oz. best gum shellac, H oz.
turn tvenzolu, i oz. gum saudurucb, 1 oz. gum mastic, 1 quart alcohol
90porccnt. proof; pulverize separately and add the alcohol. Putin a
black bottle, set in the sun, ehnke often, then pour off. If too thick,
add alcohol; if too thtu, take out the cork. Apply with linen rug.

S. W., C. D., Philadelphia.— Please Inform mo at what ago a slut (set-
ter) should be spayed, and If It Is well to let thorn Urst have a litter of
pups? Do you think the operation impnlr* tho usefulness of the dog?
Ans. Tho sooner a pup Is spayed after it Is four weeks old the better.
If (he operation i* performed after they are grown up, it goucrally ener-
vates them and their usefulness is impaired. Our field editor has fre-
quently had them spayed at four weeks old, and always with good re-
sults, and considers a bitch thus spayed a very desirublc dog to have
when not required for stock purposes.

F. W. C., Paterson. N. J.— Will you please ask some of your subscri-
bers in Southern California to send us some account of that section of
the country— its climate and productions, also the character of Its people,
its game and fish, and the price of land and anything else that may occur
to the writer? Ans . If F. W. C. will look under tho bead of Woodland
Farm and Garden In the present issue of our paper, ho will Und an arlicl-
on thli climate of California, and for a detailed description of Southern
California, Us people, climate and products, we would refer him to tho
sketches entitled "Santa Monica," and "Vernon," in Nos. II, 12, 1.3, and
23, of Vol. 3.

O- Messiter, West Exeter, England —Would you kindly tell me
what yon think is the best hunting ground in America for elk and bear?
Do you know auything of the country in the neighborhood of Fort Stan-
ton, Now Mexico? Ans The vicinity of Fort Stanton is beautifully ro-
mantic and rugged, well timbered nnd well watered, abounding In trout,
deer, black and cinnamon bears, and small game. The post lies between
the Organ and White Mountniu ranges. No elk in this locality. Elk
range from Northwestern MiuiiCHotu to Washington Territory. Pcrhnps
the best elk country is on the Laruinic Plains, In the vicinity of Fort
Saunders, reached via Uulou Pacific Railroad.

G. W. B.. Titusville, Pa.— Enclosed please find two leave* npon which

there is some unnatural growth. Oblige by informing me wbat alls
them; whether it is u vegetable or animal growth upon them, <&c. ? Hun-
dreds of trees arc similarly affected. Aus. Tho excrescences on the up
per surface of the maple leaves from Titusville, Pa., are small galls,
containing the larva- of a dipterous insoct. The lly is probably a C<d -
doin'jUi. The species are very numerous in Europe; ours have not been
studied to any extent, though one of them— the Is. alas! at

tunes, painfully manifest. These galls on tho maple leaves are, 1 find,
well known to agriculturists. — J. L. LeConte, Phllu.

C. J L., Elmlru.— I havo a small pond on the hill from which I *np
ply my farm house with water. It ha* becu clear for three year*, but lust
Full the "frog spawn,” as it I* colled, collected in it, and this Spring it
has increased very much, at times stopping the flow of water through
the pipes. Cun you tell me what will destroy It and not damage the
softness of the water? Ans. Do not know of anything which will de-
stroy it without fouling the water. The best way, probably, is to remove
it by means of Imnd nets made of coarse bogging But having once re-
moved It yon can keep it from growing again hy covering the pond with
boards, a* It will grow very little except iu places exposed to the sun-
shine; what you take out will make good manure for tho kitchen garden.

C. C. T., Beacon Falls.— Aro fur-bcaring animals numerous enough
in nny of the following State* to make it pay lo devote a person's time
to trappiug: Maine, New York, Michigan, or Wisconsin? In which of
these Slates are they the most plentiful? What county, and how cun I
getthere? An*. There Is considerable fur in Aroostook county. Moino
which comprises Hie northern portion of the State, aud we incline to
Mr. Verplsnck Colvin's opinion, that the Adirondack region of New
York contains wildernesses that man has never trod. From his recent
survey, published by Weed, Parsons & Co., Albany, price $3 .50, you
can get detailed Information of tho various animals fonnd In all locali-
ties visited, and draw your conclusions from that. In northern WIr.
consin and Michigan, accessible by tho West Wisconsin nnd Wisconsin
Central Railroads in the one case, and the Grand Rapids and ludlMlft
Railroad lu tho other, trapping is profitable.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COM-
ING WEEK.

Tuirsdat, .Inly Ist.-Trotllng, Mystic Park, Boston; St. Paul, Minn.
Kalumozoo, Mich.— Yachting, Regatta of Central nudson Y'acht Club
et New Hambuig— Cricket, Tournameut at Ottawa, Canada, and con-
tinuing until the 7th inst.— Base boll, Reliance vs. Chelsea, at Brooklyn;
Eagle vs. Battery, at Communipaw, N. J.; Alaska vs. Star, at Hoboken.

Friday, July 2d — Trotting, Mystic Park, Boston; Kalamazoo. Mich. ;
Harrisburg, Pa —Base ball, Boston vs. Atlantic*, at Brooklyn.

Saturday, July 3d.— Racing, Monmouth Park, N. J — Trotting,
Mystic Park, Boston; Harrisburg, Pa.; Chicago, 111 —Base boll, Athletic
vs Philadelphia, at Philadelphia; Boston vs. Hartford, nt Boston; Y’ate
vs, Princeton, at Brooklyn; Concord vs. Winona, at Brooklyn; Name-
less \s. Enterprise, at Hempstead, L. I.

Monday. July 5th —Racing, Monmouth Park.N. J.-Trotting, Pough-
keepsie, N. Y . ; Columbus, Ohio; Detroit, Mich.— Yachting, Regatta
Seawanhaka Yacht Club, Oyster Bay, L. I.; Penh Amboy Yacht Club;
Rowing and Sailing Regattas, Boston harbor; Regatta at Greenport, L.

I —Meeting of American Rifle Association, Monnt Vernon, N, Y'.— Base
ball, Mutual vs. Atlantic, at Brooklyn; Boston vs. Hartford, at Hart-
ford; .Etna of New York vs. Magnolias, at Newburg, N. Y. ; Concord
v», Enterprise, at Hempstead, L. I.; Reliance vs. Union of Elizabeth,

N .1 , on the Waverly Fair Grounds; Union vs. RosehiU. at Waterbary,

Cl , Nameless vs. Red Sox, at Greenport, L. I.

Tuesday, July 6th. -Trotting, Lowell, Mass.; Greenville. Pa. ; Mon-
ti cello, Iowa; Detroit, Mich.— Yachting, Beverly Y’acht Club Regatta
Beverly Mass .

Wednesday, July 7th.— Racing, Monmouth Park.N. J.— Trotting,
Detroit. Mich. ; Greenville, Pa. ; Lowell, Mass.

CANADIAN GUIDES FOR SPORTSMEN

THIS paper having alluded incidentally to the scarcity
of guides in the Muskoka district of Canada,
whither several of our readers weut last year, the Orillia,
Ontario, Expositor calls upon the young mon of Muskoka
to acquaint themselves with the geography and fauna of
the district so as to qualify themselves for duties which
may readily bo made remunerative in the Summer and
Autumn months. We might add the Winter months also,
for we have frequent inquiries relative to the fur bearing
resources of this region of Canada, and whether it. would
pay to trap there.

The young backwoodsmen of Canada would be surprised
to leara how profitable the occupatiou of guide may be
made (whicli we hope they will not, at present,) and to
know that in the Adirondacks alone the number of pro-
fessional guides, independent and steadily employed, is
Three Hundred and Fifteen. At least, this is the number
given in Wallace’s New Guide to the Adiroudacks, and we
infer that the true number is really much greater. There
are guides also at Mooseliead Lake, Rangcly, Marquette,
and all the principal hunting and fishing resorts of the
United States — good and intelligent guides, too, many of
them. It is surprising how much information that is of
service in surveying, lumbering, agriculture, and geology,
and other noble departments of industry, can be gathered
up by a man serving in the simple capacity of sportsmau’s
guide. His duties fit him for a dozen conditions of a use-
ful life. They make him a good cook, tailor, carpenter,
sailor, axeman, fisherman and hunter. The vicissitudes of
his life constantly teach him expedients, and make
him self-reliant and brave. They make a man of
him. Negatively, his occupatiou keeps him out of
temptation and mischief, It is an honorable occupa-
tion. Should the young, hardy, hard fisted men of
Muskoka elect to follow the very sensible and seasonable
advice of the Orillia Expositor, they will, by the adoption
of their new vocation, acquire more knowledge of their
own district than they could in any other way, and thus
unwittingly become valued, useful, aud well informed
members of the community, who would be always called
upon for counsel, and to take active part as leading men iu
every capacity.

The wages of guides where boats are furnished, is geu-
erally $2 50 per day in the United States; without boat
$1 50. A guide is required to make camp, construct
shanty, cook, row or paddle, cut firewood, bring water,
and perform such gcneial duties and labors for his em-
ployer as he would for himself, provided he were alone
and in similar circumstances. He must be a good guide
indeed who possesses these several and diverse attrib-
utes and can employ them without complaint or show
of impatience.

We perceive that settlers in Muskoka have been disap-
pointed as to its quality as a farming country, and that
local papers advise them to turn their attention to grazing.

It may be that guiding would prove more profitable still.

At all events, the business might be employed conjointly
with that of the herdsman and stock raiser.

INDEPENDENCE DaY.

THE usual din of guns, large and small, and the crack-
ing of those infernal machines, yclept fire crackers,
invented by the Chinamen for the propitiation of evil
spirits, will on Sunday morning next usher in the dawn of
the ninety-ninth anniversary of American Independence.
Th ■ real jubilee, however, will be postponed until Monday
as far as the boys and those unfortunates who may by ne-
cessiiy be forced to remain in the city, are concerned.
The great multitude will take advantage of the two holidays
coining together, to get more than the usual Sunday al-
lowance of fresh air and amusement. The fashionable
watering places will be crowded, but the knowing ones
will eschew fashion and fireworks and go after blueflsh on
the Great South Bay or Barnegat Inlet, or beat the swales
and swamps of New Jersey and Pennsylvania for the wary
woodcock,

—The subject of running the hotels at the White Moun-
tains and other popular resorts on the European plan is
being agitated. This European plan is simply to pay for
your room and at the table pay for such meals as you or-
der. It would give much better satisfaction to the ma-
jority of travelers, who do not average a meal a day, as
they are continually ubsent on excursions and tours of in-
vestigation in the neighborhood, sometimes camping out
for days together. Those of slender means could afford to
go oftener and stop longer.

ANNUAL CALEDONIAN CONVENTION.

FOR the sixth lime the Scotsmen resident upon this con-
tinent and in affiliation with the North Americau
United Caledonian Association will, on the 21st inst , as-
semble in convention. The former meetings of the asso-
ciation have been held in this city, Montreal, Philadelphia,
Auburn, and this year it will convene at Toronto, Ontario’.
The occasion is the most important in the Caledonian cal-
endar. It brings together members of thirty-one ufflliated
clubs and societies, which have a membership of upward
of four thousand, and is regarded as the grand annual
“gathering of the clans." The President of the associa-
tion is a kind of little “Lord Mogul" to the Scotsmen of
America.

A few words in regard to the history and objects of the
association will at present be seasonable and beneficial.
The association was organized on the 31st day of August
1870, under the Presidency of Col. A- A. Stevenson, of Mon-
treal- The objects of the organization are a matter of in-
ference, and are not stated in either ite constitution or by-
laws. The power conferred under Article VI. of the
former would appear to be the sole constitutional authority
of any importance, beyond merely formal privileges, vested
in the association. The article referred to reads as fol-
lows :-“The rules of games adopted by this association
shall be binding upon all clubs and societies connected

with it." In exercising this authority the N. A. U. C. A.
has performed a service which has been fully recognized
both in the columns of Forest and Stream and among
Caledonians everywhere. A further clue to the r ims of
the founders of the body may be obtained from the first
by-law, which reads as follows :-“No club or society shall
be eligible for affiliation with the North American United
Caledonian Association except such ns are composed en-
tirely of Scotsmen and their descendants, and organized
for the encouragement and practice of Scottish games and
the promotion of a taste for Scottish literature, poetry’ and
song." While recognizing the latter part of the constitu-
tion of ns members, the association exercises no active
surveillance over the cultivation of Caledonian intellect
It has been repeatedly urged to do so, and especially by the
Scotch papers of this city, but has hitherto restricted its
attention to the development of Caledonian muscle. The
fact would almost appear to have been overlooked that to

do more, and arrange a series of Winter lectures or literary
amusements, would be altogether unconstitutional. Vor
this and for the other reason above alluded to, that ther
is no exact definition in the constitution of the ’ associnfte,,
of its objects, it seems eminently desirable that Hint docu-
ment should be subjected to revision. It is true that ihe
centrul Scottish authority should possess and exercise soinu
right of dictating to local clubs a course by which they
may purvey some kind of mental pabulum lo the country-
men of Scott, Burns, Stewart, Hamilton, Macaulay, Miller
aud Carlyle.

In regard to the manner in which games are conducted
there are only two suggestions at present occurring, which
ought to receive tho attention of the convention. It was
pointed out in the article No. 5 upon Scottish games in
these columns, that from the disparity between the feats
of the same athletes at different places it seemed doubtful
if the rule regarding the weights of the hammers and
stones were more than nominally observed. Any doubt
upon this ground might be obviated by the insertion of an
injunction that these implements be weighed in presence of
the judges at every celebration of Highland games.

It seems also very desirable that some more fully de-
tailed code of laws should be drawn up for the regulation
of the quoiting match. That adopted by the Grand Na-
tional Curling Club would be at least a good basis.

It is also somewhat strange that no official record is pub-
lished of the events of the Caledonian year. For six years
the annual of the Grand National Curling Club has been
issued, and has conveyed to curlers all over the country
full information of the doings of their own and other
clubs. There are many Caledonians who would gl.tdly
welcome the appearance of a similar volume upon the af-
fairs of Scottish societies. It would supply a remedy for
a want long felt, and its publication could scarcely do
otherwise than put a handsome surplus into the treasury of
the associatiou.

Further suggestions are at present withheld. The To-
ronto gathering, held under the auspices of the locul club,
whose reputation for generosity and liberality is a sufficient
guarantee to every visitor of a warm reception, is certain
to be a success.

The following are the clubs at present on tho roll:— Mon-
treal, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Scranton, St. Cath-
arines, Ont., Hudson counly, N. J., Auburn, Pittstou, De-
troit, Newark, Troy and Cohoes, Syracuse, San Francisco,
Hanford, Newton, Glengarry, Brooklyn, Hazleton, New
Haven, Bridgeport, Toronto, Westerly, Paterson, Wash-
ington, Baltimore, Buffalo, South Adams, Albany, Ilumil-
ton, Saginaw Valley. Several additions are expeclcd this
year.

The day following the convention will be devoted to nu
international tournament, in which the usual programme
of Higaland games will begone through. The best ath-
letes of America and Canada are expected to be present.

DISAPPEARANCE OF FISH AROUND

NEW YORK — DESTRUCTION OF

NEIGHBORHOOD OYSTER BEDS

THE CAUSE.

Oncprlnclpa1 cause of the lumenlable fact that the waters of the
Hudson River no longer contain, as of yore, a multitude of hnss , ,t
weakllsh to attract amatour fishermen to our shores, and tarnish wiort to
hose piscatorlnlly Inclined, Is that for many years past oyslcrmen from
the southern counties of the suite have been in the habit of drcdeTn
for oysters in the shallow waters along tho shore, removing ihem ro
other parts of the State for the purpose of planting, thus depriv ng II c
llsh of their natural food-the spawn of the oyster -YonXtr* State, mu.

We alluded to this matter in a recent number of Forest
and Stream, and it has since been pressed upon our
attention by Dr. Chas. W. Torrey, an officer of the Yon
kers Sportsmen’s Club, who has interested himself in put
ting a stop to the destruction, and arresting and prosecu
ting those who take oysters contrary to law . So fully con-
vinced were our law makers of the past generation of the
importance of pr.-serving these oyster beds, that in 1851
they prohibited the taking of oysters from any of tho
waters iu the county of Westchester during July and
August under penalty of $25 and an additional sum equal
to the value of the oysters taken. Tim law as it now
stands (passed November, 1853.) permits the inhabitants of
Westchester to catch oysters to plant in their own waters,
but all other persons are fined $100 and the value of all
oysters taken. Nevertheless, the law has been steadily
violated up to the middle of last Juue, when the Yonkers
Club, assisted by deputy sheriffs, made several arrests after
which the depredators thought it prudent to move off.
Nine private vessels were counted, iu one morning, be-
tween Mount St. Viucent and Spuylen Duyvi), with their
small boats digging for oysters. Now that it has become
evident that there is a prohibitory law for Westchester
county, and that it will be enforced In the vicinity of
Yonkers, the theatre of digging operations has been changed
to the vicinity of Tarrytown aud Spuyten Duyvil above
and below. At the former place no less than thirty-one

vessels have been counted at one time. It is evident from

the little that has been done, that energy and persistence
will put a stop to the depredations complained of, so far
as Westchester county is concerned, but since the annexa-
tion of tho lower portion of that county to New York city,
the supervisors have no jurisdiction below or south of
Mount St. Vincent, and it seems to be a question whether
there is a New York county law under which tho Yonkers
Club or New York Club can act. If there is none, one
ought to be passed at the next session of the Legislature.
Perhaps the counsel of tho New York City Society for the
Protection of Game cun tell us. If within its jurisdiction
R should aid the, Yonkers Club in its endeavors to save our

bivalves and fish. Many of our readers are certainly
aware that bass and weakfish were formerly caught along
our shores In great abundance; whereas, except in a cer-
tain locality at Spuyten Duyvil, where oyster beds lie in
water too deep to be disturbed by raking or dredging, they
are now scarcely ever seen on either side of Westchester
county and Manhattan Island. We have now before us a
letter from an old fisherman, whose reminiscences exteud
back to the palmiest days of Pelham Bridge and McCombs
Dam, deploring the disappearance of the striped bass from
those favorite localities, and endeavoring in vain to account
for it. He says: —

“I have for years fished for striped bass in Hell Gate
and vicinity, and have during late years noticed their
gradual disappearance. A few seasons ago, with my
knowledge of the ground and the habits of the flsh{ I could
go out and be certain of a good catch, but now things are
changed. In the Spring of last year 1 thought from my
landing a few there up to six pounders that better fish
times had come again, but as the season bore on the fish
gradually disappeared, so much so that in the Fall, when
fish used to be abundant, I could not even get a "smell.”
So far as my experience jias gone this season, and I have
been out almost daily since April 15th, I have not had the
good fortune to land a single striped bass, nor can I hear
of ono being captured in this neighborhood.

I would like your opinion on the above subject, as it is
often discussed where "fishermen most do congregate."
yomo attribute the absence of fish to the improvements
now going on in the gate, others to the number of nets
that are set for the fish as they wend their way to this lo-
cality. Iu fact, every one has a reason of his own. But
the complete disappearance of the striped bass this season
is the most perplexing conundrum of the whole lot. I at-
tribute it to the long and severe Winter. T. T. W.”

FOREST AND STREAM.

th us sighted , horizontal ly . ui m It at the exact centre of the targot.al ray one
hundred yard* distance, and fire. There will be no point blank or^olut
blank range in this caw. Why? Because the ball starting In Its course

Wmh.th0 ",,e °f BlKhtl 11 wl" not dee almve ha level to
ait It, which, us will hereafter appear, l » a neccsrary condition In the
premises. To the contrary, the ball will describe a downward curve of
fl^d n T nc r ,“'hl8 dUtanoe. The same Is true If the piece bo
5c* thn »T ?? e,leV?UOn‘ T the8e “mc Principle* apply to cannon. Rl-
.1 1. wmS ,Way,8 °0t “ 1,,Uo 100 low- n,lJ the remedy In part
to this will appear in ibe next cane. This Illustration has been intro-

zssts&sr ■» ■'■»» •*» ««

bl,lnk- -Let 1,8 “OW suppose the rear sight to be a
r lc h^i 'f n r °“lyonOQSh no as lo cause the ball In It* flight to
rnrw t h ‘C h"* 1 “lul cul lt; *"d aflur «»!• i" describe a
" J* lh,e ^""d- \l ,wl11 b,; 8Ccn <»<“ hi this case the trajectory of
(he ball cuts the line of sight In but one point. At this point, then wo
have a true point blank, und also a true point lilunk range. But lu prac-
lice this point blank will be found near to the piece, say about llfty
yurda distant; hence this la not the point blank, nor does it glvo the
necessary range Involved In this question. They are more remote Hi-
flea thus sighted are good for squirrels and other small game; they arc
close shooters within about seventy yards, hot at about Mil yards they
shoot loo low by fonr Inches. The next case will give a longer nnd bet-
ter range, and furnish a solution of questions.

Case 8, two point blanks. — We will now elevate the rear sight a little
more, and suy just enough so that when the piece is aimed true at the
centre of the object the ball will strike it there, at 150 yards. This par-
ticular distance is selected only because I wish hereafter to trace the
curve of the ball in this case of elevation. Being well aimed, now tire
What is the result? We sec this elevation of the rear sight cause
the hull to go entirely above the line of sight in Its ascending curve (very
email, 'tis true) nnd after reaching Its highest point, that it gradually
falls to the line of sight, where it cuts it again at the very centre of

Nn - - target. In other words, the curve of the bull cuU the line of sight in

INO uouut the reasons assigned by our correspondent, es- lwo points, tho one ut about thirty yards from the piece, and the other at

pecially the setting of fykes at Westchester Creek and th® Ureet- 150 yard8 off ™8 ^asc presents two point blanks, and two

other creeks emptying into the Sound between New I’011)1 blank r“nRCS' Bu,> “•iaC«ac«, the llrst one Is near the piece and

Rochelle and the Harlem River, do account in part for the

disappearance of the bass; but the main cause is the de- ponding range is the true point blank range. This being well under-

Struction of the oyster beds and shell fish, and iu this the 8tood' I will now answer the Inquiry by giving definitions,

severe Winter may have aided. Nevertheless we have ■ Fir8t_By Pointbl“nk range is menu t the second point where the tra-

’ I jeclory or curve of the ball In its flight intersects or cuts the line of

eight.

caught in the creeks above named, notwithstanding fykes
and depredations, as many a? eighteen bass at a tide, in the
Fall, which, however, is after the spawning time of
oysters, and when fiddlers are "about.” We have little
doubt that, were tho oysters replenished and allowed to
recruit by natural propagation, wo should find the bass
fishing as good at Hell Gate and the Harlem River in three
years from now us it used to be iu the olden time. The
remedy, legal and natural, cannot be applied too soon.
The aid of many prominent citizens of Yonkers lias been
enlisted in tho work, aud it will not be their fault if suc-
cess and satisfaction do not follow.

— Mr. Edward C. Edgar, of New Jersey, who has passed
the last two years in the Adirondacks for the benefit of his
health, died quite suddenly ut the Prospect House, Upper
Saranac Lake, on the 19th of June. Mr. Edgur was a
young gentleman of high moral worth, and extensively
known among the visitors in the vicinity of Paul Smith’s,
Bartlett’s, and Martin’s, and his death is deeply regretted.
His camp was always a model of neatness, aud a most
hearty welcome always extended to all who called. He
was a true gentleman and sportsman in the entire meaning
of the two words. He will be greatly missed from his
large acquaintance. To his family we extend our warm
sympathy iu their sore bereavement.

— Game protective clubs having spare copies of their by-
laws and constitution would assist the cause by sending
them to us for distribution, as we are called upon almost
daily to supply copies to parties desiring to perfect club
organizations.

POINT BLANK AND POINT BLANK
RANGE EXPLAINED.

THE following communication on this subject is
from the pen of a distinguished officer, late of the
United States Army. It will be found to be an elaborate
explanation of a question which has troubled many young
riflemen, and probably not one in many thousands is now
familiar with what the writer has endeavored so carefully
to explain. We think he has succeeded in this, aud col-
lected the poiuts together for the first time. Every sports-
fnau should understand these terms, and yet he would have
to go into conic sections for the facts unless thus explained
to him : —

Editor Forest and Stream:—

A correspondent In Forest and Stream, aud apparently a young
practitioner, asks: "What Is meant by point blank and point blank
raugc in rifle shooting?" These are very apt and important questions, I
must confess; none more so. I purpose to answer them, using the
plainest terms at my command. But to do so directly aud without ex-
planations would, I fear, leave the reader quite in the dark. Besides,
the very interest of this subject lies In the lurking facta connected with
It. Hence I will llrst define certaiu terms relating thereto, then make the
necessary explanations, and lastly give my answer.

To experiment with, 1 select the common and best practical sporting
rifle with crotcn and bead sights, and sighted for 150 yards.

First.— Whut is meant by the "line of sight" of a rifle? It Is tho
straight line from the eye, passing through tho bot'om of the crotch
sight, taking in the tip of the bead sight, and thence straight on, piercing
the target at its very centre. Mark, it Is a straight line and pierces the
centre of the target.

Second.— The line of sight being understood, I ask what Is meant by
the axis of the piece, or barrel? It is the straight line running from the
muzzle to the breech, and along the centre of tho bore throughout. It

corresponds to the centre of the hall when the piece is loaded, and Is the I _ y ^ BftlIard Esq who III One time priDtcd the Suf-
"hne of lire.” Mark, the axis of the rifle und the lino of sight are both I * , . ■ , , , , ,

straight lines, and if purallol, it follows they would never cut each other folk Democrat, nt Babylon, L. I., is now editor of the Chi-
tf produced. I cago Field.

The above being well understood, we next proceed to make three ex-
periments with our rifle, and under three different circumstances. These I COW in Peterborough, Cunada, lCCOUtly dropped a

three trials cover all the cases that can arise in firing from a horla ontal 1
position to that of near ninety degrees elevation,

Second— By point blank Is meant the straight line (horizontal)
or shortest distance from the piece to the second point blank ; (or In
practice to the target whose centre is struck at this point.) Tile French
and Americans use the same point blank, but Iu the British service It Is
different. Their point blank distance is the distance at which the pro-
jectile (ball) strikes the level ground on which the carriage siuuds, the
axis of the piece being horizontal.” (Col. Scott’s Mil. Die,)

Long ranges are generally made on die horizontal basis, and are so re-
corded for use in works on practical gunnery. But the above two dtil-
nltious hold good in elevated firing also. Such is Theory I Practice—
Whilst in both theory and fact point blank is limited to u siDgle point,
yet in practice it is allowed a wider scope. It Is here upplied to the
whole builBeye or mark. If this be struck it is culled a point blank shot,
and the straight line, the point blank range. Neither Is strictly correct!
as the reader will now ho able to detect, unless the hall strikes the centre
(or Us level for a range). In practice, point blank iu English and "point
blanc" (or white point) in French correspond; they refer to the same
thing— white spot, bullseye, target. Hence in practice the bntlseye
means point blank, and the distance to it from the piece is the point
blank range. Some understand this in practice, bat the beautiful the-
ory on which it is based lies in general a hidden mystery.

General Remarks— In all case* of actual point blank or centre shot
firing, the axis of tho barrel must incline upwards in reference to the
line of sight; they are Dot parallel. Heavy duck shot guns are generally
made thick at the breech; this extra thickness, so far os it goes, amounts
to uu elevated sight, hence in sighting these we generally have a point
blank of long range, as lutended by the maker.

The moment the new beginner with a rifle will discard tho false Idea
which most have that "the rifle carries straight," that moment is he in
a condition to begin to understand rifle shootiug. Many persons, and
some of life-long experience, still cling to this false notion. The course
of the ball must be, and always is, in a carved line; gravity is always
pulling it down. This curve, however, is very small within a short dis-
tance, but at long range it is astonishingly great. At one hundred yards
point blank range the ball rises and fulls about four inches, whilst at
one thousand yards, as at Creedmoor, it rises nnd falls about seventy
feet. The shot may properly be called a plunging shot. The highest
point of the curve generally is about two thirds of the range from the
piece; hence, as at Creedmoor, tho bnll falls nhout seventy feet In lees
than four hundred yards. In this case the 82-lnch barrel Is reported to
have hud the rear sight elevated 1} inches. Hence it will be seen how
much tho axis of the barrel most have inclined upwards; also how soon
the ball cut the line of sight, and within about one yard of the muzzle.
In the very best of rifles the ball falls about six inches In 100 yards. This
evil Of six inches too low for the centre of the target Is remedied, us
seen In Case 3, by elevating the rear sight. Let us uow practically l nine
tho curve of the ball in this case along tlie line of sight, and see the va-
riation from a straight line, or centre shot. The ball, starting from about
one inch below the line of sight at the muzzle, will shoot u little below
the centre for about forty yards; at this distance, having arrived at its
llrst point blank, It Will centre (any intercepted target): at about eighty
yards it will shoot about three inches above the centre; at uboul 110
yards it will shoot nearly six inches above it Here It commences to full,
and at about 180yardslt will shoot nearly three Inches above it, and still
falling It will again centre the target at the true point blank. Where tbo
rifle Is sighted a little lower and for a shorter range, the variation of the
hall from tho line of sight will be less of course. For nil kind* ef game,
small and large, 1 prefer n point blank of not over 1 10 yards, and for
small game alone a range of nbont eighty yards; then I am not linhitiiiilly
shooting over it. In going on a tramp und for camping out nnd roughing
It generally, as all real sportsmen who get ihe game have to, I rely solely
as a certainty upon my common sights. I find from long experience
upon tho prairies of the West, as well as elsewhere, that they are, after
all said and done, the only reliable standbys, and that they give me more
game than any other sights yet invented. As fixtures, however, to have
along, I have always carried the globe sights. They sometimes. In open
grounds, come lu good play. I always train my sights to suit myself
after getting the rifle from the shop. They are never suitable for close
shooting when purchased, at least I havo never found them so. I prefer
a silver bead sight In front to all others.

But I am reminded that I must close this communication, already too
long, I fear. I purposed to write u short article only, and to answer the
questions of the inquirer. I hope my answers will be satisfactory, aud
that a rather mysterious subject will be understood. Herein will bo my
reword. Yours, Old Scout.

The American Team.— Dispatches from Ireland brine
most daily reports of the movements and practice of the.
American riflemen, which are watched with the

. , are watched With the greatest

interest On the 22d they practiced ut Dollymount, and
although the scores of that date are not given they were
reported as being extremely satisfactory and n surprise to
ie spectators. Iu the evening a promenade concert in their
lienor took place at the Theatre Royal. The visitors —
enthusiastically received upon entering the building,
number of American airs played by the bund were 1

applauded.

ana it

.... - - . loudly

It is impossible for the team to accept more
Ihuu a small proportion of the invitations sent to them
On the 25th they practiced again at Dollymount. their
scoring being remarkubly flue, the total points made being
sixteen above tho victorious score of last year at Creed-
moor . The following are the figures

Fulton

Dakin

Qilderslecvc.

...170, Coleman <•»

101 Boding. .

i6!) i Yuic ;;;

1 otal; 950, out of a possible score of 1,080.

The practice of the Irish loam was much inferior iu result.

1 he members of the teams, accompanied by the Lord
Mayor, attended a performance at the Royal Irish Academy
or Music in the evening. The men were reported to be in
fine spirits, and their calmness and skill has been remarked
ami praised by the Dublin journals. Dispatches dated the
2(iih slate that the scores made by the Irish team were
much smaller, and that the impression was gaining ground
that llte Americans would win. Another dispatch says
that Col. Gildersleevo, Captain of the American Rifle Team,
has received a letter from the Lloyds, of London, offering
a fifty guinea cup to be contested for at. Wimbledon by the
English, Irish, Scotch, and American eights at the lime of
the Elcho Challenge Shield match. The Americans have
signified their acceptance of the offer, and will compete for
the cup in the match, The discipline aud harmony of the
American Team is admirable.

On, the evening of the 20th a grand banquet was given
by the Fellows of Trinity College in honor of the Ameri-
can Rifle Team. There were eevciity-Uve guests, including
the American Team and llte party accompanying them. I)r.
Humphrey Lloyd, the Lord Mayor of Dublin; the Mayor
of York , Provost of the College; Right Hon. James White-
side, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland; Mr. Wilson King, tho
American Consul; Mr. Burrin/ton, ex-United Slutcs Vice
Cousul, and Rev. Dr. Samuel Uaughton of Trinity Col-
lege. The event was regarded as a mark of peculiar honor,
it beiug tlie first banquet of a similar nuturo for twenty 3 o u s

Ou Monday the Lord Mayor and Ludy Mayoress of Lou-
don arrived iu Dublin to witness the match aud participate
in tlie festivities. They attended a review of six thousand
troops at Pltcenix Park, at which the American Team were
present and enthusiastically received. Tlie weather, how-
ever, was unfavorable. The team also practiced ut ’Dolly-
mount, but did uot fire the full number of shots. The fol-
lowing genllemcu were finally selected to compose the Irish
team:— Dr. J. B. Hamiltou and Messrs. Pollock, John Me-
Keunu, J. Iv. Milner, Wilson, and Edmund Johnson. They
ull shoot with the Rigby rifle, while of the American Team
Messrs. Fulton, Bodine, Dakin, and Coleman would use
Remington’s, and Messrs. Gildersleeveattd Yale Sharps rifle.

Eleven o’clock was the hour fixed for tho match, und it
was ordered that absolute silence prevail during the match
conversation not being permitted eveu uniong the shooters.'
Neither team were to be allowed to know the number of
points made by the other uutil the end of the firing ut each
range. A large number of Americans had arrived at Dub-
lin to witness the match, and the general impressions pre-
vailed that the Americans would win.

The Great Match— The Battle Fought and Won.—
Thousands of hearts in this city beat high with anticipa-
tion on Tuesday, as the cublu Hashes were anxiously await
ed to bring the uews of victory or defeat in tlie greatest of
International contests. From the earliest hour at which llte
first reports could be expected, crowds surrounded the dif-
ferent newspaper offices gazmg auxiously at the bulletin
boards for tlie first tidings. At last they enme. The re-
sult of the shooting at the first range of 8UU jards was
posted. Aiuericaus 337, Irish Team, 838, one point to the
bad for our side. Hopes scarce expressed before were
sank in gloom, for this distance wus looked upou os the
strongest point for the Americans. Then came the next
dispatch annouuciug the score at 000 yards, Irish, 292
Americans, 327, or 34 points to the good for our side. And'
finally the 1,000 yards score is received, showing the Am-
ericans to have made 303 to their oppoueuls’ 299, giving
them the victory by 38 points. The totals us compared
with those made at Creedmoor are as follows:—

calf that weighed 100 pouuds,

1875.

1874.

DOLLYMOUNT.

CREEDMOOR.

800 Yards.

800 Yards.

Irish Team

338

817

Americans

887

326

Irish ahead

1 Americans. . si

900 Yards.

900 Yard*.

Irish Team

293

312

Americans —

337

310

Americans ahead

31 Irish ahead.. 2

1,000 Yard*.

1,000 Yards

Irish Team

299

SU2

Americans

303

m

Americans ahead

4 Irish ahead

4

TOTALS.

DOLLYMOUNT.

CREEDMOOR,

Irish Team .

MU

931

Americans.

067

931

American* ahead

38 Anioiicaus.

... 8

On an extra sheet we present diagrams giving the iudi-
vidual scores and a report of the match in detail,

332

FOREST AND STREAM

The Inter-state Rifle Match. — This event, which cul-
minated on Saturday last, was between a team selected
from Company D, Twelfth New York Regiment, under the
command of C'apt. It. R. Smith, and a similar number of
twelve men from the Sumner Light Guard, Company E,
First California Itegiment. The New Yorkers shot ut
Creed moor, and the Californians at Patterson’s ranch, in
Alameda, fourteen miles from San Francisco. Col. Geo.
W. Wingate acted as judge at Crccdmoor for the Califor-
nia team, and Lieut. Sheldon J . Kellogg, Jr., performed
the same office for the New Yorkers. The conditions of
the match were seven scoring shots at 200 and 500 yards
respectively. The California team used Sharps rifles, and
the New Yorkers the regulation Remington. The Califor-
nians won by a score of 511 to 488, being 23 points in their
favor. The following are the total scores:—

TUB NKW YORK TEAM.

Name 300 Yards.

II. B. Smith at

T J Dolan 19

E. 11. Madison _•]

A. Wood . 21

G. A. Bnnla ’’32

.1 BenUie
" (, Canon
W. C. Ki dd v .
W. S. smith
L. Moran.,

J M. Burlew.
J. II. Wood...

...21

.10

.20

St

ir

..1G

. .21

500 Yards.
21

28

2-1

sr

21

25

21

1!)

21)

21

t)

Total.

40
45
45
4:1

41

42
11
II
in

87

86

80

Total

. ... 188

THE

CAl.miRNIA

TEAM.

Name.

Private W. Burke

200 V arils.
20

M0 Yards.

Total.

50

46

Private J. Robertson. . .

Serneanl G. H. Stroiiir.

21

l ortior.il C. Nash

42

45

41

Private T. Murphy

Private D. Wne-nn

Private J. Steed

Private K. A. Suile . . .

w

12

< It J. Burns . . .

Private K. P. Prible. . .

19

40

39

32

Private \V Dove

Lieut. E. O, Hum

21

. 11

.511

at

Total

Tuk Luther Badoe.— This trophy was shot for
Crecdnioor on Saturday, the terms providing for the use of
any rille, two sighting and live scoring shots, at 800, 900
ami 1,000 yards each, open only to members of the Ama-
teur Rifle Club. Mr. 11 S. Jewell was the successful com-
petitor, with a score of G7 out of u possible 75. The badge
must he won three times to become the properly of the
holder. The following arc the scores:—

Nnmc' Score. Totals

'

- - . 18 j

tlic position, and Mr. MacDonald presented the prizes in
one of those graceful and felicitous speeches for which he
is so justly celebrated.

Gallery Team Shoot i no. — A match occurred on Fri-
dny evening last at Zctllcr's gallery, No. 207 Bowery, be-
tween a team from that gallery and one from Hull! wig’s
gallery, No. 487 Eighth avenue, each consisting of ten men
and captain. The conditions of the match were ten shots,
off-hand, at 105 feet. Ilelliwig's team was victorious by a
score of G0J inches to 75 inches made by the Zettlcr team.

The American Off-hand Rifle Club.— This associa-
tiou, the object of which is to encourage off-hand rille
shooting, is now regularly organized with the following
officers:— President, Wilson MacDonald; Vice President
Win. B. Farwcll; Secretary, A. J. Reunion, Jr.; Treas-
urer, A. Marsh; Shooting Masters; Philip Klein, John Tre-
gesser; Directors, L. C. Bruce, J. S. Coulin, D. L Beck-
with, A. G. IIcll wig, Geo. W. Hamilton. The entrance
fee for membership is $5, with $3 annual dues. The head-
quarters of the club are at the Military Rendezvous, No. 9
West Thirteenth street.

—Six companies of the Seventh Regiment, 185 men,
practised on Monday at Crccdmoor. The ranges were 1 ()()’,
150, 200, and 500 yards, five shots at each. Major Wylie,'
at 200 and 500 yards, out of a possible total of 50, scored
Hi, 17—33; Gen. Vurian, 15, 11— 26; Col. Fleming, 17
11-31; Col. Wentworth, 11, 7—18; Capt. Variun, 12,9-
21; Lieut. Gee (Eighth), 19, 19—38.

— TJie Bridgeport people are making strenuous efforts to
have the Sharp Rille Manufactory transferred from Hart-
ford to that city. The result will materially affect the
business interests of either city.

American Rifle Association.— Tlie prize meeting will
lake place on the 5th of July, 1875, as previously an-
nounced, at Mount Vernon, Westchester county, N. Y.
The programme will he as follows:—

"Westchester Match"— First prize, cap, value $40; second Drive <tio
cash, t mid lioiis-Dlstance, 200 yards; live scorihK shot*, two siilltW
shot*. Military rifles only, as is.-ned by any Government. No at tone
'.'J l""v' or allowed Off-hand, standing,

Total.

li

4

8

8

5
G
4

I 1000. ...5 4 4 2 8

I 800. ...5 5 4 4 4 2-i i

George Crouch J 1)00 . 5 5 1 4 5 2a (.

| 1000. . . 4 5 0 4 5 IN (

07

T n poll in. ) §b0, . . .0 5 5 3 5. ... 18

T. B. Collins 7 000.. ..3 4 5 3 4

( 1000.... 4 5 3 4 5
800 ...5 3 5 4 4
000.... 2 3

J. S Lalllmcr

/ iou6;:..o 2

A. Anderson. .

A. Alford.

800 ...5 5 4 8 4
000 ...3 3 5 0

...181

. . .22 |
644. 31 l

5 2 5. . . 17 V
4 3 5. . 14 [

63

52

S UW....3 9 5 0 5....J0 ►
( 1000.... 0 0 5 0 0.... 5 |

j »».... 4 2 .3 3 5 IT J

< 900.... 8 4 2 2 3 14 i

t 1000 — 2 2 2 2 0

Huntington J '”33303 -o j.

j 1000... 0 0 0 0 0.” 0)

E H Raymond

8U0....5 4 3 4 5... 21 i
900. ... 1 s 4 4 0. . 15 V —

! 1000. .0 0 0 0 retired. )

I lie match between members: of the Scottish-Auierican
and Insh-American Clubs was decided on the same day
the former being victorious by a score of 302 against 270
scored by the Irish club. The following scores were
made

Name,

W. F. Kdmondstorie . .

W. lIobertMin

Capt. W. Liud6ny. ..

A Me ....

D. Ynimet

Cnpt. W. C. Clark

Gen F. F. Mitten.
Capt. J J. O' Kelly .

W Burton

J. S. Cnnlln

B. Burton

R. A- Collins

SCOTTISH AMERICAN TEAM.

saei Vur.lH. 590 Yards

3 5 4 4 4 4 4 . .28 5 5 5 5 5 4 5

...4434445. .26 4444454 20

■* \ j •} * 2 3. . 24 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 . 30

•4 4244 3 3. .24 241444 5. .27

2434 14 3. .24 5104314 24

...3 2 8 2 8 3 4 . 20 0 0 0 4 4 0 0..12

HUSH- AMERICAN TEAM.

...4443244. .25 .' 544243 28

3 3 4 4 4 2 3.23 4 1 4 5 3 3 5:®

•>313 5 4 4 Jll 4 2 5 5 4 r. ft

.1 9 4 3 3 3 3. 20 14 12 3 3 4 -M

•0 3 3 4 0 3 4 17 4 3 4 5 4 3 2 -4

- 0 0 4 3 4 5 3 14 5 1 ?

Total.
31 02

55
54
51
48
82

53
Ot
51
•II
42
35

without rest. Pull of trigger, nnuinium, six pounds* ''\Ve!glVt?tnuxt
Rninmen JTaN T,mu °,f -‘"oo.ing, half past hue to four o'cdock P.M
Md ammunUi-m.' ,UL‘mbirM- *5 Ccnta- Competitors to furnish rule

"All Comer®’ Match’’— First prise, fruit stand, value S3.V second
pn/.e, (lower stand, value §20. Conditlons-Dlstui.ee, 200 yards- five
scoring sl.oLs, two eiehihig shots. Any rille of not less limn three
pounds trigger pull Maximum weight, ten pounds. Sights to conform
with rvgulat on®. Position, off-hand, standing, without rest Time "f
shooting, half past one till four o’clock P.M. Entrance. $)• to mm-
here. ,5 cents. Competitors to furnish title und ammuuitioti

Sun»crijition Mutch"— Conditions — Distance, 200 yards- position off
hand standing, without rest; and rifle within the rulc- ^l c ' 2,
One ha|f of entrance for heuetit of the association, bnlance to be dWitfed
between tbe three highest scores. Mutch to open at ten o'clock A M

Competitor® to furnish rifle and ammunition. ociocka m.

Stages will eunnect with trains ou the New Haven road
for the rauge. The previous matches of this association
lmve been a success, and we predict for those who may at-
tend the present a hearty welcome from the members, and
a good time generally.

—During the past week or two the ranges at Greedmoor
have been given up almost entirely to practice by detach-
ments from the different regiments of militia, and Inspec-
tors of Rifle Practice have been kept fully occupied.

ranged on the grounds. Entries can be ,n.,de each day „n.
tithe cose of the match. Parker's patent solf-|Si„g
traps will he used. Two thousand wild pigeons have been
procured for the occasion.

—The annual “Hayden Burgoo’’ was held lost week in
Gorham’s Grove, near Jacksonville, Illinois. The guests
tilled themselves with burgoo soup in the morning, and
then shot pigeons on a full stomach in the afternoon. ' One
hundred and fifty birds had uccn obtained at Chicago. In
the match eight sportsmen entered the list, ench man to
have ten b rds; rise 21 yards, fall 80 yards. Gates Strawn
referee. The following is the score: —

_ Name. Score.

Eugene Nliorh | loot 101 J (I

t 'ST " " I 111 100 1 0

T. King 10 1 | 0 I I 1 10

r “""T 0 1110 11111

« Chamber* 0 1 l 1 0 1 I l 1 1

n1' 1 0 1 l I 1 0 11 1

O. D. Fitzsimmons 1 1 1 1 0 I I 0 0 0

Win. Benson 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 ,

Henry, Chambers, and Simmons having eight birds each,
the lie was decided by a three bird shoot, 2G yards rise,'
when Chambers got two birds, Henry one, Simmons noth-
ing. The second match was for three birds, in which
King, Henry, Hayden, and Benson each got all their birds
Divided.

—The Forest and Stream Shooting Club had a match
for three club medals— gold for the best score, silver for
the second, and leather for the worst— on Thursday June
ol'1!’ ,at, Ficget’s Woodbine Park, Broad street

i hihulelphia. The score was as follows:

, Name. . Seorc.

A. CiiinmingH I 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1

A; Itepime 1 I 1 0 I 0 I I I I

W - Given 0 1 1 | 1 0 1 (Ml 0

(V Smyllie Ml Ml 1 1 1 | on

Dr. Spencer 01 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

?roS,,-.v " 1 1 " I 0 1 0 0 0

Charles Foulke 1 1 0 0 I (MM 0 (I

Wm Shu.-tur 111)111111

J. Rowbothum -0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 \

Mr. Shuster’s ten straight took Ihegoltl medal; Dr Spen-
cer the silver while the tics of four will he shot ..If for the
leather medal some day in ihe recent, future when the ther-
mometer is not, as on Thursday, at. 95" in the shade The
scores of seven and eight were both uufortuuate, as their
misses fell dead out of bounds. Sculls.

Total.

8

5

6
9
4
■1

10
(I

(gattfe $<ig mid 0mt.

.GAME IN SEASON IN JULY

_ „ Ea8t New York, Juno 25th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Enclosed you will And ihe score of a shoot (pigeon match) which trims
plred yesterday, under the auspices of the Nnswiu Shooting Club of tins
pHcc. A handicap match of 5 b.rds each, for the Club Badge, 11 oz. No
. shot. A strong wind was blowing, assisting the birds, which were
good ones, to get out of bounds in quicklime. A majority of the birds
fell dead out of bounds. The score is as follows:—
u. Nl\,ncj, . Yds. Score! Name. Yd" Scon*

m,A Dunham 23 ... .1 J.K Powell.. * "„5 &c,m:

II. V amvicklcn 25 ... .3 George Orr... of •!

Wrn HL,VaVK6t|0n 22 :lc tolyer

v«n tdf0rd ~ - - - - D: 11 . l Wyckoff ... ^ 1

Ties of three shot off at 21 yards, L I. Rules, miss and go out. and
Ihe medal was awarded to Wyckoff.

rao'c'* then took pluce between n. Bochmeand Ike Vanclre,
27 yards, Long Island Rules, 12 birds each, and Boelime to allow Vat.CiVo
three dead birds ,° start. Score a- follows: II. Boehme-1 0 10 10.0

? rl' 1 a , n,,C,SC-u 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 M -4. Bochnie withdrew nek-
uowledging defeat. S. D, L.v.ngston, See. N . S . A

y— ^ P'S600 shToot t0')k P^ce at the Fair Grounds, Frank-
lin Tennessee, June 24lh. The first match, for tWe hi Is

21 yardd liSei 80 yU,dS bouuda,>- ''’as shot as

-• M,,cheI1 * ? } J MW* Krrkman I I 1 1 1—5

The Forest and Stream Short Range Badge. -The
Ihir.l competition for this trophy occurred ut (he gallery of
Air. J. S. Conlin, No. 9JU Broadway, on Alonduy evening
In addition to the principal prize two supplementary
badges of handsome design and workmanship had been
presented by Mr. Coulin, adding greatly to Hie interest and
excitement of the occasion. These additional prizes were
awarded Ihe score nearest and over 15 and Hint nearest
and over 20 inches. The strict rules of off-hand shooting
were observed. The weather was very ranch against good
shooting, and many gentlemen withdrew after firing ,1 few

shola and finding liicir chauces hopeless. Mr Wm Hayes
was the winner of the Forest and Stream badge by a
score of 12| inch; Mr. L. Bird lakes second with 159
inch., and Mr. A. Marsh third with 20 JB IG inch. The
following are some of the principal scores made.—

Wm. Iluycn

L Bird

R-Mllcy...

Thotiin* Lloyd

A. G. llelluvig

WiUon MacIJuiutd
Joliu Trageerer, Jr
D L Beckwith
T. C. Noone .

Fred Ke*mk r .

I'2|

,15|

.17

.17 3-10
17#

IT

IS 5-10
..19

IWI

19 3-16

M. P. Ik'Diiion 19 j-|0

^ ,, “r,'11 13-16

Joe. Wnodward ^ a.ifj

U°n Buikc-r . 23 4-16

V E. ( liambcrlutu 24

Frank Pike g,j,

n.o". Neville ,M6

John Mngncr 40

Jenkiue .. . ...... 51

Mr. Yule, of the American Team, was the first winner
of ihe I-oiiEsr and Stream badge, being succeeded in its
possession by Mr. John Tragesser, Jr. Mr. Hayes will
now will hold it until It ig wrested from him by another
competitor. It will be shot for again according to an an-
nouncement to he made in our next issue. Major D L
JJeckwilh presided fts umpire with all the dignity Utie to

Woodcock, Snipe, Curlew, and Bay birds.

—Woodcock shooting is in order July 4th, and we be
lieve that those who are fond of Summer sport will not be
debarred Hus year, all efforts to prohibit it by law having
failed, so fur as we have been able to learn from careful
inquiry.

—Bay snipe will make their appearance, going south-
ward, tn a few days, and afford good shooting until the 1st
of September. There will probably he a good flight along
the eastern part of Long Island. Look out for them]

A letter from Forked River, Ocean county N J

says “we are getting out our jack stools and overhauling
and painting them for July, about the 4th or 6th of of
which month the first flight occurs. The first “kill"

L will report you.

r.mf'n’fm4 prrCVZrTn n°USC' For,Ml niver< June 27th. —

Capt. 1 om Porter and party, out on the bay to-dav re-

port several large flocks of bay snipe on the wing south
Among them they > noticed willets, dowilches andgmarli, '
Rather early for their appearance. Woodcock art* in ,r„n,i
number in Hus neighborhood, and the rt^trhainn V ^

plenty, aud it is a common sight, at daylight everv morn

mnkmg preparaitons for them. Among the alrW-us hele
“•"•■T&odor. Clirnui imd

MtP'aSr ijg

i JhC ?UfU °f 1316 cash Prize8 will be given at the Iran
shoo.mg tournament to be held at the South Bend Trotting
lark Association Grounds, South Bend, Ind., under thf
auspices of the Union Club, commencing July 5th 1875
and contmuiug two days. Open to all except those Wrcd
at Cleveland, Ohio. A double bird sweepstakes will be nr-

j 1 1 1 { i } j j-,

°f li,vc’ ~.6 y".r(is< 3 . birrls each, won by Kirkman
with three straight birds; ties of four, 21 yards J birds
won by Perk, ns with three straight birds. * ’ “dS’

witro ^ atiBGud tnalch, same contestants and terms there
were again four lies of five, which were shot off ami Ir
two trials was won by Wells a-uinst Prit« l...,t <1 ‘ 1 [

mThe doS bc'Wc;en and Kirkman.

The double birds match was won by T. F Perkins- s,.,*
ond money divided by Hughes and Well's S \fitfd
mutch was won by F. R. Mitchell. V 8‘ 16 U

Ed, tor Forest and Stream:- ™C" ' ^ ^ ,S73'

»,““••

•Dead out of bounds.

LVcry creditable shooting indeed and Hard to beat. -Ed.]

Ed, tor Forest and Stream*- Toronto, Juno 20th, 1875.

Cllb:- y°“ lLC fCOr° °f “ m,,;ch h0,d ,lcro y^day '-y the Junior Gun
“""Name ^ W“d l,lrd8'' 2' ) Urd8 rl8c’ 00 ^ ‘'«"n«l<iry.

iiS! 1 1 '

C. Shear".. o n i n I M 1 1 0 1 " "

W. Much till > " I 1 <1

■ u * u I 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 o o 0 1

r p „. o Shoot at double rlnw>,*| yards.

j juu.es::::::: h Ji •owooiJ|u'Mooru'” 00 00 00

'i L;r,u (wm — •

club have bad this year w. ' "B w,» "IB 'lr"' •»'»•*« our

Yours truly ‘ next wl» « better result.

t T. H. Marsh.

Editor Forest and Stream ST' ^'olr,"• J,,nc 21st* 1ST5*

law ofllce, In I cl«c?r,»i,!Cf1 r?VTVy, ,1,th nl J’ D y011"*0"'8
y' l,y “'v electa n of (’. Jeff. Clark, presidem; J. D.

Total.

12

9

8

8

S

5

f

C. M. Williams. ..
K. V. Verrier.

J. P. Card
W. A , Albright . .
J. D JohllNOIl
Jeff K Clark .

C. .ltd. Clark

Johnson, vice president ; John W. Munson, secretary and treasurer; E.
V. Verrier and II. P. Wilson, executive committee, tooct in conjunction
with ilio officers of the club The flrst match of this club took place
at Rinkel’s Six Mile House, May 3911), 1875; 1'. single birds, 31 yards,
with the following score:—

ft Taylor IJienell 10

10 John W. Munson . .. s

7 H. C Pierce s

I David Itnnken . ... ... 7

... o John M Vlmonc g

. (t|J. A. Wherry. . 2

4|

Ties, 5 single birds, 28 yard-.

E. V. Vendor . 1 1 It ! 1-i-Taylor Jiisscll 1 | oo 1-3

Championsliip medal lo E. V. Verrier. to be worn till July r.th

Tlie second club shoot occurred at the same place, June 5lli; to single
birds, 21 yards ri»e.

J. M Vincent 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1- RIO. A Cnstlomuii 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 l u n

J. P Card .111111111 1-10 (Jen. Itinkle ... 1 1 1 1 0 l 1 I 1 l - It

*\ \ Albright dlOI 1 1 1 1 1 I- M il. <t Pierce .. .111111111 i _ jo
11 Johnson. 1 11 1 0 t I 1 I 1 9 W. Wadsworth.. 1 1 1 0 1 1 I 1 l | - u

C. M Williams. 1 • 1 I 0 I I 1 t it- 7| K. V. Verrier. I I I 0 I l n 1 I l h

£ V, 1 11110 111 l-IOilI. I*. Wilson 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 U- »

F. U. Thomas 100 1 00 I 1 on- .l|

Ties, 5 single lords, 20 yards.

Jp- Card 0 1 1 I 1— l-II. C. Pierce 10 11 1—1

Ties, 3 single birds, 31 yards

J. P. Card 0 0 1-I-H. C. Pierce... .1 l i_3

^ J. W. M.

Wasiiinuton, D.C , June 25th, 1875.

“ Editor Kotibst and Stream:—

Yesterday, at Hie Invitation of Mr. Charles 1C. Coffln, a party of gen-
tlemen, mining whom was the writer, assembled lit Mnirkirk the reri-
I dunce of the former, to haven trial ..f skill „t pigeon shotting Mnir-
kirk in certainly a lovely place The house, which fuces west, is sitna
ted ..u a lull in the midst of a grove of trees, and has in it all the con-
veniences which wealth can furnish The grounds are laid out in an nr-
tlslic manner, and the beds tilled with elegant flowers. Mr. Collin is a
thorough .-port-man, and lias all the. appliances for good work We also
met there Mr Clark, of the firm of Clark & Snout, r. of Ilullimore. who
hod with him one of his tlnc-st make of breech loaders, which, through
his courtesy . your correspondent was allowed to use throughout the
shooting Mr. Clark is about introducing to the sportsmen of the
I'nit. d Males a new gun, which will compare with any in point or work-
manship now in (lie market for the price. Price $'()

After a short rest wo adjourned (« the lawn, where, in the shade of n
couple of .urge trees, a scut hud been or. cted, and the trap was -et IWi
lions were then drawn, and the first fell to the lot of Mr Clark who
came to the score ready for work. The word was given, the trap sprang,
but the birds seemed to have business engagements elsewhere, and did
not tarry I be shooting continued with varied success until the birds
were exhausted. I give below the score:—

Score. Total. iName. Score Tot- 1

C urk . ... 0110 10 10 4|Morelieail I 1 0 J 0 ] 1 l “h

J? rn-irle . 1111111 0 7 1 Mnrr U0t 11 11(11 4

SK :: °i\iVo}U I

After the shooting, Mr. Collin invited the party to view hi, kennol. and
we found there a lurge collection of setters and pointers. Ilcarin- the
whistle of the approaching truin which was to hour us homeward, we
reluctantly hade adieu to our genial host, promising to meet him addn
on tueruh of July, and again try our skill. Jas. N. Dams. Jr.

[Wu have bail Hie pleasure of examining the gun re-
ferred to, which seems to meet every requirement that
could be expected of a low-priced nrm.— Ed ]

The I* ield Gun Tidal. — The following is the result ftf
Field trial, as applied lo guns of 20 gauge and under, of
auy kind of boring; weight not lo exceed G pounds:—

FOREST AND STREAM.

fnct Is, Sir. that all ballots now u»cd for h.rm

should do; If not. the l.nllou will lo . y r,,cclWfnry 1,10

has pr.fcT ir^rsi^vraVv;;

^torn,8.U8Cdf ."‘lurfoldoS

use them' In^min* Mini* “ ,,r- «' *»»cl. so that the person, who

lb. m In guns that admit of gas from the pnwdor burning their eves

totuZ Jfii" 2 "•«*•* leather. JSfJE'&Z

to t ie back sight «.r these rifles to protect their eyes. There are shells
m.ii o in England Hint will resist any powder, and one linn in the United
Stales make .! cartridge equally as good us the English, but have not

fssssr: ,l,ackc“ h> c,,i,Ubi ,o w tt

15. BURTON.

$$ntionnl $ ;i4f imes.

DARK BALL— TIIE PROFESSIONAL AltlCNA
—The following is Hie record of games played in the pro-
fessional arena since our lost issue:— po

l!!n^t'a?,S1,"'"i,5? v": Phbudclphln, forfeited.
June 21 -Muslim vs Atlantic, at Ilo.-ion

T!!m.oi“oi f'°Ui\V“ Pinladelpliiii, at Sr. Louis!”'
■I 11,10 '“hmelplna vs. Chicago, at Chicago
UmW .ZT~nar!fori1 **■ Stocking, at st/Louis
J"n‘- " Boston vs. Atlantic, nt Providence
June '-- -St Loui. vs. Hartford, at Si Lotus'

9 toO
8 to 7

2 to 0
8 lo 2
a t.. :

II to 0

to I

Penetra-
tion multi-
plied by fi.

_ Fame. Pattern.

Greener. W . V ., SO gunge, 5 lb. R
oz , 29 in., laminated at eel. 1 uz
chilled shot, 2J dr, No 1 Pigo'a

powder ~ 145 3

Ditto, 00 yards 501

Holland, J , 20 gunge, fill).. 30 in.

Damascus, 51 oz. soft shot, .■’]
dr. C & H. No 0 powder... 135 5

Ditto, till yards 535

Tisdull, W. II., 20 gauge, 5 1b. 8
oz. 28 in. Damuseiia, 1 oz.
chilled shot, 2| dr. Law No. 4

powder joy o

Ditto, 60 j arils jjg'y

Gates, T , iOgnug?, choked, 6 ID ,

28 In. Damascus, j oz. chilled
allot, 4.’i dr. C. & II. No. 3 T

S. powder

Ditto, GO yards

Tisdull. if. \V., 20 gauge, 5 ill 8
oz. 28 In. Damascus, 1 oz. chilled
shot, 2j dr. C. &. II. No. 5 pow-
der I-St I,

Ditto, Oil yards .... 44’

Malebam, C. U., 20 gauge, 5 ilj. 1*
oz , as in. Damascus, 1 oz.
chilled shot, .4 1-8 dr. C & 11

No. 3 powder 105 7

Ditto. 60 yards yi 9

lleilly, Messrs. , 20 gauge, 5 ||> 9
oz.,28 inch, J oz. .soli shot, 21

dr. No. 4 powder 71

'i ho lulusl result of the wear and tear trial It< as follows:—
(At 10 yards, with central group of 30-iiicb circle.)

JUNE 8.

Fig. Final
of Fig. of
Merit. Merit

99 2
45 5

141

54

129

58.5

120.2

01.5

1 fili. 5
50

131.5

53

137 5

127

288.3 /
140 1 I

195.2

264.5 ,

255-7 .
123.2

265.7 1
92.5 1

2G0. I t
96 f

M3 2 I
1 8 9 f

190.7

189 4

170.1

178.2

176

C'8-fIVwllavt,,,-“ Nilliidrlplim... Is '

June .4- tos on vs Allanlie, nl Uostnu. .. 15 T

June M_ hiiadid.il.ia vs. Chicago, at Clueago 5 '

June .. I llm if. Mil vs Herl Stockings, at M Imii'is n 1. r

June 21 — At h jet le vs New Haven, at liover. Pa )l " ‘

'! 1 ' _D,t,iiCi c, V' ,!,,Mlo"Jlt PWladoliihia. ... m 1

"J ‘".'"F'.l'bia vs « •liicngo. at Chicago. . . 4 {“ »

' e.'a U • v“- ‘Vaslilnginn, at St. Unis.... y [„ ■{

J'"' Hartford vs. Red Slot king, at St Louis . " ! ' 8 t„ ()

-lire Chicago papers thus laud with rulsome pmisc Hie

"ri'’° j''St “8 so,",tl|y "'C next lime they
.11 ikU, tied :— 1 lie Unciigos cneounlcred the Hartford
club or the lust tune Ibis season yesterday afternoon, and
Hr. game played was Ibe finest ever seen in America The
score was I lo 0 it. favor of the borne club. At Ibe end of
fbe intilb inning neither side bad made a run . A lentb
inning was played, wbtcli but added another cipher to each

2;'^ r? T1,e cIub* l*K‘n entered upon nnoVhcr
inning, each bent upon squeezing out the winning run, and
it wiis not until eleven bad been played that Hie White
blockings, by reason of a bail error at second by Burdock
were allowed lo score the decisive tally, and could claim
the victory by a single run. The game is wholly unprece-
- l,ls 0fy of ball; such playing and such
nrcsu11 after so bing a struggle, btive never before been
leaid of. Jt was the most wonderful, and in every respect
the most remarkable, game ever played, and it will prob-
ably be a long lime before the honor of Hie brilliant per-
formance can be wrested from the participating clubs.”

THE AMATEUR ARENA.

The Queens County Fa.r Tournament at Mineola last
week was not a very pleasant meeting of ball tosscra. First
llieto was a row about the composition of one of the nines
and then about the umpire. On the Startle nine there was
p of ‘lHi kei'fl0,u:s; ,m tht- Allantics, Carr of some
Biookljn club, and on the Enterprise, Pinkbam, an old
professional. 'I be Enterprise, ol Hempstead, however
played the Centennials, of Flushing, and .von by the an’
pended score: — 1

Innings.

Botecpriae . ..If' f f ^ »j‘- “■ »■ To,...

CoDltUnial 100 00 0 I 20 4

The test game, however, was the following, it being the
best amateur game of the week past:—

May n.

« too
21 toO
.21 toO
8 lo 0
10 to 0
.10 toO
. 13 to 0
5 to 0
. 1 toO
5 to 0
12 ton

Jam- ft -aVm".'." ” 111 Chicago ..

Jane

June 26— Hanford T ■ ;

4Jnv ftiibliiiilious.

toO
23 to 0
12 to 0
1 toO
10 too

4 toO

1 to 0

2 too
It to 0

5 to 0

euphonious t'itlPzTv"' "°ok w",c'‘ l««™ tlm.hovo

Wii,> «"

mrnmm

ssisgti mism

n^Z^S^T110'' a,,d »'y

AND RrvE,ls op America.

ntJ« oh-'inr.in8 ?“p,c? g"Ido 10 lbc Cavelier through .ome of tho
?"r';,n,,lt,-v' a,,a bo found Invaluable to
nrivn in' contains, besides an immense mns» of Inforinntlon rcl-

«*•«*- »“ •I'l.Sqnp

KNTEIIB1USE.

198

Milker ami description of gun,

Willi kind of I'aitern, rliut and
powder.

Greener, \V W” 12 gauge, him. steel
J0 , •.,'{1 dr ■ 1‘igou No. I powder, Ji
oz. chilled shot

JUNE 0.

Greener, W. W., ns above

JUNE 8.

Baker, F. T , 12 gauge, Damascus, 30
In., 3t ilr. I' A II. No. i powder.

•i oz. CDlllcd shot

JUNE 9.

Raker, P. T., as above

JUNE 8.

Malelmm. C. II , 12gntigo, Damascus, 30
la , JHur. C. &. 11. No. 6 powder, 1J
oz. shot

JUNE 9.

Malehnm, us nhovo. 19

Pattern.

reac-
tion mull j-
pliell by 6.

-Average

Fig of
Merit.

191.6

133.2

115.5

130

200

12.3

134

133

130

817.0

347.0

209.2

311 5

333

322 2

Rnshmore, c

I'nmpbcll, 3d b
Snedeker, r f

Matthews, 1st h

Plnkliam, p

Cards, 2d

Hayden, s

Pettit, 2d b

Weekes, c. s

1b.

1

0

o

r.o

ATLANTIC.

In,

0

0

1

1

0

0

tl

0

0

B Ash mead p o

4 P. Carr, c 0

0 Abrams, 1 f o

Smith, r f i

1 II. Ashmend, c f o

1 SJ.Curr, 2d b .0

0 1 Gillen. 3d b i)

0 8| Hicks, s. s fo

0 21 Floury, 1st b 0

„ Innings.

Enterprise .. 0 1 0 1 0 0

Atlaniu 0 o 0 o o l „

—The following is the record of amateur games played
in and around Ibe metropolis since our lust; —

June 21— Reliance vs Keystones, at Brooklyn
June 21— Liiiiou vs. Newark of Pavonia, at Irvington
j'"10 21 — Mystic vs. Tuttle «t Bailey, at Brooklyn

.nine 22— Chatham vs Keystone, nt Brooklyn

June 22— Aslor vs. Expel t, nt Jersey City
June 21— Union of Newark vs. Hobokeu, at Hoboken
June — Hv Away vs. Jasper, nt Mauliattanvl le ...

Jane 24— Arlington vs Fly Away, at Brooklyn ...

June 24 -Olympic vs. Union or Newark, at Paterson
.June 21— Athletic vs. Montague, at Brooklyn
June 21— Mohawk vs. Engle, at Hobokeu....

June 25 -Chelsea vs Mystic, at Brooklyn .

0 0 1-3
0 0 0-1

- 8 to 0

. II to 7

magazi nes.

. . 10 to

fi lo 5
. to to 1
5 to 3
19 to Jt

5 to 8
16 lo 13
II to 6
llilo 2
. 5 lo
-.12 to

LETTER FROM MR. B. BURTON.

„ Juno, 1375.

iSDiTon Forest and Stream: —

1 request that you w ill correct an error in my letter under tho head of
1 owdor Tests,” which appeared in your ln<t issue. In the twenty-third
line H should have rend, "How quick," not "now quick ” Again, in tho
enty-sixth line, the words "higher trajectory" should have been
written "strutter trajectory."

While on tho subject I will make an allusion to a prevailing impression
trenlod ni the minds of many of our rifle shooters in this country, that
f , <Ur °'*c,,Ual ror «"o shooting, as It docs not upset the hul-
and so staled iu your comment on my powder test June 3d. Tho

I 1 1 t It l|\ I ) ||

Juno 25— Helm ncc vs S.or, at lirooklyu

June 25— Hoboken vs. Pavouni, nt Ilohoken ,

—Outside the metropolis we note the following
games: —

June 21— Mutual vs. Engle, nt Louisville

Juno «1 -Lowell vs*. Cliol»cU, at Lowell

June 21— Yule vs. New Haven, at New Haven

Juno 22— National vs. Peabody at Washington.

June .2— Boston, Junior, vs. Mystic, at Boston ’

June 22— Mutual vs. Buckeye, at Columbus

June 23-Muimd vs. Eagle, at Louisville

June 21— Ed Yau vs. Taunton, nt Taunton

June 24— Beacon vs. Harvard Freshmen, at Boston

June 21— Taunton vs Atlantic, at Taunton uio v

June 25— Grufton vs. Atlantic, at Worcester r, tolj

June 25- Slur vs. Washington, ul Covington ..12 to 7

June SO— Yale vs. Amherst, at Amherst 5 to 3

Juno 25— Yale vs. Harvard Freshmen, at Springfli Id

4

good

. . 11 to •»
.6 lo S
0 l o 1
9 to 0
... 9 to 2
9 to 3
11) to 4
...10 to*
12 to It
II to

June 26— Yale vs. Harvard, at Boston

Jnue 26— Fly Away vs Star, at Irvington

... 7 to 4
. . 9 lo 4
. . . 13 to 6

—On June 25th, Ibe Tccumseli Base Ball club, uf Lon-
don, Ontario, beat Ibe .Etnas, of Detriot— the champions
of Michigan— Loudon, Ontario. Score,. 15 lo 6.

CRICKET.

—A tournament will be held at Ottawa, commencing to-
day and ending on the ?th. Teams from Montreal, Ottawa,
Toronto, Hamilton, and East and West of Cobourg will
take pari. A silver cup. value and one worth $13 will
be given for the best butting nutl bowling averages. Prize
bills and balls will also be presented to those worthy of
them.

.vJfl (M{tWjnr My has made its appearance In new

type and paper. The two serials, "Dour Lady DM .in. •• and -Leah a
Woman of Fashion," l.y Justin .McCarthy and Mr. Annie F'wnrds
[heS y/ *re[C0,,,in"i‘,d- a,,d "■< °,d Of familiar names'S

rmfu nn ^ A,bert ^nls of Dtimu. and Mr. RlohlS

Grant W Idle still wars with nnabuted vigor npou the ungrammatical u.e
of Inngaage. Mr. Grenville Murray, of the London World, Is also a
contributor to the present number.

Hie current issue of Scribner's contains its usual
number of capitally diversified and excellent articles Perhaps the most
L‘ 'Mr WIIHsma’, "The City of the Golden Gate," an illu*-
Irntui sketch of ban Francl-co as It was and Is, Including the Cblneae

r; :;,a'ld ";a"y U1"J. "> familar point, nud characters.

I ha rcmurknh.y intelligent farmer, Mr. Georgo K. Waring, Jr., in con-
tinuing his Vacation Abroad," describes most graphically bis experi-
ences in agricultural Franco, as represented by those portions of Nor-
mandy and Bt tunny fronting on the Bight of La Mnnclie. The Ulu.tru-
1,01,8 t0 th0i*u nr*icles ouhnneo ereally their Interest and value

Wc l,avc co«ne to look for St. Nicholas as eagerly as llio
boys .....1 girts and must express our thank, and apprccln.lon to Me.«ra
Scribner & Co. fur the pleasure their really admirable magazine
iilturds us. In the present number Miss Alcott still dlscouracaof
the bight ConnliiA.” and the adventures of little Rose and the hoys uro
read with a "abated interest. Oar friend Fred Mather instructs young
/l.-lu rmoii how to build their boat, with little oxpur.so besides tho labor
and Mr Trowbridge’s "Young STirveyor" rescues Snowfoot from old
1 euk.low to ourg.eat satisfaction. In both quantity anrlqnaUly.sy
XicMoa provides for both boys unrl girls, and while amusing, serve, nl-o
to convey mack useful Information.

Mr. E. J. Hooper, editor of Hie California [horticulturist
has long been a contributor of interesting articles to our paper In his
own magazine lie possescs a Held as unlimited lu extent as Is th# rich
flora of the Puciflc slope Itsolf. ami of which ho has both the ability and
will lo take due advantage. To those proposing a trip lo California the
perusal of this msgnzlno will convoy to them much valuable information
us to the soil mid mode of cultivating and propagating the flowers and
fruits for which the State is so justly celebrated.

The Maritime Monthly corues lo us from Si. Johns, N. B.
with its usual varied table of contents, which, though not numerically
large, comprises papers, such for instance as tho "Origin of the Ac-tdl-
nns" and "Memoirs of an Extinct Race," that are of great Interest. "A
Visit lo Longfellow" Is graphically described, and the other articles
which comprise the number well selected.

The American Rowing Almanac and Oarsman's Pocket
Companion. Mr. Fred J. Eogclburdt is so woll known ns the Boat-
ing Editor of tho 7 'urf. Field and Farm, thnt his work needs no further
recommendation. Tho oarsman will find It full of valuable iufurmullou
and hints, as well as a record of time and Important events.

Manning’s Yachting Annual for 1873. Published by Jno.
Kilmer, 293 Bruudwny, New York. Mr. Manning has apparently spared
neither time or expense in the preparation of bis work In nddltiou to
the lists of yacht clubs and their fleets, it contains a list of yachts not
belonging to any club, also complete tlmo and weather tables and tho
Ads of Congress and Treasury Regulations relating to yarhts. To give
an idea of the scope of the work we would say thnt the private signala
of All the yachts belonging to thirty-six different yacht club- arc given,
inch being beautifully drawn and colored. The book will be found by
yachtsmen to be of great value and convenience to them.

334

FOREST AND STREAM

Misfit Carpets.

To M. S. Bcndall, of No. 112 Kiilton street. New
York, belongs the credit of building up n branch of
business which is a great saving to buyers of that ne-
cessary article of furniture— carpets. Mr. Kendall's
warerooms are the repository of such carpels as have
been cut and made up by some large denier for a pur-
chaser who bns, perhaps, given a larger order than he
is prepared to meet, and who, when the carpet is
brought, is unable to pay for it. As a result, being
unsalable. It finds Us way to BendaU's. Again, a car-
pet is ordered ent and made up for a certain room, but
through somo error It fails to fit, is refused by Hie
purchaser, and Is sold by the dealer to Kendall at a
discount. Ky this means he Is enabled to offer to pur-
chasers a discount of from 25 to 30 per cent, upon new
carpets. Mr. Bendall is n conrteous, refined, and cul-
tivated gentleman, and has, hy his honest and upright
manner of doing business, built up a trade of which
be may feel proud.

HEGEMAN’S

For use as Military Pon-
toons, Life Boats, Lighters,
nir.gics, Dorys, on board
Steamers, Yacht*, and other
vessels. Also for Sportsmen,
Tourists, Trappers, Explor-
ing Expeditions, Parties
Camping Out. Ac. These
‘id ne '

safe and perfectly portable
boats will admit of the -

roughest usage. A very
light, strong mid durable
frame of ash or other tough

PATENT PORTABLE FOLDINC BOAT.

PORTABLE roLoiru- wood> wltb Mnv#s c°vcr- a“d

tsPT* . M sa e°^c0

can be folded in one-eighth
tpace, for tran*j>or/.atioi>, * nd
cirried in a light buggy,
wagon, horseback, or by sin-
gle person, and can be un-
folded ready for use In three
minutes' time. Boats shipped
by express anywhere, same
rale of freight as other
good*. For descriptive circu-
lar and price list, address us
above.

Attractive Route

To the Trout and Grayling Fisheries or
Northern Michigan,

VIA GRIND It \ I’ll)* AMI INDI AN V RAIL-
no.Ml. MACKINAW fill A.NI) B VI’IIIs
AND CINCINNATI SHORT LINK.

The attention of SPORTSMEN nnd TOURISTS
is invited to the many attractions offered hy this line
now completed from Richmond, Iud., to Traverse
City, on Grand Traverse Bay. and to Petoskey, oil
Little Traverse Bay. The wafer* of the Grand Trn
verse region and the North Woods of Michigan are
unsurpassed, if equalled, m the abundance mid great
variety of the finny tribe. BROOK TROUT ubonnd
in t lie streams, mid the famous AMERICAN GRAY-
LING now attracting the attention of Sportsmen
everywhere, H found only in these water- BLACK
BASS. PIKE, PICKEREL, and MASOALONOE are
also found m great numbers in the many lakes and
lakelet* of tins territory.

LUXURIOUS SLEEPING AND CHAIR CARS
EK/raS© , r.,Vn Hne,n" "'Traverse City; al-o
II LI.MAN I ALACE SLEEPERS from Detroit over
Michigan Central and Grand Rapid* nnd Indiana road
umiA’uSo i:T"Ir',luI!V.,"k, J' SPLENDID
oIni'rMhn Ti "5 DAV'\ CONNECTION at latter
point for the* Inland of Mackinaw.

For Tourists' Guide, containing complete nnu nccu
rate map*, with full information a.* to Fishing Ground*
transportation facilities, and in short all that could be
desired bv Sportsmen or Tourists, send to Forest and
Stream office, nr to the undersigned. Low Round
o[-!i kACUltSION TICKETS good until SEPTEM
BEK 30th. J. H. PAGE.

Gen’l Passenger and Ticket Agent,

Grand Rapid-, Mich.

Tourists' and Sportsmen's Route.

THE ERIE RAILWAY.

Til 15 ROUTE OF TH E ERIE RAILWAY

is peculiarly rich in the variety and extent of its
scenery, and while the tourist has alternating glimpses
of the beauty of rivers, gaps and mountains, the
sportsman has within easy reach many localities that
afford him every facility for the enjoyment of the
sport* of the field and stream. We enumerate u few
of the pleasure resorts which crowd the line of the
road.

Ituiherlurd I’nrk. -9J miles from New York. Fine
hotels and boating pastimes on the Passaic.
Clifton.— 134 miles from the city, overlooking the
picturesque Lake Dundee.

Lake Molionk — A beautiful body of water 1,900 feet
above the Iiud-on— splendid hotel accommodations.
Orange Lake.— Six miles West or Newburgh, und
non d for its fishing attractions.

Milford. Pa.— About eight miles from Port Jervis.
Is noted for it* trout fishing, woodcock shooting and
superior hotels.

V>on boring*.— Celebrated for 30 years os a resort for
invalid* the wuters possessing many valuable heal

COLLINGWOOD

AND

Lake Superior Line.

Toronto, Colliniprood, Fort William,
Dulutli, Fort Garry.

Comprising the three first class, upper cabin powerful
side wheel steamers

Chicora, Cumberland and Algoma,
splendid drawing room cahius, in connection

NORTHERN RAILWAY OF CANADA,

Leaving Coiling wood every Tuesday and Friday

On arrival of Steamboat Express Train, with Drawing
Room Cars attached, calling at

PRESQUITE. BRUCE MINES. S\ULT STE
MARIE. M It'll I PICOTllN, NBPJGUN SIL- &
VKR ISLET, AND PRINCE AR-
THUR'S LANDING.

Fort Garry and the Northwest!

•Sf Sasiffi

I ort (*arry, nnd with steamer* for
DULUTH, FORT GARRY. nnd THE RED RIVER
COUNTRY .

Pleasure Travel.

Thi* route embraces the most enjoyable and pictu-
re*,,m; Summer Tour bv making the circuit of Uke
Superior, with the sheltered nnd beautiful waters of
the Inrido channels of Lake Huron nnd Georgian But
and thence by three, hours' rail, with mi„tS
l)vlhJr'i 1 !r,0"i10' connecting with the Royal Mall

ana the Rap'd* of the ltiver St. Lawrence- for Mon

^lwoi n t 1 E.'y|VIll!|,e« Mo ,J " 1 11 ' n *• Portland, Boston, and
all potiil* Last and South; and with the Great West-
ern Railway anil Luke Ontario steamers daily for

D«Tolt? a'nd alTftn U| F,nl »'■ s,",Ponsl°" Bridge, Buffalo,
Detroit, and all points West and Southwest.

Oheap Ex<wirsions

ing auiple "ppo'ti'intv for visiting Mie Great MiTreral
ifTnke KS1*"0' aud the r,SUING GROUNDS
srale w2'"lh Giroughoul punctual and certain.

K' * :'1h,N.,.C':Ns Ag'is, 26 1 Broadway. N Y
ALFRED T'ELFtilt General Agent
__borlheni Railway. Brock street. Toronto.

J. B. Crook & Co.,

MANlTPACTUBEaB AND IMPORTERS OP

FISHING TACKLE!

GO Fulton St., IV. Y.

celebrated*01® nU"Ufllctnrer“ ln tll,s .country of the

, ,r 9feen Heart Rods.

for Trout, Bu-* and Salmon. *

SEND FOR CATALOGUE.

( n*r qualities.

Wulkliis Glen. -This beautiful gorge is distant 294
miles from New York, via Erie Road to Elmira. It*
wild and pictnroaque attractions arc second only in
reputation to those of Niagara,
t liniitniiqiin Lnke. — j8 miles long, 3 miles wide; snid
to be tlie highest navigable water on the American
continent, living 730 feet above Lake Erie and 1,290
reel higher Hum the Atlantic Ocean.

Niagara Falls — Thi* groat cataract is reached by the
direct line of the Eric Railway.

There are along the line of the roud no less than

Ten Large Lakes. Abounding with Fish,

and affording most delightful sport for black bass and
pickerel, Their names are— Lakes Greenwood. Orange,
Molionk, W bite, Otsego, Cayuga, Seneca, Kcuka, Sil-
ver Hud Chautauqua.

The following schednle will afford a partial guide to
the numerous fishing localities reached by this road:

Trout Fishing’ :

At or near Southficlds, 42 miles from New York
' " Oxford, 52 “ •• •• ••

“ “ Middletown, 67 “ “ •* <«

" “ Otisville. 76 •* •• ■■ *<

“ “ Port Jervis, 88 “ “ •<

' “ Montlcello, 112 ■' “ <• “

“ “ Milford, 96 " “ •< *■

Black Bass and Pickerel.

At or near Slqawbnrg, 36 miles from New York.

including Lakes Truxedo, Potague and Cedar Pond.
At or near Monroe. 50 miles from No* York.
Inclndmg Hound, Long, Mombaeha and Cromwell's
rontis.

At or near Florida, 61 miles fron New York.

the famed Mirror Lake, is distant 1 mile.

At or near Otisville, 76 miles from New York
“ Guymard. 80 " “ •• ■«

" Pori Jervis, 88 *• “ « «

Monticello, 112 M «• *. «i

‘ " Cen. Valley, 48 “ “ « •*

‘ " SenecaLake. 29 1 " “ *•

Tickets for ,-nle at the General Offices of the Erie
'“"''ay CoP1.L,a,"y- 124 Washington street Boston: 241,
401 629, or 957 Broadway, New York; and 732diest-
nut street, 1 hlladelphia. Express trains leave New
•o™ depot foot of Chambers street at 9 A. M.,
10:45 A. and 7 P. M.

m „ JNO N. ABBOTT,

General Passenfier Agent.

Fishing and Hunting

Rcadthc Following for tl»o

Best Fishing and Hunting
R E SORTS.

On Conway Division, Eastern R R., Brook Trout.
Trains leave Boston 8:00 A M. aod 2:15 P. M.
Umbagog lakes, via Gr. Tr’k to Bethel, Me. I largest
Upper waters of Penobscot. C *,r"ok

Sebec Lake. » , ’ Trout-

Grand laikc Stream, t ‘-“"d locked Salmon.

*e"' B^nswlck. Prince Edward Island, and Nova
Scotia. Salmon, Sea Trout, und Brook Trout.

Train* leave Boston 8:30 A. M. and 8:00 P. M.

Trom; lnke*'vIa F“rmlngton, Me., Large Brook
TjMoosehead Lake, via Dexter, Me., Lake and Brook

Trains leave Boston 8:30 A . M.

Pullman cars on night trains

h,;n4.ng- lnrgv “nd 8lna11 Kai°e ln nil the above
localities m their season.

w!L°mS s^r^tM^s^" or can at 134

Eastern and Maine Gentral R.R.Line.

TO SPORTSMEN.

The Pennsylvania R. R. Company

Respectfully invito attention to the

SUPERIOR FACILITIES

afforded bv their lilies for reaching most of the TROT-
TING PARKS and RACE COURSES in tho Middle
Slates. These lines being CONTINUOUS FROM
ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid llie difficulties
and dangers of rcshlpinent, while Hie excellent car*
run over the smooth steel tracks enable STOCK TO
BE TRANSPORTED without fatigue or injury.

The lines of the

Pennsylvania Railroad Comp’y

Also reach the best localities for

GUNNING AN1) FISHING

in Penns' Ivan in nnd New Jersey. EXCURSION
TICKETS are sold at the office* of the Company in
111! tho principal cities to KANE RENOVA. BED-
FORD, ( BESSON, RALLSTON, MINNEQUA, and
other \vt ll-knou n centres for

TROUT FISHING. WING SHOOTING AND
STILL HUNTING.

Al*o to TUCKBRTON, BEECH HAVEN, CAPE
MAY. SQUAN, and points on the New JERSEY
COAST renowned for S\LT WATER SPORT AF-
TER FIN and FEATHER.

Tlu- Summer Excursion Route Rook

of tho Company for the Season of 1875, contiriifng
valuable information for SPORTSMEN, can be hud at
all pr ricipal ticket offices.

1) M. BOYD JR., Gcn'l Pass. Agenl.
FRANK THOMPSON. Gcn'l Munag-r. jyi

The Great

London Gun Trial,

J. & W. TOLLEY’S

FIVE ENGLISH

BREECH LOADING GUNS,

Mnde to Order

on

FROM STOCK.

These Gun*, celebrated for
genuine high das* workmanship
nnd No. 1 SHOOTING POW-
ERS, tire built in six qualities
(or brands.) They are now im-
ported direct lo our new York
OFFICE, and su'd by the Manu-
facturers to SPORTSMEN at
tlie following prices.

Pioneer, .... $«* Gold.

Tolley, 90 ••

Standard,- - - - 113

National, ... I tO “

Challenge, - ISO “
Paragon, - - - 225 11

TRAP SHOTS nnd others re-
quiring Gun- specially built, on

DOUBLE-CLOSE SHOOTING.

with increased PENETRATION, can have their wishes
curried out WITH DESPATCH

Without Extra Cost.

Send for illustrated descriptive particulars aud price
sheets to our

BRANCH OFFICE. 21> Maiden Lain*,

NEW YORK CITY.

MANUFACTORY. PIONEER WORKS,

Jyl Birmingham. England

Bellamy’s Shell Pouch,

Tlie mo*' perfect thing for the purpose ever known.
Capacity, 40 rounds; weight, only 25 ounces.

Pouch open. Pouch shut.

1 875.

W; W. GREENER begs (o inform his numerous
clients in the United States Hint lie has been very suc-
cessful in the above trial, having secured the first
irize, a silver cup, value 40 guineas-clnss 2 for 12
bores; also winner in class 1 for 8 and 10 bores, and
class 4 for 20 bores He has won in all the classes for
improved boring, which isopon a different plan to any
other maker, and is far superior in the three most, es-
sential points, viz., PATTERN. PENETRATION,
and REGULARITY OF SHOOTING.

Mr HENRY C. .SQUIRES, of No. 1 Cortland! St..
New York, is now importing my DOUBLE CLOSE-
SHOOTING GUNS to order, an invoice of which
will be shipped to him on the 1st July, und can be ex-
amined about the 15th. All special' orders given to
Mr. Squires will be carefully filled. A full report of
tlie GREAT TRIAL, showing the marked superiority
of my guns over guns made by Dougul, Pupe, Westley
Richards. Tolley, Scott, and others, will shortly be
published, and can be had on application at No. 1
Cortland St.

W. W. CREENER,

Champion Gun Maker,

St. Mary's Work*, Birmingham, England.

Patent applied for.

Built of cork with a scries of steps in a half circle
form, with a smooth concave hack to fit the hip per-
fectly. Is covered in best quality rm«et ieallier; se-
cured by belt and shoulder strap; easily curried, and
without being the least encumbrance. Tho shells
*taml nearly upright, rim dcion. which insures a solid
load m every shell, thereby avoiding the hnd firing
which must happen to the very host shot* where tho
shells are curried in any other fixed position, or pro-
miscuously in pockets. These good* ure made in the
best possible manner, and for style, durability und
convenience cannnr be surpassed. No snortsmon
owning a breech loading shot gun can call hi* outfit
complete without one. Price Slf> Will be sent hy
mail securely packed, post paid on receipt of price, to
any address. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed. In or-
dering, be careful to state the size of your gun bore.
The trade supplied at a fair rule of discount.

Address E. H. BELLAMY,

Jcl° 666 Washington st„ Boston. Mass.

Empire Camp Lounge Co.,

ALBANY, NEW YORK.

Sole proprietors for the State of New York. All othor
?“»r«n°r II'.tvV.H1?? Sl"tC8 supplied by the U. S,
CAMP LOUNGE CO., Troy, New York, or Norwalk,
Conn

Geo F. Fiei.d,
Gen’l Pass. Agent.
Jel7-3m

Chas. F. Hatch,
Gen'l Manager.

■yALUABLE GUN FOR SALE-W &

. .L. ,C' ,biolt br*‘,<rh Io»der, 32-Inch, 10 gauge, lami-
nated steel, fine quality with all loading tools, brass
aad |mPcr shells, etc. Imported and sold by Head &
Sons, Boston. Cost $225, without case. Is In per-
fect order, and not sold for any fault. Has double

lock* irkiVvi'1 r™PhD8Utlrig t,umP’ rebounding
office Price$150' Gan be seen at Forest aud Stream
JelO if

SALE.— A SECOND-HAND WES-

RICHARDS Breech Loading Shot Gun -
« i q unity , ha* been used but very lit’ le; good a*
new; a bargain C« n be seen at E. S Harris^Dorts
man's Warehouse. 177 Broadway, N Y. P 4t

-poR SALE— A SPLENDID BREECH

. Loading, Express Rifle, made by E. M. ReilvA
Co London; cost 80 guineas, gold; is now offered ot
• m ’’ *oid for want of use. Address II SMITH at
mis office. Jipy

)iUt

WurcUHTOP, 0„ Oww 'wSy.K'j.

"DREEOH LOADER WANTED— No. 12
-LA Gauge 80 to 35-lnch barrel*, 8 pounds weight.
Must be well known make, aud good as new. Gjvo
tall description* to Lock Box HO, UnlontOffD, Pa.

For the special convenience of parties wishing to
give oar goods a trial, we append a list of a few
wholesale and retail dealers:—

A Hen & Co,, 43 Liberty St., N. Y
Mooney & How. Utica. N. Y.

James H. Page, 31 and 33 Broad St., Boston.

George Fendrich, Vincennes, Ind.

John C. Partridge & Co., 57 Lnke St., Chicago,
Lowentbul, Kuuftnnn & Co., 159 and 161 State St„
Chicago.

West & Fritscher, 222 Douglass St„ Omaha, Neb.
Boehm, Bcndheim & Co., 143 Bay St., Savannah, Ga.
Luchs ,t Bro 5J5 7th St., Washington, D. C.

D. Lillienfleld A Bro., Kulnmazoo, Mich.

N. Katzenbach, Terre Haute, Ind.

G. F. Thompson, cor. Jeff, and Woodward aves .
Detroit. ’

J. G. Ilolzwnrth, 79 Summit St„ Toledo, O.

D. L. Keller & Co,, cor. 5th and Market Sts., Phila.
Hler & Aldrich. Syracuse, N Y.

Supe & Radetnaclior. Bay City, Mich.

Geo. Soyer & Co , East Saginaw, Mich.

Bans & Btirlseh, Madison, Wis.

Jacob Krolin, Freeport, III.

WnH'BdvlnA Day, 510 N. 2d St„ St Louis.

B. & W. Jenkmson, 287 Liberty St. , Pittsburgh.
John C. Davis, lfil Vine St.. Cincinnati. O.

Green A M.-yar, 202 W Main St., Louisville, Ky.
Simmons A SUiger, Leavenworth, Kan.

Glias. h Mever, Indlanapoll*, Ind
*'• A. Gonzufes A Bro., cor. Camp aud Common
Sts., New Orleans, La
Julinn H. Gardes, Sante Fe, N. Mexico
John A. Van Carter, Fort Bridge, W. T.

Lewis Bull A Co., Cancey. Montana.

C J. 51 an ford A Co., St. Puul, Minn.

Tho*. P. Cantwell, Brainerd, Minn.

Heckman A Phillips, Milwaukee, Wis

W.S. KIMBALL & CO.,

Peerless Tobacco Works, Rochester, N Y

SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

HOUSfpritoME
Camp.

With doth case, by express, $5. Add 85 cents for
postage when ordering by mv.ll.

WHAT GEN. SHERIDAN SAYS OF IT

. . . . Chicago. May 17th, 1875.

1 have received and examined the Camp Lounge,
and find it very convenient. It i* portable and valu-
able for hunting and fishing purposes, furnishing a
comniete bed on the bank of a stream nr under tlie
shade of the trees. p. II. SHERIDAN

„ Lieut. General U. S. A.

. VAtPAnAiso. Ind., April 13th, 1875.
i * ’’ acknowledge receipt of enclosed money or-

der. 1 he Camp Lounge is O. K. It is THE THING.

, , „ „ „ W. II. HOLABIRI),

Mmeu C "rCr Uuutl"K an‘1 Sbootll|g Suits for Sports-

Camp Lounge received. I have sot It up and tried
it it work* verv comfortably indeed. Hope to try
it in camp this Summer. B, F. BOWLES,

Pub. Springfield Republican.

Shown and orders received at. office of Forest und
Stream, Luton & Co.'s 1W Nassau street, or Camp
Lonntre Co., Troy, N. Y. jolOtf

Fishing Tackle.

Notice.

TO THE CONSUMERS OF DITTMAR'S BLAST
INC AN1) SPORTING POWDER,
in consequence or a change m the management of Mr.
" Works from u private to a slock company,
he undersigned has retired from the position of *e!l-
ing agent. All orders for the present ore to he ad-
Kllhled,il?ao D.lttmar- “f® of Cbi»- L. Andrews, 55
Ki'h/ Boston. HENRY A. GOULD.

No. 101 Milk St,, Bobtoh, June iHlli, 1875.

A. 15. Shipley & Soil,

503 and 005 Commerce street, Philadelphia.

Manufacturers of

Olmll£ and Lines.

FINE 1) ASS AND TROUT FLY RODS.
The celebrated GREENIIEART WOOD a specialty.
FINE R()l» MOUNTINGS.

Full line of Tackle for Brook, River und Sea Flsh-
if Jobn Jamt'8 & Sons' celebrated Fish
hooks and Needles.

iNW?mwM.1SP*AV*R,varded hy ,he FRANKLIN
VTmin«TS!r?«t4' for SUPERIOR QUALITY ond
FINISH of RODS and TACKLE." Aprl-Um

"Seth Green Fish Ponds”

Caledonia, Livingston Co., N. Y.

A. 8. COLLINS, Proprietor.

Kgga, Fry, Yenrllngs, Ac. of Brook Trout, Sal-
mon Trout, 8alinon, White F1»h, Ar,

Also Bass, Gold Fish, Silver Fish, and stock for
Aquaria, Wire Cloth, Hatching Trays, Patent Spawn-
U!li Iwces, aud everything pertaining to Hah culture.

FOREST AND STREAM.

SCOVILL’S

Blooda4iverSyrup

All cutaneous eruptions on the face or body Indicate

An Impiiro Condition of the Blood,

and this may or may not. be SCROFULA; but In
either case is nothing more limn an Insidious poison,
that

LIKE A TEItnilll.E FIRE

ns it courses through the vlens, sowing seeds of death
with every pulsation.

In this condition of things something Is needed at
ONOK TO OLKANHB TIIK lll.OOl); and

Scovill’s Blood and Liver Syrup

will positively effect this desideratum, expelling
every trace of disease from the blood and system and
leaving the skin

SOFT, FAIR AND BEAUTIFUL.

Hundreds of certificates attest its value. Price $! a
bottle.

I FOR 3<LLB BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

Dr. Rogers’s

VEGETABLE WORMSYRUP

A brave man may suffer pain, when Inflicted upon
himself, heroically; but ho

Cannot see hisl'hild Suffer.

There is no other malady incident to childhood that
Is accompanied with more indescribable wretched
ness to the littlo sufferers than that

Produced by Worms:

and when the parent fully comprehends the situation
he will not delay a moment In securing the moat
prompt and efficient remedies to Insnrc the expulsion
of the Intruders. The remedy may be found in

Dr. Roger’s Vegetable Worm Syrup.

Please bear in mind that

ROGERS* WORM SYRUP is the reliable prepara-

ROQERS- WORM SYRUP is a portable propara-

KOgggg; WORM SYRUP ia liked by children,
worms ^ WORM SYRUP positively destroys

wKniroa* STRUP leaves no bad effects.

ROGERS WORM RUP Is highly recommended
MS !CNE,V,THVXRLDnably lh° b°8t W0RM

Price 25 cents For sale by all druggists.

HENRY’S
Carbolic Salve.

FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The wonderful celerity with which this
combination of Carbolic Acid with other
soothing and Curative Emollients acts,
is something akin to the marvelous.

It is with pride that the proprietors call
attention to the gratifying fact that

Physiciansffivc it the high-
est meed of praise,

and use it and prescribe it in their practice.

New York, Dec. 22, 18(19.

John F. Henry, Esq,:

Your CAnBoLir Salve proves an excellent article,
nml I thank you for it. This is another evidence of the
great valne of the discovery of Carbolic Acid. Yours
trulY) Geo. B. Linoolm,

Pres’t Board of Health.

Price 25 cents per box.

REV. R. U. LOCKWOOD'S

Catarrh Cure !

The Best Remedy Known, and Endorsed by all the
Principal Physicians of the Country.

Rev. It. B Lockwood's \n.nl Douche will be
found valuable in obstinate chronic cases.

Ri'V. U. II. Lockwood's Liver nnd stomach Pills
idyspcpslu, receive tile endorsement of thousands.
Price 60 cents each.

JOHN F. HENRY. CURRAN & CO., Proprietors,

8 und 9 College Place, New York.

It is easy enough to make a pill, but to
good pill, uhl that's the diftlciilty. There ar.
harsn, drastic pills, that aru of even less bem

HENRY’S

SEWING MACHINE OIL

A PURE OIL that does not gum up and has the
endorsement of the principal Sewing Machiuc Com-
panies.

Price 25 Cents per Dottle.

MOTT’S LIVER PILLS

make a
are cheap,

. — mill mu UI nun ivsS benefit tllUU
a dose of sails. Bill ugood medicine, like Dr. Mott's
Liver Pills, which penetrates to tile seat of disease, is
a desideratum indeed. Will positively cure all dis-
eases of the Liver. Sold everywhere. Price 26 cents
por box.

Green’s Oxygenated Bitters.

At certain periods of life a tonic Is a necessity; but
mere is danger in using stimulants that Injure the or-
guns of digestion while giving temporary reller. To
onvinto this und present to the public a tonic free
nom Alcoholic Poison, Dr. Green prepared the Oxy-
genated Bitters, a sure cure for dyspepsia and all kin-
dred complaints. Sold everywhere. Price $1 per

Packer’s All-Healine Tar Soap.

It cures all kinds of 8klu Diseases with a most won-
derful certainty; it promotes cluuullness, persoual
purity and general health: It is a preventive of m tny
Kinds of disease, aud It la an absolute neceaslt/ln
Ihe nursery. IMoe 25 cents. *

4$fiscellatfeons.

H. L. DUNCKLEE’S

PATENT

GAMP IN G and MINING

STOVE.

PATENTED JUNE 22, 1875,

Outside dimensions, packed, 12x12x20 inches.

Weighing only 25 po nds. very durable, will cook
Tor ten persons, and Is especially adapted for carnpin"
purposes, j he wuro consists of 8 qt. kettle. 6 nt. Tea
Kettle, 2 qt. Coffee Pot. Fry Pan, round Tin Pan. 2
square Puna, Dipper, Grldir.n, Tent Collar. 8 ft. Fun-
nel, and an oven that will roust 15 pounds beef

335

tous

THE

HAZARD POWDER CO.

MANUFACTURERS OF '

GUNPOWDER.

Hazard's "Electric" Powder.

Nos. 1 (flnei to 5 (coarse). Unsurpassed in point of

MWr,,nu,‘8' Pnck'diu

w, . Hn“rd'« "American Sporting."

kce!. fllAfl’n0il lC?ars<’)i i1" 'Jb- and fi J lb.

A.0nS ?r,lln- quick nnd clean, for upland and
prairie shooilng. Well adapted to short gins

w • n H“*“rd ■ "Duck Shooting,"

1 l,° 5 Roarse), In 1 and 5 lb. canisters
»andu *“* ll>- Borns slowly and very

clean, shooting remarkubly close, and with nrJnt

It ranks auy other brand, and It ts equally servicea-’
ble for muzzle or breech loader. Y Lt0

Hazard’* "Kentucky nine."

F aiKd "Se.ia Shootl">’'' FG, In kegs of 25,

L»*. and lbs, and cuns of 5 lbs, FFFO Is also
1 °0'' I (b- canisters. Bums strong and
fornnlinT!^ FF - and FFQ are favorite brands
for ordinary airline, and the ".Sea Shooting" FU
is the standard R\j 1e powder of tte country.

SUPERIOR MINING AND BLASTING POWDER
VERNMENT CANNON AND MUSKET POW-
OF^NYLRKQStffRCpn RADES FOR EXPORT,

UPACTURKl?Vo ORD°ERAIN °R PR°0F MAN‘

nv^»em,°,»Gi^an b° ha<1 of , Hcalcra, or of the Compa-
our oXe 1 °VOry I,roral,“:nt c“y- or wholesale at

88 Wall Street. New York.

Jjl istrlhiiitous.

BEWARE OF WORTHLESS IMITATIONS
AND COUNTERFEITS!

ROWN’S

Essence of

The ware is so constructed that it nests and pack
In the oven, uni the oven and funnel pack inside the
stove, as represented in cut 2. leaving room for pack-
08. ]' dozen Plates, Knives, Forks and Spoons,

and Drinking Cups. Price complete, $15.

SIC.VD FOR CIRCULAR.

H. L. 1HJNCKLEE.

,, , DOX 2710, BOSTON.

For sale at SPORTSMAN’S EMPORIUM, 1C2 Nas-

rssRijsaa.0"'' ■mi * *• a

tv/ Agents wanted in every town.

HOLABIRDS

SHOOTING & FISHING GARMENTS.

Orange Sporting Powder.

ORANGE LIGHTNING POWDER,

The strongest and cleanest Powder made. Nos 1
to 7, packed only in sealed 1 lb. canisters. The coarser
are recommended to owners of flue
very snidifroMlf ID8’ glv,ng gmU Penetration with

ORANGE DUCKING POWDER,

. F“UVoatSr.f0vv1'. Very strong and clean Nos. 1 to
^rs of band's Zi 41 ^ °f 6* lb"- C“Cb’ a“d can'8
““ AUDUBON POWDER,

ck-. F°.r woodcock and quail Nog. 1 to 4.
^nd canisTcrZ *** °f ,b>’ “d ' » ,bs" In

ORANGE RIFLE POWDER,

The bc0t for rifles and for all ordinary purpose*.
Sizes F.g FF g FFF g, the last being the finest ami
most used. Packed in wood and metal kegs of 25
iponna b8" ftUd 8* be" and in canislu™ of 1 lb. and

All of the above give high velocities aud less resid-
uum than any other brands made.

LAFLIN & RAND POWDER Co.,

21 Park Row, N. Y.

(Opposite Astor House. )

Frederick Brown,

PHILADELPHIA, PA

THIS RELIABLE PREPARATION, one of

the oldest of American Pharmaceutical Pro-
ducts, still maintains its enviable reputation,
and finds a steadily increasing sale without
advertising, and in spite of piracy.

Its high reputation has tempted the cupidity
of parties, whose only excuse for their unfair
simulations, exists in the great popularity of
the original, and accidental similarity of their

THE CELEBRATED

Sporting and Blasting Powder,

manufactured nr

CarlDittmar

UNDER HIS OWN PATENT, can now be bad reg-
ularly and in any quantity. Sec Circulars for full tes-
llmottinls as to its superiority over other makes
The naw patent Sporting Powder does not soil tho

The best, the cheapest, and w ist desirable

a o o i> is

Ever Offered to the AMATEUR SPORTSMAN.
Write for Illustrated catalogue.

W. H. IIOLAHIRD,

jul" Valparaiso, Ind.

Salmon & Trout Angling.

JOHN SYMONS, Halifax, N, S.

Keeps a full line of London made
RODS, REELS, AND ALL ARTICLES REQUIRED
FOR ANGLING.

LW All rivers in this province free! Also a full
assortment of Cricketing implements. Best makers
in London. Ap 1-8m

- , . -i— • W»“UI UUITD not soil I lie

gun; cleans t. when you use one charge of It, utter
many with black powder; no smoke— little recoil— no
oud report-high velocity The best ever made In
ii u ..S' V1 '° bl;' confounded with Schultz’ or En-
glish W ood Powder, or Sawdust P owder, as it is su
perlor to each.

Ready Made Ammunition

For Sporting nnd Target Rifles, always on hand.
Send for full instruction, and If sample desired,
state if for rifle or shot gun, ns each kiDd Is made.
Works at Noponset. Address orders to

CARL DITTMAR.

CarMaf«.sCnAS' L' ANT)RKVVS' “ Kilby at., Boston.

names.

BROWN’S ESSENCE OF JAMAICA GINGER
is protected by the private Proprietary Stamp
of the manufacturer, which is incorporated with
the steel plate label.

The attontlon of Druggists and tho Trade gcnorally, Ij called
to tho PHco List of

ENGLISH A, FRENCH
MEDICINES A. PHARMACEUTICAL
PREPARATIONS,

Which will be mailed on application.

Frederick Brown,

(Established 1822)

IMPORTINC, MANUFACTURING
& DISPENSING CHEMIST,

N. E. Corner Fifth and Chestnut Streets,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Kay Shot Concentrating Cartridge.

No creasers, turners, or topwads required. Loads
in half tho time iiMiully reqalrod Fifty per cool,
hotter distribution und greater penetration secured.
Send to your gun dealer for anmple. Ju.'I-ly

EHtabliniliod 1 843.

Brcccli and Muzzle Loading

) ltl VKJJ IV vv Uj

Sportsmen's Apparatus,

A3I3IUNITIONI,
Materials for Gun-Makcri, dtp..
Wholesale and Retail. Giant made .» order, nr rv-
palroil In tho boat manner.

)o is

ALEXANDER McCOlYIAS.

No. M South Calvert. «t„ Itnli (■■). .,

Northerns British Colonies

IN SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA.

Choap Lands, Fine Climate, Splendid
Sport, Good Society, Schools
and Churches Everywhere.
PROTECTION FROM LAND SHARKS.

XST" Address Secretary Southsldo Immigration So-
ciety, !■ armvillo, Prince Edward Co., Va. my20 8m

Patent Pigeon “Agitator.”

This AGITATOR is constructed to overcome the
trouble aud anuoyance caused by pigeons not rising
when the trap is pulled. By its means every bird
most rise and fly directly the trap Is pulled. Every
club should have them. No ground traps arc complete
without them. State rights, or the whole U. 8. Pat-
ent for Bale. Send for illustrated circular.

Jyl 4t T. H. MARSH, Patentee, Toronto, Canada,

CHICAGO

SHOT TOWER CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

STANDARD

DROPANDBUCKSHOT

BALLS AND BAR LEAD.

Our aim Is to manufacture an article of SHOT that
is unsurpassed in ROUNDNESS, SOLIDITY Peu-
fcction of POLISH, Uniformity of SIZE, ami Accu-
racy of WEIGHT, in each bag, Orders from the
Trade solicited, and will be fllied at

The Lowest Market Prices.

„ E. W. BI.ATCHPORD. President.

C. F. GATES, Treasurer. jun 25 jy

DU. FOWL KB’S

PATENT

HARD RUBBER REEL

The Gem— Improved.

THE AMERICAN

W. MERIDEN, CONN.

S) ec *1 attention is given to first class work. Extra
sketches and DOG PORTRAITS cut to order, by
sending photographs. JACOB GLAHN, Managvr,
Formerly Supt. of Parker Bros Engraving and Orna-
mental Department. Feb 1 1

Tills beautiful Kcol bos now been before tho pub-
lic two years, aud ull who kuvu used it speak loud In
its praise.

IT HAS BEEN IMPROVED,
and all the Reels rondo ibis year will pass through tho
hands of the Inventor, und none allowed to go out
except tho«e that are perfect.

For sale by all Arsl - lnss jobbers and the trade gen-
erally. A II FOWL Ell, Imehlor.

nr, 4

Fe)

ITHACA. N T.

Q 1 T| (a Qt Oil II Invested In Stocks and
1 1/ LU O I Gold pays 200 per cent

n month. Pamphlet free. Tumbrldge &Go,.

■M,3 Wall street, JT, Y,

, Baak-

Tlio Pisoco

Loader, Crimper and Cap Expeller.

A LL DEVICES NECESSARY FOIl

-TV. toading or re loading shell, of two calibres
combined In oue Instrument. Avoids the necessilv
of cutliug or shorteuing the shell for light loud*.

needs no wooden table or bench to fasten It lo while

Id use. Chu be liken lo piccp^ by reraovlnL' oue
screw with a lack knife, and slows In u gun case.
Malleable castings, nickel plate finish. Complete for
two gauges. Price fill, boxed.

, ,, „ WALTON BROS. & CO., 9d IJberty street.

leiT-wn

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FOREST AND STREAM

T/otcls and gieiorts forgiwrtimcn.

MOUNT JULIAN SUMMER HOTEL,

LakefteJd and Stoney Lake.

VIA THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.

Ilcnlili, Plrn.urc nnd the (Vniifnri. of Home Com-
bined. Till* Hold U non Open for llie Hummer.
Thin Summer resort in situated on the shores of Sto-
ney Luke. In the county of Peterborough, Canada.
Stoney Lake bus lntely been Bet opart by the Depart -
meut of Marine nnd Fisheries for the prutcciiun of
fish, nnd for scenery, hunting, nnd flailing It Is supe-
rior to any of the back lakes of <\ Hindu which lire
easy Of access. The principal Osh nn- Salmon Trout,
Mn-kiuonge, Bass. Herrings, nnd Perch, for which
fishing permits will he granted. The game consists
of Duck. Dear, and Partridge. The I -like i« covered
with Islands, and presents the same appearance ns the
Thousand Islands of the River St. Lawrence. It is
about twenty-five miles long and three wide. The
hotel Is commodious, and fitted with every appliance
of comfort; It Is the properly of ilie Company, and
will be manages) to plen-e Its patrons In every particu-
lar. The charges an- moderate, being $1 50 per day
by the week, and $2 per day under that time. Chil-
dren under twelve years of age. half price. Liquors
are kept for the use of guests only, no bar being kepi
open for ibe public. The hotel is reached by th|i Mid-
land Railway from Pori Hope to Igikcfleld. IhCice by
steamer Chippewa to Julian's landing. K. Beatty's
boats and canoes nre always kept on hire. George
Cochrane and F. Kane will always be on hand with
Uielr guides to paddle and accompany sportsmen.

The steamer Chippewa leaves Lakelleld fur Julian's
landing every Monday. Wednesday, and Saturday,
on the arrival of the morning train from Port Hope.
On Thursdays It « ill connect with the excursion train
on the Midland Itailuay.

The steiiim-r Norseman arrives from Rochester every
morning lit Port Hope ut 8 A . M., In time to connect
wth the Midland Railway, leaving Port Hope at 10
o'clock A. M. Parties from Rochester cun reach the
hotel in eighteen hours by water and rail for $3 Nil.

Time Tables— Midland Railway leaves Pori llujie ut
111 A. M and 5:30 P. M., arriving ut Lakelleld nt I P
M. arid 8:15 P. M. Returning, leaves Lakelleld at 5
A. M. uml 2 P. M , arriving at Port Hope ut i :45 A.
M. and 7:35 P. M. Steamer Chippewa leaves Lake
Held at 1:15 P. M .arriving at Julian's Landing at 3:15
P. M Reluming leaves Julian s Landing at 5 P. M ,
arriving in Lake-Held at 7:30 I’. M.

For furlher particulars, upjily lo

C. A. BOULTON.

Manager of the Company, Lakelleld. Out.

The Blost Approv ed System

OP

Breech Loading, Sporting

Military

And

Manng

OllL

Dill

li. W. GAltDNKR.
of the Hotel, Julian's Landing, Lnkefli-ld,

jyl lm

Luke Couch idling' Hotel, Canada.

This charming and uieliiresquc drst-clns* Summer
Resort will he opened for the season on 7th of June,
and will remain open until October. The sporting in
the immediate neighborhood is exceptionally excel-
lent, the Hotel being within ready access to the Mus-
koka Lakes. Sparrow Lake, and Trading Lake, where
Salmon Trout, Black Bats. Speckled Trout, etc.,
abound in original plenty. Yacining, Bouling, Bath
ing, Bowling Alleys, Billiard Rooms, etc., provide for
the umuseilicut of guests. Mail and telegraph o dices
in the Inm-e. Rates exceedingly moderate. For cir-
culars containing terms, etc., apply to the office of
Forest and Stream, or JOHN K. FOREMAN,

Box 2043, P. O Toronto, or lo
THOMAS SCULLY. Manager,
my&> Couchiclilng, Ontario.

Rossi n House, Toronto, Canada.
SHEARS & SON, Proprietors.

This house is a favorite resort for gentlemen sports-
men from nil parts of tlie United States and Canada.

Crossinou House,

ALEXANDRIA BAY, Jeff. Co . N. Y. C. CROSS-
MON & SON, Proprietors.

THIS House, recently rebuilt and elegant-
ly furnished, U now ojan for visitors. It is loca-
ted in one of the ino.t delightful places In the Thou-
sand Island region, commanding un extensive view of
the St. Lawrence and the Islands and offers every facil-
ity for the comfort and enjoyment of guests. Outfits
tor boating. Homing and Fishing Parties. Steamers
for the hay connect at Clayton with the Utica and
Black River Railroad, and at Cape Vincent with the
Koine. Watertown una Ogdensburg Railroad. 5m

Twin Lakes Trout Farm.

Board for gentlemen only—

Sportsmen, Artists, Anglers, &c. Splendid
pickerel,
Also les-

Sportsmen, Artists, Anglers, &c.
•ceuery and drives. Fine boating, trout,
and bass fisbiog and woodcock sbootin

eons iu oil and water color painting, drawing and
J- IVES PEASE, or K

BUKHMAN PEASE. P. O. box 00 Canaan, cSW

etching, If desired. Address

N. B. — Cottage building sites overlooking the lakes
for sale cheap; algo one for b hotel. AprS-lf

Bath hotel, batii, l. i.— one

HOUR FROM THE CITY. — The subscriber
having leased the above hotel for a term of years, is
determined by sparing no pains to make this resort
second to none In the vicinity of New York and
Brooklyn. First class table and low prices. Now
ready for the reception of guests.
jelT-tOctl • C. A. BUNTING.

UNION DEPOT HOTEL, Canaau, Conn.

G. H. CORBIN, Proprietor. New. clean rooms
and beds, first-class tabic, &c. Fishing, shootin"
and pleasant drives near by.

Fishing, shooting,
Apr8 fim

Board neaktvvin lakes, four

hours from New York via Harlem Railroad. A
desirable location for sportsmen, artists, and ail those
wanting a pleasant borne. Address F. F. COOPER,
Locust Hill Farm, Ashley Fulls, Berkshire county.
Mass. Mar 24 Om

A Fishing Camp

Has been established on one

of the best Trout Streams In the mountains of
Pennsylvania. A good man is in charge, with largo
tent, camp cots, cooking stove, and the necessary out-
lit. Vacancies will exist after June 15tb, and gentle-
men who declie to avail themselves of the privileges
of this Camp can register their names with EATON Jk,
CO., Sportsman's Emporium, 1H2 Nassau Greet, New
York, or with WM. C. HARRIS, Forest and Stream
olllcc A* only six or eight persons can be accommo-
dated at oi.e time, opplicanta must take their turn.
The railroad fare Is $5 lo the station nearest the
camp; carriage to the stream, about $2 The expense
in camp. |2.50 per day, including provisions, cook,
and guide A trump of five in1 leg through the woods
Is necessary . The Cutup la distant from New York
about twelve honta.

THE WILLEWE MOC CLUB.

A pew shares in this club

, belonging to n member now residing perma-
nently in Europe, ore offered for sule to persons ac-
ceplub|e to Ibe other members. The membership la
limited to twenty, and the club own Lake Wlllewemoc,
wilti adjoining laud furnished bouse, barn, ice house.

«»

*£Xfi SJW.?.'' VAS OtBBV,

iZw&'i'zsns&x: CBAiaEs

For Simplicity of Construction

accuracy,

Penetration, Durability » Safety, Ease of Manipulation.

Materials and Workmanship, they are Unsurpassed.

REVOLVERS OF VARIOUS SIZES,

JtKSIttA ULR IN ALL RESPECTS.

Send J or Cireulnrs.

Whitney Arms Comp.,

Wliltneyvllle, near New Haven. Conn.. II, 8. A.

MISFIT CARPETS.

f'lOOI) SECOND HAND AND MISFIT ENGLISH BRUSSELS, THREE PLY AND

VJT INGRAIN CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, &C . VERY CHEAP, AT THE OLD PLACE,

Sent to any part of the United States free of charge. 112 Fulton alreet. New YorK. {

RodsandReels,

Chas.F. Orvis

Manchester, Vermont.

Prices m nlerate. Send for descriptive list. Mention Forest and Stream.

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illiJitfinj. (Bteutritiil (Ulmrdi & (?TtiinT^,

* ' <*■ J (/ J/ l //> AVV >^|. vz , & C U! U 0 r k

Rowing Suit s A Sp e cia lty.

The Sportsman’s Warehouse.

EDWIN S. HARRIS,

Late COOPER. HARRfcS & HODGKINS,

177 Broathvay, New York.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

BREECH LOADING

AND

Implements,

Captridges,

A Lt-O.^^G ' A* MA R I OF A L L R I J'DS. C \ IF I'H t DG 1C VR«T«, CO M S AMI KELTS, ~FL
i oi i iir.s, A A I) Vvl.MIMilOA op \LL KINDS L\ l-'lt \ Till \<: i\ \i \ iim.- i.-.id

r *!*??/** 4,'U RXI’OltT Tit VUE, \T LOWEST CASH TRADE PH ICES.

HA VE LARGE SI OCR OF MUZZLE LOADING QUNSek RIFLES VERY CHEAP.

both Brass

OF ALL

Kinds,
and Paper.

ASKS,

Boudron’s Patent Combination

Reflecting Jack and Fish ing Lamp

front vutw FOR NIGHT HUN riNG^DBBR. SPEARING FISII, CATCHING CHAUS, vn

1 n?mVriNCWuRFl'li'"LI“11'1 'JOOFKKT. Not affected by WIND, RAIN K
Jl NnK PPM cTo'iU gf^cl'y and -ofely w llliout a chimney. ’
INUIbFENSABLE ARDIIT a n \ t\/i o frit

CAMP.

giving satisfaction.

White Manufacturing Company,

Full SALE IN NEW YORK BY EATON & CO., 102 NASSAU STREEP*^'

Sporhimcn (Rood %

JOHN RIGBY & CO.,

INVENTORS AND MANUP ACTUIlKItB OP TIIE FINEST '

ON CAUhlAOK.
Jll24 4\V

.J. WALLACE,

Naluralist& Taxidermist,

IMPORTER OF

FOREIGN BIRD SKINS AND ARTIFI-
CIAL EYES,

19 N. Willia , New York

CIIAS. GREEN,

Manufacturer of

Brooch Loading Shot Guns.

MUZZLE LOADERS CONVERTED TO BREECH

_ „ loaders.

«,""*• Send for circular and
1 Apr e-fim 3 WCBt M“ “ Btrcct’ Rocl,®Ww, N. Y,

BreechLoadin gShotGuns

Double and Single Express Rifles.

Long Range Match Rifles, &c

21 SUFFOLK STREET, DUBLIN,

AND

72 ST. JAMES STREET, LONDON.

Breech Loaders.

M

Winners oi tlie “Tm-f, Field
m»«l Farm” Gun Trials.

(Sec issue October 3d, 1873.)

In which competition tlie committees have awarded
our guns, FEst and Second for POINTS OK MERIT
OF ACTION, MATERIALS, PROPORTION, AND
SHOOTING QUALITIES combined, in all the four
classes.

THE PREMIER GUN.

'V. A C. SCOTT & SON cull attention to their
very FINEST weapon, combinin'’ nil their recent im-
provements, umiki il on Hu- rib Between tin ir name
nnd London address ihu brand— ‘"THE PREMIER
QUALITY."

Medium nnd fine gnus bear full name and address,
and plain gnus full name nnd "London'’ only.

Each gun is numbered and the actions arc stumped
with name and trade mark.

\V. A C. SCOTT A SON, Pole makers of the
Patent Top Lever, solid, Double Locking Bolt Breech
Lender, bearing the full name of the linn. W, & C.
SCOTT A SON caution sportsmen against imiiuilons
of their patent and name. Guns bearing the name
abbreviated, or with different Initials, are not genuine.

Till A LOF 8COTT& GHEENKU'K NEW SYSTEM
OFBOHIM;. 113 THE EDITOR OF
"THE FIELD," LONDON.

(See The Field, January 80th, 1875.)

"From a comparison of (lie two tables It will be
seen Hint with Walker's shot, Messrs Scott's guns
showed a mmkat sfi/n run ity over Mr. Greener’s,
both in average and in the highest score made. In-
deed, with l he left bnrrel. In his third shot, Mr. Scott
got a selected group pattern of 230 nnd a j«r miration
of 37, equalling I In- Idehest pattern made by Mr
Greener, and exceeding I lie penetration of that par-
ticular shot by eight sheets."

London Office:

IO Grcnt CaHlIe St., Regent Circus, near Lnng-
linui Hotel.

Chief address:

Manufactory Premier Gun Works,

Lancaster Street, Hiriuingliniii.
WHOLESALE.

Aprl-Gm

Clsirli i\c Siioider.

MANUFACTURERS OF THE

SNEIDER

PATENT BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUN.
ALTERING

Mnzzlc-Loatliiig' (inns to Breech-Load lug

A SPECIALTY.

WRITE FOR PARTICULARS.

914W.Prattst.,Baltimore.

SPORTSMENS’ DEPOT.

JOHN K ltIDER,

Corner Second mid Walnut Eta., Philadelphia.

IMPORTER, MANUFACTURER nnd DEALER IN

Guns, Bides, Pistols, nnd Fishing Tackle.
Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech
Loaders.

REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.

Hus eonsiantly on hand u full assortment of Hods,
Hooks, Lines, Baits, Reels, Fly Books, Salmon Flies,
Waterproof Silk Lines, Silk and Ilair Trout Lines. Jtc.
Perch Snoods, China and Grass Lines. Also, a large
lot of Cane Reeds. Bamboo nnd Japan.

Birds' Eggs and Birds' Skins in great varieties.—
Tuxldermy In nil Its branches.

SPRATT S PATENT DOQ BISCUITS. «-ly

Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul Railway

Traverses n finer country, affords views of grander
scenery, mill passes through more business cinlrrs
nud pleasure resorts Hum any other Northwestern
line. Its forests, pr, lilies, lakes and slrennis, abound-
ing with game, present iineqiinleduttrncllonsiolhi'
votaries of Nimrod mid Walton. It is the only rail
way route along the valley of the Upper Mississippi
II is also the shortest ns well as best route between
tlio great metropolitan centres of the Northwest—
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Minneapolis.
Track and equipment uiiequnled, and Its trains of
palace-coaches uml sleeping curs run through without
change.

New York Office, 31ft Orondwny.

Clilengo Depot eor. Cniinl.V \\ . Madison
City Olllees, Oi and «3 Clnrh Ut. AprJI) Cm

Henry C. Squires,

NO. 1 COURTLANDT STREET, NEW YORK,
Agent for llOLAUIRD'S SUITS, to whom all New
York orders should be addressed.

Apr 8-3ra

BO A 1 ID FOR TIIE SUMMER FOR~A

small family, or two married couples, In a pri-
vate family, fifteen miles from New York. Trains
every hour- no mosquitoes; delightful drives In the
““Wry and to salt balh'.cg aud fishing. Apply W A >
office Forest and Stream.

FOREST and stream

w.

Wlc jlumel.

A. C. WADDELL’S

Breeding Kennel, Newton, N. J.

The finest strain of yonng Pointers and Setters for
wile. Dogs boarded and cured for in Cite beat manner
at gfi pur month. Pedigrees guaranteed.: dogs broken
for 850. Mar 11

VETERINARY SUIttiKO.V— DR. J. M. HEARD
(member of the Royal College of Veterinary Sur-
geons, London), No. 20 Lexington avenue, N. Y., at-
tends. when requested, till cases requiring his j,,ofes-
slonul skill, llorses carefully examined us to sound-
ness. Oct 22

|| ENBY GARDNER, M. D , HAS CON8TANT-
■* *■ LY on hand and for suie, medicines adapted to
the cure of all diseases. Dealer in sport'Dg dogs of
every variety. Dogs trained for reasonable compen-
sation. No. Ill South Fifth ave.. N. Y. Oct 22

Woodcock and Huffed Grouse Shooting

CLUMBER SPANIELS.

RDERS WILL NOW BE RECEIVED

and filled in rotation for one or two brace of

o

— “ iuiu'UMI III! IIIIC Ml tnu IJIIH.C ui

CLUMBER SPANIEL PUPPIES, whelped June 18lh.
.•875, uud deliverable about 1st September at my ken-
nel.

These puppies are out of Flax, and sired by one of
the best clumber dogs in the southwest of England
Flax, late Belle, 480 Kennel Club stud book, was
bred by Mr, Sin not, of England, from selections
made from the Duke of Newcastle’s Kennel, where
this breed It* kept in Its original purity. They were
selected for ill" by "Idetoius" who writes me that they
arc the "BEST BRED. HANDSOMEST, AND
MOS1 PERFECTLY BROKEN CLUMBERS which
have ever left Knglund,"

The puppies, like their dam, arc lemon and white
arid red and while, tho last color prcdominatiii”-
sliort legged, very strong, immense bone, well feuth-
cred and without doubt the proper dogs for covert
work, being close rangers, very industrious, prvlng
lino every thicket, perfectly mute, thus not alarming
or flushing game out of gunshot; wonderful noses,
very alfee Donate, compumuble, and nil day workers
lliesu dogs are believed to he the only brace of
pure bred ( lumbers in ibis country, and as Flax will
not be bred again, an opportunity is now offered to
s, cure one of the most serviceable dog-, a sportsman
ran have For woodcock and ruffed grouse shooting
they are Invaluable.

I' or price per brace, dog and bitch, delivered nt my
kennef, address LEGOK, this office. Ju J itr

TpOR SALE-TIIREE PAIRS OF THOR-

-A OUGHHKD Seiler Pops, the finest strain in
! *'' otitic Price, $15, for dog; S20 per pair Also
two pair of small and very beautiful black and tan
rahuit bounds; price $5 for dog; $7 per pair; satis-
factmn guaranteed. Reference- Hon. M, S. Colburn,
Vf- ,K,;r Particulars address R. L.
GRAVES, Sunderland. Vt j„o,j

TDOR .SALE— A FINE LIVER COL-
_L ORED POINTER; seven months old; price
* or particulars, address ,J. W HAKUISON
*r Wc*ilien?Held Ave., Hanford, Conn.

Sportsmen's (goods.

1 02 Nassau St., N. Y.

FISHING and HUNTING SUITS.

J. D. DOUGALL’S

EXPRESS SHOT GUNS.

STTrtTXT-»T , <Tlt,° registered.)

TIO 5V N by trials at Wimbledon by Editor
of the b’irla to possess the GREATEST PENE-
TK A I’IUN and therefore LONGEST ItANGE-tlius:
Circle, 80 Indies; BOO pellets; average, 101; penetra-
tion 8, 1 be Editor's trial of Greener guns with 840

pellet- of same shot and same charge of powder, gave
lot), and penetration 80. although there were II) more pel-
lets in each charge. Should any controversy arise as
to the durability of these new systems, we herewith
warn m. beforehand that our system is our own inven-
*!°" Guuugu founded on the American idea) and is DU-
RABLE a fact remarked on by the Fuld, that the
guns tried had been in use during lust season, and ref-
erences permitted to the owners . Scud for lllnslraled
Circulura to

59 St. James's Street London.

“ Tlie Culexlfiige Is Indeed an Insect-Driver, for
amid clouds or Mosquitoes I ll-lied unharmed."
[trade mark.]

CULEXIPUGK.I

OU

Sportsman ’s Friend ;

. . . . A SURE PROTECTION

Against the attacks of Mosquitoes, Black Files, Fleas
“i'*J Ants, lu pocket bottles. For sale by
( • N. CRITTEN TON Ji CO., 7 Sixth av., N. Y.
joli-5t

J. H. BATTY,

TAXIDERMIST.

COLLECTOR & DEALER in NATURAL OBJECTS,
Mammals, bird
skins, and eggs
for scientific use;
also animal’s
heads, game and
bright plnmagcd
birds artistically
grouped I
i shades and cases
1 for ornamental
I iiirposos. Col-
J ec tors' supplies;
J also instruments
' and eyes. Spect-
m e n s bought,
sold, and ixctiaii-
ged. Oenuiue
Indian smoke-
tunned buckskin
buffalo, and
, . . moose skill tnoe-

for and for the house. Buckskin

HOLADIRD6 CELEBR ATED SUITS

Waterproof and Mildew proof, complete $25 00

‘ , " Wading Jackets a m

'lhonipson’s waterproof •• . 14 50

Mexican Pocket Hammocks.

Also called “Ashontce'' Hammocks. A luxurious
bed, couch, seat and swing In one article. Weighs
only one pound, and easily carried In coat pocket, ca-
uuble of bear ng a steady strain of 12 cwt. without
breaking 1 he material used in it* constriction is a
fib. r found after many experiment* to be ho beer for
this purpose. Largely ordered by the English War
authorities for Hospital rind general Armv and Navy
use during the Ashautee Expedition Price $4. V).

Culexlfiige or Sportsman’;! Friend.

For preventing tho attacks of mosquitoes, black
iiies, (leas, «"(* aod preservative ..gainst malaria.

1 tie Culexlfiige Invented by the subscriber litis been
m use for more than 20 years by the Sportsmen of
Canada, uml lias been found the only effectual pre-
ventive of ihu attacks of black ill. s and mo-quitoes
Price 50 cents per bottle.

DUNCKLEE’S CAMP STOVES. Pricc$15.

Those desiring something ligbc and durable for
campin'; purposes will And iliia stove cxuctly right;
weighs only 25 pounds; will cook for ten persons
1 he ware consisis of Kettle, Tea Kettle, Coffee Pot
bry-pan, round Tin Pan, two square Pans, Dipper,
Gridiron lent Collar, and eight feet Funnel Stove
!“Vvlth ovun 'bat will roast 15 pounds beef, nil of
which nests uud packs Inside of etove, which only oc-
cupies a space of 12x1*120 inches

Pocket Cook Stove.

Four Inches square. Will make a pot of coffee or
boil an egg in five minutes. Handiest, thing out. Only
$150. By mail, $!, 75

CAMP LOUNGES. Price S4 and §5.

When folded is ahimi the size of an ordinary shawl
strapped. A light, durable, compact, and comfort-
able couch, bent by express C. ■•.!). $1, Including
side and supporting slicks at the head. Just the thing
for the camp or lawn .

CAMP TENTS,

for four persons, 7. ». squaro. weighs 15 lbs.; Can
be pacacd in knapsack. Price §10. Tea feet square
for sue persons, $15.

Folding Camp Baker.

*F'*^** 'ivii<li>e and useful invention buk.'s equal to
the old "Duich oven." When Closed for transporta-
tion it occuutes Inn little more spu e than the pan it
encloses. Price $8.50 to $7, according to size. '

American Hog- Blxctiiis,

Made of nutritive hone ami muscle niuking material
and is the only pomade food for dogs made in this
country. Put up in packages of 10, 23. and MX) pounds,
“"d wurrauted not to spoil in any climate. Price,
10c. per pound.

Camp Mosquito Bars,

arranged with flexible wire frame; folded to carry in
pocket. Head net, $1. Camp net for sleeping, for
one, $1 50; for four or five, $1 25; six. or eight, $5.

Jack Lamp,

fot; night shooting and fishing, running rapids, light-
ing camp, etc.; the best light ever invented. $0 25.
Camp Cuts,

can be carried in pocket; a capital tiling for woods-
men. $1 50.

IIEUEMAN’S PORTABLE CANVAS BOATS.
BOND'S METALLIC BOATS.

Hart’s Metallic Shells.

The best shell ever offered to sportsmen. All sizes
on baud and made to order.

Cartridge Belts

for breech loading shells; five varieties.

Moccasins, Oil Tanned,

for tho woods; three different styles. $:|, $5 50 and $0.

Special attention paid to selection of guns for gen-
tlemen at a distance by uu expert und an old sports
man.

Sole agent in New York city for J. H. Batty, U. S.
Taxidermist. N. A. birds and eggs for collectors,
Buck's heads, and game birds a specialty. Orders
Oiled with dispatch.

We furnish ev.-ry article necessary for the outfit of
sportinen in the camp or field. Goods sent every-
where by express. Remit only by draft. Post Ofilce
order, or registered letter to

EATON & CO.,

P . O. Box 5,109. ‘ Sportsmen’s Emporium,

No. 102 Nassau street. New York City.
References — Hon.T.L James. Postmaster, New York
City; Hou. Geo n. Andrews, New York City; Fois
est and Stream Publishing Co. uiyO-tf

337

J^fHceJIniicnus.

ABBEY & IMBRIE,

SUCCESSORS TO

ANDREW CLERK .V CO.
48 Maiden Lane, N. Y.

IMPORTERS. MANUPACTURSRS AND DKAl.Rus |N

Fishine Tackle,

RIM? band the largest ana best assortment ever ex-

“S„w,altol Tt”'

TROUT. SALMON AND RAKJ4 room

Every variety of Salmon anu Trout piles, and Hooka
on cut. Cutty Hunk und Basque Islands Bn** Lines
waterproof Braided Silk Lines, every size and^aJ.ty' $
SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES
Aud every Variety uud Style of ’

F1SM hooks.

Parties titled oct with appropriate Tackle for the

».rMoSaUVcU%TlSc CW‘

Split Bamboo, Trout' and Salmon Hod. and Reel.
... • Specially.

Agenta for the St- Lawrence Fishing Co. Sole Im-
porters of Warrin’s Celebrated Drilled
Eyed Needles.

Waterproof,

Mildew-proof,

AND

Moth-proof

GARMENTS

TRAVELING,

RR \u in i n, ruuuiiiiUY.

FUbTI an, repellant.

11- 1- BLUE REAVER ami FRIEZE.

»> ad i ii^ Boots, Fishing Slockings, Kali-

her Clothing, At*.

Game Ventilating Pocket..

Illiistmied Price List and Sample* free

Tho most complete list ever published. Send for It

GEO. C. HENNING,

Apr 80 ly

410 Seventh Street,

WASHINGTON, I). C.

Biun* AND ANtMAT.S PRKKKnvEI) to OuDBIt BX

R. L. IV EWC03IU,

TAXIDERMIST,

NO. 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM, MASS.
mstruclFoo tnveu. Keh-4

Sportsmen!

Yont attention Is called to
GOODS OIL TANNED MOC-
CASINS, the best thing ever
worn by sportsmen. Not
injured by wetting und
drying— afwuys soft and

=YDURABL^„gi made of tbo've^bes?^
teedlffereut styles, and warranted' the gen-.
ih?r^M “ny'1'it.K before offered

Jfliscrlhiieou#,

CONROY, BISSETT & MAUESON,

(Successors to J. C. Conroy dt Co.)

65 Fulton St., N. Y.,

Invite the attention of ainateura
U* the additions they have made to
their regular stock of Fine Goods,
comprising in part

s,x Strip split Bamboo

ROi>s,

for Trout and Salmon fl.bmg.
THE famed

M Ginn is Black Hass Rotln

of 8pH* Bamboo (new this
P wo .'iVl!" Robbar steel
T , ’iS ck Y1"1 •Snl"1"'1 Reel*.

1 he crdebruU d "Frankfort" Reel,
..»i , , ?tl1" Rinnufucturera of
Miillaly *" Patent Flic- The
New style ('111 tylmuk Buss Line*
Of Extra quality.

I’nnics titieii out for the Adi-
I l,llc ,Mn,no Woorla,

Luke Superior, Newport, Catly-
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ror emeu ana stream.

Wow We Wmt the Mew Senhuul
Hid Boar.

i * T^HE fencers have stuff enough on the line for a day
1 or two, Wul, have’nt they?”

“Ye9, but they'll want the strainers down from the Long
Bush by the beginning of next week, they say."

“Ah, well, as it’s Saturday, and we’re out of dog’s meat,
we’ll give the bullocks a spell till Monday, boys, and have
a pig hunt to-day, eh?7

All this is said at a comfortable up country homestead
in the Northern Island in New Zealand, and the parties to
the conversation are Fred Moreton, a stalwart young fel-
low of eight and twenty, with an unmistakably British
air and a long, brown, bushy beard and mustache. He is
part proprietor, having a sleeping partner engaged in busi-
ness in one of the adjacent towns of the snug little sheep
run which forms the scene of our narrative, and is, of
course, magitter domus. Wallace McKay, generally known
in the district as “Old Wal,’’ though he is some years
Fred’s junior, Is his factotum und general locum tenon* in
the boss’ absence; a brawny, brond shouldered, and withal
simple and good natured soul, as active and untiring as a
goat amour his native mountains, and the boldest and most
reckless horseman within a hundred miles; and Fred's
cousin, Philip, a tall, light-bearded young Saxon, who is
jjaying them a visit of a few months from the South.

Breakfast over, after a few minutes spent in looking to
•the condition of their rifles and sheath knives, (lie hunters
bid adieu to the fair lady of the house and take their de-
parture. Nature has been singularly niggardly with New
Zealand in her distribution of animal life. Not one indi-
genous quadruped, excepting the lizard, has been found in
the whole length and breadth of her woods and pastures,
and her native birds ave scarce in numbers and few in va-
riety. Ever since Cuptain Cook’s time, however, the wild
pig has occupied the roughest parts of the country in both
islands, nnd is now in many places so numerous as to be a
great annoyance to the settler, both by breaking his wire
fences and uprooting his grassed lands. The rabbit, too,
hns increased in many parts with extraordinary rapidity;
indeed to such an extent that the “squatter” frequently
keeps a staff of men employed in shooting and trapping
them. There are parts of both islands where bushmen and
others live entirely on wild pork and rabbits of their own
hunting, no man saying them nay on account of trespass
or damages. One or two small herds of axis and red deer,
too, which have been turned out in suitable places, are in-
creasing fast, nnd will in a few years afford noble sport.
Of indigenous birds, the three or four varieties of wild
duck are of most interest to the sportsmnu, but they are
now getting very scarce in many parts. Quail used to
abound on soino of the plains, but indiscriminate slaughter
and grass tires have almost extirpated them. Pheasants
and partridges have, however, been well established
in both islands, and are making rapid progress.

In the north the former bird has been regularly shot for
some years, and the sportsmen of the south have enjoyed
the same luxury for the last two seasons. Taken as a
whole, though, New Zealand is singularly bare of game,
and the sterility and absence of cover which characterize a
large portion, particularly of the Southern Island, will al-
most keep it so Our hunters arc attired in the usuul New
Zealand bush costume— wide-awake hats, with brims in va-
rious stages of dilapidation; rough woolen “jumpers"
reaching to the waist; continuations of strong cloth in a
variety of pattern and cut, and all somewhat the worse
for wear; light leather gaiters, and strong, heavily nailed
lace boots. Each carries a sheath knife in his belt, a most
essential concomitant of bush life; it serves as tobacco
cutter, dinner carver, and for general incisive purposes,
including sticking and skinning pigs, sheep, or any other
Victim.

“What dogs have we got?" says Phil, who, though a
stranger to the district, is no new hand in the pursuit of
tue wild boar.

Volumn -I, Number 22,

17 t’liolhoni Hr. (I'llyllall fcijr.)

“Wal has brought Toby and Darkie, and my oid Help
makes a third," responds his cousin. “I’d have let Whistle
conic, but if the old sinner gets after a ’sucker’ there’s no
hauling him off. I went down into Wainui gulley after
him the other day, fully half n mile through supplejack
and lawyer bush that would have tested the powers of a
Hercules and the patience of a Job. and found that he had
got a little runt of a thing with a backbone like a John
Dory; but the old dog sloped when he heard me coming
and planted himself somewhere handy, and when I was
away on the spur again I heard him at it in the same place;
it’s an old dodge of his, that, and I can’t knock it out of
him."

“You should try and get one of those bull pups of Tom
McCarthy’s from Flat Hill,” suggests Wal; "they’re the
pluckiest brutes I ever saw with a boar. Old Juno, the
mother, is real grit, and I saw that pup of Aleck Manton’s
at Waikaraka slick to a good-sized pig the other day in a
way that astonished us. He can't be more than four
months old, and many a full grown dog would’nt have
shown half his pluck. After we had killed the pig we had
to force his mouth open with a stick before he would let go."

“I've a horror of anything but collies on a sheep run,"
Interjects Phil; “these Newfoundlands, bull dogs, kanga-
roo dogs, mastiffs, and the various crosses of them all,
which have been kept in so many places for wild boar
hunting, are dangerous brutes, if they once get a taste of
ovine blood; and as they are’nt kept half worked, the old
adage coupling his satstnic majesty and the unemployed is
frequently verified in their case. There is nothing that
arouses my righteous pastoral wrath so much as to see a
dog killing sheep. I once butchered in hot blood a favor-
ite Newfoundland of mine whom I caught in flagrante de-
licto, and I registered thereupon a solemn vow that I would
never open myself the way to such a sacrifice again."

“Ah! I remember,” says Wul, somewhat maliciously,
“you told us how you did it once before— tied him up to a
post with your stirrup leather, and slaved his head in with
a brokcu rail, did’nt you? Made a good quarter of an
hour’s work of it, if I remember right."

“Now, don’t rake up any horrid details, Wal; we are’nt
all of us such impersonations of humanity as to be in a
position to cast reflections," retorted Phil. “The necessity
of capital punishment, once established, nothing would have
given me more satisfaction than to have executed old Ma-
jor with royal honors, even to have “carved him as a dish
lit for the gods;" but I knew that I could’nt do it, or even
have it done in cold blood, so I took whatever means were
at hand."

Thus beguiling the l ime with pleasant reminiscences, we
trudged for a mile along the narrow flat that intervened
between the sea coast and the ranges. Park-like nnd beau-
tiful is the scene. Through a rugged rift in the hills tum-
bles and rushes a limped creek, which opens out on the
tint ground, and meanders, babbling musically, among the
trees on its way to the ocean. Isolated specimens of the
beautiful knrnka, a tree which, for deep, rich verdue and
for symmetry of form, can scarcely have an equal, dot the
plain; and beyond, far up the mountain’s rugged sides,
cling endless varieties of smaller bush and scrub, all re-
inarkuble for the deep green foliage, which is characteris-
tic of the New Zealand forests.

“Here we are at the landing place," said Phil, as the
party debouched on a cosy little bay, well sheltered from
the southerly swell by a distaut reef, with here aud there a
towering citadel of rock, over which the surf was breaking
with the noise and the spray of a hundred Niagaras.
“Allan, the shepherd, told me that he saw the tracks of
some boomers on the beach here a day or two ago; they
must have gone across to that flax patch at the foot of the
“Sugar-loaf.”

“If they crossed from this side there will be a good
chance of some of them having come from Waikikino,"
9uys Fred reflectively. "I know the moors there have
some whacking big barronos; but I’vo told them often
enough that I shall exercise the right of slaughtering any-
thing that is found this side the station; so its their own
A look out."

Leaving the bay, the party trends again toward the
ranges, and another mile brings them under the Sugar-loaf,
wl>o»e precipitous sides clothed with wanuka and cotton-
wood scrub to within a few hundred yards of the summit,
throw that pinnacle into a conspicuous relief, strongly sug-
gestive of a jolly friar’s cranium with an unusual promi-
nent development of the orgau of venerution. From the
flat to the base of the hill the ground rises for some few
hundred yards in gradual undulations, thickly covered
with flax four or five feet high, und beyond, further ulong
the flat, is the course of another creek issuing from the dis-
tant side of the hill, its banks dotted with scattered timber
which thickens into close bush where the stream debouches
on the plain. Wild boar hunting without dogs that can be
relied on for holding your quarry till he receives his coup
de grace, and iu ground where you cannot see a yard ahead
of you, except in an occasional clearing, is somewhat pre-
carious work. Collie dogs will seldom do more than bring
the beast to bay, and bark ut him from the safe distance of
a few yards; when an opportunity occurs of giving him a
sly nip behind, they will avail themselves of it, with the
result usually of provokiug a savage charge, and bringing
the enemy to bay again with his quarters unussuilubly en-
sconced in a flax hush. Woe to the pedestrian who is
caught by the infuriated animal in this onset! He is to u
certainty tripped up. aud in all probability favored with a
severe rip in the limbs or body from the formidable circu-
lar tusks of his assailant.

“There ought to be something in this flax," says Wal,
who is armed with an extemporized boar spear, construct-
ed out of a stout manuka pole of about the dimensions of
a "weaver’s beam,” aud a shear blade firmly lushed at the
end of it. Having nearly shutoff his left hand some years
previously by the bursting of a gun barrel— Wul always
swears that there was only one charge in it— this stalwart
Nimrod has foresworn firearms ever since, and slauds by
mainly for the poet mortem manipulation of the quarry.

“St! St!" “hold ’em boys!” “rouse ’em out, lads," exhort
our hunters, as men and dogs plunge into the flax, nnd ure
almost, lost to view. The latter are presently heard crash-
ing away in a body towards the hill, and the men press on
after them, their eyes and ears intent, and their rifles ready
for instant use.

“They’re on something," shouts Fred, as half a dozen
short, sharp yelps are heard ahead. "Come on, boys,
they’ll have him bailed up by' the time we get there.” But
the piercing squeals that ring through the air next minute
tell the disappointed huntsmen that it is an ignoble victim
which has fullen into their bauds.

Not worth his salt,” ejaculates Phil, to whose practiced
ear the sound is as indicative of the value of the quarry ds
if it was hanging up beforo him. Another hundred yards
brings them to two of the dogs, with whom the Orpheus
of the woods is making a very lame light, for not boiug
formidable enough to inspire much terror, the unhappy
brute i9 not allowed to avail himself for any length of time
of the friendly shelter offered by the flax. Walllc McKay
throws down his staff, and watching his opportunity,
rushes in and seizes the victim by a hind leg. A scientific
jerk and his equilibrium is gone, his captor’s foot is on his
neck, and the others closiug round aud lending their aid,
his life blood soon "stains the heather." He turns out to be
a quarter grown sow, in poor condition, and only worth
further attention iu the event of an unlucky day’s sport.
"There are more of them about," says Fred, oracularly.

I saw some tracks that don't fit this cat of a thing, as I
came up, and old Toby was’ut on this scent ut all, I think.”
The other dogs have disappeared, too, aud the men stand
and listen for indications while they recover their wind
and take a modest pull at Fred’s well known and apprecia-
ted flask of whisky.

‘That’s a very fair sample of liquor for New Zealand
manufacture,” remarks Phil, with an affectionate glance at
the flask. “I’ve always stuck up for the Dunedin whis-
ky, and maintained that age is all it wauts; but the Scotch-
men down there have an awful prejudice against it, though
they can’t tell you why. You mark my word, it will cut
out the imported article yet,"

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“Any man would come off second best to-day who fore-
swore anything but the imported article," said his cousin,
quietly replacing his “shoulder pistol.’'' "Halloa!” lie ex-
claimed suddenly, “I hear the dogs again over towards the
creek, and they've collared no fifty pounder this time."

Away all three dart again through the thick flax and over
the uncertain ground toward the same; a steady, coutinous
baying indicates that the quarry is too powerful to be easily
moved, and that some sport is in prospect.

“Look out, now, boys!” cries Phil, as they approach the
scene of action, “this fellow is no chicken, and if he
comes you'd better clear out of his road." The riflemen
advance cautiously, with their rifles full cocked, Wallic
judiciously keeping the rear. So thick, however, is the
flax that nothing can bo seen of either dogs or boar; but an
occasional short, savage rush, followed by a temporary re-
treat on the part of the former, show that the quarry’s
patience is about exhausted, while the ominous angry
champ of his tusks, heard occasionally duriug a lull, indi-
cate that he is not a foe to be trifled with.

“We must get him out of there somehow," shouts Wal,
excitedly, “or we shan't 9ee the color of his hide in a
week,” and in he rushes boldly, beating and perforating
the flax with his mighty staff from the side opposite to the
dogs.

“Have a care, Wal, old man,” exclaims Fred. “Look
out, boys, there he goes!” lie continues, as a confused
scuffling among the dogs, a crashing through the flax, and
the streak of a dark body seen for an instant show that the
game is started.

“By George! he’s a boomer!” crie9 Phil. “I’m glad the
brute did’nt come my way; he might be between u man’s
legs here before he knew it— there, they have him again.”
The big boar seldom condescends to run fast or far; con-
fident in his defensive powers he soon comes to bay again.

“This looks like better ground,” says Phil, as they again
come up with the combatants; round a lofty, isolated
bunch of flax the dogs, now pretty well out of breath, are
baying. Ten or a dozen yards of clear ground extend be-
tween it and the thick bush; but our quarry is entirely
concealed by its friendly foliage, and his whereabouts can
only be approximately conjectured by the movements of
the dogs, and the sullen champ that issues from the recess-
es of his retreat.

“Hold him, boys! hold him!" “Put him out!” variously
exhort the hunters; but the dogs won’t go in, knowing
very well thut they can’t reach him behind, and that his
sharp little eye, backed by those terrible gnashing tusks,
is watching the front.

“I must try what I can do with the ’great orgin’ again,
says Wal, “or we'll never get a shot at the brute- If he'd
only run down into the creek now,” with which as-
piration the stubborn speursman advances again, boldly,
yet cautiously, on the spot where the boar ought to he.
Fred and Phil plant themselves on the edge of the clearing,
so as to cover between them as much of it as possible.
Wal’s uplifted weapon gleams for a moment in the sun-
light and then disappears into the very centre of the clump
of flax. A savage grunt, qualified with a sort of smoth-
ered squeal, shows that the good bla^e has hit the mark;
and with a dash at the dogs, the old boar issues from bis
retreat. Surrounded though he knows himself to be by
enemies on every side, he is quite prepared to fight them
all; but he must have something to set his back against, so
he scuttles across the little clearing with more speed than
usual. Not so quick, however, but that Phil gets a flying
shot at him, which, breaking his shoulder, brings him to
his knees for a second before he is lost again in the flax.

“Come on, boys; he’s badly hit and making for the
creek," cries Phil, hastily reloading his rifle — a short En-
field muzzle loader.

Down the hill they all dash, following the harsh, omin-
ous bounds of the running fight, and again they come up
with their exhausted quarry, this time in comparatively
open ground; but the old warrior has no intention of
yielding his life without a struggle, and has taken up a po-
sition which is impregnable by anything short of powder
aud lead. Down the steep bank of the creek, tangled and
obscured by a thousand tortuous vines of supplejack and
bush lawyer, they plunge, and find the veteran at buy in a
little rocKy hollow, scooped out by the water-action of
centuries. His back i9 firmly planted against a perpendic-
ular wall, and the narrow channel of the creek protects
him from the assaults of his canine foes on either side.
Now his rugged and formidable front is plainly visible; that
long and powerful muzzle flecked with crimson foam and
bristling with ivory teeth, over which the two curved tusks
gleam like the heavy ordnance of a gun boat; that vicious
and fiery eye that displays neither fear nor exhaustion; that
broad and muscular neck ou which pain and fury have
made

“Each particnlar hair to stand on end
Like quills upon the fretful porcupine;"
the boiling waters of the creek, stained and reddened by
the shine and gore which flow from the wounded monarch
of the the glen, and thick with the mud stirred up by the
struggle— all form a savage scene iu striking contrast with
the serenity of the spot. The dogs, excited by the imme-
diate presence of their masters, and the full view of their
quarry, make frequent dashes at him every now and then
but are repulsed with more or less loss. Old Help, the
gamest of the pack, has a bad gash on hit* left shuulder,
aud the others show signs of having beeu trampled and
submerged beneath the crimson waters, or dashed against
the walls of rugged rock. But the old boar’s time has
come.

“You take him, Fred,” says Phil, “and look out for the
dogs.” Watching his opportunity, and carefully balan-
cing himself on the slippery sideling, Fred raised his little
Terry's breech loader and sent a ball crashing through the
powerful skull. With a smothered roar and a death-bound
that scattered the dogs like hoodlums before an irate police
officer, the huge brute plunges for a few yards down I he
creek bottom, aud lies prostrate and kicking in the discol-
ored waters. Dogs and men are ou him at once, Fred ami
Phil holding his legs and sittiug on him generally, while
Wal, his brawny arms hared to the shoulder, gives him the
finishing touch with his long sheath knife.

“By Jove! that’s the biggest boar I’ve seen on this coast,"
says Wal, surveying the hideous earcuss with professional
admiration; “four hundred pounds, if he’s an ounce, and
his tusks are in splendid order. You’d belter take them
down South with you, Phil, just to show what we cun
grow up here.

“Well, hoys, we’ll just take a toothful 'o mountain dew
and a draw at the dhudeen,” remurks Fred, unslinging l,is
•pistol/ and further suiting the action to the word/ “I

think I can sit and survey the situation for a few minutes
to udvantugc. I wonder whether we can haul the brute up
the terrace without cutting him up; he's a devil of a
weight. What d'ye think, Phil? Here, man, take a pull
at this. You’re standing there over that brute’s ugly car-
cass with as much pathos in your expression and attitude
as one might imagine Marc Antony exhibited^er Ciesar’s
mutilated body."

"Thanks,” says Phil, with a smile. “I don’t mind if I
do. Yes," he pursues, after a refreshing interval, “the
positions are somewhat analogous, all the actors, perhaps,
slightly inferior in the general estimation; hut one might
appropriately address our defunct friend, on Wal’s author-
ity, as ‘the ruins of the noblest hog that ever lived’ — or
died hereabouts; or, iu the immediate prospect of having
to haul him up that infernal bank, one’s regret that we
failed to drop him on the top would naturally enough find
vent in such an apostrophe as ‘O, mighty Aper! thou dost
lie so low!’ I could find a dozen parallelisms in the posi-
tions; they open on one every minute — for instance —
“For heaven’s sake don't look for them,” says Wal, con-
temptuously, “a dozen good leaves of flax would be much
more to the purpose just now, and you’ll have no wiud
left for the pull if you get fairly started in the spouting
line.”

“I always said you had no soul, Wal,” retorted Phil,
“however, you've one advantage there; your future need’nt
be any consideration to you. I must admit, that I like to
see a man who can extract pathos from the death of a pig
under suitable conditions.”

“Suppose you two philosophers agree to differ for the
present and fight it out afterwards,” says Fred, who had
been listening with ati amused air.

All hands have now rested and finished their pipes. The
dogs, who hail lain panting in the water, have recovered
their wind and imbibed to their heart’s content. A couple
of strong flax ropes are quickly constructed, and the de-
capitated and otherwise lightened carcass of the boar is
dragged by slow degrees, and with the utmost exertions of
the hunters, up the steep bank; the head is brought up
separately, and the two arc then suspended from a strong
bough to await a future call.

“We can get the bullock dray up here on Monday,” says
Wal; “but I should like to have some good Christian pork
to bring home into the bargain; this brute's scarcely passa-
ble dog’s meat.”

“It must be two o’clock by the sun," says Fred, taking
an ’ocular,’ and I should like to be home early for the old
lady’s sake. However, we’re sure to find something more
by working back through the flux, and it will be all on the
way."

“We had better keep well up under the range," suggest-
ed Phil; “the chances are that anything about here has
made its way up as liigli as possible on hearing the dogs
aud our rifles.”

So away up through the thick flax again, and over the
slippery undulations the party strode, and the dogs are soon
ahead out of sight, and almost out of hearing. Nothing
is seen till the foot of the Sugar-loaf is almost traversed,
when the dogs are heard again at the very highest point of
the flax, and evidently by their steady barking in view of
good-sized game.

"What have they got now, another old bristly?” asks
Wal, pausing for a moment to listen. “We’ll go up, boys,
and see, anyway,” he continues, leading the way at a pace
that tries the lungs anil knees of his companions.

“What a tiger to walk that fellow is," gasps Phil, whose
southern life has been chiefly passed In the saddle. “I
wish I had his mind for a day’s work like this.” As they
ascend, the flax becomes somewhat shorter. “I think those
old boars are too large and indifferent to take such ground
as this, ’’says Wal; “but we shall see what's on hand in a
minute or two.” The dogs are baying round a grouo of
two or three small flax bushes, from the recesses of which
a lazy grunt or two issue at intervals. “A big sow, or
some of those Maori barrows, I expect, says Fred; “but
whatever it is let ’em have it on the first chance I’m not
coining all the way up for nothing, if I can help it."
Urged by their masters, and evidently not so apprehensive
as in the case of their last quarry, the collies make a pro-
miscuous charge into the flax, and amid a mingled melody
of grunts, squeals, Parks and howls, a couple of large,
black bodies issue forth in different directions. Phil, who
has perched himself on a little rise overlooking the clear-
est exit from the lair, by a clever side shot plants a bullet
in the brain of one, which drops ou the 9pot; the other
closely pursued by Fred and the pack, makes down the hill
through the flax at headlong speed.

“Well plugged, Phil," shouts the ever ready Wal, whoso
arm and kuife arc in working order on the shortest notice.
“We’ll just bleed this fellow and then see what Fred’s do-
ing below. Ah! now here w something like pork, if you
like. A Maori, by Jove!,” lie exclaims, examining the
earmark; “u fine harrow, too. I expect they will want
this fellow for the ‘langi’ over old Reliird which is to come
off next week. Somehow I fancy they will have to get
along without him. Why, he can’t be less Hum 2.10 or SOU
pounds, and in grand order for salting.”

Wal’s pleasant anticipations of pork chops and liver and
bacon do not interfere with his immediate official duties
which have been expeditiously and scientifically per’,
formed in the meanwhile. Wiping his blade on the palpi-
tating carcass, lie stands up and listens Tor indications of
Fred's progress below. The music of the dogs is plainly
heard for a minute or two, then the sharp report of Fred’s
Terry, and all is still.

“1 expect Fred has killed him," says he; “so we may as
weil try and haul this fellow down to the flat. I think we
can manage him, Phil."

“We’ll try at any rate," responds his companion; “any-
thing is better thun grinding up here again." bo they
bring the omnipotent and omnipresent flax into operation
again, and harnessing themselves each to a hind leg, slowly
drag the carcass down the hill. It is hard work; they are
tripped up, stuck up, jammed up, in turn; hilt patience
and persWeucy bring them and their freight eventually to
the nearest point of access by a bullock diav. A loud
“cooey," responded to by Fred, shows his direction and
winding along the flat they find him in the Landing Place
Creek wilh a Hue sow of some 200 pouuds wciirlit. wliirli
has fallen a victim to his rifle.

quarters are cut off and slung on the rifles for the imincii
ale use of the dogs at home, the huntiug pack liuvinc re-
galed themselves on the spot.

"We must go back and haul up that barrow, Fred,’’ says
Phil; “Wal and I could'nt manage him alone." “Oh! one
of the Maoris, is he? and a good one, too, if you two
could’nt hang him; serve the lazy beggars right; i'll teach
them to look after their property better."

“By Jove! he w a beauty," exclaims Fred, when they
reach him. “When such a temptation as that i.s thrown in
a man’s way, I don’t suppose he is meant to resist it."

“Its a very comfortable theory under the circumstances
nt any rate,” remarks his cousin, mischievously, “and I
should recommend you to hold on to it till the next time
the Maoris drop across a fat wether of yours in tantalizing
proximity to their ‘pah/ when you can hand it over to
them as the result of years of deep ihoughtiind practice on
your part.” In justice to Fred Morcton, however, it might
be hero stated that he ufterwads made a claim breast to The
owners of the animal, and gave them ample ’utu' in Mic
form of tobacco, flour, sugur, and ten for their lost prop-
erty.

’By Jovel I don’t know what this country would do
without flax,” exclaims Wal, as they gaze in admiration on
the suspended quarry; “they say that green hide and
stringy bark hold Australia together; hut I'll hot the pair
of them don't do so much for her, or do it as cheap as flax
alone does for New Zealand."

“I don’t believe they do,” assents Phil, “and the latter
has, at all events, this advantage, that any man who is anx-
ious to shuffle off this mortnl coil with the least possible
expenditure of cosh, can do so on the. shortest notice by a
judicious utilization of the nearest tree and flax hush,"
with which consolatory reflection, suggested no doubt by
the several suspensions at which lie had assisted during the
day, Phil shouldered his rifle and led the way home.

L. Moon it.

PHANTOM

Fur Forex l amt Stream.

FALLS.

pounds weight, which

“The dogs ran her right down here, and she stuck up in
the creek, he explaius. “I could scarcely get them off
so os to have a safe shot, but I ’potted’ her at last, fair be-
tween the eyes, you see.”

The sow is quickly hauled ont of the creek by the com-
bined forces, and suspended to a suitable bough; her forc-

WE had left Martin’s, and with our guides were fairly
embarked iu our fragile boats upon our long-con-
templated cruise ou the Adirondack lakes. Often as we
had looked forward to this excursion aud pictured to our-
selves the attractions of these scenes, we found the beau-
ties in endless variety of these waters of the wilderness fur
to surpass nil our expectation or imagination. To lie ap-
preciated they most, lie seen, and only those who like our-
selves ou some bright, cool morning have sailed over their
crystal depths or have seen the selling sun flooding llieni
with glory, or at night have watched the truck of the
moon’s silvery light across their rippling surface, can real-
ize the Charms of these gems ol the woods. Soon we
passed the low, wooded shores of the Lower Saranac and
left behind the islands that dot its surface, and entering
the river we followed its circuitous windings into Round
Lake, whose moods are as varying us 'hose of a spoilt
“belle;" for here at any time can a goodly sized tempest he
raised within an hour by a breeze that would hardly more
than ripple the surface of another lake. Crossing the carry
at Bartlett’s, we reached the Upper Saranac, more hcutiii-
ful und very different from its sister we had first traversed.
It will he long before we forget its bold, forest-clad hanks,
or the mountain view which we beheld front tlm upper
end. For its sake we shall forgive the very thorough wet-
ting we received from an inprotnptu thunder shower at.
sundown, especially as it made us appreciate more fully
the excellent fare and accommodations at Carey's.

The next day we crossed the Indian carry, through Stony
Creek ponds, mid soon found our way into the Kiiquelle
River, up which we paddled to Mother Johnson’s in lime
for some of her famous pan cakes It is our conviction
Wiat we do not like Mother Johnson’s so well as Murray
did. This may be owing to the fact that the recollection
of our excellent breakfast had not yet vanished, orJjccuuse
innumerable mosquitoes dined oil us while we performed
that office for the pan cakes, but the probability is that the
fearful carry around the Ruquettc Falls has served 10 dissi-
pate any pleasant recollections of the spot. Over this hill
of rock, mud, and slippery roots “Julia" struggled and stum-
bled fearfully, arriving safely only through the devoir d ef-
forts of Mr. B , while “Belle," albeit unused to such little
rambles, plowed her way steadily, lurching like a tug boat
in a gale of wind. Bu: the worst things have an cud, ami
happily wo came to the end of this carry before it ended
us. Soon we were afloat above the falls, and after awhile
emerging from the river, we came into Long Luke, which
very nearly realizes the geometrical definition of u line,
viz. : “length without breadth or thickness." But all lines
are not so pleasant as this one; for Long Lake, with its
high shores and view of the mountains iu the distance,
might he the place intended by the Psalmist when lie said:
“My lines arc fullcu iu pleasant places;" only it would l.c
desirable to have other means of communication with the
rest of the world than a corduroy road. The highest moufi-
tain iu the vicinity has been re-chr.stened Kenysshall, aim
a celebrated Presbyterian divine, but we would not have h
inferred that the Long Lakers are Presbyterians, for we
found there good Methodists, and quite prone to fall very
cheerfully from grace. Alter breasting the south wind, pi
has been kuowu to blow the other way,) and the miniature
sea raised thereby, eveuing brought us to Long Lake vil
lage, otherwise known as Gaugeville, where mine host
Kellogg Btretclual his house, already full to overflowing,
and made us welcome.

It may he proper to inculicii here that our parly con-
sisted ot three tourists — Mr. I )., a gentleman of uncertain
age, rather tall aud robust, and chiefly distinguished by an
exuberant mustache. He was distracted ou the subject "t
lake and mountain scenery, was fond of fishing, and very
useful in helping his wile across the curries. Julia, the
wife aforesaid, was a represent^ive of altitude without
latitude or longitude. She was remarkable lor her no*"
and her tongue, which realized perpetual motion, neither
liaquette Luke nor Raquolte River being so long a racket
as she could produce. 8 ho was ulso noted as a champion
“sleepisl," aud accomplished the feat of slumbering soundly
a whole night in Alva Dunning’s slmntv while ten dog-
raced over head harking at the owls, who'hooted their re
sponses. Belle was u maiden of a dusky hue, aggravated
by a thorough tanning on the lakes, hut whoso dark linir
and blacker eyes made her complexion fair by contrast
But for the modern stylo of her attire sho might have been
the “Belle of the Mohicans, or other aboriginal tribe, us
the damsel whom Murray saw glide over the falls. She
was remurkuble for her perseverance in crossing the worst

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341

the
ancient
have ns believe,
intom Falls. One

! ' * — —

- nml nirreed very well with Julia, for Julia
°f nwa to do1 all the talking, nml Bello was willing s be
Z d Mr D w! u lawyer, but seemed interested in
se ion title pursuits, for he wits heard at times, especially on
the carries, to talk about damming the lakes. Which of
IK three U the author of this production the reader may

dC0u|C trip might have ended here, so far as lake traveling
was concerned, but for the story of ‘

Julia thought a fiction, by Rev. Romancer Murray, but the
credibility of which tale was indorsed by a very respect-
able gentleman, a fro«,uenter of

whom we all had the highest rcgwd • ? f “ if and ad®

of the occurrence on Forked or Raqnette Lakes, and ad

vised us °hy no means to return without sai.sfy.ng our-
Jdv. s as to the reality of the apparition. Incredulous, In-
deed must have been the person who could disregard
advice of this eloquent tlshermnn, who, like the
mariner,” convinced us of all lie would
and accordingly we pressed on to "ha
day wo spent in a visit to the falls, and on the adjacent
hank devoured our lunch while mosquitoes devoured us,
but no phantom appeared, probably because m daylight it
would not he visible, so we contented ourselves with sur-
veying the rapids ami falls, and selecting the safest way
down in case we had to make that descent of forty feet
and concluded thul the falls was an excellent institution
for making phantoms of those who wen over them Rest-
ing a day, we went on to Forked and Raqnette Lakes.
Here we left hotels behind us, and had either to camp oil
the shore or content ourselves with the limited accommo-
dations of the hermit Alva Dunning’s bark shanty on
Osprey Island, formerly the rendezvous of Murray. This
last we chose, reasoning that If we were at the spot where
SI array hail been we should probably see what Murray
saw. Supper concluded, we took our stations by our blaz-
ing fire near the shore and watched patiently the different
points wherever might be expected to appear the appari-
tion we looked for. Most beautiful and romantic was the
lake by daylight, hut doubly so at night, when its waters
glimmered faintly in the starlight. Well might it have
been the home of the red man, though now the frequenters
of the place

"Are principally while
With nary rod.''

I Surely those horn and reared on its shores must have been
men tall and straight, like the pines on the neighboring
hills, and maidens as lovely as the smaller evergreens that
fringe the shore. And if ever their spirits return to haunt
the 'eat tli, no other place would more likely he the scene
they would revisit.

The night wore on; our watching seemed unavailing; all
had chosen their respective resting places, and the writer
watched alone. Whether sleep overcame my eyes as I
cnzeil entranced on the scene, I cannot say. Suddenly the
dogs changed their harking to a mournful howl, and wliin-
ine, slun loiwny, and around a distant point appeared a
misty figure in a dark canoe. Slowly it glided along the
shore till opposite the smouldering remains of our fire.
Tl,c figure anil boat seemed like that described by Murray.
Her boat just touched the shore, and she raised heiself up,
ami, looking toward the lire, beckoned, when another fig-
ure. seemingly of a young while man, clad in a hunting
garii. emerged troin the gloom and stepped into the canoe,
which iustnnlly moved to the north. Just then a fearful
war-whoop rung from the other direction, and two canoes,
appai cully filled with Indians, dashed into sight ami fol-
lowed the retreating boat, which was now moving swiftly
invay. Far over the lake they rushed, pursuer and pur-
sued in the direction of the river, and disappeared in the
darkness. Lonely I remained spell-bound, unable to move.
No desire to join in that ghostly nocturnal chase animated
me, ami when power of motion returned I forbore to rouse
Uie slumhcrcrs, or even to awaken the guides, hut let them
enjoy the sleep they had hardly earned; nor did I tell them
the story for fear I should be laughed at and accused of
Seeing things in my dreams. I could not hope to overcome
public incredulity when Murray had failed. But I concluded
that tiiis was not a healthy spot for a permanent residence,
ami wondered no longer that the house on the opposite
i point was deserted, and that the hotel below had not been
a success. , , , ...

[ When the morning broke the lake was shrouded in mist,
i ami the guides said: “Alvy has been out jack shooting and
got lost in the fog, and warn’t home yet." I inquired if
they hud heard nothing during the night? They replied
they had heard Alvv shoot both barrels of his gun "to
l oust," und he probably hud some venison. But lie came
B bade without any, ami said lie had uot fired lus gun all
uieht We were further informed that the dogs had been
making a wonderful row in the harking way all night long,
f but how the guides could know all this and snore so steadily
is a conundrum we give up. We three held a council of
war on the subject the next morning, hut did uot take the
guides into our confidence. We decided that Murray s

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For FvrvU and Slrttun,

MANITOBA-No. 2.

phantom had been reinforced; that it was not udvisnble to
make further investigations on the subject at present, and
it was resolved to postpone a further campaign till next
season, when Mr. 1). has promised not to sleep so soundly.
As to whether an apparition really appeared, the writer can
only tell of what was, or seemed to he, visible tolhe writer

whether sleeping or waking, and refer the reader to the
Rev. Mr. Murray as to the probability of its reality. As
soon as the mist rose we paddled away, and the last sound
wc heard as we left Raqnette Lake was the loon s mocking
■laugh. ,

On our return to Long Lake Julia commenced an mves-
I ligation in the use of firearms and the method of their dis-
charge, as the base-hoard of her room will show, , not rc-
p fleeting that it is only a substance which stops a bullet that
is harmed thereby, and a phantom would suffer u<> nicon-
I venience from having a morsel of lead through even the
I most vital part. The corduroy between Long Lake ami
I Scliroon nearly obliterated the recollection of anything so
Kcvnuescciit as a phantom, but with rest has strength ic-
turned, anil a memory of our adventures, uud we have
written as nearly as we can for Mr. N. a dairy of our ex
Bjpericnccs ut Phantom Falls.

Phicventive Aciainst Moths.— A very pleasant perfume
and ulso preventive against moths, may be made of the
following ingredients: Take of cloves, carraway seed,
I nutmeg, mace, cinnamon and touquin beans, of each one
K ounce, then add as much florentine orrisroot as will equa
the other ingredients put together. Grind the whole well
to powder, and put It in little hags among your clothes,
&c. This will unswur.

IN pursuance of my promise in my last paper I will make
a few remarks on buffalo hunting and antelope shoot-
ing in Manitoba. First, for the buffaloes I must remark
that 1 do not speak from personal experience regarding it,
hut I know the country they inhabit so well, and have
heard so much of the sport and so many descriptions of its
various characteristics from half-breed hunters and gentle-
men of the Boundary Survey, who met and killed them in
huge q nudities, that I feel almost ns if I had engaged in n
hunt myself, nml from which, to my disgust, I was debarred
by huving to ride hack with dispatches from Cypress Hills
before we met any last Summer. I have had plenty of pig
sticking in India anil pig hunting in New Zealand (very
different descriptions of sport, these. 1 In New Zealand
you hunt the wild pig with two very heavily-bred hull ter-
riers, (pig dogs they are called;) hut in India the sport is
royal. You there ride down the wild boar, armed simply
with a spear ; and good riding and good lance practice it is,

I say good riding, but mean precious bad, where the “nul-
lahs” are deep and the fissures in the baked earth are wide.
Well, I have hud these, nml kangaroo hunting in Australia
— a silly sport, nml not half as exciting as stock rilling or
driving wild cattle; ami as to fox hunting, the sport of all
sports under the sun, I was entered to It when about ton
years old, and have never missed a season when I have
been in England since.

I make this dissertation principally to explain that,
though I greatly regretted not being able to add buffalo
limiting to the list of my experiences — for itself I do not
regret it one bit — I have no doubt there is a certain amount
of danger about it, the greatest, I should say, from your
horse putting his foot, in a badger hole, when the results
will be probably very disastrous. There was an officer en-
gaged on the boundary service last Summer, not hunling
at all, merely galloping across the prairie, who came to
grief in this way. He wa3 picked up iu an awful condi-
tion, nml was insensible for weeks. It affected his memory
for a long time. There is also a chance of a cow more
savage than the rest singling you out ami pursuing you
with grout assiduity, in which case it is better to fly and
shoot her, if you can, from behind your hack by turning
iu the saddle— a by no means easy feat for an indifferent
horseman, and one which I am pretty confident some of
the men I have seen who have that buffalo would not think
of attempting. There was one case last year where a young
fellow of the boundary party showed considerable pluck
and nerve. He was charged by a buffalo he had wounded,
ami his horse being frightened, refused to move. He threw
himself clear of the saddle and received the charge on foot,
killing the buffalo outright, luckily for himself. I have
seen many half-breed hunters with scars all over their
bodies, which they say were received from buffalo. I am
somewhat skeptical about some of them, but I can say they
are occasionally hurt ami get fractured ribs, but^ none of
the Europeans ever were, except by a few falls. You gallop
along after, or better, with the herd, und if you drop one
you hold on and shoot another and leave the carcass; in
Summer the robes are no good, ns all the hair falls nff. The
meat, as every one knows, is excellent, at any rale to a
prairie appetite. 'J’hc Indian ponies are wonderfully clever
at following, turning with the game, and taking as much
interest as the rider in the chase. They are also very ex-
pert in avoiding the holes, with which the prairie is full;
indeed, in some places it is a perfect net-work of them,
and you would wonder how you could gallop over them.
A pony I had myself gave me an example of their exjiei't-
ness in this respect when I was crossing the prairies. The
little wretch had a trick, of the instant I was throwing my
leg over the saddle, which, as I was loaded up with provi-
sions, mails, &c., was quite ft height to get over — of starting
off the trail as hard as he could put. If it was down a
steep hill so much the better lie liked it. and, os his mouth
was as hard as irou, it took me some minutes to stop him,
while expecting every instant to coine Hying over his ears
from his putting his foot in one of those accursed holes; hut
he never did. If lie had, and stunned, me l should have
been in a hud way, alone ns I was. I don't know that there
is much more to say about this branch of sport, except that
L hope yet to participate in it this Summer, after which I
can loriii a better opinion and give a belter account of it.
1 am sure nothing new can be said except in the way of in-
dividual escapes, hut I am persuaded tin! greatest danger is
not from the buffaloes but the ground you ride over You
can if you choose go after them on fool, but 1 should not
recommend this plan unless there were a good many trees
about. A Snider carbine is about the best weapon on
horseback. The liulf-breeds use shot guns, and throw in
the powder and lead as they gallop along, using no wad.
Their .runs often hurst from this kiml of loading, the
clmn-e sticking in the middle of the barrel; they aro pas-
sionately fond of the sport, and very expert at it; they arc
also good rider- ; like monkeys in one very essential point
viz they can stay on. Of their bauds or knowledge of
pace I should not think there was much to be said.

We will now turn to the antelope. 1 lie best way to in-
sure a good shot is to arouse their curiosity-othcrw.se it is
ditllcult, almost impossible, to get a shot at him. I sav him,
because you would probably select the Jiwk. whojioe per-
haps four or live — I have seen se.vcn-does feeding w h him.
When you first view him, unless you see him standing on
a high peak or in some commanding position, ho is gen -
prallv Iving down— that is, if you come on him over he

ever got at one— at least I ought to have got— I was out
surveying, nml while standing with a flag iu my hnnd
a splendid buck came to within fifty paces of me. uiul kept
going round nml round me. I had not even a revolver. I
was never so mad in iny life; I think I could have hit him
with a stone, but there were no stones cither. Them was
a rifle in a cart about a mile ahead, hut it was always ahead,
as when 1 moved it moved ns I was going to » point, so
there was no fear of my hurling this particular animal,
and I think he knew it, for he stuyed about hulf so hour
nml then trotted quietly away, leaving mo to chew the cud
of bitter disappointment. It is hard work, hut to the truo
sportsman this should be nothing If his efforts aio success-
ful, and, indeed, there is something particularly gratifying
in successfully stalking one of these peaceful animal* — a
greater gratification, I was going to say, even than In bag-
ging a black buck iu India, hut I cannot quite say that,
still there is, in one sense, for the black buck is much easier
to get at end much more easy to find. I have known a
brother officer of mine to kill seven on tho line of inarch In
one day. We were allowed to full out, or rather stop be-
hind, and shoot on the march — ut least those officers not re-
quired with their troops or companies, one being generally
sufficient when a regiment was peacefully traveling from ono
station to another, as they did in those happy days. Now
the whole country is intersected with railways, and the sol-
diers of her Britannic Majesty know nothing of tho glori-
ous sport and jollity of the dear old marching days. With
these remarks I will conclude this paper. 1 may some day
have a few more lines to write about the “great lone land,
as Capt. Butler very aptly calls those boundless prairies
stretching far away to the west and tho selling suu.

DEER CHASE

AT BLOOMING
PARK.

GROVE

BumntU ' '^rh'is' i s^ext re'mu ly an n oy i n g , butVf. on the other
1 1 am! in one of Ids halts you enu arrest his ultention the
whole of his inquiring nature is aroused, and he determines
Tl all risks to satisfy his curiosity. To arouse this curiosity
you imiv turn a somersault, lie on your buck uud elevate
JourTI, in the air. or a variety Of things very undignified
an.l to the last degree fatiguing, but 1 think the best plan
is to provide yoi«elf with a small red flag fastened to a
nole PIt is not always easy to procure a slick when yo
wu.it one on the prairie, and if you He .1 to your rifle you
mus lower U when you fire. Well, plant the flag m the
eround and He down beside it; the chances are he will
gradually draw nearer until you chance a shot. Y ou should
he careful to get him well in range, for more than one you
will never get if you miss, and belore the smoke is cleared
of sight. Tho to, root .hot I

I! i.oo mi n<* G.iovs, Pike Co,, Pa., Jnly 6th, 18T5.

KniTOll FiUIMT AND STREAM'.—

Tlio headquarters of tho Blooming Grovo Park Association arc now
well putroulxcd by members mid Unit families and Invited guests— arri-
vals for tho week Just ended helm; seventeen. Tho house was uever *o
well kepi, or the general arrangements so satisfactory. Theta are four
hoot* on the lake near liy, ono of 'hem being nt’OmijUlt Harm gal sneak
boat. Tho Croquet ground Is well puironlzed by tho ladles, while ibe
boss with which tho lake wus siockod four years ago liavo multiplied suf-
ficiently to Insure sport at anv time, ami keep tbu table supplied with
llsh. The trout fishing In May was excellent hut tho streams are now
very low, nud few ll*h to bo hud. Doer swarm In the woods, nml are fre-
quently seen . Ouo got Into tho lake oa Friday, and was raptured aJlvo
by your edltor-ln chief, Mr. llallock, In one boat, nml Augustus Wsl-
bridge, of Ilrooklyn, in another, after an exciting and fatiguing chaso of
one hour and twenty minutes. Both pursuers and pursued showed good
“stuying" powers, and dozens of attempts by the dr or to reach the short)
were frustrated Iu u masterly manner, the animal being repeatedly hoarled
oil mid liirncd toward tho centre of the lake. It was finally cornered
between the two boat*, when a noo-o was thrown over Its head and draw, a
tight enough to hold, hut not to choUo. Thus secured, the deer drew
the boat to which It was fastened several rods At last It was gotten
alongside, its legs wore tied, and It was hoisted Into the boat, wtiuro It
gave a despairing bleat and died, evidently from fright. Thu chaso was
wuichcd and encouraged by thu guests and employees who llnud tho
shore. In Mr. Bullock's boat was tho Uev. Joseph T. Duryeu. 1> D., of
Brooklyn, who Is now spending his Summer vocalleu at tho Park, and
who must come In for hie eharo of tho Inurcls, If uny, thut belong to tho
achievement.

It has long been n cherished plan of Mr F S. Giles, llio first President
of rite association, lo drive t deer Into the lake with dsgs and capture
them in tire manner above described, with u view to turn them loose Into
the breeding park in mile square enclosed) for breeding purposes This
is the first attempt, however, that has beou mode, mid the result would
seem lo indicate that It is impracticable, as the nervous reimlblliiy of
these gentle creatures Is so uento that they will die from fright. Tho
experiment will uot, therefore, probably ho repeated. The creature
thus untimely taken off was a dry doe, In tplondid condition, uud weighed
150 pounds. Its fle*h was much relished by the guests, to soma of whom
venison was a novelty. lam surprised at llio number of deer to this
vicinity, and attribute It lo tho fuct that they must bo constantly escap-
ing through llio wires of tho breeding park, und perhaps to thu close sea-
son being generally respected. I believe It is easier lo start a deer here
than in nr.y purt of the Adirondack*, nml their weight Is immense, sonro
reaching 230 pounds A lurgo number of fawns hovo been dropped thu
ymr within the enclosure, Including several from the pet deer which
keop constantly around the gamekeeper's lodge, and afford no little In-
terest to visitors. Iii two years more, with- tho natural Increase, the en-
closure will have i» be enlarged, nr the surplusage tie let loose or killed,
us they were two years ago in Druid IIlll Park. Baltimore.

Yesterday Itev Dr Duryeu oOlclated ut Sunday services In the grant
parlors of tho club house, and the grand piano added lo the effect of tho
music, which was very good, lire doctor himself being a proflcleut well
known . This morning a pnrty have guno to the meadows for woodcock,
which have been abundant tier.- in past years, though none were shot or
seen ln*l year. On Tuesday a largo party go to Lake Laura to camp for
three day#. This Inko Is well stocked with bass and pickerel, nml there
are hundred* of acres of whortleberries In the vicinity, now rapidly turn-
ing blue. John Avery, the President, Is at the Purk with his family

PENMAN.

University of Virginia.—' The following letter cumo a
day too late for publication in our last issue; it treats now
of the fulfillment, not of events anticipated, so that it is
perhaps uone the less interesting: —

CtiAiu.oTTK.vnxE, Vo., Juno SUth, 1876.
Koitob Forest and Stream:—

Preparations for the semi-centennial of the Dnlvorstiy still go on. In
spile of the heat and red dust, which latter la an AIbcmarlo peculiarity
at lht» season. Alumni arrive by every train, and every Slat.. in tho
Union wilt probably bo represented. There Is much enthusiasm among
ll„- Old students, and some delegations have fathers und their suns, both
actuated by the same love for. ho "old U V " Ills more Inu-nellog
than profitable to watch Hi- behavior of alumni of different year's honor
-irou of the past, with crow's feet and wrinkle*, und heroes of the Thru
worshippers at tho shrine of Uio Now Tho program....' commenced last
Sunday evening with Dr. Brantley's sermon before Ibe \ M C. A. or

ri.e University To-day (Monday. 28th) the Board of Visitors moot, and
the Washington Literary Society ha- Its celebration. Tuesday. 20th.
society of Alumni meet; address by B J. Barbour. President, uud a
Ijocm by I> U. Lucas. In tho evening tlio semi ecnlenuiul address, by
K M T linn (or, after tho magazine modal lias ..eon delivered. Thurs-
day jnly ft. i» Hie Public Day. when diplomas, etc., are conferred.
(!eu John N. Preston, of South Carolina, delivers Hu- oration, and the
luroni dinner, the event of the schedule. ...curs in tin- public hall. At
night there Is a ball for those young enough nr unwearied by ibe labors
of preceding days. No school In the world ho* more thoroughly lire
love nml devotion of her *or* than onr old literary mother, the University
of Virginia- l’rof Long and others In Kughuid. former profe-sors In
tho University, have been Invited to attend. I Oud some trout anglers
here and shall pump llwin a UlUu a* lo localities and so forth. T.W,

342

FOREST AND STREAM

&isll Culture.

U. 8. Fishkrt Commission.— We have a long and inter-
esting letter from our last Summer’s correspondent,
"Piseco." describing Wood’s Hole, in the Cape Cod coun-
try, where the United States Fishery Commission under
Prof. Baird, are to have their headquarters this year. It
will appear in our next issue. The following extract is
pertinent to the present date-.—

"The Commission have not all arrived vet, but those
who are here are already hard at work. We are having
aquariums prepared, to be supplied with sea water from a
large tank, which will be kept filled by windmill power.

"Profs. Baird, Hyatt, Goode, Bean, Dr. Farlow, Mr.
Rockwell, secretary, and Messrs. Dana, Taylor, aud Nilson,
stenographers, are here, aud others are daily expected.
Another week will, I think, see the fish house, laboratory,
and aquarium finished, and we hope for a Summer of in-
teresting results. PisECO."

— Last year the State Fish Commissioners of New Jersey,
stocked Lake Hopatcong with a quantity of salmon spawn
and young salmon, thus sowing the seed from which great
results are anticipated by the W&ltonians who make this
lake their objective point. Ffteen hundred young trout
have been deposited in the pond belonging to the Lakeview
House, and the prospects are for a bountiful fish supply in
the near future.

Black Bass. — The Delaware River in the vicinity of
New Hope is said to be full of black bass of fair size, aud
the fishing excellent. Persons desirous of stocking ponds
can obtain a supply of these fish of any size, from one to
three pounds, by addressing Mr. James B. Thompson, New
Hope, Pa.

— J- M. Milner, of Washington, United States Fish Com-
missioner, and Fish Commissioner Brackett, arrived at
Holyoke on Thursday of last week, and began at once the
work of securing shad spawn. They intend to leave one-
half of the young shad for deposits in the Connecticut
Rivers, and others in this Stale, if desired, and the re-
mainder will probably be placed in Western States, in the
head waters of streams that empty into the Gulf of Mexico.

— The $10,000 fishway at South Hadley Falls is pro-
nounced a complete failure. Not a shad has gone over it
this season, and efforts to improve it have been futile.

THE ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENT, AND PRO-
GESS OF FISH CULTURE.

BY ICHTHYOS. — MEMBER ONE.

FROM the most accurate information gleaned from the
distam past, we are forced to adopt the conclusion
tn»t fish culture is an art of very ancient application.
Reasoning in connection with the wants of our race, in its
primitive condition, in the absence of an enlightened agri-
culture, we are led to believe that fish as a food resource,
were used at an early period. Indeed, the vocation of
fishermen was adopted by many of the Hebrews, some of
whom became distinguished in the earliest efforts to estab-
lish chrisiianity. And from this fact, we reason, that a
large amount of food of those ancient people was taken
from the waters ot Judea. The Old Testament writers,
too, make frequent allusions to fish-gates, which possibly
were methods by which fish were caught for domestic and
commercial purposes. We have positive proof that they
bad numerous methods of capturing fish for food, aD<J
that a large part of the sustenance of the human family at
an early period of time, was obtained from the water area
of the globe. Oriental scholars have discovered in the
writings of the Chinese historians, authentic accounts of
the practice of the art of fish culture, by that nation 4,000
years ago. It is a fact well authenticated, that fish hutch
ing has been practiced in that country, from the earliest
period of the world’s history, for mention is made by their
oldest writers, and it is also affirmed by savants conversant
with the literature of China, that in the works of Fo-bi,
who flourished according to the calculations of the best
authorities 2,100 B. C., mention is made of laws regulating
the time at which spawn should be taken.

Tlie earliest notice of Chinese pisciculture by Europeans
to be found in history, is that of Father Duhalde, a Jesuit
Missionary, who, in 1735, published at Paris a history of
the Chiuese Empire, tn which he states that "at a certain
season of the year an immense number of merchants resort
to the banks of the Yaug-tse-Kiang, for the purpose of
purchasing spawn. In the month of May the couutry peo-
ple place across the current of the river, 'mats and hurdles
extending for a distance of nine or ten leagues- leaving
only an opening sufficiently wide for the passage of vessels'!
The fish spawn, in its passage down the river, is caught
upon these hurdles; it is removed, placed in vessels of
water, and sold at once to the merchants who transport it
to vurious part of the Empire for re-stocking rivers ’’
Modern travelers corroborate the observations of the Mis-
sionary, and speak of impregnated spawn as a common
article of commerce throughout that vast Empire "The
eggs thus obtained are in the same condition.” says Dr J
H. tilack in his work on Trout Culture, "as those taken by
the Ainsworth or Collins spawning race, being naturally im-
pregnated; and, strange to gay, this naturally-impregnated
trout spawn is now sold at much higher prices than that
taken by band," though in his experience the propor-
tion of properly impregnated eggs is much greater bv the
latter process,

1 lie Missionary Hue, a Catholic prelate, who visile that
Empire in 1344, under holy orders, confirms the statement
of Duhalde, regarding the fisheries of China— their extent
»nd productions. We also learn from more recent travelers
that the ichihyic fauna of that country is remarakbly rich
lor besides all the varities kuowu to North America, there
are several species of superior fish, unknown in other por-
tions of the globe. It would he impossible to SIlKliiin I lip

The Romans were probably not familiar with the artificial
means of impregnating and lintching ova, or some account
of it would have been transmitted to us; vet they had en-
ormous piscines— fish ponds, where fish multiplied natur-
ally, and from which their tables were supplied with fine
food fish. That these fish preserves were enormous, may
be gather from the fact that the price paid for contents,
in one case, that of Lucullus, amounted to 4,000,000 sester-
ces, equal to $160,000. showing conclusively that fish cul-
ture, it not fish breeding, had at the period of the Empire
and Republic, attained gigautic proportions. Rome at the
acme of her power had a vast population, and it is but fair
to infer that she made the most of food resources, and that
the rivers and waters of the Empire contributed largely to
sustain her millions of people, if we had space we might
draw from Columella, whose work is full of facts regard-
ing rural industries. Thus, fish culture, in a rude form
has been practiced since the early ages of the world, quite
commensurate, probably with its civilization. While the
Rornaus, between the taking of Carthage, and the reign of
Vespasian, contracted a perfect passion for fish culture, in
which for the gratification of their tastes, fabulous sums of
money were expended, j’et, the interval of time which sep-
arates the Roman Empire from the Eighteenth Century
affords us no particular evidence of nnj important progress
in the art of fish culture,— in the husbandry of the waters.
The progress made by the Romaus, was barely maintained
during the middle ages, save that the fishermun’s art was
kept alive, perhaps, ^lightly extended, and perfected in
Italy and in France, where’ fish preserves became quite
numerous.

Towards the end of the middle ages, it appears, however,
that new methods were sought for, with a view to the in-
crease of the production of fish. Dr. Slack says, "the
numerous fasts imposed upon monks during the middle
ages by the Roman Catholic Church, rendered an ample
supply of fish food an article of paramount import-
ance to the monastic fraternity, and to them we
we would naturally look for any improvement in the art
fish culture. While bunting among the musty archives of
the Abbey of Reoine, Baron Mongaudray accidentally dis-
covered that a monk of that religions establishment, yclept
Dotn Piuchou, during the fourteenth century, practiced a
method of hatching, at least similar to those still pursued
in some of our largest trout farms. How the reverend
father obtained and treated his spawn is unfortunately not
recorded; but obtain them he did, and no doubt received
the blessing of his confreres for the welcome additions to
their larder. To D0111 Pinchon must be ascribed the honor
of the invention of the first hatching box. For three cen-
turies more, the art remained in the status reached by the
Monk. In 1761, Charles Frederic Lund, of Lin Koeping,
Sweden, having noticed the spawning of fishes in Lake
Koken, prepared a large, wide, shullow box in which,
after covering the bottom with brush, he placed male and
female curp, during the spawning season. As soon as the
spawn was deposited, the parents were removed and the
eggs protected from the attack of enemies. This process
is still practiced with success in various portions of the
continent. Spallanzani, an eminent Italian naturalist, per-
formed for the first time the operation of artificial im-
pregnation, not with fishes but with frogs; yet the fact was
established, and practical beuefit was derived from his ex-
periment. Drifting along in the current of events, no real
impulse as yet had been given to fish culture. Like all
great movements and inventions, the master baud had not
yet given the finishing touch to an art which had been
struggling for 4,000 years for a widor sphere of usefulness,
for a more general recognition.

To be Continued.

M‘dtiral gjintorp.

—The Sanderson (Fla.) News of the 14th June says-.— "A
gentlemau of this place informs us that last week, while
fishing in the south prong of St. Mary’s River, six miles
from town, he found a kind of island In the swamp, con-
taining about ten acres, covered with a dense growth of
small timber. On every branch of these trees he found
from one to five bird’s nests. He saw an innumerable
quantity of eggs, besides myriads of young birds of every
kind belonging to this latitude, llo fired his gun sev-
eral times, and a dark cloud of the parent birdB each time
would rise up from the swamp, circle around in the air,
and alight again among their nests."

THE WILD

For FortM and -Stnam.
MOUNTAIN GOAT.

impossible to sustain the

vast population of the Empire, amounting in the aggregate
to m to Uuu. 400,000,0*, weri U not to, lbe welKtocES
fishery of the country, sustained and controlled by string-

The Habits of Black Bass. — They pair and spawn in
May, make their nests on beds of course sand or gravel, in
from four to six feet of water, by fanning the pebbles
clean and smooth with their fins ana tails, and then doposil
their eggs. Two or three weeks, accordiag to the tempera-
ture of the water, elapse before the eggs hatch. The
hatching is almost instantaneous, the young comiug out a
perfect fish about half an inch long. After hatching, the
young remain several days over the spawning beds, while
the old ones keep close by to protect them. Iu about a
week the young scatter, mostly into deep water, and are
not seen again until Seplemoer, when they come in shore,
having grown about two inches in length. If well supplied
with food, they grow about four inches the first season.
When two years old they reach a pound in weight, and
after that grow about a pound each year, until they weigh
six or eight pounds .

PROPAGATING BLACK BASS.

ehery
Cut Lw«.

_ Guelph, Ontario, June 28tU. 167G

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The members of tlio Guelph Protective Association being anxious to
restock the stream* in this district with black buss, recently made nn at-
tempt to transport a quantity of the earae from Lake Huron here. 1 re-
gret to eay that the attempt was unsuccessful, those having charge
being unable lo keep the fish alive In the barrels of water provided for
ttielr transportation. 1 am therefore Instructed by the association to usk
through the medium of your columns If any of your readers will lie good
enough to give their experience or recommendations for the transporta-
tion of live ba*s; also *> to the mode to be adopted, aud the same with
regard to spawn; Bleo us to whether they consider laying down live fish
or spawn the most advisable proceeding. I have the honor to be dear
sir, your most ooedlent servant, (J. Acton Burrows,

Secretary Guelph Flab Protective Association.

Ans. No attempts arc made to 6toek lukes and oilier
waters with spawn of black bass. Knowledge of the hab-
its of this fish does not yet extend so far as to warrant any
bucccss iu the endeavor. Grown fish are always employed
and failure is seldom recorded. We ourselves placed a
hundred Lake Erie bass in our private preserve at Bloom-
ing Grove Park, Pa., four years ago, and the returns now
afford excellent nngling. Similar success is recorded in all
quarters. The black baas is very easily propagated, and
its increase is so rapid that some fish cultures like Fred
Malber (now one of the U. 8. Fishery Commission) strenu-
ously oppose its introduction into new waters. With re-
gard to transportation, most instructive papers by best
thorities have appeared in Forest and Stream and
have taken pleasure to forward lo you the following imiu"
hers containing several columns of information on this
subject, with illustrations: Jun. 21st; Feb. 4th and

April 1st, 15th, and 22d, all for the year 1875

mi-

we

ONE of the most interesting animals on this continent
is the so-called goat which frequents the Rocky,
Cascade, and Sierra Nevada Mountains, and about whose
nimbleness, daring, vigilance, caution, and leaping powers
hunters tell the most marvelous stories. This animal,
which is kuown as the Aploeeru » Montan u», belongs to the
antelope as much as to the gout family, so that It is iu
reality a goat-antelope; for, although its horns are placed
iu the head in the manner peculiar to the capridae, yet they
are hollow, like those of the eavicomia animals — that is
those having hollow horns. In height, beard, and form of
face it resembles somewhat the chamois, but the latter is
on the whole, the more graceful in outline. Of the hollow-
horned quadrupeds there are but two representatives on
this continent, aud they arc those mentioned. The great
difference between the two speci,e9 seems to be more jn
habitat and the character of jfhau in aught else.

The goat frequents the most inaccessible mountains, and
loves the alpine region with its towering crags, tender herb-
age, and fields of snow, where it is safe from all enemies
while the antelope makes its habitat on the high, rolling
plateaus, where it can watch its foes and escape them by
its speed. The former depends on its nimbleness in leap-
ing from crag to crag, or hurling itself into an abyss, In
avoiding the machinations of euemiea, and the latter de-
pends entirely on its fleetness. The covering of both ani-
mals differs much in density and character. That of the
goat is long, white, aud intermingled with soft, silken
hairs, while that of the antelope is short, thick, coarse, and
tubular. The shorter hairs ol the former, which lie close
to the flesh, have a fleecy appearance, and could appar-
ently be used for manufacturing purposes, ns they are fine,
flexible, and tenacious. The visage is that of the regular
capridfiB family, but the body is more akin to that of the
sheep in form. The horns are short, conical, black in
color, slightly recurved ut the outer end, and have 11 ring
around the base. The face is rather long, und decorated
with a white, pendunt heard; the nose is ovine; there is no
tear-bug and no muffle; hence it has no affinity for the deer
family, though closely allied to oue of the species. Its
home is among the snowy pinnacles where naught grows
but mosses, lichens, a few alpine shrubs, aud a meagre
growth of the twisted, weather beaten bluek pine. Amid
the rocky dells it is secure from tdl foes except man and
even he seldom enjoys the satisfaction of killing one.

In the Cascade range it reaches an altitude of from 8,000
to 14,000 feet in Summer— a height that would cuuse a man
much difficulty to clamber, owing to the rarity of the at-
mosphere. At this altitude the range is one mass of pieci-
pices, owing to its volcanic origin, Imt the goat seems to
have no fear of them, for it nimbly leaps from crag 10 ora-*
without the least hesitation. When pursued or startled by
a liuuler a male leads the flock, and he is followed by the
females and the young, und the adults close the rear. They
will then bound from rock to rock with a rapidity almost
inconceivable, anti fly over chasms broad enough uppar
entlv to check anything else than a winged iinimal. W lieu
hard pressed they leap down a precipice, and generally
escape uninjured. I have heard old hunters and Indians
say that they strike on their horns when they hurl them-
selves downward, and then rebound to their feet uninjured,
owing to the strength aud elasticity or these appendages
They tell marvelous anecdotes of the distance the animals
will jump and escape injury, but how much is fact I could
not decide, not having seen any such leaps made us I have
heard Ninuods mention. It is said that the animal will
face deutlt rather than be captured bv man; for when
wounded it has been known to hurl itself headlong into a
cafton rather than uwuit its fate. The young are brought
forth in June, and as soon as they arc able to clumber their
parents lead them among the lender herbage of the higher
peaks. The altitude at which the kids are born averages
about 0,000 feet above the level of the sen, but they are
scarcely ever found so low as this in the Summer and
Autumn. This animal is gregarious, like its European con-
geners, Imt one rarely sees over a dozen together. The
flocks are usually less than this, although I havo occasion-
ally seen a few that numbered from twenty to fifty.

1 he Indians formerly hunted this animal quite generally,
as they used the flesh and the fleece, the first lor food the
latter for clothing. The introduction of colton goods by
traders, und the turnisldng of rations by the Government
has, however, suppressed the necessity for their pursuing
it any longer except as u plensurc, hence it is more abun
tlunt at present limn it luu* been nt any time since the dl9'
covery of the country. The flesh of the kid is tender and
dry, with a rank taste, hut that of the parents Is rather
tough, und anything but agreeable. The Indians of the
Northwest, to whom It is known as the hya» moo to, do not
consider it even palutable, hut a tribe in Wyoming prize it
above all wild meats, Sevorul kids havo been captured by
hunters in Montana, aud, when well-cared for, lived to
quite an old Hge. They ure readily tamed by kindness, aud
equal In miachlevouHuoss, and excel in nimbleness, the do-
mestic variety. Those that I buw in Deer Lodge, Montana,
were a pure white, and although only eighloun months oldj

forest and stream.

exceeded an ordinary sheep in size. From the hardy habits
of .this animal, its vivacity, dense conting, and the fine,
woolly character of the inner covering, which equals that
of the most famous breeds of the Orient, it would seem
that crossing it with the delicate cashmere and Angora
goats would prove a valuable experiment, as the progeny
would be hardier, bettor able to shift for itself, less fas-
tidious in its choice of herbage, nnd produce a softer fleece
than the pure breeds do. No person has yet tried the ex-
periment; for where the wild species prevails the domestic
is unknown. Should it be made, and the cross should
prove a good fleece-bearing animal, the foothills nnd moun-
tains of the interior plateaus lying between the Itocky
Mountains and the Pacific Ocean could then be utilized, as
they are well adapted as a pasturage for such flocks. Even
if the wild animal were domesticated it seems plausible to
suppose that the care bestowed upon it would be repaid by
the price its coating would bring, and that it could sup-
plant imported breeds, which require much attention to
make them profitable. J. M. Murphy.

Naturalists in Trouble.—' The Florida Agriculturist

says:—

“A naturalist from Detroit, Mich., and another from
Germany, were recently arrested at Cedar Keys, charged
with violating the act of the Legislature relative to killing
and transporting game beyond the limits of the State.
Upon examination it was found that they had onlv been
engaged in making a collection of bugs and flies, anil were
released, but not until they had been put to much trouble."

We are glad to see that the Florida people are interested
in preserving the game laws, and commend them for their
vigilance. Discretion, however, should be used, and no
dircrimination be made between outsiders and those to the
manner born, including the negroes.

— One of Howes & Cushing's lionesses gave birth to two
fine cubs in St. John, N. B., on June l?tb. Thev passed
them around and allowed the audience to inspect them.

EMBALMING vs. MOUNTING.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Jane 80th, 1876.

Bditoii Forest and Stream

In your Issue of Jane 17th, 1876, Mr. Batty, In reply to my article on
embalming, no doobi is sincere In presenting what he supposes to be
substantial ubjecdonsto the art. He is no doubt a skillful taxidermist,
but I am led to bellovc, judging from his criticisms of the embalming
art. that his experience has been very limited, at least In the art as dis-
covered, perfected, and taught at my hand; and In answer I will endeavor
to lie hrief First. I never remove birds’ eyes from the outside. Second,

I do not use solid substances to compensate shrinkage. Third, I make
but one Incision in the sklu (in place of perforating, as he supposes), and
therefore do not make nsc of the frlondly hairs of long coated animals
to cover stitches Fourth, I can rotnove or prepare the eyes of an owl
in one half the time usually occupied, and not stretch or disfigure the
eyelids. Fifth, Mr Batty says there is but one way to compensate
shrinkage ; in that he is mistaken. Sixth, he can see some of the muz-
zles of rumiuata in my collection at Grand Rapids, Michigan, which
have received special compliment, frequently by skillful taxidermists.
Mr Batty says be cannot see how an cmbalmer can fasten a specimen In
the required po-uton without wires. I say. In answer, I don’t wonder at
that, as I always do nee wires or rods, and I certainly can t expect him to
fully see or understand what he has not seen, which makes his criticisms
the more Inexcusable I say 1 can embalm a bltd In one half the time it
takes me to skin and stuff one, and so can any other taxidermist who
understands my method, and it always makes a finer specimen. I have
raouniod many hundreds of birds by both arts, and understand fully what
it is to mount birds of prey with or without wings extended. Mr. Batty
says he thinks I may be easily beaten by four of your correspondents.
This may be true. However, It always affords mo pleasure to meet my
brother taxidermists either in friendly controversy or in test of skill, and
I shall be gLd to meet him some time under favored circumstances. I
agree fully with Mr. Batty on one point, aud that is, that taxidermy is
founded on scientific and mechanical principles, and I am happy to add
that embalming Is classed under the same head. As I have neither per-
mission or inclination to teach the embalming art In these columns, I
will conclude my remarks on the subject by kiudly thankiug the editor
of Forest and Stream for his indulgence in publishing what prob-
ably interests a limited few of his many readers. I have written a book
ou the eubjuct, however, which 1 hope soon to publish. E. II. Crane.

BLACK SQUIRRELS IN ILLINOIS.

Washington, D. C., Juno 26th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

A paragraph copied into your journal of Juno 10th. from the Farmlng-
tou till ) JVeuw, wherein It was statjd lhata black squirrel was never seen
In Illinois -menulug, of course, in the forests— brought out from Massa-
chusetts two gentlemen who seem to discredit that unfortunate state-
ment. One of them stales thut thirty years aco such squirrels abounded
in the woods of Northern Illinois, and the other advises the editor of the
paper aforesaid to take a trip to Waukegan, Illinois, claiming thut he
would there find the black squirrel more pionty than he is aware of.

1 was born at Waukegan, and since I first became able to carry a gun
have been thoroughly aequatuted with all the woods of Northern Illi-
nois. Since 1865 1 have considered myself a sportsman, and having
hunted that Stato from its northern to its southern boundary, will state
that I have never therein ever seen or heard of a black squirrel in Its natu-
ral state. It is a fact that they were found there, quite rarely, as far
back as thirty years ago, hut never, so far as I have been able to learn by
actunl inquiry, in the nbuodaucc that the Massachusetts gentlemen would
seem to Imagine, and should the editor of the News take the advised trip
It would be Mr. Stone who wo.:ld have to acknowledge himself at error in
his woodcraft. Gukdob.

CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE.

Department op Public Parks, I
New Your, July 4, 1875. f

Animals rccelvod at Central Park Menagerie for the week ending July
4th, 1876:—

One White-throated Capuchin, Cebus fiypoltucu* . Preseuted by Mrs.
Qco. Bailnr.

One Malbronck Monkey, Chlorooebu* cynosurut. Ilab. West Africa.
One Capyburo, HydroeJuerus eapybara. Ilab. South America.

One Roebuck, Capreolut caprra. Hub. Europe.

BRED IN TUB MBNACIBUIE.

One Black Wolf, Cants occldtnUUU, Vor. ater.

One Cygnet, Cyqnus olor

Three Pea Fowl, Paoo cHstaius. W. A. Conklin, Director.

GRASSHOPPERS AND POTATO BUGS.

A LTHOUGH the reports received of the ravages of
ax grasshoppers appear, upon investigation, to have
been grossly exaggerated, yet the truth is bad enough, and
sufficient to excite our warmest sympathy for the farmers
who have been so afflicted. It seems rather strange that
they do not disappear as rapidly as they come, as tradition
and experience elsewhere would lead us to expect. In
the western counties of Missouri, not withstanding the
plague, it is reported that fully fifty per cent, more land
will he cultivated this year than last, and that in spite of
the ‘’hoppers," an average crop of all grain save wheat
will be harvested. Iu fact, it seems that while in some
places the destruction of vegetation has been enormous
there is but very slight prospect of the people of Missouri
requiring any assistance.

Our sympathy is now excited for the farmers of Long
Island, in whoso potato patches that terrible pest, the Col-
orado potato bug, or beetle, has made his appearance. In
Kings county the "spud" is cultivated to a large extent,
and the later varieties appear likely to suffer. The ear-
lier kinds are now in flower, and although the plants in
many localities are covered with the insects and their lar-
va, l he potatoes will be saved. The rapidity of growth of
this "bug" is remarkable; in a week he is a grandfather.
The edicts of the various European Governments in for-
bidding the importation of American potatoes, though
seemingly harsh, were yet founded in wisdom. The ap-
pearance of this plague in Ireland would be productive of
almost as much suffering as that during the great famine.
The recuperative powers of the American people are
strongly brought out, when they meet and conquer such
visitations as the grasshoppers and potato bugs, whereby
other nations would be prostrated and weakened for a long
series of years.

The Use of Toads. — The Journal dcs Connaissances Medi-
cates states that the French horticulturists have followed
the example of the English ones, aud peopled their gardens
with toads. These reptiles are determined enemies of all
kinds of snails and slugs, which, it is well known, can in
a single night destroy a vast quantity of lettuce, carrots
asparagus, Ac. In Paris toads are sold at the rate of
fifty cents a dozen. The dealers in this.uniuviling article
keep it in large tubs, into which they plunge their bare
hands and arms, without any fear of the poisonous bite
to winch they are supposed to expose themselves. Toads
are also kepi iu vineyards, where they devour during the
night millions of insects that escape the pursuit of noctur-
nul birds.

fennel.

Tomato Trellises. — The cheapest Hnd most convenient
trellis for tomatoes is to make a four square frame for
every hill, of four pieces of hard wood, two feet long and
one inch square, for the four corner posts. Let three
pieces of lath, each one foot long, be nailed on each side;
such trellises will cost only a few ceuts each, and they
will save four times their cost in tomatoes. Let such a
trellis be placed over each hill before the plant hits be-nin
to bend sideways, then the fruit will be kept off the ground.
If made of durable timber, and carefully stored during
Winter in a pile on one side of the field, this kind of a
trellis will last half a score of years or more, especially if
they are dipped in a kettle of coal tar before they are-
placed over the tomato hills.

Time to Cut Grass. — The hay crop, according to the
last census, cannot be estimated at less than $400,000,000.
and this immense aggregate shows the importance of hus-
band mg the great resources in the best manner. We shall
not overstate the fact if we say that twentv-flve per cent,
of the hay crop is lost by late cutting. Nature, in her ef-
forts to perfect the seeds in all our ceral graius aud grasses,
accomplishes this at the expense of the nutriment contain-
ed in the stalk. In fact, it may be assumed as true, that at
the time of blossoming, the stalk contains all the nutri-
ment which the seed and stalk contain after ripening; ami
therefore, that nothing has been gaiued by ullowing the
seed to ripen, unless iu the case of cereal grains which are
most valuable for their seed. As the seed ripeus, the solu-
ble food constituents are taken from the stalk to perfect
the seed. Chemical analysis has shown that clover before
blossoming contained only twenty-eight per cent, of insolu-
ble woody fiber, but immediately after blossoming, forty-
three per cent, of insoluble fiber. All experiments tend to
show that our grass crops, iuteoded for fodder, should be
cut and cured into hay before nature has commenced the
formation of seed. Therefore, the proper time tor cutting
grass for hay is at the commencement of blossoming.
There is more sap iu it, at this time, and, consequently re-

rrJX L°m9 PocLTnT awd Dog Show. — We are in
elpt of letters from the managers of the Grand Poultry

inTatr? D°gShow’ to be held at the Exposition Build-
ing atChicogo from the 20-h to the 28th January next.

Uborri ev1UnlT 8t,iD°Win preParal,on- "HI he the most
liberal ever offered at any similar exhibition, and with the

nencndttHd/Ti,i,ief f°r U lar*° 8h™’ “ * confidently ox
pectid that the exhibition will be the largest Cver held In

D^mTh' rTiie JU'lgeS 9e,ecled the Bench Show are F
Kv and W °n IOWa’ Arn0,d Maysvllle.

Str'eIm 6 ' (thB “S<luire’,’)«f Forest and

n L1tJ,CK-~Mr’ 3‘ Westcott. of Philadelphia, ha.
had.hem^foriunetoloHe by dislemper a very valuable
pup from Fa'ry, by Pr.de of the Border, and his Gllder-

sleeve bitch, which had been served by Pride of the Bor-
der, dted while giving birth to a litter of pups. Two of
UIC pups were saved, however, and are doing well.

—We regret to hear that our centennial friend and broth-
er sportsman, Dr. D. C. Estes, of Lake City Minn has
just lost by distemper a valuable English pointer, named
Uuteo. He was considered one of the finest yearling
pupa in that part of the country.

TRUE COLORS IN

For Fortst and Slroam.

SETTERS.

-The fly eoason la near at hand, and careful housekeeper* nro taking
measures u> prevent pictures, frame*. etc, .from being . • ... . . - ‘d

over, • 1 • • "

quires more curing; but each ton of cured hay is worth at
least, twenty-live per cent, more, as nutrimeut for stock,
than after the seed forms.

Hay is also injured by beiug too much exposed to the
rays of the sun. This causes the volatile arotua to escape,
ami also dissipates much of the coloring matter, as may be
seen by the bleaching, and also by feeding lo milch cows,
from which the milk and butter will be liglu-colored.
Here comes in the value of the hay-cap, which protects
the hay cock from the rays of the suu, and allows it to
cure with the flue green color preserved.

We write thus early that our readers may have their at-
tention called to this important matter in season. It is one
of those subjects thut seem to require reiteration more than
almost any other. The farmer is conservative of old habits.
He has heard many say that ripe hay goes further— spends
bolter. Yes, and brush would lost still longer for fodder.
The poorest fodder, undoubtedly, lasts the lougest — but
not the cattle. — Live Stack Journal.

—One firm in Key West ships 8,000 pineapples to New
York every week,

I NOTICED some time since in your column of Answer.

to Correspondents that you say liver and while are not
uad colors in a Pet ter. Now, as everything is comparative
and most of the authorities uuite in giving liver with it.
modifications a low rank, I heg to take exceptions to your
statement, so far as to show that comparatively this mark-
ing is bad. I also think you should certainly lin.it your
assertion to those breeds to which alone this color belongs
as there are other strains in which, when they are pure it
never appears under any CTCiimstances, and its presence
is. consequently an indisputable proof of impure or
crossed blood It is very important that where certain
co ors furnish reliable tcsls of blood the limit of those
colors should be known, as this will establish a standard
hy which our sportsmen may control their efforts to breed
hne dogs, while, if they start wrong, imagining, as they
may from your unqualified assertion that liver and white Is
good, that it belongs to all breeds, they will be constantly
imposed upon by unscrupulous dealers, and end in "con-
fusion worse confounded" in point of even correct theory
Ou the color question let us see wliat "Frank Forester"
says of the English setter; — "He is found of all colors-
black, black and white, black and tan, pure white, liver
liver and white, orange or red, and yellow and’ white
spotted— and of all these colors he is found good; indeed
us of the horse, it may he said that a good dog cannot be
of a bad color. Nevertheless, I am apt to lliiuk that liver
color is apt to indicate a predominance of pointer or water
spaniel blood.” “Dinks,” one of the best writers of Eng-
land, says in his vade-mecum, "colors, black and white
red and white, black and tan," not mentioning liver at all'
Darnels, an authority of high repute, also condemns the
liver Stonehenge, in his "Dogs of the British Isles"
places liver aud liver and white last of all in a list of colors
which lie gives as taking rank in tho order named. Lave-
rack, m "The Setter," speaks of the Edmond Castle breed
of liver and white setters as of undoubted purity, and
Pride of the Border, Mr. Raymond’s noble dog, which you
name as an example, has no superior in blood, coming, ac-
cording to Mr. Laverock, from the Edmond Castle strain.
One swallow does not, however, make a Summer. We
know that the water spaniels are mostly liver or liver
mixed. Wc know, also, that but few strains of setter blood
have been preserved with anv care, and that a great ma-
jority are consequently tainted with all kinds of mixtures,
so that when any dog shows this color, (which, according
to the evidence of the authorities I have quoted, is com-
paratively bad,) it is very reasonable to suppose, in the ab-
sence of positive proof to the contrary, that he is of im-
pure origin. His color betrays him to the suspicion be-
cause it is intrinsically bad.

I said you should have limited your assertion to certain
breeds; for though the English setter sometimes shows the
liver, the Gordon and the Irish never do— a fact vou do not
state. A few weeks since I noticed in your journal a let-
ter speaking of a brace of Irish setters purchased by a gen-
tlemuu in Georgia, the dog of which is liver and white.
Now, "Idstone,” "Stonehenge," Laverack, Daniels, "For-
ester," and every judge of a show bench iu England, have
designated the only colors belonging to the true Irish set-
ter, and liver is not recoguized by any of them. There is
not an authority iu the world that gives this color to the
Irish dog, and a dog thus colored claiming to be of this
blood, would be unhesitatingly thrown out on an English
show bench, and his exhibitor deemed either grossly igno-
rant or inclined to impose upon the judges.

I do not make these remarks from any desire to be cap-
tious, but because iu common with others who have under-
taken the task of improving the depreciated blood of our
keuuels by the importation of ’he best foreign strains, I
do not wish a misconception of well-known facts to be
added to the other obstacles which a narrow conservatism
raises in our way. There are some men who egotistically
deem it impossible for anything to be better thau their
dogs. Such men will never reform till they find them-
selves so far bcliiud their neighbors that shame compels a
change. Others honestly believe in their favorites, but are
open to reason, and will accept the evidence of superiority
when it is presented to them. Such men will help us if, as
we believe, foreigu blood proves purer and better than our
old strains, aud it is for the information of such honest
sportsmen, aud to save them from error, that I have traced
these lines.

I wish to be understood as saying that with such a dog
as Pride of the Border, or his get, I should not object to
liver owrkiog, because I should know from whence it w.«s

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derived; but in ordinary eases I would be slow to accept a
dog, tlms marked, because it is a low grade color in com-
parison with others, and the heat in all rexjKct* should always
be sought for and encouraged. As no pure Irish setter has
ever been known of this color, a well-posted breeder would
not hesitate to denounce the sham at first sight.

J faysrille, Ky. A UN OLD Buttons.

— Irish terriers are being imported to this country in con-
siderable numbers. A correspondent of the Fanciers' Gaz-
ette writes regarding them as follows: —

“With reference to your correspondent ‘Shamrock’s’ let-
ter on Irish terriers, I have observed that blue, dark fawn,
or dark yellow dogs, have generally black toe nails; but,
on the other hand, dogs of a light’ tinge, of fawn, yellow,
or wheaten have invariably while toe nails, and both, in
tny opinion, are equally pure bred. No doubt all Irish
terriers must have black mouths and even teeth, and if
dark about the muzzle so much the better; but it is not ab-
solutely necessary that the latter should be so. I agree
with ‘Shamrock’ that the ears should be of a darker tinge
than the body, but the legs are by no means always so. I
see that ‘Shamrock’ has given up the broad chest, which
generally indicates the cross of the bull terrier, and that he
has otherwise altered his points to advantage. I think if
he would try again that he might still further improve.
With regard to weight, a dog between 18 and 25 pounds
will do anything that a much larger dog can do, and will
be much handier and quicker at bis work; besides, it is not
desirable to breed them too large, for the ladies of the fam-
ily generally prefer \hem small, and Irish terriers have
the rare faculty of making themselves great favorites at
home, as well as being the hardiest of terriers and best
of workers in field or river.”

Vermtx in Dogs. — There are many ways of accomplish-
ing the same result. I have found nothing simpler than
destroying vermin in dogs, after trying many applications,
including train oil, which, I think, acts mechanically,
causing the parasites to “stick in the mud,” and struggle
themselves to death, like flies in treacle; perhaps the
mechanical, accompanied by physiological action.

My first experiment in vermin was somewhat sensational.
Many years ago, returning to Glasgow per steamer, after a
day’s shooting, I was accosted by a fustian jacket, who
had under his arm a white poodle he wished to dispose of,
as he was “hard up." The moderate sum of ten shill-
ings was the price, and in two minutes the animal was
mine.

Un taking home my bargain I found it swarming with
vermin, and the whole night it kept its elbows going dili-
gently with a rat, tat. tat, on the floor, that ruffled my
temper and made me vow that I would make a clean sweep
of the vermin next morning. Ordering a tub and hot
water. I searched out a bottle of turpentine, confident that
a smell of it would be a sufficient notice to quit. I acted
with more zeal than discretion, however, for 1 washed the
little brute with the turpentine from head to tail. The
process was barely accomplished when, with a super-canine
effort, and a piercing yell, poor Itose burst away from n:y
grasp, tearing wildly through the house, out of one room
and into another, capsizing chairs, and tilting at every-
thing else capsizuble. The whole house was in an uproar;
and suspicions of hydrophobia produced a general stam-
pede of all that had legs to carry them. After an exciting
chase I collared Rose, and plunged her into the tub of
tepid water, having no little difficulty in keeping hold of
her while soaping her all over, and gently rubbing her
glowing hide.

The poor thing uttered many a pitiful whine, and I could
not bu; upbraid myself when she looked up in my face
with a mingled expression of pain and reproach. Soon
the irritation subsided; and finishing off with a plentiful
douche of cold water, a rub dry before the fire, and a gen-
tle combing, I was thankful to see the little patient wag her
tail, and look pleased. Rose never required to be treated
again for vermin so long as I had her; but that was not
long, for I could not resist the desire of a lady friend to
possess her, after the very handsome compliment she paid
me, that "She thought more of Rose than she did of
myself.”

My next experiment was with tobacco juice, with which
I killed a fine little terrier puppy. I experimented in train
oil, to which I added a little sulphur and turpentine, and
found that effective; but, like some other preparations, of-
fensive to the nostrils. Mercurial ointment I found the
most convenient and certain destroyer of vermiu of the
many other preparations I have tried. Fora small dog-
say under sixteen pounds— about the size of a pea rubbed
at the root of each ear on the outside, and allowed to re
main a Dight. will destroy every parasite on the skin.
Next day wash the dog with soap made in the following
manner: — Take half a pound of white soap, pare it down
into thin slices, put it in a pot with a tumbler of water,
and boil and stir till the soap is dissolved, adding more
Water if necessary. Put into it as much mercurial oint-
ment as will give it a slight tinge, stir well so as to mix
thoroughly, and pour into moulds, such as cups, saucers,
&c. When cool it can be cut to any size, and will be found
deadly to vermin, and cleansing to the skin and coat.
Mercurial preparations have a very powerful effect on
dogs, and when the ointment is applied externally, they
must be kept dry and warm. — Fanciers' Gazette.

Men and §iver $islting.

FISH IN SEASON IN JULY.

Trout, Sat mo fimtinnlU,
Sntmun, Salmo solar
Miiski'tiouge, Esox nobilior.
WiinktUli.

Striped Bass.

Sliccpuhcml .

Salmon Trout. Salmo eon, tin Is.
Lninl-lockotl Salmon, Sal mo O Invert .
Hliiek Hus1', microptsrus nigneont.
Pike, esox twins.

Pickerel

Blnollsli,

| Under the head of "Game, ana A im in Stti-. -n" we can only sped
ty in general Or ms [he several narle'ks, because 'he laws Of State* vary
no much lhai were we to attempt to Particularise we could <lo no lees
than publish those entire section* that relate to the kinds qf game in
question. This would require a gnat amount qf our space. In desig-
nating game ire are guided by the law* of nature, u/xui which all let/le-
lotion is founded, and our reader s would do welt to provide themselves
with the laws of their ret/iectine State * for constant re/, re nee. Otherwise,
our attemnt* to assist them will only create confusion, 1

A Nahant dog lias a taste- for visiting. He goes down lo
the depot and steps aboard the train, without the custoinury
little ceremony utthe ticket office; uml when it reaches the
right town he bounds off and pays a visit to some family
friend of his master. lie never makes a mistake about the
town or the train, and is such a fine intelligent fellow, lie
always meets with a welcome. He usually spends two or
three days on his trips, and no doubt picks up considerable
dog lore in his travels. 1 do not know whether the might-
ier dogs show him uuy particular attention on his return,
hut he is on good terms with thorn all.

CuittNo Skins Without Removing tub IIaiu.— Take
soft water, about ten gallons, one half bushel wheat bran
seven pounds of salt, two ami a half pound* of sulphuric
acid. Dissolve altogether and put the skins in the solution
and allow them to remain twelve hours; take them out and
clean them well, and again immerse twelve more hours
or longer, if nece«ury The skins may then he Inker, out’
well washed and dried. They can he beaten soft if de-
sired.—A. W- Lane, in Fancier'* Journal.

Fisn ix Market. —Owing to the holidays of the past
week the fish market is rather poorly supplied. Salmon
still ren.ain plentiful at 25 ceuts per pound. Slieepshead
arc scarce at 18 cents; sea bass from New Jersey, 15 cents;
striped bass are very scarce and sell for 25 cents per pound.
Bluefish remain in abundant supply and bring 8 cents;
blackfish are plenty at 15 cents; halibut are scarce at 18
cents; cod scarce at 8 cents; wcakfish are also scarce at 10
cents. Lobsters are not in full supply, and the price has
advanced to 10 cents per pound. Green turtle are in fair
supply at 15 cents; soft crabs scarce at $2. per dozen.

—Our reports from Barnegnt and the Great South Bay
indicate that the fishing at those points is not so good as it
was the previous week. At Fire Island little or nothing
has been done with the bluefish since wo lost went to press.
The wcakfish have now ull gone to l lie east end of the hay
and will return the last part of this month or the first of
August, when the fishing will again he good. The pound
netters arc taking no fish except bunkers and porgies; not
twenty bluefish in all have been caught in this way during
the season in this locality.

It is reported that there is an unusually fine run of fish
in the Upper Connecticut this season, black bass, with
which the river has been stocked, of four and five pounds
weight, being quite plentiful, while several muskalongc
have been lately taken, tine weighing fifteen pounds.

— Charles Bennett, of Indian Lake, Hamilton Co., New
York, and his brothers; have several boats and are recom-
mended as good guides to all points,

—At the request of a gentleman who writes in behalf of
“several readers," we reprint a cut and description of a
mosquito helmet published by us last year.

The way the original “model” was made is quite amus-
ing, and we give it in the inventor’s own words:—

“We took a spare rubber blanket and cut out a cap in
shape similar to the soldier’s havelock, with oval opening
large enough lo ullow plenty of room for the face, and
with cape about eight inches long. Then we took a witch-
hopple slick, bent it round, and sewed it in the rim of the
opening. We should have used wire if we could have ob-
tained it, hut did not have lime to run down lo the store
for it, as it wa* about sixty miles from us. Then with
some hoop skirt wire, which some unfortunate female had
U-ri in our shanty, we bowed out a piece Horn the forehead
to the chin and then transversely, sewing it firmly in its
place; then over this a covering of mull, or netting, and
your cap is complete. This is the only thing tl.at 1 have
loiind to keep off insects and insure a good night’s sleep
low can he in any position, it is not uncomfortable, and
serves also as u night cap. The cape should he securely
tucked under the coat collar, and tied snnglv around the
throat. By using a very fine veil over the opening of your
cap the punkics can he euchred in the same way. I think
oil silk would be better than rubber cloth. We all tried
this last Summer, and I used inv old one this Summer and
money would not buy it ir I could not get another one.”
Fishermen in some parts of Europe and in this country
kill fish with a knife or bludgeon as soon as they are taken

from the water, believing that fish thus killed arc better
than those that huve long gasped and struggled before
dying. The Dutch destroy life by making a slight longitu-
dinal incision under the tail with a sharp instrument. On
the Rhine they kill salmon by thrusting a steel needle into
their heads. Fish limy be easily killed be giving them a
quick, sharp blow withusmall stick on the back of the
head, Just behind the eyes, or by taking them by the tail
und striking the head quickly ugainst any hard substance.

Tin-. Fisheries— The number of fishing arrivals for’ihe
week ending July 1st was ninety— fifty-three Horn Georges
seven from the Banks and thirty from Southern inaeUcreling
I hi Fi h i 7 01 co'/ b,ou8llt 820,000 pounds;

n UG Si.,’, ° ° JViMk <:,’d Pounds; liali-

but 140,000 pounds. Mackerel, 0,800 barrels. The south-
eru fleet have mostly arrived home, having made a very
N . Jvt'.'rl' * w,Vk’ Particularly <lm.se tl.at have tended the
fmm . U:,‘ ,:'"'ry'"K fresh mackerel. Some of

he licet have made two salt trips, hut the low prices real-
ized for mackerel bus not left a very heavy profit for ||,(.

im- fi limr'h'r .a,flenImyi,l« ••xpi-nses. But very few vessels
nfiSi'iV/? r Hu-1 Il-y as yet, and the Heel in this branch

-A Newfoundland paper says the business of outfitting
tins season .s grea ly delayed by the continuance of the 2

T,1 10 lfts,t.w,e-k’ No,tl,?r oodflali nor salmon wn,
reported taken, which is unprecedented at the same
in auy previous year. ,,c

—A St. John (N. B.) paper states that a few nights since
one boat alone took 100 salmon outside the harbor Th‘>
catches of herring are recorded as good.

Gravenhurst — Ontario, June 24.— Fishing in the Mac
nctawan is now very good, trout take the fly prettv livolv
and the flies take hold of the angler just a little more hi>‘
Mr. Higgins of Bracebridge, returned last week from t|l0
South Muskoka with a good catch of trout, among which
several weighed from two to two and a half pounds cucii’
and one turned the scales at four and a half pounds. 'I'heie
is a party of gentlemen from Toronto up there fisliii,,,
now. Black bass are just boginning to take the trawl ’

J. S.

Itanr/ely Lakes, Maine. — This is considered the finest
trouting senson in five years, the fish being very plenty
and running unusually largo. The favorite points oil
Mooselucinaguntic Lake, have yielded trout of four, five
and six pounds, while on June 28lh one gentleman cnuglii
in the same locality, five trout averaging "over five pound*
each. Among the late arrivals at “Gamp Kenneling..,"
(the headquarters of the Oquossoc Angling Association)
are Messrs. J. II Kimball, of Bath, Me., R. G. Allerlon, o(
New York citv, II. M. Messing or, of Brooklyn, and Royal
C. Taft, and A . D. Lockwood, of Providence, R. I. Dm
ing the past Winter, Mr. R. G. Allerlon, Treasurer r.r i|„
club, has built, on a picturesque point of rock at Bugle
Cove, Mooselucinaguntic Lake, a conveniently arrange.l
cottage. Mr. A. has probably captured during the pasi
few years, more large trout than any member oi the Ass,,
ciation. For the past week the weather has been quit,
warm; thermometer ranging from 70 to 80 degrees in Hi.
shade, but the “anglers’ torments,” black flies have just
made their appearance.

Sonic very fine specimens of Rangely trout, one of
which weighed eight pounds, have been forwarded by
Mr. Allerlon, and can ^cow bo seen at the restaurant ..i
George, Marthaler, 10 Dey at., until July 8th.

Massachusetts.— New Bedford, June 30/A.— Albert C
Greene, of Johnston, HI. on Thursday or Inst week took
a trip to Martha's Vineyard on a fishing expedition, relum-
ing on Saturday, bringing with him as treasure of the sen,
about 100 pounds of sea bass, among which was one weigh’
ing fifty pounds, another forty pounds, and a line little fel-
low weighing thirty -seven pounds. Bass fishing is now in
order. Pho “soap man,” Otis A. Sisson, has made his an
mini voyage to “No Man’s Lan 1." and brought hark
eighteen from there caught with rod und reel, weighin'
twenty-six to sixty five pounds after extracting the entrails,
and one more (making nineteen in all) weighing thirty live
pounds from Cattlput. As he is shipping them to friends
in New York to-night your people can see 'tor lhems. lv. .
what they are like. Our hay is full of bluefish. Prof
Baird, of the Smithsonian, is here, or rather at Woods
Hole, for the Summer. “Concha.”

Pasque Islanl, July 2, 1875.—' The familiar flag of this
club was given to the breeze on June 2.1.1 The
lutch string out and the house declared duly opened for the
enjoyment of its members and their guests for the Sommer
The sport so far has been glorious and for the number of
rods unprecedented. There are now regestere.l J. J O
Donohue. President of club und family; J. (J Iloilgr an. i
family; Peter Balcn, A B. Dunlap and J. B. Stearns. To-
morrow, are expected, C. P. Cassclly and wife, Frank n
Herring and wife, R. C. Fellows, Samuel T. Brow n. Tim*

E. Tripler, Solon Humphries, Win. Henry Gunther, Tims
J. Havemeyer, Levi Pauling, Peter Balcn, A. F. Higgins.
W. II. Chapman, and others not yet heard from. 'Tin
following scores will show the number and weight of fisl.
taken in three day’s by four rods, not including the cm. h
of to day, not yet registered; three or four fish — J. I!
Stearns first lmss of the season. J. B. Stearns, 1 — 87 Hi-.
Jos. J. O. Donohue. 8 fish— 10, 9, 18, 18, 7, 25, 8, 17, m i
52; Peter Balcn, 10 fish— 81, 29, 21, 18, 5. 20, 1 i, 5, 1, m,.|
48; A. B. Dunlap, 1 fish— 82; John O. Hodge, 2—10, 81
The blue fish arc affording us capital sport, hut arc ignor. d
for the more splendid game. You will sue that the fish m<
running larger than usual this season, and we are untici|m
ting our best season. j. j) s

Connecticut. — Twin Lakes, July M/A.— The buss fishing
season has opened splendidly on these beautiful Ink.

Not less than a dozen boats were out on the first of Jiih
trolling, spooning, and skittering, und the amount of II.- 1,
taken was large, us was the size of many of the fish. On
the stand where I now write are three two pound bu-
caught by J. It. Nilsen, the distinguished tenor of I)i
Hall’s church, who had never before tried his hand at ih
rod fishing for that gumcsl of lake lisli. A few days ngm
Iv S. Pease, the artist, took from “Squabble Hold” brook,
as fine a creel of trout, tu one exnccts to see on a Suiumci -
day , and a week or so before that, Mr. Henry Andreas, .4
Hartford, carried home a line basket taken from Bar
botomow brook and Moore brook, in Salisbury. Bui He
streams are gelling very low, and one has to “flail fine" i-
do much, even in the swamps. Pickerel are unusuull.v
abundant in “The Twin's 1 this season, and it is believed
that if the spearing can he slopped entirely fora few years,
the lakes can be as nhundanlly stocked as in old time
Apropos of spearing, one man has been tripped up. and
made to suffer to the extent of $15 by the Salisbury Gan"
Protective Company.

Mr. J. R. Nilsen, of New York, takes home with liiai
some sixteen pounds of bass and pickerel, the result of 1
day's fishing on Twin Lukes, and he is a new hand at H"
troll. Several of the buss are of one and a half l<> l""
pounds.

—Mr. Beadle, of New York, who has haunted the Twin
Lukes for i lie lust month, lifts had glorious success umon.;
the bass and pickerel, taking us many as ten nr fifin'"
pounds per day right along.

- Cooper's Summer house is but one mile from Twin
Lakes, Cl„ and two from Ashley Falls, Mass, ll is a well
kept and attractive place.

New J ichsky, — Barnnjat Inlet, Kinsey's As/iia, House -
Weekly report ending July 3d:—

, , Jm»«; "J. Win. West and & Tinning, of Philadelphia, d*
mu ell si i ; J. LI kan and Matuon, of New York, three hi'"'
s 1 ’ Wm Middletown and company, Philadelphia, twenty
one sheepsheml; J, T. Mills, eight slieepshead; Chrislo|d»'(
Grim, sixteen slieepshead.

FOREST AND STREAM.

345

■Tunc 27— John C. Bailey, Jersey City, ciglity-one sea
boss uml four sheep sit cad; Win. Williamson, Philadelphia,
two sheepshead; Sam King, eleven sheepshead.

June 28— Robert Laquere, New York, five sheepshead;
j Hidgway, live sheepshead ; II. Soper, eight sheepshead;
J. Soper, 'seven sheepshead; Samuel Hidgway, seven
sheepshead; some II fteen other boats from three to seven
‘ each. , ,

June 29— Robert Lacpiero, New York, seven sheepshead;
S. Ridgwav, seven sheepshead; S. Glenn, seven sheeps-
head; S. Soper, six sheepshead; E. S. Steeling and Win.
Jacques. New York, four bluefish aud four sheepshead;
E. A. Robinson and C. R» Rod-ers, Philadelphia, forty-
live blaclctish and sea bass.

June 3D— Robinson and Rodgers, Phdadelpliia, thirty
sea bass; II. Soper, thirteen sheepshead; some forty boats
out. running from three to eighteen sbeepeheod.

July 1— John Soper, nine sheepshead; thirty boats, run-
ning from three to ten , Win, Williamson, nine blueflsli ;
Opt. 1J. Predmoro with party, seven bluefish.

Bluefish arc very scarce. The porpoises have driven
them out to sea. To-day a school came in, but fish are
small, averaging two and a half pounds.

Sea bass plenty, running from half pounds to three and
a half pounds; Imals are catching from thirty to fifty per
slack water. Sheepshead still numerous and running good
size, not less than 200 to 300 taken daily from these
grounds.

Black fish have not put in their appearance.

July 2d— Messrs. Rodgers and Robinson, have just come
in and reported bluefish thick. They caught thirty.

Minnesota. — Duluth, June 30 th. — A party of seven of
us spent Friday last on Baptism River uml brought home
eighty pounds of trout, the two largest weighing over
three pounds each and the balance averaging a q uarter of
A pound a piece. R.

BLUE FISHING WITH ROD AND REEL.

Albany, N. Y , Jane 28th, 1875.

EoiTon Forest and Stream:—

Unlit lust wee k I never could bring myself to believe Hint it would pity
me to curtail nny of my time laid out. to angling for trout, black bass, and
Blind, and devote It to trolling for blue fish; but In order to fully under
Stand the merit* of the latter sport I accepted an invitation from my
friend James A Tfnkhnm (n member of Die Arm of S. M. Tinkliam &
Sons, Taunton, Mass.) to visit Monument, Buzzard's Bay, with him.
Consequently. In answer lo his tclcgrnm that the flab were coming in, I
took a night train and reached Die ground in time for the afternoon Ash-
ing. We put up. by previous invitation, at the private residence of Cap-
tain Nathaniel Burgess, who in former years had haipooned many a
whale, and who now proposed to handle his yacht in such a manner as
to afford ns « fair chance to show our skiil on smaller game. The plan
of operations was that my companions were to llsh ill Die usual manner,
with squid and heavy baud lines, and I lo use my 0-foot 1 (-pound striped
bu>s rusting roil with Die squid. We returned for supper with eight bloe-
flsh, taken on the hand lines. The writer struck four, but in each case
Die tinny beauty succeeded in running up on tils line, and by some effort
of the jaws, which lie cannot quire understand, flung the hook from his
mouth. Feeling well satisfied that the landing of bluellsh with rod and
reel and the ordinarily constructed squid would be only accidental, we
set to work to improvise something clac. Tins was done by taking a
wired snill hook about one quarter of the heft of the others (the
only one we had), winding enough lend around Die snood to keep It below
Die surface of Die water, wrapping about it dozen layers of cotton cloth
around, anil covering with nil eel skin. Three inches above the barb this
would bend In any direction, iii d ii was ilioughl Dint Die flsli could exert
no pto'Miro siiiliciont to force the book from Ids mofli li. Wo were cor
reel, us Ii brought the next flsli The wind was blowing fresh, and our
little craft. In the hnnds of our gallant skipper, was sailing beautifully.

I whs standing at the stern casting to the right and the left. Said my
friend Wilbur, 'Yon do not cast according to Frank Forester " Ire-
plied "How cau 1 when about all I can do is to keep my balance, and,
furthermore, the Captaiu Is in my way ." "Cast as far ns yon can over
there. " tald the Captain; whereupon, forgetting everything but how to
get out my line long and well, I brought Die but of my rod with trenien
dona force iigulnst the skipper’s sculp, knocking liis lint into the sen,
nev. r more lo know its former plate. My Hue nevorUieless went out up-
wards of 150 feet, sod almost immediately u hlueflsh struck and wus fas-
tened. Before the crutt vns stopped 100 feet more of line was freely
given Die Il-li, and lie was handled as a trout would be under llko circum-
stances, mid landed deliberately when well tired out . a II of us were now
satislled that with hooks rigged npon Ihis principle there wonld be no
difficulty in taking hereafter as many blueflsli as with tbo bund Hue.
Having accomplished the object of my trip, and my lime being circum-
scribed, I look Die first train for home, resolving to try it again, perhaps
next time at Barncgat Inlet. W. W. Hill.

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FISHERMAN’S LUCK IN MISSISSIPPI.

Coiuntu, Mis?., June 16th, 1875.

KniTon Forest ani> Stream:—

'Tis lerrtbly hot, but the Grur.ge outlook is good. We have hud splen-
did r..lii» and genial sunshine. The disciples of ihc gentle Izaak are out
every day cusllng iheir linos with indifferent success. Duncan Elgin and
I tried it ihc other day, albeit I am not much of a fisherman. We rose
with the lark, in fact before him, and having loaded up our buggy with
commissary stores, not forgetting the inevitable tin coffee pot, and an
Alrxiphunnic, in case of an attack by a feroclons water moccasin or
cotton mouth, we were off before the town waked up, Charley and I in
the buggy mid John on the liurrlcance deck of a horse, When we
reached Die si ream, three miles out, called through courtesy n river, we
found It backed up from a mill dam, on account of a rain a few days
before. We wished the mill wns'nt worth n dam, and It really ts’nt.
Our Ashing was spoiled for that day at any tale; but like Bogg’s motlier-
In law, we had come to stay. So gelling out the basket we kindled a
lire, made a pot of splendid coffee, toileted some breakfast bacon on Die
end of u cane, ai d then went for Die rest of the breakfast with appetite?
sharpened by our ride aud the fresh morning air. Wo enjoyed it Ihor-
ouglily, 1 can assure you . It was a reiutmsceuce of those day? when we
always breakfasted under the treea-that Is if there happened to be any
uround, and the commanding Goneral* on onch side wore exchanging
cast iron compliments. Wo never had such breakfasts Dim; hard tack
and sow abdomen was tbo usual bill of fare, with sometimes an tutre* of
wormy beans or blue and nunly rice aud corumejil coffoo to wash It
down ; mid trull the cornmoal coffee we three bad drank during the war Imd
been poured nil at once Into the river at its present stage of water, it
would have cnrrledtho mill away below ns, dam and all.

We tried the flsli, but were not rewarded by n nibble. John and I had
brought our breech loaders, and as the young squirrels were large enough
to kill, and were reported to bo quite plcuty, wc left Charley with the
horses and went after the squirrel?, The ground was scratched Into
Utile holes all around, where they lind grabbled for nuts and acorns; but
we could not see a squirrel. Wo moved on cautiously under tbo Im-
mense forest trees, looked and listened III vain; weut to some mulberry
trees that were mid lo swarm with squirrels— not one to be seen At
lust 1 raw one about a hundred yards off running along a fallen tree nl
top speed. He reached the foot of a giant red gnui, ran up to the top
twig, and sailed ucross an intervening space between tills tree and on
enormous pin oak, as if lie hud been shot from a cannon. I fired at him
in mill nlr as ho went across. Ho perhaps heard the report of tbn gun.
At any rate he seemed absolutely frantic, and hurled himself from tree

to tree with perfect recklessness. In his mad flight be started up an-
other, anil they ran a steeple chase until they reached a tree over John,
when llio Parker belched forth right and left, and they bit the dust. The
bides of tliO'-e squirrels afforded a fearful proof of the awful penetration
o a orkur gun. They were the two oldest and toughest pater/amUlases
In North America. I shot a loggerhead turtle ns we went back to the
camp, where, after having devoured the rest of the commissariat, and
drunk up nil the coffee, we harnowed Euripides and "lit out" f,jr home,
having had some flah for diuner-but they came packed in tin boxes.
John and Charley are out to-day. I passed. My new "Tolley” came
the day before yesterday. 'Tis a thing of beauty, and when you talk
about poi*o and balance, and lines of beauty, and "coming up nil right’”
and lining the figure, and all that sort of thing. Its got thorn all, and
more too. I'll tell you how it shoots when the mercury gets off Its
present ldght. Guvox.

THIS FLY ANDJTHAT FLY.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

A year or so back, when writing ont the instruction* for Incipient fly
tyers which appeared In your column*, I Intimated, or perhaps threat-
ened, an article on flies with the nbove title. I say “threatened” be-
cause I am disposed, while I humor aud laugh at the prejudices anil no-
tion? of fly Ushers, to chide thorn kindly for their fastidiousness on points
that arc not in llio least essential Mr II. t'hnlmoodely Pennell, an
angler of bug and varied experience, lu Ills "Modern Practical Angler”
declares that It is vanity and vexation of spirit, this multiplication of
names and vurictic? of combinations of "fur and feather," and settle?
down to three simple trout flics— If flies they can lie called— and avers
that. Iliey meet all the necessities or Die angler These, at described and
depicted in his book, are three simple, bristly-looking hackles— brown
yellow, and green— the lint of the hackle forming rather a bushy tail,
and the remaining portion the logs of the so-called fly Many old anglers
who consider a great variety of flics, and this or that ffy fora particular
season, os sheer nonsense, and who seldom have more than six or eight
varieties In their book, thiuk that Mr Pennell rather “runs It iu o the
ground " And although there is much good sense in his theory, which
he says is founded on practical experience, I also am of their opinion.
His yellow and brown I have tried with success— the former as stretcher
for evening aud on streams clearing just after a rise, and the latter a
dropper on very small book? on One water, or on a bright day. Bln
green I have never tried, fancying it looked like, the fragment of a leaf
blown into the water; and yet it way do execution.

In one of yoar issoes of lost Summer you remarked that there were
four or live hundred different kinds of flies having established names
Mr. Pennell says there are over eight hundred in England besides nn-
meroua impromptus and nondescripts without names. Hnwjfur we have
added to this host on this side of the Atlantic it would be difficult to
guess, Some of them are named after the inveutors, viz.: The Green
fly, the Whltnoy fly, the Jewel fly, the Abbey fly, Ac. Now, I have had
a good many fine bovs, sons of old friends, besides an omnibus and a
canal boat, named after me, but I have never had the honor of standing
godfather to a trout fly, uml of the thousands I tie have never aspired to
name one after myself. A friend of mine, an eminent old poacher, who
professes to be a fly Usher, hut who invariably detaches hi? flies and
puts on a worm when he gets out of sight in starting for Die stream, was
once complimented by u tackle maker in naming a fly after him— "the
Williams fly’’- and at the fishing quarters where we have chanced to be
together, 1 have frequently had my attention called at early mom to my
friend Williams digging worms in the garden; and so the earth worm at
lost came to be recognized us the "Williams fly." kl would ask nny fisher
who visits the rivers of the Dominion which of the three sulmon flies,
figured and colored in Mr Pennell's book, li« would select, partienlariy
if the water was low, the "silver.” ihe "gold." or the "rainbow.
Either would suit the writer if he wished lo scare the salmon out of the
pool.

It is evident that Mr. Pennell has not the least shadow of faith In th
routine system-1. certain flies for certain seasons, or in Dio theory of
strict imitation. He divests fly fishing of all humbug, and believes that
trout ure attracted mid rise at anything of reasonable size anil propor-
tions moving on the water and that resembles insect life; that the March
brown or the May fly when trout rise Treely will kill in August, and that
the ted ai.d brown hackle, the May fly, or any good standard fly is ef-
fective all Summer. I have had so far this season a week's Ashing, five
In the party. I went more for Die frolic than the fishing, and gave up
the water pretty much to the youngsters, and observed that the whip or
neither wns In all respects the same as that of the others, and all had
reasonable sport for so early in the season. There are certain cardinal
rules, of course, which must always be observed— i ? . larger and gayer
flies for full water and cloudy day?, and smaller and darker for flue water
and bright duys, but as lo this or that being the fly to the exclusion of all
others, it is all nonsense. A young friend, who has been reading Ronnldi
• Fly Fisher's Entomology' ’ is in search of rabbits’ whiskers to make the
tails of some green drakes lie i? tying 1 suggested n few long fibres of
a black hackle, ns the trout would not be exacting in that one particular,
or suspicious of being imposed on. But tie wished to be exact and fol-
low Ronalds. Three or four years ago I happened in at a tackle store
where the fly maker was just completing an order for four dozen with
the wings pointing forward. He said the genl|gman who left the order
was explicit in his directions to have the wings in that position, and
handed me the sample fly, laughing as be did so. I found that the wings
Imd been tied on first, pointing forward; had been bout back after the
hackle wns on, and insecurely fastened. I supposed it to be a case in
which the angler meeting with no success early lu Ihe day, and contin-
ually casting, at last whipped Ihe fastening of the wings loose, causin
them to point forward, and Die trout beginning lo riso and being well on
the feed wore ready for anything. After finding good sport with re-
versed wings, of course he ordered a few dozen tied in Dint way, suppos-
ing them lo be much more nliracilve. About ns ridiculous an idea ns the
new Invention of tying the wings beneath to conceal the hook, as if
trout were always suspicions of the hook; and us some would construe
Darwin, having received such caution from their progenitors. No, my
brother antler, a trout never makes a feint and then turus back because
he sees the /took. It is because be sets you. or thnt your combination of
fur and feather is not the “Simon pure"— Dint you re "a foolin’ on hlni "
But if it is still water, as on u pond or lake, let n brisk breeze ruffle the
surface and you may likely fool him with a certainty.

An angler whose outfit I furnished a few days since said he did not
care to have more than six or eight different kinds of flies, but went on
selecting from my stock until the number embraced twenty varieties
IIu said ho “might want them, and they were so pretty.” And so it is
with most of us; for although we may confine onr practice to three or
four kinds, we "might want” a certuin fly, and they do look pretty
against the clean parchment In a book, partienlariy so if arranged on
Mr Hyde’s lately invented metallic catches for holding them In tho
right position, with the gut straight Aud here let me say that Mr. It
has riipplii d n great want In this particular He not only Invented these
catches, but he had a (lie made to stamp and shape them, and gavo the
of -ale for them to Mr. Brnlimrd. of Muidon Lane, and all for the
T';t\ h S he 11 y fishing community. Of course, Mr. Editor.

some years ago in lunch:

" Ye Sunberrye fysher bn* flie* or nil feathers.

For all sorts of seasons, in all sort.* of weathers.

Flies when ye Springtide Is blnstrio and showerie.

Flie? when ye Summer is gmssle mid bowerle.

|- le? wlmil ye Autumn 1? golden and graiuie.

For hot weather, cold weather, nilstlu or ratnie.

Bed spinner, Palmer, black peacock and gray.

Yellow dun. goldeu dun, March brown, and May,

Sand fly and stone fly, nnd ulder and gnat
Black midge and marlow bug- all round his hat

TuADDers Nowus,

J/nswep go gornspondenty.

S N" I'dndon, Ontario — Wc can get a tame black bear for you for
one year old.

J M..N. \ —For answer to your query regarding rifle tcama we would
refer you to Mr J. s. Conlln, No. 93ft Broadway.

O W. D., Philadelphia.— To yonr inquiry about hotel* at Canandaigua
wo answer— Mcanre. Cook and Wakcmnn have opened the Canandaigua
Hotel, nnd propose, to make It a most desirable place of sojourn.

Books — A correspondent offers a copy of Stonehenge’* "Shot Gun
and Sporting Rifle." as good a* new, in exchange for $5 worth of other
books. Address B. G. Burnet, Key Box It, Newark, N J.

n. B. S . Newton, Maas. -Whore can I get a pair of Indian moccasin*,
and hi what price! Ana. Send to Eaton A Co., 102 Nn*»au street; they
have several kind* of Indian moccaslus-Cblppewa, Sioux, BlackfceL
etc. Price, $2 to $ j.

Five Sportsmen, Syracuse.-A party of fire persons wonld like to
know what supplies to take to camp a week at Cross Lake, (between
Onondaga and Cayuga counties, 1 July, 12th, 1875. Ans. We auswered
this question fully in our lssuo of June 2Jtn.

O J. T„ New York City. -Can yon furnish me the rules and regula-
tions for rifle practice; al*o how lo consiract target?, and can yon fur-
n sh score book*? What will be the com of ihern. and also rules for
pigeon shooting? An*, Books sent by mail; please remit;

Brazos, Murfreesboro.— Can you tell me If Cot. McCarty’s Big Haul
Is to come off. and do you know of hi* whereabouts? An* We have
not heard directly from the redoubtable Colonel since last March. Our
Impression Is that the "hunt" will be no hunt.

Yacutsmax — To bleach sail?: Spread Die sail* on a clean aurface and
dampen (hem thoroughly and evenly; then rub common soap over
them. Wot them again, and sprinkle fine powdered whltin: all over
them, leaving the sails to dry. After tbev are quite dry, scrub and wash
them in clean water.

J, F. P.. Philadelphia.— I see In yonr list of publications several
works on "taxidermy .” Which would you recommend oj tho beet from
which to get a complete knowledge of the art of stuffing and mounting
birds* Aus "Field Ornithology" is the best by long odds. Price
$2.75. E H Crane, the cmbalmer, of Nile®, Michigan, will shortly
issue a work on bis branch of taxidermy.

Manhattan, New York.— Have any of your readers a good setter
bitch, (Gordon preferred,) soon to be In heat, which they desire to cross
with a very rare, beautiful black and tan Burger epaulet, thoroughbred
and very large? The Issue would be just Die thing for our briar thickets
and impenetrable woodcock and quail bogs. An*. Who will answer?
Such a cross would make serviceable and handsome dogs.

W 51. K., Cambridge. Mas* —Where are some good tront fishing lo-
calities In Nova Scotia! Is there good tront fishing in Cape Breton, and
if so where* Wonld yon advlsjj going to the aforesaid districts rather
than to Runeely during August nnd September! Ads. Best In Nova
Scotia Is Tnsket River, by steamer from Portland, Maine, to Yarmouth,
N. S Plenty of trout in Cape Breton, too. Rangely fishing In Sepiom'-
ber wonld be better than Nova Scotia, ns the Rangely trout remain In
condition until October. For Tusket River, full Information, sec Forest
and Stream, Vol. II., No. 18, page 271.

Reader, Brockville — Is the Industrial Publishing Co.. 176 Broadway,
still in existence! In February last, In reply to ono of their sdvertlae-
ments thnt nuy one sending $5 or more for book? wonld receive tbo
Technologist for one year freo. 1 sent them $5.25. I lmve in my po«*cs-
sion a postal card dated March 8th saying my draft hod been received
nnd tbo books would be forwarded, since which time I have heard noth-
ing from them, although I have written them three times. The Techno-
logl't comes to hand regularly. Ans. Some doubt as to your proper ad-
dress ha? prevented yonr receiving the books. They will now probably
come to hand

Staoo.— To get to the Magnetawan yon will have to leave Toronto at
seven o'clock A M. by the Northern Railway, reaching Severn Bridge,
the terminos, at 1:15 P. M.; thence by Harvie A Millard's stage to Grav-
enhurst, a distance or twelve miles; thence by steamer Niplasing to
Rossean. where It arrives at abont ten o’clock at night. You then take,
a rest at either Pratt’s Hotel or the Walker House, two good houses. A
stage leaves Ros-ean every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday for tho
Magnetawan, a distance of thirty-three miles from Rossean, arriving in
the evening of same day Fare from Toronto to Magnetawan about $6.
Guides with canoos can be bad for $2 a day.

T W. 11 , Newark. — What is the regular name for the white flsh that
Dio Fish commissioners have stocked the headwaters of the Passaic with?
Is the law against catching them up yet, and what is the best tackle and
halt? The white flsh are now about *ix inches in length, and are shaped
like a trout, but are white, and their flesh when cooked is white What
is the Latin name of the sea tront caught in New Brunswick? I* there
nny good fishing for trout on Mt. Desert Island, nnd what will be the
best flic* for August there! Ans. Cannot ascertain that white fish (for-
Koomu alh'K) have ever been placed lu the Passaic. White flsh do not
take a hook Silmo Canadensis is Die accepted name for the sea trout ,
There 1* good trout fishing on Mt. Desert. Take steamer from Rock-
land, Me.

Brook Trout, Detroit, Mich -Will yon please inform a few of yonr

readers how large the brook trout grows' f remember of readlngsome

lime since of one caught in Maine weighing twelve pounds, which waa
said to be a genuine brook trout, but I hnvr ray doubts about the spe-
ties of the flsh, though not of the weight. Ans. There Is no doubt of
the identity of tho Maine flsh to which yon refer, It having been attest, d
to bv the first uaturolist? In tho country. It can be soon at the office of
Page & Klilder. No. 10 Warren street, at any time. The largest brook
tiont (fahno fontlnalU) thnt we have ever heard of. wa* taken In the
Agwana ltlver. that empties into Lake Ncplgon. its weight and specie*
are fully vouched for by Chevalier Le Ronde. factor of the Iludeon’e
Bay Company at Ncplgon poet, who weighed the flsh himself. It weigh-
ed seventeen pounds. We have his written affidavit.

H W. B , Chicago. HI — A party with onr families wish to camp ont
on the shore? ot Green Lake. Wis., between July 15th and August I5ih
What flsh are most abundant there, and wbat game at that season? What
is the ba?t bait and size for black bns* nnd pickerel, and what other
tncKle would be needed (or Dio different kinds of fi,h found there? Ans
Your Questions will be answered in our Sea nnd River department next
week Also, wbat works are there published on Florida regrading its
climate etc., ns a place of resort; who are the publishers, and what la
the price? An?. For maps and books on Florida, uddress Dr. C. J. Kcn-
worthy Jacksonville, Florida. The most valnnole recent Information
of the climate, geography, and resources of Florida can be obtained by
subscribing to tho Florida Agriculturist. Address the pnblUbere at
Jacksonville,

JAB New York -A rrlcnd and l intend to spend six or eight weeks

i Canada this Pall. Can you tell me fora certainty if a box or case
containing our guns and ammnniDon-a breech and muzzle loader
apiece 1 OCX- paper shells, powder and shot sufficient for each, together
w'lth a* few remaining arllclea-would pass through the custom house at
Port Hope without duty being charged, or auy delay! It Is for onr per-
sonal use only. Suppose they were to enter at Toromo.how would samo
case be Dented? Aus. We telegraphed to Toronto and Port Hope for
positive information. Toronto collector says If you come to that city
there will be no detention or duty, provided assurances are given that

ami niininmtl no? rhal il» am.,it... ......

there Will 043 uu U«Vtu«vu -- s.M ravKimu lUlfc

uienslls are for sporting and personal use; that the smaller posts are

re strict, as tho officers depend upon collections as part of their sal-
ary though there should be no duty except upon loaded shells; no du J
... iinnnf vmir appointment* oruuitU

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FOREST AND STREAM

INDIAN CANOES.

A WEEKLY JOURNAL.

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Secretaries of Clabs and Associations are urged to favor ns with brief
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to become a medium of useful aud reliable information between gentle-
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find onr columns a desirable medium for advertising announcements.

The Publishers of Forest and Stream aim to merit and secure the
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fined intelligence enables them to properly appreciate and enjoy all that
is beautiful in Nature. It will pander to ’ho depraved tastes, nor pervert
the legitimate sports of land and water to those base uses which always
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COM-
ING WEEK.

Thursday, July 8th — Racing at Monmouth Park, N. J. Trotting at
Lowell. Mass.; Detroit, Mich , and Greenville. Penn Base Ball. Ath-
letic vs. Boston, at Boston: Philadelphia vs. St. Louis, at Philadelphia;
Union of Newark vs. Reliance, at Irvington, N. J.

Friday, July 9th.— Trotting at Portsmonth, Ohio.

Saturday, Jnly 10th.— Racing at Monmouth Park, N. J. Trotting at
Portsmouth, Ohio Regatta of Dorchester Yacht Club. Bise Ball.
Philadelphia vs. St. Leois, at Philadelphia: Concord vs. Nameless, ai
Capitoline grounds.

Monday, July 12th. — Meeting National Rifle Association at Wimble
don. Regatta at Cape May. Cricket, Staten Island vs. Prospect Park
Club, at Staten Island.

Tuesday, July 13th.— Racing at Monmouth Park, N. J. Boaid of Ap-
peals National Trotting Association meets at Saratoga. Pigeon Shooting
Tournament at Syracuse, N. Y. Cnpe May Regatta Intercollegiate
Freshmen Race, at Saratoga,

Wednesday, July 14th. —Trotting at Newport. Ky.. Conneantville,
Pa . and Montreal. University Race, Saratoga. Pigeon Shooting
Tournament at Syracuse, N. Y. Base Ball. Union of Newark vs. Mutual
of Mcadville, Penn., at Irvineton, N. J.

Washington's Personal Appearance.— It is a remark-
able fact that Washington's personal appearance, although
well known lo so many, has but rarely, if ever, been de-
scribed by his historians. Even in Irving’s “Life" there is
nothing satisfactory on this point. The Journal of Com-
tmtcc having been written to on the subject has given the
following description gathered from various sources:
“Washington was six feet two inches in height, with a
very erect, robust, stalwart frame. He bad a fine breadth
of chest; long, well-shaped, and very strong arms; a broad,
large hand, with a grasp like a vise, and very straight'
well rounded lower limbs. He had a large bead, set on
a strong full neck, with a commanding carriage. His hair
was brown, or dark auburn; his eyes a grayish blue, set
far apart, and kb complexion ruddv, or florid. Stuart
who painted him, declares that the sockets of his eyes were
larger than he had ever met with before, and the upper
part of his nose broader and fuller. All of his features
were indicative of the strongest passions, although his
judgment and great self command made him seem differ-
ent in the eyes of the world. He appeared with great dig-
nity in any position, either sitting, standing, or walking
but he was a bold, expert rider, and never looked better
than on a fiery horse, whom he always kept perfectly un-
der his control. He was diffident on occasions, hut never
abashed or ungraceful, and his personal presence always
inspired confidence and respect. We have gathered these
particulars from a dozen different authentic records, with-
out finding anything like a satbfactory description in one
of them.

Pigeon Shooting at Syracuse.— We publish in another
column the programme of a pigeon shooting tournament,
to be held at Syracuse, this State, on the 13th, 14th, 1.5th,
and 16th inets., under the management of the Central City
and Onondaga Clubs. About $3,500 will be given in pri-
zes, and only Bogardus. A Kleinman, Payne, Ward, and
Close are excluded. We predict an enormous gathering
of pigeon shooters and much sport..

WIIAT memories of a wild, free life arc revived by
the sight of an Indian canoe! of drifting noise-
lessly down stream, or dashing over surging cascades.
What romance we attach to there little birchen boats!

The mode of life that Indians lead makes their light
boats of greater importance to them than either ships or
steamers, for in the former they can pass over very shallow
water, and if they come to plnccs where it is not deep
enough to float their shells they can take them ashore and
carry them on their shoulders until they come to deep
water again, and this they could not do with ships or steam-
ers. The red hunter can lie in wait in his canoe for the
lordly deer when he comes to the river to quench his thirst,
or push it among morasses where wild fowl dwell; and if
he is away from his wigwam at night he can turn it keel
up, and by crawling under have a comfortable shelter and
a means of protection against the savage animals of the
forests.

The simplest and most readily constructed canoes are
those made of bark, such ns those seen at Niagara, Old-
town, in Maine, and on the upper Missouri River. The
birch canoe is that in use among the Indinus of the East-
ern States. The outer rind is first peeled off the tree in
long rolls, which are taken to the spot selected for the
building of the canoe. At this place a framework the re-
quired height and length is suspended on four posts. The
light gunwale is tuude first, aud to this arc attached the
ribs, which are close together and arc formed of very light
pieces of wood. These are then sheathed with thin, flat
and flexible pieces of cedar, placed lengthwise. The frame
being ready, the bark is placed upon it and sewed together
with a large straight awl, the thread being made of the
fibrous roots of the cedar after they have been soaked in
water. The seams are next rendered waterproof by a coal-
ing of gum, procured from the pitch pme. The rude dec-
orations are^subsequently added.

Canoes of this kind are of various sizes, from the punt
used in the chase, and capable of holding only one or two
persons, lo one having a length of forty feet and requiring
from ten to sixteen paddles to propel it. The first canoe
can be carried on the shoulders quite easily by any ordi-
nary person, but from six to eight men would be required
to transport the latter. The paddles used for the propul-
sion of this sort of canoe are short, with broad blades, as
the power must come from the quantity of water caught
rather than from its depth and density. A fleet of the
larger variety, when running down a river, presents a hand-
some sight as the numerous paddles are dipped into the
water together, just as if they were under the guidance of
a single piece of machinery. The bark canoes belong spe-
cially to the Northern tribes, such as the Iroquois, and arc
the pretliest made on this continent. As wc go furlhcr
West we fiud the forms changing, for the red men have
different styles, just as their pule faced friends have various
types of boats or yachts.

The Mandasa tribe, in the far West, have a very simple
but exceedingly good canoe, which can be built in a short
time. They first take two sticks, about three inches in cir-
cumference, and fasten them together so as to form a round
hoop. This makes the bow. A similar contrivance forms
the stern, and both are then united by light pieces of wood,
which extend along the sides and keel. Over these an ox
or buffalo hide is drawn closely and tied to the brim and
ribs with thongs. When finished it looks like a large basin,
and is about twelve inches deep; but slight as it looks it
will carry from four to eight men. It is very buoyant, so
that in passing over cascades it will 6hip no water.

When we cross the Rocky Mountains we find the canoes
still simpler, as birch is very scarce in some portions of the
region adjoining thete peaks; and even to get the pines and
firs one must go lo the higher ranges of hills. The conse-
quence of this is Ikat few of the tribes there have any
boats. The Shoshone Indians, of Idaho, when desirous of
crossing a stream that will not permit being forded, make
a raft of bundles of long reeds, which are tied together
with the same material. This has sufficient buoyancy to
sustain a couple of persons, and by using a long stick they
can push it from one shore to another. As the rivers in that
Territory are narrow, and not very deep, the Shoshones do
not need canoes very often— only during the Spring floods;
so their most cherished property is the small, coarse-haired
mustaDgs they use for traveling or hunting.

When we reach the Columbia River, however, wc are
among tribes that travel almost entirely by boat. The
canoe in use among them is made from a tree, aDd before
the advent of the white man the construction of oue was
the labor of months, and perhaps years, for it must have
taken a loDg time to hew it out of the solid log with the
blunt stone implements that they employed. Now that
they can procure sharp axes quite readily, their labor is
comparatively trivial to what it was. The industry and
unwearying patience required to build a canoe about thirty
years ago was undoubtedly the cause for the high value
placed upon it by the fortunate owner. Even to-day u
canoe is the standard value among all the tribes frequent-
ing the sea coast. The Indians that dwell along the Upper
Columbia have a small, narrow, light boat, which they use
for traversing shallow streams and marshes. They do not
require the heavier sort, as they seldom have to travel over
water. One advantage the former possesses is that it can
be carried on the shoulders over portages, whereas the lat-
ter cannot, at least not without much trouble. The t ribes
dwelling on the Lower Columbia, near the ocean, have
canoes much larger and deeper than the preceding, for as

nearly all their traveling is done by water they must have*
boats large and substantial enough to withstand the hcavv-
swclls which frequently agitate the river during storms
These are constructed of the Inigo fir trees that grow so.
luxuriantly in Oregon and Washington Territories; but th0
most desirable material is cedar, ns that has more buoyancy-
than tir or spruce, and also stands the decaying notion of
water better than nny oilier wood. When the outlining,
and excavation are completed, the canoe is filled with water
into which hot stones are thrown to generate steam in.
order 10 make the wood more flexible, and thus enable the
constructor lo extend the sides, which lie does by inserting
stout pieces of wood between them until they have attained
the required width. The prow and stern me of the same
height, and extend above the middle, and are frequently
decorated with grotesque figures of men, birds, and beasts.
These are formed of small pieces of wood, which are uni-
ted by mortising, and then glued on. The sides seldom
exceed an inch iu thickness, hence the lightness of the
canoe; and being flat-bottomed it will float in very shallow
water. The paddles used are from three to five feet in
length, and have broad, long blades. About one third of
the paddle is round, and is used for a handle; it then widens
and is hollowed in sucli a manner that the centre forms a
rili. The canoes vary from sixteen to fifty feet iu length,
and from a few inches to two feet in depth . The smaller
kind will not carry more than two or three persons, but the
larger will bear forty, and if freighted could safely trans-
port ten thousand pounds. The latter is used entirely by
the coast Indians, who have to make long voyages by sea
in traveling from place to place, or in pursuit of the fur
seal, sea otter, and whale. As all the littoral tribes live by
fishing, a canoe is a necessity they cannot do without;
hence the wealth of an individual is measured by the num-
ber of ounces he owns. If he lias two good ones hois
considered quite fortunate, but if he has four or five he is
an envied man. Greet is his power, and deep the respect
for him, as he is the millionaire of his band or tribe.

To handle a ennoe properly requires no small amount of
tact in u novice, and he is fortunate if in his desire to learn,
he does not receive a thorough ducking. When the Indians
embark in their treacherous craft they enter quietly; one-
seats himself in the stern and the others squat on their
heoels aud paddle on one side or the other, according to-
their position. To propel the boat rapidly, and without
deviation from its course, the paddles are pushed into the
water in a straight line close to the side and pressed back-
ward. The strokes are short and quick, yet it seems strange
how swift the craft cuts through the water. The women,
handle one as dexterously as the men, but whenever they
are called upon to work they sit in the rear and steer. This
constant plying of the paddle has given the Indians of the
northwest coast great strength in the arms, so that they
differ from their kindred of the pluinsin this respect. Few-
aquatic scenes are more picturesque than a fleet of these
canoes riding the rolling, crested waves of Fuca Straits
when out on a fishing expedition. As the billows rise they
surge ouward with a heavy booming sound, and strike the
fruil crafts with such great force that you expect them to
he overthrown and their occupants hurled into the angry
sea. When a canoe is struck by one of these enormous
waves, and its upsetting seems almost an accomplished
fact, the Indians on the upper side lean outward, sink their
paddles deep into the water, and by this means obtain a
leverage sufficient to prevent being overthrown. We have
traveled much in canoes in all sorts of weather, and felt
safer in them than in ordinary boats many times larger, for
the buoyancy of the first enables them to rise and full with
the billows, whereas the heavy specific gravity of the latter
prevents this, so that their safely would be seriously en-
dangered in a storm which the former could weather quite
easily.

Proceeding northward from Oregon until we reach the
British Columbias, wc find the canoes of each tribe to be
similar in construction and material, though varying in
shape, size, and the character of the decorations; but when
we arrive at Alaska, that wild, cold land in the frozen
north, we see boats that differ from those found in any
other portion of the continent. The Ingaliks make a very
pretty and substantial canoe of birch bark. When the
bark is peeled off, it is sewed on a light frame of wood
with the roots of the spruce tree, or cedar. The paddles
are shaped like a lance, are small and slender, and are gen-
erally ornamented with fantastic groups of men and beasts,
painted in red, black, and green colors. The two first
colors they make from earth and the pine tree, but the green
pigment is produced from a species of fungus that grows
on birch wood. These Indians vend small models of their
canoes to the whites, and even use them as an article of
barter with other tribes. The Mahlemct Indians, away in
the north, and the Esquimaux, have three styles of boats,
made out of the skin of the seal, walrus, and other ani-
mals. The largest variety they call o-otnuik , but it is known
as the bularra among the Russians. It is large, open, and
flat-bottomed, easily handled, and capable of attaining high
speed. As the skins of which it is composed are oiled be
fore being placed on the frame, it seldom leaks. A smaller
boat, fit for one person, is made like this, but it is covered
completely over, except a hole in which the pnddler sits.

To prevent any water from entering the interior of the
canoe, the occupant is enveloped in a waterproof shirt,
called kamlaika by the Russians. This is tied around the
wrists und face, ob well as around the rim of the cavity,
and the head is covered by a hood. These canoes present
a quaint appearance when first seen, as the occupants seem
to be bundles of oiled skips, for all of them visible are the

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eyes, nose and chin. They arc known as kyaks lo the na-
tives and lo the Russians as bidarka. The Russians use a
boat exactly similar to the preceding, except that it is large
enough to hold two or three, having a hole for each per-
son. All these boats are light, strong, safe, and conven-
ient, and so buoyant that it is almost impossible to swamp
them, provided one understands their use. The paddles
used for propelling thorn have double blades, so that a per-
son cau paddle alternately on each side; and uuder a vigo-
rous arm they attain wonderful speed.

Thus we see that each tribe produces a canoe suitable to
its wants, and that this is small or large according to the
character of the water on which it is to be used. The
greater number of the Indians of the Northwest live on
fish, so that they would starve were it not for their boats.
This is why they appreciate their coruchs so highly, and sel-
dom part with them on any condition. They have a pretty
legend, which states that but for a canoe the Indian race
would have been destroyed. According to this quaint tra-
dition, a great Hood swept over the country long, long ago,
and destroyed every living thing except a youug chief and
his bride. He saw the mountain of water rolling onward,
making a noise like deep thunder, so he jumped into his
ennoe, and by making a rope of seaweed, and tying a large
rock to it, secured an anchor. As the water increased in
volume he played out his rope of weed, and hence man-
aged to retain his position. When the flood subsided he
went ashore, rebuilt his house, and lived happily ever nftcr.
lie wos the Noah of the red man, und from him all claim
descent.

Cdina and THE Centennial.— The Imperial Govern'
ment of China lifts appropriated 40,000 taels of sycee silver
for a department to represent the Empire at the Philadel-
phia Centennial Exhibition. A tael represents a weight of
silver equivalent in value to about one and a third Mexican
dollars. This would make the sum appropriated, with the
favorable exchange, about fifty-live thousand dollars— a
small sum for a wealthy Government like China to devote,
but sufficient to make a very elegant display, if properly
I expended. All who attended the great Paris Exposition
will remember the gorgeous Chinese department, with its
tea gardeus and native attendants. The money for that
display, however, was furnished by the French Govern-
ment, and we believe that '7G will be the first occasion on
which the Chinese have endeuvored to have their arts and
manufactures represented nt an outside barbarian show.

It is also reported that the city of Hang Chow has de-
cided to spend the sum of 10,000 fuels in silks aud porce-
luiu ware for the same occasion. If the wires have not
reported the name wrong, it is worthy of comment, us
Ilang-Cbow is not a treaty port, but one of the most con-
servative of celestial cities, and considering its proximity
to Shanghai, one of the most difficult for the foreigner to
obtain access to. It is situated but a short distauce from
the coast, midway between Shanghai and Ningpo, in the
Province of Che Kiang, and is celebrated for the number
and benuly of Us tombs and temples. The Chinese have a
proverb, in which to be born in Peking, to live in Soo-
Chow, and be buried in Hang-Chow, constitutes the acme
of human felicity.

The Surveys.— The various parties engaged in the work
of surveying portions or the Western und Southwestern
8tatcs and Territories are now fairly in the field. The

■' Hayden Expedition left their camp near Denver, Colorado,

■ l°8t wecki ^or the mountains, and the various parties of the

■ Wheeler command were iu their organizing camp at Pueblo

■ preparing to move. Lieut. George M. Wheeler, with the

■ California section, left them at Denver, and proceeded to

■ Los Angeles, Cal., where his labors commence. One party

■ under Lieut. Marshall proceeds to South Park, in the

■ Rocky Mountains, and from thence to the mouth of the

■ Southern Arkansas and along the Atlantic and Pacific di-

■ Tide, between Cochetopa Pass nnd Mount Stewart . Oue
of the objects of this party is a careful examination of the

L mincs about fhe Upper Animas River and about Del Norte
and Rositn. Another party under Lieut. Carpenter, goes
first to Spanish Peaks, and then work on the drainage
areas of the Purgatoire and Apishaba Rivers. They will
also make further examinations of the fossil beds to the
West and southwest of Tierra Amarilla. Lieut. Morrison's
party goes first to Fort Garland, thence to the head of Cor-
rejos Carton. After visiting the Manzana, Zandia, and
Plover Mountains, they proceed to Sauta Fe and the Rio
r Pecos. The pnrties will not meet again until about the
15th of November, when they will disband at Lyons, New
f Mexico. The objects of the survey arc, first— to determine
the exact. topographical features of the country west of the
100th Meridian, and to establish the best routes for the
I supply of interior posts; and secondly, to examine closely
Into the mineral and agricultural capabilites of the coun-
[ try traversed, for which purpose competent scientists ac-
company all the parlies.

347

English Gentlemen in Vuiq.n.a.-Wc have a private
letter from Cnpt. J. M. Taylor, now of Nottoway, Vir
gmia, accompanying the very interesting kennel letter
which appeared in its proper department lust week Tl.is
pnvate letter contains so much of interest that wo shall

venture to give its salient points to onr reader-, many of
whom arc aware that there has already been formed re
cently in Virginia quite a colony of English gentlemen,
who have wisely availed themselves of the existing depres-
sion in real estate there to purchase large tracts of land at
a low figure. These already see prosperity and emolument
before them, with lots of recreation thrown in— a combi-
nation most essential to happiness and contentment. As
tegards tiie abundance of beavers spoken of, we would
naturally advise some one of the half dozen inquirers, who
have recently asked us to direct them to good trapping
grounds, to pay Nottoway an Autumn visit:—

The "Retreat," Blacks akd White*. (
NOTTOWAY CouKTT.Va., June 26th, 1875 (

Editor Forest ahd 8trram:—

I like this place much. We arc most comfortably situated. The so-
ciety is good, but rhe people poor nnd not possessed of much energy. I
ussure you thut, with care and moderation, any gentleman with cu'illul
can pass an agreeable time and make money. I hnve been fishing n lit
tie; no game fish of any klud, hut in order to vary our diet have caught
a few pike, chub, and catfish. The wild tnrkeys have all hatched out. nnd.
1 should judge, promise some good sport. The great complaint here Is
the destruction of plantation* by beavers, and I intend as soon a* possi-
ble to destroy, if possible, some of these rodents myself They are
very wary, and, ns you know, make so Utile noise in entering or I, avlng
the water that they have to be pursued on a quiet moonlight night. My
ftiend Major Ncblelt, of Forklnnd, has purchased a Inrge number of
trups, and we Intend selling them on the River Nottoway, which passes
through his plantation. lie also Informs me that he has tnkou some
pains to preserve hi* quail, so that you aud your friends when they visit
me in the Full will have no reason to complain of the scarcity of bird-,
as the Haskins nnd Neblctt plantations consist of 6,000 acres of good
quail shooting, nnd I have received carle blanche from both gentlemen to
bring my friends. On my own plantation there is just enough shooting
for three guns. My kennel is fa-t increasing, and I intend that every
dog I dispose of shall be the purest of the pure or else I will kill him
A very pretty sight occurred in oar hall on Sunday. While sitting In
the porch I noticed a slight twittering, and on looking up saw the ruby-
throated humming bird fighting the emerald back, both dashing through
the hall at a great pace; afterward returning, they continued their lilli-
pntian buttle, when the ruby darted and crossed the eon’s ruy* and
alighted on the deer's antlers in our hall.

1 see most of tho sporting papers of both home and abroad, and there-
fore continue to keep myself posted on things in general
If the season continue# good and pleasant we shall raise somo five or
six hogsheads of tobacco— some 7,500 pounds; also com, Ac, Believe
me to be sincerely yours, j«,-o. m. Tayi.ob.

Pi

Five Atlantic cables are now in operation, and one
Ihundrcd and forty-nino ocean telegraph lines, of which
| number twenty-nine are over rtvo hundred miles in length,
[Which carry the news of the world. And the first of these
|Atluntic wires was laid only a few years ago. It only needs
» line now from California to the Sandwich Islands and
from thence to Japan, the surveys for which have already
been made, to complete the circuit of the globe, and fulfill
Puck’s prophecy that he'd put a girdle round the earth in
orty minutes. The last cable laid has its terminus at Rye
Peach, N. H., and is 8,060 miles in length.

The Colvin Canvas Boat.— Many of our readers will
be gratified to learn that R. A. Scott, of Albany, is manu-
facturing the Colvin canvas boat. Mr. W. II. Hill, of that
city, well known as the Adirondack traveler, has had one
made for him with which lie proposes soon to start for the
Adirondacks to explore uuknown lakes aud ponds, and add
tljem to his maps. A short time since Mr. Colvin took his
boat, the "Ampersand,” weighing 10* pounds, on an excur-
sion of the Albany Institute to Seth Green’s Camp, ten
miles down the Hudson, and an excellent opportunity was
offered to lest its merits. Mr. Hill and party paddled it
for two hours in wind and carried four persons in it, and
with perfect satisfaction to all. The boat can he rolled
into a very small bundle and carried under the arm or on
the hack. Mr. Hill says he intends to make it take the
place of a rubber blanket, thereby adding but a mere trifle
to weight of baggage.

Mr. Colvin delivered an address before the Albauy Club
recently ou the subject of boats and his own recent
invention in particular. Before cntcriug into an expla-
nation of the latter, he gave a brief account of porta-
ble boats which have hitherto been used, beginning
with that iu which Moses floated among the bulrushes,
and ending with the more recent constructions of rubber
and canvas. Of his own invention he spoke asfollows: —
"The peculiarities of the boat which I place before you
to-night, are the means by which I so readily attach a frame
withiu the canvas boat exterior.

The canoe exhibited is twelve feet long and four feet
wide; the portion of the boat which is carried weighs ten
pounds eight ounces (leaving out the light learthern pieces
which receive the corners of keelson and gunwales), and
when compactly folded it occupies the space of less than
864 cubic inches, or less than half a cubic foot. It has
carried in a heavy storm, far from land, a burden of seven
hundred pounds, and will probably, in smooth water, con-
vey a much greater burden. The prows, as seeu, are
guarde l with brass cut-waters, riveted on. One great pe-
culiarity of the boat is, that no iron or steel is placed in it,
nnd tlie surveyor using it in the reconnaisance of a lake
will have no trouble with local attraction of the needle.
The name which I have given it is that of the Adirondack
lake ou which it was first practically put to the test.

Ampersand Pond! Glorious lake, silent aud remote in
the depths of the Adirondack forest. Well do I re member
that day, when the guides, having tied in the light houghs
that we had cut a short while before, carried it dowu
and placed it lightly on the water. Their merriment at the
idea that "such a pork hag," as they called it, could float
or carry anything, was scarcely concealed. But when the
huge hound, after gazing at it with gravity, walked out
upon the log beside which it floated, and soberly climbed
in, they could not restrain their lnughter, but yet exclaimed,
"Well, it looks just like a boat!” And then I persuaded
first one and then the other to enter— the boat floating
meanwhile like a feather, and with the dip of the paddles
we were off, over the flashing waters, seeing each wavelet
as it rippled against the sides flash in the morning sun.

How we traversed the lake over its deepest waters, with
nothing between us aud the water hut the thin canvas; how
witli sextant and compass from the boat we had so lately
used as bed or tent by turns, the figure of the lake was
mapped; how iu it we chased a deer, almost catching him
as he leaped ashore, or how, shortly afterward, in pushing
down into the outlet of the lake, we suddeuly came upou a
monstrous panther stretched at full length upon a log,
watchiug for deer, permitting us to come withm a rod or

«v00W^CTre.lreat^ ,CaV‘nK U-9 ^prised, forgetful of our
revolvers, I cannot here expatiate upon.

*1,?' y°U our more dangerous experience on
rafnv datff ®ar?nac ^ »> cold and storm, ' A stormy,
"V y l01""1 UB .On tlie beach of Cold Brook, an afflu-

Sir ho2 ri»nafi.RlvX' Huro we designed reconstructing
tin- frame, the old oue having been thrown away at

tarn nl £ T?t, hl U?horl 11,0 guides had cut a young
c mw .Tea Wi, «,kee 8i°n’ a ?ouP,c o( 8lout roll* served as
* while two dozen boughs cut among the bushes

were h X? fll® f°m71 tho »*>"• A couple of paddles
r from wl,Ue cedar near. While one guide

cooked dinner, another, with my aid, tied in the ribs of

and8cioM &‘d ln tke.keelso». hnd bound on the gunwale#
1,1 an hour, und a ‘"‘lf from the time
. ' k V brook wc were gliding down stream, three

and tl ,'m, )U?<1rc< .P°U.nds, of b"KSaBw and instrument*,
and Ire huge hound sedately standing toward the prow,
the navigation of tho stream was easy. Out in the

fu led anrreri,hC v,olrU cold wind made °"T «af‘ veer ft

hmad Sarnn!‘.?ni lY!Ur lat?!r' wc Rl™ck out into the
Claimed n ?? Lnk<?' ,h? w,mc caP* in the distance pro-
a bc*vy. sea. It was a wintry day. Snow lay
HPi iliIC Inoj,ntam t0Ps. imd when another hour passed
‘ ,ck' foam-crested billows swept around us, and our
.i C ly7 now ll,Bh on *hc crest, now low in the
ron.h we felt, though chilled and shivering, that it was a
triumph when we floated up lo Martin’s in safety."

Costs of the Beecher Trial.— We think wo arc safe
in saying (with a degree of pride, too,) that tho Forest
and Stream is possibly the only paper In the United
States that has never alluded to what is known as the
"Beecher Scandal;" hut now that the triul is concluded and
the jury discharged, it may he well lo sum up the costs of
this public entertainment. Our readers ought to know the
price of these luxuries. The triul has lasted six months,
and has cost Kings county upwards of $50,000. It is stated
Mr. Evans’ fee in tlie case is $25,000, Mr. Tracy’s, $10,000,
and Mr. Hill’s $5,000, and that Mr. Shearman makes no
charge for his services. It is reported that Mr. Beach re-
ceives $5,000, and Messrs. Fullerton, Morris and Pryor
$2,500 each. *

—Seventy-five Indians, including chiefs and warriors of
the Cheyennes. Comanches, Kiowas, Arrapahoes, and Cad-
dos, are now undergoing imprisonment in llio fort at St.
Augustine, Fla., having been sent there from Fort Leuven-
worth, Kansas. Col. Hamilton, commanding the post, lias,
treated them with so much kindness that they uro quite
reconciled to their position. Their hill of fare is probnbly
morc varied, as well as bountiful, than anything they ever
obtained on their native pluins, and comprises, besides the
regular allowance of bread and coffee, beef, bacon, rice,,
sweet potatoes, stewed tripe, soups, and a variety of luxu-
ries. They were recently treated to a balloon ascension,,
which all declared to he “very big medicine."

—The second annual meeting of the Illinois State Spoils-
men's Association was held ut Chicago, June 28th. The.
Field says; —

"Hon. J. V. LeMoyne, calling the meeting to order, re-
minded the members of the efforts which hnd already been,
made in order to enforce the game laws already in exist-
ence, and of attempts to make new ones more suitable to
the proper preservation of game. He recommended also
that a case should he taken in hand in order to test the
question whether or not we cannot prevent game dealers
from selling game out of season, even though the game
may have been killed in another State, the precedent giving
it as bis opinion that they could he thus preventeufrom
serving as a kind of cover for those who disregard the
came laws of the State."

The following gentlemen were elected officers: Presi-
dent, C. E. Felton, Chicago; First Vice President, J. L.
Pratt, Sycamore; Second Vico President, C. B. Miller,
Geneseo; Treasurer, R. It. Clark, Lake View; Secretary,
J. L. Stockton, Chicago.

f A* gift*.

The American Team in Ireland.— Notwithstanding
the conclusion of the great match, the presence of our ri-
flemen appears to excite as much enthusiasm as ever among
the people of Dublin. The leading newspapers comment
upou the match as follows;

The Freeman's Journal compliments the Americans on
their superior discipline, and Jays: —

"The events and its incidents will have drawn closer tlie
amities of the two nations engaged, and while heartily
congratulating the gallant couquerurs oil their magnificent
triumph, we look fonevenge lo the future."

The Dublin Express trusts that

"The contest will become annual, and if it should he car-
ried on with tho same good feeling, not only on tho part of
the competitors, hut on that of the spectilors, and of the
two nations generally, which has marked the first two
meetings, it will do much to cement the friendship of Ire
land aud America. To this Col. Gildersleeve lias justly
directed attention as tlie most valuable outcome of this rf-
vtdry of marksmen; and we hope tlie Irish 'six' will spare
no effort to give future meetiugs that interest which alone
can insure tneir continuance."

Saunders' JVetes Ixller speaks in a similar strain, und

says;—

"Nor should it be forgotten, as slight extenuation of our
failure, that, while the American team was selected from a
nation of 40,000,000, who are familiar with the rifle from
their cradle, ours was selected from u province of 5,000,000
where, except iu privileged cases, the use of that weapon
is forbidden."

The Dublin Mail remarks:—

"The Americans' visit to Europe will assume the propor-
tions of an exchange of national hospitalities, aud we in
Ireland hope that the result will be a better appreciation

348

FOREST AND STREAM

of Irish character nnd aspirations in the United States than
has hitherto beet' the case.”

On the 80th nit. the Spencer Cup, free to all comers,
was shot for at Dollymount ltange. Messrs. Bruce, Yale,
Dakin. Gildersleeve, Ballard, Coictnnn and Cnnflckl, of the
American team, and all the members of the Irish team and
Shooting Club took part. Th<- contest resulted in another
victory for the Americans. R. C. Coleman won the cup,
making a score of 47 out of a possible 00. The range was
1,000 yards. Gildersleeve and Yale also wou prizes during
the day’s shooting.

Col. Gildersleeve in handsome terms. The Col., being
called for, spoke with pleasure of the reception they had,
and presented Alderman Manning with a flask made of the
same silver as the American Cup. This called forth great
cheering, the Alderman and nearly all present being taken
by surprise. A similar flask was presented to Major Leech.

When the dinner was ended the whole parly were driven
to Dalkey, where they speut the remainder of the evening
at. the residence 'of Alderman Manning. Col. Gildersleeve
received an official letter from Belfast, informing him that
on Tuesday evening arrangements luul been made for a

In the contest for the Abercorn Cup on the followmg day i promenilde concert nnd fireworks at the Botanic Gardens,
our countrymen again part.c.patod, but were not success- ond for (he nexl morning a trip down Belfast Lough is
fid. The match was not conclude until the 2d, when Mr. | pn)miscd. Yesterday afternoon the American team were
Edmund Johnson of the Irish team won by a total score j t0 competc !lt ciamlebroke in a match with short rifles,
of 388 Messrs. Bmbv and Pollock made Imd.er scores ■ ^h man firing fifteen shots at a range of !, 000 yartls. The

of 383. Messrs. Rigby and Pollock made higher scores,
but as they had been winners before, the cup was awarded I
to Johnson. Of the Americans, the best scores were as *
follows: Fulton, 371; Gildersleeve, 3G9 ; Bodinc, 304;

Coleman, 360. The Americans won several all corners’ j
prizes on this day. The weather was bad for the riflemen, i
Rain fell, nnd there was a high wind.

The Dublin journals, referring to Major Leech's retire-
ment from the captaincy of the Irish team, concur in say-
ing that Ireland is indebted to Major Leech for long range
shooting, which lie established in the face of great diffi-
culties.

The official score of the International rifle match
at Dollymount gives Dakin 52, instead of 51 at the 1,000
yard range, aud makes the number of poiuts by which the
American beat the Irish team 30, instead of 38.

Ou the 3d the shooting for the All Ireland Challenge
Shield took place at Dollymount. The competitors were
four members each of the Dublin, Belfast., and New York
Clubs. The ranges were 1,000 and 1,100 yards, in each of
which every participant had twenty shots. The shield was
won by the Dublin marksmen, the score standing: Dublin,

Amateur, New

York, 558;

Belfast, 521.

Tlie follow

wetc the scores

—

nrnuN ctrn

Name.

1,003 yard*.

1,100 vords.

Johnson

. . .711

iG

Pollock

. . . .77

76

Hamilton

... 71

in

R'gby

81

48

Tout

3)3

251

813

Grand total

AMATEUR, NEW

TORN.

564

Name.

1.000 yard*.

1,100 vnrds.

Gildersleeve

Dakin

-

. ... M

«;

Fulton

;ti

-si

Bodme ...

.62

78

Total

... 281

277

231

Grand total .

558

BELFAST CLUB

Name.

1,000 yards.

1,100 vards.

Wilson

ss

59

Wolkington

66

4!)

F niton

7(1

63

Lee

... 72

M

Tolal

296

gd*

206

Grand total —

. . ..521

Mr. Wilson, of the Belfast club, won the Wilkes Cup.
Messrs. Coleman and Gildersleeve, of the American team,
made four bullseyes each at the 500 yards in the contest
for the Hundred Guinea Cup, presented by the London
Dramatic New*. Coleman won the fiual shot, but the cup
goes to Gildersleeve under the rules, as Colenaau won the
Spencer Cup. A strong and irregular wind blew during
the shooting, but no rain fell. There was an immense
crowd present at the place for the distribution of the prizes.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin presided, and the Lady May-
oress distributed the prizes, which included badges for the
American team. The Lord Mayor, Major Leech, and Sir
James Mackay made speeches congratulating the Ameri-
cans on their victory. Major Leech said the victory would
serve as an additional tie between t lie two countries. Col.
Gildersleeve responded. lie thanked the Lord 3Iuyor and
all others in Dublin and Ireland generally for the warm
hospitality and generous applause that had been accorded
bis countrymen, and assured them that the occasion would
never he forgotten by the Americans. At the conclusion
of his remarks he presented an elegant cup of American
silver aud manufacture to be shot for annually by the Irish
riflemen. The gift was enthusiastically received.

In the afternoon Mr. Vernon entertained the party at
Clontarf Castle. On l he 4th several of the Americau ri-
flemen dined at the residence of Mr. Milner, of the Irish
team, and others at the residence of Mr. Waterhouse. The
usual sentiments were proposed by lire hosts, the most
honored being “The day we celebrate.” The American
team have been invited to a banquet iu Edinburgh. The
closing festivities in honor of the team took place on Mon-
day. The party made an excursion through Wicklow, ac-
companied by Alderman Manning, Major Leech, members
of the Lord Mayor’s family, and other leading citizens of
Dublin. After visiting the residence of the Earl of Pow-
crscourt, the parly made a halt at Ilargle, near the well
known Powerscourt Waterfall. There a sumptous banquet
was given under a large tent erected for the occasion.
Alderman Manning presided, and on proposing the toast
to “Our American Visitors,” said he was delighted to wel-
come them at this beautiful spot amid the scenery of Wick-
low. In offering the toast he coupled with it the name of
Gen. Dakin, whose record was so honorably connected
with the success of the American team. The toast was
drunk with cheers and the band played the “Star Bpangled
Banner.” Gen. Dakin responded happily, complimenting

prize is a silver cup, presented by the Mayor nnd citizens
of Belfast. The day will conclude with a banquet in the
Town Hall. An excursion will bo made to the Giant’s
Causeway on Thursday (to-day), and the party will return
in time for a performance in the evening at the Royal The-
atre. On Friday the Americans will he taken to places of
interest in aud around the city, and on the evening of that
day will take their departure for Glasgow.

—The telegraph reports that. Major Leech has resigned
his position as Captain of the Irish Team. Although this
proceeding is only in accordance with a long since avowed
determination, it is unfortunate at this particular time, ns
conveying an impression that some dissatisfaction might
exist in the mind of the gallant Major with regard to the
late match. Such, we are sure, is not the case, ns far ns
the mere question of defeat is concerned, for Major Leech
is too polished a gentleman, and loo friendly in feeling to-
wards the visitors to display pique at the result. But the
Irish area remarkably oulspokeu people, nml if the reports
which reach us from that side as to the dissatisfaction ex-
hibited towards tlieir representatives are correct, the Major
cannot be blamed from retiring from an ungrateful office.

American Rifle Association.— This association held a
meeting on Monday on the grounds of Captain Coburn at
Eastchester, near Mount Vernou. Three matches in all
were contested, full particulars of which we give below: —
■'Subscription Match"— Dislnnce, 20) yard-*; any rifle withiu the rules;

, entrance fee, Si-

Name. Score. I Name. Score.

E. Curdoze 2 4 4-1 5.. 19 Sureonnt Madden 41422 ,15

P. Hyde 2 4 3 4 5. .18 J. .1 C. Clink .4 2 5 2 2. 15

F Hyde. 2 4 5 l 4.. 18 Colonel Underhill 3 5 5 0 2 15

Adjutant Swain 1 2 2 5 5. .lK|Ci<ptatn J. J. O Kelly. 2 2 3 5 2 14

Hon C. M Schelffclin.3 4 3 1 3 . 1? i lion . C. M Scheiffelfn 4 3 0 4 3 M

Ciipt. F. Whittaker 5 5 2 3 2 . 17;LIeutermnl Gee 5 2 4 3 0. 14

Adjmant Swain 5 5 3 4 0. . 17| ■ aptaiu E. Barker .0 2 4 5 2 , I ,

O W . Smith .4 3 4 0 5.16 Ed. Guv 2 4 0 1 3 13

n>m " M. Scbi ifleliu.O 4 4 4 4. .16 A. T. Decker 0 3 113 13

K II. Holt* n 0 5 3 5 3. lit] A. W. Peck. ...2 4 2 2 2,! 12

J. II. Stearns ...2 8 2 8 5.. I5|\Viu. S. Beaver. . ,3 0 2 2 5., 12

“Westchester Match"— For cope vs hied at $40 and $10 respectively, dlc
tance, 200 yards; military rifle.

Snore.

Name

2 » 5 3 3.. 17 A. W. Peck

3 2 4 4 3. . I61G Thorn

Name.

J. H steams..

I nptain E. Barker.

Captain C F. Robbins 3 5 3 2 2..I8|Wni. S Thompson.
Win S Beavers.. 0 I 5 2 5. .16 K. Cardoze ..

II P Carrington 1 2 2 2 4. 1l| Lieutenant Gee.

Captain A McOweii . 0 5 2 3 3 . . l3|Sergeant Madden

Score.
.0 4 3 U 5.

I 3 o 5 0

II 5 8 3 0
.3 2 3 0 3

8 2 3 0 1
. .2 4 2 0 3

"All Comers' Match"— Distance, 200 yards; any lifle,

Name.

G. W Smith

Cant K. Barker
J. J. C Clark. ..
Sergeant Madden.
Col. G. W. Scoit.
Sergeant Buckbee.

Score.

3 0 8 3 5. 1 1
5 0 3 2 4 .14

4 2 0 3 2. II

1223 0.11

0 3 3 2 8 .10

4 2 2 3 0 10

Score. I Name.

4 5 5 4 3 21 F. Ilvd-
2 4 3 5 4 18 A. W Peck.

5 8 2 2 4. . lli’.I . G. Best.

.8 8 2 5 2 15|G. Thorn

2 4 3 4 3 15 iK. Wliltlakci

.3 3 0 4 4.. 14 E. Curdoze

We understand, though not officially announced, that the
next match will be in about two weeks at the permanent
range of the association, when the range will be formally
opened. 800 yards is its length, but arrangements are be-
ing made to extend it to 1,000 yards. For a young associ-
ation, supported by its officers principally, without any aid
from the Stale, they have made great heudway, and we
trust their efforts may be crowned with all the success
which they anticipate. A noteworthy feature of the
meeting, and ouo worthy of imitation elsewhere, was the
attention paid to visitors and press representatives.

Yonkers Rifle Club.— At a special meeting of the
Yonkers Sportsmen's Club, held on Thursday eveniug last,
the following resolutions were adopted:—

Resolved, That such members of 1 lie Yonkers Sports-
men’s Club who desire to practice rifle shooting, ;hall be
allowed to organize themselves into a subdivision of the
same, to be known as the Yonkers Rifle Club, with power
to establish such rules and regulations for their general gov-
ernment as they may deem proper, and to enjoy the use of
the rooms of the Yonkers Sportsmen’s Club.

Resolved, That none others than members of the Yonk-
ers Sportsmen’s Club shall be eligible for election ns mem-
bers of the Yonkers Rifle Club.

Mafty of the members of the Sportsmen’s club have been
practicing with the rifle at ranges extending up to 300
yards, and will soon extend their efforts to 500 yards. Tlieir
success at the first named distance lias been very encourag-
ing, ami the new club is expected to turn out some first-
class marksmen.

— V few members of the Amateur IlifleCliib conUn led on
Saturday for a badge, to be w on uuder wliat ure known as
the bullseye conditions. Any rifle was permitted, and the
distance 800, 000, and 1,000 yards; fifteen shots at cuch
range. The peculiarity of the match was, that the largest
number of bullseyes inude in the aggregate at all the dis-
tances constituted the winning score. Mr. L. Geiger, of
Ilion, N. Y., was the winner, making 18 bullseyes out of a
possible 45. Mr. A. Anderson scored 17; II. 8. Jewell, 16;
A. J. Reunion, Jr., 13, (i. W. Smith, 10; W. B. Furwcll,
7; W. II. Bergen, 3. The total scores were— Geiger, 174;
Jewell, 171; Anderson, 158; Farwell, 146; Smith, 138;
llennion, 127, and Bergen, 47. Coinpluint was made that
the train of the Central Railroad was forty-eight minutes
behind time in starling for Hunter's Point.

“POINT BLANK AND POINT BLANK
RANGE” EXPLANED— CORRECTION.

EniTon FonssT and Stiieam: —

In yonr lust (July 1 number) I observe nn error In my definition* "iRki -
and "second" to point blank and point blank rung*-. This requires ,
rcctlon, else the gist of llie article will be lost, and myself, ) f, Mllh
jceteil to a Just broadside of criticism. As published, the definitions ilo
not agree with the explanations on which they are based, and Ibis will
greatly confound the reader. Toe one word "range" appearing in n,„
"lirsl" definition instead of the "second," pervert* the meaning of boil,
definitions, as will be socn by inference to the article already published
Please make the necessary correction in your next number by publish.
Ing ns conspicuously ns may be the following:—

“First"— By point blank is meant Hie second point where the Iriij.-r .
lory or curve of the ball in its falling flight Intersect* or cuts the Hue of
sight. (ScocasoS.)

Notr — This mathematical point In theory and science, corresponds i , .
the exact centre of the target in practice.

"Second"— By point blank range is meant the straight lino or shorten
distance from llie picco lo the point blank (or cut as above.) is,,
case 3.)

Note -This distance is horizontal In gunnery practice, nnd goiiernliy
In nil long runge shooting. Bunt may be oblh|iie In practice, nnd yet
virtually comply with the conditions of long range firing. The horlxonial
distance is measured along the level ground from the piece to the target
Both in theory and practice the distancos are Hie same. Oi.li St:oi r

The errors are not ours.— [Ed.

§me ‘"iff §"»■

GAME IN SEASON IN JULY.
Woodcock, Snipe, Cnrlcw, and Bay birds.

THE DITTMAR POWDER.

WE publish below a number of letters on the subject
of this explosive, some of our correspondents ar-
guing for and some against it. We would recommend Mr.
Dittmnr to adopt the suggestion of “Herbert" and have u
chemical analysis of his powder made and published. We
last week printed his explicit directions for the handling
nnd use of this explosive, nnd we trust that the adoption
of these will result in putting an end to those accidents to
guns, &c., which we are now called upon too frequent I v lo
notice, and which are probably caused by a want of tins
information : —

West Famhnoton, Maine, Jnno ‘20th, 1875,
Editor FonEST and Stream:—

I have been watching with some Interest the brief account* that have
recently appeared in your paper of experiment* In various parte of the
country with the Dittmnr powder; nud if It will add nnyiliing to the gen-
eral stock of information concerning a compound which, In sonm cm>e<
at least, has proved Itself abundantly able to speak for Itself, you nml
the reuden* of FOBR6T and Stream are welcome to my own Hide expe-
Hence, and that of a friend or two, who tried mine of tin- same lot.

In the first trial of It I mnde nse of an nnrient horse pistol, that hurt
withstood the shock of "glorious Fourths" probuhly ever since there
was 0 Fourth to celebrate. Into this tried and (l)rusty weapon I pm
about enough of Dittmar in kill a medium sized mouse, and drove the
charge down well with a paper roil to hold it. Toe result was the explo-
sion of Hie cap, wltn very little additional report, nml a Mule smoke
There was scarcely any fouling of the barrel. For the next trial I used
rather more of the powder, well driven (town, ond also added a sin, Ml
charge of shot; the whole making apparenily a fair charge for a pun
ridge. But on mature reflection, after llie explosion, I should judge u
might answer for a well developed ostrich, or a small drug store In Bo.
ton. There was a very perceptible recoil on the part of the pistol, ami
the No. 0 shot were driven tuto a board so far that a repent Urn of the
experiment was considered needless at that time. Afterwards n friend
of mine consented to try 11 little of the “mlxiur” In his rifle He w 1
very much delighted with its cleanliness, power of pcnvrntlon, light r,
port, etc., until I gave him a small charge which had been wet and after-
wards dried in Hie open air. This he succeeded in getting oil quit*
effectually also, nnd I may add ho soorjod equally pciu-lrntad with the
result of it, though, judging by the "corner" he made in swearword-,
dot delighted o* much ns he was before. On examination, we found 1 hat
ho had hurst his heavy rifle barrel and blown the tube out, the latter
sinking him on the head. This proved so satisfactorily that we did not
pursue our investigations any further on Hint day, nor on subsequeiii
days. Wo conclude Hint the new powder is peculiar, nml ' Dun." -im
the bursting of his favorite rifle, spouks very feelingly upon the snhji -
whenever It Is up for discussion, C

IIanniiial, Mo., Jiiuo 28lh, 1875

Editor Forest and Stream:—

While many who have tried the Dittmar powder speak well of it, no
and perhaps the wise ones, report adversely. A writer iu a late spm'
ing paper states that in two Instances guns had been “torn open I"1"1
breech to muzzle," bnt provoklngly omitted to give any pnrtlciilni"
regard to the accidents. If such have occurred they should by all nicsu
be given In full detail, so that not only the sportsman could be on tie "
guard, hut the manufacturer could examine Into the cause, and, If p"-
ble, obviate it. A recent writer in Forest and Stiieam slates that Hie
combustion la Instantaneous; such being the ease it docs not seem t>"-
sible that greater pcueiralion can he mnde hy the Ditimnr than by 1 1 1
black powder, a mi although the statement seems to have been made o>
dldiy, I mnst confess to a little skepticism in regard to It , I have fi 11
it stated that a bullet penetrated six inches more of solid wood <* 1th I’
than with black powder. If the combustion was Instantaneous, could
that superior penetration have been possible? If tho new exp.orive 1
as dangerous as represented, it Is highly Important that some careful and
scientific experiments should bu mado with it to determine beyond 1
doubt whether or not its use la attended with great danger. I for 01 ■
would not care to spoil a fine gun for curiosity sake. Would not Font? 1
and Stiieam do a good thing for the sportsmen at large to have the neu-
ter scientifically tested? Sonic three months since the writer ol»tinu*-*t *
couple cans of the new powder, one marked No. 15 lino and the oili*'
No. 15coarse. I used a few chnrgcs#of four drucluns measure, Well 11
down, and closely confined In a !2A metal shell, with u heavy No, 0 felt
wad and a thin curd board ovnr the powder, well pressed down; il"'
charges were tired at ducks; little smoke, light report, ond slight recoil
Now, I vent uro to say Hint had tho combustion been Instantaneous 1
would have been laying ou my hack looking at the stars very soon after
tho explosion. Later In the season I used 3J drachms, shaken down ■
before, with same wadding, Tho powder was put Into now niet«|,lc
shells which had never been used; th« result some as bofore I found ij
very satisfactory In snipe shooting; there was no trouble with the el" 1
sticking. One of the shells Is now before mo, ucver having been H"‘
hut once; there Is scarcely nny residuum left in if, and the corrosion 1*
very slight. In regard to the expansion of Hie shell I admit that the K""
used was a heavy one for Ihu gauge (12,) tho weight being pom"
with double bolt and top fastening. I have carefully examined 'J"
shells, nnd I can find no Indications of extraordinary pressure. ‘ "
primers certainly do not Indicate It. I thought, however, that the P""
dcr was too quick, und so wrote Mr. D., and he bus sent Uiu a eumi1 1

with coarser grain, and, I suppose, slower combustion, but I have not
tried it yet- Now, I may hava bsen more fortunate in the trials I have
cl ven It than hnvo some others. I must confess I felt a rather unpleas-
ant sensation oonie over me on reading how two guns had been torn
asunder from end to end, thinking how near I came to nsing some
Charges of six drachms, which 1 had loaded to shoot at ducks, but by
some chance did not use them. I trust that the light of eciuucs may soon
shine on this matter, and double be put at rest before- yon are called upon
to record the death of some good fellow who sacrificed Ids life to his in-
quisitiveness. When I can master up courage enough I Intend to give
the lust can received a trial at the target, and, us I have somo Pettit puds
for penetration, hope to live to give you the results. Before I close I
wish to say a good word for I lie Ilart metallic shell, which I have Imd in
ase for some time. I think them nil the sportsman can ask for.

* UEItllERT.

East Orange, Juno 21st, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream: —

A month ago 1 bought a can of Dilttnar powder f made a trial of It
at the time, hut as the experiment was not successful I concluded to say
nothing about it. Having heard nothing hot good reports, I did not
wish to Are the first shot at its fust-growing reputation. But now, as
others have doubts ns to its good qualities, and two have declared ns to
positive danger in Its nse, I feel inclined to give your readers the benefit
of my experience. My trial was with an English breech loader, 12 gauge,
80-Inch barrels, 7J pounds weight. I used Ely brown paper shells. My
charge was with black powder (Hazard’s dock shooting) 3 drachms, with
wood powder 81 drachms, well shaken down, measured with a Dixon
charger;! oz No. 8 Tntham’s shot, two wads over powder, one over
shot. I fired four chnrges with each at 25 and 40 yards. Six of the eight
charges of wood powder bulled, and after tearing through a book of over
250 pages, with a pasteboard cover, entered into the solid wood of a
chestnut tree over an inch. The two chnrges that did not hall mndc a
slightly better target than 3 drachms black, but hardly equaled it in pen-
etration. Now. as to effects on the gun. My first charge of wood pow-
der was fired from a rest against a tree trunk, and I was rather in the
shade at tho time of discharge; nor could I swear that both eyes were
open when I pulled. The result astonished me. A quick report, with
scarcely any recoil, it seemed to me os though I was rhooling very fine
black powder. I looked at my gun with a critical eye, and although
everything looked right, something gave me to understand that wood
powder was too quick for It. I lipped up the barrel, withdrew the shell,
and looked through. The barrel was nearly ns clean as its fellow which
had not been shot. I fired black and wood alternately, and found the
wood cleaned the barrels after they were fouled by black. I noticed the
smoke from the wood was scarcely perceptible. The more ( tired, the
more I became sntiilled thut wood powder was not the thing for breech
loaders, but had tho same bad effect as very quick black powder, if n- t
a worse one With Its short distributing qualities I was thoroughly dis-
gusted, for three-quarters of the charges fired balled. Another thing no-
ticed was the drawing out of shape of tile paper shell*; all had n crease
drawn lengthwise, ns though the instantaneous explosion of the powder
drew a vacuum in the barrel, and the air passing in at the breech to fill
this vacuum, creased tlie shell in its passage. I also fancied that the
wood heated the banels more than Ihe black, especially at the breech.
In short, I find its good qualities to be little smoke and cleanliness; its
bad qualities, heating of barrels, quickness of burning, balling of shot,
and lastly, danger in nee, which I think more than balance the good

Respectfully yours, Magua.

[We refer our correspondent to Mr. Dittmar’s card in
our last issue, June 24th.— Ed.]

BORED GUNS FOR FIELD USE.

New York, Jone l?tb, 1873.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

In looking over the columns of the London Field It is snrprlsiug to see
the number of gunmnkers advertising gune bored on the so-called new
system, some guaranteeing to put 230 pellets inside the 30 inch circle at
forty yards. I suppose after awhile some one will be able to make a
grin that will place tho whole charge or shot inside of the thirty Inches.
If I wanted a gun for target shooting only I would order one of these
gun*. As shot guns arc not supposed to be made for target practice
only, but for use in the field, I think sportsmen should hesitate before
ordering a ghti that will tear his game so as to make it unfit for use if
shot inside lire forty yards, a- it is well known that American sportsmen
kill most of their game at thirty yards and under. Mr. W It. Pape of
New ca«ile-on -Tyne, winner of the gun Helds of 1858-59 66, claims’ to
have bored gans on tills system fifteen years ago, and discontinued it on
account of it- proving a failure in the field. In the late trial Mr. Pape's
guns were second and third in each class. The guns entered by Mr. It.
Davidson were of his make; he claims to have won this trial also, hot
was cheated out of it. and has challenged the editor of the Field to show
the targets, lie liasalso challenged Messrs. Greener, Green, and Dougnl
In Bell's Life to shoot six guns against them for £1(JU each. He has con-
fidence that he can beat any gun that may lie brought against him. Still,
if the judges had awarded him first place, ns he claims he was entiiled
to, I doubt whether lie would advise any one to have guns bored on Ibis
system I think the gun trials as now conducted arc entirely wroug.
All guns that will target from 130 to 180 pellets should be considered
first class as to pattern; then tho gun that has the best penetration, tak-
ing In consideration simplicity, beauty of workmanship, &c., should bo
awaidcd fliet place. E j,

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Syracuse, N. V., June 26th, 1875.

I notice In your last issue an Inquiry from D. F. E , Saratoga. In regard
to the Bcmington doublo barrel shot gun. Having hud considerable ex-
perience with the Remington, I will state the same for bis benefit. I
own a 12 gauge. 815 gun, Remington, which I have used over a year,
principally for duck shooting, and It is as sound to-day ns when 1 bought
it. I use 3J druchms American Sporting (No. 3, usuully), and 4 ounces
siot, and 1 experience no iiuplensmit recoil, no more than from any gun
I ever shot, mid I believe It to lie tho best gun in the market to-day for
bo price, ($45.) W. II. Laiirauee.

Muikkihk Furnace, June 24th, 1873.

editor Forest and Stream.—

For the benefit of your renders who use brass shell", I would say Hi
huve tried the preparation of sulphuric acid nnd bichromate point
recommended in your paper for cleaning them. While It Is good, still
donotfiud Unit I is any better than good strong elder vinegar. T
vinegar is much more plea-ant to tiso, us you can put your hands into
without danger. I find that neither of them will make sliolU look ne
but they will take the dirt out, and that is all that is wanted. The vln
gar la also much the cheapest . Maryland.

—We have received from Mr. C. A. Zimmerman, of St.
l’aul, Minn., acnpitul photograph of Mr. G. W. Baldwin,
the best shot, and holder of the State Champion Badge of
Minnesota. The photo, which is a capital work of art,
" ns taken by Mr. Zimmerman, who is himself a sportsman
of no small repute.

—Our correspondent “Guyon” refers in his letter to-day
to u gun recently made for him by Tolley Brothers, which
for superior finish, general workmanship, and shooting
qualities may challenge any gun rnude. Tho tool is in able
and appreciative hands, and both Tolley and he ought to
be congratulated.

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duri„, the Winter months, are'not"a S' MriS'ffS
bummer amusements. The Central Hudson Yacht Club
celebrated its second annual regatta at New Hamburg on
lliursday last. Many of the yachts have more than local
reputation, and tho names of many of their owners are of
historic interest carrying us back to the earlier days of
New York : and llic stirring sbenes enacted on the banks of
the beautiful river. There were thirteen entries, as follows
Emily, A. I. Rogers; Lorelei, C. F. Brown; Lc Roy Le
Boy Brothers; Ida May, Miller Brolflers; Fidget, Irving
Grinncll; Ltltih, J. Van Wyck, Jr. ; Eloise, F. Newbold
Poughkeepsie; Geo. W. Dicks, J. Kohcri Roosevelt; Mollie.’
JVr kenuchard; Thetis, W. E. Vcrplanck; Osprey, J, II.
Weddle; Lulu, W. G. Ferris, and Mary Emma. The prize
for the hrst-class boats was a set of silver dinner forks and
spoons; for the second class a silver ice pitcher, and for the
third class a handsome card stand.

The course over which the race took place was from an
imaginary line drawn from a ling boat to the New Ham-
burg dock, north, to and around a flag boat olf Low Point
and back to Hie marling point, goiug over the course twice!
Lite course for ihe third-class yachts was once over the
said course, and the allowance of time only one minute to
the foot. The Regatta Committee consisted of Philip
Schuyler. James Roosevelt, nnd B, Hymur Sands.

At 12:08 the boats were given a flying start, and a very
interesting race ensued. On the run back, and when oil
the New Hamburg dock. Ihe Lorelei capsized ; her crew
were rescued by the yacht Bessie. The Le Hoy won the
first prize, the Mary Emma the second, and the Lulu the
third.

Regatta at Bayside, L. I. — An exciting regatta was
sailed on Tuesday last at the above place. The course was
from a stakeboul off Miller’s Hotel, Little Bayside, to the
Steppiug Stone' buoy, passing the same to the eastward -
thence to anti around a stakehoat off McClellan’s dock, at
City Island, rounding the same front leeward to windward
thence to Tlirogg’s Neck buoy, passing to westward of the
same, and thence to the home stakehoat, crossing the line
as at starling. The course was sailed over twice. Three
prizes were offered for the winners of the first, second, and
third class sloops respectively. The following table gives
the time of start and return: —

i-ynchting

rtRST CLASS.

Name.
Carrie ....
Octoplexera
Ilm’ry Hill
Three Bro's,

P. IIuIbc

Brush

Fidget

Rosa

Ella

Nellie

Grade

Start.

Stakehoat.

Home.

Time t
race.

11 . M . S

It M --

1:55:30

3:36:31

4: 43:. >3

. .1:58:09

3:1510

4:24:10

3:18:00

4:27:23

2:30:03

. . 1 :57:50

3:18:13

4:31:48

2:33:58

.. 1 51:30

SECOND-Ct^Si8.
withd’n

.1:51:30

wiihd’n

.. .1:51:95

3:13:10

4:30:05

2:)S:10

. .1:56:05

TI1IRD-CLA83

3:26:25

SLOOPS.

4:33:54

2:47:89

wiilm’n

...1:51 :30

3:17:10

4:35:15

.1:56:05

3.09.0J

4:20:30

2:24:23

Time
by al-
lowance.

ti n 5.

2: 12:IM
2:26:01
2:26:18
•2:23:28

2:38:10

2:37:04

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in their respective dosses.

2:31 15
2:24:23
won the prizes

ton eh i ha ,»,.T ,mr«'cs orilie vx'awaiilinka ami Arli.,K.
m?n eventnin 1 “rgcs pot ^ we" «»e single

me , • ,y w,DD,nK- Time, 13m. 30s.. the married

ho“e ,n Tim. The fourth race was a
be ^ I n °en t7,> paired. oared gig,. ,|.o crew of one

*9sz i Zijrsn

«*• •» "$»' b-L

N-Pi!!iO penman, of Brooklyn, and James Harder, of
Off F.V, I • e« ;l ll,,ree Jml° race on tho Hudson
The race ^

althC 0,030 K,e8nmanU^
—

Saratoga . On Tuesday and Wednesday next the
intercollegiate regatta of 1873 will he contested at Sara-
toga Speculation as to which crew will win can he gov-
ert.etl only by such form os the men have displayed in their
training, aided a little, perhaps, by college prestige. We
should he induced to place Yale, Harvard, and Columbia
as the most likely trio from which to select the winner but
each college and crew has its advocates and supporters (o
whom defeat seems impossible. That our readers may
form some idea for themselves as to the personel of the con-
testants we give below the names, weights, Ac., of the men
comprising each crew:—

Yai.k — Bow, George Loomis Brownell, ’75 S S N
East Hnddam Conn.; No 2, Arthur Dickenson (.’handler’
/8, Woodstock, Conn, ; No. 3, David Hyde Kelloir- 7ti'
Spuyteu Duyvil, N. Y.,No. 4, Charles Newall pSwler’
Hi, Lena, III.; No. 5, Julian Kennedy, '7"i. S S ’
.SI rut hers, Ohio; stroke and Captain, Hubert John',
son Cf-okc, HI, Fayette City, Pa. Averages— A»e ■>> i j
height, 5.10 1-3; weight, 160. B ' ’

Harvard.— Bow, Francis Randall Appleton, ’75 Now
J ork; No. 2 Montgomery .Ia.nes, S. S. S. , Cambridge,
Moss^; No. William K. Taylor. '77, Jefferson, N. Y
No. 4 (Captain,) D. C. Bacon, '7(5, Jamaica Plain, Muss. ’
No. 5, C. W. Wetmore, '75, Marquette, Mich.; stroke W*
} ' °,,s> S: S.S-. Chicago, 111. Avcrages-Age, 20*; height,’

0. 10$; weight, Id!).

Colombia —Bow, Irving Sprague, '7(i, New York, No.
Edward h. Sage, '77, S. of M , Spuyten Duyvil N Y
No. 3, T. G. Murphy, '77, S. of M , Middletown, Conn!’
No. 4, G. M. Hammond, S. of M , New York- No. 5*
Clios. S. Boyd, '77, S. of ill., Brooklyn, N Y. ; stroke and
Captain, Jasper T. Goodwin, '7d, New York. Averages—
Age. 21 1 0; height, 5.11; weight. 100 2 3.

Wksi.f.yan. — Bow and Cnplnin, Waller II. Downs '75
South Berwick, Me., No. 2, J. W. Whitney, ’7d. Sprague's
Corner, N. Y.: No. 3, F. W. Fori, '75, Franklin N~ ,j •
No. 4, II. W. Rogers, '78, Hammond, N. Y , No. 5, D. li
Jack, ’78, Butler, Pa.; stroke, Cyrus P. Mat It, ’?7 West
Newton, Pa. Averages— Age, 25; height, 5.091; weight,
158 1 6.

Williams.— Bow, Stuart ITanckell Heed, '78, Coxsackie
N. Y ; No. 2, Harry A. Barker, '70, Burlington, Vt. No'
3, William Ivennon Jewett, '78, Columbus, Ohio; No. 4
Charles Gilbert, ’70, Wilton, Conn ; No. 5, .) oliu Ileurv
Haynes, '70, Howe, Mass.; stroke, Marshall P. Wushhurn
’77, Boston, Mass. Averages— Age, 20 5-6; height 5 Id’
weight, 159 I d.

Cornell — Bow, John Suyles Waierman, ’77 M a
Cumherlanil Hill, H. I.; No. 2, Daniel Otis Barto’ ’77 f, ’
Jacksonville, N. Y., No. 3, Albert Rufus Gillis, ’,'5. M { '
Kinsman, Ohio; No. 4, James Lorenzo Jarvis, ,S. !s,
astota, N. Y. ; No. 5, Charles Cyrus King, 75, A.’ Bel-
mont, N Y.; stroke and captain, John Nelson Ostrom
'75, E., East Randolph, N. Y. Averages— Age 2*
height, 5.9 2-3; weight, 150 13.

—The Cape May regatta is to he sailed on the 12lli and
14th insts. The prizes, reaching in value $1,000 each ate
worthy of an excellent entry and spirited contest. The
New York Yacht dub has accepted an invitation to partic-
ipate. Garner’s yacht Mohawk will go with the rest.

—On Thursday morning last the steam yachts Ideal, be-
longing to Mr. Havemycr, and the Lookout, owned by
Mr. Jacob Lorillard, started from Fort Schuyler for a race
around Long Island, the stake being $1,000, and ihe dis-
tance about 222 nautical miles. The Ideal is double the
size of the Lookout, but no time allowance was made.
The former won the race iu 18 hours and 22 minutes, heat
ing her antagonist 2 hours and 18 minutes. The Ideal av-
eraged about 124 knots throughout the match, and the
Lookout about 11 knots.

—The Newburgh Bay regatta will he sailed on August
4th. Entries may he addressed to Thomas P. Hamsdel),
Newburgh, N. Y ., on or before August 2d.

The Alcyone Boat Club.— This Brooklyn organization
held its annual regatta on the 29tli tilt, at Iona Island, forty
miles up the Hudson. The prizes weie gold slurs, with
the monogram of the Alcyone Boat club and the inscrip-
tion, “June Regatta, 1875,” in blue euamol, for the victors
in the four-oared race, and gold compasses for the six oared
race. There was also a gold compass for the winner of the
single scull race, and a small gold tub us a prize iu the tub
race. Iu the four-oared race the Coquette, rowed by W
C- Howard, stroke; W. J. Oliver, T. G. Wells, and \Y. J
Lawrence, with A. II Tapper, coxswain, were victorious,
time, 11m. 23s.; distance, two miles. The race for six-
oared gigs took place over the same course, 'l’lie Blonde,
colors blue, Abram Allen, Jr., stroke; A. N. Waterhouse,
G. E. Suuhiicr, W. T. Sharpe, James Kirkoy, Charles W.
Davis, and E. C. Lockwood, coxswain, took the lend, and
maintained it throughout the race, winning the race by six
seconds, making the distance in 12m. and 32s. Both races
were very closely contested.

Arlington Boat Club — This club having completed
their new boat house, celebrated the event, on Wednesday
of lust week by a regatta on the waters of Newtown Greek,
the course for each race being two miles. In. the double
scull working boat race J. Wheaton and J. Hutchinson
reached the home stakehoat in 14m. 15s.; the llavemeyer,
manned by K. Young and J. Rogers, in 16m. 15s. Messrs.
Richard White and Charles Havemeyer started for the siu-
gle scull race, but Mr. White’s boat upsettiug, Mr. Ilave-
meyer withdrew to give his opponent another opportunity.
The third race was between two eight-oared barges, the

AMIIEH8T . — Bow and captain, Wm. Ornc Wcedcn ’77
Providence, R. I.; No. 2, Samuel R. Johnson, '7(5. bl.|](.’
fontaino, Ohio; No. 3. Larry G. Beck, '76. Delphi. In-I ;

4, George II. Heed, ’78, Moriah Centre. N. Y ; No. 5 *f Jiul-

lai A. Hull, ’7S, Griswold. Conn ; stroke, Miami A. Good,
now, ’70, Wilmington, Vl. Averages— Ago, 22 heiirhi
5.10 2 3; weight, 158 1-0. ■ - .

Dartmouth. —Bow, Willis G. Eaton, Jr., ’75, Lowell
Mass.; No. 2. Sumner Wallace, ’77, Rochester, N.' 11., No’
3, and captain, Benjamin F. Robinson, ’77, Manchester
N. H. ; No. 4, Walter C. Frost, ’76, Dublin, N H . -

5, Frank W. Mitchell, ’76, G. S. I), Manchester, N. H •
stroke, Charles W. Eager, ’77, Manchester, N II.’ Aver
ages— Age, 224 years; height, 6 feel; weight, 166 1-6.

Union.— Bow, George Curtis Bender, ’77, S., Albany N
Y ; No. 2, Henry Corbett .1 agger, ’76, 8., Alimov, .V. Y
No. 3, Franklin Hastings, ’76, S , Cohoes, N. Y ; No. 4’
Clarence Page Townsley, ’76, S, DeKalh, N. Y ;’ No 5’
Tlieo. Dubois Frear, ’76, S., New Paltz, N. Y.; stroke anti
captain, Frank Tweedy, ’75, G. lv, Plainfield, N ,1. Aver-
ages— Age, 19 2-3; height, 5.07 2 3; weight, 156 1-0.

Brown.— Bow and Captain, Samuel Johnson Bradbury
’77, Providence, R. I.; No. 2, William Cary Joslin ’71}
Webster, Mass.; No. 3, Solon Stuart Roper. 76, Spring-
field, Mass. ; No. 4, Walter Asa Peck, ’77, Barrington, R,

I.; No. 5, Christopher Marble Lee, ’77, Newport, R.’ i
stroke, Franklin Henry Brown, ’75, Niantie, Conn.’ Aver!
ages — Age, 214; height, 5.11 ; weight, 150.

Princeton.— Bow, John Ely, ’77, Grand Rapids, Mich •
No. 2, Richard .1 . Hall, ’75, New York: No. 3, William li’
Van Lcnnep, '76, Great Barrington, Mass. ; No. 1, George
I). Parmley, ’70, New York; No. 5. Frank Biddle, *75
Philadelphia; stroke and Captain, Benjamin N’icnli. ’77'
New York. Averages— Age, 20j; height, 5.11-}; weight’
171 1-3.

Hamilton —Bow, A. L. Love. '76, Saginaw, Mich. - No

2, E. M. Brown, '75, Eldridgc, N. Y ; No. 3, E. js'troncr*.
er, '76, Auburn, N. Y., No. 4, E. S Youvehoff, '77,
van, Bulgaria; No. 5, N. W. Caldwell, '76, Meridan N
Y. ; stroke and captain, G. R Butler, '77, Brooklyn N Y
Averages— Ago, 22; height, 5.10; weight, 157.

Bowdoin.— Bow and Captain, F. If. Hall, ’75, Wind-
ham, Me.; No. 2, Charles Sargent, ’70. Maehios, Me.; No.

3, F. H. Crocker, ’77, Maehios, Me.; No. 4, .1. F. Hall *751
Disflehl, Me. ; No. 5, F. C. Payson, ’76, Portland, Me -
stroke. J. M Burleigh, ’78, South Berwick, Me. Averages
—Age, 21 1-3; height, 5.10 1-6; weight, 165 2-8.

350

$3, BOO CASH

GRAND

Shooting: Tournament

AT SYRACUSE, N. Y.,
Commencing: Tuesday, July 13, 1S75,

AND CONTINUING 14TH. 15TR. AND 16TI1.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OP

The Central City and Onon-
daga Sportsmen’s Clubs.

OPEN xo THE WORLD:

With the exceptions of Capt. A. II. Bogard.re. Abrn-
bam hlelnmnn. Ira A. Pnine. ,1. Ward, of Can-
ada. nnd J Close, of Pontiac. Michigan.

Entrance for first three davs, $10 each day. En-
trance for day $in. Allpnrsesto till or be pro-
rated bird> extra. If the purses more than fill, the
auntln* will be proportionally divided.

Shooting will begin at 10 o'clock sharp each day.

Progra mm o :

nrn Day— Tiiendny. July lath - $750.— Claw
Shooting— Ten Single ltisev— First prize, cash A-iMi-
weomlprire. cash Sb*): third prize, rash $150; fourth
prize. cn«h $100; fifih prize, cash $',0.

Second Day — Wednesday. Julv 1 Uli.— «S50 —
Class Shooting -Ten Single Ii|-...-Firsr ,iriz0. cllsh
S-W: second prize. cash $450; third prize, cash $150;
ro"r'h "r«*o. cash $10n; flfth prize, cash $'-o

Third Day — Thursday, July lAlli.— $.NiO — Class
■Shootine— Ten Single Hisc.,_(6„g||e|, Buies to gov-
ern 1- First prize, rash $.100; second prize, cash
third prize, cash $150; fourth prize, cash $100; fifth
pnze. cash $ 0

Fourth Day — Friday. .Inly 1 6th. -$1,050 — Class
Shooting -Fifteen Single Rise* —First prize, rash
J 100: second prize, cash $.100; third prize, cash $000;
•fourth prize, cash $100; fifth prize, cash $50.

FOREST AND STREAM.

if he kills, the bird must be scored; but should he
ml**, it shall he a lost bird.

13. The shooter cannot leave the shooting mark tin-
der any pretence to follow up any, bird that will not
n'J."1' 18 ",llkine away from the trap after It l«
pulled; and having once left the mark after shooting
at the bird cannot return to shoot at it again under
any circumstance*.

II. In matches or in sweepstakes, when shot is lim-
ited. any shooter found to Imvo in his gun any more
shot than is allowed, to be at once disqualified.

15. Any shooter is compelled to unload his gun on
being challenged; but if the charge is found not to
exceed the allowance, the challenger shall pay $1 to
tnc shooter, which must be paid before lie shoots
again.

III. That breech loaders be not loaded until the
8!lo0!j'r ''H nl 1,10 n,nrk> ul|d on leaving the mark,
should a cartridge not have beeu dischargid, it Is to lie
removed.

17 No wire cartridges allowed, nor is any bone dust
or other substance to be mixed with the shot.

18. Should any member shoot at a distance nearer
than that at which he is handicapped. It shall be scored
a lost bird.

19. An umpire w ill be chosen for the day, nt each
meeting of the club, whose declsious will In all cases
be Huai.

'■* ot Me* the distance shall not lie increased,

ami shall he shot off at five (5) birds until the match
is concluded.

TO SPORTSMEN.

The Pennsylvania R. R. Company

Respectfully invito attention to the

SUPERIOR FACILITIES

afforded hv their lilies for reaching moat of the TROT-
TING PARKS nnd RACK COURSES In the Middle
Slates. These lines being CONTINUOUS FROM
ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the difficulties
and danger* of rcslilpiucnr, while I he excellent earn
run over the smooth hUc! track* enable STOCK TO
UK TRANSPORTED without fatigue or Injury.

The lines of the

Pennsylvania Railroad Comp’y

Also reach the best localities for

GUNNING AND FISHING
111 Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION
TICKETS are aohl at the offices of the Company In
iill the principal cities to KANE RENOVA, BED-
CRRSSON, lULI.STON. MINNEQUA, and
other well-known centres for
TROUT

RULES GOVERXIAG Tills TOURWME.AT.

Rule 1. Trap*, /tin amt Honndiiri-t —All matches
fexcept on third day) shall nc sho' from II nnd T
plnnee traps. *et five yards annrt. The rise shall be
81 yards and the boundaries Si) yards, measured from
a poiot equi-dislont from and in a direct line between
the traps

Rpi B II At flu Sot*. Hit* nr Hint*. Gun BrUiw
t hr Elbow, Jr.- When a person is at ihe score ami
ready to shoot, he Is to call •pull;" should the bird
not fly when the trap re- sprung, the shooter may de-
clare no bird; hnt should the bird fir before such
decUrsilnn Is mad.-, it will he considered u bin!
Should the trap he sprung without Ills having given
the word, he may take Ihe bird or not; hut if he
shoois the bird shall he scored. The partv -hall not
leave the score to -Ireol. nml must hold the lintl of
his gun below the dhow after Ihe shooter shall rail
"pull." until the bird take- wing; nnd in case of in-
fraction of this role the lord shall be scored a«
misled. All the birds must he on the wing w hen
Shot »t.

Rule III. Mitt-flits — should ihe gun miss fire
the shooter shall have another bird, provided ihe gun
is proper I v loaded. If using a double barrel gnn
onlv one barrel shall be loaded, and at the .cure; if a
mnzzlc loader, capped nt the score. In ca-e of in-
fraction of this last clause, the bird shall be scored as
lost.

RULE IV. Starim/ and .Scoring Birds— U shall
be optional with the party shooting to secure, his own
bird or appoint a person for that purpose. The party
who staris for a bird mnst secure it— time allow ed,
three minute*. No extraneous means shall he used
to gather it. and no person except the one gathering
the bird shall go hetween the referee and the bird
Birds mnst show shot marks. If a bird flies out of
bounds he shall he scored as missed.

Rule \ . Bird on tht Ground.- If a bird is shot at
when on the ground it shall be scored a lost bird
Rule VI. c -haryeoj Shot —The charge of shnll be
H ounces, measured bv Dixon measure. No 1106 or
HOT. Charge of powder unlimited. The referee shall,
at the request of any person engaged in the match
examine cue charge of miy person challenged Should
it contain more than ) j ounces or snot, as above de-
fined. he shall forfeit all his right* in the match.

Rule VII Tit-/.— In case of ties the distance shall
be increased live yards, and shall be shot off at three
or five birds In cose of a second tie, the distance
shall be increased five yards further, and this distance
shall be maintained until the mutch is decided
All ties snail be shot off on the same ground Imme-
diately after the match, if they can be concluded be-
fore dark In case they cannot be concluded by dark
they shall he shot off at (lie following dar, nnle«s
oibeiw i-e directed by the referee. Any one of the
ties being abseut half an hour after the lime appoint-
ed to shoot, shall forfeit his rights to contest in the
match.

KcLEVm. Judges and Beftrte — Two judges and
a referee shall be appointed before the shooting com-
mence*. The referee's deci-ion shall be final. lie
may allow a contestant another bird in case the lat-
ter has been balked or Interfered w ith, or may, for
auy reason sail-factory to the referee, be entitled to
it. If a bird shall fly towards parties within
bounds, in 60ch manner that to shoot at it would en-
danger soy person, another bird may he allowed, and
if a bird Is shot at by anr person besides the party at
the score, the referee shall decide how it shall be
scored, and whether another bird shall be allowed.

ABSTRACT FROM KXGLI6H RULES.

1. The gun must not be carried to tbe shoulder on-
til the shooter has called "Puli."

2. A miss fire no shot, provided the shooter has n
cap or tube on the gun, and it be cocked and loaded.

3. If the shooter misses fire with the first barrel,
and uses the second and miss, the bird is to be -cored
lost.

4. If a person pulls the trap without notice from the
Shooter, he has the option to lake the bird or not.

5 If, on the trap being pulled, the bird does not
rise, it Is at the option of the shooter to take it or
not; but If not, be must declare It by saying "No
Bird."

6. Each bird most be recovered within the bound-
ary, If required by any party Interested, or it must
be scored lo-t.

7. If a bird onc-e out of the ground should return,
and fail dead within tbe boundary, it mnst be scored
a lost bird.

8. If the shooter advances lo the trap and orders It
to be pulled, and does not shoot at the bird, or tils
gan Is not properly loaded, or d><«a not go off, owing
to his own negligence, that bird is to be scored lo«t.

9. Should a bird that bas been shot be flying away,
and a scont' fires and brings the bird down within
the boundary, the referee may. If satisfied the bird
won)! not have fallen by the gun of the shooter, or
der ii to be scored a lo«t bird; or If satisfied tbe bird
would have fallen, rnay order It to be scored a dead
bird; or If In doubt on the sublecr, he may order the
shooter to shoot at another bird

HI A bird shot on the ground with the first barrel
is -No Bird." hut It may be shot on the ground with
the second barrel. If It ha» been tired at with the first
barrel while on the wing.

Tourists’ and Sportsmen’s Route.

THEERIE RAILWAY.

THE ItOUTEOFTHEEItlE KAILWAY

is peculiarly rich In the variety and extent of its
scenery, and while the tourist has alternating glimpses
of the beauty of rivers, gaps and mountains, the
sponsmun has within easy reach many localities that
anora him every facility for the enjoyment of the
sports of the field and stream. We enumerate a few
of the pleasure resorts which crowd the line of the
road

Rutherford Park. -PJ miles from New York. Fine
hotels and hosting pastimes on the Passaic,
t liBon — 13J miles from the city, overlooking the
pictnre-que Lake Dundee.

Lake Molionk — v beautiful bodv of water 1,300 feet
above the Hudson— splendid hotel accommodations.
Orange Lake. —Biz miles West of Newburgh, and
>'"<• <1 for its fishing attractions.

.Milford, Pa.— About eight miles from Port Jervis
Is noted for Its trout fishing, woodcock shooting and
superior hotels. *

.Avon Springs — Celebrated for 20 years as a resort for
invalids, the waters possessing mauy valuable heal-
ing onalities.

Watkins Glen. -This beautiful eoree is distant 294
m,J' s Svw York, via Erie Road to Elmira. It-
wild and picturesque attractions ure second only iu
reputation to those of Niagara.

Chautauqua Lake — ,8 miles long. 3 miles wide; said
to be tbe Highest navigable water on the American
continent, being 730 feet above Lake Erie and 1,290
feet higher than the Atlantic Ocean.

‘' ,nf.^“iiPn,lVXTDS-?r?,n,,.cal*ract i8 reached by the
direct line of the Erie Railway.

There are along the line of the road no less than

Ten Lnrtre Lakes, Abounding with Fish,

delightful sport for black bass and
pickerel. Their names Hre-Lakes Greenw ood. Orange
Otsego, Cayuga, -Seneca, Keuka, SII-
ver and ( hautanqna.

following schedule will afford a partial guide to
the numerous fishing localities reached bv this road:

FISHING. WING SHOOTING
STILL HUNTING.

AND

.Also to TUCKERTON, BEECH HAVEN, CAPE
MAY SqUAN, and point- on the Now JERSEY

TO««aSrj!g»¥5a.LT W*TKK SP0RT "•

The Summer Excursion Route Book

of the Company for the Sea-on of 1876, contu nlng
valuable Information for SPORTSMEN, can be had at
all principal ticket offices.

— , .... P - M- BOYD JR., Gen'I Pass. Agent.
FRANK THOMPSON, Gen'I Manager. jyi

COLLING WOOD

AND

Trout Fi-shiiio- ;

At or near Southfield*, 42 miles from New York

Oxford, 62 “ “ •• ii

" “ Middletown, 67 •• « •>

" " OtioviHe. 76 •• •* •< <■

“ " Port Jervis, 88 <■ “ •• ••

" Monticello, 112 •• “ •• ••

" Milford, <16 •• <• <i a

Black Bass and Pickerel.

At or near Sloatsbnrg, 36 miles from New York
including Lakes Truxedo, Potague and Cedar Pond
At or near Monroe. 50 miles from New Y'ork.
Ponds11 Round’ L°ng. Motnbasba and Cromwell’s

ATh°e ri?* Mi°rid\ mlle; fron New Y'ork.

Tbe famed Mirror Lake, is distant 1 mile
At or near Otisville, 76 miles from New York
Guymard. 80 " •• •• ..

'• " Port Jervis, 88 <• « “

“ Monticello, 113 •* “ ••

“ Cen. Valley, ••

" " SenecaLake. 291 " •• «

n.n Cto for w,le the General Offices of the Erie
Railway Company. 124 Washington street Boston; 241
401 o29, or 957 Broadway, New York; and 732 Chest-
fiat street, Philadelphia. Expre-s trains leave New
1*°?} de|xLt,,'Int 'if Chambers street at 9 A. M„
ju.45 A. M., and 7 P. M. •

„ - JNO N. ABBOTT,

lnyal General Passenfler Agent.

Lake Superior Line.

Toronto, Col I logwood, Fort William,
Duluth. Fort Garry.

Comprising the three first class, tipper cabin powerful
tide wheel bteamera

Chicora, Cumberland and Algoma,

wlriIltIe?SplUndld dra'vinRroomcabin8' 1“ connection

NORTHERN RAILWAY OF CANADA,

Loivinr) Collingioood every Tucjutny and Friday

On arrival of Steamboat Express Train, with Drawlin'
Ro ira Cars attached, culling nt “

PRESQUITE. BRUCE MINES. SAULT STF
MARIK 5IK HIPICOTON. NRPIGON, SIL
VfcK ISLET. AND PRINCE AK-
TUUR’S LANDING.

Fort Garry and the Northwest!

Fort Garry, and with steatnur^ for

DULUTU, FORT GARRY.^and THE RED RIVER

Pleasure Travel.

This route embraces the most enjoyable and nirtu-
re-que Summer Tour hv making the cireult of Lake
Sujwriqr, with the sheltered mid beautiful waters of
the inside channels of Lake Huron and Georgian Boy
and thence bv Ihreo hours' rail, with muguitTcent par-
naire^i conned Rig with tbe Royal MhII

e. of •'B'amers on Luke Ontario, and ihe
Grand Trunk R all way, for the THOUS A ND ISLANDS
and the Rapid- of the River St. Lawrence, for Mnn-
treal. Quebec, « bite Mountains, Portland, Boston and
all point" East nnd South; and with the Great West-
ern Rnilway iinri Lake Ontario steamers daily for
Hamilton. Niagara Falls, Suspension Bridge, Buffalo
Detroit, and all points \\ est mid Southwest. ’

J. & W~ TOLLEY’S

HXK ENGLISH

BREECII LOADING GUNS,

Made to Order

on

FROM STOCK.

These Gunn, celebrated for
, ^ genukio high class worktn inslilp
nnd No. 1 SHOOTING PO\V
ER-t, are built In six qualities
(oi brands.) They are now Im-
ported direct to our NEW Y'ORK
OFFICE, nml so d by ilm Maunt
facturers to SPORTSMEN nt
the followitig pricos,

Pioneer, .... ($66 <Jo|d

Tolley, fHI <*

Standard,. - . . lift a
National, ... 1 lo ••

Challenge, - - - I HO
Paragon, ... 225 u

TRAP SHOTS nml others re-
anlrlng Gun- specially built, on
our new system for DOUBLE-CLOSE SHOOTING
with Increased PENETR ATION, can huvo their wishei
carried out WITH DESPATCH

Without Extra Cost.

Send for illustrated descriptive particulars aud price
sheets to our

BRANCH OFFICE, 29 Maiden Lnne,

NEW YORK CITY'.
MANUFACTORY', PIONEER WORKS.

D'1 Birmingham, England

Tl»o Great

London Gun Trial,

1875.

01ie«l> excursions

« ill be made during the Summer season, in the
month- of June. July, August, and September afford-
ine ample for VUlHng • In- Great Mineral

uf?rKg^r,°rBnd lhu K1SHING GROUNDS
Connections throughout punctual and certain
Offi£v Tmrre“n„abemr?Cj;i^„“LC>-|1,,r“l J’assenger

- Ag'is, 261 Broudivay ,
v ,iALKi*Ir,D TKI-KEI{ General Agent
Northern Railway, Brock street, Toronto.

CAMP

A*. 1 c < > > n»v V

TROT , IV. Y, A IN 13 NORWALK, OOIVIN. ’

Sheridan Cainp Lounge,

Plalrf and Quilted, glO.

11 The shimrer 1. bound at any lime to gather hie
bird, or depute some pereon so to do when called iiimiu
by Ins opponeui , but in so doing lie must not l>* a«-
si ni rd by any oih.-r p.-r«m. ..r use any de.crlptlon of
Inipleiaeul. Should Ihe shooter be Iu any wav hafihd
r-y ms opponent, or by any of the parly Mmoling, he
c-fi claim another bird with the sanction of the ref-
eree.

12 If more than one trap u pulled, ao that more
than one bird la on the wing, or at large at the aame
Dot, the ahooter hat the option of shooting or not-

Hoi/srp»HoMe

in Camp.

W*e< *5 With qutued can
. 8la, ,«0d ** for posmge when ordering by
■J 'n?., ^‘>xbr?.f"rPB'ent Cainp Pillow 3

WHAT GEN SHERIDAN SAYS OF IT.

. , . , Chicago, May 17th, 1875.

. have received and examined the Camp Lounge,
® ld '* v,;ry con'fo,,leqt. It I, portable and valu-
,1,"d,.n^hl"e purposes, furnishing a
Mmplcteh.don the bank of a stream or under the
shade of the trees. p. jj. MIERIDAN.

Llent. General U. S. A.”
„p,_ . VAhPARAino, Itid.. April 13th, 187S.

Please acknowledge receipt of enclosed money or-
der. The Camp Louuge Is O. K. It is THE THING.

Mmen*"tUrer Danllng and Skooitog Suito^for SporU-
' Comp Lounge received. I have set It up and tried

ir Tnlim°rtiT«VBrv comforlably indeed. Hope to try
It In CArnp this Summer. D. K. BOWLES ^

Pnb. Springfield Republican.

Rod and Gun, Meriden, Conn. ;

'It carries light, lies easy, nnd Is always ready."
W C. IIarius, EortM and Stream ■

(’'V'E- GhADwtN, Worcester Mas. -

Gkorob Barry, Alton 111 -

'' ^,IfEENER begs to Inform his numerous
cUent- in the United Stales that he has been very ear-
ccssful In the above trial, having secured the first
prize, a silver cup, value 40 gnlneas-elass 2 for 12
5l*V.ln"cr "!.clne'* 1 f0!- 8 n"d 10 bores, and
cla-s4 for 20 bores He bus won In all the classes for
improved boring which is upon a different plan to any
other maker, mid Is far superior Iu the three most ea-
AATTERN- I’KNETRATION.
nnd IfEt.ULARITY OF SHOOTING
Mr HENRY C. Sq.UIRES. of No. 1 Cortlandt St .

siinrAmivn' mv DOUBLE CLOSE-

SHOOTING GINS to order, an invoice of which
will be shipped to him on the 1st July, nml can he ex-
amined about the 1 5th, All special orders given to

ti e r iI'pTt t i m c,,L'f"1l|y "Bed. A full report of
the GREAT TRIAL, showing the marked superiority

Rleh«s,|U,,m° nCf ma,le h>' Dongal, Pape.Vestloy
Rlchards, Tolley, Scott, and others, will shoitlv be

Cortland 8talld C<1" b° bu<J 0,1 “I'I'Bcatlon at No. 1

w. W. GREENER,

Champion Gun 3£i»lcor,

St. .Mary's Works. Birmingham, England.

Attractive Route-

To the Trout and Ornvllnsr Fisheries or
Norlhern Michigan,

VI A GHWD RAPIDS A'D IADI\A'\RAII
RO\D MICKIMIV GRYXD. RAPIDs
A>D M.KCI.YVVTI tSHORT LINK.

t.??® ,V'en!11°" of SPORTSMEN and TOURISTS
Is Invited to the mauy attractions offered by this line
flow completed from Richmond, Inri , to Traverse
9 fy.' 0" L rand Traverse Bay. and to Petoskey, on
Little Traverse Bsv. Thewa'er* of the Grand Tra-
verse region and the North Woods of Michigan are
unsurpassed, If equalled, in the annndancx mid groat
vane, y ,,f „,e finny tribe. BROOK TROUT abound
n ti t streams, and the famous AMERICAN GRAY'-
h:„. ^Nnow,,,Vr"c'i"K “Ucntion of Sportsmen
everywhere, found only In (hese wiiium ni a put
BASS. PIKE. PICKEREL, nnd M ASU ALO -JoiS ure

S^S,tWa^",be" ,Ulh° n’a'^ lnkC9 and

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pni Miiu i!',?, ‘^"Ctiinaii to Traverse City; also
Mlchhmi^r .n»rIi'ACPc.SL^.ErEltS frora Doirolt over
rfcf n L11 Uran(1 R M»ld- and Indiana road,
STKAMRP ^1; dH' ,W«Y. with SPLENDID
noint for th T. ' h DA,.LY, CONNECTION at latter
n I for the Island of Mackinaw.

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raii maps, with full Information as to Fi-hlntr Grounds

dcsR^’h^ Cl 1 1 t,S"' 5!ld ln 8l,ort ',l1 Uiut could be
S ream oltlrJ - '," ".',"' To,lrl»t». send to Fore-t and

T ri n** F X C r e ro t# ?ic ' ' r" Ig n ed . Low Round
11FR i,FUR8ION TICKETS good until SEPTEM-
iir.tt 30th. J. H. PAGE,

Gt'" I Passenger aud Ticket Agent,

Grand Rapid-, Mich.

Address all letter* to Troy, N. Y orNnra.tb

Lounges shown and orders received «r oni^ »'^ nn'
and Stream. Eaton & Co.'s lO-.'NMM . stieet F°r‘‘"t
rrade supplied at 177 Broadway, New York

HECEM AN’S PATENT PORTABLE FOLPlwr D/»..

or nse as Military Pon- K rULUING BOAT.

■rs, PORTABLE FO.Lo ip/G woo<,< w,th canvas cover, and

nrtl . fi.V S°dr cun bo folded In onr-ehjhth

For

toons, Life Boats, Lighters
Dlr.gles, Dorys, on board
Steamers, Yachts, nnd other
verwls. Al-oforSporl>mcn,
Tourists, Trappers. Kxph-r- >
ing Expeditious, Parties u£“
Camping Out. &c. These 2JP;
safe and perfectly portable 5 1
boats will admit of the
roughest usage. A very
tight, strong and durablo
frame of ash or other tough

rimer, for tianr/nrtatloji, ml
c irried In n light buggy,
wigon, horseback, or by sin-
' t'",' .Person, uml can he un-
fo ded ready for tree In ihreo
ininulen time. Boats shipped
by express uny where, same
a °L Yrelgnt as other
goods. For descriptive circu-
lar and price list, address as
Ubove,

Fishing andfiunting

^en‘* FolloAviiiff tor the

Best Fishing and Huntinq

R E SORTS.

On Conway Division, Eastern R. R , Brook Trout
Trains leave Bo-ton 6:00 A M and 2^5 P M.

Umbugog lakes, via Or. Tr'k to Bethel Me / Largest

Upper waters of Penobscot. ' c Brook

8ebcc Lake. > » Trout.

Grand Lake Stream, i Laud locked Salmon.

Scotia 8i.lmrs^vnC? Rdr„rd I-Iand- »"d Nova
Train, il? i» 0 1 1 ,ll,d Brook Trout.

Iralna leave Boston 8;«0 A M. and S'OO P M

Trout? y “keB‘ Vltt Pttrra,»Rtoii1 Me., Largo Brook
Trout°eehCnd Lak0’ v,“ Me.. Lake and Brook

r,r,ti™8 lenve n°K,on 8:30 A. M.
g In'1!' C'!rH J"uht lr,,ln"'

localities In iheir Semo?.'1 •,n“11 Kftrao lu °n thoubov*

wL°hiffi Bo^JcM;idroBB or ca" 181

Eastern and Maine Gentral R.R.Line.

Geo f. Field,

^ Pas*. Agent,

Cda*. F. Hatch,

Gen'I Maptufor.

forest and stream.

SCOVILL’S

Blooda4iverSyrup

All cutaneous eruptions on the face or body Indicate

Au Impure Condition of the Blood,

and this may or may not be SCROFULA; but In
either case Is nothing more than an Insidious poison,

thut

Bl it Ms LIKE A TERRIBLE FIRE

as It conrses through the vleus, sowing seeds of death
with every pulsation.

In this condition of things something is needed at

ONCK TO CLKANSB TUB BLOOD; Olid

Scovill’s Blood and Liver Syrup.

will positively effect this desideratum, expelling
every trace of dlsuusc from the blood and system and
leaving the skin

SOFT, FAIR AND BEAUTIFUL.

Hnndreds of certificates attest Its value. Price $1 a
bottle.

FOR 3. ALE BY ALL T)RUQQ13TS.

Dr. Rogers’s

VEGETABLE WORMSYRUP

| A brave man may suffer pain, when Inflicted opou
himself, heroically; but he

CannotseehisChildSuffer.

There Is no other malady Incident to childhood that
Is accompanied with more Indescribable wretched
ness to the little sufferers than that

Produced by Worms;

and when the parent fully comprehends the situation
he wilt not delay a moment in securing the most
prompt and efficient remedies to insure the expulsion
of ihe intruders. The remedy may be found in

Dr. Roger’s Vegetable Worm Syrup.

Please bear In m'ndthat

r ttmi°(J1£US' W0RM SYKUPlB“>e reliable prepara-
I liMi^^^' 'FORM SYRUP is a pa. stable prepara-

gOQERS' WORM SYRUP Is liked by children.
ROGERS WORM SYRUP positively destroys
I worms. 1

5^955^' WORM SYRUP leaves no bad effects.
ROGERS' WORM SYRUP is highly recommended

toVclNB\NTnV^ORLDnably ^ W01tM

Price 25 cents. For sale by all drnggists.

"HENRY’S
Carbolic Salve.

FOR SALE BT ALL DRUGGISTS.

The wonderful celerity with which this
combination of Carbolic Acid with other
soothing and Curative Emollients acts,
is something akin to the marvelous.

It is with pride that the proprietors call
attention to the gratifying fact that

Physiciansgive it tlie frig-h-
ost mood of* praise,

and use it and prescribe it in their practice.

New York, Doc. 22, 1869.

John F. Hekrt, Esq.;

Your Carbolic Salve proves au excellent article,
and I thank you for it. This is another evidence of the
great value of the discovery of Carbolic Acid. Yours
troly. Geo. B. Lincolm,

Prcs't Board of Health.

Price 25 cents per box.

<4fli8ce!fotfeoaB.

H. L. DUNCKLEE’S

PATENT

CAMPING and MINING

351

Jflifccllxncous

THE

POWDER

STOVE.

PATENTED JUNE 22, 1875.

Outside dimensions, packed, 12x12x20 inches.

Weighing only 25 po nds, very durable, will cook
for ten persons. Bud is especially adapted for camping
purposes. J he ware consist- of 8 qt. kettle, 6 qt. Tea
Kettle, 2 qt. Coffee Pot, Fry Pan, round Tin Pan. 2
square funs. Dipper, Gridiron, Tent Collar, 8 ft. Fun-
nel, aud an oven that will roast 15 pounds beef.

The ware Is so constructed thut it nests aud pack
in the oven, . ud the oven and funnel puck inside the
stove, as represented In cut 2, leaving room for pack-
|ng half a dozen Plutes. Knives, Forks and Spoons,
and Drinking Cups. Price complete, $15.

C'AA'/t FOlt CIRCULAR.

H. L. DUNCKLEE.

,, , BOX 2710, BOSTON.

Forsuleat SPORTSMAN'S EM PORI U M, IU Nas-
sau street, New York City, and by R. II. KILBY. 346
St. Paul st., Montreal. Feb4

$3F** Agents wanted in every town.

holabirds

SHOOTING & FISHING GARMENTS.

REV. R. B. LOCKWOOD'S

Catarrh Cure !

The Best Remedy Known, mill Endorsed by all the
Prtncipul Physicians of the Country.

Rev. R. B Lockwood’s Nu«nl Douche will be
I found valuable In obstinate chronic cjishs.

Itev. R. B Lockwood's Liver and Stomach Pills
•dyspepsia, receive the endorsement of thousunds.
Price mi cents each.

JOHN F. HENRY, CURRAN A CO., Proprietors,
j 8 and 9 College Place, New York.

HENRY’S

SEWING MACHINE OIL

A PURE OIL that does not gum up and has the
endorsement of the principal Sowing Machine Coui-
panles.

Price 28 Cents per Bottle.

MOTT’S LIVER PILLS

It,le easy enoneh to make a pill, but to make a
good pi I, ah I that's the difficulty. There are cheap,
narsti, drastic pills, that are of even less benefit than
a dose of salts, llut a good medicine, like Dr. Mott's
t,”or Pills, which penetrates to the seat of dlsea-e. Is
a desideratum Indeed. Will positively cure all dis-
eases of the Liver. Sold everywhere. Price 25 cents
per box.

Green’s Oxygenated Bitters.

At certain periods of life a tonic Is a necessity; but
tnere is danger In using stimulants that Injure the or-
gan, of digestion while giving temporary relief To
uoviate tins and present to the putilic a tonic freo

Snout Alcoholic Poison, Dr. Green prepared the Oxy-
otmted liltlers, n sure cure for dyspepsia and all kill-
houle C°mWlliUta' Sold everywhere. Price $1 per

Packer's All-Healine Tar Soap.

HAZARD POWDER CO

MANUFACTURERS OF * '

GUNPOWDER.

Hazard’* "Electric" Ponder.

Nos. 1 (line) to 5 (coarse). Unsurpassed lu point of

■ti,"sl:r.srllne‘‘

v . “American Sporting."

keel Q,a nmw (c?orffC,|i ,ln lib. canisters and 8* lb.
kegs. A line grain, quick and clean, for upland and
prairie shooting. Well adapted to short guus.

Hazard • “Duck Shooting."

(fil'd to 5 (coarse). In 1 and 5 lb. canisters
“P'* 6* and 12* lb. kegs. Burns slowly and very
clean, shooting; remarkably close, aud with areal
P^aUon. Por field forest anA water shooting
It ranks any other brand, arid It Is equally servicea-
ble for muzzle or breech loader. M-rvicca

Hazard’* "Kentucky Rifle."

FTI°;,nJ9: "Sc.a shooU"l?" FG. in kegs of 25,

12* and 6* lbs. and cans of 6 lbs. Ft FG l- also
packed in 1 and * lb. canisters. Burns strong and
The FF to and FFG am favorite brends
^k0rd‘n“7 8?°T.1 ,*52, a,ltl lllc ‘‘Se!t Shooting'1 FG
Is the standard Rifle powder of tte country. *

SUPERIOR MINING AND BLASTING POWDER.

n ^hStJ^^tp'sCI AL^G* RADES

nJ!1* ubovo can be had of dealers, or of the Comps-
our ollcc 6Very P™™'1111111 city, or wholesale at

W«ll Street. New York.

Orange Sporting Powder

ORANGE LIGHTNING POWDER,

rue strongest aud cleanest Powder made Nos 1
to 7, packed only in sealed 1 lb. canisters. The coarser
sizes especially are recommended to owners of fine

ve?raHg°hatdrecoirn8' glvinK ereat penetration "hh

ORANGE DUCKING POWDER,

, For water fowl. Very strong and clean Nos. 1 to

L,Pa,C,kod.!"- 7ieUl ke83 of lbs. each, and in canls
tcre of 1 and 5 I bn.

AUDUBONPOWDER,

o.^ry quick For woodcock and quail Nos. 1 to 4.
Packed in metal kegs of 12* lbs. aud 6* lbs., and in
pound canisters. '

_ , ORANGE RIFLE POWDER,

The best for rifles and for all ordinary purposes.
F*de'iF?F.'e’ 1110 laat being the finest and
most used. Packed in wood and metal kegs of 25
lbs., 12* lbs., and 6* lbs., and In canisters of I lb. and
* pound.

All of the above give high velocities aud less resid-
uum than any other brands made

LAFLIN & RAND POWDER Co.,

21 Park Row, N. Y.

(OPPOStTK Astor H OUSE . )

THE CELEBRATED

Sporting and Blasting Powder,

MANUFACTURED BV

CarlDittmar

UNDER HIS OWN PATENT, can now he had reg-
ularly and in any quantity. See Circulars for full tes-
timonials as to its superiority over other makes
The new patent Sporting Powder does not soil the
gun; cleans it. when you use one rtiurge of It, alter
many with black powder; no smoke— little recoil-no
oud report-high Velocity. The best ever made in
this hue; not to be confounded with Schultz’ or En-
glish Wood i owder, or Suwdust Powder asit is su
perior to ouch.

Ready Made Ammunition

For Spoiling and Target Rifles, always on band.
Send for ful, instruction, and if sample de-ired,
stale if for rifle or shot gnu. as each kiud is made.
Woi ks nt Neponsi t. Address ortle r* io

Care of C1I AS. L. ANDREWS 55 Kilhv s'r^no'mn.

^ '

Tlie uu»t,tiie ciionpe-t, anil most desirable

<t i ooi>s

Ever Offered to the AMATEUR SPORTSMAN.
Write for illustrated catalogue.

\V. II. HOI. X llllt It.

JolT Valparaiso, Ind.

It.cJlre8 "R kinds of Skin Diseases with a most won-
nerrui certaluty; It promotes cleanliness, persoual
purity and general hoalth; It Is a preventive of many
■onus of disease, and It Is an absolute necessity In
Mwnnmry, Priw » enuts.

CHIC2IGO

SHOT TOWER GO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

STANDARD

DROP AND BUCK SHOT

BALLS AND BAR LEAD.

Our aim is to manufacture an article of SHOT that
Is unsurpassed in K0UNDNE8S, SOLIDITY, Pea-
fcction of POLISH, Uniformity of SIZE, and Accu-
racy of WEIGHT, iu each bag. Orders from the
Trado solicited, and will be illledat

The Lowest Market Prices.

K. W. BLATCHFORD, President.

C. F. OATES, Treasurer. jun 25 ly

The Goss Revolving Cartridge Holder

/HARRIES PAPER OR METALLIC

\_J SHELL"*, either end up, revolves on centre
elides, weighs but 1* pounds, and is ouly I* inches
wide. Holders flare at ton so as to quickly receive
the shells, and. being elastic, securely clasp the same.

For ease of action and rapid shooting It oxcels any-
thing of the klutl Invented.

PRICE, C. O. D., $6.50.

In ordering, give the size of shells and a loos* meas-
urement outside of vest. „ „ „

JyMt N. S. GOSS, Noosho Falls, Kan.

r&lisccllaueous.

Frederick Brown

(Established 1822 1

4 DISPENSING0 CHEMIST

N. E. Corner Fifth and Chestnut Streets

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

SOLE PROPRIETOR AND MANUFACTURES

^ESSENCE JAMAICA GINGER.
CHOLERA MIXTURE.

COl PRESERVED TARAXACUM JUICE.
MUTTER’S COUGH SYRUP.

BITTER WINE OF IRON.

| COOPER’S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS.
CHAPMAN’S ANTI-DYSPEPTIC PILLS
| WISTAR'S COUGH LOZENGES, <,*„

original prescription.)

MRS. HARVEY’S COUGH SYRUP
DENTIFRICE, |„ Bottles.

DENTIFRICE, In Tin Canisters, suitable for
Travelers.

\ARABIAN RACAHOUT, Inconvenient bottle,

ACENT FOR

E. DEMRDIN’S SYRUP RED ORANGE,

OF MALTA.

None Genuine without my name as Agent on the Label.

CORRESPONDENTS.

SAVORY St MOORE,

143 New Bond Street, W.

S. MAW, SON L THOMPSON,

12 Aldersgate St., E. C.

F. NEWBERY L SONS,

37 Newgate St., E. C.

G. VOSS, HAMBURG, . 21 Johannls Stnuse.

E. DEJARDIN, PARIS, 2 Avenue de I'Opera.

The attention of Druggists and the Trade generally, Is called
to the Price List of

ENCLISH <St FRENCH
MEDICINES Sc PHARMACEUTICAL
PREPARATIONS,

Which win be mailed on application.

Kay Shot Concentrating Cartridge.

No creaecrs. turners, or topwade required. Loads
in half the time usually required. Fifty percent,
better distribution and greater penetration secured.
Send to your gun dealer for sample. Ju3-ly

Established 1 8-43.

Breech and Muzzle Loading

. os, Pistols,

Sportsmens Apparatus ,

AM3IUNITIOIN,

Materials for Gnn-Mukers, &c.,
Wholesale and Retail. Gunn made .0 order, or re-
paired in the best manner.

LONDON-

I- in

ALEXANDER McCOMAS.

Vo. M South Calvert st. nnllimom

For the special convenience of parties wishing to
give our good- u trial, we append a list of a few
Wholesale ami retail dealers: —

A lien A Co., 48 Liberty St., N Y
Mooney A How, Utica. N. Y.

James II. Page. 81 and 83 Broad St., Boston
George Femlrich, Vincennes, Ind.

John C. Partridge A Go., 57 Lake St., Chicago,
l-owenthul, Kaufman & Co., 159 und |«( state St,,
Chicago,

West A Fritschcr, 222 Douginas St„ Omaha, Neb.
Boeh 111, Bendhcim & Go.. 143 Bay St., Savannah, Ua.
Lucks & Ilro , 525 7th St., Washington, D. C.

D. Lillienlleld & Bro., Kalamazoo, Mich.

N. Katzcnbuch, Terre Uanie, Ind.

G, F. Thompson, cor. Jeff, aud Woodward uvea
Detroit,

J, 0. Hol/.warth, 79 Summit St., Toledo, O.

D. L. Ketler A Co., cor. 5th and Market Sts, Phlla
IHcr A Aldrich, Syracuse. N Y.

Stipe A Radcmaclier. Bay City, Midi.

Geo. Boyar A Co , Enst Saginaw, Mich.

Baus A Bartsch, Madison, Wis.

Jacob Krohu, Freeport, 111,

Wall, Belvin A Day, 510 N. 2d St., St. Louis,

U A W. Jenkinson. 28f Liberty St. . Pittsburgh.
John C. Davis. 161 Vine St.. Cincinnati. O.

Green & Meyur, 202 W. Main St.. Louisville, Ky.
Simmons * Stniger, Leavenworth, Kan.

Gbas. F. Meyer, Indianapolis, Ind.

F. A. Gonzales A Bro., cor. Camp nndCommou
Sts., New Orleans, La.

Julian II. Gcrdes, Santo Fc, N. Mexico
John A. Van Carter, Fort Bridge, W. T.

Lewis Bull A Co., Caticey. Montana.

0. J. Munford A Go., St. Paul. Minn
Tlios. P. Cantwell, Brainerd, Minn.

Heckman A Phillips, Milwaukee, Wis.

DK. FOWL Ell’S

PATENT

HARD RUBBER REEL

The Cem—lmprovcd.

This beautiful Reel has now been before the put>-
its prMse ar8' a°d “U "h0 h0Ve U8t‘a U fc*K'*k lou^ lD

^ „ J LT HAS BEEN improved,

and all the Reels made this year will pass through the
bunds of the Inventor, and none allowed to go out
except those that are perfect. us*

For sale by all flrst-c|,„s iohbers and the trado geo-
eT$l- s A H roWLBK. Inventor,8

Koh' 4 ITHACA. N. V.

W. S. KIMBALL & CO

Peerless Tobacco Works, Rochester ,iN.
SEND FOR CIRCULAR. *

the AMERICAN

W. MERIDEN, CONN.

9PYlaJ *«entlon Is given to first class work. Extra
sketches und DOG PORTRAITS cat to order b?
wndlngphotographH. JACOB GLAHN. Managed *
Formerly Snpt. of Parker Bros. Engraving andT>rna-

jneatsi Department. f,{, jj

FOREST AND STREAM

352

hotels mid £$t§ortsfor§port$men.

MOUNT JULIAN SUMMER HOTEL,

Lakefield and Stoney Lake.

VIA THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.

Health, l*l«-n«urr nnd the Comfort. of II r Com-

bined. Tin- Ilolel In non Open Tor tin- Kumnii'r.

This Summer re-sort is situated on the shores of Sto-
ney Lake, hi the county or Peterborough, Canada.
Stonev Lake has lately been set apart by the Depart-
ment of -Marine and Fisheries for the protection of
fish, ami for scenery, limiting, ami fishing it is supe-
rior to itiy of the hack lakes of Cnniida which are
easy of access. The principal IDh are Salmon Trout,
Ma-kinonge, Hn» Herrings, nnd Perch, for which
fl-hioe permit* will be granted. The game con slats
of Duck. Deer, and Purtridge. The I-nkc is covered
with islands, and presents the same appearance as the
Thousand I-lands of the River St. Lawrence. It is
about twenty-live miles long and three wide. The
hotel is commodious, and filled with every appliance
of comfort; it is the property of the Company, and
will b- managed to please Its patrons in every particu-
lar. The charges an.- moderate, being Si SO per day
hy the week, and per day under that time. Chil-
dren under twelve years of age. half price. Liquors
are kepi for the use of guests only, no bar being kept
open for the public. The hotel is reached by the Mid-
land Railway from Port Hope to Lakefield. thence by
steamer Chippewa to Julian's Lauding. E. Beatty's
boats and canoes are always kept on hire. George
Cochrane and K. Kane will always be on band with
their guides to paddle and accompany sportsmen.

The steamer Chippewa leaves Lakefield for Julian's
Lauding every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday,
on the arrival of the morning train from Port Hope.
On Thursday- it will connect with the excursion train
on the Midland Railway.

The -learner Norseman arrives from Rochester every
morning at Port Hope at K A M., iu time to connect
w t)i the Midland Railway, leaving Port Hope at 10
o'clock A. M. Parties from Rochester can reach the
hotel 111 eighteen hours by water and rail for $.1 HI.

Time Tuttles -Midland Railway leaves Port Hope at
10 A. M. .-.in) 5:30 P. M , arriving at I-iketlcM at 1 P.

M anil 8:15 P. M. Retnruiug, leaves Lakefield ut 5
A. M and 2 P M , arriving at Port Hope at ',-.45 A.
M. and 7 :.Ti P M. Steamer Chippewa leaves Lake
fti ht at I 15 P M., arriving at Julian's Landing at 3:15
T. M. Returning leaves Julian’s Lauding at 5 P. M . ,
arriving m l-nk'-fi. 1.1 at 7:30 P. M.

For further particulars, apply to

C. A. BOULTON.

Manager of the Company. Lakefield, OnL
E. W. GARDNER.

Manager of tfie HoteJ, Jnlian’s Landing, Lakefield,
«>m- jyl lm

I, uko ('oiichicltiipj: Hotel, Canada.

Tins charming and piclufe-qne first-class Summer
Resort will he opened for the season on 7lb of June,
and will remain open until October. The sporting in
Hie immediate neighborhood is exceptionally excel-
lent, the Hotel being within ready access to the Mus-
koka Lakes. Sparrow Lake, and Trading Lake, w here
Sain, on Trout, Biuck Bass, Speckled Trout, etc ,
alionud in orig'iiul plenty. Yachting, Boating, Bath-
ing. Bowling Alleys, Billiard Rooms, etc , provide for
the smusemeut of guests. Mail and telegraph offices
in th. lu.n-e Rates exceedingly moderate. For cir-
culars containing terms, etc., apply to the office of
Forest and Stream, or JOHN E. FOREMAN,

Box 2643, I*. O Toronto, or to
THOMAS SCULLY Manager.
my-J Conchiching, Ontario.

I N TERN V TI0\ AL HOTEL

NIAG Alt \ FILLS.

GALE A FULLER. Profkietobs.

Near Lite Rapids and Fails. Extra inducements to
families or .-iugle iiersons fur the season. Carriages
at reasonable rales. jy7-3m

(KEEN'S KOVAL XIAO ABA HOTEL.

MAG AKA.

Delicti fully located ot the mouth of Niagara River,
fourteen miles lr-.ni the hull-. Accessible by boat
nnd railway. Fine facilities for U-liing. homing and
bathing,
jy7-3m

H —s for U-liing. Iioaling an
MiGaW hi WAiNETT.

Rossi n House, Toronto, Canada.
.SHEARS A: SON, Proprietors.

This bouse is a favorite resort for gentlemen sporte-
men from all pir s of the United States and Canada.

Crossmon House,

ALEXANDRIA BAY. Jell. Co , N. Y. C. CROSS-
MON A SON. Proprietors.

'T'HIS House, recently rebuilt and elegant-

-L ly furnished, is now open for visitors. It i- loca-
ted in one of the mod delightful pluces iu the Thou-
sand 1-land region, commanding an extensive view of
t lie St Lawrence and t lie 1-lands and oilers every facil-
ity for the comfort and enjoyment of guests. Outfits
tor boating. Hunting ami Fishing Parlies. Steamers
for the buy connect at Clayton with the Utica and
Black River Railroad, and at Cape Vincent with the
Rome. Watertown ana Ogdenslturg Railroad. 5m

Twin Lakes Trout Farm.

T30AKD FUR GENTLEMEN ONLY—

_L) Sportsmen. Artists. Anglers. &c. Splendid
scenery and drives. Fine boating, trout, pickerel,
and bass fishing and woodcock shootfhg. Also les-
son* iu oil arid water color painting, drawing and
etching, if desired. Address J. IVES PEASE, or E.
SHERMAN PEASE. P. O. box GO Canaan, Conn.

N. II.— Cottage building sites overlooking the lakes
for sale cheap; also one for a hotel. AprS-tf

OATII HOTEL, HATH, L. I. — ONE

J HOUR FROM THE CITY. -The subscriber
having lea-ed the above hotel for a term of years, is
determined by sparing no pains to make this resort
second to none in the vicinity of New York und

I

V •V.IUIIJ Ol .ACW I Ul

Brooklyn. First class table and low prices
*' for

Now

ready for the reception of guests
je " ton C, A. BUNTING.

UNION DEPOT HOTEL, Canaan, Conn.

G. li. CORBIN, Proprietor. New. clean rooms
and beds, flrst-cla** table, &c. Fishing, shooting
gild pleasant drive* near by. April fim

T>OABD NEAR T'VIN LAKES. FOUR
-J— X hour* from New York via Harlem Railroad. A
desirable location for sportsmen, artists, and ull those
wanting a pleasant home. Address K. F. COOPER
Wim Hill Farm. Ashley Falls, Berkshire county!

Mar M 6m

the willewemoe guib.

A FEW SHARES IN THIS CLUB

-*L belonging to a member now residing perma-
neully in EurojM.-. are offered for sale to persons ac-
ceptable to the other members. The membership is
limited to twenty, and the club own Lake Willewemoe
with adjoining laud, furnished house, barn, ice house
etc.; also lease of Balsam and Thomas Lakes und of
four miles of the Willewemoc stream
For particulars apply to J. s. VAN C'LEEP, Prasl-
aeiit, PouKhkcx-pF-le, N. V.

^,nto cuablbs hal-

I n AhNT T«o ,UKNT A COMFORT A^
_L hie house, with from ten to twenty acres of lsti.1
adjoining .within forty miles of this city. Address
Forest and Stream tlfflc*. Nevr York. 7 rnyW-if

The Most Approved System

OF

Breech Loading, Sporting

And Military | lliiles.

For Simplicity of Construction

ACCURACY,

.1 Penetration, Durability, Safety, Ease of Manipulation

Materials and Workmanship, they areLJnsurpassed.

^REVOLVERS OF VARIOUS SIZES,

DESIRABLE IN ALL RESPECTS.

Send tor Circulnrs.

Whitney Arms Comp.,

Whltncyvllle, near New Haven, Conn., U. 8. A.

MISFIT CARPETS.

H-00D SECOND HAND AND MISFIT ENGLISH BRUSSELS, THREE PLY AND

VJT INGRAIN CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, AC., VERY CHEAP, AT THE OLD PLACE,

Sent to any part of the United States free of charge. 112 Fulton street. New YorU.’J

RodsandReels,

Chas.F. Orvis

C ' - WMUVI ■ ■ VI W IV,

Manchester, Vermont.

Prices m nlerate, Send for doerriptive list. Mention Forest and Stream.

1 / (Si // /res r $ f

TMj'oirrcns <*• AfAjra^cTvrtEtis o/-’

illilitdri). ©watriral (dbur/h

p. MArzi&Ar Lajvj? , — XdU Florlt

D Rowing Suits A Sj c i al ty.

The Sportsman’s Warehouse.

EDWIN S. HARRIS,

Late COOPER HARRIS & HODGKINS,

177 Broadway, New York.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

BREECH LOADING

GUNS

AND

Implements,

Cartridges,

Dj

PJn

111

6S, .

US

10

OF ALL

Kinds,
and Paper.

HA YR LA ROE STOCK OJf MUZZLE foAmml^sfll^SS "vEUYCHEA P.

l>otli Brass

Boudroii'n Patent Coinhination

— »* aaxvii

Reflecting J aekand Fishing Lamp

rnoKTViaw FOH NIGHT HU «*TCH«0 ™AU*. v.kwoplL

TH oPjOI TIN«W ERFUL LIGHT AX) FEET. Not affected by WIND, RAIN

Inelr chanr^o /or Hpoit. Ah u cairia,'i* lumo IT IIAK \n it ^ r i. * ^

«»'-M <**•»» or any vehicle. Price Jat'k or DmU a one *6 00 Q FUbi,. V* ""y

White Manufacturing Company,

FOR SACK ,N NEW YORK BY EATON &

OX CAItliUUK
Ju34 4w

•T. WALLACE,

N alurahstd Taxidermist,

IMPORTER OF

FOREIGN BIRD SKINS AND ARTIFI-
CIAL EYES,

19 N. William st., New York

CITAS. green,

Manufacturer of

Breech Loading Shot Guns.

e,,ap a<:i“'n madc-

MUZZLE LOADERS CONVERTED TO BREECH
LOADERS.

SeDd circular and

price list, No. 3 Waefc Main atrect. Rochester N V
Apr o-tJm

J V out men s §ood$.

JOHN RIGBY & GO'

INVF.NTottH AN1> MANUr-AOTUnEUB op TUB PINKaT "

Breech Loadin gShotGuns

Double and Single Express Rifles.

Long Range Match Rifles, &c

21 SUFFOLK STHKF.T, DUBLIN,

AND

78 8T. JAMES STREET, LONDOV.

Breech Loaders7

mm

Winners o l tli<* “Tin*t, ITielcI
mitt Farm" Grim Trials.

(See issue October 3d, 1873.)

In which competition the committees have awarded
our guns. First and Second for POINTS OF MERIT
OF ACTION, MATERIALS, PROPORTION, AND
SHOOTING QUALITIES combined, iu ull the four
classes.

THE PREMIER GUN.

\V. A C. SCOTT dt SON call attention to their
very FINEST weapon, combining nil thuir recent Im-
provements, marked on the rib between their name
and London address i he brand— "THE PREMIER
QUALITY."

Medium nnd line guns bear full name nnd address,
nnd plain guns full imme and “London" only.

Each gun is numbered and the actions are stumped
with name and trade mark.

W . ik c, SCOTT A SON, Cole makers of the
Patent Top Lever, solid. Double Locking Bolt Breech
Loader, bearing the full name of the firm. W. & ('.
SCOTT A SON caution sportsmen against imitations
of their patent and naine Guns hearing the name
abbreviated, or with different Initials, are not genuine.

TK I A L OF SCOTT* G II P,F.\ R II S \ K \\ HY sTK.il
OF UOKIVG. HY Till; EDITOR OF
"THE FIELD," LONDON.

(See The Field, January Doth, 1875.)

■•From a comparison of the two tables it will be
seen that with Walker's shot, Messrs. Scott's guns
showed a marled ini/irt lai Hy over Mr. Greener’s,
both in average and in the highest score made In-
deed, w ith the left barrel. In his thlid shot, Mr. Scott
got a selected group pattern of &'5!i nnd a / lemrlratlou
of 37, equalling the highest pattern made by Mr
Greener, and exceeding Ihn penetration of that par-
ticular shot by eight sheets,"

London Office:

IO Great Castle Hi., Itegent Circus, near Lang-
liom Hotel.

Chief address:

Manufactory Premier Gun Works,

Lancaster Street, Klrm i ii^-liam.
WHOLESALE.

Aprl-fim

Clark iV Sneider.

MANUFACTURERS OF THE

SNEIDER

PATENT BKEEUH-LOADING SHOT GUN.
ALTERING

Muzzle-Loadiiiff Guns to Itrecch-Loadiug

A SPECIALTY .

WRITE FOR PARTICULARS.

S14 W. Pratt ett., Balt I more .

SPORTSMENS’ DEPOT.

JOHN K RIDER,

Corner Second and Walnut Ht*., Philadelphia .
IMPORTER, MANUFACTURER and DEALER IN
Guns, Rifles, Pistols, mid Fishing Tackle.

Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech
Loaders.

REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
nas constantly on Imml a full assortment of Rods,
Honks, LLicb, Baits, Reels, Fly Books, Salmon Kile*,
Waterproof Silk Lines, Silk und Hair Trout Lines, Ac.
Perch Snoods, China and Gras* Lines, Also, a largo
lot of Cano Reeds, Bamboo und Japan.

Birds’ Eggs ninl Birds’ Skins in great varieties.—
Taxidermy in all Its branches.

SPRATT’S PATENT DOG BISCUITS. 4-ly

Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul Railway

Traverses a finer country, affords views of grander
ftcenerv, and passes through more business ct ntri *
and pleasure resorts than any other Northwestern
line. Its fore-ts, prairies, lakes und streams, abound-
ing with game, present unequaled attractions to the
votaries of Nimrod anil Wullon . It is the only rail
way route along Lite valley or the Upper Mississippi.

It is also the shortest as well us best route between
the great metropolitan centres of Hie Northwest—
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, und Minneapolis,
lruck and equipment uncqtmlcd, and Its trains or
paliicr coaches und sleeping ears run through without
change.

New York Office, 3ID IJrondwny.

Chicago Dr pot, cor. Connl »Y . .Madison
City Oilin'. , tit „„d «;| nnrli Ht. ApriO 6m

Henry 0. Squires,

NO. 1 COURTLANDT STREET, NEW YORK,
Agent for HOLABIRD’S SUITS, to whom ull New
York orders should boaddteseed.

Apr P-3m

Board for the summer for a

stnull family, or two married couples, In a pri-
vale family, fifteen mil. n from New York. Trams
every hour; no mosquitoes; delightful drives In ibo
country aud to salt bathing aud fishing. Apply to A.,
office Forest and Stream.

forest and stream

w

g lie gennel

A. C. WADDELL’S

Breeding Kennel, Newton, N. J.

TllO linear strain of young Pointers mid Setters for
gale. Dog* boarded and Cared for In the best manner
at |ior month. Pcd'grocsguaraulecd.; dogs broken
for 160. Mar 11

TnERUETS FOR SALE.— WHITE OR
Jj brown; tamo as kittens. Apply to W • JI
BKUMMITT, Pontiac. Michigan. D711

Ur. V 1 1 Y G \BH.\KII, M D,H-\S ( UNMAN r-
LY on hand and for sale, medicine* adapted to
the cure of all diseases. Dealer in sport ng dogs of
every variety. Dogs trained for reasonable Compen-
sation No. Ill South Fifth ave.. N. Y. Oct &

T7N0R SALE— THREE PAIRS OF-THOR-
Jj Olid II HKD Seiler Pups, the finest strain in
the State. Price, $13, for dog; $20 per pair. Also
two pair of small and very henullfiil bluck and tan
rabbit hounds; price $5 for dog; $7 per pair; satis-
faction guaranteed. Reference — Hon. M. S. Colburn,
Factory Point, Vt. For particulars address R. L.
GRAVES, Sunderland. Vt. ,Ju24

J. D. DOUGALL’S

EXPRESS SHOT GUNS.

(Title registered.)

QIIO'.VN by trials at Wimbledon by Editor
kT of the Fltltl to possess the GREATEST PENE-
TRATION and therefore LONGEST RANGE— thus:
Circle, .10 Inches; 3110 pellets; average, 101; penetru-
tlon. 37. The Editcr's trial of Greener guns with 310
pellet* of same shot and same charge of powder, gave
■■ISO, and penetration 30, although there were 40 more pel-
f. lei* in each charge. Should any controversy arise as
i to the durability of these new systems, we herewith
K warn al. beforehand that our system Is our own iiivcn-
tinn (tl)ODgh founded on the American idea) and Is DU-
F JtA RLE, a fact remarked on by the Field, thul the
Runs tried had been In use during last season, and ref-
■•crciire* permitted to the owners. Send for Illustrated
■ Circulars to

69 St. James’s Street London.

"The Culexlfuge t* indeed an Insect-Driver, for
I amid clouds of Mosquitoes I llslied unliarnied."

[tiude makk J

' CUI,KXIFUO>l<;

OR

Sportsmans Friend ;

A SURE PROTECTION

Against the attacks of Mosquitoes, Black Flies, Fleas
and Ants. In pocket bottles For Mile by
» O. N CIUTTENTON & CO. , 7 Sixth av , N Y.

| Jel7-5t

J. H. BATTY,

TAXIDERMIST.

^COLLECTOR A DEALER in NATURAL OBJECTS,

Mammals, bird
skins, and eggs
for scientific use;
also ammals
heads, game and
bright plumaged
birds artistically
grouped l '
shades mid cases
1 for ornamental
uurpoecH. Col-
lectors' supplies;
also instruments
and eves. Siioci-
mens bought,
Bold.andixciinu-
C e d . Genuine
Indian smoke-
tanned buckskin
b u u a I u. and
moose skin nine-

i casins, fur Ini liters and for the house Buckskin

Bull*, Dinged, beaded, or plain, mnde to order.

NEW UTRECHT, N. Y.

Add re-*:

.In 10

“Seth Green Fish Ponds”

Caledonia, Livingston Co., N. Y.

A. K. COLLINS, Proprietor.

Egg", Fry, Yearling*, Ac. of llronk Trout, Sal-
mon Trout, t-ulmon, U lilie FInIi, Ac.

Also Bass, Gold Fish, Silver Kish, and slock for
Aquaria, Wire Cloth, Hutching Truys, Patent Spawn-
ing Hares, and everything pertaining to Ash culm™

I "y ALU ABLE GUN FOR SALE— W. &

» C. Scott breech loader, 32-inch, 10-gauge, lain I-
tia'cil steel, Anc quality, with all loading lords, brass
and paper shells, etc. Imported and sold by Read &
J’0"*. Boston. Cost $223, without case. Is In per-
fect order, mid not sold for any fault. Ilns doub.o
noli ; ton snap and compensating lump; rebounding
toek*. Price $150. Can bo seen at Forest uud Stream

’ 0,llc" jolOtf

jpOR SALE.— A SECOND-HAND WES-

_ . - LEY RICHARDS Breech Loading Shot Gun;
A I quail y ; lias been used but very lit’le: good as
J11-" : !1 bargain. Can be seen at E. S. Harris .Spons-
iiinn * warehouse. 177 Broadway, N. Y 4t

I

1-p'»R SALE — A SPLBND1D BREECH

Hr -Loiuling. Express Rllle, made by E. M. lteily *
I bondon ; cost SO guineas, gold; is now offered at

J.1!*! for want of use. Address H
I Iris office.

SMITH, at
Ju24

T5REECH LOADER WANTED— No. 12
Gauge, 30 to 85-Inch barrels, 6 pounds weight.
«au«i. ne well-known make, mul good as new. Give
pu t descriptions to Lock Box 80. Uniontown, Pa.

Patent Pigeon “Agitator.'’

Tl|i* AGITATOR is constructed to overcome the

f r, m iii 18 coiisiructeti to overcome the

Wh „ ,1 " , uni!°yui‘ce caused by pigeons not rising
mu* i . i ' ,ral>nl"J?ullc,.L “y 1,8 m 601,8 every hint
cl I. . "y directly the Irap is pulled. Every

w I 1 havu lh*,ni. No ground traps are complete
ml llii'i". State rights, or the whole U.S. Pnt-

?« ,f,or so1,6- Send for Illustrated circular.

Jr* « 1. II, MARSH, Patentee, Torouio.Canoda.

FISHING and HUNTING SUITS.

!§**$*£

HOLAOIRD'S CELEBRATED SUITS.

Waterproof and Mildew proof, complete §>0 00

m. " , ’’ wading Jackets A.Ott

Thompson s waterproof " 14 50

Mexican Pocket Hammocks.

Also called "Ashantee" Hammocks. A luxurious
bed, couch, sear and swing in one article. Weigh*
only one bound, anil easily carried in coat pocket, ca-
llable of hearing a steady strain of 12 cwt. without
breaking. The material used in its construction is a
llln r found after many experiments to be iho best for
this purpose. Largely ordered by the English War
authorities for Hospital and general Armv ami Navy
use during the Ashantee Expedition. Price $4.50.
Unlexifiige or S|ior(sman’a Friend.

For preventing the attacks of mosquitoes, black
Ales, Ilea*, mu*, and preservative against muh.riu
1 he Culexlfuge Invented by the suli-crlber Inis he.n
in use for more than 20 years by the Sportsmen of
Canada, and bus been fum'd the only effectual pre-
ventive of the attacks of bluck Ales arid monuiloe*.
Price 50 cents per bottle.

DUNCKLEE’S CAMP STOVES. Prlce$15.

Those desiring something liglit and durable for
camping purposes will Aud this stove exactly right;
weighs only 25 pounds; will cook for leu persons.
1 he ware consists of Kettle, Tea Keltic, Coffee Pot,
Fry-pan, round Tin Pan, two square Pans, Dipper,
Gridiron, Tout Collar, and eight feet Fuiinul Stove
Pipe, with oven lhat will roast' 15 pounds beef, all of
which nest* and packs iu*ide of stove, which only oc-
cupies u space of 12x12x20 inches.

Pocket Cook Stove.

Four inches square. Will make a pot of coffee nr
boil an egg In Ave minutes. Handiest tiling out. only
$i 50. By mail, $1. 15,

CAMP LOUNGES. Price $4 and $5.

When folded Is about the slue of an ordinary shawl
strapped. A liglit. durahlo, compact, and comfort-
able couch. Sent by express I) . $1, Including

side uud supporting slick* at the luad. Just the tiling
for the camp or lawn .

CAMP TENTS,

for four persons, 7. li. rquaro. weighs 15 lbs.; Can
be packed in kunp-ack. Price $10. Ten Ret square
for six persons, $15.

Folding Camp Holier.

This unique and useful invention bakes equal to
the old "Dutch oven." When closed fur iruutqinria-
tion n occupies but Utile mote spice than the nan it
encloses. Price $3.9) to $7, uccuidlng to size ' -
American Dot* Biscuits,

Made of nutritive bone and muscle making material,
and is the ouly portable food for dogs made in this
country. Put up hi packages of 10, 25, and 100 pounds,
and warrauled not to spoil in any climate. Prie
10c. per pound.

Cnmp Mosquito Hars,

arranged with Aexible wire frame; folded to carry in
pocket. Head net, $1. Camp net fur sleeoiug. for
one, $1 50; for four or live, $4 25; six or eight, $5.

Jack Lamp,

for nlvht shooting and Ashing, running rapids, light
ing rump, etc.; tile best light ever invented. $U 25,

Camp C«>tgj

can be carried in pocket; a capital thing for woods-
men. $1 50.

HEUEMAN’S PORTABLE CANVAS BOATS,
BOND'S METALLIC BOATS.

Hart’s Metallic Shells.

The best shell ever offered to sportsmen. All sizes
on hand and made to order.

Cartridge Belts

for breech loading shells; five varieties.

Moccasins, Oil Tainted,

for the woods; three different stylus. $3, $5 50 and $6.

Special attention paid to selection of guns for gen-
tlemen at a distance by an expert and mi old sports
man.

Sole agent in New York city for J. II . Batty, IT. S.
Taxidermist. N. A, birds aud eggs for collector*.
Buck's head*, and game birds a specialty. Orders
Ailed with dispatch.

We furnish every article necessary for the outfit of
sportmen lu the camp or field, Good* sent every-
where by express. Remit only by draft. Post Office
order, or registered letter to

EATON & CO.,

F. O. Box 5,1 Ot). Sportsmen's Emporium,

No. 102 Nassau street, New York City.
References— Hon.T. L J unes. Postmaster. New Vork
City; Hon. Geo. II. Andrews, New York City; Fon
est and Stream Publishing Co. myO-tf

IT. Y. Safety Steam Power Co.

Office : HO COURTLANDT ST.

BUILDERS OB'

STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS1

Steam Launches & Yachts

And their Machinery a Specialty, also Machinery for'

TUCS, LIGHTERS AND STEAMERS*1

Propoller Wheels of Superior Efficiency.

SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR.
W All our boats are guaranteed to pass uiepeo- ,
tion under the Steamboat law whou required. i

353

J$i£cclhneous.

ABBEY & IMBRIE7

BOCCKSSORS TO

ANDREW CLERK CO.

48 Maiden Lane, N. Y.

IMPOItTBIl*. M AN UK ACT Ult Kit* ANU DKAI.BRS IN

Fishine Tackle,

uiV.11 ^“n<l lb® largest and Oust assortment ever ex-
hibited in the Uuitcd States. They particularly cull
attention to their 7

TIIOUT, SALMON AND DASH RODS.

Every variety of Salmon una Trout Files, and Hooka
on Gat. Cutty Hunk and Pasqne Island* Bil«» Lines
waterproof Braided Silk Lines, every size aud quality of

SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES

And every Variety and Style of

FISH HOOKS.

I'at'k-s titled out with appropriate Tackle for the
Rocky Monntalns and Pacific Coast, Canada, Malm
the Adlrondacks, At., A c.

Split Uamlioo,. Trout and Knlmon Hods and Kr<-I.
a Specialty.

Agents for the St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Sole Im-
porters of Warrin's Celebrated Drilled
Eyed Needles.

Waterproof,

Mildew-proof,

AND

Moth-pronf

GARMENTS

i turn so,

FISHING,

TRAVELING,

Dll AD 111 CK, (OitIHItOY.

FUaTI AN, HEFKI.LANT,

BLUE IIEW Ell uud FRIEZE.
Wading Boots, Fishing Slockings, Ru!>
h<*r Olntliiiig, Ac,

Gome Ventilating Poeliets.

Illustrated Price LIhI and. Sample* free

The most complete list ever published. Send for it

GEO. C. HENNING,

410 Seventh Street,

Apr 20 ly WASHINGTON, D. (’.

Birds and Animals Preserved to Order by

R. L. IV EWCOMB,

TAXIDERMIST,

NO. 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM, MASS.
,tiatnicU"i glv-*i Pel) 4

f| Sportsmen!

Your attention Is called to
GOOD X OIL TANNED MOC-
CASINS. the best thing ever
worn by sportsmen. Not
injured by wetting and
drying— always soft and

min > or u . eftsy 10 thc feet- '"‘,1

. DURABLE— being made of the very best of

stock In tbrecdilTcrent styles, aud warranted tbeosn-
uins arltcU, different from anything before offered
luuslrated Circular and Price List free
FRANK GOOD.

1206 Elm st. Manchester. N IT.

JOSEPH C. DANE,

MANUFACTURER OF THE

Dane Breech loading Shot Gun.

LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
Solid Breech Snap Action.
EASIEST MAN! PUL \TED AND ONLY GUN THAT
IS S \ FE FROM ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE.
iMiizzIo Loader* Altered to Ureecli Louder*,
my '27

WALLACE’S

Descriptive Guide to Adirondacks,

THE ONLY COMPLETE AND RELIABLE GUIDE
to the delightful

limiting and Fishing Ground* of llic

GREAT NEW YORK WILDERNESS.

NEWLY REVISED EDITION.

Handsome i2mo . Aexible covers, red and gold,
maps. Ac. Beautifully Illustrated. Nearly 310 pp.
Price $2 ft). May be obtained of any bookseller, or
will he mailed posi paid on receipt of price, by

W AVERLY PUB. (JO., Syracuse, N. V.

.InS-3mo

rpAXIDERMIST’S MANUAL, a com-

_L plete, practical guide to collerting, preparing,
preserving and mounting animuls, hltd*, reptile*, in-
sect*. Ae Illustrated. 5(V cents. Hunters' and Trnp-
pcra'Giilde, 20 cents; Dog Training. 25 Cents; Sys-
tem of Improving Speed of Horses, 50 cents. Of
booksellers or by mail.

JESSE HANKY A CO., 110 Nassau street, N. Y

W . B. PERKIN S,

WINE MERCHANT,

55 :] Fulton Strrot, Brooklyn, N. Y.,

ESTABLISHED IN 1845,

Continues to supply yacht* and families with the
choicest Wines and Liquors. Ju24

<&lisccllnncou$.

CONROY, BISSETT & MAUESON,

(Successors to J. C. Conroy & Co.)

65 Fulton St., N. Y„

Invite the attention of nmalciir*
to the additions they have made lo
tln-ir regular stock of Fine Goods,
comprising in part

Six Strip split Bamboo

HODS,

for Trout and Salmon Ashing.
TIIK FAMED

Jl Glunis Bluck Bass Rods

mad.- of Split Dumtioo (new this
scn*t>u (. y.im Ilofe's Rutiber steel
I ivot. Click and Salmon Reel*.
1 he eelebrut’ d "Frank fort" Reel,

. ,SoIc manufacturers of
Miillalv *’• Patent Flies, The
Ciiityhunk Buss Lines
of F.xlia quality.

Panics fltU'd out for the Adl-
lond.ck*, i lie Maine Woods,
i nk.- Superior, Newport, Cinty-
hunk. Pasqne Island, West Island,
Barnegat. Ac

Older, by mail will receive cure-
L^1 ™ prompt aMeuiion.

Pritchard Brothers.

No. 83 Fulton St.. N. Y.

, . ALL KINDS OF

Fishing Tackle

Made ami repaired with the utmost despatch.

AT>G. CONSTANTLY ON ItAVn

rill*: 1IKST ^KLK4 I ic>.\ ov TIIOUT AMI H\| .
MO\ Hulls. HEELS, LI VES AND PLIES.

li. J. WALSIIE^

DRAPER and TAILOR

McVICKER’8 THEATRE BUILDING *

CHICAGO.

KN.and AuiniMl Life and Aquatic Plant* In variety.
Al'-.i Mu ll*. 1 ebhli-s. Ornament*. Corals, Ac to stock
rl.c Aqnirlnm. Canrrie- and other song birds:

I'ej. on* Parrots, and ParuuueL-; Rabbits Squlmlfc
Dogs, pet and rare Animuls goneialli ; Birdseeds,
prepared food for Mocking Birds and other -oft-billed
nrd.; H*l< food. IlmJ Gravel. Dog Medicines. B.f
I'-r - cell-lira led Mange and Flea Cure, Ac., wholesale
ind ret "l 4 _ | y

We offer to dealers and sportsmen a most complete
assortment of

Fishing Tackle,

Roils, Reels, Linos, Artificial Flies, Nets,
Baits, Fislt Hooks, Ac*

Split Bamboo Ply Rods and Reels

OF THE FINEST WORKMANSHIP.

Tackle suitablu for Maine, Adirondack, Canadian,
and other lishing.

ARTIFICIAL FLIES DRESSED TO ORDER.
BREECH AM) .MUZZLE I.OAUIIAU GUAM,

And Sportsmens' goods of all kinds.

Manufactured and Imported by

BARTON, ALEXANDER S WALLER,

lOl & 103 DUANE ST., (near

Broadway) New York.

MUZ/LE LOADERS
CONVERTED INTO BREECH LOADERS,

ON THE MOST APPROVED PRINCIPLE,
and till kinds of BREECH LOADING work effected.

Mortimer & Kirkwood,

84 RLM Street. Boston. Mas*

Thomas Spai-ks,

Shot and Bar Lead

MANU FACT URER,

[ Established ISDN.)

Office, 1 2 1 Walnut St. Philadelphia.

Fishing Tackle.

A. B. SJiiplcy & Son,

803 and 808 Commerce street, Philadelphia.

Manufacturers of

Chalk and Fishing; Linos.

FINK HASS AND TROUT FLY RODS.
The celebrated GRRKXHKART WOOD a specialty.
FINE ROD MOUNTINGS.

Full line of Tackle for Brook. River and Sea Fish-
ing. Agents for John James A Sous’ celebrated Fish
book* and Needle*.

SILVER MKD\L awarded by the FRANKLIN
INSTITUTE. 18.‘4. "for SUPERIOR QUALITY ami
FINISH of RODS and TACKLE." Aprl-6m

ASHLEY

HOUSE. BARNEGAT INLET. Only Ave min-
utes lo the Sheepshead Ground, where all the slieeps-

DLU EKI 8 IT — KINSEY’S

J ) IIOUSI

tile Slieepslieu
head arc taken. Blneflsb.Seu Bass, Rlackil*h, Barb, and
WeakAeli, only one hundred yard* from the house.
Address for circular or engaging yachts.

J. W. KINSEY,

Jyl If Warclown p. o., Ocean county, N. J.

354

FOREST AND STREAM

THE BEST BREECH LOADING RIFLE 1 IN THE WORLD

REMINGTON'S

Long Range, Creedmoor, Breech Loading Rifle.

Used liv Mninr IIfvdv Pn -ruv T.>.. .. n it t ** ...

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TUT EMBERS of the different professions, shopkeepers,
and others, whose occupations confine them within
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■jexhnustcd, causing many of the ills for which the physi-
■ Cian is consulted during the Summer months. To persist
in these sedentary occupaUous with the sole intent of add-
ing money to the purse, or increased knowledge to the pro-
1= fession, is frightfully injurious to health and intellect. In
E [r ma“ner these harmful consequeuces are developed
wo cannot stop to discuss, since the fact is sufficiently ap-
patent to every individual whose labors confine 1dm to

W ofl,ce or 8t0,c year after year without a season for rest and
■outdoor sports.

I Those who have tried the various fashionable resorts as
I resting places, and have returned to their homes almost as
exhausted as when they started, skeptically enquire “What
shall I do?” The same prescription made by the’ angler’s
patron saint, good old Sir Isaak Walton, centuries ago re
, tains its efficacy, coupled with all its delightful pleasures
even to the present time, and fits our case precisely-“Go
| B fyRshynge. ”

■ To the inexperienced angler, having m mind the reed
■gjole, live cent liuc, bob and sinker, with which he jerked
I high into the air the unsuspecting bullhead or the less pre
tentious shiner* from some neighboring pond or bayou
using for the allurement of these humble representatives of
the finny tribe, the angle worm, fresh and squirmy, perhaps
|>ifh advice will pass unappreciated aDd unheeded To
such I say, have the patience to follow me in mv prepara-
tions for an augling exclusion, when perhaps you could be
■persuaded to be one of such a camping party"

[ Just one month ago to-day, it being then the 1st of June
and the most pleasaut of all the mouths for outdoor sports’

I started with my three companions upon my annual vaca’-
tion to the beautiful Lycoming Creek, located in Lycoming
county, Pennsylvania, having busied myself for a week
■previously, and enjoying every minute of the time, in mak-
ing the following, with other preparations. We ground
L our axe and hatchet, filed our camp saw and the cutting
lodge of an inch and a half augur, vurnished our rods, made
a half dozen leaders, and constructed a quantity of “Ham-
lin flies." The tools, with a few pounds of nails, were
■deposited in the bottom of a large camp chest; and we
laddod three long handled frying pans, a two quart coffee
pot, a smaller tea pot, a long handled, eight quart boiling
kettle in which to boil our potatoes, and which afterwards
ifierved as a dish pan, one dozen tiu plates, half a dozen tin
cups, one dozen tin spoons, three large spoons, half a dozen
knives and forks, a largo, sharp butcher’s knife, and a pep-
| per and a salt box. In the same chest we stowed away the
■following provisions, intended to subsist four persons four
| weeks; and it did it nicely, with nothing left to waste the
day we struck our tents: Twenty-five pounds of A sugar,
in a neat covered pail, ten pounds of coffee, four pounds
of black tea, teu pounds of fat salt pork, one small sack of
corn meal, six quarts of wheat flower, one quart table salt,

« package of pepper, small box of soda, small box of bak-
llng powder, four quarts of beans, one peck of Bermuda
onions, a bar of soap, and, upon the top of all, a small V
latent, the quarters of Fred, who was engaged to serve us as
■cook. In a large Saratoga trunk we made room for four
■Comfortables, four pillows, two bed ticks, sheets, table
■Cloths, towels, napkins, a wall tent nine feet square, and a
y twelve by fifteen feet. With this luggage, and one »f
■tnU|,U k*0C,S Ueftl nnd C0luP'l0t camp stoves, and our fishing

■ ®cde, we started by rail for Bodinesville, a station on the
■Northern Central Railway just sixty-two miles from Elv
■jnira, our starting point, leaving the latter place at half
■past eight in the morning, and arriving at our destination a
■quarter before eleven, when our baggage was immediately
■■.ran. stoma to a large boat upon Squire Bodine’s mill pond,

■ on Lycoming Creek, not a hundred yards from the depot.
ml ^quired but litt,e time 10 sot us, bag and baggage, afloat

stout obliging sons, were there to help. By noon we had
paddled up the creek to a beautiful little island, which ter-
minated in a high spear-shaped point in the deep shade of
the mountain Here, nestled among the blooming laurel
and rhododendron, and the most graceful aud lovely ferns
and under cover of beech and pine, with mountains and
streams on either side, we pitched our tents with true mili-
tary precision— Fred’s in the rear, the wall tent, which
served as our bedroom, next, and the large fly in front for
the parlor, as well as for shelter in cooking during a rain
storm. Under this fly we placed Duncklee’s camping stove
one of the most useful and complete affairs that could be
devised for camping purposes. It packs in a space 12x20
inches, and contains within, an oven, pipe, and all the pans
and kettles that are needed in cooking for a party of four
intending to camp farther from a railway than did we’
where light equipage is absolutely necessary.

In the wall tent we soon constructed two bunks from the
drift wood found in the vicinity, in which our axe, hatchet
augur and saw played an indispensable part. We covered
the bunks with hemlock boughs, filled our ticks with straw
from Squire Bodine's barn, paddled thein to camp in the
big boat, and deposited them upon the hemlock springs,
where, with the clean sheets, pillows, and comfortables’,
they afforded beds upon which we slept quite os soundly,
and from which we awoke more rested and refreshed, than
from our more pretentious couches of curled hair and elas-
tic springs at home.

By the middle of the afternoon our camp was in house-
keeping order— beds made, ice box buried in the bank, din-
ing table set up, surrouuded with benches, and the old
arbor of the year before, which served us as a dining room,
was re-covered with green boughs; the camp fire was ar-
ranged with a good back log aud two scrap iron rails, bor-
rowed from one of the deserted railroads upon the moun-
tain side, placed across two lateral logs in such a manner
as to form a most excellent fireplace for cooking purposes.

With these preparations, afterwards greatly improved
and added to during the leisure hours of our four weeks’
vacation, and with a large cake of ice from the farm house
placed in our ice box, a plentiful supply of milk, butter,
bread, and eggs from Mother Bodine’s pantry duly deposit-
ed therein, we commenced the camp life which added
nearly ten pounds to our weight, an unmeasured quantity
of strength to our muscles, aud most refreshing rest to our
tired nervous system.

Retiriug early at night, tired from the camp duties of the
day, we were awakened early in the morning by Fred’s
reveille upon a large frying pau, summoning us to a break-
fast of trout, rolled in corn meal and fried brown in a
small quautity of salt pork, a splendid cup of coffee, the
aroma of which greeted our olfactories os we were per-
forming our ablutions by the creek side, boiled potatoes,
with their jackets on, and some piping hot flapjacks,
smothered in butter and maple syrup. This, eaten in the
open air, just as the sun came peeping over the mountain
top, with its golden beams reflected from the sparkling,
rippling streum at our feet, to the beautiful green boughs
above our heads, intensifying their beauty as they trembled
in the cool morning breeze, while that charming songster,
the wood robin, mingled his musical notes with the shrill
whistle of robin redbreast and the more plaintive songs of
other forest birds, until the entire valley rang with their
melody. Gracious, who couldn’t eat under such circum-
stances and with such surroundings!

By eight o’clock our seven ounce Conroy rods were ad-
justed, click reels, with light silk lines, in position, and to
the slender leader is made fast our favorite flies for the
day’s sport. Then, having donned our fishing suits, with
feet encased in heavy hob-nailed brogans, buckled over the
flannel pants, half way to the knee, with creel over the
light jacket, a*d lauding net suspended upon the back from
a large button on the jacket collar, the start is made for the
half day's fishing with dress and tackle that would astonish
the devotee of bob and sinker.

As wo journey up the stream we pass many well-known
pools, note the change of channel in the creek since last
year, and relate the victories achieved in landing magnifl-

®*“l * ? fr°m Un,C ef ,bC VarioUS rocks ftud 8lumP® "hick
are as familiar as the faces of our friends. Having accom-

pushed a sufficient distance to occupy our time in fishing
until two o clock, our dinner hour, wc strike for the stream
arrange ourselves a few rods apart, and commence the
casting of our flies over the surface of the water in such
localities as our experience determine the trout to be.

Soon wo hear a regular war whoop from H. that would
have done credit to a full-fledged Indian brave, calling our
attention to the fact that he had struck a fine fish and
rrom the manner in which his rod bent, and from the occa-
sional splashes in the water, accompanied by a vigorous
yell from the happy fisherman every time his captive trou
leaps in the air, in his frantic efforts to release himself
from the deceptive hook which holds him, we conclude he
has hooked what in fishing parlance is designated a “bus-
ter." Just as we turn abend in the creek our ears catch
the strains of a merry song, coming from H.’s vicinity, the
sentiment of which seemed to be that “trout, delicious,
caught arc,” sung with such an evident tone of satisfaction]
we at once conclude that th.it particular trout has found Ita
way safely to H.’s creel.

Occasionally we hear a happy refrain from S., who is
below us, and as it comes clear and melodiously through
the glorious morning air we distinguish the liuc, “A gay
old trout from his hole came out," abruptly ending with a
whoop, hi, hi, to inform me thut he, too, was in luck, aud
had hooked a beauty. While my companions are meeting
with their full share of enjoyment I am by no meuns idle
but throwing my flies lightly and cautiously over pools]
behind rocks, and under bushes and the grassy banks that
aforetime had rewarded my labors. Seating myself upon
a projecting boulder in the middle of the stream to ex-
change the “black gnat" and “bright fox" for the “great
dun" and “Hamlin fly,” or to imitate more closely the natu-
ral fly upon which the trout are feeding, we enjoy every
minute of the time as we take in the charmiug scene around
us. Before us is the crystal creek, glistening and sparkling
in the morning sun while it. ripples down the rapid, or Is
dashed into foam against the rocks at the base of the moun-
tain, and then flows silently away to form the smooth and
placid pool below, where the silver and golden hued naiads
of the mountain streams for which we are searching are
warily watchiug for their morning repast. On either sido
of the narrow valley majestic and solemn-looking moun-
tains rise far, far abovo our heads, covered with irregular,
scraggy, moss-covered rocks, from which the crystal water
is dropping and sparkling in the clear, bright morning sun-
light like diamonds in a lady’s necklace. From youder
peak the immense old hemlocks, which seem to have died
from centuries of watchfulness from these mountain
heights, rear their dead branches and sharp pointed tops,
piercing the very clouds, while the green trees upon a
neighboring mountain present the varied tints of the bright-
ly tipped hemlock and spruce, in contrast with the deeper
foliage of the beech, maple, and oak, arranging their
branches against the sky beyond into figures grotesque or
graceful, to suit the mood in which wo find ourselves.
With such surroundings it matters little whether the fish-
ing is good or bad, for one can come contented to the noon
repast with a dozeu trout, a keen appetite, and a thankful
spirit for being enabled to so thoroughly enjoy nature in
all her loveliness.

And so we jog along, varying the enjoyment by reeling
now and then a speckled beauty within reach of our land-
ing net, until two o’clock finds us in camp and in the pres-
ence of the dinner that Fred has prepared for us. Our
meal of fried onions and potatoes, boiled trout, baked
johnny cake, and broiled stake over with, we lie in the cool
shade of the camp, smoke our pipes, and relate tlic adven-
tures of the day. Charles busies himself in constructing
rustic seats, banking up and leveling off the grounds, and
searching for mammoth back logs, performing the labor of
two ordinary mortals aud enjoying himself as only a let-
loose Brooklynite cun. In the evening we threw the tly for
such old trout that, in defiance of our skill, broke upon the
smooth surface of the many excellent pools near our camp;

356

FOREST AND STREAM

and many were tho beauties that spread their golden hued
sides upon the pans in our ice chest.

During our stay wo made excursions to Rock Run, four
miles above, emptying into the main stream at Ralston,
which is a favorite summer resort for Philadelphia, Ball i-
more, and Washington pleasure seekers. A large and well-
kept hotel, by Mr. OUet. Myers, an old sportsman and a
great story teller; the wonderful scenery which Rock Run
affords; the mountain air, and the excellent meals, served
by Mrs. Myers, are the attractions of the place. Rock
Run is really one of the natural curiosities of this country,
far surpassing Walkin’* Gleu in the beauty and grandeur
of its gorges, rocks, and cascades. It abounds in trout,
which still adds to its attractiveness for the angler, and
must one day become a place of national fame. If you
go there, inquire for our Philadelphia friend, C., who
spends most of the Summer sketching and tishing on this
delightful stream, and who is always ready to accompany
any real lover of Nature upon an excursion through its
wonderful avenues, and at lunch time will teach you how
to cook a trout without apparatus, in the woods, that will
almost melt in your mouth, rivaling in delicious flavor
any morsel of which you have ever partaken.

Tim Gray’s Run, two miles below our camp, is another
famous resort for the angling fraternity. We visited this
stream several times, and found it nearly exhausted of fish
that had attained the size that an honest angler would
covet. Still, a skillful fly-caster can catch from twenty to
thirty fish in a day under favorable condition of stream
and weather. Hiring Squire Rodino's team, we have fre-
quently driven six miles up the stream to the splash dam,
and then fished the stream aown to the mill, two miles from
the mouth of the creek by noon; with a fair basket of fish
and an excellent appetite for Mrs. Gray’s bread and milk.
While Charles and I were enjoying our luncheon, George,
the son of old Tim Gray, would amuse us with the stones
of liis father’s adventures with rod and gun, and tell ns of
the deer and bear he captured, and of the monstrous trout
he used to land on the banks of this famous creek, until
we wished that our taste for angling had been developed
forty years earlier, when old Tim Gray was the sole settler
along the creek that bears his name. While listening to
these anecdotes we gathered many useful hints in angliug
that were new and useful, even to an old chap like me.
Fishing down this stream to its mouth, Charles and I killed
several fine trout, and hooked one iu an old eel weir in the
main creek, which we estimated would weigh at least one
and a half pounds. H. had hooked and lost the same fish
the day before, aod indicated to us where the old fellow
lay; but by reason of swift water, and a submerged log
under which he sought refuge, he parted company with us
and our line almost as soou as we struck him. Twice
afterward, upon different days, did we form an attachment
to. him and witness his sprightly leaps and feel his ter-
rific tugs while he bent our rod from tip to butt in his fran-
tic efforts to reach that abominable log, and lie invariably
succeeded, confound him, leaving my rod to straighten up
with a vehemence that not only seated me upon the bottom
of the creek, but left me to wonder whether fly fishing
wasn’t a swindle after all, and whether auy pleasure in this
world was worth the seeking. Ever lose a big trout?
Yes? Well, you have experienced the feeling then, and I
will waste no further words in expression of my disgust.
Up to this writing that rascally trout remains under that
identical log, and continues to go for every confounded fly,
artificial or natural, that floats down that rapid to his lair.
But in order to relieve the minds of any piscatorially in
cliued, this is to give notice that we will capture that trout,
for long before these Hues can reach your readers we shall
have dropped our own upon the surface of that rapid once
more, and hope to be able to inform you that the flsh has
been brought to our creel at last.

Well, so we passed our days — fishing, sketching, reading,
cooking, working about camp, and entertaining our friends,
until the trout became so scarce as to induce H. and 8. to
abandon us for more bountifully stocked waters, leaving
Charles and I, with our respective sons, to enjoy the air, ,
the food, the bathing, the birds, the flowers, and the quiet-
ness of our camp life. The time passed rapidly and joyous-
ly away. Once a party of ladies and gentlemen (our friends)
visited us from the city, praised everything in camp, and ate
everything they praised, and after a day and night's expe-
rience with our mode of life, returned home regrettingly.

Finally, the day appointed for our return home arrived,
when we struck our tents with many heartfelt expressions
of regret, but heavier in flesh, stouter in muscle, rested iu
mind, strong and eager again for our professional duties.
Our friends testify to our improved appearance, while we
are conscious that our few weeks iu the woods were profit-
ably spent, and are prepared to affirm, after an experience
in both, that such an excursion is incalculaby better for
body and purse than to spend the same number of days at
some fashionable watering place in the vain endeavor to
rest and restore one's exhausted vitality. And that is the
way we go angling. Do you think you could enjoy it? If
so, try it, and our word for it you will ever after seek no
other recreation nor find no keener sport- Bistowy.

[Lycoming county, Penn., the scene of the foregoing
sketch, has long been noted for the brisk gamy qualities of
its trout, and the particular section referred to by tho wri-
ter ha9 been especially known as yielding the finest moun-
tain trout in the country ; but of late years the fish have
been scarce, and are thoroughly educated. A special
knowledge of their haunts, and a peculiar aptitude for ul
luring them, is essential to the angler who purposes a visit
to Lycoming Creek, and even then he is not likely to get a
large basket. We know of other streams in Lycoming
county that are much better.— Ed.]

— A crab six feet eleven inches loDg has been captured
on an island in Yeddo Bay, and was on exhibition in Yo-
kohama.

—There is a grape vine on the old Colonel Floyd place,
near Tocoi, Florida, which measures eighteen inches
through tho trunk.

—The truck raisers of Gainesville, Florida, have decided
that the most paying vegetable is the cucumber.

Key West exports $1-10,000 worth of augurs to New
York per week.

For Forest and Stream.

A DAY AT LAKE KORONIS.

MANY of your readers can no doubt appreciate our
feelings whet), after eighteen or twenty miles of
drowsy and dull riding in a prairie schooner, minus the
sail, guind old Koronls burst upon our view. A beautiful
sheet of water, miles in extent, with dense oak and maple
forests extending down the sloping shores, and gracefully
overhanging the water from a number of picturesque
points. Numberless ducks dotted the surface of the lake,
raising the expectations of our party in due proportion.
To the east, aud divided from Koronis by a narrow strip
of land, the much talked of duck pass, lay Mud Lake,
fairly alive with water fowl.

Having arrived at the lake, we sprang out of the wagon,
and in doing so flushed a covey of pheasants, which
whirred off to a neighboring thicket iu their usually lively
manner. With regrets that wo were not. prepared then to
follow them up, and inwardly resolving to give them a trial
between flights, we turned our attention to our luggage.
Among such surroundings it did not take long to select a
suitable camping ground, and it being too early for the
evening flight we busied ourselves making our camp snug
and comfortable. Fine meadow grass, knee high, in which
our steeds already were luxuriating, made us a “scrutn-

tious” bed, to use a favorite expression of W , the well

known Sec. of the Slate Historical Society, and a member
of our party.

The cry of “supper” from the cook(l) put an abrupt end
to these preparations, and tin cups and cainp cutlery in band
we rushed to the charge, carrying everything before us.
Our party consisted of II , a returned Californian, pass-

ionately fond of hunting and tishing, particularly the lat-
ter; W , before mentioned, also au ardent sportsman

and good company; J , the serious man of our parly,

hut a most indefatigable hunter aud the quickest shot al
ways, and lastly the writer, a patient hunter, and then a
novice on a duck pass. Ponto, a dropper, with a first-class
field record, but no pedigree to boast of, and Prince, a tine
powerful setter, comprised the dogs of the party. Time,
20lb of September; locality, Stearns county, Minn.

A movement on the part of the dogs directed our atten-
tion towards tho pass, near which we were camped, aud
we saw the ducks begin to stream over; then there was
“music in the air." Tin cups were at once dashed down.

guns laid hold of, and we were off Giving H ami

W their stands a hundred feet or so apart, one on each

side of a creek emptying into Mud Lake, down which the

ducks would naturally fly, J took the right; and to

mo fell the extreme left of the pass which ran north and
south. In position behind as good cover as fell to each
man’s lot, we scan the lake and await the opening of the

ball. We have not long to wait. “Mark!” from II

and I turn in time to see him cut down a pair «f wood
ducks right and left in line style. Well done, shouted

W , and leveling on the leader of the same flock ueutlv

kills him at sixty yards. A shot from .1 and a splash,

followed by a plunge from Prince and Ponto, and our re-
trievers are at work. "Mark! L — ’’ from my neighbor, and
I perceive u flock of blucliills heading towards me, rising
just enough to clear the clump of scrub oaks in which 1
was concealed. To aim was the woik of a moment, and
glancing excitedly along my barrels, 1 cover the leader
and pull aud make my first shot on u duck pass. “Bravo!

L shouts W , “shoot again." In the excitement

I bad almost forgotten I held a gun in my hands; but with-
out stopping to learn the effect of my lirst fire, I turn
quickly and shoot into the retreating flock, and have the
supreme satisfaction of seeing three double up and fall. A
noise behind me, I look mound and Ponto and Prince each
lay a duck at my feet, the result of my first lire Elated
and confident,! shoot again, this time al a single black

drake— “a lightning peddler,” as W calls hiui. “Clean

missed, shot behind,” say the veterans, and I resolve in the
future on such side shots to hold from I wo to six feet
ahead. This 1 verify to my satisfaction in a number of
cases during the evening’s -shooting. Just then "mark!”

from J , followed by two shots in quick succession by

him. Bang! bang! from H , and ditto, ditto from

W I jatch sight of a single red head running the

gauntlet past my companion. As he is about to pass me
he offers h side shot at forty five yards. I pull on him,
holding well ahead; still beholds bravely on. I try him
again at sixtv, and am delighted to sec iiitii begin to lower
and fall dead way out in the lake. Then followed an eager
race on the part of the two dogs, both anxious to retrieve
the duck. They afford us a beautiful sight; for the lake,
in the quiet evening sunset, 1ms taken ou the most beauti-
ful sky lints. They seem to be swimming in a lake of
gold, the coior intensified by the purple wake left by the
dogs. But not long are we allowed to enjoy the scene, lor
the flight begins again. We shoot with varying success,
and heat our barrels with the rapid shooting, until dark-
ness puts au end to the-iexciting sport.

At the camp fire we live over the incidents of the day

and evening, and after nodding a few times over 11 ’s

Rocky Mouutain trouting experiences, we tumble in. The
rest are soon asleep, while I lay awake, disturbed by the
dismal booling of an owl perched in a tree above our tent.
Enduring it as long as possible, I finally seize my gun in-
tending to shot him, when \V , then awakening, sug-

gests a better plan. Listening to him in dead earnest, lie
advises me to walk round and round the tree, securing the
owl's attention, when he assured me gravely his owfship
would turn his bead round and round after me without
shifting his position, and the result would be the twisting
off of his neck! I see the point, and make a lunge at
W in the dark, and miss, and soundly whack his sleep-
ing neighbor J , whose astonishment 1 leave the reader

to imagine. The owl left.

Quiet restored, we fall into a deep sleep and are awak-
ened by the report of a gun. We are astonished to find it
high tune to set off for the pass, when wo discover that

J is missing; Imt before we are fully dressed heap-

pears, and over his Head aud shoulders wo behold the neck
and wings of two wild geese, lie is at once the hero of
the hour. We surround him and ask him forty questions
in a breath, and lie IoIIh us how he heard the gccHe honlcine
during the night, and judging from the sound that the flock
were in the lake, lie determined to steal a march on us
Crawling out quietly before dawn ho made his wav to the
shore, where they were feeding in fancied security about
forty yards distant. He gave them both barrels, killing
one and wounding an old gander, said gander making a
tierce and determined onslaught on Ponto, lashing jAm

with his wings half drowning the dog, who finally aeizo.l
Ins victim by the throat and put an end to the combat.

II and W— — concluded to give the pheasants a trial
am, t« J-— and my soil fell the pass, and valiantly J”
held it, ns eighty-four ducks on that morning’s flight will
fittest. Awaiting the return of tile two grouse hunter*
we amused ourselves trolling from tho shore for pickerel'
ami soon had a mess for a dozen men. From the number
of shots we heard in the thicket wo judged our friend*
were in luck; nor wore wo disappointed when, on their re
turn, they added forty-seven pheasants to our combined
hag of over a hundred ducks. We vote Koronia Pass )(
grand success, aud all resolve to try it again the next
season. Alsace.

For Forest, and Stream

HOW WE WENT TO KERN RIVER AF
TER BIGTROUT, AND WHY WE DID'Nt
GET ’EM.

quite it number nf our town pertnlo have had great sport recently ni
tin- month of the Cottonwood Crook, Ushlng for lako trout..— lJiikermk-iij
paper.

Fine sport Is had Ashing In the rnplilaof Korn Klver. whe.ro the water*
pour nut of the bierras on to the volley Tho vreat trouble is to o,,t
hooks largo enough unit lines stout tuupigh to haul them out. tine
caught the nthur duy weighing m&vunUup pounds. Tho bigger ones took
oir the lines as easily as swlinnilug. - Itukei sltuld paper.

I LEAVE it to any unprejudiced mind whether the fore
going, paragraphs are not beguiling, soduolivc at.d sag.
geslive of a big day’s «port for the, true rtaherinan; tlm man
who never crosses a creek that lie does not look out of ||,(.
stage window longingly, and in his mind’s eye stand upon
yonder jutting rock, and casting bis fly into the swirl of
that eddy, see a two-poundcr dash for it; Lite man who
longs for a day or two in the country, where a trout stream
offers greater attractions than the Centennial Exhibition
ever can; who would give his tiro eyes (temporarily) for
time to have a dash at the big fellows away down in Kern
county, 330 miles away. Do hot these paragraphs convey
an idea that Kern River must be llio fisherman's paradise?
1 thought so, and so did my friend the Medico. We two
account ourselves good fishermen. As for myself, I was
to the manner born. My governor was the crack trout
fisher of the good old county of Otsego, State of New
York, und Delaware county, across t lie Susquehanna, was
truly tho greatest ground for trout fishing in nil the Stale.
I commenced at the bottom round of the ladder— served a
regular apprenticeship. I began at worm digging, for \u
always carried a spare rod with a worm bait for the deep
boles between the logs where a fly could not be used, I
followed my illustrious governor with the sack, for we
hail no fish baskets iu those primitive days; no jointed
rods and nice appliances. They were unknown in our
little town. By degrees I Was promoted to the fly. and
from that day refused to speak to common boys at our
school. I was “airy.” [ was no longer a "worntcr."
Many a fellow have I laid out; many a conceited young
man have 1 relieved of liis surplus starch, and 1 go around
with a chip on my shoulder. 1 don’t make much noise
about it, fur if I ever am laid out, I don’t wtnl the brag to
rise in judgment against me. But when I hear a fellow
bragging and boasting of his prowess ns a fisherman, 1
contrive to inveigle him to some purling brook, some Imb
hiing stream. 1 get, him to go fishing with me; that tin
ishes him. As the Frenchman says in his description of
paradise, when Adam offers the apple with a how, In
hand oil his heart, “dut finish Madame Eve." Once on a
time — but that is a digression, although a good story. 1 li
tell it to you another lime.

If by this time you have come to Hie conclusion that I
am no novice, but an old stager in the trout fishing lim ,
you have got the drift of my meaning; therefore, I am m.i
one to he easily deceived as to what a trout is or .should
lie, ami? The paragraphs above were insidiously spread
before our eyes by a friend who is always going about
with nothing better to do limit making a fellow discoiiu in
eil with his lot. Added to this, my Iriund Col, W., who
had accompanied his superior, Goa. Scofield, last Sunini. i
on a tour of inspection, and lmd crossed and fished in this
stream, always would persist in quoting it whenever fishing
was discussed. He would say— "Fish! von should go
down to Kern River, if vou want trout." Everybody stud
let’s go down to Kern Itivur; Imt nobody went. Finally
■nutters were brought lo a focus by these paragraphs. I
said: “Doc, old boy, can’t you give your patients a soggy
dose all round lliul will keep them on their bucks until you
return, and slip off with mu to Kern River after those lug
trout,” The Doc mused, mid starling up, said, "I'll do u
I have only one patient that I have any doubts about. Hr
is a hard nut; nothing makes him lick, und in spile oi
every effort, I can't get him fairly and squarely on In.
hack, and lie has money and never looks at the bill* "
Said I, “Can’t you prescribe the Beecher Trial? make
him read it; lie won't raree liis head for a week." “Ah'
but," said the Doc, "that will finish him, and I can't all'onl
it; bull'll go und see if I can’t gel a dose Into him ilmi
will fix him." The following day I received a note as f..l-
lows: “I've got him down, und ull the others pretty well
under. We will go to-morrow." To-morrow, like all i<>-
morrows, came, and we went— left by rail at four o'clock
and rode all night, for mind you, Korn River, until recent
ly, was almost a terra incognita to iin hereabouts, the extni
sion of tho inland railroad south liuving only just brought
it within reach; formerly it required days lo get there, nmv
only twelve houis At six o’clock the next morning ">
found ourselves at Bakersfield, ut which point wit coticlu
ded that we hud belter land. We did so, and after a hn-iy
breakfast the landlord apologized lor having no trout —
something tliut seldom occurred. We enquired of the pm
prietor or the hotel how about tho fishing in this ih i:»
borhood. The lundlord confessed tllul lie knew hut link'
of the locations; lie only kneyvthat lisli were plentiful, a1"!
referred me to a seedy looking individual, at the moment
engaged ut the liar taking liis morning cocktail, which, l ,r
the nonce, almost strangled him, consequent upon guii'g
the wrong chunuel. Thus appealed to, the seedy geiii
having recovered liis speech Waved his hand grueclully ,(J'
wards tho river and said: "Fish? Well, uow, strungcr,
there's no use talkin’; you’ve just struck it. Why, Ik"
Jackson aud 1 went up just below the fulls three or font
days ago, and wo kolched— well i'll draw it mild, and s»y
what I'd swear to— uot less than a hundred and fifty pint"'1}
iu an hour. 1 lnndod oue feller that must have weigh''*1
fifteen pounds, and I got hooked on to another tl'111
would nt come. I hollered to Ben and he took a holt wfih
mo, and wo snaked ull we know, but never budged him.
uutu tho line broke und down we tumbled." As h° l*L

SI*

forest and stream.

scribed the tussle crave doubts of either the story or style
of fish he was catching stole o’er me. I have had mauy a
salmon hereabouts on an eight ounce rod, aud landed many
a twenty pounder with a twelve; but this was a little loo
strong, eveu for a fish story, and it occurred to me that my
friend was a blarsted liar, or at least was blessed with a
powerful imagination. Things were getting to that point
when to listen was to admit my credulity; to dispute was
probably the most successful method of getting into a row

and as my narrator, I observed, wore his six-shooter as

does everybody down in that part of the country, and for
the mnttcr of that in any part of it — I concluded' to avail
myself of the great American principle that a drink set-
tles fill things, and proposed irrigation— a proposition that
did not seem to hurt the feelings of my narrator of that
tale of a fish in the least. On the contrary, he arose with
some alacrity, and pouring out five fingers good of the
fearful beverage that the place afforded, tossed it off with
a nod and remark, “Ougli." After a gasp or two lie recovered
his equmimity, mid settled down on his chair to wait na
tiently for the next streak of luck in the shape of an invi-
ta .on to drink I departed for a livery stable, and engaging
a team to he at the hotel door in fifteen minutes, hurried

338,“ *>

have had the finest fishing ln the w&M i,e8?bov® wo could

357

said: l.°.WQ for a week. His —

"I just know that i °J a V-Cek- Uis ,nan

where to make amends for th/& h-M sI,PPed 0,r somc'
>ng it out on some troutst^ and >* hav-

and r believe I will adorn if r e. ,.dea ls a g°od °nc,
Truckco and Lake Tahoe F .tt 1 ?VI # Jake a n,H UP t0
Sierras, only a day’s ride ^a"e“ Leaf Lake, &c„ up in the
flali in o’* Iwian . Iu,e rail. I know all about that

"'ivv.il mu uuit's iiurnca
back to the house, on the way encountering tlie Medico
doing a little shopping. He had opened negotiations for a

frvimr nun with vmur • r. . e . ;

frying pan, with a view to broil a trout for lunch under
the shady greenwood tree. Subsequent overtures for
crackers and cheese, accompanied by proffers of coin met
witli unqualified success. We started hack for the hotel
the Medico shouldering the frying pan, and I bearing un-
der one arm ft paper of crackers, under the other a section
of cheese The Medico vanished to put himself inside his
stunning fishing clothes, while I sat myself down in a chair
literally waiting for the wagon. As f 8ttt there smoking a
cigar, I espied a scody-lookmg individual a block distant
having that imp damp squashy appearance of a wet man'
carrying »y the gills a ftsli-a large one, at least two feet in’
length. I was giving the fish the closest scrutiny possible
at that distance, and wondering what kind of a one it. could

be It/ lion n il/\7in.r eloni... I 1 - : . .

fishing; been there before If! 1 A1?0" 11,1 aho,lt lba‘
time. It is a «riorh,„» S Td ne,ver fa,led ><ave a good
lake your dinner at six six m -tl,c inorni,,g at>d

an hour bind »i .i,„ „„ „L._.. thousand feet in tlie air, and ln

TrucS “ru°. .TXte S’-

brag a bit, nor te’l b i ^nr S . V niy Uoxt’ nnd 1 W0I>'t
trip to Kern River for-chubs mak° ftm°nds »r tho litUe
uua' PODOERS.

Propagation op

when n, dozing, slecpy-looking mun in an adjoining
chair remarked, ‘‘There’s Hank Johnson; he’s been a fish-

I Inn nwxiiniii' T .. I I

, ........ u-'"iiouu, I1U a lit M

in this mornin , I see, and only got one trout.” At the
word trout I bounced out of my chair and sped across the
street around the corner where tlie man aud fish had di«-
ttppcarcd nnd caught sight of both as they entered a «■»-
loon. When I arrived tho man was leaning lazily against
I the counter, and the fish lay on the floor. I think negoti-
ations had been opened with a view to imparting the fish to
f the barkeeper as a circulating medium to represent the
I amount of coin necessary to the acquirement of a drink
I immediately made for tlie fish as it lay j„ jts i,u„e '
I portions extended on the door. At the first glance a cold
W perspiration broke over me, ns warm as the inorninn- was
I I stooped down and scraped off the dirt and leaves and if
I did not go into a conniption it arose from the slight cir-
[ cumslanco of being a man instead of a woman, i recov-
ered in a moment, as it (lashed across me that this could not
he anything but what it was, and I said to tlie damn ee,,-
tleman, “ What-ah-what kind of a fish do you call this?”
lie turned around, and staring me full in the face with n
look of astonishment, said- ‘‘Don’t you know?’’’ 1 said
that it pained me to confess Unit I did not, ‘ Wall stian
ecr. Hints what we call a trout down where I come from "

I did not wait to enter into Hie merits of the fish or the li -

■ cation that had tlie honor of claiming bim as a native I
I rushed back to the hotel. The Medico had just emerged
I in his toggery, immensely pleased with himself. I b7iid
[ blandly, “There's a chap over the way with a rouser of a
I trout; just come in from the river with it." Tlie Doc says
I “By George! I want to see it; is it a big one— a blister*” 1
I said, “Verily it is. ’ Just then the landlord remarked

■ “I've just bought ft raft of ’em of a chap that just drove
I by with half a wagon load. Come with me, it vou want
I toseeone." We followed him into the little back porch

■ that constituted the larder, and there lay half a dozen—

I trout! W ait and hear what the Medico said : “Good God !

I man, you don’t call those things trout, do you?” “Of

■ courso we do; and if they are not trout, I’d like to know
I what you would call them?” (Sarcastically.) “And are
; these tho fish you catch in the river and call trout?” “Yes ”

■ “Don't catch any other kind?” “No.” The Medico stag-
I gcred, and leaning against a post, with a feeble voice
I whispered. “Is my name S. ? Are you acquainted will!

me?” •‘Yes." “Do I look like a man whose head was a
little wrong?" “Yes; always did." “Do I look as if I

■ was tight?" (Emphatically.) “Yes.” "Am I tight?”

■ ‘‘Somewhat.” “Do I live in the city of San Francisco
I and have I come 2.r>0 miles to this thriving settlement trout
I fishing?" “You do; you have." “Will you assist me to
| my room?" Tenderly we bore him un stairs to No. 3.
t Laying him on tlie bed, he remarked, “What time did you

say tlie train returned?” “Eleven o’clock to-nieht." “Will
I you have the goodness to call me at half p;rst ten, land-
I loril?" and covering up his head he rolled over and went to
. sleep nnd slept that entire day, appearing only at sundown

■ driven out by a tierce appetite. There was an expression
of resignation on his face, a diluted grief. There was no
allusion to fish, except wlieu wo came to load up, when

I the rods were painful evidence of our purposes and intent.

1 said, “Medico, this frying pan. this cheese, these oderifer-
- oils herring; how about thorn?" lie meiely waved his
hands — waved them away, as it were— and dove into the
* omnibus; but I climbed upon top with Hie frying pan, and
as we rode to tlie depot I let it. hang down and hump
against the back of Medico’s head, it giving up a sonorous,
bellfluous souud, as of two maleable metals coming to-

f ether. I handed it down to him; ho would not take it.
bumped him on tlie head witli it; he took it carefully
■into the car and placed it in his section; and the cheese
and tho herrings, and as it was warm there was a trial of
■ strength between them. We turned in, and next morning
found us on the ferry boat, the last stage of our journey.
Several friends were curious about fish; wanted to know
inhere they were. Tlie Medico denied that lie had been
; “ailing — lmd not wet a line, which was true. Well, how
I about these rods? Oh I those are not rods, surveying iu-
l*trmnents, bcou down to Visalia surveying some Tide
land.

We brought no fish, 'tis true; but we were posted oil
Kern River trout, and wo had gotten over the fever to go
.. ?re,;, fl|dahed talking about going down and having a
shy” at those big fellows. If I did not know that my
friend Col. W. was a truthful man and knew trout when
he saw them, I should have gone for his scalp on my re-
turn. He is absent, hut on his return I shall interview
him I think I have partially solved the mystery. He had
flailed in the river iu tho momituiu range, where there were

black bass from SS oZ £

property of the Blooming Grove Park AssOcSp inX0

fast as to Sr," anJ thelr pr°?Cny ,,a3 'ncrea8ed so
lnfl» g 0d Sport t0 tbe ansler a‘ any time The

w.uers Jr'8 T "OW °n their gravel beds in the shallow
wmers along shore, protecting either their spawn or the

r , Iair ^ the Cft9c mjy be‘ 11 is interesting to
note Hie pertinacity with which they guard their precious

dmoTr? 10 V.!g°r WitU which they awalTdepre-
datorsand intruders of all kinds. They will freoueitly

tl enVJr ?VGr them. freely six inches above

then backs, and obstinately stand their ground. Sunflsh
and such are compelled to keep their distance. There are
hundreds of these bowl-shaped excavations, eighteenth 2

thi lat ZT- 611 al°ng tUe 8badow> sandy shores o?
tl is Jake, which .very clear, and in the centre, some sev-

euly feet deep, fed by bottom springs. Earlier in the sea
son ,t would be very easy to collect their spawn for propa-
gating experiments. It is dilBcult to peVccive why hLs
cannot be cultivated as well as the salinoides. Y

SglPisi

ber of comfortable simm er i '0U8CS «lr? 8PrinkIed a nun,-

Summer by Hlcir eitv n™L flcfl t0 in tl,c beat of

ing both labors 2 * T,-tb0 bl,Vff’ “^look-

‘ck which is only too s3l for '.de lghtfuny locult-'d bo-
, Till wo made ,U could do-

to where Wood’s Hole wi W1 • ,dfa? 0f most of us ^
Capo Cod as au immente honi 1“? ^d‘ Lo°bing upon
the leg is embraced betwee^tLe' V nevVr mucb*

sachusetts Bay, trendiue to 1 L l d ?ound and Ma«-
pointing to the7 north M SS UDd thc foot
tbe lee of tho big toe- then W00K /I ,7l^g,snuS under
rear strap. Across the L t d ■, n°,e 18 built on the
yanl. and teyonTt ,o othiJtland- T,',eS’ 18 Martha’« Vine
with Oak Bluff, Holmes’ Ho2 v«n,lea?er8 co,n,uunieate
ford on arrival of tS We’ S IJed‘
and to duy’s Boston pupers it V 3 New York

telegraph and exPre£ ' P»nd I -n o’clock A. M., have

drive on. But weP (lid’’nt roi.?n ' 1 a'ght,’ aaudy r«ad to
and there’s water enough 3 L aTu bUt ‘° tish-

our nets, from lumping sharks dow ,L ^"t comes to
as even the weeds (algai) ft' j«-‘Hy fish, and

gators^ Mnr^

B* Wt ye„,

ng up the sound with her boat? 3 decks fi, g U SleH,‘V
three-legged chairs and tables, |egg Jq consnlen^i P W.ltU
inn Bkvwjirit ]iL-n .. *> conspicuouslv nomf-

i n g s k y w a r dli k e°o* "w | ; 0 le* "cu rn s' * oV * I ilSfP '.c 11 0 u s ^ y Point
ting a difficult pas, we musMmvi 'el da?cer8 ex«eu.
spectacle. The town«n3mL.i? ' ® Prescnted a dramatic

spectacle. The townsneon ,. ZrcTa dramatic
sured us that we Tr^Xd'to iL in ti8h-as-

ru,“ .w"c

tog, a score-yes, an hundred bluefish 3 fl A barre,1 of '"u-
bass of fabulous weight were usual rewards7 ynu £f d
re so very common, when we got hern ,i . Uut alaa! as
or other; it always is, and ufso we a e nS aTexT.lv*! I'g
place yet ; it’s as usual, further off. Foriun y, -,be

before°u8. ° “W° Ure l°° early’ ’ -

Grayling Propagation in Bavaria. -Our Munich cor-
respondent, W. 8 M., whose letter may be found on our
edit rial page, makes the rather unexpected statement that
grayling were artificially hatched in Bavaria ten years a«m
ami used to stock other streams. “I make this statement ’’’
he says, as I see by your paper of Mar 6th that Seth
Green is churned to have hatched tho first that ever were
"niched. I can furnish you the facts if you like " Wo
would be greati7 interested to receive from our correspon-
dent all the information upon the subject that ho can sup-

door work and keep out doors; so we wernardrv7idfi(n'
the government wharf before I started S bardl-7 fa8t to
fishing. No bait, nor squid, nor bol did ve ^1™?' b U0‘
outlines and big hooks The Snn mL, , n11 juat

nisiied a Land ct, and ihe ‘l„, “ V
passed over the track, we, under the powerful steam I‘Dg
orated by our two strongest men at thecrank* gCU

tdlv to the enstwniH . cra"K8. started rup

A paragraph appeared in our last issue to the effect
that the South Hadley fishway was a failure. We are now
informed by Mr E. A. Brackett, fish commissioner for the
blate of Massachusetts, that such statement was an error
that so far as any evidence has been obtained, it all goes to
prove the fishway to he a success, and that ail fish that
show any disposition to go above the dam do so with per-
feet ease. F

stnp on which the railroad is built 5? foSncft
several acres, alive with herrin» or rntlmr „ i'- a p nd of

their way back through a ditch-like creek to the f

few scoops with a dip net gave us nlomu nt L ■ . e 8ta- A
strung out on the beach liaS a mile Ive “hove^nd Mauled^
The blucfish are attracted by tho herring running out an tu-e
hoped our baits would do us well. Some Im™ ? d , f
rapidly ; others hove, aud by a peculiar jerk known ™|UJf
the initiated, wriggled their hooS sliwly oS (ffieS

again liove and n--nr..,i 1. . UIU-K- Utuers

_ for Form and Stream.

U. S. FISHERY COMMISSION AT WOOD’S
HOLE.

THE U- S- Flsh Commission have fixed upon this pret-
A ty little attachment to Cape Cod for its Summer’s
work, and so superior are its advantages to those present-
ed l»y most points along our coast that it is probable that
even a more prolonged research than tho limits of one
Summer will permit may be accorded to tbe adjacent
waters. Even tlie features of tho main land and of the
adjacent islands — Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, No
Mans Land, nnd others— furnish, from the peculiarities of
the people in thought and habits, full material for lively
and instructive magaziuo articles. 3

The wit and shrewdness of the Cape Cod man or Nan-
tucketer, are proverbial; how much more, then, may wo
expect of curious revealiugs when the dredge and trawls
of tho little Bluclight are set to work, and the brains of
our scientific corps are stimulated and refreshed with the
fish diet, tho cool sea air, and the quiet, homely aspect of
every surrounding, freed from noise and excitement'1
We start at least under fair uuspices. Tlie villa-’-e is
prettily situated along the hilly bluff which, from Nobsca

again hove and waited for results. One plan Vas eauaUv
successful as the others. Oue man can gm ' h f 1 , y
the rest went home as light as they came Ti,ra fl°Under;
I tried this, then having*™ St o^iou rec^ved ZZ'nf
0118 conirriini jifmnQ Im/M.iivn t .. « , lvea. irujicud-

0118 congratulations because I had a bite, Igavelt un nml
tried trolling, with equally as good luck. - P- d

. Then we itevo-

We 9°,u*d catch barrels of them

IDll emir.-. I. C • . * •

■n.uij 31HUHW1 luuug 1 no uuiy oiiiu which, trom Nobsca
Lighthouse Point, bends around a little nearly land-locked
larbor, which constitutes "Tho Little Hole'," points out-

harbor, .. . Julius out-

ward to the sound, then breaks off into a rush of whirling
eddying tides, and uest of clangorous rocks, through which
a narrow, well buoyed channel leads into the harbor of
Wood’s Hole, where terminates the Old Colony Railroad
and where all persons bound camp-mectlngward leave cars’
for steamboat. Across the Hole— as the rocky whirlpool
is called— a little island with au Indian name springs up
trending to tlie westward; then another, and close to the

long, narrow, and beautiful island of Nanshou, covered in
parts with noble groves of oak, under whose shelter and
around w hose fastnesses the native deer roam and feed un-
molested, till one fatal week, or longer, in Full wlieu, with
a coterie of chosen friends, the owner of this magnificent
estate, Mr. Forbes, calls upon tho forest to render its
tribute, and his handsome country seat, with boats and
yachts and wharf, to contribute to their eutertainment.
But Mr. F. does’nt get all of his owu deer; they swim from
the island, and many a fine buck has made venison for less
dalutv palates.

This island was, with the little ones mentioned, undoub-

ted ourselves to tautoir.

in the Hole.” So at iuTmense^ks^ b °f ,hem

fouad tho lavorile

tide rusning like a rapid over the “split rock ” where we
were to heave our anchor iuto the creek aud ho’ld on
did, and could’nt much; but we at last caught fish' W«
carried out ten pounds of lobster for bait, and wfLuJb
home seven pounds of cuuners. Then we gave up Sni
Ull a day or two ago, when great news of bluetish 7am in8
Captain Lays excitedly assured me that there w-u^noVnH
of ’em over to Holmes’ Hole, ns ten „ , ,eDcl

rr? PtOUnd8 ti b0iird a 8mack- aMd caught em^very
oue thA day That startled me. The Cap'ain bein^

fi™“'eX8?rimed' clai™ed,tbat tbe “best mauPgo“’niDet g
five. How much do they average?” “YYa’ll full..
pounds apiece." I cyphered that up: Let the’othw nbe
equal thc best man, throw in five fish apiece to make Cv™
numbers and I asked him where they got the ether bno
thousand pounds. That startled him lt0 sheered off ami
grumbled that he “gin it to me as he got it.” This was
mild though, for the Captain, who is a regular old c3
Cod skipper. He was telling the other night when fn
ft fresh breeze the Weather Bureau observer here pro
claimed a fifteen miles an hour wind-that he was once hi

r ni»r‘ Ch-° thul ;bowed four kundfed miles an hour “
Cape Cod is a great place for “ye ancient mariner ” A n
oilier one, whose yarns Lad astonished us not a little tobl
me confidentially that old L. was “awful on yarns Yer
could nt be heve much of anything Le told yer, ir yer
a stranger." I believe him, thut time y “

Well, we manned the Rapid Transit, our cat boat-that
is to say she is Chester’s-but he is such a generous ' ^ whole
souled lei low (I mean Chester, of the Polaris parm that
every one gets to looking on Chester’s property^ Hu e and
services as public property-and started over for tbe Middle
Ground. L:ist years lines, not property cured for soon
enabled the bluchsh to cairy off to ocean’s depths the min-
now squids, aud our luck was limited; still, we hud had
biles plenty, and did bring home some fish— no matter how
many. But we fitted up afresh, and since then huve kept
our ice box well supplied; aud the tuutog, too, have begun
to bite, aud our hsli car is no longer un empty waste
It’s rather an object to catch fish here. Prices of'everv-
hiug are outrageously high, aud the mess hilt has to he
looked out for. I give you a few items.- Fish ail kinds
ten cents per pound; meat, thirty cents; berries, forty cenm
a quart, and other things prorata. That is tbe only fault
we have to find so fur. The dealers are anxious to S rkh
loo fast, and we have to assist U,em more than 011F share
lourii,

’ PISECO.

Ontario Shad. -The Cobourg, Canada, Sentinel savs -
Lately our townsfolk Lave beeu regaled with a novel
kind ot small fish, which at first were supposed to be bir-
ring, and which have been caught in large numbers by our
fishermen, as well as in other places along the lake shore

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A careful inspection of this fish by knowing ones shows
that it is that variety which has long existed in American
waters, and is known as shad. Some time since Mr. Seth
Green, the note i fish culturist, introduced this variety into
the waters of the Genesee, where it multiplied rapidly, and
soon found its way to Lake Ontario. It appears now for
the first time in ‘ great quantities on the northern shore,
and is a great boon to us all. We regret, however, that it
should be so largely caught as it has lately been before
reaching maturity, and hope some means will be found to
prevent this and encourage '.he growth and increase of this
splendid fish in our vicinity."

SHAD IN LAKE ERIE.

Cleveland, Ohio, July 10th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Over a year ago several thousand young shad were put In the San-
dnsky River near Fremont, at a point about twenty miles from Sandusky
Bay, which opens on Lake Erie. On drawing seine for minnow at our
club bouse (Bone’s Point) we captured several of the young shad. They
are about throe inches In length, and as lively as could be expected of
the salt water Osh In the lakes. Wc nre watching closely their action
during the hot months, but think that there is no doubt of the success
of raising shad in the lakes, and if shad can be raised, why not salmon?
We will keep a close watch on these denizens of the ocean and post you
on any new points In their case. Jno. T. Deweese.

JUflfnral |p istarg .

For Forest and Stream.

THE VACATION OF AN ORNITHOL-
OGIST.

AN ornilhologist looks forward to holidays and vaca-
tions from business as welcome seasons of uninter-
rupted work. Tbe most careful plans are laid long before-
hand to get the utmost amount of valuable results with the
least expenditure of time, regardless of labor and trouble;
and he reckons the value of the vacation by the work he
has done, not by the rest he has taken. Yet it is really the
best of rest to him, and every business man ought to have
a similar avocation, which shall take him out of doors and
away from the pavements every spare day. My collection
lacked Southern birds, and accepting the invitation of gen-
tlemen of the West Va. Oil and Oil Land Company to
make their offices my home, I went to Petroleum, Ritchie
county, W. Virginia, on the Parkersburg division of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railway. Any other appellation for
this forlorn little station would be a misnomer, for it
looked, felt, tasted, and smelled of oil— thick, greenish
black, villainous stuff, but the best lubricator in the world.
The whole country thereabouts is on edge. So many high
hills are there, that there is scarcely room for valleys be-
tween, all densely covered with a primeval forest of both
hard and soft woods, and jungles of bushes and brambles,
knit together with trailing vines and creepers, the haunt of
rattlesnakes, et aL It is the well marked scene of a geo-
logical riot long ago, and the streams, searching out the
■weakness of the shattered rocks, ever betray the savagery
of nature, which the luxurious vegetation is making every
effort to conceal.

In 6uch a country, then, I spent nearly four weeks in
collecting, with marked success. The first day, however,
was just after a cold storm, and I saw none but the com-
monest, such as robins, bluebirds, blackbirds, crows, gold-
en wings, and song sparrows. The next day I was a little
more successful, for 1 added to my list a king-fisher, turtle
dove, a mocking wren, a blue-gray gnatcatcher, and oth-
ers. From this time every day brought varieties. The
king-fishers do not seem abundant, but a few nest in a
steep bank a mile or two down the road, in company with
another troglodyte— the rough-winged swallow. The bur-
rows of these two birds are very different, although it is
not always easy to tell their entrances apart. The king-
fisher goes straight in several feet and lays her eggs on
three or four straws; if anything at all, (it is the British
species that builds its nest of fish bones,) while the swallow
pierces her narrow tunnel only a few inches, and usually
makes an elbow in it, at the end of which a little chamber
is hollowed aud a warm nest of straw and feathers lucked
in. This is also the habit of its congener, the common bunk
swallow, aud all three of them lay pure white egg?, like
roost birds that nest in dark holes— the woodpeckers and
owls for inslauce — though there seems no direct connection
between the facts.

How i he king fisher happened to be chosen to figure in
that gentle legend of Halcyone, or rather how such a de-
lightful tradition of his origin ever arose, is a wonder to
me, for he is associated with anything but quiet and re-
pose, and the canoeist on an American river would regard
the presence of our Cergle Alcyone as in indication of rough
water, however the gubernatur of a Roman trireme might
have welcomed the birds. He is, note, too, as noisy as can
be, and the immortal Alexander Wilson, whom nowadays
we are too near forgetting, described it perfectly when he
compared it with a watchman’s rattle.

Just where I found these nests Goose Creek makes a
sharp bend to tbe righ4, sheering away from a high wall of
rocks and plunging down some lively rapids. On the right
bank there is a little flat, thinly covered with bushes and
young trees. Amid these were many birds, and it was a
favorite resort of mine throughout the whole vacation.
Here came the shy little Carolina chickadee, a miniature of
our northern black crested one, with his constant friends,
the black aud white creepers and the “sapsuckers," the sad
wood pewees, whose slender plaint always seems to me
significant of blighting Borrow courageously overcome by
moral strength; the loquacious blue jay, more brilliant in
this warm latitude than ever I had seen him North. You
hear many minstrels that you cannot see. Down the
creek afield sparrow is still singing creep, crce-ep, cree eep,
catch 'em, catch ’em, catch ’em, as mother tells me he
sang it when she was a girl. Up stream, the few clear
notes of the mocking wren, which are all his own, ring
out upon the air, and on the other side a cat bird is person-
ating a whole choir. Business like robins are discussing
with one another; angry chenricks are bustling about in
real agitation, making the dead leaves fly from under the
riers as though a small tornado was dispersing them; a

pair of goldfinches are quarreling loudly out there by a
dead tree, and altogether this little grove seems a sort of
avian exchange. .

Hark! What a keen, strong, parrot-like whistle from
that lofty hill! I splash through the creek, scramble up
the rocky wall, clutching the trailing hemlock roots, and,
forgetting the things which are behind, press forward to-
wards the mark of the high calling of that strange bird
on the hill top. How soon he would stop if he knew
whom his clarion was guiding! At last I see him— a brave
looking bird, standing high upon his legs in the top of a
tall ash, his head crested, his tail long and restless; above
he is ruddy brown, below ash-white and yellow. I knew
him— the great-crested fly catcher, first cousin to the king-
bird. Down he comes, dead! I straighten him out, wrap
him up tenderly and put him away in my trout basket.
Then I sit down. There is little use indeed when collect-
ing in the woods to move about much; the birds will come
to you, if you are quiet, just as surely as you can go to
them. There is a different sort up here, less of the skulk-
ing bnsli and pasture lovers, more of the dendricoline and
open air birds, like this poor handsome fellow in my bas-
ket, and that hawk coursing over yonder ridge. Presently
I hear a flue squeak overhead, aud after a long search dis-
cover a pair of great catchers (Polioptila carulea) laying the
foundation of their nests, which is too elegant a structure
to pass unheeded. It would just about fill a coffee cup,
and a thimble would just about fill it. It is matted of va-
rious soft vegetable fibres and cottony substances, particu-
larly downy within aud encrusted outside with green and
gray lichens and bits of wood moss. The bird itself is a
tiny, slender little sylph, blue-gray above and white under-
neath, with black bill and feet. They went away, and re-
turned again and again, always both together, with their
mouths full of fluffy material. I wanted the PaUoptilas
badly, but had'nt tbe heart to shoot them in their busy
bliss; so I left them aud they

“Perfected all their labor of love,

These joyous birds that I tell you of.”

The next bird that attracted my attention was a warbling
vireo, as firm t.ud modest as Priscilla, the Puritan maiden.
It is a common bird in all our New England elms iu May,
and I need not stop to describe it. The sight of the birds,
together with the ways of the little architects I had just
been watching, reminded me of a pair of red-eyed vireo
that I saw in Connecticut the previous Summer. One had
its beak full of a great wad of cotton which it was trying
to mat into a pellet, and at the same time to sing as loudly
as its mate (with what musical success you may judge),
very soon, of course, dropping the cotton. But the other
vireo, snatching the morsel, also tried to go on singing, and
dropped it, when it was caught by the first one, and so on
till the wad was sufficiently compact, when they both
started for the nest in great glee. Their intense happiness
in all this was very amusing, being perfectly unconscious
of my preseuce, although 1 stood within six feet of them.
On tlie way down hill, a couple of Swainson’s, or lawny
thrushes, scudded away through the underbrush, showing
their rufous backs. Just on the edge of the clearing I shot
a warbler, intently gleaning in the lip-top of a tall sapling,
which proved to be only a Parula, the blue, yellow back
readily distinguished by the bronze crescent between the
shoulders of his blue mantle garb, the reddish, changing
yellow on his breast, fadiug into white under the tall. A
little further down I easily ascertained the whereabouts of
a certain noisy cardinal, or “red bird,” and crept cautiously
up, for they are very shy, till near enough for my tine shot
to take effect, and then tired hastily. Much to my surprise
he neither flew away nor came down, nor could I shake
him down, but had at last to climb the tree and take him in
my hand, when he awoke from his stupor (for he was’nt
the least injured) and resisted manfully. Ilis dark eye di-
lated and flashed iudignant remoustraucc; his great beak
suapped viciously and unceasingly, as if be would eat me
up, if only I were not so provokingly big; his strong claws
clutched everything and held on desperately, but before
the next night he felt better and sang iu his cage. You
know their song; how it is an endlessly varied succession
of whistles, sharp, prolonged, three-cornered, like their
beaks. But the following day brave cardinal died, and I
stuffed his gay coat.

I had loitered so, that when I got home the purple mar-
lins were wheeling under and over the level rays of sunset,
and before long a solitary whippoorwill began calling down
by the creek. To-morrow I must work more whether or
not I think less.

Every morning after this I was out early and home about
noon, so as to have time to skin my birds before dark. The
northward migration was at its height by the 5tli of May,
and I saw the best of the travelers. I explored all sorts of
localities, one day going to the dense distant woods aud
great second-growth brier patches on the high hills; anoth-
er following the windings of the creek, or some one of the
many little "runs” which tumbled down ravines that an ar-
tist would love, for every turn brought out some new scene
of picturesque loveliness. These narrow glens are be-
loved of the birds, and I find such warblers as the Ken-
tucky, the hooded, the Blackburnian, the golden- winged,
and the worm-eating, with the golden-crowned thrush, and
his rarer brother, the water thrush (Seiurue ludovicianuu),
for whose nest I searched unsuccessfully, though it must
breed in this region. It was here, too, that I was most apt
to find the least fly-catcher, and his brother, the green-
crested Acadian fly catcher, three of whose old nests lcauie
across in one morning. Another species of this genus
(Empidona) is the yellow bellied. It has the same olive-
green plumage as the rest, but differs in being bright lemon
yellow underneath. Its song seems to one a string of co-
quettish questions, and is very pretty.

And now 1 am "at the end of my bobbin'," and liave’nt
begun to tell what 1 intended of this vacation in the Alle-
ghanies, or the birds and bird-notes it added to my ac-
quaintance; for though you may know of many birds, it
takes time to really get acquainted with even a few. Per-
haps, too, I preach too much. Ingue.

A correspondent sends us from Danville, Maine, the fol-
lowing interesting account of his attempt at raising ruffed
grouse, the only successful one ever brought to our notice:
Danville, Me,, July 10th, 1875.

Editor Forestand Stream:—

Lost Kail 1 obtained (our wild partridge# (probably ruffed grouse,
Bonrua vmbcUus, Is the correct name.) They Wintered finely in a cage
3 by 2. This Spring I built an IncloBure— a circlo ten feet in diameter,
walls five feet In height, with conical tent top— setting tho ground with
little pine# and furs, in a clone clamp of which I pat dry forest leave#,
of which they soon made a nest aud deposited eighteen eggs, but when

setting time came they quarreled about tho nest and threw out the egg*,
so I took away tho eggs and put them under two hens, "a bantam ami
a big one." During tho third week some miscreant animal destroyed
tho hen’s nest, but Miss Bantam brought out four young ones. I rc.
moved tho old partridges from thoir house and put In bantam and her
tiny brood. Sho seems to have a deep affection for them, for which
they make a poor return, Inking but little notice of her anxious cals,
and I frequently have to go iu during the night to pluco one or two of
tho crying chicks under her. They are tho hardest pots to keep caged
that I ever dealt with, but 1 am very anxious to keep them, ns I think It
the only instance known of brooding tho wild partridge In captivity. My
experience with these will enable mo to curry It out entire another sen-
son without tho help of domestic fowl . M . W. C,

CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE.

Department or Public Parks, i
New York, July 11, 1875. |

Animals received at Central Park Menagerie for tho week ending July
10th, 1875:-

One Brown Capuchin Monkey, Cebus appella. Presented by Capt. J.
W. Llndsley.

Two Tapirs, Taplruv Amsricanus.

One Wood Ibis, Tantalus loculator. /Tab. Southern United States.

Two Great White Egrets, Aretrea egretta.

Five Pea Fowl, Paco crltlalui. Born in the menagerie.

W. A . Conklin, Director.

The following are recent arrivals at the Philadelphia
Zoological Garden: —

Garden op tub Zoological Society, I
Fairmount Park, Philadelpuia, July 5th, 1875. (

One Wild Cat, Fells rafa. Presented by Major C. U. Boyd, Louisiana.

One Black Cormorant, Oracular tarbn. Preeeuled by E. C. Stead,
New Jersey.

Four Prairie Dogs, Cynomes ludovirlanus. Born in Garden

Two Golden Eagles, Aquila Canadensis. Presented by Gen. Gibbon,
U. S. A.

One Wapiti Deer, Cervus Canadensis. Born in Gardens.

One Wombat, Phascolornys wombat. Purchased.

One Bennct’s Wallaby. Ilalmalutn * Bennetti i. Purchased.

Two Sulphur-crested Cockutoos. Cacatua galerlta. Purchased.

Two Black Vultures, Cathaites atratus. Presented by Mayor Cun-
ningham, Charleston, S. C

Four Speckled Tortoises, Emys guttata; twenty Muhlenberg’s Tera-
pins, Emys Muhlenberghii; twenty Box Tortoises, Clstuda Carolina.
Presented by G. N. Peacock, New Jersey.

One Albino Woodchuck, Arctomys monax. Presented by J. S. Patter-
son, Vermont.

§£ he fennel.

— Our friend W. H. Brummitt, of Pontiac, Mich., sends
us a photo and description of his pointer dog Roger.
Judging from the picture, Roger must be a strong limbed,
well marked dog, and, os our correspondent slates, able to
do a good days work in any weather. We should like to
see his tail a little less heavy than shown in the picture,
but photos are not always reliable, and Roger may be all
right in this direction. His head, chest and legs nre excel-
lent.

Tiik Great Chicago Poultry and Dog Snow, to be
held at the Exposition Building at Chicago, in January
next, promises from the liberal premiums to be given, and
character of those interested in the matter, to be the largest
ever gotten up in this country. In addition lo those gentle-
men mentioned in oijr last issue as having consented to
act as judges, we understand that Mr. E. T. Stoddard, Mr.
T. O. Logan, of Cincinnati, and Mr. L. II. Smith, of
Slrathray, Canada, have also be invited, and we believe ac-
cepted the invitation to assist os judges for the different
classes of dogs.

Boston, Juno SOtb, 1875

Editor Forest and Stream.—

I would like your opinion and views on the following circumstances,
which occurred during my last Full's shooting. My Imported bitch
Beauty In quail shooting set five or six times In u week on iih many
bevies. By set I mean that she first stood her game and then came llm
on her belly. This to mo Is a new feature, at 1 have owned aud shot
over many good dons, aud It Is the first lime It Ims occurred with me. I
soe that Frank Forester says that it Is very unusual lu this country (it
It?) In fine bred dogs? I should slate that the ground over which I wn-
then shooting was open, with a growth of red laurel aud bay berry
buthes, so-called, and ubout twenty miles from the city. 1 am very
happy to write you that quail have come through our severe winter In
flue order, and promise to be unuBuully plenty this Fall In Barnstable
and Plymouth counties. 8. 8.

[We do not agree altogether with Frank Forester when
he say3 it is a very rare thing for dogs in this country l“
go down on their points. Our field editor — who has per-
haps done as much shooting over sellers and pointers as
any one— has owned quite a number of dogs which wen'
given to the habit of dropping to point, aud many fine
nosed, staunch dogs, will drop to point, when turning upon
tho wind and finding themselves too near the game. One
pointer we owned would invariably drop to point when
the covor was light, and then in dense cover would rise ns
high upon hie feet as ho could stand.

"Schuyler,” a famous setter we shot over in Wisconsin
a full season, would invariably drop to point on pinnated
grouse and quail, but never when pointing snipe. — Ed ]

LAVERACKS.

Editor Forest and Stream: —

In your Issue of July 1st I noticed a communication In the Kcnr.ol I'1]
pBrtmcnt from Mr. John M. Taylor— “Lavorack Setters, True or Kid*1’
—In which he says there nre only three pure Laveracks in this country,
basing his assertion on a letter from Mr. Laverock, In which Mr.
says: "I have sent but threo dogs to America,” and further on he
“I never sold but the throe above mentioned." The above, to mo.
n wrong Impression, us implying tliut Mr. Laverack had only and u
them, when it is well known that there nre several gentlemen, us re *
und as perfectly nblo to furnish pure Laveracks u» Mr. Lavorack h
self, for he has sold for many years and Is still selling thorn; ho ths ^
breed Is not now his exclusive property, ulahough ho for o long li'»e ''
tho only reliable retainer of It. If any nno bought a dog with n pe
purporting to bo puro Lavorack from such gentlemen us K- *■ r ^ ’
Esq . , P, R. Henning, Esq . , Purcell Llowellon, Esq., it would he es V

forest and stream.

and as reliable ns If bought of Mr. Laverock. Now, In the London
Fithi of June lOtb, 1 fee ndvertlsod to bo sold, does from the twoflrst
mentioned eentlomon (who, Mr. Lavorack soys, have bought all the pup-
pleB be had for vale), of undeniable pedigree*; also gomo from Wm
Bllnkhorn, Esq., Including Scott and Victress, from Laverock’s Old
Pash and Moll, beside a good many from them of paro Laverock strain.
There may bo (I do not say there are) twenty Laverocks of pure breed In
America, and Mr. L. may not have sold one of them.

In all dog shows Laverocks should go under tbe class English setters,
n* they do at home. They mny be the best In the world, but I think
sportsmen will find them too fast and rangy for any part of America but
the pruirle and largo snipe meadows. For New England and sorno parts
of the Middle States I believe they will be about useless. I should think
that, with their long lineago, they would come nonrer alike In color than
they do. Black and white ticked, orange and white, liver and white In
nil their variations. Is a pretty good range f or one breed, claiming to be
the oldest and purost. It would not do for the Irish and Gordons to vary
that much; they would bo nowhere ut shows except they are of the true
colors. If you will look at the London Field after July 10th, you will
sco that the dogs of pure Laverack and other One breeds bring no such
enormous prices as have been paid by Americans, and are just as good
and reliable, and tho geutloman from Virginia can get nil the Laver-
ocks he wishes without waiting a year. Dry Land,

[With regard to the importation of Laveracks, our corre-
spondent is right as far as the practicability of importation
is concerned, but in point of fact we are inclined to aeree
with Captain Taylor, that only three pure Laveracks hare
ns yet reached this country, and for this reason: The im-
portation of any high bred dog is so apt to be heralded
with a flourish of trumpets on both sides of the water that
it would he almost impossible for one of pure blood to
creep into the country unknown. We agree entirely with
‘‘Diy Land” as to the class in which they belong at bench
shows, and probably no errors in this respect will occur
again. As for their capabilities for this country, we ap-
prehend it is the generation produced here to which im-
porters look for the working dogs, tho ‘‘imps’’ being for
the producing of a strain which will answer best for gen-
eral field purposes. — Ed.]

MR. ARNOLD BURGES’ KENNEL.

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Men and giver

FISH IN SEASON IN JULY.

Trout, Salmo fonUnaUs.
8almon, Halma talar.
Maskonongo, Ettxc nobilior
Weak fish.

8triped Bags.

Kingflsh.

Sheepshcad

Salmon Trout. Salmo cor\/lnt*.
Laud-locked Salmon, .Salma OlovetH.
muck Ham, microntenu nUjrxcvn*.
Pike, ttox luciut.

Pickerel.

Blucllsh.

Maysville, Ky., July, 1875.

EDiTon Forest and Stream:—

As you liko to keep a record of all the flue dogg imported, I wish to
say that my Irish Rufus, which won first prize in his class and champion-
ship at Paris, in this State, June 2d, Is from the kennel of J. S. Skid-
more, of Nantwfch, England, and is the same dog advertised In yonr
columns some time since. lie is a magnificent animal, of first-class
pedigree, and with every mark of the true Irish setter, while for beauty
he lias few equals and can have no superiors. This is the verdict of all
who have seen him. I purchased at the sumo time a splendid Irish bitch
from Mr. 8., which will be shipped to me shortly.

The steamship Erin brought mo on her last trip a very bcautifal fif-
teen months old bitch of the true Field Trial stock from Llewellln’s
kennel. Queen Mab Is a bluo and tan, and the most perfectly formed
animal I ever saw of her age, or any age in her sex. She is by Dan, out
of the pure Laverack blich Nelly, sister to Countess and Reid’s Sam.
Nelly and Countess made 100 points of merit in the brace stake at Vay-
nol, the only time this score was ever made. Mab is exactly the same
blood as Llewelliu's grand young bitches Countess Moll and Conntesa
Bear, they being by Dan, out of Countess. Countess Bear Is tbe fifteen
months puppy, which beat the great (?) Ranger at the dog Derby, mak-
ing the fourth victory Llewellin has won over this so-called "king setter"
with the get of Dan. a dog which was never beaten. Queen Mab has,
therefore, in her veins the blood which bus proved its superiority to any
other strain in England. I consider myself fortunate in getting her, and
trust she may livo to perpetuate her race, and benefit the lovers of good
dogs in this country. Will send her pedigree in full soon.

Arnold Burges.

VERMIN ON

DOGS.

New York, July 8th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I notice le to day's issue an article on vermin on dogs, etc . Now. I
will give for the benefit of yonr readers a valuable new and harmless
remedy. Infallible and agreeable, aud a sure cure agslnst vermin on man
or beast of any species or variety. Take:— Insect powder, 1 ounce; al-
cohol, 4 ounce*; water, 2 ounces. Shake in a bottle till dissolved. Ap-
ply once or twice a day wlih a soft sponge till the vermin are deslroyed.
The above Is as harmless as water, and a sure euro. Sportsman ,

Dogs and Default. — An ingenious observer of things
in general has traced an unexplained connection between
the default on the July ii^rest of the Virginia and Tennes-
see debts, aud the immeiro mimbepof dogs in those States,
averaging three to each voter, it is said. The idea is
fantastic enough, but not wholly without reason. A Slate
that supports three dogs to every male adult could hardly
be expected to meet all other current expenses in tight
times like these, Persons who, with Mr. Bergh, believe in
the free multiplication and perpetuation of the canine race,
doubtless think the money well expended, and that credit-
ors should whistle for their July interest, while the dogs
replenish the earth. We should not charge this failure on
the superabundant dogs of Virginia and Tennessee, but
rather on the general financial debility from which so many
of the States, with most of their inhabitants, are suffereis
at present. At the same time it is worth noting that the
poorer people are the more dogs thev own, as a rule; and
the converse of the proposition is undoubtedly true. Tho
enormous excess of dogs in parts of the South is one evi-
dence of the poverty which rules among the people there.
Joking aside, it is indisputable that the dog-raising mania
of Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina has been deadly
to the wool growing interest in those States. In that
sense they have been made poor by their canine indul-
gences.—Journal of Commerce.

The Lonoest and Highest Step oij Record.— Wo are
iuformed that a few days ago Mr. A. C. Waddell, of New-
ton, New Jersey, while out woodcock shooting in Sussex
couuty with two companions, and while walking through
tome tolerubly dense cover, discovered a large rattlesnake
directly at his feet, just as he was about to step forward.
It being too late to draw back, he made a spring over the
“critter," and it is said he went full six fed high and fifteen
forward, and then turning to look for his dog— the old black
pointer Phil — found that he was approaching the snake,
and very near it, when he was ordered to “down charge,”
which he did directly alongside the snake, but before the
varmint could coil and strike, Mr. W. shot its head off.

—Paris pays tuxes on more than 65,000 dogs.

<*r ofWf, UtMriBUt'

F1811 IN Market.— Fish of all kinds continue scarce and
prices are consequently high. The supply of salmon in
particular, which has been so abundant of late as to bring
this delicacy within the reach of all, has fallen off and the
price advanced to 45 and 50 cents per pound; at this
time last year it was selling at 20 cents. Spanish mackerel
from the Chesapeake Bay have also advanced in price and
are now selling at 80 cents to $1. per pound. A few
natives have been caught off the. New Jersey coast, the
avant courriers of the schools which may he expected soon
to appear on our own shores, and bring $1 50 per pound.
Halibut sell for 20 cents per pound, and sheepshead for 25
cents; fresh mackerel are worth 20 cents each, and striped
bass 25 cents per pound; weakfish (squeteague) 12 cents;
blackfish 15 cents; porgies 12 cents; sea bass 18 cents,’
Lobsters are now worth 10 cents; soft shell crabs still
scarce at $1 75 to $2 00 per dozen. Fish and Congress
water appear to be the staple articles of diet at Saratoga, and
guests of the Grand Union ought to return to the city well
supplied with brains. We saw at Mr. Blackford’s, Fulton
Market, an order put up for this house that comprised for
one day's consumption only, 200 pounds salmon; 100
pounds Spanish mackerel; 100 pounds sheepshead; 100
pounds striped bass, 200 fresh mackerel; 150 pounds lob-
sters; 50 dozen soft crabs and 100 pounds halibut.

The Great Sooth Bay.— Blueflshing both in the bay and
outside the inlet has been rather better during the past
week. Saturday was overcast with an easterly wind blow-
ing. The t rollers had the best of the sport, the fish being
near the surface and disinclined to take the chum. The
fish taken outside the bar have been ranging from six to
eight pounds, while those in the bay run much smaller.
No one who has once been successful in catching bluefish
of large size with rod and reel will ever forget the excite-
ment of the sport, and chumming is rapidly coming to be
the sport par excellence. The weakfish are now returning
from their haunts at the eastward to the feeding grounds.
We have heard of one large catch of these fish taken with
the squid.

—Trout fishing in the Ilangeley lakes is better this season
than for five years past. The members of the Oquossoc
Club, with headquarters at Camp Kennebago, are having
excellent sport, as will be seen from tbe following record'
Mr. R. G. Allerton has caught in all 157 trout, weighing
177$ pounds, llie smallest weighing half a pound, aud the
largest six and a half pounds; but Mr. Thomas L Puge
heads the list with a fish of eight and a half pounds, al-
though a young man fishing in the Rangeley stream 'has
very nearly tied him with one of eight pounds, taken with
a fly. Mr. G. H. Bliss has caught 112, weighing seventy-
eight pounds; smallest, half a pound; largest, five and a
half pounds; nearly all taken with the fly.

We are authorized by Mr. George Shepard Pago, Presi-
dent of the Oquossoc Club, to state that gentlemen desirous
of joining the Kennebago Camp can have all the privileges
on the same terms as members of tho club.

Trout Fishing in Pike County, Pa.— Along the Frtit

Pik^oJnt7 pT'nfnd “r WCatber lhe lro,lt In

mipr,WMly’ * “,’.and adJolnlD8 country, has not been as
heen^f»“ a^prm,0U8nnes’ but some excellent sport boa
Tl*« Snwkill Creek — the “old reliable’ “

numier £ k>UB lly lftrge sP<;cim,’n" thi* year, if tho
onTdav’I^hin b?,Cn 80 Kreaf- The largcat catch mode in
exoertFd rihui1 iT£on’ wn9 thftl of well known
son of Rnintw' ‘jJL17 1 ark Row* nnd I)r- John Thomp-
of them imin yn‘ P’.'ey caught over three hundred, many
ot them being exceedingly large ones.

i rout fishing by moonlight is a popular nhiiso of
wfe.nr0m,:i Milford ,h5» ^ason. With a while ^ vel-
all Hip Gr.an<r u coachman, fish are caught at night which
a] the art of the angler is lo« upon in the day lime

dam on ?irgCv0,li’ me,"berB of 11 seJiool lying in teller's
street l f ft,!dern,.,l,!clt /'.reck, at the head of Front
1 Milford, plainly visible to passers by at any hour

ermaV ra.idn!Shl reco,‘".V '»>' “ local fish-

r.

mondskill Creek, three miles from Milford, in June of last

at what !s rail ^CtIheC".lJ°renux’s meadows 11,1,1 "1 “Id dam
at what is called the “Gousset place." Tin y took with

ft yellow and white miller twenty large trout^nui of one
^veVshon Ume°VerhUUg by “ deM* *rowlh ,>f aldor9‘ in

„ The SlloholR Creek has maintained its flno reputation
this season considering the unfavorable clrcumtanres
A creek that will yield to the fly of a fishemau by no
« an tbw* hundred trout in six hour’s fishing

a dozen of which being “pounders,’’ and several two
pounders, has not yet lost individuality as a trout stream,
buch fishing has been done this season. A gentleman
named Kenyon, from New York, also took over three
hundred large ones from tho Shohola early in this season
*“ n comparatively short time. Local anglers have com-
pelled all the branches of the Shohola to pay large tribute
to hook and line since the season commenced, and the
trout that have been taken from that region thus far num-
bers high up among the thousands.

Reports from the Bushkill region are to the effect tbnt
while the number of trout caught is considerably reduced
this season, the size seems to be correspondingly increased.
Large numbers of Philadelphians have been fishing the Saw
Creek, tne Little Bushkill, Pond Run, Tom’s Creek, und
the many others, and have found the best kind of sport
I he Bushkill country used to be the favorite resort of that
veteran disciple of “rare old Izaak." and authority ou
angling, Thad. Norris, of Philadelphia, but of late years
lie has not ventured among its rocky mountain passes and
thundering cataracts.

The Lackawaxen region has probably suffered more from
the drouth than any other, in consequence of the streams
being smaller. Early in llie season, however, some excel-
lent fishing was afforded in Lord's Brook, Panther Brook
and others. Taylor Creek, one of the main tributaries of
the Shohola, has responded well to the demand of the
angler, and furnished a large number of fine specimens.

A two day’s rain would make trout fishing throughout
Pike county as good as any one could desire until tho close
of the season. The large brooks, such as the Sawkill, Ray-
mondskill, Dingmau’s, Shohola, Little and Big Bushkill,
&c., will afford fair fishing for three weeks yet, and ex-
cursions are making daily to them.

— Fishing at No Mali’s Laud has been excellent, Messrs.
Oliver E. Gifford and Josiah Eaton, Jr., took during a
week’s visit nineteen bass with rod and reel, weighing
from thirty to fifty pounds each. Bluefish are abundant at
New Bedford and off the Elizabeth Islands, catches rang-
ing as high as 150 to the boat.

—Bass are reported fairly plenty in the Schuylkill, at
and above the Flat Rock Dam. The catch per rod, run-
ning from four to fifteen.

— Mr. Holberton, the well known artist writes us from
the Walton House, Clayton, N. Y. among the Thousand
Islands, to the effect that the fishing is excellent, and he
wonders that there are not more visitors. The best fishing,
he thinks, is for black bass with a trout rod and large fly.
He caught thirty-eight in one afternoon.

—We learn through Dr. Ferber of this city, who is an
ardent angler, that fine sport with black bass can be had at
Marston Pond, near Wurtsboro, Sullivan county, Pa.
Write to Geo. Olcott of that place, who will pilot and take
charge of visitors.

New Jersey .—Barnegat Inlet, Kinsey'* Ash). ’ey House, July
12.— Bluefish schools continue to come in the inlet, morning
and evening, but do not take tho squid well. The only
catches worth reporting this week are J. B. Dixon, Twad-
dell & Bro., twenty-one; A. T. Tamar & Co., New York,
fifteen. Sea bass since Thursday are biting well, and the
guests are having fine sport. Weakfish still scarce. Sheaps-
head still plentiful, averaging 200 heads per day. Taken
from the grounds of the professionals I have to report on
Thursday, Wm. Bound, twenty-one; H. Grim, fifteen;
John Soper, twenty-one; S. Ridgeway, ten; C. Parker, six.
Amateurs— J. B. Dixon, eight. Our daily report was mis-
laid; every day would have compared favorably with the
above for sheepshead.

— A correspondent writes: —

“We have caught bluefish of from six to seven pounds
weight with a pole for many years, but for real sport,
fasten a bonita of about ten to twelve pounds to a good
bass pole, and you are fixed for an hour. They are ns
steady as a bass and as strong as a salmon. They don’t
cut bluefish capers, open month, tail foremost. Will send
method of fishing if you wish it. We were the first who
caught them regularly. B. and T."

Minnesota. — Lake Pepin, July 5th, 1875.— Fishing in
Lake Pepin was never better than at the present time
Every evening I sail and fish, and fish and sail; take all the
black bass, pike perch and pickerel I want, and often get
an overdose of the latter. 1 never knew fish In better
order or more gamy. They bite freer, light longer and
pull harder than I ever knew them to before. The season
has been cool, and the continual low temperature of the
water, has been conducive to the health and strength of
the fish. I am usin°;, for live bait, young dog fish ( Scyllium
canicula). They will live all Summer in a rain barrel with-
out change of water. They are the best live bait I ever
saw. I never knew a better time for sailing aud fishing
ou this lake. Strangers begin to arrive, and all that are on
sport intent find it to their heart’s content. Weather
splendid, cool nights aud no mosquito bites. D. C. F.

TnE Fisheries.— The number of fishing arrivals for the
week ending July 8th was 105, fifty-seven from Georges,
eleven from the Banks aud thirty-seven from muckereling!
Amounts of Georges cod brought in, 900,000 pounds, hali-
but, 50,000 pounds, Bank cod, 1,600,000 pounds, halibut
75,000 pounds, mackerel, 4,850 barrels.

The losses in the fishing business from this port during
the first half of the present year have been greatly in excess
of those of last season. Up to the first of July, twelve
vesselvs and eighty-six lives had been lost, and there is pos-
sibility that still another vessel will have to be added to
the list, as the schooner rau down und sunk on the Bauks
by English barque Towo, on the 8th ult., has not yet been
accounted for. Last year there were ten vessels and sixty-
eight lives lost during the whole season— less than the first
half of the present year has furnished.

Schoouer Alfred Waleu, Capt. William Thompson, has
made four halibut trips to the Grand Banks within eighty-
six days, and landed some 800,000 pounds halibut, and
stocked about $10,900. This is the best fishing and stock
for the time made by any vessel from this port. She has
made five trips thus far this season, her net stock amount-
ing to about $12,500. Capt. Thompson bids fair of
making a big year’s work. — Cape Ann Ail ocr liter, July 9th.

—Anglers will please take notice. The fact is worth
knowing. Mr. Samuel Baylis writes as follows to Land
and Water: —

“In the very amusiug account of the Southport Aquarium
by Mr. Buckland, he states what is quite true ns regards a
fish going to die when he turns on the side. After placing
the fish into my live-bail can, should they turn on their
sides, to save them from dying, I insert a sharp pointed
awl under the fin, iu a slanting direction towards the gill,
holding the fin up with the thumb. I let out the over
charge of air, which is the cause of its flouting on the side.

360

FOREST AND STREAM

When the awl is withdrawn draw your thumb immediately
over the wound to press out the air, and place the fish
back Into the water, when he will sail about all right, and
will soon recover from the wound. I have never found
this to fail. The awl ought to be three-cornered like a
bayonet, but rather flat. The awl must not touch the joint
of the tin, but pass under it half an inch in for small fish,
further for larger ones."

FiSHING IN BUCKHOKN LAKE.

Fbterboro, Canada, July Sd, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream: —

After a week's talk and hunliuc about for our Ashing tackle, such a*
lines, hooks, spoons, rods, Ac., together with catnp equipage, grub, and
two of English's bass wood double hunting canoes, we started on the
10th of Jane last from Peterboro to Cherueng Lake by stage, distance
six miles, and thence by water to our camp ground In Buckhorn Lnke.
Onr party consisted of Mr. E.. O. B. S., and C. A. P,, together with M.,
who performed the double duty of guide and cook; so you see our
crowd was small, but a more enthusiastic trio of fishermen than the
first three above mentioned it would be difficult to find. Any one seeing
the amount and variety of our fishing tackle would declare that we were
bent npon taking every fish in Btickhorn Lake. Wo only made a fair
ecore, however, but mingled with mach pleasure. The moment our
canoes were loaded and we had taken our seats the trolling spoons were
thrown over the side of the boat. The water was probably rather
smooth for good trolling, as we paddled nearly the whole length of Che-
mong Lake without a nibble, but soon afier passing the narrows at
Blair's the fish began to take the bait and by Ihe lime we had arrived at
the camp ground three very good mascalonge had been tuken . Our coun-
try seat (for the time being) was selecled by Mr. E.. and proved a lovely
camping place— a small island, oblong In shape. at>out 100 yards long by
80 yards wide, with wooded shores sloping gradually upward. formlDg a
grassy plateau, jnst suited for pitching our tents. The lookout In all
directions Is qnite picturesque. Iu front, or to the south, lies the town-
ship of EnnUmore, with here and there a farm settlement; every tree
seems In full foliage, while the top of an occasional pine is seen tower-
ing far above the more modest beech or maple, reminding one of the
chnrch spires in some of the cities; to the north and west, in the back-
ground, nothing but a dense forest meets the eye; to the east we have an
Indian village lying on a peninsula, and, for the most part, so thickly
covered with a second growth of the poplar, bitch, wild cherry, and wil-
low as to hide nearly the whole village from view. In our Immediate vi
cinity the lake is prettily dotted with Islands In every direction.

Before leaving Peterboro some of onr friends (by way of encourage-
ment) accosted ns with each remarks as the following:— “Well, you are
going fishing, are you? I wonld like to go, too, bnt oh! the flies! Do
you think yon can spare the bloodf” “Black flies in millions during the
day, aud mosquitoes io clouds at night; the thoughts of it are enough
for me," says one; “I'll wait till the fly season is over." Bnt, Mr.
Editor, we didn't, and many thanks lo your excellent paper for the re
cipe in correspondents’ column in one of the late numbers for fly pre-
ventive—that is, oil of penny-royal, lar oil, and sweet oil. Armed with
a bottle of this mixture and a fly net for the face and neck, we defied a
whole army of flies; for the little wretches would not alight on any part
of the body where the oil hnd been applied. In this one article alone
we fell our subscriptions to Forest and Stream doubly repaid.

Baring got onr tents pitched and the whole C3mp in fair running order
we made an early start on the morning of the 11th for the feeding
grounds of the mascalonge. We caaght eight very good fish that morn-
ing between Ihe two canoes. On the way to camp we saw a fine deer on
the shore, feeding and drinking, probably not more than one linndred
and fifty yards off. How we wished it had been the 1st of September,
with an Allen rifle in our hands! Wo know of somebody's camp ihat
would have had n supply of venison. But for fear that 1 should weary
yonr readers with loo long a chapter of fishing in Backhorn Lake I will
reserve for another letter a few particulars regarding the Indian village,
some of its inhabitants, tbeir religious services, and their eminent phy-
sician and conservator of morals. Dr. Ketchnm . I append a register of
onr few days fishing:—

Jone 10th— 8 fish, 14 ponnds. I Jone 17th— 16 fish. 69* pounds.

June Hth— 11 " 81 “ June 18th— 14 “ 77 “

Jone 14th— .1 “ 13 11 June I9lh— 4 “ 30 “

Jnne 16th— 12 “ 48* " I C. A. P.

—A correspondent sends the following angling reminis,
cence:—

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Many years ago, when yonr correspondent was in his leen9, he lived in
a roral district of Northern Rhode Island. In those days there was
scarce a brook that a mess of Ihe "speckled beauties’’ coaid not be taken
from nearly any day in the season. There had come to my ears rumors
of a large tront nnder the dam of a woolen mill not far from where I
lived, which had successfully resisted all the lures of the veteran fisher-
men for miles around. I expressed an opinion, in the presence of one
of these vets, of my ability to capture the aforesaid trout, which elicited
from him a hearty laugh to think that a youth of my tender years ehould
presume to measure lines with snch greybeards as had been again and
again vanquished; but keeping my own connscl, and thinking to myself
he laughs beet who laughs last, I set myself about contriving a plan for
the capture of Mr. L. T-

Knowing that all previous endeavors bad been made with worms for
bait, I naturally concluded it would be of no use to try them, and, as ar.
tiflcial flies were unknown to me at that time, I bothonght me to try a
meadow mole. One evening, at the close of an unnsnally sultry day in
June, when daylight was fast merging into darkness, having procured a
young mole about half grown, 1 proceeded alone and cautiously to the
dam. The domicil of his troutshlp was established under the apron,
which was composed of large logs, and having been built nearly fifty
years the water had washed out the stones and dirt under part of it, so
that there were three to foor reel of water in some places. I stealthily
secured a good position behind a clump of alders and dropped my mole,
with a stout hook through the slack of his back, into the pool; and no
sooner had he commenced swimming than I heard a rush and felt a tag
on my line that nearly npset me . With limbs shaking with fear that I
ehould lose him, I made for the foot of the pool, where the water was
shallow, knowing that if I allowed the trout lo get under the apron my
chance of getting him was rather slim. Not daring to undertake to lift
him him bodily out of the warcr, for fear of bis getting unhooked, I juat
backed away from the pool and towed him ashore; nor did I let up until
he was a good rod from the water. As I took him off the hook and ad-
mired his goodly proportions, I ruther think I was the proudest boy in
the whole Providence Plantations. The next day I took him to the siore,
where I met the aforementioned veteran, who had scooted the Idea of my
catching this particular trout (which, by the way, weighed two pounds
and fourteen ounces) and it being then my turn to laugh, perhaps 1 Im-
proved it. A. A.M.

Eastern Township, Canada, July 7tb, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

The season opens late this year, and there has been bnt few trout
canzht here as yet. The beet catches that we have noticed were made
by Messrs. Geo Allen, A . B. I'ariroke, and a couple of other members
of the Wnteiloo Fishing Club, in i he lit ornpton Lukes during the last
week of May. They killed In two days some 115 "lunge," or lake tront,
from one to four pounds in weight. There have been a few good catches
of speckled tront in Lake Nick and in Coon s Pond mado by members of
the same club. Daring Messrs. Allen and Parim'ee's stay at Lake
Brompton a Frenchman arrived at the lake with a large quantity of gill
neU to take “lunge" with, claiming to have n license from the Provin-
cial Government, which costa him $5 and allow* him to set his net* In
any waters in the province. Brook fishing has been fair, but the trout
§f9 kmU- Stakstrad,

THE SPORTSMAN’S PLEASURE.

Cuicaoo, Juno, 1S75.

Enrron Forest and Stream:—

The sportsman's pleasure may be said to consist of two kinds— first,
preparation nud anticipation; second, reminiscences of sport which
has past.

I think the angler has more means of enjoyment during the Winter
than the shooter; for besides his remembrance of numurous victories
over the finny tribe, he has active employment lu making new flies mid
rod*. In examining his fly-hook he lias brought vividly before his
mind scenes lu which different flies played a promineut part. lie re-
members how he got a rise lo that white miller, and how this tattered
palmer was taken by a monster trout after lie had tried ncHrly nil his
others.

The first shooting In the Spring is for wild fowl, geese anil snipe. This
ends In our State on tho 15th of May; then fora time Ihe gun is put
aside. Bnt soon comes woodcock Rhooting, and at last, bust of nil,
comes shooting quail und pinnated grouse and Fall wild fowl. When the
seasons hove rolled round ngaln and Winter comes, his imagination is
at work, and he remembers how muny quail he killed lu the opening
day, and how many dneks ho killed at B.ariirgnt Inlet, if uu Eastern,
man, or at Pnckaivay Lake, if he belongs in the West. And so it goes,
season after season and year after year, and so it will continue until
there are no sportsmen left altvo, and that will bo when there Is no
longer a game bird or fish left in the country.

All sportsmen should unite in demunding of the Legislatures of tlmir
States good and efficient law* for the protection of gniuc, nud they
should take It npon themselves to sen that the laws are strictly carried
Out, and that offenders are severely punished for any infringement .
The laws should be made bv met who understand the habits of the
birds and fish which the law is intended to protect, and If this is done
we shall have laws which are not ths laughing slock of sportsmen, be-
cause they do not afford protection at the right time. If it should hap-
pen that the law did not protect game at the seuson when they most
need It, viz: at the breedinir and spawning season, and until the young
are able to care for themselves, then all sportsmen's clubs should try
and have it amended, and no true sportsman will shoot at such times
even If he can do so legally . Ortyx .

Home, N, V., July 1st, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

In your issue of 24tb of June we notice un extract from #Dr. Fowler’s
“exuberant" letter in reference to Ills uiuke of fly rods. Our modesty
wonld naturally prevent us from appearing lu priut, but the Doctor's let-
ter ns printed being in the nature of un advertisement, and containing
statements which, if not questioned, might have a tendency to misleud
those who "cast the fly," we venture a few words in reply. The Doctor
donblless makes a good bamboo red. but that it was acknowledged "by
all the rod makers present" at Watertown to bo "the finest nnd best they
had ever seen" is quite a mistake. There are a number of rod manufac-
turers In different sections of the country that make, (if not better,)
equally as fine nnd good rods os liis, which fact can be easily demon-
strated by nny test the Doctor may choose to name. He says. "For four
years my (his) rods have taken first prizes— at Bodies cr, Batavia, Os-
wego, and Watertown." What bis rods did at Rochester we nre not
aware, bnt wo have lately received from Mr. Wood, of Syracuse, a rod
for repairs which he (Wood) says took Ihe first prize at Batavia. That
is an ash rod. It is well known that at Oswego Mr. Wood, using the
Doctor’s niBke of bamboo rod, did not cast the longest distance, but by
some process of figures known only to the committee, wins declared
winner of the first prize, he casting sixty one feet in fuel, but nliowed
sixty-eight feet by the committee. At Watertown Mr. Wood used a light
rod for style, (as he termed it,) and a 12 foot rod for distance, casting
seveniy-five feet, one foot further than the winner of the second prize,
who used an ordinary ash rod, and some nine inches shorter in length,
and who might have claimed the difference in length of rod, and been
entitled to first prize, as teas done by Mr. Wood at Oswego. The Doc-
tor shonld give some better evidence of the superiority of his rods over
all others than that naped in his letter, or those “who were present ' at
Oswego and Watertown will rightfully question his claim.

J. B. McUaro & Co.

fgnchfing and fouling.

Alt communications from Secretaries and friends should be mailed no
later than Monday in each week.

HIGH WATER. FOR THE WEEE.

Dale.

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Charleston.

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The Seawanuaka Yacht Club Regatta.— Wc regre
that a report of this interesting event reached us too Tati
for our last issue, and we can now only summarize tin
result. The duy was scarcely a success as far as wind wa
concerned, but the list of entries and general enthusiasii
must have been very gratifying to the committee and i In
officers of the club generally, who have succeeded within t
space of a very few years in bringing their organizatiot
into the very front rank of yachting clubs. Seven leer
yachts competed, the Idler wiuning in the schooner class
the almost invincible Vision in the first class sloops, anc
the Christine in the second class. The result as regard:
the open boals is not decided as we write.

Delaware River Regatta.— No less than seven tj
yachts assembled at Gloucester on the 8tli instant, com
prising nine distinct classes, to compete in the regalia. The
following is a list of the prizes and build of yachts that
were entered: First class, fifteen feet square stern ynchts-
first prize. $10 gold piece; second prize, $5 gold piece
Second class, fifteeu feet square stern yachts— first prize
$10 gold piece; second prize, $5 gold piece. Third class
tuck ups— prizes same as former. First class, double cm
yachts — Smoky Hollow fleet, first prize, champion flag
second prize, large silver goblet. Second class, double cm
yachts— prizes same as first class. Gilling skills, first class
measuring 'from eighteen to twenty-one feet in length lot
which suitable prizes were offered. Second class com
prised skiffs measuring from fifteen to eighteen feet ; decked
yachts, measuring from nineteen to twcnly eight feet and
comprising Hie Delaware River Yacht Club, first prize n
large field gloss; second prize, an elaborate water cooler
1 he fourth class was composed of sloop rigged yachts foi
which a large water cooler was offered.

The course was from Gloucester pier to Chester Island
buoy and return. The winning yachts of each class a«
they reached the goal on the return rounded Ihe buoy as
follows: First class, liftecu feet yachts, first boat Willie
Klemlz; second, William II. Clymer, third A T F ' -li s
ton. Second class, first boat. Ida May; second boat, nuts
Abel. Jljltd class, luck ups, lObinson first- Millie Keysci

second. This yacht had the raco won, hut was compelled
to go about at the buoy, and the time lost could not be
mado up. First class double cud yachts, first boat, John
Rrugflii; second, Florence. Second class double end, . I as
Ilagen first, Little Charlie second. Skiffs measuring from
eighteen to twenty-one feet, Louise first, Myers second.
From fifteen to eighteen feet, Win, Eckenhrien first, Win.
Taylor second. The yacht II. O’Neil was the first boat iii
her class, followed by tho Saule, a good second. Of the
Delawnre River yachts, the Bianca was the first boat in,
followed by the Adclphi and the fleet close astern. The
race between ihe sloop yachts was handsomely won by the
Stella and Eliza .The judges were Charles Abel, Amos Baz-
ley. nnd G. W. Curley.

— The regatta in Baston Harbor on tho 5th instant wns a
very exciting affair. We are indebted to a valued corre-
spondent for a full report, but our space will only permit
us to record the fact that the Coming won the rfrst prize
for sloops in her class, and the Fearless the schooner prize.
In the second class llie Clyticwon the prize for centreboard
sloops, the Gael that for keel sloops, and the Vanilus the
first schooner prize. The Volante won the third class prize
for keel sloops, and the Wanderer tho prize for centreboard
sloops.

Quincy Regatta. — The Quincy Yacht Club held nn in-
teresting rcgalta on Hie 5th instant, in which seventeen
yachts participated. The course, which was triangular,
was about eight miles long and entirely within the limits of
Quincy Bay. The following is a summary: —

FIRST

C1.A&5.

Actual

Yacht nnd Ma«1cr . ,

Start.

Arrival,

Suiting.

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Fiona, F. II. Baker

12

50

2 ->5 fit)

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50

Florence, L Faxon

12

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Emily,

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Mnislo, J n. Slade

Wild Fire, H. A. Keith

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20

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Secret A. Brinnev

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Edith. It. Newcomb

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Jennie, Peter Turner

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Here We Are, G. S. Buckley

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Disabled.

TnE Beaufort Regatta. — The Summer regatta of the
Beaufort Yacht Club was sailed on the 7lh instant. The
race was open to all boats, hut was participated in by none
except the Beaufort yachts. It was intended that the yacht
Julia, of Newborn, should enter, but she arrived too late,
having been detained by head winds. The distance from
Newborn to Beaufort by railroad is only thirty six miles,
while by water, by way of the Neuse River, Pimlico and
Cove sounds it is about 125.

The judges of the ruce were Messrs. Englelmrd, Dill and
West, who. having announced the rules governing, time
allowance, etc., at 10:48 A. M. gave them a send off, the
following boats stnrting: North State, Cissic Davis, Rosa
Bell, Sunny Side, Sunny South, Ruth Ilall, Oak City and
Atlantic.

The course sailed was from a stake boat opposite the At-
lantic hotel, thence out post the point of town marsh, fol-
lowing the ship channel out past the inlet, around a stake
boat, thence up Cove Sound and mound a stake boat an-
chored near Sheps Stakes, and back to the starting point;
distance, ten miles.

The Sunny Side won the race by seven minutes; time,
lh. 55m., which, considering tho fact that part of the way
back was a dead beat to windward, was very fair time.
The Oak City came in second, followed by life Sunny
South, Rosa Bell, North Stale and Cissic Davis in the order
named; the Ruth Hall and Atlantic liuviug been ruled out
for not properly turning the stake boats.

I think the ciass of boats used nnd sailed in tliis race can
beat anything of their length afloat. They are clinker
built, very sharp forward, and carry mainsail, with sprit,
jib, and gaff. The jib works inboard, no stay, but hooks
in an eye in the bow of Hie boat. These boals are gener-
ally about twenty-three feet long, and £rom six and a half
to seven feet beam, ant^i to«caflp the roughest weather.
For trolling for bhicflslWicy beat The world. One of these
boats, with four or five lines, will catch from four to six
hundred blucflfch in an afternoon. Three gentlemen, beside
myself, caught in Hie Sunny Side 40J inonedav; they filled
over five barrels. Can Barnegut beat that. ‘ W.

Newborn, N. C- , July 0 th, 1875.

Regatta at Savannah. — The good citizens of Savan-
nah held a regatta at Isle of Hope on the 5lli instant, in
which no less Ilian twenty boats participated. The sloop
Georgie, owned by I). Kemps wns the winner in the first
class, the Hattie Hull, owned by L. T. Turner in the second
class, and Mr. Kemp’s Maggie took the prize in the third
cks-. A rowing race also look place, which was won by
the well-known Vernon crew in the boat Sappho; time,
5:08; distance, one mile.

—We have received Hie programme for the Isles of Shoals
regatta, to be held on Friday, the 23d and 24th instants.

1 lie yachts are to he divided into two classes, as follows:—

First Class — For sloops and schooners measuring forty
feet and upwards. For schooners, a first and second prize.
For sloops, a first nnd second prize.

Second (J osh — For centreboards nnd keel sloops, and
schooners, measuring twenty three feet und less than forty
feet. For centreboard sloops, a first and second prize.
For keel sloop-, a first ana second prize. For schooners, a
first and second prize.

'I he course for the first class will be from Star Island ten
miles to stakeboat, about south southwest; then ten miles
due east to slakebout ; then ten miles to judges’ boat, leav-
ing all stake boats on the port. Tho course for the second
class will be the same as first class, except in location of
stake boals, which will be only half the distance each way.

All entries arc lief, nnd may lie made up In i ■ i i/ 1 1 1 o’clock
on the evening preceding the race at "Tito Oceanic," or to
D. R. Rockford, 20 India street, Boston until twelve M.,
July 22d.

(in the second day a grand sweepstakes for a mammoth
punch howl, valued at $300, will be sailed; ten or more to
start ; first in to win.

Bleaching Yachts Sails — A friend forwards us a

recipe for whitening ynchls sails, which )>c tlijnks prefer

FOREST AND STREAM.

ulilc to that published In our Issue of last week, and which
lie says, was used on the Idler's suils with great success.
Our correspondent, however, who is a well known and suc-
cessful yachlsraau, says thut in his experience a thorough
bleaching on a sand beach with salt water, finishing with
settled lime water, is better that all compositions. The
Fall River Bleaching Company will take sails and bleach
them satisfactorily, or no churge. The following is (lie
recipe mentioned. Five pounds washing soda, five pounds
chloride of lime, and one ounce bluing. Dissolve the soda
in ten gallons hot water, and the lime in ten gallons cold
water. Each must be thoroughly dissolved. Put the two
together when ready to put on the sail. Mix the bluing in
after the soda and lime are mixed, and stir well together.

Tmc InteiicollkuiaTe Regatta. — We can give hut an
imperfect report of this event in our present issue, as our
paper goes to press before the great event— the University
race — is decided. A full account from our special corre-
spondent will uppear in our next.

The racing on Tuesday was confined to the single scull and
Freshmen races. For the first event Weld, of Harvard,
pulled over the course alone, his opponent, Kennedy, of
Vale not appearing at the score, through, it is said, some
misunderstanding as to the time of the start. For the
Freshmen race four crows, representing Princeton, Har-
vard, Brown and Cornell started. The race was won by
Cornell by a boat’s length: time, 17m. 32^9. The winning
crew is comprised of the 'following oarsmen: —

Bow, Lyiido Palmer, Plattsburg, age 19, height 5 feet 6
inches, weight 132; No. 2, James Leewortiiy Camp, Dixon
III., age 19, height 5 feet 10 Inches, weight 150; No. 5,
Vernon Do Loss Grave, Richmond, Ind., age 19 height 5
feet 10 inches, weight 165; No. 4, Albert William Smith
Westmoreland, N. Y., age 18, height 0 feet 1 inch, weight
158; No. 5, Harris Irving Carpenter, Milford, Mass, age
21, height 5 feet 10 inches, weight 166*; stroke, John Lewis,
Ithaca, age 19, height 0 feet 9 inches, weight 155. Aver-
ages—Age, 19 1-0; height, 5 feet 9J inches; weight, 154 1 8.

—We liuvc had muny inquiries as to the colors of the
various crews competing in the great intercollegiate regatta.
We gi ve them herewith, together with the positions assigned
them in t lie race: —

No.

First

Second

Third

Foil rlli

Fifth

vumiaum. . . . If IIIIU UUU Ollle.

8?v.'-nth Wesleyan Red. while und blue

Eighth Princeton Orange .

Ninth 1 'artmouth Green .

Tenth Yale Dark blue.

Klcvcnth Hamilton Kune pink.

Twelfth Harvard Crimson.

Thirteenth . . Union Garnet.

The Nkw Orleans Rowing Club.— This club held
its annual regatta at New Orleans on Friday, the 25th nit.
Four races were contested, the first being for single sculls
half a mile and return. The St. John club entered R. G,
Musgrove, boat Rex; C. T. Howard club entered B. Gul-
vin, boat Eva G.; Orleans club entered P. J. Gillen, boat
Ripple, and Owen Rielly, boat Lula. Before the start Mr
Musgrove withdrew, leaving the Contest to the other three.
On starting Mr. Gillen’s sliding seat slipped from the
grooves, which threw kirn fur behind. Mr. Gulvin event-
ually won; no time.

In the four-oared gig race there were but two entries,
both crews of the Orleans club. The course was one mile
away from the boat house and return. At the finish the
Annie R. led the Captain Farwell three lengths; time not
taken.

Four clubs had entered for the four-oared shell race, but
at the last moment the Howard crew decliued to row, leav-
ing the following contestants: —

Pelican club entered shell Alice; J. H. Baylii, bow; L.

Kiern, No. 2; , No. 3; John Connolly, stroke.

Hope club entered shell Lue; Joseph Lusk, bow, 120
pounds; M. Powers, No. 2, 143 pounds; M. Carey, No. 1,

149 pounds; John McNulty, stroke, 147 pouuds; Louis
Palms, coxswain, 50 pounds.

Orleans club cnlered sholl Snm Boyd; P. McGrath, bow,

140 pounds: C. B. Penrose, No. 2, 154 pounds; IV Mclvcon,
No. 3, 15G pounds; James McKeon, stroke, 179 pounds;
Willie McCaffrey, coxswain, 119 pounds.

Course, ouc mile and a half and return. The steady
stroke of the Orleans told throughout, and brought them
home winners in 20m. Is., beating the Hope crew 10s., and
the Pelicans 75$. The Pelican crew rowed without a cox-
swain, a mistake, probably, in a river like the Mississippi.

The pair-oared gig race,' half mile and return, concluded
th'- day's sport. There were two entries, the Camelia and
Magnolia, both of the Orleans club. The last named won,
beating tho Camelia three-quarters of a boat’s length.

The judges were: — For Pelican club, Ferdinand Clai-
borne; Hope club, Win. Clark; Orleans club, II. I). Wood.

361

iiSSawt

Name. Color.

Williams Purple.

Cornell Camulluu.

Amherst White and purple.

Bowdoln W'lilte.

Brown Brown.

Columbia While and bine.

The professional games played since our last report
were as follows: — 1

’l!!nn M -Boston vs. Athletic, at Philadelphia, (drawn) . . 10 to JO

June 2V -Boston vs. Mutual, at Brooklyn to in

June Hartford vs. Chicago, at Chicago 4 to 1

June a9— St. Ixinia vs. iVn-hingion, ui St. Loaig. s to 1

June 80— Boston v« Atlantic, at Brooklyn 15 to 7

Ll‘"isVo Washington, nt St. Louie J4 to 2

•J "Jy *— New Haven vs. Boston, at New FJavi-n 10 to r>

July 3— Boston vs, Hartford, at Boston 3 lo 1

r l y 2“A.l,.llcHc Philadelphia, at Philadelphia. . -j to 1

Jnly S-Chtuigo vs. St. Luma. at Chicago g to 5

Ju y 3— Red blocking vs. W ashington at St Louis. . . . 8 to 0

July 6 — Boston va, Hartford, nt Hartford ... 7 to 0

Ju y 5— St. Louis va. Chicago, at St. I,ouia ! .13 to 2

July G -Mntiml T6. Ailrtnilc. at Brooklyn.... 5*0 3

Ju y 5— Athletic va. Philadelphia, ut Philadelphia.'.'.'.'.'. .'.'at) to 8

Ju y i— Boston vs. Athletic, at Boston i2to4

Ju y 7— Mutual va Hartford, nl Hartford. . . . o to t

Ju y 8— Mutual vs. Hartford, at Hartford f, to 2

July H- -Boston vs. Athletic, at Boston

July 8— St. Louis va Philadelphia, at Philadelphia. ] ] ." ' 8 to 4
July! 9 — Mutual vs. Atlantic, at Brooklyn 9 to •>

L"ul“ Philadelphia, at Philadelphia ! o to a

July 111— Boston vs. Chicago, at Boston. . . 14 to 1

July 10— Mutual vs. Athletic, at Brooklyn. , 5 p, >

July 12 -St, Louis vs. atluhtlc. at Brooklyn ] (j [0 2

—The Watertown tournament closed July 7th, leaving
the Live Oaks, of Lynn, victors of the first prize. $450. the
Maple Leaf, of Canada, taking second prize, $350, and the
Flyaways, of New York, the third, $250. The last match
and best of the series, was as follows: —

Live Oak. | Mapi.k Lra*

iUoie2t&lfThrad8ty'-‘ Umt ar*uc?.we11 for future
beat of ftay Whl l competitions were among the

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themaelv^,hiurp?iin'T>? tC °f- tlie h<mt’ “PP^red to enjoy
Scotch and wh!/' -,T .‘P c,n,,l.re celebration was intensely
kudimJlS 7th roaming al.out, and the

Park Teamed toliawp^661' DR ,n lhe broadcs‘ “Doric," Elm
laid d httVC Leca co“verled into a section of Scot-

Ha wkes, s. s

Whitney. 2d b. . .
Madden. 3d b. . .

McGlynn

King. 1st l)

Niven, r f

Record, I f

White, p

Canary, c. f.

Live Oak.. .
Maple Leaf.
Umpire, James
Tinker.

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Myers. 1st b

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Foloy, c

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Rational $ja$times.

—The Syracuse cricket club defeated that of Utica in a
good game last week at the latter place; score, 58 to 27.
Stevenson and W. Cowio howled for Syracuse, and T. O.
Spencer for Utica. A return mutch will be played at Syra-
cuse shortly.

— The second elevens of the Young America and Ger-
nianlown cricket clubs played a mutch on the Jailer’s
grounds lust Saturday, resulting in a victory for the Ger-
mantown club.

— Tiiero ure some vetoran cricketers in the Clarendon
Colony of Prince Edward couuty, recently established un-
der the auspices of the Southside Virginia Immigration
Society, of which Dr. Stanley James is one of the leading
spirits. On a recent occasion the good old English game
'vus played by Messrs. Powys, Iiomer, Allan, Slanley-
James, Stewart, Siddons, Tom Butcher and Punton Ilome’r.

, 1 1 owys, who is pronounced by Lily white the champion
Bowler of the world, proved himself worthy of h.s old
reputation earned at Cambridge and at Lord’s. Messrs,
iiomer, Hatcher, Stanley-James and 8iddons also showed
»ine excellent play. There was some talk among the
cMckcters of a challenge from a Prioce Edward eleven to
w,e Richmond eleven for a match.

I1A8E HALL— THK PROFESSIONAL ARENA.

fr.nln April la8t l,iirtecn dubs entered the list in the race
jor Urn professional whip pennant. In May the Centennial
nub, ot Philadelphia, withdrew. In June the Western

Croquet. — The following challenge from New York to
Brooklyn will no doubt be promptly accepted

To the Croquet Players »f Brooklyn:— The undersigned
would like to make up a match game of croquet with any
theee young ladies or gentlemen, between fifteen and twenty
years of age, of Brooklyn, the match lo take place at
Prospect Park before August 1st The terms of match,
time, rules, etc., to be arranged between the captains of
the contesting teams. Fred C. Morehouse,

Harry L. Teiuiune,

W.m. II. Zuoler, (Captain .)
Address P. O. Box 1071, New York city.

— The Scotch Regiment — the Seventy-ninth, N. G. S.
N. Y. — celebrated the ninety - ninth anniversary of
Americau Independence by taking part in the mililary pa-
rade and review in this city, and a picnic and exhibition
of Scottish games in Elm Park. The programme included
nineteen games, besides a National Guard shooting match,
open to men of any regiment appearinir in uniform. The
latter, which was conducted under the direction of Capt.
Joseph Ross, of Company D, excited a great deal of inter-
est. At the close, the prizes, which were eight in number,
of the value of $15 downwards, were found to have becu
won as follows:: —

First — Capt. Joseph Ross, Co. I), 79th ; second— Lieut .
I). Vanned, Co. D, 79th; third and fourth— a tie between
W. F. Edmumlstone, Co. A 79ih, and M. Cochrane, Co. F,
71st; fifth— Capt. John Munro, Co. G, 79ih; sixth— Mr.
Grieve, 22d; seventh — Thoms Duke, Co. E, 79th; eighth —
Ord. Sergt. A. C. Molloy, 79th. The distance was eighty
yards.

While the games were in progress there could not have
been less than five thousand persons on the ground. Capt.
G. T. Addison, of Co. A, bore almost the entire responsi-
bility of directing the games. The following was the prize
list : —

Putting the Light Stone, (14 lbs.) — 1st, W. Robertson, 38
feet 9 in.

Short Race — 1st, Colin S. Carmichael; 2d, C. McLetchie.

Running Jump — 1st, W Robertson, 17 feet 9 in.

Egg Race— 1st, C. 8. Carmichael

Highlnnrl Fling — 1st, James Kennedy.

Shunting ITigh Leap— Ut, F. Robert -on, 4 feet 4 in.

Walking Mutch (One mile, open only to the National
Guard.)— 1st, W. M. Forrest.

Hitch and Kick— 1st, W. Robertson, 8 feet C in.

Sack Race— 1st, W. Robertson.

Vaulting with Pole— 1st, W. Robinson, 9 feet 5 in.

Broadsword Dance — 1st, L. I). Robertson.

Throwing the Light Hammer— 1st, W. Robertson, 97 feet
8 inches.

Three 'egged Race — 1st , F. Robertson and W. Robertson.

Mite Baer (Open to National Guard.)— 1st, Geo. Tolmie,

Running High Leap — 1st, W. Robertson, 5 feet 3 in.

Hurdle Rare — 1st, W. Robertson.

It will be seen from the above that Mr. William Robert-
son was the athletic hero of the flay. In most cases he
distanced the other competitors with case. Mr. Charles
McLetchie made his first appearance in the ring, and ac-

£11 sue^s § 0 <&ornfiyondtnt$,

fancy price. Ana. Addrcsa Peter Knox, Newton, N J
Subhc-ribbr. New York -Please Inform mo where I can pnrehase a
pair of good heavy blankcta suitable for camping out purposes Ann
Fatten & Co . Sportsmen’s Emporium, No. m Nassau atreT

Cab'kbt, Philadelphia.— Would you have the kindness to let mo know
if there Is any piece near th,s city wbero dogs can be boarded? An*
We do not know of any person taking dogs to board near Philadelphia!
I erhaps some of our readers can Inform us.

, IVo’ h"rhli8ne,phl* ~Caa you to11 me “ 8°od house to board at

near the bead of Bornegal Bay, and the best season for shoollng there*
Ann. Go to Kinsey s Ashley lloose. Address J. W. Kinsey, Waretown
Ocean connty, N. J , as to the best time to be there
M R. II., Sunbury, Pa.-lst. In the late rifle match between the Irish
and Aiimncans did they nse telescopic sights? 2d What constllutrs
choke bortog? Ans. Telescopic sights arc not allowed In rifle matches
Choke boring Is a contracUon of the barrels at a certain distance from
the* muzzle, whereby the charge is concentrated.

Maryland.— Please Inform me throagh your paper what make of rifle
waa used by Gen. Dakin? I see he Is claimed by both Remington and
•Sharps, and would like to know what rifle he did shoot. Ans. Gen
Dakin used the Sharps rifle in the International contest at Crcedmoor
hut we are assured that he is shoollng with the Remington sporting rifle
iq Irelaud.

Subscriber, Rochester.— Will you please let me know In your next
issue the relative merit of hard and soft gun barrels, and whether the
One guns made now have soft barrels; also whether the hooks and holt
to a breech loadiug fine gun should be hard or soft? Ans The barrels
of all fine guns are moderately soft. The hooks and bolts should be
hard .

H. M. W., Brnlotrce, Mass — Will yoa Inform me throagh your paper
the beat charge of powder aud shot for duck shooting In the bay for a
ten gauge 8| pound Scott breech loader? Ans. 41 drachms powder and
H ounces shot; yet If live drachms powder can be used without loo
much recoil It will be more effective. Use two wads on powder. Shot
No. 8 or 4 is a good size.

0. (4. Wi, New York. 1st. Will you have the kindness to let me
know if the Parker gun cau be uaed as a bre.-ch and mnszle loader? 2d.
Give me the name of the gentleman who represents Mr Sanford who
Is settling Lake Monroe In Florida? Ans The Parker gun la not’ con-
structed to be used us a breech and muzzle loader. 2d. We do not know
the name of the petaon alluded to.

Subscriber, Springfield -Will yoa be kind enough to tell me a cur*

for fleas? I have a pet dog that Is almost dead with them. I have washed
and scrubbed the poor thing until It la afraid of me, but still the thing*
stick I see In your last number, page 344.it speaks or ’’Vermin in
Dogs." Does that bit my case? Ans. Allison’s insect powder is effect-
ual, but common brown soap, or carbolic eoap, (which la better,) will
kill eveiy flea it comes fairly In contact with; butnftcryou have exter-
minated the fleaa you must keep your dog where they do not abound.

W. J. C.— W hich do yon think la the best revolver for target practice,
(22 calibre.) a Smith & Wesson or a Colt’a? How do you make a target?
What do you think of the United States Cartridge Co.’s cartridge? Sumo
time ago 1 tried some of their No. 22. long, in a good revolver, and about
two in every five would not go off. I have a small dog which has a sore
constantly running on llio outside of his throat. Do you know what is
the disease, and how to euro it? Ans. 1st. Smith & Wesson’s pistol*
arc considered boat for target practice. 2d. You can mnkc good target*
with heavy card boards, drawing circles and marking black boilsejc
Sd, Not good. 4th. Wash the sore repeatedly with carbolic soap, and
feed your dog little or no meat.

Saratoga Rifle Club, J

Saratoga, Springs, N. V. , July 8th, 1875. )
Editor Forest and Stream:—

July 5th our club had a contest for a club badge, Wimbledon target,
500yarda, each competitor to have fifteen shots. An umpire was ap-
pointed (or chosen) who was Instructed to keep a careful record of the
scores and at the conclusion of the match to present the badgo to the gen-
tleman making the highest score. Having but one target we decided to
divide up and shoot In two squads of seven each, there being about II
contestants. The flrst sqnad commenced and fired their scoie without
interruption, the highest score being 60 out of a possible 75, and the sec-
ond commenced; but after making four shots each a rain storm sot in,
necessitating an adjournment to the next day. At the appointed hour on
the 61 h the second sqnad were on the ground, accompanied by the um-
pire, and after taking Qve sighting shots (which, according to a standing
reaolution of the club, each contestant Is eutitled to at each club shoot,)
Commenced and finished the score began the day previous, the highest
score being 62, and the umpire (ander no protest) presented the bndge to
the gentleman making 62 of the second sqnad, with the remarks: "Mr

, I present you this badge, you having made the highest score. Take

It; you have won it fairly and honestly," etc. Now, the gentleman
making 60 In the first sqnad claims the badge, and cnlle npoo the club to
sustain him in such claim, upon the following grounds: It I* claimed
that the gentleman making the motion to adjourn the shoot to next day,
included in that motion as follows: “allowlug them two sighting shots,"
and although this claim was not fully understood, as the fact of the pres-
ident not remembering or stating It when ho put the motion shows, yet
there is not a particle of doubt but that said clause was included In the
original motion. Still, tho gontlcman who received tho bulge claims that
the matter is entirely out of the hands of the club, Inasmuch as the uin
pire made no objection to the live sighting shots, and under no protest af-
terward presented the badge as above.

Now, Mr. Editor, will you please Inform os, through your columns,
what the juatice In this ease la, and what action the club can take In tho
matter, If any? Respectfully, S. R. C.

The action taken in adjourning is to be decided by tbe
motion as put by tbe president and voted upon by the
club. If he put it incorrectly, tho mover should have ob-
jected. If the motion as put and carried contained no iu-
timution as to the number of sighting shots, and the rules
of the club allowed five, that number was properly al-
lowed. Above all, the action of the umpire was final.
The objection is a very trifling one, and displays a spii
which should be discouraged iu all clubs,

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COM-
ING WEEK.

Thursdat, July 15th.— Racing. Monmouth Park, N. J. Trotting,
Lynn, Mass. ; Newark. N. J. ; Toledo, Ohio. ; Newport, Ky. Intercol-
legiate AthleUc Meeting. Saratoga. N. Y Pigeon Shooting Tourna-
ment, Syracuse. N. Y. Base Ball, Philadelphia vs. Live Oak, at Lynn,
Mas9.; Uuioa of Newark vs. Keystone, at Irvington, N. Y.

Friday, July 16th — Trotting, Newark, N. J ; Toledo. Ohio; Con-
neantvllle. Pa. Pigeon Shooting Tournament, Syracuse, N. V Base
Ball, St. Louis vs. Atlantic, at Union Grounds.

Satubdat, July 17th. - Racing. Monmouth Park, N. J. Trotting,
Great Barrington, Vt. Competition for Luther Badge, CTeedmoor, L. I.
Base Ball, Philadelphia ve Hartford, at Hartford; St Louie vs. Mutual,
at Brooklyn. Starr vs. T B F. U. S. of Bridgeport, at Bridgeport;
Concord ve Nameleea, at Prospect Park.

Monday, July 19th.- Regatta, St. John's. Rowing Club, New Or-
leans. Base Ball, St. Louis vs. Boston, at Boston.

Tuesday, July 20th — Trotting, Erie, Pa.; Chicago, Hi.; Mystic Park,
Boston. Regatta, Flushing Bay

Wednesday, July ilst. -Trotting, Erie, Pa.; Chicago, 111.; Mystic
Park, Boston. Base Ball. St. Louisas. Boston, at Boston.

Captain Bogardus in England.— The riflemen who
nrc representing this country on the other side of the water
are not having all the victories lo themselves. The shot
gun in American hands is also winning fame for us, and,
we trust, shekels for the shooter. Captain Bogardus, who
went to Europe on the same steamer with the American
team, has shot and won his first match in England. On
the 7th he competed at Hendow with George Rimmel, the
English champion, in a match at fifty birds each, from ’five
traps, thirty yards rise, killing 36 birds to his opponent’s
30. There was a large attendance, and much enthusiasm
shown. Bogardus has now challenged all England, and in
August will shoot a match with Edward Thornton, of
Yorkshire, for £500 aside. Conditions— 100 birds each,
thirty yards rise, and Hurlingham rules to govern- The
Captain’s movements will be looked for with the greatest
interest.

— The Pennsylvania Railroad Company have issued two
pamphlets of value to the sportsman and tourist; one, en-
titled "Summer Excursion Routes,” being a perfect guide
book of routes aud fares to all the more prominent points
of interest in the Middle and Eastern States; and the oilier,
"Life at Cape May,” is an illustrated description of ilmk,
charming watering place, with list of hotels, statistics,
means of access, etc., prepared in the most thorough man-
ML

OUR GAME LAWS-DEFECTS AND VIO-
LATIONS.

WE have an accumulation of correspondence relative
to our existing game laws, some of them suggesting
wholesome emendations or additions, and others reporting
shameless violations and damage. The letters indicate a
degree of solicitude on the part of the writers most gratify-
ing to the advocates of game protection to observe. They
show that people are everywhere on the alert; that they
appreciale the necessity of restrictive regulations to prevent
destruction and extermination; and are ready to co opetaic
in auy feasible effort and means to the desired end. We
wish their efforts found belter reward. Americans resident
abroad watch our movements here with thoughtful interest,
and by comparing our laws with those of England and the
Continent, where the game laws are much more perfect
and in thorough operation, can readily detect defects here,
and offer suggestions that arc valuable. We append an
extract of a letter from a gentlemau now sojourning in
Bavaria, long noted for its noble forests, its game, aud its
ancient line of poachers: —

Munich, June 16th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream: —

I have been for a loDg time a constant reader of yonr paper. I am glad
to see that the people of America are at last thoroughly stirred up in re-
gard to the game laws The International Game Association will, it
seems to me, be the best that can be formed for the protection of game
In America, and as it will be formed of members from all parts of the
country, each member will have a certain amount of pride in looking
aficr the section of llie country in which he lives. Since I came here I
have been struck by the way in which the game is preserved. No one
would think of shooting it ont of season, or having it for sale. There Is
always plenty of shooting to be had here, and good, too. I could go ont
In the railroad from here after two o'clock and be back In time for dinner
with a reh bock (roebuck). One reasou that they have always plenty of
deer and reh is that they shoot no does. I believe if a man were to come
luto a village here after u day s hunt and had a reh doe on his shoulder
he would be hooted out by the small boys. I think If this law could be
enforced in America that the old places would soon be restocked.

My guide last Summer took me to a place in the Adirondack* where, he
said, ten years ago he could see fifteen or twenty deer every time, but we
saw only two. I think that the guides themselves could he mude to see the
sense of it, aud prevent the people from shooting the does, os the deer In
the Adirondacks are their stock in trade, and, of course, their occupu
tlon is gone with the deer. VF. 8. M.

A correspondent of lltc Chicago Field writes from Wash
ington, D. C., that on Thursduy, May 20'.h, there were
four dozen woodcock exposed for sale in the market at
that place, which is in corroboration of the statement made
in our columns some time since by our correspondent
"Duke,” at that place, and also confirms the remarks on this
subject made by our editor in-cbief in his paper read before
the Natioral Sportsmen’s Convention at the recent conven-
tion in Cleveland.

A New Jersey correspondent calls our attention to the
fact that one Ed. Van Pelt, who makes his headquarters
and finds his market at Elizabethport, is in the habit of
netting all the small streams and creeks of Staten Island,
from Mariner’s Harbor down to West Quarter, aud on the
Jersey side, Ross Creek, Woodbridge Creek, Moss Creek
and Pile Creek, using double nets and sweeping out all the
little perch, bass and other small fish. Cannot Mr. Shot-
well of the New Jersey Fish Commission look out for
Mr. Van Pelt and put a stop to his depredations?

Here is a letter from a watchful correspondent who is
looking after the interests of the song birds:—

New York, June 21th, 1875

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I beg leave to Inform you, and through the columns of your valuable
journal the members of the Richfield Sporting Club, that a person Is
walking the woods from Bull’s Ferry to Fort Lee, shooting all species of
birds with a rifle cane, and robbing nests of their eggs. He has been seen
by two persons in the act of ehootinq, (whose names and address you
will find at foot,) and being questioned for so doing, answered that he
was a naturalist, which I don't think he is, otherwise he would not con-
ceal hi* gun. Yours respectfully. Ovac.

It is pretty difficult to prevent this shooting out of seu-
son, as it is almost imposiblc to prove culpability, the law
permitting shooting for scientific purposes. If the man
can be proved derelict, prosecution and punishment might
be secured.

A subscriber sends the following lettter clipped from the
Cumberland Beacon. This is a subject whicli we decline
to meddle with, and pass without comment. The writer
evidently writes from prejudice: —

Rock, N J., June 25tb, 1875.

Mr. Editor:— bmee the shad fishing season closed, the Fish Comiuls-

poesessed, or \vhetlier the information sought could bo got bvtrnn
pers, ns their Interests arc not always in harmony wlih the laws of na
lure, or else they would giyo up Spring hunting and allow animal* The
proper time for brooding 1 have repeatedly addressed letters, and wh eh
appeared In the Toronto Utobt, In hopo they might attract the attention

sioners of New Jersey have established a shad hatching establishment at
Point Pleasant. They have been catching about fifty shad per day. and
have caught nearly three hundred altogether since they commenced op-
erations, and out of that number have not taken a dozen ripe shad The
shad are divided among the fishermen, and taken away and sold or other-
wise ; disposed of. instead of batching a few shad they are destroying
millions of them by taking them out of the water, where, if let go thev
would seek their natural spawning grounds. Of all the contrivances for
the destruction of shad, this beats anything l ever witnessed even In-
cludlng the fish basket or small mesh net nuisance, which all sensible
shad fishermen denounce. The money which they are using to carry on
this nuisance was appropriated to hatch shud and not to destroy them
and the people should protest against these proceedings But as an’
pearauces are everything, and a few thooeand dollars can be thus fool-
t.hly squandered some one will be benefited by this putting on appear-
ances, for that ia in a manner, all it auiouuts lo. Du

„ „ „ New York, July 1st. 1875.

Editor Forest and Btkkam:— ’

Mr. Lech, who writes this letter, is a German. Ills experience us a fur
dealer, shipper, aud manufacturer for over thirty years renders his say-
ings upon fur animals an authority. At the instance of the County of
Peterborough Fish and Game Protective Society he was Induced to write
to the Peterborough IttvUw bis views upon the "close season" and
what, in hie Judgment, caused the falling off of many species of the
fur-bearing animal* which were at one time so numerous The follow-
Ing letter is the result. Mr. Lech resides in Peterborough, Canada West
and can be addre.scd by auy person desiring information upon any espe!
c,al P”lnu J. W. Sheridan.

PROTECTION TO FUR-BEARING ANIMALS.

To THE Editor of tub Peterborough Review:—

ofUlnn«>ru^.Ih?,r^,0rtof lhe Gam., Protection Society In yonr paper

mMs Vv ^V,,V^ |C .mt' ,elt Protect fur-bearing mil-

1 Proceedings I ace mention Is made of fixing the close
eon at October the 15lh in -lead of November 1st. I cannot uoo how
elusions <*o be drawn that this will W

cues ous <*u do arawn tiiut this will protect and increase numbers I

not knew til Yftlufthlv lulvnaftiiqft Ike Qumo Frowaioa Society

sen-
how con-
do

attention

J. Carnegie and Mr T. Fajrbalm, members of ' pari In men Mu* the Unroof
my letters to the Olobe. and challenged the public to contradict mv view'
on the subject, and fully believe If such I avis us I

and not only pussed hut rigorously enforced, the Increase in nnuil. ';
would soon be apparent. As the game laws before Parliament have bcci,
altered several ttmes-not tbut I could see any boneill either wnv— it
matters very little if the 15th of October or the 1st of November I*
down, as uo fur is in perfection by iliut time. As u general rule th,.
trappers set out for the woods by llie end of September to prepare their
trapjnig grouud, ns they cull it, hut woe to the animals that make their
appearance on the trapping ground, for the merciless slaughter begins
They argue that if they do not kill them somebody else will; that t,y
such process great value to the country goes to loss Is convincing, ns the
pelts taken, for Instance of mink In September, ore worth fifty’ cents
which will bring If taken six or seven weeks later $.8 to $4; ho Is the pro-
portion in all oilier pelts; this is the damago done in Fall hunting. The
greatest mischief is done in the Spring, ODd if carried on much longer
will sweep away a most valuable resource of the country. The law ul-
lowing to hunt to May 1st Is as cruel, as ruinous, mid allowing after the
1st of May a fortnight to dispose of their furs, whole futnllies of mink
uiurien, otter, beaver, fisher, und muskrat are swept away before th. y
see the sunlight. I do not know that our legislators should lack the
knowledge that the breeding time of fur-bearing animals commences
loug before the 1st of May, and why the law Is not shaped accordingly i,
more thau I can explain. If there Is any reason to protect these uiiiuiids
prompt action should he taken to fix the time from October to Mureli
1st; this would stop the slaughter In Spring, and an tin tils would have a
chance to multiply. To tell the troth, in fact the hunting commences
with the trappers In the Spring when the back lakes open, which is not
often the case before May, and their hunt ends when they ore driven out
by the musquitocs and black files, and §20 worth by next Fall are de-
stroyed for fifty ceuts. Wm. LKcii.

Marlboro, N, J., July, 1876.

KDtTon Forest and Stream: —

Living in an adjoiiiiug county, aud in years gone by having enjoyed
some of the rarest sport within the ample borders of these naturally fine
game counties that I have ever had anywhere, It Is but proper I should
take a lively Interest in the snccesd of an organization \\ hose object is so
essential and worthy. It will certainly receive my warmest sympathy
and support. Mv earnest desire Is, (and 1 no doubt but utter the senti-
ments of other sportsmen of onr county,) that the Ceutrnl Association
take us under the shadow of their protecting wings, if agreeable to them
lo do so, as we do not seem to bo able to do anything for ourselves in
the way of organized protection and propagation of game. I think tlx.
West Jersey Game Protective Society comprises four or five counties of
that section of the State. 1 know from personal experience the past
season that they are doing a good work, and richly deserve the mood of
praise which they receive With Monmouth and Ocean added to Mid
dlescx and Somerset, a ve.-y extended und valuable tract of game cuun
try would he benefited. I know of very inuny excellent sportsmen of
your city and neighboring towns and cities with whom I have often en-
joyed glorious sport In days long since gone by, extending over a period
of the past twenty years, who do not now often come near us; aud why
Is this 1 It is easily understood. We do not protect our gnmo, aud it l<
at the mercy of all, in season and out of season, aided with every device,
lawful and unlawful, that can destroy it, and now we are reaping the
Just rewnrds of our negligence. We havo no game in many sections
worth speaking about, and absolutely none at all In others. Tho scar-
city of game has been very apparent for tho past half dozen years, but
last season gave conclusive proofs upon this point, as R had been a
favorable Spring aud Summer previous for the rearing of young broods.
This Is the universal testimony of very muny resident and non-resident
sportsmen with whom I tauve conversed, und who have been In the habit
of hunting over these eectlons for many years past. Oh, how I wish that
something could be done to make game as abundant within onr own do-
main as it once woe! I am now obliged to take long tramps down in
Delaware and Maryland, and even Virginia, to find game in sufficient
quantities to have good sport, and eTcn to break my young dogs. Pons
of Delaware where I once had fine shooting are now covered with exten-
sive peach orchards, not affording much cover for quail, and not a Tory
pleasant place to kill them when sprung. Jn Maryland it is better, but
you mast have a team and driver, and not miss many good shots, and
have good dogs, etc. Virginia t* the State par excellence far quail shoot,
iug. I have been down there for the past three seasons, and found game
plenty, and the people kind, obliging, and very hospitable. I have met
some first class resident sportsmen, having good dogs of native slock,
but they ore not well equipped with modern breech loaders. I think we
must get live game from the South and turn out If wo wish lo Ituvo much
shooting next Fall. *.*

WHOLESALE DESTRUCTION OF FISH.

Itiiaca, June 22d, 1875

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Fall Creek is a large stream of pure water, an nfllnent of Cayuga Lake.

It descends 400 feet In less than a mile, the lower full— within the village
— being about 124 feet. From a noble pool below this fall It runs deep
and strong to the lake, less than half a mile uway. From the bay, form-
ing the month, up to the great pool used to be u regular "poor man’s pork
barrel." But among the manufactures which have clustered about the
falls we are blessed with a paper mill, periodically discharging its refuse
into the creek. For some years, now, the pork burrelhas been quite empty.
Sometimes, if the deluge of death was >\ ithhcld daring u rise In the water,
the fish, especially in the Spring spawning, would venture up. But woe
to them If they remained. An Instance occurred lust night and this
morning. The stream had risen from the recent ruins, and last night
was full of suckers, with a sprinkling of has* nnd bullhead*. Tin"
morning the refuse was discharged. In au hour the bottom of the creek,
where the current was not swift enough to take then off, was ilioinlly
white with the deud. I think It would bo within bounds to say that more
than two tons of suckers were killed by this single discharge of refute
Into the creek.

Now, of course, an "enthused" fly fisher with his eight-ounce split
bamboo and his one-ounce ruboer reel would turn up bis nose at a June
sucker, and wouldn't euro If they were nil killed. But such never ate one
fresh run" from tho cold, clear depths of Cayuga Luke. Now, the
eighteenth section of the game net of l?7t prohibits all such proceeding"
ns this under a penalty of $50 for cnch offense, In additlou to liability
for all damage. Then, In the Uext paragraph, it is all qualified away.
Are wo ncvei to have a Legislature with backbone enough to prevent
such Injury to whole communities, and such depopulation of the waters
of the State to serve tho avarice and greed of n few manufacturers?

It belongs to you, Mr. Editor, und others of your fraternity to take up
the cudgel on this matter, and see If we cuunoi have a game anil fish
law that means something. Yours, etc,, Fly.

Our correspondent will be able to appreciate the distress
iog obstacles lo llie protection und preservation of our
game and fish, by examining the following extract from o
recent veto of our very sensible Governor, who evidently
despairs of securing good results from any farther legisla-
tion on the basis of present enlightenment and procedure —
"Assembly bills Nos. 180, 247, 488, 480, 007, amending tho act to amend
and consolidate the several acts relating to tho preservation of moot*,
wild deer, bird*, and fish; No. 8:2, reliitlng to fishing In Tonawands
Creek In the county of Wyoming: No 04(1, relating to Halting In ,|IC
waters of Cllntou county, except l.ake Champlain, anil No. 718. relating
to Belling In tho Niagara River within the county of ICrlc. Although *
gcncrul law wo* pa-Hcd ho luU* us 1871 rcgulu' ing the killing of game and
the taking of fish, the whole subject la now In tin- greatest confusion,
owing to tho numerous und Ill-considered act* which have hiiico been on
acted. The act passed at the lute session extending tho power" el
boards of supervisors, confers upon these hoards the power of regulating
these subjects within tliolr respective counties. I: may lie desirable llmt
where a body « f water Is situated in more than one county the Login'11
turo of tlm State should prescribe the regulations for fishing therein. M
one of the hill" now before rnu la, however, confined lu ll» operation to
such a case. Thu belief that the power Is likely to he as well oxorclsea
by tho boards ol supervisors as by the Legislature of the Stale la

forest and stream.

strengthened by tli* fact that four cf thcae bills proscribe the rules for
tlshing iu Oneida Lnltc oneh In n manner different from tho other, so that
if they were nil signed the gentle llsherman would have to Inquire which
was signed hist in order to ascertain by what rule to govern his couduct."’
The above is about as plain a statement of facts as could
be desired, to show why existing laws are ineffective, not
only in Ibis State but in others, and why supplementary
enactments, no mater liow wholesome, must simply in-
crease confusion, and thereby insure impunity to offenders.
What is needed, and this the Governor fully appreciates,
is a total abrogation of the existing jumble of imperfect

and inoperative laws, a wiping oil of the statutory slate,
and a commencement dc novo. To substitute an intelligent

and practicable code of laws that shall satisfy the necessi-
ties of the whole country, nnd secure their adoption by the
several Slates, is the aim and purpose of the two power-
ful organizations known as the “National Sportsmen’s As-
sociation,” and the “International Association for Protect-
ing Game and Pish. Both are seeking the same object in
dilferent ways. The first operates through State sports-
men's associations, clubs, and local organizations, and its
membership is made up of delegates appointed to its an-
nuul conventions by the State Associations, five from each
State; and each State association in turn obtains its com-
position from delegates chosen by tho local clubs The
great majority of the members so chosen to the National
conventions have no knowledge of natural history, save
that acquired in the sportsman’s field of practice, and’ have
no attainments ns professional scientists. They cannot
therefore be regarded as qualified to undertake the con-
struction of a code of game laws, such os we want, creeled
upon a scientific basis. A committee of seven competent
men have, however, been selected from that body to de-
termine species; Ac., and upon this basis draft the code of
game laws which it is fondly hoped will fill the bill. Still
noue of these gentlemen are scientists, we believe, in the
strict acceptation of ihe word, and even were they, their
number is too small to thoroughly cover a country of such
vast extent, varied climate, and numerous specie;, as our
own. The most we can hope from their investigations is
a valuable contribution to the general fund of information
Whicli is needed to enable us to reach the result desired,
'lo supply what may be lacking in the aggregation was the
purpose that called the International Association into
being— twfcr-nationa), because the harmonious co-opera-
tion of Canada, with her homogeneous elements, was in-
dispensable. The greater portion of the members of this
body were selected for their scientific attainments as
naturalists. The committees to be obtained from their
number will be resident representatives of every locality
in the United States and Canada, and sufficiently large to
cover each geographical belt to be investigated, from the
Atlantic lo the Pacific. The best single' naturalist could
not do this in a lifetime.

The “International,” is in no sense a sportsman’s asso-
ciation; it lias no relation whatever to any club or associa-
tion; it comprises individual memberships only; its func-
tions are us indicated above, and its operations are finite.

Its woik may be said lo cease where that of the “National
Sportsmen’s Association" really begins. When the desired
laws are created the International dissolves, but it will be
the business of (lie National, with its central power, and
through all its club ramificutions to exert a moral and
physical influence that shall be felt. The “International"
is, in a word, purely an advisory body, laboring to enlist
and use the most competent and potential agents to the
desired end. It is in perfect harmony with every associa-
tion that seeks tho protection of game, and in conflict
with none. It has no ambitiou except to enlist the best
talent in the country, from every section, and employ it in
such a way that all coufusion of species and confusion of
laws shall be swept off. It constitutes but one division of
the Grand Army of Protection, of which the National As-
sociation is a potential part. It fully recognizes the valua-
ble efforts that have been made, and are being made by
that body, and iu its desire to assist, did offer at its May
meeting, held at the Cooper Institute iu New York, a reso-
lutiou inviting a conference between its committees and
those of the National Sportsmen’s Association, appointed
by the Convention at Cleveland. It is to be regretted that
the executive committee of the body last named decided
it to be “inexpedient” to accept the overture. By what
method of reasoning they arrived at this conclusion it would
seem difficult to determine. Certainly, it could hardly
presume to treat cavalierly, or to deliberately reject the co-
operation of the gentlemen who are at the heads of our
scientific public institutions and the government expedi-
tions, and who constitute in large part the membership of
the International Association for the Protection of Game.

It is charitable to assume that they misapprehended the
functions, offices, and purposes of the organization. The
inference is sustained by the publication of the following
paragraph in a paper of such established character and
honorable dealing as the Turf, Field and Farm, from which
We clip it; —

“A Black Eye. — The International Sportsmen’s Asso-
ciation failed to get tho life infused into it at the National
Sportsmen's meeting that its projector anticipated for it.

«>it, on the contrary, got a terrible black eye. All it
needs now is Col. Mucurty’s “big hunt” brass baud to
Play tho funeiul dirge while it is being interred.”

This is in ullusion to tho cold shoulder given to the reso-
lution referred to above. Tho writer evidently wrote in
ignorance, jealousy, or rank prejudice. We ure fain to be-
lieve that our contemporary admitted it inadvertently.
Regarded in the light of the facts as we have attempted to
give them, it is souseless and puerile. It would have
Passed unheeded by us, had we not been urged to define

SoEr's •%£ ,k-. obj“' *

for ga?,i 1 18dom wl,ich otlier men are delving

^ . P otection is adopted it may be Derfcot in iu

Weyt,H T,dUP°n truthfuI nnd scientific principles
I , 2r mt lh08C Wb° C0">P-hend the true InSSt

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THE AMERICAN TEAM AT WIMBLE-
DON.

HERE unfortunately appears to he some hitch in the
anticipated arrangements by which the American
riflemen are to contend for the Elcho Shield at Wimble-
don. Mr. Henry Parsons, Adjutant of the English eight
writing to Colonel Gildersleeve, says: “The council is not
willing to admit another team to shoot with our three
eights in the Elcho Shield match, hut they propose a
match, to take place on the 17th instant, for the Lloyd’s
Cup, between the Americans and an eight selected by the
respective Captains from the three British teams At the
same time the council does not despair of a match between
the four eights, which perhaps may be managed for the
Monday following the shooting at Wimbledon. In the
meantime it hopes that the match proposed for the 17th
instant may be agreeable to the Americans.”

It is just probable, however, that the deed of gift by
which Lord Elcho presented the trophy contains some
clause which restricts the compe'ition to eights selected
from the English, Irish, and Scotch riflemen, and that the
council of the National Rifle Association has not the power
if even the inclination, to admit further contestants. The
Euglish papers appear to have criticised rather severely
Mr. Parson s proposal for a match between our men and a
mixed British eight, to which he replies that his original
plau was for a match between the English, Scotch, and
American eights, which was approved by the G’aptaius of
all the teams concerned, but afterwards vetoed by the
couneil through the persuasions of outside parties. Mr.
Parsons is of the opinion that a mixed British team, armed
with vurious kinds of rifles and unknown to each other,
would have no chance against the Americans, and that
when they have been thoroughly beaten every riflemen in
England will say, “After all it was no match.”

We are not inclined to be so sanguine of victory over a
team selected from among all the riflemen of Great Britain
as the English are of defeat. In a team of six against six
the case might be different, but we look upon our team as
being by no means so strong as an eight as it is as a six.
There is a weak spot that would fell very much in the aver-
ages. Besides, we think that too much stress is laid upon
the fact that, as the Irish have beaten both the English and
Scotch, and the Americans them, ergo, the Americans can
beat the world. Let us see how the case stands with regard
to the Elcho Shield. During the twelve competitions
covering the years 1862 to 1873, the match was won by the
English nine times, twice by tbe Scotch, and once by the
Irish. The best score was made by the English in 1871,
being a total of 1,204 out of a possible 1,440 (under the
old scoring); average, 3.34. Iu 1873 the Irish score was
1,195; average, 3.32. The improvement made in shooting
of late years is shown in tho fact that iu 1862, the first year
of competition the score was but 890 points. Again, in
selecting a mixed British team the best shots only would
probably be taken from each of the eights, aud a team thus
organized would possess elements of strength sufficient to
overcome the disadvantages of unfamiliarity and mixed
rifles. We do not mean to say that even against these odds
our men would not win, but the victories won in Ireland
should not make us over sanguine, or inclined to look too
lightly upon tho new adversaries our team are to contend
with. A defeat after anticipations of certain victory is
much more bitter to endure, while victory following more
modest expectations is doubly sweet.

Since the above was written, the correspondence which
has passed between Colonel Gildersleeve and tho Loudon
agent of the Associated Press seems to preclude the possi-
bility of another team match, as the Colonel has definitely
and officially announced the determination of the Ameri-
cans not to shoot agaiu, as a team, in Europe, although, he
says, five or six of them would probably be glad, as indi-
viduals, to shoot at Wimbledon on Suturduy next, if the
Lloyds cup is offered for competition to all comers.

Tuout Poaching on Long Iri i. •

that we record the fact that at tew one of'uTm ’ T"!
poachers wh° Lo„g „„ „t * “* ;>h ">«

“Xoau “edTh e'0 ult T *•» “"fed

preserve iron? . h“ bec0m® Dext ,0 impossible to
have been netted u r i*"* °f lhe beat 8lrcum8 on ,hc island
the poachers u n ‘ / fl*h h lefr- T,,e boldness of

the ordinary ™ 8° #y,°nd belief’ aQd <« punishment by

ffmEEa tfr,oi,c‘:i„rcn,s r ,,f «-

that there is some risk in n T ^ " l° convi,,Cc ,he »■»
oguc a contemporary gives the following account —

« s fts s Sara

niirht. n»ri«„S.i.„ for lh!8 Purpose on Saturday

ap-

proaching. evidently with the purpose offunhe? piundT
« to intercept then.: two' of ike
(hulled off , n o the bushes and escaped, but the third find

SS£i»S * d ew (ormittK

and attach one of the wSmen named ' Zlgfa ri?.
dent of Canaan. The niter i..- “ .esi.

!!evUthefdfsnnaan, **

by the desperado, struck at him with the ax with wl icli he

hU,jng bim over ,he ‘boulder iSSuf* a

fearful gash under the shoulder blade, from the effects of
which it is doubtful whether recovery is possible This
mSES*1/0 be an0tbcr re8ident of Canaaf, Earned
BUI * TUng maU of bad character, and son of

BUI McGregor who was arrested and lodged in the Suffolk
county jail, at Riverkead, some years ago on suspicion of
having murdered a German peddler, whose bones— or at
east aske eton suppose!! to be hfi-were found iS .be
«odV°r!b of 1 ‘^hogue, but who was discharged for

llifir/ffr, °De 0f ,lie ,wo men who runaway
named Jedediah Dayton, resided in the neighborhood and
was urrested, taken before Justice Smith, at Patchogue
f/'A on b»8 own confession was sent to the county jaiffor
thirty days. A man named Fields, of Wading River was
arrested as the third man, but was discharged* for want of
proof, although lie is believed to have been the principal in
Wljllf ,h!? “^complices supplied the local knowl-
edBc which enabled them to secure their booty. Many of
the numerous trout ponds in Suffolk county have suffered
from time to time from similur depredations. Dr. Terry
of Patchogue who dressed McGregor’s wound, thinks
supervene,’’)SSlbl °f ^ recovcr^ “bould lockjaw not

Lkipzio, GcrmaDy, .Juno Will, 1875.

Editoii Forest and Stream:—

Allow me as a passionate hunter. (I cannot say "sportsman." as I do
not know anything about Ashing like most of my compatriots,) lo ask
you why inalllhe American sporllng papers nobody talks any more of

pln-flre (Lefauchenx) gone, and all prefer central Are. With us it is the
contrary; most of mv brothers in Dianum wear Lafauchoux ptn-Are guns
and ptn-Are sporting rifles. I possess myself two shot guns, a doublc-
barreled rifle for hunting red deer, wild hoar, aud chamois, ana a gnn
« ith two barrels, one for shot and the other for bullet, which I use in
stalking roebucks. All four guns aro Lufoncheux ptn-Are, and I am so
saiisfled that I never wish to get any belter ones should I live tlfiy years
more. 1 cars, very truly. Fb. von Ivhwou.

[The above note is from the very intelligent editor of
Der Waidmann, a sportsman’s paper published at Leipzig,
with which we have had the pleasure toexchaugc for eight-
een months. The writer’s letter carries with it to us a
handsome complimc-nt for Fokest and STitEAsr, and the
German word of welcome and salute to hunters — “Waid-
maonsheil.” This we cordially reciprocate, with the addi-
tional sentiment, in plain English, "Success to your fisk-
iug! The question included as above has been often asked
of us, and we can offer no belter reason for the apparent
preference of the central fire cartridge and action than that
it is the fashion. The pin fire gun certainly has ad vau»
tages which the central fire has not, one of which is that
the pin always indicates when the guu contains a shell.
The respective merits of the two systems are so evenly
balanced that “Gloan," in his work on “Breech Loaders,”
can give neither a preference in recommendation.— Ed. ]

Spout on the Erie.— The woodcock shooting in Pike
county, Pa., and adjoining region of Sussex couuty, N.
J., promises to be excellent this season. “Bub” Wells, Ed.
Imick, J. H. Wells, aud C. P. Mott, well known shots in
Milford, have bagged a number already in the haunts about
Milford. Gecrge Malvern, of Port Jervis, brought down
seven out of nine shots iu the Nearpass and Hornbeck
Swamps, on tbe Jersey side of the river, on the 5th of
July. The birds are good size and strong of wing.

A Voice from the West. — Our correspondent “Fred,
writing from Montello, Michigan, states that the West is
enthusiastic over the victory of the American riflemen iu
Ireland, and suggests that a grand reception should be
given them on their return. Wc can assure “Fred” and
our Western frieuds generally that this matter has already
been thoroughly ventilated and arranged. The team will
be banqueted, and each member receive a testimonial.
Mr. A. T. Stewart has given $500 toward the fund for this
purpose. Colonel Porter, of the Twenty-second Regiment,
has telegraphed Colonel Gildersleeve that his regiment will
act as an escort on their arrival home.

—Mr. J. H. Rogers, of Ogdcnsburgh, whose advertise-
ment will be found in another column, has made arrange-
ments for the manufacture of skiffs and hunting and fish
ing boats, suitable for the Thousand Islands. These boats
can be procured ready made, or will be constructed to order
of any desired style and size.

— The Palace Hotel, now nearing completion, in San
Francisco, is the largest hotel structure in the world. It
covers 96,250 square feet of ground, and is seven stories
high; 24,661,000 bricks were used in its walls, 3,000 tons of
cest and wrought iron, and 4,561,524 feet of lumber and
timber. It coutaius 1,060 windows, 337 of which are bay
windows; 926 rooms, none of less size than 16x16 feet, aud
388 bath rooms. It contains over three miles of hulls;
there are five passenger elevators and seven grand stair-
ways; there are 4,540 doors, 0,000 gas burners, and thirty-
two miles of gas aud water pipe. It requires 50,000 yards,
or twenty-eight miles of carpet. It can accommodate 1,200
guests, besides 360 servants and employees.

364

FOREST AND STREAM.

I 'Ilf Jf'/fr-

long intervals.’

The members of the team were banqueted at Edinburgh
by our consul, Mr. Robeson, and from there each appears
to have followed the bent of his own inclinations, as Colo-
nel Gildersleeve is reported to have said that nearly all the
members of the team will reach London in time to take
part individually in several matches at Wimbledon on .Sat-
urday.

A dispatch from London dated the 12th instant says that
Mr. Parsons, of the National Rifle Association, in a letter
to the agent here of the New York Associated Press, con-
firms the statement of the Telegrajdi's Wimbledon corre-
spondent in regard to the willingness of the council to make
» match bet weep the four eights, and says.- “Rut consider

Our Riki.kmkn Auroad.— The American team arrived
in Belfast on tho 6th instant, and met with quite as enthu-
siastic a reception as that awarded them at Dublin. The
Mayor of the city met them at the depot, and they were
escorted to their hotel through streets festooned with ban-
ners and lined with crowds of people. Arrived there, the
enthusiasm of the populace was so great, and the calls for
the Captain of the team so urgent, that the Mayor intro
duced Colonel Gildetsleve, who received round after round
of applause. Major Leech also made a speech.

In the evening they attended a file given in their honor
at the Botanic Gardens. On their way to the place of fes-
• tivity they found the streets crowded with people, whose
enthusiasm was irrepressible. The gardens presented a
gala appearance. Fifteen thousand persons were present,
and repeated cheers were given for the Americans. It was
remnrkcd that no such demonstration of popular cnlhusi
asm had occurred in Belfast for twenty years.

On the 7th the Mayor and Citizens’ Cup was shot for on
the range on Lord Dufferin’s estate. The distance was
1,000 yards, five shots each. All the members of the team
and reserves took part, and the contest was very exciting
up to the last shot. The scores were annouuced as fol-
lows:—

Gilderslccvo. American IfliBmcc, American 17

Lee, of Belfast PhMcKenua, of Dublin 17

Fnhon, American 17 Wylie 16

Johnson, of Dublin 181

In shooting off the tie at threo shots, Messrs. Gilder-
sleeve and Lee again tied, each making two bullseycs and
a centre, and bringing the excitement up to fever beat.
On the final round Colonel Gildersleeve made three bulls-
eycs, scoring twelve to Lee’s ten, and was pronounced the
winner. In the course of the shooting for the cup, Bodiue,
Dakin, and Coleman, of the American team, made misses
and were obliged to retire, in accordance with a rule which
requires the withdrawal of any man who misses the target.

A considerable number of the Irish competitors also re-
tired under the rule, including Wilson, a crack shot.

After the contest the members of the American team
and friends, accompanied by the Mayor, aldermen, and
other leading citizens, made an excursion on Belfast Lough.
The party were entertained at Clandeboye, Lord DulTeriu’s
country residence. Mayor Lindsay proposed the health of
Lord and Lady Dufferin, which was drank with enthusi-
asm. Captain Hamilton, the brother of Lady Dufferin,
responded, expressing his pleasure in receiving the gentle-
men of tho American team.

In the evening a banquet was given to the Americans in
the Town Hall, when the usual speech-making and expres-
sions of good fceliDg prevailed.

While at Belfast Colonel Gildersleeve received letters
from the Secretary of the National Rifle Association, invit-
ing the Americans to shoot on the 17th instant, at Wimble-
don, against a team of eight picked from the United King-
dom, the range to be 1,000 yards, aud each man to have
thirty shots.

Colonel Gildersleeve has replied, declining the proposi-
tion. He says the Americans have determined to adhere
to their original plan of engaging in only one team match
on this side the Atlantic. lie thuuks the Secretary for the
invitation.

A letter -of a similar character has been sent to Mr. Par-
sons, Adjulant of the English eight, in response to his
letter of July 5th, proposing a match between the Ameri-
cans and a team of eight selected from the four nationali-
ties of the United Kingdom.

The learn reached Glasgow on the morning of the 10th,
and Edinburgh the same evening. Everywhere they re-
ceived the most marked attention, and were to have started
for London yesterday.

Mr. Hamilton, of the Irish team, has written to the
Standard as follows:—

“I have shot against the American team both in the Uni-
ted States and Ireland. I can say with confidence there
Dever has been any team in this country able to beat them.

I don’t mean we have not as good individual shots, hut
their organization is simply perfect. Discipline will always
beat superior individual strength in such contests. The
members of the American team have shot together for over
a year. If one member by accident gets oil t be target,
another is able at once to put him ou again. Colonel Gil-
dersleeve has assured me that men only win by the minut-
est trifle in America. The Irish made a higher score than
the best they ever made for the Elcho Shield, and yet,
although it is true by accident, were beaten. The follow’-
ing week, when competing for individual prizes, they made
fifty-two points more than the Americans over the same
course. The Irish score at Dollymount on June 29tli was
again better than any they ever made for the Elcho Shield,
while the Americens averaged 161.16, which is higher than
the best individual score made at Wimbledon. Yet, in the
Abercorn Cup match, for the selection of the Irish eight,
six Irishmen headed the list, the Americans following at

luntr iritnrnnl j **

ing Colonel Gildcrsleevc’s declination final, they, at a meet-
ing on Saturday, resolved that a cup of tho value of £100
should bo given as an individual prize, to be shot for by the
Americans and the representatives of the three British
eights of 1874 and 1875, on the afternoon of Saturday next,
each man to have twenty-five shots at 1,000 yards range.
There will he a special meeting on Tuesday to confirm the
resolution. This match will be very interesting as exhibit-
ing the finest long range shooting in the world. We have
resolved to be prepared next year with an imperial team,

tion, any; woapon, any rifle within the rules; rounds, five
with privilege of two sighting shots; entrance fee.il; to
ho won three times (not necessarily consecutively) before
becoming the personal property of the winner.

American Rifle Association.— This organization has
at last secured a permanent range. It is situated at 1VI-
hainville, within ten minutes’ walk of tho depot, ou Ur
line of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Huilr-
It requires only thirty-live minutes to reach the range fr
the Grand Central Depot, Forty-second street and Fotlh

ready to try conclusions with any other nation, and we | avenue. The ground admits of shooting up to 1,000 yard
hope another gallant band of Yankees will come and give j The rftnges up lo sjx hundred yards have been staked out
to or take a lesson from Jolmny, Sandy, and Paddy. They j a,,d work commenced upon them. The formal opening of
will have a hearty welcome, a fair field, and no favor.”

The Nevada Badge. — We give herewith a out of this j
badge, valued at $1,000, which is now in possession of I
Colonel Church, of the Army aud Nary Journal. This j
beautiful trophy is a present from the National Guard of
Virginia City to tho National Guard of the State of New !

upon them. The formal opening of
the new range will take place in about two weeks.

The Saratoga Riki.k Club.— This association hold a
meeting on the 5th instant, the competition being fora
badge of honor. The distance was 500 yards, at. Wimble-
don targets, fifteen shots each, under rules of the N. R. A.
The rifles used were all muzzle loading. Mr. A. Fluns-
York, and is to be shot for under the following conditions, I was **1C winner, making a score of 00 out of a pos-

as prescribed by Colonel Church, in whoso hands the mat- 75. _ H,e lollowiug are the scores: —

ter was placed by Brigadier General Ballcrmnn, command-
ing ollicer of the donors: —

I. Any company in the State possessing the minimum
number of ollicers and men required by law (40) may com-
pete for the badge, but all the men arid ollicers required for
a minimum must compete.

II. The scores must be shot under the personal supervi-
sion of the regimental aud brigade inspectors of rifle prac-
tice, certified as correct by them, and countersigned by the
division and State inspectors of rifle practice.

III. They must be shot with the Stale military weapon,
unaltered as to sights, save by blackening, with a minimum
trigger pull of six pounds. The ranges will be 200 and
500 yards, five shots each range, with two sighting shots at
each range.

IV. All scores must be sent in ns required by November
1st, and the winning company will be entitled to hold the
badge as champions for one year. The scores will be ad-
judged by Colonel Church.

V. After one year the badge will be held subject to chal-
lenge under the same conditions.

VI. The scores will be adjudged by the average per man
of the njmber shooting, be the same more or less.

Name.

Score.

Total,

A. Klnn*bnrgh

1 8 1 l 1 5 I ft H 4 t 6 1 8 8

00

W V 1 Inward

2 « 2 4 0 8 1 n .1 1 5 ft 8 n 2

)>r W. II ltodgman

2 0 (l 1 0 1 8 0 0 2 4 0 5 0 5

2ii

G W Ainsworth.

ft 4 4 4 3 8 1 4 6 I 3 ll 1 n

52

A. F Mitchell

6 -* 4 3 3 5 8 8 6 6 0 8 ft 5 a

52

\\ . 1*. Carpenter . .

0 0 3 5 0 2 4 4 0 3 2 0 2 2 4

31

O. II. Cromwell .

.1 5 4 4 3 4 5 3 1 ft ft 4 1 u ll

II. W. Ilnys

.2 2 4 4 3 1 3 1 U II ll 2 ft 4 t

41

O. J Win a

.8 5 2 4 < 3 0 2 3 2 3 5 5 t 1

Joel Hays

5 1 4 3 0 i 5 5 4 4 8 5 5 4 5

ft!)

Odell Gates

.3 4 04 4 504 5 3420 4 8

45

The shooting is to he under the direction of the Inspector
General of Rifle Practice. Our space will not permit of a
detailed description of the badge, but the trophy itself is
now on exhibition at the store of Messrs. E. Remington A
Sons, No. 281 Broadway, where it can be seen by those in-
terested.

—The first contest for the new Turf, Field and Farm
badge occurred at Crcedmoor on Suturday last. The rules
under which this match is now shot have been so modified
as to allow each competitor ten shots instead of seven, as
before; any rifle allowed; distance, 200 yards. Mr. W. II.
FarweJI was tlm winner, scoring 48 points out of a possible
50. Appended are the scores of those making 35 points
and better: —

—The members of the llolyokc Rifle Club competed for
the possession of its gold badge on Saturday last, under
the rules of the N. R. A., the conditions being seven shots
at 400 yards. Mr. II. White, who used a Maynard rifle of
9fr pounds weight, and who shot iu a standing position, was
the winner. The scores were as follows: II. White 21 D.
K cl ton 18, S. Chapman 18, A. Knight 17, 8. 8. Chapman
17, R. McDonald 16, A. Mungcr 14, F, R. Norton 14, and
II. E. Nash 11. Mr. White was also successful at the 200
yards range, same number of shots, scoring 29 out of a
possible 35.

_ _ „ New Lisbon, Ohio, July 5th, 1875.

Em-ron Fouemt and Stiieam:—

Please give your opinion of the inclosed diagram of three consecutive
shots made with a muzzle loadlug sporting riite at 225 yards, off hand.
The rifle was manufactured In Syracuse, N. Y , We have a number of
good allots here, and thluk of organizing a shooting club. We are a I
glad to hear of the success of the American team, and hope for their
success Su England. g

[One shot in the diagram is in the exact centre of bulls-
eye. The other two measure about la inches from centre.
We cull this extraordinary shooting. If you organize a
club of marksmen like the one in question, then are laurels
green in waiting. — Ed.]

—Among the foreign competitors at Wimbledon this
year, says the Volunteer Service Gazette , will be Major Mu-
retta, of the Japanese Army, who has entered for all the
open prizes. Although, we believt^jhi, will he Mujor
Muretta’s first visit to Wimbledon, lie is an old member of
the N. R. A. through the Yokohama Rifle Association,
lie is not unlikely to take some subslantiul remembrance
of Wimbledon home with him, foi we are informed that
the other day at Bristol, while trying some rifles with Mr.
Gibbs, the gunmaker, lie made twelve bullseyes out of fif-
teen shots at 1,000 yards, standing. ^And at Yokohama it
is recorded that he once niude 139 bullseyes out of 200
shots at 200 yurds.

This is most rcmuikahle shooting, and our representa-
tives will have to look well to their laurels to keep in the
front rank. We have always imagined that Asiatics, Chi-
nese or Japanese, for instance, after once mustering the
science of rifle shooting, would make excellent marksmen
when furnished with the most approved style of weapons.
Their diet being mostly vegetable, ami their habits strictly
temperate, render them, as it were, without nerves lo shake
and give unsteadiness. Of course this remark applies to
target practice; in presence of an enemy the want of nerve
tells against them. Not but that the Japanese are a brave
race; they are fur more so than their neighbors, the China-
men.

Willard B. Farwell 43|R. Rutlibnne dS

J- J- OJtdly I'ijCiipt. II. B. Smith "88

" J. 8. I.iiltimcr ,)7

A. Andersen n

C. Hcizmun ;o

J. T. 13. Collins 40

E H. Sanford. 40

Col. Wingate A\ 1

G. It . Erie :i:i

Col. Valentine

J . W . S . Stewart

G. II. Raymond

T. I,. Camerden

F. Carpenter

W. S, Smith, ...

E. Barton ...

J. W. Oardeuer as

Gen. F. F. Milieu ;37

O. W. I. into w 87

J. \„ Price ' "37

’ 'opt. W. C. Clnrko 37

Col G D Scott 37

,F. B. Scrymisor 33

. . .8U A. Wood 33

. . .«* F. II. Holton 33

•J*j|-f. N- Cowperwalthu ’ 33

■ 30. II, Wood 33

-.swig. w. smith ::•£

8*|.I • G. Meenroio 33

88 iC. Sharp .. .ii

— On Saturday, 17th instant, at half past two o’clock,
the Luther Badge will be competed for at Creed moor by
members of the Amateur Rifle Club. The conditions of
the match arc; Distance, 80 J, 900, and 1,000 yards- posi-

find (£tm.

GAME IN SEASON IN JULY.

Woodcock, Snipe, Curlew, and Bay birds.

Our correspondent “Teal” writes us from Salem that
woodcock are nowin order in that vicinity. A flight of
robin snipe are daily looked for, and shooters are overhaul-
ing their toggery.

—A few woodcock are being killed on the Rancocas, and
some fine birds reach Philadelphia from the lower counties
of New Jersey.

-A new iportsmcn’a club was organized on the 1st inst.
at Minneapolis, Minn., to be known as the Trap and Field
Club, one of the principal objects of which is to see that
the game laws of the State ure enforced. Mr. F. L. Morse
is Secretary. The club starts with a membership of thirty-
four, many being among the leading citizens of the place.
They held the first pigeon match on the 7lh inst., but the
scores have not reached us.

The Bakersfield Californian says that the quail threaten
to overrun the country it they do not import more sports-
men. I hey are out with their first broods, and are to he
seen everywhere

FOREST and stream.

Iowa — ItcdUcld, July 1th, 1875. — As many sportsmen are
no doubt anxious to know if the lute heavy rains have de-

HO (lou nl ailAUJUB IV II mu IUIIJ UU?IY/ mill* imvu UL'*

slroyed the young pinnated grouse, I will stute that yester-
day afternoon, while out training n puppy, a dozen coveys

cmy rtl ICliiui/ii, uut 1 1 tuning ii uw/.cii \.uvryn

were found on less than a square mile (the pup lind never
been in the field before), the biggest find on that ground for
years. They were of all sizes, up to one third larger than
full grown quail, and remarkably thrifty birds. I think
Eastern spoilsmen need not hesitate to come on account of
scarcity of game. O. H. Hampton.

[The above would indicate that sportsmen need not fear
a dearth of game in that vicinity at least. — Ed.]

— TheLondon Field contains the following account of
Capt. Bogardus’ first appearance in England. The Cock-
ney's remark that “this stranger is no catch,” is decidedly
good.

“The announcement that Capt. Bogardus, the champion
wing shot of America, had arrived in this country soon
caused some stir in pigeon shooting circles, and the fact of
his having sent a challenge to the Hurlingham Club to
shoot t he best man they have, proves that the stranger is
confident of lus ability to meet all comers.

_ . ri,e ,lrsl chosen for Capt. Bogardus to show the
Britishers how to shoot, wtcsMr. Warner’s, the Welsh Harp
Hendon, and Monday afternoon being fine, there was a’
very fair company present. The proceedings commenced
witu n sweepstakes, Capt. Bogardus standing at twenty-
niue yards, at which distance he held his own against Mr
Fowler aud many other well known pigeon shots. A move
was now made down the field to witness the first of the
exhibition matches, viz., Capt. Bogardus to shoot at twen-
ty-five pairs of pigeons, and to kill thirty tight birds from
two spring traps, forty yards apart; the shooter to stand
on aline between the two traps, which are sprung at the
same time. All being in readiness the match began by the
cap am killing Ins .eft bird, and twisting Ids body round
his legs being firmly planted, lie laid the other pigeon dead
a short distance from the trap. Throughout tf. is match
the captain took his left hand bird first, and at the finish
the score stood thirty-nine kills out of forty-four pigeons
sh°t Il should he mentioned that the birds were a
mixed lot, with many “owls" amongst them; but for all
tins the general impression was iliut the captain could
shoot, and, as one well known pigeon crack remarked,
this stranger is no catch.”

“The next part of the programme was to kill twenty-five
pigeons in four minutes, the captain to load Ids own’gun;
two birds to be on the wing at trie same time, fi'he car-
tridges were laid m readiness on a chair; also a spare pair
of barrels whieh lie changed himself. Young Hammond
stood twenty yards from the shooter with a pigeon in each
hand On the signal being given, the birds were thrown
into the air, but soon to come down again. With aston-
ishing quickness the gun was reloaded and fired till
twenty-seven out of thirty birds were scored in tun seconds
under three minutes! When half the birds were killed the
barrels were changed in the stock by the captain himself,
the feat was loudly applauded and no doubt could have
been done in less tune had the shooter so willed it.

“Capt Bogardus’ style of shooting is very fair indeed,
the gun being held below the elbow; and the weapon lie
shoots with kills uncomonly clean aud well. His gun is a
^.0. 12 choke-bore, by Scott & Sons, of Birmingham, and
the stock is very much bent. He uses .3 drachms of
American powder (Orange Lightning, No. (J, which is much
coarser than the English corresponding number) and li oz.
of American No. !) shot. We have weighed and counted
lie shot in one cartridge, and found the measured charge
to be rather under the reputed Weight, being 1 3 12 oz
ll.e number of pellets to the ounce its 470, being between
NV?~/ a!‘d ,w“ll<er, Barker & Co.’s London size.

1 lie Ilurlingham Club have written accepting his clial-
lengc to shoot with one of their members, on certain con-
ditions, anil matters will no doubt be arranged upon the
captain a return from Dublin, for which city he started on
Wednesday last. Before the company broke up, a match
for £.,0 a side was made by Mr. Rinimell to sliuot Capt.
Bogardus at 100 birds, 30 yards rise, usual conditions.

steams down his th° Ptr“I»l 'on rolled in

wrought up to loo high u pitch fur nv n ^ ros®*"* wliljo hfu feelings,
comical to „c«. Indeed H "" ^ “ 0 * -W.

■mve all pu«ed through^ th T"'"1 y°"nc «“"■

appreciate mid envy l,|m the exhibit * CJt,’cnonce- “"d could well
skinned and prepare t.mt oventS nT T ^
did style ho knows so well how and win ' ? 1 y ° n,0anl ,n tbe "P^n-

an heirloom of Frank's nrnw.’ bo kept Jn the T family as

few more shots, bagging two mmoTim K Ul# Ihtlohela mlnor After n
disposed of n pint o^ more ,?nu b,d' We rclurn to house. Having

Cwsw"' *°*<**>a ••^y^r^w^wo were rcadyfcfor"led*C*0,,8 C^Cr* 8moked

Homo go^il^tlbg', b?t Is £ ZTh lh° 'n0rr,l"c' «"d "“d
*.'H wrntli we found the heat S ,ke " on came down In

birds scarce, and h> we tramned^rom^mn^ nn'1 ,,rol,orllon“lel* "'«
streaming from every T1' l° the P«»P«ratlon

through, we cxperirLT-ha J,01" ,C,°lh“ Wcre WCt “»d

July. The Z 2 " ‘ho discomforts of woodcock shooting in

or 0,,,|nK l0nSU0’ ehoWcd -'dent
o.ir faces homeward Uncle Ho, V ’'‘g ’Ul flfU-en blrda, w® turned

dozen in alt, I, wecZXr\2 t 8't "" only a

Rusted with July shoot” £5

we'bnii

them when we expected to dispose of then. ' 1 rter t0 *’av®

city, who we knew would apprcdato r^H: ,he

were gone three days and brought We . 7*

.^enough of duly shooting. Lefs have u done «. J? Jg

. Jacobstaff.

^

BERKSHIRE SPORTSMEN’S CLUB.

Editor Forest and Stream-- ^ TTSr,EU>' Mn“- *»>/ '875.

sm vsixgsxs rzss ?

We are pleased t° note the above addition to the ranks

which indicates an era of protection and consequent enjoy-
ment in the section of country in which the new organiza-
tion has its headquarters.— Ed.

U«KlcUimanW“ W“ bj' B -■ J- KUHnmu

pn°y-Sy,Xs»f ,'iC ?V»» “ .inu-V.
divided between Phlili ,» Cnlrk\, Kirsl prize
prize; J. J. Klein, nan, ffird W BriTf"1 ,\V hiV*
day was spent in .hoiilni off varlS? foUI r,h Tl,e lllird
tiie

Kent Comlt^^poris'n,,!^ t[:^ha^|)io.n',I>iP medal of the
nne, took place at the Fair Grounds • ‘S, ??ch- 20 ^rds
Ju,y ls‘- Below is the score 1 ’ °ra"<1 I{,‘Pid*. Mich.,

Hnsrall • ’

Hnscall

Boorhain

PrcnssL-r

Tlinmnarui

Thompson
Stewart. . .
Thayer. .
Long. .
Glenn

13|IIorton

Gould

•••• .11

"ttlidrew.

10

withdrew

withdrew.

Whittlesey.'

J. Sargent
Ki„F- Sargent-
Gilbert

BiWrs .

HJDcckcr. .

nn and Docker was very

ti

6

- ... 8
■withdrew.

11

rpi 1 ijDcckc

l t o contest between Messrs

pat

SU ,W ™l »' S'pSrWaSS

1",rw 0( w an ,I.C» tin for.

Long

II Seoul I ^Gilbert

Whittlesey. JThayer J

All amateurs except Ilascall who *-J.<;r ?ot 'kird money.

taw Sly, Jr

Club held a
"Port! The birds

_ *1*® third day of the’ tournament,

pigeon* match onSlhe8d^und°5th i i^sVn n *Vv hU; I '* ** heIJ '

traps. Mr. George Hale ’of Gl^wo,^0 1 from «r,’""d
[Jn- first prize, kilting Wn ZT' -fc’ ^ ott

the scores and entries:— ° " ^ lit following arc

DITTMAR POWDER AGAIN.

JULY SHOOTING.

I Editor Forest and Stream:—

On Monday, the 5Ut, with Frank T , of Jersey City, manufacturer of
thv best l.-ather gun cases made, and a genial and enthusiastic sports-
man to boot, with Peg, tils splendid blue Belton, we took the train for
bis first crack ul the woodcock; for though a good shot among the duck
and snipe, he had not as yet had an oppormnliy to try bis hand at this
iho most exquisite game of t ie world After u few hours1 rido-I need
not specify where-we were met at the depot by jolly Uncle Hen. another
while man, and by while mftn I mean the later and full deflnilion of the
word, who, sousing our bags "sans ceremony,'1 rushed ns Into the hotel
where ho insi-ud, as a preliminary, on our wusjiing the dust and cinders
from onr epiglottes ore ho carried us by forco and arms to his neat little
| n®J,|e on the hill, where wo mot with a hearty welqo.mo from his jolly
wife, pietty daughter, and young Ucnry, a chip of the old block. Hav-
ing placed an extraordinary quantity of that excellent home-made, borne-
cooked dinner, (why do things In the country taste so much better?)
where we thought “it would do the most good 11 Frank, who was loo
anxious to wult until the next day, as it still lucked two or three hours of
uudown, aud uncle Ben hud a brood secreted where he could lay his
eyes on them at a few minutes' notice, we concluded to go down to tho
»wul,. and witness Frank's first effort. As Ihere was supposed to be
only three or four birds in this small cover, neither Uncle Ben nor the
undersigned took out our breech loaders, trusting to Frank to do ull the
m.CCU!)°n' Wc w-ero soon at tho cover, having thoroughly impressed
pon Frank ou the way Iho absolute necessity of shooting at ull hazards
" ,jlrd got up— that he might possibly lilt something— hut that if ho
•no not shoot he surely wouldn't.

Wo had barely entered beyond tho border of the aiders, before Peg
gnu to make game, and soon camo to a point, as rigid as though curved
maruie. Uncle Ben stepped forward and the will remembered whistle
Wat ^ °D °"r 0'1^8, "S “ fall-grown cock arose and skirled off around n big
Fr«nL>,napl0‘ '!Mark nnd Ifue to instructions, hang! went

. . * 8l,n- First lesson well learned, hut alas I Just ns his finger

think?? u !rl8l!or' the l,lrd took a suddeu turnaround tho tree, aud I
, J1® body of said tree received tho moAof the charge; the bird cer-
Jards distant!’ *°rW0 imW l,*in I,a““ nn oponlng and pitch down some forty

Cot annTh min<1' Fra,,k' bcltor ,ack "ost timo. Hold hard, there, Peg's
her.. , , , , ,p0lnt St,lnd 'vhorc I’011 “rc- Frank, thO bird will come out
lu an.' , “"d t’klrt around outsldo of that clump of alders and pitch
whil„ ‘“Gber on. and you may get nn open shot. Keep cool, now,
she,,, I „ Steady, now, let him get well out. Aimatriile

dog uvn rthh"lmvelt' 1Il,rf«>‘l ‘Bead bird I1 Fetch him. Peg good
,fu. ” 0,1 done. Frank, a nice Fall grown cock ••

a sue Trunk drop his gun, throw off hla bat and stand there, Ills

U tboronihf ®k'a Bnknown *° ““yhody but the Inventor. The acid
s thoroughly washed out so that it will not Injure the barrel. I W
left ill y gun without cleaning for two weeks after .h. , . 1 haVC

of the Dittmar powder, and “could

^ lX.PZZalZ Wit!‘ lhe f0rc° 0f tbe D,f,m8r powder compared ijJ
hut of the black powder, each unconflned. We ignited one-eighth of
pound of Dittnmr's powder under a wooden box- when the u

ploded the box was not s.irrcd In the least. boWeS we ptced h-ame
amounl of black powder under the box and ignited It the box was blown
to pieces Tins shows that in ease a largo quantity of Ditlmar'a pow-
der should come In contact with lire i„ (he honse It would not dS
damage us fur as the explosion is concerned, and wo all kn-w the block
powder would; so we find that Dl.tmar's powder is not al dungeronl re
keep in the house m the hluck powder. The Diltmar powder“ may bo

h!PtrL y T\0t Uin.e’ aud 'vhen «P®*«d to the atmosphere ^w^M
become dry, and suffer no Injury from the wetting, whereas black ,,™
dcr would ho entirely ruined. If Mr. Dittmar Cauio arrange H as , o's l
Ins powder at the same prices a, the lower grades of other powder S*
about twenty- live cents per pound by weight, which would he a Si’
enty-five cents for the same quantity in hulk of block powder and m,,Ln
arrangements with the efubs to sell it even cheaper than thuf’ hc „oSd
Dud much readier sa'e for hi- powder, and remove much of theprH S
against It. You will notice that ull those condemning the powder ffave
been experimenting with It at targets. None of thorn » 7 ha !
tried it on garno 1 usetl it on snipe mid ducks last Snrlnp nnd I , .
perfection in nil respects it has all the advantages over “black- ‘

whlchMr. Dittmar claims for it. **** Z'

[Qur correspondent is in error regarding ,he comoanuive
weight and bulk of the Dittmar powder. A pound in
weight would certainly fur exceed in bulk a pound of black
powder — Ed J

A. C. Graham. .

Robert Mnllins. ..

J_- II. McGee

Frank Poeegate..

Fred. Meyer
J- T Oliver ! ' ■

O. F Ingalls

H. K. Gibson

R. J arret t

K. H. Brooks.. ...

I>. H . Hoffniotter .

A. G. Bust

W. L. Thompson..

August Niinning
W. \V. Martin...

B. F. liiixurd . . .

J- C. Hoffnic-yer .

G. W. Batchcller. .

H. Smith

M. Ficlwru

George Hale, . .

Charles Dorsell

K. Work

Walt Overton

t'hnrles Burgess. .

Jacob Ilamsel HJ1 Sheldon

F. S. Harkins . . . "IL

In shooting off the ii. s for second prize Mr f'l,,, n
11 was the winner, killing four birdsP Mr UoSlnly^ot

— 5,J. M Street. .

• ••• ®j Rio., Giikcy.

• - II, J. Kelliniiir. . .

4 Christ. Mn*l.

7|K. I*. Roarer. . ,

8 O. I*. Ingalls.. .

— ■ MGeorgc Knapp.. .
"I banniivr«

3 Joseph M„ss ! ”

• Schroder.

— ‘ N- E. ihi'ties

!; JY-E. Fredericks.

— J % . B. Buck

•I Hurry Sheldon

!• Louis Fuelling

l K- G Smith

h George Ktinpp. .

• • . i> If Saunders.

- •- riN. K. Karnes.

8IJ. Moss

■..in-Thoma. SeiiroeUer.
!i|R, (. Smith
® JV C. Frederick

01 V . B Buck

Sheldon.
Fuelliug,

, . - — iond p

nnner, killing four birds.

cL"ni!ieu,^

the fifth was divided hetween G tV Tf , 3 C,nlhe fm,rl‘

Work and Major Bice Oiliyca?iu^%?o2,W ^ E
her of sweepstakes followed the r/.nil .r A ,,um

ded a most successful meeting Fot.r ouf of° t he^i t°D-lU
were won by members of the club ‘ L Slx r’nzes

Editor Forest and .Stream:- " ■*»|,,noton, D. C., July 8th, IS.'S.

Owing to some unforeseen cause the birds which i,„a i
the 5th of July failed to arrive, and we could i t V '1 for

The gyro Was brought out, hut.' to he In keepl.m wi re n J,Uirk,rk-
the spring broke at the second round, and the »ro b«d l. hiT .Cn"tC9’
Although the shooting was spoiled, full ju.tl^ xvnJ e!. 1U “*lde-
lunch which was set ont by Mr r.,lllii mm „ll , do,lc lo thc line

prince of good fellows. K5 bc «•

small sweepstakes shot at Riley's corral yesterday. Thi flL^,,;b^ ^

sssttxz- u“im — - “• "■•»»»;.. s n.*:

Tbe second match was §5 entrance, eight birds.

I 0 1 1 1
1 1 I 1 1

1 1 1

1

0

1

1 1 1

1

1

0

1 I 1

1

0

0

1 * 1

0

1

1

1 I 0

1

0

1

1 I 0
• 1 1

0 0 0
0 1 0

0 1 I

1 1 0

—The grand shooting tournament at Dexter Park in
connection with the Illinois Slate Sportsmen's Associatioi
began June 30th. The main match, confined to mem-
bers of the Association only, was preceded by two sweep-
stakes as follows: first twenty-one and twenty six yards

J. J Kleinmnn, Chicago.. 1 0 1 l i;\v. Gopsell ,y»rus.

D wlmn?,an,,>??l"U l 1 " 1 1 B. Bates. Ashton
R. W. Phillips, Chicago . .1 1 o 1 1|

Second, twenty-six and thirty-one yards.

J. J. Kkinmon, Chicago, . .1 Mil

II. N. Sherman, BelollT 1 Mil

H. II. Klcinmao 1 M11

E Bales, Ashton M 0 1 0

W. C. Christy, St. Louis t 110 0

Thirty-one yards rise, three birds.

J. J. Klciuman M 01H, N. Sherman , , ,

For the Supremacy Medal there were thirty -six entries-
George C. Sherman winner of the first prize H
N. Sherman, second prize, and T. J. Higgins of third
prize. On the second day of the tournament those
who were already on the ground before the time for
beginning of the mam maten indulged in various sweep-
stakes. riie first for $14 aud $10 weie won respectively
by J . J . Kleinman and Henry Kleinmun; the second for
prizes of *20 and *10, was won by H. N. Sherman aud J
E. ^ an Epps; the third, a double bird match, three pairs
each, for purses of *13 and *10, was won by L. F. Judd
aud LL II. Kleinman; the fourth for prizes of *'»;{ *13 and
*10, was won by E. Bates, H. H. Kleinman, and G Smith-
the fifth, a double bird match, three pairs each, for prizes

Ferguson M 11 11 0 0-6 1 Derrick . , , .

0 « 1 1 1 11 I— Ii Barker.. . . ' ' 1-8

I inclose yon a circular, received a few dava .in-. , ' ’ 1 1 0 1-7

Hon i„ forming a ciub to protect our game bhds ,'?‘0*H!.r*'

heart and eonl Into the arrangement, nml with such 1. 1 i cn,orw,th

the Invitation wc cannot help but succeed I know ir. ^ a' n|,*feolr °n

will wish na success. I know Forest and s,T«bam

[Thii lad is a very necessary movement nn/;
by Bives, Meigs, Chipman. L.

nent gentlemen, whose names guarantee suoceM.i^j

Editor Forest and Stream:— LON<: Brai<<’Ui n- J-, Jaly 6lh, IC73.

Long Branch Riff, and Ptgeon Club pigeon match B|,or t.o - ,
yards rise, SO yards boundary. 10 single birds each; 1* oumJ "hotM ' ''
Island rules. Open to club members only . H and T V™, , ' Loi«

G. Bright. .11 11 11 1 0 1 l-o w r „„„ , Lround traps.

W. Green o 11*11111 l-n!wjlHirtV ' *? 0 1 1 0 l| I |_?

L Bright...... M f 11 0 i I l-S|j h UoeyU''i • } 0° '/ ° </ { j U

‘Dead out of bounds.

i,TromBrl- MT1°lVed,heCh8,,0Dge b0dge °r ^Club

All Comers Match; same conditions us Bret match. First nri, -i
cup; second prize, gold medal; five bird-* 1 ’ 611 vcr

i 1 1 1 i_5iB

i q n-?; 1 1 1 1 '-5 P. Van Dyke

W } ! 1 * '-RG.U Saxon..

Ties for first prize, thirty yard*.

L Bright i i_*i\v. Lnyp

Tlea for second prize, thirty yards,

J J *■ lto°y 1 I I-31W. Green. ..

All Comers' Match; same condition* a* first mate It four hi r.l “ 8
prize, gold cup; second prize, bronze cup. b d FlfBt

B; Weal..., I M 1-4 J s Hoey , , .

W- Lan»- - Ill 1— 4|VV Green *

D. Slocotnb i i j Bright o j 1 3

• -0 I 0 : i_^
0 " l 1 l-u
ioio i— a
■oiiiCj

o-i

G. H. Saxon i | i i_j|

Ties first prize, thirty yards.

&Wwt I 1 1—3,1) Sloe, mb.

"_1Lau,u 1 > 0-2|G. H. SoXon.

I lc« for »econd prize, 30 yards.

. 1 1 *_a
10 0-1

1 0-1

‘Dead out of bounds.
Yours,

Hiouxtaht f. B R »nd P. Club

366

FOREST AND STREAM

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It is situated on a beautiful island near Now Hertford
Mas*., and fnrnisbes every desideratum to the lover
of tho angle. W. A. St.-.gg, 6S Broadway, has ‘it on
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presenting a convenient and pleasant mode of access
to the famous hunting and fishing grounds of the
Kasicrn regions, at very moderate rates of fare. For
circular, with map and description of the rente, apply
to W. W KILBY, Agent.

| UnlvlStoOctl Commercial Wharf, Boston.

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Leave Xew York at 7:30. 9:00, 10:30 A. M., 1:00,
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Returning, leave Long Branch at 1 :05, 8:00, 10:05 A.
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In addition to the above an accommodation train
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Stages connect at Ma'nw.m with nil trains to and
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scenery, and while the tourist has alternating glimpses
of the beauty of rivers, gaps and mountains, the
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afford him every facility for the enjoyment of the
sports of the field and stream. We enumerate a few
of the pleasure re-sorts which crowd the lino of the
road

Hiitberfurd Park. -9J miles from New York. Fine
hotels and boating pastimes on the Passaic.
Clifton — ]3j miles from the city, overlooking the
picture. que Lake Dundee

Lake Mnhonk. — A beautiful body of water 1,900 feet
above the Hudson— splendid hotel accommodations
Orange Lake. — Six miles West of Newburgh, and
noted for its fishing attractions.

.Milford, Pa — About eight miles from Port Jervis.
Is noted for it* trout fishiug, woodcock shooting and
superior hotels.

Avon Spring,.— Celebrated for 20 years as a resort for
invalids, the waters possessing many valuable heal-
ing qualifies.

Watkins Glen. -This beautiful gorge is distant 294
miles from New York, via Erie Road to Elmira. It*
wild and picturesque attractions arc second only in
reputation to those of Niagara.

Chautauqua Lake.— 18 mile* long, 3 miles wide; said
to be the highest navigable water on the American
continent, being 730 feet above Lake Erie and 1,290
feet higher Mum the Atlantic Ocean.

Niagara Fall* — This great cataract is reached by the
direct line of the Erie Railway.

There are along the line of the road no less than

Ton Larcro Lakes, Abounding with Fish.

and affording mo-t delightful sport for black bass mid

Sickerel. Their names are— Lakes Greenwood. Orange,
iohonk, White, Otsego, Cayuga, Seneca, Keuka, Sil-
ver and Chautauqua.

The following schedule will afford a purtiul guide to
tbc numerous fishing localities reached by this road:

Trout :

At or near Southfields, 42 miles from New York.

“ “ Oxford. 52 “ “ "

“ Middletown, 67 •* “ “ ••

“ Otisville. 76 ** 11 “ •>

“ Port Jervis, 88 •' •• “ •*

“ Monticello, 112 “ " " ••

" Milford, 96 * «•

Black Bass and Pickerel.

At or near Sloateburg, 36 miles from New York,
including Lakes Truxedo, Potngne and Cedur Pond.

- °,r ,riej,r Monroe. 50 miles from New York.

■ "rinding Round, Long, Mombasha and Cromwell's
Ponds.

At or near Florida, 61 miles fron New York.

The famed Mirror Lake, Is distant 1 mile.

At or near Otisnlle, 76 miles from New York.

" “ Gnymard. SO " “ •• ••

" “ Pori Jervis, 88 •• “ »• ..

“ “ Monticello, 112 11 “ •«

“ “ Cen. Valley. 48 " “ “ «

“ SenecaLake. 29 1 •• •• “ ••

Tickets for sale at the General Offices of the Erie
Rahway Company, 124 Washington street Boston: 241,
401, o29. or 95, Broadway, New York: and 732 Chest-
nut street. Philadelphia. Express trains leave New
from depot foot of Chamber* street at 9 A. M.,
10:45 A. M., and 7 P. M.

„ JNO N. ABBOTT.
General Passcnfler Agent.

COLLINGWOOD

AND

Lake Superior Line.

Toronto, Colllngwood, Fort Wlllinin
Duluth, Fort Garry.

Comprising the three first class, upper cabin powerful
side wheel steamers

Chicora, Cumberland and Algoma
Having splendid drawingroom cabins, In connection
with the

NORTHERN RAILWAY OF CANADA,

Leaving Collingwood every Tuesday and Friday

On arrival of Steamboat Express Train, with Drawing
Room Cars attached, calling at
PRESQUITE. BRUCE MINES. SAULT STE.
MARIK. MfCHIPICOTON. NFPIC.ON. SIL-
VER ISLET. AND PRINCE AR-
THUR’S LANDING.

Fort Garry and the Northwest!

With direct connection* nt Thunder Bav with DAW-
SON'S ROAD TRANSPORTATION COMPANY for
Fort Garry, and vvilh steamers for
DULUTH, FORT G ARRY, and THE RED RIVER
COUNTRY.

Pleasure Travel.

Thl« route embraces the most enjoyable and plctn
re*que Summer Tour bv making the circuit of Lake
Superior, w ith the sheltered and beautiful waters of

the Inside channels of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay,
and thence by three hours' rail, with magnificent par-
lor ears, to Toronto, connecting with the Royal Mall

Dally Line of steamers on Lake Ontario, and the
Grand Trunk Railway, for the THOUSAND ISLANDS
and the Rapids of the River St. Lawrence, for Mon-
treal. Quebec, White Mountains, Portland, Boston, and
all points East and South: and with the Great West-
ern Railway and Lake Ontario steamers dally for
Hamilton. Niagara Fall*. Suspension Bridge, Buffalo,
Detroit, and all points West and Southwest.

Cheap Excursions

Will be made during the Summer season, in the
months of June. July, August, and September, afford-
ing ample opportunity for visiting 'he Groat Mineral
Region of Lake Superior and the FISHING GROUNDS
of Lake Neplgon.

Connections throughout punctual and certain.

State Rooms can he secured at Central Passenger
Office*. Toronto, and all information given hy

CHAS PERRY. 62 King street, East, Toronto.

D. MILLOY. 8 Front street. East. Toronto
COOK, SON & JENKINS. Ag’i<, 261 Broadway .Y.

ALFRED TELFER, General Agent,
Northern Railway, Brock street. Toronto.

Elizabeth Islands near N. Bedford, Mass.

For sale cheap, 450 acres land

on Msskawena Island, near Pnsqne. Cnttyhnnk,
Penikese, and Martha's Vineyard. Admirably suited
for a fishing clnb or Summer resort. Price $50 cash
per acre, if applied for soon. For further particulars
address W. A. STAGG, 68 Broadway, N, Y
jul!5 4t

JOS. C. GRUBB & CO.,

e Iti Mnrketstreet, Philadelphia, 7

AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF THE

J. D. DOUGALL’S

EXPRESS SHOT GUNS.

(Title registered.)

(JHO’A’N by trialsat Wimbledon by Editor
U of the Field to possess the GREATEST PENE-
TRATION and therefore LONGEST RANGE— thus:
Circle, 30 inches: 300 pellets: average, 191: penetra-
tion, 37. The Editor's trial of Greener gnns with 34i;
pellet- of ►amt shot and same charge of powder, gave
ISO, and penetration 30, although there were 10 more pel-
lets in each charge. Should any controversy arise as
to the durability of these new system*, we herewith
warn ai. beforehand that our system is our own Inven-
o ,nr>> >? - f'-l"u<led on the American idea) and is DU-
RABLE. a fact remarked on by the Field, that the
gun« tried bud been in use during last season, and ref-
erences permuted to the owners. Send for Ulnst rated
v ircoiare to

59 St. James’s Street London.

CHAS. GREEN,

Manufacturer of

Breech Loading Shot Guns.

pn“p action

MUZZLE LOADERS CONVERTED TO BREECH
LOADERS.

taCv0no«rn5vlffKUIjy* Send f°r circular and
price list. No. 3 West Main street, Rochester. N. Y
* pr H »irn

.J. WALLACE,

N aluralistd Taxidermist,

IMPORTER OF

FOREIGN BIRD SKINS AND ARTIFI-
CIAL EYES,

1-P-_N wiHiam st , New York
$10 to $1,000 r,v.?ud »“ Stoeke and

J. & W. TOLLEY’S

FINE ENGLISH

BREECH LOADING GUNS,

Made to Order

OR

FROM STOCK.

-.pE -A" AC417 >. Tl,,c80, .°lun7- wlcbruted f„r

^ genuine high class workmanship
and No. 1 SHOOTING POW-
ERS, are built in six qualities
(oi brands.) They are now Im-
ported direct to our NEW YORK
OFFICE, and so’d by tho Manu-
facturer* to SPORTSMEN at
the following prices.

Pioneer, .... 0H3 Gold.

Tolley, !>0 ••

Standard, • ... 115 *•

National, ... I 10 11

Challenge, ... 1 HO •*

Paragon, ... 223 **

TRAP SHOTS anil others re -
qnlring Guns specially built, on
our new system for DOUBLE-CLOSE SHOOTING,
with Increased PENETRATION, can have their wishes
curried out WITH DESPATCH

Without Extra Cost.

Send for Illustrated descriptive particulars and prico
sheets to our

BRANCH OFFICE, 29 Malden Lane,

NEW YORK CITY.

MANUFACTORY. PIONEER WORKS.
jyl Birmingham, England.

THE

GREAT

London Gun Trial,

1875.

W; W. GREENER bogs to Inform his numerous
clients in the United Stales that he has been very suc-
Cessful in tho above trial, having secured tho first
prize, a silver cup, value 40 guineas— class 2 for 12
lores; also winner in class 1 for 8 and 10 bore*, and
cla-s 4 for 20 bores He has won In all the classes for
Improved boring, which Is upon a different plan to any
other maker, and is far superior fu the three most cs-
seniinl points, viz., PATTERN. PENETRATION,
and REGULARITY OF SHOOTING,

Mr. HENRY C. SQUIRES, of No I Cortlandt SI.,
New York, is now importing my DOUBLE CLOSE-
SHOOTING GUNS to order, au Invoice of which
w ill be -hipped to him on the 1st July, and can be ex-
amined about the 15th. All special orders given to
Mr. Squires will be carefully filled. A full report of
the GREAT TRIAL, showing the marked superiority
of my guns over gun* made hy Dongul, Pape. Westley
Richards. Tolley, Scott, and others, will shortly he
rabllshed, and can be hud on application at No. 1
Cortland St.

W. W. GREENER,

Champion Gun Maker,

6t. Mary's Works, Birmingham, England.

Celebrated Breech Loading Shot Guns, Unequaled in Fine Workmanship mid Material.

Made by James Pui'dey,

* * 1 Oxford street, London, Lntrland.

«Hl HRfrTv V1™ ttwMS,r1^!,nr!? ent of Rrccch Loading Shot Guns, made by JAMES PURDBY, E.
niRVVRR.i C?" WESTLEY RICHARDS "\ & C. SCOTT & SON, P. WE&LEY & SON. W. W
AVDniVlE*Nnd-narrfnJ,aef y°f rf4#* ,AI'° BKBKCU LOADING, CENTRAL KIKE. DOUBLE ItIPLES,

to BrS ot £apenor qaaluy. i ,,p lements, ammunition, and all olhor articles appertaining
to Breech or Muzzle Loading Fire-arms general!;. Illustrated Circalar sent by mall when requested

(A5I1> LOUNGE COAIPANY,

TKOYi N. Y., A IV 1) NORWALK, CONN.

"•VS** 8her,dnn Comp Lou,,,'e’

House*i»Home
Camp.

With cloth case, by express, $5. With quilted can
vas, $10 Add 85 cent* for postage when ordering by
mail. $1 .25 extra for Patent Camp Pillow

WHAT GEN. 8HERIDAN SAYS OF IT.

, , , Chicago, May 17th, 1875.

‘I have received and examined the Camp Lounge,
and find it very convenient . It is portable and valu-
able for hunting and fishing purposes, furnishing a
complete bed on the bank of a stream or under the
shade of the trees. P. H, SHERIDAN.

Lieut. General U. S. A.1

Valpabaiso, Ind., April 13th, 1875.
"Please acknow ledge receipt of enclosed money or-
der. The Camp Lounge Is O. K. It Is THE THING

w „ , W. II. HOLABIRD,

Manufacturer Hunting and Shooting Suits for Sports-
men” r

Plain and Quilted, glO.

• Camp Lounge received. I have set it up and tried
it. It work- verv comfortably indeed. Hope to try
It in camp ;hl* Summer. B. K. BOWLES,

Pub. Springfield Republican”

HECEMAN’S

For nse as Military Pon-
toons, Life Boats, Lighters,
Dlr.glcs, Dorys, on hoard
Steamers, Yachts, and other
v <•■«■! s. A l-o tor Sportsmen,
Tourists, Trappers, Explor-
ing Expeditions, Parties
Camping Out, &c. These
safe ana perfectly portable
host* will admit of the
roughest usage. A very
light, strong and durable
frame of aea or other tough

Rod and Gun, Meriden, Conn. :

"It carries light, lies easy, and is always ready."
w. C. II arii is. For tel and Stream-
"Pleafc send a 810 Sheridan Camp Lounge I am
using one of you r cheaper lounges, and find It very
convenient for the bouse a* well us the woods ” y
Gko. E. Gladwin, Worcester Mass :

"lhe Camp Lounge recently ordered gives such

■“rn/wi1 l0ni i cone,rai"t'd to order another for
a friend, and sbull want more in September ’’

Gkoivie Babry, Alton, 111 :

I^u.n*e? ‘’t'lered have been distrib-
uted, und give satisfaction Is every case."

Address all letlers tol'roy, N. Y., or Norwalk Conn
Lonnces shown and orders received at office of 'Forest
and Stream, Eaton & Co. 's 102 Nassau street 1

Trade supplied at 177 Broadway, Now York.

Attractive Route

To the Trout nutl Uritylin? Fisheries of
Northern Michigan,

VIA GRAND RAPIDS AM) IVDI WA IIAIL-
RDAD. MACKINAW GRXAI) RAPID*
AND CINCINNATI SHORT LINE.

The attention of SPORTSMEN and TOURISTS
Is invited to the many attractions offered by this line,
now completed from Richmond. Ind., to Traverse
City, on Grand Traverse Bay, and to I’etoskey, on
Little Traverse Bay. 'I lie waters of the Grand Tra-
verse region and tho North Woods of Michigan are
unsurpassed, if equalled, in the annndancc and great
variety of the finny tribe BROOK TROUT abound
in the streams, and the famous AMERICAN GRAY
LING, now attracting the attention of Sportsmen
everywhere, Is found only In these waters, BLACK
BASS. PIKE. PICKEREL, and MASCALONGE are
also found In great numbers In the muny lakes and
lakelets of this territory,

LUXURIOUS SLEEPING AND CHAIR CARS
run through from Cincinnati to Traverse City; also
PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPERS from Detroit over
Michigan Central and Grand Rapid* and Indiana road,
via Grand Rapids, to Petoskcy, with SPLENDID
STEAMER making DAILY CONNECTION at latter
point for the I-land of Mackinnw.

For Tourists' Guide, containing complete und afea
rate maps, with full Information a* to Fi-hing Grounds,
transportation facilities, and In short all that could be
de-lred hy Sportsmen or Tourists, send to Forest and
Stream office, or to the undersigned. Low Round
V TICKETS I»,wwl HirPTKM-

^P, EXCURSION TICKETS good until SEPTUM
1EK SOlli . J. II. PAGE.

Gcn’l Passenger and Tlckot Agent,
Grand Rapid-, Mich.

PATENT PORTABLE FOLDING BOAT.

,.KJ P08T£.§*-E rOLD |rq_ wood, With canvas cover, and

,CG^V %: . Aju. Wt.-Bo^r

can be folded In one-eighth
space, for (raruportallan, nd
ojrrled In a light buggy,
wagon, horseback, or by sin-
gle person, and can lie un-
folded ready for use In three
minutes’ lime. Boats shipped
hy express anywhere, same
rate of freight us other
good*. For descriptive circu-
lar and price list, address us
above.

Fishing and Hunting

Road t.lio FolloAviiig' lor tlic

Best Fishing and Hunting
RESORTS.

On Conway Division, Eastom R. R., Brook Trout.
Iranis leave Boston 8:00 A M. and 2:15 P M

Utnhngog lakes, vlaGr. Tr'k to Bethel, Mo. \

Upper waters of Penobscot. f

Sebec Lake. I , . , , . „

Grand Lake Stream i Lu,ld locked Salmon.

Ntjjv Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova
Scotia, Salmon. Sea Trout, and Brook Trout.

Train* leave Boston 8:30 A . M, and 8:00 P. M.

Trout °7 1“keM, via Farmington, Me., Largo Brook

Moosehcad Lake, via Dexter, Me.. Lako and Brook
Trout.

Trains leave Boston 8:80 A. M.

I oilman curs on night trains.

Good burning, large and small game In all the above
localities In their season.

For maps, fare, tables, &c. address or coll at l*4
Washington street, Boston, Muss.

Eastern and Maine Gentral R.R.Line.

Ozo F. Fikld,

. R?”’1 Fass, Agent,

|el7-3m

Ciias. F. Hatch,

Gcu’l Manager.

forest and stream.

SCOVILL’S

BlootHLiverSyrup

All cutaneous eruptions on the face or body Indicate

Aii Impure Condition of the Blood,

and this may or may not be SCROFULA: but In
either case Is nothing more than nil Insidious poison,

tllUt ull|t\N LIKE A TERRIBLE FIRE

as It courses through the vleus, sowing seeds of death
with every pulsation.

In this condition of things something Is needed at
oncb to olkanse tub bi.ood; and

Scovill's Blood and Liver Syrup

will positively effect this desideratum, expelling
evory trace of disease from the blood and system and
leaving the skin

SOFT, FAIR AND BEAUTIFUL.

Hundreds of certificates attest Its value. Price 81 a
bottle.

FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

Dr. Rogers’s

VEGETABLE WORMSYRUP

A brave man may suffer pain, when Inflicted upon
himself, heroically; but ho

Cannot see hisChild Suffer.

There Is no other malady Incident to childhood that
Is accompanied with more indescribable wretched-
ness to the little autlerers than that

Produced by Worms:

and when the parent fully comprehends the situation
he will not delay a moment In securing the most
prompt and efficient remedies to Insure the expulsion
of the intruders. The remedy may be found In

Dr. Roger’s Vegetable JYorra Syrup

Please bear in mind that

^ ROGERS’ WORM SYItUP Is the reliable prepara-
tlSPaEHS* W0RM SYRUP 19 » paiatable prepara-

HOGERS' WORM SYRUP is liked by children
^ROGERS’ WORM SYRUP posiUvefy de8tro>e

«OQKR9; WORM SYRUP leaves no bad effects.
ROGEItS WORM SYRUP Is highly recommended

&8KRF i’n't^XhTd ‘ UUly tbC bt'8t W0RM

Price 25 cents. Foi sale by all druggists.

dfliaccUatjcoua.

H. L. DUNCKLEE’S

PATEIMT

CAMPING and MINING

367

rQJiticqlkutcous

THE

POWDER

STOVE.

PATENTED JUNE 22, 1875.

Outside dimensions, packed, 13x12x20 inches.
ghlng 0,1 y p° very durable, will cook
ror ten persons, aud Is especially adapted for camping
P;. Kn, J ',e ware consists of 8 qt. kettle. 6 qt. Tea
Kettle, , qt. Coffee Pot, I ry Pan, round Tin Pan. 2
square Pans, Dipper, Gridiran, Tent Collar, 8 ft Fun-
nel, and an oven that will roast 15 pounds beef

HENRY’S
Carbolic Salve.

FOR SALE BY ALL DRUG Q 1ST,

The wonderful celerity with which this
combination of Carbolic Acid with other
soothing and Curative Emollients nets,
is something akin to the marvelous.

It is with pride that the proprietors call
attention to the gratifying fact that

Physiciansaiyo it tho high*
est meed of* praise,

and use it and prescribe it in their practice.

Nbw York, Dec. 22, 1869.

Jons F. Henrt, Esq.;

Your Carbolic Salvb proves an excellent article,
and I thank you for It. This is another evidence of the
great value of the discovery of Carbolic Acid. Yours
tnlly. Gko. B. Lincolm,

Pres’t Board of Health.

Price 25 cents per box.

The ware is so constructed lhat it nests and pack
in the oven, : nd the oven and funnel pack inside the
stove, as represented in cut 2. leaving room for pack-
?,doz£,n Plates, Knives. Forks and Spoons,
and Drinking Cups. Price complete, S15.

send yon circclar.

H. I>. DUNCKLEE.

. . „„„„ BOX 2710, BOSTO.V

SPORTSMAN’S EMPORIUM, IC2 Nas-

rR5i.^t5£S.«>" ■na * *• “

Agents wanted in every town.

HOLABIRCrs

SHOOTING FISHING GARMENTS.

REV. R. B. LOCKWOUD'H

Catarrh Cure !

The Best Remedy Known, and Endorsed by all the
Principal Physicians of the Country.

Rev. It 11 Lockwood « A h"m1 Douche will bo
found valuable in obstinate chronic cases,

Rev. R. U Lockwood's Liver mid Stomach Pills
idyspepsla, receive the endorsement of thousands,
i rice 50 cents each.

JOHN F. IIICNRY, CURRAN A CO., Proprietors,
8 and 9 College Place, Now York.

HENRY’S

SEWING MACHINE OIL

A PURE OIL that does not gum up and has tho
pantos61"00' 0t 1,10 prll‘clp“l 8,:"'lng Machine Corn-
Price 25 Cents per Uottlc.

MOTT’S LIVER PILLS

.A1®, '“I enough to make a pill, but to make a
’ , that’s the dlfllculty. There are cheap,
“7,™?' «ra*»tlc pills, that arc of even less beneflt than
I tt i sul1,"- I!llt u good medicine, like Dr. Stott's
n r ,r V"8' wh,ch nenctrates to the sent of disease, Is
““^'“0f?tum Indeed, Will positively cure all dls-
per^box 1 10 Llvor' Sold everywhere. Price 20 ceuts

Green's Oxygenated Bitters.

ther«<ur(inln PL‘r, 10,18 of Hfo n tonic is a necessity; hut
in "sing stimulants that injure the or-
Obvm?,. d f"tlon while giving temporary rellof. To
froin aw i,nmA Pri'HL'"t to tho public a tonic freo
ffonatod ,0 P°‘son' I)r- O rce u prepared the Oxy-

j! p“;

Packer’s All-Healine Tar Soap.

Sk,n nlHclwe8 with a most won-
purl nnri ™, y;w. promotes cleanliness, personal
•tlmls oflHi£°olt,rn llVu thi 11 18 “ preventive of muny

HAZARD POWDER CO

MANUFACTURERS OK **

GUNPOWDER.

Hn/.nrd'a "Electric” Powder.

Nos. 1 (finei to 5 (coarse). Unsurpassed in noint nf

ssstr^r""-- p“mi"

t ,n Hazard’'1 “ American Sporting."

1 kevs fl ACnif 3 ic?ar8e,-1 ,ln '.lb- “P^'ers andfij ib.
Afln.e, ^r“ID- quick and clean, for upland 'and
prairie shooting. Well adapted to short guns.

„ . Hazard ■ '‘Duck Shooting.”

Vos. (line) to 5 (coarse). In 1 and 5 lb. canisters
a"d V"d, ia* lb Burns tlowlj and very

clean, shooting remarkably close, aud with areal
penetration. For Held, forest and water shooting
U ranks aily Pthcr brand, and It is equally servicea-8
ble for muzzle or breech loader. servicca

Hazard's "Kentucky Rifle."

? ™°;!iFlKa aiKd ‘Sui* ^kootiug” FG, In begs of 25
M. and t>* lbs. and cans of 5 lbs. Ft FG U also
packed in 1 aud * lb. canisters. Burns strong and
Tlie FFFO ““d FFG are favorite brands
f°.odl,'ar,v ttnd the "Sca Shooting” FG

to tho standard Rifle powder of the country.

SUPERIOR MINING AND BLASTING POWDER

forKIxport'

UFACTuffiTORORDGERA,N °K PR°°i' MAN':

_ Ji‘t^bove,can be h ‘d of dealers, or of the Cora pa-

om oXe e''ery prominenc '‘V. °r wholesale at

88 Wall Street. New York.

-miscellaneous.

BEWARE OF WORTHLESS IMITATIONS
AND COUNTERFEITS!

Erovws

_ Essence of

Orange Spoiling Powder

ORANGE LIGHTNING POWDER,

I be strongest and cleunest Powder made. Nos 1
o?,!'„pttCked °!lly ln 8ealed 1 lb- canisters. The coarser
sizes especially are recommended to owners of fine

very°sllght recoif " DS' glving 8X681 Penetra'lo“ with

ORANGE DUCKING POWDER,

For vvater fowl. Very strong and clean Nos. Ito

ters oMkaudn5to8tal ^ °f ** lbB‘ each' md ,n 04019

S‘‘ AUDUBON POWDER,

Very quick. For woodcock and quail Nos. 1 to 4.
Packed in metal kegs of 12* lbs. and 6* lbs., and in
pound canisters. ’

ORANGE RIFLE POWDER.

0 .*pu^n.uC8t for rifles and for all ordinary pnrposes.

F^.'e'iFjFi'“’ tho j891 bcing the finest and
most used. Packed lu wood and mewl kegs of 25
lbs., 12* lbs., and 6* lbs., and In canisters of I lb. and
t poana.

All of the above give high velocities and less resld-
aum tnan any other brands made.

AFUN & RAND POWDER Co„

.. 21 Park Row, N. Y.

(Opposite Astob House. 1

THE CELEBRATED

Sporting and Blasting Powder,

manufactured by

CarlDittmar

I ! V hl?w It 1C All’ vxi

Wi ONLY

BY

Frederick Brown,

PHILADELPHIA, PA

„ T«IS RELIABLE PREPARATION, one of
the oldest of American Pharmaceutical Pro-
ducts, still maintains its enviable reputation,
and finds a steadily increasing sale without
advertising, and in spite of piracy.

Its high reputation has tempted the cupidity
of parties, whose only excuse for their unfair
simulations, exists in the great popularity of
the original, and accidental similarity of their
names.

BROWN'S essence OF JAMAICA GINGER

is protected by the private Proprietary Stamp
of the manufacturer, which is incorporated with
the steel plate label.

Pie attention of Druggists and the Trade generally, Is called
to tho Price List of

ENCLISH Sc FRENCH
MEDICINES &. PHARMACEUTICAL
PREPARATIONS,

Which will be mailed on application,

Frederick Brown,

(Established 1822)

IMPORT1NC, MANUFACTURING
& DISPENSING CHEMIST,

N. E, Corner Fifth and Chestnut Streets,

PHILADELPHIA, PA,

U.sDElt 1118 OWN PATENT, cun now be huu rv‘>-
.ilnrly and m udv quantity. See Circulars for full tes-
timouliils as to its superiority over other makes
Tbc new patent Sporting Powder does not soil the
gun; cleans it. wheD you use one charge of it. alter
many with black powder; no smoke— little recoil— no
loud report— high velocity. The best ever made in
this line; not to be confounded with Schultz' or En-
glish Wood Fowder, or Suwdust F owder, as It is su
perior to each.

Ready Made Ammunition

For Spo. ting and Target Rifles, alwavs ou hand
Send for lull instruction, and if sample de»ired.
state if for rifle or shot gun, ns each kiud is made.
Woiks at Nopouset. Address orders to

t .VRL DITTMAR,

Caro of CHAS. L. ANDREWS. 55 Kilby st.. Uo-ton.

Kay Shot Concentrating Cartridge.

No c reuse rs. turners, or lopwads required. Loads
In half the time usually required. Fifty percent,
better distribution uud greater penetration secured.
Send to your gun dealer for sample. Ju3-ly

Established 1843.

Breech and Muzzle Loading

^ —

Tho Dost, the cheapest, ami most desirable

OOODS

Ever Offered to the AMATEUR SPORTSMAN.
Write for lllostratcd catalogue.

W. II. IIOLABIRO,

jcl7 Valparaiso, lud.

N orthern&British Colonies

IN SOUTnsiDE VIRGINIA.

Chenp Lands, Fine Climate, Splendid
Sport, Good Society, Schools
and Churches Everywhere.
PROTECTION FROM LAND SHARKS.

Address Secretary Southside Immigration So-
ciety, Farmville. Prince Edward Co., Va. iuy20 3m

Tlie Piseco

Loader, Crimper and Cap Expeller.

A LL DEVICES NECESSARY FOR

XL loading or re-loading shells of two calibres
combined in one instrument. Avoids the necessity
of cutting or shortening tjie shell foi light loads;
needs no wooden table or bench to fasten It to while
In use. Can ho taken to pieces by removing one
screw with a jack knife, and stows lu a gun case.
Malleable castiu.s, nickel plate fluisk. Complete lor
two gauges. Price S10, boxed.

W ALTON BROS. & CO., 96 Liberty siroet.
Jel7-fim

') It! XJKJ) IIIXUUUJ

Sportsmens Apparatus,

A313XTJIN ITI OI\ ,
Materials for Gun-Makers, &c.,

Wholesale and Retail. Guns made .o order, or re-
paired in the hest manner.

ALEXANDER McCOMAS,

to 18 No. 61 Son tli Calvert «(.. ItHlrlmorn

N. Y. Newspaper Mailing Agenc -
With the latest Improved Newspaper Folding and
Mailing Muriiinea, No. 2y Rose Mp'et, Near Frank-
fort, JaMBS BRADY Manager and Froprletor.

For the special convenience of parties wishing to
give our goods a trial, we append a list of u few
wholesale and retail dealers;—

A Hen & Co., 43 Liberty St., N. Y.

Moonev & How, Ulica. N. Y

James n. Page. 31 and 33 Broad St., Boston.

George Fendrich, Vincennes, lud.

John C. Partridge & Co., 57 Lake St., Chicago.
Lowenthal, Kaufman & Co., 159 and 161 Stale St.,
Chicago.

West A Fritschor, 222 Douglass St-, Omaha, Neb.
Boehm, Bendheim & Co., 143 Bay St. , Savannah, Ga.
Luchs Jb Bro., 525 7tb St.. Washington, D. C.

D. Lillieufleld X Bro.. Kulumuzoo, Mich.

N. Katzenbach, Terre llauie, Ind.

Q. F. Thompson, cor. Jeff, and Woodward aves..
Detroit.

J. G. Holzwarth, 79 Summit St., Toledo, O.

D. L. Ketler A Co., cor. 5th and Market Sts. , Fhila.
Hler X Aldrich. Syracuse, N Y.

Supe X Rademacher. Bay City. Mich.

Geo. Sover X Co , East Saginaw, Mich.

Buns A Bartsch, Madison, Wls.

Jacob Krolin, Freeport, 111.

Wall, Belvln A Day, 510 N. 2d St., St. I^nls.

It A W. Jenkinson, 287 Liberty St., Pittsburgh.
John C. Davis, 161 Vine St.. Cincinnati. O.

Green A Meyer, 202 W. Main St., Louisville, Ky.
Simmons A Staiger, I-cavcnworth. Kan.

Chas. F. Moyer, Indianapolis, Ind.

F. A. Gonzales A Bro., cor. Camp and Common
Sts. . New Orleans, La.

Julian II. Gerdes, Saute Fe, N. Mexico
John A. Van Carter, Fort Bridge, W T.

Lewis Ball A Co., C’ancey. Montana.

C. J. Man ford A Co., 8t. Paul, Mluu.

Thos. P. Cantwell. Brainerd, Minn.

Ileckinan A Phillips, Milwaukee, Wis.

W.S. KIMBALL & CO.,

Poorless Tobacco Works, Rochester, :N . Y.
BEND FOR CIRCULAR.

DIL FOWLKB’8

PATENT

HARD RUBBER REEL

The Cem— Improved,

This beaullful Reel has now been before the pub-
lic two years, and all who have used it speak loud in
ito praise.

IT HAS BEEN IMPROVED,
and all the Reels made this year will pass throngh tha
hand- of tho Inventor, and none allowed to go out
except those that are perfect.

For sale by all first-Mass jobbers and tho trade gen-
erally. A H FOWLER. Inventor.

Fc0 4 ITHACA. N. Y.

THE A3IERICAN

W. MERIDEN, CONN.

Special attention 1s given to first-class work. Extra
Sketches and DOG PORTRAITS cut to order, by
sending photographs. JACOB GLAI1N, Manager,
•rlySupi. or Parker Bros Engraving andOnja-
ipartmeut. Fab 11

Formerly Snuf. o

munlal Pa

368

FORE STS AND (STREAM

FOII MOOT IIINriM;
UKKK. 8PJCARUVM FI 811,
IM'rCHIKO Clt \UH,KEI.S
IM&Ui liA IT, Af

'I'll HOWS A POWERFUL
LIGHT**) FEET. Not »f
fccU-d by WIND, RAIN, or
JOLTINO. Huron krrownc
perfectly nnd elifely without
• chimney.

INDISPENSABLE ABOUT
A CAMP.

Thl« I-uinp Hiipj>lief> n want
long fvlt by Sportsmen. u* It
afford* them u rclililo light,
with which they can hunt
and fl.h In any weather,
thereby doubling thieir chan-
ce* far sport. A* a carriage
limn IT II AH NO EQUAL.

Kit* any shaped da»h o uny
vehicle. Price, .lar k or
atone, $6.00 Fishing Hump,
$8.00, C. O. I)., with lirlvi-

Cartridffes, both Brciss and Paper.

ALSO, t;i \ MATERIAL* OF \l.l, kimih, cartridge vests, coath wo iielts, flasks,
POU IIKS, V AO \MMt\ITIOA OF ALL KINDS. EVERYTHING l\ ,AIV MAE Foil
BOTH HOME A AO EXPORT Til AOE, AT LOWEST CASH TIMOR PRICES.

ITA VE LA HUE STUCK <>E MUZZLE 1.0 A PI NO U UJVS d RIFLES VER Y CURA P.

fjotels nnd £te$orfs for§yort$mtit.

MOUNT JUIIRN SUMMER" HOTEL,

Lakefield and Stoney Lake.

VIA TI1K MIDLAND RAILWAY.

Hrnllli. Plen.ure and the Comforts of Home Com-
bined. Tliln Hotel la now Open for the Summer.

This Summer resort is situated on the shores of Slo-
nev Lake, in the county of Peterborough. Canada.
Slonov I-tko has lately been set apart by ihu Dopart-
Tnenl of Marine and Fisheries for the protection of
flsli, and for scenery, hunting, nnd Ashing It is supe-
rior to any of the back lakes of Canada which are
i.a-y of access. The principal fish are Salmon Trout,
Mn-kinonge, ltas«. Herrings, and Perch, for which
fishing permit* will he granted. The game consists
of Duck. Deer, nnd Partridge. The Lake is covered
with Islands, and prvaenU the ennic appearance a* the
Thousand Islands of the River St. Lawrence. It is
about twoniy-flvo miles long and three wide. The
hotel Is commodious, and fitted with every appliance
of comfort; It Is the property of the Company, and
will be managed to please Its patrons In every particu-
lar. The charges arc moderate, being Si per day
by the week, and $2 per day under that time. Chil-
dren under twelve years of age. half price. Liquors
arc kept for the use of guests only, no bar being Kept
open for the public. Tile hotel la reached by the Mid-
land Railway from Port Hope to l.nkolleld. thence by
steamer Chippewa to Julian's Landing. K. Beatty's
boats and canoes are always kept on hire. George
Cochrane and F. Kano will always be oh hand with
their guides to paddle and accompany sportsmen.

The steamer Chippewa leaves Lakefield for Julian’s
Ijuidiug every Monday. Wednesday, and Saturday,
on the arrival of the morning train from Pori Hope-
tin Thursdays it will connect with the excursion train
on the Midland Railway.

The steamer Norseman arrive* from Rochester every
morning at Port Hope at 8 A. M , In time to connect
w (h the Midland Railway, leaving Port Hope at 10
o'clock A M. Parties from Rochester can reach the
hotel in eighteen hours by water and rail for $3 80.

Time Tables— Midland Railway leaves Port Hope at
10 A. M. and 5:30 P. M , arriving at Lakefield at 1 P.
M. and 8:15 P M. Returning, leaves Lnkefleld nt 5
A. M and 2 P. M , arriving at Port Hope at 7 :15 A.
M. and 7:35 P. M. Steamer Chippewa leaves Lake
Held at 1:15 P. 51 , arriving at Julian s Landing at 8:15
P M Returning leaves Julian's Lauding at 5 P. M .,
arriving at Lnkefleld ut 7:.10 P. M,

For further particulars, apply to

C. A. BOULTON.

Mnnnger of the Company. Lnkefleld, Out.

E W. GARDNER.

Manager of the Hotel. Jnllan's Landing, Lakeflcld,

i mi. jyi lm

Luke Conch idling- Hold, Canada.

Tins charming and picturesque first-class Summer
Resort will be opened for the season on 7th of June,

and w ill remain open nulil October. The sporting lu
s c

_ *dy

koka Lakes. Sparrow Lake, nnd Trading Lake, where

apei

the immediate neighborhood is exceptionally excel-
lent. the Hotel being within ready access to the Mus-

Ndti.on Trout, Black Bass. Speckled Trout, etc ,
aliound in original plenty. Yachting, Boating, Bath-
ing. Bowling Alleys, Billiard Rooms, etc., provide for
the umusetneni of guests. Mail and telegraph. offices
in the hons<- Rates exceedingly moderate. For cir-
culars containing terms, eu-.. apply to the office of
Forest arid Stream, or JOHN E . FOREMAN,

Box 8645, P O Toronto, or to
THOMA.M SCULLY. Manager,
myil Couclilching, Ontario,

INTERNATIONAL HOTEL

AIVGARV FALLS.

GALE .V FULLER. PuoPRItTORS.

Near the Rap'ds and Falls. Extra inducements to
families or single persons for the season, ( a fringes
at reasonable rales. jy7-3ui

QUEEN’S B0YAL M AQABA HOTEL,

% NIAGARA.

Deligh'fnlly located ot the mouth of Niagara River,
fourteen miles from the halls. Access! tile by boat
and railway. Fine facilities1 for fishing, boating and
bathing MjCGaW A WA1NKTT.

jf7*8rn

Ro.sstn House, Toronto, Canada.
SHEARS A: SON, Proprietors.

This house is a favorite resort for gentlemen sports-
men from all parts of the Untied States and Canada.

CroKNinon I Ioiim',

ALEXANDRIA BAY. Jeff. Co , N. Y. C. CROSS-
MON & SON, Proprietor*.
iniS House, recently rebuilt and elcgant-

ly furnished, is now open for visitors. It is loca-
ted In one of the most delightful place* In the Th Ju-
tland I* land rrgiou. commanding an extensive view of

T

the St. Lawrence and the Islands and offers every facil-
ity for the comfort and enjoyment of guests. Outfits
1<ir boating. Hunting and Fishing Parlies. Steamers

for the bay connect at Clayton with the Utica and
Black River Railroad, and at Cape Vincent with the
Rome. Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad. 5m

Twin Lakes Trout Farm.

Board for gentlemen only-

S ports men. Arti-ts, Anglers, Ac. Splendid
scenery and drives. Pine boating, trout, pickerel,
and bass fishing and woodcock shooting. Also les-
sons lu oil and water color painting, drawing and
etching, if desired. Address J. IVES PEASE, or E.
SHERMAN PEASE, V. O. box 60 Canaan, Conn.

N. B.— Cottage hnildlog site* overlooking the lake*
for svle cheap: also one for a hotel. AprS-tf

ATH HOTEL. BATH, L. I — ONE
HOUR FROM THE CITY.— The subscriber
having leased the above hotel for a term of years, Is
determined by sparing do pains to umke this resort
second to none in the vicinity of New York and
Brooklyn. First class table and low prices. Now
ready for the reception of guests.
je:7 tOctl C. A. BUNTING.

UNION DEPOT HOTEL, Canaan, Conn.

«. II. CORBIN, Proprietor. New. clean rooms
and beds, flrst-claas table, Ac. Fishing, shooting,
and pleasant drives near hr. Aprs llm

TJOAIID NEAR TWIN LAKES. FOUR

J J hours from New York via Harlem Railroad. A
desirable location for sportsmen, artists, and all those
wanting « id' a* ant home Address K. K. COOPER,
Locust Hill Farm, Ashley Falls, Berkshire county,
Mau Mar 24 6m

THE WILLEWE MOC CLUB.

A FEW SHARES IN THIS CLUB

belonging U> a monitor now residing perma-
nently tri Europe , are offered for sale to persons ac-
ceptable to the other members. The membership Is
lluiiled t6 twenty, and the club own Lake Wlllewemoc,
with adjoining land, famished house, ham. Ice house,
Hi , also Iea>e of Balsam and Thomas Lakes and of
four mib-s of the WlUewemoc stream.

For paritr olors apply to J . 8. VAN CLBRF, Presi-
dent, POuglikeepsle, N. Y.

For general information refer to CHARLES HAL-
LOCK. Editor Forest and Stream.

T WANT TO KENT A COM FORT A -

I blc house, with from ten to twenty acres of laud
adjoining, within forty miles of this city. Addret*
Purest and btrearn Office, New York. mrif7-

Tlie Most Approved System

OF

Breech Loading, Sporting

And MilitaA*^ I Biflos.

Syofamen & (fioodd.

For Simplicity of Construction,

ACCURACY,

Penetration, Durability, Safety, Ease of Manipulation.

Materials and Workmanship, they areUnsurpassed.

OF VARIOUS SIZES,

It ESI BAULK IN ALL RESPECTS.

Send lor Circulars.

Whitney Arms Comp.

Wlillnryvilltf, near New Haven. Conn.. I). 8. A.

MISFIT CARPETS.

00D SECOND HAND AND MISFIT ENGLISH BRUSSELS, THREE-PLY AND

VJT INGRAIN CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, AC., VERY CHEAP, AT THE OLD PLACE,

Sent to any part of the United States free ot charge. * ** Fulton street, New 5 orK.JJ

Fine Fisliin**-

RodsandReels,

Manchester, Vermont,

Chas.F. Orvis,

Prices m derate. Send for descriptive Hat. Mention Forest and Stream.

v 'fu.i ,.(/• of Cl a

/Y/A/A,

j.rjro/t / r n.\ ... •/ . Yf/IICTL’/I KitAi.OF

ililiiitiin) Cliratrifiil. <fHiurdr‘ Nc -^ttririj Co nn'll-,

Ao IU M.\rrif:xLA.vi:,- Uork,

Rowincj Suits A Specially

The Sportsman’s Warehouse,

EDWIN S. HABRIS,

Late COOPER. HARRIS & HODGKINS,

TV o. 177 Broadway, New York,

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

BREECH LOADING

films u;l d;

AND

)

OF ALL r

Kinds.

pass and Paper.

CHEAP.

IIoudren'M Patent Combination

Reflecting Jack and Fishing Lamp

ABOUT

they tire to
In lino and

White Manufacturing Company,

BRIDGEPORT, CONN.

FOR BALE IN NEW YORK BY BATON A CO., 108 NAH8AU BTRKICT.

JOHN RIGBY & GO.,

1 UtTENldn* AND >1 AN UP ACT!! UK ft* OK TIIE KINKST '

BreechLoadingShotGuns

Double and Single Express Rifles.

Long Range Match Rifles, die

81 SUFFOLK HTIIEBT. DUBLIN,

AND

72 KT. JAMHH BTIIICKT, l.flMMIV.

Breech Loaders.

Winners of tI»o“Xnrf, Field
and Farm” Gun TrinlM.

(Sue lantio October 8d, 1873 1
In which competition the committees linve awarded
our guna, Ftr«t anil Second for POINTS OF MERIT
OF ACTION, MATKPIALS, PROPORTION, AND
SHOOTING QUALITIES combined, In all the four
classes.

THE PREMIER GUN.

W. A C. SCOTT A WIN call attention to their
very FINEST weapon, combining all their recent Im-
provement*, marked on the rib between tlu-lr name
and London addret** thu brand— "THE PltKMIEIt
QUALITY."

Medium and fine gun* bear full name nnd address,
and plain gun* full name and "London" nuly.

Each gun I* numherod and the actions are stamped
with name und trade mark.

IV. A C. BCOTT A sO,\, Pole makers of the
PuU'ut Top Lever, solid, Double Locking Boll Breech
I. nailer, bearing the full name of the firm. \V A r
SCOTT A SON caution sportsmen against Imitation*
of [lielr patent nnd name, (inn* hearing the name
abbreviated, or with different Initial*, are not genuine.

T HI A L OF H JOTTA f J It EE,\ K il'N A K \\ 81 HTE.1I
OF UOIIIA4;. UV TIIE KIHTOH OF

••THE FIELD," LO.MHjA.

(See Th« Pi< hi, January 80th, 1876.)

'•From a romparison of the two table* It will be
seen that with Walker'* shot, Messrs Scott's guns
showed a mailed euimioiUy over Mr. Greener's,
both In average and In the highest score made. In-
deed, with the left barrel. In hi* third shot, Mr. Scott
got n selected group pattern of 23fi and a penetration
ot 37, equalling the highest pattern made by Mr
Greener, und exceeding the penetration of thut par-
ticular »hol by eight sheets,"

London Office:

IO Great t’aslle Ml., Regent Circus, near Lang-
liam Hotel.

Chief address:

Manufactory Premier Gun Works,

Lancaster Street, It inn high am.
WHOLESALE.

Aprl-flm

Clark Ac

MANUFACTURERS OF THE

SNKIDER

PATENT BItEECH-LOADINU SHOT GUN.

ALTERING

Muzzle-Loading; Gnus to lircccli*Loatllng

A SPECIALTY
WRITE FOR PARTICULARS.

814 W. Pratt wt Dnltlmore.

SPORTSMENS' DEPOT.

JOHN k HIDE K,

Corner Kerond and Walnut Hi*., Philadelphia.
IMPORTER. MANUFACTURER und DEALER IN
Guns, Kifles, Pistols, uutl Fishing Tackle.
Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech
Loaders.

REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.

Has constantly on hand a full u**ortment of Rods,
Hook*, Lliie*, Balts, Reel*. Ply Book*, Salmon File*,
Waterproof Silk Lines, Silk and Hair Trout Lines, Ac.
Perch Snoods, China and Ora** Lines. Also, a forge
lot of Cane Kccd*. Bamboo and Japan.

Bird*' Eggs and Bird*' Skin* lu great varieties —
Taxidermy In all 11* branche«.

BPHATT’S PATENT POO BISCUITS. «-ly

Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul Railway

Traverses a finer country, afford* views of grander
scenery, nnd passe* through more business centre*
and pleasure resorts than any other Northwestern
Hue. It* forests, praliles, lake* nnd streams, abound-
ing with game, present unequaled attractions to the
votaries of Nimrod anil Walton . It is the only rail
way mate along the valley of the Upper Mississippi.
It is also the shortest as well ns best route between
the great metropolitan centres of the Northwest—
Chicago, Milwaukee, 8t, Paul, and Minneapolis.
Track nnd equipment iincqualed, nnd It* train* of
putnce-conohc* nml sleeping ear* run through without
change.

New York Office, IIIU Broadway.

Chicago Depot, cor. Canal A 11. Madison
< Ity Office, LI nml ILI Clark Hi. Apr.MM'i"

J. B. Crook & Co.,

MANtrr*oT(initits and Imkoiitkiih or

FISHING TACKLE!

SO Fulton St.. IV. Y.

N It - Hide manufacturers lu this .country of the
cclcbrulcd

Greon Heart Rods,

for Trout, Bubs and Mulmon.

BEND FOR CATALOGUE.

forest and stream

gfie Sennet,

Sportsmen’s %oods.

A. C. WADDELL’S

Breeding Kennel, Newton, N. J.

Thy IlnoBt strain of young Pointers and Sorters for
snly. Doga boarded and cared for in the beat manner
at $5 per month, Ped’grcc* guaranteed . : dogs broken
for $50. Mar 11

l "oi* Sale.

Ilif^li I5ve<l Setters.

TTlOUR WIIELPS, TWO DOGS, AND

_L' two bitclioa, six weeks old, sired by William
Colkort's Storm. Slorm out of Hnbbcll'a Muy . ‘day
own ulster to Llowellin* Countess. Storm aired by
Wardlow Reid's celebrated I.uvcruck, 8am. On the
dam aide. Whelps of a very lino and well broken
bitch, Belle. Hello out of Kelly's Fan. Belle sired
by the celebrated Bismarck, For further particulars
enquire of John K rider, Second and Walnut streets,
Philadelphia. j„!5

pOCKER SPANIELS.— A. weir broken

w pair of thoroughbred Cockers may meet a pur-
elm-er at a low price through the ofllco of the Forest
and Stream. j„U4 2t

THOIl SALE. — A THOROUGHBRED

_1_ I mice Albert sitter doer, beautifully marked
and perfectly broke for lund or water; a epl-ndld
chicken doii; 2J years old; refer to many experienced
hunters in Iowa. Address PALMER, 137 Stale st
Chicago JUJ15 ’

<£li$ccU;mcons.

1 02 Nassau St., N. Y. .

FISHING and HUNTING SUITS.

ABBEY & IMBRIE,

at'ccB*»ona to

ANDBLW CLERK & CO.

48 Maiden Lane, N Y

ntPORTKBa, MANUFAOTOKKIW AND DKALKRfl «

,p„r. , HOLABIRD'8 CELEBRATED SUITS.

'orcst I waterproof and Mildew proof, complete $20 00
Thompson’s waterproof *ad,"«J**^ ... . £00

TDERRETS FOR SALE.— WHITE OR
mtftvfxnTT as%.15ltitc,"s- APP'y W. II

HHUMMirT, Pontine, Michigan, jy7*lt

1 1 'i v"! «AH1I,\K||, m. 1) , has constant-

LY on I mi id and for sa.e, medicines adapted to
the cure of all discuses. Dealer in sport ng dogs of
every variety Dogs trained for reasonable com pern
sation. .No. Ill South Fifth ave , N. Y. Oct 22

FOR SALE-THREE PAIRS OF TIIOR-

8Uta°Hprfr? PT’ l!|e flncat 8lrn'n in
"“'to Trice, $l.i, for dog; $20 tier pair Also
two pair of email and very beautiful black and Ian
rabbit hounds; price $5 for dog; $7 per pair: satis-
fa> lion guaranteed. Reference— lion. M. 8. Colburn

graves «n,'iV,t- ,Fo,r. I'atticuiurs address R L.’
i.l. \\ l-.s. Sunderland, \ I jngj

„;:,Thr C'.UlOV0iKe '* *n<lci‘?d “>• Insert. Driver, for
nuild clouila of .Mosquitoes I (lslied unharmed.’

[TIIADB M ARK. J

< ULEXIFUew,

Sportsman’s Friend;

A SURE PROTECTION

nmTAni *hnIntM‘ck'' of, Mosquitoes, Black Flies. Fleas
und Ants. In tmckcl bottles. For prIc bv
<’ ^ORITVeNTON * CO., 7 Sixth av., N. Y.

J. H. BATTY,

TAXIDERMIST.

COLLECTOR * DEALER in NATURAL OBJECTS.

Mammals, bird
skins, and eggs
for sclcntlflc use;
also annual’
*">a.l*, game anil
bright plumaged
bird# artistically
grouped I
shades and cases
lor oriiutUumui
purposes. Col
ectora’ supplies ;
also instrument!
and eves. Sprci
m e n s bought,
sold, and 1 .velum -
C e (i . Oenuine
Indian .ninl-n-
tanned buckskin

b 11 u a I u. mill

„ . . , , moose skin moc

cusms, for hunters and for the house. Buckskin

' . . " ' ~ ' -- 101 tuu ii'iu r*v.

nuns, rnnffecl, benden, or plain, nindo to order.
Address: NEW UTRECHT. N. Y.

J11IO

“Seth Green Fish Ponds”

Caledonia, Livingston Co., N Y

A. H. < '01,1,1 AS, Proprietor.

Eggs, Pry, Yearlings, *0. of Brook Trout, Sal-
mon I’roiit, Knlnion, White Flali, Ac

Also Bass, Gold Fish, Silver Fish, and stock foi
Aquaria. Wire Cloth, Hatching Trays, Patent Spawn-
lng Knees, and everything pertaining to llsh culture

TTALUABLE GUN FOR SALE— W. &

> c. . Scott breech louder, 32-Inch, 10 -gunge, lanii-

nated steel, tine quality, with all loading tools! brass
nod paper sheila, etc. Imported and sold bv Read &
*ons, Boston (’o.ac $323, without case. Is In p„r-
rec order, and not sold for any fault. Has double
non, top snap and compensating lump; rebounding
oflico * r,c‘; 1,0 1,0011 «t Forest and Stream

JolO if

TT'OR SALE — A SECOND HAND WES

RICHARDS Breach Londlng Shot Gun;
a 1 q 11 ally ; has been used but very lip le; good as
mm': M|lr"i,i"- C,lu bo •S00U »t l-: S. llnrriaPSports-
mau 8 Warehouse. 177 Broadway, N Y. qt

T^(>R SALE. — A SPLENDID BREECH

-a Loading, Express Rifle, made by E. M. Kelly*
c 0.. Lonilon; cost 80 guineas, gold; is now offered at
8 >old for want of use. Address H. SMITH, at
11,18 °nlro- Ju24

T3REECII LOADER WANTED— No. 12

-A-* Gauge, 30 to 86-Inch barrels, N pounds weight,
/i iist ue tyol known inako, und good as new. Give
i descriptions to Lock Box 30. Unlontown, Pa.

Patent Pigeon “Agitator.”

Ir,?,!,1!? A,i|TATOR Is constructed to overcome the
v ii, . “"""ymee caused by pigeons not rising
m l ri tr,1l> pulled. By its means every bird
"l. b Hbn?.m i'1 lly'llroct|y ‘ho trap is pulled. Every
Without H * ,lttve them. No ground traps are complete
e. for J, ?'n« "['‘I'’ the wLlo U. 8. Put-

Jvt 4t t m m" /£r.!,1r ratl'd circular.

- — A • m. MAKsSH, Patently, Toronto. Canada.

IbUlts! boats* Floaauru Boats, Hunting
any si vie -i., Boats. Fishing Boutn of

or great V..«' wp,H,'t- «<lai»te«l to use on the lakes
h.int , , 1 7*.' “H wel> «* the woods. Boats for
76 to lift no, mi k m tu ,KI P01""1*- Boats for Ashing,
lug" l 1 boats, with sails or own-

rial only u««t ur "?ndo t0 0,'dor- Beat mate-

workmon il’J, ''\ory boat made by experienced
any ^ .art of the?". t0 M,,lt 1,10 Bouts sent to

J' u'wSf •

Mexican Pocket Hammocks.

* 0 »C’^ "Ashantce 1 Hammocks. A luxnriouit
bed, couch, seat and *wlng in one article Wei^tn*
onto P”"nd' und easl|y carried In coat pocket ca-
pable of bearing a steady strain of 12 cwt without
I r'“° materia! used in Its construction Is a
fff/joand after many experiments to be the best for
this purpose. Largely ordered by the English Ws«
JS',™ f|°r Hm-plla! and general Armv and Navy
use during the Ashantee Expedition. Price $4 5n 3
* nlexifusre «r Sporlsman’s Frionil.

^ For preventing the atUcks of mogqolioes, black

T oCulexifn m'h U,1‘ |,rLT‘'rvn,lvo malaria.

i o cuit-xmi^e ha» been In u>»e lor more than ‘>n

^ the BP'rrtsmen of Canada, and baa been
m„l-D nil,e °Aly c,To,'l"«l preventive of the attacks of
mack ill.'s und mosquitoes. Price 50 cents per bottle

HUNCK LEE’S CAMP STOVES. PricoSU.

Those desiring something light and diirnble for
camping purposes will And this stove exactly right-
weighs only 2o pounds; will cook for ten persons '

The ware consist of Kettle, Tea Keltic, Cotfce Pot

Fry-pan, round Tin Pun, two square Pans, Dipper*
Gridiron, 1 out Collar, mid eight feet Funnel Stove
F"J°' wlth oven that will roast 15 pounds beef, all of
which nest- and pucks inside of stove, which only oc-
cupies a space of 12x12x20 inches. 3

Pocket Cook stove.

-3"arc- Wnl m,lko « i">> of coffee or

$i Ll nan,IIC8tl,",lg0Ut- UU'^

CAMP LOUNGES. Price 85.

,l.": aizc of nn ordinary shawl
strnpp. d. A light, durable, compact, and comfort-
ahle couch. Sent by express C “. D. . $d. including
side and supporting sticks at the head. Just the thine
for the camp or lawn °

, , CAMP TENTS,

h?.rr,n°'-'r 'mT'8' 7 !]- rquaro, weighs 15 lbs.; Pan

for ^lxfrarsoua l **•** Tcn

Folding Camp linker.

WW'O'ie. and Useful invention bakes equal fW1
the old -Dutch ovnii " When closed for transp .rln-
ti .. It occupies but little more space than the ..an it
encloses, t rice $3.50lo $7, according to si/.e.

Aiucriciin llotr Biscuits,

Made of nutritive bom. and muscle making material
and Is the only pori able food for dogs made In this
country. Pm up in package- s,f 10. i',. and 100 pounds,
and warranted not to spoil in any climate. Price
10c. per pound. '

Uiimp Mosquito Bars,
arranged with flexible wireframe; folded to carry in
pocket Head net, $t. tamp net for sleeoing. for
one, St 50; for four or live, $4 23; six or eight. $5.

Jock Lamp,

for night shooting and Ashing, running rapid-, light-
ing camp, etc.; the best light ever invented. $ii 23.

Camp Cots,

men ffao* 'n pockuti a cuP'li»1 thing for wo<«ls-

IIEGEMAN'S PORTABLE CANVAS BOATS
BOND’S METALLIC BOATS.

Hart’s Metallic Shells.

The best stroll ever offered to sportsmen. All sizes
on baud and made to order.

Cartridge Belts

for breech loading shells; flvo varieties.

Moccasins, Oil Tanned,

for the woods; three different styles $), $5 50 and $0
Wallaces Guide to the Adirondack-. With com-
plete map. Price $2, By mail, $2 26.

Special attention paid to selection of guns for Gen-
tlemen at a distance by un expert and an old sp.Trt-
nrun . r

Side agent In New York city for J. If. Batty. U. S.
Taxidermist. N. A. birds and egg- tor collector-'
Bmk'-head-. and game birds a specialty. Orders
lllled with dispatch.

We furnish every urtirlo necessary for the outflt of
sportmen In the camp or Held. Good- sent every-
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MANUFACTURER OF TIIF.

assortment of deu,tnl a,,d >!»«•»««* » most complete

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Manufactured and Imported by

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101 & 103 DUANE ST., (near

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NEWLY REVISED EDITION.

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ESTABLISHED IN 1S15,

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50.1 and 505 Commerce street, Philadelphia.

Manufacturers of

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FINE BASS AND TltOUT ELY RODS.
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THE BEST BREECH LOADING RIFLE L IN THE WORLD

REMINGTON'S

Long Range, Creedmoor, Breech Loading' Rifle.

Report of the International Match, published by the Amateur Kifle Club, just out, to any address, 50c.) ». 9Sih orm, nm| 01,1 fine ofllcinl rouorla

The Remington Rifle won every first prize, an.i other prizes too numerous to mention, in the bprtng meeting matches at CreedmoorMay 28lh, -Mb, amt 81sl, (see otncmi rip

in this paper. ) With it Canfield made tlO out of a possible 75 at 1.100 yards.

For Treatise ou Rifle Shooting and Illustrated Price Lists, Address

E. REMINGTON & SONS,

Manufacturers of

Military, Target, Sporting and Hunting Breech Loading Rifles. Shot Guns, Pistols, Ammunition, Etc.

Armory. Imox. X. Y. fP. O. Box 3994 1 Sai.es Rooms, S8 1 mid g83 Broadway, IVo>v York City.

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Genuine Breech Loaders.

Wl V>EK* OK THB GIM TRI \L OF 1H73

Report of Gun Trial sent on application.

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1 H Funeuil Hull Sq., Boston.

Also all other mailt-*: — Greener, Westley Richards,
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A genuine Moll Muzzle Loadine Gnn. $25 np.
Mai mud. Ballard. Rcroimrton and Sharp's Rifles.
•'Ballard a breech loading >porting Rifles $181!"

Basse Vs Gyro Trap, for -hooting practice,
fine FUliIng Mods and Tackle.

Fine Broun- Yacht iuue on mahogany carriages,
Complete, as furnished the New York and Bosion
Yacht Squadrous. SEND FOR CIRCULARS.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE.

For the eomiug drawings, commencing January 5th.
we have reduced the prices of rickets as follows:

whole, $20; i. $10; ±. $5; 1-5, $1;

l-lo. $2; 1-20 $1.

Drawings take place everv seventeen Days.

YVe are prepared to fill all orders. Circulars sent
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Hall’s Patent Creasers.

CLIMAX COMBINED CREASER,
LOADER. CAP-EXPELLER,
and SUELL EXTRACTOR.

Price $8 75

CLIMAX CREASER, LOADER
and CAP-EXPELLER.

Price $i 50

PLAIN COMBINED
CREA6ER, LOADER, rind SHELL
EXTRACTOR,

Price $8 8ft

PLAIN CREASER and LOADER.
Price *8 00

The improved shape of creasing wheel requires but slight pressure, and docs not cut the shell. If the Ira-
ortlmg to directions, the crease cannot full to hold the shot wad firmly lu place.

plemcnt is used accor

HALL & CO.,

Lancaster, Pa.

THE TRADE SUPPLIED AS FOLLOWS:

New York.— Schuyler, Hartley & Graham; John P. Moore’s Son*; Schoverllng A Dalv; Herman, Bokcr
A Co.. Merwin, Hulbert A Co ; Hodgkins A Uaigh; K S, Harris; Barton, Alexander A Waller.
Philadelphia.— Joseph C. Grubb A Co ; E K. Tryon, Jr., A Co.

Boston —William Read A Sons; John P. Lovell A Sons.

Baltimore. — I’oultnev, Trimble A Co.

Pittsbdiio.— II. Johnston.

Dec2S

HARTS PATENT

letter A. shoYiing eolid head; » b showing nickel anvils for Berdan Primer, Ely’s central fire or Union Me-
tallic Company's caps.

Harl'n Sportsman's Favorite Metallic Shells.

Endorsed by the leading sportsmen In the United Stales, and pronounced superior lo anything now offered
to the public. A full description of Shells and Patent Loaders with prices, may be obtained from any of the
leading spoilsmen’* depots throughout thocountry. Manufacturer* of Aluminum, Celluloid, and Grrinan Sil-
ver Reel* for Trout. Salmon, aud Bass Ashing. GEO. E. HART A CO., Nvwark, N. J

F. S. HARRISON, Agent. may 13 ly

Front Captain Bognrdns, Champion Wing Shot of America*

Messrs. Geoiuie E Hart A Co..

Gentlemen- The flfiy shells 1 received from yon to-day suit me belter than any I have ever used. They
are stronger and belter in every respect, unifl shall use them in all my shoolhig.lu-rcufter. Y’onrs truly.

A. II. Boosnotrs

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

ANOTHER VICTORY ! !

SHARPS vs. REMINGTON.

, ,In l£e Great INTER-STATE Match Between Co. E, First California Infantry, Using SHARPS
Military Ri lies, and Co. D, Twelfth New York Regiment, Using the Remington Military Rifle which
took place on Saturday, June 20th, 1878, the Result was a Victory for the SHARPS Rifle by a Score of

511 Points Against 478 — Sharps Ahead by 23 Points.-

In the Great INTERNATIONAL Matoh at Dublin, Ireland, the Americans are Using Arms as Follows:

— . SHARPS. remington.

Yale Ve’ wrnOC’, j:;*1.'.0”. Coleman,

SSISl xo‘K I “lo’ %2ff!X

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BREKCII LOADING GUNS

A SPECIALTY.

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RICHARDS.

HOLABIRDS Shooting SUITS,

DIXONS Aill\\VK8LEY’8SIIOOTI.\G TACKLE

STURTBVANT BRASS SHOT SHELLS.
BUSSEY’S PATENT GYRO PIGEON AND TRAP,
WITH CASK. AND 100 BIRDS.

Mack's Patent Cartridge Vest.

This Vest affords the heat ar-
. tv rongcinent yet Invented for carry-

lug cartridges The weight is
<o evenly distributed tlmf it Is
•carcely felt. Cartridges can be
trm/b until tl with the tuwU down In

liiair iliUU 7 thin vest, which Is of great Impor-
wrrtfl / tanc*-’ when brussshcll* are used,
LUlKi, 11111**/ as when carrying them with the
)>— ^1*1 heud up the weight of the shot of-
nil") ten forces the wad forward, when
' - — r bad shooting is the result. Jn

ordering send measurement around tbe chest.
PRICK $7 00.

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INDIA RUBBER

Fishing Pants ,

Leggings and Boots,

RUBBER CAMP BLANKETS,

COMPLETE

Sporting& Camping Outfits

and

India Rubber Moods of Every Description.

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1 Prize of 600,000

1 1'rlze of JOO.OOO

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tinner snil General A ge m I fll.llieriv .'re. i New York.

Pope’s Kifle

:AIJl PISTOL,

Soliots l)artM or Slugs
Perfeelly Aerurale nt Thirty Feet,
AND I SI D/I OV NS JlY USX.

NO NOI8E, AH T1IB FOIU’K IM AIR ALONE
Splendid Pr Wor Amusement.
Recommended by UonornI Sbcrmnn*
Onemny become a dead shot t>y practicing with
To u Sportsman It Is tnvuluublw. Price, Including
Dart*, King*. Tur ts and Onnstock, $5. Handsomely
o plated, $o. Half adjusting Hell Target, 5-

• • - - -• ..... ou

nlcklo

For solo by gnn dealers generally, or sent bv J'1'11,1"
receipt of price. Postage 85 cl «. I'OPK DRO#-
Manufacturers, 46 High Street, Boston. Mss#

17 Chatham 8t. (Cllyllall feqr.)

^ishitjg in $corgi;t

T SUPPOSE that most, if not all, the readers of Forest
A and Stream know what a “camp hunt" is. A half
dozen gentlemen, more or less, taking tents and provisions
guns and dogs, go into the woods and mountains, camp
I ll,erc for 11 few d»y8 »»*• hunt. Camp fishing is much the
I same, except thut you substitute nets, rods, and lines for
I guns and dogs. The gentlemen of the Southern Stales
from time immemorial have been in the habit, at the proper
seasons, of making up smnll parties and going off into the
woods for a week or more to hunt and fish. Very fre-
quently excursions are mudo to the coast or some of the
islands fringing it, and sea fishing and turtling are enjoyed.
When going to the islands for a "camp fish" it is called
“marooning." This is more especially the case on the
(iulf const. It is a pastime almost peculiar to this section
of the country, rich and poor alike indulging in it; for the
facility of access being so great, the distance being so
small, and the transportation of the impedinunUi so easy,
these trips are a very common method of recreation. Once
or twice during the year most of the men of business or
I leisure contrive to get nwny for a few days on a hunt or
fish. Very often they go but a few miles— the hunting or
Ashing ground being so near— for populous, well settled
and cultivated as Georgia is, in very many places a mile out
of town is "Into the wilderness," with ouly a farm hero
1 and there, often a dozen miles apart, beyond. Near or far
ii..wcvcr, they go, and a merry and healthy time they muke
of it. In the days gone by it was very seldom that a gen-
tleman visited a planter for a few duys that he did not get
L up such a hunt or fish for his entertainmeut. They are
still very popular, and deservedly so.

A few days ago a little party, consisting of Gen. II.,
Capt. 15. , Commodore G., and myself took the morning
train on the Western and Atlantic Railroad for the hill
country. We had discussed the matter many times, but
the backward season and the heavy rains had compelled us
time and again to defer our trip, and several who had in-
tended to huve gone with us were prevented by business
engagements from joining the part/. Fiually, we con-
. eluded that "rain or shine" we would delay no longer, and
| accordingly the four above mentioned took the train. We
carried with us some tent-flies for shelter, au axe, hatchet,

I spade, auger and nulls, some bread, bacon, a boiled hum,
bird, suit, pepper, pickles, coffee, sugar, and Worcester-
shire sauce, with coffee pot, frying pan, gridiron, kettle to
boil water, some tin cups and plates, knives, forks, and
spoons. Besides our blankets each had a hand bag con-
taining a rough suit, underclothing, towels, soap, and
brushes and comb. Each man took his rod, lines, and
hooks, and Gen. II. took his nets — small gill nets; for, as
we depended in a great measure on our "catch" for food,
uml feared the water would bo in poor condition for fly or
bait fishing, (which proved to be the case,) we resolved "to
muke assurance doubly Bure" and provide means that we
could depend on under any circumstances to supply the
birder. I should also have mentioned that we took with
Us 11 hkely negro lad ns cook. After a pleasant ride of
some four hours through a fertile, well cultivated, lovely
ftjid picturesque country, passing Kenuesaw and Lost
lountains, we arrived at Gordon county, and the conductor
very kindly stopped tho train and droppud us and our bag-
8ige near our proposed enmp. He had intended to have
stopped within a fow yards of the place, but by an error of
o engineer carried us about a quarter of a mile beyond.

. 8 nL'cc8situted our “toting" the baggage to the spot we
selected for our camp.

b yil0n Wc at‘irted the day wus chilly and rather cloudy,

JU . 118 We “eared tho mountains it bccume brighter, warmer,

" ' ‘l“he clear. A heavy rain the previous night

a e everything clean and fresh, but alas I spoiled tho hike
r fishing with rod and line. Wo left tho truiu about half-
tWL‘lvo, and while one of tho party wont to hunt up
bout tho othors selected u site for a camp and trans-
coi a i 110 l,aggllfie- Wo found this last heavy work. For
“vonlonco of haudliug on tho cars wo had packed the ar-

ticles in empty flour barrels and boxes, and it was no joke
to carry these through the hot sun over a very rough road
for even a quarter of a mile. Pulling off a tent rope, we
cut poles, and slinging a barrel to its centre we placed ’ the
ends on our shoulders and trudged off. In this way in
about an hour and a half we got everything to camp. We
selected for our camp ground a little sandy knoll covered
will, short grass and pine leaves, and shaded by a small
clump of very pretty pines. It was a perfect gem of a
camping ground. The ground sloped in every direction
and in addition, the soil being sandy, insured us a dry,
comfortable camp, while the pleusant shade of the pines
made it agreeable outside of our tent as well as in it. Fifty
yards to the right a fine spring of excellent water bubbled
out of the hill, and some thirty yards to the front lay the
lake.

Our first proceeding was to select two trees a proper dis-
tance apart, and suitably situated. These we trimmed up
until the lowest branch was some niue feet from the ground
Wc then cut a stout pole and laid it from tree to tree, rest-
ing it on the lower branch. Over this we threw a ’large
tent-fly, and stretched and securely fastened it down with
pegs. Across one end we then stretched a smaller fly,
tying the centre to the pole, and bringing the ends over the
other fly. The front we left open. The top of oue of the
boxes, properly manipulated, was soon fastened to the
front tree, and gave a resting place for brushes, combs,
etc., and was a gre<»t cymfort. We next selected two other
trees ubout ten yards directly in front of our tent, and,
trimming them up and fixing n pole as before, stretched
over it a fly, awniug fashion. Under this wo placed our
provisions, and also used it for n dining room. A couple
of old boards wo found near, when placed on top of the
barrels, made au excellent table. We then built a fire be-
tween the tents, spread our blunkets, stowed away our
bags, and were ready to commence fishing. (Not*.— Always
muke your camp before you begin to hunt or fish.) Mean-
while, the boat had been hunted up and brought around,
but was found to be so unsteady that she could not be used
for setting the nets. This was a poser, for the water was
so muddy that rod flshiug would not amount to much. So
we concluded to wait. It would have done you good to
see our gallant General, (we dubbed him "General” because
he was the biggest— he weighed from sixteen to twenty
stone— man in the party,) paddliug about in the tottlish,
narrow skiff. Sixteen stone is no joke in a canoe a foot
wide, but the General is a veteran, aud did credit to his
training, so no accident huppeued.

A year ago another of our party was on the same lake,
but in u skiff much shorter and narrower thun the one
above alluded to, (we found her bones high and dry,
smashed to pieces, where the floods of Winter had carried
her.) While very carefully, gently, and gracefully pad-
dling to a spot that looked as if some choice specimens of
the finny tribe were likely to have made it their habitat,
one of his companions called out to him quite suddenly.
Turning his head around to answer the hail he lost his bal-
ance, and, still graceful, disappeared beneath the waves.
Verb. sap. You may imagine the rest. Meanwhile, two
of us took the boat, aud, having caught a few minnows,
proceeded to set some small lines, three or four feet long,
tying them to the ends of branches which overhung the
water. These wore baited with the minnows. The others
of the party while we set these hooks were busily eugnged
in fishing, for our supper pretty much depended on -their
success. As soou as we returned we also commenced fish-
ing. We could see the trout (bass) leuping here and there,
but after diligently Ashing for about an hour and a half I
found I had lost four hooks, which had caught ou logs or
roots that I could not see owing to the muddiuess of tho
water, but had not yet had one bite. My companions,
however, were more fortunate, and we had quite a nice
mess of "brim" by sundown; so our supper was secure.
The set linos added a "red horse" or two aud a half-pound

trout (bass.)

Returning to camp we found a bright fire blazing and a
good bed of coals. All hands turned to, aud in a trice tho
fish were ready for the pan and merrily “suzliug” over the

fire. I had brought a little bottle of butter for a start, and
we afterward got plenty of both butler and milk from a
farm near by. Our bill of fare for supper was fried fish,
broiled fish, fried bacon, bread aud butter, pickles, excel-
lent coffee, etc , and— mustard!" How we did eat! The
pure mountain air and the exercise we had taken gave us
excellent appetites. Panful after panful of fish disap.
peared until finally, having "satisfied the inner man," we
laid down around the fire, aud, lighting our cigars, in-
dulged in a lively talk. Few things are more pleasant than
the talk around the evening camp fire afler a hard day's
hunt or fiah. What stories are told; what jokes arc
cracked. The ball of conversation is tossed from oue to
the other, rapidly caught, and merrily passed along. All
are interested, and lime passes by unheeded until "the wee
snia’ hours" are reached, uud some one, suddenly remem-
bering that we must rise early to morrow, looks at his
watch aud exclaims at the lateness. This night, while
gayly chatting around our fire, a contraband, who was rec-
ognized by one of the parties, stepped into the firelight,
and, after a short conversation, was dispatchad for a couple
of plank, (which were a mile or two off,) for we hud de-
termined not to be beaten ou the boat question, but fish
our nets in spite of fate. So "Dave," the contraband, was
dispatched for the lumber. Meauwhile, we "sat and
smoked and talked, and talked and smoked and fat" uulil
about ten o'clock, when Dave, accompanied by another de-
scendant of Hum, returned, bearing between them the de-
sired plauk. In a trice the old boat was drawn out of the
water, and, taking off odr side, we proceeded to add our
plank to her bottom alongside the others, fastening them
with strips which ran from side to side. While we were
getting things ready for action one of the party cut an old
grain sack into strips about three inches wide and dipped
them into some melted fat. They were then allowed to
cool, aud being doubled we placed them between tho
planks of the bottom, which were rough aud unplaned,
uud keying them up, the cleets were nuiled on. The sides
were fixed in the same way. This made the bout as "tight
ns a drum," and the rough plank answered perfectly. This
was the idea of the Commodore, whose duty it was to su-
perintend the caulking of the little vessel. A board nailed
ou either eud and one in the middle for seats, and our boat
was finished. By two o’clock A. M. she was in the water
and Capt. B. and myself made the round of the lake and*
examined our lines before retiriug. Gur reward was not
great, for the terrapins, which were particularly abundant,
had been before us. Rebaiting our denuded hooks we re-
turned to camp, and, afler replenishing the fire with enough
logs to last till daylight, we turned iu, and were soon sound
asleep.

The first thing I saw the next morning was Capt. B.
standing before me sbnking a three-pound trout (bass,) and
asking me how I would like it for breakfast. By the time
I had made my toilet the fish was ready, aud I breakfasted
sumptuously. We all breakfasted, for the early risers had
taken only a cup of coffee and a sandwich before they left
camp. The scene around the camp fire, where all except
myself wero busy preparing breakfast, was very pictu-
resque. Oue big fellow iu a gray shirt and a broad-leafed
hat was frying the fish in a long-handled frying pan; an-
other in an equally picturesque garb was broiling some ba-
con; yet another was cutting tho bread, and was also en-
gaged in concocting some superb coffee. The boy was
busy preparing the fish for the pan. I think oue of tho
most pleasant and picturesque scenes is when the party at
the camp are gathered around engaged in getting up-a
breakfast or supper, especially the latter; the bright
fire lighting up the brouzed features of the party, and
touching with a gleam of crimson or a flash of gold the
well-polished tine or glittering knives as each one busily
hurries to nnd fro, performing his share of the work. Our
pnrty was happily constituted. Wc had no drones, aud
each seemed to vie with the others iu doing all he could for
the pleasure and comfort of the rest. Our servant had a
sinecure. His principal business was to wash the pans aud
plates, dress the fish, and keep up the fire. Although a
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compels me to say that he did not distinguish himself in the
culinary line. In fact, like most of his race ho was incor-
rigibly lazy, and was perfectly contented to let us do his
■work. Blit he had his good points, one of which was that
he could cook a beefsteak to perfection, whereby hangs a
tale.

Although an ardent, persevering, and patient fisherman,
I am not fond of fish; for, though I eat them with pleas-
ure, especially if there be nothing else in the larder, yet I
am constitutionally opposed to the real enjoyment of fish
as au article of diet. Whether it is because if a bone,
large or small, gets into my mouth it almost produces a
spasm, or not, it is yet a lamentable fact that I cannot thor-
oughly enjoy fish. But I do like a nicely broiled beef-
steak; it is my especial weakness. I remember that when
I returned fiom a four years’ tour of duty in California,
where oysters ouly grow in cans, (or did until lately,) my
wife and myself on our arrival in New York went to one
of the fashionable restaurants for lunch. “The little Ma-
dame" is foud of oysters, so she ordered some in the style
she liked best. After looking the bill of fare carefully
through, and finding no delicacy which I particularly de-
sired, save oue, I iguored the whole line of fresh mackerel,
bass, halibut, lobsters, crabs, oysters, cl id omne germ*, and
ordered it — a beefsteak.

“Oh, Doctor!" said she, “are you not ashamed? Y*ou
have been in California for years,' and never eveu saw a re-
spectable oyster there, and here vou are ordering a beef-
steak. It is positively dreadful!"

I meekly held down my head, but I had and enjoyed my
beefsteak nevertheless.

To return. Our contraband could cook a beefsteak, and
the following morning when I awoke, (I was usually the
latest to bed and the latest to rise,) ray nostrils were greeted
with an unexpected, familiar odor. A beefsteak was broil-
ing on the embers. What a treat for poor me.

“Ilurry up, Doctor, your steak is almost done.” sung out
Capt. B. 0

“Beefsteak!" exclaimed I; “where under the sun did you
find a beefsteak in this benighted country?"

“Came up on the night train; hurry up!" was the laconic
response.

My kind friend, the Captain, knowing my weakness had
written a note, which he stuck on a stick by the track’ and
as the train dashed by it was taken by one of the employes
and the icsult was that on the next train up came some nice
steaks, which were thrown off to us as it flew by llow
I did enjoy that breakfast! Beefsteak is positively super-
lative !

On a fishing excursion or a hunt, like in a garrison, om
day is like another, yet every day is different. The ’inci
dents vary. One has had on a big fish that broke Ills rot
and line; another had a glorious nibble; a third fell over
board while he was reaching out for some floating object,
or, as I told him, “while admiring t he reflection of his
beautiful phiz in the water"— nature’s mirror. Par paren
thesis, he is a very handsome man. Another shows a capi-
tal string of fish, and tells about the sequestered nook or
deep hole where he caught them. And so the days go by,
each one so full of health, so crowded with enjoyment—
the very toil is pleasure.

About noon of the second day a loud shout in the bushes
proclaimed the advent of Mr. P., a thriving planter in "the
neighborhood, who, hearing that our tents were not many
miles off, mounted his horse and rode over, lie was well
known to aU the party, and .gave us a cordial welcome tj
his bailiwick. Of course we had a talk and then a fish.
Finally, when he was about to depart, he insisted that one
of us should return with him to his house, some two miles
off. and he would tell his good lady we were there and
make arrangements to spend the night with us and fish the
nets. After much talk it was decided that I should go
bo, like the Knights of the Temple in the bygone days we
started off, not forgetting to take a goodly string of fish for
his “home folks.” I had a very pleasant visit, saw some
very fine Jersey and Alderney cows, a fine Mcssinger stal-
lion, aud a farm kept in such order as would captivate the
eye of our best farmers in New York, Pennsylvania, or
New Jersey. Graced by the lovely young wife of my
friend— for here in the heart of the hill country of Georgia
I found the charming daughter of oue of oGr Northern
railroud kings, who earned the keys and ruled her house-
hold with p.n effieieney and a grace that her Southern sis-
ters will find hard to equal and cannot excel— a pretty
tasteful house half buried in fragrant vines and shrubs’,
stood on au elevation about the centre of the plantation
surrounded by gardens and with neat farm buildings at
suitable distances. 1 was most cordially welcomed to the
domicile, and passed the few hours of my stay most agree-
ahlv. Toward sundown we left his hospitable mansion,
and, after a rapid nde over a by no means smooth road,
reached camp in the gloaming just in time for supper.
That night the train brought an addition to our party-
Major H. and Judge C. than whom two more pleasant gen-
tlernen could hardly be found. They are both ardent fol-
lowers of Father lzaak, aud, scorning the nets, except
about meal time, fished most diligently, and with more suc-
cess than any of the rest — with the rod

The next day our pleasant friend, JIr! P left us, with a
goodly allowance of fash for “home consumption." We
regretted his loss but "business of importance" called him
away. e fished hard all day, and in the evening returned
to camp with varied fortunes. A hearty supper aud a sooth
lug cigar soon placed us on good terms “with all the world
aud the rest of mankind.” Our friend, the Judge, had a

weakness for whist ; so betweeu rur visits to the nets we

had a rubber, in which, I regret to state, the Judge and his
partner did not come off first best. Just here f wish to
?Penak under in-y Personal observa-

had be!Jrd °fr “booting trout" (bass,) and during
the morning, while Mr P. and myself were at the upper
portion of the lake fishing with live bait we saw a

and. /atLcninS his borse. deliberately
climb a tree which overhung the water. In his baud lie
carried a rifle, one of the old-fashioned, long-barreled kind
fork^of the Sl\Ugly sconcing himself in a

“Snoot trout,” he replied.

do you shoot them?" said L

do you gel thorn oul allcr you skoot thorn?” I

‘•Strip and wade in for ’em," was his reply,

Some days lie got three or four, sometimes none, but
generally enough for “a mess." I afterward learned that
in this part of the country it is a favorite amusement, and
prowess in that line counts ns much as if directed agaiust
ordinary game. Shortly after we left the reverberating
echoes of his rifle told us of the success which crowned the
patience of our cracker friend. The time generally selected
by these people— and I regret to state" the uneducated
crackers are not the only ones who indulge in this sport,
hut also those who ought to know better — is when the fish
seek the shallow portions of the lake to spawn. Perched
in the trees they can readily see the fish in the clear water,
and nicely calculating the angle — shooting under them — the
bullet or buckshot stuns the fish and causes it to float help-
lessly on the surface, and before it can recover the shooter
has descended the tree, waded in, and secured his prey.
During the hot days of Summer, too, the fish lazily float
on the surface, and they are then also much sought for.
Very large ones are often thus killed. A son of the owner
of this lake shot one which weighed over fifteen pounds.
I trust the brothers of the rod and gun in Georgia will look
to it and prevent this most unsportsmanlike method of
faking.

Alas! all things must have an end, and our time drew to
a close. On the fourth day we fished until noon, then tak-
ing out, drying and repairing the nets we struck camp, and
packing up everything, we removed all the luggage to the
side of the track and waited for the train. Meanwhile, we
had several hours to spare, so we took a thorough bath, and
had a fine swim in the lake, and packingonr fishiug clothes,
appeared once more clad en regie. Finding the time hang-
ing rather heavily on his hands, the Judge, not satisfied
with having been badly beaten at wliist the previous night,
challenged me to a friendly game of “seven up.” 1 need
hardly say that 1 was very unfortunate; for the Judge beat
me scandalously. Of course, it was the fault of the cards.
It always is. But the Judge was elated. Flushed with
success lie resolved to beat his other whist antagonist — and
at. “old sledge.” Now, Gen. H.isa very quiet man, but
be has been around the world considerably, and with open
eyes. After much persuasion he consented to give the
Judge liis “revenge;" so they spread a blanket in the shade
and went at it. Something was the matter with the cards;
for from some cause the Judge was unsuccessful. It was
positively wonderful how many jacks the General turned,
and, strange to relate, it was singular how few trumps the
Judge held. Again and again he tried it, but with the same
result. There was surely “a heathen Chinee” somewhere.
The little grove rang with laughter at the Judge's discom-
fiture until the train coming up, (through the kindness of
the Superintendent of the road it had orders to pick us up
where we were,) we got aboard and bid adieu to the spot
where we had spent so many lmppy hours. As the train
dashed around t lie curve, looking thoughtfully out of the
window and taking the last glimpse of the smoke of our
smouldering camp lire, the Juclge observed, “I cannot un-
derstand it, General, how you turned so many jacks." A
pleasant ride through the shadows brought us to Atlanta,
and midnight found us all snug iu our beds — at home. The
“camp fish" was over. Monmouth.

For FortJtl and Stream.

OUT WITH THE TIDE.

MY little Water Witch has been safely harbored during
all the Winter storms under the South veranda,
within hearing of the rude waters, but beyond their rougli
reach. Lust Autumn, when November winds were raging,
aud our bay was lashed to a maddening fury that threat
ened all tender craft, I helped to curry her over the fallen
leaves and laid her there, and by her side the idle paddles,
"One o’er one

Like folded arms when the work is done.”

Many times during the Winter 1 huve gone down on my
knees in the snow and peered through the stained lattice
at my little darling, as she lay there'like a caged animal,
her gay color gone and her saucy pride very much low-
ered. But now that Spring has come, I have called John
from his pea plantings in the gin-den, where the May sun
has been heating on his bended back, and together we car-
ried the pet down the hill and placed her, keel upward,
upon two tame-looking wooden horses. I have thrown
the saddle on Julia and cantered over to the country store
and purchased paint, putty hall and caulking iron. 'I have
bought for myself a pair of glazed overalls, in which I
feel the dignity of labor and the necessity for keeping
them on by tight strapping about iny waist. How many
glad hours I have had down at the water’s edge upou a
carpet of seu weed and grasses, geltiug my little vessel
ready for service, and, like Kobinson Crime, I have done
it all myself. Yet there is something trviog and tiresome
in the extreme about boat painting; an aching right arm a
sore, complaining hack, a feverish touch of pTiin about
one s body. I should not care to assist at paint dressing
the sides of a French man of war, or a Kussiuu frigate or
a Dutch double decker, or even the long, sleek sides of a
gondola, that floats swau-like along the streets of Venice
A row boat is a joy forever, unless she leaks. Even with
this symptom of grave depravity we do not set her adrift
to drive hither and thither on a stormy sea, a wreck past
hope, without a hand raised or a nail driven to save. Nay
we have the caulking iron, the lamp wick, the putty Imfl
and the mallet to win our darling back to usefulness once
more. What a mouthful for the hungry monster, our little
pet swallowed in an instant with a greedy relish and a
wicked haste, aud the treacherous, rude waves smack their
white lips over the dainty tidbit they have tasted, and the
sea prowls hungrily for more prey, unsatisfied and insu-
tiable as ever. Looking at the sea in this light, it seems a
beast with baek ever raised, cat-like, for a spring to devour
at a gulpli, or to worry and torment, its victim. With-
out, doubt, though it is a near neighbor of mine, that has
home the weight of my friendship evenly these many
days— without doubt the sea has a cat-like nature, a touch
of the wild eat beneath its swelling breast. It crawls and
crouehcB at our feet in the sort Summer days, purriiie low
and monotonously, all the while licking and lapping at the

JhitP.M- 0I<Ltjled?®' .lll° h°U8« cat, licks and laps his
white sides. Naturally it gains our confidence, and like a
great playful pet we sit by its side, tease it, and fret it
with pebbles tossed into its mouth, and spend many bright
quick-going hours upon its hack. It is lamb like and gen-
tle; but provoke it, let a voice from tho cast address ft in
coarse tones, ike one ordering it to lie down, and in an in-
uPl.,u dec‘P throut roars sullenly and
threateningly, like a liou at bay, aud out where the hun-

gry waves run high, their while teeth show fiercely. It
charmed a while ago; now it awes and frightens. Ah! but
1 love the sea, so 1 lovo the water of our liny. It fan* been
friend and physician. When it was lonely on the hill,
coming to it I found it singing or talkative; as a friend it
has delighted me, borne with my wavs and moods patient-
ly and politely ; has advanced my interests, amused and
entertained me for hours, and never at a wrong moment
stranded me high and dry, as some friends in need huve
done. As physician, it has given me back my strength,
reddened my blood, broadened my chest, and cunningly
whetted my appetite till an edge came as keen and sensitive
as that of a Damascus blade — an appetite such as u gener-
ous housewife only should have dealings with.

Then the day came for the launch— a day all rich with
sun and all blue with sky. A saucy south wind gives no
rest to the young foliage, and turns the smile of our hay
into a white, hearty laugh. The sea has a merry face, iii
the soft haze of the offing a hundred liny sheets dip. Com-
merce in miniature, but not in minimum. Every cedar
bush along tho bluff grows red with feathery breasted rob-
ins, with throats opened. A noisy lot of sea gulls hang in
clusters overhead and watch me. Possibly 1 do look fan-
tastic in my glazed and paint-stained overalls. I am the
only one who has a bout to launch this morning. No one
but me seems to know there is to ho a launch— no one but
a little maiden who has strayed from the nest-like home of
a neighbor south of tho point, and comes swinging a pert
little cprbeille at arm's length, to idle tho ino:ning along
shore, to gather sea shells, and any wonders the last tide
has thrown up; finding such, 6be collects carefully and me-
thodically, all to lie thrown away again before returning.
She advances timidly, pauses, drops' her basket, and then
seats herself upon a wide topped rock at tide mark — a fa-
vorite resting place of mine, perhaps a stone's throw dis-
tant—and eyes me curiously. She has no boat, and I
know she loves the waves dearly. I sliull tempt her with
an invite and use her for ballast. So I heave at the stem
and heave at the bow, aud now my little Witch receives
the first caress of the waves, and now they have caught
her in their strong arms and toss her like a plaything,
then, forgetting my glazed overalls, my rod face, and the
daub of yellow ochre on my waistcout, I go ashore for bal-
last. It is something like the story of an Adam and Eve.
These bluffs wall our garden of Eden. This world about
us is as empty as Adam’s worl 1 was, but the serpent is not
in the garden, though the forbidden fruit is lodged on the
rock yonder. Tho forbidden fruit is not bitter. I return
successful, with ballast and basket on my arm. The shell
gatherer knows of me, and consents to divide with mo the
dangers and delights of a trial trip. Aye. she is a very
Eve! These May suns have browned her. These sea
winds have purified her. This out-of-door life has brought
exquisite health.

"Her fare It is the fnirest
That ere the sun shooe on.”

Her blue eye dances merrily; a sweet contour possesses her,
and she has a

"Step like o mountain roe.”

She mans the helm and I the oars, and my little Water
Witch, as if conscious of her freeiora, cuts the waves
proudly and carries us seaward, the while some half for-

f rot ten lines of a poem I once wickedly loved, return, and
lalf-audibly I tell them to her:

"The sweet south wind, with perfume heavy laden
Came lij-htlr Irippinj hy.

And kissed a pruliy, unsuspecting maiden—

Why not It"

As the morning ripens the wind lulls. Our bay loses its
white laugh and stretches itself for a nap. An oar’s length
from our side that athlete, the nimble mackerel, the gym-
nast of onr hay, leaps from his water home two feet Into
the dear morning air— a silver leaf with the dew on it As
he drops his supple length again into his hath he turns a
comic, half-closed eye upon us, as one asking, “Well, how
is that for high?” We both think it very high. Almost
under our bow the burly-backed porpoise, a very clown in
his way, does a hesitating somersault, or rather tries to do
it, for it is a blunder from the starting; an awkward, un-
trained effort, yet to play out Ids part, adding strength to
his awkwardness, lie throws his leathery back against a
coming wave, making a confusion and splatter, and send-
ing a rain of cold drops that catches us amidships; then,
like a leaden weight, he sinks from sight, and the place
that knew him knows him no more. Over beyond, a
school of noisy young porpoises are playing at a game of
marine leap-frog, and in their acrobatic follies among the
waves they are as frolicsome as children at recess time.
And well they may he, for it makes no matter of difference
to them whether school keeps or not, and it does to the
children. They play the burlesque only, ami have vet to
learn from our little mackerel Ins graceful leap. Now a
hungry, cunning shark turns from his thoroughfare to en-
ter our bay and prowl for prey. I know him l>y his state-
ly fins that ride the water, cutting the waves like the prow
of a racer. Of course he is an enemy, and I am glad when,
hungry as ho came, he leaves our peaceful midst to seek
elsewhere a feeding ground. Overhead a dozen hawks and
sea gulls are circling, deciding among themselves wluit
kind of a fish they will have to day for dinner. Perhaps
to morrow our silver gymnast will not perform. I do not
understand the ways of a sea gull. A bird’s life is un-
doubtedly an active one. There is nothing sedentary
about the habits of a robin, aside from the hatching sen-
sou; yet I have found a red- breast quite often at rest on
the bough of a cedar tree, or all hilt niotioulcss among tho
tingery twigs of an old hickory down the lawn, and huve
even sighted a swallow taking it easy for ten seconds on
the top of an old weather-beaten barn, lint the life of a
seagull is an unceasing round of motions; a confusion of
designs in flight that is fatiguing to follow. “There be
three things which are too wonderful for me,” says Solo-
mon, “yea, four which 1 know not — “the way of un eagle
in the air"— so I drop the subject at once.

The sun climbs high and throws an impertinent stare
into our faces. My arms cry out “enough." Hebe tugs at
the tiller strings, and the nose of onr little craft buries in
the sandy softness of a neighboring shore. We disembark
and find 11 deliciously cool shelter under the friendly
spread of an old irotiwood that dips over the bank. At
its roots, in goblet shape, a forgotten spring oilers its
luugliiiig waters, and the cup hearer serves me dainty
swallows from tho bleached shallow of a clam shell. Just
now life tastes very sweet. I lives peaco that posses un-
derstanding. I do not mark how tho minutes fly, till the
toll of a distant bell tells the hour of noon. Then, re-
membering the wide roach of blue, languid water that
ruthlessly divides me from the honest faro of a farmhouso

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r nritUncr lo tlie fair goddess nt my side that cold
dinner, I "ln'Pcr win, mi haste we embark, and rested

finisk of her figure

CtlZr trial trip is but tl.o beginning of a succession of
0,ii lii.ii r is . vu lirc. venturesome, the

Summer delights. SomUim .fruiil imd en out

Summer uei.gnis et ,0 |(C afraid and go out

shell gatherer and I ; pu,icd my Witch far

Willi 'lie tide, coa t g highway to the east, and

„ul i„to the sound ^oper, ^ uWsand aids, it is

like any uvunuc . r|ir(, H,.,e the rivers and bays

-mnlribum the pride of their waters, and many a stalely
^ ! nils from the “haven under the hill” to join the Hock
Sf’W teSa that are bearing the wealth of the cast to
the great oily To do her part once a week our hay sends

OUR LITTLE

For Fortrt and Stream.

FISHING CRUISE.

out *^a Ti uav': ly freighted’, matronly-looking sloop, the pride
of our hearts, a joy to our eyes, rich with the finds of
our farms and the return of our harvests. Her sails are
spotless her rigging taut and trim. The skipper's wife is
id | he water's edge with little ones to wave a white adieu
to her tarry mate, who mans the trusty helm with firm, con-
scious, guiding hand, ami the little vessel minds it like a
hit It is indeed u picture to see our little ship set sail, and
we* watch her proudly on her way westward in her decent
pride, as with canvas flowing, like a white dove she drops
behind the point, and now we sight her on another tack,
and now lose her in the offing. In three short days which
t he skipper’s wife has numbered; perhaps at sunset, or as
tide favois, we sight at must Head in the blue distance a
tiny, fluttering pomiunl, which gludens our eyes and tells
us it is our pride nearing toward us. She is on the home
stretch, and she outers the bay knowingly, hardly asking
the guidance of the skipper's stiffened, rheumatic right
nmi against the hickory helm Gathering force, she cour-
tesies low— as seen in country daucos— and nodding re-
peatedly to the row of fishers' while cottages hanging over
the hliiff like late snowdrifts, she rounds loo saucily, yet
-.vith pomp and circumstance ller anchor is let go like a
lmit for some hungry sea monster; her jib rattles down
with noisy haste, and the little vessel is at rest, panting, the
spent spray running down her sides like sweat off a race
Jiorse. I can suppose the skipper hardly able to resist just
stepping overboard to pat her, she lias done so nobly; and
verily lie could take her in Ins arms like a true flesh and
blood daughter— a sweet gift that providence lias all along
denied him.

Timidly 1 pick a way for my little Witch along the path
where commerce never sleeps; passed scornfully without
recognition l>y swift steamers that throw their white swells
haughtily; by stately eastern schooners, rich with locust
jogs* full freighted with fragrant Maim*, pine, or loaded
low with Martha’s Vineyard marble on its way to whiten
new graveyards; and the long, rakish, down cast craft
goes by, making one think of middle-aged maidenhood on
the war path, her sails like white nostrils dilated like a
snorting cart horse. Westward, at the mouth of the hay,
coveys of soiled white wings hover about the point like
birds of prey ; they are the fishing smacks on Hie scout of
the game. The skipper has acquired a sleight of hand at
the tiller, which saves him from collisions and the cruel
tastes of the reefs. He handles bis cruft with consummate
skill; now running her before the gale, leaving a clean,
noisy, white wake, and now he brings the smack's little
round, red head to tliu wiud. holds it quivering there an
instant, then goes about, every spur and pulley protesting.
When the tide changes, in a body the smacks drift up the
hay, dragging their small boats behind them like families
of children. , ,

When the wind is off duty and undisturbed our hay
dozes under the kind May sun, not a wrinkle marring its
sweet, calm face; or, when like one tired of play it stretches
itself peacefully for a noon nap, then I love to coax my
Witch along the water’s edge and idle down the rocky reach
of bench. At such moments a great peace possesses the
world— the world about our t. iy. It i> like a great whole
some hush. The robins are in the woods, nesting, just out
nt gun shot; a few of those insatiable gulls are noiselessly
putting their heads together, as if some of them may at
last have discovered a new and finished design in flight
with which to complete their rare embroidery of the
heavens. In the liu/.y oiling a mighty flock of canvas
wings U waiting a friendly breeze to spread and scatter it,
mid impatient skippers arc pacing their decks, like prison-
ers on a gallv. Two or three fearless and probably half
famished sand snipe are lunching off the shore, their little
pipe stem-like legs looking so unmistakably brittle they
might easily break apart, leaving a mouthful of feathers
and a melting relish of bird llesli to rot and go to decay.
As the tide runs out and the width of beach increases, the
serious, solemn-looking soft shell clam rears its meaty
head, lifting an inch of fleshy neck iu true Dombeyan style
from its sloppy home, and with true clerical elleci u bends
not nor turns. No young curate on his ritualistic parish
walk could create such an impression of stolid uncon-
sciousness. It seems so odd to me that this peculiar folk
should live in this underfoot and out ot lhc-wnrld sort of
way, when the dry land might well ask for their presence,
as their examjdo shows them to lie a decent, modest, un-
fanll finding species, without cunning and without intrigue,
living orderly, and seemingly in true and wholesome con-
tent. My affection does really run for the soft shell cium.
As a mild form or exhilaration there can nothing compare
with the half hour spent at the water’s edge when the tide
is off, with a short handled hoc, raking and gathering them
in. The very fact that ouo is a mud covered and “dem-
nition moist," unpleasant smelling body enhances the ex-
hilaration. Through four feel <ff clear water I look down
upon the sober, thoughtful crab, sideling along his sandy
way, absent-mindedly, as If something heavy wcie resting
on hi* mind. Ho reminds me of the married man ot fitly
returning from his labors, clothed will! the cares ot t lie
day ami the worries of life. It may he a more serious
thing to fie a oral) than I think it, hut it in list be lnorc

agreeable limn being a lobster. I have only hitter words
for that ugly, mean, most miserable sinner, the sea spuler,
u sort of a Fourth Ward rough of our hay. He is to hr
shallow waters, about broken down piers, where
is slimy and smells so; you sometimes grapple
In deep soundings, and delight in cracking aim
every one of Ills in any legs. It was only yester-
>n the reefs, he robbed me of six successive rich

found in shallow waters, about broken down piers, where
the water is slimy and smells so; you sometimes grapple

with him it

crippling ev

duy, out on — --

halts. As a human on shore the sea spider would rob and
lie; he. is total depravity, has nothing reputable or decent
About liiu>. J. must gel away from him. C. H. W.

#4 $JtUnrt.

WE went on the 21st of June— this 1875 June— to a
small lake near Utopia. 1 shall not describe our
journey. We had a noble horse, and saw two foxes on the
way, besides several sunburnt country lasses, as ugly as
hedge-hog*'. At Lupreuux, twenty-five miles, we dined at
a very neat hotel and then wheeled merrily on, and arrived
at. the hotel tie la bon homtne Reardon, eighteen miles fur-
ther, near Saint George, in time for supper, which meal wc
partook of like jolly good fellows always do that are
blessed with a good appetite. Before tea we hauled the
corks out of two bottles of Alsopp’s ale—

" And the way wo drained Oilr glmiio* dry
Would niuke a Uinpormice preacher sigh.”

Next morning before the cocks crew we were on our way
again to the residence of General Toag, a gjod old farmer,
who hud just entered into “holy bonds," having married
llio gay widow of four departed Mr. Somebodies. Mr.
Toag was now a happy man; he had lived to get her, and
he had reason to he proud and feel grateful, hut if he don’t
look out for himself Mrs. Toag will outlive Mr. Toag, (or
her ffude man No. 5.) for he is a somewhat slender old
clmp, and his sweet wife is a tall, powerful woman, who
will pul up with no nonsense. Yes, dear reader, Mrs. Toag
is none of your delicate little creatures that would not burl
n lly, hut a splendid two-fisted housewife, who would put
u carbuncle on a follow’s head in five minutes if he did not
mind his eye. We arrived at Toag’s; we captured two very
wild steers of his, or rather of his and Mrs. Toug’s. These
“fiery steeds” we, after great fatigue, managed to get yoked
into a cart, the wheels of which were as large as — well,
awfully large. The steers aeled badly; they ran away,
bolted, upset Toag — General Toag; ran over a forest of
huge black slumps, and nearly fell into the charming wa-
ins of Lake Utopia. Finally, at Mr. Toag’s persuasion,
they became less excited. He petted them oy welling them
over the heads and noses with a stout cudgel, howling out
while his copper-colored countenance was distorted almost
beyond recognition, “Whoa, hug buck! whoa, hug bony!
hack, whoa, hug bonj ! gee, back, whoa, hug buck-" In
this carl we put a light boat, and after having it hauled a
mile and a half to M. lake we set her afloat and rowed
across the waters, encamping near a charming brook, or
rather put up our tent. We then started through the for-
est, and after footing it two miles stood on the margin of a
small lake, and near us was a fair raft. We were soon at
work. Noon found us whipping away in a lively style- A
very handsome green fly appeared to excite the curiosity of
the “gaudy inn0ccnt6," for my companion, Lovejoy, soon
landed a two-pounder. Well, wo both did well. One of
mine was two and a half pounds, and many one and a half
pounds and one pound. The water was entirely too high,
a fuel that I have observed iu all the lakes I have fished
i his Spring. I Imd the honor of "striking” and nearly
capturing a fish that would have weighed four or five
pounds, hut after playing him for a short time he darted
away, showed his magnificent form on the top of the wa-
ter, then gave a jump und a dive down, snapping my oiled
silk fine, which, by the way, proved considerably rotten.
It had been four years in use. I did not weep as my lost
one departed, but I said something. I wont tell it here.
Next day wc fished Ibis pond again with no success, the
weather being very misty uud quite chilly. During the
ni'dit of our encampment on t lie banks of M. lake wild
cats hovered near us till daylight, and the screeches they
let out were frightful, and made the dismal hours hideous.
A bear also prowled a short way off, and our sanctum was
entered by a rabbit and a tiling’ like a rat, and an immense
spider, as large as a small potato— a very small potato. We
kept on a good fire, and our lantern hung cheerfully before
our door. The woods appeared to be alive with partridges.
Owls screamed, waters roared, birds sung, fish jumped,
and all that soit of thing. We struck tent and got back to
Reardon’s in time for a good “square" meal, and during a
thick fog and rain storm we started forborne, our stomachs
filled with good grub, our baskets filled with trout, our
wagon filled with traps, aud our hearts filled with joy. On
the journey Lovejoy, who. by the way, is quite a military
fellow, kept me awake during the dark drive by telling of
many a hard-fought battle, many a victory, and many a
good old General. In memory of this drive I have hereby
christened Toag “General Toag" the Fifth. By my last
advices I learn that Mr. and Mrs. Toag are well and hearty,
and enjoying themselves at their picturesque farm, and all
that sort of thing; and should any honest reader wish to go
lisliing at or near Utopia, I shall he only too pleased lo give
them an introductory epistle to General Toag and lady.

St. John , W. li. J- Newton Wilson.

Recite fou Preserving Meat.— As warm weather has
come at last, the following by a writer in Hie New York
Times will prove both seasonable aud serviceable. There
is no good reason why farmers and their families should
eat so much salt pork, leaving all the fresh meat to the in-
habitants of cities and villages, when the foil nving method
will keep it fresh for weeks even in the warmest weather. I
have tried it for several years. As soon as the animal heat
is out of the meat, slice it up ready for cooking. I reparc
a hiree jar by scalding it well with hot salt and water. Mix
suit and pulverized saltpetre. Cover the bottom of the jar
with a sprinkle of salt and pepper. Put down a layer of
meat sprinkle with salt and pepper the same as if it was
iust going to the table, and continue in this maimer until
the iar is full. Fold a cloth or towel and wet it in strong
salt and water, in which a littleof the saltpetre is dissolved
Press the cloth closely over the meat and set it in a cool
nlace. Be sure and press the cloth in tightly as each layer
is removed, and your meat will keep for months. Then
drain off all the blood that oozes from it. It will he neces-
sary to change the cloth occasionally, or take it off and
wash it first in cold water, then scald in salt and water us
at first. In this way farmers can have fres h incat «l I the
year round. 1 have kept beef that was kil ed the 13th of
February till the 21st of June. Then 1 packed a large jar
of veal in the same way during the dog days, nnd kept it
six weeks. __

—Victor Emanuel is no less a sportsman because lie is a
King The description of his hunting grounds given in
foreign journals make them seem to be a sportsman * para-
dise.0 The chase among the mountains of Valsavarurche,
which abound with gamo on the Italian side, is reserved to
the King who bus established his central hunting odge on
«». T.orvoillc. 7.000 feet above tide level.

ORIGIN. DEVELOPMENT, AND TROGRE8S OF FISH CULTURE

BY ICUTIIYOS.— NUMBER TWO.

T

O Lieut, (afterward Major) G. L. Jacobi, of Ilollen-
hauscn.muet he given the credit of lir*t introducing,
if not discovering, the process of artificial impregnation
of fishes' eggs. The result of his experiments were emi-
nently successful, though conducted through a period of

forty years, before the discovery was given the world.
His method of vitalizing eggs Was, with slight difference,
the same as is practiced to-day. Jacobi says: "Place in a
clean vessel about a pint of jiure water; seize the minion
by the head and hold her over it; if the eggs have urrived
at maturity, they will fallout of her of their own accord; if
not, press lightly on the belly with the palm of the hand;
the eggs will then detach themselves and fall into the
water. Perform the same operation on a mule salmon, and
when there is enough mill upon the eggs to whiten the
surface of the water the fecundation of the eggs will he
accomplished." We ate informed that his hatching trough
was similar to that invented and used by the Monk, Dorn
Pinclion. Jacobi's work on fish culture as n science, was
the first work written on the subject. Under his manage-
ment fish farms were established in Germany, nnd the fish
produced became nn important article of commerce. It is
said that the Queen of England, of that period, bestowed
a handsome pecuniary reward upon the originator and dis-
coverer of this art.

Now our country becomes interested. The next aspirant
for pisciculture! honors is an American school boy. Ac-
cording to Dr. Slack, whose authority is reliable, “the late
Rev. John Bachman, D. D., of Charleston, 8. C., claimed,
in a paper read before the State Agricultural Society of that
State, iu 1855, that iu 1804, at the. age of fourteen years, ho
had impregnated and hutched the eggs of trout and other
fishes." This statement 1ms been denied and ridiculed,
but the character of Dr. Bachman as a Christian gentle-
man is loo well known and recognized for us to doubt for
a moment his veracity. Dr. Bachman modestly makes no
cluim to the invention of the process. From the year 1804
to 1844, experimental fish culture was practiced both by
amateurs and savans, nnd many facts ascertained which,
upon the revival of the art, proved of the greatest value
and importance. In 1820 Messrs. Divert and Pilachon, af-
ter many experiments, succeeded iu hatching a sufficient
number of trout to stock u small stream in the south of
Frunce. Messrs. Vogt and Agassiz., in the study of em-
bryology, fecundated the pulee’s eggs, a variety of salmon
of the waters of Switzerland, and hatched them. But
now we come, after tracing minutely the progress of this
art across the centuries, to a claimant, to whom the honor
is due of re-establishing fish culture and of placing it on a
practical basis. To Joseph Remy, of France, arc wo in-
debted for the greatest boon giveu to the race during the
present century. Rciny was a fisherman, who gained ft
livelihood by ’the capture of trout in tbe small streams
which abound in the Vosges Mountains, dividing Alsatia
and Lorraine, tbe debatable ground between the French
and Prussians— the casus belli between those nations re-
cently, in which these territories are uguiu figured upon
the map of Germany. Our discoverer had noticed with
regret the rapid disappearance of his favorite fishes, and
being energetic and persevering, though uneducated and
ignorant, devoted himself assiduously for several years lo
their habits, especially during the spawning season. The
excessively dry season — Summer and Autumn of 1842 — fa-
vored his investigations. Constant watch of the shoal of
trout became necessary us the spawning season approached,
and ns they were ascending lo their beds for the deposition
of their eggs. Nature would demand rest. Remy, there-
fore, associated with him a tavern keeper (aubergiete)
named Genin. who alternated with him iu his observations.
So earnestly and persistently were these pursued, that iu
one instance, during the full of the moon, a shoal of trout
were kept constantly in view during four consecutive days
and nights. The result of this persistent labor, unremitted
day and night, was the re discovery of the process of Ja-
cobi, which these men at once put into successful practice;
it was kept secret for four years as (if desirous of so do-
ing) neither of the operators were able to prepare an ac-
count of their work for public use; but in 1848, Dr. Haxo,
of Epiral, visited their establishment, and at once recog-
nized the value of their labors. By tbe Dr. reports were
prepared and one forwarded to tbe Government and another
to the French Academy- Both were received with favor.

A commission of savans, headed by M. Costa, Professor
of Embryology in the College of France, visited the fish
farm of the Vosges, and reported on it favorably. Remy
became a celebrity. He was invited lo Paris, aud the
peasant fisherman of a few months before, and utterly un-
known was an honored guest at the table of tin* President
of the Republic. Work after work was issued; report af-
ter report was made, and France inaugurated the great
fish-breeding establishment known as the French Govern-
mental Fisli Farm of lluninque, in 1851.

This is wlmt is known thus far regarding the develop-
ment of this great industry in the Old World, and marks
unite minutely the progress of the nit from the present
known records of the Chinese, 2,100 B. C. , down to a
period when the art was introduced into the United States,
in 1853 when I)r. Theodutus Garlick aud Prof. II. A.
Ackley succeeded, after great labor and expense, in estab-
lishing n fish farm near Cleveland, Ohio, the first of the
kind projected in the United States. Dr. Garlick wrote a
work on this subject in our country It is entitled A
Treatise on tbe Artificial Propagation of Fisli In 1850,
Mr Stephen II. Ainsworth, of West Bloomfield, N. i .
commenced his experiments. This gentleman has done as
much if not more, for the advancement cf American
trout culture than any other person in America. He has
developed several very useful inventions among which Ins
spawning-nice stands pre-eminent. In New England. Mr.
F C Kellogg, of Hartford, Conn., and Mr. I). W Chap-
man ‘ of New York, began fish breeding nt Simsbury,
Conn., as early as 1855, and published the results of their
labors before the Connecticut Stale Agricultural bocict) . m
isMi In 1857 the Stale of Connecticut passed an act m
the interest of Mr. Carl Muller, of New York, and Mr
Henrv Brown, of New Haven, granting certain powers, and
control of Saltonstull Lake for the purpose of fish breeding.

To bo Continued.

374

FOREST AND STREAM.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR TROUT PONDS.

Lake City, Minn., July 16th, 1375

Editor Forest axd Stream:—

I desire to call the attention of the many sportsmen who now or may
hereafter spend the Summers In this locality to the fine opportunities
afforded right here for valuable natural trout ponds. First, let me say
that there Is not, perhaps, in all the West a more beautiful or lit place
for the sportsman than Lake Pepin Valley, especially during the hot
months. Many sportsmen, with their families, regularly spend their
Summers here, aud always dud cool nights without any mosquito bites.
It is a singular fact that we are not troubled with these little tormentor*.
All these sportsmen get, of course, good trout, fishing In the various
streams and private ponds; but the word “good" will soon have to be
dropped unless an effort Is made to increase the supply.

Let me repeat what 1 have said in former letters, viz: that wc have
emptying Into the lake on oither side nine trout streams. The most of
these streams have afforded an immense number of trout, but they have
been so tremendously fished that their pristine glory lias departed. Yet,
In all these streams many fish are still found, affording some fine sport
and an ample number to stock any ponds that may be created. Many
line localities for natural ponds on these streams ure found within three
and five miles of Lake City, and for a small sum can be leased or purchased
A dam that would create a pond sufficient to sustain tens of thousands of
trorn would cost comparatively but little money, and not one cent to
feed the fish. As a sample of what can be done ou these streams, I will
refer to two mill ponds. One of these (Pine Creek Pond) affords from
one to two thousand pounds of trout a year, and brings an Income to Its
owner of five or six hundred dollars annually. And all this without ex-
pending, from first to last, one single cent for the care or Increase of the
fish Two such ponds are within three und five miles of Lake City. Both
of these streams are small creeks, but natural, as are all trout brooks
Trout are allowed to be caught from these ponds at thirty cents per
pound, aim the amount taken every season seems almost iucredible; still
there seems to be no decrease in number or size. Now, those wishing
to spend their Summers here, aud wanting unlimited trout fishing, can
have it lu the way indicated above; and in three years it could be made
a source of income that would pay a greater interest on the capital rh«..
any other investment known.

Let me add that I secured last Winter a special law to protect those
who erect dams, and naturally or artificially propagate trout or other fish
This law Is very striugent, and affords all the legal protection (hat can
be desired . In conclusion, allow me to say that circumstances have pre-
vented me from ever securing a right to one or more of these privileges,
and I have therefore no “ax to grind," and desire only that some lovers
of trout angling may be induced to avail themselves of these opportu
nitles. Any further information I will freely furnish if desired.

Db. D. E. Estes

ffistorg.

OUR HAWKS

For Fure */ and Strtam.

AND OWLS.

«T JOSEPH It. BAITY-

TROUT AND SALMON NEAR SAN FRAN-
CISCO.

Editor Forest axd Stream:—

Sax Francisco, June 26th, 1875.

The bait fishing for trout and salmon In Lake Merced still continues to
be attended with good success. Mr. Kaeding, of the firm of Llddie &
Kaediug, porting emporium, with one or two companions in his boat,
has generally taken of a morning lately, from sunrise to about nine
o'clock A M., from ten to twenty trout and salmon. Other parlies have
also doDe tolerably well early in the day and late In the evening. I
lately bad the pleasure of conversing with E. W. Leonard, Esq., one of
our first enthusiasts and zealous operators in stocking our river* and
lakes with game fish. He informed me that the first lot of trout put in
Lake Merced was July 24th, 1365, aud the second lot of “red line trout,"
or California spacies. was April 3d, 18tlG. This has continued every year
since. Speakiug of late sport in that lake I was informed by Mr. Liddle
that two fishermen captured thirty-part trout and part salmon— bait
angling, in four feet of water on a sandy bottom.

I do consider the young salmon or grilse, as well as the Tahoe trout, so
many of ib« former of which were taken in our bay last Winter aud
.spring bait fishing, and both now in our lakes San Andrews and Merced
to be the ntplw, ultra of table fish Their flesh, as you know, is of a
light pink color, tender, curdy, and in layers, not containing near so
much oil as the .kUmo talar, nor full grown Salmon, and on this ac-
count chiefly to most persons, (I may say the best judges and of the most
epicurean tastes.) they are more palatable than most of our more rich
northern salmon, particularly when these Columbia and other river sul-
mon are of large weight. As a game fish, too. of aonrse in furnishing
amusement to the angler or fly fisher these fish have very few equals, as
all sportsmen know who have experienced the rapid, und sudden grasp
wiili wnicb they ceize Ihe hook, ihelr delirious struggle, and the uuick
and careful work they require to safely land them, with fine tackle
which all skillful angler* are almost sure to use.

Besides the great lUb -hatching establishments at the McCloud River
and 6an Maieo reservoir and creek, hi January last the Fish Commis-
sioners of the State, (who have earnestly and intelligently performed tbeir
duties,) erected a Slate hutching house at our State University at Berke-
ley. near Oakland, across our bay. About the same time they sent East
for OJ, 000 New Hampshire trout eggs. The succeaa of the enterprise
scarcely has a parallel. Ninety-six per cent, of the eggs were hatched
out The young fish have been distributed in San Pablo, Wild Cat, San
Leandro, and otner creeks ou the same aide of the bay, extending down
to the tributaries of the siream running through Alameda canon. Some
15.000 have been sent to other localities in the State. Soon fishermen
mar angle to their heart's content in many parts of the country which
had been nearly exhausted of their finny Inhabitants, and catch the big-
get. sauciest, and garaest of fish. In short, flsh culture is now matin*
wonderful .tridcs here, and Is being rapidly brought to a sc.ence-a fact

D?, ,0D'/u\ ,r1UltCrMtlOK to ,tj0ee who love 80 ranch the genlle art aud
all Its delightful associations, but tending to solvo the world's most im-
portant problem of how to supply the human family with wholesome
E. J . Hooper.

The Mahseeb.— This hsh, which takes the Diace in In-
dia of the salmon and trout of Europe and Auie'rica, some-
times auairis great size, reaching occasionally the enor-
mous weight of from eighty to one hundred pounds, while
forty pounds is by no means unusual. Artificial flies,
grubs and grasshoppers are all used as bait, and sometimes
even the ripe fruit of the fig tree is taken. They appear to
inhabit nearly all tbe rivers of the Indian peninsula, and
being very gamy afford great sport and a gratifying relief
to tbe monotony of -pig sticking” and fruitless tiger
hunting. b

A MONO our Eastern birds of prey there are some spe-
cies which are killed on every occasion when a good
chance occurs, simply because they are lmwks aud owls
and have long talons and sharp beaks, said to mnkc short
work of poultry, game, and insectivorous birds. The
greater number of I lie birds of prey are enemies of the
farmer and fancier, and war should be made on them
Wherever they arc found. Of this class of depredators I
might mention the red-tailed hawk, red-shouldered hawk
(hen hawk,) goshawk, cooper’s hawk, sharp-shinned hawk
(chicken hawk,) pigeon hawk (bullet head,) peregriue fal-
con, and the great horned owl.

The red-shouldered and sharp-shinned hawks are the
most rapacious, aud cause the fanner the most trouble.
They are both numerous species, and during the breeding
season they are exceedingly wary and difficult to shoot.
Their nests are generally built in a wood near farm houses,
and as soon as their young are large enough lo eat young
birds they prey continually on the farmers flock, and it is
then their voraciousness is most felt. On • chicken after
another mysteriously disappears until finally a commotion
is seen among the hens, and the rapacious little "sharp
shin" is seen to come down like a shot, striking a chicken
ns it passes through the flock, and in a moment more it is
out of sight in some wood or hedge, where it cleanly picks
its prey feather by feather until its whole body is bared,
when it is then carried to its capior’s nest and torn iu smuli
pieces and devoured by the young hawks.

The red-shouldered hawk manoeuvres much in the same
way, but preys on large chickens, aud ofteu on liens, which
are more in proportion to its size. The red-tailed hawk is
a powerful bird, and I once saw one strike a full-grown
muskrat, which it tore to pieces and devoured the greater
part. While the hawk was enjoying its feast I approached
and shot it under the cover of a cut bank near a stream
When dissecting the hawk I found its crop to contain the
large hind foot and quarter of the muskrat, which had been
swallowed whole. I have laken portions of the bodies of
young woodchucks and gray rabbits from the craws of
hawks of this species, aud tt is evident that'they prey largely
upon mammals as well as fowl. This hawk is seen most
during its migrations in Spring and Autumn, as the greater
body of the species go North lo breed. The goshawk
breeds in high latitudes, and usually makes ils appearance
in the United Slates in October, and remains during the
rest of the Fall and Winter. The goshawk is notoriously
a killer of domestic doves, and I once saw one kill a full-
grown game cock in my garden at Springfield, Mass. This
species flies like the accipiters, and is often seen skimming
low along the ground, darting among a flock of doves, in-
variably seizing one as it passes. This bird is exceedingly
courageous, and will boldly attack animals and fowls much
larger than itself when hungry. During the past Winter I
saw several of them in Minnesota chasing packs of the
sharp-tailed and ruffed grouse, which had been started
from the “popples” and white birch trees where they had
been budding. On one occasion I saw a young goshawk
strike a ruffed grouse when on the wing, which it carried
to a fallen log laying across a small stream. I was trailing
a wounded doe at the time, and was carrying a rifle, but
being curious to know the species of hawk, I stalked it
behind the trunk of a large tree, and knocked it from the
log with a forty-four ball.

The pigeon hawk is easily recognized by its sharp wings
and falcon’s flight, and is seldom seen only during the mi-
grating seasons. I once knew of a pair of these falcous to
nest in some heavy pine limber near Springfield, Mass,, but
wub that exception I have never seen them in the United
Stales— save a few stragglers seen along the coast of Maine
—in the breeding season. The cooper’s hawk is very com-
mon in some localities, and preys upon young fowl It is
recognizable by its low flight (when hunting,) long tail, and
short wings, and its mode of progress, which is mude by
flapping the wings and sailing alternately. The peregrine
fa con is the strongest and one of the largest of American
falcons, and although it sometimes feeds on carcasses like
the buzzard, its chief food consists of ducks which it
generally strikes on the wing. This species of falcon was
thought to be somewhat rare in the United States by many
persons, hut it is commonly distributed throughout the
greater part of the country, und on the plains of Montana
1 have found it to be common, where it breeds on the cut
banks near water courses. I have also found it common in
Colorado breeding in the carious of the South Platte Diver
also on cliffs on the Upper Arkansas (Arkansaw) and Mis-
sourr Htvers. I have killed five of this species ou Lon*
Island within ii few years, and they ace common residents
on the I1 ire Islands during the Fall and Winter. They feed

largest of Hus class of birds is the rough-leggcd hawk .
Us melanislic variety, the black hawk This species ft
ft b™ u °" 90™ favontt! dewl fee watching for unfortu

nute field mice that may chance to show themselves T ,
ars= hawk arrives in the Middle Slates i„ ()«oher,
habits Ihe meadows and sail marshes, where It finds nii"
enough io sustain it. Next in order comes the marsh hawk
winch is a numerous species, and their great numbers dt>
stroy thousands, if not millions, of mice annually ThU
bid is known by its slow and easy flight along the murtri,.
of meadows und sides of creeks, and the female may
recognized by her reddish brown plumage and the lanre
while patch on the rump, which is very conspicuous when
the bird is on the wing. The male marsh hawk is verv
small compared with the female, and when flying it an-
peats to be of a uniform pale bluish color. This

ap-

hawk

often preys on small birds during the Summer, hut when
the fields have been reaped and mowed, anil the mice are
robbed of their friendly cover, the marsh hawk watch for
the tiny rodents, and catch and devour great numbers of
them. Inis species nests on the ground in swamps, some-

times on an old muskrat house, and, like the pigeons, make
Jlie first young ones assist in hatching the remaining eggs
I lie male remains in the viciuity of the nest while the fe-
male hunts. When the female is coming with Iter prey
die give a her signal cry, the male meets her in midair re-
icves her of her burden, and feeds il lo the young hawks

V hi IP f lit* !/» dionmxnoi>.< I. «• _ . l . ..

—Dr. W. B. Robertson, one of the Virginia Fish Com-
missioners, received on the 8th inst. 125,000 young shad
for the Roanoke River. They were furnished by the
LniUid States Fish Commissioner, and were immediately
forwarded to Staunton River Depot, to be pluccd in the
fiti cam av that point.

-We had pleasant visit* on Friday last from our valued
srres pondents, Fred Matin
the bmlthsoaian Institution.

correspondents, Fred Mather, Esq, and Prof. Milner, o"f

largely on sand pipers when on ihe sea coast, as’l haveseeu
them catch several, aud I have taken pieces of several kinds
°ff sand pipers from their craws.

The great horned owl will breed most anywhere in a
heavy limbered country, although I have found them most
numerous in the northern portions of the United Stales I

linfir /if tgreale{ b?dy of lhcm k™cd fur north of the
United States, and migrate south in Winter. Lust Winter

TC-y con,mon in the pineries of Minnesota,
and succeeded in trapping and shooting seven iu a few
weeks At my camp near the Little Elk River they fre-
?1D1[ stole • pheasants," (ruffed grou-e,) from trees and
from the roof of my shanty, and the grouse were frozen as
hard as stones yet the owls scraped them lo pieces with
their powerful beaks and devoured the fragments greedily
Moonhght nights I have heurd great horned owls^ooting
from four directions almost at the same time. 1 was greatly
surprised one bright sunny day to see a great horned owl
pursuing a ruffed grouse closely on the wing in the manner
ol an accipiter. This ill-omened bird will \at neu Jy
wh , e of a common hare, (Lopua American u«.) and f have
taken wo of the lower jaws of those rodents from ihe
?a^aCt ftt* !‘?ft owl# .T.hc.KrCHt horned owl disgorges
effort. f J°ne UnU bair seeuii,JkIy with but little

thS^Fjo1 eptttk !,f the more harmless birds of prey
in LSln 1 ni , “griclu.ll,uri8t ln “ measure, und feed chiefly
on small rodents which are injurious to the crops The

male hunts. When
she gi

lieves _ ........

while the female disappears in search of other game''
r lie sparrow lmwk is also a great slayer of mice, and,
although he lulls many small birds, I think in the aggre-
gate the farmer is his debtor. This little falcon is a widely
distributed species, and 1 have found it everywhere .luring
my rambles in the States and Territories in the belts of
cottonwood timber near the water courses on the plains
aud on the alpine summits of the Sierra Madre and Rocky
Mountains. It is the prettiest of the falcons, and his ini.
right little form is readily recognized by the ornithologist
os lie observes him perched on some fence stake or dead

Next comes the short eared owl, which I have never
known to be guilty of killing a lurger animal than a mob-
ile preys almost entirely upon mice, builds his nest on the
ground in a northern clime, and, as far as mv personal ob-
servations extend, he is a good-natured and ’timid fellow
Sometimes he is very curious, and follows your dog closely
over the meadows, snapping his hill and circling close
around, yet he is harmless, and unless you ure in want of a
specimen of Brachyotm cawinii, don’t shoot him.

The little acatlian owl is not very well known in the East
except by naturalists, yet he is worth a dozen cats black
and tans, and mouse traps around stacks of wheat or a
granary. This little mouse exterminator is rather common
in Minnesota, anti several farmers told me they had often
seen small owls without cars catch mice around their out-
buildings. Two of this species were taken at my cantn in
Minnesota during the past Winter, and one of their stoni-
uchs contained some smnll shrews. This owl has been
dubbetl the sawwhet owl, ou account of its peculiar
screech, but as 1 have never heard its notes but two or
three times, hesitatingly gtven, 1 cannot assert whether he
is justly named or not.

Next comes the screech or mottled owl. robed in his suit
of red or mottled gray, as you may chance to find him
btrange it is, birds of the same sex of this species arc
found in two distinct plumages in the same nest. Evi-
dently Dame Nature forgot herself when she put the led

coat on the little gray screech owl; yet lie wears it with be-
coming dignity, and freely associates with his more plainly
dressed fellows. The screech owl is a good mouser vet
when mice are scarce he sometimes visits the fancier’s’ cot
and brums five or six of his choicest pigeons. I i„lVe
known an owl of this species to kill six of my full-grown
pigeons m a night and lay five of them side by side in
regular order. Aside from this one bad habit the mottled
owl bears a good character, and in the long run he does
more good than harm. b

The burred owl is about two-thirds the size of his great
horned cousin, bubo, and when looked in the face some-
tiling m his countcnunce seems lo be wanting. Surely he

an<M ht>\ Z ,S° nerC® “9 relations. Ik- has no horns,

? he. bl rlS ,t.ye| ll°w eyes of the other owls are suhsti-

p 1 1* ft"! black °nes f,,r hic use' Thw species may
be called a timber owl, as they seldom stray far from the
woods unless they arc-migrating. Their food consist! of

shrews, mice, and birds, und the larger coleontera While
returning to camp one evening last. November in Miuue-

on *!SCrVCt< Yuffed gr!”T 8(1 noting close to a stump
“ , e, ™n L -1 aPPro'iched the bird within a few yards,
whui it took wing, and immediately after a barred owi
swooped down for it from a tree over my bend. Some of
ft hr ,d,m"? llle “Udi ns the hawk owl, snowy
hST1 ?hortr‘red T1* 1 ‘*ave never known the

f la ftn?d 0wLY° Im'y '*y d>‘y until I visited
Minnesota last 1« all. In conclusion I would say that it is

2,21, ‘ft th* bar.red owl 011,1 and will do his share of
ft 1 g >V V;n fo,od 19 scarce: yel '*« docs much good,
uni bears a better character 1 1, an some of his yellow eyed

ffttlon8\ J here are other birds of prey of inter-
e9tiug habits, yet it would be covering too much ground
on one subject to speak of them all.

HABITS OF THE WOOD DUCK — (Aix Sponsa.)

Editor Forest and Stream:—

It is Wondertut to observe c,r,8e|y the Mgaolty of certain animals and

Y l0t°,,lytol,,torofil b,,t l° Instruct the devotee of
naturul-tiatory. Among waterfowl tho wood, or Summer dock, takes
runk us a bird 1 of^rtlflces and Instinct aurpasred by but few of our North

die ftT,ib ft tOT i"Nln,lc«- '!•“ ntrong maternal Instinct of

the wood duck which prompts her to seek an almost Inaccessible nesting
place, secure from either the schoolboy or predatory animals. Often
when traveling neur some lake or stream In Spring time a pedestrian
n ,r‘rPftd, l<’ He" “ wood d,,ck "y HWlf"y overhanging

ml e J" ‘“m10" “ "L‘8t °f “KK" H,,,,K‘y ensconsed in the hol-
low trunk from which the parent bird has Just flown. In a few days the
young duckllugn from the tree are conducted to tho water, and here It l»
hat the mother duck shows to the fullest all her t unning artifice, lo pro-
tect her young. “

Oidy a short time since I came unexpectedly upon n brood of young
ducks feeding upon a emu:! dough |„ company with the parent bird
1 ho duck, after covering the retreat of the Utile ones, seemed tube
struggling desperately to get away herself, but mimicked to perfection
the action of a wounded, wlng-brokon bird. The ducklings were lying
r,U " ‘Y tW'k' forcovor- raid Olliers having their heads
beneath the leaves to hide themselves. After an apparent utteinpt to
fly, the mother would fall heavily on the ground, beatlug the grass with
hor wlDgs and agulu rising feobly, as though thy effort exhausted hot.

I picked up two of the tender fledglings at my feet, and secreted myself
behind a shrub to witness the fnrthcr action of the dock. In a few min-
utes she returned cautiously and alighted In the slough, calling plaint-
ively for the brood, which came around hor with their “peep, peep," and
I let the two in iny bund join her, when npon showing myself the dnek
guided her brood into the thick grass, and not a trace could I find of
them, for the mother's care had concealed them . Fred.

ZOREST AND STREAM.

BLACK SQUIRRELS

IN ILLINOIS.

Chicago, July J3th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I am a constant reader of your valuable paper, and have seen various
statements concerning the existence of the black squirrel In the State of
Illinois. This week there is a statement from a gentleman from Wau-
kegan, who makes the assertion that he never heard of the black squir
rel being found in this State in any considerable numbers since thirty
years ago. He also says that he has traveled the State from north to
south, and never saw any. If It were black squirrels he was looking for
he need not go half that distance to find them, for I have shot them my'
self not rtfty miles from Chicago, and, judging by the quantity I saw on
my last trip, he can come and shoot some himself if he thinks It worth
while. All he lias to do Is to take the train on the Chicago and North
western Railroad as far as Dcerfleld, and he can find any amount of black
squirrels In the woods about that soction, Chicago Sportsman
[Our correspondent, "G. B. S.,“ writes that from '50 to ’fil ho hunted
about Waukegan, and owned the only bird dog In the place; that there
are numbers in that place who could substantiate his statements In ref.
ercnce to killing black squirrels.— En]

Unhealthy Plants.— Mr PptPr w„n,i

,he

thatTheirhealth'ilS befn injured ** ** Cer-tain

having destroyed the fine ? by, ?°,me other menus

und induced disease that mnv ?y.W "iC 1 ,he plant fecds.

not usually important enS ? • dei\“\ The case is
«o the amateurhogins toSthe nlVY P an,1 doctor’"
is. in all probability not unfike thfi if6"1, and ,the practice
hold physicians who Lniv , m,any <?f olir ,louse’

disease. Having 1 ,at mcreases the

tive organs of the nlant^lio «tllc>* so to ®Peak. nutri
by applying water or with miT^h ,8.£or6ed with food
or eomn patent “plant fool.* fc'iheS'f if Sg

f»n t Ilf* * I rt ■ m ■ > I a? _ •

wmmm

CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE.

Department of PoblYo Parks, |
... . . New York, Jnly 17, 1875. f

lefh wS:- r“rk M0Dagur,e for lhe week ending July

One Indian Elephant, Elepkat Indicus.

One dlolh Bear, Melurmt tabiatwi.

One Bless-bok, Domain aWf/ron *. (Habitat, 8outh Africa )

One Leadboater Cockatoo, Cacoiua Uadbtaterl.

Two Red-crested Cockatoos. Cacalua rotelcapMa.

One Horned Owl. Bubo Virginians .Presented by Master Frank Cal-
lanau.

Opossum, Dldtlphyt Vlrginiana. Presented by Mr. Charles C.

Two Red Foxes, VulpwfUlviU. Presented by Messrs. O. B Wheeler
Jr., and George R. OIney. “euw,

One Red and Blue Macaw, Ara tnacao.

T«m« M!CHtIng>1Sra» ’ ^ ' ('Ia',itat' H“y“ ) Presented by Capt.
Jamca McKio, brig Mary Knowlton. v

culr° RCtl FIaminK0S> Pf“*nicopUrnu ruber. Preeenied by Mr. E. Pas

VV. A. Conklin, Director.

wmmmm

through the pores. Be careful not to over feed the sick
plant Let the pot be only large enough to admit of not
After rn^nntl' 1Dch.of 8°n between the pot aud ball of root?
id A re ppUln?j g've R water enough to settle the soil'
“"dwdon®t apply any more until tho plant has begun to
grow unless indeed the atmosphere is so dry that the
moisture has entirely evaporated from the soil then of
course water must be given, or the patient may die fro?
he opposite cause starvation. The danger to be avoided
if*" Probability that which brought on the sickness
namely: saturation of the soil by too much water Other

l “hay mdaCe 8,ckncss t0 plants, such as an escape of

gass m the apartment, or smoke from a flue in the green-
house, but in all cases, when the leaves fall from a plant
withhold water, and if there is reason to believe that the
sb!,kha> fCetl poisoned byga?, or sodden with moisture
fresh6 flowerpot G r00tS as before advised, and report in a

375

LAVERACKS

IN AMERICA.

Editor Forest and 8tream-— F°UT Dodob' Iowa- Jnlj 10tb, 1875.

.«n M.

have crossed the Atlantic It |1 evldenMvVmi1"16 L<!v,!n,ck "Pt,er8 ,h«
of Mr. Tnylor, who I am snre will he nl V "’'“"'’Prehension on the part
more genuine rcprew^X^ns W T* *° k"°W '»“*t *t least ono
P'ckles, by PrincoP(own hrirhn* Conri Zt n, * ?*''

H ' W!,°fll?,“0 rim" r'f »dd and Laura: PrincTby Mr' "l !?,* °"' °f

Luther Adams' Rork per >teamrr II Ur , cf,mpany with Mr

after her arrival she ™ *^7 y La*™'? ,W5‘

a../. a — w. ... . y an(l on April ifltli gave birth

IO five fine healthy lemon and white heir' T, °" Apri' Wh K"TC b

bined Pickles has all tiTe chn'racteHstlcs of' 'hn^01'11' kl'nnp'" ««.

be=.,h;r whelps prom.se to make good

U would bo nseless to comment npon tho character or Mr It™ n
' he is well known both In England „nd America as «n honor* Z 7°’
lemen anu ardent sportsman To him Mr Lavernck dedtea^ h.

' The Setter." and in which he «..ert* thaY Mr ne! lvn hn W°rk-

vZo t xr ng ,hc ectter ,ha" any

I make these statements since it is evident that there can bo other nnre
Laverocks than those shipped bv Mr. Laverock him-, -If .Inn* M P
tics pnrchaslng from him enjoy and exercise the same prilling, *

[We are pleased to hear from Mr. Demuth, and^diy
[rive place to his letter. As we stated in our last issue
there is no reason why there should not he other Lav'
eracks imported besides those which come direct from Mr
L. s kennels. We admit, however, never having heard of
rickles, tl.e more surprising as we have conversed with
Mr Adams regarding the importation of his dogs, and he
made no mention at the time of another dog being import-
ed with them.— Ed. J

'oadhnul. Jfjunn and garden.

CALIFORNIA RAISINS.

^piIIS is a branch of industry which, although as yet
1 conducted on but a limited scale, is likely in time
to rank high in the productions and exportations of the
favored State of California. We notice in an exchange
that a gentleman, Gen. Bidwell, who possesses au estate or
rancho of some 22,000 acres, has planted thereon, or rather
in one small corner (for the amount of land required would
scarcely exceed 100 acres) 110,000 vines of the white mus-
cat of Alexandria for the purpose of making raisins and
those he has now on hand arc, according to the California
Horticulturist, as fine as any Malaga raisins.

We are reminded by this of a visit we once made to the
Azusa rauciio in Los Angeles county, the residence of Mr.
Henry Dalton, an Euglish gentleman, who settled in the
county many years ago, and marrying into a native family
built up one of those lovely homes for which Southern
California has become so famous. At the time of our visit
the family were engaged in making these raisins, both for
home consumption and shipment to the nearest market
The muscat of Alexandria, whatever may be its peculiar-
ities on its native soil, can scarcely be excelled in the rich
aroma and nwselle flavor it attains in California The
bunches, however, are inclined to grow close to and rest
on the ground— at least such was the case at Mr. Dalton’s—
and where raisin making was to be a specialty it would he
necessary to protect them by placing leaves underneath-
but it must be remembered that in California the mode of
cultivation is not on trellises, but in rows, not even staked
but trimmed back each year to one bud, until the stalk be-
comes gnarled, and as thick as a small tree. The buuches
on being brought from the vineyard were carefully dusted
and all dead or imperfect berries trimmed off with a pair
of scissors; they were then dipped for a moment in lye and
afterwards spread on large frames arranged in the open
air. At night they were removed to tho house to prevent
contact with the dew, and after two or three days exposure
to the 8U n were fit to be packed in the boxes made for the
purpose. These raisins had the transparent, almost golden
hue seen in the finest imported from Malaga, and brought
in Los Angeles hut twelve cents per pound. Still this was
much better than the one cent per pound which is the
average paid for grapes for wine making purposes. We
have seen waggon loads of magnificent black Hamburgs
tumbled into the presses with the common Mission variety,
all selling at the same price. These same Mission grapes
make capital raisins for family use, or to use as a preserve
°my , as they possess so much saccharine matter no addition
of sugar is needed to preserve them. They are merely hung
m unches to the rafters in a garret or barn, where they
gradually dry up until wanted for use. Indeed such is
J.e,.r HWeetncss and so dry is the climate that they turn to
aisins on tho vines without decaying.

he value of California’s fruit crop is now $(1,000,000, as
W'ich as that of all New England.

he Mentiel.

“RANGER.”

PLUNKET.

New York, July 17th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

In a late issne of the Ro<l and the Gun I noticed a report of the arrt
he °ft,,hLh n*rf /CtWr’PI"nket’ with his P«digree attached, he bavin"
jnn I fl H ,TCd fr0m M.r,\ Llewcllin by Dr Goldsmith. Upon eompari
son 1 find the one as paid, shed in the Bod and ttu Gun in some res LcL
entirely different from his pedljjree in my possession, received frorTThe
Rev. J C. Macdona shortly after he bad disposed of Pl.mket to Mr
Llewcllin, and also to the one in the Kennel Club Stud Book. Enclosed
yon will And a copy of the same as I received it, the nmnerals applying
to their number m theK. C. S. Book, and the asterisks, etc., show!ne
Re-ardln? C^rie. which the Dr. also im
ported to breed to Plunket, she is half Lavcrack, being by Prince (pure

Laverack) out of Cora (pore Trish). 6 * P

kui<)n oTrili'i'ini0 Bdtt8er- 11 m°derotely concentrated so-
Hiiiiulion of iSOd ^ or potnsh secms promote the gor-

coffee I!8?'- r''n mbrtJ ,han especially of

ing a feS l‘germma c with difficulty. After soak-
Wh8nowX^ solution, they often put

•Chief performances— Dog shows, Crystal Palace. 2d prize, 1870- Bala
Champion prize. 1S73. Field trials, Shrewsbury, 1870, 2d pri/.o. Shrews-
bury stakes; Vavnol, 1870, 1st prize for setters; Vaynol, 1871. 1st prize
In the borough stakes, and flrst prize with Countess in the Bodfel stakes-
Southampton, 1871, divided 2d prize in the Hampshire stakes; South-
ampton, 1871, entered In the all-aged setter stakes and braces, bat not
plated; Vaynol, 1872, 2d with Marvel in the Bodfel stakes.

tChief performance— Birmingham, 2d prize, 1868, breeder, Hon. D.
Plunket.

{Chief performances— Islington, 1st prize, 1863; Birmingham, 1st prize
1862; breeder, Hon. D. Plunket.

tjChlcf performances— Birmingham champion prize, 1861; Islington,
2d prize, 1863; 1st prize 186-1; Creiuoue, 1st prize, 1861, breeder. Major
William Hutchinson.

••This dog was sold at Dyce’s by auction for £73 Ids.

•••Bred by the Marquis of Wuterford.

Vc

vory respectfully.

Warwick.

— Our correspondent “Guyon,” writes us from Corinth,
Miss., that his line hitch Nora, has dropped nine handsome
pups, of which he has saved six, five dogs and a bitch.
Shooting prospects in that vicinity are excellent.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The setter dog Ranger, tho property of Mr. Jenkins, of Baltimore
. 1-, recently imported from the kennels of Rev. Mr. Pierce ("Idstone"/

oi7aw,P n imln °?th° rP'1 Iri*” breed, yet not strictly np to the
true old blood red or bay that distinguished the famed red dogs of Col
ITiitchinson and the Evers breed, so long kept and bred at Mt Hodges
the La Tenches at French Park. Sldwclls, Lord Watcrfords, Cooper*'
elc., and in Derbyshire, England, many of which In years gone by conld
be seen at the Evers kennel at Newtown. I„ I . and year* afterward in
tile keep of many members of the old and venerable "New York English
Gentleman's Hnnt Clnb," having qnarters in Liberty street helow the.
old sugar house, noted as the prison in the limes of the revolution and
holding reserves In Jersey and on the island. In those good old days we
had the true blood, without any innovations of orange, hnf. a true Inreiv
ti°n of rpd l,vcr- no* brown, or, in other Words, a true horse hlood-haV
par taxedenee with no possible shading of omnge or the present show
coior. m, -called red. Nowadays mnnv. very many, if not all. in the

au ' 8rC SimPly thC OW faehionpd al>d rench admired orong*
introdoced by a cross of the old styled liver and the pnre white, cnllVd
by color selection and advanced from lemon to true orange throngh tha
dot less8* °f <he h°ncstoId blood red with the lemon. Nothing mo.-e

Now owing to the exclnsive breeding and personal holding cam of tha
true red In the lnd.vtdnal kennels of the old stock breeders of Ireland
Derbyshire, and Lancashire, we have introduced Into the States tha
orange for the scarce red; and why sot simpl, for the reason that the
o d stock blood red is In the hands and care of those who are landed pro-
prietors, breeding only for personal nse on their own large and extended
preserves -that Is, for their own and gamekeeper.' nse, and none are al-
owed to leave the manor, not even those known as cast-offs, or aged and
retired dogs, those generally being shot under order; yet occasional^
snchcanbe picked up before the sacrifice (H and hence we have d'».
seminated through fhese connties weakened blood, which become* tha
lorded progenitors of many henrh show dogs and tho now grand prize
winners sent over here in pedigreed form, olmost exhaustive in Its length
Notwithstanding all this, arc rhe sportsmen of America to accept all
Ihesc outcasts as tmo bred dogs of the true red-alas, orange rolorf
VS hy oh yes. dear editor, why, are there no offered prize, for the one*
highly prized orange* Simply for the reason that the Irish rod. iht r err*/,
lent*, is not to bo had excepttby rare occasion, and hence the orange In
now substituted for the genuine true and honest blond red h*>- Irish to
the manor kennel born, and whelped under the gamekeeper's care and
his lordly master s supervision. Snch dogs are not to he had bv the pub-
lic at large and thus it Is almost impossible to obtain an A1 true bred
Konnelea dog.

Ranger is a great gain to the few good docs of the country, being flat
and finely coated, high in color, free from the black and orange shade
defects, and well up in hi* many excellent points. We congratulate the
sportsmen and gentlemen breeders, as well ns Mr. Jenkins, on his fortu-
nate purchase, as this dog brings to oor aid tho following true Trl.h blood
strains, viz: By Major Barry's Larry; Dam. Lilly the 2d. whelped July
L.l; sire. Cooper’s noted Ranger, hv Hutchinson's Bob. out of Lilly
Lilly by Shot, ont of Trumbull'* Quail, by Willlkin. bred hy Mr Crea’-
gan out of Belie, bred by Mr. Trumbull. Wlllikln traces back to the
noted breed of Mi-s Ledwich. who obtained It of the Rev Mr stnb-

^'Wanse?.11 n brCed'r°m lU O'^nner ™le by Nugent's Don ont
of Wallace* Dove. Don bv Reeve's Robin, ont of Dr Lahntean’s
Jesse, bred by R. Moore, of Monnstrnin. Dove by Corbet’s Grouse 2d
out of Corbet's Oronse 1st. from Lord DeFrrynas’ kennel, oat of Cor-’
.,at® p ln M by Barry's Da«b, ont of Brennan's Fan Dash by
Corbet s Gronso 1st ont of Kate. Fan by Grouse 1st ont of Corbet’* red
bitch. Hutchinson’s Bob by Dash, ont of Quail. Dash bv Ranger, tho
property of Mr La Touche, out of Hutching'* .Indy, she by Capt. Gooff'*
Dash, out of nutchinson's Fan. Fan hy Dycer's Dan 1st ont of n.itch-
■nsons Nelly. Dan 1st by Miss Ledwich's York 1st, out of Estella.
Quail by Lord Howth’s Rover, ont of Harris' Flounce, bred by tho late
Marquis of Watorford.

(lays ac° 1 hnd ,ho pleaanre of meeting my old friend “War-
W’ck Mr. F R. Ryer, at /.private pigeon shoot. and was then nnd there
en. . " 7 '? ®b^ot- »nd aftenvard* examine, a breech loading shot gnn
which ho had just received from that old established gun making firm,
Williams A Powell, of 25 South Castle street. Liverpool, It is a 12-gange
central fire, seven and a quarter pounds weight, and the barrel* of tho
finest quality English Dumnscns, On removing the lock I noticed tho
name of J. Graluger. which Is a sufficient guarantee for substantial
work, and to whom, if 1 mistake not, was awarded the prize at the Lon-
don exhibition. I also noticed that tho lock plate Is not flush with tha
wood, but bedded and die sunk, and the edges of the wood finely nnd
delicately rounded. We examined It in all It* distinctive ports, and havo
not the slightest hesitation in saying It is a strong, clear shooter, and a
splendid piece of workmanship, and refiects great credit on Hie maker's
•rt* • W. Trrcs Evers,

370

FOREST AND STREAM

Qachtinq and gaafiitg.

All eommimleollemt from Secrtioru* and friends should be mailed no
later than Monday In each week.

HIGH WATER.

FOR THE WEEK.

Date.

Boston.

New York.

Charlie Ion.

n. v.

II. u.

B. M.

.Inly 22

S 20

tl 2

10 20

July

M 0

11 45

11 0

July 21

3 41

eve. 30

11 41

July 25

■1 35

1 22

eve. 35

July ?6

5 82

2 18

1 32

July 27

fi S3

3 25

2 39

July 2$

7 51

4 36

3 51

THE INTERCOLLEGIATE REGATTA.

FROM OUK SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

Saratoga, July 16th, 1875.

It has taken five years for the National Rowing Associa-
tion of American Colleges to offer the public a successful
general college regatta. Whether or not this good fortune
on the fifth trial be accepted as a full compensation for the
four wearisome failures which preceded it, the public
ought at least to realize that, under the present system of
intercollegiate rowing, a more satisfactory exhibition than
the one of 1875 cannot reasonably be hoped for. Indeed,
the chances are that another five years may roll around be-
fore the associated colleges can again offer so successful a
show, and the possibilities are thnt its like may never be
offered at all. But it is certain that whatever fault oue
may wish to find with this year's regatta must be found
with the system itself; for, having once allowed for the
many ineradicable disadvantages that attend a breast race
between a large number of college boats, lie will find no
room left for criticism. Good weather, good management,
and good rowing were all present at Saratoga Luke this
week. And the best men won.

The Freshman race of Tuesday was witnessed by about
2,500 people, though not so many as that were assembled
at the grand stand, where one report declares “5,000 or
6,000 people were gathered." Within twenty minutes of
the signal call at half-past eleven the crews got into posi-
tion, Brown being first in place, then in turn Princeton,
Cornell, and Harvard, and at two minutes before twelve
the “go” was given, and all four boats got a fairly eve»A-
start, Harvard being quickest to catch the water. The
simple statement that these boats crossed the finish line
with an interval of but seventeen seconds between the
first (Cornell) and the last (Princeton) tells the story of the
most exciting and closely-contested Freshman race on rec-
ord. Harvard lost by but five seconds, Brown was ten
seconds behind Harvard, and Princeton was two seconds
behind Brown. The time of the wiuners was announced
at 17:32±, as against 18:10, the time of the winning Prince-
ton Freshmen last year. Never before — save in 1871, when
Harvard beat Browu by 17 seconds— have Freshman crews
been so evenly matched. Thus, twenty-eight seconds was
the time by which Yale beat Harvard in the Freshman
match of 1867, at d by which Yale was defeated in the
similar trial of two years later. In 1870 the Brown Fresh-
men beat the Ytde by 24 seconds and the Harvard by 39.
In 1872 die Wesleyau Freshmen heat the Amherst by 22
seconds, the Brown by 92, and the Yale Scientific by 111;
and in 1873 the Yale Freshmen beat the Amherst by 41
seconds and the Harvard by 71. For four raw crews to
row so pretty and even a race as did the Freshmen of this
year was, therefore, an entire novelty, and the spectacle of
their final struggle for supremacy was exciting to the most
impassive observer.

Not more than 250 people could be counted at the grand
stand by half-past nine o'clock on Wednesday morning,
but for the next two hours a continuous throng moved
thitherward, and at the time of the race perhaps as many
as 7,000 people had assembled there, though I hardly sup
pose that the number of spectators at all points of the lake
amounted to 8,000. Spite of some appearance of rough-
ness in the waterthere was a general hopefulness that the
race would be rowed, but the signal which announced that
the crews were really “off” set many a doubling mind at
rest, and was greeted with a hoarse murmur of gratified
applause. At eleven o’clock, or jret fifteeu minutes after
the signal call, the boat of Bowdoin took its place on the
line, and afterward, with varying degrees of delay, extend-
)Dg to half an hour in all, came Union, Cornell, Brown
Williams, Harvard. Princeton, Hamilton, Amherst, Wes-
leyan, Columbia, Yale, and Dartmouth. The order of their
posit mns, named from the west shore, was as follows —

ilhams, Cornell, Amherst, Bowdoin, Biowd, Columbia
Wesleyan, Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, Hamilton, Har-
vard, Coion The latest crew of all had been five minutes
in position before the umpire’s steamer, delaved by a mis-

harV.°. 'tf.?ad,dle' g°t1iulj Place- and *^n was discov-
ered that the line of buoys must be somewhat straightened
before the Marl c-oulj be made. It was five minutes past
twelve, therefore, when the “go” was really given, and the
Mventy-eight oarsmen began their long-looke.l-for struggle
minutes and fifty three seconds later Cornell toucfied

ilm? rv5 lm,e.and. W<^ ,he race- Second '>y eleven seconds
came Columbia, third by a second and a half wus Harvard
fourth by five seconds was Dartmouth, fifth by three scc-

Yale WT!mVne'fH{owVdni? *iXth ?*,.*. t,inEle second came
1 ale. 1 Ian followed the second division of the ruce, Am-

henl seventh by fifteen seconds, Brown eighth by four sec-
onds, Williams ninth by ten seconds, Bowdoin tenth by
seven seconds, and yet three seconds less than a minute in
the rear of the winning boat. Finally came Hamilton and
Union, with no time taken,” and utter them the tidings
tha the thirteenth bout, Princeton, had stopped at the end
of the second mile with sick man as a passenger Yale

l8’ B?,< *•" mnc seconds behind Harvard lust
as in 186J w hen the two crews came together more clcielv

at the finish than in auy other university race before this

one. The winning seconds o( time in n,» - B

that immediately preceded the formation oMhe® Rowing
Association were as follows 18li|, 42; 1805, 20? 1800 if.

1867. 72; 1868, 50; 1870, 105. In 1871 the Agriculturists
beut Harvard 87 seconds, and Brown 01. In 1872 Amherst
beat the second boat (Harvard) 24 seconds, and the sixth
and last (Yale) 100 seconds. In 1873 Yale beat Wesleyan
(the second boat) 10 seconds, Harvard (the third boat) 37

seconds, and Trinity (the tenth boat) 154 seconds. Last,
y ■’

year Columbia beat Wesleyan eight seconds, Harvard
twelve seconds, and Princeton, the eighth and Inst boat, 116
seconds. Columns of descriptive writing could uot indi-
cate more forcibly than these simple comparisons the un-
wonted and exciting closeness of this year’s aquatic con-
test. The sixth crew, who were twenty one seconds behind
the victors in 1875, were evidently far better oarsmen than
the sixth crew who were 100 seconds behind in 1871 .

About a tenth part of the morning’s crowd were still at
the lake when the start of the two-mile single scull race oc-
curred, at 3 o’clock In the afternoon. The contestants were
Julian Kennedy, of Yale, aged 23, and weighing 160
pounds, and William F. Weld, of Harvard, aged lt$, and
weighing ICO pounds. The former won the race by half a
minute m 14:21, though lie had pulled iu the three-mile
race with the Yale crew only three hours before. Weld,
on the oilier hand, by order of the referee, had gone over
the course at the hour regularly appointed for the race on
the previous foreuoon, when Kennedy, through a mistake
of tlie Regatta Committee, had failed to present himself.

The street celebrations of Ibe early evening were in
marked contrast to those of last year, when, on account of
the "foul” which had thrown Yale out of the race, two
hostile crowds, oue representing Columbia and Harvard,
the other representing Wesleyan and Yale, rushed angrily
through the hotel corridors ut tering cheers aud shouts of de-
fiance toward each oilier, and apparently ready to accept
the slightest pretext for a general scrambling fight. This
year the best of good nature prevailed. Columbia mustered
the largest crowd of partisans, and then in order, Cornell,
Harvard, Yale, and Princeton men flocked around their
several standards, but none of the other eight colleges had
representatives enough present to “rally" and take part in
the display. These live bands, therefore, inarched in long
procession through the streets, waving their flogs and
streamers, cheering and saluliug one another with opened
rauks, and finally mixing their colors and marching arm
and arm, Yale and Harvard, Cornell and Columbia, in one
indiscriminate crowd, as a token of general “fraterniza-
tion.” At midnight the victorious crews were escorted to
one of the ball rooms, and there presented with the cham-
pion flags and cups by Congressman Kellogg, of Connecti-
cut.

On Friday about 1,000 people went out to see the foot
races at the Glen Mitchell Trotting Park, about a mile and
a half from the village, the attendance being rather larger
at the afternoon than at the morning meeting, and the nine
“events" being all creditably ami satisfactorily contested.
In the evening came the complimentary dinner to the Cor-
nell crews, aud afterward the presentation of prizes won
by the athletes of the day, three gold watches being in-
cluded in the list. The rain of this'morning rather damp-
ened the enthusiasm with which the Cornell men were sent
homeward in their special palace car, and to-night the
streets of the village give few tokens of the recent presence
of the intercollegiate crowds.

The regatta of 1875 has proved the practicability of lay-
ing out racing lanes by lines of buoys upon a broad surface
of water, and lias given a strong hint as to the possible su-
periority of paper boats to those constructed of wood. It
has been rowed without serious accidents, or complaints,
or bickerings. There were numerous breakings of stretch-
ers and catchings of crabs; a few oars were unshipped, and
a few outriggers were loosened, but no serious claims are
raised against the thoroughness of Cornell’s victory, which
was indeed predicted by too many newspapers to make
their surprise over its actual happening seem altogether
genuine. The old habit of exaggerating the number of
spectators was well kept up by the newspaper men. To a
Times reporter, indeed “such a multitude presented itself
on every hand that reason stopped counting, ami imagination
boldly suggested myriads,” but lie afterward declared that
“not less tbau 00,000 people witnessed the race,” though
whether (his estimate was the result of reuaou or imagina-
tion he thought it unnecessary to say— as, indeed, it was.
Even the Saratoffian was content with asaerling that “from
15,000 to 20,000” people were at the lake, while 1 ho Wor il
came down to the approximately reasonable estimate of
10,000.

—The Bayonne Rowing Club inaugurated their new boat
house on Saturday by a series of races, comprising one lor
four-oared shells, another for four-oared barges, and one
for single sculls. Two boats started for the first, and the
crew with Walter Mann as stroke won, making the mile
and a quarter in 7m. 20s. Two crews started also in the
barge race, Mr. Van Buskirk’s winning in 8m. 80s. Three
contestants appeared for the single scull race, viz. ;— J. L.
Beach, E. E. Shuw, und W. E. Van Buskirk. The latter
gained a slight lead at the start, followed closely by Shaw
but the former won quite handily in 11m., Shaw’s time-
being 11m. 10s., and Beach’s 11m. 13s.

Regatta on Lake Ponchartrain.— This event occur-
red on Monday last, 1,500 persons being assembled at Mil-
teburg to witness the races. The single scull shell race
was won by H. C. Clicever, of Charleston, by three lengths
R. G. Musgrove, of the St. John club, second. The race
was half a mile and return, and the time 9:45J

The pair oar shell race was won by the St. John dub
Howard club second, and the Pelicun club third This
race was three-quarters of a mile and return, and the
time 1 1 :44.

The four oared gig race was won by the Riversides by
six lengths, Hope second. This ruce was one mile ami re-
turn. and the time 14:08J.

The four oared shell race was won by the Riversides by
six lengths, Charleston second; distance, two miles- ti'irc
14 minutes. ' 1

—On Saturday 17th inst.,a match race in singles was
rowed over the National course, near Philadelphia, one and
a half miles straight away, between Clarence E. Steel of

duh rCMeUTi’ianT FrnnkTPk,«Jonlon of Hie Veqn-r Boat
club. Mi. John Lavens, Jr., of the Pennsylvania acted as
umpire, and Mr. Win. Adilicks of the College dull as

mdgni.n , ? ra,'“ e?Clltd i,,teresl. localise tl,<- same men
had pulled a race in the Christiana Regalia, July 18th 187 1
Pleosontou winning easily. ’ ’

» *°l “Way together before the word go was
the Cemetery was a good length clear, but by keeping

too fur to the east, lie got foul of the grass on tlio shn
water, and Plcasonton, who was steering close ulonir ti
west hank, picked up until In- was almost level. Culsai"'
got clear and won by several lengths, in the very slow ti,,!".
of 11 min. 475 sec. Sculi.h 0

Cruihic ok thic Brooklyn Yacht Ci.uu,— Commodore
Dickerson has issued his order from the Mnddeino for q,,.
yachts proposing to part impute, in the annual cruise to >

(lezvous ut’UlcifCove to-day. Huntington and Grcennnit
id probably Manila's Vineyard, the fl,.,.,

will be visited, an

disbanding at Newport. The following yachts are nuun-i'i

as being likely to form the squadron :— Schooners Made,
loine, Clio, Comet, Sett Witch, Let hen, Estolle, Syren, atm

Gipsie; sloops, Sadie, Selene, Undine, Maggie Lizzie
L., Lihbic 15., Helena, Florence, Flying Cloud, Emma T
Schemer, Sophie, Playful, urui

Red Jacket, Wliito Win
Maria.

The Caim: May Regatta —This event, of which such
high antidpatloos bad been formed, was a success only .
far as one day was concerned. The lack of wind on Mon.
day rendered a postponement until the following day iuc
cssary. On Tuesday there was wind enough to enable
nice to he sailed, lull, not enough to bring out, the In t
qualities of some of the yachts. The following are tin-

entries: —

Name.

Molmwk

Kumhl.-r

8CUOOSSII8,

Owner.

.... Vice Com . Garner.

. . , . \V . 11 Thomas

rinh.

New York.
.New York..

Allowance
M '

"""

Dr, adimii^lit

Mndck-liiu

. . C .1 . O-l-nrn

. . . .Com . Dickerson

. .New York. .
.Brooklyn...

0:11

Kvu

J. V. Creely

Suusliluo

K Hurd Grubb

. .New S'-irk.

21 -

., II J. Hand

New York

I'Jib

While Wing

Vindox

Sadie

Kul-i-r Wilhelm.

(*t.00P6.

. . .Robert Coaler

.... Hear Com. Dnv Idson.
...I 11 N«rrl»

BraoUI> m.

. New h --vk
Hrooklv.l
New Y. -ik .

II:."

The course was from a stukebout anchored daff the hv,
to the lightship on Five Fathom Bank, thence- around
other stukebout to the home mark. '1 lie Kesyduto cr
the line first in 10b. 35m. 38s., the others folk
intervals. Much interest wus manifested in tl
Mohawk. It is scarcely possible lo decide upo<fl‘ « yuclu j
capabilities upon her first appearance, with bm'.y ",|
sails, hut the Indications arc that the Mohawk wW11 l”ov
success, and fulfill the anticipations of her oVv"'T
builder. They passed the lightship in Ihu folP*'

der: —
Name.

Idler

Motion k . . .
Itesolulu .
Ham liter .
Madeleine.

.13 61

II M ;> | Name.

1 J J5 41 1 VlDdex

13 Eva

Id Ml in Dri-ndmiiighl ,

13 St il Smile •...

id as 0;]Kut(.ur SVillivlm. . .

Squuring oil' before the wind they passed the next s|
boat without material change of positions. On the mu
home the Mohawk succeeded in passing the Idler and tank
first place- The Madeleine carried away lu-r fon -topnm-t
and lost the use of fore-topsail and jili- topsail, but Inf
great time allowance gave lu-r tin- prize, the Vindox tablin'
the cup for sloops. The following tublo shows the otlii i d
lime; —

seiiooNxns.

EIH|IHr,|

Corn - in)

Slai t

Finish

lime.

'I

I'Iiiic.

Name.

ll

M

9.

ii

M

s.

II

. M

. s

II

M S

Ifi-soliiie.

..10

-«

53

2!

40

3

51

47

3

« IS

Idler

39

38

2

if5

58

3

40

20

3

St a

Sunshine

10

37

62

Not limed.

J. V. Creely....

.10

AS

38

3

22

48

4

41

J2

4

44 m

Mohawk

10

40

40

2

24

41

3

41

HI

3

■14 14

Eva

1*

111

48

2

41

ill

4

n3

21

4

II i"

Dread naught

. 10

42

09

2

IS

30

1

ml

33

3

Rambler

.19

43

13

i

81

5H

3

IN

45

8

4*1 H

Madeleine ....

.10

40

5S

MU

II

3

43

13

3

31 M

Kai*cr W ilhelm

.10

30

05

8

12

33

4

S3

28

4

13 M j

While Wing

III

12

33

Not timi

,1

Vlndex

III

1 I

HI

2

51

03

4

111

ns

4

ill i>

Sadi--

III

43

3

irj

50

•1

1H

id

4

II II

On Wednesduy, there being no wind, the swecpt-tuU-
raccs were ubuudoucd, and Hu- yachts returned home.

Jr, ■/ .in d §ivcr #.*//%.

FISH IN SEASON IN JULY.

Tront, Sal mo fon H nulls,
Salmon, Saltno talar
Mnskcnongo, Kent nobUlor.
W - ukll h
Striped Hun.
lilugUsb.

SIici'IihIhuuI.

.Salmon Trout. SithiU) conflnU.
I.uml lneked Salmon, Dalmo o ' - -
black Haw. miorojtleru* nijt n -
Pike, t'ox Indue.

I’li kcrul .

Uliieflsh.

{Under the heat of "flams, ,m.t run m Xea<n"wi cm jnii/'i"
fj In tjeuernl 'smit the oov/vr/ oarU'let, because 'he !awt of Stm. • -
no much that, were we to idUm/it to imrtUutarU t we oonltl due

with the lawtqf their lytpecUne Ma/e* for corielimt reftrenoe. t/M""' -
our title mute to tuuuel llum will oidv create cottfiiflon. 1

Finii in Market —Fish of all descriptions have i» < u
rather more plentiful during the past week than tin' "llC
preceding. Salmon are coming in from tlio MirutniH11 111
larger quantities, hut to nothing like the extent as at a 1,111
lar period last year; they sell for 30 lo 35 cents per P"lint*'
Spanish mackerel arc being caught to some extent ■" "lir
own waters, hut the Inrgest number still come from d'" vl
cinily of Norfolk; price for the former 75 cents per pun"' -I
for tlio latter 50 cents. Fresh mackerel are coming la k
orally from the Massachusetts const, aud sell for 12) l'clll|
each. Striped bass from Baltimore, Philadelphia- :|l“ I
Rhode Island, (singular how they dodge New York,) hra’Bj
20 lo 25 cents per pound. The largest bluellsh are an" 11
ceived from Rhode Island and Massachusetts, the I11'111'
pal catches being in Buzzard’s Buy mid the
Sound; iir.li weighing 12 to 14 poululs and selling f*»' y j
10 cents per pound. Halibut are scarce at 18 cent s '-u‘ 1
fair supply nt 8 cents; shoepshoad from the Jersey c"'|
sell for 20 to 25 cents. Large weak fish from the east I
all- in good supply m 12 cents, but the smaller lUh U!T I
taken in Ibis vicinity me very scarce. Sea bass from - 1 I
port bring 18 to 20 cents. Soft crabs are scareO 1,111
line, mid sell for $1.75 to $3 per dozen. Green turtle » 11
limit at 15 cents per pound.

FOREST AND STREAM.

—On Saturday lost, Mr. E. O. Blackford, of Fulton
Market, received from the Bremen steamer Donuu a chest
of carp, tench, and sterlet from Germany. These hah were
part of a lot of breeders, to which reference is made else-
where, sent to the United Stutes Fish Commission, and at-
tracted much attention, particularly from our Oeruiun citi-
zens, some of whom offered 25 cents per pound for them
for table purposes. But the fish were not for sale, as they
were to be forwarded to the Smithsonian Institute for the
purpose of being cast and photographed.

Kanoei.f.y Lakes. — A correspondent writes that the trout
ing in this locality with the week ending July 17th still
holds good. Two gentlemen caught with tly in one day
2,10, and on another duy thirty-six trout were landed, aver-
aging from one to two and a half pounds each. A lady
caught at the mouth of the Ilaugeley River a land-locked
salmon weighing half a pound, the first ever captured in
this vicinity, and probably the first returns of the salmon
fry put in at the Kenhebajjo Rapids by the Maine Fish
Commissioners in the Spring of 1873. The weather has
been cool.

New J e ruby. —Bame/jat Inlet , Kinney's Anluey Uoiue, July
18th. — Weekly report ending July 17th : —

July 12th — Shcepshcad taken by professionals: — John
Soper, 21; C. Grim, 10; John Ridgway, 17; Job Fox 14;
C. Parker, 4; A. Plmro, 4; S. Perrin, 4; II. Soper, 0; S.
Ridgway, 20. Amateurs— Brad way and Jenkins, of New
York, 17; Alexander and Eddy, New York, 8.

July 1J— C. B. Clifford and Martin Giles, Plainfield, N.
J , 27 blueflsh; Thos. Ax worthy, Cleveland, Ohio, 2sheeps-
heud; by the professionals from 3 to 10 shcepshcad; some
twenty boats out.

July 14th—1 Thomas Tavlor, 18 blueflsh; struck a. school of
large fish outside running from 10 to 14 pounds; C. B.
Clifton and Martin Giles, 27 blueflsh.

July 15lh— Chas. Wolf, New York, with friends, took
70 blueflsh outside, running from 10 to 12 pounds, and re-
ports large schools from the inlet north some six miles.

July ltjth— Reports from the professionals show from 8
to 8 per boat; Chas. Wolf, New York, 6 slioepshcad.

July 17th— Geo. Wooley, 20 weak fish, running from 2
to 3 pounds. Capt. Laws took 39 sea bass to-day from the
side of the wrecked steamer Mediator; they were from 1 to
8 pounds; from the deck of this steamer parties will have
fine sport now, as they can fish from her with perfect
safety, and at almost any time. Still Later.— C. E. Eggert,
A. Pope, De Witt McMunn, of Brooklyn, just came in
from outside with 70 blueflsh from C to 12 pounds.

Remark#. — Blueflsh of small size continue to come in the
inlet morning and evenings, hut do not take the squid well;
sheepshead still biting freely, sea bass only middling. The
first catch of weak fish worth reporting was yesterday; two
men caught some 00, running from 1$ to 2i pounds; pros-
pect for settled fishing now good for the above. Gentle-
men fond of this fishing, 1 think, cun come with every
prospect of good catches. *

Forked River , Oreun County.— Two weeks have elapsed
since my last was sent you, and during that time we have
hail the dullest kind of a season , For several days it
seemed as if the fish had entirely deserted us, bur during
last week good luck again crowned our efforts. Believing
that the business of making false statements as to the num-
bers caught for the purpose of misleading your readers and
bringing them down here to empty baskets, to be unworthy
of a “sportsman," I have purposely abstained from any
report until now. The first weaktish taken in Barnegat
Bay this season was taken on Sunday, July 4th, by Jos. L.
Frame, Jr., of James F. White & Co., on the shoals oppo-
site Forked River. Last Monday Messrs. Waters and Peck,
with Capt. Potter, from here, caught 63 wcakflsh. Tues-
day, same party, 27 weaktish, 18 blueflsh; Wednesday, E.

II. Frame caught 48 wcakflsh ’and 3 shcepshcad, Potter
and party catching 37 weaktish; Thursday, fishing poor;
largest catch by Mr. Holmes, 23; Friday, Oscar Van Ber-
gen, of Long Island, and Mr. Williams, of Connecticut,

63 wenkflsh; Saturday, E. II. Frame 45 weak and 7 blue-
fish; Williams and party 61 wcakflsh and 2 shcepshcad ;
Chas. Eggert and Mr. McMunn. of New York, 76 blueflsh
(trolling.) weighing in total 583 pounds. Yesterday the
wind blew a perfect gale from the south’ard, and boats
could not lay; no large catch. Snipe are beginning to
come, and in another week we expect some shooting.

The Fisheries.— The whole number of fishing arrivals
for the week ending July 16tli was 48—28 from Georges, 11
from the Banks, and 9 from mackereling. Amount of
Georges cod brought in 500,000 pounds, halibut 35,000
pounds. Bank cod 1,500,000 pounds; Hatched halibut,
120,000 pounds; fresh do., 1,300 pounds. Mackerel aie
quite scarce of late, and the few brought in command good
prices. The receipts have been light — about 900 barrels. —
Cape Ann Advertiser, July 1 8th.

FISHING IN BUZZARD’S BAY.

Nuw York City, July 14th, 1675.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Hard at work again, after a w«ck of aport among the bliieflah and buss
of Buzzard's liny, my only consolation being Iho bopo 1 huvo of llonting
on that grandest of ull waters again next week, for really the blueflsh are
too heavy and too plenty to be let alone longer than a week by one who
loves to haul away on a ten pounder. By the way, Buzzard's Bay la the
very best flailing ground on the Atlantic coast; the advantages of those
grounds over all others being that many boats, with experienced sailors,
ate plenty, ranging fraui twenty-live cents per hour to §0 per day. One
can make his headquarters either at Oak Bluffs, Wood's Hole, Falmouth
Heights, or Nonquitt. The latter named pluoo being comparatively Dew,
may bu unknown to many. However, It Is easily reached, nud. to my
notion, Is Just the spot for headquarters. It la located tlx miles from
New Bedford, on the west shore of the liny, and commands a lino view
of the whole group of Islands, comprising l'enekosc, Cut ty hunk, Nun -
sbon, Martha’s Vineyard, etc. The Now York and Now Bedford steam-
ers coanoct at New Bedford with steamer direct to Nonquitt, the steamer
Helen Augusta making throe trips u day to and from the Nouquitt House;
bom d from to S3 per duy. However, try for yourselves. Tons of
flsh are weekly taken, from the snip of half a pound to iho monster
bass of half a hundred. I may Inter give you n report of our proposed
Cruiso amongst these Islands. Tom.

THE

HOW TO OO AND WHERE TO FIND HIM.

Editor Forest and Stream ~ *

‘° ?We’ ,hrou*h the «»««»"• ’he Forest avd
hig'nrwIaMnsl'n^InwJ °n " rc alion to 1’1U waters for black bass Ash-
I “a for bed m m gWe “ br,uf ‘’‘-•‘cript.on of the best lucnll

'i-u iu-

4ftL<^Lr^Pm/n0rrblNCkub“8 U,l,l"g la tnm J"neuuI“ October.

n lhe gateway or key ,o Wh-

cousin, and the starting point to the numerous pleasure re,.,rt* and

SS*/*4 localltil;9- h 1« one of the moat beautiful, as well

dlle, in the Union. The hotels are unexcepttonably
tboPlankimon'n Wcl' *nterUi,lcd ut the New bull or

The ODgler, whhe In Milwaukee, should not fall to call upon Mr J. o.

Camp of tub Rover, Twin Lakes, July 18th, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

Having read accounts In your paper of the Hailing at Twin Lakes, 1
take great pleasure In telling you that I never bad bolter flailing. In two
duys we cuugbt ninety flsli, among them several flue buss; three of the
ttout weighed over two pounds each; 011c caught by George Washington
Smith, the others by E. W. Jewett, of Poughkeepsie, N . Y

John G, 8.

Mr- w*,le»l»“ff‘notaeeportMnan. .wllh aU ,hat thenamelm-

« 1 a' ui“ TW ’ ‘e eontlemnn. who w ill take great pleasure In giving
emmui nd ,nf°r,"atl1on ln ree‘,rd lo lho tarloua fishing and ahootlDg
film ! Ul SI‘,U‘. aehM ,hw h*81 ■»'«««» stock of fine

fishing tackle, guns nud gun gooda in the Northwest, and the lourlat cun
here procure a complete outfit for camping, fishing, or hunting
/z<Mit/A/ir.— Nineteen miles west of Milwaukee, on the Chicago. MU-
waukee and St. Paul Railroad, is the pleasant lake and villu-e of Pc-
wuiikee. This lake Is sir miles long and a mile wide, and the fishing
most excellent. Ilealh's Hotel and the Oakton Springs Hotel, In the
villnge, and Lakeside, further up the lake, furnish accommodations of
he best kind, I saw Gen. and Mrs. Phil Sheridan get off the tram at
ins place, a duy or two ago, fully armed and equipped with rods, iund-
Ing nets, Ac , to do battle with the boge bass of this lake.

Oamomuwoc. — O con-o-mo-woc, "Place of lhe Beaver," or, aa some-
times rendered. "Beautiful Water*, ” "Horne of the Winds," 1- twelve
m les west of Pewnukec. and thirty miles from Milwaukee on Chicago
Milwaukee and St. I*unl Railroad. Aa a Summer resort It is popularly
known ns the "Saratoga of the Weat," and in sporting parlance It is the
"Angler’s Paradise." Within a radius of eight miles there are no less
thuri thirty lakes, varying from one to severnl square miles in extent
and teeming with black buss (JUxcroplenu Kitmoidee.) Oawogo or green
bass M ntgriauu,) northern pickerel tEeox tuclolde*.) and the smaller
fry of rock bass, silver baas, yellow perch,; Ac. The favorite lakes with
anglers or« La Belle, Fowler, 'Okanchee, Oconomowoc, Nemnhldn, Nusho-
tuh, Nngowicka, Genesee, Pine, Beaver, North, Silver, and Golden. They
are all well supplied with fishing boats, and at Oconomowoc experienced
guides and boatmen cab be obtained at a moderate price. The hotel nc-
commudaaioua are ample and excellent, and terms reasonable*. The
Townsend House, on Fowler Luke, has a lake frontage of iis feet; is
fitted up In the most complete and modern style, and has capacity for
4UO guests. Draper Hall, La BeUe House, and Woodlands are aleo beau-
tifully located, und are very handsome and convenient in their appoint-
ments. Giffords', on Oconomowoc Lake, is very romantically situated,
cun accommodate 150 guests, and is quite a favorite resort, lu addition
to these hotels are numerous boarding houses, agreeably nnd pleasantly
situated, and well conducted. Owing lo the remarkably Hue roads lhe
livery alablca are unusually good, wlih lively-stepping horses and first-

class vehicles. J. C. Hitchcock A Co., manufacturers of the "Oconn-
mowoc buss rod, ’ keep a full slock of fishing tackle of all kinds, and
the angler cun here procure everything necessary to his sport.

Five miles from Oconomowoc is Nashotuh Mission, the sito of (he
vycll known Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Fourteen miles aoulli are Munn A Dousmun’s celebrated hatching
houses und (rout ponds, trader the supervision of H. C. Donsmau,
Esq., one of the most successful fish culturists in the Union. For the
past three years he has supplied the Milwaukee and Chicago markets
with brook trout of his own raising. Eighteen miles southeast lies the
village of

mwketha, celebrated for its medicinal springs, especially the far-
famed Betbesda. The hotel accommodatious of Waukesha are first
class. The Fountain Spring Hotel is a magnificent stone structure, met-
ropolitan In all Its appointments. The Bruce House is very plea-antly
located in close proximity to the several springs, and Is a most com-
fortable and desirable abode.

Elkhart Lake is sixty miles Dorth of Milwaukee on the Wisconsin
Central Railroad, and is becoming very popular, and deservedly so The
lake is a beautiful sheet of water, and furnishes fine facilities for fish-
ing, boating, or sailing. There are two hotels on ita bunks, and both
are well kept.

iltntuha ami Eeenah.—' These twin cities are 100 miles north or Mil-
waukee, nnd can be reached by either the Wisconsin Central Railroad or
Northwestern Railroad. They Ho at tile foot of Winnebago Luke, on
cither side of Fox River, the outlet of the lake. This is the largest lake
in Wisconsin, being thirty miles long with nn average width of five
miles. On the opposite side of the cities is Luke Buttes des Moris. The
bass fishing here is very good; the Neeuuh channel of Fox River Is espe-
cially good for fly fishing. Tho bass are mostly the -matt-mouth variety.
Here are also found the white bass (Lahrar alhuiue.) the pike perch
( Lucioperca Americana.) and, to the occasional disgust of the ang.er,
the sheepshead, not Surgut ovls — Heaven save the mark— but Cornn 'a
oscvlu. The sturgeon also holds high carnival In these waters, some-
times attaining the weight of 200 pounds. The National Hotel at Mo-
nusha is tqe angler’s resort. It is well ordered and ably conducted.
Boats, oarsmen, and all necessary appurteuunces for Ashing are furnished
by tho host.

O. ten Rag — Proceeding down Fox River from Menasba lo Its mouth,
some twenty-five miles, we come to the city of Green Bay. The flue
hotels and many attractions in and nbout Green Buy render it a very de-
sirable Summer resort. It cau be reached by the W. C R. R. or N. \V.

R. R. from Milwaukee. It uffords magnificent buss fishing and sailing,
while adjacent streams flowing into Green Bay are well stocked with
brook trout.

Grten Lake is ninety miles northwest from Milwaukee, nnd rix miles
from Ripon, on a brunch of the C., M. und St P It. R. This i* quite
a large body of water, being some fifteen miles long and three wide. 1 lie
shores comprise a pleasing variety of green slopes and rocky cliffs. The
water is quite deep aud cool, for which reasons, 1 presume, tin bass do
not commence biliug before September. Ilete is the best Full ba.-s fish-
ing in the State, und tho bass are unusually large I have seen a string
of forty black buss taken from this luke which averaged six pounds
apiece. The Oakwood House is a handsome aud commodious structure,
advantageously locatod on tho hank of the lake; it is kept open until
November, and furnishes every convenience for the tourist or Bugler. A
few miles west of Green Lake are Puckaway aud Buffalo Lakes, re-
nowned for their good fishing aud for furnishing the best duck shootiug
in Wisconsin.

Madieon, the capital of Iho State, is ninety-live miles west of Mil-
waukee, on lhe t’., M. and St. P. It. K. Madison is said to be the most
handsomely-located city In the Union It is situated on an isthmus, be-
tween Lakes Monona and Mendota, two magnificent sheets of water,
Tho city rises gradually by a pleasing ascent to tho summit of the
Isthmus, where is located the State Cupttol and park, some seventy feet
above the lovol of the lakes. Tho city is especially noted for its great
beauty und romantic situation, and ia much resorted to by the tourist,
The hotels arc larao and roomy, and kept iu the best style. The fishing
is good, nnd tho lakes urc navigated by many finely-equipped yachts and
pleasure steamers. The lakes, in addition to the usual varieties of fre-h
water fishes, contain n variety of the white fish, genus Citregonnt, which
ia much esteemed for the table.

Devil's Lake, thirty-five miles northwest, on the C nnd N. W. R, R.
is a noted spot. The lake ts surrounded by perpendicular walls of solid
rock, rising hundreds of feet above its placid surface, aud Is a favorite
resort for the lovers of the wonderful lu nature. It is no doubt the re-
sult of volcanic action, as this part of Wisconsin ha* u rolling, undulat-

cuZitiVon U„““,K4Sr

thc*»1mpln,|nt arec'qnaUy* inu-irastiug'to th^acienUs^or

ilm Him °r,.0f The ,1, lls -wral mile, in extent and L

seer r P‘lw “P and down the river for ,Uu btue,l‘ of tho sight-

Oconomowoc.

StiswtyT %a farysgondentt.

Vnn»r’iChar7lte' M'ch— Cannot K’v« you the Information from onr own
Jo, rads C' P0Ul ” p0Wd°r’ No' 21 wl“ coet Jo- 8d 57 per keg of i>t

K. F B Goavemeur — What Is choke bore in a gnnf What I. tho
drop of stock on guns mosilyused by trap shooters' Ann. It is tho
contraction of Hie bore a certain distance from the muzzle The usual
drop U about three Inches.

A-i^.9^°P0o.-°n page 300, Juno 17th, year Creodmoor article
K?|„ Z !'f'y;e:e,,t eutric' for tbc Turf. Fold and Farm

bnd„e, 200 yards, off hand. ’ Please inform me if the shots were made
standing, etc. Ana. The position waa standing.

A M.. Nyack.— Can you tell me of any good trout streams in Rock-
land county, and also if Cedar Pond Is good for black bos.f An. Wo
cannot. Can get no Information regarding black bass In Cedar Pond but
learn, in compensation, that the woodcock shooting there la excellent.

L. S ,. Philadelphia -Having noticed in your correspondence that tho
arcca nut was good for worms in dogs, and having hunted Philadelphia
over for it. can you inform me where it can be procured ' An-. Have
sent to you a few doses of areca nut, and written you bow to adminis-
ter it.

E. S. E., Rochester.— In what part of the White Mountains Is the boat
trout fishing, and Is It very good in any placet Is there any good shoot-
mg there In July nnd August; If so, whuit About North Conway and
Jackson Falls; flsh small, but iu fair numbers; hay Mr. Prime's "I m a
fishing." No shooting worth mentioning.

C AS., Baltimore.— Please Inform ns where the Kay concentrating
cartridges can he had i An. Owing to some delay in getting the ma-
chinery in operation for the Kay concentrating cartridge, they are not
yet in the market, hut we are Informed they will be for sale at the prin-
cipal gun stores in this city in the course of a week or two.

J. L. G„ Philadelphia.— Can you give me tho number of the person
in New York who sella the new tly hook mentioned in your last la.ue,
and described in Thai Norris' letter? Ans. We presume you mean Mr’
Pennell's hook, which is ud Euglish work, nud only to be had through
an importer; hut you can address Mr. Thod Norris, No. 200 West Lo-’an
Square, Philadelphia,

r F. IC., Boston.— Will you give me tho names of some American
books on yachting, and who they are pahtisned by* I have rend about
all the best English books on that subject, and wish to rend some Ameri-
can ones. Aus. No American books that we know of, but there are
some periodicals— the “Aquatic Monthly,” for instance— which contain
much information on yachting topics,

J. L. 11.. Tnftonboro, N II.— Is "Haney's Journal'' now published in
yourcityT Is Dittmur’s powder to prove a failure or a success? Which
of the Territories do you consider tile best for hunting and trapping
wildfowl? Aus. Yes; at No. 119 Nassau street, in this city. We havo
reason to believe that It will prove a success; see Mr. Dlttmar's letter
next week. Northern Minnesota und DacotaU Territory.

Ssn-is, Brooklyn.— Will you please inform mo through your paper of
some good place, not more than 200 miles from New York, where I can
find good fishing nnd hooting ubout the 1st of September? I prefer some
place on the coast, and I don't care about a stylish place. Aus. Would
recommend Barnegat Bay or Good Ground, Shlnnecock Bay or Patrh-
ogue, L. I. Further to tho eastward there are many points from w hlch
you will find correspondence In our columns.

R, II. & Co , New York — Will you kindly give us tho size of the
Wimbledon turgetf This information you furnished us once before, but
unfortunately we have mislaid it. Ans. 200 yards target— biillscyc, 8
inches diameter; centre. 111 inches; inner, 2S inches; outer, 40 inches.
500 aud BOO yards target— bullscye, 22 inches diameter; centre, 38 inches;
inner, 51 inches; outer, 70 inches, 800, 900, and 1,000 yards targets—
bull-eye. 3 feet In diameter; centre. 4 feet 6 inches; inner, ti reel square;
outer (remainder of target), 0 feet by 12.

A .H .G., York, Penn.— Can the John Rigby A Co.’s breech loading shot
gun, advertised In your paper, he purchased in this country; if so, where?
Is "Gloan on Breech Loaders" an English publication; what is the price
of the hook? Ans Only one John Rigby shot gun in this city; and that ia
in the bauds of Messrs. Schuyler, Hartley A Graham. No. iu Malden
Lane. This is the gun brought to this country by Mr. Rigby at the time
of the international match, and can be bought fnr below its value: 10-
gauge, 30-iuch barrels. "Gloan” ia an Amcuican work; price $1. We
can send it.

Winchester. Philadelphia.— Would yon consider a Winchester riflo,
barrel 30 to 84 inches long, ns good as the Sharps or Remingtons at tho
long ranges? now does It compare with the afuresaid aa regards accu-
racy mol reliability? Do yon consider It a safe gun? What books did
Dr. Bcthnne write on fish nnd fishing? Ana. The Winchester rifle would
answer up to say 500 yards; beyond that It could not compare with tho
others named. The usual length of barrel is 20 Inches, and the calibre
universally II It is perfectly safe. Wulton and Cotton's Angler, pub-
lished by Wiley A Putnam, but now nearly out of print.

R. W. A., New Haven.— Will you be so kind as to inform me throogh
your piqier whore the bird called ‘ Mother Carey'S chicken" comes from,
or bow they hatch out their youug ones, for they are never seen on laud
or Dear the shore, but always at sea? Aus. The petrel, or “.Mother Ca-
rey’s chicken," breeds on our coast as far south os Casco Bay, on the
coast of Maine, and lu numbers about Grand Mannn, la the Bay of Fun-
dy. In No. 9. VoL II., will he found ati article descriptive of the hablta
of this bird. We cun send you the pnper.

R. II T., Worcester. —Would like to Inquire what iatheO. K. thing
for n hound that has what we call red mange; huvo looked back through
all my old papers aud flud nothing, although It may have missed my eye?
Will you please give, if not already given, the size of Crcedmoor targets
for two, three, four, five, aud six hundred yards? Ana. Apply compound
sulphur ointment, reduced lu thickness with a little oil, to make it moro
easily rubb’ d Into tho roots of the hair. This should bo continued every
night for three or four limes in succession, after which the dog should ho
well washed with soap aud water. Besides, give him five drops of Fow-
lor’e solution of arsenic twice a day for four or five days, feeding oo
vegetable food only, and give him plenty of exercise. See another an-
swer iu this column for size of targets.

0TA uunibcr of answers are unavoidably laid over until next vreek..

— Tho New York Athletic Club held a meeting at their
grounds, Mott Haven, on Saturday, the principal event
being the half mile race for the club championship. W.
E. Curtis and M. F. Burris started, tho former w inuiug ia
2 in. 12 sec. The second race was a quarter of ;» mile
handicap for n silver medal, which was won by J. P. Fan-
non, allowing W. L. Stone 10 yards, in 57J seconds. For
the third race, 100 yards handicap for a silver medal, A li.
Curtis and C. Williams started at scratch. E. Goldsmith
was handicapped at 5 yards start and won ia 11J seconds.

FOREST AND STREAM

f | "HE battle lias been fought and won, and a double vie-
1 tory gained by one college — a most unprecedented

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COM-
ING WEEK.

Thursoat, July 22d — Trotting at Erie, Penn.; Chicago, 111.; Mystic
Paik, Boston, and Bangor, Maine. Beverly Yacht Club Regatta, at Na-
hant SwimmiDg match between Johnson and Coyle, Delaware River
from Chester to Philadelphia. Base Ball, Philadelphia vs. Atlantic, at
Brooklyn; Athletic vs. Mutual, at Philadelphia: Union of Newark vs
Olympic, at Irvineton; Flyawavs vs. Reliance, at Capitoline gronnds.

Fridat, July 23d -Trottine at Chicago, 111.; Mystic Park, Boston-
Bangor. Maine, and Lee, Vermont. Regatta, Isle of Shoals. Base Ball'
Chicago ve Atlantic, at Brooklyn; Athletic vs. Mutual, at Pbiladelphia-
St. Louis vb. New Haven, at New Haven; Pavonia vs Star, at Irving-
ton, N. 3. B

Saturday, July 24th.— Racing at Saratoga. Trotting at Bangor. Me.
and Lee. Vt. Creedmoor, Competition for Remington Diamond Badge
Base Ball. Athletic ve. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia; Chicago vs Mu-
tual, at Brooklyn; Concord vs. Alpha, at Capitoline grounds; Staten Isl-
and vs. Flyaway, at Staten Island; Hoboken vs. Star, at Hoboken.

Mondat, Jnly 26th -Trotting at Saratoga. Cricket, State i Island ve.
Manhattan Club, at Staten Island- Base Ball, St. Louis vs. New Haven
at New Haven. ’

Tuesday, July 27th.— Racing at Saratoga. Trotting at Saratoga-
Coming, V Y.; Cleveland, Ohio, and Beacon Park Base Ball, St.
Ix"ii * ve. Hartford, at Hartford; Shibe vs. Active, at Philadelphia.

Wednesday, July 28th.— Trotting at Saratoga; Coming, S.Y.; Cleve-
land Ohio: Beacon Park, and Gettysburg, Penn. Base Ball, St. Louis
ts. Hartford, at Hartford.

Tennessee State Sportsmen’s Association.— The com-
mittee having in charge the preparation of the programme
for ihe meeting of this association to be held in October
have so far advanced with their labors as to enable us to
place before our readers the following synopsis. The dog
premiums are munificent, and should call forth a very
large entry, particularly if favorable arrangements can be
made with the railroads for tlie transportation of dogs.
We are indebted to Mr. Bryson, President of the associa-
tion, for the following: —

The Field Trial, Bench Show, and Shooting Tourna-
ment will take place at Memphis, commencing October
Sn,iF°rA? f,ootln^ ,lirec Urst day*. $3,500 is offered.

f ,,rM day*! Bendl ®how’ Premiums amount-
various strains of setters and pointers.

f>umeh*wi’ Fii sd Tr?a iOT P“PP'e» under eighteen montLs;
Koo-Si,.*15 enlr»nc<;- Fifth day, for braces; purse

asis res, as

aWASSkr

rr>Lil^.Pr0gramme WU1 appear soon ,n our advertising

aud unlooked-for occurrence, and one that in several ways
will break down custom and banish tradition. As the an-
nual battle of the oars is fought in England by the two
universities of Oxford and Cambridge, so hud it been for
years with us, aud Y ale aud Harvard nttuined a supremacy
at the sport which it was almost heresy to doubt. From
1852, when Harvard defeated Yale in the first regularly or-
ganized race on Lake Winnipiseogce, until 1871, when the
Massachusetts “Aggys" astouished the boating world by
their victory at Ingleside, on the Connecticut River, these
two colleges had fought the battle by themselves. The
formation of the society known as the Rowing Association
of American Colleges has, however, produced a great
change in the condition of affairs, and but for the unfortu-
nate accident to poor Cameron, of Trinity, on the present
occasion fourteen colleges would have been represented at
Saratoga. But we think that there is much more in this
than a mere matter of increased representation; it indicates
a greater interest in those manly sports which harden the
frame and promise results, to be seen, perhaps, only in a
future generation, but which will do much to relieve us
from the not altogether unjust accusation of being an
enervated and effeminate race. In fact, it is apparent that
a great change is being effected in the sentiments of Young
America, aud one that the fathers aud sages of the nation
should hail with joy. The growing disposition to indulge
m field sports should be encouraged by every means, and
particularly by a withdrawal of that surveillance which
hut a short time since rendered it almost a ranter of shame
for a man to be seen with gun on his shoulder or a fishing
rod in Ins hand. We are changing as. a nation also, and
the day when a man’s credit suffered by his taking an
hours relaxation from his business has passed forever. As
fortunes are accumulated and there are children to inherit
tjiem^it should be a matter for rejoicing if the tastes and
inclinations of sons, upon whom the burden of providing
for life’s necessities are not thrown, should be directed
away from those pursuits which enervate and ruin toward
those which impart strength and vigor to the system, and
give healthy occupation for both mind and body. Surely
it is belter to break a dog than to fight a “tiger,” even if
the breaking of the latter beast be the result; and the in-
creased interest taken in field sports in ibis country of late
years can hardly be realized by those who are not in the
direct channels of information. The development of an
increased interest in both yachting and boating is a most
healthy sign, and the formation of athletic clubs all over

the country indicates a period when the cultivation of the
muscles will be deemed a necessary portion of education.
That the mind need not suffer in the improvement of the
physical system is amply exemplified in the case of Cor-
nell, which college was also successful in the recent inter-
collegiate literary contests.

Iu England, boating, and, indeed, athletics generally, have
found such advocates and adherents as the revered Kings-
ley and “Tom Brown," and although we are as yet behind
that country, taking time as a test of bone and muscle we
are rapidly approaching them. In the athletic sports
which fol owed the regatta at Saratoga the performances
of the undergraduates were far above mediocrity, and indi-
cated a coming time, not far distant, when their perform-
ances will rank with anything across the water. The Eng-
lishman has a great advantage over the American student
inasmuch as the preparatory schools whereat he is fitted

for college also fit him for the cricket and the boating the
running and the jumping in which he is afterward to’par-
ticipate. At Eton, Rugby, and Harrow these sports form
an important part of the curriculum, to the extent, indeed
of employing professionals in cricket and foot-ball to teach
the young idea how to bowl, bat, and kick.

The increased attention given to rifle shooting is another
healthy indication, and the successes of our representa-
tives in Ireland will lead to still further emulation. Out-
of-door life is what will make a man-one fit to reproduce
his species and give us a generation which may be able to
correct and eradicate the wretched political errors and dis-
honesty under which we now labor. A sportsman is per
force more or less of a naturalist, and, as a rule, such men
are honest. Give the boys ponies, teach them to shoot and
fish and encourage them in their athletic sports. Mind
and body will grow apace. The old-fashioned system of
training by reducing has exploded, and is now as dead as
phlebotomy or Julius Caesar; if another argument against
t was wanting, the examples of both Yrale and Harvard in
the recent regatta would be sufficient. In the case of Y'ale
over-anxrety to win produced over-training and consequent

comnpbf" ^ V * 866 ‘f C°miUg 8eneration will not
compete in manliness and bodily and mental vigor with any
race the sun shines on. ^

IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION Ou-
FOOD FISHES.

Hr HE steamer Donau, of the North Gorman Llovtl
A Steamship Company, arrived on tho 10th with a con
signment of live fresh water fishes, imported by the Unite,]
States Commission of Fisheries for the waters of (his coun
try. They were brought in charge of Dr. Rudolph Hesrel
a fish culturist of Europe. The principal species obtained
is the carp of Southern Europe. Quite a prejudice exists
among many of our fish experts against the carp, which
it is claimed by others of experience and authority, arises
from the fact that a number of varieties are confounded
under tho common name of carp. Several varieties are
decidedly inferior, while it is claimed the mirror carp
(Cyprinui mrpio, var. tpccularis,) and the scaleless carp|
(vur. abpidotus,) are a superior table fish. It is tho last two
mentioned varieties which the United States Commission
desire to propagate and to distribute through the country.
The fish have been moved to Druid Dill Park, Baltimore^
Mntyland, where the city authorities linve erected a build-
ing and ponds for their propagation, and also that of other
species.

A few of the beautiful gold tench, (ldu« melnnotm,) which
rivals the gold fish in brilliuncy of hues, and the trout for
activity, were also imported. The common tench of Eu-
rope, fabled to make otkor species iu the wnters where it
exists health v, were brought with tho rest. It is to ho
hoped that the propagation of these species may prove a
success, especially if it be the fact, that they are adapted
to our sluggish stream t, and even to the ponds of stagnant
water, South as well as North.

On the 17th the steamer Mosel, of the same line, ,took
out a shipment of shad for the waters of Germany. The
failure iu the attempt of last year will occur to the minds
of many of our readers when perusing this statement.

Dr. Finscli, a prominent nutnralist of Germany, was sent
out a few years sincj by his government to investigate the
character of our food fishes and fisheries, and reported
very favorably of the shad. Since then, iu correspondence
wilh Professor Baird, he has repeatedly referred to this
fish, and asked Professor Baird’s aid in an attempt to pro-
cure them for the waters of Germany.

The North German Lloyd Steamship Company proposo
to transport the shad and attendants free of charge, which
makes the accomplishment of the task an easy matter so
far as expense is concerned.

An experiment 1ms been carried on by a member of the
corps of ^ experts employed by Professor Baird during a
fortnight’s time, in which it was proven lhat the hatching
of the eggs could be retarded as long as ten days if neces-
sary. The failure in last year’s attempt resulted from the
fact that the young fish starved nfter they were about ten
days old. No experiments in supplying them wilh food
have thus far succeeded, but it is believed that by hatching
them five or six days out on the voyage they can he carried
through the remaining five or six days in good condition
shad having been carried this length of time frequently.

The eggs were procured at Holyoke, Mass., from the
Connecticut River, and moved iu a series of flannel trays
or frames to the steamer. This is an apparatus which has
come into use of later years among certain American fish
cultunsls, and upon which a patent is held by a gentleman
m Michigan. The eggs are not at all immersed, hut are
kept moist by dripping water, and tiers of the trays filled
with eggs, placed in wooden cases, are kept at an even cool
temperature by the use of ice. By regulating the tempera-
ture the development of the eggs is at the control of
the attendant, and they can be hatched in any period from
four to ten days. Just before the period of hatching it is
necessary to place the eggs in water, so that the young fish
may find itself in its proper c lement when released from
the shell. In order to keep up the circulation of water, so
necessary for the life of the egg and Ihe young fish, a can
has been devised with a funnel-shaped bottom, and the cir-
culationns producetPby pumping air in from beneath, the
rising of the bubbles and the forcing of the air in at the
bottom producing not only an ample movement, but at the
same time aerating the water.

It was expected to start with about 400,000 eggs, and if the
expedition is successful the River Weser, for which the
fish are intended, will have a very fair seeding of Ameri
can shut].

Thrift <?AME ,Chbo1m°8- -Messrs. Robert Newell & Co., of
Buffa o, have issued a pair of chromes after paintings by

^ ’,rer8CntlnKabmce of Adcock and quad re
specuvely, that are well worthy the attention of sports-

within reach rKya8-th° priC°’ °nIy •*. brings them well
with n reach. Specimens can be seen at No. 71 Liberty

fln7inHrrieTnKent; “Dick’” f*es'res to know where lie can
rimn b n ^u<-k “hooting ill October nearer Charlotte, Mich.

board hn«»U8 ^ Bay‘ 0hio; al&0 information regarding
board, boats, etc at the place directed. Cau any of ou?
readers furnish the information?

Reception for the American Team. -In order to give
he American Rifle Team such a reception on their return
home as heir victories, perseverance, and self-denial enti-
le them to, as well as some testimonial commemorative of
the occasion, it is necessary to raise funds for tho purpose,
the amount required was contributed voluntarily by tho

Zrltli T'd DOt °nly be mucU agreeable to the

members of the team, but satisfactory to (lie committee

tli nir , rt,frm hao‘l. inasmuch as it would save
he necessity of soliciting. It is therefore suggested that
hose desiring to contribute should send their donations to

i y, ,0fr,tbe committee. Mr- Robert Johnson, of
Messrs. Arnold, Constable & Co., No. 881 Broadway.

Lake Coucmcn,No.-Our special correspondent, who
goss,ps elsewhere of Summer travel in Canada, is quite
pardonable in doscuuting upon the merits of this Summer
resort for we cun attest from personal experience to its
nnv r.iDmg’ °Ur es,'m,lt‘on. m°re attractions than most
r 7° °Ver ViBUed «l8e'vliere. This is saying

a j-oat deal, but wo feel warranted in tho assertion. De-
scriptive pamphlets at this office,

forest and stream.

SAUNTERINGS

ONTARIO.

[nr oim special traveling oobhespokdbxt]

TO the tourist who is desirous of seeking a quiet re-
treat and the luxuries of home, together with aqua-
tic sports to repletion, perhaps no better resort could be
found than the Muskoka district of Ontario, Canada. Its
ready access from the States from almost any direction gives
it an advantage equal to that of any other locality — not
only by rail, but by water through the vast chain of lakes
which skirt our northern boundary from Duluth to Colling-
wood, the extreme point to the eastward, which is con
nected by rail with Lake Simcoc and the almost unlimited
number of smaller lakes to the northwurd.

The tourist, after reaching Niagara Falls, can take the
cars at Clifton and go down the river to Niagara, where
the fleet steamer Rothesay Castle will take him to Toronto
distance thirty-six miles by water. At Niagara, directly at
the mouth of the river, on a slight bluff, is located the
Queen’s Royal Hotel, overlooking the mouth of the river
and bay, with the walls of old Fort Niagara on the Ameri-
can side looming up, presenting a very picturesque appear-
ance to the observer from the hotel; which, by the way
is of the first class, and well patronized by visitors from
both sides. In the waters adjoining is the favorite fishing
ground for black bass, which affords so much sport to the
angler.

In Toronto one should spend a few days at the Rossiu
House, or the Queens, both first class hotels, and visit the
various places of interest about this interesting city, or take
a sail in her bay or a drive in her parks and highways, pre-
paratory to a trip to the lakes north. The Rossin House
is the resort of sportsmen from all parts. The proprietor,
j;,.,ear8,Il0ng an(1 favorably known as connected with
he Clifton House, Niagara Falls, is a thorough sportsman
himself, and will extend to all the hospitalities which spring
from the heart of every true lover of rural sports, let him
come from whatever quarter he may.

The Northern Railway forms a connection between all
the ports on the lakes and the Muskoka territory through
different, railways running into Toronto, and steamers from
Niagara, Rochester, Kingston, and Montreal. This railway
is under good management. It has a fine bed, good track
fine palace cars, makes good time, and is thoroughly
equipped in all its appointments, so that one may feel as
much at home as on any of the roads in the States Bv
this road you can go to Lake Simcoc. Here you can stop
over at Barrie after a two hours' ride or so from Toronto.

It is a pretty little town on Kempenfelt Bay, an arm of
Simcoc. Here you can find good quarters at hotels, and
fine fishing in the lake. This bay was named after the
commodore who went down in the Royal George, of his-
toric notoriety. From this town you can take the railroad
or steamboat for Lake Couchiching, at the head of Lake
Simcoc, separated only by a nurrow strait half a mile long
called the “Narrows." It is a beautiful lake, twelve miles
long, studded with many islands and indented with some
pretty bays. The little town of Orillia is on the south end
and the Indian village of Rama on the cast side. This
lake abounds with black bass and trout, and discharges its
waters by means of the Severn through beautiful scenery
into Georgian Bay. 8everal little steamers ply upon its
waters. Yachting and fishing is the pastime of Summer
visitors, with other sports, which serve to fill up their
pleasures. To-day, which is Dominion Day, there is a
yacht race on the lake, consisting of eight sail, one of the
tonnago of eleven tons. This adds much to enliven the
scenery, which otherwise is charmiug.

As all Indian names are supposed to bear some local sig-
nification, some of them highly poetical as well as appro-
priate, it may not be out of place to render the word Cou-
chiching into the Queen’s English. The surface of the
lake, always stirred by varying breezes, will attest the
name of “lake of many winds." It was owing to these
cool and varying winds that suggested to the enterprising
capitalist the propriety of establishing a Summer resort
where all the advantages of aquatic sports and rural plea-
sures could have unbounded sway, with all the comforts of
fashionable life, without the burthens and trammels of
etiquette and court life. For this end a splendid hotel has
been erected at great expense at the point of a narrow pro-
montory, projecting a mile and a half northward into the
lake, und surrounded on three sides by water. Thus it is
fanned by every breeze, aud every prospect pleases. I can
scarcely conceive a more charming spot. Mr. Scully, the
proprietor, is au old landlord, and a gentleman who studies
to please his guests. His boats, his tackle, his servants,
himself — “at your service, sir." I could dwell on this sub-
ject long, which would accord with my feelings, but I do
not intend this ns a “blow," and for fear it mny be taken
as such by the many readers of Fouest and Stream, I
will desist, and hasten to complete my letter.

From the Couchiching hotel you can take a steamer or
railway to the head of the lake. Here you will take the
stage to Muskoka Lake, distant twelve miles, where a
steamer awaits to take you through this lake iuto Lake
Rosseau and Lnko Joseph. The Northern Railway exten-
sion to Lake Muskoka will bo finished by October next,
making a continuous line from Toronto. Hero the most
enthusiastic. sportsman and angler can luxuriate to his con-
tent. The great uumber of smaller lakes in the neighbor-
ood can be reached by short stages, and tho angler’s hand
tried on maskinougo, black bass, pickerel, salmon trout,
and thousands of speckled trout in the streams emptying
»nto those lakes. The season of black flics and mosqui-
toes is now passing away. I have found other bills not so

Itailway, reach the hold nfS I’ by lhe Mi<II“"d

be a preferahlc rou ? or S“UOhlch'^ which may
and eaatwardto That I f™" 'be .o„,h

of making connection- Z, fa pr"V,,led he is
Niagara Falls which th \ th 1'° WOuld lo8c vlsit to
can never sce’too oRcn ^ ^ grand “nd 8Ubli,ne

yon^ll7LfrP “'“"ing has been said in

Couchiching Ontario , Canada, July Ut, 1875.

}ie

\iffe.

thJ^lA>,E7CA^TEAM ABHOA°.-Our last summary of
!5apl >»c dispatches regarding the movements of
the Amor can Riflemen in Great Britain brought us down
to the loth lust, when they were still sojourning in Scot-
aud On that day Col. Gildersleeve wrote to Mr. Mildmay
cunff7nlh^Nar!i0na,Rifle Nation accepting t,m

p offered by the British riflemen for competition among
c Am buta8Uus arrangement was independent

of B e team organization it was not certain that all the
members would enter for it.

On the 16th the team reached Wimbledon. Shortly after
they arrived at their tent, Lord Wharncliffe and Lienf. Col.

I hillips visited them and accompanied them to the Council's
tent where they were received by Mr. Mildmay, Secretary

wen'eslCoOUnCl ' ^ter tb® USUaI COUrtesies the Americans
were shown over the camp. They were to shoot first in the

St. Leger Sweepstakes, at 200 yards range. Each compet-
itor to have ten shots.

They were also to compete individually for the Albert
Cup valued at £500, the Arthur rifle, worth £100, in the
Derby and St. Leger Sweepstakes, for which there are nu-
merous entries In several of these contests the rules re-
quire the use of the English military rifles. The Ameri-
cans had some practice with these arms in an extra series
of matches that day. Gen. Dak.n, of the American team,
made 28 points out of a possible score of 35, and Sir Henry
Halford, a crack British shot, made 34. The scores of the
other members of the American team who took part in the
shooting were not remarkable.

On Saturday the 17th, the Wimbledon competitions com-
menced, the weather being rainy the match for the Ameri-
can cup was postponed, yesterday being the day named.
The first contest was for the St. Leger Sweepstakes at 200
yards range. Each competitor had seven shots, and the
possible score 35. There were several hundred competitors.

Of the Americans, Fulton scored 35, Gildersleeve 34, Yale 33
Canfield 31, and Dakin 27. The match was not concluded
unt il Monday, Mr. John Rigby and Mr. Mitchell having tied
* ulton, but in shooting off the ties Fulton won, Mitchell being
second and Rigby third. The Albert prizes were also shot
for on Monday. The ranges were 200, 600, and 900 yards.
The shooting at the first two ranges being finished, showed
that Gildersleeve was ahead, having made 68 points out of
a possible 70. At the first range Gildersleeve, Fulton, and
Coleman, of the Americans, each made 34 poiuts out of a
possible 35, while Hamilton, Petty, Wyatt, Greenhill, and
Rigby, (the latter two of the Irish eight) made 35 points
At the second range only Greenhill and Rigby maintained
close competition with the Americans, scoring 32 points
each.

Sir Henry Halford, the crack British shot, was the win-
ner of the first prize, scoring 98 out of a possible 105, Col.
Gildersleeve taking second prize with a score of 92.

In the match between the House of Lords and House of
Commons, the range was 500 yards. The Commons won,
making 313 points, against 220 made by the Lords, out of
a possible total of 375. The following are the individual
scores, the highest possible bcing^:—

LORDS.

Tne Forest and Stream Badop ti ,
tition for this trophy, as well as for th ^ f°Urth <:omPe-
badges added bv Mr f'onlin wo 8,,l*plemental

lery No fm Rrf i ' °CCUrred Mr. Conlin’s gal-

inj V,!r° ,T y' on Wcflnesday evening, the 14th

4 Ae. were* rC," 1 TZT

the scoria being Lt,ra * hr,8k co,nP(-'t't'on ensued,

competition. Mr. W,« Hayes^with^0 at an> ’P^ous

t-ly,„ur cortitors,

Robert Miky.: SJlnu,m°n

SKCOSn BA DOE.

Name. . .

Wilson MacDonald.,

TIURD RADGE.

Tnehea.
II 8-18
Ml

T. CNrono .... /"ms

Fforl 1C ^ I ,S I'-IO

Fred. Ketolcr

R >V Floyd Jones
A Ill'll wig

Inches.

Name.

W. A. Sherman ".jiT

J- J. O'Kelley

H. T. Burton

Name.

A. B. JoDBtone
O B. Wntaon

16 U-io
.18*

■19 1-16

Inches.

271

a R T l -••••' .*• ••*<> O. H. cliff 2

O. B. Johnson. O. B. Rome, and W. W. Uarrl.on withdrew

The Luther Badge.-TIds trophy was contested for at
Creedmoor on Saturday, and won by Mr. L. Geiger of the

conditions of the match were: open to members of the
Ama eur Rifle Club, distances 800, 900 and 1,000 yards-
position any: weapon any breech loading rifle Sn « he
rules o the club; five shots with two siting shot;

The wind * ' l° 6 T" ,hree timea ^ tb« 8»nic person.
The wind was very changeable, blowing freely from the

bv »,Hhnmlh qU“rtCr' TllC
made by all the contestants:—

15 16

uoSST: S""-

A. I Hi-nnion, Jr ao

R- Rath boric *a

h. s. iiweii

A. Andenion tr

W. B Farwell ! ' ' . . 17

Colonel B. E, Valentine

* Hyde |i

H. S. Ilw "
score.-

900 yds.
18
16
23
16
18
15

18

1.000 yds.
23
16
10

Total.

61

62

44

42

■II

38

an

COMMONS.

Name. Score.

Hon. Randle Plunket 67

Daniel Peploe M

Arthur Vivian w

Marquis of Lome m

Robert Lindsay 67

Total sis

Name. Score.

Earl I errors gg

Duke of Marlborough 45

Lord W aldegrave 40

Earl of Danruveu .36

Lord Wharncliffe [35

Total 220

In the match for the Rifle Association Cup, in which
each man had ten shots at 600 yards range, Coleman scored
49 out of a possible 50, leading a large number of compet-
itors. Gildersleeve made 48. The excellence of the
American marksmanship caused astonishment.

After much shilly-shallying it is finally decided that the
American team will not again shoot in a team match, al-
though Col. Gildersleeve is anxious to make a match with
a team representing tho United Kingdom to be shot in the
United States next year. The captains of the English,
Irish and Scotch teams petitioned the council of the
National Rifle Association for permission for the Ameri-
cans to shoot at the same time with the Elcho Shield com-
petition, but without waiting for a reply, the substance of
which had been amply foreshadowed, the question was de-
cided iu the negative by the Americans not concurring in
the petition, Col. Gildersleeve explaining that tho team
left New York with instructions to 6hoot a team match
only with the Irish. Moreover, the team is just uow crip-
pled by tho illness of one of its members, who is au excel-
lent shot.

The Americans had been entertained at dinner by Lord
and Lady Wharncliffe, and were otherwise the recipients of
much attention.

I well and Colonel Valentino retired before completing Ul.ir

J" RemINoton Diamond Badge. -The match for this

badge will be shot on Saturday next at 2 o'clock. The
conditions are as follows:— Open to members of the Nation-
al Rifle Association; weapon, any breech loading rifle
within the rules; distances, 500, 800 and 1,000 yards- posi-
tion, any, without artificial rest. Rounds, seven, with two
sighting shots at each distance; to be won three times (not
necessarily consecutively) before becoming the winner’s
personal property. Entrance fee $1.

—The Inspectors of Rifle Practice will hereafter wear a
distinctive uniform, consisting of a pith bat or helmet
known in India as the solar topee, a coat of blue flannel’
single breasted, with a rolling collar, and no embroidery’
and plain blue flannel pants. The insignia of rank will be
worn on the front of the helmet instead of on the shoulder
straps.

-The several committees of the National Rifle Associa-
tion have been revised, and will stand as follows until fur-
ther notice:— Executive Committee, Gen. Alexander Shaler,
President, Gen. J. B. Woodward, Vice President, Gen.
M. T. McMahon, Treasurer, Major Henry Fulton, Secre-
tary, Col. G. W. Wingate, Col. H. A. Gildensleeve, aud
Hon. D. W. Judd; Range Committee, Col. G. W. Win-
gute, Col. H. A. Gildersleeve, and Col. Richard Vose- Fi-
nance Committee, E. H. Sanford, Hon. D. W. Judd, und
Hon. N- P. Stanton; Prize Committee, Col. Johu Ward
Capt. J. G. Story, and Capt. W. C. Casey.

The Laflin & Rand Medals.— The Laflin & Rand Pow-
der Compnny are now having executed a medal of exquis-
ite beauty and high intrinsic value, which they propose to
offer as a prize to be shot for at Creedmoor, L. I. The de-
sign and execution is intrusted to that celebrated artist and
medalist, Mr. George H. Lovet, 181 Broadway, which is a
guarantee of the high order of which the medal may be
regarded. The Laflin & Rand Powder Company, we un-
derstand, intend to give three prizes:— To the best shot, a
gold medal; to the second best, a silver medul, and to the
third best shot, a bronze medal. The gold and silver medals
will be made of perfectly pure metal, and as there is no
limit put on the cost, it may be fairly inferred that Mr.
Lovet will do full ere it to his already widely extended
fame. All the medal* will be alike in design and finish,
any one of which will be highly prized by the winner, aud
from the fact of there being three prizes offered, the crack
shot cannot carry all away. At an early day we hope to
give our readers a full description and illustration of the
medal, together with the conditions of the match upon
which they are to be shot for.

Rifle Clubs.— The great success of the American rifle-
men abroad -has stimulated the already growing interest iu
rifle shooting to a very great extent. From Chicago we hear
that a number of prominent citizens, including Gen. Ducat,
Gen. Strong, Mr. Handy, Mr. J. A. Shaffer, A. W. Shaffer,

V. C. Blackburn, A. G. Alford and others, have turned their
attention to the formation of a rifle club, with every pros-
pect of complete success. In pursuance with ibis object
Gen. Ducat and Mr. Handy have visited Creedmoor to ob-
serve the regulations aud working of that range. Nor
will their exertions end here. Mr. Handy offers $100 to-
wards the establishment of a ruuge, and other liberal con-
tributions will follow. To give emphasis to their earnest
desire to pursue this intention, they met and shot a thou-
sand yards match at Oak Park, situated about ten miles

380

FOREST AND STREAM

from Chicago. Though they make no pretension to being
Fallons, Bodines, or Dakins, the scores that wo here sub-
join are in no sense discreditable, mid give indications of
formidable shooting in the future:

Scire Total.

A G Alford 4334334388 '<•

J.A Shaff-r 4 0 4 8 4 8 4 » H 4 ;«

A. W. Shaffer S S U’ t t'.M S I

O. C Ulnckinor 3488440333

One hum) ml mid twenty-live om of n possible ICO. Rifles, Remington
Crevdmoor; elevation, 2-30; wind gauge, 6 left .

We nrouounce this good. Let them try again, and in
the Fail send on a team to compete in the international
match, when a team of twelve from each State are invited
to participate.

Syracuse Rifle Club.— A new ride club to be known
as “The Rifle Association of the Sixth Division N. li. S.
N. Y.,” has been organized at Syracuse, this State, the
object being to promote rifle practice among the National
Guard of the Sixth Division District. The following of-
ficers have been elected : — President, Maj-Gun. I). P. Wood;
First Vice President, Col. James Manning; Second Vico
President, Col. J. Dean Hawley; Third Vice President, F.
B. Klock ; Secretary, G. W. Edwards; Treasurer, Col.
Geo. N. Crouse.

POINT BLANK AND POINT
RANGE.

BLANK

Memphis, Tenn., July, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

In the Issue of your delightful journal for the 1st hist, nn “Old Scout"
very kindly explains hie theory of rifle shooting for the hem ill of be-
ginners. But I must be allowed to beg correction of un error in his In-
teresting article, which I fear lie did not sufficieully consider. Briefly,
Ihcu, a rifle will, com-ctly spunking, traverses a line nl flrst straight, but
soon becoming more and more curved, and called the trajectory. And
the extent of the coincidence of this trajectory with the straight lino of
the axis of the gun, determines the point blank. This follows from the
fact that the ball leaves the mnzzle with a constant decreasing momen-
tum, which, being subject to tlie constant force of gravity, soon loses
the superiority of its centrifugal force, aud produces Anally the curve
of its downward trajectory as a resultant of the two forces. And hence,
also, the amount of the curve, or the extent of the point blank
in other words, will depend greatly upon the amount of the propelling
fore*, which forms one element of the causes producing the curve For
it is theoretically possible lo apply a force so great in to balance the at-
traction of gravity for a greater or less distance or lime. Hence the true
point blank depends— flrst, upon the incidents of the gun; -ecu ml,
upon the projectile: third, upon the amount of the propelling force.
This, in fact, is the theory of the high charges and low trajectories of
the modern rifles. Hence every gun has a true poiul blank. Independent
of tiie line of sight, and which will vary according to the circumstances
before referred lo. which is the reason that, as every marksman is uwnre,
so much depends upon his acquaintance with me individual gun. Aud
upon this variability rests the dilllculty of loug tange shooting, which
otherwise would be a simple calculation of the curvature of an arc, simi-
lar in every case, when in fact it is a hyperbolic curve of which the be-
ginning is a straight line of unlimited variability.

I hove endeavored to so generalize the difficult subject as merely to
indicate the existence of the proper theory, which, without both dia-
grams and ample space.it is impossible to explain. For it was upon
the mistaken theory of a constant curve that the popular fallacy was
based, that a rifle could shoot "harder'’ at some distance than close at
hand, on the descending than I he ascending grade !

But any school boy may test the whole matter by a comparison of (he
elevation at the same range of his little toy rifle with that of alificen
pound Sharp's, shooting 100 graius of powder behind a { oz bullet; and
both of these with the con-lam fall of four inches at '00 yard-, given to
all rifles by your correspondent.

The cause producing so marked a difference being a continuous one,
la necessarily unlimited in its effects and perfectly calculable from the
elements known. Given a constant force and the practical means of Its
application, and there is lo reason known why we could not successfully
practice at the fixed stars. And I may add that, lo one who has evolved
his shooting from the flint look, muzzle loading squirrel rifle, with tiny
ball and charge of boyhood days, to the immense charges and range of
the modem breech loader, it is natnral to expect, in a few years, to
6lioot a rifle with but one low sight and a true j/ohit blank of a thousand
Pciat Blank.

^iw\c gjitg nncl (fjnn.

GAME IN SEASON IN JULY.

Woodcock, Snipe, Curlew, aud Bay birds.

Game is Market is confined to woodcock and a few
hay birds. The former arc selling for $1. per pair. A
few are received from this vicinity, but the bulk come from
the West, Henry county, Illinois, beiug the principal
point of shipment. The bay birds comprise principally
doewitch snipe with a few yellow legs; they come from
Long Island, and sell for $1 00 per dozen. Squabs arc
worth $3 50 per dozen,

— Our correspondent “Alleghany” writes us from Deer
Park that woodcock shooting in that neighborhood lms
been very good. A gcntlemuu from Baltimore, aud a cele-
brated shot, who is spending the Summer nt Oakland,
killed twenty-one birds in one duy, and in four days killed
altogether forty-two— a very fair bag. The prospect* for
quail were superb, every graiu field being alive with them.

—A large flight of “yellow legs” is reported at Atlantic
City, and many Philadelphia sportsmen arc “going for”
them.

—We have just had the pleasure of inspecting a splen-
did Williams & Powell gun, 8J pounds weight, 30-inch
barrels, 10 gauge, made to order for our neighbor “Mo-
hawk.” The workmanship of this gun is a credit to any
maker, and we are assured that its shooting qualities are
admirable, both in penetration and pattern, consequently
we would suggest that all Indians at war with the “Mo-
hawks” had belter stund from under.

A friend writes us from Hazleton, Pa ., that with a party
of friends he shot along the Susquehanna on the 4th int-t
Owing to the grounds being in bad conditions from the
drought the shooting was poor, the bag only;.eounling up

fifteen birds. Our correspondent speaks highly of his
young dog, a litter brother of Mr. Shipman's Dan, also of
his new Tolley guu, which gives him better pattern and
penetration than the makers guaranteed.

liarneyat Inlet. — Kinney's A »h ley House, July 10/A. —
Partins coming in to-day report large flights of brown
backs, robin redbreast ami other bay snipe. No gunners
out, but quite a number making preparations for to-morrow.

— At the annual meeting of the Staten Island Shooting
Association for the Protection of Game and Song Birds,
held on Monday evening, July 12th, 1875, the following
gentlemen were elected to the respective ofliccs for the
ensuing year. — President, Robert Rogersoit, M. I) ; Vice
President, O. L. Vreeluud; Secretary, C. M. Johnson;
Treasurer, J. F. Rathycn.

—A match for the championship badge of the St. Paul
Sportsmen’s Club was held on the club grounds at Luke
Como on the 14th inst. The badge was in the possession
of Dr. David Day, who had won it iu the last match from
Mr. Baldwin. Mr. C. A. Zimmerman, the well know
artist, challenged for it and succeeded in winning. The
match was at 20 birds each, 21 yards rise, 80 yards bound-
ary. Dr. Day killed 18, lost 2; C. A. Zimmerman killed
19, lost 1. In u general match which followed, at nine
birds each. Mr. Kcuuedy killed all of bis birds anti won.
The St. Paul Club were to have shot a match with the
Stillwater Club on the following day.

— From far oil Sedalia, in Missouri, comes the note of
the pigeon shooter, and we have at hand the results of a
match recently shot on Col. Doty’s farm at that place,
with the following result. Match at 5 birds eaclt, 21 yards ,
rise, 25 yards on ties: —

Name. Killed I Name. Killed.

Al. McE I vanity 2iJ. D. Brown I

L Kurnm 8|J . G. Parmeriee i

-• in-in a-J. S. L intles :i

s p. Gold 4|

Mr. Gold aud Mr. Parmurlee having tied on four birds,
anti Mr. Cochran and Mr. Landes on three birds, both
parlies shot off, with three birds each, with the following
resull : —

Name. Killed. I Name. Killed

S (’. Gold 3 J. 8 Cocltrnn 3

J. <;. Parmcrlue .l|J. 8, l.audes it

Mr. Parmerlce took flrst prize and Mr. Gold second.

— The third match between the Quincy, 111., and Keo-
kuk, Ind., shooting clubs was decided at Canton, Mo-, on
the 3d instaut. The match was at 10 single birds, 21 yards
rise, 80 yards boundary, li ouuces shot. Mr. T. J. Birds-
eye was judge for the Quincy club, and Mr. Davidson acted
for Keokuk. The result of the first match was as fol-
lows:—

KBOKUK CL. 08.

Stnnnus 1 1111110 10- 8(Lefler...

Berg. . 1 I I 0 I 1 0 • 1 0- til Welch
Schuler I I I 0 1 1 1 1 1 J— o'juhiiaoii
McQiilIkll). . • *11110 0 10— 5i.Mc.Niel
Bridgman 1 1 1 1 0 I I 1 1 I— U

Frauk 11X111311 0 — S| Total

QUINCY CLUB.

Lark worthy. I 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 I I— OiJorditn 1 10 1110 111—8

-Miller 1 I 1 i 1 1 0 1 1 1— H Noakes.. . 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l— 9

Hanworth. . . 1 1101111 I ; — »|ciowes 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1— 9

Ueudnck ... . I 11111111 1— lfl| Stock 0 I 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 *— 0

Abel 111110 1111—9 _

Schalk 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 U 0 1— ?| Totil 88

'Dead out of bounds.

Resulting In a tie, which was not shot off for want of nlrds.

Ou the same day a sweepstakes wus shot, sarnu rules as above; parse
of $25; $15 to first; $10 to second.

Stock 10 1 1 1—1 Headrick 1 1 1 l l-s

The Syracuse Tournament.— On Tuesday hist n
pigeon shooting tournament which has been looked forwnl i
to with so much interest, and for which such exton»iv
preparations have been made, wits duly inaugurntct|L’
We are without n detailed report of the lirst’day's shooting
but learn that M. M. Mnylicw, of Utica, won (he
prize of $250. E. Mann, of Syracuse, second prize $!,-,(>
E. Hudson, of Syracuse, third prize $150. K. R. Graham

Utica, fourth prize $100, mid Thomas Kiinber Jr., of Sviu’
cusc, fifth prize $50.

On the second day no loss than sixty persons contended
e conditions being ten birds each. The scores were ns

the
follows: —

Name. Killed

R. I*. Flower 0

K. Jl. Huriuou S

J. J. Thomas 7

Kd. Hudson 9

J. A. Nichols 7

K. B Hnmlltou M

N. M. Smith 5

K. II. Mann u

0 1110 11111-8
.1 1 1 I I 1 ! 1 1 1—10
11111 till 1—10
.111111111 1-10

83

Bird-eye 1 0 1 1 1— 1 Hanworth 1111 1—5

LarksvortJiy 1111 1 — 5|

Tiesof five were shot off at three bird*, twenty-six yards rise, Mr.
Lurkworlby killing three birds and taking flrst nioiiev
The ties ol four were shot off at same dlotauce, and Mr. Birdseye kill-
ing three birds took second money.

Several other matches were shot, in which Messrs. Hanworth, Botline,
Birdseye aud Stock were successful.

—The scores made in the first shoot of the new' Trap aud
Field Club at Minneapolis on the Till instant, which was
noticed in our last issue, were its follows. Many of the
members were attempting trapshooting for the first time:—

Name. Killed., Nome. Killod

John Harvey 8 A. W. Rl. krnan k

K. T .Smith 5(1). F. Smith •>

G. W. Tinsley

• B c. Hepp 5

G. 8. Tuekerniau 7 Hr. Humphrey

G. A. Brackett ‘.BE. Grimnliaw. 5

.1. R. Coikeudsll 3|John Dunham 3

Michael Hoy 7 Baldwin Brown . . .. 5

G. A. Camp 5'A. C. Rand 0

Frank Morse 4, Kobert McMullen s

Roger S. Peace 7 1

Harvey and McMullen having tied, the distance was in-
creased lo 20 yards, with the following score:—

Harvey 3 | McMullen 3

No more birds.

—The* members of Hie Union Clnb, of South Bend, Ind.,
held a pigeon match on the Gilt iustunt. For the principal
match there were forty six entries, making scores as fol-
lows:—

Name.

P. T. Bnzbv

David Wuolinuu s

Charles Woolmuu 9

Jncot) Strayer n

M. E. Lletcnberger

A. Listen herger .........

W II. Longley

V. Voisinet k

•I. M, Htiidubaker !.«

A. Coquillard 6

Barclay Kemble g

li Meeker...

H. Bnzby

C. II. Middleton.

D. A Dan forth. .

Jamc9 Foster

W. T. Cusaaday.

T. Tumock

V 1 volslnet . .

H. Galloway 7

J. W, ( pi r ' ... i

A B Wade ; 8

John Mliler 9

Kil,ed'l„ ^'inne- Killed.

. .9jM. J. Worrell 3

George Hogue 9

W. L. Kiser 7

J. II Andrews jj

sen Barnes .10

nry Scotland ij

Middluion . . . _ “ 1

J. Woolverton ..... 6

A. Lletcnberger

W. II. Longley 4

Jacob Strayer . "7

O .1 . I

t:

5

b|jl . B W ude s

H. Galloway o

11 Bnzby .. q

C. II . Middleton 9

1 harlCH Woolmuu h

D. A. Danfort li

V. Volslnet

Hosea Barnes

W L KUer

Jacob Woolverton. , . .

W. T. Cassoduy

7

8

.. 8

.. 7
.. 5

.. 5

Mr. Barnes won first prize, killing ten straight birds. In
sliooling off the ties Mr. Middleton took second prize Mr
David Wool man third, Mr. Ki/.er fourth, and Mr. Wool'
yerton fifth On the second duy, in another mutch, Mr.
David Woolmuu took first prize.

During the day Col. Wade was challenged for the Union
'f! medal by MnjorBJowncy, ten birds, single rise;
but the Colonel being loth to purl will! the ornament, shot
eight of Ins birds, and the gallant Major gracefully ac-
quiesced m a score of six. * y

II. It. Hooker....

F W. Deez

A. 1*1 per. .

M M. Mityltuw

F. K. lleyer

II. G. Tanner

John Connors —

Thomas Klmber, Jr

W. W Jones

O. Ilolnolt

O. Gelling

W. 8. Bui mini

J. J. Klcimmtu

\\\ c. Graves

N. C. Hinsdale

II. V. Carr

M. 1’. Mclvoon

G. W. Mower

■ V. Wcihl

II. N S It firm 11)1.

A. J. 11 mitlon.

Name.

Green Smith
Fred Abbey ...
H, S. Terrill ...
n .O, Brand
John Sldwuv . . .
1C M. Ten Kye.k
John II . Jeffries.

O. R. Sieve*

George J. Marsh
George Smith

Henry Gale

• lili John Bedford....
. 5|S. II. Tucker
. 7ii’. McCuininon. . .

. It'll. Twist

. (SIO. McKinley .

. hIa. F. Onmpson, , .
I . lames Manning .

. 4|E. Ladder

5 F. Denison

Killed.

II

J

8 Charles Parker .

8 Thomas Beck-

TAD. Ailkin-

7 J H. .Mann ;

. (I Cl. II. Finch ;

S Georgo Ladder ... *

. 9111. ('minor x

Ill Frank Lusk ;

10 William Brandon i;

W 8 Murray 7| William IJ»t.

Ties of ten, twoniy-six yard* rise.

Name. Killed. I Name. Klllml

May hew 8 Hamilton ...

Sherman &|Puiker '

Before shooting off the lies of ton $100 of the first piv,
was divided between the four ties and the huluucc shot
for. So Mr. Sherman, of Beloit, Wis., received $l“j
and each of the others $25 each.

In shooting off the other lies Mr. C. F. Wcihl, of Chi-
cago, killed, first, five birds tit 20 yards rise, ami subs,
intently three at 31 yards, and took second money, $150,
Messrs. Groves aud 1. odder divided $70 of the next prize,
and in shooting off Mr Geo. Loddcr look the remainin'.'
$50. Air. Juntos Alanning took fourth prize, $90, amt ,Mr
Thos. Kiinber, of Syracuse til lit, $40. In this slnmi
Messrs. Thomas E. Townsend and J. Howard, of Sym
cuse, acted as judges, with Capt. Riley, of Scheuccludy,
as referee.

On Thursday thirty-nino entries were made for the
sweepstakes. Air. C. R. Stueves, of GrdJcs, a member oi
the Onondaga club, killed leu birds, being the only one
who killed this number, and took first prize. Iu shooting
off the lies, Air. S. C. Wheat, of Cleveland; Mr. Ed. 1 1 ml
son, of Syracuse; Mr. C. II. Parker, of Syracuse, and Mr
Sherman, of Beloit, Wis., were successful iu the order
named. Another blank iu the receipt of our exchange*
leaves us without a report of Friday’s shooting. Willi
this day the tournament proper closed, but on Saiurday a
number of ntiuor sweepstakes were shot, and also tin
match between Chicago and Syracuse. In the beltin'
Chicago was the favorite, ami they succeeded in cum in '
off the stakes by two birds only, as will be seen by the ap-
pended score. —

Name.

Nichole.

Lull tier lit

Parker 16

Matin 12

McKinley l»

Huil-iin 20

Manning 1H

Holloway 17

Total 130

Klllml. Name.

.l8lTorrlll
Hnmlltou

Abbey

Klein mart. .

Wheat

8 unth

Uiuedale. . .
Shirmau .

Total...

CI1ICAOQ.

Killed.

....I#

15

17

The meeting was in every way a success, and much
creoit is due to Alcssrs. Nichols and McKinley, in win -,
hands rested the management of the affair, for the admir-
able manner in which all the arrangements were conceived
aud carried out.

Jacksonville, 111,, July Oth, IftTA.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The Audubon Club luid a pigeon shoot hero yesterday. A hid i lghn , ,
years of age, ( 'hurley Baker, “got away” with nil the crack shot*, lull
lng his ten birds Straight, and live out of six double birds. Below I -m l
you the score. Thirteen look pnrt In the shoot, ton birds ouch, ji
yards rise, 80 ynrds boundary. The ties were shot off ut fix «lotiM«
hlrds, 20 yards rise. Bukcr. King, and Hayden shot E. C Green Imr, li
loaders; Smith u utuzze loader.

Qeo. Unydeu... 91 Win. Benson. . . S

Dr. C. Henry 71 J. Tomlin-on J

J.T. King 10 W. 8, Richards..,.

Charles Baker lOJO. I). FilE*lmiiioiis s

G- U. Dnytoil 7 1 < ‘liurlt-M Flt/.eluiinniiH .. "

D. M. Simmons s.p. Berry

John A. Smith. o|

Tie on ten birds, twenty six y ards rise.

J- 8. King SlChnrles Baker

Tic on nine birds, twenty-six yards rise.

Geo. Hayden 51 John A. Smith I

Ties on eight birds, twenty-six yards ilse.

D. M . Simmons 3:0 I). Fitzsimmons. ‘

Win Benson o|

Ties on sown birds, twenty-six yards rise,

Pr-C. Henry 31 W. 8. Richards ....

O K. Dayton 2|

Tic on three birds, twenty-six yards rise.

Dr C. Henry 31 W . S . Richards

OllBKIII Ell.

Hudson, Mlclt., July 8th, J8m>-

Editor FonEsT and Stream : —

A few member* of the Hod uafl G.:n Club of this place met on il»' !r
grounds July 6th and contested for the club medal. A huiidlciip (lt nf
teen birds each, II and T plunge traps, sixty yards boundary. The f«l
lowing Is the ecoru: —

Yards. Score.

A. P, Fellows 2ii 1 1 1 1 0 I 1 I 0 1 1 I 1 1 1

Double rises ut 21 yurds,

■J,' 2r Wtdch io oi II 11 II 10 ll l

,4 K‘ 8»ml,,0U I I 1 0 II I 1 I 1 I 1 I I I

(.huH Elliott. . 23.. 0 I (I 0 III I 0 I 0 I : II I

Iru \V ycoff 23. . . 0 1 0 0 0 I li 1 0 9 I I 0 1 I

Your* truly,

To'ttl.

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forest and stream.

Lake City, Minn.. July 8th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I cake the liberty to Inclose to you the scores made by Homo of "our
hoy**’ -luiy 5th. Your thoroughly Interesting paper has many earnest
readers In our midst, and It Is doing a noblo work toward educating true
sport-men to tho point that game must bo preserved If we expect any
future enjoyment of this nature. Wo have no regular organised club
In our city, but we are fortunate In having no slmon pure pot-hunters,
the largest proportion of our sportsmen buing those who Indulge as u
matter of recreation and through pure love of the sport. We aro anj
louely awaiting tho 10th proximo, when wo hope to interview the plu-
nulcd grouse.

Match at ten birds each, twenty one yards rise, eighty yards boundary;
three minutes allowed to retrieve u bird.

S. M. Emery. 1 I I • 1 1 ♦ 1 1 1—8' Will Dilley. I 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 l i)-!>

Nutc Pulton.. 1 1 I 0 • 1 1 * I 1 — 71 J McOrodcn.l 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 t-li

F. Ruckort l l • 1 1 : 1 1 1 1— «!8. B. Dilley.. 1 1 l 0 l l l l l i-y

•Dead out of bounds. g jj. g.

[Wo shall be glad to have our correspondent’s “notes" at
any time, and hope to hear of the organization of a sports-
men's club in Lake City.— Ed.]

■

„ „ . Portland, July 0th, 1875.

EntTon Forest and Stream :—

Yesterday the Forest City Shooting Club held their auntml pigeon
shoot The spot selecli d wns on Little Chebuaqno Island, in Casco Uay,
and a most fortunate selection it was. The sun shone out very hot, but
tho easterly breezes from the tea made it cool und delightful , Nineteen
members participated In the occasion, and all seemed to enjoy themselves
hugely. Dinner was served nt the Sunny Side House by mine host
J tucks, who (lid everything he could for tho good of the cause. Enclosed
I hand you score, We hold our annual State shoot here In September
for the champion club budge, now held by this club. Other prizes will
be offered, and a general good time ts to be the order of the day.

I notice llmt gun manufacturers and rod and reel manufacturers are
foud of offering their goods as prizes to be shot for, just for the fuu of
the thing, you know. If some of the breedeis of those tine imported
setters would offer one as a prize at our State shoot I think you would
hear of some tall shooting In this section. Can't you ••injnlcc” them to
do so. We are open to any offers of the kind. Sanez

N'U1U;, Killed Name.

Wormwell 10 West

Kltzgeruld 0 Billings.

Noyt - smith

Merrill 3 Seiner

JVUder 7. Page. . .

Libby dlQnfmby. ..

lhompson . .. 5 iluBsiirc.

Harmon .... o Todd

■wide 5 Bond

Saunders 6

Killed

9

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(I

5

4

„ Toronto, July 12tb, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream: — ’

Tiie Toronto (tiiii Club held their eighth monthly competition for 1875
on Saturday, the lOtli instant, thirty members ttiktug pun. The day was
pleasant, with a fre.-b breeze, and the birds (wild pigeons) wrie a splen-
did lot, only one of the three liuudred refusing to leave the trap Below
Is the score. A. McG., Secretary and Treasurer,

i t ?ame* Yards. Score. Total.

"I- Baylor 23 1111110 10 11111 1-13

■ . Barr?“ 2* 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 I 0 1 1 1 1 0-13

George lowers 23 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1-11

Jv Pi rr) man 21 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 o 0 1-1 1

& Young 21 OOlliliiiiiiooi-ll

W. Uugg. 23 0 I 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 l l o 1 0-10

23 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 I 1 1 1 l 0 0 — 10

A McGregor 22 n l o l o o i o l l l o l l l- a

M- ‘.ontl'klus 23 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0-8

w pJck.':',rl"« 23 1 1 1 1 o I 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1- 8

V •Su,ltl,1 >2 o I 0 0 1 1 1 1 o 0 0 0 1 1 1- 8

J Kennedy 2; 1 I 0 1 I 1 1 1 o 1 0 0 0 0 0- 8

V; bs '-r -r o i i 1 1 i o i o o o l o l o- 8

V- W“"> 23 0 1 0 1 001 1 1 I 1010 0—8

J Chapman 2.3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 : 0 : 0 0 1 1- 7

J. Mauirhan 23 1 U 111 1 o oo 0 I 00 1 0- 7

■J- *:"rr;,ll 21 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 o U 0 1 0 0 1- 7

Mntlson 22 0101001100110:0-7

‘‘ • M'irloy i> 100100110100101-7

It, Ardugh 21 10100100 1-Iletired.

_ _ „ Woodsidb, L. I., July 15th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream; —

3'lie Cameron Challenge Cup, which was presented to the Woodslde
Shooting Association by Win. T. Cameron, and gallantly won last Au-
tumn by John N Hiker, was again competed for on Monday, 12th Inst.,
at Woodslde, this time the contest resulting in Cameron being the victor]
lie killing twelve birds to Hiker’s eleven. There were 15 single rises,
Rhode Island rules. II. and 3’. ground traps, 21 yards rise. 80 yurds bouu
dury 1J ouuccs shot. The cup is to bo held one year against all contest-
ants:—

Name. Scdrc. Total.

Cam. no Ill 110'Otomil 1—12

_ Rj*®r ... .1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 I 1 l 1-11

•Full aeud out of bounds. U. Tkiwett.

SNIPE SHOOTING ON BARNEGAT BAY.

Pout Richmond, July 15th, 1675.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I bnvo just returned from tho bend of Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, where
I hud some of the best snipe shooting at buy birds that it has ever been
my good fortune to enjoy, and 1 want some of my brother sportsiueu to
‘ take in" some of the sport. Last Tuesday, our tlrst day iu the blind,
two of us killed eight marlin, two plain curlew, and sixty-four robin
snipe and big yellow legs. There were very few small yellow legs IlyiDg
that morning, but the next morning we got four barrels lu an immense
flock of them, killing seventeen, when it began ruining, mul we were
obliged to return to the house. Thursday opened bright und fair, and
having been obliged lo remain In tlio day before, wo were qmle anxious
for u shot. It was not long that we lind to wait, for before reaching the
blind at the "gunning ditch" wo hoard the well-known voico of the
greater yellow shanks, and then came a single tattler just skimming the
wuicr and making for the stools, which had been left there from the duy
before, One of our party ran for tho blind, and got there just as old
yellow shanks swung into tho ditch. Baug, bang, went both barrels, but
Mr. Snipe continued his coarse as If nothing had happened. Our party
now separated, threo of us stopping In tho shed blinds, which consist
of three upilghts, w ith cross pieces, on which Is placed some reeds uud
blue bent, foirnlng u good roof, which affords full protection from the
sun und makes one of the most comfortublo places to sit in that can be
Imagined, the sent being made of a "soft" pine plank about six foot long.
'Vhilo sitilug iu Hie shed we can see tho suipo coming over the sand hills
when we squat down und begin calling. They generally strike for the
pond anyhow, but seeing the stools away they come. It Is a sight for the
gods to see them with their wlDgs set. As thoy double over tho decoys
wo give them both barrels, and when there is a third pnrty ho takes them
ns they swing Into the ditch, which connects a large fresh water pond
with tho head of Barnegat Bay, Tho birds seldom, if over, fail to tako
tho usual course, and we uro prepared for them. Our friends who had
gone before us, and \vh# had kept np a pretty good tiro, arrived at our
stand, but they did not show tho birds we expected. One of the party
was 11 now hand at tho business, and he would .Insist upon tiring before
the b ids had a clmnco to double. Thoy however counted forty-one
birds, mostly dowltches. Wo seemed to catch the wlllet, sickle bill, cur-
lovv, 'narlln, kreikers, and big yellow legs. At ten A. M. wo started for
be house, und after cleaning our guns and taking a good wash we sat on
10 t»nd look a wind until dinner was announced. After eating a
good hearty dinner our pipes were lighted, uud we umuecd ourfolves tell-
ing stories mid hearing ouu of the party read some comical sketches of

the cool bruezo from , J "b“"u'd * VlVS,"1 b,"nd ?’“!

~ wr,:.r„ Tjsrtttzz

ssrir>ris<ssrrjs

with threo barrels thirty-seven robin suipo out of one flock tlds after-

317*Bfi d eto htvls' tlrt °“r I,’!'''1* 'vhtU we urrivc<l and found we had

SndJiJSwSl! Twoof ourpattyaie still there, and they can’t

?'aCe’ lakC thu I'0|lg nranch boat 10 Snnl,y nook, curs to
r l ^ “7 “ ^“ch ,nwl5 u,e trains for Sqi.au village, and

Charles Maxon t stage will take guests direct to the house; or take Penn-
sy vuniu Railroad to Monmouth Junction, und then the 8., urn. village
train Ry the former route you can leave New York ut four P. M. and
the latter at two P. M It hikes about three hours and a half p> ge t to
John E. Loveland s, Point Pleasant, Ocean county, New Jersey.

_ Mortimeii.

JULY SHOOTING.

Editor Forest and Stream:- Strand. June 12th. 1875.

I have been out shooting woodcock, and must again enter my protest
against the barbarous custom. lam as great a barbarian ns any one as
I want my share of the shooting. Monday, July 5th, in company with
a friend, I visited u flue breeding place for woodcock. We shot live old
Me had shot down one, und were seeking the dead bird when
1 1 1 pointed. Being close to him I told him to fetch, when I noticed him
p oking something that I thought was a load. I called out sharply to
him to drop it, and stepping forward what was my surprise lo sec an
unfledged woodcock. Hist could not bavo been three days batched He
was unharmed from his Introduction to Pull’s mouth. I called my
friend, mid in looking about wo discovered the old bird sitting within six
foet of us, her bright eyes evidently watching 0111 proceedings with in-
terest. We nt ouce made up our minds lo stop shootlug. I tossed n
stick to the bird, when sbe fluttered off, apparently in great trouble, until
she was a few rods aw ay, when she topped the cover and was out of »jght
in an Instaut We moved on, found our dead bird, and bout a retreat
resolved t* let tho birds alone until September. I think the deep snows
laid on so long that the birds did not uest as early as omul I think we
shall have plenty of birds this Full, if let ulone until that time.

Sanbz.

CLOSE-SHOOTING GU..S,

» _ * Ebenezer. HI., June 2Sth. 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

As the question is often asked, "How long will a close-shooting gun
retain its extia shooting qualities?" I thought I would send you an ac-
count of a test that took plase here lust week at u gathering of sports-
men with n gun thut hud been shot five years, having had nothing done
to It since it was made. In July, 1870, It was thoroughly tested with the
rume charge, distance, ana target os used lost week, namely: distance, 30
yards; target, u circle 30 luches in diameter; charge, .3 drachms powder
and 1* ounces No. li St. Louis shot; No. 12 paper shells; average pattern
In 1870, lWf; average pattern lust week. 158; four shots from each barrel.
It will be seen that 'his gun bus lost very little after live yeurs of "wear
and tear” that few guns seldom see. Weight of gun, 7 pounds 2 ounces;
.30 inch Damascus barrel ; maker, F. C. Green, CkiUenbam, Knglnnd.

Another test was made the same day with a gun made by the same
maker as the above, having been in use one seasou. No. 12 paper shells;
weight, 7 pounds 13 ounces; 80-Inch laminated sieel barrels; tho charge
used was 8* drachms Curtis it Harry's diamond grain No. C powder, and
H ounces No. 7 Chicago shot; average pattern, 208*. Witness.

381

g$;t tionnl jgapimes.

St. Georoe’s C. O. vs. Germantown C.' C., of Puil-
adelphia. — This match, played lust Saturday, the 17th, at
Hoboken, proved a very enjoyable one, both for players
and on lookers, the weather being all that could be desired
and the good cricket was not seldom applauded. The
Home eleven won the toss and elected to begin the batting
Bance and Sleigh being tho first to face the bowling of
Welsh and Tom Hargreaves. Sleigh was soon bowled, the
first wicket falling for 0. Moeran joined Bance, and 19
were added before Bance had to leave, stumped cleverly by
John Hargreaves. Tee filled the vacancy, and playing with
unwearying patience and precision, maintaianed his defence
for more than two hours, scoring a faultless 22. Moeran
made a good 15. The veterau Gibbes was greeted on bis
appearance at the wickets with applause by both clubs, and
though out of practice, batted in bis old good style. Marsh
was credited with 22, one hit being clean over the fence
for 0. Soutter had a short but merry inuiugs for 15. Sat-
tertliwaite contributed (not out) 9 in first rate form, the St.
George innings closiug for 128.

The Germantown eleven were at the outset not a little
discouraged by the wonderful success of Marsh, who bowled
three good men in as many successive balls, the first four
wickets falling for 11 only; but Joe Hargreaves, undaunted,
hit bard and well for 25, being ably aided by Fisher and
Sartori, who made 11 und 12 respectively, the latter carrying
out his bat, and the innings of the visitors closed for 79, leav-
ing the St. Georgu eleven victors by 49 runs. The bowling
on both sides was good, the fielding excellent, and some note-
worthy catches were made during the match by Joe and
Tom Hargreaves aud Sartori lor the Germantown, aud
Tee for the St. George eleven.

—One of the best contested games of the season in this
vicinity was the match at Staten Island, July 14th, between
the Staten Island club and the Prospect Park team, of Brook-
lyn. The contest was close and exciting up to tho very
finish, the Prospect Park club finally winning by one wick-
et, the score being 114 to 113.

— Tho Peninsular Club of Detroit played a game on the
12th iost. against the Toronto Club at that place, result-
ing in a victory for the Detroit men, in one inning, by a
score of 108 to 105.

The bowling of Armstrong and the longstopping of
Irvine— the only American iu the team— were much ad-
mired. Armstrong also mudo the splendid score of thirty-
seven against very superior bowling. The general rilay of
the Detroit men was much admired. On the following
day the "Peninsulars” played against the London Club at the
latter place, winning again iu u siugle iuuiug by a score of
119 to 88.

Our space will not permit of our giving the detailed
scores of the above interesting matches.

— Tho event of the second week in the metropolitan base
ball field, was the advent of the now uoted St. Louis club,
who like Alexander “came, saw, and conquered." They

opened their eastern campaign in Philnrioinv ; 1

captured tho "Fillies” with ease hi P J wl,l‘rc th<‘.v
to 2, and t hen they visited EklvnTf of 8 l" 4 and »

West took llicir uepartur^fo/llnafl0118 cllulllpions of "*e

sr 'it w-wx “ r ss

s Spssg&s&Si

IS&SWsss!

Jill? ,Lr!8 v** M",tnn|. at Brookly n r, to 7

11. .V’"1.* vs- ' at Brooklyn ?, f" T

“in i liZn,f0ri1 v" >1PhiI“<,,',l>l,la. ut Hartford. : ' ,1

1 • ii — Booton *,. Chicago, at Bo-lou. £ to 0

■{" y |?_*‘ .Lol,,s *8 Mutual at Brooklyn

j! }j ?5 Chicago vs Hartford, at Hartford. l

T y h' l.u- ',n ,v*- Chicago, at Boston , "

■{" y >“ V8- M.iinnl, at Brooklyn

I' £ }i— p,an firf r •■''HaJclphia, at Uarlfoni! ' * ? ro 5

'inw ' ,Bdc p "'l v“ Mulualt Brooklyn „

Jn v 9-Boston vs. St. Louis at Boston * i ? ?

J" y 19— Chicago vs. Now Haven, at Now lini’c n ‘i ! !

July 19— Athletic V*. Atlantic, at Philadelphia . . . ! ' ^ ! !vtho 3

This last can scarcely be called a match as tlio" Atlantic*
only had four of their nine, the others being amateurs
pickedupto piny who were rot members of the club

of the 20th— is°as folioS:- ’ ^l~U°l iucl,uiv‘f °f «“ «««

Club.

8 5

lfiilfL|c!|!|

irIiIii1sS

= I 7 |“ 1^ 15 \y. Ic

Boston ] — TT

Athletic

Hartford 1 if il

St. Louis i „ h

Philadelphia , l

j :: 1 o1 2

Red Stocking o n! tl nl n' n’ n, ,i i

■] Si SI .»! SI ?! Si Si SM 0

Games Lost

3| 8 1 li; 51 2; i( 41

«l »l «l 1 1 dl .3| 7

t)| 5| 11 01 7; 01 tii

I -«l 6 8 r. - «

"| I II 11 2 21 1

1 3 I 31 3 1 1' .3
o| 2|..| 1! i; o|
01 U1..1 it; 01

nl n.

9I15I 7! ml ml 13^21 (ld’a.il

-The model, game of the mouth, was that M )lt
Brooklyn, July ijlli, between the Mutuals and St. Louis
clubs, the score being 9 to 7.

the amateur arena.

— Hie amateur contests of the past week were not fruit-
ful of small scores and sharp fielding, heavy "muffin” but-

mlcn1 "i «ri i-fl|,,uresi for tlie. Winning nines showing loo
much bad fielding und poor pitching on the losing sides
Among tho good game may bo named the following •— ’

.Tultr n ... #«• ..... o

J">y 9-Creger vj Gloucester, at Atlantic City.
Ju y 10— Star vs. Sildlow, at Cincluuutl. .

Ju y 10— hd Yau vs. C’ontou, at Chrirleslown
Ju y 10— Red Sox vs. Eagle, at Louisville. . .

Ju y itj— f htcago vs. Live Oak, at Lynn

July 12— Milford vs. Buckeye, at Columbus

Ju y 12— Live Oak vs. Chelsea, nt Lynn
July 12-Doerr vs. Athletic, at Philadelphia! . ! .

.... " - - Isvjflc,

3 to 2

- .2 toO
...8 to 7
.7lo 2
. .6 to 1
. .0 lo 4
. . .5 to 0
...tl 10 4
- . 4 to 2
. . .7 lo 5
.5 to 3

Ju y 13— Olympic vs. Engle, at Loul»,„.e.

July 14— Sudlow vs. Red Sox. at Cincinnati
July 15 -Star, of Covington, Ky., vs. Red Sox otoo

-In Canada the best amateur game ever played between
Canada clubs took place July 3, at Kingston, Out ., between
he Mapleleaf and St. Lawrence dubs. The latter winning
by a score of 3 to 2. °

Caledonian Games at Auburn, N. Y— The Caledonian
Club of Auburn gave its sixth annual display of Scottish
Janies 011 Saturday lust. The competition wus one of the
best ever seen in America, and the feats performed were
far above the average merit. This is the more striking as
the prizes were small in amouut, and in no case were more
than two given Of all the events in the programme the
most remarkable was the hop, step and jump. The merits
of the athletes who entered will he understood from the
fact that the third mau was over 41 feet, und that 39 feet
only got a fourth place. The games throughout demon-
strate that Scotch athletes have within the lust few years
unproved as much as tho games they practice have 'in-
creased iu popularity. The following is the list of win-
ners : —

Patting Lb/hl Stone— 1st, W. Robertson. 43 ft. 10 in • •>d
James McUillinray, 42 ft. 1 in.

Runninff Long Jump — 1st, John Maloney, 20 ft 'H in -
2d, J. S. Crossley, 19 ft. 4J iu. ’

Vaulting with Pole for 1st, C. McGee 7 ft 2 in ■

2d, L. Chatterton, 7 ft. ‘ *•

One Uundml and Fifty TanU Rac+-Ut J. S. Crosslev
2d, J. Maloney. ™ »

Tossing the Caber— 1st, A. McKay, 41 ft. 3 in - 2d W*
Robertson, 39 ft. 1 in. ’ > v •

Hurdle Race— 1st, J. Maloney; 2d, J. S. Crosslev
Running Jfiffh Leap— 1st, S. Muusdl, 5 ft. 4 i,, \ 0,1 j
Maloney, 5 ft. 3$ in. ’ ’

A- 0. Reid, 0 ft. 1 in.; 3d, S. Mun-

Broadsword Bance— Ut, L. D. Robertson; 2d Wm Rob
ertson .

Highland Fling— 1st, \V. Robertson; 2d, L. D Robert-
son.

Vaulting with Pole— 1st, S. Munsell, 9 ft. Gi in • 2d I S
Crossley^ 9 ft. 6 in. ' ’ * ’

Light Hummer— 1st, A. McKay, 101 ft. 0 in 2d \V
Robertson, 90 ft.

Half MUm Race— 1st, J. Maloney; 2d, A C. Reid
Running Hop , Skip and Jump— 1st, J. Maloney 43 ft 3
in.; 2d, It. Munsell, 42 ft. G in.

Three-legged Race — 1st, Reid and Robertson : 2d Mnlonev
and Crossley.

It was perhaps singular, but it was certainly pleasing to
find that the Auburn club did not exclude meu of other
nationalities from competing. . This is not the general
usage, but it seems the best course to pursue in order to
further the practice of Scotch games— one of the objects
of all Caledoulau clubs.

382

FOREST AND STREAM.

"The 1st Corps M. V. M., of Boston, have adopted
the Patent Cnmp Lounge— advertised In Fora! an4
Slrrnm — tho present season, and a large number of
lounges have been fnrnlshod by tho Troy Camp Lounge
Company for the July encampment of that snperb
body of soldiers at Boston ''—Spring/IM Republican.

TUBBS’ HOTEL,

OAKLAND, California.

M- LAWLOR & CO.. pROPnnrroiu.

II l ATED AT THE TERMINUS OF
the great Trans-continental Railroad; 40 niin-
ntes from San Francisco; 2»0 rooms, with hot mid
cold water In every room; delightful drives and aplcn-
dld scenery; a favorite home for tourists, julyg2-6m

STEAMERS TO

Eastern Maine, New Brunswick,

Nova icotla. Prince Edward Island, Ac.
THE

i n , »

uuiiiauviia oiiDd

Company’s Stenmcrs

New York and City of Portland.

will, until October 3d, leave Boston at 8 A M and
Portland at 6 P . M. every Monday. Wednesdav and
f rldav. for Kaslport, Maine, and St.John, X B
forward log pysengers by connecting lines to Calais,
Me st. Andrews. Fredericton, and Sbediac, N B
m*10™*’ /nlro- Rigby. Annapolis. Kent-

yllle Wmdsor. and Halifax. X. S. . Snmincrside and
Charlottetown. P. E. I.. and Ilawksbury. C B
This is

A Most Desirable Route for Sportsmen,

presenting a convenient and pleasant mode of access
to the famous hunting and fishing grounds of the
Easicrn region*, at very moderate rates of fare For
circular, with map and description of the route nnnlv
to, , r ^ W. w KILBV, Agent.

JnlyJ5toOctl Commercial Wharf. Boston.

Tourists' and Soortsmen's Route.

THE ERIE RAILWAY.

T'HE ROUTE OFTHE ERIE RAILWAY

-L is peculiarly rich In the variety and extent of it*
scenery and while the tourist has alternating glimpse*
or the beauty of rivers, gaps and inonuiains, the
sportsman has within easy reach many localities that
atiora him every facility for the enjoyment of the
sports of tho field and stream. We enumerate a few
or the pleasure resorts which crowd the line of the
road.

Rutherford Park, -«| miles from New York. Fine
hotels and boating pastimes on the Passaic.

< Illton — isj miles from the city, overlooking the
pictarocquc Lake Dundee.

Lake tlohonh — A beautiful bodv of water 1,200 feet
above the Hudson— splendid hotel accommodation*.
Orange Lake . —Six miles West of Newburgh, and
-•[y’R'd for its fishing attractions.

Milford, Pa.— About eight miles from Port Jervis.
Is noted for its trout fishing, woodcock shooting and
superior hotels.

Avon 8 tiring* — Celebrated for 20 years as a resort for
invalids, the waters possessing many valuable heal-
ing Qualities.

Watkins Glen. -This beautiful gorge i* distant 294
m> I” from New lork, via Erie Road to Elmira. Its
wild and picturesque attractions are second only in
reputation to those of Niagara.

Chautauqua Lake — 18 miles long, 3 miles wide; said
to be the highest navigable water on the American
continent being 730 feet above Lake Erie and 1,290
feet higher than the Atlantic Ocean.

Niagara Fall*.— This great cataract is reached by the
direct line of the Erie Railway.

There are along the line of the road no less than

Ton Large Lakes, Abounding with Fish.

dl-|,'-,hlf,‘l sl)ort for black bass and
K owft wE'.t.naJ?C8are^Lakei Greenwood. Orange,
verandah l ' 0useS°- Cayuga. Seneca. Kcitka, Sil-
ver and Chaiitanqnn.

The following schedule will afford a partial guide to
the numerous fishing localities reached by this road?

COLLING WOOD

AND

New York autl Louet Hranclt R. R.

Central Railroad of N. Jersey.

A LL RAIL LINE BETWEEN NEW

UTX. York BDd Long Branch. Commencing Wcd-
ncj-diy, Jaly 7, 1875. Six train? each way daily, Sun-

- . — j , ■■ ■ — t4H.ii uaiiy. Sun-

day exceoted. passing through Woodoridcc, Perth
Anihoy, South Amboy, Malawan, Middletown and
K**d Bank.

3:.^5V30 PC MY°rk 81 T:3°* 9:0°‘ 10:30 A' M - ,;°0,

«!i5S!feSa p°3f Branch at ; :05, s:00, ,o;(B a-

Id addition to the above an accommodation train
leaves New lork for South Amboy at H:;io |» m
Leaves South Atnboy for New York at 6:25 AM
Stases connect at Mata wan with all trains to ‘and
rrotn Keyport. and at Long Branch Station with all
trains to and from Ocean Grove and Aeburv Park
H- P- BALDWIN, Gen. Puss. Agent.
a E. Rickir. Sup’t and Eng'r. jul l.VJrn

Trout Fishiujr :

At or near Southfield*. 42 miles from New York

Oxford, 52 " »» «t ii

Middletown, 07 “ *• <• ..

Otisville, 76 •• •* •• ••

Port Jervis, 88 •* “ ••

Monticello, 112 " “ •• «i

Milford. 96 “ *» •• n

Black Bass and Pickerel.

At nr near Sloatsbnrg, 36 miles front New York
including Lakes Truxcdo, Fotagae and Cedar Pond
At or near Monroe. 5n miles from New York
Ponds!"11 R°“I,d‘ Long' Mombn8ha and Cromwell's

ATh°e rZaZi 5,oridS « n>"<* fron New York
The famed Mirror Lake, is distant I mile
At or near 0«. 76 mi.es from New York.

“ Port Jervis, 88 *• “ *• •<

" Monticello, 112 •* *« *. „

“ Ceo. Valley. 48 •* .. ..

“ SenecaLake. 291 •* <• «.

SfaTsSS t

slgss*

my20

Lake Superior Line.

Toronto, Colling wood, Fort William,
Dnl n lit. Fort Unrry.

Comprising the throe first class, upper cabin jiowerfi)!
side whool steamers

Chicora, Cumberland and Algoma,

Having splendid drawing room cabins, in connection

with tl.e

NORTHERN RAILWAY OF CANADA,

Lowing Colling wood every Tuesday and Friday

On arrival of Steamboat Express Train, with Drawing
Room Core attached, calling nt

PRESQUITE, RRUOE MINES. 8AULT STE
MARIK. Mil HIPiCOTON. NRPIGON, SIL-
VER ISLET. AND PRINCE AR-
THUR'S LANDING.

Fort Garry and the Northwest!

With direct connections at Thunder Bay with DAW-
SON’S ROAD TRANSPORTATION COMPANY for

Fort Gurry, and with steamers for

DULUTH, FORT GARRY, and TIIE RED RIVER
COUNTRY.

Pleasure Travel.

This rente embrace* the most enjoyable and pictu-
resque Summer Tour by making the circuit of Lake
Superior, with the sheltered nnd beautiful waters of
the inside channels of Lake Huron mid Georgian Bay
and thence by three hour*' rail, with magnificent par
lor cur*, to Toronto, connecting with the Royal Mall
Dally Lire of steamer* on Lake Ontario, nnd the
Grand Trank Railway, for the THOUSAND ISLANDS
and the Rapid* of the River St. Lawrence, for Mon-
treal. Quebec,' White Mountains, Portland, Boston, nnd
all points East and South; nnd with the Great West-
ern Railway and Lake Ontario steamer* dully for
Hamilton, Niagara Pall*, Suspension Bridge, Buffalo,
Detroit, and all points West and Southwest.

Cheap Excursions

Will be made during the Summer season, in tho
month* of June. July, August, and September, afford-
ing ample opportunity for visiting 'lie Great Mineral
Region of Lake Superior and the FISHING GROUNDS
Of Luke Nenlgon .

Connections throughout punctual and certain.

State Room* can be secured at Central Passenger
Offices. Toronto, and nil information given by

nUxi?r r’!w 'i'o KI"S Toronto.

D. MILLOYt . 8 Front street. East, Toronto.

COOK, SON & JENKINS. Ag t*. 261 Broadway Y
ALFRED TELFER. General Agent, '
Northern Railway, Brock street, Toronto.

J. & W. TOLLEY’S

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FROM STOCK.

These Gnn*, celebrated for
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und No, 1 SHOOTING POW-
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(or brands. ) They are now Im-
ported direct to our NEW YORK
OFFICE, nnd so'd by the Manu-
facturers to SPORTSMEN at
the following price*.

Pioneer, .... 065 Gold.

Tolley, !>0 •*

Standard,. ... 11 A ••
National, ... I IO ••
Challenge, - - - I NO <•
Paragon, ... 225 “

TRAP SHOTS and others re-
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our new system for DOUBLE-CLOSE SHOOTING
with increased PENETRATION, ran have their wishes
carried ont WITH DESPATCH

Without Extra Cost.

Send for ilinstrated descriptive particulars and prico
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address W. A. STAGG, 68 Broadway, N Y
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W, D !><•**** the GREATEST PENE-
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“Vtnk-'e' 191 : penclr8-
niJ?i>r«nV Thc ^ditcr s .,rl“ °' Greener gone with 310
pellcUof same shot and same charge of powder, gave
DW.and penetration 80. although there were 40 more pcl-
«?««* ®ach charge. Should aDy controversy arise a*
waro*.- \‘y °t lheee new system*, we herewith
?"r s-Vf"-'n »» our ow n Inven-
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mail. §.,25 extra for Patent Camp Pillow

WHAT GEN. SHERIDAN 8AY8 0F IT.

..I - j . Chicago, May 17th, 1875.

nn^alfa n Cd and, examir'« 'l the Camp Lounge,
and find It >ery convenient. It I, portable and vulti-

^i°^ h,°'it,ns and ll,'h1ng purpose*, fnrnishin-" a
sh^nV"’ ,hed.?r tllc bHnk of a * I ream or nnderthe
shade of the trees. P. IJ. SHERIDAN

Lieut. General U. S. A."
..m , Valpakaiso, Ind., April 13th, 1815

d,,Plr Tledt'e TcipLof '•nc'0'e'1 money or-
der. The Camp Lounge is O. K. It i* THE THING.

Mmen B"lUrer IIont,nB and Shooting Sm^forSports-

"Camp Lounge received. I have'set it up and tried
It It works verv comfortably indeed. Hope to try

H In camp this Summer. B. F. BOWLES ^

Pub. Springfield' Republican.'

Plain and Guilled, glO.

THE GREAT

London Gun Trial,

1875.

W.- W. GREENER beg* to Inform his numerona
client* In the United States that he has he n very suc-
cessful in the above trial, having secured thc first
prize, a silver cup, value 40 guineas— class 2 for 12
boros; nlso winner In class 1 for 8 and 10 bore*, and
class 4 for 20 bores Ho has won In all the elusse* for
Improved boring, which Is upon a different plan to any
other maker, aud is far superior in the three most es-
sential points, viz . PATTERN. PENETRATION
and REGULARITY OF SHOOTING
Mr HENRY C SQUIRES, of No. 1 C’ortlnndt St..

SHotwmn8 ^im.porU^ mv DOUBLE OLOSE-
SHOOTINO GUNS to order, nil invoice, of which
will be shipped to him on tho 1st .July, and can be ex-
nmined about the 15th. All special orders given to
2h* A full report of

the GREAT TRIAL, showing the marked superiority
m„h.y r"VT,Cr g,ins ,n'‘d'• hy Don gal, Pape, Westley
Richards, Tolley, Scott, and others, will shortly bo

Cortland St""11 ^ b° hwl °n ai,l’,ica,lon “t No. 1

w. W. CREENER,

Champion Gun Maker,

8t. Mary's Work*, Birmingham. England.

Rod and Gtrs, Meriden, Conn. :

•It carries light, lies easy, and is always ready."

W. C. Harris, KorrM an/I Stream-

8e.nd « 8'? Sheridan Cnmp Lounge. I am
using one of your cheaper lounge*, and find it verv
convenient for the house as well ns the wood* " *

G^.E- Gladwin, Worcester. Mas*.:

George Barrv, Alton, III.:

Address all letter* to Troy, N. Y„ or Norwalk Ponn
Trade anppllcd at 177 Broadway, New York.

Ad°Pted Boston,

“SSSS ^prin^el ?;°Ge n ^ Hem,' 1 8° BrigS' S rRar,lc,t' of Pittsfield, Mass •

hoid of odurm^ltl?agr"c:m^0Loft::ndgr^U,nC,1 thr°°«h0Ut' lh* we"

Attractive Route

To the Trout and Grnvllng Fisheries or
Northern Michigan,

via <»n t\D it \ pi im ,\\n i.mmwa rail.
HOAD. MACKINAW GRAND RAPIDS
AND CINCINNATI SHORT LINK.

< Th5. *.,tcn,‘on ot SPORTSMEN and TOURISTS
Is Invited to the many attractions offered by tin* line
5ffi ®o“»P>etcd from Richmond, Ind., to Traverse
Kr.tr8n7n,T' B,,y' a,,d t0 *’«to*key, on
xrhc )va,erH of t,ie Grand Tra
verse region and the North Wood* of Michigan are
lfnl'q,"lllfd, ln th® nbnudance and great
hf7hiy.,«.b "nn/lrih? BHOOK TROUT abound
In the streams, and the famous AMERICAN GRAY-

.Tjir?™wW ,al'r8CI n*F ,thc ottention of Sportsmen
cverywhcre ls found only in these waters. BLACK
«1ro fn,.n!iKE' PICKEHEL. «nd MASCALONGE are

fak e I e?s c»d t h i Me r r , t o r y!‘ ' C **** lake8 "nd

rnnVhimlitPV8 8EEEPING AND CHAIR CARS
PlTr thM» w o.°.m, Glucmnat1 to Traverse City; also
Mbqilffniwv, pALACB 8 i-EEI'ERS from Detroit over
vl ! ' e",tra ,a"d Grand Rapid* and Indiana ro*d.

8TFAMFP S‘lE,d'' A°. £ S508kcJ,t wl'h SPLENDIli

iStff s.TJs ?,*iLjkg,?rBoT,oH *■

raromai?*1 wllh Pm*?0; containing comnloto nnd accu-
UMsnn?t«,^nV lii.r!formi,yon QH 10 W-hing Grounds .

s,,irtC tes' ^ld ln H,l°rt nil that could bo
Strearn n^rf ^T".Zr "end to Forest a.,d

KF-ll wrh U,lSI0N TICKETS good until SEPTEM-
BER doth. J. U. PAGE,

Gen 1 Passenger and Ticket Agent,
Grand Rapid*, Mich.

CHAS. GREEN,

Manufacturer of

Breech Loading Shot Guns.

Sboo.Ingqa^.'iiJ'j -UA1‘ wllou

MC'ZZI,K t„ j,,(EKCfi

The Goss Revolving Cartridge Holder

CAsheu5 p^PEI1 0R METALLIC

h . '-'lther end up, revolves on centre

w de8, P°"nd*. nnd la only lj Inches

wide. Holder* flare nt top so ns to quickly* receive
the sbeli*. and. being elastic, teeurtly clrup the mime
. Jor ease of action and rapid shooting It excel* anv
thing of the kind Invented. K Bny

PRICE, C. O. D , $0 B0.

JUszsst&'s “d * «»-

N, S, GOSS, Neosho Falls. Kan.

Kay Shot Concentrating Cartridge.

No crcasers, turners, or topwads required. Loads
In half the time usually required. Fifty percent,
better distribution and greater penetration secured .
Send to your gun dealer for eample, Ju3- Jy

The l?iisoeo

Loader, Crimper and Cap Expeller.

ALL.UEVICE8 NECESSARY for

co!id)m<-d 'in "mi"*! nstruBnonf tK° Ca)'brC8

I" use. Can be K 10 faBten 't to while

screw with u lack knlr.. ” ,Pj ^-..by.romovlDg one
Malleable ca*tfn,s nickel plate flnTsh Voo^,",CT'
two gauges. Price |lo, boxed Complete for

Jel7-6m ALT°N “H°'S' * GO., 06 Llbsrtv

Fishing andHunting

Road til© Follo-Nviug* for tlio

Best F ishing and Huntinq

resorts.

Brook

Trout.

$10 tO $1,000 &ted ln Stocks and
a month. Pamphlot free iwET per cent
•re, 2 Wall etreef N. Y. Tumbrld«0 A Co., Bank-

Tr?.n..??nwaynDlvl',lon' Eastern It. R., Brook Trout.

Trams leave Boston 8:00 A M. and 2:15 P M.
Umbagog lakes, via Gr. Tr'k to Bethel Mo. I Largest
Upper waters of Penobscot. 1 > n,nnk

Sebcc Lake. t ,

Grand Lake Stream. , Land locked Salmon.

Scoria '.If"’00 Edward Island, and Nova

“ miLm??lmonk8^1 Trout. “nd Brook Trout.

Trains leave Boston 8:30 A . M. nnd 8:00 P M

Trontf °y "k0®' V,° Eur,u|nK'on, Me., Largo Brook

Trom°*ehCad Lak°’ vla Dextcr' Mo., Lake and Brook

P.r,?tm.lenvc Bo"ton 8:30 A M.

J inininn cars on night train*.

ioSS.5i;i&r E!";d B"m', In •» ,h« "bo,•

» “» “ m

Eastern and Maine Gentral R.R.Line.

°*°- E- Field,

. 1 Fass. Ag

jeI7-3m

Agent,

Ciuh. F. Hatod,
Gen’l Managor,

forest and stream.

SCOVILL’S

Blood^LiverSyrup

AM cutaneous eruptions on the face or body indicate

All Impure Condition of the Blood,

and this may or may not be SCROFULA; but In
cither case Is nothing more than an insidious poison,
that

BURN* LIKE A TERRIBLE FIRE

as it courses through the viens, sowing seeds of death
with every pulsation.

In this condition of things something Is needed at

ONCK TO CL8AN8B TUB BLOOD; Olid

Scovill's Blood and Liver Syrup

will positively effect this desideratum, expelling
every trace of disouse from the blood and system and
.eavlug tbe skin

SOFT, FAIR AND BEAUTIFUL.

Hundreds of certiflcates attest Its value Price 81 a
bottle. 9

FOR 8^K BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

Dr. Rogers’s

VEGETABLE WORMSYRUP

Cannot see hisChild Suffer.

ness to the little sufferers than that

Produced by Worms:

be wm Vnt° fa“* comprehends the aftuatlon

ho will not delay a moment In securing the most
prompt and efficient remedies to Insure the expulsion
of the Intruders. The remedy n.ay be found In

Dr. Roger’s Vegetable Worm Syrup.

Please bear In mlDdthat

^ROGERS- WORM SYRUP la the reliable prepara-
ti RdQERS’ WORM SYRUP la a payable prepara-

38S svv'srtx.
b“‘ W0lm

Price 26 cents. For sale by all drngglsts .

~henkts~

Carbolic Salve.

FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGIS1S.

The wonderful celerity with which this
combination of Carbolic Acid with other
soothing and Curative Emollients acts,
is something akin to the marvelous.

It is with pride that the proprietors call
attention to the gratifying fact that

Physicians give it t he high-
est meed of pruise,

and use it and prescribe it in their practice.

New York, Dec. 22, 1809.

John F, Henry, Esq.;

Yonr Carbolic Salve proves an excellent article
and I thank you for It. This is another evidence of the
great value of the discovery of Carbolic Acid, Yours
Geo. B. Lincolm,

Proa't Board of Health.

Price 25 cents per box.

^SPsccIlatfeous.

holabirds

SHOOTINGS FISHING GARMENTS.

<&i§cqllaneons

383

THE

POWDER

CO-

HAZARD

manufacturers OF

GUNPOWDER.

Hazard's ••Electric" Powder.

^trtrenlnh'ami clranfliSess U®SdJn Point of

tors of 1 lb. only 1111689 ' backed In square cunis-
u , Hazard’s ‘‘American Sporting "

* "Ouck Shooting.”

Nos. (fine) to 5 (coarse). In I nnrl K lh „„ • .
and 0+ and 121 lb k™" , , “"isfers

^tabliwhed ist13

Breech and Muzzle Loading

je!7

REV. R. B. LOCKWOOD’S

Catarrh Cure !

by *“ ,b-

Lockwood’s Nasal Douche will be
found vuluable in obstinate chronic cases.

itev. It. U Lockwood’s Liver and Stomach Pills
p.iL *AM |>N "’ reci!,vo 1,10 endorsement of thousands.
Price SO cents each.

JOHN F HENRY. CURRAN & CO., Proprietors,
8 and 9 College Place, New York.

henry’s

SEWING MACHINE OIL

endn«n£?. yIH!,at dr8.no.t Ram “P nnd has the
panic” t0f t,e pr,"clpal Sewing Machine Com-

Price 25 Cents per Bottle.

MOTT’S LIVER PILLS

stars msl*

a dose nf°!nn P n tbttt nro of evcn le8a benefit than
Liver Hiiu “iu! .“ut “good medicine, like I)r. Mott’s
adoLril.! hlSh i’onetrutes to the soat of disease. Is
eases oft h«UTi lndecd- Will positively cure all dls-
per b0j tho Llver’ Sold everywhere. Price 25 cents

Greens Oxygenated Bitters.

thcre<u,aJi'n„?2,?od8 ,of llf? a to,lfc 1“ a necessity; but
gan«°of d ,? ,un U(!!',R •tlinulanU that Injure tho or-
obv»to thff i1.0? whlto8,vlng temporary relief. To
horn Alcoholic P„Pru80?f 10 ' 11,0 public 11 ,onlc fre0

gonated IlltfAn Po ou’ Dr- Green prepared the Oxy-
flred comnlZu B«MUro for ^“pep-la and all kln-
botUo. pmU t ’ 8old evory where. Price $1 per

The best, the cheapest, and most desirable

Gr OODS

Ever Offered to the AMATEUR SPORTSMAN
Write for Illustrated catalogue.

W. H. HOLABIRD,
Valparaiso, Ind.

BKEWEITS

PATENT

Chute and Fishway,

Hazard's “Kentucky Rifle ”

“i'xj grss’ is- *8g « ».

fjffiaasswA ausgJW

SUPERIOR MINING AND BLASTING POWDFR
The above can be had of dealers nfnr ',k„,,

X’MS." ■>'<”*“ ?.•» i’-Kare

gg Wall street. New York.

Orange Sporting Powder.

.toip,.cSXV,“

Ssagsar' ^ A

ORANGE BUCKING POWDER,

5 FMr.f0'v1’ Very strong and clean Nos 1 to

i-WteEF1 kces of « lb* each-

AUDUBON POWDER,

p<Yb!2r ,LaIcli For woodcock and quail Nos 1 to 4
keg8 of 12* lb8aud<*

m. . orange rifle powder,

i pound.' ’ d 6* b ■’ nnd in cmfsters-or 1 lb. and

LAFLIN & RAND POWDER Co.,

Park Row, N Y

(Opposite Astor House.) 1

P'sb-'vaJ constructed in the bottom of a

ftnii!nLfclrcd,lv,dtl1’. by rucna8 of timbers
triangles, making azig zag course, breaking

b niTs. he "atr in,Us deacent, enabling an?
rise nr* toasce,ld *l- Hmaybo constructed on a
rilfa0riKradK0f on,efo"t "Hen. Its upper end ex-
a unffnJm °f “ da,n’ The “floWB with

a uniform swiftness over u smooth bottom.” It does
tRit form any “pools or eddies . "

ond'for* Its su*ccess7ul

or^of Msbories fftV' lh° Nw York ^-missiou
m“y S’W JAS. BB EWER. Muncy. Pa.

THE AMERICAN

0

W. MERIDEN, CONN.

Special attention is given to first-class work. Extra
sketches and DOG PORTRAITS cut to order bv
sendlug photographs. JACOB GLAIIN, Manager,
Formerly Supt. of Parker Bros. Engraving and Orua-
mental Department Feb 11

DR. FOWLER’S

PATENT

HARD RUBBER REEL

The Gem— Improved.

THE CELEBRATED

Sporting and Blasting Powder,

manufactured by

CarlDittmar

niYrK^n^ OWN PATENT, can now be hud rc'-
Ii i u q"antl?y’ Ste Circulars for mil tef-

tiraomals as to its superiority over other makes

cmnbe<.n.eM'LPia,te,,hSporting Fowderdoes not soil the
- i?h hiU' JvbeD )I0U U8e one charge of It, alter
many with black powder; no smoke — little recoil— no
oud report-high velocity. The be,t ever made in

Ready Made Ammunition

YendSPr0rtirQ?-n:id Tar-?t Tbfles, always on hand.

H . r«b mstrucuon, and if sample desired
state if for rifle or shot gun. as each kind is made ’
Works at Nepouset. Address orders to

Care of CIIAS. L. A NDREWS^M^'byet.l' Boston.

Sportsmens Apparatus ,

ammunition

ieii ALEXANDER McCRMAS,

-- ggjljouth Calvert sL, Bnltlmora

Frederick Brown

(Established 1822)

CHEIVIIST,

N. E. Corner Fifth and Chestnut Streets

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

SOLE PROPRIETOR AND MANUFACTURE*

(ESSENCE JAMAICA GINGER.
CHOLERA MIXTURE.

PRESERVED TARAXACUM JUICE.
MUTTER’S COUGH SYRUP.

BITTER WINE OF IRON.

COOPER'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS.

^ CHAPMAN'S ANTI-DYSPEPTIC PILLS
WISTAR’S COUGH LOZENGES, (rron>

original prescription.)

MRS. HARVEY’S COUGH SYRUP

DENTIFRICE, In Bottles.

DENTIFRICE, In Tin Canisters, suitable for
Travelers,

ARABIAN RACAHOUT, Inconvenient bottle)

ACENT FOR

E. DEJARDIN’S SYRUP RED ORANGE,

OF MALTA.

None Genuine without my name as Agent on tho Label.

CORRESPONDENTS.

SAVORY L MOORE,

143 New Bond Street, W.

S. MAW, SON k THOMPSON, | ,n,nnu

r 12 AldersgateSt., E. C. ^ L°N00N‘

F. NEWBERY & SONS,

37 Newgate St., E. C.

G. VOSS, HAMBURG, . 21 johannls Strasse.

E. DEJARDIN, PARIS, ; 2 Avenue do 1-Opera.

The attention of Druggists and the Trade generally, Is called
to the Price List of

ENCLISH & FRENCH
MEDICINES A PHARMACEUTICAL
PREPARATIONS,

Which will be mailed on application.

CHICAGO

SHOT TOWER C0„

MANUFACTURERS OF
STANDARD

DROP AND BUCK SHOT

BALLS AND BAR LEAD.

Onralm is to manufacture an article of SHOT that
is unsurpassed in ROUNDNESS. SOLIDITY. Pea-
fectlon of POLISH, Uniformity of SIZE, and Accu-
racy of WEIGHT in each bag. Orders from the
Trade solicited, and will be filled at

The Lowest Market Prices.

„ E. W. BLATCHFORD, President.

C. F. GATES, Treasurer. jun 25 ly

H. L. DUNCKLEE’S

PATENT

CAMPING and MINING

Packer’s All-Healine Tar Soap.

This benntiful Reel has now been before the pub-
lic two years, and all who have used it speak loud in
its praise.

IT HAS BEEN IMPROVED,
nnd all the Reels mado this year will pass through the
hands of the Inventor, and nono allowed to go out,
except those that are perfect.

For sale by all first-class Jobbers and the trade gen-
eraUy. \ U FOWLER, Inventor,

F«0. i ITHACA, N. T,

“ FRESH BUNTING GROUNDS."

The Maritime Provinces.

A Guide to tho Chief Cities, Coasts and Islands of
the Maritime Provinces of Canada, with the Gulf
nnd River St. Lawrence; also Newfoundland and
the Labrador Coast. With maDs and plans, §2.

"In graphic nnd picturesque description, In com-
pleteness and fullness of information, and In clear
insight Into a traveler's needs and perplexities, this
guide-book and the two which have preceded It in the
series (‘New England' and ’The Middle States') are
not to be excelled."— Boston Journal.

"The most complete, compact, and handy guide-
book ever Issued. ' — Chicago Inter- Ocean .

*»*For taU by all BookuUers. Stnl postpaid, on
receipt oj price by the Publishers.

James R. Osgood & Co.,

ji*U5 3t JJowtou. .

STOVE.

PATENTED JUNE 22, 1875.

Outside dimensions, packed, 12x12x20 inches.

Weighing only 25 po nds. very durable, will cook
Tor ten persons, aud is especially adapted for camping
purposes. '1 he ware consists of 8 ut. kettle, 6 qt. Tea
Kettle, 2 qt. Coffee Pot. Fry Pan. round Tin Pan. 2
squaw Pans, Dipper, Gridir.n, Tent Collar, 8 ft. Fou-
nd, aud an oven that will roost 15 pounds beef

The ware Is so constructed that it nests and pacic
in the oven, nnd the oven and funnel pack Inside tho
stove, as represented In cut 2. leaving room for pack-
ing half a dozen Plates. Knives. Forks and Spoons,
and Drinking Cups. Price complete, $15.

SA\\D FOR CIRC CL. Ml.

H. L. DUNCKLEK.

BOX 2710, BOSTON.

Forsnloat SPORTSMAN’S EMPORIUM. 1C2 Nas-
sau street. New York City, aud by R. U. KILBY, 84S
St. Paul st.. Montreal. Foi>4

fjr Agents wanted la ovexy town.

384

FORESTJAND (STREAM

'Sotels and jRrsorfs for^portimen.

MOUNT JULIAN SUMMER HOTEL,

Lakefield and Stoney Lake.

VIA TUB MIDLAND RAILWAY.

Itrnli It. Plcn.ure nml Hip Comfort. of llnmo Com-

ttliiiil. Tltia ll.ii.-l l« now l>|M<n for Ihr Slimmer.

TUI- Summer report i* situated on the shored of Sto-
jtrv I -aki1 in the county of I'etorbo rough, Canada.
Stone v I -ike hits lately liven set apart by the Depart-
ment of Marine and Fisheries for the protection of
llsh, and for scenery, hunting, mid fishing it is supe-
rior to any of the buck hikes of Canada which lire
«iasy of acres* Tito principal lisli lire Salmon Trout
Maskinongr, lta#s. Herrings, and Torch, for which
fishing permits will bo granted. The game consists
of Duck. Deer, amt Partridge. The Lake is covered
with Islands, anil presents the same appearance as the
Thousand Islands of the River St. Lawrence. It is
shoot twenty-five mile* lone and three wide The
hotel is commodious, aod fitted with every appliance
of comfort; it is the property of the Company, and
will be innnngrd to pleu-e its patrons in every particu-
lar. The charges are moderate, being St 50 per day
by the week, and $2 per day under that time. Chil
drwn under twelve year* of age. half price. Liquors
arc kept for the n-o of guests only, no bar being kept
open for the public. The hotel is reached by the Mid-
land Railway from Port Rope to Lakefield. tlience by
steamer Chippewa to Julian’* landing. E. Ilea tty’
boats and canoes are always kept on hire. George
Cochrane and F. Kane will always be on hand with
their guides to paddle and accompany sportsmen.

The steamer Chippewa leaves Lakefield for Julian':
laiuding every Monday, Wednesday, ami Saturday,
on the arrival of the morning train from Port Hope
On Thursdays it will roauect willi the excursion train
on the Midland Railway.

The steamer Norseman arrives from Rochester every
rooming at Port Hope at 8 A. M„ in time to connect
with the Midland Railway, leaving Port Hope ut 10
o’clock A. M. Parties from Rochester can reach the
hotel in eighteen hours by water and fall for £3 80.

Time Taoles— Midland Railway leaves Port Hope at
10 A. M. inn 5:30 P. M , arriving at Lakefield at 1 P.
M. and 8:15 P. M. Returning, leaves Lakefield at 5

A. M. and 2 P. M , arriving at Port Hone at : 15 A
M. and 7:35 P. M. Steamer Chippewa leave* Lake
field at 1:15 P. M-, arriving at Julian’s Lauding at 3:15

Lake

P. M. Returning leaves Julian s Landing at 5 P. M
arriving at Lakefield at 7:30 P. M.

For further particulars, apply to

C. A. BOULTON.

Manager of the Companv. Lakcneld. Out.

E W. GARDNER.

Manager of the Hotel, Julian's Landing, Lukefield,
Out. jyl Jm

Luke Couch idling Hotel, Canada.

Tin# charming and picturesque first-class Summer
Resort will lie opened for the season on 7lh of June,
and will remaiu open until October. The sporting in
the immediate neighborhood I# exceptionally excel-
lent, the tlou-l being within ready access to the Mns-
kuka Lakes. Sparrow Lake, and Trading Lake, where
Salmon Trout, Itlnc.k Hass. S|icckled Trout, eic.,
abound in original plenty. Yachting, Boating, Bath-
ing, Bowling Alleys, Billiard Rooms, etc., provide for
the nmusemeul of guests. Mail and telegraph offices
in the house Rates exceedingly moderate For cir-
cular* containing term#, etc., apply to the office of
Forest and Stream, or JOHN E. FOREMAN.

Box 2543, P. O Toronto, or to
THOMAS SCULLY. Manager.
roySJ Oonchlchlng, Ontario.

INTERNATIONAL HOTEL

IVIAUARA FALLS.

OAT.K & FULLER. Pnoeui emits
Near the Rapid# and Ku.l#. Extra inducements to
families or tingle jientons for the season. Carriages
at reasonable rates. jy~ 3m

QUEEN'S KUVAI. NIAGARA HOTEL,

NIAGARA.

Deligli'fnlly located ot tbe mouth of Niagara River,
fourteen miles from the Falls. Accessible by boat
and railway. Fine facilities for fishing, boating and
bathing. McGaW & WA1NETT.

jy7-3m

Rossin House, Toronto, Canada.
SHEARS A SON, Proprietors.

This hooseis a favorite resort for gentlemen sports-
men from ail parts of the United States and Canada.

Ci'ossmon House,

ALEXANDRIA BAY. Jell. Co , N. Y. C. CROSS-
MON A SON. Proprietors.

THIS House, recently rebuilt and elegant-
ly famished, is now open for visitors. It ii loca-
ted in one of the rood delightful places In the Thou-
sand Island region, commanding an extensive view of
the St-Laurence and tbe Islands and oilers every facil-
ity for the comfort and enjoyrac-nt of guests. Outfits
for hosting. Bunting and Fishing Parties. Steamers
for the hay counect at Clayton with the Utica and
Black River Railroad, and at Cape Vincent with tbe
Rome. Watertow n anu Ogdensliurg Railroad. 5m

B

Twin Lakes Trout Farm.

OA.KD FOR GENTLEMEN AND LA-

ocenery and drives. Fine boating, trout, pickerel,
and base fishing and woodcock shooting. Also les-
sons lu oil and water color painting, drawing and
etching, if desired. Address J. IVES PEASE, or E.
SHERMAN PEASE, P. O. box SO Canaan, Conn.

N. B. — Cottage building sites overlooking the lakes
for sale cheap; also one for a hotel. AprtPtf

"RATH HOTEL. RATH, L. I.— ONE
_L> HOUR PROM THE CITY.-The subscriber
having leased tbe above hotel for a term of years, is
determined by sparing no pains to make this resort
second to none in the vicinity of New York and
Brooklyn First class table and low prices. Now
ready for the reception of guests.

Tlie 3Iost Approved System

OF

Breech Loading, Sporting

And Military | Hides.

jc;7-tOet1

C. A. BUNTING.

UNION DEPOT HOTEL, Canaan, Conn.

G. II. CORBIN, Proprietor. New. clean room*
and beds, first-class table, 3x. Fishlug, shooting,
and plea-writ drive* n-ar by, Aprfi Urn

OARL) N EAR T'VIN LAKES. FOUR

hour# from New York via Harlem Railroad. A
desirable location for sportsmen, artists, and all those
wanting a tdensant home. Address P. K. COOPER,
Locust Ilill Farm, Ashley Falls, Berkshire county,
Mass. Mur 34 6m

THE W1LLEWEM0C CLUB.

A FEW SHARES IN THIS CLUB

belonging to n member now residing perma-
nently In Europe, are offered for sale to persons uc-
C*publ« U> the other members. The membership in
limited to twenty, and the dull own Iaike Willewernoc,
with adjoining laud, furnished house, bam, ice house,'
etc.; also lca-e of lliilsino and Thomas Lakes and of
four miles of the Willewernoc stream.

For particular* apply to J 8. VAN CLEEF, Presi-
dent, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

For general Information refer to CHARLES HAL-
LO'.' K, Editor Forest and Stream .

T WANT TO RENT A COMFORTA-

J ble 1 louse, with from ten to twenty acres of land
adjoining, within forty miles of this city. Address
forest aud bucsui vttust, New York. my/l-

For Simplicity of Construction.

ACCURACY,

Penetration, Durability, Safety, Ease of Manipulation.

Materials and Workmanship, they a re Unsurpassed.

REVOLVERS OF VARIOUS SIZES,

DKSIllAllLB m ALL ItFS'PtiCTS.

Send lor Oimilsirs.

Whitney Arms Comp.,

YVliltneyvIllr, near New Ilaven, Conn.. U. 8. A.

MISFIT CARPETS.

/T 00D SECOND HAND AND MISFIT ENGLISH RRUSSELS, THREE 1*LY AND

VJT INGRAIN CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS. &C., VERY CHEAP, AT THE OLD PLACE.

Sent to any part of the United States free of charge. 112 Fulton street. New YorK.'J

RodsandKeels

Chas.F. Orvis

1 ^ . I Wl >>w,

Manchester, Vermont. '

Prices m itlerate. Send for descriptive list. Mention Forest and Stream.

//, d /////sy ' / /y, //y .

/Minn mi.s & MAxr?F-i.CTertiEMs or

illilitfiri). (Tbratrinil. tflnirrl x ^ nrirtu

. Vo. /() M.wrrw 4 1 17', lU 11 ork ,

RoAviaq Suits A Specialty

The Sportsman’s Warehouse.

EDWIN S. HARRIS,

Late COOPER. HARRIS & HODGKINS,

3o. 177 Broadway, New York.

WHOLESALE AND DETAIL

BREECH LOADING

GUNS

AND

OF ALL

Kinds.

mplements,;

Cartridges, l>otli Brass and Paper.

Km,K- <-*RTKIDGR VKHTR, CO\T8 A, YD BELTS, FLASKS,
POtf.HM, AjADA>I>,UA,TIUA OF AM, KlYlls KVEKVTHIYG IY MY LI YE FOR
HW^,K \Nn KXPOHT TR ADE, AT LOWEST CASH TRADE PRICES.

HA \E LA lit, E STOCK oh' MU7.ZLK LOADING (J LINS & HI El.ES V EH Y CHE A P.

Boudren’s Patent Combinntion

Reflecting J aek and Fish i ng Lamp

FOR YICIIT IIUY flYG
DEER. SPEARIYG FIHIl,

CATCIII YG CRA IIS, EELS
SMALL HA IT, Ac-

THROWS A J’OWERFUL
LIGHT 400 FEET. Not af-
fected by WIND, RAIN, or
JOLTING. Burn# kerosene
perfectly and wifely without
it clilmney.

INDISPENSABLE ABOUT
A CAMP

Till- Lamp #upplfe# a want
long felt by Sportsmen, iih It
afford# them a relible Ill'll!,
willi which they can hunt
and ll#h In any weather,
thereby doubling their eliun-
oe# for sport. A# u carriage
lump IT HAH NO EQUAL.

Kit# uuy *hupcd diedi or uny
veliicle. Price, .luck or Dash
alune, $0.00. Fishing Lamp,

$H 00,C •> D , with prlvi- Flailing, .Inch nnd Dual. Lamp,

lege of examination. In or during Lump* #tnie distinctly wlint they are U
be u#ed for Send stamp for ClrcuUir. Over 2,000 Dash Lanins In use am
giving satisfaction. *

While Manufacturing Coni nan

FOR SALE IN NEW YORK BY EATON & CO., 1 (rl NASSAU* STREET ^ ^ ^ N ‘

nany,

GlCPOltT, CC

gporjsmcn’s §ood§.

JOHN RIGBY & GO..

1NVKNTOUS ANU JIANI'rACTtlllKn# or Til K riNE.#T '

BreechLoadingSholGuns

Double and Single Express Rifles.

Long Range Match Rifles, &c

21 SUFFOLK STREET, DUDI.IY,

AN 11

72 ST. JA3IES STREET, I.OYDOY,

Breech Loaders.

Winners of tlu*“TurI, Field
and Fnrin” Gun Ti*ijilw.

, (Sec Issue October 3d, 1873 )

In which competition the committee# have awarded
our guns. First and Second for POINTS OF MERIT
OF ACTION, MATERIALS, PROPORTION, AND
SHOOTING QUALITIES combined, In all the four
classes.

THE PREMIER GUN.

W . A SCOTT A SOY cull attention to their
very FINEST weapon, combining nil their recent Im-
provements, marki il on the lib between tin lr tlliltio
and Loudon address the brand — "'I’ll iv PREMIER
QUALITY. "

Medium and fine guns hear full name nnd uildre«s,
and plain gun# full name nnd "London" only.

Each gun I# numbered and the actions uro stamped
with name and trade mark,

W. A <’. SCOTT A soY, Cole makers of the
Patent 'J'op Lever, solid. Double Locking Boll Breech
Louder, bearing the full name of the linn. W, i c,
SCOTT & SON caution sport amen against Imitations
of their patent and name. Guns hearing the name
abbreviated, or with different Initials, an- not genuine,

TRIALOF SC( ITT A G R E E Y K II ’8 Y E U SYST E >1
OP UOIIIYG, 111 THE KlUTOIt OF
"TIIK FIELD," I.OYDOY

(See T/n FiSri, January 80lb, J875.)

"From a comparison of the two lulilea It will be
seen that with Walker’# shot, Me«»rs Scott's gun#
showed n tnnrltd miprrtortty over Mr. Greener'#,
both in average and in the highest score made In-
deed, with the left barrel, in Ills third shot, Mr. Scott
got n selected group pattern of 23?l and u Jienflrullon
of 37, equalling the highest pattern made by Mr
Greener, and exceeding the pcnetrulSon of lliut par-
ticular shot by eight sheet*."

London Office:

10 Great (, ’anile St.. Ilcgcut Circua, near Lang-
ham Hotel.

Chief address:

Manufactory Premier Gun Works,

Lancaster Street, Itinnin^hain.
WHOLESALE.

Aprl-6m

Clark Ac ^noitloi*.

MANUFACTURERS OF THE

SNEIKE11

TATENT D BEECH-LOADING SHOT GUN.
ALTERING

Mnzzle-Loading; Guns to Hrecch-Loariing

A SPECIALTY,

WRITE FOR PARTICULARS.

*£ 1 4W.Prnttwt.,Bn 1 timore.

SPORTSMENS’DEPOT.

JOHN K RIDER.

Corner Second nnd Wnlnnt 8t«., I’lillnilelphla.

IMPORTER, MANUFACTURER and DEALER IN

Gnus, Killes, Pistols, nml Fishing Tackle.
Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech
Loaders.

REPAIRING OK EVERY DESCRIPTION.

HIM constantly on hand a full assortment of Rod#,
Hooks, Lilies. Ball#, Heels, Fly Book*. Salmon File#,
Waterproof Silk Line#, Silk and Hair Trout Line#, <fcc.
Perch Snoods, China and Gras# Lines. Also, a large
lot of Cane Reeds, Bamboo and Japan.

Bird#’ Eggs and Birds’ Skin# in great varieties.—
Taxidermy in ull it# branches.

SPRATT’S PATENT DOG BISCUITS. <-ly

Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul Railway

Traverse# n finer country, afford# view# of grander
sccnerv, and pu##e# through more biialnesN centre#
nnd pleasure resorts than any oilier Northwestern
line. It# forests, prairies, lake# and streams, abound-
ing with game, present uuequulcd attractions to the
votaries of Nimrod and Wnl ton. It i# the only rail-
way route along ilia vul ley of the Upper Mississippi.
It i# iil#o the Hlmrtei-t a# well us l.e»t route lielweeii
the great metropolitan centre# of Mm Northwest
Chicago, Milwaukee, SI. Paul, and Minneapolis <l
Track and equipment uneqniiled, nnd It# trains of
palace-couches and #leeplng ear# run through without
change.

Yew York Office, BIO Broadway,

Chlengo Depot, cor. Canal A t\ . ,Mndl#on
City Ollier., (II mid ti.'l ( 'In rlv M, AprlO-Oni

J. B. Crook & Co.,

MANnPAr-rttHKUS ANTI Impouthrs op

FISHING TACKLE I

F><> Fulton St.. IS. Y.

N. 11. --Solo manufacturer# In tin# .country of th°
celebrated

Croen Heart Rods,

for Trout, Bum# and Salmon.

BEND FOR CATALOGUE.

forest and stream

Jpf jgcmuL

A. C. WADDELL’S

Breeding Kennel, Newton, N. J.

t The finest strain of young Pointers and Setters for
will' Doc* boarded and cared for in the best manner
flt $5 per month. Pedigrees guaranteed.: dogs broken

iTiar 1 1

for $r.o

Sale.

•e«I Setters.

VVIIELPS, TWO DOGS, AND

Foi
High B
10UR

FV/UIV 11 JIDUIK, • '-f

two bitches, six weeks old, sired by William
f Concert's Sturm Storm out of Tlllbbcll'S May . 'day
own sister to Llewellin s Countess. Storm sired by
Wardlow Iteid's celebrated Laverack, Sam. On the
dam side. Whelps of a very line nnd well broken
' bitch, llelle. Jlello out of Kelly’s Fun. Bello aired
[ by the celebrated Bismarck. For further particulars
I enquire of John Kridor, Second and Walnut streets,
I Philadelphia. jn 15

/ ’LOOKER SPANIELS. — A well broken

I \N pair of thoroughbred Cockers may moot a pur-
I chaser at a low price through the office of the Forest
I and Stream. Jull4 2t

I TTU ) H SALE. — A THOROUGH BRED

I_f I’rlnce Albert sitter dog, beautifully marked
nnd perfectly broke for land or water; a spl mdid
chicken dog; 21 years old; refer to many experienced
I hunters In Iowa. Address PALMER, 13? state st.,
Khlcago. j nl is

Syofamcn's §oods.

1 02 Nassau St.f N. Y.

385

Miscellaneous.

FISHING and

HUNTING

/■WO

' L’

TRISII SETTER PUPS FOR SALE.—
X Out of Gypsey. Gypsey is out of Hugo’s, Imp.
Fun, and by the celebrated Irish setter, Jocco, owned
by Count Shorb. siro of pups, Waddell’s Irish
;ivcu with pups. H I
jul22 It

setter. Pilot cull pedigr.e given with'p'cpa. ' H. B.
[ VONDERSMITT, Luncn.-tor, l'a. '

P

! given

UFARV GARDNER, M

LV on hand nnd for siae, medicines adap
the cure of all diseases. Dealer in sport ng dogs of
every variety. Dogs trained for reasonable compen-
sation. No. Ill South Fifth ave.. N. Y. Oct22

UPPIES FOR SALE— FULL BRED

Suitors, orange and white. Full pedigree
JAMES LOWRY, 13IIII Broadway. it

, - - - - - -- ----- D. , H AS CONSTANT-

LY on hand nnd for sa.e, medicines adapted to

“The Culexifuge Is Indeeil an Insect-Driver, for
nml.1 clouds of Mosquitoes I IDIicd unharmed"
[TIUIIE M AUK. ]

ci liio.xi i’i;ge,

Oil

Sportsmans Friend ;

A SURF. PROTECTION

Against the attacks of Mosquitoes, Black Flies, Fleas
nnd Ants. In pocket bottles. For sale liy
(’. N. OKITTKNTON & CO . T Sixth av., N. V.
jel7-5t

J. H. BATTY,

TAXIDERMIST.

COLLECTOR &, DEALER is NATURAL OBJECTS,

Mnmmnla. bird
skins, and eggs
for scientific use;
also anmial >
heads, game anil
brielit plumaged
birds artistically
grouped I
■ shades nud cases
l tor oriiuiueuiui
iiurposes, Col-
ector*' supplies;

[ also iust rumen) s
and eves. Speci-
mens bought,
sold. and txenuu-

?v U . Genuine
ntlinn smoke-
tanned buckskin
b u u u l o. and
moose skin moc

cnslns, for hunters and for the house. Buckskin
suits, fringed, beaded, or plain, made to order.
Address: NEW UTRECHT. N. Y. JnlO

“Seth Green Fish Ponds”

Y.

Eggs, Fry, Yearlings, Ac. of Brook Trout, Sal-
mon Trout, tvilinon. White FUh, Ac.

Also Bass, Gold Fish, Silver Kish, and stock foi
Aquaria, Wire Cloth, Hatching Trays, Patent Spawn-
ing Races, and everything pertaining in tlsh culture.

~Xf~ ALU ABLE GUN FOR SALE— W. &

\ C. Scott breech loader, 32- inch, 10 gauge, lami-
nated steel, lino quality, with ull loading tools, brass
and paper shells, etc. Imported und sold by Read &
Sons, Boston. Cost $225, without case. Is in per-
fect order, nnd not sold for nny fnult. lias double
boh; top snap and compensating lump; rebounding
locks. Price $150. Cun be seen at Forest and Stream
bhlco jelOtf

TT'OR SALE. — A SECOND-HAND WES-

X LEY RICHARDS Breech Loading Shot Gun;

A 1 qnalu; has been used but very lil'lc: good as
new; a btftguln. Can be seen at E. S. HamspSporls-
man’s Warehouse. 177 Broadway, N. Y

Caledonia, Livingston Co., N.

A. *. COLLINS, Proprietor.

■It

SALE.— A SPLENDID BREECH

Loading, Express Rlllo, made by K. M. Roily &
Co,, London; cost 80 guineas, gold; is now offered at
S'- »0|d for wuut of use. Address H. SMITH, ut
this office. Ju34

Breech loader wantkd-no. 12

Guuge, 30 to 85-Inch barrels, 8 pounds weight.
must be well known make, and good as new. Give
i u I descriptions to Lock Box 30. Unlontown, Pa.

Patent Pigeon “Agitator.”

Tills AGITATOR is constrnctcif to overcome Iho
■rouble nud annoyance caused by pigeons not rlsiug
'lien iho trap is pulled. By its means ovory bird
rhu1 fly directly tlm trap is pulled. Every

i n should hove them. No ground traps are complete
*.«> »■ State rights, or the ivimlo U. 8. Pal-
tit J?r f Send for illustrated circular.
jyi4t p, n. MARSH, rnleiiii'o, Toronto. Canada.

B()at,S! ISiUllgl Pleasure Boats, Hunting
nnv . i 1>U!lr* R"ats, Fishing Boato of
mL... s zo' or 'v eight, ndupted to use on the lakes
hniiiii, tlvorS’ as well as In tlm woods, Boats for
nil mi u; welgluug 25 to 00 pounds. Bout, for Ashing,
I„ , 1 pounds. Pleasure boms, with sails or awn-
riid ,0" lul,u1' or made to order. Best tuate-

xvnrOm ll,,e*l' [d'd every boat made by experienced
iTlces to suit the limes. Bouts scut to
aJJ! eobbiry. Address J. II. KUDGEHS,

Agtut, Ogdensburg, N. V, julistf

IIOI.AIIIKD H CELEBRATED SUITS.

Waterproof and Mildew proof, complete $20 (X)

‘ , . " „ Wading Jackets tiioo

Thompson's waterproof •• u y,

Mexican Pocket Hammocks.

Also called “Asliantce'’ Hammocks. A luxurious
bed, couch, seat and swing In one article. Weigns
only one pound, and easily carried in emit pocket, ra-
table of bearing a steady strain of 12 cwt. without
breaking, 'j he mutcnul used in Its construction is a
liber found after many experiments to be the best for
ibis purpose. Largely ordered by the Rngli-h War
authorities for Hospital and general Armv and Navy
use during the Asbautce Expedition. Price $5 00
Cmcxlfiiffo or Sport niii tin’s Friomi.

Fot preventing the attacks of mosquitoes, black
ntes, fleas, ants, and preservative .•gainst malaria
r e Culexifuge has been In use for moie than 20
• ears by the Sportsmen of Canada, and has been
found the only effectual preventive of the attacks of
black flies and mosquitoes Price 50 cents per bottle

1UJNCK LEE’S CAMP STOVES. Price815.

Those desiring something light and durable for
camping purposes will Und this stove exacfly right;
weighs only 25 pounds; will cook for ten persons
The ware consists of Kettle, Tea Keltic, Coffee Pol,
Fry-pan, round Tin Pan, two square pans. Dipper,
Gridiron, Tent/ Collur, and eight feet Funnel Siove
Pine, with oven that will roast 15 pounds beef, all of
which nests and packs inside of stove, which only oc-
cupies a space of 12x12x20 inches.

Pocket Cook Stove.

Four indies square. Will make a pot of coffee or
boil an egg in Ovc minutes. Handiest thing out. only
$151. By mail, $ I, 75. 1

CAMP LOUNGES. Price $5.

When folded is nbonl the size of an ordinary shawl
strapped. A light, durable, compact, and comfort-
able couch . Sent by express (,’. D. , $1, includin''
side and supporting sticks at the head. Just the thing
for the camp or lawn .

CAMP TENTS,

for four persons, 7. li. sqtiaro, weighs 15 lbs.; Can
he packed in knapsack. Price $10. l eu feet square
for six persons. $15.

Folding Camp Raker.

This unique and useful In veutiou bakes equal to
the old ‘•Duich oven." When closed for transporta-
tion It occupies but little more sp ice Ilian the oau It
encloses. Price $3.50 to $7, according to size. '

AmrrUtiin Dog1 Bit-units,

Made of nutritive bone and muscle making material,

and is the only purmble food for dogs made in ibis
country. Put up in package- of 10. 25, and 100 pounds,
and warranted not to spoil in any climate. Price,
10c. per pound.

Cmnp Mosquito Burs,
arranged with flexible wireframe; folded to carry in
pocket. Iieud net, $1. Cump net lor sleeolug. for
one, $1 50; for four or five, $-1 25; six or eight, $5.

Jock Lamp,

for nieht shooting and Ashing, running rapids, light-
ing camp, etc.; the best light ever invented. $6 25.

Camp C"ts,

can be carried in pocket; a capital thing for woods-
men. $1 50.

II EG EM AN’S PORTABLE CANVAS BOATS.
BOND’S METALLIC BOATS.

Hart’s Metallic Shells.

The be-t shell ever offered to sportsmen. All sizes
on hand and made to order.

Cartridge Belts

for breech loading shells; live varieties.

Moccasins, Oil Tunned,

for the woods; three different styles. $3, $5 50 nnd $li.

Wallace's Guide to the Adirondacks. With com-
plete map. Price $-2. By mail, $2 25.

Special attention paid to selection of guns for gen-
tlemen ut a distance by au expert and nu old siiorts
man .

Solo agent in Now York city for J . II . Batty, U S.
Taxidermist. N- A. birds and eggs for collectors.
Buck’s heads, nnd game birds a specially. Orders
tilled with dispatch .

We furnish every article necessary for the ontilt of
sportmen in the cump or field. Goods sent every-
where by expre-s Remit only by UraTt, Post Office
order, or registered letter to

EATON & CO.,

P. O. Box 5,109. Sportsmen's Emporium,

No, 102 Nassau street. New York City.
References — Hon.T.L .Times. Postninster, Now York
City; Hon. Geo. II. Andrews, New York City; Fon
est and Stream Publishing Co. ruy6-tf

ABBEY & IMBRIE,

SPCCBSSOIW TO

AIV13R1VW CLERK & CO.

48 Maiden Lane, N. Y.

IMPORTERS. MANUFACTURERS AND DEADER, in

Fishing Tackle

hi*? l,t*e1Jflr2e*i nr.fl best assortment ever ex-
it tie ntion' to t h e fr " ^ Thc>' 1'^UcuJarly ctill

TROUT, H A I, MON AND II \KM room.

Every variety of Salmon and Trout Flies, and Hooks
on nut, Cutty Hunk nnd Basque Islands Bass Lines
waterproof Jraided Silk Lines, every size and quality <if

SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES

And every Variety and Style of

fish hooks.

Parties fitted out with appropriate l’aeklc for the
Rocky Mountains and Pacific Conet, Cauuila, Maine
the Adirondack*. Ac., Ac.

Hpllt Bamboo, Trout and Salmon Rod. and Reel
a Specialty.

Agents for the St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Solo Im
porters of Wnrrln’s Celebrated Drilled
Eyed Needles,

Waterproof,

'Mildew-proof,

AND

Moth-proof

GARMENTS

ellaneou$.

CONROY, BISSETT i MALLESQN

(Successors to J. 0. Conroy & Co )

65 Fulton St., N. Y.,

their regular .took of Fine Good*,
comprising hi part

Six Strip Split Ilnmboo

for Trout and Salmon fishing

’’ GinnlsBlnck Buns Rods

im.de of split Bamboo (new till.

P,vm" un I"* ,l"f,' K Jabber steel
■ ;,l il »na Salmon ReeK

3 he celebrated "Frankfort" Reel.
"\iv,h.i • »°,l.c "'“iiirfHeturert. of
Mullaly s" Patent Files. The

of K*,«C * Y.,lyhll,,k hlnea

Of Kxf rji qnnljry.

.***?* fl««l ont for the Adl-
loiid.cks, the Maine Woods,
Lake Superior, Newport, t.’nUv-

K.gPatgic.I”lttnd^'eWl“1‘nd’

Orders by mail will receive care-
tni and prompt aticnxlon.

Pritchard Brothers.'

No. 89 Fulton St., N. Y

. ALL KINDS OF

Fishing Tackle

Mudc and repaired with the ntmon despatch

THE BEST seLET-r'lOA OK °TItOUT AND StL.
MOA Hulls. KEELS, LINK? AND FLIE8

Medal.- awarded at the World s Fair and American
Institute foronrsuiii nor Artificial gRftf , °

R. WALSlfiT
DRAPER and TAILOR

MoVTCKER'S THEATRE BUILDING. 9

CHICAGO.

OF

DRAB III UK, CORDUROY,

FUST I A,V REPKLLANT
. BLUE BEAVER and FRIEZE.

»> ad 111? Hoots, Fishing Slot-kings, Rub-
ber Clothing. A«-.

Gninc Ventilating Pockets.

Illusfrared Price List andSnmples free
The most complete list ever published. Send for it

GEO. C. HENNING,

THIRDS. PET AND RARE ANIMALS

Fnltoo Street New York City. (Joldflsh, Sllver'flsh

* vidii' f' A'JUl,tlc Plants In variety.
Al-o slulls I ebbles. Ornaments. Corals, Jtc.. to stoek
-he Aqminnm Canrrles and other’ song birth;
Pigeons. Parrots, ami Poroniuf: Hahbiis, Squirrels
pet and rare Anliunls generally; Bird Seeds,
red food for Mocking Birds and other soft-billed
.. . . Hah food. Bird Gravel. Dog Medicines. Bug-
ler « celebrated Mange ond Flea Cure, Ac., wholesale
an.lref.il Ms. »-|V

Apr 29 ly

410 Seventh Street,
WASHINGTON, D. C.

Birds and Animals Preserved to Order bt

K. L. IN EWCOMB,

TAXIDERMIST.

NO. 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM. MASS.

instruction given

Feb. 4

Sportsmen!

Tout attention is called to
GOOD S OIL TANNED MOC-
CASINS. the best thing ever
worn by sportsmen. Not
injured by wetting and
drying— always soft and

VERYDURABLE^eing made o? th^ve^hes?'^
stock I nth ree d i ffe rent styles, and warranted the oca-.
uuifttrhclt , different from anything before offered
Illustrated Circular and Price List free
FRANK GOOD.

1209 Elm st. Manchester. N H.

IT. Y. Safety Steam Power Co.

Office: 30 COURT LAN DT ST.

BUILDERS OF

STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS

Steam Launches & Yacht^,

Ami tholr Machinery a Specialty, also Machinery for*1

TUCS, LICHTERS AND STEAMERS^

Propeller Wheels of Superloi Efficiency.

BEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR.
\Sf~ All our boats are guaranteed to pass mspec-
t.ou ondor (ho Steamboat law wlieu required.

JOSEPH C. PAINE,

MANUFACTURER OF THE

Dane Breech loading Shot Gun.

LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN.

Solid Breech Snap Action.
EASIEST MANIPULATED AND ONLY GUNTHAT
IS S ; FE FROM ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE.

Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech Loader..

nv)'-*7

WALLACE'S

Descriptive Guide fa Adirondacks,

THE ONLY COMPLETE AND RELIABLE GUIDE
to the delightful

limiting nnd Flitting Grounds of the

GREAT NEW YORK WILDERNESS.

NEWLY REVISED EDITION.

Handsome 12mo.. flexible covers, red nnd gold,
maps, Ac. Beautifully illustrated. Nearly 300 pp.
Price $2 00. May he obtained of any bookseller, or
will be mulled post paid ou receipt of price, by

WAVERLY 1»UU. CO., Syracuse, N. Y.

JnS-fimo

We offer to dealers and sportsmen a most conmluti
assortment of *

Fishing Tackle,

Roils, Beds. Linos, Artificial Flics, Nets,
Bails, Fish Hooks, Ac.

Split Bamboo Fly Rods and Reels

OK THE FINEST WORKMANSHIP.

Tackle suitable for Maine, Adirondack, Canadian,
and other flshing. ’

ARTIFICIAL FLIES DRESSED TO ORDER
IlllKKCH AND MI ZZLE LOADING GUNS,
And Sportsmens’ goods of all kinds.

Manufactured and Imported by

BARTON, ALEXANDER t WALLER,

lOl & 103 DUANE ST., (near

Broadway) New York.

MUZZLE LOADERS
CONVERTED INTO ItREECH LOADERS,

ON THE MOST APPROVED PRINCIPLE,
and all kinds of BREECH LOADING work effected.

Mortimer & Kirkwood,

^ ELM Street, Bouton. Him

Thomas Sparks,

Shot and Bar Lead

MAINI J FACT I REK,

|K«tnl>ll*hcd I HUM.)

Office, 12 1 Walnut St. Philadelphia.
Fishing Tackle.

rpAXIDERMlST’S MANUAL, a uom-
JL pletc, practical guide to collecting, prenuring,
preserving and luouutiug anitmls, birds/repiile*. iu-
secle, Ac. Illustrated. 50 cents. Hunters' mid Tru|>-
pora’Guide, 20 cents; Dog Training, 25 cents: Sys-
tem of Improving Speed of Ho.sog. 50 cents. Of
booksellers or bv mail

JESSE HANEY & CO., J 19 Nassau street, N. Y

AV. 13. PJb]RKIJ>>i,

WINE MERCHANT,

553 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.,

ESTABLISHED IN 184V.

Contlnf » lo supply y..v...o ......

choicest Wines und Liquora.

vnehts and families with the
JuJM

A. H. Shipley & Son,

50.1 and 505 Commerce street, Philadelphia.

Manufacturers of

Clmllc ntul Pitshiiiiy Linos.

FI NIC HASS AND trout fly rods

Tho celebrated OREENHEART WOOD a specially'

FINE ROD MOUNTINGS.

Full line of Tackle for Brook, River and Sea Fish-
ing. Ageiils for John James A Sons' celebrated Kiah
hooks mid Needles.

SILVER MEDAL awarded by the FRANKLIN
INSTITUTE. ISM. "for SUPERIOR QUALITY and
FINISH of HODS ami TAUKI.S," Aprl-6m

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< 1 \A/ A lREN (his Par,"er in the chemical works) has
V V B°l bflck- 1 will turn everything over to him,
and I want you to go out to Ellsherg’s with me duck shoot-
ing. I am lired and cross, and am bound to get out while
the One weather lasts, and before Jack Frost comes down
upon us like a trip hammer. Tell mo what I shall need
for I have'nt fired a gun in five years. Young Ben (his ir-
repressible two-year old) has been th-ough anJ through
my traps, and I don’t suppose I can find a thing, so shall
have to get new.”

“I can provide the guns and will see to the necessary
ammunition and fixings. You must have a pair of high
rubber boots; these and an old felt hat, not white or black,
are about all the dress oue ueed9 for duck shooting; still'
if you wish to be more dressy, hunt up an old gray suit’
if you have one. If you wear bluck you will most cer’
tainly be in mourning for blighted hopes, with no dead
ducks at the funeral.”

“All right ; I will go across the street and get the boots
instanter. Frank, never travel in Minnesota without lots
of whiskey. If you don’t want it yourself somebody else
will— without it we should’nt bo anywhere— and a lunch.
Nelson will get up the horses and call for you, and I will
be all ready at my house, and we will get off’ as soon as
possible, not waiting for dinner or anything."

Just about forty minutes after this, Nelson, Polly and
myself drove up to the Professor’s door. We had a light
narrow, two-seated wagon. Dexter, the off horse, not
much to look at nnd not much to go, but with Snipe, the
most willing, the best natured, a tremendous goer, and in
fact every way the best horse I ever saw or wish to see
we could get over the ground very comfortably at ten
miles per hour. Nelson had no sinecure, driving. The
pull was constant and terrible, in spite of patent brake
upon bit nnd rein. I had often admired his way of dash-
ing down Third street just as the lamps were lighted af-
ter an evening drive, with n speed and a force irresistible
nnd sudden death to any small boy that did’nt get out of
the way in very much of a hurry; yet he never had an ac-
cident, which increased my admiration for Nelson’s skill
exceedingly. I noticed that they invited me to ride quite
frequently, and perhaps thought it hs well to have a
“Doctor" along. The last time the Professor took the
reins, two ladies, the Professor, and myself— no room for
Nelson— six miles out nnd back, we sped over the smooth
roads, I every moment expected to see the Professor's arms
lorn straight out of their sockets. He held on gallantly,
enduring unto the end; but the next day he was a very
useful and ornamental member of the community indeed,
getting nround with each arm in a new silk handkerchief
sling; these also he bought wholesale at tho same place
where ho got tho boots.

Hem!—1 Two guns, with flasks and ammunition accord-
ing. The water pail for tho horses, in which were two
bottles of whiskey, tho halters, nnd a box of cigars. A half
bushel basket filled to overflowing with bread and cheese,
and cake and apples and matches, and the Lord knows
what else— I don’t. Three overcoats; this appeared very sen-
sible, tho thermometer being at least 75° in tho shade.
And what else? Why, just two of the biggest and heav-
iest flannel lined and wool stripped buffalo robes that were
t*ver seen out of the frigid zone; these just disentombed
'em their Summer whiskey barrels, there stowed to avoid
me moths, sent up an odor of fusel oil that was at once
powerful and refreshing. Then came the Professor’s
boots, tho Professor, myself, Nelson, and last of all Polly
came also. The springs settled down to hard pan. Were
we packed freight? I think we were. Wo might have
icon rolled down Mississippi’s steepest bluff, and I will
guarantee not a thing would havo been jolted out of place.
Nelson, will you have a cigar?”

’ No; I can’t drive and hold Polly and smoke too-at
least, not comfortably.”

The Professor and myself upon the back seat, not hav-
ing to ‘drive and hold Polly.” lit our cigars, and off we
went with a jerk, from perfect quiet up to fifteen miles an
hour, but which did nt change the relative position of
• things the sixteenth of an inch, except that it nearly
twitched the Professor’s head off and brought Polly over
the front seat, bang, into my unfortunate stomach.

“How far is it to Ellsberg’s?” inquired the Professor I
had been there just once, he not at all. “Authorities differ-
some say ten miles, others say fifteen miles. I say a good
long twenty miles.” Perhaps the “city limits” have some-
thing to do with it. I suppose they extend about fifteen
miles from Third street bridge. Why don’t they take in
the whole State and the North Pole? On we go over
Trout Brook, switch off from the “ten miles to White
Bear road" towards Little Canada, aud through it and sand
a foot deep. The oaks grow plentier nnd larger, and look
more and more like bigger and bigger apple trees At
Pole Bridge Pass, the first of the rice lakes upon each side
we water the horses, who lmve'nt let the grass grow under
their feet; for thnt matter, Ihrough this section the light
sandy soil would not grow enough grass in ten years to
keep a horse from starving for five minutes. IIow the
oaks manage it I cannot tell; but they appear as though
they did’nt mean to, and did’nt intend to do so any more
What a country for a lirst-eloss Desert of Sahara! ora
glass factory! Could easily get the coal to cook it from
Pennsylvania at eighteen dollars per ton. Further on I
saw an English snipe standing in the mud by a small half
dried up pond. I got out, and he started wild and alight-
ed in the dry leaves among the oaks. As he rose again I
killed him.

Three o’clock, and we reached the rice lnkes proper, near
the old shaky bridge, floored with young oak trees from
four to eight inches in diameter, laid crosswise, a pure and
unadulterated corduroy road up in the air. Somebody
will go through this bridge some time and take the whole
thing with him. Fifteeu minutes more, and up to Von
Ellsberg’s door. Five or six duck shooters lounging about
waiting for the evening flight. In half an hour a good
dinner was placed before us, to which we did ample jus-
tice. Now four o’clock. We put on our equipments, the
Professor getting into a pair of high rubber boots for the
first time. He and I took the road to the “pass," half a
mile distant. We had gone perhaps half way, the western
sun came down blazing hot, nnd the rubber boots began to
heat up in earnest, the Professor striding along behind me
without a word. "Well, how do you like it as far as
you’ve got?" I inquired. “Oh! first rate; its a new sensa-
tion, and that’s what I came for; but I believe if I ever
again invest in a pair of these infernal foot coverings I'll
buy retail— get just one-sixteentli of a pair, chew it up for
gum, and then go barefoot." Just then Nelson, who had
been delayed attending to the horsos, caught up with us.

“Don’t you want to shoot some chickens?" “What?
Ellsberg’s chickens? No; its too hot, and he’d make it
hotter. Not a bit. Pniirie chickens! I saw half a dozen
running in the brush not ten yards back.” “Where did
they go?" "They did’nt fly at all; they just ran." “Pooh!
they must have been pheasants, (ruffed grouse) then."

The road upon which we were, cut off a strip of the
second growth, perhaps six rods wide. Upon the other
side a lake, the ground sloping from the road to the lake.
In this strip Nelson had seen his “chickens.” Tho oaks
were from ton to thirty feet high, open below, aud to the
height of about four feet; then tho right angle branches
and twigs interlaced a little tighter than the meshes of a
No. 1 seive. I left the Professor in the road, with Nelson
holding Polly. I stooped aud went in- Soon a rustling
upon my right, and a cock pheasant naming. I shot him
without mercy. Another upon my left, and he went to
kicking. One hopped into a tree; I shot his head off. Two
more fly, but I cannot see them- They flew down the
strip aud I followed. It becomes a little more open; I
get three shots flying, killed two and came out. The Pro-
fessor had followed along abreast of me; hnd seen but oue

bird which came out almost in his face, and was out of
sight across the road before he could raise his gun or turn
round. He said it seemed very much to him ifke a hn,H-
cane going through his hair. I transferred the five birds to

fronnHannWe,.r,Udg^u0U’fl00a COn,in5 t0 lhe Open low
ground. Upon the right an open shallow lake, two miles

or more m diameter, the rice a rod or two wide around its
borders; upon the left another lake about as lnr-e but
| r,th t™otl'"‘ds of '‘s area choked up with the rice stalks.
These two lakes arc connected by a strip of water fortv
feet wide. Along this a few stunted bushes, with hero
and there a patch of rice. The distance between the lakes
is about forty rods, and this is the "pass.” The ducks
starting from any cause upon either lake, however distant’
and however much they might fly around, were almost
certain to come down along this strip of water, the teal
skimming the surface, the bluebills at various heights tho
mallard from seventy-five to two hundred feel high a stray
wood duck, or two or three canvas baeks-I saw no more
than this of these together— anywhere they chose.

We were early, it being now about five o’clock I stn
tioned the Professor upon this side, near the water iu a
few broken down willows, perhaps four feet high, enough
cover and allowing a free sweep. It was all needed; for
the ducks might come from above or below, from one side
or the other, and they flew at a fearful rate. The Profes-
sor is short sighted, wears glasses, as he explained upon
the way down: ‘if I see a duck directly ahead, I know he
is wheie I see him; but if either side from the perpendicu-
lar I know he is not where I see him at all. But I have
studied the matter, and if I am quick enough I think I can
make the necessary corrections. ” It was very necessary 'to
have Nelson with him to descry the birds at a distance and
give warning, also to inform him whether thev might be
ducks or blackbirds, size being a very uncertain quantity
indeed in the eyesight of the Professor. But it fairly as-
tonished me to see him calmly staring at an approaching
duck, evidently in doubt whether it were legitimate game
or not, and just in the nick of time pitching up his gun and
cutting him down iu good style. I crossed the water
fiudiug Its depths just one inch less than the height of mv
high boots, their tops being held well up with either hand
The shooters kept coming down until in the forty rods
there were no less than twenty. The great trouble was
every duck that came anywhere near was saluted some’
limes ten or fifteen barrels at ono bird, without a chance of
touching a feather. This thing had been kept up for a
week or more, rendering the birds very wild. The flight
this evening was not good, the weather being too fine 1
fired about twenty shats, this being nearly the average for
all. The shooting was entirely now to me, and I made
wretched work. It is no easy tning for a beginner to
shoot ducks upou a pass, however good a shot he may be
iu or out of cover. 1 aimed ahead of them, five, ten feet’
twenty feet; I followed them with tho gun ; I tried every
way that I could think of, and when they wore well with-
in range, and they would not come down satisfactorily—
either not at all or only winged. Half an hour after dark
they were through flying and we were through shooting
I had two mallard, two loal, and a wood duck; the Profes-
sor two mallard, three bluebills, and one teal, besides a
mallard which fell near the timber a quarter of a mile
away, and which Polly retrieved tho next morning. We
each hit as inauy more, which went off wounded.

The Professor was jubilant. “When I g0 out’shootiug
I like to do some shootiug, and verily, at these ducks you
have to do an immense amount for the number of birds
you get. They ought to liuvc a powder mill and a shot
factory on this pass."

Wo found our bag somewhat better than the average-
ono man had ten, some none at all. Polly hud done wel1’
not only had retrieved our birds, but every other that fell
within her observation. Nelson shouldered our game, and—
teu of u* in all— we marched up to the house, where’ about
eight o’clock, we ate a hearty supper of roasted ducks and
stewed venison, cooked nicely, and well served. After
supper, and any time iu the evening, whiskey for“those
who chose, and all did choose; this from private stores.

388

FOREST AND STREAM

One thing I noticed, every one brought a supply of whis-
key, but every one drank that of his neighbor— very inex-
pensive and convenient . Ellsberg, a tine old fellow and a
gentleman to boot, half dead with consumption, »nd with
a cough that might bo heard a mile, entertained us with
his reminiscences.

~ “Do you overshoot many geese here?” inquired some
one- ‘‘Oh, yes, but in the Spring; we never get many in
the Fall, for they go below upon the big wheat stubbles
ami cornfields, and for that matter the mallard are getting
to do so more and more every year, forsaking the rice lakes.
In the Spring of ’58 the warm weather come on all in a
lump, but after a few days it turned around cold and froze
up everything tight as a vice. A great many of the geese
had gone North, but that drove them back. Over here,
three or four miles, there are several Spring ponds which i
knew would be partly open. The next dav I took that old
gun you see there in the corner, about two pounds of No.
4 shot, and no great stock of powder, and went up there
thinking I might get a duck or two. I found the opcu
places literally crammed full of geese. I hid in some low
willows, and all day there wore immense masses of geese
passing back and forth in all directions. 1 fired away my
two pounds of shot — did not have to shoot much more than
three rods — and towards the last did not use much more
than half an ounce of shot. At three o’clock my ammu-
nition was all gone, and I had sixty-two geese. I went
home, got a horse and wagon, took the geese to St. Paul,
and got a dollar and a half apiece for them all. Before
twelve o’clock that night my yard here was jam full of
horses and wagons and my house of men and dogs. The
next morning they went after the geese. It had turned
warm again, and altogether they killed just six! bo I
made a good thing of it all round.”

A black haired man by the name of Seymour then struck
in: “Did I ever tell you about my big bag of mallard?
Last Fall there were two fellows here from New York
State. They had been on a trip around the lakes, came
across from Duluth, and wanted some Minnesota ducks to
take home. They spent two days here; hired a French-
man to take them round to the mallard ponds, and I guess
to shoot for them, too. Anyway they had some forty-two
mallard, about the finest lot of ducks I ever saw together.

I had come out that morning alone, getting here before
daylight, and shot on the pass morning and evening, hav-
ing pretty good luck, and had some eighteen or twenty-
ducks, mostly bluebills, two or three teal, and one mallard
ouly. The game was all hung up out in the shed, the
batches separate, of course. The next morning before
daylight they hitched up and were off to St. Paul to catch
the first train East. I went down to the pass, killed six or
eight bluebills, and at eight o’clock came back to breakfast.
Taking my ducks out to hang with the others I found un-
string gone, and looking around, there were those fortv-two
mallard. A fair exchange was no robbery. After break-
fast I packed in the ducks and drove home well content. I
inquired at the hotels, but they had gone sure enough, and
I never heard of them after.”

The next morning, an hour or more before daylight the
Professor and myself, sleeping in the chamber over the
sitting room, were awakened by the other occupants of
our dormitory getting up and dressing, with manifold
growling ejaculations, the room dimly lighted by about an
inch of candle placed upon the floor.

“What is the matter?" inquired the Professor; “is the
house on fire? Why such a row? I insisted that we must
get up, get our coffee, and go down to the pass. “Why
lt is as dark as pitch, and I don’t believe I’ll get up at this
unchristian time of night.” “But you wmtfgetup- you
came out here to shoot ducks, and you are going to shoot
ducks, if the court knows herself, and I ‘think she do '
You are no*, going to waste your valuable time in bed ” So
saying, I ripped off every individual one of his coverings
except his shirt, and expeditiously getting down stairs
left Li.m to decide the matter as he might think best In
a very few moments-for the candle was spluttering its
ast when I left — the Professor came stumbling along down
humming to himself — 6

“Oh! wake and call me early,

Call me early, mother dear/’

“But what’s the use; a cat could’nl see to shoot ducks as
dark as it is now. All were in the full tide of preparation.
We got our eyes scrubbed out and our coffee. “Hallo!
how is this? do these rubber boots hold water!” inquired
he. V\ by of course they do.” “I supposed they were
intended to keep the water out, and here they are wet in-
side from foot to top of their three-story legs How did
the water get in, is what I would liketo'know; for to mv
certain knowledge I did'nt go in yesterday over the anklo *

I suggested perhaps the perspiration had something to do
with it. I did perspire some, that’s a fact.” “Particular-
ly about the time you were prowling around after those
pheasants. If that is the case the next time I come I
will leave ray perspiratory apparatus at home, or else I’ll
leave ihe boots, or. best of all, I’ll leave myself; the three
are plain y incompatible. Here’s a square inch of skin
torn off from each of my poor heels; new sensations are
multiplying faster than I am prepared for them ” I bathed
the heels in whiskey- “ouch! and there's another !"-and
then patched them with sticking plaster-feared his toes
might get loose if the wear was not stopped. At last we were
ready and off, the Professor quonk, quonking ahead
with every step, try.ng to get away as last aslc could
from the lender spots. v l,uum

It was very dark indeed, and when we reached the pass
and groped round to our stations we could hear the ducks
singing overhead and upon all sides, but could not distin-
guish them, boon the banging commenced. It grew
lighter, and we began to feel tlml it was not such a bad
thing after all to be upon a duck pass at daybreak A
flock of brant came by, giving the Professor! chance at
foriy rods which he was not slow to avail himself of giv-
ing them both barrels. I tried to stop him, bnt having no
idea that he would fire at them at such a distance the re
ports of his gun were about the first symptons that I com-
prehended. What on earth are you about?” I ejaculated.

Why I in shooting geese, to be sure; they were’nt black-

Hu, 1 !L'u WJ"te- aad be*id<* the/ ‘lid’nt sing like
blackbirds. But so far off-"What! were’nt they far

iShltky wcrc ” The Professor was mcor*

1 Vn , .1, V‘n ducka wero Lot very plerny and flew high—
by the lime the sun rose, scarcely any. The ProfosRnrSnid
two teal and a bluebill; I had three leal and ? ?d

I took Polly and walked up along the" np o w°.Sm? he

upper lake. There was an open spot npon the aborl bare
black mud, perhaps euty feet wide and thirty rods long!

Upon this I started ten or a dozen snipe, but could do
nothing with them. Every time, when flushed, they would
fly- out straight over the mud, where nor man nor dog could
retrieve them. I killed one, which I dropped before he
had flown three feet, and after driving the rest, backwards
and forwards two or three times, gave it up. Returning
from the pass at seven o'clock I hunted through the brush,
killing one pheasant, and as I came out by a cornfield
which lay iu front of the house, just at the edge of the
bushes, up from under my foot started tw-o large birds,
wbicb looked to me like prairie chickens. They were
overhead and out of sight among the trees as quick ns a
flash. I took arupid snap shot. The bird was out of sight
before the shot reached him; a few feathers came floating
back; I looked for a dead bird but found none. At break-
fast i told Ellsberg about it, expressing my surprise that
prairie chickens should lie so close to the thickets. Said
he, “they must have been sharp-tailed grouse;" we have
them around here about half and half prairie chickens and
grouse. The chickens keep in the open, the grouse near
the brush. Last Summer, the 1st of August, Morrison, of
St, Paul, was out here shooting with me. We bagged
thirty-two chickens and twenty-four grouse the first day.
He had a breech loader and killed eight grouse as he stood
iu one spot while I was loading my gun. This time of
the year you will find them scattered here and there and all
over. I do not think they are inclined to pack as much as
the chickens. The grouse is larger than the chicken, tho
breast lighter colored, the tail pointed and the meat
while— a far belter bird to eat than either the pheasant or
the chicken. I expressed a wish to shoot some of these.
Mr. Saddler, a light-haired man, with a heavy double gun
and a very slim pointer dog, said “if we would take our
team that lie would pilot us where we could find them, and
that his dog would liuut them up and stand them.” This
suited us. Nelson brought around the horses and off we
went, leaving Polly chained in the barn giving loud ex-
pression to her woe. A perfect Indian summer day — per-
fect, except that there was a good deal too much Summer
in it. Through the oaks and over the sandy roads we drove
for many a mile, hunting many likely spots, but the grouse
had evidently gone to fourih of July, or somewhere; cer-
tainly they were not where they sho'uld have been. The
dog drew at one place. I got out and followed him, and
some kind of a lurge, gray, bob-tailed bird started at
tweuty rods, and whether grouse or chicken I could not
toll. I fired at him, but twenty rods is too far, unless your
gun stretches, or you cau lie a little. We, or rather tho
Professor and Saddler, started two pheasants where it was
quite open. They took a bee li..e for mo, ten rods distant,
Hying like bullets. I felt that my friends could hit me at
that distance, though neither of them could touch a pheas-
ant flying, unle-ss lie fired at something else, besides I knew
the Professor would be perfectly happy to have peppered
me wholly by accident. These facts' rendered me ner-
vous. The birds dashed by like lightning, and I missed
them both, not touching a feather. We visited mauy mallard
ponds, which had been, hut were not— all dried up, and saw a
few stray snipe. A long round under the hot sun we had
taken, und about two o’clock were within forty rods of
Ellsbcrg's house upon our return. In a clump of bushes
not three rods from the road I noticed the dog drawing. I
jumped out in a hurry and up flapped a grouse. I cut him
down at thirty feet and ran back to the wagon with mv
prize, aDd a magnificent bird lie was, the breast not so
white as I expected, hut the tail was certainly somewhat
pointed, as Mr. Saddler, who had killed many of them
showed us; the back covered with gold rings upou a duik
ground. When we took him into the house, where were
quite a number of new faces, at odcc there arose a great
dispute about half declaring it was a prairie chicken, the
others that it was a sharp-tailed grouse, both parties en-
forcing their arguments by ocular proofs; each had a sure
thing of it. fn fact it was a prairie chicken und nothim-
more a beautiful full plumaged bird, to be sure. To this
conclusion I did not arrive until afterward, when I got
hold of a veritable sharp-tail. The difference between the
two birds is very marked, aud there is no excuse for mis-
[' oVn/«ODe ,for,lbe ol!*^r- At the evening pass shooting we
killed five ducks, and I got a pheasant, who had dropped
in near the edge of the lake for a drink. There were at
least twenty-five shooters upon the pass. A large flock
of wild geese came our way, very high indeed. It was
interesting to hear the cannonade at them, they keeping
their course not disturbed in the least. °

.1 JLp .nfXt raora,in?' wb™ tb« rumpus commenced
the Professor calmly rolled himself up in all ihe bed
clothes, at the same time remarking that he should'nt go
to the pass. The ducks might miss him, but he did not
care to spend two hours of a cold frosty morning missing
them. 1 agreed with him, begged a portion of the covering

Urn move™1 1° “ ^ pllyius our fr‘c»d* who were upoif

After breakfast we stowed in our game and ourselves
aDd through the bright Autumn weather and the light
sandy sod we rolled away down to the “narrow stroked

fwfntvnfitlraH f®r dlDDCr— Just forty-eight hotirsubscnl—
twenty -five ducks, seven pheasants, one prairie chicken

ahnut't? 8mPie' Tbe ,Profcssor ^rded where there were
about three dozen others, so he took the game and invited
me to dinner the nc v t <• ■ r, : ,s_. 1 luvneu

AN ADIRONDACK

for Foreat atul Slrta„.

DEER HUNT.

AFTER a good dinner nt Cox’s the guides left the bom
and luggage m the wagons, and wu are soon on ,
way across tho three-mile “carry” to Big Clear Pond Ti
wind sways the branches of tho old forest trees, lnoanii
and sighing a requiem thrilling and mournful. The skv 'F
becoming a dark gray, and we trudge hurriedly along ,!!
we know a storm is brewing. We at last roach the briihr
that spans tho outlet of Big Clear, und thou find the rest if
tho parly awaiting us. We soon are launched upon the
pond with our boat nearly gunwale deep. The sky ha
become a leaden gray, which Is steadily sweeping up u„,
west, the distant mountains are shut out with a misty gr»v
sheet. “It is coming thick and fast." Tho wind-tossed
waves are moving in long, serried ranks; fur ahead are the
other boats, W. in one with his favorite umbrella ready
“There it conies,” as across tho pond the water is splashed
with the rain. Now it is on anil around us iu great drops
which strike the pond like shot, causing white spots annum
the already foaming waters, which sweep combing pas!
within an inch of the gunwale. I wrap my rubber blanket
around me, und with paddle in bund 'keep the bom
trimmed, llow bleak aud desolate, aud “oh, how wel'"
it is to ho out in a hike in the midst of a howling stom,
H«w cheerful shelter and a fire seem us you think of them
Wu run across as fast as we can in this heavy bcu, mid
though the pond is three miles long, we are at last safely
landed on the shore near our camping ground. Rtinnim-
tho boat out of the heavy rollers up tho beach we wind on!
way, wet and mournful, toward where wo hear the sound
of an axe, catch u view of u faint curl of smoke, and find
our comrades have a sickly fire started. Gathering what dry
hark we can among the pelting rain the fire mouiits higher
and is soon crackling right royally. The guides have Un-
tent up, and we have a sholter at last, and bid the elements
“rage on’’— we are all right. Boon the supper is prepared
thanks to the glowing fire, aud under a hark shanty we
dispatch our meal, and then as darknoss draws in, to bed
Next morning, as tho rain still drizzles. I propose to Ilank
as our best dog is disabled with a lame foot, that we take
a tramp up to Wardner’s, at Rainbow Pond, and see if wc
can get a dog to run to-morrow ; lie assents, and amid tin-
expressions of our party, who said “they didn’t care about
taking such a walk," we started on our twenty-eight mil.-
tramp. Swiftly we speed along, us wo both can make good
time, over the road, brushing the bushes laden with ruin
drops, which gives us a drebching as we push them aside
edging around a pool of water here, jumping a mud hole
there, we are at last in tho main road, i'he mist shuts
down all around, a dark, gray veil. The cows we meet
have each one a bell attached to their necks. “Pla-iiy hml
for deer," says Hank. “Why?” asked I. “Cos the deer
slues clear of them; if near tho pond and just coinin’ iu
and hear that bell, they turn mity quick and run off an
other way,” says Hank. "It’s goll durn mean that folks put
hells on their cattle; spiles liutuiu’.” Passing through tlu-
settlement we are on the road now where it winds aloim -,
valley, which present a beautiful vista of forest cleann
and mountain side. Far off, its spires glistening in tm
now bright sun, which streams at intervals through tin-
cloud rills, lies the hamlet of Verinonlvillo, twelve” mil.
distant. We pass the farm houses scattered along the set-
tlement. and at last reaching a spring, drink of some of tin-
coldest water possible for a spring to have. We turn om
of our way to the cabin of a hunter who has four hound-

We find that lie is not at home— “out with a party.” \V,

pass by the guide post at last, which says “two mid a I. bi
miles to Wardner’s,’’ aud very glad to find w« are so n.-.-u
for we feel pretty hungry, we Hedge on, and ul last enter
the gate at Seth Wardner’s; he meets us, and cordially in-
vites us in, and soon we uro sealed at a real old-fashioned
dinner around his table. He tells us of hunting both hear

me to dinner the next day to assist in eating it. I was on
hand and in due time the game came in, a right royal lot
of it, roasted beautifully, but with a slightly suspicious
ooorousness. The I rofessor took u portion of the sharn-
ta.l grouse-we bud'nt decided at this time that it wa^a
chicken. A few mouthfuls— “Look here! what makes
this meat so bitter?” 1 replied that perhaps the bird had
been fecd.ng upon birch buds. “Don’t believe I like the
flavor anyway; will try one of the snipe.” a few mo-
menta spent in experimenting— “Why how'* tldaV l.«w
the same old biller Do snipS feed l^ponl Zell buL Z,
I am inclined to think the buds killed this one a week he
fore vou shot him.” Alas!. and alack! the game had been
carefu ly picked and drawn the evening before it hid then
been thoroughly washed, and furthermore left lor Um night
in the water to soak out the blood, or for so,™ E
equally defensible reason. The weather was not cold thl
warmth mid the moisture were too much for ii- ,t . , ’ 1 10
Bitmn had commenced in eaJnS “sbide/ ^ cSZT
UUd Carb0liC “Cid’ W“* were’nt you°on
b 3 Ariquis.

r it a ,iic -

he has a quiet hotel with a few boarders. There* are wv-
eral ponds within easy access to his house, all good hum
mg places and also good fishing localities, as Wardner fells
mo ho with o party in one day caught four trout, which to
gether weighed sixty-two pounds, the heaviest twenty-four
pounds; but ho says the largest trout ever caught ii/the-c
woods was in Round Pond, a pond not mmiyb|uiles from
his house, and which weighed fifty-two pounds. Ho can
vouch for the truth of tins, and will bring parties as wit
nesses /i ou will say reader, that they were “some" trout,

mir\riinnf Htr.lrUi>38e f' Le,,mng Wardner’* we commence
our tramp back to camp; the sun has dried tho roads am!
it is very good walking now. We stop at the house of a

fiehT^o 7’ ,lUd fln,d,nF 1,im busi|y engaged in the grain

Jf f/i. d0.Wn,.a,,d’ af,OT 11 8bort chat, leave with two

don’ h»Sk h°’ 'e "WiUmn lickoty split, hut In

dun t hardly know us they will run a great while." Thank

w n I. n,’ro« d,iPr°m-8 ng l"",1 80me Vt'nison, we me on again.
I d°S* our leash, and hard it is to inam.m

nenHnrr S A k ?!'’ l,aasl,,g the Settlement we are
th« « plr?rSoC T' Rank shows me the runways where
the deer cross and recross the road, mid just us the twi-

hut tv,8rulit|U°ring 1,1 fW0 roath our camp, not so very tired,
mites y b gry uflor our dliy’8 tnunn «f twmit v . iL-m

day’s tramp of twoufy-cight

cS&gS ™,°rnin.g "7 ftre a" astir. ,ind I start for M.
Lauley 1 ond, six miles distant, where 1 am to watch After

<Vw7 re^l IT'I t,,rOUgrU 1,10 *raa* “»d S*h- Men with
S’LifSS the house of a settler, and after a good drink
l1, V 'CO of bread and butter, he pilots me to the
Ct!,!! UI U l!.C8l,e!ito( water a mile long. The
saw m r^ .i'n, ^ ,adCn W,tll tbe ^gest blueberries I ever
S’ M0 UCr<!8.’ a ,,(‘rfecl blue Odd. a wealth of lus
could i ‘ "?nu 10 Eating as many as I

over ,b.erC,,^OVL'1! fees lying crossed

over each other in tho burned slash. It was hard work

siTfeKorntr18 "CfWSrk l"«8- Now I would he u,.
of ft l iT. Ifi, ground walking carefully along the trunk
L wr »i™« It. .tipper, **•

imni .m 8 T . • 1 reacn Uw nor'h shore, when i

lhe,Vl?g!?d ,,niBlmood for tho boat, where by
mhrht a0 i fIw,k hatt dr«wu for mo of the lake J

hftvi,{)°fnPn!t t0 flnd U* At ,tt?1 * co,no UP°U it. Soon I
!r round on1'0 '.lnd r0W fll«t ^ I CtlQ tO my Wlllcll

ground on an Island in the centre of the pond. It is

forest and stream.

beautiful rooming; the pond is still, with hardly a ruffle
on Its bosom. It must he surely tune to hear from the dogs
Which Hank has started a few miles to the west. The time
AfflWS on; a few, ducks scud across the water, or dip and
bwim around the island. A|» 1 there is the bay of tho
hound, and then off to the right another. It is coming
this way down around the mountain. How it swells out
on tho air! Now it winds around and is lost upon the
other side; the deer is not coming in this direction, but evi-
dently, going toward Big Clear. A long silence ensues as
the chase moves' down the west, and then afar off toward
Big Clear comes a rifle shot. The sun is getting up higher
and hotter, abd I become somewhat wearied with this
Straining of eye and ear, a9 when one watches alone he
must have them both wide open for sight and sound.

A breeze sweeps across the pond, and the wavelets lap
the shore; the fish hawks are wheeling overhead, and on
yonder point a heron gravely stalks. Ah! there is the old
dog, as to eastward, home on the wind, comes the ough!
ought Now it heads for the pond nearer and nearer. Con-
found it, tho deer lias turned when not more than forty
rods from the shore, and is going along the other side of
that big rock. I watch to see if I cannot get a glimpse of
him os lie passes by it, but no, lie goes to the other side,
down deep in the glen, and the hay dies off in the distance.
No other sounds do I hear of the chase, and the sun sinks
lower in the west, when a halloa from the other shore tells
me that Hapk lias come for me to go to camp by a shorter
route across the woods. He says the dogs are all in but
one, and that lie is probably in camp, where, he guesses,
they have a deer; he says lie came right on a half dozen
deer in their bods, and “the wav they got up wasn’t slow;”
he heard them when they started, and “the dogs made
music for thorn;” they run three, and lie was much sur-
prised that notone run into tho pond. Hiding the boat we
eat our fill of the blueberries, and start across the woods
through the bushes, where Hank points out to me where
the deer have lain down tho night before. Over logs and
timber, through tho brush and marsh we trudge along,
Hank with the dog chains around his wrist and his rifle ni
his hand, striking in long-measured steps. On the side of
a high hill wc have a fine view for miles of the vust marsh
or plain. Now we descend and pick our way over lo»s
and now knee deep in moss and water. “Such a gittimr
along you never did see.” Now we pa-s logs all decayed^
lorn urrnrt, and strewn around, which Hank says the bears
have done, lookiug for black ants, which they very much
relish, and the marks of tooth and claw are seen ou some
tree trunks. A print of a deer’s hoof marks a sandy .piece
of ground, and the dogs seem anxious to he off, hut on we
go, and at last reach camp, when we find S. has killed a
big buck, and is well satisfied with his luck.

And so the days go by until Friday morning, when we
strike camp and are ou our way homeward. Over the pond
wo row, cross the "carry,” stop again at Cox’s for dinner,
and once more on the broad Saranac, ou until we arrive at
Murtin’8, on the lower lake, wheu we have a good hearty
supper, and then to bed. Up again next morning, with an
early breakfast dispatched, and hiring a special team to
take us to Keesville as quickly as possible, we hid goodby
to Hank and the other guides, Martin, genial aiul smiling,
seeing us off. The morning is misty and cold, but our
vehicle is inclosed, and ou we go with laugh and joke. Our
driver is a young fellow, honost and jovial. Wc hand him
cigars and let him look at something in a leather case with
a cup on one end and a bottle inside. He likes looking at
it first rale; looked at it several times; made him* quite
jolly and communicative; tells us all the social stories and
tales around the woods, and ends by handing out a letter
“from his gal," “a skulo marm," he “swows,"but lie will
let us read it, “as we are just the right sort of boys.” One
of our parly reads it, and it is a pathetic tale of walks and
love-making; tells how “Bhe thinks so much of him," allu-
sions to the “sweetness of the rose," etc., with injunctions
to “tear it right up just as soon as lie reads it,” but he says
he guesses not. We laugh over it, aud as we pass by half a
dozeu houses, clustered together at a gate are a couple of
soruco-looking girls, one having greeu ribbon in her hair;
’Lias says “that's her,” aud he nods to her and we how,
and so on and on until we roll up at the Adirondack Hotel’
where wc are told that no boat goes over the lake aiTaiu
that night, hut find that by payiug $10 we can charter the
Water Lily, a small steamboat, to take us across the lake
to Burlington; so engaging it at once we are driven down
to Port Douglass, where we find the boat with steam up
awuiting us, but the captain desires 11s to wait until near
sunsej, for the water is rolling high iu the lake, the wind
is blowing hard, aud out u couple of miles the “white
caps" are plainly Been. So we wait; the sun sinks toward
the west, and its ruys are reflected in wide bars clearly seen
ou tho clouds to the east, which hang over Burlington. Its
spires and buildings Bland out clear and bl ight iu the golden
sparkle. Now the sun rays converge like those of a cal-
cium light aud tint the clouds with the most beautiful pink
and violet. Again I wish I had my paints and brushes, that
I might put this scene on canvas. ’Twas beautiful! Once
seen, then gone forever. Then the captain cries, “All
aboard!” and with the steam at high pressure we start out
on the lake. Now the waters roll around us; the waves
become larger and heavier; puff, puff, goes the engine; ou

” 1 I 1 l ' O w

goes our little boat, pitching and tossiug. It is most ex-
hilarating, this “riding on the wave." Now we are high
up on a huge roller; now we go down splash, all around us
a foaming, seething mass of angry water! Seated with
our backs to the wheel house we watch the captain, who
never removes his gaze from the waters ahead as he steers
the boat. Silent and grim he stands, hut at last as tho boat
rolls and pilches so that the bows are but an inch above the
water, lie speaks and says: “Boys, I don't want to drown
you nor lose the boat ; I must put back." 80, much disap-
pointed, we see the boat again headed for shore. Landing
wc And quarters for the night at the house of a maiden
lady, and after a good night’s rest wo are up early and start
again. The wind is still blowing hard, but much less than
tho night, before. Again wo enjoy the exhilarating motion
as wo dash along, rolling and tossing out iu the middle of
the luke. It almost teemed impossible that we could get
ueross, but at last the leu miles uru accomplished, and we
stand on the dock at Burlington, glad we are on land again.
We are driven to the Van Ness House, and from there,
after good cheer, wo separate, 1 to Vurgouues and my com-
rades to Lake George, all much pleased with our Adiron-
dack trip. C. O. Maukiiam.

— There is a monastery iu Turkey inhabited by twenty
three monks, who have not aeon a woman siuce infancy,
and one of them tolls an interviewer that he can form no
idea of what a woman is like,

For Forut and Strtam.

MYSTERIOUS PROJECTILES.

/^NE of the oldest strangest incidents in the career of

thatState snd S!?" 8crvicc d,,ri"K ,he between
?rom!LTl,?ps of ?ffaiary’

SK.’ISS? Sg? ftJsapS

ceiicdHs fLPMP°r8 WiI,1 PTi8t in ,nisB,aliag l‘fo name,) re-
S tin r!h ■ ‘ W4°U"d' The worthy twain, though now
1 T g?°d ?wordB on rhB ®ame side, had been op-
LulVeketehanlHr ,n tb® 8oUtb American war. Colonel
tl Rn,n, a’ A HunSarwn' «erved as Flag Lieutenant of
While mJw n * Boaadron ■ at the period of our storv,
while Major Henry Clare, an Irishman, who was the other
narrator, had been first luff of the dashing Maria herself
but subsequently had made his way to China to meet his
former antagonist, and with him enter that famous laud
service under General Ward.

“How is this?" some caviller inquires: "Were these men
“ °?ce, solders and sailors?" Good friend, they were.

I hat s the kind of amphibian that flourishes on the China
coast— the men who are teaching China how to form an
army and build a navy that will laugh at those of the West-
ern world combined. Fred Ward-rest to his gallant soul
—was another such. Like Garibaldi in this day, like Rich-
ard Coeur de Leon in that of the Crusades, these men are
equally at liomc on deck or field, men who can

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FISH CULTURE;

ITS ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENT, AND PROGRESS.
BY ICftTUYOS. — NUMBER THREE.

“ Like the Red Crosn hero teach,

Dauntless in dauireon as in breach;

Alike to him the sea, the shore,

The brand, the bridle, or ihe oar."

But this is digressing. Condensing the two sides of the
narrative into one, here it is:—

The Paraguayan flotilla, out-numbered, out-tonned, and
out-metaled, bad, after a plucky defense, retreated for shel-
ter behind Ynlapi Point, above Montevideo, on which stood
a battery occupied by Paraguayan troops under General
Monteco, and which for a time held the Buenos Ayrean
squadron nt bay. But the open rear of the hastily con-
structed fort was full of uncleared growths of timber and
chaparral, which extended away up inland. Old Admiral
Ballestero noting this, and that the morning breeze blew
briskly off the land, sent his boats to fire the tindery grass
and jungle to windward of the enemy's open rear, thus ef-
fecting a complete dislodgment without tho cost of a shot;

for the smoke and flames blew right into it. The fort being
thus reduced, he was preparing to beat round the point and
renew the attack ou La Guayra’s flotilla, when out around
the bend forming the point 'swept the gallant Maria Es-
trena. She was bound down the river with dispatches for
Douiingus, und DeB. had piomised Lopez to deliver “them
dispatches” before nightfall or “take sapper with Old
Squarefoot." Now, carried one formidable gun — a 68-
pounder pivot— but hadn't a solitary shot for it; nor hadn’t
had for a matter of three weeks. The entire length of
Yalape was one roaring sea of flame as she came spauking
out from behind it, and then she discovered within half
gunshot the whole Buenos Ayrean squadron working up
right merrily with the cracking breeze. De B. look in
the desperate situation at a glance.

“How many of those Dutch cheeses," (they had captured
a Buenos Ayrean storeship last up-river trip,) “are left
aboard," he demanded of Clare.

“Two casks, sir," replied Harry.

“Will they go into the pivot?"

"By Jove, Captain, the very ideal Yes, sir, they'll fit
nicely.”

“Fill her up to the muzzle, then, and let Ballestero have
’em as fast as you can serve the gun. Steady, quartermas-
ter, steady as you go, right for the centre of tkeir line."

Away she spun, the shot from the squadron whistling
about her cars to the tune of “Paddy Carey’s Wedding
0!" but she paid no more attention to them than so many
mosquitoes until within sure range for her light ammuni-
tion, when bang! roared her heavy pivot. Now there
wasn’t an eight-inch iu the whole Buenos Ayrean squad-
ron, and the Maria was held a rough customer accordingly,
notwithstanding her insignificant broadside batteries. ° '
“What the mil diab'os is that?" roared old Ballestero, as
u dozen or two of the navel projectiles came smashing
through his bulwarks, scattering splinters in all directions^
and bursting worse— to look at— than so many shell.

"Don’t know, indeed, sir; something entirely new to
me," replied his Flag Captain. "Very destructive they ap-
pear to be, whatever they are.”

“Destructive! Car-r-rumba! should say so," echoed the
Admiral, as another grist whanged into his bulwarks, rip-
ping the light planks liko a gang of steam driven circu-
lars, and tripping up a dozeu heels or so in the waist.

“Please, sir," exclaimed the first luff, “I heard iu Paris
last Summer of a new shell that explodes without powder,
and is charged with compressed hydiogeu, or nitrogen, or
some inflammable, suffocating gas or another, like u Chi-
nese slink-pot, Greek fire, or—

“These must be the very thing," bellowed Ballestero. as
a third discharge from the huge pivot shook the seas, aud
a third bushel of cheese came bowling through his quarter
nettiugs, oue of which capsized the binnacle, while another
flew into a thousand pieces as it went with a wicked spang
against the mizzenmast after scarce clearing the old fel-
low’s nose. “I don’t like ’em at all, earajo T some infernal
new-fangled Congreve or Puixhan that’ll set tire to us next
tiling. Sheer off, blu#t ’em, sheer off. Up helm, quarter-
master, aud run to leeward out of range.”

Of course the other craft followed luc flag ship’s exam-
ple and left the road clear for the saucy Maria. Not until
she had passed, still beplaslerihg their sterns with her
cheese, did their line retorm, but by that time the breeze
had slackened; they were uuable to weather the poiut
against the current, and La Guayra's little flotilla was
saved. How wo roared over the comic recital! Alas! alus!
for those glorious Cathayan days! N. VV. Beckwith.

—Some years ago a uew fort was commenced In the road-
stead of Cronstadt with revolving turrets. The now fort
is now known as Noz, aud Will be completed in tho Autumn.

It consists of seven separate revolving turrets covered with
14 inch cuirass armor plates. Each of the turrets will be
armed with au 11-iuch riUed guu.

■ —

—Five hundred uew buildings have been erected in JKoy
West during the past year.

SETSchGSNNS ?a™Cry at C,alcdonia SPri"g«. °eat

CJfm nr/.nd “ f pi0,iee.r effort been the means of layii*

UT,h!farU^1 indu8lry *econd onlyto.®*-

& SSs

pr8rtnepCOgn-,l!0,,‘ by lj'e learned b°dies of Europe, especial!?
France, which conferred upon him a high honor Pn com
nection with the "Acclimatization Society,” of that country
He is constantly making new discoveries in the art which

more and more simplify the novel and delicate process
connected wRh this great und rapidly increasing industry.
11 ■ S ? k’ a,;,eadj5f q'»oteil in this paper, hut now <le-
.'-daj6 fisU far"‘ Bloomsbury,
N J in 1,04, and before Ins death had built up a success-

in rf.i1,11 flsb Tl,e Doctor published a work

on Trout Culture, which is a model manual to be consulted

S ".iT M0 nDter up®" Ush Siting. It should be
said of both Seth Green and Dr. Slack, that they did not
become so enthusiastic in this new art. as to believe that
every spring or rivulet could be utilized to fish culture
but so mingled their labors and researches with conserva-
tism that the world has been put in possession of stern
facts which are the only safe guides in any industrial art
Mr. Livingstone Stone began the labor of trout culture at
Charlestown, N. H. in 18(18, reached success iu a brief ex-
perience, and he too in 1872 published a manual entitled
Domesticated Trout," which is the clearest exposition of
the art of pisciculture yet produced. Ilis fish farm has be-
come productive and is conducted ou a scientific basis
thus, no doubt, a model establishment to be consulted by
those designing to engage in fish culture.

Mr. Stone is also a deputy "Fish Commissioner” in con-
nection with the United States Fish Commission, and eir-
ployed in a United States fish breeding establishment iu
California, on t lie McLeod River, a tributary of the Sacia-
mento, where he obtains salmon ova, from the 6ahno qui-
n-il, of the Pacific Coast, the most delicious salmon known to
civilization, from which place they are distributed through-
out the United States for hatching and restocking barren
streams. Mr. N. W. Clark, of Clarkson, Michigan be^au
a trout establishment in 1808 and continued it lor several
years with marked success, until his efforts were directed
to the propagation of other food fishes. Mr. Clark’s re-
searches iu connection with pisciculture filled him to be-
come the earliest advocate of fish culture in Michigan
within whose borders are magnificent natural facilities0 for
the entire water ichtliyic fauna of the United States. Mr
Clark early called attention to these facts in a series of
well written articles aud pamphlets which prepared the
public mind for the establishment of a State commission
Michigan has more than 250 lukes, pure und sparkling re-
servoirs tor millions of fish, and an enlightened board of
commissioners are unselfishly stocking them with fish not
native to the manor born, which are thriving and increas-
ing, thus laying the foundation for a vast food resource
for a rapidly increasing population.

Mr. George H. Jerome, the present State Superintendent
of Fisheries of Michigan, is also an eminent fish cultnrist
and has accomplished much In connection with his olfleial
position in stocking the inland waters of his State.

The people r.re enthusiastic in this measure, und when
their areu has been thoroughly cultured it will become a
very paradise for anglers, even old Isaac Walton himsef if
on earth, aud there, would fairly revel among the finny
tribes. The policy of Michigan is worthy of imitation bv
other States. In the Fall of 1872, Mr. H. F. Dousman of
Waterville, Wisconsin, engaged extensively in trout
culture, using the dry method of fecundation, ami some-
times with this modification; that instead of obtaining con-
tact of eggs and milt by stirring them together, he tr isied
to the persistent and inherent impulses of the spermatozoa
to move directly forward, and coveriug the bottoms of the
vessel with ripe trout eggs applied the milt in several spots
when after a few minutes it would be detected by its milky
appearance to have diffused itself among all of the eggs,
by the natural and iuhereut power pos eased bv this vltul-
izting element. During the Winter of 1872, the Slate of
Iowa, by a recommendation of Gov. Carpenter in his an-
nual message, passed a law authorizing a Fish Commission
aud the three Commissioners are actively engaged in sleek-
ing the streams of that Stale with salmon, where they are
found to grow rapidly aud thrive as well as in their native
haunts. The State Hatchery is located at Anumosa and is
conducted by Mr. Shaw, one of the ablest pisciculturists in
Iowa. Several hundred thousand salmon try have already
been planted in streams of that State, and fish culture is
no longer an experiment us far as Iowa is concerned. Illi-
nois is altogether in the background. Though it has a
(/mwi-Coinuitssioner, raised to that dignity without warrant
of law, it might as well have none, so far as advancing fish
culture and of acquiring means of restocking its streams
are concerned. Northern Illinois is well adapted 10 pisci-
culture, for there are many streams in which the Irout will*
thrive as well as iu the mountain rivulets of New England.
There are several fish farms iu operation, which might be
made exceedingly profitable. The Hon. David II Ham-
mond in 1870 began to breed trout ou his large a ry fare ,
near Elgin. "111. aud has been constantly enlarging , oper-
ations. His water facilities are superior, and capable of
being enlarged sufficiently to admit of product ions of
hundreds of thousands of salmou and trout annually . Lo-
cated us he is ou a railroad running through his farm and
connecting with Chicago, he can Bhip duily to that great
metropolis of the Northwest, all he can breed, however
much he may enlarge his capacity tor fish growing in the
future. Mr. Hammond is a modest, retiring gcuilcutuu,
but aa thoroughly conversant with the process of fish cul*

390

FOREST AND STREAM.

ture &s any man in the State, if not more so; unostentatious,
his advise in every department of pisciculture would be
at once safe and valuable to any person desiring to embark
in this new enterprise. There are several minor fish farms,
not yet developed into profitable establishments, owing to
large expectations of their proprietors, and a lack of the
application of good common sense in their management.

In California' fi-h culture is taking high rank, under the
management of the excellent Board of Commissioners,
Messrs. Redding, Throckmorton and Farwell. Trout
farms are springing up in those portions of the State where
water is abundant, and adapted to the salmonidie.

The Commission is already taking steps to obtain new
varieties of food fish from China, that they may be en-
grafted upon their already extensive fauna. In looking
back across a period of nearly 4,000 years, we find that
fish culture has aided largely in the sustenance of the hu-
man family. In spite of the many vicissitudes and unto-
ward contingences that constantly war against the spawn
of fish and their hatchings, a large supply of food is ob-
tained from the natural increase of fish. Though countless
millions of the young are destroyed by their natural ene-
mies, and by the s'dt of freshets, yet countless millions
survive, and furnish us wholesome food.

To be Continued.

The Fish Commission ami New York Shad.— Mr. R.
B. Roosevelt of the New York Fishery Commission, has
written a letter to the New York Tima, with regard to the
fault which has been found in certain quarters with the
United States Fish Commission in taking young shad from
the Hudson River for distribution in other waters. He
•ays:—

"A certain number of young shad were presented to the
United States Fish Commission in the early days of its ex-
istence by the New York Commissioners for the purpose
of making experiments in acclimating this fish to different
waters. Since then others have been obtained by the same
commission for distribution, not a large number and not to
an extent to seriously affect the fisheries of the Hudson.
It must be borne in mind that a very small percentage of
the eggs of shad which are deposited in the natural method
ever hatch. Insects, foul water, freshets, predatory fish,
and disease sweep them off by myriads, so that probably
scorcely more than one in 500 ever matures. Consequently,
in determining the extent of the loss to our fisheries by the
abstraction of a certain number of eggs, we must consider
not how many fish were actually hatched by the artificial
process but how many would have hatched in the ordinary
way. This would make the positive loss really quite
small. Scientifically manipulated the ova are practically all
matured; left to nature 49a out of 500 die.

The increase of the fish resources of the country is a
matter of common interest, not to be restricted to narrow
or sectional* views. Most of our large water courses in-
tersect or touch more than one Stale, and their restocking
is not a mere local question. When the New York Com-
missioners propagated shad in the Hudson, they neces
sarily benefited New Jersey fishermen, who claim the part
of the river that bounds their coast. So, while the United
States Commissioner has taken shad from the Hudson, he
has returned salmon from Maine and California. The New
York Commission has heretofore obtained whitefish from
Michigan and Canada, und there has been more or less free
interchange of fish between the Slates. Of course it is not
to be expected that any Slate would willingly see its waters
depleted for other localities, but that is supposing an ex-
treme case, which has not yet arisen, and is not likely to
arise. Personally, I believe in tbe utmost liberality iu such
philanthropic anil humanitarian undertakings. There
should be harmony and concert of action among all those
who have them in charge, such as bus existed, I am
happy to say, ameng the fish cullurists of this country.

Tbe United States Commissioner, Prof. Spencer F.
Baird, has in view this year the propagation of shad on the
Connecticut on a large scale, and the cultivation of land-
locked salmon in Maine, both of which enterprises will
inure greatly to the benefit of the State of New York,
which is in position to utilize these efforts, and turn them
to the best account. Especially will the introduction of
the land-locked salmon he advantageous, and the State
hatching house will enable the New York Commission to
hatch all the eggs that the Uuiltd States Commissioner can
let them have. I write this letter as an act of justice to
Prof. Baird, and in Older to remove any mistaken feeling
which his piocceuiugs may have occasioned."

FISH PROTECTION IN NORTH CARO-
LINA.

The following law in relation to the protection of fis!
has just been enacted by the Legislature of North Care
lina:—

Sxction 1 The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That I
ehaii not be lawful lor any person or persons to uee drift ueta of an
kind, except bow n -.known as skim new. in the waters of Neus
K.*tr. between Newoern, Craven county, ami Kinston, Lcuror couutv
ana lu the waters of Couwmuea Creek, between Us inouiti und the Grcc
coun'.j line.

ban. 3. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to nee mor

than one seine lu the same seme hole,
btc. 3. It shall not be luwful for any person or persons to use an
aeiue. or drag out, or new of any k.od whatsoever eicepl bow new
known a, ek.m neU, m ibe waters of Nuuse River and Contcnlue
creek, as deecrlbcd in eecuon 1 of tide act, from Friday evening aiinse
until Monday morning at eunriee from February 1st to Juue 1st.

c»X 4. Any person or pereoue violating said acts eball be deeinei
gudty of a mnoeme-nor, and on convieuou shall be lined not nioi
lUau ana imprisoned not more .nan one month, und in uddmoi
thocto shall lorlcit ail luv tuning cackle used In violating ibU act
hue. 6 all laws and causes of taws in conflict with this act are hereb1
repealed.

b*c. b. This act to take effect from and after its ratification
Raufled Ute 17tu day of March, A. it. 1875.

A tree copy— teste; j. j£. wear. Clerk Superior Court.

The Preservation ok Fish in James River. —The las
Geueial Assembly passed un act lor the preservation ol
fisb iu James River, providing, among other things, against
tbe pollution of the river by emptying or permitting t<
Bow into it any ruluse or other deleterious matter. The in
dieitneui against the eily, as drawn up by tbe grand jury
at ouuge Ciopton’a suggestion last Monday, spteioes tbai
tbe waters ot the river are polluted and rendered poiaouoiu

oJXorfc*by lUe ^ l“r ““U 0lhcr rcMJ“e Uu*,utf Iro,u the

the Gas Works, who are responsible foi
whatever violation of law there may be in the case, claim

that the facts are not as set forth in the indictment. It
has heen the custom at the Gas Works for years past to
pump the gas tar into wells, for the purpose of selling it
to regular buyers. It is claimed, therefore, that the refuse
that finds it way into the river is not gas tar, and, such ns
it is, is not injurious to any form of life.— Richmond
Whig.

—Dr. J. II. Richardson reports that recently while pass-
ing from Toronto to Kingston he found the surface of the
water covered with young shad from two to six inches
long. This would indicate that there are unknown causes
at work which promise) to interfere with the propagation
of this fish iu Lake Ontario.

turn! istartj .

For ForeM and Stream.

SOME WILD ANIMALS OF NEWFOUND-
LAND.

THE OTTER.

IN some «f the stores in St. John's at certain seasons of
the year large quantities of otter skins may be seen
hanging from the ceiling. These have been purchased from
the Mic Mac Indians and distant settlers during their peri-
odical visits to the capital, and are all exported to England.
Judging by the number of otter skins brought in by the
hunters every year these animals must be abundant in
Newfoundland. They briDg here from $5 to $7, according
to size and quality, and during the last few years have
been steadily rising in price, $9 and even $10 being some-
times given for a superior skin. One of them is sufficiently
large to make a winter cap and a pair of gauntlets. Our
traders and settlers make two varieties of the Newfound-
land otters. The most valuable, and that which is taken
by the Indians, is culled the “country" otter, and princi-
pally frequents inland brooks and rivers. It has fur of a
beautiful, shining, dark liver brown, almost black on tbe
back. The other variety, called the “salt water" otter,
has fur of a rusty brown color, and is considerably larger
than the country otter, although the skin is uot nearly so
valuable, rarely realizing more than $3 or $4. The food of
the otter is chiefly fish, but the creature will eat anything
that comes in its way — the flesh of other animals or the
young of water fowl; and it has even heen known to enter
a beaver’s house and kill and devour the young. Its swim-
ming powers are wonderful, and the rapidity with which
it slides over or through the snow is al«o surprising In
both operations ihc tail acts a most prominent part, but
this can best be 6eeu when the animal is gliding through
the snow. This it does by a succession of bounds, each of
which euds iu a “slide,” often several feet in length, the
impetus to which is given by a peculiar lateral curve of the
thick tail, which is provided with two powerful muscles,
one on each side. The presence of these muscles can be
detected even in a dried skin, by two deep furrows, which
are not obliterated by stretching and nailing the skin to a
board.

TnE WOLF.

There can be no doubt that in the interior of Newfound-
land wolves are in strong force. Cormack, the only trav-
eler who has crossed the island, tells us that he everywhere
met their tracks, but only in a few instances did he see any
wolves. He is of opinion that there are two kinds of
wolves in Newfoundland — one large, which prowls singly
or iu couples; another small, sometimes met with in packs.

I should be inclined to think that on this point Cormack is
mistaken, and that the only species of wolf here is the
American wolf, (Canis occidentali*, Richardson.) It is diffi-
cult, however, to find two skins of this species, even in the
same litter of whelps, marked exactly alike, so great is the
variation in the shades or degrees of coloring, from pure
black to almost clear white. Few Winters are passed with-
out some wolves being trapped along the shores. They
often prowl near the houses of the settlers, or pass them in
the chase. Their cunning in capturing deer is sometimes
surprising. During the Winter season the deer feed in the
marshes, which are generally surrounded by belts of coni-
feus. The ravenous wolves secrete themselves in the deer
paths and lie in wait until one or more wolves get round to
windward of the deer and drive them through the paths,
when some of them fall an easv prey to the secreted
wolves. The only instance on record of their attacking a
human being is related by an Indian named John Joe, who
staled that in April, 1866, when standing by the aide of a
small lake— one of the many formed by the River Exploits
—he saw an old wolf coming toward him across the ice,
and presently five or six more showed themselves. The
Indian rau for the "tilt" where his gun was, but the wolves
gained on him, and would have killed him lmd he not
climbed a tree out of their reach. After remaining nearly
an hour under the tree they took their departure. It is
rarely that wolves show such courage us in this instunce,
and they are generally well aware of the presence of fire-
arms. The flesh of the caribou, which is usually of excel-
lent quality when the animui is shot without chasing, is
scarcely palatable when killed by wolves, or even when
chased by cudocs for some distance and shot, having a
frothy and flabby appearance, which isdisugreeuble to both
touch aud taste.

THE FOX.

There are two species of fox iu Newfoundland— the com-
mon red fox, which lias many varieties, and the blue or
Arctic fox. Of the former there arc the cross fox, silver
fox, and the black fox varieties, ull belonging to the same
species, bettler* dcclure that they often find iu the same
litter all these different kinds — the bluck, the silver the
“patch" or cross fox. und the yellow. The mom vulu'able
is the black fox’s skin, which Is sold from £13 to £15- u
silver hiings from £8 to £1U; a cross £3, und u yellow $3
The “patch" or “cross" lox is the smallest of these varie-
ties. 1 he Arctic or blue fox ( V layopu *, Linn,) is tolerably
common throughout the island, aud ib much more easily
taken tlian the lorrner, as it invariably searches out und fre-

quents human habitations. Thu other is shy and wiu,.|
fill, and will rarely go near a lmited trap till driven i t’
hunger. The white skin of the Arctic fox, however
fetches only $1. Since seal skins have been introduced
into the fashionable world the price of black and silver fox
skius has fallen considerably.

THE MARTEN.

Martens, or American sables, are still common in various
parts of the island, but from the increasing value of fllr
they are annually becoming scarcer It is a hold, rapa-
cious animal, and in its habits reminds one of the polecat
Marten eats, as they are called in Newfoundland, are easily
caught in iron traps placed in “cat houses" or in “dead-
falls." Some naturalists identify this species with the Eu-
ropean M. eibellinn, but this is a doubtful point. Little r,..
Itance can he placed on the colors of the martime, as a very
appreciable difference exists iu Ibis particular, even in
Newfoundland and the Labrador, t lie former being much
lighter throughout, but especially about the head and ears.
So percept ibfe is the distinction that a trader readily sepa-
rates the Newfoundland skins from those obtained on the
main land.

AMERICAN BLACK BEAR.

In his “Journey Across Newfoundland," which has
been reprinted in Forest and Stream, Cormack mentions
that in the centra of the island he crossed extensive dis-
tricts remarkable for the abundance of berries, and that
these are the favorite haunts of the bluck bears, who feed
upon them. He tells us that the paths or beats of these
animals throughout their feeding grounds are stamped
with marks of antiquity seemingly coeval with the coun-
try. lie shot one which weighed 850 pounds, the fat
around its body being four inches in some parts. The flesh
of the bear is much esteemed by the Indians, The pickled
hams are undoubtedly good eating, but require great cure
in preserving, as the fatty parts are apt to turn rancid.
There is some doubt as to the period of gestation, but from
many facts which have come to light it is pretty evident
that they copulate in the Fall, and bring forth in the snug
Winter caves; for on their uppenrancc in the Spring they
are generally accompanied by two, rarely three, young
ones. Usually the black bear is a solitary animal, although
five or six are occasionally seen together. It may he re-
garded as omnivorous iu its habits. It is often seen on the
sea shore in Spring, feeding on any animal matter which
may be cast up by the waves, such as putrid pieces of
whales, fish, lobsters, etc. Later in the Summer the vari-
ous berries, such as those of the mountain ash, for which
it readily climbs, cranberries, and blueberries are its prin-
cipal food. It rartly attacks cattle unless urged by hun-
ger, hut of molasses it is known to be extraordinarily
fond. It is at once the most harmless species of bear, anil
the most easily destroyed. An ounce of shot not smnller
than No. 6 is sufficient to kill the largest of the species if
fired into the intestines behind the ribs at a distance not
exceeding twenty yards. There is little danger in approach
ing these animals, even when wounded. The sense of sight
appears to be imperfectly developed iu the black hear, hut
those of smell and hearing are sufficiently keen to make up
the deficiency. In stalking the bear it is necessary to keep
well to leeward, aud to approach as noiselessly ns possible.

At one lime the polar bear was common in Newfound
land, but is now seen only occasionally on the ice around
the coast, and will probably soon be ox'linct. The extensive
seal fishery in steamers and schooners around the const
seems to have driven off tbe polar bears to more northern
regiofis, Rarely bus this hear been known to act on the
offensive, but when attacked and unable to escape it will
fight in a most determined manner. Its tenacity of life is
said to bo remarkable. A bullet has been known to pass
transversely through its body without touching a vital part
or producing fatal results.

MUSKRATS.

This animal has been called, und not without reason,
"the beaver in miniatuie.” Iu economy, habits, and ap-
pearance the two animals have a considerable resemblance
'I he food of the muskrat consists of the stems nnd roots of
aquatic plants, bark, fresh water dams, and other inol’.usks
The femules bring forth six to nine at a birth during the
Summer, and breed only once u year. The skins arc worth
twenty cents, and in Spring their musk-like odor is very
powerful. The houses of the muskrats, or musquash, arc
built of mud and rushes, and are frequently of consider-
able magnitude, but are tenanted only during the Winter.
They are not built on the ice, but on the mud at the hot-
tom of the shallow water, aud are raised some two feel
above the surface, so that the water at the bottom remains
unfrozen by the animals continually breaking it to go off
in search of food under the ice. The houses are also pro-
vided with a kind of second floor above the water level, on
which the muskrats lie on a bed of soft dry gross.
hares.

The polar hare is the only species found in Newfound
land, and it is pretty common in most parts of the bland.
It is of great size, the ordinary specimens weighing nine or
ten pounds. The flesh is not so palatable ns that of the
English hare, in consequence of its feeding in Winter on
the tender shoots of birch. Nova Scotia hares have lately
been introduced, and are multiplying with great rapidity
Already they constitute uti important nddiliou to the Win
ter fare of the working classes. They are not half the size
of the polar hare, and their flesh is not so good. In St.
John’s they are sold in Winter for six pence each.

THE STORMY PETREL.

„ SriucusB, N. Y., July JMtli, 1875.

Editor Foiirst and Stiikam:—

In your Issue of July 2nd I notice nn Inquiry regarding the habitat of
the "stormy petrol," or "Mother Carey's chicken." Tin* bird, *o fn-
inlllur to every cruft "off Roundings," I have never scon nesting except
on “Rock Ucduntln", or "Itock of Thunder, " hm whalemen style It, 1111
offshoot of the Ualllpagos Islund*, In the South 1’uclilc . They set into
nest there something like the swullow, along the edges ol the cliff, on
the hare rock, in counties* swarms. Millions of other sea fowl, Includ-
ing the black albatross, share the same abiding place The rock Itself
Is an Inaccessible lower, rising straight from the ocean, with deep water
dose to the hose, from which i have assisted In taking many a boat load
of lino and esculent Hull. jj R. Wilson ,

— »♦»

Scurvy Lkob. — The following is a good cure for scurvy
legs among fowl: — Take sulphur, two ounces; charcoal,
pulverized, one-fourth ounce; truin oil, enough to paste;
apply with the hand, by rubbing well iu. Allow it to re-
main three days; thou wash off iu mild weather, with
good soapsuds, and repeat tho dressing us often as it il
necessary.

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391

AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN WOOD-
COCK.

wnrron Foukst and Stiikam:—

Sportsmen often usk, "Wl.nl b the difference between tin, Engl .h
«nd American woodcock?" Now. as the auction I* ffcnerul. I tfve the
following notes for the boneflt of .port..., cn. who nrc InteroHcd scien-
tifically In game bird*. The European Scotopax rustloola L n large. dark
colored bird, nearly twice the x,/.e of It- American relative; yet he
marUlne- of both specie* are almost the »om«. T he black bar running
from the nostril to the eye. and a similar bar from the cheek to the hack
of the neck and the four black patchea on the back of the head and
nock of both species are proportionately the same. The general colora-
tion or the European woodcock In darker than that of the American
bird particularly the under part*, which are crossed with Irregular liars
of brownish black. The tails of both species vary In color, yet they
both have (lie characteristic dark ashy edges extending nearly half an
Inch from the extremities of the feathers. The legs and bills of the
two species are of the sumo shape and color, and the primaries and sec-
ondaries have their edges ashy, and was it not for the plain rusty breast
and dlinlnntlvenoss of our common Phtlohela minor the species would
hardly bo recognizable save by the practiced eye of tho ornithologist.
Doth species generally have fourteen tail feathers, although I have cx-
utnlncd specimens of the two kinds that had but twelve aud thirteen
feathers in their tails. The lulls vary In length ua follows: Hcolopax rut-
llrttlo 3 12, 3. 10, 8.05; Philoheta minor 2 75, 2 115, 2.55. I can see no dif-
ference in the form of tho nostrils In the foreign and native species.
The females of both lire much larger than tno males, winch is charac-
teristic of the snipe family. If some of our sportsmen could but bag a
bruce of the large, long billed foreigners It would amply repay them for
a hard day's work In our delightful (?) Long Island cover. Could the an-
cestry of tile two species of woodcock be traced I think they would tnrn
out to bu blood rolutioua, though I behove intermediate varieties arc
wanting. J. II. Batty

CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE.

DarAUTMEUT or 1‘itblio Parks, I
New Yoiik, .July 25. 1875. )

Animals received at Central Park Menagerie tor the week ending July
21th. 1875:-

One Opossum, Didtlphys Virginian/!. Presented by Mr. lierman
Schmidt .

Two Night Herons, Nyctiardca gardenl. Received In exchange.

One Condor, Sarcorhamphus gryphus. Captured near the Cauqnenccs
Mountains, south of Santiago, Chili. Presented by Rear Admiral N.
Collins, U S. N„ commanding United States naval force South PaciQc
•lotion. W. A. Conklin, Director.

The following arc recent arrivals at the Philadelphia
Zoological Garden:—

Garden op tiie Zoological Society, I
FAiiiMorar Paiik. Puiladklpuia, July 2<Uh, 1875. |

Six common Boas, Itoa constrictor Purchased.

Five Yellow Fronted Amazons, CrysoU* otrocephala . Purchased
Oue Kiislmanse, Qrnturchu* obsenru*. Presented by J Stockholm
Four Triiridcr's Capromys, Capromyi pUoride*. Presented by E. T.
Cnbada

One Tasmanian Devil. Diurgurus ortirtur. Purchased.

One Burcbell Zebra, Kguus barcheUii. Purchased.

Two Brazilian Taoirs, Tapiru* UrrestrU Purchased
Two Wan Hogs, Phacochoertu aethopiau. Purchased.

Threo Crested Porcupines, Uysltix crUlata. Purchased.

One Seal, Photo vitulina. Purchased.

Two Mandrills, Vynocephalu* rnoivion. Purchased.

One Sooty Maugabcy, Cercocttn/s fuhginotus. Purchased.

One White-nosed Monkey, Cereopxtheeus petaurieta. Purchased.

Two Ostriches, StrutMo can* tin*. Purchased.

Oue Wood Ibis, Taulidu * loculator. Purchased.

Two Alligators, Alligator UUeUrippientlt . Purchased.

Two Rufus Itat Kangaroos, Stypslprimnui ruf retreat. Born in Gar-
dens.

Four Northern Sea Lions, Eurnatoplas steUeri. Purchased.

One Mouse, A Ices machlis. Purchased.

%jjtfoodland, Jfjarm and (garden.

Tue Delaware Peach Crop.— The peach growers of
the Maryland and Delaware peninsulas have met in con-
vention and agreed that their crop of this lucious fruit this
year will be not less than 8,000,000 baskets; so we may
expect them to he cheap aud abundant. It is not always,
however, that the consumer reaps the benefit of a bouuti-
ful harvest. Dealers and middlemen usually enter into
combinations to keep prices up, while the producer is
squeezed down to the lowest point. About the 1st proximo
the trade is expected to he fairly opened, although some
of the earlier varieties may reach us sooner. The arrange-
ments for transportation are on an immense scale. Quick
trains are to run to New York, Boston, and even to Maine,
at a rate of speed hitherto unparalleled. Eleven hundred
and fifty cars have already been leased to growers and
branch railioads, to be used in the New York trade, while
the Old Dominion Steamship Company will do a heavy
business between Lowes and New York. A new enter-
prise is the opeuing of direct communication between the
peach country and interior cities, and hv this means grow-
ers anticipate doing business quicker and mukiug greater
profit, by doing away with middlemen. These arrange-
ments extend as far as Chicago and St. Louis, aud are
made direct willx the Pennsylvania aud Baltimore aud
Ohio Railroads.

It is also proposed to fit up the between decks of Euro-
pean steamers with immense refrigerators and carry thou-
sands of baskets across the Atlantic in this manner.

—A revision of the sub order Tulipca\ by .T. G. Baker,
bus recently appeared in The Journal of tho Linneun Society,
ot interest to American botanists. This group of six
genera and 170 species is confined to the north temperate
zmie, having its largest development in Eastern Asia, but
ranging largely on the oue side to Europe and on the other
to California aud tho Rocky Mountains. The tulip is the
only genus not represented in Ament a, the lily extending
across the continent aud the fritillary slopping short at the
Reeky Mountains. On the other hand, the enlochortus,
numbering twenty species or more, i.s limited to our more
Western Territories. Of the half-dozen erythroniums, one
is restricted to the old world, the rest to the now. It is
•jugular Hint a species in the smallest genus (Lloydui srrotina)
•houlvi ho the oue most widely distributed of ull lh<j lily*
“ibe uuil wily pjjg (il&l jo foully tuvlic Of ulpiue.

Ardtilons— Bodle dr Nieoe,— Among the many orna-
mental plants offered by the Mallow Family, the abutilons
take a high rank. One of these, Abutilon striatum, has been
a long while in cultivation, and is now quite common under
the rather absurd name of “flowering maple," no doubt so
called from the resemblance of the leaves in shape to those
of the maples. This is one of those plants that satisfy the
most exacting grower, ns it will bloom all the year round;
it is easily managed as a window plant, and when set out
in the garden in Summer, it proves attractive there. The
principal objection to it as a window plant, is its ten-
dency to grow out of hounds, and as many cultivators are
too fond of their plants to use the knife to them, wc often
see this grow out of all proper shape. No plant more
needs judicious pruning, and none repays it better than
tliis; it is so very tractable that it may he made to assume
any desired form, and may be grown as a pyramid, well
furnished with branches from the base upwards, or it may
be pruned to a clean trunk, with a tree like head at any
desirable height. This tree-form is very eflodivc when
planted out on the lawn in Summer, and it is well adapted
for the window, as its head can be quite above Hie lower
growing plants. Another reason for its popularity is the
ease with which it is propagated, cuttings of the half-hard-
ened stems taking root readily. The flue cleau handsomely
shaped leaves of this abutilon, together with'iLs gracefully
pendulous, bell-shaped, curiously veined flowers, make it a
very desirable plant. A variety with the leaves handsome-
ly blotched with golden yellow, is one of the few variega-
ted plants that are satisfactory at all times. This, which
is called Abulilon Thompsoni, is equally manageable with
the plain form, and whether grown indoors with partial
shade, or out in full sun, its makings are clear and brilliant;
this form does not flower so freely as the plain. Another
species, A. venosum, has larger and darker flowers than A.
striatum, but is not so well calculated for window culture
Between these two there are several hybrids with florist’s
mimes. These plants are very useful in green houses and
conservatories, for training up to pillars or against walls,
they bear pruning so readily, that they may be made to
adapt themselves to either place. — American' Agriculturist.

TnE Army Worm. — This pest has made its appearance
in Suffolk county, L. I., and is doing irreparable damage.
In the vicinity of Sayville, entire fields of oats aud corn
have been destroyed, and the cry is still they come.

Rubber Cement. — Four ounces of pure India rubber,
oue eighth of an ounce powdered asphaltum, put together
in a tin can, then add about six timis the quantity of ben-
zine, let it stand three or four days, then take a stick and
work it over, then add benziue and stir it well until you
have it about the consistency of honey; theu it is ready for
use. It should be covered as tight as possible while dis-
solving, and afterwards. To use it, scrupe the polish from
the rubber, then apply the cement to the place to be mend-
ed, and also to a piece of rubber to be used as a patch.
Dry half an hour, and apply another coat, then, after an-
other half hour, press the patch into the place over the
break. Like all other preparations contaimngbcnzine.it
must be kept away fiom fires, as it as explosive as burning
fluid.

— The following method for the preservation of fruit
lias been patenteu in England: — The fruit is placed in a
vertical vessel in layers, separated by layers of pulverized
white sugar, and is then covered with alcohol of 80° Gay
Lussac. After twelve hours the closed vessel Is inverted
and the maceration allowed- to contiuue for twelve to
seventy-two hours, according to the nature of the fruit,
which is then removed and allowed to drain aud dry.
About two pounds of sugar and two pounds of alcohol are
recommended for four pounds of fruit.

— There is a vast difference in the flavor of eggs. Hens fed
on clean, sound grain, anil kept on a clean grass run, give
much finer flavored eg»s than hens that have acces to stable
and manure heaps, and eat all kinds of filthy food. Hens
feeding on fish and onions flavor their eggs accordingly,
the same as cows eating onions or cabbage or drinking
offensive water, impart a bad taste to milk and butter.

— One fourth of the area of Prus ua is in forest, the most
of which is controlled and preserved by the Government.
In Hanover alone there are nine hundred thousand acres of
wood under State management.

—The Japanese are shipping bricks to California, and
sell them cheaper than those made in that State, notwith-
standing there is an ad valorem duty of 20 per cent, on
them. The .Japanese brick is 8i inches long, wide, and
2J inches thick.

$he fennel.

— The New England Agricultural Association and the
New Hampshire State Society will this year hold their
annual fairs in conjunction, the time named being the
early part of September next and the place Manchester,
N. II. At the same time will be held a bench show of all
breeds of dogs. “Mohawk" has been invited to read a
paper on canine matters, before the Association. Plunket,
tho dog recently imported by Dr. Goldsmith, will be on
exhibition.

—A new kennel to be known as the Asheroft kennel, has
been established in England, the stock comprising the best
portion of the Rev. Mr. Lee’s late kennel, all red Irish
dogs, tho compliment to he completed with selections from
the best Irish kennels,

—Mr. Jacob Glahn, of West Meriden, has sent his fine
liver-colored pointer bitch, Fau, to visit Old Phil, at Mr.
Waddell’s Newton Kennels. Fan is full sister to Mr.
Strong’s Prudence, winner of first prize in her class at the
Springfield show, and is a fine stylish dog, raukiug among
tho very best in the country.

Announcement.— At Fox Farm, Morris Plains, N. J.,
on tho 21st Inst., Polly, black and white, of three fine
whelps, sired by Pride of the Border. Polly is ayoune
bitch by Colburn’s Dash, dam, Mr. Rinks’ imported Irish
hitch. With tho stock they inherit, Polly’s whelps should
turn out rare ones.

MR. LAVERACK’S SYSTEM OF BREED-
ING.

Tub "Retreat,” Belle Forte, formerly Black* and White*, i
Nottoway county, Va., July 2lib, 1875. (

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Your able correspondent. "Dry Land." In a letter which waa pnblubed
10 * communication from m.
!lr~* ,h‘tthe"c *0Ter*1 eonUemrn In England pe.fectly able to
furnish ns pure Laverack* a* Mr L himself." and goM on to «ay -that
ir any one bought a dog with a pedigree purporting to he pure Lav.- rack
from , «uch English gentlemen a* Messrs. Price. Hemming, and Ll.wel-

1*'.. a‘ p"re n'"1 “ rel,«Wo a* If purchased from Mr. L. him-

-cir. Thin Is all very well a« far ox knowlne that the dog so purchased
came from tlm loins of a pure Lavcrack, but as Mr L. has frequently

dated, I do not like crosses, and especially thoso of Mr A*

B rule, English gentlemen do not biy other men's breed, of dogs to sell
again, hut purchase wholly for the purpose of amalgamating a fashion-
able and successful breed with their own kennels, aud, moreover, rarely
xe I the but at all. unless relinquishing breeding. In my humble union
it la Impossible for noy one to breed put* Laverack Belter* except Mr. L.
Ill |x.T«on. und when the old gentleman die*, (which event, we trust, will
be remote.) then there will be an end, not to the Laverack blood, but the
great Judgment and discretion In mating, which has achieved such brll
Pant successes in the Held trials and bench shows of the world. When
a dog und bitch leave this kennol (Mr. L.*s) they also leave their master'!
eye, his plun of feeding, his system of giving medicines, his blending of
colors and dispositions, and, In fact, the general routine on which bis
kennel is conducted. Supposing one has a pure dog and bitch pur-
chased from the founder of this system, the progeny of thoso animals
are of course pure, and literally so. but does one know how to proceed
to mate these dogs so os to give certain colors, temper, speed, endur-
ance, nose, style? "There's the rub." Tho direct written instruction*
from Mr. L would be undoubtedly of great value to the purchaser, pro-
viding he did not know everything himself, hut I should prefer the pres-
ence of Mr. L., and un looking carefally and handling the doge he would
be able to state, mate such and such a one; whereas, on the contrary,
none of us having had the long anil varied experience with one strain
might hit or miss, and so trust to chance. ThU breed has not been
brought to Its present perfection by »uch hazardous mating, but by a per-
fect system of breeding known ouly to Mr. L It is true that several
English gentlemen have met with great success In the Held and dog
shows with the Laverack strain, some retaining the original blood, oibers
crossing with tbclr own kennels. I should much llko to see this con-
tinue.

Is the question of breeding animals aU In the parity of the stock?
In my opinion there is nearly as much credit to be given to the breeder
in mating os there is to the purity of blood. Thl. will apply more espe-
cially to the breeding of animals that have a large progeny. How many
well-known breed* ate extinct, or have much deteriorated at the present
day, owing to the death of original owners, and the evident Incapabili-
ties of fancy purchasers to mate Judiciously? Gentlemen on this side
of the water who are purchasing Laveracks are not buying them for
Held purposes, but ns stock dogs and brood bitches, so «s to perpetuate
this well-known blood among oar first-class native performers, and also
to keep this breed pure and intact as It can be without the actual super-
vision of tho judge, and when thoroughly acclimated, original* the
American Laverack Our friend "Dry Land" states "they nro too fast
and rangy for this country " This is a vast country, and embrace a great
vnrl-ty of soil, climate, and cover, bat like most other writers, be haws bis
assertions on particular States. As regards Virginia, for instance, where
most of the gentlemen shoot on horseback, one would suppose that •
setter with the speed of a grayhoond and the endurance of a wolf woaid
be most Buiuble^ If the Laverocks are so fast and rangy I am glad to
bear It, as It Is a good fault In an animal, und very easily Dined down;
bnt I mast say I have never noticed It, oitber In this country or abroad
This breed are not particularly headstrong; on the contrary, they are sub-
missive and obedient, and of all breed*, Jnst the one to mate w ith the
headstrong Irish American setters. I woaid suggest not to cross this
breed with the black and tans, unless they show excessive speed, ax it
w ould be hard to improve the nose of the Gordons. The theory of color*
in dogs will in all probability never be properly explained, a* all the best
judges agree that color la the effect of certain qualities of object and sub-
ject. As regards the pneas paid for Laveracks and other fine breeds by
Americans, I notice Just the contrary in the columns of the London
Fisfdtowhat "Dry Land" wishes to call attention to. I understand
Fred 4th sold for £200. Mr, Assheton Smith also gave £80 Mr. Llew-
ellen’s prices are also known to have been very large. Drake and Major
sold respectively at public auction for 150 and 67 guineas, saying nothing
of Plunket for 200 guineas. If Laveracks and other fine stud dogs and
brood bitches ore so plentiful in England, bow comes It that there Is a
commission in tha market covering $300 in gold from England to buy back
one of the Laverack puppies, which orders cannot be executed. I do
not believe, coaming puppies and all, that there ore 100 pure Laverack
setters anywhere, and if anything should happen to tho old gentleman,
those famous animals would naturally deteriorate, and become merged
In other strains, unless he discloses in plain matter of fact language the
secrets of the kennel house. Now, Mr. Editor, I think I have said
enou h on this question for the present, but will retarn to it at a futon
time If necessary. Jno. M. Tatlor.

COLOR OF THE SETTER.

River view House, La Grange, Mo.. July, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

In your Issue of July 6tb appears an article devoted to the colors of tb«
setter, giving the opinion of Mr. Arnold Burges In the matter, and dis-
agreeing with your answer to a correspondent, as to whether or not liver
and white Is a good color In tbat breed of dogs. Yoar answer wax, to
the rest of the world of sporting men and dog fanciers, doubtless correct.
There cannot be, and Is not, but one opinion as to one side of tho origin
of the setter, I. e. the spaniel; whatever the other may bo Is a matter of
conjecture. I, for one. favor the Scotch shepherd; an Increase In »im
and a shortening of ear and curl has to be accounted for, with no dimin-
ution of Intelligence; and no other dog xcems lo fill tho bill so well.
After writing thus far I again read the article of Mr Burges until I caiuo
to where he expresses the opinion that liver markings are spt to indie >t*»
a predominance of pointer or spaniel blood. I would ask him are the
colors of the pointer less variable than thoxei of the setter? Are there no
lemon and white pointers, nor black, black and white, or red, etc ? not
to mention a breed of the handsomest dogs that I am aware of In a breed
of black and tan pointers owned In the county of Cumberland, England,
near Derwent Water Lake. And I would now ask if all spaniels are
liver colored? Are not cockers frequently black, and black and tan? and,
without mentioning the King Charles and Blenheim, Is not the most
highly valued spaniel that we now have, that Is, th« Clamber spaniel,
lemon and white; and, supposing that tho Invariable coloring of the
spaniel Is liver, or liver and white, what breed of dogs on earib after the
spaniel has a better right to it than ibe setter? And for this reason
alone (though my predilection Is for black and white) do I think that
Uvcr and white Is a color which Is more appropriate to the setter than
any other. Mr. Burges might as well xay, and with much better rea*ou,
that the bluck and tan Gordon setter hud a tincture of bloodhound, Eng-
lish terrier, or Scotch col ey, and as for Irish dogs, if he think* tbat
every gentleman in Ireland shoot* over a reel dog ho is inoxt thoroughly
mistaken He mistakes the cognomen of black and tan Gordon for
Gordon setters, and red Irish sellers for Irish setters. I will now say
that a Gordon setter need not he black and un. nor an Irish setter red.
It Is true that the sporting public have decided on these colors, and Ig»

jwrwice aiiUU c redeuce w the belief Hut ux IrUU letter mut tm red,

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and a Gordon black and (an. If there I* one thing more admlruble than
another In Mr. Laverock's life It l» that he has Ignored color, for to favor
color U to Ignore ihc other qualities In his pups, which are of much
more vital importance to tho sportsman; consequently. Laverocks are of
nil colors. My Dsrh and Bang I presented to Mr. A. II. Hobnrd, of St.
Louis. Their father was pupped at Kdmond Ca&tlo. I have now no
dog* with liver markings, but If I was asked my opinion as to which color
the setter dog owed alh glance, I would say liver and white, and tho Earl of
Carlisle and a thousand other English gentlemen will say with me, for a
dog <>f any o her color Is not allowed Inside the gates of Naworth Castle,
and the breed l* highly valued among the belter clans of sportsmen In
England, who long since had their Ungers burned, and now oiler noop-
pofl ion to the enthusiasts who aro affording them amusement on this
side of ihc Mlnullc. Insanity Is a dreadful malady, and while no branch
of knowledge or industry cau bo thoroughly under our command
without mnch labor and stndy. at tho same time It is dangerons to give
our undivided attention to a subject so circumscribed as this, unless ac-
companied hy healthy exercise. In other wools, I would give bnt little
for the opinion of n dog fancier on n sporting dog was ho not a sports-
man and a fair to good shot, for except to snek a man Ills beauties can
never appear In the true and healthy light of day.

Edward W, Uopr.

Chicago, July 13th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

In your paper of last week you speak of the bench show of dogs to bo
held In Chicago from the 23th to the 2Slh of January next as tho "St.
Louis Bench Show of Dog*." As this is a misiuke which may tend to
mislead the public., please correct. There will be a bench show of dogs
given under ihc auspices of the National Poultry Association, In con-
nection with their exhibition of poultry and pet*, at Exposition build-
Inc. Chicago, in January. 1876 Several leading sportsmen In the West
. will act as managers of the bench show, which is desired shall bo a com-
plete success, consequently efforts an- already beiug made to secure the
co-operation of the leading breeders and sportsmen in the United States
and Canada, as well as ail who lake au Interest in the Improvement of
the canine race. It has been decided to cla-‘ify the sporting class as fol-
lows: English setter-, red Irish setters, black nnd Inn or Gordon sellers,
setters of any variety, pointers, Irish water spaniels, cocker spatiiels,
spaniels of any other variety; also, champion class for brood bitches,
with not Ics9 than two of tlieir progeny over four and under twelve
monts old. to which the addition of other classes will be made if a re-
sponse Is received from breeders and others to the circular of the associ-
ation soon to be sent them. Pedigrees are dcsiVcd, and will govern the
judges In the awarding of prizes; thut is, in any class in which two dogs
or hitches ore exhibited of equal merit, one having a pedigree and the
• other n ine, the prize will be awarded to the one with pedigree; bnt In no
case will an inferior animal be awarded a prize over a superior one sim-
ply because it h>s a pedigree. The most important matter connected
with such exhloltion* is to have judges that fully understand the points
of excellent* In the different breeds. With this in view, the managers
will take great pains to secure sneh. They hHvc already received Ihe
assent of such well known gentlemen as Arnold Burges, MaysviUe, Ky.;
E. F. Stoddard, Dayton, Ohio; and Horace Smith, kennel editor of your
valuable paper, to act in that capacity, and others have been applied to,
bnt as vet have not replied. The prizes, shortly to be announced, will
be qnlto liberal. The first prize will be a special one, to be donated by
oot-lde parties, which will be published in connection with donor's
name. Alreadv a large number of specials have been received, still the
co-operations of breeders nnd all others i« solicited. This matter Is sub-
mitted to the sportsmen of the country for their approval or any sug-
gestion which will tend to its success and farther Ihe object of improve-
ment of the canne family. Any suggestions directed to J. H. Whitman,
Chicago, will meet with prompt attention, W.

[The correction was made in our issue of the loth. We
trust our friends will give the Chicago show tbe benefit of
their hearty support. — Ed.]

St. Joseph, Mo., July 2!at, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream: —

One o' yonr correspondents asks for a cure for fleas on dogs. I have
used for several years carbolic acid for that purpose, in proportion of two
leaspoonsfull (about an ounce) to a quart of ruin water. The dog well
wetted with this the fleas instantly die off. Must be careful, however,
not to make the wash stronger or the dog may be injured. I use this
preparation every time the fleas gather, and always successfully. J. F.

[We have no doubt that the above remedy is a good one,
but from long experience wc are fully convinced that soup
suds of common soft or hard soap will kill every flea it
comes fairly in contact with. Consequently we can see no
necessity for using a remedy which may be injurious to
the dog. — Ed.]

>ea and §uer ^isltiyg.

FISH IN SEASON IN JULY.

Trout, Sainw fontlnallt.
Salmon, Hatmo solar.
Maakenouge. Base nobWor.
Weakfl-h.

Striped Baas.

Klngflsh.

Salmon Trout. Salma conAnU.

Land locked Salmon, salmo Oloteri.
Bl«ck Baas, mieronurtu nigricans.
Pike, eeox Indus.

Pickerel.

Blue fish.

Sheepshcad.

[Under the head of " Game, awl Fun in Seasm" ,D« can ynty rped
Ty In general •arms (As moral earle'les, because >Jie lams of Stales vara
§o mack UwX were we to attempt to particularlu we coda do no ItA
than [rublleh tho>e entire sections that relate to the kinds Of game in
question. T) Its would require a great amount of our space: In derla-
noting game we are guided by the laws of nature, upon which oU leoCt-
lotion ie founded. awl oar rtaiUrs would do weM to oroHde Uunu/lr,*
with the laws of their reepedive states for constant reference. Otherwise,
Our alternate to assist them will tutu create confusion.]

Fisa in Market.— During the past week fish of all de-
scriptions have been in full supply. Spanish mackerel are
now being caught in large quantities on the New Jersey
and Long Island shores, and sell for 40 cents per pound,
Southern fish bring 30 cents. There 1ms been a large ar-
rival of pompano from North Carolina, selling for 50 cents
per pound, which is about one-linlf the usual price. Blue-
fish are also very abundant, the largest coming from the
vicinity of Buzzard's Bay; price 7 to 8 cents. Fresh mack-
erel are being received from Boston, particularly fine fish
selling for 20 cents each. Halibut are worth 18 cents per
pound; sea bass 18 cents; sheepshcad 20 cents; codfish
plenty at 8 cents; striped bass, from Baltimore, 20 cents;
porgies 8 cents; butterfisl. 8 cents; blackfish 10 cents’
Green turtle plentiful at 15 cents per pound. Soft shell
crabs $1.50 to $2 per dozen; hard sIiqH crab* $5 per 100.

Stbipeo Bass- After an unusual scarcity this beautiful
and game fish may now be caught with hook and line in
fine quantities from McComb’s Dam to Hell Gale- A cor-
respondent writes that during the lust few days he lias
Caught from throe lo a dozen, weighing from one to four

pouuds in weight, each timo he has tried them. Bait with
shedder crab or sfttld worm, tho former for cholCO. A
good place to start from is Mr. Jerolaulan’s. foot of
Eighty- fourth street, East River, where Hell Gate's favorite
bins grounds may be learned; get a supply of shedder from
Mr. Blackford, of Fulton Market, as none can bo had iu
the above loculity.

Some IIcoe Turtles. — During the past week three
enormous turlles, of tho species known as the Leather Tur-
tle, (SphiirgiB Coriacca) have been caught in this vicinity.
The first, which weighed about 1,100 pounds, was captured
off Stonington, Conn., on Friday last, with a smad seine,
by Captain E. T. Wilcox, of Mystic Bridge. A fall being
made fast to one of his flippers, he was hoisted on board
i the vessel. This turtle was purchased by Mr. E. G.
Blackford, of Fulton Market, and by him forwarded to
Prof. Baird, of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington,
for preservation and exhibition at tho Centennial celebra-
tion. The turtle was seven feet in length by four broad .
On Sunday morning, while the yacht Dreadnnught, with
her owner, Mr. Charles Osborne, and a party of friends
on board, were cruising off Long Branch, they succeeded
in catchiug another specimen of the same description of
turtle, and of about equal weight. A harpoon was thrown
into the monster as he lay asleep on tho water, and by it
he dragged the boat several miles. It was not until numcr-
eral shots had been fired into him that he succumbed. The
Dreaduauglit brought the prize up to the city, and it Is
now to be seen at the warehouse of Messrs. Middleton,
Carman & Co., No. 215 Front street. It is not yet decided
what disposition will be made of it.

Still another turtle of the same species was caught last
week in Long Island Souud, between New London and
Montuuk Point, and taken, first to New London, and thence
to Norwich for exhibition. It was about the same in di-
mensions nnd weight as the others.

It is singular that three specimens of this turtle should
have appeared almost simultaneously on our coast. Tin-
first one noticed was in 1811. In 1810 one was captured
off Sandy Hook an l for many years its shell formed one of
Ihe attractions of Barnnm's old American Museum. In
1824 one Was taken in Massachusetts Bay; in 1820 one iu
Long Island Sound, nnd in 1840 the last of which we have
record appeared in Chesapeake Bay.

The characteristics of this variety are seven longitudi-
nal ridges ou its back, truncated in front and pointed be-
hind, with a smooth but tough skin. They breed on the
Torlugas, but are great wanderers.

—On Monday last, Messrs. B. W. Peterson, M. B. An-
drews, S. H. Duv’i8, and Jos. F. Wallace caught nine
sheepahead, aggregating 58i pounds, off tho lighthouse at
Barnegat Bay.

The Beaverkill. — Mr. John Mullaly, known to our
readers as the inventor of the Mullaly fly, writes to Messrs.
Conroy, Blisset and Mallesou, from Shin Creek, Sullivan
county, that sport has not been very good in that vicinity.
He says: “At one time the Beaverkill was one of the finest
of trout streams, but tho fish are reduced not only in num-
bers but in size. Tho Beaverkill flies are a black gnat and
a fly with a grey wing, very grey light body and brown'
legs. These are the most taking flies. In the evening the
miller is tho most taking, and the largest trout are then
caught. These run from a quarter to a half pound. Oc-
casionally a pound fish is taken, but this is very raro.

New HAMFsniRE.— The 8ummer tourist will find some
excellent fishing in the clear crystal streams of this State.

A correspondent writes that he saw a few days since two
sportsmen, who on two (Jays’ tramp along Drake's brook,
which runs near the base of Ossipce Mountain, took one
hundred and seventy -five trout, of all dimensions, from the
tiny little fellow up to those weighing a pound, Lake Win-
nipisiogee offers many inducements to the camper out on
the many beautiful islands which dot its surface. Wolf
borough Bridge is a good point d'appui, possessing fine
hotels and boarding houses.

Rangdey Lakes— Arrivals at Camp Kennebag\ head-
quarters of the Oquossoc Angling Association, the past
week, are: Messrs. Williams, Harvey, and Williamson
of Cleveland, Ohio; Mr. Blanchard, of Boston, Mass, and
Mr. Haines, of Manchester, N. H. -
Messrs. Seiple and Comstock caught, on the Rangcley
River, in one day, over two hundred trout, of very fine
average weight. The weather lias been quite cool.

Our readers will remember that the Oquossoc Club has
kindly placed the privilege of Camp Kennebago at the
disposal of all sportsmen who desire to visit this region.

—A sturgeon weighing about 300 pounds, recently
jumped into a small sail boat, in which were five persons,
when opposite West Arnesbury, splitting the boat in two’
and throwing the occupants into the river. Three of them
swam ashore, and the other two clung to the wreck, until
rescued by a boat from the village.

—Our correspondent, Oconomowoc, writes from Wiscon-
sin that black bass and pickerel fishing continue remarkably
good throughout the State; large strings and big fish are the
order of tbe day. At Oconomowoc, recently, Harold S
Peck, Esq, of Chicago, captured three pickerel weighiuc
respectively 18, 17, and 12 pounds.

The Oconomowoc Game Club, for the protection and
preservation of game and fish, was organized a few days
ago, and will he of good service in that locality, k. S
Stone, president , J. A. Henshall, secretary. The reports
rom the trout streams are as highly colored as the spotted
heauHes themselves, and the trout fisher is, consequently,

NEw dEnsKv.-^ra^ri fnkt Kinsey' a Ad, icy /rouse, July
25f/i.— Weekly report.— bheepshead are still bitine freehT

hlueflsh; Steven Lent, Joshua Horton, Warren Gordon 0f
Peekskill, N. Y, 10 bluellsli, 15 weakflsh, and J. and’ B
Predmore 88 sea bass from tho wreck of steamer Mediator-
Mr. David Leavitt and Major J. II. Rutherford, of Dres-
den, Saxony, 51 sea bass and kingflsh. Kingllsh are bit-
ing freely.

Carman House, Forked River, July 2(5f/t, 1875.— Flshitm-
for the past week has been moderately good, and altliougft
no extraordinary large strings were taken, yet good sport

Shoe and Leather Bank, New York. E. II. F.

Texas.— Fishing parties to Marble Falls, on the Colo-
rado, report fine catches of black bass and “gasper gucs,"
but a great lack of rain, nouc having fallen in six weeks. '

The Fisheries. — The whole number of fishing arrivals
at this port, for the week ending July 22, was sixty seven-
forty from Georges, clven from (lie Banks, and sixteen
from mackereling. Amount of Georges cod hroglit in,
800,000 pounds halibut, 50,000 pounds. Bank cod, 1,300,-
000 pouuds, halibut, 100,000 pounds. Mackerel conlihuo
very scarce, the receipts being hut about 1,400 barrels.
Prices have considerably advanced hi consequence, sales
being made at $15 and $9 for Nos. 1 and 2.

Schooner Nulli Secundus. of this port, Captain Charles
Lawson, which arrived from the Grand Banks on the Dili
itist., weighed off 102,800 pounds Hutched halibut and 98,-
912 pounds codfish, her stock amounting to $7,082.91.
Crew shared $308.07 euch. This is the largest stock made
on a salt fare trip, this season Schooner Laura Nelson,
which arrived some two weeks before the Nulli Secundus
stocked rising $7,000. Both vessels belong to Messrs, d'
0. & II. Babson, and the stocks are remarkably good ones,
and in all probability will not be exceeded this season.—
Cape Advertiser, July 23.

. Good Catches.— Our Louisburg correspondent informs
us that the fisheries around that coast are so far very pro-
ductive nud that tlie fishermen all along the Southern
coast are having splendid catches. We Team also that
there are a large fleet ot Bankers in port at 8t. Pierre, who
report fish plenty on tliu Banks, hut bait very source.—
North Sydney Herald.

Canada— The Canadian Department of Fisheries has
intelligence from the Restigoucho District that the salmon
fishing has been so much interfered with in the tideway,
by floating lumber escaping from broken booms, that the
“take ' so fur bus been greatly below the uverage of former
yeurs.

It is proposed to erect additional fish breeding establish-
ments in the Martime Provinces. Messrs. Wilinot and
Whitclier are now an route for the East iu reference to this
matter. — Canadian Journal.

—The Ingersoll Chronide says that ponchers are plyirj"
their trade on the river Thames, west of Loudon, by stretch”
ing seines across the stream, and bagging all that comes
up. It i9 reported that these tosu otieu catch 1,000 good
fish at a haul, valued at ftom $4 to $7 per cwt. They have
made from $400 to $000 a month at this work. The effect
has been to destroy the fishing uhove the village of Cash-
mere.

BASS FISHING FROM HORSEBACK.

_ „ Pensacola, Florida, July lOtb. 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

It Is probable that your rsuders mayatnllo audibly at the above cspllou,
but I ean u-suro them that I found good upon In It, and will lull them
how. Somo (even years ago I tva« living In Bradford county, of this
State, and partly for pleasure and partly for business found occasion lo
visit an acquaintance some fifteen miles distant In Aliuchua county
Neur tny friend's residence were several well known lake*, which swarm
with tbe Southern black bass, or. a* tho natives bore misname them,
trout. I Intended ou having homo to have some sport In thut line, and
took ulong u common Bpoon hook and a Jointed bamboo rod My friend
doubted It* usefulness. He looked upon that group of three rather small
book* with a smile of Incredulity, lla-s aro usually caught lu this country
with live bah, and when the natives use artlflclul It Is composed of u
bunch of gaudy feathers and rags, with half a dozen large cod hooks,
the whole thing a« large as one's two lists, and mudo fast to u stout cord,
three or four feet long, and this In turn fastened to u stout spruco or c*no
pole. A man stand* in the bow Of a skiff, and us he Is paddled along tite
edge of tho Illy pads bobs this "fly • on the surface. When he gels a
bite (and they do rise to it freely) he pulls the tlsh In by tho rod, main
strength, bund over hand. Knowing, ns I did, this style, I really could
not blame him for having doubts of my little spoon, llu was undeceived,
however, the same evening, when I astonished the natives, and myself as
well, by having all I could intend to In tho shape of bass.

Tho next day we were riding ulong the bank of tho lako near hla house,
which, like many Others lu this region, bns sunk pirn hilly, so us to leave ft
strip of beech somo thirty or forty feet wido around It. Firm footing
for a horse to the very edge, and even Into the water anywhere. In the
bright light I could see many lmss, und an occasional pickerel, allied here
Juck Ash, lying eight or ten feet from shore. Of course I wished for my
rod, as any flsherinnn would nuder the circumstances, uud the thought
Instantly flashed through my mind, why dismount lo flsltf why not tlsh
from horseback? Nothing more easy, certainly, and as soon its I returned
to the house I extemporized a gftff. fastened u grain sack to ihc pommel
of my saddle and set out. 1 rode along the edge of the water with from
forty to sixty feet of line trailing behind mo, und It was perfectly aston-
ishing to me to see the way In which the tlsh Htrnck at that spoon. When
I fastened one of course I halted, nnd rode out Into about three and ft
half feet of water. Then the fun begun, for at ilrst my horse was not
Inclined to allow on eight or len pound has* to bo splashing about In such
close proximity; but after two or Hired reeled lu nuil safely doposltod In
tho grain bug bo seemed to take almost as much interest lu it ns I did.
After llmt day's experience I never was dependent on a bout for good bus"
Ashing, and oven tried It by moonlight with excellent success, K.B S-

PICKEREL TAKEN

WITH A FLY.

New York, July 80th, 1&75.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Mr. Thomas It. Lees, Vico President of tho New York Gaslight Com
puny, while Ashing lately at u lake near Bruw'stcr'ii. on tho Harlem R#9‘
road, caught with i spilt Immboo rod and "Page" fly A pickerel
Weighing one pound This Is tho only Instunrn of a pickerel being
caught with a fly t hut I have heard of. Can any of tho reader* of F<>a-
**T ami* Stream give nuothtr. O. 8. T<

FOREST AND STREAM

393

fishing on green lake.

Jamaica Plains, Mass., -July 18th, 1875.

EdITOII FOPEUT AND STHBAM:--

I observed in your jiupcr of the 8th of July aomo Inquiries about the

flHhini' and shooting at Green Lake, Wisconsin, and *s I was there for a
low days in September lust I will give you some extracts from my note

b°sneptfctubor 22d. 1874. -Took the 7 AM. train at Milwaukee on the St.
Paul Railroad for IUpon, ninety miles; arrived at 12:30. and went to
Wood's Hotel >o dine. At 3 P. M. took a buggy and driver to go to
George Callings' boarding house on the south side of Green Lake. The
distance is seven miles, overau open country, mostly In largo wheat
field*, where, my drivor told mo, wore many prairie chickens. A mile
from the lake we etilko a wooded region and descend from the prairie to
the shorn of the lake, on which stands the large new house of Mr. G'ul-
llii’s, painted brown, with brood piazzas, in a flue grove of oaks,
found the house neat and comfortable, able to accommodate twonty-flv
boarders; pi Ice from $3 ld $W por week. The lake Is ten miles lon_
and two wide, with high, wooded banks— a very handsome sheet of
water. I found live or sit good light boats for rowing, and a sail boat
1 got a son of Mr. C. to go out and row me while I trolled with a spoon
Went half a mile, and pot one small pickerel, about two pounds. Two
other men came In from fishing as I went out; one had three bass from
two to three pounds in weight, the other nothing. The weather was
warm mid the snn bright.

September 23d. — Clear and warm. Went ont about 8 A M., taking
man to row the boat. Went three miles along the south shore and got
two pickerel of about three pounds each, trolling with two lines and
spoons, but saw no bass. Shores high, and in some places walled with
limestone, and generally covered with largo oaks. Rr-tiirned about noon
and sent the man across the lake to the mouth of a stream to get ruin
.nows for still fishing to-morrow.

September 84th.— Started at 7 this morning with n hncket of live bait
trolled along the south shore live miles without a strike at cither line.
Then mossed over to a headland called the Sugar Loaf, and fished in
twenty-five or thirty feet of water with live minnows. Expecting to
find bass here I used n hook tied on gat, bul a pike took me and cut off
the hook, and this was the only bite of any kind; my man, who wss also
fishing, got nothing either. There were also two other boats fishing at
this place; they got two pickerel. The day was very warm and bright.
Returning in the evening by the same route I hooked a pickerel of about
five pounds, which I played on my rod and brought up to the boat, but
the boatman managed to lose it In bringing It In; so I wont home with-
out a fish, having gone over eight or ten miles of water. The lake Is said
to be 200 feet deep In places, and the fish In warm weather retire to these
depths. June and October are sold to be the best months of fishing
here, as the bass are then on the shallows. In the Spring and Kali ducks
are numerous lu the shallow bays. S. C. C

Rational Ragtimes.

BASE BALL — THE PROFESSIONAL ARENA.

—There are apparently two ways of petting at the base
hull whip pennuut — the one is by winning it squarely by
superior play in the field, aud the other is to break up the
team which is successful in holding it year after year, and
then try aud wedge your new team into the vacant place
edgeways. For the past four years New York, Philadel-
phia, Chicago, Hartford, and lastly, 8t. Louis, have hired
base ball teams with the object of getting possession of the
pennant, won by the Boston club iu 1872, and held by them
ever since. Thus fur the effort has been a fuilure, though
m pains have apparently been spared to attain the object
in view. Despuiriug of success in any other way, the Chi-
cago ball tossers have come to the conclusion to break up
the champion Red Stocking team by giving their leading
players such tempting offers in the way of increased sala-
ries that they could not resist the bait. First they secured
the noted pitcher Spalding by tendering him the captain-
ship of the new team, and this being done, they soon
brought in White, Barnes, and McVey as prisoners, to
gether with Sutton, of the Athletics, men who originally
won their reputations as Western players— Spalding,
Barnes, and Anson, in the old Rockford team, White and
Sutton, in the original Cleveland nine, and McVey, in the
old Westerns of Indianapolis. These, with Peters, origi-
nally of the St. Louis Red Stockings; Golden, of the
Keokuk Westerns, with Devlin, Glenn, Hines, and War-
ren, are to form the Chicago White Stocking Centennial
team for 1870, the most thoroughly Western nine the Chi-
cagos have ever placed in the field. Of course these ar-
rangements arc in direct violation of tho spirit of the pro-
fessional rules, but as the Chicago managers stick to the
letter of the law, and do not actually engage these seced-
ing Reds and Athletics until after November 1st, they do
not violate the rules to the extent of incurring any penally.
The question at present is, “What is Harry Wright going
to do about it?” Why, simply go to work aud build up a
new team, which lie can easily do, with himself and his
brother as tho nculeus, and three such fine players as Leon-
ard, Beals, and O’Rourke standing by him. Besides, there
will be no difficulty in getting a choice of pluyers to join
the Boston club, as their players have been too well treated
not to make it the most desirable club a professional player
can serve in. This new move on the part of Chicago, and
the reorganization of the Cincinnati club, have been lively
topics of conversation in base ball circles the past week.

—Since our last issue the play in the championship arena
has had the effect of changing tho positions of four of the
contesting teams in the pennant race. In the first place
tho Athletics step up next to the Bostons again, and the
Hartfords step down to third position. Then, too, the
Mutuals, who had declined to seventh place, retuke their
sixth position, and send the Chicagos lower down in the
class. Tho New Havens have pulled up iu their play
lately, and now give the best nines trouble to win a ball
from them. The Atlautica are last on the list, with no less
than twenty-eight defeats out of thirty games — the worst
record in the history of the game. They have a strong
corps of players, but they have no head, no captain who
has control, nor no management worthy the name.

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•Htly 86th are as follows >-

’{"ft ifcS' v"' M,I tnal, at Brooklyn.

l i i !~S,1 ‘tlnnilc. at Brooklyn.. .

Jo ft 4 I,'",1 1 v»4,PhlIad,lphla. at Hartford. . !

i ft i-2?\ton ,vs' Ch‘CJl'°' nt Boston.

illii J*“SViLonl1' Mutual nt Brooklyn

I ft r i'n Ti 7 Hartford, ot Hartford

lft . C ph'o v«- Mutual, at Brooklyn ..

1ft m v’*' S5; “t Boston

1ft Haven, at New Ilavon

'l ft VH' Chic"go. at Boston H to u

1 fts>?-nl‘ r IC1VS' P'l' M- lphla. at Philadelphia 2 to 1

1ft ?J-?,“rrtf°r;1 VH Chic‘“f°. Hartford ... 4 to 1

luft 1a— iin 8 V?i Ath"",,c- nl Brooklyn . 6 to 2

1. ft q2~ S?ftou VB' Hartford, nt Boston. . « • •

1 lft m \«h VM .N’cw Haven, at New Haven . .

1ft ,VB Athletic, nt Brooklyn

Inftdn Sr Louis vs. New Haven, at New Haven

1ft ^ Htvo" v? '''"caeo. at New Haven

1ft A.i ■?!' “ Vl»- Philadelphia, nt Philadelphia

July 23— Athletic vs Mutual, at I'hlluaelphla.

.ft | — Boston va. Hartford, at Hartford .
r" ft o-Ho^on vs. Athletic, nt Boston....

I.'lft ^’^ocklngvs.WaHhington. at Cincinnati..';., a ton

1ft L P|l,l;"lelphln, at Philadelphia 8 to 1

l ft ®~?,liCflco va. St. Louis, at Chicago a to 5

July 22— Athletic vs. Mutual, at Philadelphia 9to0

ju y 7— Mutual vs. Hertford, at Hartford..

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2 to l
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8 to 7
4 to 3
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7 to 2
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July 24— Boston vs. St. Louis, at Boston 8 to 3

A Rattling Game in Florida.—’ The R. E. Lee club, of
•Jacksonville, played a mutch with the Georgias, of Savan-
nah, on the Kith inst., resulting in one of the best amateur
games ever played in Florida. The following is the score:—

Acosta, p

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Umpire, John Coyne Scorer for R. E. Lees, David Robinson. Sco-
rer for Georgias, E. \V. Connor. Time of game, 2 hours.

_ _ Portland, July 21st, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream -.—

The closest and most exciting game of base ball ever played in Maine
came off at Presumpscot Park yesterday between ihe Lowells, of Lowell,
Ma«s., and the Resolnteg, of this cliy. the score standing 2 to 2 at the
end of the tenth iuning. The Lowells went to the bat for the eleventh,
and the first two strikers were put out, when tho next one, (Brown, their
catcher,) was taken suddenly ill, and fainted upon the home plate. The
Lowells having no substitute, refused to continue the game, and the um-
pi.e, (Mr. White, of Lowell.) curiously enough docidud it a draw. The
Kesolutes go to Lynn to play the Live Oaks next Saturday. Vidi.

The Great Swimming Match.— J. B. Johnson, of
England, and Thomai Coyle, of Chester, Penn., contested
iu the Delaware River on Thursday last. When about six
miles had been covered, Coyle, who had been leading, sud-
denly threw up his hand, and would have sank if lie had
not been taken into a boat. He was completely exhausted,
his lips black, and his pulse scarcely perceptible. Johnson
swam a mile and a half further, and was perfectly fresh
when he left the water. Coyle is said to have partaken of
whiskey several times while swimming, and the reaction
following the false stimulation mayiiavc lost him the
match, aDd almost his life.

nsweqs jgo (£o respondents.

J. H- B — Would you please give mo tho address of S. H. Hammond,
author of “Hills and Lakes," “Wild Northern Scenes." Ans. Wo do
not know it.

B. L. G., Sharon, Penn.— Which of Hazard's powders do yon consider
the cleanest and most effective for woodcock, quid, and grouse shooting;
for use iu a fine brooch loading gun? Ans. Wc find Hazard's electric
powder clean and effective.

C. D., Hartford, Conn.— As I intend visiting the Thousand Islands, 8t.
Lawrence River, about August 1st, I would like to obtain tho address of
some farmer, living near good fishing grouuda, of whom I conld obtain
board and boat. Ans. Don't know of uuy Go to Crossman House
first, and ascertain Horn there.

Constant Reader, Now York. Will yon kindly inform me whether
there arc any wcakfish being caught at Prince’s Bay, S. I.. and If not,

here is the best place in the immediate vicinity of New York to catch
them? Ans. Weakilsh are being taken in moderate quantities at Prince's
Bay. Go to Steele's for boats, etc.; leave the cars at Richmond Valley
statfbn, thence by stage.

8. W., Springfield, Mass.— Will you please tell me in the next answers
to correspondents what is the host arrangement for carrying the cart-
ridges for tho Mayuaid rifle, 40 calibre, long; also, where can 1 get a pair
of army shoos ? Ans. From Henry C. Squires, No. 1 Courtlund 6treet,
in this city, you can get leather case for carryiug rifle cartridges. Army
shoes can bo had at Pitkin «fc Wuterbnry's, No. 110 Chambers street.

W. G., Springfield, Mass.— I . Is tho vicinity of Moosebead Lake. Mo.,

good plato to camp a month in early Autumn for trout aud la.ge game!
2. Arc insects a great aunoyance there? 8. Can 1 find a better covering
for tho feet than shoes and moccasins, with strong buckled leggings?

\es. 2. Not very troublesome at that season; take some Cnlexiruge.

No.

W. F. A,, Washington, D. C — Please inform me through the colamne
of your pnpor how much powder a 12-bore pm will burn with an ordi-
nary load or shot. Ans. About throe drachms powder to H ounces shot
Is a fair load, but much depends upon the weight of your gun. which you
have not given. Bogardus uses five drachms iu a 12-bore gun.

C. D. S., Washington City.— I understand that by a recent act tront
Ashing is prohibited in tho State of New York for a period of five years.
If this is so, will you please luform me whether the law is general in its
nature, or only applies to particular counties? Ans. No such general
law lias been passed, or even proposed. Some protection may be desired
for a particular stream only.

E. H., Amherst, Mass. -Can yon direct me to any publication or pub-
lications where I can find tho most reliable facts of speed and time?
Ans. "Rowing and Athletic Annual," by Jos Watson, referee in inter-
collegiate regatta; "Racing Record," by Spirit iff Vie Tim- m. and Clipper
almanac, will give you the Information you desire. The latter combines
athletic, racing, trolling, etc.

C. O. A., Woonsocket Falls.— PIcaso toll me the cheapest route to the
Raiicelcy Lakes from Boston; are boats to be fonud on the lakes to let;
can you tell where to camp? Ans. Eastern Railroad to Portland, thence
by Grand Trunk Railroad to Dunvlllo Junction, and Androscoggin road
to Farmington, from there stage to Rangeley. Mr. Richardson, super-
intendent of the Oquoasoo dub, will tell you where to camp Boats can
Ve had.

„fK' 8 ' Jiuw York-— 1 wan* ioget yonr advice about agun I think
Rc®‘"gton gno. to nse mostly for bay bird shooting on
consider , a?? “.“ft ’ 8eni'fal ,h00tlnK- Lot me know what yon

lA.in/.h K*hU ft*1 8 Ans- A Rl>lnIuKton or Whitney gun, 12-sauge
. m ; *nd of aho,,t dKht pounds In weight, will be a good
vlccnble gnn for the purpose.

I,'^'“"a,P0ll8 ~On po?e 307 ftn advertisement of Kay shot cartridge*
gun dcotr fn t°hf°nr *un,dyaIef for MmPlc " So far I have not found a
It would be «ln r * COuntry wh0 can tell anything about them,

to Tnn l a f . °.r h0 ma,,nf«etur«r to give his address. Ans. Owing

come i t " 0n,"Cblnery' lhe K*y *h°l cartridges have not yet
come into the market, but we are assured that they soon will. 3

I n Regard* tn'thA^ °wi ** ** “,nn'-Hav,nK k'»dly answered my qnery
in regard to the hardness of gun barrels, and In which you state the ha7

how8'/,"0 k U lhe lnmpsa"d holts arc hard, will you please tell me
fh« hn~7 ,brT*' tbC lump* can hc twnPerw» har'> without hardening
^"8' Any t'kllf"11 Ru" maker can harden 'he lumps and
bolts without hardening the barrels. It la one of tlielr arts

coi'esBn«,nHA!,8.UetftM“lne'-Wm y°" klud|y'"f«n» me through your
H?,77fl!c vel colaran,what 18 the tflkiog bait for black bass?

a,Tth!v h„v8rS amKe “ 8C 'ak° thl" Wcinl,y waa fllockl-‘d with them,
Orli^ mlnno °WN C plcntif"1' A,,“ Fresh water crawfish,

or hve minnow, where the fly .s not used: the latter should he a largo

uscd wl,hSsDccei',':0Ugh W<! h8" kn°WU lh° ('ImP!c hackle to bo
Ga'nesviUc, Texas. Plca»o sUte In yonr answers to corre-

‘be COmrCCt Dam<! °f °“r horncd fr°S’ 0l"O. chaparral hen
found n Texas. Texas will soon be no longer a game region, aa civill.
“ “at fr°WdlDf1f’?e Knnu' wc*twftrd to the open plains, and many
valnaole specimens will become extinct. Ans. Wood terms the horned
frog the crowned tapayaxtn, (Vhryvosoma MulnelUi.) The chaparral
ben. known also aa the road runner and ground cuckoo, is termed Geo.
coccyx CaJlfomlanut.

O. R. W., New York.— Will yon kindly Inform mo throngh the corre-
spondents column whether robins can be shot nt all. according to the
present laws of this State? Ans. Roblus cun be shot In Angust, Sep-
tember, October. November, and December, except in the countie* of
Kings. Queens, Putnam, and Suffolk; in these only in October Novem-
ber. and December. But these birds can be killed on a person’s own
premises at any time when destroying fruit* or grapes. [Chap Ml
amending sections 10, 19, and 5 of chap. 721, laws of 1871, State of N< w
York.]

D M 8., Rogers' P. O.. W. Va.— 1st. I see advertised inyonrlaat issue
pair cocker spaniels." Please adv.se me as to their age, color size
price, etc. 2d. What can I get lu New York for a doe (fawn,) tame us «
cat; it Is about two months old; was caught when about one week old?
3d. Do you know of any Rigby muzzle loading rifle. In perfect order, for
sale cheap? An* 1st. The price of the spaniels is $30 each, $ W for a
brace four months old. 2d. By advertising in our columns you would
find a customer for your fawn; no demand from dealers. 3d. There a.e
no Rigby mnzzle loading rifles for sale in this market.

C. A. C., Philadelphia.— Please tell me of some tront stream* near
Philadelphia; also about Milford, or almost anywhere in Pennsylvania,
and the best way to reach them Ans. If yon will make your hendquar’-
ters at Lackawaxen, on the Erie Railroad, at Williamson's Hotel, you
will And many moderate streams within easy reaching distance. Also
go to Trout River, in Lycoming county, twenty-live miles above Wil-
liam-port. See Mac Williams, at the hotel, and he will drivo you and
your traps to Pleasant stream, a delightful brook for fly costing. You
are no doubt aware that the close season commences in Pennsylvania on
August 16th.

W. S., Randolph, Mass.— How are the string* measured at Coalin'*
ehort range gallery; do they measure from centre of bullseye to Ceulre
of each shot, or how? Ans. From centre of bullseye to centre of shot.
What U the proper size of bullseye, centre, and outer for 100 yard range,
and how much does a hit In each space score for the shootor? Ans.'
Bullseye, eight Inches diameter, counting five; centre, sixteen inches,
counting four; inner, twenty-eight inches, counting three; outer, forty
inches, chanting two. This is toe Creedmoor target nsed from 100 to
300 yards. Some of the short rango clubs use a tbreo luch bullseye at
100 yards, with an exterior black circle to make it more plainly visible.
Is the F. Wesson rifle, 38 inch calibre, 80-inch barrel, good for long range?
Ans. No. Canyon tell mo of any book or pamphlet which gives any
good advice to beginners in the art of rifle shootiog? Ans. Wingate's
Rifle Manual. Wecan6endlt.

G. W. G., Syracuse. N. Y - In your next Issue, If convenient, pieuno
state as near as possible the nativity, habits, size, and the term of life of
the popular fish called the shad. A great controversy has arisen in rela-
tion to whether the shad lives more than one year, and whether it is pos-
sible to grow shad in any other than salt water except for spawning,
Seth Green to the contrary notwithstanding? Ans. The American -had,
Alota tapidliHma, It is believed, is peculiar to l]ils country. A flsh re'-
ported to be similar Is found In Chinn, but has not been identified. Its
habits aro anadromoas. They are reported to have been caught years
ago of nine pounds weight ; now, however, a six pound shad is a large
one. The experiments of the United States Fish Commission have
proved that lhe shad lives three years at least, acd that the males are
soxually mature at two. Before they were artificially propagated it was
the heiief of the fishermen on the Hudson that a shad matured in one
year, spawned, and then died. Shnd are now living iu Lake Ontario,
and perhnps the other great Inkes.

R U,, Vicksburg, Miss.— Have shad been caught In the Mississippi or
any of its tributaries this year? About two months ago a paragraph in
the Forest and Stream stated that a fish supposed to be u shad had
been caught near St. Paul, MIdd , and sent East for identifiraiion. Was
It a shad? Some of those placed three years ago In the Alleghany, In the
White River, Ind., in the Mississippi, near St. Paul, and lu tho Platte
River, Colorado, by the United States Fish Commission, were expected
to be seen this Spring. I have read the Forest and Stream carefully,
but have failed to notice any report of their appearance in either of tlioso
rivers, except the paragraph alluded to above. Ans. The flsh caught
near St. Paul was decided to be a shad. Shad have been canght in ibe
Mississippi this year, and each year a few are caught in that river and
it* tributaries. Dr. Boyd, of Knoxville, Teun., reports having caught
shad for the last thirty years, averaging from one to eight each year.
See Prof Mlluer’s paper ou shad and Its artificial culture, in Prof.
Baird s report of the work of the United States Fish Commission for
1873.

Tile Late George Brown.— The Dominion papers con-
tain obituary notices of George Brown, the champion oars-
man of America, who expired at Halifax ou the Dili inst.,
at the age of thirty-six. The record of his rowing life
covers a long list of victories. The St. John Telegraph.
says that “his lost race was on the Kenneheccasis ou the
26th of September, 1874, against Evau Morris, of Pitts-
burg, whom he defeated by a boat’s length in a race of five
miles in 37 minutes. This race was for $2,000, anil
excited great interest all over America. An attempt was
made to get a match up between Brown and Sadler, the
English champion, but the latter evidently had no wish to
meet Brown, and nothing came of it. Brown was a fisher-
man by trade, and it was iu that rough school that he
learned to handle the oar. He was 5 feet 9i inches in
height, and weighed when in condition for rowing 155
pounds." It is proposed to erect a suitable monument to
his memory, ana the Halifax Rowing Club has taken the
matter in band.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COM-
ING WEEK.

Thursday. July 29. — Racing, Saratoga, Trolling, Corning, N Y -
Cleveland. Ohio; Beacon Park; Piitefleld, Vt. Base Ball, St. Lonis vs’
Hartford, at Hartford.

Friday. July 30 —Trotting, Saratoga, N Y.; Cleveland, Ohio; Bea-
con Park; Pittsfield, Vt.

Saturday. July 31 -Racing, Saratoga. N. Y. Base Ball, SL Louis
vs. Hartford, at Hartford.

Monday August 2. -Racing, Saratoga Trotting, Saratoga. N. Y.
«PWhtdt“phlf b Xaha"‘‘ BaaeBal1- St‘ Loots vs Athletics,

Tuesday. August 3. -Trotting, Saratoga, N. Y ; Buffalo. N. Y •

Poughkeepsie. N Y.; Richmond. Ind.

r.iYBDKB8vfT' Augnst 4 “Racing, Saratoga. Trotting. Saratoga. Bof-
t!®’ R.T|,g^kerP81<e’ N' V; Rlchm,,"d. I,lfl • Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

/,l<iliC3,at Ph,lBdeIl,l,la- Northwestern As-
Bociailon Regatta. Toledo, Ohio. Newbnrg Bay Regatta

POUND NETS AND RUN-AROUNDS.

T -i the last report of the Commissioners of Fisheries of
A the State of New Yrork great stress is laid upon the
damage to the fisheries of the State, and mure particularly
those of the Great South Bay, by pound nets; hut there is
another engine of destruction now in daily use which is
working far greater harm, and which appears to have en-
tirely escaped their attention. We allude to the run-
arounds, or fly nets, which every fisherman who visits
Babylon or Islip must have seen in operation. Those cer-
tainly who have followed the now popular sport of chum-
ming, and been dependent upon these nets for their supply
of menhaden for bait, must have observed their operations.
The fly netter, or fly by- night, as he could appropriately be
termed, generally commences his work either during the
dark hours, cr just before the dawn. In the shallow waters
of the bay a school of fish, whether they be menhaden,
weak fish, or blucfleh, can be readily discerned from the
masthead of a sloop. Upon such a school being discov
ered, the small boat, which is lowing astern with the net
conveniently disposed, is started off, and i„ a few minutes
the school Is surrounded. Now the fisherman commences
poundmg on the surface of the water and against the sides

luin.' il fr ’ I , ?!8 « ll‘e T"'iHC in 1,is P°weri the object

bt nt to frighten the fish mio the meshes of the net, where

be 8 held by the gills until taken into tbo boat. The effect

tf/UltoflPlwwwwuntonupoaUje that otwpWor

many do find their way under the lends or over the top of
the net would naturally bo to cause them to leave a spot
where they were so much disturbed and uot return to it.

This mode of fishing, or something akin to it, is in vogue
among the Chinese, but only on lakes which have no out-
let, and where the fish are obliged to remain aiul propa.
gate whether so disposed or not. The traveler approach-
ing one of the many series of little lakes which run paral-
lel with the Yung Tsze ICiang, more particularly in the
Hupeh province, is often startled by this distant pounding,
rising and falling in regular cadence, that at twilight has a
most weird and unnatural sound. Reaching the lake he
finds a fleet of boats, from which proceeds the noise, at
one end, or perhaps gradually approaching the other, where
the sluggish carp aie being aroused from the muddy bot-
tom to he captured in the nets awaiting them.

Such mode of fishing in the Great South Bay, to which
fish resort for the purpose of spawning, would most natu-
rally have the effect of driving them to "fresh fields and
pastures new," and we believe that the damage done by
the fly nelters far exceeds that caused by the pounds.

With regard to the pounds, without wishing to say aught
in their favor, we arc still of the opinion that the informa-
tion furnished to the Commissioners is erroneous and cal-
culated to mislead-first, as to their location, and secondly
as to the amount of fish caught in them. In speaking of

the nets at the inlets and entrances to the hay the report

says:— "If a fish creeps up one side of a channel lie runs
into one uet; if he takes the other side he is met bv an-
other, and if he follows the very centre of the deepest
water he is met face to face at the first turn with a third "
It is probably two miles from Fire Island Inlet to the
first pound, and along the eastern or principal channel
there are three or four in all. Not one of these nets is in
the channel, but only on the extreme edge of it. Were the
fair way in the least obstructed, the many vessels, some of
them of considerable size, that ply to Sayville, Patchogue
Bellport, and points further east, would make but short
work of them. There is not one lithe of the damage done
by pounds that is caused by the fly nets, or the fykes which
are set in every little cove and creek frequented' by striped
bass along Long Island Sound. The report is correct in
stating that bluefish are seldom taken in the pounds but
we believe it to be owing to an instinct which teaches them
to avoid the danger, not because they do not still frequent
the bay. On Wednesday of last week six thousand bluefish
were taken in one fly net, and the many gentlemen who
have enjoyed chumming at "The Elbow" this Summer will
certify that a few remain. It is a notorious fact that weuk-
fish have never before been taken in such numbers in the
Greut South Bay (in nets) as during this Spring, and when
they return from the eastward, as they always do about
the first of August, great sport is anticipated wilh the rod
Among the people who reside on its shores who derive
their living from the bay, and who would he the first to
grumble at any diminution of the supply, no complaints
are heard. It must be admitted that the fishing so far this
Summer has not been so good as it was last year, but fish
are sometimes fickle and dainty in their feediug, and as
the menhaden is the great attraction which draws them lo
the bay, the greater scarcity of this food fish may be the
CaU6e’ But season is yet young, and the coming months
may bring a full supply of voracious and larger bluefish
Our reports from Barnegat and Buzzard’s Bay indicate thai
the fishing at those points ha9 never been better. We do
trust that something may be done to queleh the flu-bu-niahti
and give the fish some chance after they have run the
gauntlet of pound nets, and the hungry maws of their own
species.

A CAPTIOUS CRITIC.

nPHERE is a class of English newspaper writers who
are nothing if not cynical, but it is rurely our for-
tune to meet with such examples as will be found in the
following paragraphs. For the first, we can only express
contempt for the literary snob-of all snobs the worst-
who would willingly malign a party of gentlemen who
appear to have won golden opinions from all sorts of peo-
ple. It is difficult to say which excites the most surprise
the maliciousness or the mendacity which prompted the
attack. The paragraphs in question are taken from the
London Sporting Gazette, in the department which bears
editorial sanction, under the caption of "The Man About

I0.™" ™*. «"“• -Mli lo a recent llZnZ
refers to the Amencan team in the following manner —

„Bl. 11 18 DOt only *n religious matters that our cousins
are giving us ‘wrinkles just now; they offer us also nat
terns of secular excellence for imitation For examEk
be Amencan Rifle Team have been carryit.g af h^ S
them in Ireland, and Lave shown that thew can shoot

ars i k « «

ess-like and unpractical motives, for I hear now thai hr!
tween them they have netted something like £'J0 000 h„„
mg backed themselves to any amount with everv o,?/. o
would bet with them. Possibly the rumw ls faL and m
that possibility I am sure all true sportsmen will cling
If .1 were not for the extreme silliness of the above
statement one could be indignant at the insult; for as the
winning of tlnrty thousand pounds, or one hind cd and
fifty thousand dollars, implies a wagering of a similar
n ”'7"“ '-«•« a* American loam visited

r K* t "? ia ^•'•possession, for the pur-

hratn0rtffbfhlllDgi!t' Jht\whole statement originated imho
brftla 0/ tbo writer— probably the only original tUlug tl^t

ever emanated from It. Wo have rarely seen anythin* m
equal this, even in an English newspaper. And Lore!
what the same parly says of Captain Bogardus in th„
succeeding paragraph of the same article:—

" We have to thank Captain Bogardus, too, nuotber so,,
of Green Columbia.’ for knocking the last nail into thS
coffin of that moribund pastime, pigeon shooting Ev™
those who retained any lingering penchant for that, to niv
mind, contemptible and odious amusement must have ho™
fairly disgusted bV the sickening details of the wholesale

slaughter, of which Captain Bogardus has been the hero
I am aware that some sporting men of the present dav
patronize these tournaments of doves,’ as the Premier
with withering sarcasm, dubbed them; but as almost cverv
true sportsman, without exception, whom I have met in
the course of my life condemns them, I have no hesitation
in thus plainly and emphatically expressing my own ah-
horence and contempt for them. Surely no mau with anv
particle of the instincts of a sportsman in him will rnaiu
tain that there was any element of sport in Captain Bogar-
dus' exhibitions.” b

How hard It is for John Bull to take a beating, or to ad-
mit excellence in anything which emanates from outside
of the Island! The oracle has declared pigeon shooting to
be a "moribund pastime," and as all true sportsmen of his
acquaintance condemn it, the gentlemen of the ilurling-
lmtn, and Gun Clubs who apparently do not enjoy the
honor, must put away their guns, and confine themselves
to skittles and small beer.

We were inclined to censure Captain UogurduH for giv-
iug exhibitions of his skill before shooting the matches
which would bring him profit as well ns honor; for there
is no secret as to his profession, or the object of his visit.
Ilis purpose in giving these exhibitions would probably be
inexplicable to our trans atlantie cousins; but we recog-
nize in it the inherent honesty of the man— the openness
bom of his Western life, and which distinguishes the
sportsman from the sporting man. It was an outcome of
the same cliivalric sentiment which lost the Harvard crew
their race on the Thames, where, through an implied un-
derstanding, they declined, when leading, to take their op-
ponent’s water.

It is pleasant to turn from such twaddle as is contained
in the above paragraphs, and which does so much towards
counteracting the good feeling which springs from inter-
national amenities, and a better knowledge of each other,
to the kindly sentiments contained in the following, which
we clip from the Volunteer Service Gazette , a high-toned
journal, and the exponent of rifle shooting in Great Brit-
ain- The Gazette takes blame to itself for not having
sooner moved in the matter of a match between the Eng-
lish, Scotch, Irish, and American eights, which, having
been left to the last moment, and being everybody’s busi-
ness, became nobody’s business, and fluully impracticable.

"The visit of the American team to Ireland has been iu
all respects successful, and Mnjor Leech, who, we regret
to learn, has retired from the chairmanship of the Irish
Ivlfle Association, must be heartily congratulated on tin*
results of the happy auducity which led him to organize the
first of these very pleasant und legitimate International
visits.

"There is no manner of doubt that everybody who
has any connection with rifle shooting would lmvo been
ready to exert himself to the utmost, not only to make the
visit of the Americans pleasant lo them, hut to get „„ ..
contest which should be worthy of the victors of Creed
moor aud now of the "North hull." We all knew long
ago that the members of the American team, after fighting
the Irishmen at Dollvmount, intended to come lo Wimble-
don, and we knew also that we could not allow them lo
come to Wimbledon without finding them a big thing to
shoot in, besides giving them as warm a welcome if that
be possible, as they gave to the Irish team best year and
as Americans always give to their trans atlantic cousins "

Interpreters. — A Chinese Commission is now visiling
dock yards at Portsmouth, and other English naval estab-
lishments, wilh the object of deciding upon the most per-
fect type of an iron clad for the Chinese navy. They are
accompanied by a French naval lieutenant as interpreter.
The last sentence contains u commentary upon our own
system of civil service abroad, which could not he better
expressed in volumes. Here we have a simple French
lieutenant able to interpret for a party of Chinese officials.
No man in the French Consulur service in China but who
is similarly qualified. In the English service the men are
equally proficient, aud besides a regular staff of interpre-
ters are always at hand. Under our miserable system we
have no interpreters, and are dependent upon stray mis-
sionaries or English speaking Chinamen, the latter coloring
his transactions to suit Lis own views, and the former, at
tunes, "mixing" things most lamentably. No wonder
that, although we stand second ou the trade list, wo are at
tlio bottom in the respect of the natives.

Says La Nature, the fisheries in France furnish occu-
pation for more than 100.000 sailors. Of this number (he
coastwise fishery employs more than 70,000 men. In 1820
these coastwise fisheries only employed ubout 85,000 men;
in 1880, 50,000, and nearly 60,000 ten years luter. The
maritime fisheries produce to Franco to-day about 68,000,-
000 francs per annum, of which sum 24,000,000 to 25,000,-
000 francs are the products of the oysters, mussels, and
Crustacea generally, the balance being derived from I lie
cupture of migratory fishes, such as cod, herring, mackerel,
anchovies, sardines, etc. This increased revenue is attrib-
uted largely to the increased forwarding facilities furnished
by the rail ways.

—The Staten Island Shooting Association of Port Rich-
mond, arc trying to procure a site for a 1,000 yards riflo
range, and there are several Now York rogiinouta Unit will
Join Ilium, la etwe the site oaa bo obtaiuod.

UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION
AT WOOD’S HOLE.

WE who are about to spend the Summer ut Wood’s
Hole begin to think that good fortune was on our
6ide when it was so arranged. Our daily papers aud let-
ters tell us of temperatures from 00" to 100 ’ in the favored
spots we have left behind us, while with us hot weather
seems to be a rarity. Wo are absolutely wishing for it.
This sleeping under a blanket overy night, and wearing
still our Spring overcoats, is something novel for midsum-
mer, when but three hours away, in .Boston, people are
suffering with the heat. However, we don’t complain,
and won’t, if we have freedom from fogs, which are the
bane of fishermen aud dredgemeu. To be sure we have a
pilot, native und to the manor born, who, it is said— and
he does’nt deny it— can, in the darkest night or the thick-
est fog and strongest tides, take us safely through the
whirls and rapids, the sunken rocks and deceitful eddies
of "the Hole.” It is well that he can, for it’s our mission
to seek what others avoid, and the deep, safe channels,
are but crossing places to the rocky ledges and banks,
which the creatures who furnish fish food inhabit, and
where naturally the various fish congregate, and where we,
who seek both, have to follow them home.

The Bluelight has begun her work, and we have bottles
and pails full of dredge fruits, and before this letter is fin-
ished will have tried with the trawl the sandy bottoms of
Nimshe Island . Last week our naturalist corps became
complete by the arrival of Profs. Verril and Smith, Messrs.
Clarke, Thatcher, and others, whose names I will enclose
in a complete list. The Molly, a roomy, comfortable
yacht, placed at Prof. Baird's service through the obliging
courtesy of Mr. Fay, her owner, has made trips and re-
turned with sundry sharks and goose fish ( Lophius Ameri-
canufi) and a great torpedo ray, collections from pounds
off Nausha and the Vineyard; but our main excitement
has been our black fish. News came on Tuesday evening
that a school had beou driven ashore in Dennis Harbor,
and the next morning a dozen of us, accompanied by the
Rev. and genial Mr. Treadwel Walden, of Boston, and his
two bright boys, started on a trip for our share of the
sport and the spoils. We did’nt get the sport, but they
weie rather spoiled— that is, for perfumery purposes; they
were in prime order for scientific research. We occupied
the smoking car on the Boston bound train in deference to
our costumes, and reached Cohasset Narrows in half an
hour or so, having in the meantime passed through a suc-
cession of Falmouths, three or four, yes five of them; viz-
Falmouth; North do.; West do.; South do, and Falmouth
Heights. At Cohasset Narrows there is a junction with a
branch line that extends aloug the cape to the extreme at
Provincetown. We waited two hours for the train, but
passed the time pleasantly. A number of the club men
who have a most delightful little club house on the beach
were engaged on the bridge, fishing in the rapid tide—
which, from Buzzard’s Bay, here runs into a narrow re-
sembling a river— for striped bass and blueflsh. Their gear
opened my eyes; my efforts in that direction had been with
big lines, big hooks and big squids; they were using geai
delicate enough for trouting, with long gut snells, small
hooks and a single shrimp for bait, using, however, reed
poles aud large reels. The (lay, though, was not favora-
ble, for some one of the many reasons which produce such
results, and but one bass was taken while I was there, and
that but a four pounder. The skill with which he was
handled and lunded, two hundred yards off on a bit of
beach, showed that there was a* times good enough fishing
to give practice. I borrowed a home made pole, with a
home made reel that a lively horse would have experienced
difficulty in turning, and fortunately struck and lost noth-
ing. It is at this point that it is proposed, by a three mile
cut, to join the waters of Buzzard’s Bay with Massachu-
setts Bay, and I think that auy one who has had to go
around Cape Cod in rugged weather and a small vessel,
will wish the projectors of the plan and the company
success.

From Cohasset it was a thirty mile ride to the eastward
to one of the "Dennis’,” (there are four of them and five
Sandwiches, and four Y armouths— names are scarce up
this way and they have to make the best of what
they have)— but we fouud that even the station man who
sold us our tickets had got mixed a little, and after passing
through the third Barnstable, found that one of the Yar-
mouths was a nearer poiul to the right Dennis thau
the other Dennis; (I hope you cau keep track of us.) so
we got out there, aud with vehicles we had telegraphed
for, started across to the beach, a five mile ride. As we
passed the natives wo made inquiries as to the number of
blackllsh, and as we neared the scene the number swelled
to seven or eight huudred und more being driven. Alas
for the veracity of flshermeul of Cape Cod fishermen par
excellency we found but one huudred and twenty-eight,
lying stiff and stark in a long row ou the beach, side by
s>de, heads in shore, and moored with ropes. A few were
still rolling to aud fro helplessly from the surf, for they
ind been lanced aud drowned! I have seen many black-
. ,u seil> and had formed too groat au estimate of their
size, and these, although as I was told were a fair average
ot, looked small; the largest was 10 feet 8 inches long—

>o great portion about 14 feet, aud one newly born baby
was the smallest; it was 7 feet 8 inches long, while its
mother was but six foot longer. Our party secured several
at different stages of growth and of both sexes, aud they
were transported to our fish house, aud for a day or two
Kept busy the ftrtluta, tlw dUaeolow, aud

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with plaster, procured fine molds of all of them, which-
or rather the casts from which-will enrich our National
Museum at tho centennial. Our photographer, Mr. Smiley,
was unable to exercise his art upon them, as his instru-
ments had not yet arrived; but with Blake’s drawings no
photograph is necessary.

I have had at last a fair afternoon’s fishing. I had
about given up, for bluefish seemed to have become nearly
extinct; but "still fishing” in an eddy last week I hooked
and secured a fine striped bass weighing 17* pounds, and
shortly after, on the same bait— the tuil of a shedder lob-
ster-an eight pound blueflsh. I have lost my faith in the
gamy qualities of the bass. Mine was, as I said, nearly an
eighteen pounder, measuring three feet in length; vet my
eight pound blueflsh gave me twice the work that he did.
Two or three times I had to give him line; not once did the
bass require more than checking. My bass was a good one
but the day before one of forty six pounds had been taken
in the same eddy. The bass make their appearance here
three or four times in the Summer, when, for a day or
two they are taken, aud some pretty big ones; then they
disappear entirely. They have been caught and brought
to market as large as seventy pounders; they have been
hooked and "got off," if I am to believe all I hear, weigh-
ing twice as much. As there were no scales but those of
the bass present, I have my doubts.

The Commission are well underway at their work. Our
wind mill is up and working, and our tank of salt water,
ever changing, ready to supply the aquarium. The pounds
are sending in sword fish, sharks of all sorts, and other
rare fish, and to-day we got a splendid gar fish four feet in
length. I will tell you some of these days of all the inter-
esting ceremonies with which a rare fish is treated when
he falls into our hands, but want to see the photographer
at work first, with his unique apparatus, to desciibe the fitst
impression.

I did not do full justice to this place in my hist. I de-
scribed it as I then understood it— as a "hole.” I find that
the word is a corruption, and that in reality it should be
known by a more dignified appellation— one that connects
it by au interesting link to ages beyond out familiar his-
tory. I am indebted to Mr. Joseph Fay, who has pub-
lished a monograph on the subject, for the information :

"In the tenth century the Norsemen visited this country,
and coasting down from Greenland, passed aloug Cape’
Cod through the Vineyard Sound to Narragauselt Bay,
where they settled; that a knowledge of the history ami
migrations of such tribes, the Celtic-Norwcigans, and others,
must be recovered from the study of names of the places
they once inhabited; that in Shetland, without exception, the
local names ure Norweigan, tlie names of farms end with
seter, aud the hills are called ‘holl;’ that coming through
the souud, at such places where they would naturally Re-
sort, harbors and roudsteads aud passages, all overlooked
by hills, we find now the name of Hole. Powder Hole,
with its high, sandy hills; Wood’s Hole, with hilly bluffs,’
both sheltered harbors; Robinson's Hole, a passage through
from Narrtguust-tt to Buzzard's Bay, prominent hills
marking its boundaries; and below Pasque aud Nasliawe-
uec Islands the high hills of the former are a distinguish-
ing mark for Quick’s Hole, which is but a channel. It is
recorded in their sagas that their intercourse with the na-
tives was friendly, aud it is probable that, familiarizing
themselves with the localities by the prominent laud marks,
they gave to the Indians the word “holl,” which has again
by them been passed down to later generations.

‘Thetr names are on our waters,

Ye may not wash them out.’ ”

If this theory be correct— and it seems well substantia-
ted—for in the sixty miles of their probably dallying voy-
uge, stopping first in the harbors on the south shore, then
when they ceased, following along the northern coast aud
leaving their names among the Elizabeth Islands, we have
five places named "Hole,” or "Holl," while to the’eastward
there are nine— then it is shown that to the Old Bay-
State belongs the honor of priority of discovery and of
settlement; but, with a few exceptions, the ludian names
still adhere to the many islands of this neighborhood.
Cnttyhunk, Penikese, Nashuaua,

Preaqulneese, Grout Naushou, Nonumessoit,

Aesouet und Sukkonessett,

Uncadna and Weepecket

is a bit of thrilling poetry, familiar to those who heard it
from childhood, but very hard to quote in an emergency.

1 don’t wouder the Indians took the new and easy word
for their hills, nor that the English explorers under Bar-
tholomew Gosnold adopted it with pleasure, prefixing, as
is still a common practice, (see Arclic charts) their own
name to distinguish them. Piseco.

CREEDMOOR.

nr7J'.Je ,HemiDg,r ,)inm0nd ™ "hot for on Sat-

urday iast under favorable conditions of wind and weather
The trophy was held by Mr. I, L. Hepburn, a member of

ZlZ Z I ern,a"°ral ,eftrn’ wh0 appeared, from the
score made at the first two ranges, likely to repeat his
clory; but at the 1,000 yards his score fell off. and
‘ i ' S‘ jL‘We! ’ Wh° dld somc veT flntt shooting,
ti“ -u.«co£.

II. S. Jewell. .

SOO-5 4 5 5 It 5 4-33 I
- 800 -5 4 5 5 4 A 5—33 V.
I WO' -3 4 5 3 5 5 5-30 \

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—New postage rates, which took effect July 1, are ns
follows: Money orders not exceeding $15, ten cents; over
$15 and not exceeding $30, fifteen ceuts; over $30 and not
exceeding $40, twenty cents; over $40 und not exceeding
$50, t weuty-five cents. Postage to Germauy, Great Britaiu,
Luxembourg, Norway, Swedeu and Switzerland, five cents
for each half ounce. Postal cards to same countries, two
cents; uewspapers, two cents for euoh four ounces; mer-
chandise, two ceuts for each four ounces or fraction thereof;
registration, eight cents. Prepayment is optional, but
double rates will be collected at place of destination, when
payment is not made. Maximum weight of merchandise
allowed to bo sent, eight aud three-quarter ounces. These
rates will bo applied to France after January 1, 1870.

< a'v - o 1 •> O O O O — iJU

LL SttSISgSilS

1000 — 0 0 2 4 * 4 8-18

L Geiger ®00-5 5 5 4 5 6 5—34

8 1 800- 5 1 3 5 5 6 5-32

( 1000—2 2 5 8 2 2 5- 21

Captain W. Lindt ay

| 1000-3 5 4 3 0 5 3 -23

E j 800—4 8 5 8 9 4 4^28

| inoo— 0 5 5 0 4 3 5-22

n, r r I „um„. I 50°-° •* s 5 5 5 4-28

Dr. J. L. Lstlmc ' 800-3 0 5 6 5 3 5-28

I 1000-4 5 3 3 5 3 4 -27 ,

A ( 500 -5 4 5 8 3 5 5-801

A. Anderson J m_4 A 4 , 4 4 4_)W I m

1 1000— 3 5 0 2 4 3 4—22 J

The American Team Abroad.— The 21st was the day
fixed for the match for the American Cup presented to the
American riflemen by the National Rifle Association foi
competition— first, among the members of the team, and
subsequently, ou its arrival in this country, by our rifle-
men generally. A heavy rain, now a familiar visitant,
prevented the match being announced at the appointed*
time, but later in the day the shooting commenced. The
sky was lowering and the wind light. The range was
1,000 yards. Each man had thirty shots, and the highest
possible score was 150. Bodine and Yale did not take
part in the contest. The scoring was remarkably fine,
considering the distance and weather, and excited general
admiration. Fulton made eight consecutive bullseyes and
Canfield six. The following is the score: —

Name. Score | Name. gCOre

Ful'O" 133 Brace

( anlleld 128 Ballard .. ins

Coleman IWlUilder-lecve .""".'Aos

Mr. Samuel Remington gave a bauquet to the American
team on Friday. Major Leecli and other members of tlie
Irish team were among the guests. Speeches were made
by, and the heartiest congratulations exchanged between,
the Americuus and Irishmen ou their respective victories
at Dollymount and Wimbledon.

On Saturday the members of the American rifle teum
witnessed the concluding shooting of the Wimbledon
meeting. Major Fulton received the Wimbledon Cup

from the Princess Louise. The Americans were personally

visited by the Duke of Cambridge, Earl Spencer, the Mar-
quis of Lome, and the Earl of Kingston. Monday, they
•hey visited Eton with Sir Henry Halford. General M6-
Murdo lias promised to arrange for a visit by the team to
Woolwich this week, after which the Americans will go
to Paris. They will sail for home on the steamship City
of Berlin, which leaves Liverpool for New York on the
12th of August.

The Elcho Shield. — This, the most important match
of tho Wimbledon meeting, was decided ou Thursday.
The Irish term, coached by their recent American antago-
nists, were victorious by the closest as well as the best
score ever made for this trophy, adding sixty-six points to
the best made before, but still inferior to that made ut
Dollymount. The telegraphic report gives the following
summary: —

The contest was limited to the teams of England, Scot-
land and Ireland. The teams consisted of eight members,
each of whom had fifteen shots at ranges of 800, 900 and
1,000 yards. The highest number ofpoiuts (o' for each
shot) that could be made at any one range was 600, aud the
highest total score was 1,800.

The shooting opened at the 800 yard range, the Ameri-
can team keeping the targets for the Irishmen aud super-
intending the shooting. At the close the score stood : —

Team. Points. Highest. Percent.

England 515 CdO tag

Ireland 502 600 (f36

Scotland 43S 000 .830

At the 900 yard range the English fell behind from 515
to 504. The Scottish team warmed to their work and made
some splendid shots, increasing on their previous scores 13
points. The Irish team went to the front with a rush, and
a lead of 10 over England aud 20 over Scotland, increasing
their score from 502 to 527. At the close the scores stood:

Team.

Points.

Highest.

Ireland

600

.878

Scotland

511

600

.651

England

504

600

.840

1,019

•—Tlie London Tinuu approves of the L'euteuuial cele^ra*

Uoa. Now gas go wUU iuipuuity,

The shooting at the third (1,000 yards) range was very
excitiug and watched with breathless interest. Point by
point the English team recovered its lost ground, but the
shooting of tlie Scottish team was the best of all. Stead
ily they gained on the English, gained the leu points dif-
ference, aud attacked the score of the Irish team, now but
ten of the twenty points ahead. Bui the odds were too
great, or the match too short. Wheu the last rouud was
tired they still lacked three points of a tie, having short-
ened the gap seventeen points. The scores for the 1,000
yards range stood : —

T. am.

Points.

Highest.

Per cent.

Scoilund

4M

600

.822

England

4S3

6.0

Ireland

600

785

The score of the tliree ranges was as follows —

Total

Team. StOyda. 900 yds. 1,000 yds. :873

Ireland 602 82? 477 1,506

Scot land 498 611 494 1,50-1

.niM.mi.llll 60* W 1,002

Total

1.0ft*
1,51 *2
1.506

Total

is:..

1.373

1,487

1,404

FOREST AND STREAM

3Drt

At no range to-day, or at any time, have either the
Creedmoor or Dollymount scores of the American marks-
men been equalled, or even approached, 'and a correspond-
ent of the Mutt calls attention to this, which, he says, is
the reason why the Americans were not permitted to shoot
at a target to see how they would score.

After the victory of the Irishmen, Wells, captain of the
English eight, called for cheers for the Irish lean., which
were given. Abercorn, captain of the Irish eight, spoke
in response, and called for clicces for the Scotch eight.
Dunlop, captain of that team, in speaking, complemented
the American team ami America.

Col. Gildenslecve, captain of the American team, re-
turned his thanks for the favorable remarks about his
country. In regard to tho hope that had been expressed
that an American team would compete at Wimbledon in
1870, he said: “We are to have at Philadelphia in that
year a national centennial celebration, and we invite the
rifle teams of the civilized world to a friendly contest
there. Should that lie accomplished you will see an
American team at Wimbledon in 1877."

Lord WhurnelilTo said he hoped the English, Scotch and
Irish riflemen would be represented at Philadelphia.

THE RIFLE AT THE CENTENNIAL.

Tim Americas Off-Hand Rifle Club.— Most of the
members of this new and flourishing organization were
present on the occasion of their first competition, at Union
Hill Schuelzcn Park, on the 22d inst. In addition to the
members, the shooting was graced by the preseuce of the
lovely daughters of the worthy president of the club, and
bright glances and approving smiles doubtless had much
to do with the excellent shooting. The prize contested
for was a magnificent cane, presented by Leon Rocker,
Esq., and valued at $50. The shooting was done with
heavy target rifles, hair triggers, ten shots each at 200
yards. The targets used were of paper, with rings num-
bered from the centre, the bullseye counting as 25, and the
outer ring 1, making 250 the highest possible score. The
members were entirely unused to the heavy rifles used,
hut the scores indicate that the club will be able to turn
out a team worthy of competing, at that distance, with
any in the world. At two o’clock the shooting commenced
and the following scores were soon rolled up: Mr. Win.
Hayes, 202; Mr. Fuber, 108; Mr. Klein, 108; Mr. Hellwig,
106; Mr. Tragesser, 102; Mr. Kessler, ISO; Mr. Moone,
178; Mr. MacDonald, 167; Mr. Becker, 150; Mr. Hennion
118; Mr. O’Kelly, 146; Mr. Farwell, 113.

Adjourning to the Castle, the prize was presented to Mr.
Hayes by tbe donor, Mr. Becker, in one of his felicitous
speeches, which was appropriately responded to by the
winner. The president then gave an account of the for-
mation of the club, which was was followed by other
speeches and toasts. The next meeting of the club will
be held at the Twenty-second Regiment Armory, at eight
o'clock P. M., on the 30th inst. The American Rifle As-
sociation have tendered tbe Off Hand Club the use of their
new range, in Westchester county, for their next meeting.

—Tbe Connecticut Legislature has granted to the Sharp’s
Rifle Company, of Hartford, a special charter, giving val-
uable privileges and extending their capital slock *1 UOO -
000,000. ’ ’ ’

1*iih Inter-State Match- — The California papers con-
tain detailed accounts and target diagrams of this match,
the origin of which was through a challenge from Califor-
nia. published in this paper, and favorably commented
upon editorially. Inter-State shooting will probably be-
come common shortly, but we trust in a different shape.
Arrangements should be made for the contestants to shoot
at the same targets and under the same conditions as to
wind, etc., by which only can a correct test be obtained.

Canada Rifle Associations — We have received the
programme of the Seventh Annual Prize meeting of the
Quebec Rifle Association, which commences on the loth
of August at the Point St. Charles Ranges, and continues
on the following days until the matches are all shot. Sev-
eral of the matches are open to “all comers," and we arc-
assured that if any of our riflemen go up to try their luck
they will find fair play and be well treated . The Domin-
ion Rifle Association Tournament will commence at Otta-
wa on tbe 7th of Septemoer next. $1,500 will be offered
in prizes. There will be for the first time an Inter-provin-
cial match, prizes for which amount to $1,300.

Apropos of this meeting, we note that the Canadians
have been very successful at Wimbledon, three of their
men being winners of the Daily Ttltyraph prizes two of
the Alfred prizes, and three cf the Windinnie prizes. In
the first stage of the Queen’s prize, the winner of the first
prize, with National Rifle Association silver medal and
badge, made ninety points. He was followed by two
Canadians, who, besides winning badges and £12 prizes
rank among the sixty entitled to shoot in the second stage’

Their names are: Hunter, 86 points; Private Mills’

Tenth Battalion, Ontario, 79 points. In addition to llic.se’

£3 prizes were won by the following Canadians: Ensign
f\ right, Fiftieth Battalion, Quebec; Gunner Little Grand

Trunk Railway; Ward. Prizes in the Bass’ match

were won by Sergt. Power, Sixty-third Battalion, Nova
bcotia; Sergt. Major Cruit. Four Canadians were success-
ful m the Alexandria prizes: Major Gibion, Thirteenth
Battalion, Ontario; Major Hunter, Thirteenth Battalion
UnUirio; Sergt. Major Cruit, Caot. Arnold
In the match on the 22d, between the English and Cuna-
dian riflemen for 'he Kolapore Cup, at 200, 500 and 000

yards range, the Canadians won by 34 points. In the first
competition the English team did not put in an appea”!
ance, so the Canadians had a walk over. Afterward, upon
the arrival of .he former, the Canadians voluntarily cam
ceded their score, which amounted to 569 points and shot

mentioned! °W ^ ‘h° the result

1’uu.AiiKLPiiiA, July 16th, 1S75.

Editor FYiiikst ani> Stream:—

Aiiioiik I Ik- German rlflo clubs of tin: Kuateru Slates an association was
formed in 1872 lit I'lilladolpliia for the purpose of liuvlng a grand rifle
contest every second year. Their rule is off-hand shooting at 2u0 yards
distance, targets of various descriptions, us ring targets, man targets.
Held targets, and hullscyo targets. Thu latter, having a 12-luck black
visual centre, with a black -Much bullseye, is tho favorite target. Any
small bore rifle, carrying not loss than twenty-eight round bullets to the
pound, is admitted; hair triggers and bead sights lire In general use; rear
sigliis, uny without magnifying glasses. At cn.li ineulhig the delegates
of the associated clubs elect the place where tho next match is to he
held, and the clnti which is to take charge of it.

l-nd year, at Baltimore, several Western uud Soulhern rifle clubs were
admitted into tile association, which then assumed the name of ine Rifle
Association or the Unilcd Slates of N.vrtli America, (Sclinetzcn Bund
■ler Vereiuigton Staatcn von Nonl America.) Philadelphia was elected
as the place whore the associated clubs will meat in 1876, tho Philadel-
phia Kllle Clul) to preside. This club owns a flue park of nineteen acres,
situated on a hill on the left hunk of the Schuylkill, near Schuylkill Falls
station, on the Noiristown branch of the Philadelphia and Germantown
Railroad, when- the members meet every Thursday for rifle practice and
enjoy nieiit. Tlu- Sclnictxen Park Is a favorito place of recreation among
Philadelphians, who eagerly nvatl themselves of the occasions when the
public generally is admitted. A good sized house, in which a restaurant
is kept, n bowling house with four ton pin alley s, a large dancing pavil-
ion, a stand for concert music, a shooting gallery for parlor rifles, sw ings,
fly ing horses, and several bars and refreshment siands are erected on the
grounds for the accommodation and amusement of tho visitors. The
range runs east and west. The shooting house, at tho west end, Is u
substantial brick building, with twelve roomy stands mid large loading
tallies ill the rear nf eneb aland. Two traverses, crossing the range at
short distances from the shooitug house, prevent the tiring at a wrong
target and accidents from premature dischatves -of rifles. Tbe range is
flanked on each side by Screens, so that bo stray bullet can gel ouGidc.
The markers' ditch and the lurgcts are placed under a shed with sky-
lights, in the rear of which nn embankment and stone wall receive the
bullets passing through tho rear wall of the shed. There Is room enough
to extend the range south ward, so that from forty to fifty targets can be
placed in position, uud to equally extend the shooting house. This Is
the place where the members of the associated clubs will try their skill
next \ ear.

The Committee of Organization, however, which has been appointed
by the directors of the Philadelphia Rifle Club to prepare for and manage
the association match and all l he festivities which will be arranged by
the club at their park, in connection with the centennial celebration, pro-
poses to give to tbut meeting of ritlenieu u much wider scope by connect,
ing with the association match proper a gmeral rifle contest among all
nations which may be represented by riflemen at the antent-ial. Of
course, all shootiug.will be at 200 yords distance. A committee has been
appointed to lay down a plan on which to conduct this international
shooting festival. The gener.lldea is, to begin with the association
match, which will occupy eight or ten days; some of the targets being
open only to members of the association, others to all comers; then to
set a week apart for general personal competition at all kinds of targets
another week for competition of teams, which can easily be organized
afier two week s observation, a third week exclusively for military
weapons, quick firing, recreation matches, etc. Thus the friends of target
shooiing will hove plenty of sport, a place of rendezvous being opened
to Mum, where they are at all times welcome, and where t hey ”are sure
always to meet congenial company. The Committee of Organization
having secured the co-operation of the Centennial Commission, it Is ex-
pected that some of the fire-arms on exhibition will be tested at the
Schuerzen Purk. ^

[The contests suggested by out correspondent will be
full of interest, and the various Scbuetzen bunds through-
out tbe Union will no doubt gladly participate; and there
should also be a fair number of European contestants. In
addition to this, arrangements will undoubtedly be made
for long range shooting, and probably a repetition of the
international match or matches.— Ed.]

point, yet In practice It Is nllowcd u wider scopo, and la hero applied to
the whole biUlacyo or mark," ’

I must al«o take exception to his remark that "many person- ami
some of life long experience, still cling to tho fulse notion that t ho rlflo cur
rlt» straight." Surely this Is Imputing too much Ignorance to even n„.
most untaught rifleman, Indeed, I think there never was a rifleman
who did not know that In sliooilug with tho common sights it Wa*
sary to draw a "lino sight" in shooting at a near ohjoet, and » "f„n
sight" for more distant objects. Perhups ho was thinking only of
begluncrs," whatever new beginner may mean. Plain Talk

A MINNESOTA RIFLE CLUB.

„ _ _ _ Suakoi-kk, July 12th, 1873.

EDITOR Forest and Stream:—

In May Inst an association was funned by members of tho machinery
department St. Paul and Sioux City Railway, for the purpose of rifle
practice and wing shooting, under tho name of the Practice Rlflo Club.
Since then weekly meeting* have been In order, the shooting being con-
fined to the 100 yards range, ten shots each. There are but two rifles at
present to tho club, nnmoly. a Sharps 80-Inch barrel, 12 -pounder, and a
Frank Wesson Of pounds, hoi Ii of 44 calibre. As wo are now to go on
to the 200 yards range, a short review of our Acid meeting may not !>„
uninteresting, considering that a mujurity of the members are amateurs
in rifle shooting.

At the open to all -Itli July rifle tournament, Spencor, Biilcli, and Stc
vens, of the club, won the three prizes offered by the committee on
amusements; other*, not members of tho club, either falling to appear
or shooting too wild with their old fashioned llcnrys and rusty muzzle
loader*.

At the last mooting, July lOih, an exciting contest took place for the
horn, a splendid specimen from Uio shaggy In ad of an undent Monlnnn
"battler, " presented by tbe secretary of tho club for the one making the
highest score at each meeting, to bo retained at tin. close of the sen-on
by the member winning It the iuo«t times. Sides being chosen, the
scores were, out of a possible 60, ns follows —

_ , , Score. I Name. Score.

Taylor licintzelmon 47| Jonas Spencer jy

C. A Stevens 4rt Samuel Leonard . .;•»

eiFli i i -1 1 1 Harry Iloluuelman ;n

K. P. Hatch (o) 2 1, Dutch (5| a,

Totfrt 1 58 1 Total . 7*0

T. Heiniz. lman and J. Spencer shot of the tie, each making 3 bulls-
eyes (IS), and again one shot each at dusk, a centre for II uud a Oullseve
for S., which gave for the fourth tiino the horn to Jonns Spencor. Helu-
t adman's string on the Inst five regular shots was 9 'I-Jfl inches, the
shortest us yet, 10* and 12* to 13* being the best heretofore.

As this is about the first, if not the only organization of the kind in
the State, I thought proper to have ourselves placed on record through
the recognized rifle journal of America, the Forest and Stream.

£_A- Stevens, Secretary

and (£un.

GAME IN SEASON IN JULY.

Woodcock, Snipe, Curlew, and Bay bird*.

POINT BLANK, Etc.

Editoh Forest and Stream:—

In your paper of July 1st whs an article on point blank from one who
uses tbe nerm 'Uplumt of an "Old Scent." Ills explanation and defini-
tion of point blank were so singular and remarkable that it seemed im-
possible it could pass unchallenged. On first rending this article I was
so - truck with what seemed to me glaring errors that I jotted down a few
notes us the basis of a prompt reply. On a subsequent reading, and espe-
cially in view of tbe fuel Unit In your introduction you approved of the
explanation, I determined to wait ood see if wiser, older, und more ex-
perienced heads did not take up the matter to show Ire inconsistencies
Two Issue of your paper have appeared, hut no one seems to question
the theories of your correspondent. (It is hardy possible something
muy have been said in your number for July 8th, which I lost before
having time to examine it. In that case my remarks may be iwnoDrn-
prlutc.)

My reasons for objecting to “Old ScontV’ definition arc that he flret
gives one . use of point blank range and then contradicts himself by giv-
ing another, which is altogether an indefinite distance. la the first place
in Ilia1 cure 2," he definea the "true point blank range" as the point
where the trajectory of the bull first cuts tbe line of sight. Had he
stopped light here he would have been pretty near the truth; but he sny*
In practice this point blank Is only about fifty yHrds from the piece •
hence it is not the point blank Surely this Is remarkable reasoning’
Notice, he says, first it is the truo point blank, then be finds it too near
the piece; therefore it is not the point blank.

N.-xt, be defines point blank range to be the second point where the
trajectory of the ball cuts the lino of sight. In theory uud practice this
may mean almost any dl-tance, and Is therefore too indefinite For in
elui.ee, suppose the buck sight is elevated sufllcleutly to allow the hall to
par. merely u small fraction of an Inch above the line of sight Here
the point blank range, according to "Old Seoul," would be at compare
lively a .lion distance from tbe gun. Elevate the buck sight more and
the point blank range Is longer. Continuing toeievuto the back slid, t
we should find the point blank range would continue to Increase till It
might attain a distance of 2.0u0 yards or more. In other word., our srl
entitle rifleman would have u* believe that point blank range |a any dls"
tanco wo choose. 1 18

Now, I venture to say that when point blank range Is spoken of. some
dlsui.ee approximately determinate Is meant. When In dosciihlnn a
fight between two vessel, the gnus were fired at point blank range we
know Hu- two vessels were so near that they coold fire their guns with
out elevating them. Would Old Scout," when ho waa 1U So United
State, army In dcerlblng some action In which our men fired np„„ ho

TTJi 1 yird"’hb‘re HUld ,hM the>' flr<* Point blank range! If
In- had done so. doe. he suppose any other officer or rifleman could guess
wlililn a thousand yards what distance he meant! K eBn

1 know of hat one theoretically good dcfii.lUon of point blank which
I. that given In the "Glossary of Military Term*:" "Tin, position o! „
firearm when the axla of the bore and the object arrived m are ., ra
.amepianewhieh may be either parallel or Inclined to I ho horizon "
Ann point blank range, the distance at whlchabaU from.JT ,
at point blank, will Im the object aimed at. And a. "Old d

truly eay., "while In theory fatet point buT ! a.S

—A correspondent writes from Round Mountain, Texas,
Unit large bevies of young quail nre seen nil over tho
country, thereabouts, and that the first hatching arc al-
most full grown.

The members of the Staten Island Shooting Associa-
tion have become affected with the Greener breech loader
fever, and several of them already have ordered guns of
that maker, through Mr. H. C. Squires, of No. 1 Corllan.it
street.

—A correspondent writes from Portland, Maine under
date of July 2l9t:—

Our sportsmen report woodcock rather more plenty than usual hut
generally consider the weather loo warm for trumping l» cover so but
few are brought in. The marsh shooting, which opens with ... about
August 7th, is anxiously waited for. when "Win’." kitchen will he again
the scene of surp.lsiLg feats In the eating and drinking line, and many
s brown back and yellow leg will come to grief Dlttmar’s powder is
being tried by many w ith good results . V|I)|

A valued correspondent, the author of the sprighlly
Polly letters, recently printed in our journal gives the
following information respecting the game of Minnesota
He says: —

‘‘There is plenty of game in Minnesota, and large lm-s

Hranc !?atdC> btU WU ‘ * brl ran6e« Hie game bus many

chances to get away. A bevy of quail, instead of flying

into a small coppice ora few brush heaps, where they can
be cut to Pieces as m Ohio, or the East? hero go imo from

iUnd Md .acriC3 of denf“e 0,lk semf in Which it
18 almost impossible to shoot at all. In the first place the
birds will not scatter or lie but keep in a bevy and run all
day before a slow dog; and a fast dog won’t help the mut-
er, supposing he does succeed in breaking them up— will

nnnK t0U\ 8UC ’! b,,ute 118 i’0"* lo do it. They will
not lie first rate, and if you start a bird you cannot get

fn°terlf«Uin»r|?mh1 ,n llm« to cover him, on account of the
interlacing limbs of these miserable little ouk trees. Large

eno!rel,ftto maVi^®’ ^'t V DevCr HS"1* of nny »»« shooting

tlTkcn 1 nhi„a ?00d dlnner- .Tho ruffed grouse, which
they call pheasants, are very plenty, and in some covers
good sport may be lmd But generally they are found
he thick oak scrubs- They, fike Urn quail, arc little in-
clined to rise and very much inclined to run so that you

thev hT ®Ad, 'f° 8 i00t "'em "P°n ,hu ground, or ihen
they tree. As for shooting them flying, there is the same
roulrieas with the quail-the utter .uip.^sib.ltly of bnng
rrK.! 1L',K1,n to hear upon them. The most of the ruffed
grouse brought into the St, Paul market— and they aro
vciy many— are shot over a little cur dog, who is tm.X to
it)6 a n?<sanhlv®fgag0 lhu,ruUc,1,lio« until the shooter comes
^ [M,rV,y t° nillke ,l living, but poor sport.

1 raine chicken shooting in the season is first rate from
August until the middle of September, when they beg E lo
pack and will not lie well; besides tbe duck shooting now
commences, ami then no one cares for anything S A
Xo?.X,r °®8 n°- COtlsid,;r 11 ProMe chic-kef fit to cut
h. *?2r ^err*roC°m,parm^ contemptuously to a crow;
Jut a half-crown or a just full-grown prairie chiclu-n is
eatable, and very much so; and every time you arise from

SrdD5wftS7nriU CiDn0t bdl,but tlrnnkful that this
ruffed JLlfa :od- M wy VP,ni°H 't is far ahead of the
at ri7,mc’ Uul *11, 'bo ducks-mal-

bluehSr Ivb ’, IH * !l fe7‘V,W intelw. or even the despised
tIca b/a ll,ey CILU 'A1"1* duck,' —fattened upon wild
horded knlpu are very plenty upon the

the Rlonfri,al 1° !i llkefl' nl°ng tho river bottoms, among
the sloughs, and by every marshy pondi but I found them

always wild and the bag very unsatisfactory, according to
the labor, even though it might run up to thirty or forty
birds. Home sportsmen affirmed that they had never seen
a real fat snipe in Minnesota. I found many in fair condi-
tion, hut nothing to compare with the heavy hay birds
further south. Large bags were sometimes made in the
Spring flight, the weather and grounds being in just the
right condition and the shooter being on hand just at the
right time; hut this was not often, and their stay with us
very short indeed.” Aliijuis.

— Trap shooting at Ited Hank, N. J., July 26th— prize,
honor and glory— at five birds each. 21 yards rise, 80 yards
boundary; 12 gauge breech loaders, 81 drachms powder,
1J oz. shot:—

..itil lU. n. Bergen.

1111 0|F. Taylor. . ..
...01 1 I 0

0 0 1 1 o
0 0 0 0 1

a it wild

Horace Smllll. . .

Cupt. LoDgstruct. . .

— The St. Paul and Stillwater clubs had a contest on the
15th instant for the champion budge of the State of Min-
nesota, at the former place. Ten contestants were selected
from each club, to shoot at twenty birds each. The match
was very close, there being hut a difference of six birds
after 400 Imd been shot at. The following is the score: —

ST. PAUL cum.

Name.

C. A. Zimmcnnumi.

Dr. P Pay

G. W. Baldwin .. .
.1, G. Taylor

B. Bcuiiprc

<». h. Davis

K. K. Warner

W. Golcher

C. S. Ulinc

STILLWATER CLUB.

Score. Name. Score.

in Wm, Vea/.io ia

H C J. Butler "i'lH

IS C. N. Nelson u

. 18 J. N. Castle ’ ' 15

. . . . Milt. Simmons '. IS

in K. s. Gardner is

H I. Castle in

J8|J. McKu.-ick 11

. . . 1 0 1 W. Watson ! . 13

1 * ” * - ’ . . i IC

Hie judge for Stillwater was Col. R. F. Mersey- for St
Paul, Corning Sealmry. Referee, Major Camp.

Tournament at Grand Rapids, Michigan.— The
Sportsmen’s club of Grand Rapids, held a meeting on the
15111 and Kith inst.s., which resulted most successfully For
the principle prizes on the tlrst day seventeen contested,
with the following result —

Name.

F C. Do wiling
W. L. Tlmyer
W O. Hull. ...

L. C. Baric

A. 11. Thompson .

G. Gould

G. -Sieiitou

J. V. I). Elilridgo..

H. It. (iawkin*

Score.
0

8

9

. . will id re iv

Nnme.

J. Glen

II V. Decker.

It. Madge

I. II llareall.
I. E. Lone . . .
— 8,J. Steward. . ..

9 M. Boorham . . .

Baars ....
.91

Score.

10

6

8

e

6

5

Nmnc.

L. N. II areal I

H II Hawkins . . .

•I. E. Lone

A. B. Tamer

G. Gould

G. Ntcmon

D. Eldridge

J . Glen

F. C, Dowdliic
W. O. Hall .......

Mr. CJleu being the only one who killed ten birds, took
ni>l money, $ 125. In shooting off the ties. Mr. Hawkins
killed live straight birds, and received second prize. Mr
Thayer won third, and Mr. Hall fourth money. Follow-
ing the principal event a number of sweepstakes were shot
hut our space— or rather a want of it— will not permit us
to give details.

On the second day, for the principal event, the number
of contestants was increased, and the result was as follows-
Score. Name. Score

7 M. Boorlmm withdrew

8 W. D. Gilbert s

U II. G. Pecker 9

7 A. C. Horton .9

ij W. L. Thayer 9

5 0. W. Mills

7 G. W. Whittlesey 3

8 U. S. Baars "h

Hi J. Bud g

A. H. Thompson 7

In shooting off ihe lies of uine at 20 yards, Mr. Thayer
killed five birds, and look tirst money. The other prizes
felj t<> Messrs. Hawkins. Eldridge. aud . Dawding, in the
order named. John Glen, Jr., having made tile best aver-
age 111 the main shoot, having killed 18 birds out of 20 in
the two days, won the prize of $50 for the best average of
the tournament. Numerous sweepstakes followed’ in
which the prizes were fairly distributed.

_ _ „ 1*1111. a DELPHI A, July 2-1 til, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

A mutch was shot yesterday at Echo Park, between members of the
Forest and Stream Shooting Club, for a silver uicdul, offered by the club.
H. and T. traps, 21 yards rice, and 80 yard.- boundary. The medal was
won by Mr. Wm. ItcckleM. Thu full score was us follows: —

N"ni“-, Score ! Name. Score.

Wm. Reckless IoIm. Brierly «

U.Cuinming* .-I Adam Smyihc. . a

Clu.-. Foulko fi t*. W idemuyer 5

J. Howhothnm 7 Pr. Spencer "5

Wm, Shuster 7 Dr. Birch j

M. II, Given* .7 l)r. Brown 3

A. II. Casper li

It scorned 10 be u bad day for the Doctor. Sculls.

„ „ Savannah, July, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

The following is the score of a pigeon shoo ling match which enme off
a few days ago at the SchueUun Park between severul of the members
of ihe Georgia Gunio A -social Ion. TI10 lie between Messrs. Butler and
Thiol was shot off ul one bird each, which resulted in another tie, each
bringing down Ills bird. For want of more birds it was decidod to shoot
the tie off on neit Friday afternoon, tho23d inst., when auother mutch
will mku place ul the old Schnetzen Park.

S. C. Tucker I B. C. Wright 4

G. W. Hussey

J. O. Butler

J- C. Wright

1

It. W

5

W. F.

8

Georgia.

Forked River, N. J., July 26th, 1875.
editor Forest and Stream:—

Snipe ore comm? on every duy in good numbers, and while no shoot-
ing can yet be had from "trading'' birds— that is, birds located here for
tliu Summer, yet good sport has been enjoyed at the "lllglit," which
dully couies from the north. E II. Frnmo, of this place, who generally
kills the first and last bird of every season, and whose reputatiou as a
sportsman Is proverbial, killed quite a good bag on Friday of last week,
con-Utlng of marlin, curlew, dowliches, and yellow legs. During the
coming week wo expect big shooting should the wind bold eouiberly,
and should any one be fortunate enough to meet with more than common
luck we will let you know. While wo write we can hear tho reports of
umuy gun* from tho pond to which Mbssrs. THghman mid Knnpp have
gone, and baynien, who, passing them ou the way, have just arrived at
tlm dock, report them as making tilings lively for Mr. 3nipo. No state-
ment of number killed received yet. F.

„ ■ _ Albany, July 16th :875.

editor Forest and Stream:—

I am surprised to And by your lost Issue that somo of your correspond-
ents are still using u preparation for killing aud keeping away black Hies
arm mosquitoes, long since ulmndnucd by mo ip tho woods, viz., tar, oil,
ole., which is a disagreeable and unsightly mixture, while there Is ip the
mark'd a pleasant and dean preparation that dog?; not varnish the skin,
ul is easily removed and softens and ooanufles the cuticle, namely,
Ctilexifiige," manufactured by 8. J. L.mnn, of Montreal, and sold by
soiim cf the druggists in New York city, I have tried this with groat
a isractlonto myself and lady companions, while Utiut fishing. lq Ihu
fomtucki, and won Id not go to tho woods without it. Camper.

Editor Forest and Stream-- Boston. July loth. 1875.

r,: 1 l HrrF~- Sss

fault was nol In he wUh1nV hut am prepared to prove that the

tSkToch ef t,Ih?7dar in lhHr manlpolatlon. I

der ls - , t0,h0,ncl ‘hat they forget thatmypow-

Chlree Ht r ^nT',K U,C b,ack’ ‘hey used too heavy
lncmuc tmmnn, n„ beB,n*111' Ie« than black, and

black there wont I 1 8*1 Bam'! l,nt,®rn nnd penetration as with

aKCC,<lcn"’ °r ‘•'"“I'lmlnlracnis; hut I find that
32 Z Zv do wlf^h. V ^ WhCn UlCy ca,,,lnl <*«•>» ‘h« 'ame re-
On l,e l, r , r , Ck powdcr* lf thc ”ho‘ d°«" not distribute welt
ZvS tiomnch ? 80,8 i°0heaty','r ,bc powder has been rnmmcff

thnn hiforT . 1 " P°Wder thol,U1 U,t,",c ‘ried, pressed down less

I-r l ,!1?" results will be obtained, lf the penetration or
I ! U"0^’11 W,U b" '"'"‘d ‘hat the shot is flattened;

tb s Indicates that the charge was too strong, and although it would have
killed game at a greater distance, tlm exhibit on a target is poorer
If your correspondent "Magna" will fire a few charges more with less
powder than he used before. I hope he will be better satisfied . He will
undoubtedly find that Ihe powder heats the barrel less, and that It dis-
tributes the shot well nnd evenly,

I regret, with "Herbert,” that the correspondent who states that guns
had been torn open from breech to muzzle, provoking!/ omits lo give any
particulars. He must have used gas pipes for barrels, as no other tube
would act in that extraordinary manner. Even than it would only show
that the combustion of my powder is not Instantaneous, as In this case
tbe barrel would have burst at (ho breech. The guns must have been
overloaded, anyhow.

Your correspondent "C..” from West Farmington, Maine, docs not

i r. *’ kCkU8k VnC0r*h0t «"n P°wdw i- his "ancient horse pistol. »
Although ho had no accident himsclr. ills evident that he used it con,
trnry to my rules for rifles in ramming down the powder; he naturally
bad a heavy recoil, and his friend who Imd the accident must have used
it in the same way. Ho either used shot gun powder, and then rammed
it down ns his friend did, or else the soluble materials of the powder
were drained off by his wetting process; these soluble material* being
absolutely essential lo reduce its strength. The powder can be damp-
ened, but not washed or drained. It does not lose Its good protonic
w hen wet oy exposure, or dampened and afterwards dried. If ihe pow-
der is used contrary to my instructions, nnd experiments are marie, par-
lies must run their own risks and not complain of me. I have complied
w llh the wishes of many of my friends to make a slower burning pow-
der, and hope it will now give entire satisfaction, althongh some parlies
prefer a quicker kind, of which they use smaller charges I can make
li of any degree of slowness, as anyone cun prove by trying tbe slow
nlle powder in a shot gun Carl Dittjiar

$j) itch tiny and Routing.

rrUndt *** * — -

Gen. Butler, nnd others, insisted that no stake-boat could

ssi?&ar'j^sa^H «« »r -

Cl rrt(l im on I ,0 long course, and most of the yadils lost
t nemsearehtngforit. I, Wlt, rounded by thfvono

Actual lhe lime « "*is JumB SJ™
Acuial sailing time of twenty-six yachts is us follows —

II. M. s.i
..*» 24 07 Gracia. .

• J K OelVimlias

;1 i". 26|Mist

- .3 25 30

Snnbenm.

Mnrlqultn

Bn-e/.n . . .
Spnrklo..

11 M.

.8 »i

Shadow
Mist .
Tartar.
Georgia
Keei.le
S.-nd,,
Nina...
M agle . .
Gail

II M

:.7 00
8« 27
10 81
.’0 15
23 13
20 33
II II
32 55

HIGH WATER. FOR THE WEEK.

DaU.

£o*ton.

New York.

Charletton.

July 29

July 30

July 31

Aug. 1

n. m.
8 28
9 35

10 33

11 27
eve. 75

57
1 40

a. m.

5 08

6 15

7 *3

8 07

8 55

9 37

10 50

a. m.

4 28

5 85

6 88

7 27

8 15

8 53

9 50

Manhattan Yacdt Clob.— This club held their sixth
annual regatta from the foot of Eighty-ninth slreet East
River, on Thursday last. The course for the first and
second class yachts was to and around the Can buoy at lhe
Stepping Stones. The course for lhe third class yachts
was to the buoy at Tlirogg’s Neck, and returning over same
course. This made a race of twenty miles fm fhe first and
second classes, and a sixteen mile 1 • - f,„ third -class
Nine yachts entered in the three classes, aud at 12 o'clock
all were under way. They finished tlic race os follows:—

Name. H. M, S.I Numc. 11 *« «

John M. Sawyer 3 52 29 Oriole. . ,

3 M 40| Mary Gibson ) 5 S

i 02 391 Carrie 4 n

4 06 581 K •30

Andrew L. Brush.

Skip Jack
Zephyr

The owner of the Sawyer was presented with a silver
cup as the winner in the first class. The Oriole won a
silver pitcher, the prize for second-class yachts and the
Sk'p Jack won the whip pennant for the third class
boats.

The Isle of Shoals Regatta — ‘ This event was sniled on
Friday, the 23d, and was a success only as far as Hie hotels
and a means of attracting a crowd thither was concerned
Owing to carelessness, or ignorance, in tho management of
the details of the raee, the result caused much dissatisfac-
tion. M an v of the yachts were unable to find the stake-
boats at all, and those that were so fortunate as to run
across them, report them either miles away from their
proper positions, or still engaged in looking for the spot
where they were to anchor. It was not until' Saturday
night that the judges were able to give their decisions and
award the prizes. We would s»ngest that, hereafter
when similar regattas are projected, it would be well to
place the matter in the hands of the regatta committee of
some yacht club, whose experience would enable them to
carry out the details iu a more satisfactory manner.

The day was everything that could be desired, and an
immense fleet of yachts hud assembled to compete. Steam-
ers from Boston, Portsmouth, and Portland, as well as the
Plymouth Rock from this port, weie crowded with excur-
sionists. The course was supposed to he a triangle in
shape, representing a distance of thirty miles. At noon
the following first class yachts were started, these being
the yacht which were also timed on the return —

Actual Ume

^ Start. sail i Hi?.

Ypcht Port. II. M. S. H M S.

Resolute New York 12 87 58 4 8> 12

Fearless Portland 12 21 05 4 46 30

Viva (sloop) Portland 12 SO 44 5 80 56

Ray Portland 12 26 45 5 03 09

Coming (sloop) Portland. 12 26 48 4 30 W

Tempest Boston 12 22 40 4 51 16

nnlcyou Portland 12 '8 21 | 23 gu

Rambler Now York. ...13 26 xS 5 07 06

America, Boston 12 3533 4 36 53

The Wivcrq, Romance, Sprite, Foam and Grncie started,
but their return was not timed. The first class yachts were
unable to find the secoud stake-boat, it consisting of a small
whale boat, anchored about ten miles out. Some of thim,
if not all, went several miles to leeward, searching for it,
but were unsnccessful, with the exception of the Rambler.
The owners of the various yachts, including Rufus Hatch,

SL'IOPS.

n. m. s.i

a 47 oo'liiiii!..

a 27 mi violet.

3 Of, 66!Valantc

3 01 Odj-Bva

3 M 051 Wanderer

3 17 StlPorey ...

3 01 57|Snxon . . .

*’ m o; Mary Httcn. ;;;;;;

. * 2:1 STp'oqucite . . j 31 55

lhe judges awarded the Rambler the lira! priz.- for first

class vachts, on the ground that she was the i one to

• ound tliu stake boat, which hv the hvc .* * » ,

following day to be on buShirtS Sand

a half instead of ten. irom the first stake-boat
In t he second class, prizes were awarded*!* follows -

Boston B™ri PnZC w TarlUr' L'aplain Hastings, of
Boston, second prize , Marquita, Captain Dexter, of Dor-

niunri ^ eirire liimrds, first prize to the Shadow, Captain
!)vln d,eft1J Si'C°n< prizc’ Ma=ic> Captain Nell, of
J n,0°n i>rs’ flrst.Pnzc ln the VuiiiiM, Captain
of lSrt?and* y; SeC°U<1 P"2*’ SImrklc. Captain Thomas,

d.,TTTI1MK°CknW?y YTIlt club l,olds its annual regatta
dining the second week in August.

“‘S® Atlantic Yitclii club will start on theirannual cruise

° flCCl, W,i" Glen Cove ,£

tliat day. 1 lie cruise includes visits to New London \cw
Bedford, Greenport, and Martha’s Vineyard.

on^,KgftU(a of.",e .®R.n Francisco Yacht club came off
on the „4lli m,t. A stiff breeze was blowing. The race
w«8 a hue one. The Freda, of Mare Island, won the prize
for schooners, and the Gazelle that for sloops.

—A special regatta took place at Salem, Mass. Juky *0
starling at Beverly according to the previous arrangements',
with a flue day pud a glorious wind. Filiccn yachts eu-

tIhC<9/md3^LPV^ 'VCr0.,W0n l,y VIC Ev,,nf "><• first class,
(Ih. «8m. 40sec.); Ibis of the second-class, (lh. 81m. Msec.);

T dip of the third class, the only boat entering of that cla-s
1 he lb's won on the chum of afoul by the Water Lily
which really came in ahead. The consolation prize fell to
the Heron of the first-class, whose time of 2h. 4m Gsec
seemed to show that it hud been fairly earned. Theau-
nunlCTutse wil! been Wednes.lay, and tbe second regatta
will take place off Nahant August 20th.

The Bunker Hill \ncht Club were reviewed in Ihe fore-
noon previous to sailing for the Isles of Shoals, by Ex-
Com. Beckford, oil Nuuguskead, Salem Harbor.

‘‘Teal.”

Barneynt Met.— Kinney's A*hley Home, July 25th —
Col. Ricker with a party of friends connected with the
New Jersey Central Railroad, in his new steam yucht the
Ocean Gem, arrived in our inlet at 7 o’clock 1\ M. to dav.
They left Sandy Hook at 2:25 P M., making the run in
four hours and thirty-five minutes. Your correspondent
was invited on board and kindly offered an opportunity to
inspect tins saucy looking craft by the Col. A* her dimen-
sions have already been described 1 will only add that for
beaut}- in model, taste in her tittiugs and ingenuity dis-
played in converting every available space lo some con-
venience her equal is not afloat, (of her size). Col. R i3
very much pleased with her performance thus far lie
wil leave our waters on Monday after trying their skill

with the sheepshead aud blueflsh. jj

Editor Forest and Stream:- Ch.caoo, July 191b, 1873.

Tha following Is a report of tho first organized regatta which ever took
placo in Chicago. Saturday, J.ly lTih, was lhe duy retooled for the race
I wclve yachts entered. Weather rainy, wind very light, and calm dur-
ing the last part of the race. Tune allowance, two second* for every
foot of beam:—

Length Starting a-,,,-1

f Name. VT & VT, & H

Lacy- 20 w 6 6 2:09:1 0 5 U0l^ IS

^“md '9 00 8 6 2:08:00 5:27-10 a w ' a

Oawn .25 10 10 00 s:'3M 5-V 09

Ann c Louise Curoy.. 28 00 14 no 2:15:1)0 4:lC A I'm "**.

JAGrie 18 00 TO) 2:0s:*l yjlS

SjWudina'ia". . S 9°°6

$ ,? «• 2;^ |:g|.

Tho judges were Messrs. R. Prlndiville. John It.irasoy, and A C Du
cat. Time keepers. Aid. Heath and Capt. Ben Bnllwinkle Cadi’cox
gave the nee of his tug. the Ben Drake, to tho judges, time keeper* and
reporter*. Tha Fiertwing fairly won the race, biu owing to a diaDute
arising among the o(her yachts the judges, at a meeting held that even
meat the Sherman House, decided tho race a draw, and that it should ho
sailed again next Saturday May they have more favorable weather
A meeting will be held at the Sherman Houso next Tuesday evenin'*
and the forming of a yacht club in this city discussed.

— A rncc on the Seekonk River, between a crow of tho
NnmtganseU anil a crew of the Pawtucket Boat clubs
came off on the 24th, and was easily won by lhe Pawtucket
club, the challenged party. The prize was a set of silver
cups, appropriately decorated, valued at $150. Time 18
miu. 30 sec., including that lost in going round the stake-
boat, Mr. John S. Waterman, how oar of the winning
university crew at Saratoga last week, was referee The
Pawtucket club wins the cup, and also holds the chumnion.
ship of lhe Stale. K

—The long delayed four-oared lap streak boat race be-
tween the Ross-Foley and Smith-Nickorson crews’ for
$1,000 a side, came off at Halifax on the 24th inst ’The
course was from the yacht club piers to a buoy east of
George Island, and return, a distance of five nautical
miles. They made a good start, aud Ross-Folev led for a
few minutes, but were soou passed by Smith Nickerson
who continued to increase the lead until the close The
time was 35:85, Ross-Foley beiDg a minute and a half be-
hind,

398

FOREST AND STREAM

Wbstfibld, N. Y., July 13, 1873.

3fr. ir K. Rond:

Dbxr Sir: I received the boat yesterday. and Inst
evening tried It upon Lake Erie in quite a heavy son
I had every reason to be pleased with the boat. a» It
seemed to be strong, light, and perfectly manageable
Youra truly. K. B. BREWER. Jr

ftDg*

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DITTMAR POWDER CO..

Office 55 Kilby street,

BOSTON.

CUAS. L. ANDREWS,

President.

HAS. J WHITMORE.

Treasurer.

HAVE FOR SALE

>r/ IMttninr’s Gunpowder

For M»o' G tins and Itidr-o.
Secured by Letter* Patent.

FIXED AMMUNITION FOR AI.L VARIETIES OF
RIFLES AND SHOT Gl'NS FUR-
NISHED AT SHORT NOTICE.

The new patent Sporting Powder does not soil the
gnn; deao* it. when yon u« one charge of it, alter
many with black pow der: no smoke — little recoil— no
loud report— high velocity The beat ever made in
this line; not to be confounded with Schultz' or En-
gllsh Wood Powder, or Sawdust Powder, as it is su-
perior to each.

J. D. DOUGALL’S

EXPRESS SHOT GUNS.

(Title registered.)

SHOWN by trials at Wimbledon by Editor
of the Field to possess the GREATEST PENE-
TRATION and therefore LONGEST RANGE— thus:
Circle, 30 inches; 300 pellets, average, 191: penetra-
tion, 37. The Baiter's trial of Greener guns with 340
pellet- of same shot and same charge of powder, gave
lHO.snd penetration 30. although there were 40 more pel-
lets in each charge. -Should any controversy arise as
to the durability of these new systems, we herewith
warn ai. beforehand that our systtm is our own inven-
tion (thongh founded on the American idea) and is DU-
RABLE. s fact remarked on by the Field, that the
guns tried had been In use during last season, and ref-
erences permitted to the owners. Send for Illustrated
Circulars to

59 St. James's Street London.

^E.60.NDJ^

'T’HESE BOATS ARE SHIPPED TO

.m »b Part* of the world. They are the only port-
la±t e<lu‘J to ,hc be»t whole ones
— IOCM °*c; Jy291y

Central Railroad of N. Jersey.

ALL HAIL LINE BETWEEN

NEW YORK AND LONG BRANCH.

Six trains each way dallv. Sunday executed
lng through Wood ridge. Perth Amboy. Southern-
Ur,. Mat* wan. Middletown and Red Hank

SmVm peMY°rk*1 ’*°' B:00, 10:80 A M • >=00.

^toS Rjf Br“Ch “ 5:06, 8:00< ,0:0a A'

in addition to the above an accommodation train
, New Vork f,,r South Amboy at 8;.V> p M
L«vc. South Amboy for New York at I,;-* A M
braces connect at Maiawuu, with all trains to and
from Keyport. and at Long Branch Station ’with all
train*, to and from Ocean Grove and A.bure Hark
„ * BALDWIN, Gen . Para, Agent

B. E. Rickie, Bup't and Eng'r. ju] j5gm

CIIAS. GREENS

Manufacturer of

Breecli Loading Shot (Jims.

*>*

MUZZLE LOADERS CONVERTED To BRRKCH
LOADERS. 1 ’ “KKBCH

action a* new gun*, send for clrcnla*

% &So' 8 ** ,UMt- *KSE S V

Tourists’ and Soortsmen’s Route.

THE ERIE RAILWAY.

THE ROUTE OF THE ERIE RAILWAY
Is peculiarly rich In the variety and extent of Its
scenery, and w hile the tourist has alternating glimpses
of the bounty of river*, gaps and mountain*, the
sportsman has within easy reach many localities that
afford him every facility for the enjoyment of the
sports of the field and stream. Wo enumerate a few
of the pleasure resorts which crowd the line of the
road

Hiilliorfiird Park. -9f miles from Now York. Fine
hotels and boating pastimes on the Passaic,
t'linon — 13J miles from the city, overlooking the
picturesque Lake Dundee.

Lake MolionK — \ bentillful bndv of water 1,300 feet
above tlie II nd»on — splendid hotel accommodations.
Orange Lake. -Six miles West of Newburgh, and
noted for Its Ashing attractions.

.Milford. Pa.— About eight miles from Port Jervis.
I* noted for Its trout (lulling, woodcock shooting and
superior hoteda.

Avon Spring* — Celebrated for 30 years as a resort for
invalid*, the waters possessing many valuable heal-
ing nnnlltles.

AVatkln* Glen. -This beautiful gorge is distant 201
miles from New York, via Erie Rond to Elmira. It*
wild and picturesque attractions are second only In
reputation to those of Niagara.

Cliautouqun Lake. — j$ miles long. 3 miles wide; said
to be the highest navigable water on the American
continent, being 730 feet above Lake Erie and 1,290
feel higher limn the Atlantic Ocean.

Niagara Fall* — This great cataract is reached by the
direct line of the Erie Railway.

There are along the line of the road no less than

Ten Large Lakes, Abounding with Fish.

and affording mo-t delightful sport for black bass and
pickerel. Their names are— Lakes Greenwood. Orange,
Mobonk. White, Otsego, Cayuga, Seneca, Kcuka, Sil-
ver and Chautanqua.

The following schedule will afford a partial guide to
the numerous fishing localities reached by this road:

Trout Fisliiiio' :

At or near Southflelda, 42 mile* from New York.
“ '* Oxford. 53 “ «* ••

“ " Middletown, 67 '* “ “ ••

“ " Otisvllle. 76 “ '* *•

“ " Port Jervis, 88 “ •* ••

" “ Montlcello, 1(2 •• “ •* ••

“ " Milford. 96 " “ •«

Black Bass and Pickerel.

At or near Sloatsbnrg, 36 miles from New York.

Including Lakes Traxedo, Potague and Cedar Pond.
At or near Monroe. 60 miles from New York.
Including Round. Long, Mombasha and Cromwell's
Ponds.

At or near Florida, fit mile* fron New York.

The famed Mirror Lake, is dislant 1 mile
At or near Otisville, 76 milea from New York
" Guymard. SO “ *• •• ••

'• Port Jervis, 88 “ “ “ ••

" Montieello. 112 “ “ «• ••

" Cen. Valley, 48 “ “ “ ••

' " SenecaLake. 291 *• •• •• «•

Tickets for sale at the General Offices of the Erie
Railway Company, 124 Washington street Bo-ton; 241,
401, 529. or 957 Broadway, New York; und 732 Chest-
nut street, Philadelphia. Exprc-s train* leave New
York from depot foot of Chambers street at 9 A. M.,
10:45 A. M„ and 7 P. M.

„ JNO N. ABBOTT.

mr-lO General Passenfler Agent.

COLLIIST GW O OD

AND

Lake Superior Line.

Toronto, Colllngwood, Fort William,
Duluth, Fort Garry.

Comprising the throe first class, upper cabin powerful
side wheel steamers

Chicora, Cumberland nud Algoma
Having splendid drawing room cabins, in connection
with the

NORTHERN RAILWAY OF CANADA

Leaving Collingieood rre.ry Tuesday and Friday

On arrival of Steamboat Express Train, with Drawing
Room Cars attached, calling at
PRESQUITE. BRUCE MINES. SAULT STE
MARIE. MIC1IIPICOTON. NKPIGON, SIL-
VER ISLET. AND PRINCE AR-
THUR'S LANDING.

Fort Garry and the Northwest!

With direct connections at Thunder Bav with DAW-
SON'S ROAD TRANSPORTATION COMPANY for
Fort Garry, and with steamers for
DULUTH, FORT GARRY, and T1IE RED RIVER
COUNTRY.

Pleasure Travel.

This route embraces the most enjoyable and plctn-
r«-que Summer Tour bv making the circuit of Lake
Superior, w ith the sheltered nnd beautiful waters of

the Inside channels of Lake Huron nnd Georgian Bsy,

ItTcent par-
lor cars, to Toronto, connecting with tlie Royal Midi

and thence by three hours' rail, with magnificent

Dally Lire of steamers on Lake Ontario, and the
Grand Trunk Railway, for the THOUSAND ISLANDS
and the Rapid* of the River St. Lawrence, for Mon-
treal. (Quebec, White Mountain*, Portland, Boston, and
all points East nnd South; and with the Great West-
ern Railway and Lake Ontario steamers dally for
Hamilton. Niagara Fall*. Suspension Bridge, Buffalo,
Detroit, and all points West nnd Southwest.

Cheap Excursions

Will be made nnring the Summer season, tn the
month* of June. July, August. and September, afford-
ing ample opportnnitv for visiting 'he Great Mineral
Region of Lake Superior and the FISHING GROUNDS
of Lake Neplgon.

Connections thronghont punctual and certain.

State Rooms can bo secured at Central Passenger
Offices. Toronto, and all information given by

CHAS PERRY. 62 King street. East, Toronto.

I). MILLOY. 8 Front street, Ea«t. Toronto
COOK. SON & JENKINS. Ag't*. All Broadway Y.

ALFRED TBLFER General Agent,
Northern Railway, Brock street, Toronto

Elizabeth Islands near N. Bedford, Mass.
OR SALE CHEAP, 450 ACRES LAND

F

on Mashawenn Island, near Paso tie, Cnttyhnnk.
Fenlkese, and Martha’s Vineyard. Admirably si
for a fishing clnb or Summer resort. Price &30 cash

per acre, if applied for soon. For farther particulars
adore*, W. A. STAGG, 68 Broadway, N. Y.
juI15 4t

HEC EM AN'S

For use as Military Pon-
toons, Life Boats, Lighters,
Dirgies, Dorys, on board
Steamers, Yachts, and other
vessels Also forSportsmen,
Tourists, Trappers, Explor-
ing Expeditions, Parties
Camping Out, Ac. These
safe ana perfectly portable
boats will admit of the
roughest usage. A very
light, strong and durable
frame of ash or other tough

PATENT PORTABLE

^wAAUPQBTAgjeL^O.L P,N/S

FOLDINC BOAT.

wood, with canvas cover, and
can be folded In on*-«ighth
rpaee, for Iranrpnrlatlnn, nd
cirried In a light buggy,
wagon, horseback, or by sin-
gle person, and can be un-
folded ready for use in three
minutes' time. Boat* shipped
hy express anywhere, same
rate of freight as other

{roods. For descriptive clrcu-
ar and price list, address an
above.

CAMP LOUNGE COMPANY,

TROY, IV. Y-, AND NORWALK, OOIVJN.

ShcrMan CamP

House »»Home
in Camp.

With cloth case, by express, $5. With quilted can
vos, $10 Add 85 c^ot* for postage when ordering by
mall. 81 .25 extra for Patent Camp Pillow .

WHAT GEN. SHERIDAN SAYS OF IT.

Cjiicaoo, May 17th, 1875.

I have received and examined the Camp Lounge,
and find It very convenient. It is portable aDd valu-
able for hunting and fishing purposes, furnishing a
complete bed on the bank of a stream or under the
shade of the treea. p. H. SHERIDAN.

Lieut. General U. S. A."
m Valparaiso, Ind., April 13th, 1875.

"Please acknowledge receipt of enclosed money or-
der. The Camp Lounge is O. K. It Is THE THING.
„ . , W. n. HOLABIRD.

Manufacturer Hunting and Shooting Suita for Sports-
men " r

"Camp Lounge received. I have set it up and tried
It It works verv comfortably indeed. Hope to try
It in camp this Summer. B. F. BOWLES,

Pub. Springfield Republican.”

Plain and ((ullted, 8IO.

I am
very

Ron and Gdn, Meriden, Conn.:

"It curries light, lies easy, and is always ready
W. C. Uaiihih, Forest and Stream-
"Please send a 810 Sheridan Camp Lounge,
astng one of your cheaper lonngcs, and find It
convenient for the honse oa well a* the woods."

G*o. E. Gladwin. Worcester. Mars.:

'•Tho Camp lounge recently ordered gives such
f,5t*0nj k nml1 con,llrail“;,1 to order another for
a rnend, and shall want more In September "

Geoiiob Barut, Alton, III :

"The fifteen Lounges ordered have been distrib-
uted, and give satisfaction Is every case."

Address all letters to Troy, N. Y„ or Norwalk, Conn.
Lmng. s shown and orders received at office of Forest
BDm 8*rtam- Baton & Co a 102 Nassau street.

Trade supplied at 177 Broadway, New York.

Adopted by 1st Corps Cadets Mass. Vol. Militia, of Boston
the Largest Military Organization in Mass. ’

*1*0 to Gen. Joseph Tucker, ex-Lieut. Gov. of Mass.; Gen. W 8 Bartlett
and Richmond, Va ; Gen. Gilmore, of Springfield- Gen Henrv 8 Rrim *r aCi of Pittsfield, Mass ;
thousand military gentlemen and sportsmen ‘throughout the ^ WnSntnrrf“ho»ef mmu^flad'l 'j'10™ tb“" lw"
hold of our Invaluable Camp Lounge oouniry, wnose Unqualified Indorsement we

The Goss Revolving Cartridge Holder

HARRIES paper or metallic

- I -J'l •v.Mif. n </*■ l.l title

slides, Weighs but U pounds, and Is only inches
wide. Holder, flare ut top so as to quickly receive
the sheila, and, being elastic, ercurdi clasp the same.

Kor ciiAe or action ami rapid nhoolliiK It cxceln any-
thing of fhc kind Invented.

PRICK, C o. I) .

In ordering, give the bIjhi of nhclla and a loo** mcan-
uremi'nt ouuldc of vent.

M»-ly N S. 0088. Neosho Falls. Kon,

For sale— a second-hand nor.

gall 10 bore breech loader, and Chnrb-s Lnncai*
tor muzzle loader, both nt a v. rvjow figure

CUARLKM L HITOMANN A CO.,

_ ^ . 848 Broadway, above 22d street.

i-Sw'Riw,*1* "*4» ‘M4Kl ™

Tlie PIncco

Loader, Crimper and Cap Expeller.

A1

LL DEVICES NECESSARY FOR

r loading or re loading shell* of two callhra.

combined In one Instrument. Avoids the newssuv
of cutting or shortening the shell fot light 7oad^
needs no wo.. den table or bench to fasten It to while

screw Wlth“a '° pJcceB "> removlng one

screw with a lock knife, and stow* In a can raw
Malleable coatln-s, nickel nlutc tlnUi, rv.
two gauge.. Price 110, boxed * ' ComPleto for

lel7-fim ALT°N L,(OS & C0 • «« Mbrtf street.

$10 to $1,000 noM*1 M 'aaJu>cka

THE

HAZARD POWDER CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

GUNPOWDER.

Hazard's "Bleelrlc" Powder.

Nos. 1 (fine) to 3 (coarse). Unsurpassed In point of
•trengthand cleanliness. Packed in square canla-
tora of 1 lb. only.

Hazard'* •• American Sporting."

Nos. I (fluci '0 3 (coarse). In 1 lb. canisters nnd fi J lb.
kegs. .A fine grain, quick and clean, for upland and
prairie shooting. Well adapted to short gune.

Hnznrd ■ "Duck Shooting."

Nos. ' (fine) to 5 (coarse). In 1 and 5 lb. canisters
and 6| aiul I2| lb. keg*. Barns s/ottVy and very
clean, shooting remarkably clo»e. ami with great
penetration. For field, forest and water shooting
ii ranks any other brand, and It la equally servicea-
ble for muzzle or breech loader.

Hazard's “Kentucky Itlfie."

FFFG. FFG, and "Sen Shooting" FG, In keg* of 25,
12J. nnd lbs. nnd can* of 5 lbs. FFFG I* also
packed In 1 nnd 4 lb. canisters. Burns strong and
nwiet. The FFFG and FFG are favorite brands
for ordinary sporting, and the "Sea Shooting” FG
Is the standard Rifle powder of ttc country.

SUPERIOR MINING AND BLASTING POWDER.

GOVERNMENT CANNON AND MUSKET POW-
DER; ALSO SPECIAL G RADKs FOR EXPORT,
OF ANY REQUIRED GRAIN Oil PROOF MAN-
UFACTURED TO ORDER

The above can be had of dealers, or of the Compa-
ny's agents in every prominent city, or wholesale at
our office.

88 Wall Street, New York.

Attractive Route

To the Trout ant] Urayling Fisheries of
Northern M Icliik'iin,

VIA UR V!\D RAPIDS AND INDI ANA RAIL-
ROAD. MACKINAW GRAND RAPID*
AND CINCINNATI SHORT LINK.

The attention of SPORTSMEN and TOURISTS
Is Invited to the mnny attractions offered by tin* line,
now completed from Richmond, Ind.. to Traverse
City, on Grand Traverse Bay, and to Pctoskey, on
Little Traverse Bay. The warer* of the Grand Tra-
vorsc region nnd the North Woods of Michigan arc
unsurpassed, If cqunlled, in the abundance and great
variety of the finny tribe. BROOK TROUT abound
in the streams, nnd the famous AMERICAN GRAY-
LING, now attracting the attention of Sportsmen
everywhere, I* found only In these water* BLACK
BASS. PIKE, PICKEREL, and MASCALONUE are
also found In great numbers lu tho many lukes and
lakelets of tills territory

LUXURIOUS SLEEPING AND CHAIR CARS
mn through from Clncmnstl to Traverse (Tty; also
PULLMAN PALACE SlEKPERS from Detroit over
Michigan Central and Grand Rapid* aud Indiana road,
vin Grand Rapids, to Petoskey, with 8PLENDID
STEAMER making DAILY CONNECTION at latter
point for the Island of Mackinaw
For Touri-ts’ Guide, containing complete and accu-
rate maps, with full information ns to Fishing Grounds,
transportation facilities, and in short all that could be
desired by Sportsmen or Tourists, send to Forc-t and
81 ream office, or to the undersigned. Low Round
Trip EXCURSION TICKETS good until SKITEM-
BER 30th.

IV

J II PAGE,
Gen’l Passenger and Ticket Agent,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Fishing and Hunting

Read tlie FolloAviii^ f«»- the

Best Fishing and Hunting
RESORTS.

On Conway Division. Eastern It. R.. Brook Trout.
Trains leave Boston 8:00 A M. and 2:15 P M
Umbagog lakes, vlaGr. Tr’k to Bethel, Mo. I
Upper waters of Penobscot. f Trout!

Sebcc Lake. I . . , , . _ ,

Grand Lake Stream | L“nd lockcd 8“lmo«-
Nqw Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova
Scotia, Salmon, 8ea Trout, and Brook Trout
Trains leave Boston 8:30 A. M. nnd 8:00 P M.
Rangley lakes, via Farmington, Me., Largo Brook
Trout.

Mooeehcad Lake, via Dexter, Me., Lake and Brook
Trout.

Trains leave Boston 8:30 A. M.

Pullman cars on night trains.

Good hunting, large und small game In all tho above
localities In their season.

For maps, fare, tables, Ac uddreen or call at 181
Washington street, Boston, Mans.

Eastern and Maine Gentral R.R.Line.

G«o F. FTeld,
QenT Pass. Agent.
Jel7-3tn

Chas. F. Hatoo,
Gen 'I Manager

STEAMERS TO

Eastern Maine, New Brunswick,

Nova 'Scotia, Prince Edward Island, &c.
THE

1

UUl lilt IIUIHX UtUO

Company’s Hteamerg

New York and City of Portland.

will, until October 8d, leave Boston nt 8 A M.,nm
Portland at 6 P. M. every Monday. We-dnesdnv am!
Friday for Kastport, Malno, and 8t. John, N. U
forwarding passengers by connecting linos to Calais
Me., St. Andrews, Fredericton, and Shcdinc, N If.,
Amhorst. rruro, Plrtoii, Dlgl.y. Annapolis, Kent
vllle, Windsor, nnd Halifax, N. S.. Summorsldo am)
ThUUU>Wn' P- K I'" “l,d Llawksbnry, C. B

A Most Dosiroble Koiito for 8portsnion,

presenting a convenient and pleasant mode of nccen
to the famous hunting and fishing ground* of tin
Eastern regions, at very moderate rates of fare. F01
olrcDlor, with map nud description of the rente, npplj
W. , . „ W. W. KILBY, Agent,

Pvfliaivrsml Yiliut, fi9»wa»

FOREST AND STREAM.

SCOVILL’S

BlootHLiverSyrup

All cutaneous eruptions on tbo face or body Indicate

Aii Impure Condition of the lllood,

and this may or may not bo

cither caao la nothing more than nn Insidious poison,

th“l BURNS LIKE A TERRIBLE FIRE

a* It courses through the vlens, sowing seeds of death
WtothUr^oudl|'*on°of things something Is needed at

ONOB TO CLEANS* Til* BLOOD; Slid

Scovill s Blood and Liver Syrup

will positively effect this desideratum, expelling
every trace of disease from the blood and system and
.caving the skin

SOFT, FAIR AND BEAUTIFUL.

Hundreds of certlllcates attest Its value. Price $1 a
bottle.

FOR 8 \LE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

Dr. Rogers’s

VEGETABLE WORMSYRUP

A brave man may suffer pain, when Inflicted upon
himself, heroically; but he

CannotseehisChildSuffer.

There Is no other malady Incident to childhood that
Is accompanied with more Indescribable wretched-
ness to the little sufferers than that

Produced by Worms;

ana when the parent fully comprehends the situation
he will not delay a moment In securing the most
prompt and efficient remedies to insure the expulsion
of the Intruders. The remedy may be found In

Dr. Roger’s Vegetable Worm Syrup.

Please bear In mind that

ROGERS’ WORM SYRUP is the reliable prepara-
tion.

ROGERS’ WORM SYRUP Is a portable prepara-
tion .

ROGERS’ WORM SYRUP Is liked by children.
ROGERS’ WORM SYRUP positively destroys
worms.

ROGERS’ WORM SYRUP leaves uo bad effects.
ROGERS' WORM SYRUP Is highly recommended
by physicians, and Is nnqnesrionably the best WORM
MEDICINE IN THE WORLD.

Price 25 cents. For sale by all drngglsts.

HENRY’S
Carbolic Salve.

FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The wonderful celerity with which this
combination of Carbolic Acid with other
soothing and Curative Emollients acts,
is something ukin to the marvelous.

It is with pride that the proprietors call
attention to the gratifying fuel that

Physicians give it the lii^h-
cst meed of praise,

and use it and proscribe it in their practice.

New York, Dec. 22, 1869.

John F. IIkkry, Esq.:

Your Carbolic Salve proves an excellent article,
and I (hank you for It. This is another evidence of the
great value of the discovery of Carbolic Acid. Yours
truly, Geo. B. Lincoln,

Prcs't Board of Health.

Price 25 cents per box.

IlEV. H. U. LOCKWOOD'S

Catarrh Cure !

The Best Remedy Known, and Endorsed by all tho
Principal Physicians of the Country.

Rev R. B Lockwood's Nu.al I louche will be
fim*d valuable In obstinate chronic eases.

Rev. It. It. Lockwood's Liver and Stomach Pills
idyspepsla, receive tho endorsemeut of thousands.
Price 50 cents each.

JOHN F. HENRY, CURRAN & CO , Proprietors,
8 and 9 College Place, New York.

HENRY’S

SEWING MACHINE OIL

A PURE OIL that docs not gum up and has tho
endorsement of tho principal Sewing Machine Com-
panies.

Price 25 Cent* per Bottle.

MOTT’S LIVER PILLS

It Is ca«y enough to make n pill, but to make a
Rood ptll, ani that's tho difficulty. There ure cheap,
harsh, drastic pills, that are of oven loss benefit than
a nose of mbs. Rut a good medicine, like Dr. Mott’s
Liver Pills, which ponctriitea to the seal of dlaea-e, la
a desideratum Indeed Will positively cure all dls-
ca-cs of tho Liver. Sold everywhere. Price 26 con la
Per box.

Green’s Oxygenated Bitters.

At certain periods of life a tonic Is n necessity; but
inure Is danger In using stimulants that Injure tho or-
nbui' , digestion while giving temporary relief. To
i.8 .. 1 . M unJ Proaunt to the public a tonic free
® A ICOhoMo Poison. Dr. Green prepared the Oxy-
genated Bitters, a sure cure fordyspopslu und all kin-
bottJoCOmp “luU*' BolJ CVMywb8r»- PUco $1 wr

Packer's All-Healine Tar Soap.

d«rfn?r< * nll kindH °f Skin Diseases with a most won-
tinHio „ccJtal,|ty; R promotes cleanlluess. personal
klmis «»nai8‘"loral llualth: It la a preventive of many
thannSL,i^W),u'&iand 11 '8 absoluta nocesalty In
nursary. Prtoe H canto.

Jjfliscellaiieous.

THE GREAT

London Gun Trial,

1875.

; W. GREENER begs to Inform bis numerous
clleuts In the United Stales that he has been very suc-
cessful In tho above trial, having secured the first

Srlxe, a silver cup, value 10 gulneas-elass 2 for 12
ores; ulao winner In class 1 for 8 and 10 bores, and
class 4 for 20 bores. He has won In all the classes for
Improved boring, which Is upon a different plan to any
other maker, and Is far superior la the three most es-
sential points, viz., PATTERN, PENETRATION,
and REGULARITY OF SHOOTING,

Mr IIENHY C. SQUIRES, of No. 1 Cortlandt St.,
New York Is now importing my DOUBLE CLOSK-
SHOOTING GUNS to order, an invoice of wblcb
will be shlpiwd to him on tho 1st July, aud cun be ex-
amlned iibuut the 15th. All special order* given to
*Jr- Squire* will be carefully filled. A full report of
the GREAT TRIAL, showing the marked superiority
of my guns over guns made by Dougal. Pape, Westley
Richards. Tolley, Scott, and others, will shortly be
published, and cau bo bad on application at No. 1
Cortland St.

W. W. GREENER,

CTininpiou Gun Maker,

fit. .Mary'* Work*, Birmingham, England.

HOLABIRDS

SHOOTING & FISHING GARMENTS.

The Best, me clieapO'Ram] most desirable

a o o i) s

Ever Offered to the AMATEUR SPORTSMAN.
Write for Illustrated catalogue.

W. H. HOLVUIRD,

Jel7 Valparaiso, Ind.

THE AMERICAN

W. MERIDEN, CONN.

Special attention Is given to flrst-clasa work. Extra
■ketches snd DOG PORTRAITS cut to order, by
sending photographs. JACOB GLAUN, Manager,
Formerly Supt. of Parker Bros. Engraving and Orna-
ments! Department. Feh 11

DR. FOWLER’S

PATENT

HARD RUBBER REEL

The Gem-Improved.

This beautiful Reel has now boon before the pub-
lic two years, and all who havo used It speak loud In
Its praise.

IT HAS BEEN IMPROVED,
and all the Reels made this year will pass through tbo
hands of tho Inventor, and nono allowed to go out,
except those that are perfect.

For sale by all flret-^lasa Jobbers ami the trade gen-
erally. A H FOWLER, Invoulor,

K.'l. 4 ITHACA. N Y.

Kay Shot Concentrating Cartridge.

No croaaors, turners, or topwads required. Loads
In half tho time usually required. Fifty percent,
bettor distribution and greater penetration secured.
Send to t oar guu dealer for sample. J a8»ly

Jffi'lccllaiteous

J. & W. TOLLEY’S

FINE ENGLISH

BREECH LOADING GUMS,

3Intlo to Order

on

FROM STOCK.

*r>Y _y 4Lrr^ These Guns, celebrated for
genuine high class workmanship
und No. 1 SHOOTING POW-
EltS, are built In »lx qualities
(oi brands.) They are now Im-
ported direct to oar NEW YORK
OFFICE, and sold by the Manu-
facturers to SPORTSMEN at
the following prices.

Pioneer, .... go 5 Gold.

Tolley,

■ 90

TO Standard, . . . .

1 15

,A National, - - .

1 It*

9 < 'hnllruge, -

ISO

S Paragon, -

225

S!£hom8j^

steir
edF
out \U'i

Without Extra Cost.

TRAP SHOTS and others rc
qulring Guns •peclally built, on
our new system for DOUBLE-CLOSE SHOOTING,
with Increased PENETRATION, can have their wishes
curried out \fcITIl DESPATCH

Send for illustrated descriptive particulars and price
ahc-els to our

BRANCH OFFICE, 20 Malden Lane,

NEW YORK CITY.
MANUFACTORY. PIONEER WORKS.

Jyl Birmingham, England.

Orange Sporting Powder.

ORANGE LIGHTNING POWDER,

The strongest and cleanest Powder made. Nos. 1
to 7, packed only m sealed I lb. canisters. The coarser
sizes especially are recommended to owners of flue
breech-loading guns, giving gTeal penetration with
very slight recoil.

ORANGE DUCKING POWDER,

For water fowl. Very strong and clean Nos. 1 to
5. Packed in metal kegs of Of lbs. each, and m canla
tera of 1 and 5 lbs.

AC DURON POWDER,

Very quick For woodcock and quail Nos. I to 4.
Packed in metal kegs of 124 lbs. and t>4 lbs., and in
pound canisters.

ORANGE RIFLE POWDER,

The best for rifles and for all ordinary purposes.
Sizes F.g. FF.g. FFF.g, the last being the finest aud
most used. Packed in wood and metal kegs of 25
lbs., 124 lbs., and 64 lbs., and in canisters of 1 lb. and
4 pound.

All of the above give high velocities and less resld-
oum than any other brands made.

LAFLIN & RAND POWDER Co.,

21 Park Row, N. Y.

(OPPOSITK A8TOR HOUSE.)

‘ ‘ FRESH U UNTING GRO UJS DS."

The Maritime Provinces.

A Guide to the Chief Cities, Coasts and Islands of
the Maritime Provinces of Canuda, with the Gulf
aud River St. Lawrence; also Newfoundland and
the Labrador Coast. With maps and plans, $2.
■'In graphic aud picturesque description, In cora-

tilelcness und fullness of information and in clear
nsight Into a traveler's needs and perplexities, this
guide-book and the two which have preceded it in the
series ('New England' and ‘The Middle States') are
uot to be excelled.''— Boebm Journal.

"The most complete, compact, and handy guide-
book ever issued . ' - Chicago Inter- Ocean.

•t*For tale by all Hooks filers. Sent postpaid, on
receipt OJ price by the Publislurs.

James K. Osgood & Co.,

ju!15 2 1 Boston.

CUT CAVENDISH

•

Shaved from the finest Natural Loaf, and expressly
for Meerschaum and Cigarette smoking Does not
make the tougue or moutn sore. Uulike any other
Tobacco.

Ne Sportsman's outfit is complete without it. It
Is now generally adopted and considered the best
smoking tobacco ever produced.

Liberal samples sent ou receipt of money.

THREE MEDALS AWARDED.

Vienna, Grand Medal of Merit, 1S73.

Sold generally throughout the United States.
Manufactured only by

W.S. KIMBALL & CO..

Pcerleaa Tobacco Works. Rochester, N. Y.
REND FOR CIRCULAR

Northern&British Colonies

IN SOUTnSIDE VIRGINIA.

Cheap Lands, Fine Climate, Splendid
Sport, Good Society, Schools
and Churches Everywhere.
PROTECTION FROM LAND SHARKS.

(9- Address Secretary Southslde Immigration So-
ciety. Farmvlllo, Prince Kdwanl Co,, Va. my 20 3m

•J. WALL.VCE,

Nalurahst& Taxidermist,

IMPORTER OF

FOREIGN BIRD SKINS AND ARTIFI-
CIAL EYES,

10 N. William ftU. N«w York

EHtnkliKhutl l frut jj.

Breech and Muzzle Loading

Sportsmens Apparatus ,

AMMUNITI ON,
Materials for Gun-Makers, Ac.,

Wholesale and Retail Guns made order, or re-
paired in the hesi manner.

ALEXANDER McCOMAS,

1,1 1B Nl>- *1 South Calvert «L. Holtlraore.

BEWARE OF WORTHLESS IMITATION^
AND COUNTERFEITS!

BROWN’S

Essence of

' inn

PREPARED

*EO Wi ONLY

Frederick Brown,

PHILADELPHIA, PA

THIS RELIABLE PREPARATION, one of
the oldest of American Pharmaceutical Pro-
ducts, still maintains its enviable reputation,
and finds a steadily increasing sale without
advertising, and in spite of piracy.

Its high reputation has tempted the cupidity
of parties, whose only excuse for their unfair
simulations, exists in the great popularity of
the original, and accidental similarity of their
names.

BROWN’S essence of JAMAICA GINGER
is protected by the private Proprietary Stamp
of the manufacturer, which is incorporated with
the steel plate label.

The attention of Drugglsli and the Trade generally, Is called
to iho Price List of

ENCLISH <&. FRENCH
MEDICINES <&. PHARMACEUTICAL
PREPARATIONS,

Which will be mailed -on application.

Frederick Brown,

(Established 1822)

IMPORTINC, MANUFACTURING
& DISPENSING CHEMIST,

N. E. Corner Fifth and Chestnut Streets,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

H. L. DUNCKLEE’S

PATENT

CAMPING and MINING

STOVE.

PATENTED JUNE 23, 1875.

Outside dimensions, packed, 12x12x20 Inches.

Weighing only 25 po nd«. wry durable, will cook
for tuu perrons, and I* especially adapted for camping
lurpoae*. The ware cous.au of 8 qt. kettle, 0 qt. Tea
iet'le, 2 qL Coffee Pot, Fry Pun, round Tin Pau. 2
square Pans, Dipper, Gridiron, Tent Oollur. 8 ft. Fun-
nel, aud au oven that will roast 15 pounds beef.

Tho ware Is so constructed tbat it nests and pack
In the oven, und the oven and funnel pack Inside the
stove, tt* represented In cut 2, leaving room for pack-
ing half a dozen Plates, Knives. Fork* aud Spoons,
and Drinking Cup*. Price complete, $15.

S£ND KOI l Cllil Vl. l R.

H. L. DUNCKLEE.

BOX 2710, BOSTON.

For sale at SPORTSMAN'S EMPORIUM. 1C* Kat-
un street. Now York City, and by R. H. KILBY, 346
St. Paul »t., Montreal. F«o4

|V* Agtots wanted In every town.

400

FOREST5ANDISTREAM

for night hinting

IIEKIt, Hl'KAItlNG FISH,
CATCHING OR \ilt>,KKU
MIMXinir, &r

TIIUOW8A POWERFUL
LIGHT 200 FRET. Not af-
fected by WIND, RAIN, or
JOLTING. Horn* kerosene
perfectly and eafely without
H ■ blrouey.

INDISPENSABLE ABOUT
A CAMP

This Lump supplies a want
Iona fell by Sportsmen, h* It
afford* them a reliblo light,
with which they can hunt
anil (lull In any weather,
themby doubling their chan-
ce* for sport. A» a carnage
I anio IT IIAS NO EQUAL.

Kits uny "Imped ilu-li o any
vehicle. Price. Jack or Daeii
alone, $6.00 Fishing Lamp,
iX), (;. o. n., with privi-
lege of exuinlnutloD. In or-«l
be UHed for. Send clump foi
•giving satisfaction.

/U/// ,/YY/

' /YY/7Y

iMJ'onjun.s^.ycLVtrFACTrnirtMot--

illilifaru. (Hmtviail. tfliurrii (Snipes,

Vo 4 O' Mai up iv Z.i.it, Sew U 0 r

Rowiiuj Suits A Specialty

hotels and jR (sorts for§port§men.

MOUNT JUlTaiTsUMIVIER HOTEL,

Lakefield and Stoney Lake.

VIA THE MIDLAND RAILWAY,
llrallh. I’b-niiire and the Comfort, of Home Com-
bined. This llolrl la now Open for the bummer.

‘ This Summer report is situated on the shores of S to-
ri ey Lake, m the county of Peterborough, Canada.
Stoner Lake has lately been set apart by the Depart-
ment of Marine and Fisheries for the protection of
Osh, and for scenery, hunting, and Ashing it Is supe-
rior to my of the back lakes of Canada which are
easy of access. The principal llsli are Salinou Trout,
Masktnongc, llnss, Herrings, and Perch, for which
fishing permils will Ih> grained. The game consists
of Duck. Deer, mid Partridge. The Lake is covered
with islands, and present* the same appearance as the
Thousand I-lands of the River St. I-awrcnce. It is
about tweniy-tlve miles long and three wide. The
lintel is commodious, and tilted with every appliance
of comfort; it is the property of the Company, and
will be managed to please its patrons In every particu-
lar. The charge.- are moderate, being $1 50 |>cr day
by the week, and $'2 per day under that time. Chil-
dren under twelve years of age, half price. Liquors

are kept for the use of giu-sto only, no bar being kept
o|>en for the public. The hotel is reached by tile Mld-j
land Railway from Port Hope to Lakefield. thence by

steamer Chippewa to Julian’s Luuuing. E. Beatty's
boats and vanoes are always kept on hire. George
Cochrane and F. Kane will always be on hard with
their guides to paddle and accompany sportsmen.

The steamer Chippewa leaves Lakefield for Julian's
l anding every Monday. Wednesday, and Saturday,
on Die arrival of the morning train from Port Hope.
On Thursdays It rill connect with the excursion train
on the Midland Railway.

The sie.im.r .Norseman arrives from Rochester every
luorning at Port Hope at 8 A. M., in time to connect
vv>th the Midland Railway, leaving Port llo|a< at 1<>
o'clock A M. Parties from Rochester can reach the
hotel in eighteen hours by water and rail for $3 SP.

Time Tallies — Midland Railway leave* Port Hope at
]ii A. M and 5:*> P. M , arriving at Lakefield ut 1 P
M. and s:15 P. M. Returning, leaves Lake-field at 5
A M and - 1* M .arriving at Port Hope at 1:15 A.
M. mid 7:35 P. M. Steamer Chippcun leaves Lake
field at I 15 P. M . arriving ut Julian's Luuditig at 3:15
P M Returning leaves Julian s Landing at 5 P. M .
arriving a' L-ik.-tH-ld at T:-J) 1*. M.

For further particulars, apply ro

C. A . BOULTON.

Manager of the Company, Lakefield. OnL
K. W. GARDNER.

Manage!* of the Hotel, Julian's Landing, Lake-held,

Out. Jyi 1m

Lake Coueli idling? Hotel, Canada.

Tins charming and picturesque flrst-cluss Summer
Resort will be opened" for the season on 7th of June,

and will remain open until October. The sporting in
etchborhood i

adT

kuka Lakes. Sparrow Lake, and Trading Lake, where

the immediate neighborhood is exceptionally excel-
lent. the Hotel being within ready access to the Mus-

Saliiiori Trout, Black Bass. Speckled Tfnnt, etc.,
nliotiud in original plenty. Yachting, Boating, Bath-
ing, Bowling Alleys. Billiard Rooms, etc., provide for
the amusement of guests. Mad and telegraph offices
in the house Ra’es exceedingly moderate. For cir-
culars containing terms, elc.. apply to the office of
Forest and Stream, or JOHN E. FOREMAN,

Box 9645, P. O Toronto, or to
THOMAS SCULLY. Manager,
my hi Conehiching, Ontario.

1 NTE1LNAT10N AL HOTEL

NIAGARA FALLS.

GALE A FULLER, PuorKi ktorr
Near Die Rapids and Falls. Exira inducements to
families or single persona for the season. Carriages
at reasonable rales. jy" 3m

QUEEN’S HOY A l, NIAGARA HOTEL,

1 NIAGARA.

Deligh fully located ot the mouth of Niagara River,
fourteen miles Inin the Kails. Accessible by boat
and railway. Fine facilities for fishing, boaiing and
bathing. McGaW & WA1NETT.

jy7-3m -

Rossi n House, Toronto, Canada.
SHEARS A SON, Proprietors.

This honseis a favorite resort for gentlemen sports-
men from all parts of the United States and Canada.

Crossinou House,

ALEXANDRIA BAY. Jeff. Co , N. Y. C. CROSS-
MON A SON. Proprietors.

THIS House, rcceti l ly rebuilt and elegant-
ly furnished, is now open for visitors. It is loca-
ted in one of the most delightful places in the Thou-
sand Island region, commanding nn extensive view of
the St Ijivt retie-.- and the Islands and offers every facil-
ity for the c-omfort and enjoyment of guests. Outfits
for boating, Hunling and Fishing Parlies. Steamers
for the bay connect at Clayton with the Utica and
Black River Railroad, and at Cape Vincent with the
Rome. Watertown ana Ogdensburg Railroad. 5m

Twin Lakes Trout Farm.

OARD FOR GENTLEMEN AND LA

dies Sportsmen, Artist*. Anglers, <Lc. Splendid
scenery and drives. Fine boating, trout, pickerel,
and base fishing and woodcock shooting. Also les-
sons iu oil and water color painting, drawing and
etching, if desired. Address J. IVES PEASE, or E.
SHERMAN PEASE. P. O. box 60 Canaan, Conn.

N. 15. — Cottage building sites overlooking the lakes
for e-ale cheap; also one for a hotel. AprS-tf

Bath hotel, batii, l. i— one

HOUR FROM THE CITY.— The subscriber
having lea-«l the above hotel for a terra of yearn. Is
determined by sparing no pains to make this resort
second to none in the vicinity of New York and
Brooklyn. First clo-s table and low prices. Now
ready Tor the reception of guests.

Je:7 tOai C. A. BUNTING.

UNION DEPOT HOTEL, Canaan, Conn.

G. H. CORBIN, Proprietor. New. clean rooms
and beds, flrst-cla-s table, Ac. Fishing, shooting,
and plea-ani drive" near bv, April 6m

•pOARD NEAR TWIN LAKES. FOUR

J hours from New York via Harlem Railroad. A
desirable location for sportsmen, artist", and ull those
wanting a nleasftnt home. Address F. F. COOPER.
Locust illll Farm, Ashley Falls, Uorksh ire county,
Mau. Mar 94 Cm

TUBBS’ HOTEL,

OAKLAND, California.

JOHN M. LAWLOU A CO., Pkokhiktors.

Q ITU AT ED AT THE TERMINUS OF

I; the great Trans-continental Ktliroad; 40 min-
ute* from Sun Francisco; 2 W room", with hot and
cold water In every room; delightful drives and splen-
did scenery; « favorite home for tourist". julygiGm

T WANT TO RENT A COM FORT A-

I bit- house, wlltn from ten to twenty acres of laud
adjoining, within forty miles of thin cRy. Addteu
Forest and Stream kVflice, New York. my27-

B

The Most Approved System

OF

Breech Loading, Sporting

And MiJitarV 1 Ixiiles.

For Simplicity of

ACCURACY,

Penctrallou, Durability, Safety, Ease of Manipulation.

'orkmanship, h iy areUnsurpassed.

VARIOUS SIZES,

ALL RESPECTS.

ior Circulars.

Whitney Arms Comp.

W'liltneyvllle, near (V'e w Haven, Conn., U. 8. A.

MISFIT CARPETS.

/^OOl) SECOND HAND AI*D MISFIT ENGLISH
\JT INGRAIN CARFRT.s, OIL CLOTHS, JtC., VERY CHEAP,
Sent to any part of the United States free of charge.

Fine Fislunj;

RodsandReels

Manchester,
Prices m ulerate. Send for descriptive

Chas.F. Orvis

Vermont.

list. Mention Forest and Stream.

The Sportsman’s Warehouse.

EDWIN S. HARRIS,

Late COOPER. HARRIS & HODGKINS,

IVo. 177 Broadtvay, New York.

WHOLESALE AND DETAIL

BREECH

GUNS

LOADING

AND

l>otli Brass

Implements,

Car tr 1 <1 ge s,

ALSO, GUM MATERIALS OF ALL KINDS, CARTRIDGE VESTS, COATS AMD MELTS FLASKS
POL'ClIES, AND AMMUNITION OF ALL KINDS. EVERYTHING IN MV LIVE FOR
MOTH HOME AM) EXPORT TRADE, AT LOW EST C ASH TR ADE PRICES.

HA VK LMCUE STOCK Oh' MUZZLE J.OMHM1 GUNS RIFLES VERY CHEAP.

OF ALL

Hinds,

and Paper.

Spoilsmen’* §ood$.

H RUSS ELS, THREE-PLY ANI)

AT THE OLD PLACE,

112 Fulton ilrfct, New VorK. J

Boudren’s I*j»teiit Combiuutioii

Reflecting Jack and FishingLamp

urn 10

sc Ulld

Jock und llndli Lniup.

White Manufacturing Company,

_ RKIDHIiPOUT, CONN

FOR BALE IN NEW YORK BY EATON Sc 00., W NASSAU STREET.

JOHN RIGBY & CO ,

in ventohs AND uaNuPAirrtmenB or tub imne«t '

BreechLoadingShotGuns

Double and Single Express Rifles.

Long Range Match Rifles, Slq

21 SUFFOLK STREET, DUBLIN,

AND

72 NT. JAM 158 8TKKKT, LOM>Q\.

Breech Loaders.

V

■Winners* of tl*o“Turf, Field
aud Farm” Gnu Trials*.

(See Issue October Sri, 1873 )

In which competition the committees hnvo awarded
our guns. Flrat and Second for POINTS OF MERIT
OP ACTION, MATERIALS, PROPORTION, AND
SHOOTING QUALITIES combined, hi ull ihu four
classes.

TIIE PREMIER (l UN.

\V. A C. SCOTT A SOX call attention to their
very FINEST weapon, combining all their recent hn-
piovements, niuik. d on the rib hclwccn tin lr name
and London address tint brand— "THtS PREMIER
QUALITY."

Medium and fine gun* bear full name and address,
and plain guns full inline and "London" only.

Each gun is numbered and the ucliousuic stamped
with name and trade murk,

AV. A C. SCOTT »Y SOX, Idle makers of the
Patent Top I -ever, solid. Double Locking Bolt Breech
Louder, hearing the full name of the lirin. W. Ac.
SCOTT it SON caution sportsmen against iniltuiloii"
of tlielr patent and mime, (inns beuring the name
abbreviated, or wltli different lultials. are not genuine,

Till A LOP* COTTA (III EEXKHSXEW SYSTEM
of boiiing. iiv the editor ok
"THE FIELD," LONDON

(See T/i * EieJd, January 80th, 1875.)

"From n comparison of the two tables It will be
seen tliut with Walker’s shot, Messrs. Scott's guns
showed a mark'd iai/irr:oi H) over Mr. Greener's,
both in average and in Hie highest score made In-
deed, with the left barrel. In bis thud shot, .Mr. Scott
got n selected group put tern of 23!) und u jmulralion
of 37, equalling the highest pattern made by Mr
Greener, mid ■ xci-idlng l lie penetration of that par-
ticular shot by eight sheets."

London Office:

IO Great Castle St., Regent Circus, near Lnng-
liain Hotel.

Chief address;

Manufactory Premier Gun Works,

Lancaster Street, Uirmiuglmni.
WHOLESALE.

Aprl-6m

Clark Ac Sneider.

MANUFACTURERS OF THE

SNEIDER

PATENT BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUN.
ALTERING

Muzzle-Loading Guns t<i Hrcech-Loading

A SPECIALTY
WRITE FOR PARTICULARS.

LI14 W. Prn tt st., Baltimore.

SPORTSMENS’ DEPOT.

JOHN KRI HER,

Corner Second and Walnut 8l«., I’hllodelphla.
IMPORTER, MANUFACTURER und DEALER IN
Guns, Hifles, Pistols, ami Fishing Tackle.
Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech
Loaders.

REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
Has constantly on hand u full assortment of Rods,
Hooka, Lines, Balts, Reel*. Fly Rooks. Salmon Files,
Waterproof Bilk Lilies, Silk and Ilntr Trout Lines. &c.
Perch Snoods, China and Grass Linos, Also, a large
lot of Cane Reeds, Bninlioound Japan.

Birds’ Eggs und Birds’ Skins In great varieties.—
Taxidermy In ull its branches.

SPRATT’S PATENT DOG BISCUTTS. i-ly

Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul Railway

Traverses u fitter country, affords view* of grander
scenery, and pusses through more business ci nfn»
und pleasure resort a than any other Northwestern
line. It* forests, prairies, lakes and streams, abound-
ing with game, present iincqnnlcd attraction* to the
votaries of Nimrod uml Walton. It is the only r
way route ulong the valley of the Upper MlasIss'PI'1-
It is ulso the shortest us well us best route between
the greut metropolitan centres of the Northwest—
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, und Mliiiicnpoll*
Track and equipment iinoqtitilcd, mid It* trains
palace-conches mid sleeping curs inn through without
change.

Now York Office, 310 llrondwny.

Clilengo Depot, cor. Canal At W. Madison
City Office., Ut mid Clark St. Aj>rrii;6m_

J. B. Crook & Co.,

MANUPACTOUBIta AND I MPOIlTiellS OP

FISHING TACKLE!

fSO Fulton St., IV. Y.

N. D - -Bole manufacturers In tins country of «>"*
celebrated

Green Heart Rods,

for Trout, Buss and Salmon.

BEND FOR CATALOGUE.

FOREST AND STREAM

g[lic ijcnncl.

fyotfsmen’s floods.

A. C. WADDELL’S

Breeding Kennel, Newton, N. J.

The finest strain of young Pointers and Setters for
If. Docs boarded and cared fnrdn tho b'-st manner
$5 per month . Pod'groee gu urunlccd. ; dogs^bmken

sal

at . .
for $50.

For Sale.

IIitfh I3rc<l Setters.

TTiOUR WHELPS, TWO DOGS, AND

Jj two bitches, six weeks old, slr<d by William
Colkert's Storm Storm out of HubboU’s May . May
own sister to Llcwcllln a Countess. Sturm aired by
Wurdlow Iteld's celebrated Laverack, Sam. On the
dam side. Whelps of a very fine and well broken
bitch, Hello. Hello out of Kelly's Pan Bello sired
by the celebrated Bismarck. For further particulars
enquire of John Krldor, Second and Walnut streets,
Philadelphia. j , , j 5

For sale, — a thoroughbred

Prince Albert s. tier dog, bosutlfnlly marked
and perfectly broke for lund or water; a spl -udld
chicken dog; 2) years old; refer to many experienced
hunters in lowu. Address PALMER, 187 stalest.,
Chicago. jnllfi

pLUMBER SPANIELS FOR SALE.—

A brace of pops will he sold of the strain Im-
ported by Mr. Sheldon Stephens, and bred at the
Royal Kennel. Windsor Grout Park, a struln which
lifts been crossed with the best breeds In England,
such as Lord A Paget’s, Col. Challoner's, Mr. Uol-
ford s, etc. Apply to

WM BURNS,

JyWAt

Mr. Sheldon Stephenson's Farm,
Montreal, Canada.

TpOSTKR MOTHER WANTED-MUST

be cood size, kind disposition. Any one hav-
ing a bitch as above to whelp nbotn 15th of August
will llnrl « purchaser at a reasonable price by address-
ing LEQOB, this office. j\29-8t

DOCKER SPANIELS. — A REASON-

able price will be given for n pair of thorough-
bred cockers. Address COCKER, office of Forest
upd Stream. iv29 2t

UKKHY GAKDAKR, M D., H \S CONSTANT-
.1 l',“nd’'nd for sale, medicines adapted 10

the cure of all diseases. Dealer in sport . ng dogs of
every variety. Dogs trained for reasonable compen-
sation. No. Ill South Fifth ave.. N. Y. Oct 22

1 02 Nassau St., N. Y.

FISHING and HUNTING SUITS.

401

r^li^rcJhincous.

HOI.AIIIRD H CELEBR ATED *UIT8.

Waterproof and Mildew proof, complete $20.00

“ Wading Jackets 6.00

Mexican Pocket Hammocks.

Also called "Ashantee'’ Hammocks. A luxurious
hed, conch, seat and swing in one article. Wcigos
only one pound, and easily carried in cout pocket, ca-
pable of bearing a stcudy strain of 12 cut. without
breaking. Put np in oil cloth ca=e, with hooks, ready
for mounting, price comp'ete. $5.

Oulexiftige or Sportsman’* Friend.

Fot preventing the attacks of mosqulioes. black
nie«, Hens ant-, and preservative Hgulusi malaria.

1 e Hi lex Hugo has been in use for mote thun 20
vears by the Hportnnen of Canada, and has been
f-o-ind tbe only effectual preventive of (lie attacks of
hiack 111. s and mosquitoes. Price 50 cents per botlle

DUNCKLEE’S CAMP STOVES. Pilceglo.

Those desiring something light and durable for
camping purposes will find this -love exactly rigln;
weighs only 25 pounds; will cook for icn persons.

1 be ware consists of Kettle, Tea Keitie, Coffee Pot.
Fry-paii, round Tin Pan, two square Pans, Dipper,
Gridiron, lent Collar, and eight feet Funnel Stove
Floe, with oven that will ronslT5 pounds beef, all of
which nests and packs inside of stove, which only oc-
cupies a space of 12x11x20 inches.

“ The Culcxiruge i* indeed an Insert-Driver, Tor
amid clouds or Mosquitoes I fished unharmed "
(tuadk mark.]

C’UI.KXIFCGK,

Sportsman’s Friend;

A SURE PROTECTION

Against the attack- of Mosquitoes, Rlack Files, Fleas
and Ants. In pocket bottles. For sale bv
C. N. CRITTKNTON & CO. -

Jel7-5t

Sixth av., N. Y.

J. H. BATTY,

TAXIDERMIST.

COLLECTOR «fc DEALER in NATURAL OBJECTS,
Mummais. lard
skins, and eggs
for ecloutlflc uec;
al-o animal's
beads, game and
bright pin inaged
hlrds nrtisricnlly
grouped 1
shades aud cases
'Or ornunieiiiul
mrposos. Col
ectora’ supplies;
also Insiriimenis
and eves. Spoei-
meti8 bought,
soia.aud vxenau-
g e d . Genuine
Indian -mot-e-
tanned buckskin
b 11 n u 1 0, mid
, moose skin hum;

caslns.^ for hunters and for the house Buekskiu

' ABBEY & IMBRIE.

Successors to

ANDREW CLERK .V Co.

48 Maiden Lane, N. Y.

IMPORTERS. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IS*

Fishine Tackle,

him? ?‘}"d th<-' largest and oest assortment ever cx-
«Snli.hohnltal SU,C8' Thejr Particularly call

TROUT , SALMON AND B Ash RODS

Every variety of Salmou and Trout Flies, and Hooka
on Gut. Cutty Hunk and Basque Islands Iiu>s Lines
waterproof ..raided Silk Lines, every size and quality of

SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES

And every Variety and Style of

fish HOOKS.

Parties fitted out wlfh appropriate Tackle for the

aastr cw- ^

•split Bamboo, Tro.11 and Salmon Rods and Reel,
a Specially.

Agent* for the St, Lawrence Fishing Co. Sole Jtn-
. Porters of Warrin's Celebrated Drilled
4 29 Eyed Needles,

Waterproof,

’Mildew-proof,

AND

Moth-proof

GARMENTS

sulis, fringed, beaded, or plain, made to order.
Address: NEW UTRECHT, N. Y.

Ju 10

“Seth Green Fish Ponds”

Caledonia, Livingston Co., N. Y.

A. 8. <01,1.1 Vs, Proprietor.

Eggs, Fry, Yearlings, die. of Urook Trout, 8a|.
■non Trout, Salmon, While Flsli, Ac

Also Buss, Gold Fish, Silver Fish, and stock foi
Aqnnrla, Wire Cloth, Hatching Trays. Putetit Spawn-
Ing ltaces. nml everything pertaining to fish cu^iirn

~VT ALUABLE GUN FOR SALE — W. &

v C. Scott breech loader, 32-inch, 10 gauge lami-
nated steel, line quality, with nil loading tools, bra-
nnd paper shell-, me. Imported and sold bv Read A
Sons, Boston. Cost $225, without case. 1- lu per-
fect order, and not sold for any fault, Hnsdoiibe
hob; top snap and compensating lump; rebounding
‘ * r*cc S150- C'au be been at Foreetand stream
jclOif

TT'GR SALK. —A SECOND HAND WES

-L LEV RICHARDS Breech Loading Shot Gun;
A 1 fi'mlty ; hat beon used but very li fie; good us
*;»r8'im- Can bo seen at 15. S. ilarris'Sporib-
man s Warehouse. 177 Broailwav, N Y. 4

THOMSON’S FISHING AND HUNTING SUITS

. . :. . ...'j .'ini.;

best quality of wuter-proof duck, light tan color,
especially adapted for concealment in blinds or scd"e
gras-, or for uaproaching game in the woods. Light,
durable and very cheap. Cool English st.le; extru
pocket 111 back for cartridges. Entire suit, $15.

CAMP LOUNGES. Price 80.

When folded is about the size of an ordinary shawl
strapped. A light, durable, compact, and comfort-
able couch. Sent by express C. ", D , $1, Including
side and supporting slicks ac the head. Just thu thing
for the cmnp or luwq,

CAMP TENTS,

for four persons, 7, 6. fqnar.i. weighs 15 lbs.; Can
he packed in ktinp-ack. Price $10. Ten feet square
for elx persons. $15.

Amcriciiu Dog Bl-cmls,

Made of nutritive boue and mii.-cle making material
and is the only portuble food for dogs made in this
country. Put up In packages of 10, 2o. and 100 pounds
and warranted not to spoil iu any climate, fMco
10c. pur pound.

Camp Mosquito Bars,

arranged with flexible wire frame; folded to carry In
pocket. Head net, $1 25 Camp net for sleeuiug, for
one, $1 50; for four or live, $4 25; six or eight, $5.

Jnck Lump,

for night shooting and fishing, running rapids, light-
lug camp, etc.; the best light ever invented. SO 25
HEOE.M AN'S PORTABLE CANVAS BOATS
BOND’S METALLIC BOATS.

Hurl’s Metallic Shells.

The best shell ever offered to sportsmen. All sizes
on hand aud mode to order.

M occasion, Oil Tanned,

for tbe woods; three different styles $3, $5 50 and $6.

Wallace's Guide lo the Adirondack*. With com-
plete map. Price $3. By mail, $3 25.

Special attention paid to Selection of guns for gun-
tlemen at a distance by an expert mid un old sports
man.

Sole agent in New York city for J. H. Batty. U. S.
Taxidermist. N. A. birds and eggs for Collector-
Buck’s bead-, und game birds u specially. Orders
filled with dispatch .

We furnish every article necessary for the outfit of
sportmen In the camp or field. Goods sent every-
where by express. Remit only by draft. Post Office
order, or registered letter to

EATON & CO.,

I*. O. Box 3,109. Sportsmen’s Emporium,

No. 102 Nassau street, Now York City.
References— Hon. T.L James. Postmaster. New York
City; Uou Geo. II. Andrews, New York City; For
est AND Stream Publishing Co. my6-tf

TRAVELING,

OF

DRAB Di Cli.COKlH'ROY,

FUVI'IAX, R E PELLA NT.

... .. BLUE REAVER and FRIEZE,
waning' Hunts, I i-liing Stockings, Ruh-
hor Clothing, Ac.

. Goine VenrHatlng Pockets.

Illiistmred Price List and Samples free

Hie most complete list ever published. Send for it.

GEO. C. HEJVJNIiNG

nftjiscellnncong,

CMROl, BISSITT & MAllESO?

(Successors to J. C. Conroy A Co.)

65 Fulton St., N. Y

their regular stock of Fine Good*,
comprising in part '

s,x strip split Bamboo

Rods,

for Trout and Salmon fi,hing
tub FAMED

•U Gin nis Black Bass Rods

made of Split Bamboo (new tills

t n,:fo“ -t^i

T 1 'i‘il <k ","i Sa|mon Reels.
I be Cel v brat d "Frankfort" Reel

"V,',nA|C • ,?°i° mannfaciurers of
v ' lj! * ’ r "tent Flies. Tlie
nf F«»ty ° C,*,t>h"nk Baea Unea
Of Extra quality.

l*tu‘d ont tor the Adi-
1 „td Cs"' l,he Maine Woods,
Lake Superior, Newport. Cutty-

Barnegnc'ltc . 8la,ld' 'Vt’‘

Older- by mail will roeclve care-
rul and prompt attention.

Pritchard Brothersr

No. 89 Fulton St., N. Y

. 1 ALL KINDS OF

Fishing Tackle

Made and repaired will, the ntmosi despatch

rue BENT 8KLK(?nTUA OF 'nuu^r UUNIL
MOA HDDs. REELS. LIAEs ^ vS FL|Kk AL‘

K. J. WALSH 10.

DRAPER and TAILOR

McVTCKER’S THEATRE BUILDING 9

CHICAU( >.

Apr £9 ly

410 Seventh Street,

WASHINGTON, 1) c.

Birds and Animals Preserved to Order bv

It L. IV KWC03II5,

TAXIDERMIST,

NO. 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM, MASS
'nstniction g|vu - fcb4

Sportsmen!

Your attention is called to
GOOD S OIL TANNED MOC-
CASINS, the best thing ever
worn by sportsmen. Not
injured by wetting und
drying— always sort and

Ulrn?,£±, ^Crcr‘l from anyiliing before offered
Illustrated Circular aud Price List free

FRANK GOOD.

1209 Elm st. Manchester, N. H.

T3IHDS. PLT AND RAUF ANIMALS

Also shells. I ebbles. Ornament-, Corals, jtc.. to slock
he Aqnanum Cm, He. and other song birds'
igeo, is. Parrot., and Paroquets; Rabbits, Squirrel,'
nrn.v’w S?|d, r"rvi A, SClierally; Birdseeds'
O-- Ki-i, f U,r,''* ,,,'d ol her -eft-billeJ

bird-, r isb food. Bird Grave), Do - Mediem.— n„.

•nd"ret«iiratd a'") Flea Cura, ic .^uboKsale

T^GH SALE — A SPLENDID BREECH

r- Loading, Express Rille, made by E. M. Nelly A
CO., London ; cost HO guineas, gold; is now offered at
.1.. ' d for wuut “fuse. Address U. SMITH, ut
ihls ofilcfl ,

Patent Pigeon “Agitator?’ _

1 rmi l!,H„ ' "I O R 18 rriTI‘|triiolod to overcorao the

'Vlimtlm?rsan 1C“Hf,ed ,l,v Pigeons not rising

11111-1 rl^ Pti I Itsl lty Its means overy bird

Without il.d Jjavutl"',n' No ground trill)- arc complete
ont for iafn \ °r U. .S.W

JyHt T ,.SxV? clmilnr.

" ■ II. MARSH. I'm,. Toronto, Canada.

4^011 ts! |(o;||vl Pleasure Boats, Homing
any stvle 1 * Ruafa, Fishing Bonto of

or great rlv ms' 'S'1'1 n!lal’''^ 10 '»> lUt> lakes

hiintino ,lV„ ■' “ ' 0,1 “s lu R'o woods. Bomsfor
T5 to 180 pounds'*1 m U,r |,0'!u,U' 1,0,11 " tnT »#lilng.
lugs. Boam on l,r® w*,h or awm

rial onlv u-cd lnH ^ °r ,?odu °,dl'r' Uo»l
workmen11 o I"ld ovory boat made by experienced
any prn of thn0.matO '<Ult .tl‘? Ro^ sentTv

1T. Y. Safety Steam Power Co.

Office: 30 COUliTLANDT ST.

BUILDERS OF

STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS

Steam Launches & Yachts

And their Machinery a Specialty, also Machinery for'

TUGS, LICHTERS AND STEAMERS^

Propeller Whoola of Suporior Efficiency,

BRNO FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR.
IfT All our boats are guaranteed to pass nispec-
Ilou nudw thy Sioamboat law wlioa required.

JOSEPH C. BANE,

MANUFACTURER OF THE

Dane Breech Loading Shot Gun.

La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Solid Brpech Snap Action
E ASI KST M AN I PULATED AND ONT, Y 1 ; u \ TH AT
IS S I KE FROM ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE

Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech Loaders

my27

WALLACE'S

Descriptive Guide to Adirondacks,

THE ONLY COMPLETE AND RELIABLE GUIDE
to the delightful

Hunting and Fishing Ground- of tbo

GREAT NEW YORK WILDERNESS.

NEWLY REVISED EDITION.

Handsome l2mo., flexible covers, red nml gold
maps. Ac. BoniillMly illusiratud. Nearly STOpp'
Price $3 ft) May be obtained of any bookseller, or
will be mailed post paid on receipt of price, by

WAVERLY PUB. (!()., Syracuse, N. Y.

-InS'fimo

HPAXIDERMIST’S MANUAL, a cnin-

L ph'te, practical guide lo collecting, preparin'-
preserving and mounting niiinials, birds, n pilli- m
sects. Ac. Illustrated. 50 cenls, Hunters' and Trap-
pers Guide, 20 cent-; Dog Training, 25 cents; Sr»
tern of Improving Spued of Horses. 50 cents Of
booksellers or bv mail.

JESSE HANftY A CO., 119 Nassau street, N. Y.

WT B. PKRKINJ^

WINE MERCHANT,

653 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.,

ESTABLISHED IN 1845,

Coatiui' s to supply yachts and families with the
tWl — “■* T1 —

nssmtincfit of de',,erS and *Portsnien “ most complete

Fishing Tackle,

Rods, Reels, Lines, Artificial Flies, Nets,
Bails, Fisli Hooks, Ac.

Split Bamboo Fly Rods and Reels

OF THE FINEST WORKMANSHIP.
and*other fishing.0 f°r MaSne. Adirondack. Canadian.
ARTIFICIAL FLIES DRESSED TO ORDER
BREECH AMI MUZZLE LOADING GUMS,
Aud Sportsmens' goods of nil kind-.

Manufactured mid Imported by

BARTON, ALEXANDER i WALLER,

IOI & 103 DUANE ST., (near

Broadway) New York.

M UZ/LE LOADERS

CONVERTED INTO BREECH LOADERS,

on the most approved principle. *

and all kinds of BREECH LOADING work effected

Mortimer & Kirkwood,

84 ELM Street. Bouton. Mass

Thomas Sparks,

Shot and Bar Lead

manu facturer,

(Established ISON.]

Office, mWalnutSt. Philadelphia.

Fishing Tackle.

choicest Wines aud Liquors,

Ju24

A. II. Shipley & Son,

303 and 303 Commerce street, Philadelphia.

Manufacturers of

Chalk ami Xr'i.*^liin<»- Linos.

FINK HASS A M) TROUT FLY RODS.

Tho celebrated GREKNI1EA RT WOOD a specialty

FINE ROD MOUNTINGS.

Full line of Tackle for Brook. River ami Sc* Fish-
ing. Agents for John James ,t Minis' celebrated Fish
hooks nud Net’dloH,

SILVER ME1)\L awarded bv the FRANKLIN
INSTITUTE. 1S74. "for SUPKRIOR QUALITY aud
FINISH of RODS and TACKLE " • Apr!- to

PL U E FISH — KINSEY’S ASHLEY

J > HOUSE, BAKNKGAT INLET. Only five mlu-
ute- lo the Slieousbead Ground, where nil tlie shevps-
h.;ad are rnkeii. Bluell-b.Sea Bas», Blackrtsh, llnrb. and
\\ 1 akll-li, only 0110 hundred yards from the house.
Address for circular or eugiigiiig yachts,

J W. KINSEY,

Jyl tf V\ arotown P. 0., Ocean county, N. J.

402

FORESTJANDSSTREAM

REMINGTON'S

Long Range, Creedmoor, Breech Loading Rifle.

s- ™ =*= «® =r.w»~jr«

Used _ ,
Gen. DAKIN

HODINEi

‘ThpVtnn inX^riVT' mnivu' puu'wuonoy me Amateur Kide Club, just out; to any address, 50c.) ’ v 00 Olllciii

in this paper. , ‘ XhilCanS ZZ To^ot a^siilfeS^^^ l° meBtion' in lhe Spriug me0tinS raatche8 at Creed.noorMay 28th, 20th, and 31st. (see official reports

For Treatise on Rifle Shooting aud Illustrated Price Lists, Address

REMINGTON & SONS,

Manufacturers of

Military, Target, Sporting and Hunting Breech Loading Rifles. Shot Guns, Pistols, Ammunition, Etc.

- AnMORT. Ii.ion. N. Y. _ . [P- O. 3094 ] Sales Rooms, S8 1 and Broadway, Now York Citv.

w. & C . SCOTT & SONS

JOS. C. GRUBB A CO.,

Tlii Jli.rket street, Philadelphia, 7

AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF THE

Genuine Breech Loaders.

WINNER* OF THE GIN TRIAL OF 1*73

Report of Gun Trial sent on application.

AGENTS:

WM. READ & SONS,

1 li Faneuil Hull Sq.,Boston.

Also all other makes:— Greener, westley Richards,
Webley, Remington. Moore, <fcc.

A genuine Scott Muzzle Loading Qnn. $25 np.
Mayoard, Ballard. Remington and Sharp's Rifles.
‘•Ballard * breech loadiug Sporting Rilles $18!!''
Bataev’s Gyro Trap, for shooting practice.

Fine Pishing »<oi* and Tackle.

Fine Bronze Yacht • luus on mahogany carriages,
Complete, as furnished the New York and Boston
Yacht Squadrons. SEND FOR CIRCULARS.

|j HAVANA LOTTERY.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

For the coming drawings, commencing January 5th.
we have reduced the prices of lickeis as follow.-:

Whole, $20; h 810; i, S->; 1-5, 81;

l-iu, $2; i-2o $i.

-Drawings take place every seventeen Davs.

We are prepared to fill all orders. Circulars sent
upon application. Highest price paid for Spanish Bank
bills. Governments. Ac.

TAYLOR <Sc CO., Banker..

P. O. Box 4.449. I I Wall New V orb.

£llk >v M I SCllMI shareB iu Wall street
O1"' 0'^r* O1''” Often leads to fortune,
bend for a copy of the Wall Street Review and
Pamphlet, t how ing the various methods of opera-
ting. J- H1CKLING Jc CO , Bankers and Brokers,
72Broadway.N. Y. Dec 28

SCHUYLtri, HARTLEY & GRAHAM,

19 Malden Lane, 20 A 22 John .treet, N. Y.

BREECH LOADING GUNS

A SPECIALTY.

Celebrated Breech Loading: Shot Guns, Unoqunled in Fine Work in an. -.n ip and Material.

Made by James Purdey,

314 1 -Li Oxford street, London, England.

\t 1 * V V alLe.f.t?.?,Vl?,e„a-'’8ortn'eut of Breech Loading Shot Guns, made by JAMBS PURDEY. E
nitreven' * CV" ULslLE' I ICHARDS, W. & C. SCOTT & SON. P. WEBLEY & SON, \V W
.w-V£.T’.=._ aD<1 “ argu var'e‘y of gradti . Also bi.eecii loading, central rtne. double hifi.k-

of xre^i^i0 “tiperior quality. Implements, ammunition, and all other articles appertaining
t j Breech or Muzzle Loading Fire-arms generally. Illustrated Circular sent by mall when requeste ..

laRfc Com ’ nyNic*6 “Ud hcad; B B f,,0W,nE *i,ckel flnvils for.Bcrdau Primer, Ely’s central Are or Union Me-
Hurt'sj Sportsman's Favorite >Xetallie Shells.
,.Endo,r8cd b>' the leading sportsmen in the United States, and pronounced superior to anything now offered
to the public. A full description of Shell* and Patent Loader* with prices, may be obtained from tinv

verdR*^ sportsmen s depots urungnoul the country. Manufacturer* of Alllinli Celluloid, and German Sll-

?“s HARRISON ! Agem <iKO «■ HART dc CO., Newark! T J.

x, c Captain Bognrdns, Champion Wing Shot of America. n,uyia ,y

Messrs. Georgs K. IIart & Co.,

.... flfly shclls 1 reM,ved /ro® y°'1 ««-day suit me better than any I have ever n*ed They

arc stronger and better In every respect, and I shall use them in all my sliootingjicreufter. Your* truly 1 " *

A ll. BouAitmi*

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

ANOTHER VICTORY!!

SHARPS vs. REMINGTON

SSSaSSSSSSS

511 Points Against 478— -Sharps Ahead bn 23 Points

n the Great INTERN ATONAL Match at Dublin, Ireland, the Americans are Using Arms as Follows:

Gildoraleeve, ' Bruce, | Fulto«JREMIIVGT^IT*

— ,on’ Coleman,

Yule.

JOuULn.

Ballard,
Total, Bt

I

AGENTS

nr f.°Llowlna celebrated maker* :

8C22Pi* ,8°NS (wlunera at the Interna-
tional Gun Trial of 1873); J. P. CL AB ROUGH *

fuce:ARbsWKBLEY A SONH- “d WMTLBY

HOLABIRDS Shooting SUITS.

DIXONS ,v HAWHMLEY’SHIIOOTING TACKLE

STURTEVANT BRASS SHOT SHELLS
BUSSEY’S PATENT GYRO PIGEON AND TRAP
WITH CASE. AND 100 BIRDS.

Black N Patent Cartridge Vent.

I’lile Vest afford, the heat ar-
rangeineui yet Invented for curry-
ing cartridges. The weight ih
.o evenly distributed that It I.
scarcely fi-U. < ’art ridges cun be
carried with the fund* down lu
i his vest, which Is of great Impor-
tance when brass shells are used,
as when carrying thorn with the
bead np the weight of the shut of-
ten forces the wad forward, when

bad shooting I* the result. in

ordering send measurement around the chest
PRICK $7.50.

AGENT8 FOR THE

Union Metallic Cartridge Com-
pany’s Ammunition,

WARRANTED THE BEST IN THE MARKET
8END FOR CIRCULAR.

INDIA1 RUBBER

Fishing Pants,

Leggings and Boots,

RUBBER CAMP BLANKETS,

COMPLETE

SRorting&CampingOutfits

AND

India Kuldipr (Jnixls of Every Ikscriptlon.

D. HODGMAN i CO..

Send for Price LUl. 27 MAIDEN LANE, N. Y.

Havana Lottery

wm-PnS 000 T}ctuU~ °"r to retry Seven Ticket*,

&'*«» of "... $1,200,000

1 Prize of

1 Prize of L . . . \ . . . . . .

i Prize* each of ’ ) ” ‘ ]

4 Prize* each of...

12 Prize* euch of

473 Prize* each of ! ............. .

Circular* with full information sent freo. Tickets
for sale and prize* cashed by P. C. DEVLIN. Sta-
tlnnnr and General A gem I I'Llliurtv street. New Vnrlt.

100,000

50.000

25.000

10.000
5,oo:»

'•00

Budlne,

<Jantl4)lu.
Total, *$,,

Pope’s itifle

AIR PISTOL,

Shot-8 llarls or SlngH
Perfectly Accurate at Thirty Feel,
AND 1MPH0VKS UY USD.

NO NOISE, AM THE FOIICK IH Alll ALONE
Splendid P» rlor Amusement.
Recommended hy General Slierinnn.

One may become a dead slmt by practicing with H’
To a Hportsmun It Is luvul liable. Price, Including
Darts, Slug*, Tar .U and Gunilock, $5. Ilaudsunioly
nlcklo plated, $•). Hull luljuHtlng Bell Target, #*•
For sale by gun dealer# generally, or sent hy mull on
receipt of price. Pontage 26m#. POPE llllOM,
Manofuciurur#, 45 High b tree I, Button, M*«#

WF 7

Turin*, Fire Dollar* a Vear.
Ten Cent* a Copy.

NEW YORK, THURSDAY, AUGUST

For Fortst and Xtrtam.

sgo/IH'ti Waive:

OH,

HOW I LOST THE CUP.

/JOGGLES wna too impetuous; he should Imve made
V-l hie announcement gradually, and at a more oppor-
tune moment. After dinner for instance, when the con-
sumption of a bottle of Branne Mouton would have as-
sisted us to withstand the shock; and with some regard for
our exhausted frames, debilitated by a long and trying
Summer. Yes, under the circumstance, Goggles was
hasty; but then lie always was, whether in giving the stroke
in the four-oar in our evening spins down the river or in
pushing his horse at a ditch in the Saturdays Paper Hunt
He should have remembered that with the exception of an
occasional female missionary, the society of the other sex
was but a dream of the past to us poor exiles.

“I say, boys, what do you think is in the wind now?"

Three high office stools were swung on their pivots, and
three pairs of eyes gazed at him in anxious expectancy.

“We are to have a young woman in the house!"

T hrce office stools were kicked over without regard to
inevitable dislocations, and the speaker was surrounded in
an instant.

“Old father Time is coming up the coast by the next
steamer with his daughter Nellie, and the taepan. has asked
them to put up here. Race week near at hand too. What
are you all going to do about it?"

Certainly Goggles was too abrupt. Fortunately, as he
opened the office door, the first fresh blast of the new mon-
soon swept past him, and its reviving influence prevented
nny disastrous consequonces. Sure enough, what were we
going to do about it? Four unfortunates, wearing out
lungs and livers in the service of the Ti-Cheong Hong-
sweltering through the long Shanghae Summers, and freeze-
ing in the Winters; our tea-smelling lives, varied only by
the arrival of the fortnightly P. and O. steamer "with the
mails, and the semi-annual race meeting, when all China
would wake from Us torpor to go into the sport, with the
vim with which your true Britisher— the prime mover— en-
joys his games, even in the antipodes.

And now, the even tenor of our existence was to be dis-
turbed by the advent of a young lady. Can any one im-
agine a more discordant element to be introduced? I saw
plainly how it would end; Goggles, in order to save his
wind for Miss Nellie's delectation at the piano in the even-
ing, would give up the four-oar, just when I most wanted
the training. Stops, our heavy man, who was supposed to
know all about the stores and Curio shops, would monopo-
lize the pony trap and expect me to do half his office work;
while the bust of the quartet, good natured old Lubbock,'
would write mora verses than invoices, and half kill us
with his execrable puns. At any other time it would not
have been so bad; willingly would I have given up our
evening rubber of whist or game of billiards, and even
done Stops' work, for the fun of seeing the other fellows
spooney; but Just now when every day was precious, it was
truly an unquuliAcd bore.

Rumors of the irresistible attractions of the fair Miss
Nellie had long before reached us, and report credited her
with having subjugated the affections of more than oue gal -
ant officer of each branch, military, naval and civil, of
Her Majesty’s service, while the list of Cha-zes (tea-tust-
‘■rs) and other small fry, who had succumbed to her charms,
was as long as the string of characters in a Confucian
proverb. But whilo giving the young lady credit for all
ic loveliness with which both nature nnd report had en-
dowed her, and notwithstanding long years of absence
roin such enchanting society, her coming, instend of pro-
ucmg the usual hoart flutterings, was a source of unmiti-
KUteit nnnoyanco.

The fact Is, at this time, all my affections were engrossed
thft vy “Safety Valve;" a recent importation from

tlm a/ *’ W lh whom 1 C()nfldently expected to carry off
sci.0 AUtMmn 0up; lho gro,u People chase event of the
!l rftc,e of ,lbout lwo or twice around a

Ur>0 10 be 8e,ccle‘> by stewards," as the programmes

Volume 4, Number 20.

IT Chatham 6i.(Cltyllall*,r.)

Of the meeting described it. Now up to this time I hud
managed to keep Safety Valve dark, and no one outside
the h°„g suspected the capabilities of the closely blanketed
and hooded animal who took his evening walk to the course
ith the rest of the string, and was receiving his jumping
lessons very quietly beyond the settlement. Neither would
any one have recognized in the smooth coated and well con-
ditioned nag, the shaggy and unkempt beast, which but a
few weeks before was landed from the Tien Tsin steamer.
Night after night, assisted by my faithful mafoo and the
dim light of a stable lantern I had worked over him trim-
ming off fetlocks and tail, which were still matted and
clogged with the mud of his native Tartary, and by con-
stant friction, aided by Judiciously administered warm
mashes, had succeeded in removing his long and dirty coat
until the rich steel gray of his new jacket began to shine
like silver and a few weeks’ training, and abundant feeds
of good old oats, had brought him into condition fit to run
for a man's life.

Autumn in Shanghae. What a relief to feel once more
the refreshing breeze, which wafts from Northern Seas a
renewed stock of life and energy.

“Five o’clock. Spots ; put up the books and let us go
down to the bund /or a walk. The ‘Aden' is due this even-
ing, so I suppose there is no chance of getting you fellows
out for a pull, but we may hear something of the steamer »
How fresh and crisp the wind feels, and how cheerful
every one looks! The cool nnd bracing air of the North-
east Monsoon has driven from the minds of the enervated
population the horrors of the past Summer. Even the
memory of those stricken down by disease and buried far
from home and kindred, is rapidly fading, and the long

dismal days of cruel, blinding sunlight and suffocating heat
past now, but soon to come again, are forgotten in the
balmy air of the-present. And it is a glorious scene on
such a day. The noble bund or promenade, stretching for
a mile along the Wang-poo River, is lined with palatial
residences of “princes," merchants in name, but who never
more deserved the title than here in the far East; certainly
if immense retinues of servants, every luxury that money
can buy, nnd above all, the most “princely" hospitality,
constitute any claim to it.

The scene on this same bund almost defies description.
Constantinople, or Scutari in the days of the Crimean war
could scarcely have exhibited such a motley gathering.
Every nation on earth seems to have sent a representative.
Hindoos, Armenians, Parsecs, Malays, Turks, and Greeks.
French soldiers in scarlet peg-tops, and British officers in red
nnd blue. Picturesquely dressed Cantonese, and dirty Sbang-
hai-ese. Natives of every province— from Mantcburia to
Cochin China, as woll ns every European nation, and lastly,
the inevitable nnd ubiquitous down oast skipper, in a plug
bat. The band of a British regiment plays the last new
waltz. Feeble looking ladies, clouds of muslin nnd laces,
in Parisian bonnets, take their evening promenade in sedan
chairs carried by coolies in livery. Gay cavaliers prance
about on beautiful Arabs or English thoroughbreds, while
a few determined looking men with huge walking sticks,
rush by at a flve-mile-au-hour gait, as though their lives de-
pended upon their getting their constitutional walk before
dinner. Off on the river, where the tong shadows of the
houses give a deeper tint to the muddy water, ships of all
nations lie swinging at their anchors; conspicuous among
them all for grace and lofty symmetry, is the noble old Hart-
ford, then as now, the flag ship of our Asiatic Squadron.

By the bye, why can not our navy department give this,
our most historical ship, her well earned rest. Three cou-
aecutive squadrons has she marshalled in the China waters,
until the natives verily believe that she is the only ship of
that class which we possess. The sun dips lower, sinking
behind the innumerable mounds which cover the bones of
countless generations of Chinamen; beyond which, a few
tall trees stand in bold relief against the clear red sky. A
puff of white smoke from the gangway of each man of
war, and a general dippiug of ensigns proclaim it sunset,
and all Shaughae proceeds to array itself in immaculate
broadcloth ami spotless linen, preparatory to the great busi-
ness of the day, its dinner.

Moved by the same impulse, we started for the hong,
but before leaving the bund, a heavier puff of smoke, and
the dull report of a gun attracted our attention.

'By Jove.” said Spots, “there’s the Aden now, I can see
her masts moving through the rest of the shipping; no
doubt the gig has put off already, and we had better hurry
home and dress." *

Au hour later, in all the glory of swallowtail coat and
white choker I descended to the drawing room, and the
butler, meeting me at the door, imparled the pleasing in-
telligence that dinner would be postponed an hour on ac-
count of the new comers. So the delays and vexations
bad commenced already, and this was the way the thing
was likely to he continued. To lose one’s training an J
pleasant evenings was bad enough, but to have to eat cold
soup every night while a woman prinked and peacocked
before a looking-glass, was crowding the mourners with a
vengeance.

Goggles was at the piano m usual, practicing his most
telling chords. Lubbock, looking very sentimental! was
lost in reverie and the depths of an arm chair, evidently
conning over his last poetical effort, and Spots, like a lump
of animated mercury, was flying from one to another with
his scraps of nonsense. The taepan, quiet and sedate as
usual, waited with exemplary patience, his mind evidently
turning upon the day's purchases of 2%un«innd Pingmuyt
or perhaps the sad expression which now habitually rested
upon his face, was but a premonition of the fate which
was soon to remove him forever from among us.

Bui even the most elaborate toilet must be finished at last.

I know my patience was, and glancing up from the stere-
oscope with which I had been endeavoring to beguile the
time, I found that Mis i Nellie and her father had entered the
room, and that the introductions were in progress. Dinner
at last, thought I, us I bowed in response to my name, and
the processiou duly proceeded to the dining-room, where
Spots, having managed, by the aid of some diplomacy and
ranch brass, to secure the seat next to the young lady was
radiant with delight.

“I say, Ticks," whispered he as we crossed the hall
‘isn’t she jolly?” Under the influence of excitement Spots
always would talk slang.

The soup was cold, the sherry was not. Old father Time,
who, by the way, only wanted a scythe and hour glass to
give him complete claim to his soubriquet, was loquacious
and talked learnedly on the political questions of the Em-
pire. It was not until the consumption of several glasses
of wine and a prawn currv, prepared as only the Ti-Cheong
cook could compose it, that I recovered my equanimity,
and raising my eyes to my vis a vis, proceeded to dcliber’
ately take stock of her charms. Truly report had not
lied when it called her lovely. I could have described her
much better then than I can now, but I well remember
even through this long lapse of years and changes of scene’
the mischievous expression of her fucc, ns her eyes for the
first time caught mine. Spots had evidently been entertain-
ing hej with a recital of my peculiarities, giving promi-
nence to a fondness for horseflesh and a disinclination for
womankind. Judged by the strict standard of regularity
of feature Nellie might not have been called beautiful, but
there was a piquancy about her face, added to an expres-
sion of bel eeprit, which was almost beyond description.
About the middle height, her figure was so accurately pro-
portioned as at first sight to appear too slight, which it was
not. Her eyes were large and of the deepest, darkest violet,
indeed “beautifully blue,” and shaded by eyebrows and
lashes darker than her hair; her nose small, and a little,
just a little, retrousse. Mouth small nnd perfect in shape;
teeth rather large, but white and even. Her hair was h
rich chestnut brown, and waved off her face iu the most
bewitching way, being gathered behind iu some mysterious
and incomprehensible manner. Her dress, a full evening
costume, in accordance with the custom of the country,
displayed just enough, not too much, of a perfect bust.

Do not let it be imagined that I discovered all this in oue
evening, or would have admitted half of it at the time. I
was still as antagonistic as ever, called her nose a pug and
her shoulders scrawuey, all of which I am forced now to

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admit was caused bv one of those optical delusions whcu
wo see things only as we would have them appear.

“Mr. Spots tells me, Mr. Tickson, that you are the ‘horsey
man’ of the establishment, to quote his own words; if so,
I can sympathize with you, as I am devotedly fond of riding.
Poor little Timor, my pony, I fear will miss ns much as his
mistress our morning gallops around Ku-lan-su.”

“Take all that Spots tells you with an allowance, Miss
Time; his imagination sometimes runs away with him, as
Tambour did the other day. Has he told you of that? I
fancy not. I am really glad to know that you ride, and I
am sure there is at least oue horse in the stable that, will
carry a lady, at all events we will have him out to-morrow
aud try him with a blanket. You are just in time for the
races."

“Yes,” put in Spots, “and to sec Tickson and Safety
Valve carry off the Autumn Cup. If you bet, Miss Time,
back him for all the gloves you can venture. The odds
are all Lombard street to a China orange that they win;
and when you wear those gloves, think of the giver of
the tip.”

Spots was progressing pretty rapidly, but Miss Nellie
scented to enjoy his attentions and nonsense. In fact, he
was getting along so fast that it was a relief when the cloth
was removed, aud after the conventional toast of, “absent
friends,” the young lady left us, pleading fatigue as an ex-
cuse for not appearing in the drawingroom during the even-
ing. No billiards for us that night. If ever three men
were hopelessly aud unmistakably spooney they were my
three compancrox. Goggles wandered back to the piano
aud made night hideous' with his plaintive chords, while
the others aided and abetted. After one cheroot I sought
my “downy” and dreamed I was riding a race, with Miss
Nellie attired in jockey costume just beating me at the
post by a head.

"Six o'clock hab got, sir,” yelled my boy at what seemed
an unearthly Lour in the morning. But there was no help
for it, the nags had to be trained, even if I gave up myself;
and in ten minutes I was at the door. where4he trap and a
mafoo were in attendance. Away we spin up to the Maloo,
a long wide street stretching and spreading out from t he
foreign settlement of Shanghae, like the tail of a comet,
aud lined on either side with native houses. In the morn-
ing the general market place where inside and outside
barbarians are alike provided with the necessities of life.
Hucksters, with pieces of soft sickly looking pork hanging
on poles. Fish dealears with baskets of fat and slimy
carp and abominations in the shape of snails and perri-
winkies. Piles of mud-covered duck eggs, which have been
buried in the earth until they have attained the degree of
putridity required by your celestial gourmet; and 'all the
other villianous and nameless articles which go to make up
the native cuisine.

“Muou li!" shouts the mafoo; and the crowd of coolies
enjoying the matutinal cup of tea, retailed by traveling
venders, scatter right aud left at our approach. Men are
poshing before them in the direction of the villages, large
wheelbarrows, bearing on one side their househord goods,
balanced by a pig or a passenger on the other. Itinerant
dealers in bamboo shoots and Shantung cabbage shout
their wares, and their cries follow us until we reach the
opcu country, and the road lined with the neat bungalows
of the foreign brokers. The race course is reached at last,
and the grand stand found to be half filled with men in
flannel enjoying their coffee, and looking eagerly for “tips"
wherewith to be guided in their evening investments at the
Club sweepstakes. Our “string” is carefully scrutinized
as they file into the stable enclosure, but hoods and blauk-
ets defy curiosity.

“Off with the clothing, Ahim, and let’s see the beauties.
Look out for Safety Valve’s heels, he’ll break a rib for you
without the slightest compunction.” These Tartars have
a perfect mania for kicking. One more pull at the girths, a
“leg up,” and away we go for a mild breather around the
course, coming back after two circuits without having
turned a hair.

“Now, Ahim, put Safety Valve's clothing on that other
pony and open the back gate." Dodging behind the stand
and jumping one or two ditches, a clump of bamboo soon
hides us from prying eyes, and now the real work of the
morning commences. Away we spin over the flat country,
jumping ditches, walls and everything that conies in our
way • All around us are the round topped tombs of defunct
Chinamen, no elevation worthy the name of bill being
within twenty miles. In this part of the Empire the earth
is so shallow that only a few feet of soil intervene before
water is reached. It is the custom of the natives to de-
posit the coffins containing their dead on the surface of the
ground, the wealthier people covering them with a mau-
soleum of brick and mortar, and the poorer classes con-
tenting themselves with a simple covering of mats, which
for a short time, i9 an imperfect protection against the
weather. The coffins are immensely heavy, the boards
comprising them being several inches in thickness, with
the crevices tightly closed with cement, and, moreover, as
the body is always placed on a layer of quick lime, the
after effects are not as disagreeable, to one of the senses i>t
least, as might be imagined. When an unfortunate
foreigner dies of cholera, fever, sun apoplexy, or what the
Irishman called “beautiful hard drinking," his remains are
deposited in a shallow grave lined with brick so as to ex-
clude the water. The foreign community were granted
permission to build the only drive they possess, on condi-
tion that the bones of deceased celestials that would be dis-
turbed by it, 9hould be carefully gathered aud preserved.
This was done, and the earthen jars containing them de-
posited by the road side, where, as nobody claimed them
lor aught I know they still remain . The Bight of the jars'
with here and there a leg or an arm bone protruding, or
sometimes capped with a bleaching skull, became so fumil-
iur that they were fondly and fucetiously dubbed, “our

[lotted ancestors.” Having accomplished a circuit of at
east five miles of good cross country work, I returned to
the settlement by a road which brought me past the Baby
lower, that hideous, Bquare sided structure, worthy of
a heathen nation. Through the apertures in its sides the
wretched half starved coolies were in the habit of deposit-
i'j their surplus female iufanls, aa often alive as dead, leav-
ing litem to perish by slow starvation, if they were not sooner
choked to death by the fumes of quick lime, with which
the place wiu» partly filled for the purpose of consuming
their little bodies uud making room lor more. Beaching
the stable without attracting attention, after Baaing my pet
well rubbed aud scraped, 1 jumped into my bath, and was
*oou ready for the duties of the day. Miss Nellie ap-
peared ai breakfast most charmingly attired, in one of those
marvellous muslins of Indlun manufacture, which, when

properly constructed, convey the idea that the wearer lias
only to open her arms and float gently through the air.
And Nellie possessed both taste in dressing ami that won-
derful grace of movement which served to carry out the
illusion. If she looked lovely the night, before she was
simply angelic now, and with a half despairing sigh, I
gave up the ghost of resistance and joined the nohle army
of martyrs. And after all, there’s nothing like an honest
capitulation. Even the dread of Spots’ chaff was lost sight
of, and I think at that moment l could have sacrificed
both Safety Valve, my pet meerschaum, and new breech-
loader, on the altar of my new horn affection.

“Been training this morning?” said Spots. “How do
the ponies go?"

“All right," I replied. “We’re safe to land the cup.
No one appears to suspect. Safely Valve, and I think there
will be some fun at. the finish."

“Do you feel quite sure you will win?" said Miss Nellie.
“There's many a slip between the cup and the lip, you
know.”

“Yes. T know there is, but barring accident I think we
cannot lose. I have the gauge of every animal in the race,
ami our candidate lias speed and staying power to heal them
all; of course, there is a good deal of uncertainty in racing,
hut I think this time we have everything quite safe."

“Well, yon know I belong to the hong now, and shall
feel as much interested as any one, so I do hope you will
do your best.”

Do roy best; as though with Nellie looking on I could
help straining every nerve, with the additional incentive of
pleasing her. Already I lmd gone, in imagination, through
a little scene, wherein I was presenting her with the trophy
of victory in a pretty little speech about the inspiration of
such lovely eyes, etc. During the next few days, clmos
reigned supreme in Ti-cheong. We seemed to take turns in
sneaking out of the office for a few moments' conversation
with Nellie. Patient and long suffering tea brokers waited
in vain to have their muxter s tasted, and dealers in Long
ells and grey shirtings, opened their eyes with astonish-
ment at the rapidity with which settlements were made.
Our dear old taepan must almost have regretted the hospit-
able impulse winch brought such a disturbing element
within the hong. Spots, by virtue of being best posted in
such matters, had t lie honor of accompanying our fair
guest on her shopping excursions; while to me was giveu
the happiness of escort ing her lor a ride every evening.
Fortuuately, at this time, Shanghae was overllowing with
horses. The war at the north had colminated in the treaty
of Tcin Tsin, and the British authorities had judged it best
to dispose of the horses of their two regiments of irregu-
lar cavalry, Probyus and Faues, instead of incurring the
expense of shipping them to India. The whole lot, good,
bad and indifferent, were put up at auction, and every man
in the settlement became the possessor of an Arab of some
kind or other. The choicest realized prices as high as
three hundred taels, or, four hundred Mexican dollars, hut
the majority were wind broken and spavined, and soon suc-
cumbed to the climate. Nellie rode remarkably twill; fear-
lessly, and in perfect form. Her lithe, well shaped figure,
in a closely fitting habit of dark blue cloth, with high
crowned hat, and veil, soon became . u familiar object on
our only road, and Tickson was looked upon as a remark-
ably lucky fellow. The evening before the races wo had
ridden rather farther than usual, towards the group of um
brella shaped trees which, with the temple roofs, formed
the only break in our lino of western horizon. Leaving
the road, we had taken a direction across the country where
there were a few easy jumps, but still around us on every
side the graves of celestials covered the ground. Such sur-
roundings in the twilight hour, as we brought otir horses
to a walk, checked the exhuherance of spirits which the
rapid motion had excited, and in me, brought to a climax
the feelings which I had no longer power to resist. Vet I
dared not speak, fcpots, who 1 knew was far gone, hud
looked very radiant when they returned from shopping,
and even bets had been made in the office, that lie hud
popped and been accepted. I knew she liked him, while
she appeared interested in my existence only so fur as it
conduced to the enjoyment of her evening rides. But the
time was short; to morrow the races were to commence,
and two days afterwards they were to leave for Japan ami
home.

“Your visit is drawing to a close, Miss Nellie, have you
enjoyed it?”

iVc had stopped our horses and were looking at the west-
ern sky. The setting sun had tinged the clouds about it
with a roseate hue, gilding their edges, and scattering in
every direction little decks of gold, which were dccpcTting
and darkening as night rapidly approached. Nellie made
a lovely picture, sitting motionless on her while Arab,
himself a beauty, as she gazed rather audly and musingly
I thought, at the glories of the departing day.

“Enjoyed it? of course I have; how could I help en-
joying it, with you all so thoughtful and kind. Do you
know, I am very glad we had this ride to-night? to morrow
the races begin, and even if w.e should ride again, it is not
likely that two such sunsets would occur within one week.
This is one of those times and scenes which so impress
themselves on one's memory, that they are constantly re-
curring, I kuow that, time and again, on the voyage and
after I have reached home, I shall see these trees and the
temple roofs, and liie little dragons that I know are under
the eaves although I can not see them; and 1 shall feel
again the shudder which I can scarcely now repress when
I think of all these gruves and the fieshless skeletons which
inhabit them.”

“And will you think of nothing else, Miss Nellie? shall
I be entirely forgotten in your reveries? or only come in
as an adjunct to the scene?"

Nellie turned from me and her horse threw his head up
as though there had been a sudden tightening of the curb.'

“How foolish for you to talk so, Mr. Tickson , could I
forgot how kind you have been to mu? all of you, I mean-
ami then you are coming home neat year, and I shall see
you and wo can talk over all our good times ugair,. You'll
he sure and come aud see me, won't you?"

“I don’t know. I may not go home."

“Not go home! bull thought it was settled thut you
were to go. J

“Yob, hut Spots is anxious to go at that time, and you
know we cannot go together. It all depends on you Nol-
le; do you want me to come? will you give me some hope
that 1 may freely say to you then, what I scarcely dare to
now? that I love you. dearly and devotedly, and can only
look forward to happiness, with you us ray wife ”

It was all out, and in the most commonplace munner.

My hay moved nearer the Arab ami my hand was on the
horn of her saddle, as I pressed Nellie for an answer.

“I cannot, Mr. Tickson— this is so sudden— my father
you know — really we must be going — see how dark it is
getting.”

Bui still I urged, while Nellie gathered her reins together

ami shook herself into her seat, preparatory to starting. ’

“Don't ask me now. I’ll answer you to morrow— when
yon give me the cup, as you promised to — ’’

And in another moment, both horses were stretching at
full gallop towards the settlement. Inn most unenviable
and uncertain frame of mind I arrayed myself for dinner,
and Spots coming into my room, evidently imagined that
something unusual must have occurred.

“What's the matter old fellow? not been jilted by Nellie,
have you? lm! ha! I think I’ve got the best of you there.
Take a sherry and hitters and brace up. But, I say, to
come down to business, how about to-morrow? Do you
think everything is quite safe for the jumping race? You
know I’ve gone a cracker on it! all my passage aud spend-
ing money for the trip home."

“Of course it’s all right; haven’t I got, a pot. on myself?
The horse is safe enough, and I don’t lliink I’ll be likely to
tlnow the race away." Yet I believe if the mafoo had ap-
peared at that moment with tho# information that Safely
Valve had broken'his leg in the stable, I should have re-
ceived the news with perfect indifference. "Besides," l
continued, “you’ve plenty of time to hedge; hoy a few
sweeps at the club to-night, on Dick Swiveller; he’s the
next best in, and the best jock on the coast rides him."

"No.” said Spots, “I’ll stand it all, and with the odds
I’m getting ought to land enough to permit of a little in-
discretion, hey, old follow?"

At dinner Nellie was very quiet, never once looked at
me, and addressed her conversation chiefly to the taepan;
but in the drawing-room afterwards, when some outsiders
came in, she brightened up and was all vivacity. Spots,
too, was as lively as a cricket, mid kept in such close at-
tendance that I could not obtain a word in private. While
finishing my last cigar before retiring, Spots came into my
room, and after some heating around the hush, confided to
me that lie had proposed to Nellie that afternoon.

“And did -she accept you?” I asked.

“Well— no— not exaeily. Shu was very much confused;
and the pony trap was rather an awkward place, if she
had said ‘yes’ I could not have kissed her, you know — so
I did not. press her — told her that to-morrow would he
plenty of lime for me to learn my fate — and all that kind
of thing."

Lett to my own reflections, which were not nm'irosiul, with
an anathema against coquettes, instead of turning in, as pru-
dence and the necessity for a steady hand for the morrow
should have dictated, 1 lighted another cigar and went to
the stables.

The morning broke clear as a bell, with that delightful
crispness in the air which is the result of a cool breeze over
night. A race day in China, although differing so in sur-
roundings from a similar event in more civilized countries,
still bears the same holiday aspect To the mercantile com-
munity, it is a long lonkcd-for occasion for slight specula-
tion, unlimited tiffin, and much fun; while to the regiments
In garrison, and the crews of the different ships on the
station, it is an absolute godsend from the dreary monotony
of their lives. Not the least amusing features, are some
of the feeble efforts made to apo the prevalent customs of
the Derby day in England. A few ancient drags are
brought into requisition, each with the necessary nccom-
panymont of four horses and a tin horn. Juvenile Cunto-
ncse, of small statue, are for the occasion inducted into
livery and perched behind the drag. The man who owns
a dog carl is a happy mortal, but by far the largest portion
of the community are reduced to Shanks' mures or a sedan
chair. The natives turn out in full force, some of the
wealthier merchants, indeed, presenting valuable cups io
lie run for. Even the heller class of women, so rarely
seen, turn out on this day, and through the windows o'f
• heir chairs, much rich embroidery and valuable jewelry is
to be seen, supplementing oval faces thickly covered with
powder and enamel, and bright black eyes sparkling with
satisfaction at the unaccustomed excitement. The Mu-loo,
the general outlet for the settlement, and beyond which the
race course is situated, is thronged w ill) hi almost impenetra-
ble mass of Chinamen; through which, with difficulty, a
lane is lormcd by the municipal "bobbies," for the passage
of every description of vehicle, from the broket's trap,
drawn by an attenuated pony, to the lordly four-in hand,
tooled by a spoiling tin-pan. The natives, dressed in their
New ^ ear's clothes, aie .spending their copper cash with a
perfect recklessness, and the gambling, without which your
celestial gamin never invests in a pint, of melon seeds, or a
cup of Biimshu, is carried on unhluslilngly. Itinerant jug-
glers. naked to the waist, having 'cleared a space large
enough in which to swing their arms, are exhibiting their
tricks of Icgcidcmuiii and f/ur <1? /b/vyt, in a manner which
would cause envy in the heart of Hail/..

“Boys," liy whom are understood Cuntoneso body ser-
vants of any ago from sixteen to sixty, in tho nattiest of
costumes, and smoking their masters’ cheroots, are wend-
ing their way in parlies of three and four to the scene
of action. Even the “Anonyinas" (unlive) who lire
reduced to walking, appear in l'nris kid slippers and plain
but rich dresses; the poor girls sheltering their uncovered
heads with ilic loroigit umbrella, which in their eslinmliou,
makes their costume ii complete success.

Arrived at the race com sc, which is an oval of u mile,
Hie outer rim, even on the side furthest from the stand, is
found to he thickly studded with a crowd ol natives; who,
caring nothing lor start or finish, are sufficiently gratified
with seeing the rush of gaily dressed riders on their Hying
steeds. The grand sLund is already filling up with a crowd
ot foreign residents, the front seal only partly filled with
ladies, lor in the year of grace, 18(1—, Sliangliae could not
' ’ •’ ’ ' ' of the

se roar,
Instead,

boast of more than thirty or forty representatives
gentler sex. There is no betting ring and the “hoars
ho familiar to Engl i'ttbnien’s ears, is quite wanting. 1.
the whilc-coutud band of Her Majesty’s — Hi regiment dis-
courses sweet music. Nellie, I noticed, was on the front
seat, of the stand with Spots in close attendance pointing
out probable winners on her silken programme. 1 wanted
very much to change places with him, bill my duties to the
stable kept me constantly occupied, and it. was only during
the interval of the races, and the intermission for tiffin,
thut 1 could find time for a word or two. Nellie was vety
sweet and gracious, and whispered to mo to lie very careful
of myself as 1 left the stund for tho lust time, and uty
doubts seemed vanishing. The thrilling sense of Victory
which causes a quick throbbing of the heurt as your horso

forest and stream.

comes lending lip I lie homestretch, and the shouts of the
crowd at your success is quite enough at the momont to ex-
pel any other sensation, and hy the time the saddling bell
had rang for the “Skelter," the last and most important
race of the day, what with a little luck and plenty of cham-
pagne I had attained that serenity of mind when every-
thing is cole it r dc roue; and I felt as confident of carrying

over my costume and walked up the course to where Safety
Valve was being saddled, out of the crowd. No less than
thirty-six of us “sported silk" for the race, and n motley
crowd we were ns wc faced the starter and waited for the
word "go." As in a long race of this description a good
“send otf" was not much of an object, there was very little
pushing for the lead, and no trouble experienced in getting
us off. My own pre-arranged tactics being of the waiting
order, after the lirat rush I quietly pulled Safety Valve to
the rear and en joyed the fun. The pace was very moderate
ami allowed of an unlimited indulgence in mild chaff The
champagne and jumping powder had began to tell and
although the whole parly managed to clear the first hurdle
the next impediment, a mud wall with a ditch on the near
side, Drought the first installment to grief. The be9t
mounted and coolest heads had nothing to do but sit still
and pick out the clear spots, while the majority, who were
riding only for the fun of the thing, rushed so at the jumps
that the tails were neither few or far between It takes

a great deal, however, to stop a Tartar pony, and when a

rider held on to his reins, he was soon mounted and under
way again. My pet was going “like a bird," and by the
tune we had completed I lie first circuit I had drawn into a
a good place among the leading half dozen, eomprbmuMl.c
ere me d, la rr, me of the Shanghne stables. Old Toots on
us dun, ‘Sit-on-is-ed 1,” and Briggs on “Dout-it-im"-from
the same stable, looked with astonishment at the little
grey griffin who was holding his own so well with their
tried rucers. Then there was the “Ghicken" on “Ozone "
and Fungus on “Cossack;" Boro-Gooth on “Boo- Trotter "
and Smith, the crack jockey, on “Dick Swivelfer whom
I looked upon as my own most dangerous opponent Hav-
ing the course almost t« ourselves, although we shortly
caueht up wiili the rear guard of those who had not vet
been around steam was put on and the real raciim com-
menced. 1 he excitement was intense, and we could hear

the shouts of those on the stand as each jump was negoti-
ated. roots came to grief at the double, an awkward
jump of two walls and ditches with just landing 8pilCe
between them. At the post and rails “Cossack* came
down a cropper, ami I could just feel my pony's heels
strike as he cleared it. We had now but half a mile to go
and knowing that we could stand the pace, I determined to
take the lead and keep it. riio rest of the jumps were
easy until we approached the grand stand, almost in front
of which was the water jump, followed by a short run to
the winning post. Ins jump, originally prepared for the
English and Australian Steeple Chase horses, was some
eighteen or twenty feet til width, twenty two they called
it, but 1 doubt ll it was so much ; a moderate jumpenough

fora W, hut rat her too much for a thirteen hand pony
U‘,ld, I1 tl,e.cu,lom Skelter for the ponies to

scramble in and out ngain. The ducking received bv the
riders added to the amusement or the lookers o.1; but on
one memorable occasion a pony, “Gabriel Junks" byname
Imu successfully cleared the entire jump. I ),«,!
termmed if there was likely to be a close finish to attemot
the same feat. On we came with a terrific rush 1 had

were output* thank'r i5J,,red

didatc for the M k, ^od y°u won 1 be a cm-

l,c ^ero Still r I fisked.

about you^ndf^1 MvmJldinffi]oS1,C W“ awfully cut
track there i v I’ j 1 fellow, you’ve got Hie inside
a note in the offii r “ade aTn awfuI nss of myself. There’s

hack Chin rld^Tbu/011 ’ } ser,d if over as soon as 1 net
„.,n ' „ 1 . c , 11 Ttckson ; keep your pluck up and I'll

TnnlZ ,n -'he eveninS and give you all the gup "
was wo^dTfXws:b°y r°lUrned W,l“ the leUtr’ which

Tickson:— I cannot tell you how sorry I am
10 K° »w»y without seeing yon. I would have

weie miMrnel?n un'fnsi lmd tUev not a3,ar‘-’d me that you
r»ln o y 1 ^ <lanser> ,llld would be sent to Japan
“r°®“,y0U co,,Id1r"ove we shall remain in Yokohama

est i mrait i e"n e an-d 1 sliaI1 look forward with the great -
est mputicnce to seeing you; particularly if you really meant
you said to me the other evening among the graves If

come tif.n0l'i°\r have, 9lllinSed your mine? ]S do' not
come beyond Nagasaki until wu have sailed.' Yours,

rp, . „ , Nellie,

..177“ aI1’ l,ut 11 wa* enough fo set my heart beating
me in bed"10 CUrSC fatG Uad tbe doctor for 8ti11 kcePin

kilTcn drT„ ,latCK and. s!m I,andaged up and weak as a
St board,lllc mad packet steaming out of

Teixc\uJ\SyJ'\rOUte t0 JaPim- In le3S lhan four days we
mremW' ‘ „ma- and I.was ®afe'y lodged in the house of
wKltud Jga"1. under fcbe 8amo roof with Nellie.
nv 'at4Ved,dma?drd: of t,ie -harming drives along the
r?, Gcent ,Tak?ldo; und how we watched the last' rays
Ml uTiagUrC,ng fr0,n ,the Hn0wy cr«tof old Fusiyama;
N . i ,i CSlmg 0,,lJr 10 ourselves. Suffice it to say,
•« ft.n p fe 8teanJei; carned off Nellie and her father
lon^rr1800 ^^ me feeIinS very desolate and
,°“eN« waa “Pranged that within the year I was to fol

.PUnI‘^randlNc lca,nd 1 Were to be united again for
better or for worse, as long as we should live

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405

if {hP d0 not

now e*i,.n*i,,Yi P - , 1,lcial propagation of Q,hcs is

land R-Krt Pruc,rd in Great fcrftan, France il l
Z il2 n| V ?W?dCno A-trinVnit

j.nd in oiowntSSlw iStatt.118?’ SpAttin’ ?aDada,
rnsmania have instiiU^ii 1 - ’ !IuVft- Australia, and
commissiont^^nd^have^alrftnrhf* ,gatl°D a through fishery
fl-hes as parent stock from 7 1,ln.,P.orled Valual,le food
industries in the near future WhlCh may ®Pr,n* Iar«e

artifidal8ll^opa®a\rion^ fm^ T* adm'rab*V constituted for

mera^iuimere <^PringUM^f 8un^

pended:- bnef 1,31 ol Promment food fish is ap-

" rusn. i uad

the lend but Dick was close at my quarters, and as I glanced
bade I could see on Smith's face a confident, half sneerim*
ook. 1 he rest were close in the rear, but the race was
between us two, and, barring accident, I had it safe We
were within two hundred yards of the water and aireadv
opposite the tiffin sheds, and I could hear the shouts of “go
it 1 ickaon from the men who preferred seeing the race
from that point. Still Dick’s nose was lapping me and I
thought getting slightly nearer. I could have increased
the pace but having my nag well in hand for the effort
dared not urge him. Now we near the stand, and for a
moment I glance up at Nellie for just one look before I
settle myse f more firmly in my seat ami call on Safety
Valve for all his strength. \es. there she is, her whole
lace glowing with excitement, her hand grasping the rail
in front of her. And what do I see* Spots standing by
her side, his hand resting upon hers and his arm around
her waist! One look was enough; half blinded by passion
I dug my heels viciously into poor Safety Valve’s ribs and
lifted him for the jump. But it was an instant too soon-
we were not within six feet of the edge of ditch The
good beast gathered himself together for the effort and
1 felt tnyseli for an instant being carried through the' air
and could see the muddy water glancing beueulh me'
Noblo us was the attempt, it was beyond liis powers- Mie
good pony landed with his fore feet just clear of the further
hank Instead o giving him hi* head I lost mine, and
pulled wildly at the reins. l<or a moment lie struggled for
h.s footing ttnd then his fore legs pawing wildly in the air,
lost Ins balance ami fell backwards on me. I felt the hor
rd.le crushing of his weight upon my body and then the
water choking me, I lost consciousness. * # *

I have no recollection of anything that occurred for the
next three days, although they say that consent doses of
chloryduie were given to keep me quiet. Coming out of
me Influence of the drug to perfect conseiouoness I real-
ised at last that I was in my own room. The sun was
Miming brightly ami cheerfully, and my hoy, evidently
Placed on guard, was puttering about the wardrobe At-
tempting to raise myself up 1 lound that I was quite help-
less and covered with bandages. 1

“Boy, where’s Mr. Spots!1''

“Hall got office, 8ar. ”

“Go tiilkoc ho come here.”

at atlmo'V minut0® SpoUj CAmo UP stairs two steps

ilnefn,11!0’ °!‘j fl,lloyv! l‘ow.do you fool; hotter, eh t The
all i-i ' may“ '• you keep quiet for a few weeks you will be
1 ^'V'G.only a rib und a collar hone broken; but
tulk ‘ y, il,n‘lsc<l Now keep quiet and don’t try to
cm, , | n1 1U'11 y°l.‘ al1 l *0 nows. Of course you lost the
noem- D k W<>" ,l' aild 1 losl lny money; hut that’s of
dovifim!11'0,11? V,,W’ 1,8 1 m1"ot K‘»ing home; but why the
1 can fm! wmttotl to try lo clear all that jump is moro than

can tVl vm|,1<! v " ll! Was a!1 awful ,ow ''I the stand, 1
homo ny„ *0'‘wrL‘,'° "P ,lMd wo carried you

there, „ i„ ‘P; huf,''T ^ ulvo was ""l lniTl a hit, ami
faiatod Id Inu ,,?i" 'vho.w.u!lt Ut 1»l,y him. Miss Nellie
ttu and had to bo carrtod homo m a sedan chair, aud

i W Y*f.C’ hav,m« 9ecn tl,e children to bed has, for the
ost Halt hour, been looking over my shoulder, and throw-
ingboth my papers and ideas into the most reckless con-
ru^ioii bhe says I’ve been writing a lot of the most un-
mitigated nonsense; that, I was the spooniest man in the
bouse from the first, and that as far as poor Spots— who
by the way, never made his visit home hut now sleeps his
last sleep in Happy Valley— haviug had his arm around her
waist, it is perfectly ridiculous; aud if he did she was en
tirel v unconscious of it. However, mine is there now, and
although we have not the cup to ornament our sideboard
we possess another which thus far it has pleased a kiud
I rovtdence to fill with its choicest blessings.

Wm. AI. Tileston.

fl£0ultttrLe.

FISH CULTURE:

ITS ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENT, AND PROGRESS.
BV ICIITirVOS. — NUMBER FOUR,

THE extreme fecundity of fishes, by a wise endowment
of nature allows a large margin for destruction,
aim 9 till leaves, with suitably provident measures on the
part of the governments, an abundance for our wants.

The number of eggs deposited by fish is next to aston-
ishing. The number deposited hy a single salmon (SUmo
s'Uar) lias been found to reach 25,000. A brook trout (N</-
mo J'on Una! is) will deposit from 500 to 5,000. Naturalists
have ascertained by close investigation that the pike (AW
(nW Producea 80,380 to 272. IG0. The sole, (tide a vuigari*)
100,3110. I he roach, (Icticitetis riitiUus) afresh water fish
of the carp family 113,340. The bream 137,800 The
tench, of the carp family, 383,280. The mackerel, {scomber
vu/gur is) 540,240. The carp, {cyprinu* carped) introduced
from Persia into England, and from thence to America a
fresh water fish, 342,140 eggs. The goldfish Cyprinu*
auratm) belongs to the same family. The flounder, 1 Plates-
m* Jtessus) has yielded the unprecedented number of 1,-
359,400 eggs. A sturgeon {Acipcnser nturio) has produced
tue enormous yield of 7,035,200, and Leeuwenhoek has
lound 9,344,000 in the codfish, {Morrhua Vuigari*). M. Val-
enciennes, has recently ascertained that a lurbut, {Rhom-
(rus maxima*) nineteen and a half inches long, contained
9,000,000, and that the mullet, (Afullus barbalu s) contains
11,000,009. The herring (dujtw harrengus) contains loot)
000 of eggs.

Were u not for such remarkable fecundity many varie-
ties of the finny tribes would soon become extinct, especi-
ally those species which breed in shallow water, where the
ova not only are exposed but the small fish become a prey
to their natural enemies. Indeed from the time the eggs
are deposited on their natural spawning beds until they
reach maturity they are beset with a thousand dangers.
“Mauy eggs are uot fecundated; many are dropped into
depths fatal to their development; many are buried by
drifting sand and silt; many are eaten by fish, even the
parents themseives, others are devoured by snakes, frogs,
and cels; and many are washed away by freshets. Tne
very few that escape are exposed to the same, or kindred
dangers; and the result when summed up by the most ex-
perienced fish culturists, is, that of the ova deposited upon
the natural spawning bods.il is estimated that not one
shad in a million, and not one salrnou in five thousand be-
comes a merchantable fish.

The strong points of fish culture are, the excessive fecun-
dity of fish, and the large percentage of ova that can be
successfully hatched. These constitute the basis of an art

AUTUMN AND WINTER;

Mmo quinnat; lake whileAs™ CongeZui albm^ 6alm0n,

SPRING AND SUMMER.

2S£F; r0Ck bas3- atrUu*; sLd^io.^

To show how generally fish culture is being developed
n our country, eighteen Slates of the Union have Lee Si ?
live enactments for the protection of fishes and Comnm
sions which are faithfully laboring to replant our Freat
lakes and inland waters with food fishes ,of which 1h<fy
have been almost entirely depleted through the rapaeitv

land?OhiS in S,inCn U experiments at Cleve7-

, UUio, in 18o3, fish farm? have mulliolied bv thou
sands, and the well nigh exhausted shadund salrnou
fn nomfielH VnCf b|een rE8t0(2kedwita lliese delicious table fish,
nnr hnfi d f h1"m,l'1.effor 1 have greater results followed
nor has any undertaking in any industrial department been

under?H LCr°Wnad Wi‘b 9,,CCess' Wliate^r has been
bum ink ”y d?Partmeut of the science, however

bo d in conception, has been achieved, and as we ’ a ve
ouly become familiar with the alphabet of this study we
There rcr>! rea^°D l° exPect greater tilings in the future
! !„ vee”v vf 1 !l,TJ0U,lt of la|JOr expeuded in New

Kx^ee,SW.|YOrk’ ?d 0ther Statej,-and ‘he outcome
hopeful SuUf h 03 8ao2u,ne expectation of the most
uopctul friends of the enterprise.

But the crowning work of fish culture in this country is
g performed through the United States F.«h Com-
nussiou under the direction of Prof. Spencer F Biird

SS amr<lepuZ:88i<,a^ ““ ^

fZ!‘fi-1bler?.°mrais3ioner flrst directed his altention to the
food fi5h of the ocean, on the south coast of New England.
fo\oHy «fSrbe-ir b,abltS and ascertaining the causes, if any ex-
isted, of dimimslung numbers of some of the most valuable
species, In connection with his observations on the coast
Ins able assistant, Mr. James \V. Milner, of the Smilhsou-
tan Institute, explored the lakes and rivers and made the
fresh w.atcr ‘whes a study, to ascertain the causes of the
ncreasinguu fruitfulness of our inland w'aters. Besides these
herculean labors, the acclimatizing of California salmon
Wt/mo quinnat) m the waters of different portions of the
continent ami of transferring the Penobscot salrnou {Salmo
aalar) to the waters of California, was undertaken, and
these transfers are likelyto be eminently successful, in
connection with the transfer of salmon, the engrafting of
sea fish, shad and salmon, into the fresh water fuunm by
transferring them to the great lakes, where they seem
to be thriving, and as much ut home as they were iu the
sea, their natural habitat.

Fisb culturists are also talking of transferring the Euro-
pean salrnou, of the Volga and Danube, to the Mississippi
our great river being equally as turbid as those ot Europe!
this will no doubt soon be successfully accomplished But
wlule great activity is displayed all about us in the neigh-
boring States, it would seem as if some great revulsion of
nature were requisite to arouse the great State of Illinois
lrorn a “Rip Van Winkle sleep" she has so loug indulged
in; au eartnquake or some great upheaval, that she may be
awakened to the necessity of enacting u law for the devel-
opment of this great iudustry.

Enough has been said, together with the examples of
half of the States of the Union, to discover the force of
argument, and the necessity of some means of iucreasiu*'
the food fish of Illinois. It would seem that it is the bu-.u
ness of a great commonwealth lo develop all its l.ueut en-
ergies, to evoke from abeyance any slumbering element
that might be made to enlarge the scope of its industries
and increase its wealth. With every facility for promot-
ing this great eulerprise, and in view of the wants of a
large laboriug class upon whom the burdeus of toil
weigh most heavily, as a beneficent humane work we
should labor to give this class cheap and wholesome food.

To be Continued.

successfully .............. »«„v w..o...u™ wn».a ... .... <„,

which under judicious management is capable of being
organized into the most profitable industry known to civili-
zation. The present aspects of tills art are truly encourag-
ing. The discovery may be said to furnish the ’‘nutu-
na" of subsistence for hall the inabitunts of the globe. With-
out it, misery from want of food could not be stayed;
liuugcr could not bo appeased by products of the soil aloue.
Hence it is one of the noblest benefactions of the country.
The whole world has accepted the boon, and its people are
preparing tho water area for rich and remunerative har-

Decay ok Brook Trout in Vermont.— The Rutland
Herald, in commenting on the above subject, offers some
very pnitiuent suggestions, both as to prevention aud cure,
which will apply equally as well to other parts of the
country. Referring to the clearing out by natural decay
aud floods, of the aucient windfalls, which made iu lime
minature dams, cascades and pools, it says: —

“We would restore in so far as possible these old barriers,
or rather we would construct similar ones along the water
courses in those places where it could be done to the best ad-
vantage; sometimes merely felling trees into or across the
beds of tho brooks in a discriminating way, leaving the
filling up to time and drift, and in other cases completing
the work with stones and brush. Here and there large
open pools which have uo shelter fiom the sun, or hilling
places for fish, could easily be made inhabitable by rolling
in from the bank a few boulders, or so planting stones as
to make a shelter. Doubthss there are almost everywhere
for considerable distuuce sections of streams that are tor
the present at least, past being helped in either of these
ways without too much trouble ai.d expense— where, for
instance, they flow through open, unsheltered grounds and
sandy meadows. But somewhere, usually higher up. there
are generally plenty of chances. Indeed most of our
brooks are a. intervals bordered by trees, aud many of
them for long distances from their sources flow through
woodlands. In such places plenty of admirable fish ponds
could be made with uo other impfeineut for Ue most part

FOREST AND STREAM.

406

C

than an ax, and that, too, without sensible loss or cost to
anybody. Next, let those pools and eddies which are
usually' found at i he outlets of the smaller streams, and
through which trout of all sizes are continually running as
the spawning seasou approaches, be served m the same
way, or, at least, be partly tilled or covered with brush, so
that it shall be uo longer possible for auy unscruplous fish-
erman to visit them from day to day with the moral cer-
tainty of capturing the last arrival.

Aud lastly the same small spring runs and other places
which are known as spawning grounds, and the nurseries
of the youug fry, should be so protected that they cannot
at any time be reached by the hook of the fisherman. In-
deed so much faith have we in the protective virtues of
brush judiciously placed, from time to time, that we ven-
ture the assertion that a single ax vigorously but wisely
wielded for a day along the banks of any ordinary trout
brook would do more for the protection, increase aud
growth of trout iu that particular stream for the next three
years than any law that might be passed, though stringent
even to prohibition.”

[We have before advocated this mode of improving trout
streams, and have giveu it practical application by intro-
ducing it at Blooming Grove Park, on Taylor’s Creek and
other streams. — Ed.]

Lobsters. — A writer in the Boston Transcript says that
the strange changes in the amount of yearly production of
lobsters is very puzzling to fishermen. In Plymouth Bay
they used to find good sized lobsters very plenty, while
now the production both inside and upon the coast is very
much diminished both in size and numbers. They attribute
it partly to the raking of the rocky bottom for Irish moss,
which is now carried on to a great extent. By this means
the young lobsters are uncovered aud often destroyed, as
they need the refuge of the moss both for growth and
safety.

Another Failure in chad Transportation.— Pro-
fessor Baird of the United Slates Commission of Fisheries,
has received a message by cable to the effect that the shad
spawn shipped hence by the steamer Mosel and alluded to
in our issue of the 22 ult, had all^died. These shad were
intended for the stocking of the river Weser, and it was
hoped that by hatching them while en route the mis-
fortune of last year, when the youug fish were sent in cars,
would be avoided. No cause is given for the failure, and
the patent trays used do Dot appear to have produced the
results expected from them.

Six thousand shad have been sent to Lake Ponchartrain,
Louisiana, and about seventy thousand to Vermont, where
the commissioners intend to continue their experiments in
stocking Lake Champlain.

— The last of the shad shipments this season from the
hatching grounds at Holyoke, some 60,000, was made to-
day, and it went to the Rhode Island fish commissioners.
The shad will probably be put in the Blackslone River. A
shipment of 70,000 was made a fe w* days since to Rock
River, Illinois, a tributary of the Mississippi. The total
shipments Irom the Connecticut River this year to other
wuiers tliau its own, amount to 1,370,000. This enormous
total iucludes the 40,000 sent to Germany. — Hartford Times ,
August 2.

SAWDUST IN TROUT STREAMS.

Gbavenhurst, Canada, July 27th, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

On the 25lh of July W. H, Brown, of BaysvIUe, was fined for allowing
tawdasl lo escajK? from his mill and works at Baysvllle into the South
Mot-koku River, on the complaint of Mr. R. K. Johns, of Bmcebridge.
Mr. Joline has since the above Due received an affidavit from Mr Fen-
toni, of New York city, aud unotber from Dr. Cameron, of Toronto,
elating thtti on the 15th and Hitb of July itisL they witnessed sawdust
gome into the river irom the same mill. I am glad that a start has been
mode to atop mill owners from putting sawdust, etc., into the rivers.

J. S.

LETTER FROM P1SECO— CORRECTION.

United States Fishery Commission. Steamer Bi.de Light, i
Wood s Hole. Maas , August 2d, 1875. (

Editor Forest akd Stream:—

When In your hsoe of the 15ib lost, yonr type setter turned my thin
legged chains into three legged ones, thereby depriving them of their
great resemblance to the young persons with whom they were compared,
and wi en he followed on a few hues farther by making me heave my
anchor into a ••creek" instead of into the crack of the split rock, I felt
somewhat aggrieved, but it concerned no one bnt myself, and I had got
pretty well need to type errors and conld stand them. Butin yonr last
1-gue he deliberately knocked over the entire argument, by which I was
trying to rhow that this place was Holl and not Hole, by turning my
"none" into a "nine," This latter construction destroys the whole force
of the views advanced. My object was to show that within the limits of
the track of the Norsemen there were several cases of this name. N'oDe
elsewhere. Yonr nine gives the precedence in that respect to the sec-
tion they had not visited . Please make the necessary correction, and
oblige Piseoo.

— The sea serpents seem to be moving around this side
of Cape Cod; one has been seen on the ocean side of Cut-
tybunk Island, at tbc entrance of Buzzard’s Bay. The
New Bedford Standard says:—

“The sea serpent was 6een from the top of the hill at
Cuttyhunk, Thursday, by a number of persons, who
judged that he was about sixty feet long. They saw him
very plainly and distinctly.”

The 8t. John Globe says:—

“The steamer City of Portland, on a trip last week from
St. John for Portland, when off Segulu, passed the sea
serpent within 30 feet. The monger was lazily floating
along on the water, occasionally lifting his head to look
around."

— Parties visiting California will find most pleasant and
desirable quarters at Tubbs’ Hotel, Oakland, at the termi-
nus of the Pacific Railroad, forty minutes from ban Fran-
cisco, with which steamers communicate every half hour.
This hotel is kept by Win. M. Lawlor and 8. I. Kellogg,
Jr,, well known in this city and Albany, and U a favorite
resort tor tourot* and sportsmen.

Natural Jfistarg.

For Forest and Stream.

A FEW REMARKS ON SNAKES.

WERE it generally known how harmless most of our
snakes are, instead of a feeling of dread for them,
we should admire their graceful motions and fine coloring;
and the instinct to destroy them the moment they are seen
would be changed to a desire to examine them more
closely, to observe their habits, and the objects of Interest
about them. Although wo have about a dozen species in
this part, of the country, there are only two which may not
be handled with impunity— the rattlesnake and copperhead
adder. The latter variety, however, is known by the name
of chunkhead and red adder in different localities, and in
some places is thought to be the female of the rattlesnake,
although it belongs to an entirely different genus from the
rattlesnake. The bite of both is usually fatal, unless
means of procuring a remedy is near at baud. The poison
acts very rapidly, its effect being to coagulate the blood,
consequently means should be taken to cause the blood to
circulate rapidly as soon as possible on being bitten. None
of our other species possess poison fangs. Although both of
the black snakes will bite rather readily, the effect is of no
more account than that of a mouse. I do not think that
auy of the remaining species arc capable of making any
wound whatever. The milk snake is so named on account
of its extreme fondness for milk. Although all snakes are
very fond of it, none are so frequently found in the coun-
tryman’s dairy. The belief that it sometimes sucks cows
is, 1 think, incorrect. Our most beautiful snake is the
little green snake. It is usually found in thick grass in
damp localities. Its color so corresponds with that of the
grass that it is not easily distinguished while lying con-
cealed in it. The ring racer is also a pretty little fellow,
but is rather rare. The most formidable appearing of our
snakes is the hissing adder, although it is perfectly harm-
less and cannot be induced to make any pretension of
bitiug- On being disturbed, it fluttens out the loose skin
on the neck and sides of the bead, and at the same time
fills the lungs witli air. If further disturbed, it expels the
air through the nose with a dull but rather loud hissing
sound, and frequently runs out its long, forked tongues,
as do all snakes when disturbed, or in any way excited. It,
motions are rather slow but very graceful. The most com-
mon 6nakes are the spotted water snake and striped snake.
There has from time to time been considerable discussion
as to whether snakes produce young by birth or hv eggs.
It depends entirely on the species of snuke. Most species
lay eggs; a few give birth to the young, while others are
ovaviparous — that is, the young are produced in the
form of an egg, but break the shell almost im-
mediately on exposure to the air. Young snakes
accompany the mother for a certain length of
time. Iu case of danger the motlicr opens her mouth,
when the young soon disappear down her throat, and cau
remain tiiere for some time if necessary. As the gastric
juice cannot affect any living animal mutter iu the stomach
they of course suffer no danger of being digested.

The tongue of the snake is popularly believed umong ig-
norant folk to be used as a sling; but any person who will
examine one will see the absurdity of such a notion, as the
longue is very soft, and no more capable of making a
wound than that of a bird. The process of motion iu a
snake is very simple. Every time the body is bent the
scales of the belly at the lower part of the bend are raised
slightly. The sharp edges of the iaised scales pressing
against the ground hold that part of the body firmly while
the forward purt of the body is pushed forward by slraight-
ening the bend; then the scales of the forward part are
raised in the same manner and the lower part is brought up
into another bend. These bends are sometimes so slight
that the snake seems to move while the body is almost
straight, and they can be made very rapidly ; more rapidly
of course in the long, slender snake than in the thicker
ones. Thus, an upland black snuke six or seven feet long
can equal a horse iu speed, under favorable circumstances^
while an adder caunot move as fast as a person can walk.
All snakes are enemies of the farmer and sportsman, on ac-
count of their fondness for eggs and young birds.

New Haven, Conn., July, 1875. SPECULATOR.

THE BREEDING HABITS .OF PIGEONS.

Editor Forestand Stream:—

The male pigeon first select* his mute, paying conrt to her by strutting
around her with his feathers spread, and cooing. When they wish to
begin breeding the mule finds a place for the nest and culls his mate to
it. It takes them a nnraber of days to make u selection. At this time
the male Is very attentive to his mate, following her everywhere, and
allowing no other male to come near her. When they have selected a
place for the nest they commence to build, the mnle bringing the straw,
while the female arranges it. They work only In the forenoon. The
nest is made entirely of straw, the inside being finer than the outside.
When the nest Is finished the female goes on at night and in the morn-
ing there Is an egg in the nest, though I do not know at what time it Is
laid. The other egg Is laid lu the afternoon of the following day. Tho
female ells on the eggs doriug the night aud until about II o'clock In the
morning, when the male takes her place until about 4 o'clock in the nf
ternoon. The period of incnbatiou is eighteen days. When the young
are hatched they are thinly covered with a yellowish down. The old
birds feed them on a milky substance, which they eject from tholr crops,
and us they grow older they give them coarser food, hut there is always
considerable moisture In it. When the young are nearly fledged I have
noticed that the male bird, after being fed nt night, always drinks and
then feeds the young, evidently giving them the grain lie has Just eutt-n.
The female usually lays again before the young are weaned. For a short
time before the young are weaned only the male feeds them. A female
pigeon cannot raise a jonng bird without a male to help her. I have had
odd females, when there was a male In the Hock, lay eggs and hatch
their yonng, They wonld raise them until they began to feather out
when they would die, evidently front starvation 1 think that the ar-
langemenis by which the male performs so important u j)ar{ In feeding
the young Is for the purpose of giving the female u rest, during which
she can recruit her strength before laying again; for It must be wearing
to her to feed the young. John f. Carlkton,

[The ubovc remarks on the breeding habits of pigeons
are from the pen of a young lad who has given the subject
much attention. We mention this in hopes that some of
our young readers may turn their attention to Natural

History. Take some particular bird or animal, observe
closely its habits, and let us have tho result. The study
will prove, ultimately, a great pleasure : — Ed.]

Collection for tub Centennial.— A number of natur-
alists in this State, the most prominent of whom is Judge
Bell, of Montieello, are now engaged in making a collec-
tion of birds and reptiles of this State for exhibition at the
Centennial. About 400 specimens have already been col-
lected, and it is expected that about 2,000 will be ready by
tho time of the opening of the National Exhibition, —
[Florida Agriculturist.

— In Winnsboro, S. C., is a goose with four wings.

CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE.

Department op Public Parks, i
New York, August 1, IH76. f

Animals received at Central Park Menagerie for tho week ending July
3lsl. 1876:—

One common Paradoxure. Paradtmirus tg/nis . f/ab. Java, Presented
by Mr. Gnus Ignaa.

One Robin, Turdus mtgratorius . Presented by Mr. Denis Shane.

One Brown Thrush, HarporhynchusrufUs. Presented by Dr. L. Da-
mniuvllle.

One Bulerlc Crown Crane, Baiearica pavonlna . Hub, West Africa.

One Gray Squirrel, Sclurus Cnrotinenrls. Presented by Mr. Bernard
Looram W. A. Conklin, Director.

Woodland, $ arm and (garden.

THE DEVIL TREE.

THE South Australian liegiatet' contains the following
account of this remarkable plant.: —

"Imagine a pine apple, eight feet high ami thick in pro-
portion, resting upon its base, anti denuded of leaves, and
you will have a good idea of the trunk of the tree winch,
however, was not the color of an anann, but was a dark,
dingy brown, and apparently as hard as iron. From the
apex of this rusticated cone (ut. least two feet in diameter)
eight huge leaves sheer to the ground, like doors swinging
back on their hinges. These leaves, which are joined at
the top of tho tree at regulnr intervals, were about eleven
or twelve feet long, and shaped very much like the leaves
of an American agave or century plant. They are two
feet through their thickest part, and three feet wide, taper-
ing to a sharp point that looked very much like a cow’s
horn, very convex on the outer (hut not under) surface,
and on the under (not upper) surface slightly concave.
This concave surface was thickly set with strong, horny
hooks, like those upon the head of a teazle. These leaves,
hanging thus limp and lifeless, dead green in color, had in
appearance the massive strength of oak filter. The apex of
the cone was a round concave figure like a smaller plate
set within a larger one This was not a flower, but a re-
ceptacle, and there exudes into it a clear, treacly liquid
honey, sweet, aud possessed of violent intoxicating soporific
properties. From underneath the rim (so to speak) of the
undermost plate, a series of long, hairy, green tendrils
stretched out iu every direction towards the horizon.
These were 6evcn or eight feet long, and tapered from four
inches to half an inch in diameter; yet they stretched out
as stiffly as iron rods. Above these (from between tho up-
per and under cups) six white almost transparent palpi
reared themselves towards the sky, twirling and twisting
with marvelous incessant motion, yet constantly reaching
upward. Thin as reeds and frail as quills, apparently,
they were yet five or six feet tall, and were so constantly
and vigorously in motion, with such a subtle, sinuous, si-
lent throbbing against the air, with their suggestions of
serpents flayed, yet dancing on their tails.

My observations on this occasion were stiddeniy inter-
rupted by the natives, who had been shrieking around the
tree with their shrill voices, and chanting what Hendrick
told me were propitiatory hymns to the great tree devil.
With still wilder shrieks and chants they now surrounded
oue of the women, aud urged her with the points of their
javeliDS, until slowly, and with despairing face, she
climbed up the stalk of the tree and stood on the summit
of the cone, the palpi swirlingall about her. ‘Tsikl Tsikl’
(Drink! drink!) cried the men. Stooping site drank of the
viscid fluid in the cup, rising instantly again, with wild
frenzy in her face, and convulsive cords in her limbs. But
she did not jump down, as site seemed to intend to. Oh,
no! The atrocious canuibal tree, that had been so inert
and dead, came to sudden savage life. The delicate palpi,
with the fury of starved serpents, quivered a moment over
her head, then us if instinct with demoniac intelligence,
fastened upon her in sudden coils round and round her
neck aud arms, and while her awful screams and yet more
awful laughter rose wildly, to be instantly strangled down
ugttin into a gurgling moun, the tendrils one after another,
like great, green serpents, with brutal energy and infernal
rapidity, rose, contracted themselves, and wrapped Iter
about in fold after fold, ever tightening with cruel swift-
ness and savage tenacity of anacondas fastening upon their
prey.

It was the barbarity of the Laocoon without its beauty —
this strange, Itorriblo murder. And now the great leaves
rose slowly uml stiffly, like arms of a derrick, erected
themselves In the uir, urproached one another, and closed
about the dead and hampered victim with the silent force
of a hydraulic press and the ruthless purpose of a thumb
screw. A moment more, and while 1 could see the basis
of these great levers pressing more tightly toward each
other from their interstices, there trickled down the stalk
of the tree great streams of viscid, honey-like fluid, min-
gled horribly with the blood and Oozing of thu victim. At
sight of this the hordes around me, yelling madly, bound-
ed forward, crowded to the tree, clasped it, and with cups,
leaves, hands and tongues, each one obtained enough of
the fluid to set him mad and frantic."

Spare the Blackbirds.— Now that the army worm ia
creating such havoc with crops, tho following letter
from a farmer of Woods Hole to thu Boston Advertiser may
contain u timely hint: —

"A few days ago, as the barley in my fields wits ripening,
the blackbirds began to gather about it, and my farmer be-
gan to anathematize them as the thieves and robbers, feed-
ing upon what they did not bow. ‘Why, they come,’ eulu

lie ‘in clouds from Naushon, and all about us.’ Notwith-
standing, I told him that I was satisfied that they did more
good limn harm, and that they were welcome to their share.
The harvest began, and as the mowers reached the middle
of Hie field they found the stulks of the grain very much
stripped and cut up by the army worm. When the barley
was down they began to march out of the field in a compact
stream through the bar-way into the next one. and here we
saw clearly what the blackbirds were after. They pounced
upon them and devoured them bv thousands, very ma-
terially lessening their numbers. 1 he worms are so numer-
ous that they have not destroyed them all, but have ma-
terially lessened them and their power of mischief. All
luKior, then, to the blackbirds, which are usually counted
mischievous, and are destroyed by farmers like vermin.
These army worms have returned after an interval of eight
or ten years.”

Tnic Army Wohm.— The destructive pest, the army
worm, has arrived at Portsmouth, Middletown, and New-
port, It. I. On Saturday the farmers were out mowing
their oats and barley, which will be at best good only for
fodder, as the grain is not nearly ripe. The grass had all
been cut before. Trenches are being dug around corn
fields, and everything is being done to prevent the devasta-
tion which worms occasioned in 1881 . They were not, dis-
covered before Friday, and then only in small quantities;
since then whole fields have been completely covered
with them. The worms have appeared also at New Bed-
ford and Westport in this State, nnd are making havoc
with the gardens. The trench plan is beiog tried in these
places also with some success.— Ncu> England Fanner
July 30th,

— The Babylon Signal suys the army worm is doing dam-
age on parts of Long Island, especially near Aquebogue
and Ronkonkoma.

§he fennel.

—Mr. L. II. Smith, of Strathoy, Ontario, Canada, lias
recently sold to Mr. Middleton bis field trial setter bitch
Liffey, by Leicester, out of Dart. Mr. Middleton takes
Lilley to Japan, and we trust lie will not share the fate that
lias met so many fine dogs imported into that country and
China. The last named is q particularly fatal climate for
dogs, a seller seldom lasting more than one or two seasons.

—Mr. B. W. Jenkins, of Baltimore, owner of the cele-
brated Ranger, writes us under date of 2d inst., that his
imported pointer bitch, Julep, has whelped six pups to his
imported pointer dog, Saucho. They are all marked white
with liver head and large spot on back and rump, like the
sire. Sancho won several prizes in England.

Large 8al.es ok Dogs in England. — An important
Bale of sporting dogs was held by the Messrs. Tattersall
on the 12 ult., at Lillie Bridge, Bromptou, England, com-
prising drafts from the kennels of the Earl of Sefton, Eurl
of Feversham, Viscount Downe, Mr. Lonsdale, Mr. Llew-
elliu, Mr. Stalter, and Mr. J. Armstrong, names very fa-
miliar to our own sportsmen. As some ot the setters were
purchased for this country we append their names and the
prices they brought:—

SETTER*.

The property of R. H. Purcell Llewellin.

Guineas.

Flax. 4 years, by Rock, out of Silver j.

May, 4 years, bv Plunket, out of Min is

Mao, 4 years, by Plunkei, out of Min

The property of Viscount Downe.

Nell, lemon nnd white, 3 years, by the Earl of Carlisle's Old Bill, out

of Visconnt Downe’a Nell . . . ja

Don, lemon nnd white, 3 years, by the Earl of Carlisle's Rap. out of

hts Belle jq

Dl, black and white, (sister to Nell,) by Earl of Carlisle's Old Biti la

Fan, black and while bitch, (sister to Di) 4

Lemon nnd while bitch, by Old Bill, out of Nell ;u

Sal, (sister to Di)

The property of Thomas Stalter, Esq Second season does.

Bruce, by Scot, dura Bloom 5

Lady, lemon and white bitch, by Laverack, dog, dam Lady, by Brier-

ley's Fred j5

Red Irish setter dog 3

The property of Mr. Johu Armstrong, Locknow Castle, Stranraer, Scot-
land.

Diamond, liver Bnd white dog, 2 years 2 months, by (Lavetack) Ser-
geant, out of Kate 7u

Nell, black and white, 1 year 5 mouths, by Mr. Luvernck's Blue

Prince, out of Kate 10

The property of the Earl of Foversham.

Boh, liver aud white, 2 years, by tho Earl of Carlisle’s Old Bill, out of
sister to Mr. Garth's Bess ]o

Ou tile Saturday previous auothcr largo sale was held at
Aldridges, at which the following were sold: —

The property of R. J, LI. Price, Eaq.

£ s. d.

Orance, orange mid white dog, by Bragg, out of Be-s 3 3 0

Par, liver and white dog. by Mr R. Parr, Leatou Knolls 3 13

Bee. lemon nnd white hitch, bred by Scrutator 6 15

Buckell, red Irish dog. by Phmkot— Min 27 (i

Friar, while and lemon dog. Hi months, by Monk, out of Bess . 2 2
Abbess, white and lemon bitch, by Monk, out of Bess. , 4 4

Mirth, black nnd tnu bitch, 3 years, by Fisher's Grouse, out of

Nevlll's Romp 2 12

LAVKRAOK SETTERS.

The property of William Bllnkhorn, Esq.

Victress, lemon mid white hitch, by Lnvornck's Old Dasli, out of

his Moll 42 o

I.unuch. by Lavcruck’s Old DasU, out of Lill . 0 6

Derby, black mid white um dog. by Scott, out of Lill 12 I

Doll, black und white hitch, ditto . 7 17

porn, lemon mid white bitch, ditto 10 10

Rob, black and white dog, by Stulter's Rob Roy, out of Victress. 10 10

Bur, 5 years. bred by tho late Mr. Brown, Mo I to 12

Rap, 3 years, of a well known old Yorkshire brood 8 18

Duchess, 1 your, a half-bred Laverack puppy 3 13

OOIIDON SfcTlEUS.

K»P. 2 years, by Lord Rosslyn's Ranger, out of bis Revel 1(1 5 0

Lornc, 2 yeurs, by S toko's Snot, out of Uauklu’s Rhonu. 12 12 0

Louise, 2 years, ditto, ditto 12 12 0

Victress, it will be seen, 1ms already arrived in Canada.
Max, the first on the list, is said to have sold uncommonly
clieup. The same purchaser also secured May, by Plunket.
Mr. Stalter Bent six pointers and twenty setters, all bred
with great care, but only four readied tho limit put upon
them. Diamond, who brought seventy guineas, is a liver
mid white dy#( mul Jins UUliiiguislied iiiuwelf iumtuiv
trials,

FOREST AND STREAM.

"Nora.”— Our correspondent "Lightfoot,” writes to
advise us of the arrival of this celebrated Gordon setter
bitch, per steamer San Marco. Mr. A. F. Copeland is the
happy owner of Nora, having purchased her for a high
figure by the advice and with the kind assistance of Mr. J
8. Skidmore, of Nantwich, England. Nora will prove a
great acquisition to this country, being a very beautiful
bitch, of good size and substance, and a celebrated prize
winner. She is the dam of mauy prize winners and has an
excellent pedigree, beinJ by "Idstono’s” champion Kent,
out of Mr. Charles Laughton’s champion Duchess.

The same correspondent corroborates Mr. Dcmutli’s state-
ment in regard to Pickles, the pure Laverack bitch recently
imported by that gentleman at the same time with Rock.

—Mr. J. W. Knox writes us from Pittsburgh, Pa., that
he has been advised of the shipment of a splendid setter
dog, "Belton,” by Laverack’s Dash out of a sister to Dick
and Llewellin’s Dan, etc. Mr. Statter is to send a full pedi-
gree shortly. Mr. Knox has also purchased “Rifle," in
whelp to Llewellin’s Prince. Rifle is by Dan out of Ruby.

A FINE DOO LOST.

t, ,, Davenport, Iowa, July 16th. 1875

Editor Forest and Stream:— ’ ,0'°

A few week* ago my non, whllo on a visit to this city, received a prea-
cnl of a fine setter dog from Col. J. II. Berryhill. It was over a year
old, and well broken. The ancestor on the male side was imported from
Russia. On boarding the steamboat to return to his home in Southeast
Minnesota he gave the dog into the charge of the porter, wilh instruc-
tions lo take good care of It and he would be paid for his trouble The
boat had proceeded about a mile up the river, when, after having seen to
the comfort of his family, he went down on deck to look after the com-
fort of his dug, and to his sorrow found him hanging by the neck over
Hie stern of the bout. deud. The railing, to which he was chained, was

open enough lo allow the dog to get through, and his love for his old
home induced him to jump overboard, and so bung himself. Moral. -
See well to your dog while traveling with one on a public conveyance.

Wm. Gray

MORE LAVERACKS IN THE FIELD.

Strathoy, Ontario, Canada, Jnly 27th, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

I have jnst received in my kennels a brace of pnre Laverack setters—
Carowitz, sent me by Mr. G Teasdale Buckell. aud Victre*s, purchased
for me by Mr. Buckell at Aldridge's, on the 10th ult. Caro«ltz is by
Pilkington's Dash, out of Llewellln's celebrated Countess. Victress is
by Dash, out of Moll, own sister to Nellie, Daisy, Countess, Fairy, etc.

L. H. Smith.

A NEW CURE FOR MANGE.

««iS°Tr^n° hBVe C°me l° markcf fro,n Baltimore and have
sold at the unusually low price of 40 cents per pound Soft
cral,9 are scarce and sell for $2. per dozen for large and

15 ccnL7e™po«n?.reeQtUrlIe >UU ' * g°°d 8U^

blir r r?AY _In spiteof ,he close guard which the
blucfish have kept at the mouth of the harbor, tl.e weakfist,
ave finally made their way In and are now being caught

in fair numbers and of good size at Prin. es Bay Take the
Staten Island Railroad to Princess Bay Station, thence ten
S the h ,nVe y-ntag° l° ,l,e bay‘ “Sandbag*" or any

of the boatmen w,n put you on the ground, or go to Port
Richmond station and find the way to Steeles.

Tre Grkat South Bay, -Bluefishing outside of Fire
island Inlet and chumming inside the bay have been good
during the past week. The weakfisl, have returned from
their periodical migration to the eastward and arc now
taking the hook freely. During the next month the fish-
ing will probably be excellent.

„ „ Baltimore, July 29th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

I sec one of your correspondents wants a cure for mange. My setter
had it so Imd last Spring that I thought he would die. While hesitating
what remedy to try some one advised me to take him to a tannery and
put him in a lime vnt. . This I did, though doubting a favorable result.
To my surprise two immersions cured him completely. The lime water
was not very strong, and did not affect him Injuriously, although In
plunging him in his head was wetted completely. s.

CURE FOR RED MANGE.

West Hampton, N. Y., July 2(ith, 1675.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

Your remedy for red mange is O. K. I find that instead of a solution
of arsenic, a "ball" of sulphur administered three days iu succes-
sion, omit it for three days and then repeat, has done the business, with
the sulphur oiutment, for my bitch Josephine. Her pups are now ten
days old, aud they seem to be breaking out all over, and I am very much
afraid it will ruin them. What would you recommend for the pupst
They are a very tine breed and valuable pups, and if you know of any
tried remedy please inform me, and you will confer a great favor.

Chas. E. Topping.

We would advise you to use tbe same remedy with the
pups which lias cured your bitch, but in very small doses
and milder form.— Ed.

\en and tier ^ishitfg.

FISH IN SEASON IN AUGUST.

Trout, Salrno hmllnalis.
Salmon, Salmo talar
Maakenouge, Esox nobilior.
Weak Ash.

Striped Bass.

KlugQoh.

Sheepshcud.

Salmon Trout. Salmo conhnls.
Laud-locked Salmon, Salmo Okrveri.
Black Bass micropterus nigricans.
Pike, esox lucius.

Pickerel.

BlueDsh.

I Under the head of "Game, and Etta in Sea'. m' ' ids can My epee t
fy in general terms the several vaiie'ies, because the ! aios of Stales vary
so much that were we lo attempt to particularize we coula do no lest
than publish those entire sections that relate lo the kinds of game in
question. This would require a great amount of our epace.' In desig-
nating game we are guided by the laws qf nature, upon which all legis-
lation is rounded, and our readers ivoula do weU to provide ihemselvrs
with the lawsqf thc\r respective States for constwd reference. Otherwise,
our altemuts to assist (hem will only create confusion.]

Fibu in Market. — Owing to the stormy weather during
the past week, fish are not so plentiful as they were the
week previous. Salmon are ou the wane and the season’s
catch so far is fully one third less than that of last year;
prime fish are selling for 35 cents per pouud. Native
Spuuish mackerel are being canght freely on tbe New
Jersey and Loug Island coasts, and are unusually large aud
tine fish, mauy of them weighing five pounds each; they
sell for 40 cents per pouud, while those from the Chesa-
peake Bay bring but 25 cents. Striped bass are coming
from Baltimore and Philndephia principally, but few fish
coming from the East; they sell for 20 cents per pound.
Fresh mackerel are not iu such good supply and bring 18
cents each. Halibut are worth 18 cents; sea bass 18 cents;
blucfish, from Massachusetts capes, averaging eight pounds
each, bring eight cents per pouud; large weakfish from the
same locality are worth 12 cents; cod 8 cents; porgies

scarce ftt 13 ctmts, During the put week large quantities

-Old fishermen about Buzzard’s Bay opine that the
black bass, of which there was great plenty seven yeara
ago, are again "setting in,” and are driving away the blue-
fish. Menhaden were lmrdly ever more numerous than
now, and so much fish bait existing, tl.e comparative scarc-
ity of bluefish cannot well be accounted for. Swordfish
are being obtained of good size and in large numbers ou the
regular grounds for these fish.

— Bluefish are in vast numbers all around Nantucket.
—The Labrador fishery is reported almost a failure.

—Jarvis Smith and D. J. Runyon, one dav this week
cast their lines for bine fish, and succeeded in taking 7o‘
weighing from 4 to 10 lbs. each Thirty were taken on one
tack. This is the heaviest haul with line and squid reported
this season.— Babylon, (L. I.) Signal.

The Fisheries. — The number of fishing arrivals for the
week ending July 20, was 90—56 from Georges, II from
the Banks, and 23 from mackereling. Amount of Georges
cod brought in 800,000 pounds, halibut. 5^,000 pounds
Bank cod 1,300,000 pounds; halibut, 40,000; tnacker-l
930 barrels. Mackerel still continue verv scarce off this
shore, and quite a number of the seiners intend leaving for
the Bay soon, to try their luck there. It looks now as if
the shore mackereling would prove a failure this season
although the coming month may show a different aspect of
affairs. In view of the scarcity of mackerel, prices rule
high, last sales being made at $161 and $1<>4 per bbl: for
Nos. 1 and 2. — Cape Ann Advertiser, Ju’y 30th.

—Black bass are beginning to take the fly among the
Thousand Islands, and the sportsmen are enjoying fine
sport. Wall-eyed pike are frequently taken Among the
leading anglers on the ground are Messrs. Clark and Low-
rey, of New York city, Fred. Massey, of Brooklyn, H. E.
Morse, and Mr. Hart (Kimball & Co.,) of Rochester, Mr.
Redfield, of Hartford, aud Mr. Beasley, of the Cuvier Club,
Cincinnati.

—Last Spring, Dr. D. C. Estes, of Lake City, Minn., was
kind enough to send us some patterns of bass flies used In
Lake Pepin, which we have tried with good advantage in
the River St. Lawrence and some of the back lakes of
Canada. The most taking are those of grey and brown
mixed with purple and scarlet colors, without much regard
to method or design. The grey and purple wing, with
scarlet body whipped with blue silk, and white tail, served
tbe be9t. We used also a turkey wing and black body
whipped with orange silk. A killing fly may be made
from the white and dun hair of a deer’s hide, and has been
in vogue for centuries, both North and South. The most
successful fly-fishing for bass is done at the outlets of lakes
or where the current rushes through narrow channels be-
tween islands. This is true of the St. Lawrence. Some
fish are taken from boats, tbe angler casting in toward tbe
rocky shelving shores. They are also found around sunken
reefs aud rocky poiuts. Trolling wilh fly and long line is
much practiced, but there is no skill iu hooking the fish
and but little required to land them. Average weight
now, 14 pounds.

—Mr. Hume, of the Carolina Club, of Charleston, S. C.,
who is owner of one of the pretty islands in the St. Law.
rente, has taken two salmon trout this season in the St.
Lawrence River near Alexandria Bay, which is quite un-
usual good fortune. One weighed six pounds and the
other twelve, taken in the latter part of May aud first of
June.

— One of tbe finest and best known trout regions in
America is in Michigan, all along the line of the Grand
Rapids and Indiana It. It. Last June a party of six
gentlemen from Pennsylvania took (too thousand there in.
less than a week’s fishing, or about sixty each per diem.
The Railway Compauy have issued a "Tourist’s Guide," in-
dicating tbe best fishing places, which can be obtained on
application at this office.

— We learn from Mr. R. 51. Shurtleff, the artist, who is
sojourning in that region, that trout fishiugat Keene Flats,
Sussex county, N. J., is better than usual this year.

—A 10-pouud salmon was takeu in the Saco River, in
Maine, a few days ago, said to be the first caught iu that
river for about twenty years. It was caught in a weir.

—Our correspondent "Music,” F. L. Magoon, of Phila-
delphia, and Dr. J. H. Richardson aud sons, of Toronto,
are at Doe Lake, near the headwaters of the Maguetewau.

— One of our correspondents, who has evidently done
little fresh water fishing, accidoutally discovered the other
day that pickerel will take a fly, and wrote a letter to this
paper mentioning the circumstance as entirely new in his

experience. Space was.giyea.to Hue iufyrwtuiou injth««

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columns, anil forthwith n dozen emulous anglers, eager to
veutilate their experience, write to state that they have
known the thing done oft and again! Pickerel take a fly Y
Why, gentlemen, they will take anythin'/; so also will
frogs, terrapins, and black snakes. Moral: Don’t fly-fish
where these vermin abide.

Nkw Jersey. — BamtgaU Kin toy's Ashley House, Any. 2. —

July 35. —Hurst, Pollard, Best, ami Gamble of German-
town.'Pa. 14 bluefish; Capt. .John Kelley with party from
Newark, N. 27 bluefish; McDonald and Merchant, New
York, 3 bluefish, 16 sea bass.

July 26. — Dr. llurbert 2 sheopshead, 16 sea bass.

July 27. — Dr. Bonnet 10 sheepshcad; J. C. Bailey, Jersey
City, 2 sheepshead, 12 sea bass, W. T. Jones and J. M.
Winuauts, Bergen Point, 27 bluefish, 15 sea bass, 1 sheeps-
head.

July 28.— J. C. Bailv, Jersey City, 12 bart and sea bass;
N. D. Taylor of Jersey City, 12 sheepshead, 40 sea bass, 30
kingflsh.

July 29. — J- C. Bailey, 2 sheepshcad. 15 sea bass and
bar!; S. B. Trewsdale, Cold Soring, N. Y. 36 wcakfish;
Walter Southwick, Brooklyn, 36 sea bass.

July 30.— Southwick and J. H. Crane, 23 bluefish; II.
M Fraser and J. F. Danze, New York, 30 sea bass; S. B.
Trewsdale 35 weakfish, average weight 24 pounds; Win.
Mason and F. H. Southwick, Brooklyn, 17 bluefish.

Sheepshead fishine good, professionals taking from 150
to 300 daily. Bluefish are scarce and small, except those
taken outside. Sea bass and bai t plenty and bite well.
Wcakfish of large size have made their appearance; the best
catch was made to-day (of large fish) at the Elbow Bony.

Canada. — Mt. Julie n Hotel, Sloney Lake, July 31. — Bass
fishing is in full blast here now, and a string of sixty per
rod is an ordinary daily catch. Many are taken with fly at
the outlets of tile numerous lakes . hereabouts. A good
many guests are here, of which a considerable proportion
are from the States.

Gratenhunt, Mutkoka , July 27.— Bass fishing in lakes
Joseph and Rosseau is now very good. Tourists arc having
some good sport fishing for them. I have received a letter
from Richard Crooks of Magnetewan, in which he stales
that he will act as guide for fishing and hunting parties on
the Magnetewan, and that he can furnish canoes, a tent,
and three dogs for $2 50 per day. As far as I can learn
Crooks is a good and reliable guide.

CANADIAN SALMON SCORES.

New York. Aug, 2d, 1875

EniTon Forest and Stream:—

Having recently returned from a salmon fishing excursion on oue of
the New Brunswick rivers, I band you a return of our take, two rods,
seven davs, in band:— 46 salmon, four grilse, weighing *75 pounds. Our
heavy weights were as follows:-:*, 22, 23, 17, 23, 22, 27, 24. 20. 27. 20, 18.
24. 19. 27. 28. 22, 19, 21, 22, 19. 22, 22, 19, 22. Water high, and the »lsb.
with few exceptions, made the most exciting resistance. The reports
from nearly all the anglers I met was. poor success, fish not plenty, and
that the run were late in making their appearance. Killing fly, dark
maroon body, brown hackle, mallard or wild turkey wings. Novice.

The above may perhaps be regarded as an exceptional
score for this season. All accouuts at baud corroborate the
statements of our correspondent, that salmon augliug has
been almost a failure thus far throughout Canada. Salmon
have also been scarce in market here, and the prices re-
latively higher, the partial failure attributable, no doubt, as
is intimated, to the late Spring and protracted early floods.
We publish herewith a letter which was omitted l>y an over-
sight, and which should have more properly appeared
when written. It, however, fully serves its purpose, in
our resume of the angling seasoD, the facts being furnished
by a gentleman whose presence on the rivers made fully
cognizant thereof. We arc not advised of any material
improvement in the fishing since the date of writing, and
it is altogether probable that a black mark will have to be
set against the season of 1875. We quote : —

River York, Paspb Basis, Lower Canada, July 7th, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:—

The fly Ashing in the Gaspo Rivers this year up to July 7th was un en-
tire failure, save in the Dartmouth, a email river of bat two good pools,
where Messrs. Guild and Barnes, of Boston, made a handsome score
On the York, Mr Reynolds, the lessee, in three weeks got but seven
fish, and his friend. Col. McNeil, but three. Col. McNeil, who was sec-
ond In command in the Ashantee expedition, came from England ex-
pressly to fi6h the York, w hich, all things considered, is one of the beat
in Canada, and returned. One thousand miles to a fish is rather dear
sport. On the St. John Frederick Cnrtis and myself during one week’s
stay killed only one-fourth the usual number, and during the same length
of time in the York killed only abont twenty fish, including, however,
three of thirty-two pounds each, one to my rod and two to his. We are
told that nearly all the rivers of the Bay of Chalenr, Including the fa-
mous Restigooche, Cascapediac and Matapedia arc giving very little
sport. On the latter river is Mr. Stevens, of Canada, and Mr. Douglass,
eon of Sir Cha‘. Douglass, of London, Eogland. Mr. Douglas was with
me a week on the St. John, and was to telegraph from the Matapedia if
he had good sport there, so that Mr. Curtis and myself might drive down
the coast and take a day or two in that river, and also on the Cuscnpc-
dluc. We have not beard a word from him, and, therefore, credit the re-
ports that no rivers are as yet giving the us^al amount of sport.

The Spring has been very backward, and when we reached the St
John, June 25th, it was a roaring torrent of enow water. Ice formed
quite thick on the York as late as the 10th of June. In addition to the
difficulty of ascending the swollen streams the taltnou have been gorged
with cupelin, whicb was never known U» be so abundant as during tine
Spring; tbe farmers have even used them for manure as we do menha-
den. When tbe rivers did get down so thut the salmon could run up
they bod no time to fool with flic*, and. of course, pushed rapidly to the
upper pools. Even there they showed little disposition to rise to ■ fly,
iuid out of fifty or sixty flab (by actual count; lying In a pool, one or two
only woo Id rise. Tbe York was full of the largest fleb, but only a few
could be taken. Many predict splendid fluid ig when the second run of
vnialt fish come* on, about the last of July, Iri which case Mr. Ruther-
ford Stay vesant, of yoor city, who is expected hourly w ith his yacht— the
FaUner— will have the cream of the fishing lu the York and St. John,
both of which ri'cra he Is invited to flsli. As for myself, killing my
thirty-two fish on my excellent Leonard split bamboo of leas than two
pounds weight amply repays me for the trip. I have met a dozen men
tills Bummer who have discarded all other rode. Mine has stood two
seasons, and been used in the rain at that, and you can hardly loll It
from a new one. I killed two Osh on my greenheart just for compari-
son. and I could not be induced to go b ick to it A. G. Wilkinson ,

From all we cun learn, our correspondent's anticipations
as to Improvement toward the end of July, do not appear
to have been realized. We have but meagre reports from

the Lower St. Lawrence. Messrs. Molson and Ives, of
Montreal, visited a large number of rivers on tire Labrador
coast in July, taking few salmon, but a large number of
sea trout, making their cruise in Mr. Molsou's beautiful
steam yacht of 160 tons burthen, which carries a steam
launch besides her ordinary boats.

— Another correspondent, who lias been fishing the St-
John, on the Lower St. Lawrence, North Shore, writes,
July 8d, twenty-sevon miles up the river, ns follows: —

“We have been hereabout a, week, getting over from
Gasne in a 45-ton schooner. This is a glorious river, scen-
ery beautiful, current, very rapid, and plenty of fish; but
they are very sliy at taking the fly. In seven days I have
J7 fish, averaging about 13 pounds, a 37, 18. and 161 being

the biggest. "11 took a 34 pound one. The river runs

about six miles an hour; it is a long, steady shore up hero,
but no bad rapids; it is easily affected by rains. After a
twelve hours’ ruin the other day it rose four feet, and of
course did for our fishing; but it is now falling gradually,
and we anticipate grand sport." W. A. M.

TWO DAYS’ FISHING FOR SALMON IN
LAKE SAN ANDREAS.

San Francisco, July 19th, 1875.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Although not by any means lending a sedentary life in tills city, a
change of air, especially when my favorite sport of angling is concerned,
is always beneficial to my health and spirits; so taking, at seven in the
morning, the ears fourteen miles to San Brnuo station and house, aud
trumping it three miles to Lake San Andreas, to the keeper's shanty and
rauclie, I found myself and a small boat all ready to flsli for the three or
four-year-old salmon with which this Spring Valley Water Company’s
lake is stocked and preserved. At this season trolling with a small spoon
bait seems to be the most successful method, while about two months
earlier bait fishing answered also with it. At Lake Merced, leased for
fishing by the California Acclimatizing Society, about twelve roller nearer
San Francisco, just the reverse lias taken place, bait fishiug now succeed-
ing best; but this maybe owing chiefiy to this last sheet of water con-
taining a large number of Luke Tahoe trout, as well as grilse, or young
salmon, the trout readily taking the worm, shrimp, and alices of fish.
I designed staying two days and nights at the superintendent’s cottage,
in preference to walking the three miles backward and forward to the
San Brmio house, although I had to put up with n bunk for a sleeping
place, and rather rough food for fare. But revenons nau a salmon. The
weather during my sojourn at this clear aud intensely blue colored lake
of two miles in length and half a mile In breadth, was charming. Light
and fresh breezes pleasantly rufllcd its bosom, and a few alabaster fog
clonds from the near Pacific, rolling over its neighboring hills and moun-
tains, barren on oue side, but clothed in its vegetation with a variety of
green shades on the other, added occasional variety and beauty to the
placid scene.

As the keeper had to attend often to bis stock on the ranche, I could
not get any person to row for me as I trolled from the boat's stern, but
had to he coutented with handling the oars myself, and laying ray rod
before me, with line extended in the water some seventy-five feet, and
reel checked, awaiting the lightning jerk of some hungry salmon seizing
the spoon bait, when down went the oars aud up went the rod, with the
delightful sensation of a one or two pounder fastened to the trio of books
at the end of the glittering revolving spoon, and presently leaping one,
two, three times out of the water, and occasionally, notwithstanding all
my care, jerking himself free from his unacceptable acceptance. But
when ho cannot free himself he comes generally, and apparently not
very unwillingly, near tbe boat, and seeing his enemy commences to divo
and plunge rather tryingly to the single got; yet in spite of his straggle?,
being well hooked and Dot in the hands of a complete neophyte in the
gentle art, he comes gradually to the surface, the net Is placed ready for
him. and he Is safely laid in the bottom of the boat— a silvery, flne con-
ditioned beauty, to gladden the sight of the eager and gratified sports-
man. When Ibis exciting amusement goes on, and say three or four of
these game inhabitants of this pretty lake are captured every hour, the
mujority of fishermen will be sure to have the measure of their happiness
well filled; they will be at peace with themselves and the rest of man-
kind, and have reached Ihevery acme of their piscatorial delight, al-
though, of course, this spoon-bait angling, or what some might term
spoouey fishing— cannot by any means approach that highest point of a
sportsman's ambition, the killing of a treut or salmon after seeing a nee
of one or the other in the water, throwing his fly precisely over the spot
where it rippled, aDd finding fast to his line a fish of three orfonr
ponnds, which, after the usual fierce and exciting struggle, Is success-
fully landed.

During my pleasant stay at this peaceful lake I had the good fortune to
capture twenty-five salmon, averaging three quarters of a pound, which
was poor fishing compared with what had been done previously for about
two months. This lake is well filled with the silvery beauties, and you
see them at nearly all times rising aud leaping over the ultramarine col-
ored waters. K. j. Hooter.

WISCONSIN ITEMS.

inreniu ftor., V» ID.

.A IAJ J I >IU| AOIbJ.

Editor Forest and Stream:—

Black bass fishing at Oconomowoc and other places in Michigan Is n<
in its prime. I have seen many strings of from twenty to forty bre
averaging two and a half pounds each. Tbe largest bass recorded th
far this season weighed six and a quarter ponnds, and the largest pic
crel turned the scale at seventeen and throe quarter pounds. At Ocoi:
mowoc and vicinity tbe angling fraternity Is well represented by dclef
tion* from Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Louisville, Indianapolis, o'
other cities.

I lately had the opportunity to examine and teat one of the black b«
rods made by C. F. Orvis, of Manchester, Vermont. This rod is mo
in accordance with my description of the “Comlug Bass Rod” in Font
aso Stream of February 11th, 1875, and I must express myself as me
tlmn pleased with It. It is just right— eight and three quarter feet
length, w eight nine ounces, well balanced and handsomely finished, plla
enough to yield to the slightest movement of the fish, aud yet stiff euou
locust forty yards with ease. The standing guides are neat and ligi
While (lie tapering ferrules, without dowels, arc quite un Improvemci
It is made of neii and lauccwood, whicb are, when well selected, the vc
beet woods that can be put Into a rod Upon the whole, I consider It l
b:st and cheapest black buss rod manufactured, aud Mr. Orvis dt-eerv
tbe commendation and gratitude of all black ba-s anglers accordingly
Lovers of the gun and dog will be pleased to learn that woodcock t
more numerous m il ls vicinity than for several years pust, while pinunt
groose (Cu/ndonla cupltlo), ruffed grouse (Ooruua umbtllu.), „nd shui
tolled grouse U’eduxceU* jihaHun/Uui) promise to be more plentiful th
ever throughout tlm State, notwithstanding the extreme cold weather
last Winter, and Hie la o and wet Spring. Geese, brant, ducks suit
and plover will he here In the Fall lu full force. Oconomowoc

EUZZARD’S BAY.

New Bedkord, Mass,, July 27th i«7<i
Editor Forest and Stream:- y , in/a.

!' am b0 wr*lu'n In n few word

Swordfi'lilng continues Inter than usual this year; thosnmckT II Mn
hew brought In thirty one yesterday, making y.y, to that v««k|' .

J one 15th Tim Cuttyhnnk Club caught about 600 pounds buss hut Pri
day, and Capt. Butler this morning brought over from No Mini's i.,,,,,;
six buss, nvcrlng about forty live pounds enoli, the largest weighing fifty,
five pounds. Bottom fish, such as seup, tnutog, etc., thunks to the nu-
merous traps, pounds, etc., that Infest our waters every Spring, lire very
scarce. Bluefish lire plenty and large A hill fish nlioiil six feel long
was brought lu here and sent to l’rof. Baird, at Wood's Hole, lust even-
lug. Z. Concha,

TROUT FLIES.

Canaan, Ct., July 20lh, 1876.

Editor Forest and Stream: —

I noticed In a lute number of your paper nn article by Thud. Norris,
"This Fly and that Fly," which put me tn mind of on experiment I made
o number of years ago at almost my first ulicmpt at fly fishing, 1 at-
tempted to make an imitation of n peculiar caterpillar, and, ns It was my
first attempt at fly making, the result can lie readily imagined. It was
j made by twisting n black nnd white hackle, winding it around the bore
shank of tho hook; then, after f listening It, I clipped off the pinna rather
short, leaving a couple of long tufts at the bend and at the tall. With
this fly, which, despite of my pains, was "neither in the likeness of any-
thing that Is In heaven above, or lu the earth beneath, or In tho waters
under the earth," 1 have caught trout so early In Spring (April 1st) that,
it being a cold day, my fiy caught also on tho Ice, and until September.
From my success with this fly . mid w ith similar ones, 1 have come tu the
conclusion that it depends more upon tile luiltniloii of the peculiar ruff-
ling of the water which un insect makes In swimming lhun anything
else connected with the fly. In support of this "theory" Is the fact
which probably every fly Usher lias noticed, viz., tlmt sometime* a trout
will rise to the ripple made by u piece of frayed silk or the ends of a bad
knot ou the leader in preference to the lly Itself. A.

U nfiotuil jgngtimes.

THE CALEDONIAN CONVENTION,

GAMES OF THE TORONTO CALEDONIAN CLUB.

THE ninth annual convention of the North American
United Caledonian Association was held at Agricul-
tural Hall, Toronto, Canada, on the 21st ult., being called
to order by President A. J. Young, of Syracuse. Tho
other officers present were First Vice President It. Mal-
colm, of Toronto; J. B. McIntyre, of St. Catharines, sec-
retary; Thomas Monroe, of Hazleton, asst, secretary; Hon.
Thomas Waddell, of Pittslon, treasurer; anti (J. G. Nichol-
son, of New York, member of committee. Only two offi-
cers were absent — the second vice president and ouu of the
members of the committee.

The formal constitution of the convention was effected
by the appointment of a committee to examine the cre-
dentials of the delegates. From their report, which was
signed by W. B. Smith, John S. Dingwall and A Murray,
and as amended by a fulure addition, it appeared Hint the
following clubs were represented: Montreal, New York,
Philadelphia, St. Catharines, Hudson county, N. J., Au-
burn, Piltston, Detroit, Newark, Syracuse, Brooklyn, Ha-
zleton, Bridgeport, Toronto, Washington, South Adams,
Albany, Hamilton, Buffalo, Cohoes, Troy, Scranton, New
Haven, and Charlottetown. The following were unrepre-
sented: Boston, San Francisco, Hartford, Newlon. Glen-
garry, Westerly, Paterson, Baltimore and Saginaw Valley.
The committee being also appointed lo consider applica-
tions for membership, recommended that the mimes of 1 lie
following be added to the roll: Norwich, Richmond, SI
Andrew’s Society, of Milwaukee, Sonoma, Marin and
Charlottetown, P. E. I. The report aud recommenda-
tions were adopted, the latter seriatim.

After a recess and a reading of the minutes of the last
convention, President Young delivered his opening ad-
dress, in the course of which he made a touching allusion
to the loss sustained by the Caledonian clubs ot Boston and
New York by the death of Mr. James Kelso and Chief
Harry Thomson respectively. The secretary’s report, us
presented by Mr. McIntyre, gave a review of the business
of the year, which showed the finances of the association
to be in a sound condition. The treasurer’s report slated
the total income, expenditures and assets, und displayed a
handsome surplus in the treasury.

A very interesting part of the proceedings was the pre-
sentation of reports from the affiliated clubs and societies.
It appeared that all were in a very prosperous condition;
that the literary features of the constitution of none were
entirely neglected, aud that the Caledonian cause generally
was flourishing. New York lias the strongest club, with a
membership of 601 and assets stated at $33,000. R. Ham-
ilton supplemented the report of the New York club, by
stating that, at I he next annual games, competitors from
sister societies will he treated like those of the club, inas-
much us they would receive parts of the Highland costume
as prizes, and not all money, us hitherto.

The committee upon increasing the usefulness of the as-
sociation recommended — •

First, The appointment of a committee to devise n system of life »•
enranco for the advantage of t; >h (Ionian*.

Second, That no nfillmu-d club allow a profesalouul to compete at its
games, unless special prizes are offered for such.

I In rd, Thai the association offer threw prizes for tho heat written es-
says on subjects thoroughly Scottish, and which huvo been delivered
before tUe club to whicb the writer belongs; tlmt siu-li essay be forward-
ed too committee of five, appointed by Un- ussocintlori to award the
prizes, which ore not to exceed in the aggregate the sutn of fifty dollars.

Fourth, That the association furnish all clubs tu uffilluil«i with regu-
lation hammers and putting stones, slumped by the nseoclallou, the club
receiving tbe eomc to pay tho cost.

The report was adopted, und the following committees
appointed; On Life Assurance, Thomas Waddell, U H-
Itamsuy, and John Shedden; on Essays, A. A. Stevenson,
R. Bertram, Dr. Smith, Dr. Gunn, and Thomas Moffat.

The report of the committee upon the Brooklyn appeal
opened the way for the removal of a source of petty ill-
feeling, which has existed between tho clubs of Brno klyu
and New York for a few years. Thu hitter can afford to
be magnanimous aud “bury thy hatchet," after tho ex-
pressions of regret dropped at the convention by the gen-
tlemen most concerned. The report was adopted.

A series of notices of motions lo he made at the next
convention were given in, one of which has reference lo
the regulation of the quoiling competition. A coinmil'.ce
of five was, in the meantime, appointed to revise the exist-
ing by-law; uuothcr referred to the weight ot the hammers
which il was proposed lo change to 14 lbs. and 31 lbs. re-
spectively It is unnecessary to detail them all here, os
they will lie over till the next convention.

Philadelphia was appointed the place for holding tho
seven i h meeting of the association.

'1 lie election of officers resulted as follows— president,
\V. B. Smith, Philadelphia; first vice president, Adam
Brown, Hamilton; second vice president, Paul Buchu»imt

forest and stream.

Newark; secretary, J. B. McIntyre, bt Catharines, Ont. ;
iwsistanl secretary, Thomas Monroe, Hazleton ; treasurer,
Ho,', Thomas Waddell, Pittslon; members of committee,
trim Fulton, Montreal, and It. Hamilton, br. New York.
After several formal motions the convention adjourned.

In the evonine a grand banquet was given at the Walker
House by the Toronto club in honor of the delegates. On
tl.e following day the games were held at the cricket
ground Canada and the United States were both well rep-
resented bv athletes, but it seems probable that the former
is in the front. MelCinnou belongs to Hamilton, Out.,
Allan to Montreal, and several others, whose nuines appear
in the following prize list are also Canadians.

I’RIXK l/IHT.

rul/tnff Ih* lull’ll .Woe*-— I*'. Mooney, 33 feet 2 Inchon; 2<l. Hugh
McKinnon, 32 fool 7 Inchon; 3d, A. McKnv, 32 fool 7 inches. Tliuao men
licit in Mils dUtunCO. ■" IMiltmsr off ill.- lln McKinnon won .

Jlaut //‘if. (Under 12, sons of members only).— 1st, McGregor; 2d,
John Rough; 3d, A. Burgess.

T/miwuu/ Homy It. McKinnon, HI feel 5 iiichcB; 2d,

A MclCny, “rt feel I inches; 3d, E llriidy. Tl feet, (i Inches.

T/nnitihir/ tAjht Hammer. I-'. It McKinnon, 100 feet in Inchos: 2d,
A McKnv, I'll fuel; 3d, A llrndy, 94 feol
Short Uucf, (1M) yard*.)— 1st, J. '1'. Cronsley ; 2d, C. Blggar; 3d, J.
Dobson.

TiHKlnii t/i* dnhrr— lit, E Brady; 2d, E, McKay; 3d, II McKinnon
Hop.stcpand Jump. — let, D. \v. Johnston, II feel 10 inche- , 2d, J .
Maloney.

S’/uiiiHiig !/mn Jumn —1st, D. W, Johnston, 10 feet 7 Inches; 2d, P
C. Uololn; 3d. It. J- Mullen.

Iliinnliuj 1/nuj Jump —I.ewis McDonald, IH feet ft inches; 2d, D. W
Johnston; 3d, J, Crowley.

tlnj< Huiy, (Under Hi, sons of members onlyi — 1st, W. Ritchie; 2d
Win. Paterson: 3d, P. McGregor.

titan/Uny tllijh Jump.— lit, K. VV Johnston. 4 feel !u inches; 2d. VV
<1 Plicate, 4 feol 8) Inches; 3d, W. Smith. I feet 3 inches.

Uunnhii/ High Jump. — 1st, James MoGlilrorar, 5 feet 5 inches; 2d E.
\V. Johnston, 5 foot 3 Inches; 3d, W. Dale, 5 feet 2 Inches.

Short Unci', (4 10 yards,)— 1st, P. Clurk; 21, Jumc* Connelly; 3d, Thus.
Collins

Vn'tHinU with Me — 1st. James Fairbuirn, ft feet Oj Inches; 2d, J. T.
CrosHoy. ft feet 4 inches; 3d, W. Robertson, ft feel 4 inches.

/led llwjplpc Flaying — 1st, S. Gordon; 2d, Nell Mclsuacs; 3d, A,
Grant.

//anile Hue*, (600 yards,)— 1st, W. S. Allen; 2d, A. C. Reid; 3d J.
Wrlght.

Hi't DrcjiArd llni/ hi //ightaiul Costume --1st, F. V. Wurmoll; 2d, N
Me Cecil Pearson: 3d, J Paterson.

fomg /lace, (Half Mile.)— 1st, T. Collins; 2d, G, Palon; 3d, A. J.
Tohln.

Iltijhlawt AVi/i//. - - 1st, James Kennedy; 2d, Geo. A. Mnthieson; 3d
K M. McKenzie

Sward Ounce. —1st, James Kennedy; 2d, George A. Mnthieson; 3d
11 I* Niven.

lemg line/, (Olio Mile )— 1st, 8. Henry; 2d, O. Patou; 3d, VV. 8.
Allen.

IIccLh ii nil StrtU/utpty* . — 1st, .lames Kennedy; 2(1, It P Niven; .'Id
K. M McKenzie.

The competitions were keen and exciting, and although
it sm'ins desirable that a little better order should be pro
hcrvcd, the day’s sport was tolerably satisfactory.

Swimming Matches.— Arrangements have been constim-
limlcd for another swimming match between the cham-
pion, Johnson, and bis recent antagonist, Coyle. The
course will be the same as before— from Chester to Glou-
cester, on the Delaware River. Some day between the I8tb
and 24th of this month is to be named, and the stakes
will be $2,000.

— A handicap swimming race. 100 yards with the tide,
came oil on the Harlem River on Saturday noon, James
Fraser and M. Merritt starting from scratch, F. J. Hynes
and H . W. Newton having an allowance of ten seconds,
imd Charles McCredy fifteen seconds. Hynes won in 1:2.5,
McCredy coming in second, Newton third.

—On the same day a match took place at Fort Hamilton
for $200 aside, between J . L. McAleer, of Brooklyn, and
Andrew Sprague, champion of Staten Island. The dis-
tance was half a mile to a stake boat and return. Sprague
led by thirty seconds to the stake boat, but on the return
became exhausted and bad to be taken from the water,
McAleer wiuniug iu eighteen minutes.

CRICKET.

The Coming Cricket Tournament.— Cricket has been
very slow this season iu this viciuity, all public interest in
it having died out, but in Philadelphia, the nursery of
cricket iu this country, things show considerable life and
the present feeling of interest is growing ns the time ap-
proaches for the grand tourney which is to be the event of
the year. The tournament in question will he a return of
the Halifax tourney of last year, and the arrangements for
it. are in charge, practically, of the same commi'tee by
whom the international cricket fetes of 1868 and 1872 were
so successfully managed, viz.: Albert A. Outerbridge,

Philadelphia Cricket club, Chuitmau; C. Stuart Patterson,
Philadelphia Cricket dub, Treasurer; Frederick C. New-
hull, Young America Cricket club; Thomas McKcuu, Ger-
mantown Cricket club, and Geo. Ashbridge, Merion Cricket
dub. A guarantee fund, started by committee, is being
liberally icsponded to, and will doubtless bo filled up, by
the patrons of cricket, to the required nruount. Each sub-
scriber will receive a season ticket to the matches with a
secured seat on the grand slaud, and it is understood that
in case the tournamout proves a financial success, the sub-
scriptions will be returned in full. The guarantee funds
for the international matches of 18G8 and 1872, which
amounted to $7,250, were refunded in full, and there is
little doubt that the same result will occur on the present
occasion.

Thu return match between the Peninsulars, of Detroit,
and Clmthum Club, of Chatham, was played on the grounds
of the former on the 2Gth of July, resulting in favor of the
Peninsulars by 53 runs on the first innings. Whclen anil
Eberts, of the Chatham Club, were the only ones who
scored double figures. Irvine, of the Peninsulars, scored
33 in brilliant style, including one G, two 4’s, and three 3’s.
Ridgcly batted safely for 13. The score was; Chathams,
first innings, 57; second iuuiugs, Gl. Peninsulars, first iu-
nings, 110.

THE PROFESSIONAL ARENA.

— The secession of four of the Boslou club players and
two of the Athletics, which wus a rumor only a week or
two ago, has become a fixed fact, and there has been quite
a base ball “powwow,” or council talk over the subject,
Chicago “fancy prices” have overruled the “solid reasons”
Boston had to offer the seceders, ami $4,000 to t he leading
man of the rebels and $3,000 to another, with $2,500 each
to the remainder, have proved too templing bails to lie re-
sisted, la consequence Chicago, in 1870, 'will bo able to
place a regular western team iu the field, consisting of
Spaulding, Barnes, Anson and Hastings, of the old Rock-
ford team of ’71 and ’72; White and Sutton, of the old
Cleveland nine; McVoy, of' the Westerns, .of Indianapolis,
of 1808, and the younger western players, Peters, of the

frn8LoUfiKmk1ik?ffk,i.ng8 °f 1874' aDv Golden, of the West-
players, and with this te^cEgo ^ toVitoiZIim
western ^enm in the Add. 'Vi"‘ “ rCgU‘Ur rcI>™«“^vc

hro!he7fwSU mil:lin in Boston, and with his

ami 1 L,!0"?rd’ ,k‘“ls- O’Rourke, Manning
n lf Jl M ,'/ /? a Vr1 Sl"( k'ng learn, which he in-
tends shall cope successfully with the host in the country.

♦h7T.LaPL0fC9Si?nal TCC?nl UP t0 tbe t,,ose of July shows
the clubs occupying the following relative positions.

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Hartford has to recover considerable lost ground to take
second place in the race from the Athletics, as the record
above shows, while St, Louis is rapidly pulling up tc the
Hartford position, aud may take third place before tbe
close of August.

—The record of model games played in tbe professional
arena during July is as follows, The list includes only
games in which the winning clubs score nine runs iu a
match, or less, all double figure scores being excluded;

July 3— Boston vet. Hartford, at Boston. . . .

July 3— Chicago vs. St. Louis, at Chicago

July 3— Athletic v». Philadelphia. at Philadelphia.. . .

July 3— Red Stocking vs. Washington, at Cincinnati
July 5— Boston vs. Iliirlfurd, at Hartford
July 5— Mutual vs. Atlantic, at Brooklvu
July 7-Mutunl vs. Hartford, at Hartford.

July 8 -Mutual vs. Hartford, at Hartford

July 8— Boston vs. Athletic, at Boston

July 8 — St, l/Oiilsvs. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia H to I

July ft— Mutual v«. Alluniic, at Brooklyn 111,0

July ID— St. Louis vs. Philadelphia, ut Philadelphia li to 2

July 10— Mutnul vs. Athletic, at Brooklyn 5 to 2

•July 12— St. Louis vs. Atlantic, at Brooklyn 3 to 2

July 13— St. lAinis vs. Mutual, at Brooklyn 113 inns) 11 1 ,, 7

July 14— St Louis vs. 'tlanlic. at Brooklyn y 10 1

July 1 1— Hartford vs. Philadelphia, at Hartford. 8 to 11

July 1 1— Boston vs. Chicago, ul Boston s in 7

July 15 -St. Louis vs. Mutnul, at Brooklvu . . r> to I

July 15— Chicago vs. Hartford, at Hartford I to 3

July 17— Boston vs. Chicago, at Boston ti to t)

July 19— Boston vs. St. Louis at Boston 7 to 2

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8 to 5
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July 22— Chicago vs, New Haven, at New Haven HO Inns). 4 to 3

July 22— Athletic vs. Mutual, at Philadelphia ft to 0

July 22— Philadelphia vs. Atlantic, at Brooklyn ft to 3

July 23— Athletic vs. Mutual, at Phihiaelphia. . )> to 5

July 23 — Chicago vs . Atlantic, at Brooklyn ft to 2

July 23— St Louis vs New Haven, nt New Haven e to 0

July 21 — Boston vs. St. Louis, at Boston 8 to 3

July 21— Mutual vs. Chicago, at Brooklyn ' 7 10 1

July 24— Hartford vs. New Haven, nt New llaven 4 to 3

July 2d— Chicago vs. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia 5 to 1

July 27— Hartford vs. St. Louis, ol Hartford. ! 4 to 2

July 28— New Haven vs St. Lotus, at New Huveo 7 to 3

July 28— Philadelphia vs Chicago, at Philadelphia 4 to 0

July 30 -St. Lonis vs. Hartford, at Hartford 7 to 1

July 30— Chicago vs. Atlantic, nt Brooklyn fi to 3

• July 31 —Boston vs. New Haven, at Boston 3 to 2

July 31— St. Louis vs. Hartford, at Hartford. ] 7 to 1

Fifty-nine games were played during the month, giving
uu average of 8 runs aud 19 over to a game for the winning
nines, aud but 2 runs and 44 over for the losing nines, the
best average ou record.

AMATEUR GAMES.

—The amateur nines— nines of clubs not attached to the
Professional Association, amateur on no other account —
of the country have been playing some tine games recently,
as tbe appended record shows :

July 20— Hawkeyo vs. Star, of Prairie City, nt Oscnloosn, Iowa:

Hawkeyc 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 4—10

Slur 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1—8

July 26— National vs. Eagle, at Washington, D. C :

National -.0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 3-8

Eagle 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0—4

July 24 -Clipper, of Rockville, vs. Arctic, nt Willliuautic. CL, the
game being brokun up by the crowd and drawn:

Clipper l o o o 2 o l o o — i

Arctic 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1-4

July 24— Milford vs. Antcrlcus, of Cincinnati, at Milford, Ohio:

Milford 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-4

Americas 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0—2

July 26 — Grafton vb. Live Oak, nt Lynu:

Grafton 0 2 0 0 1 2 0-5

Live Oak 0 o 1 1 o o 0-2

July 26 -Burlington vs. Trenton, at Burlingtou, N. 8 :

Burlington. .. 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0—2

Trenton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1—1

July 25— Uua vs. Taunton, ut Taunton:

Uua 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 0-6

Taunton 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0-5

July 27— Pcuoody v». Excelsior, at Baltimore:

Peabody.. 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0-6

Excelsior 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1-4

July 28— Boston vs Live Ouk, at Lynn:

Boston 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1—6

Live Oak 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0-2

July 27— Cricket vs. Arlington, of New York, at Uinghnmton, N. Y. :

Cricket 8 0 0 0 0 I) 1 0 0—9

Arlington 0 1 rt 0 1 0 0 1 0-3

July 28— T. B. F. U. S. vs. Olympic, ut Paterson:

T. B. F. U. S 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 J- 7

Olympic. 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 t»-9

July 2ft— Centennial vs. Hickory, of Kirkwood, at St. Louis, Mo,:

Centennial 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-2

Illckorv 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1

July 30— Vtilton vs. Froutier, at Prospect Park, Brooklyn-

Fulton 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 2-9

Frontier 1 I 1 0 0 (I 2 2 I K

July 31— Kuieely vs. Wavcrly, at Hoboken:

Knisely 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2-ft

Wuverlv 0 I) 0 0 0 3 0 0 1-7

July 27— Ludlow vs. Buckeye, at Cincinnati:

Ludlow 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4-8

Buckeye v 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-4

— The R. E. Lee club, of Jacksonville, Fin., played a
game on the 21st ult . with the Dixie club, of Savannah, at
the former place. The visitors were victorious by a score
of 15 lo 7.

—The absence of the Editor-in chief for the past throe
weeks, will account for any apparent oversight or lapses,
either in private correspondence, or in general matters per-
taining to this journal. We must practice recreation for
juihd aud body, as wo pfeftcli it,

Answers go gornayondtnt§.

H D .Hartford -It is cay i„ Ret board at most any of the farm
JET 0,1 ,elmid9af°»'‘4 Clayton and Alexandria Bay. St. I.awrcaco

V»8, Delaware City, Del.-What Is tbe color of Mr. David Brook.' fa
on. setter Bismarck? Ana. Mostly white, with a few lng7co,orS

week ?’> Mort’a."tsn' »• C.—Are the game chromos mentioned lost

A,“ * "• — *

na/u-t' Ltwr,encf1 Kan Will yon please tell mo where •Tcttlf.
pad* can be obtained, na I have tried In vain to get them through our
gin dealers? Ans. None to be had In this country.

'! Phdsdelphto.-Tho fly book referred to by this corro.poml-

bv M II 7C, ‘f y (A,,"v‘,r" 10 Correspondent*) w a- contrived

rthn rd a, ' 7m 7 ^ NUW Vurk' '>/

lirahicra, also of Maiden Lane.

i, !L,7M ' 7jil^,d|,,lin ~W,ml ,B the ''''"Cf1"'''' l'y «nd when can

b. procured? Aus. A large fly. yellow body ribhod with gold, hackle
blue and yellow, and tall or wood duck feather. Cun l/e had of Messrs
Barton, Alexander & Waller, this city.

G C. G., nay City. Mich. -A number of gentlemen In this city nro
taking some steps toward organizing a rifle team, and 1 write to ask yon
for a copy of the rules and regulations governing the Creedmoor Asso-
ciation. Aim. By-laws, score book, etc., sent by mail.

Bu.ir.risn, Hackensack.— There are many flrst rate baymen at Cnnar-
s e who own tlicir yachts, among whom we are pleased to mention P. J.
Hawkins, Bill Abrams, George Marsh, and Capt. Hill. No doubt tin re
ure others not personally known to us who arc cquully capable.

E I,.. Boston — Will yon please Inform me what food Is most suitable
for a Gordon setter pop about ten weeks old, and bow often he should he
fed? Ans Mu-li and milk from coru or nutmeal. with some -craps from
the table. Have the mush well boiled. Feed three times a day .

F S , Worcester —Can you tell me where I can get a small, accurate
map, or chart, of the country lying between Lake Umbagog uud the St,
Lawrence River, with especial reference to the Megnllowoy Riv.-r and
Arnold's River? Aus Inquire of Colton A Co., map publishers. K2
William street, New York.

W. H . Hackensock -I have a voting setter, well broken, but scorns
m.-.i ... a ueaa oird; will bring k If tnrown down, : • will not
fetch when shot down? How can I make him retrieve? He I* naturally
of a timid disposition. Ans. By persevering with him kindly he could
soon be made to retrieve properly.

J. I,. S., London Grove, Pa. -Will yon please Inform me, 1st. Where
in Cattudu or the United States I can procure a good puck basket? 2d.

( 'uu I buy edge tools as cheap iu Toronto ns Philadelphia? 3d. Will I
have doty lo pay on raw furs from Canada? Ans. 1st. Montreal. 2d.
Yes: and probably much cheaper, quality considered. 3d. Duty on raw
furs teu per cent- ad valorem.

Pawpaw — We do not know what work to recommend on the agricuL
turul resources of Florida, but observe that a new book has just bean
issued by the Florida Land Agency, through Messrs Robinson & Whit-
ney. Jacksonville, entitled "Florida; 11s Soil, Climate, Health, Produc-
tions, Resources and Advantages." It U intended lo be a manmU of In-
formation in regard to tbe State.

W. S. B.. Mansfield Valley, Pu — I wish to know what is meant by
drachms in measuring pawder, is it npothecaries’ weight, Troy weight,
or liquid weight? I have experimented with James Dixon A Son's
charges, aud it holds out in shot but not In powder. I used Haznrd's
electric Powder; 3J drachms only weighs two druchms iipoUiocariea.
Ans. Tbe drachm is a powder measure.

G. W P., Canton, St. Lawrence county.— fan yon Inform me If the
game laws of Canada allow the killing of deorund fl-hlng trout In the
months of August nnd September? <_ au you inform me of a good loca-
tion in Canada for that purpose? Aus. Trout in August aud September;
deer in September. Go to Prembroke, ou the Upper Ottawa. Take cars
from BrockvtUe. on Grand Trunk Railroad, to Sands* Point, and thence
steamboat to Pembroke. We huve mentioned dozens of good localities
iu our paper already.

G. W M., Augusta, Me. — Will you please Inform me which is the
best work on American fish and fishing? Also the best guide for gun-
ning and trapping? Ans. Beet work6 on Fish and F'ishing are "North
American Angler's Book" and Frank Forester's "Fish and Flshiug;
Di ks Muyhew A Hutchinson on gunning, and Newhouae’s "Trapper's
Guido." A complete trapper's guide is a work much needed, and wo
believe one is being prepared by Mr J U. Batty.

11 L. , Syracuse —My boat is 21 feet lone; I wish to draw it np to the
ceiling of my boat house, so as to be oot of tbe way. Can It be done so
one nmn can manage it without much labor? I prefer lo do it with
tackle block. Please answer, with directions, and you will oblige.
Ans. Make two broad can v us bauds with eyes at tbe end, one for each
uud of your boat; hook your tackle into these. You must have help,
or elsu hoist as fur us possible ou one eud, make fast, and then go lo the
other.

Constant Hkader, Towsontowu, Md — Is "Chincotink ’ (?Chinko-
teugue), an isluud uenr Cobb's Island, a good place for gunniDg and
fishing; if so, what kind of fish are cuughl? 2d. Do you know of any
real good place for flshiug and gunning in Pennsylvania; if so, where,
how can I gut there from here, whnt will It cost, aud whut outfit is
needed? Ane. 1st Capital for shooting; fishing confined to salt water
varieties, such ns btuellsh, eheepsheqd, etc. 2d. Coudereport, Iu Pot-
ter county, or Ralston, in Lycoming county. No camping outtU will be
necessary.

E. F. L., FUcl, Mich —Will you please inform me which is the best
target, Creedinoor or Wimbledon, ns we are just organizing a rifle teuin
here, and wish to kuow which is the best? We nnderstand that the Nu-
tioual Rifle Association arc going to adopt the Wimbledon target; give
size of target, etc. Can you send me tbe rules aud regolatlous of the
National Rifle Team? You would confer a great favor by so doing. Aus.
By laws of N. It. A., score book containing size of targets, etc., scut
you by moll. The Wimbledon targets are now used at Crcedtuoor.

F M B., New Y’ork.— 1st. Is "Mohawk's" recipe for lacquering
guns to keep off salt water as good os shellac reduced with alcohol, for
my gun, as In cleaning the rust from the barrels, so often, after salt
water shooting, I have taken off most of the burnish, 2d. Every
week one or moro of my pigeons become stupid; uiso very weak, and
cannot walk straight; also discharge a watery mutter from their noses.

1 would like to know if this is from want of enough gravel, or because
I feed thorn some whole coru? Ans 1st Equally ns good; but unless
your gun Is very much exposed, wo would recommend Beluiontvle oil,
which Caii easily bo rubbed off mid replaced. 2d Your pigeons a ro
suffering from a want of change of diet. Feed them wheat one day,
dried pens another, nnd corn the tlmd, with boiled potatoes, and a hand-
ful of hemp seed occasionally.

G. W. H., Philadelphia.— I had an argument with a party In reference
to nguii called tho Lofevro long range breech loader, made in Syracuse,

N. Y. lie said that at tho Watertown Slate shoot, held in June last, a
party using a Lefwre gnn shot a woodcock at 150 yards, and got a gold
medal, $50, and a I.efevregun ns n prize for the feat. 2d. He suld that the
I.efcvre gun took tho first prize over W . A C. Scott A Son and all other*,
to which t replied that I must have bettor authority than hie word, and I
write you for reformation. By giving it in the Forest and Stiuav you
will oblige a constant reader. Amt. The ubsurdlty of your first ques-
tion carries Us own refutation. If a gun kilted n woodcock ut 150 yards,
what would it have douo to It at 40? There was no trial of guu* fit Wa-
tertown, and your lnfonnaui U wrong la every paiticular.

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ING WEEK.

Tbursday, August 5lh.— Trotting. Buffalo, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.;
Chagrin Falls. Ohio New York Yacht Club cruise; rendezvous at Glen
Cove Base Ball, Hartford vs. Poiladelphla, Philadelphia vs. Chicago,
at Philadelphia; Quickstep vs. Keystone, at Wilmington; Shlbe vs. Ex-
celsior. at Philadelphia

Fbjdat. August 6th —Racing, Saratoga. Trotting, Buffalo and
Poughkeepsie, N . Y . ; Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Base Ball, Athletic vs. Chi-
cago, at Philadelphia; Hanford vs. Atlantic, at Brooklyn; Aloskas vs.
Cataracts, at Melrose.

Satubdat, Aogust 7th.— Creedmoor, Conlest for the Crouch Bnllseye
Badge; Seventh Regiment shoot for the ‘•shells." Base Ball. Hartford
vs. Mutual, at Brooklyn; Athletic vs. St. Louis, at Philadelphia; Quick-
step vs. Chicago, at Wilmington; Staten Island vs, Jamaica, at Ja-
maica. L. I.

Mondat, August 9lh.— Creedmoor, Seventh Regiment contest for the
"sheila."

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Y.; Keene. N. H , Brattleboro, Vt. Regatta, Spring Lake, Mich.
Qnebee Rifle Meeting, Quebec.

Wednesday. August 11th — Trotting, Rochester, N. Y . ; Keene N.
H ; Brattleboro, Vt.; Boston. Masillon, and Delphos, Ohio. Regatta,
Graiid H aven and 8prlng Lake, Mich .

END OF OUR FOURTH VOLUME.

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self congratulation. That the paper, in this unpropitious
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healthful recreations, no where of so much practical ad
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FORBIDDEN FOOD.

UNDER the above captiou we find a letter addressed to
the editor of the New York Times, in which the
writer states that at any of the hotels at Saratoga “chicken
partridges” may be had for the asking, and pertinently
adds, that, as the laws of the Slate forbid the killing of
these birds at this season of the year, "if I may eat these
birds at Saratoga, why may I not be allowed to eat them at
T'~’ ‘ttVs or at Sutherland’s, in New York? Why is it
d right to eat them in one part of the Slate and
nher.” The writer of this letter, who signs him-
self “A Lover of Partridges," is evidently so fond of them
that lie is envious of those who can eat them out of scasou
with impunity. lie also asks if the society for the
Protection of Game, of which Mr. Royal Phelps is Presi-
dent, is aware of what is going on at Saratoga. “A
Lover of Partridges” must have a wonderful impression of
the far-reaching powers of the New York Society for the
Protection of Fish and Game, and au equal ignorance as to
the prosecutions it has instituted against offenders. As
for the foul insinuation that Mr. Phelps is fond of chicken
partridge witli his Congress water, we ignore it with the
contempt it deserves. It cau scarcely be expected that a
society with its headquarters in New York city can be cog-
nizant of all the infractions of the game laws which may
occur iu distant portions of the Slate, and we would ask
“A Lover of Partridges" why he did not layhis information
before the society nearest to Saratoga for prosecution.
Not that we believe the result would amount to anything.
Saratoga hotel keepers can afford to pay fines as long as
they have guests who are willing to pay for “forbidden
food.” It certainly ought to be somebody’s business to
enquire into this matter and find out where the chicken
partridges come from. In spite of the efforts of all true
sportsmen these infractions of the game laws are becom-
ing loo frequent. A correspondent writes us from Mon-
mouth county, New Jersey, that there are parties there
who boast of having killed from fifty to seventy-five wood-
cock before the fourth of July; that one person confesses
to have killed four early in the Spring while shooting
snipe, and after mentioning several others, names one
prominent official of this city who was shooting there in
June.

It is impossible to expect private individuals to take up
such cases. It is for this object that spoilsmen's clubs arc
organized, that the onus of prosecution may be removed
from the shoulders of one person to those of the many.
Yet it is the duty of every person to whom a knowledge of
these unlawful acts shall come, to obtain the evidence and
presem the case to the nearest magistrate or Game Pro-
tective Society for prosecution. We have always heard
that Jersey justice was swift; although if there is any truth
in the report published this week in a daily paper, to the
effect that a gentleman who had seized the nets left on the
border of his lake by poachers, was arrested for theft, we
shall doubt the accuracy of its aim.

As for the Saratoga "chicken partridges," they may not
all be purtridges. We remember some years since at a
hotel celebrated for its woodcock Buppers, not a thousand
miles from Richfield Springs, that a certain proportion of the
woodcock had most unaccountably lost their heads. There
was occasionally a strong flavor of squab, and the large
number of pigeons kept by tire proprietor confirmed the sus-
picion. Perhaps the partridges were owls.

HYBRID WILD DUCKS.

A FRIEND writes us that some weeks since ho was in-
aa formed by an enthusiastic and experienced sports-
man that hybrids between different species of wild ducks
are dow more numerous than they were formerly, and asks
us if we can confirm this observation by our own experi-
ence, or by that of our friends and correspondents. He
also adds, aud very truthfully, that this is a most impor-
tant f»r t in Natural History, and we sliull be glad to huve
any lig.lo upon it that may be iu the power of our readers
to bestow.

Hybridism with our native ducks is not common ex-
cept with the Amu bosc/uu (mallard), which lius “been
known to breed with the introduced muacovy and uatlvo
blMk duck, FigI. Baird allowed us a hybrid duck at ike

Smithsonian, where the anatomy aud plumage of the
lhifla acuta predominated. With that exception wo know
of no authentic testimony where hybridism has occurred
with other species of our native ducas. We do not think
water fowl produce hybrids any more now than thov hUVo
done before; but sportsmen are studying up game birds
more carefully, and of late several cases of hybridism
among ducks have been brought to public notice through
their researches. Sportsmen cannot he too careful in
identifying their birds. A well known naturalist informs
us that he bus had several old squaw, or long-tailed ducks
sent to him in the Summer plumage, which were supposed
to be hybrids or new species, by the parties who killed
them, simply because they had only seen them with the
white neck and bnck iu Whiter dress. Ducks, like Joseph,
have coats of many colors, and if the sportsman does not
observe them wlieu breeding in a northern clime, ho will
meet them as strangers when found wounded in our bays
and lukes in Summer plumage, and unable to go North to
breed with their species.

WIMBLEDON.

FIFTEEN years ago, when the Indian mutiny and a
war iu China had taken all, or nearly all, of Great
Britain’s available forces out of the country, and wlieu old
ladies aud timid gentlemen scarcely slept for fear that Nap.
the Third would choose such a propitious moment to
avenge W aterloo and make a descent upon the shores of
perfidious Albion, the Volunteer fever broke out wiMi un-
exampled futy. Not only did Mr. Punch seize with avid-
ity the excellent aud almost inexhaustible fund of subjects
offered for his inimitable pencil, but the Government wise-
ly fostered the movemeut by all the resources within its
power, thereby building up a bulwark for home defence,
the importance of which can scarcely be overestimated.
For, contrary to the usual result in movements of such
sudden aud rapid gcrmiuution, this lias outlived the mush-
room period aud settled down as a healthy plant of hardy
growth. Fifteeu years siuce Her Majesty, tlio Queen of
that Dominiou, pulled the silken string attached to the
trigger of a Whitworth gun, and fired the first shot at^tlie
Wimbledon targets. Last week four thousand men, all
belonging to the Volunteer force, were encamped on the
plain, competing for the many and valuable prizes offered
to them. Iu this we probably have the secret of the great
success of the movement. For year after year the spirit of
emulation has been fostered and rivalry encouraged;
county has been arrayed against county, Ireland pitted
against Scollaud, and England against both, until the an-
nual matches are looked forward to with the greatest ea-
gerness, and every effort strained to nchieve a victory.

That this same condition of affairs could obtain in this
country is beyond a doubt. Our average militiaman is the
equal, if not the superior, to the English in physique, intel-
ligence and drill; his inferiority, if it exist at oil, is iu
a sKillful, practical knowledge of the use of his weapon.
The Stale of New York— thanks to Creedmoor, the Nation-
al Rifle Association, the Amateur Rifle Club, the American
Rifle Association, and kindred organizations— has taken
a lead in this matter which promises shortly to put its
National Guard on a footing, as far as rifle practice is con-
cerned, not inferior to that of any military organization,
regular or volunteer, in the world. Still, more eucourage
ment is wanted to arouse the men to a greater interest, and
this should come from both the general government and
State authorities. The enthusiasm excited by the victory
of the American team in Ireland is still warm all over the
country, and now would be the time to strike not oniy iu this
State but in every Stale in the Union; and if oue measure is to
be free from the wretched incubus of political jobbery, let
it be this.

It may not be generally known that an American
rifleman visited England a century ago, but under rather
different conditions than those who are now being so
thoroughly lionized. The Boston Traveller publishes an
extract from Mr. Frothinghum’s “History of the Siege of
Boston,” wherein is described a company of Southern rifle-
men who had marched from four to seven hundred miles
to join the besieging army.

“They were remarkably stalwart men, dressed in white
frocks, or rifle shirts, and round hats, and were skillful
marksmen. At a review a company of them, while on a
nick advance, fired their balls into objects of seven inches
inmeter, at a distance of 250 yards. They were stationed
on the lines and became terrible to the British. The ac-
counts of their prowess were circulated over England. One
of them, takeu prisoner, was carried there, Hnd the papers
describe him minutely as a remarkable curiosity."

Their uniform was a hunting shirt, double cuped over
the shoulders, made of browu Holland, or Osnuburghs,
with the motto, “Liberty or Death," in cupital letters on
the breast.

But to return to Wimbledon; Never since the range
was opened lias the eamp been visited by such a deluge of
rain as on the present occasion. The Volunteers appealed
to the commandant, and were allowed to go to the firing
point bare legged. The Scotchmen were iu their element,
as they were ready for swimming at auy time, and perhaps
this accounts for the unusual number of prizes taken by them
this year. This prize list of the British National Rifle As
sociation would almost puzzle a Philadelphia luwyer until
he had mastered Us mysteries. The most important open
match is that tor the Queen’s Prize. This is divided into
two stages, the total aggregate value of the prizes in the
first being £1,608, exclusive of medals and budges. Only
the first sixty la thy first stage are allowed to compete lu

tho second, in which the prize is £250, the gift of Her
Majesty, the Queen, and the gold medal and gold badge of
the National Rillo Association. The first prize in the first
stage is the sum of £00 and the silver medal and silver
badge of the N. It. Association. The prizes in the next
grade are fifty-nine in number, and consist of the N. It. A.
badge and £12 each. The prizes of the third grade are of
the value of £3 each, and are three hundred in number.
The Alfred Prize is £350, divided into ninety-three prizes.
The Alexandra Prize is £800, divided into one hundred
and eighty-eight prizes. In neither of these were the
Americans permitted to shoot. Then there were other
prizes, reaching in value from £50 to £400, all divided in
a similar manner, and medals innumerable. The advan-
tage of this arrangement is, that nearly every Volunteer
carries away some memento of the occasion.

We have now the secret of Col. Gildersleeve’s declining, on
bchulfof tho team, to shoot against a mixed eight. It seems
that some days before the match at Dollymount he received
a letter from some one in authority at Wimbledon, inviting
tho American team of eight to shoot at the same time with
the English, Scotch, and Irish teams in the Elcho Shield
match, the prize for the Americans, if they won, being the
Lloyd Cup, as the Elcho Shield could not leave the United
Kingdom. After being submitted to the team, this propo-
sition was accepted and due notice sent to Wimbledon.
But the ratification of the Council of the N. R. A. was
wanting, and as the Council did not meet until after the
Dollymount match, the complexion of affairs had by that
time become somewhat different, and the ratification was
denied. Col. Oildersleeve was perfectly right in declining
the nop subsequently offered. However, it is all over now,
and the Wimbledon meeting of 1875 a thing of the past.
Wc hear of our riflemen as being at Woolwich Arsenal
and presoul at lordly Goodwood during the races, where
they probably divided attention with the beauties and
grande dame* on the lawn. Now they are in gay Paris,
where good Americans are said to go when they die— if
they can’t get there before* In a few days they will be
homeward bound, aud all that remains to be done on this
side is to give them a hearty welcome, avoiding, if that is
possible, too much buncombe and spread-eagleism, but
making it as warm and sincere as they deserve.

FOREST AND STREAM.

ABche°lomcal-A Most Valvabl. Colloid,.-
Dr. H. C. \ arrow, of the U. 8. Geological Survey has re-

nia whelehe(1 fr°m hi® e*P,oratl°n8 in Southe J'califor-
' , Wl,ere b e "" re warded with most gratifying 8uccet»-
lelf^.Hfir^! Would justify a more fulsome flourish of
Bdf glorification than is contained in the following modest
announcement, conveyed to the Editor of the Forest and

Stream in a private letter, under date as follows:—

U. S. ENU1^'- Opr,of QJM n A r,I1( r, Explorations an,, 1
»imvE,a West o v this 100th Mkridian, l

Chan. HaUock, Eeq.: C-, July 20th, 1875. f

1 am sure you will be glad t0 know that I have made a

?Mhe Mait°°0les Th° arfcblt'0l02lc’11 '«>,n the grave mound,

nr L Southern California. The collection consists of large
l 8t0Be m°r'°r8' l",d »“P»eraenU of all kinds,

pipes, npum-heads and arrows, and last, thongh not least, of about 125

will" ,“roh JhlC ““I h COllCCl,OU takcs "I’4*' ‘'.able of space, and
mnd^° ^ weigh twenty or thirty tons. It Is the biggest haul ever
made In this country. With kind regards, very truly yours,

, , H. C. Yarrow.

Uur readers have long been indebted to Dr. Yarrow for
many valued contributions, and it is possible that they will
presently be favored with details of his California re
searches, as referred to above.

Fi.v- Fishing for Salmon on the Pacific. — Last 4th
of July Hon. B. B. Redding, of Sacramento, Cal., caught
at the U. S. Fishery, McCloud River, a salmon weighing
21 pounds, and another weighing 18 pounds, besides several
smaller ones. They were both caught with fine trout
tackle, after a long struggle, the larger oue making a brave
fight of it from 9 A. M. till 3 P. M. Capt. J. D. Farwell
caught fifteen salmon in all, the largest two weighing 16J
and 19 pounds. Mr. Win: H. Wallace also caught a fine
string, hut of smaller size.

It used to bo denied that the salmon of the Pacific would
take u fly, but the iguorance on this subject arose princi-
pally from the fact that strangers did not try them at the
proper seasons and places, while the resident anglers, like
our friend “Podgers," et al, who were in the habit of tak-
ing them with flies, were altogether reticent on the sub-
ject. The files of Forest and Stream give all the infor-
mation necessary to an intelligent understanding of the
matter, describing fly-flshiug from Puget’s Sound to San
Francisco. Liviugston Stone, Esq., of the U. S. Fish
Commission, who is fully acquainted with the habits of
the Pacific fish, sends us an exciting accouut of the capture
of Mr. Redding's fish. His letter is written from the Mc-
Cloud River, Cal., July 24th. We quote:—

"Mr. Redding’s Ashing was douc Just iu front of our house, and his
contest will, the twenty-pound salmon was watched with great interest,
lie need a light bamboo rod and a Ane trout line with such skill that for
six hours the powerful Ash was unable to get the advantage of him. Mr.
Redding was a puzzle to the Indians. They could not comprehend why
a ninn that wore such good clothes should work six hours in the hot snn
to catch a Ash that they would sell him for twenty-Ave cents. They
thought he ought to be able to earn more money doing something else.
The Iiidiuiis are not, aa a rule, very economical of their time, as they
have nothing to do, but one of them, who had settled down Into a com-
fortable shady seat to see the thing out, after watching Mr. Redding for
two hours, concluded that his time was worth more than the white man's,
and went home. The rest of us collected about seventeen times at the
water's edge, resolved to be In at tbo death, but we were not equal to the
occasion, and, after admiring Mr. Redding’s perseverauce awhile, re-
tired each time m search of a cooler spot. The contest was so well
maintained on both sides that we hardly knew which to admire the most,
tho angler or the Ash. Some of Mr. Redding's rlvul anglers go so far as
to say that the salmon wus Anally aubdued by a ride ball from some one
on the shore, but Mr. Redding's friends insist that this is only a mali
clous slander, circulated to detract from the glory of his exploit. They do
not deny, however, that thore was a strauge looklug hole through the
Ash, remarkably like wbat a rhle bull might have made if he had beeu
shot at. They admit also that some ouo armed with a riAe was seen
drawing up to the Ash as If to get a shot; but here the case rests. It
cunnot he domed, at any rate, that the Ash, by whatever means couquercd
at lust, was a huiidsomc specimen of a salmon, and he fairly turned the
ecule at twenty pouuds mid three-quarters.

The weather has been extremely hot here for tho past few days, the
mercury rising on Thursday last to 117° In the sliude and 153° In the sun.

Very truly yours, Livingston Stonb."

A New Weapon. — Tho new revolver, comprising the
recent inventions and improvements of Colonel Schofield,
U. 8. A., is probably the most perfect weapon of the kind
in use in any service. The army pattern is a seven iuch
barrel, 45 calibre and weighs two aud a half pouuds. The
cylinder Is chambered for six charges and the mechanism
for extracting and replacing cartridges, very perfect. The
Smith and Wesson Company are now manufacturing them
at Springfield. 3,000 have just been delivered aud 3,000
more huvu been ordered by the United States Government,
H being the inteutiou to equip tea regiment* of cttvalry
witUUiem. J

EDITORIAL NOTES FROM THE THOU-
SAND ISLANDS.

Alexandria Bay, July 31, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream: —

Those who have never visited the Thousand Islands are
little aware of the manifold attractions they present Not
even those who have threaded their intricate passages upon
the steamers that daily traverse this most attractive route of
Summer travel have any conception of the pleasure to be
derived from a fortnight or. a months’ visit at some one of
the hotels at Clayton, Fisher’s Island, or Alexandria Bay.
Here, in years gone by, before these most luxurious houses
of entertainment offered their comforts to the tourist, fisher-
men of the old school used to resort— gentlemen who had
a high political, commercial and ecclesiastical record, as
well as a Waltonian fame— Dr. Betliune, Martin and John
Van Buren, Gen. Spinner, Gov. Seymour, Dr. Berrian, Gov.
Seward, and Bishop Hughes. In those days, some of them
as long as 27 years ago, the “Crossmon House” at Alcxun
driu Bay, had a monopoly of the limited Summer travel.

It was a homely structure, though almost princely for that
epoch, and entertained well. It had no modern improve
ments, os now; and none of the attractions of the place
were artificial. There were only the beautiful Isles, the
pure sparkling water, the vivifying air, aud the multitudes
of fish that rewarded the daily efforts of the princely
anglers. Nearly all of the old habitues have by this time
gone the way of the earth, though the venerable proprietor
survives, and the ancient house is supplemented by an ele-
gant; modern structure, with piazzas aud grand pianos,
and the days are devoted to fishing aud the nighls to flaunt-
ing, flirting and flippancy, though to a far less degree than
at most fashionable watering places. The plain, common
sense routine of pastime and persoual attire gives the place
a charm which sensible people value much.

There is another magnificent house near by, called the
“Thousand Island House,” which is much given to string
bands and nightly hops, the proprietor whereof is sur-
named Staples; wherefore it has been flippantly remarked
that “the chief Staples of Alexandria Bay is hops and fish.’
Here, among the Thousaud Islands, oue-half the ladies
breakfast at 6 o’clock, and go forth in their fishing boats to
troll for muscalonge and blooming health, campin jat noon
on some unoccupied island, to cook aud eat the fish that
they have caught, or they vary the daily programme by
calls upon their fortunate friends who have Summer cot-
tages on the islands; and all day long miniature steamers
ply around the labyrinth cf woods and placid water, flags
flaunt from staffs on rocky peaks, aud the air is redolent
with balsam balm and vocal with joyous sounds.

Verily, it is pleasant to sojourn at Alexandria Bay; to
contemplate your pail of minuows in the morning, which
you buy at a cent a piece for bait; to sit in your cushioned
chair, with trolling rod iu hand, and be rowed about by
your boatman at $3.00 per day; aud to couut your trophies
of pickerel and bass at night before euvious and admiring
crowds. Even old ladies grow enthusiastic when the moon
shines on the verandah at eveniug and sing with their
squeaky gum falsetto;

" Oh I come wish me In my little canoo,

Whcro’aer ehee ish calm an' zhe shky ish blue;

Oh! come wish me, for I long to go
To zhe islea where’ser mango appleszhe grow."

It is pleasant to renew these quiescent experiences each
day, for a month, and to do nothing but rest aud recuper-
ate. But there are those whose duties do not permit this
indulgence, and the writer is one of them. So I must
away, and make my devoirs and adieus to the kind pro-
prietors, (father, mother, and son,) of this very domestic
Crossmon House, and tacitly wish that my stay could have
been longer than a week.

Bass fishing with fly is now at its best, and we have
many experts here to try their hands at it. Sincerely.

Penman .

—If correspondents will write legibly— especially when
using scientific terms and proper names— they will have less
occasion to complaiu of errors. It is impossible for the
most expert priuters aud proof readers to give illegible
manuscript the exact siguificuuce the author intended to
convoy. Some of our most valued correspondents seem
to have learned clilrograpby iu ibe school of the beatheu
OJllAWi

§he §ifle.

THE INTERNATIONAL RIFLE MATCH.

VVE reCclvt>'1 tlie following letter from Mr. John
. .._ , | R‘g,b.y’ corrcc,i»g some errors which appeared In

f? ur7°rl °f tbclule »>»««»«• The statement,
10 which Mr. Rigby takes exception.it must be borne in
mmd, were telegraphed from the ground during the pro-
gressof the match, and were included in all of the reports

SSStolT 5“? ** *he time' 11 is Poss'hle that the
[l,™^ ? T ,lS mUCh “• or more ‘•xcitement than
renorn 0r9,.a“d d U® ullow,lnce always made for
Xt J 1SUCh °CCU8,0n8’ Mr' Ri«by has exaggerated tho
effect produced upon the friends of the team, or the peo-
ple generally ,n this country. We can assure him .hat their
subsequent sp eud.d shooting in Ireland, and the magnificent
shooting at Wimbledon, bus only confirmed the excellent
opinion entertained before of their qualities, both as rifle-
men and gentlemen. Indeed, in greeting their victory in
the mutch for the Elcho Shield.it seemed almost os one
gained by onr own men, and was so received.

Editor Forest and Stream:— Dublin, July IQtti, 1875.

I liavc just read the particulars of the International rIAe match in
your, of the 1st of July, and an, sure you will regret as Zch Ml do

vlucour^tuc.iTw d'T tl,Crein f°r,M "Wrt‘ no and

VO r fri Td, t ? 8,Vf mnch P"*11 40 m«ny on this side who nro

your friends. 1 know that the fault lice with .omo one here who has
telegraphed misstatement* and exaggeration# to (In- American press and
I only regret that the contradiction must come long after their pnb I-

Z'Z I T, l r M 'V" 8VBil l,,,te ~ ** wi ImpruMloq ihoy

« P ,"lV ‘ ’* ",,lt ",e crowd "Well assembled to

\\ lines* the rille match exceeded anything we calctiliued on, and the »r-
raiigen.ems for keeping tl,e ground proved, consequently. Inadequate,
bn m thing could exceed tla- good humor of the people: nor w.. there
a single collision between the police and the spectator#, or a blow .truck
o. a policeman s balou drawn during the entire dm Unfortunately the
formation of the ground gives but a narrow frontage the .hoot-

era and consequently the spectators formed themselves into two dlvorg-

t wo th ltd " nr |thC ra"S0_;,lmt onc on ,he Irieh side, reaching

tlm II d ,WV ‘ tnrB,‘K 'Vbllc on the °r American ll.,.. k
the Hue was much shorter. These lines bad a constant tendency to ad-
vance, aud so ui the conclusion of ihe 1,000 yard shooting they were so
near to the line of aim that they rendered the work of the shooters much
more trying than It would otherwise have been, and the outside Iri.b
squad was most severely tri.d in this respect. Admitting this, I must
however, give a distinct and categorical denial to the statements that
there was "uproar" at an, time, much less that it was "ttemendous "
1 here wus about the some murmured noise on tbe announcement of each
-hot as came from the crowd at Creedmoor on a similar occasion, bat
while the competitors were aiming, silence was fairly observed is to
the statement that at 900 yards the Americans "refused to proceed* until
order was restored," or that "a pause of thirty-Ave minutes resulted,"
it is absolutely untrue. No such interruption took place, and, with the
exception of a pause of a few minutes to settle the value of a disputed
shot, the Anng at each range went through continuously.

i T,h! ne,Xt 8tate,Bcnt 1 obJecl i». that at 1,000 yards "the Irish de-
Jected and nervous, shot wildly;" "the men seemed to lose their heads
and tremble, etc., etc Our American friends who saw the same men
at ieast four of then,., shoot at 1,000 yards at Creedmoor will be slow
to believe this, but to those of your readers who did not, I say look at

"rrr, °“U,;n« Millners 'vb°e*> rifle wo. accidentally de-
ranged at the end of the 80J yards shooting, and who was consequently
thrown completely out, tbe average of the other Ave Irishmen at 1 CM)
yards is over 51* each as against ft* made by the Americans. But the
veracious reporter eas a they "etock at centres and outers." Again look
at the score; the whole Irish team made but one outer at the 1 Ow) yard
range, and (h it appears Iu the maguiAcent score made by Mr Wilson
which is nevertheless belter hy three points than the best of the Atneri-
v ,dl!tf"CT . ^gain the reP°rUr "Johnson proved him-
U , c Ir?bt,fam at J'000 " The score shows that be

beaten by three of hi s comrades at this range. Before leaving tho
subject or outers it may be iustructive to observe that the American
team scored during the day ten enters against four made by the In«h
General Dakin, Johnson, Hamilton, and Mllloer alone shot through
without making outers. Riflemen are aware that on the Arst-class target

counto nothing!* C0U°,S ^ *b°‘ than a mis, whfch

The last eontradretion1 will irouMe you with is that "before Fu|,0n
aud Bodine Arcd their last shots the crowd formed two lines with only
two mrgets vis bleal the end," and that "the roar was almost 21 1,, l
lug. All this Is a pure fabrication. The crowd did not advance nntll
eve^ shot was tired, and irem.nned aiming with General Dakin's riAe

on one of he firing points for several minutes afterward until he and his
friends had packed up their sights and apparatus and were ready to move
off. I can further say that al, hough the majority of the lower 3
among the spectators lost money by the result, they appeared animated
by a sincere desire that your countrymen should have fair play and the
front ranks kept the ground clear as well as it was possible Pfof them to
do when subjected to so heavy a pressure from those behind
As the remarks 1 have objected to are unfair to the spectators and to
the Irish earn so are the closing ones of the report to Mr. Mlllner Ills
mishaps doubtless confronted more to the defeat of his side than the
amount by which his score was below hi, proper average, but It is not
correct to say that he has been "unfortunate in all the Important cou-
ests in i which he has been engaged " He has twice shot In tho Irish
team at Wimbledon, and been Arst on one occasion and second on an-
other. Last year he won the Abercorn Cup; made Arst ecore in Irish
eight; shot well at Creedmoor, mid ran well up for the Bennett Cnp and
this year he made the highest aggrogetc in the selection of compeUUoBs

oMho n nTl V “‘T,0' Thc acCld^ «.,ich threw hin, out

aLh, h n * ",05e m'*fort,l"e lh'"‘ his fault, aud I have no
doubt he will yet be heard of whenever his coolness, steadiness, and
judgment have a fair Acid for their exercise.

Permit me to say before concluding that I do not In any remarks I
ba™“a.d° des,rc t0 d“lract lD lbl‘ MM»Ml degree from the credit justly
due to the victors. They who have represented their opponents as "de-
jected and nervous," confused and “trembling." are the real detractors
No credit would be gained by the defeat of such contemptible antag.,!

Thfiv’wiVnw! T rMChf8 *0V°"r riadcrs W,M be better informed.

They wl l likewise have received the accounts of subsequent bn, Hes. and
the result of the All Ireland Challenge Shield match, which proves how
closely matched were the contending forces on these occasions

I am yours, __ JohnRiobv.

The American Riflemen Abroad ,-TJtu Amencnn
team, with Maj. Gen. McMurdo, visited Woolwich At setial
on the 28th ult. They were received by Col. F A Cunip-
bell, the retiring Superintendent; Col. Youughusband 1,1s
successor; Deputy Assistant Superintendent, R S Frazer
inventor of the heavy guns, and Cols. Lyons, Field ami
Gordou, who accompanied them through the works The
visitors had an opportunity of witnessing the manufacture
ot eighty ton gnus. Every facility and courtesy wa*
»bow£ \km by (he officers of Uio UuUtutioo.

412

FOREST AND STREAM.

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2 5 3 2 2
2 5 3 2 ,!.

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2 5 2 2 2
2 S 2 0 3

2 2 2 2 3.

3 2 1 0 2.

3 3 2 2 3.

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Tiik Welcome to the Riflemen. — The joint com-
mittee of the National Hide Association and Amateur
Hi lie Club having in hand the mallei' of the reception of
the Team on their return, met on Monday at the rooms of
the former association. General Shuler was in the chair and
the meeting was well attended. Communications were ac-
knowledged from the Ninth and Sixty-ninth Regiments,
offering their services as escorts, which were accepted and
referred to the Procession Committee. The following rcso
lution was offered by Capt. Casey, and adopted :

K/tJir l, Thu: all oryimlxsllons. military or civic, which desire to par-
t lc I pale In the reception to llio American learn of riflemen ho Informed
that the Cominltlre mi Processions will moot on Wednesday, ll\o 1 1 1 It
Inst, at 8 P. M.. ai No. 93 Nassau street, for (lie imrpose of as'ignliu:
positions lo such organisations In lln- column, nml the principal or com-
manding ofltc-'rs of such organizations be requested lo report to said
coinniltu-o lit the hour mimed.

(Jen. McMahon, from the committee appointed to confer
with Messrs. Sheridan Shook and P. S. Gilmore, of the
Hippodrome Garden, reported that it was proposed to give
a semi-military concert at the Hippodrome to which the
Team would be invited.

CREEDMOOR.

—The ranges during the past week have been given up
principally to National Guard practice, the most important
“club" match being the competition between the members
of the Separate Troop Cavalry Rifle Club for a gold badge
on Wednesday last. The shooting commenced at the
early hour of seven o’clock, and was concluded at eleven.
The conditions of the match were— regulation carbines,
five sighting shots at 250 and 300 yards. The following is
a iecord of the leading scores: —

Naim-*. 250 Yard-

Lieut. M. Ueldt. .3 3 5 5 1

Corporal J. Kclton 3 2 4 5 3

Privale J'. Weegold •■■•5 3 3 2 3
Major GeonrO Aery 2 3 4 1 8
Capt. Karl Klein 1 4 3 4 2

Private J. Klcim 2 3 4 2 4

Snnreon C. A Nagel. . 3 3 I 3 2
Color Scrgt. Schivcrdl ...5 3 3 2 0
Private C . Stocky 0 2 8 5 5
Private (». Bpplc . . ...3 2 2 4 2
Quartermaster K Miller 2 3 4 2 2

Private 1*. Merckel 2 2 3 4 3

Private- F Bwkcr 2 4 0 3 4

Private A. Werner 2 3 0 3 2

During the current month a number of interesting
matches will be shot at Crccdmoor, and on each Saturday
visitors to the ranges may rely upon seeing some remarka-
bly fine marksmanship. The Seventh Regiment Rifle
Club holds four contests during the mohth — on the 7th and
21sl for the “shells, ’’ and on the 9lh and 23d for the
“rifles.” Shooting each clay commences at 3 P. M. On
Saturday of this week will be held the second competition
for the badge known as the BulUeyc Badge, presented by
George Crouch, Esq., to be shot for by members of the
Amateur Rifle Club, bullseyes only soring. On llic fol-
lowing Saturday — the 14th inst— the new Turf, Fir Id and
Farm Badge will also be shot for foi the second time. The
conditions of this match are — 200 yards, standing, open to
members of the National Rifle Association. On Saturday,
21sl, the Luther Badge open only to members of the Ama-
teur Rifle Club will be shot for. On the 28th, the Rem-
ington Diamond Radge will be the prize, opeu lo members
of the National Rifle Association.

The “Kellogg” Badge, competed for on Tuesday last
by members of Co. A, Twenty-third Regiment, Captain J.
Story, commanding, was won by Lieut. J. II. Earle, his
6Core being 38 out of a possible 50. At a recent meeting
of the Veteran Association of this command it was de-
cided to offer for competition a gold medal valued at $50,
to be presented to the member of the regimental team
making the best score in the Second Division match at the
Full meeting of the National Rifle Association.

United Scukutzen Association.— This iifle organiza-
tion holds a meeliDg at the park. Union Hill, New Jersey,
on the first and third Thursday of each month. The
shooting is free to all comers, upou payment of a small
fee, and the prizes are all cash. The targets are on the
“ring" principle, being arranged in twenty-four rings, the
centre one, or bullseye, counting twenty-five, and the Olli-
ers according lo position. At the last competition the fol-
lowing scores were made, the highest possible being 250.

H. Bstchxen >«<W. Hayes 205

John Harebell I76| Wm. Klein . I9S

F F. Baihjcn. 2i7iEru»t Loellicr j j:»

J. A cm lilac ti 213 A. KnnUeli Isi

Th. Kirin 213 Werhnn m

A. Hellwlg 177 K Hansen 160

K. Faber.. m',Z. Menken 105

Forest and Stream Badge.— The fifth competition
for this trophy of short range shooting was held on Wed-
nesday last, at the gallery of J. S. Conlin, No. 030 Broad-
way. A fair number of “oil -handers” were in attendance,
but owing probably to the extreme heat, the shooting was
not so good as on previous occasions- The following are
the scores made: —

ID L. Beckwith
I*. C. Lyon*. ... .

.16 6-8 C. K. Orvle

25 *1-315

.IN 15-16 K. McKoelcy

..19 3-10 |A. F. Wilson

3! 3-10

in 6-10 K. Clark-

« 1-16

.21 (->. V. atsou

.214 |M. Eastuiau . ,

#4i

,2'i E. Hro snvll

.22 |Wui. Hayes

Ceo. W. Hamilton 14

A. G, Hellwlg 15 ii-8

T. C. Hoorn 15 6-8

F. Hauler •'

51 . P. Lennon

F Hyde

F. Bulllek

J. J O Kelly 21

A. T. Thorn ii» 214

J. P. Richard* -.22

II. C. Cooke 22

The badge has been won once by G. W. Yale, once by
John Tiagesser, twice by Win. Hayes, and once by G. \V.
Hamilton.

—The Ameiican Off-hand Rille club met on Monday eve-
ning at tbc Twenty-second Regiment Armory, and resolved
to have a tournament at Union Hill, N. J., tomorrow, ibe
6th inst., at 2 o’clock 1*. M. The German Schoulzcn Asso-
ciation kindly giving the use of their range for the occa-
sion. Any gentlemen interested in rifle practice lire irivi-
toil to attend - A Rood time U expected.

—We arc indebted to the secretary— although at rather a
late day — for the scores made at rifle shooting by the mem-
bers of the Worcester Sportsmen’s club on the 17th July .
The shooting took place on the club grounds, near Lake
Quinsigaiiutnd; ranges, 200 and 300 yards, off-hand; seven
shots each. —

200 Yards.

300 Yards

Total.

I. W Holman... ..

12

37

A. 1., Kiev

24

15

.39

Sicdmur. Clark

17

14

31

G. .1. Rugg

18

20

Its

10

39

A. A. Barker

io

0

23

W. .1. McFarhmd..

19

12

31

A K- Grimes

22

in

38

Frank Wesson

II

15

20

r H. Holden

21

16

31.

i C B. Smith

10

9

28

W. Ibutomlv .

12

5

17

F .V Adams..

9

6

5

A. 1*. Cutting..

26

15

41

Of the contestants, Messrs. Holman, Rice, Clark, Mc-
Farland, Grimes, Wesson, lloldcn, Smith, Bottomly, and
Adams used the Frank Wesson rifle; Rugg, the C. B. Hol-
den rifle; Mann and Cutting, the Alexander Henry rifle,
and Parker the C. H. Bullard rifle.

The second of the competitive trials of this club took
place on the same grounds on Saturday, the 31st ult. The
weather was not favorable for high scores, the wind blow-
ing in gusts across the lange. The scores, however, show
an improvement on the previous week’s practice, some of
them at 400 yards being first class. Sled man Clark, secre-
tary, acted as scorer, and B. M HarringtoD, marker. Each
member was allowed seven shots, with a possible score of
35. The following is the score: —

400 yards without

300 yards off baud, artificial rest. Total.

A L. Rice 15 28 41

K T Smith . 13 23 35

I C. Bates Smith. 0 27 86

J W. Bigelow 15 19 3<

u, -i Huge io 25 35

A. G. Maun 16 28 44

O. Hall 10 19 20

A. E. Grime* 10 26 86

W. 8. McFarland 21 32 53

A. P. Culling 2t 31 52

Sti rl mini Clark 13 81 <4

L. \V. Holman 8 18 21

Frank Wesson 19 80 49

Xuthau Washburn 18 32 50

In a subsequent sweepstakes at 500 yards, five shots
each, without artificial rest, the following scores were
made, Mr. Frank Wesson scoring 24 out a possible 25, and
two of the contestants making four bullseyes each : —

A P Cutting 19|I. C. Bales Smith 21

Frank Wesson 2liG. J. Rugg 14

A. G. Mnnn 191 A. L Rice 17

Nnlhnn Washburn 19IA.E. Grimes 16

Stcdman Clark 18|G. U. Hull 22

The first prize was awarded to Frank Wesson, second to
G. II. Hall, third to I. C. Bates Smith. The third trial
will take place Saturday, August 14th.

— Two rifle teams have been formed in the borough of
Mouut Washington, nearPittsburgh, Pa. They use the Rem
ington and Winchester rifle9. They begun practice at five
hundred yards, and a match between the two teams is al-
ready talked of.

— The annual competition of the New Brunswick Pro-
vincial Rifle Association, is to take place in Fredericton
this year, and the matches will probably begin about the
24lh of this month.

— The Emperor William, of Germany, has telegraphed
from Gastieu that he will contribute a prize of honor, to
be competed for In the Germun National Rifle meeting,
now id progress at Stuttgart.

<»//« &i<! and §nn.

GAME IN SEASON IN AUGUST.

Woodcock. Snipe.

Curlew Bay birds.

Squirrels. Pinnated grouse, Telra evjtldo.

Pinnated grouse, or "prairie chicken.” are to season in Missouri. Illi-
nois, and Indiuna. August 15th; Wisconsin and Iowa, August 20th;
Ohio, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, tad Pennsylvania, September
let; Connecticut and Kentucky, October 1st. In Massachusetts the
season is close until 1876, and in New Jersey until 1880.

— Accounts from almost every quarter indicate that quail
and ruffed and pinnulcd grouse will be unusually abundant
the coming Autumn, notwithstanding the last severe Winter
and late Spring. We could publish a column of extracts
from private letters, giving corroborative evidence.

—We took a run through the Province of Ontario,
Canada, last month, and along the St. Lawrence border,
and found the woodcock shooting fair, averaging perhaps
a hulf dozen brace to a gun, with exceptional larger bags
in favored localities. Bob Cochrane, of this city, lias done
some good shooting in Jefferson county, N. Y., in the
vicinity of Alexandria Bay.

—Canadian sportsmen arc preparing for the first flight of
ducks which lakes place annually in the latter part of
August. Rice Luke, and the Thousand Isles, are well
known and deservedly popular resorts, both for ducks and
sportsmen. The rice on the back lakc9 is not yet quite
strong enough to stand, hut will soon afford feed aud
cover.

New Jersey —Stockton Hots', Cape May, N. J., Aug 2d
—The buy snipe are uow coining in in considerable num-
ber, although they are very wild and do not decoy well
80 that most of the birds have to be killed at long distances’
This is especially the case with curlew. A nartv consist’.

iMRor Mr. B d, of Philadelphia; Mr. F—x of ditto

iimlilie writer, went to the Court House on Friday the
30lh ult., mid under the guidance of Mr. A II Foster of
that place, wo succeededdn bagging 04 birds, among which

were 11 curlew. These birds were all shot outside of the
decoys, and mostly at single shots. We have previously
been out twice in the sounds near here with Mr. Caleb
Warner, the best gunner to be had at the island, and one
day Mr. B d and myself bagged 51 birds.

Maryland.

Wisconsin. — 1 The prospects for grouse in this State art-
very encouraging, as the young broods are well grown, and
will be full fledged at the opening of the season, August
15th. The covies are numerous mid the "Badger" spoils
men will in all probability enjoy fine shooting on the
nmrshes and stubble fields. In this locality, (Montello,)
the chief' resorts of pinnated grouse are the marshes anil
low lands, aud the stubble fields do not produce nearly so
much sport. Quail will as usual he very scarce, and it is
doubtful if Wisconsin ever produces as many quail as it
did a few years since, when the Winters were more mild
aud the seasons propitious. Water fowl will likely he ns
plenty as formerly, and many are looking forward to Sep-
tember 1st with eagerness. The wood or summer duck,
ought only to bo protected bylaw until August 15th, as
by September 1st nearly all arc gone southward. Fred.

The Cramfion Abroad.— On the 14th of last month
Captain Bogardii3 shot a match with Mi. A, Stevens, a
crack Euglish pigeon shot, at the Welsh Harp, Ileddou,
the scene of his first exhibition in England. The condi-
tions were to shoot at thirty birds each, the Captain con-
ceding his opponent four yards. The contest throughout
was close and interesting, and at the finish of the thirtieth
round a tie was declared. It was then decided lo shoot
at five biids more, and Capt. Bogardus killed four in suc-
cession to Mr. A. Stevens’s two, and won the match. Capt.
A. Bogardus shot with hisusttul gun— a 12 choke bore, by
W. and C. Scott & Son, Premier Gun Works, Birmingham.
The following is the score:—

Mulch for £50, At thirty birds each, live trap*, usual conditions; the
iiec of both barrels, 1} o* of allot, and SO yards boundary.

Gant. Bogardus, 80 yard* I 0 1 0 I 0 1 1 0 I I 1 111 1 0 0 1 1 I I i
0 1 1 0 0 0 I 0 1; killed IN

Mr. A. Stevens. 20 yards— 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 n I 0 1 0 0 1 ! 0 1 0 J 0
1110 10 11, killed, 16.

Tibs.

Capt. Bogardus — 1111 IIM^ A. Slovens 0 10 1-2

Ou the following Monday Captain Borgurdus was to
shoot an exhibition match at Lillie Bridge Grounds. The
Sporting Gazette claims that, the Captain only excels in
shooting because he uses such large charges of powder,
and suggests a match wherein the contestants use the same
gun. It neglects to state, however, Hint the privilege of
using any churgc of powder is open to both parties, or to
give a reason why it is not avuiled of.

Skaneatklbb. N. V., July 28, 1875.— A pigeon-shoot
was held here to-day, under the auspices of the Skiincutelcs
Sportsmen’s Club. Sportsmen were present from neigh
boring places in good numbers, and u general “good time’'
was experienced. The first thing on the programme was
the contest for the Skaneateles Club "Pitcher" between
8. M. Sheperd, bolder, and Sum. Allen, challenger. By
shooting (i out of 10 to his opponents 5. the latter gent li-
man won the pitcher. A sweepstakes followed, shooing ut
five single birds, twenty-one yards rise. Mr. Ed. Hudson,
of the Central Club of Syracuse won the first prize, ami
Mr. II . Lewis, the second. A second sweepstake* was
then shot, at five single birds, same distance, mid Mr. Hud-
son again won the first prize, he killing all his birds. Mr.
A. I). Lewis was awarded the second prr/.c, he killing four
of his birds. At 2 P. M.. a third sweepstakes was called,
with twenty-six entries, shooting at the single birds at
twenty one yards, eighty yards boundary, resulted in the
following score:

W. 8. Biirniim 8

R. It. Hannon 8

M. Barnes 7

A. H. Lewis 7

I). A. Sperry 7

.Snm Tuylor 7

Ed. Hud on 10

R. R. Strong 10

Win. Kuinsou |0

Chug. Smith 9

Dr. Kennedy 9

Kd. Wheadon 9

R. H. I’laiit 9,Wm. Fago «

C. II. Parker 9 Geo Rawlins *>

C. McKinley s t). Wadsworth 5

U. Lewi* 8|W. G. Grave*. 5

A. Shiner 8<C. C Celt- 5

T. Kleiber, Jr 8|W. 11 Crosier. 5

C. R. Steve* 8] K. Sheppard 4

In shooting off tieR, Ed. Hudson, of the Central City
Club, won the first prize, Dr. Kennedy, of Auburn, the
second, W. S. Barnum.of Syracuse, the third, A. I). Lewis,
of Jordan, the fourth, and Win. Fage, of Syracuse, the
fifth. At the close of this shoot another sweepstakes was
called, at five single birds, usual distance, .1. 11. Kuril, of
Skaneateles, won the first prize, and It B. Harmon, of the
Cenlrul City Club of Syrucuse, won the second prize. Ilo\.

Tiib Onondaga Club Medal.— Messrs. Charles II.
Finch aud E. Lodder contested for the above medal on 1 1 » • »
Central City grounds, Syracuse, on the 27th ult. The first
named gentleman has held possession of the trophy for tin
past ten months, shooting lor it seven times. If lie could
have held it for u year it would have become his properly.
The match was at fifteen birds each, 21 yards rise, and the
usual boundary of 80 yards. Mr. Lodder won I lie prize,
killing twelve birds to his opponent’s nine. The follow-
ing is the score: —

E. Luddur 1*10 10 11111:11 1-12

C. U. Finca 11011*101010110-0

A number of sweepstakes followed, Thomas Kimber,
Jr., taking first money in one, aud Messrs. Parker uiul Mc-
Kinley dividing in the second.

IIomoba?ha, Fla , July 17tb, 1875.

Euitor Fonc*T and Stbeam:—

Mr. Jenkins, of tbls place, kll'ed a very large and fnt bear a few (lays
ago. Ho stood under his porch aud shot him at about thirty paces.
Frauk went up and helped him to dress it They estimated (lie weight
at 600 pounds. The signs of hears nro nit about. The doer come Into
the fields near ihe house so thick that the ground looks us (hough It In"1
been penned with them ns you would herd cattle, and I noticed Ibis
morning that In running and playing among the cm n they bud knocked
down a great many heavy stalk* 'Gators are plenty, and very saury
The birds on the reefs (St. Martin's Key, opposite mouth of Honiara*™
River) are luylog up to present lime I have not visited the Islands my-
self, but tho "turtellers" tell me they keep themselves stocked With egg*
and squabB.

I received copy of Porbbt and Stiibasi, und I must say that the no-
count of Ilomotaata was so Mattering thut I fear wo shall not lie able l"
meet IN expectations of those who may do us tho honor of a Wlni"
visit, but assure you wo will do all In our power to lunko uny »nd nil
comfortable who tuny he our guests A K J

forest and stream.

JOHN CHENEY AND THE BEAR.

Nkw Yoiik, .July HHli, 1875.

Editor Fokkbt an n Sthka m : —

I hud occasion soma time ago to write you concerning the shooting of
John Clu-noy. I amid you an ex tract from a letter I receiver! from his
wife, doted July ItKh, to show you that ho hns not Ally entirely recov-
ered, but Is still able to do battle for himself. Keinemherine that ho Is
over aevenly-llvc years old. there Is considerable of the old lire left yet.
The letter reads us follows:—

Dear Friend IK- - : • * * * * * „ * Pa got Ills

old bear Iran fixed, set It. and caught a Inrgo hear. IIo wont up to the
pond fishing and thought he Would look at the trap, and there was Mr.
Hear He happened to have the hatchet, so he cut a cluhund struck him
on the head, and when he struck the hear struck too, tearing his shirt
lust below Ids stomach, taking ft chunk nearly out with his paw, at the
Janie time taking hold of Ills wrist mm chewing It pretty hadly. lie got
hurt In several pluces — taught him a luason In Ills old age - but In; went
at him again in d made linn lie still. IIo had a small Jack knife with
Inn:, so lie sawed away on Ills neck with it until ho thought he hail surely
killed him. and then loft him In the trap. When David got up there he
was silll alive nnd quite active, and he hud to kill him over again. Pa
had a pretty had leg and arm, but tlioy lire getting well now.”

I think tills Is doing right smart for mi old man, and my only regret Is
that I was not there to have, u llngor In the pie. Taiiawus.

PlMl.AUBLi'iiiA, July lull, 1875.

Kill TO It FOIIKHT ANII Strkam.—

I have Sven several articles in Forkst anp Stream condemning the
Dittmar powder I have not Imd very much experience with it, Imt wlmt
little 1 have had has been very satisfactory. 1 bud a small simple sent
me by Mr Dittmar, which I tried In u Maynard ride and a IS-hoie seven
mid a liulf pound breech loading shot gun. With three and u quarter
drachma (measured) lu shot gun there was very little noise and smoke-
mid little or no recoil, while with the same charge of orange duck p.»w'
der (lie recoil was lerrilde. With the wood powder the shells were quite
ns good after the discharge, If not bolter, tlmn after using black powder.
My sample gave out, so that 1 could not test it nt long range, At thirty
yards I pu 1 270 pellets of No. 7 out of ounce in a thirty inch circle. The
number of sample was 15. I intend to get a supply, when I will make a
more thorough test mid let you know the result. If my next experiments
are as satisfactory us those I have made so fur, 1 will bid farewell to
block powder. (j jj

Of 1 I iu ' G^r i u i d °i J a v e n nmlS^^

will bn In-Id i! ! 7?c ) Association

fjjnchtiiuj nnd Ranting.

All coin-nanUyitlnn* from Secretaries and friends should be malted no
later than Monday In each week.

niOII WATER. FOR THE WEEK.

m 1 IftiiH, , ' Cl‘ ,,S i0,,.k?d tor kelween Curtis and Yales
J ' : - Wes,er" (mrs,n<-" would be

anTin .. .iU 1 from 80mu ,,r «"ir I'^slern clubs,
iu U in fact as they were reprcsunlcd here by Curtis and
' ales at our legaltns, it would seem but right for some of
our leading dubs to send a crew or crews West!

While there is no sport productive of more enjoyment
Ilian bout sailing, there is yet no more fruitful source of
accident nnd lost of life. And yet much could lie avoided ir
a few simple rules are followed, or if inexperienced per-
sons Would be content lo accept He services of those more
familiar with boats until they bad acquired some experi-
ence- The following pertinent remarks on this subject we
take from the Capo Ann Advertiser , and commend them to
our readers: —

“One greal source of danger is the habit of making sheets
fast when sailing in squally weather. The (law comes in
an inslant, quick as lightning's liusli. and strikes the sails
winch are made fast, and ere they can be loosed the dam-
age is done, with the boat nearly tilled with water or cap-
sized and sunk, jeopardizing Hie lives of those on board.
Always hare the sheet* in your own or some reliable person' x
hand, when sailing in sijuaUy weather, as they need us much
cure as the helm, if not more.

Another source is carrying too much sail. Most of the

small yachts' sails are made loo large for sailing when there
is a si ill breeze. There seems lo be a recklessness iu this
respect which we oftentimes wonder does uot result more
disastrously. Then again these venturesome persons carry
sail too long, deeming it a weakness lo reef and make

413

Forest

and Stream Prize Races.— We have tl.e fni
rence?-16 Cgram fr°m lhC Thousand Isles, river St. Law-

Day' July 2011,. -The boat

Vale.

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New York.

Charleston.

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Tiie Lono Island Yacht Clod.—' This club will hold
their annual regatta on the 18th inst. The club has been
in existence hut three years, hut uumbers some twenty live
yachts. The officers are : George Farley, commodore; Ira
Smith, vice commodore; James Lennox, president; George
(.Tolius, secretary; Frank Bales, treasurer; E. Bond, assist-
ant secretary ; Ilenry Smcdley, measurer: trustees, M. Mc-
Mahon, J. Sweeney, George CroliiH, F Bates, and E
Bouet; committee on membership, J. Farley, U. B.ulum,
and II- Smcdley; regatta committee, Ira ‘ Smith, II. Smcd-
ley, J. Swi eny, F. Bates, uud S. Smcdley.

New York Yacht Cm: is.—' The annual cruise of this
club will commence to day, Heel Captain Bend having is-
sued orders for a rendezvous at Glen Cove on Wednesday,
when the captains are to report on hoard the flagship
Alarm. A large squadron is expected to assemble, nnd it
is proposed to extend the cruise us far East as Portland if
possible.

— Ou Saturday last a race was sailed oil the Isles of
Shoals between General Butler’s famous yacht America
and the Resolute, of t he New York Yacht Club, owned by
Mr. Rufus Hatch. The course was from Star Island
round White and Boon islands and return, Doing a distance
of thirty-nine miles. The Resolute must have been re-
markably well handled, as she came in first, although the
America won the race on time allowance, the Resolute’s
time being 3h. 47m. 50s. and the America’s 3h. 53m. 48s.,
hut on allowance the latter won by 2m. 18s.

We learn by telegraph from Portsmouth (the mail not
having come to hand as we go to press) of the result of the
racoon Monday between these two yachts for the Oceanic
Cup. The course was from Star Island around Boon
Island Ledges and Light; a distance of thirty-eight miles.
There was no lime allowance. The Resolute started at
11:30:33 o’clock and the America at 11:40:41 o’clock. The
wind was east northeast. At 3:30 the America was well
ahead, healing to windward — her best point of sailing.
The friends of the Resolute expected her to make up her
loss on the return, free before the wind. At midnight a
fisherman has just arrived from the Isles of Shoals, pulling
u whaleboat twelves miles single-handed. He reports that
the America won the race, healing the Resolute by four
minutes forty-two seconds. The sailing time is not given.
Mr. Haleb has challenged Gen. Battler lo sail the America
against the Resolute six days in the week for six weeks
from September 1st for $1,000 a day, over the Now York
Yacht Club course, the yachts to carry their regular crews.

—The steam yacht Gracie, belonging to Mr. Fred. Mas-
soy, of Brooklyn, arrived at Alexandria Bay, St. Lawrence
River, on July 31st, reaching that point via Hudson River
to Albany and Erie Canal to Utica and Oswego. Shu was
in charge of Mr. Gibson and four sailors. Mr. Massey and
family are at the Crossuiou House, Alexandria Bay.

—There is a miniature steam yacht at Gloucester, Moss.,
of which the Cape Ann Advertiser says : —

"Her length is 17 feet, with 42 inch beam, and her hull
weighs hut 100 pounds. Amidships is the boiler, made of
steel, weighing 48 pounds, 18 inches high by 8 inches in
diameter, and lias sixty-one live eighth inch tubes, all made
from rifle barrels, li has a 1^ inch cylinder, with 2J inch
stroke, The propeller is four bladcd, 12 Inches in diame-
ter, with 24 iucli pilch, nnd is placed under the boat, two
feel from the stern. One gallon of water fills the boiler,
ami as it condenses it is only necessary to supply the waste.
Her steam whistle is made of two gun cartridge tubes.
Wood is used for fuel, and a supply for quite a long cruise
can be carried. The boat draws 24 inches of water, which
curries her propeller clear. She was built by her owner,
b'II, Roper, of Boston Highlands, who is hound to the
Isles of Shoals. The boat, all completed, cost ahoqt *500,
'Oul is rated at half a horse power,’’

things snug and safe. They had rather run the risk, and
many of them pay the penalty with their lives.

1 lie large majority of these sailing accidents could he
avoided, if persons would only exercise a little common
sense. The. first and most essential thing for those who
wisli lo sail a boat is to learn the principles from some ex-
perienced hand and to practice sailing, taking such per-
sons out with them and practically experimenting. Then
let them in some comparatively safe place practice alone
until they become personally familiar with these principles.
A clear head and constant watching is required, and if
these hints are attended to, the casualties would soon he
reduced to a very small per cenlage, nnd one of Hie keenest
etijoymenls would become divesled of much that now
renders it almost prohibitory with the majority.”

In this connection it may not he inappropintc to pub

lish the following directions fo.- restoring persons apparently
dead from drowning, which are issued by the Humane
Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The
list of deaths from this cause already this season is fright-
fully large, nnd unquestionably many might have been
saved if persons present were acquainted with the measures
to he taken on such occasions. The following are the
rules: —

1. Lose no time. Carry ont lliesc.dlrections on llie spur.

2. Remove the froth and mucus from the mouth and nostrils. ’

8. Hold i he body, for a few secouds only, with (he In-ad hanging down,
so that the water may run out of the line's and Windpipe.

4. Loosen all tiylit articles of clothiu-r about the neck and chest

5. See that the tongue i- pulied fonvard if it fulls back into the throat.
Dy taking hold of it with a handkerchief it will not slip.

li. If the breathing has ceftsed, or nearly so, it must be stimulated by
pressure of the chest with the hands, in imitation of the natural breath-
mg; forcibly expelling tne air from the hint's, uud allowing it to re-enter
and expand them by tne elasticity of the libs. Keiueuiber that this is
the most important step of nil.

To do it readily, lay the persou on his back, with n cnsleon, pillow, or
some Anu substance under las shoulders; Hi npie-swiili h il.ii of lac
hands ovur the lower part of the breast bone a i l tin- upper p i, - of ihe
abdomen, keeping up u regular repetition uud relunuiun of p.esoiire
twenty or thirty times a minute. A pressure of thirty pounds may uo
applied with safely i.o a grown person.

7. Itub the limbs with the hands or with dry cloths constantly, to aid
the circulation uud keep the body warm.

8. As soon as the person can swallow give a tablespoonful of spirits
in hoi water, or some warm codec or tea.

9 Work deliberately. Do not give up too quickly. Success has re-
warded the efforts of uours.

The O’Neii, Engeluart Match.— An agreement has
been entered into between James O’Neil and George Engel-
hart lo row a three mile race at Saratoga on Tuesday, Sep
temher 2lst, providing the lake is smooth. The match is
for $1,000 a side, aud Dr. Russell Withers has been chosen
referee, or in the event of his declining, Mr. E. R. Craft
will he invited to act. O’Neil has never rowed a profbs-
sioual race, hut is credited with liaviug made the fastest
three-mile time ou record, viz. 21m. 191s. He was de-
feated by Eugelhart at Troy in October 1872, when both
winner aud loser beat the best time, professional or ama-
teur, on record, which up to that time had beeu James II.
Mills 22m. 20s. Eugelhart making 22m. 214s. and O.Neil
22iu. 20s.

— Charles Askins of Brooklyn and Thomas Jones of this
city, rowed a three-mile straight away race on the Ilarlem
River on Saturday, the course being from Gales’ Lumber
Dock to Norris’ Dock. Jones won by nearly a miuule iu
20m. 40s.

On the same day the second semi-monthly race, two
miles slraighl-away, for the challenge medal of the Gram-
Grey Boat Club was rowed, U. R. Mills, R. Wcisuer and
Frank Winne being the contestants. Mills was Hie winner
after a sharp struggle with Winne. Wcisuer broke his
stretcher aud was disabled.

— Thu Rough and Ready crew of Gleu Cove aud the
Lorelei of Sea Cliff, rowed a lace at the latter place ou
Saturday. The Rough and Ready won easily iu 21m. 30s.,
the distance being somewhat under three miles.

— PUtstou, Pa., is lo have a boat club. Seven hundred
dollars in money bus already been subscribed, and an or-
ganization effected. The line reach of the Susquehanna
at this point will afford a splendid course.

—The Schuylkill Navy Regatta has beeu fixed for
Saturday, Sept. 18. There will he in addition to the regu-
lar challenge flags of the navy, special flags for the win-
ning boats, and individual prizes for the winning crews.
There will be races tor four-oared shells, one aud oue-hulf
miles straightaway National Cruise, aud for GO barges, 40
gigs, Paris doubles and singles. One mile aud return
Horn Rockland, up and hack. The date is made one week
earlier than last year, to meet the date of Hie Cricket
Tniiin:immt, .

Riiitur Poii but and 8TRBAM-— Pfm-AnewiiiA, August ad, 1875.
The lew *?„* T Tr>' )e ‘r Ncvor

'••on. .In,«*d«a23 V«y iSndsomeT t!*10? ‘

S^Si:^r(,rop8,obu

•«—

nhov, T,.,He Rock to their boat house; on, of conTc^wo wl ll Z Z)

,iiem M,e "n- d"ivn’ ",n,,|ns "My « Lw,h

* *; McBcnth can,<! so ,,0,,r being second Hint hi. bow »-■>• under

side lo I u o k Vt 't hc^r ace ^ ***"* *“ C0U'<,'‘'t W,B’ pU"tHl °tt ,0 u,,c
The next race w‘w between two fonr-oared sheila r-CainllU-C r
Adams, stroke; F. Henderson. 2; Wise, 3; Sum. it stlueon bow

VO 'f wyT , ° «**»• barker. 8; ■> D. Ferguson,

■ . I W est, how This course was from Olraid Bridge down, amt

until .mh 1,0 '“"f r 1,10 ’biele scull race It was not

mull (he boats had passed the Undine club bouse that belling was at all
-afe when Adams pushed Ins crew to the front, and kept them there by
n little over a length. 1

lhM^'J0,?bl?,'bCul^fla' lproVMl veri' '“••'MHoft even for so short a race
Ihclng from the bridge down :)-Snn«hino-C. It Adams, stroke; o. y.
West, how; M.ion.hine-F Henderson, stroke; S 1$. Stinson, bow
Upon rounding Turtle Hock , ho Sunshine -had u by all odd-.” beluga,

em i C,1'el1h 1,1,1 lncl' by l,,eh ‘hey »ere eclipse d, nn.l at Hie

flulsh they had the pleasure or joining lu the cheer which greeted tlm
well-earned half length victory of the Moonshine.

Immediately fo lowing came the six-harge race over the same course:-
Cygnet -I- Henderson, stroke; (J. Wise. 2; J. D Ferguson, »; J. v,.t.
tcrliiie, 4; J. Wuiiaker, 5; A E. Roberts, 0; s. fi. Stinson, coxswain .
Stronger C It .Adams, stroke; O West, J. Watson, Jr., 3; W.

n ' a*Ul«y. ft: (Jen. I’mker, 0. J. I). MclSeath. coxswain.
At Dirtle Itock the Cygnet, le-iduif by a length, were rowing well to-
gether, and altogether looked ns if they hud rather a nice thing of It, but
when they crossed the line they could boast of a lead not more than
three feet. Stinson, in his excitement, let hi* bout run end on u small
fkitT. making the splinters fly and the audience laugh.

It was getting almost dark, but still there was light enough left for the
most amusing performance of the day-a mb race. The amlcs of fiicnd
Jones in his persevering but vain endeavors to sit iu n tub w lnn uot Ic«b
than three men held it for him, will nut he forgotten by the survivors
The race was woo by H C. Carlisle. Then came im extemporaneous
swimming match, won by W Drvaut.

After the good thing* of the table had been properly discussed tho
company were vas.Iy entertained by the presomation of tho rare aud
valuable (C) prizes, which the winners had *o nobly earned. StULta.

4JC,V j£ul>liftttioiis.

BOOKS RECEIVED.

Wallace's Adirondack Guide. — We hud occasion, lust

year, lo notice most favorably this* valuable book, which was then incor-
porated lu a largo volume entitled ••Dubes In the Wood*.” R bus since
been reissued, as we I hen advised, in u separate work, whereby it has
been mode more portable uud more available to the tourist and sports-
mun, and the price considerably cheapened. Ills now o.pionsly illus-
trated, and contain* a most accurate map of tho entire Adirondack re-
ion Much valuable instruction has been added, and taken, ail iu nil.
ii seems marvelous that bo much of the very information which sports-
men uccd should be compressed ana compreheudedjn so small a com-
pass. Every qaeTy which would naturally arise is here anticipated in
minutest detail, and so far as we can discern, nothing is lacking ns to
heights and depths, distances, localities, sporting grounds, rnllroud and
wilderness routes, hotels, outllts, expenses, and „n ol(ll,r ,,oml8 ot jn_
etrnctiou, by which both novices aud old stagers may profit. It In-
trinsically perfect in its entirety. Sold-by the American News Company
119 Nassau street, New York, at $2, which is but Rule more than tho
original cost ot the map which it contains.

Southern and Southeastern Nevada.-. Wc are iu-

debted to Lieut. George M. Wheeler, Engineer Corps, United Slat- s
Army, for a copy of the Preliminary Report, which embraces the results
uf Hie reconuoisance made by him llirough Southern aud Southeastern
Nevada I, contains mi outline of the geographical aud mLAorealugicat
peculiarities of the country traversed, including the famous White Pine
and other iniuiug districts; also descriptions of tho various Indian
tribes inhabiting these districts, and a list of the game aud fish found In
the Slate. This report, or Its principal features, will be embodied in
Volume 1 of Lieut Wheeler's forthcoming report of geographical ex-
plorations and surveys west of the One Hundredth Meridian.

The Pet Slock, Pigeon and Poultry Bulletin is published in
thin city, at No. 30 Courtlaridt street, by the Associated Fanciers. It
contains all the poultry news, and is conducted independent of any so-
ciety or clique. The importance and dimensions to which this subject
is rapidly uttniniiig demands that it shall be represented by such a jour-
nal us this, fearless in exposing fraud and opou for the discussion of
such subjects as may cornu w ithin its scope.

—The Hod and Gun newspaper has passed into the
hands of Messrs. T. C. Banks, Win. Humphreys, and 8.
II Turrull, of Chicago, and is now published at 31 Park
Row, New York city. The serious illuess of Wilbur F.
Parker, its late editor, we understand was the primary
cause of the chanse. Our Gonucclicut friends will find it
expensive to print a paper iu the metropolis, but we have
no doubt that they will be as successful iu the future as
they have been iu the past.

—They have a very unsportsmanlike way of catching
bass iu the Monongahela, called “dipping," A skiff is
pushed swiftly near the shore, aud wheu the water is ris-
ing the fish will jump out of the water, in three cases out
of four “flopping" into the boat. At least so says the
Morgantown Post, which mentions catches of from thirty
to fifty flue bass taken in one night in this way.

414

FOREST AND STREAM

The Up-Town Sportsman's Depot.

(lias. L. Ritzniann & Co.,

9i;« BROADWAY (above 22d 81.)
Factory, 1 1 1 Centre Mrec-t.

IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF

Guns, Rifles, Pistols, Fishing T ackle

Remington Ri lies nnd Shot Guns, Holablrd Shoot-
ing Sul!*, Cartridge Vest, Bulls aud Pouches. Im-
plement* for hoih mizzle nnd breech loading eons
Spnri.inen'* Good* ond Ammunition of All Kind*.

We take muxzle loaders in exchaigo for breech
loader*, and have alwnys some fine second-hand guns
on hand cheap.

floods sent C. O. 1). to nil parte of the United
States.

Ivory and Pearl Slocks put on Pistols. Repairing
of nil kinds artistically executed.

ra.tridgcs for Brooch l-OMllng Shot Ouus, ready
loaded, put up In boxes of fifty, or loaded to order.

ang5 tmi

Bay shooting of all varie-

tios, Shinnecock Bay. the best shooting
ground in the vicinity of Nov York. Wm N. I.ane
resni ctfully Inform* his friends that, having largely
added lo i be "priligville House, be is prepared to cn-
lertain and lake care id his guest* in ample manner.
Moderate prices and satisfactory intention gcmrnii-
i. ed The \oiing hay lord* arc now coming in and
good bn.'s are tin- order of the day. Address Win.
S' !. title. Good Ground Station, L. I.

Live wild gvese stools for Spring and Fall shooting.

an.5 3ino

Magic Lantern nnd IOO Slide* for £IOO.

E& II. ANTHONY & CO.. 591

. Broadway, N. Y , opposite Metropolitan Ho-
lel, t'liromos nod Frames. Stereoscopes and Views.
Graphoscopes. Mi-giilelhoscoiic*. Albums nnd Photo-
grnplis of ccluiiruies Photo-Lantern Slides a spectii.-
iv Manufacturers of Photographic materials.
Awarded First Premium at Vienna Exposition .
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BBEWER’S

PA TEAT

Chute and Fishway.

The Fish-way is constructed in the bottom of a
chute of any desired width, by means of timbers
forming triangles, making azig /.ag coarse, breaking
the force of tile water in its descent, enabling any
kind of fish to a-oeud it. It may be constructed on a
rise or grade of one foot In ten. It* upper end ex-
tend- into the pool of a dam. The water "flows with
a uniform swiftness over a smooth bottom.” It does
not fonu any "pools or eddies.”

This Fish way can be seen in a dam in the Mohawk
River near Schenec'ody. N. Y.. and for it* successful
working see the Report of the New York Commission
ers of fisheries for 1W4

may 6 ly .1 48. BREWER. Money. Pa.

Patent Pigeon “Agitator.”

This AGITATOR is constructed to overcome the
trouble and annoyance caused by pigeons not rising
when the trap is pulled. By its means every bird
must rise and fly directly the trap is pulled. Every
rl-ib should have them. No ground trapsarc complete
without them. State right*, or the whole U. 8. Pat-
ent for sale. Send for illustrated circular.

),l4t T. H MARSH. Patentee. Toronto. Canada.

[TUADE M.VKK.]

CULEXIFUGE,

Sportsman ’s Friend ;

A SURE PROTECTION

Against the attacks of Mosquitoes, Black Files, Flea9
mid Ante. In pocket bottles. For sale by
C. N. CRITTEN TON it CO., 7 Sixth av., N. Y.
je*7-5t

"FRESH HUNTING GROUNDS .”

The Maritime Provinces.

A Guide to the Chief Cities, Coasts and Islands of
ihe Maritime Province* of Canada, with the Gulf
and River 8t. Lawrence: al*o Newfoundland and
the Labrador Coast. With maps and plans, $2.

In graphic and plctnresqoe description, In com-
pleteness and fullness of Information nnd in clear
In-tehi Into a traveler's needs and perplexities, this
; nlde-book ond the two which have preceded It in the
sene* i 'New England' and ‘The Middle States') are
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-The most complete, compact, and handy guide-
bo ik ever issued . ‘ - Chicago Inter- Ocean .

• »• For *“1* Ay oil ItookeelUn Kent port paid, on
receipt 'J price by tin hMUhert .

James It. Osgood & Co.,

Howton.

The Sportsman’s Warehouse,

EDWIN S. HAEEIS,

Late COOPER HARRIS & HODGKINS,

No. 177 Broadway, New York.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

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GUNS

AND

Implements,

os. Piste

OK ALL

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Carti'idffes, l>otli Brass and Paper.

ALSO, QUA MATERIALS OF ALL KINDS, CARTRIDGE VESTS, COATS AND BELTS, FLASKS,
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DOTH HOME AND EXPORT TRADE, AT LOWEST CASH TRADE PRICES.

HA YE LARGE STUCK OF MUZZLE LOADING G UN8 & RIFLES VERY CHEAP.

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Materials and Workmanship, ih ay are Unsurpassed.

REVOLVERS OF VARIOUS SIZES.

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Send lor Circulars.

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MISFIT CARPETS.

fA OOD SECOND HAND AND MISFIT ENGLISH KRUSSELS, THREE 1»LY AND

\JT INGRAIN CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, AC., VERY CHEAP, AT THE OLD PLACE,

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HECEMAN’S PATENT PORTABLE

For use as Military Pon-
toons, Life Boats, Lighters,
Dir.gies, Dorye, on board
Steamer*, Yachts, and other
vessels. Also for Sport unen,
Tourisls, Trappers. Explor- L
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Out, &c. These

PORTABLE FO LD

safe and perfectly portable ;f
boats will admit of the >=
roughest usage. A very
light, strong "and durable
frame of ash or other tough

FOLDINC BOAT.

wood, with canvas cover, and
can be folded In one-eighth
* pace , /or transportation, nd
. carried In a light buggy.

wagon, horseback, or by sin-
p gle person, and can be un-
• folded ready for use In three
minutes' time. Boats shipped

by express anywhere, same
rate of freight as other

E;ood». For descriptive clrcu-
a

lar and price list, address os
above.

CANP LOUNCE-THE STANDARD.

Fold* to about the el ze of a fish pole, nnd Is used by Compere for a table as well a* a bed. Before yon start

get the Can p Lounge. It carries light, lies cn«y, i« always

“ ' - « iflHT ,/pACT ,,oi£» f ady, and saves many times It* weight nnd expen-c In

1 C0^ blankets. With cloth Case. gr,. By mall, $5.85. Patent

- Hotter a*H0ME <-'amP,Plllow. $1.25 Folding Camp Cot, $8. Patent com

H0USC*W10ME bl|lt^| Lounge lind Valise, $10 to $20. We can refer to more
.uTamo than 2,000 sportsmen and military men now nsmg our Camp
Lounge. Spcclul terms to sporting clubs nnd military or-
ganization*. Orders received at Forest and Blream Office
nnd Eaton & Co.’s, 102 Nassau street. Trade supplied ut 177
Broadway. Address all business correspondence to Camp

aug5

- - m » •

Lounge ' lompauy, Troy, N. Y., or Norwaia,|c.onn.

m

Anyone having a small piece of property upon
which there Is a good

Spring* ol* Water,

cun find a CASH CUSTOMER Location munt be
within

IOO Miles of New York City.

Slut’ price, nud oewu* to property Address
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CHICAGO

SHOT TOWER C0„

MANUFACTURERS OF
STANDARD

DROP AND BUCK SHOT

BALL ZAND BAR LEAD.

Our aim into manufacture nn article of SHOT that
1b iliiaiirpiiHsed In ROUNDNEBS, SOLIDITY Pea.
foci Ion of POLISH .Uniformity of SIZE and ' A ecu
racy of WEIGHT, in each bag ofde'ra from
Trade solicited, and will be fllledat f "°m th0

The Lowest Market Prices.

e, r,

Jfliacclfaucous.

THE

HAZARD POWDER CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

GUNPOWDER.

Hazard's “Klcctrlc" Powder.

Nos. 1 (fine) lo 6 (coarse). Unsurpassed In point of
strength and cleanliness. Packed In sqnuro canl».
ter a of 1 lb. only.

Hazard'* •' American Sporting."

Nos. 1 (Unci 'xi H (course). In 1 lb. canister* uudtl} lb
keg*. A fine grain, quick and clean, for upland anii
prairie shooting. Well adapted to short guna.

Hazard * '‘Duck Shooting."

Nos. ! (fine) to 5 (coarse). In 1 and fi lb. canlsiers
and and 12* lb. kegs. Burns rlowly and very
clean, shooting rcmarkubly close, aud with great
penetration. For field, forest and water ahnotlng
It ranks any other brand, anil it Is equally servicea-
ble for muzzle or breech loader.

Hazard'* "Kentucky Hide."

FFFO, FFG, and "Sea Shooting" Ffl, In keg* of as,
12$. Hiid fi$ lbs. nnd can* or 6 lh*. FKFG Is also
packed In 1 and $ lb. canister*. Burns strong and
tnoiel. The FFFG and FFG are favorite brands
for ordinary sporting, and the “Sen Shooting" F(j
Is the standard Rifle powder of tl.c country.

SUPERIOR MINING AND BLASTING POWDER
GOVERNMENT CANNON AND MUSKET POW-
DER; ALSO SPECIAL GRADES FOR EXPORT
OF ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF MAN-
UFACTURED TO ORDER

The above can bo had of dealers, or of the Comps
ny's agents in every prominent city, or wholesale ut
our office.

88 Wall Street. New York.

Orange Sporting Powder.

ORANGE LIGHTNING 1’OWDEK,

The strongest and cleanest Powder made. Nos. I
to 7, packed only in scaled 1 lb. canisters. The coarser
sizes especially are recommended to owners of line
brcech-loadlng guns, giving great penetration with
very slight recoil.

ORANGE DUCKING POWDER,

For water fowl. Very strong and clean No*. 1 to
5. Packed In metal kegs of 6$ lbs. each, aud to canis
lers of 1 and 5 lbs.

AUDUBON POWDER,

Very quick For woodcock and qnall Nos. 1 to 1
Packed in metal kegs of 12$ lbs. and 6$ lbs., and in
pound canisters.

ORANGE RIFLE POWDER.

The best for rifles and for all ordinary purposes.
Sizes F.g, FF.g, FFF.g, the last being the flucstau'l
most used. Packed ih wood and metal kegs of »
lbs., 12$ lbs., and 6$ lbs., aud In canisters of I lb. and
$ pound.

All of the above give high velocities and less resid-
uum than any other brands made.

LAFLIN & RAND POWDER Co.,

21 Park Row, N. Y.

(Opposite Astoh House . )

DITTMAR POWDER CO.,

OITlcc 55 Kilby street,

BOSTON.

CHA8. L. ANDREWS,

President.
'■HAS. J. WHITMORE,
Treasurer.

HAVE FOR SALE
Dittmnr’s Gunpowder
For Mint Gun* ond Rifle*.
Secured by Letters Patent.

FIXED AMMUNITION FOR ALL VARIETIES OF
RIFLK.S AND SHOT GUNS FUR-
NISHED AT SHORT NOTICE

The new patent Sporting Powder does not soil the
gun; clean* It. when jmn use one charge of It. alter
many with black powaw; no smoke — little recoil— no
loud report— high velocity. The best ever made In
this line; not to be confounded with Schultz' or Eri
gli*h Wood Powder, or Sawdust Powder, as It is su-
perior to each.

CUT CAVENDISH

Shaved from the finest Nutural Leaf, and expressly
for Meerschaum and Cigarette smoking Does cot
make the tongue or moutli sore. Uultke any other
Tobacco.

N# Bportsman’a outfit is complete without It. U
Is now generally adopted and considered the best
smoking tobacco ever produced.

Liberal sampleg sent on receipt of money.

THREE MEDALS AWARDED.

Vienna, Grand Medal of Merit, 187H-

Sold generally throughout tho United Slutes

Manufactured only by

W. S. KIMBALL & CO..

Poorless Tobacco Works, Rochester, N. Y.

SEND FOR CIRCULAR

8ALE-

~\T ALUABLE GUN FOR 8.

V C. Scott brooch louder, 32-Inch, 10-gauge,
nated stool, fine quality, with all loading tools,

VV. &
latnl-
brass

^ VI, till llll IWIII llllv

and paper shells, etc. Imported and sold by Read £
Sons, Boston. Cost $225, without Cuse. 1» I" P'’r
feci order, and not sold for any fault. Husdoiihio

bolt; top snap and compensating lump; rebounding

SS' rriwflW. Cfw to tm

FOREST AND STREAM.

SCOVILL’S

Blood-LiverSyrup

All cutaneous eruptions on the face or body Indicate

An Impure Condition of tho Blood,

thUt BURNS LIRE A TERRIBLE

ns It courses tl.ro.urb the vlens. sowing seeds of death

WL^hlsrcoduion°of things something Is needed at

ONt'B TO CUBANS* TUB BLOOD; and .

Scovill's Blood and Liver Syrup

Will positively offect tills desideratum, expelling
"very trace of disease from the blood and system and
[ .caving the skin

SOFT, FAIR AND BEAUTIFUL.

j Hundreds of certificates attest Its valoe. Price $1 a
b0tll°' FOR 3 \LB BY ALL DRUQOI3T8,

Dr. Rogers’s

VEGETABLE WORM SYRUP

A brave man may suffer pain, when Inflicted upon
[ himself, heroically; hut he

CannotseehisChild Suffer.

-There Is no other malady Incident to childhood that
Is accompanied with more Indescribable wretched-
ness to the little sufferers than that

Produced by Worms;

aud when the parent fully comprehends the situation
be will not delay a moment In securing the most
prompt and efficient remedies to Insure the expulsion
of the intruders. The remedy may be found In

Dr. Roger’s Vegetuble Worm Syrnp.

Please boar In mind that

ROGERS’ WORM SYRUP Is the reliable prepara-
tion.

ROGERS' WORM SYRUP Is a pa,atablc prepara-
tion.

ROGERS' WORM SYRUP Is liked by children.
ROGERS' WORM SYRUP positively destroys
worms .

ROGERS’ WORM SYRUP leaves no bad effects.
ROGERS’ WORM SYRUP Is highly recommended
by physicians, and is unquestionably the best WORM

Medicine in the world.

Price 25 cents. For salo by all druggists.

HENRY’S
Carbolic Salve.

FOR SALE BT ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Wonderful celerity with which this
combination of Carbolic Acid with other
soothing and Curative Emollients acts,
is something akin to the marvelous.

It is with pride that the proprietors call
attention to the gratifying fact that

Physlcinnsg;ive it tlie high-
est meed of praise,

and use it and prescribe it in their practice.

Njew York, Dec. 22, 1869.

John F. Henry, Esq.:

Yoor Carbolio Salve proves an excellent article,
and I thank you for It. This is another evldcuceof the
great value of the discovery of Carbolic Acid. Yours
truly, Geo. B. Lincoln,

Pres’t Bourd of Health.

Price 25 cents per box.

IlEV. R. B. LOCK WOOD'S

Catarrh Cure !

The Best Remedy Known, and Endorsed by all tho
Principal Physicians of the Country.

Rev R, B Lockwood's Nanai Douche will be
found valuable In obstinate chronic cases.

Rev. R. B Lockwood's Liver nud Stomach Pills
i idyspepsln, receive tho endorsement of thousands.
Price 51) cents each.

JOHN F. HENRY, CURRAN & CO., Proprietors,

8 and 9 College Place, New York.

HENRY’S

SEWING MACHINE OIL

A PURE OIL that does not gum up and has tho
endorsement of tho principal Sewing Machine Com-
panies.

Price 25 Cents per Bottle.

MOTT’S LIVER FILLS

to ,n“k° a pill, but to make a
1 !t *‘«‘t s the difficulty. There are cheap,
harsn, drastic pills that, ure of even less benefit than
rtvnrepm«*ailf,i hBul “Good medicine, like Dr. Mott's
„,|U,r,,ii.^,)V,lfih P0l'l,tr»le8 to the seat of disease, Is

Green's Oxygenated Bitters.

♦h^?rlialnp°ril0,1".of “ tonle la a necessity; but
there is danger in using stimulants that Injure the or-
gans of digestion while giving temporary relief To
obviate tills and present to the public a tonic free
from A cohohc Poison. Dr. Green prepared the Oxy-

K3Zi.* *,'! ■£;

Packer's All-Healine Tar Soap.

It cures all kinds of Skin Diseases with a most won-
derful certainty; It promotes cleanliness, porsonal
parity and sononil bealtli: It Is a preventive of many

jjfiisctllatfeous.

J. & W. TOLLEY’S

PINE ENGLISH

BREECH LOADING GUNS,

Miido to Order

FROM J5TOCK.

These Guns, celebrated for
WJfr* genuine high class workmanship

^ and No. 1 SHOOTING POW-
ERS, are built lit six qualities
(or brands.) They are now Im-
ported direct lo our NEW YORK
OFFICE, aud sold by the Manu-
facturers to SPORTSMEN at
the following prices.

Pioneer, .... @65 Gold.

Tolley, 90 ••

Standard,- - - - 115 «

National, ... I to >>
Challenge, - - - 1HO '•
Paragon, ... 225 “

TRAP SHOTS and others re-
quiring Gun- specially built, on
our new system for DOUBLE-CLOSE SHOOTING,
with increased PENETRATION, can have their wishes
carried out WITH DESPATCH

Without Extra Cost.

Send for Illustrated descriptive particulars and price
sheets to our

BRANCH OFFICE, 29 Maiden Laue,

NEW YORK CITY.
MANUFACTORY, PIONEER WORKS.

Jyl Birmingham, England.

Breech Loaders.

mm

Winners of t lie “Turf, Field
and Farm” Gun Trials.

(See Issue October 8d, 1873.)

In which competition the committees have awarded
our guns, First and Second for POINTS OF MERIT
OF ACTION, MATERIALS, PROPORTION, AND
SHOOTING QUALITIES combined, in all the four
classes.

THE PREMIER GUN.

IV. Ac C. SCOTT 4 SON call atteution to their
very FINEST weapon, combining all their recent im-
provements, marked on the rib between their name
and London address the brand— "TH hi PREMIER
QUALITY.”

Medium and fine guns bear full name and address,
aud plain guns full name and "Londou" only.

Each gun is numbered and the actions are stamped
with name aud trade mark.

IV. A V. SCOTT dc SON, Pole makers of the
Patent Top Lever, solid, Double Locking Bolt Breech
Louder, beariug the full name of the Arm. W. & C.
SCOTT & SON caution sportsmen against Imitations
of their patent and mime. Guns bearing the name
abbreviated, or with different initials, are uot genuine.

TRIAL OP SCOTT & GREENER’S NEW SYSTEM
OF BORING, BY THE EDITOR OF
••THE FIELD." LONDON.

(See The Field, January 30th, 1875.)

•'From a comparison of the two tables it will be
seen that with Walker’s shot, Messrs Scott’s guns
showed a marked superiority over Sir. Greener’s,
both in average aud m the highest score made In-
deed, with the left barrel, in his third shot, Mr. Scott
got a selected group pattern of 239 and a penetration
of 37, equalling the highest pattern mude by Mr
Greener, and exceeding the penetration of that par-
ticular shot by eight sheets.”

London Office:

IO Great Castle St., Regent Circus, near Lang-
ham Hotel.

Chief address:

Manufactory Premier Gun Works,

Lancaster Street, Birmlugham.

WHOLESALE.

Aprl-6m

THE GREAT

London Gun Trial,

18Y;

W: W. GREENER begs to inform his nnmerons
clients in the United States that he has been very suc-
cessful in the above trial, having secured the first
prize, a silver cup, value 10 guineas— class 2 for 12
bores: also winner in class 1 for 8 and 10 bores, and
class! for 20 bores. He has won in all the classes for
Improved boring, which is upon a different plan to any
other maker, and Is far superior lu the three most es-
sential points, viz., PATTERN, PENETRATION,
and REGULARITY OF SHOOTING.

Mr. HENRY C. SQUIRES, of No. 1 Cortlandt St.,
New York. Is now importing my DOUBLE CLOSE-
SHOOTINO GUNS to order, an invoice of which
will be shlpis'd to him on tho 1st July, ami can be ex-
amined about the 15th. All special orders given to
Mr. Squires will be carefully filled. A full report of
the GREAT TRIAL, showing the marked superiority
of my guns over guns made by Dongai, Pape, Westley
Richards. Tolley, Scott, and others, will shortly be
published, and can he hud on application at No. 1
Cortland St.

W. W. GREENER,

Champion Gun Maker,

Bt. Mary's Works, Birmingham, England.

A1A ai AAA Invested in Stocks and

JJ) 1 U 10 JJ) 1 yvUv Gold pavs 200 per cent
a month. Pamphlet free. Tumbrtage & Co., Bank
•r*,2 Wall street, N. Y.

415

jjffliticqllaiieous.

J. D. DOUGALL’S

EXPRESS SHOT GUNS.

(Title registered.)

SHOWN by trials til Wimbledon by Editor
of the field to possess the GREATEST PENE-
TRATION and therefore LONGEST RANGE— thus:
Circle. 30 inches: 300 pellets: average, 191: penetra-
tion. 37. Thu Editor's trial of Greener guns with 310
pellets of same shot aud same churge of powder, gave
180, and penetrulion 30, ulthougli there were 10 more pel-
lets In each charge. Shouluany controversy arise as
to the durability of these new systems, we herewith
warn an beforehand that our system is our own inven-
tion (though founded on the American idea) and Is DU-
RABLE, a fuel remarked on by the field, that the
guns tried had beeu in use during last season, arid ref-
erences permitted to the owners. Send for Illustrated
Circulars to

59 St. James’s Street London.

JOHN RIGBY & GO.,

INVENTons AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE FINEST '

BreechLoadingShotGuns

Double and Single Express Rifles.

Long Range Match Rifles, &c

»24 SUFFOLK STREET, DUBLIN,

AND

72 ST. JAMES STREET, LONDON.

CHAS. GREEJN,

Manufacturer of

Breech Loading Shot Guns.

The strongest and most durable snap action mad*.
Shooting qualities first-class.

MUZZLE LOADERS CONVERTED TO BREECH
LOADERS.

Same action os new guns. Send for circular and
price list, No. 3 West Main street, Rochester, N. Y.
Apr 8-fim

Clark Ac Sueider.

MANUFACTURERS OF THE

SNEIDER

PATENT BREECH-LOADINti SHOT GUN.
ALTERING

Muzzle-Loading Gnus tc Krcecli-Loading

A SPECIALTY.

WRITE FOR PARTICULARS.

314 W. Pratt sit., Baltimore.

MUZZLE LOADERS
CONVERTED INTO BREECH LOADERS,

ON THE MOST APPROVED PRINCIPLE,
and all kinds of BREECH LOADING work effected.

Mortimer & Kirkwood,

2f ELM Street. Bo* ton. Mas*

Kay Shot Concentrating Cartridger

No creasers, turners, or topwads required. Loads
In half the time usually required. Fifty percent,
better distribution and greater penetration secured.
Send to your gun dealer for sample. Jn3-ty

N. Y. Safety Steam Power CoJ

Office: 30 COUIiTLANDT ST.

BUILDERS OF

STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS^

Steam Launches & Yachts)

And their Machinery a Specialty, also Machinery for

TUGS, LIGHTERS AND STEAMERS^

Propeller Wheels of Superior Efficiency,

SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR.

All our boars are guaranteed to pass inspec-
tion under tho Steamboat law when required.

There can be no greater por-

tubllity without serious defects They are the only
portable boats that are equal to the very best whole
ones for local use , jy29-ly

ILk-itwV linotet Pleasure Hosts, Hunting
15011LS; DUllta. Boats. Fishing Boato of
any style, size, or weight, adapted to nee on the lakes
or great rivers, ns well as in the woods. Boats for

fishing,
or awn-

Cl 1 11 ' 1 - i *»•” * * *

hunting, weighing to CO pounds. Boats for

75 to 150 pounds. Pleasure boats, with tails -

tugs. Boats on hand, or made to order. Best mate-
rial only used, and every boat made by experienced
workmon. Prices to suit the times. Boats sent U)
any part of the country. Address J. U. RODGERS,
AconL Oedensburg. N. Y. |u!15tf

EBtablishcd i &i:s.

Breech and Muzzle Loading

CS, ISIS,

Sportsmen's Apparatus ,

ammunition,

Materials for Umi-Makers, Ac.,

Wholesale and Retail. Guns made ,, order, ..r re-
paired In the best uiunner.

ALEXANDER McCOMAS,

No, 5| South Calvert «t.. Baltimore.

Frederick Brown

(Established 1822)

manufaVturinc CHEMIST

A DISPENSING I I

N. E. Corner Fifth and Chestnut Streets

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

SOLE PROPRIETOR AND MANUFACTURE!
OF

(ESSENCE JAMAICA GINGER.
CHOLERA MIXTURE.

PRESERVED TARAXACUM JUICE.
MUTTER’S COUGH SYRUP.

BITTER WINE OF IRON.

COOPER’S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS.

*•" < CHAPMAN’S ANTI-DYSPEPTIC Pll

o

tt

m

PILLS

WISTAR’S COUGH LOZENGES, <frort

original prescription.)

MRS. HARVEY’S COUGH SYRUP.
DENTIFRICE, In Bottles.

DENTIFRICE, In Tin Canisters, suitable for
Travelers.

ARABIAN R A C A H 0 U T i In convenient bottle

LONDON.

ACENT FOR

E. DEJARDIN’S syrup red orange,

OF MALTA.

None Genuine without my name as Agent on the Label.

CORRESPONDENTS.

SAVORY 4 MOORE,

143 New Bond Street, W.

S. MAW, SON it THOMPSON,

12 Aldersgate St., E. C.

F. NEWBERY &. SONS,

37 Newgate St,, E. C.

G. VOSS, HAMBURG, 21 Johannis Strasse.

E. DEJARDIN, PARIS, . 2 Avenue de I'Opem.

The attention of Druggists and the Trade generally, Is called
to the Price List of

ENGLISH &. FRENCH
MEDICINES & PHARMACEUTICAL
PREPARATIONS,

Which will be mailed on application.

H. L. DUNCKLEE’S

PATENT

CAMPING and MINING

STOVE.

PATENTED JUNE 22, 1875.

Outside dimensions, packed, 12x13x20 Inches.

Weighing only 25 po lids, very durable, will cook
for ton persons, and Is especia "
purposes. The ware cou-.st.i ,

Ketile, 2 qt. Coffee Pot,
square Pans, Dipper, Gridlran, Tent Collar, 8 ft. Fun-
nel, and an oven that will roast 15 pounds beef.

o nils, very annum.-, will cook
especially adapted for camping
on-.ete of 8 qt. kettle. 6 qt. Tea
oi, Fry Pun, round Tin Van. 2

The ware Is so constructed that it nests and pack
in tho oven, and the oven and funnel pack inside the
stove, ns represented in cut 2, leaving room for pack-
ing half a dozen Plates, Knives, Forks and Spoons,
and Drinking Cups. Price complete, $15.

SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

II. I,. DUNCKLEE.

BOX 2710, BOSTON.

For sale at SPORTSMAN'S EMPORIUM. ICi Nas-
sau street. New York City, and by R. H. KILBY, 310
St. Paul st., Montreal. Feb4

ta r Agents wanted la every town.

416

F0REST3AND ISTREAM.

fjciltls mid gisorfsforgportdmm.

MOUNT JULIAN SUMMER HOTEL,

LaVcefield and Stoney Lake.

VIA TIIK MIDLAND RAILWAY.

II,., 1‘lrnaiirr nn.t the Comfort. of Home Com-
l,l ihsi'. Thin Hotel l* now Open for Hie Summer.
Till ^ summer report is situated on the finin’* of Sto-
m v Ijj'kr in the connlv of Peterborough, Canada.
Slonov Lake has lately Uen set »|mrl by the Do|Wrt-
nieiil of M urine amt Vl*hcrio8 for the protection of
fish, and for scenery. hunting, and fishing it ls su|»t-
rior to any of the back lakes i of t Minds. which nra
,-asv nf iioccss. The principal fish are Salnim, 1 rout
Mn-kinnngv, lias-. Herring*, Mil I ercll. for which
fishing pet mils will be granted. Tlio gnniu consists
of Dock Deer, nml Partridgo. The Lake is covered
with islands, and presents the same appearance a* the
Tho..M..il I.-1, mils of the River st Lawrence. Ills
about tweniy-ilve miles long nml three wide, Flic
hotel I* commodious, mid ntt.-d with every apl'hunce
of comfort; it Is the property or the Company, ami
will lie managed to please its patrons In every portico
htr The eliaigex are moderate, being Si -VI per day
hv the »wk. and $2 per day under that time Chil-
dren under twelve years of age half price Liquors
ore kept for tl.e n-e of guests only, no bar being kept
open for the public. The hotel l» reached by the M id-
laud Railway from Port Hope to 1-akclleld. thence by
stunmer Chippewa to Julian's Landing. L. Beattys
boats and canoes arc always kept on hire George
Cochrane and F. Kane will always he on hand with
their guides to paddle and nccomimuy s|mrlsmen.

The steamer Chippewa leaves ijikefleld for Julian s

Monday, Wednesday, and .Saturday,

cm the arrhal of the morning train from Port Hope.
On Thursday# it \\ ill eonuect with the excursion train
on the Midland Railway. _ , ,

The steamer Norseman arrives from Rochester every
morning at Port Hope at S A M- In time to connect
w Ih the Midland Railway, leaving 1 ort Hope at 10
o'clock A. M. Parties from Rochesler can reach the
hotel m eighteen liours by water and rail for f-i SO.

Time Tnules— Midland Railway leaves Port Hope at
10 A. M. and 5:30 P M . arriving at Lakehc-ld at 1 I
M. and 8:15 P. M. Reluming, leaves Lnkefleld at 5
A M and 2 P M , arriving at Port Hope at , :« A.

M und 7 :35 P. M. Steamer Chippewa leaves Lake
field at 1 :15 P. M , arriving at Julian's Landing at 3:15
P M. Returning leaves Juliau s Landing at 5 I . -M.,
arriving a> Lakelield til 7:30 P. M.

For further particulars, apply to ^ poULTON.

Manager of the Company. Lakelield, Out.

E W. GARDNER.

Manager of the notel, Julian's Landing, Lnkefleld.
nut Jy* lm

Luke Couchichinsr Hotel* Canada.

Tins charming and nicturcsqnc first-class Summer
Resort will he opened for the season on ilh at June,
and will remain open until October. The sporting in
tlic immediate neighborhood is exceptionally excel-
lent. Hie Hotel being within ready access to the Mus-
kuka Lak. Sparrow Lake, and Trading Lake, where
Salmon Trout, Black Bass, speckled Trout, etc
abound in original plenty. Yachting, Boating, Bath-
ing. Bowling Alleys, Billiard Rooms. elc„ provide for
the amusement of guest*. Mail and telegraph offices
In the hon-e Rales exceedingly moderate. l or cir-
culars containing term?, eve., apply tot he nfll cc of
Forest and Stream, or JOHN E FOREMAN,

Box 2&IA. P. O Toronto, or to
THOMAS SCULLY Manager.
roy2,l Couchichlng, Ontario.

INTERNATIONAL HOTEL

NIAGARA FALLS.

GALE A FULLER. Pitorni emits .

Near the Rapids and Falls. Extra inducements to
families or single persons for the season. Carriages
at reasonable rales. jy7-3m

QUEEN’S ROYAL NIAGARA HOTEL,

1 NIAGARA.

Delielv fully located ot the mouth of Niagara River,
fourteen miles from the Falls. Accessible by bout
and railway. Fine facilities for fishing, boating and
battling. MctirtW & W’AlNETT.

JyT-3m

Rossin House, Toronto, Canada.
SHEARS tt SON, Proprietors.

Tlii* house is a favorite resort for gentlemen sports-
men from all parts of the United States and Canada.

CroaHUion House,

ALEXANDRIA BAA'. Jell. Co , N. Y. C. CROSS -
MON & SON. Proprietors.

rpilIS House, recently rebuilt und clcgant-
I ly furnished, is now open for visitors. It is loca-
ted in one of the uiu-l delightful places in the Thou-
sand I-innri region, commanding un extensive view of
the St. Lawrence aud tlie Island# and oilers every facil-
ity for the comfort und enjoyment of guests. Outfits
for bruiting, limning nml Fishing Parties. Steamer*
for the hay couuect at Clayton with the Utica and
Block River Railroad, and at Cape Vincent wijh the
Rome. Watertown ana Ogdeusliurg Railroad. 5in

Twin Lakes Trout Farm.

1)OARD FOR GENTLEMEN AND LA-

_) die-, Sponstnew. Artists. Anglers, &c. Splendid
scenery and drives. Fine boating, trout, pickerel,
and ha-# Ashing and woodcock shooting. Also les-
sons in oil und water color painting, drawing and
etching, if desired. Address J. IVK.S PEASE, or K.
SHERMAN PEASE, I'. O. Iiox 00 Canaan, Couu.

N’. B.— Cottage building site.* overlooking I lie lakes
for sale cheap; also one for a hotel. AprS-tf

Bath hotel, rath. l. i— one

HOUR FROM THE CITY.— The subscriber
having lea-ed the above hotel for a term of years, is
determined by sparing no pains to make this resort
second to none in the vicinity of Now York aud
Brooklyn. First tla*s table aud low price*. Now
ready for the reception of guests.
je.7 lOcll C. A. BUNTING

UNION DEPOT HOTEL, Caiman, Conn.

<i. II. CORBIN, Proprietor. New. clean rooms
and beds, flr*l-cla*» table. &c. Flsliing, shooting,
and pleasant drlv.-s ra-nr by April tlin

Board near twin lakes, four

hour* from New York via Harlem Railroad. A
desirable location for sportsmen, artists, und all those
wanting a nl- i-iint home. Address F. F. COGI'ER,
Locust Hill Farm, Ashley Fall*, Berkshire county,
Mom. Mar 24 lim

T WANT TO RENT A COMFORTA-

1 ble liouw. witln from ten to twenty acres of land
adjoining, within forty miles of this city. Address
Forest and Stream h»)(II<e. New York. my«7-

T> L U E F I S IT — K I NSEY’S ASHLEY
J ) HOUSE. BARNEOAT INLET. Only live min-
ute* to the Sheepsheitd Ground, where .til the sheeps-
licod are token. Blurflali, Sea Ba»s, Ulackdsh, Barb, mid
Wi akfl-b. only one hundred yards from the houae.
Addreae for circular or engaging yacht*.

TUBBS’ HOTEL,

OAKI. VND, Cnllfnrnin.

JOHN M. I, AW LOR A CO., Pnoriti mom#

Q ITU ATE D AT THE TERMINUS OF

U tin- great Trans-conlincntu) Railroad; 40 tniu-
ntes from San Francisco; 2>» rooms, with hot and
cold water in every rooin; delightful ilrivoa and splen-
did scenery; a favorite home for tourists. jiily2i-flm

Kli/alielli Islands near N. IJoil Cord, Mass.

For sale cheap, 4r.o acres land

on Nnslinwenn Island, near Pnsquo. Cuttyhunk,
Peniki'Mi, und Martini's Vineyard. Admirably suited
for n bulling club or Summer resort. Price $30 cash

per acre. If applied for soon. F'or further par liculni s
address W. A. STAGG, OS Broadway, N. Y.

Jill 15 4t

Attractive Route

To llio Trout ami Grayling Fisheries of
Northern Michigan,

VI V GRAND RAPIDS AND INDIANA RAIL-
ROAD. MACKINAW Git AND RAPID#
AND CINCINNATI SHORT LINE.

The attention of SPORTSMEN and TOURISTS
Is Invited to flu- in ml y attraction* offered by this line,
now completed from Richmond. Iud., in Traverse
City, on Grand Traverse Buy, and to IVtoskey, on
Little Traverse Bay. Thcwn'crs of the Grand Tra-
verse region and tlie North Woods of Michigan are
unsurpassed, If equalled, in the annndnnco and great
variety of the finny tribe. BROOK TROUT abound
In the streams, aud the turnon* AMERICAN GRAY-
LING, now attracting the attention of Sportsmen
everywhere, is foil ml only in these waters. BLACK
BASS. PIKE. PICKEREL, and MASCALONGE ..re
also found in great numbers in the many lakes and
lakelets of this territory.

LUXURIOUS SLEEPING AND CHAIR CARS
rnn through from Cincinnati to Traverse City; also
PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPERS from Detroit over
Michigan Central mid Grand Rapids and Indian t road,
via Grand Rapids, to Petoskey. with SPLENDID
STEAMER making DAILY CONNECTION at latter
point for tlie Island of .Mackinaw.

For Tourists' Guide, containing complete nml accu-
rate maps, with full information as to Fi-hing Grounds,
transportation facilities, and in short all Unit could hr
desired by Sportsmen or Tourists, send to Forest nml
Sireuin office, or to the undersigned. Low Round
Trip EXCURSION TICKETS good until SEPTEM-
BER Mill. ~ J. 11. PAGE,

Gen’l Passenger and Ticket Agent,
jyl Grand Rapid-, Mich.

J/ltf

J. W. KINSEY,
Warelown F, O , Ocean c junty, N. J.

Tourists' and Sportsmens Route.

THEERIERAILWAY.

THE ROUTE OF THE E1HE RAILWAY

Is peculiarly rich ill the variety and extent of its
scenery, and while the tourist has alternating glimpses
of the beuuty of rivers, gaps and mountains, the
sportsman has within easy reach many localities that
afford him every facility for tlie enjoyment of tlie
sporu* of the field and siri-am. We enumerate a few
of the pleasure resorts which crowd the line of the
road.

Rutherford Pnrk.--tlf miles from New York. Fiue
hotel* and boating pastimes on the Pus-aic.
Clifton.— 13} miles from the cily, overlooking the
picturesque Lake Dundee.

Lake Mohonk. — A beautiful bodv nf water 1,200 feet
above the Hudson — splendid hotel accommodations.
Orange Lake —Six miles West of Newburgh, and
tinted for its fishing attractions.

.Milford, Pa. — About eight miles from Port Jervis.
Is noted for its trout fishing, woodcock shooting and
superior hotels. .

Avon Spring*.— Celebrated for 20 year* as a resort for
invalid*, the waters possessing many valuable heal-
ing Qualities.

Wn/hiii* Glen. -This beautiful gorge is distant 294
mile* from New York, via Erie Road to Elmira. Its
wild and picturesque attractions are second only in
reputation to those nf Niagara.

Cliantnuqiin Lake — iS miles long, 3 miles wide; wild
to he the highest navigable water on the. American
continent, being 710 feet above Lake Erie and. 1,290
feel higher than the Atlantic Ocean.

Niagara Falls.— This great cuiaract is reached by the
direct line of tlie Erie Railway.

There are along the line of the road no less limn
Ton Large Lakes, Aluminum* with Fish,

and affording most delightful sport for black hns* and
pickerel. Tliclr names lire— Luke* Greenwood. Orange.
Mohonk. White, Ol»ogo, Cayuga, Seneca, Keuku, Sil-
ver and Chautauqua.

The following schedule will afford a partial guide to
the numerous fishing localities reached liv I hi* road:

Trout

At or near Sonthficlda, 42 miles from New York.
“ " Oxford, 52 •' •• •• ••

“ Middletown, U7 " “ •< *<

“ “ Otisville. in “ ■< ■■ «

" “ Port Jervis, 83 " " “ •«

“ " Monticello, 112 " <• *• <i

“ “ Milford, iUi " •• *• ••

Hlack Hass and Pickerel.

At or near SloaUburg, W miles from New York,
including Lukes Truxcdo, PotOgUe anil Cedar Pond.
At or near Monroe. 50 miles from New York
including Round, Long, Mombuslm and Cromwell’s
Ponds.

At or near Florida, fil mile* fron New York
The famed Mirror Lake, I* distant I mile
At or near Otisville, if, miles from New York
“ “ Guymnrd, SO '• *• •• .•

•• '• Port Jervis, 88 •• •• k

“ " Monticello, 1J2 " “ *• “

" '• <!en. Valley, 18 " •* •' ••

" " 8eni*cnLake. 291 •• •' '* ••

Tlckels for sale at the General Office* of the Erie
Railway Company. 121 Washington street Boston- -41
401. 620. or 957 Broadway, New York; and 782Chcst-
nut street, Pliilo/lelphlu. Express trains h ave New
lork from depot font of Chamber* street at li A. M
10:45 A. M., aud 7 P. M.

JNO N. ABBOTT.

myaO General f’assenfier Agent.

Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Pa ul Kail way

Traverses n finer country, affords views of grander
scenery, and passes through more business e, nlres
and pleusure re-on* than any other Northwestern
line. It* forests, prairies, lakes and si reams, abound-
ing with game, present nrieqiialed altrnctlons to the
votaries of Nimrod and Wulion , It is the only rail-
way rout*- along the valley of the Upper Mls.isslppl
It is also the shortest a* well us best route between
the great metropolitan centres of the Northwest—
Chicago, Milwaukee. St. Paul, and Minin npoll*
Track and equipment iineqiialed. mid Us iralns of
palace-coaches mid sleeping ears run through without
change.

New York Office, .'lift Broadway.

Clileago Depot, ror. I n on I .V \\ . Ytadlson.

City Ollier., Ot and O.'l Clark Hi, Apr29 Cm

COLLING WOOD

AND

Lake Superior Line.

Toronto, Collingwood, Fort Williiun,
Duluth, Fort Garry.

Comprising the three first class, upper cabin powerful
side wheel summers

CLiicora, Cumberland and Algoma,
Having splendid drawing room cabins, In connection
with tl.e

NORTHERN RAILWAY OF CANADA,

Leaving CoUingwood entry Tuesday and Friday
On arrival of Steamboat Express Train, with Drawing
Room Cars attached, calling at
PRESQUITE. ntlUCK MINES. SAULT STE.
MARIE, MICIIIPICOTON. NKFIGON, SIL-
VER ISLET. AND PRINCE AR-
THUR'S LANDING.

Fort Garry and tlie Northwest !

With direct connections at Thunder Bay with DAW-
SON’S ROAD I’RANSPOUTATJON COMPANY for
Fort Garry, and vvilh steamers for
DULUTH. FORT GARRY, and TIIK RED RIVER
COUNTRY.

Pleasure Travel.

This route embraces the most enjoyable and piclu-
rv-que Summer Tour liv making the circuit of Lake
Superior, with itie sheltered nml beautiful waters of
the inside channels of Luke Huron and Georgian Ray,
and thence by three hours' rail, with niiiginllient par-
lor curs, to Toronto, connecting with tlie Royal Mall
Dally Lice of steamers on Lake Ontario, and the
Grand Trunk Rail way, for the THOUSAND ISLANDS
and the Rapid- of the River St. Lawrence, for Mon-
•fc-eiil. Quebec, While Mountains, Portland, Boston, mid
all points East und South; and with the Great West-
ern Rmlvvnv mid I.nke Ontario steamers daily for
Hamilton. Niagara Fall-. Suspension Bridge, Buffalo,
Detroit, aud all points West and Southwest.

Clioai> Kxoursious

Will lie made during tlie Summer season, in the
month* of June. July, August, and September, afford-
ing ample opportunity for visiting 'lie Great Mineral
Region of L ike Superior and the FISHING i; ROUNDS
of Lake Neplgon.

Connections throughout punctual and certain.

State Room* can be secured at Central Passenger
Offices. Toronto, and all information given by

(’HAS PERRY'. 62 Kingslreet, East, Toronto.

I). MILLOY’. K Front street. East. Toronto.

COOK, SON .t JENKINS Ag'is, 2fi| Broadway Y
ALFRED TKLFEK, General Agent,
Northern Railway, Brock street, Toronto

STEAaiEUS TO

Eastern Maine, New Brunswick,

Nova '^cotln. Prince Edwnril Island, Ac.

tiie

I n I

auuiia uiuano

Company’s Wtenmers

New York nod City of Portland.

will, until October 3d, leave Boston at 8 A. M and
Portland ut 6 I*. M. every Monday, Wednesday' and
Friday, for Ka*lport, Maine, and St. John, N It
forwarding p.tvsengera by connecting lines to Calais,
Me., Si. Andrew.*, Fredericton, and Slicdinc, N It
Amherst, Truro, Pieton. Digby. Anunpuli*. Kent-
viHr, Windsor, und Halifax, N. S.. Siimmcrsldu and
Charlotlutown. P. K. I., and Hawksbury, C B
This la

A Most Desirable Route for Sportsmen,

presenting a convenient arid pleasant mode of access
lo the fiitnous hiinliiig and fishing grounds of ibe
Lusiern region.*, at very moderate rates of fure For
circular, with inup and dcscnplloll of Hie rente nnnly
10 . . _ ,, ™ W. KILBY, Agent,

Jiilv15'oOcll Commercial Wharf Itosfon.

Fishing and Hunting

Read tlie Following; for tlie

Best Fishing and Hunting

RESORTS.

On Conway Division, Eastern R. R . Brook Trout.
Trains leave Boston 8:00 A M. and 2:15 p M.
Umhngog lakes, vlo Gr. Tr'k to Bethel, Me. |
upper waters ot Penobscot. r Brook

Sebec Lake. i. Tf0,,,"

Grand Lake Stream, i ,‘“ml kicked Salmon.

Ne w Brunswick. Prince Edward I-lond, and Nova
Scotia. Salmon, sea Trout, mid Brook Trout
1 rains leave Boston 8:30 A . M. und 8:00 P M
Trout** lakel,, V,a F,,rral"Kt0,>. Me.. Ijirgc Brook
Troi.T"ehC8d I,ake' V‘“ D,’xUr' Mo " Lake and Brook
Trains leave Boston 8:30 A. M.

Pullman cars on night trains.

i«W,X,W25’S'1 e”m' ""

or “u ** >3'

Eastern and Maine Gentral R.R.Line.

Geo F. Fiki.ii,
Gen'l Pass, Agent,
)c17-lrri

Ciiah. F. Hatch,
Gen'l Muuugcr

Central Railroad of N. Jerse

ALL RAIL LINE BETWEEN

NBW YORK AND LONG DRANG

BIx trains eacliwny dally, Sunday excel, u d
ng through Wood ridge, Perth Airibov Soiiii.'a
bov, Maiiiwnn, Mlddleimvii mid Red Bunk

3:30 5:30 PC m ' 7M' fl:00' l0:«° A.M..I:

p0,ifnra,,C" “l 5:0B' 8=00, 10:05

li'ave*^ N^* w 'york ' fi.r” s? m i B,,» u<jc,|m mod ut Ion tri
i mv« '* » I > ri( ror HoiKlk Amlmy ul I*

Is.’iives Hoiilli Amboy for New York at 0:2.'. A M
. rages eonuect /it Maiuwau, with all trains to n
from Kuy port, and ul lirnnch Hlntlon with
trains, to and hom .Ocoon Grove and Asbiirj; Park

R B-

'poqtsnicn'tt §ood$.

Dll. FOWLER’S

PATENT

IIABD RUBBER REEL.

This beautiful Reel has now been before the put,,
dc two years, and all who have used it spenk loud lu
its pruiso.

IT II AS BERN IMPROVED,
and all the Reels made this year will pass through the
hands of the Inventor, and none allowed to go out
except tho-e thin are perfect.

For sale by all first-eliisa jobbers and the trade gen.
orally. X II FOWLED, Inventor,

Peh 4 ITHACA. N V

SPORTSMENS’ DEPOT.

JOHN K-RIDER,

Corner Hcrotid and Wnlnul Sis,, Philadelphia
IMPORTER, MANUFACTURER and DEALER IN
(Jims, Rifles, Pistols, mill Fishing Tackle.
Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech
Loaders.

REPAIRING OK EVERY DESCRIPTION
IIus constantly on hand u full assortment of Hods,
Hooks, Lines, Bait*, Reels, Fly Bnoks, Salmon Files’
Waterproof Silk Lines, Silk and Hair Trout Lines, 4c!
Perch Snoods, China and Grass Lines. Also, a large
lot of Cane Reeds, Bamboo and Japan.

Birds’ Eggs and Birds' Skins in great varieties.—
Taxidermy in all Its brunehus.

SPKATT'S PATENT DOG BISCUITS. «-ly

Thomas Sparks,

Shot and Bar Lead

31 A IV IT FACT URER,

[Established 1HOM.J

Office, 121 Walnut St. Philadelphia.

TIIK AMKKICAN

W. MERIDEN, CONN.

Special attention Is given to flrst-clasa work. Extra
■ketches and DOG PORTRAITS cut to order, by
sending photographs. JACOB GLAHN, Manager,
Formerly Supt. or Parker Broa. Engraving and Orua-
mental Department. Fehlt

Bums and Animals PitKsntvnn to Onnan Br

R. L. IV E W COMB,

TAXIDERMIST,

NO. 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM, MASS,
instruction given. Feb 4

•J. WALLACE,

Naluralist& Taxidermist,

IMPORTER OK

FOREIGN ItIRD SKINS AND ARTIFI-
CIAL EYES,

19 N. Wllltam st.. New York

WALLACE’S

Descriptive Guide to Adirondacks,

THE ONLY COMPLETE AND RELIABLE GUIDE
to the delightful

Homing mid FUtilng Ground, of the

GREAT NEW YORK WILDERNESS.

NEWLY REVISED EDITION.

Handsome 12/nn., llexihlo covers, red nml gold,
maps, *e. Beautifully Illustrated. Nearly .W PI'
Prlee $2 l)D. May bo obtained of any bookseller, or
will be mailed post paid on receipt of price, by

WAVERLY PUR. CO., Synicuso, N. Y.

■TiiS'Smo

Northern &British Colonies

IN SOUTII8IDE VIRGINIA.

Clipnn Liinds, Fine Cllninlc, Splondit!
Sport, (Jood Society, Schools
ami Churches Everywhere.

PROTECTION FROM LAND SHARKS.

F?/"Addross Secretary HouthsIdO Immigration So-
ciety, Knrinvlllo, Prince Edward Co.. Vu. iny20 3ta

TIYORRALK.— A SECOND HAND WES-

A LEY IttcilARDS Breech Loading Shot Gun;
A 1 quail y ; lias been used but very Ilf In; good as
new; a bargain. Can bo seen at E. S. HnrrisrSports-
man’s Warehouse, 177 Broadway, N. Y. 4t

The Goss Revolving Cartridge Holde

pARIHES PAPER OR METALLIC

SHELLS, either end up, revolves oil centre
sMiles, Weighs Inn 1) pound*, mid Is only Inches
wide. Holders Hare at lop so iih to quickly roculva
the shells, nud, being elaslle, tfcurtly clasp tnu sumo.

For ease of action and rapid slioollng It excels any-
thing of the kind Invented,

PRICE, C <>. I) , J0.50.

In ordering, give the size of shells and u lomt riicaa-
ureinent outside of vest.

Jysw-ly N. B. GOSS, Neosho Fall*, Kan.

glic gunnel.

A. C. WADDELL'S

Breeding Kennel, Newton, N. J.

Bl $5 per month, pedigrees guaranteed.: WJ*;11

for *60.

For Sale.

Ilii-li Brfed Sottei-H.
-rj^oUH WHELPS, TWO DOGS, AND
two blle.hos, *rix weeks <>N. slreil by Wlllimn
Colkert'M Storm Storm out of Ilubboll't* May. Muy
own Mister to Llcwclliii* Countess. Storm sired by
Wnrdlow Held'* celobrntod Lave reck. Sam. On tin*
diim Hide, Whelps of u very lino and well broken
blleli, Hello. Ileile out of Kelly'* Fan . Belle sired
by the celebrated Bismarck. For further particulars
enquire of John K rider, Second and Walnut streets,
Philadelphia. Jnl5

For sale. — a thoroughbred

Prime Albert sitter dug, beautifully marked
and perfectly broke for land or water; a wpl ndld
Chicken dog; 24 yours old; refer to many experienced
hunters in Iowa. Address PALM Kit, 137 Stale et.,
r Chicago jollS

r I LUMBER SPANIELS FOR SALE.—

V / A brace of nuns will be sold of the strain Im-
l ported by Mr, Sheldon Stephens, nnd bred at the
lltnyal Kennel. Windsor Great Park, a strain which
has been crossed with the best breeds in England,
sni'li as Lord A Paget's, Col. Challoner's, Mr. Ilol-
I ford's, etc. Apply to

WM. BURNS.

Mr. Sheldon Stephenson's Farm,

| jy2!t lit Montreal, Canada.

OSTER MOTHER WANTIOD-MUST

be good size, kind disposll Ion . Any one hav-
ing a bitch as above to whelp about 15t)i of August
will Hurt a purchaser nt u reasonable price by address-
ing I.EtlOE, this olllco j,iW-3t

/ lOCK ER SPANIELS.— A REASON-

' 1 able price will be given for a pair of thorough-
bred cockers. Address COCKER, ulllcc of Forest
nnd Stream. JyiW 2t

I Itlsil SETTER PUPS FOR SALE.—

_L Out of Gypsey. Gypsey is out of Hugo's, Imp.
Fun. and by [lie celebrated Irish setter, Joceo, owned

by Count Slmrb
Kilter. Pilot

VoNDERSMI I T. Lancii«t-r”l'a.

Sire of pups, Waddell’s
cull pedigri e given with peps. II

Irish

B.
jute it

For Sale.

A LIVER COLORED SPRINGER

_/ Y. Spaniel bitch, well broken, two and one half
\e irs old, all excellent retriever on land or water,
been used two seasons on cock und grouse; price
•‘•Hi ROBERT WALKER,

Franklin, Delaware county, N. V.

Thoroughbred Fox Hounds.

TflOR SALE-FOUR MALE HOUND

-L‘ Poppies, bred from superior running stork;
price $25 fur the four, or $16 for two; cun give refer-
ence. Address It II. PULLEN, Little, on, N. C.*| »

mn,-, I

1 1 KMt V GARDNER, M 1) . II \N CONSTANT-
LY mi hand and for sale, medicines adapted to
the cure of all diseases. Dealer in sport ng dogs of
every variety. Dogs trained for reasonable compen-
sation. No. Ill South Fifth ave . N. Y. Oct 22

FOREST AND STREAM

oilmen s

St.f N. Y.

IIOLABIKDH CELEBRATED BUITH.

Waterproof and Mildew proof, complete $20.00

“ Wading Juckcts 0.00

Mexican Pocket. Hammocks.

Also called "Aahaiitee" Hammocks. A luxurious
bed, couch, seat and swdng In one article. Wefgns
only one pound, and easily carried in coat pocket, ca-
pable of bearing a steady strain of 12 ru t wltlnmt
bmiking. Put up in oil cloth case, with hooks, ready
for mounting. Price complete. $5.

( ulexiftisre or Sportsman’* Friend.

Foi preventing the attacks of mosquitoes, black
llleB, lleas, ants, nnd preservative ugalust malaria.
The Culcxifuge has been in use for nioio than 20
years by the Sportsmen of Canndu, and hits been
found the only effectual preventive of the attacks of
black flies nnd mosquitoes. Price 50 cents per bottle.

DUNCKLEE’S CAMP STOVES. Pr!oc$15.

Those desiring something light and durable for
camping purposes will llnd inis stove exactly right;
weighs only 25 pounds; will cook for ten por-ons.
The ware consists of Kettle, Tea Kettle, Coffee Pot,
Fry-nan, round Tin Pan, two square Pans, Dipper,
Gridiron, Tent Collar, and eight feet Funnel Stove
Pine, with oven that will tmt-i 15 pounds beef, all of
which nests and packs Ihside of stote, which only oc-
cupies a space of 12x11x20 Inches.

f THOMSON'S FISHING AND Hl’NTiNu &U1TS

best quality of water-proof duck, light tan color
especially adapted for concealment in blinds or sedg c

5 runs, or for approaching game in the woods. Light,

(■ruble and very cheap. English style; extra
pocket in back for cartridges. Knliic suit, $13.

CAMP LOUNGES. Price $5.

When folded I- about the size of an ordinary shawl
strapped. A light, durable, compact, and comfort-
able couch. Sent by express C. “. D., $1. Including
side and supporting sticks at the bead. Just the thing
for the camp or lawn .

CAMP TENTS,

for four persons, 7. II. equntci, weighs 15 lbs.; Can
be packed iu knapsack. Price $10. Ten feel square
for six persons, $15.

Amor loin Hogr Biscuit*,

Made of nalrilive bone and muscle making mutorin),
and is the only portable food for dogs made in this
country. Put up in packages of 10. 25, und 100 pounds,
and warranted not to spoil Iu uny climate. Price,
10c. per pound.

Camp Mosquito Bui's,

arranged with flexible wire frame; folded to carry in
pocket. Head net, $1 25. G’nmp net for slecDing, for
one, $1 50; for four or live, $4 25; six_or eight, $5.

Jock Lump,

for night shooting and flailing, running rnplds. light-
ing camp, etc.; the best light ever invented. $tl 25.
IIEGEMAN’S PORTABLE CANVAS BOATS.
BOND’S METALLIC BOATS.

Hurt’s Metallic Shells.

The best shell ever offered to sportsmen. All sizes
on hand mid made to order.

Moccasins, Oil Tunned,

for the woods; three different styles $3, $5 50 and $li.

Wallace’s Guide to the Adirondack*. With com-
plete mup . Pr Ice $2 , By mail, $2 25.

Special attention paid to selection of guns for gen-
tlemen at a distance by ait expert and an old sporta
man.

Sole agent in New York city for J. H . Baity, U. S.
Taxidermist. N A. birds und eggs fur collectors.
Bock's beads, and game birds a specialty. Orders
tilled with dispute!!

Wo furnish every article necessary for the ontflt of
sportmen in tho camp or field. Goods sem every-
where by expre-s. Remit only by druf^Post Ofllce
order, or registered letter to •

EATON & CO.,

P. O. Box 5,109. Sportsmen’s Emporium,

No, 102 Na«su i sin et. New York Oily.
References— Hou.T.L J 'me*. Postmaster, New York
City; lion. Geo, U. Andrews, New York City; Foil
est and Stubam Publishing Co. uiylMf

JOSEPH C. DANE,

MANUFACTURER OF THE

Dane Breech loading Shot Gun.

LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN.

Solid Breech Snap Action.
EASIEST MANIPULATED AND ONLY GUN THAT
IS SAFE FROM ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE.

Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech Loaders.

my27 '

II. J. WALSHE,

DRAPER and TAILOR y

MoVICKER’S THEATRE BUILDING,

CHWPAjGK).

4$i4cclhtttcon.ti.

ABBEY & IIY1BRIE,

8tlCf'K«“Ons TO

ANDHFW CLERIt C’O.

48 Maiden Lane, N. Y.

ntPORTEIlS. M AN trrACTCIlKRS ANIJ DEALKRS IN

Fistiine Tackle,

On hand the lurge.i and best assortment ever ex-
hibited in the United States. They particularly call
attention to their

TROUT, SALMON AND DASH RODS.

Every variety of Salrnun and Trout Files, and Hooks
oil Gilt. Cutty Hunk nnd Pasuue Islands Buss Lines,
waterproof Braided Silk Lines, every size and quality of

SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES,

And every Variety and Style of

F1SII HOOKS.

Parties fitted or.t with appropriate Tackle for the
Rocky Mountains and Pacific Coast, Canada, Maine,
the Adirondack?. Ate., Ac.

Split Bamboo, Trout and Salmon Rods nnd Reels
a (specialty.

Agents for the St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Sole Im-
porters of Warriu’s Celebrated Drilled
4-29 Eyed Needles.

Waterproof,

'Mildew-proof,

Moth-proof

GARMENTS

AND

HUNTING,

FISHING,

TRAVELING

DRAB llcCH, CUttDUROY,

FUSTIAN, REPEL LUT

BLUE BEAVER nnd FRIEZE.

Wading: Boots, Fishing Stockings, Unit-
in'r Clothing, Ac.

Game Ventilating Pocket*.

Illustrated Price List and Samples free.

The most complete list ever published. Send for il.

GEO. C. HENNING,

410 Seventh Street,

Apr 29 ly WASHINGTON, D. C.

HOLABIRDS

SHOOTING & FISHING GARMENTS.

The best, the cheapest, mid most desirable

eOODS

Ever Offered to the AMATEUR SPORTSMAN.

Write for Illustrated calalr
Jcl7

igun.

\V. II. MOL V Blit I),

Ynlpnroi.o, lud.

Sportsmen!

You! attention is called 10
GOODS OIL TANNED MOC-
CASINS, the best thing ever
worn by sportsmen. Not
Injured by wetting and
drying— always soft and
easy to the foot, and
VERY DURABLE— being made of the very best of
stock In threodlllerciil styles, and warranted the pen-.
trill* ar licit, different from aiivlliing before ofleted
Illustrated Clrculur mid Price List free.

FRANK GOOD.

1209 Elm at. Manchester, N. H.

'glizcelhnicong.

CONROY, BISSETT & MALIESON,

(Successors to J, Conroy A Co.)

g 65 fulton St., N. Y.,

rr KEyk Invi''’ hie attention of amateurs
v to the additions tliev have mode to

^ ^Mfn39 their regular stock of Fine Goods,
g ■BA comprising in pmt

Jmxmx, *'x strip split Bamboo

Jmuffiy o i ) s ,

Til for Trout and Salmon fl.hing

' l.ifn | , mu i v >t i : i>

T i 'FUinnis Black Bass Rods

In mnilc of Spill Bamboo mow tills
mml Zrii Beusoni Vom llofe'e Rubber steel
oBa Pivot, Click and Salmon Reels.

J 1,0 Csrt.-hr.it-rt "Frankfort" Reel,
f s“,e “'"mtfaeiorcm of
XTM"llnl* *" Patent Flies. The
hi E'S/” N' w style Cm ty hunk Bus* Line*

O ■Bhf Evil* quality.

1-1 Bx? Parries tltn-rt out for the Adl-

<1 '0,'d ck"' ‘,1C Maine Woods,

rr Me£* J- potior, Newport, C'mty-

, CHS hunk, Pasque island. West Mand.

H JHB Baniegnt, Ac.

Orders by mail will receive care-
fnl and prompt attention.

Pritchard Brothers.

No. 89 Fulton St., N. Y.

N ALL KINDS OF

Fishing Tackle

Made and repaired with the utmost despatch.

— A,r“0. CONSTANTLY ON HAND

HIE BE»I hELM TION OF TROUT AND SAL.
310, \ RODS. REELS, I.IA'ES AMI FLIES

Medals awarded at the World's Fuir and American
Inslllnle for ouj- suiu rior Artlliriul Klj,.. 4

We offer to dealers and sportsmen a most complete

nssortinentof *

Fishing Tackle,

Rods, Rods, Lines, Artificial Flies, Nets,
Baits, Fish Hooks, &c.

Split Bamboo Fly Roils and Reels

OF THE FINEST WORKMANSHIP.

Tackle xititahlu for Maine, Adirondack, Canadian,
nnd other fixliing.

ARTIFICIAL FLIES DRESSED TO ORDER
BREECH AAR MUZZLE LOADING GUN’S,

And Sportsmens' goods of all kinds.

Manufactured and Imported by

BARTON, ALEXANDER & WALLER,

lOl & 103 DUANE ST., (near

Broadway) New York.

ishing Tackle.

A. B. Shipley & Son,

503 and 505 Commerce .treet, Philadelphia.

Mini ii fact it rrr* uf

( 1 1 « 1 1 1 c niul ^isl i i n «»•

A'/A'/i’ HASS AM) TROUT FLY RODS.

1 hu celebrated GREENHEART WOOD a specialty.

mm: r<>i> mountings.

Full line of Tackle for Brook. River and Sc* Fish-
ing A gems for John James & Sous' celebrated Fish
book* and Needle*.

SILVER MEDAL awarded Ivy th“ FRANKLIN
IN-TITC I K. IN 74, "for SUPI- RIOR DUALITY and
FINISH of RODS ano TACK! S ' ' Aprt 6m

J. B. Crook & Co.,

Manupaottirshs and iMPonran.* of

FISHING TACKLE!

."»<> Fulton St., IN. Y.

N R -Sole manufaciurera in tin* country of ilia
celebrated

Green Heart Rods,

for Trout, Bass and Salmon.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE.

OIRDS, PICT AND RARE ANIMALS,

.1 J and vqCARIA S I'OCK DEPOT mid AOUARIA
CASK MANUFACTORY. ,1. BAGOT, Agent 31
Fulton street. New York City. Goh!fl*h, SllverOeh,
Ki»li and Anini il Life, mid Aquatic riant* In variety.
Also Shells. Pebble*, Ornament*, Corals, Ac., to stools
the Aquarium. Ciinrrfes and other song birds;
Pigeons, l'nrrols. and Paroniiute; Rahhlta, Squirrels,
Dogs, pet and rar,- Aniiniil* gcncrallv; Bird Seeds.
Iin-nurcd food for Mocking Birds and oilier soft-billed
birds; Klsli food. Bird Gravel. Dog Modlciuee. But-
ler'* ivl. United Mange nnd Flea Cure, Ac., wholesale
mid retail. Mar 4-tY

Tito Piseco

Loader, Crimper and Cap Expeller.

A LL DEVICES NECESSARY FOR

-L »- loading or re loading shell* of two calibres
comhllied In one Insti umeiit. Avoids the necessity
of cutting or shortening the shell foi light loads;
needs no wooden table or bench to fasten It to while
in use t an he taken to pieces by removing one
screw with a jack knife, ami stows in a gun ease.
Malleable easlln », nickel plate finish. Complete for
two gauges. Price SHI, boxed.

WALTON BROS. A CO., 06 Liberty street.
Jnl?-rtm

TTHlK S.VJiE— A SPLENDID HUE ECU
L Loading. Express Ride, made by E. M. Reily ,t
Co.. Loudon; cost 80 guineas, gold; is now offered at
8125; fold for waut of use. Address U. SMITH, at
tills ofllce. Ju*4

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£ B

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J. H. BATTY,

TAXIDERMIST.

COLLECTOR & DEALER is NATURAL OB.IEC1
Mammal*, III
skins, and ej
for scloutlflc ii

also uiniin

bend*, game ii
bright plumai
bird* nrlisticH
grouped
, shades and cji
,,ni, mien
I mirposes. C
I lectors' snp| II
I also Inslrnine
' and eye*. Spi
'inons hong
" sold, aiuU. vein
_'d. Genu
Indian Mini
tanned Inieksh
h u II n I o, ,i

, . moo*o skin m

, r hunter* and for the house. Ilueksl
SIIII*, rilngi'd, bonded, or plain, made to order.

Add re-*: NEW IITRKCHT, N. Y. J.ill

''Seth Green Fish Pond

Caledonia, Livingston' Cd.,‘ N.

A. M. COLLINS, Proprietor.

Kkis«, Fry, Yearlings, Ac. of Brook Trout,
•non I'rout, salmon, While Fl*h, Ac.

Amarlttvoi’ Fish, and slocli

Cloth, naieliuig Trays, Patent Si>
Race#, and everything pertaining to fish cul

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FOREST AND STREAM.

THE BEST BREECH LOADING RIFLE i IN THE WORLD

Long Range, Creed moor, Breech Loading Rifle.

Used by Major IIknhy Fci.ton, ('<<1. John Bodink, nnd L L. Hepburn, in the International Rifle Match at Crcedmoor, Sept. 20th, 1874, and Maj. FULTON, Col. 1101)1 N Kj
Gen. DAKIN, (/apt. R. COLEMAN and A. V. CANFIELD, Jr., of the American Rifle Team who won at Dublin the return match, on June 20lh, 1875. (Sec Olfleia
Report of the International Match, published by the Amateur Iiiflo Club, just out; to any address, 50c.)

The Ken.ington Rifle won every first prize, and otliur prizes loo numerous to mention, in the Spring meeting mutches at CreedmoorMay 28th, 2i)th, and 31st, (see oluciul ropm-c.
in this paper.) With it Canfield made (it) out of a possible 75 at 1,100 yards.

For Treatise on Rifle Shooting and Illustrated Price Lists, Address

. REMINGTON & SONS,

Manufacturers of

Military, Target, Sporting and Hunting Breech Loading Rifles, Shot Guns, Pistols, Ammunition. Etc.

Armory, Tuon, X. Y. P- O- Box 3994 ] Sales Rooms, 1 nnd V183 Broadway, INow York Pity.

W. & C. SCOTT & SONS

Ccnuine Breech Loaders.

WINNER* OF THE «r.\ TRIAL OF IS73

Report of Gnu Trial s'-nt on application.

AO EATS:

WM. READ & SONS,

1 3 Fiineuil Hall Sq ,Boston.

Alto all other makes:— Greener, West ley Richard#,

Webley, Remington. Moore, Ac.

A genuine Scott Morale Loading Gun. $25 np.
Maynard, Ballard. Remington and Sharp s Rifles.
• Ballard s breech loading Sporting Rifles $1811”
Boesev'a Gyro Trap, for snooling pracuoe.

Fine Fishing Rods and Tackle.

Fine Bronze Yacht nine on mahogany carnages,
Complete, as famished the New York and Boston
Yacht Suaadrous. 8 END FOR CIRCULARS.

HAVANA LOTTERY.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Forthc coming drawings, commencing January 5th,
we hair reducedthe prices of tickets as follow.:

Whole, $20; 4. $10; i, $5; 1-5, $4;

M0. $2; l -2o $1.

Drawings take place every seventeen Days.

We an* prepared to flit ull orders. Circulars sent
opon application. Highest price paid for Spanish Bank
bill*, Governments. &C.

bill.,

P. O. Box 4.448.

TAYLOR dc CO., Banker*.

tl Wall hi . . New York.

§10. $50, si 00 often leads to fortonc.
Send fur a copy of the Wall Street Renew and
Pamphlet- rhovung the various methods of opera-
ting. J HICKLING & CO . Bankers and Brokers.
72 Broadway. N- Y. Dec2S

JOS. C. GRUBB & CO.,

7 1 ‘2 3Inrkot street, Pliila<lelpliia,

AGENTS FOR THE SALK OF TIIK

Celebrated Breech Loading Shot (iuns,UnoquaIed in Fine Workmanship nnd Material.

NIade by James Purdey,

314 1 -CJ Oxford street, Londoa, England.

Have now in store an extensive assortment of Breech LoudingShot Guns, made by JAMES Pl'UDEY, R.
M REILLY A CO . WESTLEY I.ICHAKDS, W. & C. SCOTT * SON, P. WEBLEY * SON. W. \V
GREENER, and u large variety of chta/itr yradts. Also biieech loadinii, central fire, double uipi-ks,
asp rifle and srot oitns of superior quality. Implements, ammunition, and all other urtlclcs appertaining
to Breech or Muzzle Loading Fire arms generally. Illustrated Circular eent by mall when requeste ..

HARTS

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PATENT

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letter A. showing solid head; » b showing nickel anvils for.Berdan Primer, Ely’s central fire or Union Me-
tallic Company's caps.

Hart’s Sportsman's Favorite Metallic? Shells.

Endorsed by the lending sportsmen in the United States, and pronounced superior lo anything now offered
to the public. A full description of Shellsand Patent Loaders w ith prices, may be obtained from any
leading sportsmen's depots ibroughout thecountry. Manufacturers of Aluminnin. Celluloid, and German Sli-
ver Reels for Troul, Salmon, nnd Bass fishing. GEO. K. HART dc CO., Newark, N. .1.

F. S. HARRISON, Agent. may 13 ly

From Captain Bo^ardus, Champion Wingr Shot of America.

Messrs. Gbobgjs K. Hart & Co..

Gentleinei^ The flfiy shells 1 received from you to-dhy suit me belter than any I have ever used. They
are stronger add belter in every respect, and I shall use them in all my ehootingjieroufler. Yours truly.

A. II, Booarih's.

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

ANOTHER VICTORY ! !

SHARPS vs. REMINGTON.

. ,In l^e Great INTER-STATE Match Between Co. E, First California Infantry, Using SHARPS
Military Rifles and Co. D, Twelfth New York Regiment, Using the Remington Military Rifle which
took place on Saturday, June 26th, 1876, the Result was a Victory for the SHARPS Rifle by a Score of

511 Points Against 478 — Sharps Ahead by 23 Points.

In the Great INTERNATIONAL Match at Dublin, Ireland, the Americans are Using Arms as Follows:

i NIIAlt]PH' „ REMINGTON.

y2i© * I EuV.on’ Coleman.

rvani'u. xS». 1 Bo<,lnu’ vSSS'S:

SCHUYLER, HARTLEY & GRAHAM,

19 Malden Lane, 20 A 22 John street, V Y.

BIIEECH LOADING GUNS

A SPECIALTY.

AGKNTS

for the following celebrated makers :

W. A C. SCOTT & SONS (winners at the Interim
tlonul Oun Trial of 1873): J. IV CLABROUGI1 .11
BltO ; P. WEBLEY & St>NH, ami WESTLEY
RICHARDS.

HOLABIRD S Shooting SUITS

DIXONKdb HA WKSLKY'S SHOOTING TACK I.K

STURTEVANT BRASS SHOT MIKLl.S,
BUSSEY'S PATENT GYRO PIOP.ON AND TRAP,
WITH CASK. AND 101) BIRDS.

Block's Patent Cartridge Vest.

This Vest nfforils the host ar-
rangement yet invented for carry
ing cartridges. The weight h
<o evenly distributed that It Is
•cnrcely felt. Cartridge# can lie
m+it i, XI "'rled with the he an* down lu

Unit I llillll Y this vest, which Is of great luipor-
ItttttiVMrtril / bn»co when brass shell# ure used,
lUUUrmilU/ as when carrying them with the
TniltltlA huu<1 nI’ ,h” w eight of the »hol of
mmuv ten forces the wail forward, when
had shooting la the result. In
ordering send measurement around the chest.
PRICE $7.50.

AGENTS FOR THE

Union Metallic Cartridge Com-
pany’s Ammunition,
WARRANTED TUB BEST IN THE MARKET.

SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

INDIA' RUBBER

Fishing Pants,

Leggings and Boots,

RUBBER CAMP BLANKETS,

COMPLETE

Sporting& Camping Outfits

AND

India Uiihhorfloods ofEvory Description.

D. HODGMAN & CO.,

Mend for Price I.Ut. 27 MAIDEN' LANK. N. V.

Havana Lottery

Only 16.000 Ticket*— One 7Vf« lo every Serin Ticket' .

••Ml 7 Prizes of $1, ail, 000

1 Prize of 600.000

1 PflM of 100.000

1 Prize of 50.000

i Prizes each of W"1"’

4 Prizes each of... lO.OOG

12 Prizes each of 5.""'

473 Prize# each of M<l

Circulars with full information sent free. Tickets
for sale and prizes cashed by P. C. DKVLIN. 8i»-
tinner and Ormond Agent. 1 OLIhnrt.v street . New York.

’opes

'AIR PISTOL,

Shots Barts or Slut?*

Perfectly Accurate nt Thirty Feet.
AND 1MPBOVKS BY VSK
NO NOISE. AH TIIK FOIUK IH All! Al.ONK
Splendid P» rlor Amusement.
Keeommonded by (ion oral Sh o nun "•
One may heenmo n deiidsh.it by pranking w i > »
To a Sportsman it Is Invaluable, Price, including
Darts, Slugs, Tar „tn and Uunaiook, $3. Handso"^ >
nlcklo plated, fit. Self adjusting Bell ! urL’i't. *-•
For sain by gun deulors generally, *0 n t 1 >y * '*41
rocolpt of price. Postugo 30 cm I OPK 1IH '

T jr. I (ml. Ntrout. Boston,

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